Everything  in  the  Plumbing  Line 
Everything  in  the  Heating  Line

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

WEATHERLY  &  PULTE, 99  Pearl  St., Grand  Rapids  |

I  The  Regent  Manufacturing  Co.

 

174  Wabash  Avenue,

Chicago,

Offer  as  a  special

Holiday  Inducement:

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BEST 5 CENT CIGARS 

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A GOOD SELLER

and  the 

The  Economy  Farmer’s 
Boiler  and  Feed  Cooker

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

The Champion assortment,  consisting  of  40 
pieces of “ Regent" Quadruple-plated Silver­
ware,  our  regular  $ 1.25  goods,  for  $50.00, 
terms  2%  10  days  or  30  days,  net,  f.  o.^b. 
Chicago, including this $10 00  Graphophone as  our  premium  to  yon.  Our Silver­
ware  is  the  recognized  brand  for premium purposes — it  is honestly made, 
showy, attractive, newest  designs  and 
brings  you  trade.  The  present  is  a 
particularly favorable time to  inaugu­
rate the  premium  plan,  everybody  is 
spending money and there is no 
reason  why  you  should  not  get 
it  instead  of  your  competitor.
The  Graphophone  which  we 
present to you with 
the  Champion  as­
sortment, absolute­
ly  free,  will  draw 
the crowds  to  your 
the-  hand­
store, 
some 
silverware, 
which you  are  giv­
ing away will make 
them buy, and  this 
happy combination 
is  bound  to  bring 
profitable business.
W RITE  FOR  SP E C IA L  CIRC U LAR  AND  FU LL  PARTIC U LARS.

Calendar  Season  Is  Now  Here

Improve the opportunity  to  present  your customers  with  a souvenir  which 
will  cause  them  to  think  of  you  every  day  during  1S99.  Samples  and 
quotations free for the asking.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  Grand  Rapids.

Tieg  in n   the  Body,  Braie,  nerves,  and  make  tee  Weak  Siroog

“MR.  THOMAS”

The Most Popular Nickel Cigar on  Earth

Ruhe  Bros.  Co.,  Makers. 
Factory 9 56 ,1st  DIst.  Pa.

#  # 

♦  

F.  E.  Bushman,  Representative,

Kalamazoo, Mich.

Mail  Orders  Solicited.

The “Climax” Family Oil Can

The  Hinged  Cover  on  this 
can  Protects  the  -Entire 
Top,  preventing  Rain  or 
Dirt  from  entering the can.

Are  made  from  the  Best 
Quality  Galvanized 
Iron, 
and  Every  Can  Carefully 
Tested 
for  Imperfections 
before  leaving  the  factory.

Has a Steady Stream Pump 
which  is  Removable  from 
the  Can  in Case of Obstruc­
tions  or  for  Repairs,  and 
the  Discharge  Tube  is  ar­
ranged  so  that  It  Can  Be 
Turned  to  the  Outside  for 
Filling  High  Lamps.

Has  No  Equal on  the Mar­
ket  at the  Price. 
Sold  by 
jobbers everywhere.  Man­
ufactured  by

,  The  Winfield  Manufacturing  Co., 

<*•

A  DESK  FOR  YOUR  OFFICE

We don’t claim to sell “direct from  the  factory1” 

but do claim that we can sell you at

Less than the Manufacturer’s Cost

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

Our  No.  61  Antique  Oak  Sample  Desk  has  a 
combination  lock  and  center  drawer.  Raised 
panels  all  around,  heavy  pilasters,  round  corners 
and made of  thoroughly  kiln  dried  oak.  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  $ 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  ST5. 

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Seymour Crackers«^

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

Can you afford  to be  without it?

Made only  by

National  Biscuit Company

Grand Rapids,  Mich.

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Our line of above goods is in and we are offering at very 
MUSSELMAN  GROCER  CO.,

low  figures.

GRAN D   R A PID S,  MICH.

THANKSGIVING and CHRISTMAS

IF TOO OOF 0 DEBLEB

PU RITY AND STRENGTH!

FLEISfiJUUiH  & GO/5

in  L IM E   and 
do  not  handle

PETOSKEY STANDARD §

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

PETO SK EY  L lflE  CO.,

Bayshore,  flieh.

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

A BSO LU TELY  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,

Detroit  Agency,  118 Bates St.
Grand Rapids Agency, 26 Fountain  St.

FLEISCHM ANN  &  CO.

Volume XVI.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER  16,1898.

Number  791

FIRE?

Prompt, Conservative, Safe.

► J.W .Cham flin, Pres.  W. F red McB a in, Sec. <

The  Mercantile Agency

Established 1841.

R. G.  DUN & CO.

Widdicomb Bld*^, Grand Rapids, Mich. 

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

L. P. W1TZLEBEN  flanager.

On  a  Shopping  Tour.

She screamed In terror when her purse 
Was snatched from out her jeweled hand, 
And hurled a modest semi-curse 
Toward the fleeing, bold brigand;
And when the copper caught the thief 
She seized the purse with anxious air, 
And breathed a sigh of sweet relief 
To find her treasuves all were there:

A penciled note 
Her fellow wrote,
A sugar-plum,
A wad of gum,
A hair-pin (bent),
A copper cent,
A buttonhook 
With broken crook,
A safety pin,
A curling tin,
A powder rag,
A sachet bag.

These were the treasures which she bore 
Around with her from store to store 
While on a shopping tour to see 
The many pretty things which she 
Would love to buy if she but had 
The cash, and, with a smile so glad 
It almost made the copper sneeze,
She thanked him, and with sprightly ease 
Tripped on to seek another store 
Or two where she could shop some more.

L .  J .   S T E V E N S O N .  Ma n aOCH ANO  NOTANYj, 
K .  J .   Ç L E L A N D .  At t o a n c y.

CLOSING OUT BALANCE WINTER CLOTHING  1
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JVl.rsh.il  Mich.  5

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 ready  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. Nov. 25 to 28, with Spring 
Line in addition to above. 

W ILLIAM  CONNOR 

P. O. Box 346, 

2  

PREFERRED  BANKERS 

LIFE  ASSURANCE  COMPANY

OP  DS T R O IT .  M IC H IG A N .

Commenced Business September i, 1893.

Insurance in force................................$2,746,000.00
Net Increase during 1897....................  
104,000.00
Net Assets..........................................  
3*>738-1V
None
Losses Adjusted and  Unpaid.............. 
Other  Liabilities................................. 
None
Total Death Losses Paid to Date........ 
40,061.00
Total Guarantee Deposits Paid to Ben­
eficiaries...........................................  
813.00
Death Losses Paid During 1897........... 
17,000.00
Death Ratefor 1S97.............................. 
6-3'
Cost per 1,000 at age 30 during 1897.... 
8.25
FRANK E. ROBSON, P r es.
TRUMAN  B. GOODSPEED, S ec’y .

FIGURE  NOW  on  improving your office 
system for next year.  Write for sample 
leaf of our TI11E BOOK Mid PAY ROLL.

BARLOW  BROS.,  Qrand Rapids.

THE  FORGOTTEN PAST

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

GRAND  RAPIDS.

to  quit. 

Cannot  Afford  to  Be  Economical.
Her  right  wrist  was  in  a  sling,  and 
not  even  the  bewinged  hat  she  was  bay 
mg  sufficed  to  make  her  look  quite 
happy. 
“ That’s  a  fearfully  expensive 
hat,”   she  said,  “ but  I ’m  buying  it  to 
celebrate  the  turning  over  of  a  new leaf, 
and  for  a  celebration  it’s  rather  cheap. 
For  years  I've  been  led  away  by  the 
women’s  magazines. 
I ’ve  spoiled  more 
good  furniture  with  white  paint  that 
never  dried  and  brass  tacks  that  never 
went  in  quite  straight  than  would  fit 
out  a  whole  house. 
I've  spent  more 
money  trying  to  be  economical!  And 
I’m  going 
This  fall,  you 
know,  we  moved,  and  the  floors  of  the 
new  place  had  to  be  oiled.  They  were 
nice,  clean-looking 
light  wood,  but  I 
wanted  them  dark.  A  man  offered  to  do 
them  for  me  for  $3.75,  but  I  wanted  to 
save  money  for  this  hat,  and  I  said  him 
nay.  I  bought a  great big bottle of some­
thing  with  an  awful  smell  and  a  lot  of 
varnish  and  brushes  and  began  on  the 
library. 
I  went  all  around  and  around 
the  room  until  finally  I  found  myself  in 
a  little  unstained  island  in  the  middle 
of  it,  with  a  sea  of  shining  dark 
imita­
tion  mahogany  staining  between  me 
and  the  next  dry  spot.  You  see,  1 
hadn't  thought  about  how  I  was  to  get 
out. 
1 grabbed  up  the  big  bottle,  and— 
you  know  how  agile  I've  always been—I 
made  a  leap  to  cross  the  staining  with­
out  marring  it  by  a footprint. 
I  lighted 
on  the  varnish.  The  bottle  flew  out  of 
my  hand,  smashed  clean  through  that 
lovely  new  water  color  of  mine  and 
emptied  itself  against  the  wall,  while  1 
—well,  you  see  this  wrist. 
I  fell  on 
that,  and  the  doctor  thinks  it  will  al­
ways  be  a  little  stiff.  There’s  his  bill 
to  pay,  the  picture’s  ruined  and  all  the 
room  has  to  be  repapered.  All  that  be­
cause  I ’ ve  been  trying to be economical. 
I've  quit 
I ’ll  never  try  it again. 
I ’m  not  rich  enough  to  afford  the luxury 
of  economy. ’ ’

it. 

The  woman  who  was  with  her  smiled 
sympathetically. 
“ I  bad  the brass  tack 
and  barrel  chair  habit  once  m yself,”  
she  said,  “ but  worse  than  that,  I  had 
the  auction  habit. 
I  bought  a  lovely 
rug  once#that  brought  me  moths  and  a 
bedstead—well,  it  was  a  bedstead  I  just 
had  to  sit  up  nights  with  all  one spring, 
I
but  I  was  cured  of  my  vice  last  year. 

went  to  an  auction,  and  they  put  up  a 
lot  of  bottles  of  ink—big  stone bottles, 
quart  bottles, 
I  think.  Now,  I  write, 
and  so  does  my  husband.  Two  of  my 
brothers  are  newspaper  men,  so,  of 
course,  I  realized what a  stroke  of  econ­
omy  that  ink  would  be. 
I  bought  half  a 
dozen  bottles.  They  came  to $2,  I think. 
I  hired  a  boy  to  carry  them  home,  and 
when  I  opened  them  the  ink  was  red. 
I 
haven't  been  to  an  auction  sin ce."

Our  new  high  denomination  war  rev­
enue  stamps  are in great  demand  among 
European  collectors.  It  seems  that  bro­
kers  are  averse  to allowing their removal 
from  bills  of  sale,  and  the  war  stamps 
are  comparatively  scarce  in  collecting 
circles.  As  a  result  dealers  are  charg­
ing  their customers  as  high  as  10  cents 
each  for  canceled  specimens  of  the  Si 
documentary  stamps.

A  German  author,  G.  Salomon,  has 
written  a  treatise 
in  which  he  recom­
mends that  children  should  not  be  sent 
to  school  until  their  seventh  year,  that 
in  the  first  year  three  hours  a day should 
be  the  maximum  of  brain  work,  and 
that the  bodily  health  should  be 
looked 
after  with  special  care  from  the  ninth 
to  the  twelfth  year.

The  curious  fact  that  corn,  potatoes 
and  other  plants  thrive  better  when 
placed  in  rows  running  north  and  south 
has  been  proved  by  Dr.  Wollny,  of 
Munich.  This  reduces  the  shading  by 
each  other to  a  minimum,  more  uniform 
and  regular  light,  heat  and  moisture 
resulting.

The  people  of  Richmond,  Va.,  are 
being  encouraged  in  the  belief  that  the 
James  River  may  be  made  as  important 
to  the  ship  building 
industry  of  this 
country  as  is  the  Clyde  in  Scotland.

False  teeth  for  horses,  which  were 
suggested  by  the  President  of  a  French 
humane  society  a  few  years ago,  have 
actually  been  invented,  and  are  gaining 
favor  with  owners  of  large  stables.

If  you  don’t  give  your  customers  bet­
ter  goods  and 
lower  prices,  you  muet 
give  them  something  which  pleases 
them,  makes  them  feel  that  it  is  better 
and  safer  to  trade  with  you.

When  party  majorities  are  close  in 
Congress,  a  number  of congressmen turn 
up  who  declare  themselves  independent 
of  party  ties.  They  are  the  men  to 
trade  with.

The  arena  of  trade 

is  crowded  by 
bustling  men,  fighting  for  the  top-place 
by  pushing  others  down,  but  the  field  of 
courtesy  has been  neglected  and  under­
worked. 

_

A  man  is  a  very  sick  man  when  it 

is 
said  “ the  doctor  has  given  him  u p ;’ ’ 
he  must also  be  a  poor  man.

Jewels  to  the  amount  of  $180,000,000 
have  been  imported  into this  country  in 
the  last  twenty-five  years.

The  Maria  Teresa  has  come  to  be  a 
sort  of  phantom  ship;  now  yon  see  it, 
and  now  you  don't.

One  Variety  of  Mean  Men.

It  would  take  volumes  of  space  to  ex­
haust  the  subject  of  mean  men.  They 
are  numberless  and  of  infinite  variety. 
Some  are  born  mean;  others  take  on 
meanness through evil  surroundings,  bad 
habits  and  the  adoption  of  vice.  One 
sort  of  mean  man  assumes  the  right  to 
speak  to  women  on  the  streets  at  night­
fall,  if  it  happens  that  they  are  obliged 
to  be  returning  to  their  homes  unat­
tended.  Some  cowardly  young  men  who 
do  such  things,  the  more  is  the  pity  of 
it,  wear  the  well  made  clothes  of  gen­
tlemen,  pick  their  teeth  in  the  doorways 
of  first-class  hotels  and  pass  in  and  out 
of  gilded  saloons  and  brightly-lighted 
sometimes  make 
cigar  corners;  and 
their  way, 
through 
imposition, 
into 
mixed  society,  where  ladies  and  gentle­
men  are  found.  They  are  sneaks  who, 
in  their  way,  insult  women  who  may  be 
for  the  moment  unprotected.  A  clever 
little  actress,  with  character and conduct 
like  that  of  Caesar’s  wife,  beyond  re­
proach,  was  once  telling  of  her  experi­
ence  with  a  mean  man  who  lives in this 
city  to  disgrace  it  One  warm  evening 
the  lady,  being  through  her  part  earlier 
than  her  companions,  and  being  imbued 
with  that  spirit  of  honest  independence 
acquirecLby residence  in  Northern  cities 
—where  women go to libraries,  churches, 
lectures  and  playhouses  by  themselves 
at  night—started  to  return  alone  from 
the  theater  to  her  boarding  bouse.  She 
had  not  gone  far  before  she  felt  con- 
cious  that  she  was  being  followed,  and 
soon  one  of  the  well-dressed,  mean  male 
things  stepped  near to her,and  made  the 
intellectual  remark :  “ It  is  a  hot  nigbt, 
m iss!’ ’  When  she  knew  the  remark  was 
addressed  to  her,  with  the  insulting pur­
pose  of  engaging  her  in  conversation 
with  a  stranger,  her  blood  boiled.  She 
stopped  short  and, 
flashing  an  angry 
glance  at  the  mean  male  thing  from  as 
fine a  pair  of  black  eyes  as  ever 
looked 
over  the  footlights,  said:  “ It  will  be 
much  bolter  for  you,  you  cur,  as  soon  as 
I  can  find  a  policeman!”   The  mean 
male  thing  was  so  surprised  that  he  did 
not  stop  to  apologize.  He  acted  as  if  he 
bad suddenly  remembered  he had a busi­
ness  engagement  elsewhere,  and  started 
down  a  cross  street  as  fast  as  he  could 
walk.  The  lady  did  not  faint,  nor  cry 
out,  but  went  on  her  way  as  if  nothing 
had  happened.  She  never  even  told her 
friends that  she had  been rudely accosted 
on  the  street.  The  next  night  she  went 
home  alone  again;  but  then  she  had  a 
good-sized  glass  paper  weight,  with 
it,  which  she 
many  sharp  corners  on 
carried 
innocent  looking  opera- 
glass  b?g,  held  by  a  strong  cord.  She 
was  net  molested;  but  if  the  mean  male 
thing  had  approached  her, 
she 
hoped  he  would,  when  she  was  armed 
for  the  fray,  he  would  have  received  a 
blow  from  a  brave 
little  woman  that 
would  have  made  him  feel  as  if  be  had 
been  kicked  by  a  mule.

in  an 

as 

England 

is  not  going  to  war;  she  is 
simply  going  to  be  ready  when  war 
comes  to  her.

A  man’s  predictions  are  most apt  to 

be  colored  by  his  prejudices.

2

Dry Goods

When  Women  Do  Other  Women’s 
From the New York Sun.

Shopping.

“ I  don’t  know  whether  women  make 
it  a  rule  to  go  about  shopping  for  other 
people,”   said  a  city  hairdresser,  “ but 
we  find  a  good  deal  of  unselfishness 
in 
that  respect  in  our  line  of business.  Our 
customers  rarely  ever  shop  for them­
selves.  They  buy  for  friends.  Once  in 
a  great  while  a  very  young  girl  will 
come  in,  select  two  of  those  little  curls 
they  wear  at the  nape  of  the  neck,  and 
boldly  pin  them  on,  or  have  us pin them 
on  for  her,  in  broad  daylight,  but  the 
exception  is  the  rule.  They  almost 
in­
variably  match  their  own  hair and  buy 
the  curls  for a  friend.

" I t   is  the  same  way  with  frizzes  and 
switches.  We  sell  any  number  of  them 
for  friends  of  the  buyers.  They  sit  in 
front  of  the  mirror and  try  them on until 
they  match  their  own  hair  to a  shade, 
pay  for  them,  and  carry  them  home  to 
their  friends.  And  hair  d ye!  We  never 
sell  that  to  the  individual  who selects 
it.  We always  sell  it  for  friends.

“ Only  yesterday  a  customer  came  in 
with  an  embarrassed  air,  and  stood 
looking  thoughtfully  down  at  the  hair­
pins  in  the  showcase.  I  knew  she didn't 
want  hairpins.  Before  she  spoke  I  knew 
exactly  what she  wanted.  They  all  have 
the  same  little  air about  them when they 
want  hair  dye  for a  friend.  She  was  a 
young  woman,  but  there  were  white 
hairs  all  along  her  temples.

”   'I  want  to  look  at  some  hair  dye,’ 

she  said.

" I   showed  her several  varieties.
”   ‘ I  am  buying  it  for  a  friend,’  she 
remarked  casually,  as  she  turned  the 
bottles  around  and  examined  the  labels.

“   ‘ What  color?’  I  asked.
“ She  gave  a  quick  glance  in  the  op­

posite  mirror.

it 

dye.

”   ‘ Light  brown,’  she  answered.
“ I  took  down  a  bottle  of light brown 
injure  the  brain?’  she  en­
”   ‘ Will 
quired.  They  always  want  to know  that.

**  ‘ Of  course  not,’  said  I.
**  *1 would  rather  not—that  is,  I  mean 
my  friend  would  rather  not  use  it  at  all 
than  have  it  injure her brain.  She would 
rather  be  gray  as  a  rat. ’  She  laughed 
and 
‘ She 
isn’t so  very  gray  after  all,'  she  added, 
‘ only  a  tiny  little  bit  just  at  the  roots  of 
her  hair. ’
** *1 am  sure it won’t hurt your friend’s 
brain,’  said  I. 
‘ Hundreds  buy  it  for 
their  friends,  and  we have  had  no  com­
plaints  so  far.’

in  the  glass  again. 

looked 

**  ‘ If  you  are  sure,’  she  said,  ‘ I  be­
lieve  you  may  put  me  up  a  bottle,  but 
you  must be  sure.  My  friend  wouldn’t 
have  her  brain  injured  for all  the  hair 
dyes  in  the  world.’
*’  ‘ I  don’t think  you  need  be  afraid  it 
will  injure  your  friend’s  brain,’  I  as­
sured  her as  I  wrapped  up  the  bottle. 
‘ Not  in  the least.  Where shall I  send it?'
“   ‘ Ob,  you needn’t  send  it,’  she cried 
‘ I  will  take  it  to  her  myself.'
quickly. 
‘ ‘ I  knew  she  would  do  that.  They 
never  have  it  sent.  We  long  ago  dis 
pensed  with  our delivery  boy.  We  had 
no  use  for  him.  They  are  good  to  their 
friends,  these  buyers  of  hair dyes.  They 
.invariably  carry  the  parcels  home  to 
them. 
They  may  have  a  spool  of 
thread,  or a  paper  of  needles,  sent  from 
other  stores,  but  not  hair  dye. 
If  the 
bottles  were  large as demijohns I believe 
they  would  still  lug  them  home  them­
selves.

“   ‘ The  directions are  on  the  inside,’ 
I  told her.  ‘ Be very  careful  to have  your 
friend  follow  them  implicitly. ’

“   ‘ I  will. ’
"H e r  veil  had  come  unpinned. 

I 
pinned 
it  on  for her,  taking  a  look  at 
the  white  hair  on  her  temples  as  I  did 
so.

*‘  ‘ With  one or two  applications  your 
friend's  hair  will  turn  a  beautiful  light 
brown,'  I  said  encouragingly.

“   ’ Yes?’  She  took  the  bottle  and 
‘ You  are  sure  now 
injure  her  brain?’  she 

walked  to  the  door. 
that  it  won’t 
asked  again,  her  band  on  the knob.

“   ‘ Quite  sure,’  said  I. 

‘ And  I  hope 
your  friend  will  be  pleased  with  it, ’  I

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

called  after her as  she  went  out  into  the 
street,  abroad smile  on  her  countenance 
and  her  friend’s  bottle  of  hair  dye 
tucked  securely  under her  arm .”

The  Dry  Goods  Market.

Staple  Cottons—The  demand 

for 
bleached  cottons  in  all  grades  is  quiet, 
and  buyers  have  no  difficulty 
in  doing 
business.  Wide  sheetings  are  dull  and 
without  a  notable  feature.  There  is  a 
slightly  better demand  for  denims,  but 
no  change  in  prices.  Plaids  are  quiet, 
and  the  same  may  be  said  of  all  other 
coarse  colored  cottons.

Prints  and  Ginghams—Prices,  al­
though  nominally  without  change,  are 
in  reality  somewhat  irregular  for  spring 
goods.  Specialties  in  printed  varieties 
have  been  fully  up  to  the  average,  and 
percales  and  shirting  prints  are  in  good 
request.  Staple  ginghams  are  without 
change  and  dark  dress  styles  are  well 
sold  up  and  steady.  Fancy  ginghams 
for  spring  are  firm  and  fairly  well  sold, 
and  there 
is  a  steady  demand  coming 
forward.

large 

Carpets—The 

jobbers  and  de­
partment  stores  have  been  quite  fully 
represented  in  New  York  the  past  week 
and  some good  orders have been booked. 
It  is  now  generally  known  that  there 
is 
□ ot  any  large  stock  of  surplus  goods 
in 
the  hands  of  jobbers  or the  retail  trade. 
The  low  prices  of  tapestries  last  season 
at  the  auction  sales  induced the retailers 
to give  tapestries  and  velvets  more  at­
tention,  and they loaded  up  on  the above 
lines  more  than  usual.  This season there 
is  more  confidence  regarding  ingrains, 
last  season  to 
which  were  neglected 
make  place  for other  cheap  goods. 
It 
is too  early  to  give  an  idea  of  price  for 
the  next  season  on  any  line  of  carpets. 
Although 
various  opinions  are  ex­
pressed,  some  are  sure  that  prices  will 
remain  at  the  same  figure  as  last  sea­
son,  while  some  who  handle  tapestry 
and  velvet  carpets  expect  some  ad­
vance.  A  good  demand  for carpets  will 
have  the  effect  of  strengthening  the 
prices,  even  if  there  is  no  advance 
im­
mediately.  The  spring  samples  are  all 
ready,  and  ssme  manufacturers  have 
booked  moderate  orders.

Upholstery-----The 

large  upholstery
mills  are  now  between  seasons,  and  the 
salesmen  are  showing  their  lines of sam­
ples  to  the  jobbers,  who have,  in  some 
instances,  commenced  to  place  some  or­
ders  for  piece fabrics,  curtains and table 
covers.  The  trade  do  not as  a  general 
thing  commence  to  place  orders  much 
before  the  latter  part  of  November.

The  sweetest  woman  in  the  world 

is 
the  one  that  can  keep  her  mouth  shut 
the  longest.

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

The  Lamb  Glove  &  Mitten  Go.,

of PERRY,  MICH.,

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

KNIT  HAND  WEAR 

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

M a k e   a   D is p la y

It  will 

of  Handkerchiefs  for  the  holi­
days. 
increase  your 
sales  wonderfully.  We  are 
showing  a  splendid  assortment 
at  prices  to  suit  any  locality. 
Our  line  of  silks  is  especially 
strong.  We  have  them  with 
embroidered corners and  edges 
at  90c,  $1.25,  $1.75  and  $2.25. 
Men’s hemstitch, plain white, at 
$2.25 and  $4.50;  with  initials  it 

$2.25 and $4.50;  with colored borders (latest fad) at $4.50 per  dozen.
Voigt,  Herpolsheimer  &  Co.,

Wholesale Dry Goods, 
Grand Rapids, Mich.

W e  are  closing  out  odd  lots  and  jobs  of

Wash  Goods 
Hosiery 
Underwear  and 
Men’s  Furnishings 
including  Caps

P.

STEKETEE  &  SONS

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

i  UJbai’s  in  an  Him?

The  recent  war  has  taught  us  that  the 
Spanish  have  lofty  aims—rather  too  lofty 
to  hit  anything  but  the  sky.  Somehow 
or  other  our  men  missed  every­
thing but the Spanish ships.  Yet 
they  say,  what’s 
in  an  aim? 
Everything, if you aim straight.

In  advertising,  for  instance,  if 
you  want  to  aim  straight  at  the 
best  buyers  in  your  immediate 
locality, put your ammunition into 
a  thousand  calendars  and  care­
fully note the result. 
If you  are 
not  satisfied, you  will  be  an  ex­
ception to the general  rule.  No 
matter what  kind  of  a  calendar  you  want, 
we  can  furnish  it  at a price lower than you 
can obtain elsewhere, quality considered.

tradesman Company,

*   Grand Rapids.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

3

ACETYLENE  GAS

WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO OET IT

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

BUFFINGTON 
GAS  MACHINE

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

Difficulty in Obtaining Suitable Burners 

for  Acetylene  Gas.

One  of  the  greatest  troubles  in  the  in­
troduction  of  acetylene  has  been  to  find 
a  burner  suitable  for 
its  consumption. 
All  the  burners  first  introduced  proved 
failures,  as  all  developed  a  tendency  to 
smoke  after  from  60  to  200  hours'  burn­
ing.  The  trouble  generally  commenced 
by  a  filiform  growth  of  carbon  appear­
ing  at  the  nipple,  which  quickly  dis­
torted  the  flame  and  caused  a  cloud  of 
soot  flakes  to  descend. 
If  the  burner 
was  cleaned  and  relighted  the  trouble 
commenced  again 
in  an  hour or two, 
and  the  only  thing  to be  done was  to  re­
place the  nipple  by  a  new  one.

If  the  nipple  had  been  burning  some­
time  and  the  steatite  was  removed  and 
broken 
it  was  found  to  be  carbonized 
for  some  depth  into the  material,  show­
liquid  hydro-carbon  bad 
ing 
soaked 
into  the  material  and  had  been 
split  up  there  by  the  heat,  with  deposi­
tion  ef  carbon.

that  a 

The  generally  accepted  idea  was  that 
the  heat  of  the  nipple  polymerized some 
acetylene  to  benzine,  and  that this form­
ing  a  drop  did  the  mischief,  and  efforts 
to  keep  the  burner  cool  were  looked 
upon  as  a  likely  direction  in  which  to 
search  for  success.  At this  juncture  the 
Napheys  or  Dolan  burner  was  intro­
duced,  the  principle  employed  being  to 
use  two  small  and  widely  separated  jets 
instead  of  the  two openings of the Union 
jet  burner,  and  to  make  each  jet a  mi­
nute  Bunsen  in  which  each  jet  of  acety­
lene  dragged  In  from  the  base  of  the 
nipple  enough  air to surround  and  pro­
tect  it,  whilst burning,  from contact with 
the  steatite.

These  burners  were  bailed  with  de­
light  and  their success  led  to  their  be­
ing  pirated  right  and  left,  many  laugh­
able  forms  being  adopted  in  the  efforts 
to  avoid  the  original  patents;  but  al­
though  these  burners  mark  a  very  great 
improvement,  and  will  burn  for  several 
hundred  hours  without  smoking—un­
less,  in  a  fit of  false  economy,  the  user 
insists  on  turning  them  down  and  leav­
ing  them  for  an  hour  or  so  as  two  small 
and  separate  flames,  in  which  case  they 
generally  start  smoking  on  being  again 
turned  on  at  once—the  trouble  is  by  no 
means  got  over,  and  a  Napheys  burner 
will  often  be  found  smoking  as  heartily 
as  one  of  its  more  humble  brethren.

The  fact  is  that  the  cause  of  smoking 
is  to  be  found  quite  as  much  in  the 
generator  as 
in  the  nipple,  and  over­
heating during generation  is undoubtedly 
a  prime  factor  in  this worrying phenom­
enon.

in  a  Union 

Overheating,  as  before  pointed  out, 
forms  benzine,  which  is  carried as  a  va­
por  by  the  gas  and  remains  in  suspen­
sion  until  the  friction  of  the gas through 
the  minute  holes  in  the  nipple  scrubs  it 
its  deposition.  More­
out  and  causes 
over,  when  the  holes 
jet 
burner have  been  arranged  for  the  con­
sumption  of  acetylene,  the  presence  of 
benzine  at  once  causes  it  to  smoke,  as 
the  benzine  requires 
three  times  as 
much  air  for  its  consumption  when  in 
the  form  of  a  vapor  than  an  equal  vol­
ume  of  acetylene  does,  and  the  result  is 
that  the  balance  of  the  burner  is  entire­
ly  upset.  Purification  of  the  acetylene 
by  properly  devised  scrubbers  would 
lessen  the  evil  to  a  great  extent,  and 
within  the  last  few  days  a  burner has 
been  brought  out  in  which  a  regulating 
and  purifying  box  below  the  nipple  is 
it  possible  to  use a 
claimed  to  make 
No.  00000  Bray  tip  for  a 
lengthened 
period.

A  great  deal  more  is  known  now  as to

it 

The  chief  danger,  however,  lies 

the  dangers  of  acetylene  than  formerly, 
and 
is  now  recognized  as  being  no 
more  poisonous  than  ordinary  coal-gas, 
and  under  all  ordinary  pressures  hardly 
more  dangerous,  except  that  mixtures  of 
acetylene  and  air  are  explosive  over a 
wider  range  than  is  the  case  with  coal 
gas  and  air.  For  instance,  it  takes  5  to 
6  per cent,  of  coal  gas  to  be  present 
in 
air  before  it  shows  any  explosive  tend­
ency,  whilst  with  acetylene,  according 
to  Dr.  Clowes,  3  per  cent,  is  sufficient.
in 
the  possibility  of  detonating  acetylene; 
that  is  to  say  that,  when pure  acetylene 
is  subjected  to  a  sudden  heat,  suffi­
ciently  intense  to  cause  it  to  break  up 
into  its  constituents,  it  will  do  so  under 
certain  conditions  with  extreme  vio­
lence,  whilst  exploding  a  detonator of 
mercuric  fulminate  in  the  gas"produces 
the  same  effect.  The  explosion,  how­
ever,  only  spreads 
in  the  gas  if  it  be 
under  a  pressure  of  more  than  2  atmo­
spheres;  that  is  to  say  that if a mercuric 
fulminate  cap  be  fired 
in  acetylene  at 
anything  under  atmospheric  pressure, 
is  the  splitting  of  the 
the  only  result 
immediate  neighbor­
acetylene 
in  the 
into  carbon  and  hy­
hood  of  the  cap 
drogen,  whilst 
if  the  pressure  exceed  2 
atmospheres  the  whole  volume  of  the 
gas  is  instantaneously  decomposed 
into 
its  constituents  with  great  explosive 
force,  and  the  same  phenomena  are  ob­
served  when  the  gas  is heated  at any one 
point  to 
its  decomposing  temperature.

V iv ia n   B.  L e w is.

stationery 

Use  Good  Stationery.
I  believe  in  good  stationery. 

jewelry  business, 

I  think 
it  improves  the  tone  of  a  business,  and 
to  a  certain  extent  good  letter  paper 
even  adds  weight  to  what the letter says. 
There are  some classes of business,  how­
ever,  that need  much  better  and  more 
expensive 
than  others. 
Amongst  the  lot of  specimens  that have 
been  sent  me  I  notice  the  very  elabo­
rate  embossed  paper  of a jeweler and the 
plain,  unassuming  type  printed 
letter­
head  of  a  butcher.  Now,  every  business 
ought  to  have  as good  stationery  as  the 
character  of  the business  admits,  but the 
butcher  does  not  need  as  fine  stationery 
as the  jeweler.  While the  butcher  busi­
ness  is  just  as honorable  and  more  nec­
essary  than  the 
its 
character  would  not naturally seem to re­
quire  the  use  of  embossed  paper. 
If 
the  butcher  can  afford  that  expense  so 
much  the  better,  and  so  much more dig­
nity  be  will  give  to  bis  business,  but 
fine  stationery  is  not  as  necessary  to  the 
butcher  shop  as 
jewelry 
store.  Our friend  the printer  who  sends 
the  samples  seems  to  think  that  every 
business  ought  to  have  fine  embossed 
paper,  but  I  think  there  he  goes  a  little 
beyond  the  actual  requirements  of  busi­
ness.  A  business  should  have  as  good 
stationery  as 
it  can  afford,  but  some 
lines  of  merchandise require better qual­
ity  than  others.  The 
jeweler  ought  to 
have  the  best  stationery  whether  he 
thinks  he  can  afford 
it  or  not.  The 
butcher  can  very  readily  get  along  with 
the  cheap  grade  if  he  thinks  he  can  not 
afford  better.—Chas.  F.  Jones  in  Print­
ers'  Ink.

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about  one  week,  and  it  has  been  very 
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Around  the State
Movements  of  Merchants.

Carson  City—Walter  Mosher  has 

opened  a  feed  store  here.

Elkton—Fred  Elder  has purchased the 

drag  stock  of  D.  G.  Neuber.

Decatur—Frank  Potts  will  open  his 

new  crockery  store  on  Dec.  15.

Beliaire—B  Dickerson  has  purchased 

the  grocery  stock  of  Cone  &  Co.

Dailey----- Janies  O.  Hain  succeeds

Ralph  L.  Schell  in  general  trade.

Hudsonville—Jacob Vander Boegb  has 

opened  a  meat  market at  this  place.

Flint—The  Thompson  Drug  Store 

is 
the  successor  of  Frederick  H.  Thomp­
son.

Belleville—Benj.  F.  Whittaker  suc­
ceeds  Heglund  &  Whittaker  in  general 
trade.

Coloma—Daniel  Carney,  Jr.,  of  De­
catur,  has  opened  a  drug  store at  this 
place.

Flint—J.  S.  Ferguson  &  Son  have 
purchased  the  grocery  stock  of  H.  D. 
Parker.

Escanaba—E.  F.  Bolger will hereafter 
conduct  the  grocery  business  of Bredeen 
&  Bolger.

Charlotte—White  &  Cooper  have  sold 
their  meat  business  to  P.  Hults  and  J. 
F.  Lewis.

Mason—M.  A.  Bement  succeeds  Las- 
im­

enby  &  Bement  in  the  agricultural 
plement  business.

Casnovia—S.  Rosenberg  has  opened 
a  dry  goods  and  men's  furnishing  goods 
store at  this  place.

Harbor  Springs—J.  F.  Stein  has  pur­
chased  the  boot  and  shoe  stock  of  Allen 
Wright  at  sheriff  sale.

East  Tawas—Kunze  &  Applin,  gro­
cers  and  meat  dealers,  have  sold  out  to 
J.  G.  Dimmick  &  Co.

Calumet—Joseph  Gardner and  August 
Ecker  have  formed  a  copartnership  to 
engage  in  general  trade.

South  Haven—A.  G.  Blackman,  fur­
niture  dealer  and  undertaker,  has  re­
moved  to  Grand  Junction.

Port  Huron—Samuel  L.  Boyce,  of 
the  wholesale  and  retail  hardware  firm 
of  S.  L.  Boyce  &  Son,  is  dead.

Williamston—Lounsburv  &  Herron 
succeed  Lounsbury  &  Lockwood  in  the 
agricultural  implement  business.

Ann  Arbor—The  hardware 

Parker,  Colburn  &  Schneider 
ceeded  by  the  Moore  Hardware  Co.

firm  of 
is  suc­

Laingsburg—Mr.  Bretz, 

Odessa,  has  embarked 
merchandise  business  at  this  place.

of 

Lake 
in  the  general 

Houghton—Wm.  McVicar  and  E .  W. 
Bounsall  have  purchased  the  tea  stock 
of  A.  B.  Scott  and  will  add  a  full  line 
of  groceries.

East  Jordan—A.  S.  Fryman,  of  T rav­
erse  City,  will  shortly  remove  his  stock 
of  shoes  to  this  place,  where  be  will  en­
gage  in  business.

Calumet—Joseph  Plautz 

and  Paul 
Scbeuler  have  embarked  in  the  general 
merchandise  business  under  the  style of 
Scheuler  &  Plautz.

Niles—Chas.  A.  Williams  has  pur­
chased  the  wood,  coal  and  feed  busi­
ness  which  W.  W.  Jaucbstatter  recently 
bought  of  I.  T.  Letcher.

Union  City—Linz  Johnson  has  re-en­
gaged  in  the grocery  and  bakery  busi­
ness,  having  repurchased  the  stock  he 
sold  to  Robert  Watkins  six  months  ago.
Grand  Haven—Henry Fase has  retired 
from  the  grocery  firm  of  John  W.  Ver- 
hoeks  &  Co.,  with  which  he  has  been 
connected  for  nearly  sixteen  years.  The 
business  will  be  continued  by the  re­
maining  partner at  the  same  location.

M IC H IG A N   TRADESMAN

Onaway—J.  M.  Clark  has  begun  the 
erection  of  a  store  building,  25x60  feet 
in  dimensions,  two  stories  high,  which 
he  will  occupy  with  a  line  of  hardware.
firm  of 
French  &  Hayden  has  been  dissolved, 
D.  L.  French  succeeding.  He  has taken 
bis  son-in-law,  H.  E.  Moon,  into  part­
nership.

Cassopolis—The  hardware 

Ishpeming—Wm.  Malmborg,  who  first 
engaged 
in  the  bakery  business  here 
over  twenty  years ago,  has  opened  a  re­
tail  store,  in  connection  with  his  whole­
sale  business.

Muskegon—The  liabilities against  the 
Wm.  Nested  estate  have  been liquidated 
and  the  grocery  business  established  by 
the  deceased  will  be  continued  at  the 
same  location  under  the  style  of  Lena 
Nested.

Mulliken—Harry  D.  Burroughs,  grain 
dealer,  and  A.  E.  Lawrence,  produce 
dealer,  have 
joined  bands  under  the 
style  of  Burroughs &  Lawrence  and  con­
solidated  both 
lines  of  business  under 
one  management.

Lansing—Alfred  Ronk  has  sold  his 
dry  goods  stock  to  A.  M.  Smith,  of 
Flint,  and  L.  H.  Kennedy,  of  Charlotte, 
who  will  continue  t^e  business  under 
the  style  of  A.  M.  Smith  &  Co.  Mr. 
Ronk  will  not  re-engage  in business this 
winter and  anticipates  spending  several 
months  in  California.

Bear 

Lake-----The 

Council  has
“ tumbled”   to the  fact  that  good  roads 
and  passable  streets  mean  more  trade 
from  the  farmers  of  the  vicinity,  and  it 
has  purchased  a  gravel  pit,  the  gravel 
from  which  will  be  used 
improving 
the  streets  of  the  village  so they  will  be 
fit to  use  in  all  kinds  of  weather.

in 

Clare—Three  grain  and  stock  buyers 
at  Clare  have  paid  out $55,000  for  those 
commodities  to  the  farmers  of the vicin­
ity  in  the  past  four  months.  And  those 
three  are  not the  only  men  who are  buy­
ing  grain  and  stock  there,  either,  nor 
does  that  amount  include  the  payments 
for  apples,  potatoes  and  poultry  and 
dairy  products  to  the  farmers.

Kalamazoo—Horace  Fuller  has  been 
appointed  receiver of the. wholesale drug 
house  of  Hall  Bros.  &  Co.  This  action 
is  the  result  of  the  petition  of  a  number 
of  the  stockholders  that  such  an  ap­
pointment  be  made  for  the  purpose  of 
winding  up  the  business. 
is  alleged 
that  the  present  officers  are  extravagant 
in  the  management  of the affairs  of  the 
concern.

It 

It 

Detroit—A  movement 

is  on  foot  in 
this  city  to  organize  a  new  trust  com­
pany  as  a  rival  to  the  Union  Trust  Co., 
which  is  in  close  relationship  with  sev­
eral  of  the  big  banks  of  Detroit. 
is 
planned  that  the capital  stock  shall  be 
$300,000, with  a  paid-up surplus of $150,- 
000.  A  number  of  the  big  institutions 
along  Griswold  street think  a  rival com­
pany  would  be a  source  of  benefit.  This 
plan  has  been  agitated  several  months 
and  a  preliminary  meeting  will  prob­
ably  be  held  in  the  near future.  A dozen 
capitalists  and  business  men  are  in  the 
scheme.  Most  of  them  are  bank  direc­
tors,  but  none are  in  the  First National, 
the  American  Exchange  National  or the 
State  Savings  banks.

Manufacturing  Matters.

Rockland—The  Michigan  mine,  con­
trolled  by  Detroit  capitalists,  is  sinking 
one double and  one  triple  compartment 
shaft  on  the  “ Calico”  lode,  which  aver­
ages  twelve  feet 
in  width  and  shows 
copper 
in  profitable  quantity.  New 
boilers and  hoisting  plant are  being  in­
stalled  and  an  air  compressor  will  go 
into  commission  this  week.

Manistee—The  State  Lumber  Co.  is 
running  a  large  camp  on  hemlock  and 
hardwoods  near  Honor. 
It  has  a  large 
tract of  timber  in  that  vicinity  that  will 
keep  it  operating  for a  number of  years.
Manistee—The  Manistee  &  North­
eastern  Railroad  is  extending  its  track 
to  within  four  miles  of  Empire,  where 
the  T.  Wilce  &  Co.  lumber  plant  is  lo­
cated,  and  the  latter are  to  build  a  con­
nection  with  the  road.

Alcona—Duggan  &  Brooks  have  pur­
chased  a 
large  quantity  of  cedar and 
other  standing  timber of  Alger,  Smith 
&  Co.,  on  the  Lake  Huron  shore,  and 
have started  camps  to  cut  the  cedar. 
It 
will  be  put  into  the  water and  floated  to 
Alpena  in  the  spring.

Manton— H.  A.  and  I.  H.  Holmes 
have  sold  an  interest  in  their  acetylene 
gas  machine  to  J.  Ward  Bailey  and  will 
form  a  company  under the  name  of  the 
Holmes-Bailey  Acetylene  Gas  Machine 
Co.  As  soon  as  the  model 
is  finished 
and  authorized  they  intend  fitting  up  an 
office  in  Manton  where  will  be  carried 
a  general  line  of  fixtures  and  a  supply 
of  carbide.

Detroit—Much  interest  is  being  man­
ifested  by  Detroit  manufacturers  in  the 
business  men’s  excursion,  which  is  to 
leave  the  city  November  29,  returning 
December  3.  Secretary  Campbell,  of 
the  Merchants  &  Manufacturers'  E x ­
change,has  received  several  letters com­
mending  the  plan  and  many  business 
men  have  signified  their 
intention  of 
joining  the  excursionists.  The  follow­
ing  firms  have  been booked:  Freeman, 
Delamater  &  Co.,  Strong,  Lee  &  Co., 
Edson,  Moore & Co.,  Burnham,  Stoepel 
&  Co.,  Williams,  Davis,  Brooks  & 
Hinchman  Sons,  Armstrong  &  Graham, 
Ward  L.  Andrus,  Pingree  &  Smith, 
Heavenrich  Bros.,  Michigan  Shoe  Co., 
C.  C.  Smith  Shoe  Co.,  F.  H.  Cozzens, 
Beecher,  Peck  & Lewis,  Standart Bros., 
State  Savings  Bank,  Vail,  Crane,  De­
pew  Co.,  Michigan  Stove  Co.,  William 
Reid  and  the  American  Harrow  Co.

Move  In  the  Right  Direction.

Clare,  Nov.  14—The  City  Council  of 
this  place  has  enacted  a  long-needed 
ordinance  for  the  purpose  of  excluding 
peddlers,  fakirs  and  shows,  etc.,  unless 
they  contribute  something  towards  the 
support  of  our  city  as  well  as  the  busi­
ness  man,  who  is  heavily  taxed  for  the 
support  of  the  running  expenses  of  the 
city,  while  the  outsider,  for  years,  has 
been  permitted  to  come  in  free,  or at  a 
small  expense,  and  have  full  sway  of 
the  city  market  and  other  privileges. 
The  present  Council,  knowing that these 
facts  existed,  prepared  an  ordinance  a 
few  days  ago to  cover  these evils,  which 
act  should  have  the  hearty  co-operation 
of  every  business  man  in  Clare.

The  first  case  to  come  under  the  new 
law  was  an  Uncle  Tom’s  Cabin  Co.  last 
week.  A  license  of  $5  was  demanded. 
The  manager  refused  to  pay  the  amount 
and  was  promptly  arrested.  He gave 
bail,  but  threatened  to  sue  the  city  and 
raise  Cain,  but  before  the  day  of  trial 
came,  he  was  very  anxious to  settle  the 
matter  by  paying  the  license  demanded 
and  the  costs  of  the  case.  Thus  ends 
the  first  case. 

J.  F.  T atman.

Avoid  the  Thanksgiving  Rush.
In  order  that  there  may  be  no  delay 
in  securing  your  necessary  supply  of 
Anchor  brand  oysters,  I  suggest that  you 
send  me  a memorandum of your Thanks­
giving  requirements  this  week,  so as  to 
avoid  the  rush  incident  to  next  week.
F.  J.  D e t t e n t h a ler.

W.  C.  Pettet  has  purchased  the  inter­
est  of  M.  R.  Alden 
in  the  butter and 
egg  establishment  of  Alden  &  Pettet  at 
98  South  Division  street  and  formed  a 
copartnership  with  E.  N.  Pettet  to 
continue the  business  under the  style  of 
Pettet  Bros.

The  Boys  Behind  the  Counter.

Alma—M.  D.  Train,  who  has  filled 
the  position  of  clerk  in  C.  E  Pettyjohn
6   Co. 's  store  during  the  past  summer, 
has  gone  to  Calumet  to  take  charge of 
the  dry  goods  depaitment  of  J  Vivian, 
Jr.,  &  Co.

Lansing—William  Brake, 

formerly 
employed  by  Bennett  &  Brake,  the 
druggists,  has  taken  a  position  in  the 
grocery  store  of  F.  C.  Brisbin.

Traverse  City—Roy  Loudon,  an  em­
ploye  of  the  Boston  store,  has  resigned 
his  position  there  and  will  enter  the 
clothing  department  of  J.  Steinberg’s 
store.

South  Boardman—Howard  Leach  has 
engaged  a  new  clerk  in  the  person  of 
D  H.  Hunter,  of  Traverse  City.

Menominee—Chas.  Innis,  formerly  of 
this  city,  who  has  been  employed  in  the 
shipping  department  of  the  Smith, 
Thorndyke  &  Brown  wholesale  grocery 
house  at  Marinette,  has  been  promoted 
to  head  book-keeper.

Winchester—M.  J.  Hesselsweet,  book­
keeper  for the  Mecosta Lumber Co.,  and 
Miss  Nellie  Allen  were  united  in  mar­
riage  recently.

South  Haven—Solon  H.  Nevins,  pre­
scription  clerk  for  S.  Van  Ostrand,  was 
recently  married  to  Miss  Marie  Andrus, 
of  Allegan.

Croswell—George  E.  Green,  who  has 
been  in  the  employ  of  Corbishley  &  Co. 
for a  number of  years,  has  gone  to M in- 
den  City,  and  taken  a  position  in  C.  L. 
Messmore's  bank  as  cashier.

Colon—Will  Taylor  has  severed  his 
connection,  as  clerk,  with  Walter  D ick­
inson,  meat  dealer,  and  Chas.  Anderson 
has  taken  the  position.

Saginaw—John  Carmichael,  clerk  for 
Wm.  Schnette  &  Co.,  was  married Nov.
7 to  Miss  Irene  Moxnes.
Open  Meeting  of  the  Detroit  Retail 

Grocers’  Association.

Detroit,  Nov.  14—On  Nov.  25  there 
will  be  held  in  this  city  an  open  meet­
ing  at  which  business  men  of  all  kinds 
will  be  present.  The  meeting  will  be 
held  under  the  auspices  of  the  Detroit 
Retail  Grocers’  and  Butchers’  Protec­
tive  Association,  but  will  be  attended 
by  the  members  of  all  other  mercantile 
associatiqps  in  the  city  who  have  any­
thing  to  do  with  the  retail  business,  as 
well  as  a  good  many  business  men  who 
are  not  intimately  connected  with  any 
business  associations.

The  purpose  of  this  meeting  is  for 
agitation  and  instruction  along  the lines 
of  better exemption  and  collection  laws 
than  are  now 
in  this  State, 
which  you  know  are  notoriously  bad, 
and  not only  unsatisfactory to  the  seller, 
but  offer  a  premium  on  dishonesty  to 
the  buyer.

in  force 

W.  C.  Sprague,  President  of  the  Col­
lector  Publishing  Co.,  a  gentleman  of 
National  reputation  along  these 
lines, 
and  one  of  the  directors;of  the  National 
Credit  Men’s  Association,  has consented 
to be  present  and  deliver  an  address  on 
this  vital  topic.  State  Food  and  Dairy 
Commissioner  Grosvenor  will  also  be  on 
hand  with  a  practical  talk  along  the 
lines  of  the  relations  of  pure  food  to  the 
retail  trade.

On  behalf  of  the  Detroit  retail  gro­
cers,  I  am  instructed  to ask  that  you  be 
present,  or 
impossible,  to 
have  a  representative  present,  or  to 
communicate  with  the  undersigned  on 
or  before  that  date,  giving  your  expres* 
sion  regarding  the  same,  so that  your 
views  may  be  made  a  part  of  the  pro­
ceedings.

if  that 

In  order  to  bring  about  the  desired 
results  in  this  matter,  it  will  be  neces­
sary  for  all  concerned  to  bring  a  good 
deal  of pressure to  bear  on  the  incoming 
Legislature,  and  this  can  only  be  done 
by  thorough  co-operation  on  the  part  of 
ail  the business  men  of  the  State.

is 

E .  Ma r k s, Sec’y.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
The  Produce  Market.

Grand  Rapids  Oossip

The  Grocery  Market.

further 

increased  by 

Sugars—The  waiting  policy  that  has 
been 
in  vogue  by  large  sugar  buyers 
since  tbe  new  refineries  have  been  in 
operation  received  a  shock  when  on 
Friday  tbe  Amerian  Sugar  Refining  Co. 
took  everything 
in  sight  in  raw  sugar 
that  could  be  had  at  \Y%c  basis  for 96 
deg.  test.  As  this  left a  margin  between 
raw  and  refined  of  but  35c—the 
lowest 
on  record—it  stimulated  trading  in  re­
fined  and  a  good  business  was  done. 
This  was 
the 
rather  unexpected  advance  in  refined  on 
Monday  of  %c  on  the  entire  list.  The 
market  closes  very  strong  at  $}ic  for 
granulated, with  96  deg.  test  heldat4^c 
and  a  further advance 
intimated.  One 
of  the  features  of  the  sugar  trade  this 
week  was  the  offering  by  the  American 
Sugar  Refining  Co.  of  fine granulated  in 
five  pound  branded  cotton  bags,  packed 
sixty 
in  a  barrel  and  sold  at  l/ic  over 
barrel  price.  As  the  refinery  will  sell 
but  five  barrels  to  a  car,  this  style  pack­
age  will  not  be  much  of  a  factor  in  tbe 
market  at  present,  but  the general  im­
pression  among  the  trade  is  that  it  will 
be  a  winner  and  orders  for  straight  cars 
were  offered  the  refiners,  but  refused.

Later—All  grades  of  refined  were ad­

vanced 

Wednesday.

Canned  Goods—Tomatoes  are  strong 
for  full  standards,  but  slack  filled  East­
ern  goods  are  still  offered  at  a  conces­
sion.  Standard corn  has  advanced  2 ^ c, 
with  a  good  demand.  String  and  wax 
beans  in  good  demand  at  an  advance  of 
5c. 
Blueberries  scarce  and  20c  per 
dozen  higher.  Seconds  yellow  peaches 
usually  held  2>£@5c  higher,  although 
some  lots  can  be  bought  at  old  prices. 
Sardines  very  strong,  with  indication  of 
higher  prices.

it 

Dried  Fruits—There 

is  an  excellent 
demand  for  both  raisins  and  prunes  at 
unchanged  prices,  although 
is  inti­
mated  that tbe  California  Raisin  Grow­
ers’  Association  will  advance raisins an­
other  yic  soon.  The  crop,  while  excel­
lent 
in  quality,  is  not  turning  out as 
large  as  anticipated  earlier  in  the  sea­
son  and 
it  is  estimated  that  over 2  000 
cars  out of  a  probable  crop  of  less  than 
3.000  cars  have  already  left  the  coast. 
Barrel  currants  have  advanced  yic,  but 
tbe  cleaned  article  is  unchanged.  There 
is  some  speculative  demand  for  peaches 
and  prices  will  undoubtedly  advance. 
Apricots  unchanged.

R ice—In  good  demand  and  market 
very  strong.  The  demand 
is  running 
largely  to  Javas  and  domestic  Japans, 
which  are  relatively  cheaper  than  the 
domestic  sorts.

Cereals—Oat  and 

corn  goods  un­
changed,  but  the  large  mills  are  still 
oversold  and 
shipments  are  delayed 
from  two  to three  weeks.  Barley  has  ad­
vanced  25c  and  the  mills  are  also  over­
sold  on  this  article.

Syrups  and  Molasses—There has  been 
no  change  in  price,  although  compound 
is  ruling  below  what  it  should 
syrup 
bring 
in  view  of  tbe  advanced  glucose 
prices.  No  change 
soon. 
There  is  no  particular  change  in  sugar 
syrup,  which  is  in  no  demand  whatever 
in  a  grocery  way.  Prices are unchanged. 
A 
little  more  is  doing  in  molasses,  al­
though  not  so  much  as  is  usually  done 
at  this  season.  Prices  are  gradually 
lowering  as  the  season  advances.

likely 

is 

Tobacco—There  is  a  serious hitch 

in 
the  completion  of  the  Continental  To­
bacco  Co.  President  Weissinger, of  tbe 
Weissinger Tobacco  Co., has  withdrawn

his  offer to  sell  his  factory,  and  the  re­
port  has  been  circulated  that  Daniel 
Scotten  &  Co.,  of  Detroit,  will  likewise 
refuse.  Mr.  Weissinger  was  to  be  a  di­
rector  of  the  Continental  and  was  to 
manage  bis  factory  at  Louisville,  on 
which  the  Continental  took  an  option  at 
$500,000.  Since  then  matters  have  got 
into a  tangle,  and  he has now  withdrawn 
his  offer  to  sell.  Report  has  it  that an­
other  new  and  powerful  combination 
is 
being  formed  and  that,  as  President 
Duke  is  objecting  to  the  prices  Scotten 
and  Weissinger  are  asking,  the  gentle­
men  have  decided  to  go 
in  with  the 
opposition,  which  is  probably tbe Union 
Tobacco  Co.  The  belief  of  the  tobacco 
trade  generally 
is  that  the  Continental 
will  be  formed,  but  without  all  of  the 
eight  factories  on  which  options  have 
been  taken.  Mr.  Heath,  the  promoter 
who  got  the  options originally,  has  been 
in  Louisville  to  get  Weissinger  back 
in 
line,  but has  failed.

Provisions—There  has  been  a  slight 
shading  of  prices  at  packing  points  on 
some  lines,  but  tbe  whole  list  is virtual­
ly  unchanged.  Some  packers  are  ask­
ing  more  for  medium  hams,  but  others 
will  still  sell  at  the  old  prices.  Both 
pure  and  compound  lard  is  unchanged, 
the  demand  being  apparently  sufficient 
to  clean  up  the  supply,  although  tbe 
make  is  considerably  heavier than  dur­
ing  the  summer  months.

Salt  Fish—John  Pew  &  Son  (Glouces­
ter)  write  the  Tradesman  as  follows: 
The  mackerel  catch  continues  light. 
Stock  on  hand 
is  unusually  small  and 
prices  are  somewhat  higher.  Although 
present  prices  are  high,  we  do  not 
look 
for  any  decline  until  the  new  catch 
comes 
in  next  June and  the  following 
months.  We  still  believe  there  is  an 
abundant  supply  of  mackerel 
in  the 
waters  off the  U.  S.  coast,  and our usual 
catch  of  former  years  is  coming  around 
again.  Although,  perhaps,  it  may  not 
be  next  year,  it  is  not  many  years  away 
from  us.  The  catch  of  fresh  fish  this 
year  has  been 
large.  Something  like 
fifty  million  pounds  have  been  landed 
at  this  port  to  date.  Of  this  amount 
nearly  150,000 to 200,000  quintals  have 
been  split  and  salted  for  tbe  whole  fish 
and  boneless  trade;  and  this  amount, 
added  to  receipts  of  salted codfish  kinds 
from  the  fishing  fleet  (another  150,000 
quintals),  will  make  tbe  amount  of 
salted  fish  that  has been  landed  at  this 
port  and  cured  or  in  process  of  curing, 
to  date,  about  350,000  quintals.  There 
are  about  thirty  vessels  to  arrive on 
their  second  trips  from  the Grand Banks 
and  they  will  bring home probably about 
40,000 quintals  of  codfish.  We  think  the 
total  catch  of  codfish  and  other  ground 
fish,  salted,  landed  at this port this year, 
will  amount  to  about  450,000 quintals. 
Some  persons  say  tbe  consumption  of 
salted  codfish 
is  decreasing,  compared 
with  thirty  years  ago,  but  we  do  not 
think  that  there  has  been  any  great 
change.  New  conditions  have  arisen 
during  the  above  period  and  changes 
have  been  made  to  meet  them ;  and  be­
cause  the  business  is  done now so differ­
ently  from  in  tbe  older times,  it  gives 
occasion  for  some  pessimistic  talk  in 
some  quarters.  Fish  kinds  have  been 
one  of  tbe  great  staples 
in  the  food 
product  and  always  will  be  as  long  as 
tbe  sea  and 
land  exist.  More  care  is 
taken  to-day  than  ever before  in prepar­
ing  salted  fish  for  market,  in  neatness, 
taste  and  cleanliness.

Wagner  &  Angell  succeed  Wagner 
Bros.  &  Angell  in  the  lumber and  shin­
gle business.

grown.

Apples—Dealers  hold  No.  1  fruit  at 
$2.50 and  No.  2  at  $2.25.  Choice  stock 
brings  as  high  as  $3@3  25,  a 
local 
handler  having  sold  a  car  of  fancy  Ben 
Davis  fruit  at  $3  10.
Beets—25c  per  bu.
Butter—Dairy  is  a  little  more  plenti­
ful,  but choice grades  command  I7@ i8c. 
Factory  creamery  is  in  ample  supply  at 
2oc.
Cabbage—$3  per  100 heads  for  home 

Carrots—20c  per bu.
Cauliflower—$ 1  per doz.
Celery—15c  per  doz.  bunches 

for 

White  Plume.

fresh 

fetch 

Cranberries—The  market  is  stronger 
and  higher,  Cape  Cods  having  advanced 
to  $7  per  bbl.  and  $2  50  per  bu.
stock.

Cucumbers—50c  per doz.  for  hot  house 
I7@ i8c. 
Eggs—Strictly 
Cold  storage  and  pickled  command  15 
@i6c.

Evaporated  Apples—The  market  con­
tinues  to  strengthen,  local buyers  having 
paid  as  high  as  9c,  with  every 
indica­
tion  of  a  toe  market  in  the  near  future.
Game—Local  dealers  pay  $1  per  doz 
for  rabbits  and  squirrels;  7@8c  for  ven­
ison; 
saddles; 
4j^c  for ducks.

io@i2j^c  for  vension 

Grapes—Scarce  and  high. 

few 
Concords  can  be  had  for  15c  for  8  lb. 
baskets,  but  nowhere  near  enough  to 
meet  the  consumptive  demands  of  tbe 
market,  to  say  nothing  of  the  shipping 
demand.

for  white  clover  stock.

Honey—10c  for  buckwheat  and  11c 
Onions—Spanish  have  declined  to 
$1.25  per  crate.  Dealers  pay  25c  for 
Red  Globes  and  Red  Weatherfields, 
holding  at  30@35c.
Pears—Keelers  are  still  coming 
on  the  basis of $1  per  bu.
Pop  Corn—50c  per  bu.
Putatoes—The  market 

is  quiet  and 
weak,  prices  ranging  from  22@27C  per 
bu.

Poultry—Local  dealers  pay  as  follows 
Spring  chickens, 
fowls,  7c;  ducks,  8@ ioc;  tur­

for  dressed  stock: 
7@8c ; 
keys,  io@ i i c ;  geese,  8@ioc.

in 

A 

Squash—j£c  per  lb.  for  Hubbard.
Sweet  Potatoes—Virginias  are  steady 
Jerseys  are  firm  at 

at  $1.50  per  bbl. 
$2.50.

Turnips—25c  per  bu.

The Grain  Market.

Wheat during  the  week  has  been  very 
steady,  with an  improved tendency.  The 
causes  were  large  exports—which  would 
have  been  still  larger  could  vessel  room 
have  been  bad—and  small  stocks  in  all 
tbe  grain  centers  on  the  continent,  as 
well  as  in  the  United  States.  While 
they  were  large  last  year,  they  have 
been  equally  as  large,  if  not  larger, thus 
far  this  year.  This  goes  to  show  that 
one  large  crop  will  not  make  extremely 
low  prices  and  we  need  several  large 
crops  to  bring  wheat  down  to  the  50c 
mark. 
Tbe  visible  gained  2,194,000 
bushels,  against  2,900,000  bushels  l^st 
year,  which  leaves  the  visible 15,000,000 
bushels 
less  than  last  year.  The  total 
receipts of  wheat  since  tbe beginning  of 
the  crop  year  have  been 
125,000,000 
bushels,  against  about  120,000,000  bush­
If  farmers  will  act  con­
els  last  year 
servatively 
in  selling,  they  are  masters 
of  the  situation  and  can  dictate  tbe 
prices  that  foreigners  will  have  to  pay, 
which,  in  our  opinion,  they  are  doing, 
as  they  are  selling  almost  every  other 
produce  and  bolding  onto  their  wheat, 
at 
least  at  present,  as  will  be  seen  by 
the  small  amount  received  in  this  mar­
ket  and  the  small  number of  cars.

Corn  has  hardly  held  its  own,  owing 
to  the  fact  that  the  demand  is  hardly 
as  large  as  was  expected.  However, 
corn  is  good  property.  The  Government 
crop  report  on  corn  was  overestimated, 
which  will  be  demonstrated 
later  on, 
when  the  husking  will  show  that  more

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or  less  is  off grade  and 
inferior,  which 
will  cut  quite  a  figure  in  reducing  the 
quantity.

Oats  has  gained  strength,  owing  to 
the  short  crop,  and  is  good  property  to 
keep  for an  advance.

Receipts  of  wheat  during  the  week 
have  been  very  small,  the  smallest  for 
this  time  of  the  year  for  several  years, 
being  only  37  cars.  The  receipts  of 
corn  were  18  cars,  and  of  oats  9  cars.

Millers  are  paying  63c  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

Flour and Feed.

The 

influence  of  war  rumors  which 
affected  tbe  market  ior  a  couple  of 
weeks  has  been  quite  marked  and  has 
resulted  in  stimulating  values  to  the  ex­
tent  of  keeping  buyers  and  sellers  apart 
and  depressing,  to  quite  an  extent,  tbe 
volume  of  business  Since  the  exchange 
of  notes  between  England  and  France 
has  become  more  pacific  and 
there 
seems  to  be  no  good  reason  to  fear  an 
outbreak  of  hostilities,  the  market  has 
quieted  down  to  normal  conditions  and 
buyers  again  begin  to  take  hold  with 
confidence.  Tbe  export  movement  con­
tinues  to  be  very  large  and,  in  all  prob­
ability,  will  continue  to  be  so  until  to­
ward  spring,  for,  in  the  face  of  large 
shipments  from  America,  both  British 
and  Continental  stocks  continue  to  de­
cline.  Tbe  facts  about  tbe  Russian  crop 
do  not  seem  to  be  obtainable  to  a  satis­
factory  degree  of  certainty  and  will 
probably remain  as  heretofore—an  enig­
ma  to  keep  the  trade  guessing.  Of 
one  thing  we  are  certain,  and  that  is 
they  have  not  been  rushing  any  large 
surplus  to  market.  Tbe  city  mills  are 
all  running  steadily,  with  a  fair  supply 
of  orders  ahead.

cheaper 

relatively 

W m,  N.  R owe.

Feed  and  meal  are  in  good  demand, 
but 
than  coarse 
grains.  Millstuffs  are  firm  and  moving 
freely. 
Hides,  Pelts,  Furs,  Tallow  and  Wool.
Hides  show  lower  value  on  a  good  de­
mand.  All  orders  are  filled  and  there  is 
no  accumulation  of  stocks.  Prices  are, 
in  reality,  ic  per  pound  off,  although 
one  or  two  cars  have  been  sold  at  %c 
higher.  The country  take  off counts  for 
but  little.

Pelts  are  lower 

in  value,  with  good 

demand  for  the  few  that  are  offered.

Furs  open  up  at  extremely  low  prices 
and  an  uncertain  demand.  Any  quota­
tions  of  to-day  would  be  nominal,  as  no 
trade  has  developed  calling  for  certain 
kinds,  and  values  for  export  must  be 
based  on  the 
last  London  sales.  The 
season  is  not  yet  open.

Tallow 

is  quiet,  with  a  fair  demand 

for  fresh  stock.

Wool  has  sold  freely  at  seaboard,  as 
some holders  were  forced  to  sell  their 
large  holdings  to  cover  losses  from  out­
side.  This  has  resulted  in  lower  values. 
Manufacturers  were  ready  to  take  freely 
at  tbe  low  price,  although the  trade  gen­
erally  holds  at  higher  prices.  The  vol­
ume  of  sales  is  less.  There  is  no  move­
ment  of consequence  in  Michigan wools.

W m.  T.  He ss.

Jennings  &  Rice  have  embarked 

tbe  grocery  business  at 
Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co. 
stock.

in 
Ionia.  Tbe 
furnished  the 

E.  E.  Johnson  has  opened  a  grocery 
store 
The  Lemon  & 
Wheeler  Company  furnished  the  stock.

at  Allegan. 

Visner 

is  home  with  a  lot  of  G illies’ 

New  York  tea  bargains.  Phone,  800.

The  Eaton  Drug  Co.  succeeds  Henry 

Eaton  at  37  Monroe  street.

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opinion,  and  probably  not  one  man 
in 
a  million  makes  a  practice  of going 
around  telling  other  men  how  young 
and  handsome  they  are  looking  and  how 
becoming  their  new  hat  is.  Women,  on 
the  contrary,  expect  continual  compli­
ments,  even  from  each other, and  we  are 
darkly  suspicious  of  one  who never  tells 
us  our  new  frock  is  a  dream,  and  that 
positively,  and without  flattery,  we  grow 
younger  every  year.  We  never  forgive 
her  for 
if  she  does  not,  and  set  her 
down  at  once  as  a  cat.

it 

For  most  of  us,  these  delightful  and 
exalted  moments  when  we  think  well  of 
ourselves  are  varied  by  depressing  days 
and  weeks  when  we  sit  in  the  ashes  of 
humiliation  at  our  lacks  and  failures. 
But  now  and  then  one  meets  the  su­
premely  self-satisfled  woman,  and  it 
is 
then  one  has  an  opportunity  to  see  that 
self-conceit  is  the  real armor  against  all 
the  trials  and  tribulations  of life.  Hav­
ing 
that,  everything  else  has  been 
added  to  her,  or  at  least  a  perfectly 
satisfactory  substitute,  and  she  goes  tri­
umphantly  forth,  a  shining mark  for the 
envy  of  the  world.

Consider  for  a  moment  what a  blessed 
privilege  and  how  restful  it  must  be  to 
know  you  are  always  right  and  are  act­
ing  for  the  best.  Most  of  us  spend  one- 
half  our  lives  doing  things  and  the 
other  half  repenting  them.  Not  so the 
self-satisfled  woman. 
It  is  one  of  her 
immeasurable advantages  and  where she 
comes  out  strongest. 
is  also  one  of

It 

the  reasons  why  so many  good  women 
are  the  most  unreasoning  and  despotic 
tyrants  on  earth.  They  don’t  mean  it 
and  it  is  just  because  they  are so  cock­
sure  they  know  everything  that  they 
boss  their  family  out of  their  lives. 
It 
never  occurs  to  such  a  woman  that  her 
opinions may  be  idiocy and  her  theories 
are  probably  cranks  and  that at any rate, 
no  matter  what  they  are,  she  has  no 
right  to 
impose  them  on  other  people. 
So,  if  she  has  dyspepsia,  she starves  her 
children  along  on  health-food  abomina­
tions;  and 
if  she  is  nervous,  nags  her 
husband  to  death  with  dissertations  on 
the 
injurious  effects  of  tobacco,  and 
salves  over her  own  conscience  with  the 
reflection  that  she  knows  so  much  better 
than  they  do and  is  only  doing 
for 
their own  good.

it 

Then,  think  how  delightful  it  must  be 
to be  able  to  always  bob  up when there’s 
any  call  for  a  Solomon  in  your  com­
munity.  The  one  thing  the  self-satisfied 
woman  finds  it  hardest  to get  over—the 
one  crumpled  rose  leaf  under her  forty 
mattresses  of  ease—is  the  stupidity  of 
in  general  in  not  letting  her 
the  world 
manage  their  affairs 
for  them.  She 
knows  exactly  how they  ought  to  do  and 
could  tell  them  precisely  where  they 
make  their  mistakes.  Does  the  Widow 
Smith’s  boy,  who  has  been  the  prodigy 
of  the  village,  come  home  in  disgrace 
from  college? 
just  as  she  could 
have  told  them.  She  knew  all  the  time 
he  ought  to be  apprenticed  to  the black­

It 

is 

It  never surprises  her. 

smith,  instead  of the  muses. 
Is  pretty 
Sallie  Jones,  who  married  the  handsome 
stranger  she  met  in  town,  left  a  forlorn 
and  deserted  woman,  without  friends  or 
money? 
If Sal- 
lie  had  only  married  ugly  and  steady­
going  Bob  Brown—like  she  should  have 
advised  if  her  opinion  had  been  asked 
—everything  would  have  gone  well. 
There  may,  at  times,  be  moments  when 
the  conceited  woman  has  a  brief  waver­
ing  uncertainty  about  her  own 
infalli­
bility,  but  it  is  never about  whom  peo­
ple ought to  marry.  She  always  knows 
that  better  than  the  interested  parties 
themselves,  and  the  only  reason  of  the 
prevalence  of  so  much  divorce  is  be­
cause  she  is  so seldom  consulted.

It 

is  generally  thought that  vanity  is 
a  weakness  peculiar  to  beauty.  Never 
was  a  greater  mistake  made,  and,  for 
my  part,  I  am  never  more  filled  with 
wonder  and  awe  at  the  merciful  pro­
visions  of  Providence  than  when  I 
meet  an  ugly  woman  who  is  simply con­
sumed  with  vanity.  That  this  is  a  com­
mon  enough  state  one  has  only  to  look 
about  him  to  see.  What,  pray,  except 
the  conviction  that  I  am  young  enough 
and  pretty  enough  to  wear  anything 
prompts  all  the  inappropriate hats  and 
gowns  we  see? 
If  only  the  women  with 
lovely  arms  and  necks  went decollete 
would  there  be  any  need  for  the  moral­
ists 
low 
dresses? 
You  know  there  wouldn’t. 
There  aren’t  enough  pretty  ones  to  be

to  start  a  crusade  against 

0

Woman’s World

Some  of the  Advantages  of Self-Con­

ceit.

If  a  good  fairy,  contemplating  stand­
ing  godmother  to  some  fortunate  girl 
baby,  should  ask  my  advice  about  the 
most  useful  and  valuable  gift  she  could 
bestow  upon  her,  I should unhesitatingly 
reply: 
“ Give  her  unlimited  self-con­
ceit.  If  she  has  plenty  of  that  she  won’t 
need  anything  else. 
It  is true  she  may 
make  other  people  very,  very  tried  as 
she  goes  through 
life,  but  that  won't 
matter,  for  she  will  never  find  out  there 
is  anybody  else  besides  herself.”

For,  behold ! 

I  have  long  considered 
the  ways  of  the  self-conceited  woman 
and  I  am  convinced  that  it  is  folly  and 
waste  of  time  to  envy  the  rich  and 
beautiful  and  great.  The  only  perfectly 
enviable  person  on earth  is the thorough­
ly  self-satisfied  woman.  Of  course, 
women  don’t  have  a  close  monopoly  on 
self-conceit.  Men  have  plenty,  but  it 
is a  blessing  in  which  women  have  the 
advantages. 
It  is  impossible  for  a  man 
to  go  very  far  without  getting  some  lick 
from  life  that  jars  his  self-esteem  down 
to  its  very  foundation  stones.  Men  are 
not  careful  of  each  other's  feelings. 
I 
have  heard  one  cut  a  complacent  bore’s 
story  short  in  a  way  that  made  my  hair 
stand  on  end  with  terror and  admira­
tion. 
If  they  think  a  fellow  a  fool 'tbev 
seldom  take the  trouble  to  disguise  their

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7

worth  the  attention  of  the  preachers. 
Everyone  of  us  knows  some  woman, 
homely  and  unattractive,  and  toward 
whom  no  man  ever  directed  a  second 
glance,  who  believes  herself a fascinator 
from  way  back.  Such  women  have  their 
own  blissful  way  of  transmuting  the 
most  commonplace  speeches  into  veiled 
compliments;  they  take  a  bare  civility 
as  an  affection,and a  courtesy  as  an  evi­
dence  of  a  hopeless  passion.  Only  this 
summer  I  was  talking  to  a  woman,  no 
longer  young  and  never  anything  else 
but  plain  and  dull,  who  said  nothing 
on  earth  would  induce  her to  take  even 
the  shortest  railway  journey  by  herself. 
” But why?”   I asked,  innocently.  “ Oh,”  
she  said,  with  a  conscious  smirk  and 
smile,  “ I—er—attract  so  much  atten­
tion,  you  know.  When  I  enter  a  train 
people  always  stare  so,  and  it  is  so  un­
pleasant  to  have  men  trying  to flirt  with 
m e!”  
I  fairly  gasped  at  the  idea.  The 
woman  was  honest enough  in  what  she 
said,  and  actually  believed  that  men— 
business  men,  traveling  men,  the  whole 
human  family 
in  fact—dropped  their 
occupations  and  amusements  to  look  at 
her  when  she  traveled.  Can  you  grasp 
the  soothing 
joy  and  balm  such  a  con­
viction  must  be  to  any  feminine  soul? 
Dearly  as 
like  to  travel—and  I  love 
the  smell  of  bilge  water  in  a  ship  and 
the  stuffiness  and  chicken  a  la  Marengo 
in  a  Pullman—I  would  be  willing  never 
to  set  foot  in  either  again  to  feel  that  I 
was  a  Sio.ooo  prize  beauty  that glued  all 
eyes  upoh  me.

I 

It 

its  hide,  but 

is  not  contended  that  the  compla­
cent woman  is  an  unmixed  joy and com­
fort  to  the  rest  of  us,  but  this 
is  a 
selfish  world,  my  friends,  and  she  un­
doubtedly  gets  the  most  out  of  it  for 
herself.  No  one admires  the  rhinoceros 
for  the  beauty  of 
it  is 
probably  saved  many  of  the  pin  pricks 
that  thinner-skinned  animals  suffer. 
It 
could  never  occur  to  the  self-conceited 
woman  that  she  was  boring  you,  and  so 
she  lumbers  on  with interminable stories 
of  her  children  and  her  servant®,  secure 
in  the  feeling  that  she  is  as  fascinating 
as  a  three-volume  novel.  Her  paper  at 
the  club  may  be  so  dull  it  throws  her 
auditors  into  a  lethargy  of  despair.  She 
never  knows  it.  She  eats  at  your  table 
and  says: 
“ Oh,  do  you  cook  this  this 
way? 
I  always  do  something  else,  and 
it  is  so  much  better,"  and  never  mar­
vels  at  the  self  control  that  keeps  you 
from  assassinating  her  then  and  there 
with  the  carving  knife.  She  always 
recommends  another  dressmaker  and 
dentist  and  milliner  from  the  one  you 
have,  in  a  tone  of  voice  that sounds  like 
it  read  “ Purveyor  to  Her  Royal  High­
ness,  myself, ”  after  the  manner  of signs 
on  London  shops.

That  we  put  up  with  the  complacent 
woman  at  all 
is  a  mystery.  That  we 
don’t  rise  up  in  mass  and  tell  her  what 
we  think  of  her  is  stranger  still,  but 
most  unaccountable  of  all  is  the  way  we 
in  to  her. 
give 
In  society,  who  is  it 
that 
leads—the  most  aristocratic,  the 
most  beautiful,  the  wealthiest?  Not  a 
bit  of 
it.  Some  woman  of  imposing 
self-conceit  holds  a  caucus  by  herself 
and  elects  herself leader of  the  400—and 
leads.  Don’t  we ask  every  day how Mrs. 
So-and-So  got  to be  an  authority?  No- 
•  body  can  explain 
it,  but  there  she  is, 
running  things  like  she  was  sole  owner 
with  a  patent  right  on  them.  Who  leads 
the  church  and  church  societies?  Some 
aged  saint? 
like  to  see  her try  it. 
That  job  has been  pre-empted  by  some 
complacent 
lady  who  parcels  out  the 
stalls  in  the  bazars  to the  rest  of  us  and 
puts  us on  begging  committees.  Who

I ’d 

leads  our  clubs?  The  most  cultivated 
and  clever?  Well,  hardly  ever.  The 
woman  who  knows  it  all  has  decided  it 
all  before  we  found  out  there  was  a 
question  before  the  house.

And  so 

it  goes  through  life,  and,  as 
Mr.  Quay  might  say,  in  his  picturesque 
political  way,  it  is  the  self-conceited 
woman  who  is  forever  shaking  the  plum 
tree,  and  getting  the  best  of  the  fruit 
every  time. 
What  to  Substitute  For  the  Disgrace­

D o roth y  D ix .

ful  Carnival.

Written for the T radesman.

Now that  the  carnival  is a thing  of  the 
past  and  there 
is  little  or no  prospect 
of  another,  the  merchants,  as well  as  the 
professional  men,  are  ready  to  express 
themselves  quite  openly  over the  whole 
affair.  One  of  Grand  Rapids’  leading 
citizens  emphatically  remarked: 
“ I 
have  not  words  to  express  my  total  ab- 
horence  of  the  carnival. 
It  was an  un­
mitigated  curse.  The  city  was given 
up  to  all  forms  of  lawlessness  and  vice, 
and  the  authorities  did  not  intervene. 
One  can  not  measure  the  harm  which 
has  been  done  youth  by  those  four  days 
of  pandemonium. 
I  saw  more  licen­
tiousness  and  depravity  in  a  short  walk 
than  I  usually  see 
in  the  course  of  a 
year. 
It  will  take  years,  if  ever,  for 
Grand  Rapids  to  redeem  herself  from 
the  evil  effects  of  the  carnival.”

Those  in  favor  of  another  carnival 
are  as  rare and  far  between  as  needles 
in  a  haystack.  Nevertheless,  the  dan­
gerous  experiment  has  been  of  use  in 
It  has  proven  that  a  special 
one  w ay: 
attraction 
in  Grand  Rapids  and  cheap 
rates  on  the  railroads  are  conducive  to 
business 
interests.  Many  people  are 
brought  to  the  city  who  would  not other­
wise come and  while  here  they  do  trad 
ing.  Many  merchants  are  thus  able  to 
meet  old  customers.  whom  they  would 
not  otherwise  see.  There  is  no  doubt 
that  the  right  kind  of  an  attraction  is  a 
good 
is. 
What  shall 
it  be  in  order  to  appeal  to 
the  highest  part  of  man’s  nature instead 
of  the  lowest,  and  draw  the  educated, 
law-abiding  citizens 
instead  of  the  ir­
responsible  and  vicious  element  of  our 
civilization?  A  reporter  for the Trades­
man  called  on  several  of  the  prominent 
citizens  of  Grand  Rapids  to  learn  their 
ideas  of  a  desirable  attraction  to  sup­
plant  the  carnival  another  year.  Their 
testimony  was  as  follows :

thing.  The  only  question 

John  Blodgett:  I  should  prefer  Grand 
Rapids to  expend  a  little  of  its  strength 
now  used  on  the  carnival  on  the  State 
Fair  and  make  of  it  more  of  an  expo­
sition.  Perhaps  not  so  many  people 
would  come,  but  they  would  be  repre­
sentative  and  the  undesirable  element 
would  be  left  out.

Lester  C.  Rindge: 

I  believe  in mak­
ing  the  State  Fair  the  important  feature 
each  year  and  using  all  our  energy  in 
making  that  a  success.  Arrangements 
ought  to  be  made  to  have  direct  street 
car  connection.  Then  I  should  advise 
evening  entertainments  of  a  high  class 
at  the  fairgrounds.
I  believe  in  having 
Daniel  McCoy: 
things  Fair  week. 
Illuminate  the  foun 
tains  and  make  the  city  as  beautiful  as 
is  not  a 
possible.  A  good  procession 
bad  thing,  but,  of  course, 
the  side 
shows and  other bad  features  of the  car­
nival  should  be  eliminated.

Wesley  W.  Hyde: 

I  have  thought 
much  about  the  matter,  but  have  not 
yet  arrived  at  a  definite  conclusion. 
Some  one  suggested 
to  have  a  fine 
monument  erected;  but  that  scarcely 
I believe in  making
seems  practicable. 

the  State  Fair an  important  factor,  and 
would  suggest  as  an  extra  feature  to 
have  special  attractions 
in  the  way  of 
drama  and  opera  at  Powers’  and  the 
Grand  and  make  the  seats  free to  every­
body  that  week. 
If  that  were  not  fea­
sible  why  not  have  a  procession  repre­
senting  the  principal  events  in  our  his­
tory  from  the  time  of  the  Pilgrims  to 
the  present  day?

I  should 

Roger  W.  Butterfield : 

like 
to  see  the  Grand  Rapids  people  concen­
trate  their  strength  on  the  State  Fair 
and  believe  there  is  a  splendid  oppor­
tunity  at  that  time  to  have  a  trade  pro­
cession  representing  the  growth  of  the 
principal 
in  Grand  Rapids 
from  their  early  beginnings until now.

industries 

Gen.  Byron  M.  Cutcheon :  The  State 
Fair  could  be  made  a  great  attraction 
to  draw  people  to  Grand  Rapids.  There 
could  be  also  other  attractions  which 
would  bring  the  class  of  people  we  de­
sire  to  entertain.  A  musical  festival 
like  the  May  Festival  at  Ann  Arbor,  an 
art  loan,  or  some  fine  lectures  would 
bring  visitors  who  would  benefit  Grand 
Rapids  in  more  ways  than  one  and  help 
her  to  regain  her  lost  reputation.

Za id a  E.  U d e l l .

'   Pointed  Sayings.

From the Boot and Shoe Recorder.

Don’t 

jeopardize  a  good  business  by 

any  outside  ventures.

Keep  the  goods  that  people  call  for. 

If  you  don’t  they  will  cease  to  call.

Nerve  is a  mighty  good  qualification, 
but,  as  in  other powerful  stimulants,  an 
overdose  is  dangerous.

The  man  who  is  looking  for  business 
it’s  a 

generally  finds  it.  With  trouble 
good  deal  the  same.

Business 

is  a  lottery  to  a  certain  ex­
tent.  Because  a  fellow  draws  one blank, 
though,  he  shouldn't  sit  down  and  say 
there  are  no  prizes.

A  bull  disputing  the  progress  of  an 
advancing  locomotive  is  tvpical  of  the 
attitude  of  labor  organizations  in  regard 
to  labor-saving  machinery. 
in 
both  cases  the  final  result  is  always  the 
same.

And 

Business  men,  remember  the  saying 
that  genius  is  only  a  capacity  for  plenty 
of  hard  work.  This  knocks  the  romance 
out  of  alleged  talent  and  puts  it  on  a 
basis  of  common,  everyday  endeavor, 
where  it  belongs.

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buckwheat  taste.  We  do 
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in  any 
way, shape or manner.  We 
believe  that  when  people 
ask  for  buckwheat  they 
want buckwheat,  and  it  is 
for the class of people who 
know what they  want  that 
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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WEDNESDAY.  •  •  •  NOVEMBER 16,1898.

Every  now 

CONTEMPT  FOR EDUCATED MEN.
and  then,  somebody, 
whose  opinion  may  count  for  much  or 
little,  as  the  case  may  be,  rises up to say 
that  tbe  time  spent  in  getting  an  edu­
cation  at  college 
in 
fact,  it  is  the  rule  that  men  educated  at 
college  commonly  fail  in  every  depart­
ment  of  life,  while  the  uneducated  or 
self  educated  men  are  most  uniformly 
successful.

is  wasted;  that, 

Any  discussion  on  this  subject  can 
only  apply  to  the  United  States,  since 
in  European  countries  ignorant and  un­
educated  persons  can  take  no  prominent 
position  in  public  life,  or  even 
in  so­
cial  affairs. 
In  this  country,  where 
every  important  place,  public  or  pri­
vate,  is  supposed  to  be  open  to  each 
and  all  who  can  force  themselves  into 
it,  the  questions  may  well  be  asked :  Is 
a  college  education  worth  the  time  and 
money 
it  place  those 
who  enjoy  it  at  a  disadvantage  in  life? 
Is  this  a  country 
ignorance 
is at  a  premium  and  is  the best prepara­
tion  for success  in  life?

it  costs?  Does 

in  which 

But  what  is  success?  One  sort of suc­
cess  is  the  acquisition  of  wealth.  Tbe 
plodding,  persevering  man  of  business 
and  the  shrewd  trader  may  not need  any 
education  to  erable  them  to  get  rich; 
but 
it  may  be  worth  while  to  mention 
the  Americans  who  built  up  great  for­
tunes.  Of  course,  those  persons  who 
struck  oil  or  were  enriched  by  shrewd 
and  not  always  honest  speculations,  and 
those  who 
inherited  fortunes,  need  not 
be  mentioned.

John  Jacob  Astor,  Cornelius  Vander­
bilt,  Stephen  Girard  and  A.  T.  Stewart 
were  the  first great  founders  of  foitunes 
in  America.  Mr.  Astor,  although  not a 
college  man,  was  not  only  a  great  mer­
chant,  but  a  statesman  of  ability,  al­
though  he  never  was  in  politics.  He 
paid  his  tribute  to  learning  by  found 
ing  a  great  library.  Commodore  Van­
derbilt,  although 
largely  uneducated, 
was  a  man  of  ability.  He  endowed  a 
university.  Mr.  Girard,  also  not  highly 
educated,  showed  his  appreciation  of 
learning  by  devoting  bis  fortune  to  the 
founding  of a  college  for  poor boys.  A. 
T.  Stewart  was  a  well  educated  man, 
and  commenced  his  career  as  school 
teacher.  He  gave  no  money  to  educa­
tional  enterprises.  Within  the  last  half 
century  many  millions  of  dollars  have 
been  given  by  uneducated  millionaires 
in  tbe  United  States  to  tbe  founding  of 
libraries,  showing  their
colleges  and 

appreciation  of  the  importance  of  edu­
cational  advantages  which  it  was  their 
misfortune  not  to  enjoy.

Prof.  John  Carleton  Jones  of  the  Uni­
versity  of  Missouri  writing 
in  the 
Forum  Magazine  for  November,  chal­
lenges  a  statement  made by  President 
Gilman  of  Johns  Hopkins  University 
to  the  effect  that  the  American  people 
despise  college  bred  men,  and  for this 
reason  very  few  are  to  be  found 
in  the 
halls  of  legislation.  Mr.  Jones  goes  to 
the  records  and  shows  that,  of tbe 15,000 
men  famous  enough  to  be  mentioned  in 
Appleton’s  Encyclopedia  of  American 
Biography,  5,000,  or  one-third,  were 
college  graduates.  But  the  statement 
was  made  that  very  few  college  gradu­
ates  get  into  public  life.

To  offset  such  a  statement,  it  is  seen 
that  in  the  Fifty-fourth  and  Fifty-fifth 
Congress  32  of  tbe  88  Senators  and 
128 
of  the  357  Representatives  were  college 
men.  The  same  proportion 
is  in  the 
Fifty-fifth,  which 
is  the  present  Con­
gress.  It  is  found  that,  of  the  32  Speak­
ers  of  tbe  House,  15  were  college  men. 
Says  Mr.  Jones:

Independence. 

In  the  spring  of  1776 the  most  famous 
Congress 
in  our  history  met  in  Phila­
delphia—the  Congress  that  passed  the 
Declaration  of 
John 
Hancock,  tbe  President of  the  Congress, 
was  a  graduate  of  Harvard.  A  com­
mittee  of  five  was  appointed  to  draft 
the  Declaration  of  Independence.  The 
members  of  the  committee were Thomas 
Jefferson,  a  graduate  of  William  and 
M ary;  John  Adams,  a  graduate  of  Har­
vard ;  Robert  R.  Livingston,  a  gradu­
ate  of  K ing’s  College  (now  Columbia 
University); Benjamin Franklinand Rog­
er Sherman,  both  non  graduates.  Three 
of  these  men— 60  per  cent,  of  the  com­
mittee—were  college  graduates.

the 

In  the  early  days  of tbe  Republic  the 
most 
important  public  affairs  were  in­
trusted  to  college  men.  There  have 
been  twenty  Presidents  who were chosen 
by  the  people,  and 
four  who  reached 
the  Presidency  through  tbe  death  of  the 
President.  Of 
twenty  elected, 
eleven,  or  exactly  55  per  cent.,  were 
college  graduates.  Of  the  twenty-four 
men  who  have  sat 
in  tbe  President's 
chair,  thirteen,  more than  54  per  cent., 
were  college  graduates.  Of  the  twenty- 
four  Vice-Presidents, 
13  were  college 
men.  There  have  been  35  Secretaries 
of  State.  Of  these,  22 were  college  grad­
uates.  Of  40  Secretaries of  the  Treas­
ury,  20  were  college men.  Out of 55 Sec­
retaries  of  State,  25  were  college  men, 
while  of  36  naval  secretaries,  18  were 
so  educated.  Of  21  Secretaries  of  the 
Interior,  11  were  graduates,  and  of  38 
Postmasters  General,  20  were  college 
men.  There  have  been  45  Attorneys 
General;  of  these  20  were  college  men. 
The  Supreme Court  of  the United  States 
has  had  58 
justices;  of  these  40  were 
college  men ;  and of  tbe  7  Chief Justices 
6  were  so  educated.

There  is  no  reason  to  believe  that  any 
cliss  of  the  American  people  cherish  a 
contempt  for  educated  men.  On  the 
contrary,  public  and  private  bounty  is 
constantly  increasing  the  numbers  and 
facilities  of  institutions of learning,  and 
when  an  important  public  duty  is  to  be 
performed, the people choose the best man 
at  their  disposal,  and  education  is  usu­
ally  an 
in  directing 
tbe  choice.

important  factor 

The  demand  for  sardines  has  run  so 
far  short  of  the  supply  that  the  French 
factories  are  closing  their doors, and tbe 
government  has  been  asked  to  come  to 
the  relief  of  this  important  national  in­
dustry  by  making  a  ration  of  five  or  ten 
sardines  daily  part  of  the  regular  fare 
of the  French  soldier.

OUR  AGRICULTURAL  EXPORTS.
A  statement  regarding  the  exports  of 
the  principal  agricultural  products  of 
the  United  States  during  the first  ten 
months  of  the  present  calendar  year, 
which  has 
issued  by  tbe 
Bureau  of  Statistics  of  the Treasury  De­
partment,  shows  that  American  farmers 
will  receive  in  1898  more  money  from 
abroad  than  in  any  preceding  year.

just  been 

During  tbe  ten  months  ending  Oct.  31 
the  value  of  breadstuffs 
exported 
amounted  to $250.237,455,  which is near­
ly  $65,000,000  greater  than  during  the 
corresponding  period 
last  year,  and 
$38,000,000  in  excess  of  tbe  exceptional 
year  1892.  There  was  also  an 
increase 
in  tbe  exports  of  provisions,  their  total 
value  for  the  past  ten  months  being 
$162,880,643,  as  against  $146,607,039  in 
the corresponding  months  last  year,  and 
$123  508,568  in  1892.  The  value  of  the 
cotton  exports  for  the  ten  months  was 
$13,000,000  in  excess  of  that  for the cor­
responding  period 
last  year,  while  the 
number  of  pounds,  2,670,474,308,  was 
larger  than  in  any  corresponding  period 
in  tbe  history  of  the  country.

With  the  exception  of  barley, 

the 
value  of  every  grain  exported  during 
the  ten  months  ending  Oct.  31  was 
greater than  that of  the  same  grain  ex 
ported  during  the corresponding  period 
last  year,  as  the  following  will  show: 
Corn,  $62,701,019 
1898,  as  against 
$48.603,143  in  1897;  corn  meal,  $1,528,- 
242, 
oats, 
$14,726420,  as  against  $9,812,398;  oat­
meal,  $1,376.039,  as  against  $899,225; 
rye,  $7,711,095,  as  against  $3.735,287; 
wheat,  $103 608,477,  as  against  $71,476,- 
872;  wheat  flour,  $56,749,709,  as  against 
$43.952.76o.

$1,093,188; 

against 

as 

in 

During  tbe  past  ten  months 

The  foreign  demand  for  American 
corn  seems  to  be  steadily  increasing.
170,086,- 
505  bushels  was  exported,  as  against 
156,356,373  bushels  during  the  corres­
ponding  period 
last  year.  Nearly  all 
tbe  European  countries  seem  to  be  de­
veloping  a  taste  for this  cereal.

American  oatmeal 

is  also  finding  an 
enlarging  market  abroad.  Forty  years 
ago  the  use  of  this  product  for  human 
in  the  United  States  was confined 
food 
to 
communities  whose  people  were 
largely  emigrants  from  Wales,  Scotland 
or  Ireland. 
It  is  only  a  little  more  than 
thirty  years  ago  that  the  manufacture  of 
oatmeal  outside  of  these  communities 
the  civil  war 
was  begun.  During 
period  the  production  of  rye 
in  the 
United  States  was  materially  reduced, 
thus  leading  to  the  establishment  of oat­
meal  mills.  Gradually,  not  only  has 
there been  cultivated  an  American  taste 
for  this  product,  but 
it  has  secured  a 
place  in  the  markets  of  the  world.  The 
exportation  of  oatmeal  in  1888  was  only 
4.329.293  pounds. 
it  was  20,- 
908,190  pounds,  in  1896 it was 38  592,304 
pounds,  and  last  year  it  was  47,310,251. 
During  the  first  ten  moi tbs  of  tbe  pres 
ent  year 
it  was 65.769,760  pounds,  the 
greater  part  of  which  went to  Europe. 
Last  year Great  Britain  took  more  than 
one-half  of  the  total  quantity  exported 
tbe  Netherlands  about  one-fifth,  the  re­
mainder  being  distributed  to  Germany, 
Austria-Hungary,  Sweden  and  Norway, 
Denmark,  Italy  and  the  British  West 
Indies  and  British  Africa.

1892 

In 

During  the  past  ten  months  4,986,614 
pounds  of  oleomargarine,  valued  at 
$427,026,  was  exported, 
as  against 
3.362910  pounds,  valued  at  $328,124, 
during  tbe  corresponding  period 
last 
year.  There  was  also $6,977,542  worth 
of  the oil  sent abroad, as against $5,760,- 
385  in  1897.  Tbe  exports of  cheese  were

of  the  value  of  $2,862906.  as against 
$4,753.530 during  the  corresponding  ten 
months of  1897.  The  exports  of  butter 
were  of  the  value  of  $1,930 649.  as 
against  $4  213,010  in  1897  The  dairy 
product  showing,  in  fact,  is  not  encour­
aging. 

_________________

GENERAL  TRADE  SITUATION.
That  the  dulness  and  uncertainty  in 
the  stock  market  were  the  result  of  the 
attention  given  to  political  matters  is 
proved  by  the  fact  that  the  outcome  was 
followed  by  a  prompt  recovery 
in  ac­
tivity  and  in  prices.  It  was  not  that  in­
jurious  results  were  feared  in  tbe  elec­
tions—there  was  no  thought  of  danger to 
our  financial  policy  nor  the  possibility 
of  any disturbing action,  whatever might 
have  been  the  results  of  the  elections— 
but  people  can  not  attend  to  business 
and  give  the  time  necessary  to  manage 
a  political  campaign,  even 
in  an  off 
year.  As  to  tbe  purely  speculative  op­
eration  the  gambling  element 
found 
in  betting  on  the 
sufficient  occupation 
outcome  of  the  elections.  The  recovery 
in  stock  activity  and  prices  was  prompt 
in  trusts  and  railway  securities. 
both 
Tbe  trading  was  very  heavy 
in  all 
branches.  Bond  sales  were  phenomenal­
ly  heavy,  over  $18,000,000  changing 
hands  in  two  days  of  last  week.

In  the general  volume  of  trade  of  the 
country  there  is  yet  no  sign  of  diminu­
tion.  Reports  of  clearing  bouse  ex­
change  continue  to  exceed  all  records 
for the  corresponding  season of the year. 
The  reports  for  October not  only  show  a 
greater  business  than  for  any  preceding 
October,  but  break  the  records  for  all 
months  except  one,  December  of  1892.
The  decline  in  tbe  price  of  wheat and 
other  grains  noted 
last  week  was  fol­
lowed  by  recovery  and  increased  activ­
ity  in  Western  movement  and  export, 
to be  again  succeeded  by  weakness  on 
account  of  unexpected  abundance  and 
favorable  weather.  The  outgo  of  wheat 
for  the  crop  season  exceeds  that  of 
last 
year  for  tbe  same  time,  and  that  of  corn 
shows  still  greater  increase.

in  demand 

improvement 

The  general  textile  situation  shows 
some 
for 
spring  business,  but  low  prices  are  still 
a  discouraging  element.  Cotton  has 
held  at  5  31  cents  during  the  week,  a 
price  which  lowers  all  records.  Woolen 
goods  trade  shows  decided 
improve­
ment  and  sales  of  wool  continue,  al­
though  largely  at  concessions  from  the 
speculative  prices  which  had  been  so 
long  maintained.

The  encouraging  feature  of  the 

iron 
trade  is  the continuance of the consump­
tive  demand,  which  exceeds  all  records 
in  that  line.  There 
is  talk  of  demand­
ing  higher  prices  by  many  of  the  com­
binations  of  the  various  products,  but 
it  is  scarcely  probable  that a change will 
be  made  which  will  shut  out the demand 
which  is  springing  up  in  so  many Euro­
pean  and  other  foreign  markets.  The 
week  has  furnished  a  number  of  en­
couraging  contracts  for  foreign  trade, 
besides  an  unexpectedly  large  number 
for domestic  consumption.

The  decline  in  the  price  of  hides 

in 
the*  Chicago  market  has  bad  marked 
effect  in  checking  new  business  in boots 
and  shoes,  but  the  shipments  for  the 
year are  still  heavier  than  for  any  pre­
ceding  one.  Holders  of  leather  are  con­
fident  that  the  present  stiff  prices  can 
be  maintained  as  the  checking  of move­
ment  in  the  manufactured  goods  must 
soon  create  a  demand  to  meet  the  needs 
of  tbe  season.

The  United  States  sent  73,000  pounds 

of  butter to Japan  in  1897.

POOLING  LEGISLATION.

The  recent  decision  of the  Supreme 
Court,  declaring  that  the  Joint  Tariff 
Association  was 
illegal  because  main­
tained  in  violation  of  the  Federal  anti­
trust  law  and  the  interstate commerce 
law,  has  been  a  hard  blow  at  the  rail­
roads.  They  seem  to  believe  that  com­
binations to  maintain  rates  and  to  con­
trol  trade  are  absolutely  essential  to 
their  well-being,  entirely  oblivious  of 
the  fac^  that  these  same  combinations 
are  damaging  to  the general  public  and 
the  mercantile  interests,  which  the  rail­
roads  are  supposed  to  serve.

Ever  since  the  passage of the  inter­
state  commerce  act,  more  than  a  dec­
ade  ago,  during  Ex-President  Cleve­
land's  first  term,  the  railroads have been 
seeking  for  means  of  evading 
its  pro­
vision,  either  by  openly  disregarding 
the  law  or by  seeking  by amendments  to 
emasculate  it.  The  very  combinations 
which  the  Supreme  Court  recently  con­
demned  were  organized  for the  express 
purpose  of  overcoming  the  prohibition 
interstate  com­
against  pooling  in  the 
merce  act.  No  doubt,  now  that 
it  is 
plain  that  no  relief  can  be  expected 
from  the  Supreme  Court,  a  strong  effort 
will  be  made  to  either  repeal  or  amend 
the  interstate  commerce act  when  Con­
gress  meets.

In  the meantime the great trunk  lines, 
finding  that 
it  is  no  longer  possible to 
evade  the  law,  have  wisely  determined 
to obey  it—at  least  for the  present.  At 
a  meeting  of  the  presidents of  the  trunk 
lines,  held  recently  in  New  York,  it was 
decided  that,  inasmuch  as  the  decision 
of  the  Supreme  Court  made  it  impos­
sible  to  longer  maintain  the  usefulness 
of  the  Joint  Traffic  Association, 
the 
same  should  be  dissolved.

It 

is  very  certain,  however,  that  the 
railroads  will  not  rest  satisfied  with 
their defeat,  but  will  do  their  utmost  to 
secure by  legislation  what  they  have not 
been  able  to  accomplish  before 
the 
courts,  namely,  to  overcome  the  ob­
stacles  placed  in  the  way  of  pooling  by 
the  laws.

Commenting upon  the  probable  action 
leading  financial 

of  the  railroads,  a 
journal  remarks:

No  public  announcement  has  been 
made  in  regard  to  the  plans  which  the 
trunk  lines  may adopt  to  confer  on  the 
subject  of  rates,  nor as  yet  has  it  been 
made  known  what step  will  be  taken  to 
bring  the  condition  in  which  the 
joint 
traffic  decision  leaves the  railroad  com­
panies  to  the  attention  of  Congress  with 
a  view  to  pressing  legislation  that  will 
enable  them  to  form  legal  organizations 
and  regular  rates through  a  central  or­
ganization  of  some  kind. 
It  would, 
however,  seem  that  the  prompt  dissolu­
tion  of  the  Trunk  Line  Association  is a 
in  that  direction,  and  it  is  to be 
step 
presumed  that  other 
railroad  bodies 
throughout  the  country  will  follow  the 
example  with  a  view  to  improving  the 
chance  of 
legislation  modifying  the 
rigor of  the  present  law.

It  is  clearly  the  purpose  of  the  roads 
to  make a  renewed  assault  upon  the 
in­
terstate  commerce  act  in  Congress ;  and 
in  such  an  attempt  they  will  again  fail, 
as  they  have  so often  failed  before,  for 
the  reason  that  the great mass of the peo­
ple  favor the  interstate  act  and  demand 
its  enforcement.

ANYTHING  BUT  CONSISTENT.
Many  German  and French newspapers 
have  taken  occasion  recently  to criticise 
most  severely  the  United States for mak­
ing  demands  for  territory  from  Spain 
as an  indemnity  for the  expenses of  the 
war.  They  prate  about  Yankee  greed 
and  characterize  the  conduct  of  the 
United  States  as  that of  " a   conqueror

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

squeezing  the  last drop  of  blood  from  a 
fallen  foe.”   This  was  the  language  of 
the  Cologne  Gazette.

Such  critics  evidently  forget  that,  by 
way  of  indemnity  for  the  war  of  1870, 
Germany  exacted  from  France  5,000,- 
000,000 francs,  a  sum  equal  to  $1,000, - 
000,000,  besides  the  two  French  prov­
inces  of  Alsace  and  Lorraine.  As  for 
France  under  Napoleon,  she  seized  and 
annexed  the  kingdoms  and  provinces 
that  fell 
into  her  power and  took  any 
other  little  things  like  treasures,  works 
of art  and  the  like.

In  the opinion  of the  Tradesman,  the 
press  of  France  and  Germany  show 
enormous  impudence  in  criticising  the 
United  States  for  exacting  what  is  right 
and  customary  from  a  conquered nation, 
like  Spain,  and  no attention  should  be 
paid  to their growling.  Let them  growl ; 
it 
is  all  they  are  likely  to  do  in  the 
premises.  _________________

A  committee  of  well-known  citizens 
of  Washington  has  been  appointed  to 
arrange  for a  celebration  of  the  centen­
nial  anniversary  of  Washington  in  igoo. 
The  committee  will  call  upon  the Presi 
dent  of  the  United  States  in  a  body,  in­
vite  his  attention  to the  coming  anni­
versary,  and  suggest  that  in  bis  annual 
message  to  Congress  he  call  the  atten­
tion  of that  body  to this  matter,  with the 
view  of  securing  the  co-operation  of 
the general  government  with  the  local 
government  to  make  the observance  of a 
centennial  worthy  of  the  historic  im­
portance  of  the  event celebrated.

Markets  and  market  rights  seem  to 
have  a  high  value  in  England.  The 
corporation  of  Sheffield  has  recently  ac­
cepted  an  offer from  the  Duke  of  Nor­
folk  to  sell  such  rights,  the  purchase 
price being  put at $2,650,000.  As  large 
as  this  sum  may  seem  to  be,  it  is  said 
that  the  income  derived  from  the  mar­
kets 
is  so  large  that  there  will  be  no 
advance  in  the  taxes.

The  patent  laws  of Japan  afford 

little 
protection  to  foreign  manufacturers  or 
inventors.  A  native  may  patent  any 
trade  mark  of  a  foreigner  if  the  patent 
be taken  out before  the  real  owner  has 
moved 
in  the  matter.  Then  the  only 
course  open  to the  owner  is  to  buy  from 
the  native  the  right  to  use his  own trade 
mark  in  Japan.

At  Newcastle-on-Tyne  ship-builders 
and  engineers  are  now  very  full of work, 
and  the  tonnage  building  on  the  Tyne, 
Wear and  Tees  is  the  largest  on  record. 
Only  occasional  orders  can  now  be  ac­
cepted,  and  at  enhanced  prices.  The 
foundries  and  forges  in  the  district  are 
without  exception  busy.

Recent  observations  among  Indians 
show that  in  South  America,  as  well  as 
in  North  America,  the  red  woman  lives 
longer than  the  red  man.  But  the aver­
age  duration  of  life  is  only  seventeen 
years  for  both  sexes  in  the  South,  and 
22  per cent,  of  the  Indians  die  during 
the first  year  of  life.

Indiana  now  ranks  second  as  a  State 
in  which 
fruits  and  vegetables  are 
packed,  Maryland  being  first,  Indiana 
second  and  New  Jersey  third. 
Indiana 
now  manufactures  25  per  cent,  of  the 
canned  goods  produced  in  this  country.

The  15-cent  lodging-house for working 
women  which  the  Salvation  Army  has 
opened  in  Chicago  is  still  in  the  exper­
imental  stage,  but 
it  has  attained  a 
measure  of  patronage  which  foreshad­
ows  its  success  in  the commercial sense.

STORE  AT  SILVER  CROWN.

Why  Its Owner Stayed at the Diggings. 
Written for the Tbadebxan.

its  eight 

It  seemed  to  me,  as  I  stood on the  one 
stone  step  leading  up  to  the  door,  that 
the  place  scarcely  deserved  the  name  of 
store,  yet  it  was  known  at  Silver  Crown 
as  ‘ ‘ the  store.”  
It  was  a  one-story  log 
cabin  poorly  built,  and  now,  after  years 
of  exposure  to  the  winds  and  snows  of 
winter  and  the  almost  torrid  beat  of 
summer,  was  dilapidated  and  forlorn. 
Its  one  window,  with 
little 
panes  of  glass,  impressed  me  as  having 
grown  weary,  looking  out  over the  bar 
ren  hills,  and  as  welcoming  the  spider­
webs  which  dimmed 
its  vision.  The 
roof  was  made  of  boards  covered  with 
sod  and  earth.  A  cactus,  that  rank  and 
never-failing  product  of  the  dry  Colo­
rado  climate,  had  taken  root  in the earth 
of  the  roof,  only  to  add  to  its  outward 
ugliness,  for  it  had  died  after a  brief 
existence  and  now  stood  brown  and drv, 
rustling  mournfully  as  the  breeze  stirred 
its  dead  stalks.

Silver Crown !  What a  world  of  wealth 
the name  suggests;  and  yet  it  would  be 
difficult  to  find  a  poorer  place or  one 
more  devoid  of  natural  beauty.  Hills 
everywhere—bleak,  bare  hills  without 
a  tree or blade  of grass  and  upon  which 
the  cactus  lives  a  withered  and  miser 
able  existence.  Here  once  bad  lived 
feverish  hopes.  Here  frenzied  miners 
and  prospectors  bad  spent  their  time 
and  money 
in  trying  to  get  wealth  out 
of  the  barren  hills.  They  called  the 
place  Silver Crown ;  and,  as  “ Hope  de 
ferred  maketh  the  heart  sick ,”   they 
bad  at  last  given  up  and  gone  else­
where, 
few  stranded 
“ old-timers”   who  still  bad  faith  in  Sil­
ver  Crown’s bare,  bleak  hills.

leaving  only  a 

To  supply  the  needs  of  these  few 
miners and  the  occasional  cowboy  who 
at  times 
journeys  that  way,  the  store 
still  exists.  And  what a  store! 
Inside 
it  was  equally  as  unpromising  in  ap­
pearance as  it  was  outside.  Along  one 
side  of  the  room  was  a  set  of  narrow 
unpainted  hemlock  shelves,  the  natural 
color  of  which,  aided  by  time  and  gen­
erations  of  flies,  bad  long  since  disap­
peared.  On  these  shelves was displayed 
a  portion  of  the  stock  in  trade  of  the 
Silver  Crown  store. 
In  one  place  lay  a 
pile  of  blue  denim overalls,  while along­
side  stood  a  Mason  fruit  jar  containing 
half  a  dozen  sticks  of  ancient  striped 
candy.  Canned  goods  stood  side  by 
side  with  miners'  brogans.  Blasting 
powder  in  small  wooden  kegs  kept com­
pany  with  Arbuckle’s  coffee  in  paper 
packages. 
Picks,  hinges,  bolts  and 
Frazer's  axle  grease  hobnobbed  with 
plug  tobacco  and 
In  the 
farthest  end  of  the  room  was  a  cook 
stove  that  had  never known  the  magic 
touch  of  store  polish,  and  in  the  corner 
was a  rude,  unmade  bed,  the  very  sight 
of  which  suggested  creeping  things  and 
sleepless  nights.  Opposite  the  shelves 
was a  motley  array  of  barrels and boxes. 
There  was a  barrel  of  sugar between one 
of  onions  and  another of  potatoes.  A 
large  partly-cut  cheese  reposed  on  top 
of  a  barrel  of  kerosene  oil,  while  beside 
the oil  was  a  keg  of  sorghum  molasses, 
with 
its  attendant  sticky  measures 
Last,  but  by  no  means  least,  there  was 
a  fine  smooth  barrel  with  brass  hoops, 
labeled  rye  whisky.

crackers. 

I  had  ample  time  for  observation,  as 
it  was  fully  half  an  hour before  any  one 
appeared.  Then  a  boy  of  14,  or  there­
about,  hatless  and  in  overalls  much  too 
short  for  him,  and  mounted  on  an  old 
burro,  rode  leisurely  up  to  the  door.

9

if 

I 

Without  dismounting  he  asked 
“ wanted  suthin’. ”

"A re   you  the  proprietor?”
“ Nope.  Dad  is,  though.”
“ Where  is  your  father?"
“ Up  in  the  hills  a  minin’  at  his  new 

prospect  hole.”

“ How  far  is  that  from  here?”
“ Up  yonder  on  the  big  hill,  'bout  two 
miles.  We  saw  ye  a  drivin'  up  to  the 
cabin 
in  yer  buggy,  an’  dad  sed  he 
guessed  ye  wuz  one  o’  them  drummer 
chaps,  an*  he  sed  fur  me  to  tell  ye  thet 
we  didn't  want  nuthin’. ”

"A nd  if  I  wasn’t  a  drummer  chap?”  
“ Wall,  then  he  sed,  if  ye  wuz  a  col­
lectin’  fur  anybody,  thet  ye’d  hev  to 
come agen’,  ez  he  didn’t  hev no money ; 
but  ef  ye  wuz  a  lookin’  fur to  buy  a 
mine,  I  wuz  to  git  ye  suthin’ t’  eat  an’ 
hev  ye  stay  till  he  kem  down.”

“ What  did  be  say  if  I  was  neither  a 

collector  nor a  buyer of  mines?”

“ Wall,  he sed he guessed,  ef ye  wasn't 
in  the 
none  o’  them,  tint  ye’d  b'en 
cabin  ’longside  o’  thet  barrel  o’  whisky 
'bout  long  'nough  to  be  good  ’n’  drunk ; 
an’  dad  gits a  dollar  fur  gittin'  a  man 
drunk,  an’  he  sed  thet  ye’d  better  give 
me  the  dollar. ’ ’

“ Well,  as 

the 
whisky,  you  don’t  expect  me  to  pay  the 
dollar,  do  you?”

I  haven’t 

touched 

“ Ye  hevn’t  even  tak’n  a drink?  Wall, 
I  reckon  thtt  thar  ain’t 
thet’s  funny! 
'nother  man 
in  this  county  could  stan’ 
it  to  hev  a  chance  like  thet an'  not  take 
it.  What  ye  a  doin’  in  these  parts  any­
how?”
looking  around  for  things 

“ Oh,  I ’m 

to  write  about. ”

“ O  Lord!  To  write 

'bout!  Thar 
ain’t  nuthin’  ’round  here  to  write ’bout, 
‘ ceptin’  the  hills  an'  the  sky—we  hev 
right  smart  o'  them.”

“ Yes,  I  see that  you  have a good many 
hills—don’t  you  get  tired  of  looking  at 
them?”

“ Oh,  yes;  but  ef  thar  wa’n’t  no  hills 
thar  wouldn't  be  no  Silver  Crown ;  an’ 
what  dad  an’  me’d  do  without  Silver 
Crown  I  don’t  know.  Ye  see,  it’s  this 
way :  Dad  knows  thar ain't nuthin’ wuth 
diggin’  fur  in  them  hills;  but  I  wuz 
born  here,  an’  when  1  wuz  born,  mam 
she  died,  an’  dad  buried  her  down  thar 
whar ye  see  them  green  cactus.  Them’s 
the  only  things  thet  grows  here,  an’ 
them’s  the  only  green  cactus  thar  is 
’bout  here.  Dad  an’  me  waters  ’em 
reg’lar,  an’  dad  won’t  hear tell  o’  leav­
in’  Silver  Crown  even ef  ’tain’t no good, 
jest  ’cause  mam’s  buried  here.  He  says 
she  stuck  to  him  when  she  bed  good 
cause  fur 
leavin’,  an*  he’s  goin’  to  do 
jest  the  same  by  her.  When  he  ain’t  up 
in  the  hills,  he’s  a  sittin’ 
a  diggin’ 
down  thar  side  o’  mam’s  grave. 
I  often 
wake  up  o’  nights  an’  feel  ef  dad’s  in 
bed  side  o’  me,  an'  ef  he  ain’t,  I  know 
he’s  down  a  sittin'  side  o’ mam’s grave. 
The  men  'bout  here  say  as  how  dad’s 
locoed—thet’s  cracked,  ye  know;  but  he 
jest  can’t  nachully  stan’  it  to  be  out  o' 
sight  o’  mam's  grave.  When  them  cac­
tus  blooms—ye  know  they  hev  a  big yal- 
ler flower—dad  allers  wears  one  o’  them 
blossoms  on  his  bosom. 
I'd  like  to 
lick  them  fellers  when  they  say  dad’s 
locoed,  fer  I  don’t  think  he  is,  do  you?
I  guess  ye  won't  find  nuthin’  'bout  here 
to  write 
'bout,  stranger;  but  tbar’s  a 
big  camp,  called  Jaw  Bone,  ’bout  fifty 
miles  south o’ here,an’  tbar’s lots a goin' 
on  thar—killin’s,  an’  sich. 
I  shouldn’t 
wonder  ef  ye’d  find  a  right  smart  to 
w rite’bout thar.  Goodday,  stranger ;  I'll 
hev  to  go  up  an’  see  how  dad’s  a gittin' 
on. ”
Suiting  the  action  to  the  words,  the 
boy  belabored  the  burro  with  a  piece  of 
pick  handle,  which  he  carried  for  the 
purpose,  managing  to  excite  the  little 
beast 
into  a  slow  trot,  which  subsided 
into  a  slow  walk  the  moment  the  club­
bing  ceased.
No,  there  wasn’t  much  to  write  about 
at  Silver  Crown. 
“ Thar  warn’t  no 
killin's,  an'  sich ;”   but there  were  lives 
being  lived  in  their  own  rude,  pathetic 
way. 

Mac  A lla n .

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Fruits  and  Produce.
How  the  Apple  Crop  is  Regarded  in 

Gotham.
From  the New York Tribune.

There 

is  no  fruit  which 

is  used  so 
universally  for  food  as  the  apple;  it 
keeps better  than  any  of  the other fruits, 
ripens  later  in  the  season,  and  grows  in 
greater  abundance,  and  is  as  well  both 
healthy  for  consumption  and  pleasant  to 
the taste.  The  apple  is  world-renowned 
and 
furnishes  the  greater  part  of  the 
fruit  supply  in  winter  for  all  temperate 
climates.  The  first  varieties  begin  to 
come to  market  as  early  as  June,  and  as 
many  of  the  hardier  winter  kinds  will 
keep  until  that  time,  it  may  be  said  to 
be  for  sale  all  the  year around.

Many apples  are  each  year  ground  up 
into  cider,  the  best  cider  apple  being 
the  tough,  acid  kind,  but  the  smaller, 
irregular  shaped  ones  of  all  kinds  are 
used,  especially 
in  seasons  when  the 
crop  is  plentiful.  Another great  use  for 
is  as  dried  fruit,  and  so  much 
apples 
are  they  used 
in  this  way  that  many 
whole  sections  of  country  are  given  to 
raising  the  fruit  for  drying.  Various 
machines  have  been 
invented  to  facil- 
itate  the  work  of  paring,  coring  and 
slicing  apples,  as  well  as  for  extracting 
the  juice  or  evaporating  them, and large 
plants  have  been  established  to  supply 
the  demand 
in  the  market  for apples 
of  this  kind,  which  will  keep  many 
months,  often  for  years,  in  all  climates, 
and  when  cooked  retain  much  of  their 
original  good  taste.

in 

But  the  great  use  of the  apple  is  for 
table  consumption,  either  raw,  as  a 
dessert  or cooked  in pastry,  or baked and 
stewed 
jelly  or  sauce.  And  each 
autumn  large  supplies  of  them  are  sent 
from  the  farming  sections  to  the  cities. 
The  great  apple  section  of  this  country 
is  in  the  New  England  States,  the  Mid­
dle  Atlantic  States  and  some  of  the 
Central  States,  as  Ohio,  Michigan  and 
Missouri,  and  throughout the  cultivated 
parts  of  these  States  can  be  seen  many 
immense  orchards,  which  begin  in  Sep­
tember to  show  the  ripening  fruit  which 
has  hung  on  the  trees  all summer,  grow­
ing 
in  size  and  color  as  the  months 
passed.

its 

Of  the  summer apples  the  Early  Har­
vest,  which  comes  the  first  weeks  of 
July,  and  has  a  bright  straw-colored 
skin,  stripped  with  red,  is  a  favorite, 
and,  with  the  Red  Astrachan  and  the 
Strawberry  apple,  both  of  which  are 
deep  red  and  pleasant  to  the  taste,  is 
the  principal  apple  of  the  early  comers.
September  brings  the  Pippins,  which, 
in  their  many  sizes,  kinds  and  names, 
are  all  most  deservedly  popular;  they 
share  their  season  with  the  Maiden 
Blush,  the  Gravenstein,  a  very  fine ap­
ple  of  German  descent  which  is  consid­
ered  one  of  the  finest  apples  grown 
in 
Northern  Europe,  and  still  another  for 
eign-born  apple,  the  Duchess of  Olden 
from 
burgh,  which  originally  came 
Russia,  and  which,  with 
finely- 
grained  yellow  skin,  streaked  with  rich 
red,  and 
juicy  flavor,  is 
much  sought  after  during  the  early 
weeks  of  the  apple  season. 
It  ripens 
rapidly  after  being  picked,  and  lasts 
but  a  few  weeks.

its  delicious 

Of  the  winter  apples  the  oldest  two 
and  best known  kinds  are the  Greenings 
and  the  Baldwins;  both  are  suitable  for 
table  use  and  for  cooking,  and  so  great 
is  the  demand  for  them  both  in  this 
country  and  abroad  that  they  are  grown 
in  large  numbers.
The  Baldwin  heads  the  list of  the  ap­
ples  from  New  England;  it  is  a  native 
of  the  Bay  State,  and  is  more  largely 
grown  for  market  than  any  other  vari­
ety. 
It  is  a  large,  finely-colored  apple; 
its  skin  is  deep  crimson red,dotted  with 
its  rich,  tart  flavor 
russet  spots,  and 
makes  it a  great  favorite;  ripening 
in 
November,  it  lasts  throughout the  win­
ter,  being  at  its best  in  January.

The  Greening.or  Rhode  Island Green­
is  often  called,  is  one  of  the 
ing,  as 
familiar  of  the  winter  apples. 
most 
Large  and  round 
in  shape,  it  has  a 
smooth,  oily  skin  of  dark  green,  often 
with  a  faint  blush  of  red  on  one  cheek; 
it  is  serviceable  alike  for  eating  raw

it 

and  when  cooked ;  the  trees  bear  freely 
and  the  fruit  keeps  from  November  un­
til  March  hard  and  sound.

Next  to  these  two  kinds  the  Newton 
Pippin  is  in  general  use.  Cultivated  in 
immense  quantities  in  both  New  Jersey 
and  New  York,  it 
is  a  great  favorite 
both  for  home  consumption  and  for  the 
export  trade  to  Europe.  Originally  it 
sprang  into  existence  in Newtown,  Long 
its  name;  it  needs  a 
Island,  whence 
strong,  rich,  warm  soil,  so  that  it  flour­
ishes  much  better 
in  New  York  than 
New  England.  Along  the  Hudson  River 
many  thousands  of  barrels  of  this  fine 
apple  are  harvested  each  year.  The 
skin  is  of  a  dull  green  color,  turning  to 
an  olive  as  it  ripens;  the  flesh  is crisp 
and 
juicy,  and  the  apple  possesses  an 
exceedingly  pleasant  aroma  and  taste. 
It  keeps  the  best  of  all  winter  apples, 
and  can  be  used  for  eating from Novem­
ber  until  late  in  the  spring,  being  at  its 
best  during  the  month  of  March. 
is 
of  this  variety  of  apple  that  the  greatest 
quantities  are  sent  to  England,  where 
it  is  a  universal  favorite.

It 

it 

The  Spitzenberg—Esopus,  as 

One  of  the  many  varieties  of  apples 
to  come  largely 
into  favor  within  the 
last  few  years,  although  in  a  small  way 
it  has  been  grown  for  a  great  number of 
years,  is  the  Jonathan,  which  is  a  fine 
eating  apple  and  a  most satisfactory one 
to grow.  The  variety  was  first  produced 
on  a  farm  near  Kingston,  N.  Y .,  and 
in  honor  of  Jonathan  Has- 
was  named 
brouck,  who 
introduced 
it  in  the  mar­
kets.  It  is  a round,  medium-sized,  dark 
red  apple,  with  a  white  flesh  which  is 
often  streaked  with  red,  and 
is  very 
juicy  and  tender.  Undoubtedly it sprang 
from  the  Spitzenberg  family,  a  still 
older and  popular apple.
is 
termed—also  originated along  the  banks 
of  the  Hudson,  near  Esopus,  where  it  is 
supposed  to  have  been  planted  from 
seed  brought  to  America  by  the  Dutch­
men  who  settled  this  part  of  the  country 
in  the  Seventeenth  Century,  and 
early 
is  still  raised 
in  this  section  to  great 
perfection. 
It  is  considered  one  of  the 
best  of  apples,  not  only  for  its  great 
productiveness,  but  for  its  great beauty, 
being  of  a  rich  dark  red,  dotted  with 
it  has  a  delicious 
yellow  specks,  and 
richness  of 
flavor. 
The  Spitzenberg 
family  has  many  descendants  besides 
the  Jonathan,  all  of  which  are  popular.
it  is 
usually  spoken  of,  is  an  apple  which 
has  been  on  the  market  for  many  years. 
It  was  first  grown  near  Rochester,  and 
is  much  used  for  nearby  consumption. 
Hubbardston  Nonesuch  is  still  another 
favorite  apple,  a  native  of  the  town  of 
Massachusetts  of  the  same  name,  has 
a  mixed  red  and  yellow  skin,  is  slight­
ly  acid 
in  flavor,  and  ripens  early  in 
October,  lasting  until  about  February.

The  Northern  Spy,  or  Spy,  as 

One  of  the  prettiest  of  apples  sent  to 
is  the  Snow  apple,  which  was 
market 
first  cultivated  in  Canada  and  takes 
its 
common  name  from  the  color  of  the 
flesh. 
It  is  without  exception  the  finest 
table  apple  grown.  The  Ben  Davis  at­
tains  its  highest  perfection  in  the  West­
ern  States,  and 
large  red  apple, 
in  appearance,  which  has 
handsome 
been  growing  in  popularity  for  the 
last 
ten  or  twelve  years.

is  a 

Nearly  all 

in  great  numbers 

the  countless  different 
kinds  of  winter  apples  are  at  their  best 
during  December,  January  and  Febru­
ary,  and  are  on  the  wane  during  the 
early  spring  months,  and  it  is  then  that 
the  russets  are  so  much  in  favor,  for 
these  keep  the best  of  all  apples,  often 
in  market  as  late  as June.  Of 
being 
the  russets  the  best-known  kind 
is  the 
Roxbury,  or  Boston  Russet,  which 
is 
grown 
in  its  native 
State  of  Massachusetts;  there  are also 
the  American  Golden  Russet  and  the 
Putnam  Russet,  the  former  grown 
in 
great  quantities  in  New  York  and  New 
Jersey  for  the  Eastern  trade,  and  the 
latter  in  Ohio  for  the  Southern  markets.
The  apples  for  winter  use are  allowed 
to  remain  on  the  trees as  long  as  the 
frosty  nights  will  permit  without  danger 
of  being  damaged,  when  they  are  care­
fully  picked  by  hand  to  preserve  their 
soundness,  this  method  being indispens­
able  to  keep  the  fruit  in good condition. 
Late  September  and  early  October are 
the  usual  times  for  harvesting  the apple

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Honey,  Old  Pop  Corn,  Fresh  Eggs, Wood. 
If 
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Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

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Everyone reading this  advertisement—you  are  read­
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SEE D S,  A P P LE S,  ONIONS,  if  in  the  market  to 
buy or sell,  is requested to correspond with

MOSELEY  BROS.,

36*28-30-32 Ottawa Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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

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24  and  26  North  Division  S treet,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

HARVEY  P.  MILLER. 

EVERETT  P.  TBASDALE.

MILLER &  TEASDALE  CO.

WHOLESALE BROKERAGE AND COMMISSION.

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A P P LE S AND  POTATOES W ANTED

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The man whose oysters  are  the 
freshest and best flavored.

Who Loses Other Trade?

The man who sells fishy oysters 
diluted  with  ice  to  disgust  his 
customers.
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with copper.  All parts easily re­
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cans.  Send for circular.

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Grand  Rapids  Refrigerator  Co., 

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BUROE D. CATLIN.

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44 W. MARKET STREET 
103 MICHIGAN STREET

BUFFALO, N. Y.

Reference:  TRADESMAN. 

WHOLESALE
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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 trving 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
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WE  BUY  FOR  CASH 

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in 

Some 

it  closely. 

into  place 

crop,  and  in  many  instances  the  fruit  is 
placed  in  the  barrels  in  the  orchard  for 
shipping,  to  prevent  handling and avoid 
bruising. 
farmers,  however, 
carry  them  to  the  barns  or  storehouses, 
where  they  are  packed.  Expert  packers 
are  employed,  and  tight,  double-bead 
barrels  are  used,  the apples being placed 
regularly 
in  the  bottom  and  carefully 
filled 
in,  the  fruit  being  constantly 
shaken  to  pack 
It  is  piled 
some  inches  above the  top  of  the  barrel, 
when  the  head  is  put  over,  and  a  press, 
worked  by  a  lever  with  either hand  or 
foot  power,  is  applied,  which  brings  the 
apples 
in  the  barrel  and 
closes down  the  head  tight.  Oftentimes 
they  will  be  stored 
in  the  frostproof 
houses  in  the  country,  and  sent  to  mar­
ket  at  any  time  when  the  weather  is 
mild  enough  to  prevent  freezing  while 
on  the  way,  and,  again,  they  will  be 
shipped  as  soon  as  packed  and  allowed 
to  stand  in  the  storehouses  in  the  city, 
being  sold  as  the  demand  calls  for 
them.  They  come 
large  consign­
ments  to the  city,  in carloads,  which  are 
carried  on  the  railroad  floats  to  the 
‘ ‘ apple  docks, ’ '  along  the  shores  of  the 
North  River,  where  they  are  disposed 
of 
in  quantities  to the  jobbers,  who  in 
turn  retail  them  to  the grocers, and  take 
still  another  step  before  they  finally  are 
bought  by  the  real  consumer,  having 
been  sold  and  resold  many  times  since 
leaving  the  orchard  of  the  farmer.

Apples  are  used 

The  farmer  usually  disposes  of  bis 
crop  to  the  buyers  of  large  wholesale 
houses,  although  growers  in  many  sec­
tions  of  the  country  send  all  their  ap­
ples  to  commission 
firms  each  year. 
The  crop  will  often  be  bought  on  the 
trees,  the  buyer  taking  all  risk  of  sort­
ing  and  packing;  again,  they  will  be 
purchased  packed  for  shipment,  the  de­
mand  and  the  size of  the  crop regulating 
the  price  paid.
in  great  quantities 
all  over  the country,  and many thousands 
of  barrels  are  annually  exported, both  to 
the  West  Indies  and  other  Southern 
countries,  and  to  European  ports.  The 
shipping  of  apples  to  England  has 
in 
creased  greatly  within 
late  years,  until 
it  has  reached 
immense  proportions, 
and  there  are  many  firms  in  that  coun­
try  who  keep  their buyers  in  New  York 
all  through  the  season.  The  fruit  is 
shipped  on  any  of  the  regular  lines,  and 
if  good,  sound,  hard  apples  are  sent 
they  usually  stand  the  journey  w ell;  the 
freight  rates  are  high,  and 
it  is  only 
when  the  crop  in  England  is  at  least a 
partial  failure  that  much  profit  is  made 
hi  the  export  business.

Like  all  other fruits,  the apple suffered 
this  year  from  the  cold,  damp  weather 
of  the  spring,  and  the  crop 
is  light, 
good  apples  being  scarce in  many  local­
ities  where  there  are  large  orchards. 
There 
is  a  fair supply  of  the  medium 
'and  poorer  grades,  which  keeps  the 
price  from  $2  to $3  50 a  barrel  for  the 
good  ones,  the  others  selling  for  less. 
The  winter  apples  are  coming  rapidly 
to  the  markets,  and  most of  the  kinds 
offered  for  sale  will  keep  in  cool,  dry 
places  throughout  the  season,  so  that 
those  boughf  now  should  be  fit  for  use 
all  winter.

He  Was  a  Politician.

“ Why  don’t  you  take  steps  to  have 
this  man  who  has  traduced  your  charac­
ter  punished?  He  has  unquestionably 
accused  you  falsely.”
“ I  know  it,”   said  Senator  Sorghum, 
thoughtfully,  “ but  I ’m  afraid  that  by 
making  a  fuss  about  things  that ain’ t  so 
I  might  stir  up  a  lot that are.”

He  Had  a  Pull.

“ You  keep  your hand out o’ them pea­
nuts!”   exclaimed  the  five-year-old  mer­
chant  who  had  set  up  a  store  in  the 
front  yard  of  the  parental  dwelling.
“ I  won’t  nuther!”   replied  the five- 
year  old  customer,  helping  himself 
again.  “ My  dad’s  the  p’lecemanon  dis 
block I”  

______
His  Extra  Meanness.

“ Your  replies  are  very  tart,”  said  the 

young  husband.

Then  he  hastily  added :
* * But  they  are  not as  tart as  those that 

mother made. ’ '

Variety  of  Fruit  on  Sale  in  Gotham. 
From  the  New York Sun.
Just  now  the  fruit  stores  on  Broadway 
outrival  the  florists  in  their  display  of 
colors.  The  dark  purple  of  the  hothouse 
grape  contrasts  with  the  pale  green 
Niagara,  its  sister  fruit.  The  various 
shades  of  yellow  shown  in  the  lemons, 
oranges,  tangerines and  other specimens 
of  the  citron  class,  the  ruddy  hue  of  the 
apples,  the  russet  of  the  pears,  the  red 
of  the  strawberry  and  the  opalescent 
colors  of  the  nectarine  make  a  picture 
magnificent  for  wealth  of  hue.
It  used  to  be a  great  achievement  for 
some  patient,  toiling  gardener  to  pro­
duce  strawberries 
in  his  hothouse  in 
time  to  display  them  in  New  York  by 
the  New  Year,  and so  tenderly  did  those 
berries  have  to  be  bandied  that  they 
never came  out  of  the  glass  cases  in  the 
fruit  stores  until  actually  sold  to  some 
reckless  customer  who  had  $5  to  throw 
away  on  a  tiny  little  basket  of  these 
dainty  berries.  Now  all  that  is  a  thing 
of  the  past  and  New  Yorkers  are  feast­
ing  on  strawberries  and  many  other 
fruits all  grown  out of  doors,  in  the  fer­
tile  gardens  and  fields  of  California  and 
Florida  or  in  the  tropical  groves  of  the 
West  Indies.  So quick  is  the  transpor­
tation  of  fruits  from  those  distant points 
and  so  carefully  are  they  packed  and 
cared  for  that  only  a  few  days after they 
are  picked  we have  them  in  New  York.
All  these  methods of  quick  transpor­
tation  and  of  refrigerator cars  have  al­
most  annihilated  space  and  abolished 
seasons. 
Indeed,  so  far  as  fruits  go, 
New  York  may  be  said  to  be  without 
seasons.  Each  succeeding  year  shows 
in  the  matter  of  obtaining 
an  advance 
fresh  fruits  here.  There 
is  now  no 
month  of  the  year  when  one can  not  get 
fresh  tomatoes 
in  New  York,  and  now 
there are  only  two  months  when  fresh 
strawberries  are  not  in  market.

The variety  of  fruits  now  in  market  is 
really  marvelous.  There are  the  straw­
fully 
berries  from  California,  sweet, 
ripe,  and  of  delicious  flavor,  selling  at 
$1  a  box.  Of  pears there  are  six  good 
to  select  from—the  winter 
varieties 
Nellis,  a 
large  russet  fruit,  juicy  and 
not too  sweet;  the  winter Seckel,  a small 
russet  pear,  sweet  as  honey;  the  Easter 
Beurre,  a  large  green  pear;  the Forelle, 
the  prettiest  of  all  pears,  almost  a  rose 
color  with  white  flecks—all  grown  in 
California.  Then  there 
is  the  Beurre 
d’Anjou,  a  fine  yellow  pear  with  a  red 
flush,  which  comes  from  Rochester.

Apples  are  so  poor this  year  that  but 
few  of  the  fine  large  varieties  usually 
in  market  at  this  season  are  to  be  bad. 
All  those  now  displayed  are  either  from 
California  or  Oregon,  and  while  their 
flavor  in  no  way  approaches  the  apples 
grown  about  here,  they  are  beautiful  to 
look  at,  and  better than  no  apples.

Grapes  are beaded  by  the  aristocratic 
and  gorgeous  Gros  Coleman,  raised 
in 
hothouses 
in  this  country  and  in  Eng­
land,  sent  to this market  in  their  luxuri­
ous  beds  of  soft, 
fluffy  cotton,  each 
bunch  weighing  from  one  and  a  half  to 
two  and  a  half  pounds,  and  each  grape 
rich,  shining  and  dark  as  the  eyes  of 
the  Orient.  The  stems,  of  a  pale  green, 
look  too  tender  and  fragile  to  support 
their  weight  of  fruit.  These  grapes  sell 
from  $i  to $2  a pound.  Other varieties 
of  grapes  which  are  plentiful  and  in­
expensive  are  the  Malagas, 
imparted 
from  Spain,  40 cents  a  pound ;  Muscats 
and  Tokays  from  California,  the  Con­
cord,  Niagara,  Catawba,  and  Delaware 
grown  up  State.

Yellow  bananas  in  plenty  sell  at from 
15  to  40  cents  a  dozen,  while  red  ba­
nanas  are  scarce  at Si  a  dozen.  These 
come  from  Asp inwall,  where  the  natives 
are 
inclined  to  let  the  red  bananas  die 
out,  as  they  are  too  lazy  to  do  the  work 
required  to  cultivate  them.  The  yellow 
fruit  grows  practically  wild.  There  are 
1,000  bunches  or  branches  of  yellow 
bananas  brought  here  to  one  branch  of 
red  ones.  _____ _____ ______

An  Incentive  to  Be  Good.

“  If  I  should  go  to  the bad place,' ’ she 
said.  “  I s’pose my wax  doll  would  melt.
“ It  surely  would,”   replied  the  elder, 
who  thought  there  was  a  chance  to  im­
press  a  lesson  on  her.

“ Well,”   she  returned  with  a  sigh,  “ I 

guess  I ’lljiave to be good  then.”

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N. WOHLFELDER & CO. 

W H O LESALE GROCERS.

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SPECIAL  DRIVE:
Roiled Oats, go-lb. sack?, “fancy stock,” p>r sack. 
in lS-lb. boxes,
Schulte Soap Co.’s Cocoa Castile, 

$1.50 net 

8J£c per lb.

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

399-401-403  High  St.,  E. 
DETROIT,  MICHIGAN.

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Ship your BUTTER AND  EGOS to

R .   H I R T ,   J r ..  D e t r o i t ,  m i c h .

34 AND 36  MARKET STREET.
435-437-439 WINDER STREET.

Cold Storage and Freezing House in connection.  Capacity 75 carloads. 

Correspondence  solicited.

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

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

161 South Water St., Chicago. 

REFERENCES:

Wm. M. Hoyt Co.,  Wholesale  Grocers, Chicago. 
W. J. Quan & Co., Wholesale Grocers, Chicago. 
“Chicago Produce,” Chicago.
Bradstreet’s and Dun*s Agencies.
Hibernian Banking Association, Chicago. 
B a n k e r s:  Merchants1 National Bank, Chicago.

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GOTHAM  GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis—Index  to 

Special Correspondence.

the  Market.

New  York,  Nov.  12—The  coffee  mar­
ket 
is  certainly  firmer  at  this  writing 
and  the  strength  is  said to be “ lasting. ”  
This 
is  accounted  tor by  light  receipts 
at  primary  points—Rio  and Santos—and 
to  a  better  demand here.  Dealers have 
plenty  of  offers  of  6>£c;  but  are  not  dis­
posed to consider anything less than 6>^c. 
Whether  this  condition  of  affairs  really 
means  anything,  time  alone  can  deter­
mine  Rather  more  business  has  been 
done  than  usual.  The  amount  of  coffee 
here  and  afloat  aggregates 
1.110,999 
bags,  against  965,133  bags  at  the  same 
time  last  year.  Mild  coffees  continue 
just  about  the  same  position  as  last 
in 
week. 
Importers  are  not  disposed  to 
urge  sales  and  seem  to  think  the  future 
has  something  better  in  store  than  the 
present  offers.  Padang  Interior coffee 
is  worth  24>£@25^ c  here,  with  fancy 
stock  up  to  3o@32c;  Mocha,  I7@23c.

During  the  week  the  demand  for  re­
fined  sugars  has  hardly  been  as  brisk  as 
was  anticipated,  although,  of course,  the 
election 
interfered  with  trading  to  a 
degree.  Doscher’s  new  refinery  is  now 
offering  granulated  at  the  same  rate as 
the  other  refiners.  The  market generally 
for  refined  can  be  called  firm.

Teas  are  steady.  The  general  tone of 
the  market 
is  firmer  than  it  has  been 
and  a  respectable  amount  of  teas  has 
changed  hands  during  the  week.  There 
is  still  room  for  improvement,  but  as 
no  change  is  now  anticipated  in  the  tax 
law,  the  situation  is  encouraging.  Lit 
tie  has  been  done  in  invoice  trading. 
There  will  be  a  special  sale  Nov.  17  of 
about 9 000  packages,  mostly  Formosas.
Rice  buyers  do  not seem to be particu­
larly  anxious  to  take  stocks  beyond 
everyday  wants,  although  it  would  seem 
that  the  situation  warranted  present 
purchases  large  enough to last all winter. 
The  market 
is  firm  and  the  supply  is 
large.  Prime  to  choice  do-j 
not  very 
mestic,  5 J4 @6^c.

interest 

is  shown 

Continued 

in  the 
pepper  market,  but,  aside  from  this, 
there  is  only  the  usual  everyday  trading 
in  spices  going  forward.  While  pepper 
has  made  no  further advance  within  a 
few  days,  cable  advices  are  indicative 
of  a  strong  feeling  abroad  and  prices 
are  expected to  be  higher  at  any time.

Molasses,  new  crop,  is  quiet.  There 
seems  to  be  very  little  demand  beyond 
everyday  wants,  although  the  approach 
of  Thanksgiving  has,  perhaps,  been  the 
cause  of  some  increase  in  sales.  Quota­
tions  are  higher  than  seem  warranted 
and  buyers  are  bolding  off,  expecting 
lower  rates  as  soon  as  the  supply  be­
comes  freer.  Fair  to  good  old  crop 
centrifugal 
14318c.  New 
crop,  open  kettle,  40@44c;  blends,  3 6 ®  
39c.  Syrups  are  steady.  There 
is  a 
fair  volume  of  business doing and prices 
are  firm  for  all  grades.  Good  to  prime 
sugar,  i 6@2oc.

is  held  at 

Canned  goods  are  steady  for almost 
everything  The  dearth  of  tomatoes  that 
we  have  heard  so  much  about  is  not 
likely  to  “ materialize,”  
if  we  may 
judge  from  figures  given  over  their .own 
signatures  by  twenty-two  canners.  They 
put  up  this  year  488.915  cases,  against 
283,671  cases  last  year,  besides  24,000 
cases  of  No.  2. 
increase  is 
in  other  states,  the  output  will 
shown 
be  a  “ bumper”   one.  The  Jersey  tomato 
in  cans 
is  held  here  at  82^ 38 5c  and 
sells  well.  New  York  corn 
is  firm  at 
65370c  for  standard,  with  some  fancy 
stock  up  to 90c.

Awaiting  the  auction  sale  of  dried 
fruits,  the general market  is  rather  lack­
ing  in  animation.  Raisins  have  arrived 
freely  from  the  Pacific  coast  during  the 
week,  most of  which  are  deliverable  up­
on  contract.  Dates,  figs  and  prunes  are 
firm,  especially  the  latter,  which  are  in 
light  supply.  Nuts  are  firm,  with  the 
demand  so  good  that  an  advance  can  be 
looked  for at  any  time.

If  a 

like 

Oranges  and  lemons  are  selling  well. 
Jamaica  oranges,  especially,  are  in  de­
mand,  with  supplies  light.  Both  Cali­
fornia  and  Florida  oranges  are  also 
in 
good  request,  with  the  supply  not at  all 
large.  Choice  Sicily  lemons  are  worth

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Jamaica  or­
for  300s,  $4.75  per  box. 
anges, 
repacked,  per  bbl.,  $6.5o@8; 
California Valencias,  $5; Floridas,  $3  25 
@5,  as  to  size.  Bananas  are  worth 90c 
@ 1.10  per  bunch  for firsts.  Apples  are 
scarce  and  high,  especially  for  really 
nice  stock.  Kings,  $4.5036  per  bbl.  ; 
Greenings, $4 34   50; Baldwins, $3.5034*
The  butter  market  remains  about  as 
last  week,  with  changes  of  the  smallest 
kind. 
Best  Western  creamery,  23c; 
firsts,  20 32 2c;  seconds,  18 3 19 c ; thirds, 
I5^ @ i6 c;  Western  June  extras,  20c; 
Western  imitation  creamery,  finest,  17 3  
i7% c;  firsts, 
1 4 3 1 4 ^ ;   extra  Western 
factory,  Junes,  14 3 14 ^ 0 .

The  supply  of  large  size  full  cream 
cheese 
is  rather  small  and  quotations 
are  firm  at  &$£@gc  for  fancy  stock; 
white,  S jic ;  small size fancy  full cream, 
9Vc.
Fresh  gathered  eggs  are  scarce and 
demand  is sufficient to  send  the  price  up 
to  26327c  for  nearby  stock.  Western 
fresh  gathered,  loss  off,  sell  without any 
trouble  at  23c;  fair to  good  are quotable 
from 20322c,  and  from  this  the  descent 
is  rapid.
is 

learned  that  Doscber’s offering 
of  granulated  was  the beet  product,  so 
bis  refinery  must  be  equipped  for that 
as  well  as  sugar.

It 

Shippers  of  dressed  poultry  should  be 
in  changing  from  iced  to 
very  careful 
dry  packed  shipments. 
It  is  not  safe to 
make  this  change  until  the  weather  is 
cool  enough  to  cool  the  poultry  out 
thoroughly ;  that 
is,  to  bring  out all  of 
the  animal  heat  without  the  use  of  ice 
water.  There are  two  conditions  under 
which  poultry  will  spoil  in  transit: 
If 
poultry 
ice  water,  after­
wards  allowed  to  dry  off  and  is  then 
packed  dry  or  without  ice  it will sour  in 
transit. 
If  cooled  out  naturally  and 
afterwards  packed  in  ice  it  will  become 
slippery  and  turn  green  while in transit.  I 
It  is,  therefore,  much  safer to  continue 
cooling  your  poultry 
in  ice  water  and 
pack 
ice  until  the  temperature  gets 
below  40  degrees  Fahrenheit  and  re­
mains at or below  that  point.

is  cooled 

in 

in 

Afraid  of Our  Cider.

From the New York Commercial.

last 

in  the 

One  of  the  latest  products  of  this 
country  to  excite  the  competitive  ire  of 
our  British  cousins  is  cider—just  plain 
cider—sometimes  as hard  as  the  patient 
Jerseyman  can  make  it. 
It  is  said  that 
the  manufacture of  cider has  greatly  in­
creased 
few  years.  This 
statement does  not  admit  of  much  argu­
ment,  as  the  ability  of  the United States 
to  put  out a  good  thing  in  quantities 
is 
not  seriously  questioned.  But  in  view 
of  our  short  apple  crop,  the  thought 
arises  that  the  foreigner  may  not have 
so  much  to  fear  from  us  as  he  sup­
poses,  at  least  for a  year  to  come;  that 
is,  with  regard  to  pure  cider.

But  the  American 

is  charged  with 
sending,  chiefly  to  England,  a  water 
sweetened  and  strengthened  with  potato 
juce.  Of  coarse,  the  shortage 
in  the 
supply  of  apples  will  have  no  effect  up­
on  the  output  of  this  stuff.  But  the 
Anglicans  need  not  be afraid. 
If our 
apple  crop  is too  short to  give  the  nec­
essary  body  to  our  export  of  cider,  gen­
erally  speaking,  our output of  potatoes, 
or  that  much  of  it  as goes  into  the  dis­
tillery,  will  not  likely  be  so  wasted  in 
making  such  a  cheap  drink  as  cider, 
when  it  can  be more profitably employed 
in  producing  a  first-class  adulterant  for 
rye  whisky  or  fruit  brandy.
The  English  need  fear  no  inundation 
of cheap  potato  cider  from  this country. 
If  we  have the apples  we  will  make  the 
beverage;  but  while  there  are  so  many 
brands  of  "genuine  old  rye”  
to  be 
maintained,  potatoes  for  distilling  pur­
poses  are  not  in  the  sweet  drink  class.

Its  Real  Name.

“ This 

is the  parlor,  eh?”   tentatively 
remarked  the  agent  who  was  looking 
over the  house.

“ Y es,”   replied  the  old  man  Kidder, 
“ but  I  usually  call  it the  court  room— 
I ’ve  got  seven  daughters,  yon  know.”

A  wise  man  never differs  from a worn-, 
an  except  when  she  says  something 
mean  about  herself.

ONE
CENT

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Is all it will cost you  to drop a  postal to

MAYNARD  &  REED

ORAND RAPIDS, rtlCH.,

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

Elgin  System of Creameries

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

A  Model  Creamery  of the  Elgin  System.

R  E.  STURGIS  &  CO.,

Contractors and Builders of the

Elgin  System   of  Batter  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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Jobber of 

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Once Sold, Always (galled for. 

Ecadiig Braid for Tiftce* years. 

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If you  wish  to  secure  the  sale  of a brand  which  will  always  give  «ft* 
•|s  satisfaction, arrange to handle  Anchors,  which  are  widely  known  and  «•» 
«§»  largely advertised.  When ordering oysters through your jobber, be sure  ,2,
f   and specify “ Anchors.” 
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POULTRY CROP.

Estimates Compiled From Several Hun­

dred  Enquiries.
io—The 

It 

Chicago,  Nov. 

estimates 
given  below  were  compiled  from several 
hundred  enquiries  sent  throughout  Illi­
nois, 
Indiana,  Wisconsin,  Mis­
souri,  Nebraska,  and  also  a  few  points 
in  Kentucky,  Tennessee  and  other 
Southern  States. 
is  a  reliable  and 
unbiased  opinion.

Iowa, 

Notwithstanding  that  in  nearly  all  in­
stances  the  advices  received  touch  up­
on  the  wet  and  cold  spring  as  having 
been  unfavorable  for  the  batching  of 
the eggs,the  crops  of  the  different  kinds 
will  compare  well  with  that  of  the  year 
1897.  Cholera  killed  off  a  great  deal  of 
the  young  stock,  as  did  also  rats.  Had 
it  not  been  so,  the  crop  would  have been 
unusually  large,  and  lower  prices  would 
have  been  the  result.  As  it 
is,  indica­
tions  are  that  fairly  remunerative  prices 
will  be  obtained.

Turkeys:  From the  numerous  reports 
received  we  learn  that  the  crop  of  tur­
keys  for  the  year  1898  will  not vary 
much  from  that  of  last  year—possibly  5 
to  10  per  cent,  larger,  or  about  65  to  70 
per  cent,  of  a  full  crop.  For  the  year 
i8gy  the  crop  was  about  75  per  cent,  of 
the  crop  of  1896  and  60  per  cent,  of  a 
full  crop.  The  increase  this  year,  if 
any,  was  due  to  the  high  prices  which 
fuled 
last  year,  in  consequence  of  a 
short  crop,  which  influenced  farmers  to 
increase  their  supply  of  turkeys.  The 
wet  we ither  and  cold  spring,  however, 
had  a  tendency  to  kill  off an  unusual 
number  of  young  turkeys. 
Besides, 
there  was  only  a  comparatively  small 
number  of  turkeys  carried  over  from 
last  year and  there  was  not the  stock  on 
band  with  which  to  build  up  a  new crop 
very  fast.  Hence  the  crop  is  not  likely 
larger  than  last  year,  and 
to  be  much 
the  general 
impression 
is  that  good­
paying  prices  to  farmers  will  again pre­
vail  One thing  noticed  in  our  replies 
was  that  many  reports  indicated  a  later 
crop—anywhere  from  two  to  four  weeks 
late.

last  year  or  larger. 

Chickens:  The  crop  will  again  be  a 
large  one—fully  as  large  as  1897,  pos­
sibly  10  per  cent,  larger—and as the crop 
of  1897  was 10 per cent,  larger than  1896, 
it  is  generally  conceded  that  the  crop 
will  be  above  an  average. 
In  nearly 
every  instance  the  crop  was reported the 
same  as 
In  some 
instances  the  reports  note a smaller crop 
than 
1897,  but  there  are  not  enough  of 
these  to  cut  any  figure  in  the  general 
crop. 
In  some  sections  rats,  which 
have  again  been  abundant,  particularly 
at  points  where  corn  has  been  cribbed, 
killed  off  a  good  many  chickens.  The 
wet  weather  and  cold  spring  also  had 
the  effect  of  lessening  the  crop of chick­
ens.  Notwithstanding  the  misfortune 
which 
some  sections,  other 
points  made  up  for  this  loss,  and  the 
crop  will  be  a  large  one  and  chickens 
will  be  plentiful.

visited 

D ucks:  The  reports  again  indicate 
a  large  crop  for this  year  and  it  is  fair 
to  estimate  that  the  supply of ducks  will 
be  as 
large  for  the  year  1898  as  it  was 
in  1897,  which  was  15  per cent,  larger 
than  for  the  year  1896.  The  season  has 
been  quite  favorable  for  the  raising  of 
ducks.  Rains  have  been  sufficient  to 
keep  the  streams  and  creeks  full  of 
water.  Besides,  a  great  many  ducks 
were  left  over  from  the  year  1897,  which 
laid  the  foundation  for  a  good  crop  in 
1898.  The  low  prices  which  prevailed 
during 
1897  naturally  discouraged  the 
raising  of  ducks  in  many  sections,  and 
some  points  report  a  material reduction. 
There  were  also losses from other causes, 
some  correspondents  mentioning the fact 
that  snapping  turtles  ate and  killed  off 
many  young  ducks.  Notwithstanding 
the  shortage 
in  some  sections,  others 
make  up  the  deficiency,  and  the  crop 
will  compare  favorably  with  that of  last 
year.

Geese:  The  crop  of  geese,  while  not 
a  full  crop,  will  be quite large and  is es­
timated  at  about 85  per  cent.,  or  about 
the  same  as  last  year to  possibly  a  little 
larger.  The  cold  and  wet  spring  may 
have  had  some  effect  upon the  hatching, 
but  fairlv  good  prices  realized  for the 
crop  of  1897  induced  parties  to  increase

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

13

the  production, and the increase  in  some 
sections  will  make  up  for the  losses 
in 
others.  Prospects  are  that  the quality  of 
the  geese  will  be  better than 
las£  year, 
as  grain  is  cheaper and  farmers  will  be 
more 
inclined  to  feed  than  they  were 
during  the year  1897.

Sprag u e  Commission  Co.

Some  Recent  Fashions 

Footwear.

in  Ladies 

The  woman  who  desires  that her  foot­
wear shall  be  correct  in  every particular 
and  entirely  up  to  date  requires  a  ward­
robe  well  stocked  with  various  styles  of 
shoes  for the  winter.  Much  has  already 
been  said  of  the heavy,mannish  style  of 
shoe  for  women,  which  has  largely  su­
perseded  the  lighter  weight  and  thinner 
in  the  past.  She 
soled  footwear  worn 
should,  therefore, 
in  the  first  place, 
have  one  or  two  pairs  of heavy  shoes 
in  both  black  and  russet  for general 
outdoor  wear. 
These  walking  shoes 
will  have  heavy  soles,  military  heels, 
broad  round  toes  and  may  have  calfskin 
or  kid  tops.  They  may  be  laced  or 
buttoned  according  to  her fancy.  The 
extent  of  her  means  will  determine 
whether or  not these  boots are purchased 
ready-made  or are  made  to  measure  by 
a  fashionable bootmaker.  The  advent, 
however,  of  elegant  factory-made  shoes 
lasts  and  from  the 
on  the  latest  style 
most  approved 
fashions  and  designs 
makes  the  ordering  of  footwear to meas­
ure  unnecessary.  There  will  naturally 
be,  during  the  fall,  boots  for  outdoor 
athletic  exercises,  golf,  bicycle  and 
mountain  climbing.  The  woman  who 
rides  horseback  must  have  a  pair of 
patent-leather  riding  boots which  reach 
almost  to  the  knee.  They  are  made  just 
like  a  man's  boot,  with  neither  laces 
nor  buttons,  and  with  bull-dog  toes  and 
military heels.

Shoes  for dressy  occasions,  for  recep­
tions  and  the  like,  should  be  fine  don- 
gola  or  patent-leather,  buttoned-shoes 
with  Louis  XV.  heels, and  turned  soles.
Women  requiring  heavy  shoes  for  the 
street  should  have  their  footwear  made 
of  enamel 
leather,  box  calf,  French 
calfskin  or  heavy  kid,  kid-faced.  Pat­
ent  leather  shoes are  almost  universally 
shaped  on  the  bull-dog  last.  Tips  are 
used  almost  exclusively.

For evening  wear  high  boots  made 
of  black  satin,  with  pump  soles  and 
French  heels,  must  be  added  to  the  col­
lection.  Some  of  them  are  heavily 
embroidered  in  jet.  White  satin  high 
boots,  or  strap  or buttoned  slippers,  are 
made  to  be  worn  with  white  or  very 
light  gowns. 
If  the  wearer  prefers,  in­
stead  of  the  satin  slipper,  she  may  have 
an  oxford  tie  made  of  satin  to  match 
her gown.  Handsome  black  kid  slip­
pers,  either  jet  embroidered  or  finished 
with  a  large  buckle,  are also  among  the 
shoes  for  evening  wear.

For  rainy  days  the woman who doesn't 
care 
to  be  encumbered  with  heavy 
shoes has a  layer  of  cork placed between 
the outer and  the  inner sole of her shoes. 
Rubbers  are  also  made  in  every  size 
and  style of toe,  so  as  to  be  worn  on 
any  shoe  and  be  easily  drawn  on  and 
removed.

Due  To  a  Scarcity  of  Men.

He—According  to the Scriptures  there 
will  be  no  marrying  or giving  in  mar­
riage  in  heaven.

She—Ob,  that’s  easily  explained.
“ How  so?”
“ There  will  not  be half  enough  men 

to go around—see?”

His  Method.

“ By  the  way,  Smith,  you  never  use 
“ No,”   drawled  Smith 
” 1 

perfumes,  do  you?”
take  a  bath  every  morning.”

lazily. 

TO DIE PDQE RLL THIJfGS JIBE PDBE

We  brand  our  spices  PU RE  because  they  are  PURE.
We are so positive of  this  statement  that  we  offer  $100 
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.

ROASTED  COFFEES 

6MOST  POPULAR 

ON  THE 
MARKET
Medals

5

Awarded these goods 
at World’s Colombian 
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.

HARM  JAVA 
ROWN  MIXED 
REOLE  JAVA  AND

Diplomas

Awarded these goods 
at World’s Columbiaa 
Exposition.

A Trade  M ark 

is

a   Badge 

of Honor

T ry MILLAR’S  PEARLED  PEPPER, Granulated.

! E.  B.  Millar  &  Co.,
Muskegon  Milling  Co.,  muskegon,  mich.

Importers and Grinders,

CHICAGO,  ILL.

Manufacturers of

FLOUR,
FEED  AND
H ILL
ST U F F S

Receivers and 
Shippers of

GRAIN

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

MIXED  CARLOADS 
A SPECIALTY.

Mills and Office:

Water Street,  Foot of Pine.

W b   M o p   T h e   W o r l d
We are manufacturing an article that will 
suggest  itself  to  you  as  most  desirable 
for Sts salable quality.  It is the

Fuller Patented Eccentric Spring Lever Mop Stick

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

E.  F.  ROWE,  Ludington, Michigan.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Shoes  and  Leather
Some  Pertinent Hints for Shoe Clerks.
Almost  every  one  of  you  remembers 
your  first  day’s  experience  in  the  store, 
and  while  some  may  not have  entered 
into  the  position  of  a  full  Hedged  sales* 
man  at  once,  it  may  be  worth  while 
speaking  a  word  here  for the young man 
who  is  going  to  make  his  first  sale  this 
fall,  says  an  exchange.

The  average  young  man  fresh  from 
school  or  some  other  vocation 
is  not 
the  happiest  mortal  in  the  world  for  the 
first  few  days 
in  the  store;  and  as  this 
has  so far been  an  exceedingly  busy fall, 
there  will  doubtless  be  a  large  number 
of  “ green”   hands  taken  on  to  meet  the 
rush  that  will  soon  be  forthcoming.

Try  and  make  it  a  point  to give the 
young  men  spending  their  first  day  in 
your  store  a  cheerful  word  by  way  of 
encouragement  when the  floor-walker  or 
department  manager  introduces them  on 
their  arrival.  Try  and  put  yourself  in 
their  position,  and  the  chances  are  that 
looking  back  a  few  years  you  will 
by 
remember  yourself 
in  the  same  place 
and  recall  the  anxiety  and  worriment  of 
your first  experience  at  shoe  selling.  A 
careless  “ How  do  you  feel?”   and  still 
more  careless  description  of  the  stock 
and  where  to  find  things,  is  usually  the 
reception  that greets  the  newcomer,  and 
then  be 
is  left  to  his  own  devices  to 
trip  up  and  stumble  across  every  petty 
obstacle  that  his 
inexperience  is  sure 
to  bring  forth.

When  a  mob  of  unruly 

shoppers 
swoops  down  upon  him  a  cold-blooded 
laugh  or  smile  of  his  more  experienced 
colleagues  rs  often  directed  his  way,  as 
they  notice  his  red  face  and  flurried 
manner as  he  tries  to  serve  half  a  dozen 
customers  at  once.

A  little  polite  attention  and  more 
than  two  or  three  words  as a  greeting 
will  be  to  that  “ green”   hand  like  cold 
water  to  a  thirsty  man,  and  very  likely 
make  you  a  friend  in  the  department 
who  won’t  forget 
in  a  hurry  what  you 
did  for him.

*  *  *

When  you  have  been  successful  in 
making  a  sale,  what  do  you  do  while 
your  customer is  waiting  for his bundle? 
Do  you  begin  at  once  to  put  back  the 
goods  you  have  been 
showing,  and 
thereby  give  him  the  impression  that 
you  have  given  him  more  time than  you 
liked?  Or  do  you  go  off  and  talk  to 
some  other clerk  and  let  him  think  that 
you  don’t  care  anything  more  about 
him,  now  that  you  have made  your sale? 
Next  time  stay  with  him,  and  talk 
pleasantly,  or try  your hand  at  showing 
him  some  new  goods,  or  something  else 
you  think  will  interest  him.  There  is 
nothing  more  gratifying  to  a  customer 
than  to  have  a  salesman  take  a  genuine 
interest  in  showing  and  selling  the right 
thing.  Perfunctory methods  spoil  many 
an  otherwise  easy  sale.
*  *  *

Do  you  ever  stop  and  wonder  what 

it 
is  that  makes  the  buyer  of  your  concern 
look  so  worn  and  haggard?  Did  you 
ever  stop  and  think  whether  the  stock 
in  your  charge  was  heavy  or  light, 
whether  there  were  not  some  things 
there  you  could  easily  dispense  with? 
Are  your  profits 
large  or  small  and 
couldn't  you  get  a  little  better  price  for 
the  goods 
if  you 
tried  a 
little  harder?  These  things 
worry  the  buyer and  make  lines  on  his 
forehead  and  his  hair gray.

in  your  department 

*  

*  

*

Are  you  satisfied  with  your  present

position  and  your  present  salary? 
If 
you  are, you  better  go  and  have  a  doctor 
look  you  over,  for  there 
is  certainly 
something  wrong  in  your  make-up. 
If 
you  are  not,  the  quickest  and  surest 
way  to  get  more 
it.  Your 
employer  is  ready  and  anxious  to  pay 
you  more  salary,  but  he 
like  every 
other  man,  he  wants  his  money’s  worth. 
He  has  bad  to  work  for his  money;  you 
will,  too,  for yours  if  you  get  it.

is  to  earn 

is 

*  

*  

*

The  clerk  doesn't  object  to  having 
advice  thrown  at  him  now  and  then,  un­
less  perchance  he  knows  that  the  person 
seeking  to  give  it  knows as  little  about 
business  behind  the  counter  as  an  old- 
fashioned  Arkansas  razor-back  knows 
about  the  currency  question,  says  an 
exchange.  The clerk  is  glad  to  get  tips 
that  are  tips,  but 
it  makes  his  blood 
rise  to  have  the  same  old  things  thrown 
into  his  teeth  by  people  who  imagine 
they  are  being  original  when  in  fact 
they  are  mouthing  over some  old  stock 
sayings  which  must  have  been  stale  in 
China  2,000  B.  C.  They  are  glad  to  get 
pointers  from  shrewd,  observant  travel­
ing  salesmen,  and  it  is  really  surprising 
how  quickly  a  new  kink  of  any  kind 
to  store  work,  showing 
in 
relation 
goods,  either 
in  the  window  or  inside 
the  store,  card  writing,  special  days, 
etc.,  will  spread  through  the  country 
through  the  services  of  this  ubiquitous 
being.  All  of  this  applies,  of  course,  to 
the  real  salesman,  he  who  is  trying  to 
make  his  services  worth  more  and  more 
to  his  employer,  therefore  more  valu­
able  to  himself.  Services  constitute  the 
stock  in  trade  of  the  clerk,  and  as  the 
market  is  generally  supplied  with a  vast 
quantity  of  ordinary  stuff  at  a  very  low 
price,  the  clerk  with  brains  realizes 
that 
it  means  work  to  keep  above  the 
crowd. —Shoe  and  Leather  Gazette.

Perfect  Harmony  in the Store.

That 

is  how  everything  in  the  store 
should  go—perfect  harmony,  perfect  co­
operation  between  merchant,  clerks, 
and  customers.  Each  should  have the 
other’s  interest  at  heart.

But  this  doesn’t  admit  of  careless­
ness,  indifference,  or  lack  of  a  proper 
amount  of  push  on  the  part  of  the  sales­
man  when  waiting  upon  customers.

Customers  resent  a  lack  of  interest  in 
their  affairs  as  much  as  they  do  lack  of 
attention.

It  makes  no  difference  how  many 
pieces  of  goods  a  clerk  may  pull  down; 
if  he  is  a  “ Yes-ma’am,  no-ma'am, 
twenty-five-cents-a-yard”   sort  of  a  fel­
low,  he  will  never giye  the full  measure 
of  satisfaction,  and  the  store  that 
is 
filled  with  this  class  of  clerks will  never 
be  the  popular  trading  place  of  the  lo­
cality.

A  Lesson  in  Arithmetic.

Scottish  School  Inspector  (examining 
class):  Now,  my  little  man,  tell  me 
what five  and  one  make.

No  answer.
Inspector:  Suppose  I  gave  you five 
rabbits  and  then  another  rabbit,  how 
many  rabbits  would  you  have?

B oy:  Seven.
Inspector:  Seven!  How  do  you  make 

I ’ve  a  rabbit  of  my  own  at 

that  out?
Boy: 

home.

His  Wife  Was  Conscientious.

ken?

Billiken—What’s 
the  matter,  Willi- 
Will ¡ken—Matter  enough.  You  know, 
sometime  ago  I  assigned  all  my  prop­
erty  to  my  wife,  to—to keep  it  out  of 
the  hands  of—of  people  I  owe,  you 
know.

“ Yes. ”
“ Well,  she’s  taken  the  money  and 
gone  off—says  she  won’t  live  with  me 
because  I  swindled  my  creditors.”

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When you want Rubbers,  buy the  Bos­
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15

CITY  GOVERNM ENT.

Make  the  Mayor  a  Man  of  Power.
The  most  essential  condition  of  suc­
cessful  city  government  is  singleness of 
will.  Treat  the  collective  interests  of 
your  city  as  you  would  those  of  a  great 
corporation.  When  this 
is  done there 
is  room  for a  great  extension  of  collec­
tive  action.  Have  a  political  seesaw  of 
your own,  independent  of  that  arising 
from  National  elections.  Make 
the 
mayor a  man  of power.  Hold  him  per­
sonally  responsible  for  the  fitness  and 
honesty  of  subordinate  heads  of  depart­
ments.  Let  him hold the superintendents 
of  schools,  streets,  the  health  officer, 
the  chief  of  police,  the  boards,  respon­
sible  for  those  under  their  direction.  In 
business  places  have  only  those  who 
know  their  business.  Emphasize  men, 
not  party.  Let  everything  stand  in  open 
light ;  thus  unclean  men  who  work  in 
darkness  only  have  no 
interest  in  it. 
In  most  branches  of  the  civil  service  of 
cities  technical  training  is  vitally  im­
portant.  The  man  who  knows  bow  to 
do a  thing  is  the  only  one  who  will  do 
it  right.

The  authority  given  must  be  com­
mensurate  with  the  service  required. 
One 
individual  must  be  held  respon­
sible  for  the  whole  of  one  transaction. 
A  stage  coach  on  a  mountain road would 
not  be  rendered  safer  with  four  drivers, 
one  for  each  horse,  or one  for  each  of 
the  guiding  reins.  Doubtless  the  coach 
might  not be  driven  on  the  wrong  road 
under  such  conditions,'  but  it  would 
stand  a  good  chance  of  being  over­
turned.

It 

The  desire  for  a  strong  government 
is  not,  as  many  suppose,  a 
for  cities 
movement  toward  severity  of  individual 
is  not  a  device  of  the 
restriction. 
rich  for the  oppression  of  the  poor. 
It 
is  not  a  movement  for a  larger  political 
force,  or  the  abatement  of  agitators  or 
other  public  nuisances. 
It  arises  sim­
ply  from  the  need  to  hold  some  one  re­
sponsible  for  administration.  No  one 
can  be  responsible  for action  beyond the 
limits  of  his  power  to  act. 
In  the  Na­
tional  Government  this  principle  is  rec­
ognized.  The  President  chooses his own 
administrative  officers  and  acts  through 
their  action.  The  governor  of  a  state 
has  no  voice  in  the  choice  of  his  cabi­
net.  The  county  has  no  executive  offi­
cer  at  all,  and  the  mayor  of  the  city 
is 
in  the  main  a  figurehead,  except  in 
those  cities  which  give  him  the  special 
function  of  police  court  judge.

The  government  of  cities  in  America 
has  been  the  most  conspicuous  adminis­
trative  failure  of  our times.  This arises 
from  our  effort  to  make  republican 
forms  of government do  the  impossible, 
to  hold  men  to  responsibility  without 
giving  them  power.  The  affairs  of  no 
business  corporation  could  be conducted 
fashion  without 
in  such 
immediate 
disaster. 
“ Americanism”   in  this  dis­
torted  sense  means  the  methods of bank­
ruptcy.

In  any  event  the  results of the diffu­
in  public  action  are 
sion  of  power 
wholly  evil,  and  no  city,  or  county,  or 
state  can  be  well  governed  that  does  not 
associate  with  exercise  of  authority 
personal  responsibility  for 
its  results. 
The  first  need  in  good  government  is  to 
enlist  the  services  of  men  who  know 
what  ought  to  be  done,  and  who  will 
have  the  will  and  virtue  to  do  it.  Such 
men  are  called  forth  when  the  people 
feel  the  need  of them.  As  matters  now 
are  we  do  not  need  good  men,  because 
we  have  no  way  of  using  them.  In  pub­
lic  office  they  can  only  watch  and  do

nothing.  This  does  not  suffice  for  a 
man  of  action.  The affairs  of  the  pub­
lic  fall  under  control  of  co-operative  as­
sociations  of  thieves,  for  which  the  city 
furnishes  a  figurehead.  The  only  way 
to  get  a  good  mayor  is  to  make  a  bad 
one a  public  calamity.  All  constitution­
in  administra­
al  checks  and  balances 
tion  are  of  but  slight 
importance  com­
pared  with  the  personality  of  man.

We  deserve  all  the  evil  we  receive, 
as  well  as  all  the  good.  The  govern­
ment of  any  community  in  all  its grades 
is as good  as the  people are  entitled  to. 
As  we  have  earned  a  better  administra­
tion  of  National  affairs,  this  we have 
received.  As  our  interest  in  local affairs 
has waned,so  have grown  the  evils  of  lo­
cal  corruption.  It  may  be that bad forms 
of  government are  responsible  for  mis­
rule,  ïather than  the  people  themselves. 
Where  this 
is  the  case  the  bad  forms 
will  be  changed  if  the  people  deserve 
any  better.  And  the  present  general 
movement  for  municipal  reform  shows 
that the  people  are  becoming more  alive 
to the  need  of  reform  in  local  affairs.

The  lack  of  permanence  in  our  pop­
ulation 
is  the  source  of  other  evils. 
Migration  diverts  attention  from  local 
questions.  A  man  who  moves  from 
place  to  place  may  be  just  as good  an 
American—or sometimes  better—as  one 
who  stays  at  home,  but  he 
is  not so 
good  an  American  and  he  is  not so  use­
ful  a  citizen 
in  his  relation  to  local 
affairs.

The spoils  system  in  politics in  all  its 
ramifications  is  the  foe  of  good  govern­
ment.  There  can  be  no  wise,  economic­
al  or  dignified  administration  of  pub­
lic  affairs  when  places are  given  in  re­
ward  of  personal  or  partisan  service. 
The  spoils  system  has  been  to  a  great 
degree  eradicated 
in  National  affairs, 
but  in  state,  county  and  municipal  pol­
itics  it  is  almost  everywhere  still  domi­
nant.  It  is  even  growing  worse  in  many 
of  our  large  cities,  because  the  purifi­
cation  of  National  administration  has 
its  virulence- 
uarrowed  the  sphere  of 
The  “ pull“   and 
the 
“ push,”   the 
“ combine”   and  the “ solid dozen, ”  con­
trol  our cities,  and  wherever the “ boys”  
are  “ at  work”   there are  waste,  ineffect­
iveness and  corruption.
The  spoils  system 

is  in  general  de­
pendent  on  the  organization  of  the  votes 
of  the  indifferent  and  the  discontented. 
There  are  many  causes  for the  preva­
lence  of  what 
is  known  as  social  dis 
content.  Some  of  these  a  wise  admin­
istration  could  avoid ;  others  are 
in­
herent  in  human  nature.

The  predatory  poor and  the  predatory 
rich  feed  upon  and  propagate  each 
other.  Two  of  the  most  noxious  ele­
ments in our political life are the “ friend 
of  the  poor”   and  the  “ tool  of the rich.”  
Both  are  parasites  who  live  by the greed 
of  those  who  want  what they  have  not 
earned.  And  very  often  the  two  charac­
ters are united  in  the  same person.  His 
relation  alters as  opportunities  change, 
just  as  the  right  bower  of  hearts  be­
comes,  as  the  trumps  change,  the  left 
bower of  diamonds.

The  hope  of  getting  something  for 
nothing,  which  draws  thousands  of  men 
to our  great  cities,  makes  of  these  same 
men  the  worst  of  citizens.  Nothing 
worth  having  ever  goes 
for  nothing 
except  to  the thief.  Hence  arise  great 
do-operative  political  associations,  rep­
resented  in  the councils  of  every  party, 
and  whose  sole business  is,  under  party 
names,  to  work  the  offices  for  all  they 
are  worth.  By  the  promise  of something 
for nothing  they  hold  together  the  worst 
elements of  the  community.  Their  work

is  done  in  the  dark,  and  their  motto  is, 
“ Addition,  division,  and 
silence.”  
While  the  people  cry  out  for  bimetal­
lism,  for  sound  money,  for  free  trade, 
for  free  silver,  for  free  Cuba—whatever 
they  please—the  political  rings  devote 
themselves  to  the  picking  of  pockets. 
They  look  after  the  matters  of  street 
cleaning,  police  service,  railway  fran­
chises,  saloon  licenses—and  so  long  as 
these  profitable  enterprises  are  in  their 
hands  they  care  not  who  has  the  glory 
or  who  puts  up  or down  the  figureheads 
of  authority.

Da v id   St a r r  J ordan.

For  Thanksgiving.

The  Michigan  Central  will  sell  ex­
cursion  tickets  to  all  points  within 
150 
miles,  including  Detroit,  at  one  and 
one-third  fare  on  Nov.  24.  Good  return­
ing  Nov.  25. 

W.  C.  B l a k e ,

City  Ticket  Agent.

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

GEO.  H .  R E E D E R   &  CO.,

19 S. Ionia St, Grand Rapids, Mich.

B R O W N   S c  S K H  O L C  W

W E S T   B R I D G E   S T . ,
G R A N D   R A P I D S ,   M I C H .

Mfrs. of a full line of

HANDMADE 
HARNESS 
FOR  THE 
W HO LESALE 
TRADE.

Jobbers in

SADDLERY,
HARDWARE,
ROBES,
BLANKETS,
HORSE
COLLARS,
WHIPS,  ETC.

Orders  by  mail  given  prompt 

attention.

We manufacture a full line, 

Write tor circular and

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Grand  Rapids,  Michigan. 

260 S. Ionia 5treet, 

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DOfi’T GET WET

When In want of a new  roof  or  repairs  you  can  save  money  by  employing 
skilled mechanics In this line.  We have representatives covering the State of 
Michigan regularly, °nd If you have a defective roof,  drop  us  a  card  and we 
will call on you, examine your roof and  give  you  an  estimate  of  the  cost of 
necessary repairs or putting on new  roof.  Remember that we  guarantee all 
our work and our guarantee Is good.

PRACTICAL ROOFERS, 

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

H. M.  REYNOLDS  &  SON,

ESTABLISHED  1868.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

The  Catalogue  Versus  the  Drummer. 
Written fo r the  T r a d c bx a k.

The  wholesale  catalogue  is  abroad 

in 
the  land  and  price  lists  describing  all 
manner of  wares  and  urgently  soliciting 
orders  are  thick  as  snowflakes in winter. 
The  aggregate  of  mail  order  business 
is  large,  most  of  it  on 
lines  for  which 
traveling  representatives  from  several 
different  houses  are  covering  the  very 
territory  from  which the catalogue orders 
are  sent.  How  to  get  at  this trade,  or a 
share  of  it,  is  a  problem  to  which  every 
traveling  man  who  "thinks  with  his 
head"  may  well  give  attention.

If,  for  the  same  grade  of  goods,  he 
can  quote  prices  as  low as the catalogue, 
the  good  salesman,  representing  a  re­
liable  house and  equipped  with  a  good 
line  of  samples,  has manifest advantages 
over  all  printed  price  lists.  This  for 
various  reasons:  Every  one  prefers 
hearing  a  lecture or address  to  reading 
the  stenographer’s  report  of  the  same, 
and  no  written  description  of  a  play 
can  convey  the  pleasure  that  is  derived 
by  witnessing  its  performance.  There 
is  much  in  the  personal  presence  of  the 
salesman  and  in  his effort to sell.  Added 
to  the  winning  power of a magnetic  per­
sonality 
is  the  fact  that  a  buyer  always 
prefers  to  see  what  he 
is  getting;  a 
sample  is  better than  a  perfectly  accu­
rate  written  description  of  any  article, 
or  class  of  articles.  Then  the  salesman 
who  has  the  confidence  of  his  customer 
and 
is  in  close  touch  with  his  needs  is 
often  able  to give  valuable  suggestions. 
Perhaps  he can  tell  better  than  the  buy­
er  himself  which  of  two  lines  under 
consideration  will  prove  the  better  pur­
chase;  and  from  a  fair-minded  buyer 
be  will  receive  all  the confidence that 
bis 
conduct 
merit.

judgment  and  business 

These  are  a  few  of  what  may  be 
termed  the  positive  considerations  in 
favor of  the  drummer.  But the catalogue 
has  certain  what may  be  called negative 
virtues  and 
it  would  be  well  for  the 
ambitious  drummer  to  add  as  many  as 
possible  of  these  to  his  repertoire of 
salesmanly  gifts.  The  catalogue  is  not 
obtrusive. 
It  does  not  make  what
amounts  to  a  demand  upon  a merchant’s 
time  and  attention  when  he  can  not 
conveniently  respond. 
It  does  not  try 
to  run  his  business  for him—when  told 
firmly,  yet  politely,  five  or  six  times 
that  nothing 
is  wanted,  that  is  enough 
for  the  catalogue.  It  isn't always enough 
for the  drummer.  The  catalogue doesn’t 
It 
try  to  entertain  with  obscene  stories. 
doesn't  swear. 
It  doesn’t  smoke. 
It 
doesn’t  drink  bad  whisky  nor dally  with 
the  wine  cup.  And,  let  it  be  said  with 
emphasis,  the  catalogue,  whatever  may

be  its  shortcomings,  does  not  grumble. 
Not  having  to  eat  and  sleep,  it  has  no 
doleful  tale  of  unsavory  meals  and  un­
satisfactory  lodgings.  Not  being  alive 
and  sentient,  it  knows  nothing  of  the 
ills  of 
life  and  so  does  not  seek  sym­
pathy  to aid  in  bearing  them.

O  ye  drummers,  when  you  have  trav­
eled  weary 
leagues  to  see  a  merchant, 
when  your  house  is  paying  good  money 
for  your  time  and  traveling  expenses, 
when  as  a  result  of all  this  effort  you 
have  a  man’s  attention,  why  bore  him 
by  rehearsing  that  your  beefsteak  at 
breakfast  was  tough,  or  that  you  have 
rheumatism 
in  your  right  arm?  No 
doubt  the  dollar-a-day  house is frequent­
ly  rank,  and  the  two  or-three-dollar-a- 
day  bouse  ofttimes  not  much  better,  the 
soup  apt  to  be  cold  and  the butter strong 
and  the  piecrust  soggy,  perchance  youi 
ned  is  hard  and the room cold,  the  wash­
bowl  actually  gummy  with  dirt  and  tht- 
inadequate—tell  these 
towels  limp  and 
things  to  the  landlord 
if  you  will,  to 
the  conductor  and  newsboy  on  the  train 
if  you  can,  to  your  wife  when  you  get 
home 
if  you  must  find  an  audible  ex 
pression  for  your  woes,  but  don’t,  don’t 
mention  them  to  the  man  to  whom  you 
are  trying  to  sell  goods.  He  has  heard 
all  these  things  before.  Besides,  he 
"h as  troubles  of  his  own"  and  does  not 
care  to  listen  to  a  recital  of  yours.  His 
children  may  be  sick,  his  clerks  incom­
petent,  his  customers exacting,  bis losses 
heavy  and  his  gains  light.  Perhaps  bis 
dinner  was  not  all  that  might  be  de­
sired.  You  would be  somewhat surprised 
if  he  complained  of  these things to  you, 
still  more  astonished 
intruded 
them  upon  the  sympathy  of  his  custom­
ers. 
is  not  the 
harsh  edict  of a  despot  that compels  you 
to  sell  goods  on  the  road.  You  have 
had  as  free  choice  as  other  men 
in  the 
selection  of a means  of livelihood.  Then 
do  not  grumble  at  petty  annoyances, 
some  of  which  are  incident  to  the  pur­
suit  of  every  calling.  If  you would make 
your  visits  welcome,  have a  cheerful air, 
carry  with  you 
into  the  remotest  sec­
tions  something  of  the  freshness,  the 
newsiness,  the  up-to-dateness  of  the  big 
world.  Tell  good  stories,  not chestnuts. 
Be  ready  to  listen  to  the  troubles of 
others,  but  keep  still  about  your  own. 
Then  your  coming  will  be  hailed  with 
gladness  and  your departure  regretted.
The  catalogue  not  only doth  not be­
itself  unseemly, 
is  not  puffed 
have 
up. 
It  doth  not  unduly  exalt itself.  No 
ten-foot  pole  nor other similar device  is 
necessary  to  reach  it. 
It  comes to  vil­
lages  and  small  towns  not as  a  result  of 
chance  or  miscalculation  or accident, 
but  by  purpose  and  intention.

It  is  a  free  country—it 

if  he 

it 

How  often 

is  the  country  merchant 
somewhat  amused,  and  more  than  an­
noyed,  when  a  drummer  takes  pains to 
make  it appear  that  it  is  only  some  pe­
circumstances 
culiar  combination  of 
that allows  him  to  make  any  stops 
in 
"such  small  places."  This  is  the  con­
versational  refuge  of  a  certain  type  of 
traveling  man  when  he  fails  to  receive 
the  coveted  order.  He  will  tell  how 
strange  it  seems  to  him  to  be  in  a  little 
town,  how dull  it  is,  and  the like.  Then 
he  will  growl  because  he  can  not  get  a 
daily  paper as  soon  after  its  issue  as  he 
is accustomed  to.  Poor  misguided  one, 
do  you  think  anyone  is  deceived  by  this 
kind  of  talk?  Do  you  think  you  will 
overawe  the  man  you  are  talking  to? 
The  country  merchant  may  not  wear 
clothes  of  the  latest  cut  and  most  fash 
lonable  material,  he  may  not  be tjuite 
up  to  date  in  all  of  his  business  meth­
ods,  possibly  he  is  somewhat of a  fogy, 
but  the  chances  are  that  be  isn’t a  fool. 
You  are  supposed  to  know  something 
about  this  man—what  be 
is  worth,  how 
promptly he  meets  his  bills,  whether  be 
is  successful  or  the  reverse.  Do  not 
flatter  yourself  that  he  knows  nothing 
about  you.  He  could  make  a  very 
close  guess  what  salary  you  receive.  He 
knows  that,  whatever  airs  you  may 
choose to assume,  you  are  a  servant and 
not a  master,  you  go  and  come  at  an­
other  man’s  bidding.  You  may  be  a 
good  fellow,  you  may  be  doing  well  and 
all  that,  but  the  chances  are  you  have 
made  a  dismal  failure  of  several  other 
kinds  of  business  besides  this 
and 
picked  up  a  grip  as  a  dying  man 
catches  at  a  straw.  And  if  this  is a  re­
liable  man  whom  you  are  visiting  with 
such  sorry  condescension,  he  could  tell 
you  that,  if  it  were  as  easy  to  get  cus­
tomers  into  bis  store  to  buy  goods  from 
him  as 
it  is  to get  men  from  first-class 
houses  there  to  sell  goods  to him,  if  be 
had  no  other  problem  than  that of  find­
ing  people  willing  and  anxious  to  sup­
ply  him  with  stock,  his  business life 
would  be  smooth and  sweet and  delight­
ful  as a  poet’s  dream. 

Q u il l o .

Helen  and  her  father and  mother were 
dining  in  a  hotel,  and  Helen,  who  was 
six  years old, had  never  before dined  in 
a  public  place.  The  waiter  was  so  at­
that  Helen’s 
tentive  and 
mother  said  that  he  must  be  tipped  at 
the 
end  of 
The  word 
"tip p e d "  was  one  Helen  had  never 
beard  used  except  in  connection  with  a 
dump  cart  on  her  father’s  premises. 
When  they  got  up  to  leave  the  dining­
room  she  said :  "O h,  papa!  papa I  You 
forgot  to  dump  the  w aiter!"

courteous 
the  meal. 

For a  month  before  marriage  and  a 
month  after  death  a  man  regards his 
wife  as an  angel.

Voices  and  Signs  Potent  in  Keeping 

Up  Traffic.

From the New York Sun.

After  9 o’clock  or  thereabouts,  every 
week-day  morning,  all  that  has given 
Brooklyn  a  citified  aspect  has  vanished 
with  the going  of  the  men  to  business. 
Then,  as  in  any  other  village,  the  ped­
dlers  and  hucksters  fill  the  streets  and 
traffic  with  their  regular  customers,  or 
if  not  traffic,  still  pass  the  latest  gossip 
of  the  neighborhood,  and  are  seemingly 
just as  well  contented.  The housewives 
listen  for  the  well-remembeied  yejl  of 
like  the 
their  regular  hucksters. 
recognition  of  a  friend  by  the  voice 
in 
speaking.  As  the barrow trundles around 
the  corner,  and  the  voice  is  lifted  up  in 
the  piercing  shout,  " P ie   apples,  ten 
cents a  whole  lot, ”  windows  fly up along 
the  block,  and  beads  all  wrapped  in 
dust  protecting  cloths  are  thrust  out  to 
call  the  vender  to  a  halt  long  enough  to 
a low  the  housewife  to  descend  to  the 
basement  door 
is  called  in 
Brooklyn  the  " a ir y .”

in  what 

It  is 

Nor  is 

it  the  voice  alone,  although 
that  is  possibly  the  most  potent  agency 
th  t  keeps  trade  already  established. 
The  barrows  of  tbe  hucksters  are  deco­
rated  with  pithy  sayings  designed  to en­
courage  tbe  development  of  new  cus­
tom.  From  these  it  would  appear  that 
Brooklyn  housewives  and  their  steady 
hucksters  are  on  pleasant  terms  of  so­
ciability,  at  least 
intimate  enough  to 
address  the  random  merchants  by  their 
first  names.  Here 
is  one  barrow  in­
attracting  new  customers: 
scription 
["A sk  your  neighbor 
Jimmy  deals 
fa ir ."   Another  shows  tbe  same  confi­
in  the  recommendation, 
dence 
for  it 
reads: 
"L e av e   word  next  door  and  I ’ ll 
serve  you.* ’

if 

Some 

is  about  as 

inscriptions  are  of  an  ejacu­
latory  tone,  such  as  "H urry  up  and  call 
your  m a,”   or  this:  "O b,  ma,  here 
comes  Jack.  The  latter  is  considered 
very  effective,  for  it  may  be  seen  on  a 
number of  carts  in  different  parts of  the 
town.  Still  others  touch  gracefully  on 
impression  of  itself  that 
the  Brooklyn 
it 
intellectual  as  the  next 
place.  A  slight  rebus  or other challenge 
to'  the  wits  has  proved  efficacious  in 
winning  new  custom.  In  this class  there 
are  relics  on  manifestly  old  barrows  of 
an  old  favorite  beginning,  " I f   U  don’t 
C  what  U  want,  Y,  etc.,”   but apparent­
ly  tbe  latest  favorite  in  this  style  is  one 
which  combines  patriotism  with  the  in­
tellectual  exercise:  " I   want toC  U  B  A 
customer of  m ine."

So  all  day 

long  the  traveling  mer­
chants  patrol  the  Brooklyn  streets  and 
their  steady  customers are  on  the  look­
out  for  their  coming  and  refuse  to  be 
beguiled  by  any  strange  yell.

When  He Is  Pious.

* ‘ Does  your husband ever go to church, 

Mrs.  Badger?"

the  winter time. ”

"O b,  yes,  he  goes  quite  regularly 

in 

“ Why does  he go  in  the  winter  time 

and  not at  other tim es?"

“ Well,  you  see,  he  generally  has  the 
is  raw,  and 

quinsy  when  the  weather 
thinks  he  is  going  to  d ie."

We  Realize

, 

That  in  competition  more  or  less  strong

f

Our Coffees and  Teas

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

T h p   1  M  
I I I C  

R r v <  i «• 

139 Jefferson Avenue,  Detroit,  Mich.
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Commercial Travelers

Michigan Knights of the Grip. 

President, J ohn  a. Hoffman.  Kalamazoo; Secre­
tary, J   C.  Saunders, Lansing;  Treasurer, Chab. 
McNolty, Jackson.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President,  G.  C.  Sn ed ek er,  Detroit;  Secretary 

and Treasurer. C. W.  A llen  Detroit.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. 

Orand Counselor, J. J.  Evans  Ann Arbor; Grand 
Secretary. G  S. V almore, Detroit;  Grand Treas­
urer, W. S. Wbst, Jackson.
Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual  Acci­
President,  J.  B oyd  Pantlind,  Grand  Rapids; 
Secretary and Treasurer, G eo.  F.  Owen,  Grand 
Rapids.

dent Association.

Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club. 
President, F. G. T ruscott, Marquette; Secretary 
and Treasurer. A. F.  Wixson,  Marquette.

ANOTHER  PLAN.

Mr.  Matthews’  Method  of  Improving 

the  M.  C.  T.  A.

Detroit,  Nov. 

15—Inasmuch  as  the 
Tradesman  recently  printed  the  plan 
proposed  by  Thomas  Macleod  to  secure 
the  perpetuity  of  the  Michigan  Com­
mercial  Travelers’  Association,  I  trust 
space  can  be  given  to  set  forth  my  plan 
to  secure  the  same  result.

M.  J.  M a tt h ew s.

The  recommendations  made  by  Mr. 

Matthews  are  as  follows:

For  several  years  there  has  been  some 
anxiety  regarding  the  perpetuity  of  our 
Association,  and  several  changes  in  our 
plan  have  been  proposed  and  discussed, 
all  looking  to  provide  a  way  for  an 
in­
crease  of  members  and  revenue,  thereby 
affording  a  greater  security  for  the  pay­
ment  of  beneficiary.claims.  This  sub­
ject  is  again  being  agitated.  Desiring 
to  aid  in  the  solution  of  this  question,  I 
have  prepared  for  your  consideration 
at  the  next  annual  meeting  of  the  As­
sociation  a  revised  and  amended  con­
stitution  which  I  will  submit  as  a  sub­
stitute  for  the  constitution  and  by-laws 
now 
in  force.  My  proposed  amend­
ments  embrace  a  change  from  the level, 
or  death  assessment,  to  the  graded  as­
sessment  plan,  payments  to  be  made 
monthly,  bi-montbly,  quarterly,  semi­
annually  or  annually,  at  the  option  of 
the  members,  as  shown  by  the following 
table:
Per Month. 
18  to  29 inclusive 
......$i  75 
30 to  39 inclusive................2 25 
40 to  49 inclusive............... 2 75 
50 and  over.......................  3 25 

Annually.
$21 00
27  00
33  00
39  00

Age. 

My  proposed  amended  constitution 
also  provides  for  a  reduction 
in  the 
membership  fees  and  dues,  as  follows: 
Change  the  membership  fee  from  $10 
to  $ 5;  change  the  semi-annual  dues 
from"  $5  to  $2.  Under  the  title  of 
“ Funds,  bow  derived  and maintained,'’ 
I  provide  as  follows:

1.  All  monies  now 

in  the  expense 
fund  or 
in  future  derived  from  dues, 
membership  fees,  or  other  sources  not 
herein  provided  for,  shall  be  charged 
to the  expense  fund.

2.  All  monies  now  in  the  death  as­
sessment  fund  or  in  future  derived  from 
assessments  or  transferred 
from  other 
funds,  shall  be  charged  to  the  benefi 
ciary  fund.

3  All  monies  now 

in  the  reserve 
fund  or  in  future  derived  from  the  ben- 
ericiary  fund,  as  hereinafter  provided, 
shall  be  charged  to  the  reserve  fund.

4  Whenever  the  monies  in  the  ex­
pense  fund  shall  exceed  Si  ooo,  all  in 
excess  of  S500  shall  be  transferred to the 
beneficiary  fund.
5.  Whenever the monies in the benefi­
ciary 
shall  exceed  $5,500,  all 
money  in  excess  of $5  000  shall be trans­
ferred  to  the  reserve  fund.
My  general  revision  of  the  constitu­
tion  and  ail  other  amendments  are  in 
harmony  with  the  above  plan,  and  also 
preserve  all  the  salient  features  of  our 
present  constitution.

fund 

A R T IC L E   VI.

Section  1.  All  applications  for  mem­
bership  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  fee 
of  $5.  Such  application  fee  to  be  re­
turned  to  the  applicant  in  the  event  of 
his  rejection.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Gripsack  Brigade.

17
R E M O D E L E D   H O T E L   B U T L E R  
Rates, $1. 

I.  M.  BROWN. PROP.

Washington Ave. and Kalamazoo St.,  LANSING.
HOTEL  WHITCOMB

ST. JOSEPH,  MICH. 

A. VINCENT. Prop.

FREE  BUS.

$ 2   PER  DAY. 

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CALDWELL, formerly of Donnell*  House,  Prop.

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Finest Furnished House in 
TRAVERSE CITY.  MICH.

Just  Opened  and  Ready  for  Bu«iness* 
Located on  corner of  Front and Park bts., 
one-half block from G. R. & I. R. R. depot. 
This house is newly  furnished throughout.
All the sleeping rooms have  iron  and  brass 
beds,  steam  heat,  electric lights,  call  bells 
and  good  ventilation.  No  inside  rooms.
Hot and cold water in all parts of the house. 
Rates $1.50 per day.  Free bus to and from 
all boats and trains.
A  First-class  Lunch  Room  in  connection.

W.  H.  FLETCHER,  Prop.

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quote prices  on  application.
TRADESMAN  COMPANY

GRAND RAPIDS.

The  Lansing  Wheelbarrow  Co.  has en­
gaged  two  new  men  to  handle  its  prod­
ucts  on  the  road—Bliss  Stebbins  and 
Charles  Burridge.

J.  A.  Howard,  late  manager  of  the 
Kalamazoo  Mutual  Telephone  Co.,  has 
resigned  and  will  leave  for  Dowagiac  to 
study  the  manufacture  of  the  Round 
Oak  stoves. 
In  January  he  will  repre­
sent  the  company  in  Ohio.

Dexter  Leader:  Ed.  Croarkin  has 
taken  a  position  as  traveling  salesman 
for  N.  G.  Richmond  &  Co.,  of  Cleve­
land,  wholesale  clothing  manufacturers 
He  leaves  this  week  to  meet  the  repre­
sentatives  of 
firm  at  Chicago, 
whence  he  leaves  on  a  ten  weeks’  trip 
through  Kansas  and  Nebraska,  which 
will  be  bis  territory.

the 

is 

M.  S.  Brown  (Hazeltine  &  Perkins 
Drug  Co.)  writes  Manager  Fairchild 
from  Hulbert  Lake  that  his  hunting 
party  brought  down  ten  deer  the  first 
week  they  were  in  camp,  of  which  num­
ber  he  short  four.  The  party will remain 
in  camp  until  the  end  of  this  week,  in 
the  expectation  of  repeating  the  record 
made  last  year.  No  report  is  made  as 
to  the  number  of  bear  slain,  from  which 
it 
inferred  that  Mr.  Brown  will  be 
compelled  to  avail  himself  of  the  offer 
of  his  Pinconning  friend.

The  next  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Di­
rectors  of  the  Michigan  Knights  of  the 
Grip  will  be  held  at  the  Hotel  Vincent, 
Saginaw,  Saturday,  Nov.  26.  Any  pro­
posed  amendments  to  the  constitution 
must  be  submitted  to  the  Board  at  this 
meeting. 
It  is  understood  that  the  De­
troit  members  will  propose  two  amend­
ments—one  changing  the  time  of  hold­
ing  the  annual  meeting  to  July  or  Aug­
ust  and  the  other  making  the  retiring 
President  an  ex-officio  member of  the 
Board  of  Directors.

Lansing  Republican:  Louis  M.  Pat­
terson,  the  genial  commercial  traveler, 
enjoys  a  joke  as  well  as  any  of  the  boys 
on  the  road.  A  good  one  on  him  leaked 
out  yesterday. 
It  appeals  that  a  favo­
rite  family  kitten  was  missing  at  the 
Patterson  domicile  Tuesday  and  after 
searching  high  and  low,  faint  sounds  of 
the  missing  tabby  were  heard  under  the 
floor. 
It  dawned  upon  the  family  that 
the  cat  might  be  in  the  cistern,  which 
is  under  that  part  of  the  house,  and 
yielding  to  the  solicitations  of  bis  anx­
ious  children,  the  amiable  drummer 
opened  a  seam  in  the  carpet  covering  a 
trap-door  and,  sure  enough,  there  was 
imprisoned  cat  struggling  in  a  few 
the 
inches  of  water 
in  the  bottom  of  the 
cistern.  The  story  goes  that  Patterson 
procured  a  scantling  for  the  kitten  to 
climb  out  on,  but  the  water-logged  fe­
line  was  only  able  to  crawl  up pait  way, 
and  then  was  just  the  time  Mr.  Patter­
son  thought  he  would  help  the  cat  out, 
and  he  reached  down  to  grab  it.  Fatal 
mistake!  He 
lost  bis  balance  and 
plunged  down  the  opening  He  grasped 
the  scantling  to  save  himself  and  the 
horrified 
family  were  fortunate  enough 
to  grasp  his  legs  jutt  as  he  was  disap­
pearing  through  the opening.  By  their 
combined  efforts  his  downward  flight 
was  staved  and  he  was  hauled  out.  He 
brought  the  cat  with  him.
To  Be  T-ken  in  a  Business  Sense. 

From the Washington Post.

The  intentions  of  the  man  who  hung 
it  up  are  doubtless  perfectly  patriotic, 
but  the  placard  in  the  window  of  a shop 
near  market  space  is  calculated  to  give 
a  shock  to  those  of  us  to  whom  our 
country’s  flag 
is  a  thing  beyond  all 
price.  It  reads:
* ‘ Old  Glory,  Worth  $4.  Reduced to 

$1.98.”

Age 

Per  Month 

18  to  29 inclusive...............$i 75 
30 to  39 inclu  ive............... 2 25 
40 to  49 inclusive.............   2 75 
50 and  over........................ 3 25 

Annually
$21 00
27 00
33 00
39 00

Sec.  2.  Every  member  shall  pay  on 
or before  the  20th  day  of  each  calendar 
month 
in  each  and  every  year  during 
the  continuance  of  his  membership 
in 
this  Association  an  assessment  accord­
ing  to  the attained  age,  as  provided 
in 
the  following  table of  age  and  rates,  on 
and  after  January 
in  the 
sum  set  opposite  such  age,as  follows:

1,  1899,  and 

in 

Sec.  3 

Provided,  however,  that anv  member 
may  pay  in  advance in  annual,  semi-an­
nual,  quarterly  or  bi-monthlv 
install 
ments  a  sum  equal  to  the  amount  of  the 
assessments  and  dues  he  may  desire  to 
pay  in  advance.
Every  member  shall  pay  on 
or  before  the  2otb  day  of  April  and  Oc­
tober  of  each  and  every  year  the  sum 
of  $2  as  dues.

Sec.  4.  Upon  receiving  notice of  an 
assessment,  it is  the  duty  of  every  mem­
ber to  remit  the  amount  promptly  to  the 
Secretiry-Treasurer of  the  Association. 
A  notice  sent  to  the  last  address  given 
shall  be  considered  a  legal  notification. 
Any  member  who  does  not  remit  the 
amount  of  his  assessment  or  dues  on  or 
before  the  2otb  day  of  the  month  sue 
ceeding  the  date  of  notice,  or  as  pro­
vided  for  advance  payment  in  Section  2 
of  this  Article,  shall  forfeit  his  mem­
bership 
this  Association  and  all 
claims  to  the  benefits  in  the  expense, 
beneficiary  or  reserve  funds  of  this  As­
sociation.

This  plan,  if approved  at  the  next an­
nual  meeting,  will  produce  the  follow­
ing  results:

It  should  aid  in  securing  young  men 
to 
join  the  Association,  because  the 
membership  fee  and  dues  are  very mod­
erate,  and  the  monthly  assessments  are 
very  small,  when  compared  with  the 
possible  benefit  to  be  derived  as  a  ben­
eficiary  claim  and  the  security  offered 
for  the  payment  of  beneficiary  claims 
by  the  reserve  fund  is  more  than  ade­
quate  to give  absolute  confidence  in  the 
future  success  and  perpetuity  of  the  As­
sociation,  as  shown  by  the  following 
prospectus  of  assessments  and  dues:
By  this  plan  the  present  membership 
of  550  would  produce  from  assessments 
per year,  $20,097 ;  from  dues, $2,200;  the 
interest  on  deposits  would  add  $600, 
making  an  absolute  yearly  iircome  of 
$22,897.  This  would  pay  annual  ex­
penses  of  $1.600  and  seven  beneficiary 
claims  of  $2,550,  $17  500, 
leaving  a 
surplus  to  the  reserve  fund  of  $3,797.
By  this  plan  and  estimate  it  will  be 
seen  that  the  prospective  disbursement 
is  above  the average  of  past  years;  and 
instead  of  drawing  from  the  reserve 
fund  each  year,  we  shall  be  constantly 
adding  to  it.

Good  Winter  Reading

For  farmers 
in  the  Eastern  States  is 
now  being  distributed  by  the  Chicago, 
Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul  R ’v,  free  of 
charge  to  those  who  will  send  their  ad­
dress  to  H.  F.  Hunter,  Immigration 
Agent  for  South  Dakota,  Room  565,  Old 
Colony  Bldg  ,  Chicago,  III.

The  finely  illustrated pamphlet,  "T h e 
Sunshine  State,"  and  other publications 
of  interest to  all  seeking  New  Homes  in 
the  most  fertile  section  of  the  West  will 
serve  to  entertain  and 
instruct  every 
farmer  during  the  long  evenings  of  the 
winter  months.  Reinember,  there  is  no 
charge  -address  as  above

Rates  For  Thanksgiving.

For  Thanksgiving,  Nov.  24,  1898,  the 
Grand  Trunk  Railway  System will make 
a  round  trip  rate  of  one  fare  and a  third 
to  points  on  its lines  west  of  the  Detroit 
and  St.  Clair  Rivers  and  connecting 
lines  in  Michigan  on  Nov.  24.  good  go­
ing  on  date  of  sale,  and  within  a  radius 
of 
150  miles  from  starting  point,  valid 
to  return  on  all  trains  up  to  and  includ­
ing  November 25,  1898.

Probably  True.
Serv.crt: 
I'll  go  if  you  say  so,  but 
you’ll  miss  me after  I ’m  gone.
Lady  of  the  House:  That’s  all  right, 
but  I  shan’t  miss  so many  other  things.

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Drugs—-Chemicals

— — 

MICHIOAN  STATE  BOARD  OP  PHARMACY.
Term expires
Dec. 31,1898
•  Dec. 31,1899 
Dec. 31,1900
-  Dec. 31,1901
Dec. 31,1902

F. W. R. P n iT , Detroit 
A. C. Schumacher,  Ann  Arbor 
Gao. Gundrcm,  Ionia  - 
L. K. Reynolds, St.  Joseph 
- 
Hanar Unix, Saginaw  - 

• 

President, Gao.  Guhdrum, Ionia.
Secretary, A. C. Schumachbr, Ann Arbor. 
Treasurer, Hen ry  Heim , Saginaw.
Examination  Sessions.

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

STATB PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.
President—J. J. Sourwine, Escanaba. 
Secretary, Chas. F. Maun, Detroit.
Treasurer  J ohn D.  Mu ir, Grand Rapids.

Tribute  to  the  Memory  of  the  Late 

Thomas  E.  M.  Peck.

The  community  has  already  been 

in­
formed  of  the  very  sudden  death  of 
Thomas  E.  M.  Peck,  son  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Thomas  M.  Peck,  highly esteemed 
citizens  of  this  city.  But 
it  is  very 
proper  and  desirable  that  a  little  more 
be  said,  for  minds  of  such  promise  sel­
dom  appear  among  us.

irreparable  loss 

Concerning  the  inconsolable  grief  and 
the 
in  the home,  it  is 
not  proper to  speak  at  length.  But every 
father’s  and  mother’s  heart  will  grieve 
with  sympathy  when  told  that  an  only 
child,  of  great  promise,  grown  to  man­
hood,  was  taken  away  without  a  mo­
ment's  warning.

Thomas  E.  M.  Peck  was,  indeed,  a 
son  of  great,  yes,  remarkable  promise. 
He  seemed  to  have  begun  life  with  no 
small  degree  of  maturity.  His  child­
hood  was  youth.  And  his  youth  was 
manhood.  He  did  not  and  could  not 
find  companionship  with  those  of  his 
own  age,  and  hence  he  was  little  known 
and  less  understood  outside  of  a  limited 
circle.  This  was  an  unfortunate  and 
serious  fact  with  him,  for  it  deprived 
him  of  a  companionship  which  he 
needed  and  desired,  and  of  which  he 
would  have  been  a  brilliant  star. 
It 
also,  to  some  degree,  deprived  him  of 
that  recognition  which  he  richly  de­
served.

He  was  endowed  with  exceedingly 
rare 
intellectual  power.  He  had  the 
brain  of  a  scholar  and  a  poet,  and  those 
who  really  knew  him  had  the  right  to 
expect,  and  did  expect,  for him  a  bril­
liant  future.  Such were  his  attainments, 
and  such  was  his  development,  when a 
mere boy that those who were  nearest  and 
dearest  to  him  considered  it  unwise  to 
speak  of  them.  But  his  temperament 
was  so  highly  organized  that  he  became 
morbidly  sensitive  and  behind  his  dig­
nified  and  calm  exterior  there  was a 
power  of  suffering  and  a  reality  of 
suffering  which  few,  if  any,  really  un­
derstood.

in  art. 

He  was  fond  of  the best  things  in  lit­
erature  and 
In  all  things  his 
ideals  were  of  the  highest.  From  any­
thing  that  was  impure  be  recoiled  with 
pain  and  disgust.  So  acute  was  this 
sensibility  that  it  closed  the  avenues  of 
companionship  which,  otherwise,  might 
have  added  the  ruggedness  essential  to 
endurance.

He  was  the  personification  of  purity, 
propriety  and  dignity.  His  heart  was 
tender,  his  love  deep  and  strong  and  bis 
purposes  were  noble.

His  was  an  overwrought  mental  or­
ganism,  with  an  intellectual  power such 
as  great  minds  possess,  but an  organism 
so  keenly  sensitive  that  life  under  pres­
ent^ ircumstances  seemed  unbearable. 
He^was  so  harrassed  by  gloomy  fore­

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

bodings  that  the  poem  of  his  life  ended 
in  tragedy.

Hardly 

in  a  generation  shall  we,  in 
many  respects,  find  his  equal.  Had  na­
ture  given  him  a  little  more  ruggedness 
be  would,  most  assuredly,  have  devel­
oped  a  brilliant  future  in  this life.  But 
he  has  passed  to  fairer climes  and  more 
congenial  surroundings  in which to work 
out  his  future.

These  lines  were  written  by  a  teacher 

who  loved  him. 

L   P.  Po w ell.
Responsibility  of the  Drug  Clerk. 

From the National Druggist.

law,  qui 

We  do  not know  that  the  laws  of  any 
of  the  states  provide  for any  special  re­
sponsibility  on  the  part  of  drug  clerks, 
over  and  beyond  the  responsibilities  of 
other clerks  or agents.  The  general  rule 
of  common 
facit  per aliam 
facit  per  se  (he  who  does  a  thing 
through  another does  it  himself),  holds 
in  the  drug  business  as 
in  all  others. 
The  drug  clerk,  whether  his  place  be  at 
the  prescription  desk  or  behind  the 
counter as  a  salesman,  is  there  simply 
as  the  agent  of  his  employer,  and  the 
latter is  responsible  for  any damage  that 
he  may  inflict  upon  a  third  person while 
he  is  acting  in  his  capacity  as  clerk  or 
salesman.  Further  than  this,  if  a  sales­
man  should,  contrary  to  orders,  and  un­
known  to  the  proprietor,  go  to  the  pre­
scription  desk,  and  through  his 
ignor­
ance  cause  an  accident  which  damages 
a  third  person,  the  proprietor  is  still  re­
sponsible  for  the  damage  done.  This 
does  not  necessarily  relieve  the clerk 
from  coresponsibility,  but  it  makes  sure 
to  the  innocent  injured  party  reparation 
of  the  injury  inflicted.  The  question  of 
the  degrees  of  responsibility  and  the 
subject  of  damages  are  too  voluminous 
and  intricate  to  be  gone  into  here,  but 
we  may  say  that  both  the  degree  of  re­
sponsibility  and  the  amount  and  quality 
of  damage  (whether  actuator  punitive) 
depend  upon  circumstances  surrounding 
each 
individual  case,  and  apply  to  all 
employers  and  all  employes  alike,  be 
their  trade  or  calling  what  it  may.

Sales 

The  Drug  Market.
in  this  line  are  exceptionally 
good  for  this  season  of  the  year  and 
show  a  very  handsome 
increase  over 
1897.  Prices  are  steady  and  there  are 
few  changes  to  note.

Opium—Is  firm  under  strong  advices 
is  reported 
from  primary  markets. 
that  the  crop  has  been  injured from lack 
of  rain.

It 

Morphine—Is  unchanged.
Quinine—Is  in  good  demand  and  firm 

at  the  advance  noted  last  week.

Essential  Oils—Anise  and  sassafras 

are  in  a  firm  position  and  advancing.

Seeds—Anise,  canary  and  poppy  all 

show a  slight  advance.

Glycerine—Is  in  better demand  as  the 

season  advances,  with  prices  steady.

Saccharine—Price  has  been  reduced 
about  50  per  cent.,  on  account  of  com­
petition  from  substitutes.

Linseed  Oil—Is  lower,  on  account  of 

the  decline  in  seed.

Turpentine—Has  been  reduced  ic  per 

gallon.

Palatable  Emulsion  of  Castor  Oil.
A  foreign 

journal  recommends  that 
the  method  of  emulsification  employed 
by  the  Arabs  be  resorted  to: 
Into  a 
glass of  milk  put  15  to  20 grams  of  cas­
tor oil  and  warm  the  mixture while  stir­
ring. 
In  a  few  minutes  the  emulsion  is 
complete. 
Then  flavor  with  orange 
juice.  The  oil  is  in  this  form  not  only 
more  palatable,  but  also  much  more 
effective,  as  the  above  mentioned  quan­
tity  is  quite  sufficient  for an  adult.

Bleeding  Still  in  Vogue.

“ I  had  supposed,  until  yesterday, 
Doctor,  that  the  days  of the  bleeding  of 
patients  were  past. ”
your  mind?”

And  so they  are.  But  what  changed 

* * The bill  you sent  me. * *

Preserving  and  Dispensing  Pills  and 

Tablets.

A  few  years  ago  it  might have  been 
said  that  a  druggist’s  ability  to  form  a 
good  and  presentable  pill  was  one  of 
the  safe  criterions  by  which  to  judge  of 
his  skill.  There  was hardly  a  pharma­
cist  but  that  prided  himself  upon  the 
possession  of  some  special  knack  by 
means  of  which  he  was  enabled  to  turn 
out  a  particularly  handsome  pill  from  a 
prescription  which 
in  the  hands  of  a 
competitor  resulted  in  naught  but  un­
sightly  masses.  That  was  in  the  days 
when the  now  incongruous  title  of "p ill- 
roller”   was  truly  merited;  it  well  de­
scribed  an  important  phase  of  the  busi­
ness  of  the average  apothecary.

The  era  of  hand-made  pills,  however, 
seems  to  be  rapidly  drawing  to  a  close; 
and  with  the  advent  of  the  machine- 
made  article  there has come over  drug­
gists  a  tendency  to  rely  too  closely  up­
on  the  manufacturer’s  label  as  a  guar­
antee  of  reliability.  Many 
labels  are 
perfectly  reliable,  but  some  are  not. 
The  natural  result  has been  that  drug­
gists  have  in  some  cases  unintentional­
ly  become  the  distributors  of  pills 
grossly  inaccurate  in  composition,  and, 
so far  as  medicinal  virtue  is  concerned, 
at  times  totally 
inert.  Again,  it  would 
seem  that  just  as  the  druggist’s  share in 
the  manufacture  of  these  preparations 
has  become 
less,  so  corres­
pondingly  has  bis  interest  in  the  proper 
care  of the  finished  products  decreased ; 
and,  indeed,  the  opinion  prevails among 
many  that  pills  and  tablets  require  no 
attention 
if  there 
could  be  figured  up  the  loss  occasioned 
in  a  year  by  bad  pills  and  the  conse­
quent  loss  of  customers,  it  would  be­
come  evident  that  the  trifling  attention 
required  to  properly  care  for  prepara­
tions  so  widely  used  is  well  repaid.

from  them. 

less  and 

But 

The  one  thing  demanded  of  any  phar­
maceutical  preparation,  be  it  pill,  pow­
der,  or tincture,  is  that  it  shall  produce 
its  desired  medicinal  effect.  All  other 
conditions  of  appearance,  convenience 
and  cost  are  but  secondary.  However 
handsome  a  pill  may  appear,  what drug­
gist  would  not  instantly  reject  it  in  fa­
vor  of  the  modest  cinnamon-covered 
product 
it  were  found  that  it  would 
pass  through  the  system  unaltered?  Just 
so  will  physicians  prefer  the  bitter 
quinine  sulphate  to  the  more  palatable 
mixture  of 
its  tannate  with  chocolate, 
if  the  latter should  prove  to be insoluble 
in  the  digestive fluids.

if 

improvement 

A druggist  can  only  be absolutely sure 
of  the quality  and  composition  of  pills 
and  such  other  drugs  as  he  himself 
makes  or analyzes.  But  the  condition 
of  pharmacy 
is  such  to-day  that  it  is 
practically 
impossible  for  any  one  to 
manufacture  for his  own  use all  classes 
of  compounds  demanded. 
Especially 
is  this  the  case  with  pills  and  tablets, 
where  the  continued 
in 
the  methods  of  manufacture  has  ren­
dered  it  possible  to  make  them  by  ma­
chinery  of a  quality  and  cheapness  ut­
terly  unattainable  by  the  retail druggist. 
It  would  seem,  then,  that  the  one  wise 
precaution  to  be  taken  with  regard  to 
all  such  preparations  is  to buy only from 
reputable  dealers.  The  difference 
in 
cost between  a  good  pill  and  a  poor one 
is  too  slight  to  warrant  taking  chances 
on  the  cheaper.  Next  to  reliability, 
there  are  yet  such  factors  to 
influence 
a  choice  as  appearance,  coating,  and 
permanence.  A  a  rule,  ovoid  pills are 
preferred  to  round  ones,  and  those with­
out  needle-holes  to  such  as  are  made 
by  the  old  process,  as  the  former da  not 
present  an  open  surface to  the harmful

action  of air and  moisture.  The  choice 
between  sugar  and  gelatin-coated  pills 
is  largely  a  matter of  individual  prefer­
ence.

Unless a  druggist  makes  bis  own  tab­
lets  and  tablet  triturates,  his  only  guar­
antee  of  good  quality 
in  buying 
from  manufacturers  of  unquestionable 
reliability;  for,  unfortunately,  druggists 
have  neither the time  nor the  apparatus 
for their  proper analysis.

lies 

Some  pills  have  an  annoying  way  of 
becoming  sticky,  and  even  fusing  to­
gether  at  but  little  above  ordinary  tem­
perature,  as  a  result  of  not  having  been 
thoroughly  dried.  In  such cases dislodge 
them  by  a  few  smart  raps  on  the  sides 
of  the  container,  spread  them  out  on  a 
sheet  of  clean  paper,  and  allow  them 
to  dry.  When  dry  they  should  be  sep­
arated  as  well  as  possible,  and  all  bro­
ken  or  imperfect  ones  discarded.  The 
remainder  should  then  be  dusted  over 
with  lycopodium,  rolled  to  and  fro  until 
the  powder  ceases  to  adhere  to  them, 
freed 
lycopodium  by  a  coarse 
sieve,  rubbed  between  the  layers  of  a 
clean,  dry  towel,  and  preserved  in  dry 
bottles  with  well-fitting  stoppers.  Such 
a  procedure  requires  but  a  short  time— 
a  thousand  pills  can  be  treated  in  a  few 
minutes;  and  the  saving  of  otherwise 
ruined  pills is  well  worth  the  trouble.  It 
is a  good-plan  to treat  all  pills  bought 
in 
large  quantiites  in  this  way  as  soon 
as  received.

from 

Pills  are  best  stored 

in  a  cool,  dry 
place,  shielded  from  the  direct  rays  of 
the  sun,  for  many  pills  contain  sub­
stances  easily  oxidized. 
In  the  case  of 
pills  seldom  used,  it  is  wtll  to  seal  over 
the  stoppers  of  the  containers  with  a 
little  melted  beeswax  or  paraffin.  The 
first  essential  in  preserving  tablets  and 
tablet  triturates  is  to  exclude  moisture 
and  moist  air.  This 
is  best  accom­
plished  by  storing  them  in  well-filled 
bottles,  plugged  at  the  neck  with  a  bit 
of  cotton  and  fitted  with  tight  stoppers. 
Tablets  containing  mercury  salts  are 
easily  reduced  to  the  lower  salts,  which 
oftentimes  produce  unsightly coloration, 
and  they  should  be  preserved  in  amber- 
colored  bottles.

It 

The  fact  that  the  pills  of  different 
in  appear­
makers  are  seldom  uniform 
ance  often 
leads  to  much  unnecessary 
confusion  in  refilled  prescriptions.  Sick 
people  are  often  annoyingly  discrimi­
nating,  and  when  they  discover that  gel­
atin-coated  pills  have  been  used  in  fill­
ing  a  prescription  when  sugar-coated 
were  first  supplied,  it  arouses  in  their 
minds  a  grave  suspicion  that  something 
is  wrong. 
is  much  the  same  with 
hand-made  pills,  and  there  is  hardly  a 
druggist  but  that  has  had  the  experi­
ence  of  a  customer  returning  in  alarm 
because  lycopodium 
instead  of  cinna­
mon,  as  when  first  filled,  had  been  em­
ployed  as  a  dusting-powder! 
It  is  well 
worth  while  to  take  the  precaution  of 
specifying  on  each  prescription 
the 
kind  of  pill  or  dusting-powder  em­
ployed,  as  ” g.  c. ”   and  ” s.  c. ”   for 
gelatin  and  sugar-coated  pills  respec­
tively,  or  "cum   lycopod. ”  or "cum   cin­
namon,”   according  to the  powder  used, 
in  order  that  on  refilling  they  will 
look 
and  taste  alike. 
It  is  a  popular  fallacy 
that 
is  necessary  to  half  fill  a  box 
containing  hand-made  pills  with  the 
dusting-powder  used,  but 
if  the  mass 
has  been  properly  formed  there  is  little 
danger  of  their  sticking  together after 
being  lightly  dusted  over  with 
lyco­
podium. 
It  is  far neater to  arrange  the 
finished  pills  upon  a  thin  layer  of  pure 
white  or  tinted  cotton  laid  flat  in  the 
bottom  of  the  box,  and  then  cover them 
over  with 
layer,  neatly 
trimmed  to  fit the  box.  Tablets  should 
always  be  placed 
in  cotton  to  prevent 
them  from  breaking.

similar 

it 

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Morphia, S.P.4 W ...  2 40® 2 65 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.4
C.  Co....................  2 30® 2 55
Moschus Canton__   @  40
65®  80
Myrl8tica, No. 1......  
Nux Vomica...po.20 
10
Os  Sepia................. 
15®  18
Pepsin Saac, H. 4  P.
D. Co.................... 
®  1 00
Plcis Llq. N.N.Kgal.
do*........................ 
® 2 00
Plcis Llq., quarts__  
®  1  00
Plcis Liq., pints......  @  85
Pil Hydrarg...po.  80  @  50
®  18
Piper Nigra. ..po.  22 
®  30
Piper Alba....po.  85 
Pilx  Burgun........... 
® 
7
Plumbi  Acet........... 
10®  12
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii  1  10®  1  20 
Py rethrum, boxes H.
4  P. D. Co., doz...  @125
Pyrethrum, pv........  25®  30
8®  10
Quassia..................  
31®  36
Quinla, S. P. 4  W .. 
22®  32
Quinia, S.German.. 
Qqlnla, N.Y............  
29®  34
Rubia Tinctorum... 
12®  14
SaccharumLactis pv  18® 
20
Salacln....................  3 00® 3  10
Sanguis Draconl8... 
40®  50
Sapo,  W................... 
12®  14
Sapo, M.................... 
10®  12
Sapo, G.................... 
®  15
Siedlitz  Mixture  ...  20  ®  22

Slnapls....................   @  18
Sinapis, opt............   @  30
Snuff, Maccaboy, De
®  34
Voes...................... 
Snuff,Scotch,DeVo’s  @ 
34
Soda Boras..............  9  ® 
11
Soda Boras, po........  9  ®  11
26®  28
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Carb..............  IK® 
2
5
3® 
Soda, Bi-Carb.........  
Soda, Ash...............   3K® 
4
Soda, Sulphas.........  
® 
2
Spts. Cologne........... 
® 2 60
Spts. Ether Co........  50®  56
Spt.  MyrciaDom...  @  9 00 
Spts. Vinl Rect. bbl.  @ 2 56 
Spts. ViniRect-Kbbl  @ 2  60
Spts. Vinl Rect. lOgal  @2 63
Spts. Vinl Rect.  5gal  @  2 65
Less 5c gal. cash 10 days. 
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  40®  1  45
Sulphur,  Subl.........   2J£@  4
Sulphur,  Roll........ 
2K®3K
Tamarinds.................  
8®  10
Terebenth Venice...  28®  30
Theobroma............   46®  48
Vanilla....................  9 00@16 00
Zinc! Sulph................ 
7®  8

Oil*

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

BBL.  SAL.
70
60
45

19

Linseed, pure  raw..  36 
Linseed,  boiled......   37 
Neatsfoot, winter str  65 
Spirits Turpentine.. 
41 

39
40
70
50
Paint*  BBL.  LB
Red Venetian.........   Hi  2  Qfl
Ochre, yellow Mars.  IK  3  @4 
Ochre, yellow  Ber.. 
IK  2  @3 
Putty, commercial..  2K  3K®3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2K  2K@8 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American.............  
13® 
15
Vermilion, English.  70® 
75
Green, Pari*...........  18K® 
22
Green,  Peninsular.. 
13® 
16
Lead, Red................  5K@
Lead, white............   5K@  614
7U 
Whiting, white Span  @ 
Whiting,  gilders1...  @  X)
White, Paris Amer.. 
®  1  00
Whiting, Pari*  Eng.
cliff......................  @140
Universal Prepared.  1  00®  1  15

Varnishes

No. 1 Turp Coach...  1  10®  1  29
Extra  Turp............   1  60®  1  70
Coach Body............   2 75® 8 00
No. 1 Turp Furn__  1  00®  1  10
Extra Turk Damar..  1 56®  1  60 
Jap. Dryer,No. lTurp  70®  75

S A L E   PRICE  CURRENT.

Conlrun Mac........... 
35®  50
Copaiba...................1  15®  1 25
Cubebse......................  90® 
Exechthitos...........  1  00®  1  10
Erigeron.................  1  00®  1  10
Gaultherla..............  1 50®  1  60
Geranium,  ounce...  ® 
75
Gossippil, Sem. gal.. 
50®  60
Hedeoma.................   1  on®  1  10
Junlpera..................  1  50® 2 00
Lavendnla................  
go® 
Llmonis....................  1  30® 
Mentha Piper.........   1 60® 2  20
Mentha Verld.........   1 50®  1  60
Morrhu®,  gal.........   1 10®  1  25
Myrcia,..................... 4 00®  4 50
Olive.......................  
75® 3 00
lo®  12
Plcis  Liquida.........  
Plcis Liquida, gal... 
Rlcina.................... 
96® 1 05
Rosmarini...............  
® 100
Rosse,  ounce...........  6 50® 8 50
Succlni...................  40®  45
Sabina................... 
go®  1 00
Santal........................2 50®  7 00
Sassafras.................  55®  60
Slnapls, ess., ounce. 
Tlglfi........................  1  70®  1 80
Thyme.................... 
40®  50
Thyme,  opt............   @  1  60
Theobromas........... 
15® 
20
Potassium
Bl-Carb.................... 
15® 
is
Bichromate............  
13® 
15
Bromide..................   50®  55
Carb.......................  
12® 
15
Chlorate., po. 17®19c 
16@  18
35®  40
Cyanide................... 
Iodide......................   2 60® 2 65
28®  30
Potassa, Bitart, pure 
Potassa, Bitart,  com 
@  15
Potass Nitras, opt... 
10®  12
Potass Nitras........... 
il
io® 
Pressiate................. 
20®  25
Sulphate po  ..  ......  
15®  18

® 35

@ 65

Radix

35® 40

® 

22® 25

20®  25
Aconitvm...............  
Alth®...................... 
22®  25
io@ 
Anchusa................. 
12
Arum po..................   @  25
Calamus................. 
20®  40
12®  15
Gentiana.......po  15 
Glychrrhiza.. ,pv.  15 
16®  18
@  60
Hydrastis Canaden . 
Hydrastis Can., po..  @  . 65
Hellebore.Alba.po.. 
18®  20
Inula, po................. 
is®  20
Ipecac, po...............   2 80® 3 0«
Iris plox —  po35@38 
Jalapa, pr...............   25®  30
Maranta,  %s........... 
35
Podophyllum, po.... 
K nei....................... 
75®  1  00
Rhel, cut.................  @  1  25
Khei.PV..................  
75®  1  35
35®  38
Spigelia................... 
@ 18
Sanguinaria... po. 15 
Serpen tarla............  
30®  35
Senega.................... 
40®  45
Slmiiax,officinalis H  @ 4 0
Smilax, M...............   @  25
Scillse..............po.35 
12
Symplocarpus, Fceti-
dus,  po.................  @  25
Valeriana,Kng.po.30 
Valeriana,  German. 
Zingiber a ............ . 
Zingiber j ...............  
Semen
Anisum......... po.  15  @ 
12
Apium  (gray el eons) 
13® 15
Bird, Is.................... 
6
4® 
Carni............. po.  18 
10® 
12
Cardamon...............   1  25®  1  75
Coriandrum............ 
8® 
10
Cannabis  Sativa....  4H@  5
Cvdonium...............  
?5@  1  00
io@ 
Chenopodi um  ........ 
12
Dipterix  Odorate...  1 40®  1  50
Fcenlculum............  
® 
10
Fosnugreek, po........ 
7® 
9
Lini.........................  3K®  4K
4®  4K
Lini,  grd.... bbl. 3x 
Lobelia..................  
35®  40
Pharlaris  Canarian. 
4®
Rapa.......................   4K@ 
5
Sinapis Albu........... 
9® 
10
Sinapis  Nigra.........  
11® 
12
Spirita*

@ 25
15® 20
12® 
1«
25®  27

io@ 

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

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage...... r .—   2 50® 2 75
Nassau sheeps  wool
carriage................ 
® 2 00
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage...... 
®  1  25
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool,  carriage__  @  1  00
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage................ 
®  1 00
Hard, for slate use.. 
Yellow  R eef,  for 
slate  use.............. 
Syrup*
Acacia....................  @  50
®  50
Aurantl Cortes........ 
Zingiber..................   @  50
Ipecac...................  
@  60
Ferri Iod.................   @  50
Rhel Arom..............  @  50
Smilax Officinalis... 
50® 60
Senega....................  
®  50
3   60
Sdii«....... ............... 

®  1 40

@ 75

50

1 00

2 00
1 

niscellaneous

SclllœCo.................  @  50
Tolutan............ —  
®  50
Prunus virg............   @  50
Tinctures
60
Aconitum Napellis R 
Aconitum Napellis F 
50
Aloes.......................  
60
Aloes and Myrrh__ 
60
Arnica.................... 
50
Assafcetlda............  
50
60
At rope  Belladonna. 
Aurantl  Cortex...... 
50
Benzoin................... 
60
Benzoin Co.............. 
50
Barosma.................  
50
Cantharides........... 
75
Capsicum.............. 
so
Cardamon............... 
75
Cardamon  Co.........  
75
1  00
Castor...................... 
Catechn................... 
50
Cinchona................. 
50
Cinchona Co........... 
60
Columba  ...............  
50
Cubeba. 
..............  
50
50
Cassia i-cutlfol...... 
50
C>9S"  Acutifol Co.. 
i~gl  «L s.............. 
50
Ergot....................... 
50
Ferri Chlorldu  v  
. 
35
Gentian................... 
50
Gentian Co.............. 
60
Gulaca....................  
50
Guiacaammon........ 
60
50
Hyoscyamu8........... 
Iodine...................... 
75
Iodine, colorless__  
75
Kino......................... 
50
Lobelia...................  
50
Myrrh......................  
50
Nux Vomica........... 
50
Opii......................... 
75
Opil, camphorated. 
50
I  50
Opii,  deodorized.... 
Quassia................... 
50
Rhatany................... 
50
Rhel......................... 
50
Sangulnaria........... 
50
50
Serpentarla............  
60
Stramonium........... 
Tolutan.................... 
60
Valerian................. 
50
50
Veratrum Veride... 
Zingiber..................  
20
Æther, Spts. Nit. 3 F  30®  35
Æther, Spts. Nit. 4 F  ^i®  38
Alumen...................  2M® 
3
3® 
Alumen, gro’d .. po. 7 
4
A nnatto.................   40®  50
Antimonl,  po........ 
4® 
5
Antimoni etPotassT  40®  50
Antipyrin.............. 
@  35
® 
Antifebrin 
.......... 
15
Argent! Nitras, oz ..  @  50
Arsenicum..............  
10® 
12
38®  40
Balm Gilead  Bud  .. 
Bismuth  S. N......... 1  40®  1  50
® 
Calcium Chlor.,  Is.. 
9
@  10
Calcium Chlor., Ks 
@ 
Calcium Chlor.,  14s 
12
® 
Cantharides. Rus.po 
75
Capsici  Frectu8. af. 
@  15
Capslci Fructus, po. 
® 
15
Capsici FructusB.po  @  15
Caryophyllus..po. 15 
12®  14
® 3 00
Carmine, No. 40  .. 
Cera Alba...........  .. 
50®  55
Cera Flava.............. 
40®  42
Coccus....................  @  40
Cassia Fructus...... 
®  33
Centraria.................  @ 
10
Cetaceum............... 
@  45
Chloroform............. 
60®  63
Chloroform, squibbs  @  1  15 
Chloral HydCrst....  1  65®  1  90
Chondrus............... 
20®  25
Clnchonidlne,P.4 W  25® 
35 
Cinchonidine, Germ  22®  30
Cocaine..................   3 30® 3 50
70
Corks, list, di8.pr.ct. 
®  35
Creosotum........ 
®  2
Creta.............bbl. 75 
Creta, prep..............  @ 
5
Creta, precip.........  
9®  11
Creta, Rubra...........  @ 
8
Crocus.................... 
18®  20
Cudbear.................  @  24
Cupri Sulph............  
5® 
6
10®  12
Dextrine.................. 
Ether Sulph............  
75®  90
Emery, all  numbers 
® 
8
Emery, po...............   @ 
6
Ergota...........po. 40  30®  35
Flake  White........... 
12®  15
Galla........................ 
®  23
Gambier.  ...............  
8® 
9
®  60
Gelatin, Cooper......  
35®  60
Gelatin, French...... 
70
Glassware, flint, box 
Less  than  hox__ 
60
Glue,  brown........... 
9®  12
Glue, white............  
13®  25
Glycerina................  15®  20
Grana  Paradlsi......  @  15
Humulus................. 
25®  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite 
®  85
Hydraag Chlor Cor. 
®  75
Hydraag Ox Rub’m.  @  95
Hydraag Ammoniatl  @  1  10 
HydraagUnguentum  45®  55
Hydrargyrum.........   @  70
Ichthyooolla, Am...  65®  75
Indigo...................... 
75®  1 00
Iodine, Resubl........  3 60® 3 70
Iodoform.................  @ 420
Lupulin...................  @ 2 25
Lycopodium...........  40®  45
Macis.................... 
65®  75
Liquor Arsen et Hy-
drarg Iod..............  @  25
LiquorPota8sArsinlt  10®  12
2® 
Magnesia, Sulph.... 
8
®  IK 
Magnesia, Sulph,hu 
Mannia. S. F ........  50®  60
Menthol.............  
  ® S 75

15
830
55
! 75
50
55

18
1218
30
20

1212

12
15

25
30
1214
15
17

15
25
75
40
15
2
50
7

14
25
35

28
25
30
20
10

65
45
35
2880
14
12
30
60
28
55
13
14
16
42
10
0070
30
0060
40
85
35
45
80

25
20
25
28
23
25
39
2225
60
22
25
36

75
50
25
10
40
20
80
8U
6675
70
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Liquid  Foods,
Malt  Extracts,
Butter  Colors,
Toilet  Waters,
Hair  Preparations, 
Inks, Etc.

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

G R O C E R Y   P R I C E   C U R R E N T .

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

Salt  Fish.

Cod.

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

Herring.

Holland white hoops, bbl.  8 00 
Holland white hoop *4 bbl  4 50
Holland,  M  bbl................  2 60
Holland white hoop, keg. 
65
Holland white hoop mens  75
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbs....................   2 75
Bound  40 lbs...................  1  SO
Scaled...............................  
14

flackerel.

Mess 100 lbs......................  15 00
Mess  40 lbs........................  6 30
Mess  10 lbs......................  1  66
Mess  8 lbs........................  1 36
No. 1100 lbs......................  18  25
No. 1  40 -lbs........................  5 80
No. 1  10 lbs........................  1 48
No. I 
8 lbs....................  120
No. 2 100 lbs......................  8 60
No. 2  40 lbs......................  8 70
No. 2  10 lbs......................  1 00
No. 2 
88

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

Trout.

  2 40

No. 1100 lbs......................  6 26
No. 1  40lbs..................... 
10 lbs...................  
No. 1 
68
8 lbs...................  
No. 1 
67
Whltoflah.

No. 1  No. 2  Fam
100 lbs...........  6 75 
2 40
40lbs...........  300 
130
40
10 lbs...........  83 
8 lbs........... 
35
69 
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

Jennings’.

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

D. C Lemon
75
2 oz.
3 oz.
...1 00
.1 40
4 oz.
. .2 00
60s.
No. 8 ..2 40
No. 10 ..4 00
No. 2 T. 80
No. 3 T.l 25
No. 4 T.l 60

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

Lem.  Van.
1  20 
1 »0 
2 00 
2 25

Souders*.

Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew. 
the 

in  the  world  for 

Best 
money.

Absolute.

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

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

BAKING  POWDER.

Ac m .

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

w ’b cans doz...................  45
H lb jan sd o z................... 
85
....  1  50
M lb cans 8 doz.................  45
*4 lb cans 3 dot.................  75
1 
lb cans l doz.................   1 00
Bulk...................................  
10
8 oz. Eng. Tumblers........... 
85
v  lb cans per doz.............  75
*4 lb cans per doz  ........... 1  20
1 
lb cans per doz............ 2  00
v  lb cans 4 doz case........  85
*4 lb cans 4 doz case........ 
55
90
lb cans 2 doz case  ......  

Arctic.
Bl Parity.

Home.

E z s s m

Peerless.

Oar Loader.

Jersey Cream.

u  lb cans, 4 doz case 
 
*4 lb cans, 4 doz case........ 

45
85
lb cans, 2 doz case........1 60
1 lb. cans, per doz............. 2 00
9 oz. cans, per doz.............  1  25
6 oz. cans, per doz.............  
85
H lb cans..........................   45
*4 lb cans..........................  
75
lb cans..........................  1 SO
1 
1 lb. cans  ......................... 
85
8 oz., 8 doz. case................   2 70
6 oz., 4 doz. case  . 
...........8 20
9 oz., 4 doz. case.................4 80
1 lb., 2 doz. case.................4 00
5 lb., 1 doz. case.................9 00
American............................... 70
English.................................... 80
CONDENSED

BATH  BRICK.

Qaeen Flake.

BLUINQ.

B l u in IG

Small, 3 doz.......................  
40
Large, 2 doz.......................  
75
BROOI19.
So. 1 Carpet.......................  1  90
No. 2 Carpet........... 
........  1  75
No. 3 Carpet................. . 
1  50
No. 4 Carpet.......................   1  15
Parlor Gem....................... 2 00
Common Whisk.................  
70
Fancy Whisk......................  80
Warehouse.........................2 25
88.......................................... 7
18s.........................................8
Paraffine................... 
8
Wlcklng.............................. 20

 
CANNBD GOODS, 
rianltowoc  Peas.

CANDLES.

CATSUP.

Lakeside Marrowfat.........  
95
Lakeside E.  J ....................   1  15
Lakeside, Cham, of Eng.... 1 20 
Lakeside. Gem. Ex. Sifted.  1  45 
Extra Sifted Early June....l  75
Colombia, 
pints......
.2 00
Columbia, *4 pints  —
.1  25
CHEESE
Aeme...................... @ 10*4
Amboy.................... @
Butternut...............
@ 10*4
Carson Cltv............. @ 10*4
Emblem................... @ 11
Gem......................... @ 11
Ideal....................... @ 11
Jersey  .................... @ 11
Lenawee.................
10H
Riverside................. @ 11*4
Brick....................... @ 12
Edam....................... @ 70
Leiden.................... @ 17
Llmbnrger.............. @ 13
Pineapple................ 50 @ 75
Sap  Sago.................
© 17
Chicory.
B ulk............................
5
Bed 
7
CHOCOLATE.

...
Walter Baker 4k Co.’s.

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

0

CLOTHES LINES.

Cotton, 40 ft, per  doz..........1  00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  doz..........1 20
Cotton, 60 ft, pen doz..........1  40
Cotton, 70 ft, per doz..........1  60
Cotton, 80 ft, per  doz..........1  80
Jute, 60 ft,  per  doz.............  80
Jute. 7* ft.  uer  dm ..........  95
COCOA SHBLLS.
201b  bags.......................  
2)4
Less quantity................. 
3
Pound  packages............. 
4
CRBA/l  TARTAR.
5 and 10 lb. wooden boxes......30
Bulk In sacks..........................29

COFFEE.

Green.
Rio.

Santos.

Mexican  and Guatemala.

F air.......................................... 9
Good........................................10
Prime..................................... ...
Golden  ...................................12
Peaberry  ................................13
Fair  ........................................12
Good  ......................................13
Prim e......................................14
Peaberry  ........................^...15
Fair  ........................................15
Good  ............................... — 13
Fancy 
...................................17
Maracaibo.
Prim e......................................19
Milled......................................20
Interior...................................19
Private  Growth...................... 20
Mandehling............................ 21
Im itation................................20
Arabian  ................................. 22
Roasted.
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands
Fifth  Avenue......  
29
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha— 29 
Wells’ Mocha and Ja v a .. ..24
Wells’ Perfection Java...... 24
Sancalbo................  
21
Breakfast Blend................  18
Valley City Maracaibo.......18*4
Ideal  Blend........................ 14
Leader Blend............... .....12

Mocha.

J a n .

 

Package.

Extract.

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
which 
the  wholesale  dealer 
adds  the  local  freight  from 
New  York  to  your  shipping 
point, giving you credit  on  the 
invoice  for  the  amount  of 
freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market In  which  he  purchases 
to his shipping point, Including 
weight  of  package,  also 4£c  a 
pound.  In  601b.  cases the list 
is  10c  per  100  lbs.  above  the 
price In full cases.
Arbuckle.......................   10 50
Jersey..............................  10 50
llrljiarhlln’i   XXYY.
McLaughlin’s XXXX  sold  to 
retailers only.  Mall  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  A 
Co., Chicago.
Valley City *4 gross......  
76
Felix *4 gross................. 
1  15
Hummel’s foil *4 gross... 
85
Hummel’s tin *4  gross... 
1  48
CLOTHES PINS.
5 gross boxes.......................   40
4 doz iu case.
Gall Borden  Eagle............. 6  75
Crown................................. 6 25
Daisy...................................5  75
Champion...........................4 50
Magnolia............................ 4 25
Challenge.............. - ........... 8 35
Dime 
................... ..••••...3  85
Tradesman Grade.

CONDENSED  MILK.

COUPON  BOOKS.

Superior Grade.

Economic Grade.

50 books, any denom....  1  50
100 books, any denom__  2 50
500 books, any denom__ 11  50
1.000 books, any denom__ 20 00
50 books, any denom—   1  50
100 books, any denom__  2 50
500 books  any denom__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............................ C 25
500 books........................... 10 00
1000 books...........................17 50

denomination from 810 down.

Coupon Pass Books,

Universal Grade.

Apples.

Credit Checks.

California Fruits.

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 ...... 8 00
1000, any one denom’n ...... 5 00
2000, any one denom’n ...... 8 00
Steel punch.......................   75
DRIBD FRUITS—DOnBSTIC 
Sundried.......................   ©5*4
Evaporated 50 lb boxez.  ©8 
Apricots.....................   ©
Blackberries...............
Nectarines....................   ©
Peaches.......................  ©
Pears...........................  ©
Pitted Cherries..........
Prunnelles..................
Raspberries.................
100-120 25 lb boxes.........   © 4
90-100 25 lb boxes.........   © 5
80 - 90 25 lb boxes.........   © 6*4
70 - 80 25 lb boxes.........   @
60-70 251bboxe8.........   ©OR
50-6025 lb boxes......... •©  9
40 - 50 25 lb boxes.........  ©10
30 - 40 25 lb boxes.........  ©
*4 cent less in 50 lb cases 

California Pranas.

Raisins.

1  e0
London Layers3C’own. 
Cluster 4 Crown...............  
2 00
5
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
6
Loose M useatels 4 Crown 
7
L. M.. Seeded, choice......   8
L. M , Seeded, fancy.......   9*4

FUKblUN.
Citron.

Pool.

Raisins.

Cnrrnnts.

Leghorn..........................012
Corsican..........................@13
Patras bblB...................... © f 3£
Vostlzzas 50 lb cases.......© 6
Cleaned, bulk  ................. @7
Cleaned, packages..........© 7*4
Citron American 10 lb bx ©18 
Lemon American 10 lb bx ©12 
Orange American 10 lb bx ©12 
Ondnra 28 lb boxes......  ©
Sultana  1 Crown.........   ©
Sultana 2 Crown  --------  ©
Sultana a Crown.........   ©
Sultana 4 Crown.........   ©
Onltanft  fi Crown.........   ®
Sultana 6 Crown.........  ©
Sultana package.........   ©
FARINACEOUS OOODS.
24 1 lb.  packages.............1  50
Bulk, per 100 lbs.............3 50
Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

Farina.

Grits.

Peas.

Beans.

Hominy.

Pearl Barley.

24 2 lb. packages.............. 1  80
1001b. kegs.......................2 70
200 lb. barrels...................5  10
Barrels  ............................2 50
Flake, 50 lb.  drums.........1 00
Dried Lima  .....................  SR
Medium Hand Picked....  1  10 
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  101b. box........  80
Imported,  25 lb. box....... 2 50
Common...........................   2 25
Chester............................  2 50
Em pire............................   3 00
Green, Wisconsin, bn......1 00
Green, Scotch, bn...........1  10
Split, bu..........................2 50
^
Rolled Avena,  bbl........4 00
Monarch,  bbl.................. 3 60
Monarch.  *4  bbl..............1 88
Monarch, 90 lb sacks....... 1  65
§naker. cases.  ................3 20
uron, cases....................1 75
German ............................  4
East  India.......................  
Flake.......................  
3*4
Pearl...................................  W
5
Anchor, 401 lb. pkges.... 
Cracked, bulk..................  
3*4
24 2 lb packages...............2 50

Relied  Oats. 

Tapioca.

Wheat.

Sago-

8*4

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

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

Choke Bore—Dupont's.

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

Eagle Dock—Dupoat’s.

Kegs..........................................8 00
Half Kegs................................. 4 25
Quarter Kegs........................... 2 25
lib .can s..............................  45

JBLLY.

15 lb palls............................   36
30 lb pails............................   66

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

LYB.

LICORICE.

Pure......................................  JO
Molly....................................  J*
Root......................................  »

MINCE MEAT.

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

riATCHBS.

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.

No. 9 sulphur...........................J ®
Anchor Parlor..........................J 70
No. 2  Home.............................. 1 W
Export  Parlor......................... 4 00

nOLASSBS. 
New Orleans.
Black.............................
Fair...............................
Good.'...........................
Fancy  ..........................
Open Kettle............  ■
Half-barrels 2c extra.
MUSTARD.

Horse Radish, 1 doz............1  76
Horse Radish, 2 doz............8 50
Bayle’s Celery. 1 doz...........1  75

PIPES.

Clay, No.  216......................1 TO
Clay, T. D. full count........ 
65
Cob, No. 8..........................  
85

POTASH.

48 cana In oase.

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

PICKLES.
riadlam.

Barrels, 1,200 count...........3 75
Half bbls, 600 count...........  2 38

Small.

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

RICE.

Domestic.

Carolina head....................   6*4
Carolina  No. 1...................  5
Carolina No. 2...................  4
Broken...............................   Sli

Scotch, in bladders............   87
Maccabov, in jars................  85
French Rappee, in Jars__ 
48

SNUFF.

SBBD8.

3*4

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

4*4

SALT.

Diamond  Crystal.

Table, cases, 24 3-lb  boxes.. 1 50 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb bags.2 75 
Table, barrels,  40 7 lb bags.2 40 
Butter, barrels, 2801b. bnlk.2 25 
Butter, barrels,2014 lbbags.3 50
Batter, sacks, 28 lbs.............  25
Batter, sacks, 56 lbs............   56

Common Grades.

100 8 lb sacks.........................1 95
60 5-lb sacks.........................l 80
2810-lb sacks.......................1 65

Worcester.

lb. cartons................8 25
50  4 
115  2*41b. sacks....................4 00
lb. sacks................... 3 75
00  5 
2214 
lb. sacks...................3 50
8010 
lb. sacks................... 3 50
28 lb. linen sacks.................  32
56 lb. linen sacks.................   60
Bulk In barrels.....................2 50

Warsaw.

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

Ashton.

66-lb dairy In linen sacks...  60 

Higgins.

56-lb dairy In linen sacks...  60 

Solar Rock.

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

 

21

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

Common.

SOAP.

JAXON

Single box...................  
2 75
5  box lots, delivered.......2 TO
10 box lots, delivered...........2 65
JAS.  8.  KIRK  8 CO.’S BRANDS.
American Family, wrp’d....2 66
Dome.........................................2 75
Cabinet...................-............ 2 90
Savon........................................ 2 50
White Russian......................... 2 35
White Clond,  laundry........ 6 25
White Clond,  toilet................. 3 50
Dnsky Diamond. 50 6 oz__ 2 10
Dusky Diamond, 50 8 pz__ 3 00
Bine India, 100 *  lb..................3 00
KirkoUne.................................. 8 50
Bos.................  
2 50
SCHOlfE  SOAP CO/S  BRANDS
Cljdesdalc, 100 cakes, 75 lbs.........2  75
Ro-T&x, 100 cakn, 021-2 lbs. . .  .2  00
Fuailj, 75 cakn, 75 Ibi............. 2  50
Genus Mottled, SO cakes, SO lbi.. 1  75 
Cocoa Cutile, 18 lbs., cit 1-4&1-2..1  SO 

Chipped  Soap for Laundnei. 

Allen B. Wrfsley’s Brands.

Old Country, 801-lb. bars  . .2 75 
Good Cheer, 601-lb. bars. ...3 76
Uno, 100 M-lb. bars................... 2 50
Doll, 10010-oz.  b a n ..................2 05

Sapolio, kitchen, 8 d oz.......2 40
Sapollo, hand, 3 doz........... 2 40

Scouring.

SODA.

Boxes  .................................6*4
Kegz, English......................  4R

Regular
Vanilla.

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

Imported.

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

SALBRATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. In box.

Church’s .............................3 80
Deland’s .............................8  15
Dwight’s .............................3 80
Taylor’s ..............................8 00

30DI0 E

SAL SODA.

Granulated, bbls..............  75
Granulated,  100lb oases..  90
Lump, bbls.......................   76
Lamp, 1461b kegs..............  86

.1 76 
.3 50

8zge......................................
Hops....................................

HBRBS.

INDIGO.

Madras, 6 lb  boxes.............  66
8. F., 2,8 and5 lb boxes....  60

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.

Pare around la Balk.

Allspice  ............................  13
Cassia, China Inmate.........12
Cassia, Batavia In bond. ...25
Cassia, Saigon in rolls....... 82
Cloves, Amboyna...............14
Cloves, Zanzibar................ 12
Mace,  Batavia....................56
Nutmegs, fancy..................80
Nutmegs, No.  1..................50
Nutmegs, No.  2..................46
Pepper, Singapore, black.. .11 
Pepper, Singapore, white... 12
Pepper,  shot...................... 12
Allspice  ............................. 15
Cassia, Batavia...................30
Cassia,  Saigon.................... 40
Cloves, Zanzibar..................14
Ginger,  African..................16
Ginger,  Cochin................... 18
Ginger,  Jamaica................. 23
Mace,  Batavia................... «5
Mustard........................ 12@18
Nutmegs,..................... 4U@oO
Pepper, Sing , black............13
Pepper, Sing., white........... 20
Pepper, Cayenne..................20
Sage.....................................15

SYRUPS
Cera.

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

Barrels...............................  17
H»1'   hhla 
10
% doz. 1 gallon cans.........1  50
1  doz. M gallon cans.......1  75
2  doz. M gallon cans  ......1 75
Pair  ................................   18
Good................. ...............  20
Choice.............................   25

Kara wane.

STARCH.

Klngsford’s Cora.

401-lb packages...................8
201 lb packages.....................8m
Kingsford’s Silver Glose.

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

Diamond.

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

Common Cera.

201 lb. packages..................5
401 lb. packages..................  4M

Common Gloss.

1-lb  packages....................... 4M
3-lb  packages......................  4M
6-lb  packages......................  5
40 and 50 lb boxes...............   3
Barrels  ...............................  3

STOVE POLISH.

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

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

E 4 P .  Drug Co.’s brand. 

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

G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

S. C. W...............................35 oo

Ruhe Bros. Co. ’s Brands,

Double Eagles. 6 slzes.355*?7D 00 
Gen. Maceo,5slzes....  55@70 00
Mr. Thomas................ 
35 00
Cuban Hand Made.... 
35 00
Crown  Five................ 
35 00
35 00
Sir  William................ 
Club Five................... 
35 00
35 00
Gens. Grant and Lee.. 
Little Peggy.............. 
35 00
Signal  Five...............  
35 00
Knights of Pythias 
 
35 00
Key West Perfects. 2 sz 56@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

VINEGAR.

Malt White Wine, 40 grain....  7 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain.. ..10
Pure Cider, Red Star............. 12
Pure Cider, Robinson............li

WICK1NO.

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  8
Family X X X ....................   514
Salted XXX  ......................  514
New YorkXXX.............. 
6
Wolverine.........................  6
Boston................................

Soda.

Soda  XXX.........................  6
Soda XXX, 3 lb carton__  6M
Soda,  City.........................  8
Long Island Wafers.........   11
L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton  ..  12 
Zephyrette...........................10
Saltine Wafer....................  514
SaltineWafer, 1 lb  carton.  6*4
Farina Oyster....................   5*
Extra Farina Oyster.........   6
SWEET  GOODS—Boxes.

Oyster.

SUOAR.

No. 4, 3 dos in Cose, gross..  4 50 
No. 6,3 dos in case, gross..  7 20

Animals............................  jom
Bent’s Water.....................   16
Cocoanut Taffy.................  10
Coffee Cake, Java.............   lu
Coffee Cake, Iced................ 10
Cracknells.........................  15M
Cubans  .............................   hm
Frosted  Cream...................  9
Ginger Gem s....................   8
Ginger Snaps, XXX...........  7*4
Graham Crackers..............  8
Graham Wafers.................  10
Grand Ma Cakes.................  9
Imperials..........................   8
Jumoles,  Honey................  11*4
Marshmallow  .....................15
Marshmallow  Creams......   16
Marshmallow  Walnuts...  16 
Mich.  Frosted Honey....  12%
Molasses  Cakes.................  8
N ew ton...........................   12
Nlc Nacs............................  8
Orange Gems............. 
  8
Penny Assorted Cakes......  8>4
Pretzels,  hand m ad e......   8
Sears’ Lunch......................  7
Sugar  Cake.......................   8
Sugar  Squares.................   9
Vanilla  Wafers................  14
Sultanas............................  12%

Below  are given  New  York 
prices on sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds the local 
freight from New York to your 
shipping  point,  giving  you 
credit  on  the  invoice  for  the 
amount  of  freight  buyer pays 
from  the  market  in  which  he 
purchases to his shipping point, 
Including  20  pounds  for  the 
weight of the barrel.
Domino.................................... 5 50
Cut  Loaf.................................. 5 7o
C rushed................................5 7d
Powdered  ...........................5 38
XXXX  Powdered.....................5 50
Cubes....................................... 5 38
Granulated In bbls...................5 25
Granulated in bags..................5 26
Fine Granulated...................... 5 25
Extra Fine Granulated.......5 38
Extra Coarse Granulated.. .5 38
Mould  A...................................5 50
Diamond  Confec.  A........... 5  5
Confec. Standard A...........  5  13
No.  1.......................................4 88
No 
2...................................... 4 88
No.  8...................................... 4 88
No.  4......................................4 81
No.  5...................................... 4 75
No.  6...................................... 4 69
Barrete.
................4 56 Eocene  ....................
No.  8................
©11*4
................4 50 XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt
© 9*4
No.  9..............
................4 44 W W Michigan.........
© 9
No.  10..............
................4 38 Diamond White.......
© 8
No.  U ................
................4 81 D„ S. Gas...................
No.  12................
© 9
© 7
..............4 31 Deo. N aptha.............
No.  13...............
................4 25 Cylinder................... 25 ©34
No.  14...............
No.  15  ............... ................4 25 Engine...................... 11 ©21
................4 25 Black, winter...........
No.  16................
© 8

 

Candies.
¿tick Candy.

bbls. pails
Standard................  6*4© 7
Standard H. H........ 
6M@  7
Standard Twist......   6
©  8 
Cut Loaf.................
cases 
Jumbo, 32 lb  ..........
©  6% 
Extra H. H..............
© 8V4 
Boston  Cream........
©10

© 8 

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

©  6 
@ 6*4 
© 7 
© 7*4 
© 7*4
© 9 
© 8*4 

© 8 
© 8 

© 8*4 
© 9 
©10 ©13

© 8*4
© 8*4
©10*4
©12
© 5
© 8
@  9
© 9

Fancy—In g lb.  Boxes.

Lemon Drops.........
Sour  Drops.............
Peppermint Drops..
Chocolate Drops__
H. M. Choc. Drops..
Gum  Drops............
Licorice Drops........
A. B. Licorice Drops 
Lozenges,  plain.... 
Lozenges,  printed..
Imperials................
Mottoes...................
Cream Bar............
Molasses Bar.........
Hand Made Creams.  80
Plain  Creams.........   60
Decorated Creams..
String Rock.............
Burnt Almonds...... 1  25
WintergTeen Berries
Caramels. 
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes...................
No. 1 wrapped, 3  lb.
boxes ...................
No. 2 wrapped, 2  lb. 
boxes  .................

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.

©50 
©50 
©60 
©60 
@75 
©30 
©75 
@50 
©50 
©50 
@50 
©56 
©50 
©50 
@1  00 @90 
©90 
©80 
© 
©60

©35
©50

©4 00 
©1 50

©5 50 
©5 50 
@6  00 
©  00 
@6 50

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

Foreign Dried Fruits. 

Figs.

Callfornias.............  
Choice, 10lb boxes.. 
Extra  choice,  10  lb
boxes new............  
Fancy, 121b  boxes.. 
Imperial Mikados, 18
lb Doxes...............  
Pulled, 6 lb boxes... 
Naturals,  in  bags... 
Dates.

@15
©
@18
©20
@
©
© 7

Fards in 10 lb  boxes  @ 8
Fards  in 60 ib cases 
© 6
Persians, G. M's......  
© 5*4
lb cases, new........ 
@ 6
Sairs,  601b cases.... 
© 5
Nuts.

Almonds, Tarragona..  @15
Almonds, Ivaca.........   @14
Almonds,  California,
soft shelled............   @15
Brazils new................  @ 8*4
Filberts  ....................  © u
Walnuts, Naples........  @13
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1.  @12
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
Calif....................  @12
Table Nuts,  fancy....  @11
Table Nuts,  choice...  @10
Pecans, Med...............  © 7*4
Pecans, Ex. Large__  @10
Pecans, Jumbos........   @12
Hickory  Nuts per bn.,
Ohio, new...............   ©1  60
Cocoanuts.  full  sacks  @4 "0
Chestnuts per bu.......   @4 50

Peanuts.

Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns.  @ 7
Fancy,  H.  p.,  Flags
Roasted...................  © 7
Choice, H. P., Extras.  © 4*4
Choice, H. P„ Extras,
Boasted  .................  
5*4

G r a i n s  a n d  F e e d s t u f f s

Provisions.

Wheat.

63

Wheat.........................
Local Brands.

.... 
Whiter Wheat  Floor.

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, Ms..............
Diamond, Ms..............
Diamond, Ms..............
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Quaker,  Ms................ ......   3 45
Quaker, Ms...............
......  3  45
Quaker, Ms................ ......   3 45
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand.
Plllsbury’s  Best Ms... ......   4 40
Pillsbury’s  Best Ms... ......   4 30
Pillsbury’s Best Ms... ......   4 20
Pillsbury’s Best 
paper..  4  20
Pillsbury’s Best Ms paper..  4 20
Ball-Bamhart-Putman’s Brand.

Spring Wheat Flour.

__m s,

\

 

l

I

I É

J
|
1  IMPERIAL:]  I  \ \
y
  H

y

Olney A Judson ’s Brand.

......4 40
Duluth  Imperial, Ms.
Dulutb  Imperial, Ms. ___4 30
Duluth Imperial, Ms. ......  4 40
Lemon A Wheeler Co.’s  Brand.
Gold Medal Ms.........
......  4 25
Gold Medal Ms.........
......4  15
Gold Medal Ms.........
......4 05
Parisian, Ms............... ......  4 2*
Parisian, Ms............... .  ...  4  .5
Parisian. Ms............... ......   4 05
Ceresota, Ms.............
......4 40
Ceresota, Ms.............
......  4 30
Ceresota, Ms.............
......  4 20
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel, Ms................. ......   4  30
Laurel, Ms................. ...... 4 2.
Laurel, Ms................. ...... 4  10
Bolted......................
......   1 90
Granulated..............
......   2 10
St. Car Feed, screened__1?  00
No. 1 Corn and  Oats.. ...... 14  50
Uubolted Com Meal.
...... 14  00
Winter Wheat  Bran.
.  .  .13 no
Winter Wheat Middlings. .14  00
Screenings................. ......13 00
Old corn, car  lots...... ......   37
New corn, car lots.  . 
......   34
Less than  car  lots__
...... 36
Car  lots....................
......  29M
Cariota, clipped.......
......   31
Less than  car lots__ ......32
No. 1 Timothy cariota ....  8 50
No. 1 Timothy  ton intR 
10 00

Feed and Millstuffs.

Corn.

Meal.

Oats.

Hay.

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

Fresh Fish.
Per lb. 
©
Whitefish................
©
T rout......................
Black Bass..............  i ©
Halibut..................
©  18
Ciscoes or Herring..
©  4
Bluefish..................
©  10
Live Lobster.........
©  17
Boiled Lobster........
©  18
Cod 
......................
©  10
Haddock.................
©  8
No.  1  Pickerel........
©  9
Pike.........................
©  8M
©  5
Perch.......................
Smoked White........
©  8
Red Snapper...........
©  10
Col  River  Salmon..
©  12
Mackerel 
..............
©  18
F. H. Counts...........
©  35
F. J  D. Selects........
©  27
Selects...................
©  2)
F. J. D  Standards...
20
Anchors.................
©  18
Standards...............
©  16
Favorites................ @  14
Bulk.
gal.
Counts....................... ......  1  75
X  Selects.................... ......   1  60
t>eUcts......................... ......   1 20
<uchor Standards..... ......   1  10
Standards.................. ......  1  uu
Clams.......................... ......   1  25
Shell Goods.
Oysters, per  100......... 1  25©1  50 
Clams,  per 100.........
©  75

Oysters in Cons.

Swift  A  Company  quote  as 

follows:

Barreled Pork.

9  50

6m
534
5*4

Sausages.

334
34
w
34
34
%
1
1 *4

Mess  .............................  
Back  ......................10 50©
Clear back..............10 50©
Shortcut.........................  10 25
Pig..................................   14 00
Bean  .............................  
9 75
Family  .......................... 
10 50
Dry Salt  Meats.
Bellies............................ 
Briskets  ......................... 
Extra shorts................... 
Smoked Heats.
Hams, 12 lb  average  __ 
8*4
Hams, 14 lb  average  ... 
8)4
Hams, 161b  average......  
734
Hams, 20 lb average......  
7%
Ham dried beef  ............  
xi
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut).  . 
534
Bacon,  clear........  .......7M@7*4
California hams............  
5
Boneless hams...............  
9
Cooked  ham..................10@12*4
Lords.  In Tierces. 
Oam^onnd...................... 
55 lb Tubs.........advance 
80 lb Tubs.........advance 
50 lb T ins.........advance 
20 lb Pails.........advance 
10 lb Pails.........advance 
5 lb Pails.........advance 
3 lb Palls.........advance 
Bologna......................... 
Liver............................... 
Frankfort................. 
P o rk ............................... 
Blood  ............................ 
Tongue.......................... 
Head  cheese................... 
Extra  Mess..................... 10 25
Boneless  ......................  13 10
Bump.............................. 13 75
Kits, 15 lbs...................... 
70
M  bbls, 40 lbs..................  1 35
*4  bbls, 80 lbs..................  2 50
_ 
Kits, 15 lbs...................... 
70
M  bbls, 40 lbs..................   1 25
*4  bbls, 80 lbs..................  2 25
P ork............................... 
20
Beef  rounds...............  
3*4
Beef  middles................. 
10
Sheep.............................  
60
Rolls, dairy................... 
914
Solid, dairy.................... 
9
Rolls,  creamery............  
14
Solid,  creamery............  
13*4
Corned beef,  2 lb  ..........2 25
Corned beef, 14 lb...........15 00
Roast  beef,  2 lb............2 15
Potted  ham,  Ms.........  
50
Potted  ham,  Ms.........  
90
Deviled bam,  Ms.........   50
Deviled ham,  *4s.........   90
Potted  tongue Ms.........  
50
Potted  tongue Ms.........  
90
Fresh  Meats.

Canned Meats.

514
6*4
714
6*4
a
9
6*4

Pigs’ Feet.  '

Butterlne.

Casings.

Tripe.

Beef.

Beef.
Carcass...................
Fore quarters.........
Hind  quarters........
Loins  No.  3............
Ribs.........................
Rounds...................
Chucks....................
Plates  ....................
Pork.

...  6M@ 8 
..5   © 6M 
..  6M©  y%
..  9  ©12 
.  7  @12 
. . 7   © ?M 
.  6  @ 6 
..  4  ©

©  6

..  4  @
—  ©  7M 

Dressed...................
L oins......................
Shoulders...............
Leaf Lard...............
Mutton
Carcass..................
Spring Lambs......... ..  6  ©  7 
• •  7M@ SM
Veal.
Carcass  .................
7  © 7M
Hides  and Pelts.
The Cappon A Bertscb Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Street, quotes  as 
follows:

Hides.

Green No. 1................
Green No. 2.............   .
Cured No. 1................
Cured No. 2................
Calfskins,  green No. 1 
Calfskins, green Mo. 2 
Calfskins, cured No. 1 
Calfskins, cured No. 2

Pelts.

Pelts,  each.................

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

© 1% 
© 6M 
©  % 
© 7\  @  9 
©  7M 
©10M 
©  9

50@1  00

© 3 
© 2

Wool.

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

21

Crockery  and
Glassware.
-___________________ s_____

AKRON  STONEWARE.

B atten.

Jugs.

Churns.

Common

Milk pans.

Stewpans.

Fruit Jars.

Seeling Wax.

Tomato Jugs.

First  Quality.

LAMP  BURNERS.

Fine Glazed Milkpans.

*4 gal., per dos.................  40
1 to 6 gal., per gal........... 
5
8 gal., each......................  40
10gal., each............... 
50
12 gal.,  each.....................   60
15 gal. meat-tubs, each__1  10
20 gal. meat-tubs, each....l  50 
25 gal. meat-tubs, each  ...2 25 
30 gal. meat-tubs, each.... 2 70 
2 to 6 gal., per gal............  
5
Churn Dashers, per doz...  85 
Pint....................................  4 50
Quart................................. 4 75
*4  gal  ................................  6 50
Covers................................   2 00
Rubbers............................. 
25
*4 gal. fiat or rd. hot., doz.  45 
1 gal. fiat or rd. bot., each  5 
*4 gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  60 
1 gal. fiat or rd. bot., each  5*4 
% gal. fireproof, ball, doz.  86 
1 gal. fireproof, ball, doz.l  10 
M gal., per doz...................   40
*4 gal., per doz...................   42
1 to 5 gal., per gal............  
5*4
*4 gal., per dos...................  42
1 gal., each...................... 
5*4
Corks for *4 gal., per dos..  20 
Corks for  1 gal., per doz..  30 
Preserve Jars and Covers.
*4 gal., stone cover, dos...  75 
1 gal., stone cover, doz. ..1  00
5 lbs. in package, per lb...  2
No.  0 Sun..........................  
35
No.  1  Sun..........................  
40
No.  2  Sun...........................  68
No. 3 Sun...........................   1  00
Tubular.............................  
50
Security, No. 1................... 
60
Security, No. 2...................  80
Nutmeg  ............................  
50
LAMP CHIMNBYS—Seconds.
Per box of 6 doz.
No.  0 Sun..........................   l  33
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
No.  0  San,  crimp 
No. 
1  Snn,  crimp 
No.  2  Snn,  crimp 
XXX Pllut.
No.  0  Sun,  crimp 
No. 
1  Snn,  orlmp 
No.  2  Snn,  crimp 

top,
wrapped and  labeled__  2 55
top,
wrapped and  labeled.  ..  2 75 
top,
wrapped and  labeled__  8 75
CHIMNEYS—Pearl Top.
No. 1  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled..............................3  70
No. 2  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled..............................4  70
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped  and
labeled..............................4  88
No. 2  Sun,  “Small  Bulb,’’ 
for Globe Lames............. 
80
No. 1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per
doz  .................................  9
No. 2  Snn,  plain  bulb,  per
doz  .................................. 1  16
No. 1 Crimp, per doz......... 1  35
No. 2 Crimp, per doz......... 1  60
No. 1, Lime  (66c doz)........8  50
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)........4  00
No. 2, Flint (80c  doz)........4  70
No. 2, Lime  (70c dos)  .......   4 00
No. 2, Flint  (80c dos)........4  40
Dos.
1 gal tin cans with  spout..  1  25
1 gal galv iron with spout.  1  48
2 gal galv iron with spout.  2  48
3 gal galv iron with spout.  3  32 
5 gal galv iron with  spout.  4 28 
3 gal galv iron with faucet 4  17 
5 gal galv iron with  fancet 4 67
5 gal Tilting cans..............7  25
5 gal galv Iron Naoefas....  9 00 
5 gal Rapid steady stream.  7 80 
5 gal Enreka non-overflow 10 50
3 gal Home Rule............... 10 50
5 gal Home Role............... 12 00
5 gal  Pirate  King..............  9 50
No.  OTubular side lift....  4 00
No.  1 B  Tubular..............6  25
No. 13 Tubular Dash......... 6  50
No.  1 Tub., glass fount__  7 00
No. 12 Tubular, side lamp. 14  OC
No.  3 Street  Lamp...........  8 75
LANTERN GLOBES.
No.  0 Tabular,  cases 1 doz.
each, box 10 cents........... 
45
No.  0 Tubular,  cases2doi.
each, box 15  cents.......... 
45
No.  0 Tubular,  bbls  6 dos.
each,bbl35)....................   S3
No. 0 Tubular,  ball's  eye, 
oases 1 doz. each...... «...  1 »

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

Pump  Cons.

LANTERNS.

top,
top,
top,

OIL CANS. 

La  Bootle.

Rochester.

Electric.

WILLIAM  REID

P O LIS H E D   P LA TE  

Importer and Jobber of

O R N A M E N T A L G LASS

W IN D O W  

PA IN T O IL .  W H ITE   LEA D . 

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

GRAND RAPIDS,  MICH.

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.

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Hardware

unless 

Cleanliness  in  the  Hardware  Store.
This  characteristic,  which is  generally 
supposed  to 
imbue  the  possessor  of  it 
with  divine  attributes,  is  certainly  not 
as  prevalent  as 
it  should  be  in  any  of 
the  walks  of  life,  and  much  less  in  the 
store  where  continual  efforts  must  be 
made  to  keep  dirt  id  abeyance.  Spas­
modic, 
intermittent  and  occasional 
cleaning  is  better than  none  at  all,  but 
that  is  all  that  can  be  said  of  it.  Stock 
is  always  getting  out  of  order  and  ap­
pearing  untidy, 
incessantly 
watched  and  arranged.  Dust  and  dirt 
in  every  conceivable  form  will  be  for­
ever  collecting  and  ever  increasing 
its 
thick  coat  of  grime  on  every  object  to 
which  it  can  adhere,  if  strenuous  efforts 
are  not  put  forth  to  remove  it.  It  gives 
a  store  a  displeasing  appearance  where 
habitual  carelessness  is  allowed  to  reign 
supreme. 
It  is  not enough  for  the  mer­
chant  simply  to  order  goods,  see  that 
they  are  price-marked  and  put  on  the 
shelves.  He  must  see  that  they are taken 
care  of  before  they are sold.  Have goods 
which  are  easily  nicked  or  from  which 
enamel  may  be  scratched  off  handled 
carefully.  Keep  those  which  are  apt 
to  tarnish 
in  a  favorable  location  and 
where  they  can  be  easily  gotten  at  to 
give  them  a  good  rubbing  with  flannel 
or 
some  good  polishing  substance. 
Stoves,  too,  bold  a  great  deal  of  dust 
on  and  in  their  ornamental  portions. 
This  should  be  vigorously  wiped  out 
with  a  good,  big,  soft  rag.  That  abom­
ination  of  all  real  cleanliness,  the 
feather  duster,  should  be  relegated  to 
the  rubbish  heap,  for  it  is  only  a  make­
shift  for  lazy  people  to  use  at  the  best, 
and  never  has  it  been  known  to  accom­
plish  any  satisfactory  results.  Neatness 
ought  to  be  one  of  the qualities  which 
should  follow  closely  upon  the  heels  oi 
dispatch.  There are  whole  departments 
devoted  to housekeeping hardware where 
women  constitute  the  principal  custom­
ers,  and  they  will  look  with  much  dis­
approval  upon  dirt  and  other  evidences 
of  laxness.  As  for  the  masculine  cus­
tomers,  they  will  also  feel  an indefinable 
pleasure 
in  the  forethought  and  care 
displayed  in  the  attention paid the  stock 
and  store.
Coolness  of  Judgment  and  Decision 

of  Mind.

There 

is  a  firmness  born  of  strength 
which  the  merchant  must  often  exercise 
when  dealing  with the insinuating  sales­
men.  Their  representations  and  asser­
tions  sound  well  in conversation and may 
serve  well  to  convince  the  unsophisti­
cated  that  the  job  lot  is  just  the  thing 
he  wants.  The  powers  of  observation 
unfortunately  are  frequently  larger  than 
those  of  consumption,  hence  it  requires 
some  coolness  of  judgment  and  decision 
of  mind  to  ascertain  as  nearly  as  pos­
sible  bow  many  goods  are  required  for 
a  season’s  trade. 
It  is  true  of  most  men 
—and  merchants  are  particularly  re­
ferred  to  here—that  they  often  overesti­
mate  their  own  ability  and wax  enthusi­
astic  when  reflecting  upon  the  marvel­
ous  deeds  they  may  perform.  Why, 
then,  they  mentally  debate  with  them­
selves,  should  they  not start  a  boom  in  a 
certain 
line  of  goods,  which  are,  of 
course,  more desirable  in  every  way than 
their  competitors’,  make  them  “ hunt 
their  holes,“   in  the  nimrod’s  vernacu­
lar,  and  revolutionize  business  at  one 
stroke? 
In  other  words,  be  a  Napoleon 
among  merchants  and  make a  glorious 
campaign.  But  it  must be  remembered

that  Napo eon  was  not  very  long  in find­
ing  a  Wellington  and  meeting  disaster 
at  Waterloo.  Napoleon  chose  to  go  for­
ward  rather  rashly  on  that  occasion ;  he 
did  not  wait  until  the  ground  would  be 
in  a  condition 
for  the  artillery—on 
which  he  had  always  depenaed  to  break 
the enemy’s  ranks—to  move  effectively. 
Such  a  great  catastrophe  as  occurred 
there  serves  to  point  a  moral  and  adorn 
a  tale  in  many  ways. 
It  may -  apply  to 
those  instances  where  merchants  do  not 
wait  until  other  conditions  are  auspi 
cious  before  they  load  up  their  shelves 
too  heavily.  They  hardly  realize  them­
selves  how  large  the  quantity of goods  is 
until  they  see  them  and  feel  themselves 
under  the  necessity  of  disposing  of 
them.  The  bright  dreams  are  apt  to 
vanish  when  brought  face  to  face  with 
hard,  stern  realitv.  Customers  do  net 
appear  in  legions  or  with  lightning-like 
rapidity  because  the  price  has  been  re­
duced.  The  truth 
is  people  buy  ac­
cording  to  their  requirements,  be  the 
price  what 
it  may,  and  it  is  the  mer 
chant’s  business  to  know  what  and 
about  how  much  his average  trade  re­
quires.

The  Kind  of Stoves  to  Buy.
Prom the Stoves and Hardware Reporter.

investigated 

It  is  easy  enough  to  say  that  the  kind 
of  stove  to  buy 
is  the  one  which  will 
bring  in  the  largest  profits  and  give  the 
most  general  satisfaction,  but  it  is  not 
an  easy  matter  to ascertain  just  the  va­
rieties  which  will  do  this.  Experience 
usually  teaches  in  most  cases  what  lines 
will  prove  the  most advantageous.  Even 
the  most  careful  merchants  may at times 
be  cajoled  into  buying  imitations  which 
an  unscrupulous  salesman  asserts  are 
“ just  as  good.”   However  eloquent  the 
latter's  dissertation  may  be  upon  the 
subject,  full  reliance  should  not  be  put 
upon  his  word  until  the  stoves  are 
thoroughly 
and  . tested. 
There  are  many  qualities  which  are  re­
quisite  in  a  good  stove  and  it  is  not  al­
ways  possible  to  find  them  combined  in 
one.  A  poor  stove  will  lose  more  pa­
trons  than  the  one  who  bought  it,  for  a 
displeased  purchaser  advertises  bis  dis­
pleasure  unhesitatingly. 
If  any  experi­
ment  is  made  with  a  new  line  let  it  be 
done most  carefully. 
It  is  not  intended 
intimate  here  that  the  merchant 
to 
should 
insist  upon  remaining  oblivious 
to  the  merits  of  really  superior  goods 
because  they  happen  to  be  new.  This 
would  be  narrow  minded  and  detrimen­
tal  to  himself,  for  it  is  well  known  that 
the  new 
improvements 
which  are  being  continually 
introduced 
are  frequently  desirable.  When  their 
desirability 
is  not  overshadowed  by 
their 
impracticability,  as  sometimes 
happens  to be  the  case,  then  is  the time 
for  the  merchant  to  go 
in  and  win. 
Utility  is  of  course  the  first  considera 
tion,  then  convenience,  good  appear­
ance  and  economy,  in  the  selection  of 
stoves.  Make 
comparisons  between 
different 
lines  when  buying  goods  or 
when  selling  them.

features  and 

What  He  Was  or  Had?

“ Well,  Uncle  Josh,”   said  the  Chair­
man  of  the  Rural  Agricultural  Society, 
“ I  suppose  we  can  depend  on  you  for 
an  exhibit  at  our  county fair this year?”  
“ I  reckon  you  kin ,”   replied  Uncle 
Josh;  “ I  hain't  got  much  in  the  way  uv 
cattle  ner  horses,  but  you  kin  put  me 
down  fer  ther  biggest  hog  in  this  yer 
county. ’ ’

Wrung  Her  Hands.

She  wrung  her  hands.
Doubtless  some  curious  reader  may 

want  to  know  why  she  should  do  that.

It  was  because  she  couldn't help  it. 
in  a  patent  clothes 

They  were  caught 
wringer  she  was trying.

Sign  Language.

“ How  did  Eleanor  announce  her  en­

gagement  to  the  fam ily?”

‘ “ She  just  wiggled  the  finger  that had 

on  the  diamond  ring.”

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

BARGAIN  DAYS.

Unique  Methods  Adopted  by  Minne­

sota  Merchants.

it 

It 

Mapleton,  a  prosperous  town  of nearly 
a  thousand  inhabitants,  in  the  southern 
part  of  Minnesota,  has  hit  upon  a  novel 
scheme  to  promote  its  best  business  in­
terests.
Instead  of  cutting  each  other’s  throats 
and  indulging  in  disastrous  competition 
among  themselves,  the business  men  of 
this  enterprising  little  town  have allied 
themselves  together  and  they  present  a 
solid  business  front  to  the  commercial 
interests  of  all  rival  towns  in  the  State. 
Not  only  do  they  do  this,  but  they  have 
hit  upon  such  an  adroit  advertising 
scheme,  the 
inference  to  the  outside 
purchasing  public 
is  that  Mapleton  is 
the cheapest  place  in  the  State  in  which 
to  purchase  the  necessaries  or  luxuries 
of  life.

locality. 

Comparisons  are  sometimes  odious 
and  in  this  case  they  must  certainly  be, 
for not  many  miles  distant  from  Maple­
ton  is  another  town  where  the  reverse  of 
is  true  among  the  mer­
this  situation 
It  will  not  be  necessary  to 
chants. 
name  the 
is  sufficient  to 
say  that  there  the  grocers  sell  Royal 
Baking  Powder  which  costs  them  32 
cents  a  pound  for  30 cents,  and  sugar 
which  costs  them  more  than  that  at  the 
rate  of  20  pounds  for  a  dollar.
Not  only  is  there  the  keenest  compe­
tition 
in  this  other  town,  but  the  mer 
chants  are  always  at  cross-purposes. 
They  rarely  speak  to  each  other,  and 
when  they  do 
is  with  none  of  that 
common  courtesy  of  life  which  should 
characterize  even  the  business  relations 
of  competitors.  The  wife  of  one  mer­
chant  does  not  go  to  the  Methodist 
church  where  the  wife  of  another  mer­
chant  attends  on  account  of  this  feeling 
If  one  part  of 
of  rivalry  and  jealousy. 
the  town  advocates  any 
improvement 
that  is  for  the  common  welfare  it  is  op­
posed  on  the  part  of  the  other citizens 
because  of  the  source  from  which  it 
emanated  and  not  because  it  is  objec­
tionable.  Consequently  the  town  is  at a 
standstill,  the  business  men  are  dis­
satisfied,  their  profits  are  small  and 
business  is  discouraging.
It  is  safe  to  say  that  this  is  not  true 
of  Mapleton,  where  the  merchants  have 
hit  upon  the unique  scheme  of all  stand­
ing  together  and  uniting  their  common 
commercial  interests  by  holding  special 
bargain  day  sales,  at  which  they  give 
the outside  world  cheap  prices and bring 
many  hundred  customers  to  the  town

Mapleton  has  these  bargain  days three 
or  four  times  a  month.  They  might  be 
designated  as  commercial  fairs,  for this 
would  aptly  describe  them.
Each  merchant  in  Mapleton  puts  on 
sale  during  these  bargain  days  some 
specialty  in  bis  line.  Care 
is  taken  in 
arranging  the  sales  that  the  low  prices 
offered  by  one  merchant  shall  not  con­
flict  with  the  low  prices  offered  by  any 
other  dealer  in  the  same  line  of  goods. 
For  instance,  if  a  hardware  merchant 
offers  a  cut  in  cutlery  on  bargain  day, 
his  business  competitor does not attempt 
to  undersell  him 
in  this  line,  but  offers 
a  cut  in  stoves,  heavy  hardware,  farm 
tools  or  some  other  specialty.  There  is 
no  keen  rivalry,  but  the  consumer  reaps 
the  benefit  of  low  prices  just  the  same, 
for  there  are  a  number  of  merchants 
in 
each  business,  and  they  all  together 
cover  the 
important  lines  in  offering 
these  bargains.
To  attract 

into  Mapleton 
money  prizes  are  offered  which  are  sure 
to  attract  their attention.  At  the  next 
bargain  sale,  to  be  held  next  Wednes­
day  and  Thursday,  the  prizes  are  for the 
handsomest  baby  boy  and  baby  girl  and 
the  largest  and  best  loads  of  produce 
brought  to  the  town  by  farmers.

farmers 

The  first  prize  will  be  given  Wednes­
day  afternoon  at  the  Mapleton  Opera 
house,  and  consists  of  $2  to  be  paid  to 
the  handsomest  boy  under two  years  of 
age  and  $1  to  the next handsomest.  This 
decision  will  be  made  at  3  o’clock  in 
the afternoon  and  will  be  by  the  votes 
cast  by  those  who  attend  the  bargain 
day  sales.  On  the  second  day  prizes 
will  be  offered  in  the  same  manner  for 
the  handsomest  baby  girl  under  two 
years.

The  prizes  for  farmers  are  as  follows: 
For  the  largest 
load  of  wheat,  $ 2 ;  for 
the  load  of  wheat  grading  the  best,  $2; 
for the  best  load  of flax,  $ 2 ;  for the  best 
load  of  barley,  $ 2 ;  for  the  largest  load 
of  clover,  $ 2 ;  load  of  two or more spring 
pigs  averaging  heaviest,  $ 2 ; 
load  of 
two  or more  spring  wether  lambs  aver­
aging  heaviest,  $2.

The  attractiveness  of  this  program  of 
prizes  is  sure  to  bring  large  numbers  of 
farmers  into  Mapleton with merchandise 
to  sell. 
If  they  bring  their  produce  to 
market,secure  prizes  for  bringing  heavy 
loads  of  their  products  or those  of  ex­
ceptional  quality  to  market  and  see  a 
tempting  array  of  bargains  offered, what 
is  more  natural  than  that  they  should 
give  Mapleton 
the  preference,  and 
that  the  town  should  be  built  up  as  a 
commercial  and  shipping  center?  They 
will  realize  that  Mapleton  wants their 
trade  and  is  willing  to  pay  well  for hav­
ing  it.  On  the  other  hand,  the  business 
men  of  Mapleton,  by  studying  the  best 
interests  of  their  country  customers,  are 
sure  to  profit.  The  grain  and  other 
farm  products  which  would  naturally  go 
to  the  nearest  market  will  be  brought 
there 
in  the  anticipation  of  securing 
prize  money.  Mapleton  will  do  a  larger 
business  with  the  outside  world;  money 
will  be  sent  to  the  town  in  return  for 
the  produce  shipped  from  there;  the 
merchants  will  sell  a  larger quantity  of 
their  goods  and  will  keep  a  larger  pro­
portion  of  the  money  of  the  farmer  in 
their town  and  will  reap  the  direct  ben­
efits  both  ways.

The  merchants  will 

increase  their 
profits  by  having  a 
larger  volume  of 
trade;  the  town  will  be  built  up  as  a 
trade  center  and  other towns  will  lose 
business.

To  put  this  bargain  day  scheme 

into 
operation  and  to  bring  it  to  the  atten­
tion  of  the  farmers  whom  it  is  hoped  to 
large  poster  printed  for  the 
reach,  a 
in  big  black  type  is  sent  out 
most  part 
into  the  tributary  country. 
It  contains 
a  list  of  the  merchants  in  Mapleton,  the 
bargains  they  offer  during  these  two 
days  of  exceptionally  cheap  sales,  and  a 
list  of  the  prizes.

The  poster  starts  out  with  the  words, 
“  Money Saved, ”   in  big black type.  Un­
der  the  head,  “ Someof  the  Bargains,’ ’ 
it  gives a  list  of the  merchants,with  the 
prices  at  which  each  specialty  will  be 
sold.
All  lines  of  business  are  represented. 
Each  merchant  is  given  the  same  dis­
play  head  in  black  type  and  underneath 
this  bis  prices  are  quoted  in  small  or­
dinary  newspaper  type.  Each 
is  ac­
corded  the  same  treatment  as  his  neigh 
bor  except  that  the  larger dealers are 
allotted  a  few  more  lines  of  space.  This 
does  away  with  the  feeling  of  jealousy 
and  puts  each  business  man  in  the com­
munity  on  the  same  plane.  If  each  does 
not  reap  benefit  it  is  his  own  fault  and 
not  that of  the  originators  of  this  novel 
scheme  for attracting  trade.

It  reads  as  follows:

That  the  spirit  of  the  movement  is 
entered  into heartily  by  all  the  citizens 
of  Mapleton  is  evidenced  by this notice, 
characteristic 
its  tone,  inserted  by 
the  Rev.  ].  A.  Jerome,  the  local  minis­
ter at  that  point. 
On bargain days marriage  services  will  be  per­
formed  free  of  charge at  the Congregational par­
sonage.
If  the  prizes offered  by  the  local  com­
munity  are  not attractive  to  the  young 
swain  and  his  sweetheart  this  novel  ad­
vertisement  certainly  ought  to  be,  and 
marriages  performed  under  this  offer 
should  be  remembered  by  the  interested 
parties  with  the  kindliest  of  feeling.  In 
fact,  the  newly  wedded couple,  in return 
for  the  service rendered,  should  retain 
enough  gratitude  in  their  hearts  to  al­
ways trade  in  Mapleton,  even  if  this  in­
volves  a  trip  several  miles 
longer  than 
to  their nearest  market  place.

The  various  advertisements which  ap­
pear 
in  this  public  announcement  are 
interesting  to  the  student  of  business 
methods and  are  produced  to  show  that 
the  outside  world  gets  the  impression 
the  keenest  kind  of  competition 
is  be­
ing  indulged  in  by  the  merchants,  while 
there 
in  reality  only  a  harmless 
rivalry.

A  method  of  allying  the  business  in­
terests  of  the  smaller towns  so  that the 
individual  merchant  will  work  for  the

in 

is 

common  good  has  been  advocated  by 
the  businesswise  for  years.  Many  plans 
have  been  tried  but  few  have  been  suc­
cessful.  Ordinarily  there  is  petty  busi­
ness  jealousy  to  overcome  and  the  town 
merchants are  brought  in  such  close  re­
lations  that  there  is  no  business  sympa­
in  Mapleton, 
thy.  The  plan  adopted 
however,  seems  to  be  aimed 
in  the 
right  direction  and  it  will  undoubtedly 
be  adopted 
in  many  other  wide-awake 
business  towns  and  cities  through  the 
Northwest.  Apparently  there  can  be 
offered  no  objection  to  it,  while  on  the 
other  hand 
it  has  many  commendable 
features.—Minneapolis Commercial Bul­
letin.

Poor  Pasturage.

“ Just  thirty-three  years  ago  to-day,”  
said  the  old  soldier,  “ the  top  of  my 
head  was  grazed  by  a  bullet.”

“ There  isn’t  much  grazing there now, 
is  there,  grandpa?”   was  the  comment 
of  the  youngest  grandchild,  and  as  the 
old  gentleman  rubbed  bis  bare  poll  he 
had  to  admit  the  correctness  of  the as­
sertion.

H ardw are  Price  Current.

AUQURS AND BITS

Snell’s........................................................... 
70
Jennings’, genuine.................................. ...26*10
Jennings’, imitation....................................00*10

AXES

First Quality,  S. B. Bronze........................  5 00
First Quality,  D. B. Bronze.......................   0  90
First Quality,  S. B. S. Steel........................  5 50
First Quality,  D. B. Steel...........................  10 50

BARROWS

BOLTS

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

BUCKBTS

BUTTS,  CAST

Stove......................................................  
60*10
Carriage new list....................................  70 to 75
Flow........................................................ 
50
Well, plain...................................................$ 3 25
Cast Loose  Pin, figured.............................. 70*10
Wrought Narrow......................................... 70*10
Ordinary Tackle............................. ..............
Cast Steel............................................per lb
Ely’s  1-10............................................ per m
Hick’s C. F ......................................... per m
U- D....................................................per m
Musket............................................... perm
Rim Fire.......................................................50& 5
Central  Fire.
.25* 5

CARTRIDOBS 

CROW  BARS

BLOCKS

CAPS

70

CHISELS

Socket Firmer... 
80 
Socket Framing. 
80 
Socket Comer... 
80 
Socket  Slicks__
80
Morse’s Bit Stocks....................................... 
go
Taper and Straight Shank........................... 50*  5
Morse’s Taper Shank................................... 50*   5

DRILLS

ELBOWS

Com. 4 piece, 0 in............................doz. net 
50
Corrugated..............................  .............. 
125
Adjustable.............................................. dls 40*10

EXPANSIVE  BITS

Clark’s small, *18;  large, *26........................30*10
Ives’, 1, »18; 2, »24; 3, «30.............................  
25
New American............................................. 70*10
Nicholson’s................................................... 
70
Heller’s Horse Rasps....................................6C&10

FILES—New  List

OALVANIZBD  IRON

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

14 

13 

Discount, 75 to 75-10

28
17

15 
GAUGES

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

KNOBS—New List

Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.................... 
70
Door, porcelain, Jap. trimmings.................  
80
Adze Rye.....................................»16 00, dis 60*10
Hunt Eye.....................................*15 00, dls 60*10
Hunt’s......................................... »18 50, dis 20*10

MATTOCKS

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire.

Steel nails, base...........................................   1  55
Wire nails, base...........................................   1  60
90 to 60 advance...........................................   Base
05
10 to 16 advance.......................................... 
8 advance.................................................... 
10
6 advance.................................................... 
20
4 advance................................. 
 
30
3 advance................................................... 
45
70
2 advance...................................................  
50
Fine 3 advance........................................... 
Casing 10 advance.......................................  
15
25
Casing  8 advance.......................................  
Casing  6 advance.......................................  
35
Finish 10 advance.............. 
25
Finish  8 advance........................................ 
35
Finish  ¿advance........................................ 
45
Barrel \  advance..........................................  85

 

 

 

NAILS

23

40
40
40
30

MILLS

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

MOLASSES  GATES

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

PLANBS

Ohio Tool Co.’s,  fancy...... '.........................  @50
Sclota Bench................................................ 
60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy........................   @50
Bench, firstquality......................................   @50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood............  
60

Fry, Acme...............................................60*10*10
Common, polished............................. 
70* 5

PANS

RIVETS

Iron and Tinned........................................  
Copper Rivets and Burs..............................  

60
60

PATBNT PLANISHED IRON 

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

Broken packages *c per pound  extra.

HAMMERS

Maydole & Co.’s, new  list............................... dis 3S*
25
Kip’s  ...................................................... dls 
Terkes * Plumb’s............................................. dls 10&IO
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.................. 80c list 
70
Blacksmith’« Solid Cast RtMl Hand HOn 11«. 40*11

HOUSE  FURNISHING OOODS

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

HOLLOW  WARE

HINGES

SQUARES

SHBBT IRON

WIRB  OOODS

LEVELS
ROPBS

Pots...............................................................60*1
Kettles..........................................................60*10
Spiders......................................................... 60*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3................................ dls 60*10
8tate......................................... per doz. net  2 50
80
Bright........................................................... 
Screw Eyes...................................................  
80
Hook’s........................................................... 
80
Gate Hooks and Eyes..................................  
80
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.................dls 
70
Sisal. *  Inch and  larger.............................   9*
Manilla.........................................................  11
Steel and Iron...............................................70*10
Try and Bevels...........................................  
60
M itre............................................................ 
50
com. smooth,  com.
»2 40
2  40
2 45
2  56
2  65
2 75
All sheets  No. 18  and  lighter,  over  30  inches 

Nos. 10 to 14...................................»2 70 
Nos. 15 to 17...................................  2 70 
Nos. 18 to 21...............................  .  2 80 
Nos. 22 to 24 ...................................  3 00 
Nos. 25 to 26...................................  3 10 
No.  27..........................................  3 20 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SAND  PAPER 
List  acct. 19, ’86..........................
50
SASH WEIGHTS
Solid Eyes........................................ per ton 20 00
Steel, Game............................................. 
75*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s .........  
50
Oneida Community, Hawley * Norton’s 70*10
15
Mouse, choker............................per doz 
Mouse, delusion........................ per doz 
1  25
Bright Market................................ 
75
Annealed  Market........................................  
75
Coppered Market..........................................70*10
Tinned Market..............................................   62 H
Coppered Spring  Steel................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized...........................  2 06
Barbed  Fence,  painted.................................  1 75
An Sable............................................................dis 40&1C
Putnam............................................................. dls 5
Northwestern.................................................... dis 10*10
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled....................  
Coe’B Genuine..............................................  
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, w rought.........  
Coe’s Patent, malleable............................... 
MISCELLANEOUS
Bird  Cages.....................................
Pumps, Cistern..............................
Screws, New List............................
Casters, Bed and  Plate...................
Dampers, American.......................
METALS—Zinc
600 pound casks.............................
Per pound.......................................

30
60
80
80
50
80
85
50*10*10
50

HORSB NAILS

WRBNCHBS

TRAPS

WIRB

dls

 

SOLDBR

12*
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
by  private  brands  vary

in the market indicated by
according to  composition.
10x14 IC, Charcoal....................................
14x20 IC, Charcoal..................................
20x14 IX, Charcoal..................................
Each additional X on this grade, I1J25.

TIN—Melyn Grade

» 5 75 
.  5  75 
.  7 00

TIN—Allaway Grade

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

Each additional X on this grade, 11.50. 

 

ROOFING  PLATES

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............................   4  50
14x20 IX, Charcoal, D ean............................  6  50
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............................  9  00
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   4  00
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   5  00
20x28 1C, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   8 00
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   lO 00
14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers, I „   „onnd 
0
14x66 IX, for No.  0 Boilers, f P®r P°,ma- • • 
*

BOILBR SIZB TIN PLATB 

24

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

She  Never  Was  a  Boy.
When I come home the other night 
With an ugly lookin’ eye 
That I had got into a light,
Poor ma commenced to cry.
But when 1 told pa how it was 
He clapped his hands for  joy 
And told me I’d done bully, ’cause 
Once he had been a boy.

“  Boys will be boys,”  I heard him say;
“  They won’t be  otherwise,
And the one that learns to light his way 
Is the one that wins the prize;
When I was his age lightin’ was 
My greatest earthly joy—”
But ma, she kept on cryin’, ’cause 
She never was a boy.

M y golly, but I’d hate to be 
A  girl with fluffy hair,
And always prim as A,  B,  C,
With clothes too clean to wear!
When ma was small I s’pose she was 
Red  cheeked and sweet and coy— 
But, oh, the fun that missed her ’cause 
She never was a boy.
How  to  Postpone  Old  Age.

Dr. W. Kinnear in the  Humanitarian.

in  the 

Anatomical  experiment and  investiga­
tion  show  that  the  chief  characteristics 
of  old  age  are  the  deposits  of  earthy 
matter of  a  gelatinous,  fibrinous  charac­
ter  in  the  human  system.  Carbonate and 
phosphate  of 
lime,  mixed  with  other 
salts  of  a  calcareous  nature,  have  been 
found  to  furnish  the  greater part of these 
earthy  deposits.  As  observation  shows, 
man  begins  in  a  gelatinous  condition ; 
he  ends  in  an  osseous  or  bony  one—soft 
in  infancy,  hard  in  old  age.  By  gradual 
change 
long  space  of  years  the 
ossification  comes  on;  but,  after  middle 
life  is  passed,  a  more  marked  develop 
ment  ot  the  ossific character takes place. 
Of  course,  these  earthy  deposits—which 
affect  all  the  physical  organs—naturally 
interfere  with  their  functions.  Partial 
ossification  of  the  heart  produces  the 
imperfect  circulation  of the  blood which 
affects  the  aged.  When  the  arteries  are 
clogged  with  calareous  matter,  there 
is 
interference  with 
circulation,  upon 
which  nutrition  depends.  Without  nu­
trition  there  is  no  repair  of  the  body 
None  of  these  things  interfere  with  nu­
trition  and  circulation  in  earlier  years. 
The  reparation  of  the  physical  system 
as  everyone  ought  to  know,  depends  on 
In  fact,  the  whole 
11is  fine  balance. 
change  is  merely  a slow,  steady accumu 
lation  of  calcareous  deposits 
in  the 
system.  When  these  become  excessive 
and  resist  expulsion, 
they  cause  the 
stiffness  and  dryness  of  old  age  Entire 
blockage  of  the  functions  of  tne  body  is 
then  a  mere  matter  of t'me.  The refuse 
matter  deposited  by  the  biood 
in  it- 
constant  passage 
through  the  system 
stops  the  delicate  and  exquisite machin­
ery  which  we  call  life, 
ib is  is  death. 
It  has  been  proved  by  analysis  that  hu­
man  blood  contains  compounds  of  lime, 
In  the  blood  itself 
magnesia,  and  iron. 
are  thus  contained  the  earth  salts 
In 
early  life  they  are  thrown  off.  Age  has 
not the  power  to  do  it.

Hence,  as  blood 

is  produced  by  as­
similation  of  the  food  we  eat,  to  this 
food  we must look  for the earthy accumu­
lations  which  in time  block  up  the  sys­
tem  and  bring  on  old  age.  Almost 
everything  we  eat  contains  more  or  less 
of  these  elements  for  destroying  life, 
by  means  of  calcareous  salts  deposited 
by  the  all-nourishing  blood.  Careful 
selection,  hbwever,  can  enable  us  to 
avoid  the  worst  of  them.  Earth  salts 
abound  in  the  cereals,  and  bread  itself, 
although  seemingly  the  most  innocent 
of  edibles,  greatly  assists  in  the  deposi­
tion  of  calcareous  matter  in  our  bodies. 
Nitrogenous  food  abounds 
in  this  ele­
ment.  Hence  a  diet  made  up  of  fruit 
principally  is  best  for  people  advancing 
in  years,  for  the  reason  that,  being  de­
ficient 
in  nitrogen,  the  ossific  deposits 
so  much  to  be  dreaded  are  more 
likely 
to  be  suspended.  Moderate  eaters  have 
in  all  cases  a  much  better chance  for 
long  life  than  those addicted  to excesses 
of  the  table.  Fruits,  fish,  poultry, young 
mutton,  and  veal  contain 
less  of  the 
earthy  salts  than  other articles  of  food, 
and  are  therefore  best  for  people  enter­
ing  the  vale  of  years.  Beef  and  old 
mutton  usually  are  overcharged  with 
salts,  and  should  be  avoided;  a  diet 
containing  a  minimum  amount of earthy 
particles  is  most  suitable  to  retard  old 
age,  by  preserving  the  system 
from 
functional  blockages.  The  daily  use of

distilled  water  is,  after  middle  life,  one 
of  the  most 
important  means  of  pre­
venting  secretions  and  the  derangement 
of  health.  As  to  diluted  phosphoric 
acid,  it 
is  one  of  the  most  powerful  in­
fluences  known  to  science  for  shielding 
the  human  system  from  the  inconven­
iences  of  old  age.  Daily  use  of it  mixed 
with  distilled  water  helps  to  retard  the 
approach  of  senility.  By  its affinity  for 
oxygen  the  fibrinous  and  gelatinous  de­
posits  previously  alluded to are checked, 
and  their  expulsion  from  the  system 
hastened.
in 
the  earth  soils,  use  much fruit,  especial­
ly 
juicy,  uncooked  apples,  and  take 
daily  two  or  three  tumblerfuls  of  dis­
tilled  water  with  about  ten  or  fifteen 
drops  of  diluted  phosphoric  acid  in 
each  glassful.  Thus  will  your  days  be 
prolonged,  old  age  delayed,  and  health 
insured.
Paper  and Celluloid Collars Still  Man­

To  sum  u p :  Avoid  all  foods  rich 

ufactured.

From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
“ Oh,  yes,  paper  collars  are 

still 
made, “ sa id a  haberdasher  smilingly, 
in  reply  to  an 
inquisitive  customer. 
“ Thiity  years  ago  they  were  worn  by 
men  who  considered  themselves  very 
good  dressers.  Now  their  use 
is  con­
fined  to  a  few  old  fellows  who  won't 
change,  and,  of  course,  they  have  to  be 
manufactured  to  order  There  are  sev­
eral  customers  for  them  here,  and  a 
wealthy  planter  who  lives  some  distance 
north  of  the  city  orders  them  by  thou­
sand  lots. 
last 
summer,  and  while  visiting  a little town 
famous  for  its  collar-makers  saw  an  old 
olant  used  for  turning  out the  paper ar­
ticle. 
It  had  been  rusting  away  in  si­
lence  for  years,  and  I  was  astonished  at 
ts  size.  The  buildings  easily  covered 
.n  acre,  and  the  machinery  was  enor 
mous. 
I  was  told  that  in  its  heyday  the 
concern  shipped  its  product  all  over  the 
world,  and  sold  paper  collars  even  in 
the  F iji  Islands. 
I  suppose  thev  must 
nave  been  used  as  trimmings  for  mis 
sionary  ragout.

I  was  in  New  England 

lit 

Italy 

“ The  celluloid  collar  industry  is  stil 
very  much  alive,  its  trade  last  year  be­
ing  the 
largest  on  record.  Who  bu\ 
ihem?  Lots  of  different people.  Thou­
sands  are  sold  to  seafaring  men,  par­
ticularly  those  whose  voyaging  takes 
France,  Ger­
them 
immense 
many  and 
number.  Another  big 
is  supplied 
mder  contract  to  the  Russian  army—a 
fact  not  generally  known—and  I  under­
stand  there 
is  a  large  sale  of  them  in 
Turkey.

into  the  tropics 

import  an 

“ The  principal  market in this country 
is  in  the  West.  The  lumbermen  up 
in 
the  Minnesota  and  Wisconsin  regions 
regard  them  as  very  recherche,  and  they 
nuy  them  by  the  bale. 
In  the  cities 
they  are  worn  generally  by  policemen, 
who  would  find  it  impossible  to  keep  a 
linen  collar  looking  neat in bad weather. 
The  great  objection  to  celluloid  collars 
used  to  be  their  inflammability.  Their 
composition 
is  very  like  gun  cotton, 
and 
it  was  formerly  a  common  joke  to 
touch  a  match  to  a  fellow's  neckgear 
and  see 
it  vanish.  You  can’t  do  that 
now.  A  new  process  has  rendered  them 
fireproof. ’ ’

The  Evolution  of the Hog.

Secretary  Coburn  of  the  Kansas  State 
Board  of  Agriculture  begins  his  latest 
in  Am erica,’ ’  with 
work,  “ The  Hog 
these  words: 
“ From  the  repulsive  and 
proscribed  nuisance  of  antiquity,  toler­
ated  but  despised,  under  the  ban  ot 
many  religions,  descended  through  the 
savage,  predatory  hordes  of  Old  World 
forest  and  jungles,  the  bog  has  become 
not  only  amenable  to  civilization,  but, 
under  the  mollifying  influence  of Indian 
corn  and  surroundings  salubrious  and 
peaceful,  he  is  in America a debt-payer, 
a  mortgage-remover,  a  promoter  of 
progress  and  a  buttress  of  prosperity."

Very  few  people  have  weak 

eyes 
looking  on  the  bright  side  of 

from 
things.

There  are  always  two  sides  to  every 
question—our  side  and  the  wrong  side.

A  New  Fast  Train  East.

The  Grand  Trunk  Railway  System 
placed  in  service Sunday,  November  13, 
a  new  train  from  Grand  Haven  and 
in­
termediate  stations  to  Durand  daily, 
connecting  directly  at Durand with train 
No.  4,  which 
is  a  solid  vestibule  train 
with  through  Pullman  drawing  room 
sleeping  cars  attached  for  Buffalo,  New 
York  and  Philadelphia  via  the  Lehigh 
Valley  R.  R.  ;  Toronto,  Montreal  and 
Boston  via  Montreal,  C.  V.  and  B.  & 
M.  R.  Rs.  This  train  has  dining  car 
service  and 
is  up  to  date  in  every  re­
spect.
The  new  train  will leave Grand  Haven 
at  6 :i5  p.  m  ,  Grand  Rapids 7 :2o p.  m., 
thus  enabling  passengers  to  have  sup 
per before  staiting  and  reach  their  des 
tination  sooner  than  by  any  other  line. 
Passengers  from  Muskegon  can  make 
connection  with  the  new  train  by  taking 
G.  R.  &  I.  R.  R.  train 
leaving  Mus­
kegon  at  4  p.  m.,  arrive  Grand  Rapids 
5:15  p.  m.,  which  will  give  ample  time 
for  supper at  Grand  Rapids.

Returning  the  new  train  will  leave 
Durand  on  arrival  of  through  train  No.
from  the  East  and  Canada  at  7 :io 
1 
a.  m.,  arriving  at  Grand  Rapids 
10:10 
a.  m.,  Grand  Haven 
11:10   a.  m.  and 
Muskegon  via  G.  R.  &  I.  R.  R.  at  2 
p  m.
Other  changes  taking  effect  Novem­
ber  13—Trains  leaving Grand  Rapids  at 
10  p.  m.  Westbound  and  Grand  Haven 
at  5:40  a.  m.  Eastbound  will  be.dis­
continued  between  those  points,  running 
between  Grand  Rapids  and  Detro't 
only.  Mixed  trains  Nos.  81  and  82  will 
be  run  as  freight  trains  and  will  not 
carry  passengers.

Wanted  Money  for  Shopping.

“ H arry,"  said  Mrs.  Treadway  to  her 
husband  at  the  breakfast  table,  “ I  am 
quite  out  ot  money,  and  I  want  to  spend 
• he  day  shopping.  Let  me  have  60 
cents.' ’

'  Wbst  do  you  want  60  cents  frr?”
“ Ten  cent 4  for  car  fare  and  50  cents 

tor  luncheon  ”

Cupid 

is  always  represented  as  a 
bibv,  because  her  love  never  lives  to 
grow  up.

W A N TS  COLUMN

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

• 

763

770 

rp o   F.XCHANGE—FARM  FOB  CITY  PROP- 
X  eity:  80 acres, part  improve^.  Adapted  to 
general farming and peach raising.  J. H. McKee 
& Son, Houstman  Bloi k. Grand Rapids. 
WT~~ELuARS,  SALESMAN  AND  AU7’- 
tioneer. now closing out stock at Ivesdal  , 
III.  If you  with  to  clo-e  out,  address  him  for 
terms and . arlicuiars. 
rp o   EXCHANGE—FOUR  HOUSES  IN  CITY, 
X  a 1 rented, for general merenandise in  good 
town.  Address Lester & Co., 216 Ottawa  Street, 
Grand Rapids, M ich.____________ _____   765
I7IOR  SALE “OR  EXCHANGE — HOT  SODA 
apparatus,  silver,  mammoth,  up-to-date, 
l ufts’  pattern,  $225,  $5  per  month,  6  per  cent, 
interest  Also Soda Fountain  modern, eighteen 
syrups, two sodas,  fou- mineral  tubes,  magnifi­
cent  cherry  top.  Tufts’  pattern,  $l,l"0.  $10  per 
month,  6  per cent.  Also  Fixtures,  drug  and 
jewelry:  three 8 ft.,  one  12-ft.  wall  case«,  plate 
glass;  21 ft. diug shelving, half glass;  four 8-ft. 
stent  sale-man  ca-es,  beveled  plate,  grand; 
$1,000, $10 per  month.  *  per cent.  Address  7>6, 
care Michigan  Trade  man 

766

Ix ir   sa l e  a  m il l in e r y   a n d  fa n c y
goods stock, city of 3,500 inhabitants.  Will 
sell  at  a  great  bargain.  Address  Box  212,  St. 
Johns, Mich. 
767
For sa le—stock drugs and f ix  tubes,
Invoicing  $  .200,  at 50  per  cent,  discount. 
Address No. 768, care Micn'gan Trade-man.  768
W ANTED—AG&NCIES IN WESTERN MipH- 
ivan  for  the  Palmer  Laundry,  of  Grand 
Rapids.  High grade work and  prompt  service. 
769
Rates upon application. 
O  EXCHANGE—DOUBLE  FRAME  HOUSE 
In Sault Ste. Marie:  hardwood land near the 
lake, and nice farm of 160 acres four miles  from 
city  of  Fredericksburg.  Va ,  title  perfect,  for 
nice home, with fruit, near a  Methodist  Episco­
pal church.  Address P, care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
758
Choice  farm  of  240  acres  to  Ex­
change for small  farm,  village  property  or 
merchandise.  Address  Box  132,  Custer,  Mich
757
rp o   RENT  IN  MENDON,  ST.  JOSEPH  CO., 
X  Mich.—One  or  two  large  brick  stores  in 
Opera  House  block,  suitable  for  groceries, 
boots  and  shoes  or  clothing.  Write  to  Levi 
Cole. 

760

753

759

\X7ANTED—A COMPETENT BUSINESS MAN 
V V 
to act as financial agent for an established 
c >ncern.  Tarty must have  three  thousand  dnl 
lars ($3.000) for cond  tional investment  Remu­
neration,  twelve  hundred  dollars  ($1 2 0)  per 
year,  expenses  and  a  commission.  Address 
Lock  Box 753, Kalamazoo.  Mich. 
Ii^OR ¡»ALE-GROCERY  -TOOK IN CENTRA).
Michigan,  city of  3,ono  inhabitants.  Will 
sell at sacrifice.  Address No. 745, care M ehigan 
Tradesman.__________________________ ?45
WANTED—TO EXCHANGE 40 ACRE FARM 
IjMIRSALE—NEW uENERALS I Ol K.  GOOD 
1  farming and lumbering country around  «he 
village.  Address  752,  care  m.ehigan  Trades 
man.  _____________________________ 7-2
■   SPLENDID  OPPORTUNITY  TO  BUY  A 

for drug stock.  Property is half improved, 
with dwelling and barn.  Worth $809.  Address 
No. 753. ca  e Michigan Trade-man. 

fi ’St class market in a  town  of  800  popula­
tion,  fine farming  country.  No  competition. 
Chance to make money.  For  further  info  ma- 
ti«m w ite A. R  Hensler. Battle Creek. Mich.  750 
\ \ r ANTED — CORRESPONDENCE  WIiH  A 
W   party  looking  for  location  for  a  big  dry 
goods  or  department  store.  Address  John 
Wheeler, Lima, Ohio. 

Wm  Davis, Kockda'e  Wis. 

'  residence;  good town;  stoc* invoices$3OOO. 

FpOR  SALE—A  HARDWARE  STOCK  WITH 
Fo r sa l e or e x c h a n g e—fo k stock o f

general  merchandise.  50-acr-  farm,  three 
miles  from  city  limits;  ten  acres  of  fruit,  all 
kinds;  five  acres  timber;  good  pasture;  good 
soil.  Address  No.  755,  care  Michigan  Trades, 
man. 
755
H a v e  sm a ll  g e n e r a l  stock,  also  a
slock of  musical  goods,  sewing  machines, 
bicycles, notions, etc., with wagons and teams— 
sn established business.  Stock inventories from 
$2.000 to $3.500,  as  may  be  desired.  Will  take 
free  and  clear  farm  in  good  location  of  equal 
value.  Address Lock Box 531, Howell, M  ch.
73'
\ \ T ANTED — SHOES,  CLO TH IN G .  DRY 
i t   goods.  Address R. B., box 351, Montague, 
Mich. 
OR SALE—CLEAN GENERAL  STOCK AND 
s  ore building in small town surrounded  by 
excellent farming  and  trait  country  less  than 
fifty miles  from  Grand  Rapid-.  Good  reasons 
for selling.  Inspection soli  ited.  Term« reason­
able.  Address  for  particulars  No.  691  care 
Michigan Trade-man. 

INOR  S\LE—NEW  GE-ERAL  «TUCK  A 

splendid  fanning country.  No trad. s.  Ad­

dress No. 680, care Michigan'Tradesman 

699

749

748

680

691

667

ENTRALLY  LO< ATED  DRU>-  STORE,  DO- 
ing a  good  business  in  the  city,  for  sale. 
Good  reasons  for  selling.  Address  I.  Frank, 
ford.  Fire  Insurance  and  Real  E-tate  Agent, 
Phone  1236,  53  Wrest  Bridge  Street,  Grand 
Rapids. 
IT'OR  StLK—DRUG,  BO'»K  AND  STATION- 
r   ery  st<«¥k 
invoicing  $4 500,  and  fixtures 
invoicing $300,  which  includeshow cases, shelv­
ing  and  buttles.  Dailr  cash  sales  'n  1891,  $2  ; 
s92. $30;  1S93. $<1;  1894. $34.65.  1895,  $25;  1896, 
$21.20. and 1-97.$24 13  Located in manufactur­
ing town.  No cut prices.  R-nt reasonable, $29 
per month.  L'Viug rooms in connection.  Ad­
dress N«. 668, care Michigan Tradesman.  668
Best- LOCATION  IN  MICHIGAN  FOR- A 

ment Association  Otsego.  Mich 

cold  storage  at d  general  produce  dealer. 
Write t'< tne  Secretary  of  tue  Otsego  Improve­
RUG >TOCK  FOR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE— 
Located i  best  city  in  Michigan;  no  cut­
ting;  iu< o'ces 12 750.  Will take good teal estate 
as part payment.  The more ca-h  the  mo  e  lib­
eral discount from invoice.  Bus'n  ss  is  now  a 
good par ing investment.  Address  B.  B.,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
727
W ANTED—16 TO 20 HORSE  POWER  PORT- 
able eut ine and  boiler,  with  engineer,  to 
furnish  power  during 
ice  cutting  season. 
Write,  tating terms, Consumers’ Ice Co., Grand 
Rapids. Mich.________________________ 743
Mer c h a n t s—do you w ish cash  q u ic k
for your stock of merchandise,  or any  part 
of it?  Address John A. Wade, Cadillac, Mich. 
____________________________________628
T O  EXCHANGE—FOR CLOTHING,  DRY
goods or shoes, very nice  well rented Grand 
Rapids property.  Address No.  553, care  Mi. hi- 
552
g  n Tradesman. 

631

O  EXCHANGE — FARMS  AND  OTHER 
property for dry  goods, clothing  and  shoes. 

Address P  Meda.ie.  Mancelona  Mich 
COUNTRY  PRODUCE

553

W ANTED—BUTTER.  EGGS  AND  POÜL- 
try;  any  quantities.  Write  me.  Orrin  J. 
Stone. Ka'amazoo.  Mich._______________ 706
TX7 ANTED — FIRST-CLASS  BUTTER  FOR 
» »  retail trade.  Cash paid.  Correspond with 
Caulkett & Co.. Trave-se City, Mich. 

381
ANTED—1.000  CASES  FRESH 
EGGS,
daily.  Write  for  prices.  F.  W.  Brown, 

Ithaca,  Mich._________________  
FIREPROOF  S A F E S

G eo.  m. sm it h ,  n ew   a n d  seco n d h a n d
safes,  wood  and  brick  building mover, 157 
613
Ottawa street, (4rand Rapids. 

MISCELLANEOUS.

W a n t e d —po sit io n  in  g e n e r a l s t o r e
by  a  man  of  experience  who  speaks  the 
German language.  Address No. 762, care  Mich­
762
igan Trad rsman. 
WANTED—A  POSITION  AS  TRAVELING 
salesman  by  energetic  man of  long  busi­
ness experince.  Address No. 764, care Michigan 
764
Tradesman 
W ANTED—A YOUNG  MAN  OF  GOOD  AD 
dress  to  represent  unique  insurance  in 
State.  Good money for right man.  Address at 
once, Knights of America, Kalamazoo, Mich.
742

556

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Best route to Manistee.

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Via  C.  &  W.  M.  Railway.

Lv Grand Rapids.................................7:00am  ............
A r  Manistee........................................ 12:05pm  ............
L v  Manistee..,,....................................  8:30am 4:10pm
A r Grand  Rapids  ...........................   1 :00pm  9:55pm

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Travelers*  Time  Tables.

CHICAGO aid West Michigan R’y

Sept. 25,  1898.

Chicago.

Lv.  G. Rapids............   7:30am  13:00am *11:45pm
At  Chicago............... 3:10pm  9:15pm 
7:3»am
Lv  Chicago..  11:15am  6 50am  4:15pm  *ll:50pm 
At. G’dRapIds 5:00pm  1:35pm  10:30pm  * 6:20air 
Traverse  Citv,  Charlevoix and  Petoskey.
Lv. G’d  Rapids...........   7:30am  8:05am  5:30pm
Parlor cars on day trams and sleeping cars on 
night trains to and from Chicago

♦Every  day. 

Others week days only.

DETROIT. Qrand Rapids k Western

Detroit.

Lv. Grand  Rapids..........7:00am  1:35pm  5:35pn
Ar  Detroit.................  11:40am  5:45pm 10:05pn
Lv  Detroit......................8:00am  1:10pm  6:10pn
Ar  Grand  Rapids........13 55pm  5:30pm 10:55pm

Saginaw, Alma and  Greenville.

Lv. G R7:03am 5:10pm  Ar.  G R 11:. Sam  9:30prr 
Parlor cars on all trains  to 'And  from  Detroit 
and Saginaw.  Trains run week days only.

Gao.  DeHaybn.  General Pass. Agent.

GRAND Trank Railway System

Detroit and  Milwaukee Dlv

(In effect Nov.  13,  1898 )

EAST. 

Leave. 
Arrive,
t  6:45am  Sag.,  Detroit, Buffalo 4 N Y   .t  9:55pm
110:10am.........Detroit  and  East.........t  5:37pm
t3-30pm..  .Saginaw, Detroit & East  .  .t 12:45pm 
* 7:30pm— Buffalo, N  Y. & Boston.. ..*10:15am 
*10:10am....Gd. Haven  and  Int. Pts— * 7:'5pm 
tl2:53pm.Gd. Haven  and Intermediate.t 3:12pm 
t  5:30pm.. .Gd. Haven and Milwaukee.  5:27pm 
Eastward—No. 16 has Wagner parlor car.  No. 
28  parlor  car.  Westward—No  11  parlor  car. 
No. 1? Wagner parlor car.
tExcept Sunday.

♦Dally. 

WEST

E. H. Hushes, A. G. P. & T. A.
Ben. Fletcher, Trav. Pass. Agt.
C.  A.  J ustin,  City  Pass.  Agent.

97 Monroe St.  Morton House.

/ i n   A  N IF I  Rapids  k  Indiana Railway 
v I l y / Y l  1 U  

sept. 25. 1898.

Northern Dlv.  Leave  Arrivi 
Trav.C’y,Petoskey & Mack...* 7:45am t  5:15pm 
Trav. C’y, Petoskey A Har. S ..t 2:15pm *10:00pm
Cadillac accommodation........t  5:25pm tlO 55am
Petoskey & Mackinaw City— tl ' :00pm  t  6:25pm 
7:45am  and 2:15pm  trains  have  parlor  cars; 
11:0. pm train has sleeping (Ar.
Southern  Dlv.  Leave  Arrivi
Cincinnati 
..................... t  7:10am  t  9:45pm
Richmond 
..........................* 2:10pm t  2:00pa
Cincinnati.............................. *10‘15pm * 7:10«»
For Vicksburg and Chicago.  *ll:00pm  *  9:1am 
i:10  am  train  has  panor  car  to  Clnclnna' 
and  parlor  car  to  Chicago;  2:10pm  train  has 
parlor  car  to  Richmoud;  10:15pm  train  has 
sleeping cars to Cincinnati,  and  on  Sept.  27-29, 
Oct. 2, 5, 9, 12 and 16 to Indianapolis, Lonisvllle, 
and St.  Louis.  11:00pm train has sleeping car to 
Chicago.

Chicago Trains.

TOOK 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
Trai- 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, 

some w est.

LvG’d  Sapida............*7:35am  *l:00pm *5:40pm
Ar Muskegon...............  9:00am  2:10pm  7:05pm
Lv Muskegon.............*8:10am  *11:45am  *4:00pm
Ar G’d Rapids.............9:30am  12:56pm  5:20pm
Sunday trains leave  Grand  Rapids  9.00  a.  m. 
and 7.00 p. m.  Leave  Muskegon  8.35  a.  m.  and 
7.15 p. m.

CKMBTCI bast.

tExcept Sunday.  «Dally.

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

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

DULUTH ,

WEST  BOUND.

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

BAST  BOUND.

Lv. Duluth.............................................  46:30pm
Ar. Nestorla...........................  til:15am  2:45am
Ar. Marquette...................... 
1:30pm  4:30am
Lv. Sanlt Ste. Marie.............. 
.........
3:30pm 
Ar. Mackinaw City...............  8:40pm  11:00am
G. W. Hib b a b d , Gen. Pass. Agt. Marquette. 
K. C. Ovlatt, Trav. Pan. Agt., Grand Rapids

MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

Michigan Business Men’s Association 

President,  C.  L.  Wh itn ey,  Traverse  City;  Sec­

retary, E  A.  Stowe, Grand Rapids.

Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association

President, J. Wisl e k .  Mancelona;  Secretary,  E. 
A.  Stowe, Grand  Rapids

Michigan  Hardware  Association

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

Hen ry C. Minnie,  Eaton  Rapids.

Detroit Retail Grocers' Association 

President, J oseph Knight;  Secretary, E.  Ma r k s. 

231 Greenwood ave :  Treasurer, C. H. F r in k.

Grand  Rapids  Retail Grocers’ Association

President,  F rank  J   Dy k ;  Secretary,  Homed 

K l a p ;  Treasurer, J.  G eo.  Lehman.

Saginaw Mercantile Association 
McBr a t n ie;  Secretary,  W.  H. L ew is.

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

Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, Geo.  E.  L e w is; Secretary, W. H. Por­

t e r ;  Treasurer,  L. Pblton.

Adrian  Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  A. C. Cla r k ;  Secretary, E.  F.  Cle v e­

land:  Treasurer, Wm. O.  K oehn.

Bay Cities Retail Grocers’ Association

President,  M.  L.  De Ba t s;  Sec’y, S.  W.  Waters.

Traverse City Business Men’s Association 
Ho l ly;  Treasurer, C. A. Hammond.

President,  Thob.  T.  Ba t e s;  Secretary,  M.  B. 

Owosso  Business  Men’s  Association 

President, A. D.  Wh ipple ; Secretary, G. T. Camp 

b e l l ;  Treasurer, W. E. Collins.

Alpena Bnsiaess Men’s Association 

President,  F.  W.  Gilc h r ist;  Secretary,  C.  L. 

P a rtrid ge.

Grand Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association
President, L. J . K a tz;  Secretary, Ph ilip Hi l b b b ; 

Treasurer. S. J. Huppobd.

St. Johns Business  Men’s Association. 

President, T hob. B rom ley;  Secretary, F ran k A. 

Pe r c y ;  Treasurer, Cl a r k  A. Putt.

Perry Business Men’s Association

President, H. W. Wa lla c e;  Sec’y, T. E . Hed d le.
Grand Haven Retail Merchants’ Association
President, F. D. Vos ; Secretary, J. W, VebHobks.

Yale Business Men’s Association

President, Chas. Hounds;  Sec’y, F ran k Putney.

J.  A.  M U RPH Y ,  General  Manager.

The  Plichi

Special  Reports.

FLO W ERS,  M A Y   &  M O LO N EY,  Counse'.

Law  and  Collections.'

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

Main  Office:  Room  110 2  M ajestic  Building,  Detroit,  Mich.

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

Th is  Show case only  $4  00  per foot.

W ith   Beveled  Edge  Plate  Glass top  $5.00  per foot.

SHOW  CASES  OF  ALL  STYLES

Until  Nov. 

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

comers at the  following low prices f o b  Bryan:

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

5 feet.........$7*25 
6 feet.........  8.15 

7 feet.........$ 9.25 
8 feet.......  
10.50 

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

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

THE  BRYAN  SHOW  CASE  WORKS,  Bryan,  Ohio.

If \jou  want  to  get  the  trade 

\jou  want  to  get,  vjou  want 

to  get 

v jo u p  aòwptisement 

into 

the  trade  getter, 

for 

the  tradesman  wants  vjou to 

get  the traòe  vjou  want to  get

To Give Unconsciously Is not Generosity 
But Wasteful and Ridiculous Excess
Your  customers  do  not  thank 
you  for  the  little  extras  you 
give  them;  they  are  as uncon­
scious  of  your  wasteful  gener­
osity as you yourself.
We  can  cure  you  and  your 
clerks of this  habit.  We  have 
a system that will stop it.

The Money Weight System

Write to us for  full  particulars 
of  the  system  which  checks 
overweight  and  losses.  We 
can  let  you  into  some  of  the 
secrets  of  merchandising  that 
may surprise you. 

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THE  COMPUTING  SCALE  CO.,  Dayton,  Ohio

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