Volume  XVI.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER  23,  1898.

Number  792

A   D E S K   F O R   Y O U R   O F F IC E

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

but do claim that we can sell you at

Less than the  Manufacturer’s Cost

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

Our  No.  6i  Antique  Oak  Sample  Desk  has  a 
combination  lock  and  center  drawer.  Raised 
panels  all  around,  heavy  pilasters,  round  corners 
and made of  thoroughly  kiln  dried  oak.  Writing 
bed made of 3-ply built-up stock.  Desk  is castered 
with ball-bearing casters  and  has  a strictly  dust- 
proof curtain.  Our special price to  readers  of  the 
Tradesman  $20.  Write for  our  illustrated  cat­
alogue and mention tnis  paper when you  do so.

SAMPLE  FURNITURE  CO.

JOBBE»S  o f  s a m p l e   f u r n it u r e.

PEARL  AND  OTTAWA  STS. 

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

PURITY AND STRENGTH!

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

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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,

FLEISCH M AN N   &   CO.

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

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  1899.  Samples  and 
quotations free for the asking.

TRADESMAN COMPANY,  Grand  Rapids.

We  manufacture a full line. 

Write  ior circular and

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260 S  Ionia Street, 

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

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Mfrs  of a full line of

HANDMADE 
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FOR  THE 
WHOLESALE 
TRADE.

Jobbers  In

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

Orders  by  mail  given  prompt 

attention.

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“MR.  THOMAS”

T h e   M o st  P o p u la r  N ick el  C ig a r   on  E arth

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Mail  Orders  Solicited.

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in  L IM E   and
if
do  not  handle

PETOSKEY STANDARD

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

P E T O S K E Y   L in E   CO.,

B ayshore,  i l  ich.

A  GOOD  SELLER

T h e  Econom y  F arm er’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.

I

SHOW  CASES  OF  ALL  STYLES

Until  Nov. 

i  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 

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

5 feet.........$7.25 
6 feet.........  S.15 

7 feet.........8  9.25 
8 feet__ _  10.50 

9 feet..........$12.25
lofeet.........  13.25

THE  BRYAN  SHOW  CASE  WORKS,  B ryan,  Ohio.

This  Showcase only $4 00  per loot.

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

1 AND  GASOLINE  CANa*

THE  “HOME RULE”  OIL 

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

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

Sold by jobbers everywhere 

Manufactured  by

THE  WINFIELD  MANUFACTURING  CO.,  W arren,  Ohio.

Volume XVI.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER 23,  1898.

Number  792

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

L. P. WITZLEBEN  manager.

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Special bargains in elegant Blue and 
Black  Serge,  Cheviot,  Unfinished 
Worsted  and  Clay  Worsted  Suits, 
and greatest line of Kersey, Covert, 
Boucle  Worsted,  Worambo,  Chin- 
chilla  Overcoats  and  Ulsters,  all 
manufactured  by  Kolb &  Son,  of 
Rochester, N. Y  , only house  sell­
Rochester,
only house  sell-
ing  reaily  All-Wool  Kersey  Over-
coats  at  $5 50  and  Boucle  Worsted 
Overcoats at $6.50.  Meet our Wm. 
Connor  at  Sweet’s  Hotel,  Grand 
Rapids,  Nov. 25 to 28, with Spring 
Line in addition to above. 

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WILLIAM CONNOR 

2   P. O. Box 346, 

PREFERRED  BANKERS 

LIFE  ASSURANCE  COMPANY

OP  OBTROIT.  MICHIGAN.

Commenced Business September i,  1893.

Insurance in  force...................................$¿,746,000.00
Net Increase during 1897......................  
104,000.00
Net Assets.............................................. 
32,738.49
Losses Adjusted and  Unpaid...............  
None
Other  Liabilities.................................... 
None
40,061.00
Total  Death  Losses Paid to Date........  
Total Guarantee Deposits Paid to Ben­
eficiaries...............................................  
812.00
17,000.00
Death  Losses Paid During  1897............ 
Death Ratefor 1897................................  
6.31
Cost  per  1,000 at age 30 during 1897.... 
8.25
F R A N K  E . ROBSON, P r e s.

TR U M A N   B. GOODSPEED. S ec’ y .

PLEA  FOR  CUBAN  SUFFERERS.
Rear  Admiral  Sampson  furnishes  for 
publication  a  letter  from  Jose  M.  Gomez 
which  brings  us  back  to  the  point  at 
which  the  war  with  Spain  was undertak­
en—the  sufferings  of  innocent  Cubans. 
Gomez’ 
letter  is a  strong  and  touching 
plea  for  relief  from  starvation  of  wom­
en,  children  and  aged  people  of  Cuba 
who  are  destitute  through  no  fault  of 
their own,  and  helpless  until  such  time 
as  the  pursuits  of  peace  can  be  revived 
and  shall  have  yielded  means  of  sup­
port.  The condition  and  needs  of  Cuban 
soldiers  are  not  considered. 
“ Our 
soldiers,"  says  Gomez,  “ are  acquainted 
with  the  life  of  privations,  and  know 
how  to  die  without  a  murmur. 
I  speak 
to  you  in  the  name  of  women  and  chil­
dren,  of the  aged  and  of  invalids."  He 
says  the  condition  of  these  has  never 
been  so  pitiful,  so  distressing,  so  near 
to  death  from  starvation  as  now,  “ when 
peace  has  come  and  the  island  of  Cuba 
is  under the  protection  of  the  country of 
Washington. ”

Admiral  Sampson  confirms  the  repre­
sentations  of  the  Cuban. 
“ The  war has 
ceased,”   he  says,  “ but  the  poor  have 
nothing  to  eat  and  the  desperately  poor 
include  a  large  majority  of  the 
inhabi­
tants  of  the  country.  There  is  no  money 
coming  into  the  country,  no  work  is  be- 
ing  done,  and  the  poor  can  secure  no 
employment.  Until  the  United  States 
takes  military control  of  the  Island,  and 
commerce  and  agriculture  are  thereby 
revived,  the  poor  must  be  fed.”

The 

is  yet 

Gomez 

include  provision 

is  right  and  wrong  in  saying 
Cuba 
is  under  the  protection  of  this 
country.  Peace has  come.  The  United 
States  has  compelled  Spain  to  get  out 
of  Cuba,  but  Spain 
in  control, 
is  haggling  for  longer  time  before 
and 
terms  of 
it  yields  possession. 
peace  at  last 
that 
Spain  shall  have  quit  the  Island  by  the 
1st  of  January.  UntiT then  the  United 
States  will  not  have  military  control. 
Meanwhile  the  calls  of  humanity  must 
be  heeded.  Relief  must  be  furnished 
to  the  destitute  and  helpless.  Spain 
will  not  prevent  this. 
The  United 
States  will  be  fulfilling  the  mission  on 
which  it  entered  last  spring  by  sending 
food  and  supplies  to  the  Cubans.

TOO  YOUNG  FOR  WAR.

One  paragraph 

in  Surgeon  General 
Sternberg's  report  should  receive  the 
considerate  attention  of  Congress:

In  my  opinion  the  reduction  of  the 
age  limit  from  21  to  18  years  and  the 
haste  with  which  the  volunteer  regi­
ments  were  organized  and  mustered  into 
the  service  were  responsible  for  much 
of  the  sickness  which  was  reported  in 
the  early  days  of  camp  life.  All  mili­
tary  experiences  show  that  young  men 
under  21  years  break  down readily un^er 
the  strain  of  war  service,  and  every 
regiment  had  many  of  these  youths  in 
its  ranks.

Common  sense  confirms  the  opinion 
of  the  Surgeon  General,  as  do  the 
records  of  volunteer  regiments  raised 
for the  war  with  Spain.  Rigid medical 
examination  of  recruits 
im­
peached  by  the  view  of  Dr.  Sternberg. 
The  young  man  of  18  may  be  in  good 
health,  robust,  strong;  he is  not  mature.

is  not 

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

BARLOW  BROS.,  Grand  Rapids.

THE  FORGOTTEN  PAST 

•
Which we read about can never  be  5  
forgotten by the merchant who  be  2  
comes  fam iliar  with  our  coupon  Z  
Bystem.  The past to such is always  Z 
a “ nightmare."  The present  is  an  J  
Z
era o f pleasure and profit. 
T R A D E S M A N   COM PANY,  •
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ORAND  RAPIDS. 

And  if  there  is  any  sustained  strain  that 
is  sure  to  test  the  endurance  of  a  man 
it  is  found  in  actual  army  service. 
Im­
maturity  gives  way  under  i t ;  the  man 
of  21  and  upwards  succumbs  if  he  does 
not  take  proper care  of  himself.

The 

lad  of  18  is  too  young  to  expose 
to  the  hardships  of  camp  and  march 
and  trench  and  privations.  Especially 
is  he  too .young  in  a  country  that  does 
not  need  to  draw  upon,  or  accept,  his 
services.  The  United  States  has fighting 
men  enough  between  the  ages  of  21  and 
45  to  compose  its  armies.  Better  extend 
the  service  years  to  50 than  backward 
to  18.

Congress  will  do  well  to  take  up  this 
part  of  the  Surgeon  General’s  report 
and  consider  it  in the light of the disease 
and  mortality  statistics  of  the  late  war. 
It  will  find  justification  for  raising  the 
minimum  age  of  enlistment  for  army 
service  to  21  years.

The Grain  Market.

the 

Wheat  receipts  at  primary  points  ex­
ceeded  a  further 
increase  over  corres­
ponding  time  last  year  by  a  large  per 
cent.,  notwithstanding 
large  ex­
ports.  The  visible  made  a  gain  of
2,198,000  bushels,  which  makes  the  vis­
ible  21,300,000  bushels,  which,  however, 
is  way  below  the  amount  usually  car­
ried  at  these  times.  Generally.the great­
est  receipts  were  in  the  Northwest,  in 
the  winter  wheat  belt.  The  mills  have 
absorbed  the  offerings  as  fast  as  made 
and  of  No.  2  red  winter  there  is  a  com­
paratively  small  stock  on  hand  to  fall 
back  on;  accordingly,  millers  have  to 
depend  on  farmers’  deliveries  for  their 
supply.  Should  the bad  roads  continue 
for  any  length  of  time  and  receipts  be 
curtailed,  we  will  find  a  scarcity  of  that 
grade  of  wheat.  White  wheat,  which 
in  years  gone  by  was  so  plenty,  is  get­
ting  very  scarce,  as  farmers  have  gone 
to  raising  the  red  variety,  so  there  is 
to-day  a  premium  on  the former.  Prices 
have  been  advanced  some.  The  fake 
report  of  the  Paris  peace  negotiations 
having  been  broken  off  advanced  the 
price  at  the  close  of  the  day  about  ic. 
The  situation  at  present  outlook  is  very 
strong,  which  may  be  changed  some 
what  by  the  harvest  in  the  Argentine. 
While  the  prospect  thus  far 
is  for a 
good  harvest, it  may  all  be  changed.  We 
will  soon  be  able  to  determine,  as  the 
harvest  there  will  be  the  latter  end  of 
December.  Should  anything  happen  to 
the crops  there,  prices will  go  above  the 
present  level.  The  mills  here  are  grind­
ing  up  the  wheat  in  this  section  very 
fast  as  they  all  have  orders  ahead.

Corn  has  held  its  own  and exports  and 
home  consumption  have  kept  the visible 
from  showing  any  increase,  but  rather 
a  small  decrease.  Prices  should  have 
advanced  had  there  been  any  invest­
ment  buying.

Oats  are  strong  and  prices  have 
gained  ic.  While  the  demand  is  very 
large,  it  looks  as  though  they would still 
further  advance.

Receipts  during  the  week  were  as 
follows:  Wheat  36  cars,  corn  22  cars, 
oats  4 cars.  Millers  are  paying  64c  for 
wheat 

C.  G.  A.  V oigt.

The  Boys  Behind  the  Counter.

Boyne  City— C.  M.  Barrett,  of  Grand 
Rapids,  has  taken  the  position  of  head 
clerk 
in  the  general  store  of  White  & 
Fairchild.

Bay  City— Martin  Grow  has  taken  a 
position  in  the  haberdasher  department 
of  Oppenheim  &  Son.

Ypsilanti—Charles  Swanwick,  em­
ployed 
in  the  meat  market  of  Harris 
Bros.  &  Co.,  has  received  word  of  his 
father’s  death  at  London,  Eng.,  by 
which  he comes  into  an  inheritance.  He 
estimates  the  amount  at  $15,000,  and 
expects  to  sail  for  England  in  about  two 
weeks,  having  received  a  remittance  of 
$350 to  cover  expenses.

Hillsdale—Fred  Perry,  of  Hall’s cloth­
ing  store,  has  accepted  a  position  as 
traveling  salesman  for  Weed,  Coleman 
&  Co.,  Toledo,  and  will  start  Monday 
for  that  place,  working  in  the  store  for 
a  few  weeks  to  get  acquainted  with  bis 
line.  His  brother,  Harry,  will  succeed 
him  at  Hall’s and  Miss  Hazel  Weir  will 
take  Harry’s  place  at  Hodges’  drug 
store.

Coopersville— Drake  Deming  com­
menced  clerking  for  R:  D.  McNaughton 
in  February,  1882,  and  remained  with 
him  until  July  21,  1898,  when  Mr.  Mc­
Naughton’s  store  was  destroyed  by  fire. 
The  second  day  thereafter  he  began 
work  in  the  store  of  C.  P.  Lillie.

Mt.  Morris— Frank  E.  Calkins,  man­
ager  of  Crampton  &  Litchfield’s  drug 
store,  died  last  week,  after an  illness  of 
only  three  days,  of  diabetes.  He leaves 
a  wife  and  three  children  and  was  a 
member  of  the  K.  L.  G.  and  K.  O. 
T.  M.

Conklin—Roy  G.  Withey,  of  Grand 
Rapids,  has  begun  work  for  Brown  & 
Sebler  at  their  branch  store  here.

Mt.  Pleasant— Floyd  Wren,  of  Co­
runna,  is  the  new  prescription  clerk  at 
F.  G.  Thiers’  drug  store.

Cedar  Springs—Charles  Maynard  has 
taken  a  clerkship  in  Bearss &  Wheeler’s 
shoe  store.

Elk  Rapids— R.  G.  Bruce,  manager 
of  the  Iron  Co. ’s  grocery  department,  is 
dangerously  ill.

Alma— Eugene  Delong  has  gone  to 
Lakeview, where he  has  taken  a  position 
in  the  dry  goods  department  of  Netzorg 
&  Kettleman.  Wellington  Anderson 
takes  his  position  with  Messinger & Co.
St.  Louis—W.  I.  Woodin,  who  has 
been  clerking  in  the  Cass  House,  Sagi­
naw,  has  secured  a  position  in a leading 
clothing  bouse  of  Petoskey.

Ypsilanti—Clare  Underwood has taken 
a  position  in  E.  E.  Trim's  shoe  store.
Fremont— Pearson  Bros.  &  Co.  have 
in  the  person  of  Ralph 

a  new  clerk 
Wagers.

Mrs.  Russell  Sage  is  interested  in  her 
husband's  many  business  projects  and 
has  for  many  years  made  a careful study 
of  the  “ street”   and 
its  stocks.  Mr. 
Sage  ascribes  his  present  health  and 
activity  to  keeping  early  and  regular 
hours  and  abstaining  from  tobacco  dur­
ing  the  entire  eighty-two  years  of  his 
life.
■   Half  the  people  in  the world are work­
ing 
the  other  half  for  chumps  and 
making  it  pay.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

D r y   G oods
The  Dry  Goods  Market.

situation 

Staple  Cottons—The 

cases  been  diverted. 

in 
brown  goods  remains  without  change 
from  our  report  of  last  week,  but  heavy 
sheetings  and  drills  are  becoming some­
what  scarce,  and,  as  a  consequence, 
prices  on 
leading  makes  have  grown 
very  much  firmer,  and  it  is  also  influ­
encing  other  lines  to  which  trade  has  in 
many 
Light 
weights,  however,  are,  as  a  rule,  quiet 
and  without  change  in  price.  Bleached 
cottons  show  no  particular  movement 
or  change,  and  a  quiet  market  is  the 
rule  for  wide  sheetings  and  cotton  flan­
nels,  as  well  as  denims,  plaids,  ticks 
and  other coarse  colored  cottons.
Prints  and  Ginghams—There 

is  no 
complaint  and  a  fair  amount  of  busi­
ness 
is  repotted  as  coming  forward. 
Fancy  calicoes  for  spring  have  not  yet 
been  formally  opened,  although  a  small 
amount  of  business 
is  being  secured, 
subject  to  opening  prices.  The  ging­
ham  situation  continues 
satisfactory, 
but  fancy  cotton  dress  goods are  very 
slow,  particularly  in  the  low  grades.

Dress  Goods— In  the 

jobbing  trade 
more 
is  doing  in  fall  and  winter  dress 
fabrics  than  for  some  time  previously. 
Supplementary  orders  for  staple goods 
have  been  placed  by  buyers;  while 
these  have  been 
individually  smaller 
than  could  be  wished,  they  yet  have 
in  the  ag­
amounted  to  considerable 
gregate,  sufficient  at  any  rate  to 
induce 
the  belief  that  jobbers  will  carry  over 
much  smaller  stocks  than  they  did  last 
year.  Well  directed  and  persistent 
efforts  are  being  made  to  clean  up 
stocks.  There  is  such  evidence  of  ap­
preciation  of  the  desirability  of  the  cot­
ton  and  silk  mixed  fancies  for  spring 
as  bespeaks  good  orders  for  them.

Underwear—Agents 

for  underwear 
mills  which  had  not  sold  up  their 
medium  heavyweights  earlier 
in  the 
season,  generally were doing through  the 
week  a  conservative  duplicate  order 
business  in  seasonable  goods  for  quick 
delivery. 
Fleece-lined  cotton  under­
wear  (about  12  pound  weight  to  the 
In 
dozen)  had  perhaps  the  best  call. 
some  quarters  there  was  a 
little  spurt 
in  wool goods.  The  initial  spring  busi­
ness  is  practically  completed.  A reason­
ably  good  business  in  medium  weight 
seamless  cotton  hose  and  half  hose  was 
in  progress—blacks  and  tans.  Fancy 
half  hose  were  in  good  request;  wom­
en’s  fancy  hose  were  quiet.  A  moder­
ate  trade 
full-fashioned  hose  was 
transacted.  Fancy  knit  goods,  shawls, 
jackets,  capes, 
fascinators,  etc.,  were 
active  last  week.

in 

Velvets— Nothing  new  has  developed 
to  indicate  any  change  in  any  particu­
lar  direction  and  velvets  retain  their 
previous  favor as  an article for millinery 
wear.  To  a  great  extent  velvet  has 
displaced  ribbons  as  a  trimming  for 
winter  hats,  but  it  is  rather  late  in  the 
season  for  the  demand  to  be  of any more 
than  for  small  reassortment size.  Black 
velvet 
is  selling,  and  the  shades  pre­
viously  favored,  such  as  cerise,  new 
blue,  etc.,,  continue  in  demand  in  mil­
linery  goods.

Clothing—The  retail  clothiers  during 
the  past  ten  days  have  experienced  a 
good  deal  of  business  improvement.  A 
good  many  smooth-finished  cheviot suits 
have  been  sold;  a 
in 
hard-finished  worsteds  has  obtained. 
The  tendency  of  demand  seems  to  be 
setting  in  the  direction  of  goods  of  such 
character.  It  looks  to-day  as  though  the

fair  business 

request  was  strengthening  for  somewhat 
higher-price  goods  than  the  average 
buyer  sought  last  fall  and  winter.

Lace  Curtains—Domestic lines  are  in­
creasing  in  popular  demand,  as  the  for­
eign  goods  which  were  in  stock  become 
depleted.  New  goods  from  abroad  are 
only  coming  in  under  the  present  tariff 
in  moderate  quantities.  The  advance 
in  bobbinet  curtains  was  a  feature of the 
market  recently,  and  some  anticipate a 
further advance.

Carpets— Manufacturers  as  a  whole 
have  no  stock  to  carry  over,  as  they 
have  confined  themselves  more  closely 
to  actual  orders.  When  these  were  com­
pleted  they  stopped  their  looms.  Until 
the  demand  materially 
increases  the 
productive  capacity  will  be far in excess 
of  orders  for  carpets.  One  cause  for 
this  has  been  the  growing  popularity 
of  Smyrna  rugs  in  the  larger  sizes,  both 
in  all  wool  and  jute.  What  is  known  to

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

The  Lamb Glove &  Mitten Go..

of PBRRY, 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.

rBUCKWHEAT

That is PURE  is  the  kind 
we  offer you at prices that 
are reasonable.

We  sell  buckwheat  that 
has the good old-fashioned 
buckwheat  taste.  We  do 
not  adulterate  it  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.

We  believe  that  it  will 
please  any  lover  of  the 
genuine article.

We  would  like  to  have 
your order  and  shall  take 
pleasure  in  quoting  you a 
close price on any quantity.

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for IN Holiday trade

W e have an elegant line of perfumes, put up 2 and 3 doz. on artistic dis 
play cards,  which can be profitably retailed i t 5 and  10 cents  per  bottle. 

Sampson’s Guns, filled  with perfume, to retail at 5 cents.
Half oz.  triple  extract, a showcase free  with  each  2  doz.,  to  retail  at 
10 cents.  A beautiful and  artistic medallion, brass mountings, with each 
doz. half oz. triple extract, to retail  at  10  cents.  Better  goods  to  sell  at 
15, 20, 25 and 50 cents per bottle.

Dolls to retail from  1  to 75 cents.

Children’s  fancy  handkerchiefs 

to sell from 2 cents  up. 

Ladies’ 

fancy  handkerchiefs 

to sell from 5 cents up. 

Ladies' Japanese  Silk  handker­
chiefs to sell from 10 cents up. 
Men's fancy and plain handker­
chiefs to sell from 5 cents  up. 
Men's  imitation  Japanese  Silk 
(initial)  handkerchiefs  to  sell 
at  12 

and  15 cents.

Men’s silk handkerchiefs to sell 

at 25 and 50 cents.

A complete line of Mufflers, Ties, Gloves,  etc., and many  other  useful 

Christmas gifts too numerous to mention.

JEW ELRY, all the newest styles at all prices.

P. Steketee * Sons, Grand Rapids, Iflicl).

PHENOMENAL

VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & 60.,

Is what our sales  in  Men’s  fleeced  underwear  have  been  this  fall.  In 
fact, we were scooped,  all  lines  being  broken  and  duplicates  very  hard 
to g et  W e  are  nothing  if  not  lucky.  The  representative  of  the  mills 
called on us with samples for season of 1899.  The result Is that we can fur­
nish a half-dollar fleece garment that, in value,  is 365 days ahead of any­
thing ever offered.  Your money back if goods are not up to expectations.

WHOLESALE  DRY  GOODS.
GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIGA.

NUTS

a n d  

R A IS IN S

ALMONDS

BRAZILS

FILBERTS

PECANS

W ALNUTS
M IX E n

FAN CY CLUSTERS 
LONDON  LAYE R S 

IM PORTED SULTANAS 

ONDARA  LAYER S 

LOOSE  M USCATELS 

SEED ED   IN  PACKAGES

for

VALLEY  CITY 
MILLING  CO.

GRAND RAPIDS.
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Sole manufacturers of “ LILY WHITE. 

‘The flour the best cooks use ”

Our line of above goods is in and we are offering at very 

low  figures.

M U S S E L M A N   G R O C E R   CO .,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

THANKSGIVING and CHRISTMAS

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Producing  Camphor  Gum  in  Florida. 
From  the Scientific American.

The  State  of  Florida  bids  fair  to  be­
come  a  most 
important  center  for  the 
production  of  camphor  in  the  near  fu­
ture.
Supplies  of  camphor  have  heretofore 
come  from  China,  Japan  and  Formosa, 
but  of  the  vast  camphor forests that once 
existed 
in  these  countries  but  a  small 
portion  remains  and  this  is  the  direct 
result of  the  wanton  waste  in the process 
practiced  there  for  obtaining  the  gum 
from  the  tree.  Camphor  is  usually  ob­
tained  by  boiling  the  chips  of  the  wood 
and  roots  and  bark* in  great  kettles  witb 
water,  and  condensing the volatized gum 
on  rushes  suspended  over  the  kettles.

commercially  produced 

In  this  process  the  entire  tree 

is  cut 
down,  and  even  the  roots  dug up,  but  in 
Florida  it  was  found  that  the gum  could 
be 
the 
leaves  and  twigs,  seventy-seven  pounds 
of  which  yield  one  pound  of  gum. 
Hence  the  bearing  tree  need  not  be  dis­
turbed  nor 
injured  in  any  way,  as  the 
foliage  it  bears  is  very  dense,  and  may 
be  thinned  down  one-half  without 
scarcely  being  noticed.  The  tree,  be­
sides,  bears  a  very  great  amount  of 
pruning  without  injury. 
It  is  an  ever­
green,  and  makes  three  growths  a  year, 
in  April,  June  and  October.

from 

The  tree  removes  nothing  from  the 
soil,  the  gum  being  formed  entirely 
from  the  gases  of  the  atmosphere;  and 
hence  the  leaves,  when  deprived  of 
their camphor  and  returned  to  the  soil, 
constantly  enrich  the  soil,  which, 
in 
time,  requires  no  fertilization  whatever. 
its  commercial  uses,  the 
Aside  from 
is  one  of  the  most  orna­
camphor  tree 
mental  ever  cultivated, 
its  beautiful 
shape  being  equaled  by  the  arborvitae 
only.

Its  lower branches  lie  on  the  ground, 
while  the  top  forms  a  perfect  cone.  The 
flowers  are 
exceedingly 
pretty,  while  the  leaves  are of a  beauti­
ful  pale glossy  green  color.

small,  but 

Keep  Accounts  Collected.

An  old  and  successful  merchant,  in 
speaking  of  keeping  accounts  collected, 
says:  “ I  have always made  it  an invari­
able  rule  to  present  my  accounts  regu­
larly  every  month,  and  while  I  was  do­
ing  a  strictly  retail  business  I made  it  a 
point  to  secure  a  promise  of  payment 
at a  certain  date,  or at  least  a  checking 
up  of  the account.  This  obviated  much 
in  collecting  the  bill  later  on, 
trouble 
and  was  worth  all  the time  taken. 
If, 
however,  a  bill  had  been  running for six 
months,  without  any  plausible  excuse 
for  non-payment,  I  turned  it  over  to  a 
reliable  attorney  or  agency  for  collec­
tion. 
I  found  that  this  process  cost 
me  less  and brought quicker returns than 
my  own  collectors  could  make  me  when 
the  bills  bad  been  long  due,  as  the

the  trade  as the  India  Smyrna,  Imperial 
Empress  and  Royal  are  selling  well, 
and  some  of  the 
largest  department 
stores  have been  unable  to  keep  stocks 
of  some  makes.  The  most  popular  sizes 
are 9 by  12  feet,  7  feet  6  inches  by  10 
feet  6  inches,  and  6  feet  by 9  feet.  The 
trade  reports  that  Smyrna  rugs  are  tak­
ing  the  place  of  art  squares to a  large 
extent.

Upholstery— The  jobbers  have  placed 
some  very  fair  orders  with  manufactur­
ers  during  the  past  week  and  the  mills 
are  preparing  for  a  much  larger busi­
ness  by  placing  orders  for  yarn.  Cotton 
tapestry  curtains  and  covers  bid  fair  to 
be  among  the  leading  lines,  including 
mercerized 
jacquard  effects.  Lamber- 
quins  for  windows  and  mantels are  com­
ing  into  use  again.  Piece  fabrics,  while 
not active,  owing  to  the  buyers  not  hav­
ing  placed  all  their orders, are receiving 
attention.  The  velours  and  corduroys 
still 
in  demand,  with  some  lines 
of  the  better  class  of  goods  receiving 
more  attention  from  buyers,  who  are 
careful  to  look  over all lines  before  pla­
cing  their orders.  Some  are  hopeful  of 
the  silk  damask,  and  anticipate  larger 
orders  this  season.

lead 

Fallacy  of Judging  by  Outward  Ap­

pearances.

it 

“ To  judge  no  man  by  outward  view 
is  good  advice,  although  not  quite 
new.”   No  one  can  expect  advice  to  be 
particularly  new,  for  the  shortcomings 
which  it  is  supposed  to  assist  in  eradi­
cating  are  by  no  means  of  recent  acqui­
sition.  The  fault  mentioned 
in  the 
couplet  quoted  prevails  almost  univer­
sally  everywhere 
in  Christendom,  not­
withstanding  the  fact  that  such  judg­
ments are  usually  erroneous.  To  jump 
at  conclusions  too readily about anything 
is  a  mistake,  but  where  humanity  is 
concerned 
is  trebly  reprehensible. 
That  many  people  are  subject  to  this 
error  proves  the  gigantic  proportions  to 
which  the  practice  has  attained. 
In 
stores,  for  instance,  clerks  are  seen  ob­
sequiously  rushing  about  to  do  the  bid­
ding  of  a  well-dressed  patron,  taking 
extraordinary  pains  to  please  him,  pre­
suming  from  the  fact that  his  apparel  is 
in  good  style  that  he  must  be  an opulent 
personage,  whereas 
it  may  be  ascer­
tained  that  his  appearance  belies  his 
circumstances  and  that  most  of  his 
thoughts are  concentrated  upon  and  the 
major  part  of  his  income  expended  up­
on  maintaining  a  large and varied ward­
robe.  Such  is  of  course  not  always  the 
case,  but 
it  may  be  quite  frequently. 
On  the  other  hand  the  plainly  dressed 
individual  may  possess  a  much  larger 
bank  account  and  feel  a  proportionate 
desire  to  spend  some  of  it. 
It is  an  un­
fortunate  condition  of  affairs  which  ex­
ists 
in  stores  when  customers  say  to 
themselves  before  they  start  out  to make 
purchases  that  if  they  put  on  their  best 
clothes  they  will  be  waited  upon  more 
attentively.  Why  this  should  be  so 
it 
is  hard  to  say,  because  snobbishness 
should  be allowed  to  have  no  place 
in 
the  manner  of  the  clerk  toward  and  his 
treatment  of  customers.  He  should  do 
bis  duty  regardless  of  appearances,  than 
which  there  is  nothing  more  misleading 
in  the  world.

Man’s  Inhumanity.

“ Oh,  you  needn’t  talk,”   said  the  in­
“ What  would  you  be  to­
it  weren't  for  my  money,  I’d 

if 

dignant  wife. 
day 
like  to  know?”

“ I  really  don’t  know,  my  dear,”  
calmly  replied  the  heartless  wretch, 
“ but  I'm  inclined  to  think  I  would  be 
a bachelor.”

debtors  seemed  very  often  to  have  be­
come  accustomed  to  standing  off  a  man 
to  whose  visits  they  were  hardened. 
In 
this  way  I  kept  my  books  cleaned  up, 
and  during  a  series  of  years  I  figured 
that  the  net  saving  to  me  was  fully  5 
per  cent,  on  my  gross  business.  This, 
of 
itself,  was  a  good  profit,  and  I  have 
never  hesitated 
the 
same  course  to  my  young  friends  when 
starting  in  trade  for  themselves.”

recommend 

to 

Danger  in  Cut  Flowers.

According  to  Hospital  Life  a  promi­
nent  London  physician  says  that  cut 
flowers  should  not  be  kept  longer  than  a 
day  in  the  sick-room,  and  it  is  best  to

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allow  only  those  that  are  in  pots.  Arti­
ficial  flowers  must  be 
entirely  pro­
scribed ;  they  are  very  dangerous  on  ac­
count  of  the  dust  which  always  clings  to 
them.  Flowers  should  be  chosen  with 
reference  to  their  perfume;  those  of  a 
strong  odor  should  never be  allowed 
in 
the  sick-room.  On  the  other  hand,  the 
presence  of  flowers  should  in  nowise  be 
forbidden,  for  manifestly  the  sight  of  a 
violet  or  forget-me-not  may  have  a  pro­
nounced  good  effect  on  the  patient,  and 
garlands  and  green  twigs  should  always 
be  kept  in  hospitals.

It  hurts  almost  any  man  a  little  to  see 
another  man  marry  a  right  pretty  girl.

WHEN  YOU  SEE  A MAN
DO THIS

you  know  that  he  wants  one 

of the

BEST 5  CENT CIGARS 

EVER  MADE

Sold  by  all  wholesale  dealers 

and  the

G.  J.  JOHNSON  CIGAR  CO.,  Grand  Rapids.

FIRE  PROOF  ASPHALT 
PAINT  AND  VARNISH____  

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can reach. 

We are offering to the trade the genuine  article,  and  at  a  price  that  all  ® 
®
Our paints are suitable for any use where a nice raven black  is required.  ® 
Contains no Coal Tar, and  will not crack,  blister or peel.  Sold in  quan-  ® 
®

titles to suit  purchasers. 

H.  M .  R E YN O LD S  &   SON,  G rand Rapids,  M ich.  *

Detroit Office foot of First Street.

D®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®<!

Everything  in  the  Plumbing  Line

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

WEATHERLY &  PULTE, 99 Pearl  St., Orand  Rapids

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

:
W ho  urges  you  to  keep  Sapolio? 

:
Is  it  not  the 
public?  The  manufacturers,  by  constant and  judi- 
cious advertising, bring customers to your stores whose  —g  
very  presence  creates  a  demand  for other  articles.

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m i i m m i m m m m m a m i u u u k

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M IC H IG A N   TRADESMAN

Around  the State
Movements  of  Merchants.

Mason— Darling  &  Wade  have  en­

gaged  in  the  cigar business.

Cedar  Springs— Ira  Peck  has  em­

barked  in  the  meat  business.

Cadillac— Andrew  Virene  has  em­

barked  in  the  produce  business.

Menominee—A.  W.  Zieman  has  em­

barked  in  the  grocery  business.

Marcellus---- Clyde  Goodrich  has

opened  a  drug  store  at  this  place.

Posen—Fred  Weitzel  succeeds  Adams 

&  Weitzel  in  the  grocery  business.

Belding—A.  Behrendt,  of  Ovid,  has 

opened  a  bazaar  store  at  this  place.

engaged 

Harbor  Springs— Perry  A.  Powers  has 
in  the  boot  and  shoe  business.
Fife  Lake— Benj.  Hutchins  and  J.  L. 
Clark  have  embarked  in  the  meat  busi­
ness.

Detroit— Chas.  Feldmann will succeed 
in  the  bazaar  business 

Wm.  Feldmann 
Jan.  i.

Mason—O.  C.  Hoyt,  of  Lansing,  has 
purchased  the  grocery  stock  of  Pratt  & 
Owens.
^Muskegon—J.  M.  Bradley  has sold  his 
flour  and  feed  business  to  Neil  & 
Hoogstraat.

Montrose—Dr.  W.  H.  Russell,  of 
Clio,  has  purchased  the  drug  stock  of 
Haight  Bros.

Fenton— Ira  D.  Boutell  has  pur­
chased  the  boot  and  shoe  stock  of  Wm. 
D.  Peabody.

St.  Joseph—John  F.  Peterson  has pur­
chased  the  meat  market  of  Louisa (Mrs. 
A.  L .)  Peterson.

Hillsdale— Lewis  Cozzens  and  Adolph 
Davis  have  opened  the  Star  meat  mar­
ket  at  this  place.

Saginaw— Krebbs  &  Sprenner  have 
opened  a  grocery  store  at  600  North 
Washington  avenue.

Detroit— Eisman  &  Fell man  are  suc­
in  the 

ceeded  by  Francis  J.  Fellman 
boot  and  shoe  business.

Bay  City— Wm.  N.  Snyder  has  en­
gaged  in  the  meat  business  at  the  cor­
ner of  Garfield  and  Cass  avenues.

Alma—A.  B.  Scattergood,  of  Ithaca, 
has  purchased  the  jewelry  stock  of  J. 
M.  Nichols  and  has  removed  to  this 
place.

Hessel—John  D.  Leahy  has  sold  his 
general  stock  to  Duncan McGregor,  who 
will  continue  the  business  at  the  same 
location.

Springport — Libbie  R.  Holibaugb, 
who  is  engaged  in  the  millinery  busi­
ness  here,  now  signs  her  name  Libbie 
R.  Canfield.

Big  Rapids— W.  L.  Morey  &  Co. 
have  opened  a  meat  market in the build­
ing  formerly  occupied  by  the  market  of 
T.  J.  Sharpe.

Harbor  Springs— Foster  & Burke will, 
in  connection  with  their  hardware  and 
grocery  business,  put 
in  and  carry  a 
line  of  footwear.

Yale— Mr.  McMahon,  who  recently 
purchased  the  Davey  house,  will  con­
duct  a  general  store  in  connection  with 
the  hotel  business.

Nashville—J.  Clare  Furniss,  proprie­
tor  of  the  Central  drug  store,  was  mar­
ried  to  Miss  Henrietta  Beadle,  of  Hast­
ings,  on  Nov.  16.

Lansing— The  Banner  Grocery  Co. 
has  purchased  the  grocery  stock  of  G. 
A.  Munyon  and  has  removed  same  to 
its  store  at  North  Lansing.

Fennville— B.  R.  Barber  has  pur­
chased  a  site  and  will  erect  a  two-storv 
brick  block  thereon,  66x80  feet  in  di­
mensions,  in  which  he  will  esablish  a 
department  store.

Lansing— F.  C.  Davis,  recently 

in 
charge  of  the  branch  drug  store  of  Als- 
dorf  &  Son,  has  purchased  an  interest 
in  the  Butler  block  pharmacy.

Holland— The  Holland  Tea  Co.  has 
given  a  $1,500  mortgage,  covering  its 
stock  of  merchandise,  to  Geo.  E.  Kol- 
len,  in  trust  for  local  creditors.

Muskegon—Van  Zant  &  Co.,  who 
have  been  conducting  a  meat  market  at 
Whitehall,  have  discontinued  at  that 
place  and  opened  a  market  here.

Hillsdale— C.  W.  Eccles,  undertaker, 
has  sold  out  to  W.  M.  Rainier.  Mr. 
Eccles  will  remain  with  Mr.  Rainier 
and  have  active  supervision  of the busi­
ness.

Wayland—A.  E.  Butterfield  has  pur­
chased  the 
interest  of  his  partner,  W. 
H.  Bechtel,  in  the  firm  of  Bechtel  & 
Butterfield,  grocers,  and  will  continue 
the  business  in  his  own  name.

Montague— L.  G.  Ripley  and  C.  G. 
Pitkin  have  completed  an 
inventory  of 
the  drug  stock  and  fixtures  recently  as­
signed  by  Harvey  E.  Morse.  The  ap­
praisal  aggregates  about  $1,300.

Harbor  Springs—Ben  Segal  has  pur­
chased  the  strip  of  land,  120  feet  deep, 
lying  between  his  present  property  and 
the  water front,  for  the  purpose  of  es 
tablishing  a  wood  yard  with  a  capacity 
of  500  cords.

Lansing—E.  Glicman  has  uttered  a 
$7,000  chattel  mortgage on  his dry goods 
stock  to  A.  Krolik  &  Co.,  of  Detroit. 
The  action  was  precipitated  by  the 
movement  of  six  Eastern  creditors 
in 
bringing  suits  against  Mr.  Glicman.

Holland— Benj.  Brouwer,  who  for  the 
past  seven  years  has  been  engaged 
in 
the  clothing  store  of  A.  B.  Bosman  as 
book-keeper,  has  purchased  the  interest 
of  A.  J.  Klomparens 
in  the  general 
store  of  Klomparens  &  Brouwer,  at 
Hamilton.

industry 

Charlotte— The  bean 

is  an 
important  one 
in  Eaton  county,  the 
amount  paid  out  yearly  for the  product 
for  shipment  outside  being  about  $175,- 
000.  Beside  this  there 
is  the  money 
paid  for  picking  over the beans,  a  large 
number  of  persons  being  given  em­
ployment  through  the  winter  at  from  $3 
to $7  per  week.

Bay  City—The  meat  dealers  of  this 
city  have  formed  an  organization.  The 
principal  object  was  to  secure  Sunday 
closing,  and  this has been accomplished, 
every  member  agreeing  to  keep  his 
place  of  business  closed  all day  Sunday. 
After  December  1  the  markets  will close 
every  evening  at 6 ¡30,  with  the  excep­
tion  of  Monday  and  Saturday,  when 
longer hours  will  be  observed.

Detroit—Charles  L.  Corrigan  is  seek­
ing  to  restrain  Canfield  Bros.  &  Co. 
from  disposing of their grocery  business 
on  Milwaukee  avenue.  He  alleges  that 
in  October  be  made  a  deal  with  them 
by  which  he  exchanged  a  70-acre  farm 
in  Lapeer  county  for  a  quarter 
interest 
in  the  business.  He  alleges  that  the 
land  contract  was  delivered  on  Nov.  7 
and  on  Nov.  12  the  Canfields  filed  a 
chattel  mortgage on  the business in favor 
of  Harvey  J.  Sutton.

Red  Jacket—The  force  of  men  who 
have  been  engaged  the  past  two  weeks 
in  taking  inventory  of  the  stock  of  gen­
eral  merchandise  belonging  to  the  Wer- 
tin  estate  have  completed  their  labors. 
The  establishment  is among  the  pioneer 
commercial  enterprises  of  the  copper 
country,  having  been  established  over 
thirty  years  ago,  since  which  it  has  al­
ways been a profitable venture.  The stock 
and  good  will  of  the  business,  together 
with  the  store  buildings  and  equipment 
are  to  be  sold  to  the  highest  bidder.

is 

Saginaw—George  Zarnko,  grocer  at 
the  corner  of  Sixth  and  Wadsworth 
street,  has been  forced  to  give  a  bill  of 
sale  to  Phipps,  Penoyer  &  Co.  Besides 
this  firm,  he 
indebted  to  Melze, 
Smart  &  Co.,  Symons  Bros.,  Saginaw 
Milling  Co.,  Brand  &  Hardin  and 
George  A.  Alderton.  The  full  amount 
of  the  liabilities  is  estimated  at  $3,000, 
while  the  stock  will  not  be  valued  at 
more  than  $800  or $1,000.  Mr.  Zarnko 
says  that,  while  doing  a  thriving  busi­
ness,  be  has  allowed  too  many  of  his 
sales  to  go  on  the  books,  until  he  was 
forced  to  protect  bis  local  creditors.

Detroit—Attorneys  representing  more 
than  half  of  the  amount  of  claims 
against  Bruce  Goodfellow  &  Co.,  have 
been  in  the  city,  and after  considerable 
figuring  a  plan  to accomplish  the  prac­
tical  dissolution  of  the  company  as  a 
mercantile  concern  was  adopted.  Bruce 
Goodfellow,  Thomas  D.  Haney  and 
William  D.  Moore, 
the  officers,  and 
owners  of  $14,000  of  the  $18,500  capital 
stock  of  Bruce  Goodfellow  &  Co.,  trans­
fer  their  stock  holdings  to  J.  L.  Hud­
son,  E.  J.  Hickey  and  R.  B.  Tannahill.
J.  L.  Hudson  was  then  elected  to  suc­
ceed  Mr.  Haney  and  Mr.  Moore’s  place 
as  Secretary-Treasurer  was 
taken  by 
Mr.  Hickey.  The  re-organized  com­
pany  then  sold  the  entire  stock  of  mer­
chandise  to  the  J.  L.  Hudson  Co.

Manufacturing  Matters.

Flint—The  Acker  Hand  Roller  Co. 
has  begun  operations  in  its factory here.
Hancock— M.  Glass,  cigar  manufac­
turer  at  Marinette,  Wis.,  will  shortly 
remove  to  this  place.

Flint—The  capital  stock  of  the  W. 
in­

A.  Paterson  Carriage  Co.  has  been 
creased  from  $100,000  to  $200,000.

Detroit— The  style  of  the  Symonds 
Wire  &  Iron  Works  has been  changed 
to  the  Eureka  Iron  &  Wire  Works.

Saginaw—The  Jackson  &  Church  Co. 
succeed  Jackson  &  Church  in  the found­
ry  and  boiler  manufacturing business.

Lansing— Northrop,  Robertson  &  Car­
rier  have  received  an  order  for  a  car­
load  of  baking  powder  from  the  Pacific 
coast.

Ionia—Gregg  Williams  has  purchased 
the 
interest  of  his  partner,  Hon.  Geo. 
W.  Webber,  in  the  manufacturing  busi­
ness  of  Webber  &  Williams.

Muskegon— Wm.  H.  Smith,  of  the 
firm  of  Smith  &  Nelson,  wood  and  csal 
dealers,  has  sold  bis  grist  mill  at  Ra­
venna  to  Benj.  Hoffelraeyer.

Wolverine—S.  Simon  &  Co.,  shingle 
mill operators  and  general  dealers,  have 
dissolved  partnership.  S.  Simon  will 
continue  the  business  in  bis  own  name.
Saginaw—The  Creamery  Package 
Manufacturing  Co.,  of  Chicago,  has 
established  a  branch  factory  here  for 
the  manufacture  of  butter  packages. 
Forty  men  will  be  employed.

Richmond—The  Richmond  Consoli­
dated  Hay  Bale  Tie  Co.  has  dissolved. 
The  business  will  be  continued  by  Jas. 
L.  Horning  and  Gil.  R.  Lovejoy,  under 
the  firm  name  of  the  Lenox  Hay  Bale 
Tie  Co.

Crivitz— H.  Zech  &  Co.  have  made 
a  deal  with  Marinette,  Wis.,  parties  by 
which  the  firm  gets  control  of  12,000,000 
feet  of  pine  on  the  Peshtigo  River  and 
Medicine  Brook,  Wis.,  at  a  considera­
tion  of  about $40,000.  The  timber  will 
be  cut  this  season  and  manufactured  at 
Ellis  Junction.

Traverse  City— What  is  said  to  be  the 
largest  and  finest  single  tract  of  hard­
wood  timber  in  the  Northern  portion  of 
the  State  was  purchased  by  the  Oval 
Wood  Dish  Co.  last  week.  The tract,

which  is  located 
in  Kalkaska  county, 
comprises  over  4,000  acres,  and  the 
price  paid  was  $40,620,  spot  cash.

Lansing—The  Albion  Buggy Co.,  suc­
cessor  to  the  Elms  Buggy  Co.,  of  A l­
bion,  which  went 
into  the  hands  of  a 
receiver  some  time  ago,  has  been  or­
ganized.  Among  the  stockholders  of  the 
new  concern  are  Congressman-elect 
Gardner,  and  Samuel  Dickie,  chairman 
of the  National  Prohibi  ion  Committee

Sturgis—The  Century Club  of  Elkbait 
is  moving  to  secure  the  removal  of  the 
woodenware  plant  of  Miller  &  Hubbard 
from  this  place.  The  statement  is  made 
that  if  Elkhart  is  selected  as  the  loca­
tion  of  the  plant  100  men  will  be  em­
ployed,  which  would  mean  the  removal 
of  a 
from 
Sturgis.

large  number  of  families 

Empire— The  Empire  Lumber  Co. 
is  building  a  mile  of  new  railway  in 
the  vicinity  of  its  mill  plant  here.  The 
rails  for  the  extension  were  recently 
sent  up  from  Chicago  by  the  steamer 
Hattie  Pereue.  The  Manistee  &  North­
eastern  Railway  will  probably  be  con­
nected  with  that  of  the  Empire  Lum­
ber  Co.  by  a  four  mile  extension.

Manistee—The  Peters  Lumber  & 
Shingle  Co.  is  shipping  out  a  good  deal 
of  stock  these  days.  One  barge  has 
made  three  full  loads  of  maple  t^  Chi­
cago  and  has  two  more  loads  to  carry  of 
the  same  stock.  Almost  all  their  hard­
wood  is  sold  and  the  company 
is  bus­
tling  to  get  its  dock  cleared,  as it  wants 
to  run  as  late as  possible  this  fall.

Ludington— Skinner  &  Eddy,  who  re­
cently  purchased  Thomas  Percy’s  salt 
blocks,  are  about  to  adopt  new  methods 
in  the  disposition  of  their  product.  The 
gentlemen  propose  to  keep  out  of  the 
Salt  Association  entirely.  They  will 
make  Milwaukee  their  main  distribu­
ting  point.  Mr.  Skinner will have charge 
of  the  Milwaukee  end,  while  Mr.  Eddy 
will  superintend  the  manufacture  of  the 
product  at  this  point.

to  eat 

Menominee—A.  F.  Underwood,  a  for­
mer  well  known  lumber  dealer  and 
in­
spector  in  this  city,  is  now  connected 
with  the  Wellsteed  Feed  Box  Co.,  of 
Milwaukee, 
in  the  manufacture  of  a 
patent  feed  box,  a  contrivance  for  feed­
ing  oats,  barley  and  corn  to  live  stock. 
The  merit  of  the  new  feed  box  is  that 
it  saves  from  20  to  25  per  cent,  of  the 
cost  of  the  feed,  from  the  fact  that  it  is 
impossible  to  waste  any  of  it,  the  ani­
mal  being  compelled 
slowly, 
thereby  insuring  complete  mastication.
Jackson—Jackson  &  Church  have  re­
cently  merged  their  machine  shop  and 
foundry  business  into  a  corporation  un­
der  the  style  of  the  Jackson  &  Church 
Co.  The  company  is  incorporated  with 
a  capital  of  $75,000,  all  paid 
It  is 
divided  into  7,500 shares,  of  which  John 
L.  Jackson  has  3,695,  E.  D.  Church, 
3695;  Adolph  Roeser,  100,  and  Miss 
Sadie  Merrill, 
10.  The  stockholders 
compose  the  board  of  directors,  and 
the  officers  are:  John  L.  Jackson,  Pres­
ident;  Adolph  Roeser,  Vice  President; 
Miss  Sadie  Merrill,  Secretary,  and  E. 
D.  Church,  Treasurer and  Manager.

in. 

Failed  Despite  Big  Bonus.

in  this  city 

Duluth,  Nov.  21— The  machinery  of 
the  Marinette  Iron  Works  Co.,  which 
located 
in  1892  under a 
bonus  of  $250,000,  has  been  sold  to  a 
second-hand  dealer  in  machinery  from 
Chicago,  and  is  now  being  taken  down 
and  shipped  away.  The  plant  of  an­
other  bonused 
industry,  the  Iron  Bay 
Works,  brought  here  by  a  present  of 
$100,000,  is  now  occupied  by  a  malle­
able  iron  concern  that 
is  just getting 
It  employs  sixty  men  and  has 
started. 
no bonus.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

The  Grocery  Market.

in 

of 

explanation 

Sugars—The  following  from  Willett & 
Gray's  circular  accurately  sums  up  the 
situation :  “ It  must  be  noted  now  that 
the  raw  sugar  market  is  in  an  abnormal 
condition  and  controlled  by  circum­
stances  entirely  unknown  at this  season 
in  previous  years.  Last  year  at  this 
time  centrifugals  were  at  3?&c,  against 
4  716c  now.  The  stock 
importers' 
hands  at  that  time  was  119,039 tons, 
against  8,823  tons  now;  4  7-16C  for  cen­
trifugals 
is  not  only  the  highest  price 
of  the  year,  but  the  highest  price  since 
1891,  when  the  McKinley  tariff  went 
into  effect.  Usually  at  this  season, 
when  the  Louisiana  crop  is  being  mar­
keted,  the  lowest  prices  of  the  year  are 
expected.  Now  we  have  the  highest. 
Again,  4  7-16C  for  centrifugal  sugars  is 
fully  %c  per  pound  above  the  parity  of 
the  cost  of  beet  sugars,  and  yet  for some 
unexplained  reason  our  refiners  do  not 
in  any  quantity. 
purchase  beet  sugar 
Our  markets  are  forced  higher 
instead, 
and  Europe  follows  slowly  %c  behind. 
The 
these  unusual 
movements  in  our  market  remains  to 
be  developed. 
It  very  likely  has  some­
thing  to  do  with  the  increased  number 
of  refiners  and  the  war of  competition 
now 
in  progress.  Possibly,  also,  the 
marking  up  of  raws  is  for  the  purpose 
of  stimulating  the  demand  for  refined 
sufficiently  to  dispose  of  accumulated 
surpluses  before  the  close  of  the  year 
Whatever  the  reason of present abnormal 
conditions,  a  return  of the  normal  will 
be  attended  possibly  by  some  abrupt 
declines 
in  the  raw  sugar  markets. 
There  appears  hardly  sufficient  warrant 
in  the  outlook  for  so  much  higher prices 
now  for  raw  sugars  than 
for  several 
years  past;  but  for  the  present,  at  least, 
the  local  markets  are  extremely  strong 
and  being  pressed  to  greater  strength 
and  higher  prices  on  every  opportunity, 
regardless  of  the  lower  basis  constantly 
in  Europe.”   The  market  on 
kept  up 
raws  advanced  on  Saturday 
i - i6c  on 
sales  of  96 deg.  at  4j^c  and  on  Monday 
refined  followed,  with  a  like  advance on 
the  entire  list.  The  demand,  however, 
is 
light  and  the  top  has  probably  been 
reached.

Teas—The  announcement  by  Hanna 
and  Dingley  that  no  change  will  be 
made  in  the  tea  duty  at  the  coming  ses­
sion  of  Congress  ought  to  give  the  mar­
ket  a  steadier  tone. 
It  will  scarcely 
make  the  market  active,  but  ought  to 
result 
in  considerably  increased  sales. 
The  lower  grades  are  bound  to be ac­
tive,  as  they  have  been  all  along.

Coffee— Actual  coffees  are  unchanged 
as  to  price.  Considerable business  has 
been  transacted  at  full  market  prices. 
Receipts  are  small,  and  this  fact  alone 
will  exert  a  strengthening  influence  to 
the  market.  Maracaibos  have  been  in 
active  demand,  the  opinion  being  that 
they  were  very  low  and  a  good  purchase 
at  prevailing  prices.  No  change 
in 
Javas.  Mochas,  # c  higher.

Canned  Goods—'Tomatoes  are  un­
changed,  but  prices  are  firmly  main­
tained  on  full  standards  and  holders 
seem  confident  that  prices  will  advance 
later  on.  There  has  been  some  demand 
for  standard  corn  at  the  advance  noted 
last  week  and  anything  offered  cheap  is 
promptly  taken  in.  Gallon  apples  are 
very  firm  and  some  favorite  brands  are 
held 
io@i5c  per  dozen  higher.  Some 
packers  are  still  running,  as  there  is 
quite  an 
inducement  for  them  to  pack 
at  present  prices,  and  there  will  prob­

ably  be  enough  packed  to go around. 
Cheap  succotash 
is  about  out  of  the 
market.

Dried  Fruits—Judging  from  the  de­
mand,  the  consumer  seems  to  be  taking 
kindly  to  prunes.  They  are  to-day  the 
cheapest  article  in  the  dried  fruit 
line 
and  can  not  fail  to be  a  good  purchase. 
Peaches  are  in  good  demand  and  good 
trades  are  promptly  snapped  up  as  soon 
as  offered.  Currants  are  again  higher 
and  will  continue  so  until  after  the  next 
arrivals,  due  about  the  middle  of  De­
cember,  as  present  stocks  are  hardly 
sufficient  to  carry  us  through  until  these 
later  arrivals.  Apricots  are  firmly  held 
and  are  selling  in  a  fair  way.  The  J.
K.  Armsby  Co.  has  the  following  to 
say about raisins:  “ The 1898 raisin crop 
of  California 
is  now  under  cover  and 
receipts  have  been  much  less  than  were 
anticipated  at  the  beginning  of  the  sea­
son.  There  is  no  question  but  what  the 
raisin-growing  industry  of  California  is 
diminishing.  The  crop  during  the  last 
year  or  two has  been  much  smaller  than 
five  years  ago.  According  to  various 
reports  received  this  year’s  crop  will  be 
it  was
about  33,000  tons.  Last  year 
40.000  tons,  and 
it  was  about
55.000 tons.  There  are  various  causes 
to  which  to  attribute  this  falling  off; 
principally,  prices  obtained  during  the 
last  few  years  have  been  so  low  that 
growers  could  not  afford  to  give  the 
vineyards  the  care  and  cultivation  re­
quired,  with  the  result  that  the  ground 
has  become  exhausted, 
in 
stances,  by  the  neglect  of  fertilization. 
The  California  farmers  will  simply con­
tinue  to  plow  under  vineyards  until  the 
production  declines  to  a  point  where 
the  Eastern  buyers  will  be  obliged  to 
pay 
living  prices  for  raisins.  We  are 
inclined to  think  that  the  ruinous  prices 
that  have  existed  during  the  past  few 
years  will  not  be  repeated  for some  time 
to come,  as  it  looks  as  though  all  of this 
year’s  crop  was  going  into  consumption 
at  fair  prices,  although  present  prices 
would  never  have  prevailed  if  it had not 
been  for  the  California  Raisin  Growers’ 
Association.  No  hardship  has  been 
worked  by  the  advance  in  prices,  as  the 
retail  prices  have  not  been  advanced 
materially.  The  fact  that  raisins  have 
had  such  an  unusually  large  sale  shows 
that  prices  have  been  about  right.”

in  many 

in  1893 

Rice—Domestics  have  settled  down 
to  the  parity  of  foreign  sorts  and  the 
demand 
is  quite  active,  the  mills  re­
porting  prompt sales  as  fast  as  lots  are 
milled.

Cereals—Standard  brands  of  rolled 
oats  have  advanced  io@i5c  per  barrel 
and  5c  per case.  The  oat  market  con­
tinues  to advance  and,  should  the  pres­
ent  prices  hold,  a  still  further  advance 
in  rolled  oats  is  probable.

Molasses  and  Syrups—New  crop  mo­
lasses  are  now  coming  in  quite  freely 
and  the  market  has  settled  down  to  a 
trading  basis.  The  better  grades  are 
much  cheaper,  comparatively,  than  the 
lower  grades,  as  desirable 
low  grades 
seem  to  be  scarce  as  the  second  run 
from  which  these  grades are  made  has 
hardly  got  fairly  started  yet. 
Corn 
syrups  are 
in  good  demand,  the  trade 
running  largely  to  cans,  which  are  rap­
idly  supplanting  the bulk  article.

Nuts—Owing  to  shortage  in  most  pro­
ducing  sections  and  the  increased  holi­
day  trade,  the  market  on  all  varieties 
of  nuts  is  very  strong  and  shows  some 
advance  on  almost  the  entire  line.  The 
one  exception  is  peanuts,  which  are now 
offered  at  the  lowest  price  of  the  year 
and  are  certainly  a  good  purchase.  Pe­
It  is  reported  that  not
cans are  short. 

over  sixty  cars  will  be  shipped  from 
Texas  this  year,  against  700  cars 
last 
year.  A  telegram  from  St.  Louis  says 
that  Eastern  speculators are endeavoring 
to  corner the  market,  they  having  pur­
chased  thirty-five  cars  in  one  day  in  St. 
Louis  alone.  This 
is  the  largest  deal 
on  edible  nuts  ever  made  in  any  Amer­
ican  market.

Provisions—Prices  at  packing  points 
have  been  lowered  but  little,  but jobbers 
in  secondary markets, anticipating lower 
markets,  have  cut  prices  more  than  has 
been  done  at  packing  points.  This  is 
probably  due  to  the  commencement  of 
the  packing  season  in  this  and  neigh­
boring  states.  The  local  butchers  and 
packers  supply  their  neighborhood  de­
mand  with  lower-priced  meats.  Poultry 
is  arriving  in  large quantities  at  lower 
prices  than  provisions,  and this has also 
had  something  to  do  with  checking  the 
demand.

Fish— Mackerel 

is  steady  and  fairly 
active  at  unchanged  prices.  No  change 
is  looked  for  in  the  next  two  months, 
but  higher  prices  are  expected  in  the 
spring.  Cod 
is  firm  and  moving  out 
well  at  unchanged  prices.  Lake  fish  is 
very  strong  and  there 
is  a  steady  de­
mand. 
Sardines  are  quiet,  with  the 
price  unchanged.  Salmon 
is  moving 
better,  with  prospects  for an  advance  in 
price.  Lobster  is  scarce  and  firm,  and 
not  overly  active.

Hides,  Pelts,  Furs,  Tallow  and  Wool.
Hides  are  firmer,  with  J£c  advance 
asked,  %c  offered,  without  sale.  There 
are  no accumulations.  Tanners hesitate 
in  buying,  but  orders  are  sufficient  to 
keep  the  supply  reduced. 
It has  been  a 
dealer’s  market  for the  past  few  weeks, 
by  which  some  tanners  profited.

Pelts  do  not  change  in  value.  There 

is  a  fair  demand  at  declined  prices.

Furs  start  off  on  uncertain  values, 
which  are  stimulated  by  sharp  competi 
tion.  Prices  quoted  are apparently high, 
but  assortment 
cuts  quite  a  figure, 
leaving  the  outcome  uncertain.

Tallow  is  quiet,  with  low  value  and 
nothing  with  which  to  stimulate  the 
market.
Wool 

is  still  selling  at  seaboard  at 
last  week’s  quotation,  but 
in  smaller 
amount.  States’  wool  does  not  move 
and  no  advance  is  looked  for  before  the 
new  year.  Our  market 
is  below  the 
importing  point,  so none can  be  brought 
in  from  abroad.  There  has  been  some 
large  exporting  of  wool  held  in  bond, 
which  will  help  relieve  our  market.

W m.  T.  Hess.

John  Smyth,  formerly  local  represent­
ative  of  the  Riverside  Yeast  Co.,  has 
local  branch  of 
taken  charge  of  the 
Fleischmann  &  Co., 
in  place  of  N. 
Briggs,  who  recently  resigned.  Mr. 
Smyth  has  had  many  years’  experience 
in  the  yeast  business  which  will  serve 
him  to  good  purpose  in  his  new  posi­
tion. 

____ ^ 

____

Dell  Lockwood  has  sold  bis  half  in­
terest 
in  the  oyster  and  fruit  establish­
ment  of  Lawrence  &  Lockwood  to  Will 
Matheson.  The  new  firm  will  be  known 
as  Lawrence  &  Matheson.

Frank Jewell  (Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.), 
who  has  been  absent  in  Minnesota  and 
Iowa  for  several  weeks, 
is  expected 
home next  week.

Visner  is  home  with  a  lot  of  Gillies 

New  York  tea  bargains.  Phone,  800.

5

Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Associa­

tion.

At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers'  Association, 
held  at  the  office  of  the  Michigan 
Tradesman  Tuesday  evening,  Nov.  22, 
Martin  C.  Viergever,  grocer at  441  Lyon 
street,  was  elected  to  membership 
in 
the  organization.

The  following  communication  from 
C.  H.  Snyder,  grocer at  Columbia  City, 
Ind.,  was  presented :

I  have  been  trying  to  organize  a  re­
tail  grocers’  association  here,  and  am 
now  trying  to  find  out  what  other  asso­
ciations  have  in  the  way  of agreements. 
If 
it  is  not  too  much  trouble  for  you,  I 
wish  you  would  give  me  some  of  the  es­
sential  parts  of  your  agreement. 
I  need 
hardly  say  that  the  favor  will  be  greatly 
appreciated.

The  Secretary  was  instructed  to  fur­

nish  the  information  desired.

L. 

D.  Blackford,  grocer  at  659  South 

Lafayette  street,  who  was  present  by  in­
vitation,  announced  his  desire  to  unite 
with  the  Association  and  was  unani­
mously  accepted.

Mr.  Klap  moved  that  the  Association 
bold  a  banquet  on Monday evening,  Jan. 
23.  The  question  was  debated  at  much 
length  and  finally  adopted.

Chas.  W.  Payne  moved  that  a  com­
mittee  be  appointed  to  raise  the  neces­
sary  funds  to  meet  the  expense  of  the 
banquet.  The  motion  was  adopted  and 
F.  J.  Dyk,  L.  D.  Blackford  and  Homer 
Klap  were  appointed as such committee.
Julius  J.  Wagner  called  attention  to 
the 
in  the  matter 
of  closing  stores  on  holidays  and  offered 
the 
following  resolution,  which  was 
placed  on  first  reading :

lack  of  uniformity 

Whereas—There  is  necessity  for  uni­
in  the  matter  of  closing  stores 

formity 
on  holidays;  therefore

Resolved—That  the  members  of  this 
Association  be  requested  to  close  their 
stores  all  dav  Christmas,  Fourth  of  July 
and  grocers'  picnic  dav  and  at  12 
o’clock  sharp  on  all  other  holidays.

B  S.  Harris  moved  that  the  stores  be 
closed  at  10 o’clock  Thanksgiving  day, 
which  was  adopted.

Secretary  Klap  presented  his  annual 
report,  showing  total  receipts of $386.10, 
for  which  he  holds  the  Treasurer’s  re 
ceipts.  During  the  year  he  has  drawn 
seventeen  orders  on 
the  Treasurer, 
amounting  to  $385  74.  The  report  was 
accepted  and  adopted.

H.  C.  Wendorff  gave  notice  that  at 
the  next  meeting  of  the  Association  he 
would  present  a  resolution  pledging  the 
members  to  purchase  potatoes by  weight 
instead  of  by  measure.

A  communication  was  received  from 
the  Secretary  of  the  Retail  Grocers  and 
Butchers’  Protective  Association  of  De­
troit,  calling  attention  to  an  open  meet­
ing  of  that  organization  to  be  held  on 
Friday  evening  of  this  week.  The  Sec­
retary  was 
instructed  to  acknowledge 
the  receipt  of  the  invitation  and  assure 
the  Detroit  brethren  that  Grand  Rapids 
grocers  are  heartily 
in  sympathy  with 
any  movement  in  the  direction  of  re­
forming  present  abuses  and  securing 
the  repeal  or  amendment  of  obnoxious 
laws.
Julius  J.  Wagner  called  attention  to 
the  fact  that  the  flour  agreement  was 
being  violated 
in  some  quarters  and 
suggested  that  the  matter  be  taken  in 
hand  by  a  Flour  Committee,  which 
suggestion  was  adopted  by  the  Associa­
tion.

The  meeting  then  adjourned.

Frank  Kaden  has  engaged 

the 
grocery  business  at  Boyne  Falls.  The 
Ball-Barnbart-Putman  Co.  furnished  the 
stock.

in 

Give  a  man  real  business  to  attend  to 
and  he  may  be  saved  from  being  a 
crank.

No  man  should  want  his  fortune  told 

if  it  is  a  bad  one.

J.  Bylsma  has  opened  a  meat  market 

at  138  West  Fulton  street.

Crooked  people  are  not  easy  to  get 

along  with.

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W o m a n ’s   W o r ld
Some  o f the  Results  o f  Talking  Too 

Much.

When  women  are  warned  against  the 
evils  of  talking too much they  invariably 
take  it  to  mean  a  homily against  the  sin 
of  disseminating  harmful  gossip. 
If 
they  have  a  clear  conscience  in  this  re­
spect,  and  are  not  actually  engaged  in 
traducing  their  neighbor’s  character, 
they  are  pretty  apt  to  feel that  there  is  a 
saving  power 
in  many  words  and  that 
you  can’t  have  too  much  of  a  good 
thing.  Everybody  must  have  observed 
the  nervous  horror  women  seem  to  have 
of  any  pause  in  a  conversation  and  that 
in  order  to  avoid  any  possibility of  such 
a  dreaded  catastrophe  at  the  peculiarly 
feminine  affairs,  such  as  teas,  all  the 
women  talk  at  once,  and  so  no  hiatus 
occurs.

Of  course,  one  would  say,  offhand, 
that  the  greatest  evil  of  too  much  talk­
ing  is  in  speaking  ill  of  others,  but  that 
doesn’t  cover  the  whole  case  by  any 
it 
means,  and 
is  an  open  question  if 
isn't  done by  talking  non 
more  harm 
sense  than  by  talking  scandal. 
It  is  a 
cold,  unpalatable,  indisputable  fact that 
we  get  ourselves  into  scrapes  and  bring 
about  troubles  and  tribulations  by  talk­
ing  too  much  about  nothing,  and  at 
times  when  we  have  nothing  really  to 
say.  We  spread  our  hearts  out  for  the 
inspection  of  the  curious,  we  reveal 
our  family  affairs,  we  tell  things  that 
ought  never  to  be  known,  not  because 
we  want  to  or  intended  to,  but  simply 
because  we  have  become  victims  of  the 
talking  habit.

in 

implanted 

Just  take  the  mania  so  many  of  us 
have  for  explaining  things.  Heaven 
knows  how  we  ever  got  the  idea  that 
we  owe  the  world  a  reason  for  why  we 
prefer  boiled  mutton  to  roast  beef  or  a 
it 
pink  frock  to  a  white  one,  but  there 
is,  firmly 
the  feminine 
breast,  and 
it  forms  one  of  the  staples 
of  conversation.  Think  over  the  women 
you  met  last  season  at  the  summer  re­
sorts.  Was 
there  a  single  one  who 
didn’t  feel  that  she  was  called  upon  to 
give  a  reason  for  being  there?  One 
might  have  thought  it  simple  enough. 
She  wanted  the  coolness  or  the  change 
or  the  gayety,  and  so  long  as  she  paid 
her  bills  and  behaved  herself  it  was  her 
own  affair.  That  was  the attitude  of  the 
men  who  were  there,  but  the  women  in­
variably  assumed  an  apologetic  air  and 
explained  they  came  because  of  the 
children  or  by  the  doctor’s  orders,  and 
there  is  nothing  funnier  than  the  way 
these  excuses  were  offered  to  and  re­
ceived  by  people  who  had  no  right  to 
any  explanation  whatever.

The  worst  phase  of  this  explanation 
craze,  though,  is  when the working wom­
an  gets  bitten  with  it. 
If  there  is  one 
thing  that  makes  me  deadly  weary  and 
want  to  die,  it 
is  when  I  hear  some 
woman  begin  explaining  why  she  is  a 
book  agent  or a  clerk  or  a  typewriter or 
does  any  other  honest thing  for  a  living. 
She 
is  always  so  aristocratic  that  the 
blood  runs  as  blue  as  skim  milk  in  her 
veins;  she  was  always  brought  up  in 
a  luxury  that  make  the  splendor  of  the 
“ Arabian  Nights"  seem  squalor;  she 
invariably  never  expected  to  come  to 
this,  and  she  has  always  lost  a  few 
thousands  by  a  rascally  uncle  or  an 
executor  who  committed  suicide  when 
confronted  with  his  defalcation.  The 
woman  with  “ a  past,”   who 
is  a  real 
terror,  to  be  avoided  like  the  plague,  is 
the  one  who  has  seen  better days and 
insists  on  talking  about  them.  Why

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

can’t  business  women  realize  the  folly 
and  weakness  of  explaining  to  every­
body  they  meet  why  they  work?  No­
body  wants  to  know,  in  the  first  place, 
and  it’s  none  of  their  business,  in  the 
second.  Every woman who  works  works 
because  she  wants  the  money  she  earns, 
and  whether 
she  supports  orphaned 
children  or  buys  silk  petticoats  is  of  no 
more  importance  to  the  world  than  it  is 
what  a  man  does  with  what  be  makes. 
When  the  day  comes  when  a  woman  can 
go  into  business  without  offering  an  ex­
planation  or  exciting  comment,  we  shall 
have  marked  the  greatest  step  in  her 
advancement.

lay  to  heart. 

Another  place  where  we  do  a  lot  of 
talking  that  we had  better  leave alone  is 
the  foolish  habit  we  get  into  of  consult­
ing  other  people  about  everything  we 
do.  The  consulting  habit  is  all  right  if 
you  happen  to  know  anybody  whose  ad­
vice  you  mean  to  take,  but  if  it  is mere­
ly 
just  to  give  you  a  chance to  discuss 
the  question,  then  for  the  sake  of  peace 
and  harmony,  don’t  do 
it.  Andrew 
Jackson  used  to  say  that  a  man  should 
think 
long  and  earnestly  about  a  thing 
until  the  time  for  action  arrived  and 
then  he  should  stop  thinking  and  act 
This  is  a  secret  of  success  that  women 
may  well 
If  you  want  to 
do anything  and  have finally determined 
on  it,  stop  thinking  and  act,  but  don’t 
talk.  Don't  spend  all  your  energy  de­
bating  the  subject  pro  and  con  and 
vicey  versy,  as  Mrs.  Partington  used 
to  say.  Do  what  you  have  made  up 
your  mind  to  do  first  and  then  consult 
your  family  and  friends  about  it  after­
wards. 
If  it  has  turned  out  all  right 
they  will  approve,  and  if  it  has  failed, 
the  most  they  can  do  is  to  say,  " I   could 
have  told  you  so, "w h ich   they  would 
have  been  certain  to  remark 
in  any 
case.  This 
is  a  golden  rule that  will 
always  work  and  save  you  any  amount 
of  friction  with  the  people  among whom 
you  live.

it 

is 

One  of  the  greatest  mistakes  women 
ever  make 
in  not  knowing  when  to 
stop  talking.  This  especially  applies 
in  dealing  with  men.  There  is a  point 
up  to  which  a  man  is  amenable  to  ar­
gument  and  reason.  After  that  he  is 
simply  mulish,  and 
is  such  a  pity 
that  women’s love of  talking blinds them 
so  that  they  can’t  see  when  this  line  is 
reached. 
The  woman  who  has  wit 
enough  to  state  her  case,  urge her wishes 
and  then  drop  the  subject  is almost dead 
sure  of  getting  anything  she  wants  that 
is  in  the  power of a  man to bestow.  The 
one  who  talks  and  talks  and  nags  and 
nags  never  gets  anything.  That 
isn't 
the  worst  of  it,  either.  There  is  nothing 
in  the  world  more  pathetic  or  exasper­
ating  than  the  sight  of  a  good  woman 
trying  to  nag  some  man  she  loves  into 
the  paths of  rectitude  and  burying every 
particle  of  the 
influence  she has  with 
him  under an  avalanche  of  words.  She 
is  always  loaded  to  the  muzzle  with  a 
sermon  and  she  fires  at  sight. 
She 
never  lets  up  on  his  faults.  Even  a 
worm  will  turn  under  continual  preach­
ing,  and  nine  times  out  of  ten  she 
drives  him 
into  doing  the  very  thing 
she 
There  are 
many  times  when  words,  like  certain 
jewels,  are  valuable  because  there are 
very  few  of  them.

is  trying  to  avoid. 

I  have  stayed 

The  greatest  foe  to  domestic  peace  is 
the  argument. 
in  houses 
where  there  was  one  perpetual  wrangle 
going  on  and  where  it  wasn’t  safe to 
make  the  simplest  statement  Every 
separate  member  of  the  family  held  a 
different  view  on  religion  and  politics 
and  art and  literature,  and  the^temper­

ature  stayed  at  the  sizzling  point  all 
the  time. 
It  seems  to  me  that  nothing 
else  is  so  tiresome  and  ill-bred  and  nar­
row  and  vindictive  as  arguing  every­
thing,  and 
in  every  bouse  it  should  be 
just  as  much  an  offense  against  good 
manners  te  get  up  an  argument  as  it 
would  to  get  up  a  fist  fight.  Why  should 
we  spoil  our  tempers  and  say  ill-natured 
things  to  the  people  whom  we  love, 
just  for  the  sake  of  trying  to  convert 
It  is  the 
them  to  our  way  of  thinking? 
most  absurd  thing 
life. 
If  Mary 
is  shining  and  John 
thinks  the  sun 
thinks 
is  raining,  for  pity’s  sake  let 
them  both  enjoy  their  opinion  without 
any  words on  the  subject.  When a  wom­
an  learns  never  to  argue  anything,  she 
has  found  the  key  to happiness  for  her­
self  and  peace  for  those  about  her.

in 

it 

Then  let  us  try  to  cut  off a  few  yards 
of  the  fund  of  unpleasant 
information 
with  which  we  are  in  the  habit  of regal­
ing  our  friends.  Nobody  can  really 
want  to  hear  all  the  troubles and tribula­
tions  we  have  had  with  our  servants  or 
the  mistakes  made  by  the  butcher  and 
baker  or  even  the  details  of our  illness. 
The  chances  are  that  they  have  troubles 
of  their  own  and  have  come to  see  us 
hoping  to  have  their  thoughts  diverted 
to  happier  channels.  The  world  is  not 
so  full  of  joy  that  it  does  not  need  all 
we  can  add  to  it,  and  it  is  nothing  but 
selfishness  that  makes  us  pour  out  our 
woes  on  another.

There  is  always one  thing  to  remem­
ber,  and  that  is  that 
is  never the 
thing we  didn’t  say that  we  regret.  It  is 
what  we  told. 
It  is  the  little scandalous 
story  we  sent  on  its  way.  It is the quick, 
cruel  word. 
It  is  the  indiscreet  confi­
It  is  the  hot  argument  about 
dence. 
nothing.  And  yet,  in  spite  of  the  ac­
cumulated  evidence,  there  isn’t a  one of 
us  who  will  ever admit  that  we  talk  too 
much. 

Dorothy  Dix.

it 

The  Vehicles  of  Death.

“ Constantly  weaving  in  and out in the 
web  of  the  city’s  life ,"  said  Mr.  Stav- 
holt,  “ we  see the  shuttle  of  death  in the 
form  of  an  undertaker's  wagon.  In  such 
a  great  city,  a  place  where  so  manv 
dwell,  it  is  to  be  expected,  and  we  be­
come  familiar  with  it. 
It  is here,  not 
as  in  a  village,  an  occasional  sight  that 
fixes  the  eye  and  the  thought  when  it 
passes,  but  it  is  a  part of the great city's 
traffic.  We  see  it 
in  residence  streets, 
where,  indeed,  it has a significant mean­
ing,  but  we  see  it,  too,  in  the  business 
streets  and  avenues,  moving  along  the 
busiest  thoroughfares  with  the  rest  of 
the  wagons  and  trucks  and  carriages, 
an  inseparable  part  of  the  city’s  spec­
tacle.

“ This  is the  black  wagon, 

the  var­
nished  and  shining  wagon  with  the  sil­
ver  plate  containing  the  undertaker’s 
name  upon  the  side.  The  business 
wagons,  the  delivery  wagons  of  the  cas­
ket  and  coffin  manufacturers,  with  their 
comparatively  deep  sides  and  with  no 
top,  are  seen  as  often.  Somehow 
it 
seems  as  though  they  were  oftener seen 
Sometimes  this  wagon 
is  seen  with  a 
single burden,  and  this  partly concealed 
by  the  high sides  of  the  wagon,  and cov­
ered  over  with  some  covering,  and  so 
further  obscured  from  view,  but  some­
times  it  is  piled  high  with  the  wide, 
deep,  long  boxes,  unpainted,  in  which 
coffins  are  finally  to  be  enclosed,  these 
being  laid  crosswise  of  the  wagon,  and 
resting  upon  its  side  rails.

‘ ‘ As  for  the  actual  funerals,  those  we 
see  often,  and  they  may  be  met  any­
where;  it  may  be  in  the  city’s busiest 
streets,  but  oftenest,  of  course,  on 
thoroughfares  that  lead  to the dead’s last 
resting  place. 
In  a  street  car  we  may 
pass  and  fall  behind  and  repass  a  fun­
eral ;  we  may meet a funeral at night and 
see,  following  the hearse,  carriages  with 
lighted  lamps.
“ For  among  so  many  Death  is  ever 
laying  his  finger 

present,  turning  and 
here and  there. ’ ’

The  Things  We  Have  Had.

Whether 

it  is  better  to  have  had  a 
great  happiness,  and  then  be  deprived 
of  it,  or  never  to  have  had  it  at  all,  is 
one  of  the  mooted  questions  that  the 
world  in  general  answers  in  the  nega­
tive.  We  say  compassionately  of  this 
one  that  she 
is  so  lonely  since  death 
robbed  her  of  those  she  loved,  or of  that 
one  that  it  is  so  sad  for  one  who  has 
been  so  rich  to  have  to  know  the  hard 
face  of  poverty.  We  lavish  our  sym­
pathy  on  those  who  have  had  the  good 
things  of  life  and 
lost  them,  but  we 
seldom  think  bow  much  more  sad  is  the 
lot  of  those  who never have— whose lone­
liness 
is  never  brightened  by  the 
thoughts  of  happy  days,  whose  old 
hearts  never  thrill  with  remembered 
kisses,  and  whose  years,  from  the cradle 
to  the  grave,  are  one  unending  grind  at 
the  mill,  without  rest  for  the  mind  or 
softness  for  the  body.

is 

sorrow 

If  this 

It  is  part  of our strangely selfish theory 
of  happiness  that  we  demand  that  our 
pleasures  shall  always  be  within  our 
grasp. 
is  denied  us,  no  matter 
what  fate  has  given  us  in  the  past,  we 
cry  out  that  we  are  of  all  people  most 
miserable  and  that  a  “ sorrow’s  crown 
of 
remembering  happier 
things." 
In  reality  nothing  could  be  a 
falser  philosophy  than  this,  and  by  and 
by  we  come  to  know  that  among  the 
things  we  may  always  have,  and  that 
can  never  be  taken  away  from  us,  are 
the  things  of  the  past  that  we  have  had.
Would  you who have wandered through 
the  wonders  of  the  Old  World  exchange 
memories  with a  blind  man  because  you 
can  travel  no  more?  You  may  never 
tread  the  streets  of  London  or  Paris 
again,  you  may  never  feel  your  heart 
thrill  to  the  peal  of  the  organ  as  it  rolls 
down  the  dim  gray  aisles  of  some  old 
cathedral,  or  in  the  still  beauty  of  some 
summer  day  watch  the  turquoise  sky 
bend  down  to  meet a  sapphire  sea,  but 
these  are  things  you  have had,  and  if 
they  bring  you  less  of  pleasure  than  of 
pain,  you  have  been  a  poor  scholar  in 
the  school  of  experience.

loyalty,  and 

So  should  it  be  in  the deeper emotions 
of  life.  Mourn,  as the  bereft  soul  must, 
the  loved  ones  who  are  taken  from  us, 
there  must  still  be  the  ineffable  thought 
that  we  have  had  them,  and  we  are  so 
much  richer  by  that.  For  years  we 
knew  the  full  and satisfying companion­
ship ;  we  rested  on  the  unfaltering 
love 
and 
turned,  hurt  and 
bruised  and  buffeted  by  the  world,  to  a 
sympathy  that  never  failed  and  that  had 
a  balm  for  every  wound  It  may  be  that 
in  time  this  is  taken  from  us,  but  noth­
ing  can  rob  us  of  the  joy  that  we  have 
had 
it.  Rachel,  mourning  for  her 
children,  refuses  to  be  comforted,  but 
even  so  there  must be  within  her  breast 
some  throb  of  pity  for  the  woman  who 
has  never held  a  child  within  her  arms 
or known  the  clinging  of  little  helpless 
hands  about  her  neck.

in 

The  world 

is  not  so  full  of  pleasures 
that  we  can  afford  to  ignore  those  that 
have gone by.  To be  able to  recall  past 
good  fortune  without  envy,  and  past 
happiness  without  bitterness,  is  to  find 
the  open  sesame  to  hidden  treasures  of 
delight. 
is  like  wandering  down  an 
old  pathway  we  have  trod  before,  and 
gathering  the  roses that  time and forget­
fulness  have  robbed  of  all  their  thorns.

It 

Cora  Stowell.

Quite  a  Linguist.

Does  your  husband  speak  more  than 

one  language,  Mrs.  Parvenu?"

“ Oh,  yes;  he  talks  war,  horse,  base­
ball  and  bicycle—one  just  as well  as  the 
other.''

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The  seasons  of  seedtime  and  harvest 
are  over  and  a  rejoicing  people  in  the 
Western  world  are  gathering  under 
family  rooftrees  around  cheer-burdened 
tables  to  give  thanks  for the  bountiful 
provisions  of  the  earth.

More  than  ever  should  the  Nation— 
our  Nation— rejoice  and  be  glad.  The 
earth  has  brought  forth  her  increase  un­
grudgingly.  The  fields  of  wheat  and 
corn  have  filled  to  overflowing  the  gran­
aries  of  the  land.  The  orchards  have 
poured  into  the  resound ing  bins  their 
treasures  of  apple  and  pear  and  plum. 
The  vineyards  have  drawn  aside  their 
curtains  of  yellow 
leaves  and,  clad  in 
the  misty  mantle  of  Indian  Summer, 
stand 
laughing  at  the  purple  clusters 
which  still  cling  to  their  wandering 
vines  and  pile  high  their  brimming 
baskets.  The  woods  have  doffed  their 
garments,  “ splashed  with  splendor,”  
and  the  rich  brown  nuts,  still  pattering 
upon  the  rustling 
leaves,  add  a  chord 
to  the  song  of  the  season,  which  boy­
hood  and  memory-haunted  manhood can 
the 
never  forget,  and  so  furnish  for 
day's  thanksgiving  their 
liberal  and 
hearty  share  of  enjoyment  and  delight 
For  the  surety  of  physical  comfort, 
then,  for  the  coming  year, 
the  Nation 
has  cause  to  give  thanks.

The  mental 

fields  have  not,  in  the 
meantime,  been  lying  fallow.  Science 
has  patiently  and  perseveringly  bent 
lovingly  over  her  self-appointed  tasks 
and  Nature,  tortured  by  test-tube and 
crucible  and  the  cunning  devices  of  the 
electrician,  has,  with  apparently  less 
reluctance,  revealed  more  of  her secrets 
to  the  determined  expert.  Art,  more 
than  ever  a  student,  has  studied  and 
watched  and  listened ;  and  the daily  life 
within  our borders,  brightened  by  new 
inspirations  of  form  and  color,  has  gone 
to  its  work,  no  longer  toilsome,  with  a 
new  song  in  its  mouth.  Literature  has 
not  been  idle.  Men  and  women,  hope- 
brightened, 
living 
their different lives,have come  and  gone 
and  the  pen  has  written  down  the  story. 
Sunshine  and  shadow,  toils  and  tears 
are  all  recorded,  and  novelist  and  poet 
alike,  mingling  the  bitter  with 
the 
sweet,  have  taught  the  careless  human­
ity  about  them  the  needed  lesson ;  and 
this  workmanship  of  science,  art  and 
literature  will  find  recognition  at  the 
yearly  home-gathering  and  be  acknowl­
edged  as  another  reason  for the  hearty 
giving  of  thanks.

sorrow-burdened, 

Sighs  from 

The  day,  with all its  pleasing  associa­
tions,  will  not  pass  without  its  pang. 
There  will  be  households,  strangers  to 
one  another,  haunted  by  a  common  sor­
row. 
the  New  England 
hills,  heaven-built  altars  of  American 
liberty,  mingling  with  the  moans  of 
mothers  in  the  prairies  and  mountain- 
guarded  West  and  in  the  sunny,  palm- 
shaded  Southland,  will 
float  skyward 
bearing  as  offerings  the  lives  of  sous 
who  have  died 
in  battle  and  from  the 
pestilence  that  walketh  at  noonday  in 
the  unguarded,  disease-infested  camp. 
The  rafters  of  the  old  homestead  will 
resound  with  the  shouts  of  childhood 
and  the  laughter  of  age;  but  there  will 
be  unseen,  though  not  unbidden,  guests 
at  the  feast.  They  will  go  from  room 
to  room.  They  will  sit  at  the  table. 
They  will  bend  above  the  chairs  where 
loved  ones  are  seated,  and  when  the 
home  circle  gathers  around  the  blazing 
hearth  the  eyes  of  affection  will  see 
them  there, 
too,  will 
gather.  Sighs  and  tears and  sorrow  for 
the  consecrated  dead;  but  joy  eternal 
and  thanksgiving  everlasting  that  the 
Nation  has  again  uplifted  hand  and 
voice  and  freed  a  continent forever from 
oppression  and  tyranny.  Hearts  and 
homes  have  sacrificed  and 
suffered; 
but,  great as  both  have  been,  the  cause 
is  worth  the  sacrifice and  the  suffering: 
and  on  this  glad  home-day  of  the  Na­
tion  these  same  home-gatherers,  bent 
with  sorrow  and  bowed  with  grief,  are 
offering  thanks,  as  they  have  never  done 
before,  that  the  glory  of  the  Nation  has 
increased 
in  splendor  because  their 
sons  have  died.

for  there  they, 

So,  then,  for  the  bountiful  fruits  of 
let  us give  thanks.  For  the 
the  earth 
harvests  of  hand  and  brain  let  us  re­
joice;  and  for  the 
inestimable  priv­
ilege  of  citizenship  in  the  leading  Na­
tion  of  the  earth  let  us  be  glad  and  re­
joice  and  give  thanks  not  only  now  but 
all  the  days  of  our  life.

A  number  of  property-owning  women 
in  New  York  have  organized a defensive 
society,  called  the  Ladies'  Legal  Asso­
ciation.  Many  women,  ignorant  of 
le­
gal  quibbles  and  the  wide  avenue  for 
law  opens,  have  been 
fraud  which 
lawyers, 
swindled  by  unprincipled 
agents  and  adventurers.  By 
forming 
an  organization  and  retaining  respon­
sible  counsel,  they  can  obtain  trust­
worthy 
legal  advice  at  all  times  in  the 
ordinary  discharge  of  their  business. 
This  concerted  effort  gives  them  legal 
protection  which  would  otherwise  be 
beyond  their  means.

The  most  expensive  material  ever 
produced  for  a  dress  was  that purchased 
by  the  Empress  of  Germany 
last  year 
from  Lyons.  The  material  was  white 
silk  brocade,  having  flowers,  birds  and 
foliage  in  relief,  and  cost  $125  a  yard, 
the  actual  value  of  the  raw  silk,  it  is 
said,  being  8100.  The  Empress  was  so 
struck  with  its  beauty  that  she  had  not 
the  heart  to  cut  it  up,  and  it  was  even­
tually  turned  into  curtains.  The  price 
paid  for  this  material  is about  double 
as  much  as  the  famous  cloth  of gold that 
Louis  XIV.  had  made  into  a  dressing 
gown. 

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One  reason  why  a  worthless  man  is 
most  apt  to  marry  is  that  women  do  not 
get a  chance  to  chase  workingmen  ex­
cept  after  office  hours;  worthless  men 
always  have time  to  make  love.

It 

is  better  for  a  fool  to  be  stuck  on 
himself  than  to  be  stuck  on  some one 
It  is better  for  the  some one^else.
else. 

GENERAL  TRADE  SITUATION.
The advance  movement  in  trade  ac­
tivity  and  the  strengthening  in  prices 
which  began  after  the  elections  were 
out  of  the  way  continue,  with  few  ex­
ceptions,  ail  along  the  line.  The  re­
covery  in  the  stock  market  was  compar­
atively  slow  at  first,  but  the  present 
week  opened  with  a  more  active  busi­
ness  than  for  several  weeks  preceding. 
The  report  of  the  breaking  off  of  the 
peace  negotiations  at  Paris  caused  a 
sharp  reaction,  as  was  probably 
in­
tended  by  the  originators  of  the  canard. 
When  the  true  value  of  the  report  be­
came  known  there  was  again  a  prompt 
recovery,  which  makes  the  latest  reports 
most  encouraging.

In  general  merchandise  exchange  and 
distribution  there  is  but  little  of  season­
able  slackening 
in  some  manufactures 
and 
in  certain  wholesale  lines,  while 
the  provision  for  a  tremendous  retail 
holiday  trade 
is  without  precedent. 
Price  movements  have  been  upward  in 
most  cases  of  change,  although  such 
changes  have  generally  been slight.  Re­
ports  of bank clearings  for  October  show 
a  much  larger  volume  than  for any  cor­
responding  period  in  the  past,  and  the 
current  month  bids  fair to  make a  still 
better showing.

Grain  movement, 

in  both  primary 
markets  and  for  export,  continues 
in 
unexpected  volume.  Prices  were  almost 
stationary  until  the  report  of  the break­
ing  off of  the  peace  negotiations,  which 
produced  an  opposite  effect to that  iB 
the  stock  market-prices  showed a sharp 
advance,  and  the  movement  is  still  up­
ward,  notwithstanding  the  denial  of  the 
report.

in  some. 

The  iron  and  steel  manufacture  con­
tinues  its  activity 
in  many  lines,  al­
though  there  is  a  seasonable  slackening 
of  demand 
In  the  manufac­
ture of  plates  there  is  a greater  demand 
than  ever  before  known. 
Indeed,  the 
slackening  of  demand 
in  some  lines 
would  seem  to  be  more  the  effect  of 
combinations  than  of  unfavorable  in­
dustrial  conditions.

The  textile  situation  shows  some 

im­
in  demand  and  prices,  al­
provement 
in  cotton  and  its 
though  the  changes 
products  are  very  slight. 
Sales  of 
wool  continue  very  heavy  and  takings 
by  manufacturers  are  more  than  ex­
pected.  Orders 
for  goods  have  been 
quite  numerous,  but  still  much  ma­
chinery 
idle.  The  boot  and  shoe 
trade  continues  very  heavy  although  the 
high  price  of  materials  is  a  source  of 
uneasiness.

is 

Among  general  manufactures  which 
are  sharing  in  the  season  of  activity 
is  that  of  furniture. 
In  this  city  all 
works  are  reported  well  employed  and 
many  are  running  over  time.  And  this 
condition  may  be  considered  a  fair  in­
dication  of  the  condition  of  this  and 
other  similar 
industries  in  all  parts  of 
the  country.

AN  AMBITIOUS  PROGRAMME.
It 

is  reported  from  Washington  that 
Secretary  of  the  Navy  Long  will  recom­
mend 
in  his  forthcoming  report  that 
Congress  authorize  during  its  approach­
ing  session  the  addition  of  fifteen  ves­
sels  to  the  naval  establishment,  and 
that  the  enlisted  strength  be  increased 
to  20,000  men  and  2,500 boys.

The  vessels  to  be  recommended  in­
clude  three  battle-ships  of  the  largest 
type,  three  armored  cruisers  of  12,000 
tons  displacement, 
three  second-class 
cruisers of 6,000 tons displacement  and 
six  third-class  cruisers  of  3,000  tons 
displacement.

it 

This  is a  most ambitious  programme, 
but 
is  understood  that  Secretary 
Long  will  point  out  that  these  additions 
to  the  fleet  are  absolutely  essential  if 
the  newly-acquired  territory 
is  to  be 
adequately  guarded.

imperative.  The 

This  increase  in  the  number  of  ships 
will  make an  increase  in  the  number  of 
officers  and  men 
in­
crease  in  the  number  of  men presents no 
serious  problems;  but  the  addition  of 
the  number  of  officers  which  will  be  re­
quired  will  prove  a  difficult  task,  owing 
to  the  great  prejudice  which  exists  to 
the  admission  into  the  service  of  offi­
cers  not  graduates  from the Naval Acad- 
emy.

Probably  there  is  no  mere  admirable 
or  practical  charity in  the world than the 
system  of  cheap  hotels  established  by 
the  millionaire  philanthropist,  D.  O. 
Mills,  in  New  York  City,  for  the benefit 
of  poor  men.  In  these  hotels,  which  are 
built  after  the  most  approved  sanitary 
measures  and  are  well 
lighted  and 
heated  throughout,  lodging  and  meals 
are  furnished  at  an  exceedingly 
low 
rate,  and  the  guests  have  the  use  of  a 
fine  library  and 
reading-room,  bath­
rooms  and  all  conveniences.  Mr.  Mills 
believed  that  such  a  house,  run  on  busi­
ness  principles, would be  self-supporting 
and  meet  a  long-felt  want,  deriving 
its 
support 
from  men  who  are  neither 
tramps  nor dead-beats,  but who,  for  lack 
of  money,  are  forced  to  take  such  ac­
commodation  as  they  can  find  in  cheap 
and  over-crowded 
tenement  lodgings. 
That  his  theory  was  right  was  proven 
by  the  fact  that  from  the  first  the  de­
mand  for  rooms  was  so  great  a  second 
hotel  was  required,  which  has  been 
built  at  Rivington  and  Christie  streets, 
and  it  is also  interesting  to  know  that  it 
has  turned  out  a  good  financial 
invest­
ment,  inasmuch  as  it  pays  3  per  cent, 
after all  expenses  are  computed.

The  coal  mining  industry  of  India 

is 
said  to  have  increased  of  late  by  “  leaps 
and  bounds.’ ’  The  output 
last  year 
was  estimated  at  4,000,000  tons.  The 
bulk  of  the  output  was  in  Bengal,  which 
yielded  upwards  of  3,000,000 tons.  The 
increase  over  the  previous  year  was 
about  250,000  tons.

Newspapers  in  Germany  sound  a  note 
of  warning  to the  young  men  who  have 
lately  gone  to  Paris  in  large  numbers  to 
secure  employment  in  view  of  the  ap­
proaching  Exposition.  Nearly  all  of 
them  had  to  return,  as  Paris  has  more 
than  enough  of  the  unemployed  to  do 
all  the  extra  work.

A  Berlin  patent  agency  announces 
found  a 
that  a  Polish  engineer  has 
method  of  chemically  treating  straw 
in 
such  a  way  that  it  can  be  pressed  into  a 
substance as  bard  as  stone  and  cheaper 
than  wood  paving,  for  which  it  is  ex­
pected  to  prove  a  substitute.

Spain  wanted  to  win  a  victory  over 
the  United  States  without  borrowing 
money  to  make  another  war.

A  man’s  shrewdness,  as  a  politician, 
is  estimated  by  the  number  of  offices  he 
can  secure  for friends.

Give a  bad  man  a good reputation and 
in  trouble  trying  to 

is  constantly 

be 
make  it good.

Some  people  "bury  the  hatchet’ ’  as 
dogs  bury  a  bone:  only  to  dig  it  up 
again. 

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A  man  who  is always treacherous  has 

the  virtue  of  consistency.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

9

The 

NOT PREPARED FOR CITIZENSHIP
resolution  of  Congress  upon 
which  the  declaration  of  war  against 
Spain  was  based  distinctly  sets  forth 
that  there  was  no 
intention  to  annex 
Cuba,  but  that  the  object of the  war  was 
to secure the  independence of  the island 
and  to  insure  to  its  people a  free con­
stitutional  government.

The  pledge given  by  Congress  in  the 
beginning  of the  war  that  Cuba  was  not 
to  be  captured  and  made  a  part  of  the 
United  States 
is  one  thing.  The  sub­
sequent annexation  after  the  independ­
ence  of  the  island  shall  have  been  es­
is  quite  another,  and  all  the 
tablished 
in  favor  of  such  in­
probabilities  are 
corporation 
the 
United  States,  sooner or  later.  But  the 
people  of  this  country  will  exhibit  un­
utterable  folly  should  they  admit at  any 
early date  Cuba  to  statehood.

into  the  territory  of 

The American people must understand 
that  the acquisition  of  Cuba,  Porto  Rico 
and  the  Philippine  Islands  will  bring 
in  not  less  than  a  dozen  million  peoples 
of  alien  races  utterly  unfit  to  under­
stand,  much  less  to appreciate,  the con­
stitutional  Government and  free  institu­
tions  of  this  Republic,  and,  therefore, 
to admit  such peoples to  citizenship  and 
a  participation 
its  public  affairs 
would  be a  most  pernicious  and  ruinous 
policy.

in 

British 

statesmanship,  which  has 
made  the  little  island  where  the  public 
affairs of  that  empire are  conducted  the 
richest  and  most  powerful  country  in 
Europe,  and  has  placed  it  at  the  bead 
of  the  commercial  world,  has  always 
prevented  the  peoples  of  the  almost 
numberless  races  and  countries  that 
compose  the  empire  from  having  any 
part  in  the  control  of  its  affairs.  The 
various  colonies  have  their  own  local 
parliaments and  councils,  but  they  are 
not  permitted  to  interfere  in  the  affairs 
of  the  empire.  They  have no  represen­
tation 
in  the  Imperial  Parliament  at 
Westminster  Hall.  England  regulates 
them;  but  they  have nothing  to  do  with 
regulating  England.

The  twoscore  million  people  in  the 
British  Isles  govern  the  hundreds  of 
millions  in  India  and  the other colonies. 
No  people  are  freer  in  all  that  goes  to 
make  up  the  real  essentials of  constitu­
tional  human 
liberty,  liberty  protected 
and  regulated  by  wise  laws,  than  are 
those of  Great  Britain,  and  they  give  to 
the  vast  populations  of  their  colonies 
all  the  liberty  they  can fairly  appreciate 
and  properly  enjoy, and they  temper  the 
degree  of  authority  exercised  to  the 
exigencies of  each  race  and  country.

Canada  and  Australia  must  be  ruled 
differently  from  India  and  Egypt;  but 
doubtless  they all  have  as much freedom 
as  is best for them.  At  any rate,  it is ac­
cepted  by  all.  Should  all  the  British 
colonies  join  in  an  effort  to  throw  off 
British  authority,  they  would  succeed, 
and  that  they  do  not  so  attempt  speaks 
volumes  for the  wisdom  of  the  British 
rule.

If  the  United  States  is to  start  on  a 
career of  colonization  and  the  acquisi­
tion  of  foreign  territory,  some  lessons 
in  the  management of  colonies will have 
to be learned  from  English  statesman­
ship. 
It  is  startling,  indeed,  to  con­
template  what  might  be  the  result  if,  to 
the  12,000,000  foreign-born  population 
in  the  States  of  the  Union  and  the
12.000.  000  negroes, 
there  be  added
12.000.  000  West  Indians,  Asiatics  and 
Pacific  islanders,  and  they,  being  fully 
vested  with  the  right to  take  part  in  the 
work  of  political  control,  should  com­

bine to change  laws and  institutions  to 
please  themselves.
Of  course,  there 

is  no  community of 
interest  between  the  white  Europeans 
in  this  country  and  the  Asiatics  and 
other  mongrels  that  people  the  con­
quered  Spanish  possessions,  but  there 
might  be  among  the  various  colored 
races.  Should  the  Filipinos  and  the 
West  Indians  be admitted to citizenship, 
the  color line  would  continue  to  divide 
the  population  socially as  it does to-day, 
and 
in  all  probability  all  the  colored 
races  would  make  common  cause  to 
break  down  a  barrier  where  all  are 
guaranteed  equality  of  every  sort  by  a 
law  which  can  never be  enforced.

In  the  Republic  of  Hayti,  where  the 
negro  race  enjoys  full  control,  the  color 
line  is  maintained,  with  blacks  on  one 
side and  the  mulattoes and  other  mixed 
bloods  on  the  other.  The  conflict  which 
grows  out  of  this  color distinction  is  as 
irrepressible  there  as  here.  The  white 
races  have  from  the  earliest  times  con­
quered  and  subjected  the  colored,  and 
from  this  fact  has  resulted  a  belief  in 
the  inferiority  of  the  latter,  an 
inferi­
ority  that  has  been  demonstrated  by  the 
entire history  of  the world.

This 

inferiority 

is  a  fact  which  has 
been  so  forcibly  impressed  upon  human 
society  that  statesmanship  and  political 
philosophy  can  no  more  ignore  it  than 
could  history,  and where it has been  dis­
regarded  in  politics  the  most  serious 
public  evils  have  grown  out  of  it. 
In 
view of  these  facts,  centuries,  perhaps, 
of education  will  be necessary before the 
Filipinos  will  be  fit  to bcome  American 
citizens;  but  even  the  Cubans,  who  are 
vastly  more 
civilized  than  are  the 
Asiastic 
islanders,  should  be  required 
to  serve  a  long  probation  of education 
in  our  free  institutions  before they  can 
be  admitted  to  citizenship  or  their  is­
land  to statehood.

THANKSGIVING.

“ For the  Lord  thy  God  bringeth  thee 
into a  good  land,  a  land  of  brooks  and 
water,  of  fountains,  and  depths  that 
spring  out  of  valleys and  h ills;  a  land 
of  wheat,  and  barley,  and  vines,  and 
fig  trees,  and  pomegranates,  a  land  of 
oil-olive and  honey;  a land wherein thou 
shalt  eat bread  without  scarceness,  thou 
shalt  not  lack  any  thing  in  i t ;  a  land 
whose stones  are  iron,  and  out  of  whose 
hills  thou mayest dig  brass.  When  thou 
bast  eaten  and  art  full,  then  thou  shah 
bless-the  Lord  thy  God  for the good land 
which  he  hath  given  thee.  Beware that 
thou  forget  not  the  Lord  thy God,  in  not 
keeping  his  commandments,  and  his 
judgments,  and  bis  statutes,  which  I 
command  thee  this day. ’ *— Deut.,  8  c. 
7-11  v. 

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Telephone  girls  will  soon  all  be  clad 
in  special  uniforms,  the  same  as  nurses 
and  waitresses,  and  dusty  skirts  are  to 
blame. 
It  has been  found  advisable  in 
the government  telephone  exchanges  in 
Sweden  to  make  all  the  girls  wear a 
special  uniform,  the  idea  being  to  have 
them  wear  a  different  dress  from  that 
worn  on  the  street.  Long  experience 
has demonstrated  that  the  dust  particles 
which  are  sure  to  become  engaged  in 
the  soft  materials  of  women’s  dresses 
instruments,  resulting  in 
get  into  the 
disturbances  of  the  service. 
It  is  re­
ported  that  the  Vienna telephone author­
ities are  about  to  enforce  this  rule  also, 
and in  our own  country  one of  the  larg­
est  Western  exchanges has  observed  the 
same  practice  for  some  time  past.

The  fool  who borrows  trouble  gets  it 

before he ought  to  have  it.

in 

John  James  Audubon, 

THE  EAGLE  AND  THE  TURKEY.
the  famous 
ornithologist,  protested  sturdily  against 
the  adoption  of  the  eagle  as  the  chief 
figure  on  the  National  escutcheon.  He 
held  that  the  eagle was  a sanguinary and 
rapacious  robber  which  had  been  the 
chosen  emblem  of  ancient  Rome,  which 
bad  been  from  its  beginning  to  its  fall 
a  robber  nation.  The  eagle,  too,  had 
been  adopted  by  several  of  the  most 
despotic  of  the 
later  monarchies  of 
Europe,  and  what  with  bis  known  bad 
character  and  heraldic  association  with 
its  worst  form,  the 
human  tyranny 
chief  of  the  rapacious  birds  was 
in 
every  way  unfit  to  represent a peace-lov­
ing,  law-abiding  democratic  republic.
But  Mr.  Audubon  did  not  propose  to 
leave  the  country  without  a  feathered 
its  flags  and 
fowl  to  be  painted  on 
shields  and 
it 
among  the  nondescript  beasts  and  birds 
that  are  figured  on  the  armorial  bear­
ings  of  the  Old  World  nations.  He  set 
up  the  claims  of  the  turkey  for  this 
proud  and  responsible  function.  He 
set  forth  that the  turkey is an indigenous 
American  bird,  originally  found  on  this 
continent;  that  he 
is  very  handsome; 
is  proud  and  dignified,  and  while  emi­
nently  devoted  to the  uses  of  peace,  the 
gobbler  will  fight  bravely  when  called 
on. 
In  a  word,  the great  naturalist  pro­
posed  to  place  the  turkey  gobbler  on 
the  American  arms  as  a  proper  repre­
sentative  of  the  great  American  Re­
public.

to  stand  sponsor  for 

Patriot  and  artist  as  was  the  great 
ornithologist,  be  did  not  seem  to  realize 
that  the  best  and  chiefest  use  of  bis  fa­
vorite bird  is to be  eaten,  and  if  he  had 
been  sent  for  to  try  conclusions  with 
the lions and  unicorns and  eagles,  one­
headed  and  two-headed,  of  Europe,  and 
the dragons  and  other  real  and  mythical 
monsters  that  flaunt  themselves upon the 
oriental  Old  World  flags  our  gobbler 
would  have  been  at  a  most  sad  disad­
vantage.  He  would  have furnished  them 
a  good  meal,  and  nothing more. 
In  the 
matter  of  heraldic  display  the  rule  is 
to  set  a  thief  to  catch  thieves  or to 
mount  on  a  national  standard  a  robber 
bird  to  deal  with  the  other  robber birds 
and  beasts.  Mr.  Audubon  was  wiser 
in  the  way  of  birds  than  of  armorial 
bearings,  and,  although  the  turkey  is  a 
mighty  popular  bird 
in  his  native 
America  and  more  beloved  than  the 
eagle,  it  is  upon  the  dinner  table  that 
he  shines.  We can’t eat  the  eagle,  and, 
therefore, be  can be reserved for heraldic 
purposes.  One  real  turkey  on  the table 
is  worth  a  thousand  pictures  of  turkeys 
on  flags.

Let  the  eagle  monopolize  the  Fourth 
of July.  That  is  his grand  anniversary, 
is  the  turkey’s  day. 
but  Thanksgiving 
May  he  be  seen 
in  every  American 
home  to  make  glad  the  hearts  of  the 
people  and  to  comfort  their  bodies!

LONG AND SHORT  HAUL CLAUSE.
The  action  of  the  Supreme  Court  in 
deciding  that  the Joint  Tariff  Associa­
tion  was  unlawful  and  in  violation  both 
of  the  anti-trust  law and  the  interstate 
commerce act  bas  undoubtedly  stiffened 
the  backbone  of  the  Interstate  Com­
merce  Commission.  That  body  has  for 
a  long  time  past greatly  lacked  aggres­
siveness,  and,  as  a result,  the  interstate 
commerce  law  passed  by  Congress as  a 
protection  to  the  people has  not  given 
the  results  that  should  reasonably  have 
been  expected  of  it.

As an  evidence  of  the  returning  viril­
ity  of  the  Interstate  Commerce  Com­
mission,  it  recently  rendered  a decision

which  shows  that  the  mere  fact of  com­
petition  does  not  necessarily  relieve 
carriers  from  the  restraints  of  the  third 
and  fourth  sections  of  the 
interstate 
commerce  law.

The  case before  the  Commission  was 
a  complaint  against  a  prominent  South 
era  railroad.  It  involved  the  transporta­
tion  of  sugar  and  molasses  from  New 
Orleans  to  Nashville  and  Louisville,  the 
complainants  contending  that  higher 
rates  for  the  shorter  distance  to  Nash­
ville  than  for  the  longer  distance  to 
Louisville  were  unlawful.  There  was 
water  competition  at  Nashville,  but  it 
was  not  so  strong  as  at  Louisville.  In 
addition  to  the  ruling  on  the  main ques­
tion  before  it,  the  Commission  held  that 
in  all  cases  where  there  is  a  departure 
from  the  rule  of  the  law  the  burden  is 
on  the  carrier  to  show  that  such  depar­
ture  is  justified  by  facts,  and  an  order 
forbidding  the  exaction  of  the  higher 
rates  to  Nashville  was  directed  to  be  is­
sued.

The  action  of  the  railroad  company 
was  clearly  in  keeping  with  the practice 
in  vogue  of  considering  that  water  com­
petition  absolves  the  carriers  from  the 
operations  of  the  long  and  short  haul 
clauses.  The  decision  of  the  Commis­
sion  means  that  the  burden  of  proving 
that  the  water  competition 
is  active 
enough  to necessitate  a  lower  rate  to  the 
more  distant  point  than  to  the  nearer 
point  falls  on  the  railway.  This  is  emi­
nently  correct,  because  there  can  be  no 
denying  the  fact  that  the  bugaboo  of 
water  competition 
is  taken  advantage 
of  to discriminate against certain points. 
This  is  possibly  not  the  case 
in  the 
complaint  recently  made  to  the  Inter­
state  Commission,  but  the  burden  of 
proving  that  the  water  competition  is 
bona  fide  and  serious  rests  with 
the 
carriers.  _____________

EDUCATING  THE  CUBANS.

General  Wheeler,  who  was  without 
doubt  the  most  conspicuous  and  dis­
tinguished  figure  among  the  land  forces 
in  the  war with  Spain,  is  also  a  man  of 
ideas  in  matters  of  peace.

The  General  realizes  the  necessity  of 
educating  the  Cubans,  and  particularly 
the  youth  of  that  country,  in  American 
institutions and  principles,  so  that  they 
may  be  properly  fitted  to  undertake  the 
task  of  conducting  or  participating  in 
the  conduct  of  a  free  government  for 
their  countrymen,  and  he  proposes  that 
each  college  in  the  United  States  shall 
give  free  tuition  to  young  Cubans,  each 
school  to  receive  as  many  as  it  can 
afford.

Some  young  Cubans  have  been  edu­
in  the  United  States,  but  many 
cated 
more  were  sent  to  Europe. 
It  is  sup­
posed  that,  as  many  of  the  once  wealthy 
people  of  that  island  have  been 
impov­
erished  by  the  revolution,  they  will  not 
be,  as  formerly,  able  to  educate  their 
sons  unless  some  such  assistance 
is 
afforded. 
It  is  most  important  that  Cu­
bans  should  be  educated  in our language 
and  ideas,  and  have  some  practical 
acquaintance  with  our  free  institutions, 
and  the  American  cplleges  can  do  a 
great  work  by  assisting  in  this  educa­
tion.

In  Paris  a  peculiar  fad  on  the  part  of 
rich  women  has  given  rise to the cuTious 
profession of “ dog-dressmakers. ’ ’  Mem­
bers  of  this  profession  supply  every  sort 
of  covering  a  lady  wants  for her  pam­
pered  pet._____________

A  Chicago  paper thinks  Eugene  Debs 
must  have  blown  out  the  gas  in  his 
room  somewhere.  If  the  man  is  willing 
to  be quiet  he  might  be  let  alone.

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Fruits  and  Produce.
Status of the Poultry Market in Gotham. 
From  the New Y o rk  Produce Review.

This  market  has  been  overstocked 
with  poor  and  medium  grades  of  live 
fowls  for  the  past  six  weeks.  Iowa fowls 
are  generally  classed  as  good  slock  and 
when  shipped  direct  from  any  part  of 
the  State  to  this  market  usually  arrive 
in  good  condition  and  are  worthy  of  be­
ing  classed  as  good  fowls,  but  since 
shippers  have  been influenced by certain 
Chicago  commission  houses  to  bill  their 
cars  first  to  Chicago  in  care  of  commis­
sion  firms  there  and  have  been  led  to 
believe  that  it  is  profitable  to  the  ship­
per  to  have  his  chickens,  turkeys,  ducks 
and  geese  taken  out  of  the  car  and  sold 
in  Chicago,  replacing  the  same  with 
fowls  purchased  on  the  Chicago  market, 
the  exchange  is  made  generally  from  a 
selfish  motive,  as  the  exchange  enables 
them  to  get  rid  of  an  accumulation  of 
unsalable  goods,  viz.,  poor  and  medium 
fowls.  The  plan  is  wholly  wrong,  inas­
much  as  the  Chicago  dressers  select 
from  the  receipts  there  only  the  best 
grades  and  New  York  becomes 
the 
dumping  ground  for  rejections.  Buy­
ers  on  this  market  refuse  to  take,  ex­
cept  at  a  reduced  figure,  any  fowls  that 
run 
irregular  in  quality.  Thus,  a  ship­
per  leaves  Iowa  with  a  car  loaded  one- 
half  choice  fowls,  balance  springs,  tur­
keys,  ducks  and  geese,  and  consigns  his 
car  in  care  of  some  commission  dealer 
in  Chicago.  The  dealer  there  probably 
has  on  hand  a  surplus  of  poor  fowls. 
He  takes  everything  out  of  the  car but 
the  fowls and  fills  the  car  with  what  he 
can  not  sell  and  bills to  New  York.  Up­
on  arrival  here  the  fowls are  unloaded 
and  cooped  regardless  of  grades  or qual­
ity.  The  buyer  refuses  to  take them, 
making  the  usual  complaint,  “ too  many 
poor  fowls  mixed  in these coops. ”   The 
entire  shipment,  therefore,  classes  as 
poor  fowls  and  the  price  generally  has 
to  be  lowered 
in  consequence.  Load 
your  poultry,  bill  to  Chicago  and  have 
it  sold  there;  otherwise,  send 
it  direct 
to  the  New  York  market.  Do  not  buy 
Chicago fowls,as  there  is  nothing  in this 
method  of  operating  for  the  shipper  ex­
cept  losses.

*  *  *

New  York  receives  from twenty-five to 
fifty  carloads  of  live  poultry weekly,  and 
during  holiday  times  it  is  not  unusual 
for  sixty  or  seventy,  and  even  up  to  too 
carloads  to  be  received  and  handled. 
This  stock  has  to  be  weighed,  recooped 
and  handled  often  several  times,  and  in 
the  hurry 
incident  to  handling  such 
large quantités  of  stock  it  is  impossible 
to  prevent  an  occasional  fowl  from  es­
caping.  A  comparatively  few  years  ago 
this  necessitated  the  men  who  were 
handling  the  poultry  to  stop  their  work 
and  catch  the  escaping  chicken.  This 
practically  meant  chasing  it  until  they 
had  tired  it  out,  when  they  would  run  it 
down  between  a  pile  of  coops or in  some 
Shortly  after  this 
corner  and  catch  it 
a  hook  appeared  on  the  market  and 
its 
use  became  very  general  in  catching the 
wayward  fowls.  It  consisted  of  a broom­
stick  with  a  wire  fastened  around  it at 
one  end  in  such  a  manner that  the  fowl 
was  caught  in  the  leg,  but  the  hook  was 
so  small  that  the  foot  would  not  pass 
through  and  the  fowl  was  in  this  way 
drawn  up  to 
its  captor  and  caught  in 
his  hands,  to  be  replaced  in  the  coop. 
This certainly  was rather a brutal method 
of  handling  the  poultry,  and  a 
few 
months  ago  the  Society  for the  Preven­
tion  of  Cruelty  to  Animals  took steps  to­
wards 
its  abolishment.  The  result  has 
been  that  dealers  are  now all using scap- 
nets,  and  the  old  hooks  have  disap­
peared, probably  forever.  The  net  is  an 
ordinary  one  with  a  long  handle  such 
as  might  be  used  for  scapping  crabs  or 
catching  butterflies,  though  the  meshes 
are  somewhat  larger and  the net  itself  is 
also  larger.  The trade  has  welcomed  the 
new  net  and  given  every  encouragement 
to  the  abolishment  of  the  old  books  for 
the  more  humane  custom  now  in  use.

*  *  *

Our  mail  brought  us  a  letter  recently 
from  one  of  our  regular  subscribers  in 
which  he  says  he  intends  shipping poul-

try  to this  market  and  be  wanted the ad­
dress  of  a  dealer or  large  consumer  in 
order  to  “ save  the  commission  man’s 
profit.'*  We  are  inclined  to  think  that 
this  party  will  fare  much  worse  by  try­
ing  to  deal  direct  with  the  consumer 
than  he  would  if  be  shipped  his  stock 
in  the  regular channels,  i.  e.,  to a  first- 
class  commission  house.  The  poultry 
firms  represented  in  the  advertisements 
of  this  paper  have  spent  years  in  build­
ing  up  a  trade  and  know  just  where  to 
place  the  goods consigned  to  them to the 
best  advantage,  and  as  a  rule they  can 
place  the  stock  at  better  prices  than 
would  be  allowed  by  a  dealer  obtaining 
stock  direct  from  the  shipper. 
In  fact 
it  is  doubtful 
if  a  first-class  dealer 
could  be  found  to handle  the  stock  this 
way,  as  they  know  just  what  they  need 
for  their trade and  they  prefer  to  shop 
around  and  purchase  it.
*  *  *

Parchment  paper  is  steadily  growing 
in  favor  with  shippers  of  dressed  poul­
try.  Some  shippers,  however,  are  us­
ing  a  cheap  imitation  parchment  paper 
is  practically  worthless  for  the 
which 
purpose  for  which  it  is  intended  and 
it 
would  be  probably  better  if  the  shipper 
used  none  at  all  or  merely  a  common 
manila  or  wrapping  paper.  The  differ­
ence  in  the  price  of  the  genuine  parch­
ment  and  the 
is  so 
small,  compared  to  results  obtained  in 
selling,  that  shippers  will  find 
it  to 
their advantage  to  use  only  the  best.

imitation  paper 

Every  once 

*  *  *
in  a  while  shippers  get 
an  idea  that  the  poultry  market  should 
be  higher  than 
it  really  is,  or  is  about 
to  go  higher,  and  they  wire  their  com­
mission  houses  here  to  bold  their  stock 
off  of the  market  unless  a  certain  price, 
usually  one  or  two  cents  above  what  it 
is  possible  to  realize,  can  be  obtained. 
Putting  stock  under  a  limit  in this man­
ner  more  often  works  to  the  detriment 
of the  shipper than  to  bis  benefit.

California’s  Big  Orange  Crop.

Los  Angeles,  Nov.  20—The  first  car­
load  of  new  oranges  has  already  started 
East,  although  the  shipments  of  last 
year's  fruit  are  not  yet  finished.  From 
Riverside  alone  over  20,000  boxes  of 
oranges,  mostly  Valencias,  were  sent 
East 
last  month,  and  shipments  still 
continue.  Oranges  are  now  shipped 
from  Southern  California  every  month 
in  the  year.  Formerly  the  shipping 
lasted  only  five  months.  A l­
season 
though  the 
late  growth  was  unusually 
large  in  quantity  and  fine  in quality this 
year,  it  is  probable  that  all-tbe-year- 
around  shipments  will  be  the  rule  here­
after,  as  growers  have  learned  to  handle 
their  fruit  so  as  to  distribute  the  trade 
through  the  year,  instead  of  trying  to 
rush  everything  off  in  a  short  time.  A 
good  many  growers  have  saved  up  the 
best  of  their  late  fruit  this  year  for  the 
Thanksgiving  and  holiday  trade,  and 
will  send  this  East,  instead  of  rushing 
off  and  spoiling  the  market  with  green 
and  half-ripe  new  fruit.

The  navel  crop  this  year  will  prob­
ably  equal  in  size  that  of  last  year,  but 
budded  varieties  and  seedlings  will  not 
produce  so  well.  The  lemon  crop  of 
Southern  California  will  be  much  larger 
than 
large  acreage  of 
new  trees  will  come  into  bearing.

last  year,  as  a 

New  Substitute  for Sugar.

“ Sugarine”   is  a  substitute  for  sugar 
for  which  good  things  are  claimed. 
Here 
is  an  extract  from  the  manufac­
turer’s  circular:  “ A  small  bottle  of 
Sugarine 
is  equal  to  100  pounds  of 
sugar,  and  only  costs  half  as  much. 
The  sugar that  is  used  to-day  contains 
9$  per  cent,  of  glucose  and  only  5  per 
cent,  of  sweetening.  We  have  discov­
ered  a  process  by  which  we  can  man­
ufacture  the  sweetening  chemicals  and 
not  use  the  glucose,  which 
is  much 
cheaper  and  more  convenient.  Why 
use the  glucose? 
It  is  very  injurious  to 
the  health,  besides  it  draws  the  flies, 
ants  and  many  other  insects.  Now,  with 
our  Sugarine,  instead  of  putting  from 
one  to  three  teaspoonfuls  of  sugar  in  a 
cup  of  coffee  or  tea,  use  one  drop  of 
Sugarine,  which gives  the  desired  sweet 
taste  and  can  not be  told  from  sugar.’ ’

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and  these  we  can  always 
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GOTHAM  GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  to 

the  Market.

Special Correspondence.

New  York,  Nov.  ig—The  first  three 
days  of  the  week  showed  a  quickening 
of  trade  in  coffee,  but the  impulse given 
seemed  to  have  exhausted 
itself  by 
Thursday  and  the  situation  now  is  of 
about  the  usual  tenor.  Orders  coming 
from  both  city  and  country  dealers  are 
lots  for  sorting  up  purposes. 
for  small 
Jobbers*  however,  are quite  decided 
in 
their  views  and  no  concessions  are  re­
ported. 
Invoice  sales  are  not  frequent, 
but  the  tone  of  the  market  is  steady 
and  values  are  pretty  firmly  maintained 
at  6}£c  for  No.  7  Rio  on  the  spot. 
In 
store  here  and  afloat  the  stock  of  Rio 
aggregates  1,054,767  bags,  against 922,- 
343  bags  at  the  same  time  last  year. 
The  committee  appointed  by  the  Coffee 
Exchange to  enquire  into  the  causes  of 
the  present  condition  of  the  trade  in 
mild  coffees,  which  is  far  from  satisfac­
tory,  is  busily  at  work  and  its  report 
will  be  awaited  with  a  good  deal  of 
in­
terest.  The  market  this  week  shows 
some  decline 
in  West  India  milds 
and  a  slow  movement  of  East  India 
growths,  although  the  latter  are  firmly 
held  at  quotations.

The  auction  sale  of  teas  on  Thursday 
attracted  a  good  crowd  of  buyers  and 
prices  showed  an  advance  of  only  about 
Me  on  Amoys.  Formosas  sold  at  about 
former  rates— possibly  a  shade  higher. 
Japans  were  steady  and  showed  little 
if 
any  variation  from  old  rates.  On  the 
street  the  market  was  tame  and  very 
few  transactions  were  reported  during 
the  week.  Hardly  any  invoice  trading 
is  going  forward.

The  market  for  refined  sugar  is strong 
and  refiners  will  not  guarantee  prices; 
in  fact, it  is  said  that  Arbuckle  is  so  far 
oversold  on  granulated  that  he  has 
stopped  making  the  softer  grades  for 
the  time  being.  For  some  softer grades 
which  he  has  on  hand  be  has made  i - i6c 
concession  on  100 barrel  lots.  No  new 
developments  have  occurred  in the sugar 
war.  Raw  sugars  are  firm.

Domestic  grades  of  rice,  being  pro­
portionately  higher  than  foreign,  have 
been  somewhat  in  the  background,  and 
some  of  the  off  sorts  have  been  reduced 
a  trifle.  The  demand  for  head  rice  is 
good  and  supplies  are  light,  so  the  fu­
ture  seems  bright  for  holders.  Foreign 
grades  show  no  changes  of 
importance. 
Quotations  are  about  as  follows:  Do­
mestic,  good to  prime,  5J^@6c;  choice, 
6@6>£c;  head,  6M@€>MC'*  Japan,  sMc-
A  hundred  tons  ot  pepper  was  sold 
at  gj£c  and  this  one  article  was  about 
the  only  one  in  the  whole  list  of  spices 
which  seemed  to  attract  any  attention. 
Prices  generally,  however,  are  pretty 
well  maintained. 
Singapore  pepper, 
9$6c ;  West  Coast,  g@ 9Xc;  Amboyna 
cloves,  ioK @ i i c .

Molasses  prices  here  are  relatively 
lower  than  at  primary  points,  owing,  it 
is  thought,  to  keen  competition,  which 
has  taken  away  practically  the  entire 
profit.  Fair  to  good old crop centrifugal, 
I3@i8c.
Syrups  are  steady.  The offerings  seem 
to  be  rather  freer  than  a  week  ago,  but 
prices  are  firm.  Prime  to  fancy  sugar 
syrups,  ig@27c.
Supplies  of  canned  goods  are reported 
short  again  this  week,  especially  of 
California  fruits  and  Columbia  River 
salmon.  Tomatoes  are  not 
in  as  free 
receipt  and  standard  No.  3  New  Jersey 
stock  will  bring  85c.  Favorite  brands 
of  Columbia  River  salmon  are  worth 
$i.4o@ i.45-
firm  quota­
tions.  Choice to  fancy  Sicily,  300s,  are 
.worth  $4  75@5  75-  Oranges  are  firm 
and 
are  especially  high. 
Repacked  barrels  fetch  $6.5o@8.  Flor­
ida  oranges,  russets,  are  worth $3.50^4 ; 
bright,  $3.751^5.  Bananas  and  pine­
apples  are  quiet  and  selling  at  un­
changed  quotations.

Lemons  are  selling  at 

Jamaicas 

Prices  of  California  dried  fruits  are 
high  .and  the  sales  seem  to  be  hardly 
up  to  expectations. 
In  domestic  dried 
there  is  a  good  demand  for  fancy  evap­
orated  apples,  and  the  supply  is  by  no 
means  large.

The  demand  for  good  apples  is  so  far

ahead  of  receipts  that  the  market  is  al­
most  “ out  of  sight.”   Northern  Kings 
are  quotable  at  from  $4.5o@6  per  bar­
rel;  Greenings,  $4@5 ;  Baldwins,  $3.50 
@4-50.

Cranberries,  Cape  Cod,  range  from 
$5@8  per barrel,  as  to  quality.  Jersey, 
$4- 75@5-2S*
Hickory  nuts  are  scarce and  firm  at 
$3  per  bushel.  Chestnuts  are  in  free 
supply  and  sell  from  $i.5o@2.5o  per 
bushel.

Possibly, 

The  market  for  really  desirable  butter 
is  firm  and  best  Western  creamery  sells 
at  23Kc. 
in  some  cases, 
slightly  more  than  this  has  been  ob­
tained.  Stock  that  is  at  all  “ off”   sells 
all  the  way  down  to  18c,  and  thirds, 
Western  creamery, 
I5)£@i6c.  Finest 
Western  imitation  creamery,  I7@i 7K c ; 
firsts, 
I3@I3K c ; 
Western  factory,  June  extras,  I4@i4>£c; 
current  make,  I3^@I4C.

I4@ i5^c;  seconds, 

Receipts  of  cheese  are  not  large and 
with  a  stronger tone at  interior markets, 
the situation here is somewhat improved. 
Large  size,  full  cream  State,  is  worth 
9>£c ;  small  size,  gM^l  common*to  fair, 
7@ 8 c.

The  egg  market 

is  steady  and  firm, 
although  the  demand  during  the  past 
day  or  two  might  have  been  more  ac­
tive.  Western  fresh  gathered,  23@23^c. 
Refrigerator  eggs  have  been  selling 
freely  from  I5@i6c.

Carrying  Rivalry  to  Extremes. 

From  the New England Grocer.

Two  Danbury,  Conn.,  storekeepers 
whose  places  of  business  are  on  the  out­
skirts  of  the  town  have  built  up  an 
in­
tense  rivalry  and  each  spends  his  spare 
time  keeping  an  eye  on  the  other and 
devising  some  scheme  to  steal  a  march 
on  him 
in  some  way.  The  rivalry  is 
still  as  intense  as  ever.  Saturday  night 
one  dealer  took  a 
large  fish  from  his 
stock  in  trade  and  after  wrapping  it  up 
in  a  very  neat  parcel,  bribed  a  small 
boy  with  a  dime  to  take  the  parcel  in 
his  neighbor’s  establishment  and  ask 
permission  to  leave 
it  there  until  the 
following  Monday.  The  boy  did  as  he 
was  told  and  the  obliging  storekeeper 
consented,  as  be  is  a very obliging  man. 
He  took  the  bundle  and  placing 
it  un­
der  the  counter,  proceeded  to  forget  all 
about  it.  All  went  well  until  Monday 
afternoon  when  one  of  his  lady  custom­
ers  called  his  attention  to  a  rather dis­
agreeable  odor  which  she  noticed on  en­
tering  the  store.  The  storekeeper also 
noticed 
it  on  having  it  brought  to  bis 
attention,  but  although he  made a search 
for  the  cause,  could  not  find  it.  As  the 
day  advanced  the  odor  became  more 
pronounced,  and  customer after  custom­
er  called  bis  attention  to  it.  The  store­
keeper  and  his  clerk  thoroughly  ran­
sacked  the  store  in  their  efforts  to  find 
what  the  matter  was,  but  with  no  effect, 
and  when  time  came  to  close  the  store 
that  night,  and  everv  customer  had 
made  some  remark,  the  proprietor  of 
the  store  was  in  a  state  bordering  on 
insanity.  Early  Tuesday  morning  be 
went  to  the  store  to  see  if  be  could  re­
move  the  offending  smell  before  it came 
time  to  open,  but  without  any  success, 
and  the  consequence  was  that  be  had  to 
leave  the  door  open  all  day  and  nearly 
freeze  to  death  in order  to  make  it  any­
where  near  bearable  inside.  Finally  he 
thought  of  the  bundle  which  had  been 
left  with  him  Saturday  night,  and  a 
happy  thought  that  it  might  possibly  be 
the  cause  of  the  trouble  struck  him. 
it  from  under  the  counter  be 
Pulling 
opened 
it  as  quickly  as  be  could,  and 
the  whiff  he  received  of  the  contents 
left  no  doubt  that  he  had  discovered 
that  for  which  be  was  searching.  He 
threw the  remains  of  the  fish  out  in  the 
street,  and  the  store  is  now  beginning 
to  regain  its  former  condition.  He  is 
now  figuring  out  how much  trade  he  lost 
as  a  result  of  the  trick  of  his  rival  and 
figuring  out  a  scheme to  get  even.  His 
rival  merchant  and  the  residents  of  the 
neighborhood  are  waiting  the  result of 
his  meditation  with  impatience.

Whatever  Noah's  shortcomings  were, 
he  knew  enough  to  go  in when  it rained.
Most  people  believe  in  the  total  de­

pravity  of  somebody  else.

Ship  your  BUTTER  AMD  EGOS  to

R .   H I R T ,   vJ r ..  D E T R O IT ,  M IO 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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D R IED   AND  EVAPO R ATED   A P PL E S 
BOTH   ’97  AND  ’98  STOCK.

N.  WOHLFELDER  &   CO..

W H O L E SA L E   G R O C E R S

3 9 9 - 4 0 1 - 4 0 3   HIGH  S T R E E T   E A S T .  D E TR O IT ,  MICH.

1  Hermann  C.  Naumann  &  Co.,

353  Russell  Street,  Detroit,  Mich. 
Opposite  Eastern  M arket,

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BUROE D. CATLIN.

LANSING &  GATLIN

44 W. MARKET STREET 
103 MICHIGAN STREET

BUFFALO, N. Y.

Reference:  TRADESMAN. 

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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 trying  to  work  Butter  and  Eggs  for  a  few  months;  not 
having  the  trade,  they  cannot  do  you the justice that a house can that handles Butter and  Eggs exclu- 
sively twelve months in the year.  Fresh  Eggs are scarce;  we want them at 20c.

W h o  G e ts  th e  O y s t e r  T r a d e ?

The man whose oysters  are  the 
freshest and best flavored.

Who  Loses Other Trade?

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

Ask  fw oar prices  on Roll Top  Batter Refrigerators.
Grand  Rapids  Refrigerator  Co.,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

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any  quantity  of  Fresh 
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Established at Alma 1885.
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BUTTER,  EGGS,  POULTRY, 
VEAL,  GAME,  FUR,  HIDE5, 
BEANS,  POTATOES,
OREEN 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.

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R E FE R EN CES:

Wm.  M.  Hoyt Co.,  Wholesale  Grocers,  Chicago. 
W . J.  Quan &   Co., Wholesale Grocers, Chicago. 
“ Chicago Produce,”  Chicago.
Bradstreet’s and  Dun's Agencies.
Hibernian  Banking Association, Chicago. 
Ban kers:  Merchants*  National Bank, Chicago.

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Butter  Men  at  Odds  in  Gotjiam. 

From the New York Commercial

There  is  a  merry  little  war in progress 
in  the  West  Side butter  market  which 
at  the  present  time  gives  every  promise 
of  developing 
into  serious  trouble  for 
some  one  later on,  unless  all  signs  fail. 
The trouble,  it  is  stated,  arises out  of  a 
practice  that  has been  in vogue for more 
than  a  year  among  a  number  of  the 
leading  butter  dealers  of  agreeing  to 
pay  the  Western  producers  with  whom 
they  have  made  contracts  one-half  a 
cent  a  pound  above  the  market  price, 
the  latter  being  ruled  by  actual  sales  on 
the  Butter  Exchange.  These  prices are 
sent  out  to  the  producers  each  day  and 
the  returns  made  by  the  “ half  cent 
above”   men  are  based  upon  the  price 
list 
issued  by  one  company’s  reports, 
while  the  returns  made  by  the  firms who 
regard  the  half  cent  above as  an  evil 
are  based  upon  another  report,  which, 
singularly  enough,  quotes  prices  from 
a  quarter  to  a  half  cent  higher than  the 
other.  The above  facts  were  gathered 
from  representatives  of the two  price  re­
ports,  both of which  claimed  to  correctly 
report  each  day's  changes. 
These 
changes,  according  to both reports,  were 
obtained  daily  in  the  Butter  Exchange, 
and  neither  could  offer a  logical  reason 
why  there  should  be  the  fraction  of  a 
cent difference  between  the  two.

the 

that 

It  can  readily  be conceived,  however, 
that  this  confusion  as  to  prices  should 
lead  to  strained  relations  between  the 
dealers  doing  business  based  upon  these 
differing reports.  The “ half cent above" 
men  claim  that  they  are  in  the  right, 
and 
frightful  competition 
against  which  they  are  fighting  has 
driven  them  to  offering  a  half a  cent  a 
pound  above  the  market  in  order to  ob­
tain  business  enough  to  keep  them  go­
ing.  Said  one  butter  dealer on  Satur­
day:  "T h is  is  a  fight  for  existence.  So 
many  new  firms are  continually  spring­
ing 
into  active  operation  that  every 
legitimate  means  must  be  employed  to 
obtain  business.  We  could  not  do busi­
ness  on  a  flat  commission  basis,  and 
have offered  the  Western  producers  a 
bonus  of  half  a  cent  per  pound  in  order 
to  keep  their  shipments  coming  our 
way.  This half  cent  we  pay  out  of  our 
commissions.  The  market  is  correctly 
quoted,  for  it  is based  upon  actual  sales 
made  on  the  Exchange.  Is  the  business 
more  cut  up  now  than  it  used  to  be? 
Well,  to  my  certain  knowledge there are 
at  least  20  per cent,  more  dealers  than 
there  is actual  business  for.  By  actual 
business  I  mean,  of  course,  business 
that  will  pay  a  fair  profit  on  the  capital 
invested.  New  people  are  continually 
coming  into the  trade  with  just  enough 
capital  to  start them  going.  These peo 
pie  get  business 
somehow.  Another 
thing  that  is  hurting  our  trade  is  the 
fact  that  many  of  the  large  Western 
creameries  are  dealing  directly  with  the 
large  consumers,  and,  of  course,  the 
commission  man  is  out  just  that  much.
in  this 
direction  I  may  mention  the  fact  that 
one  large  wholesale  firm  in  Elizabeth, 
N.  J.,  is  now  offering  certain  Western 
creameries  %c  above  the  market  price 
for their butter. 
It  is  not  improbable 
that  in  future  we  shall  lose  a  great  deal 
of  trade 
in  that  way,  as  you  see  the 
wholesaler  can  afford  to  pay  a  cent 
above  the  market,  for  he  has  no  com­
mission  to  pay  when  dealing  direct with 
the  producer.”

" T o   illustrate  the  tendency 

The  dealers  who  do  not  offer a  half 
cent  above  claim  that  those  who  do  are 
trying  to  drive  them  out  of  the  busi­
ness. 
In  addition  to  asserting  that  the 
returns  based  upon  their  reports  are 
-correct,  they  persist 
in  declaring  that 
the  "h alf cent  above"  men  underquote 
the  market  in  order to be able to  pay  the 
bonus  without  loss to  themselves.

The  butter  business  of  the  city 
amounts to  about  30,000  tubs  per  week. 
About  75  per  cent,  of  this  is  said  to  be 
distributed 
lots  ranging  from  three 
to twenty-five  tubs.  The  small  lots  are 
sold  in  many  cases  to  a  special  trade 
that  pays  from  3  to  4  cents  more  per 
is  actually  quoted.  The 
pound  than 
trade  at  present 
is  fairly  active,  al­
though  the quality  of  the  butter  is  poor, 
owing  to  the  feed  that  is  being  given 
to  the  Western  cows.  There  is  practi­

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cally  very  little  95  score butter coming 
into the  market,  for the  reason  as  stated 
above,  most  of  tbe  high  grade  stock  be­
ing  scored  at  from  88  to 94.

How  Senator  Vest  Electrified  a  Jury.
Walter  Wellman,  the  Washington  cor­
respondent,  recently  told  bow  Senator 
Vest  once  electrified  a Missouri  jury and 
secured  a  favorable  verdict  for  bis 
client.  He  was  employed  by  a  man 
whose  dog  had  been  shot by  a  neighbor. 
Other  eminent  counsel  attended  to all 
the  preliminaries  of  the  fight,  while 
Vest  was  there,  his  head  sunk  down  be­
tween  his  shoulders,  and  apparently 
asleep.  Finally  his  associate  nudged 
him  and  told  him  that  he must  make 
the  concluding  speech.  He  demurred, 
but  seeidg  he  must do  something to earn 
the  fee  which  had  been  paid  him,  arose 
and  after  gazing  at  the  jury  for  some 
minutes,  delivered  the  following  ad­
dress :

Gentlemen  of  tbe  Jury:  The  best 
friend  a  man  has  in  this  world  may turn 
against  him  and  become  bis  enemy. 
His  son  or  daughter  that  he  has  reared 
with  loving  care  may  prove  ungrateful. 
Those  who are  nearest  and  dearest to us, 
those  whom  we  trust  with  our happiness 
and  good  name,  may  become  traitors  to 
their  faith.  The  money  that  a  man  has 
he  may  lose. 
It  flies  away  from  him, 
perhaps,  when  he  needs 
it  most.  A 
man’s  reputation  may  be  sacrificed  in  a 
moment  of  ill-considered  action.  The 
people  who  are  prone  to  fall  on  their 
knees  to  do  us  honor  when  success  is 
with  us  may  be  the  first  to throw  the 
stone  of  malice  when  failure  settles  its 
cloud  upon  our  heads.  Tbe  one abso­
lutely  unselfish  friend  that  man can have 
in  this  selfish  world,  the one  that  never 
deserts  him,  the  one  that  never  proves 
ungrateful  or treacherous,  is bis  dog.

Gentlemen  of the  jury,  a  man's  dog 
stands  by  him 
in  prosperity  and  in 
poverty,  in  health  ana  in  sickness.  He 
will  sleep  on  the  cold  ground,  where 
tbe  wintry  winds  blow  and  the  snow 
drives  fiercely,  if  only be  may  be near 
his  master’s  side.  He  will  kiss the band 
that  has  no  food  to offer,  he  will  lick 
the  wounds  and  sores  that  come  in  en­
counter  with  the  roughness  of  the world. 
He guards  the  sleep  of  his  pauper  mas­
ter  as 
if  he  were  a  prince.  When  all 
other  friends  desert  he  remains.  When 
riches take  wings  and  reputation  falls 
to  pieces  be 
is as  constant  in  his  love 
as  the  sun 
its  journey  through  the 
heavens. 
If  fortune  drives  tbe  master 
forth  an  outcast  in  tbe  world,  friendless 
and  homeless,  the  faithful  dog  asks  no 
higher  privilege  than  that  of  accom­
panying  him  to  guard  against  danger, 
to  fight  against  bis enemies,  and  when 
tbe  last  scene  of all  comes  and  death 
takes  the  master  in  its  embrace and  his 
body 
is  laid  away  in  the cold  ground, 
no  matter  if  all  other  friends  pursue 
their  way,  there  by  his graveside  will 
the  noble  dog  be  found,  his  head  be­
tween  his  paws,  bis  eyes  sad  but  open 
in  alert  watchfulness,  faithful  and  true 
even  in  death."

in 

Wbat  followed  the  veracious  Wellman 

describes  in  this  w ay:

"Then  Vest  sat  down.  This  remark­
able  speech  he  had  delivered  in  a  low 
voice  without  a  gesture.  No  reference 
had  he  made to the  merits of the  case  in 
hand.  Not  a  word  had  he uttered  about 
the  evidence.  When  he  finished 
judge 
and  jury  were  seen  to have tears in their 
eyes.  The  jury  filed out and  in  a  minute 
or  two  returned  to  the  court  room.  The 
plaintiff  had  asked  for  $200 damages. 
The  verdict  gave him  $500."

Two  Kinds  of  a  Hug.

A  little boat is seen afloat 
Upon the moonlit water,
In which a youth does sit, forsooth,
With his neighbor's daughter.
He hugs the shore a mile or more 
Along the laughing water,
Then lets the boat serenely float 
And hugs lus neighbor's daughter.

Men  convinced  against their  will  are 
of the  same  opinion  still,  but  no  woman 
is  ever  convinced  that  way.

E lg in   S y s t e m  o f  C r e a m e r ie s

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

Contractors  and  Builders of the

A  Model  Creamery  of the  Elgin  System.

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

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

Manufacturers and Dealers in Creamery and Dairy Supplies.

R  E.  STURGIS  &  CO.,

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

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If you  wish  to  secure  the  sale  of a brand  which  will  always  give 

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Z,  and specify “Anchors.”

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TYPICAL  CUSTOMERS.

A Morning’s Trials in  a General  Store. 
Written for the Txadxskah.

Number  5 

is a  saleswoman.  On  the 
morning  of  which  we  speak  the first per­
son  to  whom  she devoted  her attention 
was  a  man  belonging  to  a  rare but  per­
fectly  distinct  type  of  purchasers.  He 
was  in  to  get  some  shoes  for  his  little 
girl,  a  pair  of  corsets  for his  wife and 
some  woolen  stockings  for  the  baby. 
Number  5  courteously  shows  him  differ­
ent  kinds  and  qualities  of  all  these  ar­
ticles  and  he  makes  his  somewhat  ec­
centric  selections  and  departs. 
The 
goods, 
failing  to  fit  or  to  suit,  will 
shortly  come  back  and then an indefinite 
succession  of  exchanges  sets  in.  Num­
ber  5  knows  this  will  be the  case,  hut 
it  is  hers  “ but  to  do  or d ie,”   and 
it  is 
not  politic  to  offer  objections  to  this 
man’s  chosen  method  of  shopping. 
Is 
Is  she  of  unsound  mind 
his  wife  ill? 
or  otherwise 
incapacitated  from  mak­
ing  her  own  purchases?  By  no  means; 
and  she  would  enjoy  attending  to  them 
herself. 
interferes  with 
his hours  of  work  to  do  it  and  be  knows 
absolutely  nothing  about  what  is  needed 
or  wanted  nor  how  to  expend  money 
most  judiciously.  But  he  is  by  nature 
a  despot  and  his  domineering  disposi­
tion  manifests  itself  in  the  attempt  to 
exercise  rigid  surveillance  over all  the 
household  management,  even 
to  the 
minutiae  of  his  wife’s  and  children’s 
wardrobes.  Perhaps  he  takes  it  into  bis 
head  that  his  wife  ought  to  wear  calf­
skin  shoes.  She  does  not  need  a  heavy 
shoe any  more than  a  South  Sea  Island­
er needs a  fur overcoat;  but  he  has  the 
idea 
in  his  head  and  must  take home  a 
pair for  her  to  try.

It  sometimes 

There 

is  once  in  a  while  a  woman 
that  will  submit  unquestioningly  to  all 
this  petty  tyranny  and  encase  herself 
and  her  children  in  whatever  He  sees 
fit  to  select.  But  more  often  the  wife 
of  this  style  of  despot  is  not  so  meek  as 
she appears  and  resorts  to  all  kinds  of 
schemes  to  obtain  what  she  wants  to 
take the  place  of  what  He  has  selected. 
Then  it  is  that  the  music  for  the  store­
keeper begins.  She  makes  some  objec­
tion  concerning  the  fit  or  the  style of the 
purchase  and  her  husband  returns  it, 
only to  select  another  which  suits her  no 
better.  Perhaps  this  time  the article  is 
returned  by  a  child  or  she  comes  her­
self and  gets  what she wants,  explaining 
afterward  to  Him  that  this  was  really 
the  only  thing  she  could  find  anywhere 
that  would  answer  at  all.  Whether  she 
endures  it  or  evades  it,  it  is 
incompre­
hensible  why  any  freeborn  American 
woman  will  submit  to  such  tyranny; 
why  she  will  allow  her  husband  to  poke 
his  meddlesome  old  nose  into  what  is 
none  of  his  business.  And  it  would  be 
a  good  problem  for  the  lawgivers  to 
consider  whether  the  statutes  against 
manslaughter  could  not  in  some  manner 
be  amended  so  that  this  kind  of  man 
could  get  the taking-off  he  so  richly  de­
serves  and  the  slayer  be  exempt  from 
the  ordinary  penalties  for taking  human 
life!

In  direct  contrast  to  the  one  just  de­
scribed 
is  another  man-shopper,  and  to 
such  an  one  Number  5  next devoted  her 
efforts.  He  shops  not  because  he  will, 
but  because  perforce he  must.  He  is  a 
farmer  and 
lives  some  distance  from 
town.  When  it  is  stormy  and  the  roads 
are bad  or there  is  sickness  in  the  fam­
ily  his  wife  can  not  come  and  be  is 
obliged  to  make  the  purchases.  He al­
ways brings a  written  want  list;  but  bis 
ideas  of  just  what  is  needed  are  very

is  utterly 

last  purchased,  and 

hazy.  He 
ignorant  about 
styles,  prices,  qualities  and  sizes  and 
perfectly  frank  about  confessing  his  ig­
norance.  The  amount be doesn’t know 
is  really  astonishing.  He  takes  out  his 
list  and  the  struggle  beginT  One  by 
one the  items  are  selected.  Number  .5 
shows  a  variety  of  each  kind  of  goods 
and  he  leaves  the  decision 
in  every 
case  to  her  judgment,  she  being  guided 
as  best  she  may  be  by  the  specifications 
of  the  list,  his  very  vague  ideas,  and  a 
possible  knowledge  of  the  farm-wife’s 
characteristics.  Finally  they  come  to 
the  last  articles  on  the  list,  which  are 
children’s  shoes.  This 
is  the  tug  of 
war.  On  the  list are  written  down,  with 
many  erasures,  the  supposed  sizes  of 
shoes 
the  man 
thinks  that  perhaps  they  will  want  half 
a  size  larger.  Number  5  knows  well 
that,  however  much  children may disap­
point  their  parents  in  other  directions, 
in  the  matter  of  the  growth  of  the  feet 
the  wildest  paternal  and  maternal  ex­
pectations  are  surpassed.  One  of  the 
boy’s  last  shoes  were  13’s  maybe.  Per­
haps  now  his  feet  can  be  crowded 
into 
2^'s,  but  more  likely  it  will  take  3’s. 
The  head  of the  shoe  department  is  an 
obey-orders-if-you-bust  sort  of  fellow. 
If  a  person  calls  for  number  1  shoes 
be  supposes  i ’s  are  wanted  and  needed. 
So  Number  5  goes  to  the  shoe  depart­
ment  herself  and  performs  sundry  men­
tal  calculations.  She  takes  as  a  multi­
plicand  a  purely  assumed  rate  of  pedal 
growth.  As a multiplier she has  a  length 
of  time  not  definitely  known.  She adds 
her  product  to the size  of  shoe purchased 
the  last  time—of which  she  is  of  course 
not  absolutely  certain.  But  she  sends 
the  results  of  these  calculations,  know­
ing  well  that  these  will in all probability 
be  far  wide of  the  mark,  and  wonders 
to  herself,  as  the  man  takes  away  his 
purchases,  whether a  course  under  some 
good  clairvoyant  would  not  be  of  value 
to  her  in  a  business  way.

She  does  not have  long  for  reflection, 
for  in  comes  a  certain  lady  who  speaks 
briefly  and  to  the point and with a strong 
Teutonic  accent.  She  knows  exactly 
what  she  wants.  There is  no wearisome 
matching  of  shades,  no  tiresome  com­
parison  of  qualities and  styles.  “ I  take 
dees,”   and  the  sale  is  made;  or,  “ I  no 
likie  dot,”   and  that  settles  it.  And  yet 
this  purchaser  selects  goods  with  excel­
lent  discrimination,  and  moreover never 
returns  an  article  for  exchange.  Not 
all  Teutonic  ladies  are  of  this  type,  but 
those  that  are  are  the  solace  of  the 
saleswoman’s  heart.

Next,  Number  5  displays  gloves  to 
that  rarest  product  of birth  and  educa­
tion,  a  real  lady.  She  is  considerate  of 
the  time,  rights and  feelings  of  others, 
yet  uses  taste  and  judgment  in  making 
her  selections,  and  does  not  buy  what 
she does  not  want.  Nor  is  she  obtrusive 
with  expressions  of  sympathy.  She  does 
not  ask  Number  5 
if  it  isn’t awfully 
tiresome  being  on  her feet so much ;  and 
so gracious  is  she  that  it  fairly  seems  a 
privilege to  sell  her  a  pair of shoe laces.
Thus  the  morning  wears  away  and our 
saleswoman,  being  a  wise  little  body, 
makes  every  effort  to  please  all,  remem­
bering  that  it  takes all  kinds  of  people 
to  make  a  world  and  that  all  count  in 
the  census. 

Quillo.

They  Claimed  to  Be  Friends.

Hattie—You  are  looking  rather  pale 
of  late.  Why  don’t  you  do as  I  do,  take 
a  two  mile  walk  every  morning  for  your 
complexion?

Ella— And  do  you  really  do that? 

I 
it  was  that  far to a  drug 

had  no 
store.

idea 

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

the  practice  of  crying  down  his  com­
petitors,  which  would  be  done  to  his 
own  detriment,  nor  does  be  rely  solely 
upon  his  clerks  for  the  proper conduct 
of  his  affairs.

On  the  contrary,  he  exercises  close 
personal  surveillance  over  his  business; 
he 
is  jovial  and  at  the  same  time  re­
spectful  towards  his  customers  and  is 
indefatigable  in  striving  to  please  with 
proper  attention  and  desirable  goods; 
local  affairs 
he  identifies  himself  with 
and  exhibits  an  active  interest  in 
local 
enterprises  and  progression ;  be  attracts 
the  attention  of  the  purchasing  public 
by  his  tasty and original advertisements, 
intimate  forcibly  and  with  tact 
which 
that  he  would  very  much 
like  to 
C.  U.  B.  A.  customer;  he  is  liberal,  for 
he  finds  that  he  can  afford  to  be  so  un­
der  the  circumstances,  and  with  each 
purchase  presents  the  children  with 
seasonable  toys  and  the  older  ones  with 
some  useful  article  collateral  with  his 
line  of  business,  upon  which  a  neat  ad­
vertisement  of  his  store  is  daintily  en- 
scrolled.  Thus  he  gains  the  goodwill 
of  the  trade.

He  pays  attention  to  his  show  win­
dows,  too,  and  does  not  confine  himself 
to  a  dull  and  dusty  display,  which 
would  attract  unfavorable remarks rather 
than  new  customers,  but,  on  the  con­
trary,  he  imitates,  or  originates,  an  at­
tractive  window  display,  with  tasty  sur­
roundings,  and  in  devising  this  display 
he  usually  allows  his  ideas  to  conform 
with  the  respective  seasons  of  the  year, 
and  with  popular  current  events,  and 
finds  that  his  window  exhibits,  although 
involving  considerable  time  and  some 
expense,  are  an  efficient  factor  in  at­
tracting  many  buyers  to  his  store,  and 
create  favorable  comment.

in  turn 

He  pays  his  bills,  too,  on  the  day 
they  fall  due,  and  thus  gains  the  good 
will  of  his  manufacturer  or  jobber,  and 
they 
favor  him  with  the  best 
the market affords  in the respective qual­
ities  required,  at  the  most  reasonable 
prices,  and  by  continually  exercising  a 
due  observance  of  the  principles  of hon­
esty  and  integrity,  and  governing  him­
self  accordingly,  he  will  acquire  the 
best  class  of  trade 
in  his  town,  and 
attaining  this,  he  will  have  no  diffi­
culty 
in  realizing  and  maintaining  a 
substantial  profit,  and  the  wider  the 
phases  of  bis  ambition,  the  greater  the 
proportion  of  his  success.— Beverly  in 
Boots  and  Shoes  Weekly.

Don’t  Try  to  Fool  a  Woman.

President  Lincoln  once  said:  “ You 
can  fool  some  of  the  people  all  the 
time. ”

if  the  people 

Don’t  try  the  fooling 
you  try  to  fool  are  women.
You  can’t  fool  them  at  any  time.
A  sale  is  not  made  and  clinched  until 
the  goods  a  woman  purchases  are  worn, 
and  worn  out.  Even  then,  there  is a 
chance  of  a  kick  coming.

After  a  woman  has  bought  and  paid 
for  the  goods  and  the  parcel  has  been 
carried  or  sent  home,  she  begins  to  ex­
amine  and  test  them.  She  talks  about 
them  and  shows  them  to  her friends  and 
neighbors.

They  compare  notes  and  purchases, 
and  woe  betide  the  merchant  whose 
goods  and  methods  are  convicted  and 
sentenced  by  the  judge  and  jury  of  such 
a  court.
Fool  a  man  and  he  will  “ kick  him­
Fool  a  woman  and  she  will  spread the 
news  quicker and  more  effectually  than 
a  newspaper.

self,”   but  say  nothing  about  it.

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Proper  Profits  and  How  to  Maintain 

Them.

this  question,  however, 

The  average  merchant  to  whom  this 
subject  might  be  propounded  would  no 
doubt  casually  express  the  opinion  that 
in  this  era  of  close  competition,  with 
the  small  margins  attending  thereto,  it 
is  questionable  as  to  whether,  in  fact, 
proper  profits  can  be  realized  even  oc­
casionally, 
entirely  dismissing  any 
millennial  idea  of  a  permanent standard 
of  profit.
That 

is  a 
source  of  anxiety  and  concern  to  each 
merchant 
is  undeniable,  and  the  ways 
and  means  of  maintaining  an  adequate 
profit  is  a  problem  truly  great  in  itself, 
to  the  solution  of  which  many  have  ap­
plied  themselves  only  to  meet  with  dis­
heartening failure,and stepped down  and 
out,  only  to  make  room  for  other  guile­
individuals,  who 
less, 
eventually  follow 
in  the  footsteps  of 
their  predecessors,  to  the  joy  of  their 
competitors,  the  sorrow  of  their  credit­
ors,  and  the  stolid  indifference  of every­
body  else.

inexperienced 

called,  but 

“ Many  are 

few  are 
chosen,”   is  an  adage  that  may  very  lit­
erally  be  made  applicable  to  the  hosts 
who  pay  court  to  the  Goddess  of  For­
tune,  and  the  query  arises,  “ Why  were 
they  unsuccessful?”   Ah,  that 
is  the 
question  to  which  may  be  applied  a 
multiplicity  of  answers  to  fit  the  indi­
vidual  cases.  That  the  unfortunate  mer­
chant  has  failed  to  realize  a  profit  on 
his  goods 
is  self-evident,  but  why  did 
he  fail  to  do  so?  Did  unpopularity  have 
anything  to  do  with  it?  Yes,  possibly 
so,  to  some  extent.  Did  competition 
cause  his  downfall? 
It  may  have  been 
that.  Likewise  his  locality,  his  grades 
of  goods,  their  styles,  and  many  other 
minor  details  have  formed  the combina­
tion  which  caused  him  to  come  to grief, 
but 
let  us  arrive at  the  main  cause  of 
his  non-success;  the  fundamental  base 
of  shifting  sands  upon  which  his  busi­
ness  stood ;  let  us  scrutinize  closely  the 
man's  proprietary  career,  and  we  find 
that  he  has  lacked  in  the  one  thing  es­
sential  to  a  successful  business  man— 
ability.

If  he  had  possessed  ability  he  would 
have  made  a  success  in  most  instances, 
but  this  was  a  foreign  element  in  his 
make-up.  He  bad  no  tact,  no  original­
ity,  in  fact  no  business  qualifications 
worthy  of  note,  without  which  his desir­
able  grades  of  goods  or his local prestige 
as  a  good  fellow  would  avail  him  little 
or  nothing.

In  consequence  of  his  inability  be 
lacked  trade,  and  the  great  secret  of 
profits  and  their  maintenance 
is  the 
acquisition  of  a  regular  volume  of 
patronage,  and  this  the  man  of  ability 
can  acquire  in  most  cases, and by  main­
taining  regular  custom  he  maintains  his 
regular  and  proper  profit,  which  he 
usually  estimates  at  from  30 to  40  per 
cent,  on  the  cost  on  new,  fresh  goods, 
and  disposes of  his  old  stock  by  holding 
“ bargain  days”   at  least  four  times  a 
year,  and  on  this  old  stock  bis  percent­
age  of  profit  will  vary  from  10 to  15 
per cent.

Let  us,  however,  make  a  note  of  the 
fact  that  in  the  maintaining  of  this  cus­
tom  and  constantly  gaining  new  patron­
age,  the  progressive  merchant  does  not 
confine  himself  to  the  slow,  old-fash­
ioned  methods  of  doing  business,  for 
he  must  be  up  to  date  and  alive  to  the 
requirements  of  the  times  in  order to 
make  a success.  He does  not  engage  in

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ACETYLENE  GAS.

Actual  Facts  Concerning  Its  Genera­

tion  and  Installation.

Acetylene  gas has  been  known  to  the 
laboratory  since  1836,  but  the  discovery 
of  a  method  to produce  it  in commercial 
quantities  was  not  made  until the spring 
of  1892.  At  that  time  Thomas  Willson, 
a  metallurgist,  experimenting  with  an 
electrical  furnace  at  Spray,  N.  C.,  dis­
covered  that  by  mixing lime  with  a  car­
bonaceous  material,  such  as  coke,  char­
coal  or  tar,  and  submitting  them  to  the 
intense  heat  of  the  electric  arc,  a  car­
bide  was  formed  which  on  being  placed 
in  contact  with  water  immediately  pro­
duced  practically  pure acetylene gas.

In  practice  approximately  40 per cent, 
of  pulverized  coke  and  6  per  cent,  of 
powdered 
lime  are  thoroughly  mixed 
and  submitted  to a  powerful  current  of 
electricity.  The  heat  is  so  intense  that 
the  two  materials  unite  into  a  homoge­
neous  molten  mass,  which  when  cool has 
a  crystalline  formation  and  much  re­
sembles  the  fractured  portions  of  a  rich 
metallic  ore.  This  material 
is  known 
as  calcium  carbide  and  it  is  affected  by 
scarcely 
except  moisture. 
Placed  in  suitable  packages  to protect it 
from  dampness 
in  the  atmosphere,  it 
can  be  readily  transported  and  stored 
for  almost  any 
length  of  time.  When 
shipped  from  the  factories  it  is  usually 
packed  in  cylindrical  iron  vessels  con­
taining  about  1,000  pounds  each,  but 
the  consumer ordinarily  receives it in  50 
to  100  pound  wood-jacketed  tin cans.

anything 

The  Willson  patents  for  process  of 
manufacture  and  on  the  product itself in 
the  United  States  were purchased  by  the 
Electro  Gas  Company  of  New  York. 
This  company  has  extensive  factories at 
Niagara  and  Sault  Ste.  Marie,  and  the 
product 
is  placed  exclusively  by  the 
Union  Carbide  Company,  which  has  es­
tablished  state  agencies  throughout  the 
Union.  Mr.  Wilson,  the 
inventor,  re­
tained  the  rights  for  Canada  and  is  op­
erating  a 
large  factory  on  the  Welland 
Canal,  at  Merriton,  Canada,  and  much 
of  the  product  finds 
its  way  into  the 
United  States.

The  cost  of  calcium  carbide  has  been 
placed  at  all  the  way  from  $20 to $75 
per ton  and  it  is  probable that the actual 
cost  is  about  midway  between  these  ex­
tremes.  The  present  average  selling 
price  to  the  consumer  is  $80  per  ton.

*  

*  

*

Before leaving  this  branch  of  the  sub­
ject  it  may  be  well  to  call  attention  to 
a  new  material  known  as  carbolite, 
which  it  is  claimed  will  supersede  car­
bide  because  it  produces  a  gas  equal  to 
acetylene  and  at  but  a  small  fraction  of 
the  cost.  Three  patents  covering  this 
process  were  issued  to  Herman  L.  Har- 
tenstein,  of  Bellaire,  Ohio,  in  January 
of  this  year.  Mr.  Hartenstein  manipu­
lates  his  apparatus  by  hydraulic  power, 
turning  out  tons  of  material,  instead  of 
pounds  as  by  the  carbide  process.  He 
substitutes  the  waste  product,  blast  fur­
nace  slag, 
for  lime,  not  only  saving 
largely  in  the  cost  of  raw  material,  but 
in  a  very  much  larger  degree by  taking 
the  slag  in  its  molten  and  highly  heated 
condition  from  the  blast  furnace  and 
placing  it  directly  in  the converters. 
It 
is there impregnated with coke by means 
of  a  strong  gas  blast  which  enters  the 
bottom  of  the  converter  just  as  the  air 
blast  does 
in  the  Bessemer  process  of 
steelmaking.  When  sufficient  coke  has 
been  forced  in  the  converters  are tipped 
and  the  mixture flows  over  carbon  bars 
or  electrodes  by  means  of  which  a  very 
powerful  current  of  electricity  is  intro­

duced  and  the  intense heat  required  to 
complete  the  process 
is  quickly  ob­
tained.  The  material  is  then  poured  in­
to  molds,  and  after  cooling  is  manipu­
lated 
in  the  same  manner as  calcium 
carbide.  Mr.  Hartenstein  has  a  factory 
at  Hammond,  Ind.,  nearly  completed 
and  expects  to  be  producing  carbolite 
in  the  near  future  in  large  quantities  at 
a  manufacturing  cost  very  much  less 
than  for  carbide.  When  he  has  accom­
plished  this  the  business  of  installing 
individual  acetylene  lighting  plants, 
which 
is  now  being  so  widely  estab 
lished,  will  receive  a  tremendous  im­
petus.

*  *  *

Acetylene  gas 

is  formed  by  the  con­
tact of  calcium  carbide  with water.  The 
hydrogen  of  the  water  unites  with  the 
carbon  of  the  carbide,  forming  acety­
lene.  The oxygen  of  the  water combines 
with  the calcium,  producing  a residuum 
which  is  practically  slaked 
lime.  The 
specific  gravity  of  pure  acetylene  as 
compared  with  air  is 0.9056.  Relatively 
it  is  about  as  0.9 to 0.4  for  coal  gas.  Its 
calorific  value  is  11,923.  One  cubic  foot 
of  gas  will  yield  about  48  candle  power 
per  hour.  Five  cubic  feet  of  gas  should 
be  obtained  from  one  pound  of  good 
carbide.  The  gas  has  a  very  strong 
odor and  because  of  its  close  approxi­
mation  to  air  in  specific  gravity diffuses 
rapidly  and  makes  its  presence  quickly 
known  over  a 
large  area.  While  it  is 
susceptible  to  dissociation  by  compara­
tively  low  temperatures,  it  is  not  readi­
ly  affected  by  frost,  which  is  a  consid­
erable advantage.
*  

*  

*

Paradoxical  as  it  may appear,  the  ex­
treme  ease  with  which  acetylene  gas 
can  be  generated  has  been  one  of  the 
most  serious  obstacles  to its introduction 
into  general  use.  With  two ordinary tin 
pails,  a  piece  of  wire  netting,  a  burner 
and  some  water,  a  generator  can  be 
readily  contrived  that  will  produce  a 
light  practically  indistinguishable  from 
that  obtained  from  the  best  types  of 
generators.  The  beautiful 
light  capti­
vates  all  beholders,  and  no  matter  how 
crude  the  apparatus  which  produces 
it, 
the  credit  is  usually  given  to  the  gen­
erator,  and  its  maker  has  been 
looked 
upon  as  nothing  short  of  a  genius.  Most 
of  the  innumerable  inventors  of  genera­
tors  have  been  entirely  ignorant  of  the 
nature  or  peculiarities  of  acetylene,  and 
it  is  of  such  recent  origin  that  little  in­
formation  of  value  has  been  published 
and  this  difficult  to  obtain.  Under  such 
circumstances 
is  not  strange  that  a 
large  number  of  acetylene  generators 
were  constructed  that  were  entirely  un­
fit  for  the  purpose.  Visions  of  immense 
wealth  rose  before  the  inventors,  and 
they  not  infrequently  were  successful  in 
forming  stock  companies  to  promote 
the  manufacture  and  sale  of  the  ap­
paratus. 
In  many  cases  unscrupulous 
persons  have  not  hesitated  to take ad­
vantage  of  the  ignorance  of  the  public, 
not  only  selling  generators  that  were 
worthless,  but  also  disposing  of  territo­
rial  rights.  To  such  an  extent has  this 
been  pursued  that  nothing  but  the  un­
rivaled  superiority  of  the  light  has  pre­
served  it  from  general  disrepute.  Un­
til  very  recently  the  sale  of  carbide  it­
self  has been  hampered  by  unbusiness­
like  methods  and  personal  interests  to 
an  extent  that  was  very  annoying  and 
detrimental  to  legitimate  undertakings 
in  this  line,  but  this  difficulty  has  ap­
parently been  removed  and  the  situation 
much  improved.  Augustine  Davis.

it 

Cold  comfort  comes  in  small  chunks 

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New  Fathers.

“ Those  two  fellows  over  in  the  corner 
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They’ve  been  talking  at  each  other  as 
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“ Yes;  one  of  them  has  a  little  boy 
who  has  just  learned  to  walk,  and  the 
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yesterday. ’ '

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A  woman  always  appreciates  a  rising 
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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

C lerk s’  C órn er.

How  the  Clerk  Vanquished  a  Dis­

agreeable  Customer.

Written for the Tradesman.

That, 

The  outcome  of  Zack Macintosh’s tus­
sle  with  Colonel  Bickerstaff  gave  the 
Weighson  brothers  no  end  of  satisfac­
tion.  That  man  had  abused  them  so 
long  that  they  had  begun  to  believe  that 
there  could  be  but  one  end  to  it— the 
grave.  When,  however,  they  saw  that 
the  end  bad  come  and  they  were  still 
alive,  in  the  joy  of  their  hearts  they 
each  thrust  a  bill  into  their  clerk’s hand 
and  gave  him  a  commission  upon  what 
goods  he  sold.  They  were  not,  how­
ever,  completely  happy.  The  cup  of 
delight  was  full,  brimming  full;  but, 
like  Alexander,  they  wanted 
it  to  run 
over. 
they  admitted, 
was  asking  too  much;  at  once,  at  any 
rate— not,  at  all  events,  from  Zack,  who 
had  already  earned  a  life  pension. 
If, 
as  the  days  went  by  and  the  time should 
come  when,  rested  from  his 
labors,  he 
should  make  up  his  mind  to  see  what 
genius  and  courage  could  accomplish 
with 
they 
would  “ rejoice  and  be  glad.”   That, 
after  all,  was  just  about  as  tough  a  knot 
in  the  woodpile  of  their business experi­
ence.  There  the  so-far  invincible  Zack 
would  find  his  match.  That  was  the 
difficulty  to  be  removed  only  by  “ fast­
ing  and  prayer,”   so  to speak,  and Zack, 
to  their  discomfiture,  was  not  inclined 
to  wear  out  his  trousers  at  the  knee!

‘ ‘ that  Jennings  woman,”  

though, 

As  they 

looked  down  upon  the  field 
where  two  victories,  before  unheard  of 
in  their  grocery  world,  had  been  won, 
they  knew  that  they  ought  to  be  satis­
fied ;  but  every  time  that  “ that woman”  
made  her  appearance,  it  did  seem  to 
both  of  them  that  “ to  be  thus 
is  noth­
ing.”   “ There’s  none  but  she  whose 
being  we  do  fear!”   And  they  began 
again  to  drop  hints,  now  and  then,  that 
something  ought  to  be  done  to  rid  them 
of  this  Mother  of  all  Plagues.

To  all  intents  and  purposes  the  hints 
fell  upon  stony  ground.  The days  came 
and  went—with  them  Mrs.  Jennings, 
with  the  regularity  of  clockwork—and 
brought  no  sign.  Lung  ago,  the  Con­
queror  alone  waited  upon  the  exasper­
ating  woman  with  a  patience  which 
might  have  been  expended  in  a  better 
cause;  but  she  still  went  on  in  the  even 
tenor  of  her  way  without  noticing  or 
caring  for  the  apparently  stolid  indiffer­
ence  of  the  young  man,  who  had  evi­
dently  put  her  down  among  the  neces­
sary  evils  which  are  looked  upon  as 
helps  to  heaven  or—“ glowry!”   All days 
were  alike  to  her;  but  it  did  seem  as  if 
Siturdav  mnrnine,  when  everybody  had

a  little  more  than  he  could  do,  rush  as 
he  might,  was  the  particular  time  for 
Mrs.  Jennings  to  distinguish  herself. 
Then  her  trials  and  disappointments 
found  an  airing.  Then  she  found  fault 
with  everything  her  eyes  fell  upon. 
Then  she  poured  forth 
in  unmeasured 
terms the  resentment  of  her  grievances 
and,  “ in  good  terms, 
set 
terms,”   proclaimed  the  limit  of  her  en­
durance  and  the  penalties  she  intended 
to 
limit  had  been 
passed.

inflict  when  that 

in  good 

Contrary  to  all  custom,  for  the  sake of 
getting  rid  of  the  intolerable  nuisance, 
the  clerks  had  gotten  into  the  habit  of 
dropping  everything  and  waiting  on 
Mrs.  Jennings  at  once.  Of  course,  it 
led  to  trouble;  but,  of  two  evils  human­
ity  has  learned  to  take  the  lesser,  and 
Mrs.  Jennings,  scoring  one 
success, 
pressed  on  to  other  victories  as  other 
warriors  have  done  on  fields  more  fa­
It  was  only  once  a  week,  how­
mous. 
ever, 
that  Mrs.  Jennings  was  at  her 
worst,  and  Sunday follows Saturday,  and 
that  day  of  rest  restores  the  wounds  and 
smarts  of  grocery  store  existence.  But 
when  Thanksgiving  Day  doubled 
the 
dose  and  Tuesday  found  Mrs.  Jennings 
there  with  the  equilibrium  of  temper 
not  quite  restored  behind  the  counter, 
she  noticed,  for  the  first  time  in her  re­
lations  with  Zack,  an  indefinable  some­
thing  she  did  not  like.  She  was  not  re­
ceiving  that  undivided  attention  which 
she  now  claimed  as hpr  right  and  she 
proceeded  at  once  to  make  her  presence 
felt.

That presence was most imposing.  She 
was  a  large,  finely-proportioned  woman, 
with  much  of  her  departing  beauty  still 
clinging  to  her.  Her  abundant  hair, 
attractively  arranged,  was  white  and 
wavy  and  most  becomingly  appeared 
from  beneath  the  costly  and  pretty  bon­
net  which  she  wore.  Her face was  round 
and  full,  her  features  were  pleasing  and 
her  eyes,  black  and  bright,  made  her, 
in  repose, 
fair  to  look  upon.  From 
neatly-fitting  glove  to  the  same-fitting 
boot  she  looked  the  lady,  and  it  was  no 
wonder,  many  thought,  that  the  world 
in  general,  and  mankind  in  particular, 
gave  way  to  her.

So  thought  the  poor,  forlorn-looking 
woman  who  for  half  an  hour  had  been 
patiently  waiting  her turn and for whom, 
just  then,  Zack  had  begun  to  put  up  a 
quart  of  beans.,

“ I’ll  give  you  my  order  now,  Macin­
said  Mrs.  Jennings  as  she 
in  between  his  customer and 

tosh,”  
crowded 
the  counter.

“ No,  madam,  there  are  just  six  cus 
tomers  ahead  of  you  and  you'll  have  to 
wait  your  turn.  Just  step  back,  please,

and  let  Mrs.  Higgins  come to the  coun­
ter,  so  I  can  take  the  rest of her order.— 
What  else  is  there,  Mrs.  Higgins?— 
Step  back,  Mrs.  Jennings.”

Mrs.  Jennings  didn't  step  back—on 
the  contrary,  she  pushed  forward  and 
planted  herself  squarely  in  front of  the 
shrinking  Mrs.  Higgins  and, 
in  the 
voice  of  a  woman  used  to  command— 
not  loud,  but  firm—went  on  with  the 
giving  of  her  order. 
It  was  not  taken, 
because  the  clerk  instantly  left  his place 
behind  the  counter,  came  directly  to 
Mrs.  Jennings,  placed  a  strong  hand  on 
each  of  her  well-modelled  shoulders 
and,  with  a  movement  swift  and  sure, 
turned  her  from  the  counter.

"There,  Madam,  you’ll  find  it  to  your 
advantage  to  keep  away  from  this  coun­
ter  until  your turn  comes.  There are  six 
ahead  of  you,  as  I  said  once,  and  every 
one of  those  six  customers  is  going  to 
be  taken  care  of  before  your order  is 
taken.  Always  before  now  I  have 
dropped  everything  to  wait  on  you;  I 
shall  do  so  no  longer.  You  will  take 
your  turn  with  the  rest;  and,  as  I  said, 
you  will  find 
it  to  your  advantage  to 
let  things  take  their  course!”

He  had  not  regained  bis  place  behind 
the  counter  before  Mrs.  Jenniugs  had 
again  crowded  Mrs.  Higgins 
into  the 
background  and,  with  eyes flashing  fire, 
Instinc­
she  went  on  with  her  order. 
tively  the  customers  fell  back  and 
left 
the  field  to  the  two  combatants.  With 
the  agility  of a  deer  Zack  sprang  over 
the  counter  and,  taking  the  wrathful 
woman  by  the  arms,  swung  her easily 
and  gracefully from her  position.  Need­
less  to  say  that  she  resisted;  but  the  re­
sistance  only  made  Zack’s  suddenly- 
formed  plan  a  possibility,  for the  force 
she  expended  under  his  guidance  en­
abled him, with many a turn,to whirl with 
her,  like a  pair of  waltzers,  to  the  very 
back  of  the  store,  where,  as  luck  would 
formed 
have 
some  vegetable  barrels. 
among 
Into 
this  the 
indignant  woman  was  deftly 
whirled,  a  barrel  of  potatoes  was  quick­
ly  placed  to  block  the  entrance  and 
Mrs.  Jennings,  a  prisoner,  was  left  to 
her  own  devices,  while  the  victorious 
clerk  went  composedly  on  with  his  six 
orders.

it,  a  recess  had  been 

The  woman  could  have screamed ;  but 
she  wouldn’t.  For a  moment  she  was 
too  surprised  even  to  think;  then,  as 
she  found  that  her  only  way  out  was  to 
clamber  over  the  barrels,  too  heavy  for 
her  to  move,  while  her  abundant  avoir­
dupois  rendered  clambering  a  difficult 
performance,  and  finding 
in  the  stern 
face  of  her  jailer  nothing  to  indicate 
remorse  or  an  early  release,  she  con­
tented  herself  with  firing  upon  the  re­

lentless  enemy  an 
abuse,  as  harmless as  it  was  amusing.

incessant  volley  of 

When  the  six  customers  who had  pre­
ceded  her  had  been  taken  care of  the 
young  fellow turned towards the seventh, 
barricaded  by  barrels.

“ Now,  Mrs.  Jennings,”   he 

said 
suavely,  “ if  you’ll  stop  your  tirade  long 
enough  to  give  me  your  order  I ’ll  see 
that  it 
is  put  up  and  properly  deliv­
ered. ’ ’

Then,  to  the  astonishment  of  every­
body—they  were  all  eagerly  waiting  the 
denouement—the vituperation ceased, the 
order was  given  and filled and Zack, with 
the  air  of  a  Chesterfield,  removed  the 
barrel  and  released  his  prisoner.

Like angry  Juno  she  swept  from  con­
finement and  the  store,  without deigning 
a glance to the  right  or the  left,  and  the 
door  was  slammed  with  a  wall-shaking 
bang.

Then  Zack’s bat  received a defiant tilt 
and  its  owner  vehemently said :  “ What 
that  woman  has  needed  all  along  was 
somebody  who  wasn't  afraid  of  her,  and 
who  was  strong  enough  to  make  her 
mind. 
I  think  she’s  got  through  with 
her  tantrums  here,  and  I  wish  now  I’d 
tackled  her  case  long  ago!—How  much 
butter,  Mrs.  Neeley?”

It 

There 

is  now  noticeable  a  sudden 
fondness  for  Zack  on  the  part  of  Mrs. 
Jennings. 
is  not  reciprocated,  but 
that  does  not  prevent  the ^frequent  dec­
laration  on  her  part  that  Zack,  young  as 
be  is,  is  the  only  man  in  that  store,  and 
that,  if  she  wasn’t  old  enough  to  be  his 
grandmother,  she’d  do  her  best  to  set 
her cap  for him 1

R ic h a r d   M a.lc o lm   Str o n g.

The  Rocky  Road  of  Life.

Man’s  life  is  full  of  crosses  and temp­
tations.  He comes  into  the  world  with­
out  his  consent,  goes  out  against  his 
will,  and  the  trip  between  the  two  ex­
tremities  is  exceedingly rocky.  The rule 
of  contrariness  is  one  of  the 
important 
features  of the  trip.  When  he  is  little 
the  big  girls  kiss him  and  when  he  is 
big  the  little  girls kiss him.  If  he  raises 
a  large  family  he  is a  chump,  but  if  be 
raises  a  small  check  he  is a  thief and  a 
is  shunned  like  a  Chinaman 
fraud  and 
with  the  seven-year  itch. 
If  he  is  poor 
he  is a  bad  manager;  if  he’s  rich  he’s 
dishonest;  if  he’s 
it's  for 
pie;  if  he’s  out  of  politics  you  can’t 
tell  where  to  place  him  and  he’s  no 
good  to bis country;  if he doesn’t give to 
charity  he 
is  a  stingy  cuss  and  lives 
only  for  himself;  if  he  dies  voung  there 
was  a  great  future ahead  of  him ;  if  he 
lives  to  an  old  age  he has  missed  his 
calling.  He  is  introduced  to  this  world 
by  a  doctor,  and to the  next world by the 
same  _process.  The  road  is  rocky,  but 
man  likes  to  travel  it.

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thing  until  the  bill  comes  in.

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1.  M.  BROWN, PROP.

Rates, $1. 

Washington Ave.  and  Kalamazoo St.,  LANSING.

H O TEL W H ITCO M B

ST. JOSEPH,  MICH.

A. VINCENT. Prop.

FREE  B U S.

$ 2   PER  DAY. 

TH E  C H A R LE S TO N

Only first-class house In  M A SO N ,  Mic h .  Every­
thing new.  Every room heated.  Large and well- 
lighted sample rooms.  Send your mail care  of  the 
Charleston,  where the boys stop.  CH ARI.ES  A. 
C A LD W E L L, formerly of Donnelly  House,  Prop.

H o t e l  C o lu m b ia .

Finest Furnished House in 
TRAVERSE  CITY.  MICH.

Just  Opened  and  Ready  for  Business. 
.Located  on  corner  of  Front  and Park hts., 
one-half block from  G.  R.  &  I.  R.  R.  depot. 
This house is newly  furnished  throughout.
A ll 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 Si.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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Commercial Travelers

Michigan Knights of the Qrip.

President, J ohn A.  Hoffm an,  Kalamazoo; Secre­
tary, J  C.  Sa u n d e r s,  Lansing;  Treasurer, C hab. 
McN o l ty, Jackson.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President,  C.  C.  Sn e d e k b r ,  Detroit;  Secretary 

and Treasurer, C. W.  A lle n  Detroit.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. 
Grand Counselor, J. J. E v a n s. Ann Arbor; Grand 
Secretary, G  S» V alm o r e, Detroit;  Grand Treas­
urer, W. S. West, Jackson.
Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual  Acci­
President,  J.  B oyd  P a n tlin d ,  Grand  Rapids; 
Secretary and Treasurer, G eo.  F.  Ow en,  Grand 
Rapids.
Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club. 
President, F. G. T r usco tt, Marquette; Secretary 
and Treasurer, A. F.  W ixson,  Marquette.

dent Association.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Jackson  Citizen :  Chas.  H.  Clark  has 
taken  a  position  as  traveling  salesman 
for  the  Jackson  Corset  Company.  His 
territory  is  Illinois.

L.  M.  Patterson,  formerly  with  J.  R. 
&  W.  S.  Esselstyn,  of  Lansing,  has  en­
gaged  to  cover  Western  and  Northern 
Michigan  for  Northrop,  Robertson  & 
Carrier.

Greenville  Call;  Frank  Dunn  has 
resigned  his  position  as  cashier  of  the 
D.,  G.  R.  &  W.  depot  in  this  city,  to 
accept  one  as  traveling  salesman  for 
the  Greenville  Implement  Co.

Jacob  C.  Hangstofer, 

formerly  en­
gaged  in  the  meat  business  at  Big  Rap­
ids,  has  engaged  to  travel 
in  Western 
Michigan  for  Armour  &  Co.  He  will 
make  Big  Rapids  his  headquarters.

Traverse  City  Eagle:  Ira  F.  Gordan, 
who 
is  engaged  as  traveling  salesman 
for  the  Traverse  City  Potato  Implement 
Co.,  has  been  granted  a  patent  for  a 
spraying  device,  which  will  be  put  on 
the  market  by  the  company  which  he 
represents.

Traverse  City  Record:  Fred  F. 
Stearns  has  taken  a  position  as  travel­
ing  salesman  for  the  Chicago  Paint  and 
Varnish  Co.  His 
territory  will  be 
Michigan.  He  starts  at  his  new  work 
the  first  of  next  month.  He  will  dis­
continues  his  painting  business  in  this 
city.

Gerrit  Van  Lopik  (Grand  Haven)  has 
been  re-engaged  by  the  Chas  P.  Kel 
logg  Co.,  of  Chicago,  for  another  year 
and  will  travel 
in  South  Dakota  and 
Northwestern  Iowa,  instead  of  Minne­
sota  as  heretofore.  The  new  territory 
embraces  the  large  Holland  settlement 
in  Iowa.

The  annual  meeting  of  Post  E  (Grand 
Rapids)  will  be  held  at  Sweet's  Hotel 
on  Saturday  evening,  Dec.  3,  at  which 
time  officers  will  be  elected  for  the  en­
suing  year  and  preliminary  arrange­
ments  made  for  attending  the  annual 
convention  of  the  Michigan  Knights  of 
the  Grip  at  Saginaw  in  December.

in 

Bay  City  Press :  A 

largely  attended 
meeting  of  Post  D,  Michigan  Knights 
of  the  Grip,  was  held 
the  Fraser 
House  parlors  Saturday  evening.  Busi­
ness  of  importance  was  transacted  and 
Post  D  will  go  to  Saginaw  to  the  annual 
convention 
in  a  manner 
that  will  do  credit  both  to  the  organiza­
tion  and  the  city  it  represents. 
It  is 
expected  that  the  next  meeting  will  be 
a  hummer  and  bring  out  the  full  mem­
bership.

in  December 

The 

funniest 

stories,  the  wittiest 
anecdotes,  the  very  best  side-splitting 
yarns  are  those  that  are  swapped  by  the 
drummers  while “ on  the  road.’ ’  When­
ever a  humorous  situation  occurs 
in  a 
drummer’s  variegated  experience,  or  is 
suggested  to  his  vivid  imagination,  it

is  carefully  stowed  away  in  bis  memory 
grip,  to  be  brought  nut 
fresh  and 
sparkling  for  the  delectation  of  his  fun- 
loving  associates.  The  funny  man  of 
the  stage  is  not  in  it  with  the  knight  of 
the  grip.  Last  year’s  chestnuts  don’t 
go  with  the  drummer.  He  can  give  to 
the  end  man  in  a  minstrel  show  the  big 
and  the  little  casino  and  beat  him  nine­
teen  points  in  twenty-one.  The  drum­
mer  who  can  not  tell  a  new  funny  story 
upon  the  slightest  provocation  has  no 
standing 
in  the  guild.  Throw  two  or 
more  of  them  together  in  a  Pullman  car 
and  the  exchange  of  witty  yarns  is  as 
certain  as  day  after  night.  The  grin­
ning  porter  forgets  his  tip  and  the  hun­
gry  listener  his  dinner.  Each 
in 
duty  bound  to  surpass  the  other,  and 
when  once  started  in  his  favorite  diver­
sion  nothing  will  stop  a  story-telling 
drummer  but  a  stroke  of  lightning or an 
ordtr.

is 

Movements of Lake Superior T ravelers.
Marquette,  Nov.  21—Alex.  Stevenson, 
who  for  fifteen  years  represented  Buhl 
Sons  &  Co.  in  the  Lake  Superior  ter­
ritory  up  to 
last  spring,  when  he  be­
came  resident  manager  of Buhl’s branch 
store  at  Menominee,  will  now  enter  the 
bouse  at  Detroit,  occupying  an 
im 
portant  position,  owing to  the sale  of  the 
Menominee  branch 
to  the  Northern 
Hardware  &  Supply  Co.  Alex,  will be 
missed  up  this  way,  where  he  had  be­
come  an  old  reliable  sort  of  a landmark.
A.  F.  Wixson  (Fletcher  Hardware 
Co.)  is  in  Menominee  this  week,  repre­
senting  the  buyers  of  Buhl  Sons  & Co. ’s 
branch  store.

It  is  reported  that  one  of the  Lake Su- 
peror  shoe  travelers  has  committed  sui­
If  it  is  true  it  makes  five  fatali­
cide. 
in  the  shoe  trade  in  the  Lake  Su­
ties 
perior  territory 
in  four  years,  two  of 
them  being  suicides.

Lost!  One  M.  S.  Brown  (Hazeltine 
&  Perkins  Drug  Co.).  When  last  seen 
be  had  the  buck  fever and  was  chasing 
a  “ white  flag”   in  the  wilds  of  the  Up­
per  Peninsula.

Suitable  Mottoes  For  the  Store.
You  are  as  welcome  to 

look  as  to 

We  won’t  allow  any  dealer  to  outsell 

We  dare  not  send  you  away  dissat­

To  cheat  a  customer  is  to  kill  a  busi­

If  you  don’t want  to  buy,  we  beg  you 

t  ade.

us.

isfied.

ness.

to  look.

We  want  to  please  you.  Tell  us  where 

You  can  bring  a  poor  bargain  back 

we  fail.
to-morrow.

We  pledge  our  honor  to  give  you 

your  money’s  worth.

Permanent  profit  can  only  come  from 

satisfied  buyers.

make  a  selection.

Be  sure  of  your  own  mind  before  you 

Not  to  know  this  store  is  to  incur 

is  that 

pecuniary  misfortune.

The  business  that  prospers 

which  pleases  the  customer.

We  repair  every  possible  mistake— 

yours  as well  as  our  own.

If  you  can  tell  us  how  to  serve  you 

better  we  shall-obey  the  hint.

We  will  thank  any  customer to  tell  us 

how  to  improve  our  service.

We  sell  the  best  goods  going  for  the 

lowest  price  ever  marked  on  them.

There 

The  longer  you  stay  and  the  more 
carefully  you  buy,  the  more  you  please 
us.

is  no  demand  a  customer  can 
ask  of  this  store  that  we  will  not  grant.
We  wouldn’t  deceive  you  or  have  you 

deceive  yourself  for  a  hundred profits.

Tall  talk  and  small  performance  may 
go  for a  while,  but  they  bring  ultimate 
disaster.

Wherein  They  Differed. 

Customer—What’s  the  difference be­

tween  these  woolen  undershirts?

Dealer—One  is  half  cotton  and  the 

other  is all  cotton.

What  Constitutes  Leadership.

“ I 

“ That 

“ Why, 

The  boy  had  got  into  trouble,  and  the 
old  gentleman  had  taken  him  to task  for 
it  with  considerable  severity. 
just 
followed  the  other  boys, ”   he  pleaded, 
“ and  did  what  they  d id.”   “ That’s 
worse  than  no  excuse  at  a ll,”   returned 
the  old  gentleman. 
indicates 
that  you  haven’t  any  independence  or 
individuality. 
I  want  you  to  lead  and 
not  to  follow.  The  leaders  are  the  peo­
ple  who  count  in  this  world,  and  I  want 
you  to  be  a  leader.  I  never  want  to  hear 
again  that  you  have  followed  the  other 
boys 
into  trouble.”   The  boy  promised 
that  he  would  follow  this  advice,  and 
results  showed  that  he  lived  up  to  bis 
promise.  When  he  was  next  before  his 
father  for  getting  into  trouble  his  face 
was  wreathed  with  smiles. 
“ It’s  all 
right  this  time,”   he  said. 
“ All  right 
this  tim e!”   exclaimed  the  old  gentle­
it’s  worse  than  ever. 
man. 
According  to  the  complaints  coming 
in 
from  the  neighbors  you  have  been  up  to 
more  mischief  in  the  last  two  days  than 
ever  before.”   “ But  I  didn’t 
follow 
anybody,”   protested  the  boy;  “ I  led.”  
“ Worse  and  worse,”   returned  the  old 
gentleman.  “ Why,  you  said  you  wanted 
me  to  be  a  leader, ”   asserted  the  boy. 
“ What  has  that  to  do  with  all  this  dev­
“ Everything,”   answered  the 
iltry?”  
boy. 
“ There  ain’t  but  one  way  to  be  a 
leader  that  I  know  o f.”   “ And  what  is 
that?”   “ Why, to size  up  which  way  the 
crowd’s  going  to  go  and  then  travel  a 
little  faster  than  anyone  else 
in  that 
direction.”   The  old  gentleman  stopped 
in  his  search  for  the  cane  he  had  in­
tended  to  use,  and  which  the  boy  had 
carefully  hidden.  His  eyes  opened  wide 
with  astonishment,  and  he  gasped  once 
or  twice  before  be  was  able  to  speak. 
“ That  boy,"  he said at last,more to him­
self  than  to  anyone  else,  “ is  born  to  go 
into  politics,  and  there’s  no  use  trying 
to  whale  it  out  of  him .”

Independent  Telephone  Notes.

Grand  Rapids—The  Citizens  Tele­
phone  Co.  has  purchased  the  long  dis­
tance  lines  of  the  Citizens  Mutual  Tele­
phone  Co.  and  will  shortly  equip  the 
lines  to  Fremont  and  Cadillac  with 
heavy  copper  wire,  extending  the  long 
distance  service  to  Traverse  City  and 
Petoskey  in  the  near  future.  The  Citi­
zens  Company  has  had  the  advantage 
of  the  Bell  exchange  in  everything  but 
long  distance  connections  north  of  the 
city  and  this  accession  places  the  Bell 
plant  at  a decided  disadvantage in every 
respect.

Owosso  Press:  A  solar  plexus  for  the 
Bell  monopoly  in  this  city was delivered 
last  week  when  the  Owosso  Telephone 
Co.  made  connection  with  the 
local 
Michigan  Central  offices.  Ever  since 
the  local  telephone  company  has been  in 
operation  efforts  have  been  made  to 
have  connection  with  the railroads.  The 
Ann  Arbor  was  at  once  connected,  but 
the  M.  C.  and  D.  &  M.  could  not  be 
secured  owing,  it  was'  stated,  to  exist­
ing  contracts  with  the  Bell  company. 
Heroic  measures  were  resorted  to  and at 
last  fair  play  has  been  secured.  The 
Grand  Trunk  will  doubtless  fall  in  line, 
as  it  can  not afford  to  do  otherwise  now 
that  both  the  other  roads  have  the 
Owosso  phone.

Cadillac  News:  As  soon  as  the  work 
can  be  performed  the  Grand  Rapids  ex­
change  of  the  Citizens  Telephoue  Com­
pany  will  be  connected  with  Petoskey 
and 
intervening  points,  thus  saving  to 
our  telephone  patrons  the  greater  part 
of  the  excessive  charges  now  exacted 
by  the  monopolistic  Bell  company.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

D r u g s —C h e m ic a ls
MICHIGAN  STATE  BOARD  OP  PHARMACY.
Term expires
Dec. SI, 1898
-  Dec. 31,1899 
-  Dec. 31,1900
-  Dec. 31,1901
  Dec. 31,1902 

-----  
F.  W. B. Fi u t . Detroit 
- 
A. C. Sch u m ach er,  Ann  Arbor 
Gao. Gu e d r c m ,  Ionia  - 
- 
L. E.  R e y n o l d s,  St.  Joseph 
H em b t  He im ,  Saginaw  .
.
.

President, Gao.  Gu nd rum ,  Ionia.
Secretary, A. C. Schumacher, Ann Arbor. 
Treasurer, Hen r y  H eim ,  Saginaw.
Examination  Sessions.

Detroit—Jan. 10 and 11.
Grand Rapids—March 7 and 8.
Star Island—June 28 and 27.
Houghton—Aug  29 and 30.
Lansing—Nov. 7 and 8.

STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.
President—J. J. Sour w in e.  Escanaba. 
Secretary, C h a s.  F.  Ma s k , Detroit.
Treasurer  John D.  Mu ir , Grand Rapids.

Little  Leaks  in  a  Drug  Store.

item 

in  the  year's  expenses. 

Did  you  ever  realize  how  much  is 
wasted  in  the  average  drug  store?  Ap­
parently 
insignificant  things  in  them­
selves  and  not  worthy  of  consideration, 
yet,  when  taken  in  the  aggregate,  no 
I 
small 
need  repeat  the  twine 
incident  only 
to  suggest  that,  cheap  as  twine  is,  there 
is  no  necessity  to  use  more  than  is  nec­
essary  to  hold  the  package  securely  and 
to  always  tie  so  as  to  leave  none  to  be 
cut  off.  Paper  is  a  very  important  item 
in  the  expenses  of  the  druggist.  A 
druggist 
is  often  judged  by  the  quality 
of  his  wrapping-paper,  hence  the  neces­
sity  of  having  it  of  the  best  quality con­
sistent  with  bis  means.  But  bow  much 
of  this  paper  is  wasted  by  his employes, 
or  possibly  by  himself,  thoughtlessly! 
Every  scrap  of  paper  may  have  its  use; 
if  a  piece  of  paper  is  taken  too  large 
for  the  bottle  or  article  to  be  wrapped, 
the  excess  should  not  be  thrown  care­
lessly  to  the  floor,  but placed in a drawer 
or  box  kept  for  the  purpose,  to be  sorted 
out  at  leisure  and  used  in  packing  pill 
boxes,  single  Seidlitz  powders,  oint­
ments,  etc.  Never  use  an  abundance 
of  paper  when  packing. 
It  is  not  ap­
preciated  by  your  customers;  for  I  have 
actually  heard  objections  raised  on  ac­
count  of  extra  weight  and  bulk.

if  only  properly  cleansed. 

Then,  again,  take  care  of  every  bot­
tle  that  enters  the  store.  There  is  not  a 
bottle  or  pot  but  may  be  turned  to  some 
account 
It 
is  not  the  object  of  this  paper  to  point 
out  how  the  cleansing  may  be  accom­
plished.  as  this 
is  known  by  almost 
every  second-year  apprentice;  but  at 
tention 
is  not  paid  to  this  apparently 
insignificant  source  of  expense,  and 
hence  these  remarks.  The  corks  of 
used  bottles  should  not  be  thrown  away; 
they  may  also  be  cleansed  and  used 
in 
many  horse  liniments  and  other  things 
which  experience  will  suggest. 
It  is  a 
good  plan  to  keep  as  much  of  one’s 
stock  under glass  as  can  be  done  with­
out 
interfering  with  business.  Small 
packages,  when  exposed  to  the incessant 
dust  from  the  street—no  matter  how 
carefully  the  duster  may  be  used—be­
come  dirty  and 
less  likely  to  attract a 
customer.  So  keep  all  toilet  and  pro­
prietary  articles  under  glass. 
I  have 
seen  numbers  of  stores  in  this  country 
with  all  their  proprietary  articles  ex­
posed  to  the  action  of  the  sun  and 
weather.  Do  these  druggists  ever  think 
that  the  sale  of a  bottle  of 5 —  Remedy 
is  possibly  lost  because it is fly-specked? 
Yet  such  is  often  the  case. 
It is a  little 
thing,  but  it  counts.  When  the  junior 
is  filling  up  the  stock  bottles,  let  it be 
done  under the  supervision  of  yourself 
or  a  competent  assistant  Your  junior 
will  not hesitate  to  pour a  clear  tincture 
into  the  cloudy  dregs of an  old  one,  nor

will  he  notice  that  deliquescence  has 
started  in  the  potassium  acetate  bottle. 
These  are  trifles,  but  the  trifles  count. 
If  you  do  not  save  the  pennies,  there 
certainly  will  be  no  dollars  to  spend.

I  might  go  on  mentioning  things  that 
everybody  knows  but  rarely  pays  atten­
tion  to. 
I  might  mention  the  careful 
use  of 
labels;  the  non-extravagant  use 
of  sealing-wax ;  the  mucilage  pot—but 
I  forbear,  hoping  I  have  already  set  at 
least  some  one  thinking  and  to  action 
concerning  drug-store trifles.—Canadian 
Druggist.

The  Drug  Market.

There  are  few  changes  of 

importance 

to  note.

Opium— Is  firm  at  unchanged  prices.
Morphine— Is  steady.
Quinine—Is  still  in  the  firm  position 
previously  noted  and  the  advance  of  2c 
on  American  brands is  well  maintained.
Cocaine-----Manufacturers  advanced
their  price  on  the  i6th  25c  per  oz.,  and 
the  article  is  very  firm  at  the  advance.
Gums— Refiners  of  camphor advanced 
their  price  2c  per  pound  on  the  15th 
and 
ic  per  pound  on  the  21st,  on  ac­
count  of  the  advance  in  crude  camphor. 
Japan 
camphor  has  also  ad­
vanced.

refined 

Menthol—On  account  of  strong  mar­
ket  abroad,  has  again  advanced  and  is 
very  firm.

Vanilla  Beans—Position  is  still strong 

and  another  advance  has  taken  place.
Grains  Paradise— Have  doubled 

in 
value  in  the  last  few  days  and are scarce 
and  very  firm.

Seeds— Italian  anise has  advanced  2c 
per  pound.  Canary  and  hemp  are  firm 
at  the  recent  advance.  California  mus­
tard  is  a  trifle  lower.

Spices—Cassia  buds are  very  firm  at 
the  advanced  price.  Cloves  are  firm 
but  unchanged.  Mace 
is  scarce  and 
firm.

Essential  Oils—Anise  is  firm  but  un­
changed,  on  account  of  competition. 
Lemon  grass  has  advanced.  Sassafras 
is  getting  scarce  and  advancing.

Linseed  Oil—Has declined,on account 

of  Western  competition.

St.  Louis  Druggists  Taken  In.

"emulsion 

A  number  of  St.  Louis  druggists  have 
apparently  been  tricked  in  a  very clever 
manner.  They  purchased from a smooth­
tongued  salesman  various  quantities  of 
a  substance  called 
com­
pound,”   which,  when  poured  in  a  bot­
tle  with  an  oil,  and  the  bottle  well 
shaken,  is  reported  to  have  the  surpris­
ing  property  of  producing at  once  a per­
fect  emulsion.  After  the  salesman  had 
gone,  several  of the  expectant  druggists 
proceeded  to  put  the  wonderful  sub­
stance  to an  effective  test.  They  found 
that  the  addition  of  water to  the  emul­
sion  caused  an  immediate  and 
irrepa­
rable  separation.  Moreover, 
it  was 
found  that  the  substance  could  be dupli­
cated  by  a  drop  each  of  ether and  am­
monia  with  Castile  soap.  But  for  six 
ounces  of  this  mixture  they  paid  $1!
Experience  Required  by  the  Michigan 

Board.

The  Michigan  Board  of  Pharmacy has 
only  recently  changed  its  requirements 
regarding  the  experience  feature.  For­
merly  three  years'  experience  was  re­
quired  of  all  applicants,  but  college 
time  was  countea  double  up  to a certain 
limit,  which  was  that  at 
least  six 
months  of  experience  in  the  store  must 
be had.  Now,  however,  while  the three 
years’  requirement  remains  unchanged, 
allowance 
is  made  only  for  the  actual 
number  of  months  spent  in college;  and 
these  months,  too,  must have  been  spent 
in  a  college  which  gives  at  least  ten 
hours  per  week  of  lectures and  fifteen 
hours of  laboratory  work.

The  Proprietor’s  Duty  to  His  Assist­

ant.

When  a  pharmacist  takes  a  young 
man  into  his  employ  he  accepts  the  re­
sponsibility  of  training  him  and  im­
parting  to  him  what  knowledge he  is 
possessed  of. 
In  return  for  this  the 
young  man  should  serve  his  employer 
faithfully  and  do  his  best  to  profit  by 
his  teachings.

Is 

Is  this  right? 

Are  these  responsibilities  recognized 
and  fulfilled,  or are  they  ignored?  The 
average  employer,  as  a  rule,  takes  a boy 
into  his  employ  without  a  thought as  to 
whether  he  has  any  capacities  for  learn­
ing  the  business;  knows  nothing  and 
cares 
less  about  his  education;  keeps 
him  drudging  from  early  morn  until 
late  at  night  on  a  mere  pittance;  takes 
no  pains  to  see  what  habits  he  is  form­
ing;  gives  him  no  opportunity 
for 
study;  scolds  him 
if  be  does  not  do 
things  right,  instead  of  showing  him 
how  they  should  be  done  and  helping 
him  through—explaining  the  manipula­
tion  the  first  time,  as  it  is  his  duty  to 
do.  A  boy  who  has  any  spirit,  when 
thus  treated,  will  soon  form  a  disgust 
for  the  business,  become  surly,  shirk 
his  work,  have  no  interest  in  his  em­
ployer’s  affairs  or  in  learning  the  busi­
ness. 
it  just  to  the 
young  man  or  a  credit to yourself?  Take 
an  interest  in  your  clerks  and  they  will 
return  your 
interest.  No  man  can  do 
bis  best  unless  his  heart  is  in  his  work. 
Teach  him  from  the  start  cleanliness, 
neatness,  exactness;  let  him  understand 
that  he  can  not  be  too  particular—that 
lives  are  held  in  the  balance.  Let  him 
see  by  your  actions  that  you  have  con­
fidence 
in  your  ability  and  the  public 
have  confidence  in  you.  Teach  him  that 
he  is  to  be  something  more than  a  ma­
chine  to  wrap  up  drugs  and  patent med­
icines  and  pass  them  over  the  counter.
Remember  that  you  are  exerting  an 
unconscious 
influence,  either  for  good 
or  bad,  over  those  in  your  employ.  See 
to  it  that  the  young  men  you  bring  up 
will  reflect  some  credit  on you when they 
enter  a  college  of  pharmacy,  or go be­
fore  a  State  board,  rather  than  have 
them  show  a  superficial  knowledge  and 
ignorance  that 
leads  one  to  think  that 
they have either neglected  their  opportu­
nities  or  have had none,  through the neg­
lect  of  their  employers.

The  clerk 

is  a  mirror,  reflecting  the 
methods  and  habits  of  his  preceptor. 
These  facts are  borne out  by  the  experi­
ence  of  all  teachers  and  examiners,  and 
account  for  the  many  clerks  who  have 
only  a  mediocrity  of  learning,  not  so 
much  from  not  having  the  desire  to  ac­
quire  knowledge  or  want  of  study,  but 
because  they  were  not  started  right. 
Consequently,  working  without  system 
and  directions,  is  it  strange  that  their 
results  are  negative? 
Is  it  to be  won­
dered  at  that  so  many  fail  in  their  ex­
aminations?

in'  drilling  me 

When  I  first  went  into* the  drug  busi­
ness  I  was  apprenticed  to an  old  gentle­
man  known  as  a  "Q uaker.”   He  was 
very  precise  and  just,  and  took  a  deal 
of  pains 
into  all  the 
minutiae  of  the  drug  business,  as  con­
ducted  in  the  early  part of the seventies. 
I  remember  I  was  kept  half  a  day 
weighing  Epsom  salts  and 
flaxseed- 
meal  and  wrapping  them  up,  to teach 
me how  to  weigh  and  wrap  up correctly 
The  old  bell  metal  and  iron  mortar  and 
pestle  were  articles  of  every-day  use 
— then  came  the  drug  mill  and  the  hand 
sieves.  Tinctures  were  made  mostly  by 
maceration ;  various  decoctions  and  in­
fusions  were  in  great  demand,  and  were 
made  from  the  native herbs and  roots

gathered 
in  the  neighborhood;  these  I 
was  taught  how  to  gather  and  dry  prop­
erly.  After two  years’  apprenticeship  I 
was  considered  quite  capable  of  attend­
ing  a  college  of  pharmacy,  so  as  to 
complete  a  four  years’  apprenticeship 
before  graduation.

It  is  the  duty  of  the  employer  to  see 
that  his  apprentices  are  properly  in­
structed.  While he  can  not  prevent  im­
positions  practiced  by  some  clerks,  he 
can  keep  them  from  going’ to  extremes. 
An  employer  can  be  firm  and  severe, 
yet  temper  his  severity  with  kindness. 
Discipline  is  essential  to  properly  con­
duct  the  affairs  of  the  store,  yet 
it 
should  not  be  carried  so  far  that  the 
employer  should  consider  it  undignified 
to  show  the  apprentice  his  errors.  Let 
the  relations  be  as  pleasant  as  a  family 
gathering. 

Wn.  R.  Ne v il l e .

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Cleaned
Currants

If you want nice, fresh, new 
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If 
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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

19

39
40
70
50

Linseed, pure  raw.. 
36 
Linseed, boiled......   37 
Neatsfoot, winter str 
65 
42 
Spirits Turpentine.. 
Paints  BBL. 

Morphia, S.P.A W ... 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.A
C.  Co....................
Moschus Canton__
Myristica, No. 1......
Nux Vomica.. .po.20
Os  Sepia.................
Pepsin Saac, H. A P.
D. Co....................
Picis Llq. N.N.)4gal.
doz........................
Picis Llq., quarts__
Picis Llq., pints......
Pll Hydrarg...po.  80 
Piper Nigra... po.  22
Piper Alba__po.  35
Plix  Burgun...........
Plumbi  Acet...........
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 
Pyrethrum, boxes H.
A P. D. Co., doz...
Pyrethrum, pv........
Quasslae..................
Qulnia, S. P. A W .. 
Quinta, S. German..
QuJnia, N.Y............
Rubia Tinctorum... 
SaccharumLactis pv
Salacin....................
Sanguis Draconls...
Sapo,  W...................
Sapo, M....................
Sapo, G....................
Sledlitz  Mixture  ...

2 40® 2 %
2 30® 2 55
@  40
65®  80
@  10 
15®  18
@  1 00
@ 2 00 
@ 1 00 
©  85
®  50
@  18 
@  30
@ 
7
12 
10®  
1  10®   1  20
@  1  25 
25®  30
8®  
10 
31®  36
22®  32
29®  34
12®  14
18®  20
3 00® 3  10
40®  50
12®  14
10®  
12
@  15
20  @  22

Sinapis....................  @ 
18
Sinapis, opt............  
©  30
Snuff, Maccaboy, De
Voes.....................  
©  34
Snuff, Scotch, DeVo's 
@ 34
Soda Boras..............  9  @ 
11
Soda Boras, po........  9  @ 
11
26®  28
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Carb..............  1)4® 
2
Soda, Bl-Carb.........  
3® 
5
Soda, Ash...............   3)4® 
4
Soda, Sulphas.........   @ 
2
Spts. Cologne...........  @ 2 60
Spts. Ether Co........  50®  56
Spt  Myrcia Dom...  @ 9 00
Spts. Vini Rect. bbl.  @ 2 55
Spts. Vini Rect.)4bbl  @ 2 60
Spts. Vini Rect. 10gai  @2 63
Spts. Vini Rect.  5gal  @ 2 65
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  40®  1  45
Sulphur,  Subl.........   214®  4
Sulphur,  Roll........ 
2%@3)4
Tamarinds.................  
8®  10
Terebenth Venice...  28® 
30
Theobrom»......  46® 
48
Vanilla....................  9 00® 16 00
Zlncl  Sulph................ 
7®  8

Less 5c gal. cash 10 days. 

Oils

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

BBL.  UAL.
70
70 
60
45

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

LB
IX 2  @8 
IX  2  ©4 
IX  2  @3 
2X  3*@3 
2 y,  2X@3
13®
15 
70®
75 
18)4®
22
13©
16 
5X@
«X 
6X
5X0
70 
70 
1  00
@  1  40 
1  00®  1  15

No. 1 Turp Coach...  1  10©  1  29
Extra  Turp............   1  60©  1  70
Coach Body............   2 75® 3 00
No. 1 Turp F ura....  1  00®  1  10 
Extra Turk Damar..  1  55®  1  00 
Jap. Dryer,No. lTurp  70®  76

W H O L E S A L E   PR ICE  CU RREN T.

Advanced- 
Declined—

4® 6
6®
8
12® 14
12® 14

Add am
Aceticum.................8
6® l
8
Benzolcum, German
70® 75
Boradc....................
@ 15
Carbolicum............
29® 41
45® 48
Citricum.................
Hvdrochlor............
3® 5
Nltrocum...............
8® 10
Oxallcum...............
12® 14
Phosphorium,  dll...
@ 15
60® 65
Salicyllcum.............
Sulphuricum...........
5
IX©
Tannicum..............  1 25©  1  40
Tartaricum..............
38® 40
Ammonia
Aqua, 16 deg...........
Aqua, 20 deg...........
Carbones.................
Chloridum..............
Aniline
Black.......................  2 00® 2 25
Brown....................  
80® 1  00
B ed......................... 
45®  50
Yellow....................  2 50® 3 00
Baccae.
Cubesm.......... po. 18 
Juniperus................ 
Xaathoxylum........ 
Balsamum
Copaiba...................   51
Peru.........................
Terabln, Canada__ 
41
Tolutan...................  
5<
Cortez
Abies, Canadian__
CasHlsB.....................
Cinchona Flay a ......
Euonymus atropurp 
Myrica Cerifera, po.
P run ns Virgin!........
Quill ala,  gr’d .........
Sassafras........po. 18
Ulmns.. .po. 15, gr’d 
Extractum
2<
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra. 
Glycyrrhlza, po......  2i
Bsmatoz, 15 lb box
11®
13®
H»m atox,ls.........
14®
Haematox, )4s.........  
H»matox, 14s.........  
16®

30
.  65
. 2 75 
50 
55

18
12
18
30
20
12
12
12
15

13®
6®
25®

158

25
30
12
14
15

15 
2 25 
75 
40 
15 
2
50
7

Perm
Carbonate Preeip...
Citrate and Quinta..
Citrate Soluble........
Ferrocyanldum Sol.
Solut.  Chloride......
Sulphate, com’l......
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per cwt.........
Sulphate, p u re ......
Flora
Arnica....................
Anthemis...............
Matricaria..............
Folia
23®  28
Barosma..................
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
nevelly................. 
18®  25
Cassia Acutifol,Alx.  25®  30
Salvia officinalis, 14s
and Ms................. 
12®  20
tJraUrsi............. 
8® 
10
Gonunl
65
Acacia,  1st picked.
O
45
Acacia, 2d  picked.
35
®
Acacia,  3d  picked.. 
Acacia, sifted sorts. 
®
28
80
Acacia, po...............  
60®
14
Aloe, Barb. po.l8@20  12®
Aloe, Cape ....po. 15  @
12
30
Aloe, Socotrl.. po. 40 
®
60
Ammoniac.............. 
55®
28
Assafcetlda__ po. 30 
25®
55
Bensolnum............. 
50®
13
Catechu, Is.
14 
Catechu, Ks............
16 
Catechu, 14s............
45, 
Camphorte............
41®
Euphorbium.. po. 35
10
Galbanum...............   @
1  00 70
Gamboge  po........... 
65®
Gualacum...... po. 25
®  30
@ 3 00 
Kino...........po. 83.u0
@  60 
M astic....................
Myrrh............ po.  45
®  40
Opli...po. 85.20®5.40 3 75® 3 85
Shellac....................   25®  35
Shellac, bleached...  40®  45
Tragacanth............  
50®  80
Herba

25
20
25
28
23
25
30
22
25

Abslnthlum..oc. pkg 
Eupatorium .os. pkg 
Lobelia........os. pkg 
Majorum__os. pkg 
Mentha Pip..os. pkg 
Mentha Vir.. os. pkg 
Bue.............. os. pkg 
TanacetumV os. pkg 
Thymus,  V..os. pkg 
rtagnesla.
Calcined, Pat..........  
56®  60
Carbonate, Pat........  20®  22
Carbonate, K. A M..  20®  25
'Carbonate, Jennings  35®  36

Oleom

Absinthium.............  3 50®  3 75
Amygdala, Dulc__   30®  50
Amygdala, Amara .  8 00®  8 25
Anlsl.......................2  0i®  2 10
Aurantl  Cortex......   2 25®  2 40
Bergamii.................   3 00®  3 20
Cajfputl...................  76®  80
Caryophylli............. 
75®  8u
neaar....................... 
35®  66

Conium  Mac...........  35®  50
Copaiba...................  1  15®  1  25
Cubeba....................  90®  1  00
Exechthltos...........  1 00® 1  10
Erigeron.................  1 00®  1  10
Gaultheria..............  1 50®  1  60
Geranium,  ounce...  @ 
75
Gossippii,Sem.gal.. 
50®  60
Hedeoma.................  1 on®  1  10
Junipers.................   l 50® 2 00
Lavendula.............. 
90® 2 00
Limonis...................  1 30®  1  50
Mentha Piper.........   1 60® 2 20
Mentha Verid.........   1 50®  1  60
Morrhua,  gal.........   1 io®  1  25
Myrcia,....................4  00® 4 50
Olive.......................  
75® 3 00
Picis  Liquida.  ......  
io® 
12
Picis Liquida, gal...  @  35
B icina.................... 
96®  1 05
Rosmarini...............  
® 100
Rosa,  ounce...........  6 50® 8 50
Sagcini...................  40®  45
SPRna................... 
90®  1  00
Sän tal......................2 50® 7 00
Sassafras.................  55®  go
Sinapis, ess., ounce.  @  65
Tlglu.......................  1 70®  1  8*1
Thyme.................... 
40©  50
Thyme,  opt............  
®  1  go
Theobromas........... 
15®  20
Potassium
Bl-Carb.................... 
is® 
ig
13® 
Bichromate............  
15
Bromide..................   50®  55
Garb....................... 
12® 
15
Chlorate..po. 17®19c  16®  18
Cyanide...................  35®  40
Iodide....  ..............  2 60® 2 65
Potassa, Bitart, pure  28®  30
Potassa, Bitart,  com 
®  15
Potass Nitras, opt... 
12
Potass Nitras........... 
u
Pressiate.................  21®   25
Sulphate po  ..  ...... 
18

10® 
io@ 
15® 

Radix

“ 

20®  26
Aconitvm...............  
A ltha......................  22®  25
Anchusa................. 
io@ 
12
PO..................   @  25
Calamus.................  20®  40
G entiana......po  15 
12®  15
16®  18
Glychrrhlza.. .pv. 15 
@  60
Hydrastis Canaden . 
®  65
Hydrastis Can., po.. 
Hellebore,Alba,po.. 
18®  20
Inula, po................. 
is®  20
Ipecac, po................2 80® 3 0"
Irisplox....po35®38 
35®  40
Jalapa, pr...............   25® 
30
Maranta,  Qs...........  @ 
35
Podophyllum, po.... 
22®  25
BPoJ....................... 
75®  1  00
Rhel, cut
~ 1  25
1  35 
gJW P*........... 
75&
i." 
38 
Spigelia..................... 
35®
Sanguinaria... po. 15 
®
18 
Serpentaria............  
so®
35 
Senega.................... 
40®
45 
Slmllax,officinalis H 
®
40 
Smflax, M.............. 
Si
25 
Sclll®.............po.35
12
10®
Symplocarpus, Foeti-
dus,  po.................
® 25
Valeriana,Eng.p¿'3Ó 
@ 25
Valeriana,  German.
15® 20
Zingiber a...............
16
Zingiber j ...............
27
* •
Semen
Anlstun.........po.  15
Apium  (graveleons)
Bird, Is..................
Carni.............po. i¿
Coriandrum.

@ 12
13@ 15
4® 6
10® 12
1  25®  1 75
8@ 10
4V,@ 5
75®  1 00
10® 12
Dipterìx  Odorate. 
1 40®  1 50
Fosnlculum........
@ 10
7® 9
L inl......... ..............
3H®4®
Llnl,  grd....bbl. 3)4
Lobelia..................   35®  40
Pharlaris  Canarian. 
4®  4)4
Rapa.......................  4)4® 
5
Sinapis Albu........... 
9® 
10
Sinapis Nigra.........  
11® 
12
Spirit us 

Frumenti, W. D. Co.  2 00® 2 50 
Frumentl,  D. F. R..  2 00® 2 25
Frum enti............... 1  25®  1  50
Juniperis Co. O. T ..  1  65® 2 00
Junlperis Co...........  l  75® 3 50
Saacharum N. E ....  1  90® 2  10
Spt- Vini Galli........  1  75® 6 50
Vini Oporto............   1  25® 2 00
Vini Alba...............   1  25® 2 00
Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage................  2 50® 2 75
Nassau sheeps  wool
carriage................
® 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 nse..
®  75
Yellow  R eef,  for 
slate  use..............
1  40
Syrups
Acacia.................... 
®  50
®  50
Auranti Cortes........ 
Zingiber.................. 
®  50
Ipecac.  . 
®  60
 
Ferrilod.................  @  50
Rhel Arom..............  @  50
Smilax Officinalis... 
50®  60
Senega....................  
®  50
Sclll*....................... 
O  50

 

 

ntsccllsneous 

®  50
Sclll» Co.................  
®  50
Tolntan................... 
Prnnns virg............
@  50
Tinctures 
Aconitum Napellis R 
60
Aconitum Napellis F
50
Aloes.......................
60
Aloes and Myrrh__
60
Arnica....................
50
Assafcetlda............
50
A trope  Belladonna.
60
Aurantl  Cortex......
50
Benzoin...................
60
Benzoin Co..............
50
Barosma.................
50
Cantharides...........
75 
Capsicum..............
50
Cardamon...............
76 
Cardamon  Co.........
75
Castor......................
1  00 
Catechu...................
50 
Cinchona.................
50 
Cinchona Co...........
60 
Columba  ...............
50 
Cubeba....................
50 
Cassia  Acutifol......
50 
Cassia A jutlfol Co  .
50 
Digitalis  ............
50 
Ergot......................
50 
Ferrt Chloride m
35 
Gentian...................
50 
Gentian Co..............
60 
Guiaca...... .............
50 
Guiaca ammon........
60 
Hyoscyamus...........
50 
Iodine......................
75 
Iodine, colorless__
75 
Kino........................
50 
Lobelia...................
50 
Myrrh......................
50 
Nux Vomica...........
SO 
Opil.........................
75 
Opii, camphorated.
50
I 50 
Opii,  deodorised....
Quassia...................
50 
Khatany..............
50 
Rhel.......................;
50 
Sangulnarla  ...........
50 
Serpentarla............
50 
Stramonium...........
60 
Tolutan...................
60 
Valerian.................
50 
Veratrum Veride..
50 
Zingiber..................
20
_  
jEther, Spts. Nit. 3F  30®  35
?4@  38
■dSther, Spts. Nit. 4 F 
Alumen...................  gw® 
3
3® 
Alumen, gro’d .. po. 7 
4
 
Annatto  ... 
40®  50
Antimonl,  po........ 
4® 
5
Antimon! etPotassT  40®  50
Antipyrin.............. 
®  35
® 
........... 
Antifebrin 
15
Argen tl Nitras, os .. 
®  50
Arsenicum..............  
10® 
12
Balm Gilead  Bud  . ’  38®  40
Blsmutb  8. N......... 1  40®  1  50
Calcium Chlor.,  is.. 
®  9
Calcium Chlor., )4s. 
©  10
®  12
Calcium Chlor.,  )4s. 
@  75
Cantharides, Rus.po 
@  15
Capsicl  Fructus. af. 
@  15
Capsici Fructus, do. 
@  15
Capsicl FructusB,po 
12®  14
Caryophyllus..po.  16 
Carmine, No. 40......  
® 3 00
Cera Alba............ 
50©  55
Cera Flava.............. 
40®  42
Coccus.................... 
®  40
Cassia Fructus......  
®  33
Centrarla.................  @ 1 0
Cetaceum................   @  45
Chloroform.......... 
60®  63
Chloroform, squibbs  @  1  15 
Chloral HydCrst....  1  65®  1  90
Chondrus................ 
20®  25
Cinchonldine.P.A W  25®  35 
Clnchonldine, Germ  22®  30
Cocaine..................   3 55® 3 75
Corks, list, dls.pr.ct. 
Creosotum....
@
Crete.............bbl.’75
Crete, prep..............  @
Crete, preelp.........  
9®
Crete, Rubra.........  
@
Crocus.................... 
J8@
©
Cudbear................ 
Cupri Sulph........... 
5®
Dextrine.................. 
10®
Ether Sulph............  
75®
Emery, all  numbers  @
Emery, po................  @
Ergota............ po. 40  30®
Flake  White........... 
12®
Galla........................ 
S
Gambier.  ..............1 
8®
Gelatin, Cooper......   @
Gelatin, French......  
35®
Glassware, flint, box
Less than  box__
9®
Glue,  brown........... 
Glue, white............  
13®
15®
Glycerine................ 
Grana  Paradisi  ....  @
Humulus.................   2g®
Hydraag Chlor  Mite 
£
Hydraag Chlor Cor.
® 
Hydraag Ox Rub’m.
@
@  1  10 
Hydraag Ammoniati 
45®  55
HydraagUnguentum
Hydrargyrum.........
@  70
Ichthyobolla, Am...
65®  75
75®  1 00
Indigo...................... 
Iodine, Resubi........  3 60® 3 70
Iodoform.................  @ 4 20
® 2 25
Lupulin................... 
Lycopodium........... 
40®  45
65®  75
............  
Macis 
Liquor  Arsen et Hy
drarglod.............  
@  25
LlquorPotassArstnlt 
12
Magnesia, Sulph.... 
2® 3
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl 
@  1)4
SO®  60
Mannla, S. F .... 
Menthol, 
@ 3 00

10® 

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

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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 .

T h e  prices  quoted  in  this  list  are  for the  trade  only,  in  such  quantities  as  are usually  purchased  b y  retail 
dealers.  T h e y  are  prepared  just  before  goin g to  press  ana  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.  C ash  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  m ake this  feature  of the  greatest  possible  use to  dealers.

AXLB 0RBA5B.

doz.  gross
Aurora..........................55  6 00
Castor OH.....................00  700
Diamond......................50  4 00
Frazer’s .......................75  9 00
IXL (¿olden, tin boxes 75  9 00
rtlca, tin boxes............ 75  9 00
Paragon....................... 55  6 00

Ac m .

Homs.

Absoluts.

Arctic.
B1 Purity.

BAKING  POWDER.
a 'beans doz................... 
£  lb Jans doz................... 

45
85
lb can  doz...................1  50
u  lb cans 8 doz.................  45
*  lb cans 8 dos.................  75
lb cans 1 dos................  1 00
1 
Bulk...................................  
10
6 oz. Eng. Tumblers...........  86
w lb cans per doz............. 
75
*  lb cans per d o z ........... 1  SO
lb cans per doz........... 2  00
1 
*  lb cans 4 dos case........ 
85
55
£  lb cans 4 dos case........ 
lb cans 2 doz c a se ......  
90
s T = ia
v  [beans, 4 doz case......  
45
*  lb cans, 4 doz case........  85
lb cans, 2 doz case........1 60
lb. cans, per doz.........  2 00
1 
9 oz. cans, per doz.............   1  25
6 oz. cans, per dos.............  
85
*  lb cans..........................   45
*  lb cans..........................   75
1 
lb cans..........................  1 50
1 lb. cans  ......................... 
85
8 oz., 6 doz. case.................  2 70
6 oz., 4 dos. case 
...........3 20
9 os., 4 dos. case.................4 80
1 lb., 2 dos. case.................4 00
6 lb., 1 doz. case.................9 00
American............................... 70
English.................................... 80

C0N9INsn)

BATH  BRICK.

Jersey Cream.

Queen Plake.

Our Leader.

BLUING.

Peerless.

BROOHS.

Ö L u i i f C
Small, 8 doz.......................  
40
Large, 2 doz.......................  
75
So. 1 Carpet........................  1 90
No. 2 Carpet........................  1 75
No. 8 Carpet........................   1 50
No. 4 Carpet........................   1 15
Parlor Gem........................   2 00
Oommon Whisk.................   70
Fancy Whisk......................  80
Warehouse...........................2 25
8s............................................ 7
16s.........................................8
Paraffine................................8
Wicklng.............................. 20

CANDLES.

CANNED goods. 
rianltowoc  Peas.

CATSUP.

¿HEBSE

Lakeside Marrowfat.......... 
95
Lakeside B.  J ...................... 1  15
Lakeside, Cham. ofEng....  1 20 
Lakeside. Gem. Ex. Sifted.  1  45
Extra Sifted Early Jane__1 75
Colombia, 
pints.............. 2 00
Columbia, *  pints  ............1  25
@  10* 
Acme................
Amboy..............
©  1 1*  
Butternut..........
©   10* 
Carson City.......
&  10*  
Emblem.............
@  11 
Gem...................
©  11 
Gold Medal...... .
@  11 
Ideal.................
@  11 
Jersey  ..............
©  11 
Lenawee...........
©  10* 
Riverside...........
@  11* 
Brick................
©  12 
Edam................
©  70 
Leiden.............. .
©   17
in
Pineapple.................50  ©  75
©  17
Sap  Sago.
Bulk  .............................
5
Bed 
...........
»
CHOCOLATE.

... 

denomination from 110 down. "
20 books............ ...........   1  00
50 books............ ............   2 OO
100 books  ........... ............   3 OO
German Sweet.................... ..23
250 books............. ............   C 25
Premium............................ .35
500 books............. .............10 OC
Breakfast Ooooa................. ..46 1000 books............ .............17 6C

Walter Baker A Co.’s.

CLOTHES LINES.

Cotton, 40 ft, per  dos.........1 00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  dos.........1 20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz........ 1 40
Cotton, 70 ft, per  doz.........1 60
Cotton, 80 ft, per  dos........ 1 80
Jnte, 80 ft,  per  dos.............  80
Jnte, 7* ft.  per  do*.............   95
COCOA SHBLLS.
2*
201b  bags........................ 
Less quantity.................  
3
Pound  packages............. 
4
CRBAfl TARTAR.
5 and 10 lb. wooden boxes......90
Bulk in sacks..........................29

COFFEE.

Green.
Rla.

Santos.

F air.......................................... *
Good........................................10
Prim e...................................... 11
Golden  ................................... 1*
Peaberry  ................................13
Fair  ........................................1*
Good  ......................................13
Prim e.....................................
Peaberry  ................................15
Mexican and Guatemala.
Fair  ........................................1»
Good  ............................... — J®
Fancy 
...................................1”
Maracaibo.
Prim e...................................... 1®
Milled......................................20
Interior...................................1$
Private  Growth...................... 20
Mandehllng.............................21
Im itation................................20
Arabian  ................................. 22
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands
Fifth  Avenue......................29
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha— 29
Wells’ Mocha and Java-----24
Wells’ Perfection  Java......24
Sancalbo............................. 21
Breakfast Blend................  18
Valley City Maracaibo....... 18*
Ideal  Blend.........................14
Leader  Blend..................... 12

Roasted.

Mocba.

Java.

Package.

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Bxtract.

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  or  package,  also * c  a 
pound.  In  60 lb.  cases the list 
Is  10c  per  100  lbs.  above  the 
price In fnll cases.
Arbuckle.......................   10 50
Jersey............ —   10 50
n<'t .aagblln’s  XXXX. 
McLaughlin’s XXXX  sold  to 
retailers only.  Mail  all  orders 
direct to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  A 
Co., Chicago.
Valley City *  gross......  
76
Felix *  gross................. 
1  15
Hummel’s foU *  gross... 
86 1  43
Hummel’s tin *   gross..
CLOTHE* PINS.
5 gross boxes.......................   40
4 dos In case.
Gail Borden  Eagle............. 6  75
Crown................................. 8 25
Daisy...................................5 75
Champion  ...........................4 50
Magnolia............................ 4 25
ChaUenge............... 
3 35
Dime 
.................................3 85
Tradesman Grade.

CONDENSED  MILK.

COUPON  BOOKS.

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

Superior Grade.

Coupon Pass Books,

 

Universal Grade.

Apples.

Credit Checks.

California Fratte.

50 books, any denom....  1 50
100 books, any denom__ 2 50
500 books, any denom....11  50
1,000 books, any denom__ 20 00
500, any one denom’n ...... 3 00
1000, any one denom’n ...... 5 00
2000, any one denom’n ...... 8 00
Steel pnnch......................  75
DR1BD  FRUITS—DOnBSTIC 
Sundrled.......................   0 5 *
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  08
Apricots.....................   O
Blackberries...............
Nectarines.................   ©
Peaches.......................  ©
Pears...........................  ©
Pitted Cherries...........
Prunnellee..................
Raspberries................
100-120 25 lb boxes.........   0  4
90-100 25 lb boxes.........   0   5
80 - 90 25 lb boxes.........   O®*
70 - 80 25 lb boxes.........   0   6*
60 - 70 25 lb boxes.........   0   6*
50-60 25 lb boxes.........   0   8
40-50 25 lb boxes.........  019
30-40 25 lb boxes.........  O
*  cent less In 50 lb cases 

California Pranas.

Raisins.

1  P0
London Layers 3 Ci own. 
Cluster 4 Crown............  
2 00
5
Loose Muscatexs 2 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
6
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
7
L. M., Seeded, choice......   8
L. M , Seeded, fancy........  9*

FOREIUN.
Citron.

Peel.

Raisins.

Currants.

Leghorn..........................©12
Corsican..........................@13
Patras bbls.......................© ?3£
Yostlzzas 50 lb cases....... © 6
Cleaned, bulk  ................. © 7
Cleaned, packages.......... © 7*
Citron American 10 lb bx ©18 
Lemon American 10 lb bx ©12 
Orange American 101b bx ©12 
Ondnra 28 lb boxes......  ©
Sultana  1 Crown.........   ©
Sultana 2 Crown  ------  ©
Sultana 3 Crown..........  ©
Sultana 4 Crown.........   ©
Sultans  5 Crown.........  
ft
Sultana 6 Crown........  @
Sultana package.........   @
FA RIN A C EO U S  GOODS.
24 1 lb.  packages............. 1  50
Bulk, per 100  lbs............. 3 50
Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’s Brand.

Purina.

Grits.

Peas.

Beans.

Hominy.

Pearl Barley.

24 2 lb. pacaaget,................1  80
100 lb. kegs........................2 70
200 lb. barrels....................5  10
Barrels  ............................ 2 50
Flake, 501b.  drums..........1  00
Dried Lima  ..................... 
3*
Medium Hand Picked....  1  10 
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  10 lb. box........  60
Imported,  25 lb. box.........2 50
Common...........................   2 25
Chester............................  2 50
Empire  ............................  3 00
Green, Wisconsin, bu.......1 00
Green, Scotch, bu...........1  10
Split, bu........................ 
2 
Rolled  Oats. 
m
Rolled Avena,  bbl.........4 00
Monarch,  bbl................... 3 50
Monarch.  *   bbl...............1 88
Monarch, 90 lb sacks........1 65
Quaker, cases.  ................3 20
Huron, cases.....................1  75
German............................   *
3*
East  India.......................  
3*
Flake..............................  
Pearl................................ 
J X
5
Anchor, 401 lb. pkges.... 
3*
Cracked, bulk................... 
24 2 lb packages................2 

Tapioca.

Wheat.

Sago.

S a lt   F is h .

Cod.

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

Herring.

Holland white hoops, bbl.  8 00 
Holland white hoop *bbl  4 50
Holland,  *   bbl................  2 60
Holland white hoop, keg. 
65
Holland white hoop mens 
75
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbs...................  2 75
Bound  40 lbs...................  1  30
Scaled...............................  
14

riackerel.

Mess 100 lbs......................  15 00
Mess  40 lbs......................  6 30
Mess  10 lbs......................  1  65
Mess  8 lbs......................  1  35
No. 1100 lbs...............  
  13  86
No. 1  40 lbs......................  5 60
No. 1  10 lbs......................  1  48
No. I  8 lbs.....................  120
No. 2 100 lbs......................  8 60
No. 2  40 lbs......................  3 70
No. 2  10 lbs......................  1  0O
No. 2  8 lbs..................... 
88

Trent.

No. 1100 lbs......................  5 25
No. 1  40 lbs......................  2 40
lOlba..................... 
No. 1 
«8
No. 1  8 lbs..................... 
6?

Whlteflsh.

No. 1  No. 2  Fam
2 75
100 lbs...........  6 75 
1 40
40 lbs...........  3 00 
10 lbs...........  83 
43
8 lbs...........  69 
87
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

Jennings’.

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

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

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
120
2 00
2 25

Sonderà’.

Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew. 
the 

Best  In  the  world  for 
money.

50

1 75 
8 50

HBRBS.

INDIGO.

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

Madras, 5  lb  boxes...........   »
S. F., 2,8an d 5 lb boxes....  60

50

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

K egs.........................................4 00
Half Kegs.................................2 25
Quarter Kegs............................ 1 25
1 lb. cahs...........................    30
*  lb. cans................................18

Choke Bore—Dupont’s.

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

Bagle Duck—Dupont’s.

Kegs..........................................8 00
Half Kegs................................. 4 25
Quarter Kegs........................... 2 25
lib.carts..............................  45

JBLLY.

16 lb palls............................   35
30 lb pails..........................  
65

LYE.

Condensed, 2 d o s ................... l 20
Condensed. 4 dos.................... 2 25

LICORICE.

P u » .....................................   80
Calabria.............................   26
Sicily....................................  “
Root.....................................   10

MINCB MEAT.

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

nATCHBS.

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.

No. 9 sulphur...........................1 65
Anchor parlor......................... 1 70
No. 2  Home.............................. 1 10
Export  Parlor......................... 4 00

110LA5SBS.
New Orleans.

Black................................  
11
F air..................................   M
Good................................. 
20
Fancy  .............................
Open Kettle......................25@85

Half-barrels 2c extra.
MUSTARD.

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

PIPES.

Clay, No. 216...........................  1 70
Clay, T. D. full count........ 
Cob, No. 8..........................  

65
85

POTASH.

48 cans in oaae.

Babbitt’s.................................. 4 00
Penna8alt  Co.’s....................   8 00

PICKLES.
riedlam.

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

RICH.

Domestic.

Carolina head....................   6*
Carolina  No. 1...................  5
Carolina  No. 2...................  4
Broken.............  
3*

 

 
Imported.

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

SALBRATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. In  box.

Church’s ..............................2 80
Deland’s ..............................3  15
Dwight’s ..............................3 30
Taylor’s................................3 00
6o   lb .

SODIO

* 3 -1 5

SAL SODA.

Granulated, bbla..............   75
Granulated,  100 lb eases..  90
Lump, bbls.......................   75
Lump, 1461bkegs..............  86

Scotch, In bladders.............  87
M&ccabqy, In Jars................  35
French Rappee, In Jars......   43

SNUFF.

SBBDS.

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

SALT.

Diamond  Crystal.

Table, cases, 24 3-lb  boxes. .1 50 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb bags.2 75 
Table, barrels,  40 7 lb bags.2 40 
Butter, barrels, 280lb. bnlk.2 25 
Butter, barrels,2014 lbbags.8 50
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs.............  25
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs............   55

Common Grades.

100 8-lb sacks....................... 1  95
60 5-lb sacks.......................1  80
28 10-lb sacks..................... 1  65

Worcester.

lb. cartons.............. 8 25
50  4 
115  2*lb. sacks.................. 4 00
lb. sacks..................3 75
60  5 
lb. sacks..................3 50
2214 
3010 
lb. sacks..................3 50
28 lb. linen sacks.................  32
56 lb. linen sacks.................   60
■Bnlk In barrels................... 2 50

Warsaw.

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

Ashton.

56-lb dairy In linen sacks...  60 

Higgins.

56-lb dairy in linen sacks. 

60 

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

Solar Rock.

Common.

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

J A X O N

Single box............................ 2 75
5  box lots, delivered.......2 70
10  box lots, delivered......2 65
JUS. S.  KIRK  5 «BRANDS.
American Family, wrp’d....2 66
Dome.................................... 2 75
Cabinet.................................2 20
Savon................................... 2 50
White Russian.....................2  35
White Cloud,  laundry.... ..6 25
White Clond,  toilet.............3 50
Dnsky Diamond. 50 6 oz__2  10
Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz__ 3 00
Bine India, 100 *  lb.............3 00
Kirkoline............................. 3 50
Eos.......................................2 50
S C W  SOAP CO.’S  BRANDS
Clydesdale,  100 takes, 75 Ibt........ 2  75
No-Tax, 100 cakes, 021-2 lbs-----2  00
Family,  75 cakes,  75 lbs............2  50
Herman Mottled, SO cakes, SO lbs. .  I  75 
Cocoa Castile, 18 lbs., ent 1-4 & 1-2..1  80 

Chipped Soap for LandrioL 

Allen B. Wrlsley’s Brands.  .
Old Country, 801-lb. bars  . .2 75
Good Cheer, 601-lb. bars__ 3 75
Uno, 100 V -lb. bars..............2 50
Doll, 100 10-oz.  bars............ 3 06

Scouring.

Sapolio, kitchen, 8 do z...... 2 40
Sapollo, band, 3 doz...........2 40

SODA.

Boxes  .................................5*
Kegs, English......................4*

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.

Pare Ground In Balk.

Allspice  ............................. 13
Cassia, China In mats.........18
Cassia, Batavia in band__85
Cassia, Saigon in rolls....... 38
Cloves, Amboyna...............14
Cloves, Zamlbar................ 12
Mace,  Batavia................... 55
Nntmegs, fancy..................80
Nutmegs, No.  1..................50
Nntmegs, No.  2..................45
Pepper, Singapore, black... 11 
Pepper, Singapore, white.. .12
Pepper,  shot...................... 12
A llspice...........  ................ 15
Cassia, Batavia...................30
Cassia,  Saigon.....................40
Cloves, Zanzibar..................14
Ginger,  African..................15
Ginger,  Cochin................... 18
Ginger,  Jamaica................ 83
Mace,  Batavia...................t»6
Mustard.........................12@18
Nutmegs,................■...4U©oO
Pepper, Sing , black............13
Pepper, Sing., white............20
Pepper, Cayenne..................20
Sage.....................................15

SYRUPS
Corn.

Barrels...............................  17
Half  bhls 
...............   IB
M doz. 1 gallon cans.........1  50
1  doz. Yt gallon cans....... 1  75
2  doz. M gallon c a n s......1  75
Pair  ..................................   18
Good................................   80
Choice.............................   85

Pare Cone.

STARCH.

Klngsford's  Corn.

401-lb packages...................6
801 lb packages...................6)4

Klngsford’s Silver Gloss.

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

Diamond.

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

Common  Corn.

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.

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

SUGAR.

Below  are given  New  York 
prices on sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds the local 
freight from New York to your 
shipping  point,  giving  you 
credit  on  the  Invoice  for  the 
amount  of  freight  buyer  pays 
from  the  market  in  which  he
fiurchases to hisshipping point, 
ncluding  20  pounds  for  the 
weight of the barrel.
Domino...............................5 56
Cut  Loaf.............................5 81
Crushed........ ...................... 5 81
Powdered  .......................... 54»
x x x x   Powdered...............5 58
Cubes..................................5 44
Granulated in bbls............. 5 31
Granulated in  bags............5 31
Fine Granulated.................5 3'
Extra Fine Granulated...... 5  44
Extra Coarse Granulated. ..54»
Mould  A......... ....................6 56
Diamond Confec.  A.......... 5 31
Confec. Standard A...........  5  19
No.  1..................................4  94
No  8..................................4 »4
No.  3..................................4 94
No.  4..................................4 88
No.  5..................................4 81
No.  6..................................4 75
No.  7...... ........................... 4 69
No.  8..................................4 63
No.  9..................................4 58
No.  10..................................4 50
No.  11..................................4 44
No.  12..................................4 38
No.  18..................................4 38
No.  14..................................4 31
No.  15..................................4 J*1
No.  16.................................. 4 31

TOBACCOS.

Cigar«.

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

H. & P. Drug Co.’s brand. 

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

G. 

J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

S. C. W...........

..............35 00

Ruhe Bros. Co.’s Brands.

Double Eagles, 6 Rizes.«>5'»70 00
Gen. Maceo, 5 sizes__  55@~o 00
Mr. Thomas...............  
35 00
Cuban Hand Made.... 
Crown  Five...............  
35 00
35 00
Sir  William................ 
35 00
Club Five................... 
35 00
Gens. Grant and Lee.. 
Little Peggy.............. 
35 00
Signal  Five...............  
35 00
Knights of Pythias 
 
35 00
Key West Perfects, 2 sz 55®60 00

35 00

TABLB  SAUCES.

Lea & Perrin’s,  large...  4 75 
Lea A Perrin’s, small...  2 75
Halford,  lame...............   3 75
Halford small...................2 85
Salad Dressing, large......4  55
Salad Dressing, small...... 2 75

VINEGAR.

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

WICKING.

No. 0, per gross....................  20
No. 1, per gross....................  25
No. 2, pergross....................  35
No. 3, per gross....................  55

Crackers.

The  National  Biscuit  Co. 

quotes as follows:
Batter.

Seymour X X X ....................   5U
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  6-
FamilyXXX....................   514
Salted XXX  ..................... 
New York XXX................     a
Wolverine.........................  6
Boston................................  7j4

514

Soda.

Soda XXX.........................  6
Soda  XXX, 3 lb  carton.... 
(u
Soda,  City.........................  8
Long Island  Wafers.........   11
L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton  ..  12 
Zephyrette...........................10
Saltine Wafer......................  5V4
SaltineWafer, 1 lb  carton.  6M
Farina Oy-ter......................  5*
Extra Farina Oyster.........   6
SWEET  OOODS—Boxes.

Oyster.

Animals.............................  jom
Bent’s W ate r..................   15
Cocoanut Taffy.................  10
Coffee Cake, Java.............   lu
Coffee Cake, Iced..............  10
CracknellB.........................  15*4
Cubans..............................  11%
Frosted  Cream...................  9
Ginger Gem s....................   8
Ginger Snaps, X~XX...........  7 %
Graha m Crackers..............  8
Graham Wafers.................  10
Grand Ma Cakes.................  9
Imperials..........................   8
JumDles,  Honey................11M
Marshmallow  ...................  15
Marshmallow  Creams......   16
Marshmallow  Walnuts...  16 
Mich. Frosted Honey....  12M
Molasses  Cakes.................  8
Newton..............................  12
Nic  Nacs............................  8
Orange Gems.....................   8
Penny Assorted Cakes......  8M
Pretzels,  hand  m ad e......   8
Sears’Lunch......................  7
Sugar  Cake.......................   8
Sugar  Squares................. 
9
Vanilla  Wafers................  14
Sultanas.............................   12M

Oils.
Barrels.

Eocene.......................  ©llM
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt 
©  9*
WW Michigan...........  @9
Diamond White.........  @ 8
D„ S. Gas....................   © 9
Deo. N aptha..............  © 7
Cylinder................... 25  ©34
Engine.......................11  ©21
Black, winter............   ©  8

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

21

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

Provisions.

Crockery  and

Candies.
Stick Candy.

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

bbls.  palls
6*4© 7
614© 7
6  © 8
@ 8
cases
@614
@814
@10

Mixed Candy.

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

© g
@ 614
@  7
© 714
© 714
@ 9
© 814
© 8
@ 8
@ 814
@ 9
©10
©13

Fancy—In Balk.

Lozenges, plain......  
@ 814
Lozenges,  printed.. 
© 814
Choc.  Drops........... 
@1014
Choc.  Monumentals  ©12
Gum  Drops............  
@ 5
© 8
Moss  Drops............  
Sour Drops.............. 
© 9
Imperials................ 
@9

Fancy—In 5  lb.  Boxes.

Lemon  Drops.........  
©50
8our  Drops............  
@50
Peppermint Drops..  @60
Chocolate Drops__ 
©60
H.  M. Choc. Drops..  @76
Gum  Drops............  
©ap
Licorice Drops........ 
(@75
A. B. Licorice Drops  @50
Lozenges,  plain.... 
@50
Lozenges,  printed..  @50
Imperials...............  
@50
Mottoes................... 
055
Cream Bar.............. 
@50
Molasses B a r........! 
@50
Hand Made Creams.  80  @  90
Plain  Creams.........   60  @90
Decorated Creams.. 
@90
String Rock............  
@eo
Burnt Almonds...... 125  @
WIntergreen Berries 
©60
Caramels.
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes................... 
No. 1 wrapped, 3  lb.
„boxes................... 
No. 2 wrapped, 2  lb. 

@3g
@50

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

F ru its.
Oranges.
Louislanas.............. 
Mexicans  F lo rid a  
style  box.............. 
Lemons.
Strictly choice 380s..  @4  00
@4  35
Strictly choice 300s.. 
Fancy 360s  ............ 
@«50
Ex.Fancy 300s........ 
@5  00
Ex.Fancy 360s........ 
©«  50
Bananas.

@4 25
@4 5U

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

Foreign Dried  Fruits. 

Figs.

Californias  Fancy.. 
Choice, 101b boxes.. 
Extra  choice,  10  lb
boxes new............  
Fancy, 121b  boxes.. 
Imperial Mikados, 18
lb boxes'............... 
Pulled, 6 lb boxes... 
Naturals,  in  bags... 
Dates.

@16
@15
@18
@20
@
@
@7

Fards in 10 lb  boxes  @ 9
Fards  in 60 lb cases  @ 6
Persians, G. M’s......  
© by,
@ 6
lb cases, new........ 
Sairs,  601b cases...-. 
@ 5

N uts.

Almonds, Tarragona..  @15
Almonds, Ivaca.........   @14
Almonds,  California,
soft shelled.............  @15
Brazils new................  @ 8*4
F ilberts 
........................   @11
Walnuts, Naples........  @13
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1.  @12
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
Calif.......................  @12
Table Nuts,  fancy__  @11
Table Nuts,  choice...  @10
Pecans, Med...............  ©  7 %
Pecans, Ex. Large....  @10
Pecans, J tan bos........   @12
Hickory  Nuts per bu.,
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.  © »u
Choice, H. P„  Extras,
Boasted................. 
5M

Wheat.

64

Wheat................................
Winter Wheat  Plour

Local Brands.

Patents............................. 4  25
Second  Patent................... 3  75
Straight............................ 3 50
Clear.................................. 3 25
Graham  ............................ 3 30
Buckwheat....................... 4 no
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....................
.3  75
Diamond, Ms....................
.3 7>
Diamond, Ms...................... .3 76
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Quaker,  )4s........................ 3 45
Quaker, Ms........................ 3  »5
Quaker, Mb........................ 3 45
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand.
Pillsbury’s  Best )4s........... 4 40
Pillsbury’s  Best Mb........... 4 30
Pillsbury’s Best "4s........... 4 2n
Pillsburj’s Best Ms paper.. 4  20
Pillsbury’s Best ms paper.. 4 20
Ball Barnhart Putman’s Brand.

Spring Wheat  Flour.

£5 9 ’
i S

N f iiB r
 I pP

A  m   f

p I S l

'*1

Olney A Judson ’s Brand.

Duluth  Imperial, Ms........ 4 40
Dulutb Imperial, Ms.  — 4 SU
Duluth Imperial, Ms........ 4 ¿0
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
Feed and  Mlllstuffs.
St. Car Feed, screened  ... 1*  00
No. 1 Corn and  Oats....... 14  50
Uubolted Corn Meal....... 14  OU
Winter Wheat  Bran...  . 13 no
Winter Wheat Middlings. 14  00
Screenings....................... 13 00
Old corn, car lots............
New corn, car lots...........
Less than  car lots...........
Car  lots............................ 30
Cariots, clipped...............
Less than  car lots........... 33
No. 1 Timothy carlots......
No. 1 Timothy  ton lots

8 50
10 00

Corn.

Meal.

Oats.

Hay.

31M

37
34

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

iVi 

Per lb. 
©

Fresh Fish.
Whitefish................
Trout ......................
Black Bass..............  8
Halibut...................
Ciscoes or Herring..
Bluefish..................
Live Lobster.........
Boiled Lobster........
Cod 
......................
Haddock.................
No.  1  Pickerel........
Pike.........................
Perch.......................
Smoked White........
Red Snapper...........
Col  River Salmon..
Mackerel 
..............
F. H. Counts...........
F. J  D. Selects........
Selects...................
F. J. D  Standards...
Anchors.................
Standards...............
Favorites.................
Bulk.
Counts.........................
X  Selects.....................
sel--cts..........................
uchor Standards.......
Standards....................
1 uu 
Clams...........................
1  25
Shell Goods.
Oysters, per  100......... 1  25@1  50
Clams,  per  100.........   ©  75

©  18 
©  4
©  10 
©  17 
©  18 
©  10 
©  8 
©  9
© 
©  5
©  8 
©  10 
©  12 
©  18
35 
27 
2i 
20 
18 
16 
14 
gal. 
1  75 
1  60 

1 20 
1 10 

Oysters in Cans

Swift  A  Company  quote  as 

Barreled Pork.

follows:
Mess  .............................   9 50
Baok  .....................10 50©
Clear back............. 10 25©
Shortcut.........................  10 00
Pig..................................   13 50
Bean  .............................   9 75
Family  ..........................  10 50
Dry Salt  Meats.
Bellies............................ 
Briskets  ......................... 
Extra shorts................... 
Hams, 12 lb average  __ 
Hams, 14 lb  average 
... 
Hams, 16 lb  average.................  7I£
Hams, 20 lb  average.................  7%
Ham dried b e e f...............  
n
. 544
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut). 
Bacon,  clear................. 7M@7M
California bams................ 
5
Boneless hams................... 
9
Cooked ham.................10© 1 zy,

Smoked  neats.

6
5514
5^
8M
8M

Beef.

Sausages.

Pigs’ Pest.

sm
6*4
714
6V4
e
9
e%

314
6u
-a
u
m
94
%
1
1 %

Lards.  In Tierces.
Compound...................... 
Kettle.............................  
55 lb Tubs.........advance 
80 lb Tabs.........advance 
50 lb T ins.........advance 
20 lb Palls.........advance 
10 lb Pails.........advance 
5 lb Pails.........advance 
3 
lb Pails.... advance 
Bologna......................... 
Liver............................... 
Frankfort....................... 
P ork...............................’ 
Blood  ............................ 
Tongue.......................... 
Head  cheese................... 
Extra  Mess..................... 10 25
Boneless  ......................  13 10
Rump...............................13 75
Kits, 15 lbs...................... 
70
M  bbls, 40 lbs..................  1 35
%  bbls, 80 lbs..................  2 50
Kits. 15 lbs...................... 
70
M  bbls, 40 lbs..................  1 25
M  bbls, 80 lbs..................  2 25
Pork...............................   20
Beef  rounds................... 
3
Beef  middles.................... 
10
S h eep ................ 
60
Rolls, dairy..................  
Solid,  d a iry ..................  
Rolls,  creamery............. 
Solid,  creamery............. 
Corned  beef.  2 l b ........2  «5
Corned beef, 14 lb...........15 00
Roast  beef,  2 lb............2 15
Potted  bam,  Qb.........  
50
Potted  ham,  Ms.........  
90
Deviled ham,  Me.........   50
Deviled ham,  Ms.........  
90
Potted  tongue Qs.........  
50
90
Potted  tnnsrne »4s  ...... 
Fresh  M eats.

Canned  Meats.

Buttsrlns.

9u
9
14
13)4

Casings.

Tripe.

Beef.

Veal.

Pork.

Mutton

Carcass...................    6)4©  8
Forequarters............... 5  © 6*4
Hind  quarters...........  6)4©  »M
Loins  No.  3...............   9  @12
Ribs............................7.  @12
Rounds.......................  7 © 7)4
  6 
Chucks...................... 
Plates  ........................  4 ©
Dressed.......................  4 ©
L oins..........................  © 7)4
Shoulders...................   © 6
Leaf Lard...................   6 @
Carcass....................... 6  @7
Spring Lambs...............7)4© 8)4
Carcass 
7  @ 7)4
Hides  and  P elts.
The Cappon A Bertsch Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Street, quotes  as 
follows:
Green No.  1.................
©  8
Green No. 2.................. ©  7
Cured No.  1..................
©  PM
Cured No. 2..................
@  7M
Calfskins,  greeu No.  1 ©10
Calfskins,  green  So. 2 @  SM
Calfskins, cured No.  1 ©11
Calfskins, cured  No. 2 ©  9M
50© 1  00
Pelts,  each..................

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

Hides.

©  3
©  2

Wool.

Furs.

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

50
20@ 
Cat, W ild ..................
20
5© 
Cat,  H o u se ...............
Deer Skins,  per lb .... 
12M
11
3© 
Full  Muskrat.............
1 «6  1  25
Mmk 
.........................
10© 
75
Racoon.......................
Skunk.......................   15©  1  00

G lassw are.

AKRON STONBWARB. 

Batters.

Jugs.

Churns.

Mllkpons.

Stewpans.

Fruit Jars.

Tomato Jugs.

Fine Glazed Mllkpons.

)4 gal., per dos...................  40
1 to 6 gal., per gal........... 
5
8 gal., each.......................   40
10 gal., each.......................   50
12 gal.,  each.......................   60
15gal. meat-tubs,each.... 1-10 
20 gal. meat-tubs, each. ...1  50 
25 gal. meat-tubs, each  ...2 25
30 gal. meat-tubs, each 
2 70
2 to 6 gal., per gal............   5
Churn Dashers, per doz...  85 
Pint.....................................  4 50
Quart..................................   4 75
%  gal  .................................  6 50
Covers.................................   2 00
Rubbers.............................  25
y, gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  45 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each  5 
¡4 gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  60 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each  5)4 
)4 gal. fireproof, ball, doz.  85 
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, doz...  75 
1 gal., stone cover, doz...l  00 
5 lbs. in package, per lb...  2
No. 0 Snn..........................  
35
No.  1  Snn..........................  
40
No. 2 Sun..........................   68
No. 3 Snn.............................  1 00
Tubular..............................  60
Security, No. 1...................  60
Security, No. 2...................  80
Nutmeg  ............................   50
LAMP CHIMNBY5—Seconds.
Per box of 6 doz.
No.  0 Sun...........................   1  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 46
No.  0 Sun, 
No.  1  Sun, 
No.  2 Sun, 

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

LAMP BURNBRS.

Sealing Wax.

top,
top,
top,

Common

Plrst  Quality.
crimp 
crimp 
orimp 
XXX Flint.
crimp 
crimp 
crimp 

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

top,
wrapped and  labeled....  2 56 
top,
wrapped and  labeled.  ..  8 75 
top,
wrapped and  labeled__  8 75
CHIMNEYS—Pasrl  Toe.
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  Bolb,”
for Globe Lamos.............  80

@6

La  Bastie.

Blectric.

Rochester.

OIL CANS. 

No. 1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per
doz  ................................. 
9
No. 2 Snn,  plain  bulb,  per
doz  .................................. I  16
No. 1 Crimp, per doz......... 1  85
No. 2 Crimp, per doz......... 1  60
No. 1, Lime  (65c doz)........8 50
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)........4 00
No. 2, Flint (8O0  doz)........4  70
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)  .......   4 00
No. 2, Flint  (8O0 doz)........4 40
Doz.
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  Nacefas....  9 00
5 gal Rapid steady stream.  7  80 
5 gal Eureka non-overflow 10 50
3  gal Home Rule............10 50
5 gal Home Rule...............12 00
5 gal  Pirate  King..............  9  60
No.  OTnbular side lift....  4  00
No.  1 B  Tubular..............6 25
No. 13 Tubular Dasb......... 6 50
No.  1 Tub., glass fount....  7 00 
No. 12 Tubular, side lamp. 14  0C
No.  3 Street  Lamp...........8 75
LANTERN  GLOBES.
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 1 doz.
46
each, box 10 centz........... 
No. OTnbular,  case*2 doz.
each, box 15 cents.........  
45
No. 0 Tubular,  bbls i doz.
each, bbl 351....................  
IS
No. 0 Tubular,  bull’a  eye, 
oasea 1 dos. oach...»~...  1 26

Pump  Cons.

LANTERNS.

22

MARIE’S  HAPPY  DAY.

How  She  and  Her  Guests  Spent 

Thanksgiving.

Written fo r the  T r a d esm a n .

It  was  Thanksgiving  Eve  and  nearly 
closing  time  for  the  stores.  Nowhere 
were  the  lights  brighter or  the  windows 
more  gorgeous  than  at  the  florists,  Fox 
&  Hunt’s. 
Business  for  them  had 
boomed  all  day  and  even  now  chance 
customers,  allured  by  the  fascinating 
windows,  found  their  way 
in  to  buy  a 
few  posies  for  the  morrow.  The  two 
clerks  seemed  to  be  tired  out,  for,  al­
though  they  tried  to  stand  up  straight, 
they 
leaned  unconsciously  toward  the 
nearest  resting  place.

One  of  them  was  a  blonde  and  bore 
unmistakable traces  of  foreign  blood  in 
her  veins.  She  had  blue  eyes,  a  clear- 
cut  forehead,  straight  nose,  firm  mouth, 
square  chin,  cheeks  with  a delicate May 
bloom  and  curly  hair  which  would  not 
keep  in  its  proper  place.  She  was  not 
exactly  awkward,  still  she  did  not  seem 
at  her  ease,  and  her  dress,  although 
warm,  was  illy  cut  and  badly  made.  On 
the  other  hand,  her  fellow-worker  was 
dark,  and  if  her  features  were  not  quite 
regular,  her sparkling eyes and vivacious 
manners  attracted  many  customers  to 
her.

There  was  a  lull  in  business  and  the 
store  was  unusually  still,  when  Celia 
Clark  began  to  speak  to  her  peach- 
cheeked  companion:

I  suppose 

"T h is  is  your  first Thanksgiving away 
from  home,  isn’t  it?  You  have  seemeo 
I  saw  ‘ the  boss' 
in  the  dumps  all  day. 
eying  you  closely  several 
times—you 
had  better  put  on  a  stiff  upper  lip  or 
he’ll  be  discharging  you  before  you 
know  it. 
it  must  be  sort  o’ 
hard  to  be  away  from  home  at  Thanks­
giving.  People  always  seem  to 
look 
happy  at  this  time  and  have  money  to 
waste  on  all  sorts  of  good  things.  Laws! 
it  doesn’t  make  any  difference  to  me. 
Adopted  myself  when  I  was  thirteen, 
and  can't  remember  Thanksgivings  be­
fore  then.— There  comes  a  dude.  You 
stand  back  and  see  me  wait  on  him. 
Men  will  say  sweet things  to  flower girls 
— if  they  have  a  chance.  You  must 
learn  not  to  blush,  drop  your  eyes  and 
stammer  as  though  you  thought  them  in 
earnest. 
I  give  them  as  good  as  they 
send  and  they  soon  get  over  their  tom­
foolery.—Was it  violets or roses you were 
looking  for,  sir?”

Marie  Peterson  did  attempt  to  watch ; 
but  she  might  as  well  have  been  blind. 
She  was 
thinking,  "She  seems  so 
happy,  and  yet  she  has  never  had  a 
Thanksgiving.  We  have  always  thought 
ourselves  poor,  but  Thanksgiving  has 
been  always  such  a  happy  time  with  us 
Of  course  I  can't  help  feeling  sad  this 
year,  for  Father  is  gone  and  I  am  here; 
but  there  will  be  an  extra  dinner,  and 
Mother  will  make  all  the children happy 
however  she  feel’s  herself. 
I  am  even 
to  have  turkey  and  fix in’s,  and  I  do 
not  know  how  much  more  is  in  the  box 
that  came  this  afternoon.  But  how 
in 
the  world  I  am  to  eat  those  things  alone 
I  don’t  know. 
it,  I  will  invite 
Miss  Clark. ”

I  have 

The  dude  had  gone and  Marie  walked 

down  to  the  front  of  the  store.

"M iss  Clark,”   she  began,  " I   am 
going  to  have  a  Thanksgiving  dinner at 
my  room;  Mother  has  sent  it and  if  you 
would 
like  to  taste  some  of  my  home 
things  you  come  over  to-morrow  at  12 
o’clock  and  help  me  eat  them.”

"You  are  a  brick 1”   exclaimed  Celia 
delightedly. 
" I   always  thought  you  a 
good  sort  of  girl,  if  you  are  slow  in 
picking  up  city  ways  and  seem  always

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

to  be  moving  around  in  a  dream.  But 
then,  there  is  my  chum.  Ob,  I  couldn’t 
go  off  and 
leave  her  alone.  Why,  we 
have  stood  by  each  other a whole year!”
"W hy  don't  you  ask  her  to  come,  too? 
And  you  bad  better  bring  a  few  dishes 
along,  for  I’m  not  fixed  for  comp’ny. ”
come! 
She’s  lame  and  can’t  get  out  all winter; 
but  I'll  see  that  she  gets  to  your  house 
for  a  Thanksgiving  dinner.”

"Y o u   better  believe  she’ll 

Marie  spent  the  next  morning  in  get­
ting  her  room  in  order. 
It  was  small, 
it  was  dingy,  it  was  dark.  Promptly  at 
12 her  guests  arrived.  Celia  Clark  was 
all  animation.  Her  cheeks  were  red  as 
the  roses  she  sold  to  the  dudes.  Her 
plaid  skirt  could  be  seen  a  block  off, 
while  her  red  hat  had  enough  birds  to 
stock  an  aviary.  By  her  side  was  a 
young  girl  whom  she  introduced  as Miss 
Wheeler.  She  was  a little slip of a thing, 
and  lame.  Her  face  bore  unmistakable 
lines  of  suffering,  but  she  bad  gentle 
and  winsome  ways  and  her  luminous 
brown  eyes  might  well  be  the  envy  of 
any  belle  of  the  ball.  She  was  settled 
in  the  only  rocking  chair of  which  the 
room  boasted  and  was  given  the  photo­
graphs  to  look  at  while  the  other  two 
got  dinner in  shape.

The  little  stand  had  to  do  duty  as 
table and  was  placed  against  the  bed— 
there  were  not  chairs  enough 
to  go 
around.  No,  and  there  was  no  table­
cloth,  and  a  clean  paper  folded  many 
times  and  laid  on  an  empty  box  had  to 
serve  as  a  platter;  but  the  turkey  was 
done  to  a  turn  and 
looked  very  grand 
on  his  pedestal,  vying  with  the  cran­
berry  sauce,  celery  and  mince  pie ar­
ranged  on  a  wide  board  which  rested 
on  the  footboard.  The  caseknife  did 
not  cut  the  turkey  as  perfectly  as  might 
be,  and  the  diners  had  to  hold  their 
plates  on  their  laps;  but  their  young 
appetites  needed  no  coaxing,  and  they 
had  no  fear  of  dyspepsia.

At  the  end  of  an  hour  or  so,  when 
they  had  finished  "clearing  up,”   it  be­
gan  to  grow  dusk  outside,  so they  sat 
around  the  tiny  stove  to  crack  and  eat 
the  nuts. 
It  was  the  hour  and  place  for 
confidences,  and  so  these  strangers  be­
gan  to  know  each  other  better.

Marie  was  the  first  to  speak.  Her 
visitors  bad  been  exclaiming  over  the 
good  dinner,  and  then  she  told  them 
how  they  used  to  celebrate  at  home. 
Now  her  Father  was dead and there were 
left  six  children  to  be  fed  and  clothed. 
She  was  anxious  to  have  the  younger 
children  have  the  advantages  of  the city 
schools  and  amount  to  something.  She 
was  the  first  to  break  away  from  the 
home ties,  but  a  brother  would  soon  fol­
low  her.  Her  evenings  she  spent  at 
night-school, where she  had  taken a com­
mercial  course  and  was  in  hopes  to  get 
a  position  as assistant book-keeper soon. 
Then  the  photographs  were  looked  over 
by  the  firelight  and  they  suggested  so 
many  stories,  and  Marie  was  once  more 
at  home  with  her  family,  when  sudden­
ly  Celia  put  her  hands  to  her  face  and 
burst  out  crying.

"D on ’t  mind  me,  girls,”   she  sobbed 
behind  her  wet  fingers;  " I   haven’t  had 
a  home  in  so  long  it  sort  o’  broke  me 
up  to hear  about  the  children  and  their 
pranks.  You  don't  know  what a  good 
father  I  had.  He  used  to  put  me to bed 
every  night  and  when  I  was  naughty  he 
was  so  gentle  and  patient with  me.  But 
he  died  when  I  was  only  10.  My  Mother 
never  seemed  to  think  of  anything  but 
dress  and  having  a  good  time,  and  after 
my  father  was  gone  she  was gayer  than 
ever. 
There  were  always  so  many 
strange  men at  our  house and they kissed

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30
SO
80
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70

WIRE  GOODS
Bright.........................................
Screw Eyes..................................
Hook’s.........................................
Gate Hooks and Eyes.................
Stanley Rule and Level Oo.’s__
Sisal, Vi inch and  larger............
Manilla........................................
Steel and Iron.............................................  70*10
Try and Bevels...........................................  
60
50
M itre............................................................ 
com. smooth,  com.

LEVELS
ROPBS

SHBBT IRON

SQUARES

dis 

 

WIRB

TRAPS

SAND  PAPER
SASH WEIGHTS

82 40
2 40
2 45
2 56
2 65
2 75
All Bheets  No. 18  and  lighter,  over  80  inches 

Nos. 10 to 14..................................... 82 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 ..........................................  8 20 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
List  acct. 19, ’86................................................ dis 50
Solid Eyes........................................per ton  20 00
75*10
Steel, Game............................................. 
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s .........  
50
Oneida Community, Hawley * Norton’s 70*10
15
Mouse, choker............................per doz 
1  26
Mouse, delusion.........................per doz 
Bright Market.........................................  
75
 
Annealed  Market........................................  
75
Coppered  Market..........................................70*10
Tinned Market............................................    62Vi
a ered Spring Steel................................  
50
sd  Fence, galvanized.........................  3 05
Barbed  Fence,  painted...............................  1  75
Au Sable..................................................dis 40* 1C
Putnam............................................................. dis 5
Northwestern....................................................dis 10*10
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s Genuine..............................................  
50
Coe’s Patent  Agricultural, w rought...................  80
Coe’s Patent, malleable............................... 
80
50
Bird  Cages  ...........................................  
Pumps, Cistern......................................  
80
85
Screws, New List................................... 
Casters, Bed and  Plate........................... 50*10*10
50
Dampers, American..  ..............'...........  
600 pound casks...........................................  
7q
Per pound...........................................   ......  
?K
Vi® Vi...........................................................   12Vi
The prices of the many otherqnalitlesof solder 
in the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to  composition.
10x14 IC, Charcoal........................................I 5  75
14x20 IC, Charcoal......................................   5  75
20x14 IX. Charcoal.......................................  7  00

MISCELLANEOUS

TIN—Melyn Grade

METALS—Zinc

HORSB NAILS

WRBNCHBS

SOLDER

Each additional X on this grade, 81.25.

TIN—Allaway Grade

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

Each additional X on this grade, 81.50. 

ROOFINa  PLATES

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............................   4  50
14x20 IX, Charcoal, D ean............................  5  60
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............   10 00
9 
14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers, 1 
14x56 IX.  for  No.  9  Boilers,  f per P°nnG-  • 
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Hardware  Price  Current.

AUGURS AND  BITA

Snell’s........................................................... 
70
Jennings’, genuine.......................................25*10
Jennings’, Imitation................................   .80*10

BOLTS

BARROWS

First Quality.  S. B. Bronze.........................  5 00
First Quality,  D. B. Bronze.........................  9 50
First Quality.  S. B. S. Steel.........................   5 50
First Quality,  D. B. Steel...........................   10 50
Railroad............................................812 00 14 00
Garden.................................................  net  30 00
Stove...................................................... 
60*10
Carriage new list....................................  70 to 75
Plow........................................................ 
50
Well, plain...................................................• 3 26
Cast Loose  Pin, figured................................70*10
Wrought Narrow................................ 
70*10
Ordinary Tackle..............................  
Cast Steel............................................per lb 
4
Ely’s 1-10.............................................per m 
65
Hick’sC. F ............................................perm  55
G. D...................................................... perm  35
Musket..................................................perm  60

BUTTS,  CAST

CROW  BARS

BUCKETS

BLOCKS

CAPS

70

 

CARTRIDOBS

Rim Fire.  .....................................................50& 5
Central  Fire...................................................25*  5

CHISELS

Socket Firmer........................................ 
so
so
Socket Framing...........................................  
so
Socket Comer................................................’ 
Socket Slicks...............................................  
80
60
Morse’s Bit Stocks....................................... 
Taper and Straight Shank............................. 50& 5
Morse’s Taper Shank.....................................50*  5

DRILLS

ELBOWS

EXPANSIVE BITS

Com. 4 piece, 6 in............................doz. net 
50
Corrugated..............................  .............. 
1 25
Adjustable.............................................. dis 40*10
Clark’s small, 118;  large, 626........................30*10
Ives’, 1, 618; 2, 824; 3. 630  ............................ 
25
New American............................................. 70*10
Nicholson’s................................................... 
70
Heller’s Horse Rasps....................................6C*10
Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26;  27.........  
28
16......... 
17
List  12 

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FILES—New  List

13 

14 

Discount, 75 to 75-10

15 
GAUGES

Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s......................60*10
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.................... 
70
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings................. 
80

KNOBS—New List

MATTOCKS

NAILS

Adze Eye.....................................816 00, dis  60*10
Hunt Eye.....................................815 00, dis 60*10
Hunt’s......................................... 818 50, dis 20*10

 

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Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire.

Steel nails, base.............................................   1 55
Wire nails, base.............................................  1 60
20 to 60 advance............................................  Base
05
10 to 16 advance.......................................... 
¿advance.................................................... 
10
6 advance...................................................... 
- 20
4 advance.................................  
 
30
45
3 advance...................................................  
2 advance...................................................  
70
50
Fine 3 advance........................................... 
15
Casing 10 advance.......................................  
Casing  8 advance.......................................  
25
35
Casing  6 advance.......................................  
Finish 10 advance......................................  
25
Finish  8 advance........................................ 
35
Finish  6 advance........................................ 
45
Barrel X advance..........................................  85
40
Coffee, Parkers Co.’s.................................... 
40
Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables... 
Coffee, Landers. Ferry & Clark’s................. 
40
Coffee, Enterprise........................................ 
30
Stebbin’s Pattern.......................................... 60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine........................................ 60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring......................... 
30
Ohio Tool Co.’s,  fancy................................   @50
Sciota Bench................................................ 
60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy.........................  @50
Bench, first quality.......................................  @50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood............  
60
Fry, Acme......... ..................................... 60*10*10
Common,polished...............................  
 
Iron and Tinned  ........................................  
60
Copper Rivets and Burs............................... 
60
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
-‘B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27  9 20 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON 

MOLASSES  OATBS

Broken packages Vic per pound extra. 

PLANES

RIVETS

PANS

me  and  wanted  to  have  me  call  them 
'P ap a.’ 
I  didn’t  like  them  and  was 
glad  when  Mother  would  send  me  to 
bed.  One  day  a  new  gentleman  came 
and  Mother-said  he  was  going  to  stay. 
He  did  not  ask  me  to  call  him  ‘ Papa,’ 
and  he  was  very  cold  and  cross  to  me. 
One  day,  without  telling  me  where  they 
were  going,  they  went  off  together,  and 
I  never  saw  them  again.  A  policeman 
came  and  found  me  alone.  The  furni­
ture  was  sold  to  pay  the  grocery  and 
meat  bills. 
I  was  put  in  as  cash  girl  at 
Swanson’s,  and  I  have  taken  care  of 
myself  ever  since.”

And  then  the  gentle  Louise  told  her 
story:  Her  Mother  had  died  when  she 
was  a  little  child.  Her  Father took  to 
drink  and  in  a  fit  of  anger  one  day  he 
kicked  her  downstairs.  Her  leg  was 
broken  and  was  not  properly  set and 
she  was  a 
long  time  sick  at  the  Chil­
dren’s-Hospital.  When  she  was  able  to 
get  up  she  could  not  stand  alone,  and 
she  bad  used  a  crutch  ever  since.  She 
was  kept  at  the  Children’s  Hospital  as 
long  as  allowed.  There  she 
learned 
plain  sewing  and  embroidery,  and  when 
she  was  left  to  earn  her  living  many 
kind  ladies  who  had  become 
interested 
in  her  at  the  Hospital  came  to  her  and 
kept  her  in  work.  She  was  quite happy 
now.  She  did  not  suffer  much  pain  any 
more.  Of  course,  she  was  alone  all  day; 
but  then,  she  had  the  bird  and  the 
plants,  and  when  Celia  came  home  in 
the  evening  she  told  her  all  the  news 
and  all  the  funny  things.  Sometimes 
the  minister  and  his  wife  came  to  see 
her,  and  every  summer  she  bad  two 
weeks  in  the  country.  Celia  had  hard 
times  and  had  to  fight  for her  rights 
sometimes,  but  everybody  had  been  so 
kind  to  her—because  she  was  lame  she 
supposed.

But  it  was  now  getting  late  and  time 
for  the  guests  to  go  to  their own  poor 
little  place  they  called  home.

Marie  sat  down  and  bad  a  good  cry.
“ To  think  of  my  being  unhappy  and 
discontented  because  I  could  not  be  at 
home  to-day!  Why,  I  have  Mother  and 
the  children  still,  and  so  many  happy 
days  to  look  back  to,  and  so  many  good 
times  coming  when  Tim  and  I  can 
bring  the  family  here.  Why,  I  never 
knew  what  Thanksgiving  meant  be­
fore!”  

Z a i d a   E.  U d e l l .

How  Lamps  Can  Be  Handled  Advan­

tageously.

Do  not  neglect  to  realize  all  the  pos­
sibilities  for  profit  which  exist  in  the 
stock  of  lamps,  if  they  are  properly  se­
lected  and pushed  in  making  sales.  The 
designs  and  prices  vary  so  much  that 
any  and  all  classes  of  trade  may  readily 
be  satisfied,  however  capricious  or  fas­
tidious  they  may  be.  Lamps  wear  out 
as  well  as  everything  else,  or  they  may 
get  broken;  in  either  case  they  fre­
quently  have  to  be replaced or purchased 
in  order to  increase  the  lighting  facili­
ties  which  may  have  been  inadequate 
heretofore. 
In  catering  to  an  extensive 
or  varied  trade,  all  the  styles  should  be 
kept 
in  stock  from  the  small  night 
lamp  to  the  gorgeously  decorated  par­
lor 
The  proverbial  thing  of 
beauty  which  is  such  a  promoter  of  joy 
can  be  most  easily  realized  in  this  par­
ticular  line  of goods.  Many  lamps  are 
truly  works  of  art  whose  charms  do  not 
pall  upon  one  even  after  continued  con­
templation.  A  window  display  ought 
to  be  made  exhibiting  the superior qual­
ities  of  the  new  stock,  which  should  be 
complete  by  this 
Specialized 
windows,  as  a  display  of  one  kind  is 
called,  have  their  advantages  and  are

lamp. 

time. 

it. 

frequently  advocated,  but  as  a  rule  the 
mixed  or  stocky  window  which  is  not 
too  heterogeneous finds  greater favor and 
attracts more  attention.  It  would  be ad­
visable  under  such  circumstances 
to 
have  one  particular  line  form  the  chief 
object  of  interest  and 
introduce  allied 
and  congruous  lines  to  set  off  the  other. 
For  example,  the  paraphernalia  of  a 
grate  could  occupy  the  center  of  the 
window.  The brass  fire  set,  fender  and 
fancy  coal  vase  could  be  disposed  nat­
urally  about 
At  the  side  there 
should  be  a  brass  stand  or  fancy  metal 
jardiniere  holding  an  attractive  lamp; 
another  kind  of  the  latter  ought  to  be 
suspended  from  the  ceiling,  and,  where 
preferred,  several  of  these  might  be 
hung  at intervals from books.  On shelves 
at  the  sides  might  be  placed  some night 
lamps  in  different  designs.  In  conjunc­
tion  with  these  a  piano  lamp  or  two 
ought to be  placed  on  the  other  side op­
posite  from  the  banquet  lamp  on  the 
iron  umbrella  stand 
stand.  A  black 
would 
It 
would  fill  out  a  corner  as  well  as  bring 
itself 
into  prominence.  Some  bright 
draperies  should  be  artistically arranged 
so  as  to  soften  the  angularities  of  the 
square  window. 
Above  all,  do  not 
crowd  the goods  up  together,  but  allow 
plenty  of  room  for  them  to  be  seen,  thus 
bringing  the  dominating  articles  into 
prominence.  Tne  price  mark  should 
also  be attached.

look  well  in  such  a  display. 

When a  Hobby Contributes to Success. 
From the Stoves and Hardware Reporter.

insignificant, 

interest  than 

A  good  many men have hobbies—some 
in  which  they  take 
particular  subjects 
a  greater 
in  others—but 
very  few  men  make  their  occupations 
their  bobby.  The  latter  is  generally 
some 
irrelevant  matter 
which  benefits  no  one,  not  even  them­
selves.  They  spend  the  greater  part  of 
their  time  and  thought  upon  it,  either 
neglecting  their  business  or  delegating 
it  to  some  one else  to  do,  apparently  not 
caring  whether 
it  is  well  and  properly 
done,  just  so  they  are  left  free  to  follow 
their own pursuits,  which are usually  the 
riding  of  a  hobby.  Finally,  the  hobby 
grows  to  be  the  first  thought  and  the 
business  the  second;  consequently  the 
occupation  becomes  only  a  means  of 
earning  a  livelihood,  a mechanical oper­
ation  by  which  so  many  dollars  and 
cents  can  be  ground  out.  Half  the  time 
the  hobby  riders  will  even  go  so  far  as 
to  think  badly  of  the  business  in  which 
they  are  engaged.  They  only  feel  en­
thusiasm  and 
interest  when  their  pet 
desires  are  being  gratified.

Now  if  half  the  pleasure  and  delight 
which  are  felt  for  the  hobby  were  ex­
pended  on  the  business,  what  a  meta­
morphosis  would  take place in  it?  Every 
means  would  be  employed  to  improve 
it.  A  keen  zest  and  zeal  would  be  felt 
in  it  which  would  advance it materially. 
Instead  of  regarding  it  as  a  thing  to  be 
endured  on  sufferance,  it  would  be  the 
chief  thought  in  his  mind.  The trouble 
is  too  frequently  that  the  thing  which  a 
man  makes  his  hobby  is  not  the  one  by 
which  he  can  make  bis  livelihood.  The 
business  man  errs  most 
egregiously 
irrelevant  matters  to 
when  he  allows 
supersede  the  real,  serious  business 
in 
his  mind;  but  where  under  particularly 
auspicious  circumstances  a  man  is  able 
to  make  his business  his  hobby  and  to 
feel  an  enthusiastic  interest  in  it,  he 
is 
usually  one  of  the  fortunates  who  sooner 
or  later  are bound  to  attain  success.

A  cynic  is a  man  who  is  never  happy 

unless  be  is  unhappy.

70* 5

HAMMERS

Mavdole *  Co.’s, new  list................................dis SSV*
Kip’s  ...................................................... di& 
26
Terkes *  Plumb’s............................................. di» 10*10
70
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.................. 80c Ust 
qimfcDnttk’« SaIM O«o* B*mI Wan«. «V» M*. 40* IS

HOUSB  FURNISHING GOODS

HOLLOW  WARB

Stamped Tin Ware.........................new list 75*10
Japanned Tin Ware.....................................20*10
Granite Iron Ware.........................new list 40410
.60*1
Pots......
60*10
Kettles  . 
60*10
Spiders .
..............dis 60*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2,8. 
per dos. net  2 50
State.......................

HINGES

S A V E S   TH E   W A SH . 
S A V E S   TH E   W A SH E R .

FOR  SALE—A  HARDWARE  STOCK  WITH 
residence;  good town;  stocs. invoices$3.000. 
748
Wm  D*vis, Rocsda'e  Wis. 
W ANTED—16 TO 20 HORSE POWER  PORT- 
able engine and  boiler,  with  engineer,  to 
furnish  power  during 
ice  cutting  season. 
Write. - tating terms, Consumers’ Ice Co., Grand 
743
Rapids, Mich. 
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, Mien.
628
TO  EXCHANGE—FOR CLOTHING,  DRY
goods or shoes, very nice  well rented Grand 
Rapids property.  Addiess No.  552, care  Micht- 
g-n Tradesman. 
552
r p o   EXCHANGE — F \RMS  AND  OTHER 
X  property for dry  goods, clothing  and  shoes. 
Address P  Medaiie.  ManeeHma  Mich 
COUNTRY  PRODUCE

553

ter and eggs. 

WE PAY SPOT CASH ON TRA*’K  FOR BUT- 
It  will  pay von  to  get  our 
prices and  particulars.  Stroup  &  Carmer,  Per- 
771
rinton, Mich. 
WANTED—BUTTER,  EGGS  AND  POUL- 
try;  any  quantities.  Write  me.  Orrin  J. 
Stone. Kalamazoo.  Mich._______________ 706
W ANTED — FIRST-CLASS  BUTTER  FOR 
retail trade.  Cash paid.  Correspond with 
381
Caulkett & Co.. Trave-se City,  Mich. 
W ANTED—1.000  CASES  FRESH 
EGGS,
dally.  Write  for  prices.  F.  W.  Brown, 
Ithaca,  Mich.________________________ 556
FIREPROOF  SAFES

GEO. M. SMITH,  NEW  AND  SECONDHAND 
safes,  wood  and  brick  building mover, 157 
Ottawa street, «-rand Rapids.____________613

MISCELLANEOUS.

WANTED-POSITION IN GENERALSTORE 
by  a  man  of  experience  who  speaks  the 
German language.  Address No. 762, care  Mich­
762
igan Trad' sman. 
W~  ANTED—A  POSITION  AS  TRAVELING 
sal- sman  by  energetic man of  long  busi­
ness experince.  Address No. 764, care Michigan 
764
Tradesman 
WANTED—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

24

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Desirability  of  Keeping Household Ac­

counts.

Accounts 

for  different 

in  every  household  should 
be  regularly  kept,  not  an  omission  of 
the  smallest  article  being  permitted. 
They  should  be  balanced  at  least  every 
month;  at  the  end  of  every  week  is  bet­
ter,  says a correspondent.  Some method­
ical  women  fix  on  stated  sums  to  be  ap­
propriated 
purposes— 
household,  clothes,  education  of  chil­
dren  and  pin  money,  for  this  last  sum 
is  necessary  to  cover  the  many  little  in­
cidentals,  like  car  fare,  the  purchase  of 
a  magazine,chanty  contributions or club 
dues.  Whatever  the  appropriation 
it 
is  never  exceeded.  Want  of  arrange­
ment  means 
loss  of  time,  which  can 
never  be  regained.  Order  and  punctual­
ity  are  great  economists  of  time,  and 
cannot  be  too  highly  estimated. 
I  can 
not  give  unvarying  rules,  as  circum­
stances  deal  largely  with  every woman’s 
life,  and  the  size  of  one’s  income  is  an 
important  factor.  But  I  can  give  gen­
eral  rules  which  will  be  of  advantage 
to  a ll:

It  is  very  necessary  for  the  mistress of 
a  household  to be informed  of  the  prices 
and  goodness  of  all  articles  in  common 
use,  and  of  the  best  places  and  times  to 
purchase.  She  should  know  thecompar 
ative  prices  of  provisions,  that  she  may 
be  able  to  substitute  those  that  are  most 
reasonable  when  they  will  answer  as 
well  as  more  costly  ones.  This  applies 
to  cases  of  small  families  which  are 
often  encumbered  with  unnecessary 
pieces  of  meat  under  the  impression 
is  cheaper  to  buy  that  way. 
that 
Now,  there 
is  no  cheapness  when  the 
family  wearies  of that  kind  of meat long 
before 
is  there?  A 
smaller  portion  at  a  higher  price  would 
be  better  because  when  it  ceased  to  be 
appreciated  it  became  waste.

is  consumed, 

it 

it 

I  do  not 

intend  this  little  talk  to  be 
taken  by  housekeepers  alone,  but  by 
women  wherever  they  may  be.  The 
unmarried  woman  who  earns  every  dol­
lar  which  keeps  her  body  and  soul  in 
proper  condition  has  just  as  much  to  do 
with  the  keeping  of  accounts  as  the 
married  sister.  I  would  not  believe  that 
until  three  years  ago,  when  I  was  per­
It  was 
suaded  to  try  it  for  six  months. 
distasteful  at  first,  this 
jotting  down 
little  5  cents  I  spent  for  thread, 
every 
it  because  I  promised  to 
but  I  did 
make  a  faithful  trial  of  the  plan. 
In 
much 
less  time  than  the  allotted  six 
months  I  became  devoted  to  my account 
book  and  I  must  confess  that  it  has 
in  keeping  my  ex­
been 
penditures  down  to  proper  limits. 
It 
has  been  of  other  value  to  me,  for  it 
enabled  me  to  gauge the price of articles 
by  what  I  had  paid  in  the  past.  I  know 
almost  to  a  dollar  what  it  costs  to  sup­
port  me  for  a  year  at  my  present  rate 
just  where  I  could  cut 
of 
down  my  expenses 
if  I  found  such  a 
course  necessary.

instrumental 

living,  and 

Another  bit  of  advice  I  have  to  offer: 
Take  a  receipt  or  a  written  paper  of 
some  kind  to  show  that  money  has  been 
spent  every  time  you  make  a  purchase. 
The  splendid  systems  of  our big  stores 
provide  such  a  paper  with  each  pur­
chase,  but  there  are  many  other  places 
where  careless  women  get  nothing  for 
the  money  they  pay.  They  settle  house- 
rent  bills  and  pay  room  rent  without 
taking  a  receipt  and  by  great  good  luck 
have  no  trouble.  Occasionally  a  case 
comes  up  where  a  receipt  would  save 
them  lots  of  trouble  and  money  and then 
they  become  more  careful.  And  again, 
keep  those  receipts  until  the  law  says 
that  the  bills  could  not  be  collected  by

dishonest  or careless  persons.  They  can 
be  put  away  in  big  envelopes,  marked 
with  the  proper  year,  and  will  really 
take  up  but  little  room. 
If  an  occasion 
came  up  when  one  of  those  bits  of 
paper  was  needed  to  prove  one’s  hon­
esty  all  the  trouble  of  keeping  the  lot 
would  be  more  than  made  up  to  you. 
Such  occasions  are  more  common  than 
you  may  think. 

J. Jarbeau.

The  Produce  Market.

Apples— Dealers  hold  No.  1  fruit  at 
$2.5o@3  and  No.  2  at  $2@2  50.  All 
offerings  are  picked  up  promptly,  on 
account  of  the  strong  shipping  and  con­
sumptive  demand.

Beets—25c  per  bu.
Butter— Dairy 

is  about  the  same, 
I7@i8c. 
choice  grades  commanding 
Factory  creamery  is  in  ample  supply  at 
20c.

Cabbage—$3  per  100 heads  for  home 

grown.

Carrots—20c  per  bu.
Cauliflower—$1  per  doz.
Celery— I2@i5c  per  doz.  bunches  for 

White  Plume.

Cranberries—Cape  Cods,  $7.50  per 
bbl.;  Wisconsin  Bell  and  Cherry,  $7; 
Jerseys,  $6.50.

Cucumbers—75c@$i 

for  hot  house 

stock.

fetch 

Eggs— Strictly  fresh 

i 8@2oc. 
Cold  storage  and  pickled  command  i6@ 
17c.

Grapes—Concords  and Niagaras easily 
fetch  15c  per  8  lb.  basket.  The  supply 
is  so  small  that  grapes  are  practically 
out  of  market.
Honey—gc  for  buckwheat and  11c  for 

white  clover  stock.

Lettuce— 15 @ 16c  per  lb.
Nuts— Hickory,  $i.5o@2  50,  according 
to  size.  Walnuts  and  Butternuts,  60c 
per  bu.

Onions— Spanish  are  in  only  fair  de­
mand  at  $1  25  per  crate.  Dealers  pay 
25c  for  White  and  Red  Globe  stock  and 
2o@22c  for  yellow  Danvers  and  Red 
Weatberfields.

Parsley— 25@30C  per  doz.
Parsnips -80c  per bu.
Pears—Keefers  are  still  coming  in  on 

the  basis  of $1  per  bu.

Pop  Corn— 50c  per  bu.
Potatoes—The  market 

is  quiet  and 
weak,  but  the  blizzard  in  the  Northwest 
is  expected  to  help  the  Michigan  mar­
ket,  because  Michigan  growers  and 
dealers  can  handle  the  staple  where 
Wisconsin  and  Minnesota  dealers  can 
not.

Squash— %c  per  lb.  for  Hubbard.
Sweet  Potatoes— Virginias  are  steady 
at  $1.50  per  bbl.  Jerseys  are  firm  at 
$2.50.

Turnips—25c  per  bu.

Bound  to  Beat  the Collector.

“ Yes,”   said  the  business  man,  “ I 
have  given  up  trying  to  collect  that 
little bill  from  Bilkins.  You  see  he  is 
a  pretty  big,  husky  fellow,  and  be  used 
to  throw  my  collectors  out.”
"Then  why  didn’t  you 

employ  a 
woman  collector?  He  couldn’t  do  that 
to  a  woman."

“ That’s  what  I  thought,  so  I  got  one 
and  sent  her  round,  but  she  never  came 
back. ’ ’

“  Why  not?”
“ He  married  her.”

The  Difference.

A  youth  who  much  desired  to  wear 
the  matrimonial  yoke  had  not  sufficient 
courage  to  “ pop  the  question.”   On 
informing  bis  father  of  the  difficulty  he 
labored  under,  the  old  gentleman  pas­
sionately  replied: 
“ Why,  you  great 
booby,  how  do  you  suppose  I  managed 
when  I  got  married?”

“ Oh,  yes,”   said  the  bashful 

lover, 
“ you  married  mother,  but  I've got  to 
marry  a  strange girl.”

Anything  For  An  Excuse.

leave the  house  in  the  morning.

Robin— I  always  kiss  my  wife  when  I 
Dobbin—I’ve  beard  that  some  men 
will  do almost anything  as  an  excuse  to 
get away  from  home.

Eternally  Revamped.

“ Things  ain’t 

like  they  used  to  be, 
Grigsby.  We  don’t  get  the  tobacco  we 
used  to  have,  nor  the  wine,  nor  the 
music— ”

“ No,  Buchmaster;  we  don’t.  Fact 
is,  the  only  things  that  haven't  changed 
are  the 
in  the  papers.  They’re 
the same  old  things  they  always was.”

jokes 

W A N T S   COLUM N.

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

763

769

BUSINESS  CHANCES. 

—
For sa le—sm a ll stock o f  d ry  goous
—staple  and  desirable  goods.  Will  sell 
cheap for  cash  or  trade for  men’s  furnishing«, 
men’s  shoes  or clothing.  For  particulars  ad- 
773
d'ess C.  l ightstoue, Ot ego. Mich 
GKNTs  “ ANTED  FOR  OUR  "DEWEY’’ 
slot machine, just out;  retail forSl.OOeach; 
double the trade for ca„dy and cigar  stores;  no 
gamt ling device:  agents  can  mane  b g  money. 
Address Jonas N. Bell A Co., Manufacturer*  ltl 
So.  Clinton St., Chicago. 
772
TO  EXCHANGE—FARM  FOR  CITY  PKOP- 
eity;  80 acres, part  improved.  . Adapted  to 
general farming and peach raising.  J. H. McKee 
770 
& Son, Houseman Bloi k. Grand Rapids. 
W.  EL LARS,  SALESMAN  AND  AUC- 
4  tioneer, now closing out stock at Ivesdal<% 
111.  If you  wish  to  clone  out,  address  him  for 
terms and i-articuiars. 
rp O   EXCHANGE—FOUR  HOUSES  IN  CITY, 
X  a'l rented, for general merchandise in  good 
town.  Address Le.ter & Co., 216 Ottawa  Street, 
Grand Rapids, M ich. 
765
FOR“ SALE  OR  EXCHANGE^HOT  SODA 
apparatus,  silver,  mammoth,  up-to-date.
1 ufts’  pattern,  $225,  $5  per  month,  6  per  cent, 
interest  Also Soda Fountain  modern, eighteen 
syrups, two sodas.  four mineral  tubes,  magnifi­
cent  cherry  top.  Tufts’  pattern,  H.lnO,  $10  per 
month,  6  per cent.  Also  Fixtures,  drug  and 
jewelry:  three 8 ft.,  one  12-ft.  wall  case»,  plate 
glass;  21 ft. d  ug shelving, half glass;  four 8-ft. 
si  ent  sale-man  ca-es,  bevl-d  plate,  grand; 
$1,000, $10 per  month.  *  per cent.  Address  7'6, 
care Michigan  t’rade  man 
766
tAOR  SALE  A  MiLLiNERY  AND  FANCY 
goods stock, city of 3,500  iuhabiiants.  Will 
rell  at  a  great  bargain.  Address  Box  212,  St. 
767
Johns, Mich. 
IpOR SALE—STOCK DREGS AND FIX I URE8,
'  invoicing  $  .200,  at 50  per  cent,  discount. 
Address No. 768, care Micn'gan Trade-mao.  768 
ANTED— AGe-NCIEin IN WESTERN MJCH- 
ivan  for  the  Palmer  Laundry,  of  Gr  nd 
Rapids.  High grade work and  prompt  service. 
K»tes upon application. 
O  RENT .IN  MENDON,  ST.  JOSEPH  CO.. 
Mich.—One  or  two  large  brick  stores  in 
Opera  House  block,  suitable  for  groceries 
boots  and  shoes  or  clothing.  Write  to  Levi 
Cole. 
760
WANTED—A COMPETENT BUSINESS MAN 
to act as financial agent for an established 
concern.  Party must have  three  thousand  dol 
lars ($3,000) for cond tional investment  Remu­
neration,  twelve  hundred  dollars  ($1.2 0)  per 
year,  expensea  and  a  commission.  Address 
Lock Box 753, Kalamazoo, Mich. 
759
IjaoRsALE—GhOCEKY -TOCK IN CENTRAL 
’  Michigan,  city of  3,000  inhabitants.  Will 
sell at sacrifice.  Address No. 745, care M.cbigan 
745
Tradesman. 
FORSALE—NEW GENERAL STOCK.  GOOD 
farming and lumbering country around  he 
village.  Address  752,  care  michigan  Trades 
7->2
man. 
\ \ T ANTED — CORRESPONDENCE  WIIH  A 
TV  party  looking  for  location  for  a big  dry 
goods  or  department  store.  Address  John 
Wheeler. Lima, Ohio.__________________ 749
Have  sm all general  stock,  also  a
Mock of  musical  goods,  sewing  machines, 
bicycles, notions, etc., with wagon- and teams- 
an 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, Mich. 
739
_________  
W ANTED — SHOES,  CLOTHI NG.   DRY 
goods.  Address R. B., Box 351, Montague, 
Mich._______________________________ 699
FOR SALE—CLEAN GENERAL STOCK and 
s'ore building in small  iow d surrounded  by 
excellent farming  and  fruit  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. 
OR  SALE—NEW  GENERAL  STOCK.  A 
splendid farming country.  No trades.  Ad­
ENTRALLY LOCATED  DRUG  STORE,  DO- 
ing a  good  business  in  the  city,  for  sale. 
Good  reasons  for  selling.  Address  I.  Frank 
ford.  Fire  Insurance  and  Real  Estate  Agent, 
Phone  1236,  53  West  Bridge  Street,  Grand 
Rapids._____________________________ 667
Fo r  sa l e—d r u g,  bo ok  a n d  st a tio n-
ery  stork,  invoicing  $4.500,  and  fixtures 
invoicing $300,  which include show cases, shelv­
ing  and  bottles.  Dailv  cash  sales  in  1891,  $2'; 
•892. $30;  1893. $31;  1894. *34.65;  1895,  *25:  1896, 
821.20, and 1897,824 13  Located in manufactur­
ing town.  No cut prices.  Rent reasonable, $29 
per month.  Living rooms In connection.  Ad­
dress Ns. 668, care Michigan Tradesman.  668
BE8T  LOCATION  IN  MICHIGAN  FOR  A 
cold  storage  and  general  produce  dealer. 
Write to the  Secretary  of tne  Otsego  Improve­
631
ment Association, Otsego, Mich. 

dress No. 080, care Michigan Tradesman 

680

691

Manufacturers of

and Jobbers of

Pearl Brand Oysters

In Cans or Bulk.

Consignments of Poultry and  Game 

Solicited.

43 E.  Bridge St. 

Grand Rapids.

Established 1780.

Walter Baker & Co.

Dorchester, Mass.
The Oldest and 

Largest Manufacturers of
PURE,HI6H GRADE

COCOAS
CHOCOLATES

AND

on this Continent.

their manufactures.

No  Chemicals  are  need  in 
Their  Breakfast  Cocoa  is  absolutely  pure, 
delicious, nutritions, and costs less than one 
cent a cup.
Their Premium  No.  1  Chocolate, pnt up in 
Blue Wrappers and Yellow Labels, is the best 
plain chocolate in the market for family nse.
Their  German  Sweet  Chocolate Li  good  to 
eat and good to drink.  It is palatable, nntri 
tions, and  healthful;  a  great  favorite  with 
children.
Buyers should ask for and be sure that they 
get the genuine goods. The above trade-mark 
is on every package.
W a lte r  B a k er &   Co.  Ltd.

Dorchester,  Mass.

MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

N a tio n a l  B isc u it  C o m p a n y

T rav elers’  T im e  T ables.

CHICAGO and West Michigan R’y
Sept. 35, 1898.

Chicago.

Lv.  G. Rapids............   7:30am  12:00am *1145pm
A.r.  Chicago...............   2:10pm  9:15pm  7 2 arc
Lv.Chicago..  11:45am  6  50am  4:15pm  *11'50pm 
A.r.G’dRapids 5:00pm  1:25pm  10:30pm  * 6:20axr 
Traverse  City,  Charlevoix and  Petoskey.
Lv. G’d  Rapids.............7:30am  8:05am  5:30pm
Parlor cars on day trains and sleeping cars  on 
night trains to and from Chicago

«Bvery  day. 

Others week days only.

M A 1VI<\TFF  4  Northeastern Ry.
1 * miml * 1 k J  1  JLd L-rf  Best route to Manistee.

Via  C.  &   W .  M.  Railway.

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

mm

T R A V E L

AND STEAMSHIP LINES 
F.  &  P.  M.  R.  R.
TO ALL POINT8 IN MICHIGAN

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

DETROIT,Grand Rapids & Western. 

Sept. 3 5, 1898.

SlJUULSIJUISLSLJLSIJLSUUISLSJLSISLSLSLSIJin 

You should always buy

Detroit.

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

Saginaw, Ahna and  Greenville.

Lv. G R 7:00am 5:10pm  Ar. G R 11:45am  9:30p* 
Parlor cars on all trains  to  and  from  Detroit 
and Saginaw.  Trains run week days only.

Gao.  D b H a v b n ,  General Pass. Agent

f t p   ▲  V i n   Trnnk Railway System 
U l V A l l  U   Detroit and Milwaukee DH

(In effect Nov.  13,  1898 )

EAST. 

Leave. 
Arrive,
t  6:45am. Sag.,  Detroit, Buffalo 4 N T , t  9:55pm
tl0:10am......... Detroit  and  East........ t 5:27pm
t  3'20pm....Saginaw, Detroit & East.. ..+12:45pm
* 7:20pm  Buffalo, N. Y. & Boston....*10:15am
*10:10am....Gd. Haven  and  Int. Pts__ * 7:*5»m
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. 
*  22  parlor  car.  Westward—No.  11  parlor  car. 

WEST

No. 17 Wagner parlor car.
•Daily.  tExcept Sunday.

E. H. H ushes, A. G. P. A T. A.
Ben. F letcher, Trav. Pass. Agt.
C. A.  J u stin,  City  Pass.  Agent.

97 Monroe St.  Morton House.

GRAND Rapids  &  Indiana Railway 

Nov.  13, 1898.

Northern  Dlv.  Leave  Afl»i 
Trav.C’y,Petoskey & Mack...t  7:45am  t  5:15pm 
..  . ..t 2:lupm tl0:45pm
Trav. City A Petoskev . 
Cadillac accommodation........* 5:25pm tlO 55am
Petoskey & Mackinaw City....tl* :00pm  +  6:35pm 
7:45am  and 2:10pm  trains  have  parlor  cars; 
11:0  pm train has sleeping car.
Cincinnati 
Ft. Wayne 
Cincinnati.............................  
For Vicksburg and Chicago.  *ll:3)pm  9:1  am 
and  parlor  car  <0  Chicago;  2:10pm  train  has 
parlor  car  to  Ft. Wayue;  7:C0pm  train  has 
sleeping cars  to Cincinnati;  11:30pm  train  has 
coach and sleeping car to Chicago.

Southern  Dlv.  Leave  Arr-
..................... 1  7:10am  1  9:45pm
........................... t  2'iopm  f  1:55vr
7 00pm  6 30.
1:10  am  train  has  panor  cai  *.0  Oihdpr- 

Chicago Trains.

FROM CHICAGO.

TO CHICAGO.
2 lnpm  *11  30pm
Lv. Grand Rapids... 7 10am 
Ar. Chicago............   2 0 pm 
9 10pm 
6 25am
Lv. Chicago............................   3 02pm 
Ar  Grand Rapids...................   9 45pm 
car;  11:30pm, coach and sleeping car.
11:32pm, sleeping car.

Trai'> leaving Grand Rapids 7:10am has parlor 
Train leaving Chicago3:02pm has  parlor car; 

Muskegon Trains.

GOING WB8T.

9:00am  2:10r»*>  ":05pm
Sunday  train  leaves  Grand  Rapids  9:15am; 

Lv G’d  Rapids...........+7:35am  tl :00pm  t>:40pc
Ar Muskegon__ 
arrives Muskegon 10:35am.
Lv Muskegon............ t8:10am  til :45am  t4 OOpn
ArG’d Rapids... 
.  9:30am  12:55pp~  5-20pr>
Sunday  train  leaves  Muskegon  5:30pm;  ar­
rives Grand Rapids 6:50pm. 
tExcept Sunday.  «Daily.

s u n s  BAST.

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

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

DULUTH, Soutk Shore and Atlantic 

Railway.

WBST  BOUND.

Lv. Grand Rapids (G. R. A L)tll:10pm  t7:45am
Lv. Mackinaw City..................   7:35am  4:20pm
Two  If a nWInnwr mtvr 
• 9üom  d >9Gnm
Ar. St. Ignace..........................   9:00am  5:20pm
Ar. Sanlt Ste. Marie..............   12:90pm  9:50pm
Ar. Marquette..........................   2:50pm  10:40pm
Ar. Nestoria.............................  5:20pm  12:45am
Ar. D uluth....................................... 
8:30am

BAST  BOUND.

t6:30pm
Lv.Duluth............................................. 
Ar. Nestoria.............................tll:15am  2:45am
Ar. Marquette................  
1:30pm  4:30am
Lv. Sault Ste. Marie..............   3:30pm 
.........
Ar. Mackinaw City..................  8:40pm  11:00am
G. W. Hibbard, Gen. Pass. Agt.  Marquette.
E. C. Oviatt, Trav. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids

 

P E R M S  

FLAM ING
EXTRACT'S

because they are 
the best.

Manufactured by

L.  Perrigo  C om pan y

Allegan, Mich.

« Y T m n n n n n n rir^

Michigan Business Men’s Association 

President,  C.  L.  W h it n b t,  Traverse  City;  Sec­

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

Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association

President, J. W is l e k   Manceiona;  Secretary, ~E 

A .  Sto w e, Grand Rapids

Michigan  Hardware  Association 

President.  C.  G.  J ew ett,  Howe'l;  Secretary, 

He n b t C. Min n ie,  Eatou  Rapids.

Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association

President, J oseph K n ig h t;  Secretary, E. Ma r k s. 

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

President,  F r a n k   J.  Dt k ;  Secretary,  Ho n sb 

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

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

*11 32pm
6 30am

Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association

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

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

Adrian  Retail Grocers’ Association 

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

l a n d ;  Treasurer, W m.  C.  K oehn.

Bay Cities Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  M.  L.  D e Ba t s ;  Sec’y, S. W. W ate r s.

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

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

Owosso  Business  Men’s  Association 

President, A. D.  W h ip ple ; Secretary, G. T. C a m p- 

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

Alpena Business Mea’s Association 

President,  F.  W.  G i l c h r i s t ;  Secretary,  C.  L. 

P a r t r i d g e .

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

Treasurer, S. J. Hu ppo r d.

S t Johns Baslness  Men’s Association.

President, T hos  B r o m l e y;  Secretary, F r a n k A. 

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

Perry Basiaess Men’s Association

President, H. W . W a l l a c e ;  Sec’y, T. E. He d d l e.
Grand Haven Retail Merchants' Association 
President, F. D. Vos; Secretary, J. W. VkbHobks.

Yale Business Men’s Association 

President, C h a s. R o u n d s;  Sec’y, F r a n k  Pu t n e y.

Seymour C r a c k e r s ^ ,

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

Can you  afford  to  be  without  it?

Made  only  by

mm
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wg

G rand  Rapids,  M ich.

r ,Holiday  Goods

afford  BIG  PR O FITS 
if you  buy from  us.

FR AN K E  BRO S.,  M uskegon,  M ichigan.

Jobbers in Druggists’  and  Grocers'Sundries,  Fishing 
Tackle,  Sporting Goods, Notions, Toys, Etc.

J.  A.  M URPH Y,  General  Manag

m  u m

Special  Reports.

FLOWERS,  M A Y   &  M O LONEY,  Counse

L aw   and  Collections.

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

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

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

FOLDINS  PIPER  BOXES Printed  and  plain  for  Patent 

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

G R A ND   R A P ID S   P A P E R   BOX  CO.

8 1. 8 3  AND  8 5  C A M P A U  S T ..  G R A N D  RAPIDS. MICH.
P H O N E  8 5 0 .  
W e   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 its salable quality.  It is the

Fuller Patented Eccentric Spring Lever  Mop  Stick

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

E.  F.  ROWE, Ludington, Michigan.

The  Regent  Manufacturing  Co.

174  W abash  Avenue,

Chicago,

Offer as a  special

Holiday  laducemeat :

The Champion assortment,  consisting  of  40 
pieces of “Regent” Quadruple-plated Silver­
ware,  our  regular  S 1.25  goods,  for  S 50.00, 
terms  2%  10  days  or  30  days,  net,  f.  o.  b. 
Chicago, including this $1000  Oraphophone as  our  premium  to  you.  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  ? 
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  SPECIAL  CIRCULAR  AND  FULL  PARTICULARS. 

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The War Is Over!

a

We  won  because  the  U.  S. 
is  as  Strong  as  Sampson,
Miles  Long,  Schley  as  a  fox 
and  has plenty of  M erritt.
W hat  more  Dewey  want?
W hy!  orders  from  all 
the  dealers  this  side  of 
Cuba,  Porto Rico  and Manila 
who want calendars of any 
kind  for  the  use  of  their 
customers  during  1899.
Send  them  in early, so as 
to  avoid the rush incident 
to the holiday  season.

T r a d e s m a n   C o m p a n y

Grand  Rapids.

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.
W e  can  cure  you  and  your 
clerks of  this  habit.  W e  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.  W e 
can  let  you  into  some  of  the 
secrets  of  merchandising  that 
may surprise you.

THE  COMPUTING  SCALE  CO.,  Dayton,  Ohio

