B R O W N   Sc  S  12 I  1  I

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

Mfrs. of a full line of

Jobbers in

HANDMADE 
HARNESS 
FOR  THE 
WHOLSALE 
TRADE

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

ALMONDS

BRAZILS

FILBERTS

PECANS

W ALNUTS
MIXED

FANCY  CLUSTERS 
LONDON  LAYER S 

IM PORTED SULTANAS 

ONDARA  LAYERS 

LOOSE  MUSCATELS 

SEED ED  IN  PACKAGES

AND  ALL  GRADES  OF  FANCY  CANDIES

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

low  figures.

MUSSELMAN  GROCER  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

FOR  CHRISTMAS

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.

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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.

Everything  in  the  Plumbing  Line 
Everything  in  the  Heating  Line

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

WEATHERLY  &  PULTE, 99  Pearl  St., Grand  Rapids

Johnson  Paper 
&  Supply  Co.,

Kalamazoo,  Mich.,

Wholesale Dealers la

Wrapping  Paper,  Stationery, Willow  and  Wooden  Ware,
Snow  Shovels,  Oyster  Pails,  Paper  Bags,  Pine  and 
Cedar  Tubs  and  Pails.^»>^  -»

SPECIAL—Try our $5.ooJob, assorted 5 and 10 cent Writing Tablets.

Our new assortment of 25 centBriar Pipes are very attractive;  one  dozen on 
a stand.  You will be pleased with them.
Mail orders promptly attended to and satisfaction guaranteed.

Remember the  Name When  You  Buy Again

“ MR.  THOMAS”

The  Most  Popular  Nickel  Cigar on  Earth

R u h e   B r o s.  C o .,  M a k e r s. 
F a c to r y  956, 1s t   D is t .  P a .

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Mail  Orders  Solicited.

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The  Economy  Farmer’s 
Boiler  and  Feed  Cooker

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

ADAMS  &  HART,  Jobbers,  Grand  Rapids.

PU RITY AND STRENGTH/

&  r  s

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

ABSOLUTELY  PURE

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

Detroit  Agency,  118 Bates St.
Grand Rapids Agency, a6 Fountain  St.

FLEISCHMANN  &  CO.

DEALERS IN

ILLUMINATING AND LUBRICATING

OILS

NAPHTHA  AND  GASOLINES  j

Office and  Works,  BUTTERWORTH  A V E „ 

ORAND  RAPIDS,  MICH. 

Balk work« at Grand  Rapids,  Muskegon,  Manistee, Cadillac,  Big  Rap- 
Ids,  Grand  Haven,  Traverse  City,  Lndington, Allegan, 
Howard  City,  Petoskey,  Reed  City,  Fremont,  Hart, 
Whitehall, Holland and Fennvllle 

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We don’t claim to sell “direct from  theC factory** 

bat do claim that we can sell you at

¿Less  th a n   th e   M a n u fac tu re r’s   Cost

and can substantiate our claim.  We  sell you  sam­
ples at about  the  cost  of  material  and  guarantee 
our goods to be better made and better finished than 
the stock that goes to the furniture  dealers.
Our  No.  61  Antique  Oak  Sample  Desk  has  a 
combination  lock  and  center  drawer.  Raised 
panels  all  aronnd,  heavy  pilasters,  round corners 
and made of  thoroughly  kiln  dried  oak.  Writing 
bed made of 3-ply built-up stock.  Desk is castered 
with ball-bearing casters  and  has  a strictly  dust- 
proof curtain.  Our special price to  readers  of  the 
Tradesman S 2 0 .   Write for  our  illustrated  cat­
alogue and mention this paper when you  do so.

SAMPLE  FURNITURE  CO.

JOBBERS  OF  SAMPLE  FURNITURE.

PEARL  AND  OTTAW A  STS. 

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to  give  to  your  customers? 
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can  get  you  up  something 
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you  are  not  doing  as well  as  you  might  for 
yourself  and  your  customers.  No  other 
Lime  is  as  satisfactory  to  dealer  or  user.

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Volume XVI.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  14,1898.

Number 795

SPRING  LINE 1899  ♦ 

NOW  READY

Herringbones  and  every  style  pattern  in 
market  Largest line of  Clay and  Fancy 
Worsted  Spring  Overcoats and Suits, $3.50 
up, all manufactured by

KOLB & SON

WHOLESALE CLOTHIERS 

Rochester, N. Y.

Write our traveler,  Wm.  Connor,  Box  346, 
Marshall,  Mich., to  call,  or  meet  him  at 
Sweet’s  Hotel,  Grand  Rapids,  Dec.  19-20. 
Winter Overcoats and Ulsters still on hand.  ^

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.

PREFERRED  BANKERS 

LIFE  ASSURANCE  COMPAQ

OF  DETROIT«  MICHIGAN.

Commenced Business September i,  1893.

Insurance in  force................................$2,746,ooo.or
Net Increase during 18*37....................  
104,000.0*
Net Assets.......................................... 
32,738.4»
Losses Adjusted and  Unpaid.............. 
Non»
Other  Liabilities................................. 
Non*
Total Death Losses Paid to Date........ 
40,061.01
Total Guarantee Deposits Paid to Ben­
eficiaries...........................................  
8i2.or
Death Losses Paid During 1897........... 
17,000.0c
Death Rate for 1897.............................  
6.3
Cost per 1,000 at age 30 during 1897. • • • 
8.25
FRANK E . ROBSON, P r es.
TRUMAN  B. GOODSPEED, S b c’y

Prompt, Conservative, 5afe.

T he  M ercantile  A gency

Established 1841.

R.  Q.  DUN  &   CO.

Widdicomb Bld'g, Grand Rapids, Mich. 

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

L. P. WITZLEBEN.  flanager.

L. J. STEVENSON. MANAMA AMO WOTANY, 
a. J. CLELAND. ATTO«NAY.

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ORAND  RAPIDS. 

HIGHER  STATESM ANSH IP.

The  new  responsibilities  devolving 
upon  the  Government  of  the  United 
States  by  the  readjustment  of  its  rela­
tions  with  the  government  of  Spain  can 
be  met  only  by  the  exercise  of  the high­
est  order  of  statesmanship.  Hitherto 
the  people  of  this  country  have  bad  to 
consider  only  familiar and,  for  the  most 
part,  inherited  questions  of  public  pol­
icy,  and,  without  disparagement  to  dis­
tinguished  party  leaders, it must  be  con­
fessed  that,  at 
least  since  the  war of 
secession,  those  questions  have  settled 
themselves.  This  dark  sentence  means 
merely  that  events  have  been  stronger 
than  men.

The  great  national  parties,  now divid­
ing  the  suffrage  of  the  people  of  the 
United  States,  were  not  formed  to  deal 
with  the  supremely  important  questions 
to  which  the  end  of  the  Spanish  war 
nas  given  birth.  Hitherto  they  have 
aad  to  deal  with  strictly  domestic  ques­
tions.  There 
is  nothing  in  their  plat­
forms  to  separate  the  Republican  and 
Democratic  parties  in  the  work  of  gov 
erning,  either 
temporarily  or  per­
manently,  the  new  dependencies  of  the 
United  States.  That  duty  is  purely  na­
tional,  and  should  be  approached  in  the 
oroadest  national  spirit.  Any  member 
of  either  bouse  of  the  Federal  Congress 
who  takes 
it  up  with  a  feeling  that  he 
must  watch  and  work  for a  chance  to 
make  party  capital  out  of  the  complica­
tions  and  embarrassments  that  inevi­
tably  attend 
is  unfitted  by  that  very 
tact  to  do  bis  fair  share  of  the  work 
which  is  now  laid  upon  his  shoulders.

it 

is  in 

The  whole  situation 

is  so  entirely 
lovel  that  the  oldest  head  may  well  de­
mand  time  for  a  careful  review  of  all 
the  conditions  which  must  betaken  into 
consideration. 
Throughout  the  whole 
aistory  of  this  country  the  Federal  Gov­
ernment  has  been  warring or negotiating 
with  a  few  small  Indian  tribes  within 
its  own  proper  domain. 
It  has  now  to 
leal  with  unknown  millions  who  lie 
three  thousand  miles  beyond  its  limits. 
The  American  people,  almost  without  a 
single  exception,  are  unfamiliar  with 
the  language,  the  laws,  the  traditions, 
the  habits,  the  aspirations,  of  the  in­
habitants  of  the  Philippine  Islands.  To 
islands  with  ships  and 
conquer  those 
men 
itself  a  prodigious  military 
undertaking.  It  may  be that that terrible 
It  may  be  that 
exigency  will  not  arise. 
the 
the 
United  States,  devoted  to  the  principle 
of  local  self-government,  may  not  have 
to  compel  the allegiance of  those  distant 
strangers  by  force  of  arms.  It  may  be­
lt  is  probably  true—that  the  Filipinos 
are  not  yet  prepared  to  pass  upon  the 
question  of  their  own  compentency  for 
self-government. 
It  may  be  that  the 
people  of  those  islands,  despite  the  un­
toward  ambitions  of  some  of  their  own 
accustomed 
leaders,  may  be  brought  to 
recognize  this  fact.  Still,  the  task  be 
fore  the  Government  of  the  United 
States  is  one  of  overwhelming  propor­
tions.  Take  a  single  item  out  of  many : 
When  Great  Britain  was  called  upon 
to  undertake  the  government  of  the  vast 
region  now  known  as  British  India  it 
1  soon  became  apparent that  that  body  of

freedom-loving  people 

of 

law  which  had  been  developed  with 
and  by  the  growth  of  Anglo-Saxon  civ­
ilization  was  not  adapted to the demands 
of  Indian  civilization.  There,  too,  was 
an  ancient  body  of 
laws  which  bad 
grown  with  the  growth  of  the  people 
through  uncounted  centuries.  The  oc­
cidental  and  the  oriental  points  of  view 
indicated very different conclusions  very 
often  in  the  determination  of  questions 
of  justice.  What  was  to  be  done?  The 
colonizing  genius  of  Great  Britain  was 
never  more  signally  displayed  than  in 
the  decision  of  that  question.  The  Brit­
ish  government  decided  that  questions 
of  personal  and  property  right  should 
in  India  by  the  immemorial 
be  settled 
laws  of  the 
land,  not  by  the  common 
law  and  the  statutory  law  of  Great  Brit­
ain.  How,  if  called  upon,  would  Eng­
land  deal  with  the  people  of  the  Philip­
pine  Islands  in  that  particular?  Would 
it  undertake  to 
its  own  laws 
upon  them?  Would 
it  enact  a  special 
system  of  law  adapted  to  their  peculiar 
requirements?  Or  would  it  adopt  such 
laws  as  are  already 
in  that 
country?

in  force 

impose 

This  question  suggests  simply  one, 
not  the  least,  of  many  difficult  problems 
which  American 
statesmanship  must 
now  undertake  to  solve.  Only  one  thing 
is  evident,  and  that 
is  that  an  imper­
ative  demand  has  arisen  for  a  higher 
order  of  statesmanship  than  has  pre­
vailed 
in  this  country  under the  hap­
hazard  regime  of  partisan  rivalry.

in 

Receipts  to  be  used  by  bank  custom­
ers 
lieu  of  checks,  when  drawing 
money  for  themselves,  area  dismal  fail­
ure  in  Wabash,  Ind.  Last  week,  after 
an  opinion  had  been  obtained  from  the 
Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue  that 
a  depositor  might  use  a  non-negotiable 
receipt  in  drawing  funds  for bis own use 
from  a  bank,  and  thus  save  the  2  cent 
stamp  tax,  the  local  banks  had  huge 
stocks  of  blank  receipts  printed  and 
placed  on  the  desks. 
It  was  supposed 
there  would  be  a  popular  demand  for 
them  by  the  economically  inclined,  but 
the  customers,  with  very  few  excep­
tions,  decline  to  use  them,  explaining 
that  they  are  not  tax-dodgers.

A  Christmas entertainment is annually 
given  to  nearly  2,000  poor  persons  in 
Berlin  with  the  proceeds  of  the  contri­
butions  of  cigar  stubs  and  tip  cuttings 
by  charitable  smokers  who  are  consid­
erate  enough  to  save  these  seemingly 
worthless  scraps.  The  annual  call  for 
the  turning 
in  of  the  accumulation  of 
the  past  year  has  just  been  issued.

Bunches  of  bananas  made  of  papier 
mache  have  been 
introduced  as  signs 
on  the  wharves  of  New  York,  where  the 
depredations  of  hoodlums  are  frequent. 
It 
is  proposed  to  add  wooden  peanuts 
for  the  benefit  of  policemen  and  other 
friendly  samplers  of  the  stock  in  trade.

A  Boston  fruit  company  is  making  an 
in 
effort  to  revive  the  decayed  banana 
dustry  in  Cuba. 
It  has  just purchased a 
large  quantity  of  the  trees  in  Jamaica, 
which  will  be  planted  in  the  “ new  pos­
sessions.”

GENERAL  TRADE  SITU A TIO N . 
Complete  statistics  for  the  month  of 
November  prove  it  to  have  broken  all 
records  for  any  month  in  the  volume  of 
business  transacted,  and  so  far  the  cur­
rent  month  shows  a  material  increase 
over  the  preceding.  The  promise  of 
the  greatest  retail  holiday  trade  ever 
known 
is  being  realized,  and  on  ac­
count  of  pressure  of  orders  there  is 
less 
of  suspension  of  operations  in  the  great 
industries  on  account  of  the  approach­
ing  end  of  the  year,  for  stock  taking, 
etc.,  than  usual.

in  price 

The  slow  but  steady  increase  in  the 
prices  of  most  leading  stocks  which  has 
been 
in  evidence  for  a  month  past  is 
accelerated  in  the  last  few  days  and  the 
amount  of  trading 
is  so  great  that  it 
would  be  considered  a  boom were prices 
not  so  conservative.  The reason  for  the 
increase 
is  sufficiently  indi­
in  the  continued  favorable  earn­
cated 
ings  of  both  railways  and 
industrials, 
and  the  activity 
is  the  greater  on  ac­
count  of  the  pressure  of  unemployed 
money  for  investment.  The  continued 
foreign  credit  is  beginning  to  be  felt  in 
making  money  plenty  and  the  sale  of 
Western  products,  with  the  wage  pay­
ments  in  the  industrial  centers  and  the 
distribution  of  profits  to  shareholders, 
is  keeping  it  in  circulation and  increas­
ing  the  urgency  for  investment,  so  that 
there  is  abundant  reason  for  the  activ­
ity  in  the  share  market  and 
invest­
ment  in  other  securities.

in 

While  the  price  of  wheat  has  yielded 
slightly  during  the  week,  there 
is  no 
lessening  of  activity  in  movement.  Last 
week’s  exports  exceeded  the  very  heavy 
outgo  of  last  year  and  the  movement  of 
corn  showed  a  corresponding  increase of 
about  25  per cent.  The price of the latter 
was  firmly  held.

The  cotton  situation  is  more  encour­
aging  than  for  a  long  time.  The  price 
of  the  raw  staple  has  increased  to  5.81 
cents  and  the  export  movement  has  in­
creased  about  20  per  cent,  over  that  for 
the corresponding time last year.  There 
is  also  a  slight  increase  in  the  price  of 
improved  demand. 
cotton  prints,  with 
And  there 
is  a  more  hopeful  feeling 
in  the  woolen  goods  trade,  increased  or­
ders  leading  to  greater  activity  in  wool­
buying  by  the  mills.

In  the  iron  trade  the  placing  of  heavy 
orders  for  steel  rails,  mentioned  last 
week,  is  naturally  followed  by  heavy 
sales  of  Bessemer  pig,  Pittsburg  works 
taking  150,000  tons.  Orders  for  other 
forms  of  the  metal  have  been  unex­
pectedly  heavy  and  the  outlook  for  an 
indefinite  extension  of  the  period  of 
activity  is  greatly  improved.

The  volume  of  payments  through  the 
principal  clearing  houses  last  week  was 
22  4  per  cent,  larger  than  last  year  and 
14  8  per  cent,  larger  than  in  1892.  For 
December  thus far  the  daily  average has 
been  18.4  per  cent,  larger  than  last  vear 
in  1892. 
and  14  5  per  cent,  larger  than 
Such  a  strong  and  continued 
increase 
in  no  way  be  explained  as  a  result 
can 
of  mere  speculative  activity,  nor  is  it 
sufficiently  explained  by  the  rush  of 
nusiness 
in  one  or  two  branches  of  in­
dustry.  It  shows  a  widespread  and  gen­
eral  expansion,  decidedly  bpyond  the 
largest  volume  of  business  ever  at­
tained  in  the  most  prosperous  of  past 
years.

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Dry Goods
The  Dry  Goods  Market.

Staple  Cottons—The  average  advance 
upon  both  heavy  and  light  brown  sheet­
ings,  shirtings  and  drills  since  the  in­
auguration  of  the  upward  movement 
has  been  # c ;  some  lines  are  up 
and  some  3-16C.  A  further advance  can 
not  fail  to  follow  a  further  active  de­
mand.  The  duck  market  is  fully  5  per 
cent,  firmer  than  it  was  two  weeks  ago, 
both  upon  ounce  and  heavier  goods 
Large  Government  orders  have greatly 
helped  the  position  of  these  goods. 
There  has  been  a  fair  movement  of 
bleached  goods  during  the  week,  but 
it 
has  not  been  sufficiently  large  to  absorb 
stocks  of  such  medium-grade  goods  as 
are  selling  between  4@5c,  and  until  an 
advance  is  made  upon  these  other goods 
will  be  neglected.  Fine  and  low-grade 
goods  are  firm  at  advances  of  2 >£@4 
per  cent,  from  lowest values,  and  an  ad­
vance  in  medium  grades  will be a signal 
for  a  further  advance  on  these.  The 
market  upon  bleached  goods  is  very  un­
even,  but  another  week's  business  will 
correct  this.

Prints  and  Ginghams—A  very  large 
last  week 
business  was  accomplished 
upon  all  varieties  of printed  fabrics  and 
especially  upon  new  lines  of 
low and 
high  grade  fancies.  The  boom  in  print 
cloths  and  allied  goods  has  impressed 
buyers  with  the  extreme  cheapness  of 
prints  at  present  prices,  and  the  ad­
vances  that  have  already  been  made 
upon  leading  lines  and  the  warnings  of 
agents  that  a  general  upward  movement 
is  pending  have stimulated demand con­
siderably.  The  market  is  now 
below  prices  of  last  year,  while  cloths 
are  fully  %c  higher  than  then.  Mani­
festly  this  disproportionate  position  can 
not  be  continued 
is  any­
where  near  nominal  size.  There is every 
reason,  however,  to  believe  that  it  will 
far  exceed  the  business  of  the  same 
period  of  the  last  few  years.  Agents 
expect  to  maintain  full  standard  fancies 
at 
last  year’s  prices  after  a  certain 
moderate  position  of  their  production  is 
under  contract.  They  expect  to  recover 
at  least  ]^c  of  the  decline  in 
low-grade 
fancies,  shirtings 
and  other  regular 
prints.  They  must  secure  more  than 
this  if  cloths  are  to  be  held  upon  their 
present  basis. 
These  advances  are 
likely  to  be  made  at  any  time,  and  it 
behooves  buyers  to  book  their  orders 
quickly.  It  is  a  buyers'  market  at  pres­
ent  and  one  in  which  they  never  had  a 
better  chance  to  coin  money.

if  demand 

Underwear—The  advent  of severe cold 
weather  has  had  the  effect  of  stimulat­
ing  late  buying  of  heavy  winter  under­
wear,  and  the  snowstorms  of  the  past 
week  have  augmented  this  necessity  of 
keeping  up  stock  in  heavyweights.  It  is 
too 
late  now,  however,  to  expect  any­
thing  more 
in  this  line,  and  all  atten­
tion  at  present is directed to spring busi­
ness.  Mills,  as  a  rule,  are  fairly  well 
sold  up,  more  orders  being  acceptable, 
however.  An  encouraging  fact  in  con­
nection  with  spring  orders  is  that  the 
bulk  of  them 
in  the  direction  of 
better  goods,  the  cheaper  grades  being 
to  some  extent  repudiated  by  dealers. 
Medium  priced  goods  are  the  best  in 
demand,  and  medium  to  high-priced 
goods  are  gradually  taking  quite  a share 
of  the  market.  One  manufacturer  ex 
pressed  the  opinion  that medium to high 
priced  goods  would  be  in  greater de­
mand  next  year  than  has  ever  been 
known,  not  even  excepting  the  unprece­
dented  year of  1892.  This  is  a  perfectly

lean 

It 

is  warranted  by 
reasonable  view,  and 
general  business  prosperity. 
It  will 
certainly  afford  a  larger  margin  of profit 
to  the  manufacturer,  which 
is  not  the 
least  desired  object  of  business  gener­
ally.  The  popularity  of  the  union  suit 
continues  to  grow  with  each  season  and 
it 
is  expected  that  the  spring  trade  in 
underwear  will  show  a  larger  proportion 
of  combination  suits  disposed  of  than 
ever  before. 
is  peculiarly  advan­
tageous  as  a  summer article  of  apparel, 
that  time  of  the  year  when  anything 
which  does  not  fit  well  irritates  and 
enervates  the  wearer.  The  union  suit 
adapts  itself  so  consistently  to  the  form 
as  to 
leave  practically  no  opportunity 
for  irritation  in  any  way.  We  are  not 
advocating  this  underwear  to  the  ex 
elusion  of  the  regular  two-piece  goods, 
neither  are  we  giving  it  any  free adver­
tising,  but  we  do  believe  in  the  merits 
of  the combination suit,  and believe that 
it  will  become  almost  as  universal  as 
the  two-piece  underwear  is  now.

in  hosiery 

Hosiery—The  demand  for  hosiery  is 
confined  to  staple  lines  almost  entirely 
and  there  can  be  said  to  be  practically 
no  business 
in  fancies  whatever,  com­
paratively  speaking.  Golf  hose  have 
run  out  for the  present,  although  the  de­
mand  will  probably  be 
in  evidence 
again  as  spring  approaches.  A  curious 
fact  in  connection  with  this  season’s 
business 
is  that  large  sizes 
have  had nearly all the business:  10s and 
loj^s  have  been  the  usual  selling  sizes, 
but  this  year  ioj^s,  1 is  and 
iij^s  have 
absorbed  the trade,  and  the  manufactur­
ers are  at  a  loss  to  understand  it.  Pos­
larger  size  will 
sibly  the 
idea  that  a 
wear  longer,  especially 
in  the  cheap 
grades,  is responsible  to  some  extent  for 
this condition ;  however,  such  is  the  de­
mand  now  existing,  and  the  manufac­
turers  claim  that  if  this  continues  they 
will  be  obliged  to  raise  prices  to  meet 
the  increased  cost  of  manufacture,  and 
the importers also for this  reason,  and to 
cover  duties.

Blankets—The  blanket  manufacturers 
are  busy  now  getting  their  lines  ready 
for  the  opening  of  the  next  season,  and 
several  new  lines  will  be  shown;  espe­
cially  will  this  be  noticeable  in  white 
goods.  The  blanket  mills  this  year are 
in  a  far  better  condition  than  for  many 
vears^  past,  as  we  have  written  to  some 
If  the  business 
length  in  past  issues. 
is  now  carried  on 
in  a  conservative 
way  there 
is  no  reason  why  it  should 
again  lapse.  The  manufacturers  should 
take  warning  from  past  experience,  and 
keep  stocks  down  to a  condition  where 
they  can  be  easily  bandied.

Encourage  the  Clerks.

Much  of  the 

increased  profits  and 
trade  which  will  soon  be  brought  to  the 
store  depends  largely  upon  the  efforts  of 
the  clerks  to  realize  to  the  fullest  ex­
tent  all  the  possibilities  in  them.  If  the 
clerks  are  dilatory  in  waiting  upon  cus­
tomers  and  allow  them  to  stand  around 
for  an 
indefinite  length  of  time  before 
they  are  attended  to,  or  even  go  so  far 
as  to  allow  them  to  leave,  as  often  hap­
pens,  without  noticing  them,  much  val­
uable  trade  is  lost. 
It  would  be  better 
to  prepare  previously  for  this  augmen­
tation  of  custom  by  having  a  sufficient 
number  of  new clerks hired temporarily. 
The  writer  has  visited  stores  during  the 
holiday  season  when  no provision of this 
kind  bad  been  made,  and  was  of  course 
compelled  to  leave  the  store  without 
finding  any  opportunity  whatever  to  get 
waited  upon.  This  was 
in  a  large  city 
store  which  considered  itself progressive 
aud  up-to-date,  alhougb  it  was  very  far

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

is  required  of  them. 

from  being  so.  Now  where  a  point  is 
incen­
made to  have  enough  help  some 
tive  ought  to  be  given  the  clerks  to 
in­
duce  them  to  work  conscientiously  and 
with  a  will.  Clerks  are  only  human  and 
they  are  just  as  capable  of  feeling  fa­
tigue  and  discouragement  as  any  one 
else.  They  should  therefore  be  remun­
erated 
in  proportion  to  the  additional 
work  which 
In­
dustry  needs  stimulation  when  it  is  in 
an  anaemic  state.  The  form  of  spirits 
which  will  do  this  most  effectually  is 
some additional  filthy  lucre.  That  is  to 
say,  give  them  some  percentage  of  sales 
they  make  above  a  certain  amount. 
Their  zeal  will  be  doubled  by  this  in­
ducement  and  the  merchant  will  be  as­
tonished  to  find  how  much  latent  ability 
and  energy  they  have  kept  hidden  away 
far  out  of  sight.  They  will  begin  to 
work  in  emulation  of  one  ano b r a d  
display  a  zealousness  which  will  do 
much  to  build  up  trade.

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

The  Lamb Glove &  Mitten Go..

of PERRY,  MICH.,

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

KNIT  HAND  WEAR

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

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We have  had  a  hobby, and  that  has  been  a  choice  line  of 
prints.  We justlv feel  proud of the many  compliments be­
stowed  upon  us  by  the  trade  for  the  good  judgment  dis­
played in our selections.  We believe  it to be  the very foun­
dation of a successful  spring  and  summer’s  business.  The 
stvles for  1899 will actually surprise you.  Never have  such 
beautiful  colorings  and designs  been  shown  as the makers 
offer this season;  never have we bought  so  liberally  as  this 
time.  Our salesmen  will show entire  line on their first  trip.
Do not miss the opportunity of seeing  it.

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We have an elegant line of perfumes, put up 2 and 3 doz. on artistic dis 
play cards,  which can be profitably  retailed : 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. Steketce * Sons, Grand Rapids, miefc.

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

PARISIAN  WAYS.

Not  At  All  Like  American  Business 

Methods.

it 

large  foreign  city 

The  last two  decades  have marked  the 
growth  of  not  a  few  large  commercial 
undertakings  in France.  Some  of  these 
employ  thousands  of  men  and  have 
agencies throughout  all  the  provinces  of 
the  country  and  are  even  represented  in 
every 
in  Christen­
is  a  curious  fact  that  the 
dom ;  but 
larger any  establishment  grows here,  the 
more  leisure  has  everybody  connected 
with 
it.  The  young  Freqch  clerk  or 
book-keeper  would  throw  up  bis  posi­
tion,  even  although  such  an  act  meant 
bread  and  water  for  years to  come, if  his 
employer  dared  to  import  what  are  be­
coming  known  on  the  Continent  as 
“ American  methods.”   He  wants  to 
come  down  to  bis  work  certainly  not 
earlier  than  g  o'clock— it  is  oftener 
io 
that  finds  him  before  his  desk—and 
it 
his  two  hours  at  noon  are abridged  by 
the  smallest quarter  hour,  sulkiness  and 
In  positions 
surliness  are  the  sequel. 
just  a  grade above  his  the 
incumbents 
stroll 
in  at  io,  lunch  from  noon  to  any 
hour  they  please  aud  never  stay  later 
than  5  o’clock  at  their  offices.  This 
accounts  for  what 
is  so  often  observed 
with  astonishment  by  Americans  so 
jourmng  abroad:  They  wonder 
that 
the  cafes  are  full,  at  all  hours  of  the 
day,  with  prosperous  men  whose  con­
versation  shows  them  to  be  engaged  in 
what  even  the  blue-blooded  F rencbman 
is  beginning  to  mention  respectfully  as 
“ la  commerce.”   The  explanation 
is 
now  evident;  these  merchants  ruminate 
over  their  affairs  in  the  shade of  a  cafe 
awning  instead  of  behind  the forbidding 
railing  of  a  private  office.  Every  one 
of  them  might  be  a  literary  lounger as 
far as  his appearance  is concerned.  Im­
maculate  boots,  spotless  linen  and high­
ly  polished  top  bat—all  proclaim  that 
they  do  not  by  any  means  give  all  their 
time to  business,  and  that  if  all  is  hurry 
and 
industrial  fervor  at  their  offices, 
they  at  least  will  not  stoop  to  become  a 
part  of 
it  for  more  than  four  or  five 
hours  a  day.
As  for  the  proprietor  himself,  he  is 
oftener than  not a true rara avis at the  es 
tablishment.  His  head  clerks and  con­
fidential  men  come  to  him  in  his  pleas­
ant  country  villa  or city  palace  when  he 
desires  information.  He  pays  wages  of 
superintendence  and  has  forgotten, if  he 
ever  knew,  the  name of his book -keeper.
I  have  so  many  large  Paris  establish 
ments 
in  my  mind  while  writing  this 
that  mentioning  one or two would  be  oi 
no  use.  But  in  one  of  the  largest  soap 
and  perfumery  bouses 
the  world, 
that  fairyland  of  color  and  fragrance 
that  looks  out  upon  the  Place  de  la 
Madeleine,  one  of  the  severe  reminders 
to  the  employes  consists  of  a  sign  hang­
ing  near thedoor,  “  Messieurs the clerks 
are  prayed  to  recall  that  not  more  than 
two  hours  can  be  allowed  during  the 
summer  for  dejeuner.”   And  even  in 
the  large  department  stores,  which  the 
French  believe  to  be  unequaled  for  size 
and  convenience  by  any  others 
in  the 
world,  such  a  thing  as  a  clerk  working 
overtime  or  curtailing  his  midday  meal 
for  any  purpose  whatsoever  has  never, 
I  am  assured,  been  heard  of. 
In  the 
store  clerks  and  accountants  are obliged 
to  attend 
their  monotonous  but 
never-hurried  duties.  The  moment  a 
certain  gong  strikes  they  don 
their 
glossy  high  hats,  change  their  short 
coats  for  the  couitlv  length  required  on 
the  boulevards,  and 
immediately  seek 
their  favorite  restaurant  or  cafe,  where 
they  become  gentlemen  of 
leisure, 
“ rentiers,”   and  talk  of  political  affairs 
or the  last  Salon,  with  highly 
judicial 
air  and  critical  eye,  as  if  there  were  no 
yards  of  ribbon  and  silk  waiting  for 
their hands  during  the  afternoon.

to 

in 

All  this 

is  very  fine,  and  nobody 
would  wish 
it  replaced  by  a  different 
system,  perhaps.  But  it  is  not  what  we 
Americans  call  “ business.”  
It  is  not 
in  accord  with  the  persuasion  that  time 
is  money,  and  these  polite  loungers, 
swaying  and  idling in their  chairs  while 
the  sun  on  high  is attending  strictly  to 
bis  daily  work,do not  help  to  give  Paris 
the atmosphere  of  a  beehive.  The new­
is  that  every
comer’s  first  impression 

class  of  Parisians  rest  and  recuperate 
and  talk  “ affairs”   at  least  two-thirds 
of  the  day.

For  what 

is  true  of  large  business 
houses  is  equally  so  of  the  small  trades­
people. 
If  you  are  coming  to  Paris  to 
live for  some  months,  be  warned  and  do 
not  try  to  have  the  affairs  of  your  me- 
mage  progress  between  the  hours  of  11 
and  2.  The  charbonnier  will  not  bring 
your  coal,  the  grocer  and  butcher  will 
not  deliver  orders,  and  the  concierge, 
paid  to  attend  to  y^ur  wants,  will  not 
bring  up  letters,  papers  or  packages  be­
tween  the  limits  mentioned.  That 
in­
terval  almost  universally  and  quite  in­
exorably  belongs  to  each  person,  how­
ever  humble  be  bis  state,  born  in  the 
free  and  lazy  air  of  France.  The  sun, 
as  before  hinted,  is  the  only  cosmo­
logical  adjunct  which  agrees  to  con­
tinue  business. 
ser­
vants  are  perhaps  the  only  exception, 
and  they  get 
indemnity  by  going  off 
every  afternoon  the  moment  the  work  is 
done  to  take  a”   petite  promenade  au 
soleil. ”   Unless  you  allow  your  servants 
it,  you 
this  “ right,”   as  they  consider 
will  get  but  poor  service  and 
little 
faithfulness  from  them.

The  household 

The  very  omnibuses  go slower  and  are 
greatly  reduced 
in  number;  the  great 
depots  are  deserted,  and  the  resting 
locomotives  snore  soitly  under  the  great 
iron  arches,  the  long  freight  trains  be­
hind  them  packed  to  bursting  for  those 
who  are  out  yonder  in  the  green  coun­
try  waiting  for the  goods  they  have  or­
dered.  But  the  freight  trains,  too,  are 
waiting,  waiting,  waiting,  and 
it  will 
be  2  or  3  o’clock  before  the  warning 
whistle  blows  once  more.  The  facto­
ries  of  the  Gobelins  and  those at Sevres, 
the  Ministerial  offices  and  the  telegraph 
bureau—all  are  wrapped  in  a  siesta  as 
deep  as  ever  clasped  in  its  dreamy  em­
brace  a  little  Spanish  town  nestling 
near  the  shadow  of  the  Alhambra.  The 
bicyclist,fearful  of  the  rush  of  carriages 
on  the  Avenue  de  l’Opera  during  the 
morning,  when  thousands  of  energetic 
-trangers  are  going  a-sightseeing,  finds 
no  spice  of  danger  now;  he  has  all  the 
highway  to  himself.  The  winding  Boul­
evard  des  Capucines  is  given  up  to 
sparrows  and  buzzing  flies.  One  almost 
expects  to  find  weeds  growing  up  in  the 
cracks  of  the  pavement.

Points  for  Retailers.

Spend  at  least  one-tenth  of  your  net- 
It will 

profits  in  judicious  advertising 
most  certainly  come  back  again.

Let  your  stock  be wisely proportionate 
to  your  capital.  Use  caution  in  buying 
and 
in  selling,  and  require  more  cash 
and  less  credit.
In  taking  an  invoice  of  your stock,  do 
not  figure  the  goods  at  what  they  cost 
you  some time ago,but  figure  on  the  cur­
rent  quotations  of  the  day,  as  many 
goods  have  declined  or  advanced.

Every  retail  merchant  in  the  country 
should  know  just  how  he  stands  on  the 
opening  of  the  new  year,  in  order  to  en­
able  him  to  ascertain,  at  the  end  of  six 
or  twelve  months  following,  how  much 
money  his  business  is  making  or  losing 
for  him.

Credit  is  a  necessity  in  our  methods 
of  carrying  on  trade. 
is  upon  the 
credit  system  that  the  business  of  the 
country  is  based  and  built  up,  and  con­
sequently,  it  is  of  vital  importance  that 
any  abuse  of  that  system  should  be  rig­
orously  avoided.

The  following  is  a  good  resolution  for 
the  retailer  to  take  for  the  new  year: 
“ I  will  pay  my  bills  at  the  time  when 
and  place  where  due,  or,  if  unable  to 
do  that,  and  if  my  creditor 
is  obliged 
to  make  drafts  on  me,  I  will  meet  his 
drafts  as  soon  as  possible,  paying  all 
legitimate  bank  charges. ”

It 

The  Other  Way.

“ Now,”   said  the  American  officer, 
after  he  got  well  settled  on  Cuban  soil, 
“ I  want  to try  one  of  your good Havana 
cigars.”
“ Certainly,”   replied  the  host,  pro­
ducing  a  box.  “  Here are some I  import­
ed  from the United States just  before  the 
war.”

____ ____ ____

The  milk  of  human  kindness  is  not 

very  heavily  enameled  with  cream.

Sober  Reflection.

Tagleigh— Did  you  ever  notice,  when 
man  has  been  drinking  heavily  the 
igbt  before,  how  long  and  earnestly  be 
will  look  at  himself  in tbe.glass the next 
morning?
Wagleigh—Certainly. 
time  for  sober  reflection.

is  the 

That 

We  never  know  what  we  can  do  until 
we  try,  and  then  we  frequently  find  that 
we  can't.

Dwight’s
Cleaned
Currants

If you want nice, fresh, new 
stock,  buy  Dwight’s. 
If 
you want cheap trash, don’t 
look  for  it  in  our  pack­
ages.  All  Grand  Rapids 
jobbers sell them.

Wolverine Spice Co.,

Grand Rapids.

3
Spectacles A fine line of op­

tical  goods  and 
a  skillful  optic­

ian to test your eyes at  A.  Preusser.

RUBEROID

EADY
OOFING

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

Is odorless, absolutely  waterproof,  will 

resist fire and  the action of acids.

Can  be  used  over  shingles  of  steep 

roofs, or is suitable for flat roofs.

Will  outlast  tin  or  iron  and  is  very 

much cheaper.

Try our pure

ASPHALT  PAINT

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

H.  M. REYNOLDS & SON,
Orand Rapids Office, Louis and Campau Sts. 
Detroit Offloe  Root of First St.

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,  Ludinfcton. Michigan.

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you want some unique style« 
in printing-something differ- 
ent from others.  Cet us place 
you with thousands of other« 
satisfied  patrons.  Che  price 
of good printing must be« « * 
higher if you count quality « «  — r
hut he careful where you go« 
for good printing-get quality.
tradesman Company,

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Grand Rapids.

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MICHIGAN  T R A D E S M A N

Around  the State
Movements  of  Merchants.

Zeeland— Languis  Bros,  have  opened 

a  meat  market.

Springport— N.  Dean  has  purchased 

the  general  stock  of  J.  S.  Geiger.

Charlevoix—Lee  Clark,  of  Cheboy­

gan,  has  opened  a  meat  market  here.

Quincy— Marvin  W.  Porter  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of Will Knapp.
Emmett—W.  C.  Martin  has  pur­
chased  the  drug  business  of  W.  J.  Toal.
Traverse  City—C.  V.  Fisher  succeeds 
Claude  Owen  in  the  confectionery  busi­
ness.

Ann  Arbor—Geo.  Donahue  has  em­
in  the  grocery  business  at  this 

barked 
place.

Owosso—J.  Barry  has  put  in  a  stock 
of  groceries  in  connection with his  meat 
market.

Thompsonville—Geo.  J.  Menold  has 
removed  bis  drug  stock  from  Yuma  to 
this  place.

Big  Rapids—Mrs.  A.  Stone,  of  Grand 
Rapids,  has  re-opened  a  bakery  on  the 
North  side.

Buchanan— Corey  &  Winchester  suc­
ceed  Corey  Bros,  in  the  grocery  and 
meat  business.

Battle  Creek—Eugene  Reynolds  has 
in  the  grocery  business  in 

re-engaged 
the  Ward  block.

Springport—S. 

J.  Hammond  will 
shortly  engage  in  the boot  and  shoe  and 
crockery  business.

South  Haven—W.  M.  Loomis and  C. 
Hollister  have  opened  a  feed  store  in 
the  Merson  building.

Springport— Frank  E.  Powers  suc­
ceeds  Powers  &  Bean  in the agricultural 
implement  business.

Hillsdale— The  millinery 

firm  of 
Weber  &  Co.  has  been  dissolved,  Miss 
Ella  Laning  retiring.

Vermontville—Andrew  Alderman  has 
sold  his  meat  business  and grocery stock 
to  Edgar  E.  Campbell.

Dollar  Bay—Wm.  Mercier,  manager 
of  the  Pearce  hardware  store,  is visiting 
at  his  old  home  in  Indiana.

Maple  Grove—R.  A.  Brooks  has  pur­
chased  an  interest  in  a  meat  market  at 
Nashville  and  removed  to that  place.

Howell— Frederick  P.  Schroeder  con­
implement 

tinues  the  hardware  and 
business  of  Schroeder  &  Elliott.

Homer—Geo.  Dunbar  has  sold  his 
bakery  and  restaurant  business  here  and 
at  Litchfield  to  S  M.  Adams,  of  Allen.
Jackson—Thos.  Wall  and  Clarence 
Conklin,  under  the  firm  name  of  Wall  & 
Conklin,  have  opened  a  fish  market 
here.

Coldwater—W.  W.  Bishop  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  J.  W.  Som- 
merlott,  to  which  he  will  add  a  fresh 
stock.

Howell—Frederick  P.  Schroeder  con­
tinues  the  hardware  and  agricultural 
implement  business  of  Schroeder  & 
Elliott.

Sand  Lake— N.  N.  Pringle  succeeds 
Moody  &  Pringle  in  the  hardware,  har­
ness,  carriage  and  farming  Implement 
business.

Imlay  City—J.  L.  Bartlett  has  sold 
bis  hardware  stock  to  Benj.  Sperry,  of 
Port  Huron,  who  will  conduct  stores  at 
both  places.

Mason— H.  W.  Brown,  of  Leslie,  has 
in 
removed  to this  place  and  engaged 
the  cold  storage  business  in  companv 
with  A.  J  Hall.

Maple  Rapids—The  new  store  build­
ing  of  J.  M.  Roberts 
is  nearly  com­
pleted  and  will  soon  be  occupied  by 
his  grocery  stock.

interest 

Ithaca— John  BotroS  has  purchased  a 
half 
in  the  grocery  stock  of 
Charles  Frost.  The  new  firm  will  be 
known  as  Frost  &  Botroff.

West  Branch—C.  F.  Stewart  has  sold 
his  drug  stock  and  fixtures  to  Dr.  T.  S. 
Glenn,  of  Rose  City,  who  will  continue 
the  business  at  the  same  location.

Remus— Del.  Mansfield  has purchased 
the  half 
interest  of  Conrad  C.  Murphy 
in  the  general  stock  of  D.  Mansfield  & 
Co.  and  will  continue  the  business  in 
his own  name.

Otsego—C.  A.  Barnes  has  sold  his 
drug  stock  to  J.  D.  Woodbeck,  who  has 
consolidated  his  book,  news  and  musi­
cal  merchandise  stock  with  the  drug 
stock  in  the  Edsell  block.

Otsego—Chas.  W.  Edsell  and  Wm. 
Sebright  have  purchased  the  interest  of 
Jas.  Stout  in  the  firm  of  Wm.  Sebright 
&  Co.,  lumber and  wood  dealers.  The 
firm  name  will  remain  the  same.

Jonesville—Geo.  N.  Smith,  hardware 
dealer at  Hillsdale,  and  F.  A.  Fuller,  of 
Detroit,  have  purchased  the  stock  ot 
the  Hix  Hardware  Co.  Mr.  Smith  will 
continue  bis  business  at  Hillsdale.

Dutton—Daniel  McQueen  has  sold 
his  general  stock  to  E.  C.  Saxton,  who 
will  continue  the  business  at  the  same 
location.  Mr.  Saxton  was  formerly  en­
gaged  in  trade  at  Lakeview.

is  making 

Houghton— The  Portage  Lake  Hard­
ware  Co.,  Ltd., 
several 
changes  in  the  interior  arrangement  of 
its  store.  Under  Mr.  Zealand’s  man­
agement  a  fine  showing  has  been  made 
for  i8g8.

OLtonagon—C.  H.  Emmons  is  again 
located 
in  business  here,  after  being 
away  for  a  few  years.  Mr.  Emmons 
was  born  here  and  bis  father  was  one 
of  the  pioneer  hardware  men  on  Lake 
Superior.

Ludington— Eugene  Tangley,  former 
ly  with  the  Busy  Big  store,  has  leased 
Vic  Roussin’s  old  stand  in  the  Fourth 
ward  and  will  open  a  clothing  store  as 
soon  as  he  can  get  his  stock  of  goods 
from  Chicago.

St.  Johns—D.  R.  Salisbury  has  closed 
out  his  retail  stock  of  boots  and  shoes 
and  rented  his  store  and  fixtures  to 
Frisbee  &  Thome,  of  St.  Johns.  He 
will  devote  his  entire  attention  to  bis 
manufacturing  business.

Port  Huron—An 

important  decision 
has  been  reached  by  the  Giocers  and 
Butchers’  Association 
in  the  adoption 
of  a  resolution  by  which the  members  of 
the  Association  are  asked  to  refuse  all 
applications  for  advertisements  on  pro­
grams  in  the  city.

Edmore— It 

is  A.  M.  Pierce  &  Co  , 
instead  of  F.  W.  Pierce,  who  purchased 
of  Edson,  Moore  &  Co.  (Detroit)  the 
block  known  as  the  D.  O  Long  prop 
erty.  They  will  make  extensive 
im­
provements,  occupying  a  portion  of  the 
block  with  their  dry  goods  stock  and 
renting  the  remainder.

Port  Huron— The  Sarnia  grocers  have 
already  begun  the  work  of  preparation 
for  securing  the  annual  outing  of  the 
Saginaw  Grocers’  Association next  sum­
mer,  which  they  are  confident  can  be 
secured  for  that  city. 
is 
named  as  the  place  at  which  the  outing 
is  held  the  grocers  will  see  to  it  that 
nothing  is  lacking  in  the  way  of  band- 
some  entertainment  for  their guests. 

If  Sarnia 

.

Manufacturing  Matters.

Adrian— Rufus  Baker, 

the  pioneer 
cheese  manufacturer  of  Michigan,  died 
recently.

Chippewa  Lake—Jas.  T.  Moore,  who 
operates  a  shingle  mill  at  this  place, 
will  shortly  remove to  Wooley,  Wash.

Thompson—The  White  &  Friant 
Lumber  Co.,  Ltd.,  purchaser  of  the 
Delta  Lumber Co. ’s  plant,  has  sold  the 
merchandise  stock  to  John  Patterson, 
who  will  continue  business  at  the  old 
stand.

Detroit—The  Silver  Yeast  Co.  has 
incorporated  with  a  capital  of 
been 
is  paid  in. 
$25,000,  of  which  $10,000 
The 
incorporators  are  Ludewick  E. 
Wagoner,  600  shares;  James  X.  Yeon, 
50  shares;  Charles  N.  Brown,  50  shares; 
Delbert  C.  Morris,  300  shares.

Detroit—The  Edwin  Armitage  Man­
ufacturing  Co.  has  been 
incorporated 
with  $60,000  capital,  of  which  $35,000 
is  paid 
in,  to  manufacture  floor  and 
table  oil-cloths,  window-shade  cloth, 
etc.  The  incorporators  are  Edwin  Arm­
itage,  860  shares;  John  R.  Clarke  and 
George  B.  Clarke,  660  shares  each ;  S. 
D.  Maddin,  860  shares;  George  E. 
Kingsley,  460  shares.

The  Boys  Behind  the  Counter.

Cheboygan— Phil.  St.  Amour,  who 
left  last  spring  for  Detroit  and  engaged 
in  the  grocery  business,  has  sold  out 
bis  stock,  returned  to  Cheboygan  and 
taken  a  position 
in  DeGowin  Bros.' 
grocery,  where  he  was  employed  prior 
to  going  to  Detroit.

Owosso—One  of  the  dry  goods  clerks 
of  the  city,  Julian  Mosher,  is  getting 
ready  a  bouse  which  will  be  the  home 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mosher  after  the  holi 
days. 
in 
Lowell.

The  wedding 

takes  place 

Saugatuck— P.  M.  Grice  is  now  en­
gaged  as  clerk  for  Russell  Taylor,  and 
Chas.  E.  Bird  is  in  charge  of  Heath's 
drug  store.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—Bert  Goodrich  has 
taken  a  position  with  W.  C.  Brown,  ol 
Marquette,  and  will  shortly  take  his  de­
parture  for  that  city.

Coldwater—Fred  Bixler,  book-keeper 
and  teller 
in  the  Coldwater  National 
Bank,  will  take  a  pos  tion  with  the 
Flint  Wagon  Works  Co.  January  1.  Mr. 
Bixler  is  a  young  man  of  good  business 
-qualifications  and  will,  no  doubt,  be 
successful 
in  his  new  field  of  work 
Harry  Simons  will  take  the  place  made 
vacant  by  Mr.  Bixler’s  resignation.

Charlotte— Roy  Collins, 

formerly  of 
this  city,  has  been  promoted  to the posi­
tion  of  assistant  book-keeper  by  the  De­
troit  wholesale  hardware  firm  for  which 
he  has  been  working  for  the  past  five 
months.

clerk 

Owosso— Bert  Gristock, 

in 
Hoakway  &  Son’s  grocery  store,  and 
Miss  Edith  Goodell,  trimmer  in  Krob’s 
millinery  store,  were  recently  married 
at  the  home  of  the  bride's  parents  at 
Durand.

Flint— Geo.  A.  Ryman  will  on  Jan­
uary  1  take  charge  of  a  branch  store  of 
J.  B.  Speny  &  Co.,  of  Port  Huron,  at 
Imlay  City.  He  has  been  for  the  last 
five  years  with  G.  W.  Hubbard  and  is  a 
practical  hardware  man.

Albion—Miss  Mary  J.  Heaney  died  of 
hemorrhage  of  the  brain  last  Monday 
at  her  home  on  East  Michigan  avenue. 
Miss  Heaney  had  been  a  popular  clerk 
in  Albion’s  dry  goods  stores  for  several 
years  and  bad  gained  a  very  wide circle 
of  friends  by  her  faithfulness  to  her 
employers  and  her  habitual  courtesy  to 
patrons.  At  the  time  of  her  death  she 
was  employed  at  Austin  &  Tucker’s.

four  years’ 

Quincy—After 

faithful 
service  in  the  employ  of  E.  B.  Church, 
J.  D  Blauvelt  resigned  last  week,  and 
Ernest  Bailey  has  taken  his  place  in 
Mr.  Church's  employ.  Mr.  Blauvelt  ex­
pects  to  go  to  farming, on  his  own  ac­
count.

Ionia—E.  C.  Barber,  for  many  years 
watchmaker  for  Rolsboven  &  Co.  and 
Wright,  Kay  &  Co.,  of  Detroit,  has 
taken  a  position  with  Bedford, 
the 
jeweler.

Bronson—C.  J.  Keyes 

is  clerking  in 

the  new  store  of  J.  Coykendall.

Ludington—Dave  Betka,  recently  of 
the firm  of  Betka  &  Turgeon,  is  now  at 
Scottville  working 
in  Fred  Reader’s 
hardware  store.  He  tried  to  find  a  lo 
cation  for  a  meat  market  at  that  place, 
but  every  suitable  building  was  occu­
pied  and  so  he  is  biding  his time await- 
ting  a  favorable  opportunity  to  embark 
in  the  meat  business.

Sault  Ste.  Marie— Nelson  A.  Hall  has 
resumed  his  old  position  as  pharmacist 
in  Rudell  &  Conway’s  drug  store.

Owosso—Crowe  &  Payne  have  en­
gaged  W.  D.  Royce  to  assist 
in  their 
implement  business.  They  except  to 
be  in  their  new  store  by  January  1.

Homer— Elbert  Henshaw  is  clerking 

in  Bangbam's  drug  store.
Charlotte— Dorr  Moyer 

clerk  at  Selkirk  &  Norton’s.

is  the  new 

Coldwater—Paul  Barnhart  has  re­
turned  from  Grand  Rapids  and  is  again 
clerking  at  J.  B.  Foote's  book  store.

Elk  Rapids— Henry  Hogan  succeeds 
Thomas  Graham  as  clerk  in Slater’s fur­
niture  store.

Telephone  Topics.

Alma— The  United  States  Electric 
Telephone  Co.  has  sold its  long  distance 
line  from  this  place  to  Sumner—a  dis­
tance  of  21  miles—to  the  Montcalm 
County  Telephone  Co.,  which  now  owns 
and  operates  nearly  200  miles  of  long 
distance  lines. 
is  thought  that  the 
purchaser  will  exend  the  line  from  this 
place  to  Saginaw,  which  will  connect 
the  Furniture  City  and  the  City  of  Salt 
and  Sawdust.

It 

located 

Manton— The  poles  are  set  and  the 
wires  are  being  strung  on  the  Citizens 
telephone 
line  to  this  place,  the  office 
being 
in  the  Williams  Bros. 
Co.’s  store.  This  will  give  Manton 
connection  with  the  Swaverly  line  from 
Petoskey  and 
intervening  points  and 
the  Citizens  line  from  Lake  City  and 
Cadillac,  and  it  is  expected  to  connect 
«it  the  latter  place  with  the  Citizens 
thus  giving 
line 
Manton  two  telephone 
lines—the  Btll 
and  Citizens.

to  Grand  Rapids, 

Lansing—The  Lansing  Telephone 
Co.  is  improving  its  service  every  day 
and  it  is  now  possible  to  secure  tele 
phone  connections  over 
its  lines  with 
nearly  every  city  and  town  of  any  im­
portance  south  of  and 
including  the 
Saginaw  valley  and  reaching  across  the 
State.  Connections  can  be  had  with 
Ann  Arbor  by  way  of  Detroit,  but  a 
short  cut  line 
is  now  being  built  be­
tween  Howell  and  Byron,  which  will 
give  better  service  to  Ann  Arbor  and 
more  direct  connections  with  the  Sagi­
naw  valley  than  are  obtainable  under 
the  present  arrangement.

Cheboygan  Tribune;  The  Michigan 
Telephone  Co.  (the  Bell)  is  evidently 
anxious  to  run  out  the  Cheboygan  Tele­
phone  Co.  and  at  the  Council  meeting 
Tuesday  night  submitted  a  proposition 
to  furnish  the  city  telephone  service  for 
$15  per  year  for  each  phone  and  give  a 
discount  of  50  per  cent.,  yet  before  the 
Bell  had  opposition  it  clamed  it  could 
not  afford  to  furnish  the  service  for  less 
than  then  charged.  We  do  not  believe 
the  citizens  want  the  Cheboygan  Co.  run 
out.

If  tombstones  were  reliable  the  devil 

would  soon  be  wearing  mourning.

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

Grand  Rapids  Oossip

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugars—The  raw  sugar  market  has 
maintained 
its  strength  and  closes  at 
$4.44  bid  for  96 deg.  and  none  obtain­
able  under  $4.50. 
is  said  that  the 
It 
refiners  have  made 
large  purchases  of 
new  crop  Cuban  sugars  at  a  basis  of 
$4.50.  delivered  for  January  shipment. 
The  refined  market  has  been  a  seesaw. 
Although  there  has  been  no  change  in 
list  prices  the  concessions  have  been 
alternately  withdrawn  and  offered.  At 
the  close  these  concessions  are  %c  on 
granulated  and  J^@3-i6c  on  softs,  the 
outside  figure  being  for  the independent 
sugars. 
from  head­
quarters  that  the  two  Howell  refineries 
(the  Mollenhauer  and  National)  will 
close  down  on  Saturday  for  two  weeks, 
but  this  is  nothing  unusual  for  this  sea­
son  of  the  year.  The  5  pound  cotton 
bag 
is  now  more  easily  obtained  and 
refiners  are  giving  a  larger  percentage 
of  this  style  package  to  the  car  than  a 
few  weeks  ago.

is  given  out 

It 

Later— Since  writing  the  above  the 

list  on  sugars  has  been  reduced  J$c.

Tea— It  is  impossible  to  buy  anything 
low  grades  have 
at  a  concession,  and 
again  advanced. 
It  is  probable  that  on 
most  grades  the  full  effect  of  the  duty 
has  now  been  felt.

Canned  Goods—There  is  a  great  deal 
of  trading  between  tomato  packers  and 
strictly  first-class  Western  packed  goods 
are  getting  cleaned  up.  There  is,  how­
ever,quite  a  quantity  of  so-called  stand­
ards  offered  which  are  watery  or  slack- 
filled  and  prices  are  kept  down  by offer­
ings  of  this  class  of  goods.  When  these 
goods  are  picked  up,  as  they  are  sure to 
be,  look  out  for  a  sharp,  quick  advance 
on  tomatoes.  There 
is  more  enquiry 
for  corn  but  no  advance  in  price.  The 
same  can  be  said  of  everything  in  the 
vegetable  line. 
Packers’  assortments 
are  badly  broken  but  it  has  been  some 
years  since  they  have  cleaned  up as well 
as  they  have  this  year.  New  packing 
will  find  many  packers  with  compara­
tively  empty  warehouses.  As  an 
in­
stance  of  bow  their  assortments  are 
broken,  we  will  say  that  in  a  single  car 
received  m  this  market  this  week  from 
Baltimore  there  were  shipments  from 
four  different  packers.  Ordinarily  one 
packer  could  have  supplied  the  whole 
line.

Cereals—There  is  no  change  to  note. 
While a  general  advance  did  not  take 
effect  the  advances  made  by  some  mill­
ers—as  noted  last  week—are  still  main­
tained.  The  demand  is  very  good.

Molasses  and  Syrups—The  trade  in 
molasses 
is  disappointing  to  the  hold­
ers.  The  selections  for  this  season  of 
the  year  are  exceptionally  poor  and 
buyers  seem  inclined  to  wait  for  better 
offerings.

Dried  Fruits—There 

is  no  change  to 
note  in  anything  except  currants.  Ow­
ing  to 
increased  arrivals  holders  have 
further  reduced  prices  %c.  No  further 
decline 
is  anticipated  as  prices  have 
gotten  down  to  a  very  low  basis.

Nuts— Heavy  arrivals  and  the  desire 
of  holders  to  realize  have  resulted  in 
a  decline  of  J^c  on  new  Grenoble  wal­
nuts.  There  is  no  other change  in  this 
line.

Provisions—There  has  been  no  ad­
vance 
in  prices  to  speak  of,  but  the 
feeling  is  much  firmer,  and  it  is  harder 
to  obtain  provisions  at  the  old  prices. 
The  exceedingly 
low  prices  at  which 
provisions  have  been  selling  have  un­
questionably  stimulated  the  demand  in

spite  of  the  competition  of  poultry  and 
lard  are  un­
game.  Jobbing  prices  on 
changed,  but  the  market 
is  decidedly 
firmer.

Brooms— All  grades  have  been  ad­
vanced  io@25c  per  dozen  by  the  manu­
facturers  and 
jobbers’  prices  will  be 
correspondingly  advanced  next  week.

The  Produce  Market.

Apples— There 

is  little  movement  in 
fruit  at  present,  on  account  of  tbe  un­
favorable  weather,  receipts  being  con­
fined  mainly  to cellar and  storage  goods, 
which  are  not  first-class 
in  quality 
Dealers  bold  No.  1  fruit  at  $2.75@3.25 
and  No.  2  at  $2  25@2  50.

Bananas—Supplies  are  hardly  up  to 
the  demand  and  the  market  has  been 
cleared  up  of  much  of  the  best  stock. 
A  firmer  tone 
for  fancy 
bunches.  More  liberal  receipts  are  ex­
pected  next  week.

is  noticed 

Betts—25c  per  bu.
Butter— Factory  creamery  is  in  ample 
supply  at  2o@2ic.  The  dairies  average 
2C  lower,  in  sympathy  with  creameries. 
Supplies  are 
increasing,  with  a  bettei 
average  demand  than  for  creameries 
A  prediction  as  to  the  future  market 
would  be  out  of  the  question  at  this 
time  in  tbe  present  unsettled  condition 
of  things.

Cabbage—$3  per  100  heads  for  home 

grown.

Carrots—20c  per  bu.
Celery— 15@ 18c  per  doz.  bunches  for 

White  Plume.

Cranberries— Cape  Cods,  $7-50  per 
bbl.  ;  Wisconsin  Bell  and  Cherry,  $7; 
Jerseys,  $6.

Cucumbers—75c@$i 

for  hot  house 

stock.

supply  at 

Eggs—Strictly  fresh  are  scarce  at  20 
@2ic,  but  storage  supplies  are  in  am­
ple 
i6@i8c,  according  to 
quality.  Tbe  demand  of  tbe  past  week 
has  been  limited,  but  is  expected  to  in­
crease  toward  the  holidays,  when  tbe 
demand  for  baking  purposes 
is  very 
heavy.

Honey— 10c  for amber  and  I2@i2j^c 

for  white  clover  stock.

Lettuce— 14@ 15c  per  pound.
Nuts— Hickory,  $i.5o@2.50,  accord­
ing  to  size.  Walnuts and  butternuts,  60c 
per  bu.

Onions— Spanish  are  in  only  fair  de 
mand  at  $1.25  per  crate.  Dealers  pay 
28c  for  White  and  Red  Globe  stock  and 
22@25C  for  yellow  Danvers  and  Red 
Weatherfields.
Oranges— There  are  ample  supplies 
of  Mexicans  and  California  navels  and 
seedlings,  with  a  fair  demand  for  hoii 
day  purposes,  which  will  be  increased 
on  a  nearer  approach 
to  Christmas. 
Receipts  of  both  the California varieties 
have  been  liberal  the  past  week  and  the 
fruit  shows  good  color  and  flavor.  Mex­
icans  are  moving  easily  and  are  in good 
demand  yet.  Quotations  on  California 
stock  are  a  trifle  weaker,  ranging  25c  a 
box 
lower  than  last  week,  due  to  much 
heavier  receipts  and  a  better  supply  to 
draw  upon.

Parsley—25@30C  per  doz.
Parsnips— 50c  per  bu.
Pop  Corn— i|^@2c  per  lb.  The  crop 
was  not  large  and  the  supply  is  un­
doubtedly  limited.

Potatoes—The  market 

is  featureless 
and  will  probably  remain  so  until  tbe 
railroads  promulgate the  announcement 
that  they  have  temporarily  reduced  the 
classification  from  fifth  to  sixth  class. 
This  concession  is  absolutely  necessary 
in  order  to  move  tbe  crop  of  Northern 
Michigan  in  competition  with  the  lower 
rates  obtained  bv growers in other states.

Squash-  75c@$J  per  100  lbs.
Sweet  Potatoes— Illinois Jerseys  are  in 

good  demand  at  $2.

Jacob  Vanderberg,  of  this  city,  has 
gone 
to  Grayling  to  close  out  the 
Claggett  general  stock,  recently  turned 
over  to  Edson,  Moore  &  Co.  and  C. 
Elliott  &  Co. 
(Detroit)  and  Rindge, 
Kalmbach  &  Co.  on  a  trust  mortgage.

Frank  Edmonson,  baker  at  Coopers- 
ville.has  added  a  line  of  groceries.  The 
stock  was  furnished  by  the  Olney  & 
Judson  Grocer  Co.

Savings  Banks  Resuming  Their  Con­

dition  in  1892.

Tbe  National  banks,  as  shown  by 
their  ft  tements  of  December  1,  are  in 
a  healthy  condition,  with  a  material  in­
crease  in  most  of  the  items  it  is  desir­
able  to  have 
increased,  in  comparison 
with  one  year  ago,  and  with  a  satisfac­
tory  reduction  in  those accounts bankers 
and  stockholders  like  to  see  kept  with­
in  bounds.  Tbe  condition  of  the  Stste 
banks 
is  as  satisfactory  as  of  tbe  Na­
tional  banks  and, 
like  tbe  National 
banks,  the  statements  indicate  that  tbe 
savings 
institutions  are  again  on  the 
right  track,  with  tbe  ground  lost  during 
the  long  depression  regained.  Tbe  ag­
gregate  loans  and  discounts  carried  by 
the  four  savings banks are $2,212,112.29. 
This  is $143,000  less  than  in  May 
last, 
but 
improvement  of  nearly 
$200,000  as  compared  with  one  year 
ago,  and  about  $40,000  better  than  in 
December,  1892.  The  savings  banks 
reached  high  water 
loans  and  dis­
counts 
in  May,  1893,  at  $2,391,749 °9— 
just  before  the  collapse.  They  will,  in 
all  probability,  pass  the  old  high  water 
mark  the  coming  year,  and  a  pleasant 
thing  about  the  new  record  will  be  that 
it  will  be  on  a  solid  foundation  and 
safe,  which  is,  perhaps,  more  than  can 
be  said  of  the  conditions  that  prevailed 
in  1893.

is  an 

in 

it 

*  *  *

In  stocks,  bonds  and  mortgages  the 
savings  banks  show  holdings  that  sur­
pass  all  previous  records.  The  total  is 
$2,301,18295.  This 
is  $610,000  more 
than  a  year  ago,  and  the  total in Decem­
ber,  1892,  was  $982,928.13.  During  the 
years  since  the  panic  the  records  show 
that  there  has  been  a  steady  growth 
in 
this  class  of  investments  and  that all tbe 
banks  have  been  taking  to  them.  The 
Kent 
instance,  had  but 
$333,593  and  the  Peoples  $121,397,  while 
these  banks  to-day  carry  $847,934  and 
$762,036,  respectively.  The  Grand  Rap­
ids  shows  a  slight  increase  and tbe pres­
ent  holdings  of  the  State,  $117,436,  are 
all  gain, for  in  1892  it  had  none.

in  1892, 

for 

*  *  *

is  $328,427.23,  which 

The  savings  banks have $669,131.12 on 
deposit 
in  reserve  and  correspondent 
banks,  the  smallest  deposit  since  May, 
1897,  but  an  increase  of  about  $75,000 
as  compared  with  1892  The  cash  on 
hand 
is  a  larger 
amount  than  ever  before  carried.  The 
total  deposit  account  and  cash  on  hand 
is  $997.55835 
with 
$1,004,276 08  one  year  ago.  The  avail­
able  resources  now  are  about  19  per 
cent,  of  the  total  deposits,  and  a  year 
ago  the  cash  in  sight  was  nearly  25  per 
cent,  of  the  deposits.  The  condition 
as  marked  by  percentage  shows  a  very 
encouraging  improvement.

compared 

as 

*  J*  *

On  tbe  liability  side  of  the  banks  the 
consolidated  statement  shows  a  tctal  of 
$173,746.97  as  compared  with  $163,- 
145.95  a  year  ago.  The  Grand  Rapids 
shows  an  improvement  of  $2,500,  the 
Kent  $7,300,  the  Peoples  $2,000  and  the 
State  a  slight  falling  off.  As  compared 
with  1892,  the  surplus  account  shows 
an 
improvement  of  about  $5,000,  but 
since  then  there  has  been  a  lot of “ writ­
ing  off’ ’  of  bad  debts 
In  December, 
1893,  the  surplus  and  undivided  profits 
were figured  at  $201,951.33  and,  with the 
State  bank  as  the  single  exception, 
none  of  the  banks  have  so  much  to  the 
good  as  they  thought  they  had  five  years 
ago,  and  that  the  State  is  an  exception 
is  due  to  the  reduction  in  its  capital. 
The  writing-off  process  seems  to  be

5

pretty  well over  with  now,  however,  and 
a  steady 
in  surplus,  besides 
regular  dividends,  may  be  looked  for 
in  the  future.

increase 

*  *  *

The  Savings  commercial  deposits  ag­
gregate  $1,616,671  02,  which 
is  slight­
ly  less  than  in  September,  but  $200,000 
better  than  a  year ago.  The  commercial 
deposits  have  net  yet  reached  the  old 
high  water  mark,  which  was  made  in 
May,  1893,  when  they  reached  $2,216,- 
197.61,  but  they  are  headed  that  way. 
Tbe 
aggregating 
$3,414,888  54, 
previous 
record.  They  are  $600,000  more  than  a 
year  ago  and nearly three  times  as  much 
as  in  December,  1892.  The Kent's  sav­
ings  deposits  have  more  than  doubled, 
tbe  Peoples  have  increased  eight  fold, 
the  State  nine  fold  and  tbe  Grand  Rap­
ids  more  than  fifty  per  cent.

savings  deposits, 

exceed 

any 

*  *  *

The  total  deposits  are  $5,034,459.78, 
which 
is  another  record  breaker,  ex­
ceeding  tbe  total  deposits  of  a  year  ago 
by  $800,000. 
In  December,  1893,  they 
were  $3,286,297.19,  the  May  following 
they 
then 
dropped  off  more  than  a  million.  Since 
the  drop  there  has  been  a  very  steady 
increase,  and  the  total  now 
is  larger 
than  ever  before.

increase  and 

showed  an 

*  *  *

in 

The  two  trust  companies  show  a  fall­
ing  off 
loans  and  discounts  and  a 
slight  increase  in  security  holdings  as 
compared  with  a  year  ago.  They  are 
carrying  larger  balances  in  correspond­
ents’  banks  and  have  substantially  the 
same  cash  on  hand.  The  total  deposits 
show  an 
increase  of  $226,000 over  one 
year  ago. 
Hides,  Pelts,  Furs,  Tallow and  Wool.
Hides  are  firm  in  price,  from  a  good 
demand  while  the  quality  has  depre­
ciated.  The  present  outtlook  indicates 
that  the  poorer  stock  of  the  year  will 
bring  the  full  value  of  the  best.

____

_ 

Pelts  are 

in  good  demand  without 

change  of  price.

Furs  are  in  good  demand  at  high  and 
local  com­

uncertain  values,  caused  by 
petition.

Tallow  remains  low  in value, with  fair 
demand.  There  are  so  many  seed  oils 
on  the  market  for  soapers’  use  that  tal­
low  must  necessarily  remain  low.

Wools  do  not  move  from  the  State  to 
any  extent.  What  go  out  do  so  at  a 
loss  to  the  purchaser.  There  are  a  few 
Eastern  buyers  in  the  State  looking  for 
soft  spots,  which  they  occasionally  find 
in  some  small 
lots.  There  is  little  or 
no  enquiry  here,  with  fair  sales  at  sea­
board. 

W m.  T.  H e s s.

that  there 

The  Michigan  and  Ohio  Acetylene 
Gas  Co.,  Ltd.,  of  Jackson,  has  secured 
the  sale  of  the  Bruce  generator  for  this 
State.  It  is  claimed  for  this  generator 
that  it  is  the  best  and  most  perfect  ma­
chine  on  the  market;  the  carbide  can  is 
so  arranged 
is  a  complete 
generation  of  all  the  carbide without  the 
waste  usually  found  in  other  machines, 
and,  in  addition  to  this,  the  machine 
has  a  purifier  attached  that  takes all  the 
residuum  from  tbe  gas,  and  the  claim 
is  made  that  this  machine  will  not 
smoke,  or  throw  off dust  and soot,  which 
has  caused  so  much  trouble  in  the  use 
of  this  gas  in  the  past.  The  Company 
is,  indeed,  fortunate  in  having  secured 
the agency  for  this  celebrated  machine, 
and  the  large  number  of  the  machines 
already  sold 
indicates  a  large  business 
for  this  machine  in  Michigan.

E.  B  Brooks  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Hoxeyville.  The  Ball-Barn- 
hart-Putman  Co.  furnished  the  stock.

Visner 

is  home  with  a  lot  of  Gillies’ 

New  York  tea  bargains.  Phone,  800.

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

W o m a n ’s W o rld
Unnecessary  Burdens  Assumed  by the 

New  Woman.

’ ‘ Seems  to  me  that 

things  aren't 
much 
like  what  they  used  to  be  when 
I  was  young,”   remarked  a silver-haired 
old  lady  the  other  day  as  she  rolled  up 
her  knitting  and  prepared  for  a  good 
talk. 
“ Of  course,  it's  just  wonderful 
what  women  are  doing  nowadays  and  I 
never  get  over  being  surprised  at  the 
things  I  hear  about  them,but  sometimes 
I  wonder  bow  much  of  it  is  gain  and 
if  they  are  really  any  better  oS  than  we 
were.  Now,  my  daughter  Mary  is  very 
‘ progressive.’  She 
is  always  writing 
papers  for  clubs,  like  her  friends  who 
come  here,  and  they  rush  off  to  com­
mittee  meetings  and  lie  awake  at  night 
feeling 
like  they  are  running  the  uni­
verse  and  are  worrying  for  fear  there’ll 
be  a  bitch 
in  the  schedule,  until  I 
should  think  they  would  be  so  tired 
they  would  want  to  drop  it  all  and  go 
back  to  the  time  when  just  to  be  a  wife 
and  mother  was  considered  career 
enough  and  work enough for any woman.
“ My,  but  how  hard  they  work.  Of 
course,  we  used  to  have  to  take  care  of 
our  houses  and  children,  too,  but  that 
was  ]ust  dead  easy  compared  to  the  wav 
they  manage  things  now.  Why,  raising 
a  child  then  wasn’t  a  circumstance  to 
what  it  is  now.  We  used  to  think  that 
if  we  kept  our  children  reasonably clean 
and  gave  them  wholesome  food  and  lis­
tened  to  their  prayers  at  night,  kissed 
them  when  they  were  good  and  spanked 
them  when  they  were  bad,  we  had  done 
our  full  duty 
in  the  sphere  of  life to 
which  it  had  pleased  God  to call us.  We 
hadn’t  ever  heard  of  the germ  theory 
and  mothers’  conventions  and  hadn't 
the  slightest 
idea  of  how  many  things 
physical,  mental  and  moral  ought  to  be 
sterilized.  We  had  a  comfortable  idea 
that  children  were  little  animals  that 
should  be  kept  healthy  and  happy  and 
in  the  background,  and  I  raised  a  big 
family  with  one-tenth  of the  worrying 
and 
fretting  and  anxiety  that  Mary 
spends  on  her  one  boy,  and  he’s  a 
weazened  little  creature  at  that.  Wby; 
sometimes  I  think  she’ll  starve the child 
to  death  on  health  foods,  she's  so  afraid 
she  won’t  be  hygienic,  and  I’m  morally 
certain  he’ll  be  grown  and voting before 
she  decides  which  one  of  the  many 
theories  for  raising children by to adopt. 
Needless  to  say,  Mary  doesn't  approve 
my  views  about  children.

‘ I’m  afraid,  mother,’  she 

says 
mournfully  and  pitifully,  ‘ that  you  took 
a  very  superficial  view  of  the  subject. 
It’s  an  awful  responsibility  to  be  a 
mother. ’

“   'Maybe  it  is,’  says  I,  ‘ but  if  I  had 
spent  all  the  time  worrying  over  my  re­
sponsibility  that  you  do, 
I  wouldn’t 
leisure  to  spank  seven 
have  bad  the 
boys  and  girls 
into  the  path  of  right­
eousness  and  bring  them  up  to  be  God­
fearing  and 
and 
women. ’

respectable  men 

“ Then,  take  the  housekeeping.  When 
I  was  married  we  bought  good,  heavy, 
substantial  furniture,  that  with  any  rea­
sonable  care  was  good  to  last  a  lifetime 
and  stand  the  wear and  tear  of everyday 
living.  Now  the 
idea  of  the  best  way 
to  make  a  home  happy  and  comfortable 
seems  to  be  to  buy  a 
lot  of  brocade 
empire  chairs  that the family are warned 
not  to  use  except  when  company  comes, 
and  to  clutter  up  the  rooms  with  little 
tables  that  topple  over 
if  you  look  at 
them,  and  to  weigh  everything  down 
with  a 
lot  of  useless  ornaments  that

if  you  keep  them 
work  you  to  earth 
clean  and  disgrace  you  if  you  don't. 
I 
will  say,  Mary  is  a  good  housekeeper. 
She  keeps  an  eye  on  the  meat  and  gro­
cery  bills,  sees  that 
the  housemaid 
sweeps  under  the  beds,  the cook doesn’t 
spoil  the  broth,  the  clothes  are  mended, 
and  still  goes 
into  society  and  to  teas 
and  whist  parties,  and  the  theater,  and 
the  opera,  and  yet  finds  time  to  write 
papers  for  clubs  and  serve  on  com­
mittees  and  belong  to  study  circles  and 
art  leagues. 
In  my  day  we  would  have 
thought  any  one  of  them  sufficient  oc­
cupation  for  a  woman. 
If  she  wrote 
papers  and  studied  things  we  called 
her 
literary,  and  nobody  expected  her 
house  to  be  decent  or her  children  to 
have  their  faces  washed. 
If  she  kept 
her  home  in  good  order  we  said  she was 
domestic  and  didn’t  expect  her  to  have 
‘ views.’ 
It  seems  very  shiftless  now 
to  the  women  who  do  them  all,  but  we 
didn’t  have  to go  to  rest  cures  so  often 
and  were  not  so  well  acquainted  with 
all the  symptoms  of  nervous  prostration.
“ In  those  days  it  was  pretty  much  a 
matter  of  choice  if  we  knew  anything. 
Of  course?  brightness  and  cleverness 
and  the  ability  to  converse agreeably 
have  always  been  considered  desirable 
attributes,  but  they  were  by  no  means 
necessary,  and  it  wasn’t  any  reflection 
on  a  woman  not  to  know a blessed thing. 
Men  were  willing  to  enlighten  her. 
They  expected  to  entertain  her  and  do 
the 
talking,  and  a  married  woman 
looked  to  her  husband  to  furnish  her 
with  her  opinions  just  as  much  as  she 
expected  him  to  supply  her  with  her 
frocks.  But,  deary  me,  how  things 
have  changed!  Not  long  ago  I  saw  one 
woman  who  was  brave  enough  to get 
right  up  in  open  meeting  and  say,  John 
says  so  and  so,  and  all  the  other  women 
turned  around  and 
looked  at  her  like 
they  thought  she  was  a  poor,  meacbing 
kind  of  a  creature  with  not  enough 
spunk  to  have  an  idea  of  her  own. 
I 
must  say  this,  though,  and  that  is  that 
the  men  have  changed,  too. 
I  guess, 
last,  when  we  women  do 
first  and 
things 
it 
is  because  some  man  wants 
us  to,  and,  maybe,  one  reason  women 
are  always  reading  and  studying  things 
now  is  because  men  want  to  be  enter­
tained  and  to  be  talked  to,  instead  of 
doing  the  entertaining.  They  don’t con­
sider 
interesting  any  more. 
Why,  the  other  day  I  heard  Mary’s  hus­
band  asking  a  young  girl  something 
about  a  political  question  no  girl  would 
have  been  expected  to  understand  when 
I  was  young,  and  because  she  didn’t 
know  he  called  her  a  stupid  idiot  when 
she  was  gone. 
It’s  all  progress,  I  dare 
say,  and  all  right  for  women  to  study 
up  subjects  for  themselves,  but  I  can 
tell  you  one  thing,  that  the  woman  who 
has  never  had  a  husband  who  was  will­
ing  and  capable  of  doing  her thinking 
for  her  has  never known  what  genuine, 
downright  comfort  is.

ignorance 

“ Another  way  the  women  burden 
themselves  now  is  in  their  fear  of grow­
ing  old.  We  didn't  want  to  grow  old, 
either,  but  we  accepted  the  fact  with 
resignation.  You  see,  then  nobody  had 
hit  on  the  brilliant 
idea  that  a  man 
was  such  a  worshiper  of  beauty  that  he 
would  grow  tired  of  the  wife  who  bad 
been  his  trusted  friend  and  adviser, 
who  had  toiled  and  suffered  and  wept 
and  rejoiced  with  him,  and  who  was 
knit  to  him  by  a  thousand  tender  ties 
of  companionship  and  memories,  be­
cause  her  cheek 
its  fairness  and 
the  hair  began  to silver.  We  may  not 
have  known  in  those  days  all  the  mod­
idiots
ern  woman  does,  but  we  weren’t 

lost 

enough  to  believe  that  theory or to worry 
ourselves 
into  the  grave  trying  to  pre­
vent  wrinkles.  You  should  see  all  Mary 
goes  through.  She  went to  some  woman 
who  charged  her $50  for  ironing  out  her 
wrinkles  with  a  patent  roller  and  sold 
her  enough  creams  and  salves  to  start 
a  drug  store,  and  she  massages  her  face 
down  one  way  for one  wrinkle  and  up 
for  another,  until  she  is  ready  to  drop 
with  fatigue.

“   ‘ What  on  earth  are  you  doing?’  I 
asked  her  the  first  time  I  saw  the  per­
formance.

“   ‘ I  am  trying  to avoid  growing  old,' 
she  replied. 
‘ It’s  a  woman’s  duty  to 
preserve  her  good  looks  so  that  she  may 
retain  the  affections  of  her  husband.’

“   ‘ Look  here,  Mary,'  I  said,  ‘ do  you 
care  any  less  for  Tom  because  he  has 
grown 
stout  and  middle-aged  and 
bald?’

“ ‘ Of  course  I  don’t, ’  she  returned 

indignantly.

“   ‘ Well,  then,’  said  I , ‘ for pity’s sake 
give  him  credit  for  having  as  much 
sense  as  you  bave,  and  wash  that  stuff 
off  your  face  and  go  to  sleep.'

“ But  she  didn’t,  and  she's  still  wear­
ing  herself  to  skin  and  bones  trying  to 
become  a  Venus  for a  man  who  is  just 
as  domesticated  as  a  pair  of  andirons 
and  is  so  near-sighted  he  can't  see  be 
vond  his  own  nose.

“ One  of  the  favorite  theories  with 
Mary  and  her  friends  is  teaching  every 
girl  a  trade—some  way  to  make  a  liv­
ing. 
It  sounds  very  well  to  talk  about, 
but  did  you  ever  notice,  my  dear,  that 
the  people  who  know  how  to  do  things 
always  have  to  do  them,  and  the ones 
that  don’t  know  how  never  do—some­
body  does  them  for  them?  Last  year 
two  girls  came  to  see  us.  One  of  them 
was  one  of  the  independent  kind.  She

let  her  do 

“ It’s  a  great  age 

knew  how  to  buy  her  ticket  and  check 
her  trunk  and  cash  a  check  and  take 
care  of  herself  generally,  and  1  couldn't 
help  noticing  that  the  men  of  the  fam­
ily 
it.  The  other one  just 
stood  around  and 
looked  helpless  and 
in  the  house  was  breaking 
every  man 
bis  neck  to  wait  on  her  and  to  see  that 
she  was  taken  care  of  in  every  possible 
way. 
I  may  be  wrong,  and  I  don't 
claim  to  be  up  to  modern  ideas,  but  it's 
my  opinion  that  the  girls  who learn  how 
to  support  themselves  will  always  have 
to  do  it.

for  women,  my 
dear,"  said  the  old  lady,  gathering  up 
her  shawl  and  her  knitting,  “ but  there 
was  a  good  deal  to  say  about  the  days 
when  we  hadn’t  assumed  the  burdens  of 
the  rest  of  the  world  in  addition  to  our 
own  in  exchange  for  a  few  more  liber­
ties.  There  are  times  when  I doubt  but 
what  men  got  the  best  of  the  bargain. 
But  Mary  doesn’t  agree  with  me.”

Tradesman 

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BEAUTY  IN  BUSINESS.

Why  Pretty  Women  Are  At  a  Great 

Disadvantage.

A  local  merchant  recently  stated  that, 
in  his  opinion,  beauty  is  not  only  not 
desirable 
in  women  who  have  to  work 
for a  living,  but  is  a  positive  drawback 
in  many  cases  to  their  securing  and  re­
taining  employment,  and  although  it  is 
hardly  probable  that  the  average  woman 
would  not  prefer  beauty  to  anything 
else,  the  merchant  makes  out  a  strong 
case.  Here  is  what  he  says:

“ It's  no  joke,  and  there’s  no  senti­
It’s  just  a  cold-drawn 
ment  about  it. 
matter  of  business. 
I  don't  care  how 
competent  a  strikingly handsome woman 
may  be,  or  bow  discreet  and  quiet  and 
industrious  she 
is—all  the  same  she’s 
bound  to  demoralize  the  force.  She 
makes  the  women  jealous  and  the  men 
it  tells  on  their 
absent-minded,  and 
work.  Of  course,  she  can’t  help 
it, 
but  that’s  no  affair  of  mine.

A  real  beauty 

“ I’ve  made  a  study  of  the  subject,”  
he  continued,  “ and  I  know  what  I'm 
talking  about. 
in  a 
store  will  reduce  the  working  capacity 
of  its  employes  about  20  per  cent. 
If 
she  happens  to  be  a  very  unusual  type 
—a  blonde, 
instance,  with  dark 
eyes—the  reduction  will  be  fully  25  per 
cent.  Suppose  the  pay  roll 
is $150 a 
week;  you’d  have  to  make  an  entry 
every  Saturday  like  this:  To  deprecia­
tion  on  account  of  blonde  (dark  eyes), 
$37* 5°*  That's  enough  to  break  Van­
derbilt.

for 

“ I’m  talking  from  experience.  We 
had  ?.  young  lady  clerk  here  once  who 
bad  everything  in  the  world  to  recom­
mend  her  except  homeliness.  She  was 
beautiful,  poor  child,  and  what  made  it 
worse  she  had that hopeless, ineradicable 
kind  of  beauty  that  one  doesn’t  out 
grow,  like  warts  or  freckles,  and  is  al­
ways  the  same  no matter  what  happens. 
I  believe  that  girl  could  have  fallen 
into  a  hogshead  of  black  molasses  and 
still  come  out  radiantly  lovely.

“ Well,  she  went  to  work,  and  I  never 
had  a  better  or  more  faithful  employe, 
but  the  deadly  demoralization  began  to 
spread  the  minute  she  stepped  behind 
the  counter.  Everybody  felt 
it.  The 
book-keeper  was  a  surly  Scotchman  and 
about  as  emotional  as  a  fried  oyster.  In 
less  than  a  week  be  was  raising  a 
moustache  and  making  at  least  forty  er­
rors  a  day  on  his  ledger.  The  corres­
letters 
pondence  clerk  started  half  his 
‘ Dear  Annie,’ 
‘ Dear  Sir,’ 
and  the  cashier  was  short  every  night 
through  trying  to  make  change  with  one 
eye  on  the  girl.  And  that  wasn’t  a ll: 
The  floor-walker and  bead  salesman  be 
came  rivals— in  their  minds,  because 
she  never  so  much  as  looked  at  either 
of  them—and  bad  it  out  while  the  store 
was  full  of  customers.  They  spattered 
gore  all  over  the  ribbon  department  and 
finally  rolled  through  an  open  hatch­
way  and  both  were  laid  up  for  a  month. 
And  now,  by  George,  they  are  threaten­
ing  me  with  a  damage  suit.

instead  of 

“ I  am  mentioning  only  a  few  of  the 
worst cases. 
I  thought  the  porter  would 
escape  because  he  was  such  a  disagree­
able  old  rascal,  and  besides  he  had  a 
family  as  big  as  a  kindergarten—but  he 
didn’t.  He  primped  himself  up  until 
be  looked  like  a  shaved  ape,  and  when 
he  realized  that  he  wasn’t 
in  the  run­
ning  he  got  even  by  beating  his  wife. 
She bad him  arrested,and meanwhile  the 
elevator  man  nearly  murdered  several 
of  our  best  patrons  by  stopping  between 
floors  to  feast  his  eyes on  the  charmer. 
By  that  time  I  thought  the  thing  had

gone  far  enough  and  I  let  the  girl  go. 
I  advised  her  to  get  a  job  in  the  tele­
phone  exchange,  where  folks  couldn’t 
see  her. ’ ’

“ But  I  thought  handsome  clerks  were 
considered  valuable  for  drawing  cus­
tomers?”   said  the  reporter.

“ That  used  to  be  the  theory,  but  it’s 
exploded.  Years  ago  a  big  Chicago 
confectionery  shop  became  famous  ail 
over  the  country  for  its  beautiful  sales­
ladies.  The  result  of  the  experiment 
was  this :  The  place  lost  all  its  women 
customers  and 
the  trade  of  the  men 
proved  worthless.  A  young  chappie 
would  drop  in,  buy  a  stick  of  gum  for  a 
cent  and  talk  for  three  hours  at  a 
stretch.  At 
last  the  proprietor  dis­
charged  the  whole  force  and  engaged  a 
lot  of  the  homeliest  women  in  Illinois, 
cross-eyed  preferred.  After that be made 
a  fortune.  And  so  it  goes. 
I  could 
cite  you  a  hundred  cases,  but  you  can 
say  confidently  that  pretty  women—very 
pretty  women,  I  mean—are  at  a  great 
disadvantage  in  business.  It’s  next  to 
impossible  for  one  to get  a  job.  The 
homely  girls  have  the  call. ’ ’

Combats  the  Theory  of  Woman’s  Ex­

travagance.

It  is  not  surprising  that  women should 
hotly  resent  the  statement recently made 
by  Dr.  Shrady,  a  celebrated  Eastern 
physician,  that  the  blighting  curse  of 
American  men—the  thing  that  brought 
on  more  nervous  prostration  and  insan­
ity  than  all  other  causes  combined,  and 
hurried  more  men  to  their  graves—was 
the  extravagance  of  their  wives  and  the 
strain  of  trying  to  support  their  famil­
ies  in  the  luxury  they  demanded.  The 
charge 
is  as  old  as  the  first  man  who 
ever  found  it  necessary  to  excuse  him­
self,  and  we  should  have  grown  weary 
of  combating 
long  ago,  except  that 
its  injustice  is  so  peculiarly  offensive.
One  might  well  enough  bring  a  coun­
just 
ter  charge  and  say  that  men  spend 
as  much  money  for base  ball  tickets  as 
they  spend  for  opera  tickets,  and  that 
just  as  much  good  coin  goes  for  cigars 
and  drinks  as  ever  finds  its  way into  the 
milliner's  coffers,  but  that  is  beside  the 
question. 
If  a  man  makes  his  money 
he  has  a  good  right  to  spend  it  as  he 
pleases,  but  he  hasn’t  a  right  to  plead 
that  it  is  the  extravagance  of  bis  fam­
ily  that  is  ruining  him.

it 

No  one  would  deny  that  there  are 

in­
dividual  cases  of  women  who  are  reck­
lessly  extravagant.  No  doubt  here  and 
there  is  a  wife  who  is  to  blame  for  her 
husband's  financial  downfall,  but  that 
this 
is  true  of  the  great  majority  of 
women  is  too absurd  to  be  believed  by 
any  honest  person.  The  truth  is  that 
about  nothing  else  are  men  so unreason­
able  to  women  as  about  money,  and  this 
without  reference  to  what  they  give  us. 
Not  one  woman  in  a  hundred  in  a  well- 
to-do  family 
is  ever  taught  the  first 
principles  of  financiering.  She  seldom 
has  any  money  of  her  own  as  a  right, 
but  as  a  gift.  Not  one  woman  in  fifty 
has  an  allowance.  Her  bills  are  paid 
with  more  or  less  grumbling,  according 
to  the  nature  of  the  man  to  whom  she  is 
married.  Not  one  woman  in  ten  knows 
a  single  thing  about her  husband’s  busi­
ness  or  has  the  remotest  idea  what  his 
income  is.  Yet,  in  the  face  of  all  this 
colossal  ignorance  and  inexperience  she 
is  expected  to  know  bow  to  manage, 
and  blamed 
if  she  wastes  money  and 
runs  into  heedless  extravagance.

The  average  woman  loves her husband 
and  is  solicitous  of  his  welfare.  She is, 
moreover,  as  a  general  thing,  deathly 
afraid  of  debt,  and 
if  she  knew  just

exactly  where  she  stood ;  if  the  husband 
would  say  to  her  frankly,  My  income  is 
just  so  much,  and  out  of  that  we  can 
afford to  spend just  a certain  amount,  be 
would  find  that  she  would  conform  the 
family  expenses  to  it.  Many  a  woman 
who  has  been  criticised  and  Mamed  for 
ruining  her  husband  has  been  perfectly 
innocent  in  the  matter,  and  would  glad 
ly  have  done  without  things  she  spent 
money  for  had  she  even  dreamed  that 
she  was  causing  him  trouble.

is  the 

The  most 

incomprehensible  thing  in 
the  world 
inveterate  prejudice 
men  have against  giving their wives  and 
daughters  an  allowance.  Leaving  out 
of  the  discussion  the  added  self-respect 
and 
independence  a  woman  has  who 
does  not  have  to  ask  some  man for every 
pienny,  but  has 
it  given  to  her  as  her 
right,  it  is  the  greatest safeguard against 
extravagance  that  any  man  can  throw 
about  his  womankind.  As  a  matter  of 
fact  American  men  are  generally  gener­
ous  to  women,  but  they  are  very  seldom 
just,  and  as  lone  as  they persist in treat­
ing  their  wives  like  irresponsible  chil­
dren  about  money  tbéy  have  no  right  to 
complain  of  their  extravagance.

Co ra  S t o w e l l.

Knew  His  Business.

“ You  say  Mrs.  Weeks was here during 
my  absence?’ ’  said  the  superintendent 
of  the  lunatic  asylum  to  the  attendant.
“ Yes,  sir,”   was  the  reply;  “ she 
called  to  see  about  taking  her  husband 
home,  but  he  positively  refused  to  go— 
said  he  would  rather  stay  here.”

“ I  thought  there  was  something  sus­
picious  about  that  man,”   said  the 
superintendent.  “ He  isn’t crazy at all. ”

Death  is  about  the  only  sure  cure  for 

lying  that  has  ever  been  discovered.

ALW AYS  A  W INNER!

$35*00 per  M.

H. VAN TONGEREN,  H olland, M ich.

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FOR  SALE.se

The Village of Shelby, Mich., 
offers  for  sale  its  Fire  En­
gine, as good as  new  and  in 
perfect working order.  Cost 
twenty-eight hundred dollars 
and will be sold cheap. 
Reason 
for  selling:  The 
village has  a  perfect system 
of  water  works  and  has  no 
use  for  it.  For  particulars 
address

JOHN  R.  WYLIE,

VILLAGE  PRES’T. 
ZSUISLSLSISLSISLSISLSLSULSULSUII

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PORTRAIT  CALENDARS

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of portrait calendars which we  think supe­
rior in many respects to  the  colored  calen­
dars so long in use, in that the customer who 
hangs  up a calendar with  the  merchant’s 
portrait  thereon  will  think of him and his 
establishment every time  he glances  at the 
calendar.  This  line  of  calendars  is  7x11 
inches in size, printed on heavy 8-ply coated 
litho. cardboard, with portrait of merchant, 
or his clerks, or his  family at  top  of  card 
and  large  monthly  calendar  pads  wire 
stitched to lower  portion  of card,  samples 
of which will cheerfully be sent on applica­
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desired, printed either from engraved plates 
or from type,  wilh  monthly  pad, in  one or 
two colois of ink.
We also have on hand  a large line of fancy 
colored  calendars,  which  we  can  furnish 
on exceptionally  favorable terms.  In  case 
you  conclude to  favor us  with  your  order 
for anything  in the  calendar  line, you  can 
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WEDNESDAY,------ DECEMBER 14,1898.

LET  TH E   DEAD  STAY  DEAD.
The  recent  decision  of the  Supreme 
Court  of  Michigan 
in  the  case  of  the 
People  vs.  Frank  J.  Dettentbaler,  hold­
ing  the  so-called  anti-color  butterine 
law  to  be  unconstitutional  because  it 
lawfully  passed,  brings  up 
was  not 
again 
serious  consideration  the 
question  whether such  laws  are  neces­
sary  for  the  best 
interests  of  the  peo­
ple  of  this  State.

for 

When  butterine—or  oleomargarine,  as 
it  was  first  called— was 
invented  by 
Mouries,  the  French  chemist,  thirty-one 
years  ago.  the  article  was  regarded  by 
some  as  unclean,  unwholesome  and  per­
nicious  to  health,and  by  many  as  an  in­
terloper  in  the  dairy  market.  The  Com­
missioner  of  Internal  Revenue  of  the 
United  States,  in  his  report  for  the  year 
l8g3,  on  page  179  says:

in 

in 

The  most  reliable  writers 

this 
country  on  food  products  and  those  who 
have  given  the  subject  careful  study 
state  that  olenmagarine  carefully  and 
pioperly  prepared  is  a  healthy article  of 
diet  and  a  healthful  substitute  for  but­
ter and  can  be  furnished  at  iess  cost.

this  country  and 

Many  of  the  most  renowned  chem­
ists,  both 
in 
Europe,  have  been  called  as  expert 
witnesses 
in  butterine  cases  and  their 
testimony,  without  exception,  has  been 
that,  as  usually  made  by  manufacturers 
of  good  standing,  it 
is  cleaner,  more 
wholesome  and  more  nutritious  than  or­
dinary  butter.  The  charge  of  unwhole­
someness, 
therefore,  has  now  been 
thoroughly  exploded.

It  must  be  admitted  that  the  article 
is  yet  regarded  by  some as  an  interloper 
in  the  dairy  market.  This  is  due  large­
ly  to  the  active  opposition  of  the 
indi­
viduals  and 
corporations  who  own 
creameries  for  the  making  of  butter, 
and  the  equally  active  but  often  mis 
taken opposition of farmers.  The motive 
of the creamery companies is clear.  They 
are working  in  their  own  interest.  They 
are  working  to  get  rid  of a  disagreeable 
competitor  and  to  get  a  better price  for 
the  article  they  manufacture.  With  the 
farmer,  however,  the  case 
is  different. 
Many  farmers  are  stock  raisers  as  well 
as  buttermakers.  Some  are  neither  the 
one  nor the  other.  It  is  only  the farmers 
who  are  engaged  exclusively  in  butter­
making  who  have  any 
interest  in  ex­
cluding  butterine.  A  prominent  stock 
buyer  recently  said  that  be  could  not 
understand  why  those  farmers  who  were 
largely  engaged  in  stock  raising  should 
not  bitterly  oppose  anti-butterine  laws.

it 

‘ ’ Why,”   said  he,  “ were 

it  not  for 
those  laws  every  fat  steer  which  is  sold 
in  the  market  would  be  worth  from  $io 
to  $15  more  than 
is  to-day.  The 
oleo  oil  produced  fom  the  fat  of  a  sin­
gle  animal  suitable for making butterine 
weighs  from  ioo  to  200  pounds.  Before 
most  of  the  butterine  factories  in  Illi­
nois  shut  down,  this  oleo  was  worth 
from  15  to  20  cents  per  pound.  Now  it 
is  worth  but  5.  Anyone  who  can  add 
two  and  two  can  see  where  the  interest 
of  the  farmer  who  raises  stock  lies.”

The  interest  of  our  entire  State  and 
its  people,  as  a  whole,  should,  however, 
have  far  more  weight  than  the 
interest 
of  any  one  particular  class.  Butter  is  a 
luxury.  During  such  bard  times  as  we 
have  been  passing  through,  with  many 
people  out  of  employment,  we  see  more 
clearly  than  ever  before  that  it  is  not 
every  one  who  can  afford  to  have  butter 
made  from  cream  on  the  table.  Farm­
ers  who  do  not  make  butter  themselves, 
factory  employes  and  other 
laborers, 
and,  in  fact,  many  of  the  people  of 
moderate  means  who  live  in  cities  and 
villages  and  eve»  in  the  country  and 
who  find  it  necessary  to  cut  the  corners 
in  order to  make  both  ends  meet,  like 
to  save  a  few  cents  per  day,  a  few 
dimes  per  week  and  a  few  dollars  per 
year  by  using  butterine  instead  of  but­
ter.  They  know  it  is  clean  and  whole­
some ;  they  know 
its  taste  and  appear­
ance  are  such  that  even  the  State Chem­
ist  of  Michigan  testifies  that  he  could 
not  distinguish  it  from  butter  without 
a  chemical  analysis.  They  know  that 
the  harmless  coloring  matter  which  is 
used  to give  it  a  rich  yellow  tint  is  pre­
cisely  the  same  as  is  used  in  butter  for 
the  same  purpose  and  they  know that all 
legislation  against  this  article  of  food 
diminishes  the  amount  manufactured, 
increases 
is  a  tax  upon 
their own  pocket-books;  that  this means 
smaller  payments  upon  their  contracts 
and  mortgages,  poorer clothes  for  their 
children,  harder  work  for  themselves 
and  less  of  the  conveniences  and  enjoy­
ments  of 
life.  All  the  people  of  our 
State  who  are  so  situated,  and  all  who 
have  kindly  feelings  for  those  who  are 
so  situated,  should  heartily  join  in  op­
posing  any  further  laws  of  this  kind 
in 
Michigan.  Judge  Dillon,  in  his  cele­
brated  work  on  Municipal Corporations, 
in  a  note  in  Sec.  141,  Fourth  Edition, 
referring  to  the  case  of  People  vs. 
Powell  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  United 
States,  said :

its  price  and 

The 

record  of  the  conviction  of 
Powell  for  selling  without  any  decep­
tion  a  nutritious  article  of  food  makes 
one’s  blood  tingle.

it  is  butterine  and  not  butter. 

The  law  which  was  recently  declared 
unconstitutional  by  our  own  Supreme 
Court  pretended  to  be  directed  only  to 
preventing  deception 
in  the  manufac­
ture  and  sale  of  butterine.  Every  one 
knows  that  this  is  mere  pretense;  that 
under  the  Federal  laws  butterine  is  re­
quired  to  be  and  is  carefully  marked ; 
that  prominent  notices  are  placed  in the 
store  where  it  is  sold;  that  people  ask 
it  know­
for  butterine,  buy  it  an*d  use 
ing 
If 
the  members  of  our  State  Legislature 
are  so  fearful  lest  somebody  should  be 
deceived,  why  do  they  not  pass  a  law 
against  silver  plated  spoons  and  forks 
lest  someone  should 
imagine  they  are 
solid  silver  and  buy  them  as  such?  Why 
is  such  a  law  more  necessary  in  regard 
to  butter  than 
the  case  of  cloth? 
Cheap  grades  of  cloth  often  have  the 
same  external  finish  as  high  grades. 
Some  grades  are  so  woven  as  to  look 
like  wool  when  they  are  largely  made 
of  cotton.  Why  not  prohibit  imitation

in 

In 

looks 

like  diamonds. 

is  an  established  market 

leather? 
It  is  well  known  that  paper  or 
pasteboard  may  be  made  to  closely  re­
semble 
leather  and  it  is  quite  possible 
somebody  might  be  deceived  by  the 
is  true  of  brass 
imitation.  The  same 
looks  like  gold  or  paste 
jewelry  which 
which 
this 
case  the  resemblance 
is  not  a  fraud. 
There 
for 
such  articles;  thousands  of  people  can 
not  afford  anything  better.  Even  people 
of  considerable  means  prefer  plated 
spoons  and forks;  responsible merchants 
sell  these  articles  for  what  they  are  and 
low  price  and  the 
at  a  comparatively 
resemblance  to  a  high-priced  article 
is 
a  source  of  satisfaction  to  the  purchas­
er.  Where  the  law  should 
is 
in  punishing  the  merchant  or  dealer 
who  palms  off  a  cheaper  article  for 
something  else.  The  same  rule  prevails 
in  the  case  of  butterine. 
If  a  dealer 
sells  it  when  butter  is  asked  for  and  re­
ceives  the  price  of  butter  for  it,  be 
commits  a  fraud  for  which  he  should 
be  prosecuted.

interfere 

We  have  all  heard  of the English  corp 
laws.  They  were  passed  in  the  interest 
of  the  wealthy  and  titled  land  owner. 
Then,  as  now,  England  did  not  raise 
enough  grain  to  supply  her  own  people. 
The  corn 
law  prohibited  the  importa­
tion  of  foreign  grain.  The  effect,  as 
anticipated  and  desired,  was  to  greatly 
raise  the  price  of  grain.  This  was  a 
benefit  to the  land  owner,  because  it  en­
abled  him  to  get  higher  rent  from  his 
tenants,  but  it  drove  the  laborers  in  the 
cities  and  poor  people  generally  almost 
to  the  point  of  starvation. 
Terrible 
bread  riots,  as  they  were  called,  oc­
curred  in  all  the  large  cities  before  the 
laws  were  finally  abolished.  The  only 
difference  between the English corn laws 
and  the  anti-butterine  law  is  that  the 
former  robbed  the  poor  man of bis bread 
while  the  latter  robs  him  of  his  butter. 
The  fact 
is,  this  kind  of  legislation  is 
getting  to  be  a  back  number.  When 
new  discoveries  are  made,  someone 
is 
always  hurt.  Kerosene  oil  destroyed  the 
business  of  the  tallow  candle  manufac­
turer ;  gas  and  electricity  have cut down 
the  demand  for  kerosene  o il;  sewing 
machines  threw  seamstresses  out  of  em­
ployment ;  reapers  and  mowing  ma­
chines  did  the  same  for  farm  labor; 
steam  and  electric  power  have  made 
havoc  with  the  canal  boat,  the  stage­
coach,  the  demand  for  horses;  and  a 
thousand  other  things  which  existed 
in 
the  early  part  of  this  century.  Certain 
individuals  have  been  temporarily  in­
jured  by  these  inventions,  but,  in course 
of  time,  matters  have  satisfactorily  ad­
justed  themselves  upon  the  new  basis. 
New  avenues  of  employment  have  been 
opened  up.  Things  that  were  regarded 
as  luxuries  have  now  become  common 
conveniences  and  almost  necessities. 
It  no  longer takes  a  month  to  go  back 
to  “ York  State”   to  the  bedside  of  a 
sick  parent.  And  yet  the  people  who 
have  been  temporarily  injured  by  these 
inventions  have  always  raised  a  howl  of 
protest.  Of  all  inventions  those  which 
tend  to  cheapen  the  necessities  of  life, 
which  add  to  the  comfort  of  the  very 
poor,  which  extend  to  a  larger  number 
of  people  the  benefits  of  good  living, 
are  the  most  valuable  to  the  human 
race.  The  discovery  that  a  good,  whole­
some,  nutritious  and  palatable  article 
of  food  could  be  produced  directly  from 
beef  fat  at  materially  less  cost  than  a 
similar  article  bad  been  produced  by 
the  tedious  process  of  milking,  skim­
ming  and  churning  belongs  peculiarly 
to this  highly  beneficial  class  of 
inven­
It  is the
tions. 

It  is  not  an  imitation. 

It 

in 

to  be  made, 
favor. 

same thing  produced  by  a  cheaper  and 
more  scientific  process.  The  law  should 
not  discriminate  against  it,  but,  if  dis­
they 
criminations  are 
is  often 
should  be 
its 
termed  "the  poor  man's  butter.”  
It 
ought  not  to  be  required  to  pay  an  in­
ternal  revenue  tax,  which  merely 
in­
its  price  to  the  poor  man  who 
creases 
uses  it.  Upon  this  question  England, 
with  her  corn  laws  and  a  hundred  other 
similar  experiences  behind  her,  stands 
to-day  upon  a  higher  plane  than  the 
United  States.  With  her  smaller  pop­
ulation  she  consumes  about  225,000,000 
oounds  of  butterine  annually,  while  the 
annual  consumption  in  our  own  country 
is  less  than  70,000,000  pounds.  The 
general  productiveness  of  our  own coun­
try 
is  so  great  that  we  have  not  been 
obliged  to  give  particular  attention  to 
the  production  of  cheaper  food,  but with 
our  immense  cattle  ranges  and facilities 
for  manufacturing  butterine 
if  unham­
pered  by  adverse  laws,  a  great  field  lies 
before  us  not  only  in  the  better  living 
of  the  poor  in  our  midst,  but  also  in  the 
acquisition  of  an  export  trade  in  this 
article  which  will  be  of  great  value  to 
our  people.  As  the  time  has  long  since 
passed  when  it  was  necessary  to  defend 
butterine  against  the  charge  of  un­
wholesomeness,  so  in  the  onward  prog­
ress  of  public  opinion  it  is  now  becom­
ing  a  badge  of  ignorance  or  of  corrup­
tion  for a  member  of  the  Legislature  to 
favor  schemes,  either direct  or  indirect, 
which  aim  at  striking  butterine  from 
the  list  of  the  valuable  food  products  of 
the  world._____________

In  England,  a  provident  merchant, on 
leaving  Manchester  for  a  holiday  with 
bis  family,  placed  a  placard  just  inside 
the  hall  door  couched  in  the  following 
language:  “ To  burglars  or  those  in­
tending  to  burgle:  All  my  plated 
jewelry  and  other  valuables are  in  the 
Safe  Deposit  Company's  vaults.  The 
trunks,  cupboards,  etc.,  contain  nothing 
but  second-hand  clothing  and  similar 
matter  too  bulky  to  remove,  on  which 
you  would  realize  comparatively  little. 
The  keys are  in  the  left-hand top drawer 
of  the  sideboard— if  you  doubt my word. 
You  will  also  find  there  a  check  to 
bearer  for  ¿20,  which  will  remunerate 
you  for  the  loss  of  time  and  disappoint­
ment.  Please wipe  your  feet  on  the  mat, 
and  don’t  spill  any  candle-grease  on 
the  carpets. ’ *

In  London  there 

is  a  woman,  Miss 
Penman,  who  has  control  over  more 
than  500 conductors  in  the  employ  of 
the  London  Tramways  Company.  Miss 
Penman  is  the  only  woman  in  England 
who  occupies  the  very  unique  position 
of  superintendent  of  street  railway  con­
ductors.  She engages all the conductors— 
500  all  told—and the inspectors,  receives 
their  reports  from  day  to  day,  and  su­
perintends  the  numerous  details  apper­
taining  to  the  distribution  of  tickets, 
the  checking  of  the  men’s  daily  returns 
and  the  dismissal  of  men  when  oc­
casion  arises.

It  is  estimated  by  Wisconsin  lumber­
men  that  this  winter's  cut  will  exceed 
former years  by anywhere from  100,000,- 
000 to 150,000,000  feet.  The  wages  that 
will  be  paid  this  winter  for  chopping 
are  placed  at  about $215,000  per  month, 
and  from  2,000 to  3.000  more  men  will 
in  all  probability  be  employed  this  year 
in  the woods about  the  bead  of  the  lakes 
than  last  year.

The  boy  who  bangs  up  bis  stocking 
for  Santa  Claus  is  an  advocate of expan­
sion.

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

9

it 

TH E   ERA  OF  ORGANIZATION.
It  has  Dot  been  long  since  the  country 
was  entertained  by  a  discussion  of  the 
charge  that  the  United  States  Senate 
has  undergone  a  decadence.  There  are 
probably  not  many  students of  the  polit- 
ical  history  of  this  Republic  who  would 
seriously  hesitate  to award  the  palm  of 
intellectual  superiority  to  the  Senate  of 
the  time  of  Clay,  Calhoun  and  Webster 
over  the  Senate  as 
is  today;  but 
quite  as  great  a  majority  would,  no 
doubt,  claim  the  highest  rank  of  all  for 
the  statesmen  who  made  the  Federal 
constitution  and  secured  its  adoption. 
Mr.  Gladstone,  it  is  said,  held  that  the 
minds  of  men generally were more capa- 
able  some  two  or  three  hundred  years 
ago  than  in  his  own  day.  Greene,  the 
eminent  English  historian,  found  the 
Tudors  abler  rulers  than  the  Stuarts, 
and  the  Plantagenets  abler  than 
the 
Tudors. 
It  is  doubtful  whether  recent 
science,  with  all  its  wonderful  advance, 
can  find  anywhere  on  the  long  roll  of  its 
representatives  a  name  so  illustrious  as 
that  of  Newton.  By  universal  admis­
sion  Shakespeare  stands  pre-eminent 
among  men  of  letters.  Coming  now  to 
the  realm  of  philosophy,  what  more  can 
be  said  of  the  greatness  of  any  thinker 
than  this  which  Emerson  says  of  an  an­
cient  Athenian?

“ Burn 
is 
in 

arithmetic, 
language, 

Among  books,  Plato  only  is  entitled 
to  Omar’s  fanatical  compliment  to  the 
the 
Koran,  when  he  said: 
libraries;  for  their  value 
tbis 
book.”   These  sentences  contain  the 
culture  of  nations;  these  are  the  corner­
stone  of  schools;  these are  the  fountain­
head  of  literatures.  A discipline  it  is  in 
taste, 
logic, 
symmetry, 
poetry, 
rhetoric,  ontology, 
morals,  or  practical  wisdom.  There was 
never  such  range  of  speculation.  Out 
of  Plato  came  all  things  that  are  still 
written  and  debated  among  men  ol 
thought.  Great  havoc  makes  he  among 
our originalities.  We  have  reached  the 
mountain  from  which  all  these  drift 
bowlders  were  detached.  *  *  *  Plati 
is  philosophy,  and  philosophy  Plato—at 
once  the  glory  and  the  shame  of  man 
kind,  since  neither  Saxon  nor  Roman 
have  availed  to  add  any  idea  to  bis  cat­
egories.  No  wife,  no  children,  had  be, 
and  the  thinkers  of all  civilized  nations 
are  his  posterity,  and  are  tinged  with 
his  mind.

On  the  other  hand,  the  spectacle  of 
modern  civilization  presents  so  manv 
splendid  and  beautiful  illustrations  of 
the  power  of  mind  over  matter  and 
seemingly  untoward  circumstance  that 
one  can  hardly  wonder  if  a comfortable, 
well-to-do  citizen,  in  his  own  beauti­
fully-furnished  house,  taking  a  meal 
composed  of  edibles  which  commerce 
has  brought  to  bis  door  from  the  four 
quarters  of  the  earth,  and  reading  the 
while  in  his  morning  paper  the  news  of 
yesterday  and  of  the  greater  part  of 
last  night,  should  smile  with  an  air of 
incredulity  at  the 
more  or  less  polite 
suggestion 
that  be  was  born  some 
twenty  three  centuries  too  late  to  seethe 
world  at 
its  best,  or  too  late,  at  all 
events,  to  enjoy  the  most  intellectual 
society  the  world  has  ever  known.  But 
can  this  comfortable  and  complacent 
citizen  of  the  Nineteenth  Century  meet 
and  refute  the  distinguished  opinions 
just  cited  in  this  article  in  support  of 
the  superiority,  in  some 
important  re­
spects,  of  several  different  eras  of  the 
past  to  the  present  by a mere reference 
to  the  material 
triumphs,  the  un­
paralleled  fruitfulness  of  the application 
of  physical  science  to  the practical  arts, 
in  his  own  time?  Certainly  the  present 
has  its  own  points  of  superiority.  To 
the  superficial  observer  these  are  most 
evident 
its  labor-saving  and  time­
saving  machinery  and  in  its  organiza­

in 

tion  both  of  public  and  private busi­
ness. 
If  the  critic  objects  that  all  these 
things  belong  especially  to a civilization 
devoted  to  physical  comfort  and  mate­
rial  wealth,  and  that  they  afford  no 
proof  of  a  higher  culture,  it  may  be 
very  properly  replied  that  no  previous 
age  was  ever  more  occupied  with  phil­
anthropic  enterprises,  and  that  that 
genius  which  has been  so  unmistakably 
exhibited 
in  the  organization  of  busi­
ness 
in  the  latter  half  of  this  century 
has  been  at  the  same  time  as  conspic­
uously  illustrated  in  the  organization  of 
charity.

If 

it  be  added,  in  the  same  behalf, 
that different  ages,  like  different  indi­
viduals,  have  their  special  talents  and 
develop 
in  different  directions,  to  an­
cient  Greece  may  be  awarded  the  first 
place,  perhaps,  in  philosophy,  in  cer­
tain  forms  of  literature,  in sculpture and 
in  architecture.  Italy  in  the  renaissance 
witnessed  a  new  development 
in  those 
arts  and  an  advance  in  painting  which 
probably  went  far  beyond  anything  ever 
achieved  anywhere  in  the ancient world. 
Under  a  nearly  simultaneous 
impulse 
dramatic  composition  reached  its  high­
est  mark  in  England.  Music,  par  ex­
cellence  the  art  of  the'modern  world, 
aas  been  furnished  with  a  capital,  suc­
cessively,  by  Italy,  France  and  Ger­
many ;  but  its  domain  is  as  wide  as  the 
whole  expanse  of  modern  civilization, 
and  it  is  equally  at  home  in  the  stately 
mansions  of  the  rich  and  in  the  simple 
cottages  of  the  poor.  Again,  in  the  pur­
suit  of  the  physical  sciences  the  most 
highly-cultivated  nations  of  the  ancient 
world  had  hardly  advanced  a  step  be­
yond  a  narrow  field  of  unconnected  ob­
servation and vague conjecture.  Europe, 
even  in  those  later  centuries  which  Mr. 
Gladstone 
intellectually 
superior  to  the  present,  had  advanced 
but  little  further,  and  the  distance  from 
Aristotle  to  Bacon—measured  by  any 
standard of actual scientific attainment— 
is  not  so great as  the  distance  from  Ba­
con  to  any  representative  scientist  of 
the  present  day.  Moreover,  this  modern 
science 
is  not  exclusively  devoted  to 
utilitarian  purposes,  and  does  not  nec­
essarily 
inspire  a  heartless,  hopeless, 
materialistic  philosophy,  but  it  has  so 
brought to  light  the  unity  of  nature  and 
the  universality  of  law  that  now,  more 
clearly  than  ever  before,  all  creation 
is 
seen  to  be  one  consistent  whole—some­
thing  with  no  unrelated  parts.

regarded  as 

is  not  unusual. 

At  this  point,  however,  the  argument 
shifts  again.  The  opinions  quoted  at 
the  outset  in  this  article  may  be  re­
garded  as  tending  to  support  the  view 
of  those  who  hold  that  modern  condi­
tions  are  not  favorable  to  the  develop­
ment  of  individual  genius of the highest 
order,  rather  than  any  contention  that 
the  total  intellectual  power of  the  civ­
ilized  world 
is  less  to-day  than  it  was 
in  any  other  century,  or  bygone  era  of 
Indeed,  the  criticism 
whatever  length. 
thus  modified 
is 
often  said  that,  while,  in  respect  to 
learning  and  ability, 
“ the  general 
level”   is  high  in  the  present  age,  the 
number of  those  who  attain  a command­
ing  eminence  is  comparatively  small. 
Various  explanations  might  be  offered 
for  this  fact,  if  one  may  call  it  a  fact, 
and  the  real  reason  is  not,  perhaps,  the 
same  in  every  department of intellectual 
It 
endeavor. 
is  easy  enough,  for  ex­
ample,  to 
indicate  the  causes  which 
have established  the  reign  of mediocrity 
in  politics.  But  there  is,  perhaps,  some 
more  prevalent cause,  some  explanation 
that 
is  susceptible  of  a  wider  applica­
tion  than  that  which  accounts  for  the

It 

suppression  of  genius  and  learning  in | 
the  sphere  of  government. 
It  has  been 
already  remarked  that  the  present  age 
has  developed  an  unparalleled  capacity 
for  organization— political, 
industrial 
and commercial organization.  In no other 
age  have  men  so  highly  appreciated  the 
power  of  associated  effort.  Two  men 
working  together  can  accomplish  more 
than  twice  as  much  as  one.  Associated 
effort 
is  attended  not  only  by  an  in­
crease  of  power,  but  also  by  a  relatively 
diminished  expenditure.  Three  or  four 
small  companies  united 
in  one  need 
only  one  general  staff,  and  the  cost  of 
advertising  is  no  greater  for  the  combi­
nation  than 
it  formerly  was  for  one  of 
the  single  companies  which  have  gone 
into  it.  Individual  capitalists  have  dis­
covered 
in  this  expedient  an  escape 
from  the  risk  and  confusion  incident  to 
competition.  The  plan  works  so  well, 
indeed, 
that  legislation  of  the  most 
stringent  sort  has  been  so  far  unable  to 
check  the  formation  of  combinations 
” in  restraint  of  trade.”   But individual 
ism  pays  for  all  this  saving  and  in­
crease.  The  small  trader  is  driven  out 
of  the  market,  and  he  becomes  a  part 
of  a  machine.  And  this  is  the  general 
tendency.  Let  it  be  granted  that  these 
giant  combinations  pay  fair  wages;  for 
the  sake  of  argument,  let it  be  admitted 
that  no  more  men  are  thrown  out  of  em­
ployment  under  the  new  system  than 
were  thrown  out 
in  the  old;  still  the 
common  effect  is  to  crush  out  individ­
uality  and 
independence.  Extend  the 
operation  of  this  rule  to  other  spheres 
of  life,  note  its  reaction  upon  character 
everywhere,  and  you  will  have,  per­
haps,  at  least  a  partial  explanation  for 
the  comparatively 
infrequent  appear­
ance  of  great  men  in  the  present  age.

Recently  an  eminent  physician  gave 
utterance  to  the  opinion  that  append 
is  more  common  in  this  countrs 
icitis 
than 
in  others  because  of  the  Yankee 
custom  that  men  have—and  men  a  e 
more  frequently  sufferers  from  the  dis 
ease  than  women—of  habitually  sittirg 
with  one  leg  thrown  over  the  other. 
This  habit,  the  physician  was  quoted 
as  saying,  restricts  the  action  of  the 
digestive  apparatus,  and  especially  of 
the  lower  intestine,  and  causes  stagna­
tion  of  the  contents  and  the  stretching 
open  of  the  vermiform  appendix,  mak­
ing  it  possible  for  obstructions  to  reach 
the  latter,  and  thus  giving  rise  to  ap­
pendicitis  There is  no  other  disease,  if 
we  may  judge  from  the  attention  given 
to  it  by  current  publications,  in  whirb 
the  general  public  takes  so  much  in­
terest  in  as  this  one,  which  is  compar­
atively  new  to  medical practice.  Prob­
ably  much  of  the  popular  interest is  due 
to  the  fact  that  only  within  a  few  years 
what  may  be  called  the  literature  of  ap­
pendicitis  has  reached  the  reading com­
munity.

it,  and  always  printed 

As  long  ago  as  the  Harrison  adminis­
tration  the  Board  of  Geographic  Names 
decided  that  “ Puerto  Rico”   was  the 
proper  spelling  of  the  name  of  the  is­
land,  but 
the  Government  printing 
office  never  learned  of  the  decision,  or 
disregarded 
it 
"Porto  Rico  ”   General  Miles  made 
in  his  report,  and  when  it 
it  Puerto 
came  back  Porto 
in  the  proofs  he 
it  to  Puerto.  Again  it  came 
changed 
in  the  revised  proofs,  but 
back  Porto 
the  General 
insisted  on  Puerto.  The 
Postoffice  Department  spells  it  Porto,  as 
do  most  of  the  newspapers  of  the  coun­
try.  The  Board  of  Geographic  Names 
makes  the  name  of  the  Cuban  capital 
‘ ‘ Habana. ’ '

COPPER  SPECULATION.

There  are  about  twenty  copper  com­
panies  whose  shares  form  the  basis  for 
speculation,  these  having  a  capital  in 
the  aggregate  of  less  than  $18,000,000. 
The  market  value  of  these  shares,  judg­
ing  by  stock  quotations,  is  not  far  from 
$175,000,000.  This  last  sum  represents 
enormous  gains  that  have  been  made 
witbiD  the  last  twelve  months—gains 
amounting  in  the  aggregate  to  $30,000,- 
000 or  $40,000,000.

To  go  back  a  few  years,  the  market 
value  of  the  copper  stocks  in  1891  was 
about  $50,000,000,  hence  it  may  be  said 
that  in  the  last  seven  years  these  values 
have  advanced  by  more  than  200  per 
cent.  This  advance  has  been  made  in 
spite  of  the  fact  that  for  the 
last  three 
years  only  about  eight  have  paid  any 
dividends.  It  is  hoped  that  the  rest  will 
thus  pleasingly  recompense  their  share­
holders,  but  there  is  as  yet  no  positive 
assurance  that  such  will  be  the  case. 
The  price  of  copper  is  tolerably  high, 
say  13  cents  a  pound,  and  its  tendency 
appears  to  be  rather  upward  than  down­
ward.  But 
its  price  has  beeD  higher 
within  the  last  few  years  than  it is at the 
present  time,  and  yet  with  this  ad­
vanced  price  a  good  many  copper  com­
panies  that  are  now  selling  as  future 
dividend  payers  did  not  earn  enough 
money  to  meet  their  expenses  and  leave 
a  surplus over  for  division  among  their 
shareholders.

There  is  a  hope,  however,  that  they 
will  do  so  in  the  future,  and  upon  this 
the speculative value of  the stock  rests,  a 
bope  which  has  this  much  of  fact  to 
base  upon,  that  the  expenses  of  mining 
are  possibly  relatively 
less  than  they 
were  years  ago,  and,  furthermore,  in 
view  of  the  enormous  use  found  for cop­
per,  it  does  not  seem  to  be  now  pos­
sible,  as  it  once  was,  to  easily  depress 
the  market  by  throwing  upon  it  a  con­
siderable  extra  quantity  of  metal.  Still, 
an  advance  such  as  that  which has taken 
place 
is  not  one  of 
sufficient  firmness  to  be  confidently  de­
pended  upon,  and  hence  those  who 
in­
dulge 
copper  share  speculations 
should  constantly  bear  in  mind  that they 
are,  in  many  instances,  skating over ex­
ceedingly  thin  ice.

in  copper  shares 

in 

The  American  merchant  flag  as  well 
as  the  war  flag  promises  to ride supreme 
in  the  Pacific.  Before  the  war  began, 
and  before  we  gained  a  foothold  in  the 
Philippines,  our  mercantile  marine  in 
the  great  Western  sea  was  stronger,  rel 
atively,  than  in  the  Atlantic.  It  is  to  be 
increased  now  by  the  two  largest  steam­
ships  which  have  'ever  floated  on  Pa­
cific  waters.  They  are  to  be  built  for 
the  Pacific  Mail  Line,  several  of  whose 
vessels  are  now 
in  the  service  of  the 
Government.  American  commerce  will 
soon 
justify  this  outlay,  and  Admiral 
Dewey’s  guns  and  men  will  provide  all 
the  protection  that  is  needed.

It  is  said  that  if  the  Canadian  author­
ities  oblige  the  power  company  to  de­
velop  power  on  that  side  of  the  falls, 
and  there  is  no  call  for  it  there,  it  will 
be  cabled  across  to  this  side.  As  this 
form  of  energy  has  been  declared  to  be 
"raw  material"  it  can  be  brought to  the 
United  States  free  of  duty.

The  progressive  citizen  is  a  force that 
pushes  things  along.  The  mossback  is 
a  brake  that  is  applied  to  the  wagon 
wheels  when  progress 
is  trying  to  roll 
the  carriage  up  a  hill.

A  man  loaded  with  worthless opinions 
feels  that  be  is  called  upon  to  give them 
to the  public.

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

Fruits and  Produce.
How  Sugar  Beets  are  Grown,  Har­

vested  and  Turned  Into Sugar.

In  growing  sugar  beets  to  supply  a 
sugar  factory  the  farmer  strives  to  raise 
beets  containing  as  few  impurities  and 
as  large  a  percentage  of  sugar  as  pos­
sible.  These  qualities  depend  largely 
on  the  physical  properties  of  the  soil, 
moisture  and  temperature  during  the 
growing  season,  which  is  confined  prin­
cipally  to  the  months  of  June,  July*  and 
August.  As  to  temperature  for  raising 
beets,  70  degrees  F.  is  the  standard. 
The  sugar  beet  requires  less  moisture 
than  do  other  farm  products, for  it  sends 
its  tap-root  down  as  far  as  twelve or 
thirteen  feet 
into  the  soil.  Owing  to 
this  peculiarity  sugar  beets  can  be 
raised  successfully  in  some  parts  of  the 
country  without  rain  or  irrigation;  this 
is  the  case  with  nearly  all  beets  grown 
in  California,  where  the  soil  is  moist. 
The  roots  can  also  be grown  bv 
irriga­
tion 
in  the  arid  regions  of  Colorado, 
Utah,  Montana  and  other  states.

Rents  paid  for  land  devoted to raising 
locality. 
sugar  beets  vary  according  to 
Some  owners  receive  from  $5  to  $7  cash 
per acre. 
In  California  and  New  Mex­
ico  the  price  ranges  from  $8  to  $20,  and 
sometimes  an  agreement  is  made  to  pay 
a  portion  of  the  crop  as  rent,  say  one- 
fifth  or  one  quarter  of the  crop.  The 
presence  of  a  sugar  beet  factory  in  a 
district  enhances  the  value  of  the  land, 
and  as  a  rule  higher  rent  is  paid  for 
land  devoted  to  sugar  beet  culture  than 
if  the  same  acreage  were  to  be  used  for 
ordinary  farming  purposes.  W.  C.  Wat­
ers,  manager of  the  Watsonville  factory, 
in  Santa  Cruz  county,  Cal.,  says  that 
rents  there  vary  from  $8  to $20 per  acre, 
and  that  the  factory  at  Watsonville  has 
10,000  acres,  averaging  $10.50.  Mr 
Waters  further  states  that  ‘ ‘ sugar  beets 
double  the  price  of  rents.”

Special  implements  or  drills  are  used 
for  sowing  sugar  beet  seed.  The  plant­
ing,  cultivating  and  harvesting  imple­
ments  are  known  as  a 
‘ ‘ full  set  of 
tools,”   and  marked  improvements  have 
been  made  in  these  in  the  last  few years 
over  the  old  styles  used  in  Europe. 
Some  of  the 
implements  have  special 
arrangements for sowing seeds in  ridges, 
and  others  for  planting  them  on  level 
ground—the  latter  being  the  usual  cus­
tom  in  the  United  States.  From  fifteen 
to  twenty  pounds  of  seed 
is  planted  to 
the  acre,  in  rows  fourteen  to  eighteen 
inches  apart,  and  the  plants  stand  six 
to  eight  inches  apart  in  the  rows.  Some 
soils  require  closer  planting.

At  the  proper time,  before  the  plants 
are  too  far  advanced,  the  process  of 
“ bunching”   takes  place,  which  consists 
in  cutting  out  superfluous  plants,  leav 
ing  bunches  at 
intervals  of  six  to  ten 
inches.  Then  comes  the  thinning  proc­
ess,  which  is  the  most  laborious  task  in 
raising  sugar  beets.  All  but  the  most 
thrifty  plant  in  each  bunch  are  by  this 
process  pulled  out,  in  order  that  the  re­
maining 
root  may  receive  the  full 
strength  of the  soil.

The  utmost  care  has  to  be  exercised 
in  cultivating sugar  beets.  The  time  of 
harvesting 
is  governed  by  the  time  of 
the  ripening  of  the  beets,  which  is  in­
dicated  by  the 
leaves  turning  yellow. 
If  at  this  stage  there  is  danger  of  ex­
cessive  rain,  the  beets  have  to  be  har­
vested  and  placed  in  “ silos”   to  prevent 
their  putting  forth  new 
leaves  and 
growing  larger.  Without  this  precaution 
whole  crops  have  been  rendered  unfit 
for  the  factory.

In  rainy 

localities  beets  are  hauled 
immediately  to  the  factory,  but  if  this 
can  not  be  done,  they  are  placed  in 
long  piles,  about  three  feet  wide  and 
three  or  four  feet  high,  tapering  at  the 
top.  The  piles  are  then  covered  with 
inches  deep,  occasional  open­
dirt  six 
ings  being 
in  the  top  of  the  piles 
for  ventilation,  to  prevent  fermentation. 
This  process 
is  called  “ siloing”   and 
the  piles  are  known  as  “ silos.”   Beets 
preserved  in  this  way  keep  in  good con­
dition  for  several  months,  thus  enabling 
the  factories  to  be  run  long  after  the 
harvest  season  in  September  or October.
In  harvesting  sugar  beets  a  special 
is  used  that  breaks  the  beet  from

plow 

left 

It 

in  a 

the  tap-root  The  beet  is  then  lifted 
from  its  bed  by  band  and  subjected  to 
the  “ topping”   process,  which  consists 
in  cutting  off  the  top  where  it  has  pro­
jected  above  ground.  Most  factories 
have  arrangements  for quickly  handling 
the  beets.

The  process  of  extracting  sugar  from 
the  beets 
is  quite  complicated.  The 
roots  are  thrown  into  hoppers,  through 
the  bottom  of  which  they  are  fed  into 
flumes,  and  there  thoroughly  cleansed 
with  water.  A  big  wheel  scoops  the 
beets  from  the  flume  into  a  washer,  and 
then  shredding  machines  cut  the  roots 
shreds,  known  as  “ cassettes,”  
into 
about 
the  size  of  the  old-fashioned 
noodle.  The  shreds  are  weighed,  and 
then  placed 
juice  extractor;  the 
juice  is  mixed  with  lime,  to  precipitate 
impurities,  boiled  and  strained.  The 
evaporators,  the  “ strike  pan”   (where 
the  syrup 
is  again  boiled),  whirling 
copper  pans  to turn  the  thick  mass  into 
crystal  sugar  and  the  dryer  complete 
the  process.

industry 

After the  juice  is  extracted  from  the 
beet  there  remains  a  pulp  which  is  use 
It  is  used  ex­
ful  as  food  for  animals. 
tensively  for  this  purpose 
in  Europe 
and  is  becoming  more  and  more  popu­
lar  in  this  country. 
is  said  to  be 
good  for cattle,  sheep and dairy feeding, 
and  a  number  of  dairies  have  been 
started 
the  beet 
sugar 
in  the  United  States. 
This  pulp  has  remarkable  keeping 
properties.  In  a  single  instance a  quan­
tity 
in  an  open  field  was  found  to 
be  good  at  the  end  of  three  years.  The 
pulp  brings  from  10  to  50 cents  a  ton, 
according  to  the  demand.  Some  facto­
ries  have given  it  away  to  introduce  its 
good  qualities.

in  connection  with 

impurities. 

Another  by  product  of  the  sugar  beet 
is  molasses  The  amount  of  this  de­
pends  on  the  purity  of  the  beet  and  the 
process  employed  to  extract  the  sugar. 
is  not  fit  for  domestic  use,  since  it 
It 
contains  many 
Experi­
ments  are  being  made  to  reduce  the res­
idue  of  molasses,  or  to  turn  it  to  ac­
count,  and  thus  lessen  the  cost  of  pro­
duction  by  recovering instead of wasting 
sugar  contained  in  this  molasses. 
It  is 
claimed  that  a  process  in  which  alcohol 
is  used  would 
the 
loss,  but  to  make  this  method  profitable 
the  alcohol  would  have  to  be  recovered 
by  distillation,  so  as  to  be  used  repeat­
edly.  But  the 
laws 
prevent  this  distillation,  and  factories 
could  not  afford  to  become distillers and 
pay  the  required  license.
Growing  Fancy  Pineapples  in  Florida. 
From the New  York Commercial.

largely  eliminate 

internal  revenue 

left 

While  Florida  is  not  the  natural home 
of  the  pineapple 
its  culture  there  has 
been  brought  to  the  greatest  develop­
ment. 
It  is  one  of  the  few  fruits  which 
have  been  improved  by  intense  cultiva­
tion,  a  process  which  usually 
increases 
size  at  the  expense  of  flavor.

The  only  certain  method  of  producing 
pineapples  is  to  shed  the  fields,  that  is, 
convert  the pineries into immense green­
houses,  which  prevent  the  temperature 
falling  below  a  given  point. 
Large 
corporations  are  doing  this  successfully 
and  producing  fancy  fruit  which  sells 
at  extremely  high  prices.  The  pineries 
at  Orlando  are  the  best  known  to  North­
ern  markets,  and  from  them  comes  the 
finest  fruit  grown.  There  are  some plan­
tations  in  the  Bahamas  which  produce 
nearly  as  satisfactory  pines,  but  they 
are  not  as  large  and  the flavor  is  hardly 
as  good.

The  principal  varieties  are  the  red, 
the  Abbaka  and  the  smooth  Cayenne. 
All  are  excellent  fruit,  but  the  latter 
is 
the  best  representative  of  the  genus 
grown.  Specimens  have  been  sent  to 
this  city  fifteen  to  sixteen  inches  high, 
not  counting  the  tuft  of  leaves  at  the 
top,  and  fully  six  inches 
in  diameter. 
The  finest  and  ripest  bring  as  high  as 
S i.50  each  sometimes,  and  75c@$i  by 
the  case  of  eleven  or twelve.  They  are 
a  firm  and  very  highly  flavored  fruit.

Where  the  wages  of  sin  is  death, 

there  is  no  striking  for  an  increase.

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

ALFRED  J.  BROWN  SEED  CO.

24  and  26  North  Division  Street,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

HARVEY  P.  MILLER.

FRUITS,  NUTS,  PRODUCE

APPLES AND  POTATOES WANTED

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WHOLESALE BROKERAGE AND COMMISSION.

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Honey,  Fresh Eggs, Wood.  If 
you have any of the above to offer, write

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Apples,  Celery,  Spanish  Onions,
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Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

Potatoes,  Beans, All Kinds Field  Seeds

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

The good  die  young;  the  bad  always 

outlive  their  usefulness.

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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Inattention  an  Inexcusable  Fault  in  a 

Salesperson.

Written for the T radesman.

A  gentleman  suffering  from  a  serious 
malady  was  induced  by  a  friend  to  con­
sult  an  eminent  specialist,  Dr.  H.  On 
meeting  him  afterward  the  friend  en­
quired  as  to  his  health  and  the  success 
of  the  treatment  and  added,  “ What  did 
you  think  of  Dr.  H. ?”

“ What 

The  patient  replied that  the  treatment 
seemed  very  beneficial. 
im­
pressed  me  in  Dr.  H .,’ ’  he  continued, 
“ as  superior  to  most  physicians  I  have 
known  was  the  perfect  attention  he 
gave  me. 
It  was  a  busy  day  with  him 
when  I  first  went  to his  office—I  bad  to 
wait  my  turn  and  there  were  others 
waiting  when  I  came  away—but  he  did 
not  hurry  me. 
If  he  had  been  recently 
graduated  and  I  bad  been his anxiously- 
expected  first  patient  be  could  not  have 
seemed  more  interested  in  my  case.  He 
listened  to all  I bad  to  say  and  enquired 
carefully  about  every  symptom—there 
was  no  air  of  ‘ I wish  you’d  get through 
so  I  can  attend  to  those  other  people.’ 
And  the  next  time  I  went  he  remem­
bered  all  I  had  told  him.  This  was,  to 
say  the  least,  very  pleasant. 
It  seems 
to  me  that  one  secret  of  Dr.  H. ’s  suc­
cess  is  the  careful,  unhurried  attention 
be  gives  his  patients.’ ’

In  the  business  of  selling  goods  it 
pays  to  give  the  customer  undivided 
attention.  Not  only  should  there  be  no 
baste 
in  bringing  the  buyer  to  a  deci­
sion,  but  be  should  not  be  allowed  to 
get  the 
impression  that  the  salesman 
would  a  little  prefer  doing  something 
else 
just  then  to  showing  him  goods. 
On  the  contrary,  let  him  be  made  to 
feel  that  there  is  nothing  in  the  world 
so  satisfactory  as  attending  to  his  par­
ticular  wants.

It 

liable: 

Indifference  is  a  sad  shortcoming 

in 
any  salesperson. 
It  is  the  besetting  sin 
of  boy  clerks,  girls  working  for  low 
wages,  and  the  inefficient  and  incapable 
generally.  But  there 
is  also  a  failing 
to  which  the  capable  and  responsible 
are  especially 
is  a  sort  of 
abstraction  of  mind,  a little  lack  of  per­
fect  attention  to  the  customer.  The 
proprietor  himself  is  perhaps  as  apt  as 
anyone  to  fall  into  this  habit.  He has 
a  great  many  things  on  his  mind.  Some 
important  question  must  be  decided 
in 
a  few  hours,  perhaps  in  a  few moments. 
But 
is  best  to  put  all  such  things 
aside  for  the  time  being,  otherwise  the 
merchant’s  mind  will  wander  off  to 
these  matters  and  now  and  then  a  re­
mark  of  the  customer  will  fall  upon  un­
heeding  ears.  The  purchases  are  then 
likely  to  be  completed  rather  hastily 
and  some  of  the  less  important  articles 
omitted.  The  customer  leaves.  There 
has  been  no  real  rudeness  and  perhaps 
be  does  not  feel  that  he  has  any  cause 
for  complaint,  yet  he  does  not  carry 
away  the  pleasant  feeling  that  be  would 
if  the  merchant's  wits  bad  not  been 
woolgathering.

it 

It 

is  highly  desirable  to  be  able  to 
greet  the  customer  by  name  when  he 
if  his tastes  and  peculiar­
enters ;  also 
ities  as  manifested 
in  previous  pur­
it  shows  that 
chases  are  remembered 
in­
some  interest  has  been  taken  in  bis 
dividual  case.  Then 
if  attention 
is 
only  given  to  what  he  says I  There  is 
no  more  subtle  flattery than appreciative 
listening,  where  no  remark  or  tone  or 
gesture  passes  unnoticed;  yet  it  is  so 
delicate  that  it  never  offends,  as  do the 
more  fulsome  forms  of  adulation.

It 

is  really  a  compliment  to a  store 
whenever a  customer  enters. 
It  is  vir­
tually  saying  that  the  stock  is  in  some

way  superior  to  that  offered  by  compet­
ing establishments,  or the  service better, 
or the  prices  are  lower. 
It  is  only  fair 
to  return  the  compliment  by  giving  the 
customer  the  best  possible  treatment.
Qu il l o .

Growing  Oranges  in  Louisiana. 

From the New Orleans Picayune.

A  branch  of  agriculture  which 

is 
claiming  much  attention  from  the  farm­
ers  and  ethers 
in  St.  Bernard,  and 
which  promises  to  reach  a  state  of  high 
development 
in  the  next  few  years,  is 
orange  culture.  Heretofore orange  grow­
ing  was  scarcely  prosecuted  by  the  till­
ers  of  the  soil,  whose  time  was  entirely 
taken  up  with  the  cultivation  of  other 
farm  products,  but  some  of  the  large 
planters  and  property  holders,  while  at­
tending  to  their  business  occupations, 
raised  orange  orchards,  mostly  for  their 
private  use.  Here  and  there  an  orange 
grower  would  be  found  who  would  dis­
pose  of  his  crop  to  the  wholesale  or  re­
tail  dealer,  when 
the  market  price 
tempted  him.

But  the  snowstorm  of  February,  1895, 
sounded  the  death  knell  of  the  orange 
trees,  which  represented  years  of  care­
ful  nursing  and  unsparing  labor.  Only 
one  orchard  survived  the  severe weather 
of  that  year,  but  not  without  damage, 
and  this  vear 
it  presents  one  of  the 
most  beautiful  scenes  cne  could  wish  to 
see.  Since  the  storm  and  up  to  a  few 
months  ago,  orange  growing  in  the  par­
ish  was  on  the  wane,  everybody  regard­
ing  it as an  uncertain and  hazardous  un­
dertaking,  whose  fate  would  be  again 
settled  by  the  first  severe  cold  weather 
like  that  of  ’95.
Yet,  several  farmers,  learning  of  new 
budding  stock,  ventured  to  raise  orange 
trees  immediately  after that  memorable 
storm,  and  to-day  they  boast  of  small 
in  their  primitive 
orchards,  although 
state. 
is  evident  that  the  success 
achieved  by  these  venturesome  farmers 
is  responsible  for  the  renewed 
interest 
now  shown  in  orange  raising  throughout 
the  parish,  and  the  fact  that  many  are 
preparing  to  lay  out  voung  trees  by  the 
thousands  is  proof  sufficient  that  the  in­
dustry  is  being  revived  and  is  destined 
to  become  an 
important  factor  in  the 
agricultural  resources  of  St.  Bernard.

It 

The  established  merit  of  the  trifoliate 
as  a  budding  stock  is  being  recognized 
by  the  orange  growers,  for  those  who 
have  experimented  with  it  pronounce 
it  a  success  and  superior to other stocks, 
in  that  it  can  endure  cold  more  readily 
and  without  evil  effects.  This virtue  of 
the  trifoliate 
is  a  most  valuable  one, 
and  will  encourage  farmers  to  raise  or­
ange  orchards  in  conjunction  with  other 
crops.  Expert  growers  say  that  trees 
budded  on  trifoliate  stock  do  not  grow 
as  tall  or as  large  as  those  budded  on 
other  stock,  but  what  is  lost 
in  height 
and  width 
is  gained  in  the  number  of 
trees  that  can  be  planted  in  one  acre. 
Then  the  picking  is  facilitated  by  the 
small  size  of  the  trees.  Farmers  have 
importance  and  necessity 
learned  the 
of  diversifying  their  crops 
in  recent 
years,  and  now  that  they  find  they  can 
plant  orange  trees  without  great  risk, 
it  is  not  surprising  to see  them  branch 
out 
in  orange  growing,  which  will 
bring  them  sure  and  good revenues after 
very  few  years.

A  Wide  Acquaintance.

“ That  old  pagan  precept,  ‘ Know  thy­
self,’  ’ ’  said  the  shoe  clerk  boarder,  “ is 
not  half  bad,  as  a  bit  of  advice. ’ ’

“ Especially  for a  fat  man,’ ’  said  the 

Cheeriul  Idiot.

than  a  thin?’ ’

“ And  why  for  a  fat  man  any  more 

“ It  gives  him  a  wide acquaintance. ’ ’

Canadian  Holiday  Excursion.

On  Dec.  16,  17 and  18  the  Michigan 
Central  will  sell  excursion  tickets  to 
nearly  all  points  in  Canada  at  one  fare 
for  the  round  trip.  Good  to  return, 
leaving  destination  not  later  than  Jan­
uary  7,  1899. 

W.  C.  Bla k e,

City  Ticket  Agent.

The  roan  who  parts  from  the  right 

reasonably  sure  to get  left.

is 

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D R IED   AND  EVAPO R ATED   A P PL E S
BO TH   ’97  AND  ’98  STOCK.

N.  WOHLFELDER  &  CO..

W H O LE S A LE   G R O C E R S

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the  best.

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They

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G O THA M   GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis—Index  to 

Special Correspondence.

the  Market.

New  York,  Dec.  10—The  markets 
here  afe  all  active  in  a  retail  way,  and 
to  see  the  struggle  to  get  near  the  bar­
is  enough  to  strike  terror 
gain  counter 
to  the  stoutest  heart.  Jobbers 
in  some 
cases  report  that  they  are  working  over­
time almost  every  night  and the demand 
comes  from  all  sections.
In  the  coffee  market  about  the  only 
words  which  describe  the  situation  are 
quiet,  but  with  steady  prices.  The  con­
dition  of  affairs  is  not  especially  grati­
fying  to  distributors,  nor  do  they  see 
that  the  future  offers  any  relief.  Orders, 
both  from  city  and  out-of-town  dealers, 
are  of  a  character  indicating  that  only 
sufficient  purchases  are  being  made  to 
tide  the  buvers  over  from  day  to  day. 
Holders,  however,  display  no  special 
anxiety  to  make  sales  and  positively  re 
fuse  to  make  any  concession. 
Invoice 
trading,  as  well  as  that  on  the  street, 
has  been  quiet.  Rio  No.  7  is  worth 
6f§c. 
In  store  and  afloat  there  are 
1,066.027  bags,  against  1,027,910 bags at 
the  same  time 
last  year.  For  mild 
grades 
is  of  the  most 
limited  character,  all  bands  seemingly 
having  agreed  to  wait  until  the  turn  ot 
the  year  before  doing  any  business. 
Good  Cucuta  coffee  is  worth 8}4c.  East 
India  growths  are  dull.  Padang,  24^© 
26^@28@32c, 
fancy. 
Mocha,  !7>£@2ic.

the  enquiry 

latter 

the 

for 

At  the  moment  the  tea  market  has 
been  galvanized 
into  some  semblance 
of  activity.  Some  very  good  orders have 
come  to  band  and  values  have  been 
fairly  well  maintained.  No  single  sale 
of  large  quantity  was  reported,  but  they 
came  with  satisfactory  frequency. 
In­
voice  trading 
is  dull;  in  fact,  nothing 
is  doing.

The  week  has  passed  with  hardly  a 
ripple  of  excitement  relating  to  the 
sugar  war.  The  demand  has  been  slow 
for  refined,  both  with  refiners  and 
job­
bers.  The  latter  are  striving  to  reduce 
stocks  as  much  as  may  be  and  there 
seems  no 
immediate  prospect  of  any 
advance;  in  fact,  nearly  all  soft  grades 
have  been  shaded  at  least  i -i6c.  Gran­
ulated  is  listed  at  5%c.

The  rice market  is firm.  Fancy grades 
have  been  mostly  sought  for  and  are 
closely  sold  up,  full  values  being  re­
ported  all  around.  Grades  other  than 
choice  are  not  moving  with  the  same 
degree  of  freedom  and  there  is  room  for 
improvement,  but  the  situation  is  not  at 
all  discouraging  for  the  holders.  Stocks 
are  not  large.  Foreign  rice 
is  in  fair 
request  at  full  figures.  It  is  a  good  time 
to  buy,  if  signs  count'for  anything. 
Prime  to  choice  domestic  rice  is  worth 
5%@6}4c;  head  rice,  6%@7c;  Japan, 
5^ c;  Patna,

Save  tor  pepper  the  spice  market  has 
been  very  quiet  and  even  this  article 
has  ceased  to  be  as  much  in  evidence 
as  it  was  last  week  or  for  the  month 
previously.  No  changes  have  taken 
place  in  prevailing  quotations.

Molasses  grades  that  are  desirable  are 
moving  freely  and,  as  receipts  have 
been  light,  prices  have been  shoved  up 
to  about  top  notch,  some  open  kettle 
bringing  as  high  as  32c  and  even  more; 
varieties  not  up  to  standard  are  not  so 
much  sought  after,  hut  the  market,  up­
on  the  whole,  exhibits  a  good  degree  of 
strength.  Syrups  are  steady  and  are 
fetching  full  value.

Canned  goods  jobbers  have been  do­
ing  an  excellent  business  in  all  sorts  of 
canned  goods  and  the  year  promises  to 
close  showing  the  market  in  better  con­
dition  than  for years.  New  York  State 
corn  has  attracted  much  attention  late­
ly  and,  although  the  pack  was  large,  the 
market  here  is  well  in  band,  and  in  the 
State  packers  generally  have  disposed 
of  their stocks  very  closely.  Corn,  to 
matoes  and  string  beans  are  the  three 
staples  which  attract  most  attention  and 
higher  prices  seem 
inevitable,  with 
many  months  to  elapse  before new goods 
come.

Dried  fruits  are  very active and,  when 
the  holiday  trade 
is  over,  the  market 
will  show  a  big  reduction  in  stocks  on 
hand.  Jobbers  have  been  very  busy

in 

Apples  are 

filling  orders  and  prices  are  firm  all 
long  the 
line  for  both  foreign  and 
acific  coast  goods,  as  well  as  the 
"bom lier”   domestic  apples,  berries, 
etc.  Evaporated  apples  of  desirable 
grades  are  very  firmly  held  at  9^@ioc.
light  receipt,  but  the 
demand  is  not  especially  active,  as  quo­
tations  are  too  high  to  admit  of  free 
consumption.  Greenings  range  from 
$4@4.5o;  Baldwins,  $3.2^4.50.  Cran­
berries,  Cape  Cod,  $5-5o@7  50.  Grapes 
are quiet,  with  supplies  not  very  large. 
Lemons  have  been  little  sought  for  and 
prices  sag.  The  range  for  Sicily  lemons 
is  from  $2  6o @ 3   7 ; ,   as  to  size  and  qual­
ity.  Oranges  are  firm  and  selling  from 
$3  25@4  for  Florida  russets,  as  to  size; 
blights,  S3.5o@5;  California  navels, 
$3@4  25.
Fancy  fresh  creamery  butter  is  quot­
able  at  about  20c  as  top  price.  The 
feeling  is  a  firm  one  and  yet  there  is  no 
special  activity  observable.  For  firsts, 
i8@ 19c ;  seconds,  i6@i7c ;  thirds,  14^ 
@i5J£c;  June  extras, 
i8^@I9c ;  finest 
imitation 
i6K@ 
I7K c ;  firsts,  I4K @ i5J£c.  Western fac­
tory  meets  with 
light  enquiry  and 
fetches  from  I3@ 15c,  as  to quality.
fresh  gathered  eggs  are 
worth  24(^250.  Desirable stock  is  eager­
ly  sought  for,  but  off  grades  not  in  spe­
cial  demand.

creamery,  Western, 

Western 

Little  change  has  taken  place  in  the 
cheese  market and  the  demand 
is  only 
of  an  every-day  character.  Large  size, 
full  cream 
is  worth  10c  for  fancy  and 
small  size  a  half-cent  more.

It 

in 

Will  Arbuckle  Go  to the  Retail  Trade?
It seems  to  be  the  opinion  of  conserv­
ative  members  of  the  grocery  trade 
that  Arbuckle  Bros.'  methods  of  selling 
package  sugar 
in  New  England  are 
likely  to  result  in  the  Arbuckles  selling 
retailers  almost  exclusively  all  over  the 
country. 
the 
wholesale  grocers  of  New  England  re­
fused  to  handle  the  Arbuckle  package 
sugar,  and  the  packers  promptly  started 
to  sell  the  retail  trade direct,  which they 
are  still  doing  in  that  territory.

As  was  recently  told, 

Several  years  ago,  when  Arbuckle 
Bros,  introduced  their  package  coffee, 
it  through  the  retailer,  thus 
they  did 
forcing  the  jobber  to  handle  the  coffee 
also.  As  soon  as  the  demand  was  well 
in  hand,  the  Arbuckles  stopped  selling 
the  retailer  and  dealt  with  the  jobber 
only.
It  is  believed  that  unless  the  jobbers 
keep 
line  on  package  sugar  pretty 
well,  Arbuckle  Bros,  will  follow  the 
same  course  with  that.  They  have  bad 
relations  with  nearly  all  the  best  retail­
ers  in  the  country,  and  could  easily  re­
is  a  very  difficult  thing 
sume  them. 
to  operate  one  scheme 
in  one  part  ot 
the  country  and  another  exactly  the  op 
posite  in  other  sections.  For  this  reason 
is  scarcely  believed  that  Arbuckle 
it 
Bros,  will 
long  be able  to  sell  retailers 
exclusively 
in  the  New  England  States 
and  wholesalers  exclusively  in  the  bal­
ance  of  the  country.

If  the  Arbuckles  decide  to  sell  the  re­
tail  trade,  they  will  probably  give  the 
retail  grocer  1  16 of  the  3  16  rebate  now 
allowed  the  jobber.
Gambler  and  Dealer  in  Phenacetine.
According  to  the  Toronto  Star,  Geo. 
F.  Foster,  a  young  man  well  known 
around  that  town,  who  ran  a  gambling 
room  in  a  downtown  business  block,  has 
disappeared,  leaving  the  firm  of  Jones 
&  Co  out  of  pocket  some  $200  for a 
draft  which  thev  cashed  and  also  leav­
ing  a  number of  small  debts  among  his 
acquaintances  about  town. 
It  is  stated 
that  Foster  was 
in  the  habit  of  pur­
chasing  phenacetine  and  running 
it 
across  the  line  at  Detroit  by  aid  of  the 
Pullman  car  porters  and  finally  dispos­
ing  of  it  in  New  York  City.  He  thus 
escaped  the  payment  of  the  duty  and  of 
the  royalty  as  well  and  was  enabled  to 
sell  it  at  50  per  cent,  profit.  Some  six 
months  since,  one  of  these  porters  was 
arrested  and  incarcerated  on  the  charge 
of  smuggling  He  believed  that  Foster 
was  responsible  for  bis  detection  and 
swore  revenge,  and  it  is hinted that Fos­
ter’s  sudden  disappearance  was  due  to 
fear of  this  negro,  who  has  just  been  re­
leased  from  prison.

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The man whose oysters  are  the 
freshest and best flavored.

Who Loses Other Trade?

The man who sells fishy oysters 
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STORE  FREAKS.

Customers  Which 

the  Grocer  Can 

Stroller in Grocery World.

Dispense  With.

“ A  grocer  runs  up  against some queer 
people  in  the  course  of his experience, ”  
said  an  old  retailer  to  me  the  other day.
This  retailer,  by  the  way,  is  a  very 
entertaining  old  character.  He 
is  68 
years  old,  and  has  been  in  the  grocery 
business  for  forty-five  years.  He  is  a 
man  whose  eyes  are  always  open,  and 
he  has  a  good  many interesting reminis­
cences  tucked  away  under  his  old  bald 
head.  But  it  isn’t  very  often  that  I  can 
get  him  to  unlimber.

“ We  got 

“ She  had  a  crazy 

‘ ‘ I  used  to sell to an old maid we called 
‘ Short  weight  Maria,’  ’ ’ began  the  old 
grocer. 
idea  that 
everybody 
she  bought  goods  of  was 
watching  their chance  to give  her  short 
weight  or  measure.  Everything  she  got 
of  me  she  took  borne  and  religiously 
weighed  it  on  her  own  scales.  She  said 
so  to  herself.  And  if  it  was  a  hair  un­
der  weight,  she’d  bring 
it  back  and 
give  the  clerk  that  sold  it  to  her  such  a 
laying  out  as  you  never  heard.  ‘ Wanted 
to  cheat  a  poor  old  woman  out  of  her 
money’s  worth,'  and  all  that sort of talk.
the  best  of  her  once, 
though,”   he  went  on. 
“ She  used  to 
buy  lots  of  dried  beef  of  me.  She  was 
very  fond  of  it  and  almost  lived  on  it. 
One  day  she  came  in  and bought a quar­
ter  of  a  pound,  taking  it  home  with  her. 
One  of  the  clerks  waited  on  her.  About 
half  an  hour  after  she  came  running 
back  in  great  excitement  and demanded 
that  the  beef  be  weighed. 
I  weighed  it 
myself  and  found  it  was  half  an  ounce 
short.  Old  Maria  pointed  out  the  clerk 
who  sold  it,  and  I  called  him  over  and 
showed  him  the  short  weight,  while  the 
old 
lady  stood  back  with  a  triumphant 
smirk  on  her  face.

‘ 

“ While  I  was  telling  him,  I  noticed 
the  clerk  smiling,  and  1  wondered  why. 
When  I  had  gotten 
through—and  I 
hauled  him  over  pretty  well,  for  I  was 
vexed  that  the  old  woman  seemed  to 
have  it  on  us  at  last—the  clerk  said :

lot  of 

"T h e  old 

Miss  Jackson  eat  a 
weighed  it,  before  I  wrapped  it  up.

‘ That  beef  is  short  weight  because 
it  after  I 
lady  got  very  red  in  the 
face,  but  she  didn’t  say  a  word.  That 
was  the  last  time  she  ever  bought  any­
thing  of  me  and  I  was  glad  of  it,  be­
cause  she  was  a  nuisance.  Why,  I’ve 
known  her  to  come  back  with  a  pound 
of  crackers  that  took  the  scales  down 
just  so  they  were  evenly  poised.  You 
know  what  I  mean— just  on  the balance. 
She  thought  the  scale  ought  to  drop  all 
the  way  down,  and  I  had  to give  her 
one  more  cracker  to  get  her  out  of  the 
store.
“ Another  nuisance  I  used  to  sell  was 
a  preacher.  He  was  a  clever  fellow, 
but  I’ve  always  said  he  was a thief,  and 
I  say  so  yet.  This  fellow  would  alwavs 
insist  on  one  of  the  younger  clerks 
waiting  on  him,  and  I  couldn't  under­
stand  it,  except  on  the  ground  that  he 
liked  the  boy  and  thought  he'd  make 
him  feel  good by showing  preference  for 
him.

‘  But  one  day  I  saw  why  this  old

snoozer bad  a  boy  wait  on  him. 
I  hap­
pened  to  see  the  boy  measure  out  a 
quart  of  lima  beans  one  day,  while  the 
preacher  stood  over  him.

“ The  boy  piled  the  quart  measure  up 
as  high  as  be  could,  and  emptied  the 
beans  in  a  basket.  The  preacher  leaned 
down,  grabbed  up  a  big  baudful  of 
beans  and  added  them  to  the  quart  al­
ready  in  his  basket.

“   ‘ The  Lord  loveth  a  cheerful  giver, 
my  boy,’  he  said  in  a  fatherly  tone  to 
the  boy,who  didn’t  pay  any  attention.  I 
learned  afterward  that  he  was  used  to  it 
and  was  afraid  to  say  anything.

“ I  didn’t  interfere  just  then,  because 
I  didn’t  know  but  what  it  might  be  an 
isolated  case. 
It  was  a  small  matter, 
anyhow.  But  the  next  time  the  preacher 
in  the  store  I  went  up  to  him 
came 
myself.
“   ‘ What  can  I  get  you,  Dominie?’  I 
asked.

“   ‘ Why,  thank  you,’  said  the  preach­
er,  politely,  ‘ I’ll  wait  until  James 
is 
through,  1  guess.  He  usually  attends to 
me  very  nicely. ’
“   ‘ Darned  nicely,’  I  thought  to  my­
self.  James  was  the  boy  who  always 
waited  on  him.
“ I  didn’t  say  anything,  but  laid  out 
to  see  bow  things  turned  out  this  trip. 
The  boy  got  through  with  his  other cus­
tomer  pretty  soon  and  I  heard  the 
preacher  ask  for  half  a  peck  of  sweet 
potatoes.  Fortunately,  the  basket  was 
where  I  could  see  it  from  the  end  of  the 
counter.
“ The  half  peck  was  measured  out 
and  the  boy  gave  heaped  up  measure. 
After  the  measure  was  emptied  in  the 
basket,  the  preacher  leaned  over,  just 
as  he  had  done  before,  picked  up  thtee 
great  big  potatoes  and  tossed  them  in 
his  basket.
“   ‘ The  Lord  loveth  a  cheer— ’  he  got 
just  about  that  far  when  I  stopped  him.
I  was  hot.

“   ‘ But  be  doesn’t  love  a  thief!’  I 
said. 
I  oughtn’t  to  have  said  it,  but  I 
hadn’t  much  use  for  the  fellow,  anyhow, 
for  some  other  things  he'd  done.  And 
it  was thieving,  all  the  same.

“ The  preacher  got  very  hot  and 
threatened  to  have  me  arrested.  He  put 
on  a  brassy  front  and  walked  out,  but 
he  never  did  anything. 
I'd  have  made 
it  too  warm  for  him.  And  he never 
came 
in  my  store again,  either.  The 
boy  told  me  afterward  that  he'd  done 
that  trick  every  time,  and every  time  he 
did  it  he  used  that  gag  about  the  Lord 
loving  a  cheerful  giver. 
I  calculate  1 
lost  lots  of  money  through  that  fellow.”

The  old  grocer  looked  at  his  watch.
“ Don’t  stop !”   I  said. 

“ It  does  you 
good  to  let  your  wheels  run  on  like  this 
once  in  a  while. ”

He  smiled  and  went  on.
“ Well,  there  was  one  more  freak  I  re­
member, “ he  said. 
“ He  was  a  fellow 
who  hadn’t  much  education,  but  he 
prided  himself  on  having  picked  up  all 
he  knew  himself.  I  gave  him  credit  for 
it,  too.  He  got  sort  of  crazy  over  the 
microscope.  Poured  over  books  about 
it  at  night,and  he  got  to  know lots about 
examining hugs and things,  people  said.
“ This  fellow  got  a  funny  idea  that 
I  don’t

the  food  he  ate  was  impure. 

know  whether  be  thought  the  grocer 
was  knowingly  giving  him  adulterated 
things  or not,  but  he  acted  as  if  he  did. 
He  dealt  with  me,  and  be  used  to  take 
little  bits  of  everything  he  bought  and 
look  at  them  under  his  microscope.  He 
found  something  to  kick  over  in  almost 
all  of  them.  He  came  down  one day and 
swore  that the  vinegar  I’d  sold  him  was 
swarming  with  little  bugs. 
I  got  quite 
it,  until  1  found  out  that 
worried  over 
they  ought  to  be  in  there— were  really 
pait  of  the  vinegar.
“ And  that’s  the  way  he  worried  me. 
Almost  every  day he  used  to  come  down 
to  the  store  and  kick.  This  was  im­
pure,  or  that  was,  or  the  other. 
I  was 
trving  to  seli  good  stuff  and  it  sort  of

made  me  hot  under  the  collar.  So  I 
told  him  one  day  to  clear  out— I  didn’t 
want  anything  more  to  do  with  him  and 
never  wanted  to  sell him another dollar’s 
worth.  He  left  me,  and  the  next  gro­
cer  he  went  to  took  him  by  the  scruff  of 
the  neck  and  shot  him  out  the  door 
when  he  went  there  one  day  to  tell  him 
some  cheese  was  bad. 
I  believe  that 
ended  the  microscope  business.

“ Yes,”   finished  the  old  grocer,  “ in 
like  that  I  believe  in  getting  rid 
cases 
of  these  freaks  as  soon  as  you  can. 
They’re  a  nuisance,  and  they  worry you. 
They  ain’t  worth  the  sleep  they  cost 
you. ’ ’

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

Shoes  and  Leather
Women’s  Neglectfulness  of  the  Ap­

pearance  of  Their  Feet.

I  recently  clipped  the  following  arti­

cle  from  the  Buffalo  Express:

A  shoe  was  sent  to  the  cobbler’s  the 
other  day  to  have  the  heel  straightened. 
It  was  a  woman's  shoe,  and  as  the  cob­
bler  turned 
it  over  a  customer  looking 
on  laughed  and  said,  “ Just  like  all  the 
rest  of  its  class,  run  down  and  uncared 
for, "th en   shrugged  his  shoulders  and 
walked  away.  The  customer's  manner 
and  words  aroused  the  curiosity  of  a 
woman  who  was  standing  near,  and  also 
rather 
irritated  her,  so  she  asked  their 
meaning  “ Why,there is nothing  strange 
about  it,’ ’  he  said  “ It is an open secret 
that  women's  shoes  never  look  as if  they 
had  any  attention.  Two  weeks  after 
they  leave  the  shoe  store  they  look  halt 
worn  out.  Now,  see  this  one;  it  doesn't 
look  as  if  it  bad  seen  a  brush  or  polish 
for  six  weeks  and  I  would  not  be  sur­
prised  if  it  had  not;  women  rarely  pol­
ish their boots— it cracks the leather,thev 
will  tell  you 
if  you  mention  it.  See 
how  the  heel  is  worn  down  on  one  side, 
and  the  point  of  the  toe  is  bent  and 
wrinkled,  and  the  shoe  from  end  to  end 
it  hadn't  a  friend  in  the 
looks  as 
world,  although 
it  has  not  seen  much 
wear,  for  the  stamp  is  not  worn  off  the 
sole  yet. 
It’s  a  fact  women  are  more 
careless  about  their  footwear than  anv 
other  part  of  their  apparel.  Some  da\ 
when  you  think  of  it,  watch  the  women 
on  the  street  tn  see  it  it  is  not  a  lact 
Their  gowns  will  be  stylish  and  in  per 
feet  repair;  their  bonnets,  gloves,  veils 
and  all  the  other  details  will  be  fault­
less,  but  when  they  lift  their  skirts  to 
cross  a  dirty  pavement  you  will  see 
their shoes  are  lusterless  and  present  a 
neglected  appearance,  if  they  are  not 
positively  shabby.

if 

“ It  is  bard  to  find  a  reason  for  it,  for 
generally  women  are  particular  enough 
when  they  buy their  shoes,  and  you  gen 
erally  hear  them  say  how  much  they 
like  to  see  new  shoes.  The  way  thev 
walk  back  and  forth  before  the  mirror 
in  the  store  admiring  the  shapely  ap­
pearance  of  their  neatly 
foot 
proves  that,  but  why  they  don't  take  a 
little  pains  to  preserve  that  neat ap­
pearance  no  one  has  vet  found  out.  A 
man  wants  his  boots  polished  everv 
morning.  A  woman  does  not  seem  to 
if  hers  never  see  a  brush  for  a 
care 
month  at  a  time. 
It's  my  opinion  the 
majoritv  of  them  do  not.”   And  the 
man 
left  the  shop  before  the  woman 
bad  time  to  defend  her  sex,  or  to  de­
cide  whether  defense  were  possible.

shod 

I  read  it  to  Mr.  Laster  and  be  wasn’t 

three  seconds  in  sizing  up  that  thing.

economical 

“ Why,”   he  s> id, “ that’s  easy  enough. 
I've  always  said  that 
if  women  wore 
pants  they  would  be  a  good  deal  more 
particular  about their  shoes  than  they 
are  now.  You  see,  the  fact  is,  a  woman 
can’t  see  her  feet  more  than  once  or 
twice  a  day  and  then  she  only  sees  a 
pair  of  toes  peeping  out  when  she  sits 
down  and  crosses  her  feet  as  most  wom­
en  do.  The  toe  of  a  woman’s  shoe  al­
ways  looks  the  best  anyway  and  she 
doesn’t  realize  how  they  look  to  other 
people.  Then,  again,  most  women  are 
naturally 
spendthrifts. 
What  I  mean  by  that 
is,  they  like  to 
economize  and  brag  about  it,  but  really 
whatever  they  want  in  the  way  of  dress 
they  must have  in  some  shape. 
If  they 
can’t  have  sealskin  they  will  compro­
mise on  seal  plush.  If  they  need  a  bon­
net  or  a  nice  warm  hood,  but  can’t 
afford  both,  they  will  buy  the  bonnet. 
But  that 
isn’t  what  I  mean  to  lead  up 
to.  Women  economize  on  shoes  on  the 
principle  of  the  ostrich  who  hid  bis 
head  and  thought  that  nobody  could  see 
him.  They  wear  shabby  shoes  and  de­
pend  on  their skirts  to  hide  them  from 
the  unfeeling  world.  The  skirts  do  the 
best  that  they  can,  but  it  is  just  as  the 
Buffalo  Express  lady  has  said,  most 
women  take  less  care  of  their  shoes than 
of  any  other  article  of  wear.’ ’

“ But  they  buy  more  shoes,  in  propor­

tion,  than  men  do,”   I  remarked.

“ Of course they do, ”  replied Mr.  Last­
er,  and  why  shouldn’t  they?  Look  at

larger  feet,  and  their  work 

the  material  that  women's  shoes  are 
made  of  and  compare  it  with  the  stock 
that  goes  into  men's  shoes.  Of  course, 
men  are  mostly  of  heavier  weight  and 
have 
is 
supposed  to  be  of  a  nature that demands 
the  hardest  sort  of  service,  but 
it 
follow.  Take  a  big, 
doesn’t  always 
solid  girl,  working  as  a  saleswoman 
in 
a  store,  and  take  a  light-weight  young 
fellow, working  in  the  same store.  Their 
weight 
is  about  the  same.  The  wear 
that  they  give  their  shoes  is  practically 
of  the  same  sort,  and  yet  the  man  wears 
a  solid  piece  of  calf,  with several ounces 
of  heel  and  a  sole  quarter  of  an  inch 
thick,  while  the  girl  wears  kid,  almost 
as  thin  as  that  which  is  in  her  gloves, 
a  tiny  heel,  and  a  sole  about  as  thick  as 
an  average  piece  of  pasteboard.

“ It  is  no  wonder  that  that  sort  of stuff 
won’t  keep  the  new  on  very  long,  and 
if  there  is  one  thing  more  than  another 
that  most  women bate in connection with 
their  footwear,  it  is  the  superficial,  un­
even,  self-evident  polish  which  an 
amateur  application  of  liquid  shoe  pol­
ish  gives  to  a  half-worn  shoe.  As  I 
heard  a 
lady  say  the  other  day, 
right  here 
in  the  store,  ‘ I  do  hate  to 
begin  using  polish.  When  one  begins 
one  is  obliged  to  keep  it  up  every  day, 
or  the  shoes  look  worse  than  ever,  so  I 
get  along  without  putting  anything  on 
my  shoes,  until  they  are  so  shabby  that 
1  am  actually  ashamed of them. ’  That’s 
a  big  part  of  the  secret,  and  the  petti­
coats  are  the  key  to  the  rest  of  it.

little 

“ But  to  continue,’ ’  said  the  old  gen­
tleman  to  me,  “ I 
just  long  once  in  a 
while  to  see  a  good,  sensible  woman 
with  a  sensible  pair  of  shoes on her feet. 
It  was  only  yesterday  that  a  woman  al­
most  six  feet  tall,  and  weighing  175 
pounds  if  she  weighed  anything,  came 
in  with  a  foot  on  her  fully  No.  6 and 
better  than  EE  wide,  and  she  wouldn't 
have  anything  but  a  kid  shoe  with  a 
turn  sole.  Not  a  band-sewed  welt,  you 
understand,  but  a  light  turn.  Said  that 
heavy  shoes  made  her  feet  so  tired  that 
she  couldn’t  stand 
I 
couldn’t  tell  her  that  wbat  she  said  was 
all  rot,  that  wouldn't  do,  and  so  I  took 
off  her  old  5^  pointed-toed  kid,  all  run 
over  on  the  heel  and  bulging  out  on 
both  sides  of  the  ball,  and  put  on  an­
other  just  like  it.  Had  to  do 
it,  be­
cause  I'm  in  this  business  to  make  a 
living  selling  shoes,  and  not  to  be 
maityred  in  the  cause  of  a  reform.

it  Of  course, 

too. 

“ She  said  that  she  came  to  me be­
cause  she  had  heard  that  we  sold  good 
wearing  shoes.  Said  that  the  ones  I 
took  off  hadn’t  worn  a  bit  good. 
It  was 
no  wonder.

I  always 

“ It  is  a  good  deal  worse  than  it  used 
to  be.  When  I  went  into  business  there 
were  a  good  many  fine  calf  and  pebble 
gnat  shoes  worn.  They  were  nice  and 
shapely, 
liked  pebble 
goat.  The  fine  ones  and  some  of  the 
calf  goods  seemed  perfect,  particularly 
in  the  laced  shoes.  Now you  won’t  find 
a  calf  or  pebble  goat  shoe  for  women  in 
a  single  store  that  has  been  going  less 
than  ten  years.  Some  of  the  old-timers 
may  have  a  few  pairs  acting  as  stock- 
keepers,  but  there  are  none  nowadays.
I  mean  the  sort  that  were  made  ifor 
good  people  to  wear  and  cost  from $2.50 
to  $3.50.  The  cheap  processes  of  mak­
ing  soft  kid  are  responsible  for  the 
change,  I  think.

“ Sometimes  English  women  come  in 
here  with  shoes  made  on  the  other  side, 
and  I  tell  you  they  are  the  sort  that  our 
women  ought  to  wear.  Solid  soles,  wide 
and  easy,  good  insoles,  broad  toes,  and 
with  stock 
in  the  uppers  that  will  al­
most  turn  water.  A good  many  of  them 
are  hand-made  and  are  as  handsome  as 
any  woman  need  to  wear.  Laced  shoes 
for the  most  part  are  just  the  sort  that 
our  women  ought  to  wear,  but  they 
won’t,  and  I  guess  women  are about  the 
same  the  world  over,  for  I  have  noticed 
that  these  same  English  ladies,  when 
they  have  been  over  here  a  little  while, 
stop  asking  for  solid  shoes  and  are  just 
as  much  victims  to  the  light-weight 
shoe  habit  as  any  that  we  have  on  this 
side  of  the  water. 
It  seems  to go  with 
the  climate.

“ I  don’t  suppose  you  ever  made  a 
study  of  the  number  of  women  who have 
chilblains  in  the  North  during  the  win­

that 

I  asked 

ter  months?  Well,  it  is  astonishing. 
I 
took  pains  last  winter  to  ask  twenty 
women,  young  and  old,  whom  I  knew 
familiarly  enough  to  ask  such  a  ques­
tion  (and  then  a  shoe  dealer  is  a  sort  of 
Father  Confessor,  anyway,  of 
foot 
troubles)  and  do  you  know,  out  of  the 
twenty 
thirteen  were 
troubled  more  or  less  with  chilblains. 
They  were not poor  women  either,  with 
their  feet  half  out  of  their  shoes  and 
obliged  to  suffer,  but  well-to-do  people, 
who  wore  silk  stockings  and 
turned 
soles,  and  always asked  for  the  lightest 
weight  of  rubbers  or overshoes.  And 
is  the  whole  story—rich  women 
that 
with  feet  poorly  protected 
from  the 
cold.

“ How  many  men.  young  or  old,  do 
you  find  nowadays  who are  even  decent­
ly  well  off  who  know  what  chilblains 
are?  You'll  very  seldom  find  one,  but 
if  you  investigate  you  will  be  surprised 
to  find  the  number  of  women  who  suffer 
in  that  way.

the  best  cure  for  chilblains  that  I  know 
of 
is  to  soak  the  feet  in  the  water  in 
which  potatoes  have  been  boiled.  We 
shoe  dealers,  you  know,  have  to  have  a 
lot  of  such  remedies  at  our  command, 
for  it  is  nice  to  have  relief  to  offer  for 
the  afflicted, whether the  suffering  comes 
from  corns,  callouses, 
ingrowing  toe­
nails,  chilblains  or  interfering. ”

As  the  old  gentleman  seems  to  have 
bad  enough  to  say  for  one  “ Glim pse," 
I  won’t add  any  comment  of  my  own  at 
all,  except that  “ Them’s my sentiments, 
too.” — I.  Fitem 
in  Boots  and  Shoes 
Weekly.  ____  

____
How  It  Happened.

“ What  time  is  it?"
“ Haven’t  you  got  a  watch?”
“ Yes.  but  I  don’t  wear  it  anymore.’ ’ 
“ Why  not?”
“ People  kept bothering  me asking me 

wbat  time  it  was. ”

Most  people  like  to  be  called  bad 

in 

a  laughing  sort  of  a  way.

“ Incidentally  I  might  mention  that
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Leggings

Women's 10 button, Felt, per doz...................92.50
Women’s 10 button, Trilby, per doz...............   3.00
Women’s 10 1 utton, Empress, per doz............   4.50
Women’s 10 button, Victoria, per doz.............. 6.00
Women’s  7 button, Josephine, per doz..........  4.00
Men’s 10 button, Storm King, per doz............  6.00
Men’s 10 button, Blizzard, per doz..................   8.00
Women’s all wool Leggings, above knee......

Per doz................. $10.50

Women’s mixed  wool  Leggings,  above knee

Per doz.................  9.00
Sox for Rubber Boots,  per doz................... $1.25

Women’s extra fine, per doz__$2.00  Retail at 35c
Misses’ extra fine, per doz........  1.70  Retail at 20c
Child’s extra fine, per doz.........   1.50  Retail at 20c
Men’s extra fine, per doz..........   2.75  Retail at 35c
Women’s No. 1, per doz...........  1.73  Retail at 20c
Misses’ No. 1, per doz...............  1.50 Retail at 18c
Child’s No. 1, per doz................  1.35  Retail at 18c
Men's No. 1, per doz................  2.50  Retail at 30c

Above are long, fine Fleece.

Women’s old style binding, short wool, per doz.$1.2$ 
Misses' old style binding, short wool, per doz.  1.10 
Child’s old style binding, short wool, per doz..  1.00 
Men’s old style binding, short wool, per doz...  2.00

HIRTH,  KRAUSE  &  CO.,

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15

THE  DOUBLE  INVENTO RY.

Its  Importance  As  an  Element of Suc­

cess.
Written for the Tbadkbxax.

In  matters  of  personal  bravery, 

in 
times  of  battle,  it  has  been  said,  and 
most  truly  too,  that  ‘ ‘ He  who fights  and 
runs  away  will 
live  to  fight  another 
day;’ ’  but  coupled  with  the  evident 
truth  in  such  an  assertion  is  the  charge 
against  that  man’s  heroism,  and  yet  we 
might  almost  say,  with  a  former  dip­
lomat  in  times  of  secession,  “ A  live 
coward  is  worth  twenty  dead  heroes—to 
himself,”   and  still  not  justify  turning 
back  on  a  foe,  for the  dead  hero  counts 
more  than  many 
live  cowards  in  the 
hearts  of  his  countrymen  and  eyes  of 
his  adversaries.

When  we  turn  this  assertion  to  a  man 
in  the  retail  business  we  can  readily see 
wherein  he  who  puts  up  a  good  fight  for 
a  time,  then  turns  and  flees  from  bis 
adversary,  must  again  fight  on  other 
days,  and  fight  harder  than  at  first,  to 
regain  lost  prestige,  while  he  who  fights 
intending 
to  stay  will  be  in  at  the 
close  to  enjoy  the  victor's  spoils.

Many  of  our  fallen  business  men  put 
up  a  noble  fight  for  a  time,  but  just  as 
things  seem  to  be  coming  their  way, 
when  one  more  well  delivered  shoulder 
blow  would  win  them  a  well-deserved 
victory,  they  get  discouraged,  “ about 
face”   and  run  away,  instead  of  falling 
in  their  tracks  if  worst  comes  to  worst.
To  fly  from  seeming  trouble?  Never! 
We  can  all  laud  the  business  man  who 
boldly  meets  the  adversities  that  beset 
his  path,  who  by  the  mere 
force  of 
stick-to-it  iveness  wins  out  where  a 
less  vigorous  stand  had  resulted  in  a 
not  too-glorious  compromise,  perhaps 
flat  failure.  We  praise  his  tenacity 
and  truly  of  him  it  may  be  said,  “ he 
lives  to  fight  another  day. ”   But  the 
fight  will  be  some  other  way,  not  on 
the  same  lines  as  the  first,  for  seldom 
will  the same  enemy  have  to be defeated 
a  second  time  on  the  ground  of  battle 
where  defeat  was  once  sustained.

To  those  of  our  friends  who  seem  to 
think  themselves  in  hard  luck  we  would 
say :  No  matter  what  obstacles  appear 
to  be  against  your  success;  no  matter 
what  manner  of  competition  opposes 
you,  no  matter  what  discouragements 
may  have  beset  your  pathway,  no  mat­
ter 
if  things  look  black  at  present  and 
the  future  without  hope,  brace  yourself 
to  the  fight;  face  the  foe,  and say  in  the 
words  of  the  Scottish  chieftain  made 
immortal  in  Scott’s  Lady  of  the  Lake,

“Come one, come a ll!  This rock shall fly
From its firm base as soon as I.*’

And  say  it  in  tones  to  convince  those 
who  hear  it  that  you  mean  to  stand  by 
your  words,  your  honor,  your  business 
and your business friends.  Thus  will you 
secure  the  triune  confidence  necessary 
for  success:  First,  that  of  the  public; 
second,  of  your  creditors;  third,  of your 
own  self.  With  this  back-to-the-rock 
stand  failure  is  out  of  the  question. 
If 
any  there  be  among  you  tempted  to give 
up  when  the  new  year  starts,  think 
twice—aye,  thrice—yea,  ten times  twice 
—before  you  turn  your  back  to  your  ad­
versary;  try  to  realize  bow  much  harder 
it  will  be  to  regain  your  present  stand­
ing if  once  lost  than  to  maintain  it  even 
although  it  cost  you  the  effort  of  youi 
life.  Discouragements  and  disappoint­
ments  are  really  necessary  to  business 
success,  else  success  were  not  duly  ap­
preciated,  and  when  one 
is  almost  off 
his  feet  and  regains  them  bis  footing  is 
all  the  more  secure  from  that  time  on 
because  of the  victory  won  where defeat 
seemed  to be  lurking.

At  the  beginning  of  the  new  year 
make a  double  inventory:  The  one,  as 
usual,  of  your  earthly  possessions,  strik 
ing  a  balance  that  tells  the  truth,  the 
whole  truth  and  nothing  but  the  truth, 
not attempting  to  cheat  yourself  by  hid 
ing  the  fact  of  your  standing,  but  look­
ing  what 
is  before  you  squarely  in  the 
face,  then  resolving  that  the  year  to 
come  shall  make a  substantial  improve­
ment  in  your  next annual inventory ;  the 
other  inventory  debited  with  your  fail­
ures  and  the  reasons  thereof  for  the year 
just  gone by  and  credited  with whatever 
manner  of  success  may  have  rested  on 
your  efforts,  endeavoring  to  see  wherein 
the  good  came  and  imitate  that  success 
in  plans  for  the  coming  year's  work. 
Look  carefully  into  the  means  used  that 
contributed  to  either  side  of  this  second 
inventory,  discarding  at  whatever  cost 
those that  tended  to  your  detriment ana 
adding  such  appliances  and  plans  as 
shall  make  your  future  success  more 
sure. 
If  you  are  inclined  to  run  a  busi­
ness  without  a  systematic  plan  you  are 
on  the  very  dangerous  ground  of  him 
who  would  say,  “ A  business  that  is 
any  good  will  take  care  of  itself,”   and 
liable  to  learn  by  personal  experience 
that

“ He who by the plow would thrive 

Himself must either hold or drive.’*

In  this  case  change  your  plans.  At­
tend  to  the  business  in  hand.  Keep your 
business and your business will keep you ; 
if  you  are  unable  to  inaugurate  a 
and 
system  which  will 
improve  your  past 
ousiness  metheds,  ask  advice  of  some 
in  mind  that 
one  qualified,  bearing 
is  worth 
“ Whatever  is  worth  having 
paying 
that 
comes  without  expense  is  worth  exactly 
<vhat  it  costs,  nothing.

for” —advisory 

counsel 

Another thing :  Look  about  you  and 
you  will  be  able  to  see  why  some of youi 
rade  went  to  the  firm  across  the  street. 
The  system  employed  there  was  an 
im­
provement  on  yours.  Their  salespeo­
ple  were  more  agreeable.  Their  stock 
was  more  sightly.  Their advertisements 
were  more  attractive.  Their  fittings 
and  store  surroundings  were  more 
in 
barmony  with  a  cultivated  taste.  These 
things  are  more  necessary  now  than  at 
any  former  time  in  merchandising  ana 
be  who  would  attempt  to  do  business  on 
plans that  might  have  been good twenty- 
five  years  ago  will  find  that  the  only 
place  where  this  can  be  practiced  with­
out  detriment  to  business 
far 
removed  from  the  busy  markets  of  up 
to-date  to-day  that  those  who  would 
patronize  him  there  are  not  aware of 
anything  better  in  store  service;  they 
never  saw  anything  better, hence any  old 
thing  is  good  enough  for  them.  But  be 
ware the  time  when  instruction  comes, 
for  truly  then  will  the  biter  be  bitten, 
for  people  everywhere are alike attracted 
by  attractive  things  and  repelled  by  the 
opposite.  Customers  in  all  places  ap 
preciate  anything  done  in  their  beball 
and  any  expense  that  binds  the purchas­
ing  public  more  closely  to  a  store  is  an 
investment that returns usury every time.
The  double  inventory,  if  honest,  will 
be  one  of  the  most  profitable  invest­
ments of  the  season. 
Canadian  Excursion  via  Grand  Trunk 

L.  A.  E l y.

so 

is 

Railway.

The  Grand  Trunk  Railway  System 
will  on  Dec.  16,  17  and  18  sell  tickets 
to  nearly  all  points  in  Canada,  includ 
ing  points  on  the  main  line,  Intercolo 
nial  Railway  between  Montreal  and  St. 
Johns,  New Brunswick,  at single fare  lor 
toe  round  trip.  They  will  be  valid  to 
return  up  to and  including  Jan.  7,  1899. 
For  particulars  call  at  Grand Trunk city 
ticket  office,  97  Monroe  street.  Morton 
House,  or at depot. 

C.  A.  Ju st in, 
City  Pass.  Agt.

“Biscuit”  or  “Cracker?”

Some  say  “ biscuit”   and  some  say 
“ cracker, ”   with  perhaps  some  doubts 
in  either  case  as  to  which  is  correct. 
This 
interesting  point  is  explained  in 
Depew’s  “ One  Hundred  Years of Amer­
ican Commerce, ”  by Frank A.  Kennedy, 
in  a  chapter  entitled  “ The  Biscuit  In­
dustry,”   as  follows:

sweetening 

“ The  name  ‘ biscuit’,  derived through 
the  French  from the Latin,  means ‘ twice 
baked,’  and  bad,  according  to  Gibbon, 
its  origin 
in  the  fact  that  the  military 
bread  of  the  Romans  was  twice  pre­
pared  in  the  oven.  As  applied  to  the 
product  of  bakeries, 
this  term  was 
brought  from  England  to  America  and 
came 
into  general  use  here  probably 
not  much  earlier than  the  middle  of  the 
century. 
In  Europe  all  articles  of  food 
in  the  shape  of  small  cakes  made  from 
flour,  with 
or  flavoring  j 
added,  have  always  been,  and  still  are, 
called  ‘ biscuits.’  Goods  of  this  variety, 
however,  were  at  first  unknown  in  the 
United  States,  and  the  term  generally 
applied  to  the  first  crude  productions 
made  of  plain  and  unsweetened  dough 
latter  name  has 
was 
ever  since  retained 
in 
this  country 
in  connection  with  the 
plain,  usually  crisp,  unflavored  grades 
of  goods,  which  last,  however,  when  in­
into  Europe,  were  there 
troduced 
ail  absorbed  into  the  generic  title 
‘ bis­
cuit’,  the  name  cracker  falling  into dis­
use.  We  have  gradually  adopted 
in 
America  this  more  sweeping  classifica­
tion,  but  the  distinction  between  the 
specific  name  ‘ cracker’  and  the  general 
term 
is  well  to  bear  in 
mind. ”

‘ cracker.’  The 

its  significance 

‘ biscuit’ 

later 

it 

Opposed  to  a  Reciprocity  Treaty. 

From the New York  Commercial.

In  President  McKinley’s  message  to 
Congress  last  week  there  was an allusion 
to  negotiations  for  a  reciprocity  treaty 
with  Greece.

Under  the  McKinley 

law  a  duty  of 
ij^c  per  pound  was  imposed  on  Greek 
currants  and  this  was  increased  in  the 
Dingley 
law  to  2c,  fullv  100  per  cent

of  the  value  in  Greece.  They  cost  laid 
down  here,  including  the  duty,  around 
5@6c,  according  to  quality,  and  fully 
one-half  of  the  product  of  Greece  comes 
to  this  country.  This  year  an  attempt 
was  made  to  secure  abrogation  of  the 
excluding  Russian  treaty,  but  so  far 
nothing  has  been  accomplished.  The 
Russian  demand  would  be  confined 
principally  to  wine grades.  Germany 
takes 
large  quantities,  but  the  chief 
consumers  are  in  this  country.

Under  the  McKinley and  Dingley laws 
the  cultivation  of  currants  has  been  be­
gun  in  California.  The  total  Greek  pro­
duction  this  year  was  135,000  tons.  Cal­
ifornia’s  delegation  in  Congress  has  al­
ready  entered  a  strong  protest  against 
removing  the  duty,  on  the  ground  that 
it  will  ruin  an  important  and  growing 
industry.

is  little 

So  far  as  the  trade  of  this  city  is  con- 
’cerned,  there 
in  the 
matter.  The  cost  now  is  low,  and  prob­
ably  distribution  would  not  materially 
increase  were  foreign  currants  admitted 
free  of  duty.

interest 

We  have  ..
X  
T  
$  

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

19 S. Ionia  St„ Grand  Rapids. Mick.

(Absolutely  Free— _

A  Ten  Dollar Graphophone 
A  Bronze-mounted  Hand=decorated  Lamp 
A  Large  Bronzed  Parlor  Clock

Premiums  are  given  with  an  ob­
ject in view.  We  recommend  to  mer­
chants to give away  premiums to their 
customers  to  in c r e a s e  t h e ir   cash 
and  general  trade.  We  offer 
the  above  premiums  to  intro­
duce  our  line  of  premium  sil­
verware.  We  claim  for  our 
quadruple p la te d  
silverware  that  it 
is of  better  quality 
than  other  makes 
offered  at  similar 
prices,  every piece 
being accompanied 
by a ten year guar­
anty certificate.

As  an 

induce­
ment  to  test  the
merit of  our  quad- 
ruple plated silverware and  to  interest  you  in  the  premium  plan  we  offer 
the above premiums absolutely free,  as follows:

_

The Champion Assortment. 40 pieces  silverware, for.............$50  00

Including a ten dollar graphophone.

Assortment No.  115, 20 pieces silverware, for..........................  25  00

Including the decorated  lamp.

Assortment  No.  no, 20 pieces silverware, for..........................   25  00

Including  the parlor clock.

Our regular price of silverware is invariably $1.25 each.  We are making this  special offer 
for the purpose of interesting you in our line.  Drop us a postal for descriptive illustrated cir­
culars and full particulars.  ^

MANUFACTURING  CO.,

 

174 wabash ave., Chicago, il l   >

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much  cooler  than  the  others and  give 
good  results.  Burners  are all  made  to  fit 
the  standard  gas  fixtures.  The  largest 
successful  burner  to come  into general 
use  will  consume  only  about  I cubic foot 
of gas  per  hour,  but  as  little  as  %  foot 
is  burned  very  successfully.  Even  the 
best  burners  are 
liable  to accumulate 
carbon  when  turned  low,  and  therefore 
it  is  the  practice  to  put  on  a small burn­
er  where  a  small  light  is  desired  regu­
larly.

Burners  should  not  be  grasped  by  the 
pliers  near  their tips,  as  they  are  liable 
to  be  cracked  or  broken  by  the  pressure 
applied. 
It  is  always  well  to  use  some­
thing  to  make  tight  joints  when  screw­
ing  on  the  burners,  and  while  white  or 
red  lead,  litharge,  mixed  with glycerine 
or  even  soap  will  do,  the  graphite  com­
position  has  proved  most  satisfactory.
While any  kind  of  shade  may  be  used 
for  acetylene  gas,  the  most  effective  is 
the  plain,  beveled  white  porcelain 
shade,  which  deflects  the  light  down­
ward  at  a  most  desirable  angle. 
It

serves  at  the  same  time  to  protect  the 
flame  from  horizontal  drafts,  and  the 
draft  upward  through  the  shade  steadies 
the  flame  and  assists 
in  overcoming 
atmospheric  disturbances. 
For  orna­
mental  as  well  as  illuminating  purposes 
holopbanes  can  be  used  with  great 
effect.

Do  not  lose  sight  of  the  fact  that  the 
chief  factor 
in  the  successful  use  of 
acetylene  gas  is  proper  gas  generation. 
Obtain  good  gas  and  no  difficulty  will 
be  found  in  making  it  give  entire  satis­
faction.  No  one  should  be deterred from 
the  use  of  this  most  beautiful  of  illu­
minants  because  failures  have  followed 
the  numerous attempts  of  ignorant  per­
sons  to  construct  generators.  Cool  gen­
eration  is  imperative.  Follow  this  with 
the  other  requirements  named,  avoiding 
apparatus  with  any  of  the  prohibited 
appliances,  insist on  minimum  care  and 
effort  in  operation,  and  you  can  readily 
and 
independently  control  a  light  that 
will  be  a  thing  of  beauty  and  a  joy  for­
ever. 

A u g u stin e  D a v is.

le

IDEAL  GENERATOR.

Some  Features  Which  Should  Not  Be 

Overlooked.

Uniform  pressure  is  even  more  desir­
able  and  necessary  for  acetylene  than 
for  other gases,but  is  maintained  in  but 
few  of  the  automatic  generators  yet 
placed  on  the  market. 
If  the  pressure 
is  irregular the  gas  is  apt  to  blow  and 
smoke and to be generally unsatisfactory. 
This  gas  does  not  smoke  under  ordinary 
conditions,  but 
is  so  rich  in  carbon 
that  when  it  does  smoke  it  deposits  soot 
at  an  alarming  rate.

it 

in 

except 

the 
it 
for 

From  the  user’s  standpoint  the  easy 
removal  of  residuum  is  most  important, 
objectionablt 
and, 
sprinkler  generator, 
is  one  of  the 
hardest  problems 
the  generator 
builder to  solve.  Wet  residuum  is  about 
as  dirty  aDd  disagreeable to handle as 
anything  that  can  be  found,  and  any 
generator  which  does  not  provide  for 
its  easy  removal  without  soiling  the 
hands  or  clothing  will  not  be  satisfac­
tory  to  the  user.

No  generator  is  desirable  which  does 
not  continue  the  supply  of gas  while 
being  recharged,  and  this  with  entirt 
absence  of  danger.

Every  generator  should  be  provided 
with  automatic 
relief  pipes,  which 
should  infallibly  permit  the  gas  to  es­
into  the  outer  atmosphere  wbei 
cape 
the  pressure  exceeds  the  slight  limit 
it 
should  be  allowed  to attain.  These pipes 
on  reaching  the  outside  of  the  building 
should  be  carried  to  a height that  woula 
prevent  escaping  gas  from being ligbteo 
either  by  design  or accident.

Condensation  traps  should be arranged 
on  all  generators  so  that  they  will  act 
constantly  and  automatically.  Pet  cock.' 
to  allow  the  direct  escape  of gas  are 
dangerous  and  are  also  unsatisfactory, 
as  they  are  liable  to  be  neglected.

Generators  should  be  made  of  good 
material  only.  They  are  generally  con­
structed  of  galvanized  steel,  and  if  it  is 
poor  quality 
is  liable  to  crack  in 
bending  and  the  coating  to  flake  off, 
causing  leaks,  which  are,  of  course,  not 
permissible  under  any  circumstances.

it 

It 

Only  the  best  mechanics  should  be 
employed  in  the  manufacture  of  gener­
ators. 
is  important  that  they  should 
be  made  tight  and  stay  tight.  The  tit- 
tings  should  be  carefully  examined  and 
put  together  with  a  suitable  compound. 
A  preparation  of  oil  and graphite proves 
most  satisfactory  for this  purpose,  as  it 
lubricates  the  threads  and  make  the 
joints  tight,  while  permitting  them  to 
be  easily  unscrewed.  An 
indifferent 
workman  will  not  give  satisfaction  in 
generator  construction.

An  obstacle  which  has  proven  almost 
insurmountable 
is  the  continuation  of 
gas  generation  after  consumption  has 
been  discontinued.  The  reason  for  this 
in  sprinkler  and  absorber  generators 
has  already  been  explained. 
In the  im- 
mersers  and 
inundaters  the  dampness 
from  the  considerable  surface  of  the 
water causes  slow  generation,  which 
is 
increased  by  warm  temperatures.  This 
has  been  overcome  largely  by  making 
the  gas  holder  of  sufficient  capacity  to 
retain  the  excess of gas generated,  where 
the  generator  is  in  daily  use,  but  there 
are  few 
if any  generators  that  will  not 
waste gas  if  no  gas  is  consumed for sev­
eral  days 
in  succession.  The  plunger 
type  is  expected  to  overcome  this  diffi 
culty  by  having  a  gas  holder of capacity 
large  enough  to  contain  the gas  from 
each  separate  charge  of  carbide,  but  the 
mechanical  difficulties  have  so  far  pre 
vented  any  conspicuous  success  in  this 
direction.

The  return  to  and  escape  of  gas 
is  open 
should  be  automat­
in  case  the  operator

from  the  generator  when 
for  recharging 
ically  prevented 

it 

should  forget  to  turn  the  stop  cock.
Generating  apparatus  should  be  so 
constructed  that  but  a  relatively  small 
proportion  of  air  can  be  admitted  while 
recharging.  A  large  percentage  seri­
ously  diminishes  the 
luminosity  of  the 
gas  and  may  be  sufficient  to  create  a 
very  dangerous  mixture.

Some  visible  indication  of the  supply 
of  carbide  unconsumed  in  the  genera­
tor  is  very  desirable  so  that  the  user 
may  not  unexpectedly  be  left  in  dark­
ness.  The  condition  of  water  supply 
also  should  be  easily  ascertainable.

Automatic  valves  should  not  be  per­
mitted.  If  used  with  acetylene  gas  they 
if  with 
will  stick  sooner  or  later,  and 
water they  are  liable  to  leak.

Pet  cocks  or  other  openings  directly 
to  the  gas  are  dangerous  and  should  not 
be  used  to  drain  condensation  nor  to  al­
low  air,  or  air  and gas mixed,  to escape.
Mercury  seals  are  entirely  unreliable 
for acetylene.
Gas  pressure  in  excess  of  6  inches  of 
water  should  be  avoided.  Pressure  re­
ducers  are  cumbersome,  expensive  and 
usually  unreliable  when  more  than  a 
slight  pressure  is  to  be  regulated.

Considerable  mixtures  of  air and  gas 
times,  and 
should  be  avoided  at  all 
should  under  no  circumstances  be 
burned, except through the  regular  acety­
lene  tips 
It  is  much  better  to  convey 
such  mixtures  to  the  outer  atmosphere 
unconsumed.

Gas  fitting  for acetylene  is  no  differ­
ent  from  that  for  coal  or  water  gas  any 
further  than  that  it  is  even  more  impor­
tant  to  have  tight  joints.  This  is  not 
because  it  is  any  more  liable  to  escape, 
for  it  will  not  issue  from  an  opening  as 
rapidly  as  ordinary  gas  because  of  its 
greater  density.  However, 
is  of 
nuch  greater  value  per  cubic  foot; 
■ berefore  leaks  would  be  more  expen­
sive.  Fortunately  acetylene  has  a  verv 
□enetrating  odor  and  diffuses  rari Mv ; 
therefore  a  leak  could  not  long  remain 
undetected.  Smaller  service  pipes  can 
be  used  because  of  the  much  smaller 
volume  of  gas  consumed.  However,  ow­
ing  to  the  small  difference  in  cost  of the 
smaller  sizes  of  gas  pipe,  it  is  well  to 
use  regulation  sizes.

it 

for  the 

same  cause. 

The  burners  for acetvlene  are  an 

The  piping  running  directly  to  the 
generator  should  have  a  good  fall,  so 
that  any  possible 
condensation  will 
drain  out  rapidly,  and  all  piping  should 
'ncline  slightly  to  the  riser  when  prac­
ticable, 
Frost 
does  not  affect  acetvlene,  but  unless  the 
generator  is  properly  constructed,  or 
if 
it  is  overcrowded,  some  steam  might  go 
forward  into  the  pipes  and  form  traps, 
if  there  were  depressions  in  the  pipes. 
Piping  and  fixtures  already 
in  place 
aTe  perfectly  adaptable  for  acetylene, 
but  they  should  always  be  tested  for 
leaks  previous  to  use  for  this  purpose
im­
portant  factor.  The  Brav  oooo and  oooo 
were  most  commonly  used  at  first.  Tbev 
give  the  most  satisfactory  flame,  but 
become  quite  hot  and  are  more  apt  to 
clog  than  the  other  types.  However, 
with  good  generation 
they  do  good 
service  and  are  preferred  hv  some  be­
cause  of  the  shape  of  their  flame.  The 
Naphey  burner 
two 
metal  arms  with  lava  tips  rlaced  to  di­
rect  the  gas  jets,  so  that  they  impinge 
upon  each  other  at  an  upward  angle  of 
about  45  degrees.  The  result  is  a dense 
flame,  apparently  suspended  above  the 
burner.  This  arrangement  permits  air 
to  be  drawn  through  small  apertures 
in 
the  lava  tips,  facilitating  combustion, 
and  also  prevents  the  carbon  deposits 
which  slowly  accumulate 
in  the  Bray 
tips.  The  objection  to  these  burners 
is  that  the  metal  arms  are  easilv twisted 
or  warped  out  of alignment,  in  which 
case  an  imperfect  flame  results.  There 
is  an 
inclination  to  turn 
these  burners  into  place  by  use of  these 
arms,  which  is quite certain  to  destroy 
their  alignment.

is  composed  of 

instinctive 

The  burner  which  appears  to  give  the 
best  satisfaction  thus  far  is  the  Starr  of 
Chattanooga.  This  burner  is  made  on 
the  same  principle  as  the  Naphey,  but 
instead  of  arms  it  has  a  broad 
lava  top 
with 
slight  hollow  projections 
which  cause  the  jets  to  impinge,  and  at 
the same time serve to  draw  in  air to aid 
in  the consumption.  These burners keep

two 

1

  BRUCE  GENERATOR

8.  Not least, but greatest.  Our Purifier takes 
out all moisture and  impurities  from  the  gas, 
making it impossible for pipes to clog up or the 
burners to choke up and smoke.
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The  Best  of  Reasons  why you  should  be 
prejudiced  in  favor of

1.  The generating chamber is large, and a full charge of 
carbide  is  only  two  inches  deep,  thus  avoiding  heating 
while generating.

2.  The spiral spray distributes the water evenly over the 
carbide, giving it quick action,  quick action avoids exces­
sive water feed and over production.

3.  There are no valves to be opened  or  closed  by  forks, 

ratchets or levers.  It is extremely simple and is sure.

4.  Our Gasometer has no labor to perform, thus  insuring 

at all times the same even pressure.

5.  All pipes are self-draining to the condens­

ing chamber.

6.  Our Gasometers  for  same  rated  capacity 
are the largest on the  market,  and  will  hold  a 
large supply.  It saves.

7.  The Bruce Generator, when left  to  do  its 

own work, will not blow off or waste the gas.

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Commercial Travelers

Michigan Knights of the Grip. 

President, John a. Hoffman, Kalamazoo; Secre­
tary, J  C.  Saunders, Lansing;  Treasurer, C hab. 
McNolty, Jackson.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association.
President,  C.  C.  Snedkker,  Detroit;  Secretary 

and Treasurer. C. W.  Allen  Detroit.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. 
Grand Counselor, J.J. Evans. Ann Arbor; Grand 
Secretary, G  S. Vai.more, Detroit;  Grand Treas­
urer, W. S. West, Jackson.
Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual  Acci­
President,  J.  Boyd  Pantlind,  Grand  Rapids; 
Secretary and Treasurer, G eo.  F.  Owen,  Grand 
Rapids.

dent Association.

Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club.
President, F. G. Trtjscott, Marquette; Secretary 
and Treasurer. A. F.  Wixson.  Marquette.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Wm.  Harman,  of  Fremont,  has  taken 
the  State  agency  of  the  Monmouth  Pot­
tery  Co.

Lewis  Cass  Bradford  has  signed  with 
E.  B.  Millar  &  Co.,  of  Chicago,  for 
another  year.

Charles  L.  Cooper,  of  Muskegon,  is 
now  engaged  as  traveling  salesman  for 
the  Genesee  Pure  Food  Co.,  of  LeRov, 
N.  Y.

Geo.  G.  Cathrin,  of  Detroit,  has  en­
gaged  to  travel  for  the  curtain  pole  de­
partment  of  Wm.  Beitner,  of  Traverse 
City.

Fred  Read  and  Fred  Potter,  of  Lud- 
ington,  are  traveling  together 
for  a 
jewelry  house  and  for  the  Ludington 
Novelty  Works.

Frank  Jackson,  of  Marinette,  who  has 
been  the  trimmer  and  head  salesman 
for  M.  J.  Culnan,  has  accepted  a  posi­
tion  as  traveling  salesman 
for  Pen- 
berthy,  Cook  &  Co.,  of  Menominee.

Manton  Tribune:  R.  C.  Smith,  trav­
eling  salesman  for  Burgunders  Bros.  & 
Co.,  Columbus,  Ohio,  fell  into  a  cistern 
at  the  rear  of  the  Commercial  House, 
one  day  this  week,  and  was  obliged  to 
give  up  work  a  few  days  by  reason  of 
injuries  sustained.

Allen  Hilborn,  of  Benton  Harbor,  has 
engaged  to  travel  for the  F.  J.  Scbwan- 
kovsky  music  bouse,  Detroit.  He  was 
with  this  house  from  1890 to 1896.  Since 
then  he  has  put  in  a  year  in  the  South­
ern  States,  but  he  thinks  Michigan  is 
good  enough  for  him.

The  members  of  Post  A  (Lansing) 
have  raised  enough  money  to  defray 
the  expenses  of  a  band  to  the  State  con­
vention  at  Saginaw.  The  Lansing  del­
egation  will  establish  headquarters  at 
the  Hotel  Vincent,  where  they  hope  to 
meet  all  their  friends.

Merchants’ 

and  Travelers' 

inter­
changeable  mileage  conventions  will 
be  held 
in  New  York  City  on  Decem­
ber  19,  and  in  Boston  on  the  21,  for  the 
purpose  of  demonstrating  that  commer­
cial  travelers  and  their  employers  are 
unquestionably  in  favor  of  interchange­
able  mileage,  and  to  meet  the  railroad 
officials  and  the  salesmen  in  charge  of 
the  affairs  ot  the  passenger  associations 
for  deliberation  of  matters  pertaining 
to  the  subject  of  interchangeable  mile­
age,  and  discussion  thereon.

C.  H.  Sheldon, 

formerly  Western 
Michigan  traveling  representative  for 
the  Michigan  Shoe  Co.,  recently  passed 
away  at  his  home  in  Hillsdale.  In  sum­
ming  up  the  life  work  of  the  deceased, 
the  Hillsdale  Leader  remarked:  “ He 
came  to  Michigan 
in  1859,  when  a 
young  man,  before  he  was  twenty-one, 
and  his  whole  business  life  was  spent 
in  Hillsdale. 
Few  men  have  ever 
gained  and  held  the  respect  and  entire 
good  will  of a  whole  community  to  the

extent  he  did.  Upright  in  thought,  he 
lived  an  open,  honest  life;  and  in  busi­
ness  and  social  circles 
it  was  ever  a 
pleasure  to  meet  him.  His  happy,  cor­
dial  greeting  made  the  sunshine  of  your 
own 
life  a  little  brighter  and  warmer, 
and  you  would  cross  the  street next time 
to  meet  him  and  get  within  its  influ­
ence,  rather  than  as  too  often  the  case 
you  feel 
like  crossing  over  to  avoid 
coming  in  contact  with  so  many  whose 
greetings  mean  nothing  and  leave  with 
you  no  feeling  of  good-will  or  helpful­
ness.  His  was  a  busy,  active  life,  and 
with  that  happy,  kindly  disposition,  if 
clouds  there  were  in  his  sky  they  were 
never allowed  to  chill,  oppress  or  dark­
en  your  way.  For  a  quarter  of  a  cen­
tury  he  was  in  the  boot  and  shoe  busi­
ness  here,  and  for  ten  or  twelve  years 
was  on  the  road  in  the  same  line.  Near- 
lv  all  his  life  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  and  the  church 
was  honored  and  better  because  of  his 
membership.  For  a  year  or  more  he 
had been  in  failing  health and  was  com­
pelled  to  give  up  business. 
In  1861  he 
was  married  to  Miss  Cora  F.  Stevens, 
who,  with  two  children,  Charles,  and 
Mrs.  C.  W.  McKee  survives him,  all 
residents  of  this  city.’ ’
Movements of Lake Superior T ravelers
T.  J.  Gregory  has  transferred  his 
services  from  Steele,  Wedels  &  Co.  to 
Sprague,  Warner  &  Co.

E  M.  Smith will represent  the  North­
ern  Hardware  &  Supply  Co.,  of Menom­
inee.
M.  A.  Dunning  (Morley  Bros.)  will 
quit  the  road  Jan.  1  and  enter  the  house 
of  the  Marshall-Wells  Hardware  Co., 
Duluth,  as  manager  of  the  stove  and 
house  furnishing goods department.  Mr. 
Dunning  will  be  missed.  He  was  well 
liked  and  successful.
W.  H.  James  (C.  M.  Henderson  & 

Co.)  is  doing  the  copper  country.

T.  H.  Hilton,  “ the  little  man  with  a 
big  voice,”   is  calling  on  copper  coun­
try  customers  and  a  few  friends.

L.  H.  Richardson  (Steele,  Wedels  & 
Co  ), the newlv elected clerk of Houghton 
county,  is  calling  on  his  trade  for  the 
last  time.  He  begins  his  official  duties 
Jan.  1.
Thomas  Long,  a  D.,  S.  S.  &  A.  ex­
conductor,  will  represent  the  Upper 
Peninsula  Brewing  Co.,  of  Marquette, 
at  Sault  Ste.  Marie.

Will  C.  Brown,  who  for  twenty  years 
has  been  a  commercial  traveler 
in  the 
Upper  Peninsula,  has  been  appointed 
to  a  lucrative  position  by  Paine,  Web­
ber  &  Co.,  the  Boston  bankers  and 
brokers.  Mr.  Brown  has  opened  a  suite 
of  offices  at  Marquette  and will circulate 
around  the  Upper  Peninsula,  looking 
after  the 
interests  of  the  concern  he 
represents.  Few  travelers  have  ever 
covered  a  certain  territory  as 
long  as 
Mr.  Brown  has  and  fewer  travelers  have 
as  many  friends  as  he  has  or  would  be 
more  missed.  Push,  pluck  and  persist­
ency  are in  him to such an extent that the 
results  of  his  new  enterprise  are  sure 
to  be  on  the  right  side  of  the  ledger.
Call  for  Mass  Meeting  of  Travelers
The following  appeal  has  been  mailed 
to  every  member  of  the  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip  in  Grand  Rapids:
When  the  annual  convention  of  the 
Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip  was  held 
in  Grand  Rapids,  four  years  ago,  the 
Saginaw  boys  came  over  by  special 
train  and  contributed  greatly  to  the  suc­
cess  of  the  occasion.
Grand  Rapids  traveling  men  now 
have  an  opportunity  to  show  their  ap 
preciation  of  this  visit  by going to Sagi­
naw 
in  sufficient  numbers  to  make  a 
respectable  showing  in  the  City  of  Salt 
and  Sawdust.
Will  you,  therefore,  kindly  show  your 
interest  in  such  a  project  by  attending 
a  meeting  of  Post  E  at  Sweet’s  Hotel 
Saturday  evening,  Dec.  17?

When  a  tramp  asks  for  bread  do  not 
give  him  a  stone;  set  the  dog  on  him.

The  usual  dulness  in  the  wheat  mar­
ket  prevailed  during 
the  week  and 
prices  went  below  the  previous  week. 
The  Chicago  crowd  were bearish.  Large 
lots  of  long  wheat  were  dumped  and  the 
shorts  took  their  profits.  All  together 
made  the  market  heavy.  The  visible 
increased  2,623,000  bushels,  more  than 
double  what  was  anticipated,  which 
made  the  few  friends  that  wheat  had 
rather  lukewarm  and  caused  them  to 
halt  and  await  further  developments. 
Why  these  low  prices  is  a  conundrum 
because 
the  winter 
wheat  belt  are  only  normal  from  first 
hands,while  in  the  spring  wheat  section 
receipts  are  only  moderate,  while  ex 
ports  are  as  much  as  ever and foreigners 
accept  our  offers  as  fast  as  made,  while 
in  1892  with  a  larger  crop  harvested 
than  we  had  this  year  prices  averaged 
$!  per  bushel.  The  flour  output  is  as j 
large  as  ever  and  is  taken  right  along 
and  nothing  is  being  stored  up.

the  receipts 

in 

Mill  feed  likewise  is  in  good  demand 
at  full  prices  and  we  will  surely  see  an 
advance  before 
long,  especially  as  the 
farmers  are  holding  back  in  the  hopes 
that  another  Leiter  will  turn  up.

Corn  is  strong,  especially  as  the  vis­
ible  showed  a  decrease  of  2,516.000 
bushels  where  a  small 
increase  was 
expected.  As  usual,  the  market  went 
contrary  to  what  most  traders  expected. 
The  new  crop  does  not  turn  out  nearly 
as  good  as  was  expected,  as  it  is  too 
soft  yet  to  grade,  owing  to  the  soft 
weather.  We  certainly 
look  for  better 
prices  yet  in  this  cereal.

Oats,  as  was  expected,  remain  on  top 
and  climb  little  by  little,  and  we  would 
not  be  surprised  to  see  4@5C  Per  bushel 
added  in  the  near  future.

Rye  remains  on  an  even  tenor,  as 

there  is  not  much  stock  on  hand.

Wheat  receipts  were  again  moderate 
this  week,  being  69  cars  of wheat,  while 
receipts  of  corn  and  oats were extremely 
large,  being,  20 cars  of  corn  and  22  cars 
of  oats.

I  hope  we  can  report  a  more  active 

market  in  all  the  cereals  in  our  next.
The  mills  are  paying  60c  for  wheat.
C.  G.  A.  V oigt.

probabilities  all  seem 
to  point  to  a 
higher  range  of  prices  within  a  few 
weeks.

The  export  demand  still  continues  to 
be  very  heavy  and,  taken  together  with 
an  unusually  large  home  consumption, 
makes  a  weekly  demand  and  use  of  the 
last  crop,  under  which  it  is  very  rapidly 
melting  away.  We  predict  that  the  ag­
gressive  bear  speculators  who  persist 
from  this  on  in  selling  May wheat  short 
will  have  a  lively  time  later  on  in  find­
trades 
ing  the  wheat  to  settle  their 
without  heavy 
is 
not  very  much  wheat  moving,  but  the 
city  mills  have been  able  to  produce  a 
sufficient  quantity  to  run  steadily,  and 
have  some  good  orders  booked  for  Jan­
uary.

loss.  Locally,  there 

is 

Millstuff 

in  excellent  demand;  in 
fact,  the  mills  are  sold  ahead  at  ad­
vanced  prices  of  from  50c  to $1  per  ton. 
Feed  and  meal  are 
in  good  demand, 
with  prices  nominal  and  unchanged  for 
the  week. 

W m.  N.  Rowe.

Addressed  to  Dorothy  Dix.

Marquette,  Dec.  12—Your  late  article 
relative  to  the  education  of  men  for 
matrimony  is,  indeed,  a  good  one;  and 
as  an  amendment.  I  would  suggest  a 
like 
institution  for  the  education  of 
women 
to  become  mothers-in-law. 
There  also  might  be  a  little  one  for  the 
education  of  girls,  but  the  largest  of the 
three  should  be  for  mothers-in  law,  with 
a  compulsory-education  law  passed  and 
enforced  making  capital  punishment 
the  penalty. 

Ouix.

Poetic Clerk at  Coldwater.

E.  R.  Clark  &  Co.,  druggists  and 
grocers  at  Coldwater,  exhibit  samples 
of  cancelled  revenue  stamps 
in  their 
window,  accompanied  by  the  following 
rhythmic  explanation:

There’s one consoling’ thought 
That helps to ease the pain,
In licking these big stamps 
We’ve helped to lick old Spain.

first 

The 

entertainment  given  by 
Grand  Rapids  Council,  No.  131,  U.  C. 
T.,  which  will  occur  Saturday  evening, 
promises  to  be  a  very  enjoyable  affair, 
a  pleasing  literary  and  musical program 
having  been  arranged  for  the  occasion.
1  It  is  seldom  difficult  to  appear natural 
when  you  have  no  ax  to  grind.

The  Eighth  Attempt  in  Sixteen  Years.
Detroit,  Dec.  12—As  a  result  of  the 
meeting  held 
in  this  city  Nov.  25,  a 
movement  has  been  started  looking  to 
the  passage  of  certain  measures  by  the 
incoming  Legislature. 
These  meas­
ures  are  not  a  new  thing  to  you,  having 
— as  you  stated 
in  your  letter  of  Nov. 
24—paiticipated 
in  no  less  than  seven 
campaigns  to  secure  relief  for Michigan 
merchants  from  dead-beatism.  The ex­
perience  and  knowledge  gathered  from 
these  campaigns  make  you  especially 
fit to  act  on  the  Legislative  Committee, 
to  which  you  have  been  appointed  a 
member.  We  have taken  it  for  granted 
that  you  always  stand  ready  to  assist 
in 
a movement  of this  kind,and will greatly 
appreciate  any  suggestions  you  make 
in  regard  to  the  drafting  of  measures  to 
be  introduced  and  the  organization work 
of  the  Committee.  The  Detroit  mem 
hers  of  the Committee will meet together 
in  a  few  days  to  outline some plan, when 
I  would  be  pleased  to  be  in  receipt  of 
your  views  on  the  work  before  us.

E.  M a r k s,  Sec’y.

Flour and  Feed.

Since  the  recent  decline  in wheat dur­
ing  the  past  few  days  buyers  have  be 
gun  to  exhibit  more  confidence in values 
inclined  to  make  purchases 
and  seem 
for  delivery  early  in  the  new  year. 
In 
doing  this,  in  a  moderate  way,  for  the 
needs  of  the  spring  trade,  on  the  basis 
of  present  values,  there  can  certainly  be 
but  little,  if  anything,  to. lose,  for  the

Presentation

Watches,  Diamonds and  Fine Jewelry.

A.  PREUSSER.

R E M O D E L E D   H O T E L   B U T L E R
I.  M.  BROWN, PROP.
Rates, $1. 

Washington Ave. and Kalamazoo St.,  LANSING.

HOTEL WHITCOMB

ST. JOSEPH,  MICH.

A. VINCBNT. Prop.

FREE  BUS.

$ 2   PER  DAY. 

THE  CHARLESTON

Only first-class house In MASON,  Mich.  Every­
thing new.  Every room heated.  Large and well- 
lighted sample rooms.  Send your mall care of  the 
Charleston, where the boys stop.  CHARLES  A. 
CALDWELL, formerly of Donnellv  House,  Prop.

Hotel  Columbia

Finest Furnished House in 
TRAVERSE CITY.  MICH.

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

W. H. FLETCHER, Prop.

FORMERLY  OF  COLUMBIAN  RESTAURANT.

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Drugs—Chemicals

MICHIGAN  STATB  BOARD  OP  PHARMACY.
Term expires
-  Dec. 31,189b
-  Dec. 31, 1899 
Dec.  31,1900
Dec. 31. 1901
-  Dec. 31,1902

P. W. R.  Perby, Detroit 
A. C.  Sc h u m a c h e r .  Ann  Arbor 
Geo. Gdndbi m.  Ionia 
L  E  R e y n o l d s ,  St.  Joseph 
Hen by  Heim.  Saginaw  - 
• 

- 

• 

President, G eo.  G cndrum.  Ionia.
Secretary,  A .  C. S c h u m a c h e r ,  Ann Arbor. 
Treasurer,  Henry  Heim, Saginaw.
Examination  Sessions.

De'niit—Jan. 10 and 11.
Grand Rapi is—March 7 and 8.
Star Island—June &> and 27.
Houghton—Aug  29 and 30.
Lan-ing—Nov. 7 and 8.

STATB PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.
President—J. J. Sourwine.  Escanaba. 
Secretary, Chas  F.  Mann.  Detroit 
Treasurer  John  D.  Muir. Grand Rapids.

The  Kind  of  Advertising  that  Pays.
The  most  profitable 

advertising  a 
drag  store  can  do  is  generally  done 
in­
side  the  store.  Newspaper  and  other 
printed  advertising  can  bring  customers 
to  your  store  once,  but 
it  can’t  makt- 
them  come  again;  and  customers  wbo 
never  come  back  might  just  about  as 
wt-11  have  stayed  away  altogether.  The 
most  successful  druggist 
is  not  neces­
sarily  the  man  who  does  tbe  best  news­
paper  advertising,  but  be  is  necessarih 
tbe  man  who  does  tbe  best  inside  ad­
vertising.  The  man  whose  store  makes 
tbe  right  sort  of  impression  is  tbe  man 
wbo  succeeds.  The  man  who  makes  the 
customer  want to  come  again  is  the mar 
who  wins.

Too  many  druggists  seem  to  think 
they  have  done  their  duty  by  their  show 
windows 
if  they  give  them  tbe  usual 
number  of  the  traditional  red  and  green 
headlights.  But  that  is  a  mistake.  A 
druggist's  windows  should  always  be 
tastefully  trimmed,  and  tbe  trim  should 
be  changed  often.  This  tikes  a  good 
deal  of  time  and  thought,  but  it  is  well 
worth  it.  Trusses  and  bot-water  bottles 
do  not  possess  that  ornamental  value 
which  some  druggists  seem 
to  giv«- 
them  credit  for,  but  in  every  drug  stock 
there  are  many  things  that  may  he  ad­
vantageously  used  as  window  decora­
tions.  Soaps,  perfumeries,  cosmetics, 
and  similar  toilet  articles  make  ex­
tremely  attractive  displays, 
if  well 
handled.  Care  should  be  taken  net  to 
have  too  many  different kinds of articles 
in  the  same  window. 
Indeed,  it  is  far 
better  to  have  but  one.  Above  all,  the 
windows  should  be  kept  scrupulously 
clean,  inside  and  out.  There must never 
be  a  particle  of  dust  nor  a  solitary  fly.
The  same  religious  cleanliness  must 
always  obtain  all  through  tbe  store. 
Everything  must  be  kept  shining  and 
sparkling.  Screen  doors  and  windows 
must  be  provided  to  keep  out  the  flies. 
The  showcases  must  be  equally  clean, 
of  course,  inside  and  out.  Their  con­
tents  must  be  tastefully  arranged.  Keep 
them  clear of  litter.  Don’t  cover  them 
with  sample  cards  of  remedies for tooth­
ache  and  corns.  There’s  no  more  reason 
for  thrusting  such  things  at  the  public 
than  there  is  for  urging  them  by  impli­
cation  to  buy  rubber  nipples  or blue 
ointment.

Don’t  be  afraid  to  spend  a  little  more 
money  than  poor  things  cost.  Get  the 
best;  the  difference  in  cost  is  slight. 
I 
mean  such  things  as  bottles,  corks, 
caps,  envelopes,  and  cartons.  Every 
package  that  goes  out  of  your  store 
should  be  a  model  of  neatness and  good 
taste,  not  to  say  elegance.  These  so- 
considered  trifles  are  among  the  very 
best  advertisements  your  business  can 
have.  The  packages  that  come  from 
some  drug  stores  I  know  of  have  an"air

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

of  aristocratic  exclusiveness,  of  unmis­
takable  top-notchness,  that  can  not  fail 
to  impress  the  most  critical  and  callous 
man  in  town.  Make  no  mistake  about 
it,  people  note  such  things  and  remem­
ber them.

The  impression  your store makes upon 
tbe  public  depends  very largely upon the 
way  you  treat  people.  Of  course,  loaf­
ers  should  be  discouraged— insulted  if 
necessary.  But  serious-minded  people 
who  come 
in  on  business  must  be 
treated  with  a  judicious  mixture  of  def­
erence  and  cordiality.  Tbe  familiar, 
shoulder-slapping  man  is a nuisance and 
an  ass,  but  tbe  frozen  automaton  wbo 
stands  and  glares  at  you  without  speak­
ing  until  you  meekly  stammer  forth 
vour  wants  would  never  sell  so  much 
as  a  single  quinine  pill 
if  I  had  my 
way.  You  can  be  pleasant  without  be­
ing  unduly  familiar.  You  can  unbend 
and  come  down  to  earth  without  sacri­
ficing  a  jot  of  your  manly  dignity.

Treat  everybody  alike.  The  child 
who  wants  a  stick  of  licorice,  tbe  girl 
who  wants  a  postage-stamp,  and  the  old 
lady  who  wants  to  know  what  time  the 
4.30 train  leaves  are  entitled  to the same 
courteous  treatment  accorded  to  the 
mayor  of  the  town.  Children  all  have 
money  to  spend— or  will  have  when 
they  grow  up.  You  want  that  money. 
In  fact,  you’ve  got  to  have  it.  Thev 
don't  have  to  have  your  goods;  they can 
go  elsewhere.  But  you  have  to  have 
their  money.  Hence  your constant  effort 
and  study  must  be  to  send  everybodx 
away  from  your  store  feeling  that  they 
want  to  come  again.  You  must  make 
them  feel  that  you  deserve  their  trade, 
that  you'll  always  be  glad  to  see  them 
and  always  be  on  hand 
to  welcome 
them.

Another thing :  Let  it be  clearly  un­
derstood  that  you  stand  behind  every­
thing  that  goes  out  of  your  store—that 
what  you  say  goes.  Let 
it  be  known 
by  everybody  within  reach  that  yours  is 
a  thoroughly  dependable  store.  Make 
everybody  feel  that  when  they  buy  any­
thing  of  you 
it  will  turn  out  precisely 
as  you  told  them  it  would;  and  if  there 
is  anything  wrong  with  it  they  can  get 
'heir  monev  back  in  a  minute.

This  is  the  way  solid  substantial busi 
nesses  are  built  up.—Charles  Austin 
Bates  in  Printer's  Ink.

The  Drug  Market.

Opium—The  market  is  dull  and  spec 
ulators  are  not  operating  in  a  large  wav 
at  present.  Prices  are  steady,  although 
reports  from  primary  market would war­
rant  an  advance.

Morphine— Is  unchanged.
Quinine—On  account  of higher  prices 
ic  per 

for  bark,  has  been  advanced 
ounce,  with  the  exception  of  P.  &  W.

Cocaine—The  market 

is  very  firm, 
with  prospects  of  another  advance  in 
the  near future.

Iodides— Are  in  a  very  firm  position, 
on  account  of  higher prices abroad,  with 
prospects  of  an  early  advance.

Gum  Camphor— Has  again  been  ad­

vanced  by  refiners  i^ c   per  pound.

Wanted  Magnesia  Powders.

Last  week  a  Cincinnati  druggist  re­
ceived  a  note  which  read  as  follows: 
“ Mr.  —,  are  Macknisha  powders  good 
for  a  sick  stomach  fer  a  person  that 
throws  up  gall  I  think  —  has  coughte 
colde 
if  they  are  good  give  sister  10 
cents  worth  and  talk  loud  to  sister.”

The  man  wbo  is  willing  to  do  as  he 
would  be  done  by  always  wants  to  be 
done by  first.

How  the  Country  Doctor  Creates  a 

Vacuum.

it,  or 

informed 

“ Altogether  the  most  interesting  as 
well  as  amusing  victim  we  have  before 
us 
is  the  country  doctor  who  has de­
cided  that  he  wants  to  add  the  patent 
medicine  business  to  his  other  accom­
plishments, and  longs  for official permis­
sion  to  do so,”  says  W.  W.  Kerr,  a mem­
ber  of  the  Arkansas  Board of Pharmacy. 
“ Usually  he  has  already  written  to  the 
Secretary  asking  to  be  licensed  by  vir­
tue  of  his  profession  as  a  physician, 
and  having  been 
that  the 
Board  did  not  do  business  that  way,  he 
comes  before  it  with  an  aggrieved  feel­
ing,  and  at  tbe  same  time  with  an  air 
of  superior  dignity,  as  if  it  were  some­
thing  of  a  condescension  upon  bis  part 
to  submit  to  an  examination  by  an  in­
ferior  order  of  beings  professionally, 
out  has  determined  to  make  a  virtue  of 
necessity  and  accept  the  inevitable.  He 
receives  bis  paper on  pharmacy  without 
looking  at 
indeed  at  anything 
else;  goes  to  his  seat  and  begins  to 
write,  at  first  with  considerable rapidity 
and  confidence,  but  gradually  getting 
••lower  and  slower.  He  begins  to  pon- 
fer,  and  his  eyes  are  more  opened  to 
things  around  him,’ 
fact,  wistful 
glances  begin  to  rest  upon  the  members 
if  tbe  board,  tbe  desks,  the  pictures  on 
the  wall,  the  other  boys,  upon  every­
thing  except  his  paper,  and  although 
uis  estimate  of  the  ability  of  his  exam­
iners  may  not 
increase,  his  conscious­
ness  that  they  know  how  to  ask  fool 
questions  and  he  does  net  know  bow  to 
arswer  seems  to  grow  into  a  positive 
onviction.  After  some  soit  of  fashion 
he  finishes  his  paper  on  pharmacy  and 
tarns  to  chemistry.  What  was  before 
nerely  astonishment  now  becomes  ac 
taal  despair,  and  after  looking  over  it 
for  about  fifteen  minutes  belays it aside 
and  calls  for  materia  medica.  Here  be 
feels  himself  at  home— and  would  be 
glad  if  he  were.  He  launches  out  on  an 
essay  upon  this subject, which  is  at  once 
‘ exhaustive’  as  be  regards  it,and  is 'ex­
hausting'  as  the  Board  looks  at  it  after­
wards.  When  be comes  to  the ident ifica­
tion  of  specimens  be  looks  wise,  tastes 
wiser,  and  smells  wisest*  but  he  idecti- 
fies  all  tbe  same,  tikes  bis  hat,  and 
iter  bidding  the  members  good-bye 
with  considerable  less 
condescension 
than  he  said  good  morning,  be  creates 
a  vacuum  in  tbe  circle  without  fuither 
ado. ’ ’
Window  Display  for  the  Christmas 

in 

Season.

When  a  Christmas  window  is  to  be 
prepared  about  two  weeks  before,  try 
this  plan:  Upon 
tbe  bottom  of  the 
window  place  two  pasteboard  boxes 
about  eight  inches  long,  four  wide,  and 
three higher,  about  eight  inches  apart, 
and  at  an  acute  angle  with  tbe  front 
glass. 
In  the  center  of  the  window, 
between  these  two,  put  a  third  about 
four  inches  square.  Around  this  group 
arrange  about  half  a  dozen  others, 
about  6x4x3,  at  convenient  distances 
from  each  other,  and  suitable  to  tbe 
form  of  the  window.  Over the  whole 
loosely 
lay  cheese-cloth  or  bunting  of 
some  such  light  color  as  sky-blue,  lav­
ender,  sea-green,  or  canary  with  black 
trimmings  and  deeply  plaited.  This 
will  compose  the  ground  work.  As  aids 
for  trimming,  provide  about  two  dozen 
Japanese napkins  of  shades  to  contrast 
delicately  with  the  bunting  selected. 
Grasp  these  one  at  a  time  by  their  cen­
tral  points,  fold  opposite corners  upon 
each  other,  draw  gently  through  tbe 
partly  closed  hand,  andjtlace  the  apex

of  these  funnel-shaped  napkins  upon 
one corner  of  each  elevation  formed  by 
the boxes.  Set  toilet  atomizers  or  other 
fancy  articles  upon  them,  being  careful 
not  to  get  too  many  of  a  kind  too  close 
together.

Between  the  elevations,  and  partly 
covered  by  the  plaited  bunting,  lay  fiat 
a  few  vinaigrettes,  small  bottles  of  col­
ogne,  nail  polishers,  and  other  season­
able  fancy  goods.  Upon  the  central 
elevation  should  be  placed  tbe  prettiest 
article  in  stock,  and  upon  each  side  of 
it  the  most  gaudily  decorated.  To  fin­
ish  this  window,  arrange  two  bouquets 
of  freshly  cut  flowers  immediately  be­
hind  the  first  placed  boxes  and  twine 
ivy  promiscuously  over  the cloth,around 
the  fancy  articles,  and  among  the  eleva­
tions.  At  night  have  tbe  window  bril­
liantly 
illuminated,  using  a  colored 
globe  or  shade  arranged  to  reflect  tbe 
light 
in  a  way  to  harmonize  with  tbe 
bunting  used.  This  can  be  done  easily 
with  tissue  paper.

Such  a  display  makes  a most excellent 
and  attractive  window  exhibit,  costs 
only  about 65  cents  and two hours' work, 
while  the  realization,  financially,  will be 
astonishing.  H.  L io n e l  M e r e d it h .
Dispensing  by  an  Unregistered Clerk.
A  New  York  druggist  is  being  held 
in  $300  bail  for  examination,  charged 
with  allowing  an  unregistered  clerk  to 
compound  a  prescription  during  bis  ab­
sence.  The  prescrip ion  was  handed  by 
an 
inspector  of  the  board  to  tbe  clerk 
while  the  proprietor  was  out,  and  it  was 
promptly  filled.  The  druggist  says  in 
defense  that  he  had  repeatedly  warned 
the  clerk  not  to  dispense  a  prescription 
under such  circumstances;  but  that  tbe 
boy  put  up  this  simple  one  of  zinc 
sulphate  and  water  because  the  custom­
er  said  be  could  not  wait  for  the  pro­
prietor  to  return.  Tbe  boy  is  a  student 
in  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy, 
and  was  undoubtedly  equal  to  this  par­
ticular  task,  but  the  board  bolds  that 
the  law  was  nevertheless  violated

is  one  case  growing  out  of  the 
is  mak­
investigation  which  the  board 
ing  of  the  stores  in  certain  parts  of  the 
city.
How  to  Examine  Absorbent  Cotton.
R.  B.  King  is  surprised  at  the  per­
centage  of  absorbent  cotton  which  con­
tains  the  undesirable  short hairs.  When 
such  cotton 
is  used  on  wounds  or  sores 
the  short  fibers  must  certainly  adhere 
and  cause 
irritation.  O  ttimes he  bad 
found  the  outside  of  a  carton  of  cotton 
to  be  good,  but  tbe  inside,  “ like  a  bad 
pie,”   was  very  different.  He  thinks 
pharmacists  ought  to  exercise  discrimi­
nation 
in  purchasing  cotton,  and  sug­
gests  tbe  following  mtthod  of  examina­
tion :  Take  a  piece  of  it  between  the 
thumb  and  forefinger  of  each  band  and 
pull 
it  apart,  put  together  again,  and 
repeat  tbe  pulling  until  the  fibers  stand 
separate  like  hairs;  then  measure  on  a 
rule  the  length  of  fiber. 
If  the  fibers 
are  less  than  one-half  inch  in  length  tbe 
cotton  should  be  rejected.

This 

Removing  Ink  Spots  From  Carpets.
If  the  ink  is  freshly  spilled,  says  M. 
Billen,  first  take  it  up  with  a  teaspoon, 
if 
in  considerable  quantity,  or  with  a 
blotting-pad  if  in  less,  using  the  blotter 
in  either 
instance  to  finish  absorption 
Then  pour  cold  sweet  milk  over  tbe 
spot,  and,  after  letting  remain  a  mo­
ment,  take  up  as  before,  repeating  the 
process  until  tbe  milk  comes  away  only 
slightly  stained  with  black.  Finish  by 
using 
some 
lemon-juice has  been  strained.  Finally, 
rinse  with  pure  water and  dry  off  with 
a  soft  cloth,  rubbing  the  surface  slight­
ly  as  the  water  is absorbed.  Old  ink 
spots  may  be  removed  by  moistening  a 
crystal  of  citric  acid  and  rubbing  the 
spot  gently,  repeating  the  operation  un­
til  the  spot  vanishes.

into  which 

cold  water 

Some  preachers  are  very  deep—and 

the  most  of  them  are  rather  long.

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

19

SALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Morphia, 8.P.4W ... 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.&
C. Co....................
Moschus Canton__
Myristica, No. 1......
Nux Vomica...po.20
Os  Sepia.................
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
D. Co....................
Plcis Liq. N.N.Mgal.
doz........................
Plcis Liq., quarts__
Plcis Liq., pints......
Pll Hydrarg...po.  80 
Pi per Nigra... po.  22
Piper Alba__po.  35
Pilx  Burgun__
Plumbi  Acet__
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 
Pyrethrum, boxes H.
A P. D. Co., doz.
Pyrethrum,  pv__
Quassia...............
Quinia, S. P. & W. 
Quinia, S. German
Quinia, N.Y.........
Rubla Tinctorum. 
SaccharumLactis pv
Salacin................
Sanguis Draconls
Sapo,  W..............
Sapo, M...............
Sapo, G...............
Siedlitz  Mixture

2 40® 2 65
2 30® 2 55
®  40
65®  80
®  10 
15®  18
®  1  00
® 2 00 
®  1  00 
®  85
®  50
®  18 
®  30
7
® 
10®  
12 
1  10®  1  20
®  1 25 
25®  30
8®  
10 
31®  36
23@  33
33®  35
12®  14
18®  20
3 00® 3  10
40®  50
12®  14
10® 
12
®  15
20  ® 
22

® 18
Slnapls........................  
® 30
Sinapis, opt................. 
Snuff, Maccaboy.De
® 34
Voes.......................... 
34
Snuff, Scotch, DeVo’s  ® 
Soda Boras..............  9  ®  11
Soda Boras, po........  9  ®  11
26®  28
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Carb..............  1H@ 
2
Soda, Bi-Carb.........  
5
3® 
4
Soda, Ash...............   3M® 
Soda, Sulphas.........  
2
® 
Spts. Cologne........... 
® 2 60
Spts.  Ether Co........ 
50®  55
Spt  Myrcia Dom... 
® ° 00
Spts. Vini Reet. bbl. 
® 2 54 
Spts. Vini Rect. Mbbl  ®  2  59
Spts. Vini Rect.l0gal  ®  2 62
Spts. Vlnl Rect.  5gal  ®  2 84
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  40®  1  45
Sulphur,  Subl.........   2K@  4
Sulphur,  Roll........ 
2j2@3V4
Tamarinds.................  
8®  10
Tererienth Venice... 
28®  30
Theobroma............  
46®  48
Vanilla....................  9 00® 16 00
Zinc!  Sulph................ 
7®  8

Less 5c gal. cash 10 days. 

Oils

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

Linseed, pure  raw.. 
35 
Linseed,  boiled......   36 
Neatsfoot, winter str  66 
Spirits Turpentine.. 
44 

38
39
70
50
Paints  BBL.  LB
Red Venetian.........  
IK  2  ®8
Ochre, yellow Mars. 
IK  2  ®4 
Ochre, yellow  Ber.. 
IK  2  @3 
Putty, commercial..  2K  2^@3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2%  2K®3 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American.............  
13®  15
70®  75
Vermilion, English. 
Green, Paris...........  18H@  22
Green,  Peninsular.. 
13®  16
Lead, Red...............   5K@
Lead, white...........  5K®  6h
Whiting, white Span 
® 
,u 
Whiting,  gilders’...  @  70
White, Paris Amer..  @  1  00
Whiting, Paris  Eng.
cliff.....................   @110
Universal Prepared.  1  00®  I  15

Varnishes

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

W W W )

Freezable

Goods

Now  is the Time to Stock

f   t

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

f   ♦

Hazeltine  &  Perkins 

Drug  Co.

2u(

is® 1 25

00® 4 50

00® 1 10
50® 1 60

Conlnm Mac...........  36®  50
Copaiba...................  l 
Cube baa....................  go®  1 00
Exechthltos...........  1  00® 1  10
Erlgeron.................  1 
Gaultberia..............  1 
Geranium,  ounce...  ® 
75
50®  60
Gossippil, Sem. gal.. 
Hedeoma.................  l 
on®  i io
50® 2 00
Junipera..................  1 
Lavendula.............. 
90® 2 00
Limonis...................  1 
30®  1 50
Mentha Piper.........  1  60® 2 20
Mentha Verld.........   1  50®  1  60
Morrhua,  gal.........   1  10®  1  25
Myrcia,....................  4 
Olive.......................  
75® 3 00
Plcis  Llquida.  ......  
10®  12
®  36
Plcl8 Llquida, gad... 
R iclna.................... 
96®  1 05
Rosmarlnl...............  
® 100
Rosae,  ounce...........  6 50® 8 50
Succlni...................  40®  45
Sabina..................  
go®  i  00
Santal....................... 2 1
Sassafras.................
Slnapls, ess., ounce.
TIgUL?....................  1
Thyme....................
Thyme,  opt............
Theobromas...........
Potassium
Bi-Carb....................
Bichromate............
Bromide..................
Carb.......................
Chlorate..po. 17®19c
Cyanide...................
Iodide......................  2 40
Potassa, Bitart, pure 
Potassa, Bitart,  com 
Potass Nitras, o p t..
Potass Nitras...........
Prussiate................. 
Sulphate po  ..  ......
Radix
Aconltvm...............
Althae......................
Anchusa.................
Arum po..................
Calamus.................
Gentiana........po  15
Glychrrhlza.. .pv. 15 
Hydrastis Canaden.
Hydrastis Can., po..
Hellebore, Alba, po..
Inula, po................. 
Ipecac, po............... 2
Iris plox— po35®38
Jalapa, pr...............
Maranta,  Me...........
Podophyllum, po__
B hei.............r . . . .
Rhel, out.................
Rhei.pv...................
Splgeua...................
Sanguinaria..  po. 15
Serpentaria............  
so
Senega....................  40
Similax,officinalis H
Smilax, M................
Scillse.............. po.35  10
Symplocarpus, Fceti-
dus,  po.................
Valeriana,Eng. po. 30 
Valeriana,  German. 
Zingiber a..............
Zingiber j ..............
Semen
®  12
Anisum.........po.  15 
13®  15
Aplum  (graveleons) 
Bird, Is.................... 
4® 
6
Carat............ po. 18  10® 
12
Cardamon...............   1  25®  l  75
Coriandrum............ 
8® 
10
Cannabis  Satlva....  4V4®  5
Cvdonium...............   75®  1  00
Cnenopodium  ........ 
10®  12
Dipterix  Odorate...  1 40®  1  50
Fcenlcultun............  
io
® 
7® 
Poenugreek, po........ 
9
L lni.........................  3H@  4H
4®  4V4
Lint,  grd.... bbl. 3*  
Lobelia..................  
35®  40
Pharlaris  Canarian. 
4®  4H
Rapa.......................  4M@ 
5
SinapisAlbu........... 
9®  10
Sinapis Nigra.........  
11® 
12
Spirltus 

15
a

ii

Framenti, W. D. Co.  2 00® 2 50 
Frumentl,  D. F.  R ..  2 00® 2 25
Fram enti...... .  .....  1  25®  1  50
Juniperis Co. O. T..  1  66® 2 00
Juniperis Co...........  1  75® 3 50
Saacharum N. E__  1  90® 2  10
Spt. Vini Galll........  1  75® 6 50
Vlnl 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 0C@ 3 25
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage...... 
®  1 25
Extra yellow sheeps'
wool,  carriage__  
®  1 00
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage................ 
®  1 00
®  75
Hard, for slate use.. 
Yellow  R e ef,  for 
slate  use.............. 
®  1 40
Syrups
Aoacia.................... 
Aurantl Cortes........ 
Zingiber.............. 
Ipecac. 
.......... 
Ferri Iod................. 
Rhei Arom.............. 
Smilax Officinalis... 
Senega....................  
Belli«...............

®  50
®  50
  ®  50
@  60
®  50
®  50
50®  60
®  SO

®
®
®

niscellaneous 

Scilla Co.................  
Tolutan................... 
Prunus vlrg............  
Tinctures 
Aconitum N apellls R 
Aconitum Napellis F
Aloes.......................
Aloes and Myrrh__
Arnica....................
Assafcetlda............
At rope  Belladonna.
Aurantl  Cortex......
Benzoin..................
Benzoin Co..............
Barosma.................
Cantharides...........
Capsicum..............
Cardamon...............
Cardamon  Co.........
Castor......................
Catechu...................
Cinchona................
Cinchona Co...........
Columba  ...............
Cubeba....................
Cassia  Acutifol......
Cassia AjutifolCo  .
........
Digitalis 
E rgot...........
Fern Chloridim
Gentian...................
Gentian Co..............
Guinea....  ............
Guiacaammon........
Hy oscyamus...........
Iodine......................
Iodine, colorless....
Kino.........................
Lobelia..................
Myrrh........... ..........
Nux Vomica...........
Opii.........................
Opii, camphorated.
Opii,  deodorized....
Quassia..................
Rhatany..................
Rhel........................
Sanguinaria ...........
Serpentaria............
Stramonium...........
Tolutan...................
Valerian.................
Veratrum Veride...
Zingiber..................
-dither, Spts. Nit. 3 F  30® 
dither, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®
Alumen...................  2
Alumen, gro’d .. po. 7
Annatto  ... 
.........
Antimoni,  po.........
Antlmoni et PotassT
Antipyrin..............
Antifebrin..............
Argent! Nitras, oz ..
Arsenicum..............
Balm Gilead  Bud  ..
Bismuth  S. N......... 1  4<
Calcium Chlor.,  Is..
Calcium Chlor.,
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms. 
Cantharides, Rus.po 
Capeicl  Fructus. af.
Capaicl Fructus, po.
Capeicl FructusB.po 
Caryophyllus.po.  15
® 3 00 
Carmine, No. 40......  
_
Cera Alba...............  
50®
~~ 
56
Cera Flava.............. 
40®
Coccus.................... 
®  40
Cassia Fructus........ 
®  33
Centraria................. 
®  10
Cetaceum................   @  45
Chloroform.............  
50®  53
Chloroform, squibhs  @  1  10 
Chloral HydCrst....  1  65®  1  90
Chondrus................ 
20®  25
Clnchonldlne.P.A W  25®  35
Clnchonldine, Germ  22®  30
Cocaine..................   3 55® 
3 75
70
Corks, list, dls.pr.ct. 
®  35
Creosotum..............  
®  2
Creta............. bbl. 75 
Creta, prep.............  
5
® 
9®  11
Creta, precip........... 
Creta, Rubra........... 
® 
8
Crocus.................... 
18®  20
Cudbear................. 
®  24
Cuprl Sulph............  
5®  8
Dextrine.................. 
10®  12
Ether Sulph............ 
75®  90
Emery, all  numbers 
®  8
Emery, po...............   @ 
6
Ergota.......... po. 40  30®  35
12®  15
Flake  White........... 
Galla.......................  @  23
Gambier.  ...............  
8® 
9
Gelatin, Cooper......  
®  60
Gelatin, French......  
35®  60
75 &  10
Glassware, flint, box 
70
 
Glue,  brown........... 
9®  12
Glue, white............  
13®  25
14®  30
Glycerina...............  
Grana  Paradis!  __ 
®  25
Hum ulus................. 
25®  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite 
®  85
®  75
Hydraag Chlor Cor. 
Hydraag Ox Rub’m. 
®  95
®  1  10 
Hydraag Ammoniatl 
HydraagU nguentum  45®  55
Hydrargyrum.........  
®  70
Icnthyobolla, Am...
Indigo......................
Iodine, Resubi..........3
Iodoform.................
Lupulin...................
Lycopodium...........
Macis 
Liquor  Arsen et Hy-
drarg Iod.............
LiquorPotassArsinit  10
2
Magnesia, Sulph__ 
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl 
Mannla, 8. F .... 
50
Menthol.

Less  than  box 

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

8
75
15
41
45
5
10
14
15
85
5
40
40

8
8
14
14

25
00
50
00

15
8
30

55
75
50
55

18
12
18
30
20
12
12
12
15

25
30
1214
15
17

15
25
75
40
15
2
50
7

14
25
35

28
25
30
20
10

66
45
35
28
80
14
12
30
60
28
55
13
14
16
48
10
00
70
30
00
80
40
85
35
45
80

25
20
25
28
23
25
39
22
25

60
22
25
36

75
50

2510

! 25
2080
8066
75
TO
50

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

g r o c e r y  p r ic e  c u r r e n t .

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

Ac m .

AXLB  OREASE.
......... .........56
Aurora 
Castor Oil.................. 60
Diamond......... .........50
......... 75
Frazer’s
IXL Golden  tin boxeb 75
nica, tin boxes. .........75
.................. J>5
Paragon 

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

BAKING  POW DeR.
m ’b cans doz................... 
Vi Id Jans doz................... 

Absolute.

lb can  doz 

................I  5'

45
85

Home.

Arctic.
ei Parity.

w lb cans 3 dos.  .............. 
45
Vi lb cans 8 dot................. 
•
lb cans i dot................. 1  *
! 
Bulk.................................... 
10
6 oz. Eng. Tumblers...........  85
v  lb Jans per doz............. 
75
H lb t ans per d o z ...........   1  20
lb cans per dot.............2  00
1 
Q lb Cans 4 dos case........ 
35
55
V£ ib cans 4 dos case........ 
lb cans 2 doz case  ......  00

Our Leader.

B 0 S 3 3 3

Jersey Cream.

V lb cans, 4 doz case......  
Vi lb cans. 4 doz case........ 

45
85
lb cans. 2 doz case........  1  60
1 lb. cans, per doz.............   2 00
0 oz. ca ts. rer doz.............  1  25
85
6 oz. cans, per doz............. 
M lb cans.......................... 
45
Vi lb cans..........................  
75
lb cans..........................  1  >
1 
1 lb. cans 
85
3 oz., 6 doz. case................   2 70
6 oz., 4 doz. ca»e 
...........3  20
9 oz., 4 doz. case................   4  80
1 lb., 2 doz.  case.................4 00
5 lb., 1 doz. case.................9  00
American............................... 70
Snglls n.................................... 80

 
Queen Plake.

BATH  BRICK.

Peerleaa.

 

Hl.UING.

C O N B Insct)

CANNBD GOODS.

Small. 3 doz  ...................... 
40
Large, 2 doz.......................  
75
BRoons.
do. 1 Carpet.......................  1 90
Mo. 2 Carpet........... 
........  1 75
No. 3 Carpet.......................  1 60
No. 4 Carpet.......................  1 15
Parlor Gem.......................  2 00
Common Whisk.................   70
Fancy Whist......................  80
Warenonse.........................2 25
Tomatoes...................  8°©  91
Corn  ..........................  80@t  00
Hnm'ny......................  80
Beaus, Limas..............  70©1 30
Bea"s, Wax................  75
Beans, string.............   70
Beans,  Baked............   75@1 00
Beans, Red  Kidney...  50
Succotash...................  9517.1  20
Peas............................  50©  So
Peas,  French..............2 25
Pumpkin  ...................  75
Mushroom.................  15@  22
Peaches, P ie..............  9*)
Peaches,  Fancy......... 1  40
Apples.  3-lb...............   95
Apples  gallons.........2 25
Cherries  ....................  90
Pears..........................  70
Pineapple, grated......2 40
Pineapple, sliced.......2 25
Pineapple.  Farrep__1  70
Strawberries..............1  10
Blackberries.............   80
Raspberries...............   85
Oysters, 1-lb...............   85
Oysters, 2-lb...............1  45
Salmon, Warren’s __1  4 @1  60
Salmon.  Alaska.........1  25
Salmon, Klond ke.....   90
Lob-ters, 1-lb. Star__3 00
Lobsters, 2-lb. Star__3 40
Mac  erel.l lb Mus’ard  10 
Mackerel, 1-lb. Sou'-ed.i  75 
Mackerel,Mb Tomato 1  75
Shrimps..................... 2 00
Sardines. Vi« domestic  3'@  
Sardines, mstrd. dom.5Vi©  7Vi 
Sardines,  French.......8  @  22

CA5JL8S.

...................................... 7
8s 
16s 
........................................8
•a-aifliie................................ 8
Wicklng............................... 20

CAT5LP.
olumoia, 
pint« 
Columbia  >4 pints 
CHEESE

2 0«
........  1  25

Acme......................  @  1OV4
Amboy....................   ©  12
Emblem  .................  ©  11 Vi
i.em 
...................  ®  11
Gold Medal.............   ©  11
M eal.......................   ©  . 1 Vi
Jersey  ....................   ©  IIS
Lenawee.................   ©  0‘4
Riverside.................  ©  11 Vi
Brick.......................  ©  12
Edam.......................  ©  70
Leiden....................   ©  17
Limbu'ger..............  ©  13
Pineapple............... 50  ©  75
Sap  Sago.................   ©  17
Salk 
6
Red 
7

Chicory

. . . .  
CHOCOLATE.
 

Walter Baker 4k Co.'s

. 
CLOTHBS LIMBS.

28
terman Sweet  . 
Premium..................................85
Rreakfact  Conn» 
..46
Cotton, 40 ft. per  dos.......... 1 00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  dot...........1 20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  d o t...........1 40
Cotton, 70 ft. per  dot...........1 60
Cotton, 80 ft, per  d o t.......... 1 80
Jute, 60 ft.  per  dot.............  80
.....  95 
Jute. 72 n   ot>'  I n t., 
COCOA SHBLLS.
201b  bags.......................  
2 Vi
Less quantity.................  
3
Pound  packages............. 
4
CRBAfl  TARTAR.
5 and 10 lb. wooden boxes......30
Bulk in sacks..........................29

COFFEE.

Qreea.
Rio.

Santos.

Maracaibo.

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

Mexican  and  Onatamala.

pair 
9
Good....................................... 10
Prime..................................... 11
Golden  ...................................12
Pea berry  ............................... 13
Fair  ........................................12
Good  ....................................  13
Prim e....................................1-
Pea berry  ................................15
Fair  ........................................13
Good  ......................................16
Fancy 
...................................17
Prim e......... ............................ 18
Milled......................................2o
Interior...................................19
Private  Growth...................... 20
Mandehllng............................ 21
Im itation................................20
Arabian  ................................. 22
Roasted.
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........18Vi
Ideal  Blend..........................14
Leader  Blend.......................13

Mocha.

Java.

 

Package.

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
which 
the  wholesale  dealer 
adds  the  local  freight  from 
New  York  to  your  shipping 
point, giving you credit  on  the 
Invoice 
for  the  amount  of 
freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market in  which  he  purchases 
to his shipping point, Including 
weight  of  package,  also \ c   a 
pound.  In  60 lb.  cases the list 
Is  10c  per  100  lbs.  above  the 
price In full cases.
Arbuckle.......................   10 50
Jersey..............................  10 50
IcLsughlla’a  XXYX.......
McLaughlin’s X X X X  sold  to 
retailers only.  Mall  all  orders 
direct to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  & 
Co., Chicago.
Extract.
76
Valley City Vi gross 
... 
fellx Vi gross................. 
1  lb
Hummel's foil Vi gross... 
85
Hummel’s tin vi  gross... 
1  48
CLOTHBS PINS.
5 gross boyes...........................40

CO N D EN SED   M ILK .

4 dos In case.
Gail Borden  Eagle........  6  75
Crown................................. 6 25
Daisy  ...............................   5 75
Champion  ...........................4 5u
Magnolia 
4 8f>
Cnailenge............................. 8 35
Dime 
..............................8 8b

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

 

COUPON  BOOKS.
Tradesman Grade.

Superior Grade.

Universal Orade.

Economic Grade.

Coupon Pass Books,

denomination from 310 down.

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  anv detmm__20 00
50 books, any denom....  1  50 
100 books, any denom....  2 50 
500 books, any denom....11  50
1.000 books, any denom. ...20 00 
Can be made to represent any 
20 booxs  .......................   1  00
50 books...........................  2 00
100 books  .........................  3 00
250 books...........................   0 25
500 books............................10 00
1000 books........ 
..17 50
50 books, any denom....  150
100 books, any denom__  2 50
500 books, any denom__11  50
1.000 books, any denom— 20 00
500, any one denom’n ...... 8 00
1000, any one denom’n ...... 5 00
2000, any one denom’n ...... 8 00
Steel  punch 
75
DRIBD  PRUIT8—DOriBSTIC 
onu dried....................  ©1
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  ©9 
Apricots.....................   ©
Blackberries...............
Nectarines........ ........  ©
Peaches.....................   9  ©10
Pears..............................  O
Pitted Cherries...........
Prunnelles..................
Raspberries................
100-120 25 ID 00X68.........  ©  4
90-100 25 lb boxes.........   ©  5
80 - 90 25 lb boxes.........  ©  5Vi
70-80 25 lb boxes.........   ©
60 - 70 25 lb boxes.........  © 6*
50  60 25 lb boxes.........  ©  8
40 - 50 25 lb boxes  ........  ©10
30 - 40 25 lb boxes 
©
v  -ent less In 50 lb cases 
Valxn*.

California Pranas.

Cailternia Fruits.

Credit wnecks.

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

1  50
London Layers2C'own. 
1  0
London L«y. rs 3 Crown. 
Cluster 4 Crown............ 
2 00
5 
Luuot Mu&caveis 2 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown  6 
T,oo«e M nscateis 4 Crown 
7
L. M.. Seeded, choice......   8
L. M , Seeded, fancy........  9Vi

Applas.

FOREIGN.
Citron.

Peal.

Raisins.

Currants.

Leghorn...........................<*12
Corsican...........................©13
Patras bbls........................ © 6
Vostlzzas 50 lb cases.........© 614
Cleaned, bulk  ................. © 7
Cleaned, packages............© 7Vi
Citron American 10 lb bx ©13 
Lemon American 10 lb bx  ©12 
Orange American 101b bx  ©12 
Ondnra 28 lb boxes......  ©
Sultana  1 Crown.........   ©
Sultana 2 Crown  ........  ©
Sultana  8 Crown..........  ©
Sultana  4 Crown.........   ©
dnltana  A Crown 
©
Sultana 6 C row n........  ©
Sultana package.........   ©
FA RIN A C EO U S  OOODS.
24 1 lb.  packages..............1  50
Bulk, per 100 lbs..............3  50
Walsh-TieWnn  Cn.’s Brand.

Farina.

Orlts.

24 2 lb. p sc u g » ...............1  80
100 lb. kegs.......................2 70
200 lb. barrels...................5.10

Hominy.

Peas.

Beans.

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

Rolled  Oats.

Pearl Barley.

Barrels  ............................2 50
Flake, 50 lb.  drums.........1 00
Dried Lima 
3k
Medium Hand Picked....  1  10
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  101b. box........   60
Imported.  25 lb. box........2 50
Common............................  2 25
Chester............................   2 50
Em pire........... '...............   3 00
Green, Wisconsin, bu......1  00
Green, Scotch, bn...........1  10
Split, bu...........................2 50
Rolled Avena,  bbl........4 "5
Monarch,  bbl.................. 3 75
Monarch,  Vi  bbl............   2 00
Monarch, 90 lb sacks.......1  80
Quaker, cases.................. 3 20
Huron, cases....................1  75
German............................  4
East  India.......................  
Tapioca.
Flake...................  
3Vi
Pearl..............................-  
Anchor, 40 11h. pkges__ 
Wheat.
Cracked  bulk....... 
354
24 2 lb packages............... 2 50
Salt  Fish.

Sago.

3fc
5

3vi

Cod.

Georges cared...............   © 4
Georges genuine........  © 5
Georges selected........  ©  5 Vi
Stripe or bricks......... 6  © 9

Herring.

14

Holland white hoops, bbl.  8 00
Holland white hoop Vibbl  4 50
Holland,  Q  bbl................  2 60
Holland white  hoop, keg.  65
Holland white  hoop mchs  75
Norwegian.......................   _
Round 100 lbe...................  3 50
Round  40 lbs...................  1  75
scaled...................  
riaekerel.
Mess 100 lbs......................  15 00
Mess  40 lbs.....................  6 30
Mees  10 lbs......................  1  85
Mess  8 lbs...... ...............  1  35
No. 1 10011» ......................  18 25
No. 1  40 lbs......................  5 60
No. 1  10 lbs......................  1  48
No. 1 
8 lbs....................  120
No. 2 100 lbs......................  9 25
No.2  40lbs......................  4  0.
No. 2  10 lbs....................  H 8
No. 2  8 lbs.................... 
89
... ■  5 25
No. 1 100 lbs. 
No. 1  40 lbs......................  2 40
No. 1 
«8
NO. 1 
57
No. 1  No. t   Pam
2 75
1  41
43
87

FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

100 lbs...........  6 75 
40 lbs...........  3 00 
10 lbs........... 
83 
8 lbs........... 
89 

10 lbs.................... 
8 lbs.................... 
Whltsflsh.

Trent.

Jennings’.

D.C. Vanilla
2 oz. ......1 20
3 oz....... 1 50
4 oz. .  ...2 00
6 oz. ......3 00
No. 8  4 00
No.  110.  .6 00
No. 2T.1 25
No. 8 T.2 00
No 4 T J 40

D. C.. Lemon
75
2 os..
...1 00
3oz.
...1 40
4 oz.
...2 00
6 oz.
No. 8...2 40
No. 10...4 00
No. 2T. 80
No. 3 T.l 2b
No. 4 T.l 60

Pure Brand.
2 oz. Taper Panel. .7 5  
2oz. Oval..............  75 
3 oz. Taper Panel.  1  35 
4 oz. Taper Panel.. 1  60 

Lem.  Yan.
1  20
1*0
2 00
2 25

Bonders’.

in  the  world 

Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew. 
the 

Best 
money.
Sage.....................................  15
Hops....................................  15

HERBS.

for 

INDIOO.

Madras, 5  lb  boxes............   56
8. F., 2. 3 and 5 lb  boxes__  50

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

Kegs 
............................4 00
Half Kegs.............................2 25
Quarter Kegs........................1 25
1 lb. cahs........................  
  30
Vi lb. cans............................   18

Choke Bore—Dupont’s.

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

Bagle Duck—Dupont’s.

Kegs..................................... 8 00
Half Kegs...... ......................4 25
Quarter Kegs.......................2 25
1 lb. cans..............................  45

JBLLY.

15 lb  palls............................   35
301b  palls............................  65

SNUPF.

Scotch, In bladders.............  37
MaccaDoy, In Jars................  85
French Rappee, In Jars......   43

SBBDS.

A nise...............................  
9
3V4
Canary, Smyrna................ 
Caraway...........................  8
Cardamon, M alabar........   60
Celery...............................  11
4
Hemp,  Russian................ 
Mixed  Bird...................... 
4Vi
5
Mustard,  white............ 
Poppy  .............................  10
Rape................................. 
4 V4
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, 280 lb. bnlk.2 25 
Butter, barrels, 2014 lbbags.2 50
Batter, sacks, 28 lbs.............  25
Butter, sacks, 56lbs............  55

LYB.

Condensed, 2 dos  ...............1 20
Condensed. 4 d o i.................... 2 25

LICORICB.

Pare.....................................   80
Calabria.............................   »
Sicily....................................  M
Root.....................................   10

MINCB MEAT.

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

11ATCHBS.

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.

No. 9 sulphur...........................1 66
Anchor Parlor......................... 1 70
No. 2  Home..............................1 10
Export  Parlor......................... 4 00

rtOLASSBS.
Now Orleans.

Black................................  
11
F air..................................   M
Good................................. 
20
Fancy  ..............................„„*4
Open Kettle...................... 25035

Half-barrels 2c extra.
MUSTARD.

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

PIPES.

Common Grades.

100 3 lb sacks....................... 1  95
60 5-lb sacks....................... 1  80
2810-lb sacks......................1  65

Worcester.

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

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

Warsaw.

Ashton.

56-lb dairy In linen sacks...  60 

Higgins.

56-lb dairy In linen sacks...  60 

Solar Rock.

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

  21

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

Common.

SOAP.

Clay, NO.  216..............  .  ..  1  7?
Clay, T. D. full count........  6f
Cob, No. 8..........................  
85

JAXON

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

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

PICKLES.
riedlum.

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

Small.

Barrels, 2,400 count.........   4 76
Half bbls  1,200 count........  2 88

RICE.

Domestic.

Carolina head....................   6Vi
Carolina  No. 1  .................  5
Carolina  No. 2...................  4
Broken...............................  3Ji

Imported.

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

SALBRATUS.

Packed 80 lbs. In  box.

Church’s ............................. 8 81
Deland’s ............................. 8  15
Dwight’s ............................. 3 80
Taylor’s ...............................8 00

SAL SODA.

Granulated, bbls..............  75
Granulated,  100lb cases..  00
Lamp,bbls.................. 
75
Lamp, 1451b kegs..............  85

SAUERKRAUT.

Barrels..............................  3 25
Vi-Barrels..........................  I 75

Single box.................................2 0
5  box lots, delivered.......2 45
10 box lots, delivered...........2 40
M .  S.  KIRK  & CO.'S BRANDS.
American Family, wrp’d....2 66
Dome.........................................2 75
Cabinet................................2 20
Savon........................................2 50
White Russian......................... 2 35
White Cloud,  laundry.... ..6 25
White Cloud,  toilet................. 3 50
Dusky Diamond. 50 6 oz__ 2  10
Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz__ 3 00
Bine India, 100 Vi lb................. 3 00
Kirkollne..................................3 50
Bos.......................................2 50
SCHULIE  SOAP CO.’S  BRANDS
Clydesdale, 100 cakes, 75 l b s ----- 2  75
Ro-Tai, 100 cakei, 62 1-2 lbs___ 2  00
Family,  75 cakes,  75 lbs............ 2  50
Herman Mottled, 60 cakes, 60 lbs..  1  75 
Cocoa Castile, 18 lbs., cat 1-4 & 1-2..1  80 

Chipped  Soap for Laandriea. 

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Old Country, 801-lb. bars  . .2 75
Good Cheer, 601-lb. bars__ 3 75
Cno, 100 X-H>. bars...................2 50
Doll, 100 10-oz.  bars................. 2 05

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

Scouring.

SODA.

Boxes  .................................5Vi
Kegs, English......................  4k

SPICES.
Whola Sifted.

Pare around In Bulk.

Allspice  ............................. 14
Cassia, China in mats.........Is
Cassia, Batavia in  bond__25
Cassia, Saigon in rolls....... 82
Cloves, Amboyna...............14
Cloves, Zansibar................ 12
Mace,  Batavia....................55
Nutmegs, fancy....'___... .00
Nutmegs, No.  1..................50
Nutmegs, No.  2..................45
Pepper, Singapore, black.. .12 
Pepper, Singapore, white.. .18
Pepper,  shot.......................17
Allspice  ..............................16
Cassia, Batavia................... 3u
Cassia,  Saigon.....................40
Cloves, Zanzibar..................14
Ginger,  African..................15
Ginger,  Cochin................... 18
Ginger,  Jamaica  ................23
Mace,  Batavia................... 65
Mustard.............. 
12@18
Nutmegs,......................40©. 0
Pepper, Sing , black............15
Pepper, Sing., white........... 20
Pepper, Cayenne................. 20
Sage.................................... 15

 

SYRUPS.

Cora.

 

hhls.....................  

Barrels............................... 
17
% doz. 1 gallon cans.........1  50
1  doz.  % gallon cans.......1  75
2  doz. H gallon  cans  ......1 75
Pure wane.
Pair  ........................... 
 
Good................................  20
Choice.............................   25

STARCH.

Ktngsford's  Cora.

40 l-lb packages...................0
20 1 lb packages...................014
Klngsford’s Silver Qloas.

40 l -lb packages...................  6M
6-lb  boxes  .........................7

Diamond.

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

Common Cora.

201 lb. packages..................5
401 lb. packages..................  4=4

Common Gloss.

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

STOVE POLISH.

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

Tlark-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............................... 86  oo

Rube Bros. Co.’s Brands.

Double Eag'es. 6 «izes.855W 70 00
Gen. Maceo.5sizes__  55@70 00
35  uo
Mr. Thomas...............  
Cuban Hand Made.... 
35 0"
Crown  Five...............  
35  00
Sir  William................ 
35  00
19
35 00
Club Five................... 
35 00
Gens. Grant and Lee.. 
Little Peggy.............. 
35  00
Mgnal  Five...............  
35  i 0
Knights of Pythias__  
35 00
16
Key West Perfects. 2 sz 55@60 00

TABLE  SAUCES.

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

VINEOAR.

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

WICKING.

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

Crackers.

The  National  Biscuit  Co. 

quotes as follows:
Blitter.

Seymour XXX...................  5*
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  6
Family XXX  ....................   5*
Salted XXX  ......................  
6
New  York XXX...................  6
Wolverine...........................  6
Boston................................  7J4

M s .

Oyster.

Soda  XXX  .......................   e
Soda  XXX, 3 lb  carton__  64
Soda,  City 
......................  8
Long Island Wafers.........   11
L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton  ..  12 
Zephyrette...........................10
Saltine Wafer....................  514
Sal tine Wafer, 1 lb  carton.  6%
Farina Oy  ter....................   5 ,
Extra Farina Oyster.........   6
SWEET  dOODS—Boxes.
Animals.............................  1044
Bent’s Water......................  15
Cocoanut Taffy  ...............   10
Coffee Cake, Java.............   to
Offee Cake, Iced................10
I’rackuells..........................  15M
Cubans  ...............................  11*4
Frosted  Cream...... J..........   8
Ginger Gems 
...................  8
Ginger Snaps, XXX...........  7%
Graham Crackers  ............   3
Graham Wafers.................  10
Grand Ma Cakes.................   9
Imperials..........................   8
Jumoles,  Honey.................  1114
Marshmallow  .....................15
Marshmallow  Creams......   16
Marshmallow  Walnuts...  16
Mich. Frosted Honey__   12%
Molasses Cakes...... .'........   8
Newton.............................  12
Nic Nacs......................  
  8
Orange Gems.....................   8
Penny Assorted Cakes......  844
Pretzels,  hand m ad e......   8
Sears’Lunch......................  7
Sugar  Cake.......................   8
Sugar  Squares.................   9
Vanilla  Wafers................  14
Sultanas.............................  1244

Oils.
Barrels.

Eocene......................  ©11M
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt  © »44
WW Michigan...........  @9
Diamond White.........  © 8
D., S. Gas....................   © 9
Deo. Naptha..............  © 7
Cylinder....................25  ©34
Ingine.......................11  ©21
Black, winter.............  © 8

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

SUGAR.

 

Below  are given  New  York 
prices on sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds the local 
freight from New  York to your 
shipping  point,  giving  you 
credit  on  the  invoice  for  the 
amount  of  freight  buyer  pays 
from  the  market  in  which  he 
purchases to his shipping point. 
Including  20  pounds  for  the 
weight of the barrel.
Domino....................................5 38
Cut  Loaf.................................. 5 63
..5  6i
Crushed........   ......... 
Powdered  ...........................5  2>
XXXX  Powdered.................... 5 38
Cubes.......................................5 25
Granulated in bbls...................5 13
Granulated In  bags..................5 13
Fine Granulated...................... 5 13
Extra Fine Granulated.......5 25
Extra Coarse Granulated.. .5 25
Mould  A............................. 538
Diamond  Confec.  A........... 5  13
Confec. Standard A...........  5 Ou
No.  1....................................... 4 75
No  2....................................... 4 76
No.  3....................................... 4 75
No.  4....................................... 4 69
No.  5....................................... 4 63
No.  0....................................... 4 50
No.  7....... 
NO.  8....................................... 4 44
No.  9....................................... 4 38
No.  10.......................................4 S'
No.  11....................................... 4 25
No.  12....................................... 4 1»
No.  13....................................... 4 19
No.  14....................................... 4 13
No.  15...................................... 4 13
No.  10....................................... 4 1j

4 56

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

Candies.
Stick Candy.

bbls.  palls
Standard.................  044© 7
6% © 7
Standard H. H........ 
Standard Twist......   6  © 8
Cut Loaf................. 
© 8
cases
Jumbo, 321b  .......... 
& 6%
© 814
Extra H. H.............. 
Boston  Cream........ 
©  0

Mixed Candy.

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

© 6
© 644
©  7
© 7*4
© 714
©  9
© 814
© 8
© 8
©  844
© 9
©10
@13

Fancy—In Balk.

Lozenges, plain......  
© 814
Lozenges,  printed..  ©814
©'OH
Choc.  Drops........... 
© 2
Choc.  Monumentals 
Gum  Drops............  
© 5
Moss  Drops............  
© 8
Sour Drops.............. 
© 9
Imperials...............  
© 9

Fancy—In 5  lbs Boxes.

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

©36
©50

Fruits.
Oranges.
Louisianas.............. 
Mexicans F lo rid a
st» le  b >x.............. 
Fancy Navels.........  
Lemons.

©4  00
@1  25
@4 2a

Strictly choice 360s..  @3  75
Strictly choice 300s..  @4  00
Fancy 360s  ............ 
@,  25
Ex.Fancy 300s........ 
@4  5
Ex.Fancy 360s........ 
@* a,
Bananas.

Medium  bunches...1  00  @1  95
Large bunches........1  5u  @1- 75

Foreign Dried  Fralts. 

Figs.

Califomias  Fancy.. 
@  6
Choice, 10lb boxes..  @15
Extra  choii-e,  10  lb
boxes new............  
@18
Fancy,  12 lb  boxes..  @22
Imperial Mikados, 18
lb coxes...............  
Pulled, 6 lb boxes... 
Naturals,  in  bags... 
Dates.

©
©
© 7

Fards in 10 lb  boxes 
Fards  in  60 ib cases 
Persians, G. M’s......  
lb cases, new........ 
Sairs.  60 lb cases__ 
Nuts.

© 9
©  6
© 5%
©  6
@ 5

Almonds, Tarragona..  ©16
Almonds, Ivaca.........   ©14
Almonds,  California,
soft shelled............   ©15
Brazils new................  @  8V4
Filberts  ....................  © u
Walnuts, Naples........  ©13
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1.  ©12
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
Calif.......................  @12
Table Nuts,  fancy__  ©11
Table Nuts,  choice...  ©10
Pecans, Med.......... 
Pecans, Ex. Large....  ©10
Pecans, Jumbos........   ©12
Hickory  Nuts per bu.,
Ohio, new...............   ©1  60
Cocoanuts.  full  sacks  @4  0
Chestnuts per bu.......   @4 00

@  7%

Peanuts.

Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns.  © 7
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Flags
Roasted...................  © 7
Choice, H. p., Extras.  © 1%
Choice, H. P„ Extras,
5M

Boasted 

...... 

Wheat.

Winter Wheat Flonr. 

Local Brands.

Patents.................... ........4  0
Second  Patent......... ........  3 fO
Straight  .................. ......   3 25
Clear......................... ........3 00
Graham  .................. ........3 F0
Buckwheat.............. ........4 2*
Rye  .... .................... ......   3 25
Subject  to  usual cash  dis-
count.
Flonr in bbls., 25c ner bbl. ad*
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Dai-y. Ms.................
......... 3 40
Daisy. Ms.................
......... 3  40
Daisy  M .................
.........3 40
Worden Grocer Co. s Brand.
Quaker,  Ms.............. ........  3  45
Quaker,  Ms.............
.......   3  45
Quaker, V4s........................   3 45
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand.
Pillsbury’s  Best %a...........  4  10
Pillsbury’s  Best Ms...........  4 "f
Pillsbury's Best Ms...........  3 90
Pillsbury's Best 14s paper  3 90 
Pillsbury’s Best <43 paper..  3  9 > 
Ball-Bamhart-fntnian’s Brand.

Spring Wheat Flour. 

Olney A Judson’s Brand.

Dulutu  imperial. 14s...........4  10
Duluth Imperial, Ms.  ...  .4  0>
Duluth Imperial, Ms.........  3  90
Lemon A Wheeler Co.’s  Brand.
Gold Medal 14s...................   4 25
Gold Medal Ms....................4  15
Gold Medal Ms................... 4  05
Parisian, Ms.......................   4 2>
Parisian, Ms.......................4  5
Parisian. Ms........................  4 Oo
Ceresota, Ms......................  4  10
Ceresota, Ms......................  4  <0
Ceresota. Ms.....................  3 9
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel, Ms.........................  4  '0
Laurel, m s.........................  4 00
Laurel, Ms.........................  3  90
Meal.
Bolted...............................  1 90
Granulated 
......................   2 10
St. Car Feed, screeued__16 90
No. 1 Corn and  Oats......... 1  5 i
Unbolted Corn Meal  ........ 15  0o
Winter Wheat  Bran...  .  13 00 
Winter Wheat Middlings.  11  00
Screenings......................... 13 00
Old corn, car lots............  38
New burn, car lots............   34
Less than  car  lots.........  
36
Oar  lots............................. 31
Carlots, clipped................   33
Less than  car lots............ 35
No. 1 Timothy carlots__ 
9 00
No.  1 Timothv  to" lots 
II  00
Fish and  Oysters

Peed and Mlllstuffs.

Corn.

Oats.

Hay.

Fresh Fish.

Per lb
Whitefish...................  @ l i
T rout.........................  © 9
Black Bass..............  8  ©  10
Halibut......................  © 18
Ciscoes or Herring ..  ©  4
Bluefish......................  @ 10
Live Lobster......... 
©  20
Boiled Lobster........  ©  22
Cod 
.........................   © 10
Haddock....................   © 8
No.  1  Pickerel........  ©  9
Pike............................  © iM
Perch..........................  © 5
Smoked White........  ©  8
Red Snapper...........  ©  10
Col  River Salmon..  ©  12
Mackerel 
.................   © 18
F. H. Counts...........  ©  35
F. J  D. Selects.......  ©  27
Selects.........  ...... 
©  2,
F. J. D  Standards.  . 
20
Anchors....................   © 18
Staudards...................  © 16
Favorites....................  © 14
gal.
Connts..............................   1  75
X  Selects...........................   1  60
behcts................................   1  20
< uchor Standards.............  1  10
Standards..........................  1  to
Clams.................................   1  25
Oysters, per  KJO.........1  25@l  &
Clams,  per  100.........   ©  75

Oysters In Cans.

Shell floods.

Bulk. 

Provisions.

 

by,

9  50

6
5%

Swift  A  Company  quote  as 

Sausages.

Barreled Pork.

m
34
$4
%
1
1M
5M

follows:
Mess  .......................  
Back  .....................10 5n©
Clear back.............10 25©i0 5
Shortcut.........................  10  4)
P1g....................................  13 50
Bean  .....  
9  75
Family 
..........................   10 50
Dry Salt  Meats.
Bellies............................ 
Briskets  ......................... 
Extra shorts............. 
Smoked  Heats.
Hams, 121b  average  __ 
8 >4
Hams, 14 lb  average 
... 
8 m
Hams, 16 lh  average...... 
734
Hams. 20 lb  average. 
7M
Ham dried beef  ............  
11
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut).  . 
5m
Bacon,  clear............ 7M@?M
California  hams............  
5
Boneless hams...............  
9
Cooked  ham............ 10@12M
Lards.  In Tierces.
Compound................  
334
Kettle........................ 
6m
55 lb Tubs..........advance
jO Ib Tubs..........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........
Pork.................
Blood  ...........
Tongue  ............
Head  cheese........
Beef.
Extra  Mess......
.. io 2S
Boneless  ........
..13  0
Rump...................
..13 75
Pigs’ Feet.
Kits, 15 lbs  ...
70
M  bbls, 40 lbs...........
..  1  35
M  bbls, 80 lbs............
..  2 50
Tripe.
Kits, 15 lbs...  . . . .
..  70
M  bbls, 40 lbs.............. ..  1  25
M  bbls, 80 lbs..............
Casings.
„ 
Pork.................
Beef  rounds...........
Beef  middles...........
Sheep...............
Butterine.
Rolls,  dairy.......
Solid,  dairy  ............
Rolls,  creamery.........
Solid,  creamery  ......
Canned  Meats.
Corned  beef,  2 l b ........2  °5
Corned  beef, 14  lb......... 15 00
Roast  beef,  2 lb......... 2  15
50
Potted  ham,  Ms.........  
Potted  ham,  Ms.........  
90
Deviled ham,  mb.........  
50
Deviled ham,  Ms.........   90
Pitted  tongue Ms  ........  50
Potted  toTisrne  Ms 
90

20
3
10
60
9K
9
14
13m

0
9
6M

. 

Fresh  Meats.

Beef.

Veal.

Pork.

Mutton

Carcass....................... 6M@  8
Forequarters............   5  ©  6M
Hind  quarters__....  6M@  'M
Loins  No.  3...............   9  @12
Ribs............................  7  @12
Rounds.....................   7  @  7M
Chucks......................  6  @6
Plates  .......................  4  ©
Dressed......................  4  ©
L oins.........................  ©  6H
Shoulders...................  ©  &M
Leaf Lard...................  534©
Carcass  ......................6  @7
Spring Lambs............ 7M©  8»
Carcass 
7 @  7M
Hides  and  Pelts.
The Cappon A Bertscb  Leather 
Co., 100 canal  Street, quotes  as 
follows:
Green No.  1................
© 8 
© 7 
Green No. 2.............   .
Cured No. 1................
©  9 
Cured No. 2................
© 8
Calfskins,  green No. 1  _
Calfskins, green No. 2  ©  8M
Calfskins, cured No. 1  @11
Calfskins, cured No. 2  ©  9M
Pelts.
50© 1  00
Pelts,  each.
Tallow
No. 1.......................
© 3 
No. 2......................
©  2
Wool.
Washed, fine 
......
©18 
Washed, medium...
©23 
Unwashed, fine....
...11  @13
..16  @1
Unwashed. 
Furs
Cat, W ild............
20© 50
Cat, H ouse.........
5© 20
Deer Skins, per lb ....  12M 
12M3© 12
Fill  Muskrat
25©  11  25
Red Fox.......
Grey Fox__
27© 75
2 <»  11  4>
Mink
Racoon.........
20© 90
Skunk.......................   2„@  1  2-
2o@  1  2»

Hides.

21

Crockery  and

Glassware.

5M

5M

AKRON  STONEWARE. 

Batters,

Jugs.

Churns.

Common

Milkpans.

Stewpans.

Fruit Jars.

Sealing Wax.

Tomato Jugs.

LAMP  BURNERS.

Fine (Hazed Milkpans.

M gal., per dos...................  40
I to 6 gal., per gal........... 
5
8 gal., each.......................   40
10 gal., each.......................  50
12 gal.,  each.......................  60
15 gal. meat-tubs, each__1  10
20 gal. meat-tubs, each__ 1  E0
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
M  gal  ...............................   6 50
Covers................................ 2 00
Rubbers............................. 
25
M gal. flat or rd.  bot., doz.  45 
i gal. flat or rd. bot., each  5 
M gal.  flat or rd. bot.. doz  60 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each  5M 
-4 gal. fireproof, ball, doz  85 
l gal. fireproof, bail, doz.i  10 
M gal., per doz.................   40
M gal.  per doz  ...  ...........  42
1 to 5 gal., per gal...............  
M gal-, per dos.................  42
t gal., each........................ 
Corks for M gal., per do*..  20 
Corks for  1 gal., per doz..  30 
Preserve Jars and Covers.
M gal., stone cover, doz.
1 gal., stone cover, doz..,.1  00
a lbs. in package, per lb... 2
No.  0 Sun........................ . 
33
No.  1  Sun........................ . 
31
No.  2  Sun.........................
46
No. 3 Sun.......................... .  1  uo
Tubular............................
50
Security, No.  1.................
60
Security, No. 2.................
80
N utmeg  ....................
50
LAMP CHIMNEYS—Seconds.
Per box 01 o doz.
No.  0 Sun........................ ,.  1  32
No.  1  Sun........................ . 1   48
No.  2  Sun..  ......................  2  18
No. 0 Sun......................... ..  1  50
No. 1 Sun........................ ...  1  60
No. 2 Sun...........................  2 45
No.  0  Son,  crimp 
No.  1  San,  crimp 
No.  2  Sun,  crimp 
XXX Pllnt.
No.  0  Sun,  crimp 
No.  1  Sun,  crimp 
No.  2  Snn,  crimp 

Plrst  Quality.
wrapped and  labeled 
..  2  10 
wrapped and  labeled  ...  2  15 
wrapped and  labeled....  8  16 

top,
wrapped and  labeled  ...  2 55 
top,
wrapped and  labeled 
..  2 75 
top,
wrapped and  labeled  ..  3 75 
CHIMNEYS—Penrl  Top.
No.  I  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled............................3 70
No  2  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled....................  .....4  70
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped  and
labeled............................4 86
No. 2  Sun,  “Small  Bnlb,”
for Globe Lam ns............. 
80
No. 1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per
do*  ................................   9
No. 2 Snn,  plain  bnlb,  per
doz  ................................   1  15
No. 1 Crimp, per doz.........   1  35
No. 2 Crimp, per doz.. 
.  .  1  60 
Rochester.
No. 1, Lime  (65c doz)........3 50
No. 2,  Lime  (70c doz)......  4 00
No. 2, Flint (80c  doz)........4  70
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)  ......   4 00
No. 2, Flint  (80c doz)........  4  40
Doz.
i gal tin cans wltn  spout..  1  25 
I gal galv iron with  spout.  1  48 
* gal galv iron with  spout.  2 48 
3 gal galv iron witb spout.  3 32 
5 gal galv iron with  spout.  4  28 
3 gal galV iron witb faucet 4  17 
5 gal galv iron with  faucet 4  67
5 gal Tilting cans............... 7  25
5 gal galv iron  Nacefas,...  9 00 
5 gal Rapid steady stream.  7  80 
a gal Eureka non-overflow 10 50
3 gal Home Rule................10 50
5 gal Home Rule............... 12 00
5 gal Pirate  King..............  9 59
No.  0Tabular side lift....  4  00
No.  1 B  Tubular..............6  25
No. 13 Tubular Dash......... 6  50
No.  1 Tub., glass f cant....  7 OO 
No.  12 Tubular, side lamp. 14  0C
No.  3 Street  Lamp...........8 76
LANTERN  OLOBES.
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 1 doz.
each, box 10 cents...........  46
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 2 dos,
each, box  15 cents.........  
45
No.  0 Tubular,  bbls 5 dos.
each, bbl 35....................  3
No. 0 Tabular,  ball’s  eyo, 
cases I dos. each  . . . . . . .   1  25

Pump  Cana.

LANTERNS.

top,
top,
top,

OIL  CANS. 

La  Bastl*.

Electric.

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

22

Hardware

Lamp  Line in the  Hardware Store.
One  of  the  roost  valuable  adjuncts  to 
is 
the  department  of  holiday  goods 
lamps. 
In  the  general  hurry  and  .flurry 
incident  upon  making  purchases  and 
selections,  this  line  is  apt  to  be  ignored 
or  so  little  attention  paid  to  it  that  no 
appreciable  returns  are  realized  from 
it.  The  most  profitable  kind  of 
lamps 
for  the  holiday  season  is  that  which  can 
be  retailed  at*  popular  prices. 
Such 
goods  enliven  a  hardware  store,  which 
is  too  apt  to  be  monotonous  and  dull  in 
appearance.  Latest  designs  should  by 
all  means  be  selected.  The  new  con­
veniences and  improvements  which  are 
such 
in  the  true  sense  of  the  term  art 
always  desirable.  Novelties  which  art 
designed  with  a  view  of  pleasing  the 
artistic  sense  rather  than  exciting  as­
tonishment  naturally  arouse  interest  in 
every  one  who  feels  desirous  of purchas­
ing  Christmas  gifts  which  possess  util­
ity  as  well  as  decorative characteristics. 
One  of  the  recent  introductions  in  this 
line 
in  the  self-lighting  oil 
lamps.  These  have  the  batteries  en­
closed 
It 
such  lamps  as  these  are  properly 
intro­
duced  by  advertisements  and  intelligent 
clerks  they  ought  to  prove  quite  popu­
lar.  The  contrivance 
is  simple  ano 
safe.  Many  artistic  and  attractive  com­
binations  in  metals  and  china  and  glass 
are  found 
in  these  lamps  The  styles 
differ  materially  from  one  another.  The 
more  elaborate  the  domes  and  globes 
the  more  expensive  they  are,  naturally. 
Yet  when  such  lamps  may  be  gottei 
to  retail  for  five  dollars  and  upwards 
they  ought  to  find  a  good  sale.

in  the  bases  of  the  lamps. 

is  found 

Grinders  and  Choppers.

At  this  season  of  the  year  a  good  de­
mand  should  be  created  for  such  goods 
as  grinders  and  choppers.  Many  foods 
are  prepared  now  which  render these 
indispensable.  People  are  making  sau­
sage  and  the  savory wienerwurst,  or con­
cocting  dyspepsia-producing  plum  pud­
dings  and  mince  pies.  The  former  re­
quire  grinders;  the 
latter,  seeders.  In 
order  to  overcome  the  chronic  aversion 
toward  spending  money  for  these  things 
a  good  deal  of  persuasion 
is  required. 
Put  them 
in  a  prominent  place  in  the 
store;  even  devote  a  window  display  to 
them  and  then  advertise  them  in  the 
papers  at  the  same  time. 
It  might  be 
profitable  to  go  so  far as  to  issue  some 
circulars  gotten  up  in  an  original  and 
interesting  style.  Some  illustrations  of 
the  most  useful  and  convenient  designs 
might  be  placed  prominently  in  the  cir­
cular,  with  a  liberal  quotation  of prices, 
thus  bringing  the  goods  more -  promi­
nently  to  customers’  notice  and  supple­
menting  the  newspapers  in  a  way  that 
could  hardly  fail  to  be  profitable.

Interest  If  Not  Paid  When  Due.
In  a  recent  article  on  the  subject  of 
the  cash  system  reference  was  made  to 
the  fact  that  notes  taken  at  farmers’ 
public  sales  were  invariably  secured  by 
personal  endorsers  of  financial  strength. 
There  is  another  feature  about sale notes 
that  dealers  should  observe  in  taking 
notes  for  goods  sold.  When  the  terms 
are  other  than  cash 
is  the  custom 
where  statutes  do  not  interfere  to  make 
the  notes  read  with  interest  if  not  paid 
when  due.  A  year’s time  may  be given 
at  a  public  sale,  but  the  notes  usually 
provide  for  a  year’s 
if  the 
maker  does  not  meet  the  payment  on 
the  day  that  it  is  due.

interest 

it 

It 

interest  clause, 

is  a  well-established  fact  that  a 
large  percentage  of 
losses  are  due  to 
failure  to  collect  promptly  at  maturity. 
like  the  one  re­
An 
ferred  to,  inserted 
in  notes  taken  by 
dealers  on  time  sales,  would  undoubt­
edly  be  the  cause  of  more  prompt  pay­
ments.  Ordinarily  a  man  who seeks  and 
receives  credit  expects  to  pay  the  debt. 
If  the  penalty  for  not  paying  when  due 
is  no  more  than 
legal  interest  for  the 
extra  time  the  temptation  to  defer  is 
strong,  even  when  the  money  is  in  his 
possession,  for  he  may  have  some  in­
vestment  in  view  that  seems  to  promise 
greater  returns.  But if  delay'tneans  the 
loss  of  all  the  time  contemplated  by 
punctual  payment  there  is  a  greater  in­
centive  to  discharge  the  obligation  at 
maturity  and  thus  reap  all  the  benefits 
of  the  time  originally  given.  Without 
doubt  there  would  be  fewer  losses  if
the  rule  were  adopted  by  hardware  and 
implement  dealers.

Steel  Nails  Retu  ning.
Prom Stoves  and  Hardware  Reporter.

Steel  nails  were 

“ A  peculiarity  of  the  nail  market 

is 
the  return—after a  long  absence— of  the 
.teel  nail,”   observed  Mr.  F.  A.  Witte, 
Secretary  of  the  Witte  Hardware  Com- 
jany,  St.  Louis. 
“ Up  to  the  early 
e  ghties 
iron  cut  nails  were  used  very 
-xtensively. 
first 
placed  on  the  market  late  in  the  seven­
ties,  and  were  quite  popular 
in  the 
eighties,  when  wire  nails  began  to  be 
introduced.  The success of  the  wire  nail 
was  phenomenal  and 
it  very  quickly 
irove  the  cut  nail  out  of  the  market  al­
most  entirely.  During  the  last  eighteen 
months,  however,  the  demand  for  steel 
lails  has  been  steadily  reviving  and  to- 
iay  the  call  for  them  makes  these  nails 
quite  an 
item  in  the  average  hardware 
till.  At  first the  demand  was  for  3d  and 
4d. 
It  seems  that  wire  nails  have  been 
round  unsatisfactory  for  some  purposes, 
such  as  putting  on  shingles,  where  the 
cut  nail  could  be  used  with  much  ad­
vantage.  This  apparently  started  the 
lemand,  which  has  grown  to  consider 
able  proportions.  One  house  which  has 
not  carried  a  keg  of  cut  nails  for  five 
.ears  has  just  placed  orders  for  several 
carloads.  Thus  it  has  come  to  pass  that 
while  obituaries  of  the  cut nail  are  still 
being  written,  it promises to  be  restored 
to  its  old-time  popularity.”

Nothing  hurts  a  man 

like  pinning 
faith  to a wrong idea and being scratched 
by  the  pin.

WILLIAM  REID

Importer and Jobber of

POLISHED  PLATE 
W INDOW  
ORNAM ENTAL

PAINT

OIL.  W HITE LEAD. 

VAR NISHES 
BRUSHES

GRAND RAPIDS,  MICH.

W e  have  the1 largest  and  most  complete stock of Glass and Paint Goods 
in  Western  Michigan.  Estimates furnished.  All orders filled promptly. 
Distributing  agents  for  Michigan of  Harrison  Bros.  &  Co.’s Oil  Colors« 
Dry Colors,  Mixed  Paints,  Etc.

r

.Oatman’s  Handy  Hoops

For  Tubs, 
Pails or 

Barrels

Pot  up  in  neat display box, 

and  rivets included.

No. to order by.

Inches wide.

Inches long.

0
1
2
3
4

%
%
I
iK

39
£
80
So

Patent applied for.

Box of $o.

$1.76
3.30
4.00

Box of 25.

$3.00
4.00

These hoops are flared,  with one end punched all ready  to pet  the size  and rivet trgether 
by placing the tub bottom side up, and putting the  hoop around with  the  punched end lapped 
on the outside, so that you can mark for the two holes to be punched.
These hoops do away with the annoyance of pulling a bundle  of hoop  iron apart  to get  a 
few cents’ worth of hooping.  For sale Dy

FOSTER,  STEVENS  &  CO.,  ««and  rapids.

Clark-Rutka-Jewell Go.

3 8   AND  4 0   8 -  IONIA  8 T . 
O PP O SITE  UNIO N  DEPOT

.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  M ICHIGAN.

*

FULL  LINE  OF

KRAUT  AND  SLAW  CUTTERS 
MEAT  CHOPPERS 
BARN  DOOR  HANGERS 
BAR  IRON
SHELF  AND  HEAVY  HARDWARE 
COMMON  WIRE  AND 
CEMENT-COATED  NAILS.

Strictly  wholesale.  Orders 

filled  promptly  at  bottom 

ruling  prices.  Mail  orders  solicited.

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

23

Hardware  Price  Current.

AUdUgS AND  BIT5

Snell’s........................................................... 
70
Jennings’, genuine..............................V.... 25*10
Jennings’, Imitation.................................... 60*10

 

 

WIRB  OOODS
Bright.........................................
Screw Byes................................ .
Hook’s.........................................
Gate Hooks and Byes...............
Stanley Rale and Level Co.’s__
Sisal, *  Inch and  larger............
Manilla...................................... .
Steel and Iron.............................................  70*10
Try and Bevels...........................................  
60
M itre............................................................ 
50
com. smooth,  com.

80
80
80
80
70
»V4
11

LBVBLS
ROPBS

SHBBT  IRON

SQUARES

dls 

245

2 70 

WIRB

TRAPS

SAND  PAPER
SASH  WBIOHTS

12 40
2 40
2 55
2 65
2 75
All sheets  No. 18  and  lighter,  over  30  inches 

Nos. 10 to 14...................................12 70 
Nos. 15 to 17......................... 
Nos. 18 to 21..................................280 
Nos. 22 to 24...................................  3 00 
Nos. 25 to 26...................................  3 10 
No.  27..........................................  3 20 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
List  acct. 19, ’86........  ............................dls 
60
Solid Eyes........................................per ton 20 00
Steel, Game......................................... 
75*lu
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s .........................  50
Oneida Community, Hawley *  Norton’s 70*10
Mouse, choker........................... per doz 
15
1  25
Mouse, delusion........................per doz 
Bright Market............................................. 
75
Annealed  Market........................................  
75
Coppered Market..........................................70*10
Tinned Market.......................„ ................ ...  62*
Coppered Spring  Steel................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized.........................  3 05
Barbed  Fence,  painted...............................  1  75
An Sable..................................................dls 40&1C
Putnam................................................... dls 
5
Northwestern..........................................dls 10*10
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
50
Coe’s Genuine..............................................  
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
Dampers, American............................... 
50
600 pound casks...........................................   7*
Per pound....................................................  
7*
*@ *....................................................   12*
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
in the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to composition.
10x14 IC, Charcoal........................................ |  5 75
14x20 IC, Charcoal......................................   5  75
20x14 IX, Charcoal.......................... ............  7 00

TIN—Melyn Grade

MISCELLANEOUS

METALS—Zinc

HORSE NAILS

WRENCHES

Bach additional X on this grade, 11.25.

TIN—Allaway Qrade
 

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

Each additional X on this grade, 81.50. 

SOLDER

 

ROOFING  PLATBS

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............................   4  50
14x20 IX, Charcoal, D ean..........................    5 50
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............................  9  00
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   4  00
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Alla way Grade............   5  00
20x28 1C, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   8  00
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   10 00
9
14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers, I 
14x5« TX  for  No  9  Roller«. ( P®r P°nna- • • 
»

BOILER SIZE TIN PLATB 

n0nnd 

CO URTESY  TO   CU STO M ER S

How 

It  Gained  a  New  One  at  the 

Souvenir  Store.

Written for the Tbadesman.

“ It  was  only  the  matter  of  a  little 
6  cent  glass  measuring  cup,"  began  my 
friend,  Kitty  Klyde,  as she dropped  her* 
self  comfortably  down  among  the  vari­
colored  cushions  of  the  long,  low  divan 
in  the  “ Turkish  room,”   my  latest  pet 
feminine 
luxury,  and  we  settled  our­
selves  for  a  cozy  little  chat  anent  our 
Christmas-shopping  trials  and  tribula­
tions.

I  silently  pushed  her a  floor  cushion, 
on  which  she  tilted  her  daintily-booted, 
trim 
little  feet  as  she went  on  with  her 
story:

“ Yes,  it  was  the  measuring  cup  that 
did  it,”   slowly  taking  her  hatpins  out 
and  reaching  over  to  stick  them  in  a 
corner  of  the  couch  where  she’d  be  sure 
to  forget  where  she  put them.  Then she 
shook  off  her  close  little  bat  into  her 
lap,  shook  herself  out  of  her  trig 
little 
into  her  subject  (she  never 
jacket  and 
has  time  to  remove  her  wraps  decorous­
ly  in  the  hall—she  is  one  of  the  can’t- 
stay-but-a-m inute  but-stays-an-hour spe­
cies)  and  we  were  fairly  launched  on 
the  conversational  sea.

in 

I  went 

little  cup  a 

“ Yes,”   she  continued,  “ you  might 
‘ loving 
almost  call  that 
it  certainly  was  that  that 
cup,'  for 
love  with  that 
caused  me  to  fall 
pretty  brown  eyed  clerk. 
It  was  ‘ this 
a-way’  (Kitty  still  clings  to  some  of  the 
expressions  she  picked  up  in  her South­
ern  trip ): 
into  that  big  band- 
some  hardware  store—you  know,  down 
at  the  end  of  the  street— where  they 
were  giving  away  souvenir  spoons  last 
week. 
It  was  as I expected :  a  long  row 
of  women  reaching  as  far as  from  Dan 
to  Beersheba  were  wedged  in  between 
the  show  cases,  and  the  chances  looked 
slim  for  me  to  make  my  purchases.  As 
I  stood at  one  side  watching  for  a  break 
in  the  procession  where  I  could  slide 
through, 
like  a  small  boy  on  circus 
day,  mine  eye,  a-weary  with 
its  vigi­
lance,  fell  on  a  counter  near  me  where 
were  displayed  innumerable  little  glass 
cups  with  a  handle.  They  were  divided 
by  rings  into  halves,  fourths  and  three- 
quarters,  and  I  said  to  myself,  ‘ Kit, 
there’s  just  what  your  mother’d like- no 
having  to  peek  down 
inside  like  she 
does 
in  her  old  out-of-date  tin  affair, 
but  you  can  just  see  right  through;  get 
her  one.’ 
(You  know  Mamma  is  a  fa­
mous  cook.)

“ I  looked  around  for  a  clerk  to  wait 
on me.  None  on  that  side.  All handing 
over  spoons  to  the  outstretched  hands  of 
the  procession. 
I  finally  caught  the 
glance  of  Miss  Bonnie  Brown  Eyes, 
raised  one  of  the  measuring  cups  with 
a  questioning  look  and  uplifted  brows, 
she  nodded  affirmatively,  the  proces­
instant-^-I 
sion  happened  to  part  an 
never  could  see  how—and 
in­
stant  I  managed  to  land  myself  up 
against  the  showcase  on  the  other  side 
of  the  aisle.

in  that 

“   ‘ Could  you  do  this  up?’  I  gasped.
“   ‘ Yes,  just  a  moment,’  she  as  hur­
riedly  replied,  bending  over  her  little 
book  and  jotting  down  cabalistic  mem­
oranda 
in  front  and  back ;  ‘ just  a  mo­
ment. ’

“ Well,  if  she  said  ‘ Just  a  moment’ 
once  she  said 
it  six  times,  between 
making  a  note  of  some  purchases before 
mine  and  appeasing  the  hunger  of  the 
spoon  collectors.  Finally,  she  gave  up 
the  unequal  struggle  and  asked  another 
girl  clerk  if  she  would  do  up  my  pack­
age  for  me.

“ I  edged  away  from  the stream  of

women  and followed the young lady.  She 
set  my  glass  time-saver  on  the  counter, 
did  up  three  or  four  other  articles  she 
found  lying  near  the  roll  of  paper,  and 
then—straightway  proceeded  to  forget 
all  about  me  and  my  poor  little  cup  and 
to  disappear  from  my  view  as complete­
ly  as  if the  earth  had  opened  and  swal­
lowed  her  up. 
I  saw  it  was  Goodbye, 
Clerk,  so  tried  bard  to 
in  a  new 
stock  of  patience,  standing  first  on  one 
foot  and  then  on  the  other  in  the  effort.
inter­
minable  length  of  time,  my  pretty  girl 
again  flashed  upon  my  vision. 
I  didn’t 
know  where  she  came 
from,  and  I 
didn't care;  I  was  just  ready  to  drop,  I 
was  so  tired.  She  was  walking  outside 
in  the  aisle  and  had  come  from the back 
part  of  the  store  somewhere.  As  she 
approached  she  recognized  me.

“ After  what  seemed  to  me  an 

lay 

“ There’s  my  cup,”   I  quietly  ob­
served,  and  as  pleasantly  as  I  could 
under  the  circumstances.

"She  looked 

from  my  face  to  the 
counter,  and  back  again  to  me.  Then 
she  whisked  in  behind  there,  and  before 
1  could  say  Jack  Robinson  my  tied-up 
parcel  was  in  my  hand.

‘ Why,  why,  why!’  she  exclaimed, 
with  such  genuine  contrition 
in  her 
voice  that  my  heart  warmed  to  her at 
once and  I  forgave  her  before  she  could 
go  on  with,  ‘ I  do  beg  your  pardon !  I’m 
I  thought  the other  clerk  fin­
so  sorry! 
ished  waiting  on  you. 
It’s  too  bad  for 
you  to  have  been  standing  here  all  this 
long  time. 
I  hope  you  do  not  think  I 
intentionally  neglected  you?’

“ And  she  leaned  toward  me  with  just 
as  pretty  a  smile  and  as  flushed  cheeks 
and  as  charming  a  manner  as  if  I  were 
a  perfect  Apollo  of  a  man,  instead  of 
merely  one  of  her  own  sex.  You  know, 
Polly  dear,  so  many girls think  it doesn’t 
pay  to  be  sweet  if  it  isn’t a  man.

“ Then  I  asked  to  look  at  some  arti­
cles  of  more  value  than  my  little  meas­
ure,  and  she  led  me  to  the  front  part  of 
the  store,  all  the  while  with  the  pink  in 
her  cheeks  and  the  pretty 
little  depre­
cating  air.  By  this  time  the  crowd  bad 
thinned  out  somewhat  and  I  could  make 
ray  purchases 
in  peace,  which  I  did, 
and  she  bowed  me  out  as  lovely  as  if  I 
were  a  May  Queen.

“ Now,  Polly,  do  you  s’pose  I  won’t 
do  my  very  best  to  let  all  my  friends 
know  about  that  little  treasure  down  at 
the  Souvenir  Store,  as  the  women  all 
call 
it  now—their  fame  is  literally  in 
everybody’s  mouth—and  tell  them  to  be 
sure  and  have  her  wait  on  them?” ’

Here  Kitty  commenced  to  gather  up 
her  belongings—of  course  she  couldn’t 
find  her  hatpins—preparatory  to  be­
ginning (  !)  to  take  her  departure.

“ I’ll  be  as  loyal  to  her as  a 

lover!”  
she  ended,  as  she  put  up  her  mouth  for 
a  kiss.
And, 

from  what  I  know  of  Kittv 
Klyde's  warm,  generous  heart,  that  lit­
tle  episode  of  the glass  measuring  cup 
at  the  Souvenir  Store  will  be  one  of  the 
most  fortunate  oversights  that  that  clerk 
could  make. 

P o lly  P e p p e r .

Against  the  Code.

“ He  seems  to  be  pretty  prosperous. 
is  a  good 

Why  don't  you  think  be 
physician?”

“ His  prosperity.  Why,  sir,  do  you 
know  he  manages  to  collect  75  per  cent, 
of  the  fees  that  are  due  him  and  it 
seems  almost  unprofessional.
A  Boy’s  Logic.

Mama— Come,  now,  Bobbie,  please 
don’t  tease  me  for  any  more  sugar. 
Sweets  make  little bovs  ill.

Bobbie— Why,  no,  mama;  sugar can’t 
I  saw  in  the 
sugar-cured 

make  folks 
it? 
grocery  where  they  had 
hams.

ill,  can 

AXES

First Quality, S. B. Bronze.............................   5 00
First Quality, D. B. Bronze......................... 
9 so
First Quality. S. B. S. Steel..........................   5 50
First Quality, D. B. Steel.................................  10 50

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

BARROWS

BOLTS

, 

BUCKETS

Stove-....................................................  
60*10
Carriage new list...................................   70 to 75
Plow........................................................ 
so
„   „ 
Well',  plain.... ............................................ |  3 25
Cast Loose  Pin, figured............   ................ 70*10
Wrought Narrow.......................................... 70*10
Ordinary Tackle...........................................  
70
CROW  BARS
Cast Steel................................ 
.. per ib 
4

BUTTS,  CAST

BLOCKS

CAPS

Ely’®, 1‘W ^......................................... per m 
65
Hick s C. F ............................................per m  55
Musket..................................................£erm  
5)

CARTRIDGES

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

  5

CHISELS

Socket Firmer............................................. 
go
Socket Framing............................  *........ 
gg
go
Socket Comer..................................  ****** 
on
Socket Slicks.................................. 
 
 
go
Morse’s Bit Stocks................................. 
Taper and Straight Shank......... . . . . . .. . . . . . 50*  5
  5
Morse’s Taper Shank.................................... 

DRILLS

ELBOWS

EXPANSIVE  BITS

Com. 4 piece, 6 in...........................doz. net 
50
Corrugated.........   ..................................  
125
Adjustable................................................ dls 40*10
Clark’s small, #18;  large, 626 ................ 
30*10
Ives’, 1, 618; 2, 824; 3. 830  ..........................  
25
New American.....................................  
70*10
Nicholson’s........................................... |  ” * 
70
Heller’s Horse Rasps....................................66*10
28
Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26;  27........ 
List  12 
16........ 
17

GALVANIZED  IRON

FILES—New  List

14 

13 

Discount, 75 to 75-10

15 
GAUOBS

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

KNOBS—New List

MATTOCKS

MILLS

Adze Eye.....................................816 00, dls 60*10
Hunt Eye.....................................815 00, dls 60*10
Hunt’s........................................  818 50, dls 20*10
Coffee, Parkers Co.’s.................................... 
40
40
Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables  .. 
Coffee, Landers. Ferry *  Clark’s................ 
40
Coffee, Enterprise........................................  
so
Stebbin’s Pattern.......................................... 60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine........................................ 60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring......................... 
30

MOLASSES  OATES

NAILS

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire.

Steel nails, base............................... .  ........  1  55
Wire nails, base......... ..................................  160
20 to 60 advance...........................................   Base
10 to 16 advance.......................................... 
05
8 ad vance.................................................... 
10
advance...............................................  
6 
20
4 ad vance.................................................... 
30
3 advance...................................................  
45
2 advance  .................................................. 
70
Fine 3 advance........................................... 
50
Casing 10 advance.......................................  
15
25
Casing  8 advance.....................................  
Casing  6 advance.....................................  
35
Finish 10 advance..................................... 
25
Finish  8 ad vance.....................................  
35
Finish  6 ad vance.....................................  
45
Barrel % advance.......................................... 
85
Ohio Tool Co.’s,  fancy................................   ©50
Sclota Bench................................................ 
60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy.........................  @50
Bench, firstquality......................................   @50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood............  
60
Fry, Acme...............................................60*10*10
70*5
Common, polished............................«... 
Iron and  Tinned  ........................................  
60
Copper Rivets and Burs............................... 
60
"A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
•lB” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27  9 20 

PATBNT PLANISHED IRON 

Broken packages He per pound  extra. 

PLANES

RIVBTS

PANS

HAMMERS

Maydole *  Co.’s, new  list............................... dls 33*
Kip’s  ...................................................... di& 
Yerkes *  Plumb’s............................................. di* \0&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.................. 30c list 
4 j 
*** 

Oe?* Q*'»«1 

25
70
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HOUSE FURNISHING OOODS

Stamped Tin Ware.........................new list 75*ir
Japanned Tin Ware.....................................20* If
Granite Iron Ware.........................new list 40*lf
HOLLOW  WARB
Pots__
.............................................60*1
Kettles
.............................................60*10
Spiders
HINOBS
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2,8..............
S tate.....................................

.....................................GO* If

..............dls 60*10
perdos.net  2 50

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A  DISTURBING   FACTOR.

to 

factor 

A  high  French  official  has  bgen 
pleased  to  remark  that  the  appearance 
of  the  Americans  in  Eastern  waters  is  a 
disturbing 
the  whole  of 
Europe.  As  convincing  proof  of  the 
statement  he  hastens  to  remark  that 
“ The  Americans  lack  diplomatic  man­
ners  and  will  surely  bring  trouble  to  us 
a ll.”  
In  addition  to  this  French  testi­
monial  it  is  stated,  on  good  authority, 
that  the  highest  officials  of  Belgium, 
Germany,  Russia,  Austria,  Italy  and 
Turkey  concur 
in  the  same  sentiment, 
and  that  the  bitterest hostility  of  all 
is 
found  at  the  Vatican.  That  this  is  the 
exact  condition  of  things  can  not  be 
denied. 
is  equally  true  that  the 
United  States,  without  apology,  stands 
with 
lifted  eyebrows  and  asks  with 
Western  World  assurance,  “ What  of 
it?”   She  has  simply  taken  the  place 
which  the  centuries  have  been  prepar­
ing  for  her  and,  with  a  desire  only  to 
do  the  right  As  she  sees  it,  is  ready  to 
take  up  and  carry  on  the  task  assigned 
her.

It 

it  stayed. 

instance  the  factor 

That the  whole  of  the  European  con­
tinent  should  resent  what  it  looks  upon 
as  an  intrusion  is  not  surprising.  His- 
t iry  nowhere  repeats  itself  more  deter­
minedly  than  in the story  of civilization, 
and  the  opposition  so  far  presented  is 
only  a  part  of  the  well-kndWn  whole. 
Never  yet  has  an  advance  been  made 
without  the  appearance  of  a  disturbing 
factor,  and  never  yet  has  that  factor 
failed  to  assert  itself  in  the  face  of  the 
most  violent  and  persistent  opposition 
In  this 
is  not  so 
much  the  American  as  the  Republican­
ism  which  he  represents. 
It takes  the 
place  of  that  disturbing  factor  of  the 
tenth  century,  the  Feudal  System. 
It 
was  needed ;  but  the  barbarism  preva 
In 
lent  then  fought  it  hip  and  thigh. 
spite  of  opposition 
It  as 
serted 
itself,  and  Europe  slowly  but 
surely  crystallized  into  a  social  system 
which,  all  in  all,  has  been  a  blessing  to 
the;  world.  When 
it  had  outlived  its 
usefulness  another  disturbing  factor ap 
peared ;  but  the  antagonism  which  the 
Feudal  System  met  and  overcame  was 
turned  with  equal  violence  against  the 
disturbing  factor,  monarchy.  That, too, 
had  a  mission.  That,  too,  came to  stay 
and  the  greatest  proof  that it was needed 
is 
In  England 
it  was  the  Tudors  who  manipulated  the 
into  the  new;  and  how 
old  elements 
monarchy  fought 
its  way  to  the  throne 
there  is  no  need  of  recounting.  In  time 
Europe  was  dotted  with  thrones;  but 
the  power  was  abused  and  another  fac 
tor  appeared  as  a  disturbing  element 
Its  birth  is  undated.  The  Plantagenet 
learned  of  its  existence  and  wondered 
The  free  cities opened  their  gates  wide 
at  its  coming.  It  came  a  welcome  guest 
at  Runnymede  and  dictated  the  signing 
of  the  Magna  Charta  to  the  detested 
John. 
Wickliffe.  It was seen  hovering  over the 
martyr  fires  of  Smithfield.  It  brightened 
the  gloom  of  Luther's  prison. 
It  gave 
edge  to  the  axe  that  severed  the  neck 
of  Charles  the  First. 
It  was  the  pillar 
of  cloud  by  day  and  the  torchbearer  by 
night  to  the  westward  wandering  May 
flower. 
It  whispered  comfort  and  cour 
age  above  the  cradle  where  American 
manhood  in  its  infancy  was  rocked, 
guided  the  bullet  at  Lexington  and  the 
pen  at  Appomattox  and,  shattering  at 
shot  the  gates  of  Manila  and  the  frown 
ing  turrets  of  Cuba,  it  is  greeted  as 
disturbing  factor  by  the  whole  of  mon 
arcbical  Europe.

It  appeared  an  angel  of  light 

its  universal  adoption. 

Like 

its  predecessors 

it  meets  with

hatred and the bitterest opposition.  Like 
its  predecessors 
it  stands  unmoved  in 
the threatening  presence,  conscious  of 
its  power  to  grapple  with  them  all  and 
equally  sure  of  the  coming  victory. 
With  a  continent  behind  it,  freed  now 
from  the vanishing shadow of monarchy;
th  the  common  humanity  of  the  Old 
World  standing  tiptoe  with expectation ; 
with  the  crown  of  Spain  in  the  dust  and 
Upbarsin”   aglow  above  that  tottering 
throne,  Republicanism, 
the  embodi­
ment  of  all  that  is  best  and  purest  in 
modern  National 
life  and  character, 
stands an  acknowledged  disturbing  fac­
tor 
in  the  political  arena  of  the  world, 
ready  to  do the  work  that  Heaven  has 
assigned  her.

What  that  work  is  humanity  knows by 
heart.  With  one  continent  wrested  from 
the  control  of  kings,  she  turns  her  at­
tention  to  the  empires  of  the  East 
Already  the  protest  has  begun.  Crown 
and  tiara  are  industriously  at  work  t( 
avert  the  impending  evil.  Their  labor 
ill  be  in  vain.  The  hour  of  monarchy 
has  struck.  The  oldest  scepter  has  been 
stricken  from  the  palsied  hand 
thai 
held  it.  Others  will  also  fa ll;  and  wbei 
the  last  one  has  fallen  and  monarchy 
is 
uo  more,  the  disturbing  factor  in  mod­
ern 
civilization  which  has  accom­
plished  this  will  be  found  to  be  the 
American  Republic,  the  last  ruler  and 
the  best  to  direct  the  destinies  of  man 
kind.

JO H N   BULL,  DEBTOR.

The  time  has  come,  in  the  year’s  cal 
endar,  to  look  over  accounts.  The book: 
are  showing  a  thrifty 
condition  oi 
things.  Trade  has  been  lively  the  worli 
over;  and  this  is  especially  true  of  ou> 
relations  with  Great  Britain.  So  fai 
our  merchants  have  been  satisfied  tr 
nave  the  balance  of  trade  even  and  n« 
pecial  effort  has  been  made  to  disturb 
that  balance.  Left  almost  wholly  to  it 
self,  the  yearly  returns  are  gratifying. 
The  amount  of  sales  is  small,  but  tht 
record  is  much  in  our  favor.  The  an 
ual  report  of  the  Bureau  of  Statistics, 
lately  issued,  makes  it  possible  to  make 
some  comparisons  which  are  by  no 
means  odious. 
They  show  that  our 
brothers  over  there  are  yearning  after 
us  physically  as  well  as  mentally  and 
morally;  and 
they  suggest  that  the 
Anglo  Saxon's  liking  for  the  same  good 
things  is  as  strong  now  as  it  was  when 
the  little  island  held  us  all  and  we  were 
fighting  tooth  and  nail  against  the  en 
croachments  of  the  well-bated  William 
the  Conqueror.

From  that  standpoint  the  following 
figures  are  edifying :  During  the  year 
ending  in  October,  1898,  $537,680 worth 
of  bacon  was  consumed  in  England  i 
excess  of  any  preceding  year;  and  the 
excess  in  bam  is $530,435,  a  statement 
which  Germany  may  ponder  with profit 
In  flour  the  increase  was  $592,860 in  our 
favor;  in  oats  $275,425,  a  fact  which 
strengthens  the  statement  of  Mr.  Cham 
berlain  to  the  effect  that,  as  time  goes 
by,  the  stomachs  of  the  two  nations 
will  hold  a common food while the hearts 
will  beat  as  one.

With  the  appetite  thus  satisfied,  let 
us  turn  to  other  things:  During  the 
year,  from  October  to  October,  we  sold 
Great  Britain  $278,730  worth  more 
copper;  $805,875  more of tallow;  sawed, 
split,  planed  or  dressed  wood,  a  gain  of 
$203,940,  and  of  leather  a  yearly  gain 
of  $494,800— an  array  of  figures  which 
is  comforting  to  consider  at  the  be­
ginning  of  the  holidays.

There  is  another  feature  of  this  report 
which  is  full  of  encouragement,  because 
in  other  departments  of
it  shows  that 

ndustry  we  have  not  been  idle.  The 
hard  times  have  been  teaching  their 
lesson  and  we  have  been  profiting  by  it. 
We  have  been  trying  to  get  along  with­
out  so  much  dependence  on  the  foreign 
markets  by  using  more  of  our  home­
made  products.  The  list  of  imports  is 
consequently  diminished,  with  a  cor- 
espondingly  wholesome  increase  to  the 
home  exchequer.  During  the  year  there 
was  less  wool 
imported  by  $59# 185—a 
statement  to  please  the American sbeep- 
iser.  There  was  a  decrease  of  105,- 
500  yards  of  cotton  piece  goods,  and 
in 
woolens  for  two  years  a  decrease of 467,- 
000  yards.  Who  says  that  the  American 
Joes  not  appreciate  the  efforts  of  the 
wool  manufacturer  in  his  own  country?
The  imports  of  worsted  goods  for  1896 
were  1,355,400 yards  and  in  1898 693  600 
ards,  a  difference  in  our  favor  of  661,- 
800  yards.  We  bought  less  hardware  by 
21,160;  fewer  tin  plates 
in  two  years 
iy  $393.605. 
In  1896  we  paid  $8.395  for 
black  plates  for  tinning;  during  the 
ear  $375,  a  gain  for  us  of  $8,020.
It  may  or  may  not  be  tiresome  to  ex­
tend  the  list.  The  above  by  no  meai s 
exhausts 
it.  The  only  article  which 
tands  out  in  marked  contrast  with  the 
terns  mentioned 
is  jute,  which  stands 
1,654,500  yards  for  1898,  to  5» 3^3- 300 
yards  for  1897.  It  is,  as  it  has  been  said 
efore,  a  capital  showing.  It  marks  not 
only  a  turn 
in  the  financial  tide,  but, 
what  is  far  better,  it  is convincing proof 
that  the  prosperity  long  looked  for  has 
ome  at 
last,  and  come  to  stay.  With 
the  war  over  and  the  new  responsibili- 
es  assumed  which  the  contest  brought 
with  it,  and  with  the  general  recogni- 
on  of  those  responsibilities  and  rights 
->y  the  nations  of  the  earth,  the  United 
States  of  America  has  every  reason  to 
oelieve  that 
in  trade  and  in  other  con- 
erns  of  the  world  it  is  to  be  recognized 
is  an 
onclusion  suggested  and  strengthened 
oy  contemplating  the  debtor  side  of 
John  Bull's  accourt.

important  factor  and  leader- 

The  Honors  of  War. 

Little  Harry :  Pa,  what  is [meant by

marching  out  with  the  honors  of  war?

instance, 

Pa:  Well,  for 

if  Tommy 
Brown  were  to  knock  you  down  and 
pummel  you  until  you yelled ‘ ‘ enough,’ 
and  then  let  you  up  and  told  you  to 
go  home  and  never  step  into  his  back 
yard  again,  you  would  march  off  with 
the  honors  of  war.  But  if,  instead  of 
letting  you  up  when  you  confessed  you 
were  licked,  be  kept  on  pounding  you 
until  somebody  stopped  him,  then  you 
wouldn’t  get  off  with  the  honors  of  war, 
“ But  I  wouldn’t  march  off with  the 
honors  of  war  anyway,  if  that’s  how  it* 
done. ’ ’

“ Why  not?”
“   'Cause  when  he  let  me  up  and  told 
in  bis  back  yard 

me  to  never  step 
again,  I’d  git  a  rock  and  swat  him .”

WANTS  COLUMN.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

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 leas than 
15 cents.  Advance payment.___________
Fo r  s a l e- a  f in e   w in t e r   h o m e  a t
MrMeekin, Florida,  26  miles  w- st  of  Pal 
atka;  five acres of land, 1  0 orange trees to bear 
next spring, also pears, plums,  figs,  g  apes  an 
berries;  ten minutes’ wa'k from depot and post 
office;  two-story,  seven-room  house,  with  ver 
andas;  good well of water and good neighbors 
land  slopes  down  to  Mirror  Lake;  two  other 
lakes  in  sigh.:  small  barn,  buggy  house  and 
sheds;  price,  $  ,500.  A.  H.  McClellan,  Bis 
covne, Florida. 
■XX7ANTED—TO BUY A GOOD ICft BUSINESS 
W   in a town o  2,000 population and no  oppo 
sition.  Address No  782,  care  Michigan  Trades 
man 

I  PAY  spot  cash  fo r  sto ck s  o f  m

chan ¡ise of any kind and  size.  Communica 
tions h«*id strictly  confidential.  Address  A.  1 
783
Poulsen, Lagrange, Ind. 

___________ 785

_______ 782

784

786

TT'OR SALK—CLEAN SHOE STOCK IN GROW- 
in«'  manufacturing  town  of  5,000,  county 
ms  t. surrounded by  good  farming  trade.  Will 
sell at a bargain  hr  owner  has  o her  business 
which demands his attention.  Address No.  781, 
care Michigan Trade-man. 
UlOR  aALE-AN  ESTABLISHED  BAKERY 
.  J  in the greatest hustling town  in  Michigan; 
good  location,  reasonable  rent.  Satisfactory 
reason  for  selling.  Address  A.  E.  Rand»ll, 
Otsego, Mich. 
7M)R SALE—DRUG STORE, NO. 1 LOCATION 
in 'iiund  Rapids;  present owner  not  a  reg­
istered pharmacist.  Address Drugs,  care  Mich-
igan Tradesman.____________________   781
ANTED—LOCA' fo S  KOR  A  PRIVATE 
bank by gent eman of  ample  means  good 
character and excellent bus n* ss  qualifications. 
Location  must  be  a  good  business  point  sur­
rounded  by  prosperous  farming  community. 
Address No  780, care Mich'gau Tradesman.  780
■ ACANT  CITY  LOTS  AND  80  ACRES  OP 
free  and  clear, to 
exchange for hardware or general merchandise. 
Address No  77s, care  Michigan Tradesmen.  778
■  CHANCE OF A LIFETIME FOKSALE FOR 
Cash Only—A department store; stock about 
$.2,000:  sales last year, $42 000: this year will run 
about $50.100, all cash, no c-edi' bu-in. ss Is doue; 
very little competition.  Last year cleared $V000 
over all • xpen  es.  Must go  west on account of 
health of fa••■ily or mon< y could not buy it  Ad 
dre«s No  777, care Mo higan Tradesman 
777
JtOR 'ALE-OLD AND WELL-ESTAbLISHED 
bakery business in a  city  of  16,000  popula­
tion.  For particulars  write  to  Wm. Malmborg, 
215 Cleveland Ave.. Isbp  min”,  Mich. 

good  farming  land,  al 

Wr ANTED—GOOD  LOCATION  FoR  FIRST- 

class  dry  goods  or  dry  goods  and  shoe 
store, in town of 2,500 to 5,000 inhabitants.  Will 
Iso buy stock if for  sale.  Address  A. Z.,  care 
ichigan Tradesman. 

776

775

631

552

770

cold  storage  and  general  produce  dealer. 
Write to the  Secretary  of  tue  Otsego  Improve­
ment Association  otseeo. Mich 

eity:  80 acres, part  improve*.  Adapted  to 
general farming and peach raising.  J. H. McKee 
& Son, House man  Bio» k. Grand Rspids. 

.  good» or shoes, very nice  well rented Grand 
Rapids property.  Address No.  558, care  Ml.hi- 
n Trade-man. 

BEsT  LOCATION  IN  MICHIGAN  FOR  A 
130  EX«  HANg E—FOR  CLOTHING,  DRY 
■ O  EXCHANGE—FARM  FOR  CITY  PnOP- 
I7»OR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE —HOT  SODA 
1  apparatus,  silver,  mamm'th.  ut-to-date, 
ufts’  pattern,  $2-5,  $5  per  month,  6  per  cent, 
interest  Also Soda Fountain  modern,* iahteen 
. rups, »wo sodas,  foil-  mineral  tunes,  magnifi­
cent  cherry  top.  Tufts’  paitern,  $ l,l1*'.  $10  per 
mouth,  6  per cent.  Also  Fixtures,  drug  and 
jewelry:  three 8 ft.,  one  12 It.  wall  ca*-e«t.  plate 
glass;  21 ft. d  ug shelving, half glass;  four 8-ft. 
si  ent  B ile -man  ca-es,  bev  l  d  plate,  grand; 
$1.000, $10 per  month  "  per cent.  Address_7' 6, 
care  Michigan  I’rade  man 
w
ANTED —SHOES,  CLO TH IN G .  DRY 
goods.  Address R. B., Box 351, Montague, 
eh 
699
HAVE  SMALL  GENERAL  oTO  K,  ALSO  A 
stock of  musical  go' ds,  sewing  machines, 
bicycles, notions, etc., with wagons and teams— 
an established business.  Stock inventories from 
$2.000  to $3 50ii,  as  m«y  be  desired.  Will  take 
free  and  clear  farm  in  good  location  of  equal 
value.  Address Lock Box 531, Howell, M ch.

______766

739

I NOR  8 \LE—NEW  GENERAL  STOCK.  A 
splendid farming country.  No trades.  Ad­
«80
dress No. 680, care Michigan Tradesman 
MERi HANTS—DO YOU  YVlsH CA>H  QUICK 
for your stock of merchandise,  or  any  part 
of It?  Address John A. Wade, Cadillac, Mich.628
« GENTS  WANTED  FOR  OUR  “DEWEY” 
sloi machine  justout;  retail for $(.00 each; 
double the trade fo  ca^dy and cigar stores:  no 
gam> ling device:  agents  can  mate  b g  money. 
Address Jonas N. Bell <fe Co., M  nufactu.ers  141 
So.  Clinton St., Chicago. 
rpo  EXCHANGE — F \RMS  AND  OTHER 
A  property for dry  goods, clothing  and  shoes. 
Address P  Medaiie, Mancelona  Mich 
COUNTRY  PRODUCE

__________ 772

553

PAY SPOT CASH ON TRACK FOR BUT- 
V v 
ter and eggs. 
It  will  pay yon  to  get  our 
prices and  particulars.  Stroup  & Carmer,  Per- 
rinton, Mich. 
771
W ANTED—BUTTER,  EGGS  AND  POUL- 
try;  any  quantities.  Write  me.  Orrin  J. 
706
Stone. Kalamazoo. Mich. 
WANTED — FIRST-CLASS  BUTTER  FOR 
retail trade.  Cash paid.  Correspond with 
381
Canlkett A Co.. Trave-se City, Mich. 
W ANTED—1.000  CASES  FRESH  EGGS, 
daily.  Write  for  prices.  F.  W.  Brown, 

____________________ 556

Ithaca,  Mich. 

FIREPROOF  SAFES

Geo. m. s m it h ,  n ew   a n d  seco n d h a n d
Ottawa street. Grand Rapids.___________ «13

safes,  wood  and  brick  building mover, 157 

MISCELLANEOUS.

SPECIALTY  SALESMAN  NOW  ON  THE 
r. ad wishes to make a change for other good 
sellL_g specialty.  Address  No  779,  care  Mich­
igan Tradesman.  ____________________ 779
W ANTED—TRAVELING  SALESMAN 
IN 
hardware or other  lines  to  handle  hard­
ware  specialty  as  a  side  line.  Sells  at  sight. 
References  required.  State  territory  covered. 
Address F. W .«  lark, Manistee. Mi' h. 

WANTED—A  PORTION  AS  TR vVELING 
salesman  by  energetic man of  long  busi­
ness experiuce.  Address No. 764, care Michigan 
Tradesman 
7o4
W ANTED—A YOUNG  MAN  OF  GOOD  AD- 
dress  to  represent  unique  insurance  in 
State.  Good money for right man.  Address at 
once, Knights of America, Kalamazoo, Mich.742

774

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Via C. &  W. M.  Railway.

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BUCKWIffAT1

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

Travelers’  Time  Tables.

CHICAGO

Chicago.

Lv.  O. Rapids............   7 .30am  12-POam *11  45ps
Ar  Chicago.......... 
2Mom  9  15pm  7 2  *,0
I.v  Ghioagn..  11:15am  6 50sm  4:15pm  *li  50ng 
Ar. G’d Rapids 5:00pm  1:25pm  10:30pm  * 6:20tn 
Traverse  City,  Charlevoix and  Petoskey.
Lv  G’d  Rapids...........   7:.3oam  8•(’5am  5:3 'pm
Par’or cars on dav tra’ns and sleeping cars on 
night trains to and from Chicago

Others week days only.

•Every  day. 

U t   I  l \ v l l  1  s 

n C T  T i n  l  T   Qrand  Rapids  & Western 

Sept.25, 1898.

Detroit.

Lv. Grand  Rapids..........7:00am  1:35pm  5:35pt
Ar. Detroit.................... 11:40am  5:45pm  10:(>5m
Lv. Detroit......................8 00am  1:10pm  6:10pr
Ar.  Grand  Rapids........12 55pm  5:20pm  10 55pir
Lv. G R 7:0 Kud 5:10pm  AT. G R 11:45am  9:30r' 
Parlor cars on all trains  to  and  from  Detroit 
and Saginaw.  Trains run week days only.

Saginaw. Alma and  Greenville.

Gko.  DbHavkn.  General Pass. Agent.

r . n   1  kjrv  Trank Railway System 
vl tV/m.1 V LI  Detroit and Milwaukee Div

(In effect Nov  13,  1898 )

EAST. 

Arrive,
Leave. 
t  6:45am  Sag.,  Detroit, buffalo i N Y . t   9:55pm
tio.ioam......... Detroit  and  East../.  .  t  5:27pm
t  3 2 ’pm__Sat in aw, Detroit A  Fast.. ..ti2:45pm
• 7:20pm__ Buffalo,  N   Y. & Boston....*10:15am
*13:i0am....Gd. Haven  and  lut.  Pts  ...» 7:*5  m 
tl2.53pm.Gd. Haven  and Inicm ediatet  S'I-pm 
t   5 80pm...Gd. Haven and Milwaukee.  5:.7pm 
Eastward—No. lo has Wague1  parlor car.  No 
28  parlor  car  Westward—No.  11  parlor  car. 
No.  17 Wagner pari, r car.
tExcept Sunday.

•Daily. 

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E. H. Hpgbbs. A  G. P  AT. A. 
Bb>. Fletcher. Trav. Pass. Agt.
C.  A.  J ustin.  City  Pass.  Agent.

97 Monroe St.  ..Morton House.

QRAND Rapids  ft  Indiana  Railway

Nov. 13. 1898.

Northern  Div.  Leave  ArHv. 
Trav.C’y,Petoskey & Mack...t 7:45am  t 5:15pm
Trav  < ity A Pen-sev  .......... t  2  lopm T10:45pm
Oadlllat  a  conimodation...... ♦ 5-25pm +10 55am
Petoskey A Mackinaw City..  t f  :00pm  ♦  6:3~>rin 
7:45am  and  2:iOpm  t  ains  have  parlor  cars; 
11:0  pm train has sleeping car.
Cincinnati  .............................t 7:10am  t  9 45pm
F t Wayne 
For Vicksburg and Chicago..*11:3  pm  9:1  am 
and  parlor  car  o  Chicago;  2:10pm  tr«in  has 
parlor  car  to  Ft.  Way  e;  7:  Opm  train  has 
sleeping cars  to Cincinnati;  11:30pm  train  has 
coach and sleeping car to Cnlcago.

Aottihern  Uiv.  Leave  5t "
............................t  *  "*pm  t   1  55
«M.............................   7 00 >tn  6 :»

.  10  am  tr»i  •  ha- 

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Chicago T rains.

T O  C H IC A G O .

F R O M   C H IC A G O .

2 l^pm  *11 30pm
6 25am

Lv. i^rand Rapids... 7 )0.<m 
Ar. Chicago...........  2 o  pm  9 10pm 
Lv. Chicago.».........................   3 
Ar  Grand  Rapids....................   9 
car;  II :3'0pm. coach and sleeping car.
11:32pm, sleeping car.

02pm *11 32r»m
45pm 6 30am
Trai 
leaving Grand Rapids 7:10am has parlor 
Train ieaviug Chicago 3:02pm has  parlor car; 

Muskegon Trains.

G O IN G   W E S T .

LvG’d  Rapids...........  t7:35am  11:00pm fi:40pr
Ar Muskegon..............  9:00am  2:10pm  r-05  ro
S'inday  train  leaves  Grand  Rapids  9:15am; 
arrives Muskegon 10:3‘iam.
M u O S   H A ST.
Lv Muskegon............. t 8:10am  fll:45am  t4  OOpr
ArG’d Rapids  .. 
...  9:3ilam  12:55pm  «  Slp»-
Sunday  train  leaves  Muskegon  5:30pm;  ar­
rives Grand Rapids 6:50pm. 
tExcept Sunday.  *baiiy.

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

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

DULUTH, s~“ s5^V.A"““e

WEST  BOUND.

Lv. Grand Rapids (G. R. & I.)til :10pm
Lv. Mackinaw City.................   7:35am
Ar. St  Ignace.........................  9:Oiam
Ar. Sault Ste. Marie..............   12:90pm
Ar. Marquette  ........................  2:50pm
Ar. Ne8toria............................   5:20pm
Ar. D uluth...........................................

t7:45am 
4:20pm 
5:20pm 
9:50pm 
10:40pm 
12:45am 
8:30am

B A M   B O U E S .

t6:30pm
Lv. Dolnth............................................. 
Ar. Nestorta.............................   til:15am 
2:45am
1:30pm 
Ar. Marquette........................  
4:30am
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Lv. 8au!t 8te. Marie................ 
3:30pm 
8:40pm  11:00am
Ar. Mackinaw City.................  
G.  W .  H i b b a s d ,  Gen. Pass. Agt.  Marquette. 
E. C. Ovlatt, Trav. Pan. AgL, Grand Rapids

This  Showcase only  $4 00  per foot.

With  Beveled  Edge  Plate Glass top $5.00 per foot.

SHOW  CASES  OF  ALL  STYLES

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

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

corners at the following  low prices f o b   Bryan:
9 feet 
. . .  $13.25
luteet.........  1325

7 feet........$925 
Sfeet........  10 50 

S fe e t....... *7.25 
6feet.../..  8.15 

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

THE  BRYAN  SHOW  CASE  WORKS,  Bryan,  Ohio.

THE ONLY WAY...

To le*»m the real value of a trade  or class paper 
is to find out how  the  men  in whose interest it  is 
published value  it.  Ask the merchants of  Mich­
igan  what they think of the .  .  .

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

We  are  willing  to  abide  by  their  decision.

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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VALLEY  CITY 
MILLING  CO.

QRAND RAPIDS.

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“It’s  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 
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very  presence  creates  ^  demand  for other  articles.

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To carry in stock  unknown  brands 
of stove polish that your customers 
know  nothing  about,  brands  they 
do not call for, the quality of which 
is  inferior,  gives  them  dissatisfac-x 
tion,  and  the  consequent  sale  of 
which  brings  discredit 
to  your 
store?  Your  best  judgment  an- 
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If you are doing business for  profit 
it  will  pay  you  to  handle  our 
whole line. 

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should  commend  them  to  the  up-to-date  grocer. 
They  never  become  stale,  for  even  the  very  old­
est  of  them,  by  a  little  warming  up,  become  as 
crisp  as  at  first.  This  isn’t  possible  in  ordinary 
crackers,  and  it’s  by  using  none  but  the choicest 
selected  ingredients,  and  being  mixed  and baked 
in  the  improved  way, 
the  SEYM OU R 
Cracker  retains  its  hold  upon  the  buyers  of pure 
food  products. 

Always  FRESH,  WHOLESOME« 
NUTRITIVE.  Has absorbing qualities far in excess 

that 

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?

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National  Biscuit Company

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Wasted  Energy,  Wasted  Stock.  Wasted Capital.

All  for Want of System.

Modern  invention  and  ingenuity  have  made 
it possible for any person in the Grocery  or  Meat 
retailing business to know exactly, to the smallest 
fraction of a dollar, what they must charge a  cus­
tomer on every sale to reap a fair, honest profit.
This  is  accomplished  solely  by  the  adoption 
of that wonderful invention, the

Money  Weight  System

This system is found  only  in  our  Computing 
Scales.  No  merchant  should  hesitate  to  better 
his  condition  when  the  remedy  for  that  dreaded 
disease,  ALL-LOST-BY-ERROR,  commonly 
known as Dead Loss, can be  had  for  the  asking. 
We will fill the  prescription  for  you.  Drop  us  a 
line and let us diagnose your case.
The Computing Scale  Co.

Dayton,  Ohio.

