Volume XVI.

GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24,1899.

Number 818

ban we Number you?

Give us a chance to  deal  with  j*ou  and  see  how 
quickly we can number  you  among  our  large  list 
of customers.  W e have gained an enviable reputa­
tion for fair  dealing  and  invite  you  earnestly  to 
test it.  We can supply you  with  anything  in  the 
drug line.

Have you  given  our  Headache  Powders  a  trial ?
They are sellers.  Our Mandrake  Bitters  are  right 
in season, and they are good.  Drop  us  a  card  for 
prices.

L. PERRIGO  CO.,

Manufacturing Chemists, 
Allegan, Mich.

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Our Specialties:

Root.

Tablets.

L.  P.  Brand Soda.
Perrigo’s Headache Pwds. 
Mandrake  Bitters.
Perrigo’s Quinine Cathartic 
Perrigo’s Dyspepsia Tbits. 
Perrigo’s Catarrh Cure. 
Perrigo’s Cough Cure. 
Perrigo’s Magic Relief. 
Perrigo’s Sarsaparilla. 
Perrigo’s Sure Liniment. 
Perrigo’s Ex. of Blackberry 
Perrigo's Insect Powder. 
Perrigo’s Poison Fly Paper. 
Perrigo’s Poultry Powder. 
Perrigo’s Stock Powder. 
Perrigo’s Hog Powder. 
Marshmallow Cream. 
Bartram’s Liver Pills.
Bart ram’s Veterinary Elixir 
Sennara for Children. 
Porous Plasters.
Cough  Drops.
Flavoring  Extracts. 
Druggists* Sundries.

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FLEISCHMANN  &  CO.

U n d er  T h eir  YELLOW LABEL  O f fe r  t h e  BEST!

Grand Rapids Agency,  29 Crescent Ave. 
Detroit Agency,  118 Bates St.

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OUR  SMOKE

Phelps,  Brace &  Co.

Detroit,  Mich.

L A R G E S T   C I G A R   D E A L E R S   IN  T H E   M ID D L E   W E S T .

F.  E.  B U SH M A N ,  M a n a g e r .

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We  have  changed  our  corporate  name  ^  
from  the  Petoskey  Lime  Company  to  ^  
the  Bay Shore Lime Company, and the name  =2 
of our lime  from  Petoskey  Standard  to  ^  
Bay Shore Standard.  No  other  change  in  ^5 
any way. 

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Bay  Shore  Lime  Co., 

Manufacturers  of  all  styles  of  Show  Cases  and  Store  Fixtures.  Write  us  tor 

illustrated  catalogue  and  discounts.

S H   Bay  Shore, Mich.. April 1,1899. 

SMOKE

Banquet Hall  Little Cigars

These goods are packed very 
tastefully 
in  decorated  tin 
boxes which can be carried in 
the vest pocket. 
10 cigars in 
a box retail  at 10 cents.
They  are  a  winner  and  we 
are sole agents.

MUSSELMflN  GROGER  60..  Grand  Rapids,  Midi).

p m n m m r r e T n r g i n n n n n n n n n n r f f t r r e ^  

W e  G u a r a n t e e

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Our brand of Vinegar to be an ABSOLU TELY PURE  APPLE- 
JUICE  VINEGAR.  To any person who will analyze it and find 
any deleterious acids or anything that is  not  produced  from  the 
apple, we will forfeit

ONB  HUNDRED  DOLLARS

We also guarantee it to be  of  not  less  than  40  grains strength. 
We will prosecute any person found using our package* for cider 
or vinegar without first removing all traces of our brands therefrom.

Robinson Cider and  Vinegar Co.,  Beaton Harbor, Mich.

J  ROBINSON,  manager.

U   This is the guarantee we give with every barrel of our  vinegar.  Do  you  know  of any  other 
C   manufacturer who has sufficient confidence in his output to stand back  of  his  product  with  a 
Jo  similar guarantee? 

ROBINSON  CIDER  A N D   V IN E G A R   CO.

P E L O U Z E

“Household" Scale

2 4   LBS.  BY  OZS.

Acknowledged to be the B E S T  on the market

ONLY $12.00  PER  DOZ. 

PRICE  $1.50 
Net to the trade.

Made of  cold rolled steel  throughout. 
Beautifully  japanned  and  striped. 
Large white enameled  dial,  very  ser­

viceable  and  distinct.

Enameled  steel  top  plate, absolutely 

unbreakable.

Occupies less space than other scales. 
Can be instantly adjusted for scoop. 
Weight, boxed, only 4#   lbs.

EVERY SCALE WARRANTED.

This  Showcase only $4.00  per foot.

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

HEMLOCK  BARK

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We  measure 
and pay cash 
for  Bark  as 
fast  as  it  is 
loaded.  Now 
is  the  time 
to  call on  or 
write  us.

MICHIGAN BARK & LUMBER CO.,  537 "d 538 Widd,cn°rTiBÄ

Grand Rapids, Michigan

PELOUZE  SCALE  &  MFG.  CO.,
M frs. Reliable Postal, Counter, Confectionery, 
Ice and Market Scales, Spring Balances, etc.

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KOLB &  SON, 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Closing out  balance of 
our spring goods cheap. 
Write  our  represent­
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P.  O.  Box  346,  Mar-  “ | 
shall,  Mich., to call on  [“ 
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The Preferred  Bankers 
Life Assurance Company

of  Detroit,  Mich. 

Annual Statement,  Dec. 31,  1898.

Commenced Business 8ept.  I,  1893.
Insurance in  Force..........................$3,299,000 
Ledger Assets  ....................................... 
Ledger Liabilities  ................................  
Losses Adjusted and Unpaid...............  
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F R A N K  E. ROBSON, President. 

TRU M A N   B. GOODSPEED, Secretary.

T he  M ercantile  A gency

Established 1S41.

R.  Q.  DUN  &   CO.

Wlddlcomb Bld’g, Grand Rapids, Mich.

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

L. P. WITZLEBEN.  manager.

Prompt, Conservative, M e .

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Save  Trouble. 
Save  Money. 
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PAGE2.  The  Dry Goods  Market.
3.  A  Bad Tem pered  Clerk.
4.  Around the State.
5.  Grand  Rapids  Gossip.
6.  W oman’s  World.
8.  Editorial.
9.  Editorial.
10,  Observations by  a  Gotham   Egg  Man. 
11«  Gotham  Gossip*
IS.  Advice  on  the Storage  of Eggs.
13.  Standpoint of the Country Editor.
14.  Shoes and Leather.
15.  Window Display In Shoe Trade.
16.  Clerks’ Corner.
17.  Commercial  Travelers.
18.  Drags and  Chemicals.
19.  D rag  Price  Current.
20.  Grocery  Price Current.
21.  Grocery Price  Current.
22.  H ardw are.
23.  The Girl’s Room.
24.  Ease  for  Clerks’  Tired  Feet.

H ardw are  Price  Carrent.
Business  W ants.

H ostesses  in  Departm ent  S tores.
Five  “ hostesses"  are  now  included 
in  the  staff  of  one  of  New  York’s  large 
department  stores. 
Some  people  call 
them  guides,  but  the  five  women  them­
selves  prefer to  be  known  as  hostesses. 
If  you  ask  them  their  mission  in  the 
affairs  of  the  place  they  will  tell  yon 
that  they  “ extend  the  hospitalities  of 
the  store  to  shoppers.”   This  glittering 
phrase  represents  a  line  of  duties  which 
will  appeal  to  every  woman  as  exceed­
ingly  practical.

Talk  of  its  not being  good  for  man  to 
is  one  time  of  all 
be  alone!  There 
it  is  not  good  for woman 
others  when 
to  be  alone,  and  that 
is  when  she  is 
shopping.  Rather  than  go  forth  solitary 
to  a  shopping  expedition,  a  woman 
would even take her mother-in-law along. 
There 
is,  generally  speaking,  nothing 
stronger  to  be  said.  Nine  women  out 
often  declare,  in  the  moderate  terms  so 
dear  to  the  feminine  tongue,  that  they 
simply 
loathe  and  despise  to  go  shop­
ping  alone.  The  proprietor of  the  store 
in  question  recognized  the  prevalence 
of  this  state  of  mind,  and  determined 
that  no  woman  need  come  to  bis  em­
porium  with  such  sentiments  disturbing 
her  serenity.  Hence  these  hostesses.

They  have a  little  office  on  the  second 
floor  at  one  corner  of  the 
rotunda. 
Facing  the  open  center  of  the  building 
is  an  array  of  cords  stretched  from  the 
railing  up  to  the  next  floor. 
It looks  as 
if  somebody 
intended  to  raise  sweet 
peas  or  vines.  The  only  blossoms  which 
ever  come  on  this  trellis,  however,  are 
five  bright  little  satin  banners,  one  for 
each  of  the  hostesses.  One  is  of  blue 
and  white,  one  of  scarlet  and  white, 
and  so  on. 
If  a  hostess  is  not  in  the 
I office  when  called  for  her banner  is  run 
up,  and  that  is  a  signal  to her  that  she 
is  wanted.  She  is  supposed  to  keep  an 
eye  on  the  trellis  while  she  is away from 
the  office  and  respond  to  her  banner 
signal  as  soon  as  possible.

The  role of  these  hostesses  is  that  of 
a  guide  and  adviser.  A  woman  comes 
in  with  a  list of  purchases  she  wishes  to 
make.  She  doesn’t  know  the  store,  and, 
moreover,  she 
isn’t  very  sure  that  she 
knows  just  what  she  wants.  She  takes 
a hostess  to be  her  guide,  philosopher, 
or,  at  any  rate,  counselor  and  friend.

Her  new  ally  knows  all  the  ins  and  outs 
of  the  store,  and  can  lead  the  way  with­
out  loss  of  time  from  one  department  to 
another,  securing 
immediate  attention 
in  each.  She 
is  also  thoroughly  in­
formed  as  to  the  latest  fashions,  the best 
and  most  popular  materials,  colors  and 
designs.  She gives her  advice as  to  wbat 
will  be  the  most  becoming  thing  to  get, 
how  much  material  to  buy,  what  trim­
mings  to  select,  every  one  of  the  prob­
lems,  in  fact,  which  torture  the  solitary 
shopper  with  dreadful  doubts.

from 

away 

takes 

Each  of  the  five  hostesses  has  her own 
clientele  of  customers,  who always  de­
pend  on  her  to  shop  with  them.  One  is 
a  Southern  woman,  who  makes  the  cus­
tomers  from  the  South  her  own  particu­
in  her  a  real 
lar  charge.  They  find 
hostess,  who 
the 
loneliness  of  being  in 
strangeness  and 
a  great  city  wholly  different  in  atmos­
phere  from  wbat  they  have  been  ac­
customed  to.  Another  of  the  hostesses 
is  a  Catholic  and  takes  care  of  all  the 
customers  from  the  convents  and  other 
essentially  Catholic 
institutions.  This 
privilege  of  having  shopping  made easy 
is  not  alone  for  out  of-town  customers. 
Many  city  women  avail  themselves  of 
it.  There  is  no  charge  to  the  customer 
at  all.  The  guides  are  really  hostesses, 
delegated  by  the  proprietor  to  extend 
the  courtesies  of  the  house,  just  as  they 
say.

the 

through 

The  collection  of  waste  paper  from 
city  streets, 
convenient 
placing  of  receptacles  for  such  waste, 
appears  to  be  more  successful  in  Chi­
cago  than 
in  some  other  cities  where 
the  experiment  has  been  tried.  The 
work  is  being  done  on  a  ten-years'  con­
tract  with  the  Clean-Street  Company, 
which  pays  the  city  a  percentage  on  its 
gross  receipts.  The  company  also  has 
a  contract  with  the  Salvation  Army  for 
collecting  paper  and  keeping  the  boxes 
clean  inside  and  outside,  the  armv  hav­
ing 
its  own  arrangements  for  sorting 
the  paper  before  disposing  of  it.  About 
eight  tons  of  paper are  collected  each 
week,and  the  quantity  is  said  to  be 
in­
creasing.  The  boxes  are  of  thin  sheet 
iron,  with  light  angle-iron  frames  and 
legs,  and  are  anchored  to  the pavement. 
A  portion  of  one  side  is  hinged  at  the 
top  to  swing  inward.  They  are  about 
the  size  of  the  street  mail  boxes  for  the 
receipt  of  newspapers  and  parcels,  and 
cost  about  $4.50  per box,  erected.  There 
are  now  1010  boxes 
in  use,  and  they 
are  mainly  placed  on  street  corners,  at 
the  edge  of  the  sidewalk.  The  boxes 
are  emptied  twice  a  day  in  the  down­
town  district,  and  once  a  day 
in  all 
other  territory.  One-horse  wagons  of 
light  construction  are  used 
for  this 
work.

Gomez  ought  not  to  spoil  a  splendid 
career  by  a  failure  at  the  eleventh  hour 
to  measure  up  to the  demands  of  a  wise 
and  courageous  statesmanship. 
is 
for  him  just  now  to  make  or  mar  Cuba!

It 

A  bathtub  trust  is  now  in  process  of 
formation ;  and  capitalists  will  soon  be 
falling  into  that.

A  man  always  puts  his  best  foot  for­

ward ;  a  mule  puts  his  backward.

ALASKAN  BOUNDARY  DISPUTE.
The  question  of  the  proper  boundary 
between  our  possessions  in  Alaska  and 
British  North  America  is.coming  rather
prominently  to  the  front.  Great  Britain 
has  expressed  her  urgent  desire  that  a 
settlement  be  effected,  but  at  the  same 
time 
intimated  pretty  plainly  that  she 
hoped  to  secure  an  outlet  on  the  Pacific 
in  the  shape  of  a  port  for  the 
immense 
commerce  of  her  Northwestern territory.
Although  the  boundary  dispute  has 
not  led  to  any  actual  unpleasantness,  it 
has  developed  some  friction.  The  Brit­
ish  government  has  objected 
to  the 
sending  of  three  companies of American 
troops  to  the  Alaskan  boundary  on  the 
ground  that  such  action  would  convey 
the  impression  that  it  was  proposed  at 
Washington  to  defend 
the  American 
contention  by  force,  although the pacific 
intentions  of  the  Government in sending 
the  troops  was  fully  understood.

The  proposed  sending  of  troops  to 
Alaska  was  for the purpose of preserving 
the  peace  and  preventing  outbreaks  be­
tween  Canadian  and  American  miners, 
one  of  which  has  already occurred.  Al­
though  the  administration  will  send  the 
troops,  it  will  respect  the  sensibilities 
of  the  British  government  to  the  extent 
of  withdrawing  them  somewhat from  the 
disputed  boundary  tract.

It  is  reported  that  ^Jie  British  govern­
ment  desires  that  the  dispute  should 
be  submitted  to  arbitration.  Although 
President  McKinley  is  committed  to the 
principie  of  arbitration,  yet,  remem­
bering  the  result  of  the  arbitration  pro­
ceedings 
in  the  Behring  Sea  contro­
versy,  be  is  strongly  adverse  to  again 
venturing  upon  arbitration  in  the  mat­
ter  of  Alaska.  Arbitration 
is  well 
enough  as  a  theory,  but  where  a  nation 
has  to  confront  the  somewhat  stubborn 
fact  that 
it  has  practically  no  friends 
among  other  nations,  and  not  a  few 
enemies,  the  chance  of  arbitration 
is 
entirely  too  one-sided. 
It  would  be 
infinitely  better  to  settle  the  boundary 
dispute  by  direct  negotiations  with 
Great  Britain,  even  if  some  compromise 
should  eventually  be  accepted,  than  to 
accept  arbitration.

Protective 

The  wholesale  millinery  merchants  of 
New  York  have  revolted  against  the 
well-meant  persecution  of  the  Audubon 
societies,  and  have  formed the Millinery 
Merchants’ 
Association, 
which 
is  to  try  to  check  the  crusade 
against  ornamental  plumage  worn  on 
women’s  hats. 
“ We  are  aiming  to pro­
mote  a  knowledge  of  the  fact  that  the 
quills  and  feathers  used  in  the millinery 
trade  are  taken  from  domestic  fowls 
which  have  been  killed  to  supply  the 
provision  market,”   says their represent­
ative. 
“ This  will  do  away  with  the 
sentimental  outcry  that  is  so  prevalent. 
We  want  to  prevent  any  more  such 
leg­
islation  as 
in  force  in  Massa­
chusetts,  as  well  as  the  possible  passage 
of  a  similar  measure  suggested  by  Sen­
ator  Hoar.  The  public  has  been  de­
ceived.  The  wearing  of  colored  plumes 
is  said  to  involve  the  death  of  our  song­
birds. ”   As a  matter  of  fact,  songbirds 
are  never  used  for  that  purpose,  and 
very  few  native  birds.  A  tiny  songbird 
would  be  of  no  possible  value  to  mil­
liners.  Chickens  are  much  used. ”

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Pieces of  Print  Cloths were  sold  last  i 
week 
to  printers.  This  certainly  i 
means a raise in the price  of  calicoes.  S
Does  your  stock  need  sorting  up?  |
W e  still  have  a  good  line  to  select  \ 
from.  Prices range at 3^, 4, 4%  and  | 
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4/^c.  Write for samples. 

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Do  You  Know

That we carry a good line of hats?  We  are  selling  lots  of 
the “crushers” at $4.50 per dozen  Five different colors  to 
select  from:  Pearl,  Side  Nutria, Back  Nutria,  Blue  and 
Black.  The higher  priced, such  as  the  $9.00  and  $1200 
grades,  also  in  stock.  Just  received  a  new  lot  of  the 
“Cowboy” in  Pearl and  Tan.  Always a good seller.
If it’s straws you need, bear in mind that we  have  them  to 
retail at 5  cents and up.

.  Voigt, Herp^lsheimer & Co.

Wholesale Dry Goods, 
Grand Rapids, Mich.

immediate  need  for  concern. 
Some 
agents  bave  reported  the  best  business 
in  four  or  five  years,  and  orders  have 
been  booked  on  many  lines  which  will 
keep  the  mills  at  work  for  months.  The 
continued  buoyant  position  of  the  for­
eign  wool  markets,  particularly  with 
reference  to  fine  wools, 
is  attracting 
not  a 
little  attention,  and  the  manner 
in  which  foreign  wool  buyers  have  been 
picking  up  Australian  wools  in  bond  on 
this  side  of  the  water  can  not  help  but 
interest  domestic  goods  makers  who  use 
this  class  of  stock ;  if  present  buoyant 
conditions  continue 
in  European  wool 
marts,  and  there  is  certainly  no  indica­
tion  to  the  contrary,  it  is  very  probable 
that  the  buying  of  Australian  wool  on 
this  side  by  European  parties  will  con­
tinue  until  there  is  nothing  more  avail­
able.  The  advent  of  these  foreign  buy­
ers  will  naturally  cause  holders  to  put 
up  prices  on  fine  foreign  wools,  and  a 
stiffening  in  the  price  of  fine  domestics 
is  not  out  of  the  ques­
in  consequence 
tion,  although  a  new  clip 
is  about  to 
come 
in  and  three  is  said  to  be  a  con­
siderable  stock  of  old  wool  still  in  hand 
throughout  the  country.

Carpets—There 

is  a  marked  change 
»rom  one  year  ago,  when  the  auction 
sales  demoralized  the  trade  generally. 
«There 
is  a  firmer  tone  noticeable  all 
around,  and  while  there  is  not  the  ad­
in  prices  of  carpets  which  was 
vance 
expected,  some  feel  confident  that 
it 
will  come  later  on.  While  many  of  the 
leading  mills  have  completed  their lines 
if  samples,  and  have  shown  them  to  the 
trade,  there  are  several  m>lls  which 
have  not  delivered  the  new  fall  goods  to 
their  agents.  The 
largest  enquiry  re­
ported  in  the  market  continues to  be  for 
tapestries  and  velvets,  and  there  is  also 
a  very  marked  improvement  in  the  de­
mand  for  wilt ins,  axminsters  and  Brus­
sels.  Extra  super  ingrains  come  in  also 
for  a  share  in  the  improved demand and 
already  some  of  our  merchants  are  be 
ginning  to  anticipate  one  of  the  best 
seasons  they  have  bad  for  several  years.

Dry  Goods
The  Dry  Goods  Market.

Staple Cottons— Everything  connected 
with  the  situation  is  strong,  and  thert 
is  nothing  that  would  warrant  the  beliet 
that  the  market  is  liable  to  show  a  re­
action  at  any  near-by  date. 
It  is  not 
likely  that  the  present  conditions  will 
last  forever. 
It  would  be  too  much  to 
expect  of  any  business,  but  when  one 
looks  to  the  bottom  of  the  present  situa­
tion,  there  seems  to  be  no  good  ground 
to  base  an  adverse  opinion  upon.  In the 
brown  goods  division  there  has  been  a 
general  advance  of  about  # c  and  sev­
eral  of  the  lines  that  have  openly  ad 
vanced  have  been  turning  down  busi 
ness  at  previous  prices. 
Sellers  are 
very 
independent  on  account  of  the 
greatly  over-sold  condition  of  the  mar­
ket. 
In  gray  goods  the  sellers  are  firm 
in  demanding  at  least  i-i6c  advance  for 
their  goods.  These  same  advances  are 
also  noticed 
low  grades  ol 
bleached  and  brown  goods,  which  were 
weak  only  a  short  time  ago.  Wide 
sheetings  are  quiet  and  no  open  change 
is  noted  in  prices.  Cotton  flannels  anr 
blankets  are  quiet  and  firm.  Ducks 
show  a  fair  business  at  regular  prices. 
Ginghams  are  firm  and  there  has  been 
a  little  better  business  during  the  past 
week.  Coarse  colored  cottons  show  n< 
change.

in  the 

from 

Prints  and  Ginghams—There  is  a  be­
ginning  of  business  for  fall  in  the  line 
of  print  goods  and  some  of  the  earl 
ones  are  already  showing  their  lines  01 
a  part  of  them.  The  season  will  not 
regularly  be  open  for  some  time  yet. 
but  from  present  indications  it  seems as 
if  there  would  be  a  finer assortment than 
has  ever  graced * the  counters  before. 
Some  of  the  colorings  and  patterns  are 
so  perfect  that  it  seems  as  if  it  would 
be  hard  for  the  printers  to  make  am 
more 
improvements;  yet  we  suppose 
they  will  each  season.  Some  buyers  are 
already  making  their  early  selections 
and  taking  the  cream  of  what  they  see. 
The  orders  promise  to  be  liberal  when 
the  season  fairly  opens,  and  the  most 
gratifying reports come  to  band  from  all 
points  in  regard  to  the  stocks  that  have 
been  carried  over 
last  season. 
They  are 
invariably  reported  as  small 
and  the  retailers  say  that  they  feel  en­
couragement  enough  to  place  good  or­
ders  with  the 
jobbers  when  the  time 
comes  for  them  to  do  so.  The  jobbers, 
in  turn,  say  that  they  have  very  little 
on  hand  for  the  coming  season.  This 
would  all  be 
indicative  of good  busi­
if  nothing  else  was  known  in  re­
ness 
gard  to  the  fundamental  points  of  the 
business,  but  there  are  many  more  fac­
tors  at  work  that  warrant  the  belief  that 
this  season  will  be  as  big,  if  not  bigger 
than  any  that  has  been  seen before.  The 
question  of  price still  remains  to  be  set­
tled,  and  it  is  uncertain  just  how  soon 
the  printers  will  be  ready  to  do  this. 
It 
may  be  some  time  before  they  decide 
upon  prices,  and  until  then  orders  can 
only  be  accepted  subject  to  prices  to  be 
regulated  later.  There  has been  a  good 
demand  for  any  fall  prints  that  have 
been  carried  over  from  last  season,  and 
all  that  are  offered  are taken  at  higher 
prices  than  they  brought  at  the  close  of 
the  season.

Dress  Goods— The  dress  goods  mills, 
as  a  rule,  are  much  better  «ituated  as 
regards  orders  than  those  mills  engaged 
on  men's  wear  fabrics. 
The  orders 
taken  to  date  on  dress  goods  will  keep 
the  mills  engaged  for  some  time  to 
is  not,  therefore,  any
come  and  there 

Two  o f  a  Kind.

The  merchant  who  cuts  prices  and the 
employer  who  hammers  down  wages  are 
their own  worst  enemies.  They  are  twin 
cankers  gnawing  at  their  own  vitals 
Until  the  purchasing  public 
is  fairly 
prosperous  trade  always  drags ;  and  the 
quickest  as  well  as most satisfactory way 
to  put  money 
in  circuiation  is  to  sell 
high  grade  goods  at  profitable  figures 
and  pay  grod  wages.

Shallow  men  are generally  despised, 
but  they  don’t  require  as much watching 
as  deep  ones.

We want your Mali Orders.

WE ARE FULL

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working  now!”   My  guess  was  the 
"Golden  Eagle.”

"Y o u ’re  way  off;  but  I’ll  tell  you— 
in  a  ten-cent  res­

he’s  'slinging  hash’ 
taurant  on  Larimer  street.”

It  was  not  a  surprise  to  us,  for  a  man 
such  as  he,  whose  temper  was  always 
given  free  rein,  could  never  retain  a 
place  in  a  store  unless  he  bad  a "friend 
at  court”   as  was  the  case  in  Morey’s. 
I  have  no  doubt  that  even  as  a  waiter 
in  a  cheap  restaurant  he  is  an  utter fail­
ure,  for  even  there  a  man  is  required  to 
govern  bis  temper;  and  I  shall  not  be 
surprised  to  hear  at  any  time  that  he 
has  lost  his  place  in  the  restaurant  and 
turned  sandwich  man  or  tamale  vender.

Mac  A ll a n .

Two  Views.

Mrs.  Plunkett---- There’s 

nothing
pleases  a  man  so  much  when  he  reaches 
home  at  night  as  to  be  met  by  a  wife 
with  a  smiling  countenance.

Mrs.  Barker— That  may  be  your  per­
sonal  experience,  but I have  found,  after 
a  long  study  of  the  matter,  that  nothing 
pleases  a  man  so  much  when  he  reaches 
home  at  night  as  to  have  all  the  good- 
looking  women 
in  the  neighborhood 
sitting  out  on  their  front  porches  where 
he’ll  have  to  stop  and  gossip  with them.

Rational  Explanation.

"D id   that  woman  give  any  reason  for 

attempting  suicide?”
"Y es,  your  honor."
"What  was  it?”
"She  said  she  wart^d  to kill herself. ”

How  a  S our  T em per  Killed  an  Old 

Cleric.
W ritten for the Tradesman.

"O ld  H ick"  was  a  bachelor.  He  was 
also  one  of  the  testiest,  crankiest  of 
mortals.  The  boys  in  the  store declared 
that  he  had  been  crossed  in  love  and 
had  never  rightly  gotten  over  it.  Be  the 
cause  what  it  may,  certain  was  bis  sour­
ness.  His  full  name  was  James  Robert 
Hickman;  but  he  was  known  to  his  as­
sociates  as  "O ld  H ick ,"  and  to  the 
cash  boys as  "Old  N ick.”

It  was  not  under  the  pleasantest  of 
circumstances  that  I  first  made  "Old 
Hick’s”   acquaintance.  For  five  years 
I  had  been  bead  dress  goods  clerk  in  a 
large  dry  goods  establishment  in  Pitts­
burg,  Pa.  Upon  one  of  my  many  trips 
to  New  York  City  for  the  purchase  of 
goods  I  met  the  superintendent  of  the 
Morey  Dry  Goods  Co.,  of  Denver,  Col., 
and  from  him  received  the  offer of  a 
position  similar  to the  one  I  then  held, 
but  at a  salary  exactly  double. 
I  gladly 
accepted  the  offer  and,  after  giving  the 
Pittsburg  firm  a  few  weeks  to  fill  my 
place,  proceeded  to  Denver,  where  I  at 
once  entered  upon  my  new  duties.  The 
first  man  to  whom  1  was  introduced  was 
Hickman,  who  for  some  time  had  held 
the  position  which  I  was  taking.  It goes 
without  saying  that  his  greeting  was  of 
an  icy  character.  He  was  being  super­
seded  as  head  of  the  department  by  a 
much  younger  man  and  was going  to  re­
main  in  that  department  as  a  salesman.

and  certainly  the  thought  must  have 
been  unendurable.

It  was  expected  that  be  would  give 
me  all  the  needed  information in  regard 
to  stock.  Certain  it  is  that  he  did  not, 
but  in  every  way  possible  did  his  best— 
or  rather  worst—to  hinder  and  incon­
venience  me. 
I  had  at  first  a feeling  of 
pity  for  the  sour  old  chap,  for  I  knew 
how  humiliated  he  must  feel;  but  as 
time  passed  on  I  discovered  that  be 
neither  needed  nor  deserved  pity.

I  had  been  in  my  new  position  but  a 
short  time  when  I  observed  that  "Old 
Hick’s”   bad  temper  extended  farther 
than  to  me.  The  other  men  in  the  de­
partment  rejoiced  in  bis  downfall  and, 
now that  his  authority  was  taken  from 
him,  they  gave  him  many  a  stinging 
taunt.  While he  was  head  of  the  depart­
ment  they  were  obliged  to  call  him  Mr. 
Hickman,  but  now  it  was  "old  H ick" 
this  and  "O ld  H ick"  that  until  he  was 
driven  to  the  verge  of  desperation.

His  position  in  the  department  now 
was  that  of  first  salesman,  or,  as  it  was 
known 
in  Morey’s,  “ first  call.”   He 
was  a  good  salesman—when  his  custom­
ers  were  pleasant  and  bought  readily; 
but  when,  as  it  frequently  happened,  he 
waited  upon  a  person  who  was  not 
easily  pleased  his  feathers  would  ruffle, 
as 
it  were,  and  his  look  and  manner 
would  destroy  whatever  chance  there 
had  been  of  making  a  sale.  I  was  final­
ly  obliged,  after  several complaints from 
customers,  to  caution  him  against  these

improvement 

displays  of  temper.  There  would  be  a 
slight 
in  him  for  a  week 
or  so  and  then  he  would  fall  back 
into 
his  old  habit  again.  The  upshot  of  it 
was  that  he  was  again  superseded by be­
ing  made  "second”  
instead  of  "first 
call.”   This  was  followed  by  his  being 
taken  out  of  the  dress  goods  department 
and  placed  as  "third  call”   in  the  do­
mestic  stock.

For  some  unaccountable 

reason  he 
placed  all  the  blame  for  his  steady busi­
ness  downfall  upon  me,  while 
it  was 
evident  to  everybody  that  he  had  only 
bis  own  bad  temper  to  blame.  He  bad 
been  given  chance  after  chance,  simply 
because he  and  Mr.  Morey  had been fel­
low  clerks  during  their  younger  days. 
His  last  chance  was  bound  to  come, 
however,  and  "O ld  Hick”   found  at  last 
that  bis  services  were  no  longer  needed 
by  the  Morey  Dry  Goods  Co.

He  had  been  such  a  "thorn  in  the 
flesh”   that  his  former  associates  did not 
soon  forget  him.  He  secured  employ­
ment  with  one  of  the  other  large  dry 
goods  houses  in  the  city,  where  be  re­
mained  for  just  one  month.  After  this 
we  beard  of  him  first  in  one  store,  then 
in  another,  until  it  seemed  as  if  he  bad 
worked  in  every  store  in  town.  Finally 
he  dropped  out  of  our  sight  altogether 
and  for  six  months  none  of  us  knew 
where  he  was.  We  came  to  the  conclu­
sion  that  he  had  left  the  city.  About 
this  time  one  of  our  boys  came  to  me 
with,  "Guess  where 
‘ Old  H ick’  is

Uneeda  Biscuit— a  new  form  of  Soda 

Biscuit,  crisp,  tender  and  delicious.  Serve 
with  every  m eal;  take  a  box  with  you 
on  your  travels;  splendid  for  sand­
wiches;  perfect  for  picnics;  un­
equaled 
Good  food  for  every­
body.  Made  to  eat, 
not  to  keep.
Five Cents

for  general  use.

“ Uneeda” 
is  our  Trade Mark. 
Moisture  spoils  biscuit; 
to preserve and deliver to the 
consumer our new and  splendid 
Uneeda  Biscuit, as  crisp, ten­
der and delicious as when fresh from the 
oven, wehave originated  this moisture proof 
^package.  Carefully remove  the wrapper;  serve 
m this package.  After the biscuit are  eaten you have 

a lunch  box  for  school  children.  Patents  pending.
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MICHIGAN  T R A D E S M A N

Around  the  State
M ovem ents  of  M erchants.

Tecumseh—Baldwin  Bros,  are  closing 

out  their  stock  of  boots  and  shoes.

Williamsville—O.  Loupee  &  Sou  suc­
ceed  Milo  P.  Merritt  in  general  trade.
McGregor— Hugh  G.  Campbell  suc­
in  general 

ceeds  Mercer  &  Campbell 
trade.

Ann  Arbor—John  C.  Fischer has  pur­
chased  the  hardware  stock  of  J.  £. 
Harkins.

Detroit—Ackerman  &  Brown  have 
purchased  the  grocery  stock  of  John  I. 
Turnbull.

Holland— R.  VanZwaluwenberg,  gro­
cer  and  meat  dealer,  has  sold  out  to  C. 
DeKeyzer.

Manistique— Lindsley  &  Mosher  suc­
ceed  Frank  O.  J.  Lindsley  in  the  gro­
cery  business.

Niles—Chas.  S.  Quimby  &  Co.  suc­
ceed  Geo.  W.  Dougan  &  Co.  in  the  dry 
goods  business.

Allegan— H.  F.  Marsh  has  purchased 
in  the 

interest  of  W.  L.  Baldwin 

the 
City  drug  store.

Oscoda— Louis  Marks,  dealer in  cloth­
ing  and  men's  furnishing  goods,  has  re­
moved  to  Durand.

Milford— Holmes,  Dancer  &  Grogan 
have  purchased  the  general  stock  of 
Nathan  J.  Bissell.

Augusta— Frank  Billington  succeeds 
John  J.  Lawler  in  the  furniture  and  un­
dertaking  business.

Sault  Ste.  Marie— Hall  &  Gauthier, 
meat  dealers,  have  dissolved,  Mr. 
Gauthier  succeeding.

Charlotte— E.  J.  Hill  has  opened  a 
book  and  stationery  store.  His  daugh­
ter,  Miss  May,  will  assist  him.

Woodmere— Nellie  (Mrs.  John  W .) 
in  groceries,  meat  and 

King,  dealer 
wall  paper,  has  removed  to  Detroit.

Cedar— B.  E.  Foley  has  begun  the 
frame  store  building, 
erection  of  a 
which  be  will  occupy  with  his  drug 
stock.

Battle  Creek— B.  W.  Pinch  &  Co., 
dealers 
implements, 
have  disposed  of  their  stock  to  Geo.  H. 
Phillips.

agricultural 

in 

South  Haven—W.  J.  Henwood,  for­
merly  engaged  in  business  at  Hart  and 
Niles,  has  opened  a  new  drug  store  at 
this  place.

Petoskey—Jas.  Lyons  and  O.  C.  Hay­
den  have  formed  a  copartnership  and 
engaged  in  the  grocery  business  at  320 
Mitchell  street.

Lansing— Geo.  F.  Gillam  has  pur­
chased  the  hardware  stock  of  A.  M 
Porter  and  will  continue  the  business 
at  the  same  stand.

Big  Rapids— The  Henry  Shafer  gro­
cery  stock  has  been  purchased  by  Rud- 
lofi  &  Krabn,  who  will  continue  the 
business  at  the  same  location.

Ironwood— Percy  Saarp,  manager  of 
the  drug  store  of  M.  F.  McCabe  &  Co., 
was  married  this  week  to Miss Jeannette 
Ferguson,  of  Appleton,  Wis.

Menominee—The  drug  firm  of  Chas. 
H.  Law  &  Co.,  composed  of  Chas  H. 
Law  and  R.  E.  Jennings,  has  been  dis­
solved,  Mr.  Law  succeeding.

Millbrook—Dr.  W.  R. 

Stringham, 
formerly  engaged  in  the  drug  business 
at  this  place,  has  concluded  to  re  en­
gage  in  the  same  business  at  this  place.
Scottville— Edward  Kobe,  of  Hart,has 
purchased  the  new  two-story  brick  store 
building  owned  by  Wm.  Fisher and  oc­
cupied  by  the  general  stock of  Fisher  & 
Caplin.  Mr.  Kobe  will  take  possession 
Aug.  1  and  will  engage  in  the  general 
merchandise  business.

Calumet— Peter  J.  Nappa,  general 
dealer,  was  seriously  burned  in  making 
bis  escape  from  bis  burning  building 
Monday  night.  He  was  asleep  when  the 
fire  broke out.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—J.  Sarasobn  has  en­
in  general  trade  at  this  place. 
gaged 
He 
is  the  father  of  Sam  Sarasobn,  of 
Bay  Mills,  and  a  merchant  of  many 
years'  experience.

Kalkaska— It 

is  L.  A.  Hubbell,  for­
merly  of  the  meat  firm  of  Hubbell 
Bros.,  of  Manton,  not  W.  J.  Hubbell, 
who  has  purchased  the  meat  market  of 
Nelson’  Cummings.

Ludington— Nelson  C.  Madsen  has 
purchased  a  half  interest 
in  the  hard­
ware  stock  of  Frank  Bradl.  The  busi­
ness  will  be  conducted  under  the  style 
of  Bradl  &  Madsen.

Benton  Harbor— Butzbacb  &  Kidd 
have  leased  the  adjoining  store  build­
ing,  recently  vacated,  and  made  an 
archway  between  the  two stores,  occupy­
ing  both  with  their  fruit  and  vegetable 
stock.

Alma—Jay  Jacobs,  who  has  been  em­
ployed 
in  the  jewelry  store  of  A.  B. 
Scattergood,  has  purchased  an  interest 
in  the  business,  which  will  hereafter  be 
conducted  under  the  style of Scattergood 
&  Jacobs.

Elk  Rapids— T.  W.  Preston,  of  Big 
Rapids,  who  has  rented  the  building 
now  occupied  by  Ben  Yalomstein,  has 
made  arrangements  to  move  bis  drug 
stock  here  as  soon  as  Mr.  Yalomstein 
vacates  the  building.

Newberry—F.  B.  Stade,  dry  goods 
and  clothing  merchant  at  this  place, 
will  close  out  bis  stock  here  and 
locate 
in  the  new  town  of  Mass  in  the  copper 
district.  He  has  purchased  a  site and 
will  erect  a  store  building  30x70  feet  in 
dimensions,  two  stories  high.

Detroit—Theodore  C.  Mau  and  Frank 
C.  Andrews  have  formed  a  partnership 
under  the  name  of  Theodore  C.  Mau, 
to  carry  on  a  fur  business.  Frank  C 
Andrews 
is  a  special  partner  and  has 
contributed  $3,000  to  the  assets  of  the 
firm.  The  partnership  is  to  last  for  one 
year.

Houghton—The new corporation which 
in  April  of  this  year to 
was  organized 
in  the  cold  storage  warehouse 
engage 
business,  and  which 
included  the  firm 
of  A.  J.  Rule  &  Co.,  of  this  place,  is 
perfecting  arrangements  to  erect  tem­
porary  warehouses  here  and  at Calumet; 
also  a  permanent  warehouse  here,  50x75 
feet  and  three  stories  high.

Bellaire— P.  Medalie  has  begun  the 
construction  of  an  extension  to  his  store 
building. 
It  will  extend  back  35  feet, 
which  will give him  a  store  75  feet  deep 
and  will  be  one  of  the  largest  and  most 
complete  stores 
the  county.  The 
new  addition will be  devoted  to  clothing 
and  men’s  furnishings  and  will  be 
ready  for  occupancy  about  July  1.

in 

Stanton—The  general  merchandise 
firm  of  Ball  &  Devine  has  been  dis­
solved,  B.  J.  Devine  retiring.  Curtis 
Ball,  who  has  been  identified  with  the 
grocery  business  here  for  the  past  thir­
teen  years, 
is  sole  proprietor  of  the 
business.  Mr.  Devine  is an  experienced 
and  successful  produce  buyer  and  ship­
per  and  will  probably  follow  that  voca­
tion.

Bellevue— W.  H.  Newton  and  W,  D. 
Luscomb  will  shortly  engage in  the  gen­
eral  merchandise  business  in  the  south 
Phelps  store.  Ray  E.  Stevens has  leased 
the  north  store  and  will  put  in  a  gro­
cery  stock  on  the  south  side.  He  has 
subleased 
the  north  side  to  Frank 
Phelps,  who  will  occupy  it  with  a  stock 
of  boots and  shoes and men’s  furnishing 
goods.

Owosso—The  four  down  town  drug 
firms,  W.  E.  Collins  &  Co.,  H.  A. 
Blackmar,  Parkill  &  Son  and  M.  A. 
Sprague  &  Co.,  have  devised  a  plan  by 
which  the  public will receive better Sun­
day  service  than  before,  at  the  same 
time  doing  away  with  the  necessity  of 
all  being  at  their  place  of  business  a 
part  of  each  Sunday.  The  plan,  which 
went  into  effect  last  Sunday,  is that each 
of  the  four  above  named  places  keep 
open  all  day  Sunday  in  turn—once  each 
in  four  weeks.  A  notice  is  posted  in 
each  of  the  other  three  stores,  telling 
which  one  is  open  that  day.

M anufacturing  M atters.

Menominee—A.  W.  Clark  announces 
intention  of  establishing  a  wooden- 

his 
ware  factory  here.

Lansing— H.  B.  Severance  & Co.  suc­
ceed  Horace  B.  Severance  in  the  tank 
manufacturing  business.

Reed  City—J.  L.  Kegley,  of  Lake 
Geneva,  Wis.,  has  taken  the  manage­
ment of  the  Reed  City  creamery.

Grawn— D.  E.  Crandall  &  Son  suc­
in  the  merchan­

ceed  D.  E.  Crandall 
dise,  lumber and  shingle  business.

Glen  Arbor—J.  O.  Nessen  &  Co., 
manufacturers  of 
lumber,  will  here­
after  do  business  under  the  style  of  the 
Glen  Arbor  Lumber  Co.

Big  Rapids—C.  F.  Mynning  has 
shipped  his  sawmill  to  Lake  City  and 
will 
it  on  a  tract  of  timber  six 
miles  east  of  that  place.

locate 

Ironwood—The  New  Davis  Mining 
Co.  has  been  organized  by  four  busi­
ness  men  of  this  place.  The  corpora­
tion  has  an  authorized  capital  stock  of 
$100,000.

Menominee—The  Downey  Manufac­
turing  Co.  has  been  incorporated,  with 
an  authorized  capital  stock  of  $25,000, 
to  engage  in  the  manufacture of  various 
household  articles.

Grand  Ledge— Frank  Field  has leased 
a  building  and  equipped  it  with  the 
necessary  machinery  for  the  manufac­
ture  of  paints  of  all  colors.  The  enter­
prise  will  be  known  as  the Grand  Ledge 
White  Lead  and  Color  Works  and  will 
begin  operations  in  about  a  month.

Menominee—The  E.  P.  Blinn  Cedar 
Co.,  of  Chicago,  has  purchased  all  the 
cedar stock  of the defunct Kirby-Dennis 
Co.  The  company  will  close  out  the 
cedar  yards  in  Munising  and  Marinette. 
Upwards of  $15,000  woith  of cedar  is  to 
be  sold.  Frank  McGillan,  of  this  city, 
now  employed  by  Geo.  McKinney  & 
Co.,  will  be  general  manager of the  new 
corporation.  Mr.  McGillan  will  locate 
in  Munising  for  several  months  and 
conduct  the  sale.

Ludington—Thomas  Percy,  the  well- 
known  salt  manufacturer,  has  been 
negotiating  for  the  purchase  of  the  Pere 
Marquette  Lumber  Co.  plant,  which  has 
been  out  of  use by  reason  of the  com­
pany  closing  up  its  lumber operations 
here  about  a  year  ago. 
If  he  succeeds 
in  getting  the  property  he  will  start  up 
the  old  skit  block  and 
increase 
its  capacity,  making  it one  of  the  finest 
salt  plants  in  Michigan. 
It  has  a  flow­
ing  mineral  well  on  the  land  which  is 
said  to  contain  marvelous  medicinal 
properties,  although 
it  has  never  been 
put  to any  use  except  to  furnish  a  local 
demand  for  the  water,  which 
is  de­
livered  around  town  at  a  nominal  price 
per  gallon.

largely 

He  Couldn’t  H elp  It.

"T hat boy  of  m ine,"  said  the  angry 

father,  " is   just  a  natural  born fool."

“ Of  course,’ ’ retorted  the  neighbor, 
and  there  was  that  in  his  tone that made 
the  father  want to  climb the  fence  and 
go after him.

A  Family  of  M erchants.

Owosso,  May  22—I read in the Trades­
man  of  May  17  the  chronicle  of  the 
death  of  my  old  friend  and  cotemporary 
in  mercantile  pursuits  in  Grand  Rapids 
in  1850,  and  it  has  occurred  to  me  that 
a  few  lines  historical  of  the  McConnell 
family  might  be  of  interest to  the  read­
ers  of  the  Tradesman,  especially,  the 
few  of  the  old  business  men  who  are 
still 
left  to  mingle  their  sympathies 
with  my  own  at  the  departure  of  the 
deceased.

There  were  five  boys  in  the  family,all 
brought  up 
to  mercantile  pursuits. 
Wm.  H.,  John,  Fred,  Col.  Dan.,  who 
still  survives,  and  Charles,  who  was  the 
youngest  and  who  died  early  in  the 
fifties.  They  first  located  in  Dansville 
in  the  Genesee  Valley,  N.  Y.,  where 
they  carried  on  a  general  business  in 
merchandising  about  the  year  1844,  and 
it  was  from  there  that  they  came  to 
Michigan.  When  I  went  to  Grand 
Rapids  the  youngest  of  the  brothers 
was  a  clerk  in  Wm.  H.  and  John  Mc­
Connell's  store  on  Monroe  street.  After 
the  retirement  of  our  late  friend,  John 
McConnell,  Wm.  H.  continued  the 
business  for  several  years  and,  I  think, 
was  succeeded  by  his  brother,  Col.  Dan. 
Fred  McConnell  was  for  many  years  a 
successful  hardware  merchant  in  Ionia. 
They  were  a  family  born  to  mercantile 
pursuits,  which  they  followed 
its 
various  branches  in  different  localities, 
with  credit  to  themselves  and  the  good 
will  of  their customers.  Besides  their 
general  record  as  a  family  of  honorable 
and  successful  business  men,  one  of 
the  brothers,  Col.  Dan.,  has  added  a 
military  record  as  veteran  of  two  wars, 
in  both  of  which  be  bore a distinguished 
part.

A  good  neighbor,  a  k in d   friend,  a 
genial  com panion,  an  en terp risin g   c iti­
zen,  a  gentlem an  and  honest  m an  has 
departed. 

W .  S.  H.  W e l t o n .

in 

T he  Boys  Behind  the  Counter.

Three  Oaks—Fred  Close  has  been 
employed  by  Joshua  Chatterson  as  clerk 
in  the  hardware  store.

Niles—Chas.  Francis 

Gage  Bros.’  grocery.

is  clerking  at 

Charlotte— Fred  Murray,  who  recently 
returned  from  Ann  Atbor,  where  he  had 
been  for  treatment,  has  so  far  recovered 
as  to  be  able  to  resume  business,  and 
will  enter  the  store  of  Victor  C.  Roblin 
&  Co.  as  salesman.

Saginaw— Henry  Tietz  has 

left  his 
position 
in  the  Parkinson  pharmacy, 
and  has  assumed  charge  of  Meichers' 
pharmacy.

Harbor  Springs— N.  H.  Randall  has 
in  the  grocery  de­

taken  a  clerkship 
partment of  W.  J.  Clarke  &  Son.

Menominee— H.  D.  McKevitt  has 
taken  the  position  of  prescription  clerk 
at  Sawyer’s  pharmacy.

Cedar— Arthur  Sott,  of  Maple  City,  is 

clerking  for  Billman  &  Culver.

Kalamazoo  G rocers  Alive  to  Their 

Best  Interests.

Kalamazoo,  May  22— The  Chamber  of 
Commerce  was  well  filled  Friday  even­
ing  with  members  and  friends  of  the 
Kalamazoo  Retail  Grocers’  Association. 
A  committee  was  appointed  to  visit  the 
Common  Council  regarding  the  ordi­
nance  referring  to  licensing  hucksters 
and  other  contingent  matters.

Warfare  wiil  be  commenced  against 
peddlers  who  can  clear  from  $5  to $10  a 
day  and  handicap  the  grocer  in  many 
ways. 
In  the  future  all  outsiders,  in­
cluding  newspapers  reporters,  will  be 
barred  from  the  meetings,  and the  meet­
ings  will  be  reported  to  the  press  by 
the  Secretary  of  the  Association.

A  committee  was  also  appointed  to 
look  after  the  grocers  not  in  the  Asso­
ciation  and  bring  them 
It  was 
thought  to  be  a  good  plan  to  close  all 
their  respective  stores  on  Decoration 
day and  the  ward  committees  will  make 
a  canvass  of the grocers  and  report  re­
sults at  the  meeting  to  be  held  next Fri­
day.

in. 

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5

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

The  Produce  M arket.

local  handlers 

command  $2  per 

Asparagus— 35 @4oc  per  doz.  bunches.
Beans—Wax  are  high  and  scarce  and 
bu.  box.
Beet  Greens—6oc  per  bu.
Butter— Receipts  of  dairy  grades  are 
are 
very  heavy,  but 
meeting  no  difficulty 
in  unloading  to 
Fancy  fetches  13c, 
good  advantage. 
choice  brings  12c  and  cooking  grades 
about  10c.  Factory  creamery  is  in  fair 
demand  at  17c.
Cabbage— Mississippi stock commands 
$5@5  5°  per  crate.  California  stock 
is 
weaker,  having  declined  to  $5@5.5oper 
crate.

in 

eight 

factories 

Cheese—Geo.  B.  Horton,  who  oper­
ates 
Lenawee 
county  with  an  output  of  140  cheese  per 
day,  expresses  the  opinion  that  factory- 
men  will  not  see  a  6  cent  price  this 
year;  in  fact,  he 
is  doubtful  whether 
cheese  will  go  below  8  cents.  All  of  the 
factories  are  sold  close  up  and  there 
is 
no  accumulation  of  stock  in  the  bands 
of  anyone.  Michigan  makers  are  grad­
ually  extending  the  scope  of  their ter­
ritory,  having  found  a  profitable  outlet 
for  the  product  peculiar  to  Michigan  in 
the  Western  R  serve  of  Ohio and  as  far 
south  as  the  Ohio  River  in  Indiana. 
Peoria  and  other  Illinois  cities  are  also 
taking  considerable  quantities  of  Mich­
igan  cheese,  although  a  few  years  ago 
the  dealers  and  makers  in  that  section 
of  the  country  sneered  at  the  idea  of 
ever  eating  anything  but  the close,  com­
pact  Cheddar cheese  peculiar to  Wiscon­
sin  and  New  York.  Although  there 
is 
only  about  one-half  as  much  cheese 
made  in  the  United  States  as  there  was 
eight  years  ago,  the  output  is increasing 
and  the  export  trade,  which  has  been 
very  largely  in  the  hands  of  Canadian 
makers  for  some  years,  is  coming  back 
to  us.

Cucumbers— Southern,  4o@5oc;  home 

grown,  6o@70c.

is 

Eggs— The  peculiar  conditions  which 
have  characterized  the  market  st. 11  con­
tinue  and  the  price  still  hangs  around 
12c,  which 
is  an  almost  unheard-of 
price  for the  latter  part  of  May.  Coun­
try  merchants  are  paying  10c,  as  a  rule, 
so  that  the  producer  is  getting  the  ben­
efit  of  the  bulge.  Many  local  buyers  are 
shipping  direct  to  Eastern  markets, 
which 
is  one  cause  of  the  dearth  of 
shipments  received  by  cold  storage buy­
ers,  who  are  paying  i i @ I2c.
IO@I2C.
Lettuce— Head  lettuce  is  in  good  de­
mand  at  12c  per  lb.  ;  outdoor  stock  is 
in  fair demand  at  10c.

Green  Onions—Silver  skins  command

Onions— Bermudas  now  command  $2 
per  crate.  Egyptians  are  about  the 
same  as  a  week  ago,  being  held  at  S3 
per  sack  of  n o  lbs.  Southern,  $2.50 
per  sack.

Pieplant— ic  per  lb.
Peas—Green  Southern  stock 

in 
fair demand  at  $1  per  bu.  Home  grown 
is  expected  to  come  in  early  next  week
Pineapples—Havanas  command  Si. 25 
@1  75  per  doz  ,  according  to  size  and 
quality  Floridas  are  in  fair  demand 
at  $4<5o@4  75  per  crate.  This  is  a  good 
time  to  purchase  for  canning,  because 
the  price  is  lower  and  the  quality  better 
than  will  be  the  case  later  on.

Potatoes—There 

firmer 
feeling  at  the  outside  markets  and  the 
demand  is  good  at  present  prices.  Lo­
cal  shippers find  no  difficulty  in  getting 
40c,  which  is  equivalent  to about  30c  at 
the  outside buying  points.  The  grower 
appears  to  be  possessed  of  the  belief 
that  prices  will  be  higher  before  they 
are  lower,  but  this  feeling  is  not  shared 
to  any  great  extent  by  local  handlers, 
because  of  the  nearness  we  are  to  the 
Southern  crop.

Poultry— Receipts  of  live  poultry  are 
light,  due  to  the  fact  that  the  farmers 
are  too  busy  with  their  spring  work  to 
give  the  shipping  of  poultry  any  atten­
tion.  Broilers  are  scarce  and  readily 
command  25c  per  pound.  Chickens  are 
in  good  demand  at  8@9C  and  fowls  are 
in  fair  demand  at  8c.  Ducks are  dull 
at  5c.  Geese  are  not  in  demand  at  all 
Turkeys  are 
limited  supply  at  8@ 
lie.

little 

is  a 

in 

Radishes—Round,  8c;  long,  10c. 
Spinach—60c  per  bu.
Squash—$1  per  box  for  summer. 
Strawberies—Illinois  and  Indiana  are 
furnishing  the  bulk  of  the  receipts  this 
week.  The  price  ranges  from  $i.5o@2
iier  crate,  although  occasional  choice 
ots  are  held  at  $2.25.  The  market  is 
generally 
in  the  week  and 
higher and  stronger  the  last  three  days 
of  the  week.  Other  markets  appear  to 
be  in  harmony  with  this condition  of 
things,  Chicago  and  Detroit  markets 
having  been  in  unison  with  Grand  Rap­
ids 
in  this  respect  for  the  past  three 
weeks.

low  early 

Urgent  Appeal  For  Assistance. 

Grand  Rapids,  May  22—Alderman 
Whalen’s  resolution 
in  the  Common 
Council,prohibiting  peddlers  and  huck­
sters  from  crying  and  shouting  their 
wares  on  the  streets,  will  come  up  for 
final  consideration  by  the  Committee  on 
Ordinances  Thursday  evening.  In  order 
to  secure  a  favorable  report  by  the Com­
mittee,  it  is  absolutely  necessary  that as 
many  grocers  as  possible  attend  the 
meeting,  and  you  are  therefore  most 
earnestly  requested  to  be  present  on 
that  occasion.  We  sincerely  hope  you 
will  not  disappoint  us,  but  come and 
help  us  out,  in  order that  we  may  suc­
ceed 
in  abating  the  nuisance,  if  pos­
sible.

In  concluding  this  appeal,  permit  me 
to  further  say  that  although  the peddlers 
are  not  half  as  strong  in  membership  as 
the  retail  grocers,  yet  they  always  turn 
out  to  a  man,  resulting 
in  outnumber­
ing  us  three to  one.  This should  not  be 
the  case,  and  will  not  be  if  you  do  your 
duty.

The  next  meeting  of  the  Association 
will  be  held  Tuesday  evening,  June 6. 
at  the  office  of the Michigan Tradesman.

H o u e r   K l a p, Sec’y.

Hides  are 

Hides,  Pelts,  Furs,  Tallow  and  Wool 
in  good  demand  at  high 
prices.  Stocks  are good  in  quality,  but 
there  is  no  accumulation.

Pelts  are  few  and  in  demand  at  high­
for  some 

er  values  than  have  ruled 
months  past.

Furs  are  practically  out  of the market. 
Tallow 
is  slow  and  sluggish,  with 

light  demand  from  soapers.

Wools  have  firmed  up  and  are  more in 
demand,  although  not  quotably  higher 
in  the  Eastern  market.  Prices  on  the 
Michigan  new  clip  start  out  2c  below 
1898  purchases,  which 
is  where  they 
should  have  been  bought  at  that  time. 
So  far,  there  is  not  the  usual  excitement 
incident  to  a  wool  season.  The  article 
looks,  and  is,  low  in  price and  so  much 
below  the  product  of other countries that 
it  is  being  exported  to quite an  extent. 
Our  home  manufacturers  are  not  strong 
on  the  market,  for  some  reason,  and  the 
indications  are  that  the  clip  will  be 
sold  at the  present  prevailing  low  rates.

W u .  T .  H e ss.

Voigt,  Herpolsheimer  &  Co.  and  P. 
Steketee  &  Sons  will  close  both  their 
wholesale  and  retail  departments all  day 
Tuesday,  May  30,  Memorial  Day.

Ed.  C.  Judd succeeds Louckes & Biom 
in  the  cigar  and  tobacco  business  in 
the  Hermitage  block  at  the  corner of 
Bridge and  Canal  streets.

E.  Heckman  has  engaged  in  the  gro­
cery  business  at  737  Grandville  avenue. 
The  Olney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co.  fur­
nished  the  stock.

Notier  &  Vandenberg  have  opened  a 
grocery  store  at  Ottawa  Beach.  The 
Olney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co.  furnished 
the stock.  ____ _ 

____

For  Gillies  N.  Y. 

tea,  all  kinds, 

grades  and  prices,  phone Visner,  800.

The  Grocery  Market.

large 

Sugar— There  is  no material change in 
the  raw  sugar  market  this  week,  sales 
having  been  made  at  the  old  basis  of 
4 26c  for  96  deg.  test  centrifugals  and 
4i^c  for 89 deg.  test muscovadoes.  There 
is  a  very 
increase  in  the  sugar 
consumption,  as  is  usual  at  this  time  of 
the  year, on  account  of  the  large  amount 
used 
in  canning  and  preserving  fruit. 
It  is  said  that  this  year’s output  will  not 
begin  to  meet  this  increase  in  demand 
and  that  the  reserve  stock  may  have  to 
be  drawn  on  to  the  extent  of  about  200,- 
000  tons.  Many  brokers  think  that  the 
price  of  granulated  will advance shortly, 
on  account  of  this 
increased  demand 
and  apparent  short  supply.

limited, 

although 

immediate 

Canned  Goods—At no time  in  the  past 
ten  years  has  the  supply  of  canned 
goods  been  so  small  as  it  is  now  and 
holders are  firm  in  their  views  because 
of  this.  There 
is  a  slackening  in  the 
demand  for  vegetables,  but  all  supplies 
are  held  firmly  up  to  market prices,  and 
trade, 
is  steady. 
Small  fruits are  practically  cleaned  up 
and  some  sorts  are  entirely  gone.  The 
result  will  be  an  unusually  favorable 
market  for  the  new pack.  Very  little  is 
being  done  in  peas  just  at  present.  The 
canneries 
in  Baltimore  began  opera­
tions  this  week.  Most  packers  are  sold 
out  and  the  tendency  of  prices  is  up­
ward.  Tomatoes  are  firmer,  but  there 
has  been  no  increase 
in  price  as  yet. 
Spot  trading  is  confined  to  small  orders 
to  satisfy 
requirements. 
Minor  vegetables  are  steady  and  prices 
are  practically  unebanged.  The feeling 
is  fairly  satisfactory,  but  trade  is  quiet, 
being  reduced  by  the  arrival  of  fresh 
goods.  There 
is  an  excellent  demand 
for  new  pack  pineapple,  with  prices 
showing  an  upward  tendency  on  some 
brands.  Conditions  are  substantially 
unchanged. 
The  Baltimore  canners 
report  some  difficulty  in  securing  suffi 
cient  supplies  to  satisfy  the  require­
ments  of  the  trade.  Salmon  is  held  firm 
and 
large  sales  of  the  different  grades 
of  Alaska  are  reported.  The  general 
situation  is  very  strong.  New  pack  Co­
lumbia  River 
is  nearly  sold  out  at  the 
opening  price,  with  a  prospect  of  the 
price  going  ic  per  dozen  higher  before 
a  case  is  shipped.  Spot  Alaska  is  get­
ting  cleaned  up  and  there  will  be  no 
new  available  before  next  September, 
and  we  have  nearly  four  months  of 
the  best  salmon-consuming  months  stili 
before  us.

Dried  Fruits—The  arrival  of  fresh 
fruit  and  vegetables  curtails  the demand 
for  dried  fruit quite materially,  although 
there  are  a  few  specialties,  like  apri­
cots,  prunes  and  raisins,  for  which  a 
fairly  active  demand  exists.  The  dried 
fruit  situation  presents  some  interest 
ing  features  which 
indicate,  in  some 
degree,  what  prices  are  likely  to  be 
during  the  coming  season.  Prices  on 
all  California  varieties  are  high  and  the 
outlook  for opening  prices  promises  an 
advance  over  those  of  last  year.  Re­
ports  of  the  growing  crops  are  conflict­
ing,  but  there  is  an  impression  that  the 
yield  will  be  considerably  less  than  has 
been  anticipated. 
is  too  early  to 
say  anything  definite  about  the  prune 
and  raisin  crops,  but  the  outlook  for 
both 
is  fairly  good  and  dealers  antici­
pate a  strong  market  during  the  season. 
Raisins  are  quiet,  although  there  is  a 
little firmer  feeling  in  3  crowns.  Prunes 
are  steady  and  prices  tend  upward. 
Medium  sizes  are  in  short  supply,  but 
there 
impression  that  stocks  are 
heavier  than  have  been  stated  hereto­
fore.  Evaporated  apples  are  weak  and

is  an 

It 

trade  is  confined  to  small  orders.  There 
is  still  some  enquiry  for  sun-dried,  but 
no  sales  are  reported. 
Peaches  are 
scarce  and  high.  Apricots  are  steady 
at  previous  quotations. 
It  is  reported 
that  the  yield  of  apricots  this  season 
will  be  500  to 600 cars,  against  250  cars 
in  1898  and  1,250  in  1897,  making  about 
half  the  yield  for  this  year  that  was 
turned  out  in  1897.  Reports from Greece 
regarding  the  currant  crop  stite  that 
it 
is  progressing  favorably,  the  weather 
being  all  that  could  be  desired 
Prices 
remain  unchanged.  Figs are unebanged. 
Latest  information  from  shippers 
is  to 
the  effect  that  the  Smyrna  crop  this year 
will  be  about  five-eighths  of  an  average 
crop.

Nuts—Old  crop  walnuts  are  about 
cleaned  up  and  the  market  is  firm. 
In­
dications  are  that  the  crop  will  be about 
equal  to  last  year’s.  The  demand  for 
almonds  is  constantly 
increasing.  The 
supply 
is  also  increasing  and,  while  a 
large  share  is  imported,  the  production 
in  this  country  is  increasing  and 
indi­
cations  are  that  there  will  be  a  large 
crop  this  year.  Peanuts  have  advanced 
#c.  The  shortness  of  the  present  crop 
becomes  more  apparent  as  the  season 
advances  and  the  large  demand  for  con­
sumption  causes  advances,  which  may 
continue.  The  present  light  crop  came 
upon  a  market  practically  bare  of stock.
Molasses—The reports coming  in  from 
Puerto  Rico  give  more  estimates  of  the 
shortage  of  the  molasses  crop.  These 
estimates  run  from  40  to  50  per  cent. 
Therefore,  it  is  maintained  if  the  crop 
turns  out  to  be  12,000  hogsheads,  it 
will  show  up  much belter than expected. 
In  this  connection  it  will  be  interesting 
to  note  that  last  year  the  total shipments 
from  Puerto  Rico  were  21,000  hogs­
heads.  The  local  market  is  firm,  with 
prices  unebanged and demand moderate, 
grocers  confining  purchases to  small  lots 
to  cover  immediate  wants.

Tea—The  demand 

for  tea  is  light. 
Prices  are  steady,  but  only  a  nominal 
amount  of  trade 
is  reported.  This  is 
not  unusual,  as  May  is  generally  a  dull 
month  for  the  tea  business.

Fish—Trade 

in  fish  of  all  kinds 

is 
quiet  and  not  much  activity in mackerel 
is  expected  until  new  mackerel  comes 
in  more  freely.  Reports  from  both  the 
domestic  and  Irish  coast  fisheries  are 
discouraging  and  indications  point  to  a 
very  firm  market  for  mackerel  for  some 
time  to  come.  Stocks  of  low  grade  salt 
codfish  in  Gloucester  are  reported  to  be 
light.  High  grades  are  in  better supply, 
although  stocks  of  both  descriptions  are 
said  to  be  under  the  average  usually 
held  at  this  season.

Rice—The  rice  business  is  extremely 
dull,  almost  no  sales  at  all  being  made 
at  present.  What  few  are  made  are  at 
unchanged  prices.

Cereals— The  price  on  Schumacher's 

farina  has  declined  25c  per  case.

Vinegar—Cider  vinegar  has  advanced 

per  gallon.

Gelatine— Notice  has  been  received 
from  the  manufacturer  that  the  price  on 
Knox’s  gelatine  will  advance  $1  per 
gross  June  1.

Wm.  T.  Hess  has  purchased  the 

in­
terest  of  James  Muir  in  the  Union  City 
Lumber  Co.,  which  has  its headquarters 
in  this  city  and  operates  portable  hard­
wood  sawmills  at  various  places 
in 
Michigan,  Indiana  and  Kentucky,  in­
cluding  a  logging  railroad  in  the  latter 
State.  Mr.  Muir  has  purchased  a  saw­
mill  and  will  engage 
in  the  lumber 
in  Kentucky,  in  which  State 
business 
he  has  taken  up  bis  residence.

I 

smiled  at  the  conceit  of  keeping  a 

0

W om an’s World
A  Thing  o f  S hreds  and  Patches.
The  little  book  has  lain  for  nearly  a 
month  now  upon  my  library  table,  and 
even  yet  I  have  not  schooled  myself  to 
look  at 
it  without  a  blinding  mist  of 
tears  rushing  to  my  eyes.  You  see,  I 
gave  it  to  her  myself,  and  now  to  get  it 
back  like  this! 
It  was  just  before  she 
graduated  and  I  was  casting  about  for 
some  trifling  gift  for  her,  as  a  souvenir 
of  the  occasion,  when  I  happened  to  run 
across  it. 
It  was  such  a  frivolous  little 
book,  all  bound  in  white  and  gold,  call 
ing 
itself  a  “ dress  album,’ ’  and  ar­
ranged  with  spaces  where  one  was  to 
paste  scraps  of  frocks  and  write  the 
date  and  place  when  they  were  first 
worn,  with  such  other  maiginal  com­
ment  as  one  felt  inspired  to  add.

record  of  one's 
life  by  such  means  of 
shreds  and  patches,  and  then  all  at  once 
it  occurred  to  me  bow  subtly  character­
istic 
it  was  of  the  girl.  Not  that  she 
was  one  of  those  poor  creatures  who 
think  of  nothing  but  dress,  and  whose 
brains  are  cut  on  the  bias  and  frilled  in 
the  middle;  but  she  was  one  of  the  peo­
ple  whom,  in  your  thoughts,  you  never 
disassociate  from  their clothes.  To  re­
member  her  at  all  was  to  conjure  up  a 
vision  of  a  fair,  young  face  set  off  by 
soft  and  harmonious  color  and  dainty 
fabrics  and  gracious  lines  of  beauty. 
You  could  no  more  have  imagined  her 
in  an  ungainly  or  dowdy  gown  than  you 
could  have  thought  of  her  as  old  and 
ugly  and  haggard.  Both  might  in  time 
come to her, but they had no part now with 
her  radiant  and  joyous youth and bloom.
And  now  the  book  has  come  back  to 
farewell,  and 
me,  with  a  few  words  of 
she 
is  done  with  all  the  laughter and 
gayety  and  frills  and  frivols  that  be­
longed  to  the  world  and  were  part  and 
parcel  of  the  things  it  contained.

The  other  day  I  opened  the  little  vol­
ume,  and 
it  seemed  to  me  that  in  no 
other  way  could  the  sweet  story  of  her 
life  have  been  written  more  definitely 
or  more  pathetically  than  in  the  little 
scraps  of  cloth,  the  frailest  of which—so 
unstable  a  thing 
is  human  hope  and 
happiness—outlasted  her  short  need  for 
the  trappings  of  joy.  The book has  been 
kept  almost  like  a  diary  and  the  first 
entry  was  a  bit  of  sheer  white  organdie, 
lace  and  ribbon,  and 
trimmed  with 
dated  June,  1897.  Underneath 
it  was 
written:  “ How  true 
it  is,  if  one  only 
waits 
long  enough  one  is  sure  to  gain 
one’s  desires.  Here  have  I  been  think­
ing  for  three  years  that  the  time  would 
never  come  around  when  I would actual­
ly  finish  school,  and  have  a  really, 
truly,  grown-up  long  frock and do  up my 
hair.  Goody,  goody,  good. 
I’ve  got  a 
perfect  duck  of  a  graduating  gown, 
trimmed  with  real  Valenciennes 
lace 
that  grandma  had 
in  her  trousseau. 
Papa  seemed  surprised  when  he  found 
out  that  I  was  going 
to  graduate.  He 
said  it  was  ridiculous  to graduate babies 
like  me  and  that  they  never  did  such 
things  when  he  was  young. 
I  do  be­
lieve  he  forgets  that  I  am  18.  This 
morning  Billy  Travers 
and 
brought  me  a  lovely  shower  bouquet  of 
white  roses.  He  seemed  awfully  glum 
about  something,  and  when  I  asked  him 
what  was  the  matter,  he  said,  ‘ Ob,  I 
it’s  because  you  are  going  to 
suppose 
graduate,  and  be  out 
in  society,  and 
there’ll  always  be  a  lot  of  silly  idiots 
hanging  around  you,  and  things  won’t 
be  like  they  used  to  any  more.’ 
‘ Why, 
B illy,’  I  said,  ‘ what  absurd  notions  you

came 

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

do take  up  sometimes.  The  very 
idea 
of  my  ever  liking  to  talk  to  any  one  as 
much  as  I  do  you,  whom  I've  known  all 
my  life.  Why,  I  love  you  like a  sister.’ 
‘ Oh,  I  suppose  you  do,’  be  groaned, 
Something  seemed 
and  went  away. 
to  have  annoyed  him  somehow. 
I  won­
der  what  it  was?’ ’

Then  followed  a 

lot  of  scraps  of 
serges,  and  muslins,  and  the  usual  be­
longings  to  a  summer  girl’s  outfit,  with 
“ Charlevoix;  had  a  lovely  time  on  the 
So-and-So’s  yacht,”   and  Petoskey  and 
Mackinac  Island  and  the  Soo,  just  the 
date  and  a 
line  or  two  ol  joyous  com­
ment  written  on  the  life  where  every­
thing  was  new  and  strange  and  delight­
ful  as  is  that between season when  a  girl 
is  out  of  school  and  has  not  yet  entered 
the  formal  world  of  society,  when  one 
has,  in  a  word,  all  the  privileges  of  a 
school  girl  and  all  the  freedom  of  a 
young  lady.

If 

in  silver. 

Following  came  a  more  important  en­
try—a  piece  of  white  chiffon  delicately 
embroidered 
“ This,”   she 
wrote,  " is   my  first  ball  dress. 
it 
wasn’t  so  perfectly  lovely  I  don’t  be­
lieve  I  could  have  the  courage  to  go. 
I 
am  as  nervous  as  a  cat. 
I  know  I  will 
break  my  heart  with  longing  if  I  don't 
go,  and  I  will  die  with  chagrin  if  I  do 
and  am  not  a  success.  Suppose  no  one 
asks  me  to  dance?  Fancy  the  horror  if 
I  bad  to  sit  all  the  evening  under  the 
shadow  of  mama’s  wing  and  hear her fib 
to  the  other  chaperons  about  me  not 
caring  for  dancing  and  the  frivolous 
like  Mrs. 
company  of  young  men, 
Smith  does  about  Mamie 
I know  what 
I  shall  do.  To-day  when  Billy  was  over 
I  begged  him  not  to  ask  anybody  to 
dance,  so  that 
if  no  one  asked  me  he 
could  just  fill  my  card  up  for the  whole 
evening,  and  we'd dance it out together. 
‘ People  would  say  we  were  engaged,  if 
we  did,’  be  said  in  such  a  curious  tone 
of  voice. 
‘ Let  ’em,’  I  cried  recklessly. 
‘ I’d  rather  they  would  say  anything 
about 
that  I  was  a  wall 
flower.’  ”   The  next  morning,  “ Well, 
the  ball  is  over  and  I  didn’t have  to ask 
Billy  to  dance  with  me  after  all. 
I 
hadn't  been 
in  the  room  five  minutes 
before  my  card  was  full,  and  I  forgot  to 
save  even  one  little teenty  weenty  waltz 
for  him.  He  was  very  angry  about 
it, 
and  said  something  stupid  about  the 
selfishness  of  women.  Men  are  so  un­
reasonable. 
I  should  have  thought  be 
would  have  been  positively  glad  not  to 
have  to  dance  with  a  girl  who  is  just 
like  a  sister  to  him .”

than 

roe 

The  first  season  was  a  gay  one,  and 
the  pages  that  follow  are  filled  with  bits 
of  dainty  silks  and  filmy  lace and  fur 
and  embroidery.  Then  comes  a  bit  cf 
scarlet,  and  written  under  i t :

“ I  am  learning  to  play  golf,  and  this 
is  my  new  golf  coat.  Billy  is  teaching 
me.  He  says  that  I  am  a  very  apt 
pupil,  although  I  am  sure  I  shall  never 
learn  to  talk  it,  and  everybody  knows 
that  is  of  much  more 
importance  than 
the  ability  to  knock  the  balls  about. 
So  far  as  I  can  see,  the  principal  ad­
vantage  of  the  game  is  that 
it  enables 
two  young  people  to  go  off  and  spend 
the  morning  together,  and  that  a  check 
or  a  brassie  or a  niblick 
is  considered 
a  sufficient  chaperon.  Sometimes  that 
is  an  advantage  and  sometimes not.  For 
instance,  now  who  could  ever  have  sup­
posed  such  a  thing,  but  Billy—yes, 
Billy,  whom  I  have  known  all  my 
life, 
and 
like  a  brother—took  it  into 
his  beaa  to  get  stupid  and  say  things 
I  never  thought 
about  love,  you  know. 
of  such  a  thing. 
It's absurd.  Of  course 
it  is.  Why,  ever  since  I’ve  been  old

loved 

enough  to  read  my  first  novel,  I’ve 
known  exactly  what  sort  of  a  man  I 
would  fall  in  love  with,  and  just  bow  it 
would  be.  He  will  be  tall  and  dark, 
with  a  fierce  black  mustache  and  eyes 
that  thrill  me  and  make  me  afraid,  and 
I'll  know  just  the  first  minute  I  see him 
that  he’s  my  fate,  and  he  will  woo  me 
in  such  an 
impetuous  way  I’ll  just  be 
swept  off  my  feet  and  won’t  care  if he’s 
a  pirate  or  a  nihilist  or  anything.  He 
won’t  be  a  bit  like  Billy,  who  is  fair 
and  deliberate  and  the  kindest  soul 
alive,  and  one  that  you  couldn’t  be 
afraid  of  to  save  your  life.  That’s  the 
reason  I  told  Billy  so  positively  that  I 
couldn't  ever  be  anything  to  him  but  a 
sister. 
like  I  didn’t  know 
what  real  love  is.  But  I  couldn’t  help 
crying,  and  I  didn’t  mind  when  Billy 
put  his  arms  around  me  and  kissed  me 
and  said: 
‘ There,  darling,  don't  cry,’ 
and  called  himself  a  brute.  He  says  he 
I—I  never thought of  it 
is going  away. 
before,  but  what  will 
life  seem  like 
without  Billy?”

It  wasn’t 

it,  “ My  country, 

A  few  pages  beyond  this  is a  strip  of 
red,  white  and  blue  ribbon,  and  written 
under 
'tis  of  thee.”  
Then :  “ Fancy,  this  is  a  bit  of  a  hat­
band  I’m  wearing.  We  are  to  have  war. 
Regiments  are  being  formed  to  go  to 
Cuba.  How strange  it  all  seems.  Yes­
terday  the  flag  was  nothing  but  a  bit  of 
bunting  that  we  passed  and  repassed 
without  emotion.  To-day,  at  the  first 
hint  of 
it  has  all 
heaven  for  its  red,  white  and  blue,  it 
becomes  the  holiest  thing  on  earth  to 
us,  a  million  hearts  thrill  to  every  flut­
its  folds,  and  tens  of  thousands 
ter  of 
its  defense.  Billy  has  been 
spring  to 
made 
lieutenant  of  one  of  the  com­
panies.  He  looks  very  handsome  in  his 
new  uniform.”

insult  or  danger, 

It  came  to  me 

is  fastened  to  the  leaf. 

A  few  pages  further,  and  a  solitary 
button 
“ This 
is  off  B illy’s  uniform,”   she  wrote. 
“ His  regiment  left  for  the  front  to-day. 
Last  night  I  was  sitting 
in  the  dusk 
when  he  came  up  to  tell  me  that  they 
would leave  at  dawn.  Then  all  at  once I 
knew. 
in  a  kind  of 
blinding  flash  of  light  what  everything 
meant—that  all  my 
life  I  had  loved 
Billy,  and  that  if— if  anything happened 
it  would  break  my  heart,  and 
to  him 
kill  all  the  joy  in  the  world  for  me. 
It 
choked  me,  and  suffocated  me,  as  if  a 
heavy  hand  had  been 
laid  upon  my 
its  beating. 
heart  and  almost  stopped 
‘ Going,’  I  said  at  last,  stupidly. 
‘ Yes,’ 
he  said,  and  then  he  said  something 
about  hoping  I  would  think  of  him 
sometimes  for  the  sake  of  the  times 
when  we  were  children  together,  and  I 
threw  myself  into  his  arms. 
‘ Billy,’  I 
cried,  ‘ it  was  all  a  mistake;  I loved you 
all  the time,  only  at  first  I  didn’t  know 
it.’  After a  while  be  had  to  go  away, 
but  be  came back  once  from  the  gate.
“   ‘ Sweetheart,’  he  said,  ‘ stand  just  as 
you  are;  I  want to  remember  you  with 
all  the glory  of  love  on  your  dear  face, ’ 
and  he  was  gone. ’ ’

There  are  only  two  more  entries  in 
the  book.  One  is  a  little  piece  of  blood­
stained  blue  cloth,  and  beneath 
it  is 
written,  “ Killed 
in  battle,  at  the  head 
of  his  men.  A  comrade  cut  this  from 
over  his  heart  and  sent  it  to  me. 
‘ A 
wonderful  victory,  with  only  one  man 
lost,’  ”   said the dispatch ;  “ but that bul­
let  slayed  the  whole  world  for  me.”  

Pasted  on  the  last  page  is  a  bit  of 
coarse  black  serge,  the  habit  of  a  Sister 
of  Charity.  The girl  put  that  in  it,  and 
sent  the book  to  me,  when  she  took  her 
weary  heart,  with  all  its  burdens,  and 
laid  it  down  upon  the  altar,  seeking 
in 
ministry  to  others  to  find  the  balm  for 
her own  deathless  sorrow.

Dorothy  Dix.

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THE  FAR-OFF  MILLENNIUM.
Universal  peace  has  been  a  dream  of 
philosophers,  statesmen,  philanthropists 
and  even  of  soldiers,  not  to  mention 
poets,  from  the  earliest  times.  The  an­
cient  Hebrew  prophets  foretold  a  time 
when  the  nations would beat their swords 
and  spears  into*plowsbares  and pruning 
hooks  and  learn  the  arts  of  war no more.
in  the  London  Fortnightly 
Review  cites  Sully,  the  Abbe  de  Saint- 
Pierre  and  Kant  as  having  drawn  up 
schemes  by  which  the  “ Golden  Age”  
might  be  realized.  Frederick the  Great 
beguiled  his  leisure  with  thoughts  of  a 
European  peace  and  disarmament  con­
gress.  Napoleon protested, from  his exile 
in  St.  Helena,  that  the  object  of  all  bis 
wars  had  been  to  restore  the  “ beau 
ideal  de  la  civilisation,”   by applying to 
the  European  nations  the  system  of  the 
Greek  Amphictyony.  Even  Moltke,  in 
his  young  days,  braved  ridicule  by  con­
fessing his “ belief  in  the  idea  of  a  gen­
eral  European  peace,"and  thought  that 
a  mutual  disarmament  might  possibly 
be  a  question  only  of  decades.

In  the  present  century  there have been 
three  efforts  to  establish  such  millennial 
conditions.  The  first  of  these  was  made 
by  the  Holy  Alliance 
in  1816,  by  the 
sovereigns  of  Russia,  Austria  and  Prus­
sia.  Napoleon  had  just  been  overthrown 
and  Europe  was  wearied  with  the  wars 
he  had  precipitated  upon  every  country 
of  the  continent.  The  three  monarcbs 
who  had  most  suffered  in the Napoleonic 
wars  entered  into  an  agreement  where­
by  they  pledged  themselves  to  rule  their 
peoples 
like  fathers  of  families,  and  to 
regulate  all  national  and  international 
relations  in  accordance  with  the  prin­
ciples  of  Christian  charity.

The  real  object  of  the  Holy  Alliance, 
however,  was  to  consolidate  and  estab­
lish  royal  and  imperial  absolutism  on  a 
basis  that  would  enable  it  to  suppress 
and  destroy  all  free 
institutions  and 
liberty  upon  the  continent  of 
political 
Europe. 
It  was  actually  proposed  to 
give  substantial  aid  to  Spain,  who  was 
involved 
in  serious  trouble  with  her 
American colonies,  then  in revolt against 
her  tyrannical  domination. 
It  was  the 
prospect  of 
interference  by  the  Euro­
pean  powers  which  constituted  the  alli­
ance  that  brought  from  President  Mon­
roe,  of  this  United  States  the  famous 
expression that  has  become  so  identified 
with  his  name  as  the  first  distinctive 
American  pronouncement  upon  the  for­
eign  policy  of  the  Republic.

The  universal  peace proposition of the 
Holy  Alliance  proved  to  be  anything

but  the  introduction  to  a millennial con­
dition  of  the  nations,  for  it  meant,  if 
such  a  realization  had  been possible,  the 
universal  enthronement  of  despotism. 
The  second  of  the  peace  propositions 
was  that  of  Napoleon  III.,  in  1863,  to 
negotiate  a  proportional  disarmament 
based  on  a  revision  of  the  treaties  of 
1815,  and  an  equitable  settlement  of  all 
international  questions  then 
imperiling 
the  public  peace.  The  third  was  the 
project  of  the  present  Czar,  issued 
last 
August,  for a  conference  of  the  powers 
to  discuss  “ the  maintenance  of  univer­
sal  peace  and  a  possible  reduction  of 
the  excessive  armaments  which  weigh 
upon  all  nations.”

in  disarming  and 

Napoleon  III.  proposed that a congress 
of  the  European  powers  should  be 
called,  in  which  a  majority  would  be 
authorized  to  compel  the  minority  to 
comply  with  the  demands  of  the  major­
in  settling  all 
ity 
questions  of 
international  controversy. 
Many  matters  that  had  been  fixed  as  the 
results  of  previous  wars  had come  again 
into dispute.  The previous parceling-out 
of  conquered  territory  had  begun  to 
give  serious  trouble,  and  any  settlement 
according  to  Napoleon’s  plan  would 
have  involved  many  changes  in  its  dis­
position.

Napoleon’s  project  failed  and  was fol­
lowed  by  war  over  some  of  the  very 
questions  which  he  had  proposed  to  dis­
cuss  in  bis  congress.  Napoleon  III.  has 
long  ago  passed  from  the  stage  of  ac­
tion,  and 
in  the  place  of  his  empire, 
sadly  shorn  in  its  territorial  extent,  is  a 
republic.  The  German  empire,  which 
dominated  the  continent  of  Europe 
after  the  downfall  of  France  as  a  great 
military  power,  still  remains;  but  the 
its  foundations 
mighty  men  who 
and  reared 
its  superstructure  are  no 
more.

laid 

In  a  constitutional  government  every­
thing  depends  on  the  maintenance  of 
the  principles  upon  which  the 
institu­
tions  of  a  country  are  built,  and  the 
men  who  administer  them  count  com­
paratively  for  little;  but 
in  an  auto­
cratic  government,  everything  is  in  the 
man  or  men  who  are  in  control,  and 
laws  and 
institutions  need  be  scarcely 
considered.  The  present  age 
is  one 
which  has  been  distinguished  for  the 
settlement  of  international  disputes  by 
arbitration. 
It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the 
present  peace  congress  will  greatly  en 
courage  the  settlement  of  such  contro­
versies. 
In  that  respect  it  can  accom­
plish  great  good ;  but  that  it  will  oper­
ate  to  bring  on  millennial  peace  and 
harmony 
is  too  much  to  hope  for  with 
the  experiences  of  the  past  and  the gen­
eral  facts  of  human  nature  in  view.

Not  only  is  tne  food  adulterated  now­
adays,  but  even  the  music  has  come  in 
for  a  “ m ixing.”  
In  New  York  the 
park  bands  have  been  found  to  contain 
a 
lot  of  “ dummies”   who  sit  and  go 
through  the  motions  of  blowing  French 
horns  and  trombones,  but  who  can’t 
in 
reality  play  a  note.  This  is  one  of  the 
latest  schemes  conceived  by  the  trades 
union  leaders  to  defraud  the  municipal­
ity.  The  union  leaders  get  the  most  of 
the  pay  of  the  “ dummies, ”   who  only 
swell  the  bills  and  not  the  volume  of 
the  music.  The  park  board  has  dis­
covered  a  number of  these  counterfeits 
and  is  investigating  the  scandal.

The  patent  medicine  manufacturer 
has  been  condemned  by  the  congress  of 
pharmacists,  held  recently 
in  Paris. 
This  convention  asks  the government  to 
pass  a  law  prohibiting  the  sale of patent 
medicines  in  France.

TRIUMPH  OF  THE  UNWORTHY.
True  democracy  has  never  claimed 
that  people  are  equal  in  any  other  re­
spect  than 
in  the  right  to  use  each  his 
faculties  to  the  best  advantage  for  his 
own  advancement.

No  other  sort  of  equality  is  possible, 
since  no  two  human  beings  are  precise­
ly  alike  and  equal  physically,  mentally 
or  spiritually.  Each  individual  is 
in­
vested  with  the  natural  right to  use  such 
faculties  or  talents  as  be  may  have  in 
such  a  way  as  to  secure  for himself  the 
best  results  in  bis  reach  in  the  pursuit 
of  happiness.

This  is  all  the  equality  and  all  the 
freedom  that  any  human  being  can 
properly  claim,  because  it  is  all  that 
is 
possible.  He  who  envies  the  wealth, 
the  power,  the  happiness  possessed  by 
others,  and  seeks  to  deprive  them  of  it 
when  he  bad  done  nothing  to  win  pros­
perity  or  to  deserve  influence  and  es­
teem  at  the  hands  of  his  fellows,  is  a 
dishonest  and  may  be  a  dangerous  per­
son,  because,  being  idle  and  thriftless 
himself,  he  desires  to  convert  to  his 
own  use,  or  to  destroy,  if  he  can  not 
secure 
it  himself,  the  personal  posses­
sions  and  the  good  reputation  which  are 
the  result  of  the  honorable  exertion  of 
others.

The  weak  point  in  socialism,  as  a 
practical  rule  of  life,  is  that  it  does  net 
recognize  the  vast  variety  and  univer­
sal 
inequality  of  human  beings,  but 
seeks  to  reduce  them  all  to  the  same 
level  and  divide  out  to  all  equally  the 
sum  of  the  earnings  of all,  disregard­
ing  the  fact  that  some,  by  their  natural 
or acquired  qualifications,  possess great­
er  earning  power  than  others,  while 
some  are  unable  to  earn,  and  others, 
although  able,  refuse  to  perform  any 
useful  service,  but  persist,  through  dis­
honest  practices,  in  living  upon  others
is  that  any  proposition  to 
seize  upon  the  whole  of  the  earnings 
and  wealth  accumulations  of  the popula­
tion  and  distribute  them  equally  among 
the  whole  of  the  people  would  be a man­
It  would  be  no  less 
ifest 
than  robbery,  because 
it  would  assure 
the  hoodlum,  the  loafer  and  every  other 
vicious  and  criminal  individual  in  the 
entire  community  that  they  would  be 
supported  at  the  expense  of  the  indus­
trious,  the  faithful  and 
the  capable, 
with  an  equal  distribution  of  the  earn­
ings  of  the  latter.

injustice. 

Thus 

it 

Human  equality,  therefore,  means, 
and  can  mean  nothing  more  than  an 
equality  of  right  for  each  individual, 
under  the  sanction  of  law,  to engage  in 
the  pursuit  of  happiness.  The  entire 
structure  of  all  democratic  free  institu­
tions 
is  built  upon  this  foundation  of 
equality  of  right  and  inequality  of  abil­
ity  and  characteristics.  Under  such  a 
system,  each 
individual  can  do  his 
best  according  to  the  conditions  and 
circumstances  that  environ  him.  Un­
der  these  conditions,  some  rise  to  the 
highest  places,  others  to  stations  of  re­
spectability  and  moderate  prosperity, 
while  others  fall  into  poverty,  and  still 
others  into  vice  and  crime.

Unless  there  should  be  a  most  radical 
and  miraculous  change  in  the  human 
race,  physically,  mentally  and  morally, 
ail  human  beings  will  never  be  able  to 
reach  the  same  goal  of  success.  The 
man  who  has  wasted  his  means  and  op­
portunities  in  idleness  and  profligacy  or 
has  broken  down  his  health  in  debauch­
ery  has  no  right  to  complain  that  he 
is 
not  as  prosperous  or as  vigorous  as  are 
some  of  bis  fellows.  He  is  simply pay­
ing  the  penalty  entailed  by  courses  of 
vice and  idleness. 

There  are  some  wild  dreamers  who, 
finding  fault  with  God  because  he  did 
not  make  all  human  beings  equal,  seek 
to  remedy  his  defaults,  not  recognizing 
that  it  is  out  of  human  power  to  change 
laws  of  human  variation 
the  natural 
and 
inequality.  They  can  never  ac­
complish  anything,  but  must  remain 
dreamers  to  the  end.  The  doctrine  up­
on  which  the  two  most bloody socialistic 
revolutions  ever  known  on  this  earth 
were  based  was  expressed  in  the  words, 
“ Liberty,  Equality  and  Fraternity.”  
Those  doctrines  were  put  into  the  most 
unrestrained  operation,  and  the  result  of 
the  experiment  was  that  liberty,  unreg­
ulated  by  law, is the despotism of a mob ; 
any  attempt  to  enforce  equality  upon 
the  human  race  is  to  inflict  robbery  and 
injustice  upon  the  most  worthy  and 
in­
dustrious  for  the  benefit  of  the  most idle 
and  worthless,  while  the  doctrine  of  the 
brotherhood  of  mankind  meant  only  the 
banding  together  of  some  to  slaughter 
and  plunder  the  balance.

There 

in  the  theory. 

is  one,  and  only  one,  bad  fea­
ture  in  the  system  of democratic libeity. 
and  that  defect  is  in  the  practice,  and 
not 
It  results  from  the 
neglect  and  indifference  of  the  people 
to  the  public  advancement  of  bad  men. 
The  best  people  do  not  seem  to  object 
to  having  bad  men 
in  public  office. 
Good  citizens  do  not  interpose  to  pre­
vent  them  being  nominated to important 
posts,  and  they  do  not  work  or  vote  to 
prevent  their  election.

It  has  even  been  said  that  when  un­
scrupulous,  conscienceless  demagogues 
are 
in  public  office  it  is  easier  to  se­
cure  contracts,  public  franchises  and all 
sorts  of  favors,  and  these  are  what  the 
alleged  best  citizens  are  most  interested 
in.  When  they  have  bought  up  a  pub­
lic  legislative  body,  they  do  net  have  to 
beset  it  with  petitions,  addresses,  argu­
ments  and  all  sorts  of  expedients  to  ob­
tain  a  hearing.  There  is  no  doubt  or 
uncertainty  as  to  how  demands  for fran­
chises  and  favors  will  be  treated  when 
they  are  matters  of  bargain  and  bribes. 
It  is  the  unbought  legislative  body  and 
the  honest  jury  that  keep  the  seekers 
for  franchises 
in  doubt  and  make  the 
criminal  at  the  bar  tremble.

Corruption 

in  the  public  affairs  of 
republics  has  always  been  the  cause  of 
the  early  destruction  of  republican  gov­
ernments.  Corrupt  politics 
is  the  in­
evitable  result  of  neglect  by  the  people 
of  their  public  duties  or  of  a  deliberate 
design  that  there  shall  be  such  corrup­
tion.  When  such  a  state  of  affairs 
exists,  it  furnishes  the  one  great  argu­
ment  against  an  alleged  government  by 
the  people  for  the  people,  and  it  seems 
to  show  that  there  has  been  a  reversal 
of  the  law  of  survival  of  the  fittest.  A 
corrupt  political  administration  means 
the  victory  of  the  worst  and  most  un­
worthy.

Canada  still  keeps  up  its  reputation 
as  the  home  of  the  Scotch  agricultural 
settler.  Already  this  year  nearly  300 
farmers,  farm  servants  and  others,  with 
families,  have  left  Scotland  to  try  their 
fortune among  their  kith  and  kin  in  the 
Dominion.

The  eight-hour  law  may  be  like  some 
other  regulating  laws,  to  be  forgotten  in 
eight  hours  when  a  man  wants  to  work 
ten  and  make  more  mo^ey.

No  woman  can  have  any  respect  for a 
man  after  she  has  helped  him  take  off  a 
porous  plaster.

One  of  the  buruens 01  the living  white 
is  to  build  monuments  for  the 

man 
dead.

!

h i s t o r i c a l   g r e a t n e s s .

is  almost 

History  can 

impose  few  tasks  upon 
its  writers  more  difficult  than  a  just  ap 
preciation  of  contemporary  greatness, 
It 
impossible  to get  a  clear 
view  of  the  real  man  under the  glamour 
of  advantageous  success. 
It  pays  to 
follow  and  to  praise  the  winning  man 
and,  besides,  it 
is  very  generally  as 
sumed  and  admitted  that  victory  is  the 
supreme  test  of  ability.  The  conquering 
general  may  have  had,  on  his  side,  su 
perior  numbers  and  equipment,  and  an 
unavoidable  advantage  of  position ;  no 
matter,  the  inevitable  result  was  none 
the  less  a  demonstration  of  his  surpass 
ing  military  genius.  Nothing  exceed.', 
ingenuity  of  the  amateur  military 
the 
critic,  especially  when  the 
inspiration 
of bis  eulogy  is  either  the  hope  of  per 
sonal  reward  or the  bias  of  partisan sen 
timent.

The  task  of  springing  an  entirely  new 
great  man  upon  the  public  is,  however, 
easy  as  compared  with  that  of  thrusting 
greatness  upon  a  familiar  mediocrity. 
Referring  to  a  concrete  illustration  ol 
this  general  rule,  the  New  York  Nation 
observes: 
‘ ‘ The  difficulty  in  Mr.  Mc­
Kinley’s  case  was  that  he  was  not  an 
unknown  man.  For  twenty-five  years 
his  countrymen  had  been  painfully  tak­
ing  his  measure  and  had  been  able  to 
award  him  no  element  of  greatness  ex 
cept  what  flowed  from  a  childlike  faith 
in  tariffs.  The  task  of  showing  that  bt 
had  suddenly  developed capacity beyonr 
the  usual  measure  of  middle-aged  men 
in  country  villages  was  a  task  of  no  or­
dinary  difficulty,  and  unhappily,  untii 
now,  no  one  has  undertaken 
it  whoa 
the  public  treated  seriously.”   This par­
ticular problem  has presented  itself mort 
than  once 
in  the  history  of  the  Uniter 
States.  Anyone  conversant  with  tht 
compromises  of  party  management  ano 
the  secret  history of  nominating  conven­
tions 
is  aware  how  little  mere  personal 
weight  often  counts  in the determination 
Indeed,  in  Amer­
of  the  party  choice. 
ican  history  there  have  been  nearly 
in­
stances  enough  to  establish  the  rule  that 
intellectual  supremacy 
is  a  complete 
bar  to  the  highest  popular  preferment. 
Really  great  men  are  usually  men  of 
positive  convictions,  with  moreappetitt 
for  contest  than  for  compromise.  The> 
make  enemies  as  well  as  friends  and 
have  a  record  which  can  not  be  evadec 
or  explained  away.  But  national  nom­
inating  conventions  usually  hope  to  win 
by  the  popularity  of  their  platforms  and 
are  content  with  candidates  who  have 
incurred  no  special  enmity  in  any  quar­
ter.  No  sooner,  however,  is  the  candi 
date,  so  selected,  actually  elected  and 
installed  than  thousands of partisan pens 
begin  to  declare  bis  unparalleled  fitness 
for  the  discharge  of  the  high  responsi­
bilities  which  have  been  imposed  upon 
him.

It  may  be  that  the  conditions  attend­
ant  upon  the  management  of  the  demo­
cratic  form  of  government are especiail) 
favorable  to  these  perversions  of  his­
tory.  The  unlimited  monarch  selects 
his  own  prime  minister  with  a  view  to 
the  success  of  a  lifelong administration. 
He  is  not  looking  forward  to  a  renomi 
nation  or a  re-election,  and  feels  under 
no  necessity  of  pleasing  a  multitude  of 
in  every  part  of  his 
minoi  politicians 
domain.  He,  therefore, 
intrusts  the 
government  to  competent  men,  and  bis 
measure  of  greatness  is  actual perform 
ance.  He  would  hardly,  in  any  case, 
think  of 
intrusting  every  executive 
function,  including  the  command  of  the 
army  and  navy,  to  a  citizen  distin­
guished  only  by  the  ardor  of  his  advo­

MI CHI GAN  T R A D E S M A N

9

cacy  of a  single  economic  doctrine;  but 
where  the  Chief  Executive 
is  chosen 
every four years, any intimation  (emana­
ting  from  the  party  of  the  administra­
tion)  of  failure  or  defect  on  the  part  of 
the  Chief  is  little  less  than  treasonable.
If  any  commercial  crisis  is imminent, 
the  people  must  be  assured  that  the 
chief  magistrate  is  a  financial  genius, 
with  ail  the  great  authorities  of political 
economy  and  monetary  science  at  bis 
fingers'  ends;  if  war 
intervenes,  every­
body  must  be  encouraged to  believe  that 
he  has  quite  the  capacity  of  a  Carnot  to 
organize  victory;  if  difficult,  far-reacb- 
mg  questions  of  foreign  affairs  arise, 
he  must  be  credited  with  the  insight 
and  nerve  of  a  Bismarck,  coupled  with 
the  finesse  and  subtlety of  a  Talleyrand.
The  President  may  count  upon  that 
kind  of  allegiance  which  finds  expres­
sion  in  fulsome  flattery,  as  long  as  be  is 
true  to  the  ideals  of  the  thorough  going 
partisan  politician.  However  faithful 
he  may  be  to  the  declaration  of  prin­
ciples  upon,  which  he  was  elected,  be 
will  find  himself  abandoned  by  the  ma­
jority  of  hiSsparty,  and  subjected  to  a 
terrible  cross  fire  of  friend  and  foe, 
whenever,  in  the  exercise  of  a  consti­
tutional  prerogative,  he  ventures 
to 
cross  the  purpose  or to  attack  the  per­
sonal 
interest  of  the  party  managers. 
The  greatest  presidents  of  the  United 
States  have been  compelled  to wait upon 
history  for a  reversal  of  temporary judg­
ment ;  but  the  greatest  men  must  always 
re,  in  some  respects,  difficult  of  com­
prehension,  and  to  the  extent  that  they 
are 
in  advance  of  their  time  the  just 
verdict  must  be  delayed.

TWO  M ILLIONS  A  DAY.

for 

This  is  a great  country  and 

it  costs 
over  $2,000,000  a  day  to  run  it. 
It  is 
well  to  stop  and  think,  once  in  a  while, 
of  this  fact.  Last  year,  for  instance, 
Congress  appropriated  $675,000,000. 
The  largest item of  Government expend­
iture  was  for  pensions,  $145,000,000. 
Then  came  $128,000,000  for  permanent 
appropriations;  $105,000,000 
the 
postal service;  $80,000,000 for  the army; 
$48,000,000  for  the  navy,  and  the  same 
amount  for  the  sundry  civil  service; 
$25,000,000  for  deficiencies;  $23,000,000 
for  legislative;  $16,000,000  for  rivers 
and  harbors;  $28,000,000  for  miscella­
neous,  including  $20,000,000  to  Spain ; 
and  the  remainder  distributed  among 
the  expenses  of  the  diplomatic  service, 
the  Indian  bureau,  fortifications,  and the 
District  of  Columbia. 
These  figures 
have  been  printed  a  good  many  times 
in  various  forms,  but  we  put  them  in 
concrete  shape  so  that  he  who  reads 
may  understand  them  without  much 
study,  although  they  are  well  worth 
studying.  _____________

THE  COLONIAL  PROBLEM 

United  States  Commissioner  of  Statis 
tics  for  the  Treasury  Department,  Hon. 
O.  P.  Austin,  in  a recent  publication  on 
he  “ Colonies  of  the  World,”   issued  by 
im,  presents  a  great  deal  of 
informa 
tion  on  a  subject  which  is  almost  un 
known  to  the  American  people,  and 
is, 
at  the  same  time,  of  great 
importance 
in  view  of  the  colonial  relations  into 
which  the  Spanish  war  has  brought  this 
country

The  war  which  brought  these  colonies 
into  the  American  system  was  under 
taken  and  carried  on  for  purely  benevo 
lent  and  wholly  unselfish  reasons,  with 
no  object  of  securing  any  gain or advan 
tage.  This  war  has  cost  a  good  many 
hundreds  of  millions  of  dollars,  and,  in 
view  of  the  fact  that  the  war  with  the 
Spaniards  brought  on  another  war  with 
the  Filipinos,  it  is  plain  that  the  end 
of  the  warfare  is  not  yet,  and,  not  to 
speak  of  possible  conflicts  yet  to  come 
with  the  Cubans, 
is  certainly  too 
early  to  make  any  calculations  as  to  the 
end  of  bloody  troubles  in  the  colonies.
But  assuming  that  peace  will  be  fi­
nally established  in all the  island domain 
that  has  fallen  to  the  lot  of  this  coun­
try,  the  question  next  to  be  asked 
is 
Will  these  colonies  continue  to  be  J 
heavy  pecuniary  tax  upon  the  United 
States  Government,  or  can  they  be 
made  sources  of  wealth?

it 

Appealing  to  England  for information 
upon  a  matter  on  which  the  American 
people  are  wholly 
ignorant,  it  is  dis 
covered  that  England’s  numerous  col­
onies  pay  no  revenue  to  the  mother 
country.  England’s  object  in  every  case 
has  been  to  open  up  new  markets  to 
British  products  and  constantly  increase 
what 
is  already  the  vastest  system  of 
commerce  on  the  globe.  Of  course,  new 
countries 
inhabited  by  savages  or  bar 
barians  can  not  be  expected  to  buy  to 
any  extent  the  products  of  civilized 
people;  but  by  colonizing  those  coun­
tries  with white  British  subjects,  and  by 
killing  off  great  numbers  of  the  bar­
barous  and  savage  natives  and 
intimi­
dating  the  balance,  large  civilized  pop­
ulations  that  consume  largely  of  British 
products  are  finally  secured 
in  all  the 
British  colonies.

England  collects  not  a  cent  of revenue 
from  the  colonies.  That  sort  of  thing 
was  tried  on  those  which  subsequently 
became  the  present  American Republic, 
but  the  experiment  proved  to  be  a  com­
plete  failure,  and  now  England,  having 
gained  great  wisdom  on  the  subject  of 
colonies,  exacts  no  taxes  from them,  but 
labors  to  make  them  all  self-sustaining, 
so  that  the  sovereign  government  will 
have  to  spend  as  little  money  as  pos­
sible.

The  cheapest  postal  service 

in  the 
world  is  that  of  Japan,  where for  2  sen— 
ibout  seven-tenths  of  a  penny—letters 
»re  conveyed  all  over  the empire.  This 
is  the  more  remarkable  when  one  con­
siders  the  difficulty  of  transit  over  a 
irregular  country, 
mountainous  and 
where  the  railway  is  still  in  its 
infancy 
and  where  wagons  can  pass  only  over 
some  of  the  principal  roads,  and  only 
»  few  of the  coast  stations  are connected 
oy  steamers

It 

is  not  known  exactly  where  the 
first baby  show  was held.  Adam and Eve 
were  evicted  from  the  garden  of  Eden 
before  any  infant  exposition was known.
When  a  man  insists  on  sticking  his 
nose  into  other  people’s  business,  it 
is 
a  tolerably  good  sign  that  he  is  a  re­
former.

of 

the 

importance 

Spain  has  always  robbed  her  colonies 
by  enormous  exactions;  but  England 
recognizes 
the 
maxim,  “ No  taxation  without  represen­
tation,”   and  since  the  colonies  have  no 
representatives  sitting 
in  the  British 
Parliament,  no  tax  is  exacted  from  the 
colonies  to  pay  the  expenses  of  the  Im­
perial  government.  But  how  is  it  going 
to  be  with  the  United  States  and  her 
colonies?

Under  the  American system,  delegates 
from  Hawaii,  the  Philippines,  Puerto 
Rico and,  perhaps,  Cuba,  will  be  found 
sitting 
in  the  lower  house  of  Congress 
in  the  not  distant  future.  Every  United 
States  territory  has  a  delegate  in  the 
House,  and  statehood giving representa­
tion  according  to  population 
in  both 
houses  must  finally  follow.  Then  every 
in
state  and 

represented 

territory 

Congress  must  pay  tariff  and  internal 
taxes.

If  the  islanders  will  have  to  make  up 
their  quota  of  the  national  revenue,  they 
should  be  entitled  to  all  the  rights  and 
privileges  of  other  American  citizens. 
Here 
is  where  a  great  deal  of  trouble 
will  come 
in.  Sugar  and  rice  from 
Hawaii,  the  American  West  Indies  and 
the  American  East  Indies  will  compete 
with  the  sugar  and  rice  made  in  the 
United  States.  More  than  this,  the  va­
rious  mixed  and  mongrel  populations 
islands,  including  the 
of  the  various 
Chinese,  who  are  excluded  from 
the 
United  States  by  law,  but  are already  in 
the  new  colonies  in  great  numbers,  can 
claim  the  freedom  of  residents  and  citi­
zens.  Thus  the  financial  and  political 
problems  to  be  solved  will  be  extremely 
difficult.

But  what  of  the  wealth  to  be  gotten 
from  the  new  possessions?  Unless  the 
plunder  system  of  the  Spaniards be  con­
tinued,  and  then  the  bulk  of  the  profits 
will  go  into  the  hands  of  rascally  offi­
cials,  there  is  nothing  to  be  gained  ex­
cept  in  the  way  adopted  by the English. 
This 
is  to  settle  up  the  new  countries 
with  whites,  civilize  the  balance  of  the 
native  people,  and  extend  our  com­
merce among  them.

colonies 

railways, 

Official  statistics  show  that,  in  the 
British 
to-day,  more  than 
$2,000,000,000 of  capital  owned  by  citi­
zens  of  the  mother  country  is  invested, 
loaned  at  low  rates  of 
interest,  and 
in  the  construction  of  high­
utilized 
ways, 
canals, 
telegraphs, 
schools,  churches,  colleges  and  all  of 
the appliances  which  tend  to  additional 
development,  physical,  mental 
and 
moral.  The  colonies  and  their  munici­
palities  have  the  advantage  of  being 
able  to  borrow  capital 
in  the  mother 
country  for  development  of  their  busi­
ness  enterprises,  the  securities  of  the 
British  colonies  being  constantly  quoted 
in  the  London  markets,  and  most  of 
them  at  more  than  par  value.

The  people  of  the  British  nation  are 
the  master  traders  of  the  planet  and  the 
most  daring  and  adventurous  in  search 
of  trade.  Will  the  people  of  the United 
States  follow  their  example? 
It  is  not 
likely.  The  American  people,  who  own 
no  ships 
in  the  foreign  trade  worth 
mention,  but  pay  $200,000,000 a  year  to 
foreign  ships  for  carrying  their  foreign 
trade,  can  scarcely  hope  to  handle  col­
onies  in  the  English  manner.  England 
and  Holland  are  the  only  countries  on 
earth  that  have  ever  bandied  colonies 
successfully.  The  people  of  the  United 
States  must  learn  of  them,  or  fail  igno- 
miniously._____________

industry  to  move  to  that  city. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Commercial  Club 
of  Terre  Haute,  the  other  night,  it  was 
resolved  that  no  bonus  should  be paid to 
any 
It 
was  explained  that  there  had  come to  be 
a  well-defined  class  of  manufactories 
which  move  from  town  to  town  and  are 
known  as  “ bonus-chasers. ”   The  Club 
decided  that 
it  was  advisable  to  offer 
good  sites  and  to  absolve  new industries 
from  paying  taxes  for  five  years,  but 
under  no  circumstances  should  a  cash 
bonus  be  paid.

The  first  cotton  mill  in  Kansas  will 
soon  commence  operations  in  Independ­
ence.  The  mill  building  is  200  by  60 
feet  in  dimensions,  and  was  donated  by 
the  citizens.  The  plant  will  manufac­
ture  thread  and  yarn.  Cloth  factories 
are  expected  to  follow.  The erection  of 
this  mill  means  an 
impetus  to  cotton 
raising 
in  that  section,  and  the  cotton 
acreage  this  year  will  be  increased  sev­
eral  times.

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Fruits and  Produce.

clean 
in  another  and  checks 

Observations  by  a  Gotham  Egg  Man
The  supply  of  cull  eggs  id  the  New 
York  market  has  increased  considerably 
of  late  and  while  the  very  best  grades 
of  them  have  been  meeting  a  very  fair 
demand  we  have  bad  a  slow  outlet  for 
lots  and  values  have  become 
inferior 
very 
irregular.  As  usual  with  all  eggs 
which are sold case count,  or by the  case, 
prices  show  considerable 
range  aDd 
there  are  some  points  as  to  packing 
these  goods  which  should  be  observed 
to  obtain  the  best  results.  Packers grade 
their  culls  variously;  some  pack  to­
gether  about  everything  that  is  thrown 
out  of  the  firsts;  some  pack  snail  and 
dirty  by themselves  and  checks by them­
selves;  some  pack  slightly  stained  and 
in  one  grade,  straight 
small 
dirties 
in  an­
other ;  and some candle their culls,  while 
others  do  not.  My  observation 
is  that 
it  does  not  pay  to  make  more  than  two 
grades  of  culls  under  ordinary  circum­
stances,  but  that  both  of  these  should  be 
carefully  candled  and  all  bad  eggs 
thrown  out,  together  with  those  likely 
to  become  bad  in  transit. 
If  the  goods 
are  properly  candled  and  packed 
it  is 
only  necessary  to  divide  the  grades  into 
“ checks”   and  “ dirties;”  
latter 
term  does  well  enough  for  very  small 
clean  and  dirty  mixed  together.  Some 
points  should  be  regarded  in  packing 
checks.  I  notice  some  lots,  otherwise  of 
good  quality,  which  arrive  in  bad order, 
owing  to  faults 
in  fillers  or  because 
many  eggs  were  put  in  which  were  too 
badly  broken 
racket. 
Where  the  cracks  extend  around  the egg 
most  of  the  way,  separating  the  shell 
nearly 
in  two,  the  eggs  should  be  kept 
out.  Furthermore,  heavy  fillers  should 
be  used  for  checks  and  cracks  because 
of  their  more  fragile  character.  If  these 
precautions  are  disregarded  the  break­
age  is  increased  and  the  cases  open 
in 
mussy 
condition;  moreover,  broken 
eggs  which  spread  around  in  the  fillers 
very  soon  mold  and  these  defects  re­
duce  price  materially.  All  eggs  which 
sell  at  mark  at  all  seasons  should  be 
packed  with  especial  care;  their 
in­
creased  value  fully  repays  the  greater 
care  required.

to  stand 

the 

the 

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Talking  with  a  Cuban  egg  exporter 
the  other  day  I  drew  out a  few  interest­
ing  points  about  the  requirements  of 
that  class of  trade:  The  Cuban demands 
have  formed  quite  an  important  outlet 
during  the  past  year  and  the  shipments 
from  here  have  run  between  about  3,000 
and  3,800 cases  per  week  for  some  time 
past.  Most  of  these  goods go to Havana, 
but  the  south  side  ships  take  a  few  hun­
dred  cases  also. 
I  asked  my  informant 
whether  there  was  any  difficulty  in  get 
ting  the  stock  down  to  Cuba  in  good 
shape  at  this  season.  He  replied  that 
it  depended  a  good  deal  upon  the  selec­
tion  of  the  stock  here. 
"T h e  egg  men 
call  me  extremely  paiticular, “   he  said, 
“ but  I  am  so  from  compulsion.  There 
are  no  refrigerators  on  the  steamers  and 
the  trip  to  Havana  takes  about  four 
days.  The  thermometer down  there  runs 
up  pretty  close  to  too deg.  now  and  if 
the  eggs  are  at  all  weak  they  go  rapidly 
to  the  bad.  We  require  a  heavy,  strong- 
meated  egg  and  even  with  the  utmost 
care  in  packing  the  losses  increase  con­
siderably  by  the  time  the  eggs  reach the 
Havana' trade. ’ ’

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Some 

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ginning  to  come  in  as  to  the  quantity

interesting  information 

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of  eggs  already  put  away 
in  various 
parts  of  the  country.  A  gentleman  who 
has  lately  been  devoting  considerable 
personal  attention  to  the  subject,  and 
who  is  in  a  position  to  get  reports  with 
some  accuracy,  informs  me  that  on  the 
third  of  May  Chicago  bad  iD store about 
180,000  cases,  which  was  about  55,000 
more  than  cn  the  same  date  last  year. 
He  asserts  that  Sioux  City  and  Cedar 
Rapids,  Iowa,  had  at  that  time  some­
what  less  eggs  than  a  year  ago,  but  that 
the  shortage  there  would  be  fully  offset 
by 
increased  accumulations  at  Kansas 
City  and  Omaha. 
learn  from  ethers 
who  should  know,  however,  that  Sioux 
City  has  rather  more  eggs  than  in  1898 
at  even  date.  A  correspondent  in  Kan­
sas  City  reports  about  60,000 cases  in 
that  market  last  week  and  a  probability 
that  the  season's  storage  there  would 
least  80,000  cases.  As  against 
be  at 
Chicago’s  surplus  compared  with 
last 
year  we  have  to  offset  shortages  in  near­
ly  all  Eastern  storage  centers at  present, 
although  Eastern  storage  men  are  gen­
looking  for  a  continued  inward 
erally 
movement 
it  is i 
probable  that  the  Eastern  shortages  will 
be  considerably  reduced  as  the  season 
advances.  Boston  is  about  40  per  cent 
short  of  last  year  and  New  York  is  esti­
mated  to  be  fully  50  per  cent  behind 
last  year’s  figures  of  even  date;  these 
shortages  together  probably  amount  to 
nearly  100,000  cases  and  an  equal  per­
centage  of  decrease  compared  with 
last 
year  would  probably  be  found  to  pre­
vail  in  the  Pennsylvania  and  New  York 
State  houses.— N.  Y.  Produce  Review.
Do  not  be  out  of  anything.  Do  not 
force  the  customer  to  take  something 
be  does  not  want,  for  the  unsatisfied 
customer 
is  never  continuous.  Have 
all  the  variety  needed,  but  don’t  have 
too  many  of  a  kind,  for  there  is  loss 
in 
overstock.

later  than  usual  and 

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It is all ground 
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would  get  another  man. 
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think  he does  it  right  be­
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has  been  enormous  this 
winter  and  doesn’t  seem 
to 
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News  from   the  Metropolis—Index  to 

Special Correspondence.

the  M arket.

New  York,  May  20—The  coffee  mar* 
ket  is  decidedly  firmer  than  a week ago. 
There 
is  a  difference  of  opinion  as  to 
the  reason  for  this.  Some  say  that  it  is 
owing  to  recent  heavy  purchases at  pri­
mary  points  by  men  who  are  not  asking 
a  good  profit on  their  holdings.  At any 
rate,  the  spot  market  here  is  looking  up 
and,  although 
jobbers  are  not  tumbling 
over  each  other to  purchase  coffee,  they 
report  a  generally  satisfactory  condi­
tion,  and  intimate  that  the  present  is  as 
good  a  time  as  any  that  wili  be  likely 
to  occur tois  year  for  retailers  to  pur­
chase  a  reasonable amount  of  coffee  for 
future  use.  No.  7  Rio 
is  quotable  at 
*6f£c.  The  amount  of  coffee  in  store  and 
afloat aggregates  1,180,239 bags,  against 
1,053  516  bags  at  the  same  time  last 
year.  As  to  the  speculative  market  lit­
tle  has  been  done  and  quotations  are 
practically  unchanged.  For  mild  coffees 
there  is  a  pretty  fair  demand  and  quo­
tations  are well adhered to.  Good Cucuta 
is  held  at  8%c.  The  market  for  East 
India  growths  maintains  about  the usual 
amount  of  activity,  parcels  being  taken 
for only  present  use.
While  prices ¡are  steady,  the  demand 
for teas  is  very,  very  light,  and  for  the 
last  half  of  the  week  there  might  be 
quite  truthfully  said  to  be  no  market  at 
all.  There 
is  no  pressure  on  the  part 
of  holders  to  part  with  their stocks  if 
they  must  make  any  concession in rates; 
and  on  the  other hand  those  who  may 
want  to  buy  seem  to  be  willing to “ wait 
for  the  wagon"  awhile  longer  and  see 
if  they  can’t  pick  up  some  bargains.

The  market  for  raw  sugars  is not  as 
firm  as last week.  Refined  are fairly  firm 
in  price.  The  demand  is  not  especially 
active,  although,  taking  the  orders  to­
gether,  they  represent  a  fair  aggregate, 
and  many  of  them  are  new,  instead  of 
simply  closing  up  old  contracts.  Softs 
have  been  shaded  a  trifle,  but  hards 
remain  without  change.
The  rice  situation 

is  one  that  gives 
satisfaction  all  around.  The  jobbers  are 
pretty  well  stocked  up  and  are  making 
no  urgent  calls  for  goods,  but  meantime 
hold  onto  prices  quoted  with  tenacity. 
Buyers,  both  local  and  out  of  town,  are 
taking  oniy  enough  to  meet 
immediate 
wants  and  seem  to  think  there  is  no  use 
of  taking  any  quantity  ahead.  Japan 
rice  moves  as  rapidly  as  any  other  sort 
and 
is  quotable  at  4 jf @50 ;  Patna,  5@ 
5%c;  prime  to  choice  domestic,  3% 
@6Hc.
Buyers  and  sellers  of  spices  have 
drifted  apart  so  far  that  there  has  been 
little  business going  forward  in  any line 
of  spices  this  week.  Bids  were  made 
of  io&c  for  Singapore  pepper,  but  11c 
was  held  for and  the  transaction  did not 
take  place,  although a  pretty  good  quan­
tity  was  involved  in  the  deal.  Zanzibar 
cloves are  well  held  at 7 A @7 Ac.
Sales  of  fancy  Ponce  molasses  were 
made  at  34c;  choice,  32c.  The  general 
market  for  foreign  grades  is  firm,  al­
though  not  a  great  amount  of  stock  is 
changing  hands. 
In  domestic  grades 
the  stock  of  grocery  grades  is  not  over­
abundant  and  prices  are  decidedly  firm. 
Good  to  prime centrifugal,  i 6@26c.  The 
syrup  market  is  firm.  Stocks  are  well 
cleaned  up  and  the general  condition  is 
satisfactory  to holders.  Prime  to  fancy 
sugar  syrup  is  well  held  within  a  range 
of  20@25C.
Aside  from  some  interest  shown in the 
salmon  market,  the  general 
line  of 
canned  goods  has  been  quiet  during  the 
week.  Salmon  is  very  interesting 
just 
now  and  the  Columbia  River  pack  is 
said  to  be  entirely  sold  out,  although 
one  or  two  canners  “ may”   be  able  to 
take  a  few  more orders. 
It  is  certain 
that  orders  are  being  turned  down  every 
day  and  that  sales  are  way  ahead  of  last 
year.  There  is  a  fair  demand  for  future 
tomatoes,  sales  having  been  made at 70c 
for  Delaware  No.  3s,  delivered  in  New 
York.  New  Jersey 
futures,  8o@8sc. 
Corn  is  moving  freely  and leading pack­
ers  bold  from  8o@8sc  f.  o.  b.  Portland. 
Peaches  are quiet.  A  good— fairly  good 
— crop  of  fruit 
is  said  to be  promised 
in  the  Peninsula.  Little  is
this  year 

doing  in  peas.  Early  June,  7S@8oc.
There  has  been  a  fair  demand  for 
lemons and  oranges  and  prices  are  well 
sustained.  California  oranges  are  about 
“ done  for”   this  season.  Sicily  lemons, 
$2.7S@4  25 ;  Sicily  oranges,  $3@3  50 
Fancy  Rodi  oranges,  $4  2$@;.  Califor­
nia  navels,  $3.75@5.5o.  latter  for  fancy 
stock.  Seedlings,  $3@3  50.

California  dried  truits  are  in  rather 
light  supply  and  prices  are  firm.  Do­
mestic  dried  are  moving  rather  slowly. 
Choice  evaporated  apples  are g%c,  with 
fancy  stock  y£c  more.
The  bean  market  is  dull,  with  little 
immediate  prospect  of 
improvement. 
Choice  marrow,  $1.50;  medium,  $1-35; 
pea,  $i.32J£@i.35 ;  red  kidney,  $1.80; 
white  kidney,  $1.80.

The  demand  for  butter  is  sufficient  to 
keep  stocks  from  accumulating  to  any 
dangerous  extent  and  the outlook is fair­
ly  satisfactory.  Extra  Western  cream­
ery  is  held  at  19c  and  seems  to  go  read­
ily  at  this  figure.  Firsts  to  thirds,  I5@ 
i8>£c;  imitation  creamery,  firsts,  I4@ 
15c ;  finest  Western  dairy,  14c.
The  cheese  market  is  very  quiet.  Ex­
porters  seem  to  have  supplied  all  wants 
and  home  trade  wants  but  little.  Ar­
rivals  during  the  last  three  days  of  the 
week  were  lighter and  the  accumulation 
now  is  not  excessive.  Full  cream  new 
cheese  is  worth  9c  for  colored,  and  Ac 
more  for  white;  old  cheese, 
fair  to 
choice, io@ii}£c.

Arrivals  of  eggs  have  been  pretty well 
taken  care  of  and  the  market  presents  a 
fairly 
Best 
from 
Western  stock  will  bring 
i4@ 
14 Ac.  The  latter  is  probably  top.

satisfactory 

condition. 

Prime  Southern  potatoes  are  worth  up 
State  and  Western,  per 

to $4  per bbl 
180  lbs.,  $i@ i.75.

Danish  Egg  Methods.

From the National Provisioner.

Viggo  Scbfartz,  the  Danish  expert  in 
egg  packing,  was  some  time  ago  taken 
to  Ireland  by  the  Irish  Agricultural  Or­
ganization  Society  to  teach  Erin’s  sons 
how  to  pack  eggs.  The  Danish  method 
of  sorting  and  packing  eggs 
is  as  fol­
lows :  The  eggs  are brought  to  the pack­
ing  houses,  and  there  they  are  graded  to 
six  sizes,  namely,  from  13  lbs.  to  18  lbs. 
per  long  hundred. 
It  may  be  explained 
that  eggs  weighing  2  ounces  each  would 
scale  at  15 
lbs.  per  120.  and  this  is 
about the  medium  size.  The  men  who 
are  engaged  in  the work of packing have 
six  boxes  before  them  representing  the 
different  sizes.  They  use  no  board  as 
in  France,  and  are  simply  guided  by 
the  eye.  Each  egg 
judged  as  to 
which  size it is  nearest,  and  put  into  the 
box  corresponding  to the  size.  The sys­
tem 
is  simple,  and  so  skillful  do  the 
experts become  that  when  120  eggs  are 
taken  out  of  the  box  as  a  test,  and  put 
upon  the  scale, they are rarely  more  than 
1  ounce  out  of  the  prescribed  weight. 
If  after  the  eggs  are  scaled  they  are 
much  out,  the  packers  have  to  re-sort 
them.  The  method  of packing  eggs  con­
sidered  the  best  is  in  wood  wool,  and  it 
is  an  undoubted  fact  that  eggs  graded 
and  packed  in  this  way  Lent  from  Ire­
land,  chiefly  from  the  Mallow  district, 
have been  able  to  out-distance most suc­
cessfully  eggs  from  the  continent.

is 

Electricity  for Eggs.

A  St.  Paul  electrician  has  discovered 
a  method  for  preserving  eggs 
in  an 
edible  condition  for  a  number  of  years. 
The  new  method  is  quite  complicated. 
It  is  well  known  that  an  egg  shell  is 
more  or  less  porous,  and  that  air  passes 
into  the  egg  and  hastens  its  decay. 
In 
preserving  eggs  by  the  new  method,  the 
egg  is  first  placed  in  a  vacuum chamber 
which  draws  the  air  from  the 
interior. 
The  eggs  are  then  painted  with  a  com­
position  which  renders  them  air-tight. 
After  this,  they  are  placed  in  barrels  of 
water and  subjected  to  an  electric  cur­
rent  strong  enough  to  destroy  any  germ 
life  which  may  be  present.

Cruel  Gibe.

Waiter— Will  you  have  Spanish  cream 

on  your berries?

Guest—What  kind  of cream  is  that? 
Waiter— Why,  whipped  cream,  of 

course.

§ Ready  for  Business

We  take  pleasure  in  announcing  to  the  shippers  and  retail 
merchants  of  Michigan  that  our  new  cold  storage  warehouse 
is  now  fully  completed  and  ready  for  business.  We  espe­
cially call  attention  to  our  facilities  for  storing

EGGS,  BUTTER  AND  POULTRY

which  are  unsurpassed  by  any  cold  storage  establishment  in 
the  country.  We  also  store  seeds,  beans  and  all  kinds  of 
produce 
furnished. 
Correspondence  solicited. 

in  dry  storage.  Warehouse  receipts 

Inspection  invited.

Grand Rapids Cold Storage Co.

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POULTRY,  VEAL  AND  GAME

Consignments  Solicited.

Quotations  on  Application.

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W.  R.  Brice  &  Co.

Produce Commission Merchants

Butter,  Eggs  and  Poultry

500 Cars  of  Fine  Fresh 

Eggs  Wanted

W e are in  the  market  for five  hundred 
(500)  cars  of  fine  eggs  suitable  for 
cold  storage.  Write  for  prices  either 
to our  branch  house  in  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich.,  or  Manchester,  Mich.  W e  will 
take  your  eggs  f.  o.  b.  cars  your  sta­
tion,  and  pay  you  all  we  can  afford 
consistent with  Eastern  markets.

Our Main  House in Philadelphia  wants  all  the  Creamery  and  Dairy 
Butter you can  ship.  We have an  unlimited outlet, can  realize  you  outside 
prices  and  make  you  prompt  satisfactory  sales.  Let  your  shipments 
come freely. 

Yours very truly,

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ice  house,  where 

frost  should  be  removed  from  the  pipes 
and  the  air  exhausted  from  the  build­
ing  at  least  once  in  every  twenty-four 
hours.  Many  a  time,  under  the  old 
conditions,  has  the  writer  thought  he 
bad  fine  stock.  He  watched 
it  very 
carefully  once  a  week,  and  everything 
would  appear  to  be  going  exactly  right 
Suddenly  the  weather  became  cold,  the 
thermometer  registered  below  freezing 
and  the  eggs  began  to  deteriorate.  Tb 
was  more  particularly  the  case  in  the 
old-fashioned 
it  was 
impossible  to  maintain  a  temperature 
much  below  36  degrees.  This  can  be 
avoided  in  modern  bouses  by  following 
the  foregoing  method.  The  same  wi 
be  found  equally  true  in  the  old-fash 
ioned 
ice  houses.  The  old-fashioned 
ice  house  requires  more care  and  more 
fresh  air,  from  the  fact  that  all  the 
gases  developed  in  the  carrying  of  the 
eggs  have  impregnated  the  ice.  and  for 
that  reason  a 
larger  quantity  of  ai_ 
should  be  used  to  free  it  from  these 
odors.  The  humidity 
in  the  storage 
rooms  is  regulated  by  the  use  of  chlo 
ride  of  calcium 
in  pans,  according  to 
the  temperature  at  which  the  house  i 
run.  This  table  can  be  obtained 
in 
any  modern  work  on  refrigeration.  No 
matter  how  good  your  eggs  have  been 
put  up  or  bo*  well  they  have  been held, 
f  they  don’t  have  proper attention when 
taken  out,  there  will  be  trouble.  Every 
held  egg,  before  shipping,  should  be 
placed  in  the  storage cases  in  a  temper 
ature  of  50 degrees  to  55  degrees  to  al 
low  the  chill  to  pass  off  without  con 
densation.  They  should  then  be  re 
packed 
into  new,  dry  fillers  that  have 
never  been  used  in  a  storehouse.  Then 
you  have  eggs  that  will  stand  up.  On 
the  contrary,  if  you  ship 
in  original 
cases  and  allow  the  eggs  to  remain  in 
them  for  any  length  of  time,  you  will 
find  a  fuzz  growing  on  the  eggs  in  the 
middle  of  the  cases  and  permeating  the 
entire  case. 
This  can  positively  be 
avoided  by  closely  adhering  to  this 
method. 

Win f ie l d   W in t h r o p,

9 

Expert  Advice  on  the  Storage  of 

Eggs.

Every  one  has  his  own  opinion  re 

garding  the  storage of  eggs;  and  he 
entitled  to 
it.  The  writer  has  made 
very  close  study of this particnlar branch 
of  the  business,  extending  over a  period 
of  twenty-nine  years.  Our  first  exper. 
ence  was  in  an  old-fashioned  ice  bouse, 
to  enter  which  without  the  damaging  of 
one’s  clothing  necessitated  the  wearing 
of  a  pair  of  rubber  boots  and  a  mackin 
tosh  and  the  carrying  of  an  umbrella 
The  eggs  were  put  loosely  into  crates 
and  placed  on  shelves.  The  venture 
was  very  successful,  and  fortune favored 
the  speculator.

At  the  present  time,  if one  stored  in 
that  manner  one  would  expect  to  have 
all  the  eggs  rotten.  Since  that  time  the 
science of  refrigeration  has  made  many 
steps,  and  with  our  modern  houses  it  L 
possible  to  hold  eggs  perfectly  sweet  for 
a  very 
long  time.  Eggs  packed  for 
refrigeration  should  contain  nothing  but 
first-class  stock  free  from  cracks  or frac 
tured  eggs.

Every  man  that  stores  eggs  has  hi 
own  opinion  on  the  question  of  fillers, 
The  writer  to-day  favors  a  good,  com 
mon,  strawboard  filler  that  is  well  made 
and  hard  calendered.  A  great  many 
favor  odorless  fillers.  Experiments  con 
ducted  over  a  series  of  years  have given 
results  in  the  common  filler  fully  equal 
to  any  of  the  odorless.  On  this  point 
each  man  must  judge 
for  himself. 
Eggs  should  be  stored  as  near  the  point 
•  of  production  as  possible,  for  it  will  be 
conceded  by  everyone  that  eggs  will 
keep  better  if  they have  not been shaken 
up  and  subjected  to  changes  in  temper 
ature  necessitated  by  shipment  to dis 
tant  storehouses.

it 

is 

intended 

It  would  be  better  still 

if  the  eggs 
could  be  repacked  in  the  storehouse  in 
to  bold  them. 
which 
This,  in  most  instances,  is 
impossible, 
but  many  of  the  men  who  store  in  the 
East  do  so.  One  broken  egg  will  spoil 
a  whole  layer,  and  possibly  half  a  case. 
How  many  times  one  hears  a  man  say, 
“ My  held  eggs  lea n   sell  for  fresh. “  
He  may  be  able  to  do  that  in  the  West 
ern  markets,  aside  from  Chicago,  but 
an  egg  candler  in  Chicago,  New  York, 
Boston  or  Philadelphia  that  could  not 
tell  held  stock  the  moment  he  placed 
it 
to  the  light  would  lose  his  job  in  an  in­
stant.  Be  content 
if  your  eggs  will 
grade  under  inspection  in  New  York  as 
“ refrigerator 
sell  " a t 
mark."

firsts”   and 

in 

its 

In  regard  to  temperature,  some  claim 
that  28  degrees  will  not  hurt  the  eggs, 
and 
if  there  chances  to  be  a  broken  or 
fractured  egg,  it  will  freeze  and  thus 
not  spoil  the  eggs 
immediate 
vicinity.  This  may  be  all  right,  but  it 
approaches  the  danger  limit,  and  it  is 
not  necessary  to  have  broken  eggs  if 
goods  are  carefully  examined  before 
storing.  And  again,  a  temperature  as 
low  as  this  chills  the  egg  and  weakens 
its  keeping  properties  when  taken  from 
cold  storage.  Experiments 
for  yeass 
have  demonstrated  that  32  degrees  is 
more  nearly  the  proper  point,  and  a 
bouse  holding  at  that  temperature,  with 
hygrometer  reading  69  degrees,  should 
turn  out  good  eggs,  other  conditions 
being  right.

The  trouble  in  the  egg  storing  busi­
ness  commences  just  as  soon  as  the  out­
side  temperature  goes 
lower  than  the 
house.  Then  circulation  ceases  and  the 
air  becomes  dead.  When  this  point  is 
approached 
in  modern  bouses,  either 
brine  circulation  or  direct radiation,  the

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there or delivered in  Buffalo.

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REFERENCES:

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Ventilated Barrels  f
The very best barrel in which to ship  Apples,  Po­

tatoes, Pears and all kinds of Produce.

Because the contents  will  be  properly  ventilated, 
which prevents over-heating and consequent de­
cay and loss.  The “ Hercules” can  be  shipped 
knock down  in bundles, thus  making  a  saving 
in freight.

To set up the “ Hercules”  no skill is required.  You 
can be your own  cooper  and  save  money.  300 
“ Hercules”   barrels  can  be  hauled  on  a  farm 
wagon.  The  “ Hercules” is strong in the bilge 
and has  no inside lining hoops.

For catalogue and prices write

Hercules Wooden ware Co.,

290 W. 20th  Place, Chicago, III.

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W here  the  Eggs  Go.

One  would  think  that  almost  any 
country  could  produce  all  the  eggs  its 
people  consume.  Some  of  the  largest 
countries,  however,  import  an  enormous 
number  of  eggs. 
It  takes  about  a  bil­
ion  and  a  half  of  eggs  every  year  to 
supply the  demand  in  Great  Britain  and 
Ireland,  besides  all  the  eggs  that  are 
produced  there.  Forty  per  cent,  of  the 
eggs  consumed  in  the  United  Kingdom 
are brought  from  twenty  foreign 
lands, 
ncluding  several  of the British colonies.
Germany  comes  next  to  Great  Britain 
in 
as  the 
Europe.  Her  imports  are  a  little  over 
is 
obliged 
from  $16,000,000  to 
$ iq , ooo, ooo  a  year  for  the  eggs  she  buys 
from  other  countries.  The  reason  why 
Germany  does  not  produce  enough  eggs 
for  her  own  consumption 
is  that  the 
dampness  of  the  country  causes  large 
mortality  among  chickens,  and,  besides, 
large districts  are occupied by  extensive 
estates,  where  the  peasantry  live  in  v il­
lages,  which  prevents  them  keeping  a 
large  number  of  bens.

billion  and  a  half a  year,  and  she 

largest  consumer  of  eggs 

to  pay 

Japan 

is  now  using  a  great  many 
eggs,  although  few  are  produced  in  the 
country.  As  they  are  very  much cheaper 
in  China,  the  eggs  Japan  uses  are  al­
most  all  imported  from  that  country.

Russia  is  the  largest  exporter of eggs. 
The  number  sent  from  that  country 
in 
1896  was  1,475.000.000,  of  which  289,- 
000,000  were  shipped  to  the  UnitdH 
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From   the  Standpoint  o f  the  Country 

Editor.
W ritten for the Tradesman.

I 

have  noticed  that  you  have been 

It 

greatly  exercised,  in  recent 
issues  of 
the  Tradesman,  in  regard  to  the  stand 
many  of  the  country  editors  have  taken 
in  accepting  foreign  advertisements  of 
the  Montgomery  Ward  species  in  com­
petition  with  their  home  merchants, 
even  intimating  that  some  of  them  can 
not  see  farther  than  the  end of their nose 
when  they  do  so.  Let  us  see  whether 
they  can  or  not. 
is  all  very  nice, 
and 
looks  well  in  print,  to  theorize  on 
this question,  but cold,  hard  facts  knock 
theories 
into  smithereens  every  time. 
The  few  years  that  I  have  spent  in  a 
country  printing  office  have  convinced 
me  that  any  country  editor  is  a  great 
big  chump  to  refuse  legitimate  foreign 
advertising,  unless  be 
can  receive 
enough  home advertising  to warrant him 
in  doing  so.  But  if  a  country  editor  is 
so  unfortunate  as  to  be  located  in a town 
where  the  business  man  returns  from 
some  neighboring  city  with  his  arms 
full  of  bundles  of  various  shapes,  which 
he  could  have  bought  in  his  own  town 
from  bis  neighbor  merchant;  where this 
same  business  man  bemoans  the  fact 
that  such  and  such  a  person  went  out  of 
town  for an  article  that  could  be  bought 
just  as  cheap  from  him ;  where  there 
are  business  men  who  refuse  to  patron 
ize  you  just  because  you  happen  to  dif­
fer  with  them  politically  or  on  matters 
of  local  interest;  where  there  are  busi 
ness  men  who  never  patronize  a  printet 
from  one  year’s  end  to  another,  because 
all  their  stationery  is  donated  to  them 
by  some  large  soap,  saleratus  or  thread 
manufacturing concern,  or else use  blank 
paper and envelopes and  daub  them with 
a  rubber  stamp,  it  makes  the  country 
editor  drop  his  head  and,  as  the  little 
boy  said,  think  and  think  and  think 
where  bis  bread  and  butter  are  to  come 
from.

Then  there 

is  another  view  to  be 
il 
taken  of  this  question,  which  I  will 
lustrate  bv  a  case  that  happened 
in  my 
office  to-day.  A  gentleman  residing  in 
a  large  city  near  my  town  came  in  and 
gave  me  an  order  fora  lot  of  stationery. 
Following  out  the  rule  which  W.  S.  H 
Welton  lays  so  much  stress  upon  in  the 
Tradesman  of  April  ig,  I  ought  to  have 
refused  this  job.  Do  you  suppose  I 
was  chump  enough  to  do  it?  Not  much. 
An  advertisement  from  him  would 
have  been  accepted  just  as  eagerly,  for 
the  good  Lord  only  knows  how  big  a 
dollar  looks  to  me  when  I  can  get  sight 
of  it.

There  are  merchants  in  my  town  who 
are  constantly  supplying  customers  in

this  same  neighboring  city,  and  they 
often  wait on  strangers  from  Chicago, 
Detroit  and  elsewhere,  but  I  have  never 
heard  of  their  refusing  to  furnish  them 
with  anything  they  wanted  from  their 
stores,  if  the  cash  was  forthcoming. 
Then  why  should  a  country  editor  (ex­
cept  as  noted  above)  refuse  to  accept 
cash  for  his advertising  space,  which  is 
bis  stock  in  trade,  from  reliable  foreign 
bouses  when  they  want 
it?  The  “ Buy 
Goods  in  Chicago”  advertisement  is  not 
It  emanates  from  a  reliable 
a  fake. 
firm,  which  does  exactly  as 
it  agrees 
and,  furthermore,  it  is  not  engaged 
in 
cutting  the  throats  of  country  printers 
by  furnishing  country  merchants  with 
free  stationery.

When  merchants  stand  by  the  country 
editor  under  such  circumstances,  they 
deserve  to be  complimented;  but giving 
the  other  fellows  free  advertising  by 
everlastingly  harping  on  patronizing 
home  merchants,  and  never  get a  cent 
in  return  from  them,  is getting  to  be  too 
big  a  pill  for  me  to  swallow.

To  paraphrase  Brother  Welton*s  clos­
ing  remarks:  From  an  ethical  stand­
point.  both  country  merchant  and  the 
concerns  who  furnish free stationery  (the 
irch  enemies  of  the  country printer)  are 
to blame. 

Cou n try  E d it o r .

The  O bject  of  Window  Displays.
Time  was  when  the  window  trimmers 
in  the  larger  cities  were  crowding  each 
other  so  closely  that  all  sorts  of  devices 
were  resorted  to  in  the  effort  to  secure 
novelty,  but  now  the  feeling  is  differ­
ent.  The  blocking  of  the  street  in  front 
of  the  window  by  a  curious crowd  is  not 
held  to  be  the  purpose  of  mercantile 
display.  The  real  and  only  reasonable 
object  is  the  convincing  of  the  passer­
by  that  there  is  just  the  thing  he or  sbe 
needs,  and  that  the  price  is  right.  The 
crowding  of  the  highway  by  an  idle 
pack  of  humanity  is  oftentimes  a way  to 
lefeat the  very  intent  of  the  show. 
It 
makes  busy  people  angry  to  be  retarded 
in  their  walk.  Besides  this,  no  one can 
learn  much  from  a  series  of  “ living 
□ictures, ”   or  a  water-wheel  in  motion. 
That  kind  of  entertainment distracts  the 
mind  from  the  thought  of  purchasing. 
For  this  reason  the  most  skillful  of  the 
city  window  trimmers  have  ceased  to 
use  anything  but  actual  goods  in  this 
work,  although  they  resort  to  an  occa­
sional  mechanical  arrangement  for  the 
display  during 
the  holiday  season. 
That  is  legitimate,  however.  The  idea 
is  to  claim  attention  first,  and  then  fix 
it  upon  the  goods  and  prices  that  are 
to  be  found  inside.

She  W asn’t  T here.

Young  Bride—I  didn’t  accept  Tom 

the  first  time  he  proposed.

you  didn’t. ‘

Miss  Ryval  (slightly envious)—I know 
Bride—How  do  you  know?
Miss  Ryval—You  weren’t  there.

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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 5pice Co.,

Grand Rapids.

NOW  YOU 
SEE  IT

¿n all  about  you  and 

everywhere that 
the  merchant 

who has  the  best  system  of  doing'  business  and 
sticks to one pre-arranged  plan, succeeds  in  doing 
a profitable trade, while  he who  has  no  plan, try­
ing to  run  without  system, will  see  his  business 
get away from and final ruin swamp him.

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shown at  top, used with  our  system  of  business, 
will insure success, as it  stons all leaks, keeps ones 
business standing  prominently in mind, saves time, 
labor and  money,  thus  continually  piling  up  the 
ingredients of all fortunes.

NOW  YOU  DON’T

think for a minute  that  our  entire working  force, 
planning  for years  a  perfect  system,  can  fail  in 
showing advantages  to  you,  by which  your  busi­
ness would be  benefited.  We  have  practical  sys­
tems adapted to nearly all kinds of  retail  merchan­
dising, and would  be pleased to aid  you  in  placing 
your business on a profitable basis.  The  merchant 
without svstem stands no show against  his  neigh­
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To  meet  the  demands  of  the  people,  raisins,  currants,  mincemeat, starch, crackers 
and cereals must be put up in neat packages.  We  make  a  specialty  of  this class of 
work.  We also make cartons for bottles, cans and  powders.  Mailing tubes to order 
on short notice.  Work guaranteed.  Write for prices.

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and  Queen  Flake  Baking Powder.  Mdnufactured 
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Lansing,  Mich.

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Liquid  Air

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It  is  ex­
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In  fact,  such  decisive  results  are  predicted  that  it 
will  be  like  the  introduction  of

Our  Coffees  and  Teas

am ong  m iscellaneous  coffees  and  teas 
“ w on’ t  be  in  it.”   A ll  our  coffees  roasted  on  day  of  shipm ent.
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14

Shoes  and  Leather
Reminiscences  o f  an  Octogenarian. 
Written for the  T r a d e s m a n .

“ Lord,  keep  my  memory  green,”   is 
the  devout  aspiration  of all  of  us  who 
have  passed  the  three  score  and  ten 
limit  and  are  now  living,  so  to  speak, 
on  borrowed  time. 
I know  of  no better 
way  of  preserving  the perennial beauties 
of  a  green  old  age  than by turning back­
ward  the  leaf  of  memory  and  contrast 
ing  the  past  with  the  present. 
It  seems 
interesting  and  profitable  to  mark 
both 
the  progress 
in  the  small  affairs  oi 
life,  as  well  as  the  greater 
everyday 
events  that  pass 
in  panoramic  view 
across  the  vision  of  the  aged  thinker. 
Mental  activity  is  as  necessary  to  lon­
gevity  as  physical  energy.  They  act  to­
in  their  efforts  to  round  out  a 
gether 
If  one  is 
cheerful  and  useful  old  age. 
the 
allowed  to  lapse 
other  soon  follows  and  then 
it  is  not 
long  before  the  record  closes.  Ten  years 
of  the  life  of  an  octogenarian  have  beei 
spent  in  childhood  and  seventy  in  stor­
ing  the  memory  with  the  experiences 
and  impressions  of  whatever  may  have 
fallen  in  his  way  along  life’s  journey.

into  desuetude 

Commercial  changes  in  the  manner  oi 
doing  business,  the  greater  variety  ol 
merchandise  of  every  kind,  manufac­
tured  and  handled,  new  enterprises  and 
new  articles  that  have  been  added  tc 
the  list,  as  well  as  the  wonderful  im­
provements  upon  the  old  styles,  will 
form  the  subject  of  this  and  other 
sketches  that  may  appear  from  time  to 
time 
I  propose  in 
this  short  paper  to  give  its  readers  a 
history  of  the  manufacture  of  shoes 
from  India  rubber  in 
its  infancy,  to­
gether  with  some  idea,  if  possible,  of 
what  they 
like  when  manufac­
tured.

in  the  Tradesman. 

looked 

India  rubber  shoes  were first  manu 
in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  in  183V. 
factured 
and  verily  they  were  “ fearfully  ana 
wonderfully  made. ”   They  really  bore 
no  resemblance  whatever  to  a  shoe. 
They  had  the appearance  of  being  run 
into  moulds,  or  blown  the  same  as  glass 
bottles  are  made.  They  were  made  of 
pure  rubber  gum.  No  attempt  was made 
to  imitate  the  shape  of  the  shoe  or  foot 
they  were  intended  to  cover. 
In  shape 
they  were hollow  tubes  tapering  towards 
the  toe.  At  the  place  where  the opening 
to  pull  them  over  the  shoe  should  be 
was  an 
irregular  hole,  without  shape, 
just  as  they  came  from  the  mould.  This 
hole  was  enlarged  with  a  sharp  pair  of 
shears  to  fit  the  instep,  or  cut  high  or 
low  to  suit  the  taste  or  caprice  of  the 
customer.  This  work  was  done  by  the 
salesman  after  the  buyer  had  selected, 
according  to  his  requirement,  heavy  or 
light,  thick  or  thin.  Men’s  sizes  were 
very  heavy. 
I  frequently  saw  the  soles 
from  one  fourth  to  a  half  inch  in  thick­
ness.  They  were  tied 
in  pairs  and 
stuffed  with  straw  or hay  to  keep  them 
in  shape  for  shipment. 
The  reader 
will  readily  form  an  idea  of the  clumsy 
appearance  of  a  lady’s  foot  encased  in 
such  a  huge 
ill-shaped  mass  of  India 
rubber gum,  weighing  at  least  a  pound, 
as  compared  with  the  light  and  truly 
artistic  appearance  of the present styles.
The  first  attempt  at  making  overshoes 
of  India  rubber did  not  prove  a success, 
a  large  amount  of  capita  being  sunk  in 
the  experiment,  as  well  as  all  the  un­
sold  stock.  They  answered  the  purpose 
in  cold  weather,  but  would not  stand  the 
heat,  melting 
into  a  disgusting  mass. 
Well  do  I  remember  the  first  pair of 
rubber  shoes  I  ever  saw.  They  were

brought  from  Connecticut  to  Western 
New  Yotk,  where  I  lived,  by  a  relative 
of  our  family  when  he  came  on  a  visit. 
That  was  in  the  winter  of  1833.  They 
were  regarded  as  a  great  curiosity,  and 
upon  his  return  home  in  March  he gave 
them  to  a  cousin,  who  put  them  care­
fully  away  for  use  the  coming  winter; 
but  before  the  dog  days  were  passed 
they  gave  out  unmistakable evidences of 
decomposition  and  upon  examination 
they  were  found  to  be  a  molten  putrid 
mass.

they  were 

Rapidly  following  this  era  of 

Experiments  to  remedy  this  difficulty 
resulted 
in  reaching  the  opposite  ex­
treme,  the  cold  weather  freezing  them 
so  hard  as  to  make  them  brittle,  so 
that  they  could  not  be  drawn  over  the 
shoes  until 
thoroughly 
is  the  shoe  I  have  at­
warmed.  This 
tempted  particularly  to  describe,  and 
this  obstacle  to  success  was  not  over­
come  until  Charles  Goodyear  discovered 
his  process  of  vulcanizing  rubber, 
which  has  rendered  bis  name  immortal.
im­
provements  the  India  rubber  shoes  be­
gan  to  assume  beauty  of  pioportion  and 
practical  utility. 
lasted 
tnd  the  shoe  merchant  threw  aside  his 
shears.  I  recall  one  particularly  popular 
style  that  had  a  great  run  for a  couple 
of  years.  They  were  trimmed  with  fur 
around  the  tops  and  came  well  up  on 
the  ankles.  Dickens  has  immortalized 
this  particular style  by  placing  them  on 
the  feet  of  the  pretty  Arabella  that  Mr. 
Winkle  met  and  fell  in  love  with  while 
visiting  with  Mr.  Pickwick  at  Old 
Wardles.

They  were 

As  I  have  before  stated,  all  rubber 
shoes  were  made  from  the  solid  gum  at 
that  time  and  I  am  safe  in  saying  that 
a  single  pair  would  outweigh  six  pairs 
of those  now  in  market.  Besides  being 
heavy  and  ugly,  they  were  often  pain­
ful  from  being  so  tightly  stretched  over 
the  foot.  They  made  the  wearer  look 
clubfooted  and  any  attempt  at  embel­
lishment  was  a  failure  and  made  them 
appear  clumsier  still.  But  this  condi­
tion  of  things  was  not  to  last. 
In  1844 
Goodyear  perfected  his  vulcanizing 
process and  his  method  of spreading  the 
pure gum  upon  elastic  textile  fabrics, 
and  the  manufacture of  rubber  shoes has 
since  improved  from  year  to  year  until 
they  have become  a  thing  of  beauty.

When  we  contrast  the  dainty  close- 
fitting  highly-polished  rubber  shoe  of 
1899  with  the  heavy  shapeless  mass  of 
India  rubber  called  shoes  of  1833  we 
must  realize  the  triumph  of  inventive 
genius  in  this  one  direction  which  has 
characterized  the  last  half  of  this  Nine­
teenth  Century.

The  untold  value  of  India  rubber  to 
the  world  of  commerce  and  manufac­
tures  may  prove  the  theme  for  a  future 
paper. 

w.  S.  H.  W e l t o n .

At  the  Mercy  o f the  Legislature. 
General  Butler  was  one  of  a  commis­
sion  to  examine  young  applicants  for 
admission  to  the  bar,  and  before  biro 
came a  youth  who  failed  miserably  on 
all  that  pertained  to jurisprudence,  case 
law,  civil  law,  sumptuary  law,  unwrit­
ten  law,  and  due  process  of  law.  Fin­
ally  Butler  asked:

What  would  you  like  to be examined 
in?  You  have  failed  in  everything  we 
have  suggested.”

The. reply  came:  “ Try  me  on  the 

statutes;  I'm  up  on  them.”

Butler shook  his  head  solemnly.  “ My 
young  friend,”   he  said,  “ I ’m  afraid 
you  won  t  do.  You  may  be  ever  so  fa­
miliar  with  the  statutes,  but  what  is  to 
prevent  a  fool  legislature  from  repeal­
ing  all  youjknow?”

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LYCOMINGS are the best  Rubbers made;  25 and  5  per  cent,  from  list. 
KEYSTO N ES are the best seconds made;  25-5-10 per cent, from list.

We sell them and  want your orders.

We also have  WOONSOCKET Rubbers;  25-5-5  Per cent, from list. 
RHODE  ISLANDS 25-5-5-10 per cent, from list.

Our agents will  call on you soon with rubber samples;  also a  line  of 
Fall  Leather  samples which  is  much  more  complete  than  ever before, 
and we think much superior  to  anything we  have  ever  shown  before. 
Look them over and  we feel confident that you will  find  something  that 
will be to your interest to buy.  We have quite a  full  line  of  the  justly 
celebrated Snedicor & Hathaway shoes at factory prices.  We will ap­
preciate your orders.

GEO.  H.  REEDER  <& CO.,

£   19  SOUTH  IONIA STREET. 

GRAND RAPIDS,  MICH.  £

I OUR  DISCOUNT 

I

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fc : 

£= 

^  

from Gross Price List on  Rubber Boots and Shoes for
’99 will be as follows:

Until  October 31st: 

After October 31st:

Federal Brand, 25,  10 and  5  per cent. 
Woonsocket Brand, 25, 5 and  5  per cent.
Candee Brand, 25 and  5  per cent.

Terms  November  ist, net 30 days 

Federal  Brand, 25 and  10 per cent. 
Woonsocket  Brand, 25 and 5  per cent.
Candee  Brand, 25  per cent. 
7 Pir cent,  per annum and  1  per cent,  extra  discount  ^5 
allowed 
Goods shipped and billed after November  ^8 
ist are net 30 days.

^
If paid  prior to  November  10th  ^

Our stock  of Tennis Shoes is very complete.

We solicit correspondence. 

^8
STUDLEY  &  BARCLAY,  Qrand  Rapids.  ^
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Tiiuüiüiüiüiiäimiüüiiuiuüuuüuumiumüuaü^

W e  are  in  the  market  with  the  best  § 
|

Rubbers  on  earth  and  in  water. 

Wales=Goodyear

Terms  Nov  ist,  30 days.
Wales-Goodyear,  25  and  5  per cent.
Connecticuts,  25,  10 and  5  per cent 
Woonsocket  Boots,  25,  5  and  5  per cent.
We  also carry  a  full  line  of findings,  shoe store  supplies, 
fixtures,  etc  Write  for catalogue.

Herold=Bertsch  Shoe  Co.,  Grand Rapids. 

2

Rubber Goods  1899=1900

We are selling Agents for Boston and  Bay State Rubbers.

Discounts for This Season.  From  May  ist to October 31st,  1899,  in­
clusive,  Boston  Rubber Shoe Co.’s goods, 25 and  5  per cent 
Bay State 
Rubber Co.’s goods, 25,  10 and 5  per cent.  November ist, 1899, to March 
31st,  1900,  Boston  Rubber Shoe Co.’s goods, 25  per cent.,  and  Bay  State 
goods, 25 and  10 per cent.
1  per  cent, 
off cash in  10 days.  For prepayment, 7 per cent,  per annum to  Novem­
ber  10th, and above mentioned  1  per cent,  will be allowed.

Terms.  Bills to date  November 1st, due December ist. 

Freight.  Actual railroad and steamboat freight will be allowed.
On account of advance in crude gum  and  lining fabrics  it  has  become 
necessary to advance the  price  list.  New  lists  will  be  mailed  you  on 
application.  We hope to receive your  valuable  orders  for  the  best  line 
of Rubber Goods made. 

Yours respectfully,

RINDGE, KALWBACH, LOGIE & CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

MI CHI GA N   T R A D E S M A N

15

Im portance  o f  Window  Display  in  the 

Shoe  T rade.

There  are  many  shops  whose  proprie­
tors  keep 
interesting  pictures  in  their 
windows  at  all  times.  The pictures have 
nothing  to  do  with  the  goods  displayed, 
but  they  simply  cause  people  to  stop 
and 
look,  and  the  display  is  supposed 
to  do  the  rest. 
It  would  seem  difficult 
to  always  have  something  that  people 
would  stop  to  see,  but  it  needs  only  to 
be  well  managed.  It  is  not  necessary  to 
go  to  much  expense  to obtain  these  pic­
tures,  if obtained from  the  right  sources. 
There  are  certain  weekly  and  monthly 
papers  which  give  lithographs  that  are 
usually  of  sufficient 
interest  to  be  at 
tractive  in  a  window.  A  sufficient  num­
ber  of  pictures  of  current  events  can  be 
obtained  to  keep  the  assortment  fresh, 
and  the  “ between  times”   may  be  filled 
in  by  pictures  of  historical  events.  To 
get  the  most  benefit  out  of  this  sort  of  a 
window  attraction  the  goods  must  be 
shown  with  such  taste,  or  the  prices 
placed  so  conspicuously that  the  persons 
who  stop  to  observe  the  picture  can  not 
but  notice  the  display.
*  *  *

From  all  that  can  be  learned  from 
different  sources  there  does  not  seem  to 
in  styles  this 
be  so  much  fluctuation 
season  as  formeily. 
Both  men  and 
women  are  settling  down  to  a  more 
common  sense  shoe  than  the  styles  that 
have  prevailed  for  the  past  few  years. 
Thousands  of 
feet  have  become  dis­
torted  and  mis-shapen  by 
ill-fitting 
shoes,  by  having  the  toes  compressed, 
and  the  crop  of  corns  and  bunions  has 
been  enormous.  This  latter  result  will 
benefit  the chiropodists,  beyond a doubt; 
but  many  people  will  have  occasion  all 
their  lives  to  remember the  sufferings 
they  endured 
in  wearing  tight  shoes, 
and  they  will from time  to time continue 
to  suffer  as  a  result  of  having  their  feet 
pinched  out  of  shape.  It  is  to  be  hoped 
that  for  a  season,  at  least,  if  for  no 
longer  time,  we  may  have  steadiness 
in  shoe  styles.  This  may  not  be  so 
good  for  the  last  manufacturers,  but  it 
will  be  better  for the  wearer  of  shoes, 
better  for  the  retail  dealer,  and  better 
for  the  manufacturers.

*  *  *

A  merchant  will  do  well,  in  the  ar­
ranging  of  bis  store,  from  the  coloring 
of  the  walls  to  the  dressing  of  the  win­
dows,  to  keep  the  women  he knows  con­
tinually  in  mind.  Women  take  fancies 
to  a.store,  or  dislikes.  There  may  not 
be,  in  all  cases,  any  stated  reason  for 
the  dislike,  but  the  fancy  can  always 
be  accounted  for.  The  place  seems to 
present  to  her  more  than  she 
imagined 
she  needed.  The  goods  go  beyond  her 
expectations.  The  manners  of the clerks 
please  her. 
It  is  not  especially  the 
office  of  a  clerk  to  gossip  with  custom­
ers,  but,  at  a  second  or  third  meeting, 
if  there 
is  a  respectful  showing  of  re­
membrance,  it  is  a  strange  sort  of  wom­
an  who  is  not  pleased. 
It  is  a  delicate 
flattery  that  one’s  face  should  be  re­
membered  out  of  so  many.

*  *  *

The  habit  of  filling  a  show  window 
with  all  kinds  of  goods  is  questionable, 
as  far  as  reaching  in  the  best  possible 
way  the  eye of  the  public  is  concerned. 
The  mixing  of  cheap  with  the  better 
class  of  goods  must  necessarily  suggest 
comparison,  and  while 
in  some  cases 
this  may  be  very  desirable,  it  is  often- 
est the  very  opposite. 
It is liable to  un­
settle  the  possible  purchaser  and  pro­
mote  dissatisfaction  and  indecision,  all 
of  which 
is  fatal  to  the  object  of  the 
dealer.  Some  people have the idea  that

anything  will  go  in  a  window  if 
only  worth  looking  at  or  if 

is 
it  is  cheap. 

it 

*  *  *

it 

Women  are  wearing  heavier  shoes 
than  formerly  and  the  show  windows are 
displaying  the  so-called  mannish  shoes 
in  various  styles  and  in  several  shades. 
This  is a  return  to  common  sense  prin­
ciples  and 
is  a  style  of  ware  that  is 
certainly  calculated  to  last  looger  than 
the  pointed  toe  shoes  formerly  worn. 
Dealers  would  do  well  to  catch  the  drift 
of  the  sentiment  in  this  way  and  to  dis­
play  in  their  windows  the  lines  of  shoes 
following  this  new  fashion. 
It  is  the 
is  the  buyer,  in  the  great 
woman  who 
majority  of  cases,  and  the  show  win­
dow  must  be  dressed  to  attract  her  crit­
ical  eye. 
If  she  thinks  mannish  shoes 
are  the  things  to  wear  she  will  natural­
ly  expect  to  see  them  in  the  show  win­
dow.— Shoe  and  Leather Gazette.
Bright  Shoe  Sayings.

Sellers  of  shoes and  satisfaction.
A perfect  shoe  for  women  at last!
These  shoes  fit  the  feet  as  nature  in­
tended—snugly and comfortably  at  every 
point.

Children’s  shoes,  the  kind  that  stand 
the  wear  that  they  are  sure  to  get  from 
the. kind  of  wearers  for  whom  they  are 
intended.

Comfort  is  one  of  the  pleasures  of  life 
most  sought  after.  Every  lady  should 
have  her  shoes  properly  fitted.  Do  net 
ask  for  your  size  if  you  think  you  know 
what  fits  you,  but ask  to  be  fitted.  We 
have  experienced  men and women whose 
pleasure  it  is  to  fit  you  properly.

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and  was  wise  enough  to  put  under  cover 
what  he  didn’t  intend  should  get  wet. 
He  saw  the  fall  in  the  barometer over by 
the  silk  counter,  and  kept  in  that  par­
ticular  neighborhood  until  the  black 
cloud  on  Doane’s  face had  passed  over. 
Then,  telling  Chalmers 
that  Doane 
would  post  him  in  the  details  of bis new 
position,  and  saying  to  Doane  that  be 
would  be  held  responsible  for Chalmers’ 
mistakes,he left the boys to settle  matters 
in  their  own  way.

But  there  wasn’t  any  settlement.  To 
Doane's  surprise  the  fellow  took  to  silk 
as  naturally  as  a  duck  takes  to  water. 
The  goods  and  the  hands  didn’t  have 
the  slightest  misunderstanding.  “ From 
morn  to  dewy  eve”   not  a  question  was 
asked  and,  what  was  especially  provok­
ing  “ that  chump’ s”   sales  for  the  first 
day  were  greater  than  his  own! 
it 
seemed  as 
if  everybody  that  came  in 
went  straight  past  him  and  was  not  only 
willing  but  determined  to  wait  until 
Slouchy  could  serve  them.  What  was 
especially  exasperating,  some  of  his 
“ toniest”   customers 
swellest 
homes  on  Capitol  Hill  walked  right  up 
to that  fellow and  congratulated  him  on 
bis  promotion.  One  delicate  little  piece 
of  young  womanhood,  Helen  Van  Ars- 
dale,  whom  he  bad  longed  to  wait  upon 
ever  since  he  had  seen  her,  actually 
leaned  over  the  counter  when  she talked 
to  “ that  clodhopper!”   How in  thunder 
did  such  a  fellow  as  that  get  acquainted 
with  that  upper-class  humanity?  He 
didn’t  know  and  he  didn’t care;  one
thing  he  was  sure  of—he’d  fix  him  the 
first  chance  be got.

the 

in 

That  very  afternoon  who  should  come 
into  the  store  but  Mr.  Van  Arsdale. 
Ah,  but  he  was  a  high  flyer!  From  the 
sheen  of  his  silk  hat  to  the  very  tip  ot 
nis  aristocratic  toes  he  exhaled  the  di 
vine  aroma  that  his  ancestors  brought 
over  in  the  Mayflower!  Doane had  seen 
and  admired  him  “ many  a  time and 
oft”   at a  distance;  but  now—why  the 
man  was  coming  straight  to  his  counter 
and  was  going  to  spe— 1 
Instead,  he 
went  to  the  other  end  of  the  counter, 
looked  up  and  down  for a  moment,  and, 
not  seeing  the  object  of  his  search, 
walked  back  to  Doane  and  asked  him 
if  he  could  tell  him  where  Mr.  Chal 
mers  was.

“ Now  was  his  tim e!”   he  thought. 
Never  again  would  he  have  so  good  a

16

Clerks’  Corner.

How  a  Lie  Lost  a  Clerk  His  Position 
W r itte n   f o r  th e   T r a d k &m a n .

The  business  at  the  silk  counter  was 
increasing.  Doane,  the  clerk,  knew  his 
business  and  kept  it  going ;  but  it  was 
evident  that  the  time  was  coming  when 
he  must  be  relieved.  Brinsmade  had 
been  on  the  lookout  for  a  hand  for  some 
time  and 
finally  settled  upon  young 
Chalmers,  who  bad  been  doing  good 
work 
in  the  linings  department.  But 
Doane,  as  bis  work  increased  and  there 
was  a  prospect  that  soon  help  would 
have  to be forthcoming,  had made  up his 
mind  that,  if  he  could  bring 
it  about, 
Will Kittredge,  at the light woolens coun­
ter,  should  have  the  place.

Kittredge 

is  a  royal  good  fellew.  A 
couple  of years ago,  when he first entered 
the  establishment,  he  was  a  jay,  fresh 
from  the  woods;  but  time  and  oppor­
tunity  had  improved  him.  He  changed 
the  size  of  his  neckband  and  the  size 
and  style  of  bis  collar.  He  shed  at  an 
early  date  bis  hand-me-down  suit  for 
one  of  Blum’s custom-made  outfits.  He 
put  on  clean 
linen  often 
enough  always  to  be  presentable.  His 
neckties  were  silk  and  never  loud.  He 
found  out  the  use  of  a  bathtub,  and  be­
came  a  practical  self-manicurist.  His 
shoes  showed  daily  attention,  and  he 
did  not  part  his  hair 
in  the  middle. 
liked  him  and  Doane  had 
Brinsmade 
every  reasoD  to  believe  that  he  should
find  Kittredge  sharing  his  counter  some 
fine  morning.

first-class 

intended,  when  he  had 

Brinsmade  had  thought  so,  too,  for  a 
while.  From  the  first  he  had  seen  that 
the  country  lad  was  a  man,  hidden 
away  under  a 
lot  of  the  brownest  of 
freckles  and  the  coarsest  of  clothes,  and 
he 
emerged 
from  these  and  became  a  little  used  to 
the  ways  of  the  town,  to  do  something 
fine  for  him.  He 
liked  everything 
about  him  except  his  familiarity  with 
Doane.  That  fellow  he  had  “ spotted”  
some  time  ago  and  had  rapidly  come  to 
the  conclusion  he  wasn't  the  right  sort. 
Once  or  twice  he  had  ¡mildly  suggested 
to  him  that  two  hours’ sleep before  mid­
night  was  worth  four  afterwards,  espe­
cially  for a  clerk;  but  it  didn’t  seem  to 
make  any  impression.  When the thought 
of  putting  Kittredge  in  his  department 
came  up  he  was  afraid  of  the  outcome 
and,  wisely  concluding  that  Kittredge 
could  wait a while,  sent Chalmers around 
to  the  silk  counter.

There  may  have  been  a  madder fellow 
than  Doane  when  he  saw  Chalmers  at 
his  new  post,  but  probably  not.

“ That  chump!  Look  at  him!  Long 
and 
lank  and  sloucby  and—well,  if  he 
wasn’t  dirty  he  looked  so,  with  a  coat 
too  big  for  him  and  brushed  until  it was 
threadbare  and  shiny.  What 
if  the 
counter  did  hide  his  thick,  ill-fitting 
shoes?  He  had  to  see  them  every  time 
he  looked  that  way—they  were  the  big­
gest  things  within  his  range  of  vision ; 
and  the  stovepipe  bend  at  the  knee  of 
his  frayed-out  trousers  was  not  an  es­
pecially  attractive  sight.  What  in  tbun 
der  was  Brinsmade  thinking  of?  That 
fellow  sell  silk !  Humph!  The  scales 
on  his  yellow-soap-washed  bands  would 
tear  the  delicate  fabrics  all  to  pieces. 
If  the  manager  thought  that  he,  Doane, 
was  going  to  teach  that  gawk  his  busi­
ness  he  would  find  himself grandly  mis 
taken.  Just  let  him  ask  questions  and 
see  what  he’d  get.”

Brinsmade  was  a  man  who  knew  what 
he  was  about.  From  certain  signs  be 
knew  what  the  weather  was  going  to be,

chance  to  give  the  upstart a  bite  in  the 
back,  and  he  would  improve it..

“ Chalmers?  He’s  around  here  some­
where—hardly  in a condition  to  be  seen, 
though.  He  is  pretty  well  done  up  to­
day.  Was  out  all  night  with  McVey, 
one  of the  boys  in  the  store,  and  not  fit 
to  see anybody. ’ ’

“ Will  he  be  in  this  afternoon?”
“ Oh,  perhaps.  Will  you  be  seated, 

Mr.  Van  Arsdale?”

" I   think  I  w ill,”   and,  greatly  to 
Doane’s  disappointment  and  disgust, 
the  descendant  of  the  Mayflower  walked 
down  to  the  stool  farthest  from  bis 
counter  and  sat  down  to  wait  for  Chal­
mers.

He  did  not  have  to  wait  long,  but  be 
filled  up  the  short  time  in  going  over 
in  his  mind  what  Doane  had  said.  The 
more  he  thought  of  it  the  more  he  won­
dered. 
Indignation  soon  took  the  place 
of  wonder.

‘ Out  all  night!’ 
tion  to  see  any  one!’ 
up  to-day!’  ”

‘ Not  in  a  condi­
‘ Pretty  well  done 

He  pictured  to  himself  the  used-up 
young  man  of,  not  “ the  period”   but  of 
all  “ periods,”   and  wondered how young 
Chalmers  would  appear  in  the  role.  Just 
then  he  came  in.

looking  quite  so  vigorous. 

“ Well,  Norton,  I  wasn’t  expecting  to 
see  you 
I 
beard  you  were  out  last  night  with  this 
young  McVey  here,  and  that  you  were 
‘ hardly  in  a  condition  to  be  seen,’  even 
so  late  in  the  afternoon  as  this.  Were 
you  festively  inclined last  night  and  did 
the  time—especially  the  time—and  oc­
casion  prove  too  much  for  you?”

“ Why,  Mr.  Van  Arsdale,  what  do  you 
mean?  Young  McVey,  my  feilow  clerk 
here,  and  I  went  out  to  see'Quo Vadis. ’ 
After  the  play  he  went  home  with  me 
and  stayed  all  night.  The  ‘ festive’  part 
consisted  of  a  cigar  on  the  way  home. 
We  were asleep  by  half  past  eleven—at 
least  I  was,  and  I  didn’t  wake  until 
seven  o’clock  this  morning.  Do  I  look 
as  if  I  bad  been ‘ having a night of it?’  ”  
“ No,  you  don’t;  and,  candidly,  I 
didn't  expect  to  find  you  in  that  condi 
tion. 
I  have  been  told,  within  the  last 
hour,  exactly  what  I  have  stated,  how 
ever,  and 
if  I  didn’t  know  better  I 
should  conclude that  Mr.  McVey  was  no 
fit  companion  for  the  young  man,  Nor­
ton  Chalmers,  whom  I  know.”

“ Well,  I  should  say  not.  Would  you

be  willing,  Mr.  Van  Arsdale,  to  tell  me 
who  told  you  this  lie?”

“ Evidently  no  friend  of  yours. 

It 
would  do  you  no good  to  know. 
In  this 
case  that  lie  will  certainly  do  you  no 
harm.  Don’t  let  it  trouble  you  in  the 
least— forget  it as soon as you can.  Um— 
by  the  way,  I  mustn’t  forget  my  er­
rand.”  
(The  gentleman  bad  given 
Chalmers  bis  hand  and  the  two  were 
standing  near  Doane’s  end  of  the  coun­
ter. )  * * Have  you  an  engagement  for 
Friday  evening?”

“ No,  sir.”
“ Then  I  want  you  to  come  up  to  din­
ner  and  spend  the  evening  with  me. 
I 
have  a  young  friend  from  the  East  who 
is  to  be  with  me  for  a  few  weeks  and  I 
fancy  you  and  he  will  take  a  liking  to 
each  other. 
I  shall  expect  you  then? 
Goodbye. ’ ’

As 

luck  would  have 

it,  the  Court- 
wrights  dropped  in  for  a  neighborly call 
upon  the  Van  Arsdales  that  evening, 
and  when  the  facts  were  related  to  the 
merchant  he gave a  little  make-believe 
laugh  and  said,  “ That’ll  be  all  right;”  
and  as 
luck  wouldn't  have  it,  Court - 
wrigbt  told  Brinsmade  all  about  it,  and 
Brinsmade  told  Doane.  Then  he  told 
him  something  else  which  I  don’t  care 
to  repeat.  As  a  result  of  that  last  tell­
ing  Chalmers  moved  along  to  the  bead 
end  of  the  silk  counter and  Kittredge 
took  Chalmers’  place.

Two  promotions 

in  a  month  make  a 
difference  in  a  fellow’s  prospects,  espe­
cially  when  each  is  attended  with an  in­
crease of  salary.  The  last advance  did 
the business  for Chalmers—he could take 
care  of  his  widowed  mother  and  the 
family  now  and  not  have  it  take  almost 
every  cent  of bis  wages.

It  was not  long  before Kittredge found 
out  what  a  good  fellow  Chalmers  is  and 
the  two  have  become  the  strongest of 
triends.  Doane  left  the  city  a  week 
after his  discharge.  He  never  said  any­
thing  to  Chalmers,  but  in  smoking  his 
last  cigar  with  Kittredge  he  did  make 
the  remark  that  “ A  bite in the  back  is  a 
mighty  poor  way  to  get  even  with  a  fel­
low,  and  the  man  that  does  it  is  pretty 
sure  of  getting  it  in  the  neck  sooner  or 
later.”   And  be  is  about  right.

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

Not  Exactly  True.

“ Would  you  call  Uncle  Amos  a stingy 

man?”

“ No,  I  should  say  he  had  all  the  gen­
erous  impulses  under  perfect  control.”

B T h ey  all  say ~ 

-----  

|

" 

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

W ho  urges  you  to  keep  Sapolio? 

Is  it  not  the 
public?  The  manufacturers,  by  constant and judi- 
cious advertising, bring customers to your stores whose —■3  
very  presence  creates  a  demand  for other  articles.

M m m m m m m m m m m iitZ

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CommercialTravelers

Michigan Knights of the drip.

President,  Chas.  S.  Stbvenb,  Ypsilantl; Secre­
tary, J   C. Saunders, Lansing;  Treasurer,  O.  C. 
Gould. Saginaw,
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President,  J ames  E.  Day,  Detroit;  Secretary 

and Treasurer, C. W. Allen  Detroit.

United  Commercial Travelers of Michigan.

Grand Counselor, J. J. Evans. Ann Arbor; Grand 
Secretary, G. S. V almore, Detroit;  Grand Treas­
urer, W. S. West, Jackson.

Grand Rapids Connell No. 131.

Senior Counselor, D. E. K e ye s;  Secretary-Treas­
urer,  L  F.  Baker.  Regular  meetings—First 
Saturday of each month in Council  Chamber  in 
McMullen block.
Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual  Acci­
President,  J.  Boyd  Pantlind,  Grand  Rapids; 
Secretary and Treasurer, Geo.  F.  Owen,  Grand 
Rapids.

dent  Association.

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

Gripsack  Brigade.

Grand  Rapids C aptures the  Next  State 

Convention.

Grand  Rapids,  May  22—Through  the 
efforts  of  Jno.  C  Emery,  the  Grand 
Rapids  representative,  the  next  annual 
meeting  of  the  Grand  Council  of  the  M. 
C.  T.  will  be  held  here  on  the  third 
Friday  and  Saturday  of  May,  iqoo.

It  will  also  be  of 

interest  tn  local 
members  to  know  that  Brother  Emery 
was  elected  to  the  office  of  Grand  Sen­
tinel  in  the  Grand  Council.

The  members  of  the  Detroit  Councils
did  everything 
in  their  power  for  the 
entertainment of  their  visitors,  and  they 
certainly  succeeded  beautifully.
The  Detroit  hotels  made  no charge for 
the  wives  of  visiting  members  and  the 
Board  of  Public  Works  suspended  an 
enormous  electric  sign,  covering  half 
the  front  of  the  city  hall,  which  flashed 
a  welcome  to  the  United  Commercial 
Travelers.
The  banquet  and  ball,  given  at  the 
Hotel  Cadillac,  were  magnificent  affairs 
long  be  remembered  by  those 
and  will 
in  attendance.

Detroit  has  set  a  pattern  which  Grand 
Rapids  will  find  hard  to  follow,  but  all 
may  feel  assured  that  every  effort  will 
be  put  forth  by  the  local  Council  to pre­
pare  an  eventful  meeting  for  the  U.  C. 
T. ’s  in  1900. 

L.  F.  Ba k e r ,  Sec’y.

Troubles  of the  Traveling  Man.
Who  hath  woe?  Who hath contentions? 
Who  hath  babbling?  Who  hath  corns 
on  the  bosom  of  his  pants?  Verily,  be 
goetb  forth  upon  the  road  to  travel.

He  goetb  forth  in  the  morning  with  a 
light  heart  and  a  starched  cellar,  and 
returnetb  at  eventide  with  a  soiled  rai­
ment  and  blisters  on  bis  heel.

He  goeth  forth 

like  a  roaring  lion 
seeking  whom  he  may  devour;  but  lo! 
every  man  he  meets  smiteth  him.  He 
goetb  to  the  place  where  they  do  enter­
tain  strangers,  and  what  he  ordereth  of 
the  servant  she  bringeth  not,  and  what 
he  doth  not  order  is  set before  him.

And  when  eventide  bas  fallen,  be  say- 

eth  unto  the  keeper  of  the  bouse:

“ Beheld! 

I  would  be  awakened  at 
the filth  hour of the  morning,  that  I  may 
depart  to  another  country.”

And 

in  a 

is  yet 

lo!  before  it 

light  he 
loudly  against  the  door  and 
loud  voice:  “ Arise,  that 

knocketh 
sayeth 
thou  mayest  depart  upon  thy  train.”
And  he  that  would  arise  awaketh 

in 
haste  and  puttetb  his  right  foot  into  bis 
left  shoe, and  he  girdetb  himself  quick­
ly.  And,  behold,  he  weareth  his  clothes 
hmdside  before,  so  great 
is  bis  haste 
thereof.

And  the  collar  that  should  be  girt 
is  coiled  in  the  upper 

about  bis  neck 
story  of  his  hat.

And  when  he  arriveth  at  the  place

whence  he  would  fain  depart,  be  finds 
it  only  the  third  honr  of  the  morning, 
and  he  leaneth  against a telegraph  pole, 
and  in  his  heart  be  revileth  the  keeper 
of  the house  wherein  he  slept.

Or  perchance  he  asketh  to  be  awak­
ened  at  the  sixth  hour of  the  morning, 
and 
lo !  the  servant  man  knocketh  not 
until  the  eighth  hour,  and  when  he  rail- 
etb  the  hired  man  looketb  at him  with 
a  look  of  scorn.

He  goeth  forth  to  ride  upon  the  rail­

way.

Then  cometh  in  a  beautiful  maiden, 
arrayed  like  the  lilies,  and  behold  !  she 
taketh  a  seat  afar  off,  but  the  dowdy 
woman  with  five  children  and  a  wart  on 
her  nose  taketh  the  seat  nearest  him.

Verily,  man  that  is  born  of  woman, 
and  goeth  upon  the  road,  is  of  a  few 
days  and  variegated  rations.  To-day  he 
hath  much  that  is good,  and  to-morrow 
is  the  withered  grass,  yet  not 
the  food 
cleanly.  Where  he  sleepetb, 
if  there 
be  much  water,  he  hath  no towel;  but  if 
the  water be  gone,  he  bath  towels  five in 
nnmber,  and  a  piece  of  soap.

Verily,  he  bath  cause  to  murmur an 

exceedingly  great  murmur.

W a n d e r e r .

Gripsack  Brigade.

J.  W.  Sleight,  who  is  now  handling 

the  clothing  line  of  the  N.  G.  Richman 
Co.  (Cleveland)  in  Colorado,  Utah  and 
Wyoming,  was  in  Cripple  Creek 
last 
week.  He  reports  a  remarkable  busi­
ness,  due  to  the  wonderful  prosperity
now  prevailing  in  the  mining  regions.
E.  Starbuck  bas  transferred  his  alle­
giance  from  Merrell  &  Co.,  of  Toledo, 
to  the  Gale  Manufacturing  Co.,  of  A l­
bion,  for  which  establishment  he  will 
cover  the  trade  of  Northern  Indiana. 
Mr.  Starbuck  is  to  be  congratulated  on 
his  new  connection.

George  A.  Sage,  of  Rockford,  has the 
reputation  of  being  the best  trout fisher­
man 
in  the  State—and  he  catches  the 
game,  too.  Other  fishermen  depend  on 
the  shape  of  the  hook  and  the  color  of 
the  feather,  but  any  old  hook  will do for 
George.  He  depends  on  bis  worm  and 
electricity.  He  has  on  the 
inside  of 
each  foot  an  electric  battery,  covering  a 
large  portion  of  mother  earth,  and  the 
moment  he  casts  bis  line  and  the  hook 
touches  the  water,  it  forms  a  complete 
circuit  and  causes  a  beautiful  electric 
light  on  the  hook.  This  attracts  and 
charms  the  larger  and  best  fish  and 
George  bags  the  game.  You  can  see 
these  batteries at  any  time,  bat  do  not 
touch  them,  as 
it  always  causes  bis 
bands  to  close  and  fly up  and  a  piercing 
00k  come 
into  bis  eyes  and,  if  bis 
closed  hands  touch  you,  it causes  a com­
plete  circuit  and  you  will  see  a  ball  of 
fire  which  breaks  up 
into  myriads  of 
stars.
Excursion 

to  Detroit,  Saginaw   and 

Bay  City.

Via  Grand  Trunk  Railway  Sunday, 
May  28.  Train  leaves  D.  &  M.  depot  7 
a.  m.,  arriving  at  Dttroit  11 ¡45  a.  m.  ; 
Saginaw.  11  a.  m.  ;  Bay  City,  11:30 
a.  m.  Round  trip  to  Detroit.  Si.85; 
Saginaw  and  Bay  City,  $1.50.  Bicycbs 
ana  baby  carriages  carried  free.  For 
particulars  call  at  Grand  Trunk  City 
Ticket  office,  Morton  House  or at depot. 

C.  A.  J u stin, C.  P.  &  T. A.

Three  T ransfers  In  As  Many  Days. 
Hubbaidston  correspondence  Carson  City  Ga­
zette.
Monday  our  meat  market  was  owned 
and  operated  by  Mr.  Lynch,  of  Coral; 
Tuesday 
it  was  owned  by  Spencer 
Hodges,  of  Carson  City, and  Wednesday 
by  James  Belcher.  Three  changes  in 
one  week,and  still  we  have a  meat  mar­
ket.  Business  is  booming  and  so  is 
beef  steak.

The  Grain M arket.

The  past  week  bas  been  full  of  sur­
prises  to  both 
long  and  short  sellers. 
Crop  damage,  Hessian  fly,  chintz  bugs, 
the  grain  shovelers’  strike  at  Buffalo, 
foreigners  following  our  advance,  Ar­
gentine  having  wet  weather—all  these 
points  were  worked  for  all  they  were 
worth.  The  only  news  the  opposition 
could  bring  forth  was  the  small  exports, 
and  foreigners,  while  they  followed  our 
market  at  home,  were not  buyers  on  this 
side,  which  caused  an  advance  of  3c  in 
cash.  Futures  shared  in  the  same  ad­
vance.  We  may  hear  now  of  a  better 
outlook  as  men’s  minds  change,  and 
should  we  hear  that  wheat  is  improving 
we  may  find  prices  go  lower;  but  we 
think  that,  even should  we  have  the  best 
of  weather,  wheat  will  be  higher,  espe­
cially  as  the  best  authorities  now  claim 
125,000.000  bushels  less  winter  wheat 
than  in  1898.  As  to  spring  wheat,  we 
will  have  to  wait  to  see  bow  that is com­
ing  along.  We  might  mention  that  on 
the  20th  of  this  month  only  about  65  per 
cent,  had  been  sown  in  the  Jim  River 
Valley,  which  will  make  the  balance  of 
the  sowing  rather 
late.  The  visible 
showed  a  decrease  of  550,000 bushels.

Corn,  owing  to  the  causes  set  forth 
last  week,  is  rather  tame.  Had  it  not 
been  for  the  cool  weather  I  think  it 
would  have  sold  off;  however,  it  holds 
its  own.

Contrary 

all  expectations  oats 
made  a  small  advance.  We  still  look 
for  lower  prices  in  both  corn  and  oats.
Rye  is  strong  and  ic  advance  can  be 

to 

recorded.

Enquiry  for  flour,  owing  to  the  ad­
vance 
in  wheat,  has  been  good  and 
sales  have  been  made  at  an  advance. 
Mill  feed  does  not  show  any  falling  off. 
Prices  remain  firm.

Receipts  were  not  excessive,  being  50 
cars  of  wheat,  9  cars  of  corn,  9  cars  of 
oats  and  6 cars  of  hay.

Millers  are  paying  70c  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A.  V oigt.

Amalgamation  of  W holesale  Druggists 

Im probable.

From the New York Commercial.'

The  effort  which 

is  being  made  by 
some  parties  to  organize  tbe  jobbing 
drug  trade  into  a  trust,  or  “ flotation,”  
as  tbe  active  promoter  of  tbe  scheme 
prefers  to  call  it,would  be  amusing  if  it 
were  not  for  the  fact  that  tbe  active 
parties  are  so  much  in  earnest.  There 
is  so  little  probability  of  any  such  or­
ganization  being  perfected  that we don’t 
care  to  take  tbe  space  to  answer  at 
length  the  voluminous  circulars  sert  out 
by  the  promoter,  copies  of  which  we 
have  received.  The  possibility  of  unit­
ing  all  of  the  wholesale  druggists  in 
this  country  into  one  vast  parent  com­
pany  is  about  as  possible  as  the  millen­
nium.
Assuming  that  tbe  plan  is  a  feasible 
one,  so  soon  as  tbe 
jobbers  are  organ­
leading  proprietary  manufac­
ized  the 
turers  would  feel  compelled  to  get  to 
getber 
in  self-protection.  This  would 
doubtless  result  in  tbe  rebate  plan  beirg 
abandoned,  which  is  now  recognized  as 
the  life-blood  of  the  jobbing  drug  busi­

ness,  and  without  which  two-thirds  of 
the  present 
jobbers  could  not  exist. 
Further,  all  this  talk  about  a  “ central 
laboratory”   and  the  ' * upholding  of  the 
standard  of  purity  of  drugs”   is  mere 
bosh.  What  is  going  to  become  of  all 
of  tbe  pharmaceutical  manufacturers 
if 
the  central  laboratory  is  run  on  a  scale 
to  supply  pharmaceuticals?  The  phar­
maceutical  men  would 
immediately 
start  to  sell  their  goods  direct  to  tbe  re­
tail  trade,  and  this  would  take  another 
big  slice  off  of  tbe  jobbers'  sales.  But 
the  pure  drug  scheme  is  the  most  amus­
ing  of  all.  Tbe  average  jobber  figures 
more  on  price  than  quality.  The  whole­
sale  drug  houses  are  not  first  bands  for 
these  crude  drugs,  which  are  imported 
hy  a  special  class  of  firms  not 
included 
in  tbe  proposed  combination.

The  whole  scheme  is  so  improbable 
that  it  is  not  worth  serious  consider­
ation,  and  we  advise  the  promoter  to 
save  his  postage  and  to  devote  his  ener­
gies  and  good  intentions  in  other  direc­
tions.  where  his  reward  wili  be  much 
greater.

Flour and  Feed.

The  situation  continues  to  be  one  of 
uncertainty 
in  the  flour  market.  This 
is the  time  of  year  when  the  trade  nat­
urally  expects  a  decline  in  price,  on  ac­
count  of  the  near approach  of  harvest; 
and,  on  account  of  the  annual  crop  of 
crop  killers,  the  trade  is  very  suspicious 
of  crop  news,  fearing  the  picture  may 
be  overdrawn  and  the  statements  as  to 
decreased  yield 
colored. 
While,as a  rule,  this  is  true,  we  believe, 
from  close  personal  observation  of  the 
wheat 
fields,  that  tbe  half  bas  not  been 
told;  in  ether  words,  it  looks  to  ns  to 
be  the  most  serious  failure  of  winter 
wheat  for  many  years.  When  the  true 
situation  begins  to  dawn  on  tbe  minds 
of  indifferent  buyers  we  look  for  a  radi­
cal  change  of  sentiment  and  a  strong 
demand  for  flour.

too  highly 

The  city  mills  are  running steadily  on 
orders  booked  some  time  ago,  but  many 
mills  throughout  the  winter  wheat  belt 
are  only  running  half  time  or  are  shut 
down  altogether,  on  account  of  scarcity 
of  wheat  or  a  lack  of  orders.

Feed  and  meal  are  in  fairly  good  de­
mand  for  this  season  of  the  year,  with 
prices  well  sustained.  Millstuff  has 
been  moving  freely,  with  prices  about 
the  same  as  last  morth.

China 

is  trying  to  tell  her  troubles  to 
Japan,  but  tbe  latter  will  probably  po­
litely  protest  that  she  is  not  a  police­
man.

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MICHIGAN  STATE  BOARD  OP  PHARMACY.
Term expires
•  Dec. 31,1899 
A. C. Schumacher, Ann  Arbor 
-  Dec. 31,1900
Geo. Gundrum,  Ionia  - 
-  Dec. 31,1901
L. E. R eynolds, St.  Joseph 
- 
Henry  Heim.  Saginaw  - 
Dec. 31,190-.'
Wirt P. Doty  ueirolt 
- 
Dec. 31,1803

 

President, G eo.  Gundbum,  Ionia.
Secretary, A. C. Schumacher, Ann Arbor. 
Treasurer, Henry  Heim, Saginaw.
Examination  Sessions.
Star iRland—June 26 and 27. 
Houghton—Aug. 29 and 30.
Lansing—Not. 7 and 8.

STATE PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.
President—J . J. S o u r w in e .  Escanaba. 
Secretary, Chas. F. Mann, Detroit.
Treasurer  John D.  Mu ir. Grand Rapids.

C am phor  Likely  To  Be  Made  a  Gov­

ernm ent  Monopoly.

it 

“ The  present  unusually  strong  situa 
tion  of  camphor,”   said  a  manufacturer, 
“ is  due  to  uncertainty  as  to  future  sup­
ply.  The  whole  crude  camphor  supply 
of  the  world  comes  from  the  Japanese 
Empire,  and 
is  expected  that  at  no 
distant  date  the  Japanese  government 
will  take  the industry under its control. ”
island  of  Formosa, 
which  contributes  a  considerable part  oi 
the  supply  of  crude  camphor,  a  bill 
to  that  effect  has  already  been  passed  in 
the  Japanese  parliament,  which  will  go 
into  force  on  the  first  of  July.

As  regards  the 

The  causes  which  led  to the  adoption 
the  necessity 
of  the  measure  are  two: 
of  raising  revenue,  and  the  dangerous 
conditions  under  which  the  industry 
is 
now  pursued.  The  camphor  forests  o* 
Formosa  are  situated,  for  the  most  part, 
in  the 
is  peopled  by 
lawless  tribes  of  savages,  whom 
the 
Japanese  have  as  yet  been  unable  fully 
to  subdue.  The  wood  cutters  are  utterly 
without  protection,  and  every  now  and 
then  a  band  of  these  savages  swoop 
down  on  them  and  slaughter  them.

interior,  which 

The  government  will  carry  on  the  in­
dustry  in  security,  for  its  employes  will 
work  under the  protection  of  troops  and 
cannon.  But  it  was  the  pecuniary  con­
sideration  that  probably  had  most  to  do 
with  the  step.  The  exports  of  camphor 
are 
immense,  and  continually  increas­
ing,  but  as  there  is  no  export  duty  the 
government  derives  no  revenue  there­
from.  The  details  of  the  new  arrange­
ment  have  not  yet  been  given  out.  The 
government  may  go  into  the  manufac­
turing  business  itself  or  it  may  sell  the 
wood  by  auction,  as  other  governments 
do  with  cinchona  bark,  but  it  is  cer­
tain  that  supplies  will  be  artifically  reg­
ulated,  and  it  is  likely  that  prices  will 
be  advanced.

Another  motive  of  the  government  in 
assuming  control  of  the  industry  may 
be  found  in  the  apprehension  that  sup­
plies  wiil  be  exhausted.  The  camphor 
forests  are  large,  but  they  are  not  in­
exhaustible,  and  they  are  gradually  be­
ing  decimated. 
In  order  to  obtain 
camphor  a  tree  must  be  cut  down,  and 
the  camphor  tree  reaches  maturity  only 
after 
ioo  years.  Within  recent  years 
the  danger  of  exhausting  supplies  has 
been 
lessened  by  the  passage  of a  law 
prescribing  that  for  each  tree  that  is cut 
down  a  new  one  must  be  planted,  but 
still  the  renovation  does  not  keep  pace 
with  the  destruction,  while owing  to the 
primitive  methods  at  present  pursued, 
the  actual  yield  of  crude  camphor  per 
tree  is  not  as  large  as  it  should  be.

The  government  will  probably  pursue 
the  culture  in  a  scientific  way  and bring 
water to  producing  districts.  Water 
is 
necessary  for  the  extraction  of  camphor 
In  some  such  way  the
from  the  wood. 

MI CH I GA N   T R A D E S M A N

expense  of  extraction  may  be  demon­
strated,  under  which 
circumstances, 
prices,  although  higher  at  first,  would 
likely  decline.

As  regards  the  camphor  supply  of 
Japan  propel,  it  is  not  yet  known  what 
measures  the  government  has  under 
consideration,  but 
is  thought  likely 
that  here,  too,  the  industry  will  be  con­
verted  into a  government  monopoly.

it 

The  Profit  fo r  One  Year.

Manufacture  and  push  your own prep­
arations,  says  H.  P.  Pettigrew,  a  suc­
cessful  Sioux  Falls  druggist,  and  secure 
for  yourself  the  large  profits  which  fall 
into the  pockets  of  the  patent  medicine 
barons.  During  1898  Mr.  Pettigrew  put 
up  and  sold  several  hundred  packages 
of  his  own  five-cent  articles,  520 ten- 
cent  articles,  1,793  twenty-five-cent  ar­
ticles,  403  fifty-cent  articles,  and  116 
one-dollar  articles.  The  sale  of  these 
amounted  to  $830;  the  total  cost  was 
$215,  the  profit  $615!

sixty-five  to  seventy  cents 

A  five-cent  article,  such as  petrolatum 
(vaselin),  costs  about  thirty  to  thirty- 
five  cents  per  dozen.  A  ten-cent  article 
costs  from  three  cents  to  five  cents.  A 
twenty-five-cent  article  should  not  cost 
over  five  or  six  cents.  A  fifty-cent  arti­
cle  should  not  cost over  ten  cents,  and  a 
dollar  bottle  ought  not  to  cost  the  phar­
macist  more  than  twenty  cents  to  manu­
facture, 
including  bottle,  cork,  cap, 
and  label.  The  proprietary  sarsaparillas 
rost  the  manufacturers  not  over  four  or 
five  cents  for  each  bottle:  the  druggist 
pays 
for 
them !  Make  your  own  at  twenty  cents 
per  bottle  and  save  fifty  cents. 
It  is  a 
very  simple  and  easy  matter  to  manu­
facture  these  things,  observes  Mr.  Pet­
is 
tigrew;  no  complicated  apparatus 
needed,  save  where  the  work 
is  con­
ducted  on  a  large  scale  in  order  to  save 
labor.  There  is  no  sense 
in  drudging 
life  away  in  the  drug  business  and turn­
ing  the  biggest  share  of  the  profit  over 
to an  outside  manufacturer  when  we can 
as  easily  keep  these  preparations  our­
selves.  But  one  thing  must be constantly 
kept  in  mind,  and  that  is  that  we  can 
not  make  these  things  too  good.  We 
must  always  use  the  very  finest  material 
and  the  product  must  be  uniform  in 
quality  and  effect.

Which  Is  the  Best  Cod  Liver  Oil?
Professor  Armand  Gautier  still  holds 
idea  that  it  is  alkaloids  in  cod 
to  his 
liver oil  which  make  it  nutritive. 
In  a 
recent  letter he  says  that  virgin  oil  of  a 
slightly  green  color  obtained  at  the  fish­
ing places  does not contain  the  alkaloids 
which  stimulate  nutrition.  The  very 
pale  oil  can  not be  recommended—the 
Madeira-colored  oils  are  the  best;  and 
in  reply  to  the  criticism  that  the  livers 
must  be  allowed  to  decompose  before 
such  oil  is  obtained,  he  replies  that  the 
initial  decomposition  of  the  livers,  dur­
ing  which  the  cells  disgorge  the  oily 
contents,  is a  diastasic  phenomenon  not 
in  the  nature of  putrefaction.

T horough  Examination.

“ You  are all  right,”   said  the  doctor 
after he  had  gone  through  with the regu­
lation  thumping  and  listening  with  his 
patient. 
“ Not  a  trace  of  heart  disease. 
Fifteen  dollars,  please.”
The  patient  drew  a  long  breath  and 
I  am  sure  now  I  have  no
remarked : 
if  had  I  should  have 
heart  disease; 
dropped  dead  when  vou  mentioned  your 
fee.”

Most  men  are  ready  and  willing  to 

die  for  their  country—of  old  age.

Some  men  have  a  gallon  of  words  to 

every  spoonful  of thought.

The  Quality  o f  D rugs  Supplied 

H ospitals.

to 

laboratories 

in  the  article 

It  has been  urged by some that the city 
hospitals,  which  encourage  competition 
among  manufacturers  to  the  extent  out­
lined 
in  our  last  issue, 
are  only  following  the  practice  of  the 
United  States  Government,  which 
in­
vites  bids  on  medical  supplies  by  pub 
lie  advertisement  and  awards  the  con­
tract  to the  lowest  bidder.  We  would, 
however,  point  out  to  these 
individuals 
that  the  system  pursued  in  the  Govern­
ment 
in  the  awarding  of 
contracts  is  not  based  entirely upon con 
siderations  of  cheapness;  quality  counts 
and  the  purity  and  strength  of  drugs 
are  very  carefully  ascertained  by  the 
Government  chemists,  especially  ap­
pointed  for  this  work,  before  contracts 
Supplies  furnished  on 
are  awarded. 
contract  are 
inspected  as  they  arrive, 
and  if  they  do  not  come  up  to the stand­
ard  of  the  sample  first  submitted  in 
making  the  bid,  the  supplies  are  re­
jected.

With  the  exception  of  one  hospital  in 
this  city,  Bellevue,  of which Dr.  Charles 
Rice 
is  the  chief  chemist,  we  know  of 
no  other  institution  where  a  systematic 
inspection  of  drugs  and  chemicals  by 
expert  chemists  is  conducted.  This  is 
what  gives  us  reason  for  believing  that 
the  average quality  of  the  drugs used  in 
hospital  practice 
in  this  city  is  below 
standard.  That  the  greed  of  the  mana­
gers  of  hospitals  has  been  taken  advan­
tage  of  to  provide  a  quality  of  goods 
equal  or  nearly  so  to  the  price  paid  is 
no  longer  a  secret.

It  was  the  custom,  for  example,  not 
very  long  ago  for  one  of  the  larger  hos­
in  this  city  to  import  the  gauze 
pitals 
used 
in  the  surgical  operating 
room 
from  a  certain  mill  in  Germany,  where 
exceptional  precautions  were  taken  to 
provide  an  aseptic  article  of  great  pu­
rity,  softness  and  absorbency;  but  im­
portations  from  this  source  ceased  some 
vears  ago,  and  gauzes  are now purchased 
in  the  cheapest  market—gauzes  filled 
with  all  sorts  of  filling  materials,  such 
as  gums,  starches,  dextrin,  albumen, 
etc.,  to  increase  the  apparent  absorbing 
power.  When  gauze  loaded  with  such 
fillers  is  used  for  wound  dressing  it  be­
comes  a  matter  of  serious 
importance 
both  to  the  surgeon  and  the  patient.

A  number  of  manufacturers  have 
asked  us  to  go  deeper  and  take  up  the 
whole  subject  of  the  after treatment  of a 
patient  who  has  been  operated  upon 
while  under  the 
influence  of  cheap 
ether,  but  we  must  decline,  as  the  in­
vestigation  would  carry  us  too  far,  and 
it  is  doubtful  whether  it  would  serve the 
useful  purpose  which  we  had  originally 
in  mind,  namely,  the 
improvement  of 
the  quality  of  medical  supplies  pur­
chased  by  city  hospitals.— American 
Druggist.

The  Drug  M arket.

Opium—Continues  to  weaken,  under 
reports  from  the  primary  markets  of  an 
exceedingly 
large  crop,  estimated  at 
from  6,000 to  10 000 cases.

Morphine— The  decline  has  not  yet

been  announced,  but  is  expected  daily.

Quinine—Is  steady,  but  unchanged.
Citric  Acid— Has  been  again  ad­
vanced  by  manufacturers  and  the  mar­
ket  is  very  firm,  with  an  upward  tend­
ency.

Naphthaline or Moth Balls— Have been 
again  advanced,  on  account  of  very 
large  sales  and  light  stock.

Essential  Oils—Anise  is  firm  and  ad­
vancing.  Citronelia  is  weak  and  lower. 
Cloves  are  firm  and  advanced,  on  ac­
count  of  higher  price  for spice.  Berga­
mot  and  orange  are  firm,  but  lemon  is 
weak.  Reports  from  the  peppermint 
district  show  much  smaller  acreage  and 
a  good  deal  winter  killed.  The  crop 
will  be  only  half  it  has  been  for  the  last 
two  years, but  there  is  sufficient  in  sight 
for  consumption  for  the  next  year  and 
a  half  or  two  years.  Wintergreen  has 
declined.  Pennyroyal  is  in  small  supply 
and  again  advanced.  Wormwood  is also 
higher,  on  account  of  scarcity.

Gums—Camphor has  further advanced 
and  higher  prices  are 
for. 
Asafoetida  is also  higher,  on  account  of 
exactions  of  the  Government  at  the  cus­
tom  houses.

looked 

Roots—Ipecac  is  in  better  supply  and 
is  slightly  lower.  Mexican  sarsaparilla 
is  higher.

Linseed  Oil—On  account  of  competi­

tion  between  crushers,  has  declined.

Estim ating  His  Loss.

A  certain  learned  judge  who  was 

im­
mensely  stout,  having  tried  many  rem­
edies,  went  to  some  hot  springs,  and, 
much  to  bis  joy,  lost  considerable  adi­
pose  tissue  in  a  very  short  time.

On  bis  return  home  he  talked  of  noth­
ing  else  except  his  loss  of  weight.  He 
walked  into  his  butcher's  one  day,  and 
said,  “ Cut  me  off  twenty  pounds  of 
pork.* ’

The  request  was  complied  with.  The 
judge  looked  at  the  meat  for  some  time 
and  then  walked  out  of  the  shop.

“ Shall  I  send  the  meat  home,  my 

lord?”   asked  the  butcher.

“ Ob,  no,”   was the  reply. 

“ I  don’t 
want  it. 
I  have  fallen  off  just  twenty 
pounds,  and  I  only  wanted  to  see  how 
much  it  was. ”

The  W hite  Pow der  on  Nutm egs.
Professor  Wulling  states  that  this 
powder  is  calcium  carbonate.  The nut­
megs  are  limed  by  the  exporters  to  pro­
tect  them  from  insects.  Some years ago 
be  deprived  a  few  nutmegs  of their lime 
coating  and  placed  them  where 
insects 
could  get  at them.  At  the  end  of  four 
months  nothing  was  left  but  a  whitish 
powder  consisting  largely  of  starch,  of 
which  nutmegs  contain  30  per  cent.

Pills  of  Thymol.

These  had  better  be  made by the phar­
macist  himself  when  he  is  called  upon 
tor them ;  for  they  are  not  very  stable, 
and  they  deteriorate  very  rapidly  under 
unfavorable  atmospheric 
conditions. 
Moreover,  scarce  any  two  lots  of  thy­
mol  pills  are  exactly  similar  in  appear 
ance,  although  made  after  the  same  for­
mula  and  with  the  same  precautions.

Im possible  to  Doubt.

old  whisky?”

“ How  do you know this is fifteen-year- 
“ Here  is  the  written  guaranty,  sir,  of 
the  man  who  invented  the  process  for 
aging  it.”

Hanselman’s  Gandies  Are  fliwaus  Sellers

always fresh, made from the best material 
by experts,  put  up  in  neat  packages  and 
are for sale by all dealers.

HANSELMAN  GANDY  GO.,  Kalamazoo,  Michigan

MI CH I GA N   T R A D E S M A N

Morphia, S.P.& W... 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.&
C. Co....................
Moschus Canton__
Myristica, No. 1......
Nux Vomica...po.20
Os  Sepia.................
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
D. Co....................
Plcls Llq. N.N.Xgal.
doz........................
Plcls Llq., quarts__
Plcls Liq., pints......
Pil Hydrarg.. .po.  80 
Piper Nigra...po.  22
Piper Alba__po.  35
Pilx  Burgun...........
Plumbl  Acet...........
Pulvls Ipecac et Opii 
Pyre thrum, boxes H.
& P. D. Co., doz...
Pyrethrum,  pv........
Quassia.................
Qulnla, S. P. &  W. . 
Qulnla, S. German
Qulnia, N.Y.........
Rubla Tine to rum. 
SaccharumLactis pv
Salacin.................
Sanguis Draconis.
Sapo,  W...............
Sapo, M.................
Sapo, G...............
Siedlltz  Mixture..

2 20® 2 45
2 10® 2 35 
@  40
65®  80
@  10 
15®  18
@ 1 00
@ 2 00 
@  1  00 
@  85
@  50
®  18

1  10®   1  20
@  1  25 
25®  30
8®  
10 
43®  43
3«®  43
3®  48
12®  14
18®  20 
3 00® 3 10 
40®  50
¡3

Slnapls....................  @  18
Slnapis, opt............   @  30
Snuff, Maccaboy,De
Voes.....................   @  34
Snuff, Scotch, DeVo’s  @  34
Soda Boras..............  9  @  11
Soda Boras, po.......   9  @  11
26®  28
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Carb............  
2
1H@ 
5
Soda, Bi-Carb.........  
3® 
Soda, Ash...............   3V4@ 
4
Soda, Sulphas.........   @ 
2
Spts. Cologne...........  @  2 60
Spts. Ether  Co........ 
50®  55
Spt  Myrcla Dom...  @  9 00
Spts. Vinl Rect. bbl.  @
Spts. Vinl Rect. Vibbl  @
Spts. Vinl Rect. lOgal  @
Spts. Vlni Rect.  5gal  @
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  30@1  35
Sulphur,  Sub!.........   2%@  4
2%@3H
Sulphur,  Roll........ 
8®  10
Tamarinds.................  
Terebenth Venice... 
28®  30
Theobroma............  
46®  48
Vanilla..................   0 00@16 00
Zinc!  Sulph................ 
7®  8

Oils

Whale, winter.........  70 
Lard,  extra............   55 
Lard, No. 1.............. 
40 

BBL.  SAL.
70
60
45

19

44
45
70
55

Linseed, pure  raw.. 
41 
Linseed, boiled......   42 
Neatsfoot, winter str  65 
Spirits Turpentine.. 
48 
Paints  BBL. 

LB
Red Venetian......... 
IX  2  @2
Ochre, yenow Mars.  1X2  @4 
Ochre, yellow  Ber..  IX  2  @3 
Putty, commercial..  2%  2H@3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2X  2X@3 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American............. 
13®  15
70®  75
Vermilion, English. 
Green, P aris...........  13H@  n%
Green,  Peninsular.. 
13®  16
Lead, Red...............   5X@  654
Lead, white............  5X@  6 a
Whiting, white Span  @  70
Whiting,  gilders’...  @  10
White, Paris Amer..  @  1  00
Whiting, Paris  Eng.
cliff......................  @  1  40
Universal Prepared.  1  00®  1  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 F um __  1  00®  1  10
Extra Turk Damar..  1 55®  1  60 
Jap. Dryer,No.lTurp  70®  76

SALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

4 50

Contain  Mac...........  35®  50
Copaiba...................  l  is® 
1 25
Cnbebn......................   go® l 00
Exechthitos...........  1 00® 1  10
Erlgeron.................  1  00®  1  10
Ganltherta..............  l  40® 1  45
Geranium,  ounce...  ® 
75
Gosslppii, Sem. gal..  50®  60
Hedeoma.................  1  25®  1  35
Junlpera.................   1  50® 2 00
Lavendula................  
90® 2 00
Limonis...................  1  2*@ 
1 3^
Mentha Piper.........   1  60® 2 20
Mentha Verid.........   1  50® 1  60
Morrhute,  gal.........   1  00® 1  15
Myrcla,....................  4  00® 
Olive.......................  
75® 3 00
Plcls  Liqulda........  
10®  12
Plcls Liqulda, gal...  @  35
Rlelna....................  92® 1 00
Rosmarlnl...............  
®100
Rosse,  ounce...........  6 50® 8 50
Succini...................  40®  45
Sabina................... 
go®  1  00
Santal....................... 2 50® 7 00
Sassafras.................  56®  60
Slnapls, ess.,  ounce. 
®  65
TIglll.......................  1 70®  1  80
Thyme....................  40®  50
Thyme,  opt............  
®  1  60
Theobromas........... 
15®  20
Potassium
Bl-Carb.................... 
15® 
18
13® 
Bichromate............  
15
Bromide..................   5!@  57
Carb....................... 
12® 
15
Chlorate..po. 17@19c  16®  18
Cyanide..................   35®  40
Iodide......................  2 40® 2 50
Potassa, Bitart, pure  28®  30
Potassa, Bitart,  com 
i5 
Potass Nitras, opt... 
12
Potass Nitras........... 
il
Prussiate.................  2u@  25
Sulphate po  ........... 
is

® 
10® 
10® 
15® 

Radix

20®  25
Aconltvm...............  
Althse......................  22®  25
Anchusa................. 
10® 
12
Arum po..................  
®  25
Calamus................. 
20®  40
Gentiana........po.  15 
12®  15
Glychrrhiza... pv. 15  16®  18
Hydrastis Canaden .  @  S5
Hydrastis Can., po..  @  90 
Hellebore,Alba,po.. 
18©  20
Inula, po................. 
is®  20
Ipecac, po................. 4 50® 4  75
Iris plox —  po35®38  35®  40
Jalapa, pr...............   25®  30
Maranta,  ¡4s...........  @  35
Podophyllum, po__  22®  25
.......................•  75®  1  00
Rhei, cut................. 
® 125
RRel.PV..................  
75®  1  35
Spigelia...................  35®  38
Sanguinarla... po. 15  @  19
Serpentaria............   40®  45
Senega....................  40®  45
Similax,officinalis H 
®  40
Smilax, M............ 
@  25
Sclllte..............po.35  10®  12
SymplocarpuB, Foeti-
dus,  po................. 
©  25
®  25
Valeriana, Eng.po. 30 
15®  20
Valeriana,  German. 
Zingiber a ...............  
12®  16
Zingiber]...............  
25®  27
Semen
Anlsum......... po.  15 
@ 1 2
13®  15
Apinm  (graveleons) 
Bird, Is.................... 
4® 
6
10®  12
Cam!..............po. 18 
Cardamon...............   1  ¡>5@  1  75
Corlandrum............ 
8®  10
Cannabis  Sativa....  4H@  5
Cvdonium............ .. 
75®  1  00
Chenopodium........ 
10® 
12
Dipterix  Odorate...  1 40®  1  50
Foeniculum............  
© 
10
7® 
Fcenugreek, po........ 
9
Id o l.........................  3H®  4K
4®  4tt
Lini,  grd— bbl. 3m 
Lobelia..................   35®  40
Pharlaris  Canarian. 
8®  4
Rapa.......................  4H® 
5
SinaplsAlbu........... 
g® 
10
Slnapis Nigra.........  
11® 
12
Splritus 

Frumenti, W. D. Co.  2 00® 2 50 
Frumenti,  D. F. R..  2 00® 2 25
Frum enti..................1  25®  1  50
Juniperls Co. O. T..  1  65® 2 00
Juniperis Co...........  1  75® 3 50
Saacharum N. E __  1 — ----
2  10 
Spt. Vinl Galli........  1
6 50 
Vinl Oporto............   1
2 00 
Vlni Alba................  1
2 00

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage...............   2 50® 2 75
Nassau sheeps  wool
carriage................  2 00© 2 25
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage......
®  1  25 
Extra yellow sneeps’
®  1  00
wool,  carriage__
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage...............
®  1  00 
Hard, for slate use..
®  75
Yellow  R e ef,  for 
slate  use..............
®  1  40
Syrups
Acacia....................
Aurantl Cortes........
Zingiber..................
Ipecac. 
..........
Ferri Iod.................
Rhei Arom..............
Smilax Officinalis...
Senega....................
Belli»....._____ 
.

@  50
®  50

©
©
©

niscellaneous 

Scilla Co................. 
Tolutan................... 
Prunus vlrg............  
Tinctures 
Aconitum N apellls R 
Aconitum Napellls F
Aloes.......................
Aloes and Myrrh__
Arnica....................
Assafcetlda............
At rope  Belladonna.
Aurantl  Cortex......
Benzoin...................
Benzoin Co..............
Barosma.................
Cantharldes...........
Capsicum..............
Cardamon.............
Cardamon  Co.........
Castor......................
Catechu...................
Cinchona.................
Cinchona Co...........
Columba.................
Cubeba....................
Cassia Acutlfol......
Cassia Acutlfol Co..
Digitalis.........
Ergot.......................
Ferri Chlorldnm
Gentian...................
Gentian Co..............
Gulaca....................
Guiaca ammon........
Hyoscyamus...........
Iodine......................
Iodine, colorless....
Kino........................
Lobelia...................
Myrrh......................
Nux Vomica...........
Opii.........................
Opli, camphorated..
Opii,  deodorized.  ..
Quassia...................
Khatany..................
Rhei.........................
Sanguinarla...........
Serpentaria............
Stromonium...........
Tolutan...................
Valerian.................
Veratrum Veride...
Zingiber..................
•dither, Spts. Nit. 3 F  30® 
dither, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®
Alumen...................  z
Alumen, gro’d .. po. 7
A nnatto.................
Antimoni,  po.........
Antimon! etPotassT  4i
Antipyrin..............
Antifebrin  .  ...........
Argenti Nitras, oz ..
Arsenicum..............  
Balm Gilead  Bud...  38®  40
Bismuth  S. N......... 1  40®  1  50
Calcium Chlor.,  Is..  ® 
9
Calcium Chlor., Hs.  ® 
10
Calcium Chlor.,  xs.  @ 1 2
Cantharldes, Rus.po  @ 
75
15
Capsici  Fructus, at.  @ 
Capsid Fructus, po.  @ 1 5
Capsici FructusB.po  @ 
15
Caryophyllus..po. 15 
12®  14
Carmine, No. 40...
Cera Alba............
Cera Flava...........
Coccus.................
Cassia Fructus__
Centraria.................  @ 1 0
Cetaceum................   @  45
Chloroform.............  
50®  53
Chloroform, squlbbs  @  1  10
Chloral Hyd Crst__  1  65®  1  90
Chondru8................   20®  25
Cinchonidlne.P.A w   28®  3«
Cinchonldine, Germ  29®  38
Cocaine..................   3 80® 4 P0
Corks, list, dls.pr.ct. 
70
Creosotum........
Creta............. bbl. 75
Creta, prep..............
Creta, precip...........
Creta, Rubra...........
II
Crocus.................... 
Cndbear...........
Cupri Sulph............   6V4< 
Dextrine.................. 
10®
75®  90
Ether Sulph............ 
Emery, all  numbers 
@  8
Emery, po...............   @ 
6
Ergota...........po. 40  30®  35
Flake  White........... 
12®  15
Galla........................  @  23
Gambier.  ...............  
8® 
9
Gelatin, Cooper......   @  60
Gelatin, French......  
35®  60
75 &  10
Glassware, flint, box 
Less  than  box__ 
70
Glue,  brown........... 
8©  12
Glue, white............  
13®  25
Glyeerina................  14®  20
Grana  Paradlsl  __  @  25
Humulus................. 
25®  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite  @  90
Hydraag Chlor Cor. 
@  80
Hydraag Ox Rub’m. @  1 00
Hydraag Ammoniatl 
HydraagUnguentum
Hydrargyrum.........
Ichthyobolla, Am...
Indigo......................
Iodine, Resubl........3
Iodoform.................
Lupulin...................
Lycopodium...........
Macis 
Liquor Arsen et Hy-
drarg Iod.............
Liq u or Potass Arsinit 
Magnesia, Sulph....
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl
Mannia, S. F ...........
Menthol 
......... ...

w .1

•5

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

1)

8
75
16
41
50
5
10
14
15
60
5
40
40

6
8
14
14

25
00
50
00

15
8
30
55
75
50
55

18
1218
30
20
12
12
12
15

25
30
12
14
15
17

15
25
75
40
15
2
50
7

14
25
35

30
25
30
20
10
65
45
35
28
80
14
12
30
60
30
55
13
14
16
60
10
00
70
30
0060
40
1035
45
80

25
2025
28
23
25
39
22
25

60
2225
36

, 75
50
I 25
!  00
! 50
! 90
80
80
65
! 75
.  50
45

PAINT AND 
ARTIST’S

BRUSHES

Our stock  of  Brushes  for  the  season 
of  1899  is  complete  and  we  invite 
your orders.  The  line  includes

Flat  W all  bound  in  rubber, 

brass  and  leather 

Oval  Paint  Round  Paint 

Oval  Chisel  Varnish

Oval  Chisel  Sash

Round  Sash 

White W ash  Heads 

Kalsomine

Flat Varnish 

Square  and  Chisel

All  qualities  at  satisfactory  prices.
Camel  Hair Varnish 

Flowing

Mottlers 

Color
Badger  Flowing,

single  or  double 

C.  H.  Pencils,  etc.

HAZELTINE  &  PERKINS 

DRUG  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

2 0

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT.

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

Farina.

FARINACEOUS GOODS.
24 1 lb.  packages..............1  25
Bulk, per 100 lbs...’......... 3 00
Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

Grits.

FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

AXLB  GREASE-
Aurora.................... ...55
Castor Oil................ ..60
Diamond................. .  50
.75
Frazer’s .................
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75
nica, tin boxes......
..75
Paragon................... ..55

dos. gross
6 00
7 00
4 00
9 00
9 00
9 00
6 00

BLLINO.

Co n d e n s e d

BAKING  POWDER.

Absolute
* ’b cans dos........
V( lb cans doz........
lb can  dos........
Ac m .

45
. 
85
.  1  50
X lb cam 3 de».................  46
V4 lb can» 8 dc s................  
75
lb cana 1 do*.................   1  06
Bulk.
10
Arctic.
8 oz. Eng. Tumblers.

 

Hoot*.

Bl Parity.

Oar Leader.

Queen Flake,

PeorloM.
............ 

Jersey Cream.

BATH  BRICK.

6 oz. cans, 4 doz case.........  SO
9 oz  cans. 4 doz case.........  1  20
lb. cans, 2 doz case......2 00
1 
2% lb. cans, 1 doz case...... 4 75
5 
lb. cans, 1 doz case...... 9 00
id lb cans per doi............   75
Vi lb cans per do»  ...........  1  20
lb can* per do*............ 2  00
1 
35
M lb canB 4 doz caae........ 
Vi lb cans 4 dos case........ 
55
lb cans 2 doz case  ...... 
90
B E E S E 1
id lb cans, 4 doz case......  
45
85
H lb cans, 4 doz case........ 
lb cans. 2 doz case........  1  60
1 lb. cans, per doz.............   2 00
9 oz. cans, per do*.............   l  25
85
6 oz. cans, per doz.............  
id lb cans..........................  
45
It lb cans.......................... 
75
lb cans...........................  1 50
1 lb. cans 
85
3 oz., 6 doz. case................   2 70
6 oz., 4 doz. case 
............ 3  20
9 01., 4 do*, case...................4  80
1 lb., 2 do*, case.................. 4 00
51b., 1 doz. Case................... 9 00
American................................79
English.........  
89
CANNED OOOD8.
Tomatoes...................  80®  90
Com 
.........................  80@1  00
Hominy......................  80
Beaus, Limas..............  70@1 30
Beans, Wax................  90
Beans, String..............
Beans.  Baked............  75@1  00
Beans, Red  Kidney...  75©  h5
Succotash...................  95®1  20
Peas............................  50®  %
Peas, French..............2 25
Pum pkin...................  75
Mushroom.................  15®  22
Peaches, P ie...............1  0fi
Peaches,  Fancy..........1  40
Apples,  gallons.........   ®3  00
Cherries....................   90
Pears..........................  70
Pineapple, grated......1  75  2 4O
Pineapple, sliced........1 35  2 25
Pineapple,  Farren__ 1  70
Strawberries...............1  10
Blackberries..............  80
Raspberries...............   85
Oysters, 1-lb................  85
Oysters, 2-lb................1  50
Salmon, Warren’s __ 1  4»®1  60
Salmon.  Alaska..........1  25
Salmon. Klondike......  90
Lobsters, 1-lb. Star....3 20 
Lobsters, 2-lb. Star....3 90 
Mac  erel.l lb Mustard  10 
Mackerel, 1-lb. Soused.1  75 
Mackerel,1-lb Tomato.l  75
Shrimps.....................  2 00
Sardines.  14a domestic  3S® 
Sardines, mstrd. dom.5Vi@  7Vi 
Sardines,  French.......s  @  22

 

BROOrtS.

40
Small, 3 doz.......................  
Large, 2 doz.......................  
75
io. 1 Carpet.  . . .................   2 3
•<o. 2 Carpet.......................2  1
Mo. 3 Carpet..............  ..  ..  18
Mo. 4 Carpet.......................   1  f
Parlor Gem.......................   2 50
Common Whisk.................  9
*ancy Whisk.....................   95
Warehouse 
......................2  70
8s..........................................7
16s......................................8
-•aralHae............................. 8
Wicking..............................80
CATSUP.
Jolnmbia, 
Colombia, ft pints 
CHEESE

pints  .........   2 00
......... l  25

CANDLES.

Acme......................  ®  ioh
Amboy....................  O  1134
Elsie........................   ®  in t
Km bl em...................  @  1"V4
Gem  .......................   ®  11*4
Gold Medal..............  @
Ideal.......................   @  IPv4
Jersey 
...................  ®  II
Riverside.................  ®  11
Brick.......................  @  12
Edam.......................  @  70
Leiden.....................  ®  17
Limburger..............  ®  13
Pineapple................ 50  ®  75
Sap  Sago.................  ®  17
Sulk  ..................   ........ 
5
Red 

Chicory

7

Woltar Dakar ft Co.'z.

CHOCOLATE.
 

German Sweet. 
Premium......................... 
Rrealrfari  f « '»  

28
  35
4g

COFFEE.
Roasted.

Kio.

Java.

Mocha.

Santos.

Roootod.

Maracaibo.

F a ir..........................................9
Good....................................... 10
Prim e......................................12
Golden  ...................................13
Peaberry  ................................14
Fair  ........................................14
Good  ......................................15
Prim e......................................16
Peaberry  ................................18
Prim e........  .........................   15
Milled......................................17
Interior...................................28
Private  Growth...................... 85
Mandehling............................ 35
Im itation............................... 22
Arabian  ................................. 28
Clark-Jewell -Wells Co.’s Brands
Fifth  Avenne......................29
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha__29
Wells’ Mocha and Java.....24
Weils’ Perfection  Java...... 24
San cal bo.............................21
Breakfast Blend................  18
Valley City Maracaibo.  __ 18V4
Ideal  Blend.........................14
Leader Blend.......................12*4
Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
which 
the  wholesale  dealer 
adds  the  local  freight  from 
New  York  to  your  shipping 
point, giving you credit  on  the 
invoice 
for  the  amount  of 
freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market  in  which  he purchases 
to his shipping point, including 
weight  or  package,  also Vic  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
"leLaagh tin's  XXYX.
McLaughlin’s XXXX  sold  to 
retailers only.  Mail  all  orders 
direct to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  & 
Co., Chicago.
Valley City Vi gross......  
75
1  15
Felix X gross................. 
Kummers foil Vi gross... 
86
l  48 
Hummel’s tin Vi  gross  .. 
CLOTHES PINS.
6 gross boxes...........................40

Package.

Extract.

CLOTHES LINES.

Cotton, 40 ft, per  dot..........1  00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  dos..........I  20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  dos..........1  40
Cotton, 70 ft, per  dos..........1  60
Cotton, 80 ft. per  dos..........1  80
Jute, 60 ft.  per  dos.............  80
Jnte. 72 ft.  per  dos..............  ^

COCOA.

James Epps& Co.’s.

Boxes, 7 lbs.............................40
Cases, 16 boxes........................38
COCOA 5HELLS.
20 lb  bags...................... 
2*
Less quantity................. 
8
Pound  packages........... 
4
CRBAfl  TARTAR.
5 and 10 lb. wooden boxes......30
Bulk in sacks..........................29

CONDENSED  MILE

.  4 dos in case.

Gall Borden  Eagle..................6 75
Crown......................................6 25
Daisy  ....... 
Champion 
Magnolia 
Challenge 
Dime 

5  75
.  .  ..................4 50
.............. 
4 25
................   8 35
8 85

.... 

 

 

COUPON  BOOKS.

Tradesman Grade.

Credit Checks.

Superior Grade.

Universal Grade.

Economic Grade.

Coupon Pass Books,

denomination from 110 down.

50 books, any deuom__   1  50
100 books, any denom__  2 50
500 books, any denom__ 11  50
1.000 books, any denom__ 80 00
50 books, any denom....  1  50
100 books, any denom__2 50
500 books  any denom__11  50
1.000 books, any denom...  20 00
50 books, any denom....  1  50 
100 books, any denom....  2 50 
500 books, any denom__ 11  50
1.000 books, any denom__ 20 00
50 books, any denom....  1  50
100 books, any denom__   2 50
500 books, any denom__ 11  50
1.000 books, any denom__ 20 00
500, any one denom’n ...... 3 00
1000, any one denom’n ...... 5 00
2000, any one denom’n ...... 8 00
Steel punch.......................   75
Can be made to represent any 
20 books  .......................   1  00
50 books...............................  2 00
100 books................................8 00
250 books...............................  G 25
500 books............................... 10 00
1000 books............................... 17 50
DRIBD  FRUITS—DOIIBSTIC 
Snndrled.......................   ©7Vi
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  ©9V6 
Apricots.....................   ®15
Blackberries...............
Nectarines.................  ®
Peaches..................   . .10  ®11
Pears..........................   ®
Pitted Cherries........... 
Prunn eilet..................
Raspberries................
100-120 25 lb boxes.........   ©  4
90-100 25 lb boxes.........  © 5
80 - 90 25 lb boxes.........   © 5V4
70-80 25 lb boxes.........   © 654
60-70 25 lb boxes.........   © 6*
50 - 60 25 lb boxes.........  © 8
40-50 25 lb boxes.........  ©10
30-4025 lb boxes.........   ©
-V4 cent less in 50 lb cases 
150
London Layers 2 Crown. 
1 65
London Layers 3 Crown. 
Cluster 4 Crown............ 
2 00
5 
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
6 
Loose M nscatels 4 Crown 
7
L. M., Seeded, choice......   8
L. M , Seeded, fancy........  9V4

California Pranas.

California Pratts.

Raisin«.

Apples.

7%

FOREIGN.
Citron.

Pool.

Currant*.

Leghorn..........................©11
Corsican..........................©12
Patras bbls...................... © 5 Vi
Cleaned, balk  ................. © 6
Cleaned, packages..........© 6V4
Citron American 10 lb bx ©IS 
Lemon American 10 lb bx ©!0Vi 
Orange American 101b bx ©10V6 
Ondnra 28 lb boxes.....  ©
Sultana  1 Crown.........   ©
Sultana 2 Crow n........  ©
Sultana 8 Crown..........  ©
Sultana 4 Crown.........   ©
Sultana fi Crown.........   ©
Sultana 6 Crown.........   ©
Sultana package.........   ©

Raisins.

Peas.

Beans.

Hominy.

Rolled  Oats.

Pearl Barley.

24 2 lb. packages.............. 1  80
1001b. kegs.......................2 70
2001b. barrels...................5  10
Barrels  ............................2 50
Flake. 50 lb.  drums.........1  00
Dried L im a..............  
*V4
Medium Hand Picked 1  2C®1  25 
Maccaron! and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  10 lb. box........  80
Imported.  25 lb. box....... 2 50
Common...........................  1 75
Chester............................  2  0
..........................  2 50
Empire 
Green. Wisconsin, bu......1  00
Green, Scotch, bn............ 1  10
Split, bu............................2 50
Rolled Avena,  bbl........ 4 00
Monarch,  bbl................  .3 75
Monarch,  Vi  bbl..............2 (4)
Monarch, 90 lb sacks........1  80
Quaker, cases...............   8 20
Huron, cases.................... 2 00
German............................  4
East  India................ 
SELF  RISING  FLOURS. 
lb. cartons, 2 dz. In case..  1  80 

lb. cartons. 2 dz. in  case..  1  80 
lb. cartons, 2 dz. in case..  1  80 

2 
6 lb. cartons, 2 dz. *n  case..  4 80 
2 
2 
Flake.............................. 
5
4V4
Pearl................................ 
Pearl, 24 1 lb. pkges........ 
6V
Cracked, bulk...................  354
24 2 lb packages............... 2 50

Graham
Tapioca

Entire Wheat.

Pastry.

Wheat.

Saga.

3V4

Cod.

Herring.

nackorel.

SALT  PISH.
© 5 
Georges cured............
© 5V4 © 6 
Georges genuine........
Georges selected........
Strips or bricks.........  6
© 9
Holland white boops, bbl.  9 25 
Holland white hoop Vi bbl 
5 25 
Holland white hoop, keg. 
70 
Holland white hoop mens
80
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbs...................  3 10
Round  40 lbs...................  1 40
Scaled............................... 
14
Mess 100 lbs......................  15 00
Mess  40 lbe.  ...................  6 30
Mess  10 lbs......................  1 66
Mess  8 lbs......................  1 35
No. 1100 lbs......................  13 25
No. 1  40 lbs......................  5 60
No. 1  10 lbs......................  1 48
No. 1  8 lbs......................  120
No. 2 100 lbs......................  II  50
No. 2  40 lbs......................  4 90
No. 2  10 lbs......................  1 30
No. 2  8 lbs......................  107
No. 1100 lbs......................  5 25
No. 1  40 lbs.
2 40 
No. 1  10 lbs................
68 
57
N a l  8 lbs................
Whit «fish.
No. 1 No. 2 Fam
2 77
1  40
43
37

100 lbs.... ....  7 CO 6 50
40 lbs.... ....  8  10
2 97
10 lbs.... .... 
80
86
8 lbs.... .... 
71
66
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS, 

Treat.

Perrigo’s.

Van. 
doz.
XXX, 2 oz. obert......1  25
XXX, 4 oz. taper.. ...2 25
XX, 2 oz. obert......   1  00
No. 2. 2 oz. obert  ....  75 
XXX D D ptebr. 6 oz 
XXX D D ptchr, 4 oz
K.  P. pitcher. 6 os...
Pare Brand.
Lem.
2 oz. Taper Panel..  75
2oz. Oval..............  75
3 oz. Taper Panel.. 1 35
4 os. Taper Panel..1 60

Lem.
doz.
75 
1  25

2 25
1  75
2 25
Van. 
1  20
1 SO
2  00 
2 25

Imported.

Japan,  No. 1...............5V4® 6
Japan,  No. 2 ............ 4n @  5
Java, fancy  head........5  ©  ¿V4
Java,  Mo. 1..................5  ©
Table............................   ©
Packet! 60  lb«  in  wii 

SALBRATUS.

uurch’f Arm and Hammer.  15
l*fcland’f 
..................... „ii"
Dw>ght’‘  Cow.. 
............... 3  15
Emblem  ..............................3 50
L.  P..........   ......................3 r o
S'dio...................................3  15
Wyandotte, lfO Ha.............3 00
Granulated, bblB..............  75
Granulated,  100 lb cases..  90
Lamp, bbls 
....................   75
Lamp. 1451bkeg*  __ ....  85
SALT.

SAL SUDA

Diamond  Crystal.

Worcester.

Common Grades.

Table, cases, 24 3-lb  boxes. .1 50 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb bags.2 75 
Table, barrels,  40 7 lb bags.2 40 
Bntter, barrels, 2801b. bnlk.2 25 
Batter, barrels,2014 lbbags.2 50
Bntter, sacks, 28 lbs............   25
Batter, sacks, 56 lbs............  55
100 8- lb sacks.......................1  06
605-lb sacks.......................1  80
28 10-lb sacks..................... 1  65
50  4 
lb. cartons...............3 26
115  2V41b. sacks...................4 00
lb. sacks.................. 3 75
60  5 
2214 
lb. sacks...............  .3 50
30 10 
lb. sacks.................. 3 50
28 lb. linen sacks.................  32
56 lb. linen sacks.................  60
Balk In barrels................... 2  50
58-lb dairy In drill bags......   30
28-lb dairy In drill bags......   15
56-lb dairy in linen sacks...  60 
56-lb dairy In Unen sacks...  60 
56-lb  sacks...........— .........  21
Granulated Fine.................   £0
Medium  Fine......................  7o
Per doz.

Ashton.
Higgins.
Solar Rock.
Common.

SCALES.

Warsaw.

Weighs 24 lbs.  bj oaoces. 

SEEDS.

A nise...............................   9
Canary, Smyrna................  SV4
Caraway..........................  
8
Cardamon, M alabar........   60
Celery...............................   11
Hemp,  Bnsslan................  4Vi
Mixed  Bird......................  4V4
Mustard,  white............ 
5
Poppy..............................  10
Cnftle B
20*
Scotch, In bladders............   87
Maccaboy, In Jars.................   J*
French Rappee, in jars......   48

n
SNUFF.

o

e

SOAP.

J A X O N

Single box............................ 2 85
5 
box lots, delivered.......2  r0
10 box lots, delivered...........2 75
JUS.  S.  KIRK  S CO.’S BRANDS.
American Family, wrp’d....2 66
Dome.................................... 2 75
Cabinet.................................2 80
Savon....................................2 50
Wbite Russian.....................2 35
White Cloud,  laundry...  ..6 25
White Cloud,  toilet.............3 50
Dosky Diamond. 50 6 oz__ 2  10
Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz__ 3  00
Blue India, 100 R lb.............3 00
Klrkoline............................. 8 50
Bos.......................................2 50
Sapollo, kitchen, 3 d o s.......2 40
Sapollo, hand. 3 doz........... 2 40
Boxes  ...............................  5H
Ke«i  trw l'iti. 
4%

Sconring.

SODA.

SYRUPS
Cara.

Bar. els..................................16
Half  bbls...... ................. 
17
1 doz. 1 gallon cans............. 3 90
1  doz. V4 gallon cans.........1  70
doz. V4 gallon  cans  ..... I  75
3 
Pure Cane.
Fair  ...............................  
16
Good......................... 
 
20
Choice..............................  26

Jennings’.

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

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

FLY  PAPER.

Tanglefoot,  per  box...........  36
Tanglefoot, per case...........3 20
Holders, per box of 50........  75
Perrigo's Lightning, gro__ 2 50
Petrolatum, per doz............  75

Sage.
Hope

HERBS.

INDIGO.

Madras, 5  lb  boxes............   55
3. F„ 2. 3 and 5 lb  boxes...  50

OUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

............................4 00

Kegs 
Half K en ................................. 2 25
Quarter Kegs............................ 1 25
I lb. cahs..............................  30
V4 lb. cans..*........................  18

Choke Bore—Dupont’s.

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

Bogie Dock—Dupont’s.

K egs...,....................................8 00
Half Kegs................................. 4 25
Quarter Kegs........................... 2 25
lib. cans.............................   45
JBLLY.
lb id  pails  ............  
85
30 lb  p a lls..........................   66
LYB.
Condensed, 2 dos 
Condensed. 4 dos 

............1 20
........... 2 25

 

 

LICORICE.

Pare.....................................   20
Jalabria  .............................   26
Molly....................................  14
R o o t....................................  10

nATCHBS.

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.

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

nOLASSBS.
New Orleans.

Black................................  
11
14
F air..................................  
Good................................. 
20
Fancy  .............................  
24
Open Kettle...................... 25®35

Half-barrels 2c extra.
MUSTARD.

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

PIPB5.

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

66
85

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

Babbitt’s...................................4 00
Penns Salt  Oo.’s ......................8 09

Barrels, 1,200 count...........  4 00
Half bbls, 600 count.............2 50

Barrels, 2,400 count.........   5 on
Half bbls  1,200 count........  3 00

PICKLES, 
nedlum.

Small.

RICB.

Domestic.

Carolina head............... 
  evi
Carolina  No. 1  .................  5
Carolina  No. 2...................  4
Broken...............................   344

s p ic e s .
Whole Sifted.

Pare Ground In Balk.

Allspice  ..............................14
Cassia, China In mats......... 12
Cassia, Batavia in bond__25
Cassia, Saigon in rolls........82
Cloves, Amboyna................14
Cloves, Zanzibar..................12
Mace,  Batavia  ...................55
Nutmegs, fancy...................60
Nutmegs, No.  1...................50
Nutmegs, No.  2...................45
Pepper, Singapore, black...13 
Pepper, Singapore, white... 16
Pepper,  shot........................15
Allspice  ..............................17
Cassia, Batavia...................30
Cassia,  Saigon ................... 40
Cloves, Zanzibar..................i4
Ginger,  African..................15
Ginger,  Cochin................... 18
Ginger,  Jamaica  ................23
Mace,  Batavia.................... 65
Mustard......................... 12@18
Nutmegs,......................40@50
Pepper, Sing , black...........15
Pepper, Sing., white...........22
Pepper, Cayenne  ................20
Sage....................................16

STARCH.

Klngstord’o  Corn.

Diamond.

10 1-lb packages..................   6
20 1 lb packages...................634
Klngsford’s Sliver Gloss.
10 1-1 b packages.................... 6M
6-lb boxes.......................... 7
64 10c  packages  ............... 5 00
128  5c  packages.................5 00
82 10c and 64 5c packages...5 00 
201 lb. packages..................5
401 lb. packages 
...............4)t
1-lb  packages......................  434
3-lb  packages......................  4 34
6-lb  packages......................  5
10 and 50 lb boxes.  ............   3
Barrels 
___  3

Common Gloss.

Common Corn.

STOVE POLISH.

SUGAR.

imrchases to his shipping point, 

No. 4, 3'doz in Case, gross..  4  50 
No. 6,3 dos in case, gross..  7 20 
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
ncluding  20  pounds  for  the 
weight of the barrel.
Domino....................................5 63
Cut  Loaf.................................. 5 58
Crushed................................... 5 8i
Powdered 
......................... 5  b>
XXXX  Powdered.................... 5 63
Cubes....................................... 5 50
Granulated in bbls...................5 38
Granulated in  bags..................5 38
Fine Granulated...................... 5 38
Extra Fine Granulated.......5 ?0
Extra Coarse Granulated.. .5 50
Mould  A...................................f t8
Diamond Confec.  A........... 5 35
Confec. Standard A................. 5 <6
No.  1....................................... 4 8s
No  2....................................... 4 88
No.  3....................................... 4 58
No.  4.......................................4 8'
No.  6....................................... 4 75
No.  6....................................... 4 (9
No.  7.......................................4 63
No.  8.......................................4 5t>
No.  9.......................................4 50
No.  10.......................................4 4*
No.  11...................................... 4 15-
No.  12.......................................4 81
No.

.4  2 
.4 2 
.4  2! 
25

TABLE  SAUCBS.
LEE &  
PERRINS’ 
SAUCE

The Original and 
Genuine 
W  orcestershire. 
Lea A Perrin’s,  large...  3 75 
Lea A Perrin’s, small...  2 50
Halford,  large..................3 75
Halford small................... 2 25
Salad Dressing, large...... 4 55
Salad Dressing, small...... 2 75

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

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

H. A P. Drug Co.’s brands.

Fortune Teller........................35 03
Our Manager..........................35 00
ljuintette............................... 35 uu
G. J. Johnson Cigar C o .’ b brand.

S. C. W...............................35 00
Phelps, Brace A Co.’s Brands. 
Vincente Portuondo..35@ 73 00
Buhe Bros.  C o .........25®  "0 00
The HilsonCo............3 @110 00
T. J. Dunn &  Co....... 35 a,  70 00
McCoy & Co.............. 35® 70 00
The Collins Cigar Co..l<® 35 00
Brown Bros...............15® 70 00
Banner Cigar Co....... 30® 70 00
Bernard Siahl  Co.  ..  35®  90 00
Banner Cigar Co.......1 ® 35 00
Seidenberg & Co.......55®125 00
G.P. SpragueCigarCo.10® 3b O' 
The FultouCigar Co.. l'@ 35 00 
A. B  Ballard A Co....3=@1  5 00 
E. M. schwarz A Co 
.%@I10 00
*an  Telmj................ 35® 70 01
Havana Cigar Co...... 18® 35 00

VINEGAR

Malt White Wine, 40 grain....  8 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain.. ..11
Pure Cider, Red Star..............12
Pure Cider. Robinson.............11
Pure Cider, Silver.................. 11

WICKING.

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

WOODENWARE 

Polls.
2- 
hoop Standard.... 1 35
3- 
hoop Standard.... 1 50
2-wire, Cable............................ 1 35
3 wire. Cable........................ 1  6
Cedar, all red, brass bound.!  25
Paper, Eureka.........................2 25
Fiore.........   ....................... 22

Tabs.

2’-inch, Standard, No. 1....5 80
18-iiiCh, Stjndajd, No. 2__ 4  85
16-inch,  Standard,  No. 3__ 3 85
20-inch, Dowell, No  1......... 6  25
18-in  h, Dowell, No. 2.  .......5  25
16-inch, Dowell, No. 3..  ..  4 25
No.  1 Fibre...........................9 01
No.2 Fibre...........................7 50
No. 3 Fibre...........................6 75

Crackers.

The  National  Biscuit  Co. 

quotes as follows:
Batter.
Seymour XXX...................  5M
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  6
Family XXX  ....................   514
Salted x y x .......................   5«
New  York XXX.................  514
Wolverine.........................  6
Boston................................  7$4
Soda  XXX  .......................   6
Soda  XXX, 3 lb  carton__  614
Soda,  City.........................  8
Long Island Wafers.........   11
L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton  ..  12- 
Zephyrette...........................10

Soda.

Oyster.

Saltine Wafer....................  514
Sal tine Wafer, 1 lb. carton.  6M
Farina Oyster....................   5*
Extra Farina Oyster.........   6
SWEET  GOODS—Boxes.
Animals............................  1044
Bent’s Water.....................   16
Cocoanut Taffy.................  10
Coffee Cake, Java..............  lu
Coffee Cake, Iced................ 10
I’racknells.........................  r>m
Cubans  .............................   11*4
Frosted  Cream...................  8
Ginger Gems  ..  ...............   8
Ginger Snaps, XXX...........  7M
Graham Crackers  ............   8
Graham Wafers.................  10
Grand Ma Cakes.................  9
Imperials..........................   8
JumDles,  Honey................  1214
Marshmallow  ...................  15
Marshmallow  Creams......   16
Marshmallow  Walnuts...  16
Mich. Frosted Honey__  1214
Molasses  Cakes.................  8
Newton.............................   12
Nle Nacs............................  8
Orange Gems.....................  8
Penny Assorted Cakes......  814
Pretzels,  hand m ad e......   714
Sears’Lunch......................  7
Sugar  Cake.......................  8
Sugar  Squares.................  9
Vanilla  Wafers................  14
Sultanas..............................1214 1

MICHIGAN  T R A D E S M A N
Grains and Feedstufls

Candies.
Stick Candy.

bbls. nails
Standard................. 
7  @  ?m
7  ® 714
Standard H. H........ 
Standard Twist......   714® 8
®  614
Cut Loaf................. 
@ 614
Jumbo, 32 lb  .......... 
Bxtra H .H .............. 
® B14
Boston  Cream........ 
®i0

Mixed Candy.

Grocers...................  
® 6
@ 614
Competition............ 
@  7
Standard................. 
Conserve................. 
@ 714
® 7i4
Royal...................... 
Ribbon....................  
® 814
® 734
Broken................... 
Cut Loaf.................  
® 814
English Rock.........  
@  814
Kindergarten.........  
® 8I4
French  Cream........ 
® 9
Dandy Pan.............. 
@10
Hand Made Cream mxd  @13
Nobby.................... 
® 814

Fancy—In Balk.

San Bias Goodies.... 
@11
Losenges, plain......  
® 814
® 814
Lozenges,  printed.. 
®ii
Choc.  Drops........... 
®:214
Choc.  Monnmentals 
Gum  Drops............  
® 5
® 8 >
Moss  Drops............  
Sour Drops.............. 
® 8W
® 9 .
Imperials...............  
Ital. Cream Bnbns, 35 lb p’s  11 
Molasses Chews,  15 ib. pails  13 
Jelly Date Squares.. 

®10

Fancy—In  5  Ib.  Boxes.

®go
@eo
@eu
®66
®75
@90
@30
@75
@50
®5&
@55
@55
® 0
@55
@55

Lemon Drops.........  
Sour  Drops............  
Peppermint Drops.. 
Chocolate Drops__ 
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
H. M  Choc. Lt.and
Dk. No. 12............. 
Gum  Drops............  
Licorice Drops........ 
A. B. Licorice Drops 
Lozenges,  plain__ 
Lozenges,  printed.. 
Imperials................ 
Mottoes................... 
Cream Bar.............. 
Molasses B a r.........  
Hand Made Creams.  80  @  90 
Cream Buttons, Pep.
and  Want............ 
String Rock............  
Burnt Almonds...... 125  @
Wintergreen Berries 
Caramels.
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes..................  
No. 1 wrapped, 3  ib.
boxes............ ...... 
No. 2 wrapped, 2  lb. 
boxes  .................
Fruits.
Oranges.
SfeiiUnffB................. 
@3 75
Medt Sweet............. 3 75  ©4 00
Lemons.

®66
@60
@55

®36
®50

Strictly choice 360s..  @3 2
Strictly choice 300s..  @3 50
Fancy 300s.............  
@3 7b
Ex.Fancy 300s........ 
@4  uu
Ex. Fancy 360s........ 
@
Bananas.

Medium bunches... 1  25  @1  50
Large bunches........l  75  @2 50

Foreign Dried Prnite. 

Pigs.

Californias  Fancy.. 
@13
Choice, 101b boxes.. 
@12
Extra  choice,  10  ih
boxes new............  
®18
Fancy, 12lb boxes.. 
@22
Imperial Mikados, 18
lb boxes...............  
®
Pulled, 6lb boxes...  @
Naturals,  In  bags... 
@ 7
Dates.

Fards in 10 lb  boxes  @10
Fards  in 60 ib cases  @ 6
Persians, P H V......  
® 6
lb cases, new........ 
@ 6
Sairs,  601b cases.... 
® 5
Nuts.
Almonds, Tarragona..
Almonds, Ivaca.........
Almonds,  California,
soft shelled............
Brazils new...............
Filberts  ....................
Walnuts, Gronobles.. 
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1. 
Walnuts,  soft shelled
Calif.......................
Table Nuts,  fancy__
Table Nuts,  choice...
Pecans, Med...............
Pecans, Ex. Large....
Pecans, Jumbos........
Hickory  Nnts per bn.,
Ohio, new...............
Coeoanuts,  full  Backs
Chestnuts per bn.......
Peanuts. 
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns. 
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Flags
Roasted...................
Choice, H. P., Extras. 
Choice, H. P„  Extras, 
...............

@16
@14
@15 
Q 7 
@.0 @18 
@li
@11 
@11 
@ 10 
e  744 
@ 9 
@12
@1  60 
@?  5J 
@

0 7  
O 4*
6*

Boosted 

Wheat.

7j

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

Local Brands.

Spring  Wheat  Flour. 

Patents............................. 4 00
Second  Patent..................   3 so
Straight  ..........................   3 25
Clear..................................3 00
Graham 
.......................... 3 jo
Buckwheat.......................
B ye-.................................  3 25
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Daisy, Ms............................ 3 80
Daisy, 14s............................ 3 85
Daisy, 44s.............................3 8 s
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Quaker,  Ms........................  3 5)
Quaker, Ms........................  3 50
Quaker, 44s........................   3 50
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand.
Plllsbury’s Best 44s...........  4 45
Pillsbury’s Best M&...........  4 35
Pillsbury’s Best Ms  .........  4 25
Plllsbury's Best %s paper  4 25 
Plllsbury’s Best ms paper..  4  25 
Ball-Bambart-Patman's Bratio.
Duluth Imperial.  Ms.........4 45
Duluth Imperial, Ms.........4 35
Duluth Imperial, Ms.........  4 25
Lemon A Wheeler Co.’s  Brand.
Gold Medal  14s..................  4  &
Gold Medal 14s.................. 4  15
Gold Medal Ms...................4 0
Parisian, Ms......................   4 25
Parisian, Ms...................... 4
Parisian.  Hs.......................  40
Olney A Jndson's Brand.
Ceresota, ms.....................   4 49
Ceresota, ms......... ............   4 3)
Ceresota, Ms......................4 20
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel, Ms.........................4  40
Laurel, Ms.........................4 30
Laurel, Ms.........................  a m
Bolted...............................  1 90
Granulated.......................  2  10
St. Car Feed, screened  ...  16 00
No. 1 Com and  Oats......... 15 50
Unbolted Com Meal  ........ 14 *0
Winter Wheat  Bran...  . 
it  00 
Winter Wheat Middlings  15 00
Screenings......................... 14  00
New corn, car lots............   36M
Less than  car lots.............. ¿8M
Car  lots............................  3a J4
Carlots, clipped................   35
Less than  car  lots...........  36
No. 1 Timothy carlots.. 
lj ro 
No. 1 Timothy, ton lots 
1  0)
Fish and Oysters
Per lb.

Feed and Mlllstuffs.

Fresh Flab.

Corn.

Meal.

Oats.

Hay.

@ 

Barrels.

Shell Goods.

Whitefish...............   @  9
T rout.....................   @  s
Black Bass..............  8  @  lu
Halibut 
...............   @  15
Ciscoes or Herring 
t>
Bluefish..................   @  11
Live Lobster.........  @  ig
Boiled Lobster........  @  20
Cod 
......................  @  io
Haddock.................  @  y
No.  1  Pickerel........  @  6
Pike.........................  @  514
Perch.......................  @  5
Smoked White........  @ 
t>
Red Snapper...........  @  8
Col  River Salmon..  @  J2
Mackerel 
..............  @  16
Oysters, per  100......... 1  25@i  5"
•  f)
'’linw  W.r  10» 
______Oils.______
Eocene  .....................  
<@11M
XXX W. W. M ich.Hdlt  @lu
W W Michigan...........  @ 9M
Diamond White.........  @ 8M
D., S. Gas....................  @12M
Deo. N aptha..............  @12M
Cylinder................... 29  @34
Engine...................... u   @21
Hides  and  Pelts.
The Cappon A Bertsch Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Street, quotes  as 
follows:
Green No. 1................  @ 7M
Green No. 2................   @ 6M
Bulls....................... 
@ 6
Cured No. 1................   @1-34
Cured No. 2.............. .  @ 7«
Calfskins,  green No. 1  @  9M
Calfskins, green No. 2  @8
Calfskins, cured No. 1  @10M
Calfskins, cured No. 3  @9
Pelts,  each.................  50@l  00

Hides.

Potts.
Tallow.

Wool.

Na2......... w - " ," -   ©2*
Washed, fine  .............  @u
Washed, medium.......  @21
Unwashed, fine..........  9  @  2
Untrashed, medium ..14  @  6

2 1

Provisions.

Swift  A  Company  qnote  as 

Barreled »»'k.

Smoked  Heats.

follows:
Mess  ..............................   10 00
Back  ......................10 50®
Clear back.............. 
^,0  co
Shortcut.............................  
to 25
Pig......................................   1* U)
Bean  .............................   9 to
Family  ..........................  11  oj
Dry Salt Meats.
Bellies............................ 
554
Briskets  ......................... 
5M
Extra shorts................... 
bM
Hams, 12 lb  average  __ 
9
Hams, 14 lb  average 
... 
834
Hams, 16 In  average......  
244
Hams, 20 lb  average...... 
8h
Ham dried beef  ............  
12M
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut).  . 
5%
Bacon,  clear.................7  @7M
California  hams............  
544
Boneless hams.............. 
8M
Cooked  ham..................10@12M
Lards.  In Tierces.
Compound..................... 
454
Kettle.............................  
6m
2
56 lb Tubs.........advance 
w
SO lb Tubs.........advance 
50 lb T ins.........advance 
,  %
20 lb Palls.........advance 
44
10 Ib Pails.........advance 
%
5 lb Palls.  ......advance 
1
3 lb Pails.........advance 
144
Sausages.
su
Bologna 
............. 
6M
.........................  
prankfort............  
714
e£
P ork...................... 
e
Blood  ............................ 
Tongue.......................... 
g
Head  cheese...............  
6M
Beef.
Extra  Mess......................... 10 25
Boneless  .............. 
12 50
Rump...........................II12 OC
Kits, 15 lbs...................... 
70
M  bbls, 40 lbs.................  i  35
M  bbls, 80 lbs.................  2 50
Kits, 15 lbs...  .771............ 
70
M  bbls, 40 lbs......................  1 ¿5
M  bbls, 80 lbs......................  2 25
Pork..................................  20
Beef  rounds................... 
Beef  middles........... 
Sheep.............................  
Butterlne.
Rolls, dairy..................  
u
Solid,  d a iry ..................  
¡0
Rolls,  creamery  ........... 
544
Solid, creamery 
14
Corned  beef,  2  lb  ......... 2  15
Corned  beef, 14 
lb....   14 75
Roast  beef,  2 
lb......... 2  15
Potted  ham,  44s.........   50
Potted  ham,  Ms.........  
90
Deviled ham.  Ms.........   50
Deviled bam,  Ms.........   90
Potted  tongue 44s.........   50
go
Potted  tonsrno  lJs.........  
Fresh  Meats.

Canned  Moats.

Pigs’ Foot.

Casings.

3
io
60

Tripe.

Beef.

Carcass.........................7 ®  8M
Forequarters..............  6 @  6M
Hind  quarters...........  7M@ «M
Loins  No.  3..................12 @14
Ribs............................... 9 @14
Rounds......................  @g
Cbucks......................  6  @ 6M
Plates  .......................  4  @ 5
Dressed......................  5  @514
L oins.........................  @ 744
Shoulders...................  @ 5 _
Leaf Lard...................  fm@
Carcass.....................   8M@>0
Spring Lambs...........14  @,6
....................744-^ g

Mutton

Carcass 

Pork.

Veal.

Tomato Jugs.

........  

Sealing Wax.

LAMP  BURNBRS.

M gal., per dos.................  50
1 gal., each......... 
« 4
Corks for M gal., per dos..  20 
Corks for  1 gal., per doz..  30
Prosorvo Jars and Coven.
M gal., stone cover, doz...  75 
1 gal., stone cover, doz...l  00
5 lbs. In package, per lb...  2
No. 0 Sun.......................... 
33
No.  1  Sun  ......................... 
34
No.  2 Sun.......................... 
46
No. 3 Sun...........................  1  00
Tubular.............................   45
60
Security, No. 1................... 
Security, No. 2............... 
  80
Nutmeg  ............................ 
50
LAMP CHIMNBY5—Seconds.
Per box of 6 doz.
No.  0 Sun..........................  1 32
No.  1  Sun..........................  1 48
No.  2 Sun  .  ......................  2 is
No. 0 Sun...........................  1 50
No. 1 Sun...........................  1 60
No. 2 Sun...........................  2 45

Common

No. 
No. 
No. 

First  Quality.
wrapped and  labeled 
-  10
wrapped and  labeled  ...  2  15 
wrapped and  labeled.  .  *  15

0  Sun,  crimp 
1  Sun,  crimp 
2  Snn,  crimp 

ton,
top,
top,

XXX Pllnt.
0  Sun,  crimp 
No. 
top,
wrapped and  labeled  ..  ?  55 
No. 
I  Snn,  crimp 
top,
wrapped and  labeled 
.  2  75 
No.  2  Sun,  crimp 
top,
wrapped and  labeled  ...  s 75
CHIMNEYS—Poarl  Top.
No. 1  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled............................ 3  70
No  2  Snn,  wrapped  and
labeled........................... 4  70
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped  and
labeled  .......................... 4  gg
No. 2  Sun,  “Small  Bulb,” 
for Globe Lam ns............  
80

La  B as tie.

No. 1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per
doz  ................................  
'0
No. 2 Sun,  plain  bnlb,  per
doz  ............................ 
1 5
No. 1 Crimp, per doz.........  1 „5
No. 2 Crimp, per doz.. 
.  .  1  ,0
Rochester.

No. 1, Lime  (65c doz)........ 8  50
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz).. 
..  4 00
No. 2, Flint (80c  doz)........   4 70

Electric.

OIL CANS- 

Pump  Cob«.

No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)  ......  4 00
No. 2, Flint  (80c doz).......   4 10
Dm
t gal tin cans wltn  spont..  1  4!
1 gal galv iron with  spont.  1  52
2 gal galv iron with  spout.  2  5
3 gal galv iron with spont.  3  45 
5 gal galv Iron with  spout.  4  58 
3 gal galv iron with faucet  4 50 
5 gal galv iron with  faucet 4  85
5 gal Tilting cans..............7  as
5 gal galv Iron Naoefas__  9  00
5 gal Rapid steady stream.  7  SO 
5 gal Eureka non-overfiow 10 50
3 gal Home Rule............... 10 50
5 gal Home Rule................12 00
5 gal Pirate  King..............  9 59
No.  0Tubular side lift....  4  00
No.  1 B  Tabular..............6  25
No. 18 Tubnlar Dash......... 6 58
No.  lTnb., glass fount....  7 00 
No. 12 Tubular, side ’pn'n.14  OC 
No.  3 Street  Lamp, each..  3  75 
LANTERN GLOBE*.
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 1 doz.
each, box 10 cents........... 
45
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 2 doz.
each, box 15  cents.........  
45
No.  0 Tubnlar.  bbls 5 doz.
each,  per b b l.................   2 GO
No. OTuoniar,  bail’s  eye.
25

LANTERNS.

'  •* ’* 

crockery ana

Churns.

Batten,

Glassware
AKRuat CTONBWARB. 
M gal.,  per fi. z......   ..... ..  45
1 to 6 g al, per gal........
8 gal., each.................. ..  52
10 gal., each.................. ..  65
12 gal.,  e a c h ...............
..  78
15gal. meat-tubs.each....1  11
20 gal. meat-tubs, each..-.1  50
25 gal. meat-tabs, each  ...2 00
30 gal. meat-tabs, each....2 40
2 to 6 gal., per gal............
&M84
Churn Dashers, per doz... 
M gal. flat or rd. bot, doz.
45
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each
6M
60
5M
85
10
40
50
« 1

Fine Glazed Mllkpons. 
M gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.
1 gal. flat or rd. bot, each 
M gal  fireproof  v»n, doz.
1 gal. flroproot, bail, doz.l 
J4 gal., per dos..................
M gal., per d o z ................
1 to 5 gal., per gal............

Stowpons.

Mllkpons.

Jugs.

Em
MS

2 2

Hardware

In  R egard  to  Freight  Claim s.

language 

in  his 

to 

that  had  been  broken 

recently  complaining  of 

Manufacturers  and  jobbers  can,  with­
out  material  expense,  render  invaluable 
assistance 
the  dealers  who  have 
breakage  claims  against  transportation 
The  writer  overheard  a
companies. 
dealer 
the 
arbitrary  stand  taken  by the shipper of a 
machine 
in 
transit  Not  only  did  he  decline  to ren­
der  any  assistance,  stating  that  it  was  a 
matter  entirely  bttween  the  carrier  and 
the consignee,  but  used  harsh,  not to sa> 
discourteous, 
letter. 
Technically  it  is  correct  to  say  that it is 
a  m  tter  entirely  between  the  carrier 
and  tbe  consignee.  Custom,  if  not  law, 
releases  tbe  shipper  when  a  clear  re­
ceipt 
is  obtained  from  the  carrier,  un­
less  special  provision  to  the  contrary 
has  been  previously  made.  But  no  one 
will  deny  that  carriers  are  averse  to 
paying  claims,  that  they  often  endeavor 
to  “ wear  out" tbe  claimant  and  thus  es­
cape  payment.  Neither  can  it  be denied 
that  a  large  shipper  wields  an  influence 
that  can  and  often  does  facilitate  tbe 
settlement  of  a  claim.  A  dealer  may 
not  rightfully  expect  the  consignor  to 
assume  the  responsibility,  furnish  a  new 
machine  or  parts  and  look  to  the  carrier 
for  bis  compensation,  but  since  it  is  to 
the  seller’s  interest  to  protect  the  buy­
er,  the  dealer  has  a  right  to  expect 
in  this  and  similar 
kindly  assistance 
mitters.  Tbe  writer  has  known 
tbe 
time  when  a  word  from  a  large  shipper 
respecting  a  customer's  claim  would 
result  in  an  early  and  satisfactory settle­
ment.  Many  of  them  undertake  to  aid 
their  customers  in  this  way,  cheerfully, 
but  others  are 
inclined  to  keep  their 
skirts  clear.

Delated  payments  are  often  due  to 
improper  filing  of  claims.  A  necessary 
document  or  notation  is missing through 
the  consignee's  neglect,  and  the  claim 
agent  calmy  pigeonholes  the  papers, 
where  they  are  buried  until  the  con­
signee  or  shipper  brings  up  tbe  subject 
again.  When  a  claim  is  properly  pre­
pared,  bill  of  lading  and  expense  bill 
attached,  and acknowledgment  of  break­
age  by  tbe  local  agent 
included,  there 
is  no  reason  for  any  special  delay  in 
adjustment.  With  such  claims  as  this 
a  delay  is  a  “ bluff”   and  tbe  large  ship­
per’s  influence  may  be  listed  to  good 
advantage.  None  should  refuse  their 
assistance  when  just  claims  are at stake.

T ribute  to  the  Stove.

I  like  a  good  stove.  To  be  sure,  my 
early  associations  led  me  to  love  the 
seven-foot  fireplace  in  which  burned  a 
fire  of  great  logs—a  fire  that  could  sing 
—a  fire  that  sent  flames  up  the  chimney 
and  out  of  sight—a  fire  that  popped  out 
coals  as  big  as  hickory  nuts—a  fire  be­
fore  which  one  could  bask  and  dream 
of  summer  at  Christmas  time—a  fire 
low 
which,  burning 
in  the  later’even- 
ing,  presented 
to  the  country-boy  a 
marvelous  series  of  dream-pictures  in 
its  fading  embers—a  fire  which  finally 
went  softly  to  sleep  at  bedtime  and  cov­
ered  itself  with  a  counterpane  of  white 
ashes,  and  awoke again  at  a  touch,  rosy 
in  the  winter  dawn.  Ere  I  came to 
man's  estate,  the  much-loved  fireplace 
was  bricked  up,  and  in  these  later  years 
I  have  become  so  much  a  stove  man 
that  I  am  afraid  I  would  hardly  want  to 
exchange  the  stove  of  to-day  for the fire­
place  of  yesterday.

It  is  easy  to  say  a  good  word  for  tbe 
stove.  That  it  is  economical  makes  no

MI CH I GA N   T R A D E S M A N

little  for  economy. 
it 

difference  to  me,  for  when  a  man  has 
gotten  poor  enough  to  keep  a  dog,  he 
I  praise  the 
cares 
stove  rather  because 
is  a  welcome 
resting  place  for  tired,  cold  feet;  it  is 
an  indispensable  means  of  good cookery 
and  good  cheer ;  it  is a promoter of neat­
ness;  it  is  a  labor-saving  device for that 
sex  which  has  been  born  to  labor  since
Eve  ate  the  pippin  and  raised  Cain.

D a n i e l   M i l l i k e n .

Twine  Made  From   G rass.

Twine  made  from  grass  which  grows 
abundantly  upon  the  marsh 
lands  of 
Wisconsin,  Minnesota  and  other  West­
ern  States  is  tbe  product of  a new Amer­
ican  industry.  Some  years  ago  the  high 
orice  of  twine  led  a  member  of  a  large 
Northwestern  binder  manufactory  to 
make 
it  from  tbe  raw  material  men­
tioned.  Tbe  process  was  so  far  de­
veloped  that  the  twine  produced  could 
be  used  on  tbe  binders  manufactured  by 
this  firm.  But,  owing  to  the  sudden  fall 
in  the  price  of  sisal  and  manila  hemp, 
and  the  death  of  tbe  member  of  the firm 
referred  to,  the  project  was  abandoned 
for  tbe  time.  Shortly  after,  however, 
other  parties  became  interested  in  tbe 
process  and  a  company  was  organized 
for  its  further development  some  years 
ago.  This  concern  began  the  develop­
ment  of  tbe  new  business 
in  a  quiet 
wav,  with  tbe  result  that  a  large  and 
well-equipped  grass  twine  plant  is  in 
active  operation  at  Oshkosh,  Wis., 
while  another  and  still  more  extensive 
grass  twine  plant  has  been  recently  es­
tablished  at  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  both  of 
which  are  now  manufacturing  twine, 
matting,  rugs,  bagging  for  cotton  bales, 
vegetables,  etc.,  floor  deafening,  carpet 
lining,  bottle  covering,  ropes,  and,  in 
fact,  anything  for  which  cord 
is  made 
or  required  in  tbe  manufacture.

Learns  Som ething  From   Everyone  He 

M eets.

Some  men  never  learn  anything  new, 
and  others  seem  to  acquire  an education 
by  rubbing  up  against  the  world.  The 
i ther  day  a  man  told  me  that  he learned 
something  from  every  man  with  whom 
be  came 
in  contact.  He  claims  that 
tbe  practical  things  in  life  can  only  be 
learned  from twisting every bit of knowl­
edge  gained  into  proper  use.  This  man 
is  a  veritable  storehouse  of  wisdom,  and 
his  information  comes  from tbe butcher, 
the  baker,  or  the  candlestick  maker— 
whomever  be  meets;  at  all  times and  in 
all  places  he  acquires  some  knowledge 
into  practical 
which  can  be  twisted 
use.  This 
is  certainly  an  easy  road  to 
education 
if  one  could  but  first  learn 
the  art  of  twisting.

Fam ine  in  Som e  Lines.

The  scarcity  of  wire  cloth  is  growing 
more  pronounced  and 
jobbers  are  un­
able  to  secure  prompt  shipments  from 
the  factories.  Stocks  in  other  lines  are 
also  becoming  somewhat  depleted. 
In 
jobbers  report  a  scarcity  of 
Canada 
green  wire  clotb,  screen  doors  and  win­
dows,  rakes,  hoes  nnd  forks.

BIGYCLE

SUPPLIES

Dealers  of  Western,  Central  and
Northern  M ich ig a n   should  write 
for our catalogue  of  Sundries  and 
Fittings.
W e are selling agents  in Michigan 
for  WORLD,  A R IE L ,  ADM I­
R A L  and SO UD AN bicycles.
Write  us  and  we can  probably in­
terest you.

ADAMS & HART,

12  W.  Bridge  St., 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

We  make the best  Sprayers  on  earth.  Get  our  circular  and  prices  before 

Wm.  Brummeler  &  Sons, ZZZgZZSZ.

buying elsewhere.

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ROOFING

As manufacturers we can supply goods in  our  line  at  extremely  low 
prices.  We  make  Roofing  Pitch,  Tarred  Felt,  Tarred  Board, 
a and 3 ply Roofing, Gravel Roofing,  Asphalt Paints.

H. ft.  REYNOLDS & SON,

DETROIT, MICH. 

Established 1868. 

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

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Office:  82 Campau St. 
Factory:  1st A v. and M. C. Ry. 

B r o w n   &  S e h l e r

WEST BRIDGE ST.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Manufacture a full line of

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LIQHT AND HEAVY  HARNESS 
FOR THE TRADE.

Jobbers in

SADDLERY  HARDWARE.  ROBBS. 
BLANKETS, COLLARS, WHIPS, ETC.

Also a full line of

CARRIAGES AND FARM IMPLEflENTS.

PRO M PT  ATTEN TIO N .

REFRIGERATORS

Y U K O N   A N D   C H I L K O O T

^ 

The  verdict  of those  who  have  used  them:  “ That  they are the  best 
ever  offered  in  this  market.”   Write, for  Price  List. 

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Tradesman Company

Grand Rapids.

MI CH I GA N   T R A D E S M A N
rimony. 
I  don’t  want  Adele  to  do  that, 
and  so,  when  I  turn  this  room  over  to 
her,  it  is  going  to  be  hers,  to  do  with 
absolutely  as  she  pleases,  just  as  much 
hers  as  an  Englishman’s  house 
is  his 
castle.  Yes,  and  to  take  care  of,  too, 
for  I  believe  in  girls  doing  housework, 
and  she  is  to  be  responsible  for  its  be­
ing  kept  in  order.”

AUQURS AND BITS

Hardware  Price Current.

2 3

PATENT PLANISHED IRON 

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

Broken packages %c per pound  extra. 

HAMMBRS

Mavdole *  Co.’s, new  list............................... dls 33*
25
Kip’s  ...................................................... dl& 
Yerkes & Plumb’s............................................. di« 10*10
wcuioti’b solid n»at steel 
sew* 11.1 
-0
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 30c list 50& 10 

...... 

HOUSB  FURNISHING  GOODS

Stamped Tin Ware........................ new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware.................................... 20*10

HOLLOW  WARB

 

 

ROPBS

HINGES

SHBBT  IRON

WIRB  OOODS

LBVBLS
SQUARE?

5AND  PAPER
5ASH  WBI0HT5

Pots.............................................................. 60*1
K ettles.......................................................   goa 10
Spiders........................................................GOA 10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 8...............................  dls 60*10
State......................................... per dos. net  2 5|
Sisal, K Inch and  larger.............................  
9%
Manilla...................................................... 
1154
Bright..........................................................  
80
Screw Byes..........................................  
80
 
Hook’s..........................................................  
80
Gate Hooks and Byes................................  
80
Stanley Bale and Level Co.’s.................dls 
70
Steel and Irc r............................................   70*10
Try and Bevels  ...........................................  
60
Mitre............................................................ 
50
com. smooth,  com.
«2 50
2 50
2 60
2 70
2 80
2 90
All sheets  No. 18  and  lighter,  over  30  inches 

Nos. 10 to 14...................................«2  70 
Nos. 15 to 17...................................  2 70 
Nos. 18 to 21..................................   2 80 
Nos. 22 to 24 ..................................   3 00 
Nos. 25 to 26..........  
3 10 
No.  27 ..........................................  3 20 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
List  acct. 19, ’88...................................... dls 
50
Solid Eyes....................................... per ton 20 00
Steel, Game......................................  ... 
75*10
50
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ......... 
Oneida Community, Hawley * Norton’s 70*10
Mouse, choker........................... per doz 
15
Mouse, delusion........................ per dos 
1  X
Bright Market............................................. 
0
Annealed  Market........................................ 
.0
Coppered  Market........................................  6 >* iO
Tinned Market...........................................   CO
Coppered Spring  Steel................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized  .........................  3  0
Barbed Fence,  painted...............................  2 50
An Sable.................................................dls 40* 1C
Putnam.......................... ........................dls 
5
Capwell............................................................net list
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
?o
40
Coe’s Genuine..............................................  
Coe’s Patent  Agricultural, wrought  .........  
71
Coe’s Patent, malleable............................... 
75
Bird  Cages...........................................  
49
Pumps, Cistern......................................  
70
Screws, New List...................................  
io
Casters, Bed and  Plate..........   ..............50*10* iO
50
Dampers, American............................... 
9
600 pound casks.......................................... 
Per pound............................................. 
 
9>£
D -op...........................................................  1 45
B B and Buck.............................................  1  70

MISCBLLANBOU5

METALS—Zinc

HORSB NAILS

WRENCHES

TRAPS

SHOT

WIRB

2 45

SOLDER

• 7 ! 5 
1 '0 
8 51

TIN—Melyn Qrade

TIN—Allaway Orada

The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
in the market Indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to composition.
10x14 IC, Charcoal...................................
14x20 IC, Charcoal..................................
20x14 IK, Charcoal..................................
Each additional X on this grade, 11.25.
10x14 IC, Charcoal...................................
14x20 IC, Charcoal.................  ..............
10x14 IK, Charcoal...................................
14x20 IK, Charcoal..................................
Each additional K on this grade, 31.50. 
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.........................
14x20 IK, Charcoal, D ean....................... .
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean.........................
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade........
14x20 IK, Charcoal, Allaway Grade........
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade........
20x28 IK, Charcoal, Allaway Grade........
BOILER SIZB TIN PLATB 
14x56 IK, for  No.  8  Boilers, I 
nQund 
14x5« TX  for No  9  Boilers. f P®r pouna- ■ • 

5  50
6 50
11  09
5  00
6  Ü0 
>0  00
12  00
10
lu

ROOFING  PLATES

6 25 
6  2 >7  d0 
7  50

70* 5

CAPS

BOLTS

BLOCKS

BUCKETS

BARROWS

CROW  BARS

BUTTS.  CAST

7t
....... 25*11
....... 60*U
........  5 50
........  9 50
........  6 25
........  10 50
14 00 
net  30 00
60*10 
.. 
t6
SO
........3 3 50
........70*10
........70*1C
70
5
65 
51

Snell’s........................................................ 
Jenning  genuine 
..........................
Jennings  imitation 
.......................
AXES
First Quality, S. B. Bronze...............
First Quality, D. B. Bronze...............
First Quality. S. B. S. Steel...............
First Quality, D. B. Steel..................
Railroad.............................................
Garden.................................................
Stove ..................................................
Carriage new list..  ..........................
Plow..................................... ............
Well, plain......   ..............................
Cast Loose  Pin, figured....................
Wrought Narrow.............................
Ordinary Tackle................................
Cast Steel................................
Ely’s  1-10...........................................
Hick’s C. F ...................................
G. D..............................................
Musket..........................................
CARTRIDGES
Rim Fire............................................
40* in
Central  Fire...............................
¿0
Socket Firmer................................
70
Socket Framing................................
Socket Comer....................................
70
Socket  Slicks.............................
70
Morse’s Bit Stocks..........................
60
...... 
Taper and Straight Shank.................
......... 50*  5
Morse’s Taper Shank......................
-------50* 5
Com. 4 piece, 6 in............................doz. net 
65
Corrugated..............................................  
1  26
Adjustable..............................................dig 40& 10
Clark’s small, 318;  large, 126.......................30*10
Ives’, 1, 318; 2, 324 : 3, 330  ............................ 
25
New American..................................
........70*10
Nicholson’s ........................................
70
Heller’s Horse Rasps......................... ......... 60*10
GALVANIZED  IRON 
Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26;  27 
28
16 
List  12 
V

EXPANSIVE  BITS

FILES—New  List

per lb 
per m 
per m 

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

CHISELS

ELBOWS

DRILLS

14 
Discount,  '5—10

13 

15 
OAUOBS

NAILS

MILLS

......... 60*10

KNOBS—New List 

MOLASSES  OATES

Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s...........
Door, mineral, lap. trimmings  ..
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings................. 
80
MATTOCKS
Adze Eye............................. .......317 00, dis  60*10
Hunt Eye.....................................315 00, dls 60*10
Hunt’s........................................  318 50, dls 20*10
40
Coffee, Parkers Co.’s...................................  
4C
Coffee. P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.. 
Coffee, Landers. Ferry *  Clark’s...............  
40
Coffee, Enterprise........................................ 
30
Stebbin’s Pattern......................................... 60*10
Stebbln’s Genuine....................................... 60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring......................... 
30
Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire.
 

Steel nails, base.............................................  2 40
Wire nails, base.............................. 
20 to 60 advance...........................................   Base
05
10 to 16 advance.......................................... 
10
8 advance.................................................... 
6 advance.................................................... 
20
4 advance............... 
30
3 advance................................................... 
45
2 advance................................................... 
70
50
Fine 3 advance........................................... 
15
Casing 10 advance  ...................................... 
Casing  8 advance.......................................  
25
35
Casing  6 advance.......................................  
Finish 10 advance..................................  
25
 
Finish  8 advance........................................ 
35
Finish  6 advance........................................ 
45
Barrel  \   advance....................................... 
85
Ohio Tool Co.’8,  fancy................................   @50
Sclota Bench................................................ 
60
Sandnsky Tool Co.’s,  fancy.........................  @50
Bench, flrstquality.......................................  @50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood............  
60
Fry, Acme...............................................60*10*10
Common,polished..................................  
RIVETS
Iron and T inned.................
Copper Rivets and Bnrs........

PLANES

PANS

 

 

 

The  Girl’s  Room.

In  a  month  or two  now  the  girls  will 
be  coming  back  from  school,  and  al­
ready  in  many  homes  anxious  thoughts 
are  being  turned  towards  fitting  up  a 
room  that  shall  be  an  appropriate shrine 
for  the  young  daughter  of  the  house. 
Everywhere 
is  a  labor  of  love,  and 
the  mother’s  heart  must  have grown  old 
indeed  that  is  not  filled  with  tender 
memories  of  her own  youth  and  the  lit­
tle  white  chamber that  was  the'sanctu- 
ary  of  all  her  girlish  dreams  and  ro­
mances.

it 

Fortunately,  in  these  days  beauty  is 
no  longer  the  sole  perquisite  of the rich.
A 
little  taste  and  artistic  skill  can 
make  a  very  satisfactory  substitute  for 
money,  and  there  is  no  reason  that  the 
woman  of  moderate  means  shall  not  fit 
up  a  snuggery  for  her  daughter  every 
whit  as  charming  as  the  boudoir  of 
lit­
tle  Miss  Croesus.  Pretty  wall  papers 
in  good  colors  may  be  bad  for  a  song, 
and  the  almost  lijnitless assortment  of 
chintzes, 
cotton 
hangings  that  come  now  in  such  beauti­
ful  designs  solve  the  problem of artistic 
furnishing  at  little  expense.  The  worn 
is  bandy  with  her needle and 
an  who 
her 
is  frequently  her 
own  unholsterer,  and  can  turn  any  old 
piece of  furniture  into  a  thing  of  beauty 
and  a  joy  forever.

figured  denims  and 

tack  hammer 

Every  room  should  have  a  character 
of 
its  own,  and  it  goes  without  saying 
that  freshness,  daintiness  and  a  sweet 
purity  in  keeping  with  the  youth  of 
its 
occupant  should  be  the  keynote  to  the 
furnishing  of  a  girl’s  room.  One  such 
chamber  that  is  being  fitted  up  at  mod­
erate  expense  for  a  girl  is  by  way  of 
being  a  pretty  recognition  of  her  pro­
nounced  affection  for violets.  The walls, 
half  way  down,  are  covered  with  an 
ivory  white  paper,  on  which  are  sprays 
is  cov­
of  violets,  while  the  lower half 
ered  with  a  dull  green  that  shades 
into 
the  green  of  the  mating  that  covers  the 
floors.  The  bed 
is  of  white  enameled 
iron  and  brass,  and  the  bureau,  chairs 
and  armoir  are  of  white  wood.  There 
is a  violet  and  white  screen  and  the  few 
pictures  are  watercolors  or  good  photo­
graphs  showing  the  same  violet  tints, 
while  a  cunning 
is 
drawn  up  into  a  catch-all,  and  fastened 
to  the  gas  bracket.  The  violet  idea  is 
still  further  carried  out  in  the  bureau 
scarf  and  pin  cushion,  which  are  of 
white 
in  violets, 
and  the  spread  for  the  bed  is  dotted 
swiss  over  lilac.

linen,  embroidered 

lilac  sunbonnet 

There 

The  room 

is  not  entirely  furnished, 
the  wise  mother  ieaving  much  for  the 
bands  of  tbe^girl  herself. 
is 
plenty  of  space  left  for  her  photographs 
and  the 
innumerable  souvenirs  girls 
collect  so  soon,  and  which  are  so  pre 
cious  to  them  and  so  rubbishy  to  every­
one  else.  There 
is,  furthermore,  to  he 
a  simple  couch,  piled  with  cushions, 
which  mam’selle  must  make  herself, 
and  a  tea  table,  where  she  can  brew  the 
cheering  cup  and  entertain  her  friends 
while  they  discuss  the  last  ball  or  ex­
change  confidences.

‘ ‘ I  think  that  every  girl  should  have 
some  spot  that  is  absolutely  and entirely 
her  own,”   said  the  mother,  "and  that 
she  can  do  with  just  as  she  pleases. 
I 
remember,  when  I  was  a  girl,  always 
planning  bow  I  was  going  to  do  when  I 
bad  a  house  of  my  own,  and  being  so 
annoyed  because  my  mother  insisted  on 
my  having  my  room  fixed  just  as  she 
wished 
it,  instead  of  the  way  I  wanted 
it. 
I  really  believe  that  tbe  desire  to 
bave  some  one  spot  they  can  “ boss”   is 
what  leads  many  a  girl  to  rush into mat­

Co r a  St o w e l l.

The  Lesson  T hat  Was  Lost.

“ My  wife  has  a  disagreeable  habit  of 
in  exposed 
leaving  her  pocketbook 
places,”   said  the  man  who  was  telling 
the  story. 
“ I  have  cautioned  her  more 
than  once  that  she  would  lose  it  if  she 
wasn’t  more  careful.”

“ I  came  down  town  with  her the other 
morning,  and  the  first  thing  she  did 
after  boarding  tbe  car  was to deposit her 
purse  upon  tbe  car  seat  while  she  re- 
1 leved  herself  of  tbe  terrible  suspicion 
that  her  hat  wasn't on straight.  A move­
ment  of  her  arms  knocked  tbe  purse  on 
the  floor,  where 
it  remained  until  I 
picked  it up.
' * I  rescued  that  purse  no  less than  a 
dozen  times  before  we  reached  tbe  bar­
gain  counter  that  was  tbe goal  of  my 
wife’s  ambition.

“ Events  around  a  bargain counter  oc­
cur  with  kaleidoscopic  swiftness,  and 
I  soon  found  myself  the  sole  guardian 
of  my  wife’s  purse,  which 
lay  before 
me  on  the  counter,  where  it  had  been 
deserted  by  her 
in  a  mad  rush  for  the 
other  end  of  tbe  counter.

“ To  teach  her"  a  lessson,  I  emptied 
the  contents  of  the  purse  in  my  pocket 
and  retreated  to  tbe  edge  of  the  crowd 
to  await  developments.
.  “ It  wasn’t  long  ere  my wife  crowded 
her  way  out,  triumphantly  holding  aloft 
a  25  cent  cream 
jug  that  she  had  suc­
ceeded  in  buying  for  49 cents.
“   ‘I  didn’t  know  that  they  charged 
things  here, ’  I  began  feebly.
"   ‘ They  don’t ,’  she  answered.  *1 
have  money 
left  for  three 
ice  cream 
sodas  and  a  strip  of  car  tickets.’  And 
she  exhibited  tbe  contents  of  her  purse 
to  prove  her  assertion.

“ I  nearly  fainted  when 

it  dawned 
upon  me  that  I  had  taken  the  contents 
from  a  purse  belonging  to  some  other 
woman.

“ I  bave  no  desire  to  retain  posses­
sion,  and  if  tbe  woman who  lost 79 cents 
and  a  postage  stamp,  three  hairpins 
and  a  recipe  for  making  angel  food 
will  call  at  my  office  she  may  have  her 
property.”  

____

_ 

If  a  man 

is  big  and  fat  and  able  to 
keep  his  mouth  shut,  he  can  bluff neatly 
anybody.

Established 1780.

Walter Baker & Go. LI5.

Dorchester, Mass. 

The Oldest and

Largest Manufacturers of

PURE.meH GRUE
COCOAS
CHOCOLATES

A N D

on this Continent.

their manufactures.

-----No  Chemicals  are used  is
Trade-Mark, 
Their  Breakfast  Cocoa  is  absolutely  pure, 
delicious, nutritious, and costs less than one 
cent a cup.
Their Premium  No.  1  Chocolate, put up in 
Blue Wrappers and Yellow Labels, is the best 
plain chocolate in the market for family use..
Their  German Sweet  Chocolate ti good  tc 
eat and good to drink.  It is palatable, nutn 
tions, and  healthful;  a  great  favorite  with 
children.
Buyers should ask for and be sure that they 
get the genuine goods. The above trade-mark 
is on every package.
W alter Baker &  Co.  Ltd.

Dorchester»  Mass.

Pans, black, % gal........ each
Jars, V£ gal.....................each
Jars, i to 6 gal................... 5c gal
Pans, black,  ^  gal........ 434c each
Pans,  black,  1  to 2 gal.........5c gal
Jars, 8,  10 and  12 gal.........   6c gal
Jars,  15 and 20 g a l...........7HC
Pans,  Peoria or white,
Vi ga l............. 4c each
Churns,  2 to 6 gal............SlAc IP&T
Jugs, % gal  ..................... 4c each
Pans,  P*a or w., 
g a l..43*20 each 
Pans,  P'a-w.,  1  to 2 gal. -5%c ga.1
Jugs,  1 to 5 gal.................... 6c gal
F.  O. B. factory at Akron.  No charge  for  crates  if  you  enclose  this 
advertisement.  Car  loads  to  one  or  more  merchants  in  one  town 
a specialty.

CHICAGO  POTTERY  CO.,  Clark  and  Tweiiiti  sis.,  Chicago,  in.

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

Restful  Ease  fo r  C lerks’  Tired  Feet. 
Written for th e  T r a d e sm a n .

That a  clerk  should  have  deft,  swift, 
unerring  hands  is  a  fact  always  fully 
appreciated ;  that  he  should  have  tire­
less,  enduring  feet  as  well,  while  it  may 
be  as  fully  understood, 
is  not  often 
given  much  weight  in  considering  bis 
physical  equipment.  Yet  many  cases 
of 
irritability  on  the 
part  of  clerks,  resulting  in  loss  of  sales 
and  driving  away  of  valuable  custom­
ers,  are  caused  directly  by  painful  or 
tired  feet.

inattention  and 

In  the  beginning  of  warm  weather al­
most  everybody  has  a  little  trouble  with 
the  feet  and  shoe  dealers  then  receive 
many  calls  for  easy-fitting,  comfortable 
footwear.  Beginning  earlier,  and 
last­
ing  longer than  with  the general  run  of 
humanity,  salespeople  and  others  who 
have  to  stand  and  walk  a  great  deal 
experience  this  difficulty. 
It  varies  ac­
cording  to  the 
individual  case,  from 
excessive  weariness  to  positive  agony, 
sometimes  even  causing 
illness  and 
absence  from  duty.

There  are  feet  and  feet.  Tender  feet, 
like  blue  eyes  or  red  hair,  are  a  sort  of 
tempermental  matter  which  one may  in­
herit  from  his  forefathers.  The  prac­
tical  problem  with  a  clerk 
is  bow  to 
take  care  of  his  feet,  if  they  are  strong, 
for 
so  as  to  keep  them  unimpaired 
many  years’  service,  and 
if  they  are 
tender  he  should  study  to  get  along  as 
comfortably  as  possible,  managing  his 
feet  so  that  they  will  neither  give  out 
entirely  nor  make  him  serious  trouble. 
intimated,  the  best  way  to  have 
As 
good  feet 
is  to  have  had  a  grandfather 
and  grandmother  who  bad  a  good  un­
derstanding ;  but  still,  with 
intelligent 
feet  naturally  very  tender  will 
care, 
serve  their  owner  long  and  faithfully.

A  cardinal  rule  is  to  wear  only  com­
fortable  shoes.  These  should  be  large 
enough,  well  fitted  to  the  feet,  well 
made  and  smoothly  finished  on  the  in­
side. 
It  is  a  good  plan  to  have  two  or 
three  pairs  of  shoes  for  everyday  wear, 
as  a  change  of  footgear  is  restful  to  the 
feet,  even  if  the  shoes  are  all  the  same
size.  No  one  who  is  constantly  on  bis 
feet  should  try  to  wear  new  shoes  a 
whole  day  while  "breaking  them  in ." 
Shoes  should  be  amply  long,  a  shoe  a 
trifle  too  short  being  about  the  most  ex­
quisite 
torture  left  to 
modern  times. 
If  the  foot  must  be 
crowded  at  all 
let  it  be  in  the  width; 
but  a  shoe  wide  enough  to  allow  the 
natural  spread  of  the  ball  of  the  foot 
with  every  step  is  the  most comfortable. 
It  is  well  to have  one  pair  of  shoes  that 
are  a  full  balfsize  too  large.  While  a 
loose  "shucking”   shoe  is  not  to  be 
recommended  as  a  usual  thing,  when 
the  feet  become  feverish  and  swollen 
sometimes  a  very  loose  shoe  is  the  one 
thing  that  will  give  relief.

instrument  of 

Men  s  shoes are  now  for  the  most  part 
constructed  upon  a  fairly  sensible  plan, 
but 
it  would  seem  that  the  prevailing 
style of  shoe  for  women  must  have  been 
imp  of  darkness. 
devised  by  some 
The  sole 
is  so  narrow  that  the  sides  of 
the  foot  must  rest  on  the  upper,  which 
is  made  to  do  duty  as  a  sort  of 
lateral 
sole-exteusiou.  Then,  nine  women  out 
of  ten  have  the  idea  that  to  be  easy  and 
comfortable  a  shoe  must  have  a  very 
thin  flexible  sole.  Just  what  advantage 
it  is  to  have  a  sole  that  can  be  bent like 
the  famous  Damascus  sword  is  bard  to 
say ;  yet  every  shoe  dealer  knows  well 
the  bold  this  has  upon  the  feminine 
mind. 
In  actual  fact  a  thin  light  sole 
is  very  bard  on  the  foot  for  either  walk­
ing  or  standing.

A  word  about  heels.  Spring  heels, 
outside  of  misses'  and  children’s  sizes, 
are  a  thing  of  the  dead  past,  and  it  re­
quires  a  certain  amount  of  moral  cour­
age  to  lift  one's  voice 
in  their  favor; 
yet  a  properly-constructed  spring-heel 
shoe  is  the  truly  scientific  shoe  for man, 
woman  or  child.  A  low  broad  heel 
is, 
of  course,  better  than  a  high  narrow 
one,  but  any  heel  whatever  tends  to 
pitch  the  body  forward  and  causes  -an 
unnatural  strain.  The  poise  of  the  hu­
man  body,  the  ease  with  which  it  is 
kept  upright,  has  always  been  the  won­
der  of  anatomists.  A  heel  throws  all 
this  nice-adjusted  mechanism  "out  of 
plumb."  Every  machinist  knows  how 
important 
is  that  a  machine  should 
be  set  perfectly  true;  a  vertical  shaft 
must  not  vary 
in  the  least  from  the 
exact  vertical  and  every  part  must  be 
set  at  exactly  the  angle  it  was 
intended 
to occupy ;  the  mere  highly  geared  and 
complicated  the  machine  the  more  se­
rious  the  disaster  occasioned  by  any 
deviation  in  this  regard.

it 

It  may  be  mentioned  that  there  are 
shoes  especially  designed  for  clerks, 
nurses  and  others  who  have  to  be  con­
stantly  on  their  feet.  These  are  a  great 
improvement  on  shoes  of  conventional 
pattern  and  are  well  worthy  of  a  trial.

Hosiery  should  be  smooth  and  well- 
fitting,  all  seams  and  wrinkles  and  an 
undue  amount  of  mending 
being 
avoided.

Corns  and  bunions  must  be  promptly 
attended  to.  Prevention  is  better  than 
cure  in  respect  to  these.

A  clerk  should  cultivate a  light,  elas­
tic  step  and  correct  postures.  Many 
make  unnecessarily  hard  work  of  walk­
ing  and  standing.

It  is  a  well  known  rule,  with  travelers 
on  foot,  to  bathe  the  feet  frequently 
in 
cool  water,  as  this  prevents  their  be­
coming  footsore.  The  rule  would  apply 
to  clerks  as  well.  Frequent  changing 
of  hosiery 
is  also  grateful  to  tender 
feet.
A 

little  consideration  on  the  part  of 
the  employer  will  save  his  clerks  much 
weariness;  and  he  will  obtain  better
service,  so  that  he  will  be  a  gainer  in 
the  end  even  if  his  motive  is  a  selfish 
one.  Order  and  system  save unnecessary 
steps.  Certain  purtions  of  store  work 
can  be  performed  just  as  well  while  sit­
ting,  and  as  far  as  practicable  these 
should  be  divided  among  the  different 
employes.  No  humane  man  cares  to 
have  his  clerks  standing  constantly  in 
times  of  slack  trade  when  it  is  not  nec­
essary.  Some  years  ago  there  was  con­
siderable  agitation  on  this  subject,  es­
pecially  regarding  the  girls  employed 
in  the 
large  retail  stores  in  cities,  it 
being  then  usually  the  demand  that they 
time 
must  remain  standing  all  the 
whether  actually  engaged 
in  waiting 
upon  customers  or  not.  This  was right­
fully  considered  cruel,  and  much  was 
accomplished 
their  behalf.  Now 
those  large  stores  are  usually  closed 
evenings,  and  it  is  probably  the  clerks 
in  the  smaller  towns  and  in  those  city 
shops  that  do  not  close  evenings  that 
suffer  most 
from  being  on  the  feet. 
Not  all  employers  can  see  their  way  to 
early  closing,  but  wherever even  two  or 
three  clerks  are  employed 
it  generally 
can  be  arranged  to  give  each  one  an 
evening  off  every  week,  or a  half  hour 
in  the  day  two  or  three  times  in  the 
same  period,  and  the  employer  will  not 
be  the  loser;  for  no  man  or  woman  can 
do  the  best  kind  of  work  when  twelve, 
fourteen  or  even  more  hours 
is  the 
length  of  bis  working  day. 

Qu il l o .

in 

Some  men  seem  to  have  been  made 

out of dust  that  had  gravel  in  it.

Keep  Your  T em per.

in 

Be good  tempered. 

It  pays,  in  every 
It  pays,  if  you  are  an  employer; 
way. 
It  is 
it  pays,  if  you  are  an  employe. 
life.  And 
profitable,  in  every  walk 
is  taking  the  most  selfish  view. 
this 
it  to  others  to  be good  tem­
You  owe 
pered.  You  owe 
it  to  your  own  man­
hood,  to  your  own  womanhood,  to  your 
own  self-respect.  Only a  coward  by  na­
ture  will  be  habitually  ill  tempered  at 
home;  only  a  fool  will  be  so  abroad. 
In  making  others  comfortable,  you  are 
making  things  agreeable  for  yourself; 
you  are gaining  and  keeping  good  will 
which  may  be  of  value and  help  to  you 
hereafter;  you  are  accumulating  a  cap­
ital  of  popularity  and  good  report which 
may  be  used  to  advantage,  perhaps,  at 
a  critical  time.  Good  temper  is  a  gieat 
factor  in  success.
Bad  temper,  on  the  other hand,  may
firove  a  fatal  handicap  in  the  race  ot 
ife.  Nobody  is  so  poor  or insignificant 
that  you  can  afford  to  give  him  or  her 
causeless  offense.  Exhibitions  of 
ill 
temper  may  seem  to  do no  barm  at  the 
moment,  but  they  often  inflict  wounds, 
the  scars  of  which  are  not  easily healed. 
A  man  possessing  every  other  element 
requisite  for  success,  good  temper  ex­
cepted.  may  have  bis  whole 
career 
marred  by  that  lack.  Keeping  one’s 
temper  does  not  cost  a  cent. 
It  is  wise 
to  keep 
it,  even  under  great  provoca­
tion,  for  deliberate  reflection  may  sug­
gest  some  method  of  redress  far  sater 
and  more  effective  than might have been 
adopted  under  the  impulse  of  passion. 
If  you  would  succeed  in  life,  keep  your 
temper.

Advertisement*  will  be  Inserted  under this 
bend for two cents ■ word  the  first  Insertion 
and one cent a word  for  each  subsequent  in­
sertion.  No advertisements taken for less than 
ag cents.  Advance payment.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

960

W ANTED—YOUR ORLlER FOR A  RUBBER 
stamp.  Best  stamps  on  eartb  at  prices 
that  are  right.  Will  J.  Weller,  Muskegon, 
S5S
Mich. 
DRUu  STORE  FOR  SALE—IN  THRIVING 
city  of  over  lO.oOO;  pleasant  competition; 
no cut prices;  modem  fixtures;  invoices about 
$5.0 0  No  better  opening  in  State.  Address 
Box 54 , 6   and Rapids, Mich. 
957
yiOR SALE AT A BARGAIN—CLEAN STOCK 
r   groceries and  crockery;  invoices  Si 000;  in 
live town;  best location  in  town.  Address  No. 
956, care Michigan Tradesman. 

■ O EX  HANUE-BEAUTIFULTOWNHOiiE 
IpOR  SALE  CHEAP—OWING  TO 

956
eight  acres,  for  clean  Merchandise.  Ad 
dress L, 29t North Ionia St., Grand Rapids.  959
ILL 
health. I will sell  my  bush ess,  established 
thirty-one years, consisting of jewelry, watches, 
c ocks  and  silver-plated  ware,  crockery  and 
g.assware,  wall  paper  and  window  shades. 
Bench work  runs  from  $40  to  $75  per  month. 
Will sell al ogether  or  either of  the  lines  sep- 
arat  ly.  Will sell or lease the  building  to  suit 
purchaser.  Come and see my  prospects.  M  F. 
Dowling  Middleville.  Mich. 
W ILL PAY SPOT CASH FOR A DRY GOODS 
or department  store  stock  from  $8,000  to 
$25,000,  situat  d  in  Lower  Michigan  or nearby 
state.  Communications held stiictly confiden­
tial.  Address, stating lowest  cash  price,  E.  P., 
care Mich gau Tradesman. 
W ANTED—GENERAL  STOCK  IN  THHIV- 
ing town  in  exchange  for  50  acre  farm, 
with crops, three miles from city of Grand  Rap­
ids.  Good but dings  Good  soil  for  fruit  and 
gardening.  Write  for  particulars  to  952,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 

triOR  SALE— HAVING  PUR'  HASED  AN- 

other  house,  I  offer  for  sale  my  residence 
property at 24 Kellogg  street,  at  $10 0  less than 
cost.  Large  lot;  in  excellent  neighborhood; 
12 room hou-e.  all  modern  conveniences;  barn 
on rear of  lot  Oaly  one  block  from  Cherry 
streetcars.  Terms  to  suit  purchaser.  E.  A. 
Stowe. 

SNAP FOR THE RIGHT  MAN;  ONE OF THE 

finest stocks  of  hardware In  Michigan  citv 
of 20,000;  goods all new year ago;  will  sell  for 
cash only;  no  traders  need  apply;  have  other 
important business to attend to.  Answer quick 
if  you  mean  business. 
.Lock  box  1(F0,  Port 
Huron. Mich. 
ROCBRY  STOCK  FOR  SALE— ON  Ac­
count of the ill health  of  owner,  he  offers 
for sale his stock of groceries in one of  ihe  best 
towns In Michigan.  Trade well-e^tab'ished and 
Increasing.  Address Box 37, Carson City, Mich. 
____________________________________ 948
Dr u g  t o r e  f <»r  s a l e,  cash  s <l e s
avenge  $20  daily.  Address  Ed  Beebe, 
9 .'
Ovid. Mich. 
W AN I’aD—30 CARS  BACH  TIMoTHY HAY 
and graded white corn.  Richard J.  Biggs 
936
Co.. Baltin-ore.  Md. 
For  sa l e—a  s e l f -a d d in g  n a t io n a l

cash regi-ter. good as new.  Cost $125.  Will 
Jas.  A. 

sell less thau half cost on  easy  terms. 
Campbell, 252 Woodward Ave., Detroit. 

949

952

945

9„3

954

941

W a n t e d —h a r d w a r e,  g r ocery, j e w -
elry and bazaar trade.  A  new  side  line 
for  the  above.  Do  you  wish  to  handle  it? 
Write us.  J. D. McFarlin Co., Northville, Mich. 
9i3
_______________________________ 
W ANTED—BY  OWNER  OF  A  CLOTHING 
stock,  one  side  of  dry  goods,  shoe  or 
grocery store In town near Grand  Rapids.  Ad­
dress  No  942, care Michigan Tradesman.  942 
RUG STOCK—WILL INVENTORY ABOUT 
$1 ,(KX'—onc-third 
fixtures,  balance  drugs 
and sundries.  For cash  will sell for 50 percent, 
of amount it inventories.  R. E. Hardy, Lansing, 
Mich. 
944
W ANTED—WILL  BUY  YOUR  STORE  OR 
become your partner.  O. M. Buckiiu. 6933 
Yale Ave.. Ch  cm go. 111. 
947
KtUttSALE—CHOICE AND CAREFlLLY  &E- 
JT  lected stock of drugs  and  groceries  in  best 
bu-iness  town  in  Michigan.  Rent  of  brick 
store,  reasonable.  Business  «ell  established 
and  always  profitable.  Reason  for  selling,  ill 
health of owner.  Address  No.  941,  care  Mich­
igan Tradesman. 

ijV)R SALE  FOR  SPOT CASH—A twelve light 

1  Kopf  acetylene  gas  plant.  Brsnd  new. 
U>ed only four months.  Price $50.  Reason  for 
selling, going out of  trade.  Address  Lock  Box 
'3, McBride’s. Mich 

trtOR  SALE—GOOD  BAZAaR  STOCK.  EN- 
qulre  of  Hollon  &  Hungerford,  Albion, 
Mich 
9gs
A ny  o n e  wistiiNei  to  e n g a g e  in  t h e
grain and produce and  o her  l<nes  of  busi­
ness can  learn  of  good  locations  by  communi- 
c  ting  with  H.  H.  Howe,  Land  and  Industrial 
Agent C. & W. M. and D.t G. R.  &  W.  Railways, 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.  * 
JjHJK  SALE —A  RARE  OPPORTUNITY —A 
r   flouri-hing  business;  cl  an  stock  of shoes 
and furnishing  goods;  established  cash  trade; 
Dest store and  location  in  city;  located  among 
the best iron mines in the country.  The coming 
spring will open  up with  a  boom  for  this  city 
and prosperous  times  for  years  to  come  a  cer­
tainty.  Kent  free  for  six  months,  also  a  dis­
count on stock;  use of fixtures lree.  Store  and 
location  admirably  *’dapted  for  any  line  of 
business and conducted at small  expense.  Get 
in line  before  too  late.  Failing  health  reason 
for  selling.  Address  P.  O.  Box  204,  Negau- 
nee, Mich 
913
Money t o p a t e n t y our id e a s may  b e
obtained through our aid.  Patent Record, 
885
B. Itimore. Md. 
'OK  SALE —CLEAN  HARDWARE  STOCK 
located at one of the best trading  points  in 
Michigan.  Stock  will  inventory  about  $5,  00. 
Store and warehouse will be rented  for  $30 per 
month.  Will sell on  easy  terms.  Address  No. 
868. care Mich gan Tradesman. 
868
It»oiT sale—new  general  stock,  a
.  splendid farming country.  No trades.  Ad- 
680
dress No. 680, care Michigan Tradesman. 

9:17

919

COUNTRY  PRODUCE

WANTED—BUTTER,  EGGS  AND  POUL- 
try;  any  quantities  Write  me.  Orrln  J. 
Stone, Kalamazoo. Mich. 

810

MISCELLANEOUS.

WANTED—A  FIRST-CLASS  REGISTERED 

pharmacist.  Good  fair  wages  to  right 
party.  St  ady  employment.  J.  L.  Congdo i & 
Co.. Pentwater, Mich. 

955

ELECTRIC LIGHT 

SALE OF 
BONDS.

L  A.  BRACY,  Clerk  of  the  Village  of 
White Cloud,  Michigan,  will receive sealed 
bids  until June  3,  1S99,  noon,  for  $4,500  5 
per cent, electric light coupon  bonds, aated 
July  1,  1'99.  Denomination, $500. 
Interest 
payable semi-annually.  Principal  and  in­
terest payable at  Fourth  National  Bank  of 
Grand  Rapids.  Mich.  First bond due Aug. 
1,  1900, and one of  such  bonds  on  first  day 
of August thereafter until all are  paid.
Bidder  required to  furnish  blank  bonds. 
Right reserved to reject aay and all bids.

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Don’t write to

BARLOW  BROS.

GRAND RAPIDS.  MICHIGAN 

for sample sheet of their  “ PE R FECTIO N  
TIM E BOOK AND P A Y  R O L L.”

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(and pleases) firms  who  hire  from  one  to  a 
million hands.  So do  their  PAT.  MANI-

KIFOLD  SH IPPING  B LA N K S. 
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Destroy that obsolete Old  Coin  Book  and  send 
for onr new vest pocket edition  "flarket Value of 
U. S. Coins and Stamps  ”   Gives  values  of  Co­
lumbian  and  Omaha  stamps.  Price  10c;  leather 
bound 50c.  Coin or stamps.  The  Henry Carroll 
Co.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich,  Reference—Peoples 
Savings Bank.

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Travelers’  Time  Tables.

MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

C H IC A G O 1™ » ™

Chicago.

Lv.  G. Rapids............   7:30am  12:00nn  *11:45pm
Ar.  Chicago...............2:10pm  5:15pm 
7:20un
Lv.Chicago...11:45am 6:50am  4:15pm *ll:50pm 
At. G’dRapids 5:00pm 1:25pm  10:15pm * 6:20am 
Traverse  City,  Charlevoix and  Petoskey.
Lv. G’d  Rapids.............7:90am  ...........  5:30pm
Parlor cars on day trains and sleeping cars on 
night trains to and from Chicago

•Every  day. 

Others week days only.
DETROIT Qrand Rapids & Western.

Michigan Business Men’s  Association

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

retary, E  A. Stowb, Grand Rapids.

Michigan Retail Qracers’ Association 

President, J.Wislbb, Mancelona;  Secretary,  E. 

A. Stowb, Grand Rapids.

Michigan  Hardware  Association 

President,  C.  G.  Jewbtt,  Howell;  Secretary 

Hbnbt C. Minnib, Eaton Rapids.

Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, Joseph Knight;  Secretary, R. Masks, 

221 Greenwood ave;  Treasurer, C. H. Fbink.

Detroit.

Lv. Grand  Rapids........ 7:00am  1:35pm  5:25pm
At. Detroit....................11:40am  5:45pm  10:Q5pm
Lv. Detroit....................8:15am 
Ar.  Grand  Rapids........1:10pm  5:20pm  10:56pm
Lv. G R7:00am 5:10pm  Ar. GRll:45am  9:30pm 
Parlor cars on all trains  to  and  from  Detroit 
and Saginaw.  Trains ran week days only.

Saginaw, Ahaa and  Greenville.

Gno. DeHaven,  General Pass. Agent.

Grand  Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association 
Klap;  Treasurer, J.  Geo.  Lbhxan.

President,  Frank  J.  Dyk;  Secretary,  Hombb 

1:10pm 6:10pm

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

President, P. F. Tbbanob;  Vice-President, John 

n n   A  V T T \  Trask Railway  System 
U I v / n l  T 13   Detroit and Milwankee Dlv

Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association

President, J. Frank Hblmbr;  Secretary, W.  H. 

Porter;  Treasurer,  L. Pelton.

(In effect May  1,1899.;

some  bast

Leave  Arrive
Saginaw,  Detroit & N Y.........t 6:45am t  9:55pm
Detroit  and  Bast..................+10:16am  t 5:07pm
Saginaw, Detroit &  B ast...... t 3:27pm  +12:50pm
Buffalo,  N  Y,  Toronto,  Mon­
treal & Boston, L’t’d E x__ * 7:20pm *10:16am
GOING  WBBT
Gd. Haven and Int Pts......... • 8:30am *10:00pm
Gd.  Haven Express............... *10:21am * 7:15pm
Gd. Haven  and Int  Pts......... tl2:58pm + 3:19pm
Gd. Haven and Milwaukee. ..t 5:12pm +10:11am 
Gd. Haven and Milwaukee.. .,tl0:00pm t 6:40am
Gd. Haven and Chicago........• 7:30pm  *  8:05am
Eastbonnd 6:45am train has Wagner parlor car 
to Detroit, eastbound 3:20pm train has parlor car 
to Detroit.
•Daily. 

tExcept Sunday.

C. A.  J u s t in ,  City  Pass.  Ticket Agent,

97 Monroe St.,  Morton Houbo.

/ i n   A  \ j n   Rapids  &  Indiana Railway 
v l l v / \ i  V MJ 

Peb. 8. 1899.

Northern Dlv.  Leave  Arrive 
Trav. C’y,Petoskey & Mack...t 7:45am t  5:15pm
Trav. City & Petoskey............t   1:40pm tlO :15pm
Cadillac accommodation.......+ 5:25pm +10:55am
Petoskey A Mackinaw City. ...+li :00pm  + 6:30am 
7:45am train, parlor  car;  11:00pm train, sleep­
ing car.
Southern  Dlv.  Leave  Arrive
Cincinnati............................... + 7:10am + 9:45pm
............................+  2:03pm t' 1:30pm.
F t Wayne 
Cincinnati................................* 7:00pm * 6:301-
Vicksburg  and Chicago........*11:30pm •  9:00am
7:10  am  train  has  parlor  car  to  Clndnnat 
and  parlor  car  to  Chicago;  2:00pm  train  has 
parlor  car  to  Ft. Wayne:  7:00pm  train  has 
sleeping car  to  Cincinnati;  11:30pm  train  has 
coach and sleeping car to Chicago.

Chicago Trains.

TO CHICAGO.

oonie west.

YBOM CHICAGO.

Lv. Grand Rapids...  7  10am  2 03pm  *11 30pm
Ar. Chicago............   2  30pm  8 45pm 
6 25am
Lv. Chicago............................   3 02pm  *11 32pm
Ar. Grand Rapids...................   9 45pm 
6 30am
Train leaving Grand Rapids 7:10am has parlor 
car;  11:00pm, coach and sleeping car.
Train  leaving  Chicago 3:02pm  has  Pullman 
parlor car;  11:32pm sleeping car.
Muskegon Trains, 

GOIH&  B AST.

LvG’d Rapids............+7:35am +1:15pm +5:40pm
Ar Muskegon..............  9:00am  2:25om  7:06pm
Sunday  train  leaves  Grand  Rapids  9:15am; 
arrives Muskegon 10:40am.
Lv Muskegon.........   ..+8:10am  til :45am +4:00pm
Ar G’d Rapids............ 9:80am  12:55pm  6:20pm
Sunday  train  leaves  Mnskegon  5:30pm;  ar­
rives Grand Rapids 6:50pm.
+Bxcept Sunday.  »Dally

C.  L.  LOCKWOOD, 
w. c. Blake,

Gen’l Passr. and Ticket Agent.
Ticket Agent Union Station.
DULUTH, s~“ l7 h£ AU",k
Lv. Grand Rapids (G. R. & L )tll :10pm  +7:45am
Lv. MackinawClty................   7:35am  4:20pm
Ar. St. Ignace...........................  9:00am  5:20pm
Ar. Sanlt Ste. Marie.............  12:20pm  9:50pm
Ar. Marquette  .......................   2:50pm  10:40pm
At. Nestoria.............................   5:20pm  12:45am
Ar. Duluth....................   , ................... 
8:30am
Lv. Dnlnth.............................................  +6:30pm
2:45am
Ar. Nestoria...........................+11:15am 
Ar. Marquette....................... 
1:30pm  4:30am
Lv. Sanlt Ste. Marie..............   3:30pm 
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Ar. Mackinaw City................ 
8:40pm  11:00am
G. W.  H i b b a r d ,  Gen. Pass. Agt- Marquette. 
E. C. Ovlatt. Trav. Pass. Agt.. Grand Rapids

W IST  BOUND.

BAST  BOUND.

M A N K T F F
i  1 l l a l   v a O  A  L . L*  Best route to Manistee.

Via  C. &  W . M.  Railway.

Lv Grand Rapids.............................7:00am 
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A r  Manistee....................................12:05pm 
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Lv  Manistee....................................  8:30am  4.10pm
A r Grand  Rapids  .........................   1 .oopm  o:55pnj

Adrian  Retail Grocers’ Association 

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

land;  Treasurer, Wx. C. Kobhn.

Bay Cities Retail Grocers' Association

President,  M.  L.  DbBatb ;  Sec’y, S.  W. Waters.

Traverse City Basiaess Men’s Association 
Holly;  Treasurer, C. A. Hammond.

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

Owosso  Business  Men’s   Association

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

bell;  Treasurer, W. E.  Collins.

Alpena Basiaess Men’s Association

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

Partridge.

Grand Rapids Retail Meat  Dealers’ Association 
President, L. J. Katz;  Secretary, Philip Hilber: 

Treasurer. S. J.  Huppord.

St. Johns  Business  Men’s  Association.

President, Thos  Bromley;  Secretary,  Frank A. 

Percy ;  Treasurer, Clark A. Putt.

Perry Business Men’s Association 

President,  H. W. W a l l a c e ;  Sec’y, T. E. Heddle.
Grand Haven Retail Merchants* Association 
President, F. D. Vos ; Secretary, J. W. VbbHoekb

Yale  Business Men’s Association

President, Chas. Rounds;  Sec’y, F bank Putney.

T R A V E L

VIA

F. A P. M. R. R.

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File and  1,000 printed blank

bill heads.......................  $2  75

File and  1,000 specially

printed bill heads.........   3  25

Printed blank bill heads,

per thousand.................  
Specially printed bill heads,
per thousand................. 
Tradesman Company,

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Grand Rapids. 

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Sold  in  Half-Pound  Tins  Only. 

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