Volume XVI.

GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 31,1899.

Number 819

W O R L D ’S   B E S T

S O .  C I G A R .  A L L   J O B B E R S   A N D

G   J .  J O H N S O N   O I G A R   O O .

G R A N D   R A P I D S .  M I C H .

W G L E F O O f

STICKY PLY PAPER

A S K   Y O U R   J O B B E R   F O R   IT

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W e  G u a r a n tee

Our brand of Vinegar to be an ABSOLUTELY  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

ONE  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  Yinegar Co.,  Benton Harbor, Micb.

J  ROBINSON,  rtanager.

This  is the guarantee we give with every  barrel  of our  vinegar.  Do  you  know  of any  other 
manufacturer  who has  sufficient  confidence in  his  output to stand  back  of  his  product  with  a 
similar guarantee ?
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R O B IN S O N   C ID E R   A N D   V I N E G A R   CO.

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Perrigo’s
Flavoring  Extracts

The  season  has  arrived  when  your  cus­
tomers  use  Flavoring  Extracts.  Have 
you  a  good  stock  on  hand? 
If  not,  it 
would  pay  you  to  investigate  our  line. 
They will

Please

your customers.  Drop us aline for prices, 
etc., and  incidentally ask  us about 

P e r r ig o ’s  Q u in in e -Ca th a r tic  T a b let s 
P e r r ig o 's  D y spe psia  T a b let s 
P e r r ig o ’s  H ea d a c h e  Po w d e r s 
M a n d r a k e  B it t e r s

They are fast sellers and  sure remedies.

L.  PERRIGO  CO.,  Mfg.  Chemists,  Allegan, Mich.

L.  P.  Brand Soda.
Perrigo’s Headache  Pwds. 
Mandrake  Bitters.
Perrigo’s Quinine-Cathartic 

Tablets.

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  E x. of Blackberry 

Root.

Perrigo’s  Insect  Powder. 
Perrigo’s Poison F ly Paper. 
Perrigo’s  Poultry  Powder. 
Perrigo’s  Stock  Powder. 
Perrigo’s  Hog  Powder. 
Marshmallow Cream. 
Bartram’s  Liver  Pills. 
Bartram’s Veterinary Elixir 
Sennara for  Children. 
Porous  Plasters.
Cough  Drops.
Flavoring  Extracts. 
Druggists’  Sundries.

S M O K E

Banquet Hall  Little Clears

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

MUSSELMAN  GROCER  GO.,  Grand  Rapids.  Mich.

Have Stood the Test for Years

Hoffman House Cigars

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PHELPS,  BRACE & CO., Distributors, Detroit, Mich. 

Nothing  Better  Ever  Sold

F.  E  BUSHMAN, Manager Cigar Department. 

THE HILSON CO., Makers.

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BEATS  THEM   ALL.  Can  be  floated  or  darbeyed  without 
applying water to the surface— same  as  lime  mortar.  Makes 
a wall as hard as cement and grows harder with age.

Send for catalogue

I Gypsum  Products Manufacturing Co.,

Manufacturers  and  Dealers  in  all  the  various  products  of 
Gypsum,  including  “Eclipse"  Wall  Plaster,  Calcined  Plaster, 
Land  Plaster and the best Bug Compound  made.

Mill and  Works, 200 South  Front Street at 0.  R.  & I R.  R. Crossing.
Mail Address,  Room 20 Powers’  Opera  House Block.

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

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

Bay Shore, Mich., April 1, 1899. 

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I f  you  wish  to  he  up  to  date  and  give  your  custom­
ers  the  best  ?*alue  in  the  trade  buy  Northrop Spices 
and  Queen  F lake  Baking Powder.  M anufactured 
and sold only  by

N orthrop,  Robertson  &   C arrier,

Lansing,  M ich.

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handle only  goods of V A L U E .
If you are satisfied to  remain  at  Uj 
the tail  end,  buy cheap unreliable  ¡j] 
goods.

Good Yeast Is Indispensable.
FLEISCHMANN  &  CO.

U n d er  T h eir  Y E L L O W   L A B E L   O ffe r  th e  B E S T !

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Grand Rapids  Agency, 39 Crescent Ave.
Detroit Agency,  118 Bates St.

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§ Wann Weather

MICA 

AXLE

Nothing  is  more  appre­
ciated on a  hot  day  than 
a substantial fan.  Espe­
cially is this true of coun­
try  customers  who  come 
to  town  without  provid­
ing  themselves  with  this 
necessary adjunct to com­
fort.  We  have  a 
large 
line  of  these  goods  in 
fancy shapes  and  unique 
designs,  which  we  fur­
nish  printed and  handled 
as follows:
IOO........... ......... %  3 00
200. . . . . . ............  4 50
30O........... ...........   5 75
40O...........
.........   7 00
5OO........... ...........  8 00
IOOO........... ...........  «5 00

We can fill orders on two hours’ notice, if necessary, but don’t ask us 
to fill an order on such short notice if you can avoid it.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

has become known on account of its  good  qualities.  Merchants  handle 
Mica because their customers want the best  axle grease they can get for 
their money.  Mica is the best because  it  is  made  especially  to  reduce 
friction,  and  friction  is  the  greatest  destroyer  of  axles  and  axle  boxes. 
It  is becoming a  common  saying  that  “Only  one half  as  much  Mica  is 
required for satisfactory lubrication as of any other axle  grease,” so  that 
Mica is not only the best  axle  grease  on  the  market  but  the  most  eco­
nomical as well.  Ask  your  dealer  to  show you  Mica  in  the  new white 
and blue tin packages.

ILLUMINATING  AND 
LUBRICATING  OILS

W ATER   WHITE  H EAD LIG H T  OIL  IS  TH E 

S T A N D A R D   TH E  W ORLD  O V E R

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BARLOW  BROS.

ORAND RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN 

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Business in Bay,  Saginaw, Tuscola, 
Sanilac  and  Lapeer  counties  will 
receive the personal attention of our 
attorney If sent in at once.

O f every kind and style 
for  Men’s and  Youths’ 
wear,  manufactured by 
the oldest firm in U. S., 
KOLB &  SON, 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Closing out  balance of 
our spring goods cheap. 
Write  our  represent­
ative, William Connor, 
P.  O.  Box  346,  Mar­
shall,  Mich.,  to  call  on 
you  or  meet  him  June 
2 to June 6, inclusive, at 
Sweet’s  Hotel,  Grand 
Rapids,  Mich.  Pur­
chaser’ s  expenses  are 
allowed.  Mail orders 
have quick attention.

The Preferred  Bankers 
Life Assurance Company

of Detroit,  Mich. 

Annual Statement, Dec. 31,1898.

C om m enced  Business 8ept.  I,  1893.

Insurance in  Force...................................... $3,299,000 00
45.734 79
Ledger A ssets.............................................  
Ledger L iab ilities......................................  
21 68
None
Losses  Adjusted and Unpaid...............  
Total Death  Losses Paid to Date......... 
51,061  00
Total Guarantee Deposits  Paid to Ben­

eficiaries.............................................. 

Death  Losses  Paid  During the Y ear... 
Death  Rate for the Y ear............................  

1,030 00

11,00000

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F R A N K   E .  R O B S O N ,  President. 

T R U M A N   B.  G O O D S P E E D ,  Secretary.

The  Mercantile  Agency

Established 1841.

R.  G.  DUN &   CO.

Widdicomb Bld’g, Grand Rapids, Mich. 

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

L. P. WITZLEBEN.  ilanager.

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Prompt, Conservative, Safe.

Save  Trouble. 
Save  Money. 
Save Thna.

The  action  of  the  Kent  Furniture  Co. 
in  uttering  three  mortgages,  securing 
local  banks  to  the  amount  of  $64,500,  is 
likely  to  result  in 
legal  complications 
of  an  unusual  nature.  The  action  of 
the  company 
in  securing  the bank  in­
debtedness has  been  advised  by  the  at­
torneys  of  the  Michigan  Trust  Co., 
which  has been  acting  as  trustee  for the 
Kent  Fnrnitnre  Co.,  and  it  is  claimed

GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1899.

Number 819

IMPORTANT  FEATURES.

PAGE
8.  The Dry Goods  Market.
3.  Clerks’ Corner.
4.  Around  the State.
5.  Grand  Rapids Gossip.
6.  W oman’s  World.
8.  Editorial.
9.  Editorial.
IO.  Shoes and Leather.
18.  Observations by a  Gotham   Egg  Man.
13.  Gotham   Gossip.
14.  Eggs and  Tradem arks.
15.  Crime  o f the  Stranger.
17.  Commercial  Travelers.
18.  Drags and  Chemicals.
19.  D rag Price  Cnrrent.
80.  Grocery  Price Cnrrent.
81.  Grocery Price  Current.
88.  H ardw are.
83.  Out for a Lark.
84.  The H ardw are M arket.

H ardw are  Price  Current.
Easiness W ants.

LOCAL  LACONICS.

Roppert  Bros,  have  embarked  in  the 
grocery  business  at  Athens.  The  Wor­
den  Grocer  Co.  furnished  the  stock.

Jos.  R.  Merrill  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Grawn.  The  stock  was  fur­
nished  by  the  Musselman  Grocer  Co.

£.  W.  Cone  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  149  West  Bridge street,  purchas­
ing  his  stock  of  the  Worden  Grocer  Cc.
in  the 
Wm,  H.  Wright  has  engaged 
grocery  business  at  Kingsley. 
The 
Worden  Grocer  Co.  furnished  the  stock.
J.  F.  Reed  has  formed  a  copartner­
ship  with  his  son,  J.  G.  Reed,  and  en­
gaged  in  the  grocery  business  at  Crapo 
under  the  style  of  J.  F.  Reed  &  Co. 
The  stock  was  furnished  by  the  Ball- 
Barnhart-Pntman  Co.

last  week. 

Dick  Winegar,  who  delivers  meat  for 
Swift  &  Co.,  bad  a  hand  to-band  en­
counter  with  Geo.  Williams,  the  South 
Division  street grocer  and  meat  dealer, 
one  day 
It  appears  that 
Williams  claimed  that  a  liver  delivered 
on  a  previous occasion  was  spoiled  and 
insisted  on  deducting  the  amount  from 
the  bill  of  goods  Winegar  was  then  de­
livering  on  a  C.  O.  D.  basis,  because 
□o  one  who  knows  bis  business  ever 
deals  with  Williams  on  anything  bat a 
spot  cash  basis.  Winegar  demurred  to 
the  deduction  and  proposed  to  return 
the  goods  to  his  wagon  unless  the  bill 
was  paid 
in  full,  whereupon  Williams 
went  at  Winegar  with  a cleaver,  assisted 
by  his  wife  and  daughter.  Winegar 
stood  his ground  and  dodged  the  blows 
of  his assailants  until  bis  dander  was 
aroused,  when  he  seized  a piece of dried 
beef  and  cleaned  out the entire Williams 
family,  greatly  to  the  chagrin  of  the 
vanquished  and  the  amusement  of  the 
bystanders  who  had  been  attracted  by 
the  disturbance.

by  them  that  the  action  can be sustained 
and  the  attempt  to  throw  the  company 
into  bankruptcy  can  be  defeated.  Un­
der  the  former bankruptcy  law,  a failure 
to  meet  the  ordinary  obligations  of  the 
business  as  they  became  due  was  suffi­
cient  grounds  for  throwing  the  institu­
into  bankruptcy,  but  the  present 
tion 
law 
is  different  in  this  respect,  inas­
much  as  an  institution can  not be thrown 
into  bankruptcy  which  can  show  assets 
in  excess  of  its  liabilities.  It is  claimed 
by  the  officers  of  the  Kent  Furniture 
Co.  and  its  attorneys  that  an 
inventory 
of  the  assets  will  show  that  the  property 
is  worth  more  than  the  indebtedness. 
On  the  other hand,  this statement is  dis­
puted  by  the  unsecured  creditors,  who 
claim  that  the  buildings  are  practically 
worthless;  that  the  land  has  little value; 
that  the  machinery  is  little  better  than 
junk,  because  it  has  not  been  constantly 
replaced  by  new  machinery,  as  is  the 
case  with  most  of  the  other  furniture 
factories  here,  and  that  the  accounts 
will  be  scaled  down  to  about  50  per 
cent,  of  their  face  value. 
In  the  mean­
time  the  attorneys  of 
the  unsecured 
creditors  are  making  arrangements  to 
prepare bankruptcy  petitions,  and  a  le­
gal  tussle  of  no  small  dimensions  is 
very  likely  to  ensue.  Of  course,  it  will 
result  in  the  usual way—the  lawyers  will 
wax  fat,  while  the  stockholders  and  un­
secured  creditors  of  the  company  will 
have  the  experience  to  console  them  for 
their loss.-

looking  as 

“ I  know  a  New  York drummer, ”  said 
a 
local  traveling  man,  chatting  with  a 
party  of  friends,  “ who  has  decorated 
one  of  the  walls  of  his  bachelor  apart­
ments  with  a  trophy  composed  entirely 
of  hotel  keys. 
It is  the  queerest  thing  I 
ever saw  in  my  life.  The  keys  are  ar­
in  a  huge  circle,  and  each  of 
ranged 
them 
is  attached  to a  metal  tag,  some 
round,  some  square,  some  triangular— 
in  fact,  they  are  of  every  imaginable 
size  and  shape,  and  of all  kinds  of  ma­
terial,  from  cast  iron  to  aluminum. 
In 
the  middle  of  the  decoration  is  a cluster 
of  enormous  specimens,  most  of  them 
battered  and  rusty,  and 
if 
they  might  have  locked  the  gates  of  an­
cient  fortresses.  They came  from  small 
village taverns,  where  modern  improve­
ments  are  unknown.  All  the  keys  in 
the  collection,  and  I  am  sure  there  are i 
at  least  300,  have  been  stolen 
from 
different  hotels  throughout  the  country. 
Their  present  owner,  or  rather  their 
present  possessor,  told  me  that  he  be­
gan  getting  them  together  several  years 
ago,  and  wherever he  chanced  to stop he 
always  made  a  point  of  carrying  away 
bis  room  key.  The  tbiug 
is  done  so 
often  by  mere  inadvertence  that  it  ex­
cites  no  suspicion,  and  fortunately  for 
his  particular  mania  he  was  represent­
ing  a  line of  goods  that  took  him 
into 
nearly  every  state  in  the  Union.  As  fast 
as  he  would  secure  a  dozen  or so  he 
would  express  them  to  his  address  in 
New  York,  and  when  be  at  last  bad  a 
sufficient  number  he arranged  them  on 
the  wall.  The  trophy  is  enough  to  throw 
any  hotel  man  into  spasms  of  fury,  for 
they all  suffer  continually  from  the  loss 
of  keys,  but  I  must  confess  it  has  a  cer­

tain  uncanny  interest. 
In  looking  over 
the  tags  I  ran  the  whole  gamut,  from 
the  neat  nickel  disk  of  the  Waldorf- 
Astoria  to  an  ungainly  sheet-iron  panel 
inscribed  with  the  name  of  a  hostelry 
np  in  the  Black H ills.’ ’

The  hearing  given  the  grocers  and 
peddlers  by  the  License  Committee  of 
the  Common  Council 
last  Thursday 
evening  was  one  of  the  most  humorous 
affairs  ever  witnessed  in  the  city.  The 
occasion  of  the  hearing  was  the pending 
measure  before  the  Council,  prohibiting 
the  peddlers  from  yelling  on  the  streets 
like  Comanche  Indians.  The  average 
huckster  acts  on  the  assumption  that 
the  possession  of  a  license gives  him 
carte  blanc  to  make  as  much  noise  as 
the  condition  of  his  lungs  will  permit, 
irrespective  of  the  rights  of  people  who 
are  compelled  to  sleep  late  in the  morn­
ing  or  invalids  who  are  annoyed  by  un­
necessary  sounds.  The  peddlers  were 
herded  on  one  side  of  the  auditorium 
by  their  attorney  and  the  grocers  found 
seats  on  the  other  side  among  those  who 
had  come 
in  considerable  numbers  to 
be  heard  on  the  question  of  grading 
Turner  street.  No  more  swarthy  crowd 
than  the  peddlers  ever  assembled 
in 
one  room.  There  were  Russians  and 
Italians,  with  a  sprinkling  of  other 
nationalities.  Not  over  10  per  cent,  of 
the  number  were  taxpayers  and 
less 
than  20  per cent,  of  them  were  Ameri­
can  citizens.  An  attorney  who  appeared 
to  be  a  cross  between  a  windmill  and 
a  ginmill  sawed  the  air  with  his  arms 
and  told  the Committee how the peddlers 
were  being  persecuted  by  the  grocers, 
who  were  undertaking  to  drive  the  ped­
dlers  out  of  business;  how  the  peddlers 
got  down  on  the  market  early  in  the 
morning  and  bought  all  the  choice  fruit 
and  vegetables, 
inferior 
offerings  for  the  grocers;  how  the  ped­
dlers  raised  their  voices  at  the  especial 
request  of  their  customers,  who  were 
thus 
informed  of  the  approach  of  the 
wagon  and  enabled  to  make  their ap­
pearance  in  case  they  were  in  need  of 
the  choice  goods  distributed  by  the 
peddlers.  During  the  course  of  bis  re­
marks,  which  were  chiefly  remarkable 
for  what  be  didn’t  say  and 
for  the 
points  which  he  failed  to  make,  the 
dapper  attorney  undertook  to  emphasize 
his  statements  by  asking  his  clients  to 
stand  up  or bold  up  their hands  if  such 
If  he  bad  ap­
and  such  was  the  case. 
pealed  to  bis  victims 
in  Russian,  or 
Italian,  or  Holland,  some  of  them would 
have  understood  his  meaning,  but  his 
use  of  the  English  tongue  was  so  unin­
telligible  to  most  of  his  clients  that 
they 
insisted  on  standing  up  at  the 
wrong  time  and  sitting  still  when  he 
expected  them  to  rise,  which  so  discon­
certed  him  that  he  lost  the  thread  of  his 
argument  and  groped  around  blindly for 
the  remainder  of  the  evening.  The 
grocers’ side of  the  controversy  was  pre­
sented  with  fairness  and  a  due  regard 
for  the  rights  of  all  concerned,  and  at 
the  conclusion  of  the  hearing  the  Com­
mittee  decided  that  the  license  hereto­
fore  accorded  the  peddlers  in  the matter 
of street shouting should  be  considerably 
curtailed.

leaving  the 

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MICHIGAN  T R A D E S M A N

D ry  Goods

The  Dry  Goods  Market.

Staple  Cottons— There  will  be  a  good 
business  in  all 
lines  of  staple  cottons 
for  immediate  delivery,  if  they  can  be 
found. 
It  is  the  scarcity  of  ready  sup­
plies  and  not  the  demand,  that is handi­
capping  business.  Some higher  prices 
have  been  quoted  in  heavy  weights,  but 
these  quotations  mean  very 
little,  in 
view  of  the  fact  that  there  are  practi­
cally  no  goods  to  be  sold  at  that  or any 
other  price.  There 
is  a  fair  business 
in  buntings  and  bleached  cottons  are  in 
excellent  request,  although  it  is reported 
that  the  stiff  advances  have  checked 
business  in  some  directions.  The  mar­
ket  is  quiet  in  wide  sheetings,  blankets, 
cotton  flannels  and  similar  lines,  and 
prices  are firm.  Denims,  ticks,  checks, 
plaids  and  cheviots  are  in  fair  request 
at  prices  previously  quoted.

Prints  and  Ginghams—There is a good 
demand  coming  forward  for the  new  fall 
lines  of  dark  fancies  and  the  bulk  of 
it 
is,  of  course,  being  done  " a t  value" 
basis.  Very  few  open  quotations  have 
been  made  as  yet,  but  the  next  week 
should  see  them  pretty  generally known. 
Fancy  staples,  calicoes  and  fine  special­
ties  for  present  use  have  shown  a  fair 
business  of  late.

It  is  surprising 

Hosiery— Cheap  fancy  appears to have 
gotten  a  black  eye,  and  although 
large 
quantities  are  sold,  the proportion  to  the 
fine  grades 
is  smaller  than  one  or  two 
years  ago.  In  golf  hosiery,  the  retailers 
have  been  securing  an  excellent  busi­
ness,  and  have,  of  course,  been  reorder­
ing  from  their  jobbers  to  replenish their 
depleted  stocks. 
in 
view  of  these  facts  to  find  that  there  is 
considerably  weakness  cropping  out 
among  the  jobbers  of  these  goods.  This 
is  a  fact,  but  as  far as  we  are  able  to 
ascertain,  it  is  due  to  a 
large  number 
of  rather  undesirable  styles  which  have 
been  on  hand  for  some  time,  and  if  one 
takes  note  of  some  of  the  glaring  colors 
and  hideous combinations that are shown 
in  some  places,  he  will  not  wonder 
that  they  have  not  secured  any  great 
amount  of  business,  and  it  seems  as  if 
these  lines  are  the  ones  that  are  show­
ing  weakness  themselves,  and  are  hav­
ing  an  effect  on  the  rest  of  the  market. 
Black  or  dark  cotton  golf  hose have  se­
cured  a  good  business  in 
lines  quoted 
at  from  $4.50  to  $9  or $10  per  dozen. 
Seamless  hosiery  has  shown  a  decided 
improvement,  according  to  the  reports 
of  domestic  manufactures,  and  a  great 
many  mills  have  taken  up  the  manufac­
ture  of  these  goods  on  account  of  the 
improved  business  which  is  promised. 
Full-fashioned  hosiery  is  in  active  de­
mand,  and  there  is  less  of  the  evil  of 
cutting  prices  shown  than  originally.

Carpets—The  improvement  in  the  de­
mand  for  carpets  continues,  notwith­
standing  the  recent  sales  in  New  York 
of  surplus  goods  by  some  of  the  large 
mills.  These  goods  were  quickly  taken 
up  by  the  large  department  and  cut  or­
der  stores,  who  have  for  several  years 
deferred  some  orders  until  they  had 
made  their  purchases  at  these  closing- 
out  sales,  and  there 
is  no  doubt  that 
some  of  them  have  obtained  good  bar­
gains  and  are  now  notifying  their  cus­
tomers  to  come  early  and  obtain  these 
goods  while  they  last.  Notwithstanding 
these  sales,  jobbers  are  early  placing 
orders  with  manufacturers  for  more than 
their  usual  amounts,  while  prices  re­
main  low,  as  it  is  quite  generally  con­
ceded  that  with  the  prices  of  all  grades 
of  yarn  advancing,  the present  is  a  good

time  to  stock  up,  especially  as  the  out­
look  for  the  fall  season  in  all  kinds  of 
carpets  has  not  been  so  favorable  for 
several  years.  This  is  due  to  the  con­
tinued  permanent  improvement  in  gen­
eral  business,  and  the 
fact  that  the 
working  people  are  more  generally  em­
ployed  at  larger  wages.  They  feel  safer 
in  purchasing  more  of  the  home  com­
forts  which  they  denied 
themselves 
while  times  were  so  dull  in  the  several 
years  preceding.  This  year  the  average 
manufacturer  has found  duplicate  orders 
pressing  upon  him  in  such  volume  that 
one  season  has  overlapped  the  other, 
and  this  activity  has  not  been  confined 
to  one  line  alone,  but  all  grades  of  car­
pets  have  shared  in  the  improvement. 
Large  manufacturers  have 
recently 
placed  good  orders  for  yarn  at  advanced 
prices,  as  they  expect  stiil  further ad­
vances  in  the  near  future.  Those  who 
deferred  placing  their  orders  early  for 
carpets  are  now  the  most  noticeable 
in 
the  market  in  looking  at  the early  open­
ing  of  fall  samples.  The  volume  of 
business 
is  expected  to  be  very  large; 
¿¿-goods  are  running exceptionally well, 
which  indicates  that  buyers  are  willing 
to  pay  for  goods  of  better  fabrication. 
Manufacturers  very  generally  have  dis­
posed  of  surplus  stocks,  and  the  market 
is  in  a  very  healthy  condition.

Upholstery—The  proposed  trust  has 
met  the  fate  of  many  others,  although 
one  result  noticed  is  the  greater willing­
ness  of  manufacturers  to  come  together 
on  prices  and 
less  disposition  to  cut. 
The  finer  goods  made  of  silk  must  ad­
vance.  All  are  agreed  on  this, 
[obbers 
are  making  calculations  accordingly, 
and  a  further  advance 
is  expected  if 
raw  silk  continues  to  climb  upward. 
The  world  supply 
is  not  sufficient to 
meet  the  demand. 
Italy,  Japan  and 
China  are  the  largest  producers,  and  al­
ready  the  new  crop  has  been  largely 
contracted  for,  and  no  lower  prices  can 
be  expected.

All  announcements  of  a  "bargain" 
nature  should  be  backed  by  plausible 
reasons.  Tell  why. 
If  you  have  de­
cided  to  cut  prices,  the  people  want  to 
know  your  reasons.  A  merchant  who 
announces  that  he  has  cut  prices  20  per 
cent.,  without  giving  reasons,  simply 
advertises  that  he  has made an excessive 
profit  of  20  per  cent  before  he  made 
the  reduction.  The  merchant  may  lose 
money  by  the  transaction,  but  unless 
good  reasons  are  given for the reduction, 
the  customers  who  paid  an  additional 
20  per  cent, 
for  the  same  goods  will 
very  likely  feel  that  they  have  been 
treated  unfairly,  and  will  give  vent  to 
these  feelings  by  trading  elsewhere.

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I  Tents,  Flags
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Drop us  a  card  and we will  quote 
you prices.

Chas. A. Coye,

11  Pearl Street, 
Grand Rapids.

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We Are in Position

To fill all kinds of orders for  Men’s  Working  Shirts.
Our stock  includes some of the very best values ever 
offered to retail at  a  Half  Dollar;  also  a  number  of 
Specials to retail at a Quarter.  Large, roomy bodies, 
large  sleeves  and  extra  length  are  features  worth 
consideration  by  any  buyer.  Our  goods  are  all 
made that way.

VOIGT,  HERPOLSIiEIMER  &  CO ,

Wholesale Dry floods. 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

WE ARE FULL

of business but can attend to your orders. 
Send  them  in.  The  Latest  in  Stripes, 
Squares and Checks.

OUR
NECKW EAR 
PRODUCTIONS •  «

are unexcelled in Style,  Pattern or  Finish. 
90c  to  $2 00  per  doz.;  $2.00  to  $4.50  per 
doz.  No traveling men.  Write for  sam­
ple  assortment  and  make  selection  at 
your leisure.

We want your Mall Orders.

ELY BROTHERS,

Manufacturers of Stylish

Neckwear for Hen and Women.

1818 Milwaukee Ave.,

CHICAGO,  ILL.

Now is the time to take advantage of  low rates to come  and inspect our 

line of Dry Goods.  Our stock  is complete.

Dry  Goods— Cottons,  Calicoes,  Ginghams,  Dimities,  Dress  Goods, 

Satines, Crashes,  Damasks, Shirtings, Ticks,  Denims, etc.

Notions— Hose, Socks,  Suspenders,  Pants,  Overalls,  Hats,  Caps,  Cor­

sets, Underwear,  Handkerchiefs,  Ribbons, Neckwear.

In fact, anything you wish to ask for in the Dry  Goods line.

I   P.  STEKETEE  &  SONS,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

I  Eesieu’s Sunshine
8 

sell Rising Pastry Floor

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Prepared  on an  entirely  new formula.  Makes the best Strawberry Shortcakes,
Biscuits,  Cakes and  Pastry of all  kinds,  by  the  addition  of  M ilk  or  Water.
Put up in 2 and 6 lb.  cartons,  two dozen  in  case.  Sold  direct,  or  can  be  sup-
plied  by any wholesale grocer.
W e also put up  Self Rising Entire Wheat and Graham Plours in 2 lb. cartons,
two dozen in case.  W e are sole manufacturers of Sunshine Flour for general
house-hold use.

J. F. Eesleu Milling Go.

Mills at Plalnwell and Constantine. Mich.

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Clerks’  Corner.

One  of the  Don’ts for Careless Clerks. 
Written for the Tradesman.

“ Don’t appear  listless,  inattentive  or 
indifferent  while  customers  are  examin­
ing  goods.”

In  glancing  over  a 

list  of  “ Store 
Don’ts“   which  I  have  upon  my  desk, 
the  one  as  stated  above  seemed  to  pro­
trude  itself  for special consideration.  At 
first  thought  it  seems  that  to  a  person 
behind  the  counter  this  warning  would 
be  unnecessary,  but,  in  my  experience 
as  a  dry  goods  salesman,  I  have  found 
in 
it  most  difficult to  show  an 
every  person  who  comes  to 
look  at 
goods;  yet  I  know  of  nothing  short  of 
downright 
insolence  that  will  send  a 
prospective  customer  away 
the 
counter  more  quickly  than  a  listless and- 
inattentive  salesperson.  If  the  clerk  be­
hind  the  counter shows  no  desire  to  dis­
pose  of  his  goods  it  is  hardly  fair  to  ex­
pect  that  the  customer  will  have  much 
desire  to  buy.

interest 

from 

Those  of  us  who  earn  our  living  be­
hind  the  counter  know  that  out  of  every 
ten  who  visit  our  counter and  look  at 
our goods generally  half  do  not buy;  but 
because  of  those  who  do  buy  each  must 
receive  the  same  attention.  A  show 
of  indifference  on  the  part  of a salesman 
may  drive  away  the  very  persons  who 
otherwise  would  buy.  People  come  to 
your  counter  who,  although  they  display 
neither  courtesy  nor  consideration  so 
far  as  you  are  concerned,  yet  expect 
from  you  these  very  things. 
“ Like 
begets  like,”   but  you  are  not  in  a  posi­
tion  to  carry  out  this  precept.  You 
must  repay  rudeness  with  courtesy.  You 
must  endeavor  to  suit the  most  trouble­
some  and  indifferent of  customers.  You 
may  be  so  tired  you  can  scarcely  stand 
on  your  feet,  but  it  is  not  your  place  to 
show  it.  You  must  remember that  upon 
the  best  endeavor  of  yourself  and  fellow 
clerks  the  success  of  your  employer  de­
pends. 
It  goes  farther  tbaD  that,  for 
upon  your  employer’s  success  depends 
your own.  You,  and  the  men  on  your 
right and  on  your  left,  are  the  founda­
tion  upon  which  this  success  is  built. 
Let  listlessness  affect  one  of  these  and 
the  entire  establishment  in  which  you 
are  employed  is  affected.

says  a  Chicago  relator.  Deciding  on  a 
long  stay  this  year,  he  gave  up his house 
in  the  city  and  determined  to  ship  the 
household  goods  to  the  summer  resi­
dence  as  well.  His  wife  and  children 
went  on  a  few  days  ahead  of  the  furni­
ture,  and  when  the  dutiful  husband  had 
watched  his  household  goods  loaded  in­
to  the  yawning  hold  of  a  lake  steamer 
he  went  to  a  telegraph  office  and  wired 
his  wife  this  fanciful  message:  “ Have 
shipped  penates  by  boat. ”   He  might 
just  as  well  have  said  “ furniture”   or 
“ things”   or “ goods.”   He  realizes  that 
now.  She  would  have  understood  that 
just  as  well,  but  be  felt  like  using  the 
word  “ penates”   and  he  did  so.  Late 
that  night  he  got  a  message  from  his 
surprised  wife  across  the  lake  which 
brought  to  him  a  sense  of  the  queer 
ways  of  operators.  Her  message  read : 
“ Why  are  you  shipping peanuts?”   This 
is  not  his  first  experience  with  the 
quirks  of  the  telegraph  service,  either. 
Some  years  ago,  when  he  and  bis  fam­
ily  resided 
in  the  West,  bis  wife  went 
for a  short  visit  to  a  neighboring  town. 
She  bad  been  gone  but  a  day  when  she 
was  seized,  as  she  afterward  explained, 
with  that  vague  foreboding  that  all  was 
not  well  at  home.  The  children  she 
thought  of  first.  She  knew  something 
was the  matter  with some  of  them.  And 
so  a  message  was  dispatched  to  her 
husband. 
It was  addressed to  his  office, 
but he  had  gone  home  long  before  it  ar­
rived  and  it  was  sent  out  to  the  family 
residence,  with 
twenty  cents  extra 
charges,  by  the  way,  for  the  long  trip. 
This  was  the  message:  “ Are  the  chil­
dren  all  right?”   When  the  tired  hus­
band  bad  paid  his  20  cents  and  then 
read  that  message  be  felt  a  bit  sarcastic 
and  perhaps  a  few  other  emotions  not 
exactly  the  proper thing  for  a  husband 
and  father to feel,  and  he  sent  back  this 
Then  he 
answer: 
thought he  had  done  his  whole  duty 
in 
the  premises,  and  after a  while  he  went 
to bed.  But  the  end  was  not  yet. 
In 
the  small  hours  came  another  message, 
with  20  cents  more  charges  to 
it.  The 
messenger  rang  the  bell  monotonously 
and  continuously  until  the  drowsy  citi- 
I zen  came  to the door in brief habiliments 
and  paid  him  his  20  cents.  This  tele­
gram  was  not  so  long  as  the  preceding 
one. 
It  contained but  one  word :  “ Be­
cause. ’ ’

“ Yes.  Why?”  

A  New  Coffee  Substitute.

A  chemist  in  New  York,  after  experi­
menting  through  more  than  thirty years, 
announces  that  he  has  discovered  a 
preparation  that  can  be  used  as  a  sub­
stitute  for  coffee,  that  is,  coffee  as  com­
mercially  known,  his  product  being  an 
extract  from  the  berry 
itself,  mixed 
with  other  ingredients,  which  forms  a 
sort  of  a  jelly.  A  teaspoonful  of  this 
product  put 
in  a  quart  of  water  will 
make  three  or  four  cups  of  very  strong, 
clear,  black  coffee 
it 
readily  dissolves 
in  hot  water.  The 
product 
is  also  put  up  in  vest-pocket 
tablets,, about  the  size  of  a  half  dollar, 
one  of  which  will  make  four  cups  of

in  a  hurry  as 

coffee.  It  is  declared  by  those  who  have 
investigated  the  process  that  it  makes 
a  very  satisfactory  drink. 
Another 
form  of  putting  up  the  coffee  in a ready­
made  state  is  in  a  combination  of  milk, 
sugar  and  coffee,  which  is  made  from 
the  very  best  coffee,  with  pure  cow’s 
milk  and  granulated  sugar.  This  only 
requires  hot  water,  in  which 
it  readily 
dissolves,  and  is  pronounced  to  be  very 
palatable.

The  man  who  wants  the  earth 

ably  gets  it—when  he  dies.

invari­

Men  and  watches  are  judged  by  their 

works ;  both  have  wheels.

J“Lamps  to  Burn!

T t

Don’t buy something that wont burn.

The  Sunlight 

Gas  Lamp

Makes it own gas.
The strongest light  for  the  weakest  price 
ioo-candle-power  5  hours  for 

ever  known, 
1  cent.

No  torches  to  hold  in  lighting.  Turn  it 
down  and  it  burns  all  day,  consuming  one 
tablespoonful  of  oil;  turn  it  up  and  your 
room  is flooded with light.

No  escaping  gas  to  scent  the  room  and 
make you sick.  No flicker.  No smoke.  A 
pure, white light like

Sunlight

One burner equals  four  kero­
sene lamps at one-fifth the cost.

This Lamp  Has Been Approved  by  the  Board  of 

Underwriters.

Specially  adapted  for  Stores,  Churches  and  Residences.
Local agents  wanted  in  every  City,  Town  and  Village  in 
the State.

jPERKINS,  HENRY  & CO,  Grand  R ap id s,

LIGHT  DELIVERY  OR  ORDER  WAGON

N O .  4 0

No  doubt  my 

interpretation  of  this 
particular  “ Don’t”   seems  overdrawn ; 
but  it  is  nevertheless  true.  Do  you  ex­
pect  to  succeed  as  a  salesman?  Are  you 
looking  forward  to  the  time  when  you 
shall  occupy  a  place  as  bead  of  a  de-; 
partment,  or  as  manager  of  a  store,  or 
even  as  owner?  Do you  think  for a  mo­
ment  that  you  will  ever  reach  that  goal 
by  the  pathway  of  unfaithfully-per­
formed  duties?  No,  boys,  you  never 
can.  There 
is  no  easy  road  to  honest 
success.  There  is  no  success  witfiout 
earnest  effort,  and  effort  unceasing.  It’s 
a  hard  pull  up  grade  and  those  who 
have  reached  the  top  will  tell  you  that 
indifference  and  neglect  are  byways 
leading  back  to  the  foot  of  the  hill.

M ac  A ll a n .

Some  Results  From  Sending  Mixed 

Telegrams.

Don’t  get  funny  when  writing  tele­
grams.  The  average operator after a life 
spent  in  sending  and  receiving  the  mo­
notonous  ticks  of  the  instrument  has  a 
cold,  unfeeling  eye  and  renders  every­
thing  in  a  message  as  it  appears  to  that 
eye  at  first  glance.  All  of  which  is 
brought  out  by  the  experience  of  a north 
side  man  who  last  week  sent  his  family 
across  the  lake  to  his  summer  home,  |

Short Turn Gear,  Body 2 feet  10 inches x 7 feet 6 inches,  Axle  1  inch, Wheel  1  inch, Shafts only,  Lettered.

Perfect in every respect.

THE  BELKNAP  WAGON  CO., Grand  Rapids, Mich.

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Around the State

Movements  of  Merchants.

Algansee— Higby  &  Son,  millers, 

have  removed  to  Reading,

Lengsville— F.  D.  Bailor  has  opened 

a  grocery  store  at  this  place.

Detroit— Edward  Stief,  meat  dealer, 

has  sold  out  to  John  B.  Kaiser.

Bridgeton—John Sharp succeeds Rain- 

ouard  &  Sharp  in  general  trade.

lmlay  City— Fred  H.  Ball  has sold  his 

furniture  stock  to  Fred  S  Messer.

Isbpeming—James  Cain  has  opened  a 

confectionery  store  on  Main  street.

Hudson—C.  Cottrell  of  Adrian,  has 

opened  a  notion  store at  this  place.

Port  Huron—C.  F.  Taylor  has  em­

barked  in  the  furniture  business  here.

Marlette— Henry Planz succeeds Henry 
Planz  &  Co.  in  the  furniture  business.
Port  Huron—The  retail  store  of  the 
Bee  Hive  bazaar  will  be  closed  June  i.
Union  City— Leo  L.  Johnson  has  sold 
his  grocery  stock  to  Howley  & Burrows.
Port  Huron—S.  B.  Shaw  has  em­
in  the  drug  business  at  this 

barked 
place.

Stevensville—G.  F.  Slattery  has  pur­
chased  the  drug  and  grocery  stock  of 
John  N.  Percell.

Clarkston—G.  A.  Walter  &  Co.  have 
purchased  the  drug  and  grocery  stock of 
Floren  Hammond.

Calumet— Wickstrom, Niemi & Co  suc­
ceed  Isaac  Fredrickson  in  the  grocery 
and  bakery  business.

Kalamazoo—The  hucksters  of  Kala 
mazoo  have  organized  in  opposition  to 
the  grocery men  of  the  city.

Menominee—Oliver  Blanchette  suc­
in  the 

ceeds  Oliver  Blanchette  &  Co. 
grocery  and  meat  business.

Isbpem ing—Swanson,  W arnberg  & 
Co.  have  rem oved  th e ir  fu rn itu re  stock 
into  new  and  m ore  com m odious  q u a r­
ters.

Traverse  City— Nelson  &  Augburg 
have  removed  their  grocery  stock  from 
Boardman  avenue  to  434  East  Front 
street.

Ypsilanti—John  Spencer  will  shortly 
remove  to  Ann  Arbor to  enter  into  part­
nership  with  his  brother  in  the  grocery 
business.

Allegan— B.  B.  Sutphin  &  Co.,  pro­
duce  dealers,  have  dissolved.  B.  B. 
Sutphin  will  continue  the  business  in 
his  own  name.

Allegan—W.  J.  Garrod  has  sold  his 
drug  stock  to  L.  L.  Thompson  &  Co., 
who  will  continue  the  business  at  the 
same  location.

Ann  Arbor—John  Sbadford  has  pur­
chased  a  store  building  at  the  corner  of 
Broadway  and-  Moore  street  and  en­
gaged  in  the  grocery  business.

Traverse  City— The  E.  McNamara 
shoe  stock  has  been  purchased  by  Wm. 
Watson,  of  Detroit,  who  will  continue 
the  business  at  the  same  location.

Muskegon—Jacob  Hoekenga  has  sold 
his  grocery  stock  at  264  South  Terrace 
avenue  to  J.  Pant,  who  will  continue 
the  business  at  the  same  location.

Lowell— F.  L.  Fallas  has  sold  his 
grocery  stock  to  Arthur  and  Frank 
McMahon  who  will  conduct  the business 
under  the  style  of  McMahon  Bros.

Elk  Rapids—A.  Goldfarb will enlarge 
his  store  building  by  a  30x40  foot  addi­
tion 
in  the  rear,  thus  affording  him 
plenty  of  room  for  bis  general  stock.

Petoskey—The  new  grocery  firm  of 
Lyons  &  Hayden  is  composed  of  M.  J. 
Lyons  and  O.  C.  Hayden.  James  Lyons 
is  manager  of  the  business,  but 
is  not 
identified  with  the  establishment  in  the 
capacity  of  partner.

M ICH IG A N   T R A D E S M A N

Ypsilanti— D.  L.  Davis,  general  deal­
er,  has  purchased  the  grocery  stock, 
bakery  and  meat  market of  Harris Bros. 
&  Co.,  and,  for  the  present,  will  con­
tinue  both  stores.

Frankfort— Geo.  Ybouse  and  Julius 
Courville  have  purchased  the  grocery 
stock  of  Hans  Arnston,  which  was  sold 
under  a  chattel  mortgage  held  by  the 
Benzie  County  Bank.

Union  City—Roy  Hawley  and  Her­
bert  Burroughs  have  purchased  the  gro­
cery  stock  of  Lyndz  &  Johnson.  Mr. 
Johnson  will  remove  to  East  LeRoy  and 
engage  in  general  trade.

Newberry—The  partnership  existing 
between  Jos.  Stafford  and  Walter  Smith, 
under  the  firm  name  of  the  Newberry 
Grocery  Co.,  has  been  dissolved.  Mr. 
Stafford  will  continue  the  business.

Constantine—Will  Roberts and  Floyd 
Nesbitt,  who  recently  engaged 
in  the 
hardware  business  at  this  place,  have 
dissolved  partnership.  The  business 
will  hereafter  be  conducted  by  Mr.  Nes­
bitt.

Charlotte— J.  H.  Gibbons  has  pur­
chased  the  flour  and  feed  stock  of  H. 
Turner and  has  placed  his  son,  George, 
in  charge.  Mr.  Gibbons 
is  traveling 
representative  for  the  hardware house  of 
Chapin  &  Rue.

Bay  City—Twenty-four  carloads  of 
machinery  for  the  Bay  City  sugar  fac­
tory  are  en  route  from  Cleveland  and 
the  work  of  installing  it  will  begin with 
its  arrival.  The  brick  work  on  the 
main  building  will  start  by  the  middle 
of  July.

Holland—The  building  owned  by  P. 
Prins, 
in  which  Henry  Olert  is  con­
ducting  the  grocery  business,  will  soon 
be  occupied  by  Mr.  Prins  with  a  gro­
cery  stock.  Mr.  Olert  will  immediately 
begin  the  erection  of  a  store building  of 
bis  own.

Laurium— Daniel Cleland, who was en­
gaged  in  general  trade  at  Coopersville 
for  nearly  twenty-five  years,  has  opened 
a  new  general  store  at  this  place.  Mar­
shall  Field  &  Co.  furnished  the  dry 
goods,  the  Simmons  Boot  and  Shoe  Co. 
(Toledo)  supplied  the  shoes  and  the 
Worden  Grocer  Co.  furnished  the  gro­
ceries.

Manufacturing  Matters. 

Benzonia—The Ca?e Bros.  Lumber Co. 
will  shortly  begin  the  erection of a flour­
ing  mill.

West  Bay  City— Crane  &  Co.  succeed 
in  the  planing  mill  and 

A.  A.  Crane 
lumber  business.

Menominee— S.  Apostle,  of  Calumet, 
in  the  manufacture  of 

has  embarked 
candy  in  the  Paalzow  block.

Quincy— Frank Globensky  is  remodel­
ing  and  enlarging  his  stave  factory  by  a 
new  addition,  16x46  feet 
in  dimen­
sions.

Dowagiac— E.  E.  Barclay  has  begun 
the  erection  of a  building,  40x100  feet, 
in  which  he  will  manufacture  the  shoe 
drill  recently  invented  by  him.

An  interesting  experiment  which  may 
lead  to  a  considerable  increase  in  the 
acreage  devoted  to  rice  culture  in  the 
South  is  being  tried  in  Texas.  Hereto­
fore,  the  growing  of  rice  has been  at­
tempted  only  where  there  was  a  natural 
flow  of  water  for  irrigating  purposes, 
but  now  a  Texas  company expects to de­
vote  4,000 acres  of  land  to  rice  raising, 
getting  the  water  supply  from  driven 
wells. 
If  this  experiment  should  prove 
successful  in  a  financial  way,  the  results 
important,  for  there  is  a  great 
may  be 
deal  of  land 
in  the  South  which  is  in 
every  way  suitable to  rice  culture,  ex­
cept  in  the  matter of  water supply.

Used  Township  Money in  Paying  Mer­

From the Luther Observer.

chandise  Bills.

in  our  vicinity 

The  rumors of  last  week  relating  to  a 
reported  shortage ot  nearly  $4,000  in the 
funds  of  Ellsworth  township, and  the 
consequent  complications  of  the  busi­
ness  of  Crandall  &  Gregg,  have  been 
confirmed  by 
the  events  following, 
which  have  been  the  sensation  and  ab­
sorbing  subject 
this 
week.  W.  B.  Gregg,  the  book-keeper 
and  manager  of  the  firm’s  store  busi­
ness,  has  been  Treasurer  of  Ellsworth 
township  for  several  years  and  has  de­
posited  the  funds  with  those of  the  firm 
in  the  People's  Savings  Bank  of  Beld- 
ing.  Mr.  Gregg  was  book-keeper  of 
the  firm  and  looked  after the  store  busi­
ness  principally.  Mr.  Crandall  gave  his 
attention  largely  to  the  lumber and shin­
gle  business,  his  farm  at  Sand  Lake, 
and  the  outside  interests  of  the  firm,  all 
of  which  were  more  or  less  connected 
with  the  store  and  added  to  the  compli­
cations  of  the  business.  Mr.  Gregg, 
being  sick  for a  considerable  time,  the 
books  were  neglected  and  the  different 
accounts  were  not  kept  posted  up. 
The hard  times  and  failure  to realize on 
the  large  credits  which  the  firm  bad 
given  brought  on  a  pressure  for  ready 
money,  and  a  consequent  overdrawing 
of  the  firm’s  portion  in  the  bank,  thus 
involving  the  means  belonging  to  the 
township. 
This spring  a  new  treasurer 
was  elected.  The  Town  Board,  in their 
annual  settlement  “ O.  K. ’d ”  the books, 
but,  as  formerly,  did  not  require  a 
showing  up  of  the  funds.  When  the 
treasurer-elect  called  for  the  effects  of 
the  office  Mr.  Gregg  was  short  about 
$3  600.  The  Board  then  made  demand 
of  the  amount  on  Mr.  Gregg’s  bonds­
men— Dr.  Fairbanks,  Homer  Cutler, 
Ernest  Nicboson,  Eugene  Nichoson,  R. 
L.  Russell,  Alfred  Ferris  and  Alonzo 
Woodruff.  Crandall  &  Gregg 
immedi­
ately  did  all  in  their  power  toward  ad­
justing  the  matter,  by  assigning  the 
stock,  accounts,  etc.,  to  the  bondsmen. 
Mr.  Gregg  turned  over  everything,  in­
cluding  bis  personal  property,  and  Mr. 
Crandall,  in  addition  to  assigning  bis 
interest 
in  the  store,  transferred  the 
shingle  mill  to  M.  A.  Reed,  Cashier  of 
the  People’s  Savings  Bank.  The  firm 
of  Crandall  &  Gregg  is,  in consequence, 
dissolved  and  the  business  will  be  set­
tled  up  by  the  bondsmen,  who  are  now 
taking  an  invoice  of  the  stock,  prepara­
tory  to offering  it  for  sale.

Public  opinion,  for the  most  part,  ex­
empts  Mr.  Gregg  from  a  deliberate  in­
tention  to  defraud  the  township,  but 
censures  him  severely  for bis  method  of 
transacting  the  business  of  the  town­
ship.  Could  the  members  of  the  firm 
have  realized  on  the,  effects  of  their 
business,  or  been  able  to  collect  their 
credit accounts,  which  amount  to  over 
$6,000,  he  would  have  been  in  position 
to  make  satisfactory  settlement.  Mr. 
Gregg  always  enjoyed  the  confidence 
and  esteem  of  the  community.  He  has 
been  accommodating  and  generous, 
and  many  unworthy  customers  have 
taken  advantage of  bis  liberality.  The 
result  is  a  sad  experience,  but  it  is  a 
lesson  which  may  be  of  profit  to  future 
business  methods  in  this  vicinity.

Pays  His  Respects  to  Country  Editor. 
Written for the Thasksxan.

The  somewhat  discourteous communi­
cation  signed  Country  Editor,  printed 
in  the  Tradesman  May  24,  would  pass 
unnoticed  by  me  if  the  writer had  not 
gone  out  of  bis  way  to  mention  me by 
name and  at  the  same  time  bidden  bis 
own  personality  and  place  of  business 
under  a  non  de  plume.  I  have  no  doubt 
many  of  the  Tradesman’s  readers  would 
be 
in  knowing  the  exact  lo­
cality 
in  Michigan  of  the  country  vil­
lage  that  owns  that  Country  Editor  and 
whose  business 
in  the 
hands  of  such  a  class  of  merchants  as 
he  describes. 
is  necessary,  as 
Country  Editor  intimates,  for  him  to ac­
cept  these  questionable  foreign  adver­
tisements  to  keep  his  paper alive and 
the  pot boiling  at home,  I would suggest

interests  are 

interested 

If 

it 

that  there  might  be  valid  reasons  why 
he has failed to  secure the  good  will  and 
patronage  of  bis  neighbors,  the  business 
men,  and  has  soured  on  those who would 
be his best  friends  and  liberal  patrons. 
Is 
it  not  barely  possible  that  Country 
Editor  has  mistaken  his  calling  and 
might  be  better  fitted  for  some  other 
sphere  of  usefulness?  I  have  no  doubt 
Country  Editor’s  neighbors,  the  mer­
chants,  areas  liberal and  intelligent and 
able  to  judge  of  their own  interests  as 
in  other  country  places,  notwithstand­
ing  he  draws  such  a  sorry  picture  of 
their  want  of  enterprise and  failure  to 
patronize  the 
local  editor,  whether  he 
runs  a  newspaper  worth  patronizing  or 
not.  The case  cited  by  Country  Editor 
of  a  gentleman  resident  of  a nearby  city 
who  gave  him  a  liberal  order  is  in  no 
sense  a  parallel  and  unworthy  of  notice. 
He  was  a  neighbor  and  not  a  corpora­
tion  doing  business  in  another  state. 
If 
Country  Editor  can  find  no  better  way 
to  vindicate  himself  for  publishing such 
advertising 
schemes  as  Montgomery 
Ward  &  Co.,  of  Chicago,  offer  him  than 
by  belittling  the 
influence  of  his  own 
newspaper,  as  well  as  the  business  sa­
gacity and  good  judgment  of  his  fellow 
citizens,  the  merchants,  he  is  surely  en­
titled  to  sympathy.  Evidently  the  Chi­
cago  concern  mentioned 
is  a  client  of 
the  Country  Editor or  he  would  not  ex­
hibit  so  keen  a  desire to  give  them  a 
puff.

What a  pity  we  can  not  locate him for 
the benefit of bis neighbors,  the  business 
men  of  his  own  town,  that  they  might 
size him  up  at his  real  importance.

W.  S.  H.  W elton.

Examination  Session  o f the  Board  of 

Pharmacy.

Ann  Arbor,  May  29—The  Board  of 
Pharmacy  will  hold  a  meeting  for  the 
examination  of  candidates  for  registra­
tion,  at  the  Star Island  House,  St.  Clair 
Flats,  on  Monday  and  Tuesday,  June 
26  and  27, 
1899,  commencing  at  8 
o'clock  p.  m.  on  the  26th.  All  candi­
dates  must  be  present  at  this  hour.  The 
examination  will  occupy  the  evening 
of  the  26  and  the  morning,  afternoon 
and  evening  of  the  27th.
Candidates  must  file  their  applica­
tions  with  the  Secretary  at 
least  one 
week  before  the  examination,  and  must 
furnish  affidavits  showing  that they have 
had  the  practical  experience  required.
for  examination  and 
blank  forms  for  practical  or  college  ex­
perience  may  be  obtained  from  the  Sec­
retary.

Applications 

Applications  must  be  made  out  from 
some  city,  town,  village  or  place  in 
Michigan.

Any  person  wanting  the  percentages 
made  at  the  examination, 
the 
Secretary,  will  please  enclose  twenty- 
five  cents  in  stamps  for the  same.

from 

A.  C.  Sc h u m a c h er,  Sec’y.

Controversy  Over  Early  Closing.
Port  Huron,  May  29—There  was  a 
lively  meeting  of  the  Merchants  and 
Manufacturers’  Association  last  Friday 
evening.  Martin  Bros.  &  Co.  followed 
the  example  of  Smith  Brothers  and 
withdrew  from  the  Association.  There 
was  also  considerable  discussion  over 
keeping  stores  open  on  Sunday. 
It  is 
claimed  that  the  small  stores  on  the 
outskirts  of  the  town  keep  open  every 
Sunday,  when  they  do their largest busi­
ness.  Chas.  Wellman  offered  a  resolu­
tion  to  keep  all  stores  open  until  10 
o'clock  in  the  evening  during  the  next 
six  months. 
It  is  believed  that  this  ac­
tion  on  the  part  of  the  down-town  mer­
chants  will  convince  the  smaller  dealers 
that  it  will  be  better  policy  for  them  to 
close  in  the  evening.  No  action  was 
taken  on  the  resolution  and  it  will  come 
up  again  at the  next  meeting. 
It also 
developed  that  some  of  the  local  dealers 
were  cutting  the  price  on  farmers’ 
produce.

For  Gillies  N.  Y. 

tea,  all  kinds,

grades and prices,  phone Visner,  80a

Grand  Rapids  Oossip

The  Produce  M arket.

Asparagus—2o@25c. per doz.  bunches.
Beans— Wax  are  in  excellent  demand 
on  tbe  basis  of  $2.75  per  bu.  box  and 
$2  for  2/z  bu.  box.

fetches 

Butter— Fancy  dairy 

Beet  Greens— Receipts are  larger  and 
demand  is  active  on  basis of 40@5oc per 
bu.
13c, 
choice  brings  12c  and  cooking  grades 
about  ioc.  Factory  creamery  is  in  fair 
demand  at  16317c.  Receipts  of  all 
grades  are  large,  but  local  dealers  are 
undertaking  to find  an  outlet  for all  that 
comes  into  their  possession.  The  trade 
do  not  look  for  any  change  from  pres­
ent  prices  during  June,  as  the  competi­
tion  between  the  various  large  markets 
to  secure  a  supply  will  prevent  any  de­
cline 
in  the  market.  Present  prices 
seem  very  high  for  June  butter,  but  the 
improved  conditions  of  business and the 
scarcity  of  milch  cows  seem  to  warrant 
the  comparatively  high  prices.
Cheese— Prices  have  sagged  %@ ic 
during  the  past  week,  but  quotations 
are  still  2c  above  the  range  of  the  mar­
ket  a  year  ago.  The  trade  do  not  look 
for  much  change  until  after  the  middle 
of  June,  when  the  make  will  be  larger 
and  prices 
lower,  unless  a  sufficient 
demand  develops  from  storage  and  ex­
port buyers  to  bold  prices  on  the  pres­
ent  basis.

Cucumbers— 30@35c  for  Southern  and 

45@5oc  for  home  grown.
Eggs— Local  handlers  are  paying 
i2j£c,  delivered,  for  shipments  of  fresh 
stock  and  the cold  storage  buyers  who 
have  not  yet  pulled  out  of  the  field  are 
paying  12c •  on  track.  W.  R.  Brice  & 
Co.,  who  did  a 
iarge  business  at the 
Grand  Rapids  market  last  season,  and 
expected  to  double  the  amount  of  goods 
handled  this  season,  have  pulled  out of 
the  field,  disgusted  with  the  situation. 
For  the first  time  in  years  country  mer­
chants  have  been  able  to handle  eggs 
at  a  respectable  profit,  the average  mar­
gin  probably  reaching  ic  per  doz.
G reen O nions—Silver  Skins  com m and 
i i @I3C.  T he  dem and  is  large  and 
the 
receipts  were  never  better  than  now.

Honey—8c  for dark  and  ioc  for  light. 

Very  little  is  moving.

Lettuce— Both  bead  and  curly  stock 

are  in  good  demand  at  ioc  per  lb.

Onions—Southern  being  $2  50  per 
sack  of  about  80  lbs.,  Bermudas  have 
declined  to $1.75  per  sack.

Peas—Green  stock  from  the South  has 

advanced  to $i.5o@ i>75  per  bu.

Pieplant— In  ample 

supply  at 

ic 

per  lb.

and 

Pineapples—Floridas are  lower,  com­
manding  $4  per  crate.  Havanas  fetch 
io@i2C  apiece,  according  to  size.

Plants—Cabbage,  celery,  pepper,  to­
mato  and  sweet  potato  are  in  ample 
supply  at  75c  per  box  of  200  plants.

information 

Potatoes— Local  dealers  aie  getting 
35c, 
from  outside 
points  is  to  the  effect  that  shippers  are 
paying  about  25c  for  choice 
stock. 
While  there  is  a  firmer  feeling  at  some 
of  the  outside  markets,  it  should  be  re­
membered  that  new  potatoes  will  soon 
be  in  market 
in  such  quantities  as  to 
eclipse old  stock,  and  growers  or  buyers 
who  expect  to get  a  new  dollar  back  for 
tbe  old  one  should  move  their  supplies 
within  tbe  next  two  weeks.
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  5@6c.  Geese  are  not 
in  demand  at all.  Turkeys are in limited 
supply  at  8@|ic.  Receipts  are  small 
and  choice  stock  brings  outside  prices.

Poultry— Broilers  are 

scarce 

Radishes— Round,  8c;  long,  ioc.
Spinach- 4o@5oc  per  bu.
Squash—$1  per  crate  for  summer.
Strawberries—The last car of  Missouri 
berries  reached  Grand  Rapids  to-day, 
bringing  about  $1.23  per  24  qt.  case. 
Indiana  and  Benton  Harbor  berries  are 
coming  in  freely,  finding  good  demand 
on  the  basis  of  about $1  per  16 qt.  case. 
Homegrown  stock  is  beginning  to  come 
in  in  considerable quantities,  command­
ing  5@7c  per qt.  on  the  market, accord­
ing  to  quality  and  size.  The  indica­
tions  are  that  the  crop  will be a  large

one,  and  the  late  rains  have  served  to 
make  tbe  size all  that could  be  desired. 
Next  week  will  be  the  ‘ ‘ big  week”   of 
the  crop 
locally,  and  dealers  who  rely 
on  Grand  Rapids  for  tbeir  supplies  for 
canning  purpose  should  make  their  ar­
rangements  accordingly.

The  Grain Market.

Wheat has  had  a  regular advance dur­
ing  tbe  past  few days,  owing  to  invest­
ment  buying  on  the  almost  general  re­
port  of  crop  failure,  so  far  as  winter 
wheat  is  concerned.  Although  we  have 
had  most  favorable  weather,  the  wheat 
shows  no  signs  of  improvement.  Re­
in  the  winter 
ceipts  are  very  small 
wheat  belt,  while 
in  the  spring  wheat 
belt  or tbe  Northwest the  receipts  show 
above  last  year and  the  question  arises 
where  does  it  all  come  from,  but  that 
does  not  seem  to  have  any  effect  to  de­
press  prices,  especially  as  report  comes 
from  Argentine  that  exporting  from 
there  is  on  the  decline.  Russia  also 
complains  that  the  weather  is  very  un­
favorable  for  wheat. 
It  looks  now  as  if 
tbe  world's  wheat  crop  will  be  short. 
This  certainly 
is  not  pleasant  news, 
but  we  will  have  to  accept  the  situa­
tion.

Corn  remains  in  status  quo,  with  a 
downward  tendency,  owing  to  tbe  very 
large amount  of  acreage  put  in  and  the 
ideal  corn  weather.

Oats  remain  rather  steady,  altbongh  a 
bumper crop  is  predicted,  and  it  would 
not be  surprising  to  see a  small  decline 
in  the  near  fnture.

Rye  is  strong  and  another cent  has 
been  added  to  tbe  price  in  tbe  leading 
rye  markets,  but  the  trouble  is  that  tbe 
rye  is  about  all  out  of  farmers’  bands.
Quite  a  demand  for  flour  has  sprung 
in  wheat. 
up,  owing  to  the  advance 
Many  dealers  who  carried  very 
low 
stocks,  anticipating  lower  prices,  bave 
changed  front  and  now  want to replenish 
tbeir  stocks  before any  further  advance. 
Mill  feed  keeps  an  even  tenor.  The 
demand 
is  especially  good,  taking  tbe 
season  into  consideration.

Receipts  here  bave  been  rather  light, 
being  only  57  cars  of  wheat,  19  cars  of 
corn  and  11  cars  of  oats.

Millers are  paying  74c  per  bushel  for 
wheat,  or 4c  per  bushel  above last week.
C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

Hides,  Pelts,  Tallow  and  Wool.

Pelts  are 

Hides  remain  firm  and  unchanged. 
Offerings are  small  and  stocks  are light.
in  better  demand  at  in­
creased  values,  with 
light  offerings. 
Short  wool  skins  or  shearlings are  in 
good  demand  for  tbe  Klondike  trade.

Tallow 

is  slow  and  sluggish,  with 
offerings  up  to  tbe  demand  for  soapers’ 
stock,  while  edible  is  in  good  demand.
Wools  show  little  change,  although 
markets  are  firm  with  an  advancing 
tendency,  especially  in  fine.  The  latter 
is  in  demand  for  export,  but  our  home 
manufacturers  do  not  enter  the  market 
to any  extent.  Prices  in  the  country  are 
2C  below  1898  purchases  on  coarse  and 
about the  same  value  of  1898  on fine, the 
latter  being  sought  after.  Lots  in  stock, 
while  bought  at  a  less  price  than  last 
year,  are  held  at  a  higher value than the 
markets  East  will  warrant.

W m.  T.  H ess.

A  stranger  visited  New  York tbe other 
day,  and,  while  taking 
in  tbe  sights, 
concluded  to  try  the  effects  of  an  elec­
tric  shock  from  a  battery  opreated  by  a 
itinerant.  While  receiving  the 
street 
shock,  and  his  bands  glued 
to  tbe 
bandies,  a  thief  came  along and relieved 
him  of  bis  valuables,the  itinerant  keep­
ing  tbe  current on  until  the  thief’s  job 
was  completed.

MICHIGAN  T R A D E S M A N  
The  Grocery  M arket.

It  does  not  seem 

Sugars—There  is  no  change 

in  the 
raw  sugar  market,  96  deg.  test  centrif­
ugals  having  been  sold  at  4^c basis and 
89  deg.  test  muscovadoes  at  4>gc basis. 
The  demand  for  refined  sugar  has  been 
fairly  good  during  the  past  week  at  un­
changed  quotations,  but  softs  are  still 
shaded  i-i6@5^c.  This  demand  for  re­
fined 
is  likely  to  improve  for  the  next 
few  weeks  as  tbe  fruit  season  comes 
nearer. 
likely  that 
any  decline  can  come  with  this  outlook 
for  increased  demand  and  with  a  con­
tinuance  of  the  present  strength  in  the 
raw  sugar  market.  There  were  rumors 
of  an  agreement  between  the  American 
and  the  independent  refineries  this  past 
week,  but  same  have  been  denied.  Last 
Thursday  Arbuckle  Bros,  introduced  a 
new  patent  block  sugar,  which  is  an  ex­
cellent  imitation  of  cutloaf,  which  they 
offered  to  the  trade  at  %c  under  the 
market,  and  on  Friday  tbe  American 
Sugar  Refining  Co.  reduced  the  price 
of  tbeir  cutloaf  %c.  This  was  inter­
preted  to  mean  that  an  effort  would  be 
made  to  meet  the  competition  of  Ar­
buckle  Bros.  Tbe  increase  of  tbe  beet 
sugar  industry 
in  tbe  United  States  is 
quite  an  interesting  subject.  Last  year 
there  were  eighteen  beet  sugar  factories 
in  the  United  States  in operation,  which 
consumed  daily  over  12,000  tons  of 
beets.  There  are  at  tbe  present  time 
twelve  new  factories  in  process  of  con­
struction,  which  are  expected 
to  be 
ready  soon  for  operation,  and  which 
have  a  capacity  of  5,300  tons  daily. 
This  year  there  will  be  a tremendous in­
crease  in  tbe  acreage of  beet  plant  and, 
if the  factories  can  secure  a  full  supply 
of  raw  material,  as  they  are  hoping  to 
do,  and  can  run  over  one  hundred  days, 
it 
is  expected  that  a  crop  of  nearly 
200,000 tons  will  be  produced.

Canned  Goods— There 

is  a  marked 
firmness 
in  practically  all  spot  canned 
goods,  due,  it  is  said,  to  the  small  sup­
plies  now  obtainable,  and  to  the  likeli­
hood  that  most  crops  will  be  more  or 
less  short.  There are 
indications,  too, 
that  the  demand  for all descriptions will 
be  larger  than  the  average.  These  tend­
encies are  causing  holders  to  maintain 
tbeir  prices,  regardless  of  offers  for  lots 
at  reduced  figures.  Dealers  expect  a 
strong  market  and  high  prices  for  the 
year.  The  chief  interest  centers  in  the 
pea  pack  at  Baltimore.  Prices  for  fu­
ture  delivery  bave  been  made and  are 
about  the  same  as  last  year.  Indications 
are that  the  Baltimore  pack  will  be only 
about  half  what  it  was  last  year.  Sup­
plies  are  coming  in  very  slowly.  Quite 
a  good  many  have been  packed  already, 
chiefly  the  finer grades  of  the petit pois,' 
which  are  always  supplied  from  tbe 
earliest  obtainable.  The  demand  for 
is  fair  at  unchanged  prices. 
tomatoes 
Corn 
is  practically  cleaned  up  at  un­
changed  prices  and  the  market  is  firm. 
The  Alaska  salmon  situation 
is  very 
strong,  but little  remaining  on  the  Coast 
and  with  almost  four  months  yet  before 
the  new  pack  comes  in.  The  demand 
still  continues  very  good and  many  sales 
have  been  made  during  tbe  past  week. 
Tbe  price  on  pink  Alaska  has  advanced 
2j£c  per  dozen  and  we  are  advised  that 
another  advance  of  5c  per  dozen  will 
take  place  June  1,  and  an  advance  on 
blood  red  Alaska  is  also  expected  soon.
Dried  Fruit—Fresh  fruits  reduce  the 
demand  for  dried  varieties  and,  unless 
something  unusual  occurs  to  create  an 
unlooked.for  demand,  trade  will  remain 
quiet  until  the  bulk  of  the  green  fruit 
has  been  harvested  and  has  passed 
into 
consumption.  Conditions  change  but

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little  from  day  to  day  and  no  business 
of  importance  is  expected  before  open­
ing  prices  are  made  on  new  crop  goods. 
Sales  are  for  small  lots  for 
immediate 
consumption  and  buyers  refuse  to  take 
more  than  is  wanted  for  present  use.  It 
is  said  that  if  a  reasonably  low  price  is 
made  on  new  apricots,  exporters  will 
take 
liberal  quantities  for  shipment  as 
soon  as  obtainable.  The  fruit  this  sea­
son  will  be  larger  in  size  and  finer  in 
quality  than  last  year.  The  market  for 
evaporated  apples  continues  dull  and 
weak  and  prices  show  more  or  less  de­
cline  on  all  grades.  The  prune  market 
is  steady.  Crop  reports  from  Oregon 
are  to  the  effect  that  the  yield  there  is 
unlikely  to  be  as  large  as  was  antici­
pated,  although  a  fair  crop  is  probable. 
Raisins  are  quiet.  Tbe  only  feature  of 
interest 
is  tbe  discussion  of  the  new 
crop  prospects,  which  appear to be quite 
satisfactory.  The  outlook  is  for  about 
an  average  yield,  although  the  tendency 
is  toward  a  reduction,  as  compared 
last  year.  Currants  are  a  trifle 
with 
stronger,  but  no  change 
in  price  has 
taken  place.

Molasses  and  Syrups—There is  a  good 
demand  at  present  for  molasses  and 
prices  are  fully  maintained.  Tbe  corn 
syrup  market 
is  stronger  and  an  ad­
vance  of 
ic  per  gallon  and  a  corres­
ponding  advance  on  case  bave  taken 
place.

Nuts—Recent  advices  from  California 
are  to  the  effect  that  the 
indications 
are  favorable  for  a  larger  crop  of  wal­
nuts  than  was  at  first  expected  and  that 
the quality  will  be  much  better than last 
year.  It  is  said  that  there  will  probably 
be  a  great  scarcity  of  peanuts before the 
season  closes,  as  the  market  is  practi­
cally  bare  of  stock  and  the crop this year 
will  be  short.  While  tbe  Tarragona  al­
mond  crop  has  been  almost  destroyed 
by  frost,  the  outlook  for  tbe  California 
almond  crop  is  very  good.

Teas— There  is  quite  a  serious  falling 
off  in  the  trade  on  Japan  teas,  caused, it 
is  thought,  by  tbe  high  rate  of  duty, 
which  has  made  many  people  turn  to 
the  cheaper  grades  of  tea  or to coffee in­
stead.  There  is  a  good  demand  at  pres­
ent  for  the  lower grades  and  price are 
firmly  held, with  the expectation of high­
er  prices  as  stocks  are  reduced.  The 
better  grades  are  steady 
in  price,  al­
though  there  is  not  as  much  business  in 
these  lines  as  in  the  cheaper  grades.

Green  Fruits—Lemons  are  higher,  an 
advance of  25@3oc  per box having taken 
is  considerable  interest 
place.  There 
centered 
in  tbe  banana  business  just  at 
present.  During  the  past  week  three  of 
tbe  most  prominent  firms  sent  in  their 
resignations  as  members  of  the  South­
ern  Banana  Exchange,  proposing  to 
fight  the  combine  for  supremacy.  They 
have  ample  funds  with  which  to  con­
tinue the  campaign  as  long  as  the  com­
bine  wishes  to  prolong  the  fight.  This 
will  undoubtedly  lead  to  the  breaking 
up  of  the  combine  and,  consequently, 
lower  prices  on  bananas.

Rice—The  market  is  quiet,  with noth­

ing  of  interest  to  note.

Fish—The  demand  for  codfish  con­
tinues  very  good  at  unchanged  prices. 
The  mackerel  market  is  fairly  steady.

Vinegar—The cider vinegar  market  is 
very  strong  and  another  advance  of  ¿¿c 
per  gallon  has  just  been  received.

Davis  &  Higgins  have  engaged 

in 
tbe  drug  business  at  Alden.  The  Hazel- 
tine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co.  furnished  tbe 
stock.

The  man  who  attends  strictly  to  his 

own  business  has  a  good  steady  job.

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Woman’s World

An  O pen  L etter  to  Cholly.

My  Dear  Cholly—The  other  morning 
I  found  a  letter  from  you  on  my  desk, 
in  which  you  say  that  you—a young man 
with  no  visible  assets  except  your  own 
good  head  and  bands,  and  with  your 
own  way  to  make 
in  the  world—have 
been 
indiscreet  enough  to  fall  in  love 
with  a  petted  daughter  of  fashion.  She 
is  beautiful,  charming  and  accom­
plished,  but  she  seems, to  you  a  creature 
altogether  too  delicate  and  fine  for  hu­
man  nature’s  daily  food  and  you  have 
done  me  the  honor  of  asking my opinion 
of  the  wisdom  of  a  working  man  in­
vesting  bis  entire  capital  in  a  piece  of 
Sevres  china.

To  such  a  question 

it  seems  to  me 
there  can  be  but  one  reply:  It  all  de­
pends  on  the  girl  whether  it  is  good 
judgment  or  suicide.  There  are  society 
girls,  brought  up  to  every  imaginable 
luxury,  who,  when  they  married  poor 
men,  became  the  most  helpful  of  wives. 
And  there  are  others.  Sometimes,  just 
because  the  society  girl  has had so much 
of  dancing,  parties,  receptions and sum­
mer  resorts,  she 
is  more  ready  to  give 
it  up  and  settle  down  in  a  quieter  way 
of  living  than  the  poor  girl  who has 
been  on  the  outskirts  and  hungered  for 
them  all  her 
life.  There  is  nothing, 
you  know,  so  delightful  as  the  thing we 
have  always  wanted  and  never  had,  and 
nothing  so  disillusioning  as  to  have  al­
ways  had 
it.  Moreover,  having  been 
used  to a  larger income  often  makes  her 
doubly  careful  when  she  must  deal  with 
a  little  one,  apd  for  this  reason  the 
woman  who  has  been  raised  rich  can 
often  give  the  poor  one  points  on  econ­
omy  and  good  managing  of  which  the 
latter  never  dreamed.

To  be  able,  however,  to  make  this 
transition  from 
luxury  to  comparative 
poverty,  from  the parlor to  kitchen  so  to 
speak,  with  cheerfulness,  with  no  re­
pining  and  no  backward  glances  of  re­
gret,  requires  exceptional  strength  of 
character,  good  sense  and  good  heart, 
and  here’s  where  you  want  to  be  very, 
very  sure  of  your girl.  While  a  girl 
is 
in  love  she  imagines  herself  capable  of 
any  sacrifice  and  she  is  capable  of  any 
folly.  She  dreams  of  love  in  a  cottage, 
covered  with  roses  that  are  guaranteed 
to  bloom  right  straight  along,  through 
snow  and  sleet,  the  whole  year  through, 
and  she  always  pictures  herself  as  wait­
ing  at  the  gate  for  your  return,  with  a 
flower 
in  her  hair and  wearing  a  plain 
white  muslin  dress,  made  up  over  silk 
and  trimmed  with  real  Valenciennes, 
and  then  going  in  to  a  little  supper— 
something  quite  simple,  you  know,  like 
a  bird  and  a  bottle,  or  strawberries at 
Christmas,  or  something  like that.  That 
is  what,  in  her dreams,  marrying  a  poor 
man  means,  and  she  feels 
like  she 
would  be  equal  to  the  sacrifice,  and  no 
doubt  she  would  if  there  were  any  such 
condition  outside  of  the  covers  of  a 
novel. 
is  when  she  gets  up  against 
the  real  thing—the  little house,  the ugly, 
cheap  furniture,  the  one 
incompetent 
servant,  and  beefsteak  and  fried  pota­
toes—that  she  so  frequently  becomes  the 
soured,  complaining,  disgruntled  wom­
an  we  so  often  see  and  who  makes  life a 
burden  to  herself  and  everybody  about 
her.

It 

You  do  well,  my  dear boy,  to  pause 
and  ask  yourself 
if  it  is  wise  to  ask  a 
woman  reared  in  luxury  to  marry  you. 
Short  and  pleasant  is  the  path  that leads 
from  our  cottage  to  the  mansion, of  our 
rich  neighbor, but it  is  a  long  and  pain­

MICHIGAN  T R A D E S M A N

ful  journey  from  his  house  to  ours. 
It 
requires  no  previous  preparation  to 
adapt  ourselves  to  the  good  things of the 
world,  but  it  takes  a  lifetime  to  get  ac­
climated  to  the  chilling  blasts  of  pov­
erty. 
It  is  possible,  of  course,  to trans­
plant  an  orchid  to  a  kitchen  garden, 
in  his  senses  can  fail  to 
but  no  man 
realize  that 
it  is  a  dangerous  and  haz­
ardous  experiment.  You  must  remem­
ber  that  many  of  the  things  that are lux­
uries  to  you  are  simple  necessities  to 
her.  The 
little  thrifty  economies  that 
you  are  used  to  seeing  your  mother  and 
sisters  practice  she  would  have  to  learn 
through  bitter  experiences,  and 
if  at 
times  she  did  not  regret  the  fleshpots  of 
Egypt  she  would  be  more  than  human, 
and 
if  in  the  heat  of  connubial  argu­
ments  she  failed  to  throw  up  to  you 
her  altered  estate  assuredly  she  would 
be  more  than  mortal  woman.

in  the  world  who 

Then,  too,  you  have  your  career  to 
consider,  and  no  matter  how  much  in 
love  you  may  be,  you  know  very  well 
that  unless  you succeed  in  your  business 
or profession  life  is  going  to be cinders, 
ashes  and  dust  to  you. 
It  is  a  platitude 
as  old  as  the  hills,  and  as  everlastingly 
true,  that  no  man  can  ever  make  any 
headway 
is  handi­
capped  in  the  beginning  of  the  race  by 
an  extravagant  wife.  A  woman  can 
throw  more  out  of  the  back  door  with  a 
teaspoon,  says  the  old  proverb,  than  a 
man  can  put  in  at the  front  door  with  a 
shovel.  If  the  girl  you  marry is  wasteful 
and  unthrifty,  if  she  lets  her  servants 
steal  and  keeps  an  uncomfortable  and 
untidy  house,  you  may 
just  as  well 
abandon  hope  of  ever  being  anything 
but  what  you  are  now,  and  settle  down 
on  your  stool  in  the  counting-room  for 
a  lifetime  of  drudgery.  Better  is  it  for 
a  man  to  tie  a  millstone  around  his 
neck  and 
into  the  sea  than  to 
marry  that  kind  of a  woman.  And  you 
mav  be  very  certain  of  this:  That  no 
matter  what  her  charm  may  seem  to  be 
now,  no  matter  how  fascinating  it is  for 
her  to  be  so  babisb  and  helpless,  she 
doesn’t  know  a  single  blessed,  practical 
thing,  or  how  perfectly  lovely  you  think 
it 
is  for  her  to  appeal  to  you  to  know 
what  she  thought  she  thought,  the  time 
will  surely  come  when  you  will  despise 
her  for  her  weakness  and  lack of ability. 
No  man  ever  loved  for  long  the  woman 
who  was  a  burden  to  him  and  dragged 
him  down.

jump 

girls—the  lilies  of  the  field,  who toil not 
and  neither  do they  spin—just  as  I  ad­
mit  the  beauty  of  Sevres  over  delft,  no 
matter  how  injudicious  I  might  think  it 
to  purchase  an  ornament  for the  parlor 
mantel  shelf  when  one  needed  a  meat 
platter  for  the  dining-room. 
is  the 
old  human  preference  for the luxuries  of 
life 
instead  of  the  necessities,  that  I 
suppose  we  will  all  have  to  the  end  of 
the  chapter,  and  the  only  solution of  the 
matter  that  I  can  see  is  the  adoption  of 
the  sensible  dowry  system  in  vogue 
in 
European  countries.

It 

If  a  father  raises his  daughter  up  so 
that  silk  linings  are  an 
indispensable 
adjunct  to  her  happiness  and  French 
millinery  an  absolute  necessity,  if  be 
cultivates  expensive tastes  in  her,  he  is 
surely  bound  in  common  honesty  to  pro­
vide  the  wherewithal  to  gratify  them. 
It 
is  the  rankest  injustice  to  shunt  her 
off  empty-handed  on  some  poor  young 
man  who  will  have  to  work  himself to 
death  to  supply  the  luxuries  that  are 
necessary  to  her  happiness. 
In  no 
other  country  is  such  a  thing  counte­
nanced  but  in  America. 
In  the  older 
civilization  a  girl  is  brought  up  with

I 

admit  all  the  charm  of  the  society 

habits  suited  to the  station  in  life she  is 
expected  to  fill,  and  with  such  tastes— 
moderate  or  expensive—as  her  dowry 
entitles  her  to  indulge. 
In  this  country 
parents  apparently  go  upon  the  theory 
that  every  girl  will  marry  a  millionaire, 
and  they  provide  her  with  the  tastes  of 
one  beforehand,  without,  as  a  general 
thing,  contributing  anything  towards 
the  support  of  them. 
It  is  a  common 
thing  to  see  a  girl  raised  to  indulge 
herself 
in  every  luxury  whose  people 
are  in  reality  skating  along  the  verge 
of  bankruptcy,  and  only  trying  to  keep 
up  the  appearance  of  wealth  until  they 
can  get  Mamie,  or  Sadie  or  whatever 
her  name 
is,  married,  and  who  could 
not 
if  they  would  give  her  a  penny  of 
dowry.  Strange  to  say  neither  they  nor 
popular  opinion  ever  seem  to  take  into 
consideration  what  a  cruel  fraud  it  is  to 
practice  upon  the  luckless  bridegroom 
who  on  a  cotton-petticoat  income  has 
to support  her  silk-lined  tastes.

In  the  truest  sense  marriage  should be 
a  partnership  and  both  members  of  the 
firm  should  bring  something  to  it  that 
strengthens  it.  Any  girl  who  marries  a 
poor  man  without  knowing  how  to  sew 
and  cook  ought  to  be  able  to  pay  a 
seamstress  and  housekeeper  out  of  her 
own  pocket.

When  a  young  man  asks  the  hand  of 
a  daughter  in  marriage,  her  father  de­
mands to  know  what  he  can  do  towards 
supporting the girl in the luxury to  which 
she  has  been  accustomed.  The  young 
man  might  well  retort  by  asking,  What 
can  she  do  towards  making  me  as  com­
fortable  a  home  as  my  mother  always 
has?  It 
is  not  necessary  that a  girl’s 
dower  should  be  money.  She  may  bring 
its  equivalent 
in  good  sense and  good 
judgment  and  a  knowledge  of  domestic 
affairs  that  are  better than  any  fortune. 
We  all  know  that  in  the  business  world 
no  firms  are  more  sure  to  succeed  or 
more  to  be  dreaded  as  rivals  than  those 
composed  of  two  young  people  with  a 
little  capital  and  an  unlimited  amount 
of  energy  and  determination  and  hope 
and  cheerfulness.

After all,  the  question  comes  back  to 
the  original  proposition—that  it  all  de­
pends  upon  the  girl.  Not  all  society 
girls  are  wasteful  and  extravagant  and 
inefficient  and  not  all  poor  girls  are 
models  of  economy  and  thrift,  and  there 
you  are  with  your  choice  between  them. 
There  is  one  golden  maxim  for  your 
guidance:  When  you  choose  a  wife, 
choose  one  with  sense—not  necessarily 
literary  talent  or artistic  knowingness, 
but  good,  hard,  common  sense—and  all 
other  good  qualities  will  be added  unto 
it. 

D o iIoth y  D ix .

Conversational  Difficulties.

One  of  the  good  stories  told  of  Mr. 
is  to  the  effect  that  when  a 
Edison 
friend  commiserated  him  upon  his 
im­
perfect  beating,  the  wizard  replied  that 
partial  deafness  was  a  blessing  instead 
of  a  misfortune,  as 
it  enabled  one  to 
hear  all  they  wished  to  hear,  and  to 
avoid  a  great  deal  that  it  was  a  pleas­
ure  to  miss.  A  similar thought  has  sug­
gested  itself  to  many  of  us,  and  we  can 
all  recall 
innumerable  times  when  we 
ardently  regretted  that  the  ability  to 
turn  a  deaf  ear  was  only  a  figure  of 
speech,  and  not  a  physical  possibility.
Just  fancy,  for  instance,  how  delight­
ful  it  would  be  if  one  could  miss  all  the 
long-winded  harangues  of  bores,  yet  be 
keenly  alive  to  the  wit  and  wisdom  of 
those  who  have  things  to  say  that  are 
worth 
listening  to!  How  charming  to 
be  deaf  to  the cries  of  the  street  fakirs 
and  the^_rumble  of  the  trolley  car,  yet

hear  the  faint  twitter  of  half-awakened 
birds as  the  first  whisper  of  dawn  runs 
trembling  through  the  world 1  To be  im­
pervious  to  the  rancor  and  hatred  of 
quarreling  voices,  yet  to  hear  the  faint­
est  murmur  that  breathes  its  tale  of 
love!

Of  course,  this  being  a  selfish  world, 
the  things  we  would be gladdest to avoid 
hearing  are  those  that  wound  our  self- 
love.  What  good  does  the  telling  of 
such  things  do,  anyhow?  What  use  in 
reminding  us  of  our  mistakes  after  we 
have  found  them  out  for  ourselves  and 
bewailed  them  in  sackcloth  and  ashes? 
What  possible  profit  can  there  be  in 
calling  our  attention  to  the  defects  of 
our  children,  or  the  faults  of  our  hus­
bands?  What  reason  in  destroying  our 
pleasure  in  a  new  frock  by  pointing  out 
where 
it  doesn’t  fit,  or  that  we  have 
made  a  bad  selection 
in  color?  Yet 
every  day  of  our  lives  we  have  some 
kind,  good  friend  who  feels  it  her  con­
scientious  duty  to  gather  up  all  the  tag 
ends  of  unpleasant  comment  that  each 
of  us 
is  bound  to  excite  in  a  critical 
world,  and  retail  it  to  us  for  our  good. 
How  much  happier  we  would  be 
if  we 
could  only  avoid  hearing  such  things, 
but  we  can’t. 
It  is  a  conversational 
difficulty  for  which  there  seems  to  be 
no  remedy,  since  society  doesn’t  permit 
us to  tell  her,  as  we  should  dearly 
like 
to  do,  to  shut  her  mouth  and  mind  her 
own  business.

Another  difficulty is about gossip.  The 
world  is  so  thoroughly  committed  to  the 
belief  that  women  adore  gossip,  and 
tearing  each  other’s  character  to pieces, 
that  it  fails  to  sympathize  with  those  of 
us  who  have  no  pleasure  in  such  things, 
yet  are  forced  to  assist,  as  the  French 
say,  by  listening. 
It  is  all  very  well  to 
say  that  no  one  should  give  ear  to  gos­
sip,  but  pray  how 
is  one  to  help  it? 
You  can’t  be  forever brusquely  saying, 
“ I  don’t  care  to  bear  other  people  dis­
cussed,”   or  “ I  never  listen  to  gossip.”  
It  would  be  too  Pharisaical,  and  the 
path  of  the  woman,  even  should  there 
be  one  with  courage  enough  to  do  such 
a  thing,  would  be  strewn  with  enemies, 
for  no  gossip  monger  would  ever forgive 
or  forget  such  an  affront. 
Still  the 
question  remains.  What  is  onefodo? for 
there  are  plenty  of  us  who  writhe  under 
the  torment  of  having  to  listen  to  the 
horrible  and  sordid  details  of  lives  with 
which  we have  no  possible  concern. 
If 
a  young girl  has been 
indiscreet,  if  an 
older  person  has  a  dark  page  in  their 
lives  that  they  have  turned  over  and 
risen  above,  we  would  rather  not  know 
it.  We  feel  defiled  and  miserable  when 
forced  to  listen  to  it,  but  there  seems  no 
way  to  avoid  it  altogether.  The  things 
that  we  don’t  want to  bear are  among 
the  conversational  difficulties  for  which 
we  have  as  yet  found  no  remedy,  and 
which  are among  the uncomfortable fac­
tors  in  life. 

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WEDNESDAY,  -  -  - MAY 31. 1899.

It 

THE  PEACE  CON FEREN CE.
is  already  evident  that  the  Czar’s 
Peace  Conference  is  not  likely  to  result 
in  disarmament  or  in  any  material 
change  in  the  policy  of  European  pow­
ers  with  respect  to  armaments.  All  the 
propositions  which  have  been  so  far ad­
vanced  refer  principally  to  regulations 
looking  to  the  mitigation  of  the  horrors 
of  war  rather  than  the  elimination  of 
the  incentives  to  war.  The  committees 
have  discussed  the  better  care  of  the 
wounded  and  the  protection  of  property 
of  neutrals,  as  well  as  several  other 
kindred  subjects,  all  of  which  presup­
pose  the  existence  of  war.  Arbitration, 
restriction  of  military 
inventions  and 
disarmament  have  dropped 
into  the 
background,  with  every  indication  that 
they  will  be  kept  there.

International  arbitration,  which  Great 
Britain  and  the  United  States  are  sup­
posed  to  strongly  advocate,  has not come 
in  the  way  that  was  ex­
to  the  front 
pected. 
The  marked  disinclination 
shown  by  this  country  to  the  arbitration 
of  the  Alaskan  boundary  dispute,  and 
England’s  known  unwillingness  to  sub­
mit  to  arbitration  questions  which affect 
her  efforts  at territorial  expansion,  have 
weakened  the  impression  that  these  two 
powers  will  present  that  issue  with  any 
heart.  As  far as  armament is concerned, 
the  United  States  has  not  yet  reached  a 
state  of  preparedness  for  war  which 
would  warrant  even  consideration  of 
disarmament,  while,  aside  from the  vast 
naval  establishment  essential 
the 
security  of  her  commerce  and  colonial 
establishments,  Great  Britain  maintains 
no  great  standing  armies.

to 

From  all  indications,  the  Peace  Con­
ference  will  resolve  itself  into a  con­
ference  for  the  consideration  of  how 
to  conduct  war  on  humanitarian  prin­
ciples.  As  far as  disarmament  is  con­
cerned,  that  issue  was  never seriously 
considered  by  even  a  single  power  for  a 
moment,  even  Russia  claiming  to  have 
been  misunderstood  on  that  point.  VVe 
may 
in  the 
Geneva  convention,  and  some  additions 
to the  Paris  agreement, and that is about 
all.

look  for  some 

changes 

DEMAND  FOR  INVESTM ENTS.
The  recent  fluctuations  in  what  are 
known  as  speculative  securities,  which 
have  been  reported  from  Wall  Street 
and  other  financial  centers,  have  in  no 
way  disturbed  the  status  of  income-pro­
ducing 
investments.  The  fluctuations 
were  restricted  mainly  to  trust  stocks 
and  the  securities  of  more  or  less  dis­

credited  corporations  whose  stocks have 
long  since  ceased  to  pay  dividends.

Not  only  has  the  value  of 

investment 
securities  been  maintained,  but  the  de­
mand  for  them 
is  greater  than  ever, 
and  there  is  a  slowly  advancing  tend­
ency  constantly  to  be  reported. 
In  this 
category  are  to  be  included  not  only 
Government  securities,  State  and  mu­
nicipal  bonds,  but  also  a  large  number 
of  railroad  bonds  and  other  securities 
which  have  for  years  regularly paid div­
idends.  There  was  a  time,  not  so  long 
back,  when  savings  banks  and  other 
similar 
institutions  were  restricted  by 
law 
investments  to 
Government  bonds  and  a  very  limited 
list  of  state  and  municipal  securities. 
The  scarcity  of available securities  and 
the  constantly  growing  demand  for good 
investments 
from  the  savings  banks 
have 
lawmakers  to  widen 
the  field  for  the  investment of  their  sur­
plus  funds  until  at  present  many  addi­
tional  forms  of  securities  have  been 
added  to  the available  list.

in  the  matter  of 

induced  the 

This 

tendency 

Even  with  these additions,  however, 
tbe  field  for 
investment  appears  to  be 
still  restricted;  hence  the  tendency  of 
good  income-bearing  securities  to  con­
stantly  advance. 
is 
shown  all  over  the  country,  and  mast  be 
accepted  as  proving  a  steady  increase 
in  tbe  wealth  of  the  nation,  and,  conse­
quently,  a  gradual  decrease  in  the  inter­
est  rates.  There  being  less  incentive to 
keep  money  invested  in  loans,  owing  to 
the  diminished  rates  of  interest,  surplus 
funds  are  seeking  to  a  greater  extent 
than  ever  before  permanent  investment 
in  securities  of  undoubted  character 
and  producing  moderate 
incomes  that 
can  be  counted  on  with  absolute  cer­
tainty.  As  the  higher class  of such  se­
curities  appreciate  in  value and  become 
absorbed,  other  securities,  formerly  not 
so  highly  prized,  have  come 
into  de­
mand  and  are  being  taken  np.

If  present  advices  are  correct, another 
important  industry,  that  of  date  grow­
ing,  will  shortly  be  inaugurated  in  this 
country.  Through  the  efforts  of our ag­
ricultural  department,  the date  tree  of 
Algiers  has  been  successfully  trans­
planted  and  successfully acclimated  in 
Arizona,  and  the  beginning  of  another 
profitable  industry  has  thus  been  made, 
it  is  predicted  that  in  few  years  Ameri­
can  orchards  will  supply the entire home 
demand  for  dates. 
It  would  seem  that 
not  only  Arizona,  but  New  Mexico,  the 
“ staked  plain’ ’  region  of  Texas,  and 
considerable  patches  in  California  and 
the  Indian  territory  afford  the  peculiar 
conditions  of  soil  and  climate necessary 
for  the  date. 
It  does  not  appear  to 
thrive  in  regions  where  the  humidity  is 
so  great as  in  our  Gulf  States.  A  single 
tree  yields  from 
ioo  to  400  pounds  of 
dates  per  annum.

Colonel  John  Jacob  Astor,  who  has 
just  returned  from  Europe,  savs  he  met 
many  people  on  the  continent  who  be­
fore  onr  war  with  Spain  bad  the  im­
pression  that  tbe  United  States  had 
neither  political  nor 
industrial  stand­
ing.  Now  they  believe  that  we  are 
pretty  near the  head  of  the  procession. 
Everywhere  he  went,  he  said,  people 
asked  abont  the  progress  of  the  country 
in  invention  and  manufacture.  And  the 
increased  respect  in  which  the  United 
States  is  held  abroad  because of  the war 
with  Spain 
is  supplemented  by  a  still 
greater  prestige  because of tbe  victories 
of  tbe  American  soldiers  in  the  Philip­
pines.  What  we  have  gained 
in  the 
latter  respect  is  worth  all  the  sacrifices 
that  have  been  made.

FROM  REPUBLIC  TO  EMPIRE.
A  republic  is  an  organized  civic  sys­
tem  for  the  protection  in  life,  liberty 
and  property  of  tbe  people  who  live  un­
der  it.  The  wise  men  who  brought 
human  beings  together  under a  republi­
can  form  of  government  recognized  that 
people  were  unequal 
in  their various 
qualities  and  characteristics and that in­
equality  was  their  natural  and  normal 
state,  which  no  human  efforts  could 
change.  Therefore  the  only  equality 
possible  was  to give to  each  individual, 
far  as  legislative  or other  effort  could 
accomplish  it,  an  opportunity  to  make 
the  best  use  and  accomplish  the  most 
with  such  faculties and  means  as  might 
be at  bis  disposal.

This 

is  the  only  equality  possible  in 
human  life and,  therefore,  in  human so­
ciety.  From  tbe  beginning  there  have 
been  men  of  superior physical  or  mental 
or  spiritual  powers  and  capacities  and 
others  of  corresponding  inferiority.  Out 
of  these  facts,  by  obvious  law,  was 
in  battle  of  tbe 
elaborated 
leadership 
men  most  proficient 
in  martial  exer­
cises,  while 
in  peace  tbe  wisest  coun­
selors  were  put at tbe bead of affairs.  In 
many  cases  tbe  old  men  were  vested,  on 
account  of  their  experience,  with  prec­
edence  in  public  affairs,  and  in  course 
of  time  families  of  distinguished  per­
sons,  having  gained  public  confidence, 
were  specially  looked  up  to.

Such  was  tbe  evolution  of  human  so­
ciety  into  political  organizations.  They 
may  be  traced  in the Hebrew,  the Greek, 
tbe  Roman  and  tbe  American republics, 
tbe  grandest  expressions  of  free  popular 
government  known 
in  human  records. 
In  each  of  those  grand  historic  repub­
lics  there  were  social  grades  and  ranks, 
some  having  precedence over  others.  In 
each  of  them  there  were  slaves.  No 
such  thing  as human equality was known 
or  recognized,  and  the  existence  of 
in­
dividual  and  social 
inequalities  was 
considered  entirely  compatible  with, 
popular  free  government,  in  which  tbe 
people  were  protected 
in  their  lives, 
rights and  property.

It  mast  not be  forgotten  that  the chief 
rights  and  benefits  of  free  government 
in  each  of  those  systems  were  reserved 
for the  people  of their  particular  races 
and  nations.  Strangers  and  aliens  were 
only  under  conditions  and  restrictions 
admitted  to  citizenship  or  membership, 
and  there  were  always  honors  and  trusts 
from  which  they  were  excluded.  So 
long  as  the beneficent  institutions  of  all 
the great  historic  republics  were  care­
fully  and  faithfully  maintained and con­
fined  to the  people  for  whom  they  were 
made,  those  republics  were grand  and 
noble,  and 
it  was  held  to  be a  special 
honor  to  be  a  citizen  of  such  a  nation.
Each  of  tbe  ancient  republics came  to 
its  end  by  the  excessive  admission  of 
various  alien  races  to  citizenship  and 
special  privileges. 
In  this  way  repub­
lican  principles  became  debauched  and 
their  free  institutions  overthrown.  The 
Hebrews  were  corrupted  by  an  over­
whelming  influx  of  Philistine  or  alien 
peoples  into their commonwealth.  The 
time  came  when  Rome  was 
largely 
peopled  and  wholly governed  by  the  for­
eign  peoples against  whom,  in  the  pe­
riod  of  its  greatness,  the  most  splendid 
victories  had  been  gained ;  bat  tbe  Ro­
man  leaders,  depending  on  their armies 
to  raise  them  to  power,  filled  the  ranks 
of their  legions  with  foreigners,  in order 
to  have  at  their  command  men  who, 
being  ignorant  of  the  institutions of  tbe 
country,  would  hesitate  at no  violation 
of  statutory  or traditional  authority  and 
sanctity.

The  American  people  made  their  re­
public  and  constitution  for  the  white 
race,and  for  peoples  from  tbe  most  civ­
ilized  countries  of  Europe.  They  did 
not  consider  that  the  aboriginal  Indians 
who  bad  owned  the  land  upon  which 
their states  were  planted  were  fit  to  be 
admitted  to  any  citizenship  or  free com­
munion  with  the  white  people  who  had 
established  there  their  republic.  Nor 
imported  African  slaves  or 
were  the 
their descendants  considered  at  all 
in 
the  creation  of  the  democratic  system 
of government  framed  and set  np  by  the 
fathers  of  American  liberty.

The  Indian  and  the  negro  were  equal­
ly  disregarded  and  equally rejected from 
any  participation  in  the  public  affairs 
of  tbe  new  nation.  This  being  so,  the 
republic  prospered  and  its  people  were 
contented  and  happy.  Tbe  slaves  were 
kept  employed ;  but  they  were  well  pro­
vided  for and  had  not any  of  those  anx­
ieties  and  care  which  are  tbe 
real 
troubles  of  life.

When  the  negro  slave  came  to  num­
ber  four  millions, 
tbe  philanthropic 
people  of  the  North  insisted  that  they 
should  be  freed  from  their  shackles, 
which  precipitated  tbe  war  of  the  re­
bellion.  History  has  justified  tbe  war, 
but 
it  will  never  justify  the  act  of  the 
Republican  party  in  forcing  the  slaves 
into  the  body  politic  by  giving  them 
citizenship  and  the franchise before they 
were  prepared  for  the  duties and respon­
sibilities  incident  thereto.

It 

is  not  strange 

if  any  wise  and 
patriotic  American,  knowing  the  facts 
of  the  history  of  his  country,  should 
recognize  tbe  vast  changes 
in  tbe  Re­
public  and  should  bewail  that  which  is 
lost.  But  the  transformation  does  not 
rest  with  what  has  been  lost  from  its 
free  institutions.  Tbe  panorama  moves 
on  with  speed.  A  philanthropic  war, 
forced  upon  the  administration  by  the 
hotheaded 
leaders  of  the  Democratic 
party  for  the  purpose  of  embarrassing 
the  party 
in  power  has  culminated  in 
a  war of  conquest,adding  to  the  popula­
tion  of  the  country  some  twelve  mil­
lions  of  Malays,  negroes,  Chinese  and 
mongrels  of  those  and  other  inferior 
races. 
If these  peoples  are  brought  in­
to  the  political  system  of  the  Republic 
on  a  basis  of  political  and  social  equal­
ity,  as  was  done  with  the  negro  slaves, 
then,  indeed,  will  tbe  student  of  events 
have  reason  to  regard  tbe  situation  with 
alarm,  because  so  large  a  proportion  of 
Asiatics and  negroes—20,000,000 out  of 
a  total  population  of  80.000,000—would 
have a tendency  to  degrade  the  labor 
system,  just  as  the  ignorant  negroes  and 
European  emigrants  have  degraded  the 
political  situation,  and  depraved  alien 
races  will  make the  standards 
in  both, 
to  which  the  white  races  must  conform.

The  snow  blockade  on the South Park, 
Col.,  railroad  that  began  January  21, 
was  raised  Saturday,  after  125  days’ 
duration.  Saturday  a  train  from  Denver 
got  through  to  Leadville—the  first  in 
more than  four  months!  During  all  this 
time  no  shipments  from  the  Leadville 
mines  could  be  made,  and  there  and 
along  the  route  of  the  South  Park  much 
suffering  has  been  experienced.  Pro­
visions  were  procured  by  hardy  expedi­
tions  over the  hills and  through  almost 
insurmountable  snow  difficulties.

A  man  accustomed  to  labor  finds  it 
hard  to  be  out of  work;  but  the  loafer 
seems  always  satisfied. 
In  hard  times 
he  is at  bis  best,  and  feels  safer  in  ask­
ing  for  something  to  do,  feeling  confi­
dent  he will  not get  it

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GRAVITATION  OF  INDUSTRIES.
Several  considerations- govern 

lo­
cating  the  seats  of manufacture.  Some­
times  the  existence  of  natural  water 
power or of  coal  mines  has  determined 
the  location  of  certain  sorts  of  indus­
tries.  Sometimes  the  source  of  supply 
of  raw  material  governs  the  location  of 
factories,but  in  every  case the  matter  is 
decided  by  some  advantage 
in  the 
economy  of  production.

In  the  early  days  of  the  United  States 
the  people  accommodated  themselves  to 
surrounding conditions. 
In  those  states 
where  the  land  was  fertile  and  the  cli­
mate genial  they  devoted  themselves  to 
agriculture.  This  was  particularly  the 
case  in  the  South  and  West;  while  in 
New  England,  where  the  land was rocky 
and  poor  and  the  climate  bleak,  the 
people  were  forced  to  devote  them­
selves to  other  industries,  such  as  man­
ufacturing,  the 
fisheries  and  other 
maritime  pursuits.

Thus  it  was  that  the  manufactures  of 
cotton,  wool,  wood  and  metals  were  car­
ried  on  in  the  Eastern  States,  it  being 
found  more advantageous  to  move  the 
raw  material  to  the  Eastern  mills. 
In 
the  course  of  time  the  expense  of  trans­
porting  raw  products  began  to  tell,  and 
mills  and  factories  began  gradually  to 
gravitate  towards  the  sources  of primary 
production.  The  important  wheat mill­
ing 
interests  of  Baltimore  soon  paled 
before  the  vast  flouring  mills  of  Minne­
sota,  Wisconsin  and  Missouri. 
It  had 
begun  to  be  realized  that  it  was  cheaper 
to  transport  the  manufactured  article 
than  the  raw  material.

Moreover,  the  sources  of  supply  of  all 
agricultural  products  had  moved  rapid­
ly  westward  to  richer  lands.  Thus 
it 
was  that  the  greatest  expanse  of  the 
grain  fields  had  been  developed  west  of 
the  Mississippi  River,  and  the  flouring 
mills  followed  the  grain  fields.  Cincin­
nati,  which  was  the  greatest  seat  of  the 
hog-slaughtering  industry,  and  was  the 
“ Porkopolis”   of  the  writers  of  fifty 
years  ago,  has  ceased  to  be  distin­
guished  for  its  pork  packing,  and  that 
important  industry  is  moving  westward 
even  of  Chicago,  to  Kansas City,  Omaha 
and  other  points beyond  the  Mississippi 
River.

The  economies  involved 

in  moving 
factories  to the  sources  of  supply  were 
recognized  and  adopted  throughout  the 
states  north  of  the  Ohio  River  long  be­
fore  they  were  in  those  south  of  it.  But 
the  time finally  came  when  the  people 
of  the  South  began  to  understand  the 
in  their  reach. 
advantages  that  were 
They  had  abundant  coal  and 
iron,  vast 
virgin  forests of  timber  for  every  pur­
pose,  and  were  supplying  raw cotton  for 
the  whole  world;  they  possessed  vast 
plains  covered  with  cattle  and  sheep; 
but,  all  the  same,  they  were  sending  a 
thousand  miles  away  for  their  manufac­
tures of  metal,  of  wood,  of  cotton,  wool 
and  leather.  The  raw  material  of  the 
South  was  being  sent  in  its  crude  state 
to  distant  lands  to  be  manufactured  and 
then  brought  back.

It  is  a  sign  of  progress  to  discover 
is  a  great  disadvantage  in 
that  there 
paying  freight  both  ways,  and  a  profit 
to  strangers  when  we  could  save  all  the 
freight  and  make  the  profit  ourselves. 
The  Southern  people  have  at  least  got 
far  enough  to make this discovery.  They 
have  even  gone  farther,  to  the  extent  of 
beginning  to  manufacture their own  raw 
iron 
material,  and  already  there  are 
mills,  cotton  mills  and 
lumber  mills 
growing  up  in  many  parts  of the  South­
ern  country.

Manufacturing  is  an  evolution  which

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operates  in  an  ever-increasing  ratio. 
At  first 
it  is  attended  with  many  diffi­
culties,  because  in  the  beginning  there 
are a  lack  of  skilled  labor and  a  lack  of 
knowledge  of  the  methods to be pursued. 
Under these  circumstances  it  is  difficult 
to get the  home  people  to  take  advan­
tage  of  the  opportunities  that  are  in 
their  hands,  and  that  is  the  reason  why 
these opportunities  so  often  fall  into  the 
bands  of  strangers.

If  the  progress  of  the  South  in  secur­
ing  the  manufacture  of  its  abundant raw 
material  has  not  been  as  rapid  as  could 
be  desired,  partly  through 
lack  of 
means,  and  largely  through  deficiency 
of  enterprise,  it 
is  certain  that  great 
results  will  finally  be  realized.  Even 
those  people  who  sit  down  on  their  nat­
ural  advantages  and  refuse  to  do  any­
thing  to  improve  them  will,  if  they  can 
only  live  long  enough,  come 
into  the 
benefits  for  which  they  will  not  work. 
They  may  be  sure  that  when  every other 
locality  has  been  fully  exploited,  and 
nothing  else  remains  for  enterprise  to 
do,  it  will  take  up  their  neglected  op­
portunities  and  make  the  most  of  them. 
But  while  development,  some  time  or 
other,  will  come  to  them,  they  may  be 
sure  that  they  will  be  left  to  the  last, 
and  every  other  locality  except  their 
own  will  be  prospering  while  they  are 
stupidly  waiting  for  something  to  turn 
up.  This  is  an  age  in  which enterprise 
is  of the  greatest 
importance.  People 
who  do  not  possess  it  will  be  left  in  the 
migration  and  development  of  indus­
tries  to  the  very  last.

is  a 

Possibly  the  greatest  advance 

in  the 
use  of  the  trolley  car  is  in  Pittsburg, 
where  an  express  company,  using  spe­
cially-made  trolley  cars  for transporta­
tion,  has  begun  business.  These  ex­
press  cars,  which  are  similar  to  trolley 
mail  cars,  but  with  large  sliding  doors 
on  the  sides,  are  run  on  all  the  street 
railroads 
in  Pittsburg  and  Allegheny. 
The  work  of  receiving  and  delivering 
packages 
little  slow  at  the  start, 
but  it  is  expected  to  deliver a  package, 
or to  receive  one and  give a  receipt  for 
it,  in  about the  time  it  takes  for a  pas­
senger  to  board  or  leave  a  car.  At  the 
suburban  terminals  of  the  trolley  lines 
the  express  cars are  met  by  automobile 
wagons,  which  continue  the  delivery  for 
miles  into  the  country,  where  the  con­
dition  of  the  roadway  permits.  These 
wagons  are  electrically  charged  to  run 
seventy-five  miles,  and  they  travel  at  a 
rate  of  from  twelve  to  fourteen  miles  an 
hour. 

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

A  new  method  of  illumination  on  the 
ocean  consists  of  using  a  hollow  cylin­
der  of  steel  tubing,  charged  with  cal­
cium  carbide.  This  shell  is  to  be  shot 
from  a  gun  to  a  distance  of  two  miles. 
When 
it  strikes  the  water  it generates 
acetylene  gas  and  gives  1,000  candle 
power,  which  burns  from  the  end  which 
floats.  This  light  can  not  be  extin­
guished  by  water.________

The  Connecticut  Legislature  has 
passed  a  law  protecting  the  trailing  ar­
butus,  said  to  be  the  first 
law  ever 
passed  in  any  state  of  the  Union  for  the 
protection  of  a  wild  flower.  The  law 
in  question  is  said  to  be  largely  due  to 
an  article 
in  the  New  York  Tribune 
calling  attention  to  the  need  of  a  law  to 
protect  the  arbutus.

The  United  States  Circuit  Court  of 
Appeals  at Chicago has held  that  the  di­
rectors  of  a  bank  are not  liable  for  the 
mismanagement  of  funds  by  a  president 
who  takes advantage  of  his  position  to 
speculate.

LEARN  AN  HONEST  TRADE.

The  announcement  has  recently  been 
made  that  two  sons  of  the  German 
Kaiser  have  been  sent  to  Kiel  to  learn 
the  trades  of  carpentering,  cabinet mak­
ing  and  locksmithing.  They  are  to  be 
taught  these  matters  practically,  so  that 
if 
it  were  necessary  they  could  earn  a 
living  working  at  those  trades.

This  is  in  accordance  with  a  rule  that 
has  long  been  generally  followed  by 
royalty  and  nobility  on  the  continent  of 
Europe,  and  it  is  based  on  substantial 
good  sense  and  real  wisdom.  Knights 
and  nobles,  kings  and  kaisers  and  their 
children  are  not  always  sure  of  their 
positions.  Revolutions  and  wars  have 
often  driven  them  from  their  exalted 
stations  and  turned  them  loose  upon  the 
world  to  earn  a  living.  The vicissitudes 
of  human 
life  have  repeatedly  brought 
men  and  women  of  station  to  the  neces­
sity  of  having  to  work  for  a  livelihood. 
It  is  then  of  the  utmost  importance  that 
such  people  should  be  able  to accommo­
date  themselves  to  any  conditions  that 
may  overtake  them.

in  an 

Peter the  Great  of  Russia,  a  czar  who 
made  Russia  great,  and  who,  being  the 
ruler  of  Tartar  peoples  that  bad  been 
bred 
inland  region  of  trackless 
plains and  mountains,  and  were  wholly 
ignorant  of  ships  and  ocean  commerce, 
found 
it  absolutely  necessary  that  his 
country  should  have  ships  and  seaports 
and  a  foreign  trade,  and  went  to  Eng­
land  and  Holland, 
the  two  foremost 
maritime  nations  of  his  day,  to  learn 
shipbuilding.  He  realized  that  a  mon­
arch  who  is  virtually  the  father  of  his 
people  must  be  practically  able to  ad­
vise  and  teach  them  in  every  matter  of 
great  importance,  and  he  lost  no  time 
in 
learning  all  about  ships,  so  that  he 
might  develop  the  important  maritime 
interests  of  his  country.

It  is  too  often  the  case  in  the  United 
States  that  young  men  of well-to-do  par­
ents  are  not  brought  up  to  any  useful 
trade  or  occupation,  and  when  driven to 
shift  for  themselves  are  entirely  help­
less,  and  become useless and even worth­
less  loafers.  No  man  can  be  sure  of 
bis  fortune.  Wealth  takes  wings  and 
flies  away,  while  prosperity,  by  some 
untoward  circumstance,  is  changed  into 
adversity. 
Every  man  should  know 
some  practical,  useful business  by which 
It 
he  can  make  an  honest  livelihood. 
is  not  only  wise,  but 
is  eminently 
honorable,  to  know  some  useful  calling 
by  which  a  man  of  the  highest  social 
position,  in  an  emergency,  can  make 
an  honest  living.  The  European  ex­
ample  cited  should  be  adopted 
in  this 
country.
SPECULATING  BY  MACHINERY
This  is  pre-eminently  the  age of spec­
ulation  and  gambling.  The  reason  for 
it  is that  people  are  possessed  of a fury, 
a  madness,  to  get  rich,  and  to get  rich 
rapidly,  at  one  blow,  if  possible.

it 

To 

this  end  machinery 

is  being 
brought  into  play. 
In  addition  to  the 
nickel-in-the-slot  machines,  which  are 
in  vogue  everywhere  for  those  who  want 
to  take  small  risks,  a  machine 
for 
gambling  on  a  large  scale  is about  to  be 
brought 
into  play  by  two  financial  ex­
perts  of  national  reputation.  They  are 
Messrs.  Maurice  L.  Mublman,  Deputy 
Assistant  Treasurer  of the United States, 
President  of  the  corporation,  and  J.  N. 
Huston,  Treasurer  of  the  United  States 
during  Harrison’s administration,Treas­
urer.  These gentlemen  propose  to  form 
a  company  to  operate  a  speculating  ma­
chine,  with  a  capital  of  $1,000,000.

In  a  circular  sent  out  to those  who

is  stated 
are  wanted  as  stockholders  it 
that  it  has  been  found  “ that  there 
is  a 
law  underlying  the  fluctuation  of  values 
akin  to  the  great  laws  of  gravitation, 
evolution,  electricity  and  molecular  mo­
It  is  an  expression  of  the  law  of 
tion. 
supply  and  demand,  and 
is  so  pro­
nounced  and  rigid 
its  application 
that 
it  has  been  possible  to  embody  it 
in  metal,  in  which  form  the  principle 
must  be  automatic  and  uniform  in  its 
action. ”

in 

The  prospectus  sets  forth  that  “ sta­
in  dealing  with  the 
tistics  show  that, 
phenomena  of  changing  values,  human 
judgment 
is  more  than  90  per  cent, 
wrong.  The  system  eliminates  human 
frailties,  and 
its  conclusions  are  right 
in  the  majority  of  cases.

“ It  must  be  clearly  understood,  how­
ever,  that  transactions  based  upon  this 
principle  and  system  do  not  always 
show  a  profit;  what  is  asserted 
is  that 
a  majority  of  transactions  always  are  in 
its  favor,  and  this  claim  is  attested  by 
a  report  on  the  same,  made  after  a  most 
thorough  examination  and  exhaustive 
tests  by  scientific  experts. ”

Of  course,  the  secret  by  which  the 
machine  operates 
is  not  given  to  the 
public.  This  speculating  machine,  to 
be  perfectly  fair,  must  give  as  many 
chances  to  the  bettor  as  to  the  bank  or 
company  against  which  the  bets  are 
made.  But  no  bank  could  stand  such 
odds.  It  must  have  a  percentage against 
the  bettor,  or  else  no  concern  could 
afford  to  accept  bets  or  puts. 
All 
gambling  concerns,  if  they  are  honestly 
conducted,  must  have  a  percentage  of 
the  chances  against  all  players,  and 
it 
is  difficult  to  see  where  there  is  any  ad­
vantage  in  betting  on  the  rise  or  fall  of 
stocks  or  of  commodities  with  a  ma­
chine  over  trusting  to  one’s  own 
judg­
ment. 
In  any  case  but  few  win,  while 
most  of  those  who  risk  their  money 
lose  it. 

_____________

Admiral  Dewey would  not participate, 
on  account  of  ill-health,  in  the  Queen’s 
birthday  banquet  given  by  British  offi­
cers  at  Hong  Kong.  This should  remind 
societies  getting  up  Dewey  banquets 
that  he  will  not  be  with  them  at  their 
feeding.  The  Admiral’s  sword  is always 
at  the  service  of  his  country;  but  bis 
stomach  is  bis  own  and  be  must  protect 
that.

The  recent  cyclone at Kirksville,  Mo,, 
is  responsible  for  a 
lawsuit  over  the 
disposition  of $100,000.  A  man  and  his 
wife  possessed  of  that  amount  of  prop­
erty  and  money  bad  agreed  that  the  sur­
vivor  should  administer  the  property, 
and  the  heirs  of  the  woman  claim  that 
she gasped  a  few  times  after  her  hus­
band  died._____________

Each  American  soldier  in  the  Philip­
pines  is  provided  with  two  full  suits  of 
khaki,  two  white  duck  suits,  an unlined 
blouse,  a  pair  of  kersey  trousers,  a cam­
paign  bat,  a  cork  helmet,  a  pair  of  leg­
gings,  one  pair  of  barrack  and  one  of 
russet  shoes,  and  both  wool  and  cotton 
underwear.

Some  idea  of  the  extent  of  the  cutlery 
business  of  Sheffield  may  be  gathered 
from  the  statement  that  the  yearly  pro­
duction  of  table  knives  of  this  one  town 
amounts  to  2,600,000  dozens,  an  aver­
age  of  50,000  dozens  a  week.

Tyndall’s  plan  of  purifying  water  by 
means  of  electric  currents  has  been 
tried  successfully 
in  the  Bruges  canal 
in  Belgium.  After being  subjected  to 
a  current  of  1,000  volts,  the  water  be­
came  pure  and  palatable.

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MICHIGAN  T R A D E S M A N

Shoes and  Leather
How  to  Deal  With  the  M odern  Foot.
“ What  shall  be  done  with  the  modern 
human  foot?”  asks  the  concerned  physi­
ologist.

“ It  shall  be  much  shod,  although 

its 
name  be  legion,”  says  the  manufacturer 
promptly.

“ Yes,  but  the  human  foot  is  changed 
from  its  natural  form and condition,  and 
it  is  continually  changing,”   retorts  the 
accurate  man  of  science.

“ We  will  change  the  shoe,  then,  to 
meet  its  requirements,  although  it  takes 
all  the  shapes 
in  geometry  to  do  it, ”  
says  the  undaunted  maker  of  shoes,  as 
he  looks  over  some  of  the  physiologist's 
distorted  diagrams  of  soles  and side ele­
vations of  changed  feet.

liberal 

“ It  shall  be  pampered  and  tempted 
into  more 
indulgence  in  foot 
wear,”   remarks  the  old  retailer,  “ even 
it  takes  a  dozen  pairs  of  shoes  to 
if 
in  the  world,  or a 
equip  each  woman 
stock  constantly  on  hand 
to  make 
changes  with.

“ The  pressure  upon  some particularly 
tender  spot  will  scarcely  ever  be  pres­
ent  alike  in  two  pairs  of  shoes.

“ Shoes  are  a  good  deal 

like  sins: 
each  kind  affects  our  feet  or  our  con­
sciences  differently,  in  degree  at  least; 
and 
in  a  multitude  of  shoes  there  is 
safety,  if  not  in  a  multitude  of  coun­
selors  who  recommend  a  multitude  of 
different  wise courses.”

Thus  says  the  man  at  the  foot-rest, 
who  seldom  rests  himself,  and  rarely 
meets  a  foot  there  which  is  at  perfect 
rest,  either.

Besides,  he  sees  and  handles,  advises 
and  admonishes  more  human  feet  in  a 
week  than  the  manufacturer does  in  a 
year.

His  advice,  therefore,  is  well  worth 
pondering  upon:  “ Shoe  the  feet  lib­
erally,  handsomely,  and, 
if  possible, 
hygienically. ”

But  there  are  other authorities to be 
heard 
in  answer  to  the  query: 
“ What  shall  be  done  with  the  modern 
foot?”

from 

The  cobbler 

is  always  ready  to give 
his  advice about  measures  locking  to­
ward  the  welfare  of  this  member.

He  says:  “ It  should  be  taught  com­
mon  sense,  either by  moral  suasion  or 
by  heroic  measures,  if  need  b e ;  and  a 
chance  should  be  given  the  foot  to  re­
cover  some  semblance  of 
its  original 
form  and  sturdy  usefulness.

" I t   shall  have 

impressed  upon 

it, 
through  its  owner,  that  living  room  for 
its  functions  is  absolutely  necessary  for 
its  prolonged  usefulness  and  perfect 
health.

“ It  shall  be  made  to  acknowledge  the 
truth  of  that 
indisputable  axiom  that 
‘ Two  bodies  can  not  occupy  the  same 
space  at  the  same  tim e;’  and  that, 
therefore,  if  unyielding  leather  closes 
in  upon  the  space  required  for the  foot, 
the  latter  must  ever  be  at  warfare  with 
the  shoe  in  trying  to  assert  its  rights  to 
its  territory.

“ This  is  of  vital  necessity  to  the  hu­
man  foot,  and  there  must  be  no  com­
promise. ”

But  what  are  these  “ heroic  meas­
ures,”   glibly  suggested  by  the  cobbler, 
as  the  alternative  of  moral  suasion?

Perhaps  be  will  measure  the  foct  and 
make  the  shoe  for  it  in  strict accord­
ance  with  his  reformatory  views.

Yes,  but  such  measures,  heroic  and 
tape,  it  is  well  known,  have  resulted  in 
misfits,  as  the  patron  views  it,  and  this 
is  not  profitable.

The  sagacious  retailer  seldom  goes 
beyond  the  safe 
line  of  gentle  moral 
suasion,  although  be  often  allows  a  cus­
tomer to  go  limping  out of  his  store  in 
the  proud  effort  to  make  two  bodies  oc­
cupy  the  same  space  at  the  same  time.
But  the  retailer  has  bis  mental  reser­
vation  in  such  cases,  and  expresses  his 
opinion—to  himself.

And  the  retailer  will  make  more shoe- 

wearing  friends  than  the  cobbler.

The  practical  shoemaker  can  never 
divest  himself  of  the  purely  mechanical 
idea  that  a  shoe,  like  all  other  mechan­
ical  contrivances,  to  be  at  its  best,  or, 
in  fact,  to  be  at  all  what  it  is 
intended 
for—the 
foot—should  have  that  end 
alone  in  view.

It  is  well  that  he  should  cling  to  this 
sound  opinion,  and  hold  that  the  shoe 
should  be  made  for the  foot  that  is  to 
wear  it.

The  fashionable  patron  may  beg leave 
to  differ  with  him,  and  to  insist  that 
the  foot  should  be  subservient  to  the 
shoe,  and  should  be  made  to  accommo­
date  itself  to  any  fantastic  and  impos­
sible  lines  that  the  aesthetic  shoe  de­
signer shall  elect  to  bring  out  in  the  in­
terests  of  fashion.

It  was  probably  this  extreme  persecu­
tion  of  the  foot  that  led  the  indignant 
and  impractical  shoe  reformer  to  rush 
to  the  other  extreme,  and  to  err  on  the 
side  of  mercy  in  giving  the  foot—if  it 
would  accept  it— room  enough  to  turn 
somersaults  in.

It  was  this  downtrodden  foot  that  the 
reformer  had  in  mind  when  he  rose  to 
answer  the  burning  question,  “ What 
shall  be  done  with  the  modern  human 
foot?”

His  words  are  fraught  with  that  sort 
of  wisdom  which  always  seems  unas­
sailable  to  the  author  of  them,  although 
others  may  not  enthusiastically  adopt 
them.

He  says:  “ It  shall  henceforth  wear 
nothing  but  my  broad,  hygienic  shoes, 
constructed” —on  paper— “ on  common- 
sense  principles.”

This  is the  reformer’s  ultimatum  for 
all  the 
ills  the  foot  is  heir to;  and  he 
assures  us  that  by  this  simple  extension 
of  the  foot's  environments  it  will  even­
tually  come  around  all  right  and  seem 
like  a  new  creation.

No  doubt  the  shoe  wearer  is  by  this 
time  getting  a  little  perplexed  between 
the  wisdom  of  the  manufacturer,  the  re­
tailer,  the  cobbler  and 
the  reformer; 
and  likely,  too,  he  still  holds  his  own 
opinion  on  this,  to  him,  very  interest­
ing  and  vital  personal  subject.

But  there  is  another  opinion  on 

this 
momentous  question  in  which  the  bold, 
indifferent  foot  may  find  comfort,  but 
no  particle  of  food  for  personal  vanity.
It  comes  to  us  in  the  following  star­
tling  words,  like a  clap  of  thunder from 
a  cloudless  sky:  “ The  modern  abused 
foot  shall  go  bare  and  drink  in  at  early 
dawn  the  healing,  permeating  dews  of 
heaven, 
enlarge  and 
strengthen  the  enfeebled  muscles,  and 
lay  on  layer  after  layer  of  sound  flesh, 
forming  symmetrical  cushions  over  the 
bony  framework,  as  nature  designed,  in 
this  once  beautiful  and  ever-important 
member. ’ ’

thereby 

and 

Thus  spake  insistently  the  disciple of 
tbe  reformer  Kneipp,  tbe  advocate  of 
the  great  barefoot  cure—a 
treatment 
for  every  ill  from  head  to  heel.

“ Bare,  indeed!”   exclaims  the  fash­
ionably-shod  girl. 
"What  are  feet  for, 
anyway,  if  not  to  display  stylish  shoes 
on?”
i  Yes,  even  tbe  tortured  toes 

in  the

I  OUR  DISCOUNT 

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

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3

y  
y  
w -  
y -  
y  

y :  
y  

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.

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

Terms November  ist, net 30 days 

Our stock of Tennis Shoes is very complete. 

If paid  prior to  November  10th  3  
7 per cent,  per annum and  1  per cent,  extra 
discount - y
allowed  Goods shipped and billed after November  —5
- 4
ist are net 30 days. 
- y

y -  
w - 
y  
y -  
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STUDLEY  &  BARCLAY,  Grand  Rapids.  3
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We solicit correspondence.

W e  are  in  the  market  with  the  best 

Rubbers  on  earth  and  in  water.

WaIes=Goodyear

Terms  Nov  ist,  30 days.
Wales-Goodyear,  25  and  5  per  cent.
Connecticuts,  25,  10  and  5  per  cent 
Woonsoclet  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.

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.

Terms.  Bills to date  November 1st, due December ist. 
1  per  cent, 
off cash in  10 days.  For prepayment, 7 per cent,  per annum to  Novem­
ber  ioth, and above mentioned  1  per cent,  will be allowed.

Freight.  Actual railroad and steamboat freight will be allowed.
On account of advance in crude gum and lining fabrics  it  has  become 
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The  hotel  in  which  they  bad their rooms 
was  on  fire,  and  there  was  great  confu­
sion  and  tumult  among  the  guests.

“ Now  is  the time  to  put  into  practice 
what  I  have  always  preached  to  you, 
my  dear,”   said  the  gentleman.  “ Don’t 
get  excited.  Put  on  all  your  indispen­
sable  apparel  and  take your time.  Don’t 
lose  your  head.  Just  watch  me.”

He  calmed  Mrs.  Morrison’s  anxiety, 
banded  her  the  articles  necessary  to  her 
toilet,  put  on  his  collar  and  cuffs,  took 
his  watch  from  under  bis  piliow  and 
placed  it  in  bis  pocket,  put  on  his  hat, 
and  walked  with  Mrs.  Morrison  out  of 
the burning  building  into  the  street.

“ Now,  my  dear,”   he  said,  when  they

it 

were  safe,  “ don’t  you  see  what  a  grand 
thing 
is  to  keep  cool  and  act  with 
deliberate  purpose  in  an  emergency like 
this?  Here  you  are,  dressed,  and  over 
yonder are  several 
in  complete 
deshabille. ”

ladies 

Just  then  Mrs.  Morrison  for  the  first 

time  glanced  at  her  husband.

“ You  are  right,  John,”   she  said,  “ it 
is  a  grand  thing  to  keep  cool  and  act 
if  I  had  been  you  I 
deliberately,  but 
would  have  stayed 
in  the  room  long 
enough  to  put  on  my  trousers.”

The  chief  end  of  man  is  his  foot— 
especially  when  he  has  to  foot his wife's 
bills.

as  to  yield  to  the  speed  of  the  foot  in 
walking.

But  with  other  leathers  there  should 
be  space  enough  to  afford  the  foot  a 
chance  to  spread  a  little at first,  and  to 
work  its  joints  untrammeled.

This  is  all  the  more  important  with 
narrow-soled  footwear,  such  as  is  now 
used  by  everyone  on  dress  occasions.

But,  “ what  to  do  with  the  modern 
human  foot”   has  been  best*  answered 
by  the  old  retailer:  “ Give  it  stylish 
shoes,  plenty  of  them,  and  as  good  a 
fit  as  it  will  have. ”

To  use  a  homely  phrase,  “ Give  it 
plenty  of  rope,”   figuratively,and  it  will 
take  care  of  itself.

Don’t  try  to  make  the  finical  and 

persistent  foot-world  over.

It  is  a  herculean  contract,  and  impos­

sible.

Let  it  indulge  its  tastes,  and 

it  will 
reform  itself  in  time.— E.  A.  Boyden  in 
Boots  and  Shoes  Weekly.

An  Essential  P art  of  His  W ardrobe.
Mr.  John  Morrison,  a  successful  com­
mercial  traveler,  has  spent  a  great  part 
of  his  career  in  hotels,  and  one  of  bis 
theories  has been  that  the  mind  can  be 
so  trained  that a  hotel  fire ought  not  to 
distract  the  reasoning  faculties  when 
presence  of  mind 
is  needed.  He  im­
pressed  this  theory  strongly  upon  Mrs. 
Morrison  by  instructing  her  how  to  act 
if  they  were  ever  in  a  hotel  that  was  on 
fire.
He  and  bis  wife  were  aroused  from 
their slumbers  one  night  by  an  alarm.

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short  toothpick  shoe  rebel  against  such 
decollete  extremities.

This  will  never do,  of  course.
Meanwhile  the  shoe  wearer  grows 
more  and  more  confused  under  all  this 
generous,  gratuitous  and  diversified 
advice,  and  his  own  opinions  are 
strengthened  in direct ratio  to  these  sug­
gestions,  just  as  the  harmless  canine  is 
rendered  frantic  and  noxious  by the con­
stant  cry  of  “ Mad  dog !”

Why,  even  the  ancient  poet  had  no 
thought  that  such  extreme  measures 
should  become  general  when  he  jovially 
sang:

“ Back and side,  go bare,  go bare;

Both  foot and hand,  go cold;

But  belly,  God send thee  good  ale  enough, 

Whether it  be new or ota.”

The  answers  of  the  manufacturer  and 
those  of  the  retailer  are  not  to  be  re­
garded  as  purely  disinterested  in  this 
matter;  hut  what  course  is  left  to  them 
except  to  give the  people  such  shoes  as 
they  will  buy  and  wear?

The  biased  opinion  of  the overworked 
and  well  paid  chiropodist,  expressed  or 
implied  in  bis  answer  to  this  important 
question  as  to  what  shall  be  done  with 
the  modern  foot,  might  be:

“ Keep  it  proud  and  restricted;  there 
is a  remedy,  palliative  at  least,  for  ex­
crescences  and  painful  joints.”

Yes,  there  is  balm  in  Gilead  for  most 
of our aches  and  pains,  but  there  is  no 
restoration  for a  permanently  deformed 
foot,  short  of  a  miracle.

Perhaps  it  will  be  little  short  of  mir­
aculous  if  the  average  shoe  wearer gets 
sufficient  solace  out  of  the  varied  and 
conflicting  opinions of  these  wise  men 
to  convert  him  to  a  change  of  shoes.

Certainly  not 

if  that  change  brings 
lines  or  forms  that  are  at  variance  with 
beauty,  however  promising  the  result  in 
foot-health  and  comfort.

“ Who  shall  decide  when  doctors  dis­

agree?”

Why,  the  patients,  of  course.
Meanwhile  they  will  go  on  ignoring 
the  reformer,  whether  he  be  a  liberal- 
size-shoe  advocate  or  a  no-shoe  scien­
tist ;  and  they  are  morally  certain  that 
they  know  just  what  ought  to  be  done 
with  the  modern  foot.

Put  it  into  a  modern  shoe  of  the  very 

latest  style.

But,  after all,  there  are  some  inter­
mediate  grades 
that  can  be  safely 
adopted,  between  the  reformer’s  big, 
ugly  shoe and  the  bare  foot.

Shoemaking  art  is  gently,  almost  im­
perceptibly  reforming  the  modern  foot.
So  unobtrusively,  in  fact,  is  the  art  of 
helping  the  foot  as  well  as  beautifying 
it  carried  on  in  our times  that  the  foot 
is hardly  conscious  of  the  fact  that  it  is 
provided  with  more  perfectly  adapted 
coverings  than  ever  before.

The  advocates  of 

“ glove-fitting”  
shoes  are  treading  dangerously  upon 
the  prerogative  of  the  human 
feet; 
further  than  this,  when  they  assert  that 
absolutely  no  room  is  necessary between 
the  foot  and  the  upper,  they  are  entirely 
wrong  in  their  contention.

With  most  kinds  of  material  used 

in 
shoe  uppers  there  ought  to  be  a  slight 
margin  of  space  allowed  for the  lateral 
motion  and  natural  spread  of  the  foot, 
because the  material  will  not  stretch  at 
once to  meet this  important  physical  re­
quirement  of  the  member.

If  we  should  all  wear  shoes  made  of 
porpoise  skin  we  might  work  our  feet 
slowly  and  laboriously  into  a  new,  tight 
shoe,  provided,  always,  that  an  equally 
elastic 
lining  accompanied  the  shoe, 
just as  do our fingers  into  the kid glove, 
and  yet find  the  shoes so accommodating

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Fruits and  Produce.

Observations  by  a  Gotham  Egg  Man.
Now  that  the  general  basis  of  sales 
under  the  Exchange  rules  has  changed 
from  “ at  mark"  to  loss  off  it  may  be 
well  for  the  egg  men  to  consider  how 
far  the  general  business  of  our  market 
in  respect  to  loss  terms  has  outgrown 
the  egg  rules  as  now  in  force.  As  a 
matter  of  fact  the  custom  has  been 
gradually  changing  of  recent  years  until 
now  a  considerable amount  of  business 
is being  done  in  various  grades  of  eggs 
wbicb  is  not  adequately  covered  by  the 
present  rules. 
In  the  first  place  a  large 
business  is  being  done  in  checked  and 
dirty  eggs and  the  sales  of  these  goods 
are  practically  at  mark  at  all  seasons, 
but  the  present  rules  do  not  classify  or 
describe  the  proper  requirements 
for 
these  goods.  Then  there  are  certain 
marks  and  qualities  of  fresh-gathered 
firsts,  graded  and  packed  with  unusual 
care,  which  receivers  have  been  able  to 
sell  at  a  fixed  price  for  a  fixed  number 
of  dozens  (virtually  at  mark)  even  dur­
ing  tbe  “ loss  off”   season. 
It  would 
seem  that  a  special  rule  governing  the 
requirements  of  such  goods  and  giving 
to  the  grade  a  distinctive  name  would 
promote  the  interests  of  the trade.  The 
sale  for  refrigerator and  fine  limed  eggs 
has  also  gradually  drifted  to  a  case 
count  basis,  and  while  there  has  been 
some  attempt  to  specify  the  amount of 
loss  permitted  in  certain  grades  sold  on 
that  basis  the  fact  that  sales  of  these 
goods  have  very  generally  come  to  a 
case  count  basis  has not been given suffi­
cient  prominence 
in  the  egg  rules  as 
they  now  stand.  Members  of  the  egg 
committee  are  now  working  on  a  re­
vision  of  the  egg  rules and 
is  to  be 
hoped  that  tbe  result  of  their  work  may 
be  to  give  the  trade  a  proper  safeguard, 
both  as  to the  buying  and  selling  inter­
ests,  on  public  sales  made  upon  tbe 
basis  which  has  become naturally  estab­
lished  by  customary  usage.

it 

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*

As  the  season  advances  and 

informa­
tion  as  to  the  statistical  position  of  the 
egg  trade  begins  to  assume  more  defi­
nite  form,  it  is  interesting  to  look  over 
the  situation  to  see  how  far the  facts 
bear  out  the  expectations  upon  which 
were  based  the  extremely  bullish 
ideas 
that  have  served  to  support  egg  values 
during  the  storage  season  some  2@3c 
above  last  year’s  prices. 
It  goes  with­
out  saying  that  the  willingness  of  spec­
ulative  operators  to  accumulate  eggs 
in 
cold  storage  at  the rates prevailing since 
April  ist  has  been  chiefly  based  upon  a 
belief  in  decreased  production  and  the 
probability  of  an  unusually  light  ac­
cumulation  of  spring  eggs. 
If,  at  the 
close  of  the  storage  season,  it  should  be 
found  that  there  were  about as  many 
eggs 
in  store  as  usual  holders  would 
have  reason  to  regard  the  situation  with 
grave anxiety,  and  those  who  abstained 
from  investing  at  prices  which  they  re­
garded  as  entirely  unsafe,  would  be 
doubly  thankful  for  their  wise  conserva­
tism. 
It  was  very  well  known  that  the 
storage  movement 
in  April  was  very 
much  larger  in  tbe  Western  than  in  the 
Eastern  houses;  this  affected  Eastern 
receipts  during  April  and  brought  tbe 
total  at  New  York  for  that  month  about 
67,000  cases  below  the  receipts  during 
April,  *98. 
in 
Eastern  storage  was  very  great  at  the 
close of  April, being  no  less  than  67  per 
cent,  in  Boston;  the  decrease  in  New 
York  was  doubltess  fully  as  great,  rela­
tively,  and  other  Eastern  storage  points

In  fact,  tbe  shortage 

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larger  than 

is  less  than 

current  movement 

in  a  similar condition.  But  tbe 
were 
storage  accumulations  were 
Western 
much 
in  April,  1898,  and 
recent  information  indicates  that  while 
the 
into  Western 
in  May,  1898,  the 
houses 
total  holdings 
in  that  section  are  still 
greater  than  they  were  at  this time  last 
year.  Since  May  1  tbe  movement 
in­
to  Eastern  houses  has  rapidly  increased 
and  has  considerably  exceeded  the  May 
storage  movement  last  year.  Total  re­
ceipts  at  New  York  from  May  1  to  May 
20  have  been  about  20,000 cases ahead of 
same  period 
last  year and  a  large  pro­
portion  of  the  stock  has  gone  to  tbe  re­
frigerators.  Bythe  15th  of  May  the  de­
crease 
in  Boston’s  holdings compared 
with  last  year  had  fallen  to  35  per  cent, 
and  New  York  storage  men  stated  that 
if  tbe 
inward  movement  continued  at 
about  the  prevailing  rate  they  would 
reach 
last  year's  total  figures  early  in 
June.  Other  Eastern  cities  have  all 
been  getting  goods  freely  during  May, 
and  with  a  continuance  of  recent  favor­
able  weather  for  a  while  longer  it  is 
considered  very  probable  that  Eastern 
storage  houses  will  go  into  the  summer 
season  with  about as  many  eggs  as  they 
had  last  year. 
If  this  proves  to  be  the 
case  the  justification  for  the  high  cost 
of  the  accumulations  will  have  to  be 
looked  for  in  exceptionally  light  late 
production  or  an  exceptionally  large fall 
outlet.  Neither  of  these  features  can 
be  reasonably  expected 
to  an  extent 
sufficient  to  give  much  encouragement. 
The  extent  of  receipts  in  various  mar­
kets  has  been  such  as  to  indicate  a  pro­
ductive  capacity  well  up  to  the standard 
of 
improved  pur­
chasing  power  of  our  people  is  likely  to 
be  fully  offset  in 
its  effect  upon  fall 
consumption  by  the 
increased  price 
wbicb  holders  of  refrigerator  eggs  will 
be obliged  to demand  if they  are  to  get 
back  the  first  cost and  expenses.

late  years  and  the 

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Judging  from  tbe  sales  of cull  eggs 
recently  reported,  and  after  examining a 
good  many  lots  of  various  qualities,  I 
should  say  that  many  shippers  could 
make a  good  deal  more  money  out  of 
their  seconds  by  more  careful  selection 
and  packing.  These  goods  are  sold  case 
count  or  by  the  case  and  it  is  an  un­
doubted  fact  that  whenever  sales  are 
made  on  this  basis  careful  grading  and 
attention  to  tbe  fine  points  of quality 
are  profitable.  There 
is  now  a  differ­
ence  of  fully  3c  per doz.  between  the 
poorest  and  the  best  cull  eggs  and  this 
likely  to  become  wider 
difference 
as  the  weather  grows  warmer. 
I  gave 
some  points  last  week  about  the  proper 
details  to  be  observed  in  packing  sec­
onds  and  mention  the  matter again  only 
to  say  that  the  necessity  of  an  observ­
ance  of  them  is  constantly  increasing.— 
N.  Y.  Produce  Review.

is 

A  Mean  Man.

Tbe  meanest  man  in  Illinois  lives  at 
Centralia.  He  put  a 
large  porcelain 
egg  in  the  nest  of an  ambitious hen  and 
found  that  the  eggs  she  afterward  laid 
were  increased  in  size.  Then  he  put  a 
goose  egg  in  the  nest,  and  the  aforesaid 
hen 
laid  an  egg  just  as  large.  He  was 
so  well  pleased  with  the  scheme  that  he 
put  a  whitewashed  football  in  the  nest 
and  waited  results.  When  he  went  tbe 
next  time  to  search  for  eggs  he  found 
one  as  big  as  the  football,  but  no  hen 
in  sight.  Securing  the  egg  he  found  en­
graved  on  it  by  hen  photography:  “ I’m 
no  ostrich,  but  I  have done  my  best.”  
Later  be  found  the  hen  inside of  the 
egg. 

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Right  Prices 
Steady  Supply

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and  can  take  better  care  of  you 
if  you  will  send  them  to  us.

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14 and  16 Ottawa Street,
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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Garden Seeds in Balk

Our  stocks  are  still  complete.  All  seeds 
tested before sent  out,  quality  the  best  and 
prices  as  low  as  any  responsible  house  in 
the trade.

Millets 
Seed 60m 
Fodder Corn
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GOTHAM  G O SSIP.

News  from   the  M etropolis—Index  to 

Special Correspondence.

the  M arket.

New  York,  May  27—The  dulness  of a 
week  ago  has  seemingly  grown  “ more 
so”   and  of  all  staples  coffee  sags  the 
lowest.  Dealers  from  out  of  the  city  are 
exceedingly  cautious  buyers  and  seem 
to  think  that  if  they  purchase  enough 
for a  fortnight  ahead  they  are  running 
into  dangerous  paths. 
In  an  invoice 
way  practically  nothing  is  doing.  While 
Rio  No.  7  is  quoted  at 6^c,  it  is  about 
nominal.  The  amount  of  coffee  in  store 
and  afloat  aggregates  1,201,192  bags, 
against  1,001,127 bags  at  the  same  time 
last  year.  The  market  for  mild  grades 
seems  to  sympathize  with  that  for  Bra­
zilian  and  is  dull.  Good  Cucuta,  8#c. 
East  India  sorts  are  very  quiet.  Mocha, 
16319c,  the  latter for a rather fancy arti­
cle.  Padang  Interior,  24  @250.

Teas  are  firmly  held  and  the  statisti­
cal  position  would  seem  to  indicate  the 
present  to  be a  good  time  to  buy;  but 
trade,  nevertheless,  is  flat  and  hardly 
anything  has  transpired  of 
interest. 
Holders  appear  to  be  willing to wait and 
buyers  seem  willing  to  let  them  hold  on 
to  their  stocks.

Patented  Block  is  the  name  of  a  new 
sugar  gotten  out  by  Arbuckles 
this 
week.  It  is  something  like  cut  loaf,  but 
sells  for  %c  less.  The  market has been 
fairly  active  and  withdrawals  on  con­
tract  have  been  quite  large.  A 
few 
changes  were  made  yesterday  (Friday), 
but  mostly 
in  the  rates  of  the  soft 
grades.  Granulated.  $Hc.

Rice  dealers  claim  to  see  some  im­
provement  in  the situation and  "hails  it 
with 
Japan  rice  seems  most 
sought  for  and  is  steady  at  from  4 
5c.  Domestic  grades  appear to  be  re­
garded  as  too  high  and  little  has  been 
done during  the  week.  Prime  to  choice, 
5J£@6Hc.

joy.”  

The  spice  market  has  gained  strength 
and  this  applies  to  nearly  every  line. 
Pepper  is  active.  Sellers are  very  firm 
and  will  make  no  concession,  even  al­
though  some  good  sized 
lots  might 
change  hands.  Nutmegs,  mace,  etc., 
are all  well  held  and  dealers  will  make 
no  concession,  even  on  quite  large lots.
is  quiet  all 
around,  although  prices  are  generally 
well  held.  Grocery  grades  are  not  in 
abundant  supply  and  are held by dealers 
at  full  value.  Syrups  are  steady,  but 
the  demand  is  limited  and  there  is  lit­
tle  of  interest  to  chronicle  in  this  con­
nection.

The  molasses  market 

Trade  in  canned  goods  is  very  quiet. 
Some  blocks  of  tomatoes  have  been 
offered  at  “ pressure”   and  the market  in 
these  goods  especially  is  inactive.  Gal­
lon  tomatoes  have  moved  with  some 
little  freedom  during  the  past  day  or  so 
at  unchanged  rates.  A 
large  trade  has 
been  done  in  California  fruit  futures, 
but  now  prices  have  been  withdrawn. 
The  supposition 
is  that  a  combine  is 
forming  among  the  growers  of  fruits. 
is  well  held  and  rates are  so 
Salmon 
high  on  some  kinds  that  business 
is 
prevented  and  the  volume  of  trade  is  of 
the  smallest  everyday  character.  New 
York  State  corn 
is  pretty  closely  sold 
up  and  the  new  goods  will  find  a  lot  of 
room  in  grocers’  stocks.  Standard  No. 
2,  65370c  for  either spot  or  future.

Lemons  are  selling  with  greater  free­
dom  and  the  market  shows  an  advance 
of  at 
least  25c  per  box.  The  weather 
keeps  too  cold  for  any  great  demand, 
but  holders  seem  to  feel  pretty  well  sat­
isfied  with  the  general  appearance  of 
things.  Oranges  are  firm,  and  with 
comparatively  small  stocks  the  chances 
for  an  advance  are  favorable.  Rodi 
oranges  are  worth  $4-7535.25,  the  latter 
for  fancy  fruit.  Cailfornia  oranges  are 
on  the  wane and  sell  from  $2  9033.50 
for  seedlings.  Navels,  $3.7535-  Ban­
anas  are  seemingly  in  ample supply  and 
sell  from  $1.1531-40—the  latter  for  first 
run  Port Limons.  Pineapples are steady.
is  dull  and 
uninteresting.  Few  transactions  of  im­
portance  have  taken  place  and  the seller 
and  buyer  both  appear  to be  waiting  for 
future  developments.
The  bean  market 

The  dried  fruit  market 

Choice marrow, $1.50;  medium, $1.32 

is  about  steady. 
;

pea,  $1.30;  red  kidney,  $1.7531.80; 
California  limas,  $2.5032.55.

The  butter  market  has  developed  a 
degree  of  firmness  and  extra  Western 
creamery  sells  readily  at  i8 ^ c ;  firsts, 
i7 3 i7Kc.  Factory  butter has  met  with 
some  demand  from  exporters  who  want 
stock  at  I2@i3c.  Firsts  bring  I4@i5c 
here;  Western  dairy,  finest,  14c;  West 
ern  factory,  12313c.

T he  cheese  m arket  presents  very 

lit­
tle  of  interest.  L arge  size,  full  cream  
new  cheese  of  good  State  m ake  is  worth 
9c ;  sm all  size,  g% c.

Best  Western  eggs  will  fetch  from  15 
@i6c,  the 
latter  top  for  fancy  stock. 
The  market  is  quiet,  and  if  any  change 
is apparent,  it 
is  toward  an  easier  sit­
uation.

The  Erring  Egg.

An  egg  that  bad  laid  in  its  nest  for a 
whole  day  with  nothing  to  do  said  to  its 
mother:  “ Mother,  I  am  tired  of  staying 
here  idle.  The  city  is  the  place  for  an 
aspiring  young  ovoid  like  myself,  and 
I  mean  to  go  there.  In  the  city  one  can 
see  something  and  be  something,  but 
here  I  am  referred  to  as 
‘ that  fresh 
young  egg.’  ”   And  the  mother  hen 
sighed  and  said,  “ My  child,  let  well 
enough  alone.  I  have  heard  of the temp­
tations  that  beset  one  in  a  great  city. 
The  bloom  of  innocence  is  soon  rubbed 
from  a  young  egg  and  the  end  is  ruina­
tion.  Stay  here  and  be  hatched  and 
when  you  are  a  chicken,  if  you  are 
lucky  enough  to  escape  my  feet  the 
first  week  of  your  existence,  you  will 
find  that  the  country  is  a  lovely  place 
in  which  to  live. ”   But  the  young  egg 
was  obstinate  and  that  night,  together 
with  some  other  eggs  as  fresh  as 
itself, 
it  went  to  the  city.  And  for a  few  days 
it  was  as  happy  and  virtuous  as  could 
in  the  course  of  a  few 
be  desired,  but 
weeks 
in  with  some  loose  eggs 
that  lay  around  a  corner  grocery,  and  at 
last,  as 
its  mother  bad  feared,  it  be­
came  bad  and  that  was  the  end  of  it. 
Moral:  The  city 
is  no  place  for  fresh 
eggs.
Extension of Options on  Peanut Plants.
Options  on  all  the  peanut  cleaning 
factories  in  Virginia,  held by prominent 
New  York  capitalists  for  the  purpose  of 
forming  a  combination  to  control  the 
peanut  market  of  the  United  States,  ex­
pired  last  Monday.  Those  having  the 
matter  in  charge  reported  that  it  was 
impossible  to  close  the  deal  within  the 
time  specified,  and  succeeded  in  secur­
ing  an  extension  to  June  1.

it  fell 

The  purchase  price  for  the  various 
plants  and  stocks  is  estimated  at  $750,- 
000 to $1,000,000.  It  has  never  been  the 
intention  to  include  growers  as  well  as 
cleaners  and  dealers,  but 
if  the  latter 
could  be  organized  the  combine  would 
be  in  control  of  the  situation.  The  es­
tablishments  upon  which  the  options 
are  held  are  situated  at  Norfolk,  Smith- 
field,  Suffolk,  Petersburg,  Wakefield and 
Franklin,  with  smaller  ones  scattered 
in  other  localities.

r W.  R.  BRICE

ESTABLISHED  IN 
PHILADELPHIA  18 5 2

C.  M.  DRAKE

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,

W.  R.  BRICE  &  CO. 

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WE  WILL  PAY  YOU  MARKET  PRICES 
FOR  ALL  THE  FRESH  EGGS  YOU  OAN 
FURNISH.  CASH  ON  DELIVERY.

WE  MAKE  A 

SPECIALTY  OF FIELD SEEDS-'

MOSELEY BROS.,gra2Jpids.

Ship  your BUTTER AND  EGGS  to

R.  HIRT, Jr.,  Detroit, Mich.

34 and 36 Market Street,

435-437-439 Winder Street.

Cold  Storage  and  Freezing  House  in  connection.  Capacity  ^ 

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75  carloads.  Correspondence  solicited.

An 

New  Ham  Preservative.
invention  has  been  brought  out 
and  patented  by Messrs.  Waiter Mitchell 
&  Sons,  ham  curers,  Ayr,  Scotland,  for 
the  preservation  of  ham.  The  inven­
tion  consists  of  a  covering  of  gelantinic 
film  which  encases  the  bams  and  prac­
tically  preserves  them  from  all  atmos­
pheric  and  other  deleterious  influences, 
keeping  them  clean  and  fresh  and  en­
abling  them  to  retain  their  flavor.  This 
mode  of  treatment  has  undergone  a 
practical  test  on  the  River  Zambesi, 
East  Africa,  with  satisfactory  results. 
At  the  Universal  Cookery  and  Food 
Exhibition  held  recently 
in  London, 
Messrs.  Mitchell  &  Sons  were  awarded 
a  silver  medal  and  certificate  of  merit 
for  their  invention.  The  invention  can 
be  applied  not  only  to  hams,  but  for 
the  preservation  of  many  articles  of 
food,  such  as  potted  meats,  butter,  oleo­
margarine,  etc.

The  more  a  man  has  the  more  he 

wants—unless  it  happens  to  be  twins.

If you  ship------

B utter and  Eggs 
to  Detroit

Write for  prices  at your station  to

HARRIS &   FRUTCHEY, 

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Cash  F.  O.  B.  cars,  packed  in  barrels,  car
lots or less.

H. N.  RANDALL PRODUCE CO.,

TEKONSHA,  MICH.

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Eggs  and  Trademarks. 
Correspondence New York Commercial.

is  well 

The  man  who 

is  painstaking,  con­
scientious  and  punctilious  in  his  deal­
ings  with  bis  fellow  men, always  sure  to 
give  full  measure  and  good  quality  in 
is  the  one  upon 
everything  he  sells, 
is  sure  to  smile  in  the 
whom  fortune 
end.  This 
illustrated  by  the 
success  which  some  have  attained  by 
putting  up  their  goods in a uniform style 
and  branding  them  with  a  mark  which 
has  come  to  be  a  sure  guarantee  both  of 
the  excellence  and  the  quantity  of  the 
goods.  Most  people  would  rather  give 
away  $5  than  be  robbed  of  a  cent, 
whether  openly  or  covertly.  And  one 
of  the articles  of  merchandise  which  we 
most dote on finding as good as advertised 
is  the  fruit  of  the  festive  hen.  Of  late 
years  a  great  many  people  of  high 
in­
telligence  and  experience  in  other  d i­
rections  have  found  it  profitable  to  woo 
the  fickle  gods  who  preside  over  the  de­
partment  of  oviculture  in human affairs; 
but  the  field  is  by  no  means  full,  as  is 
well  shown  by  the  high  prices  which 
some  oviculturists  are  able  to  get  for 
their  goods.  As  high  as  75  cents  a 
dozen  is  realized  all  the  year around  by 
people  who  have  established  a  reputa­
tion  for  the  strictly  fresh  article.

it 

if  eggs 

Eggs  at  this  price  have  no  reason  for 
being  addled  or  for  containing  chickens 
whose development  has  been  arrested  in 
an  untimely  way.  Such  a  price  em­
braces  in  it  full  pay  for all  the  time  it 
takes  to  mark  nest  eggs  of 
long  stand­
ing  in  such  a  way  that  they  can  not  get 
mixed  with  the  newly  laid  article. 
It 
is  the  fashion  in  some  eating  places  to 
serve  eggs  upon  which  the  date  of  lay­
ing 
is  plainly  marked,  and  to  charge  a 
very  high  price  for  them  when  thus 
marked.  But 
is  said  that  nothing 
can  disturb  the  equanimity  of  the  aver­
age  restaurateur,  even 
thus 
marked  sometimes  belie  their  profes­
sions,  and  that  on  one  occasion  where 
the  would-be  diner cracked  one  of  these 
marked  eggs  with  mouth  watering  at 
the  thought  of  the  lusciousness  of  the 
thing  but  twenty-four  hours  old,  and 
discovered 
in  the  shell  an  unfortunate 
spring  chicken  come  to  grief,  the  pro­
prietor  of  the place promptly  substituted 
a  charge  of  fricasseed  spring  chicken 
in  place  of  bis  lower  tariff  for simple 
boiled  eggs.  Nevertheless,  caterers  or 
the  public  palate  do  not,  as  a  rule,  de­
sire  to  be  known  as  triflers  with  human 
hopes  to  this  extent,  and  the  price  they 
are  willing  to  pay  for  strictly  fresh  eggs 
from  reliable  people  is  a  proof  of  the 
statement.  There seems  still  to  be  a  lu­
crative  career  in  prospect  for  any  party 
who  will  invest  in  the  egg  business  and 
make his  trademark  a  sign  of  the  per­
fect  reliability  of  the  article  it  covers.

How  to  Make  Money  in  Apples.
Kansas  grows  seven  and a half million 
apple  trees;  the  annual  value  of  her 
apple  crop  is $1,000,000.  President Will 
or 
the  Kansas  Agricultural  College 
claims  that  under  proper  treatment  and 
culture,  such  as  the  college 
teaches, 
these  should  produce  on  an  average  $1 
each  per  annum,  or $7,500,000.  If  Kan­
sas  apple  growers  knew  how  to  pack 
properly  their apples placed in eold stor­
age  the  annual  saving  might  easily  be 
$50,000.  The  possibilities  of  cold  stor­
age  are  great.  Had  Kansas  raisers  of 
Jonathan  apples  last  September  placed 
their  crops 
in  cold  storage  in  Kansas 
and  adjoining  states  when  these  apples 
were  worth  $4  per  barrel,  they  might 
later have  sold  them  for  $7  per  barrel, 
which,  after  paying cold  storage  charges 
of  50 cents  per  barrel,  would  have  left 
the  producers  a  profit  of $700,000.

New  York  Has  a Standard  Barrel. 
The  New  York  Legislature has passed 
a  bill  providing  for  a  standard  barrel. 
Following  is  the  text  of  the  new  act:

A  barrel  of  pears,  quinces  or  potatoes 
shall  represent  a  quantity.equal  to  100 
quarts  grain  or dry  measure.  A  barrel 
of apples  shall  be  of  the  following  di­
mensions :  Head  diameter,  17%  inches; 
length  of  stave,  28 
inches;  bulge  not 
less than  64 inches outside measurement. 
Every  person  buying  or  selling  apples,

MICHIGAN  T R A D E S M A N

in  this 

pears,  quinces  or  potatoes  in  this  State 
by  the  Darrel  shall  be  understood  as  re­
ferring  to  the  quantity  or  size  of  the 
barrel  specified 
section,  but 
when  potatoes  are  sold  by  weight  the 
quantity  constituting  a  barrel  shall  be 
174  pounds.  No  person  shall  make or 
cause  to  be  made  barrels  holding  less 
than  the quantity herein specified,  know­
ing  or having  reason  to  believe  that  the 
same  are  to  be  used  for  the  sale  of  ap­
ples,  quinces,  pears  or  potatoes,  unless 
said  barrels  are  plainly  marked  on  the 
outside  thereof  with  the  words  “ short 
barrel" 
letters  of  not  less  than  one 
inch  in  height.  No person  in  this  State 
shall  use  barrels  hereafter  made  for  the 
sale  of  such  articles  of  a  size  less  than 
the  size  specified  in  this  section.  Any 
person  violating  any  provision  of  this 
section  shall  forfeit  to  the  people  of  the 
State the  sum  of  $5  for  every  barrel  put 
up,  made  or  used  in  violation  of  such 
provision.  This  act  shall  take  effect 
immediately.

in 

in 

Great  Increase  in  Lemon  Shipments.
According  to  reliable  statistics,  re­
ceipts  of 
lemons  from  Mediterranean 
ports  from  the  beginning  of  the  current 
season  to  date  have  been  considerably 
in  excess  of  those  for  the  corresponding 
period 
last  year.  At  New  York  from 
September* 1,  1898,  to  May.  15,.  1899, 
there  arrived  1,273,000  boxes as  com­
pared  with  805,000  boxes  during  that 
period 
i897-’98.  At  the  out  ports, 
with  the  exception  of  Boston,  the  in­
crease  in  the  receipts  this  season  to 
date  over  last  have also  been  marked. 
Arrivals  at  Montreal  are  reported  to  be 
50  per  cent,  larger  than  those  of  last 
year.  New  Orleans  so  far  this  season 
has  received  75.000 boxes  against  28,000 
boxes  last  year.  At  Boston  this  season’s 
receipts  so  far  have  been  64,000  boxes 
against  70,000 a  year ago,  but  Philadel­
phia  and  Baltimore  have received 78,000 
as  compared  with  20,000 boxes last year. 
One  prominent  feature  of  the  market 
in  favor  of  the  Mediterranean  fruit  has 
been  the  absence  of  competition  from 
California  during  the  spring  months, 
owing  to  the  virtual  failure  of  the  Pa­
cific  Coast  crop 
last  year.  This  has 
opened  the  markets  of  the  West  and 
Middle  West  to  the  handlers  of  Sicily 
lemons,  and  the  demand  from  that  sec­
tion  has  very  materially  assisted 
in 
keeping  up  prices  in  the  Eastern  mar­
kets.
No  Renovated  Butter  in  Minnesota.
The  Minnesota  State  Dairy  and  Food 
Department  has  collected 
in  St.  Paul 
and  Minneapolis a  choice  assortment  of 
samples  of  “ embalmed  butter,"  which 
are  labeled  “ superior  quality  of  reno­
vated  butter,  improved  creamery  proc­
ess. ”   Chemist  Eberman,  of  the  Dairy 
Department,  has  found  that  the 
im­
proved  process  consists  of  the  use  of 
boracic  acid,  which  is  a  constituent of 
embalming  fluid,  and  that  is  what  it  is 
used  for 
in  this  case,  to  embalm  the 
butter.  Assistant  Commissioner  Gates 
says  that  the  stuff  from  which  this  but­
ter  is  made  is  shipped  to  the  cities  by 
the  ton.  The  merchants 
in  the  course 
of  their business  gather together a  great 
variety  of  stuff  called  butter,  and  such 
of  it  as  is  absolutely  unsalable  at  home 
they  pack 
in  barrels  and  send  to  city 
dealers,  who  turn  it over to  the  renova­
tor.  The  department  will  confiscate  all 
of  this  butter  the  inspectors  can  find, 
and  where  possible  will  prosecute  the 
dealers  under  the  pure  food  law.

A  New  Industry.

A  Kansas  man  learned  from  a  scien­
tific  paper  that  eggs  could  be medicated 
by  feeding  certain  drugs  to  the  barn­
yard  poultry.  Being  of  an  enquiring 
turn  of  mind,  he  fed  bis hens a  prepa­
ration  of  zinc  and  iron  with  their  food. 
The  result  astonished  him,  but  be  be­
lieves  it  will  make  bis  fortune.  Every 
one of  his  hens,  except  one,  laid  an  egg 
filled  with  galvanized  carpet  tacks,  and 
the  remaining  hen  laid  a  bombshell that 
exactly  fills  a  rapid  fire  gun.  He  can 
show  you  the  egg  shells  in  proof  of  this 
statement.

I t , never  cools  a  man  off  when  the 

street  sprinkler throws  water on  him.

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J.  W.  LANSING. 

WHOLESALE  DEALER  IN 

BUTTER  AND  EGGS

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B U F F A L O ,  N .  Y .

A  good  many egg buyers  want your eggs only  during  April and  May  for  storage,  but 
I have got to have them every day  during tne year. 
I have a good  many  orders  yet  to  be 
filled for storage,  besides  my regular trade,  so I can  use  your  receipts  to  good  advantage.
Write me,  before shipping elsewhere,  how  many you  will have.  I will  buy  either on  track 
there or delivered in  Buffalo.

Buffalo Cold  Storage Co.,  Buffalo,  N ,  Y . 
Peoples  Bank,  Buffalo,  N .  Y . 

Dun  or  Bradstreet.
Michigan  Tradesman.

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Hercules
Ventilated Barrels
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 Woodeuware Co.,

290 W. 20th Place, Chicago, III.
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BEANS,  HONEY  AND  POPCORN

POULTRY,  VEAL  AND  GAME 

Consignments  Solicited.

Quotations  on  Application.

98 South  Division  St.,  Grand  Rapids

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.  W e  espe­
cially call  attention  to  our  facilities  for storing

EGOS, 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.

IF  YOU  W R IT E   A   L E T T E R

On your typewriter and take a press  copy  of  it  aud  mail  it  to  any  one, 
you  will undoubtedly receive a reply.  We print  facsimiles  of  such  let­
ters  in quantities  and  you  could  not  tell  the  difference— every one  you 
send out brings a reply.  A sk  for samples and prices— it w ill  pay you.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  Qrand  Rapids,  Mich.

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C rim e  of  the  S tranger  Who  Washed 

Written for the Tradesmah.

His  Hands.

The  bitter,  biting  blasts  of an  almost 
arctic  winter  were  sweeping  over  the 
foothills  and  mountains  and  plains  of 
Wyoming.  The  snow  that  had  fallen 
during  preceding  storms  was  whirled 
and  swirled  into  stinging  activity  as 
it 
darted  away  to  find  a  resting  place  in 
some  huge  drift.

As  our train  labored  on  and  the  force 
of  the  wind  and  the  drifts  of  snow  upon 
the  track  made  progress  slower  than 
usual,  there  could  be  seen  an  occasional 
bunch  of  cattle,  with  heads  down  and 
tails  to  the  blast,  huddled  together  in 
some  fence  corner.  They,  like the  snow, 
had  been  driven  before  the  storm,  un­
til,  stopped  by  the  fence,  they  settled 
down  into a  living  drift  of  poor  shiver­
ing,  miserable  brute  life.  A  rancher’s 
low  one-story  cabin,  with 
its  walls  of 
logs  and  roof  of  thatch  and  earth,  seen 
indistinctly  through  the  driving  storm, 
seemed  to  hug  more  closely  the  spot  up­
on  which  it  stood,  as  if  in  fear  that 
it, 
too,  might  be  driven  by  the  storm  into 
some  unfriendly  fence  corner.

The  Cheyenne  Northern  accommoda­
tion,  despite the  storm,  had  pulled  out 
of  Cheyenne;  but  it  was  late 
in  start­
ing,  having  waited  two  hours  for  the 
belated  Union  Pacific  train  westbound 
from  Omaha.  As  the  train  entered  the 
hill  country  twenty  miles  west  of  Chey­
enne,  and 
its  progress  became  more 
noticeably  slow,  a  feeling  of  uneasiness 
began  to  be  evident  among  the  passen 
gers.  These  were  all  men,  about  thirty 
in  number,  for  the  most  part  ranchers 
and  cattle-men.  There  were  three  of 
us,  however,  who  did  not  belong  to  this 
class,  a  Denver  wholesale  drummer,  a 
man  who  might  be  a  schoolteacher or a 
book  agent  and  myself,  then  acting  as 
traveling  buyer  for  the  Denver  stock 
yards.  The  schoolteacher  or book  agent, 
or  whatever  he  might  be,  bad  been  the 
cause  of  considerable  profanity  among 
the  passengers  upon  our  train.  He  was 
the only  northbound  traveler  whom  the 
Union  Pacific  brought  in  and  for  whom 
our  train  had  been  held  over  for two 
mortal  hours.  When  he  took  bis  place 
in  the  car  all  eyes  were  turned  upon 
him  and “ D —n !" was distinctly audible 
upon  some  lips  and  distinctly  visible 
upon  others.

1  had  formed  a  talking  acquaintance 
with  the  drummer  and,  after  the  spleen 
which  I  had  at  first  felt  towards  the 
in­
nocent  cause  of  our delay,  had  also tried 
to  draw  him  into  conversation.  My  at­
tempt  proved 
futile.  He  seemed  to 
think  I  had  designs  upon  him.  The 
man's  actions  had  first attracted  my  at

intensely 

interested 

tention  to  him.  There  would  come  into 
his  face,  as  be 
looked  out  of  the  win­
dow  at  the  blinding  storm,  such  a  look 
of  abject  fear  that,  in  spite  of  myself,  I 
became 
in  him. 
That  the  prospect  of  a  day  or  two of im­
prisonment,  should  the  train  become 
stalled,  could  cause  such  an  expression 
of  fear  in  any  man’s  face  seemed  ridic­
ulous.  Every  time  this  look  of  horror 
and  fear appeared  he  looked  around  the 
car to  see  if  he had been observed ;  then 
he  would  rise  and  walk  to  the  smoking 
compartment,  where  there  was  a  lava­
tory,  and  spend  at 
least  five  minutes 
carefully  washing  his  bands.

My 

interest 

in  the  stranger  and  his 
peculiar  actions  had  so  absorbed  my  at­
tention  that  I  forgot  the  storm  and  the 
prospect  of  being  buried in  a  snowdrift. 
The  picture  of  a  horrible  tragedy  which 
I  bad  been  painting,  and  in  which  the 
stranger  was  a  prominent  figure,  was 
driven  suddenly  from  my  thoughts  by 
the  stopping  of  the  train  with  a  violent 
jerk. 
It  was  soon  known  that  we  were 
stuck  fast  in  the  snow.  The  conductor, 
who  had  gone  forward,  returned  and 
stated  that  we  should  have  to  make  the 
best  of  it,  as  we  could  neither  go  ahead 
nor yet back  out.

“ We’re  not  so  bad  off  as  we  might 
be,’ ’  he  continued,  “ for  the  tender’s 
full  of  coal  and  there’s any  quantity  of 
in  a  freight  car  on  the  for­
sow  belly 
ward  end  of  the  train.  The  scenery 
in 
this  part  of  Wyoming  is good,  and  the 
folks  around  here  live  on  ‘ scenery  and 
sow-belly,’  you  know.  So  we  sba'n’t 
be haif  bad  off  for a  day  or  two. ’ ’

The  prospect  was  by  no  means  pleas­
ant,  but 
it  was  a  decided  comfort  to 
know  that  we  should  neither  freeze  nor 
starve.  The  peculiar  stranger  had 
lis­
tened  with  blanched  face  to  the  con­
ductor’s  speech  and  then,  when  the  ex­
citement 
in  the  car  bad  quieted  some­
what,  again  made  his  way  to  the  lava­
tory  and  washed  bis  bands.

I  stretched  myself  out  on  a  couple  of 
seats  and with  a  novel,  secured  from  the 
train  boy,  proceeded  to  be  as  comfort­
able  as  the  circumstances  permitted. 
The  conductor  came  along  after  a  time 
and  sat  down  beside  me.

“ I  wouldn’t say  anything  about  it,’ ’ 
he began,  “ only  I  saw  that  you  noticed 
him.  What  do  you  suppose  is  the  mat­
ter  with  that  fool  that  makes  him  trot 
back  there  every  half  hour  and  wash  bis 
hands— is  he  crazy  or  has  he  murdered 
somebody?”

“ I’d  give  my  salary  to  know,”   I  re­
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“ That  man’s  actions  might  be 
those  of  a  crazy  person,  or they  might 
be  those  of  a  man  who  had  committed 
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cape.  Have  you  noticed  the  look  of 
fear that comes  into  his  face  every  once 
in  a  while?”

irritation. 

“ Y es;  and  then  he  goes  back  and 
washes his hands,”   replied  the conduct­
or  with 
“ Say,  M ac,”   he 
continued,  “ we’re  not  above  five  miles 
from  Iron  Mountain,  where you  had  that 
experience  over  the  Pete  Lewis  mur­
der.  Seems queer,  doesn’t  it,  that  you 
should  run  against  something  disagree­
able  every  time  you  go  over  this  line? 
You  ain’t  superstitious,  are  you?”   with 
a  side glance.

“ Not  a  bit  of  it, ”   I  replied ;  “ and 
I ’ve  been  traveling  around  from  one 
unreachable  place  to  another  so  much 
during  the  past  four  or  five  years  that 
being  snowed  in  here  doesn’t  worry  me 
in  the 
least—even  if  there  is  a  lunatic 
in  the  car. ’ ’

“ I  only  hope  that  this  storm  doesn’t 
outlast  our coal  and  provisions, ”   said 
the  conductor,  as  he  started  off to at­
tend  to  some  real  or  imaginary  duty.

The  weary  hours  of  waiting  dragged 
themselves  slowly  by and  still  the  storm 
showed  no  signs  of  abatement.  Several 
boxes  of  biscuits  and  some  canned beef, 
consigned  to  a  Wheatland  grocer,  were 
taken  from  the  freight  car  and  handed 
around  among  the  passengers.  As  night 
settled  down  upon  us the brakeman,  who 
had  faithfully  kept  up  the  fires  during 
the  day,  came and 
lighted  the  lamps. 
Story-telling  and  card-playing gradually 
lost  their attraction  and  one by  one  the 
passengers  curled  themselves  up  on  the 
seats to  sleep.

I 

lay  for  a 

long  time watching  the 
man  who  had  so  excited  my  curiosity. 
He  made  no  attempt  to  lie  down,  but  in 
his  upright  position  seemed  to  dose  oc­
casionally.  From 
these  cat-naps  he 
would  wake  with  a  start  of terror and
look  wildly  around  the  car,  bis  face 
white  with  a  fear of  something  no  one 
else  could  see.  Then,  opening  his grip 
and  taking  out  an  envelope  and  writing 
paper,  be  spent  so  long  a  time  writing 
that  I  fell  asleep;  and  I  dreamed  he cut 
my  bead  off with  a  long  sharp  sword.

When I  awoke  it  was  daylight  and  the 
storm  had  ceased.  The  seat  where  I had 
last  seen  the  peculiar  stranger  was  va­
cant;  but  I  noticed  that  his  satchel  and 
overcoat  were  still  there;  further than 
this  I  gave the  matter  no  thought.  The 
wind  had  died  down  and  the  snow  had 
ceased  to fly,  but  the  weather  was  still 
extremely  cold.  There  was  a  spirit  of 
cheerfulness  evident  everywhere  among 
the  passengers.  No  one  doubted  that 
before the  day  was  over  snowplows  and 
shovelers  would  be  sent out  from  both 
ends  of  the  line and  we  should  be able 
to  proceed  on  our  journey.  Cards and 
conversation,  as  on  the  preceding  day, 
were  again  the  principal  amusement. 
There  seemed  to  be  more  spice to the 
stories  told  and  more  zest  in  the  card 
playing  than  there  had  been  the  pre­
vious  day.  The  Denver  drummer,  a 
couple  of  cattle-men  and  myself  struck 
up  a  game of  whist,  and  in  the  interest 
of  the  game several  hours  passed  swift­
ly  by.

We  were  suddenly  startled  out  of  this 
interest by  the  excited  voice  of the  con­
ductor,  who  called  to  us  from  the  rear 
end  of  the  car,”   For  God’s  sake,  boys, 
come here and  look  at  this!”

There  was  a general  rush  in  that  di­
rection,  and  there  from  the  railing  of 
the  platform  hung  the  lifeless body of 
the  strange  passenger.  He  had  taken 
the  straps  from  his  satchel  and  with 
them  bad  hanged  himself.

An  examination  of bis effects revealed 
a  letter,  under  the  strapless  satchel,  in

life 

which  be  made  a  full  confession. 
It 
was  without  doubt  the  letter  I  had 
watched  him  write  the  night  before. 
The  following  is  an  exact  copy  of it:
To  whom  it  may  concern:

I,  John  Sultz,  after  vainly  trying  for 
more  than  two  years  to  get  away  from 
and  to  keep  out  of  my  mind  this  spot, 
have  come  back  to  it  to  lay  down  my 
guilty 
in  expiation  for the  life  of 
I  was  paid 
Pete  Lewis  which  I  took. 
to  do  that  murder,  and  I  did  it. 
I  lay 
in  wait  for  him  and  I  shot  him  in  the 
back  as  be  rode,  on  his  way  to  the  post- 
office,  past  this  curve  on  which  we  are 
now  snowbound.  He  fell  from  his horse, 
as  I  thought,  dead;  but  when  I  went  up 
to  him  be  opened  his  eyes  and  recog­
nized  me. 
I  see  him,  I  hear  his  curse 
upon  me,  as  I  write  these  lines!  He 
raised  himself  on  his  elbow  with  a  des­
perate  effort  and,  looking  at  me  with 
bis  terrible eyes,  exclaimed,  ‘ John Sultz, 
I  hope,  by  God,  that  you  shall  not live a 
minute  without  a  thought  of  me!  That 
the  sight  of  me,  as  I  lie  here  in  my own 
blood,  will  haunt  you  forever and  for­
ever !’  With  that  his  head fell back,  bis 
glassy  eyes  staring,  and  he  was  dead. 
His  curse  has  come  true.  There  has  not 
been  a  moment;  waking  or  sleeping, 
that  I  have  not  seen  him. 
I  have  es­
caped  the  law,  but  this  I  cannot escape, 
and  I  have  no longer any  wish  to try.  It 
was  my 
intention  to  get  off  when  we 
reached  Iron  Mountain  and  walk  back 
to  that  hateful  spot  where  I  left  Pete 
Lewis’  dead  body;  but  the  storm  has 
made 
impossible.  But  my  mind  is 
made  up.  When  other  eyes  shall  read 
these  lines  I  shall  have  passed 
judg­
ment  before  my  mother’s  God.

it 

Jo h n   S u l t z

The  body  of  the  dead  murderer  was 
cut  down  and  carried to  the baggage  car 
and  an  hour  or  two  later  was  placed, 
with  his  personal  effects,  aboard  the  re­
lief  train  which  came  up from Cheyenne 
to  dig  us  out.

The  railroad  officials  would  be  un­
able  to  clear  the  track ahead of our train
for  several  days,  so  it  was  deemed  ex­
pedient  to  take  the  passengers  back  to 
Cheyenne.

“ M ac,”   said  the  conductor, as  I  bade 
him  good-bye  at  the  station  in  town, 
“ it’s  curious,  ain’t  it,  that  you  should 
have  got 
into  a  tight  place  because of 
that  murder,  and  then  be  present  at  the 
suicide  of  the  murderer.”

“ Yes,  *tis  curious.  Good-bye.

______  
He  W as  Doing  it.

M ac  A l l e n .

A  gentleman  going  into  his  stable one 
day  found  his  little  son  astride  of one of 
the  horses,  with  a  slate  and  pencil  in 
his  hand. 
“ Why,  Harry,”   he  ex­
claimed,  “ what  are  you  doing?”  

“ Writing  a  composition,”   was  the 

reply.

’ Well,  why  don’t  you  write  it  in  the 

library?”   asked  the  father.

“ Because,  ”   answered  the  little  fel­
low,  “ the  teacher  told  me  to  write a 
composition  on  a  horse.”

T oo  Much  to  C arry.

“ What’s  the  charge  in this instance?”  
asked  the  magistrate as  the prisoner was 
dragged  up  to  the  bar.

“ He’s got  the  white  man's  burden,”  

replied  the  flip  officer.
‘ Eh!  What’s  that?”
* ‘ Loaded,  your  honor. ’ ’

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Commercial Travelers

Michigan Knights of the Grip.

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Gould. Saginaw,
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President,  Jambs  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. Valmore, Detroit;  Grand Treas­
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Gripsack  Brigade.

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Will  Munson,  of  Charlotte,  has  taken 
the  agency  for  the  Crown  Acetylene 
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C.  F.  Williams,  sundry  salesman  for 
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be  succeeded  June  i  by  E.  B.  McKay, 
who  has  covered  Michigan  and  Indiana 
several  years  for  the  Toledo  Rubber  Co.
Fred  J.  Epblin,  Michigan  represent­
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leaves  soon  for  Colorado  Springs,  ac­
companied  by  his  wife.  Mrs.  Ephlin 
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the  hopes  of  benefiting  her  health. 
Mr.  Epblin  will  return  home  in  the 
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Cornelius  Crawford  (Hazeltine  &  Per­
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horse.  Basswood,  to  John  C.  Wallace,  a 
druggist  at  Newcastle,  Pa.  The  consid­
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was  sired  by  Woodlock,  raised  by  A. 
DeKruif, 
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horseman,and  tracked  by  the  genial  pill 
salesman.

The  Hotel  Kent,  of  this  city,  con­
ducted  on  the  European  plan,appears  to 
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is  always  first-class  and  visitors 
are  made  to  feel  at  home  in  every  sense 
of  the  word.  While  in  the  hotel  office 
a  few  days  ago,  the  writer  observed 
something  which  attracted  his  attention 
and  aroused  his  curiosity.  The  genial 
Mr.  Booth,  on being  asked  what  the  lat­
est  purported  to  be,  replied  that  it  was 
a  berry  of  unroasted  G.  K.  Coffey;  a 
coffee  remarkable  for  the  pungency  of 
its  aroma  and  for  its  smooth,  oily  rich­
ness,  when  freshly  roasted  and  nicely 
served.  The  “ G.  K .”   brand  is found 
throughout  Michigan. 
Its  size  espe­
cially  adapts  it  for  the hotel trade,  while 
private  families  laying  in  a  supply  will 
not  require to  replenish  their  cupboards 
for  years.  Each  berry  should  be  large 
and  rotund,  about  six  feet  long,  with  a 
tuft  of  curly  bl^ck  on  top,  and  should 
weigh  about 280 pounds.  The  ‘ * G.  K. ”  
comes 
in  original  packages,  bearing 
conspicuous  designs  which,  once  seen, 
are always  remembered.

R.  N.  Hull  in  Ohio  Merchant:  The 
commercial  traveler,  above  all  others, 
must be  a  discreet  individual,  keeping 
his  forces  in  reserve.  Too  much  talking 
has  hampered  the  chances  of  many,  es­
pecially  of  the  gossiping  kind.  The

the  heartstrings;  and 

ideal  tourist  absorbs  a  great  deal  and 
gives out  but  little.  He 
involuntarily 
becomes  possessed  of  many 
secrets 
among  his  acquaintances  in  the  trade; 
oftentimes  through  a  burst  of  confidence 
he becomes  father  confessor to  personal 
friends  burdened  with  more  care  than 
they  can  carry. 
It  takes  a  philosopher 
of  the  most  stoical  kind  to  maintain 
a  placid  demeanor  when  grief  is  tug­
ging  at 
the 
knight  of  the  grip  who  is  schooled  in 
experience  and  can 
read 
human  nature  has  ever  an  open  volume 
before  him  full  of  other  people’s  his­
tory. 
It  would  be an  ingrate  steeped  in 
treachery  who  would  reveal  to  the  world 
all  he  knows.  With  this  knowledge  it 
becomes  the  recipient  to  closely  guard 
the  unruly  tongue  lest  scandal-mongers 
grasp  at  statements  for  the  purpose  of 
wronging  perhaps  the 
innocent.  Ex­
tend  the  helping  band  or a  kind  word  to 
the ones  in  trouble,  but  let  their  secrets 
“  safely repose  in  a  faithful breast.' ’

intuitively 

St.  Worth  Register:  “ The  Passing 
of  the  Traveling  Man’ ’  will  be  one of 
the  chief  subjects  treated  in  books  and 
papers  for  many  years  to  come.  The 
traveling  salesman,  the  drummer,  or  the 
bagman,  as  the  English people call him, 
has  become  one  of  the  great  institutions 
of  this  country.  Next  to  newspapers  has 
he  done  the  most  to  keep  different  sec­
tions  in  touch  one  with  the  other.  His 
friends  are  everywhere.  He  is  an 
in­
dex  to  business  conditions  and  a  walk­
ing  encyclopedia  on  crop  conditions,  as 
well  as  all  the  latest  news.  He  is gladly 
welcomed  everywhere.  He  has  made 
large business  institutions  out  of  small 
beginnings.  He  has  builded  cities  by 
his  untiring  energies  in  making  almost 
unheard-of  places  great  wholesale  and 
jobbing  centers.  But  the  day  of  the 
traveling  salesman 
is  nearing  an  end. 
The  trusts  are  killing  him.  These  great 
combinations  can  see  no  use  of  sending 
men  forth  to  sell  their  wares  when  they 
control  all  of  their  kind  of  goods  in  the 
country  and,  knowing  the  people  must 
buy  from  them  because  they  can  obtain 
what  they  want - from  no  other  source, 
the traveling  man’s  occupation  is  gone. 
Thousands  of  the  best  business  men 
in 
the  country  will  be  left  without  employ­
ment  and  forced  to  seek  other  means  of 
a  livelihood  from  what  they  are  now 
following,  and  necessarily  have  to  enter 
other 
fields  which  are  now  already 
crowded,  thus tending  to  lower  the  earn­
ings  of  as  many  more  and  drive  them 
all  toward  that  poverty  into  which  the 
trusts  would  crowd  all  humanity  to 
further their own  ends.

Ishpeming  correspondence  Marquette 
Mining  Journal:  During  the  past  few 
months  several  young  men  who  were 
employed  in  the  stores  of  the  city  have 
taken  to the  road.  Without  an  exception 
they  have  done  well  and  have  been  well 
satisfied  with  their  business.  One  of 
these  confines  bis  operations  to  Mar­
quette  county,  and  he 
is  consequently 
well  known  in 
its  cities.  His  success 
in  bis  line  has  been  very  great,  but  just 
now  be  is  in  a  peck of  trouble  as the  re­
sult  of  a  request  be  received  from  his 
house,  asking  him  to  canvass  for  a  new 
line  of  goods.  A  few  weeks  back  he 
was  requested,  among  other  things,  to 
immediately begin  taking  orders  for  a 
line  of  fine  crackers,  as  he  read  it,  that 
his  bouse  had  decided  to  handle.  De­
lighted  with  the  opportunity of handling 
an  additional 
line,  the  young  man  in 
question  commenced  an industrious can­
vass  of  customers  in  his  regular  line  of 
goods  in  the  interest  of  the 
line  of 
crackers  that  his  house bad  decided  to

market.  As  his  regqlar  wares  are  of  the 
best,  he  experienced  no  difficulty  in  ob­
taining  several  good  sized  orders  for his 
new  line  from  his  old  patrons.  He  re­
ported  progress  to  the  firm,  but  com­
plained  that  the  lack  of  samples 
inter­
fered  to a  certain  extent  with  his  suc­
cess  in  this  new  line  of  work.  Answer­
ing  bis  letter  the  house  stated  that  a 
case  of  samples  had  been forwarded him 
and  should  reach  him 
in  a  few  days, 
also a  complete  stock  and  price  book. 
In  due  time  the  samples  arrived.  The 
young  knight  of  the  road  tackled  the 
case  with  a  hatchet  and  in  a  few  sec­
onds  laid  bare  an  assortment  of  card­
board  boxes  of  various  sizes  and  de­
scriptions.  When  be  uncovered  these 
there  was  disclosed  to  his  astonished 
gaze  a  complete  assortment  of 
fire 
crackers  of  all  descriptions  and  sizes! 
Toy  cannons and  revolvers  and  display 
pieces  of  fireworks  completed  the line of 
samples  which  the  bouse  had  sent  him. 
The  explanation  of  his  mistake  is  very 
simple.  The  architect  of  the 
letter 
from  the  house  writes  an  abominable 
scrawl,  and  the  word  “ fire”   in his letter 
bears  an  exact  resemblance  to  the  word 
“ fine.”   There  is,  however,  a  world  of 
difference  between  fine  crackers and  fire 
crackers,  as  the  commercial  man  ex­
pects  to  discover  when  he  proposes  to 
his  customers  to  fill  their  orders  for bis­
cuit  with  the  chief  necessity  for a  rous­
ing  Fourth  of  July  celebration.  Mean­
while  he  is  the  subject  of  a  constant 
fire  of  jokes  on  his  trips  among  his  pa­
trons.

in  time  to  see 

“ Presence  of  mind  doesn’t  always  get 
one  out  of. a  tight  fix,  as  I  have  found 
out  to  my  sorrow, ”   said  the  traveling 
man  who  was 
in  a  reminiscent  mood. 
“ A  number  of  years  ago  I  was  in  a  lit­
tle country  town  in  the  Northern  part  of 
the  State.  There  was  only  one  train  a 
day  each  way,  and  I  was  unfortunate 
enough  to  miss  the  train  that  I  had  in­
tended  to  take,  arriving  at  the  station 
just 
it  disappearing 
around  a  bend.  To  say  that  I  was  mad 
does  not  express  it.  I  had  an  important 
engagement  to  meet,  and  I  simply  had 
to be at a  town  some  fifty  miles  from 
where  I  was  the  next  day. 
I  wandered 
disconsolately  around,  wondering  how 
in  the  world  I  was going  to  make  it  and 
what  I  bad  done  that  I  should  have  to 
pass  the  night  in  a  town  where  every­
body  went  to bed  with  the  chickens  and 
get  up  in  the  morning  to  shoo  them  off 
from  the  roost.  However,  it  is  one  of 
my principles never to  say  die,  and  see­
ing  a  gravel  train  about  to  pull  out  in 
the  direction  that  I  wanted  to go,  I  was 
seized  with  a  bright 
I  knew  I 
would  never  be  allowed  to  ride  on  the 
train  without  a  permit  from  the  general 
manager,  and  I  realized  that  before  I 
could  secure  such  a  permit  the  train 
would  be  gone,  even 
if  I  stood  any 
chance  of  getting  it,  which  I  doubted, 
so  I  resolved  to  bluff  it  out.  Picking  up 
my  grips,  I  made  my  way  to  the  way 
car and,  throwing  them  into  the  corner, 
I  glared  at  the  conductor  and  shouted : 
‘ What  do  you  mean  by  loafing  around 
here?  Why  in  the  name  of  the Great D i­
vide  don’t  you  pull  out?  Do  you  sup­
pose  the  railroad  pays  you  for  wasting 
your time  here?  This  kind  of  business 
may  have  suited  the  old  general  mana­
ger,  but  I  want  you  to  understand  that 
this  sort of  thing  won't be  tolerated  for 
a  moment  while  I  am running the road !’ 
The bluff  carried  the  conductor off  from 
his  feet,  and  he  meekly  answered  that 
he  was  waiting  orders. 
‘ Well,  hurry  up 
and  get  them,’  I  snapped,  'and  don’t 
stand  there  in  a  trance!  I  want  you  to

idea. 

understand  that  hereafter  this  road  is 
going  to  be  run  on  a  different basis  than 
it  has  been. 
I  am  going  down  the  road 
with  you,  and  if  things  don’t  change  for 
the better  some  one  is  going  to be called 
in  on  the  carpet  and  spend  an  unpleas­
ant  half  hour!’  The  conductor  hurried 
out  and  relieved  bis  feelings  by  jawing 
the  operator,  the  result  being  that  the 
operator  woke  up  the  dispatcher,  and 
we  were  soon  on  our  way,  while  I  con­
gratulated  myself  upon  my  diplomacy. 
About  twenty  miles  further  on  we  came 
to  a  gravel  bed  and  went  in  on  a  tem­
porary  switch. 
‘ What  are  you  waiting 
here  for?’  I  snapped  at  the  conductor. 
‘ Orders,’  he  answered,  coolly. 
'We 
stay  here  until  morning.  You  can  take 
your  choice  of  getting  out  here  or  being 
thrown  out!'  he added.as be removed his 
coat. 
I  tried  to  bluff  him  down,  but  he 
wouldn’t  bluff.  He  bad  learned  a  thing 
or  two  from  the  operator,  and  knowing 
the  ground  be  was  standing  on,  he  had 
planned  his  revenge 
in  a  way  that 
caused  my  hair  to  curl. 
I  got  out  and 
looked  around.  There  was  not  a  house 
-in  sight  and  the  conductor  kindly  in­
formed  me  that  the  next  town  was  ten 
miles  further  on,  and  if  I  walked  fast  I 
would  reach  there  when  I  got  there.  He 
was  backed  up  by  two  grinning  brake- 
men,  and  I  had  to  swallow  the 
insults. 
While  I  was  packing  my  two  heavy 
grips  that  ten  miles  I  had  plenty  of 
time  to  realize  that  there  is  such  a thing 
as  being  too  blamed  smart.”

He  Had  Re-M orse.

W ho was it  rode on freight to hustle,
And  took  his cards out with a rustle,
Then rubbed his arm  to feel his muscle ?<— 

Morse.

W ho shuffled  cards and  bet on  poker 
With  that smooth  man,  the  polished joker, 
And  lost a ten just for a soaker?—

Morse.

W ho left the game with that  sudden  rush, 
With  a pallor first  and  then a blush,
Had his cards compared four ace and flush ?—  

Morse.

W hat had he when  the game was o'er,
His  money gone,  his  feelings sore ?
W hat  haa he ?  W hat had he ?  Nothing more ?

Re-Morsp.

In  the  Department Store of the  Future. 

Salesgirl— Is  that  all?
Customer— I  believe  so. 

I’ve  ordered 
the  house  and 
lot,  the  pet  guinea  pig 
and  the  big  gas  balloon.  Ob,  yes,  I. 
promised  to  buy  a  sawmill  for a  coun­
try  friend.  Where 
is  the  proper  de­
partment,  please?

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Secretary, A. C. Schumacher, Ann Arbor. 
Treasurer, Hbnby  Heim, Saginaw.
Examination  Sessions.
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President—J. J. Soubwine,  Escanaba. 
Secretary, Chab. F. Mann, Detroit. 
Treasurer—John D. Muib, Grand Rapids.

Pertinent  Advice  to  the  Beginner  in 

Pharm acy.

in 

Advice,  even 

its  most  agreeable 
guises,  is  not always  the  most relishable 
thing  to  give  a  man  who  has but  recent* 
ly  gained  bis  first  laurels  and  placed 
his  feet  firmly  on  the first stepping-stone 
of  life;  although,  for that matter,  it  may 
be  the  most  wholesome.  At  the  outset, 
therefore,  I  crave  pardon  for  venturing 
to  give  that  which,  although  it  may  not 
be  toothsome,  I  dare  to  believe,  on  the 
grounds  of  possibly  a 
few  years  of 
seniority,  and  the  knowledge  of  a  road 
which  one  gains  by  having traveled over 
it,  may not  be  entirely  without value. 
I 
feel  that 
it  will  not  be  out  of  place  to 
consider  the  right  position  for  a  newly 
graduated  pharmacist  to  assume  in  or­
der  that  he  may  establish  bis individual 
credit  and  maintain  and  augment  the 
standing  of  his  profession.

When  the  young  graduate 

in  phar­
macy  obtains  his  diploma  he  should  not 
be  satisfied  merely  to  continue  his  stud­
ies,  for  the  acquisition  of  knowledge, 
although  necessary,  is  not  the  sole  thing 
to  accomplish.  The  graduate  has  at­
tained  his  majority,  and  be  must  hence­
forth  assume  more  or  less  of  an  aggres­
sive  position.  To  be  successful  one 
must  be 
individual;  to  be  individual 
he  must  rely  on  himself.  He  must 
avoid  allowing  bis  mind 
to  become 
warped  by  the  purely  conventional  in 
pharmacy,  nor  must  he  permit  it  to  be 
governed  solely  by  the  actions  of  his 
neighbors. 
It has  the  prerogative  of as­
serting  and  maintaining  its  independ­
ence;  this 
is  progress,  as  opposed  to 
stagnation.

If  he 

studies 

its  zenith 

A  mental  inventory  of  his  resources, 
professional  and  commercial,  is  prob­
ably  the  most  necessary  thing  for the 
graduate  to  do  at  the  outset  of  bis 
career,  in  order that  he  may  understand 
his  position  and  shape  his  course.  He 
must  dismiss  the  Utopian  hope  that 
pharmaceutical  advancement 
is  any­
where  near 
in  our  era,  but 
plod  on,  measuring  his  abilities  by  an 
arbitrary  comparison  with  those  of  bis 
contemporaries. 
the 
apothecary  shop  of  to-day  he  will  be­
come  convinced  of  this  necessity.  Let 
him  understand  that  while  pharmacy 
and  pharmacies  are  undergoing  a  revo­
lution  to-day,  pharmacy  is  not  doomed 
to  decay,  but  is,  instead,  worming 
its 
way  to  a  higher status.  As  near as  his 
times  and  circumstances  will  permit  let 
him  place  himself  on  the  right side,  and 
make  a  stand  for  higher  pharmacy  and 
more  exacting 
its 
practice. 
The  American  pharmacist 
starting  out  on  his  career  must  adopt  a 
code  of  ethics  to  govern  his professional 
and  mercantile  life,  and  then,  unless  he 
be  a  fossil,  be  must  follow  fearlessly 
the  course  which  his  reason  points  out 
to  him.  What  this  course  shall  be 
is, 
however,  a  bone  of contention.

requirements 

for 

While  I  believe  that  the  particular 
circumstances  which 
surround  each 
man’s  life  have  a  large  bearing  on  his 
ultimate  success  or  failure,  it  is  never­
theless  true  that  a  right  course  of  con­
duct  has  also a  large  share 
in  shaping 
his  fortunes. 
It  therefore  behooves  the 
young  pharmacist  to  note  the  general 
nature  of  pharmaceutical  practice,  and 
decide  upon  a  definite  and  a  proper 
coarse  of  action.  By  this  system  of  self- 
examination  which  is  to  lead  him  to  an 
aggressive  self-government,  he  will  find 
that  the great  want  of  his  professional 
self  and  of  bis  profession  is  higher  cul­
ture.  This  is  the  first  great  need  of 
the  young  pharmacist,  which  his  ap­
prenticeship 
“ pharmaceutical 
devil"  has  denied  him.  This  means  a 
higher  status  for  pharmacy  and  more 
room  at  the  top,  presuming,  of  course, 
that  the  apothecary  shop  may  be  placed 
there.

as 

a 

But  he  will  say  that  it  is  easier to 
formulate  plans  than  to  carry  them  into 
effect.  This  is  true;  and I  speak  to  the 
young  graduate  in  pharmacy individual­
ly  when  I  say  that  there  is  but  one  way 
of  succeeding  with  any  reasonable  de­
gree  of  certainty,  and  that  is  by  indi­
vidual  force  of  character. 
In  this  con­
it  behooves  him,  whether  he 
nection 
has  means,  or  whether he  has  spent  his 
last  dollar  to  get  his  education,  to 
im­
press  upon  both  himself  and  his  em­
ployers  the  necessity  for  shorter  hours, 
or  its  equivalent,  for  time  which  shall 
be  the  clerk’s  own.  This  will  give him 
time  and  chance  to  appease  his 
intel­
lectual  hunger  and  to  bring  him  general 
culture. 
I  appeal  to  reason  if  it  is  not 
the  slavery  of  long  hours  of  incessant 
and  unchanging  work  which  has  led  so 
many  pharmacists  to  a fossiliferous state 
of  wrangling  patent  medicine  shop­
keepers?  One’s  mental  growth 
is  ppt 
by  accretion  of  knowledge  only,  but  by 
that  truly  higher  form  of  growth,  of  as­
similation  and  absorption,  which  pro­
duces  as  well  as  receives.  One  should 
respect  his  own 
ideas  and  opinions, 
nor  renounce  them  simply  because  they 
are  his  own.  To  do  this  the  pharma­
cist’s  mind  must  not  become  bhfuddled 
by  any  conventional  and narrow-minded 
notions  that  prevail 
the  ranks  of 
pharmacy.  Let  every  young  graduate 
in  pharmacy  resolve  within  himself  a 
secret  resolve  to  obtain  culture  by  hook 
or by  crook. 
I  believe  that  the  bane  of 
American  pharmacy  is  the  very  lack  of 
opportunity  for  culture.  Emerson  has 
said  that  “ society  everywhere  is  in con­
spiracy  against  the  manhood  of  every 
one  of  its  members.”   Few  things  if 
any  are  obtained  without  a  struggle, 
whether they  be  peace  of  mind  or  glis­
tening  dollars.  My  advice  is  to “ plug”  
away  at  the  one  definite  goal  of  higher 
culture.

in 

A  man  takes  up  a  business  or  profes­
sion  partly  to  make  a  living  at 
it,  and 
partly  to  make  his  living  creditable. 
To  make  bis  living  creditable  the  phar­
macist  must  endeavor  to  elevate  his 
profession  by  all  means  in  his  power. 
The  men 
in  pharmacy  who  are  most 
successful  are  those  who  have  a  strong 
individuality.  Observe 
it  among  your 
pharmaceutical  friends.  They  have a 
technical  education  which  is,  perhaps, 
common  to them  all,  yet  how  different  is 
their  success.  The  successful  pharma­
cist  keeps  himself 
in  touch  with  the 
physician  and 
legitimate  pharmacy, 
cares  very  little about  the  success  of  bis 
patent  medicine  department,  sells  pat­
ent  medicines  as  cheap  as  his  cheapest 
competitor,  but never recommends them, 
while  the  poor-devil  pharmacist,  all

MICHIGAN  T R A D E S M A N

adrift,  rudderless  and  compassless,  with 
possibly  three  sheets  in  the  wind,  is dis­
consolate  and  broken-hearted  at 
the 
wind  which  the  department  stores  are 
raising  about  his  ears.  The department 
stores  and  the  cut-rate  stores  are  the 
greatest  factors  towards  bringing  about 
ultimately  a  legitimate  practice of phar­
macy,  and  thinning  the  ranks  of  the 
purveyors  of  quackery.  This  must  nec­
essarily  take  place  first  where  the  com­
petition  is  hottest  and  where  capital 
is 
most  plentiful,  as  is  already  exemplified 
in  New  York  and  other  large  centers. 
The  pharmacist  on  the  small  scale  can 
hold  his  own  against  competition  in  bis 
legitimate  field  in  a  ratio  directly  pro­
portionate  to  his  proficiency.  Financial 
success  goes  hand  in  hand  with  profes­
sional  success. 
If  he  can  not  succeed 
professionally,  as  pharmacy is  practiced 
to-day,  he  might  as  well  retire,  for  his 
backbone  is  broken.

Patent  medicines  and  the  neglect  of 
pure  pharmacy  are  the  combined  spec­
tral  forces  that  have  engaged  pharmacy 
to-day  in  a  death  struggle. 
It  remains 
with  the  young  graduate  in  pharmacy  to 
decide  his  fate  and  the  fate  of  phar­
macy.  With  courtesy,  affability,  hon­
esty,  and  sincerity  as  his  indispensable 
allies,  let him place  himself  on  the  right 
side  at  an  early  stage,  and  seal  the  des­
tiny  of  pharmacy.  There  is  an  evolu­
tion  in  all  things.  Progress 
inevi­
table. 
law  of  nature.— R.  F. 
Ruppiler  in  Bulletin  of  Pharmacy.

It  is  a 

is 

The  Ways  o f the  C utter. 

Rochester Correspondence American  Druggist.
Several  of  the  leading  cutters  here 
have  come  to  an  agreement  relative  to  a 
change  in  the  price  list  of  those  pto- 
prietary  medicines  not  previously  in­
cluded  in  their  cut  rate  list  of  prepara­
tions.  The  change  affects  probably  not 
more  than  a  dozen  different  well-known 
medicines,  for  the  greater  part  of  which 
an  advance  in  price  is  indicated.  This 
list  of  exceptions,  which 
is  the  joy  of 
the  cutter,  has  from  time  to time  been 
the  cause  of  some  arbitration.  Other 
dealers  have  frequently  tried  to  come  to 
some  definite  understanding  with  the 
cutters  as  to  the  prices,  but  to  little 
purpose.  It  would  take an expert juggler 
to  follow  out  the  changes  the  list  has 
undergone  for  advertising  purposes.  A 
few  articles  below  cost  make  an  adver­
like  a  fairy  tale  to  cus­
tisement  read 
tomers,  and  this 
is  exactly  for  what 
such  advertisements  are  intended ;  and 
so  the  list  seems  liable  to  remain  sub­
ject  to  future  experiments.

Unexpected  Effect.

“  I  hope  you  are  getting  good  results 
from  the  gymnastic  exercises  I  recom­
mended,’ ’  said  Mr.  Pneer’s  medical 
adviser.

“ Well,  I’m  not,’ ’  replied  Mr.  Pneer. 
“ They  have  ruined  a good coat for me. "  

“ Didn’t  you  take  your  coat  off?”  
“ Certainly,  but  the  exercise  has  en 
larged  my  shoulders  so  I  can’t  wear 
it 
any  more.  Coat  was  as  good  as  new, 
too!’ ’

The  man  who  claims  to  have  no mem­
lending  small 

ory  may  be  cured  by 
sums  to  bis  friends.

The  D rug  M arket.

Opium— Is  unchanged,  although  in  a 
firmer  position  than  last  week,  having 
advanced  at  the  primary  market.

Morphine— Is  steady.
Quinine— Is  firm,  the  price  of  bark 
having  advanced  about  15  per  cent,  at 
the  last  auction.  The  London  market 
is  active  and  prices  have been advanced 
about  4c  by  outside  handlers,  while 
manufacturers’  prices  are  unchanged.

Cinchonidia—Very  little  is  now  man­
ufactured  and  there  is  only a small stock 
in  the  market.  Quotations  have  been 
advanced  4c  in  the  past  week.

Citirc Acid— Has been again advanced 
is  in  a  very 

ic  by  manufacturers  and 
firm  position.

Alcohol— Competition between jobbers 
still  continues  and  prices  are  irregular.
Cocaine— The  market  is  very  firm and 
tending  upward,  on  account  of  scarcity 
of  leaves.

Cuttle-Fish  Bone— Is  very  scarce  and 
holders  have  advanced their prices.  The 
new  catch  will  not  be 
in  market  for 
about  three  mouths.

Naphthaline  or  Moth  Balls— Sold  as 
high  as  6c  during  the  past  week,  on  ac­
count  of  scarcity.  The  market  is  now 
better  supplied  and  the  price  has  de­
clined.

Essential  Oils—Cloves  have  been 
the 
again  advanced,  on  account  of 
is  still  tending  upward. 
spice,  which 
lower.  Penny­
Citronella  is  weak  and 
royal 
is  very  firm  and  stocks  are  very 
small.  The  price  has  advanced.  Pure 
wormwood 
in  small  supply  and  re­
mains  firm  at  the  high  price.

is 

Gum  Camphor— Is  very  firm  at  the 
advance  and  higher  prices are almost 
certain.

Goldenseal— Spring-dug  is  coming in­
to  market  and  prices  are  lower  than  for 
fall-dug  root,  which 
is  firm  and  un­
changed  in  price.

Canary  Seed—Th^ growing  crop  is  re­
ported  damaged,  on  account  of  lack  of 
rain,  and  prices  are  very  firm.
Cloves— Have  been  advanced.
Linseed  Oil— Owing  to  competition 
and  lower  price  for  seed,  has  declined.

O ddities  at  the  Counter.

James  Clarke,  of  Orange,  N.  J.,  has 
compiled  a  collection  of  odd  counter or­
ders  which  he  has  received  during  the 
past  year,  as  follows:

(Maybury’s 

Sodin  Sirop  (Soothing  Syrnp);  Ucol- 
ipitusfor a  soar  Throat;  bycornet  Soda, 
5 c ;  quine capels,  5 c;  Groces seplament; 
odofobe  (Iodoform)  for  a  cut;  parchage 
(Paregoric) 
fore  a  sick  baby  what  has 
the  D iarie;  5c  wurtb  Spurm  of  City, 
maybe  indine  aunment;  kickpoo cougbt 
surp, 
Indian  Ointment, 
Kickapoo  Cough  Syrup);  5c  Worth 
Colery  Mixtuer  for  a  groan  Pursen; 
Selchin  podir  (Seidlitz  powder);  bill 
adollon  plaster;  Settermgueci 
(Cit. 
Magnesia);  Olcox  Pores  Plaster;  10c 
rapyan  taplets;  spiced  syr.  rubar  and 
pargeg  (Paregoric);  5  bine  anintment; 
¡>c  Flax  Seed  in  the  hole  (Whole  Flax 
Seed);  sceama  mama  (Senna  and  Man­
n a);  5  grs.  fanasideen  (Phenacetine).

LARGE BIRO EIGHT BY SIXTEEN FEET.  HAVE YOU SEEN IT IN THE CITY?

SWEET;  RICH. 

$3»  PER M. 

SEND  MAIL ORDER.

THURLOW  WEED  CIGAR.  $70.00 per,M.  TEN CENTS STRAIGHT.

AAm0ichwan  agent  STANDARD  CIGAR  CO., 

CLEVELANDbmo.

MICHIGAN  T R A D E S M A N

19

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Advaated-
Decllned—

AUUUvUID.................«
O
70®
Benzolcum, German
75
Boradc....................
© 16
Carbollcum............
89© 41
Citricum.................
48© 50
Hydrochlor............
3© 5
Nltrocum...............
8© 10
Oxallcum...............
12© 14
Phosphor!urn,  dll...
© 15
Salicylicum.............
50© 60
Sulphuricum...........
5
IX©
Tannicum.............. 1  85®  1  40
Tartaricum.............
38® 40

8® 

Ammonia 
4® 6
Aqua, 16 deg...........
6® 8
Aqua, 20 deg...........
12® 14
Carbones.................
12® 14
Chloridum..............
Aniline
Black.......................  8 00® 8 85
Brown.......................  80® 
R ed...........................  
45®  50
Yellow......................8500300

Races.
Cubesee...........po. 18  13®  15
Juniperus................ 
8
Xantnoxylum.........   85®  30
BaUamnm

Copaiba......................  50®  55
Terabln, Canada.... 
45®  50
Tolutan......................  50®  55
Cortex
Abies, Canadian.... 
C assia....................  
Cinchona Flava......  
Euonymus atropurp 
Myrica Cerlfera, po. 
Prunus Virglni........ 
Quillala,  gr’d .........  
Sassafras........po. 18 
Ulmug.. .po. 15, gr’d 
Bxtractum
84®  25
Glycyrrhlza Glabra. 
Glycyrrhlza, po...... 
28®  30
11©  12
Hamatox, 15 lb box. 
Hamatox, la ...........   13®  14
Hsematox, Ms..........  14®  15
Heematox, Ms..........  10®  17

18
12
18
30
20
12
12
12
15

Perm

Carbonate Preclp... 
Citrate and Qulnla.. 
Citrate Soluble........ 
Perrocyanldum Sol. 
Solut.  Chloride......  
Sulphate, com’l ......  
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per cwt.........  
Sulphate, p u re ......  

Flora

15
2 25
75
40
15
2
50
7

Folia

Arnica.................... 
18®  14
Anthemis................  *2®  25
Matricaria..............  30®  35

Barosma..................  25®  30
Cassia Acutlfol, Tln-
nevelly................. 
18®  25
Cassia Acutlfol,Alx.  25®  30
Salvia officinalis, Mb
and Ms.................  
12®  20
DraUrsi................... 
8® 
10
annual
©  65
Acacia,  1st picked.. 
©  45
Acacia, 2d  picked.. 
Acacia, 3d  picked.. 
©  35
Acacia, sifted sorts. 
©  28
Acacia, po...............   60®  80
Aloe, Barb. po.l8®20  18®  14
Aloe, Cape__ po. 15 
©  12
Aloe, Socotrl.. po. 40 
©  30
Ammoniac.............. 
55®  60
Aasafeetlda__ po. 30  28®  30
Bensolnum............   50®  55
®  13
Catechu, Is.............. 
©  14
Catechu, Ms............  
Catechu, Ms............ 
®  16
55®  63
Camphorte.............. 
Buphorblum..po.  85 
©  10
Galbanum................ 
© 100
Gamboge  po...........  66©  70
Guaiacum...... po. 25 
©  30
Kino.......... po. 63.uO 
® 3 00
M astic....................  
©  60
©  40
Myrrh............ po.  45 
Opli...po. 4.60®14.80 3 00® 3  10
Shellac.................... 
25®  35
Shellac, bleached...  40®  45
Tragacanth............  
50®  80

Herba

Absinthium, .os. pkg 
Eupatorium .os. pkg 
Lobelia........os. pkg 
Majorum__ os. pkg 
Mentha Pip. .os. pkg 
Mentha Vlr.. oz. pkg 
Rue.............. os. pkg 
TanacetumV os. pkg 
Thymus,  V..os. pkg 
riagneaia.

85
80
25
88
23
25
39
88
25

Calcined, P a t-------   56®  60
Carbonate, Pat........  20©  28
Carbonate, K. <fc M..  20®  25
Carbonate, Jennings  35®  36

Ole<un

Absinthium............   4 50® 4 75
Amygdala, Dulc....  30©  50
Amygdala, A m ara.  8 00©  8 85
Anisf.......................  1 85® 8 00
Auranti  Cortex......   2 40© 2 50
Bergamli.................   8 80®  2 90
slfpuU...................  75®  80
Cajlputl. 
70®  80
Caryophylli.
65
Cedar.........
Chenopadil.. 
© 8 75 
I 40®  1  50 
Clnnamonli. 
Ciuonella.  .
40©  45

Conlum Mac........... 
36®  50
Copaiba...................  l  15® 1  25
Cubeba...................  
go®  l 00
Exechthitos...........  1 00©  1  10
Erlgeron.................  l  oo@  1  10
Gaultherla..............  l 40®  1  45
Geranium,  ounce...  ® 
75
Gossippii, Sem. gal..  50®  60
Hedeoma......  ........  l  25®  1  35
Junipers..................  i 50® 2 00
Lavendula.............. 
go® 2 00
Limonis...................  l  2s@  1  35
Mentha Piper.........   l  60® 2 20
Mentha Verid.........   1  50®  1  60
Morrhua,  gal.........   1 00®  1  15
Myrcia,....................  4 00® 4  50
Olive......................  75® 3 00
lo@  12
Picis  Liquida.  ......  
Picis Liquida, gal... 
®  35
Rlcina.................... 
92® 1 00
Rosmarlnl...............   @  1 00
Rosa,  ounce...........  6 50® 8 50
Succini...................  40®  45
SaMna................... 
go®  j oo
Santa!......................  2 50® 7 00
Sassafras.................  55®  60
Slnapls, ess., ounce. 
®  65
TIgUi.......................   1 70®  1  80
Thyme....................  40®  go
Thyme,  opt............   @  1  60
15®  20
Theobromas........... 
Potassium
B lC arb ................. 
15® 
18
Bichromate............  
13® 
15
Bromide..................   52®  57
Cart> 
12® 
.................  
15
Chlorate..po. 17@19c  16®  18
Cyanide...................  35®  40
Iodide....................... 2 40® 2 50
Potassa, Bitart, pure 
Potassa, Bitart,  com
®
Potass Nltras, opt...  __
10®
10®
Potass Nltras........... 
Prussiate.................  20®
Sulphate po  ........... 
15®

1 00

Radix

Aconltrm...............  20®
ABba......................  22®
Anchusa................. 
10®
Arum po.................. 
®
Calamus................  wict;
Gentlana........po.  15
12®
Glychrrhlza... pv. 15 
16®
Hydrastis Canaden. 
Hydrastis Can., po 
Hellebore, Alba, po.
18®
Inula, po.................  
is®
Ipecac, po............... 4 50® 4
Iris plox— po35®38  35®
Jalapa, pr................  25®
Maranta,  Ms......
Podophyllum, po.
gbel  . ....................  
75®  1  00
Rhei, cut................. 
©  l  25
75®  1  35
fbebjpy..................  
Spigelia. 
..............  35®  38
Sanguinarla... po. 15  @ 
18
Serpentaria............   40®  45
Sememi....................  40®  45
Similax,officinalis H 
®  40
Smilax, M...............  
©  25
Solila.............po.35 
10®  12
Symplocarpus, Festi­
®  25
vos,  po................. 
©  25
Valeriana,Eng.po.30 
Valeriana,  German. 
15®  20
^ “«¡bera...............  
12®  16
Zingiber j ...............   25®  27
Semen

Anlsum.........po.  15  @ 1 2
13®  15
Aplum  (graveleons) 
Bird, Is...........  ....... 
4® 
e
10®  12
Carni.............po. 18 
Cardamon...............   1  25®  l  75
Coriandrum............  
g® 
10
Cannabis  Sativa__  4M®  5
75®  1  oo
Cvdonium............... 
Chenopodium  ........ 
10® 
12
Dipterix  Odorate...  1 40®  1  50
Fosnlculum............  
© 
10
Poenugreek, po........ 
9®
L ini.........................  sm©
4®
Lini,  grd....bbl. 3M 
Lobelia...................  35®
Pharlaris  Canarian. 
3®
Rapa.......................   4M®
Slnapis Albu........... 
g®
Sinapis Nigra.........  
11©
Spirit us

Frumenti, W. D. Co.  2 00® 2 50 
Frumenti,  D. F. R ..  2 00® 2 25
Frum enti......  
....  1  25®  1  50
Junlperis Co. O. T ..  1  65® 2 00
Junlperis Co...........  1  75® 3 50
Saaeharum N. E ....  1  go® 2  10
Spt. Vini Galli........  1  75® 6 50
Vini Oporto............   I  25® 2 00
Vini Alba...............   1  25® 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 sheeps’ 
wool,  carriage....
@  1 00
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage................
@ 1 00 
Hard, for slate use..
®  75
Yellow  R eef,  for 
slate  use..............
@  1  40
Syrups

Acacia....................  @  50
Auranti Cortes........  @  50
Zingiber..................   @  50
Ipecac... 
@  60
Ferri Iod.................  @  50
Rhei Arom...... .......   @  50
Smilax Officinalis... 
50®  60
Senega....................   @  50
ft  50
.. 
Soilla.............   . 

 

 

niscellaneous 

50
ScillaCo.................   @
Tolutan...................  @
50
Prunus yirg............   @
50
Tinctures 
Aconi turn Napellls R 
60 
Aeon i turn N apellls F
50 
Aloes.......................
60 
Aloes and Myrrh__
60 
Arnica....................
50 
Assafcetlda............
50 
At rope  Belladonna.
60 
Auranti  Cortex......
50 
Benzoin...................
60 
Benzoin Co..............
50 
Barosma.................
50 
Cantharides...........
75 
Capsicum..............
50 
Cardamon... :.........
75 
Cardamon  Co.........
75 
Castor......................
I 00 50 
Catechu...................
Cinchona................
50 
Cinchona Co...........
60 
Columba..  .............
50 
Cubeba....................
50 
Cassia  Acutlfol......
50 
Cassia Acutlfol Co..
50 
Digitalis..............
50 
Ergot.......................
50 
Ferri Chloridum
36 
Gentian...................
50 
Gentian Co..............
60 
Guiaca....................
50 
Guiaca ammon........
60 
Hyoseyamus...........
50 
Iodine......................
75 
Iodine, colorless....
75 
Kino.........................
50 
Lobelia...................[
50 
Myrrh..................... '
50 
Nux Vomica.........
50 
Opii.........................
75 
Opii, camphorated. !
50 
Opii, deodorized.  ..
1 50 
Quassia...................
50 
Rhatany...........
50 
Rhei.........................’
50 
Sanguinaria...........
50 
Serpentaria............
50 
Stramonium...........
60 
Tolutan...................
60 
Valerian.................
50 
Veratrum Yeride.. ! 
50 
Zingiber..................
20
•dither, Spts. Nit. 3 F  30® 
35 
dither, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®
38
Alumen...............  
2M©
3
8®
Alumen, gro’d ..po. 7 
4 
Annatto...................  40©
50
Antimoni,  po.........  
4®
5 
Antimoni etPotassT  40®
50 
Antipyrin.............. 
©
35 
Antlfebrin........... 
a
20 50 
Argent! Nltras, oz !
Arsenicum.............
10©
12
Balm Gilead  Bud  '
.  40
Bismuth  S. N........
1  40®  1  50 
Calcium Chlor.,  is! 
© 
9
Calcium Chlor., Ms 
@  10 
Calcium Chlor.j  Ms. 
© 
12 
Cantharides, Rus.po 
@  75
Capsici  Fructus, af 
@  15
Capsici Fructus, po. 
15 
Capsici FructusB.po
15
12®  14
Caryophyllus.-po. 15 
Carmine, No. 40......  
© 3 00
Cera Alba...............  
50®  55
Cera Flava..............  40®  42
Coccus.................... 
©  40
©  33
CassiaFructus__ "  
Centraria................. 
© 
10
@  45
Cetaceum............... 
Chloroform.............' 
50©  53
©  1  10 
Chloroform, squibbs 
Chloral HydCrst....  1  65®  1  90
Chondrus............... 
20®  25
Cinchonidlne.P.* W  28®  38 
Clnchonldine, Germ  23®  38
Cocaine..................   3 80©  4 00
Corks, list, di8.pr.ct
70 
Creosotum.......
35 
Creta.............bbi?75
8
Creta, prep..............
5 
Creta, preclp......... '
11
■
Creta, 
~ 
8 
Crocus......................... 18®
20 
Cudbear................ 
@
24 
Cupri Sulph............   6M@
8 12 
Dextrine.................. 
10®
Ether Sulph............  
75®
90 
Emery, all  numbers  @
8
Emery, po................  @
6 
Ergota............ po. 40  30©
35 
Flake  White........... 
18®
15 
©
Galla........................ 
23
80
Gambler.................. 
9 
Gelatin, Cooper......
60 
_@
Gelatin, French......
60 
Glassware, flint, box 
75 A  10 
Less than  box....
70
Glue,  brown........... 
9®
Glue, white............  
13©
Glycerins................  14©
Grana  Paradlsi......  @
Humulus................. 
25®
Hydraag Chlor  Mite 
© 
0  
Hydraag Chlor Cor. 
Hydraag Ox Rub’m.
®  1 00 
Hydraag Ammonlatl 
©  1  15 
45©  55
HydraagUnguentum
Hydrargyrum.........
©  75
IchthyoboUa, Am...
75
Indigo......................  75©  1 00
Iodine, Resubi........  3 60® 3 70
Iodoform................  
© 420
Lupulin................... 
© 2 25
Lycopodium...........  45®  50
Macis.................... 
65®  75
Liquor Arsen et Hy-
drarg Iod.............
LiquorPotassArsinit 
Magnesia, Sulph....
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl 
Mannla, S.  F  .........  SO®
Menthol

, Rubra

©
10©

© 3  25

©

Morphia, S.P.& W...  2 20® 2 45 
Morphia,  8.N.Y.Q.&
C. Co....................  2 10® 2 35
Moschus Canton.... 
©  40
65®  80
Myristlca, No. 1......  
Nux Vomica. ..po.20 
©  10
15®  18
Os  Sepia................. 
Pepsin Saac, H. A P.
d . co.................... 
a   100
Picis Liq.N.N.M gal.
doz........................  @200
Picis Liq., quarts__ 
®  1  00
Picis Liq., pints......  @  85
PilHydrarg...po.  80  @ 5 0
®  18
Piper Nigra... po.  22 
Piper Alba__ po. 35 
®  30
Pi ix  Burgun........... 
© 
7
Plumb!  Acet........... 
10®  12
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii  1 10®  1  20
Pyre thrum, boxes H.
® 1  25
A P. D. Co., doz... 
Pyrethrum, pv........  25®  30
Quassia..................  
8®  10
43®  43
Quinta, S. P. &  W. . 
38®  48
Quinia, S.German.. 
Quinia, N.Y............  
3®  48
Rubia Tinctorum... 
12®  14
18®  20
SaccharumLactis pv 
Salacin....................  3 00® 3  10
Sanguis Draconis... 
40©  50
Sapo,  W................... 
12®  14
Sapo, M.................... 
10®  12
Sapo, G.................... 
©  15
Siedlltz  Mixture 
  20  ©  22

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..............  1M© 
2
5
Soda, Bi-Carb.........  
3© 
Soda, Ash...............   3M@ 
4
Soda, Sulphas.........   @ 
2
® 8 60
Spts. Cologne........... 
Spts. Ether Co........  50©  55
Spt.  MyrclaDom...  @ ® 00 
Spts. Vini Rect. bbl. 
©
©
Spts. Vini Rect. Mbbl 
Spts. Vini Rect. lOgal  @
Spts. Vini Rect.  5gal 
©
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  30® 1  35
Sulphur,  Subl.........   2V@  4
Sulphur,  Roll........ 
2M©3M
Tamarinds
1U
Terebenth Venice..
90
28®
Theobroma.........
46® 48
Vanilla..................
9 00016 00
Zlncl  Sulph...........
7® 8
Oils
Whale, winter........
Lard,  extra...........
Lard, No. 1............

BBL.  GAL.
70
70
60
55
40
45

Linseed, pure  raw.. 
40 
Linseed,  Dolled......   41 
Neatsfoot, winter str  65 
Spirits Turpentine..  48 

43
44
70
55
Paints  BBL.  LB
Red Venetian.........  
IX  2  @3
Ochre, yenow Mars.  1M 2  ©4 
Ochre, yellow  Ber..  1X2  ©3 
Putty, commercial..  2M 2M@3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2M 2X®3 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American.............  
13© 
15
70©  75
Vermilion, English. 
Green, Paris...........  13M©  1?M
Green,  Peninsular.. 
13®  16
Lead, Red...............   5X©  6m
Lead, white............  5X©  6m
©  70
Whiting, white Span 
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 uni....  1  00©  l  10 
Extra Turk Damar..  1  55©  1  60 
Jap. Dryer,No. lTurp  70©  75

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  Wall  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.

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MICHIGAN  T R A D E S M A N

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

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

AXLB  GREASE-
Aurora.................... ...55
Castor Oil................ ..60
Diamond................. ..50
Fraser’s .................. ...75
IXL Golden, tin boxes<5
nica, tin boxes........ ..75
Paragon................... ..56

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

BAKING  POWDER.

Absolute.
a  ’b cans dos........
*  lb cans dos........
lb can  dos........
AOM.
M lb cans8 dos.....
*  lb cans 8 dos.—
lb cans 1 dos......
Balk........................
Arctic.
6 os. Eng. Tumblers.

45
85
..  1 60
46
75
..  1 00
10
85

.. 

B1 Parity.

6 oz. cans, 4 doz case......... 
80
9 oz. cans, 4 doz case.........   1 20
lb. cans, 2 doz case...... 2  00
1 
2* lb. cans, 1 doz case...... 4  15
5 
lb. cans, 1 doz case...... 9  00
H lb cans per do*............   75
*  lb cans per doz.............  1  20
1 
lb cans per doz.............2  00
M lb oanz 4 doz case........  85
*  lb cans 4 doz case........ 
55
90
lb cans 2 doz c a se ......  

Horn.

 

Ps «rises.

Oar Leader.

Queen Flake.

Jersey Cream.

CANNED GOODS.

U lb cans, 4 doz case........ 
45
*  lb cans, 4 doz case........  86
lb cans, 2 doz case........1 60
1 lb. cans, per doz..............2 00
9 os. cans, per doz.............  1  25
6 os. cans, per doz............. 
85
x  lb cam..........................   45
£  lb cam.......................... 
75
lb cans..........................  1  50
I lb. cans  ......................... 
85
8 oz., 6 doz. case................   2 70
6 os., 4 doz. case 
...........8 20
9 oz., 4 doz. case.................4 80
I lb., 2 doz. case.................4 00
5 lb., 1 doz. case.................9 00
BATH  BRICK.
American............................... 70
English......................  
80
Tomatoes...................  80®  90
Com............................  80@1 00
Hominy......................  80
Beans, Limas..............  70®l 30
Beans, Wax................  90
Beans, String..............  85
Beans,  Baked............   7a@l 00
Beans,Red  Kidney...  75®  85
Succotash...................  95@i  20
Peas............................  50®  85
Peas, French.............. 2 25
Ptunpkln....................   75
Mushroom.................  15®  23
Peaches, P ie...............1  00
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, l-lb................  85
Oysters, 2-lb................1 50
Salmon, Warren’s __1  40®1  60
Salmon,  Alaska..........1 25
Salmon, Klondike......  90
Lobsters, l-lb. S tar....3 20
Lobsters, 2-lb. Star__3 90
Mackerel,1 lb Mustard  10 
Mackerel, l-lb. Soused.1 75 
Mackerel,l-lb Tomato.l 75
Shrimps...................... 2 00
Sardines, Ms domestic  3*© 
Sardines, mstrd, dom.5*®  7* 
Sardines,  French....... 8c@o82

COfiBBKED

BLUING.

BROOITS.

B l u i m G
40
Small, 3 doz.......................  
Large, 2 doz.......................  
75
do. 1 Carpet........................  2 31
No. 2 Carpet.........................2  15
No. 3 Carpet........................  1 85
No. 4 Carpet........................  1 45
Parlor Gem........................   2 50
Common Whisk.................   95
Fancy Whisk...  ................  100
Warehouse......... ...  ............2 70
8s.......................................... 7
16s.......................................... 8
Paraffine................................ 8
Wlcklng..............................20
Columbia, 
pints........... 2  00
Columbia, *  pints.............1  25

CANDLES.

CATSUP.

CHEESE
Acme......................
Amboy....................
Elsie........................
Emblem...................
Gem.........................
Gold Medal..............
Ideal........................  @
Jersey  .....................  ®
Riverside.................   ®
Brick.......................  ®
Edam.......................  ®
Leiden.....................  ®
Limburger..............   @
Pineapple.................so  ®
Sap  Sago.................   ®
B ulk...............................
Red 

10 
It 
@
11 
®   10 @  10*
10
10*
10
12
70
17
13
75
17
5
T

Chicory.

.

CHOCOLATE.

Walter Baksr A Ce.'s.

German Sweet.......................22
Premium.................................35
Breakfast coon« 
.  ..  .46

COFFEE.
Roasted.

Rle.

Java.

ROtftetfa

Mocha.

Santos.

F air.......................................... 9
Good........................................10
Prim e......................................12
Golden  ................................... 13
Peaberry  ................................14
F a ir ........................................14
Good  ......................................15
Prim e......................................16
Peaberry  ................. 
18
Maracaibo.
Prim e......................................15
Milled......................................17
Interior...................................26
Private  Growth...................... 30
Mandehllng............................ 35
Im itation................................22
Arabian  .................................28
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands
Fifth Avenue...................... 29
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha__29
Wells’ Mocha and Java.__ 24
Wells’ Perfection  Java.......24
Sancalbo..............................21
Breakfast Blend................  18
Valley City Maracaibo........18*
Ideal  Blend..........................14
Leader Blend...................... 12*
Below  are  given  New  Tork 
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
which 
the  wholesale  dealer 
adds  the  local  freight  from 
New  York  to  yonr  shipping 
point, giving you credit  on  the 
Invoice  for  the  amount  of 
freight  buyer  pays  from  tbe 
market in v h l c ^ e  purchases 
market In which he  purchases 
to his shipping point, including
weight  of  package,  also £ c  a 
pound.  In  60 lb.  cases the list 
is  10c  per  100  lbs.  above  the 
price In full cases.
Arbuckle.......................   10 60
Jersey..............................  10 50
flcL—ghlla's  XXXX. 
McLaughlin’s XXXX  sold  to 
retailers only.  Mail all orders 
direct to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  & 
Co., Chicago.
Y alley City *  gross......  
Felix *  gross................. 
Hummel’sfoil *  gross... 
Hummel’s tin *   gross  .. 
CLOTHES PINS, 
i  groes boxee......   ..................40

Package.

Bxtract.

ilpi.

...

75
l  15
86
1 48

CLOTHES LINES.

Cotton, 40 ft, per  dos......... 1 00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  dos......... 1 20
Cotton,60ft, per  dos..-.......1  40
Cotton, 70 ft, per  dos......... 1  60
Cotton. 80 ft, per  dos..........I  80
Jute, 60 ft.  per  dos.............  80
Jute. 72 f t   per d o s............   or

COCOA.

Janies Epps & Co.’s*

Boxes, 7 lbs............................. 40
Cases, 16 boxes........................38
COCOA SHBLLS.
2*
201b  bags.......................  
Less quantity.................  
3
Pound  packages............. 
4
CRBAT1 TARTAR.
5 and 10 lb. wooden boxes......30
Bulk In sacks..........................29

CONDENSED  MILK.

4 dos in case.
Gail Borden  Eagle............6 75
Crown................................. 6 25
Daisy...................................5 75
Champion  ...........................4 50
Magnolia 
4 25
Challenge............. 
2 36
Dime 
..........2  85

........ 

....... 

 

COUPON  BOOKS.

Tradesman Grade.

Credit Checks.

Superior Grade.

Universal Grade.

Economic Grade.

Coupon Paso Books,

denomination from 110 down.

50 books, any denom__   1  50
100 books, any denom__ 2 50
500 books, any denom....11 50
1.000 books, any denom....20 00
50 books, any denom__ 1 60
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 ...... 8 00
1000, any one denom’n ...... 5 00
2000, any one denom’n ...... 8 00
Steel punch.......................   75
Can be made to represent any 
90 books  ........................  1 00
50 books.................................2 00
100 books  ...........................2 00
250 books.................................6 25
600 books............................... 10 00
1000 books.......................... 17 60
dried  fruits—DonB snc 
Sundrled....................... Q 7*
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  Q10* 
Apricots.....................  
Blackberries...............
Nectarines.................   ©
Peaches.......................10  QU
Pears...........................  ©
Pitted Cherrlee........... 
Prunnellea..................
Raspberries................
100-120 25 lb boxes.........   0  4
90-100 25 lb boxes.........   ® 6
80-90 25 lb boxes.........   ® 5*
70-80 25 lb boxes.......   @ 6*
60 - TO 25 lb boxes.........   ®  6*
50 - 60 25 lb boxes.........   ®  8
40-50 25 lb boxes.........   ©10
SO-40 26 lb boxes.........   ®
*  cent less In 50 lb cases 

California Prance.

California Fro Its.

Apple*.

015

73i

RaUhiz.

London Layers 2 Crown.  150
London Layers 3 Crown.  1 65
Cluster 4 Crown............  
2 00
5
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
6
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
7
L. M., Seeded, choice.......  8
L. M , Seeded, fancy...... .  9*

FOREIGN.
Citron.

Peel.

Currants.

Leghorn..........................®11
Corsican..........................@12
Patras bbls.......................@ 5*
Cleaned, bulk  ................. © 6
Cleaned, packages.......... © 6*
Citron American 101b bx ©13 
Lemon American 101b bx ©10* 
Orange American 10 lb bx ©10* 
Ondura281b boxes.....  ©
Sultana  1 Crown.........   ©
Sultana 2 Crown.........   ©
Sultana 8 Crown..........  ©
Sultana 4 Crown..........  ©
Sultana 5 Crown.........   ©
Sultana 6 Crown.........   ©
Sultana package.........   ©

Raisins.

Farina.

FARINACEOUS  OOODS.
24 1 lb.  packages..............1  25
Bulk, per 100 lbs..............3 00
Walsh-DeRno Co.'s Brand.

Grits.

FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

Peas.

Beans.

Hemlny.

Relied  Oats.

Pearl Barley.

24 2 lb. packages..............1  80
1001b. kegs...................... 2  TO
2001b. barrels.................. 5  10
Barrels  ............................2 50
Flake, 50 lb.  drums........ 1  00
Dried L im a.............. 
  KM
Medium Hand Picked 1  20®l 25 
Maccaroni and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  10 lb. box........  60
Imported.  25 lb. box.......2  60
Common....  ...................   175
Chester..............................  2 0
Empire 
...........................  2 50
Green, Wisconsin, bn..... 1  00
Green, Scotch, ho.  ........  1 10
Split, bn...........................2  50
Rolled Avena,  bbl........4  00
Monarch,  bbl..................3  75
Monarch,  *   bbl............. 2  uO
Monarch, 901b sacks.......1  80
Quaker, cases..................3  20
Huron, cases................... 2  00
German............................  4
East  India...................... 
3*
Eesley’s Self Rising Flours. 
2 lb. cartons, 2 dz. in case..  1  80 
6 lb. cartons, 2 dz. in case..  4 80 
2 lb. cartons. 2 dz. in  case..  1 80 
2 lb. cartons, 2 dz. in case..  1  80 
Flake.............................. 
6
4)^
pearl ................................ 
Pearl, 24 1 lb. pkges........ 
61£
Cracked, bulk...................  3*
24 2 lb packages...............2 50

Graham
Tapioca.

Entire Wheat.

Pastry.

Wheat.

Sage.

SALT  FISH.

Cod.

Herring.

flackerel.

Georges cured............  © 6
Georges genuine........  © 5*
Georges selected........  © 6
Strips or bricks......... 6  © 9
Holland white hoops, bbl.  9 25 
Holland white hoop *bbl  5 25 
Holland white hoop, keg. 
70 
Holland white hoop mens 
80
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbs...................  8  10
Round  40 lbs.........   .......  140
Scaled...............................  
14
Mess 100 lbs......................  15  00
Mess  40 lbs......................  6 30
MesB  10 lbs......................  1  65
Mess  8 lbs...............  135
No. 1 100 lbs...............  
  13  25
No. 1  40 lbs......................  5 60
No. 1  10 lbs......................   1  48
No. 1  8lbs...  ................   120
No. 2 100 lb«......................  11  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  lOlba.
No.1  8 lbs.

Treat.

Whltaflsh.

No.1 N o.t Fun
2 75
1  40
43
87

100 lbs.... ....  7 CO 6 50
40 lb s ... ....  8  10 2 90
10lbs.... .... 
80
66
8 lbs.... .... 
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

85
71

Perrlgo’s.

Van.  Lem. 
dos.
dos. 
XXX, 2 oz. oberi......1  25 
75
XXX, 4 oz. taper.. ...2 25 
1  25
XX, 2 oz. oberi......   1  00
No. 2,2 oz. oberi  ....  75 
XXX D D ptchr, 6 oz 
XXX D D ptchr, 4 oz 
K. P. pitcher, 6 oz...
Pare Brand.
2 oz. Taper Panel..  75
2oz. Oval..............  75
8 oz. Taper Panel.. 1  35 
4 oz. Taper Panel..1 60

2 25
1  75
2 25
Lem.  Van. 
1  20 
1  »0 
2  00 
2 25

Jennings’.

D. C. Lemon
D.C. Vanilla 
2 os.......1 20 
2 ox.......   75
3 oz___..100
Sos........1  50 
4 os.........1 40
4 oz....... 2 00 
60s....... 3 00 
60s........ 2 00
No.  8...2 40
No.  8  4 00 
NO.10...400
No.10.  .6 00 
No.  2T.  80
NO.  2T.125 
No.  3 T.l  25
No.  3 T.2 00 
No  4 T.2 40 
No.  4 T.l 50
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

FLY  PAPER.

Sage.....................................   15
Hops  ..................................   16

HBRBS.

INDIGO.

Madras, 6  lb  boxes...........  66
50
8. F., 2.3 and 5 1b boxes  .. 

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.
 

.......... 

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

4 00

Choke Bore—Dupont's.

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

Bagie Duck—Dupont’s.

Kegs..........................................8 00
Half Kegs................................. 4 25
Quarter Kegs........................... 2 25
lib. cans..............................  45
151b  paUs............................   35
80 lb pails............................   66

JBLLY.

LYB.

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

LICORICE.

P a n .....................................   10
Calabria..............................  20
Slolly....................................  14
Root.....................................   10

riATCHBS.

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No. 9 sulphur...................... 1 66
Anchor Parlor.....................1 70
No. 2  Home......................... 1  10
Export  Parlor.....................k no
Wolverine............................ 1 05
No Brand...........................   95

nOLAAStSS.
New Orieens.

Black................................   U
  14
F air................................ 
Good................................. 
20
Fancy  .............................  
24
Open Kettle...................... 26©S6

Half-barrels 2c extra.
MUSTARD.

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

PIPES.

Clay, No. 21#......................  1  70
Clay, T. D. full count........ 
65
Cob, No. S..........................  
85

POTASH.

48 cans In ease.

Babbitt’s..............................4 00
Penna 8alt  Co.’a................. 8 00

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

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

PICKLBS.
riedlum.

Small.

RICB.

Domestic.

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

Imported.

Japan,  No. 1...............5*© 6
Japan,  No. 2...............4*© 5
Java, fancy head........5  © 5*
Java,  No. 1..................5  ©
Table............................   ©
Packed 00 lbs. in  box. 

SALBRATUS.

Church’s Arm and Hammer.7  15
Deland’s  ............................ 8 00
Dwight’s Cow........................3 15
Emblem ...............................3 50
L. P....................................... 3 00
Sodlo.....................................3 15
Wyandotte, ICO Sis...............3 00
Granulated, bbls..............   75
Granulated,  100 lb cases..  90
Lump, bbls.......................   75
Lump, 1451b kegs..............  86

SAL SODA.

SALT.

Diamond  Crystal.

Worcester.

Common Grades.

Table, cases. 24 8-lb  boxes.. 1 50 
Table, barrels, 100 S lb bags.2 75 
Table, barrels,  40 7 lb bags.2 40 
Butter, barrels, 2801b. btuk.2 25 
Butter, barrels,2014 lbbags.2 50
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs.............  26
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs............   56
100 31b sacks.........................1 95
005-lb sacks.........................1 80
281Mb sacks....................... l 66
50  4 
lb. cartons....................8 25
115  2*lb. sacks........................4 00
lb. sacks....................... 3 75
60  5 
2214 
lb. sacks....................... 3 50
3010 
lb. sacks....................... 8 60
28 lb. linen sacks.................  82
56 lb. linen sacks.................   60
Bulk In barrels.....................2 50
56-lb dairy In drill bags.......  80
28-lb dairy In drill bags.......  15
56-lb dairy In linen sacks...  60 
66-lb dairy In linen sacks...  00 
56-lb  sacks...................  ....  21
Granulated Fine.................   60
Medium  Fine......................   70
Per dos.
Kim unhid_12 00

Ashton.
Higgins.
Solar Rock.
Common.

SCALES.

Warsaw.

Weighs 24 lbs.  bj «nets. 

SEEDS.

SOAP.

8NUFP.

A nise...............................   9
Canary, Smyrna................  3*
Caraway........................... 
8
Cardamon,  M alabar......   60
Celery...............................   11
Hemp,  Russian................  4*
Mixed  Bird......................  4*
Mustard,  white................  5
Poppy  ..............................  10
Rape.................................  4*
Cattle Bone......................  20
Scotch, in bladders.............  s?
Maccaboy, In jars................
French Rappee, in Jars........  42
J A X O N
Single box............................ 2  «5
6 box lots, delivered.......... 2  '0
10 box lots, delivered..........2 75
JU. S. KIRK SCO.’SBRMDS.
American Family, wrp’d....2 66
Dome.................................... 2 75
Cabinet.................................2 30
Savon....................................2 50
White Russian.....................2  35
White Cloud,  laundry.... ..6 25
White Cloud,  toilet............ 3 50
Dusky Diamond, 50 6 o s....3  10 
Dusky Diamond, 50 8 OZ....8 00
Blue India, 100 £  lb.............3 00
Klrkollne............................. 8 50
Eoe.......................................2 50
Sapollo, kitchen, 3 d o s...... 2 40
8apollo, hand, 8 d o s...........2 40
Boxes  ............................ .  6*
Kegs, English....................   4g

Sconring.

SODA.

SYRUPS.

Cera.

Barrels.................................16*
Half  bbls..........................   17*
1 doz. 1 gallon cans.............2  9-i
1  doz. *  gallon cans........1 70
3  dos. M gallon c a n s...... 1 75
Fair  ................................   16
Good.................................  20
Choice..............................  25

Pure Cane.

SPICES.
Whela SUM.

Allspice  .............................. 14
Cassia, China In mats......... 12
Cassia, Batavia in bond....25 
Cassia, Saigon In rolls...... 12
Cloves, Amboyna................u
Cloves, Zanzibar..................12
Mace,  Batavia.....................55
Nutmegs, fancy...................SO
Nutmegs, No.  1...................60
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..................14
Ginger,  African..................is
Ginger,  Cochin................... 18
Ginger, Jamaica................. 28
Mace,  Batavia.....................65
Mustard......................... 12@18
Nutmegs,......................40050
Pepper, Sing., black............15
Pepper, Sing., white........... 22
Pepper, Cayenne................. 20
Sage......................................15

Pare Ground la Balk.

STARCH.

Kingsford’s  Cera.

Diamond.

40 lJb packages...................6
201 lb packages.....................6m
Klagsford’s Silver Gloss.
401-lb packages...................6ft
6-lb boxes.......................... 7
64 lOo  packages  ...............5 00
128  5c  packages................ 5 00
32 10c and 64 Sc packages.. .5 00 
201 lb. packages..................5
401 lb. packages.  ...............4M
1-lb  packages......................4M
3-lb  packages......................  4M
6-lb  packages......................5
40 and 50 lb boxes................3
Barrels  ...............................3

Common Oloss.

Common Cora.

STOVE POLISH.

SUGAR.

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

No. 4, 3-doz In Case, gross.. 4 50 
No. 6,8 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 
purchases to his shipping point, 
Including  20  pounds  for  the 
weight or the barrel.
Domino..................................5 63
Cut  Loaf................................5 75
Crushed..................................5 88
Powdered 
  6 50
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 50
Extra Coarse Granulated.. .5 50
Moald  A................................f 63
Diamond Confec.  A..............5 38
Confec. Standard A .............. 5 a>
No.  1.................................... 4 88
No  2....................................4 88
NO.  8....................................4 88
No.  4....................................4 81
No.  5....................................4 75
No.  6................................. ....4 89
No.  7 ................................. 4 63
No.  8....................................4 56
No.  9....................................4 50
No.  10.....................................4 44
No.  11.....................................4 88
No.  12.....................................4 81
No.  18.....................................4 2
No.  14.....................................4 25
No.  15.....................................4 25
No.  16.............................. ...4 25

TABLB  SAUCES.
LEA & 
PERRINS’ 
SAUCE

The Original and 
Genuine 
Worcestershire. 
Lea A Perrin's,  large...  3 75 
Lea A Perrin’s, sm all...  2 50
Halford,  large..................3 75
Halford small...................2 25
Salad Dressing, large...... 4 56
Salad Dressing, small...... 2 75

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

dark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s brand. 
New Brick..............................83 00

H. A P. Drag Co.’s brands.

Fortune Teller........................35 00
Our Manager..........................35 00
Quintette............................... 35 00
G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

S. C. W...............................35 00
Phelps, Brace A Co.’s Brands. 
Vincente Portuondo. .35® 70 00
Ruhe Bros.  C o ......... 25® 70 00
The HilgonCo.............35@U0 00
T. J. Dunn &  Co......... 35® 70 00
McCoy A Co................35® 70 00
The Collins Cigar Co..l0®  35 00
Brown Bros.................15® 70 00
Banner Cigar Co.........30® 70 00
Bernard Stahl  Co....... 35®  90 00
Banner Cigar Co.........It ® 35 00
Seidenberg & Co........55®125 00
G.P. Sprague Cigar Co. 10® % 0J 
The Fulton Cigar Co..10® 35 00 
A. B. Ballard A Co....35@175 00 
E. M. Schwarz A Co .31® 110  00
San  Telmo..................35® 70 0J
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......... igft
Pure Cider, Silver............... 12ft

WICKING.

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

WOODENWARB.

Palls.

2-  hoop Standard..............1 35
3-  hoop Standard............. 1 50
2-  wire, Cable................... 1 35
3-  wire, Cable,............... 16
Cedar, all red, brass bound. 1  25
Paper, E ureka.....................2 25
FiDre.....................................2 2

Tubs«

2Much, Standard, No. 1___5 80
18-inch, Standard, No. 2___4 85
16-inch,  Standard,  No. 3....3 85
20-inch, Dowell, No. 1 ........ 6 25
18-im.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 yyy ..................   5ft
Seymour YYY, 3 lb.  carton  6
Family XXX  ....................   5ft
Salted XXX ...... .................  5ft
New York XXV................  5y£
Wolverine.........................  6
Boston................................  7ft
Soda  XXX.........................  6
Soda  XXX, 3 lb carton....  6M
Soda,  City.........................  8
Long Island Wafers.........   11
L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton...  12 
Zephyrette......... .................10

Soda.

Oyster.

Saltine Wafer....................  5ft
SaltineWafer, 1 lb. carton.  6ft
Farina Oyster....................   5ft
Extra Farina Oyster.........   6
SWEET  GOODS—Boxes.

Animals............................  10ft
Bent’s Water......................  15
Cocoanut Taffy.................   10
Coffee Cake, Java..............  iu
Coffee Cake, Iced................10
Cracknells...........................15ft
Cubans..............................  lift
Frosted  Cream...................  8
Ginger Gems......................  8
Ginger Snaps, XXX...........  7ft
Graham Crackers..............  8
Graham Wafers.................   10
Grand Ma Cakes.................  9
Imperials..........................   8
JumDles,  Honey................  12ft
Marshmallow  .....................15
Marshmallow  Creams......   16
Marshmallow  Walnuts__  16
Mich. Frosted Honey....  12ft
Molasses Cakes.................  8
Newton..............................  12
Nlc Nacs............................  8
Orange Gems.....................  8
Penny Assorted Cakes......  8ft
Pretzels,  hand m ade......   7ft
Sears’ Lunch......................  7
Sugar  Cake.......................  8
Sugar  Squares..................   9
Vanilla  Wafers................  14
Sultanas............................   12ft

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

Candies.
Stick Candy.

Mixed Candy.

bbls. palls
Standard.................  
7  @  7ft
7  O 7ft
Standard H. H........ 
Standard Twist......   7ft® 8
@ 8ft
Cut Loaf.................  
cases
Jumbo, 32 lb  ..........  
® 6ft
® 8ft
Extra H. H.............. 
Boston  Cream........ 
®10
Grocers...................  
@ 6
® 6ft
Competition............ 
@ 7
Standard.................  
Conserve.................  
@ 7ft
Royal...................... 
® 7ft
Ribbon....................  
@ 8ft
Broken................... 
® 7M
@ 8ft
Cut Loaf................. 
English Rock.........  
@  8ft
@ 8ft
Kindergarten.........  
French  Cream........ 
® 9
Dandy Pan.............. 
@10
Hand Made Cream mxd  @13
Nobby.................... 
@ 8ft

Fancy—In Balk.

San Bias Goodies.... 
@11
Lozenges, plain......  
@ 8ft
Lozenges,  printed.. 
@ 8ft
Choc.  Drops........... 
@11
Choc.  Monumentals  @!2ft
@ 5
Gum  Drops............  
Moss  Drops............  
@ 8ft
Sour Drops.............. 
@  8ft
Imperials...............  
@ 9*
Ital. Cream Bnbns, 35 lb pis  11 
Molasses Chews,  15 lb. pails  13 
Jelly Date Squares..  @10
Fancy—In 5  lb.  Boxes.

Lemon Drops.........  
@50
Sour  Drops............  
@50
@60
Peppermint Drops.. 
Chocolate Drops.... 
@65
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
@75
H. M.  Choc. Lt.and
Dk. No. 12............  
@90
Gum  Drops............  
@30
Licorice Drops........ 
@75
A. B. Licorice Drops  @50
Lozenges,  plain__  
@55
Lozenges,  printed.. 
@55
Imperials................ 
q m
Mottoes................... 
@80
Cream Bar.............. 
w z
Molasses B a r.........  
a £
Hand Made Creams.  80  @  90 
Cream Buttons, Pep.
and  Want............  
@65
String Rock............  
@60
Burnt Almonds...... 125  @
Wintergreen Berries  @55

@3g
@50

Caramels.
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes................... 
No. 1 wrapped, 3  lb.
boxes................... 
No. 2 wrapped, 2  lb. 
boxes...................
Fruits.
Oranges.
Seedlings................. 
@3 75
Medt Sweet............3 75  @4 00
Lemons.

Strictly choice 360s..  @3 25
Strictly choice 300s..  @3 50
Fancy 300s.............  
@3 76
Ex.Fancy 300s........ 
@4 00
Ex. Fancy 360s........ 
@
Bananas.

Medium bunches...1 25  @1  50
Large bunches.......175  @250

Foreign Dried Pratts. 

Figs.

Californiss  Fancy.. 
@13
Choice, 101b boxes.. 
@12
Extra  choice,  10  lb
boxes new............  
@18
Fancy, 121b boxes.. 
@22
Imperial Mikados, 18
Id boxes...............  
@
Palled, 61b boxes...  @
Naturals,  In bags... 
@ 7
Dates.
Fards In 10 lb  boxes  @10
Fards  in 60 lb  cases  @ 6
Persians, P H V......  
@ 6
lb cases, new........ 
@ 6
Salrs,  601b cases.... 
@ 5
_____ Nuts._____
Almonds, Tarragona..  @16
Almonds, Ivaca.........   @14
Almonds,  California,
soft shelled............   @15
Brazils new................  @ 7
Filberts  ....................   @10
Walnuts, Granobles..  @13
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1.  @lx
Walnuts,  soft shelled
Calif.......................   @n
Table Nuts,  fancy....  @11
Table Nuts,  choice...  @10
Pecans, Med...............  @ 7ft
Pecans, Bx. Large....  @ 9
Pecans, Jumbos........   @12
Hickory  Nuts per bn.,
Ohio, new................  @1 60
Cocoannts,  full  sacks  @3 50
Chestnuts per bn........  @
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns.  @  7
Fancy,  H.  p.,  Flags
Roasted...................  @ 7
Choice, H. P., Extras.  A 4ft
Choice, H. P.,  Extras,
Boasted  ................. 
6ft

Peanuts.

Wheat.

74

Wheat................................ 
Winter Wheat Floor. 

Local Brands.

Spring Wheat Flour. 

Olney A Jndson’s Brand.

Patents............................. 4 00
Second  Patent...................3 50
Straight............................  3 25
Clear.................................. 3 00
Graham  ............................3 50
Buckwheat.......................
B ye..................................  3 25
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flonr In bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’8 Brand
Daisy, fts............................3 85
Daisy, Ms............................3 85
Daisy, fts............................ 3 85
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Quaker, fts........................  3 50
Quaker,  ms........................  3 50
Quaker, fts........................   3 50
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand.
Plllsbury’s Best fts...........  4 65
PlllBbury’s Best M8...........  4 55
PHlsbury’s Best fts...........4 45
Plllsbury’s Best fts paper..  4  45 
PUlsbury’s Best Ms paper..  4 45 
Ball-Bamhart-Putman’s Brand.
Duluth Imperial, fts.........4 40
Dulutb Imperial, Ms.........4 30
Dolnth Imperial, fts.........  4 20
Lemon A Wheeler Co.’s Brand.
Gold Medal fts..................  4  35
Gold Medal Ms....................4  z5
Gold Medal fts....................4  15
Parisian, fts......................   4 35
Parisian, fts.........................4 25
Parisian, fts.......................  4  n
Ceresota, fts......................   4 50
Ceresota, ms......................  4 40
Ceresota, fts......................   4 3)
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Lanrel, fts...........................4  so
Laurel, fts .........................  4  40
Laurel, fts...........................4  30
Bolted..............................    1 90
Granulated.......................  2  10
St. Car Feed, screened ....16 00
No. 1 Corn and  Oats......... 15 50
Unbolted Com Meal.........14 f0
Winter Wheat  Bran......... it 00
Winter Wheat Middlings.. 15 00
Screenings......................... 14  00
New com, car lots.............36
Less than  car lots.............  38
Car  lots............................. 32
Carlots, clipped.................  3tft
Less than  car lots............ 36
No. 1 Timothy carlots......  10 50
No. 1 Timothy, ton lots  ..  12 09
Fish and Oysters
Per lb. 
@  9
®  8 @  10 
@  15 
@  5
@  11 
@  i6 
a   is a  io

Fresh Fish.
Whitefish................
Trout ......................
Black Bass..............  8
Halibut...................
Ciscoes or Herring..
Bluefish...................
Live Lobster.........
Boiled Lobster........
Cod 
......................
Haddock.................
No.  1  Pickerel........
Pike.........................
Perch.......................
Smoked White........
Red Snapper...........
Col  River Salmon..
Mackerel 
..............
Shell Goods.
Oysters, per  100......... 1
Clams,  ner  100 
......

a   s 
a   s 
a   8 
@  12 
@  15
2S@1  50 
At  no

Feed and Millstaffs.

Corn.

Meal.

Oats.

Hay.

O ils .
Barrels.

Hides.

wlnfn* 

E o c e n e ........................ 
@ llft
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt  @10
WW Michigan...........  @ 9ft
Diamond White......... 
a  8ft
D., S. Gas....................  @12ft
Deo. N aptha..............  @l2ft
Cylinder....................29  @34
Engine.......................11  @21
«I Q
Hides  and  Pelts.
The Cappon A Bertsch Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Street, quotes  as 
follows:
Green No.  1................  @ 7ft
Green No. 2................   @ 6ft
Bulls..................... 
Cured No. 1................   @ 8ft
Cured No. 2.............. .  @ 7ft
Calfskins,  green No. 1  @ 9ft
Calfskins, green No. 2  @8
Calfskins, cured No. 1  @10ft
Calfskins, cured No. 2  @9
Pelts,  each.................  50@l  00
g°- J-.....................  @ 3ft
No. 2......................   @ 2ft
Washed, fine  ............   @is
Washed, medium..........   @20
Unwashed, fine...........  9 @12
Unwashed, medium ..14  @>6

Pelts.
Tallow.

Wool.

@ 6

21

Tomato Jags.

ft gal., per dos.................  50
1 gal., each......................  6ft
Corks for ft gal., per dos..  20 
Corks for  1 gal., per dos..  80
Preserve Jars and Covers, 
ft gal., stone cover, dos...  75 
1 gal., stone cover, dos...l  00

Sealing Wax.

LAMP  BURNERS.

5 lbs. in package, per lb...  2
No.  0 Son..........................  
33
No.  1  Son..........................  
34
No. 2 Sun..........................  
46
No. 3 Sun...........................   1 00
Tabular.............................  
45
Security, No. 1...................  60
Security, No. 2...................  80
Nutmeg  ............................ 
50
LAMP CHIMNEYS—Seconds.
Per box of 6 dos.
No.  0 Sun..........................   1 32
No.  1  Sun..........................   1 48
No.  2 Sun.......................... 2  is
No. 0 Sun...........................  1 50
No. 1 Sun...........................  1 60
No. 2 Sun...........................   2 45

Common

top,
top,
top,

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

First  Quality.
No.  0  Sun,  crimp 
No.  1  Snn,  crimp 
No.  2  Sun,  crimp 
XXX Flint.
No.  0  Sun,  crimp 
No.  1  Sun,  crimp 
No.  2  Sun,  crimp 

top,
wrapped and labeled....  2 56 
top,
wrapped and  labeled.  ..  2 75 
top,
wrapped and  labeled__ 8  75
CHIMNEYS—Pearl Top.
No. 1  Son,  wrapped  ana
labeled..............................3  70
No. 2  Snn,  wrapped  and
labeled..............................4  70
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped  and
labeled..............................4 88
No. 2  Sun,  “Small  Bulb,” 
for Globe Lamos............  
80
No. 1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per
dos  ................................. 
ro
No. 2 Sun,  plain  bulb,  per
dos  ................................   1  15
No. 1 Crimp, per dos.........   1  35
No. 2 Crimp, per dos......... l  60

La  Bastla.

Rochester.

No. 1, Lime  (65c dos)........8 50
No. 2, Lime  (70c dos)........4 00
No. 2, Flint (8O0 dos)........4 70

Electric.

OIL CANS. 

No. 2, Lime  (70c dos)  ........ 4 00
No. 2, Flint  (800 dos)......  4 40
Dos. 
1 gal tin cans with  spout..  1  42
1 gal galv Iron with spont.  1  52
2 gal galv Iron with spout.  2 15
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  fancet 4  85
5 gal Tilting cans................7 26
5 gal galv Iron Naeefas....  9 09
5 gal Rapid steady stream.  7 80 
5 gal Enreka non-overflow 10 50
3 gal Home Rule................10 50
5 gal Home Rule................12 00
5 gal Pirate  King................9 59

Pump  Cans.

LANTERNS.

No.  OTubular side lift....  4  00
No.  1 B  Tubular..............  6 26
No. 13 Tubular Dash.. . . . .   6  50
No.  1 Tub., glass fount__ 7 00
No. 12 Tubular, side lamp.14  00 
No.  3 Street  Lamp, each..  8 75 
LANTERN 0L0BB5.
No. OTnbnlar,  cases 1 dos.
each, box 10 cents........... 
45
No. 0 Tabular,  cases 2 dos.
each, box 15 cents..........  45
No. 0 Tubular,  bbls 5 dos.
each,  per b b l................. 2 00
No. 0 Tabular,  boll’s  eye,
AflOAn 1 dcs  OflPh  ____1  25

Provisions.

Swift  A  Company  quote  as 

follows:

Barreled Park.

12ft

ft
M
ft
ft
ft
1
1 ft

Lards.  In Tierces.

Mess  .............................. 
io 00
Back  ......................10 50®
Clear back..............  @io  fo
Shortcut.........................   10 25
Pig...................................  14 00
Bean  .............................   9 10
Family  ..........................  11  00
Dry Salt Meats.
Bellies............................ 
5m
Briskets  ......................... 
5ft
5M
Extra shorts................... 
Smoked neats.
Hams, 12 lb  average....  
9
8ft
Hams, 14 lb average 
... 
Hams, 161b  average..... 
8ft
Hams, 20 lb  average..... 
8ft
Ham dried b e e f....... 
Shoulders  (N. Y, cut).  . 
5ft
Bacon,  clear................. 7  @7ft
California hams....... 
5ft
Boneless hams.......... 
8ft
Cooked  ham............ 10@12ft
Compound................  
494
K ettle...................... 
6ft
56 lb Tubs.........advance 
80 lb Tubs.........advance 
50 lb T ins.........advance 
20 lb Palls.........advance 
10 lb Pails.........advance 
5 lb Palls.........advance 
3 lb Pails.........advance 
Sausages.
Bologna................... 
5ft
6ft
Liver......................... 
Frankfort.................... 
P ork......................... 
6ft
Blood  ...............................  
Tongue.............................. 
Head  cheese............. 
6ft
Extra  Mess......................... jo 25
Boneless  ........................12 50
Romp......   .....................12 00
Kits. 15 lbs...................... 
70
M  bbls, 40 lbs......................  1 35
ft  bbls, 80 lbs......................  2 50
Kits. 15 lbs.....................  
M  bbls, 40 lbs......................  1 25
ft  bbls, 80 lbs......................  2 25
P ork...............................   20
Beef  rounds................... 
3
Beef  middles.................... 
10
Sheep....................... 
(jo
Butterlne.
Rolls,  dairy................... 
n
10ft
Solid,  d a iry ................... 
Rolls,  creamery............  
1594
Solid,  creamery............  
1494
Corned  beef,  2 l b ........2 16
Corned beef, 14 lb..........14 75
Roast  beef,  2 lb........... 2  15
Potted  ham,  Ms.........   50
Potted  ham, 
fts.........   90
Deviled ham,  Ms.........   50
fts.........   90
Deviled ham, 
Potted  tongue Ms.........   50
Potted  tongue fts.........  
90
Fresh  Meats.

Canned Meats.

Pigs’ Poet.

Casings.

Tripe.

Beef.

7(4
6
9

70

Beef.

Pork.

Carcass........................ 7 @ 8ft
Fore quarters............... 6 @  6ft
Hind  quarters...........  7ft®  9ft
Loins  No.  3.................12 @14
Ribs.............................  9 @14
Rounds......................  @8
Chocks........................  6 @ 6ft
Plates  .......................   4  @5
Dressed......................5  @ 5M
L oins.........................  @  7
Shoulders...................  @  544
Leaf Lard...................  6ft@
Carcass.....................   8ft@10
Spring Lambs............ 14  @16
Carcass  ......... .......... 7ft® 8
Crockery and

Mutton

Veal.

Glassware.

Batters,

AKRON STONBWARB. 
ft gal., per dos..............   45
1 to 6 gal., per gal...........  5ft
8 gal., each...................   52
10 gal., each...................   65
12 gal.,  each...................  78
15 gal. meat-tubs, each__ 1 is
20 gal. meat-tubs, each.... 1 50
25 gal. meat-tubs, each  ... 2 00 
80gal. meat-tubs,each....2 40 
2 to 6 gal., per gal...........  5ft
Churn Dashers, per doz...  84 
ft gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  45 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each  6ft

Mllkpans.

Churns.

Pine Glased Mllkpans. 

Stewpans.

ft gal. flat or rd. bot., dot.  60 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot, each  5ft 
ft gal. fireproof  '•■»11, dos.  86 
1 gal. fireproor, bail, dos.l  10 
M gal., per dos..................  40
ft gal., per dos..................  50
1 to 5 gal., per gal.............  6ft

Jugs.

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MICHIGAN  T R A D E S M A N

H a r d w a r e

Timely  Hints  fo r  Enterprising  H ard­

w are  D ealers.

What 

is  or 

is  not 

legitimate  in  the 
way  of  merchandise  for  the  hardware 
dealer  to  handle  is  becoming  an  open 
question 
in  an  age  where  everyone  is 
trying  to  get  all  he  can ;  where  in  fact, 
as  it  has  been  said,  " i t   is  more  blessed 
to  get  than  to  give.”   The  union  of 
many  different  lines  of  goods  under  one 
roof  apparently  rouses  the  animosity  of 
many  specialty  houses,  and  yet 
it  is 
observed  that  these  conglomerate  stores 
are  the  ones  which  carry  off  the 
lion’s 
share  of  the  trade.  The  convenience 
which  they  afford  poeple  in  doing  their 
purchasing  can  not  very  well  be  over­
looked  even  by  those  who are  most  op­
posed  to  them.  Expansion,  which  ex­
tends  to  almost  everything  which 
is 
capable  of  it,  applies  also  to  the  exten­
sion  of  different  lines  in  the store.  The 
hardware  dealer  has  added  crockery, 
lamps, 
glassware, 
linoleums  and  bi­
cycles  and 
in  some  instances  leather 
goods,  furniture,  vehicles  and  agricul­
implements  to  bis  stock,  and  the 
tural 
is  what  will  be  added 
question  now 
next?  Will 
it  be  cbinaware  for  the 
table,  as  well  as  ornaments 
in  metal 
ware?  Many  of  the  latter,  which  may  be 
said  to  come  within  the  hardware  deal­
er’s  province,  are  now  kept  in  stock  by 
some  merchants,  and  might  be  handled 
advantageously  by  a  great  many  more. 
These  comprise  ornaments  of  bronze, 
brass  and  fancy  combinations  of metals. 

*  *  *

the 

store  and 

It  is  said  that  no  mind  is  so great that 
it  has  no  petty  infirmity  or  weakness, 
and  much  the  same  thing  might  be  said 
about 
the  merchant. 
There  is  generally  a  weak  point  some­
where  which  does  a  great  deal  of  barm 
and  which  needs  some strengthening.  It 
may  be 
in  the  clerks;  to  have  poor 
service  is  one  of  the  weakest  places 
in 
a  store.  Nothing  will  quite  make 
amends  for  this  great  deficiency.  Peo­
ple  become  mortally  offended  at  evi­
dence  of  these  derelictions  or  displays 
of  bad  habits  which  are  both  annoying 
and  disgusting.  Another  weak  point  is 
that  of  allowing  goods  to  get  out  of 
stock  and  a  lack  of  uniformity  in  styles 
and  designs  and  patterns  which  often 
sends  people away  from  the  store  with  a 
very  bad  opinion  of  it.  Then  there 
is 
the  condition  in  which  the  store is kept. 
This  may  be  a  strong  or  weak  point,  as 
the  case  may  be.  Cleanliness,  order 
and  system  speak  well  for  an  establish­
ment.  Nothing  beyond  or after  well  se­
lected  stock  makes  such  a  good  impres­
sion  as  neatness.  The  display window of 
course  must  not  be  neglected. 
Few 
points  can  be  much  weaker  than  this, 
if  the  displays  are  put together in a hap­
hazard,  careless  and  unsystematic  man­
ner,  without  regard  to  relative  values  or 
relations  of  designs  and  patterns  to  one 
If the  displays  are  neglected, 
another. 
that 
is,  not  changed  often  enough  to 
keep  something  fresh,  new  and  interest­
ing  before  people’s  minds  and  eyes  a 
store  suffers  in  consequence.  To  do  this 
is  working  on  the  same  principle  as 
keeping  a  disabled,  useless  clerk  in  the 
store,  occupying  space  and  posing  as  a 
monument  of  inefficiency.  Taste,  care, 
judgment  in  the  selection  of goods, fore­
sight 
in  buying,  courtesy  toward  cus­
tomers  and  the  ability  to  keep  abreast 
of  the  times  are  what  constitute  some of 
the  strong  points  in  a  store.

*  *

A  horse  which  is  successful  as  a  rac#r

usually  possesses  good  "staying  quali­
ties,”   as  they  are  called;  that  is,  the 
ability  to  stick  it  out  until  the  end,  no 
matter how  long  that  may  be,  and  come 
out  winner at  last.  This  quality  is  what 
counts  in  a  merchant;  he  must  have  the 
faculty  of  staying  with  a  good  thing 
until  he  makes  other  people  see  and 
realize  that  it  is  good.  The  same  thing 
applies  with  regard  to  his  advertising— 
a  good  staying  quality  is  needed  in  that 
also.  To  advertise  intermittently  is as 
unsatisfactory  for  the  merchant  as  it 
would  be  for  the  race  horse to  “ break”  
occasionally  while  on  the course.  Com­
petition,  too,  which  sometimes  serves 
as  a  goad  to  urge  the  merchant  to  make 
an  unfortunate  "b reak ,”   will  not  affect 
him  if  he  has the staying qualities which 
have  enabled  him  to  make  his  store  so 
popular  that  he  is  not  compelled  to  re­
sort to  any  artifices  to attain  or  acquire 
trade,  or,  in  other  words,  to  pursue  the 
metaphor,  topass  under  the  wire  ahead 
of  the  others  in  the  racé.  To  have  the 
staying  qualities  means  to  possess  per­
severance  and  plenty of  it—an  unfailing 
in  treating  details as  well  as 
patience 
important  matters. 
If  genius  is defined 
as  the  ability  to  keep  everlasting  at  it, 
success  is  the  result  of  this  faculty when 
the  latter  is  properly  exercised.

*  *  *

There 

is  certainly  one  thing  which 
no  enterprising  merchant  should neglect 
to  do,  and  that  is  to  look  at  and  care­
fully  examine  salesmen’s  samples  when 
a  call  is  made  at  the  store  by  one  of  the 
fraternity. 
In  many  cases  merchants 
will  refuse  to  look  at  goods,  either  be­
cause  they  are  too  busy  or  because  they 
do  not  think  it  worth  while.  The  case 
may  be  that  the  merchant  does  not  hap­
pen  to  need  anything  at  the  time,  but 
be  soon  will  if  bis  store is what it should 
be.  Then  again  he  might  be  able  to 
pick  up  something  in  the  way  of  a  nov­
elty  which  might  sell  well  and  assist  in 
accelerating  trade.  By  examining  all 
goods  brought  to  his  notice  by  sales­
men,  the  merchant  keeps  in  touch  with 
the  best  that  is  going,  as  well  as  vari­
eties 
in  designs,  make,  brands,  etc. 
Unfortunately  but  little  consideration  is 
shown  the  salesman  by  the  merchant,  as 
a  rule.  The  latter 
looks  upon  the  for­
mer  as  a  dependent  creature  whose 
wishes  deserve  no  deference.  Conse­
quently  engagements  are  thoughtlessly 
broken,  thus  causing  the  salesman  to 
needlessly  waste  time  in  waiting  for  the 
merchant  to  make another appointment, 
infinitesimally 
when, 
small  order 
is  given.  Now  the  mer­
chant  should  try  to  remember  that  the 
salesman’s  time  is  as  valuable  as  bis 
own,  and  that  he  is  worthy  of  as  much 
consideration.— Stoves  and  Hardware 
Reporter.

like  as  not,  an 

BICYCLE

S U P P L I E S

Dealers  of  Western,  Central  and 
Northern  Michigan  should  write 
for our catalogue  of  Sundries  and 
Fittings.
W e are selling agents  in  Michigan 
for  W O R L D ,  A R IE L ,  A D M I­
R A L  and S O U D A N   bicycles.
Write  us  and  we can  probably in­
terest you.

ADAMS & HART,

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

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R O O F I N G

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

H.  n .  REYNOLDS &  SON,

DETROIT, MICH. 

Established .868. 

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

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(Please mention  where you  saw  this advt.) 

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Office:  82 Campau  St.
Factory: 

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

W E S T   BRIDG E  S T .
G R A N D   R A P ID S .  MICH.

Manufacture a full  line of

LIGHT  AND  HEAVY  HARNESS 
FOR  THE  TRADE.

Jobbers  in

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

M A IL   O R D E R S   G IV E N  
P R O M P T   A T T E N T IO N .

Also a full line of

CARRIAGES AND FARM IMPLETIENTS.

REFRIGERATORSn

YUKON  A N D   C H IL 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.

Í

FOSTER,  STEVENS  &  CO., " W S S L m. fj t
PHILLIPS  IDEAL 
CREAM 
SEPARATOR

Dilution  Process.

Patented August 33,1897.

For the thoroughly perfect, rapid separation of cream  it  has 
no equal.  Saves time, cream  and  money.  The  milk  goes 
directly from the cow and  is  completely  diluted  and  sepa­
rated in  three  hours. 
Its  simplicity,  entire  labor  saving, 
low price,  thoroughness and  quality  of work will  commend 
itself for use to every one making  butter.  Write  for  circu­
lar and prices.  Manufactured by
Wm.  Brummeler &   Sons,

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Hardware  Price Current.

AUOURS AND BITS

Snell’s........................................................... 
70
genuine........................... '..’.'."...25410
Jennlng 
Jennings  Imitation................................... 60410
First Quality, S. B. Bronze..................  
5  50
First Quality, D. B. Bronze........................   9  50
First Quality. S. B. S. Steel.........................  6 25
First Quality, D: B. Steel............................  10 50

AXES

BARROWS

14 00

CAPS

----  
.  .. 

BOLTS

BUCKETS

CARTRIDGES

....................................  net  30 00

Railroad................................................... 
Garden......... 
Stove ...............................................
60410
Carriage new list..........................
t&
Plow..................  ...........................
50
„  
Well, plain..................................
...........I 3 50
BUTTS,  CAST
Cast Loose  Pin, figured.................
...........70410
Wrought Narrow............................
............ 70410
BLOCKS
Ordinary Tackle......................
70
........... 
CROW  BARS
Cast Steel................. .............
.. per lb 
5
Ely’s  MO........................................
65
.. per m 
Hick’s C. F ............................„.
55
..perm  
..perm  
45
g .  d ............................................................ ;
Musket...........................................
..perm  
7&
Rim  Fire.........................................
............ 40410
....... 
Central Fire...................................
20
Socket Firmer.................................
.........  
70
Socket Framing............................
...................  70
Socket Comer................................
................  
70
Socket  Slicks..................................
70
........... 
Morse’s Bit Stocks.........................
........... 
60
Taper and Straight Shank...........
............ 504 5
Morse’s Taper Shank......................
............ 504 6
Com. 4 piece, 6 in...........................
doz. net 
65
Corrugated.....................................
........ 
1 25
Adjustable.....................................
........dis 40410
EXPANSIVE  BITS
Clark's small, «18;  large, 126........
............ 30410
Ives’, 1, 218; 2, «24; 3, «30  ...'.........
............  
25
PILES—New  List
Mew American.....  ......................................70410
Nicholson’s..................................................j, 
70
Heller’s Horse Rasps................................   .6C410
28
Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26;  27.  .. 
List  12 
1C

GALVANIZED  IRON

ELBOWS

CHISELS

DRILLS

16........ 

13 

14 
Discount,  '5—10

15 
OAUQBS

MATTOCKS

Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s......................60410
KNOBS—New List
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings....  
........... 
70
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings................. 
80
Adze Eye.....................................«17 00, dis 60410
Hunt Eye.....................................*15 00, dis 60410
Hunt’s........................................  »18 50, dis 20410
Coffee, Parkers Co.’s...................................  
40
40
Coffee. P. S. 4  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables 
Coffee. Landers, Ferry 4  Clark’s...............  
40
Coffee. Enterprise............................. 
 
30
MOLASSES  GATBS
Stebbln’s Pattern.......................................... 60410
Stebbin’s Genuine....  ................................. 60410
Enterprise, self-measuring.......................  
30

MILLS

NAILS

 

 

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire.
Steel nails, base.............................................  2 40
Wire nails, base...................................... 
 
20 to 60 advance...........................................   Base
06
10 to 16 advance.......................................... 
8 advance.................................................. 
10
20
6 advance.................................................... 
4 advance.................................................... 
30
3 advance.................................... 
 
45
2 advance................................................... 
70
Fine 3 advance........................................... 
50
Casing 10 advance.......................................  
15
25
Casing  8 advance.......................................  
Casing  6 advance.......................................  
35
Finish 10 advance......................................  
25
35
Finish  8 advance........................................ 
Finish  6 advance........................................ 
45
Barrel % advance..................................... 
85
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   @50
Sciota Bench................................................ 
60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy........................   @50
Bench, firstquality.....................................     @50
Stanley Rale and Level Co.’s wood............  
60
[ Fry, Acme...............................................60410410
Common, polished..................................... 
704 5
RIVBTS
Iron and Tinned  .................
Copper Rivets and Burs........

PLANBS

PANS

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 Vic per pound  extra.

HAMMERS

Maydole 4  Co.’s, new  list...................... dis  33'%
25
Kip’s  ......................................................dis 
Terkes 4  Plumb’s................................... di» 10410
Mason’s Solid Oast Steel............ 
gne list 
70
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 30c list 50410 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS

Stamped Tin W are.......................new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware..................................... 20410

HOLLOW  WARE

ROPBS

HINGBS

Pots...............................................................6041
K ettles......................................................... 60410
Spiders.........................................................60410
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2,8.......................................... dis 60410
State........................................  per doz. net  2 5|
Sisal, ft inch and  larger......... ...................  
9Q
Manilla.......................................................   U)£
Bright..........................................................  
so
80
Screw Eyes................................................... 
Hook’s.......................................................... 
80
Gate Hooks and Eyes........................ 
 
80
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ...........................dis 70
Steel and Irc r............................................   70410
Try and Bevels........................................... 
60
M itre..................  
50
com. smooth,  com.

LBVBLS
SQUARES

WIRB  GOODS

SHBBT IRON

 

 

0

 

WIRB

TRAPS

SAND  PAPER
SASH  WEIGHTS

«2 50
2 50
2 60
2 7#
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. IS to 21...................................  2  80 
Nos. 22 to 24...................................  3  00 
Nos. 25 to 26...................................  3  10 
No.  27......................................   3 20 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
List  acct. 19, ’86................................................ dis 50
Solid Eyes........................................per ton 20 00
Steel,Game......................................  ... 
75410
50
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ......... 
Oneida Community, Hawley 4  Norton’s 70410
Mouse, choker........................... per doz 
15
Mouse, delusion........................per doz 
l  ¡t
Bright Market.................................................  
0
Annealed  Market....................................... 
Coppered Market.........................................  6jA 0
Tinned Market.............................................. 
to
Coppered Spring  Steel.................................... 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized  ..........................   3 0
Barbed Fence,  painted....................................  2 50
An Sable..................................................dis 404iC
Putnam............................................................. din 5
Capwell..................................................... net list
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
'0
41
Coe’s Genuine.................................................  
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, w rought.........  
7*
Coe’s Patent, malleable..................................  
75
40
Bird  Cages............................................  
Pumps, Cistern......................................  
70
Screws, New L ist.................................. 
85
Casters, Bed and  Plate.......................... 50410410
Dampers, American............................... 
50
9
600 pound casks.................................  ......  
Per pound................................................... 
9>4
Drop............................................................  1 45
B B and Buck.............................................  1  70
2 45

MISCELLANEOUS

METALS—Zinc

HORSB NAILS

WRBNCHBS

SHOT

SOLDBR

The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
in the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to composition.
10x14 IC, Charcoal.........................................*715
14x20 IC, Charcoal...........................................   7 0
20x14 IX, Charcoal......................................   8 5

TIN—Melyn Grade

Bach additional X on this grade, «1.25.

TIN—Allaway Orada

10x14 IC, Charcoal........................................ 
6 Si
14x20 IC, Charcoal.............................  
 
 
10x14 IX, Charcoal...........................................   7 ou
14x20 IX, Charcoal...........................................   7 60

Each additional X on this grade, «1.50. 

ROOFING  PLATES

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............................  5  50
14x20 IX, Charcoal, D ean......................... 
6 50
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean.......................... 
11  00
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   5  00
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   6  -0
20x281C, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   m 00
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade.................   12 0
14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers, 1 
mnn(, 
14x56 IX. for  No  9  Boilers. (P®1 P°una-

BOILER SIZE TIN PLATB 

6 2»

o u r   FOR  A  LARK.

Difference Between  Druggists On  Duty 

and  Off.

M.  Quad in American Druggist.

As  a  newspaper  man,  I  was  assigned 
to  write  np  tbe  twelfth  annual  meeting 
of  the  druggists  of  a  certain  Western 
State.  The  meeting  was  followed  by  a 
steamboat  ride and  a  dinner,  and  it  was 
only 
in  courtesy  to  the  press  that  I  was 
counted  in.  Among  the  one  hundred 
druggists  at  the  convention  I  knew  per­
haps  a  dozen.  They  were  middle-aged 
and  solemn-looking  men,  and  how  they 
were  to  get  any  fun  out of that excursion 
and  dinner  was  more  than  I  could  fig­
ure  out.  During  the  two  days  which  the 
convention  lasted  I  saw  only  one  drug­
gist  crack  a  smile,  and  that  turned  out 
to  be  an  accident. 
It  was  a  sedate, 
solemn  meeting,  with  sedate,  solemn 
proceedings,  and  although  I  tried  to 
liven  up  my  notes  here  and  there,  the 
compositors  agreed  that  my  copy  was  a 
dismal  failure. 
I  didn’t  want  to  go  on 
tbe  excursion,  but  it  was  a  case  of  go 
or  get  bounced.  I  imagined  loo  solemn- 
looking  men  sitting  and  staring off upon 
the  water,  with  never  a 
laugh  nor  a 
chuckle,  and  as  for  the  dinner  I  figured 
that  it  would  be  a  funeral  from  start  to 
finish. 
I  was  to  learn,  however,  that  a 
druggist  on  duty  and  a  druggist  off  duty 
were  two  different  beings.  We  had 
scarcely  boarded  the boat  when  a  drug 
store  man  of  whom  I  had  always  stood 
in  the  greatest  awe,  on  account  of  his 
dignity,  smashed  my  hat  over  my  ears 
and  called  out:

“ Hey,  you,  but  get  up  and  let’s  have 

a  glorious  old  tim e!”

I  looked  at  him  in  wonder and amaze­
ment,  but  as  I  did  so  he  seized  tbe  arm 
of  a  contemporary,  who  hadn’t  been 
known  to  laugh  for  eighteen  years,  and 
they  went  dancing  about  like  two  boys. 
The  hilarity  quickly  spread  and  the 
shocks  of  surprise  bit  me  so  fast  that  I 
got  weak 
in  tbe  knees.  From  stem  to 
stern  of  that  boat  men  began  to  sing, 
dance,  box  and  cut  up,  and  no  party 
ever  enjoyed 
itself  to  a  fuller  extent. 
My  family  druggist  was  one  of  tbe lead­
ers.  For  twelve  years  I  bad  tip-toed 
into  that  man's  store  and  whisperingly 
asked  him  for  squills  or  quinine,  and 
never  once  had  I  seen  a  smile  on  his 
face  or beard  him  speak  of  earthly  hap­
penings. 
if  be  had 
gone  mad  when  he  approached  me  and 
stood  me  on  my  head  and 
laughed  un­
til  the  tears  rolled  down  his  cheeks.

I  was  wondering 

" I —I  thought  you  were  a  solemn 

man,”   I  said  as  I  struggled  up.

sung 

“ Solemn  be  durned,”   he  replied  as 
he  playfully  put  bis  knee  into  another 
man’s  back. 
“ You  don’t  suppose  I’m 
out  with  the  boys  to  make  a  bump  of 
myself,  do  you?  Listen  now  until  I 
show  you  how  ‘ Maggie  Murphy’  ought 
to  be  sung. ’ ’

And  he  stood  up  and 

and 
pounded  me  on  tbe  back,  and  ninety- 
nine  other  voices  joined  in  the  chorus. 
There  was  a  druggist  there  who  bad one 
brother  an  undertaker,  another  who 
was  a  grave-digger,  and  his  father  was 
a  preacher. 
I  had  patronized  his  store 
three  or  four  times  and  found  it  more 
solemn  and  awesome  than  a  cathedral 
with  a  funeral  at  the  door.  His  two 
clerks  spoke 
in  whispers  and  were 
startled  if  an  ice-wagon  rattled  by,  and 
his  own  dignity  and  solemnity  made 
it 
impossible  for  me  to  draw  a  long  breath 
and  buy  a  fifteen  cent  tooth-brush  at tbe 
same  time.  He  had  spoken  in  the  con­
vention  and  I  had  heard  tbe  tolling  of 
bells  and  reflected  that  I  ought  to  make 
my  will.  Here  be  was,  to  my  amaze­
ment,  standing  upon  a  chair  and  sing­
ing  the  "Sweet  Bye  and  Bye”   and 
“ Yankee  Doodle”   out  of  tbe  same  bot 
tie,  and  while  I  looked  at  him  and won­
dered 
if  it  was  all  a  dream  he  picked 
tbe  hats  off  two  or  three  men’s  heads 
and  tossed  them  overboard. 
I’ve  sailed 
out  to  sea  with  pirates,  brokers,  doctors, 
Tammany  clubs  and  the  Sorosis,  but 
with  none  of  them  did  I  have  such  a 
happy 
time  as  with  the  druggists. 
There  was  a  man  aboard  who  bad  re­
ceived  a  telegram  at  tbe  last  moment 
that  his  wife  bad  eloped,  his  store  had 
burned 
the  ground  and  that  he 
had  been  beaten  in  a  lawsuit.  He  had

to 

made  up  his  mind  not  to  be  hilarious, 
but  those  good  fellows  tumbled him over 
chairs  and  stood  him  on  his  bead  until 
he  grew 
and 
exuberant 
smashed  a  $30 mirror  in  tbe  cabin.

recklessly 

looked 

I  know 

I  bad  dreaded 

I  shall  never  forget  that  dinner  if  I 
live  to  buy  1,000 bottles  of  hair  restora­
tive. 
it  as  a  funeral 
feast,  but  it  was  a  picnic  without  cut- 
rates.  Where  I  had 
for  cold 
water  with  a  headache  wafer floating 
around  in  it,  we  bad  champagne  which 
bubbled,  and  where  I  bad  thought  of 
solemn  old  ganders  and  roosters  and 
water  biscuits,  we  had  a  feast  of  the 
juiciest  and  tender. 
I  bad  never  con­
nected  a  druggist  with  oratory, and  here 
I  had  something  more  to  learn.  At  a 
proper  moment  the  president  arose  and 
made a  brilliant  speech. 
I  know  it  was 
brilliant  because  we  all  whooped  and 
yelled. 
it  was  also  facetious, 
because  we  all  pounded  on  the  table 
and  laughed  and  cheered.  Then  a  toast 
was  given. 
It  was:  “ Don’t  let  your 
druggist  make  you  believe  that  some­
thing  else  is  just  as  good,”   and  it  was 
responded  to  by  that  old  Roman,  my 
family  druggist.  As  near  as  I  could 
make  out  there  were  two  of  him. 
I 
don’t  remember  whether  that  speech 
began  with  the  Pyramids  or  the  dig­
ging  of  tbe  Erie  Canal,  but 
it  was 
funny. 
I  saw  men  laugh  until  they  bad 
to  be  thumped  on  the  back,  and  when 
the  old  Roman  sat  down  be  was  bom­
barded  under  tbe  table  with  biscuits. 
There  were  other 
toasts  and  other 
speeches. 
I  couldn’t  make  out  at  that 
time  why  two  men  should  get  up  every 
time  to  speak,  and  why  they  looked  just 
alike  and  their  voices  were  just  the 
same,  but  I  have  since  learned  that  the 
champagne  sometimes  acts  that  way  on 
a  new beginner.  There wasn’t the slight­
est  approach  to  funerality.  Even  the 
man  who  bad  a  brother  in  the  grave­
digging  business  made  such  a 
jolly 
speech  about  Washington  crossing  the 
Delaware  that  we  continued  to  yell  for 
five  minutes  after  he  sat  down. 
I  think 
one  man  did  try  to  turn  the  tide  by 
starting 
in  to  recite  a  piece  entitled : 
“ Why  Don’t  Our  Willie  Come  Home?”  
He  fully  intended  to  move that audience 
to  tears  and  dilute  the  champagne,  but 
the  audience  took  the  piece  for  some­
thing  extra  funny  and 
and 
roared  and  applauded  until  "W illie”  
suddenly  fell  back  with  a  bang.  I  don’t 
exactly  remember when  or  how  the  ban­
quet  broke  up,  or  how  many  got back  to 
town  that  night.  We  had  started  about 
100  strong.  Before  the  speaking  was 
over  I  figured  out  that  there  were  400 of 
us.  The  last  I remember  of  was  trying 
to  get  that  thing  straight,  but  as  300  of 
the  crowd  kept  walking  around 
tbe 
other  100  it  was a  hard  thing  to do.  All 
I  remembered  about  the  thing  next  day 
was  tbe  successful  speech  of  my  family 
druggist. 
I  could  recall  all  the  deli­
ciously  funny  points,  and  I  felt  it  to  be 
my  duty  to  drop  into tbe  store  and  con-1 
gratulate  him. 
I  entered  with  a  smile 
on  my  face and  a  chuckle  in  my  wind­
pipe.  He  stood  behind  be  counter  fa­
cing  me,  and  I  reached  out my hand and 
began:

laughed 

“ Say,  old  man,  I  want  to  remark  that 
that  speech  of  yours  last  night  was  tbe 
funniest  thing  I  ever— ”

“ Are  you  speaking  tome,  sir!”   inter­

rupted  the  druggist.

“ Of  course  I’m  speaking  to  you. 
Don’t  you  remember  how  you  grabbed 
me  and  stood  me  on  my  head  on  the 
steamboat?  Say  now— ”

“ Excuse  me,  sir,  but  did  you  call  on 

business?”

I stepped  back  and  looked  at him.  He 
was  the  same  graven  image  as  of  yore, 
and  as  he  looked  me  square  in  the  eyes 
there  was  no  light  of  recognition.

“ Your  funny  speech 

last  night,”   I 
said  after awhile;  “ I  came  in to con—”
“ If  you  are  looking  for  a  saloon  there 

is  one  four  doors  below!”   he  said.

“ But  we  were  out  together  last  even­
ing,  and  we  had  more  fun  than  a  bar­
rel  of— ”

“ You  bad  better  go  home,  stranger!”  
he  said,  as  he  turned  away  from  me, 
and  as  I  took  his  advice  I  wondered 
whether  it  was  the  same  old  drunk  or  a 
new  one.

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J a rs,  y« g a l.........................35ic each
Pans,  black,  ^   gal.........4^ c each
Jars,  1  to 6 g a l.....................5c gal
Pans,  black,  1  to 2 gal.........5c  gal
Jars,  $,  10 and  12 g a l........6c gal
Pans,  Peoria or  white,
Jars,  15 and  20 g a l...........7%c  gal
Churns,  2 to 6 g a l............5MC
Pans,  P*a or w.,  % g al..4VfeC each 
Jugs, 
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advertisement.  Car  loads  to  one  or  more  merchants  in  one  town 
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MICHIGAN  T R A D E S M A N

T he  H ardw are  M arket.

General  trade  continues  good  and, 
while  dealers  are  exercising  due  cau­
tion,  owing  to  further  high  prices  on 
goods,  there  is  a  good  movement  going 
on  all  the  time,  with every  prospect  that 
the  trade  for  the  summer  months  will 
be  far 
in  advance  of  that  of  a  number 
of  previous  years.

Wire  Nails— There 

is  no  special 
change 
in  the  situation  of  wire  nails. 
Prices  are  steadily  maintained  and  the 
market  has  a  stronger  tone,  as  the  result 
of  the  condition  of  the 
iron  market, 
which  has  a  strong  tendency  toward 
It  is  thought  likely  that 
higher  prices. 
this  will  show 
itself 
in  a  further  ad­
vance  on  nails.  Quotations  at  the  pres­
ent  time  for  shipment  from  mill  are  as 
follows:  Less  than  carload 
lots,  $2.30; 
carload 
is  confidently 
expected  that  there  will  be  a  further 
advance,  which  may  come  by  the  first 
of  June.

lots,  $2.20. 

It 

W ire—Barbed  and  smooth  wire  still 
remain  stationary,  but 
is  expected 
that  if  there  is  any  change  in  price  of 
nails  the  price  of  wire  will  also  be 
affected.

it 

Wrought  Iron  Goods—An  advance  has 
been  made  on  strap  and  T   hinges  of 
about  20  per  cent.,  and on  wrought  butts 
about  the  same  per  cent.  Mrs.  Potts’ 
sadirons  have  taken  a  jump,  the  price 
having  been  advanced  10  per  cent. 
This  seems  to  be  uniform  among  all 
manufacturers.

Bolts—Carriage  bolts  and  machine 
bolts,  owing  to  the  high  price  of  raw 
material,  have  been advanced another 10 
per  cent.  Nuts  and  washers  have  been 
advanced  15  per cent.

Agricultural  Wrenches— An  advance 
has  been  made  by  the  leading  manufac­
turers  of  agricultural  wrenches,  the  dis­
count  now  being  70  and  10  off,  with  a 
small  extra  discount,  according  to  the 
quantity  ordered.

Window  Glass—Owing  to  the  closing 
down  of  all  glass  factories,  which  takes 
place  to-day,  the  manufacturers  have 
advanced  the  price  5  per  cent.,  and  as 
a  general  thing 
jobbers  have  also  ad­
vanced  their goods.

Miscellaneous—Among  the  many  ad­
vances  that  have  taken  place  we  call  at­
tention  of  the  retail  trade  to  the  follow­
ing  items  which  present  themselves  at 
the  present  tim e:  Apple  presses,  both 
screw  and  lever,  have  been  advanced 
$1  per  dozen;  galvanized  pipe  is  being 
sold  at  the  present  time  at 60  off  the 
list;  stove  bolts,  60  per  cent,  off;  tire 
bolts,  65  per  cent.  ;  carriage  bolts,  65 
per  cent.  ;  wire cloth.  Si.50  per  hundred 
square  feet;  poultry  netting,  80  and  10 
to 80 and  15  per  cent.  ;  picks  and  mat­
tocks,  60  and  10  per  cent.  ;  common 
screen  doors,  S6  per  dozen;  cistern 
pumps,  70  and  10  to  75  per  cent.  ; 
painted  barbed  wire,  $2.55,  galvanized 
barbed,  $3.051  single  and  double  oil 
stoves,  50  per  cent,  discount;  No.  50 
Potts’  sadirons,  80c,  No.  55,  75c;  sin­
gle  bit  axes,  $6,  double  bit,  $9.25; 
No.  27  Wood’s  smooth 
iron,  S3.60; 
socket  firmer  chisels,  70  percent,  off; 
gem  hose  nozzles,  S3  per  dozen;  fork 
handles,  50  per  cent,  off list;  sheet zinc, 
9%c.

The  retail  trade  can  depend  upon  it 
that  everything in  the hardware  line  has 
advanced  from  20  to  50  per  cent,  and  it 
is  believed  by  those conversant  with  the
conditions  of 
the  market  and  who 
prophesy  as  regards  conditions  liable 
to  exist  during  the  remainder of the year 
that  lower  values  are  not  expected,  as

orders  now  in  with  mills  will  more  than 
keep  them  running  through  the  entire 
year  of  1899.

The  Boys  Behind  the  Counter.

Traverse  City— R.  C.  Webster  has 
taken  a  clerkship  in  the  shoe  store  of 
Wm.  Watson,  successor  to  £.  Mc­
Namara.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—Thos.  Agnew  has 
taken  a  position  with  the  Stevens  Gro­
cery  Co.

Saginaw—The  retail  clerks of the  west 
side  will  drive  to  Cbesaning  Sunday 
and  spend  the  day  with  W.  C.  Prater 
and  Geo.  Herrig.

Bay  City—Otto  Meisel,  clerk  at C.  R. 
Hawley  &  Co. ’s,  has  taken  a  position 
with  his  brother  in  the  grocery  store  of
E.  Meisel  &  Co.,  on  Garfield  avenue.

Portland— Howard  Stevens, 

formerly 
employed  in  Wm.  Love’s  general  store 
here,  is  now  with  the  wholesale  dry 
goods  establishment  of  Edson,  Moore  & 
Co.,  Detroit.

LeRoy—Frank Shields, Jr.,  has severed 
his  connection  with  the  general  store 
of  Godfrey  Gundrum  to  engage  in  busi­
ness  on  his  own  account.

Sault  Ste  Marie—Thos.  E.  Roberts 
has  entered  the  employ  of  the  Soo 
Hardware  Co.

Flour and  Feed.

As  predicted  in  our  last letter,  a sharp 
advance  has  already  been  scored 
in 
breadstuffs  which,  in  the  light  of  infor­
mation  at  hand,  well  authenticated, 
would  seem  to  be  only  a  beginning  of 
the  upward  trend  of  prices  for  some 
time  to  come.  Active  speculation  al­
ways  makes  a  nervous,  sensitive  mar­
ket.  subject  to  sudden  reactions.  The 
present  price  of  wheat  and  flour  is  low, 
considering  stocks  and  the  crop  out­
look.  Enquiries  for  flour  are  coming 
in  quite  freely  and  buyers  are  begin­
ning  to  have  confidence  in  the  future  of 
the  market,  but  are  very  wary  of  buying 
at  any  advance  in  price.

The  city  mills  have  plenty  of  orders 
on  hand  for June  business and  expect  to 
run  steadily  until  harvest  time.  Grand 
Rapids  flour has  an  enviable  reputation 
and  is  steadily  gaining  ground.

Millstuffs  are 

in  good  demand,  with 
prices  unchanged.  Feed  and  meal  are 
moving  more  slowly  as  the  weather  be­
comes  warmer,  but  prices  are nominally 
unchanged  for  the  week.

W m.  N.  R o w e.

Lamp  Chimney  T rust.

A  combination  of  the largest manufac­
turers  of 
lamp  chimneys  in  the  woild 
and  controlling  absolutely  the  output  of 
the  United  States  has  been  practically 
completed,  according to press  dispatches 
from  Pittsburg.  The  George  A.  Mac- 
Beth  Company  and  the  Thomas  Evans 
Glass  Company  have  merged  into  the 
MacBeth-Evans  Glass  Company  and  the 
Libbey  Glass  Company,  of  Toledo,  was 
absorbed  by  it.  The  company  will  have 
a  capital  of  $2,000,000 and  will  operate 
the  five  best  chimney  plants 
in  the 
United  States. 
It  will  also  own  and 
control  the  patents  for  glass  blowing 
install  these  ma­
machinery  and  will 
chines 
its  plants.  The  head­
quarters  of  the  new  company  will  be  in 
Pittsburg.  The  combination  will  have 
an  annual  output of 5,000,000 dozen lamp 
chimneys.

in  all 

Sons  of  great  men 

just  remind  us 
there  is  nothing  in  their  lives  sublime; 
and,  going, 
leave  behind  them 
only  debts  and  prop,  bought  on  time.

they 

Streets  that  are  paved  with  good 

in­
tentions  are  better  than  those  that  have 
no  paving.

FOR  RENT—NEW  STORE,  ROOM  22 x 70, 
situated  in  one  of  the  liveliest  towns  in 
Southwestern Michigan.  Good location for fur­
niture  and  undertaking;  a  resort  town.  En- 
quire of E. Stickney, Watervliet, Mich. 
9a4
Tj'OR  SALE—STORE  AND  SMALL  STOCK 
X1  of groceries, notions, etc., in good Michigan 
town.  Address No.  965,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man________________________________ 965
I ¡'OR  SALE—WELL-SELECTED  STOCK  OP 
1  heavy  and  shelf  hardware.  D.  Hancock, 
Cedar Springs, Mich.__________________967
FOR  SALE—WATER  POWER  AND  FLOUR- 
ing mill building on the Huron River in  the 
village of Dexter, Mich., known as the Peninsu­
lar  Mills.  For  particulars  address the  under- 
signed at Dexter.  Thos. Birkett.________966
TO  EXCHANGE-363  ACRES  HARDWOOD 
lands  in  Wisconsin,  worth  $10  per acre,  to 
exchange for stock of goods, or store  and stock 
of  good, or  saw  and  shingle  mill,  if  located 
where timber may be had.  E. A. Dapper, Grand 
Rapids, Michigan.____________________ 963
PAYNE  BROS.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich., have
filed  their  counter  checks  (charging  and 
crediting on  slips  of paper)  for  three vears  in 
Shaw’s  Counter  Check  File.  The  checks  are 
filed in name order.  As soon as checks are filed 
an  account  can  be  rendered - copy  or  give 
checks.  Address J. C. Shaw, Mears, Mich.  962
fpOR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE—A  60  BARREL 
full  roller  mill  with  sawmill  attached. 
Best  water  power in  Southern  Michigan.  Ad­
dress Miller, care Michigan Tradesman. 
961
WANTED—YOUR ORDER FOR A  RUBBER 
stamp.  Best  stamps  on  earth  at  prices 
that  are  right.  Will  J.  Weller,  Muskegon, 
Mich.____________________ _ _________968
Dr u g  st o r e  fo r  sa le—in   t h r iv in g
city  of  over  10,000;  pleasant  competition; 
no cut prices;  modern  fixtures;  invoices  about 
$5,000.  No  better  opening  in  State.  Address 
957
Box 541, Grand Rapids, Mich. 
I ¡»OR SALE AT A BARGAIN—CLEAN STOCK 
groceries and  crockery;  invoices  $1,000;  in 
live town;  best location  in  town.  Address  No. 
956
956, care Michigan Tradesman. 
TO EXCHANGE -BEAUTIFULTOWN HOME, 
eight  acres,  for  clean  Merchandise.  Ad 
dress L, 291 North Ionia St., Grand Rapids.  959
FOR  SALE  CHEAP —OWING  TO 
ILL 
health, I will sell  my  business,  established 
thirty-one years, consisting of jewelry, watches, 
clocks  and  silver-plated  ware,  crockery  and 
glassware,  wall  paper  and  winflow  shades. 
Bench work  runs  from  $40  to  $75  per  month. 
Will sell altogether  or  either of  the  lines  sep­
arately.  Will sell or lease the  building  to  suit 
purchaser.  Come and 6ee my  prospects.  M. F. 
Dowling, Middleville,  Mich.___ __  
960
WANTED—GENERAL  STOCK  IN'THRIV- 
ing town  in  exchange  for  50  acre  farm, 
with crops, three miles from city of Grand  Rap­
ids.  Good buildings.  Good  soil  for  fruit  and 
gardening.  Write  for  particulars  to  952,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
Fo r  sa l e— h a v in g   pu r c h a sed  a n -
other  house,  I  offer  for  sale  my  residence 
property at 24 Kellogg  street,  at  $10UO  less  than 
cost.  Large  lot;  in  excellent  neighborhood; 
12 room house,  all  modern  conveniences;  barn 
on  rear of  lot.  Only  one  block  from  Cherry 
street cars.  Terms  to  suit  purchaser.  E.  A. 
Stowe. 
Gr o c e r y  sto ck  fo r  sa l e— on  Ac­
count of the ill health  of  owner,  he  offers 
for sale his stock of groceries in one of  the  best 
towns in Michigan.  Trade well-established and 
increasing.  Address Box 37, Carson City, Mich.
_________ 948
W ANTED—BY  OvVNER  OF  A  CLOTHING 
Btock,  one  side  of  dry  goods,  shoe  or 
grocery store in town near Grand  Rapids.  Ad­
dress  No. 942, care Michigan Tradesman.  942 
YK7ANTED—HARDWARE, GROCERY,  JEW- 
n   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.
943
Dr u g sto ck—w il l in v e n t o r y  a bou t
fixtures,  balance  drugs 
and sundries.  For cash, will sell for 50 per cent , 
of amount it inventories.  R. E. Hardy, Lansing, 
944
Mich. 
WANTED—WILL  BUY  YOUR  STORE  OR 
become your partner.  O. M. Buckiin, 6933 
Yale Ave.. Chicago, HI. 
947
Fo r  sa l e—good  b a za a r  stock,  e n -
quire  of  Hollon  &  Hungerford,  Albion, 
925
Mich. 
■ NY  ONE  WISHING  TO  ENGAGE  IN  THE 
grain and produce and  other lines  of  busi­
ness can  learn  of  good  locations  by  communi­
cating  with  H.  H.  Howe,  Land  and  Industrial 
Agent C. & W. M. and D., G. R.  &  W.  Railways, 
Grand Rapids, Mich. 
For  s a l e —a  r a r e  o p p o r t u n it y —a
flourishing business;  clean  stock  of shoes 
and furnishing  goods;  established  cash  trade; 
best 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.  Rent  free  for  six  months,  also  a  dis­
count on stock;  use of fixtures free.  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  904,  Negau- 
nee, Mich. 

$1,000—one-third 

9is

952

949

919

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

Mo n ey to pa t e n t y our id e a s m ay b e
obtained through our aid.  Patent Record, 
885
Baltimore, Md. 
f X)R  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 Michigan Tradesman. 
I ¡'OR  SALE—NEW  GENERAL  STOCK.  A 
"  splendid farming country.  No trades.  Ad- 
dress No. 680, care Michigan Tradesman.  680

868

COUNTRY  PRODUCE

W ANTED—BUTTER,  EGGS  AND  POUL- 
try;  any  quantities.  Write me.  Orrin  J. 
810
Stone, Kalamazoo, Mich. 

MISCELLANEOUS.

WANTED—POSITION  IN  STORE  OR  OF 
fice by eneigetic married man.  Competent 
book-keeper  and  has  clerked  in  grocery.  Best 
of references.  Address  Box  494, Traverse City, 
968
Mich. 
W ANTED—A  FIRST-CLASS  REGISTERED 
pharmacist.  Good  fair  wages  to  right 
party.  Steady  employment.  J.  L.  Congdon & 
955
Co., Pentwater, Mich. 

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Our  feed  is  all  made  at 
one mill. 
It is all ground 
by  the  same  man.  He 
thinks  he  knows  how  to 
do 
it  right  because  he 
has  been  doing  it  for  a 
dozen years  W e believe 
he  does  it  right  or  we 
would  get  another  man. 
Our  customers  evidently 
think  he  does  it  right  be­
cause  they  keep  on  or­
dering, and our feed trade 
has  been  enormous  this 
winter  and  doesn’t  seem 
to 
let  up.  W e  don’t 
want  it  to  “ let  up,”   and 
your order will help along. 
Send  it  in.  W e’ll  give 
you  good  feed  at  close 
prices.

$ Valley  City 
I milling Co.,

Grand Rapids, Mich.
Sole Manufacturers of  “LILY WHITE,” 

“The floor the best cooks use.”

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blank,  book-keepers*,  cashiers’  or  order  slip,  and 
locked  up record  of  ail  transactions.  Or,  custom­
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Orders and enquiries cheerfully attended to by

L. A. ELY, Sales Agent, Alma, Mich.

Travelers* Time  Tables.
C H I C A G O '* ™ ^

Chicago.

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

♦Every  day. 

Others week days only.

MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

Michigan Business Men’s Association 

President,  C.  L.  Whitney,  Traverse  City:  Sec­

retary, E . A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.

Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, J.W islbb,  Mancelona;  Secretary,  E. 

A.  Stowe, Grand Rapids.

Michigan  Hardware  Association 

President,  C.  G.  Jrwbtt,  Howell;  Secretary 

Henby C. Minnie,  Eaton Rapids.

DETROIT, Grand Rapids & Western.

Detroit.

Lv. Grand  Rapids........ 7:00am  1:35pm  5:25pm
Ar. Detroit....................11:40am  5:45pm  10:05pm
Lv. Detroit....................8:15am  1:10pm  6:10pm
Vr.  Grand  Rapids.......  1:10pm 5:20pm  10:55pm
Lv. G R7:00am 5:10pm  Ar. G R 11:45am  9:30pxc 
Parlor cars on all trains  to  and  from  Detroit 
and Saginaw.  Trains run week days only.

Saginaw, Alma and  Greenville.

Gso. DeHaven,  General Pass. Agent.

Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association

President, Joseph Knight;  Secretary, E. Ma sk s. 

221 Greenwood ave;  Treasurer, C. H. F r in k .

Grand  Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association
Kl a p;  Treasurer, J.  Gso.  Lehman.

President,  F bank  J.  Dy k ;  Secretary,  Homer 

Saginaw Mercantile Association
McBbatnie;  Secretary,  W.  H.  L ewis.

President, P. F. T beanob;  Vice-President, John 

H E M LO C K   BARK

W

Bark  measured 
promptly by  ex­
perienced  men, 
no  novices  em­
ployed  to  guess 
at it.  Top prices 
paid 
in  Cash. 
Call  on  or write

MICHIGAN BARK & LUMBER CO.,  527 and 538 w,ddÄ B^Sid

Grand  Rapids, Michigan.

Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, J.  F rank Helmbb;  Secretary,  W.  H. 

Porter;  Treasurer,  L. Pelton.

Adrian  Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  A.  C.  Cla r k;  Secretary, E. F.  Cleve 
land;  Treasurer, Wm. C. Kobhn.

Bay Cities Retail Grocers’ Association

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

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

President,  Thos.  T.  Ba tes;  Secretary,  M.  B. 

Owosso  Business  Men’s  Association 

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

bell;  Treasurer, W. E. Collins.

Alpena Business Men’s Association 

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

Partridge.

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

Treasurer, S. J.  Hufpobd.

We  Pay  HIGHEST  MARKET  PRICES in  SPOT CASH  and  Measure  Bark  When  Loaded. 

Correspondence  Solicited.

S t Johns Business  Men’s Association. 

President, T hos  Bromley;  Secretary,  F rank A. 

Pebcy ;  Treasurer, Clark A.  Putt.

Perry Business Men’s Association

President, H. W. Wallace;  Sec’y, T. E. Heddlb.
Grand Haven Retail Merchants’ Association
President, F. D. Vos ; Secretary, J. W, V ebHoeks

Yale Business Men’s Association

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

g o in g   e a s t

(In effect May  1, 1899.)

n p   A M Î Î   Trank Railway System 
v llv /V l v 1/   Detroit and Milwaukee Div
Leave  Arrive
Saginaw,  Detroit ANY.........t 6:45am t  9:55pm
Detroit  and  East..................+10:16am  t 5:07pm
Saginaw, Detroit &  E ast...... t  3:27pm tl2:50pm
Buffalo,  N Y,  Toronto,  Mon­
treal & Boston, L’t’d Ex__ * 7:20pm *10:16am
GOING  WEST
Gd. Haven and Int Pts......... * 8:30am *10:00pm
Gd.  Haven  Express.............. *10:21am * 7:15pm
Gd. Haven ana Int  Pts........ tl2:58pm t  3:19pm
Gd. Haven and Milwaukee...t 5:12pm tl0:llam  
Gd. Haven and Milwaukee  . .tl0:00pm  t 6:40am
Gd. Haven and Chicago........* 7:30pm  *  8:05am
Eastbound 6:45am train has Wagner parlor car 
to Detroit eastbound 3:20pm train has parlor car 
to Detroit.

*Daily.  tExcept Sunday.

C. A.  Justin,  City  Pass.  Ticket Agent,

97 Monroe S t,  Morton House.

ilD  A MH 
G I v A l t l /  

*  Indiana Railway
May 14,  1899.

Northern Div.  Leave  Arrive 
Trav.C’y,Petoskey & Mack...t 7:45am t  5:15pm
Crav. City <fe Petoskey............t   1:40pm  tl0:15pm
Cadillac accommodation.......t  5:25pm tl0:55am
Petoskey A Mackinaw City....til :00pm t  6:30am 
7:45am train, parlor  car;  11:00pm train, sleep­
ing car.
Southern  Div.  Leave  Arrive
Cincinnati...............................17:10am t  9:45pm
......   ...................t  2:0)pm  t   1:30pm
F t Wayne 
Cincinnati............... ..............* 7:00pm * 6:30am
Vicksburg  and Chicago........*ll:30pm  *  9:00am
7:10  am  train  has  parlor  ear  to  Cincinnati 
and  parlor  car  to  Chicago;  2:00pm  train  has 
parlor  oar  to  Ft. Wayne:  7:00pm  train  has 
sleeping car  to  Cincinnati;  11:30pm  train  has 
coach and sleeping car to Chicago.

Chicago Trains.

FBOX CHICAGO.

TO CHICAGO.
Lv. Grand Rapids...  7  10am 
2  0,1pm  *11 30pm
Ar. Chicago............   2  30pm  8  45pm  6 25am
Lv. Chicago............................   3  02pm 
Ar  Grand Rapids...................  9  45pm 
car;  11:00pm, coach and sleeping car.
parlor  car;  11:32pm sleeping car,
Muskegon Trains.

Trai" leaving Grand Rapids 7:10am has parlor 
Train  leaving  Chicago 3:02pm  has  Pullman 

GOING WEST.
LvG’d  Rapids............ t7:35am t l ’ISpm to :40pm
Ar Muskegoii. 
----   9:00am  2:25om  7:05pm
Sunday  train  leaves  Grand  Rapids  9:15am; 
arrives Muskegon 10:40am.
Lv Muskegon.........   ..t8:10am  til:45am  t4:00pm
ArG’dRapids  ..  .....  9:30am  12:55pm  5:20pm 
Sunday  train  leaves  Muskegon  5:30pm;  ar­
rives Grand Rapids 6:50pm. 
tExcept Sunday.  •Dally.

€K)QfO EAST.

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

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

*11 32pm
6 30am

T R A V E L

VIA

F,  A P   M.  R.  R.

AN D   S T E A M S H IP   LIN E8  

T O   A L L   P O IN T S   IN  M ICH IG AN

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

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Simple 
Account  File  $

This  Showcase only  $4.00  per foot.

With  Beveled  Edge  Plate Glass top  $5.00  per foot.

*

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WEST  BOUND.

d u l u t h ,*“

Simplest and 
Most Economical 
t  
Method of Keeping
Lv. Grand Rapids (G. R. & L)tll:10pm  +7:45am
Lv. Mackinaw City..................  7:35am  4:20pm
Ar. St  Ignace..........................  9:00am  5:20pm
Petit Accounts
|  
Ar. Sault Ste. Marie................  19:90pm  9:50pm
Ar. M arquette........................  
2:50pm 10:40pm
  5:20pm )2:45am
 
Ar. Nestorla........................  
X  File and  1,000 printed blank 
Ar. Duluth................... 
8:30am
. '  —  
J  
t6:30pm
Lv. Duluth............................................. 
Ar. Mestoria.............................tU:15am  2:45am
♦   File and  1,000 specially
X 
1:30pm  4:30am
Ar. Marquette.......................... 
Lv. Sault Ste. Marie....... —   3:30pm 
...........
Ar. Mackinaw City..................  
8:40pm 11:00am
g   Printed blank bill  heads,
G. W. Hibbard, Gen. Pass. Agt. Marquette. 
♦  
R. C. Oviatt. Trav.  Pass. Agt.. GrandRaplds
M ANKTPP  * INitteuten «y.
1T l i  h i  1 1 0   1   L *  

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

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

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

Best route to Manistee.

BAST  BOUND.

1  75

1  25  ♦

V ia  C. &  W .  M.  Railway.

Lv Grand Rapids............................7:00am  ...........
At  Manistee................................12:05pm 
..........
L v  Manistee...................................   8:30am  4.10pm
0:44pm
A r Grand  Rapids  .................... 1 .oopm 

a  

Grand Rapids.

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

illustrated  catalogue  and  discounts.

Epps’
Cocoa

Epps’
Cocoa

G R A T E F U L  

COM FORTIN G

Distinguished  Everywhere 

for

Delicacy of  Flavor, 
Superior  Quality 

and

Nutritive  Properties. 
Specially  Grateful  and 

Comforting  to the 

Nervous  and  Dyspeptic.

Sold  in  Half-Pound  Tins  Only. 

Prepared  by

JAM ES  E P P S   &  CO.,  Ltd., 

Homoeopathic  Chemists,  London, 

England.

B R E A K FA S T

SU PPE R

Epps’
Cocoa

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Put  up  in  3-lb.  barrels,  12  and  24  to  the  case,  $2  40  per  doz. 

A  whole barrel  of  fine  Ginger  Snaps  to  the  con­

sumer  for  25c.  Made  only  by

NATIONAL  BISCUIT  CO.

Sears  Branch,  Qrand  Rapids.

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2124 packages put up in one day at  A. H. 
Atwood  &   Co.’s store,  48  North  St.,  Bos­
ton,  Mass.,  on  one  Dayton  Computing 
Scale.

Seventeen  clerks  sold  the  goods  and 
one young lady clerk  operated  the  scale. 
(W rite  for  particulars  of  this  Weight 
Checking System.)
Officially  recognized  by  many  of  the 
Grocers’  and  Butchers’  Associations. 

(W rite  for copies of the Resolutions.) 
For 

time-saving  and  profit-making 

scales,  write

THE  COMPUTING  SCALE  CO.,  Dayton,  Ohio.

