Volume XVII. 

GRAND RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20,  1899. 

Number 835

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required for satisfactory lubrication as of any other axle  grease," so  that 
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Volume XVII.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  SEPTEMBER  20.  1899.

Number 835

IM P O R T A N T   F E A T U R E S .

Page.
a. D ry   G oods.
3. N ow   a n d   T h e n .
4. A ro u n d   th e   S tate.
5. G ra n d   R ap id *   Cions ip.
6. S to re  L ig h tin g .
7. G e ttin g   th e   P e o p le .
8. E d ito ria l.
9. E d ito ria l.
10. M u llic a n   P r r d u c e   S liip e p rs ’  A ss*n.
1 1 . G o th a m  G ossip.
18. S hoes a n d  L e a th e r.
14. N o  C a rn iv a l  fo r  H im .
15. G ro c e ry   S how   W indow '.
16. W o m a n ’s W o rld .
17. C o m m e rc ia l T ra v e le rs.
18. D ru g s  a n d  C h em ica ls.
1». D ru g  P ric e  C u rre n t.
20. G ro c e ry  P ric e   C u rre n t.
21. G ro c e ry  P ric e   C u rre n t.
22. H a rd w a re .
23. T r u s t  T a lk .
24. T h e   G ro c e ry   M a rk e t. 

H a rd w a re   P ric e   C u rre n t.
R u s in e s s   W an ts.

M u st  B e  th e   C o n c e n tra tio n   o f   S tre n g th .
There  can  be  to-day,  in  my  opinion, 
no  large  business  successfully  conducted 
without  the  assistance, 
the  mangetic 
influence  of  the  salesman, 
power  and 
who  is  a  power  in  the 
land  to-day ;  he 
is  a  different  power  from  what  he  was 
twenty-five  years  go;  different  element; 
he 
is  a  representative  man  as  well  as  a 
salesman;  he  is  required  to  practice  d i­
plomacy,  as  well  as  have  ability  in  the 
sale  of  goods;  he  always  has  had  the 
reputation  of  being one who thought well 
of  himself  and  it  is  well  it  is  so,  as  my 
experience  is  that  a  salesman  who  does 
not  think  well  of  himself  and  does  not 
have  full  belief  in  his  house  or what  he 
can  do  for  them,  is  not  a  success. 
In 
these  days,  when life  is  not  one  “ grand, 
sweet  song,”  but  rather  a  life  of  earnest 
work  instead,  if  we  succeed,  it  might  be 
well  to  pause  a  moment  and  think  if  we 
can  not  make  out  of  this  earnest  life 
one  which  will  be  as  sweet  as  the  one 
we  hear spoken  of  as  the  sweet  song  of 
idleness.  We  have  all  learned  that  in 
the  round  of  human  activity  there  is  a 
law  of  compensation  and  equilibrium, 
and  that  it  works  with  equal 
force  and 
certainty 
in  money  making  enterprises 
as  in  the solar  system.  Those  who.live 
and  strive  with  only  a  sordid  and  selfish 
aim,  and  without  principle  or  other 
aim,  end  their  career  in  miserable  fail­
ure.  The  Golden  Rule  has  just  as  much 
in  business  as  in  the  carrying 
a  place 
out  of  the  precepts 
laid  down  by  our 
Saviour  in the  decalogue,  and is the mo­
tive  power 
in  the  field  of  human  en­
deavor.

It  is  estimated  that  there  are now fully 
half  a  million  traveling  salesmen  em­
ployed 
in  the  United  States,  distribu­
ting  in  expenses  annualy  five  hundred 
million,  with  an  equal  sum  earned  as 
salaries.  The  salesman’s  occupation  has 
assumed  the  dignity  of  a  profession. 
The  successful  salesman  must  be  the 
concentration  of  strength.  He  must 
know  when  to  strike  and  how  to  get  his 
material 
and 
should  be  never  relaxing  in  his  v ig i­
lance.  The  salesman,  as  a  rule,  is  in­
terested  in  maximum  sales.  The  credit 
man  is  interested,  as  well,  in  maximum 
sales,  but  also 
losses. 
There  are  very  many  salesmen  whose 
judgment and advice are worth accepting 
in  conjunction  with  any  credit  man’s 
judgment  in  granting  of  credits.

in  position  to  strike, 

in  minimum 

There  was  a  time  when  it  used  to  be 
said  that  a  salesman  had  no  more  use 
for  truth  than  the  tom  cat  had  for a  mar­
riage  license.  This  is  a wide and sweep­
ing  statement,  and  to-day  can  not  be 
maintained.

1  believe  the  majority  of  salesmen  are 
honest;  that  their  integrity 
is  unques­
tioned ;  that  they  are  anxious to promote 
interest  of  the  house  that  employs 
the 
them ;  I  believe,  however, 
that  their 
enthusiasm  sometimes  gets  the  better 
of  their  judgment,  and  in  a  case  of  this 
kind  the  credit  man  is  obliged to decide 
according  to  his  best  lights  in  the  case ; 
sometimes,  no  doubt,  he decides  accord­
ing  to  a  bad  liver.

1  believe  that  criticism  of  a  house  on 
the  part  of  salesmen  :s  to  be  invited, 
and  that a meeting  of  salesmen,  not  only 
of  this  kind,  but  meetings  weekly  or 
monthly  at  place  of  business  where  they 
can  criticise  methods,  goods,  or  point 
out  where,  in  their  judgment 
improve­
ment  can  be  made  to  the  satisfaction  of 
the  trade  and  benefit  of  the  business, 
are  very  desirable. 

"T.  M.  Brown.

The  unusually  high 

S p ecial  F e a tu re s   o f th e   M o rn in g   M ark et.
levels  of  values 
maintained  through  the  season  for  most 
products,  with  the  steady  demand,  keep 
the  attendance  nearer  the  largest  than  is 
usual  so  late  in  the  season.  This  con­
dition  may  be  also 
influenced  by  the 
fact  that  there  is  naturally  a  rush  both 
in  selling  and  buying  when  the  first 
frosts  appear.  Whatever  the  cause  there 
has been an  exceptionally  long  season  of 
the  most  active  business.

The  most  marked  contrast  of  values  is 
in  the  prices  obtained  for  peaches.  Of 
these  larger quantities  are  making  their 
appearance  than  seemed probable earlier 
in  the  season,  yet  there  are  not  enough 
to bring  the  price  below  fancy 
figures, 
ranging  from  $2.50  to $3.  The  varieties 
represented  are  most  of 
leading 
ones,  locality  having  more  to  do  wih 
the  survival  of  the  fruit  than  hardiness 
of  the  different  kinds.  Thus  many  of 
the  largest  growers  in  the 
less  favored 
localities  have  scarcely  a  peach,  but  the 
few  favored  ones,  while  the  yield  is 
small,  get  enough  for  them  to  make 
their  returns  compare 
favorably  with 
other  years.

the 

Offerings  of  the hardier fruits continue 
in  considerable  abundance,  but  the  ex­
treme  variation 
in  qualities  shows  that 
everything 
is  being  marketed.  Prices 
vary  as  to  quality,  but,  on  the  whole, 
both  are  good.  The  extreme  scarcity  of 
peaches  engages  the  attention  from  the 
actual  scarcity of  the  other  large  fruits, 
which  are  less 
in  yield  than  for  many 
years  past.  This  condition  will,  doubt­
less,  make  a  scarcity  in  the  cider  yield.
Grapes  are  in  sufficient  abundance  to 
supply  all  demand,  but  not  so  as  to  sur­
feit  the  market  to  the  extent  of  former 
years;  indeed,  there  is  no  fruit  that  can 
now  be  accounted  a  drug.

All  the  conditions  of  a  healthy  vege­
table  market  seem  to  be  in  steady  oper­
ation.  Supplies  are  plentiful  and  are 
met  by  a  strong  demand;  indeed,  this 
promises  to  be  an  exceptional  year  for 
the  market  gardeners,  so  largely  repre­
sented  by  the  Holland  element.

C olored  O le o m a rg a rin e   M ay  Now  B e Sold 

In th is  S tate.

The  Supreme  Court  has  knocked  out 
the  principal  portion  of  the  law  of  1897 
which  purported  to  be  a  law “  to prevent 
adulteration,  fraud  and  deception  in  the 
manufacture  and  sale  of  articles  of  food 
and  drink,’ ’  but  which  in  reality  made 
it  a  criminal  offense  for  a  dealer  to  sell 
oleomargarine  colored  to  resemble  but­
ter.  The  Court  held  that  the  title  to the 
act  was  not  broad  enough  to  comply 
with  the  constitution  provision  that  an 
act  shall  have  but  one object, which shall 
be  expressed  in  its  title.

colored  oleomargarine. 

The  case  was  one  commenced by  Food 
Commissioner  Grosvenor  against  Casper 
Rinsey,  a  grocer  at  Ann  Arbor,  for  sell­
ing 
Justice 
Duffy  refused  to entertain the complaint, 
and  the  Circuit  Court  declined  to 
issue 
a  mandamus  to  compel  him  to  do  so. 
The  case  came  to  the  Supreme  Court  by 
certiorari,  and  the  position  of  the  jus­
tice  of  the  peace  and  circuit  judge  is 
sustained.

It  was  shown  that  there  was  no  fraud 
in  the  sale  of  the  oleomargarine  or  any 
deception,  the  oleomargarine being  sold 
for  oleomargarine. 
It  was  not  urged 
that  the  offense  comes  within  the  words 
fraud  or  deceit  or  that  the  coloring  mat­
ter  was  deleterious.

The  Court  says  the  question  to  be  de­
termined  is  whether  the  title  of  the  act 
is  broad  enough  to  include the sale  com­
plained  of.  The  Court  says:  “ Would 
any  person  reading  the  title  to  the  bill 
in  the 
legislative  journals  or  elsewhere 
suppose  that  the  bill  would  make  crim ­
inal  an  act  which  in  itself  was  entirely 
harmless,  honest, 
innocent,  and  con­
tained  no  element  of  wrong-doing?  Or 
that 
it  would  change  the  well-known 
definition  of  a  word  (the  word  adultera­
tion)  so  as  to  include  within  it  things 
which  were  in  no  sense  akin  to  it,  and 
which  could  be 
included  only  by  the 
most  arbitrary 
legislative  enactments? 
Would  a  manufacturer or  dealer  in  but­
ter or  oleomargarine  be  notified  by  the 
title  that  the  harmless  coloring  of  butter 
was  not  only  to  be  prohibited,  but  to  be 
punished  by  fine  or  imprisonment  or 
both?  There  can  be  but  one  answer  to 
these  questions.  When  the  Legislature 
attempts  to  change  definitions  and  to 
make  acts  criminal  which  per  se  are 
innocent  there  must  be  something  in the 
title  to  show  such  purpose  or  object. 
It 
this  part  of  the  act  is 
follows  that 
void. ’ ’

The  Court  says  that  it  is  unnecessary 
to  discuss  the  other questions  raised  as 
to  the  constitutionality  of  the  law.

Calamity?  There  is  no  such  word 

in 
the  bright  lexicon  of  Kansas  this  year. 
From  the  Missouri  to  the  Colorado 
line 
everybody 
is  talking  com  and  feeling 
good.  The  discordant  notes  are  so  few 
and  far  between  that  they  pass for jokes. 
One  lonesome  calamity  howler  recently 
stood  silent 
in  a  crowd  of  enthusiastic 
com  talkers  until  the  time  came  when 
he  must  say  something,  and  then  he 
commented  thus: 
“ Yes,  boys,  it  is  a 
whaling  big  crop  and  no  mistake.  But 
I  tell  you  it  is  going  to  be  hell  on  the 
ground.”

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Annual Statement, Dec. 31,1898.

Commenced Business 8ept.  I, 1883.

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Dry Goods

T h e   I>ry  G oods  M a rk e t.

Staple  Cottons— Ducks  show a  fair  de­
mand,  and  prices  are  firm.  Wide  sheet­
ings  are  extremely  firm,  and  advances 
have  been  made  on  some  lines  during 
the  past  week.  Denims  are  hard  to 
find,  and  consequently  firm,  while  ticks 
show  an  average  request  without  chang­
ing  the  price.

Prints  The  situation  in  printed  cali­
coes  has  not  been  changed  to  any  extent 
during  the  past  week.  They  are  not  in 
as  good  condition  as  other  lines  of  cot­
tons,  and  the  demand  is  very  uneven. 
Jobbers  are  inclined  to  express  dissatis­
faction  in  regard  to  these 
lines.  Five- 
cent  grades  are  as  a  rule  only  in  fair 
condition ;  the  lower  grades  are  wanted 
more  generally,  and  higher  grades  are 
quiet.  The  more  staple  prints  show  a 
fairly  good  demand,  and  blacks  and 
whites  and  gray  are  good  sellers,  while 
a  moderate  business  is  also  coming  to 
indigo  blues, 
hand 
Shirting  prints  are 
chocolates,  etc. 
quiet.  Percales  are 
in  very  good  re­
quest,  and  wide  sheetings  are  selling 
well.

for  turkey  reds, 

Ginghams— Good  dark  dress  ging­
hams  are very  scarce  in  the  market,  and 
fine  grades 
light  colors  have  sold 
well.  Napped  fabrics,  both  printed  and 
woven,  are  well  sold  up  in  dark  work 
and  prices  are  easily  maintained.

in 

is 

favor 

in  popular 

Dress  Goods—The  dress  goods  market 
is  in  such  a  lively  condition  at  the pres­
ent  time  that  jobbers  hardly  know where 
they  stand.  Prices  have  been  advanc­
ing  so  rapidly  that  when  a  piece  of 
goods  which 
is 
shown  to  a  buyer,  the  price  quoted  is 
higher  than  for  the  same  fabric  at  the 
last  time  it  was  shown.  The  great  de­
mand  is  for  rough  face  fabrics,  and  the 
buyers  can  not  find  enough  of  them. 
Fancy  backed  goods  are  also  in  enor­
mous  request,  but  the  mills  are  not 
anxious  to  take  orders  for  these  lines 
except  where  they  have  to,  the  reason 
being  that  they  are  practically  double 
pieces of  cloth,  but  the  prices  on  them 
are 
far  from  double  that  for  a  single 
fabric.  Nevertheless,  these  goods  must 
be  had,  and  the  mills  must  make  them. 
So 
is  being  accom­
plished  in  fall  dress  goods  that  agents 
have  given  very  little  attention to spring 
lines.  The 
jobbers  report  an  excellent 
business  for  fall,  which  continues  with­
out  change  up 
to  the  present  time. 
Crepons,  homespuns,  fancy backs,  plaids 
and  Venetians,  cheviots,  as  well  as  the 
staple 
lines  of  serges  and  broadcloths, 
have  found  excellent  business.  There  is 
considerable  question  as  to  what  will  be 
popular  for  spring,  but taking  past  years 
into  consideration,  it  is  safe  to  predict 
that  the  same  thing  will  be  wanted  to 
the  first  of  the  spring  season  that  is 
wanted  in  the  last  of  the  fall  season,  at 
least  goods  of  the  same  nature.

large  a  business 

Hosiery— Embroidered  clocks 

in  all 
colors  and  many  fanciful effects  promise 
to  be  sold  in  large  quantities.  The  do­
mestic  manufacturers  are  doing  splen­
didly  with  the  lower  grades  of  hosiery, 
and  some  fancies  that  are  sold at  a price 
which  will  allow  them  to  be  retailed  at 
25c  a  pair  are  very  sightly  and 
in  ex­
cellent  taste.  Seamless  hosiery  is  tak­
in  the 
ing  a  most  enviable  position 
knit  goods 
is  showing 
strong  competition  with  foreign  makes. 
The  demand  for  better  grades  is  becom­
ing  more  prominent  each  season.

industry,  and 

Carpets— The 

carpet  manufacturers 
continue  to  experience  a  season  of  un­

is  a  very 

precedented  activity.  They  realize  that 
is  a  good  time  to  demand  higher 
this 
prices,  and  with  this 
in  view  another 
advance  of  2%c  per  yard  on  all  wool 
extra  super  and  C.  C.  ingrains  has  been 
announced, 
to  take  effect  October  1. 
There 
large  amount  of  old 
business  to  be  cleared  up  by  the  aver­
age  ingrain  manufacturer  before  he  will 
be  in  a  position  to  receive  duplicate  or­
ders  or  commence  the  preparation  of his 
samples  for  next  season. 
In  the  mean­
time  the 
large  jobbers  who  placed  or­
ders  early  have  sold  out  to  the  retailers 
much  earlier  than  expected,  and  are 
now  eager  to  place  more  orders  at  old 
prices. 
ingrain 
manufacturers  have  not  previously  ad­
vanced  prices,  and  during  this  month 
will  no  doubt  accept  a  limited  number 
of  orders  previous  to  advances  next 
month,  while  others  who  have  advanced 
prices  previously  are  determined  not  to 
take  any  duplicates  unless  they  obtain 
the  2}/2c  advance  this  month,  with  the 
prospect  of  a  still 
further  increase  in 
prices  later  on  before  the  close  of  this 
season.

is  true  that  some 

It 

Straw  Mattings— The  trade  has  been 
large  and  very  satisfactory  to  the  aver­
age  dealer,  much  more  than  last  year, 
as  the  surplus  mattings  imported  free 
under the  Wilson  bill  were  affecting  the 
market,  and 
forced  prices  to  a  lower 
level.  With  the  market  free  of  these 
cheap  goods, 
the  demand  will  come 
on  the  goods  which  will  net  them  a 
larger  profit.

T h e   O ld   F o lk s   a t   H o m e.

One  of  the 

little  tragedies  of 

life 
whose  pathos  we  never  realize  until  it 
grips  our  own  heartstrings  is the  flight 
of  the  boys  and  girls  from  the  home 
nest,  and  the  breaking  up  of  the  family 
circle.  Of  course,  one  knows  from  the 
beginning  that  such  an  end  is  inevit­
able.  The  time, is  bound  to  come  when 
the 
little  children  about  one’s  knees 
cease  to  be  children,  and  become  men 
and  women,  with  all  of  men’s  and  wo­
men’s  needs  and  desires— when  they 
must  go  out  into  the  world  and  do  their 
allotted  work,  and  make  new  ties  and 
homes  for  themselves. 
is  best  for 
them  and  happiest  for  them  that  they 
should,  but,  oh !  the  old  home 
lone­
some  when  they  are  gone,  when  there  is 
no  more  rollicking  laughter,  no  strum­
ming  on  the  old  piano,  no  more  com­
ing  and  going  of  young  people.

is 

It 

it 

is  only 

The  girls  are  all  married  and  live  far 
away,  and  the  boys  are  in  business  in 
this  city  and  that.  The  table  that  used 
to  reach  almost  the  whole  length  of  the 
dining-room  has  been  drawn  up,  and 
drawn  up,  until  now 
long 
for  the  two  old  people,  and 
enough 
mother  never 
looks  across  it  at  father 
without  a  quick  rush  of  tears  to her eyes 
and  a  little  choking  of  the  throat,  think­
ing  of  the  empty  chairs  that  are  ranged 
so  stiff  against  the  wall,  with  nobody  to 
use  them  now. 
like  wben 
she  and 
father  were  married  and  first 
went  to  housekeeping,  only  they  were 
young  then,  too,  and  life  was  all  before 
them,  and  the  world  was  rosy  with 
hope,  and  every  day  was  filled  brimful 
of  fresh  interests. 
It  is  different  now. 
They  have  lived  so  long  for  their  chil­
dren  that  they  have  ceased  to  have  any 
other  pleasure,  and  are  too  old  to  make 
new 
interests,  and  now  the  children 
have  gone  and  left  them.

It  is  almost 

But  what  of  the  children?  Ah,  they 
seldom  realize  how 
is  with  the  old 
folks  at  home.  They  are  so  busy  with 
their  own  affairs  they  have scarcely time 
to  send  even  a  vagrant  thought  after  the

it 

patient  old  people  waiting,  waiting  for 
a  message 
from  the  ones  in  whom  all 
the  interest  and  happiness  of  their  lives 
are  bound  up.  Mary  is  absorbed  in  her 
children,  Julia  is  taken  up  with  society 
and  clubs.  John  and  Tom  are  in  the 
thick  of  the  fight  for  money  and  posi­
tion.  Their  own 
lives  are  so  crowded 
with  events  that  they  forget  how  long 
and  how  lonely  the  days  may  be  for  the 
old  parents  left  behind  in  the  little  v il­
lage  or the  old  farmhou'se.

is  a  melancholy 

Women  cling  more  closely  to  family 
ties  than  men  do,  and  it  is  seldom  that 
a  woman  becomes  so  alienated  from  her 
people  as  not  to  write  occasionally,  but 
it 
fact  that  there  are 
thousands  of  men  who  practically  never 
write  home  at  all. 
It  always  seems  to  a 
man  that  he  has  offered  a  satisfactory' 
excuse  for  any  kind  of  negligence  when 
-he  says  he  is  busy,  but  he  never  stops 
to  think  when  he  makes  that apology  for 
not  writing  to  his  mother  that  in  all  his 
life  she  was  ne'rer  too  busy  or too  tired 
to  wait  upon  him,  and  love  him,  and 
serve  him.  Sometimes  he  compromises 
with  his  conscience  by  having  his  wife 
write,  or  the  children  write. 
is  a 
pitiful  subterfuge,  and  only  God  can 
know  how  the  old  mother’s  heart  aches 
for  a  sight  of  the  face  she  has  pillowed 
on  her  bosom,  but  that  is  so 
indifferent 
and  negligent  now,  or  how  she  wearies 
looking  for  the  letter that  never  comes. 
Alas,  for  the  black  ingratitude  of  life, 
he  has  forgotten  the  old folks at home.
Cora  Stowell.

It 

Q u it«   C o n te n te d .

“ Don’t  it  make  you  feel  a  little  blue 
to  find  yourself  getting  old?”   enquired 
the  strictly  fresh  egg  of  the  somewhat 
doubtful  one.

“ No,  it  doesn’t,”   replied  the  latter; 
“ when  I  get  a  little  older  I’m  going  on 
the  stage.”

J. G. Miller & Co.,

Clothing Manufacturers, 

Chicago,  Hi.

I atn now at my desk in  Chicago, to  remain  until 
State Fair week, held in Grand  Rapids, Sept. 25*29, 
at which time I  shall  be  at  Sweet’s  Hotel w th  all 
my fall  and winter  samples.  Will  take  good  care 
of customers who can meet me in Chicago between 
now and  Sept.  15,  and  allow all  expenses  to  trade 
who will give me all or part of  their  fall  purchases 
while in  Chicago.  Any  who  cannot  leave  home 
kindly  let  me  know and  I will  send  full  line  of 
samples  or  visit  them  personally.  It  will  be  a 
great pleasure to meet your  demands, and  rest  as­
sured all favors will be appreciated.

Respectfully,

S.  T.  Bowen,

376  Franklin  Street.

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collar  is  here  to  stay. 
So  great  is  the  demand 
for  them  that  a  leading  authority  claim s that the 
to  fill  orders 
makers  of  collars  will  be  unable 
taken.  W e  are  more 
than  some 
others.  W e  have  them  to  deliver.  Price  $1.10 
per  dozen.

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Come to the

State Fair

And  make  our  store your headquarters.  Our 
salesmen  will  be  in  all  next week and  will be 
pleased to show  you the most complete  line  of 
Dry Goods in the  State.

P.  STEKETEE  &  SONS,

W holesale Dry  Goods, Grand Rapids,  Mich.

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favor  the  old  (me  fell  away,  and  the  de­
mand  is  now  so  great  that  the  original 
manufacturers  -tne  Shakers-  could  not 
supply  us  for  the  slowest  week  in  the 
year. ’ ’

The  tourist  and  the  man  going  on  his 
summer  vacation  were  not  slow  to  rec­
ognize  the  advantage  of  the sweater over 
the  old-time  blue  flannel  shirt,  and these 
consumers  became 
large  purchasers  of 
the  more  comfortable  and  better  looking 
garment.

Although  the  athletic  and  the  outing 
trades  make  heavy  drafts  on  the  product 
of  the  sweater  manufacturers,  there  are 
other  and  larger  consumers.  These  are 
men  who  work  in  the street,  lumbermen, 
longshoremen,  railroad  men,  sailors  and 
drivers  of  teams.

The  article  which 

is  used  by  these 
people 
is  not  so  good  as  the  one  made 
for  athletes,  and  sells  as  low  as 75 cents, 
and 
from  that price  to $ 1.50,  while  the 
better  article  brings  from  $2.50  to §6.

is  this:  The 

The  jersey,”   said  a  manufacturer  of 
woven  g(x>ds,  ‘ ‘ was  the  forerunner of  the 
sweater,  and  a  curious  point  about  these 
two  articles 
jersey  was 
brought  on  the  market  as  an  article  of 
it  enjoyed  great 
women’s  wear,  and 
popularity  for  several  seasons. 
It  was 
not  an  outing  garment,  but  one  of  dress, 
but,  like  all  articles  of  women’s  dress 
that  can  be  produced  at  a  low  figure, 
the  jersey  soon  found  its  way 
into  the 
lower  circles,  and  then  became  unknown 
as  an  article  of  dress  in  jilaces  where 
fashions  are  made.  But  with  the  bicycle 
it  became  popular  once  more;  it  was 
adopted  by  men,  and 
is  now  worn  by 
riders  all  over  the  country.  But  the 
women  got  even  with  the  men 
for  tak­
ing  the  jersey  away  from  them  by  going 
in  for  sweaters.  There  are  large  quan­
tities  of  sweaters  made  now  for  women, 
who  wear  them  at  golf,  in  the  moun­
tains,  in  the  gymnasium,  and  for outing 
generally.  The  goods  made  for  the  use 
of  women  are  usually  of  a  superior 
grade,  although  they  are  made  also  in 
the  middle  and  low  grades.”

3

ly  all  the  mills  where  underwear  is 
manufactured  produce  some  of  these 
popular  garments.

American  Indigo  Prints  4%c  at

P.  Steketee  &  Sons’.

Aluminum Money

Will Increase Your Business.

Cheap and Effective.

Send for samples and  prices.
C.  H.  HANSON,

44  S.  Clark  St.,  Chicago,  III.

The  Howwhowhat.

In  has  been  said  that,  unquestionably  beyond 
reach of successful contradiction,  more  retail  mer­
chants  make a failure of  their  business  from  for­
gotten  charges, caused  by  lack of  systematic  inan- 
agement,  than  from  all  other  causes  combined, 
which statement leads one to think  things ought to 
change;  but  how?  By  whom  and  what?  First, 
How?  By introducing a  system  to  this  class  of 
business men  that  insures them  against  the  possi­
bility of  a  forgotten  charge,  used  in  connection 
with a system for retailers which  saves the  profits, 
only  from  which  are  fortunes  made.  Second,  By 
whom?  By the  Egry  Autographic  Register  Co., 
who plan systems for retailers In all  lines  of  busi­
ness, enabling them to save the profits by  stopping 
the  leaks.  Third,
By  what?  By  us­
ing  the Egry Auto­
graphic  Register— 
adapted to any class 
of business needs.

Address inquiries 
or  send  orders  for 
what  you  want  to

T H E N   A N D   N O W .

N o  U se  fo r  th e   C lo th ie r  F ifty   Y ear»  A go. 
W ritten for the Tradesm an.

In  a  former communication I  told  how 
the  family  used  to  be  shod  in  the  olden 
days,  of  the  coarse  and  durable  shoes 
they  used  to  wear and  the  curious  cus­
tom  of  having  them  made  up  by  the 
lo­
cal  shoemaker  in  the  homes  of  the coun­
try  people.  This  reminded  me  of  the 
more  serious  and 
important— because 
more  expensive— matter  of  clothing  the 
whole  family  for  the  rigors  of  winter, 
which  became  of  deep  solicitude  to  the 
frugal  housewife,  and  the  methods  were 
as 
laborious  and  quaint  as  in  the  fur­
nishing  of  the  footwear.

lingers 

The  process  of  preparing  the  yarn and 
knitting  the  socks  and  stockings  for  the 
family  was  first  in  importance.  Com­
paratively  few  stockings  of  any  kind  for 
young  or  old  were  bought  at  the  stores ; 
they  were  knit  at  home  with  knitting 
needles, 
the  click  of  which  through 
memory’s  charm  still 
in  my 
ears.  Men’s  and  boys’  socks  were  made 
of  a  mixture  of  black  and  white  sheep’s 
in  about  equal  proportions,  pulled 
wool 
together  and  carded  by  hand 
into  flat­
tened  rolls  ready  for the  old-fashioned 
spinning  wheel,  whose  droning  buzz  was 
the  lullaby  of  many  a  future  statesman. 
Women’s  and  girls’ 
stockings  were 
made  of  finer  wool  spun  into  finer,  yarn 
and,  if  desired,  dyed  at  home  either 
black,  blue  or  red.  Tints  or  shades  of 
coloring  weie  beyond  the  family art.  To 
be  an  expert  with  the  use  of  knitting 
needles,  in  those  days,  was  regarded  a 
polite  accomplishment for a  young  lady, 
as  well  as  an  indispensable  requisite  to 
her  future  usefulness  as  wife  and  rtioth- 
er.  The  mother  who  neglected  to  teach 
her  daughter  the  art  of  knitting  would 
be  thought  lacking  in an important duty. 
Alas  that  knitting  should  so  soon  be 
numbered  among  the  lost  arts.

yarn  all  spun  and 
stocking 
The 
into  skeins,  was  ready  for  the 
twisted 
lenthaning 
fall  evenings,  when  click  of 
the  knitting  needles  kept  time  to  the 
droning  of some  member  of  the  family 
who  read  the  weekly  newspaper,  the 
solitary 
literary  visitor  to  the  country 
home.

The  yarn  prepared  for  stockings,  the 
thrifty  housewife’s  labors  were  but 
just 
begun.  Then  came  cleansing  of  the 
wool  that  was  to  be  sent  to  the  carding 
machine  and  made  into  rolls  and  then 
spun  on  the  same  spinning  wheel,  with 
its  everlasting  grind  into  yam  for  flan­
nel  undergarments,  and  always  a  piece 
a  full  yard  wide  for  fulling  and  making 
into  cloth  for  men’s  and  boys’  clothing. 
This  was  sometimes  mixed  and  spun 
the  same  as  the  yam  for  socks.  A l­
in  width,  when 
though  woven  a  yard 
it  measured  about 
fulled  and  dressed 
three-fourths  of  a  yard. 
It  was  called 
sheep’s  grey  cloth,  but  was  oftener 
woven  plain  white  and  colored  a  butter­
nut  brown  or  indigo  blue  by  the  cloth 
dresser.  Napped,  sheared  and  pressed, 
it  made  a  very  handsome  and  durable 
fabric— I  wish  I  had  a  suit  of  it  now.

Then  came  the.  making  up  of  men’s 
and  boys’  clothing. 
All  housewives 
were  not  tailoresses,  any  more  than  the 
men  were  shoemakers,  and  outside  help 
must  be  called 
into  requisition  to  cut 
and  make  up  the  needed  winter  supply 
of  garments.  Occasionally  a  wandering 
tailor  would  come  along  with  his, tape 
measure  and  shears  and  cut  the  cloth in­
to  garments  to be  made  up  in  the  fam­
ily ;  but  usually  there  was  a  tailoress 
employed  to  do  the  work  or  boss  the 
job,  and  she  became  one  of  the  family 
long  as  she  was  needed.  This  was |
as 

I 

These 

itinerant 

time  of 

considerable 

a 
excitement 
among  the  boys,  as  each  had  his  choice 
frock 
between  a  * ‘ roundabout, ’ ’  a  short 
coat  or  a  cutaway  coat 
very  short 
waisted  and  with  narrow  skirt,  also 
quite  short. 
leave  the  reader to  im­
agine  the  figure  they  cut,  always  re­
membering  that  many  of  the fashions  of 
the  present  time  will  appear  equally  ab­
surd  when  recalled  a  few  generations 
hence. 
tailoresses 
carried  their  patterns  with  them,  and 
one  pattern  often  had  to  be  used  for 
many  shapes,  which  at  times 
led  to 
shocking  misfits.  As  a  rule  they  were 
for  boys 
a  jolly  lot,  making  lots  of  fun 
and  girls  wherever  they  went. 
I  call  to 
mind  one  of  them,  who  did  the  sewing 
for  our  family 
for  several  years.  She 
was  no  imaginary line.  On the  contrary, 
length,  breath  and 
she  was  made  up  of 
thickness,  with  a 
jovial  disposition  to 
match.  Her  hair  was  black  and  glossy 
as  a  raven’s  wing,  her cheeks  were  like 
two 
immense  peonies  and  her  motto 
was  Laugh  and  grow  fat.  She  was  an 
expert  at  her  trade  and  of  course  was 
seldom  out  of  a  job.  Poor  Aunt  Betsy, 
as  we  called  her.  The  storms  of  sorrow 
and  adversity  early  overtook  her  and 
her  two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  of 
avoirdupois  was  law}  to  rest.

About  the  only  article  of  men’s  and 
boys’  attire  that  gave  the  housewife 
no  concern  was  their  hats.  The  manu­
facture  of  felt  hats  from  wool  or  fur  was 
a  trade  almost  as  common  as  the  black­
smith’s  and  every  village  of  four  or 
five  hundred  inhabitants  had  its  hatter, 
who  exchanged  his  hats  for  the  farmers’ 
wool  which  had  been  shorn  from  early 
lambs  in  September.  These  hats  were 
either black,  brown  or  drab  and,  being 
felted  and  all  wool,  were  very  durable.

W.  S.  H.  Welton.

H ow  

th e   S w e a te r  O usted 

th e   C a rd ig a n  

J a c k e t.
From the New York Tribune.

‘ * I  had  a customer for cardigan jackets 
to-day,”   said  a  dry  goods  jobber  to  a 
friend  with  whom  he  was  taking 
lunch­
eon, 
like  reading  a 
chapter  from  an  old  forgotten  book. ”

it  seemed 

‘ ‘ and 

‘ ‘ It’s  no  worse  than  receiving  an  or­
der  for  hoopskirts, ”   said  another  mer­
chant,  ‘ ‘ and  that  hapjiened  to  us  re­
cently. ’ ’

The  customer  who  ordered  the  hoop- 
skirts  probably  wanted  them  for  stage 
or  fancy  dress  purposes,  but  the  cardi­
gan  jackets  were  ordered  for  wear,  and 
it  shows  that  there  are  still  places  where 
the  sweater  is  unknown.

And  then  the  merchants  told stories  of 
the  time  when  one  of  the  leading  arti­
in  the  sample  trunks  of  men  who 
cles 
sold 
fall  and  winter  goods  for  men’s 
wear  ‘ ‘ on  the  road”   was  cardigan  jack­
ets.  Some  houses  carried  as  many  as  a 
hundred  styles,  ranging in  price  from  $9 
to §100 a  dozen,  and  the  bulky  nature  of 
the  goods  made 
it  necessary  to  devote 
much  space  to  the  line.  The  jackets 
were  worn  by  all  classes,  and  the  article 
was  considered  one  of  the  staples  of  the 
men’s  furnishing  goods  line.  But  the 
sweater  has  crowded  the  cardigan jacket 
out,  and  according  to  the  opinions  of 
those  who  sell  the  goods 
it  has  gone 
never  to  return,  except  as  an  article  of 
small  demand.

“ Ten  years  ago  all  the  sweaters  sold 
by  us,”   said  a  large  dealer 
in  athletic 
goods,  ‘ ‘ w'ere  made  by  hand  at  a  Shaker 
village  in  New  Hampshire.  They  were 
worn  then  by  oarsmen  and  by  men  who 
were  in  training  for  the  prize  ring,  and 
a  man  wearing a sweater attracted  about 
as  much  attention  as  one  in  kilts.  But 
soon  the  baseball  and  football  players 
began  wearing  them,  and  within  a  short 
time  the  sweater  became  a  necessary 
aart  of  every  gymnasium  outfit.  The 
lemand  became  so  great  that  nearly  all 
he  mills  that  had  made  cardigan 
jack- 
:ts  a  specialty  put  machines  to  work  on 
iweaters.  As  the  new  article  gained  in

1 

here  are  not  many  factories  where 

sweaters  are  made  exclusively,  but near­

L.  A.  ELY,  Alma,  Mich.

COLUM BIAN  CIG A R  CO M PA NY ,  b e n t o n   h a r b o r ,  m i c h .

M A N U F A C T U R E D   B Y

W O R LD 'S  B E S T

5 C .  CIG A R .  ALL  JO B B E R S   AND

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

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Around the State

Movements  of Merchants.

Detroit  Wra.  Thompson  has  sold  his 

grocery  stock  to  Colwell  Bros.

West  Bay  City— R.  Des  Jardins  has 
purchased  the  grocery  stock  of  J.  E. 
Owen.

Bay  City— Edmund  Schooley  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  Samuel  VV. 
Waters.

Lawrence— A.  H.  Wiggins  will  re­
move  his  drug  stock  to  Benton  Harbor 
Oct.  i.

Adrian— Robins,  Holloway  &  Robins 
have  embarked  in  the  grocery  business 
at  this  place.

Sunfield-----Dr.  Martin, 

of  Lake
Odessa,  has  engaged  in  the  bazaar busi­
ness  at  this  place.

Quincy— D.  G.  Babcock  has  removed 
his  jewelry  and  optical  instrument stock 
to  another  location.

Saginaw— Kline  Bros.,  of  Erie,  Pa., 
will  open  a  dry  goods  store  at  208 
Genesee  avenue  about  Oct.  1.

Benton  Harbor— Geo.  B.  Warren  suc­
ceeds  Fred  G.  Warren  as  proprietor  of 
the  Enterprise  Mercantile  Co.
Sunfield— O.  W.  Canouts, 

furniture 
dealer  and  undertaker  at  Palo,  has  en­
gaged  in  business  at  this  place.

Negaunee— Harris  &  Matthews  are 
closing  out  their  stock  of  general  mer­
chandise  and  will  retire  from  trade.

Paris— W.  D.  Hopkinson  has  sold  his 
general  stock  to  P.  J.  O ’ Hara,  formerly 
engaged  in  general  trade  at  Summerton.
Lansing— Geo.  E.  Harrison,  produce 
dealer  at  Flushing,  has  engaged  in  the 
butter  and  egg  business  at  115  Franklin 
street.

Maple  Rapids— A.  T.  Hewitt  &  Co., 
meat  dealers  at  this  place,  have  retired 
from  trade,  leaving  the  town  without  a 
market.

Carson  City— Geo.  F.  Mosher, 

of 
leased  a  store  building  at 
in  the  bazaar 

Owosso,  has 
this  place  and  engaged 
business.

Kalamazoo— Carl  Davis  and  Lew  Fer­
guson  have  opened  a  grocery  store  at 
the  comer  of  Kalamazoo  avenue  and 
Rose  street.-

Clinton— A.  F.  Kishpaugh  has  sold 
his  interest 
in  the  hardware  stock  of 
Lindsey  &  Kishpaugh  to  his  partner,
G.  C.  Lindsley.

Alm a-----Wm.  Milleman,  of  Grand
Haven,  and  Fred  Hammer,  of 
this 
place,  have  purchased  the  meat business 
of  Huff  &  Beach.

Onaway— J.  M.  Clark  has  sold  his 
general  stock  to  Steel  &  Fox,  of  Lans­
ing,  who  will  continue  the  business  at 
the  same  location.

Clarksville— Chas.  E.  Nash  has  sold 
his  Otis  Richards  grocery  stock  to  H. 
S.  Young,  who  will  continue  the  busi­
ness  at  the  same  location.

Quincy— Clinton  Joseph  has  sold  his 
interest 
in  the  drug  and  grocery  stock 
of  Greening  &  Joseph  to  his  partner and 
will  remain  in  the  store  as  clerk.

Maple  Rapids—A.  N.  Howe,  former­
ly  engaged  in  general  trade  under  the 
style  of  A.  N.  Howe  &  Co.,  has  en­
gaged 
in  the  butter  and  egg  business 
here.

Ypsilanti— A.  A.  Bedel  has  been  ap­
pointed  to  take  charge  of  the  boot  and 
shoe  stock  of  his  late  father  until  a  gen­
eral  administrator  of  the  estate 
is  ap­
pointed.

Albion— Kendrick  &  Co.  have  closed 
out  their  stock  of  millinery  goods  and 
purchased  the  stock  of  millinery  and 
ladies’ 
furnishing  goods  of  Hollon  & 
Hungerford.

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Charlotte— H.  M.  Putterille  has  re­
moved  her  bazaar  stock  to Grand  Ledge, 
where  she  has  re-engaged  in  business 
in  the  Peterson  block.

Muskegon— Fred  Brundage  has  sold 
the  John  A.  Tinholt  drug  stock  to  W. 
P.  Harris,  formerly  in  the  employ  of  A. 
Eckerman,  who  will  continue  the  busi­
ness  at  the  same  location.

Adrian— The  Roe  Clothing  Co.,  Lim ­
ited,  is  the  name  of  a  new  firm  estab­
lished  at  this  place,  of  which  T.  A. 
Hilton 
is  President  and  H.  S.  Roe 
Treasurer and  Manager.

Dowagiac-----The  grocery 

firm  of
Haines  &  Savage  has  been  dissolved, 
Mr.  Haines  succeeding.  Mr.  Savage 
has  resumed  work  at  his  old  trade  with 
the  Dowagiac  Manufacturing  Co.

Jackson  -Gordon  D.  Cliff  has  sold  his 
meat  market  at  317  Wildwood  avenue  to 
Martin  S.  Smith  and  John  Lethbridge, 
who  will  continue  the  business  under 
the  style  of  Smith  &  Lethbridge.

Dowagiac— Ray  Burlingame  has  pur­
chased  an  interest  in  the  drug  stock  of 
his  employer,  C.  L.  Sherwood,  and  the 
business  will  be  continued  under the 
style  of  Sherwood  &  Burlingame.

Port  Huron— Edward  Bromley, 

the 
bankrupt  druggist  who 
city 
clandestinely  about  three  weeks  ago, 
has  been 
in  Canada.  He  has 
written  his  wife  to  join  him  there.

left  the 

located 

jewelry  stock 

Hancock—G .  Rohrer  will  shortly  re­
into  his  new 
move  his 
store  building  in  the  Prince block.  Miss 
Lynch  will  occupy  one-haIf  of  the 
building  with  a stock of millinery goods.
Quincy— Pearce  &  Lyon  have  pur­
chased  the  boot  and  shoe  stock  of  M.  J. 
Condra  and  will  remove  their  carpet 
stock  to  that 
placing  Mr. 
Condra 
in  charge  of  the  shoe  depart­
ment.

location, 

Alma— W.  E.  Medler has  removed his 
stock  of  general  merchandise  from  Car- 
son  City  into  the  building  recently  oc­
cupied  by  the  furniture  stock  of  Frank 
Herron.  H.  P.  Bogart  will  remain  in 
the  store  with his  jewelry  stock.

Elsie— N.  G.  Pearce  has  purchased 
the  other  half  of  the  comer  brick  store 
building  and  will  soon  occupy  it  with  a 
complete  stock  of  drugs.  E.  V.  Chase, 
proprietor  of  the  building  for  several 
years,  will  remove  his  drug  stock  to  an­
other  location.

Chelsea—The  Staffan-Shell  Furniture 
Co.  has  been  dissolved  by  the  retire­
ment  of  D.  Shell.  His 
interest  has 
been  purchased  by  Frank  and  George 
P.  Staffan,  who  will  continue  the  busi­
ness  under the  style  of  the  Staffan  Fur­
niture  and  Undertaking  Co.

Coopersville— Charles F.  and  Sherman 
E.  Hosmer  have  gone  to  Hammond, 
Ind.,  where  they  will  open  a  grocery 
store.  They  were  among  the  fire suffer­
ers 
little  over  a  year 
ago,  when  they  conducted  a  grocery 
store  under  the  style  of  Hosmer  Bros.

in  this  place  a 

Sherman— Gilbert  &  Sturtevant,  who 
have  been  engaged 
in  the  mercantile 
business  here  for  a  quarter  of  a  century, 
have  dissolved  partnership.  The  busi­
ness  will  be  continued  by  E.  Gilbert, 
while  H.  B.  Sturtevant  will  devote  his 
entire  attention  to  his  lumbering  opera­
tions.

Nashville— Frank  McDerby  is making 
arrangements  to  put  up  two  handsome 
brick  stores,  which  he  will  occupy  as 
soon  as  they  are  completed.  The  new 
buildings  will  have  a  frontage  of  48  feet 
and  will  be  80  feet deep,  and  two  stories 
in  height.  The  Odd  Fellows  expect  to 
build  the  second  story  over one  of  these 
stores,  to be  occupied  by  them  as  lodge 
rooms.  The  second  floor  of  the  other

fitted  up  for  offices. 
building  will  be 
Work  is  to  be  begun 
immediately,  and 
Mr.  McDerby  expects  to  have  the  build­
ings  ready  for  occupancy  this  fall.

Menominee— Ramsay  &  Jones  have 
leased  the 
lower  floor  and  basement  of 
their  new  block  to  the  Northern  Hard­
ware  &  Supply  Co.,  and  will  immedi­
ately  begin  work  on  another  store  build­
in  dimensions,  to  be 
ing,  22x100  feet 
occupied  by  the  musical 
instrument 
house  of  G.  A.  Woodford.

Cassopolis— Grant  C.  Underhill,  who 
has  made  a  heroic  struggle  to  redeem 
his  grocery  stock  from  the  $3,200 chattel 
mortgage  held  by  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Cassopolis,  has  been  compelled 
to  yield  to  the  inevitable,  having  volun­
tarily  surrendered  the  property  to  the 
mortgagee.  Mr.  Underhill  is  broken  in 
health  and  strength  by  reason  of the load 
he  has  been  carrying.

Clarksville— M.  T.  LaMont  and  Er­
nest  Nash  have  formed  a  copartnership 
under  the  style  of  M.  T.  LaMont  &  Co. 
and  engaged  in  the  clothing,  furnishing 
goods  and  shoe  business.  The shoe stock 
was  furnished  by  the  Herold-Bertsch 
Shoe  Co.  The  business  will  have  the 
personal  supervision  of  Mr.  LaMont, 
Mr.  Nash  retaining  his  position  as 
cashier of  the  banking  house  of  Edwin 
Nash  &  Son.

Laurium—A.  F.  Wixson,  of  the  Laur- 
i um  Hardware  Co.,  places  the  loss  by 
the  recent  destruction  of  his  store  and 
stock  by 
fire  at  $8,000,  the  insurance 
being  $4,000.  Fortunately  his  heavy 
goods  were 
in  a  separate  warehouse 
and  escaped  the  fate  of  the  remainder of 
the  stock,  enabling him to continue  busi­
ness  without 
interruption  by  filling  a 
part  of  his  orders  through  the  courtesy 
of  other  hardware  concerns  until  his 
new  stock  arrives.

M a n u fa c tu rin g   M a tte rs .

Boyne— Wigle  &  White  succeed  the 

Guerin-White  Lumber  Co.

Bad  Axe—John  H.  Cole,  of  Detroit, 
has  established  a  trunk  and  valise  fac­
tory  at  this  place.

Clarksville— T.  G.  Mercer  has  closed 
his  cheese  factory  for  the  present,  on 
account  of  the  scarcity  of  milk.

Battle  Creek— The  style  of  the  Battle 
. Pump  Co.  has  been 
the 
Steam 

American 

Creek  Steam 
changed 
Pump  Co.

to 

Belding— The  Belding  Shoe  Co.  has 
shipped  new  shoe  stocks  this  week  to 
Wm.  Vermeulen,  of  Beaver  Dam,  and 
Ketchum  &  Mulholland,  at  Rodney.

Gagetown— The  F lgin  Butter Co.  has 
leased 
its  creamery  here  to  Finkle  & 
Currey,  of  North  Branch,  for a  term  of 
years.  The  new  proprietors  take  pos­
session  immediately.  Mr.  Currey  will 
be  local  manager.

Alma— Lafayette  Stevens, 

formerly 
manager  of  the 
lumbering  business  of 
W.  B.  Lathrop  & Co.,and  Mr.  Kimball, 
of  Elm  Hall,  have  purchased  a  new 
stock  of  furniture  and  will  open up same 
in  the  Pollasky  block.

Sutton’s  Bay— The  mill  and  docks 
owned  by  Greilick  Bros,  at  this  place 
have  been  sold  to  E.  R.  Dailey,  of  the 
Empire  Lumber  Co.,  and  C.  D.  Stan­
ley,  manager of  Mr.  D ailey’s  Sutton’s 
Bay  store.  The  new  firm  will  continue 
to  operate  the  plant  on  an  extensive 
scale.

T h e   B o y s  B e h in d   th e   C o u n te r.

Saginaw— C.  E.  Sheely,  of  Bad  Axe, 
has  taken  a  position with  L.  J.  Richter, 
the  Gratiot  street  druggist.

K eeler—Vem  Rosevelt  is  clerking  in 

Austin’s  dry  goods  store.

Menominee— Fred  Dubrucq 

em­
ployed  as  clerk  in  the  Northern  Hard­
ware  &  Supply  C o.’s  store.

is 

Charlotte—Geo.  C.  Walker  has 

re­
signed  his  position  at  R.  C.  Jones  & 
C o.’s  to  take  a  similar  position  with  the 
Kramer  dry  goods  house  at  Cadillac. 
His  family  will 
join  him  later.  Mr. 
Walker  has  taken  the  position  left  va­
cant  by  Mr.  Coy.

Jackson— H.  B.  Stevens  will  have 
charge  of  the  boot  and  shoe  department 
of  E.  C.  Greene.

Luther—W ill  Reed,  who  has  been 
clerking  in  the  dry  goods  store  of  Sam­
uel  Buckner  for the  past  five  years,  and 
who  has  been  village  clerk  and  town­
ship  treasurer,  and  quite  prominent  in 
social  and  fraternal  circles,  has  taken  a 
similar  position  in  the  general  store  of 
Justus  S.  Stearns,  at  Ludington.

Kalamazoo— A.  W.  Rogers,  of  Jack- 
son,  has  taken  a  position 
in  Gilmore 
Bros. ’  store  as  head  of  the  dress  goods 
department.  He  will  take  the  place 
made  vacant  by  Charles  Russell,  who 
will  go  to  Battle  Creek,  Oct.  1,  to  take 
charge  with  L.  E.  Srackangast  of  their 
own  store  at  that  place.

C a lu m e t  C le rk s   O rg a n iz e   a   S ocial  C lu b .
Calumet,  Sept.  15— The  clerks  of  the 
various  mercantile  establishments  met 
at  Dunstan’s hall  last  evening  and  took 
preliminary  steps  toward  the  organiza­
tion  of  a  social  club.  The  object  of 
this  club  will  be  the  promotion  of  social 
intercourse  between  the  employes  of  the 
stores  of  the  city  and  bring  them  into 
closer touch  with  each  other.

Upwards  of  100  clerks  were  present 
at  this  gathering,  and  officers  were 
elected  as  follows:

President—J.  D.  Kilty.
Vice-President— Miss  Knectghes.
Secretary— M.  J.  Tobianski.
Assistant  Secretary— M i ss  MacNabb.
Treasurer— George  G.  Lewis.
Guard— Mose  Miller.
Committee  on  constitution  and  by­
laws— Joseph  Foster,  Joseph  Gallipeay, 
L.  Nelson,  John  Rowe,  Louis  Gra- 
bowsky.

The  new  organization  starts  out  with 
97  members,  and at  the  next  meeting,  to 
be  held  on  Oct.  12,  it  is  expected  that 
this  membership  will  be  increased  to 
nearly  400.
N ew   Y o rk   a n d   R e tu r n   V ia.  G ra n d   T r u n k  

R a ilw a y .

Tickets  on  sale  Sept.  26,  27  and  28 
for  $23.75  for  the  round  trip.  Return 
limit  Oct.  4,1899.  Train leaving  Grand 
Rapids  daily  at  7 :20  p.  m.  makes  im­
mediate  connection  at  Durand  with  the 
New  York  flyer,  which  is  a  solid  vesti­
bule  train.  This 
is  the  fastest  evening 
service  between  Grand*Rapids  and  New 
York.  Phone  576  or  640-3  rings  for 
particulars  or call  at  Grand  Trunk  City 
Ticket  office,  Morton  House  Block.

C.  A.  Justin,  C.  P.  &  T .  A.
C h a rg e d   to   th e   SherifE.

A   man  charged  with  a  minor offense 
escaped  from  Georgia  and  fled  to  North 
Carolina.  When  notified  of  his arrest in 
the  latter  State,  a  rural  sheriff  wired : 

“ Don’t  bring  him  back— just  tar  and 

feather  him. ”

The  following  reply  was  received  by 

the  Georgia  sheriff  shortly  afterward: 

“ We  gave  him  the  tar  free ;  but you’ll 
have  to foot  the  bill  for the  feathers,  $2. 
Please  rem it.”

Scarcely  any  German  soap  comes  to 
this  country.  England 
is  Germany’s 
best  soap  customer,  and last  year bought
2,225,000  pounds  out  of  a  total  export  of 
less  than  $5,000,000.  In  1898  Germany’s 
exports  of  perfume  amounted  to $2,250,- 
000,  a  gain  of  almost  $500,000 over  1897.

D ew ey   D a y   in   N ew  Y o rk .

Sept.  26,  27  and  28  the  Michigan Cen­
tral  will  sell  round  trip  tickets  to  New 
York  at  $23.75,  good  to  return  until 
Oct.  4.  Stop  over  granted  at  Niagara 
Falls  in  each  direction.  Phone  600  for 
full  particulars.

W.  C.  Blake,  Ticket  Agent.

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John  Barrett  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Plainfield.  The  Olney  &  Jud- 
son  Grocer  Co.  furnished  the  stock.

Hart,  Livingston  &  Co.  have  opened 
a  grocery  store  at  Vestaburg.  The Wor­
den  Grocer  Co.  furnished  the  stock.

Mrs.  M.  Shepard  has  engaged  in  the 
grocery  business  at  Otsego.  The  stock 
was  furnished  by  the  Worden Grocer Co.

S.  B.  Gauweiler  will  shortly  open  a 
grocery  store  at  Newaygo.  The  Lemon 
&  Wheeler  Company  has  the  order  for 
the  stock.

Seward  Birmingham  has  embarked  in 
the  grocery  business  at  Cedar  Lake,  the 
stock  being  furnished  by  the  Lemon  & 
Wheeler  Company.

The  firm  of  Joslin  &  Marks  succeeds 
to  the  dry  goods  business  of  Mertie  A. 
Joslin,  Dr.  W.  L.  Marks  having  pur­
chased  a  half  interest  in  the  stock.

Noble  &  Croll  will  open  a  grocery 
store  at  354  West  Bridge  street  on  Sat­
urday  of  this  week.  The  Musselman 
Grocer  Co.  has  the  order  for  the  stock.

W.  R.  Boynton,  formerly  engaged 

in 
the  hardware  business  at  Coopersville, 
has  embarked  in  the  grocery  business at 
Onaway.  The  Worden  Grocer  Co.  fur­
nished  the  stock.

Theron  Forbes,  the  North  Coit  ave­
nue  druggist,  has  formed  a  copartner­
ship  with  Moses  Rosenberg,  of  Middle- 
ville,  and  engaged  in  the  lumbering and 
builders’  supply  business  at  Mulliken, 
under  the  style  of  M.  Rosenberg  &  Co. 
The  firm  has  purchased 
lumber 
stock  of  H.  K.  Boldersom,  at  Portland, 
and  removed  it  to  Mulliken.

the 

Richard  H.  Hunter, 

formerly  with 
Howard  Leach,  at  South  Boardman,  and 
Mark  S.  Johnson,  formerly  with  Lewis 
Way  &  Son,  at  Rapid City,  have formed 
a  copartnership  under the  style  of  John­
son  &  Hunter  and  engaged  in  general 
trade  at  Spencer,  a  new  town  about  ten 
miles  southeast  of Kalkaska.  The Clark - 
Jewell-Wells  Co.  furnished  the  grocer­
ies,  the  Clark-Rutka-Weaver  Co.  sup­
plied  the  hardware  and the BeldingShoe 
Co.  furnished  the  shoes.

Lewis  E.  Hawkins  and  Wm.  P. 
Granger  have  formed  a  copartnership 
under  the  style  of  the  United  States 
Packing  Co.  and  will  engage  in the pur­
chase  and  sale  of  fresh  and  salt  meats, 
poultry,  eggs  and  butter  at  7  North 
Ionia  street.  One  side  of  the  Brown  & 
Clark  building  is  being  partitioned  off 
and  an  office  and  refrigerator will  be 
constructed  on  the  ground  floor.  The 
new  house  expects  to  be  ready  to  begin 
business  in  about  two  weeks.

T h e   P ro d u c e   M a rk e t.

Apples—Winter  fruit 

is  strong  and 
higher,  standard  varieties  commanding 
$2@2.5o  per bbl.

Beets—$1  per  3  bu.  bbl.
Butter— Factory  creamery  is  strong  at 
22c.  Dairy  grades  are  very  scarce  and 
nrd  to  get.  Fancy  readily  commands 
17c,  but  the  receipts  are  small,  the  local 
trade  being 
largely  dependent  on  cold 
storage  supplies.

Cabbage— 3o@35c  per doz.
Carrots—$1  per  3  bu.  bbl.
Cauliflower— $ i @ i .25  per  doz.
Celery— I2@i5c  per  doz.  bunches.
Crab  Apples— The  market  is  stronger 
and  higher,  choice  varieties  command­
ing  $1.50  per bu.  and  $4  per  bbl.

Cranberries-----$2@2.25  per  bu. 

for
Michigan.  Cape  Cods  fetch  §6  per bbl.
Cucumbers— Pickling  stock  is  in  ac­

per lb.

green.

Virginia.

Turnips—$1  per bbl.
Tomatoes— Receipts  will  be  curtailed 
by  the  frost  to  that  extent  that  the  price 
has  moved  up  to  60c  per  bu.
IO@I2C.

Watermelons— Home  grown  command 

T h e   B e st  S h o o tin g .

The  shooting  in  Iowa,  Minnesota  and 
South  Dakota  this  year  promises  to  be 
very  good,  as  the  rainfall  in  all  these 
States  was  abundant.  The best  localities 
for  chicken  and  duck  shooting  are  on 
and  tributary to  the  lines  of the Chicago, 
Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul  Railway.  A  
copy  of  a  recent  publication  issued  by 
the  passenger  department  of  that  road 
can  be  had  on  application  to  Harry 
Mercer,  Michigan  Passenger  Agent,  7 
Fort  street,  W.  Detroit,  Mich.,  and  en­
closing  three  cents  in  stamps  for  post­
age.

A   test  case  is  one  that 

is  brought  to 
see  how  much  the  lawyers  can  make  out 
of  it.

For  G illies’  N.  Y. 

tea,  all  kinds, 

grades  and  priees,  phone  Visner,  800.

tive  demand  at  2o@25c  per  hundred. 
Large  stock  commands  50c  per  bu.

Eggs— The  market  has  taken  a  sharp 
upward  turn,  local  dealers  having  ad­
vanced  their  paying  prices  to  I4@i4j£c 
on  track.  Choice  candled  stock  readily 
commands  16c.  The  quality  of  receipts 
is 
improving  rapidly  since  the  advent 
of  cola  weather.

Game— Although 

the  duck  season 
opened  Sept.  1,  receipts  have  been  so 
small  up  to  this  time  that  dealers  have 
been  unable  to 
formulate  a  scale  of 
mces.  They  now  offer $4.50  per  doz. 
or  Mallard,  $2.50  for  Teal  and  $ i.50(^2 
for common  ducks.

Grapes-—Wordens  and  Concords  com­
mand  8@qc  for  4  lb.  baskets  and  io@ 
12c  for 8 lb.  baskets.  Niagaras  are  held 
at  ioc  for  4  lb.  baskets.  Delawares  are 
so  scarce  that  they  readily  command  22 
@250  per  4  lb.  baskets.

Honey— White  clover 

is  held  at  15c. 

Dark  amber commands  io@i2c.
Live  Poultry— Dressed  stock 

is  be­
ginning  to  interfere  with  the  sale  of live 
poultry  to  some  extent.  Spring  chickens 
are  active  at  8@9,  while  fowls  are  in 
good  demand  at  7c.  Spring  ducks  are 
in  fair  demand  at  6c,  while  old  ducks 
are  not  wanted  at  any  price.  Hen  tur­
keys  find  ready  sale  at  q c .  Large  tur­
keys  are  in  good  demand  at  8c.  Spring 
turkeys  meet  with  ready  sale  at  10c. 
Squabs  are  in active demand  at$i.2oper 
doz.  Pigeons  are  in  fair demand  at  50c 
per doz.

Muskmelons— Osage  are  still  in  fair 
demand  at  75c  per  doz.  Rockyfords 
command  75c  per  bu.

Onions— 5o@55c  per bu.  for dry stock. 
Parsnips—$1.50  per  3  bu.  bbl.
Peaches— Chilis  are  coming  in  freely 
and  much  more  plentifully 
than  was 
expected,  meeting  ready . sale  at  $2@3 
per  bu.

Pears—Choice  varieties  are  held  at 

Si.75@2.25  per  bu.

Peppers— 75c  per bu.
Plums— All  varieties  still  in  market 
have  advanced,  Green  Gage,  Lombard 
and  German  Prune  finding  ready  sale 
at  $ i . 6o@ 2.25  per bu.

Potatoes— Local  dealers  pay  30@35c, 
holding  at  35@40c.  The  Government 
crdp  report  for  Sept,  is  as  follows:  The 
average  condition  of  potatoes  on  Sep­
tember  1  was  86.3.  This  shows  a  de­
cline  of  6.7  points  during  August,  but 
the  condition  is  still  8.6  points  higher 
than  on  September  1,  1898,  19.6  points 
higher  than  at  the  corresponding  date 
in  1897,  and  9.3  points  above  the  mean 
of  the  September  averages  for  the  last 
ten  years.  The  decline  during  August 
extended  to  all  the  principal  potato­
growing  states,  being  10  points  in  New 
York  and  Ohio,  8  in  Pennsylvania, 20  in 
Michigan,  5  in  Illinois,  3  in  Iowa,  9  in 
Wisconsin,  and  4 
in  Minnesota  and 
Nebraska,  these  being  the  States  hav­
ing  100,000  acres  or  upward  in  pota­
toes.
il4c 

Squash—Home  grown  command 

Sweet  Com— 7c  per  doz.  for  Ever­

Sweet  Potatoes— $2@2.25  per  bbl.  for 

H IG H   W A T E R   M A R K .

M oot  F a v o ra b le   B an k   S ta te m e n t»   E v e r 

M ade  in   th e   C ity.

it 

The  bank  statements  made  last  week, 
showing  the  condition  at  the  close  of 
business  September  7,  are  the  most  fa­
vorable  ever  issued  by  the  local  banks. 
All  the  desirable  totals  show  a  large 
increase  over all  previous  totals,  far  sur­
passing  the  very  best  in  those  glad  days 
before  the  hard  times.  The  total  of  the 
loans  and  discounts  was §9,837,776.40, 
which  is,  approximately,  an  increase  of 
$200,000,  as  compared  with  the  state­
ments  of  June  30,  and  an  increase  of 
something  over  a  million,  as  compared 
with  one year ago.  The nearest approach 
to 
in  the  ante-panic  days  was  the 
showing  made  in  the  statement  of  May 
4>  1893.  when  the 
loans  and  discounts 
were  $9,109,082.20. 
It  may  be  added 
that  six  months  after  that  old  high water 
mark  had  been  reached  the  loans  and 
discounts  had  shrunk  to $6,539,932.04, 
the  lowest  point  reached  during the hard 
times.  Since  the  statement  of  October 
3,  1893,  the  statements  show  a  slow  but 
steady  growth  through  the  years,  and 
now  the  loans  and  discounts  are  beyond 
all 
former  figures,  and,  if  the  bankers 
are  to  be  believed,  are  steadily  growing 
to  still  larger  figures.  One  of  the  inter­
esting  features  about  the  loans  and  dis­
counts  is  the  almost  total  disappearance 
of  the  Peoples  Savings  Bank 
from  this 
class  of  business. 
loans  and  dis­
counts  are  shown  to  be  but  $78,023.30, 
as  compared  with  $258,126.70 in the  June 
report.  The  Peoples  has  for  sometime 
past  been  withdrawing  from commercial 
business,  and  it  now  seems  practically 
out  of  it.

Its 

the  National 

The  holdings  now, 

The  stocks,  bonds  and  mortgage  ac­
counts  show  a  total  of  $3,483,225.53, 
which 
is  about  $400,000  more  than  in 
June  and  about  the  same  amount  in  ex­
cess  of  a  year  ago. 
In  May,  1893,  when 
the 
loans  and  discounts  were  so  high, 
the  stocks  held  aggregated  but  $1,376,- 
499.32.  The  savings  banks  then  held 
$1,059,825.61, 
banks 
$40,183.90  and 
the  trust  companies 
$276,489.81. 
re­
spectively,  are as follows :  State,  $2,537,- 
747.85;  National, 
$453,950.87;  trust, 
$491,526.81.  The  largest  holder  of  this 
class  of  securities  is  the  Peoples,  with 
a  total  of  $ 1,128,646.83.  The  quick  re­
sources  are  $2,388,445.45 
in  bank  and 
reserve  deposits  and  $981,590.67  in  cash 
items,  a  total  of  $3,370,036.12.  This 
is  so  far  different  from  that  of  a 
total 
year  ago, 
the  main  difference  being 
$130,000  more  in  cash  items.  The  total 
on  May  4, 
1893,  was  $1,955,755-46,  a 
total  that  was  materially  increased  as 
rapidly  as  the  times  would  permit as the 
panic  became  more  severe.

For  surplus  and  undivided  profits  ac­
count  the  banks  show  a  total  of  $856,- 
951.13,  as  compared  with  $817,823.60  a 
year  ago.  This  increase  of  nearly  $40,- 
000  indicates  that  the  banks  have  at  last 
fairly  passed  over  the  divide  and,  with 
most  of  their  old  and  bad  accounts 
written  off,  are 
in  a  position  now  to 
prosper.  Only  three  of  the  banks  show 
a  decrease  in  the  surplus,  as  compared 
with  a  year ago,  and  in  two  of  these  the 
decrease 
is  nominal  rather  than  real. 
A   comparison  with  the  surplus  accounts 
of  October,  1893,  will  show  how  hard 
hit  some  of the  banks  were  by  the  hard 
times.  One  bank  has  a  surplus  account 
less  than  six  years  ago,  an­
of  $55,000 
other 
is  still  $5,000 behind  and  a  third 
is  about  $32,000  short.  The  return  of 
good  times  and  the  conversion  of  real 
estate  and  other  securities  held  into cash;

will  make  evening  up  easier  and  more 
rapid  in  the  future.

is 

increase 

The  total deposits in the banks now are 
is  more  than  a 
$13,687,866.30.  This 
million  more  than 
in  June,  $1,300,000 
more  than  a  year  ago  and  just  about 
double  what  they  were  in  October,  1893. 
The  October, 
1893,  statement  showed 
the  deposits  at  the  lowest  ebb,  however, 
as  the  deposits  dropped  from  $9,222,- 
641.92  in  May  to $6,590,804.67,  the  low­
est  point  reached.  The  total  deposits 
now  are  more  than $4,000,000 better than 
at  any  time  before  the  panic,  and  the 
largest 
in  the  savings  de­
posits.  The  total  of  the  savings  deposits 
and  certificates  now  is  $7,329,728.66,  an 
increase  of  $800,000  in  a  year,  and  com­
paring  with  $3,060,271.01 
in  October, 
1893.  The  highest  point  reached  by  the 
savings  deposits  before  the  hard  times 
was  $4,222,243.88,  in  December,  1892. 
Then  came  the  slump  of  a  million  with­
in  a  year,  but  after  that  the  statements 
show  a  steady 
increase  until  now  the 
savings  are  way  beyond  all  previous 
records.  The  commercial  deposits  show 
a  total  of  $4,117,802.65,  which 
is  the 
highest  point  they  have  ever  reached 
with  a  single  exception.  September30, 
1892,  showed  a  total  of  $4,196,922.86. 
The 
lowest  point  the  deposits  reached 
during  the  hard  times  was  December 
17,  1896,  when  they  were  $2,633,326.21. 
One  year  ago  the  commercial  deposits 
were  $500,000  less  than  now.
G ra n d   R apid»  R e ta il  G ro cery   C le rk » ’  An- 

»«»elation.

At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocery  Clerks’  Associa­
tion,  held  at  the  office  of  the  Michigan 
Tradesman  Monday  evening,  President 
Beardslee  presided.

The  Committee  on  Membership  re­
ported  progress  and  was  given  until  the 
next  meeting  to  complete  the  work  of 
securing  and  compiling  a  complete 
list 
of  the  grocery  clerks  in  the  city.

Two  applications for membership were 
received  and  accepted— Ed.  Whitney 
and  J.  D.  Chilvers.

In  accordance  with  the  notice made  at 
a  previous  meeting,  Jos.  Terrill  moved 
that  Article  III  of  the  constitution  be 
amended  so  as  to  make  the  membership 
fee  25  cents  and  the  annual  dues  $2, 
payable  quarterly 
The 
amendment  was  adopted.

in  advance. 

Harry  Stowitts  moved  that  a  commit­
tee  be  appointed  to  attend  the  next 
meeting  of  the  Grand  Rapids  Retail 
Grocers’  Association  and  present 
the 
matter  of  leasing  a  hall  and  club  room 
in  conjunction  with  that  organization.

The  motion  was  adopted  and 

the 
chairman  appointed  as  such  committee 
Harry  Stowitts,  L.  E.  Bass  and  Ernest 
Bratt.

In  case  such  a  decision 

An  informal  discussion  followed  as  to 
the  advisability  of  maintaining  a  per­
manent  club  room  for  the  use  of  the 
members. 
is 
reached,  Geo.  Leichner  offered  the  As­
sociation  the  free  use  of  his  piano,  Fred 
Beardslee  offeree!  the  use  of  a comet and 
other  members  volunteered  to  do  their 
part.

The  meeting  then  adjourned  until 
Monday,  Oct.  2,  when  the  election  of 
officers  will  take  place.

M arv el»   o f  C o m fo rt  a n d   B e a n ty .

The  Grand  Trunk  Railway System has 
lately  placed  in  service  between  Detroit 
and  Toronto  Pullman  Sleeping  Cars 
that  can  not  be  excelled  anywhere  for 
beauty  and  comfort.  These  cars  have 
wide  vestibules  and  are  finished 
inside 
with  mahogany.  The  smoking  compart­
ments  are  provided  with  sofa  pillows. 
The  ventilation 
is  perfect.  The  up­
holstery  is  done  in  maroon  velvet.  The 
finishings  are  of  brass.  The  cars  run 
daily,  Sunday  included,between  Detroit 
and  Toronto,  leaving  Detroit  at  1  40  p. 
m.,  and  passengers  from  Detroit  and 
Michigan  to  Toronto  and  Eastern  Can­
ada  can  not  do  better  than  patronize 
them 
if  they  wish  to  enjoy  everything 
that  the  highest  car  building  art  can 
produce.

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6

Store  Lighting

It 

This 

Foreign 

O th e r  UHes  o f A c e ty le n e   L im e   o r C arbide.
journals  are  recording  the 
fact  that  the  new  electrical  product,  cal­
cium  carbide,  is  proving  of  much  value 
to  grape  growers 
in  a  way  not  at  first 
thought  of. 
is  to  the  effect  that  car­
bide  possesses  unequalled  worth  as  a 
germicide 
in  preventing  not  only  the 
destructive  black  rot  of  the  grape,  but 
likewise  as  an  insecticide  in  destroying 
that  even  greater  plague  to  the  horticul­
turist,the  Phylloxera  or  grape root louse.
last  named  insect  is  one  of  the 
most  destructive  known  to  the 
fruit 
grower.  In  Europe  and  Northern  Africa 
especially 
it  has  brought  despair  to 
many  grape  sections  by  sweeping  away 
miles  of  vineyards  until  a  time  was 
reached  when  more  than  one  govern­
ment  offered  a  large  reward  for  a  com­
plete  Phylloxera  remedy.  The  same ter­
its  way  to  Cali­
rible  insect  has  found 
fornia  and  Australia  where 
it  works  on 
the  European  species  of  grapevine. 
In 
applying  carbide  to  this  insect  which 
works  at  the  root,  the 
lime  is  placed 
beneath  the  soil,  the  moisture  of  which 
decomposes  it,  forming  acetylene, which 
kills  the  louse.  The  fact  that  the  lime 
its 
costs  so  little  per  pound  is  much 
favor  as  an  insecticide. 
is  probable 
that  further  experiment  will demonstrate 
its  great  usefulness  in  destroying  other 
insects.

in 

It 

take  pleasure  in  handing  you the follow­
ing  facts:

In  the  first  place  the  accident  was  not 
serious  and  was  of  comparatively  small 
moment,  as  compared  to  what  would  be 
supposed 
from  the  newspaper  reports. 
The  facts  are  that  the  supply  of  acety­
lene  gas  to  the  city  of  Wabash  was  not 
interrupted  for  a  moment.  The  genera­
tor,  valves,  gas  holder,  etc.— in fact,  the 
entire  plant  essential  for  the  generation 
of  acetylene  and 
its  distribution— were 
in  no  manner  damaged.

The  generator  was  located  in  a  small 
brick  building, which  was  blown over  by 
the  force  of  the  explosion  inside  of  it. 
The  explosion  occurred  as  the  result  of 
a 
leak  of  gas  at  one  or  more  of  the I 
joints  in  the  generator  protected  by  gas­
kets,  and  thus 
considerable  gas  ac­
cumulated  in  this  small generator house, 
which 
flame  burning 
there  and  caused  the  explosion.  Had 
there  been  a  leak  from  the  generator  of 
ordinary  city  gas,  under the  same  con­
ditions,  exactly  the  same  thing  would 
have  occurred.

from  a 

ignited 

Acetylene  gas  leaked  from  the genera­
tor  as  above  described 
from  the  fact 
that  a  much  larger  pressure  of  the  gas 
accumulated 
in  the  machine  than  was 
anticipated.  This  excessive  pressure 
was  caused  by  the  use  of  finely  granu­
lated  carbide,  which  we were attempting 
to  use  temporarily,  which  caused  a  very 
rapid  generation  of  acetylene  gas,  and 
as  the  pipe 
from  the  generator to  the 
holder  was  not  of  sufficient  size  to  carry 
off  this 
large  volume  as  quickly  as  it 
was  generated,  the  considerable'  accum­
in  the 
ulation  and  pressure  occurred 
generator  which  caused  the 
leak  above 
described. 

S.  T.  Murdock.

Another  use  of  carbide  in  its  slacked 
is  as  a  land  fertilizer,  taking  the 
state 
place  of  common  slacked 
lime.  For 
this  purpose  it  should  be  spread  some­
what  thinly,  in  which  case  its  benefits 
are  very  marked  upon  crops,  especially 
those  growing  on  heavy  or  mucky  soil 
possessing  elements  of  acidity  sour 
soil  the  farmers  say.  The  favorable  ex­
perience  in  Europe  with  the  lime,  as 
stated  above,  makes 
it  almost  certain 
its  value  as  a  general  germicide 
that 
and 
insecticide  wholly  apart  from  its 
fertilizing  value  is  far  from  dulv  recog­
nized. 
It  is  well  known  that  some  land 
fertilizers  invite  and  breed  insects;  if  it 
be  the  case  that  carbide,  besides fertiliz­
ing  the  plants,  repels  and  even  kills 
plant  insects,  it may yet  prove a  decided 
boon  to  the  land  tiller. 
is  pleasant 
to  contemplate  that  this  useful  lime, 
after  supplying  a  home  with 
lights, 
finds  the  refuse  of  value  to  the  fields  in 
enriching  them,  and  in  destroying  nox­
ious  pests  at  the  same  time.  Truly  this 
is  killing  three  birds  with  one  stone!

It 

Another  use  of  the  slacked  carbide, 
especially  such  as 
is  produced  by  the 
moist  process  of  acetylene  generation, 
is  that  of  mortar  stock.  Mixed  with 
sand,  after the  manner  of  using  ordi­
nary  slacked 
it  may  be  used 
for  laying  up  walls;  add  to  it  hair as  in 
mortar  making  for  plastering  and  a 
good  putty  or  first  coat  mortar  is  the  re­
sult. 
likewise  makes  an  excellent 
wash  for  coating  fences,  buildings  and 
so  forth,  being  of  the  character of  com­
mon  whitewash  but  darker  in  color.

lime, 

It 

It 

Carbide  has  been  found  also  to  pos­
sess  remarkable  value  in  the  manufac­
ture  of  carbonized  steel. 
is  found 
that  by  heating  soft  steel  and  iron  with 
carbide  instead  of  charcoal  or  coal  dust, 
it  takes  up  carbon  with  greater  readi­
ness.  Some  steel  works  have  adopted 
this  use  of  carbide  with  gratifying  re­
sults. 

W.  G.  Haven.

C au se  o f tlie   A c e ty le n e   G as  K x p ln sio n   a t 

W a b ash .

Wabash,  Sept.  15— In  reply  to  your 
enquiry  as  to  the  cause  of  the  recent  ex­
plosion  of  acetylene  gas  at  this  place,  I

A cetyl«*nr  as  a   P o w e r  A g e n t.

Acetylene  pushes  itself  to  the  front  at 
any  number  of  meetings  of  scientific 
men  throughout  the  world.  The  last  an­
nual  meeting  of  the  German  Society  of 
Gas  and  Water  Experts  at  Nuremberg 
was  in  this  respect  no  exception.  The 
new  gas  was  not  only  placed  on  exhibi­
tion,  but 
its  application  to  various  uses 
received  able  consideration.

The  current  issue  of  Dingler’s  Poly- 
technisches  Journal,  in  referring  to  the 
application  of  this  product  to  the  gas 
engine  as  a  power  generator, has  the  fol­
lowing  comments  that  will  be  read  with 
interest  by  Americans,  most  of  whom 
have  given  little  attention  to  the  gas be­
yond  its  use  for  illumination.

The  principal  difficulty  hitherto  en­
in  applying  acetylene  as  a 
countered 
motive  power 
in  obtaining  a  non- 
luminous  flame—the  evidence  of  com­
plete  combustion.  This  difficulty, 
it 
has  developed,  has  been  overcome  by 
the  devices  constructed  by  one  of  the 
Berlin  acetylene  companies.

lay 

Acetylene,  according  to  the  same  au­
thority, is  now  applied  in  power  genera­
in  the  same  manner 
tors  (gas-engines) 
as  ordinary  coal  gas  and  water  gas. 
In 
order  to  obtain  the 
full  output  of  the 
energy  of  the  gas,  it  -must  be  mixed 
with  air  in  the  right  proportion  to  pro­
duce  perfect  combustion,  a  state  that 
is 
indicated  by  a  non-luminous flame.  The 
I >ower  developed  by  the  acetylene  com­
pletely  burned  in  the  cylinder  is  said  to 
be  greater  than  that  obtainable  with  or­
dinary  gas.

it 

rhere 

is  danger  even  in  temperance 
drinks.  Samuel  Kissler,  a  Philadelphia 
lad,  aged  14,  bought  a  bottle of root beer 
and  put 
in  his  hip  pocket  as  he 
walked  home.  As  he  was  crossing  a  car 
track  there  w’as  a  loud  report  and  per­
sons  passing  by  were  amazed  to  see  the 
boy 
lifted  about  three  feet  from  the 
ground.  A   horse  that  was  not  accus­
tomed  to  artillery  also  forgot  himself, 
and,  pulling  the  lines  out  of  his  sleepy 
driver’s  hands,  galloped  up  the  street. 
Before  he  had  gone  a  square  he  ran  into 
a  trolley  car,  throwing  the  driver  into 
the  street. 
It  was  found  that  the  boy 
who  had  the  bottle  was  bleeding  and 
he  was  carried  to  the  Pennsylvania  hos­
pital.  The  bottle  had  exploded  and  tom 
the  back  of  his  trousers  off.  Several 
pieces  of  the  glass  had  entered  the flesh, 
inflicting  cuts  which  it  required  eleven 
stitches  to  mend.

B ra k e m a n   a n d   D ru m m e r.

From the Commercial Traveler.

The  brakeman  opened  the  door  with  a 
ban g;  then  he  opened  his  mouth,  and 
this  is  what  the  passengers  heard :
I 

“ Aw  wow  wah  ugh!”
“ I  beg  your  pardon,"said  the  fat 
drummer timidly,  “ but  would  you  mind 
repeating  that? 
I  didn’t  quite  catch  it. 
Very  stupid  of  me,  of  course,  but  the 
fact 
is  I  was  thinking  of  something 
else.’ ’

The  brakeman  glared  at  the  drummer 
then  roared  out 

for  a  moment,  and 
again :

“ Aw  wow  wah  ugh !”
“ Thank  you,”   said  the  drummer. 

‘ ‘I 
was  not  quite  sure  the  first time whether 
you  said,  ‘ Aw  wow wah  ugh’ or ‘ Um rah 
rah  whoop!’  Now  I  understand  you 
perfectly. ’ ’"

Freeport  Herald: 

The  Michigan 
Tradesman  was  sixteen  years  old  last 
week  and  to  mark  the  beginning  of 
its 
seventeenth  year 
it  got  out  a  special 
edition  of 64  pages.  The  paper  was  also 
neatly  dressed 
in  new  body  type  and 
presented  a  very  nice  appearance.

Jobbers of

Calcium

Carbide

and all kinds of

. Acetylene Gas Burners
Distributing  agents  for  The  Electro  Lamp  Co.*s 
especially  prepared  Carbide  for  bicycle  and  por­
table lamps, in  2 and 5 pound cans.

Orders promptly filled.

Jackson,  Michigan.

The  Best of Reasons  w hy you  should  be 
prejudiced  in  faver  of 

. 

.

1.  The generating capacity is larger than any other Gen­
erator on the market, holding  i lb. carbide to % foot burner.
а.  Our  carbide  container  is  a  compartment  pan,  with 
pockets holding from  i to 3  lbs.  each,  the water  acting  on 
but one at a time, thus no heating or wasting of gas.

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

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

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

at all times the same even  pressure.

5.  All pipes are self-draining to the  condens­

ing chamber.

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

7.  The  Bruce  Generator,  when  left  to  do  its 
own work, will not  blow off  or waste  the  gas.
8.  Not least, but greatest  Our Purifier takes 
out all moisture  and  impurities  from  the  gas, 
making it impossible for pipes t&clog up or the 
burners to choke up and smoke.

BROCE GEMI CO., lift IBB-l8Bf.BflSIJI.Mlnn  1 Agento for Mich. 

AMERICAN CARBIDE CO.,

Jackson.

a 5 E 5E s a s a s H S H S H s s H 5 3 5 H a s a s a s a s s a 5 a s 5 s a 5 a s E s a s H

The  King  of  Light

If you  need  light, when  you  need  light,  you  need 
light that will  light you up

Cheaply,  Brilliantly,  Quickly
The  Sunlight 

Gasoline  Lamp

is  cheaper  than  kerosene.  More  brilliant 
than  electricity.

The  Insurance Underwriters say that  it  is  pj 

perfectly safe by writing  policies  on  it with­
out  one  cent  of  extra  premiums.  Money 
Stores,  Churches,  Residences, 
talks. 
Lodges,  Halls,  Hotels,  Offices 
and Shops  cannot  afford  to  be

i  without it.

You will be  sorry  if  you  fix

your winter lighting before writing to us.

Owing to  excessive  orders we  have  been  unable  to  keep  in  stock; 
but we have lately  increased our facilities so as to enable us to fill all future 
orders promptly.  Moneymaking terms to local agents.

Michigan  Light Co.,

23  Pearl  Street,

L .

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.  ^ 
ä s a s a S

Petting the  People

R ig h t a n d   W ro n g  W a y  to  A d v e rtise   Shoes.
As  my  readers  failed  to  respond  to 
my  request  to  send  samples  of  shoe  ad­
vertising,  I  was  compelled  to  dive 
into 
a  bunch  of  exchanges,  from  which  1 
have  selected  three  examples  as  a  fair 
average  of 
local  Michigan  shoe  adver­
tising.  Here  they  are:

A A A A A A A A  AAAAAAA A  i

They  Are  Here

We have  just  received  our  new 
stock of

Shoes  and  Rubbers

And  can  assure  our  customers 
that it is the finest, best and  most 
styli>h line ever shown  in  town.

Your  Inspection  Invited

We  would  be  pleased  to  show 
you this tine.  We  know we  can 
suit  you,  not  only  in  style  and 
quality, but in the other essential 
—price.

FRANK McDERBY, Groceries and Shoes

Shoes  At  Cost  for the 
Next  Sixty  Days

To Close out.  For Cash.

Twenty  pairs  Women’s  Shoes,  broken 
sizes.  Twenty  pairs  Women’s  Walking 
bhoes  and  slippers—broken  sizes.  Nice 
line of Women’s,  Misses’  and  Children’s 
Shoes.  Come in, we  know  we  can  please 
you.

S.  E.  Albright.

Our New
Pall  Line of Shoes

have arrived  and  we  are  now  pre­
pared to show everything that is new 
and stylish  in  fall  and  winter  foot­
wear.  We  especially  wish  to  call 
attention to our  new line  of  Ladies’ 
Shoes, for it is the best  line we  have 
ever shown,  and  every  lady  that  is 
desirous of obtaining  the  best  foot­
wear the  market  affords  should  in­
spect our  stock  before  buying.  We 
bought  before  the  recent  rise 
in 
leather,  giving  you  the  low  price 
heneiit.

W.  D.  Reynolds  &  Co.

“ Your 

invited”  

inspection 

Now,  I  want  to  ask  my  readers  if  they 
think  that  any  one  of  these  advertise­
ments  would 
induce  the  purchase  of  a 
single  pair  of  shoes.  What  do  they  tell 
line  we  have  ever 
the  reader?  “ Best 
shown”   means  nothing  unless 
it  ‘is 
backed  up  with  a  description  and  a 
price. 
is 
weak  and  tame  alongside  of  an  illustra­
tion  of  a  new  style  and* a  thorough  de­
scription  of  its  good  qualities. 
“ Shoes 
at  cost,”   without  a  reason  for  the  sacri­
fice,  and  with  no  prices  to  back  up  the 
assertion,  will  only  tend  to  inspire  dis­
trust. 
The  trouble  with  these  three 
advertisements  is  that  they  talk  a  whole 
lot,  but  don’t  say  anything— at  least, 
they  don’t  tell  the  reader  what  he  wants 
to  know— the  kind  of  shoes  sold  and 
their  price.

Prices  are  all-powerful.  Backed  up 
by  a  good,  forcible,  interesting  descrip­
tion,  they  are  almost  irresistible.  An 
advertisement  without  prices  and  de­
scriptions  is  as  useless  as  a  bicycle with 
a  punctured  tire—it 
is  a  drawback  to 
progress,  instead  of  an  aid.
“   Just  by  way  of  contrast,  look  at  this 
clipping 
from  the  catalogue  of  one  of 
the  much-reviled  “ catalogue  houses,’ ’ 
and  ask  yourself  why  they  sell  shoes.

SIZES AND HALF 

SIZES, S T012. 
W idths,

C , D, E and EE. 
PORTAGE.  EXTRA 35 
TO S3 CTS. ACCORD* 
IRC TO SIZE.

You  know  what  they 

By  the  time  you  are  through  reading 
this  advertisement,  you  know  all  that 
is  to  know  about  the  shoes  in 
there 
question. 
look 
like,  how  they  are  made,  what  they  are 
made  of  and  the  price.  You  are  nearly 
as  wise  as  if  you  had  the  shoes  in  your 
hand  or  on  your  feet.  This  is  good  ad­
vertising.  That 
it  sells  goods  the  local 
shoe  dealer  knows  only  too  well.

Department  Store

Fashion’s  Latest Creations

Is what you can get now in  our  Dress 
Goods  Department;  thev  are  coming 
every week, at prices within  the  reach 
of all.

You  May  Want

Flannels;  we have a nice line and much 
of  it was  bought  at  a  nice  discount; 
you  will  get  your  share  of  it  if  you 
buy here.

Our  Millinery  Department

Ts  beginning  to  come  along  for  our 
fall and winter stock;  we  will have  all 
new goods and the  balance will  go  to 
the grabbag, as usual.

Just Arrived

Another  shipment  of  Drew,  Shelby 
&  Co.’s  shoes;  if  customers  were  not 
pleased with them we would  not  have 
to buy so many;  but the fit, style,  ease, 
price  and  wearing  qualities  tell  the 
balance louder than  we can.

On the  Way

Our fourth shipment of Whang Leath­
er  Shoes  for  men  and  boys.  Hard 
wear, cheap in  price.

Remember

w e  have  about  200  yards 
in  cloth 
bought of  the  Russell  stock,  suitable 
for men’s and boys’ clothes, we will sell 
at about 50c on the dollar;  at  the  pres­
ent market it is cheap at full  price;  the 
goods are suitable for men’s  pants  and 
boys’ suits.
Oleite  of  Iron

Prevents leather  from  becoming  hard 
and dry;  prevents  cracks  and  breaks; 
makes the leather water-proof and  wear 
much longer.

Boys

I have 31  suits, age 5, 6, 7 and S,  worth 
from $175 to $4.50.  I  will  close  them 
out at 50c  on  the  dollar.  Knee  pants 
25c and 45c.

See Our

Remnant pile for  girls* and  children’s 
dresses; yon will save one-half or more.

We  Do  Not

Lack yet for underwear for summer  or 
winter wear, you  will  save  money  by 
seeing us.

Phin  Smith.

The 

same  criticism  applies  to  the 
above  advertisement,  which  was  sent 
to  me  for  criticism.

There  are  ten different announcements 
and  only  one  set  of  prices.  The  ad­
vertisement  is  nicely  set  and  its  word­
is  good,  in  the  main,  hut  the  ab­
ing 
sence  of  prices 
its  value  as  a 
seller  of  goods.  Let  Mr.  Smith  add  a 
price  to  every  item  and  he  will  have  a 
far  stronger  advertisement,  and  one  that 
will  be  a  ¡laying  investment.

lessens 

W.  S.  Hamburger.

M ix tu re   o f  M on,  R od  P a in t  a n d   H an d - 

Maw.
From tlie Adrian  Telegram .

H. 

T.  Crosby 

is  the  hustling  dry 

goods  merchant  at  Clayton.  He 
is  a 
great  advertiser,  and 
in  all  directions 
from  his  place  of  business  may  be  seen 
signs  numerous,  directing  people  to  his 
store.  He  is  a  liberal  man  in  all  public 
enterprises  and  an  all  around  good  fel­
low,  but  when 
it  comes  to  riding  a  b i­
cycle  and  at  the  same  time  carrying  a 
bucket  of  paint  in  one  hand  and  a  saw 
in  the  other,  Horace  has  come  to  the 
conclusion  that  he  is  not a success.  This 
he  tried  to  do  on  Wednesday  of  this 
week.  When  in  the  residence  portion  of 
the  village  lie  encountered  some  chick­
ens 
is  not  exactly 
chicken  hearted,  but  of  a  sympathetic 
nature,  so  he  tried  to  turn  out.  With­
out  a  moment's  notice  he  capsized,  and 
in  accordance  with  every  man’s  luck  in 
a  case  of  that  kind  the  bucket,  well 
filled  with  paint  of  the  red  variety, 
spilled  all  over  him,  from  head  to  foot, 
filling  his  eyes,  ears  and  mingling 
thoroughly  with  his  hair.  Hereafter 
Horace  will  not  attempt  to  carry  more 
than  a  barrel  of  sugar and  kerosene  oil 
at  the  same  time.

in  the  street.  He 

F u ll  o f  B usinc««.

Jones  was 

just  entering  a  restaurant 
when  he  met  his  old  friend  Brown  coin­
ing  out. 
It  was  the  first  time  they  had 
seen  each  other  for  several  weeks.

“ Hello, 

old 

fellow,”  

exclaimed 

Jones,  “ how’s  business?”

“ Good,”   replied Brown.  “ Never  was 
better.  Keeps me  in  a  rush  all  the  time. 
No  time  to  sleep  and  am  even  behind 
in  my  meals.  That  was  day  before yes­
terday’s  lunch  1  just  finished.  So  long,
I  must  hurry  back. ’ ’

T w o  D o lla r  W e e k -E m l-E x c u rs lo n   to   D e­

tr o it.

Another  of  these  popular  excursions 
will  be  run  by  the  Michigan  Central, 
leaving  Union  Station  on  a  special train 
at  6 :30 a.  m.,  Saturday,  Sept.  23.  Good 
to  return  in  coaches  on  regular  trains  to 
and  including  train  No.  3,  leaving  De­
troit  Monday  morning,  Sept.  25.  Par­
lor  car  attached  at  the  usual  seat  rate. 
Phone  606.

W.  C.  Blake,  Ticket  Agent.

Politics 

is  now  a  trade,  and  all  who 
have  learned  the  business  appear  to  he 
working  at  it.

MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

The  real  wonder  is  why  the  local  retail-  My  advice  to  every 
er  sells  any  shoes  at  all 
such  forcible  advertising  as  this:

in  the 

F 1 W $  C o r k  $ o k  C a c e

retailer— shoe 
face  of  dealers  included— is  to  send  for  all  the
mail  order  catalogues  obtainable  study 
them  intelligently,  model  your  advertis­
ing  after  their  style ;  stop  talking  gen­
eralities  and  stop  shouting “ best.’ ’  Tell 
your  public  what  you  have  to  sell,  why 
it  is  good  and  how'  much  you  want 
for 
it.  As  1  have  said  many  times  before, 
talk  to  your  readers  as  if  they  were  in 
front  of  your  counter.  Don’t  waste  your 
money  and  their  time  by  pumping  them 
full  of  words  that  do  not  contain  any 
inducement  to  see  your  goods  or  buy 
them.  Every  article  you  sell  has  its 
good  [joints— its  talking  points.  These 
are  what 
to  know. 
These  are  what  sell  your goods  when 
you  have  your  customers  before  you 
in 
your  store—these  are  what  will  bring 
your  customers  in.  And  all  the  beauti­
ful  generalities  in  the world aren’t  worth 
a  picayune  alongside  of  straight  busi­
ness  talk.

the  people  want 

*  *  *

Crockery  and  Glassware

A K R O N  S T O N E W A R E .] 

B u tte r«

gal.,'per„doz......................................... 
1 
t o »! gal., per  g al.............................  
8 gal. each...............................................  
to gal. e a ch ...............................................  
12 gal. ea ch ................................................ 
1» gal.  m eat-tubs, each ..........................  
20 gal. m eat-tubs, ea ch .......................... 
25 gal.  m eat-tubs, eaeli.......................... 
30 gal. m eat-tubs, ea ch ..........................  

C h u rn «

2 
to 6 gal., per  g a l............................... 
C hum   D ashers, per doz........................  

M ilk p a n s

11  gal. flat or rd.  hot.,  per doz.............  
1  gal. flat or rd. h o t..each...................  
F in e  G lazed  M ilk p a n s
Yt gal. flat or rd. hot., per doz........... 
I gal. flat or rd. hot., each ...................  

Stew  p an s

Yt  gal.  fireproof, hail, per  doz.............. 
1 gal. ftreproof, bail,  per doz.............. 

•Jug«

Vt gal., per  d oz........................................  
Yt gal. per  doz..........................................  
1 to 5 gal., per  g al...................................  

T o m a to   J u g «

% gal., per  doz......................................... 
1  gal., each .............................................. 
Corks for 
gal., |ier doz....................... 
Corks for  t  gal., per doz....................... 
P re s e rv e   J a r «   a n d   C over«

Is gal., stone cover,  |>er doz.................. 
1 gal., stone cover,  per doz............... 

5 lbs. In package, per  lb........................  

S e a lin g   W ax

F R U IT   J A R S

P ints............................................................ 
U narts........................................................  
Half Gallons.............................................. 
Covers........................................................ 
K ubbers..................................................... 

C A M P   B U R N E R S

No. 0 S u n ................................................... 
No. 1 S u n ...................................................  
No. 2 S u n ................................................... 
No. 3 S un................................................... 
T ubular...................................................... 
Security, No.  1............................ 
 
Security.  No.  2......................................... 
N utm eg...................................................... 

7

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40
5
48
no
72
t  05
1  40
2  00
2  40

5
S4

40
4*4

60
5'4

85
1  10

40
50
6

50
6!4
20
30

75
1  no

2

4  on
4  25
1;  00
2  00
25

37
38
4x1
t  IX)
45
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80
SO

L A M P   CHIM NEYS-'-Second«

1’er l»ox of i>  doz.

No. 0 S u n ................................................... 
No. 1 S u n .............................................  .. 
No. 2 S un................................................... 

1  28
1  42
2  12

C o m m o n

No. 0 S u n ................................................... 
No. 1 S un................................................... 
No. 2 S un...................................................  

F irst  fin a lity

No. 0 Sun, crim p top, wrapped  & lab. 
No. 1 Sun. crimj) top.  wrapped  & lab. 
No. 2 Sun, crim p top. w rapped & lab. 

X X X   F lin t

No. 0 Sun, crim p top. wrapped & lab. 
No.  1 Sun, crimj) top, wrajijicd & lab. 
No. 3 Hun, crim p top, wrapped  & lab. 
C H IM N E Y S —P e a rl T op
No.  1 Sun. w rapped and  labeled......... 
No. 2 Sun, w rapped and  labeled......... 
No. 2 Hinge, w rapped and labeled.... 
No. 2 Sun,  “ Small  Bulb,”  for  Globe
Lam ps.............................................. 

L a  H astie

No. 1 Sun, plain Imlb, per doz.............  
No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per doz.............. 
No. 1 (’rimj), per tloz.............................. 
No. 2 Crimp, per doz.............................. 

R oche« te r

No.  1 Lime (H5c  doz).............................. 
No. 2  Lime (70c  doz).............................. 
No. 2 Flint (80c  doz)— ................... 

E le c tric

No. 2 Lime (70«;  doz).............................. 
No. 2 Flint (80c  doz).............................. 

1  50
1  eo
2  45

2 10
2 15
3 15

2 55
2 75
3 75

3  70
4  70
4  S8
80

00
1  15
1  35
1  00

3  50
4  00
4  70

4  00
4  40

O IL   CA NS

1 gal.  tin cans with spout, per d oz__  
1 gal. galv. iron  with  spout,  per d o z.. 
2 gal. galv. Iron  with  spout. j>er doz.. 
3 gai. galv. iron  with  spout,  j>er doz.. 
5 gai. gaiv. iron  w ith  sjiout,  j>er doz.. 
3 
5 gal. galv. iron  w1th faucet, per doz.. 
5 gal. Tilting cans....................................  
5  gal. galv. Iron  N acefas....................... 

gal. galv. iron 

1  40
1 75
3 25
3 75
4 85
5 35
7  25
9 00

with faucet, per d o z.. 4 85

P u m p   C ans

5 gal. Rapid steady stream ...................  
5 gal. Eureka, non-overflow.................  
3 gal. Home Rule.............................. 
5 gal. Home R ule..................................... 
5 gal. P irate K ing...................................  

L A N T E R N S

No.  0 Tubular, side lift........................  
No.  I B  T ubular..................................... 
No. 13 Tubular, d ash .............................. 
No.  1 Tubular, glass fountain.............  
No. 12 Tubular, side  lam p..................... 
No.  3 S treet lamp, ea ch ....................... 
L A N T E R N   G L O B E S  

No. 0 Tub., cases 1 doz. each, box, 10c. 
No. 0 Tub., cases 2 doz. each, box, 15c. 
No. 0 Tub., bbls 5 doz. each, per h b l.. 
No. 0 Tub,, bull's eye, cases 1 aoz. each 

8 50
10  50
10  50
12  00
9  50

4  50
7  00
6  75
7  00
14  00
3  75

45
45
1 78
1 25

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MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

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T R A D E S M A N   C O M P A N Y

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A d v e rtisin g   R a te s   o n   A p p lic a tio n .

Communications invited from  practical  business 
men.  Correspondents  must  give  their  full 
names and addresses, not necessarily  for  pub­
lication. but as a guarantee of good faith. 
Subscribers  may  have  the  mailing  address  of 
their papers changed as often as desired.
No paper discontinued, except  at  the  option  of 
the proprietor, until all arrearages are paid. 
Sample copies sent free to any address.

Entered a t the.G rand  Rapids  Post  Office  as 

Second Class mail  m atter.

W h e n   w ritin g   to   a n y   o f  o u r   A d v e rtise rs, 
p le ase  say   th a t  y o u   saw   th e   a d v e rtis e ­
m e n t  in   th e  M ich ig an  T ra d e sm a n .

E.  A.  STO W E,  E d i t o r .

SEPTEMBER 20.1899.

WEDNESDAY, 
This  Paper  has a  Larger  Paid  Circu­
lation  than  that  of  any  other  paoer  of 
Its value 
its class  in the  United  States. 
as an  Advertising  Medium  is  therefore 
apparent.

T R A N SA T L A N T IC   T R A V E L .

The  arrival  in  New  York  of  the  mam­
moth  new  White  Star  Line  steamship 
Oceanic,  on  her  maiden  trip,  serves  to 
call  attention  to  the  vast  development 
which  has  taken  place  in  marine  archi­
tecture 
in  recent  years.  The  Oceanic 
is  not  only  the  largest  of  existing  ships, 
hut  she  is  the  largest  vessel  ever  built, 
not  only  in  actual  tonnage  but  in  length 
and  beam,  exceeding  in  these  respects 
even  the  Great  Eastern,  which  for  many 
years  was’ the  world’s  show  ship.  Ow­
ing  to  the  failure  of  the  Great  Eastern 
as  a  financial  enterprise  and  her general 
unwieldiness,  it  was  commonly  thought 
for  very  many  years  that  no  attempt 
would  ever  again  be  made  to  duplicate 
her  proportions.  How  fallacious  this 
opinion  was  is  shown by the construction 
of  the  Oceanic,  which 
is  larger  in  all 
respects  than  the  Great  Eastern.

In  the  construction  of  the  Oceanic, 
the  White  Star  Line  aimed  at  securing 
both  the  greatest  passenger  capacity,  as 
well  as  large  cargo  space.  The  ship  was 
not  destined  as  a  record-breaker,  but 
her builders  did  propose  that  she  should 
be  so  very 
large  that  she  should  be 
practically  superior  to  the  vicissitudes 
of  wind  and  wave,  and,  consequently  be 
able  to  run  on  schedule  time,  irrespec­
tive  of  the  weather.  Although  not  a 
record-breaker,  the  initial  performance 
of  the  great  ship  proves  that  she  is  but 
little  slower  than  the  great record-break­
ers.

The  transatlantic  lines  have  come  to 
consider  that  the  tremendous  efforts  to 
secure  an  additional  knot  of  speed  no 
longer  pay.  An  hour  or  two  more  or 
less  on  an  ocean  voyage  counts  for  but 
little,  and does not  warrant  the  enormous 
extra  expenditure  in  coal  and  wear  and 
tear  on  crew  and  machinery.  L’nless, 
therefore, 
the  owners  of  the  Kaiser 
Wilhelm-Der-Grosse  attempt  to  beat  the 
record  established  by  their  own  vessel, 
it  is  probable  that  the  world  has  seen an 
end  of  the  efforts  to  reduce  the  time  be­
tween  New  York  and  British  ports. 
This  does  not  mean  that  the  speed  of 
ships  will  not 
in  the  future, 
but  it  does  mean  that  attempts  to  secure 
speed  at  the  sacrifice  of  carrying  ca­
pacity  and  economy  will  be  no 
longer 
attempted.

increase 

The  great 

increase 

in  the  size  of

ocean-going  ships  during  the  last  few 
years  has  been  due  to  two  very  distinct 
causes;  The  first  is  the  requirement  for 
carrying  the  world’s  productions 
at 
lower  cost,  which  necessitates  the  great­
est  economy  in  the  running  expenses  of 
ships,  and  the  second  is  the 
increased 
to  its 
power  of  machinery  compared 
weight  and 
in  marine 
architecture  which  have  made  the  con­
struction  of  very  large  ships  both  ex­
pedient  and  practicable.

improvements 

A V A IL A B L E   FO R C E S.

Now  that  war  between  Great  Britain 
and  the  Transvaal  appears  to  be  inevi­
table,  a 
the  comparative 
strength  of  the  forces  which  each  of  the 
prospective  combatants  can  bring  into 
the  field  w ill  be  interesting.

study 

of 

The  Transvaal  maintains  no  standing 
army,  except  a  small  force  of  horse  ar­
tillery,  numbering 
less  than  400  men. 
The  entire  male  population  capable  of 
bearing  arms 
is  called  out  in  case  of 
war.  The  country  is  divided  into  dis­
tricts,  commanded  by  field  comets,  who 
enroll  the  men  of  military.age  and  con­
duct  such military organization  and  drill 
as  may  be  deemed  advisable.  All  who 
are  liable  to  military  duty  are  kept  well 
armed  and  plentifully  supplied  with 
ammunition.

familiarity  with 

Although  having  no  efficient organiza­
tion,  the  Boer  forces  can  make  a  splen­
did  fight  when  acting  on  the  defensive. 
Their  thorough 
the 
country  and  their  method  of  fighting  in 
extended  order,  each  man 
looking  out 
for  himself,  gives  them  an  advantage 
when  operating  against  a  Euorpean 
force. 
It  is  believed  that  the  Boers  of 
the  Transvaal  can  master  about  25,000 
effective  men,  all  told.  With  the  addi­
tion  of  15,000  men  which  the  Orange 
Free  State  could  furnish,  the  British 
would  find  themselves,  in  case  of  war, 
confronted  with  about  40,000 well-armed 
men,  whose  courage  and  skill  in  the  use 
of  their  weapons  will  do  much  to  make 
up  for the  lack  of  discipline.

It  would  be,  of  course,  misleading  to 
compare  the  entire  military  forces  of 
Great  Britain  with  those  of  the  Trans­
vaal,  as 
it  would  be  impossible  for  the 
British  government  to  use  more  than  a 
small  portion  of  its  troops  in  South  A f­
rica.  At  the  present  moment,  excluding 
re-enforcements  enroute,  there  are about
7.000  British  regulars 
in  Cape  Colony 
and  5,000  in  Natal.  To  these  must  be 
added  about  3,500  colonial  troops  and 
mounted  police 
in  Cape  Colony  and 
about  1,000  in  Natal.  There  are,  there­
fore,  available  for  instant  service,  of 
regular  forces  15,500  men,  exclusive  of 
all  volunteers  and  auxiliary 
troops. 
There  are  en  route  from  Europe  10,000 
British  troops,  and  about  15,000  troops 
are  under  orders  to  sail  from  India  to 
South  Africa.  This  would 
furnish  an 
available  force  of  something  over 40,000 
regular troops.  This  force  should  prove 
sufficient,  if  constantly  re-enforced,  to 
cope  with  the  Boers.

it 

Although 

Including 

is  commonly  supposed 
insignificant 
that  Great  Britain  has  an 
military  establishment,  the  contrary  is 
the  case. 
the  European 
troops  serving  in  India and the colonies, 
the  British  standing  army  number  221,- 
000  men.  To  this  must  be  added  the
140.000  men  of  the  native  Indian  army. 
There  are,  besides, 
like
15.000  colonial  troops,  which  must  be 
added  to  the  regular  forces.  When  to 
these  are  added  the  militia  and  volun­
teers,  the  total  organized  military  forces 
will  be  found  to  be  fully  one  million 
men.  The  naval  establishment includes

something 

in  the  active  navy,  and 
110,000  men 
about  30,000  in  reserve.  This 
is,  of 
course,  an  overwhelming  force  in  com­
parison  with  that  possessed  by 
the 
Transvaal;  but  the  latter country  places 
all  its  hopes  on  the  fact  that  it  will  be 
difficult  for  Great  Britain  to  spare  more 
than  a  moderate  force  for  service  in 
South  Africa.  This  difficulty 
is  not 
nearly  so  great  now,  however,  as  it  was 
last  Boer 
twenty  years  ago,  when  the 
war  was  fought. 
it 
will  take  fully  50,000  British  troops  to 
effectually  subdue  the  Transvaal.

It  is  estimated  that 

P R E M IU M   PITT  ON   ESTR A Y S.

George  M.  Pullman,  son  of  one  of  the 
most  famous  of  America’s  millionaires, 
is  the  central  figure  in  an  intensely 
in­
teresting  problem  of  human  nature.  He 
is  to  have  an  opportunity  of  choosing 
once  and  for all  between  the  benefits  of 
wealth  and  social  position  and  the 
life 
of  a  drunkard.  He 
is  now  at  White 
Plains,  taking  the  Keeley  cure. 
If  it 
cures  him  and  he  remains  sober and  re­
spectable  for  a  reasonable  period  after 
coming  out  he  will  share 
in  his  late 
father’s  millions  as  far  as  it  is  possible 
for  his  mother  to  enable  him  to  do  so. 
If  he  returns  to  his  old  ways  again  his 
mother  will  not  help  him  with  money, 
and  he  will  become  a  loafer,  relapsing 
into  periodical  poverty  after  he  has 
spent  his  modest  allowance  for  drink.

The  parable  of  the  lost  sheep  has been 
much  drawn  upon,  and  it  has  been  de­
clared  that  there  is  more  joy  in  heaven 
over the  gathering  in  of  one  sinner  than 
is  shown  over the  gathering in of ninety- 
and-nine  just  persons. 
It  can  scarcely 
be  imagined why such  a premium should 
be  put  on  estrays  from  the  fold,  as  peo­
ple  are  quite  apt  enough  to  go  astray; 
but  it  does  seem  that  there  is  more sym­
pathy  wasted  over a  hopeless  drunkard 
in  a  week  than  a  perfectly  good  young 
man  can  secure  in  years  of  attention  to 
duty.  Kind-hearted people  look  at  a  sot 
and  say  what  a  brilliant  fellow  he would 
be  if  he  did  not  drink. 
It  does  not  fol­
low. 
If  he  kept  sober and  attended  to 
business  he  might  remain  unknown. 
Women  have 
'been  known  to  marry 
drunkards  for the  purpose  of  reforming 
them. 
is  a  dangerous  experiment. 
If  a  young  man  will  not  keep  sober  for 
the 
love  of  a  woman  before  she  is  his 
wife,  she  can  safely  calculate  that  he 
will  keep  drunk  for  her  when  they  are 
married.  If the  lost  sheep  does  not  want 
to  be  found  he  is  likely  to  jump  the fold 
and  go  to  the  dogs  when  he  has  a 
chance.  There  are  hundreds  of  young 
men  of  splendid 
fathers  who  have  no 
desire  or  ambition  to  be  anything  but 
drunken  young  fellows,  who  think  they 
are  having  great  fun,  while  they  are 
gradually  becoming  outcasts  of  good  so­
ciety  and  are 
losing  their  manhood, 
health  and  all  chances  to  honor their 
fathers  and  mothers.

It 

A   New  York  restaurant  recently  un­
dertook  to  cater  exclusively  for  obese 
people.  Nothing  of  a  fattening  charac­
ter  was  served.  The  establishment  was 
hailed  with  delight  by  a  large  crowd  of 
heavyweights. 
Its  history  was  about  as 
follows:  The  first  day  100  ate  there, 
the  second  ninety,  the  third  eighty,  and 
so  on  down  until  the  proprietor  found 
himself  without  a  single  patron,  when 
the  sheriff  came  and  took  everything  in 
sight. 

______________

In  the  National  Museum  is  a-woman 
who 
is  an  authority on  mammals,  and 
one  of  the  most  skillful  entomological 
artists 
is  a  woman  em­
ployed  by  the  bureau  of  entomology.

in  the  world 

B U SIN E S S   C O N D IT IO N S.

into 

consideration 

That  a  probability  of  war  between 
Great  Britain  and  so  insignificant  and 
remote  a  country  as 
the  Transvaal 
should  have  a  serious  effect  on  Ameri­
can  securities  would  seem  strange  were 
it  not  taken 
that 
South  Africa  is  one  of  the  greatest  cen­
ters  of  British  speculation.  A  war  with 
the  Boers  would  mean  the  sudden  de­
struction  of  tremendous  speculative 
in­
terests  in  that  center  and  would  engage 
the  attention  of  capitalists to the unload­
ing  of  our securities  to  an  extent  which 
might  have  serious  effects.  This  fear, 
with  the  uneasiness  attending  the  feel­
ing  caused  by  the  Dreyfus  trial  and 
its 
result,  coming  with  the  money  strin­
gency  which  has  prevailed  in  Eastern 
cities  for a  couple  of  weeks;  has  oper­
ated  to  depress  stocks  to  a  greater de­
gree  than  for  months  past,  although  the 
change  has  not  been  great.  Later  ad­
vices  of  better  feeling  in  Africa,  with 
the  conciliatory  effect  of  the  Dreyfus 
pardon,  seem  to  have  stopped  the down­
ward  movement  and  unless  other  unex­
pected  causes 
intervene  the  rapid  re 
covery  warranted  by  the  generally  fa­
vorable  conditions  prevailing 
all 
lines  of  domestic  and 
trade 
seems  inevitable.

foreign 

in 

Notwithstanding  the  adverse 

influ­
in 
ences  noted  there  is  no  slackening 
the  volume  of  business, 
last  week’s 
payments  through  the  principal  clearing 
houses  having  been  29.2  per  cent,  larger 
last  year and  58.9  per  cent,  larger 
than 
than 
in  1892.  The  railroads  have  es­
pecial  reason  for  encouragement  in  the 
earlier  September  returns  considering 
the  serious  curtailment  of  traffic  by want 
of  cars  at  many  points,  and  on  half  the 
mileage  of  the  country  the  earnings  in 
August  were  $52,861,300  within,  the 
United  States  alone— 13.7  percent,  more 
than  last  year  and  18.5  per  cent,  more 
than  in  1892.  Eastbound  tonnage 
from 
Chicago  for the  first  week  of  September 
was  92  per  cent,  larger  than 
last  year 
and  57  per  cent,  larger  than  in  1892.

The  iron  manufacture  did not increase 
output  in  August,although thirteen  small 
furnaces  were  added,  the  stoppage  of 
two  for  repairs  and  general  decrease  of 
effectiveness 
in  hot  weather  surpassing 
the  gain.  The  unsold  stocks  were  re­
duced  22,347 tons,  and  the  apparent  con­
sumption  in  August  was  1,209,012  tons. 
Heavy  sales  of  Bessemer— 6,000  tons, 
half  for  next  year,  at  $23.25,  and  for 
cast  pipe  works  20,000  tons— with  much 
activity  at  Chicago,  again  indicate  that 
orders  for  finished  products  do  not  so 
diminish  as  to  promise  relief;  and  in 
plates  the  pressure  is pronounced greater 
than  ever,  with  advance  of  $1  at  the 
East  and  more  at  Pittsburg.  Western 
bars  are  also  $1  higher,  and  wire  nails 
have  again  been  advanced  15  cents  a 
keg.  No  change  of  consequence  appears 
in  minor  metals  except  that  tin  is  high­
er,  at  33  cents.
The  textile 

continues  to 
show  remarkable  strength in all branches 
except  that  there  is  a  slight  yielding 
in 
the  price  of  raw  cotton.  Cotton  mills 
are  unusually  active  and  demand  seems 
on  the  increase.  Wool  sales  have  been 
very  heavy  and  the  price  has  advanced 
to  a  figure  which  makes  manufacturers 
complain,  but the  mills  are  stocked  with 
orders,  some  of  them  to  the  extent of  re­
fusing  business,  and  demand  shows  no 
signs  of  diminishing.  There  is  a  slack­
ening  of  the  long-continued  heavy  de­
mand  for  leather,  which seems to be  only 
a  natural  pause.  Demand  for  boots  and 
shoes  holds  steady,  shipments  exceed­
ing  those  of  any  year except  1897.

situation 

MICHIGAN  TRAD ESM AN  

D IST R U S T   IN   L A T IN   A M E R IC A . 

this 

country  reported 

According  to  advices -from  Washing­
ton,  the  officials  of  the  Department  of 
State  and  the  Navy  Department  are  be­
ginning  to  feel  some  concern  at  the 
many  evidences  of  ill-will  and  distrust 
towards 
from 
South  and  Central  America. 
It  was  re­
ported,  some  time  ago,  that  a  coalition 
of  the  countries  of  South  America,  os­
tensibly  for  business  reasons,  but  really 
as  a  protection  against  the  grasping 
policy  of  the  United  States,  had  been 
formed,  but  the  State  Department  at 
Washington  .gave  the  report  no  cred­
it  was  denied  from  South 
ence,  and 
America. 
In  spite  of denials,  however, 
rumors  of  movements  against  this  coun­
try  persisted,  and  now  even  the  State 
Department 
is  beginning  to  be  con­
cerned.

Several 

things  have  combined 

to 
prejudice  Latin  Americans  against  us.
Firstly,  there  has  been  the  constant 
interference  of  this  country  in  Central 
American  affairs.  These  acts  of 
inter­
ference,  although  justified  in  every way, 
have  rankled  in  the  minds  of  the  Cen­
tral  American  officials.  Again, 
there 
was  a  decision  unfavorable  to  Columbia 
in  a  case  submitted  to  American  arbi­
tration,  President  Cleveland  being  the 
arbitrator.  Again,  the  result  of  the  war 
with  Spain  leading  to  the  annexation  of 
Peurto  Rico  and  the  Philippines,  and 
the  possible  absorption of Cuba,  alarmed 
all  the  Latin-American  nations,  as  they 
commenced  to  fear  possible  aggressions 
on  our  part  against  their  territory.

It 

is  probable  that  a  decision  will 
soon  be  rendered  by  the  Venezuelan 
Boundary  Commisison,  which  has  been 
sitting  in  Paris  for  some  time.  Should 
the  arbitrators  decide against Venezuela, 
and  in  favor of  Great Britain,  this  coun­
try  will  be  blamed  for  the  result,  and 
considerable 
in 
consequence.  Even  the  trip  of  the  gun­
boat  Wilmington  up  the  Orinoco  and 
Amazon  rivers  excited  distrust  and 
enmity,  and 
led  to  some  diplomatic 
representations.

ill-feeling  will  result 

This  distrust  felt  towards  us  by  the 
Latin-American  countries  is most  unfor­
tunate,  because  it  is  calculated  to  hurt 
our  trade  interests  in  that  part  of  the 
world.  Some  way  of  restoring confidence 
among  them  ought  to  be  devised.  The 
annexation  of  Cuba  would  strongly  con­
firm  them 
in  their  suspicions,  whereas 
the  granting  of  full  independence  to  the 
island  would,  or  at 
least  should,  con­
vince  them  that  we  are  not  seeking  new 
territory  nor  do  we  desire  to  acquire  the 
domain  of  any  other  power.  The  an­
nexation  of  Cuba  would  be  offensive  to 
all  Latin  America,  and  would  no  doubt 
cause  the  coalition  against  us  to  grow 
in  strength  and  become  more  patent,  as 
well  as  active.

T H E   1-R IC E   O F   SUCCESS.

It 

is  a  matter  of  much  wonder  and 
comment  that  certain 
individuals  are 
especially  favored  in  finding  the  most 
exceptional  opportunities  in  the  busi­
ness  world.  There  are  certain  factors 
in  the  securing  of  these  enviable  oppor­
tunities  and  positions  which  are  over­
looked  in  our  estimate  of  the  situation. 
When  we  see  a  man  who  has  built  up  a 
remarkable  trade  and  is  reaping  abund­
ant  harvests 
from  his  efforts,  we 
straightway  begin  to  look  for the  excep­
tionally  favorable  surroundings  to  his 
business.  He  was  “ lucky”  
in  finding 
the  right 
location  to  secure  the  most 
profitable  custom ;  he  was  fortunate  in 
securing  exceptionally  trustworthy  and 
efficient  assistants ;  he  made  exception­

ally  favorable  buying  acquaintances  and 
connections;  in  fact,  he  was  “ lucky”  
all  around.  Such  critics  fail  to  dis­
cover  that  there 
is  something  besides 
luck  in  all  this.

Finding  gold  mines  in  business  is  the 
discovery  and  recognition  of  the  best 
powers  of  one’s  own  personality  and 
cultivating  the  willingness  to  pay  the 
cost  of  success.  What  to  the  observer 
seems  a  happy'  and  accidental  combina­
tion  of  circumstances  is,  in  fact,  the  re­
sult  of  the  most  determined effort. 
It  is 
a  case 
in  which  there  has  been  a  long 
and  consistent  determination to  succeed, 
first  manifested  in  making  the  requisite 
personal  preparation  to  undertake  the 
task.  This  preparation  may  have  been 
as  a  subordinate  in  the  employ  of  others 
or  in  the  slow  and  careful  beginning  of 
one’s  own  enterprise,  in  which  is  se­
cured  the  training  and  experience  that 
will  bring  out  the  personal  qualities 
which  must  lie  behind  success. 
It  is  a 
constant  stumbling  block  in  the  way  of 
the  multitude  which  is  scrambling  for 
this  goal  that  the.necessity  for  personal 
preparation  is  overlooked.  As  well  at­
tempt  to  compete  with  the  most  skilled 
artisan 
in  the  production  of  his  wares 
as  to  expect  success 
in  the  business 
world  without  training.

There 

is  no  question  but  that  there 
are  variations 
in  the  degrees  of  oppor­
tunity  in  different  surroundings.  It  may 
even  prove  that  there  are  places  where 
gold  mines  can  not  be  found,  even  by 
the  exercise  of  the  most  careful  and  de­
termined  energy. 
It  may  be  that  this 
fact  can  be  ascertained  by  careful  judg­
ment  and  a  change  be  made to  a  loca­
tion  of  greater  possibilities.  If  so,  this 
change  will  be  a  necessary  part  of  the 
preparation  for  success.  Gold  mines 
may  not  be  everywhere,  sometimes  the 
prospector  must  search  for them,  but  the 
places  where  they  can  not  be  found  are 
not  as  numerous  as  many  think.  We 
are  too often  prone  to look  for them  with 
the  telescope  when  a  nearer glass  would 
be  more  suitable.

This  failure  to  recognize  the  person­
ality  of  the  successful  business man  robs 
him  of  the  credit  of  his  success  and 
often  leads  to  ill-considered  attempts  at 
competition  in  his  field.  That  which  is 
attributed  to  his  luck  in  finding  a  good 
thing— in  miner’s  parlance  “ in  striking 
it  rich” — is,  in  fact,  the  employment  of 
exceptional  effort.  While  all  things  are 
not  possible  with  some,  there  are  vastly 
more  who  might  achieve  success  than  is 
generally  thought, 
if  they  were  only 
willing  to  pay  the  price.

connected  with  a 

The  Corean  government  is  not  strictly 
democratic,  but  it  has  a  way  of  dispens­
ing  justice  which  seems  ideal  to  anyone 
who  has  been  following  the  Dreyfus 
case.  Some  high  officials  were  found  to 
be 
fraud, 
whereupon  the  government  gave  back 
the  $20,000  which  the  promoters  had 
paid  for  a 
license,  compelled  the  re­
turn  of  all  money  which  had  been  paid 
for tickets  and  banished  for three  years 
the  officials  who  were  implicated.

lottery 

The  Boers  are  an  intelligent,  earnest, 
religious  people,  and  England  will have 
great  difficulty 
in  killing  all  of  them. 
Their  spirit  is  shown  by  a  little  girl  of 
the  Boers,  who  said:  “ If  we 
fight, 
we  shall  win,  because we  pray  to  God. ”

There  are  politicians  who  are  always 
disgruntled.  Nothing  can  please  them 
that  does  not  bring  them  an  office.

Things  which  factions  wish  to  forget 

they  put  in  their  platforms.

T O W N   A N D   CO UN TRY .

The  steady  movement  of  the people  of 
the  United  States  from  the  farms  to  the 
cities  has  been  repeatedly  remarked  on. 
It 
is  seen  in  the  rapid  growth  of  the 
population  of  towns  and  cities,  and  it  is 
one  of  the  most  striking  characteristics 
of  modem  life.

life 

realization  by 

in  the  country 

Many  reasons  have  been  offered  to  ac­
count  for  this  movement.  The  enormous 
and  constantly  growing use of machinery 
in  farming  is  one  of  them.  Another  is 
the 
country  people, 
through  reading  and  the  readiness  of 
communication  by  the  multiplication  of 
railroads,  that 
is 
cheerless  and  lonely  compared  to  that of 
the  city.  The  crowds  of  people  on  the 
streets,  the  gay  shop  windows,  the  pass­
ing  vehicles,  the  movement  and  bustle 
of  the  city,  are  wonderfully  arousing 
and  exciting  to  one  accustomed  to  the 
comparative  dulness  and  monotony  of 
country  life,  and  are  apt  to  stir  up 
in 
the  bosom  of  the  visitor  a  strong  desire 
to  enjoy  all  the  delights  that  the  city 
seems 
to  offer  the  superficial  but 
charmed  observation  of  the  country  boy 
or girl  making  a  first  visit  to  town.

Then  there 

is  the  mistaken  notion 
that  it  is  far easier  to  make  a  fortune  in 
the  city  than  on  a  farm.  Everybody 
hears  of  the  occasional 
farmer’s  boy 
who  became  a  great  lawyer  or  million­
aire  merchant,  but  who  ever  hears  of 
the  thousands  who  spend  their  lives  in 
toiling  under  the  most  discouraging  cir­
cumstances  or  of  the  girls  who  find  only 
misery  and  ruin  in  the  city?

It 

is  true,  however,  that  the  country 
boy,  and  particularly  one  brought  up  in 
a  country  store,  often  makes  his  way  to 
success  and  prosperity.  He  is  often  in­
dustrious  and  has  some  acquaintance 
with  practical  business.  The  boy  from 
the  country  general  store  has  some  in­
formation  as  to  various  sorts  of  mer­
chandise  and  he  also  understands  the 
manners  of  country  buyers,  and  he  is 
often,  through  the  possession  of  these 
advantages,  able  to  make  his  way  in 
city  business.  A  man  who  has  learned 
his  trade  in  a  village  foundry  or  black­
smith  shop  has  a  knowledge  of  all 
branches  of  the  business,  whereas,  if  he 
had  been  brought  up  in  a  city  establish­
ment,  he  would  have  only  learned  spe­
cialties.

is  strong 

Such  are  some  of  the  reasons  why 
country  boys  who  are  honest  and  indus­
trious  have  succeeded 
in  cities.  But 
the  fact  remains  that  they  are the excep­
tions.  No  failure  seems  to  check  the 
movement  of  the  people  from  the  farms 
to  the  cities,  and  the  fact  is  cited  that 
few  or  none  ever  emigrate  from  the 
cities to country places.  The  gregarious 
instinct 
in  human  beings. 
They  love  to  gather  in  crowds  and  com­
munities.  They  assemble 
in  numbers 
for  all  purposes  of  rejoicing  and  of 
mourning.  Whether  pleasure  or  politics, 
public  business  or  public  worship  be 
the  object 
in  view,  they  all  never  fail 
to  bring  together  throngs  of  people. 
This  sort  of  tendency  to  herd  together 
is  one  of  the  chief  causes  why  the  cities 
are  constantly  growing  at  the expense  of 
the  farming  districts.

Mr.  Hezekiah  Butterworth,  in  the  Re­
view  of  Reviews  for  September,  has 
something  to  say  on  the abandonment  of 
New  England  farms.  He  cites  that  for 
some  time  back  there  has  been  a  seri­
ous  condition 
com­
munities  of  New  England.  Many  fam­
ilies  who  had  inherited  farms  from their 
fathers,  grandfathers  and  greatgrand­
fathers  were  not  able  to keep them ;  they 
mortgaged  them  and  finally  sold  them

farming 

in  the 

ô

to  Canadians,  Portuguese  and  Italians. 
These  farmers  commonly  said: 
“ We 
can  no 
longer  compete  with  the  West. 
Overprcxluction  has  stopped  the  mills, 
and  the  mills  make  our  markets.”

these 

But  the  Canadians,  Portuguese  and 
Italians  who  purchased 
farms 
were  able  to  pay  for  them  and  obtain  a 
living 
from  them,  as-  did  the  grand­
fathers  and  great-grandfathers  of  those 
who  sold  them.  These  people,  as  a 
rule,  had  large  families,  and  the 
larger 
the 
families  the  more  prosperous  they 
I seemed  to  become.  The  West  and  the 
alleged  overproduction  of  mills  had  not 
robbed  them  of  their  opportunities  of 
prosperity.  As  a  rule  they  were  tem­
perate,  virtuous,  sent  their  children  to 
school  and  to  the  church ;  they were peo­
intent  on  a  purpose  to  have 
ple  too 
v ices;  they  were  absorbed 
in  “ getting 
along.”   Their  lives  in  the  controlling 
purpose  of 
life  were  like  those  of  the 
people  of  New  England  two  generations 
ago.

This  state  of  facts  demonstrates  to 
Mr.  Butterworth  that  the  excuses  given 
for  mortgaging  and  abandoning  their 
ancestral 
farms  are  not  true.  He  at­
tributes  the  situation  to the extravagance 
of  the  present  generation  of  New  Eng­
land  farmers.  They  are  not  willing  to 
work  and  save  as  did  their  fathers,  and 
they  have  been  spending  beyond  their 
incomes.  This 
is  very  much  the  case 
in  all  parts  of  the  country.  It  is  scarcely 
oftener  than  once  in  a  lifetime  that  the 
prices  of  farm  products  are  raised  to 
such  high  rates  as  that  farmers  can  al­
most  get  rich  in  a  single  season.

The  farmer produces  food  crops  which 
are  necessaries  of  life.  Fortunately  for 
the  masses  of  the  people,  who  must  eat, 
the  ordinary  prices  of  such  necessaries 
are  low,  so  as  to  put  them  in  the  reach 
of  all.  For this  reason  the  farmer’s  re­
wards  are  small,  but  if  he  will  use  them 
with  wisdom  and  economy,  they  will 
make  him  comfortably  independent  if 
not  rich.  But  the  New  England  Amer­
icans  are  not  willing  to  live  in that way, 
therefore  they  abandon  the  farms  and 
let  foreigners  take  them.

Foreigners  who  were  accustomed  in 
the  old  countries  to  the  extremes  of 
hardship  and  grinding  poverty,  recog­
nize  in  this  extraordinary  opportunities 
for 
industry,  economy  and  enterprise. 
The  result  is  that  they  can  make  money 
where  the  native  finds  only  starvation, 
and  the  thrifty  and  industrious  foreign­
ers  are  slowly  becoming  the  capitalists 
In  the 
and  masters  of  the  country. 
cities  they  are  getting  prominent 
in 
business,  and are coming  into  possession 
of  all  the  bar-rooms,  which  to  them  are 
often  mines  of  wealth,  as  well  as  great 
centers  of  political  influence.

Fortunately,  the  foreigners  who  come 
to  this  country  and  prosper  remain here, 
and  their  children  are  bom  citizens; 
but  the 
fact  remains  that  Americans 
with  foreign  names  are  marching  to  the 
highest  places  in  business  and  politics, 
and  they  are  rooting  out  the descendants 
of  the  men  who  conquered  the  wilder­
ness  and  built  this  grand  'American 
empire.  The  survival  of  the  fittest  is 
an  inexorable 
If  foreigners  can 
come  here  and  by  their  superior  indus-  . 
try,  energy  and  economy  supplant  and 
take  the  places  of  the  sons  of  the  origi­
nal  settlers,  they  will  do  it,  for  such  an 
opportunity 
is  too  tempting  to  be  neg­
lected.

law. 

The  men  who  own  the  land  are,  after 
independent  class.  The 
all,  the  only 
dwellers 
in  cities  are  the  creatures  of 
many  conditions  which  reduce  them  to 
a  sort  of  slavery. 
It  speaks  most  un­
favorably  for  the  sons  of  the  Pilgrims 
that  they  are  abandoning  the  land  of 
their  fathers  to  foreigners.

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The 

largest  number  of  acres  planted 
and  the  largest  production  of  potatoes 
on  record  in  the  United  States  were  for 
the  year  1895.

In  1895 

in  the  State  of  Michigan 
there  were  planted  280,805  acres,  yield­
ing  27,400,613  bushels.

In 

1896, 

245,954  acres, 

yielding

24,831,041  bushels.

In  1897,  206,790  acres,  yielding  19,- 

085,580 bushels.

We  call  your attention  to  this  fact  to 
show  that  this  is  a  very  large  industry 
and  that 
it  should  be  carried  on  with 
more  strict  business  principles  than  has 
been  done  in  the  past.

C a n n o t  B e  T a m p e re d   W ith .

A  Missouri  authority,  discussing  the 

poultry  question,  says:

it 

Poultry  raisers  need  not  worry  about 
overproduction  of  poultry  products. 
It 
will  never  come  in  this  nation,  and  we 
have  no  reason  to  believe  that  it  has 
ever  come  in  any  nation.  Poultry  and 
poultry  products  are  a  great  boon  to  the 
people 
in  this  age  of  adulteration  of 
food  products.  The  packers  are  even 
rubbing  our  beef,  mutton  and  pork  with 
preservatives.  Even  our  fish  are  under 
suspicion,  and 
is  asserted  that  all 
oysters  eaten  away  from  the  seaboard 
have  been  saturated  with  the  chemical 
preservatives.  Verily,  our  stomachs are 
put  to  a  severe  test,  whether  with  meat 
or  canned  goods.  But  the  egg  and  the 
live 
fowl  can  not  be  tampered  with. 
The  people  more  and  more  are  turning 
against  food  products  that  are  suspected 
of  being  embalmed.  They  will  more 
and  more  depend  on  things  that  are 
absolutely  beyond  suspicion.  There 
is 
great  room  for  development  in  the  busi­
ness  of  poultry  rising.  Every  item  of 
information  on  how  to  get  our  poultry 
and  eggs  to  the  consumer  in  a  perfectly 
is  of  immense  value;  for  if 
pure  state 
the  consumer  can  know  that  his  egg 
is 
fresh  the  demand  will 
increase.  The 
people  will  before  long  find  themselves 
shut  up  to  eggs,  poultry, 
fresh  fruits 
and  vegetables,  unless  we  have  some 
radical  legislation in the  interest  of  pure 
foods.

P a c k e d   in   P la s te r   P a ris .

An  advice  from  Seattle,  Washington, 

says:

large  order 

A   novel  style  of  packing  eggs  has 
been  put  into  practice  by  Frank  Jobst, 
a  produce  jobber  here.  He  has  just  re­
ceived  a 
for  eggs  to  be 
shipped  by  one  of  the  vessels  sailing for 
the  Cape  Nome  district,  and  with  the 
order  came  instructions  to  pack  the eggs 
in  plaster  paris.  This  Mr.  Jobst  fol­
lowed  out  and  put  up  a  large  number of 
cases,  placing  the  plaster  paris  around 
the  eggs  in ‘the 
filler.  Each  compart­
ment  that  contained  the  egg  was  filled 
level  with  the  white  powder.  Mr.  Jobst 
is  wondering  what  the  man  will  do  if 
the  plaster  paris  should  get  a  soaking. 
It  possesses  the  merit  of  excluding  the 
air.

Some  one  has  suggested  that  eggs 
might  thus  be  packed 
in  flour,  which 
would  keep  out  the  air  and  be  service­
able  after  the  eggs  reach  their  destina­
tion.  A  
large  order  of  fifty  cases  or 
more has been  packed  in  salt  for  Alaska 
shipment.

Are yon looking for a good market to place your

Apples, Peaches, Pears and Plums

If so ship to

R.  HIRT,  Jr.,  Detroit, Mich.

34 «nd 36 Market Street and 438-437*439 Winder Street.

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For the past five years we have shipped  Butter to  the  resort  towns 
of Northern  Michigan, and  Eggs to the  New England States.
In addition  to those markets we have a growing  local  demand  for 
extra goods at extra prices.  We want to arrange with  a  few  more 
customers for regular shipments  of  fine,'  fresh  stock  at  a  stated 
price on track. 
It will cost you only a cent to tell us what you  aie 
shipping, and get prices and references.

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Fruits and  Produce.

A im *  and  Object**  o f  tlie% M ichigan   P rod ­

uce  Shipper!*'  A ssociation.*

This 

The  Michigan  Produce  Shippers’ 
Association  was  organized  in  Detroit, 
December  30,  1898,  with  a  membership 
of  forty.  The  present  membership 
is 
seventy-five.

is  the  first  general  meeting  the 
Association  has  held  since  its  organiza­
tion. 
The  Executive,  Transportation 
and  Grievance  Committees  have  met 
several  times  at  the  office  of  the  Secre­
tary,  R.  R.  Bane,  of  Detroit,  and  trans­
acted  such  business  as  properly  came 
before  these  Committees,  which  will  be 
reported  to  you  at  this  meeting  by  our 
Secretary.

The  object  of  this  Association,  as 
stated 
in  the  constitution  and  bylaws, 
is  for  social  and  mutual  protection  and 
benefit,  to  the  end  that  the  shippers may 
become  better  acquainted ;  that  discus­
sions  may  be  had  at  its  meetings  as  to 
the  best  manner  of  handling  farm  prod­
uce.

The  object  of  this  Association,  when 
fully  understood  and  carried  out,  will 
be  fully  as much  benefit  to  all legitimate 
and  honorable  receivers  as  it  will  to  the 
shippers.  The  co-operation  of both  is 
expected.

is  a  well-known  fact  that  in  every 
market  of  importance  there  are  more  or 
less  dealers  who  order  goods,  who,  if 
the  market  is  weak  when  the  goods  ar­
rive,  refuse  to  receive  of pay draft;  con­
sequently'  the  goods  are  often  sold  at  a 
forced  sale  and  lower  prices,  which  is  a 
great  damage  many  times  to  the  dealer 
who  pays  for  his  goods  as  ordered,  as 
well  as  a  loss  to  the  shipper.

It 

When  potatoes  are  properly  loaded,  if 
refused  by  a  dishonorable  dealer,  the 
car  can  readily  be  placed  with  some 
honorable  house  and  thus  money  be 
saved  to  the  shipper,  as  well  as  to  the 
receiver,  who  pays  for  his  goods  as  or­
dered,  thus  affording  a  protection  to 
both  parties,  leaving  the  dishonorable 
dealer  without  any  stock  to  work  on.

If  this  rule  is  carried  out,  the  dishon­
orable  dealer  will  soon  find  that  he  must 
pay  for goods  as  ordered  if  he  expects 
to  do  business  with  members  of  this 
Association. 
If  this  can  be  accom­
plished  we  will  soon  have  the  outside 
dealers 
for  members  of  the 
Michigan  Produce  Shippers’  Associa­
tion  from  whom  to  buy  their  potatoes.

looking 

Undoubtedly  the  shipper  is  not  al­
ways  the  one  to  blame  for  goods  being 
refused.  When  goods  are 
in 
strictly  No.  1  shape  the  chance  for  re­
fusal  will  be  greatly  reduced.

loaded 

We  recommend  that  this  Association 
work  along  the  line  of  hauling  potatoes 
better  assorted  at  loading  stations  and 
that  a  special  committee  be  appointed 
to  that  end.

Among  the  items  for  consideration  at 

this  meeting  are  the  following:

1.  That  this  Association  urge 

the 
transportation  companies  to  be  more 
prompt 
freight 
charges.

in  refunding 

excess 

2.  That  this  Association  urge  and 
request 
that  railroads  at  principal  re­
ceiving  stations  appoint  one  of  their 
employes  to take  full  charge  of  a  car  of 
potatoes  from 
receiver 
commences  to  unload  and  see  that  every 
pound  of  potatoes  in  the  car  is  properly 
accounted  for.

the  time  the 

3.  That  a  special  committee  be  ap­
look  after  the  assorting  and 

pointed  to 
grading  of  potatoes.

4.  That  sales  be  made  on  the  basis 
of  weights  at  loading  station,guaranteed 
to  hold  out  within  2  per  cent.
5.  That  drafts  be  drawn 

for  full 
amount  of  invoice,  instructing  the  bank 
to  receive  the  paid  freight  expense  bill 
as  part  payment  on  the  draft.

According  to  statistics,  the  number  of 
bushels  of  potatoes  raised  in  the  United 
States for the past  five  years  will  average 
215,316,310 bushels  annually,  amounting 
in  round  numbers  to  1582,382,373.

The  average  yield  per  acre  for  the 
past  five  years  for the  United  States  was 
79  bushels;  average  per  bushel,  38c; 
average  per  acre,  S30.40.
•A ddress of E. A. Moseley,  President, at the  re ­

cent m eeting at Lansing.

C anning:  E g g s.

A  Nebraska  egg  dealer  writes  that  the 
egg  packers  of  Kansas  and  Nebraska 
are  canning  a  good  many  eggs.  He 
says:

They  use  their  cracked  eggs  for  this 
purpose.  The  process 
is  as  follows: 
They  turn  these  eggs  out  into  a  barrel 
churn  and  mix  them  thoroughly  before 
packing 
in  a  Record  package,  using 
boracic  acid,or some  other  preservative, 
to  aid  in  preserving  same.  Then  they 
in  cold  storage  and  frozen 
are  placed 
solid.  A 
little  water  added  assists  in 
.freezing  quickly.  These  eggs  are  most­
ly  sold,  in  fact  altogether,  to  bakers.

A   P o ss ib le   R ea so n .

“ I  don’t  see  why  a  woman  is  always 
holding  up  her  skirt  with  one  hand, ”  
growled  Bickett.

“ 1  suppose,”   replied  Mrs.  B.,  “ it’s 
because  she  has  no  trousers  pocket  to 
carry  her  hand  around  in .”

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Special Correspondence.

M a rk e t.

New  York,  Sept.  16— The  city  is  full 
of  visitors  and  every  big  store,  whole­
sale  or  retail,  is  thronged  to  the  doors. 
The  theaters  are  booming and everybody 
seems  to  have  plenty  of  money to spend. 
If  the  crowd  keeps  growing,  what will  it 
be  by  the  time  Dewey  gets  here?

The  coffee  market  is  the  dullest  mar­
ket  of  all  grocery  products.  With  huge 
supplies  cabled  as  arriving  every  day 
at  R io  and  Santos— ranging  from  50,000 
to 65,000  bags— it  would  seem  miracu­
lous 
if  any  advance  should  be  made  in 
quotations.  Buyers  are  taking  only  suffi­
cient  to  keep  them  going  and  are letting 
others  pay  the  cost  of  carrying  stocks. 
Fair  Rio  coffee  is  worth  in  an  invoice 
way,  5K c- 
Ih  store  here  and  afloat  the 
stock  aggregates  1,320,809  bags,  against 
1,061,729  bags  at  the  same  time  last 
year. 
is 
hardly  more  than  the  usual  business  do­
ing  and  quotations  are  practically  un­
changed.  East  India  coffees  are  quiet 
and  rates  are  practically  as  they  nave 
been  for  many  weeks.

In  mild  grades  of  coffee  there 

The  business  going  forward  in  sugars 
has  been  mostly  of  withdrawals  under 
old  contracts  and  relatively  little  that  is 
new  has  developed.  Arbuckles  qoute 
granulated  at  4.88^  and  the  trust  at 
4.946.  A  few  soft  grades  have  been 
shaded  i - i6 c.

The  tea  market  continues  to  improve. 
The  improvement,  however,  is  slow,  al­
though,  perhaps,  it  is  better  so  than  to 
boom.  The  situation  is  one  to  inspire 
confidence  among  holders,  and,  while 
nothing  sensational  is  to  be  expected,  it 
is  something  to  say  that  the  “ tea  mar­
ket  is  alive.”   Some  2,500  packages  of 
different  kinds  changed  hands  within  a 
very  short  time  and  at  full  values  on 
Thursday.

Inasmuch  as  full  prices  seem  to  pre­
vail  in  the  South  the  rice  market  here 
remains  firm.  Jobbers,  both 
local  and 
out  of  town,  have  been  doing  a  pretty 
good  business  and  holders  are  full  of 
hopefulness.

The  tone  of  the  spice  market  is  firm. 
On  Wednesday  about  75  tons  of  Singa­
pore  pepper  changed  hands  at  a  price 
said  to  be  11 J^c.  Jobbers  generally  re­
port  a  good  business  and  the  outlook 
is 
quite  full  of  cheer.

Grocery  grades  of  New  Orleans  mo­
in  demand  and  the 
lasses  have  been 
market  is  steady.  Stocks  of  open-kettle 
are  in  light  supply  and  holders  show  no 
disposition  whatever to  make  any  con­
cessions,  nor  do  they  appear  anxious  to 
make  sales  on  present  basis.  Centrifu­
gals  show  no  change.  Low  grades  are 
quiet.  Good-  to  prime  centrifugals,  16 
@ 28c .  Syrups  are  moving 
in  a  quiet 
manner.  Stocks  are 
light  and  quota­
tions  show  no  change.  Prime  to  fancy 
sugar,  i 8 @ 2 2 c .

If  the  canned  goods  market 

is  rather 
quiet 
it  is  because  there  is  more  a  lack 
of  goods  than  a  falling  off  in  demand. 
Packers  are  still 
in  the  dark  as  to  de­
liveries,but are likely  to  have the  matter 
pretty  well  settled  before  another  week, 
as  frost  and  drouth  have  effectually  put 
an  end  to  canning  operations  in  New 
York  State  as  well  as  Maine.  Prices  are 
very  firm  on  everything  and  are  as  cer­
tain  to  advance  as  anything.  Gallon 
apples,  New  York  State,  $2.25^2.40  for 
future  delivery.  Com,  Maine,  85@95c, 
as  to  grade,  delivered  here.  Tomatoes 
are  said  to  be  selling  freely  in  Balti­
more  to  Western  concerns,  which  would 
indicate  that  the  pack  there  is  not  large 
enough  to  go  around.  Maryland  prom­
ises  to  have  a  pretty  full  pack. 
It  is 
said  that  many  samples  do  not  come  up 
to  the  mark 
in  point  of  quality.  R e­
liable  No.  3  Maryland  tomatoes  are 
worth 65c ;  Jerseys  are  up  to  85c.

The  dried  fruits  market  presents  no 
new  features.  The  demand 
is  of  an 
ordinary  character,  although  the  tide 
seems  to  be  turning  in  a  favorable  d i­
rection.  Prices  made  by  the  California 
Raisin  Growers’  Association  are  so high 
as  to  cause  considerable  adverse  com­
ment.  Prunes  are  selling  steadily.

Colder-weather  is  making  itself felt  in 
the  lemon  market  and  prices  sag.  The

demand  is  lighter  and,  as  supplies  on 
the  way  here  are  large,  we  are  likely  to 
see  still  further  decline.  Oranges  are 
practically  without  change.  California 
seedlings,  per  box,  $6@6.50.  Rodis, 
$7@7-5°-  Bananas  are  quiet.  Firsts, 
per bunch,  90c@$i.

The  butter  market 

imitation  creamery, 

is  very  firm,  and 
23c  is  the  prevailing  rate  for best  West­
ern  creamery ;  thirds to  firsts,  I7#@22c ; 
Western 
18c,  the 
latter  for extra  goods.  The  market  for 
factory  butter  is  rather  quiet,  but  quota­
tions  are  well  held  and  the  situation 
is 
“ comfortable”   for  holders.  June  pack, 
I5@ i6c ;  current  pack,  1 4 1 5 c.

Supplies  of  cheese  are  not 

large,  but 
the  market  is  “ off”   and  it  is  difficult  to 
make  sales  at  prevailing  quotations. 
Small 
size, 
1 iX c.

it@ i!J4'c; 

Western eggs are worth  from  I5@i8j£c, 
the  latter  for  fancy  goods  that  will  come 
up  to  the  “ scratch.”   Fair  to  good,  14 
@150.  .  The  market  is  very  firm  for the 
better  grades  and  the  call  shows  im­
provement  all  around.  Arrivals  show 
better  quality,  as  a  rule,  than  a  week 
ago.

fancy, 

Domestic  dried  fruits  are  quiet.  A p ­
ples  are  worth,  for  fancy  evaporated, 
9j^@ioc;  raspberries,  n% @ i2c.

large 

C a rrie s  H im   B a c k   H a lf  a   C e n tu ry .

in  all 

Owosso,  Sept.  15 --The  sixteenth  an­
niversary  number  of  the  Tradesman 
is 
at  hand  and,  to  use  a  slang  phrase,  it  is 
a  dandy 
its  departments,  from 
the  voluntary  contributions  to  the  regu­
lar  correspondence.

in  use 

The  face  of  my  old-time  friend,  Wm. 
T.  Hess,  is  as  pleasing  and  natural  as 
first 
when  1  saw  him  operating  the 
Buckeye  mowing  machine 
in 
Kent  county  on  his  farm  on  the  bank  of 
Reed’s  Lake,  nearly  fifty  years  ago. 
It 
was  a  clumsy  and  imperfect  machine, 
compared  with  the  up-to-date,  all-steel 
implements  now  manufactured  by  the 
I  recall  some  very  ex­
Buckeye  Co. 
pressive 
language  used  by  my  friend 
because  of  the  difficulty  in  urging  his 
team  to  a  speed  that  would  keep  up  a 
motion  that  would  do  good  work,  be­
cause  the  gearing was imperfect.  I think 
he  would  recollect  that  when  that  old 
cutting  bar  struck  a  hidden  stake  which 
marked  the  comer  where  his  land  and 
mine 
joined  and  nearly  threw'  him  off 
his  seat,  the  atmosphere  became  a  little 
sulphurous.  His  long-continued  market 
reports 
in  the  Tradesman  of  all  mer­
chandise  coming  within  his  line of busi­
ness  are  always  remarkable 
for  their 
scope  and  brevity 
in 
parvo”   so  desirable  in  all newspaper re­
ports  of  the  market.  Long  may  he  live 
and  continue  his  business  relations  with 
the  Tradesman  and  in  the  enjoyment  of 
his  successful  business  career 1

the  “ multum 

The  familiar  face  of  Albert  Baxter 
carried  me  back  to  Grand  Rapids in  the 
fifties  when  the  Grand  Rapids  Eagle 
and  the  Grand  Rapids  Enquirer  occu­
pied  the  newspaper  field.  The  Eagle, 
under the  management  of  A.  B.  Turner, 
with  Albert  Baxter  as  assistant  editor, 
represented  the  old  Whig  party,  and  the 
Enquirer,  under 
the  management  of 
Chas.  H.  Taylor  and  Jacob  Barnes, 
fought  the  battles  of  the  democracy. 
It 
is  many  years  since  I  have  seen  Mr. 
Baxter,  and  I  am  glad  to  know  that  he 
is  enjoying  a  green  old  age  in  the 
full 
possession  of  all  his  faculties.  The  his­
tory  of  the  Grand  Rapids  newspapers 
from  1850  to  1899  would  make  an 
inter­
esting  paper and  I  know  of  no  one  more 
capable  of  writing  up  such  a  history 
than  Albert  Baxter.

W.  S.  H.  Welton.

F ir s t  N o rth e rn   P o ta to e s   in   .St.  L o u is. 

From  the St. Louis Republic, Sept. IS.

The  first  car of  Northern  potatoes  of 
the  season  were  received  yesterday  by 
Miller  &  Teasdale  from  Michigan,  and 
were  sold  to  Albert  E.  Meyer  &  Co. 
They  were  fine  stock  and  brought  a 
good  price.  The  early  potato  crop  was 
largest  on  record,  but  the  crop  of 
the 
late  potatoes 
is  expected  to  be  short, 
and  higher  prices  are  likely  to  prevail.

A   man  who  practices  at  thejbar  and 
men  who  keep  bars  are not  to be ignored 
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Shoes and  Leather

S u p e rs titio n s   A b o u t  S hoes  W h ic h   P r e ­

v a ile d   in   A n c ie n t  T im es.

in  those 

Ancient  Aryan  fairy  tales  are  prob­
ably  responsible  for  the  introduction  to 
the  world  of  superstitions  of  the  shoe. 
If  they  had  been  carried  out  on  such 
commendable  theories  as  were  adhered 
to  closely 
innocent  tales  for 
childhood  there  would  be  nothing  in 
their  composition  to  censure,  for  the 
Aryan  stories  that  have  always delighted 
our  children  are  pure,  too  preposterous 
to  be  thought  true  by  any  but  the  infant 
kind,  and  always  carry  with  them  a 
moral  that  hedges  about  the  tale,  pro­
tecting  it  from  misconception  of  the  in­
tent  of  the  inventor.

like 

the 

The  quaint  mythology  of  the 

Particularly  relating  to  the  shoe,  we 
have  in  the  Aryan  fiction  such  never-to- 
be-forgotten  tales  as  the  immortal  Cin­
derella  and  the  Glass  Slipper and  the 
Seven-League  Boots.  These  two  seem 
to  have  taken  the  strongest  hold  upon 
the  children  of  the  world,  and  where 
is 
the  grown  person,  where  even  the  old 
man  or  woman  whose  memory  does  not 
cherish  these fanciful tales of  childhood?
icy 
North 
is  filled  with  superstitions  con­
cerning footgear,  the  shoes  being  always 
most  conspicuous.  One  of  the  fictions 
is  that  about  Loki,  the Norse evil  spirit, 
who  is  said  to  have  escaped  from  hell 
by  the  assistance  of  a  wicked  conniving 
pair  of  shoes  of  marvelous  power,  in 
which  the  evil  one  could  fly  over  land 
and  sea  and  he  worked  great  harm while 
in  the  possession  of  them. 
In  the  tale 
of  “ Jack  the  Giant  K iller”   shoes  of  as­
tonishing  swiftness  were  given  to Jack 
which, 
fabled  sandals  of 
Hermes,  swished  him  through  the  earth 
or over the  ground  with  breathless swift­
ness,  leaving  the  reader to  wonder  how 
such  rapid  traveling  could  be  done  and 
little  Jack’s  blouse  and  trousers  not  be 
blown  away,  to  say  nothing  of  his  Lord 
Fauntleroy  hair,  as  seen  in  the  modem 
pictures.  The  sagas  ary  responsible  for 
the  superstition  that  the  road  to  the  do­
main  of  the  Goddess  Hel  was  a  journey 
of  nine  days  and  nights,  over  morass 
and  mountain,  and,  in  consequence,  a 
pair  of  shoes  were  placed  in  the  grave 
to  aid  the  departed  one  on  the  long 
journey. 
shoes  were  called 
helskoe, ’ ’  and  are  the  same  as  the 
“  todtenschuhe, ”   even  to  this  date  used 
in  remote  towns  of  Germany  for the 
same  purpose.  Sir  Walter  Scott  is  re­
sponsible  for  the  statement  that  they 
were  used  in  Yorkshire  in the beginning 
of  the  Nineteenth  Century,  and  others 
declare  that  they  are  among  the  ancient 
superstitions  that  still  prevail  in  remote 
parts  of  England.

These 

Probably 

it  was  this  venerable  fiction 
that  prompted  an  old  writer  about  queer 
beliefs,  to  say,  “ There 
is  beliefe  that 
once 
in  their  lives  it  is  good  to give  a 
pair of  shoes  to  a  poor  man,  forasmuch 
as  after this  life  they  are  bound  to  pass 
bare  foote  through  a  great  launde,  full 
of  thorns  and  frozen,  except  by  the 
merit  of  the  alms  aforesaid  they  have 
redeemed  the  forte ;  for at  the  end of the 
launde  an  old  man  shall  meet  them  with 
the  same  shoes  that  were  given  by  the 
partie  when  he  was  lyving,  and  after  he 
had  shod  them  warrenteth  them  to  go 
through  thick  and  thin  without  scratch 
or  scathe. ’ ’

In  Hamburg,  the  last  shoes  worn  by  a 
person  before  death  are  called  “ todten­
schuhe. ’ ’ 
In  support  of  the  old  super­
stition  that  one  should  give  away  a 
pair of  shoes  at  least  once  in  a  lifetime,

a  quaint  old  verse  has  been  written  and 
borne 
in  mind  wherever  the  belief  is 
known  that  shoes  must  be  given  to  a 
poor  person  to  reach  safely  the  better 
land,  and  it  runs  thus:

If ever thou gave  either hosen or shoen,
Rvery night and awle,
Sit thee down and  put them on,
And Christ receive thy saule.
But if hosen nor shoen thou never gave wean, 
Every night and awle.
The w hinnies shall  p£od thee to the ban  beane, 
And Christ rece’ve ihy saule.

Not  only  is  the  shoe  a  prominent  and 
favorite  subject  for  divination,  but  in 
ancient  times 
it  was  used  above'  all 
things  for  the  expression  of  renuncia­
tion.  This  will  readily  be  acknowleged 
by  all  Bible  readers,  who  surely  have 
wondered  at  the  putting  off  of  the  shoe 
in  so  many  instances  and  failing  to  ex­
press  veneration  or  respect  by  the  re­
moval  of  the  hat,  as  is  our  expression 
in  modem  times.  Nobody  can  repress 
a  smile  at  the  idea  of  an up-to-date gen­
tleman  taking  off  his  shoes  upon  the  oc­
casion  of  his  visit  to  the  house  of  a  girl 
and  sitting  in  her  presence shoeless.  No 
surer  way  to  gather  a  hooting  crowd  on 
our  public  thoroughfares  could  be  de­
vised  than  that  of  a  man  taking  off  his 
shoe 
in  the  street  upon  meeting  a  per­
son  to  whom  he  desired  to  show  great 
respect.  Imagine,  for  instance,  that,  by 
the  way of  expressing  their renunciation 
of  the  sinful  world,  the  members  of  a 
congregation,  upon  entering  a  church, 
should  each  get  a  shoe  or two checked at 
the  door  by  an  attendant!

in  existence. 

Yet  these  things  were  done  in  the  an­
cient  days,  in  token  of  renunciation  and 
reverence.  The  Biblical  instances  are 
not  only  beautiful,  they  are  expressive, 
and  while  they  may  not,  technically,  be 
called  superstitions,  they  have  suggested 
many  of  those 
In  the 
twenty-fifth  chapter of  Deuteronomy  we 
are  told  of  a  ceremony  in  court  where 
the  brother of  a  childless  man,  who,  by 
law,  was  bound  to  marry  his  widow, 
unless  he  publicly  renounced  her,  cast 
her  off  when  “ she  loosed  his  shoe 
from 
off  his  foot  and  spat  before  his  face.”  
The  removal  of  his  shoe  by  her own 
hands  was  a  symbol  of  the  widow’s  re­
nunciation.  When  Boaz  called  upon 
Ruth’s  nearest  kinsman  to  marry  her, 
the 
latter  refused,  and  “ as  it  was  the 
custom  in  Israel  concerning  changing, 
that  a  man  plucked  off  his  shoe  and  de­
livered  it  to  his  neighbor, ”  this recreant 
kinsman  took  his  off and  gave it  to Boaz 
as  a  symbol  of  his  renunciation of Ruth.
In  the  Fortieth  Psalm  is  this  singular 
expression: 
is  my  washpot, 
over  Edom  have  I  cast  out  my  shoe 
signifying 
Edom.

thorough  renunciation  of 

“ Moab 

In  Hebrew,  the  selfish  prodigal  is  in­
dicated  by  the  expression,  “ One  cast 
off.”  
It  may  be  said  truthfully  that  the 
shoe  was  the  Jewish  pipe  of  peace,  by 
the  use  of  which  bargains  were  consum­
mated. 
familiar 
verse  of  the  Bible  is  quoted  than  that 
from  Exodus,  * ‘ Put  off  thy  shoes  from 
off  thy  feet,  for the  place  whereon  thou 
standest  is  holy  ground.”

Probably  no  more 

In  the  Orient  the  shoe  may  be  said  to 
take  the  place  of  the  hat  in  the  O cci­
dent,  for  the'  turbaned  man  recognizes 
the  shoe  as  a  mark  of  dignity  and  the 
removal  of  it  a token of servitude.  When 
the  Mahometan 
is  about  to  enter  the 
mosque  he  invariably  removes  his  shoes 
or slippers,and no  matter  in  what  street, 
open  place  or within  the  house  he  may 
place  his  praying  rug,  his shoes  must  be 
removed  before  he  may  kneel,  for  it  is 
a  universal  saying,  observed  by  all  as  a 
law,  that  the  unclean 
leather  shall  not 
be  allowed  to  defile  the  sacred  floor. 

Pythagoras  told  his  pupils,  “ When

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stretching  forth  your  feet  to  have  your 
sandals  put  on  first  extend  your  right 
foot,  but  when  about  to  step  into  bath 
let  your  left  foot  enter first. ”   From  this 
expression  of  the  ancient  it  will  be  seen 
that  superstitions  concerning  the putting 
on  of  the  shoe  are  of  great  antiquity, 
although  there  have  been  so  many  of 
them  coined  that  those  who  have  be­
come  well  read  upon  this  subject  know 
that  many  of  the  old  superstitions  run 
counter to each  other.

It 

is  told  of  the  Emperor  Augustus 
that  he  was  much  disturbed  if  he,  by 
chance, exchanged  the  right  shoe  for  the 
left.  He  declared  that  he  came  near 
losing  his 
life  by  mutiny  one  day  be­
cause  he  put  on  his  left  shoe  first. 
It  is 
well  known  that  the  most  ancient  super­
stition  concerning  the  dressing  of  the 
body  declares  that  the  left  side  should 
always  be  dressed  first  to  insure  luck 
during  the  day  or  for the  future,  and 
that  the  act  of  putting  on  the  right  shoe 
before  the  left  is  sure  to  bring  misfor­
tune.  The  Jews  in  Germany,  however, 
adhered  to  the  ancient  custom  of  put­
ting  on  the  right  stocking,  then  the 
right  shoe  without  tying 
it;  then  the 
same  with  the  left  foot,  returning  to  tie 
the  right  shoe  and  finishing  with  the 
left.

We  can 

imagine  what  a  fine  dash  a 
man  would  cut 
if  he  were  seen'on  a 
public  place  with  his  shirt  inside  out, 
or  walking  along  the  street  as  though 
the  pain  from  his  corns  were  excruciat­
ing,  because  he  had  inadvertently  put 
his  left  shoe  upon  his  right  foot  and  the 
right  on  his  left.  But  the  old  supersti­
tion  says  that  these  must  not  be changed 
before  the  following  day,  under  penalty 
of  misfortune.

it 

That  old  encourager  of  superstition, 
Reginald  Scott, 
in  his  ‘ ' Discovery  of 
W itchcraft,”   says:  “ He  that  receiveth 
a  mischance  will  consider  whether  he 
put  not  on  his  shirt  the  wrong  side  out­
ward  or  his 
left  shoe  onto  his  right 
foot.”   Still  another  old  writer,  Gaule, 
says  of  unlucky  things,  “ Thereare  such 
as  putting  on  the  hose  uneven  or  across 
and  the  shoe  upon  the  wrong  foot, ’ ’  and 
yet  another  writer  says 
is  “ fore- 
deeming  of  evil  luck  by  putting  on  the 
shoes  awry.”   Gross  says  that 
if  the 
wrong  shoe  or  stocking  was  put  on  the 
luck  was  changed  by  turning  or  shifting 
it,  but  all  others  seem  to  agree  that 
when  such  a  mischance  occurs  terrible 
calamities  must  follow  the  act  of chang­
ing.

In  North  Germany  are  many  supersti­
tions  relating  to  the  shoe. 
If,  after  re­
tiring,  the  shoes  are  not  arranged  in 
proper order  a  witch  will  enter  at  mid­
night  and  betray  herself by placing them 
right.  In  Sweden,  if  the  shoes  be  placed 
with  the  toes  turned  toward  the  bed,  the 
nightmare  is  sure  to  come.  In  Germany 
is  a  superstition  that  if  one  will  throw 
his  shoes  over his  head  he  will  see  the 
place  where  he  will  stay  longest. 
In 
the  north  of  England  girls  use  them  on 
St.  Agnes’  day  to  divine  who  their 
lovers  will  be.  Gay  says  that  when  the 
notes  of  the  cuckoo  are  first  heard  in 
the  spring  lovers 
look  into  their  shoes 
for a  hair.

There  are  numerous  rhythmical  say­
ings  about  casting  an  old  shoe  after  a 
departing  bride,  and  the  observance  has 
been, almost  universal  throughout  the 
world,  but  this  ridiculous  and  some­
times  unhealthful  habit  is  rapidly  go­
ing  out  of  date,  and  even  rice-throwing 
has  become  unfashionable.  An  old  shoe 
was  always  chosen  for this  purpose  be­
cause  the  ancient  superstition  concern­
ing  “ the  shoe  that  pinches”   signifies  a

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bad  wife.  Sandals  were  simple 
foot 
coverings  and  easily  removed  from  the 
fee t;  the  high,  laced  boots  of  modem 
times  would  stand  much  in  the  way  of  a 
continuance  of  the  ancient  cutsom  of  re­
moving  the  shoes  before  entering  the 
house  of  some  honored  man,  and  either 
the  custom  or  the  boot  would  have to go. 
Fortunately  for  the  shoemaker,  times 
and  the  customs  have  changed  and  su­
perstitions  are  not  all  they  were 
in  an­
cient  times.

P le a s a n t  W o rd s  fro m   P leasant-  P eople.
Vermontville  Echo:  The  Michigan 
Tradesman  has  just finished its sixteenth 
year  of  publication  and  starts  on  its 
seventeenth  with  a  superb  extra  edition 
of  64  pages  exclusive  of  covers.  This 
number  contains  many 
contributions 
from  the  leading  men  of  the  Valley City 
treating  upon  the  specialties  with  which 
they  are  perfectly  familiar.  First  and 
foremost  is  a  valuable  article  from  Hon. 
Charles  W.  Garfield  upon  “ Michigan 
Fruits. ”   The  page  is  handsomely  em­
bellished  with  a  double  column  half­
tone  of  our  genial  horticulturist,  so  fa­
miliar  to  those  who  have  met  and  lis­
institutes. 
tened  to  him  in  our  farmers’ 
Next 
fine  portraits  of 
leading  business  men,  each  giving  use­
ful  and  interesting  papers  in  their  sev­
eral  lines  of  trade.  The  entire  issue 
is 
handsomely  illustrated  and  printed  with 
an  entire  new  face  of  type,  giving  the 
mechanical  part  the  same  bright,  clear 
appearance  as  the  articles  themselves. 
The  Tradesman 
is  one  of  the  most 
valued  periodicals  which  comes  to  our 
table  and  should  be  upon  the  desk  of 
every  business  man  in  Michigan.

come  many 

Manistee  Daily  News:  The  M ichi­
gan  Tradesman  is  a  publication  which 
has  for the  past  sixteen  years  been  de­
voting  its  energies  to  the  best 
interests 
of  business  men  and  most  ably  has  it 
succeeded  in  its  purpose. 
Its  last  issue 
was  made  an  anniversary  number,  and 
in  addition  it  came  out  in  a  handsome 
new  dress  of  type  throughout.  The  suc­
cess  of  the  Tradesman  is  due  in  great 
part  to  the  progressiveness  and  up-to- 
nowness  of 
its  editor,  E.  A.  Stowe, 
who,  with  the  aid  of  capable  assistants, 
has  made  the  publication  one  of  in­
estimable  value  to  Wolverine merchants. 
The  aforementioned  number  is profusely- 
illustrated  and  a  credit  to  the  publish­
ers.

Pittsburg  Mercantile  Journal:  The 
Michigan  Tradesman  last  week  celebra­
ted  its  sixteenth  birthday  with  a  special 
edition,  which 
is,  as  might  have  been 
expected,  a  highly  creditable  publica­
tion  to  Mr.  Stowe,  the  editor.

Merchants’  Review:  The  Michigan 
Tradesman  has  gotten  out  an  extra  large 
issue  with  special  articles,  in  honor  of 
its  sixteenth  birthday.  Like  good  wine, 
the  Tradesman  grows  better  as  it  grows 
older.

Saranac  Local: 

The  Michigan
Tradesman  issued  its  sixteenth  anniver­
sary  number 
It  contains  a 
very  large  amount  of  matter  pertaining 
to  the  business  interests  of  the  State and 
is 
in  every  way  a  creditable  number, 
even  for  an  anniversary.

last  week. 

American  G rocer:  We  tender  con­
gratulations  to  our  esteemed  contempo­
rary, 
the  Michigan  Tradesman,  upon 
the  completion  of  sixteen  years  of  suc­
cessful-work. 
influence  has  always 
been  for the  best  good  of  the  trade ;  the 
eradication  or  modification  of  evils;  for 
associated  effort. 
It  has  always  aimed 
journal  of  real  value  to  its 
to  make  a 
Its an­
subscribers,  and  has  succeeded. 
niversary  edition  is  a  64  page 
in 
colored  cover,  and  reflects  the  high  es­
teem 
in  which  the  paper  is  held  by  the 
merchants  of  Michigan.

issue 

Its 

Elk  Rapids  Progress:  The  Michigan 
is  not  only  one  of,  but  the 
Tradesman 
best,  all  around  trade  paper  published, 
and  should  be 
in  the  hands  of  all  en­
terprising  business  men.  Mr.  Stowe, 
its  editor,  sprung a  surprise  on  his  read­
ers  last  week  by  having  the  Tradesman 
appear  in  a  neat  new  dress  of  type,  well 
illustrated, 
as 
usual,  as  near  perfect  as  the 
ingenuity 
of  man  will  permit.

typographically, 

and 

F r a n tic   A p p e a l  fo r  F u n d s .

A  Mississippi  editor  makes  this  ap­

peal  to  delinquent  subscribers:

Fish  down  into  your  pocket  and  dig 
up  dust,  the  editor 
is  hungry  and  the 
paper  ’bout  to  bust.  We’ve  trusted  you 
for  several  months,  and  did  it  with  a 
smile,  so  just  return  the  compliment 
and  trust  us  for  awhile.  Our  wife  she 
needs  some  stockings  and  baby  needs  a 
dress;  Jimmy  needs  some  breeches,  and 
so  do  Kate  and  Bess.  Pud 
is  on  the 
hog  train  and  Peggy  sick  with  grief, 
and  good  gosh  almighty,  can’t  you  give 
a  man  relief?  Shell  out  those  nickels 
and  turn  loose  the  dimes,  turn  ’em  loose 
and  whistle  and  we’ ll  have  better tim es; 
there  will  be  fewer  patches  on the bosom 
of  our  pants,  and  we’d  make  the  paper 
better 
if  we  had  half  a  chance.  Don’t 
give  us  that  old  story,  long gone to seed, 
’ bout  taking  more 
family  papers  than 
the  family  want  to  read;  but  help  to 
feed  the  printer,  and  he’ll  help  our  town 
to  grow,  and  thus  escape  the  sulphur  in 
the  regions  down  below.

Hit*  F in a n c ia l  R esource«.

George  (of  the  furnishing  goods  de­
partment)— Well,  what  do  you  say, 
Bella?

Bella  (of  the  handkerchief  depart­
ment)— I  like  you  well  enough,  George, 
but  how  can  you  afford  to  marry  on  $6  a 
week ?

George— My  six  and  your  four  make 
1  reckon  I  can  afford  to  marry  on 

ten. 
$io  a  week  if  1  want  to,  Bella.

In ju ry   and  Insult.

De  Jones— I  hear  your firm discharged 

you.

Smythe— Y es;  but  I  wouldn’t  mind 
that  so  much  if  they  hadn’t  added  in­
sult  to  injury.-

De  Jones— How  so?
Smythe— They  advertised  for  a  boy  to 

fill  my  place.

A R E   Y O U   S E L L I N G

Because  if  you  are not, you’re m iss­
ing  a  good  thing.  T h ey  are  chuck 
full  to  the  brim  with  brains  and 
skill  and  honesty.  T hey  are  repre- 
rentatives  of  Shoe  Goodness.
You  would  make  more  money  if 
you  sold  them.
T hese  goods  should  find  a  place 
in  your  store.  W rite  for price list.

In  autumn  days  chilly winds are liable 
to  catch  a  dude  young  man  when  his 
overcoat  is  at  his  uncle’s  place  of  busi­
ness.

TAPPAN  SHOE  MFQ.  CO.,

COLDWATER,  MICH.

Not Best 
But“

If  Lycoming  Rubbers are not the best 
made,  there’s  one  sure  thing— they 
don’t  make  any  better  rubbers  any­
where.  25 and  5  per  cent. 
Keystones— seconds that are  as  good 
as most firsts— 25-5-10 per cent.

Woonsockets, 25-5-5  Per cent.
Rhode  Islands,  25-5-5-10 per cent.
Our agents will  be around to  see you soon.
It will  pay you  well  to  look  over  our  line  of  leather  goods— it  will 
pay you better to order.

GEO.  H.  REEDER  & CO.,

19 SOUTH  IONIA  STREET, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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I Without Any Frills

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W e  m anufacture  pure  spices.  W e  guar-
antee  them  to  be  the  cheapest,  quality
considered,  of  any  on  the  market.  W ait
until  our  traveling  representatives  show
you  our  line  of  N o rth ro p   S p ices  before
ordering,  or  write  to

NORTHROP,  ROBERTSON & CARRIER,

LANSING,  MICH.

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NO  C A R N IV A L   F O R   H IM .

A   M e rc h a n t  W ho  H a d   B e e n   T h ro u g h   th e  

M ill.
W ritten for the Tradesm an.

When  I  entered  a  grocery  down 
the  other  day, 

Central  Michigan, 
found  a  local  committee,  consisting  of 
a  fat  saloon  keeper and  a  lean  livery 
man  who  smelt  of  the  stabli,  laboring 
with  the  merchant 
street  fair.

in  the  interest  of 

“ It  will  help  business,”   urged  the  fat 

man.

“ It  will  help  the  town,”   said  the 

liveryman.

“ You  may  be  right,”   replied  the  gro 

it  won’t  increase  my  trade,  and 

cer,  “ but  I  can’t  see  it  as  you  do. 
know 
am  afraid  it  will  advertise  the  town  in 
a  way  we  don’t  want 
it  advertised 
Come,  now,”   he  added,  turning  to  the 
fat  man,  “ be  fair  and  answer a  ques 
tion.  Do  you  honestly  believe  there 
would  be  any  street  fair  here  this  year 
if  it  wasn’t  for  the  liquor  interest?”  

“ I’m  sure  I  can’t  say,”   was  the  hesi 

taring  reply.

“ Understand,”   said 

the  merchant,
“  I’m  not  talking  against  your business, 
for  I  have  some  good  customers  in  your 
line,  but, 
to  tell  you  the  truth,  this 
street  fair  business  looks  all  one-sided 
to  me. ’ ’

fat  man. 

“ Oh,  don’t  get  old-maidish,”   re­
monstrated  the 
“ Put  down 
your  name  for  a  liberal  donation  and 
we’ll  fill  the  town  so  full  of  strangers 
that  they'll  have  to  sleep  in  the  streets. 
You’ll  have  just  as  much  fun  as anyone, 
once  you  get  started. ’ ’

“ You  bet  you  w ill,”   echoed  the 

man.

lean 

“ I  don’t  know  about  that,”   said  the 
merchant,  with  a  smile. 
“ I  got  all 
tangled  up  in  a  street  fair once  and  I’ll 
have  to  take  torthe  woods  if  vou  get  one 
going  here. ’ ’

risk 

your 

“ We’ll 

taking  to  the 
woods,”   said  the  fat  man. 
“ You’ll  be 
parading  down  the  center  of  the  street 
with  a  tin  horn  and  a  red  flag  about  the 
second  night.”

That  s  what, ’ ’  echoed  the  lean  man. 
“ Y es,”   said  the  grocer,  “ and  I  may 
be  down  under  the  bridge  on  Main 
street  trying  to  hook  robins  and  blue 
birds  out  of  the  deep  pools  with  a  cork­
screw  for bait,  but  I  rather  think  not.  I 
got  run  over by  a  street  fair once,  and 
now  I  get  off  the  track  when  I  see  any­
thing  dangerous  coming  my  way.  You 
see,  a  street  fair  was  once 
invited  to 
visit  our  town  before  we  knew  what 
species  of animal  life  the brute belonged 
to  and  we  had  to  do  the  best  we  could 
to  make  things  pleasant  while 
it  re­
mained,  so  we  decided  to  turn  ourselves 
loose. ’ ’

“ That’s  the  stuff,”   remarked  the  fat 

man.

“ And  that’s  no  dream,”   observed  the 

lean  man.

“ So  we  got  a  lot  of  fancy  dress  suits 
a  choice  collection  of  tin  horns,  a bunch 
of  torches  and  a  bushel  or  two  of  fi 
in ,”   continued  the 
works  and  sailed 
grocer. 
“ We  had  somehow  taken  into 
our  heads  the  fool  notions  that  it  was 
our  night,  that  the  town  was  built  for 
us  and  that  the  street  fair  wouldn’t  be 
so  awfully  much 
it  wasn’t  for  us. 
When  any  member  of  our  party  got  so 
tired  he  couldn’t  yell  or  sing  or  dance, 
we'  prescribed  beer,  and  it  is  astonish­
ing  how  many 
invalids  we  had  in  our 
crowd  that  night  and  how  eagerly  they 
took  their  medicine.  We  knocked  folks 
off the  walks,  tipped  over  street  booths 
and  broke  store  windows  until  we pretty 
nearly  had 
to  our­
selves.”

the  whole 

town 

if 

“ You’ re  the  stuff, ”   shouted  the  fat 
“ We’ll  make  you  master of  cere­

man. 
monies  the  week  of the  fair.”

“ Yes, 

man.

in d e e d ,a s se n te d   the 

lean 

“ We  pranced  up  and  down  and  took 
our  medicine  and  made  nuisances  of 
ourselves  until  the  telephone  poles  be­
gan  to  stagger  and  the  tall  buildings 
began  to  sway  back  and  forth  in  the  red 
ight.  During  the  latter  part  of the even- 
ng  I  noticed  a  good  many  people  with 
two  heads  and  only  one 
leg,  and  some 
of  them  were  so  wide  of  body  that  I 
found 
it  difficult  to  pass  them  in  a  six 
rod  street. ’ ’
You  tell 

like  a  man  who’s 

just 

it 

been  there,”   said  the  fat  man.

You  bet  he  does,”   snickered  the 

other.

‘ Along  towards midnight, ”  continued 
the  merchant,  “ we  arrived  at  the  con­
clusion  that  we  weren’t  having 
fun 
enough,  so  we  put  what  fireworks  we 
had  left  in  an  old  flour  barrel,  threw  a 
lot  of  burning  shavings 
in  with  them 
nd  kicked  the  concern  down  the  street.
It  made  a  great  hit,  I  can  tell  you,  but 
about  halfway  down  the  street  the  barrel 
went  popping 
into  an  alley  and  rolled 
nder  a  warehouse  filled  with  hay  and 
grain.  Then  the  giant  crackers went  off 
nd  the  barrel  flew 
into  a  thousand 
pieces.  I  heard  a  man  saying something 
bout  that  being  his  building,  and  then 
the  steeple  of  the  Methodist  church,  or 
something  equally  hard  and  massive  hit 
me  a  clip  on  the  nose  and  the  town, 
buildings  and  all,  immediately  turned 
pside  down.”
“ S-a-y,”   interrupted  the  fat  man,  “ I 

guess  you  must  ’a ’  got  h it.”

“ I  got  up  once  or tw ice,”   resumed 
and  found  the  church

steeple,  or  whatever  it  was,  still  doing 
immedi­
business  at  the  old  stand  and 
ately  went  to grass  again. 
I  saw  stars 
and  horses  trying  to get  out  of  chimney 
tops  and  cows  walking  off  on  their  hind 
feet  in  blue  topped  boots,  and  then  the 
fire  engine  came  and  ran  over  me  and 
broke  both  legs,  and  laid  the foundation 
for  this  scar on  my  chin.  Oh,  we  had 
a  great  time. ”

‘ ‘ I  should  say, ’ ’  ejaculated  the 

fat 

“ Tough  enough,”   assisted  the  lean 

man.

man.

“ When  the  world  turned  right  side 
up  again,”  added  the  grocer,  “ I learned 
that  we  had  burned  down  about  half  the 
town  and  that  most  of  my  chums  were 
in  jail,  charged  with  setting  fire  to 
in­
habited  dwellings  in  the  nighttime,  for 
which  offense  the  penalty  in  this  State 
is  the  same  as  for  murder  in  the  first 
degree.  Only  for being  all  broken  up  in 
little  pieces  by  the  fists  of  the  owner  of 
the  warehouse  and  the  heavy  wheels  of

the  fire  engine,  I  would  have  been  in 
jail  with  the  rest  of  the  fools.”

The  committee  began  to  edge  toward 

the  door.

“ We  got  out  of  the  scrape  by  paying 
heavy  fines  and  making  the 
losses 
good,’ ’  said  the  merchant,  “ and  since 
that  time  I  have  never  gone  into  any 
improvement  which 
scheme  for  public 
lot  of  toughs 
provides  for  allowing  a 
and  drunkards  and  fools  to  run 
the 
town  for  one  night  or  for  one  week. 
There  are  a  lot  of  people  in  every  town 
who 
live  on  the  under  side  of  society 
who  ache  to  become  prominent  once  in 
a  while,  and  these  are  the  folks  who 
show  up  strong  at  street  fairs.  N’o,  sir, 
I’ve  been  up  against  it  once,  and  you 
don’t  catch  me  again. 
If  the  officers 
had  done  their  duty  that  night  they 
would  have  arrested  us  before  the  final 
act,  and  we  would  have  been  saved  a 
heap  of  trouble.  No  contribution  from 

e. ”
And  the  committee  filed  sadly  out  of 

the  store. 

Alfred  B.  Tozer.

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W e  Guarantee

Our brand of Vinegar to be an A B S O L U T E L Y   PU R E  A PP LE - 
JUICE  V IN E G A R .  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.
W e  will prosecute any person found using our package-  for cider 
or vinegar without first removing all traces of our brands therefrom.

Robinson Cider and  Vinegar Co.,  Beit«, Harbor, Mich.

J  ROBINSON,  rianager.

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? 

ROBINSON  CIDER  A N D   VIN EGAR  CO.

© in m m rin n rB  g if rtn m n m n n rffff 

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ON THE  RAGGED  EDGE O F THE  LAW?

No, the law does not trouble us; 
neither will  it  trouble  you,  Mr. 
Grocer,  if you buy Silver Brand 
Cider  Vinegar.  There  are  no 
better goods  made  than  these.

Sweet cider,  prepared  to  keep 
sweet,  furnished  October 
to 
March  inclusive.
A   strictly  first-class  article;  no 
trouble from fermentation,burst­
ing of barrels or loss by becom­
ing sour.

G E N E S E E   FR U IT   C O .

LA N SIN G .  MICH.

MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

the  merchant, 

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retailer— Q U A L I T Y   and  P R O F I T .  G rocers  who  use 
them  say  that  with  our  brands  it’ s  once  bought— always 
used.  And  we  can  sell  them  to  pay  you  a  handsome 
profit. 
It  w ill  pay  you  to  get  our  sam ples  and  prices—  
that  is, 
in  the  business  to  m ake  money.
if  you  are 
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Munising,  Sept.  14— I  send  you  here­
with  a  photograph  of  a  bicycle  show 
window  which  I  made  some  time  ago. 
It  has  attracted  so  much  attention  from 
the  general  public  and  also  from  the 
gripsack  brigade  that  I  thought  it might 
possibly prove  of  interest  to  some  of  the 
readers  of  your  paper. 
It  is  very  sim­
ple  of  construction  and  any  clerk  with 
ordinary  mechanical  ability  can  easily 
make  one.  In  order to  facilitate  matters 
a  brief  description  may  not  be  out  of 
place.  The  rims  of  the  wheels  are 
made  of  hoops  from  coffee  drums,  using 
the  full  size  for  the  outer  rim  and  cut­
ting  the  hoop  and  lapping  the  ends  for 
inner  rim  and  springing  it  in  so 
the 
that 
it  will  hold  the  cans  in  place. 
I 
used  cans  of  cream  between  the  rims, 
because  they  are 
just  the  proper size. 
Inside  of  the  rims  I  nailed  four  spokes 
and  covered  them  with  a" piece  of  red 
cardboard,  cut  round  and  with  strips 
cut  out  to  represent  spokes.  Around  the

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outside  of  the  rim  I  pasted  labels  from 
spice  cans  and  my  wheels  were  com­
plete.  The  diamond  frame  I  made  from 
strips  of  wood,  2x1. 
I  then  covered  it 
with  packages of soap, which I tacked on. 
The  sprocket  wheel  was  made  from  a 
round  piece  of  wood,  covered  with  red 
cardboard,  painted  to  represent  spokes 
and  cogs.  The  chain  I  made  by  string­
ing  prunes  on  a  piece  of  wire.  The 
pedals  were  made  of  cakes  of  soap  at­
tached  to  a  wooden  crank.  For  a  saddle 
I  used  two  packages  of  figs,  tacked  on 
a  board  made  the  same  shape.  The han­
dle  bars  were  made  by  fastening  two 
bottles  of  catsup  on  two  pieces  of  wood, 
nailed  onto  the  head  of  the  frame.

Glennie  Deans.

M ad e  th e   B u y e r  P a y   fo r   L o s t  T im e.
Benjamin  Franklin  kept  a  book  store 
in  Philadelphia,  and  printed  a  news­
paper  in  connection  therewith.

One  morning,  when  he  was busy  in 
the  press  room  on  his  newspaper,  a 
lounger stepped  into  the  book  store  and

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the  books.  Finally  he  seemed  to  settle 
upon  one,  and  asked  the  clerk the price.

“ One  dollar,”   the  clerk  answered.
“ One  dollar,”   echoed  the  lounger; 

“ can’t  you  take  less  than  that?"

“ One  dollar  is  the  price,”   the  clerk 

answered.

The  would-be  purchaser  looked  over 
longer  and  then  en­

he  books  awhile 
quired,  “ Is  Mr.  Franklin  in?”

“ Yes,  he’s  busy 

in 
office,”   the  clerk  replied.

the  printing 

“ Well,  I  want  to  see  him ,”   said  the 

The  clerk  told  Mr.  Franklin  that  a 
gentleman  was 
in  the  store  waiting  to 
see  him.  Franklin  soon  appeared  and 
the  stranger sa id :

“ What 

is  the  lowest,  Mr.  Franklin, 

that  you  can  take  for  that  book?”

“ One  dollar  and  a  quarter,”   was  the 

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“ One  dollar  and  a  quarter!  Why, 
your  clerk  asked  me  only  a  dollar  just 
now. ’ ’

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Inducement?

“ True,”   replied  Franklin,  “ and  I 
could  have  better afforded  to  take  a dol­
lar than  to  leave  my  work.”

The  man  seemed  surprised,  and  wish­
ing  to  end  a  parley  of  his  own  seeking, 
said:  “ Well,  come  now,  tell  me  your 
lowest  price  for the  book. ’ ’
“ One  dollar and  a  half.”
“ A   dollar  and  a  half!  Why,  you 
it  yourself  for  a  dollar  and  a 

offered 
quarter. ’ ’

“ Y es,”   said Franklin,  coolly,  “ and  I 
had  better  have  taken  that  price  then, 
than  a  dollar and  a  half  now.’ ’

This  was  a  way  of  trade  which  took 
the  man  quite  by  surprise.  Without  a 
word  he  laid  the  money  on  the  counter, 
took  his  book  and  left  the  store.

We  fancy  that  the  average  shopper  of 
to-day  would  have  turned  on  his  heel 
indignantly,  on  being  charged  for time, 
and  told  his  friends  where  not  to buy 
books;  but there was  only  one  Benjamin 
Franklin,-and  “ genius 
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in  common —that  we  see  between  so 
many  married  people.  They  live  their 
days  out  side  by  side,  and  yet  they  are 
farther apart  than  if  oceans  and  conti­
nents  rolled  between.  One  in  name  and 
interest,  they  have  no  more  understand­
ing  or appreciation  of  what  is  best  and 
highest  in  each  other  than  if  they  were 
creatures  from  different  spheres,  speak­
ing  different  tongues.  There  are  doors 
in  each  soul  that  lead  to  rooms  to  which 
the  other  never  finds  the  key.  All  that 
is  best  and  sweet  in  life— the  compre­
hension  that  has  no  need  of  words,  the 
subtle  sympathy  that  divines  the  un 
spoken  thought  that  trembles  on  the  lip, 
the  glory  and  the  splendor  of  that 
love 
that  makes  two  really  one  in heart— they 
miss.  For  missing  that, 
is  no 
compensation.  One  may  have  glory  and 
honor  and  riches,  but  the  heart  that  has 
missed  perfect  comprehension  goes  a 
hungry  beggar  to  the  grave.  That  so 
many  miss 
is  to be  set  down  not  to 
the  fantastic  cruelty  of  fate,  but  to  stu­
pidity  and  to  the  man’s lack  of  ordinary 
care  and  prudence  in  seeking  what  he 
wants,  and  his  willingness  to  put  up 
with  a  substitute.  As  a  matter of  fact, 
most  men  go  courting  like  they go shop­
ping.  They  may  go  into  the  store  de­
termined  on  buying  a  sky-blue  necktie, 
but  anybody with  the  slightest  powers  of 
persuasion  can  sell  them  a  pair  of  pat­
ent  leather  shoes  instead  of  it.

there 

it 

Of  the  reckless  folly  of  those  who  get 
married  on  short  engagements  nothing 
need  be  said.  Heaven  knows  those 
who, 
in  homely  phrase,  “ keep  com­
pany”   for  a  long  time have little enough 
chance  to  get  really  acquainted.  The 
girl  sees  the  man  only  in  his  company 
clothes  and  company  manners.  She 
is 
primped  and  crimped,  and  really  too 
sweet  and  ethereal  for  this  world.  She 
is  sure  that 
life  will  be  nothing  but  a 
bed  of  roses  with  a  man  so  frantically 
anxious 
for  her,  to  do  as  she  pleases, 
and  he  thinks  he  will  have  no  trouble 
on  earth  in  bending  such  a  pliant  little 
creature,  who  agrees  with  him  in  every­
thing,  to  his  will.  Under  this-courtship 
veneer  in  both  cases  is  the  real  woman 
and  the  real  man,  with  all  of  the  natural 
and  acquired  and 
temper, 
traditions  and  prejudices  that  it  never 
seems  to  occur to  anyone  to 
investigate 
before  marriage,  while there is  still  time 
to  flee  from  the  wrath  to  come. 
In  all 
good  truth  a whole lifetime is inadequate 
for a  thorough  study  of  any one woman’s 
peculiarities,  and  young  men  contem­
plating  rushing  into  matrimony,  on  the 
strength  of  a  thirty-day promissory note, 
would  do  well  to  recall  the  Kentucky 
judge’s  dictum  that  a  four  months’  ac­
quaintance  with  a  woman  shows  a  pre­

inherited 

cipitancy  and  want  of  ordinary  and 
proper  care 
in  making  a  selection  of  a 
wife  that  is  liable  to  lead  to trouble.

A   great  many remedies are continually 
suggested  for  the  amelioration of domes­
tic  life,  but it  seems to  me  that  we  stand 
more  in  need  of  gumption  than  grace  in 
dealing  with  it.  The  man  who  uses  as 
much  judgment,  discretion  and  common 
sense  in  picking  out  a  wife  as  he  would 
in  dealing  with  any  other  important 
affair  seldom  has  reason  to  regret  his 
choice. 

Dorothy  Dix.

S o m e tim e s  H a p p e n s   So.

“ What  broke  him  up  in  business?”
*  Slow  collections.”
‘ ‘ I  thoug ht  he  sold  goods  for cash 

only. ”

“ He  did. 

It was  the  firms  he  owed 
that  had  the  trouble  in  making  collec­
tions,  and  they  closed  him  out.”

Prompt 
Shipment

Those of you who have been 
doing  business  with  us  for 
years have probably  noticed 
that  we  fill  your  orders  a 
great  deal  more  promptly 
»than we used to.  Those who 
are  new 
customers  are 
pleased  to  find  that  we  are 
so prompt.

less  business 

This is not because we are 
doing 
than 
formerly-  we are doing more 
and  more  every  year—but 
because we realize that when 
people  order  goods 
they 
want  them  and  want  them 
quickly.

Therefore we  are  making 
a special  effort to •give every 
order, small or  large, imme­
diate  attention  and  prompt 
shipment.

Let us have yours.

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Milling Co.,

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

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Woman’s World

interested 

Every  one 

M ore  in   N eed  o f   G u m p tio n   T h a n   G race.
in  [the  blessed 
estate  of  matrimony—and  we  all  are 
presently,  prospectively or  reminiscently 
— must  have  read  with  keen  satisfaction 
of  the  recent  decision  of  a  Kentucky 
judge  in  a  divorce  case.  A   gentleman 
of  that  State,  it  seems,  sued  for divorce 
from  his  wife  on  the  grounds  that  she 
was  an  habitual  and  incurable  drunk­
ard,  but  the 
judge  refused  to  grant  the 
decree,  arguing  that  the  husband  had 
only  been  a  widower  four  months  when 
he  married 
that 
“ such  precipitancy  in  marriage implied 
a  want  of  ordinary  care  in  making  a  se­
lection  of  a  w ife.” .

the  defendant,  and 

It 

To  every  thoughtful  person 

it  will 
seem  that  a  second  Daniel  has  come  to 
judgment  and  that  he  has  put  his  finger 
on  one  of  the  corroding  cankers  of 
life. 
is  not  unfaithfulness,  nor  drink,  nor 
It 
cruelty,  nor  clubs,  nor  any  of  the  un­
usually  assigned  causes  that  account  for 
so  much  domestic  unhappiness. 
is 
simply  and  solely  the  want  of “ ordinary 
care 
in  making  a  selection”   of  a  hus­
band  or  wife.  Women  marry  on  the 
grab  bag  system  of  taking  the  first thing 
the  get  their  hands on,  and men— having 
originated  the  theory  that  marriage  is  a 
lottery—act  upon  the  principle  that  it  is 
is  no  use  in  using 
all 
any 
in  picking  out  a  wife. 
Any  one  who  ever takes  the  trouble  to 
observe  anybody  else’s  courtship  can 
but  have  this 
impressed  upon  them. 
There  is  a  lack  of  common  sense  about 
it,  a  kind  of  hallucination,  a  persistent 
substitution of  fancy  for  fact,  and  a gen­
eral  obtuseness  and  blindness  and  deter­
mination  to  rush  on  their  fate  that  is  a 
illustration  of 
forcible  and  sorrowful 
how  lightly  people  decide  the  most 
im­
portant  question  of  life.

luck,  and  there 
judgment 

is 

One  of  the  wonders  of  the  world,  that 
no  amount  of  repetition  ever  makes  one 
whit 
less  remarkable,  is  the  fact  that 
people  give  less  real  thought  to  marry­
ing  than  they  do to  any  other  binding 
trade. 
If  John  Brown,  for  instance,  is 
thinking  of  making  a  limited  liability 
partnership  for 
five  years  with  Tom 
Smith,  to  carry  on  the  grocery  business, 
he  makes  an  exhaustive  investigation 
into  Smith’s  character  and  habits.  He 
finds  out  if  he  is  honest,  if  he  is  extrav­
agant  and 
liable  to  swamp  the  firm 
by  reckless  and  senseless  expenditures, 
and  whether  he  is  industrious  and  cap­
able,  and  will  do  his  part  towards  mak­
ing  the  venture  a  success.  With  Sally 
Smith,  with  whom  he  is  going  to  sign 
a  life  contract,  and  of  whom  he  can  not 
rid  himself 
in  five  years,  or  five  and 
twenty  years,  without  scandal  and  dis­
grace,  no  matter  how  unhappy  he  is,  he 
takes  no  such  precaution. 
She  may 
have  the  temper  of  a  termagant,  she 
may  be  idle  and  lazy  and  shiftless  and 
extravagant,  but  he  does  not  even  take 
the  trouble  to  enquire  into  the  matter 
at  all.  He  marries  her,  and  if  it  turns 
out  badly  he  shoulders  the  blame  off  on 
providence  if  he  is  pious,  and  lays 
it 
on  general  bad  luck  if  he  isn’t,  and  it 
positively  never  even  occurs  to  him  to 
attribute 
it  to  his  own  lack  of  taking 
the  “ proper  ordinary  care  in  selecting 
a  w ife,”   as  the  Kentucky  judge  puts  it.
Judging  by  the  standards  of  common 
sense  and  reasonable  prudence  that  ob­
tain 
life,  we  should  say 
that  a  man  was  crazy  if,when  he  wanted 
a  horse  to  pull  a  heavy  larry,  he  went 
into  the  market  and  bought  a  thorough­
bred  race  horse.  We  should  say  he  was

in  everyday 

is 

in 

love  with 

imbecile 
if,  being  poor,  he  took  all  of 
his  money  and  invested  it  in  a  piece  of 
costly  bric-a-brac  that  would  be  out  of 
place 
in  his  dingy  three-story  back 
room.  We  think  him  silly  who  pins  a 
in  a  faded  and  shabby 
fine  diamond 
shirt  front.  Yet  that 
just  as  much 
reason  as  the  average  man  shows  in 
picking  out  a  wife.  He  takes  something 
that  pleases  his  eye  and  never  stops  to 
consider  whether  she 
is  going  to  suit 
him  in  any  other  way  or  not.  The  poor 
man  falls 
the  petted 
daughter  of  fashion,  and  marries  her 
if 
she  is  willing,  and  then  he  feels himself 
cruelly 
ill-used  because  she  doesn’t 
know  a  thing  on  earth  about economy  or 
work  and  pines  for the  luxuries to which 
she  has  been  accustomed  all  her  life. 
“ It 
this  kind  of  thing,”   he  cries, 
“ that  makes  marriage  a  failure.”   My 
dear  sir,  not  at  all,  She  knows  now  all 
she  ever  did. 
lack 
of  the  ordinary  proper care  in  making  a 
suitable  selection.  There  were  plenty, 
scores  and  scores  of  industrious,  capable 
girls,  any  one  of  whom  would  have 
made  the  helpmeet  you  needed,  but  you 
passed  them  all—a  regular kitchen  gar­
den  full  of  substantials—to  pick  the  one 
rose  that  flaunted  on  the  garden  wall, 
and  now  that  you  have  got  her  you  have 
no  right  to  whine  and  cry  because  she 
isn’t  a  cabbage.

It  was  simply  your 

is 

is 

If  he 

If  his  taste 

If  a  man  is  going  to  do  as  simple  a 
thing  as  buy  a  book  he  gives  some  se­
rious  thought  to  trying  to  find  the  class 
of  literature  in  which  he  is  most 
inter- 
ested._ 
is  cultivated  he 
passes  by  with  a  shudder  the  sensa­
tional  story,  with 
its  cheap  and  flashy 
sentiment  and  blatant  vulgarity.  He 
knows  there  wouldn’t  be  a  single  page 
that  wouldn’t 
in  the  whole  volume 
offend  his  susceptibilities. 
If  he  has  a 
romantic  nature,  full  of  the  deeps  of 
sentiment  and  passion,  he  would  never 
dream  of  selecting  a  cook  book  with 
which  to  while  away  the  long  hours  of 
a  tedious  journey. 
intensely 
practical  he  doesn’t  choose  a  volume  of 
poetry  that  always  seems  to  him  silly 
and  hysterical.  Yet  we  are  daily  treated 
to  the  spectacle  of  men  picking  out  a 
wife  with  less  regard  to  congeniality  of 
sentiment  and  taste  and opinions than  if 
she  was  a  book  that  they could toss aside 
when  she  begun  to  bore  them.  Gracious 
heavens,  look  about  you !  Don’t  you 
see  stately  scholars  married  to  stupid 
little  women,  whose  narrowness 
and 
pettiness  of  vision  must  be  continual  ir­
ritation ;  don’t  you  see  men  whose  great 
hearts  cry  out  for  love  and  comprehen­
sion  married  to  women  whose  shallow 
nature  contents 
in  the  ordinary 
rounds  of  domestic  duties  and  can  not 
even  understand  any  deeper  need  of  the 
soul?  Don’t  we  see  common-place  men 
married  to  women  who  are  like  finely- 
tuned  instruments,  capable  of  producing 
the  most  exquisite  melody,  yet  who  be­
come,  in  bungling  and  ignorant  hands, 
only  sources  of  terrible  discord? 
It  is 
all  such  a  lot  of  terrible  blundering,  of 
the  wrong  people  getting  hold  of  the 
If  only  the  man  who 
wrong  books. 
liked  yellow-back  novels  had 
gotten 
“ Red  Mike,  the  Terror of  the  Plains,.”  
if  the  practical  man  had  gotten  the 
patent  office  reports,  and  the  poet  had 
found  the  Omar  Khayam  in  the  great 
heap  of  books  on  the  stall,  what  a 
pleasant  and  profitable  journey everyone 
might  have  had,  instead  of  yawning 
in 
each  other’s 
the  whole  way 
through.

itself 

face 

In  reality  in  all  the  wide  world  there 
is  nothing  else  so  pitiful  as  the  lack  of 
congeniality—of  really  having  anything

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Treasurer, L. F . Baker.

Michigan Commercial Travelers’  Mutual  Accident  Association 
President, J .  Bo y d   Pa n t l in d ,  Grand  Rapids; 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  G e o.  F .  Ow e n , 
G rand Rapids.

G rip s a c k   B rig a d e .

Never  complain  of  the dulness of busi­

ness.  Nothing  succeeds  like  success.

If  you  gain  the  confidence  of  others 
you  must  first  have  full  confidence  in 
yourself.

You  must  be  on  the  lookout  for the 
misrepresentations  and  falsities  of  your 
competitors.

Never  abuse  competing  firms.  Leave 
let  them 

slow  buyers  until  the  last  and 
know  the  lim it  of  your  time  in  town.

State  the  truth,  but  never  brag  about 
large  orders.  The  business  man 

your 
will  discount  your  extravagant  stories.

The  best  and  most  successful  mer­
chant  seems  generally  to  have  the  most 
leisure. 
It  is  your  little  fussy  man  who 
is  always  in  a  hurry.

Your  associates  should  be  pure  and 
good  and  your own  personal  habits  cor­
rect.  You  must  be  governed  by  sound 
principles  of  morality,  without  which 
no  true  success  can  be  attained.

Never  drink. 

It  may  embarrass  you 
'a  little  with  strangers,  but  you  must  do 
your  best  to  overcome  this  by  being  all 
the  more  agreeable. 
In  the  end  it  will 
raise  you  in  the  estimation  of  others.

is 

The  many  friends  and  acquaintances 
of  Fred  J.  Ephlin  will  be  glad  to  know 
that  his  wife 
improving  rapidly  at 
Colorado  Springs.  Fred  will  spend  a 
month  soon  with  his  family  in  the West.
Be  very  careful  of  your  personal  ap ­
pearance.  Manly,  gentlemanly  bearing 
always  produces  a  favorable impression. 
The  buyer  will 
judge  of  the  charac­
ter  of  the  house  by  the appearance of the 
salesman,  as  well  as  by  the  character  of 
his  goods.

It  isn’t  the  flippant  or  glib  talker,  but 
the  man  who  shows  in  his  every  word 
and  gesture,  as 
force  of  character,  a 
soundness,  a  sincerity  of  motive,  and  a 
desire  to  consider the  buyer’s 
interest, 
as  well  as  his  own,  who  wins  the  day 
with  the  large  orders.

Some  of  them  you  will 

find  to  be 
thoroughly  honest  m en;  others  are  the 
agents  of  houses  that  are  carrying  on 
business 
in  a  reckless  way,  and  others 
are  temporarily  in  the  employ  of  good 
houses,  and  are  ready  to  do  anything  to 
make  a  good  showing.

Buyers  should  remember  that 

the 
salesman  who  enters  their  stores  desires 
to  do  all 
in  his  power  to  please  them, 
but  at  the  same  time  he  expects  to  be 
regarded  as  an  essential  link  between 
wholesale  and  retail  and  to be  treated 
courteously  and  with  respect.

Covington  correspondence  Cincinnati 
Times-Star;  A   quiet  home  wedding 
was  solemnized  at  the  residence  of  Rev. 
and  Mrs.  J.  H.  Horst,  of  1708  Greenup 
street,  at  8  o'clock  Thursday  evening, 
when  their  charming  and  accomplished 
daughter, Miss  Clara Louise,  was wedded 
to  Fred.  W.  Oesterle,  of  Grand  Rapids.

the 

After 

the 
The  ceremony  was  preceded  by 
“ Lohengrin”   wedding  march,  rendered 
by  Prof.  Edwin  W.  Schroetter.  The 
bride  looked  beautiful  in  white  Persian 
lawn  and  carried  a  bouquet  of  white 
roses.  The  ceremony  was  performed  by 
the  bride’s  father,  Rev.  J.  H.  Horst. 
Miss  Emma,  sister  of  the  bride,  acted 
as  maid  of  honor.  She  was  attired  in 
pink  Swiss  mulle  and  carried  pink 
roses.  Albert  B.  Kalmbach,  of  Youngs­
town,  Ohio,  cousin  of  the  groom,  was 
best  man.  Master  Walter,  the  five-year- 
old  brother  of  the  bride,  was ringbearer, 
and  John  S.  Horst  was  master  of  cere­
monies. 
ceremony  about 
thirty  invited  guests  partook  of  a  sump­
tuous  repast.  After  a  wedding  tour 
through  the  East  the  happy  couple  will 
reside 
in  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  where 
the  bride  will  be  welcomed  by  a  host  of 
friends,  it  having  been  her former home. 
On  September  26 they  will  be  tendered 
a  reception  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  F. 
Mueller,  of Grand  Rapids,  for  which  100 
invitations  have  been 
issued.  Mr. 
Oesterle  is  traveling  representative for  a 
large  wholesale  shoe  house 
in  Grand 
Rapids. 
following  out-of-town 
guests  were  present:  Miss  Minnie 
Oesterle  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  F.  Mueller, 
Grand  Rapids;  Mr.  Tieke  and  family, 
of  Cincinnati  ;  Prof.  Andrew  Horst  and 
family  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Engelhardt, 
of  Norwood;  Ohio.

The 

Annual Picnic of the Grand  Rapids Travel­

ing  Hlen.

The  effort  made  to  bring  about  an  ex­
change  of  baseball  games  between  the 
Saginaw’  and  Grand  Rapids  traveling 
men  has  fallen  through 
for  this  year, 
owing  to  the  lateness  of  the  season  and 
the  expense  involved  in  taking  a  large 
number  of  men  across  the  State. 
In­
stead  of  carrying  out  this  plan,  it  has 
been  decided  to  invite  the  Kalamazoo 
traveling  men  to  attend  the  picnic  in­
formally 
in  company  with  their  wives 
and  sweethearts  and,  in  order  that  the 
two  clubs  may  not  get  entirely  out  of 
practice,  a  scrub  game  will  be  played, 
made  up  of  selections  from  representa­
tives  of  both  cities.  The  picnic  will 
be  an  afternoon  affair  and,  besides  the 
ball  game,  numerous  other  athletic 
sports  will  be  indulged  in.  The  picnic 
dinner will  be  served  in  the  cabin  of the 
Major  Watson  about  6  p.  m.,  and  every 
Grand  Rapids  traveling  man  will  be 
expected  to  bring  along  enough  eatables 
for  his  Own  family  and  as  much  more 
for  the  Kalamazoo  visitors.

Fred  Ephlin,  of  the  Committee  on 
Athletic  Sports,  requests  the  Trades­
man  to  say  that  the  Committee  will 
meet  at  the  Morton  House  at. 11  o’clock 
Saturday  morning 
the 
premiums  to  be  given  and  to  make 
such  other  arrangements  as  have  not  yet 
been  completed.  The  outside  traveling 
men  and  visiting  salesmen  are 
invited 
to  attend  the  picnic  and  to  participate 
in  the  features  of  the  day.

to  decide  on 

W h y   H e  C o u ld n ’t  S a t  th e   S oup.

Guest  (to  waiter)— I  can’t  eat  this 

soup.

Waiter  takes 

it  away  and  brings  an­

other  kind  of  soup.

Guest—1  can’t  eat  this  soup.
Waiter,  angrily,  but  silently,  for  the 

third  time  brings  another  kind.

Guest  (again— )  I  can’t  eat  this  soup !
Waiter,  furious,  calls  the  hotel  pro­

prietor.

eat  this  soup?

spoon.

Proprietor  (to  guest)— Why  can’t  you 

Guest  (quietly)— Because  I  have  no 

Every  singer  in  a  quartet  can  point 
out  three  good  reasons  why  the  organi­
zation  isn  t  absolutely  perfect.

SUCCESSFU L  SA L E SM E N .

E d .  J .   G o u ld in g ,  R e p re s e n tin g   B ra d le y   & 

M e tc a lf Co.

four  years.  Believing 

Ed.  J.  Goulding  was  born  in Toronto, 
Ont.,  May  11,  1867,  his  antecedents  be­
ing  Irish  on  his  father’s  side,  while  his 
mother  was  of  English  descent.  He  at­
tended  the  public  schools  of  Toronto 
until  16  years  of  age,  when  he  entered 
the  shoe  store  of  his  father,  where  he 
remained 
that 
this  side  of  the  line  afforded  better  op­
portunities  for advancement,  he  removed 
to  Bay  City,  where  he  went  to  work 
for 
Richard  Scheurman,  with  whom  he  re­
mained  two  years.  He  then  removed  to 
Sault  Ste.  Marie,  where  he 
identified 
himself  with  the  house  of  Prenzlauer 
Bros.,  taking  charge  of  their  shoe  de­
partment.  Being  offered  a  position  on 
the  road  by  the  McAlpine  Shoe  Co.,  of 
into  an  ar­
Highland  Park,  he  entered 
rangement  with 
cover

that  house  to 

Eastern  Michigan,  which  engagement 
lasted  three  years.  He  was  then  offered 
a  position  in  the  shoe  department  of  C. 
H.  Michell,  at  Detroit,  where  he  re­
mained  a  year,  when  he  went  back  to 
the  McAlpine  Shoe  Co. 
for  a  year. 
About  a  year  ago  he  was  offered  a  posi­
tion  as  traveling  representative  for  the 
Bradley  &  Metcalf  Co.,  of  Milwaukee, 
taking  Western  Michigan 
the 
Straits  of  Mackinaw  to  the  Indiana  line 
as  his  territory.  He  sees  his'trade  every 
sixty  days  and  has  already  made  many 
friends  among  his  customers,  who  have 
come  to 
look  forward  with  pleasure  to 
his  visits.

from 

Mr.  Goulding  was  married  Feb.  13, 
1895,  to  Miss  Etta  Brooks,  of  Standish, 
since  which  time  Detroit  has  claimed 
him  as  a  resident.  During  the  summer 
he  made  his  headquarters  at  Petoskey, 
but  for  the  next  year  at  least  he  will 
in  Grand  Rapids, 
spend  his  Sundays 
having  taken  rooms 
in  the  new  Plaza 
Hotel.

Mr.  Goulding 

is  not  much  of 

a 
‘ ‘ jiner, ”   his  experience  in  that  line  be­
ing  confined  to  membership  in  a  single 
order— Red  Cross  Lodge  (Sault  Ste. 
Marie)  No.  151,  Knights  of  Pythias.
in  disposition,  energetic 

in 
manner,  courteous  in  his  dealings  with 
others,  Mr.  Goulding  has  every  reason 
to  feel  flattered  over  the  success  he  has 
achieved  and  to  regard  his  future  pros­
pects  with  the  utmost  complacency.

Genial 

H ow   th e   H o n e s t  D ru m m e r  R e a p e d   H is  

R e w a rd .

G.  E.  Stiefel,  of  the  concern  that 
bears  his  name,  and  which  is  one  of  the 
biggest  in  Wheeling,  W.  YTa.,  is  a  quiet 
kind  of  a  wit.  A   good  story  is  going 
the  rounds,  and  Mr.  Stiefel  and_ Boggs 
&  Buhl,  of  Pittsburg,  are  the  principal 
characters.  It  is  the  wont  of  most  sales­
men  covering  Wheeling  to  visit  Pitts­
burg  first.  Assoonas  they  get  into  town 
they  go  to  Mr.  Stiefel.  Nearly  everyone 
that  called  on  him  last  fall  had  wonder­
ful  stories  to  tell  of  the  success they  had

in  Pittsburg.  Many  of  the  salesmen,  in 
showing  their  goods  to  Mr.  Stiefel, 
would  tell  him that Boggs &  Buhl bought 
so  much  of  this  thing  and  that  thing. 
Mr.  Stiefel  got  kind  of  tired  of 
it.  So 
he  decided  to  keep  tabs.  Every  time  a 
salesman  told  him  that  Boggs  &  Buhl 
had  bought,  Mr.  Stiefel  would  ask  how 
much  of  it  they  took.  Then  he  put  the 
figures  down. 
In  six  months  he  had 
Bogg  &  Buhl  down  for  about  $9,000,000 
worth  of  goods.  One  day  a  salesman 
came  in,  and,  after greeting  Mr.  Stiefel, 
commenced  to  tell  of  his  great  sales.

” I)id  you  sell  Boggs  &  Buhl?”   asked 

Mr.  Stiefel.

“ Yes.  Thirty  odd  hundred.’ ’
” 1  wouldn’t  ship  the  goods,  if  I  were 

you,”   said  Mr.  Stiefel.

“ Why?”   asked  the  astonished  sales­

man.

“  Well, ”   said  Mr.  Stiefel,  ‘ ‘ according 
j to  you  fellows,  they  are  overbuying,  and 
will  fail,  sure. ’ ’

A  few  weeks  after  this  conversation 
took  place,  Mr.  Stiefel  met  Mr  Boggs 
in  New  York.

‘ ‘ H ello!  Boggs,’ ’  he  said. 

“ Are  you 

in  business  yet?’ ’

‘ 1 Why,  certainly,’ ’  said  Mr.  Boggs.
‘ ‘ Well,  according  to  all  I  hear,  you 
must  be  ready  to  bust.  What  are  you 
going  to  do  with  that  $9,000,000  worth 
of  stuff?”

‘ ‘ Why,  I  don’t  know what you mean, ’ ’ 

said  Mr.  Boggs.

“ Don’t?  Well,  the  salesmen  who  call 
on  me  always  have  a  yam  about  what 
you  buy.  1  kept  tabs  on  them,  and  have 
you  down  for  about  $9,000,000.”

Finally,  Mr.  Stiefel  got  tired  of  hear­
ing  the  salesmen  yam ;  so  he  decided 
that  he  would  not  buy  another  dollar's 
worth  from  any  man  that  talked  Boggs 
&  Buhl  to  him.'

One  day  a  “ greener”   came  in.
Mr.  Stiefel  greeted  him  pleasantly, 
and  found  out  after a  while  that  he  was 
a  new  man  on  the  road.

“ Where  were  you 

last?”   asked  Mr. 

Stiefel

think. ”

“ In  Pittsburg,’ ’  said  the  drummer.
“ Did  you do well?”   asked Mr.  Stiefel.
“ Oh,  fairly  well 
for  a  new  man,  I 

“ Did  you  sell  everybody !”
“ Oh,  no!  I  missed  a  few .’ ’
‘ ‘ Did  you  sell  Boggs  &  Buhl?”
“ No;  I  could  not  get  them”
Then  said  Mr.  S tiefel: 

‘ ‘ Open  your 
samples.  You  are  about  the  first  sales­
man  that  ever  came 
from  Pittsburg 
that  didn’t  lie  faster than  a  horse  could 
trot.  Open  your  samples.  You’re  hon­
est,  I’ll  buy  from  you.”

T h e   W a y   o f th e   W o rld .

Drink and the gang will drink  with  ¡you; 
For the jo.ly  bum  who drinks your rum 

Swear off and you'll go it alone;
Has a quenchless thirst of his own.

Feast, and your friends are many;
. Fast, and they cut you dead;
They’ll not g  t mad if you use them bad,
So long as their stomachs are fed.

Steal, if you gobble a million;
It’s the genteel thief who gets out on leave, 

For then you can furnish  bail;
While the needy one goes to jail.

Smallpox  spread  in  Altoona,  Pa.,  the 
other  day,  and  the  local  board  of  health 
ordered  the  killing  of  all  dogs  and  cats 
in  infected  houses,  that  they  might  not 
distribute  the  germs  of  the disease.  The 
bodies  of  the  animals  were  burned.

W A N T E D

A  manufacturing establishment  to  locate  in  the 
village of  Newberry,  a  flouring  mill  preferred, 
for which liberal inducements will be offered.  For 
further particulars apply to the undersigned.

FRAN K  SEYM OUR, 
Village Clerk,  Newberry, Mich.
Taggart,  Knappen  &  Denison,

PATENT  ATTORNEYS

811-817 Mich. Trust Bldg., 

•  Grand Rapid« 

*

Patents Obtained.  Patent Litigation 
Attended To in Any American Court.

R E M O D E L E D   H O TEL  BU TLER
I..M .  B R O W N . P R O P.
Rates, $1. 

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18

Drues—Chemicals

M ic h ig a n   S ta te   B o a rd   o f P h a rm a c y

Term expires
A. C. Sc h u m a c h e r, Ann Arbor  -  Dec. 31,1899 
- 
- 
G eo.  Gu n d r u m , Ionia 
Dec. 31,1900
L.  E.  R e y n o l d s,  St.  Joseph 
-  Dec. 31,1901 
H e n k y   He im , Saginaw 
-  Dec. 31,1902
- 
Dec. 31,1903
Wir t   P.  Do t y, D etroit  - 

President,  G eo.  G u n d r u m ,  Ionia.
Secretary, A.  C.  Sc h u m a c h e r,  Ann Arbor. 
Treasurer, He n r y   He im , Saginaw.
E x a m in a tio n   S essions 
Lansing—Nov. 7 and 8.

S tate  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  A sso ciatio n  

President—O.  Eb e r b a c h , Ann Arbor. 
Secretary—Ch a s.  F.  Ma n n , Detroit. 
Treasurer—J .  S.  Be n n e t t,  Lansing.

T h e   P h a rm a c is t  a n d   th e   T a b le t.

in  the  phenomenally 

Five  years  ago  the  writer  made  an 
investigation  of  the  subject 
exhaustive 
of  tablet  medication,  which  resulted 
in 
the  collection  of  interesting  data  rela­
tive  to  the  manufacture  and  distribution 
of  this  then  comparatively  new 
line  of 
products.  The  future  was problematical, 
but  the  prophecy  of  that  day  has  been 
verified  to  a  degree  far beyond  the  ex­
pectation  of  the  strongest  advocates  of 
tablet  medication.  The  popularity  of 
tablets  with  the  medical  profession  is 
attested  to 
in­
creased  consumption,  as  well  as -in  the 
increased  number  of  manufacturers  en­
gaged  in  their  production. 
In  reply  to 
a  recent  letter,  addressed  to  perhaps  the 
largest  manufacturers  of  tablets  in  this 
country,  the  following  facts  were  stated:
In  1894  a  single  operative  manufac­
tured  25,000 tablet triturates daily.  With 
improved  apparatus,  the  present  daily 
output  per operative  is,  on  an  average, 
100,000,  or  four  times  as  great.  In  1894, 
the  compressing  machines  then 
in  use 
yielded  a  daily  output  of  about  35,000 
tablets;  with  new  rotary  machines many 
times  that  number  can  be  manufactured 
by  each  machine  per  day.  With  the 
improvements 
in  machinery  there  has 
also  been  a  marked  improvement  in  the 
products 
in  physical  appearance,  ele­
gance  of  finish,  ready  solubility  and 
disintegration,  and  the  retention  of  the 
characteristic  color  of  the  drug,  all  of 
which  has  tended  to  dispel  from  the 
minds  of  the  physician  opposed  to  tab­
lets  much  of  the  prejudice  held  against 
these  products  five  years  ago. 
The 
growing  demand  for  chocolate-coated 
tablets  proves  their  popularity.  Many 
of  the  bitter  medicaments,  such  as  qui­
nine,  strychnine,  aloes,  etc.,  are masked 
by  this  saccharine  coating,  which  at 
the  same  time  adds  to  their appearance. 
The  adoption  of  coated  tablets  is a prac­
tical  return  to the  coated  pill  in  a  new 
form.  The  coated  tablet  possesses  all 
the  advantages  of  triturates  and  com­
pressed  tablets,  and 
is  rarely  open  to 
the  criticisms  that  can  be  urged  against 
either.  The  question  of  solubility  has 
received  the  attention  of  the  manufac­
turers  not  only  with  tablets  containing 
insoluble  medicaments,  but  also  in  con­
nection  with  those  containing  vegetable 
extracts;  it 
line  indeed 
that  the  greatest  improvement  has  been 
effected.

is  along  this 

After  years  of  observation  the  writer 
is  still  of  the  opinion  that  tablets  have 
come  to  stay.  Numerous  reasons  might 
be  advanced  for this  belief.  The  coun­
try  practitioner  finds  them  convenient, 
pre-eminently  more  so  than  carrying 
about  many  pounds  of  bottles  which 
contain 
liquids  and  which  are  easily 
broken  in  making  the  rounds  over  stony 
country  roads.  The  city  practitioner  of 
the  regular  school  has  adopted  them, 
ostensibly,  it 
is  said,  to  compete  with 
the  homeopathic  physician,  who  large­
ly  and  almost  exclusively  employs  tab­

lets.  The  former  also  contends  that  he 
can  the  better  hold  his  patients  by  con­
stituting  himself  the  source  of  supply. 
Tablet  medication  has  also  been  quite 
generally  adopted  by  the  various  hos­
pitals  of  the  country,  and  by  the  medi­
cal  department  of  the  Army  and  Navy. 
However  detrimental  to  the  prescription 
business,  there  appears  to  be  no  escape. 
It 
is  unfortunate,  most  unfortunate  in­
deed,  but  it  is  folly  to  complain.  You 
might  as  well  attempt  to  turn  back  N i­
agara  as  to  attempt  to  uproot  the  use  of 
tablets.  The  pharmacist  should  meet 
this  new  condition  squarely, 
lose  no 
time  in  reconciling  himself  to  existing 
circumstances,  and  endeavor  to  profit 
thereby.  The  physician  is  determined 
to  have  these  tablets,  and  the  pharma­
cist  should  seek 
to  control  and  secure 
this  business  by making his  store  a  phy­
sicians’  supply  depot. 
It will  bring  the 
physician  into  the  pharmacist’s  place  of 
business  more 
frequently,  and,  conse­
quently,  will  bring  pharmacist  and  phy­
sician  into  closer touch  with  each  other. 
Every  moment  wasted 
in  -resisting  a 
successful 
is  so  much  aid 
and  comfort  to  manufacturers  who  seek 
the  patronage  of  the  physician  and  who 
will  sell  him  every  blessed  thing he asks 
for.  The  result  is  bitterness,  estrange­
ment,  reciprocal 
injury  between  physi­
cian  and  pharmacist,  and  lessened  pat­
ronage.  There  are  many  wide-awake 
pharmacists  who  are  working  out  their 
salvation  along  the 
lines  of  striving  to 
make  up  for  the  falling  off  in  prescrip­
tions  by  securing  the  trade  of  the physi­
cian,  and  they  are  achieving  a  gratify­
ing  measure  of  success. 
is  indis­
putably  the  business  of  the  up-to-date 
pharmacist  to  supply  the  demands made 
upon  him  by  physicians  for  antitoxin, 
vaccine,  bandages,  gauzes,  and  various 
other  things;  why  should  he  not  also 
supply  every  demand,  even  to  the  “ de­
spised”   tablet,  and  realize  not  only  a 
reasonable  margin  of  profit,  but  also 
lasting 
build  up  a 
friendship  which 
will  be  of 
inestimable  value  in  many 
directions? 

D.  J.  Thomas.

innovation 

It 

V ic tim s  o f O u r  O w n  F a n c ie s.

In  a  case  of  stomach  derangement  of 
recent  date,  a  lady  patient  returned  to 
me  unexpectedly  to  say  that  by  mistake 
she  had  taken  an  overdose  of  medicine, 
which  had  greatly  alarmed  her,  and  had 
produced,  she  said,  a  similar  effect  to 
that  of  too  much  morphine.  She  had 
been 
instructed  to  take  one  tablet  at 
each  dose,  which  contained  nothing  but 
one  grain  of  sugar  of  milk,  whereas  the 
overdose  which  had  so  alarmed  her  con­
sisted  of  two  of  these  sugar  of  milk 
tablets. 
It  was  hard  to  keep  my  equa­
nimity under this amusing circumstance, 
but  the  patient  was  sent  away  with  the 
remark  that  she  must  be more  careful  in 
the  future  not  to  mistake  or  exceed  the 
directions.

In  another  case  a  mother  whose  child 
was  under  treatment  complained  that 
the  last  medicine  given  her  for  her  use 
was  not  entirely  satisfactory.  Her  ob­
servation  as  to  the  effect  of  the  objec­
tionable  remedy  was  duly 
received, 
and  tablets  of  sugar  of  milk,  but  of  a 
different  color,  were 
for 
those  which  had  been  unsatisfactory. 
The  mother at  the  time  of  her next  visit 
to  me  spoke  in  the  highest  praise  of  my 
skill  in  meeting  the  requirements  of  her 
daughter’s  case,  which  had  “ baffled  the 
efforts  of the  professors  at  the  college. ’ ’ 
— Dr.  Lee 
in  the  New  York  Medical 
Times. 

substituted 

*

The  men  who  care  for  themselves best 

know  when  and  where  to  take  a  rest.

it 

It 

S om e  T h in g s   I   H a v e   N o tic ed .
is  a  fact  that  the  average  druggist 
is  not just  as  sharp  to grasp money-mak­
ing  opportunities  as  members  of  other 
1  don’t  know  why  it  i s ;  pos­
trades. 
is  a  relic  from  the  old  days, 
sibly 
when  there  were 
few  druggists;  when 
full  prices  were  obtained;  when  there 
was  money  in  the  business  and  no  great 
need  of  hustling.  But  now  things  are 
if  money  is  to be  made, 
changed,  and 
one  has  to  get  up  and  hustle. 
1  find 
that  druggsits  don’t  advertise  enough, 
and  when  they  do  advertise,  in  the  ma­
jority  of  cases,  it  is  in  such  a  careless 
way  that  no  possible  benefit  can  be  de­
rived  from  it.  For  instance,  they  ad­
vertise  patent  medicines,  or  tell  the 
public  that  “ John  Smith  keeps  a 
full 
stock  of  Pure  Drugs,  Chemicals,  and 
Patent  Medicines.”   Well,  everybody 
knows  that  if  John  Smith  is  a  druggist 
he  keeps  “ Pure  Drugs,  e tc.,”   it  is  only 
waste  of  money  telling  folks  so.  You 
want  to  get  out  something  striking, 
something  that  will  catch  the  eye  of  the 
reader;  if  you  can’t  do 
it  yourself  it 
will  be  cheaper  to  get  your  advertise­
ments  written  by  a  professional  adver­
tisement  writer.

About  advertising,  there  is  one  point 
It  is  about 
I  want  to  draw  attention  to. 
the  advertisement 
for  nerve  pills  or 
beans,  or  cures  for  gonorrhea,  to  which 
druggists  sometimes  al|ow  tneir  names 
to  be  put  as  selling  agents. 
I  think, 
and  the  majority  of  druggists  think 
with  me,  that  this 
is  disgraceful  and 
tends  to 
lower  the  whole  profession  in 
the  eyes  of  the  public.  The  whole  of 
these  remedies  are  fakes  of  the  worst 
kind,  and 
seriously 
alone,  because  they  don’t  pay,  no  mat­
ter  what  the  profit.

should  be 

left 

Another  druggist  will  insert advertise­
ments  for  cough  mixtures,  etc.,  during 
the  winter;  and  away  along  in  the  mid­
dle  of  the  summer  you  will  still  see 
Peter Jones’  advertisement  extolling  his 
cough  syrup,  or  emulsion,  or  new  stock 
of  chest  protectors  smiling  blandly  at 
you  as  you  open  your  evening  paper.

is  room  for 

About  windows.  1  don’t  think  they 
are  utilized  as  they  ought  to  be,  al­
though  1  must  say  that  there  has  been  a 
great  improvement  in  the  last  ten years; 
but  still  there 
improve­
ment.  Window  displays  should  be 
changed  at  least  once  a  week.  Don’t  fill 
the  window  with  a  heterogeneous  mess 
of  all  kinds  of  truck,  and  don’t  use  it  to 
display  some  one  else’s  stuff.  Put 
in  a 
solid  show  of  one  article,  and  that  a 
seasonable  one— your own  cough  syrup, 
emulsion,or sarsaparilla  during  the  win­
ter  and  spring  months, 
instance. 
Put  in  handsome,  plain  cards  extolling 
the  virtues  of  each,  with  the  prices— a 
few  words  will  do— so  that  he  who  runs 
may  read. 

Vindex.

for 

E x a m in a tio n   o f  S om e  C o m m e rc ia l  P h a r ­

m a c e u tic a ls.

In  a  paper  read  before  the  Illinois 
Pharmaceutical  Association  Professor 
Davoll,  of  the  Northwestern  School  of 
Pharmacy  of  Chicago,  reported  the  re­
sults  of  examinations  into  several  phar­
maceutical  products  purchased  in  open 
market.  Of  three  samples  of  magnesia 
examined,  one  conformed  to  all  the  re­
quirements  of  the  U.  S.  P.  Two  gave 
such  pronounced  effervescence  that  they

crucible, 

in  a  porcelain 

were  subjected  to  ignition  at  a  low  red 
heat 
losing 
thereby  19.07  and  20.32  per  cent.,  re­
spectively.  This  loss  will  be  seen  to be 
in  excess  of  the  U.  S.  P.  re­
much 
Imperfect  calcination  or 
quirements. 
subsequent  exposure  would  account 
for 
this.  Of  five  samples  of  olive  oil  four 
were  found  to be  cottonseed o il;  the fifth 
was  composed  of  about  equal  parts  of 
green  olive  oil  and  cottonseed  o il!  Two 
samples  of  honey  purchased  from  phar­
macists  were  found  to  be  pure,  while  a 
third,  from  a  grocer,  was  nearly  all 
glucose.  Of  seven  samples  of  spirits  of 
nitrous  ether,  examined  by  the  gaso- 
metric  method  of  the  U.  S.  P .,  not  one 
was  found  that  could  be  said  to  ap­
proach  the  official  strength.  Three  sam­
ples  were  absolutely 
in  ethyl 
nitrite,  and  the  remaining  four  gave  re­
sults  as  follows :  2.60,  2.45,  2.03  and 
1.90  per  cent. 
is  no  valid  ex­
cuse  for  this, ”   says  Professor  Davoll, 
“ as  we  have  been  told  many  times  how 
this 
important  pharmaceutical  may  be 
prepared  so  as  to  keep  a  reasonable 
length  of  time.  It should  be  made  often, 
in  small  amount,  and  properly  pre­
served.  Occasional  testing  may  be  per­
formed  with  practically  no  expense. 
The  U.  S.  P.  method  of  assay 
is  easy 
of  execution.”  
Some  cochineal  bugs 
examined  yielded  68  per  cent,  of  ash, 
whereas  the  Pharmacopoeia  allows  but 
5  per cent;  most  of  this  was  found  to be 
barium  sulphite!

“ There 

lacking 

T h e   D r a g   M a rk e t.

Opium— The  market  is advancing  and 

is  firm.

Morphine— Is  unchanged.
Quinine— Is  unsettled.  P.  &  W.  have, 
reduced  their  price  3c  per  ounce.  Ger­
man  and  New  York  are  as  yet  un­
chan ged. 

*

Acetanilid—Continues  to  decline,  on 
account  of  competition  between  manu­
facturers.

Castor  O il—Has  advanced  4c  per  ga l­

lon  and  is  tending  higher.

Cocaine— Is  very  firm  at  the  advance. 
It  is  reported  from  Lima  that  the  price 
of  leaves  is  advancing  and  higher prices 
are  looked  for.

Cocoa  Butter— Has  again  advanced. 

The  market  is  very  firm.

Cuttle  Fish  Bone— Is  steadily  advanc­

ing.

Ergot— On  account  of  small  crop,  is 

advancing.

is  firmer.  Pennyroyal 

Essential Oils— Cloves have  advanced. 
Peppermint 
is 
scarce  and  very  firm.  Sassafras  is  very 
firm  and  advancing.  Wormwood  has 
advanced  $2  per  pound  in  the  last  ten 
days.  There  is  very  little  to  be  had.

Gum  Camphor— Is  in  a  very  firm  po­
sition,  on  account  of  the  monopoly  of 
the  Japanese  government.  Japanese has 
advanced  and  American  refiners  are 
very  firm  in  their  views.

Linseed  Oil— Is  weak  and lower prices 

are  looked  for.

G ood  C h ee r.

Pass it on.
Pass it on.

Have you had a kindness shown ?
’Twas not given for you alone—
Let it travel down the years,
Let it wipe another's tears,
Till in heaven the deed appears—

Pass it on.

L.  PERRIGO  CO i j  

S  ALLEGAN,  MICH.

Perrigo’s Headache Powders, Perrigo's Mandrake Bitters, Perrigo’s 
Dyspepsia  Tablets  and  Perrigo’s  Quinine  Cathartic  Tablets  are 
gaining new friends every day. 
If you haven’t already  a  good  sup­
ply on, write us for prides. 

.

FLAVORING  EXTRACTS  AND  DRUGGISTS’  SUNDRIES

MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRhNT.

A d v an ced — 
D e c lin e d —

A c id u m
Aceticum  ..................$
Benzoicum, German.
Boracic.......................
Carbolicum ...............
Citricum.....................
Hydrochlor..............
X itrocum ...................
Oxalf cum ...................
Phosphorium,  d ii...
Salicylicum  ..............
S ulphuricum ............
T aiinicum ..................
T a rta ric u m ..............
A m m o n ia
Aqua, 16 deg..............
Aqua, 20 deg..............
C arbonas...................
Chloridum..................
A n ilin e

6®
70®
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26®
48®
3®
8®
12®
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40®
\%<a.
90®
38®

4(0;,
6@
12@
12@

B lack..........................   2  00®
Brown.........................
80®
R ed .............................
45®
Yellow........................   2 50@  ;

12@
20<§

(a  }

50®
35@
40(U;

B acete
C ubeb*............ po, 15
Juniperus...................
X anthoxylum ..........

B a lsa m  u n i

C opaiba.....................
Peru  ..........................
Terabin,  C anada__
Tolutan......................
C o rte x
Abies, Canadian.......
Cassia?.........................
Cinchona  Klava.......
Euonymus atropurp.
Myrica  Cerifera, po.
Prunus V irgini.........
Quillaia, gr’d ............
Sassafras  .......po. is
U lm us..  po.  15, gr’d 

E x tra c tu m  

24® 
28® 
11® 
13 ® 
14® 
it;®

12®
22®
30®
20®
18®

Glycyrrhiza  G labra.
Glycyrrhiza,  p o .......
II*m atox, 15  lb. box
H *m atox,  i s ............
H *m atox,  14s ...........
Hiematox,  I4S.........
F e r r u
Carbonate  P recip...
Citrate and  Quinia  .
Citrate  Soluble.........
Kerrocyanidum Sol..
Solut. Chloride.........
Sulphate,  com’l .......
Sul|diate,  coin’l,  by
bbl, per  c w t...........
Sulphate,  p u re.........
F lo r a
A rnica........................
A nthem ls...................
M atricaria.................
F o lia
B arosm a.....................
Cassia Acutifol,  Tin-
nevelly...................
Cassia, Acutifol, Alx.
Salvia officinalis,  >4s
and V4s ...................
U vaU rsi.....................
O u m m i
®
Acacia, 1st picked... 
®
Acacia, 2d  picked... 
®
Acacia, 3d  picked... 
®
Acacia, sifted  sorts. 
Acacia, po.................. 
45®
12®
Aloe, Barb. po.l8®20 
Aloe, C ape__ po. 15.
®
Aloe,  Socotri.. po. 40
55®
Ammoniac..................
28®
Assaf (Btida.... po. 30
Benzoinum ................ 
50®
Catechu, i s ................ 
®
Catechu, v is.............. 
®
®
Catechu,  14s ..............  
16
50®
C am p h o r* ...........:. 
@ .4 0
G uphorbium ... po. 35 
G atbanum .................. 
@ 10 0
65®
G am boge..............po 
Guaiacum....... po. 25 
30
@ 
@  2  00
K ino............po. $2.00 
M astic  ....................... 
@ 
60
40
@ 
M yrrh..............po.  45 
O pii.... po.  4.50@t4.80  3  40@  3 50
S hellac....................... 
35
25® 
Shellac, b leached.... 
45
40® 
T ragacanth...............  
50® 
80

12®
8®

H e rb a

A bsinthium ..oz. pkg 
Eupatorium . .oz. pkg 
L obelia.........oz. pkg 
M ajorum __ oz. pkg 
M entha Pip..oz. pkg 
M entha Y ir..oz. pkg 
R ue................ oz. pkg 
Tanacetum V oz. pkg 
Thymus, V .. .oz. pkg 
M ag n esia
Calcined, P a t............ 
Carbonate, P a t......... 
Carbonate, K. & M .. 
Carbonate, Jennings 

O le u m

25
20
25
28
23
25
39
22
25

55@ 
60
20
18® 
18®  20
18® 
20 

30@ 

A bsinthium ..............   6  50®  6  75
Amygdalae,  D ulc__  
50
Amygdalae,  Amarae.  8  00®  8  25
A n isi..........................   1  85® 2 00
A uranti C ortex.........  2  40® 2 50
B ergam il...................   2  80® 2 90
85
80® 
C ajip u ti.....................  
Caryophylli...............  
70®  80
C e d a r......................... 
35® 
45
Chenopadii................ 
@ 2  75
C innam onli..............   1  40®  1 50
C itronella.................. 
40

35® 

(’onium Mac............
I C opaiba...................
C u b e b * ....................
E xechthitos..............
E rigeron...................
G au lth eria...............
Geranium,  oim ce.... 
Gossippii, Sem. gal..
H edeom a...................
J u n ip e ra ...................
Lavendula  ...............
Lim onis.....................
M entha  P iper..........
M entha V erid..........
M orrhuæ,  gal.........
M yrcia.......................
O live..........................
Pieis Liquida............
Picis Liquida,  gal...
K icina........................
Rosm arini..................
Kosæ, ounce..............
S uccini.......................
Sabina  .......................
S a n ta l........................
S assafras...................
Sinapis,  ess., oimce.
T iglii..........................
Thym e........................
Thyme, o p t................
Theobromas  ............

Potassium

35®
1  15V 
90®
1 00@
1  00®
1  50@
©
50@

1  25®  1  35 
1  »Kr/, 2 00 
90® 2 00 
r 35®  1  45 
1  25®,  2 00 
1  50®  1  «0
1  00®   1  15 
4  00©  4 50
75©  3  (K) 
10®. 
12 
@ 
35
96®.  1  05 
®  1  00 
6  50@  8  50 
45
40/« 
90(51  1  00
2 50@  7  00
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1  50®,  1  60 
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Scili*  Co__
Tolu ta n ........
Prunus  virg.

1  25 
1  00 
1  10

rti

re s
Aconitum Napellis R 
Aconitum  Naiiellis F
A loes..........................
Aloes and M yrrh__
A rn ic a .......................
Assafi eti/la................
Atrope Belladonna..
A uranti C ortex........
B enzoin.....................
Benzoin  Co................
Barosma.....................
C antharides..............
Capsicum ..................
C ardam on.................
Cardamon Co............
C astor........................
C atechu.....................
C inchona...................
Cinchona Co..............
C olum ba...................
C ubeb*.......................
Cassia Acutifol.........
Cassia Acutifol Co...
D igitalis.....................
E rgot..........................
Ferri  Chloridum __
G en tian .....................
G entian Co................
(¡iliaca........................
Guiaca am nion.........
Hyoscyamus..............
Io d in e ......................
Iodine, colorless__
Kino  ..........................
L obelia......................
M y rrh ........................
Nux V omica..............
Opii.............................
Opii,  com phorated..
Opii, deodorized.......
Q u assia.....................
R hatany.....................
R hei............................
Sanguinaria............
S erp en taria..............
Stram onium ..............
T o lu ta n .....................
Valerian  ...................
V eratrum   V eride...
Z ingiber.....................

Bi-Carb..............
Bichromate  ....
B ro m id e...........
C a r b ..................
C hlorate... po. 1
C yanide............
Iodide................

Potass N itras, o p t..
Potass  N itras.........
IT ussiate..................

Radix
Aconitum...................
A 1 th * .........................
A n ch u sa...................
Arum  po ...................
Calam us.....................
G en tian a.........po.  1.'
G lychrrhiza.. .pv.  It 
H ydrastis  Canaden. 
H ydrastis Can., p o .. 
Hellebore, Alba, po.
Ipecac, po___
I ris  plox.. .po. 35@38
Jalapa. p r ..................
M aranta,  l4s ............
Podophyllum,  po...
Kite!..................  .......
Khei,  c u t...................
Khei, p v .....................
S pigeha.....................
Sanguinaria... po.  IE
S erp en taria..............
Senega .......................
Sinilax, officinalis H.
Smilax,  M ___
S c ili* ............. po.  35
Symplocarpus, Fceti-
dus,  p o ...................
Valeriana, Eng. po. 30 
V aleriana,  G erm an.
Zingiber a .................
Zingiber j ...................
S em en

A nisum .......... po.  15
Ai>ium  (graveleons).
Bird, i s .......................
Carili............... po.  18
Cardam on................
Coriandrum .............
Cannabis S ativ a....
Cydonium ................
Chenopodi u n i.........
D ip te ra O dorate...
Eieniculum ..............
Foenugreek,  po.......
L in i...........................
Lini, g rd .......bbl. 3V
L obelia.....................
Pharlaris Canarian.
R a p a ................... t . .
Sinapis  A lba...........

S p iritu s  
Frum enti, W.  1).  Co.
F ru m en ti........  ......
Juniperis Co. O. T ..
Saacharum   N. Ë . 
Spt. Vini Galli__

S ponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage...................
Nassau sheeps’ wool
carriage...................
Velvet extra  sheeps’
wool, carriage.......
E xtra yellow sheeps’
wool, carriage.......
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriag e..................
H ard, for slate u se. 
Yellow  R e e f ,  for
slate  use..................
S y ru p s
A c a c ia .......................
A uranti C ortex.........
Zingiber.....................
Ipecac.........................
F erri Io d ...................
Rhei  A ram ................
Smilax  Officinalis...
S en eg a.........  ...........
S cill*..........................

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.(Ether, Spts. Nit. 3 F  
30® 
34® 
.Ether, Spts. Nit. 4 F 
A lu m e n .....................  2V4®
Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7
3®
40®
A nnatto......................
Antimoni,  po............
4®
40®
Antimoni et Potass T
A ntipyrin..................
#@
Antifehrin  ...............
Argenti N itras, oz...
®
A rsenicum ................
10®
38®
Balm  Gilead  Buds.
Bismuth S. N............  1  40®.  1  50
Calcium Chlor.,  is .. 
Calcium Chlor., 
Calcium Chlor.
Cantharides,  K us.no 
Capsici Fructus, af.. 
Capsici  Fructus.  po. 
Capsici Fructus B, po 
Caryqphyllus. .po. 15
Carmine, No. 40.......
Cera  A lba..................
Cera  F lava................
Coccus  .......................
Cassia  F ructus.........
C entraria...................
Cetaceum...................
C hloroform ..............
Chloroform,  squibbs 
Chloral Hyd  C rst....
C hondrus..................
Cinehonidine.l'. & W 
Cinchonidine, Germ.
C ocaine.....................
Corks, list.d is.p r.ct.
Creosotum.................
C re ta ............. bbl. 75
Creta, p rep ................
Creta,  precip............
Creta,  R u b ra............
ecus  .......................
C udbear.....................
Cupri  S ulph..............
D ex trin e...................
E ther Sulph..............
Emery, all num bers.
Emery, po..................
E rg o ta ...........po. 70

15 
©
15 
15 
@
12®
14
©   3 00 
50®
40®
@
®
@
@
50®©  1  10 
1  65®  1  90 
20®
38®  48
38®  48
4  80®  5  00 
. 
70
@  35
@
@9®
®
15®
®6 ' £@ 
7® 
75® 
@ 
@ 
50® 
12® 
®  8® 
@ 
35®
75  &  10
ll@
15®
15‘/i@
®
25®
@
@ 
80 
@  1  00 
@ 1 1 5  
55
45® 
75
®  
65® 
75
75®  1  00
Iodine,  R esubi.........  3  60®  3  70
®   3  75
:
@ so 
@
@ 50 
j
Lycopodium.............. 
45®
@ 50
65®65® 
Macis  ......................... 
@ 60  ]
@ 50
@
10®
® 50  J
2®
50® 60  ]
@ 50  1
® 50  3

2 50@: 2  75
2 50® y 7K 
-  lu
50
0
0
25
© 00
® 75
@ 40

2 00(0: 2  50
2  00® 2  25
1  25® 1  50
1  65® 2  00
1  75®. 3  50
1  90<7¿ 210
1  75® 6  50
1  25® 2  00
1  25®, 2  00

75
25
12
3
«4
00

Less than bo x .

a ra re  Iod.

M enthol.....................
@  3 00
M orphia, S., P. & W. 
2 20® 2  45
—  M orphia, 8., N. Y. Q.
&C.  Co................... 2  10® 2  35
Moschus  C anton__
@ 40
Myrlstlca,  No.  1.......
65® 80
Nüx  \  o m ica...po. 15
®
10
60  Os Sepia.....................
25® 30
50  Pepsin Saae.  H. & P.
@ 1  00
So 
D  Co.......................
Picis Llq. N .N .'i gal.
d o z ..........................
© 2 00
60  Piets Llq., q u a rts__
® 100
50  Picis Llq.,  pints.......
© 85
(¡0  Pil H y d rarg ...po.  80
@ 50 I
60  Piper  N igra.,  po. 22
@ 18
50  1*1 iier  A Ilia.... po. 35
® 30  !
50  Ptix  Burgtin..............
®
7
60  Pliunbi A cet..............
10®/
12
50  Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 
1  30® 1  50 I
¡0  P yrethrum . boxes H .
50  &  P.  I). Co.,  d o z ...
@ 75
so  Pyrethrum .  pv .........
25® 30
5  Q uassia-.....................
RtFr*
i°
50  Quinia, S.  P. &  W ...
34(it
39
?5  Quinia, S.  G erm an..
28ifii
38 I
15  Quinia, N. Y..............
34® 39
X)  Rubia Tlnctorum __
12® 14 1
>0  Saccharum Lactis pv
18® 20
>0  S alacin....................... 3  50® 3  00
>0  Sanguis  D raconis...
40®.
50
>0  Sapo,  W ...
12® 14 1
>0  Sapo M .......................
10® 12
O  Sapo  G .......................
@ 15
■0

Seldlitz M ixture.......
S inapis.......................
Sinapis,  o p t..............
Snuff, Maccaboy, lie
V o e s .......................
Snuff .Scotch, De Vo’s
Soda, B oras..............
Soda,  Boras, po.......
Soda et Potass T a rt.
Soda,  C arb................
Soda,  Bi-Carb...........
Soda,  A sh..................
Soda,  S ulphas..........
Spts. Cologne............
Spts.  Ether  Co.........
Spts. M yrcia  Dom... 
Spts. Vini  Rect.  bbl. 
Spts. Vini Rect. 4bbl 
Spts. Vini Rect. lOgal 
Spts. Vini Rect. 5 gal 
Strychnia, C rystal...  ]
Sulphur,  Sub]..........
Sulphur,  Roll............
T a m arin d s................
Terebenth  V enice...
Theobrom *...............
V anilla.......................  i
Zinci S ulph..............
O ils

BJ

W hale,  w inter..........
Lard, e x tra ................
Lard, No. 1................

®

20® 22 Linseed, pure raw ...
18 Linseed,  boiled........
30 Neatsfoot, winter str
Spirits  T urpentine..
41
-  @
@ 41
F a in ts
9(til
11
90
11 Red  V enetian..........
28 Ochre, yellow  Mars.
'2/601
2 Oehre, yellow  B e r...
iy,®
5 P utty,  com m ercial..
30
4 Putty, strictly  pure.
3 Vi®
Vermilion,  P r i m e
0
A m erican..............
(?è 2  GO
55 Vermilion, E nglish..
50fi$
® 2  00 G reen,  P aris............
G reen,  Peninsular...
@
Lead,  red ...................
0
Lead,  w hite..............
®
\\ biting, white Span
®
00@ 120 \\ lilting, gilders’__
4 W hite.  Paris, Amer.
2*4®
W biting,  Paris.  Eng.
cliff..........................
8iTn
10
30 Universal  Prepared.
28(in
48V
50
00Tr> 16  00
7(§l
8

No.  1  Turp  C oach...
Extra T u rp ................
BL.  CAL. Coach  Body..............
70 No.  1 Turp F urn .......
70
50
60 Extra Turk  D am ar..
40 Jap . Dryer.N o.lTurp
35

Y arn  i*h €»m

19

45
46
54
52

48
49
60
60
BBL. LB.
n i  2 @8
i**  2 @4
1?4  2 @3
£®3
4<f f.3
13® 15
70® 75
17H
13® 16
544®
534® 634
70
© 90
@ 1  00
® 1  40
00(7/ 1  15

100 1  20
60(§. 1  70
75® 3  00
OOC,t 1  10
55® 1  60
70(§. 75

Druggists’ 

¿4 «¿8
Sundry 
Department

We Call

Special  Attention 

to  the

Following  Lines

RU B BER  G O O D S  have  advanced  and  will  be  still  higher 

about Sept  15th.

P IP E S .  We have a full  line ranging from 75c to $12.00 per doz.

T A B L E T S .  Pen and pencil at attractive prices.

A T O M IZ E R S.  An elegant  assortment  of  fancy  perfume  up 

to $18.00 per dozen.

P E R F U M E S .  All the leading odors from  the  leading  manu­

facturers.

POCKET  BOOKS.  New fall styles at attractive prices 

We have a full stock of

C O M B S,  TO O TH   B R U S H E S ,  HAIR  B R U S H E S , 

C L O T H E S   B R U S H E S ,  LA TH ER  B R U S H E S , 
T O IL E T  S O A P .  R A Z O R S,  NAIL  F IL E S .  E T C .

Hazeltine &  Perkins  Drug Co.,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

2 0

MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT.

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

C A N N E D   GOODS 

C IG A R S

Columbian Cigar Co’s brand

Colum bian...........................   35  00
Columbian Special............  65 00

H. & P.  Drug Co.’s brands.

Fortune  T eller...................   35  00
Our  M anager......................   35 00
Q uintette..............................  35 00
G. J . Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

755
755

r 1  30 
»  85 
85

CO U PO N   B O O K S 
T ra d e sm a n   G rad e 
50 books, any  denom ... 
100 books, any  denom ... 
500 books, any  denom ...
1.000 books, any  denom ...
E c o n o m ic  G ra d e  
50 books, any  denom ... 
100 books, any  denom ... 
500 books, any  denom ...
1.000 books, any  d enom ...
S u p e rio r G ra d e  

G rits

Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’s Brand.

1  50
2 50 
11  50 
20  00

1  50
2  50 
11  50 
20  00

A X L E   G R E A S E
doz.
5 5
Castor  O il.................
..«0
D iam ond................... ..50
F razer’s ..................... . .75
IXI. G olden.tin box(*S 75
M ica, tin  boxes....... ..75
P arag o n ...................
..55

gross 
r,  no
/7   00
4  00
9  0(
9  00
9  00
6  00

B A K IN G   P O W D E R  

A b so lu te

4  lb. cans doz.......................  4
4  lb. cans doz.................. 
  8!
1 
lb. cans doz........................160

A cm e

4  lb. cans 3  d o z...................  45
4  lb. cans 3  doz...................
1 
lb. cans 1  doz................... 1  00
B ulk..........................................   10

A rc tic

6 oz. Eng. Tum blers..............  85

6 oz. cans, 4 doz. case............  80
9 oz. cans, 4 doz. ca se............1  20
lb.  cans, 2 doz. case....... 2 00
1 
2 4  lb.  cans, 1 doz. case....... 4 75
5 
lb.  cans, 1 doz. case....... 9 00

E l  P u r ity

4  lb. cans per doz...............   75
4  lb. cans per d o z............... l  20
1 
lb. cans per doz............... 2  00

H o m e

14 lb. cans, 4 doz. case.........  35
Vt lb. cans. 4 doz. case.........  55
1 
lb. cans. 2 doz. case.........  90

14 lb. cans, 4 doz. case 
Vt lb. cans, 4 doz. case..
lb. cans, 2 doz. case..
1 
J e rs e y   C rea m
1 lb. cans, per doz...........
9 oz. cans, |>er doz..........
6 oz. cans, per  doz..........
O u r L e a d e r

14 lb. c a n s .......................
14 lb. c a n s .......................
lb. c a n s .......................
1 

P e e rle s s

.1  60

2  00 
1  25

.1  50

1 lb. c a n s .................................   95

Q u een   F la k e

3 oz., 6 doz. case..................... 2  70
6 oz., 4 doz. case..................... 3  20
9 oz.. 4 doz. case..................... 4  80
1 lb.,  2 doz. case.....................4  00
6 lb.,  1 doz. case..................... 9  00

B A T H   B R IC K

A m erican.................................  70
English.....................................  80

B L U IN G

Co n d e n s e d
K~ « ^ E * R O :
uitfG

Small 3 doz..............................  40
Large, 2 doz............................   75

B R O O K S

No. 1 C arpet.......
No. 2 C arpet.......
No. 3 C arpet.......
No. 4 C arpet.......
Parlor  G em .......
Common W hisk.
Fancy W hisk....
W arehouse.........

.......2 30
....... 2  15
.......1  85
....... 1  45
....... 2 50
.......  95
....... 1  00
....... 2  70

C A N D L E S

8s.............
16s.............
Paraffine . 
W icking.

A p p le s
3 lb. Standards.........
Gallons, stan d a rd s..

B ea n s

B ak e d ......................... 
lied  K idney..............  
S trin g .........................
. W ax............................

B la c k b e rrie s

S tan d a rd s.................
C h e rrie s

S tan d a rd s.....................

C orn

F a ir..............................
G ood...........................
F a n c y .........................
H o m in y
S tandard....................
L o b s te r
Star, 14 lb ...................
Star, 1  lb ...................
Picnic  Tails...............
M a c k e re l
M ustard, l i b ............
M ustard, 2 lb ............
Soused, 1 lb ................
Soused, 2 lb ............ .
Tomato, 1 lb ..............
Tomato, 2 lb ..............

M u sh ro o m s

Stem
B uttons.

Oyster*!
Cove, 1 lb ....................
~!ove, 2 lb ...................
P e a c h e s
P ie ..............................
Y ellow .......................
P e a rs
S tan d a rd ...................
Fancy..........................

P e a s

M arrow fat................
iarly J u n e ................
ia rly Ju u e   "Sifted..
P in e a p p le
•rated .......................
Sliced..........................
P u m p k in
F air............................
¡0 0 (1 .........................
Fancy .........................

R a s p b e rrie s
S tandard.....................
S alm o n
Ked A laska...............
’ink A laska..............
S a rd in e s
Domestic, 4 s . . .........
Domestic,  M ustard.
F re n c h .......................

S tra w b e rrie s

S tan d ard ...................
an c y .........................
S u cco tash
F air.............................
G ood...........................
F a n c y .........................

1  85 
3  10
2 25

1  75
2  80
2  80 
1  75

14@16
20@25

1  25 
»1  90

1  00 
1  00 
1  60

1  25@2  75
1  35 a 2 25

3@3i;
O'ifeü'
8@ 22

1  25 
1  75

1  00 
1  20

1  15

1  25

F a ir ............................
G ood...........................
F a n c y .........................
CATSUP
Columbia,  p in ts...........
Columbia, 4  p in ts.....
CHEESE
A cm e..........................
A m boy..................... .
B u tte rn u t...............’
Carson City...............
E ls ie ..........................
E m blem .....................
G em ................
Gold M edal.......
Id e a l..........................
Je rse y ...................... ’
R iverside..................
B rick ..........................
E d a m .....................
L e id e n ..................’ .
Lim burger............
P ineapple................50  @7„
Sap  Sago.................. 

@124
@1214
@11
@11
@1214
@1114
@124
@1114
§114
@13
@12
@12
@70
@17
@13
@ i7

CHICORY

B ulk.................... 
R e d ........................ 7

.

CHOCOLATE 

W alter B aker & Co.’s.
 

G erm an  Sw eet................ 
23
P rem ium ...............  
 
35
B reakfast Cocoa....  ............   46

s. c. w.
....... ..............  35 00
Phelps, Brace & Co.’s Brands. 
Vincente Portuondo  .. 357n  70  00
Ruhe Bros. Co..............25@  70 00
Hilson  Co.....................35@110 00
T. J .  Dunn & Co.......... 35@  70  00
McCoy & Co..................35@  70  00
The Collins Cigar  C o.. 10@  35 00
Brown  Bros.................. 15@  70  00
Banner Cigar  Co.........30@  70  00
Bernard Stahl Co.........35@ 90  00
Banner Cigar  Co........ 10@  35  00
Seidenberg  & Co.........55® 125 00
G .P. SpragueCigarCo.lO®  35  00
Fulton  Cigar  Co.........io@  35  00
A.  B.  Ballard & C o.. ..35@475 00 
E. M. Schwarz & Co...35»U 0  00
San Telmo..................... 35®  70  00
H avana Cigar Co.........18@  35  00

C L O T H E S   L IN E S

Cotton, 40 ft.  per doz..........1  00
Cotton, 50 ft.  per doz..........1  20
Cotton, 60 ft.  per doz..........1  40
Cotton, 70 ft.  per doz..........1  60
Cotton, 80 ft.  per doz..........1  80
Ju te, (¡0  ft. per doz..................  80
Ju te, 72 ft. i>er  doz............... 
95

C O F F E E
R o aste d

R io

F a ir ..........................................  
9
G ood...........................................  10
P rim e .........................................  12
G olden.....................
13
l ’e a b erry ..................
S antos
F a ir ...........................
G o o d ........................................  
P rim e ....................................... 
Peaberry.................................. 

14
is
it
js

M a ra c a ib o
P rim e ..........................
M illed............................

J a v a

Inte rio r..........................
26
Private  G row th.....................  __
M andehling....................... " "   35

Im itation .................................   22
A rabian........................................ 28

M och a

P a c k a g e

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
which the wholesale dealer adds 
the local freight from New York 
to  your  shipping  point,  giving 
you credit on th e invoice for the 
am ount  of  freight  buyer  pays 
from  the  m arket  in  which  he 
purchases to his shipping point 
including  weight  of  package 
also h e  a pound. 
In 60 lb. cases 
the list is 10c per  100  lbs.  above 
the price in full cases.
A rbuckle............................... ..  50
Jersey . 
.......................... io  50
M c L a u g h lin ’s X X X X  
M cLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mail  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  M cLanghlin  & 
Co., Chicago.

E x tra c t
Valley City 4   gross.. 
Felix  ¡4 gross...........
H um m ers foil 
grosi 
H ummel’s tin >4 gross

75
.1  15 
.  85 
..1  43
.  4 doz in case.

, 

_  

C O N D E N SE D   M IL K  

„ 
Gail Borden Eagle 
D aisy..........................            I
C ham pion......... 
M agnolia............... 
Challenge
D im e.1

" a   «in
.......... f  ??

« 75

50 books, any  denom ...  1  50 
100 books, any  denom ...  2  50 
500books,any  denom ...  11  50
1.000 books, any  denom ...  20 00

U n iv e rsa l  G rad e 

50 books, any  denom ...  1  50 
100 books, any  denom ...  2  50 
500 books, any  denom. ..  11  50
1.000 books, any  d enom ...  20  00

C re d it  C h eck s 

500, any one denom .........  2  00
1.000, any one denom .........  3  00
2.000, any one denom .........  5 00
Steel  punch........................

C o u p o n   P a ss  B o o k s 

denom ination from $10 down.

Can be made to represent any 
20  books..........................   1  00
50  books..........................   2  00
100  books..........................   3  00
250  books.....................   ..  6  25
500  books..........................   10  00
1.000  books..........................   17  50

C R E A M   T A R T A R

5 and  10 lb. wooden  boxes.......30
Bulk in sacks.............................. 29
D R IE D   F R U IT S —D o m estic 

A p p le s

S u ndried............................  @  4>4
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes.  @  74  

C a lifo rn ia   F r u its

714

A pricots.......................   @15
B lackberries................
N ectarines...................
P eaches........................ 10  @11
P ears..............................
Pitted Cherries............  
P rim nelles...................
R asp b erries.................

C a lifo rn ia   P ru n e s

100-120 £5 lb. b o x es.........  @ 4
90-100 £5 lb. b o x es.........  @ 5
80 - 90 £5 lb. b o x es.........  @ 5 4
70 - 80 £5 lb. b o x es.........  @ 6 4
60 - 70 £5 lb. b o x es.........  @  6ÍÍ
50-60 £5 lb. b o x es.........  @ 8
40 - 50 £5 lb. b o x es.........  @10
30 - 40 £5 lb. b o x es.........
4  cent less in 50 lb. cases 

R a isin s

London Layers 2 Crown.
1  60
London Layers 3 Crown. 
Cluster 4 Crow n.............. 
1  75
Loose M uscatels 2 Crown 
Loose M uscatels 3 Crown 
6l4
Loose M uscatels 4 Crown 
74
L. M., Seeded, choice  ... 
8
L. M., Seeded, fa n c y __  
84
D R IE D   F R U IT S -^ F o re ig n  
Leghorn.....................................  u
C orsican................................    ].12

C itro n

C u rra n ts
P atras, bbls................ 
64
Cleaned, b u lk ................... * “   64
Cleaned,  packages...............   7

P e e l

Citron American 19 lb. b x ..  13 
Lemon American 10 lb. bx  104 
Orange American 10 lb. bx .10 4  

R a isin s

Sultana 1 Crown............
Sultana 2 C row n............
Sultana 3 Crown.........
Sultana 4 Crown............
Sultana 5 Crown...................
Sultana 6 Crown................
Sultana p ack ag e.......... ! “  ”

F A R IN A C E O U S   GOODS 

Dried L im a.............................  51/
Medium Hand Picked  i 20@1  25
Brown  H olland......................

B ea n s

C ere als

COCOA

J a m e s  E p p s  & Co.’s

Boxes, 7 lb s......... 
Cases, 16boxes....... ¡g

COCOA  S H E L L S
20 lb. bags........................... 
Less quantity .  ................... 
Pound packages  . ! ‘ ’ ’.; ' 

4

40

Cream of  Cereal.................  
90
Grain-O, sm a ll..................       1  35
Grain-O, larg e........................ 2  25
G rape N uts.............. 
j  35
Postum Cereal, smail ! .... ! ! x  35
Postum Cereal, large..........   2  25
0\/
F a r in a
S'2
241 lb. packages  ... 
Bulk, per 100 lbs............ Ü .Ü 3  qq

 

1 25

24 2 lb. pack ag es..........................1 80
100 lb.  keg s....................................2 70
200  lb. b a rre ls .............................. 5 10

H o m in y

B a rre ls..........................................2 50
Flake, 50 lb. drum s......................1 00
M acca ru n i  a n d  V e rm ic e lli
Domestic, 10 lb. box.............  60
Im ported, 25 lb. box....................2 50

P e a r l  B a rle y

Common.............................. ... 1  75
C h e ste r...........................
..  2  25
E m pire................................ ...2  50

P6&8

Green,  Wisconsin, b u __ ..1  00
Green. Scotch, b u ............
..1  10
Split, b u ..............................
. .2  50

R o lle d   O ats

Rolled Avena, bbl............
M onarch, b b l...................
M onarch,  4  b b l................
Monarch, 90  lb. sacks. 
.
Q uaker, cases................
Huron, cases...................

Sago

G erm an.........................
E ast In d ia...................
T a p io c a

P e a rl...................
Pearl,  241 lb. packages  .

W h e a t

.  4  25
..3  no
..2  13
..3  20
.  2  00

4
..  34

..  4*4
..  6M

J e n n in g s ’

No.  8..
No. 10..
No. 2  T 
No. 3  T 
No. 4  T

H-  C. Vanilla 
.1  20 
.1  50 
.2  00 
.3 00 
.4  00 
.6  00 
.1  25 
.2  00

D.  C. [Lemon
2 OZ.........  75
3 o z .........1  00
4 OZ.........1  40
6 0Z.........2  00
No.  8... .2 40 
No. 10..  .4  00 
N 0 .2 T ..  80 
No. 3 T . .1  25 
No. 4 T
.1  50
N o rth ro p   B ra n d  
Lem.
oz. Taper Panel 
  75
oz. Oval...................   75
oz. Taper P an el.... 1  35 
oz. Taper P anel.... 1  60 

Van. 
1  20 
1  20 
2 00 
2 25

P e rrig o ’s

Van. 
doz.
1  25
2 25 
1  00
5

XXX, 2 oz. obert 
XXX, 4 oz. taper 
XX, 2 oz. o b e rt..
No. 2, 2 oz. o b e rt__
XXX I)  l)p tch r,6 o z 
XXX D D ptchr, 4oz 
K.  P. p itch er,6 oz...

F L Y   P A P E R  
Perrigo’s Lightning,  gro
Petrolatum , per doz.........
G U N P O W D E R  
R ifle—D u p o n t’s
K egs....................................
H alf K egs...........................
Q uarter K e g s ...................
1 lb. c a n s ............................
Vt lb. c a n s............   ...........

Lem.
doz.
75 
1  25

4  00 
2  25 
1  25 
30

C h o k e  B o re —D u p o n t’s

K egs.......................................... 4  25
Half K e g s ................................2  40
Q uarter K e g s......................... 1  35
1  lb. can s..................................  34

E a g le   D u c k —D u p o n t’s

K e g s ......................................... 8  00
H alf K egs................................ 4  25
Q uarter K e g s ......................... 2  25
1 lb. c a n s ..................................  45

H E R B S

IN D IG O

J E L L Y

Sage...............................................is
H o p s .............................................15

M adras, 5 lb. b o x es..................55
S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb.  boxes........ 50

15 lb. p alls................................  35
30 lb. p ails................................  62

L IC O R IC E

P u r e .........................................   30
C alabria...................................   25
Sicily.........................................  14
R oot..........................................   10

L Y E

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

M A T C H E S

Diamond M atch Co.’s  brands.
No.  9  sulphur........................ 1  65
Anchor P a rlo r........................1  70
No. 2 H o m e............................. 1  10
Export P arlo r......................... 4 00
W olverine................................ 1  25

M O LA SSES 
N ew   O rle a n s
Black..............................
F a ir ................................
G ood...............................
F a n c y ............................
Open K ettle..................
H alf-barrels 2c extra 
M U STA R D

11
14
20
24
25@35

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

P IC K L E S
M e d iu m

S m all

Barrels, 1,200 c o u n t...............6  25
H alf bbls, 600 count...............3  13

Barrels, 2,400 c o u n t...............6 25
Half bbls, 1,200 c o u n t............3 63

P IP E S

Clay, No. 216..............................1 70
Clay, T. D., full co u n t..........   65
Cob, No. 3................................  85

P O T A S H  

48 cans in case.

B abbitt’s .................................. 4 00
Penna Salt Co.’s...........................3 00

R IC E

D o m e stic

Carolina  h ea d ..........................6 4
Carolina  No. 1 .......................5
Carolina  No. 2 .........................4
B ro k en ......................................34

Im p o rte d .

Japan,  No.  1 ...................54@6
Japan.  No.  2...................44@5
Java, fancy h ea d ............5  @64
Jav a, No.  1 ...................... 5  @
T able...................................   @

S A L E R A T U S 

Packed 60 lbs. in box. 

Church’s Arm and H am m er.3  15
Deland ’s.........................................3 00
Dwight’s  Cow...............................3 15
Em blem .........................................3 50
L-  ,P................................................ 3 00
Sodio......................................... 3  15
W yandotte, 100  Ms......................3 00

SA L  SOD A

G ranulated,  bbls....................  80
G ranulated, 100 lb. cases__   80
Lump, bbls..............................   70
Lump, 145 lb. kegs.................   80

SA L T

D ia m o n d  C ry s ta l 

Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes.. 1  50 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb. bags.2  75 
Table, barrels, 40 7  lb. bags.2 40 
B utter, barrels, 280 lb. bulk .2  25 
B utter, barrels, 20 I41b.bags.2  50
B utter, sacks, 28 lbs.
B utter, sacks, 56 lbs..........
C om m on  G rad es
100 3 lb. sacks.......................
60 5 lb. sacks.......................
2810 lb. sacks.....................

1  95 
1  80 
1  65

56 lb. dairy in drill b ags...
28 lb. dairy in drill b a g s ... 

56 lb. dairy in linen sabks. 

W a rsa w

A sh to n

H ig g in s

56 lb. dairy in linen sacks.

S o la r  R o c k

56 lb.  sacks..............................   21

C o m m o n

G ranulated  F in e ...................   60
Medium F ine..........................   70

15

60

60

MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

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

F r e s h   M e a t s  

SA L T   F IS H  

Cod

Georges cured..............
Georges  genuine.........
Georges selected.........
Strips or  bricks...........  6

@ 5
@ 6 
@ 9

H e r r in g

Holland  white hoops,  bbl. 
Holland w hite hoops!4bbl. 
Holland w hite hoop,  keg.. 
Holland w hite hoop mchs.
N orw egian..........................
Round 100 lbs..
Round 40 lbs........................  
Scaled................................. 

M a c k e re l 

Mess 100 lb s ...
Mess  40 lbs.  ..
Mess  10 lbs. 
.
Mess  8 lbs.  ..
No. 1100 lbs.  ..
No. 1  40 lbs.  ..
No. 1  10 lbs.  ..
No. 1  8 lbs.  ..
No. 2 100 lbs.  ..
No. 2  40 lbs.  ..
No. 2  10 lbs.  ..
No. 2  8 lbs.  ..

T ro u t

No. 1100 lbs. 
No. 1  40 lb s .. 
No. 1  10 lbs. 
No. 1  8 lb s ..

9  25 
5  25 
70 
85
3  10
l   40
15

15 00 
6  30 
1  05 
1  35 
13  25 
5  60 
1  48 
1  20 
11  50 
4  90 
1  30 
1  07

100  lb s ...
6  50
40  lb s .... ....  3  10 2  90
10  lb s.... .... 
80
8  lb s .... .... 
66

No. 1 No. 2 Fam
1  20
38
33

....  7  00
85
71
S E E D S

D ia m o n d

6
6V4
K iiig sfo rd ’s S ilv e r G loss
ovi
7

K in g s fo rd ’s  C o rn
40 l-lb. packages.................. 
20 l-lb. packages.................  
40 l-lb. packages.................. 
6 lb/boxes..........................  
04 10c packages...................   5  00
128 5c packages...................   5 oo
30 10c and 04 5c packages..  5  00 
20 l-lb.  packages................ 
40 l-lb.  packages................ 
» 
l-lb.  packages..................... 
3-lb.  packages..................... 
6-lb.  packages..................... 
40 and 50-lb. boxes.............. 
B arrels.................................  

5
4?4
4 Vi
4V*
5
3
3

C o m m o n  G loss

C o m m o n  C orn

SY BU PS

C o rn

B arrels......................................   17
H alf b b ls.................................   19
1 doz. 1 gallon cans................2  90
ld o z . Vi gallon cans.............. 1  70
2*doz. Vi gallon cans..............1  70

P u r e   C ane

F a ir ..........................................   16
G ood.........................................  20
Choice  .....................................   25

SU G A R

S O A P

SN U FF

.  9 
.  4 
.  8 
.00 
.10
•  4‘/,
•  4*/s 
.  5 
.10
.  4 Vi 
.15

JAXON

Scotch, in bladders.........
Maccaboy, in  ja rs ..........
French Rappee, In  jars.

Anise 
..............................
Canary,  Sm yrna..............
Caraway  ..........................
Cardamon,  M alabar.......
Celery.................................
H em p, R ussian................
Mixed B ird.......................
M ustard, w hite................
Poppy.................................
R a p e ..................................
Cuttle Bone.......................

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  am ount 
of freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
m arket  in  which  he  purchases 
to his  shipping  point,  including 
20 pounds for the  weight  of  the 
barrel.
D om ino......................
5  53
Cut  Loaf.....................
Crushed.................................  5  69
P ow dered............................   5  26
XX XX Pow dered..............   5 31
Cubes.....................................  5 31
Standard  G ranulated.......  5  19
Standard  Fine G ranulated  5  19 
lb. bags.......................  5 25
lb.  bags......................   5 25
E xtra Fine G ranulated....  5  31 
E xtra Coarse  G ranulated.  5  31
M oiddA ................................  544
Diamond Confec.  A ...........  5  19
2  66
A m erican Family, w rp’d 
Confec.  Standard A ..........   4  94
D om e........................................2  75
No.  1.....................................  4  69
C abinet.......................
No.  2.....................................  4  69
.2  20 
Savon..
2  50  No.  3..
4  69 
No.  4.. 
W hite  R ussian..................
.  2  35 
4  63 
No.  5.. 
W hite Cloud, laundry___
..6  25 
4  56 
No.  6.. 
W hite Cloud, toilet..........
.  3  50 
4 50 
No.  7.. 
D usky Diamond, 50 6 oz.. 
4  44 
..2  10 
No.  8.. 
Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz..
..3 00 
4  38 
No.  9..
Blue India, 100 It  lb .........
.  3 00 
4  31
K irkoline............................
No. 10.....................................  4  19
..3 50 
E o s.......................................
No. 11.....................................  4  06
..2 50
No. 12.....................................  4  00
No. 13.....................................  4  00
No. 14.................................. 
3  94
No. 15.....................................  3  94
NO. 16.:.................................   3  94

MS. S. KIRI S CO.’S BMIII)

Above  G ranulated  in  5
Above  G ranulated  in  2

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

Single box....................
5 box lots, delivered. 
10 box lots, delivered.

.2  t5 
.2  80 
.2  75

S c o u rin g

SO D A

T A B L E   SAUCES
LEA & 
PERRINS* 
SAUCE

The Original and 
Genuine 
Worcestershire.
, large.. 
,  small.

Lea & P errin’s 
Lea &  Perrin’s ,
Halford, large.
Halford, small.....................  2  25
Salad  Dressing, large.......  4  55
Salad Dressing, sm all.......  2  75

3  75

V IN E G A R

M alt W hite W ine, 40 grain..  7Vi 
M alt W hite W ine, 80 grain.. 11
Pure Cider, Red S tar............12
P ure Cider, Robinson...........12
Pure Cider,  Silver.................. i3Vi

W A S H IN G   P O W D E R

K irk’s Eos............................  2 00
W isdom ................................  3  75
Roseine.................................   3  25
Nine  O’clock.......................  3 50
B abbitt’s 1876.......................  2  50
Gold  D ust............................   4  25
Johnson’s ............................   3  50
Swift’s  .................................   2  88
Rub-No-More......................   3  50
Pearline, 100 6s...................   3  30
Pearline, 36 i s .....................  2  85
Snow  Boy............................   2  35
L iberty.................. 
  3  90
No. 0, per gross....................... io
No. 1, per gross........................25
No. 2, per gross........................35
No. 3, per gross....................... 55

 
W IC K IN G

 

B oxes........................................  5 14
Kegs,  English.........................4%

S P IC E S  

W h o le  S ifte d

A llspice................................. 
Cassia, China in m a ts....... 
Cassia, Batavia, in bun d .!. 
Cassia, Saigon, in rolls__  
Cloves, A m boyna................ 
Cloves, Zanzibar.................. 
Mace, Batavia..................... 
N utmegs, fancy.................. 
N utm egs, No. 1................... 
N utm egs, No. 2 ................... 
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper,  Singagore, white. 
P epper, shot......................... 
P u r e  G ro u n d  in  B u lk
Allspice................................. 
Cassia, B atavia.................... 
Cassia, Saigon.....................  
Cloves, Zanzibar.................. 
Ginger,  A frican.................. 
Ginger, Cochin...................  
G inger,  Jam a ica................ 
Mace,  B atavia..................... 
M ustard................................ 
N utm egs..............................  
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper, Singapore, white. 
Pepper, Cayenne................ 
S age....................................... 

10
12
25
32
14
12
55
60
50
45
13
16
15

14
30
40
14
15
is
23
65
18
50
15
22
20
15

STO V E  P O L IS H

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

W in te r  W h e a t  F lo u r  

Local  Brands

P a te n ts.................................  4  00
Second  P atent.....................  3  50
Straight.................................  3  25
C le a r.....................................  3  00
G rah am ................................  3  50
B uckw heat..........................
R ye........................................   3  25
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per  bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnliart-Putm an's Brand
Daisy  V»s..............................  3 60
Daisy  Vis.......................... '..  3  60
Daisy  Vis..............................  3 60

W orden Grocer Co.’s  Brand

Q uaker Vis............................  3 60
Q uaker *4s............................  31»
Q uaker H s...........................   3  60

S p rin g   W h e a t  F lo u r 

Clark-Jewell-W ells  Co.’s  Brand
l ’illsbury’s  Best  VsS..........   4 35
Pillsbury's  Best Vis..........   4  25
Pillsbury’s  Best Vis..........   4  15
Pillsbury’s Best  VsS paper.  4  15 
Pillsbury’s Best  Vis paper.  4  15 
Ball-Barnhart-Putm an's  Brand

Duluth  lm|>erial  ‘»s..........  4  25
Duluth  Im perial  >4s..........  4  15
D uluth  Im jierial Vis..........  4  05
Lemon & W heeler Co.’s Brand
Gold Medal Vis...................  4  25
Gold Medal Vis...................   4  15
Gold Medal Vis...................  4  05
Parisian  Vis.........................  4  25
Parisian  Vis.........................  4  15
Parisian  Vi s .........................  4  05

Olney & .hidson's  Brand

Ceresota  Vis.........................  4  ai
Ceresota  %s.........................  4  25
Ceresota Vis....... 
..............  4  15

W orden Grocer  Co.’s Brand 

Laurel  VaS............................   4  35
Laurel  *4s ............................   4  25
Laurel  Vis............................   4  15

!

Old . 
New

B u tte r   P la te s

No. 1 Oval. 250 in  crate........1  80
No. 2 Oval, 250 in c ra te ..__2  no
No. 3 Oval. 250 in  c ra te .,..
2 20 
No. 5 Oval. 250 in crate.... 
2  60

C lo th es  P in s

Boxes, gross boxes............

M op  S tick s

Trojan sp rin g .....................
Eclipse patent sp rin g .......
No 1 com m on..........   ........
No. 2  patent brush holder 
12 ft>. cotton mop heads...

9 00 
9 00 
8  00 
9 00 
1  25

P a ils
hoop Standard....................
hoop Standard....................
wire,  Cable.
wire,  Cable.

2- 
3- 
2- 
3- 
Cedar, all red. brass  bound. 1
Paper,  E ureka............
F ib re ................................

1  35 
1  50 
1  35 
1  60

T u b s

20-inch, Standard. No. 1 
is-jnch. Standard,  No. 2 
16-inch, Standard,  No. 3 
20-inch,  Dowell,  No. 1..
18-inch, Dowell,  No. 2..
16-inch,  Dowell,  No. 3..
No. 1  F ib re.....................
No. 2 F ib re.....................
No. 3 F ib re.....................
W a sh   H oards

Bronze Globe............
Dewey  .......................
Double Acme............
Single Acme..............
Double  Peerless.......
Single  Peerless.........
N orthern Queen  ....
Double D uplex........
Good  L u ck ................
U niversal...................

W o o d   B o w ls
11 in. B u tter...................
13 in.  Butter.....................
15 in. B u tter...................
17 in. B utter...................
19 in. B u tter...................
21 in. B u tter...................

Y EA ST  C A K E  

Yeast Foam. 1 >4  d o z..
Yeast Foam, 3  doz__
Y east Cream. 3 d o z .... 
Magic Y east 5c. 3  doz. 
Sunlight Yeast, 3 doz.. 
W arnef’s Safe, 3 doz..

.4 85 
.3  85

.3  00 
.2  75 
.2  25

.3  50 
.4  00

1  00 
1  00 
1  00

Swift  &  ('ompanv 

quote

follows:

B a rre le d   P o rk

M ess............................ 
B a c k .........................  10 50©
Clear back.................. 
Sh ortcut.................. 
PiST.............................. 
Roan..........................  
F am ily ....................... 

© 10  00
@10  75
@10  50
@14 00
@ 950
@11  00

D ry   S alt  M eats

Bellies........................  
B riskets..................... 
E xtra shorts............

S m o k ed   M eats 

10
L a rd s—In Tierces

Ham s, 12lb. average.
Ham s, I41b.average.
Hams, 161b:average.
Hams. 201b. average.
Ham dried  beef.......
Shoulders (N. Y. cut)
Bacon, clear..............
California ham s.......
Boneless  ham s.........
Cooked  ham ..

Compound..........
K ettle.........................
55 lb. T ubs..advance
80 lb. T ubs.. advance
59 lb. T ins...advance
201b.  Pails, .advance
10 lb.  P ails.. advance
5 lb.  Pails..advance
3 lb. P ails.. advance
S ausages
B ologna...........
Liver .........................
F ra n k fo rt...........
Pork  ..........................
Blood ...................
Tongue.......................
Headcheese...............
B e e f
E xtra Mess................
Boneless....-:............
R u m p ........................

P ig s ’  F e e t

Kits. 15  lb s................
Vi bbls., 40 lb s..........
Vi bbls., 80 l b s .......

T rip e
Kits, 15  lb s................
Vi bbls., 40  lb s..........
Vi bbls., 80  lb s...........
C asings
Pork  ...-....................   •
Beef  rounds..............
Beef  m iddles............
Sheep..........................
B u tte rin e
Rolls, dairy................
Solid, dairy................
Rolls,  cream ery.......
Solid,  cream ery.......

C an n ed   M eats 

6
sxi
514

@  11 
@  UV4 
@  11
@  10H 
©.  16V4 
@  7 
@  7V4 
@  6’ i 
@  S'4 
@  15

4 %
6 '4
h
%
%
1
1%

6
8
6V4
6*4
9
7

10  25
12  50
12 00

70
1  35
2 50

70
1  25
2  25

60

11
lOVi
15Vi
14Vi
2  25 
16  00 
2  25

W O O D E N W A R E

B a s k e ts

B ushels.......................................... 1 00
Bushels, wide  b an d .....................1 10
M a rk e t....................................   30
Willow Clothes, larg e........... 6  25
Willow Clothes, m edium ...  6 50 
Willow Clothes,  small...........5  OO

Corned beef, 2 lb —  
Corned beef. 14 lb ...
Roast beef, 2 lb.........
Potted ham .  Vis.......
P otted ham.  Vis.......
Deviled ham .  Vis —  
Deviled ham .  Vis —  
Potted tongue,  Vis.. 
Potted tongue,  Vis..

B e e f
C arcass.......................
F o re q u a rte rs...........
H in d q u arters.......
Loins No. 3................
liib s .....................
Rounds.......................
C hucks.......................
Plates .........................

P o rk
D ressed.....................
L oins.......................
S houlders..................
Leaf  L ard..................
M u tto n
C arcass......................
Spring  Lam bs..........
V eal
C arcass......................

7 @  8ii
6 @  0V4
8 V¿@10*4
12 @14
9 @14
@  8
6 (a  6Fa
4 @  5

@  6
71,,i@10
@  7
@  6 Fa

7 @1  8
8 (a 10

8*¿@  9

C r a c k e r s

The  National  Biscuit  Co. 

quotes as follows:

C a n d i e s

S tic k   C an d y

S ta n d a rd ..........
Standard  II.  11 
.
Standard  Twist.
Cut  Loaf..............
Jum bo, 32 lb ..
Extra  H .H .........
Boston C ream ...

M ixed  < a u d y

.

G rocers.......
Competition.......
S tandard............
Conserve.... 
Royal  ..................
R ibbon.......
B roken................
Cut Loaf..............
English  Rock__
K indergarten  ...
French C ream ...
Dandy  P an .........
Hand  Made  Crt am
Nobby..................

m ix ed .......

F a n c y —I n   B u lk

B u tte r

Seymour  X X X ...................
Seymour X XX ,311).carton
Family  X X X .......................
Salted XXX...................
New York X X X ................
W olverine................
Boston................................

Soda

Soda  X X X .........................
Soda XXX, 3  lb. c a rto n ...
Soda,  City.......................
Long  Island  W afers..........
L.  1.  W afers,  1  lb. carton..
Z ep h y rette..........................

5Vi
6
5V4
51 _
5%
6
7*4

6
6*4
8
11
12
10

San  Bias G oodies...
Lozenges, plain  ....
Lozenges, p rin te d ...
Choc.  D ro p s....
Kelipse (  hocolates...
Choc.  Monumentals.
Gum  D rops...
Moss  Drops.  ..
Sour D rops...........
Im perials.......
I tsil. Cream  Bonbons 
35 lb. pails............
Molasses  Chews,  15 
11). pails..................
Jelly  Date  Squares.
Iced M arshm ellow s..

2 1

7 @  7l*
7 @  7*4
71 i@  8
@  8 v%
cases
@  6 Vi
@1  8*4
@10

©  6
@  6 Vi
@  7
@  7%
<fh  7V«
@  8  *
@  8f;
@  8l4
@  8*4
@  9
@  8 Vi
@13
@  SVi

@11
@  9
@  9
@ n
@1214
@12*4
Ca l  5
@  8*4
@  8*4
@  9*4
@11
@13
@1014
.  14

6*2
ß 14
6

O y ste r
Saltine  W afer.........
Saltine W afer, 1 11). carton
Farina < »ystcr.....................
E xtra F arina  O yster.........
S w eet  G oods—Boxes
A nim als..................
10*2
Bent's  W a te r.....................
15
Cocoanut T ally..................
10
Coitee Cake, J a v a ..............
10
Coffee Cake,  Iced ..............
10
Cracknells  ..........................
15*4
C ubans..............................
11*2
Frosted ( T eam ....................
8
Ginger G em s.......................
8
Ginger Snaps, X XX..........
7*4
G raham  C rackers..............
8
Graham  W afers.................
10
Grandm a C akes..................
9
Im perials.............................
8
Jum bles.  Honey.................
12*4
M arshm allow .....................
15
M arshmallow  Creams.......
16
Marshmallow W alnuts__ 16
Mich.  Frosted  H ouey....
Molasses  C akes..................
8
Newton.................................
12
Nie  N acs..............................
8
Orange  G em s.....................
8
Penny  Assorted C akes__
8*4
714
ITetzels, hand  m ade.........
7
Sears’  L unch.......................
Sugar C ake..........................
8
Sugar Squares  ...................
9
Vanilla W afers...................
14
Sultanas................................
12 Vi

F an cy—In  5  lb. B oxes

Lemon  D rops....
@50
Sour D rops__
@50
Pepperm int  D rops..
@60
Chocolate  1 )rops....
@65
II. M. Choc. D rops..
@76
H. M. Choc.  Lt.  and 
Dk.  No. 12.  ..
@90
Gum  Drops.......
@30
Licorice  D rops.........
@75
A.  B.  Licorice  Drops
Gi no
Lozenges,  plain.......
©55
Lozenges, printed. 
.
@55
Im perials................
@55
M ottoes....
@60
Cream  B ar...........
@55
Molasses B ar.........
©55
Hand  Made Creams. 80 @90
Cream  Huttons, Pep. 
and  W int...............
@65
String  Rock..............
@60
Burnt  Almonds.......l 26 @
W intergreen Berries
@55
C a ra m e ls 
No.  1  w rapped,  3  lb. 

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

@60

F o re ig n   D rie d  Firu its

F r u i t s
O ran g es
Fancy R odi's............
Sorrento«.................
L em ons
Strictly choice 360s..
Strictly choice 300s..
1* aucy 300s.......
Ex. Fancy  300s.........
B a n a n a s
Medium bunches__  
Large  bunches......... 

F ig s

boxes, n ew ....

Californian,  F ancy..
Choice,  10  lb. boxes.
Extra- Choice,  10  lb.
Fancy, 12 lb. boxes..
Im perial Mikados, 18
11). boxes.................
Pulled, 6 lb.  boxes...
N aturals, in hags  ...
B a te s

F ards in  10 lb. boxes
F ards in 60 lb. cases.
Persians,  P. H.  V ...
lb.  cases, new .......
Sairs, 60 lb. cases....

N u t s

Almonds, Tarragona 
Almonds,  Iv lc a .......  
Almonds, California,
soft  shelled............ 
Brazils, new ..............  
F ilb e rts.....................  
W alnuts,  Grenobles. 
W alnuts, Calif No.  1. 
W alnuts, soft shelled
C alifornia.............. 
Table Nuts,  fancy... 
Table  Nuts,  choice,. 
Pecans,  M ed............ 
Pecans, Ex. Large... 
Pecans, Jum bos....... 
Hickory Nuts per bu.
Ohio,  new .............. 
Cocoanuts, full sacks 
Chestnuts, p er  bu ... 
P e a n u ts
Fancy, H. P., S uns.. 
Fancy.  H.  P.,  Flags
R o asted .................. 
Choice, H. P., Extras 
Choice, H. P., Extras 
R oasted.................. 

@6 00
@5  60

@5 00
@5 00
(a 5  50
@5 50

]l  00**1  25
i 50@1  75

(0)13
@12
@16
@22
@
(ffi
@  7

@10
@  6
to  6
@  6
@  5

@16
@14
@15
@ 7
@10
© 13*4
@11
@11
@11
@10
@  7Vi
@  9
@12
@1  60
@3 60
(at

@ 7
@ 7
(at  6
@ 6

M eal

B olted...................................  1  90 !
G ranulated..........................   2  10

F e e d   a n d   M illstu fls

St. Car Feed, screened__   16 00 i
No. 1 Corn and  O ats.........  15  50
Unbolted Corn  M eal.........  14  50
W inter W heat  Bran..........   14  00 I
W inter W heat  M iddlings.  15 00 j 
S creenings..........................   14  00  |

New corn, car  lo ts............  35Vi
Less than car lots......... 
.  36V4

O ats

Car  lots...............   ..............  26
Car lots, clipped.................   30 
Less than car lo ts..............   32 

!
|

H a y

I  No. 1 Timothy car  lo ts 
1  No. 1 Timothy ton  lo ts 

  10  00
  12  00

H i d e s   a n d   F e l t s

TheCm>pon& Bertsch Leather 
Co.. 100 Canal  Street,  quotes  as 
follows:

H id es

G reen  No.  1............ 
G reen  No.  2............ 
Bulls..........................  
Cured  No.  1............ 
Cured  No.  2............ 
Calfskins.green No. 1 
Calfskins,greenNo.2 
C'alfskins.cured No. 1 
Calfskins,cured No. 2 

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

P e lts

T a llo w

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

W o o l

@ 8
@ 7
@ 6
@ 9
@ 8
@ 9
@  7V4
@10
@  8Vi

S0@l  00

@ 314
@  2Vi

@16
W ashed,  lin e............ 
W ashed,  m edium ... 
@20
Unwashed,  fine....... 
9  @12
U nwashed,  medium.  14  @16

F i s h   a n   1  O y s t e r s

F re s h   F isli

Ft r lb.
W hite fish..................... @ 10
T ro u t.............................. @ 10
Black  B ass................... 8@ 10
H alibut..........................
(0\ 16
Ciscoes or H errin g .... @ 4
K luetish......................... @ 11
Live  L obster................ @, 20
Boiled  L obster............ @
Cod................................. @ 10
H addock....................... @ 7
No.  l  P ickerel.............. @ 10
P ik e ................................ @
l'ercli............................. @
Smoked  W tiite............ @ 8
Red  S napper..............
© 9
Col  River  Salm on....... @ 13
M ackerel....................... @ 20

O y ste rs in  C an s.

F. H.  Counts............
F. .1.  1). Selects.........
Selects  .  ...................
F. .1.  D.  Standards  .
A nchors.....................
S tan d a rd s.................

B u lk .

F. H. Counts............ .
E xtra Selects.................
Selects............................
Anchor  S tandards.......
S tan d a rd s.....................
S h e ll G o o d s.
Clams, per 100................
1  00
Oysters, per 100...........1 25@1  50

O i l s
B a rre ls

E ocene..........................
@12*4
©11
Perfection.....................
XXX W.W. Mich. Hdlt @11
W. W.  M ichigan.........
@10V4
@  9V4
Diamond W hite..........
@11 ->4
1)., S.  G as.....................
©11%
Deo.  N aphtha..............
Cylinder.........................29 @34
E n g in e ..........................11 @21
Black, w inter................
@  9

40
35
30
25
22
20
gal.
2  00
1  75
1  50
1  25
1  15

22

Hardware

A  Suggestion  in  Stoves.

Any  method  of  store  arrangement  that 
will  enlarge  the  possibilities  of  business 
without  adding  too  much  to  the  expense 
account  is  a  matter  worthy  the  attention 
of  the  merchant.  Here  is  a  suggestion 
for  the  stove  trade.

Stoves  and  ranges  are  generally  ar­
ranged 
in  a  more  or  less  definite  way 
either on  the  floor  or  a  raised  platform. 
They  are  on  exhibition  as  well  as  on 
sale  and  the  dealer  naturally  desires  to 
have  them  at  all  times 
in  a  position 
where  their  best  points  can  be  seen  and 
examined.  This  end,  however,  is  not 
best  attained  by  following  the  present 
method  of  arrangement. 
in­
stance,  the  goods  are  arranged  in  two 
lines  with  but  a  narrow  space  between 
the  lines,  it  is  difficult  to  get  at even  all 
the  exterior  points  without  moving  the 
goods  out 
into  a  more  open  space.  A 
customer  very  seldom  cares  to  purchase 
without  examining  all 
the  working 
parts,  and  this  can  not  be  done  under 
the  system  now in  vogue without causing 
unnecessary  trouble  and  delay,  with  the 
possibility  of  missing  a  sale.

for 

If, 

The  stove  truck,  commonly  used  in 
moving  and  shipping  goods  of 
this 
class,  can  be  given  a  wider  and  a  profit­
able  employment  in  stove  arrangement. 
Supposing 
that  a  dozen  samples  are 
kept  on  exhibition.  As  many  trucks 
may  be  purchased  and  used  as  movable 
platforms. 
The  stoves  can  then  be 
easily  moved  out  into  the  aisle  for  pur­
poses  of  examination,  or,  what  is  better 
still,  a  clear  space  can  be  left  at  one 
end  of  the  store  and  the  stoves  wheeled 
out 
into  a  position  where  all  their  best 
talking  points  can  be  demonstrated  to 
the  greatest  advantage.  This  will  add 
to  the  convenience  of  the  purchaser  and 
have  a  more  practical  utility in enabling 
him  to  see  the  whole  and  not  merely  a 
part  of  his  contemplated  purchase.

The  truck  system  as  here  suggested 
has  an  equally  desirable  use  in  another 
direction: 
It  frequently  happens  that 
the  dealer  keeps  all  of  his  exhibition 
stock 
in  one  position  throughout  the 
selling  season, never making any changes 
and  permitting  regular  visitors  to  see 
the  same  old  uniformity  every time  they 
call.  They see  nothing  new  in  arrange­
ment  or  display  and  pay  no  attention  to 
the  goods  because  they  see  nothing  to 
attract 
it.  Stove  positions  should  be 
regularly  changed.  Once  a  week  is  not 
too  often  and  twice  a  week  is  much 
better.  This  can  be  easily  and  quickly 
done  by  using  the  trucks,  whereas  it 
would  require  much  time  and  consider­
able  trouble  when  the  stoves  are  not  so 
mounted.  Any  system  of regular changes 
by  an  easy  method  has  a  great  deal  to 
commend  it.  The  cost  of  the  trucks  is 
but  little  as  compared  with  the  advan­
tages  they  present,  and  this 
is  more 
than  compensated 
for  by  the  greater 
facilities  for  making  sales  and  the  in­
creased  attractiveness  of  the  store.—  
Stoves  and  Hardware  Reporter.

Tile  Hardware  Market.

There  is  little  change  in  the  character 
of  demand  for  hardware  and  related 
goods,  there  being  a  good  business  do­
ing,  nearly  all  houses  in  the  manufac­
turing  and 
jobbing  lines  finding  their 
ability  taxed  to  take  care  of  current 
trade.  The  strength  of  the  market  con­
tinues  to  hold  and  upward  movements 
in  prices  are  being  made  on  nearly  all 
lines.  The  greatest  difficulty  at  the 
present  time  is  on  the  part  of  manufac- 
urers 
in  obtaining  raw  material  with

MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

which  to  manufacture  goods,  thus  caus­
ing  great  disappointment  to  the  jobber, 
who 
is  also  obliged  to  disappoint  the 
retailer.  The  recent  advances  are  in 
nearly  all  cases  fully  maintained  by  all 
jobbers  except  occasionally  by 
some 
one  who  may  have  an  overstock  on 
some  particular 
to 
realize  rather  than  carry  it  any  length 
of  time.

line  who  desires 

Wire  Nails  and  W ire—Another  ad­
vance  of  15c  per  cwt.  has  been  made  by 
the  American  Steel  &  Wire  Co.,  which 
makes  the  second  advance  to  take  place 
since  September  1,  and  prices  are  as 
follows:  f.  o.  b.  Pittsburg,  30  days  net, 
carlots,  $2.95; 
carlots, 
$3.05.  Jobbers  from  stock  are  getting 
at  present  time  $3.20. 
In  barbed  wire 
follows:  painted 
quotations  are 
barbed 
less  than 
carloads,  3.50  f.  o.  b.  mill,  or  from 
jobbers’  stocks,  $3.70.  Galvanized wire 
takes  an  advance  of  15c  per  cwt.  be­
yond  these  prices.

in  carloads,  $3.40; 

less  than 

as 

in 

Shovels  and  Spades  —The  manufac­
turers  of  shovels  and  spades  at  a  recent 
meeting  advanced  prices  on  everything 
in  that  line  50c  per  dozen.

Coil  Chain— The  market  in  coil  chain 
has  been  characterized  by  a  steady  and 
strong  tone  and  prices  have  been  ad­
vanced  during  the 
last  week  25c  per 
cwt.

Poultry  Netting— While  this  is  not  the 
time  of  year  at  which  poultfy  netting  is 
sold,  the  price  has  materially  advanced, 
making  the  bottom  quotation  as  now 
given  out  by 
jobbers  at  80  per  cent., 
and  this  price  is  only  for shipment prior 
to  October  1,  1899.

Axes— The  axe  market 

is  firm  and 
great  difficulty  is  experienced  in getting 
orders  filled,  as  the  manufacturers  are 
bothered 
in  sufficient 
quantities  to  take  care  of  their  current 
wants.

in  getting  steel 

Registers— At  a  recent  meeting  of 
manufacturers  an  advance  of  about  14 
per  cent,  was  made  and  jobbers  are  now 
quoting 
japanned  registers  at  30  per 
cent,  off  and  white  registers  at  25  per 
cent.  off.  The  advance  has  been  ren­
dered  necessary  by  the  high  price  of 
iron.

Mrs.  Potts’  sadirons—A   radical  ad­
vance  has  been  made 
in  Mrs.  Potts’ 
sadirons,  which  are  now  quoted  as  fol­
lows :  No.  50  at  Si  per  set  and  No.  55 
at  95c  per set.

Miscellaneous— We  would  call  atten­
tion  to  the  following  prices  which  are 
now  quite  generally  being  quoted  by 
jobbing  trade:  Long  trace  chain, 
the 
50c  pair;  tool  steel, 
10c  per  pound; 
sleigh  shoe  steel,  \% c \  toe  calk  steel, 
doors,  50  per  cent,  discount; 
opened  and  glazed  sash,  60 and  5  per 
cent.  ;  socket 
firmer  chisels,  70  per 
cent.  ;  American  horse  nails,  12c  per 
pound.

Pushing: the  Range  Peddlers.

Peddlers  of  steel  ranges  will  not  have 
an  easy  time  of  it  in  South  Dakota  if 
the  Retail  Merchants’  Association  of 
that  State  continues  its  present  warfare 
against  them.  Through  prosecution  in­
tended  to  enforce  the  payment  of  a  fee 
for a  license  in  each  county,  they  have 
compelled  the  peddlers  to  keep  con­
stantly  on  the  move,  and  have  also 
made  the  selling  of  their goods  a  more 
expensive  matter  than  was  calculated 
upon.  The  methods  used  by  the  Asso­
ciation  are  thus  described  by  the Mitch­
ell  Republican:

When  the  steel  range  stove  peddlers 
came 
into  Davison  county  to  sell  their 
stoves  they  conformed with the peddlers’ 
law  and  took  out  a  license,  and
license 

in  Douglas 
they  did  the  same  thing 
county.  After  finishing  their  work  in 
this  county  the  peddlers  traveled  West 
into  Brule  county  and  attempted  to  sell 
their  goods  on  the  license  procured  in 
this  county.  They were successful  for the 
time  being  and  made  several  sales,  but 
they  were  finally  apprehended  and  two 
of  the  peddlers  were  placed  under arrest 
at  the  instance  of  hardware  dealers  at 
Kimball.  One  of  the  peddlers  was fined 
and  paid  $50  and  costs,  while  the  other 
was  held  to  the  Circuit  Court  for  trial 
at  the  December  term.  The  hardware- 
men  out  that  way  are  determined  to 
make  a  case  against  them 
for  every 
stove  they  have  sold  unless  they  comply 
with  the  law.

N o t  A lw ay s  T ru e , 
man, ’ ’  shouted  the orator,

‘ ‘ Every

“ has  his  price!’ ’

“ You’re  a  darn  lia r!’ ’  said  the  mem­
from  Walypang, 
is  only 

ber  of  the  Legislature 
in  an  undertone. 
$300,  and  1  ain’t  got  it  y it.’ ’

“ My  price 

New  Prices

on BIcuGle 
Sundries

Dealers of Michigan are  requested  to  drop 
us a card asking for  our July  ist  discount 
sheet  on  Bicycle  Sundries,  Supplies,  etc. 
Right  Goods,  Low  Prices  and  Prompt 
Shipments will continue  to  be  our  motto. 
Dealers who are not next  to  us  on wheels 
and sundries are invited to correspond.

ADAMS &  HART,

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

Wholesale Bicycles and  Sundries.

H.  M.  Reynolds  &  Son,

Maaufacturers  of

Asphalt  Paints,  Tarred  Felt,  Roofing  Pitch.  2  and  3 
ply and Torpedo Gravel  Ready  Roofing.  Galvanized 
Iron  Cornice.  Sky  Lights.  Sheet  Metal  Workers 
and Contracting Roofers.

Giand Rapids, Mich. 

Office, 82 Campau st. 
Factory,  ist av. and  M. C.  Ry.

e s t a b l i s h e d   1S6S 

Detroit, Mich.
Foot  ist St.

Stove  Carrier  Attachment for

S3 M M Use on  Trucks

t

Anyone  can  put  them  on. 

Just  the  thing  for  use  in  a  grocery 

store  for  carrying  barrels  or  boxes.

Price $1.75 a  Pair.

\

FOSTER,  STEVENS &  CO.,

ORAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

•Wfite for Circular 

p n r r r i n r r T T y T r n r r n r T r r T T T Y ^
5
AIR  TIGHT  HEATERS,  STOVE  PIPES,  3  

Describing our  lines  of 

- 

J

ELBOW S  AND  FA LL  GOODS.
WM.  BRUMMELER  &  SONS,

We manufacture a full line.

260  South Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Gl

J U U U U L O J U U L ^

Tradesman  Company 

Grand  Rapids.

MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

23

Hardware  Price  Current

Advance over base, on both Steel and W ire.

Nails

Augurs  and  Bit«

Snell’s __ .'................................................  
Jennings' genuine.................. 
Jennings' im itation.................................  

Axes

F irst Quality, S. B. Bronze................... 
F irst Quality,  I). B.  Bronze.................  
F irst Quality, S. B. S.  Steel.................. 
F irst Quality,  D.  B. Steel..................... 

Barrows

R ailroad..................................................... 
G arden...................................................... net 

Bolts

S tove.......................................................... 
Carriage, new  list...................................  
F lo w ..........................................................  

70
25&10
oo&io

6  00
10  oo
6  30
ix  50

14 oo
30 00

go
50
50

Well, p la in ...................................... 

Cast Loose Pin, fig u red ........................ 
W rought N arro w ...................................  

Rim F ir e ................................................... 
Central F ir e ............................................. 

 

$3  so

70&10
70&10

40&10
20

\  in
Com................   7%c.
B15..................   S \
BBB................  9*4

5-16 in.

%  in.
...  6ÜC.  .. .  6  C.
.  61/«
...  8

Buckets

Butts,  Cast

Cartridges

Chain

<’row  l»ars

C aps

Steel nails, base.......................... ........... 
W ire nails, base.........................
.......... 
20 to 60 advance........................... ..........  
10 to 16 advance..........................
.......... 
8 advance...................................
.......... 
6 advance...................................
4 advance...................................
..........  
3 advance.......................
.......... 
2 advance..................................
........... 
Fine 3  advance..........................
..........  
Casing 10 ad v an ce....
..........  
Casing s advance.......................
Casing 6 advance..............
Finish 10 advance.....................
Finish 8 advance.......................
Finish 6 advance.......................
Barrel  % advance.....................

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

R iv e ts

Iron  and  T inned.......................
Copper Rivets  and  B urs.........

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

R o o tin g   P la te s

14X20 IC, C har« Mil, D e a n ...
14X20 IX..Charcoal. 1 )ean....
20x28 1C. ( 'h a m >al. D ean ....
14X20 IC. C har« >al. A lia way G ra d e ...
14x20 IX., » 'h a m tal. Allaway G ra d e ...
20X28 1C. ( 'h a m >al. Allaway Grade  ..
20x28 IX,, Charcoal, Allaway G rad e...

R o p es
Sisal. % inch and  latrger.......
Manilla

S an d   P a f►er

List  acci 19, ’8C

............... dis

Solid  Eyes, per ton

Saisil  W e ig h ts

3  10
3  20
Base
06
10
20
30
45
70
50
15
25
35
25
35
45
85

50
46

0 50
7 50
13 00
5 50
6 no
11 00
13 00

lí
14

50

20 00

TRUST TALK.

Plea  for  Lem  Condemnation  and  More 

Toleration.

W ritten for the Tradesm an.

The  recent  convention  of  “ men  of 
wisdom”   held 
in  Chicago  to  discuss 
this 
thing  they  call  an  “ octupus, ”  
named  by  others  trust,  suggests  many 
and  new  thoughts  to  us  who  are 
less 
wise  perhaps,  but  who  are  no  less  inter­
ested-  in  the  welfare  of  our  country. 
What  seems  especially  odd  is  that  few 
of  those  who  spoke  on  this  occasion 
offered  even  a  suggestion  of  remedy  for 
this  great  evil  against  which  they  went 
all  the  way  to  Chicago  to  warn  us,  and 
the  few  who  did  offer  remedies  did  so 
in  so  halting  and  unsure  a  way  that  one 
would  be  inclined  to  submit  to  the  evil 
rather  than  undertake  a  remedy  which 
might  be  worse.  Trusts  may  be  very, 
very  bad  for  some  of  us,  and  they  are, 
no  doubt,  equally  very,  very  good  for 
others;  hence  we  have  the  usual  ‘ ‘ two 
sides  to  the  question.”   Just  now  the 
popular  side  seems  to  be  anti-trust,  and 
from  that  side  we  will  view  the  ques­
tion.

Is 

life,  “ The 

Viewing  the  trust  and  all  the  condi­
it  creates  from  a  strictly  imper­
tions 
sonal  standpoint,  it  seems  very  simple 
and  very  tractable,  if  managed.  No  less 
a  man  than  Solomon  says: 
“ Wisdom is 
better  than  strength,”   and  it  was  D io­
genes  who  said,  “ It  is  better  to  be  wise 
and  manage  well  than  to  be  innocent 
and  nj^an  well. ”   No  doubt  the  mem­
bers  of  Chicago’s  C ivic  Federation  and 
those  who  spoke  on  this question  “ mean 
w ell,”   but  are  they  wise? 
it  ever 
wise  to  agitate  any  question?  Why  do 
we  not  carry  into  public  life  the  homely 
rule  we  use  in  private 
least 
said  the  soonest  mended?”  
If  talking 
of,  thinking  of,  and  writing  about  a 
thing— either  in  favor of  or against  it— 
does  not  nurture  and  develop  that thing, 
why  do  we  as  Americans  so  quickly 
squelch  those  who  undertake  to  discuss 
socialism  and  its  kindred  ideas?  Noth­
ing  can  thrive  which  is  ignored.  If  Mr. 
Head,  as  chairman,  had  exacted  from 
every  man  present  at  the  meetings  of 
that  convention  an  oath  which  would 
have  bound  him  not  to  utter  the  word 
“ trust”   for  six  months,  every  trust  now 
in  existence  would  have  died  a  natural 
death  before  then.  The  Good  Book  tells 
us  that  as  a  man  thinketh  so  he 
is,  and 
our  Nineteenth  Century  man  is  so  very 
prone  to  speak  as  well  as  think  that  he 
not  only  makes  himself,  but 
likewise 
his  neighbor.  Three  or  four  years  ago 
some  hot-headed  fellow  said,  quite  ear­
nestly, no doubt,“ I  think  we  ought  to  go 
down  to  Cuba  and 
lick  those  Span­
iards.”   Good 
idea,”   responds  an­
other. 
“ Blest  if  1  don’t  think  so,  too,”  
and  so  from  the  expressed  thought  of 
one  the  war  fever  spread,  and  the  end 
is  not  yet.  Over the  whole  globe  it  still 
surges  and  we  have  “ wars  and  rumors 
of  wars. ’ ’

Business  was  bad— prices  all  cut  to 
pieces—the  traveling  men,  in  order to 
meet  competition,  were  just giving away 
stuff— Jones  met  Brown— they  compared 
notes— things  looked  pretty  bad— Jones 
said,  “ If  your  salesman  wouldn’t  cut 
prices  below  cost  mark  1  might  pull 
through-^” Brown  retorts,  “ You 
let  .up 
and  so  will  I .”  
“ Good!  Shake!”   and 
a  combination,  an  embryo  trust,  was 
formed.

Jones  and  Brown  at  once  begin  to 
show  evidences  of prosperity.  Together 
they  can  buy  better  and  together  they 
can  sell  better.  They  draw  about  them 
other manufacturers  in  the  same 
line. 
Still  others,  noting  the  advantage  of

their  strength? 

lightly.  Would 

combination,  follow  their  example.  The 
plan  grows,  always  with 
increasing 
rapidify,  until  now  we  have  combina­
tions  of  capital,  combinations  of  every 
known  and  many  unknown  branches  of 
labor and,  if  the  Chicago  papers  are  to 
be  believed,  a  combination  of  idleness 
— a  “ Tramp  Trust.”   And  really what’s 
the  odds?  The  men  composing  and 
managing  the affairs of these great  trusts 
are  just  men— common  everyday  men—  
with  souls  and  hearts  and  kindliness  of 
feeling,  just 
like  you  and  me.  They 
wouldn’t  crush  an  angle-worm,  much 
less  you  and  me.  Even  admitting  their 
greed  and  heartlessness  and  power,  are 
we  wise,  are  we  “ managing  well’ ’ 
when  we  confess  our  own  weakness  and 
exaggerate  to  them 
I 
have  heard  an  expression  that,  homely 
as  it  is,  seems  apt  to  define  our  attitude 
toward  these  conditions  which  we  have 
ourselves  created.  We  have  ‘ ‘ talked too 
much  with  our  mouths.”   When  we  have 
learned  that  silence 
is  indeed  golden, 
we  will  of  ourselves  have  solved  this 
problem,  and  many  others  beside.  To 
give  voice  to  a  thought  is  a  mighty  re­
sponsibility,  which  should  not  be  as­
sumed 
the  man  who 
said,  “ Let’s  lick  Spain,”   be  willing  to 
answer  for  all  the  bloodshed,  and  .the 
tears  which  his  thought  has  cost?  Are 
we  who  are  now  crying,” Down  with  the 
trusts!”   willing  to  face  the results,what­
ever  they  may  be?  When  we  have 
downed  the  trust— a  condition  we  have 
established— what  then?  No  one  has 
yet  answered.  What  is  to  be  gained  by 
constantly  tearing  down?  Why  not 
build?  Why  constantly  place  the  “ to 
have”   higher than  the  “ to  be”   or  con­
fide  more  in  the  power  of  mammon  than 
mind?  According  to  the  present  Amer­
ican  notion  a  man  is  nothing  if  he  have 
nothing,  but  does  having  a  few  dollars 
in  one’s  pocket  mean  all  of  life? 
Is  the 
air  any  more  the  President’s  to  breathe 
than  it  is  mine?  Is  the  grass  more green 
or do  the  trees  afford  a  cooler  shade 
in 
Rockefellow’s  front  yard  than 
in  ours? 
Do  the  birds  sing  more  sweetly  to  Hav- 
emeyer  than  to  us? 
In  fact,  what  has 
any  man  that 
is  worth  having  that  we 
have  not  also?  When  we have considered 
the  value  of  our  own possessions, learned 
the  wisdom  of  silence  and  the  effect  our 
thoughts  may  produce,  and then remem­
ber  that  all  men  are  our  brothers,  we 
will  have  arrived  at  a  point  where  trusts 
will  be  the  tiny  fly  and  we  the  full 
armoured  giants.  Suppose  we  try  it.
E.  L.  A.

S u g g estio n s  fo r  S how   C ards.

Our  buyer  is  in  the  market  purchas­
ing  fall  goods.  Next  week  will  be  our 
“ shelf  clearing  sale.”

Prosperity  in  reality  is  here.  You  are 
now  able  to  be  economical  and buy good 
merchandise.

VVe  bought  at a  bargain  some  snaps  in 
in  your  fall  supply  while 

shoes.  Lay 
this  bargain  opportunity  lasts.  ’

All  the  year  around  goods  at  special 

time  prices.

It  will  pay  you  to  anticipate  your 
wants.  We  mean  to  encourage  early 
buying.

You  can  see  the  reason. 

If  we  sell 
these  goods  now  we  can  reinvest  our 
money  before  the  season 
is  over.  The 
prices  prove  this  is  a  rare  opportunity.
Use  them  for house  wear or  save  them 
until  ' next  summer.  They  are  at  half 
price.

Life  is  short,  and  a  fool  with  the  best 
of  intentions  can  do  more  mischief  in  a 
minute  than  he  can  pay  for  in  a  life­
time.

Cast Steel, per lb ...

Ely’s 1-10, per m ....
H ick's C. F., per m .
G. D., per m ..............
M usket, per m..........

Socket F ir m e r ........................................  
Socket F ram ing....................................... 
Socket C orner..........................................  
Socket Slicks............................................ 

C h isels

E lb o w s

Com. 4 piece, 6 in., per doz..................net 
Corrugated, per doz................................ 
A djustable...............................................dis 

E x p a n siv e   B its

Clark’s small, $18;  large, $26................ 
Ives’ 1, $18;  2, $24;  3, $30....................... 

F ile s —N ew   L ist

New A m erican........................................  
Nicholson’s ................................................ 
H eller’s H orse R asps.............................. 

G a lv a n is e d   I ro n

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

14 

13 

15 

Discount, 65

Black or  Galvanized.............................. 

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ................ 

G as  P ip e

G au g es

G lass

Single  Strength, by box....................... dis 
Double Strength, by box..................... dis 
By the L ight..................................dis 

H a m m e rs

Maydole & Co.’s, new list.................... dis 
Y erkes & Plumb’s ..................................dis 
Mason’s Solid Cast S teel................. 30c list 

H in g e s

Gate, Clark’s 1, 2, 3................................ dis 

H o llo w   W a re

P ots.................................................•.......... 
K e ttle s....................................................... 
Spiders....................................................... 

H o rse   N ails

Au S a b le ................................................... dis
P utnam .......................................................dis
House  Furnishing Goods
Stamped Tinware, new list...................
Japanned T inw are.....................   ..........

Iron

65
55
45

70
70
70
70

65
1-25
40X10

30&10
25

70&10
70
60&10

28
17

40&10

60&10

80&10
ho&io
80

33H
40&10
70

60&10

60
60
60

40&10
5

70
20&10

85
l  oo

4  50
5  50

70

60

9
9%

Bar  Iron.....................................................  3  c rates
Light B and...............................................   3‘4c rates

K n o b s—N ew   L ist

Door, m ineral, jap. trim m ings............ 
Door, porcelain, jap. trim m ings.......... 

Regular 0 Tubular, Doz.......................... 
W arren, Galvanized  F o u n t.................. 

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ............... dis 

L a n te rn s

L e v els

M a tto c k s

Adze E ye.....................................$17 00.. dis 

M eta ls—Z in c

600 pound casks........................................ 
P er pound.................................................  

M iscellan eo u s

Bird C ag es...............................................  
40
70
Pumps, C istern........................................ 
Screws, New L is t...................................  
80
Casters, Bed and  P la te ..........................  50&10&10
D ampers, A m erican............................... 
50

M olasses  G ates

Stebbins’ P a tte rn .................................... 
Enterprise, self-m easuring................... 

P a n s

Fry, Acme.................................................  
Common,  polished.................................  
Patent  Planished  Iron 

60&10
30

60&10&10
70&5

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

Broken packages He per pound'extra.

Planes

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy............................  
Sciota  Bench............................................  
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fan cy.................. 
B ench, first quality................................... 

50
60
50
so

Sheet  Iron

com. smooth,  com.

Nos. 10 to 14........................................$3 20 
Nos.  15 to 17 .......................................  3  20 
Nos. 18 to 21.......................................   3 30 
Nos. 22 to 24 .......................................  3  40 
Nos. 25 to 26 .......................................  3  50 
No. 27...................................................  3 60 
wide, not less than 2-10 extra.

3  50
All Sheets  No.  18  and  lighter,  over  30  inches 

$3 00
3 00
3 20
3 30
3 40

Shells—Loaded

Loaded  with Black  Pow der..................dis 
Loaded with  N itro  Powder................. dis 

D rop............................................................ 
B B and  B uck..........................................  

Shot

Shovels  and  Spades

F irst G rade,  D oz....................................  
Second G rade, Doz.................................  

40&  5
40&10

1  45
1  70

8 CO
8  oo

Solder

H@H............................................... 
20
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
in the m arket indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to composition.

Squares
Steel and Iro n ...........................

Tin—Melyn  Grade

10x14 IC, Charcoal...................................
14x20 IC, Charcoal...................................
20x14 IX , C harcoal...................................

Each additional X on this grade, $1.25.

Tin—Allaway  Grade
10x14 IC, Charcoal...................................
14x20 IC, Charcoal...................................
10x14 IX ,C harcoal..................  ..............
14x20 IX, Charcoal...................................

Each additional X on this grade, $1.50

Boiler  Size  Tin  Plate

14x56 IX, for No. 8Boilers, 
14x56 IX , for N o.9 Boilers, |  per pound..

Steel,  G am e..............................................
Oneida Community,  Newhouse’s........
Oneida  Community,  Hawley  &  Nor­
to n 's.........................................................
Mouse,  choker, per doz.........................
Mouse, delusion, per  doz.......................

T ra p s

W ire

Bright M arket..........................................  
Annealed  M arket...................................  
Coppered  M arket....................................  
Tinned  M arket........................................  
Coppered Spring S teel........................... 
Barbed Fence, G alvanized...................  
Barbed Fence, Painted.......................... 

W ire   G oods

B right......................................................... 
Screw E yes................................................ 
H ooks.........................................................  
G ate Hooks and E yes............................  

W  ra n c h e s

B axter’s A djustable, N ickeled............ 
Coe’s G enuine..........................................  
Coe’s P atent A gricultural, Wrought..70&10

70&10

$  8  50
8 50
9  76

7  00
7  00
8  50 
8  50

10

75&10
50
70&10 
15 
1  25

60
60
50&10
50&10
40
3  85
3  70

75
75
75
75

30
30&1q

50
cents

MUSKEGON

AND RETURN
Every  Sunday
VIA

Q.  R.  &  I.

Train leaves  Union 
station at 9.15  a.  m. 
Bridge Street 9.3a a. m. 
Returning leaves 
Muskegon  7.15  p.  m.

24

MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugars— There 

is  nothing  of  note  in 
the  sugar  market.  Raws  are  still  on 
the  basis  of 
for 96 deg.  test  cen­
trifugals  and  3?6c  for  89  deg.  test  mus- 
covadoes,  with  very  few  being  offered. 
The 
list  prices  of  refined  are  just  the 
same  as  at  previous  reports.  There  is  a 
fair  demand  for  refined,  but  not  so 
large  a  business  as  a  few  weeks  ago  as 
the  season  of  heaviest  buying  is  now 
past.

Later—All  grades  of  refined  declined 

%c  this  morning.

Canned  Goods-----Without  material
change  in  the  situation,  the  outlook 
for 
canned  goods  remains  encouraging,  so 
far  as  probable sales go.  The probability 
of  packers  filling  their  contracts  is  less 
encouraging;  in  fact,  according  to  pres­
ent 
indications,  it  will  be  practically 
impossible  to  do  that  on  any  variety. 
California fruit packers  will  deliver  only 
a  certain  proportion  of  their  contracts 
because  of  the  scarcity  of  cans,  and 
thousands  of  bushels  of  fruit  will  rot  on 
the  ground,  which  might  otherwise  have 
been  preserved.  There  has  been 
less 
demand  for  com  for  the  past  few  days, 
owing  to  the  uncertainty  of  the  pack 
and  the  firmness  of  prices.  Reports  are 
no  more  encouraging  than  they  have 
been  and  the  probability  of  a  reduction 
of  the  pack  to  one-half  the  average  in 
New  York  State,  with  even 
smaller 
packs  in  some  other  parts  of  the  coun­
try,  has  created  a  discouraged  feeling 
in  the  market. 
In  the  South  the  yield 
will  be  as 
large  as  the  average  and 
larger  than  last  year.  New  York  pack­
ers  are  already  seeking  supplies  in  the 
South  to  cover their contracts  and  some 
are  paying  a  premium  on  present quota­
it.  Canning  has  begun  in 
tions  to  do 
Maine,  but  nothing  definite 
is  known 
about  the  output.  Prices  on  tomatoes 
are 
low,  but  a  slightly  firmer  feeling 
has  been  caused  by  the  fact  that  West­
in  East­
ern  packers  are  buying  freely 
ern  market,  to  cover  their  contracts. 
It 
is  clear  from  present  appearances  that 
the  sale  of  Eastern  goods  to  Western 
packers  will  be  larger  than  ever  before. 
Peas  continue  firm  and  prices  promise 
to  advance.  String beans are unchanged, 
but  the  tendency  is  upward.  Other  va­
rieties  of  vegetables  are  steady,  but 
with  movement  rather  slow.  California 
fruit  packers  will  be  compelled  to  shade 
their  contracts  an  average  of  perhaps 
one-fourth,  because  they  could  not  se­
cure  cans.  Prices  on  all  these  goods 
must  go  up,  for,  while  the  crops  were 
never  any  shorter,  comparatively  speak­
ing,  the  probabilities  are  very  strong  for 
greatly  increased  consumption.  There 
has  been  heavy  buying  of  canned 
fruits 
this  week,  particularly  of  the  small 
fruits  such  as  strawberries,  cherries, 
raspberries,  etc.  According  to  mail  ad­
vices  from  the  Pacific  Coast  the  spring 
pack  of  salmon  is  now  placed  about  as 
follows:  Columbia  River,  273,000cases; 
Puget  Sound,  640,000;  British  Colum­
bia,  ^79,600;  Alaska,  1,050,000;  other 
points,  20,000;  total,  2,662,600. 
-The 
fall  pack 
is  expected  to  increase  this 
very  materially.  This pack  exceeds  the 
early  estimates  on  account  of  the  heavy 
run  during  the  last  few  days  of  packing 
in  the  Puget  Sound  and  British  Colum­
bia  districts.  The  market  is  very 
firm 
at  unchanged 
with  a  good  demand 
prices.  The  sardine  market 
still 
rather  unsettled  and  prices  have  de­
clined  io@2oc  on  the  different  grades.

is 

Dried  Fruits— The  dried  fruit  market 
is  in  much  the  same  condition  as a week 
ago.  The  trade  is  waiting  for  prices on 
new  raisins,  but  none  have  been  made

if  not  quite, 

likely  to  rule 

Peaches  continue  dull, 

as  yet.  A   number  of  orders  have  been 
placed  for  raisins  at  the  %c  per  pound 
premium  for  early  shipment.  There 
is' 
a  more  active  enquiry  for  prunes  and  a 
decidedly  firmer  feeling  prevails  in  the 
market.  From  the  best  information  ob­
tainable,  the  prune  crop 
in  California 
will  be  very 
large,  although  possibly 
shorter  than  that  of  last  year.  There 
will  be,  however,  a  scarcity  of  small 
sizes, 
like  80s,  90s  and  100s,  but  an 
abundance  of  50s,  60s  and  70s.  The 
quality  of  the  Santa  Clara  Valley prunes 
will  he  exceptionally  fine  and  the  crop 
is  estimated  at  60,000,000  to  65,000,000 
pounds.  Some  say  the  total  output  will 
be  nearly, 
100,000,000 
pounds. 
the 
large  crop  and  weak  demand  creating  a 
very  unsatisfactory  condition. 
There 
will  be  a  world  of  dried  peaches  and 
prices  are 
low.  Later 
some 
improvement  is  expected,  but  for 
the  present  the  market  is  entirely  de­
void  of  interest.  Apricots continue  firm 
at  about  previous  range  of  prices,  with 
trade  limited  to  small  orders.  The  first 
shipments  of  new  crop  Smyrna  figs  are 
expected  this  week. 
is 
said  to  be  good  for  first  arrivals  and 
prices  are  expected  to  rule  high  at  the 
opening.  Estimates  on  the  new  crop 
place  the  total  at  11,000  cases.  The 
quantity  imported  last  year  was  2,130 
cases;  1,400  boxes  and  4,800  bags. 
In 
addition  to  these  there  were  113,800 
tapnets,  equal  to  11,000  cases,  imported 
from  Portugal. 
is  a  better de­
mand  for both  Persian  and  Fard  dates. 
Spot  stocks  will  probably  be  cleaned  up 
before  the  arrival  of  new  goods.  The 
bulk  of  the  demand  is  for package goods 
this  season.  Currants  are  steady  and 
trade  shows  some  slight  improvement. 
The  evaporated  apple  market  is  much 
stronger  and  prices  have 
advanced 
j£ @ ^ c .

The  quality 

There 

Rice— There 

is  a  good  demand  for 
both 
foreign  and  domestic  rice.  With 
the  increased  demand  due  to  purchases 
of  foreign  rice  for  relief  supplies  for 
Puerto  Rico,  the  Eastern  market  con­
tinues  firm  with  stocks  well  cleaned  up.
Molasses  and  Syrups— Stocks  of  mo­
lasses  are 
light  and  sales  are  made  at 
full  quoted  prices.  The demand  for com 
syrup 
is  very  good  and  refiners  are 
heavily  oversold.  With  the  advent  of 
cooler  weather,  a 
largely  increased  de­
mand  for  syrup 
is  expected  and  it  is 
very  probable  that  about  Oct.  1,  if  not 
sooner,  an  advance  will  take  place.

Tea— There 

is  an  active  demand  for 
teas,  especially  for  the  low  grades,  and 
prices  are  steady.  Stocks  of  old  crop 
are  about  cleaned  up.

Fish— Mackerel  is  still  very  firm  with 

a  fairly  active  demadd.
lemon  situation 
Green  Fruits— The 
remains  discouraging. 
The  demand 
has  been  cheeked,  by  the  cool  weather 
and  the  visible  supply  has  increased  by 
about  30,000  boxes.  The  tendency  of 
the  market 
is  downward  and  sales  are 
small.  No  quotable  change  in  price  has 
occurred,  but  a  weak  feeling  prevails. 
The  new  crop  is  being  pushed  forward 
as  fast  as  possible,  but  the  prospect  is 
that  first  arrivals  will  be  later than 
last 
season.  Bananas  continue  steady  at  an 
improving,  due 
advance. 
is 
partly  to  the  decline 
in  receipts  of 
domestic  fruits,  which  are  the  worst 
competitors  of  bananas.  Arrivals  are 
not  as  liberal,  but  there  are  ample  com­
forward  to  supply  the  demand. 
ing 
There 
is  also  a  probability  of  a  further 
advance  on  some  grades.

Trade 

Rolled  Oats— The  rolled  oats  market 
continues  very  firm  and  prices  have

advanced  15c  per  bbl.  and  10c  per  case,  1 
with  a  good  demand  at  the  advance.'

Nuts'— Peanuts  remain  steady  with  re­
ceipts  liberal,  but  the  demand  is  amply 
sufficient  to  carry  out  all  supplies  avail­
able.  Brazils  are  selling  freely  at  grad­
ually 
improving  prices.  The  quality 
appears  to  be  better  than  usual  this 
year.  The  crop  of  Sicily  almonds  pro­
gresses  satisfactorily,  and  the  impres­
sion  is  that  more  reasonable  prices  will 
rule  during  the  coming  season.

The  Grain  Market.

in  wheat  centers.  We 

Wheat  has  been  easy,  with  depressing 
influence  in  wheat  centers,  owing  to  the 
large  increase  in  the  visible,  being  3,-
172,000  bushels,  which  makes  the  v isi­
ble  39,288,000  bushels,  against  10,188,- 
000  bushels 
last  year  and  17,140,000 
bushels  in  1897,  also  the  report  that 
3,000,000  bushels  of  long wheat was sold 
out  for  the  account  of  the  late  Mr.  C.  A. 
Pillsbury ;  it  may  have  been  for  his  es­
tate  or some  other  large  holder  of 
long 
wheat,  but  with  this 
large  addition  to 
the  visible  and  the  immense  amount  of 
long  wheat  dumped  the  price  only  re­
ceded  14c per bushel,  and  it  only  affected 
the  price 
find 
that  Liverpool did  not follow us in lower­
ing  her  prices.  We  also  find that in  the 
interior  or  initial points for winter wheat 
prices  remain  very  firm and that  farmers 
are  not  selling 
conse­
quently  elevator  men  are  not  offering 
any  to  millers,  preferring  to  hold  onto 
what  they  have  until  farmers  are willing 
to  sell  so  that  they  can  replace  their 
holdings.  Otherwise the  situation is not 
changed,  as  the  fact  remains  that  our 
wheat  crop,  both  winter  and  spring,  is 
not  above  the  estimate  made  by  the  last 
Government  report,  as  stated  last  week.
largely,  which 
tended  to  advance  prices  on  September 
i% c and December 
per bushel.  Why 
this  strength  with  so  large  a  crop  as  is 
promised  is  one  of  the  mysteries  of  the 
It  runs  counter  to  wheat,  as 
trade. 
where  conditions 
in 
wheat  easy  prices  are  the  rule,  while 
where  the  corn  promise  of  over  2,100, - 
000,000 bushels  would  naturally  depress 
prices  the  reverse  is  the  case.

Com  was  traded 

their  wheat, 

strength 

favor 

in 

Oats  are  very  firm  and,  while  buyers 
are  looking  for  lower  prices,  sellers  are 
firm  and  thus  far  have  had  the  best  of 
the  market.

is 
Rye  is  firm  and  the  enquiry  for  it 
large  and  it  is  picked  up  very  fast. 
If 
this  demand  keeps  up  as  at  present, 
prices  will  tend  upward. 
flour 
trade  has  been  quite  good  for  local  and 
domestic  account,  while  foreign  enquiry 
has  been  fair,  but  owing  to low offers  no 
sales  have  been  made.  Mill feed is very 
strong  and  an  advance  of  50c  per  ton 
has  been  established.

The 

Receipts  of  wheat  at  this  station  were 
39  cars  of  wheat,  8  cars  of  com,  9  cars 
of  oats  and  5  cars  of  rye,  against  34 cars 
of  wheat,  10  cars  of  com  and  19  cars  of 
oats  the  corresponding  week  last  year.

Millers  are  paying  64c  for  new  and 

66c  for  old  wheat. 

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

After a  man  has  had  occasion  to  em­
ploy  a  first-class  lawyer,  it  is  useless  to 
tell  him  that  talk  is  cheap.

A dvertisem ents  w ill  be  in serted   u n d er 
th is  h ead  for  tw o  cents  a   w ord  th e   first 
insertion  and  one  cent  a  word  for  each 
subsequent  insertion.  No  advertisements 
taken  for  less  than  25  cents.  Advance 
payments._______________________________

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

WANTED—$3,000 TO $6,000 STOCK  OF GEN- 

eral merchandise, w ith good country trade. 

A ddress No. 75, care M ichigan Tradesm an.  75

78

m erchandise 

in  Central  Michigan 

A ddress Box 33, Epsilon, Mich. 

cHOICE  FARM   FOR  SALE  OR  TRADE. 
74
t[H)R  SALE—A  RARE  OPPORTUNITY—A 
1  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;  good  trade 
and good times the year around;  term s the most 
liberal  th at  could  be  offered  (m ust  be  cash). 
W ant  to  retire  from  business.  A ddress  F.  O. 
Box 204, Negaunee, Mich. 
913
IjViR  SALE—CLEAN  STOCK  OF  GENERAL 
town. 
M ust be sold a t once.  Big bargain for some one. 
Failing  health  reason  for  selling.  A ddress  No. 
79, care Michigan  Tradesm an. 
79
y  O BREN T—F IN E  WASHINGTON AVENUE 
r   store, three  doors  from  center  of  business. 
New plate glass front.  Best  location  in  city  for 
boots and shoes. 
,T. W.  Bailey,  Real  E state,  In­
surance and  Loans, Lansing, Mich. 
y O R   SALE  OR  EXCHANGE  FOR  OTHER 
F   Property—One good brick and  tile m achine: 
used two seasons, good as new ;  w ith moulds and 
cut off table, etc., etc., w ith other  tools  used in a 
brick  and  tile  yard.  The  owner,  having  no 
further use  for  them ,  will  dispose  of  the  outfit 
very low.  A ddress John George, H udson, Mich.
76
U  ANTED — GOOD  LOCATION  IN   CEN- 
tral  Michigan for  opening  a  bakery.  Ad­
71
dress No  71, care Michigan Tradesm an. 
U- ANTED — EX PERIEN CED   SALESMAN 
for dry goods  store.  References  required. 
A ddress I. Jay  Cummings, Paw  Paw, Mich. 
70
y O R   SALE—STORE  BUILDING,  80 x 24, 
r  
two  stories  and  basem ent;  second  story  a 
residence,  and,  w ith  small  expense,  could  be 
made  into  an  elegant  hotel,  which  the  town 
needs.  Also $3,000 clean  stock  of  general  mer­
chandise.  Good  farm ing  community  and  town 
of 600 inhabitants.  Cause for  selling,  111  health. 
A ddress Box 66, W ayland,  Mich. 
y O R   SALE—SMALL  M ANUFACTURING 
F   concern, holding  patent  on  an  article  that 
has proved a  success, desires  to  interest  party 
w ith  $1,500  to  $2,000.  Reasons  for  selling,  ill 
health of m anaging p artner and lack  of working 
capital.  A ddress  Keyes,  Davis  &  Co.,  B attle 
Creek, Mich. 
rj> 0   RENT—ONE  OR  TWO  BRICK  STOKES
w ith deep cellars, 22x75 feet, on Main street, 
in O pera House block, M endon, Mich.  W rite  to 
Levi Cole. 
y O R   SALE—MEAT  M ARKET;  ONE  OF 
-F  the  best  locations  in  the  city;  customers 
all  good  pay;  doing  a  good  paying  business. 
Address No. 53, care Michigan Tradesman.  53

54

66

73

45

58

55

41

G o o d   o p e n i n g   f o r   d r y   g o o d s   o r

departm ent store a t Centerville,  Mich.  Ad 

dress Box 135. 
y O R   SALE—TH E  CRANE  MANUFACTUR- 
ing mill a t South  F rankfort,  fully  equipped 
F  
for the m anufacture  of  hardwood  lum ber.  Im ­
m ediate  possession. 
Inquire  of  Ann  A rbor 
Savings Bank, Ann A rbor, Mich. 
  DRUG  STOCK  FOR SALE VERY  CH EA I 
\
J \ .  on account of  the death  of  the  proprietor 
F or  particulars  w rite  to  M rs.  A nna  Tomlin, 
Bear Lake. Mich.

S O RENT—TWO STORES IN  NEW  CORNER 

block  in  city  of  Belding—one  of .th e  best 
towns  in  M ichigan.  H as  eight  factories,  all 
running,  com prising  the  following:  Two  silk 
mills, two refrigerator factories,  basket  factory, 
shoe  factory,  furniture  factory,  box  factory; 
planing  mill  and  flouring  mill.  Stores  are  lo­
cated on Main street  in  good  location.  Size  of 
corner  store,  25x85  feet.  Good  basem ent,  run 
ning w ater,  electric  lights.  R ent  to  good  par­
ties reasonable.  A ddress  Belding  Land  &  Im ­
provem ent Co., Belding, Mich. 
1 \ ;  ANTED—YOUR ORDER  FOR A RUBBER 
* '  
stam p.  Best  stam ps  on  earth   at  prices 
th a t  are  right.  W ill  J .  W eller,  M uskegon, 
Mich. 
958
IpOR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR G ENERAL 
'  Stock  of  M erchandise—60  acre  farm ,  p art 
clear, architect house  and  barn;  well  w atered. 
I  also have two 40  acre  farm s  and  one  80  acre 
farm  to exchange.  A ddress No. 12,  care  Michi­
gan Tradesm an.___________________________12
r p H E   SH A FTIN G ,  HANGERS  AND  PUL- 
leys formerly used  to  drive  the  Presses  of 
the Tradesm an are for sale  a t  a  nominal  price. 
Power users making  additions  or  changes  will 
do  well  to  investigate.  Tradesm an  Company, 
G rand Rapids, M ichigan. 
983
F^OR  SALE—GOOD  BAZAAR  STOCK.  EN- 
quire  of  Hollon  &  H ungerford,  Albion, 
16
Mich. 
F'O R   SALE—NEW   GENERAL  STOCK.  A 
splendid farm ing country.  No  trades.  Ad­
680
dress No. 680, care M ichigan Tradesm an. 
Mo d e r n   c i t y   r e s i d e n c e   a n d   l a r g e

lot, w ith barn, for sale cheap on easy term s, 
or will exchange for  tract  of  hardwood  tim ber. 
Big bargain for some one.  Possession given any 
time. 
Investigation  solicited.  E. A. Stowe,  24 
Kellogg street. G rand Rapids.___________   993

A n y   o n e   w i s h i n g   t o  e n g a g e  i n  t h e

grain and produce a nd  other  lines  of  busi­
ness can  learn  of  good  locations  by  communi-
ness can  learn  of  good  locations  by  communi­
cating w ith  H .  H .  Howe,  Land  and  Industrial 
A gent C. & W . M. and  D., G. R. & W.  Railways, 
G rand Rapids, Mich.______________  

919

.MISCELLANEOUS.

Ut ANTED—POSITION  AS  MANAGER  OR 
head  clerk  in  general  store.  Have  had 
valuable experience  as  m anager  and buyer  for 
ten years.  A nnual  sales,  $50,000.  A ddress  No. 
77
77, care  Michigan Tradesm an. 

ANTED ^REGISTERED  ASSISTANT

W pharmacist.  Address  Solon,  care  Mich­
igan Tradesman.
61
WANTED—POSITION  AS  CLERK.  N IN E 
years’ experience in dry goods and general 
trade.  A ddress No.  43,  care  M ichigan  Trades­
43
m an. 
W ANTED—POSITION  BY  DRUGGIST,  14 
years’  experience.  A ddress  No.  40,  care 
40
M ichigan Tradesm an. 

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Travelers* Time  Tables.

MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

C H I C A G O " * ™ * ™ ’

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 islsr,  Mancelona;  Secretary,  E. 

A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.

Michigan  Hardware  Association 

President,  C.  G.  J ewett,  HoweU;  Secretary 

Henby C. Minnie, Eaton Rapids.

Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, J oseph Knight;  Secretary, E. Masks 

221 Greenwood ave;  Treasurer, c. H. F rink.
Grand  Rapids  Retail Grocers’ Association 
Kl a p;  Treasurer, J.  Geo.  Lehman.

President,  F rank  J.  Dy k;  Secretary,  Homed 

Saglaaw Mercantile Association 
McBratnie;  Secretary,  W.  H.  Lew is.

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

Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association

President, J. F rank H elm er;  Secretary,  W.  II. 

Porter;  Treasurer,  L. Pelton.

Adrian  Retail Grocers’ Association

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

land;  Treasurer, Wm. C. Koehn.

Bay Cities Retail Grocers’ Association

President,  M.  L.  De Bats;  Sec’y, 8. W. Waters.

Kalamazoo Retail Grocers’ Association

President,  W.  H.  J ohnson;  Secretary,  Chae. 

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

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

Owouo  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’ Associatioe 
President, L.  M. Wilson;  Secretary, Ph il ip Hil- 

b b b; Treasurer, S. J.  Hupford.

S t Johns Basiness  Men’s Association. 

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

Percy ;  Treasurer, Clark A. Putt.

Perry Business Men’s Association

President, H. W. Wallace;  Sec’y, T. E. Meddle.
Grand Haven Retail Merchant!’ Association
President, F. D. Vos ; Secretary, J. W. VbrH obks.

Yale Basiness Men’s Association

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

TRA V EL

VIA

F.  & P.  M.  R.  R.

AND  S T B A M 8 HIP  LINE8  

T O   ALL  PO INT8   IN  MIOHIQAN

H.  F .  M O ELLER ,  a .  g .  p .  a .

Chicago.

Traverse  City,  Charlevoix and  Petoskey.

Lv.  G. Rapids..7:10am  12:00nn  4:35pm  »2:15am 
At .  Chicago.... 1:30pm 5:00pm  10:45pm  *7:25am 
Lv.Chicago..  7:15am  12:00nn  5:00pmll»:50pm 
At . G’dRapids  1:25pm 5:06pm  10:55pm 6*:20am 
Lv. G’d  Rapids.  7:30am  1:45pm  4:30pm..........
Ar. Trav  City.. 12:40pm  5:35pm  9:40pm..........
At. Charlevoix..  3:10pm  7:33pm  12:00nn..
Ar. Petoskey__3:40pm  8:15pm  12:30am............
Lv. G. Rapids..9:00am  12:00nn  5:30pm.........
Ar. G. Rapids..8:00am  1:25pm  6:05pm  10:15pm 
Trains  arrive  from  north at 2:00am,  4:20pm 
and 10:45pm.
Parlor cars on day trains and sleeping cars  on 
night trains to and from Chicago

Ottawa Beach.

»Rvery  day. 

Others week days only.

n P T D H I T   Grand Rapids & Western.
“ E   I   1\ U 1   1   « 

June 26,  1899-

Detroit.

Lv. Grand  Rapids.7:00am  12:05pm 
5:25pm
Ar. Detroit......................11:40am  4:05pm 10:06pm
Lv. Detroit......................8:40am  1:10pm  6:10pm
Ar.  Grand  Rapids........  1:30pm  5:10pm 10:66pm
Lv. G R 7:00am 5:10pm  Ar. G R 11:45am  0:40pm 
Parlor cars on all trains  to  and  from  Detroit 
and Saginaw.  Trains ran week days only.

Saginaw, Alma and  Greenville.

Gao.  De Haven,  General Pass. Agent

GRANDTn,Bk Ral,way Syctea

D etroit and M ilw aukee Dlv

(In effect June 19, 1899.)

Leave  An

G O IN G   E A S T

Saginaw,  Detroit A N T ......... t  6:40am  t  9:55pm
Detroit  and  East................... tl0:16am t 5:07pm
Saginaw, Detroit &  E a st.......t  3:27pm  tl2:50pm
Buffalo,  N  Y,  Toronto,  Mon­
treal & Boston, L’t’d E x __ *  7:20pm »10:16am
e o n s   west
Gd. Haven and Int Pts..........* 8:30am  *10:00pm
Gd.  Haven  Express................*10:21am * 7:15pm
Gd. Haven  and Int  Pts......... 112:58pm  t  3:19pm
Gd. Haven and M ilwaukee...t 5:12pm  tl0:llam  
Gd. Haven and Milwaukee.. .tl0:00pm t  6:40am
Gd. Haven and Chicago.........*  7:30pm  *  8:06am
Eastbound 6:45am train has Wagner parlor car 
to Detroit, eastbound 3:20pm train has parlor car 
to Detroit.
»Dally. 

tExcept Sunday.

C.  A.  J ustin,  City  Pass.  Ticket Agent,

07 Monroe St.,  Morton House.

GRAND Rapid«  ft  indiana Railway

July 9,  1899.

Northern Dlv.  Leave  Arrive 
Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack.. .* 4;10am »10:00pm 
Trav. C’y,Petoskey & Mack. ..t  7:45am t  5:15pm
Trav. City A Petoskey.............t   1:40pm  t   1:10pm
Cadillac accommodation........+ 5:25pm tlO :55am
Petoskey A Mackinaw City— t i l  :00pm  t   6:3Gam 
4:10am train. The Northland Express, sleeping 
and  dining  cars;  7:45am  and  1:40pm  trains 
parlor cars;  11:00pm train sleeping car.
Southern  Dlv.  Leave  Arrive
Cincinnati................................. 17:10am t  9:45pm
F t  Wayne 
..............................12:00pm 11:30pm
Kalamazoo and V'cksburg...  * 7:00pm * 7:20am
Chicago and Cincinnati......... *10:15pm  • 3:55am
7:10  am  train  has  parlor  oar  to  Cincinnati 
and  parlor  car  to  Chicago;  2:00pm  train  has 
parlor  car  to  Ft. Wayne;  10:15pm  train has 
sleeping  cars  to  Chicago,  Cincinnati,  Indian­
apolis, Louisville and St. Louis.
Chicago Trains.

TO CHICAGO.

EBON CHICAGO.

Lv. Grand Rapids...  7  10am  2 00pm  *10 15pm 
Ar. Chicago.............   2 30pm  8 45pm 
6 25am
Lv. Chicago.............   3 02pm  *  8.15pm  *11  32pm
Ar. Grand Rapids...  9 45pm  3:55pm 
7  20am
Train leaving Grand Rapids 7:10am has parlor 
car;  10:15pm, coach and sleeping car.
Train  leaving  Chicago 3:02pm  has  Pullman 
parlor  car;  8:15pm sleeping car;  11:32pm sleep­
ing car for Grand Rapids.

Muskegon Trains.

0OUT0 WEST.

LvG ’d Rapids........ ...47:85am tl:35pm 45:40pm
Ar Muskegon...............  9:00am  2:45pm  7:06pm
Sunday  train  leaves  Grand  Rapids  9:15am; 
arrives Muskegon 10:40am.
Qomci CAST.
Lv Muskegon.............. 48:10am  412:15am 44:00pm
ArG’dR aplds.............9:80am 
1:25pm  5:20pm
Sunday  train  leaves  Muskegon  6:30pm;  ar­
rives Grand Rapids 7:65pm.
4Bxcept Sunday.  »Dally.

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

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

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Wet Weather
U L t M L Harm

W

U n e e d a   B is c u it— 
the only biscuit o f which 
this  can  be  truly  said.
I t ’s  the  package,  a new 
5  cent  air  tight,  dust 
proof,  moisture  proof 
package .that keeps these 
j  wonderful new  biscuit up 
j to 
grade 
through  all  weathers.

Uneeda 
Biscuit

the  highest 

Are made from  the best wheat flour, so 
they’re  body  building  food.  They’re 
skillfully  baked  so  as  to.  be  palatable. 
They’re  never  heavy  or  soggy,  so  they 
them 
are  never 
from  your  grocer.

indigestible. 

Order 

Sxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxaaodl:

D O N ’T  buy  Plated  Silverware, 

Clocks or  holiday Goods, 

until  you  have consulted  our 1899 

Fall  Catalogue.

T h e  m ost  com p lete  B ook  out.

WRITE  FOR  IT  NOW.

T h e   Regent  Mfg.  Co.

Jackson and Market.

CHICAGO.

14L Platform  Delivery  Wagon jg
44t

♦

♦
4

MANISTEE ft  Northeasters Ry.

Best route to Manistee.

Via  C. &  W . M.  Railway.

Lv Grand Rapids........................... 7:00am 
..........
A r  Manistee.....................................12:05pm  ...........
Lv  Manistee....................................  8:30am  4:10pm
A r Grand  Rapids...........................   1:00pm  0:55pm

NO.  113

N ot  how  cheap  but  how  good.  W rite  for  catalogue  and  prices.

THE  BELKNAP  WAGON  CO.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Epps’
Cocoa

Epps’
Cocoa
—

GRATEFUL 

COMFORTING

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

JAMES EPPS & CO.,  Ltd., 

Homoeopathic  Chemists,  London, 

England.

BREAKFAST 

SUPPER

It pays any  dealer  to  have  the  reputation  of 
It  pays  any  dealer  to  keep 

keeping pure goods. 
the Seymour Cracker.

There’s  a  large  and  growing  section  of  the 
public who will  have the  best,  and with whom the 
matter of a cent or so a pound makes no impression. 
It’s not  “How cheap” with them;  it’s “How good.” 
For this  class  of  people  the  Seymour  Cracker  is 
made.  Discriminating  housewives  recognize  its 
superior  Flavor,  Purity,  Deliciousness,  and  will 
have it.

If you,  Mr.  Dealer,  want the trade of  particu­
lar people,  keep the Seymour  Cracker.  Made by

NATIONAL  BISCU IT  CO M PA N Y,

GRAND  R A P ID S ,  MICH.

“Who Steals My  Purse Steals Trash”

So  Shakespeare says at  least;  but your  cash  draw­
ers  need  not  necessarily be an empty dream because 
Shakespeare hinted  at the  vulgarity  of  a  purse;  he 
perhaps  meant an  empty one.  W e  ourselves  think 
an  e m p t y   cash  drawer  a  sort  of  useless  thing  to 
have about the premises;  but don’t understand  that 
we  are  going to fill  it  for  you;  we  simply  offer  our 
services  to  help  you;  we  offer  our  System—The 
Money Weight System.”

Sold on  easy monthly payments.

The  Computing  Scale  Co.,

Dayton,  Ohio, U.  S.  A.

The  Money  Weight Scale Co.,  47 State  St.,  Chicago, III.
The Money  Weight  Scale Co.,  142 Chambers St.,  New York.

