Volume XVII.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER  25,1899.

Number 840

Twentieth  Century 

Assortment

Carefully  Selected  Variety 
Well  Graded  in  Price  and 
Profitable  in  Values

 

Vi do/. No.  1—Child's Teacups and Saucers............................$  .75 
54 doz. No.  2—Teacups and Saucers.........................................   1.20 
S  doz. No.  3—Coffee Cups and S aucers..................................   1.50 
‘j doz. No.  4—Coffee Cups and S aucers..................................   2.00 
% doz. No.  5—M ustache Cups and Saucers............................  1.75 
54  doz.  No.  6—M ustache Cups and  Saucers............................  2.50 
i^2 doz. No.  7—Plates, 6 inches.......................................................... 75 
Vi doz. No.  8—Plates, 7‘4 inches................................................  1.35 
Vj doz. No.  9—Plates. 71 2  inches................................................  2.00 
54 doz.  No. 10—Cake Plates,  10 inches..........................................  2.00 
\  doz. No. 11—Cake Plates. 9'4 inches........................................  2.50 
'4 doz.  No. 12—Cake  Plates. 9 'i inches........................................   3.00 
54 doz. No. 13—M ugs.............................................................................. 90 
 
Vi doz. No. 14—M ugs............................. 
1.50 
Vi doz. No. 15—M ugs............................................................... 
2.00 
*4 doz. No. 16—Cream  IMtchers..................................  
.90 
54 doz. No. 17—Cream P itchers...................................... 
1-50 
54 doz. No. 18—Cream  P itchers......................................................   2.50 
54 doz. No. 19—Salad  Bowls, 9 'i inches........................................  3.00 
^  doz. No. 20—Salad Bowls. 9 inches...........................................   4.00 
1  only No. 21—Lemonade S et................................................................. 
1  only No.  22—Lemonade S e t................................................................ 
54 doz. No. 23—Plate S ets....................  
2.00 
1-6 doz. No, 24—Plate S ets...............................................................  2.75 
54 doz. No. 25—Vases, two colors, 7 inches...................................... 90 
‘ i doz. No. 26—Vases, three colors, 7h inches............................  1.25 
54 doz. No. 27—Vases, three colors, 8 inches..............................  2.50 
.1.50 
54 doz. No. 28—Open Sugar and ('ream s................. 
\  doz. No. 29—Open Sugar and C ream s................................. 
2.50 
1-6 doz. No. 30—Sugar and C ream s............................. 
3.50 
 
1-6 doz. No. 31—Sugar and C ream s...............................................  6.00 
Vi doz. No. 32—Toothpick H olders.........................  
75 
li doz.  No. 33—Figures, assorted, 5 inches................................ 
.40 
*4 doz. No. 34—Figures, assorted, 7 inches................................ 
.90 
l4 doz. No  35—Figures,  assorted, 8 Inches.............................   1.15 
1-6 doz. No. 36—Figures,  assorted, 9 inches..............................  2.00 
54  doz. No. 37—M atch H older.............................................................. 75 
1  only No. 38—Teapot, Sugar and C ream ........................................ . 
  2.00 
54 doz.  No. 39—Spoon H older.............................................. 
 
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BIG  VARIETY  FOR  LITTLE  MONEY

ORDER A PACKAGE TO-DAY

THE  MERCHANT

Should  alw ays  remember that  he  should  give

THE  DRUMMER

A   reasonable  am ount  of attention,  if  he  does  not,  he  is  not

UP-TO-DATE

and  his  com petitors  are soon  doing all  of the

Give  our cigar drummer a  liberal  amount  of your attention. 

BUSINESS
It will  m ake you  money.

F.  E .  BUSHM AN,  Manager.

PH ELPS,  BRACE  &   CO.,  Detroit.

Largest  Cigar  Dealers  in  the  Middle  West.

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TO   T H E   T R A D E :

After months  of  preparation  we  are  pleased  to  .announce 
that our line of  holiday  goods  is  ready  for your  inspection.  Our 
daylight sample room- -3,000 square feet— is completely filled  with 
novelties  of  every  description  gathered  from  all  parts  of  the 
globe—surpassing all  former seasons in variety, quality  and  price.
With the  experience gained by many  years  of  Christmas  cater­
ing,  we have  used  our  best  efforts  to  produce  a  line  of  goods 
especially adapted  to the drug, stationery  and  bazaar  trades.  Our 
assortment  comprises everything desirable  in  Holiday  Articles, 
and we hope to  have  a  personal  call  from  our  friends  soon— 
this being  the  only  satisfactory  way  to  purchase  such  goods. 
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Plenty of specialties will  sell  like wildfire for  a  time.  But  they 
won’t last.  People never ask  for them again.  They’re worthless 
as a basis for substantial merchandising.

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Sell  well first,  last, and  all the time,  There’s  a  crisp,  delightful 
daintiness about them that people do not tire of.  The first pound 
sells another and  another.  They make trade and keep  it.
That’s the sort of cracker you want  to handle,  Mr.  GrOcer.

National  Biscuit Company,

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

S e a r s   B a k e r y .

Epps’
Cocoa

G R A T E F U L  

COM FORTING

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

JA M E S  E P P S   &  CO.,  Ltd., 

Homoeopathic  Chemists,  London, 

England.

B R E A K F A ST  

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Epps’
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Epps’
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Epps’
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MICA

AXLE

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

ILLUM INATING  AND 
LU BRICA TIN G   O ILS

WATER WHITE HEADLIGHT OIL IS THE 

STANDARD THE WORLD OVER

H IG H EST  P R IC E  PAID  FO R  EM PTY  CARBON  AND  GA SO LIN E  B A R R ELS

STANDARD OIL CO.

Volume XVII.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER  25,1899.

Number  840

DESMAN

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

Page.
2.  D ry   G oods.
3.  H a m   S m e llin g   as  a   B u sin ess.
4.  A ro u n d   th e   S tate.
5.  G ra n d   R a p id s   G ossip.
T h e   P ro d u c e   M a rk e t.

6 .  G e ttin g   th e   P e o p le .
7.  M en  o f  M ark .

C ro c k e ry  a n d  G lassw a re Q u o ta tio n s.

8.  E d ito ria l.
9.  E d ito ria l.
lO .  W o m a n ’s W o rld .
13.  S hoes a n d  h e a th e r.
14.  O b se rv a tio n s  b y   a   G o th a m   E g g   M an.
15.  G o th a m  G ossip.
16.  T u rn e d   th e   T ab les.
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.
19.  D ru g  P ric e  C u rre n t.
80.  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 .

T h e   H a rd w a re   M a rk e t.
H a rd w a re   P ric e   C u rre n t.

2 4.  T h e   G ro cery   M a rk e t.

B u sin e ss  W ants.

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

The  undertone  of  intense  activity  in 
all 
industrial  lines  is  apparent,  in  that 
the  transportation  and  allied  industries 
which  are  dependent  on  the  general  sit­
uation  are  holding  their  own  or  advanc­
ing  while  speculative  causes  are  oper­
ating  to  bring  down  the  over-capitalized 
trust  stocks  more  susceptible  to 
the 
in  European  markets,  as 
conditions 
affected  by  the  Transvaal  troubles. 
It 
is  significant  that,  in  the  comparison  of 
prices  for  the  year,  the  leading  railway 
stocks—the  surest  index  of  the  general 
condition—show  an  average  of  $4-5°   Per 
share  higher  than  early 
in  the  year, 
while  the  great  speculative  industrials 
are  §14.56  on  the  average  lower  than  the 
highest  of  the  year.  During  the  year, 
railway  earnings  have  exceeded  those 
of  any  preceding  year,  including  1892, 
by  from  12  to  22  per  cent,  for  the  differ­
ent  months.  Eastbound  tonnage  from 
Chicago  has  been  80.7  per  cent,  more 
during  October  than  for  the  same  month 
in  1892.

it 

It  seems  almost  incredible  that  at  the 
present  high 
level  of  prices  of  steel 
there  should  be  extensive  orders  for  the 
future,  but 
is  reported  that  no  less 
than  one  million  tons  of  steel  rails  have 
been  contracted  for  delivery  during  the 
coming  year.  In  spite  of  the tremendous 
activity  in  increasing  production,  prices 
are  stronger  at  Pittsburg.  Bessemer  pig 
has  commanded  §24.50  for  early  deliv­
ery.  The  greatest  preparations  are  be­
ing  made  for  next year’s business,  which 
are  especially  manifest  in  the  scramble 
of  the  great  companies  to  secure  ore- 
carrying  vessels  by  purchase,  charter 
and  building.  Every 
indication  would 
seem  to  point  to  indefinitely  continued 
activity,  even  on  the  present  high 
level 
of  prices.  The  only  metal  to  show  a 
sign  of  yielding 
is  copper,  which  has 
declined  to 
18  cents,  on  account  of  a 
less  foreign  demand  than  expected.

Prices 

is  almost 

in  the  grain  markets  show 
enough  yielding  tendency  to  assure  con­
tinued  export  activity.  The  movement 
of  wheat 
identical  with  the 
heavy  outgo  of  last  year,  the  exports  for 
14,609,650  bushels, 
three  weeks  being 
against 
14,507,992 
last  year  and,  since 
July 
64,251,308  bushels,  against
1, 
64,225,653  last  year.

In  the  textile  world  there  is  unabated

activity  and  prices  of  cotton  goods  con­
tinue  to  show  a  steady  advance. 
I he 
demand  for sheeting  and  drills  exceeds 
the  supply,  while  denials  are  scarce  and 
prints  and  ginghams  tend  upward. 
In 
wool  there  is  a  better  demand  for  dress 
goods,  and  heavy weights  are  scarce  and 
firm.  Wool  sales  continue  large,  being 
11,293,000  pounds  at 
three  chief 
markets.  Shipments  of  boots  and  shoes 
were  17  per  cent,  larger  than  last  year, 
and  the 
leather  and  hide  markets  con­
tinue  strong  and  active.

the 

Siberia,  long  looked  upon  as  a  frozen 
waste,  is  becoming  a  veritable  Mecca 
for  immigrants.  Their number  last  year 
was  400,000,  and  with  increasing  facili­
ties  of  travel  the  movement  thither  is 
likely  to  become  of  a  volume  compar­
able  to  the  flow  of  population  toward 
the  United  States  at  its  highest.  The 
attractions  are  fertility  of  soil  and  min­
eral  wealth.  Between  Tomsk  and  Kooz- 
nesk 
lie  23,167  square  miles  of  coal 
lands,  while  the  existence  of  iron  ore 
yielding  as  high  as  60  per  cent,  in  close 
proximity  to  coal  in  the  Amur  territory 
gives  promise  of  an  industrial  future. 
in  the  region  of  Irkutsk 
Wheat  ripens 
within 
107  days  and  the  cold  season 
lasts  only  97  days.

is 

The  brief announcement  by  cable  that 
the  great  strike  of  the  linen  workers  in 
Dundee  is  over  means  a  good  deal  more 
than 
it  says.  The  total  population  o 
Dundee 
164,000  and  last  year  there 
were  seventy  spinning  mills  there,  ein 
ploying  52,000  people. 
In  other  words 
one  out  of  every  three  inhabitants  of 
the  city,  counting  the  women  and  chil 
dren,  is  employed 
in  a  linen  mill  and 
is  dependent  on  the  industry  for  sup 
port. 

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Rear  Admiral  Kenny,  the  new  Pay 
master  General  of  the  Navy,  has  created 
almost  a  panic  in  his  office  at  Washing 
ton  by  issuing  a  stringent  order  against 
the  reading  of  newspapers  during  busi 
ness  hours,  writing  private  letters  or en
aging  in  conversation  except  relating 
to  business.  As  these  are  favorite  ineth 
ods  of  killing  time  with  some  of  the 
older  clerks  the  order  quite  upsets them

A  plant  capable  of  developing 

12,000 
horse  power  has  been  built  at  Snoqual 
mie  Falls,  and  the  current  will  be  trans 
mitted  by  electricity  to  Seattle,  twenty 
six  miles  away.  The  falls  are  270  feet 
high.  The  transmission  line  is  to  be  o 
aluminum,  which  has  been  made  by  the 
aid  of  water  power  at  the  Niagara  Falls 
works. 

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The  Illinois  Supreme  Court  has  ruled 
that  the  shade  trees  in  the  street  in front 
of  a  man’s  property  belong  to  him  and 
can  not  be  cut  down  or  mutilated  with 
out  his  consent.  The  suit  was  one 
which  a  property  owner sued a telephone 
company  for  cutting  off  the 
his  trees 
wires. 

in  order  to  make  room  for  its 

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limbs 

One  farmer  in  Rappahannock  county 
V a.,  has  sold  his  apples  on  the  trees  for 
§5,000,  and  many  other  growers  in  the 
State  are  said  to  have  equally  profitable 
orchards.

av  of  marking  places 
were  to  come  after.  A 

dw   Hit*  T a ilo r  Srt»  Hi*  S«*al  on  th e  C oat,
It 
is  said  thieves  have  a  mysterious 
ay  of  giving  information  to  their  pals 
concerning  people  who  are  worth  rob­
bing.  The  tramps,  it  is  known,  had  a 
for  those  who 
few  scratches 
ith  chalk  or  scratches  with  a  knife 
would  tell  where  soft  women  lived  who 
would  give  pie  to  the  man  of  rags  and 
aziness,  or  tell  of  places  to avoid,  where 
man’s  boot  on  a  foot  would  go  against 
them,  or  where  an 
¡inhospitable  dog 
would  be  found  in  the  yard. 
Servants 
in  Europe  have  a  way  of  checking  the 
aggage  of  a  close  man  who  thinks  he 
an  travel  over  the  continent  without 
giving tips.  Other  menials  see the mark 
and  it  is  the  icy  hand  of unwelcome that 
takes  the  stranger’s  grip  and  throw’s  it 
down  contemptuously  as  if  it  ought  to 
be  lost.  Hotelkeepers  keep  each  other 
informed  of  the  beats  who  are traveling, 
intends  to  bilk  the 
and  the  man  who 
house  wonders  how 
it  becomes  known 
m  enough  to  run  him  against  a  de­
mand 
for  payment  in  advance.  Now  a 
New  York  dude  has  made  the  startling 
discovery  that  tailors  stitch  into custom- 
the 
grade  and  standing  of  men  who  have 
lothes  made.  So 
it  has  come  to  this, 
that  the  man  who  thinks  he  has  the  best 
of  his  tailor  had  better  take  off  his  coat 
and  examine  the  tag  under  the  collar, 
where,  with  great  care,  the  fashioner  of 
let  him 
look  at  the  stitching  which  binds  that 
to  the 
innocent-looking  bit  of 
cloth.  As  surely  as  bad  habits 
leave 
their  mark  upon  the  countenance  of  the 
wicked,  so  your  tailor  has  set  his  seal 
upon  your  coat.  The  honest  man,  the 
low  payer,  the  schemer  and  the  man 
hard  to  suit  are  known  by  the  stitches. 
The  object  of  this  sartorial 
is  to 
enable  tailors  to  tell  at  a  glance  whether 
you  are  a  good  customer  or  not. 
It’ s 
in  the  threads  as  it  were.  Here  is 
ill 
the  key:  The  “ jog”   stitch  is  the  one' 
regularly  used  for  good  customers,  who 
require  good  work.  The  criss-cross  is 
1 he  stitch  with 
significant  of  slow  pay. 
dots  and  dashes,  which 
looks  like  the 
Morse  telegraphic  alphabet,  tells  the  en­
quiring  tailor  that 
its  owner  is  a  bad 
customer. 
The  reverse  dot  stitch  shows 
the  good  fellow  who  wishes  his  friends 
to  dress  well,  but  hates to  pay  what  they 
will  finally  owe  on  his  introduction.

coats,  in  a  mysterious  way, 

arinents  has  sewn 

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fancy 

linen 

it. 

Dentists 

in  Germany  are  using  false 
teeth  made  of  paper,  instead  of  porce­
lain  or  mineral  composition. 
Ihese 
paper  teeth  are  said  to  be  very  satisfac­
tory,  as  they  do  not  break  or  chip,  are 
not  sensitive  to  heat  or  cold  or  to  the 
action  of  the  moisture  of  the  mouth, 
and  are  very  cheap.  Teeth  made  of 
vicious  newspapers  ought  to  be  good  for 
biting. 

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the  actress,  will  soon 
publish  a  volume  of  short  stories  about 
children. 
She  never  had  any,  and,  of 
course,  is  competent  for  the  task.

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Clara  Morris, 

A   man 

loaded  with  advice  that  no 
one  will  take  generally  ends  by  sending 
it  to  newspaper  offices,  w here  it  is  kept 
in  stock.

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Investigate  our  sys- 
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your collections. 

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ft  ceipts  to  order;  also  keep  plain 
[ll  ones  in stock.  Send  for samples.

BARLOW  BROS,

RL  GRAND  R APID S,  MICHIGAN. 
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MOST  R E L IA B L E  

A L W AYS  ONE  P R IC E

Wholesale  Clothing  M anufacturers  in  the 
city of RO CHESTER, N.  Y. are KOLB & 
SON.  Only house making strictly all wool 
Kersey Overcoats, guaranteed, at #5.
Mail orders will receive prompt attention. 
W rite  our  Michigan  representative,  Wm. 
Connor,  Box 346, Marshall,  Mich.,  to  call 
on  you,  or  meet  him  at  Sweet’s  Hotel, 
Grand  Rapids,  Oct.  26  to  28  inclusive. 
Prices, 
Customers’  expenses  allowed. 

►  quality and fit guaranteed.

The  Preferred  Bankers 
Life Assurance Company 
o f  D e tr o it,  M ich  

Annual  Statement,  Dec.  3 1,  1898.

Commenced  Business 8ept.  I,  1893.
Insurance in  Force...........................$3*299»°°° 
Ledger A ssets.................................. 
45»734 
Ledger L iabilities.................................. 
Losses Adjusted and U npaid................ 
Totai Death Losses Paid to D ate......... 
Total Guarantee Deposits Paid to Ben­
Death Losses  Paid During the Y ear... 
Death Rate for the Y ear........................  

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F R A N K  E. ROBSON, President. 

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Prompt, Conservative, Safe. 

T he  M ercantile  A gency

Established  1841.

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Wlddicomb Bld’g, Grand Rapids, Mich. 

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

L. P. WITZLEBEN.  manager.

Save  Trouble. 
Save  Money 
Sava Tima.

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Dry  Goods

T h e   D ry   G oods  M a rk e t.

Staple  Cottons— Buyers  in  the  Eastern 
markets  are  reported  by  the trade  papers 
as  wearing  anxious  expressions  in  their 
search  for  goods  to  make  up  their  lines. 
Several  exceptionally  large  orders  rang­
ing from  150 to 500-bale lots have been  re­
fused  at  current  quotations.  There  are 
practically  no  stocks  of  any  staple goods 
on  hand  at  the  mills.  Bleached  cottons 
are  in  very  much  the  same  condition  as 
brown  cottons,  and  the  market  shows 
nothing  but  firmness  from  beginning  to 
end. 
Further  advances  are  expected al­
most  daily.  Wide  sheetings  are  very 
strong,  and  advances  have  been  noted 
in  these  lines  during  the  week  under  re­
view. 
flannels  and  blankets 
show  no  particular  change,  these  fabrics 
being  scarce  and  strongly  situated.  All 
coarse  colored  cottons  are  firm.

Cotton 

Prints  and  Ginghams— Printed  cali­
coes  are  in  a  still  stronger  position  than 
that  reported  a  week  ago,  particularly 
in  staple  lines.  The  demand  for  these 
goods  has  been  excellent,  particularly 
from  the  local  jobbing  trade.  A   num­
ber  of  leading  stocks  have  been  cleaned 
up  and  the  tone  of  the  market  is  not 
only  decidedly  firm,  but  advancing. 
In 
several  places  where  open  advances 
have  not  been  made,discounts have been 
changed,  which  amount  to  practically 
the  same  thing.  Further  advances  are 
expected  on  lines  of  printed  goods  very 
is  practically  no  change 
soon.  There 
to  report 
fancy  prints. 
There  is  a  fair  amount  of  business  com­
ing  to  hand  daily,  but  not  enough  to  say 
that  business  is  more  than  good.  Dark 
goods  are  being  taken  up  rapidly 
enough  to  close  out  the  lines this season. 
Fine  dress  ginghams  for  spring  are  well 
sold  up,  and  many  of  the  lines  are  out 
of  the  market.

in  regard  to 

Underwear—The  weakest  and  most 
unsatisfactory  condition 
in  the  under­
wear  market  is  to  be  found  in flat goods. 
In  some  cases  jobbers  have  turned  their 
attention  from  fleeced  goods  to flat goods 
when  they 
found  they  could  not  secure 
the  former.  This  was  what  was  ex­
pected  earlier  in  the  season,  but  it  is  a 
condition  which  has  not  amounted  to 
very  much  yet.  Business  for  the  spring 
and  summer  of  1900  is  progressing  fa­
vorably,  and  a  number  of 
lines  of  do­
mestic  underwear  are  reported  as  sold 
up.  This  shows  that  business  has  im­
proved  considerably  over  last  year.  Of 
course,  the  number  sold  up  or  anywhere 
near  sold  up,  is  very  small,  when  con­
sidering  the  market  as  a  whole,  but  for 
the  season  they  are  large.

Hosiery— Importers  have  had  another 
active  week  and  sales  of  hosiery  have 
been  excellent.  Prices  are  firm  in  all 
directions,  and  the  sales  are  well  dis­
tributed  over  all  lines.  The  continued 
demand  for  fancy  half  hose  for  men  is 
large  for  fall.  Many  new  and  fanciful 
lines  have  been  put  on  the  market,  in­
cluding  many  open  work  lace  effects. 
Another  novelty 
is  a  black  stocking 
with  polka  dots  of  two  or  three  colors. 
Many  lines  of  embroidered goods,  which 
include  stripes,  clocks  and  small  fig­
ures,  are  good  sellers,  and  printed  and 
extracted  goods  have  been  in  excellent 
demand.  Full  fashion  hosiery  is  in  an 
excellent  position,  and 
the  business 
shows  a  decided  increase  over  last  sea­
son. 
is  another  line 
in  the  same  condition,  and  the  mills  are 
generally  oversold  in  all  grades.

Seamless  hosiery 

Carpets—The  demand  for  carpets con­
tinues  active  and  the  outlook  for  the

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

opening  of  a  new  season  has  not  been so 
encouraging  for  several  years  as  it  is  at 
the  present  time.  While  there  is  some 
talk  among  the 
trade  regarding  the 
price  for  next  season,  it  is  too  early  to 
give  much 
information,  as  there  have 
been  other  factors  which  enter  into  the 
calculations.  One  of  these  is  now  dis­
cussed  by  the  capret  trade  to  some  ex­
tent;  what  will  the 
large  New  York 
mills  do  with  their  surplus  product  at 
the  commencement  of  next season?  This 
is  the  pertinent  question.  Will  they  sell 
at  auction and  demoralize  the trade,  just 
as  a  price  is  about  to  be  made,  or  will 
they  sell  at  private  sale  any  surplus  car­
ried  over  from  this  season?  There  has 
been  such  a  demand  reported  by  the  av­
erage  carpet  manufacturer  that  he  has 
not  been  able  to  fill  his  orders  in  time. 
It  is reasonable  to  suppose  that  the  large 
mills  have  also  shared  in  the 
increased 
demand. 
is  thought,  therefore,  that 
they  will  have  a  comparatively  small,  if 
any,  surplus  to  carry  over  from  this sea­
son.

It 

jute  and  woolen 

Smyrna  Rugs —The rapidly  advancing 
market  on  all  kinds  of  raw  material,  in­
cluding 
yarn,  has 
strengthened  the  market. 
Jute  Smyrna 
rugs  will  be  advanced  November 
16  8 
per  cent,  and  wool  Smyrna  rugs,  5  to  6 
per  cent.,  according  to  quality.  Orders 
have  previously  been  taken  that  will 
keep  many  of  the  manufacturers busy up 
to  March  next,  running  night  and  day.

T e lls  I ts   O w n  S to ry .

is  a 

In  a  pretty  Wisconsin  town  not  far 
there 
“ spite 
from  Milwaukee 
its  own  story  to  all 
fence”   which  tells 
the  world. 
It  is  a  high  and  tight  board 
affair  and  cuts  off  a  view  across  a  num­
ber  of  beautiful  lawns.  The  man  who 
lives  on  one  side  of  it  evidently  feared 
that  the  fence  would  bring  down  upon 
his  head  the  condemnation  of  his neigh­
bors. 
to  be  unjustly 
blamed,  he  has  therefore  painted  on  his 
side  of  the  fence  in  letters  that  can  be 
read  a  block  away  these  words :

Not  wishing 

“ He  built  this  fence.  I  didn't  d o it.”  
The  man  on  the  other  side  also  had 
no 
letting  a  false  impression 
get  out.  Accordingly  he  painted  on  the 
other  side  of  the  high  barrier:

idea  of 

“ I  had  to  do  it.”

A  N eat  S ele ctio n .

“ That’s  a  nice  umbrella  you  have 

there. ’ ’

“ A in ’t 

it?  Reflects  credit  on  my 

taste,  doesn’t  it?”

“ It  certainly  does.  Where  did  you 

get  it?”

“ Picked 

it  out  of  a  bunch  of  seven 
the  boarding 

that  were  standing 
in 
house  hall  this  m orning.”

W riter's  cramp 

affliction ;  they  are  always  cramped 
money.

is  a  very  common 
for 

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Corl, I^nott 5“ Co.

Importers  i f  Jobbers o f M iltlner^ 

20-ZZ  N.  Division S t.
À  Grand Rapids,  Mici).

Buys  a dozen  of pretty  silk  or  vel­
vet stock collars.
We  also  have  a  good  assortment 
to  retail  at  50  cents—price  $4  50 
per dozen.
The  stock collar  is one of  the  best 
selling  novelties  on  the  market  to­
day.
Your  order  by  mail  will  receive 
prompt  and  careful  attention.

V oigt,
Herpolsheim er 
&  Co.,

Wholesale  Dry  Goods, 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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MACKINTOSHES

M en’s  tan  box  coat from $ 1.75 to $7.00 each. 
M en’s black cap coat from $ 1 .75 to $4.25 each.
We also carry a nice line of Ladies’ and Misses mackintoshes. These 
garments are  very  sightly,  having  two  capes  and  velvet  collar.

F. STEKETEE & SONS,

Wholesale Dru Goods. 

Grand  Rapids. Mich.

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W e  Guarantee 

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Our brand  of Vinegar to be an A B S O L U T E L Y   P U R E   A P P L E -  g  
JU IC E   V IN E G A R .  T o  any person  who will  analyze  it and find  g  
any deleterious acids or anything that  is  not  produced  from  the  jo 
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  packages for cider 
or vinegar without first removing all traces of our brands therefrom.

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

J  ROBINSON,  rtinager.

This is the guarantee we give with every barrel of our  vinegar.  Do  you  know  of any  other 
manufacturer who has sufficient confidence in his output to stand back  of  his  product  with  a 
similar guarantee? 
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For  the  next  30  days we will  give  free with  each  order  for  2  cases  of 
Q U E E N   F L A K E   B A K IN G   P O W D E R   2  doz. 6  oz.  cans,  200  handsome 
lithographed  letter heads, 50 free  sample  cans  and  1,000  attractive  order 
blanks  for counter use.  With  each order for 4  cases  we will  give  1  case  of 
1  lb.  cans,  500  handsome  lithographed  letter  heads,  100  free  sample  cans 
and  2,000 order blanks for counter  use.

Queen  Flake  Baking  Powder is  pure and wholesome and  is  not  manu­

factured  or controlled by a trust.  Send your orders  direct  to

N O RTH RO P.  R O B E R T SO N   & C A R R IE R .

M A N U F A C T U R E R S . 

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

3

H a m   S m e llin g   as  a   B u sin e ss.

One  of  the  curious  businesses  that 
men  engage  in  is  ham-smelling in pack­
ing  houses. 
It  is  a  business  allied  with 
that  of  tea-tasting,  wine-testing,  and  the 
is  technically 
like.  The  ham-smeller 
known  as  a  ham-tester. 
It  is  his  busi­
ness  to  inspect  meat  products  and  judge 
of  their  soundness.  This  is  done  before 
the  meats  leave  the  house  or  when  they 
are  brought  from  other  concerns  to  fill  a 
shortage.

in 

it,  withdraws 

into  the  smokehouse. 

The  ham-smeller’s  only  tools  are  a 
long  steel  trier  and  his  nose. 
It  is  often 
necessary  to  test  hams  after  they  come 
out  of  the  sweet  pickle  and  before  they 
go 
The  ham- 
smeller  stands 
in  a  barrel  to  keep  his 
clothes  from  being  soiled  by  the  drip 
ping  brine,  and  the  hams  are  brough 
to  him  by  workmen.  A   ham  is  laid  be 
fore  him,  and  he  plunges  his  sharp 
pointed  trier 
it  and 
passes  it  swiftly  beneath  his  nose.  The 
trier  always  goes  down  to  the  knuckl 
joint. 
In  testing  meat  in  that  manner 
the  man  with  the  trier  judges  by  the 
slightest  shade  of  difference  between the 
smell  of  one  piece  oi  meat  and  another. 
The  smell  of  the  meat  is  almost  univer 
sally  sweet  and  that  is  what  he  smells 
the  slightest  taint  or  deviation  from  the 
sweet  smell  is  therefore  appreciable. 
It 
is  not  the  degree  of  taintedness  that  he 
expects  to  find,  but  the  slightest  odor 
is  not  sweet.  When  he  detects  a 
that 
odor  he  throws  the  meat  aside,  and  if  i 
is  not  unwholesome 
it  is  sold  as  “ re 
jected”   meat,  but  if  it  is  tainted  it  goe 
to  the  rendering  tank.  The  ham-teste 
smells  meat  from  7  o’clock  in  the  mom 
ing  until  5  o’clock  at  night,  and  hi 
sense  must  never  become  jaded  or  in 
exact,  or  his  usefulness  would  be  at  a 
end.

Ham-testing 

is  not  a  pursuit  dangei 
ous  to  the  health,  as  tea-tasting  is  suj 
posed  to  be,  but  the  ham-smeller  with 
cold  in  his  head  is  like  a  piano  playe 
who  loses  his  arm  in  a  railroad wreck. 
Kansas  City  Star.

O ne  o f  th e   F ew   L a d y   B u tc h e rs  

ill 

t 

C o u n try .

From the Kochester  Democrat and Chronicle.

Rochester  has  been  referred  to  by 
some  envious  persons  as  a  “ back  num 
ber, ’ ’  but  she can  boast of  being a leader 
with  but  a  single  exception  in  one 
spect—that  of  a  female  butcher.  The 
name  of  this  fair  knight  of  the  saw  and 
cleaver  is  Miss  Daisy  Stevenson,  and 
she  disposes  of  her  wares  at  an  up-t< 
date  little  market  at  the  corner  of  P 
mouth  avenue  and  Greig  street.  T_ 
proprietor  is  a  modest,  unassuming 
lit 
tie  woman,  28  years  of  age,  slightly  be 
low  the  average  height,  and  fair.  She  is 
a  brilliant  conversatonalist  and  pos­
sesses  exceptional  executive  abilities. 
Miss  Stevenson  has  now  been  cutting 
meat  for  a  living for two  years  and  three 
months,  having  first  undertaken  the task 
when  her  father,  who  had  become  sick 
and  unable  to  carry  on  the  wTork,  con­
cluded  to  take  a  rest  for  two  weeks. 
Miss  Stevenson  was  at  this  time  keep­
ing  the  books  for  the  concern.  Rather 
than  allow  strangers  to  take  the  busi­
ness,  Miss  Stevenson  opened  the  market 
and  continued  the  business 
as 
though  nothing  had  happened.  Under 
her  management  the  trade  has  steadily 
increased  until  now  it  is  established up­
on  a  firm  basis.

just 

It 

When  asked  how  she  liked  the  work, 
she  replied : 
is  not  through  ch.iice 
that  1  do  the  work,  but  because  it  is  a 
means  of  support  for  the  family.  It  was 
it  does  not 
difficult  at  first,  but  now 
I  am  my 
seem  harder  than  home  work. 
own  boss,  which  means  a  great_ deal. 
I 
open  the  market  at  6 :30  in  winter  and 
6  in  summer. 
I  find  it  difficult  to  get 
good  h elp;  anyone  can  sell  good  cuts, 
but  it  is  the  odds  and  ends  which  go  to 
make  up  the  profit,  and  which  must  be

sposed  of  as  well. 

me  other  woman 
ho 

I  very  seldom  lose 
inything  from  bad  accounts  as  my  cus­
tomers  are  prompt. 
If  1  send  a_state­
ment  and  receive  no  returns  I  imme- 
itely  drop  those  people  from  my  roll 
nd  refuse  to  trust  them  again.”
So  far  as  can  be  learned  there  is  but 
in  the  United  States 
is  at  present  pursuing  this  busi­
ness  as  a  means  of  livelihood,  and  that 
one  is  in  Syracuse.  During  the  report- 
r’ s  visit  to  Miss  Stevenson,  one  thing 
hich  attracted  his  attention  was  the 
evident  satisfaction  with  which  every 
customer  went  away.  There  was  not 
the  usual  fault-finding  as  to  weight  and 
[uality  of  the  m eat;  in 
fact,  several 
¡rent  so  far  as  to  say  that  it  was  an  ex- 
eptionally  good  cut.  Miss.  Stevenson 
rent  about  her  work  in  a  manner  which 
denoted  the  utmost  confidence.

‘  NT(

T h e   S traw   T h a t  B re a k s.
I  don’t 

think  she  will  ever 
marry.  You  see,  she  insists  on  testing 
the  affection  of  everyone  who  proposes 
)  her,  and  the  test  is  too  severe.”  
“ What  is  it?’ ’
‘ * She  asks  them  to  teach  her  mother 
y  ride  the  bicycle.

N ew   Kin<l  o f Y east.

A   West  Side  grocer  recently 
11  order  over  the  telephone 
ikes  of  “ suppressed  yeast.”

received 
for  two

Those wishing to buy buckwheat flour 
made 
from  this  years  crop  which 
is guaranteed absolutely  pure  will do 
well  to  write  us1  for  prices  and  sam­
ples.  Prompt  shipment.

J . f .

msmssMsmms

In a
Modern
Mill
Lily  White

Everything  is  as  clean  as 
in  a  modern  kitchen.

“ The flour  the  best  cooks 
use”  is  made  in  a  modern 
mill. 
All  grocers  ought 
to sell  it.

Valley City 
Milling  Co.,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
mmmmmmm

Yes,  people  are  talking about  the

Sunlight 
Gasoline 
Lamps

And  the  users of  them  are  loud­
est  in  their  praises. 
(Is  that 
not  a  good  recommendation?) 
Cheaper  than  kerosene,  more 
brilliant  and  steadier  than  gas 
or  electricity. 
Abso­
lutely  safe.  Your 
in­
surance  agent  permits 
you  to  use  them.  Ask 
him.  Approved  by  In­
surance  Underwriters.  Can  be  turned  down.  No  light  so 
good  for  Halls,  Churches,  Stores,  Hotels,  Offices,  Shops  and 
is  very  brilliant 
Residences.  Our  Arc  light  (air  pressure) 
'and  suitable  for  indoor  and  outdoor  lighting.  More  styles  of 
fixtures  than  displayed  here—brass  and  antique  copper— 
very handsome.  We  are  now  able  to  fill  orders  promptly. 
Write  for our  descriptive  catalogue.  Money  making  terms 
to  local  agents.

Michigan  Light Co.

23  Pearl  Street, 

Grand  Rapids.

MICHIGAN’S  MOST  FAMOUS  CIGAR

CO LUM BIAN   C IG A R   CO M PAN Y,  B E N T O N   H A R B O R .  M ICH.

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

W O RLD’S   B E S T

5 C .  C IG A R .  A LL  J O B B E R S   AND

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

G R A N D   R A P ID S .  M ICH.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Around  the  State

Movement*  of Merchant*.

Manistee—J.  A.  Johnson,  Jr.,  grocer, 

has  removed  to  Spokane,  Wash.

Cass  City— H.  L.  Hunt  succeeds  H. 

L.  Hunt  &  Co.  in  general  trade.

Akron—P.  L.  Carpenter has purchased 

the  drug  stock  of  Geo.  P.  Honeywell.

Marine  City— Isaac  Satovsky  has  re­
moved  his  dry  goods  stock  to  Algonac.
Zeeland—Wm.  Van Slooten  is erecting 
an  addition  to  the  rear  of  his  feed store.
Ionia—James  Harrigan  succeeds  Har- 
rigan  &  Franklin  in  the  grocery  busi­
ness.

South  Haven  -M.  H.  Strong  succeeds 
Strong  &  Klkenburg  in  the  drug  busi­
ness.

Otsego  -F.  E.  Bushman has foreclosed 
his  mortgage  on  the  H.  E .  Earle  drug 
stock.

Ionia—Gregg  Williams  and  Ed.  Warn 
flour  and  feed  store  at 

have  opened  a 
this  place.

Menominee-  Fred  Leibherr  has  em­
in  the  grocery  business  at  127 

barked 
Ogden  avenue.

Lansing— F .  W.  M cKinley  will  soon 
open  a  cigar  store  at  228  South  Wash­
ington  avenue.

Burdickville— L.  F.  Sheridan  has  re­
moved  his  dry  goods  and  grocery  stock 
to  Glen  Arbor.

Cadillac— Snider 

Johnson  have
opened  a  branch  grocery  store  on  North 
Mitchell  street.

St.  Johns—Jesse  H.  Granger  has  pur­
chased  the  wagon  and  carriage  stock  of 
Smith  &  Hunt.

Springport  -Eugene and Wesley  Dodd 
have  purchased  the  grocery  stock  of 
Geo.  H.  Ludlow.

Colon— H.  C.  Whitmer  &  Co.  have 
sold  their  furniture  stock  to  Solomon 
Wilds,  of  Sturgis.

Eaton  Rapids— Knapp  &  Mendall 
have  removed  their  bazaar  stock  from 
Mason  to  this  place.

Onaway—The  new  store  building  of 
the  Onaway  Mercantile  Co.  will  be  50X 
78  feet  in  dimensions.

Big  Rapids—Thos  Ward,  Jr.,  has  sold 
his  interest  in  the  Santiago  meat  mar­
ket  to  his  brother,  Wm.  Ward.

Benton  Harbor— W.  E .  Kittell,  who 
conducted  a  feed  store  on  West  Main 
street,  has  sold  out  to  L.  G.  Cullen.

New  Buffalo—Thos.  Watson  continues 
the  meat  business  formerly  conducted 
under  the  style  of  Steward  &  Watson.

Hart—C.  G.  Messinger  has  sold  his 
drug  stock  to  Collins  &  Edwards,  who 
will  continue  the  business  at  the  same 
location.

Newaygo—Chas.  Kernan  has  engaged 
in  the  clothing  and  men’s  furnishing 
goods  business 
in  the  Geo.  E .  Taylor 
building.

Zeeland— E .  J.  Pruim  has  purchased 
the  furniture  stock  of  Van  Hees  it  Son. 
Wm.  and  Henry  De  Pree  will  be  asso­
ciated  with  Mr.  Pruim.

North  Lansing—Wm.  Price,  proprie­
tor  of  the  Banner  grocery,  has  discon­
tinued  business,  having  sold  his  stock 
to  Vetter  Bros.,  grocers.

Reed  City—Geo.  Marzolf,  who  was 
engaged 
in  general  trade  at  Copemish 
for  several  years,  has  concluded  to  open 
a  dry  goods  store  here  this  fall.

Port  Huron—Grinnell  Bros.,  of  De­
troit,  expect  shortly  to  open  a  music 
house 
in  this  city.  Miss  Frances  A t­
kinson  has been engaged as book-keeper.
Elk  Rapids—Joseph  Hoare,  formerly 
from  Ludington,  has  purchased  the  Van 
Wormer  bakery  outfit  and 
leased  the 
building  formerly  occupied  as  a  bakery 
on  Front  street.

S. 

Belding— David 

Friedman,  of 
Hudson,  has 
leased  the  corner  store  in 
the  Belding  building  and  will  occupy  it 
with  a  stock  of  clothing  and  men’s 
fur­
nishing  goods  Dec.  1.

Jonesville—J.  M.  Williams,  of  North 
Adams,  has  purchased  the  stock  of  the 
Jonesville  Hardware  Co.  and  the  busi­
ness  will  hereafter  be  conducted  under 
the  style  of  J.  M.  Williams  &  Co.

Menominee  -Geo.  Horvath, 

the  vet­
eran  merchant,  has  opened  a  clothing 
and  men's  furnishing  goods  store  in  the 
building 
formerly  occupied  by  J.  A. 
LeBlanc,  proprietor  of  the Variety store.
Vernon—Frank  E .  Burt  has purchased 
interest  of  his  partner,  Chas.  A. 
the 
Dorrance,  in  the 
furniture  and  under­
taking  firm  of  Dorrance  &:  Burt,  and 
will  continue  the  business  in  his  own 
name.

Lansing  -The 

firm  of  John  W.  Post 
&  Co.,  which  has  been  engaged  in  the 
music  business  here  for  several  months, 
is  succeeded  by  Post  &  Bristol.  The 
sheet  music  department  is  in  charge  of 
Miss  Louise  Alsdorf.

Lakeview—Peter  Peterson  has  sold 
his  grocery  stock  to  Fleming  &  Straub, 
who  will  continue  the  business  at  the 
same 
Chas.  Fleming,  one 
member  of  the  firm,  has  clerked  for  Mr. 
Peterson  for  several  years.

location. 

the 

Cross  Village—Work  on 

store 
building  of  Giroux  Bros,  is  progressing 
rapidly.  With  this  and  the  new  dry­
goods  establishment  of  Garrison  &  Har­
ris  and  the  meat  market  of  Hurd  Bros., 
business  appears  to  be  booming in Cross 
Village.

Owosso—CL  R.  Black  &  Son,  dry 
goods  merchants,  have  uttered  chattel 
mortgages 
in  favor  of  Wilson,  Larabee 
&  Co.,  of  Boston,  and  others  in  the sum 
df  $10,000.  The  creditors  have  placed 
the  stock  in  charge  of  H.  L.  Kendrick, 
of  St.  Johns.

Mt.  Pleasant- -The  hardware  stock  of 
George  C.  Faulkner  was  sold  Oct.  24  on 
a  chattel  mortage  by  J.  M.  Thurber,  of 
Detroit, 
for 
$940,  to  Buhl  Sons  &  Co.,  also  of  De­
troit.  The  stock 
invoiced  at  $1,642.65 
at  current  prices.

trustee  of  the  creditors, 

Hudson— Loren  Barrett,  who  has  man­
aged  the  market  at  the  corner  of  Main 
and  Market  streets  for  some  time  past, 
has  purchased  the  Washington  Market, 
on  Church  street,  and  will  conduct  the 
same. 
L.  H.  Steger  has  been  engaged 
by  Mr.  Barrett  as  head  clerk  and  meat 
cutter.

Saginaw-  -Wm.  Barie  &  Son,  whole­
sale  and  retail  dry  goods  dealers,  have 
purchased  the  Aldine  building  on  South 
Baum  street  and  it  is  being  remodeled 
to  suit  the  needs  of  the  new  owners. 
The  structure  is  in  the  rear  of  the  Ger­
mania  building,  which  it  is  proposed  to 
erect  at  the  corner  of  Genesee  avenue 
and  Baum  street  for  their  use.

Detroit-—Louis  H.  Weitz,  one  of  De­
troit’ s  old-time  clpthing  salesmen,  who 
identified  for  twenty  years 
has  been 
with  the  Mabley  company,  and 
later 
with  C.  A.  Shafer,  has 
joined  forces 
with  Fred  K.  Mabley,  for  fifteen  years 
with  J.  L.  Hudson,  and  together  they 
will  open  an  up-to-date  clothing  estab­
lishment,  and  will  deal  exclusively  in 
men’s  and  boys’  clothing.

Bay  City—October  20  was  a  memor­
able  day  for  C.  D.  Vail,  it  being  the 
twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  his  engaging 
in  the  men’s  furnishing  goods  business 
in  the  same  building  where  it  is  now 
located.  The  business  was  first  con­
ducted  under  the  style  of  Eddy  &  Co. 
In  1880  the  style  was  changed  to  Vail  & 
Eddy,  and  in  1886  to  C.  D.  Vail  &  Co.

From  the  date  of  its  establishment  the 
business  has  been  under  the  personal 
management  of  Mr.  Vail.

St.  Louis— Manager  Crissman,  of  the 
St.  Louis  Hardware  Co., 
received  a 
shock  the  other  day  that  nearly rendered 
him  incapable  of  further  work.  He had 
put  in  an  hour  or  two  selling  a  stove  to 
a  farmer  northwest  of  the  city,  the  un­
derstanding  being  that  the  latter  was  to 
have  eight  months 
in  which  to  pay. 
When  the  deal  was  completed  the  farm­
er  asked  how  much  of  a  discount  he 
could  get  and  pay  then,  and  Mr.  C. 
promptly  answered  5  off,  whereat  the 
farmer  promptly  pulled  out  a  well-filled 
wallet  and  counted  out  the  price  less $5, 
and  handed  it  over.

M a n u fa c tu rin g   M atter*.

Bath  -Wellington  J.  Walker  succeeds 
Walker  Bros.  &  Co.  in  the  grist  mill 
business.

Vandalia —Wm.  H.  Honeyman  suc­
ceeds  Barnunt  &  Honeyman  in the man­
ufacture  of  hoops  and  staves.

Nashville—M.  B.  Brooks  has  put  in 
in  connection  with 
is  using  about  200 

canning  machinery 
his  evaporator  and 
bushels  of  apples  per  day.

Ypsilanti—The 

Copemish—Chapman  &  Sargent,  man­
ufacturers  of  wooden bowls,  have merged 
their  business  into  a  corporation  under 
the  style  of  the  Chapman  &  Sargent  Co.
stockholders  of  the 
Ypsilanti  Creamery  Co.  have  voted  to 
increase  the  capital  stock  of  the  corpo­
ration  $3,000 
in  order  to  establish  a 
skimming  station  at  Cherryhill.
Jenison—The  flouring  and 

sawmill 
business  heretofore  operated  under  the 
name  of  L.  &  L. 
Jenison  has  been 
merged 
into  a  corporation  under  the 
style  of  the  L.  &  L.  Jenison  Co.

Detroit—The  J.  M.  Flinn  Ice  Cream 
Co.  has  filed  a  chattel  mortgage 
for 
$5,912,  running  to  John  Gillet.  Among 
the  twenty-three  creditors  named 
the 
Detroit  Savings  Bank  holds  the  largest 
claim,  $650.

Portland—The  creamery  at  this  place 
will  operate  all  winter,  Manager  McKee 
believing  that  there  will  be  a  sufficient 
milk  supply.  The  cheese  department 
will  be  discontinued  during  that  time, 
30,000  pounds  having  already been man­
ufactured.

Marquette—The  Lake  Shore  Engine 
Works  has  been  organized  with  a  capi­
tal  stock  of  $100,000  for  the  purpose 
in  the  manufacture,  pur­
of  engaging 
chase  and  sale  of  engines  The 
incor­
porators  are  A .  Kidder,  P.  White  and 
J.  M.  Longyear.

Houghton—Horton  &  Wiley  are  pre­
paring  to  open  a  grocery  store  in  Judge 
Brand’s  building  on  Shelden  street,  and 
have  the  shelving  and  fixtures  nearly 
ready  for  the  reception  of  their  stock. 
The  members  of  the  firm  are  young men 
from  Green  Bay.

Barryton— Plato,  Renwick  &  Co.  have 
purchased the planing mill of Kemp Bros, 
and  are putting  in  the  engine  and  boiler 
formerly  used  in  their  mill  at  Chippewa 
Station.  A  new steel  boiler  room  will  re­
place  the  one 
formerly  used,  and  the 
whole  establishment  will  be  lighted  by 
electricity.

Belding— Belding  Bros,  have  sold  the 
Sanitary  refrigerator  plant  to  the  Beld- 
ing-Hall  Manufacturing  Co.,  which  will 
use  the  premises  for  the  manufacture  of 
screen  doors,  necessitating  the  employ­
ment  of  100  more  hands,  besides  the  150 
now  in  their  employ  making  refrigera­
tors  and  stone  boats.  The  old  casket 
factory  is  being  remodeled  and  will  be 
put 
in  running  order  by  the  Belding 
Bros.

its 

is  receiving 

Houghton— The  new  plant  erected  in 
West  Houghton  by  the  Lake  Superior 
Soap  Co. 
finishing 
touches  and  in  a  few  days  will  be  com­
pleted.  The  machinery 
is  all  in  place 
and  steam  was  turned  on  yesterday  for 
the  first  time.  The  first  batch  of  soap 
will  be  made  in  a  few  days and be  ready 
for  delivering  in  about  two  weeks.

Bingham—M.  Oberlin  has  purchased 
of  the  Barker  Cedar  Co.  the  mill  prop­
erty,  dock,  tug,  scows  and  store  build­
ing  and  80  acres  of  timber,  formerly 
known  as  the  Larkins  property, 
the 
consideration  being  $4,250.  Mr.  Ober­
lin  will  stock  the  mill  at  once  and  put 
in  about  3,000,000 
feet  of  hardwood. 
Besides  the  timber  land  mentioned  Mr. 
Oberlin  owns  several  hundred  acres  of 
valuable 
lands  from  which  he  will  cut 
the  timber  and  manufacture  it  into  lum­
ber.

T h e   B oys  B elli ml  th e   C o u n te r.

Evart— E .  J.  Randall  has  left  the  em­
ploy  of  Davy  &  Co.  to  accept  a  more 
lucrative  situation  as traveling  salesman 
for  the  Boston  Shoe  Manufacturing  Co. 
Mr.  Randall  has  been  a  resident  of 
Evart  since  1879,  having  been  employed 
as  salesman  with  R.  A.  Allured,  hard­
ware,  Davis  &  Williams, 
furniture, 
Mrs.  Quigley,  hardware,  W.  M.  Davis, 
furniture,  shoes  and  harness,  and 
for 
the  past  year  with  Davy  &  Co.  in  their 
shoe  department.  He  is  succeeded  by 
Liston  Hardy,  who  has  been  identified 
with  Davy  &  Co. 's  branch  store  at Clare 
for  the  past  six  years.

Holland—Will  Kremers,  who  has  had 
charge  of  Dr.  H.  Kremers’  drug  store 
the  past  summer,  has  been  offered  a  po­
sition  in  the  chemical  department  of  the 
Wisconsin  University. 
It  will  not  be 
possible  for  him  to  accept  this  position, 
as  he 
is  now  assistant  chemist  of  the 
Holland  Sugar  Co.  His  place  at  the 
drug  store  has  been  taken  by  Jacob 
Haan,  of  Grand  Rapids.

Charlotte— Herman  Dittmore  has  re­
signed  his  position  with  Chapin  &  Rue 
and  gone  to  Menominee  to  take  a  posi­
tion  with  the  Menominee  Hardware  Co. 
His 
remain  here  until 
spring.

family  wiil 

Corunna— Norris  Quayle  has  resigned 
his  position  at  J.  C.  Quayle’ s  grocery 
store,  and  will  launch  out  into  business 
for  himself.  He  has  not  yet  decided 
where  he  will  locate.

Ypsilanti— Bert  Sevey has resigned his 
position  with  E .  A.  Holbrook  and  has 
entered  the  Central  drug  store.

St.  Joseph—C.  P.  Stanyon,  who  has 
for  several  months  been  holding  a  posi­
tion  with  Cooper,  Wells  &  Co.,  of  this 
city,  has  gone  to  Mankato,  Minnesota, 
where  he  assumes  the  duties  of  assistant 
superintendent  of  the  Mankato Mills Co.
Fremont—C.  Van  DeVries,  of  Grand 
in  the 

Rapids,  has  taken  a  position 
clothing  store  of  W.  W.  Pearson.

Hastings—Chas.  Clark,  who  has  been 
actively  identified  with  Stirling,  Craw­
ford  &  Co. 's  grocery  store  ever  since  it 
was  started  in  this  city,  has  been  com­
pelled  to 
for  a  few 
weeks,  owing  to  a  crippled  knee,  which 
has  bothered  him 
for  years.  D.  P. 
Smith,  of  Eaton  Rapids,  has  taken  Mr. 
Clark’ s  place  during  his  absence.

the  store 

leave 

Manton—J.  H.  Newell,  of  Mexico,  N. 
Y .,  has  been  engaged  as  salesman  at 
the  store  of  C.  B.  Bailey and  Miss  Ollie 
Huffman  as  saleslady.

The  Japanese  government  has  made 
the  camphor  trade  of  Formosa  a  monop­
oly.  No  one  can  sell  except  to  the  gov­
ernment,  nor  manufacture  without  a  li­
cense.

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Grand  Rapids  Gossip him 

in  shape  to  carry  his  cherished 

plans  into  execution  if  he  so  desires.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

5

T h e   G ra in   M ark et.

The  wheat  situation  is  rather  interest­
ing.  The  visible  keeps  on  growing, 
notwithstanding  our  exports  are  larger 
than  one  year  ago,  while  our  receipts 
have  been  smaller.  Receipts  from  first 
hands  certainly  are  being  reduced daily. 
The  whole  world  knows  that  there  is  a 
shortage  of  something  like  380,000,000 
bushels,  but  this  counts 
for  naught  as 
long  as  there  seems  to be  plenty  for pres­
ent  use.  The  majority  of  consumers, 
as  well  as  dealers,  go  iqion  this  plan: 
long  as  we  get  along  to-day,  let  to­
morrow  take  care  of  itself.  The  con­
is  that  for  the  present  there  is 
sequence 
wheat  enough 
in  sight  to  take  care  of 
present  wants,  so  prices  will  probably 
be  around  the 
j>resent  quotations  for 
some  time,  or  at  least  until  the  visiblt 
begins  to  be  reduced,  which, 
in  our 
opinion,  is  not  far  off.
acts  entirely 

independent  of 
wheat.  The  fluctuations of wheat  do  not 
affect  price  of  corn. 
It  keeps  steady 
There  is  no  change  in  either  cash  or  fu 
tures  since  last  week.

Corn 

Oats  are  very  firm  and  they  are  ii 
very  good  demand. 
I here  seems  to  be 
some  export  demand,  which  keeps  the 
price  firm.

Rye 

is  not  as  strong  as  it  was.  E x 
port  demand  is  slack  and  the distilleries 
are  not  buying  much  and  all  had a tend­
ency  to  reduce  prices  about  2c  per 
bushel.  At  present  the  future  in  rye 
is 
not  very  rosy.

A s  we  spoke  about  beans  soaring  in 
price 
last  week,  we  now  must  teport  a 
drop  of  20c  from  high  point,  the  closing 
price  to-day  being  $1.48.

Nothing  new  to  report 

in  the  flour 
It  remains  the  same,  while  the 
feed  keeps  up,  with  prices 

trade. 
call 
strengthening.

for 

Receipts  have  been  as  follows:  51 
cars  of  wheat,  12  cars  of  com  and  12 
cars  of  oats.

Millers  are  paying  65c  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A .  Voigt.

F ra n k   F ie rc e   an il  Hit*  A lm o rm a l  A p p e ­

tite .

students. 
It  required  some  time  to  at­
tract  Frank’ s  attention  and  he  seemed 
really  disappointed  when  he  found  his 
mistake.  Frank  has  already  mastered 
the  Ann  Arbor  yell  and  swears  that  he 
intends  to  let  his  hair  grow.  He  says, 
however,  that  he  thinks  the  students  did 
not  treat  him  just  right.  They  did  not 
ay  him  the  attention  his  dignity  and 
imposing 
jiresence  would  seem  to  de­
mand.
As  the  time  for  leaving  the  city  ap­
proached,  Frank,  fearing  there would be 
no  opportunity 
for  supper,  procured 
lunch  at  an  up-town  cafe.  When  he 
reached  the  station  he  observed  that 
some  of  the  crowd  was  at  the  lunch 
counter  and  his  abnormal  desi re  to  eat 
overpowered  him  and  he  ordered  an­
other  substantial 
lunch.  Marshall  and 
Lockwood  took  pity  on  him  and  wired 
ahead  to  have  supper  served  at  Brigh­
ton,  also.  Frank  was  equal  to  the emer- 
egney  and  appeared  to  enjoy 
Inas­
much  as  it  is  a  well-known  fact  that  his 
'good  wife  always  has  a  meal  ready  to 
serve  when  he  reaches  home,  the  capac­
ity  of  the  man  can ' be  partially  meas­
ured.

it. 

Frank  took  his  roasting  good natured­
ly  and  only  said :  If  you give me enough 
to  eat,  you  may  have  all  the  fun  at  my 
expense  you  please. ”

It  must  not  be  supposed  that  anybody 
escaped  their  share  of  roasting,  for  that 
would  be  a  reflection  on  their  fairness, 
but  Manager  Drake  received  less  atten­
in  this  respect,  perhaps,  and  we 
tion 
surmise  it  was  due  to  the 
fact  that  he 
is  boss  of  the  push.

“ Harness-Oil”   Lockwood  and  Bow­
ery  B ill’ ’  Pitcher  made  a  trip  over  to 
Windsor  and  while  there  each  purchased 
a  souvenir  spoon.  At  the 
first  store 
spoons  were  quoted  at  $2.75,  not  by  the 
dozen,  as  Pierce  supposed,  but  apiece. 
They  tried  another  place  and  succeeded 
in  buying  them  at  $ 1.5 °  each.  Another 
of  the  boys  bought  some  in  Detroit,  just 
like  ’ em,  for  25  cents  each.
laughable 

incidents  oc- 
cured  which  will  be  related  by  the  boys 
for  months  to  come,  and  will,  unques­
tionably,  be 
into  rattling 
good  stories,  to  be  appreciated  by  their 
friends.
it  be  said  to  the 
credit  of  the  Standard  Oil  Co.,  that  no 
concern  in  this  city  has  more  active and 
pleasant  gentlemen  in  their  employ than 
thev. 

In  conclusion,  let 

incorporated 

Adam  Dubb.

Many  other 

A s 

Grand  Rapids,  Oct.  23—About  forty 
traveling  representatives  for  the  Stand­
ard  Oil  Co.  met  in  Detroit last  week  and 
held  a  two  days’  convention  at the  Hotel 
Cadillac.  The  Grand  Rapids branch was 
represented  by  its  entire  force,  consist­
ing  of  Manager  Sidney  B.  Drake  and 
salesmen  C.  C.  Marshall, 
V\m.  A. 
Pitcher,  Franklin  Pierce,  f red S.  Lock- 
wood  and  Frank  H.  White. 
If  anyone 
imagines  that  these  boys  can  not  have  a 
jolly  good  time  together  and  make  a 
barrel  of  fun  for those  whom they chance 
to  meet,  they  should  have  seen  them 
in 
Detroit.
is  usually  the  case  on  such  oc­
casions,  some  one  of  their  number  is 
jokes, 
made  to  bear  the  brunt  of  all  the 
which  fell  to  the 
lot  of  good-natured 
Frank  Pierce this time,  and  what  he  had 
to  contend  with  was  enough  to  make  an 
ordinary  man  take  to  drinking  Windsor 
is 
mineral  water. 
more  accustomed  to  visiting  towns 
like 
larger  towns  like  De­
Sand  Lake  than 
troit,  and 
it  was  only  to  be  expected 
that  he  would  have trouble  getting  about 
the  city,  so  the  other  boys  kept  an  eye 
on  him  most  of  the  time. 
I he  climax 
came  when  the  convention  was  called 
and  Frank  was  found  to  be  absent.  Bill 
Pitcher  went  to  find  Frank  and  where 
do  you  suppose  he  was? 
It  seems  that 
the  Standard  Oil  boys  were  requested,  at 
the  last  moment,  to  hold  their  conven­
tion 
in  another  room  and  give  up  the 
one 
intended  for  their  use  to  a  meeting 
of  students  from  Ann  Arbor.  As  Pitcher 
passed  the  door  to  this  room  he  saw 
Pierce  sitting 
front  row  and 
listening  attentively  to  the  speaker,  as 
well  as  joining  loudly  in  the  applause,
J S L T K  

It  seems  that  trank 

in  the 

ü ¡¡! 

H id es,  Pelt.*,  T a llo w   a n d   W ool.

Hides  remain  firm  with  a  strong  de­
mand.  The  decline  was  checked  from 
ready  sale  of  all  offerings,  leaving  a 
cleaned-up  market.

Pelts  sell  beyond a value,  as ordinarily 
based,  with  a  demand 
for  all  offered. 
The  upward  tendency  of  wools  helps  to 
sustain  the  high  price.

Tallow,  contrary  to  the  expectations 
of  dealers,  is  still  weak,  but  with  ample 
stocks.  The  supply  that  came  to  the 
surface  on  the  advance  was  a  surprise, 
as  it  was  not  supposed  to  exist.

Wool 

is  selling  freely  at  an  advance 
of  last  month.  Another  advance  is  an­
ticipated  in  the  November  sales  of  Lon­
don,  which  firms  up  the  market  on  this 
side.  The  wools  of  Michigan  have  been 
freely  bought  the  past  week  and,  if  one 
looks  for  bunches,  he 
finds  they  are 
gone.  Eastern  buyers  are  more  numer­
ous  and  are  taking  wools  freely.

Wm.  T .  Hess.

The  butchers  of  Berlin  have  a  curious 
way  of  informing  their  customers  of  the 
days  on  which  fresh  sausages  are  made 
by  placing  a  chair,  covered  with  a 
large,  clean  apron,  at  the  side  of  the 
shop  door. 

^  ^

L.  J.  Calkins  &  Sons  have  engaged 
in  the  grocery  business  at  St.  Johns. 
The  Musselman  Grocer  Co.  furnished 
the  stock.

For  Gillies’  N.  Y . 

tea,  all  kinds,

I grades  and  priées,  phone  Viene,.  8oo.

John  C.  Mohrhard  has  opened  a  meat 

market  at  708  Wealthy  avenue.

Frank  T .  Lawrence  has  purchased  the 
fruit  business  of  G.  Giuffra,  at  77  Canal 
street,  and  has  removed  his  wholesale 
establishment  from  7  North  Ionia  street 
to  that  location. 

______

iron-clad  building, 

E .  C.  Spaulding  &  Co.  are  erecting  a 
one-story 
30x100 
feet  in  dimensions,  at  322  and  324  Kent 
street. 
It  will  be  used  exclusively  for 
their  glass  bending  business.

On  account  of  John  W.  Pedrick  re­
moving  his  drug  stock  to  Bangor,  M.  L. 
Decker  has  re-engaged  in  the  drug busi­
ness  at 
The  Hazeltine  & 
Perkins  Drug  Co.  furnished  the  stock.

Lacota. 

The  Michigan  (Bell)  Telephone  Co. 
announces  a  new  directory  will  be  is­
sued  Nov. 
15.  This  probably  means 
that  another  house-to-house  canvass  for 
free  phones  will  again  be  made. 
Six 
months  ago, in  order  to  secure  names  for 
a  new  directory,  professional  solicitors 
were  brought  from  different  parts  of  the 
country—one  from  California,  one  from 
Cincinnati  and  sixteen  from  other  parts 
of  Michigan,  besides two  from  this  city. 
These  twenty  were  kept  actively  at 
work  some  ten  weeks  and  by  all  manner 
of  statements  and  misrepresentation  se­
cured  a  number  of  contracts  during 
April  and  May,  many  of  which  were 
cancelled  before  the  June  book  went  to 
press,  but  the  names  were  printed  just 
the  same. 
Since  the  June  directory  a 
large  number  of  subscribers  have  dis 
continued  the  Bell  telephone service and 
although  solicitors  have  been  kept  con 
stantly  at  work,  the  situation  is  not  sat 
isfactory  to  the  Bell  Co.  or  its  patrons 
on  account  of  the  large  number  of  lead­
ing  houses  and  representative  men  who 
will  not  tolerate  a  Bell  phone  on  their 
premises.

Recent  developments 

in  the  sale  of 
Chas.  B.  Judd’s  holding  in  the  Bissell 
Carpet  Sweeper  Co.  disclose  the  fact 
Judd  held  «40,000  stock,  in 
that  Mr. 
stead  of  $28,000,  as  stated 
last  week 
and  that  the  sum  realized  thereon  by 
him  was  $160,000, 
less  the  brokerage 
charge  of  Mr.  Idema,  which  is  various 
ly  estimated  at  from  1  to  5  per  cent. 
It 
appears  that  although  Mr.  Judd’s  hold 
ing  was  only  $28,000  when  the  annua 
report  of  the  corporation  was  filed  in 
January,  he  has  since  received  an  ac 
quisition  to  his  holding  in  the  shape  of 
transferred  to  him  by 
$10,000  stock, 
Mrs.  Bissell, 
in  accordance  with  an 
agreement  entered  into  by  him  with  the 
late  Mr.  Bissell,  to  the  effect  that  if  he 
would  remain  with  the  company  for  ten 
years  he  should  receive  from  the  Bissell 
estate  $10,000  stock  of  the  corporation. 
Mr.  Judd  has  also  sold  his  interest  in 
the  Grand  Rapids  \ eneer  Works  to  Z. 
Clark  Thwing  and  Cyrus  E .  Perkins, 
so  that  his  present  bank  balance  must 
•  be  somewhere  in  the  vicinity  of  $200,- 
000.  There  are  many  conjectures  as  to 
.what  project  he  will  devote  so  much 
it 
money,  but 
is  very  generally  con­
ceded  that 
it  will  be  used  in  the  erec­
tion  of  a  ten-story  brick  building  on  the 
southeast  corner  of  Monroe  and  Ionia 
is  a  matter  of  common  un­
streets. 
derstanding  that  Mr. 
long 
cherished  the 
idea  of  erecting  a  brick 
and  steel  monument  on  this  location, 
and  the  manner  in  which  he  has  been 
able  to  convert  his  industrial  stocks 
in­
last  month  leaves
to  cash  during  the 

Judd  has 

It 

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

Apples—The  warm  weather  which  has 
prevailed  during  the  past  week  has been 
very  severe  on 
fruit  and  lowered  the 
grade  of  much  stock  which  was  not 
properly  protected.  Winter 
is 
meeting  with  ready  sale  on  the  basis  of 
$2.25  per  bbl. 
for 
fancy  and  $2.75  for  extra  fancy.

for  choice,  $2.50 

fruit 

Beans—The  market  has  slumped,  as 
was  expected  it would,  inconsequence 
of  which  handlers  have  reduced  their 
paying  price  to  $1.2 5  and  their  selling 
price  to  $1.50.

Beets—$1  per  3  bu.  bbl.
Butter— Receipts  of  dairy  grades  have 
been  more 
liberal  and  the  quality  ap­
pears  to  have  improved  very  materially. 
Extra 
fancy  commands  20c,  fancy  18c 
and  choice 
Factory  creamery  is 
strong  at  22c. 

16c. 

*

Cabbage—35@40c  per  doz.
Carrots—$1  per  3  bu.  bbl.
Celery— 15c  per  doz.  bunches.
Cranberres—Cape  Cod  stock  is  meet­
ing  with  ready  sale  on  the  basis  of $5.75 
per  bbl.  Wisconsin  Bell  and  Bugle 
command  $6.75  for  standard  and  $7.50 
for  fancy.

Dressed  Poultry—Spring  chickens  are 
in  good  demand  at  gi^ioc. 
fow ls  are 
in 
fair  demand  at  8@9C.  Ducks  com­
mand 
ioc  for  spring  and  8c  for  old. 
Geese  are  beginning  to  come  in  and 
find  a  market  on  the  basis  of  8c  for  old 
and  ioc  for  young.  Turkeys  are  in  good 
demand  at  ii<f/i2j^c  for  spring  and 
ioc 
for  old.

Eggs  Dealers  pay  16c  for fresh stock, 
holding  candled  stock  at  17c  and  cold 
storage  at  16c.  Receipts  are  liberal.

Gam e-  Mallard  ducks  are  in  fair  de­
mand  and  ample  supply  at  $4.25  per 
doz.  Teal  ducks  are  higher, 
readily 
commanding  $2.50(^2.75  per  doz.  Com 
mon  ducks  fetch  $i.50@ 2. 
Sand  snipes 
command  75c  per  doz.  and  yellow­
legged  $1.50   per  doz.

lb.  basket.  No 

Grapes  Home  grown  Concords 

from 
cold  storage  and  Ohio  stock  command 
5@¡i6c  per  8 
local 
dealer  has  yet  had  the  nerve  to  order  a 
car  of  New  York  Concords,  because  all 
the  quotations 
from  the  Empire  State 
indicate  that  the  fruit  is  ripe  and  ten­
der  and  will  be  shipped  only  at  risk  of 
buyer.
Honey—White  clover  is  strong  and 
scarce  at  15c.  Dark  amber  commands 
I3@ !4C. 

Live  Poultry—Squabs  are  in  fair  de 
mand  at  $1.20   per  doz.  Pigeons  are  in 
strong  demand  at  50@6oc  per  doz.

,  . 

„  

. 

,

Onions— Dealers  hold  Spanish at $1.40 
per  crate  and  home  grown  at  35@ 4°c. 
The  outlook  for  shipping  onions  out  of 
the  State  is  not  bright,  as  Ohio  growers 
are  now  marketing  their  crop  on  the 
basis  of  25c  per  bu.

Parsnips—$1.50   per  3  bu.  bbl.
Pears— Keefers  meet  with  ready  sale 

at  $1.40   per  bu.

Plums—German  prune  from  cold  stor­

age  are  held  at  $3  per  bu.

Potatoes—The  outlook  is  anything  but 
bright,  owing  to  the  large  yield  in  all 
parts  of  the  country  where  potatoes  are 
grown.  New  England  claims  that  her 
crop  will  be  adequate  to  meet  the  con­
sumptive  demands  of  that  section  of  the 
country  until  the  holidays.  But  for  the 
drought  and  frost  Michigan  growers 
would  probably  have  been  compelled  to 
face  a 
ioc  market.  A s  it  is,  handlers 
are  paying  2o@25c,  but  are  grading  the 
stock  closer  than  ever  before  and  throw­
ing  out  all  small  tubers.  This  is  es­
pecially  the  case  at  such  markets  as 
Greenville  and  Stanton,  where  the  deal 
ers  hold  the  price  up  to  the  highest 
notch  in  order  to  attract  growers  from  a 
distance.

Quinces— New  York  stock  commands 

Squash---- Hubbard  commands 

ij^c

$1.5 0   per bu.

per  lb.

Sweet  Potatoes—Jerseys  are  in  good 
demand  at  $2.50  per  bbl.  Virginias  are 
active  on  the  basis  of  $ i .6o@ i .75  Per 
bbl.

Turnips—$1  per  bbl.
Tomatoes—Ripe  storage  stock  fetches 
75c  per  bu.  Green  stock  is  in  moderate 
supply  at  50c.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

O ur  lin e  o f

WORLD

Bicycles for 1900

Prices  are  eloquent  when  arguments  are 
dumb.

If  I  were  in  the  place  of  this  adver­
tiser,  I  would  use  both  newspapers  and 
circulars. 
I  would  harp  on  the  fact  that 
the  location  off  the  main  business  street 
gave  me  an  opportunity  to  reduce  ex­
penses  by  saving  on  rent. 
I  would  ad­
vertise  that  I  could  affoid  to  sell  goods

THL  TEMPLES,

D EA LERS  IN

G R O C E R IES,  WOOD  &  COAL.

TECUM SEH ,  MICH.

D EA R  M ADAME:

6

Petting  the  People

I k  O rig in a lity  

In d is p e n s a b le   in   A d v e r­
tis in g ?

A   correspondent  asks  me,  among other 
things,  the 
following  question,  “ What 
is  your  opinion  of  an  advertiser  who 
draws  upon  outside  sources  for ideas?  Is 
his  advertising 
likely  to  be  better  or 
worse  than  the  man  whose  advertising 
is  original  with  himself?’ ’

Originality 

is  a  will-o’ -the-wisp  that 
led  many  a  man  a  weary  dance. 
has 
Solomon’ s  words,  “ There 
is  no  new 
thing  under  the  sun,”   are  just  as  true 
to-day  as  the  day  when 
they  were 
spoken.  We  are  all  of  us  debtors  to 
others  for  our  ideas,  and  the  man  who 
thinks  he  has  evolved  a  brand-new  idea 
will 
find  on  investigation  that  someone 
has  used  the  same  idea,  and  possibly 
the  same  phraseology,  many  years  be­
fore  him.

And,  after  all,  why  shouldn’t  an  ad­
inspiration  from  the  ad­
vertiser  draw 
It 
vertising  of  other  successful  houses? 
may  be  said  that  he 
is  stealing  the 
product  of  other  men’s  brains,  but  such 
theft  is  only  culpable  when  it  works  to 
another’s  disadvantage.  Suppose  John 
Jones,  of  Muskegon,  copies  an  adver­
tisement  of  Tom  Smith,  of  Philadel­
phia,  or  Chicago,  what  harm  does  that 
do  to  Smith’s  business?  None  in  the 
least. 
I  had  rather  use  a  copied  adver­
tisement  that  brought  business  than  one 
of  my  own  which  failed  to  do  so,  and 
the 
1  didn't  write  it  myself 
would  not  hurt  my  pride  in  the least.  In 
copying  an  advertisement,  however,  I 
would  be  sure  that  it  fitted  the  business 
and  the  particular  occasion;  and 
if  I 
were  obliged  to  add  anything  to  it,  I 
would  be  sure  to  make  the  junction  so 
skillfully  that  it  could  not be detected.

fact  that 

The  newspapers  of  the  larger  cities 
are  a  veritable  mine  of  hints  for  the 
local  retailer,  if  he  will  read  them  care­
fully  and  use their contents intelligently. 
There  are  hundreds  of  apt  phrases  and 
tricks  of  expression  which  serve  to 
brighten  up the  advertising  and  make  it 
interesting.  There  are  arguments  that 
the  retailer  himself  would  not  think  of. 
All  these  things  are  good  material  for 
the  advertiser  to  study  and  to  use  when 
they  are  appropriate. 
They  are  no 
further  use  to  their  previous  users  and 
there 
is  no  earthly  reason  why  they 
should  not  be  worked  in  by  the  local  re­
tailer.  The  result  will  be,  in  most cases, 
that  his  advertising  will  be  improved*

it 

While 

is  profitable  to  copy  or  to 
make  use  of  the  advertising  of  a  mer­
chant  who  is  so  far  off  as  to  be  beyond 
limits  of  competition,  it  is  grossly 
the 
dishonorable 
the  style  and 
methods  of  a  local  competitor.  More­
is  unprofitable,  for  the  reason 
over,  it 
that 
it  advertises  the  competitor  and 
brands  the  advertiser  as  an  imitator.

to  copy 

*  *  *

The  Temple  Grocery  Co.,  of  Te- 

cumseh,  writes  as  follows:

We  notice  your  column  with  interest.
is  the  b e s t - 
I  am  undecided  which 
newspaper  advertisements  or  something 
like  the  circular  enclosed. 
If  we  were 
in  the  main  business  center,  I  would 
say  newspapers,  but  as  we  are 
two 
blocks  out,  and  have  only  the  neighbor­
hood  and  farmer  trade  to  depend  upon,
I  think  the  circular  is  fair.

The  circular  is  good,  so far  as  it  goes, 
but  it  does  not  go  far  enough. 
It  offers 
nothing  in  proof  of  the  statement  that  it 
would  be  a  saving  to  buy  of  the  Tem ­
ples.  The  point  of  convenience  is  well 
covered,  but  the  circular  would  be  much 
stronger  if  it  touched  on  prices  a  little.

W e take this way to remind you that  it  would 
be more convenient and a saving for you to buy of us.
Of course you would ask why,  and  in  answer 
would  say, when  you  are  in  a  hurry  and  want 
something quick you know it is nearer to our  store 
and why should you  not  trade  with  us,  knowing 
we always  have  the  very  best  and  freshest  of 
of groceries, the cleanest of coal and the  dryest  of 
wood and give good measure and good weight ?

W e  will  deliver  any  parcel  no  matter  how i 
small, promptly.  Careful attention given to orders 
sent by children.  Hoping to have a call  from  you 
soon, we remain,

Your’s truly,

Two Blocks  North of Lilley House. 

T H E   T E M P L E S ,
Phone 52.

at a  smaller  profit  on  this  account,  and  I 
would  advertise  prices  that  would  com­
pel  belief  of  this. 
I  would  issue  a  cir­
cular  every  week,  quoting  special  prices 
on  six  or  eight  articles  for  that  week 
only  and  I  would  see  that  these circulars 
reached  the  proper  parties. 
I  would 
make 
the  newspaper  advertising  so 
strong  that  it  would  bring  people  to  the 
store.  A   good  persistent  campaign  of 
this  kind,  kept  up 
for  a  few  months, 
would  turn  the  current  of  trade  to  Tem- 
I  les’,  or  all  the  history  of  advertising 
successes  is  a  falsehood.  The  man  who 
located  off  the  main  lines  of  travel 
is 
must 
in  order  to 
bring  the  people  to  his  store.  He  can 
not  depend  upon  transient  trade.  No 
man  has  yet  discovered  how  to  save 
store  rent  and  advertising  bills  at  the 
same  time. 
If  he  rents  a  cheaper  store, 
he  must  advertise  more  heavily  to  do 
the  same  volume  of  business.

advertise  heavily, 

W.  S.  Hamburger.

S ta y in g   O u t  N ig h ts.

A   young  wife  who  lives  on  the  West 
Side  came  to  her  mother-in-law  with  a 
heart-broken 
expression  recently  and 
threw  herself  on  the  floor  in  the  aban­
donment  of  grief.

“ Why,  what 

the  elderly  lady  exclaimed. 
thing  happened  to  W ill?”

is  the  matter,  M ary?’ ’ 
“ Has  any­

“ Oh,  mother!  He’s  taken  to  staying 
out  nights!  wailed  the  unhappy  young 
woman.

he  never  went 

It  doesn’t  seem  possible! 

long  has  this  been  going  on, 
How 
my  dear? 
I 
used  to  know  all  about  my  boy’s  habits 
and 
anywhere  he 
shouldn’t.  How  late does he stay aw ay?”  
the 
office  at  5  o’clock,  mother.  Night  be­
fore 
last  he  never  got  home  until  6  and 
last  night  he  didn’t  set  foot  in  the house 
until  twenty  minutes  after  6.  Oh,  what 
shall  1  d o !”

“ You  know  he  usually  leaves 

T h e   T e st  o f  L ove.

Tom,  you  ask  me  to  be  your  wife— 
to  give  you  my  heart,  my  all.  Think 
well  of  what  you  say,  and  then  tell  me 
if  you  will  grant  me  one  small  favor.”  

“ Anything  you  ask,  my  love.’ ’
“ Then  promise  me  that  you  will 
never  smoke  another  cigar  as  long  as 
you  live .”

“ 1  promise,  dear.”
“ And  doesn’t  it  cost  you  a  pang?’ ’
.  Not  a  pang. 

I ’d  rather  smoke  a 

pipe  any  d ay.”

Established IMH

Walter Baker & Go. L l

Dorchester, Mass.
The O ldest and 

L argest M anufacturers ot

PURE,HIGH GRADE
COCOAS
CHOCOLATES

AND

on this Continent.

No  Chemicals  are  used  In 
Trade-Marl
Their  Breakfast  Cscoa  is  absolutely  pure, 
delicious,  nutritious,  and costs  less  than  one 
cent a  cup.

th e ir m anufactures.

Their Premium  No.  I  Chocolate, p u t  np  in 
Blue Wrappers and Yellow Labels, is the  best 
plain chocolate in  the m arket fo r fam ily use.  * 
T heir  Oerman  Sweet  Chocolate  l i   good  tc 
eat and good  to  d rink.  I t   is palatable, n u tn  
t.ious, and  h ea lth fu l;  a  g reat  favorite  with 
children.

Buyers should ask fo r and be sure  th a t  they 
get the genuine goods. The above trede-m ark 
is on every package.
Walter  Baker &  Co.  L td. 

Is more  complete  and  attractive  than  ever  be­
fore.  W e are not in the Trust.  W e want good 
agents everywhere.

ARNOLD,  SCHWINN  &  CO.,

Makers, Chicago, III.

Adams & Hart, Michigan Sales Agents, 
Qrand Rapids, Mich.

D o rch este r,  M a ss.

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Good  Yeast  Is  Indispensable. 

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Manufacturers of

Asphalt  Paints,  Tarred  Felt,  Roofing  Pitch.  2  a n d j  
ply and  Torpedo  Gravel  Ready  Roofing.  Galvanized 
Iron  Cornice. 
Sheet  Metal  Workers 
and  Contracting  Roofers.

Sky  Lights. 

Qrand Rapids, Mich.

Office, 82 Campau st.
Factory,  ist av. and M. C. Ry.

E S T A B L IS H E D   l8 6 8

Detroit, Mich. 
Foot 1st St.

Hanselman’s  Fine  Chocolates

Name stamped on  each  piece of the genuine.  No  up-to-date 
dealer can afford  to be  without them.

Hanselman  Candy Co.

Kalamazoo,  Mich.

A  Fine  Business  Block  Burned!!!

the leaks;  business leaks can be stopped by using 

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

M EN   O F   M A R K .

W in .  H .  W hite«  th e   B o y n e   C ity   L u m b e r­

m a n   a n d   R a ilw a y   P re s id e n t.

in  “ calling”   him 

Three  years  ago,  when  the  credit  of 
Win.  H.  White  hung  in  the  balance  by 
reason  of  the  unexpected  action  of a cer­
tain  banker 
for  a 
large  amount, 
the  Tradesman  met  a 
leading  Michigan  lumberman  and asked 
him  what  the  outcome  would  be. 
“ The 
outcome  is  uncertain,”   he  replied,  but 
you  can  rest  assured  of  one  thing— 
White  will  either  be  a  pauper  or  a  mil­
lionaire.  There 
is  no  middle  ground 
for  him. ”   The  writer  met  the  same 
gentleman  the  other  evening  at  the  Pen­
insular  Club  and  asked  him  what  he 
thought  of  White  now. 
“ He  is  on  the 
sunny  side  of  Easy  street,”   he  replied, 
and  nothing  but  death  can  prevent  his 
reaching  the  rank  of  millionaire  inside 
of  five  years.”   All  of  which  goes  to 
show  that  when  a  Scotch  Canadian starts 
out  to  accomplish  a  certain  object,  no 
obstacle 
is  allowed  to  deter  him  from 
his  purpose  or  stay  him  from  reaching 
the  goal  of  his  ambition.

the  G.  R.  & 

Concident  with  the  remarkable  de­
velopment  of  his 
lumber  business  has 
been  the  inauguration  and  development 
of  the  Boyne  City  &  Southeastern  R ail­
road,  which  runs  in  a  southeasterly  di­
rection  from  Boyne City to Otsego county, 
crossing 
I.  at  Boyne 
Falls.  "  This 
line  was  originally  con­
structed  with  reference  to  its  use  as  a 
logging  road,  but  the  increase  in  both 
passenger  and  freight  traffic  has  been  so 
marked  that  two  passenger  trains  are 
now  run  each  way  daily. 
The  road  is 
now  completed  to  within  five  miles  of 
Vanderbilt,  and  will  ultimately  be  ex­
tended  to  some  point  on  the  Michigan 
Central.

Mr.  White  was  married  June  23,  1880, 
to  Miss  Wigle,  of  Kingsville,  Ont., 
with  whom  he  lived  until  her  death  on 
February  q,  1889.  Two  children  were 
the 
recently

fruit  of  the  union.  He 

return  they  will  take  up  their  residence 
in  Mr.  White’ s  beautiful  home  at  Boyne 
City.  Mr.  White 
is  a  member  of  the 
M.  E .  church  at  Boyne  City.

Mr.  White  attributes  his  success  to 
absolute  and  untiring  devotion  to  his 
business,  not  only 
in  the  large  affairs 
pertaining  to  it,  but  to  its  every  detail; 
the  strictest 
in  dealing,  and 
untiring  push  in  its  prosecution.

integrity 

Th«*  HlulT T h a t  Fail««!.

“ A   good,  strong  bluff  at  the  proper 
is  a  very  good  thing,  but  it  may 
time 
flat, “ said  a  well-known  traveling 
fall 
is  at  present  visiting  Grand 
man  who 
“ It  was  at  one  of  the  best 
Rapids. 
hotels 
in  Chicago  a  few  «lays  ago  that 
one  of  the  guests  stepped  into  the  lobby 
to  leave  his  umbrella,  and,  not  desiring 
to  go  to  his  room,  thought  he  would  try 
a  scheme  of  his  own  to  prevent  some 
one  from  walking  off  with  it.

Crockery and Glassware

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

B u tt o n

*4 gal., per  do/................................................. 
1 to 6 gal., per  g al.........................................  
8 gal. ea ch ....................................................... 
10 gal. each ....................................................... 
12 gal. ea ch ....................................................... 
15 gill, m eat-tubs, each ..........................  
20 gal. m eat-tubs, ea ch .......................... 
25 gal.  meat-tubs, ea ch .......................... 
30 gal. m eat-tubs, ea ch .......................... 

C h u rn s

2 to 6 gal., per  g al................................... 
Churn  Hashers, per d o t........................  

M ilk p a n s

(4 gal. flat or rtl. hot., per do/..............  
1 gal. flat or rd.  hot., each...................  
F in e  G lazed  M ilk p a n s
Vt gal. flat or rd. bot., per doz.............. 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each ................... 

stew  pan s

7

1  05
1  40
2 00
2  40

5
84

40
5
48
60
72

40
434

60
5!4

Vt gal. fireproof, bail, per  doz.....................  
1 gal. fireproof, bail, per  doz.............. 

1  10

.lu g s

¡4 gal., per  d oz................................................ 
14 gal.  per  doz.......................................... 
1 to 5 gal., per  g al...........................................  

T o m a to   J u g s

14 gal., per  doz................................................ 
1  gal., each.............................................. 
Corks for 14 gal., per doz..............................  
Corks for  1  gal., per doz..............................  

50

614

P re s e rv e   J a r s   a n d   C overs

14 gal., stone cover, per doz......................... 
1  gal., stone cover, per doz................ 

1  00

5 lbs. in package, per  lb................................. 

S e a lin g   W ax

F R U IT   J A R S

Pints............................................................ 
Q uarts........................................................  
Half Gallons.............................................. 
Covers.......................................................  
R ubbers..................................................... 

L A M P   B U R N E R S

No. 0 Sim .......................................................... 
No. 1 S un..........................................................  
No. 2 S un..........................................................  
No. 3 S un................................................... 
T ubular............................................................. 
Security, No.  1........................................  
Security, No.  2 ................................................ 
N utm eg............  .............................................. 
L A M P   C H IM N E Y S —Secon«is

4  00
4  25
6 00
2  00
25

1  00
60

85

40
6

50
20
30

75

2

37
38
60
45
80
50

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

1  28
1  42
2  12

Per box of 6  doz.

William  H.  White  was  bom  at  Owen 
12.  1859,  his  ante­
Sound,  Ont.,  April 
cedents being Scotch-Irish on his father’ s 
side  and  the  same  on  his  mother’ s  side. 
His  father’ s  occupation  was  that  of  a 
cattle  merchant  and  his  early  education 
was  obtained  in  the  public  schools  near 
his  Canadian  home.  His  first  business 
experience  was  at  Essex,  Ont.,  where, 
when  only  18  years  old,  he  took  charge 
of  a  crew  of  men.  The  winter  he  was 
20  he  handled  and  controlled  50  men 
in 
the  woods.  From  the  cutting  of  logs 
and  other  forest  products  he  naturally 
drifted  into  the  sawmill  business,  super­
intending  the  manufacture  of  lumber, 
and  he  has  since  done  everything  per­
taining  to  the  business  he  now  owns and 
has  charge  of,  including  the 
felling  of 
the  tree,  sawing  it,  skidding  it,  loading 
it  on  sleighs  or  cars,  driving  team  and 
handling  the  axe.  He  is  familiar  with 
all  parts  of  the  mill  and  has  stood  at 
each  post  and  taken  a  man’s  place.  He 
naturally  finds 
it  a  great  advantage  in 
handling  his  business  to have a  practical 
knowledge  of  each  part  of  the  work,  to­
gether  with  the  sale  of  all  the  material.
In  the  fall  of  1881  Mr.  White  removed 
from  Essex  to  South  Arm  to  take  charge 
of  a  sawmill  plant.  He  remained  there 
until  February,  1883,  when  he  went  to 
Boyne  City  and  rented  a  small  mill  and 
put  in  some  broom  handle  machinery, 
but  as  broom  handles  became  very 
low 
in  price  and  slow  sale,  he  went  out  of 
that  business  and  into  the  lumber  busi­
ness 
1885.  His  first  contract  was 
made  with  Detroit  parties  for  basswood 
and  maple.  Gray  elm  was  something 
that  could  not  be  sold  at  that  time.  He 
was  compelled  to  give  $2  per  M  feet 
royalty  for  the  use  of  the  money  to  buy 
logs  and  manufacture  lumber  and  get  it 
Since  that  time  he 
ready  for  shipment. 
lumber  business, 
has  stuck  close  to  the 
had  his  ups  and  downs, 
losses  and 
crosses,  but  has  always  had  faith  in  the 
business  and  never  became discouraged. 
Every  machine 
is  music  to  his  ears. 
The  hum  of  the  saw,  the  ring  of  the 
loco­
motive  and  the  hoarse  resonance  of  the 
whistles  all  serve  as  a stimulus to further 
effort  on  his  part  and  contribute  in  no 
small  degree  to  the  pleasure  of  his daily 
In 
duties. 
1885  he  started  in  cutting 
500  M 
feet  and  is  now  manufacturing 
30,000,000  feet,  with  twenty  years’  cut 
ahead;  thirty-five  miles  of  railroad;  100 
heavy  draft  horses;  three  sawmills  and 
a  fully  equipped  steam  barge  to  take the 
lumber  to  market.

in 

•  anvil  in  the  shop,  the  puff  of  the 

C om m on

No. 0 S un................................................... 
No. 1 S un................................................... 
No. 2 S un................................................... 

F irs t  Q u a lity

No. 0 Sun, crim p top, wrapped  81 lab. 
No. 1  Sun, crim p top, wrapped & lab. 
No. 2 Sun, crim p toj>, w rapped & lab 

X X X   F lin t

No. 0 Sun, crim p top, wrapped & lab. 
No.  1  Sun, crim p top, wrapped Si lab. 
No. 3 Sun, crim p top, w rapped & lab. 
C H IM N E Y S --P e arl T op
No. 1 Sun,  wrapped and  labeled......... 
No. 2 Sun. w rapped an«l labeled......... 
No. 2  Hinge,  wrapped and labeled.... 
No. 2 Sun.  “ Small  Bulb,”   for  Globe
Lam ps.............................................. 

L a  B astie

No.  1 Sun, plain bulb, |H*r d oz.............  
No. 2 Sun,  plain bulb, per doz.............. 
No. 1 Crimp, per d oz.............................. 
No. 2 Crim p, per doz.............................. 

R o c h e ste r

E le c tric

No. 1 Lime (65c  doz)..................................  
No. 2 Lime (70c  doz)........................... 
No. 2 F lint (80c  doz)— ............................ 

 

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

O IL   CANS

1 gal.  tin «»ns with spout, per doz —  
1 gal. galv. iron with  spout, per doz.. 
2 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz.. 
3 gal. galv. iron w ith  sjiout, per doz.. 
5 gal. galv. iron w ith  spout, per doz.. 
3 gal. galv. iron with faucet, per d o z.. 
5 gal. galv. Iron w ith faucet, per doz.. 
5 gai. Tilting cans....................................  
5  gal. galv. Iron  N acefas....................... 

P u m p   C ans

5 gal. Rapid steady stream ...................  
5 gai. Eureka, non-overflow.................  
3 gai.  Home R ule..................................... 
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.  1 B T ubular..................................... 
No. 13 Tubular, d ash .............................. 
No.  1 Tubular, glass fountain............. 
No. 12 Tubular, side  lam p..................... 
No.  3 Street 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 b b l.. 
No. 0 Tub,, bull’s eye, cases 1  aoz. each 

1  50
1  60
2  46

2  10
2  15
3  15

2  55
2  75
3  75

3  70
4  70
4  88
80

90
1  15
1  35
160

4 00

3 50
 
4 70

4 00
4 40

1  40
1  75
3  25
3  75
4  86

7  25
9 00

4 85
5 36

8 50
10  50
1°  50
*2 00
9  50

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

45
45
1  26

1 78

is 

life. 

formed  the  acquaintance  of  Miss  M. 
Louise  Reeder,  of  Lake  City,  whom  he 
led  to  the  altar  at  the  family  residence 
this  morning.  Miss  Reeder 
the 
daughter  of  Daniel  Reeder,  who  is  well 
known  throughout  Ntirthern  and  Western 
Michigan  as  a  successful  dealer  in  tim­
ber  and  a  banker,  having  acquired  a 
comfortable  fortune,  and  is  now 
living 
is  a 
a  retired 
Miss  Reeder 
thoroughly  educated  and  cultured 
lady, 
being  a  graduate  of  Albion  College  and 
an  accomplished  public  speaker,  and  is 
well  known  and  identified with Christian 
and  benevolent  work  throughout 
the 
State,  and 
is  much  sought  after  as  a 
public  speaker  at  district  and  State 
meetipgs  of  the  associations  with  which 
she  is  identified.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  White 
left 
immediately  for  Detroit  and  the 
East  on  a  wedding  trip,  expecting  to 
be  absent  about  two  weeks.  On  their

“ Taking  a  slip  of  paper  from  his 
letters  he  wrote 
pocket,  in  huge  black 
'Bew are! 
'I he 
the 
following  notice: 
man  wh«>  owns  this  umbrella  weighs 
over  250  pounds  and  can strike a  Teuton 
blow.  He  will  be  back  in  fifteen  min 
utes!’

“ It  was  not  long  thereafter  that  some 
one  was  attracted  by  the  sign,  and  he 
feared  not  the  consequences  of  the  dire 
threat.  Quickly  taking  the  coveted um­
brella,  he  removed  the  paper,  and,  turn­
it  over,  wrote  on  the  back  as  fol­
ing 
‘ The  man  who  took  the  umbrella 
low s: 
weighs 
less  than 
150  pounds,  but  can 
walk  ten  miles  an  hour.  He  is  never 
coming  back. ’

The  man  who  asks  to  be  forgiven  has 
been  through  bankruptcy  in  friendship 
and  wants  to  start  again 
in  business 
witli  c^oofi-will  for  Ccioitcil«

8

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

PCHIGA#AD£SMAN
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G ra n d   R a p id s,  b y   th e

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O ne  D o lla r  a   Y ear,  P a y a b le   in   A d v an ce.

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

Communications invited from  practical  business 
men.  Correspondents  m ust  give  their  full 
uames and addresses, not necessarily  for  pub­
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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.

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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 a se   say   th a t   y o u   saw   th e   a d v e rtis e ­
m e n t  in   th e  M ic h ig a n  T ra d e sm a n .

E.  A.  S T O W E ,  E d it o r .

WEDNESDAY,  -  -  OCTOBER  25.  1899.

S T A T E   O F  M IC H IG A N  ¿  ss.

County  of  Kent 

j

John  DeBoer,  being  duly  sworn,  de­

poses  and  says  as  follows :

I  am  pressman 

in  the  office  of  the 
Tradesman  Company  and have charge of 
the  presses  and  folding  machine  in  that 
establishment. 
folded
7,000  copies  of  the  issue  of  Oct.  18,1899, 
and  saw  the  edition  mailed  in  the  usual 
manner.  And  further  deponent  saith 
not. 

I  printed  and 

John  DeBoer.

Sworn  and  subscribed  before  me,  a 
in  and  for  said  county, 

notary  public 
this  twenty-first  day  of  October,  1899.
Henry  B.  Fairchild, 

Notary  Public  in  and  for  Kent  County, 

Mich.

F IC T IT IO U S   D IS T IN C T IO N .

Hero  worship 

is  one  of  the  most  en­
nobling  of  all  human  passions.  In  it,  in 
imagination,  at 
least,  we  reach  up  to 
greatness,  and  it  is  the  one  white  offer­
ing,  unsullied  by  greed  or  selfishness, 
that  we 
lay  upon  the  altar  of  valor  or 
genius  when  we  burn  the  incense  of  our 
adoration  before 
The  sacred  fire 
may  never  have  touched  us,  the  song 
that  thrilled,  the  words  that  inspired, 
were  not 
for  u s;  we  were  never  per­
mitted  to  tread  the  path  of  glory  that 
led  to  some  great  deed,  but the  hero,  the 
bard,  the  orator,  live 
in  our  fancy  as 
gods  in  a  world  of  men.

it. 

Admirable  as  hero  worship  in  its  pur­
ity  is,  there 
is  no  other  way  in  which 
poor,  weak,  vain  human  nature  cuts  so 
sorry  a  figure  as  when  we  see  some  one 
trying  to  borrow  a  kind  of  fictitious  dis­
tinction  by  standing 
in  the  shadow  of 
somebody  else’s  glory,  as  if  the  robe  of 
fame  was  ever  cut  big  enough  to  cover 
In  a  popular  song  the  hero 
two  people. 
sets 
forth  his  claim  to  notice  on  the 
ground  that  he  saw  the  man  who  knew 
the  man,  who  broke  the  bank  at  Monte 
Carlo.  He  was  not  the  only  one. 
There 
are  others  whose  claim  to  distinction 
is 
every  bit  as  flimsy.  They  are  great,  so 
to  speak,  by  reflection.  They  have  not 
done  anything  remarkable,  but 
they 
know  somebody  who  has.  We  all  know 
people  who,  starving  poor  themselves, 
are  never  weary  of  discoursing  about 
some  rich  relative,  as 
if  the  shine  of 
his  money  gilded  their  poverty.  We 
know  families  who  have  existed for gen­
erations  with  a  kind  of  halo  distinction 
because  a  great-grandfather  happened 
to  be  in  the  revolutionary  war  or  came 
over  in  the  Mayflower. 
is  on  these 
scant  and  flimsy  foundations  that  enter­
prising  people  are  attempting  to  erect 
an  American  aristocracy. 
The  most 
ridiculous  feature of  all,  however,  is  the 
man  who  thinks  he  gains  distinction  by

It 

pretending  to  know  all  distinguished 
people.  Mention  a  popular  actor  and 
he  says,  “ Oh,  yes,  he  is  delightful  on 
just  know 
the  stage,  but  you  should 
him 
in  private.  Charming, 
I  assure 
you.  So  witty,  such  a  delightful  story­
teller.  Of  course,  it  is  all  humbug,  but 
he  thinks  he  casts  an  atmosphere  of dis­
tinction  about  himself  by pretending  in­
timacy  with  people  who  are  noted.  The 
past  year  or  two  has  been  made grievous 
to  us  by  the  reminiscences  of  people 
who  have  known,  or  have  seen  a  man 
who  knew,  one or  the  other  of  the  heroes 
in  the  late  war.  The  man  who  went  to 
school  with  Sampson  has  proclaimed 
it 
to  the  world  by  the  thousand;  the  man 
who  was  thrashed  by  Schley  at  school 
has  risen  up 
from  his  obscurity  and 
called  attention  to  himself  by  boasting 
of  i t ;  even  the  fool  women  who  helped 
kiss  Hobson  into  obscurity  have  gone 
about  parading  the  fact,  instead  of  be­
ing  ashamed  of 
it.  The  very  climax 
infatuated  nonsense,  however, 
to  this 
was  given 
in  New  York  at  the  big 
Dewey  celebration,  when  an  enterpris­
ing  photographer  rigged  up  a  dummy 
wax 
figure  that  looked  like  the  hero  of 
Manila  and  hung  out  a  big  placard  that 
said, 
“ Come  and  have  your  picture 
taken,  showing  you  shaking  hands  with 
Dewey.  Twenty  photos  for  50  cents. ”  
It 
is  said  he  did  a  land  office  business 
and  was  unable  to  accommodate  the 
crowd  of  chumps  who  meant  to  go  home 
and  not  only  brag  about  the  intimacy 
they  formed  with  Dewey,  but  actually 
show  the  picture  of  themselves  taking  a 
long,  lingering  farewell  of  the  Admiral. 
Seeing 
it  was  one 
chance  in  a  thousand  for  this  particular 
kind  of  bragging  liar  to  be  believed.

is  believing,  and 

The  Tradesman  has  no  means  of 
knowing  whether  A.  C.  Schumacher 
would  accept  a  reappointment  to  the 
Board  of  Pharmacy,  but  the  energetic 
manner  in  which  he  has  discharged  the 
duties  devolving  upon  him  in  that  po­
sition  and  the  faithful  way  in  which  he 
has  undertaken  the  work  of  Secretary 
clearly  entitle  him  to  a  reappointment, 
in  case  he  can  accept 
it  without  too 
great  interterence  with  his  private  busi­
ness.  No  member  of  the  Board  has 
worked  harder  than  Mr.  Schumacher 
and,  certainly,  no  Secretary  has  done 
more  to  bring  the Board  into harmonious 
relations  with  the  retail  drug  trade  of 
the  State  than  he  has.  An 
in 
point 
is  the  communications  he  has 
sent  to  the  Tradesman  from  time  to 
time,  explaining  the  position  taken  by 
the  Board  on  points  of  vital  interest  to 
the  trade  and  also  noting  the  progress 
the  Board  has  made 
in  enforcing  the 
law  pertaining  to  the  practice  of  phar­
macy  in  this  State.  While  it  is  true  that 
comparisons  are  odious,  it  is,  neverthe­
less,  a 
fact  that  no  Secretary  of  the 
Board  has  ever  made  such 
constant 
effort  to  secure  the  co-operation  of  the 
trade  as  Mr.  Schumacher.

instance 

labor  received  a  body  blow  at 
Union 
last  week 
in  the  shape  of  a 
Pittsburg 
decision  by  Judge  White  in  connection 
with  injunction  proceedings  brought  by 
C.  L.  Flaccus,  a  Pittsburg  glassmaker, 
to  restrain  the  officials  of  the  American 
Glass  Workers’  Union  from  inducing 
his  apprentices  to  break  their  contracts. 
“ Trades  unions,”   said  Judge  White, 
“ have  come  to  be  the  most  tyrannous 
organizations  we  have.  A   boy  can  no 
longer  learn  a  trade  in  his  father’s  own 
shop  without  the  sanction  of  some trades 
union.  A s  conducted,  they  are  a  menace 
to  free  institutions.”

P R IV A T E   E N T E R P R IS E   IS   B EST.
There 

is  no  topic  of  industrial  eco­
nomics  pressing  for  consideration  more 
urgently  than  that  of  municipal  public 
works. 
In  some  of  the  most  conserva­
tive  and,  at  the  same  time most progres­
sive  municipalities  of  the  Old  World, 
experiments 
are  being  carried  out 
which  are  giving  very  satisfactory  so­
lutions  to  the  problems  there,  but  in  the 
newer  and  more  complex  conditions 
in 
the  communities  of  the  West  there  is lit­
tle  being  accomplished 
in  the  way  of 
practicable  management.  There  is  in 
Western  life  so  prominent  an  element of 
reckless  waste  and  disregard  for  public 
expenditures  and,  withal  so  great  an 
absorption  of  the  individual  in  his  own 
immediate  and  selfish  interest,  that  it  is 
almost  impossible  to  bring  any adequate 
influences  to  bear  upon  the  solution  of 
such  problems.

It  would  seem  that  in  recognition  of 
the  adverse  conditions  obtaining  here 
the  most  sensible  way  to  meet  the  diffi­
culties  would  be  to  enlist  as  much  of 
private  enterprise  in  the  prosecution  of 
public  works  as  possible.  By  this means 
the  spirit  of  competition,  which 
is  a 
result  of  our  tendency  toward  intense 
selfish  activity,  is  made  to  serve  the 
interests  of  the  public.  Through  the 
operation  of  competition  a  definite 
limit  will  be  put  upon  the  expenditure 
for  any  given  purpose  and  the  works 
will  be  done  at some  approximation  to  a 
commercial  basis.

in 

local  character 

It  may  be  contended  that  the 

ideal 
way 
is  for  the  public  to  do  its  own 
work,  paying  fair  wages,  but no  profit  to 
contractors.  This  contention  might  be 
allowed 
if  the  conditions  were  only 
ideal.  That  this  is  far  from  heing  the 
case 
is  demonstrated  by  every  attempt 
at  the  municipal  prosecution  of  any  en­
terprise  of  a 
this 
country.  The  prevailing  and  lament­
able 
lack  of  principle  as  to  public 
affairs,  which  makes  every  such  enter­
prise  the  opportunity  and  prey  of  a  host 
of  political  hangers-on  of  various  de­
scriptions,  from  the  lazy  or broken-down 
failure 
in  private  undertakings  to  the 
labor  delegate  and  professional  political 
agitator,  precludes  the  possibility  of 
conducting  any  enterprise  on  a  com­
mercial  basis.  Even 
in  the  vaunted 
examples  of  municipal  honesty  and  en­
terprise, 
there  are  oc­
casional  reports  of  defaulting  officials 
and  corruption,  and  the  conditions  there 
are 
ideal  as  compared  with  American 
cities.

like  Glsagow, 

Grand  Rapids 

is  probably  no  more 
industries 
unfortunate  in  its  municipal 
than  many  of  its  neighbors,  but  in  the 
present  era  of 
its  development  into  a 
metropolitan  city  it  seems  unusually un­
fortunate  in  the  number  and  seriousness 
of  the  schemes 
into  which  it  is  being 
betrayed  through  the  ignorance  or  cul­
pability  of  its official  management.  Per­
haps  the  experimental  scheme  for  d is­
posing  of  garbage  by  burning should not 
be  classed  as  an  industry  but,  rather, 
as  a  sanitary  enterprise,  although  the 
characteristics  as  to 
incompetent  man­
agement  and  results  are  the  same.  The 
cost  of  operation 
is  more  than  double 
that  estimated—a  condition  charged  by 
the  builders  to  the  employment  of  an 
unnecessarily 
large  force  to  operate  it. 
They  question  the  fairness  of  quartering 
the  city’s  dependents  and  the  usual 
quota  with  a  “ pull”   upon  the  institu­
tion  and  then  complain  to  them  as to  its 
economy.  But  it  is  probable  that  they 
meet  the  same  troubles  elsewhere,  as 
Grand  Rapids 
is  no  worse  in  this  re­
gard  than  her  sister  cities.

labor  union 

Another  most  brilliant  example  is  the 
lighting  undertaking.  Through  political 
and 
influences  no  oppor­
tunity  was  given  for  private  enterprise 
to  make  a  bid  on  the  work.  The  con­
tractors  who  were  then  furnishing  light 
were  entirely  ignored  and,  with  the  ex­
ception  of  the  costly  and  wasteful  tow­
ers, 
their  plant  was  not  considered. 
Notwithstanding  the  fact  that  these  con­
tractors  controlled  a  great  water  power 
which  would  be  a  valuable  factor during 
much  of  the  year  in  saving  costly  fuel, 
a  new  and  exclusively  steam  plant  must 
be  built.  The  story  of  the  building  is 
painfully  familiar  to  all  interested.  All 
estimates  of  cost  have  been  greatly  ex­
ceeded ;  the  money  raised  is  exhausted 
and  the  plant  far  from  completion. 
It 
is  a  deplorable  condition  but,  unfor­
tunately,  it  is  not  exceptional,  being  in 
accordance  with  the  general  practice  in 
municipal  public  works 
in  this  coun­
try. 
It  may  be  that  the  present  condi­
tions  are  temporary ;  that  a  higher  stage 
of  development  will  make  it  possible 
for  the  public  prosecution  of  economic 
enterprises,  but  that  time  is  yet  far  in 
the 
future  and  those  working  for  the 
best  public  interest  to-day  will  endeavor 
to  use  private  enterprise  wherever  pos­
sible.

T H IR T Y   Y E A R S   O F   U SE FU LN ESS.
The  American  Grocer  recently  cele­
brated  the  thirtieth  anniversary  of  its 
establishment  by  issuing  an  extra  edi­
tion  of  100  pages,  which  is  full  to  over­
flowing  with  good 
reflecting 
credit  on  both  editor  and  publisher.

things, 

it  an 

When  the  writer  was  a  clerk  in  the 
general  store  of  the  late  D.  M.  M cClel­
lan,  at  Reed  City,  nearly  thirty  years 
ago,  a  copy  of  the  American  Grocer 
happened  to  fall  into  his  hands  and  he 
vividly  recalls  the  wonder  and  delight 
the  publication  gave  him  and  the  valu­
able 
information  he  gleaned  therefrom 
during  the  period  of  his  apprenticeship 
behind  the  counter.  Although  the  pub­
lication  was  then  only  three  years  old, 
it  was  replete  with  carefully  compiled 
statistics  and  pertinent  advice  which 
made 
invaluable. companion  for 
the  merchant  and  clerk—more  so  even 
than  now,  because  there  was  then  no 
other  weekly  trade  journal  on  which  the 
grocery  trade  could  rely  for  authentic 
information.  The  American  Grocer has 
always  been  first  and 
foremost  in  the 
advocacy  of  improved  methods  and  bet­
It  has  sought  to  har­
ter  conditions. 
the  differences  between  the 
monize 
wholesale  and  retail  trade. 
It  has  stood 
for  better  goods  and 
living  margins. 
Like  some  other  journals  which  refuse 
to  bow  the  head  subserviently  to  public 
clamor,  when  the  public 
is  wrong,  it 
has  suffered  in  silence  the  loss of friends 
and  business,  realizing  that  time  will 
remedy  all  things  and  that  the  man  who 
hastily  reviles  a  publication  for  acting 
on  principle  will  be  the  first  to  admit 
his  mistake  when  calmer  consideration 
convinces  him  of  his  error.  Under  the 
able  editorship  of  Mr.  Barrett, 
the 
American  Grocer  has  always  been  dis­
tinguished  for  the  accuracy  of  its  state­
ments  and  the  courtesy  with  which  it 
has  always 
competitors. 
Conservative  to  an  unusual  degree—per­
haps  too  much  so  for  this  day  and  age 
of  the  world—and  conscious  of  the  work 
it  has  wrought  in  the  development  and 
extension  of  the  grocery trade, the Amer • 
ican  Grocer  has  every  reason  to  regard 
its  career  with  pride  and  satisfaction 
and  to  look  forward  to  a  successful  and 
profitable  future.

treated 

its 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

O P P O S IN G  E D U C A T IO N .

A   notion  is  being  propagated  that  the 
people  are  being  over-educated. 
It  is 
proclaimed  that,  as  the  vast  masses 
must  necessarily  labor  for  a  livelihood, 
and  that  only  a  few  can  be  rich,  educa­
tion  unfits  the  masses  for  the  hard  work 
and  the  rough  battle  of  life  in  which 
they  must  engage.

If  all  men  were  content  to  live  in 

ig­
norance,  there  would  be  no  progress  in 
what  is called  civilization,  and the  great 
body  of  the  people  would  be  virtually 
slaves  to  the  wealthy  classes.  Possibly 
this  is  the  condition  that  the  propaga­
tors  of  the  notion  about  over-education 
are  desirous  of  bringing  about. 
If  it 
could  be  accomplished,  the  masses  of 
the  American  people,  both  white  and 
black,  would  be  reduced  to  slavery  in 
fact,  if  not  in  name.

It  is  true  few  persons  can  attain  great 
wealth,  and  many  must,  from  the  neces­
sity  of  the  conditions 
in  which  they 
live,  remain  poor.  A   liberal education, 
so  far  from  unfitting  them  for their hum­
ble  situation,  enables  them  to  endure  it 
with  all  the  more  patience  and  philos­
ophy.  “ M ym ind  to  me  a  kingdom  is,”  
said  an  old  poet,  meaning  to  declare 
that  mere  pecuniary  poverty  could  not 
deprive  him  of  the  treasures  of  his 
knowledge  or  rob  him  of  the  vast  do­
main  of  thought  which  education  had 
bestowed  upon  him.

The  practical  uses  of  education  are  to 
teach  men  to  think  and  to  inform  them 
of  what  other  generations  of  human  be­
ings  have  accomplished  in  the  various 
departments  of  endeavor,  so  that  think­
ers  and 
inventors  may  not  waste  their 
efforts  upon  what  has  already  been  dis­
covered  or  discarded,  but  that  they  may 
start  where  others 
left  off  and  rise  to 
still  greater  heights  and  attain still more 
important  results. 
In  this  way  the  en­
tire  sum  of  human  progress  has  been 
accumulated.

For  the 

lack  of  proper 

scientific 
knowledge,  men  are  contsantly  wasting 
their  energies  in  efforts  to 
invent  per­
petual  motion,  when  a  proper  acquaint­
ance  with  the 
laws  of  physics  would 
have  taught  them  that  it  is  as  impos­
sible  to  create  force  out  of  nothing  as  it 
is  to  originate  matter.  The  great  cen­
tral  principle  of  democratic  doctrine 
is 
that  every  human  being  should  have  an 
opportunity  of  doing  the  best  that  is 
possible  with  such  means  and 
faculties 
as  he  may  possess,  and  he  is  entitled  to 
improve  and  develop  them  as  much  as 
he  can,  in  order  to  secure  the  best  re­
sults  attainable.

If  education  should  unfit  men  for  the 
lowest  pursuits  of  industry,  it  has  had 
the  effect  of  opening  to  human  effort 
new  and  vast 
fields  of  employment 
where  men  are  not  only  raised  to  higher 
conditions,  but  are  able  to  command 
better  pay  for  their  services.  Alexander 
Sutherland,  in  the  Nineteenth  Century 
Magazine  for  October,  says  in  this  con­
nection :

Science  is  steadily  sweeping  away  all 
those  humblest  classes  of  employment. 
Hardly  anv  man  has  now  to  toil  up  lad­
ders  with'  the  hod  of  bricks  upon  his 
shoulder.  The  donkey-engine  does  the 
purely  animal  part  of  the  work.  The 
reaper  is  replaced  by  the  machine,  and 
the  plowman 
is  fast  receding  as  the 
steam  plow  makes  its  appearance.  We 
rarely  see  long  lines  of  men,  laden  with 
coal  bags,  running  up  planks  as  in  the 
olden  days.  The  need  of  men  to  do  the 
work  of  horses  is  steadily  diminishing. 
It  is  true  that  science  has  by  no  means 
conquered  the  whole  domain.  There  is 
still  much  scrubbing  of  floors to  be  done 
by  men  and  women  on  bended  knees 
and  coal  is  still  hewn  out  with  pick  and 
lit­
ax  and  the  use  of  muscle,  with  but 

tle  use  of  brain.  And  yet,  even  in  our 
fertile  century,  science  never  works  by 
revolution,  but  only  by  progress.  One 
domain  after  another  has  gone.

But 

if  science  is  abolishing  occupa­
tions  at  the 
lower  end  of  the  ladder  of 
industry',  she  is  creating "new  employ­
ments  at  the  top. 
Says  the  writer 
quoted:

and 

In  the 

locomotive  engineers, 

Think  of  the  hundreds  of  thousands of 
men  who  in  England  are  now  employed 
in  callings  that  had  no  existence  sixty 
years  a g o ;  the  telegraphers,  and  photog­
raphers,  and  mechanists  of  a  hundred 
kinds. 
last  decade  or  two  what 
an  army  of  skilled  men  have  been  de­
manded  by  the  invention  of  the  bicycle, 
the  telephone  and  the  electric  lig h t!  As 
compared  with  the  beginning  of  the 
century,  think  of  the  long  array  of  ma­
rine 
the 
chemists,  the  journalists,  the  draughts­
men,  the  teachers,  the  postmen,  railway 
porters  and  tram  conductors.  What  a 
multitude  of  callings  are  there  which 
are  either  new,  or  else  newly-stocked, 
so  that  while  the  population  has  quad­
rupled,  their  ranks  have been multiplied 
a  hundredfold.  But 
is  the  entirely 
new  employments  that  strike  the  mind 
most  forcibly,  and  any  one  who  runs  his 
eye  down  a  census  of  the  occupations  of 
the  people  will  satisfy  himself  that  in 
England  of  the  present  day  one-fifth 
part  of  the  adult  male  population  find 
their  livelihood  in  callings  that  had  no 
existence  when  the  century  began.

it 

Of  course,  no 

little  individual  hard­
ship  is  inflicted  on  some  classes  of labor 
when  their  occupations  are  swept  away 
by  the  discoveries  of  science ;  but  such 
misfortunes  are  incident  to  human  con­
ditions.  The  scribes  who  made  books 
in  manuscript  had  their  industry  entire­
ly  destroyed  by  the  art  of  printing;  but 
whereas  only  a 
few  copies  of  books 
could  be  made  with  the  pen  the  print­
ers’  art  multiples  books  by  thousands 
and  millions,  giving  employment 
to 
immense  numbers  of  men  and  women 
and  vastly  aeliorating  the  conditions  of 
human  life  in  all  civilized  countries.

Education  means  to  the  greatest  num­
bers  of  the  people  an  upward  progress 
in  the  comforts  of  life  and  in  material 
It  means,  also,  a  vast  amount 
benefits. 
of  satisfaction  and  enjoyment 
in  the 
pursuit  and  possession  of  knowledge. 
Of  course,  there  are  many  defects  in 
modem  educational  methods;  but, 
in 
the  main,  education 
is  an  enormous 
benefit  and  free  public  education  is  a 
vast  and  inestimable  benefaction.

at  anything 

Much  speculation  has  been  indulged 
in  during  the  past  as  to  the  cost  of  the 
White  Star  leviathan  Oceanic.  Rumor 
has  variously  stated  the  cost  of  this 
mammoth  vessel 
from 
$2,500,000  to  $7,500,000.  A   more definite 
datum  on  which  to  work,  however,  is 
the  amount  of  insurance  effected.  The 
White  Star  Company  has  given  out 
lines  amounting  to  $2,500,000,  and  have 
retained  to  themselves  $750,000.  This 
makes  the 
insured  value  $3,250,000. 
But  this  figure 
is  probably  an  under­
estimate,  for  there  is  good  reason  to  be­
lieve  that  the  ship  is  by  no  means  in­
sured  to  her  full  value.

The  recent  proposition  to  undertake 
the  raising  of  cattle  on  a somewhat  large 
scale  in  Eastern  Maine  has  aroused  the 
oldest  inhabitants  to  say that many years 
ago  large  herds  of  cattle  and  sheep  were 
raised  there,  but  the  tracts  of  land  thus 
occupied  were  given  up  to  the  raising 
of  blueberries.  The  canning  of  these 
berries  has  been  carried  on  somewhat 
extensively  in  Maine  in  recent  years.

It  is  difficult  to  arbitrate  in  the  face 
of  gold  mines  that  may  belong  to  the 
side  that  kills  the  most  human beings.

ED U C A T IO N   O F   A  B U SIN ESS  M AN .
It 

is  ordinarily  held  that  to  be  a  man 
of  business,  a  merchant,  or  trader,  but 
little  education  is  necessary. 
If  a  man 
can  read  and  write  and  is  quick  at  fig­
ures,  he 
is  supposed  to  be  sufficiently 
equipped  to  sell  goods  behind  the  coun­
ter  or  on  the  road  or  to  meet  the  sharp 
fellows  on  the  floor  of  the  stock  and 
mercantile  exchanges.

This  may  do  in  strictly  home trading; 
but  a  man  engaged  in  foreign commerce 
must  know  something  more  than  the 
mere  rudiments  of  buying  and  selling. 
He  must  be  able  to  read,  write  and 
speak  the 
language  of  the  people  with 
whom  he  trades.  He  must  know  some­
thing  of  the  geography  and  history  of 
the  countries  in  which  his  business  lies, 
and  he  must  understand  enough  about 
the  climate,  the  manners  and  customs 
of  the  people  and  of  other  conditions 
that  will  enable  him  to  know  what  sorts 
of  merchandise  are  suited  to  the  needs 
of  customers  there. 
Such  a  man  should 
be  well  informed  on  the  topics  of  the 
day ;  he  should  know  something  of  po­
litical  economy  and  general 
finance, 
and  should  be  able  to  maintain  himself 
creditably  in  any  situation  in  which  he 
is  likely  to  be  placed  while  engaged 
in 
foreign  commerce.

In  the  Commercial  Congress  of  the 
National  Export  Exposition,  at  Phila­
delphia,  President  Eliot,  of  Harvard 
University,  recently  delivered  an  ad­
dress  on  the  requisites  of  a  commercial 
education.  Here  is  an  outline  of  what 
he  proposed  as  a  proper  course  of  study 
for  a  commercial  career.  The  student, 
in  addition  to  the  English  language, 
must  know  French,  German  and  Span­
the 
ish. 
of 
languages  will  ordinarily  suffice 
for 
principals;  but  for  traveling  advantages 
or  agents  residing  abroad,  a  speaking 
knowledge  of  at 
these 
languages  is  desirable.  This,  however, 
is  not  enough,  if  Asiatic  trade  is  to  be 
sought.  The  Chinese,  Japanese,  Arabic 
and  Malay  languages  then  become  nec­
essary.

A   reading  knowledge 

two  of 

least 

8

raise  the  mercantile  class  to  the  front 
life. 
rank 
It/then,  becomes  of  the 
in 
importance  that  men  shall  be 
greatest 
for  mercantile  careers, 
duly  prepared 
and 
is  the  duty  of  the  universities 
and  educational  institutions  of  all  sorts 
to  provide  for  such  education.

it 

T H E   SAM OAN  P K O B I.E M .

After  a 

lull  of  several  months  the 
Samoan  problem  is  again  coming  to  the 
front  as  a  live  issue  in  international  re­
lations.  Although  a  temporary  agree­
ment  was  arrived  at  by  the  three  powers 
interested  in  the  islands,  no  actual  set­
tlement  of  the  questions  in  dispute  was 
The  monarchy  or  kingship 
secured. 
was 
Samoa,  and  an 
amicable  arrangement  was  made  for  the 
government  of  the  islands  ad 
interim, 
but  the  vexed  problem  of  control  re­
mains  unsolved.

abolished 

in 

it 

All  interests  are  agreed  that  a  perpet­
uation  of  the  tripartite  government 
is 
is  apparent  to  all 
undesirable;  but 
that  it  will  be  difficult  to  arrive  at  some 
basis  of  dividing  up  the  islands  upon 
an  equitable  plan.  All  three  of  the 
powers  are  willing  to  make  a  division ; 
but  all  want  Apia,  which  is  the  capital 
and  most  important  point  in the  islands.
Recently  the  British  government  pro­
posed  to  Germany  compensation  for  the 
abandonment  of  her  claims  to  Samoa, 
but  Germany  refused  to  entertain  this 
proposition. 
is 
islands 
not  adverse  to  a  division  of  the 
among  the  powers 
The 
interested. 
United  States  would  probably  urge  no 
serious  objection  to  that  p lan ;  but  it 
is 
feared  that  Great  Britain  would  prove  a 
stumbling  block,  as  she  would  have  to 
take  Australian  susceptibilities  into  ac­
count.

Germany,  however, 

How  to  arrive  at  an  equitable division 
of  the  territory  of  the  islands  is  now  the 
problem  to  be  considered.  With  both 
Germany  and  Great  Britain  determined 
to  secure  Apia,  it  is  difficult  to  see  how 
an  arrangement  can  be  arrived  at.  Ger­
many  seems  disposed  to  submit the mat­
ter  to  arbitration,  and 
if  such  an  ar­
rangement  could  be  arrived  at,  every­
thing  might  come  out  satisfactorily.

The  commercial  student,  being  prop­
erly  equipped  with  living  languages,  is 
then  expected  to  give  his  attention  to 
the  study  of  economics,  statistics,  bank­
ing,  currency,  exchange,  arbitrage,  in­
surance,  government  tariffs,  transporta­
tion  by 
land  and  water,  commercial 
geography,  climates,  ethnology,  com­
mercial  needs  by  region  and  race,  mari­
time  exchange,  blockade  rights,  neutral 
rights,  commercial  law,  industrial  com­
binations  of  capital,  labor  unions  and 
financing  new  enterprises.

A   man  so  educated  would  be  vastly 
better  prepared  for  the  duties  and  cares 
of  statesmanship  than  are  most  of  the 
lawyers  to  whom 
legislation  and  d i­
plomacy  are  intrusted.  The  simple  fact 
is  that  this  is  the  age  of  trade,  of  com­
merce,  and  the  lawmaker  and  the  diplo­
mat  can  scarcely  be  charged  with  any 
business  more 
important  than  that  of 
promoting  and  extending  the  commerce 
of  the  country  and  in  opening  new  mar­
kets  for  the  country’ s  products.

In  view  of  the  paramount 

importance 
of  commerce,  too  much  care  in  educat­
ing  the  men  who  are  to  conduct  it  can 
not  be  taken.  The  merchant  is  rapidly 
going  to  the  head  of  our  economic  sys­
tem,  and  lawmakers  and  ambassadors  to 
foriegn  countries  are  rather  his  servants 
than  otherwise,  employed  in  protecting 
and  promoting  commercial 
interests. 
The  merchants  of  Tyre,  Carthage  and 
Venice  were  the  peers  of  the  princes  of 
the  earth,  and  the  growing  commercial 
interests  and 
forces  are  going  again  to

Even  a  partitioning  off  of  the  islands 
among  Great  Britain,  Germany  and  this 
country  would  not  be  an altogether satis­
factory  solution  of  the  question.  The 
close  proximity  of 
the  possessions  of 
three  different  powers,  each  enforcing 
separate  laws  and  showing  different  de­
grees  of material development,  would  be 
a  source  of  constant  irritation.  Without 
interchange  of  trade,  the  com­
a 
merce  of  the  islands  would  be  of  small 
value,  and  trade  competition  would 
lead  to  constant  friction.

free 

in  the 

islands 

interest 

It  may  be  very  much  doubted  if  the 
American 
is 
actually  worth  all the  trouble  it is giving 
us,  but 
is  now  the  fashion  to  hold 
onto  every  bit  of  territory  acquired; 
hence  it  may  be  assumed  that  our  Gov­
ernment  will  be  as  persistent  as  the 
others. 

it 

___________________
ingenuity 

Trade 

correspondent, 

is  never  at  fault. 
in  Berlin  has,  writes  an 
Some  distiller 
invented  a 
Augsburg 
liquor  which  he  calls  “ Dreyfus’  tears.”  
He  calls 
it  the  “ most  innocent”   of  all 
spirits,  and  if  you  buy  ten  bottles  he 
will  grant  “ extenuating  circumstances”  
consisting  of  10  per cent,  discount.

Carl  Brown  is  about  to  make  another 
Coxey  tramj)  march  to  Washington,  to 
complain  of  hard  times.  He  starts  from 
Kansas,  where  the  people  are  so  busy 
gathering  a  glorious  harvest that  they  do 
not  have  time  to  kick  the  tramps  who 
refuse  to  work.

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Woman’s World

R eviving:  th e   L o st  A r t  o f G ra titu d e .
I  wish  somebody  would  start  a  school 
for  the  cultivation  of  old-fashioned  vir­
tues  and  begin  by  trying  to  revive  the 
lost  art  of  gratitude.  To  my mind  there 
is  no  other  fault  of  our  day  so  unlovely 
as  the  lack  of  appreciation  that  we  en­
counter  everywhere.  We  have  gotten 
into  the  way  of  taking  everything  for 
granted  and  of  accepting  favors  as  if 
they  were  merely  a  slight  and  unworthy 
tribute  to  our  own  charms  and  merits. 
in  the  matter  of  thanks  we  are  as 
Even 
like  the 
stingy  and  niggardly  as 
heroine  of  the 
lips 
dropped  diamonds  and  rubies  instead 
of  words,  and  we  were  afraid  of  being 
robbed.

tale,  our 

fairy 

if, 

it 

Of  course,  when  we  do  a  kindly  thing 
we  do  not  perform  it  in  the  hope  of  re­
ward,  nor  do  we  care  to  have  our  vir­
tues  unduly  exploited,  but 
is  one 
thing  to  have  a  trumpet  sounded  in 
your  praise  and  another  to  have  every­
thing  received  in  dead  silence.  Yet  the 
whole  world  hungers  and  thirsts  for  ap­
preciation,  and  to  realize  the  truth  of 
this  we  have  only  to  bring  it  home  to 
ourselves  and  recall  how  our  hearts 
warmed  under  the  sunshine  of  a  little 
gratitude,  and  understanding  of 
the 
things  we  had  done,  and  the  sacrifices 
we  had  made  for  someone  else.

It 

land 

invitations 

is  a  pleasure  we  are  seldom  per­
mitted  to  enjoy.  What  we  are  intimate­
ly  acquainted  with 
is  the  brutal  rude­
ness  of  people  who  take  our  efforts  in 
their  behalf  as  a  matter  of  course,  and 
think 
it  entirely  too  much  trouble  to 
manifest  the  slightest  appreciation of  it. 
Take  the  matter  of  entertaining,  for  in­
stance.  The  world  over  an  invitation 
has  been  considered  a  sight  draft  on 
politeness  that  would  draw  some  sort  of 
acknowledgment  out  of  a  clam, yet every 
season  the 
is  full  of  the  wails  of 
hostesses  who  have  received  no  reply  to 
their 
and  do  not  know 
whether  to  expect  forty  guests  or  400. 
Nor  does  the  lack  of  appreciation  stop 
there.  The  majority  of  guests  nowa­
days  seem  to  regard  your  house as  mere­
ly  affording  a  picturesque  background 
for  their 
flirtations  or  a  convenient 
meeting  place  for  their  friends,  and 
such  a  thing  as  having  any  obligations 
to  you  does  not  enter  their  heads.  Men 
are  the particular aggressors  in  this  line. 
The  hostess  who  can  induce  the  weary - 
looking  young 
line  her 
walls  at  her  balls  and  eat  her  salads  and 
drink  her  champagne,  to  dance  or  pay 
any  attention  to  an  ugly  girl  when  there 
is  a  pretty  one  in  sight,  is  a  diplomat 
and  a  general  who  deserves  recognition 
at  her  country’s  hands.  So  far  as  a  man 
regarding  himself  as  being  under  any 
obligations  for  an  invitation,  he  thinks, 
that  he  has  conferred  a  favor  by  going 
for  which  his  hostess  should  be  humbly 
grateful.  Only 
last  winter  I  heard  a 
beardless  stripling  calmly  announce that 
he  never  called  at  houses  where  he  was 
entertained  unless  there  were girls there. 
“ What’ s  the  use?”   he  cynically 
re­
marked.  “ They can’ t  give  parties  with­
out  men.  Th ey’ re  bound  to  ask  u s.”  
For  my  part,  I  should 
like  to  see  the 
women  who  entertain  form  an  iron-clad 
trust  and  boycott  every  man  who  failed 
to  show  a  decent  appreciation  of  the 
courtesies  shown  him.

fellows  who 

But  men are  not  the  only  ones  lacking 
in  appreciation.  There  isn’t  one  woman 
in  a  thousand  who  hesitates  to  ask  a  fa­
vor  of  you,and  there  is  about  one  in  ten 
who  ever  thinks  of  making  any  return

Being 

for  it,  in  words  or  deeds.  There  is  Mrs. 
A,  who  writes  you 
from  New  York  or 
Chicago,  asking  you  to  give  her  a  letter 
of  introduction  to some charming friends 
of  yours. 
good-natured,  you 
comply,  and  they  show  her  all  sorts  of 
attentions  on  your  account.  One  would 
think  that  her  first 
impulse  would  be 
to  sit  down  and  write  you  a  note  teem­
ing  with  gratitude;  but  does  she  do  it? 
Instead,  she  waits  until 
Rarely  ever. 
she  gets  home,  and 
if  you  happen  to 
meet  her  she  casually  mentions  that  she 
saw  your  friends,  the  Z ’s,  and  that’s 
all  the  thanks  you  ever  get  from  her. 
Or,  there 
in  the  counrty, 
who  reads  the  Sunday  advertisements  of 
Snip  &  Cutem.  Two  days  later  you  get 
a  letter  asking  you  to  go  down  and  see 
if  the  taffeta  petticoats  that  they  are 
advertising  at  $3.09  are  really  the  same 
that  were  §4  at  the  beginning of  the sea­
son. 
inconvenient  and  you  are 
busy,  but  you  wearily  chase  down  town 
and 
investigate  and  report  to  her,  but 
she  never  thinks  of  showing  her  appre­
ciation  of  your  trouble  by  writing  you  a 
note  of  thanks,  and  that’s  all  you  ever 
hear  from  her  until  she  wants  another 
errand  done.

is  Mrs.  B, 

is 

It 

“ Just  a 

is  one  to  do?  Very 

Every  writing  woman  knows  what  it 
is  to  be  importuned  by  friends  and  peo­
ple  whom  she  has  never  seen—to  help 
them out  when  they have a  club  paper  to 
few  points  about  the 
write. 
ancient  dynasty  of  Rameses, ”  
they 
glibly  suggest,  or  “ don’t  put  yourself  to 
any  trouble,  but  please  tell  me  how  to 
begin  a  paper  on  the  ‘ Oversoul,’  and 
what  to  put 
in  the  middle,  and  write 
me  a  real  good  ending,  because  in  a 
club  paper  the  end  is  always  what  peo­
ple  enjoy  most. 
I  have  got  the  loveliest 
new  hat  and  a  duck  of  a  dress  trimmed 
with  real  lace,  and  if  you  will  only  help 
me  out  with  my  paper  I ’ ll  be all  right.”  
What 
likely  the 
writing  woman  doesn’t  know  any  more 
about  the  subject  than  a  rabbit,  and  to 
find  out 
involves  weary  searching 
through  biographies  and  encyclopedias, 
but  she  does 
it  and  sends  off  the  best 
essay  she  can  manage.  Then  comes  the 
curious  part, 
in  a  blue 
moon  does  the  recipient  take  the trouble 
to  manifest  any  appreciation  whatever, 
or  even 
let  the  writer  know  how  the 
paper  “ went”   at  the  club  meeting,  yet 
that  same  woman  would  have  been 
overwhelmed  with  gratitude  if  her  gro­
cer  had  presented  her  with  a  pound  of 
soda  crackers. 
It  is  the  same  way  with 
the  woman  who  reads  or  recites or sings. 
When  Mrs.  Society  gives  a  reception 
and  wants  to  break  the  deadly  dullness 
by  a  musicale  which  costs  her  nothing, 
she  is  in  great  demand. 
She  is  contin­
ually  importuned  to  help  out  charity en­
tertainments  and  church  affairs,  but  do 
those  to  whom  she  has  given  her  time 
.  and  talent  so  freely  manifest  any  ap­
preciation  when 
for 
reciprocity?  Let  the  sparsely-attended 
benefits  of  our  own  gifted  and  generous 
artists  testify.

for  not  once 

time  comes 

the 

But  the  very  tragedy  of  the  lack  of 
appreciation  manifests  itself  in  the  do­
mestic  circle. 
I  honestly  believe  that, 
while  we  are  ransacking  heaven  and 
earth  for  some  cure 
for  the  domestic 
troubles  we  see  all  about  us,  it  lies  in 
the  simple  expedient  of  people  show­
ing  some  appreciation  and  some  grati­
tude  for  the  daily  toil  and  sacrifice  of 
those  about  them. 
I  have  known  plenty 
of  women  whose  whole  married  life  was 
nothing  short  of 
slavery,  who  were 
goaded  on  from  day  to  day  and  year  to 
year  by  hard  and relentless poverty,  who 
never  had  one  hour  that  was  free  from

anxiety  and  care  and  who  never  knew 
what  it  was  to  gratify  a  longing  for any­
thing  pretty  or  dainty,  but  I  never  knew 
one  who  considered  herself  ill-used  or 
her  lot  hard,  if  she  was  sustained  by  the 
loving  appreciation  of  her  husband. 
I 
remember  once  saying  to  such  a  woman 
that 
it  must  be  hard  for  her  to  always 
wear  shabby  clothes  when  she  had  been 
used,  in  her  youth,  to  walk  in  silk  at­
“ A h ,”   she  said,  with  a  contented 
tire. 
smile,  “ Tom  would  dress  me 
like  a 
princess  if  he  could,  and to  know  that  is 
better  than  to  have  anything  that  money 
could  buy.  Why, 
the  other  day  he 
kissed  my  hand  and  a  tear  fell  on  it, 
because 
it  had  grown  hard  and  callous 
working  for  him,  and  it  seemed  to  me 
that  it  was  brighter  and  more  beautiful 
than  a  diamond.”   It  is  a  solemn 
fact, 
based  on  God  knows  what  strange  con­
tradiction  of  the  feminine  heart,  that  if 
you  give  a  woman  appreciation  you 
need  give  her  precious  little  else,  and 
she  will  still  consider  herself  blessed 
among  her  sex,  and  I  have  frequently 
wondered  that  husbands  didn’t  oftener 
indulge  in  it  just  as  a  good  financial  in­
vestment.

A   woman  errs  equally  in  taking  it  too 
much 
for  granted  that  a  man  is  glad  to 
spend  his  life  toiling  for  her,  and  that 
no  word  of  acknowledgment 
is  needed 
to  show  that  she  understands  and  appre­
ciates  all  his  sacrifices. 
Say  what  you 
will,  it  is  hard to work  on  day  after  day, 
as  the  average  man  does,  just  to  pay 
grocery  bills  and  school  bills  and  doc­
tors’  bills  and  dry  goods  bills,  and  to 
feel  that  he  has  been  reasonably  fortu­
if  at  the  end  of  the  month  he  has 
nate 
evened  up  with  the  collector. 
Surely 
he  must  be  more  than  mortal 
if,  at 
times,  he  doesn’t  think  that  the  silent 
acquiescence  of  his  fam ily  in  accepting 
his  labor  is  pretty  poor  pay  for  the  lux­
uries  and  the  pleasures  he  might  have 
had  if  he  had  staid  single. 
It  is  sadly 
true  that  this  view  of  the  subject  occurs 
is  one  she  may 
to  few  women,  but 
well  consider  and  believe  that 
in  no 
other  way  can  she  so  lighten  the  burden 
of 
life  for  her  husband  as  by  showing 
him  that  she  appreciates  his  patient 
toil,  the  bravery  of  the  unrecorded  daily 
sacrifices,  the  heroism  that  keeps  him, 
sick  or  well,  at  his  post,  that  he  may 
keep  her  safe  and  sheltered 
in  the 
warmth  of  home.

it 

it  on  others? 

When  we  all  care  for  appreciation  so 
much  ourselves,  what  queer  freak  of 
human  nature  is  it  that  makes  us  chary 
of  bestowing 
I  never  go 
down  town  that  I  am  not  shocked  at  the 
brutal  callousness  of  women  who  will 
make  a  tired  clerk  pull  down  stacks  of 
goods  or  search  for 
impossible  shades, 
and  who  accept  the  service without  even 
a  grunt  of  acknowledgment  of  her  po­
liteness  and  patience.

There  are  servants  whose  mistresses 
never  give  a  word  of  praise  for  good 
work  done  and  children  who 
insensibly 
feel  that  nobody  appreciates  them  at 
home  and  that  their little efforts at  better 
manners  and  harder  study  are  wasted. 
It  is  all  a  terrible  mistake,  bom  of  our 
carelessness,  and  the  sooner  we  correct 
it  the  better.  There is  no  quality  better 
worth  a  woman’ s  cultivation  than  the 
gift  of  appreciation. 
is  the  magic 
that  robs  daily  toil  of  its  hardness  and 
takes  the  bitterness  out  of  life  and  fills 
it  with  sweetness  and  light.

It 

Dorothy  Dix.

There  are  two  places  in  a  newspaper 
where  a  man  is  superstitious  about  hav­
ing  his  name  appear—the  obituary  col­
umn  and  the  police-court  record.

T h e   S ch o o l D ay s  th e   H a p p ie st.

is  when 

One  of  the  times  when  every  grown­
up  person  inwardly  gives  hearty  thanks 
for  deliveiance, 
the  season 
comes  for  the  schools  to  reopen  in  the 
fall. 
In  the  morning,  as  we  look  out  of 
the  windows,  we  shall  see  the  first  of 
this  army  of 
little  martyrs,  resuming 
their  burdens,  and  we  will  sink  back 
into  our  chairs  with  a  sigh  of  unmixed 
relief  and  satisfaction  that  we  have  es­
caped  from  that  thralldom.  Of  course, 
we  have  a  cherished  theory,  and  very 
likely  we  exploit  it  for  the  benefit of our 
own  children,  that  our  school  days  are 
In  real­
the  happiest  time  of  our  life. 
ity,  not  one  person 
in  a  thousand  but 
who  remembers  them  as  a  kind of night­
mare,  or  who  could  be  induced,  for  love 
or  money,  to  go  over  them  again.

Looking  backward  we  can  see  why 
they  ought  to  have  been  happy,  and  that 
the  cares  that  encumbered  them  were 
very  little  cares  indeed.  We  know  that 
we  borrowed  unnecessary  trouble  and 
anxiety  over  our  tasks.  Above  all  we 
know  that  the  schoolma’am  whose  looks 
struck  terror  into  our  breasts  was  a  very 
ordinary  person  indeed,  whose  bad  tem­
per  was  mostly  dyspepsia,  and  who  was 
just  as  afraid  of  the  superintendent  as 
we  were  of  her.  But  the  horizon  of 
youth  is  limited.  The  misfortunes  and 
cares  of  to-day  seem  far  more  final  to 
childhood  than  they  do  to  us  in  after 
life,  and 
for  that  reason  its  sufferings 
and  anxieties  are  intense  and  poignant.
Now  misfortune  has  to  be  darkening 
around  us,  banks  have  to  be  breaking, 
and  sickness  and  death  hovering  about 
us  before  we  go  to  bed  in  tears,  dream 
feverishly  through  an  oppressed  night, 
and  waken  dispirited  and  hopeless  with 
the  shadow  of  calamity  hanging over u s; 
yet  even  so  were  we  ridden  through 
weary  school  sessions  by  the  specter  of 
spelling  and  geography 
lessons,  and 
after  all,  by  the  time  we  got  grown  they 
had  changed  the  spelling  and  made  new 
geographies,  and  we  had  to  learn  it  all 
over  again.  How  foolish  it  seems  now 
to  have  cared  for  the  silly  titter  of  our 
school  companions  when  they  laughed 
at  some  mistake,  or at  our  unfashionable 
clothes.  Now  the  stinging  derision  of 
the  whole  world  would  not  have  the 
power  to  bring  us  such  an  agony  of 
shame,  and  to  our  dying  day  many  of 
us  will  remember  how  the  hot  tears 
choked  us  as  some  teacher,  ignorantly 
cruel  let  us  hope,  held  us  up  to  the  ridi­
cule  of  the  room  that  was  our  little  uni­
verse.  While  as  for  fear  and  tyranny, 
there  is  no other  despotism  more  oppres­
sive  and  relentless  than  that  of  the 
schoolroom,  which  does  not  even  give 
the  accused  the  chance  to  talk  back.

“ Childish  troubles  will 

There  probably  isn’t  any  way  to  help 
matters.  Children  must  be  educated, 
and  school,  like  certain  bitter  medi­
cines,  are  good  and  wholesome  institu­
tions  for  them,  but  at  least  those  who 
are  undergoing  this  heroic  treatment 
have  a  claim  upon  our  intelligent  sym­
pathy. 
soon 
pass  b y ;  there,  little  girl,  don’t  c ry ,”  
may  be  sufficiently  consoling  philos­
ophy  to  those  of  us  who  are  not  going 
to  school  and  don’t  have  to  agonize over 
tasks  that  are  straining  our  abilities  to 
the  utmost,  but  we  should  at  least  re­
member  that  their  troubles  are  as  real 
and  as  great  to  them  as  the  big  sorrows 
that  come  to  us.  More  than  that,  we 
might  be  merciful,  and  when  we  see 
children,  heavy-eyed  and pale,  wrestling 
with  the  accumulated  woes  of  too  heavy 
studies,  we  might  forbear  to  sacrifice 
them  on  the  altar  we  have  set  up  to  the 
gods  of  education. 

Cora  Stowell.

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Shoes  and  Leather

D u ty   o f th e   D e a le r  in   D ire c tin g   H is  C us­

to m e rs.

The  question  of  clothes  is  such  a  mo­
mentous  one 
in  our  time  that  many 
seemingly  more  important  subjects  have 
to  take  a  secondary  place  until  the  body 
is  decorously  attended  to.

It 

is  of  no  great  consequence  to  the 
world,  especially  to  modems,  whether, 
in  the  matter  of  covering  the  primitive 
man  and  woman,  we  began  at  the  head 
and  dressed  down,  or  began  at  the 
feet 
and  dressed  up.

It  is  sufficient  and  satisfactory  to  our 
peace  of  mind  and  cultivated  tastes  to 
know  that  the  complete  draping  of  the 
human  form  was  finally  accomplished, 
and  the  feet  were  carefully  included 
in 
the  interesting  process.

In  fact,  at  the  time  when  the  old  Ro­
man’s  feet  were  covered  with  handsome 
sandals,  he  had  not  yet  attained  to  the 
luxury  of  a  shirt;  so,  it  will  be  seen 
that  the  shoemakers’  art  was  slightly  in 
advance  of  the  shirtmaker’s.

But  shirts,  in  those  times,  were  re­
garded  as  a  mark  of  effeminacy,  and 
if 
there  was  any  one  thing  which  the  mas­
culine  Roman  abhorred  more  than  an­
other,  it  was  any  mark  of  softness  in  his 
character  or  dress.

But  later  on,  when  he  had  been  edu­
cated  up  to  the  shirt,  he  wanted  it  rich­
ly  embroidered  and  with  plenty  of  frills 
about  it.

His  shoes,  too,  were  highly  ornamen­
liked 

tal  as  time  went  on,  and  he 
spangles  and  bright  buckles  galore.

Now  while  admitting  the  truth  of  the 
old  adage,  that 
‘ ‘ clothes  do  not  make 
the  man, ’ ’  we  must,  nevertheless,  con­
fess  that  the  absence  of  clothes  do  posi­
tively  unmake  the  man ;  and  even  an 
elaborately-dressed  man 
going  about 
barefooted  would  now  be  considered  a 
total 
failure  as  a  civilized  product  of  a 
long  course  of  dress  evolution.

Clothes,  in  order  to  attain  the  summit 
of  their  possibilities,  must  always  have 
a  solid  backing  of  refinement  and  a 
modest  appearance  of  self-oblivion  on 
the  part  of  the  wearer.  The  vulgar per­
son  clad  in  fine  broadcloth  and  modern 
shoes  of  the 
latest  style  is  as  ostenta­
tious  of  his  clohtes  as  is  the  African  of 
his  bark  apron  and  plug  hat.

This  statement  may  have  the  ring  of 
it 

pathos  to  the  thoughtless  person,  but 
is  true.

There 

is  nothing  attractive 

in  the 
offensive  display  of  the  best  and  most 
costly  clothes  or  shoes.  One  will  be 
less  attracted  by  the  clothes  of  a  Ches­
terfield  than  by  those  of  a  barbarian.

But  one  grows  bewildered  over  this 
subject  of  dress. 
is  as  vast  as  the 
world  and,  next  to  food,  the  most  im­
portant.

It 

Of  all  the  forces  of  nature,  gravitation 

is  perhaps  the  chief.

But  for  this  natural  law  we  should  fly 

off  at  a  tangent  from  the  earth.

It  keeps  us  from  soaring  heavenward, 
it  is  our  safeguard  and 
is  true,  but 

it 
our  anchor.

And  gravitation  was  first  discovered 

by  means  of  a  falling  apple.

Now  clothes,  being  awarded  second 
in  nature,  as  regards  the  neces­
place 
sities  of  our  species  were  also 
invented 
through  the  instrumentality  of  an  apple.
it 
seems  strange  that  no  philosopher  has 
ever  before  discovered  it;

This  is  a  sigular  coincidence,  and 

The  scientist  had  other  things  to  oc­
cupy  his  mind  probably,  and,  as  a  rule,

scientists  are  apt  to  be  rather indifferent 
to  the  subject  of  clothes.

Still  not  all  of  them  close  their  eyes 

to  this  interesting  question.

The  clothes  philosopher  says,  with 

much  force:

“ Men  speak  much  of  the  printing 
press  with  its  newspapers;  du  H im m el! 
what  are  these  to  clothes  and  the tailor’s 
goose?’ ’

He  should  have 

included  the  shoe­
maker  and  his  products  specifically,  al­
though  these  are  probably  included  in 
the  general  term  clothes.

The  poet  also  affirms  of  clothes  and 

their  absolute  necessity  to  mankind :
“ We may  he handsome, witty and well read.
Hut without clothes we must needs lie abed.*'
Although  man  does  not  crowd  to  the 
front  in  advance  of  woman  in  the  mat­
ter  of  general  dress  or  shoes,  still  he 
is 
a  close  second  now  in  this  race.

although 

Masculinity, 

sometimes 
affecting  a  sort  of  contempt  for  what  he 
terms  the 
frivolity  of  the  fair  sex  in 
personal  adornment,  does  not 
lag  far 
behind  in  the  various  processions  of  the 
Vanity  Fair  of  human  life.

You  may  note  this  fact  in  his  shoes 
to-day  without  looking  higher  for signs.
Man,  being  somewhat  puffed  up  with 
the  pride  of  supposed  physical  and 
in­
tellectual  superiority,  is  prone  to  look 
upon  this 
feminine  clothes  question 
with  a  sort  of  mental  strabismus.

He  can  not  concentrate  his  vision  di­
rectly  upon  one  object,  hence  he  sees 
femininity  only through half  of  his  men­
tal  perception,  and,  is  therefore,  apt  to 
be  biased  in  his  judgment.

A   man  who  in  our  times  is guiltless of 
love  for  personal  adornment,  espe­
a 
cially  in  the  matter  of  shoes,  is  like  the 
great  bard’s  culprit  who  “ has  no  music 
in  his  soul,”   and  the  same  sentence

What the name 

Pullman  is  to 

a car the name

is to a shoe. 

It  is the highest limit 

of foot  comfort.  Best of all Ameri­

can  shoes,  it holds  the  further  dis­

tinction  of being the most  popular. 

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movable  status 
shoemakers’  art.

in  the  elements  of  the 

style, 

unlike 

Durability, 

never 
changes;  therefore  this  permanent  fea­
ture  of  the  good  shoe  should  be the chief 
desideratum  with  persons 
of  small 
means.

In  aiming  to  attain  this  end  the  pur­
chaser  should  remember  that  in  a  very 
low-priced  shoe  all  attempts  at elaborate 
finish  and  ornamentation  will  deduct 
just  that  much  from  the  quality  of  the 
material  and  the  workmanship  upon 
which  the  serviceableness  of  the  shoe 
depends.

Both  features  can  not  be 

had

the

cheap  shoe.

The  veteam  shoe  dealer  will  have 
made  a  mental  note  of  the 
fact  that 
there  are  many  slight  subdivisions  be­
tween  these  two  classes  of  extremists 
who  patronize  his  footrest.

He  will  tell  you,  doubtless,  that  the 
majority of  shoe  buyers  are  rather  of  the 
helpless  order,  who  do  not  know  pre­
cisely  what  their  views  are,  if  they have 
ny,  about  the  respective  merits  of  dur­
ability  and  appearances;  but  that  most 
of  these  pin  their  faith  upon  and  pay 
their  money  for  something  that  appeals 
temptingly  to  the  sight.

In  regard  to  shape,  weight  and  ma­
terial  of  the  shoe  for  individual  feet, 
the  intelligent  buyer  can  usually  decide 
pretty  clearly 
for  himself,  because  he 
has  noted  the  peculiarities  and  the  spe­
cial  needs  of  his  own  feet.

Still,  much  assistance  can  be  given 
to  the  more  ignorant  or  indifferent  buy­
er  by  the  experienced  and  observing 
dealer,  and  the  latter,  by  this  careful  at­
tention  to  the  requirements  of  different 
feet  lays  the  foundation  for  a  permanent 
trade  from  all  whom  he  has  benefited  by 
his  experience  and  advice  in  the  mat­
ter  of  selecting  their  footwear.

That  oft-recurring  question 

In  this  vital  question  of  clothes,  then, 
it  will  be  seen  that  shoes  hold  an  im­
portant  place,  and  there  is  little  danger 
that  the  feet  will  not  be  decorously  at­
tended  to  by  the  modem  shoe  man.
in 

the 
mind  of  the  perplexed  customer  as  to 
whether  he  shall  follow  his  own  rather 
in  his  purchase  of 
clouded 
footwear,  or  be  guided 
largely  by  the 
dealer,  may  be  satisfactorily  settled  in 
favor  of  the  shoe  man’s  advice,  pro­
vided  always  that  the  latter  is  a skillful,

judgment 

should  be  pronounced  against  such  a 
man,  too.

" L e t   no  such  man  be  trusted."
Having  arrived  at  the  period,  then, 
in  which  shoes  for  our  feet  are  not  only 
indispensable  for  protection  and  com­
fort,  but  also  for  our  mental  well-being, 
it  would  not  be  amiss  to  consider  some 
of  the  characteristics  of  modem  shoe 
wearers.

These  are  divided  into  two  great  gen­
eral  classes,  which  may  be  conveniently 
termed  the  utilitarians  and  the  aesthet­
ics.

The  former  seek  the  worth  of  their 
money  in  durability  with  but  slight,  if 
any,ornamentation  of  the  foot coverings.
latter  class  runs  largely  to  style 
and  finish,  with  but 
little  concern  ex­
pressed  about  the  length  of  service  they 
are  likely  to  endure.

The 

Of  course  there  are  intermediate  sub­
divisions,  made  up  of  persons  who  are 
willing  to  compromise  between  wear 
and  appearances.

One  will  make  some  sacrifice  of  orna­
ment  for  service;  another  will  waive  a 
trifle  of  durability  for  decoration.

Some  think  a 

light  shoe  is  the  only 
correct  thing  for  the  year  round ;  while 
others  wear  only  stout  soles  and  uppers 
constantly.

Now  the  value  of  a  shoe  is  not  always 

in  direct  ratio  to  its  weight.

If  this  were  true, 

then  shoes,  like 
leather,  ought  always  to  be  sold  by  the 
pound.

But  what  the  heavy  shoe  gains  in dur­
ability  is  almost  entirely  at  the  sacrifice 
is  also  an 
of  grace  and  beauty,  and 
added  burden  to  the 
foot  that  must 
carry  it.

A   perfect  blending  of  high  art  and 
in  footwear  is  rarely 

maximum  weight 
effected  or  even  attempted.

There  is  almost  always  the  difference 
between  the  heavy  and  the 
light-weight 
shoe  that  there 
fast 
cruiser  of  graceful  lines  and  the  sturdy 
battleship,  which 
is  built  more  for  re­
sistance  than  for  speed.

is  between 

the 

It  is  the  light  fairy  shoe  that  puts  on 
the  most  airs  with  the  pleased  foot  that 
exhibits  it.
,  The  cowhide  boot  and  the  tip  brogan 
stand  sturdily  and  soberly  upon  their 
homely  and  useful  merits.

in  their 

Nevertheless,  shoes  that  most  closely 
combine 
individual  makeup 
these  two  desirable  features—durability 
and  style—are  the  nearest  to  perfection 
in  shoemaking  art,  especially  when  they 
are  fitted  to  the  feet  that  shall  appre­
ciate  such  merits.

But,  unfortunately,  such  shoes  are  be 
yond  the  pecuniary  reach  of  the masses 
they  are  exceptional  productions,  with 
composite  qualities  of  the  best 
aesthetic  and  utilitarian  branches  of  the 
art,  and  the  price  of  such  unusual  com 
binations  is  high.

Meanwhile  the  masses  of  shoe  wearers 
get  style  and  appearance  at  a  lower  fig­
ure.

Between  these  two  general  classes  of 
shoe  buyers  those  who  make  durability 
the  standard  and  those  who  place  style 
above  all  else, 
is,  of  course,  a 
wide  difference.

there 

In  fact,  they represent  the  extremes  of 

shoe  wearers.

Style 

is  capricious  and  shifting,  and 
shoe  buyers  who  chase  only  the  gaudy 
butterfly  of  style  must  necessarily  be 
on  the  alert,  and  what  they  catch  will 
often  have  little  other  merit  to  recom­
mend  it  than  that  of  grace  and  beauty.
On  the  contrary,  durability  has  al­
im­

ways  a  fixed  market  value  and  an 

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experienced  and  honest 
shoes.

retailer  of 

In  the  matter  of  worth  and  future  sat­
isfaction  there 
is  no  doubt  at  all  that 
this  sort  of  dealer  is  a  safe  authority  to 
rely  upon,  as  he  knows 
about 
leather,  different  makes  and  the  like  of 
which  the  customer  is  usually  entirely 
ignorant,  and  therefore  dependent  upon 
the  dealer.

lots 

But  even 

in  the  matter  of  styles,  a 
point  upon  which  most  buyers  are  very 
insistent  in  having  their  own  way,  the 
experienced  shoe  man  can  give  them 
valuable  points  about  the  merits  or  de­

merits  of  ornamentation,  decoration, 
piecing  and  other  details.

The  dealer  ought  also  to  be  able  to 
mildly  aid  the  woman  in  doubt,  as  the 
milliner  does  at  the  other  end,  about  the 
choice  of  perfectly  becoming  shoes,  so 
that 
it  will  not  be  his  sin  if  she  be  not 
perfectly  attired  from  head  to  foot.— E . 
A.  Boyden  in  Boots  and  Shoes  Weekly.

The  most  bitter  medicine  is  often  the 

best. 

It  is  the  same  with  experience.

Poets  take 

in  the  beauties  of  nature. 

Their  wives  usually  take  in  washing.

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Fruits  and  Produce.

O b se rv a tio n s  b y   a   G o th a m   E g g   M an.
We  are  now  just  in  the  middle  of  the 
fa ll;  consumption  of  eggs  should  now 
be  at  the  highest  point  between  the 
period  when  trade  is  affected  by  sum­
mer  heat  and  that 
in  which  it  is  cur­
tailed  by  reason  of  the natural  deteriora­
in  quality  of  held  eggs  with  which 
tion 
later  markets  are  so  largely  sup­
the 
plied. 
It  is  a  good  time  to  cast  an  eye 
over  the  general  situation  of  the  market 
and  see  how  things  are  working  in  view 
of  the  remarkable  condition  of  supply 
and  prices  which  prevailed  during  the 
early  part  of  the  season.

Naturally  the  relatively  high  prices 
for  eggs  which  were  maintained  during 
the  season  when  surplus  production  was 
going  into  storage,  set  the  pace  for  the 
early  fall  markets.  There 
is  always  a 
decrease 
in  egg  production  in  August 
and  September,  generally 
coincident 
with  the  moulting  season,  in  which  the 
natural  tendency  of  egg  values 
is  up­
ward.  The  only  check  to  this  is  given 
by  the  offer  of  earlier  packings  from 
refrigerator,  and  as  these  goods  are 
never  offered  early  in  the unloading sea­
son  at  a  loss  it  follows  that  the  cost  of 
the  reserve  goods,  plus carrying charges, 
and  an  acceptable  profit,  determines 
the  extent  of  the  early  fall  advance. 
The  true  test  of  the  merits  of  the  situa­
tion  comes 
It  is  not  difficult  to 
force  market  values  up  by  withholding 
stock  from  sale ;  but  to  find  an  adequate 
outlet  for  the  goods  afterward 
is  an­
other  matter.

later. 

if  one 

The  rates  at  which  storage  eggs  have 
so  far  been  offered  have  naturally  been 
such  as  to  afford  a 
fair  profit  on  the 
original  cost  and  expenses;  they  have 
been  about  as  much  above  the  prices 
ruling  last  fall  as  the  spring  prices  ex­
ceeded  those  of  the  same  period  in  ’98, 
and 
looked  no  further  than  the 
quoted  prices  he  would  conclude  that 
the  high  cost  of  accumulations  was  jus­
tified  by 
trade  conditions. 
But  in  estimating  the  real  merits  of  the 
situation  it  is  necessary  to  consider  the 
rate  of  reduct ion,  and  when  this  im­
portant  element  is  investigated  it  looks 
a  good  deal  like  “ breakers  ahead.’ ’

improved 

Holders  of  refrigerator  eggs who have 
heretofore  taken  and  still  hold  a  rosy 
view  of  the  prospect 
lay  much  stress 
upon  the  remarkably 
large  demand 
is  expected  to  result  from  gen­
which 
erally  improved  business  conditions. 
If 
this  hope  is  well  founded  it  should  cer­
tainly  be  now  apparent  in  a  proportion­
ate  reduction  of  the  excessively  large 
storage  accumulations.  But  when  we 
come  to  look  for  its  effects  we find none.
So  far  as  this  section  of  the  country  is 
concerned  we  find  that  the  excess  of  re­
ceipts  over  last  year  is  not  quite  as 
great  as  the  excess  of  Havana  exports 
plus  the  excess  of  refrigerator  holdings 
— which,  of  course,  indicates  that  the 
consumption  has  not  been  quite  as  great 
this  year  as  last. 
It  was  estimated  that 
we  had  in  New  York  warehouses  about
240,000  cases  of  eggs  at  the  highest 
point;  these  have  up  to  this  time  been 
reduced  scarcely  10  per  cent.,  whereas 
the  reduction  last  year  at  this  time  was 
probably  as  much  as  30  per  cent,  of  the 
total  holdings.  Of  course,  the  sales  by 
original  holders  of  refrigerator eggs here 
have  amounted  to  a  much  larger  per­
centage  than  above  mentioned. 
Some 
large  holders  report  that  they  have  dis­
posed  of  a  third  of  their  stock,  some 
even  a  half.  But  the  goods  have  not 
been  removed  from  store  to  any  great

to  be 

extent,  the  sales  having  been  made  to 
dealers  willing  to  buy  for  several weeks’ 
leaving  the  eggs  in 
requirements,  they 
store 
taken  out  as  needed. 
Furthermore,  many  of  the  early  eggs 
taken  out  have  been  offset by  fresh  stock 
going  in,  and  it  is  probable  that  our  es­
timate  of 
10  per  cent,  net  reduction  is 
little  above  rather  than  below  the 
a 
actual  fact. 
In  Boston  the  reduction  of 
refrigerator  holdings  up  to  October  7 
18  per  cent.,  but  the 
had  been  about 
quantity  then 
in  store  there  was  about
36,000  cases  greater  than  last  year,  when 
the  quantity  had  been  reduced  about  37 
per  cent, 
from  the  highest  point  of  ac­
cumulation.

We  are  not  reliably  informed  as  to the 
rate  of  reduction  of  refrigerator  hold­
ings  in  the  West,  but  there  is  no  appar­
ent  reason  why  it  should  have  been rela­
tively  greater  than  in  the  East.

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It  is  evident,  therefore,  that  while  the 
rate  of  advance  over  last  year’s  prices 
established 
last  spring  and  maintained 
throughout  the  storage  season  has  been 
carried  into  the  first  portion  of  the  un­
loading  season,  the  scale  of  prices  has 
left  our  markets  with  the  heaviest  stock 
of  accumulated  eggs  ever  before on hand 
at  this  season  of  year  and  with  a smaller 
proportionate  rate  of  reduction 
than 
usual.

It  seems  evident  that  this  rate  of  re­
duction  will  have  to  be  materially  in­
creased 
in  order  to  bring  the  supply  of 
refrigerators  down  to  the  quantity  which 
speculative  holders  will  be  willing  to 
carry  over  the  turn  of  the  year  into  the 
later  winter  markets  at  prices  propor­
tionate  to  present  valuation.  A   more 
rapid  reduction  of  stock  may  occur  by 
reason  of  a  decrease  in  fresh  production 
as  the  season  advances  and  weather 
conditions  become  more  or  less unfavor­
able ;  otherwise  it can  only  be  forced  by 
cutting  prices.  Whether  the  first  con- 
sideraion  will  save  the  situation  or  not 
can  only  be  found  out  as  the  time  goes 
by,  but  one  thing  seems  to  be  pretty 
certain—that  .the  chances  of  a  clearance 
will  be 
in  proportion  as  the 
price  of  fresh  eggs  is  advanced—-for  so 
far  as  a  large  part  of  the  trade 
is  con­
cerned  the  retail  price  of  refrigerators 
is  fixed  in  relation  to'the  price  of  fresh, 
and  we  are  now  at  the  point  when  only 
a  slight  further  advance  would  have  a 
considerable  effect  upon  the  rate  of  con­
sumption.— New  York  Produce  Review.

lessened 

S u re  o f F re s h   E g g s.

The  Germans  are  a  practical  nation. 
Having  realized  that  by  proper  organi­
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man  border  the 
150,000,000  marks  or, 
say  $30,000,000,  which  the  people  of  the 
empire  now  pay  to  foreigners  for  poul­
try  and  eggs,  they  have  formed  a  club 
for  the  purpose  of  developing  a  home 
poultry  business.  E g g   depots  are  to  be 
established  in  the  principal  cities,  no­
tably  at  Chemnitz,  Dresden  and  Leip­
zig.  The  public  are  to  be  supplied 
with  eggs,  the  good  quality  and  fresh­
ness  of  which  will  be  absolutely  guar­
anteed.  This  system  will  give  confi­
dence  to  customers  and  at  the same time 
give  poultry  raisers  a  more  certain  and 
quicker  market  for  their  product  than 
they  could  otherwise  secure. 
In  order 
that  bad  eggs  may  be  traced  to  their 
origin,  each  poultryman  is  required,  be­
fore  sending  his  eggs  to  the  depot,  to 
mark  them  with  a  sign  previously  de­
termined  upon,  which  will  designate 
them  as  fresh  eggs  and  denote  their 
source.  For  each  egg  sold  which  proves 
to  be  inedible  the  purchaser  is  entitled 
to  receive  fifteen  good  ones  without 
charge;  and  the  products  of  the  egg- 
raiser  who  delivered  the  bad  egg  to  the 
depot  are  to  be  excluded  therefrom  for 
a  stated period.

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Mexican  Oranges 
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F. J.  DETTENTHALER,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

For  Champion  Brand  Oysters

And the  Best  Bananas,  Phone or Write

“LAWRENCE”

5  North  Ionia Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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G O T H A M   G O SSIP.

N ew s  F ro m   th e   M e tro p o lis—In d e x   to   th e  

Special Correspondence.

M a rk e t.

New  York,  Oct.  20—The  leading  can­
neries  of  New  York  State  are  being  or­
ganized 
into  a  combination  for  mutual 
good  and  for  the  furtherance  of economy- 
in  the  management  of  their  plants,  the 
profits  of  which  have  not been altogether 
satisfactory  in  the  past.  David  Hund, 
Alex.  Wiley,  E .  H.  Palmer  and  others 
well  known 
in  the  canned  goods  mar­
ket  are  at  the  head  of  the  scheme  and a 
mention  of  these  names  is  sufficient  as­
surance  of  its  success  and  its  conduct on 
the  line  of  money  making.  These  gen­
tlemen  are  prudent,  well-known  busi­
ness  men,  with  hosts  of  friends  and  ac­
quaintances  in  this  city.  The  company 
also  has  options  on  the  control  of  pea 
vining  machinery  and  hulling  machin­
ery,  and  will  make  its  own  cans.  The 
capital  is  $16,000,000.

The  coffee  market  has  not  only  main­
tained  the  strength  spoken  of  last  week, 
but  has  added  thereto  and  the  situation 
is  one  of  activity  with  yet  higher  quota­
tions  prevailing. 
It is  reported  that  the 
plague  has  broken  out  at  Santos,  and 
if 
this  should  prove  true,  it  is  likely  the 
city  will  be  so  quarantined  as  to  effec­
tually  prevent  the  receipt  and  dispatch 
of  coffee  to  a  great extent and,  of  course, 
the  tendency  would  be  to  make  quota­
tions  still  higher.  Locally,  business  has 
been  fairly  active  and  both  jobbers  and 
roasters  have  sent  in  fairly  good  orders. 
On  the  spot,  Rio.  No.  7  is  worth  6(a: 
6 %c. 
In  store  and  afloat  there  are 
1,350,555  bags,  against 
1,064,048  bags 
at  the  same  time  last  year.  Mild  coffees 
seem  to  have  sympathized  with  the  Bra­
zilian  article  and  have  remained  very- 
in  rather  freer  enquiry  than 
firm  and 
prevailed 
last  week.  Good  Cucuta  is 
worth  8 ^ c .  Even  East  India  coffees 
show  some  .  animation  and  prices  are 
very  firmly  adhered  to.

There  is  little  that  is  new  to  report  in 
sugar  and  the  market 
jogs  along  day 
after  day  with  about  the  same volume  of 
business.  Probably  there 
firmer 
feeling 
in  the  refined  market,  if  any 
change  at  all  is  noticed,  although  prices 
are  as 
The  refineries 
which  had  for some  time  been  rather  be­
hind 
in  filling  orders  are  now  caught 
up  and  take  orders  to  fill  at  once.

last  reported. 

is  a 

Rice 

As  far  as  can  be  judged  the  tea  trade 
in  the 
interior  are  working  on  light 
stocks and  the  market  is  decidedly  firm. 
Brokers  as  well  as  dealers  report  a satis­
factory  condition  and  the  outlook  is  cer­
tainly  encouraging.  Orders  are  coming 
in  for  good-sized  quantities  and  they 
too.  Prices  are  all  wejl 
are  frequent, 
held.  While 
the 
is 
quiet,  firmness  is  observable  all  around.
is  steady.  The  call  has  been 
is  to  be  ex­
rather  moderate,  but  this 
pected  at  this  season.  Prices  are  firm 
and  this  applies  to  both  domestic  and 
foreign  sorts.  Choice  to  head  domestic, 
5%@ 6 % c.

invoice  trading 

Spice  dealers  are  very  confident  and 
the  tone  of  the  market  all  around^ is 
firm.  This  is  especially  the  case  with 
pepper.  Singapore  is  worth 
Buyers  are  not 
West  Coast,  n ji c . 
prone  to  look  around  for 
‘ “ bargains,”  
but  take  what  is  offered  and  at  the  go­
ing  rate.

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The  offerings  of  canned  goods  are  so 
is  hard  to 
scant  that  on  some  lines 
establish  quotations.  Brokers  in  some 
cases  are 
left  without  a  case  of  goods 
and  every  week  seems  to  see  offerings 
grow  less  and  less,  so  that  the  shortage 
seems  to  be  real  rather  than  “ specula­
tive.”  
is  exceedingly_  scarce, 
even  at  80c  and  on  Columbia  R iver  sal­
mon 
it  is  almost  impossible  to  secure  a 
quotation  that  will  last  a  week.  Even 
tomatoes  are 
in  light  supply,  although 
of  these  it  is  possible  there  may  be good 
stocks  yet  to  be  “ uncovered.”   New 
Jersey No.  3 standard  are  worth  85@90C. 
Some  hand-packed  sold  at  $ 1. 
For 
Maryland  goods  the  prevailing  rate  is 
70c  there.

Stocks  of  molasses 

in  dealers  hands 
are 
light  and  they  do  not  seem  at  all 
anxious  to  part  with  what  they  have  un­
less  the  price  is  “ right.”   The  market 
shows  greater  strength  than  for  some 
time  and  the  outlook  is  encouraging  to

the  dealer.  Good  centrifugal,  i6 @ i8 c; 
prime,  20@28c.  Offerings  of  syrups  are 
light  and  the  market  is  firm.  Quota­
tions  are  strictly  held  and  orders  have 
come  with  some 
from 
home  and  export  dealers.

freedom,  both 

Lemons  have  sold  in  rather  small  lots 
and  quotations  are  hardly  sustained. 
Sicilys  range  from  $2.75  through  every 
fraction  up  to  §5  a  box,  the  latter,  of 
course,  for  strictly  fancy  fmit. 
Jamaica 
oranges  are  becoming  more  and  more 
plentiful,  although  they  do  not  glut  the 
market.  For  original  barrels  the  range 
is  from  $ 5 ^ 5 .5 0 ;  repacked,  $5-75^ 6 .25. 
Bananas  have  taken  a  tumble,  owing  to 
larger  receipts,  and  the  market  is  very 
unstable.  For firsts,  per  bunch,  $ i @ i . io  
seems  to  be  the  range.

to 

loVver  rates, 

The  butter  market  presents  a  rather 
quiet  appearance  for  best  goods.  Out­
side  buyers  are  taking  rather  small 
lots 
for  the  moment  is  for 
and  the  outlook 
for  grades  other 
slightly 
than  top.  Extra  Western  creamery 
is 
held  at  24c  and  from  this  the  range  is 
suddenly  downward 
for 
thirds;  imitation  creamery, 
i5>i@ 20c; 
finest  dairy  meets  with  fair  enquiry  at 
18c;  June  factory  is  worth  from  I5@ 17c.
full  cream  New  York 
cheese  sells  moderately  well  at  I 2 ^ c ; 
large  size,  from  X @ j£ c   less.  Exporters 
are  doing  no  business  whatever  as  the 
Canadian  market  offers  greater 
induce­
ment.

Small  size, 

i7 @ iqc 

The  supply  of  desirable  eggs  seems to 
be  ample  to  meet  the  demand,  which, 
by  the  way,  is 
light.  Fancy  Western 
eggs  sell  for  I9@20c  and  nearby  stock 
will  not  bring  over  22c.  Fair  to  good 
Western,  I4@ i5c.

Beans  are  quiet. 

Strictly choice  mar­
rows  job  at  $2.30  and  choice  medium  at 
S i.80.  Choice  Michigan  pea  beans,
1899  crop,  are  worth  S i.8 0 ^ 1.8 5.

Fancy  evaporated  apples  are worth 9c. 
There 
is  a  very  active  demand  and 
prices  are  firmly  held.  The  scarcity  of 
many  kinds  of  canned  goods  has  caused 
a  better  feeling  in  the  market  for  small 
dried  fruits  and  the  market  is  very  firm 
for  goods  that  not 
long  since  seemed 
hard  to  move  at  any  price.

Fancy  apples  are steady.  The  supply 
seems  ample  and  rates  are  about  un­
changed.  Baldwins,  $ 1 .2 5 ^ 2 ;  Kings, 
$1.7 5(^ 2 .2 5;  Greenings, 
Si. 25©  1.75. 
Cranberries  are  steady  for  strictly  fancy 
Cape  Cod  stock  and  values  range  from
$ 5@ 5-5°- 
top  rate  is  about  $1.50   per  bbl.

Potatoes  are  in  liberal  supply  and  the 

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A rm o u r’s  E g g   S chem e.

The  Armour  Packing  Co.  has  em­
barked  in  the  business  of  separating  the 
whites  and  yolks  of  eggs,  canning  them 
separately,  freezing  them  and  unloading 
them  on  the  market. 
It  is  a  fact  that 
the  Armours  have  gone  greatly  into  the 
egg  business  this  year,  and  have  suc­
ceeded  in  creating  a  great  demand 
for 
their  new  product.  They  have  adver­
tised  the  canned  eggs  extensively,  and 
a 
force  of  agents  and  solicitors 
have  been  put  on  the  road  to  push  the 
goods.  As  they  are  canned  at  the  pres­
ent  time,  some  thirty  dozen  eggs  are 
put  up 
in  a  two-gallon  can,  which  is 
exactly  the  number  that  a  case  holds. 
When  a  baker  uses  thirty  or  forty  dozen 
eggs 
in  a  day,  it  takes  time  to  break 
the  eggs  and  separate  them.  The  new 
plan  saves  time.

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F e e d in g   F o r   C olor,

According  to  a  writer 

in  a  French 
scientific  paper,  ducks  fed  on  acorns, 
which  they  will  eat  ravenously,  not 
in­
frequently  lay  black  eggs.  The  reason 
is  that  their eggshell  is  naturally  rich  in 
iron,  and  this  combines  with  the  tannin 
in  the  acorn  to  produce  a  good 
fast 
black.  The  same  paper  states  that  if 
fowls  are 
fed  on  boiled  lobster  shells 
they  will  lay  bright  red  eggs.

O ne  W ay   to   E x p re ss  it.

A   little  boy  had  been  sent  to  the dairy 
to  get  some  eggs,  and  on  his  way  back 
he  dropped  the  basket  containing  them.
“ How  many  did  you  break?”   asked 

his  mother.

‘ ‘ Oh,  I  didn’t  break any, ’ ’  he replied, 

but  the  shells  came  off  some  of  them.

BEANS

If you  can  offer  Beans  in  small  lots or car  lots send  us sample and  price. 

M O SELEY  BROS.

Always  in  the  market.

26-28-30-32  OTTAWA  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS 

Seeds,  Beans,  Potatoes,  Onions,  Apples.

~  Redemeyer-Hollister  Commission  Co.,

S T .  LO U IS,  M ISSO U R I,

General  Commission  Merchants.

W e have  secured  the  United  States  contract  to  furnish  Government  sup- 
plies  for  Cuba  for  one  year and  must  have  100,000 bushels of  apples, onions  5  
5   and  potatoes. 
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Shipments and  correspondence  solicited. 

Clover,  Timothy,  Alsyke,  Beans, 
Peas,  Popcorn,  Buckwheat

If  you  wish  to buy  or  sell  correspond  with  us.

ALFRED  J.  BROWN  SEED  CO.,

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M ICH .

GRO W ERS.  M ERCH ANTS. 

IM PORTERS.

SHIP YOUR B U T T E R   AND  E G G S   TO  1 

S T R O U P   &  C A R M ER ,

GRAN D  R A P ID S,  M ICH.
3 8  S O .  D IVISIO N  S T .. 
Financially responsible, actively alert to shippers* Interests, square, prompt remitters.  Produce 
handled on commission or bought at  a  definite  stated  price  on  track.  Refer  to  Grand  Rap­
ids National Bank; Ithaca Savings Bank, Ithaca,  F.  E.  Durfee  &  Co.,  Bankers,  Perrinton, 
Mich.; Commercial  Agencies.

M a k e  a   N o te  o f  It.  W e   H a n d le

Mexican  Oranges

They are  now arriving  in good  condition  and  fine  quality.
Packed  in  Florida size boxes,  nice  sizes.  We  are  quoting 
at  S3 75  per  box  delivered  in  carlots  to  any  point  taking 
$1.25  rate freight.  Write  us.

M ILLER  &  TEASD ALE  CO., 

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ST.  LOUIS,  MO.

Are you looking for a good market to place your

Apples,  Peaches,  Pears and  Plums

If so ship to

R.  HIRT, Jr .,  Detroit, Mich.

3 4  and 36  Market Street and 435-437-439 Winder Street. 

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RED  STAR  BRAND  CIDER  VINEGAR
is  not excelled by  any vinegar on the  market.  A   trial will convince.
A  OUARANTEE  BOND  goes to every  purchaser,  warranting  its  purity 
and  protecting  him  in  its sale.  Let  us quote you  prices.

THE  LEROUX  CIDER  AND  VINEGAR  CO.,  Toledo,  Ohio. J
To  Suit Your Taste

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just  the  stage  where  it
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ime.  Contains no  Salicylic  Acid.  Affords  dealers  good  profit  selling  at 
>c  cents.

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J .  L. CONGDON  & CO.,  Pentw ater,  Mich.

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T U R N E D   T H E   T A B L E S .

H o w   th e   B e a n   G ro w e r  J o k e d  
m ittsion  M e rc h a n t.

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The  commission  merchant  was  stand­
ing  out  in  front  of  his  place  of business, 
figuring  profits  on  a  carload  of  potatoes 
which  had arrived,  half  frozen,  from  the 
North,  and  the  fresh  boy  from  the  coun­
try,  who  was 
in  training  for  the  com­
mission  business,  stood  by  his  side 
chanking  an  apple.

“ It’ s  all  they  are  worth  to  get  them 
sorted  and  into  the  store,”   the  merchant 
was  saying,  as  I  stepped  up. 
“ I  can’t 
understand  how  people  can  be  so  care­
less. ’ ’

I  said, 

“ W ell,”  

“ the  shipper  will 
have  to  take  his  medicine,”   (the  mer­
chant  smiled)  “ and  he  may  learn  a  les­
son  from  the  very  abbreviated  roll  he  is 
likely  to  receive  for  this  shipm ent."

“ Take  his  m edicine,"  laughed  the 
commission  man,  “ do  you  know  what 
the 
fool  will  do  when  he  receives  my 
report?”

“ No  one  may  safely  predict  what  a 
country  shipper  will  do,”   I said,  speak­
ing  from  experience.

“ W ell,”   said  the  merchant, 

“ he’ ll 
write  me  a  letter,  a  warm  letter,  saying 
that  he  is  on  to  the  tricks  of  city  com­
mission  men  and  that  I ’d  better  do  the 
square  thing  with  him  and  save  costs 
and  exposure.”

“ That  will  be  a  cheerful  sort  of  letter 

to  receive,”   I  suggested.

lots  of  that  sort.  But 
“ Oh,  we  get 
In  about  a  week  we’ ll 
wait  a  minute. 
get  a 
letter  from  some  pig-headed  at­
torney  in  this  man’s  -town,  threatening 
to  turn  the  claim  over  to  his  city  cor­
respondent  if  it  is  not  settled  by  return 
mail.  The  attorney  probably  does  his 
letter  writing  in  the  dark end  of  the  vil­
lage  grocery  and  lives  on  crackers  and 
cheese,  but  the  evident  aim  of  the  letter 
is  to  convince  you  that  he  has  the  bull 
of  fate  by  the  horns  and  lives  in  the 
blind  siding  town  just  for  the  pure  air 
and  the  golden  sunsets. ’ ’

“ And  of  course  you  send  the  amount 

demanded?”   I  said.

“ Oh,  yes,  I  send  it,”   said  the  mer­
chant,  “ and  offer  to  take  the  shrewd 
country  dealer  into  partnership,  just  for 
getting  on  to  my  game— in  a  p ig ’ s 
w rist!  Then,  in  about  another  week, 
some  snipper-snapper  clerk  from  a  city 
law  office  will  come  strutting  in  here 
with  the  bill.  H e’ ll  come  in  about  once 
a  day  for  a  week,  and  then  I ’ ll  throw 
him  out,  and  that  will  end  the  deal  un­
til  the  shipper  comes  down  here  and 
consents  to  take  what  belongs  to  him .”  
“ You’ve  got  it  all  figured down fine, ”
“ Why  don’t  you  send  the  pota­

I  said. 
toes  back?”

“ That  would  ruin  the  shipper,  for 
they  would  be  frozen  solid  by  the  time 
they  reached  him,  and  if  they  were  not 
he  wouldn’t  know  what  to  do with them. 
You  see  he  is  not  a  regular  dealer  and 
has  no  established  place  of  business. 
He  picks  up  his  produce  by  driving 
through  the  country,  and  when  he  gets 
a  carload  he  sends  it  in .”

As  the  merchant  ceased  speaking  a 
tall,  thin  man  with  a  weather-beaten 
face  and iron-gray  whiskers  sprang nim­
bly  out  of  a  wagon  which  had  halted  in 
front  and  advanced  to  where  he  stood.
fer  beans?”   he 
asked,  pulling  his  whiskers  and  trying 
to  look  shrewd.

“ What  you  payin’ 

“ Ninety  cents.”
“ H u h !”
The  merchant  turned  away  and moved 

“ W ell?”   The  merchant  turned  back. 
“ Can’t  you  pay  more’ n  that?  These 

here  beans  is  choice.”

“ That’s  the  price  to-day,”   was  the 

reply.

The  farmer  sat  down  on  the  top  of  a 
box  of  melons  and  chewed  angrily  away 
at  a  straw,  one  end  of  which  he  held  in 
a  toil-stained  and  wrinkled  hand.

* ‘ I  guess 

“ I  wish  you  city  folks  had  to  raise 
beans  for  ninety  cents  a  bushel, ”   he 
said,  sorrowfully. 
it  would 
take  some  of  the  diamonds  off  ov  y e .”  
in  the  door­
way,  leaning  against  the  casing  with 
both  hands  thrust  deep  into  his  trousers 
pockets,  winked  slyly 
in  my  direction 
and  waited  for  the  old  man  to  go  on.

The  merchant,  standing 

“ I  couldn’t  wish you anything worse’n 
that,”   continued  the  farmer.  “ M yb o y’s 
goin’  to  high  school  this  winter  on  them 
beans,  an’  he  won’t  live  any  too  high  if 
I  get  a  dollar  a  bushel  fer  ’em.  H e’ s  a 
good  boy,  an’  he  planted  them  beans 
all  by  himself  and  thrashed  ’ em  out  by 
hand.  Did  you  ever  thrash  any  beans 
out  by  hand?”   he added,  turning  to  me.
I  was  obliged  to  confess  that  I  never 

had.

“ W ell,”   said  the  farmer,  “ you  pull 
up  the  beans,  stalks  an’  all,  and put  ’ em 
in  a  bag,  that’s  so  the  beans  won’t  fly 
away  when  the  pod  cracks  open.  Then 
you  tie  up  the  bag  and  wrap  a  big piece 
of  canvas  around 
it,  so  you  won’t  bust 
the  bag.  Then  you  git  a  club an’  pound. 
After  you’ve  pounded  a spell,  you  pound 
some  more.  You  keep  at  it  until  you 
is  your  leg,  and  you 
think  your  arm 
don’t  know  which  way 
is  from  you. 
At  first  there’ ll  a  little pain come atween 
the  shoulders,  but  you  keep  right  on. 
You  hear  the  beans  poppin’  out  inside 
the  bag,  an’  you 
forgit  the  pain  until 
it’s  got  up  into  the  back  of  your  head. 
Oh,  it’s  a  nice  thing  to  thrash  beans out 
by  hand!”

“ I  should  think  so,”   I  ventured. 
“ Then  you  wait  for  a  right windy day 
to  clean  the  beans.  You  hold  ’em  up 
in  the  air  and  pour  ’ em  from  one  dish 
to  another  until 
the  chaff  all  blows 
away. 
If  it’s  a  real  hard  wind,  some  of 
the  beans  will  blow  away,  too,  but  you 
won’t  care  about  that—when  they  ain’ t 
but  90  cents  a  bushel. ”

“ It’ s  quite  an  undertaking,”   I  said. 
“ Yes,  it’s  quite  a  chore,”   admitted 
the  farmer;  “ and  then  you  take  a  day 
off  and  haul  the  beans  into  town  an’  sell 
’ em  fer 00  cents  a  bushel.  A   man  that’ ll 
do  it  ain’t  got  any  more  sense’n  a  rab­
b it.”

The  old  man  arose  and  started  toward 

his  wagon.

“ I ’m  goin’  home,”   he  grumbled, 
“ an’  go  to  raisin’  sparrers 
fer  the 
bounty.  There’ s  more  money  in  that’n 
there 
in  beans  at  90  cents  a  bushel. 
Say,  you  couldn’t  make  it  95?”   he  de­
manded, 
the  merchant 
again. ”

turning 

to 

is 

‘ * I  should  lose  money  on  them  at  that 

price,”   said  the  dealer.

“ I ’ ll  unload  at  9 5 ,”   said  the  faimer. 
“ I  don’t  believe 
there’ s  any  savin’ 
grace  fer  a  man  that  wants  to  buy  beans 
at  90  cents  a  buhsel. ’ ’

The  merchant  looked  at  the  beans and 
bought  them  at  the  price  mentioned,  the 
lot  being  particularly  fine.

“ I  guess  James’ ll  have  to  patch  out 
his  schoolin’  expenses  sawin’ wood, ”  
said  the  farmer  as  he  put  the  money  in­
to  a  flat  leather  pocket-book.

“ What  is  he  studying  for?”   asked  the 

merchant.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

presents 

“ H e’s  bright  enough,”   was  the  reply, 
“ but  you  can’t  believe  a  word  he  says. 
He  swindles  all  the  other  children  out 
o’  their  Christmas 
before 
they’ ve  had  ’ em  a  week  an’  he  stole  my 
yearling  an’  traded  it  to  Cy  Warren  for 
a  dollar  an’  a  brindle  pup.  Yes,  1 
thought  I’ d  put  him  in  the  way  of  be­
ing  a  commission  merchant.  He’ s  a 
mighty  tough  case,  but  I  don’t  believe 
he’d  want  to  buy  hand-picked  beans  for 
90  cents  a  bushel!”

And  the  old  farmer  drove  away  with 

a  merry  twinkle  in  his  eyes.

Alfred  B.  Tozer.

F a r   O th e rw ise .

The  poet  was  in  his  best  clothes.
He  was  doing  the  society  act.
In  a  corner  of  the  brilliantly  lighted 
parlor  he  sat,  with  a  look  of  intense  ab­
straction  on  his  pale,  scholarly  face.

“ What  occupies  your  mind?”   banter- 
ingly  asked  a  fair  one.  “ Thoughts  that 
breathe  and  words  that  bum ?”

“ Alas,  no!”   he  exclaimed,  in  agony 
“ Collar  points  that  pierce  and 

of  soul. 
shoes  that  pinch!”

Which  seems  to  show  that  the  poet, 
when  at  his  best,  is  in  neglige  costume.

We  save  money  for  a  rainy day and on 

the  first  day  of  sunshine  we  spend  it.

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“ Commission  merchant,”   was 

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‘ ‘ S a y ,' ’  called out  the  farmer,  for  such 

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“ Bright  boy?”   asked  the  merchant.

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CommercialTravelers

Michigan  Knights of the Grip

President,  Ch a s.  L.  Stf.v e n s,  Ypsilanti;  Sec­
retary,  J.'C .  Sa u n d e r s,  Lansing;  Treasurer, 
O.  C.  Go u l d, Saginaw.

Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association 

President,  J a m es  E.  Da y,  D etroit;  Secretary 

and Treasurer,  C.  W .  A i.l e n , Detroit.
United  Commercial Travelers of Michigan 

Grand  Counselor,  J n o.  A.  Mu r r a y ,  D etroit; 
Grand  Secretary,  G.  S.  Va l m o r e,  D etroit; 
Grand Treasurer, W.  S.  Me s t , Jackson.

Grand  Rapids  Council No.  131

Senior  Counselor,  D.  E.  K e y e s ;  Secretary- 

Treasurer, L. F. Baker.

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

P le a   F o r   G re a te r  L e n ie n c y   F o r  th e   T ra v ­

e le r ’s  W ife.

Not  long  ago  a  party  of  traveling  men 
were  talking  over  the  matter  of  spend­
ing  money  and  one  of  the  number  was 
asked  what  he  thought  his  wife  would 
say  if  she  knew  about  a  foolish expendi­
ture  he  was  making.  His  reply  was, 
‘ It’s  none  of  her  business. 
I  make  the 
money,  and  when  she  gets  to  making  it 
she  can  talk,  but  not  before.”   What  a 
cruel  remark  and  how  humiliating  to 
her  could  she  have  heard  it,  and,  be­
sides,  it  is  as  false  as  it  is  cruel,  for 
it 
is  her  business  just  as  much  as  it  is his, 
for  she  is an equal  partner in the business 
and  should  have  as  much  to  say  about 
expenditures  as  he  has.  When  he  asked 
her  to  become  his  wife  artd  to  share  his 
fortunes  and  misfortunes  as  they  came, 
it  was 
implied  t hat  he  guaranteed  her 
comfort  and  happiness  to  the  extent  of 
every  dollar  he  possessed  or  should 
earn,  and  he  has  no  more  right  to  deny 
her  a  voice  in  any  business  transaction 
or  to  spend  the  money 
which  he  knows  she  would  not  approve 
than  he  has  to  steal  from  any other busi 
ness  partner;  and  he  has  no  more  right 
to  make  such  remarks  as  above  quoted 
than  he  has  to  break  any  other  business 
contract.

in  a  way 

Some  men  act  as  though  they construe 
the  marriage  contract  to  mean  that  the 
husband’s  share 
is  the  better  and  the 
w ife’s  the  worse.  If  they  are  prosperous 
they  wish  to  enjoy  their  good  fortune 
alone  or  with  bachelor  friends;  but  if 
misfortune  overtakes  them  they  are  glad 
to  have  the  wife  come  to  the  rescue, 
with  her  superior  tact  and  knowledge  o 
smaller  affairs,  and  steer  the 
ship 
through  the  breakers  and  past  the  rocks 
of  destruction.  Then  there  are  those 
who  think  they  can  run  both  ends  of  the 
business  and  must  criticise every expen 
diture  of  the  house  or  family.  They 
will  go  out  for  a  time  with  the  boys  and 
spend  $5,  but  if  their  wives  spend  98 
cents  for  some  goods  from  the  remnant 
counter  to  make  over  Susie's  last  win 
ter’s  jacket  or  buy  a  new  cap  for  John 
nie  for  39  cents  they  grumble  and  grow 
and  want  to  know  why  Susie  can  not 
wear  the  jacket  as  it  is  or  where  John­
nie's  winter-before-last  cap  is,  anyway, 
and  will  tell  her  that  she  doesn’t  care 
for  anything  but  to  spend  the  salary  as 
fast  as  earned,  and,  furthermore,  that  it 
must  be  stopped;  and  if  she  dare  pay 
79  cents  for  a  carpet  that  is  marked 
down  from  $1.2 5   to  replace  the  old 
ragged  one  that  has  done  duty  for  ten or 
fiftten  years—we  will  draw  the  curtain 
on  the  scene  and  pity  her.

There  are  other  men  who  intend  to  be 
good  to  their  wives,  and  think  they  are, 
but  they  are  careless  and  do  not  seem  to 
think.  They  pride  themselves  on  not 
having  any  bad  or  expensive  habits,  but

they  do  not  seem  to  know  the  value  of 
money  and  it  goes  through  their  fingers 
like  water  through  a  sieve  in  a  manner 
that  the  wife  and  children  derive  no 
benefit  therefrom.  They  go  to  all  the 
horse  races,  picnics,  ball  games,  shows 
ind  hunting  and  fishing  expeditions, 
hile  the  wife  stays  at  home  and  turns 
her  dresses,  darns  the  childrens’  stock­
ings  and  makes  over  the  larger  chil­
for  the  smaller  ones  and 
dren’s  clothes 
her  own  and  his  old  clothes 
for  the 
irger  ones  and  tells  her  friends  she 
much  prefers  to  do  all  of  her  own  work 
to  having  hired  help  trouble  her;  and, 
yet,  he  expects  her  to  go  into  ecstacies 
when  he  comes  home  with  two  or  three 
little  fish  that  have  cost  him  ¡56-75  in 
cash,  to  say  nothing  of  the  time  wasted 
in  procuring  what  could  have  been  pur­
chased  at  any  fish  store  for  65  cents.

One  can  not  help  wondering,  some­
times,  how  some  men’s 
familes  get 
along.  We  see  traveling  men  whom  we 
know  draw  no  larger  salaries  than  we do 
who  are  constantly  spending  money 
for 
every 
foolish  thing  that  comes  along, 
for  fear  of  being  called  stingy,  and  we 
led  to  the  conclusion  that  there  is 
are 
but  one  solution—the 
family  must  be 
cut  shoit  in  their  share  of  the  profits  of 
the  business 
in  order  that  the  husband 
and  father  can  have  his  tobacco,  cigars, 
beer  and  money  to  give  some  other  fel­
low  because  that  other  fellow  happens 
to  hold  a  little  the  better  hand.  It seems 
that  the  only  logical  conclusion  is  that 
the  wife  must  save  and  skimp  along  on 
a  small  allowance  and  that  the  children 
are  denied  the  higher  arts  and  accom­
plishments;  or,  if  they  have  all  of  the 
comforts  and  some  of  the  luxuries,  theie 
is  nothing  being  done  to  make  provis­
ion  for  them 
in  case  of  accident  or 
death,  and  the  salary  is  spent  before 
it 
is  earned.

Boys, 

Every  dollar  is  composed  of  100  cents 
and,  because  30  cents  of  one  man’s  dol­
lar  goes  for  foolish  things  is  no  reason 
why  the  other  jo   cents  in  the  hands  of 
his  wife  will  buy  as  much  of  the  neces­
life  as  a  whole 
sities  and 
dollar  will 
another 
woman  whose  husband  spends  no money 
foolishly. 
If  the  spendthrift  thinks  it 
will,  just 
let  him  run  the  house  for  a 
month  and  see  for  himself.
the  probability 

luxuries  of 
in  the  hands  of 

is  that  your 
wives  never  would  have  married  you  if 
you  hadn’t  wanted  them  to,  and  now 
it 
is  your  duty  to  see  that  they  have  eveiy 
necessity  and  as  many  of  the 
luxuries 
as  you  can  possibly  afford,  with  ar 
surance  of  a  competence  should  you  be 
taken  from  them,  which  you  should  pro 
vide 
if  you  have  to  sacrifice  your  ex 
travagances  and  many  of  your  supposed 
necessities.  When  you  are  tempted  to 
"b lo w ”   yourself,  just  stop  and  think  if 
you  have  a  right  to  spend  partnershij 
money  without  the  consent  of  the  part­
ner. 
If  you  are  going  to  buy  a  gun  and 
dog  or  a 
lot  of  fishing  tackle  and  ; 
camping  outfit  that  you  can  not  afford 
don’t  do  it,  but  put the  money  into  some 
good  life  insurance  or  other  safe  invest 
ment  and  then  count  all  the  money  you 
would  spend 
if  you  had  these  things 
and  see  how  fast it  grows  and  how  much 
younger  and 
less  careworn  your  wife 
will  look.  Or,  if  you  must  spend  the 
money,  do  it  in  a  way  that  your  family 
can  share  in  the  pleasure it brings.  Con 
suit  their  comfort  and  happiness  first, 
and then  if  you  have  any  money  or  time 
to  spend 
it,  but  the 
chances  are  great  that  you  will  not 
feel 
inclined  that  way,  after  you  see  how 
much  they  enjoy  your  company  and  at­
tention  and  you  also  observe  how  much 
better  and  manlier  you  feel  yourself  to 
be. 

for  yourself,  do 

Just  try  it  once.

SUCCESSFU L  SA L ESM E N .

W a lte r  C raw fo rd ,  R e p re se n t lu g   B u rle y  

&  T y rre ll.

David  Walter  Crawford  was  bom  at 
La Porte,  Ind.,  Sept.  5,  i860.  His  father 
was  a  native  of  Scotland,  having  been 
bom 
in  Sterlingshire.  His  mother's 
antecedents  were  Quaker,  she  having 
been  bom  at  Chester,  Pa.  Mr.  Craw­
ford  attended  the  public  schools  of  La-' 
Porte until  he  was  16  years  of  age,  when 
his  parents  decided  to  make  a  Presby­
terian  minister  of  him  and  he  was  ac­
cordingly  sent 
to  Wabash  College  at 
Crawfordsville, 
is  a  pre­
Ind.,  which 
paratory  school  for  Princeton  and  Mc­
Cormick.  He  pursued 
the  scientific 
course  for  two  years,  when  he  made  up 
his  mind  that  he  would  prefer  commer­
cial 
life  to  a  theological  career,  and  he 
accordingly  left  college  and  entered  the 
crockery  store  of  his  father,where  he  re­
mained  behind  the  counter  two  years, 
undertaking  to  acquire  the  rudiments  of 
the  business  to  such  an  extent  that  he

his  appearance 
in  amateur  entertain­
ments  and  comic  opera.  He  has  a  de­
cided  talent  as  an  artist,  having  studied 
drawing  and  painting  as  a  young  man, 
and  indulged  his  taste  in  this  respect 
in  several  different  directions;  in  fact, 
it  has  always  been  a  matter of  regret  to 
his  friends  that  he  did  not  choose  a  pro­
instead  of  a  commercial  ca­
fessional 
reer,  because  they 
insist  that  he  would 
have  made  his  mark  as  an  artist.

Mr.  Crawford  attributes  his  success  to 
the  fact  that  he  is  able  to  make 
friends 
easily  and,  having  once  made  a  cus­
tomer,  is  usually  able  to  hold  him.  He 
is  too  modest  to  attribute  this  faculty 
entirely  to  his  own  ability,  but  gener­
ously  accords  a  portion  of  the  credit  to 
the  hearty  co-operation  and  the  ready 
assistance  he  receives  from  his  house  in 
enabling  him  to  carry  out  his  promises 
ind  fill  his  orders  exactly  as  taken.

GripMiM*k  B rig a d e .

The  regular  quarterly  meeting  of  the 
Board  of  Directors  of  the  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip  will  be  held  in  this 
:ity  the  last  Saturday  in  November.

Traverse  City Eagle : 

Ira  F.  Gordon, 
>f  the  Potato  Implement  Co.,  has  been 
granted  a  patent  on  a  valuable  i mprove- 
ment  in  sprayer  bodies.

in  St.  Louis. 

Traveling  men  will  no  doubt  be  in­
in  the  result  of  a  civil  suit  re­
terested 
cently  tried 
James  H. 
Williams,  a  traveling  man,  was awarded 
judgment  the  past  week  for  $800 against 
the  Continental  Tobacco  Co.  for  breach 
>f  contract.  Williams  was  in  the  em- 
>loy  of  the  Drummond  Tobacco  Co.  for 
years  before 
it  entered  the  trust  and 
when 
it  was  absorbed  his  contract  was 
renewed  by  the  Continental.  Williams, 
in  his  testimony,  stated  that  the  trust 
was  continually  discharging  traveling 
in  order  to  reduce  expenses  and 
men 
that  it  was  this  reason  that  resulted 
in 
his  own  discharge.  The  trust  set  up  as 
a  defense 
It  is  to  be 
presumed  the  trust  will  appeal,  but  the 
traveling  man  has  won  first  blood  and 
seems  to  have  the  best  of  it  so  far.

insubordination. 

would  be  fitted  to  take  a  position  on  the 
road,  which  he  had  already  begun  to 
covet. 
Jan.  1,  1889,  he  was  offered  the 
position  of  traveling  representative  in 
Western  Michigan  and  Northern  Indiana 
for  Burley  &  Tyrrell,  of  Chicago,  which 
position  he 
lost  no  time  in  accepting, 
and  he  has  since  covered  the  same  terri­
tory  for  the  same  house  without  inter­
ruption  with  the regularity of clockwork.
Mr.  Crawford  was  married  March  10, 
1897,  to  Miss  Harriet  Allen,  of  LaPorte, 
and  they  have  since  resided  at 
the 
Colonial  Hotel,  Hyde  Park,  spending 
their  summers  at  the  Cushman  House, 
Petoskey.

Mr.  Crawford 

is  not  much  of 

a 
“ jin er,"   being  a  member  of  only  one 
secret  order— Phi  Kappa  Psi,  being  as­
sociated  with  the  alumni  chapter 
in 
Chicago.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  the 
Iowa  State  Traveling  Men’s  Association 
and  the  First  Presbyterian  church  of  La 
Porte,  having  never 
transferred  his 
membership  to  Chicago.

Personally,  Mr.  Crawford 

is  one  of 
the  most  agreeable  and  companionable 
of  men.  He  clearly  shows  the  effects  of 
his  school  and  college  training,  being 
an  excellent  conversationalist  and a gen­
tleman  who 
is  so  well  posted  on  cur­
rent  topics  that  he  is  able  to  discuss any 
matter  satisfactorily  and 
intelligently. 
He  is  a  lover  of  books  and  finds  time  to 
read  and  enjoy  nearly  all  the  new  books 
of  note  which  come  from  the  press.  He 
is  fond  of  music  and  has  a  good  voice 
which  has  given  him  something  more 
than  a 
local  reputation  as  the  result  of

The  bad  poetry  written  about  Dewey 
has  done  no  great  amount  of  harm, 
while 
it  has  done  the  poets  an  abund­
ance  of  good 
in  giving  expression  to 
their  feelings.

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Term expires
A. C. Sc h u m a c h e r , Ann A rbor  -  Dec. 31,1899 
Dec. 31,1900
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G e o .  G u n d r u m , Ionia 
-  Dec. 31,1901 
L.  E.  Re y n o l d s,  St.  Joseph 
H k n b y   H e im , Saginaw 
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Dec. 31,1902
W ik t   P.  Do t y, D etroit - 
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-  Dec. 31,1903
President,  G e o.  G u n d r u m ,  Ionia.
Secretary, A.  C.  Sc h u m a c h e r,  Ann Arbor. 
T reasurer, H e n r y   H e im , Saginaw.
E x a m in a tio n   S essions 
Lansing—Nov. 7 and 8.

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

President—O.  E b e r b a c h , Ann Arbor. 
Secretary—Ch a s.  F .  Ma n n , Detroit. 
T reasurer—J .  S.  B e n n e t t ,  Lansing.

A c tiv ity   o f  th e   B o a rd  

in   P ro s e c u tin g  

V io la tio n s.

Ann  Arbor,  Oct.  23— You  will  note  by 
the  enclosed  reports  what  the  Board  of 
Pharmacy  is  doing  in  regard to violators 
of  the  pharmacy  law.  All of  the  reports 
are  cases  that  have  been  investigated 
and  prosecuted  since  our  annual  meet­
ing  in  July,  1899;  in  other  words,  dur­
ing  the  last  four  months.  We  have  sev­
eral  cases  on  hand  for  investigation  and 
I  will  give  you  the  outcome  as  soon  as 
they  are  taken  up.

Note  remarks  on  report  No.  451.
Report  No.  450 is  the  case  I  wrote  you 
about,  where  the  doctor  claimed 
to 
have  charge  of  the  store  and,  at  the 
same  time,  claimed  to  have  charge  of 
his  medical  practice.  That  was  his 
claim  during  the  trial,  but  the  judge 
did  not  see  it  in  that  light  and,  as  you 
notice  by  the  report,  Mr.  Lisenski  was 
convicted  and  fined.  We  have  another 
case  coming  up  in  the  Police  Court 
in 
Detroit  next  Saturday.

I  am  sure  that  if  you  publish  these  re­
ports 
in  detail  they  will  be  interesting 
to  the  druggists  throughout  the  State,  as 
well  as  to  the  public  in  general.

A .  C.  Schumacher,  Sec’ y.

Case  No.  443.  Wm.  Eliott,  of  Pow­
ers.  Complained  of  for  being  proprie­
tor  of  a  pharmacy  and  unregistered.  He 
pleaded  guilty  before 
Justice  of  the 
Peace  N.  Hibbard  and  was  fined  $10 
and  S i-25  costs.  Was  a  physician  with 
small  stock  of  drugs.

Case  No.  444. 

J.  Dittmore,  of  Me­
nominee.  Complained of  for  the  specific 
sale  of  drugs  without  being  a  registered 
pharmacist.  He  pleaded  guilty  before 
Justice  of  the  Peace  J.  M.  Opsahl  and 
was  fined  $10   and  3.90  costs.

Complained  of 

Case  No.  445.  O.  B.  Olson,  of  Me­
nominee. 
for  taking 
charge  of  store  in  absence  of  registered 
pharmacist.  He  pleaded  guilty  before 
Justice  of  the  Peace  J.  M.  Opsahl  and 
was  fined  Sio  and  S3.90  costs.

Case  No.  446. 

E .  E .  Lessiter,  of 
Grattan.  Complained  of  for  being  pro­
prietor  of  a  pharmacy  and  not  having  a 
registered  person  in  charge  of  the  busi­
ness.  He  pleaded  guilty  before  Justice 
of  the  Peace  Cowan  and  was  fined  Sio 
and  $2.55  costs.  This  was  his  third 
offense,  but  as  he  immediately  placed 
a  registered  pharmacist  in  charge,  the 
justice  made  the  sentence  light.

Case  No.  447.  F.  C.  Rhodes,  of  M il­
ford.  Complained  of  for  the  specific 
sale  of  drugs  without  being  a  registered 
pharmacist.  He  pleaded  guilty  before 
justice  of  the  Peace  C.  E .  Lovejoy  and 
was  fined  §10.  Mr.  Rhodes  is  clerk  in 
the  drug  store  of  T .  O.  Bennett  &  Co. 
and  was  left  alone  in  charge  of  the  store 
for  several  weeks.

Case  No.  448.  F .  C.  Abbott,  of  Mid- 
dleville.  Complained  of  being  an  un­
registered  proprietor and  permitting  sale 
of  drugs  by  unregistered  clerk.  He 
pleaded  guilty  before  Justice  of  the 
Peace  A.  E .  Kenaston and was  fined  §10 
and  S2.50  costs.  F.  C.  Abbott  has  a 
son,  Dr.  Nelson  Abbott,  who 
is  regis­
tered  and  who  claims  to  have  charge  of 
the  store,  but  he  was  absent  for  three  or 
four  weeks.

Case  No.  450.  F.  Lisenski,  of  De­
troit.  Complained  of  for  being  unreg­
istered  and  taking  charge  of  a  phar­
macy.  He  pleaded  not  guilty  before 
Police  Justice  Whelan,  but  was  found 
fined  $25.  Mr.  Lisenski 
guilty  and 
now  has  a  registered  pharmacist 
in 
charge  of  his  store.

Case  No.  451.  G.  P.  Honeywell,  of 
Akron.  Complained  of  for  permitting 
the  sale  of  drugs  by  an unregistered per­
son  not  under  the  supervision  of  a  reg­
istered  pharmacist.  He  first  pleaded 
not  guilty,  but  afterwards  changed  to 
guilty  and  was  fined  $100  and  $8  costs. 
In  this  case  carbolic  acid  was  sold  by  a 
boy  instead  of  castor  oil,  which  resulted 
in  death.

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

Opium—Is  easier  and  slightly  lower, 

on  account  of  increased  stocks.

Morphine— Is  in  good  demand  at  un­

changed  prices.

Quinine—-Stocks  are  very  small.  P. 
&  W.  are  refusing  orders,  having  only 
enough  to  fill  their  contracts. 
New 
York  and  foreign  brands  are  quoted 
without  offer.  As  P.  &  W.  is  now  3c 
higher  than  other  brands,  another  ad­
vance  in  New  York  and  foreign 
is  ex­
pected.

Acetanilid— Is  weak  at  the  very  low 
price,  on account  of  competition of man­
ufacturers.

Citric  A cid —Manufacturers  have  re­

duced  their  prices  ic  per  pound.

Alcohol—Is  still  being  sold  at  about 
cost,  on  account  of  competition.  The 
price  in  single  barrels  in  the  West  is  8c 
lower  than  in  the  East.

Cantharides—There  is  no  doubt  about 
the  short  supply  and  the  article  is  very 
firm,  with  an  upward  tendency.

Cocaine— Is  very  scarce  and  only  a 
small  supply  is  available.  The  market 
is  very  firm  at  the  high  price  now  rul­
ing,  with  an  upward  tendency.

Norwegian  Cod  Liver  O il—Has  been 
advanced  about  $1.50   per  barrel  and 
will  be  higher.

Ergot—The  crop 

is  very  small  and 
prices  are  steadily  advancing.  Euro­
pean  markets  are  about  30c  higher  than 
this  country.

Glycerine— Is 

in  very  firm  position, 
on  account  of  crude.  Another  advance 
is  looked  for  daily.

Lycopodium— Is  still  moving  upward. 
The  demand  is  greater  than  the  supply.
Quicksilver  and  Mercurial  Prepara­
tions—Are  firm  at  the  advance noted last 
week.

Sassafras  Bark— Is very  firm  at  the ad­

vance.

Essential  Oils—Citronella  is  very  firm 
and  tending  higher. 
Sassafras  is  very 
firm  and  advancing.  Spearmint  has  ad­
vanced.  Anise  is  tending  higher.  Win- 
is  very  firm  and  the  price  is 
tergreen 
now  nearly  double  what 
it  was  a  few 
weeks  ago.

Short  Buchu  Leaves  As  these  are 
gathered  in  South  Africa,  it  will  be  im­
possible  to  either  gather  or  ship  them 
while  the  war  is  going  on. 
Speculators 
have  taken  advantage  of  the  situation 
and  prices  are  nearly  double  and  higher 
prices  looked  for.

Tennevelly  Senna  Leaves— Are  very 
scarce  and  high.  Cheaper  grades  are 
almost  out  of  market.

Canary  Seed— Has  advanced,  on  ac­

count  of  light  stocks.

Caraway  Seed— Has  advanced  and 

is 

very  firm.

vance.

Coriander 

Seed—Continues  to 

ad­

Sunflower  Seed—The  new  crop  is  ar­

riving  and  prices  are  lower.

Linseed  O il— Has  advanced 

twice 
during  the  past  week,  on  account  of 
higher  prices  for  seed.

1900 

P e c k h a m ’s  C a le n d a r  O ffer  fo r  1900.
Peckham’s  Croup  Remedy  Calendar 
offer  for 
is  very  attractive,  and 
druggists  will  do  well  to  investigate. 
Fifty  calendars  are  given  for  each dozen 
Peckham’ s  Croup  Remedy  ordered  from 
your  jobber  before  December  1,  and  the 
buyer’s  business  card 
is  printed  on 
face-side  of  each  calendar-—making  an 
all-the-year 
Address 
Peckham’s  Croup  Remedy  Company, 
Freeport,  Mich., 
for  sample  calendar, 
who  were  the  first  to  print  the  dealer’s 
name  on  calendars  given  to  the  trade.

advertisement. 

SIX T Y   Y E A R S   A GO .

P ra c tic e   o f  P h a rm a c y   as  C o n d u c te d  

in  

W ritten for the Tradesm an.

th e   T h irtie s .

As 

glass 

receptacles 

they  kept 

late  as  1830  it  was  not  the  custom 
for  a  doctor  to  write  out  his  prescrip­
tions  for  the  druggist  to  fill.  He  pre­
pared 
them  all  himself  from  the  crude 
contents  of  his  huge  saddlebags.  The 
small  dealers  at  all  the  crossroad  stores 
few  staple  drugs,  such  as  cam­
kept  a 
phor, 
opium, 
laudanum,  paregoric, 
quinine,  castor  oil,  aloes,  salts,  etc., 
which  were  used  as  family  medicines. 
These  he  purchased  of  the  nearest  drug­
gist,  who  could  only  be 
found  in  the 
larger  villages  and  seldom  more  than 
two  in  an  entire  county.  These  village 
drug  stores  were  objects  of  wonder  and 
mystery  to  the  small  boys  and  girls from 
the  country  when  they  first  saw  them. 
1 
can  remember  gazing  with  open  mouth 
and  staring  eyes  at  the  large,  curious­
shaped 
filled  with 
in  the  windows, 
colored  water  shown 
which  reflected  every  passing  object 
in 
either  direction,  producing  the  effect  of 
a miniature  panorama.  The  drug  busi­
ness  proper  was  principally  jobbing  to 
small  merchants  in  the  country  and  re­
plenishing  the  country  doctors’  saddle­
bags  or  furnishing  them  with  a  small 
stock  which,  if  they  lived  far  from  the 
market, 
in  their  country 
offices  at  home.  To  increase  their  retail 
trade  they  carried  a  stock  of  confection­
ery.  The 
largest  stock  and  best  qual­
ity  of  candies  was  always  to  be 
found 
at  the  drug  store.  Paints  and  oils  and 
dyestuffs  came  in  line  with  their  busi­
ness,  the  same  as  now,  but  these  were 
in  variety,  compared  with  the 
limited 
present. 
In  dyestuffs,  Indigo,  logwood 
and  madder  were  about  the  only  ones 
I 
can  remember. 
In  paints,  white  and 
red  lead,  Venetian  red  and  yellow  ochre 
comprised  the  entire 
list.  Whale  oil, 
linseed  oil,  raw  and  boiled,  and  spirits 
of  turpentine  filled  the  list  of  oils.  The 
process  of  manufacturing  lard  into  oil 
was  undiscovered  then.  Ready  mixed 
or  prepared  paints  were  unknown.  The 
painter  ground  the  crude  white  or  red 
lead 
in  a  hand  mill  and  mixed  them 
with  boiled  oil,  as  the  case  required. 
little  house  painting 
There  was  but 
done  by  the 
If  a  person  wanted 
painting  done  he  bought  the  materials 
and  hired  a  painter  by  the  day  to  mix 
and  spread  it  on.  Within  my  recollec­
tion  the  list  of  proprietary  medicines  or 
quack  medicines,  as  they  were  called, 
which  now  occupy  so  important  a  place 
in  the  drug  trade,  could  be  counted  on 
the  fingers  of  my  hands. 
It  was  about 
this  time  that  the  prince  of  patent  hum­
into  exist­
bugs,  Hygiene  pills,  sprung 
ence  and  were  consumed 
in  enormous 
quantities  by  the  imaginary  sick.  They 
were  advertised  to  be  entirely  harmless 
and  could  be  taken  in  any  quantity  that 
the  patient  found  necessary  to  give  re­
lief.  One 
in  the 
town  where  1  lived  was  reported  to have 
taken  sixty-five  in  a  single  day.

imaginary 

invalid 

job. 

The  first  proprietary  medicine  that  I 
can  remember  as  coming 
into  family 
use  was  Lee’s  bilious  pills.  They  were 
put  up  by  Dr.  S.  P.  Lee,  of  New  Lon­
don,  Conn.  They  were  really  valuable 
as  a  family  medicine  and,  although  not 
sugar  coated  as  pills  are  in  these  days,

they  met  with  large  sales.  The  Doctor 
afterwards  went  to  New  York,  where 
the  writer  had  the  good  fortune  to  make 
his  acquaintance  in  1844.  He  was  then 
more  than  seventy  years  old,  a  highly 
educated,  courtly  gentleman  of  the  old 
school,  and,  although  a  young  man, 
I 
spent  many  pleasant  evenings 
in  his 
office.  His  mind  seemed  to  be  an  ex­
haustless  fountain  of  pleasing  memories 
which  charined  me  as  I  listened. 
In 
New  York  he  made  a  specialty  of  the 
treatment  of  stone  in  the  bladder,  hav­
ing  discovered  what  seemed  to  be  a 
specific,  judging  from  his  large  collec­
tion  of  specimens,  for  that  painful  ail­
ment.  He  called 
it  Lee’s  Lithontrip- 
tic.  Among  his  distinguished  patients 
was  General Winfield Scott,  whom he had 
lately  relieved  of  a  large  calculus,  and 
in  Dr.  Lee’ s  office  in  Nassau 
it  was 
street  that  the  writer  first  saw  General 
Scott.  He  came  in  with  some  military 
friends  to  show  them  his  geological 
specimen,  as  he  called  it. 
1850,  in 
conversation  with  the  late  Dr.  Shepard, 
of  Grand  Rapids,  I  mentioned  what  I 
have  written  above,  and  on  the  Doctor’ s 
visit  to  New  York  soon  after  he  called 
on  Dr.  Lee  at  his  office in  Nassau  street 
and 
formed  so  favorable  an  opinion  of 
the  Doctor’s  scientific  researches  that he 
brought  home  with  him  some  of  the 
Lithontriptic  to  use 
in  his  own  prac-* 
tice.  He  afterwards  told  me  of  three 
cases  where  he  used  it  with  entire  suc­
cess. 
If  I  should  record  the  names  here 
they  would  be  as  familiar  to  you  as  any 
in  Grand  Rapids.  They were  all  prom­
inent  and  well-beloved 
and 
pioneers.  They  have  long  since  passed 
away.

citizens 

In 

special 

The  whole 

list  of  essential  oils,  ex­
tracts,  syrups  and  tinctures  then  in  use 
would  not  fill  a  quarter  column  of  the 
Tradesman,  nearly  all  of  which  were 
prepared  by  the  local  druggist  from  for­
mula  laid  down  in  the  old-time  Dispen­
satory,  which  lay  open  before  him.  No 
special  education  was  required  to  qual­
ify  any  intelligent  person  for  the  busi­
ness  of  handling  drugs  and  medicines. 
No 
legislation  was  thought 
requisite  to  protect  the  people  from  im­
position  or  guard  against  the  errors  of 
ignorance  that  might  result  in  loss  of 
life.  How  changed  are  present  condi­
tions!  Now  stringent  requirements  are 
thrown  around  the  preparation  and  dis­
pensing  of  drugs  for  the  public  safety, 
rendered  necessary  by  the  multiplied 
and  concentrated  forms  of  the  remedial 
I  know  of  no  mer­
agents  dispensed. 
cantile  pursuit  that 
invested  with 
equal  responsibility,  or  calls  for  cleaner 
characters  or  abler  men  than  the  drug 
trade. 

W.  S.  H.  VVelton.

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Benzoicum, German.
Boracic.......................
Carbolicum ...............
Citricum.....................
H ydrochlor..............
N itrocum ...................
O xalicum...................
Phosphorium,  d ll...
Salicylicum  ..............
S ulphuricum ............
T annicum ................
Tartaricum   ..............
A m m o n ia
Aqua, 16 deg..............
Aqua, 20 deg..............
C arbouas...................
Chloridum.................
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D acca-
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Juniperus...................
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D alsam  m u

C opaiba.....................
Peru  ..........................
Terabln,  Canada —
Tolu ta n ......................
C o rte x
Abies, Canadian.......
Cassise.........................
Cinchona  Klava.......
Euouymus atropurp. 
Myrica  Ceritera, po.
Prim us V irgini.........
Qtiillaia, gr’d ............
Sassafras  .......po. 18
U lm us...po.  15, gr’d 

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Glycyrrhiza  G labra.
Glycyrrhiza,  p o .......
Hiem atox, 15  lb. box
Hieniatox,  i s ............
Haimatox,  Vis...........
Hu-matox,  Vis...........
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Citrate and  (Juinia..
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Sulphate,  p u re.......
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14®
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B arosm a.....................
Cassia Acutifol,  Tin-
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Cassia, Acutifol, Alx.
Salvia otlicinalis,  14s
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C vaU rsi.....................  
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Acacia, sifted  sorts. 
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Acacia, po.................. 
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12®
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Aloe,  Socotri.. po. 40 
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Ammoniac.................. 
55®
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28®
Assafietlda 
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Benzoinum .
Catechu, i s ................
Catechu, Vis..............
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Catechu, 54s ..............
50®
C am phor® ................
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Euphorbium ... po. 35
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G albanum ..................
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Mastic  .......................
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M yrrh..............po. 45
O pii__ po.  4.50/1.4.80  3  35®
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S hellac....................... 
Shellac, bleached.... 
40®
T ragacanth ...............  
50®
H e rb a  
A bsinthium . .oz. pkg 
Kupatorium..oz. pkg
I o b e lia .........oz. pkg
M ajorum __ oz. pkg
M entha 1‘ip.  oz. pkg 
M entha  Vir..oz. pkg
H ue................ oz. pkg
Tanacetum  V oz. pkg 
Thymus, V .. .oz. pkg 
M ag n e sia
Calcined, P a t............
Carbonate,  P a t.........
Carbonate,  K. & M ..
Carbonate, Jennings 
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A n isi..........................   1  85®
A urantl C ortex.........  2  40®
B ergam ii...................   2  80®
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C ajip u ti.....................  
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Caryophylli...............  
C e d a r......................... 
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C innam onii..............   1  40®
C itronella.................. 
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C opaiba.....................
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Cubebae.....................
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1  00®  1  10 
1  00®  1  10
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2 00®  2  10
G au lth eria...............
75
Geranium, ounce__
60
Gossippii, Sem. gal..
1  25®  1  35 
H edeom a...................
1  50©  2  00 
.lu n ip era...................
90®  2  00 
Lavendula  ...............
1  35®  1  45 
Lim onis.....................
1  25®  2  00 
M entha  1*1 p e r..........
1  50®«  1  60 
M entha V erid..........
1  00®  1  15 
M orrhuæ,  gal.........
4 00®  4  50 
Myrcia  ... ! ..............
75®  3  00
Olive
10® 12
8 Picis  Liquida............
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15 Piéis  Liquida,  g a l...
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14 Kicina........................
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Rosm arini.................
Rosæ, ounce..............  6 50©  8 50
25
40® 45
00 Buccini.......................
90©  1 00
Sabina  .......................
50 S a n ta l........................   2  50® 7 00
00 Sassafras...................
55
48«
@ 65
Sinapis,  ess., ounce.
14 T iglil..........................   1 50ft;  1 GO
40® 50
8 Thym e........................
<Qt  1 60
Thyme, o p t...............
15 % 20
T h eo b ro m as............
P o tassiu m
55
15® 18
Bi-Carb.......................
40
13© 15
45 B ichrom ate..............
52® 57
45 Bromide  ...................
15
12®
Carl)  ..........................
10© 18
C hlorate.,  po. 1 7 19
35® 40
18 C yanide.....................
12 Iodide........................   2 40®  2 50
28®
30
IS Potassa, B itart, pure
30 I'otassa, B itart, com.
@ 15
7® 10
20 Potass  N itras,opt...
8
6®
12 Potass  N itras..........
12 P russiate...................
23® 2G
14
18
15®.
Sulphate  po..............
15
K a<li\
Aconitum...................
25
30 A n ch u sa...................
12 Arum  po...................
14 Calam us.....................
15 G en tian a........ po. 15
17 G lvchrrhiza.. .pv.  16
H ydrastis  Canäden.
15 Hydrastis Can., p o ..
Hellebore,  Alba, po.
*  2
Inula,  po...................
75
40 Ipecac, po.................
Iris  plox...po.35ft;38
Jalapa,  p r .................
2 M aranta,  Vis............
Podophyllum,  po.
R hei............................
Rhei,  c u t...................
Rhei, p v .....................
S pigelia.....................
Sanguinaria.. .po.  15
S erp en taria..............
Senega .......................
Smilax, otlicinalis 11.
Smilax,  M ..................
Scill® .....................po. 35
Symplocarpus, Foeti-
dus,  p o ...................
Valeriana,Eng.po.30 
Valeriana.  G erman. 
Zingiber a .................  
Zingiber j ...................  

20® 25
22® 25
10® 12
® 25
20® 40
12® 15
16® 18
@ 70
ftB 75
12® 15
15® 20
1 25® i  35
35® 40
25® 30
© 35
75®  1  00 
@  1  21 
75®  1  31 
35®  3
@ 
18 
40®
50®.
-  ©
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10®
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15®
12®
25®

S em en

A nisum ............po.  15  @
Apium  (graveleons). 
13if>,
Bird, is ....................... 
4®
C arui................. po.  18  10®
Cardam on..................  1  25®
Coriandrum ............... 
8®
Cannabis S ativa....... 
5®
Cydonium .................. 
75®  1  00
Chenopodium ..........  
1
10® 
Dipterix O dorate....  1  40ft/;  1  ;
Fieniculum  .............. 
®  
1
Foenugreek, po......... 
7®
L in i............................   3Vi®  41
Lini, g rd ........ bbl. 3V4 
4® 41
L obelia......................  
35® 
-
P harlaris Canarian..  4V4@
R a p a ..........................   4Vi®
Sinapis  A lba............ 
9®
Sinai/is  N igra..........  
11@
S p iritu s

Frum enti,  W. D. Co.  2  00®  2  I 
Frum enti,  1). F. R ..  2  00®  2  :
F ru m en ti..................   1  25®  1  i
Juniperis Co. <). T ...  1  65®  2 1
Juuiperis  C o............  1  75ftfi  3
Saacnarum  N.  E ....  1  90® 2
Spt. Vini Galli..........   1  75®  6
Vini  Ojiorto___ ___   1  2f.®  2
Vini A lba...................  1  25®  2

S ponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage...................  2 50®  2
N assau  sheeps’ wool
carriage...................  2  50®  2
Velvet extra  sheeps’
wool, carriage....... 
@ 1
E xtra yellow sheeps’
®   1
wool, carriage....... 
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriag e..................
®   1
H ard, for slate u s e ..
@
Yellow  R e e f ,  for 
slate use.................
@  1
S y ru p s
A c a c ia .......................
A uranti C ortex.........
Z ingiber.....................
Ipecac.
F erri Io d ..............
Rhei  A rom ...........
Smilax  Otlicinalis
Senega ..................
Scillæ.....................

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2  00 
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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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T olutan...................... 
Prunus  virg.............. 
T in c tu re s
Aconitine Napellis R
Acouitum Napellis F
A loes......................
Aloes and M yrrh__
A rn ic a...................
A ssaf/rtida.............
Atrope Belladonna..
Auranti 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................
Cubebae.......................
Cassia Acutifol.........
Cassia Acutifol Co...
D igitalis..................... 
rg o t..........................  
erri  Chloridum __  
e n tia n ..................... 
entian Co................ 
uiaca........................  
uiaca anim on......... 
yoscyamus.............. 
Io d in e ....................... 
Iodine, colorless....
lino  ..........................
o b e lia ......................
M yrrh........................
ux Vomica..............
)pii.............................
Vpii,  com phorated..
)pli, deodorized.......
ju a s s ia .....................
ihatany.....................
Ihei............................
anguinaria............
S erp en taria..............
Strom onium ..............
o lu ta n .....................
alerian  ...................
'eratrum   V eride...
Z ingiber.....................

Linseed, pure raw ...
Linseed, boiled........
Neatsfoot, winter str 
Spirits  T urpentine..

P a in ts   BBL.  LB.
134  2  @8 
134  2  ®4 
134  2  @3 
2Vi  2V4®3 
2Vi  2 4ft' 3
13® 
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70®  75
13VÌ®  17V4 
13® 
16
6  ®   6V4 
6  ©   634 
70
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@  1  40 
1  00®  1  15

Red  V enetian...........
<>chre, yellow  Mars. 
Ochre, yellow B e r... 
Putty,  com m ercial.. 
Putty, strictly  pure. 
Vermilion.  P r i m e
A m erican..............
Vermilion, E nglish..
G reen,  P a ris............
Green,  Peninsular...
L e a d ,re d ...................
Lead,  w hite..............
W hiting, white Span 
W hiting, gilders’ —  
W hite, Paris, Amer. 
W hiting, Paris,  Eng.
cliff..........................
Universal  Prepared.
V a rn ish e s

No.  1  Tnrp  C oach...  1  10®  1  20
E xtra T u rp ................  1  60®  1  70
Coach  Body..............  2  75®  3 00
!  No.  1 Turp F u n i.......  1  00®  1  10
I  E xtra Turk  D am ar..  1  56®  1  60 
I Jap . D ryer.N o.lTurp 
75

70® 

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20® 2 2 1
© 3  00 Seidlitz M ixture.......
Vtenthol.....................
®
Vforphia, S., P. & W. 2  20® 2  45 S inapis.......................
© 30  1
Sinapis,  o p t..............
ilorphia, S., N. Y. Q.
& C.  Co................... 2  10® 2 35 Snuff. Maccaboy,  lie
@ 41
@ 40
Voes  .......................
rloschus  C anton__
® 41
65® 80 Snuff .Scotch, De Vo’s
Vfyristica,  No.  1.......
9® 11
@ 10 Soda,  B oras..............
Sux  Vom ica...po.  15
9® 11
25® 30 Soda,  Boras, po.......
)s Sepia.....................
26® 28 ;
Soda et Potass T art.
’epsin Saac,  H. & P.
2 1
1V4®
® 1  00 Soda,  C arb................
D  Co.......................
5
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Soda,  Bi-Carb..........
IMcis Liq. N.N.ls gal.
4  i
3 »4®
@ 2  00 Soda,  A sh.................
d o z ..........................
2 j
® 1  00 Soda,  Sulphas..........
®
60 Mcis Liq., q u a rts__
®   2 60 !
© 85 Spts. Cologne..........
'ieis Liq..  pints......
50
50® 55 j
® 50 Spts. E ther  Co.......
60 Ml  H ydrarg. ..po.  so
®   2 00
© 18 Spts.  Myrcia D0111. ..
’iper  N igra., .po. 22
60
@ 30 Spts. V ini  licet,  bid.
®
‘¡i>er  A lba.... |>o. 35
50
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7 Spts. Vini Rect. VVbbl
[Mix  Btirgun............
50
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10® 12 Spts. Vini Rect. lOgal
‘Iambi Acet............
60
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I’ulvis Ipecac et Opii 1  30® 1  50 Spts.  \  Ini Rect. 5 gal
50
Strychnia, < ’rystal... 1  00® 20
[•y re thrum , boxes H.
60
4
© 75 Sulphur,  Subl.........
2?4®
&  P.  I). Co.,  d o z ...
50
25® 30 Sulphur,  Roll..........
2Vi® 3Vi
f’yrethrum ,  p v .......
50
10
8®,
8® 10 'la ma rinds.............
¿uassi;**..................
75
37® 42 Terebenth  V enice...
28® 30
juinia, S.  1’. &  W ...
50
50®
29® 39 Theobronue.............
luinia, S.  G erm an..
75
29® 39 V anilla................... 9 00Co It 00
¿uinia, N. Y............
75
8
7®
Ituliia Tinctorum— 12® 14 Zinci S ulph............
00
18® 20
50 Saccharuin l.actis pv
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50 S alacin................... 3  50® 3 60
40® 50
60 Sanguis  D raconis...
12® 14 W hale,  w inter..........
50 Sapo,  W ..................
10® 12 Lard, e x tra ................
50 Sapo M .......................
15 Lard, No. 1...............
50 Sajio  G .......................
50
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60
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E ther, Spts. Nit. 3 F 
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E ther, Spts. Nit. 4 F
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A lm nen.....................
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Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7
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Annatto......................
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Antimoni, po............
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Antimoniet Potass T
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A ntipyrin..................
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Antifebrin  ...............
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Argenti N itras, oz...
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A rsenicum ................
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Balm  Gilead  Buds..
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’alcium Chlor.,  Is ...
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’antharides, R us.po 
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’apsici Fructus, af..
’apsici  Fructus, po.
’apsici Fructus B, po 
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’aryophyllus. .po. 15
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’arm ine. No. 40.......
50®  55
¡era  A lba..................
40®
Vera  F lava................
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Voccus  .......................
Vassia  F ructus.........
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Ventraria...................
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Vetaceum...................
50® 
.’hloroform  .............. 
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Chloroform,  squibbs 
Chloral Hyd Crst .  ..  1  65®  1
C hondrus................... 
Cinchonidine.P. &W  
Cinchonidine, Germ. 
C ocaine.....................  6 56®  6
Corks, list.d is.p r.ct.
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Creosotum.................. 
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C re ta ..............bbl. 76 
Creta, p rep ................ 
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Creta,  precip............ 
Creta,  R u b ra............ 
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Crocus  ....................... 
15®
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C udbear..................... 
Cupri  S ulph..............   6Vi®
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Dextrine
E ther S ulph.............. 
75®
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Emery, all num bers. 
Emery, po.................. 
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E rg o ta ............po. 90 
85®
Flake  W hite............  
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G a lla ..........................  
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G a m b le r...................  
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G elatin,  Cooper....... 
G elatin. F ren ch .......  
36®
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Glassware,  flint, box 
Less than b o x .......
11®
Glue, brow n..............  
Glue,  w hite..............  
15®
16®
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G rana  Paradisi......... 
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llydrarg  Chlor  Mite 
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H ydrarg  Chlor Cor.. 
llydrarg  Ox  Rub’m. 
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H ydrarg  Ammoniati 
H ydrargU  nguentum  
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H ydrargyrum ..........  
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Ichthyobolla.  A m ...  65®
75®  1
Indigo........................  
Iodine,  R esubi.........  3  60®  3
Iodoform ...................  
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Lupulin....................... 
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Lycopodium..............  
60®
M acis......................... 
66®
Liquor Arsen et  Hy-
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GROCERY PRICE CURRENT.

The  prices  quoted  in  this  list  are  for the trade only,  in  such  quantities as are usually purchased  by retail 
dealers.  T hey 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 om issions, as it is 
our aim to  m ake this  feature of the  greatest possible use to dealers.

C A N N E D   GOODS 

75

75@l 30
75@ 85
85
90

C IG A R S

Columbian Cigar Co’s brand. 

Colum bian...........................   35  00
Columbian Special............  (¡5 00

H. & I’. Drug Co.’s brands.

Fortune  T eller...................   35  00
(>ur M anager.......................  36  00
Q uintette..............................  35  00
[ G. J . Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

Grits

Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’s Brand.

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CO U PO N   B O O K S
T ra d e sm a n   G ra d e  

50 books, any  d enom ...  150 
100 books, any  denom ...  2  50 
500 books, any  d enom ...  11  50
1.000 books, any  d enom ...  20  00

E c o n o m ic  G rad e 

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

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H o p s .............................................15

H E R B S

IN D IG O

M adras, 5 lb. b oxes..................55
S.  F., 2,3  and 5 lb.  boxes........ 50

J E L L Y

15 lb. palls.........................
30 lb. p alls........................

L IC O R IC E

P u re ..................................
C alabria............................
Sicily..................................
R oot...................................

L Y E

Condensed, 2 doz............

...  35
...  62

...  30
...  25
...  14
. .. 
10

. ..1   20

M A T C H E S

Diamond  M atch Co.’s brands.
...1  65
...1  50
.  .1  30
...4   00
. ..1  50

No.  9  sulphur..................
Anchor P a rlo r................
No. 2 H om e.....................
Export P arlo r..................
W olverine........................
M OLASSES 
N ew   O rlean s
B lack..................................
F a ir ...................................
G ood..................................
F a n c y ................................

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20
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"Half-barrels 2c extra
M U STA RD

Horse Radish, l doz.......
. .1   75
Horse Radish, 2 doz.......
...3 5 0
Bayle’s Celery, 1 doz__ ... 1  75

P IC K L E S
M e d iu m

Barrels, 1,200 c o u n t.......
Half bbls, 600 count.......

S m all

P IP E S

H alf bbls, 1,200 count ...

Clay, No. 210..................... . . . 1 7 0
Clay, T. 1)., full c o u n t...
...  65
Cob, No. 3 .........................
...  85

PO T A S H  

48 cans in case.

Babbitt’s ........................... ....4  00
Penna Salt Co.’s.............. ....3  00

...5  75
...3  38

.. .3  88

R IC E

D o m estic

Carolina  h ead .................. ....... 6V4
Carolina  No. 1 ................ .......5
Carolina  No. 2 ................ .......4
Broken  ............................. .......3%
Japan,  No.  1.................. 5Vi@6
Japan,  No.  2.................. 4Vi@5
Java, fancy h ead ........... 5  @6Vi
Java, No.  1......................5  @
T able...................................   @

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S A L ER A TU S 

Packed 60 lbs. in box. 

Church’s Arm and H am m er.3  15
Deland’s__
.......3  00
Dwight’s  C ow ..
.......3  15
E m blem ............
.......3 50
L.  P ....................
.......3  00
S odio..................
.......3  15
W yandotte, 100
.......3 00

SA L  SOD A

G ranulated,  bbls..............
80
G ranulated, 100 lb. cases.
Lump, bbls............................. 
75
Lump, 145 lb. kegs.................   80

SA L T

D ia m o n d  C ry sta l 

Table, cases, 24 3 lb.  boxes. .1  50 
Table, barrels, 1003 lb. bags.2  75 
Table, barrels, 40 7  lb. bags.2  40 
B utter, barrels, 280 lb. bulk.2  25 
Butter, barrels, 20 141b.bags.2  50
Butter, sacks, 28  lbs..............  25
B utter, sacks, 56 lbs..............  55
100 3 lb. sacks..........................1  80
60 5 lb. sacks.......................... 1  65
2810 lb. sacks........................ 1  50
56 lb. dairy in drill bags.......  30
28 lb. dairy in drill bags.......  
15

C om m on  G rad es

W a rsa w

A sh to n

H ig g in s

56 lb. dairy in linen s a b k s...  60 

56 lb. dairy in linen  sack s...  60 

S o la r  R o ck

56 lb.  sacks..............................   22
G ranulated  F in e...................   80
Medium  F ine..........................   90

C om m on

SA L T   F IS H  

Cod

Georges cured..............  @ 5
Georges  genuine.........  @  6%
Georges selected.........  @ 6
Strips or  bricks..........   6  @  9

A p p le t
3 lb. Standards.........
Gallons, stan d a rd s..
B ea n s

Baked  .........................
Red  Kidney..............
S trin g .........................
W ax............................
B la ck b erri«
S tan d a rd s..................
C h e rrie s  
Standards ....................

F a ir... 
Good  . 
Fancy

H o m in y
I Standard.................
L o b ste r
Star,  14 lb ...................
Star, l  lb ....................
Picnic  Tails...............
M ack ere l
M ustard, l i b ............
M ustard, 2 lb ............
Soused, 1 lb ................
Soused, 2  lb ............ .
Tomato, 1 lb ..............
Tomato, 2 lb ..............

M ushroom *
S tem s..........................
Buttons..................

Cove,  l  lb. 
Cove, 2 lb .

Pie ... 
Yellow

Standard 
F ancy__

P eas

M arrow fat................
Early J u n e ................
Early Ju n e  Sifted..
P in e a p p le

G ra te d ............
Sliced................

P u m p k in
F a ir ............................
G ood..........................
F a n c y .........................
R a s p b e rrie
S tandard ....................
S alm o n
lied A laska...............
Pink A laska..............
S a rd in e s
Domestic, 14s ............
Domestic,  M ustard
F ren ch .......................
S tra w b e rrii
Standard ...................
F a n c y .........................
S u cco tash
F air..............................
G ood...........................
F a n c y .........................
T o m ato e s
F a ir ............................
G ood...........................
F an cy .........................
C A TSU P
Columbia,  p in ts..........
Columbia, % pints.......
C H E E S E
A cm e..........................
A m boy.......................
B u tte rn u t..................
Carsou City...............
Elsie  ..........................
Em blem .....................
G em .............................
Gobi M edal................
I d e a l.........................
Je rse y .........................
R iverside...................
B rick..........................
E dam ..........................
L e id e n .......................
Lim burger.................
P ineapple.......
Sap  Sago.........

A X L E   G R E A SE

doz. gross
(>  00
..55
7  00
..(JO
Castor  Oil.................
4  00
D iam ond................... ..50
9  00
F ra z e r's ..................... ..75
9  00
IX L Golden, tin box«;s 75
9  00
M ica, tin  boxes....... ..75
.5 5
6  00
P aragon...................

B A K IN G   P O W D E R  

A b so lu te

% lb. cans doz.......................
14 lb. cans doz.......................
1 
lb. cans doz.......................1

A cm e

14 lb. cans 3  doz...................
*4 lb. cans 3  doz...................
1 
lb. cans l  doz................... l
B ulk..........................................

A rc tic

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

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

E l  P u r ity

!4 1b. cans per d o z...............  75
14 lb. cans per d oz...............1  20
lb. cans per d o z...............2  00 I
l 

H o m e

54 lb. cans, 4 doz. case__
14 lb. cans, 4 doz. c a se ....
1 
lb. cans. 2 doz. case....

JAXON

54 lb. cans, 4 doz. case.........  45
14 lb. cans, 4 doz. case.........  85
1 
lb. cans, 2 doz. case.........1  00

J e r s e y   C rea m

l lb. cans, per doz..................2 oo
9 oz. cans, per  doz..................1  25
6 oz. cans, per  doz....................  85

O u r L e a d e r

14 lb. c a n s ..............................  45
14 lb. c a n s ..............................  75
l 
lb. c a n s .............................l  50

P e e rle s s

l lb. c a n s ..................................  85

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
5 lb.,  l doz. case.................... 9  oo

B A T H   B R IC K

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

B L U IN G

C O N S H W D

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

BRO O M S

No. 1 C arpet............................ 2 30
No. 2 Carj>et............................ 2  15
No. 3 C arpet............................ 1  85
No. 4 Carpet............................1  45
Parlor  G em ...........................2 50
Common W hisk.....................   95
Fancy W hisk.........................1  00
W arehouse.............................2  70

C A N D L E S

Electric Light, 8s ....................   914
Electric Light, 10s ................ 10  '
Paraffine, Os.............................   914
Paraffine, 12s......................... 10
W icking..................................20

l  85 
3  10

14@16 
20® 25

1  25 
1  65@1  90

1  00 
1  00 
1  GO

1  25@2  75 
1  35@2  25

1  00 
1  20

@13-4
@13'Í
@13
@13
@14
@14
@14
@13
@14
if 13 
@13 
@12 
@70 
@17 
@13 
50  @75 
@17

S. C. W ..................................   35 00
Phelps. Brace & Co.’s Brands.
Vincente  I’ortuondo .. 367ft  70 00
Kuhe Bros. Co..............2S@  70 00
Hilson  Co......................35@110  00
T. J . Dunn & Co..........35@  70 00
McCoy & Co................. 35@  70  00 I
The Collins Cigar  Co .  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 . Sprague Cigar Co.i0@  35  00
Fulton  Cigar  C o........ 10<S  35  00
A.  B. Ballard  & C o... .35u 175  00 
E. M. Schwarz & Co.  .35'n 110  00
San Telmo.................... 35@  70  00
Havana Cigar C o........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. 00 ft.  per doz............1  40
Cotton, 70 ft.  per doz............1  00
Cotton, 80 ft.  per doz............1  80
Ju te, 00 ft. per doz..................  80
Ju te, 72 ft. per doz................. 
95

C O F F E E
R o aste d

R io

F a ir .............................................  
9
G ood...........................................  10
P rim e ........................................  121
G olden.......................................  13
P eab erry ................................... 
14

S antos

F a ir ............................................   14
G ood...........................................  15
P rim e .........................................  16
Peaberry.....................................  18

M araca ib o

P rim e .........................................  15
M illed.........................................  17

In terio r......................................   26 I
Private  G row th.......................  30
M andehling..............................   35

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

J a v a

M ocha

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  the invoice for the 
am ount  of  freight  buyer  pays 
from  the  m arket  in  wbicli  he 
purchases to his shipping point, 
including  weight  of  package, 
also ?ic a  pound. 
In 00 lb. cases 
the list is 10c per  100  lbs.  above 
the price in full cases.
A rbuckle. . . : ...............................10 50
Je rse y ...........................................10 50
M c L a u g h lin ’s X X X X  
McLaughlin's  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mail  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  & 
Co., Chicago.

E x tra c t

Valley City Vi  gross..............  75
Felix ’4 gross................................ 1 15
Hummel's foil % gross.........  85
Hummel’s tin % g ro s s .........1  43

C O N D E N SE D   M IL K

4 doz in case.

Gail Borden E a g le ......................6 75
Crow n.............................................6 25
Daisy.............................................. 5 75
C ham pion.....................................4 50
M agnolia.......................................4 25
C hallenge..................................... 3 75
D im e..............................................3 35

COCOA

J a m e s  E p p s  & Co.’s

Boxes, 7 lb s.............................   40
Cases, 16 boxes.......................   33

COCOA  S H E L L S
20 lb. bags......................... 
Less q u a n tity ...................  
Pound p ac k ag es..............  

2V4
3
4

C H IC O R Y

B ulk..........................................  
B ed ............................................ 

5
7

C H O C O L A T E  

W alter Baker & Co.’s.

G erman  Sw eet.........................  23
P rem ium ....................................  35
B reakfast Cocoa.......................  40

24 2 lb. p ack ag es..............
100 1b.  kegs.........................
200 lb. b a rre ls ..... ..............

..1  80
..2  70
.5  10

H o m in y

Parrels
..2  50
Flake. 50 lb. drum s...........
.1 0 0
M acearon!  a n d  V e rm ic e lli
..  60
Domestic, 10 lb. box.........
..2  50
Im ported, 25 lb. box.........

P e a r l  B a rle y

C h e ste r...............................
E m pire................................

.  2  25
..2  50

P eas

R o lle d   O ats

Green,  Wisconsin, b u __ .1   25
.1   30
Green. Scotch, b u ............
.  2  .50
Split, b u ..............................
. 4   75
Rolled  Avena, b b l............
.4 40
M onarch, b b l.....................
.  2 38
M onarch,  % b b l................
Monarch, 90  lb. sacks___ ..2  10
. .3 20
Q uaker, cases....................
.  2  00
Huron, cases.....................
4
G erm an...............................
•.  3V%
East  In d ia ..........................

Sago

S alu s B re a k fa s t F o o d

.  3  60
36 two pound packages  ..
.  1  85
18 two pound packages  ..
F. A. McKenzie, Quincy Mich.

T a p io c a

F la k e .................................. ...  5
P e a rl....................................
..  4%
Pearl,  241 lb. packages.. ...6 %

W h e a t

Cracked, b u lk ....................
24 2 lb. p ack ag es..............

..  354
..2  50

S u p e rio r  G rad e 
1  50 
50 books, any  denom ... 
100 books, any  denom ...  2  50 
500 books, any  denom ...  11  50
1.000 books, any  denom ...  20  00

U n iv e rsa l  G rad e 
l  50 
50 books, any  denom ... 
100 books, any  d enom ...  2  50 
500books,any  denom ...  11  50
1.000 hooks, any  denom ...  20  00

C re d it  C hecks 

500, any one denom .........  2  00
1.000, any one denom .........  3 00
2.000, any one denom .........  5 00
Steel  punch........................  
75

C o u p o n   P ass  B o o k s 

denomination from $10 down.

Can he 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 undried ............................  @  6V4
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes.8@  8Vi

C a lifo rn ia   F r u its

A pricots........................  @15
B lackberries................
N ectarines...................
P eaches........................ 10  @11
P e a rs..............................
Pitted Cherries............ 
P runnelles...................
R asp b erries.................

C a lifo rn ia   P ru n e s

7V4

100-120 25 lb. b o x es.........  @ 3V4
90-100 25 lb. b o x e s.........  @  4%
80 - 90 25 lb. b o x e s.........  @ 5
70 - 80 25 lb. b o x es.........  @  5V4
60 - 70 25 lb. b o x e s.........  @ 6
50 - 60 25 lb. b o x es.........  @ 7V4
40 - 50 25 lb. b o x es.........  @ 8
30 - 40 2511). b o x es.........
54 cent less in 50 lb. cases 

R a isin s

London Layers 2 Crown.
London Layers 3 Crown.
Cluster 4 Crow n..............
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
L.  M., Seeded, choice ... 
L.  M„ Seeded, fa n c y __  

Leghorn.......................
C orsican.....................
C u rra n ts
P atras, cases..............
Cleaned, b u lk ............
Cleaned,  packages..

P e e l

GRANO RAPIOS. MICH.

J e n n in g s ’

 

7*4
8*4
834
9V4
10

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

I).  C. V anilla 
2 oz...........1 20 
3 oz.......... 1 50
4 OZ.......... 2 00
6 OZ..........3 00
No.  8.. ..4  00 
No. 10.. .  6  00 
No. 2  T..1  25
F oreign No.
T ..2   00
No.
T ..2  40
N o rth ro p B ra n d
...........11
Lem. Van.
.......... 12
1  20
..  75
1  20
75
2  00
. 1 3 5
.1   60
2  25

2 oz. Taper Panel.
2 OZ. O val..............
.......  6*4 3 OZ. Taper Panel.
.......
4 OZ. Taper Panel.

Citron American 19 lb. b x ... 13 
Lemon American 10 lb. b x .. 10% 
Orange American 10 lb. b x .. 10V4 

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.............................   6
Medium  Hand  Picked  1 50@1  60
Brown H olland......................

B ea n s

C ere als

Cream of  Cereal.....................  90
Grain-O, s m a ll............................. 1 35
Grain-O, la rg e..............................2 25
G rape N uts....................................1 35
Postum  Cereal, sm all........... 1  35
Postum  Cereal, large........   2  25

F a r in a

241 lb. p ack ag es..........................1 25
Bulk, per 100 Tbs...........................3 oo

P e ry ig o ’s

V an.  Lem. 
doz. 
doz.
XX X, 2 oz. o b e ri__ 1  25 
75
XXX, 4 oz. ta p er__ 2 25 
1  25
XX, 2 oz. o b ert.........1  00
No. 2. 2 oz. o b e rt....  75 
XXX D D ptchr, 6 oz 
XXX  D 1) ptebr, 4 oz 
K. P. pitcher, 6 oz... 

1  75

2 25
2 25

F L Y   P A P E R

Perrigo’s Lightning,  gro.. ..2  50
Petrolatum , per doz............  75

G U N P O W D E R  
R ifle—D u p o n t’s

K egs......................................... 4  00
H alf K egs......................................2 25
Q uarter K e g s ...............................1 25
1 lb. c a n s ...............................  30
Vt lb. c a n s.............................   18

C h o k e  B o re —D u p o n t’s

K egs............................................... 4 25
H alf K e g s.....................................2 40
Q uarter K e g s...............................1 35
1  lb. ca n s..............................   31

E a g le   D u c k —D u p o n t’s

Kegs  ..........................................8  00
Half K egs......................................4 25
Q uarter T ie g s.............................. 2 25
1  lb. c a n s ..............................   45

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Grains and Feedstuffs

Fresh  Meats

M a ck ere l

............14 !
............ 15

H a lib u t.
S trips............................
(  hu n k s........................
H e rrin g
Holland white hoops. bbl.
Holland white hoops' sbbl.  7  75
Holland w hite hoop,  keg.. 
95 
Holland  white hoop  mchs.  1  05
N orw egian..................
3  75
Round  100 lbs..............
Round 40 lbs................ .......  1  65
Scaled.......................... .... 
15
Mess 100 lbs................. .......   15  00
Mess  40 lbs................. .......  6  30
Mpkk  10 lbs................. .......  1  65
Mess  8 lbs................. .......  1  35
No. 1100 lbs................. .......  13  25
No. 1  40 lbs................. .......   5 GO
No.  1  10 lbs................. .......  1  48
No. 1  8 lbs................. ....... 
1  20
No. 2 100 lbs................. .......  11  50
N o.2  40lbs................. .......  4  90
N o.2  10 lbs................. .......  1  30
No. 2  8 lbs................. .......  1  07
No. 1 100 lbs.................
No. 1  40 lbs.................
No. 1  10 lbs.................
No.  1  8 lbs.................

T ro u t

100  lb s............   7  00  6  50
40 IbS............  3  10  2 90
10 lb s ............ 
80
8  lb s............  
66

No. 1  No. 2 Fam
2  50
1  30
40
35

85 
71 
S E E D S

.................................. ..  9
Anise 
Canary.  Sm yrna................. ••  4
Caraway  .............................. . .8
Cardamon,  M alabar.. . .... ..60
.10
Celery....................................
Hemp, R ussian.................... ..  4H
Mixed B ird..........................
..  4H
M ustard, w hite................... ..  5
Poppy.................................... ..10
R a p e ..................................... ..  4*4
..15
Cuttle Bone..........................
Scotch, in bladders............ ..  37
Macca boy, in  ja rs .............. ..  35
French Rappee, in  ja r s ... ..  43

S N U F F

S O A P

J AXON

Single box......................................2 «5
6 box lots, delivered.............2 80
10 box lots, delivered.............2 75
dllS. S.  HIM & (JO BKANUtN
American Family, w rp’d..
2  66 
2  75 
D om e....................................
2 20 
C abinet..................................
2  50
Savon.....................................
2  35 
W hite  R ussian...................
6  25
W hite Cloud, laundry.......
3 50 
W hite Cloud, toilet............
Dusky  Diamond, 50 6 oz... 
2  10 
3 00 
Dusky  Diamond, 50 8 o z...
3 00 
Blue India, 100 24  lb ..........
3 50 
K irkoline.............................
.2  50
E o s........................................
Sapolio, kitchen, 3  doz........ :
Sapolio, hand, 3 doz..............:

S c o u rin g

.2  40

SOD A

Boxes........................................
Kegs,  English.........................

5M

SPIC K S 

W h o le  S ifted

P u r e  G ro n n d  in  B u lk

A llspice.................................
Cassia, China in m a ts.......
Cassia, Batavia, in b u n d ...
Cassia, Saigon, in rolls__
Cloves, A m boyna................
Cloves, Zanzibar..................
Mace,  Batavia.....................
Niitmegs, fancy .................
Nutmegs, No. 1 ...................
Nutmegs, No. 2...................
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper,  Singagore, white.
Pepper, shot.........................
Allspice.................................
Cassia. B atavia...................
Cassia, Saigon..,.................
Cloves, Zanzibar.................
Ginger,  A frican.................
Ginger, Cochin...................
Ginger,  Jam a ica................
Mace,  B atavia.....................
M ustard................................
N utm egs..............................
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper, Singapore, white.
Pepper, Cayenne...............
Sage.......................................
STOVK  P O L IS H

C o rn

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

SY RU PS 
B arrels...........................
H alf bb ls.......................
1 doz. 1 gallon cans___
1 doz.  (4 g alio n can s...
2 doz. M gallon c a n s...
P a r e   C ane
.  16
F a ir ................................
G ood..............................
Choice  .....................................  25

.18 
.20 
.3  10 
.1  85 
.1  90

D iam o n d

K in g sfo rtl’s  C orn
40 l-lb. packages.................  
6
20 l-lb. packages.................  OH
K in g s fo rd ’s S ilv e r G loss
40 l-lb. packages................  
6M
6 lb. boxes..........................  
7
64 10c packages...................  5 00
128 5c packages...................   5 00
30 10c and  64 5c packages..  5  00 
20 l-lb.  packages...............  
40 l-lb.  packages................ 
l-lb.  packages..................... 
3-lb.  packages.....................  
6-lb.  packages..................... 
40 ana 50-lb. boxes.............. 
B arrels.................................  

6
4%
4M
4M
5
3
3

C om m on G loss

C o m m o n  C orn

SU G A R

5  44 
5  56 
5  63i

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 tor the  weight  of  the 
barrel.
D omino.................................
Cut  Loaf...............................
Crushed.................................
P ow dered............................
XXXX  Pow'dered..............
Cubes.....................................
Standard  G ranulated.......
Standard Fine G ranulated 
Above  G ranulated  in  5
lb. bags.......................
Above  G ranulated  in  2
lb.  bags......................
Extra Fine G ranulated —  
Extra Coarse  G ranulated.
Mould A .............. •................
Diamond Confec.  A ..........
Contee.  Standard A ..........
No.  1.....................................
No.  2.....................................
No.  3.....................................
No.  4.....................................
No.  5....................................
No.  6.....................................
No.  7.....................................
No.  8.....................................
No.  9.....................................
No. 10.....................................
No. 11.....................................
No. 12.....................................
No. 13.....................................
No. 14.................................
No. 15.....................................
No. 16.....................................
T A B L E   SAUCES
LEA &
PERRINS* 
SAUCE

5  25 
5  31 
5  31 
5  44 
5  19 
4  94 
4  69 
4  69 
4  69 
4 63 
4  56 
4 50 
4  44 
4  38 
4  31 
4  19 
4 06 
4 00 
4  00 
3  94 
3  94 
3 94

The Original and 
Genuine 
Worcestershire.

Lea & P errin’s, large.........  3  75
Lea &  Perrin’s,  sm all.......  2  50
Halford, large.....................  3  75
Halford, small.....................  2  25
Salad  Dressing, large.......  4  55
Salad  Dressing, sm all.......  2  75

V IN E G A R

M alt W hite  Wine, 40 grain..  7(4 
M alt W hite Wine, 80 grain.. 11
Pure Cider, Red S tar........... 12
Pure Cider, Robinson..........12
Pure Cider,  Silver................ 13(4
W A S H IN G   P O W D E R

K irk’s Eos............................  2  00
W isdom ................................  3 75
Roselne.................................   3  26
Nine  O’clock.......................  3 50
Babbitt’s 1876.......................  2  50
Gold  D ust............................  4 25
Jo h n so n 's............................   3  50
Swift’s ..................'..............  2  88
Rub-No-More......................   3  50
Pearline, 100 6s ...................   3 30
Pearline, 36 is .....................  2  85
Snow  Boy............................   2  35
L ib erty .................. 
...........  3  90
No. 0, per gross........................20
No. 1, per gross....................... 25
No. 2, per gross....................... 35
No. 3, per gross....................... 55.

W IC K IN G

W O O D E N W A K E

B a s k e ts

B u tte r   P la te s

B ushels...................................1
Bushels, wide  b an d ............ l  10
M a rk e t....................................   30
Willow Clothes,  large.........6 50
Willow Clothes, m edium ...  5  75
Willow Clothes,  small.........5  25
No. 1 Oval, 250 in  crate.......1  80
No. 2 Oval, 250 in crate.......2 00
No. 3 Oval, 250 in crate.
2  20 
2  60
No. 5 Oval, 250 in crate.
C lo th e s  P in s
40
Boxes, gross boxes.......
M op  S tic k s
9  00 
Trojan sp rin g ................
9  00 
Eclipse patent sp rin g ..
8 00
No 1 com m on.................
No. 2 patent brush holder ..9  0. 
12  lb. cotton mop h ea d s.....1  2

P a lls
hoop Standard..1 35
2- 
hoop S tandard..1 60
3- 
2- 
wire,  Cable....... 1 35
3- 
wire,  C able.......l  60 j
Cedar, all red. brass  bound  !  25 |
Paper,  E ureka.......................2 25
F ib re ........................................2  25

T u b s

20-inch. Standard.  No.  1........7  00
18-inch. Standard, No. 2 ....... 6  00
16-inch. Standard.  No. 3.............5 oo
20-inch,  Dowell,  No.  1 ................ 3 25
18-inch.  Dowell.  No. 2................ 5 25
16-inch.  Dowell,  No. 3................ 4 25
No. 1  F ibre....................................9 00
No. 2 F ib re....................................7 50
No. 3 F ib re....................................6 75

W a sh   B o a rd s

Bronze Globe................................2 50
lle w e y ......................................1  75
Double Acme................................2 75
Single Acme..................................2 25
Double  Peerless...........................3 oo
Single  Peeriess.............................2 75
N orthern Q u een .........................2 25
llouhie  D uplex.............................3 00
Good L u c k .............................. 2  75
U niversal.......................................2 25

W ood  B o w ls

11 In. B u tter............................  75
13 In.  B utter..............................1 00
15 in. B u tter....................... 
.1   60
17 in.  B utter............................. 2 oo
19 in. B u tter............................. 2 50

Y EA ST  C A K E

Yeast Foam. 114  doz............  50
Y east  Foam. 3  doz...................... 1 00
Y east Cream. 3 doz......................1 00
Magic Yeast 5c, 3  doz............1  oo
Sunlight Yeast, 3 doz............. 1  oo
W arner's Safe, 3 doz.............1  00

'revisions

B a rre le d   P

Mess.......................
B a c k .....................
Clear back............
Short c u t..............
P ig .........................
Kean.......................
F am ily..................

D ry   S alt  M eats

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

S m o k ed   M eats 

Hams,  12 lb. average. 
Hams,  14lb. average. 
Hams,  !6lb. average. 
Hams, 201l).average.
Ham dried  beef.......
Shoulders (N . Y. cut)
Bacon, clear..............   7V
California ham s.......
Boneless  ham s.........
Cooked  ham ..............  10
L a rd s—In Tierce

(ir lo  00 I 
@12  50 
@11  25 
@11  00 
@15 00 
@  9  50 
@11  50

@  H 
@  m i 
@  10*4 
@  10M 
@  15(4 
@  7 8(4 
@  7 
@  9 
©  15

5M

Compound 
................ 
K ettle......
55 lb. Tubs . advance
80 lb. Tubs .advance 
.advance 
50 lb. Tins.
.advance 
20 lb.  Pails 
.advance 
10 lb.  Pails
5 lb.  Pails .advance 
3 lb. Pails .advance 
S ausages
B ologna.....................
IJ v e r.........................
F ra n k fo rt..................
Pork  ..........................
Blood.............. ...........
Tongue.......................
Headcheese...............
B e e f
Extra M ess................
Boneless.....................
R u m p .........................
P ig s’  F e e t
Kits. 15  lb s................
\  bbls., 40  lb s...........
M bbls., 80 lb s..........
T rip e
Kits, 15  lb s................
M bbls., 40  lbs..........
M bbls., 80  lb s..........
C asings
Pork  ..........................
Beef  rounds..............
Beef  m iddles............
Sheep..........................
I’.iil fe rin e
Rolls, d airy ................
Solid, dairy................
Rolls,  cream ery.......
Solid,  cream ery.......

C an n e d   M eats

Corned  beef, 2 lb —
Corned beef, 14 lb ...
Roast beef, 2 lb.........
Potted ham ,  Ms.......
Potted ham ,  Ms.......
Deviled  ham ,  M s__
Deviled ham ,  Ms —
Potted  tongue,  Ms -.
Potted  tongue,  Ms. •

10  00
12 00
11  75
75
1  50
2  70

70
1  25
2 25

20
3
10
60

12M
12
16M
16
2  25
16  00
2  25
50
90
50
90
50
90

Oils
B a rre ls

@12
Eocene  ..........................
@ ii
Perfection.....................
XXX W.W. Mich. H dlt @ n
&10M
W. W.  M ichigan.........
Diamond  W hite..........
@  9M
@1 1 M
D., S.  G as.....................
@U?i
Deo. N aphtha..............
Cylinder.........................29 ©34
E n g in e .......................... 11 @21
©   9
Black, w inter................

ftCo 14

6 ©   8M
51.
7 @  9
10 @14
7 %   8
í;
4 Ca  5

4@10 
©   6 >

21

Candies

S tic k   C andy

6*4 1  Standard  .............. .. 

Standard  H .  11
Standard  Twist  ..
Cut  l.oaf.................
(it  6*3 |  Jum bo. 32 11»..........
Extra  H.  H ............
1  Boston (T eam .......

bbls.  palis
7  ©   7M
7  @  7*4
7M@  S
<fft  8 *4
cases
(fa  6'/*
@  8(4
@10

M ixed C andy

| G rocers......................
Competition..............
I  Special.  .....................
Conserve....................
j  Royal  ........................
Ribbon .......................
B roken.......................
I  Cut Loaf.....................
■  English  Rock............
i  K indergarten..........
i  French Cream ..........
Dandy  P an................
j  Hand  Made  Cream
Nobby.........................
Crystal Cream  m ix..

F a n c y - I n   B u lk  

San  Bias G oodies....
Lozenges, p la in .......
Lozenges, printed...
Choc.  D rops..............
i  Eclipse Chocolates... 
Choc.  Monumentals.
j  Gum  D rops...............
|  Moss  D rops..............
|  Lemon Sours............
I  Im perials...................
i  Ltai. Cream  Bonbons
35 ID.  pails..............
j 
|  Molasses  Chews,  15
| 
lb. pails...................
Jelly  Date  Squares.
leeil  Marsh mellows.........
Golden  W allies........

@   6 
€6  6M 
@  7 
©  8 
@  7*4 
@  8(4 
@  8 
@  8M 
@  SM 
©   8(4 
@  9 
@   8(4
@14
@   S ' ,

@11 
@  9 
@ 9 
@11 
@13 
@12 ( 
(ftj  5 
@  8!

@h
@13
@10(4

11».  B oxes 
@50
©60
@65
@75
@90
6/30
@75
©50
@55
@55
@55
©60
@55
@55

Lemon  S o u rs.........
Pepperm int  D rops..
Chocolate  D rops__
H.  M. Choc.  D rops.. 
II.  M. Choc.  Lt.  and
l)k. No. 12..............
Gum  Drops................
I  Licorice  D rops.........
\  A.  B. Licorice  Drops
|  Lozenges,  plain.......
Lozenges, printed.  .
Im perials...................
j  M ottoes.....................
Cream  B ar................
Molasses B ar............
'  Hand  Made Creams. 
Cream  Buttons, Pep.
1 
and  W iut...............
String  Rock..............
Burnt  Almonds.......1
W intergreen Berries 
C ara m els 
i  No.  1  w rapped,  3  lb. 
boxes.......................
Fruits

O ran g es
Fancy  M exicans__
Ja m a ic a s...................
L e m o n s
Strictly choice 360s..
Strictly choice 300s..
Fancy 300s.................
Bananas
Ex.  Fancy  300s.........

©65
@60
@©55

@5  00
@4  50

@4  00
@ 4  50
(« 5 00
@

Medium b u n d le s__ 1  00(011  25
1  50@1  75
Large  bunches.........

F o re ig n   D ried   F r u its

F igs

@13

@16

Choice,  10  Ìli. boxes. @12
Californias,  Fancy..
E xtra  Choice,  10  lb.
Fancy, 12 lb. boxes.. @22
boxes, new .............
Im perial Mikados, 18
lb.  boxes.................
Bulled, 6 lb.  boxes...
N aturals, in bags....
D ate s

Fards in  10 lb. boxes
Persians,  P.  H.  V ... @ 6
Fards in 60 lb. cases.
lb.  cases, new .......
Salrs, 60 lb. ca ses....

@
@
@  7
@10
@  6
©  6
©  5

Nuts
Almonds, Tarragona
Almonds,  Iv ic a .......
Almonds, California,
soft  shelled............
Brazils, new ..............
F ilb e rts.....................
W alnuts.  Grenobles.
W alnuts, sot t shelled
California No. l ...
Table Nuts,  fancy...
Table  Nuts,  choice..
Pecans,  M ed............
Pecans,  Ex. Large...
Pecans, Jum bos.......
11 ickory Nuts per bu.
Ohio,  new ..............
Cocoanuts, full sacks
Chestnuts, per  b u ...
P e a n u ts
I  Fancy, H. P., Suns..
@  7
|  Parity,  11.  P.,  Flags
@  7
|  R oasted..................
1 Choice, II .I ’., Extras
@  5
1  R o asted .................. @ 6
Choice. 11. P., Extras

©17
@15
@15
@  7
@11
@13M
@12
@11
(0)10
@  7M
@  0
@12
@1  60
@3 50
@5 50

W heat.......

W in  te i 
Lo

W h e a t  1 
jal Brands

4  00 
3  50
3  00 
3  50  ;

P a te n ts...
Second  P atent..........
S traig h t...................
Clear ..........................
G rah am .....................
B uckw heat................
R ye..............................
cash  dis-
Subject  to  usual 
count.
Flour in bids.. 25e per  bbl. ad 
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putm an's  Brand
Daisy  Ms......................
Daisy  Ms.......................
Daisy  Ms.......................
W orden  Grocer Co.’:
Q uaker Ms.....................
Q uaker Ms....................
Q uaker Ms....................

'.and 

3 (X) : 
3 i» : 
3 IX) !

3  no i 
3  60 1 
3 60 1 

S p rin g   W 'heat  F lo u r 

Clark-.Iewell-Wells  Co.’s  Brand
Pillsbury’s  Best  Ms..........   4  55
Piiisbury’s  Best Ms..........   4  45
Pillsbuiy’s  Best  Vis..........   4  35
Piiisbury’s Best  Ms paper.  4  35 
Piiisbury’s  Best Ms paper.  4  35
Ball-Barnhart-Putm an’s  Brand

C arcass............
Forequarters
H indquarters
Loins No. 3__
R ibs.................
Rounds...........
C hucks............
Plates .............

Dressed  ..
L oins........
Shoulders . 
Leaf  Lard.

C arcass............
Spring  Lambs.

Crackers

The
quotes

National 
as follows:

Seymour  . 
New  York 
F am ily.... 
Salted 
Wol venue

S oda
Soda  X X X ................
Soda,  City.................
Long  Island  W afers.
Z ep h y rette................
O y ste r
Faust  ........................
K arina.........................
Extra  Farina 
.......
Saitine  W afer...........
S w eet  G ood

-Boxe!

1»

A nim als................................  10
Assorted  C ake...................   10
Belle Rose............................  
8
Bent’s  W a te r.....................  15
Buttercups... 
............   13
Cinnamon  Bar..................... 
8
Coliec Cake,  Iced . . . . . . . .   10
Collee Cake, J a v a ..............   10
I Cocoanut T ally...................  
io
j  Crac K nells...........................  16
Creams,  Iced.....................  
8
I Cream C risp..........  
9
Crystal Cream s. 
—   10
C ubans.................................   11
C urrant  F ru it.....................   11
Frosted  Honey...................  
12
I  Frosted C ream ...................  
8
Ginger Gems, lg. or  sm. 
8
Ginger Snaps, X XX..........  
7
10
G la d ia to r.......................
G randm a C akes..........
G raham  C rackers.......
G ratiaiii  W afers...........
Honey  F ingers............
Im perials......................
Jum bles.  Honey..........
Lady F ingers................
Lemon  W afers............
M arshm allow ..............
Marshmallow W alnuts
Mixed  Picnic................
Milk  Biscuit................
Molasses  Cake.............
Molasses B a r................
Moss Jelly  B ar............
Newton..........................
Oatmeal <  raekers.
l latmeal  W afers..........
() range Crisp  ..............
Orange  G em ................
PeunyCake...................
1’ilot Bread,  XXX.......
Pretzels, hand  m ade..
Sears’  Lunch................
Sugar Cake...................
Sugar Cream,  XXX  ..
Sugar S q u a re s............
Sultanas.........................
T utti  K rutti.................
Vanilla W afers............
V ienna Crim p..................... 

14
8

KM

Duluth  Im perial  Ms..........  4 50
Duluth  im perial  Ms..........  4  4«)
Duluth  Im perial (4s..........  4  1«)
Lemon & W heeler Co.’s Brand
Gold  Medal Ms...................   4  4»
Gold Medal  M s...................   4  35
Gold  Medal  M s...................  4  2»
Parisian  Ms.........................  4  4»
Parisian  Ms.........................  4  35
Parisian  Ms.........................  4  2f

Olney & Judsou’s Brand

Ceresota  Ms................ .......   4 40
M Ceresota Ms................ .......  4 30
4» Ceresota Ms................ .......  4 20
% 
% W orden Grocer  Co. s Brand
Laurel  Ms.................... .......  4 35
1
1(4 Laurel  Ms.................... .......  4 25
Laurel  Ms.................... .......  4 15
6
7
8
7*4
6*4
9
7

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

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

F eed   a n d   M illstu ffs

C o rn

New corn, car  lo ts............  36
Less than car lots..............   37

O ats

Car  lots.................................  28
Car lots, clipped..................  31
Less than car lots..............   32

H a y

No. 1 Timothy car  lots —   10  50 
No. I Timothy ton  lo ts__   12  50

Hides  and  Felts

The Canpon & Bertsch Leather 
Co.. 100 Canal  Street,  quotes  as 
follows:

H id e s
G reen  No. 1..............
G reen  No. 2. __ ___
Bulls............................
Cured  No. 1..............
Cured  No. 2..............
Calfskins.green No. 1 
Calfskins,green No.2 
Calfskins,cured No. 1 
Calfskins,cured No.2

© 8 
@  7 
© 6 
©  »M 
©   8M 
@  9 
@  7M 
@10 
@  8M

P e lts

Pelts,  each ................
T a llo w
No. 1............................
No. 2............................
W ool
©16
W ashed,  lin e............
@20
W ashed,  m edium ...
@12
Unwashed,  line.......
U nwashed,  medium.  14  @16

@ 3M 
@  2M

Fish  an l Oysters

F re sli  F is h

-  © 10
W hite fish.................
.  © 10
T rout..........................
.  8® 10
Black  B ass................
.  @ 18
H alib u t......................
© 5
Ciscoes or H erring.
•  @ h
B luelish.....................
.  © 17
Live  L obster............
.  @ 19
Boiled  L obster.........
.  @ 10
Cod..............................
•  @ 7
H addock ...................
.  @ 9
No.  1  Pickerel...........
.  @ 8
P ik e............................
P e rc h .......................... ..  @ 5
Smoked  W h ite......... ..  <& 8
@ 10
Red  S napper............
.  @ 13
Col  River  S alm on...
M ackerel................... ..  © 20

O y sters In Can

F. H.  Counts............
F. J . D. Selects.........
S elects.......................
F. J . D.  Standards
A nchors.....................
S tan d a rd s.................
B u lk .

F. H. Counts................
E xtra Selects...............
Selects............................
Anchor  Standards —
S tan d a rd s.....................
S h e ll G oods.
Clams, per 100..............
Oysters, per 100...........

20
18
gal.
.......  1  75
.......   1  60
.....  1  35
........1  20
.......1  10

1  00 
1  25@1  60

22

Hardware

G auges  fo r  D e la y   in   F illin g   O rd ers.
One  cause  of  the  recent  delay  in  fill- 
ing  orders  promptly 
is  the  scarcity  of 
freight  cars.  The  railways  are  being 
taxed  to  the  utmost  and  are  in  constant 
receipt  of  more  goods  at  various  ship­
ping  points  than  they  can  conveniently 
or  quickly  handle.  This  is  particularly 
true  of  the  larger manufacturing centers, 
while  at  points  of  central  distribution, 
as  at  East  St.  Louis,  the  yards  are  filled 
with 
long  strings  of  cars  waiting  to  be 
unloaded  and  which  are  often  delayed 
for  days  at  a  time.  The  transportation 
companies  are  naturally  doing  the  best 
they  can  under  the  circumstances  be­
cause  delays  on  cars  mean  a 
loss  of 
revenue,  but  they  are  still  hampered  by 
the  fact  that  car  building  companies  are 
behind  on  their  deliveries,  despite  . a 
manifest  necessity  for  promptness.

This  question  of  scarcity  is  not  con­
fined  to  goods  or  freight cars.  Manufac­
turers  in  iron  and  steel  are  obliged  to 
refuse  orders  in  many  instances  because 
of  a  deficient  supply  of  labor,  notwith­
standing  the  higher  scale  of  wages  now 
in  force.  It is well  known  that  for  weeks 
the  Western  farmers  were  unable  to  ob­
tain  sufficient  help  for  the  harvest  field, 
thus  showing  that 
labor  was  generally 
employed  elsewhere.  This  fact  of  labor 
scarcity 
It  proves  be­
yond  question  the  activity  in  the  mar­
kets  and  the  more  general  circulation  of 
money.  Labor 
is  not  employed  unless 
a  necessity  for  its  employment  exists. 
It  is  perhaps  unfortunate  that  delays  are 
being  experienced  in  manufactures,  but 
the  one  circumstance  that  this  comes  in 
a  measure  from  a  shortage  of  workers  is 
sufficient  compensation  in  a  larger  and 
more  general  sense 
for  individual  de­
lays  in  the  receipt  of  goods.

is  significant. 

T h e   E v il  o f  R e tu rn in g   G oods.

From  Stoves and H ardw are Reporter.

Hardware 

jobbers  are  disposed 

to 
make  complaint  about  a  practice  to 
which  some  customers  are  addicted  at 
times  and  which  adds  a  considerable 
burden  to  the  ordinary  discomforts  of 
business.  This  practice  consists  of  an 
unauthorized  return  of  goods  which have 
been  ordered.  The  buyer  either  finds 
that  they  are  not  adapted  to  his  trade, 
or  that  he  can  not  impress  his customers 
with  their  desirability  or  that  for  some 
other  reason  they  do  not  suit  his  pur­
poses,  so  he  proceeds  to  ship  them  back 
to  the  selling  house  with  the  request 
that  his  order  be  cancelled  and  he  be 
credited  for  the  amount  of  the  bill,  even 
including  freight  charges.

This 

is  a  decidedly  unbusiness-like 
jobbers 
way  of  doing  business.  The 
are  not  to  blame  if  their customers make 
an  error  of  judgment  and  have  supplied 
themselves  with  goods  which  they  find 
they  do  not  want  or  can  not  sell  at  a 
profit.  The  contract 
is  closed  on  the 
delivery  of  the  goods,  and  the  buyer  has 
no  recourse  against  the  seller  unless his 
order  was  not  filled  in  the  way  it  was. 
given. 
It  seems  that  this  practice  first 
came  into  use  when  retail  buying  was 
close  and  competition  strong,  but  if  it 
was  wrong  then  it  is  doubly  so  at  a time 
when  there  is  neither  excuse  nor  reason 
for  following  it.  Beside  this,  and  prob­
ably  for  causes  which  appeal  more 
for­
cibly  to  the  retail  dealers  who  resort  to 
such  methods,  it  is  very  poor  policy  to 
discredit  one’s  business  by  disavowing 
a  contract  or  endeavoring  to  obtain  an 
unwarranted  release  from  its  terms.

N o  C o m p la in t  in   H a rd w a re .

From Stoves  and Hardware Reporter.

It  may  be  stated  as  a  general  proposi­
in­
tion  that  very  few  of  those  who  are 
terested 
in  hardware  have  any  reason­
able  objection  against  the  recent  and 
continuing  advance  in  prices.  Prior  to 
the  upward  movement  and  since  1892,

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

manufacturers  had  been  met  with  close 
competition  and  narrow  m argins;  now 
they  are  in  a  much  better  position  and 
are  yet  disposed  to  take  a  conservative 
view  of  the  situation,  not  making  many 
too  radical  advances.  The  jobbers  are 
finding  a  wider  profit 
in  the  sale  of 
goods  than  has  been  their  fortune  of 
late  and  áre  consequently  not  in  a  posi­
tion  to  register  a  complaint,  while  the 
retailer  is  not  only  being  met  by  an  in­
creasing  volume  of  business  on  wider 
margins  but  finds  that  the  goods  on  his 
shelves  have  increased  in  value since he 
bought  them.

Buyers  over  the  counter  are  always  to 
be  placed  among  the  uncertainties,  so 
it  is  difficult  at  times  to  determine  even 
measurably  how  many  dollars  per capita 
they  are 
likely  to  spend.  But  the  fact 
of  the  matter  is  that  they  are  spending 
their  money  now  in  a  manner  and  with 
a  liberality  that  brings  profit  and  satis­
faction 
to  the  average  hardwareman. 
They  do  this  because  they  have  an  en­
larged  series  of  wants  to  fill  and  are 
possessed  of  the  means  with  which  to 
fill  them.  The  buyer  at  retail  in  hard­
ware  is,  after  all,  the  medium  by  which 
the  success  or  failure  of  the  business 
is 
determined,  and  the  mere  fact  that  the 
manufacturing, 
jobbing  and  retailing 
houses  are  doing  a  good  business  is  am­
ple  proof  that  the  ultimate  purchaser 
has  been  actively  in  the  field  and  is  in 
a  position  where  his  farther  trade  may 
be  depended  upon  with  certainty.  The 
hardware  business 
is  undoubtedly  oc­
cupying  a  strong  position  to-day,  and 
yet  there  is  still  a  necessity  for  pushing 
sales  wherever  an  opening  is  found  or 
can  be  created.

P ro o f T h a t  B u sin e ss  is  B o o m in g .

A   Philadelphia  instrument-maker  the 
other  day  ordered  from  a  large manufac­
turer  of  tin  boxes 
in  that  city  a  box 
about  two  feet  cube  as  a  sample.  He 
was  surprised  when 
it  was  brought  to 
his  factory  by  a  well-dressed  gentleman 
and  asked  him  why  he  hadn’t  sent  it  by 
an  errand  boy.

“ W ell,”   said  the  man,  mopping  his 
brow,  “ I ’ m  a  salesman,  and  it  isn’t  my 
business  to  deliver  goods  this  way,  but 
just  now  we’ re  so  busy  and  full  of  work 
that  the  salesmen  are  the  only  idle  peo­
ple  in  the  place.  W e've  got  all  the  er­
rand  boys  in  the  shop  punching  tin.  As 
we  don’t  want  any  more  orders,  we 
salesmen  are  running  errands."

P ro g re s s   In  G e ttin g   A c q u a in te d .

A   Kalamazoo  man  tells  this 

story 
about  a 
friend  of  his  whose  business 
takes  him  away  from  home  frequently : 
For  the 
last  month  or  so  he  has  had  a 
respite  and  his  neighbors  have  noticed 
the  unusual 
length  of  his  visit  at  his 
own  house.  One  of  them  asked  him 
recently 
if  he  had  got  pretty  well  ac­
quainted  with  the  members  of  his  fam­
ily.

“ I  think  I  am  making  an  impres­
sion,”   he  responded. 
“ My  little  girl 
went  to  her  mother  the  other  day  and 
said: 
‘ That  man  who  comes  here,
sometimes,  spanked  me  to-day.’  ’ ’

The  Grand  Rapids  Paper  Box  Co.

Manufacture

Solid  Boxes for  Shoes,  Gloves,  Shirts and  Caps,  Pigeon  Hole  Files  for 
Desks,  plain  and  fancy  Candy  Boxes,  and  Shelf  Boxes  of  every  de­
scription,  We  also  make  Folding  Boxes  for  Patent  Medicine,  Cigar 
Clippings,  Powders,  etc.,  etc.  Gold  and  Silver  Leaf work  and  Special 
Die Cutting  done  to suit.  W rite for prices.  Work  guaranteed.

GRAND  RAPIDS  PAPER BOX  CO.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

If

in

need of

Air  Tight 

Heaters, 
Car  Stoves, 
Stove  Pipe

or  other  fall  goods, 
we  would  be  pleased 
to  hear from you and 
can  m ake  you  right 
prices.

Wm.  Brummeler &  Sons,

260 South Ionia Street,
Qrand  Rapids, Mich.

Air
Tight
Stoves

W rite 
for 
Price 
List.

FOSTER, 
STEVENS, 
& C 0 . ,

GRAND RAPIDS.

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W e are prepared  to  quote  prices 
on gas engines and  dynamos;  also 
wiring  complete  for  large  or  small 
plants 
Second-hand  dynamos 
bought  and  sold.  A   full  line  of 
Electrical  Supplies,  Chandeliers 
and  Glassware at all  times. 
Address
M O L   ELECTRIC  E

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Farm  Team  Harnesses

Our  No.  100  is  the  best  heavy  double  harness ever  made 
for so little  money. 
Sold  to you so you  can  sell  it  for  $23 
without the  collars.  Others at correspondingly  low  prices. 
W e  make  and guarantee  every  harness we send out.  Send 
for our Catalogue on  Sleighs and  Cutters.

BROWN  &  SEH LER,

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

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^Hardware  Price Current

Advance over base, on both Steel and  W ire 

N a il.

3  26 
3  40 
Base

T h e   H a rd w a re   M a rk e t.

Trade  continues  good  and  retailers, 
as  a  class,  are  getting  used  to  the  ad­
vancing  prices  and  are  in  nearly  all  in­
stances  getting  it  in  their  dealings  with 
their  trade. 
Since  our  last  report  wire 
and  nails  have  been  advanced  by  the 
manufacturers 
15c  per  100  pounds,  and 
owing  to  the  advance  in  freight  rates, 
which  will  take  place  Nov.  1,  jobbers 
have  been  compelled  to  advance  their 
prices  20c.  The  present  price  of  wire 
nails  is  $3.20  from  mill  and  S3.40  from 
stock. 
In shelf hardware  prices  are  get­
ting more  firm  every  day.  Stove  boards 
are  very  scarce  and  are  now  quoted  at 
25  per  cent,  discount.  Sash  weights  are 
now  $22  per  ton.

low 

lumber,  step 

Owing  to  the  high  price  of  all  kinds 
of 
ladders  have  been  ad­
vanced  from  2@ 5c  per  foot  on the differ­
ent  makes.  On  cast  sinks  the 
list 
has  now  been  adopted  and  the  discount 
now  quoted  is  50  and  10  per  cent,  from 
same.  Manila  rope  has  gone  up  2c  per 
pound 
ic  a  pound. 
Window glass is firm at 8oand 10 per cent. 
On  poultry  netting  and  painted  wire 
for  the  coming  season 
cloth  the  price 
has  not  yet  been  established. 
Stove 
pipe  elbows,  coal  hods,  etc.,  are  very 
scarce  and  hard  to  get.  Bar  iron  is  firm 
and  the  going  price  is  3c  rates.

and  Sisal 

rope 

W liy   W e  M u st  T o le ra te   tlie   B oys. 

It 

There  is  an  old  apologetic  sort  of say­
ing  that  “ Boys  will  be  boys.”   Perhaps 
if  they  are  not  already 
they  will  be 
boys. 
is  more  probable  that  “ boys 
will  be  men.”   Ever  since  the  time  of 
Adam-  who  was  made  full-grown  when 
a  man  was  needed  in  the  world  quick, 
and  there  was  not  time  for  one  to  grow 
—all  men  have  been  boys. 
Some  of 
them  have  been  good  and  some  of  them 
have  been  bad.  George  Washington 
was  an  uncommonly  good  boy  and  gre 
to  be  the  best  of  men,  but  that  does  not 
follow. 
Some  of  the  boys  remembered 
as  having  been  uncommonly  good  have 
turned  out  to  be  uncommonly 
tough 
citizens.  They  have  their  excuses  and 
their  apologists;  but  they  stand 
tured  as  tough.  Also,  some  of  the  boys 
who  were  always  in  mischief have  taken 
life  and  become  great 
a  good  turn 
in 
and  good  men. 
It  has  been  said  that 
George  Washington  never  told  a  lie.  In 
adopting  that  as  a  fact,  it  must  be  re 
membered  that  the  diploma  for  truthful 
ness  was  given  him  when  he was a small 
boy— in  his  little  hatchet  days—when  he 
knew  nothing  of  politics  and  had  not 
been  President  of  the  United  States. 
Boys  are  boys!  That 
is  the  thing  to 
say.  They  ha-ve  everything  to  learn 
and  wickedness is  so  attractive  to  weak 
human  nature 
that  boys,  not  steered 
right,  are  apt  to  learn  the  wicked things 
It  is  best  to  be  patient  with  them 
first. 
is  not 
A   boy  too  good  for  anything 
worth  raising.  One  who  can  yell 
loud 
and  fight  has  got  something  in  him  that 
is  worth  encouraging  and  developing  in 
the  right  direction.  A   grouty  old  per 
son  who  forgets  that  he  ever  was  a  boy 
sa ys:
Did 

it  ever  occur  to  you  that  this 
might  not  be  so  bad  a  world  to  live  in 
were 
it  not  for  that  horrid  boy?  B oy' 
have  been  a  failure  from  the  first.  The 
first  boy  that  we  ever  heard  about,  at 
least,  grew  up  to  be  a  murderer,  and 
there  is  no  reason  to  doubt  that  he  was 
a  trial  from  the  moment  he  made  his 
appearance  in  the  Adam  family.  There 
is  a  willfulness  and  a  wrong  headedness 
about  the  boy  which  is  a  constant  and 
continual  marvel.  There  is  no  limit  to 
his  awful  versatility. 
is  any 
kind  of  noise  or  any  variety  of  irrita­
tion  that  the  average  boy 
is  not  ac­
quainted  with,  and  with  which  it  is  his

If  there 

in 

purpose 
life  to  make  others  ac­
quainted,  the  average  boy  is  not  the  boy 
it  has  been  our  misfortune  to  fall  in 
with.  There  are  boys,  of  course,  who 
are  irreproachable  in  their  manners,  but 
these  are  either  asleep  or  dead.  The 
boy  who  is  alive  and awake  is inevitably 
1  nuisance,  or  at  least  a  continual  cause 
if  worriment  and  terror.  When  a  boy 
s  not  helloing  or  whistling  or  pounding 
upon  something  or  pulling  his 
little 
sister’s  hair  or  falling  overboard  or 
atching  the  measles,  he  is  just  stopping 
to  think 
in  what  new  way  he  may  em- 
loy  his  faculties  for  making  life  mis­
erable  to  all  within  the  sphere  of  his 
malign  influence.  A   boy  is  not  so  bad, 
if  course,  after  he  has  ceased  to  be  a 
boy,  but  this  is  because  his  boyish  pro- 
lensities  are  degenerated.  Doubtless  if 
they  had  the  strength  and  the  ability, 
men  would  be  as  great  trials  as  boys 
ire.  Some  men  are  boys  as  long  as  they 
ive,  and  it  seems  as  though  they  would 
ive  forever.  And  yet,  there’s  no  deny- 
it,  boy  babies  are  the  favorite  in 
ng 
the  human  race. 
So  boys  will  probably 
continue  to  be  the  fashion,  the  same  as 
the  trombone  or  the  devil’ s  fiddle  or 
the  bass  drum  or  the  cat  concert.  No­
body  can  tell  why. 
It  is  probably  only 
because 
is  a  habit  that  the  human 
race  has  got  into  of  having  boys around, 
although  perhaps  boys  are  only  abided 
because  without  boys  there  can  be  no 
girls;  and  girls,  of  course,  we  must 
have  or  die.

it 

E q u ip p e d   fo r  F a m e .

“ I  think,”   said  the  F iji  islander, 
‘ that  I ’ ll  pack  up  and  go  to  the  United 
States. ’ ’

“ Think  you’ ll  make  your  fortune?”
“ I ’ m  sure  of  it. 

I ’ ll  go  straight  into 
politics.  Every  once 
in  a  while  you 
hear  of  a  man  who  makes  a  hit  by  get­
ting  upon  a  platform  and  making 
speech  without  his  coat  on.  Then  there 
was  the  man  who  became  famous  by 
leaving  off  his  socks,  and  every  now 
and  then  they  stop  to  take  notice  of 
some  one  simply  because  he  has  no  col­
lar  and  necktie. ”

“ Well,  what  of  it?”
“ Why,  look  at  me. 

clothes  at  all.

1  never  wore  any 

N o  N eed  o f In s u ra n c e .

Coal  Merchant— I  say,  Premium,  1 
want  to  insure  my  coal  yard against fire. 
What’ s  the  cost  of  a  policy  for  $10,000?
it! 

Insurance  Agent  -What  coal 

is 

Same  kind  you  sent  me  last?

Merchant—  Yes,  it  is.
Agent—-Oh! 

I  wouldn’t 
It  won’t  bum.

I  were  you. 

insure  it  if 

F o u n d   a t   L ast.

Proprietor— I ’ m  looking  for  a  man  1 

can  trust.

Applicant—W e’ ll  get  along  then.  For 
ten  years  I ’ve  done  nothing  but  look  for 
a  man  that  would  trust  me.

A   man  entirely  satisfied  with  himself 
has  no  use  for  the  example  of  other pec 
pie.

Patents

L.  C.  W E ST ,  Kalamazoo,  offers  half 
rates  for  patent  applications  for  this 
month 

Bring  this  card

Aluminum  Money

w ill Increase Your Business.

Cheap and Effective.

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

44  3.  Clark  S t.,  Chicago,  III.

A u g u rs   a n d   B it.

Snell’s ........................................................
Jennings' genuine...................................
Jennings' Imitation.................................

A x e .

irst Quality, S. B. Bronze...................
irst Quality, 1).  B.  Bronze..................
irst Quality, 8.  B. S.  Steel..................
irst Quality,  1). B. S teel.....................

Kail road.....................................................

a rd e n ...................................................... net

B a rro w .

B o lt.

Stove ..........................................................
Carriage, new  list...................................
’low  ..........................................................

Well, p la in ................................... *.........

ast Loose Pin. fig u red ........................
W rought N arro w ...................................

B u c k e t.

B u tt.,  C ast

C a rtrid g e .

Rim F ir e ...................................................
Central F ir e .............................................

4  in. 

6-16 in.  %  in.

o m .. 
IB ... 
IBB.

C a p .

last Steel, per lb .

ily’s 1-10, per m .... 
Hick’s C. F., per m.
D., p e rm ............
M usket, per m.........

Socket Firm er 
. 
Socket  Fram iug. 
Socket < ’o ru er... 
Socket Slicks__

Com. 4 piece, 6 in., per doz.............. . . . net
Corrugated, per doz.........................
..dis
A djustable..........................................
E x p a n siv e   liits
Clark’s small, $ls;  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 alv a n iz e d   Iro n

Nos. 16 to 20;  22 and 24;  25 and 20; 37,
16.
List  12 

13 

14 

Discount, 65

15
Gan  P ip e

Black or Qalvanized.........................

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s .........

G an g es

G lass

Single  Strength, by box..................
Double Strength, by box................
By the L ight............................

. ..dis
...d is
...dis

H a m m e rs

...d is
Maydole & Co.’s, new list...............
..dis
Yerkes & Plum b’s ............................
Mason's Solid Cast S teel................. 30c list

H inge»

G ate, Clark’s 1, 2 ,3 ........................... .. ..dis

H o llo w   W a re

K e ttle s................................................
S piders................................................

H o rse   N ails

Au S a b le ............................................ __ dis
P utnam ................................................ __ dis
H o u se   F u rn is h in g : G >ods

Stamped Tinware, new list...........
Japanned T inw are..........................

Iro n

70
25X10

6 60 
10  00

14  00 
SO 00

40X10
20

4  in.
5l4C.
.  6H

65
1  25
40&10

30X10
25

70X10
70
60&10

28
17

40X10

60&10

80&10
soit 10
80

334
40X10
70

60X10

50&10
50X10
50X10

40X10
5

70
20X10

Bar  Iron.............................................. ....  3 c rates
Light  B and......................................... __   34c 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 .......

L a n te rn s

L ev els

M a tto c k .

85
1  00

6 00
6 00

70

....dis

dis

Adze E ye.....................................$17

M e ta l.—Z inc
600 pound casks...............................
Per pound.........................................
M iscellan eo u s
Bird C ag es.......................................
Pumps, C istern...............................
Screw’s, New L is t..........................
Casters, Bed and  P la te ..........................  50X10X10
Hampers, A m erican.......................
M olasses  G ates
Stebbins’  P a tte rn ...........................
Enterprise, self-m easuring................... 

60X10
30

94

P a n s

Fry, Acme.................................................  
Common,  polished.................................  
P a te n t  P la n is h e d   I ro n  

60X10X10
70&5

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

Broken packages 4 c  per pound extra.

P la n e s

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy............................  
Sciota  Bench............................................  
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy.................. 
Bench, first quality.................................  

80
60
60
80

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 adv an ce.. 
Casing 8 advance... 
Casing 6 advance... 
Finish  10 advance.. 
Finish 8 advance... 
Finish 6 a d v a n c e ... 
Barrel  \   advance..

K it

Iron  and  T inned................................
Copi>er Rivets  and  B urs...................

H ooting  P la te s
14x20 IC, Charcoal,  Dean................
14x20 IX ,Charcoal,  Hean..................
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean..................
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway  (¡rade 
14x201X, ('harcoal, Alla way  (1 rade 
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway  G rade 
20x28 IX ,Charcoal, Allaway  G rade 

R o p es

Sisal,  4   inch and larger...................
M anilla..................................................

List  acct.  19, ’86..................................

Sam i  P a p e r

S ash  W e ig h ts

S h e e t  I ro n

Solid  Eyes, per to n .................................

60
46

6  50
7  50 
13  00
6  60 
6  50 
11  00 
13 00

114
16

22  60

dis

com. smooth.

com. 
$3  00 
3  00 
3  20 
3  30 
3  40 
3  60
All Sheets  No.  18  and  lighter,  over  30  inches 

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 20.......................................  3 60
No. 27...................................................  3  60
wide, not less than 2-10 extra.

S h e lls—L oaded 

Loaded with Black  P ow der...
Loaded  with  Nitro  Powder...

ills
dis

40X10

S h o t

Drop...................................................................  
B  B and  B uck.................................................. 

S h o v els  a n d   Spudes

First Grade,  I)oz............................................ 
Second Grade, Doz........................................  

1
1 "0

8 60
8 10

4<& 4.......................................................... 
‘30
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
in the m arket indicated  by  private  brands  vary 
according to composition.

S o ld er

S q u ares

Steel and Iro n ..........................................  

T in —M elyn  G rad e

10x14 IC, Charcoal................................... 
14x20 IC, Charcoal..........................................  
20x14 IX , C harcoal.......................................... 

Each additional X on this grade, $1.25.

T in —A lla w a y   G ra d e

10x14 IC, Charcoal..........................................  
14x20 IC, Charcoal..........................................  
10x14 IX , Charcoal..........................................  
14x20 IX . Charcoal..........................................  

Each additional  X on this grade, $1.50

B o ile r  Size  T in   P la te  
14x56 IX , for No. 8 Boilers, / 
I)0lln,j 
14x86 IX , for No. 9 Boilers, f per pouna"

T ra p s

W ire

Steel,  G am e.............................................. 
Oneida Community,  Newhouse’s... . .. 
Oneida  Community,  Hawley  X  Nor­
ton’s ........................................................  
Mouse,  choker, per doz......................... 
Mouse, delusion, per  doz.............................. 

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 Eyes...............................................  
H ooks.........................................................
G ate  Hooks and E yes............................  

W  re n c h e s

66

$ 8 5 0

8 80
9 76

7 00
7 00
8 80
8 60

>0

75X10
60
70X10
15

1 38

60
„ 6 0
80X10
60X10
40
4
3 90

£5
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B axter’s A djustable, N ickeled............ 
Coe’s G enuine................................... .. 
Coe’s P atent Agricultural,  W rought.. 70X10

30
„  „30X10

M USKEGON
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 5.30  p.  m.

5

0

cents

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

T h e   G ro c e ry   M a rk e t. 

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Sugars— Raw  sugars  are  quiet,  with 
very  few  offering.  Quotations  are  still 
on  the  basis  of  4  5-160  for 96  deg.  test 
centrifugals. 
In  the  refined  sugar  mar­
ket  there 
is  but  little  of  interest  to  re­
port.  The  scarcity  of  soft  sugars  noted 
last  week  has  at  last  been overcome,  and 
there  is  now  a  fair  supply  of  all  grades. 
Hard  sugars  are  plenty  and  the  demand 
is  fair  without  any  special  indications 
for  the 
immediate  future.  The  total 
stock  of  sugar 
in  the  United  States  is 
158,957  tons,  against  175,650  tons  at  the 
same  time  last  year.

investigates,  it 

Canned  Goods—Without  question  this 
is  an  unprecedented  year 
in  canned 
goods.  Not  only  has  the  pack  of  most 
varieties  proved  widely  different  from 
early  estimates,  but  the  demand  has 
been  so  unusually  active  that everything 
It  doesn’t  matter  what 
is  cleaned  up. 
line  one 
is  the  same 
story  of  lack  of  goods  to  fill  orders  and 
advancing  prices,  caused  by  the  extra­
ordinary  demand,  coupled  with  more  or 
less  reduced  outputs.  Buyers  are  scour­
ing  the  market  for  standard  goods  of  all 
sorts  and  practically  none  are  to  be 
found.  What  will  be  done  before  spring 
no  one  can  find  out,  but  the  indications 
are  that  the  market  will  be  bare  of  some 
sorts  and  that  trade  will  necessarily  be 
limited.  Corn  and  succotash  will 
very 
be  luxuries  this  year.  The  sale  of 
fu­
ture  com 
in  Maine  was  so  heavy  that 
the  output  was  exhausted  long  before 
the  season  closed.  This  is  true  in  many 
sections  of  the  country  and  the  result  is 
that  com  is  becoming  one  of  the  hardest 
articles  on  the  list  to  buy  and  before  the 
season  closes  will  probably  be  out  of 
first  hands.  Offerings  of  tomatoes  are 
light.  Prices  are  firmly  held  and  have 
an  upward  tendency. 
It  is  very  seldom 
that  there  is  such  an  activity  in  any  one 
commodity  as  there  has  been  in  the  to­
mato  market  during  the  past  month.  A 
Baltimore  man  writes  that  there  never 
was  a  time  since  the  process  of  canning 
tomatoes  was  discovered  when  such  a 
large  volume  of  business  was  transacted 
during  the  same  period.  The  advance 
in  freight  rates  has  stopped  the  buying 
by  Western  packers  and  the  market  will 
probably  be  a 
little  easier  in  conse­
quence. 
Peas  are  scarce  and  high. 
Other  vegetables  are  firm  but  with  no 
quotable  change.  The  demand  for  gal­
lon  apples  has  caused  the  market  to  ad­
vance  in  spite  of  the 
large  crop.  The 
demand  for  this  article  has  been  unusu­
ally  good. 
Salmon  continues  very  firm 
with  good  demand  and  advices  from  the 
Coast  are  to  the  effect  that  the.  situation 
is  stronger. 
Sardines  are  steadier  and 
the  market  is  gaining  strength.

Dried  Fruits—Such  extreme  caution 
in  buying  dried  fruit  is  seldom  seen  at 
this  season  of  the  year,  but  may  be  as­
cribed  to  the  uncertain situation of many 
lines.  Buyers  are,  perhaps,  more  care­
ful  than  usual  and  do  not  buy  in  very 
large  quantities.  We  think  that  it  may 
be  accepted  as  a  fact  that  this  season 
will  be  a  record  breaker  as  regards  the 
consumption  of  fruit.  Raisins  are  un­
changed,  so  far  as  prices  are  concerned, 
but  there 
is  a  continuation  of  the  firm 
feeling  previously  reported,  with  fair 
sales  at  full  prices.  Trade,  while  rea­
sonably  active,  is  nevertheless  restricted 
somewhat  by  the  high  prices.  The  Cal­
ifornia  seeded  raisins  gave  such  satis­
faction 
last  year  that  jobbers  are  plac­
ing  orders  for  more  than  three  times  th'e 
amount  bought 
In  that  year 
450  carloads  were  seeded.  This  year  the 
seeders  of  Fresno  will  turn  out  not 
less 
1,000  and  probably  1,500  cars  for
than 

1898. 

in 

later. 

Eastern  shipment.  Prunes  are  selling 
far  ahead  of 
last  year  and  prices  are 
steady,  with  the  probability  of  an  ad­
vance  soon,  made  necessary  by  the 
in­
creasing  demand.  The  scarcity  of  90s 
it  practically  impossible  to  buy 
makes 
the 
four  sizes,  even  at  a  premium. 
There  are  a  few  90s,  but  they  are  very 
few  and  holders  are  determined  to  get 
full  value  for  them.  Advices  from  the 
Coast  indicate  that  the  drying  season  is 
practically  over,  nearly  everything  be­
ing  off  the  trays.  The  season  has  been 
unusually  good  and  there  will  be  very 
few  rain-damaged  goods  on  sale  this 
year.  Apricots  are  moving  out  freely. 
They  are  entirely  out  of  first  hands  and 
jobbers  who  have  any  are  not  anxious  to 
dispose  of  them,  as  better  prices  are  ex­
Evaporated  apples  are 
pected 
still  climbing  up.  The  demand 
far 
better  this  year  than  was  expected  and 
prices  have  ruled  high.  They  are  likely 
to  remain  firm  for  some  time  to  come, 
as  stock  is  getting  very  scarce.  Peaches 
move  a 
just  now,  on  ac­
count  of  the  high  prices.  Heavy  buy­
ing  on  the  part  of  speculators  has  sent 
for  the 
prices  up  and  checked  demand 
present,  but  a 
larger  business 
is  ex­
pected  as  soon  as  cool  weather  begins. 
Fancy  peaches  are  very  scarce,  but 
there 
is  an  abundance  of  the  cheaper 
grades.  Currants  are  unchanged.  Trade 
is  good  and  prices  are  fully maintained. 
Dates  are  firm  and  supplies  on  hand 
are  moving  out  in  sufficient  quantities 
to  clear  up  everything  in  the  market  be­
fore  the  new  crop  comes  in.  Prices  on 
figs  rule  a 
little  higher  than  last  year, 
on  account  of  better  demand  and  better 
quality  of  the  goods.

little  slowly 

is 

Molasses  and  Syrups—The  demand 
for  molasses  is  good,  especially  for  the 
low  grades.  Prices  remain  unchanged. 
Corn  syrup  has  declined  ]4.c  poLgallon, 
with  a  corresponding  decline  on  cases.
Tea— Prices  on  most  all  grades  of  tea 
have  advanced  2c  per  pound,  with  the 
demand  good  at  the  advance.  The  qual­
ity  of  the  goods  now  coming  in  is  said 
to  be  slightly  better  than  previously.

It 

increasing 

Green  Fruits— Lembnsare  selling  bet­
jobbing  demand 
ter  under 
and  the  tendency  of  the  market  is  still 
upward. 
is  difficult  to  secure  suffi­
cient  supplies  of  300s,  although there are 
360s  enough  to  go  around.  Bananas  are 
weaker  and  there  has  been  a  slight  de­
cline,  scarcely  enough  to  be  quotable, 
however.  Heavy  receipts  for  the  sea­
son  and  the  absence  of  demand  are  re­
sponsible.
•  Rice—There 
is  a  good  demand  for! 
rice,  particularly  for  the  medium  and 
fancy  grades.

increase 

Nuts—Sales  of  all  varieties  of  nuts 
are  unusually 
large  for  the  season  and 
prices  are  steady  at  previously  quoted 
range.  No 
in  price  has  been 
noted  this  week,  but  the  firmness  on  all 
varieties  continues,  and  there  are  in­
dications  that  some  advance  will  be 
made  later.  For  the  next  week  or  two 
trade  will  likely  increase,  while  buyers 
are  securing  their  supplies  for  Thanks­
giving,  but  after  that  there  will  likely 
be  a  falling  off  in  demand,  but  because 
of  shortage  no  decline  in  prices  can  be 
expected.  Walnuts  are  in  demand  and, 
with  Californias  entirely  gone  from  first 
hands,  buyers  are  finding  it  impossible 
to  secure  supplies  for  present  consump­
tion.  There  are 
foreign  walnuts 
anywhere  but  in  France  and  prices  rule 
high  and-  the  market  strong.  Naples 
walnuts  promise  to  be  about  75  percent, 
of  last  year’s  yield,  but  the  quality  will 
be  much  better.  Almonds  from  abroad 
promise  to  be  plentiful,  but  California

few 

nuts  are  in  small  supply  and  prices  are 
It  is  impossible  to  buy  now  be­
high. 
is  closely  controlled 
cause  the  output 
and  the  holders  will  not  sell. 
Filberts 
are  selling  about  as  at 
last  reports. 
There  are  few  to  be  had  and  these  are 
sold  at 
full  prices.  Peanuts  continue 
steady  and  trade  moderately 
active. 
Pecans  are  firm  at  previously  reported 
prices.

just 

received 

Fish—Advices 

from 
Gloucester  state  that  the  fish  trade  has 
been  very  heavy  the  past  two  months. 
Prices  will  be  no 
lower.  Although  re­
ceipts  have  been  very  heavy,  sales  have 
been  still  heavier.  The  demand  for  cod­
fish 
is  very  good  at  previously  quoted 
prices.  A   few  extra  large  trips  of  mack­
erel  have  arrived  and  the  market  has 
declined  somewhat  in  consequence.  As 
the  mackerel  season  is  over  and  every­
thing 
in,  we  do  not  anticipate 
any 
lower  prices  but  look  for  a  slight 
upward  tendency  of  the market.  Owing 
to  the 
increase  in  demand,  hake,  had­
dock  and  pollock  have  advanced  from 
Y%@ic  per  pound.

is  now 

G ra n d   R a p id s   R e ta il  G ro cery   C le rk s ’  A s­

so c ia tio n .

At  an  adjourned  meeting  of  the Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocery  Clerks’  Associa­
tion,  held  at  the  office  of  the  Michigan 
Tradesman  on  Monday  evening,  Oct. 
23,  President  Mclnnis  presided.

Chairman  Beardslee,  of  the  special 
Committee  on  Hall,  reported  that  the 
Association  could  secure  two  rooms  in 
the  Tower  building,  connected  by  fold­
ing  doors,  so  that  a  person  could  sit 
in 
one  room  and  see  all  that  was  going  on 
in  the  other,  for §5  per  month,  includ­
ing  heating  and  janitor  service.

Adrian  Brink,  chairman  of  the  E xec­
utive  Committee  of  the  Grand  Rapids 
Retail  Grocers’  Association,  who  was 
present  at  the  meeting,  made  a  prop­
osition  to  occupy  the  premises  jointly 
with  the  Clerks'  Association,  on  the 
basis  of  an  equal  division  of  the  rent 
and  gas  bill. 
I’he  report  was  accepted 
and  the  Executive  Committee  was  in­
structed  to  execute  the 
lease  and  also 
to  enter 
into  an  arrangement  with  the 
Retail  Grocers’  Association  on  the  basis 
of  Mr.  Brink’s  proposition.

Homer  Klap  announced  that 

three 
members  of  the  Clerks’  Association 
were  invited  to  attend  the  next  meeting 
of  the  Grocers’  Association  and  partici-
pate  in  the  exercises  and  entertainment. 
Messrs.  Mclnnis,  Campbell  and  Beards­
lee  were  selected  to  represent  the  Asso­
ciation.

adjourn,  it  adjourn 

Harry  Stowitts  moved  that  when  the 
meeting 
the 
new  rooms  next  Monday  evening  and 
that  a  house  warming  be  held  on  that 
occasion,  which  was  adopted.

to 

Ernest  Bratt  moved  that  the  charter 
be  held  open  until  the  next  regular 
meeting,  which  was  adopted.

On  motion  of  Mr.  Beardslee,  E .  A. 
Stowe  was  elected  an  honorary  member 
of  the  Association,  with  the  privilege 
of  a  voice,  and  also  a  key  to  the  Asso­
ciation  rooms.  He  was  also  tendered  a 
vote  of  thanks  for  the  use  of  the Trades­
man  office 
in  which  to  hold  the  meet­
ings  of  the  Association.

P h o to g ra p h ic   E ffect  in   th e   C u lin a ry   D e­

p a rtm e n t.
From  the H oughton  Journal.

The  wife  of  a  prominent  Manistique 
last 
groceryman  was  much  perplexed 
failure  to  prepare  the 
week  over  the 
family  meals 
in  a  palatable  manner. 
For  three  days  almost  everything  that 
was  cooked  had  a  burned,  and  some­
times  bitter  taste,  so  that  all  had  to  be 
thrown  out  as  unfit  to  eat.  On  Sunday 
she  made  special  effort  to  have  every­
thing  right,  but  the  result  was  the same. 
On  making  a  thorough  investigation 
it 
was  discovered  that  the  hired  girl  had 
been  using  pulverized  hyphophosphite 
of  soda  which  she  mistook  for  salt  and 
which  was  part  of  an  amateur  photo­
graphic  outfit  stored  away  on  one  of  the 
pantry  shelves.

A d v e rtise m e iits   w ill  b e  in s e rte d   u n d e r 
th is   h e a d   fo r  tw o   ce n ts  a   w o rd   th e   first 
in s e rtio n   a n d   o n e   c e n t  a   w o rd   fo r  ea ch  
s u b se q u e n t  in s e rtio n .  No  a d v e rtis e m e n ts  
ta k e n   fo r 
less  th a n   25  c e n ts.  A d v an ce 
p a y m e n ts .

B U SIN ESS  C H A N C ES.

L 'O H   SALE—SMALL  CLEAN  STOCK  DRY 
I  goods, groceries  and  patent  medicines;  es­
tablished cash trade:  best location  in  town;  big 
trade in hay and feed;  warehouse on C. & W. 51. 
and F. & 1’. M. right handy.  Or will  rent  build­
ings with fixtures at low  rate.  M ust retire;' will 
pay  to  investigate;  w rite  for  particulars.  Ad­
dress Box 17, Baldwin, Mich.______________110
L/OR^EXCHANGE—FOUR  GOOD  HOUSES, 
P   free and clear, good location, for  a  stock  of 
dry goods or clothing, either in or out of the city. 
Reed  &  Osgood,  32  Weston  Building,  Grand 
R a p id s ._________________________  

1  FAD IN G   M ILLINERY 

STORE  WILL 
-j  rent space for line of fancy goods.  Stebbins 

Millinery Co., Lansing.  Mich. 

108

109

1 

104

98

106

I’OT  CASH  DOWN,  WITHOUT  ANY  DE- 
lay,  will  be  paid  for  stocks  of  dry  goods, 
shoes  or  general  merchandise,  a t  a  discount. 
Correspondence  positively  held  confidential. 
Large  stocks  preferred.  A ddress  A.  1’.,  care
Michigan T rad esm an .___ ________________ 107
"yO R   SALE  OR  TRADE—A  FIRST-CLASS 
U 
three hundred tw enty acre farm  in Southern 
M ichigan.  Term s  reasonable.  A ddress  Box 
720, Dowagiac, Mich. 
¡.’«OR  SALE—STOCK  OF  GROCERIES  AND 
r   necessary fixtures in  Michigan.  Will invoice 
$800.  Would sell  for  about  half  if  taken  now; 
stock  new.  A ddress  No.  105,  Care  Michigan
Tradesm an._____________________________ 105
I 'O R   SALE—AT  A  BARGAIN,  IF   TAKEN 
r  at  once,  stock  of  groceries,  crockery  and 
queensware, invoicing about $2..r>:)0, in  one of  the 
best towns for  business  in  Southw estern  Michi­
gan;  l>est location in  town.  This will pay  you to 
investigate.  Good reasons for  selling.  Address 
Box A, Cassopolis, Mich. 

WA NTED -TlRU G   STOCK  IN  EXCHANGE 

for  good  real  estate  in  Cheboygan  and 
Reed City;  cash  for  balance.  Bugbee  &  Rox­
burgh, T raverse City, Mich.______________ 101
q n O   EXCHANGE-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 
1  home and bearing fruit  ranch  for  stock  of 
goods, boots  and shoes  preferred.  W.  W arren 
Fitch. 213 So. Thayer St., Ann A rbor,  Mich. 
100

PNOR  SALE—DRUG  STOCK  IN   RAILROAD 

town of 800  inhabitants;  no  opposition  and 
good  trade.  Stock  invoices  about  $2,000;  easy 
term s.  Other-business  reason  for  selling.  Ad­
dress Otis Jones, New Bulfalo, Mich. 
( \ ROCERY  STOCK  FOR  SALE—A  F IN E , 
VJf  clean  stock  of  groceries,  store  and  office 
fixtures are offered for sale  a t  a  bargain.  Will 
invoice  about  $1 ,200.  Splendid  location  in  the 
best town for its size in Central  Michigan.  Good 
established trade.  Rare bargain,  A ddress Box 
37, Carson City, Mich. 
«NOR SALE—OWEN  ACETYLENE  GAS  1»;^- 
f   chine.  Cone & Co., 80  Fitzhugh  St.,  Grand 
Rapids. 
97
INOR  SALE—40-ACRE  FARM ,  IM PROVED, 
r  Would exchange  for  small  stock  of  goods, 
groceries  preferred.  A ddress  Box  E,  Ashley, 
Mich. 
90
JT'OR  SALE—A  FIRST-CLASS  SHINGLE 
P   mill  com plete.  Capacity,  40,000  per  day. 
J u st closed, having finished the  cut  in  th a t  sec­
tion.  A ddress Lock Box 738, Belding.  Mich.  80
W  ANTED—YOUR ORDER  FOR A RUBBER 
* v  stam p.  Best  stam ps  on  earth  a t  prices 
th a t  are  right.  Will  J .  W eller,  Muskegon, 
Mich. 

dress No. 680, care Michigan Tradesm an. 

splendid farm ing conntry.  No  trades.  Ad­

’  Stock  of  M erchandise—60  acre  farm ,  part 
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

(NOR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR GENERAL 
F'O R   SALE—NEW   GENERAL  STOCK.  A 
■NY “ONE  W ISH ING   TO ENGAGE IN  TH E 

grain and produce and  other  lines  of  busi­
ness can  learn  of  good  locations  by  communi­
cating w ith  H.  H.  Howe,  Land  ana  Industrial 
Agent C. & W . M. and  D., G. R. & W .  Railways, 
Grand Rapids, 5tich. 
r p H E   SHA FTIN G,  HANGERS  AND  PUL- 
X   leys formerly used  to  drive  the  Presses  of 
the Tradesm an are for sale  at  a  nominal  price. 
Power users making  additions  or  changes  will 
do  well  to  investigate.  Tradesm an  Company, 
Grand Rapids, M ichigan. 

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

983

919

958

680

103

- 

M ISC E L L A N E O U S.

102

\JI7A N T ED —  POSITION  AS  TRAVELER 
for groceries or specialty clerk  in  general 
Vt 
store;  fifteen  years’ experience;  can  give  good 
references.  A ddress  No.  102  care  Michigan 
Tradesm an. 

r ANTED—SAL ESMA N  A C Q U A IN  T E I) 
w ith the grocery trade;  a  specialty;  very 
popular article;  good  seller;  sample  carried  in 
pocket;  side  line;  commission  only.  A ddress, 
Bon Ami M anufacturing Co.. Kalamazoo, Mich.
99

\ \ T ANTED—POSITION  AS  MANAGER  OR 
v t   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, care Michigan Tradesm an. 
\X 7A N T E D —POSITION  BY  DRUGGIST,  14 
vv  years’  experience.  A ddress  No.  40,  care 
M ichigan Tradesm an. 

40

77

Jackson  Retail Grocers’  Association 

P resident,.!.  F r a n k   H e l m e r ;  Secretary,  W. 

H.  Po r t e r ;  Treasurer, L. P e l t o n .
Adrian Retail Grocers’  Association 

President,  A.  C.  Cl a r k ;  Secretary,  E. 
Cl e v e l a n d ;  Treasurer. W m. C. K o e h n .

F.

Muskegon  Retail Grocers’  Association 

President,  A l b e r t   To w l :  Secretary,  D.  A. 

B o e l k in s ;,T reasurer,  J . W.  Ca s k a d o n.

Bay Cities  Retail Grocen’  Association 

President,  M.  L.  D e Ba t s;  Secretary,  8.  W. 

W a t e r s. 

_______

Kalamazoo Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, W.  H.  J o h n s o n ;  Secretary,  Ch a s. 

H y m a n. 

______ _

President,  T hos  T.  Ba t e s;  Secretary,  M.  B. 

Traverse  City  Business  Men’s  Association 
H o l l y ;  Treasurer,  C.  A.  H a m m o n d.

Owosso Business  Men’s Association 

President.  A.  I).  W h i p p l e ;  Secretary,  G. 

Ca m p b e l l ;  Treasurer,  W .  E. Co l l in s.

Alpena  Business Men’s Association 

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

P a r t r i d g e .

President
H i l b k k

Grand  Rapids  Retail  Meat  Dealers'  Association 
ident,  L.  M.  W il s o n ;  Secretary,  P h i l i p  

Treasurer,  S. J . H u f f o r d .
St.  Johns Business  Men’s Association 

‘resident, T h o s. Br o m l e y ; Secretary,  F r a n k  
A.  P e r c y ; T reasurer, Cl a r k  A.  P u t t.

Perry  Business Men’s  Association 

•resident,  H.  W .  Wa l l a c e ;  Secretary,  T.  E. 
H e d d l e . 

_______

Grand  Haien Retail Merchants’  Association 

President,  F .  D.  V os;  Secretary,  J .  W.  Ve r - 

H o e k s. 

_______

Tale Business  Men’s Association 

President, Ch a s.  R o u n d s;  Secretary,  F r a n k  

P u t n e y .

T R A V EL

VIA

F.  A   P.  M.  R.  R.
AND  STEA M SH IP  LIN ES 
TO  ALL  PO IN TS  IN  MICHIGAN
F.  M O ELLER ,  a .  q .  p .

H.

WE  WANT  TO   S U P P L Y   YO UR  PREM IU M S

Testing by Tasting
Five  cents will  boy an  ingenious  package 
of Uneeda  B iscu it in exactly the same 
condition  as  they  left  the  baker’s  oven— 
crisp,  tender,  delicious*  Every  housewife 
should test them, every person  should taste 
them.  And  the  test is in the tasting—the 
most  satisfactory  test.

Uneeda  Biscuit

are  the  highest  and  best  development  of 
the baker’s  skill.  Everything  that money 
can buy contributes to make  them  good— 
the best materials, the  best  machinery, the 
brightest expert biscuit  experience.  They 
are as  good as good can  be.  Only sold in 
5 cent  moisture proof  packages—never  in 
bulk.  Ask your grocer about them.  Test 
by  tasting.

DETROIT,Qraad Rapida & W esten 

June a 6 ,1899.

D e tro it.

Lv. G randH apids....  7:00am  12:05pm  5:25pm
Ar. D etroit..................11:40am 
4:05pm  10:05pm
1:10pm  6:10pm
Lv. D etroit.................   8:40am 
Ar. Grand K apids__   1:30pm 
5:10pm  10:55pm

S ag in aw ,  A lm a   a n d   G re e n v ille .

Lv. G .K .7:00am 5:10pm Ar. G. K. 11:45am 9:40pm 
Parlor Cars on all trains  to  and  from  D etroit 
and Saginaw.  Trains run week days only.

Ge o . D kH a v k x , G eneral Pass. Agent.

GRAND Trank Railway System

Detroit and Milwaukee Div

(In effect Oct 9, 1899.)

Going East.

Leave 

Arrive
Saginaw.  D etroit & N. Y .........t   6:50am  t   9:55pm
D etroit and  E a s t.......................tl0:16am  t   5:07pm
Saginaw,  D etroit &  E a st.........t   3:27pm  tl2:50pm
Buffalo, N. Y., Toronto,  Mon­
treal & Boston, Ltd  Ex..*  7:20pm  *10:16am 
Going W est.
Gd. H aven Express...................*10:21am  *  7:15pm
Gd. H aven and In t. P ts ...........+12:58pm  t  3:19pm
Gd. H aven and M ilw aukee....+  5:12pm  +10:llam  
Gd. H aven and M ilwaukee.. ..+10:00pm  +  6:40am 
Eastbound  6:50am  train  has  W agner  parlor 
car to D etroit, eastbound 3:27pm train has parlor 
car to D etroit.

»Daily. 

tE xcept Sunday.

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

97 M onroe St., M orton House.

GRAND Kapids  &  Indiana Railway 

October a i,  1899.

N o rth e rn   D iv isio n . 

From
Going 
N orth  N orth
t   7:45am 
t   5:15pm 
t   2:10pm 
tl0:l5pm  
tl0:45am 
t   5:25pm 
til:00pm  
t   6:20am 
7:45am and 2:10pm trains, parlor cars;  11:00pm 

Trav. City, Petoskev, M ack. 
Traverse City &  Petoskey.. 
Cadillac Accom modation... 
Petoskey & M ackinaw  City 
train, sleeping car.

S o u th e rn   D iv isio n  

Going 
South 
t   7:10am 
t   2:00pm 

From
South
Kalamazoo, F t.  W ayneCin. 
t   9:45pm 
t   2:00pm 
Kalamazoo and F t. W ayne, 
Kalamazoo. F t. W ayne Cin.  *  7:00pm  *  6:45am 
Kalamazoo and  Vicksburg.  *11:30pm  *  9:10am 
7:10am  train   has  parlor  car  to  Cincinnati, 
coach to Chicago:  2:00pm train has parlor  car to 
F ort Wayne;  7:00pm train has sleeper to Cincin­
nati;  11:30pm  train,  sleeping  car  and  coach  to 
Chicago.

C h ic ag o   T ra in s .

T ra v e le rs*  T im e   T a b le s .

MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

CHICAGO and Wert Michigan R’y 

Oct.  1 , 1899.

C h icag o .
4:35pm  *1 1 :50am
Lv. G. Rapids, 7:10am  12:00m 
Ar. Chicago. 
1:30pm  5:00pm  10:45pm  *7:25am 
5:00pm  *11:50pm
Lv. Chicago.  7:15am  12:00m 
Ar. G. Rapids, 1:25pm  5 :05pm  10:55pm  *6:20am 

T ra v e rse  C ity , C h a rle v o ix  a n d  r e to s k e y . 

L v.G . Kapids, 7:30am 
A r.TravC ity, 12:40pm 
Ar. Charlev’x,  3:10pm 
Ar. Petoskey,  3:40pm 

4:00pm
9:10pm
•  12:25am
12:55am

Trains  arrive  from  north  a t  2:40pm,  and 
Parlor cars on day trains and sleeping  cars  on 

and 10:45pm.
night trains to and from Chicago.

»Everv dav.  O thers week days  only.

Michigan  Business  Men’s Association 

•resident, C. L. W h it n e y . Traverse  City;  Sec­
retary, E. A. St o w e . Grand Rapids.
Michigan  Retail Grocers’  Association 

President,  J .  W is i.e k ,  M ancelona;  Secretary, 

E. A. St o w e , G rand Rapids

Detroit Retail  Grocers’  Association 

’resident, 
Ma r k s ;  Treasurer, C. H.  F r i n k .

J o s e p h   K n io h t ;  Secretary,  E. 

Grand  Rapids  Retail Grocers’  Association 

President, F r a n k   J . D y k ;  Secretary,  H o m e r 

K l a p ;  T reasurer, J . Ge o r g e Le h m a n .

Saginaw  Mercantile Association 

President,  P.  F.  T r e a n o r ;  Vice-President, 
J o h n  McBr a t n ie ;  Secretary, W.  H.  Le w is .

TO  CH ICAGO.

FRO M   CHICAGO.

t2  00pm  *11  30pm
Lv.G rand  K apids...t7  10am 
Ar.  Chicago...............  2 30pm 
7  00am
8  45pm 
Lv.  Chicago................................. +3  02pm 
Ar. Grand K apids......................  9  45pm 
Train leaving G rand Kapids 7:10am has coach; 
11:30pm train has coach and sleeping  car;  trains 
leaving Chicago  3:02pm  has  coach;  1 1 :32pm  has 
sleeping car for G rand Kapids.

*11 32pm
6 45am

M u sk e g o n   T ra in s .

G O IN G   W EST.

t5 40pm
Lv. G rand K apids 
f7 35am 
Ar. M uskegon............  9  00am 
7  00pm
Sunday  train  leaves  G rand  Rapids  9:15am; 
arrives Muskegon at 10:40am.  R eturning  leaves 
M uskegon 5:30pm ; arrives G rand Kapids, 6:50pm 

t l   35pm 
2 50pm 

GO IN G   E A ST .

Lv.  M uskegon.........t8  10am 
A r. G rand R apids...  9  30am 
tE xcept Sunday.  »Daily.

tl2   15pm  +4 00pm
5  20pm 

1  30pm 

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

Gen’l P ass’r and Ticket Agent 
Ticket Agent Union Station.

MANISTEE ft  Northeastern Ry.

Best route to Manistee.

Via C. & W. M. Railway.

Lv. G rand Rapids......................  7  00am
A r. M anistee....................... . — .12 05pm
Lv. M anistee..............................  8  30am
Ar. Grand  R apids....................   1  00pm

4  10pm 
9  55pm

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