A  Rare  Bargain  in  Genuine  Habsburg  China

Cups  and  Saucers  and  Plates

The  China  is  very fine  and  perfectly  glazed  and  selected, 
with  dainty  embossments.  The  edges  are  richly  gold 
stippled,  as  indicated  by  heavy  shaded  portions  in  the  illus­
trations.  The  neat  floral  design  is executed  in  three colors: 
Violet,  pink  and yellow.

At  the  price offered 
you can  sell  these 

in  sets of six 

almost  as cheap 

a s the ordinary common ones

No. 485, Plate, diameter 7 A in.  Price per gross, $15.00; per doz., $1.50 
No. 486, Plate, diameter 8A in.  Price per gross,  21.00; per doz.,  2.00 

Illustrations are 

half size. 

No. 488, Tea Cup and Saucer.  Diameter of Saucer, $'A inches; height 
of Cup, 2%\  width, 3^.  Price per gross, $18.00;  per dozen, $1.75

We sell to

dealers only

42-44  Lake Street, 

Chicago.

Look  Out  for

THE TIGER

Phelps, Brace  Co.

F.  E.  BUSHMAN,  Manager.

Largest Cigar  Dealers in  the  Middle  West.

D e tro it,  M ic h .

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Faust
Oyster
Crackers

They  are  delicate  and  crisp  and  run  a
great  many to  pound,  making  them  the
best  and  at  the  same  time  the  cheapest
oyster crackers  on  the  market.  Packed
in  boxes,  tins or  in  handsomely  labeled
cartons.  Send  us  a  trial  order.

g

National
Biscuit
Company

j

Sears’  Bakery.

G rand  R apids.

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.

ILLUMINATING  AND 
LUBRICATING  OILS

W A TER   W HITE  H EA D LIG H T  OIL  IS  TH E 

S TA N D A R D   TH E  W O RLD  O VER

HIGH EST  PRICE  PAID  FO R  EM PTY  CARBO N   AND  GA80LIN E  BARREL8

STA N D A R D   OIL  CO.

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Epps’
Cocoa

G R A TE FU L 

COMFORTING

Distinguished  Everywhere 

for

Delicacy of  Flavor,

Superior  Quality 

and

Nutritive  Properties. 
Specially Grateful  and 

Comforting  to the 

Nervous  and  Dyspeptic.

Sold  in  Half-Pound  Tins  Only.

Prepared  by

JAMES  EPPS  &  CO.,  Ltd., 

Homoeopathic  Chemists,  London, 

England.

BR EA K FA ST 

SU PPER

A

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Epps’
Cocoa

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Epps’
Cocoa

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 
Abso­
or  electricity. 
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 
Residences.  Our Arc light  (air  pressure)  is  very  brilliant 
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.

M ichigan  L igh t  Co.

23  Pearl  Street, 

Qrand  Rapids.

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ALW AYS  ONE  PRICE

W holesale  Clothing  Manufacturers  in  the 
city of R O C H E ST E R ,  N .  Y . are K O L B  & 
SO N.  Only house making strictly all wool 
Kersey Overcoats, guaranteed, at 85.

Mail orders w ill receive prompt attention. 
W rite  our  Michigan  representative,  Wm. 
Connor,  Box 346,  Marshall,  Mich.,  to  call 
on  von,  or  meet  him  at  Sw eet’s  Hotel, 
Grand  Rapids,  N ov.  23  to  24  inclusive. 
Customers’  expenses  allowed. 
Prices, 
quality and fit guaranteed.

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Life Assurance Company

of Detroit, Mich.

Annual Statement,  Dec. 31,  1898.

Commenced Business Sept.  I,  1893.

Insurance in  Force............................$3,299,000 
Ledger A ssets................................... 
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Number 843

I M P O R T A N T   F E A T U R E S .

Page.
2.  D r y   G ood s.
3.  G e ttin g   t h e   P e o p le .
4.  A r o u n d   t h e   S ta te .
5.  G r a n d   R a p id s   G o ssip .
6.  W o m a n   s  W o r ld .
8.  E d ito rial.
9.  E d ito r ia l.
lO .  P o o r  B u s in e s s   P o lic y .
I S .  S h o es a n d   L e a th e r .
14.  T h e   M e a t  M a r k e t.
15.  O b s e r v a tio n s   b y   a   N .  Y .  E g g   M an .
16.  S o c ia l  C u sto m s  o f  S e v e n ty   Y e a r s   A g o .
17.  C o m m e r c ia l T r a v e le r s .
18.  D r u g s  a u d  C h e m ic a ls .
19.  D r u g  P r ic e  C u r r e n t.
50.  G r o c e r y  P r ic e   C u r r e n t.
5 1 .  G r o c e r y  P r ic e   C u r r e n t.
SS.  H a r d w a r e .
5 3.  G o th a m  G o ssip .
H a r d w a r e   P r ic e   C u r r e n t.
5 4.  B o y s   B e h in d   t h e   C o u n te r.

B u s in e s s   W a n ts.

PAYING  T H E   PR IC E.

turn 

life,  yet  at  every 

One  of  the  hard  things  of  life,  against 
which  humanity  makes  one  persistent 
and  futile  protest  from  the  cradle  to  the 
grave,  is  [laying  the  piper.  We all want 
to  dance  and  make  merry  and  enjoy 
ourselves;  we  want  to  gratify  our whims 
and  desires  and  ambitions,and  we  don’t 
want  to  pay  the  price.  We  want  a  free 
pass,  with  the  privileges  of  the  road 
through 
fate 
stands  by,  a  relentless  collector,  and  ex­
acts  from  every  man  a  strict  auditing  of 
accounts  and payment to the last farthing 
for  the  things  he  has  had.  Sometimes 
we  are  fortunate  enough  to get  the  ac­
count  staved  off  for  a  while  and  a  few 
days  or  years  of  grace ;  sometimes  cash 
down  on  the  nail 
is  demanded,  but 
sooner  or 
later  we  must  all  pay  the 
reckoning.  There  is  absolutely  no  free 
list.  The  good  fellow  who  makes a night 
of 
it  with  the  boys  and  whose  wit 
sparkled  as  bright  as  the  bubbles  on  the 
champagne  pays  for 
it  next  day  with 
shaking  nerves  and  aching  head  and 
wonders  if  it  was  worth  the  price.  The 
rich  man  who  fares  sumptuously  every 
day  must  pay  the  price  of  overeating  in 
gout  and  dyspepsia  and  a  hundred  kin­
dred  ills  that  shorten  his  days. 
It  is  a 
is  a  kind  of 
popular  belief  that  fame 
lightning  that 
is  apt  to  strike  where  it 
will,  quite  by  chance.  The  man  who 
has  achieved  reputation 
line 
knows  that  he  has  paid  in  advance  for 
it  by  years  of  patient,  unrewarded,  un­
perceived 
toiling  when  others 
slept,  striving  where  others  enjoyed, 
and  that  of  all  fallacies  none  is  so  un­
true  as  that  fame 
is  a  gift.  The  man 
who 
is  so  fortunate  as  to  amass  a  great 
fortune  pays  for  every  dollar  of  it  in 
anxiety  and  care  and  a  life  hardened 
and  made  sordid  by  ceaseless  striving 
for  money.  Kings  and  rulers  pay  for 
the  glamour  and  trappings  of  state  by 
being  greater  slaves  than  any  serf  in 
their  kingdom.  Gay  young  bachelors 
extol 
their  freedom  and  flaunt  their 
latch-keys  in  the  face  of  poor  Benedict, 
yet  at  the  last  what a  price  they  pay, 
when  old  age  comes  upon  them  and they 
have  nothing  but  the  cold comfort  of  the 
club  house,  with  no  heart 
in  all  the 
world  to  turn  to  rest  upon  their  heart, 
no  eyes  to  look  love  into  their  eyes,  no 
tongue  to  utter  words  of  tenderness  and 
cheer.  So  it  is  at  every  point.  We  are

in  any 

labor, 

little,  and 

“ absent-minded  beggars,”   but  we  must 
“ pay,  pay,  p ay,”   and  we  begin 
learn­
ing  the  lesson  very  soon.  A  little  man, 
who  is  just  at  that  age  when  school  is  a 
prison  and  every  flying  bird  a  flashing 
invitation  to  escape  into  freedom,  was 
tempted  the  other  day  into  running  off 
with  a  friend  and  playing  truant.  The 
next  morning  he  met  a  man  of  the 
world,  an  old  friend  of  the  family,  who 
remarked  upon  the 
lad’s  subdued  air 
and  scratched  nose,  and  the  boy  flushed 
a 
in  a  burst  of  confidence 
told  his  story. 
“ Say,  Mr.  Blank,”   he 
said, “  yesterday  me  and  Tom we run off, 
and  cut  school,  and  we  hadn’t  gone  far 
before  we  fell  out  and  had  a  fight,  and 
licked  me.  Then  a  man  we  sassed 
he 
caught  us,  and  he 
licked  me,  and  the 
man  on  a  wagon  we  caught  behind,  he 
licked  me,  too.  Then when  1  went  home 
mamma  told  papa,  and  he  licked  me, 
and  I  sassed  mamma  for  telling  on  me, 
licked  me  for  that  when  papa 
and  she 
got  through. 
’spected  one 
It  wasn’t 
lickin’,  but  1  got  too  many. 
I  wish’t 
worth 
it. 
f  had  stayed  at 
school.”  
“ My  boy,”   said  the  man 
thoughtfully,  “ you  are  not  the  only  one. 
We  must  all  pay  for  our  pleasures,  and 
if  you  have  paid  too  much,  why,  we  are 
all  mostly  overcharged.  It  is  the  way  of 
life .”  

______________

’Course, 

I 

Interesting  statistics  concerning  the 
growth  of  the  telephone  business  have 
been  gathered  by  the  manager  of  an  in­
dependent  telephone  company  in  Indi­
ana.  Up  to  five  years  ago  the telephone 
business  of  the  entire  country  was  prac­
tically  under  the  control  of  the  Bell 
monopoly. 
In  1894  the  first  indepen­
dent  telephone  exchange  in  the  country 
was  constructed 
in  Fort  Scott,  Kan. 
That  was  the  beginning  of  a  movement 
whose  growth  in  five  years  has  given  to 
the  independent  companies  more  miles 
of 
line  and  more  instruments  than  are 
in  control  of  the  old  company.  The 
cause  of  this  disparity  is  found  in  the 
fact  that  the  new  companies  have  in­
vaded  hundreds  of  small  cities,  towns 
and  villages  where 
exchanges  have 
been  built,  and  whete  the  people  are 
now  given  good  service  for  small  cost, 
where  they  never  before  had  enjoyed 
this  privilege  at  any  price. 
It  is  stated 
that  the  close  of  this  year  will  see  3,500 
in 
independent 
operation,  having  over  750,000 
instru­
In  1880  there  were  under  rental 
ments. 
use 
in  the  country  60,870  telephones. 
One  year  later  the  number had  increased 
In  1898  the  number  of  tele­
to  132,692. 
phones  in  use  was  over  1,000,000. 
In 
1885  there  was 
in  the  various 
systems  and  modes  of  building  137,223 
miles  of  telephone  wire.  At  the  begin­
ning  of  this  year  this  mileage  had  in­
creased  to  1,158,000  miles.

exchanges 

telephone 

in  use 

The  cigarmakers 

in  a  certain  non­
union  factory  have  enforced  a  demand 
that the  factory  be  scrubbed  and  cleaned 
every  week.  This  would  be  distasteful 
to  union  cigarmakers  who  revel  in  filth, 
rolling  the  tobacco  leaf  with  hands  cov­
ered  with  sores  and  wetting  it  with 
saliva 
from  their  poxeaten  mouths  to 
make  it  stick.

(1K N K K A L   T R A D E   R E V I E W .

While  some  disappointment 

is  ex­
pressed  that  the  elections  were  not  fol­
lowed  by  a  more  decided  advance  in 
the  stock  market,  there is  nothing  in  the 
general  situation  to  give  material  en­
couragement  to  the  bear  element.  The 
adverse  reports  from  the  Transvaal  and 
the  continued  stringency  in  the  Eastern 
money  markets  have  been  sufficient  to 
keep  the  advance  in  abeyance,  but  the 
later  movements  are  towards  better  val­
ues  and  the  general  opinion  seems  to  be 
that  the  market  must  soon  answer  to  the 
general  conditions  of  activity. 
The 
pressure  of  demand  which  has  so  long 
situation  continues 
characterized  the 
without 
T  ransportation 
industrial  reports  of  all 
earnings  and 
kinds  continue  without  parallel.  That 
this  condition  must  eventually  produce 
'in  share  values 
an  upward  movement 
seems 
is  to  be 
considered  that 
in  capitalizations  and 
manipulation  of  many  kinds  of  stocks 
these 
favorable  conditions  have  been 
greatly  discounted.  There  is  little  ques­
tion  that  industries  with a right capitali­
zation  will  show  an  early  advance,  but 
it  must  be  remembered  that  a  host  of 
new  enterprises  and  combinations  have 
been  and  are  being  put  onto  the  Street 
with  a  capitalization  anticipating  any 
seasonable  expectations  of  increase  in 
values  for  a  long  time  to  come.

inevitable,  and  yet 

abatement. 

it 

The  pressure  of  activity  in  the  iron 
and  steel  trades  shows  no  signs  of  d i­
minishing  further  than  that  some  lines 
seem  to  have  reached  their height  in 
quotations,  although  there  are  no  indi­
cations  of  a  material  reaction.  That the 
summit  of  values  has  been  passed  in 
minor  metal  quotations  is  indicated  by 
the  fact  that  there  is  a  positive  decline 
in  most  of  them,  with  considerable  dul- 
ness.  That  the  prices  have  not advanced 
far  beyond  the  supporting  conditions 
is 
indicated  by  the  fact  of  so  small  and  so 
slow  a  decline.

In  textile  and  allied  industries  there 
is  little  change  from  the  general  condi­
tion  of  activity  and  improving  quota­
tions  noted  last  week.

It 

New  York  is  confronted  by  a  problem 
which 
is  not  only  already  monumental, 
but  rapidly  growing  in  a  way which will 
tax  the  capacities  of  even  that  great 
less  than  an  an­
city. 
is  nothing 
nouncement  that  all 
the  relatives  of 
Dewey  will  gather  together  at  the  Wal­
dorf-Astoria  in  January  or  February  for 
a  family  reunion.  The  man  who  makes 
the  announcement  is  a  Dewey  away  out 
in  Tacoma,  Wash.,  who  has  never  be­
fore  been  heard  from,  and  already  1,500 
people  have  sent  notices  of  their  ac­
ceptance  of  an  invitation  to  be  present.

It  is  said  that  Queen  Victoria  is much 
opposed  to  the  use  of  osprey  feathers  as 
decoration  for  headgear,  fearing  that, 
should  the  reigning  vogue  continue,  the 
osprey  would  soon  become  extinct.

When  a  man 

is  hungry,  it  seems a 
It 
long  time  before  dinner  is  ready. 
seems  much 
longer  to  a  man  who  has 
been  elected  to  office,  and  must  wait  for 
somebody  else  to get  out.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

N E C K T I E S

We  have  neckwear  in  abundance_
Flowing End Ties,  Teck Ties,  Puff Ties, 
Club  Ties,  String  Ties,  Windsor  Ties 
and Bow Ties in bright fancy sil x stripes 
and plaids, also plain black silk and satin.
B*  the  Way,  have  you  seen  W ay’s  Mufflers; 
they  are  the  latest  thing  out  in  neck  scarfs.  Our 
stock of Wool and  Silk  Mufflers  is  now  in  and  ready 
f<?r inspection.

P.  STEKETEE  &  SONS

W H O LESALE  DRY  GO O DS. 
G RAND  R A PID S .  M IC H .

T H E F fS T  AND BY” C O R S E T

HOW  IT  IS  M A DE:  Each Corset is constructed 
with  twelve heavy flexible steels especially tempered, 
six on each side, grouped  in  sets  of  three,  one  over 
the other in  such a manner as to form  an  indestruct- 
able side  and  still  conform  to 1 
every movement of  the  wearer 
Women troubled with the break­
ing down of  the  corset  on  the  w 
sides 
‘ STA N D   B Y ”

appreciate 

will 

the 

P R IC E ,

$ 4 .5 0   P E R .  D O Z .

(Pat. Oct. 28,1898.)
V O IG T .  H E R P O L S H E IM E R   &   C O ..

W H O L E S A L E   DRY  G O O D S . 

-   G R A N D   R A P ID S .  M IC H . 

^SlDE S eCtToN

Putnam's  Cloth  Chart  |

Will  measure piece goods  and  ribbons  much  more  quickly  than  any 
other measuring machine  in the market and leave the  pieces  in  the  or-  [8j 
igmal  roll  as they come from  the factory.  ’  It  is  five  times  as  rapid  as  M 
hand measurement, twice  as  rapid  as  winding  machines,  50  per  cent,  m 
more rapid  than  any other chart and three times  as  durable  as  the  best  ft® 
of its competitors.  Satisfaction  guaranteed  or  money  refunded.  Write 
the  manufacturers or any of  the  jobbers  for  booklet,  "A ll  About  It. ”  - 

No exaggeration.  Get one and try it.

Price $4.00 each.

tomers  are  increasing  their  orders  with 
duplicates.  Only  a  part  of  these  latter 
can  be  filled  from  stock,  and  the  others 
must  wait  until  new  goods  arrive.  The 
importers  have  had  another  very  busy 
week,  and  some  of  them  say  that  the  to­
tal  amount  covered  by  the  orders  is  per­
ceptibly  ahead  of  the  same  period  last 
year.  Prices  have  been  firmly  held  on 
the  first,  and  the  goods  have  been  called 
for  in  very  even  assortments.

in  the 

Hosiery— Fancy  hosiery 

is  still  very 
finer 
active,  but  principally 
grades.  Some beautiful  effects  are  being 
prepared  for  next  summer.  Among  the 
latest  for  men  are  some  open  lace  woik 
goods,  with  an  underlining  of  a  color 
intrasting  with  the  outer  fabric.  This 
shows  up  the  lace  pattern,  protects  the 
ankle  from  cold,  and  greatly  strengthens 
the  stocking  where 
it  would  naturally 
be  weak.  Heraldic  figures  will  also  be 
prominent,  and  promise 
large  sales. 
Stripes  are  the  best  sellers  at  present, 
and  will  undoubtedly  be  for  some  little 
time.

fall 

for  the 

Carpets—The  outlook  continues bright 
for  the  carpet  trade.  Retailers  report 
an  increased  demand  for  higher  priced 
goods,  especially  wilton  velvets.  When 
the  best  goods  are  called  for  we  know 
that  it  is  a  sign  of  better  times,  and this 
s  what  we  have  looked  forward  to  for 
many  years.  October  is  always  the  best 
for  retailers  of  carpets.  That 
month 
month 
is  generally  devoted  to  house 
cleaning,  and  now  that  this  year  show 
much  better  condition  of  affairs  than 
for  many  years  past,  carpets  which 
ave 
long  since  needed  successors  are 
taken  up,  and  new  ones  put  down  in 
their  places.  November,  however,  L  
also  getting  to  be  a  better  month  for 
for  some  time  past.  The 
carpets  than 
principal  demand 
trade 
seems  to  be  for  wiltons  and  axminsters. 
Manufacturers  can  dispose  of  all  the 
goods  they  can  make.  The  new  price 
' ¡st  will  be  out  about  December  first, 
nd  we  will  then  know  definitely  what 
the  prices  for  carpets  will  be  for  next 
spring.  While 
some  manufacturers 
have  been  delayed  in  getting  out  their 
new  patterns  for next  season’s  trade,  a 
number  of  them  have  their  samples 
completed  and  ready  for 
inspection ; 
some  very  pretty  designs in  ingrains  are 
being  shown  by  manufacturers  of  that 
line  of  goods. 
It  is  understood  that  in­
grains  will  open  at  the  advanced  price 
which  went  into  effect  the  latter  part  of 
the  fall  season.  The  demand  for  this 
grade 
is  expected  to  exceed  that  of  the 
previous  season.  While  tapestries  are 
likely  to  open  at  present  prices,  the  first 
of  the  year 
likely  to  see  higher 
values.  The  general  condition  of  busi­
ness 
is  favorable.  Surplus  stocks  are 
very  meager,  and  only  represent  in  oc­
instances  dropped  patterns, 
casional 
which  are  less  this  season  than 
for  thé 
past  seven  vears.

is 

2

Dry  Goods

T h e   D r y   G o o d s  M a r k e t.

Staple  Cottons— The  advances  which 
have  been  the  most  prominent  feature 
of  the  market 
for  the  past  two  week 
have  nearly  ceased  now.  Whether  they 
will  commence  before 
long  or  not,  is 
problematical,  yet  predictions  to  that 
effect  are  to  be  heard  freely  in  the  mar 
ket.  Sellers  welcome  the  change  that 
has  come  over the  market  and  say  that 
if  quiet  business  prevails 
for  a  little 
while,  it  will  enable  the  mills  to  catch 
up  to  the  market,  and  enable  the  sellers 
to  get  a  definite  idea  of  what  they  c 
promise,  as  to  when  deliveries  can  be 
made,  and  gauge  their  promises  some­
what  nearer  than  they  have  been  able  to 
for  some  time. 
It  has  had  no  effect 
whatever  in  weakening  the  market,  but, 
on  the  other  hand,  the  strong  attitude 
which  they  maintain  in  regard  to  both 
bleached  and  brown  cottons 
is  particu­
larly  noteworthy.  Many lines of bleached 
goods  are  now  held  at  value  only  on  top 
of  the  strong  advances  which  have  been 
named,  notably  “ Fruit  of  the  Loom”  
and  similar tickets.  Medium  and 
low 
grade  bleached  goods  are  strong  and  64 
squares 
latter  showed  advances 
during  the  week.  For  the  present,  wide 
sheetings  seem  to  have  reached  the  top 
notch,  for  the 
last  prices  seem  to  have 
had  the  effect  of  quieting  the  demand 
slightly. 
There  have  been  advances 
also  made  on  cotton  flannels  of  some 
makes,  and  they  are  very  strong.  Brown 
sheetings,  drills  and  coarse  cottons  are 
firm  without  change.  Denims  are  scarce 
and  firm,  as  also  are  ticks  and  other 
coarse  colored  cottons. 
the 
prominent  cotton  goods  that  have  been 
advanced  are  several  lines  of  cambrics, 
denims  and  a  few  lines  of  bleached  cot­
tons.

Among 

in  the 

Prints  and  Ginghams— Printed  cali­
coes  have  secured  an  excellent  business 
during  the  week.  The  best  demand  has 
been  for  staple  lines,  such as mournings, 
turkey  reds,  etc.  These 
indigo  blues, 
are  wanted,  both 
for  immediate  deliv­
ery,  and  on  forward  contracts.  Stocks 
of  all 
lines  are  practically  cleaned  up, 
and  advances  are  expected  daily.  A l­
ready  one  or two  have  been  named,  as 
noted  in  another  column.  Fancy  prints 
suffer  by  comparison  with  other  lines  as 
far  as  business  is  concerned,  yet  there 
has  been  enough  secured  to  assure  the 
trade  that  no  stocks  of  consequence  will 
be  carried  over.  Shirting  prints 
for 
spring  have  opened,  and  buyers  are 
starting  in  to  do  a  good  business.  The 
question  of  spring  fancies,  and  the price 
to  be  placed  upon  same  is  now  a  puzzl­
ing  question  to  the  agents;  whether  to 
make  an  advance  of  considerable  im­
portance,  or to  act  conservatively  on  ac­
count  of  the  failure  to  maintain  prices 
on  fall  dark  goods 
is  yet  to  be  deter­
mined.  Ginghams  show  no  change  in 
situation,  being  scarce  and  firm.

Knit  Goods— The  situation,  as  far  as 
next  year’s  goods  are  concerned,  could 
not  be  bettered,  if  all  would  hang  to­
gether.  Several  new  makes  and  several 
new  improvements  in  all  makes  are  be­
in  the  summer  underwear. 
ing  made 
This 
is  particularly  noticeable  in  what 
is  know  as  the  “ cellular”   fabric.  Sev­
eral  different  makes  of  this  style  of 
goods  are  on  the  market,  and  it  is  ex­
pected  that  the  coming  summer  will  see 
enormous  quantities  of  them  sold.  The 
importers  report  that  this  has  been  one 
of  the  best  seasons  ever  experienced. 
The 
initial  orders  were  larger than  in 
previous  years,  and  many  of  their  cus-

Cori,  Knott 
’&  Co.,

Importers and 
Jobbers of

Millinery

Our Specialties:

Trimmed  and  Untrimmed  Hats, 
Ostrich  and  Fancy  Feathers. 
Ribbons,
Velvets,

Sold in the West by the Following Jobbers 

CH ICAGO— Jno.  V.  Farwell Co.  Carson,  Pirie, Scott  &  Co.  Marshall 
_ 

Field &  Co.  Sherer Bros  Lederer Bros.  &  Co.

LOUIS— Hargadine-McKittrick  Dry Goods Co.

ST  JOSEPH— Hundley-Frazer Dry Goods Co.
K AN SAS C IT Y — Burnham,  Hanna,  Munger  &  Co.  Swofford  Bros. 
OM AH A— M.  E.  Smith  &  Co.
ST.  PAU L— Lindeke,  Warner &  Schurmeier. 

Powers  Dry  Goods  Co.

Dry Goods Co.

Finch,  VanSlyck, Young & Co.

M IN N EAPOLIS— Wyman.  Partridge  &  Co.
D E T R O IT — Strong,  Lee  &  Co.  Burnham,  Stoepel  &  Co. 

Edson, 

Moore  &  Co.

ner  &  Co. 

T O LE D O —Davis  Bros.  Shaw  &  Sassaman  Co.  L.  S.  Baumgard­

CIN CIN N ATI— The Jno.  H.  Hibben  Dry Goods Co.
IN D IAN APO LIS— D.  P.  Erwin  &  Co.
Sent by express  ch’ges  prepaid 
on receipt of price  by the mfr.

A.  E.  PUTNAM,  Mfr.,  Milan,  Mich.

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interesting,  but 

ently,  he  believes  that  advertising  must 
be  “ cute”   or  “ smart”   to  be  successful. 
In  that  he 
is  wrong.  Advertising  is 
It  is  business.  It  should  he  crisp 
news. 
and 
it  must  always  be 
newsy  and  businesslike.  To  these points 
everything  else  must  be  subordinate. 
There  are  lots  of  interesting  facts  about 
underwear,  shirts  and  sweaters  which 
in  such  a  way  as  to  sell 
can  be  told 
these  goods,  and 
it  is  not  necessary  to 
descend  to  feeble  attempts  at  wit  to  sell 
them.

Let  Mr.  Wendling  revise  his  views  of
advertising...let  him  once  realize that an
advertisement  must 
carry  a  definite 
in  practical  form—that  an  ad­
message 
vertisement 
for  business 
news  and  the  humorous  column  a  place 
for 
jokes,  and  he  will  greatly  improve 
Mr.  Mansfield’s  advertising.

is  the  place 

W.  S.  Hamburger.

Health  Foods
The question  of  “ Foods ”  has  be­
come  one  of  the  very  first  impor­
tance of the  present  day  and  one 
in  which every Grocery  and  Provi­
sion  dealer  is  deeply  interested, 
because he  is  called  upon  to  sup­
ply his  patrons  with  the  very  best 
at the  most  reasonable prices  To 
aid  you  in this we  wish  to  call  at­
tention to some  of  our  products in 
this  line. 
You  have  dyspeptics 
among  your  customers  and  our 
Whole Wheat  Crackers  will  furn­
ish  excellent  food to  aid  in  restor­
ing  the  weak  stomach and preserv­
ing the strong  one  They  furnish 
work  for  the  teeth,  flavor  for  the 
palate  and  nourishment  for  the 
entire  system.  New  Era  Butter 
Crackers  (creamery  butter  short­
ened),  a  high  grade  cracker  for 
soups,  etc 
Gem  Oatmeal  Bis­
cuits,  a  good  seller,  and  Cereola, 
the  king  of  Health  Foods. 
See 
Price List for prices.

Address all communications to

Battle  Creek  Bakery,

Battle Creek, Mich.

announcement  is  bald  and  uninteresting 
and  does  not  carry  any  weight. 
I  have 
a  remote 
idea  that  Chase  &  Sanborn 
produce  good  coffees-  but  what  kinds? 
How  much  do  they  cost?  What particu­
lar qualities  has  each  brand?  All  coffees 
are  not  alike  and  all  people  do  not 
like 
the  same  kind  of  coffee.  Jones  may 
like  a  smooth,  rich  coffee  of  mild  fla­
vor,  while  Brown  may  want  a  strong, 
heavy  coffee.  Their  tastes must  be  con­
sulted  and  suited.

Is 

The  crockery  end  of  the  advertise­
ment  is  almost  as  weak.  The  announce­
ment,  “  Looking  costs  you  nothing,”   is 
superfluous— no  one  expects  to  have  to 
pay  to 
look  at  goods.  What  sort  of  a 
china  set  is  the  one  at  98  cents?  It  may 
be  a  soup  set,  for  all  the  writer  tells  of 
it  plain  white  or  decorated  and 
it. 
advertisement 
in  what  colors? 
doesn’t  tell,  but 
It  should 
information.  That's  what  adver­
give 
tising 
If  a 
paper  came  out  with  the  announcement 
that  “ some  man  was  shot  yesterday,”  
some  reporter  would  lose  his  job.  And 
yet  merchants  report  store  news  in 
just 
as  flat  and  unenlightening  a  fashion. 
Why,  I  wonder?

is  for--to  tell  store  news. 

The 
it  should. 

*  *  *

L.  S.  Wendling,  with  B.  S.  Mans­
field,  of  Remus,  sends  in  two  advertise­
ments  and  a  circular  for  criticism.  I  re-

You’ll  be  Glad  if  You  Do, 
and  Sorry  if  You  Don't!

Look over our stock  of  Men’s -Furnishing 
Goods and get our prices.  Our 25-cent line 
of Underwear is a  Vleaser:  and  that  nice 
fleece lined one at 40 cents is a Teaser;  and 
the 50-cent  one  is  better  yet.  Catch  the 
idea, sir?
And while you are  looking  a word  about 
over shirts.  There’s some at  35c.  50c,  75c, 
88c, $1 and $1.25;  every one a bargain. 
Sweaters for boys and men at Sweater prices 
Duck Coats,  Mackinaws and Mackintoshes. 
New, Crisp. Reliable Goods at  Clean,  Hon­
est. Desirable Prices.
Our story is Straight.  Investigate.

MANSFIELD, “The Busy  Man.”

produce  one  of  them.  Mr.  Wendling 
has  evidently  gotten  a  wrong  conception 
of  what  advertising  really 
is.  Appar­

Glovers  Wholesale

Petting the  People

R e v ie w   o f   S o m e   S p e c im e n s   o f   G r o c e r y  

A d v e r t is in g .

Quite  a  batch  of  grocery  advertising 
in  for  criticism ;  but  none  of 
has  come 
it  really  ranks  very  high.  Keif  & 
Meanwell,  of  Ypsilanti,  submit  four ad­
vertisements,  of  which  I  reproduce  two. 
The  coffee  advertisement  is  weakened 
because  the  writer  has  tried  to  talk  five

A Pood  Dinner 
May  Be  Spoiled

By a cup of poor  coffee.  Do  not  spoil  your 
Thanksgiving dinner or any other dinner  on 
tnat account.  There will be no need of it,  if 
you buy your coffee of us.  There must  be  a 
reason for  our  constantly  increasing  coffee 
trade.  We charge it to their line  flavor  and 
excellent drinking qualities.  We have pleased 
others—may we have an opportunity to please 
you?

Our Mocha and Java at 38c is not excelled.
Rio and  Java at 33c is a trade winner. 
Combination at 30c gives satisfaction.
No. 3 Rio at 28c cannot be beaten.
And our 25c Coffee is as good as anybody sells for 
that money.
We close Thanksgiving Day at 12 o’clock noon 

Telephone, 38. 

KIEF & MEANWELL,

19 Huron street.
kinds  of  coffee  at  once  and  feels  in duty 
bound  to  say  something  good 
about 
each.  He  would  have  done  better by 
taking  one  brand  and  describing  its 
merits  and  then  mentioning  the  other 
four without  remark.  Every good  sales­
man  knows  that  the  way  to  sell  goods  is 
to  talk  up  one  article  at  a  time  and  talk 
it  strong— and  good  salesmanship  is  as 
necessary 
in  writing  advertisements  as 
in  any  other  means  of  selling  goods.

The  advertisement  headed,  4 4 Look  out 
for  the  cars,”   is  much  better than  the 
other,  and 
introduces  another  feature 
which  is  decidedly  helpful  to newspaper

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is,  a  display  of  the 
advertising— that 
goods 
in  the  window  simultaneously 
with  the  appearance  of  the  advertise­
ment 
in  the  newspaper.  This  is  some­
thing  that  should  be  done  wherever  pos­
sible.  The  window  display, 
together 
with  a  card  reading,  “ As  Advertised, 
$1.-15, ”   Is 
likely  to  call  attention  not 
only  to  the  goods,  but  to  the  advertise­
ment ;  while  a  mention,  in  the  adver­
tisement,  of  the  window  display,  will 
make  a  strong  drawing  combination.

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like  that. 

The  circular  of  the  Model  Grocery 
House 
is  not  good— for  it  is  not  busi­
ness.  Mr.  Winans  would  not  talk  to  a 
cutsomer 
If  a  woman  came 
in  and  said,  4 4 What  have  you that’s nice 
to-day?”   he  would  answer  her  some­
thing  after  this  fashion:  “ Well,  we 
have  some  specially  nice  canned  pears 
at  15  cents  a  can— the  best  we’ ve  ever 
seen.  Little,  tender  peas,  this  season’s 
packing.  Would  you  like  some  celery 
in  splendid  condi­
this  morning— it’s 

tion,  so  crisp  and  nice?  Coffee?  We 
have  a  splendid  Mocha  and  Java  at  38 
cents— the  real  thing, 
too;  you  know 
there  are  so  many  cheap  coffees  passed 
off  for  genuine  Java  and  Mocha  that 
you  have  to  be  careful.  Would  you  like 
some  cheese?  We  have” — and  so  on. 
He  wouldn’t  give his  customer  any  non-

© U IL /T Y I

We, the jury, after  a  careful  review  of 
the evidence, do declare  it as  our  honest 
conviction that  H.  D  Winans  is gu lty of 
selling  Fresh Groceries at such low prices 
is to entitle him to the  consideration  and 
confidence of Jackson’s citizens 

RespectfuLy  submitted by 

U. C.  Flour, 
C. Sugar, 
X .  L.  Butter, 

R. U.  Baked-Goods,
I. C.  Potatoes,
O.  K   T.  (&) Coffee.

“ Me  Too,” said the  rest.

I  wish  to  thank  my  many  customers 
for their  patronage. 
I  am  now,  at  the 
close of two  months’  successful  business, 
in  better shape to fill  any  and  all  orders 
promptly and satisfactorily.
Our light expenses secure you  Right Prices. 
Goods delivered to all parts of the city.
Ask to  sample  the  latest  health  food, 

“ NU T  B U T T E R .”

Yours to serve,

The  M odel  G ro cery   H o u se

H.  D.  WINANS,  Prop.

Old Phone 1345. 

308 South MechanUSt

sense  about  “ gu ilty,”   and  try  to  spring 
puns  on  her—-what  woman  is  there  who 
really  likes  jokes,  anyway?

I’ve  said  it  before  (and  I  don’t  claim 
to  be  the  first  who  said  i t ) :  “ Talk  to 
in  your  advertisements 
your  customers 
as  you  would 
if  they  were 
in  your 
store.”   The  talk  that  will  bring  busi­
ness  in  one  case  will  do  so  in  the  other. 
There’s  no  need  of  mounting  a  pedestal 
when  you  write 
advertisements— the 
nearer  you  can  get  to the familiar speech 
of  your  readers,  the  better  effect  your 
advertisements  will  produce.

*  *  *

I  am  in  receipt  of  the  following  letter 

from  a  Coloma  merchant:

Coloma,  Nov.  10— I  enclose  you  under 
separate 
cover  copy  of  the  Coloma 
Courier,  containing  our  advertisement, 
which  I  would 
like  ciiticised  through 
the  columns  of  the  Tradesman. 
I  have 
paid  considerable  attention  to  your  crit­
icisms,  always  being  on  the  lookout  for 
something  better  in  the  shape  of  adver­
tising. 

E.  H.  Hamilton.

Mr.  Hamilton’s  advertisement 

is  re­
produced  herewith.  He  has  started  out

THIS  IS  OUR  OPINION!

WHAT  IS  YOURS?

That two Complete lines are better  than several 
incomplete  ones.  This  is  why  we  handle  but 
two lines—

GROCERIES  AND  CROCKERY 

In them  Quality  and  Price  stick  out  at  every 

corner.

We  sell CHASE  &  SANBORN’S  famous 

BOSTON  COFFEES.

Have remodeled our Crockery  Department  and 
now liave one of the largest and best displays  of 
the kind in the county.  Yon should see it. 
Looking costs you  nothing—ask  to  see  our  98c 
four-piece  china  set.  It  would  lie  a  seller  at 
double the price.
Unless every claim made for goods is backed  by 
actual value it is no good.

HAMILTON.

with  the  gem  of  a  good  idea,  but  the 
body  of  the  advertisement  discounts 
the  value  of  the  heading.  The  coffee

Merchandise  Co.

DEALERS  IN

Qas  Mantles,  Burners,  Chim neys,  Shades* 
Mica  Canopies  and  Chim neys,  By-Passes, 
Lamp  Goods,  Bar  Glassware.  Etc.

Write for prices on Glovers Unbreakable Gas Mantle.

Telephone:  Bell South 378. 

Grand Rapids. Mich.

Cor.  Godwin and Griggs Ave., 

t  pays  every  grocer  to  handle  only' 
¡oods  of  merit.  Q u e e n   F l a k e   B a k in g  
?owder  is  pure  and  wholesome,  is  the 
:heapest,  quality  considered,  on  the 
narket,  and 
is  not  manufactured  or 
:ontrolled  by  a  trust.

Send  your  order  direct  to  the  man- 

ifacturers.

N ORTH ROP, 
RO BERTSO N  
&  C A R R IE R ,

LAN SING.  MICH.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Port  Huron —R.  C.  Hawley  has  pur­
chased  the  dry  goods  stock  of  Asman  & 
Beard.  Mr.  Hawley  owns  several  dry 
goods  stores 
in  different  parts  of  the 
State.

Eaton  Rapids  Townsend  &  Co.  have 
rented  a  store  building  and  will  soon 
open  up  with  a 
line  of  bazaar  goods. 
They  are  already  operating  their  m il­
linery  department.

Shanghai— Miss  Theresa  Dostal,  of 
Chicago,  and  Mr.  Williams,  of  Pipe­
stone,  have  purchased  the  store building 
and  stock  of  Wm.  Momany  and  will 
continue  the  business.

Luther— R.  R.  Robinson  has  pur­
chased  the 
interest  of  his  partner,  E. 
Kennedy,  in  the  meat  firm  of  Robinson 
&  Kennedy  and  will  continue  the  busi­
ness  in  his  own  name.

Ypsilanti—J.  Lewis Hawks has retired 
from  the  dry  goods  and  clothing  firm 
af  Hawks  Bros.,  at  Colon,  and  opened 
bazaar  store  under  the  style  of  the 
Racket”   at  42  East  Cross  street.
Sault  Ste.  Marie— W.  J.  Freeborn  has 
purchased  the  store  property  owned  by 
Wm.  Richardson,  on  East  Portage 
avenue,  the  consideration  being  $3,000, 
and  removed  his  grocery  stock  to  that 
location.

Jackson— Thos.  J.  Birney  has  pur 
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  E.  M.  May­
nard  at  the  corner  of  Cortland  and  Me­
chanic  streets.  The  business  will  be 
continued  under  the  supervision  of  W 
M.  Kelly.

Benton Harbor— Enders &  Young,  who 
conduct  clothing  and  men’s furnishing 
goods  stores  at  this  place  and  at  Water 
liet,  have  merged  their  business  into a 
corporation  under  the  style  of  the  En­
ders  &  Young  Co.

M o v e m e n ts  o f   M e rc h a n ts.

Vermontville—J.  N.  Barningham  h 

opened  a  new  meat  market.

Jackson  -W.  H.  Eaton  has  opened 

drug  store  at  411  First  street.

Saginaw— Mallory  &  Maybee,  harness 

dealers,  have  removed  to  Caro.

Flint  James  Duggan  has  sold  his 

grocery  stock  to  Adam  Ketteman.

Union  City— A.  L.  Wilder  has  sold 

his  grocery  stock  to  S.  G.  Newman.

Sand  Lake—C.  E.  Tucker  &  Son 
have  opened  a meat market at this place.
West  Bay  City— Sidney  Phelps  has 
opened  a  grocery  store  at  511  North 
Center street.

Harriette— Samuel  Doty, 

hardware 
dealer  at  this  place,  has  added  a  line 
of  harness  goods.

Montague—The  meat  firm  of  Herren 
&  Reader  has  been  dissolved,  Mr.  Her­
ren  succeeding.

Napoleon—-W.  S.  Blackmer  has  pur­
chased  the  drug  and  grocery  stock  of 
Paine  &  Parker.

Zeeland— Poest  &  Sterken,  shoe  deal­
ers,  have  dissolved  partnership,  Wm. 
Poest  succeeding.

Charlotte—Brown Bros, announce their
intention  of  retiring  from  the  clothing 
business  about  Jan.  1.

Marshall— J.  A:  Unna, 

Creek,  has  engaged 
business  at  this  place.

of  Battle 
in  the  dry  goods 

Union  City—Geo.  Spring  is  now  oc­
cupying  his  new  brick  store  building 
with  his  hardware  stock.

St.  Charles— Pietz  Bros.,  meat  dealers 
and  grocers,  have  sold  their  grocery 
stock  to  Mrs.  Mary  Prosser.

Muskegon— E.  A.  Parkes  will  shortly 
engage  in  the  furniture  and  carpet  busi­
ness  at  27  East  Western  avenue.

Benton  Harbor— Henry  T.  Hall  ha 
i 

purchased  the  interest  of  his  partner 
the  grocery  firm  of  Hall  &  Baker.

Dowagiac— John  Stewart  has  sold 
in  his  Front  street  mea 

half 
market  to  James  McKain,  of  Decatur.

interest 

Coopersville-----A.  E.  Bonner  has
opened  a  new  meat  market  in  the  buiL 
ing  recently  occupied  by  James  Cilley.
Barryton—J.  H.  Cain  has  purchased 
the  grocery  stock  of  E.  R.  Sage  and 
added 
it  to  the  grocery  department  of 
his  general  store.

Olivet—A.  D.  Morford  has  purchased 
the  brick  block  and  meat  market  <
Mrs.  A.  C.  Shalliar.  He  will  add 
line  of  groceries.

Owosso— F.  C.  Achard, hardware dea. 
er,  has  purchased  a  large  portion  of  the 
hardware  stock  of  Jackson  &  Son  and 
removed  it  to  his  store.

Schoolcraft—J.  F.  Felson,  hardware 
dealer,  is  erecting  a  building  for  agri­
cultural  implements,  with  a  show  room, 
20x40  feet  in  dimensions.

Kalamazoo—J.  G.  Tallman  has  pur­
chased  the  interest  of  his  partner,  C.  D. 
Grannis,  and  will  continue  the  grocery 
business  in  his  own  name.

Honor— Alex  Morris,  of  Traverse 
City,  has  opened  a  clothing  and  dry 
goods  store  in  the  building  formerly  oc­
cupied  by  Barney  Holmburg.

Kalamazoo— A.  M.  Matthews  is  erect­
ing  a  building  on  his  lot  at  qi6  East 
Vine  street  in  which  he  will  engage 
in 
the  grocery  and  provision  business.

Benton  Harbor—One  mercantile  firm 
having  gone  back  on  the  early  closing 
hour  agreement, 
the  other  merchants 
have  all  agreed,  on  consultation,  to 
abide  by  the  original  arrangement,  re­
gardless  of  the  one  case  of  violation,  so 
the  stores  generally  will  be  closed  at  6 
o’clock.

Benzonia— The  Benzie  County  Pa 
triot's  editor  made  a  fight  on  steel  range 
peddlers  and  drove  them  out  of  the 
county.  The  other  fellows  used  some 
threats,  but  the  editor  says  ‘ ‘ steel  range 
fakirs  are  good  diet,  in 
fact,  we  make 
a  specialty  of  them.

Lawton— N.  O.  Martin  has  purchased 
the  drug  stock  of  Matthew  Murphy  and 
re-engaged  in  the  drug  business  at  this 
formerly  of 
Lawton,  has  been  engaged  as  pharma­
cist.  Mr.  Murphy  will  remain  with  Mr. 
Martin  until  Jan.  1.

ace.  C.  A.  Fuhrman, 

Owosso— The  Foster  Furniture  Co. 
will  occupy  the  Struber  store,  now  oc­
cupied  by  Knapp  &  Smith,  after  the 
latter  firm  moves  into  the  Haarer block. 
This  company  already  has 
furniture 
stores at Mt.  Pleasant  and  at Grass Lake, 
latter  place  being  the  home  of  Mr!
the 
Foster,  the  President  of  the  com­

pany.

Saginaw— The  annual  report  of  the 
Wells-Stone  Mercantile  Co.  has  been 
filed  with  the  County  Clerk.  The  capi 
tal  stock  is $70,000,  all  paid  up.  The 
company  holds  real  estate  valued  at 
$44,014.23  and  has  no 
indebtedness.
The  report  is  signed  by  A.  W.  Wright, 
Edwin  P.  Stone,  Charles  H.  Davis,  W.’
Knowlton  and  Wm.  C.  Phipps,  a 

majority  of  the  stockholders.

is 

Saginaw— George  R.  Hoyt,  head  of 
the  Hoyt  Dry  Goods  Co.,  of  Cleveland, 
in  the  city  for  several 
ho  has  been 
impressed  with  the 
ays,  is  favorably 
present 
condition  of  Saginaw  with 
reference  to  the  dry  goods  business,  and 
intimated  that  his  visit  here  had 
it 
for  one  object  the 
locating  of  a  dry 
goods  house 
in  the  store  in  the  Merrill 
block,  which  was  built  with  special 
reference  to  accommodating  the  dry 
goods  business  for J.  Bauman,  and  was 
subsequently  occupied  by  Porteous 
Mitchell  &  Co.

factory  building 

Owosso—John  Sheldon,  the  originator 
and  prime  mover of  the  Adventist  com­
munity  here,  has  secured  a  new  manu­
facturing  industry  for  the  addition. 
In 
few  days  he  will  commence  the  erec­
a 
tion  of  a 
in  which 
washing  machines  will  be  built.  The 
business  will  have  a  modest  beginning, 
the  factory  being 
in  dimensions  only 
20x40  feet.  He  will  put  up  the  build- 
>ng,  place  the  proper  machinery  in  it 
and  employ  some  one  to  run  the  busi­
ness  for  him.

The  stock  will 

Menominee— The 

‘ ‘ New  W ay”   de­
partment  store,  which  has  been  con 
ducted 
in  this  city  by  the  Pauli  Mer­
cantile  Co.  for  a  year,  was  closed  on  an 
attachment  Nov.  14,  when  an  assign 
ment  was  made 
for  the  benefit  of  the 
creditors. 
inventory 
it  is  thought  will 
bout  $50,000,  which 
be  sufficient  to  protect  all creditors.  Ten 
cases  for  assumpsit  were  pending in this 
term  of  the  Circuit  Court and  judgments 
to  the  amount  of  nearly  $20,000  were 
the  day  of  the  assignment. 
rendered 
There 
is  talk  in  business  circles  that  a 
new  stock  company  will  be  organized  to 
jurchase  the  stock  and  continue  the 
business.

Detroit— G.  H.  Gates  &  Co.  have  en­
gaged  in  the  jobbing  of hats,  caps,  straw 
goods,  gloves,  mittens  and  umbrellas  at 
M3  Jefferson  avenue,  occupying 
fou. 
floors  and  basement.  Mr.  Gates  hails 
from  Morenci,  where  he  was  engaged 
in  the  mercantile  and  banking  business 
for  many  years,  having  established  the 
Bank  of  Morenci.  Harry  Wright,  W.
W.  Fendler  and  W.  R.  Pike,  who  aré 
members  of  the  new  firm,  were  formerly 
traveling  salesmen  for  H.  A.  Newland 
it  Co.,  and  will  continue  in  that  capac 
ity  with  the  new  house,  Mr.  Wright 
covering  Southern  Michigan  and  North 
ern  Ohio  and  Indiana,  Mr.  Fendler 
Northeastern  Michigan  and  Mr.  Pike 
Central  Michigan. 
In  addition  to  the 
above,  Mr.  Caddy  will  cover  Northern 
Michigan  and  Mr.  Brenton  Lower Cen 
tral  Michigan.

M anufacturing  M atters.

Port  Huron— The  Davidson-Martin 
Co.  has  begun  the  manufacture  of  grain 
purifiers  at 
its  factory  on  Pine  Grove 
avenue.

Port  Huron— The  new  building  of  the 
Huron  Machine  Co. 
is  nearing  com- 
letion  and  the  company  will  shortly 

occupy  same.

Davison— J.  F.  Cartwright,  R. 

Pontiac— The  Pontiac  Carriage  & 
Woodwork  Co.  has  been  organized  for 
the  manufacture  of  carriage  woodwork.
J. 
Groves  and  Howard  Howes,  composing 
the  Davison  Manufacturing  Co.,  have 
closed  up  the  business  and  dissolved 
partnership.

Sturgis— The  Royal  Chair  Co.  has 
been  organized  with  a  capital  stock  of 
$15,000.  The 
incorporators  are  J.  F. 
Walton,  H.  D.  Anthony,  W.  C.  Grob- 
hiser,  C.  A.  Miller,  M.  E.  Aulsbrook, 
all  of  Sturgis.

Bay  City— The  McDonald  Grain  Co. 
incorporated  with  a  capital 
has  been 
stock  of $5,000.  The  incorporators  are 
J.  A.  McDonald,  J.  N.  McDonald, 
Annie  McDonald,  Caroline  McDonald, 
all  of  Bay  City.

Montague— One  of  the largest property 
in  this  v il­
transactions  consummated 
lage  in  many  years  occurred  last  Satur­
day,  when  a  half  interest  in  the  Mon­
tague  Iron  Works  Co.  was  transferred 
from  N.  P.  Hendrie  to  Geo.  H.  Mason. 
Mr.  Mason  has  been  negotiating  for  the 
purchase  of  Mr.  Hendrie’s 
interest  in 
the  Iron  Works  for some  time.

Detroit  The  Wheeler  Manufacturing 
Co.  has  been  organized  with  a  capital 
stock  of $25,000  to  engage  in  the  manu­
facture  and  sale  of  bicycle  saddles.  The 
incorporators  are  F.  S.  Wheeler,  S.  E. 
Hartwell  and  T.  J.  Beaubien,  all  of  De­
troit.

Traverse  C ity—John  F.  Ott,  R.  J. 
Macdonald  and  Riley 
Sweers  have 
formed  a  copartnership  under  the  style 
of  the  Michigan  Manufacturing  Co.  to 
engage 
in  the  manufacture  of  wooden- 
ware  novelties,  curtain  poles  and  trim- 
mings.

Sagin aw -T he  old  City  Mills  will 
probably  be  operated  with 
electric 
power  in  a  short  time.  The  owner, 
Hon.  Joseph  W.  Fordney,  is  convinced 
that  electric  power  is  the  most  economi­
cal  and  is  now negotiating  with  the Val­
ley  Traction  Co.

Saginaw— The  McCormick  Reaper 
Co.,  which  recently  determined  to  make 
Saginaw  the  distributing  point  for  the 
Saginaw  Valley,  has  leased  the  store  at 
226  North  Hamilton  street  for an  office 
and  has  also  secured  other  buildings 
from  Mr.  Barnard  for  warerooms.

Fenton— Citizens  of  Fenton  have  or­
ganized  under the name  of  the  Brother­
hood  of  Fenton  for  the  purpose  of  mak- 
ing  improvements  to  the  business  of  the 
village.  A   committee  has  been  ap­
pointed  to  discuss  the 
feasibility  of 
starting  a  condensed  milk factory.

Owosso— The  Castree  Shaw  Co.  has 
bee-  succeeded by the Vincent Valve Co. 
The  new  firm  disposes  of  all  its  output 
to  one  firm  in  Cohoes,  N.  Y.  The  offi- 
J 
cera  are  as 
Schurtz,  White  Pigeon ;  Vice-President,’
A.  D.  Whipple,  Owosso;  Secretary  and 
Treasurer,  E.  C.  Bacon.

follows:  President  J 

H ides,  P elts,  T allow   an d   Wool. 

Hides  are  not  in  supply  for  the  wants 
af  the  tanner.  The  advance  in  price  is 
against  all  arguments  to  the  contrary 
One  tanner  says  he  adds  ic  per  pound 
on  the  price  of  each  car  of  leather or­
it  is  taken,  and  yet  there  is 
dered,  and 
no  profit  to  him 
It 
looks 
like  old  prices  all  around  in  the 
near  future.

for  the  tanning. 

Pelts  are  wanted  at  old  prices  and  an 
advance  is  asked,  which  is  likely  to  be 
obtained.

Turs  are  being  offered,  with  prices 
approximately  higher  than 
last  year, 
except  on  rat  which  are  much  lower  on 
account  of  the 
larger quantities  being 
carried  over  from  last  year.  Coons  are 
a  little  lower.  The  warm  weather  makes 
an  uncertain  market,  as  manufactured 
goods  have  not  sold  so  far.

Tallow  remains  quiet,  with  good  de­
mand  for  prime  stock.  There  are  no 
large  quantities  in  sight.

Wools  are  on  the  advance  and  sales 
are 
large.  Buyers  are  on  hand  for  all 
that  is  offered.  The State  has  been  well 
cleaned  up  during  the  past  month,  with 
no 
left  outside  of  Detroit 
Higher  prices  are  look ed  for.

large 

lots 

Wm.  T.  Hess.

For  G illies’  N.  Y ?   tea,  all  kinds, 

grades  and  prices,  phone  Visner,  800

» 6. C M S ,
, 

ALLEGAN. HIGH.

Perrigo’s Headache Powders,  Per- 
rigo’s  Mandrake Bitters,  Perrigo’s 
Dyspepsia  Tablets  and  Perrigo’s 
Quinine Cathartic Tablets are gain­
ing new triends every  day.  If you 
haven’t already a good  supply  on, 
write us for prices.

FLAVORING EXlfiAGiS MD DRUGGISTS’ SUNDRIES

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

6

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

T h e   P r o d u c e   M a r k e t.

it 

Apples— Winter  fruit  is  meeting  with 
ready  sale  on  the  basis  of  $2.25  per  bbl. 
for  choice,  $2.50  for  fancy  and  $2.75  for 
extra  fancy.  Michigan  apples  are  like­
ly  to  be  very  scarce  in  the  near  future, 
owing  to the  fact  that  all  the 
fruit  out­
side  of  cold  storage  was  so  seriously 
damaged  by  the  October  warm spell that 
it  is  rotting  very  rapidly.

Beans— The  market 

is  in  a  most  pe­
culiar  condition  and  local  dealers  are  at 
a  loss  to  interpret  the  situation.  They 
are  holding  hand  picked  stock  at  $1.65, 
although 
is  worth  S i.75  on  a  parity 
with  Chicago  and  Toledo  markets. 
Whether  the 
large  holders  of  beans  are 
bolstering  up  the  price  in  order to  un­
load,  or  whether  the  high  price  is  due 
to  natural  conditions  over  which  the 
dealers  Have  no  control,  is  one  of  the 
unsolved  problems  of 
the  business. 
There  are  reports  that  several shipments 
of  German  beans  are  on  their  way  to 
this  country,  which,  if  true,  will  have 
a  tendency  to  break  the  market  in  the 
East,  and  this  will  naturally  effect  the 
high  prices  prevailing  in  the  West.

Beets—$1  per  3  bu.  bbl.
Butter  Factory  creamery  has 

sus­
tained  a  sharp  advance,  owing  to  the 
dearth  of  receipts  and  the  active  de­
mand  which  has  sprung  up  during  the 
past  few  days.  Receipts  of  dairy  grades 
are  also  small,  in  consequence  of  which 
prices  have  moved  up  about  2c,  extra 
fancy  readily  commanding  20c,  fancy 
fetching  18c  and  choice  bringing  16c. 

Cabbage— 35@40c  per doz.
Carrots—$1  per  3  bu.  bbl.
Celery— 15c  per  doz.  bunches. 
Cranberries— Cape  Cod  stock  is  meet­
ing  with  ready  sale  on  the  basis  of $5.50 
<^5-75  per  bbl.  Wisconsin  Bell  and 
Bugle  command  $6  for  standard  and  $7 
for  fancy.

Dressed  Poultry— Spring  chickens  are 
in  good  demand  at  8c.  Fowls  are  in 
fair  demand  at  7c.  Ducks  command  8c 
for  spring  and  7c  for  old.  Geese  find  a 
market  on  the  basis  of  8@ q c  for  young. 
Old  are  not  wanted  at  any  price.  Tur­
keys  are 
in  good  demand  at  10c  for 
spring  and  8c  for  old.

Eggs— The  market 

is  higher  and 
stronger,  due  to  increased  consumption 
and 
lessened  receipts.  Dealers  hold 
fresh  candled  at  20c,  but  sell  case  count 
stock  at  17c.  Cold  storage 
is  being 
drawn  on  to  a  considerable  ex'tent,  find­
ing  ready  sale  at  17c.

Game— Rabbits  are  in  fair  demand  at 
§1.25  per  doz.  Squirrels  are 
in  active 
demand  at  90c<fr$i  for  black  and  $1.20 
for  fox.  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  $1.50^2.  Sand  snipes 
* command  75c  per doz.  and yellow-legged 
$1.50  per  doz.

Grapes— New  York  Concords  are  held 

at  15@ 17c  for  8  pound  baskets.

Honey—White  clover  is  scarce  at  15® 
16c.  Dark  amber  and  mixed  command 
I3@i4c.

Live  Poultry— Squabs  are  in  fair  de­
mand  at  $1  per  doz.  Pigeons  are  in 
strong  demand  at  5o@6oc  per  doz. 
Chickens  are  strong  at  6@7C.  Fowls 
are  not  so  active  at  5@6c.  Turkeys  are 
eagerly  purchased  at  7@9C.  Ducks  are 
in  fair  demand  at  5@6c.  Geese  fetch 
$5@6  per  doz.

Onions— Dealers  hold  Spanish at $1.40 
per  crate  and  home  grown  at  35@40c. 
The  warm  wave 
in  October  serious­
large  percentage  of  the 
ly 
crop,  so  far  as 
its  keeping  quality  is 
concerned.

injured  a 

Nuts— Ohio  hickory  command  $1.25 

for  large  and  §1.50  for  small.

Parsnips—$1.25  per  3  bu.  bbl.
Plums— German  prune  from  cold  stor­

age  are  held  at  $3  per  bu.

Potatoes— The 

indications  are  favor­
able 
for  a  higher  iange  of  values,  and 
while  no  local  or  outside  buyer  is  un­
dertaking  to  pay  more  than  25c,  except 
in  the  case  of  a  sudden  spurt  due  to 
local  competition,  it  is  not  thought  un­
likely  that  the  buying  price  will  move 
up  to  30c  .in  the  course  of  a  fortnight 
and  advance  to  35  or  40c  before  the  end

of  the  year.  The  farmers  are  naturally 
holding back  in  hopes  of  getting  better 
>,  and  buyers  can  only  handle 
:d  quantities  of  stock  anyway  be­
inability  to  secure  cars 

cause  of  their 
to  move  the  stock.

Squash  -Hubbard  commands  l^ c   per 

pound.

Sweet  Potatoes  Jerseys  are  in  good 
demand at$3.25@3-5o per bbl.  Virginias 
are  active  on  the  basis  of  $2.25(^2.50 
per  bbl.

Turnips-  $1  per  bbl.

T h e   G r a in   M a r k e t.

lower  and 

in  about  J^d. 

The  past  week  has  been,  to  say  the 
least,  very  demoralizing 
in  the  wheat 
market,  with  apparently no cause,  as  the 
situation  is  as  strong  as when  wheat  was 
8c  per  bushel  higher,  only  that  our  vis­
ible  seems  to  grow  larger,  which  seems 
to  be  unaccountable,  as  has  been  stated 
before.  We  have  exported  77,250,000 
bushels  since  July  1,  1899,  against  76,-
202.000  bushels  during  the  correspond­
ing  time 
in  1898,  when  the  United 
States  harvested  about  180,000,000  bush­
els  more  than  this  season.  Where  this 
large  visible  of  52,540,000  bushels comes 
from  is  a  conundrum.  Liverpool  cables 
came 
the 
world’s  visible  also  showed  2,760,000 
bushels 
increase,  which  gave  wheat  a 
depressed  tone.  However,  when  the 
light  receipts  at  primary  points  in  the 
Northwest  were  reported,  amounting  to 
only  923,000  bushels,  against  1,906,000 
bushels  for the  corresponding  date 
last 
year,  and  the  large  flour  sales  for  export 
were  reported  and 
it  was  learned  that 
millers  were  compelled  to buy  wheat  in 
wheat  centers,  instead  of  getting it  from  
farmers  direct,  a  strong  feeling  set  in. 
The  short 
interest  also  tried  to  cover, 
but  they  found  no  wheat  offering,  which 
caused  the  market  to  gain  fully  ic  to 
i% c  per  bushel.  As  the  receipts  at 
initial  points  are  liable  to  fall still lower 
prices  will  probably  advance  more  in 
the  near  future,  especially  as  farmers 
have  not  been  free  sellers  of  late.  They 
seem  to  be  holding  off  as  they  have  sold 
all  they  intend  to  sell  for  the  present.

Corn  has  also  declined,  in  sympathy 
with  wheat,  although  the  visible  de­
creased  923,000  bushels,  which 
leaves 
the  visible  at  11,909,000  bushels,against
22.529.000  bushels  last  year  at  the  same 
date.

Oats  showed  a  decline,with  no  appar­
ent  reason,  as  the  visible  keeps  declin­
ing.

it  regained 

Rye  sagged 

in  price  at  one  time  5c 
per  bushel,  but 
loss 
somewhat,  but  is  not  as  strong  as  it  was 
a  month  ago. 
looks  as  though  rye 
will  not  see  the  top  figures  again  this 
season,  while  the  other  cereals  will  en­
hance  in  price.

its 

It 

Nothing  pew  in  the  flour trade.  Prices 
scarce. 
feed,  while  we  can  not  report  an 

remain  steady,  as  wheat 
Mill 
advance,  is  very  strong  and  steady.

is 

Receipts  were  40  cars  of  wheat,  14 

cars  of  com  and  3  cars  of  oats.

Mills  are  paying  64c  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

S.  A.  Watt,  the  veteran  Saranac  gen­
eral  dealer,  whose  stock  was  destroyed 
in  the  recent  fire  at  that  place,  has  re­
engaged 
in  the  grocery  business,  pur­
chasing  his  stock  of  the  Lemon  & 
Wheeler  Co.

Chas.  E.  Huhn,  whose  dry  goods  and 
grocery  stock  was  destroyed  in  the  fire 
at  Saranac,  has purchased a  new  stock  of 
groceries  from  the  Worden  Grocer  Co.

A.  M.  Maris  has  purchased  the  hard­
ware  stock  of  Jackson  &  Son,  at Owosso, 
and  consolidated  it  with  his  stock  at  115 
Monroe  street.

T he  G rocery  M arket.

Sugar— The  raw  sugar  market 

is 
weaker and  prices  have  declined 
i-i6c, 
making  the  price  of  96  deg.  test  cen­
trifugals  now  4%'c.  The  refined  market 
is  unchanged,  but  with  a  moderate  de­
mand.  Heavy  purchases  of  beet  sugar 
from  the  Bay  City,  Benton  Harbor  and 
Holland  factories  have  been  made  dur­
ing  the  past  two  or  three  weeks  and  the 
sugar 
is  giving  excellent  satisfaction. 
The  total  stock  of  sugar  in  the  United 
States 
is  181,413  tons,  against  139,902 
tons  at  the  same  time  last  year.

for  corn 

in  peas,  but 

Canned  Goods  Consumers  of  canned 
goods  may  well  wonder  where  the  ad­
vance  in  prices  is  going  to  end.  With­
in  a  week  peaches  have  advanced  2o@ 
25c  per dozen  and  the  prospect  is  there 
will  be  still 
further  advances  as  the 
stock  on  hand  is  cleaned  up.  Corn  is 
up  5c  and  will  go  higher.  There  is  no 
change 
it  is  only  the  ab­
sence  of  present  demand  which  prevents 
a  sharp  advance.  The  general  outlook 
is  not  encouraging  for  an  active  busi­
ness  during  the  early  part  of  1900,  sim­
ply  because  the  stocks  of  all  lines,  ex­
cepting  tomatoes  and  pears,  will  be 
practically  cleaned  up 
long  before  the 
season  of  1900  opens.  Tomatoes  are 
reported  a  trifle  weaker,  although  there 
has  been  no  quotable  change  in  prices. 
Without  doubt  prices  will advance again 
as  soon  as  any  considerable  buying  be­
gins.  The  demand 
is  very 
good;  so  good,  in  fact,  that  it  is  almost 
impossible  to  supply  the  trade.  Buyers 
are  scouring  the  country  for  supplies, 
but  so  far  the  quantity  found  is  very 
small  and  within  the  next  few  weeks 
everything  will  be  cleaned  up.  Buyers 
of  peas  are  beginning  to  search  for  sup­
plies,  but  so  far  there  has  been no heavy 
buying.  When  this  does  begin  there 
will  be  an  advance  that  will  place  peas 
in  the  list  of  luxuries.  There  are  almost 
none  obtainable  and  buyers  are  wonder­
ing  what  they  will  do 
later.  The  sup­
ply  of  peaches  is  small  and  prices  are 
very  high.  What  few  grades  are 
left 
are  too  high  for  ordinary  uses  and  some 
large consumers are compelled  to buy the 
evaporated stock  to make up deficiencies. 
Peaches  will  be  a  luxury  before  the  first 
of  the  year.  The  situation  in  California 
fruits  grows  more  acute  and  there  will 
be  nothing  left in  a  short  time.  A pri­
cots  were  the  most  plentiful  of  any  Cal­
ifornia  fruit, but the  shortage  in  peaches 
compelled  the  purchase  of  apricots  to 
supply  the  deficiency  and  the  artificial 
demand  thus  created  speedily  absorbed 
the  surplus  of  apricots  and  prices  have 
advanced  twice.  The  sardine  situation 
is  very  strong  and  an  advance  of  25c 
per  case  may  occur  almost  any  day. 
According  to  advices  from  the  coast,  the 
majority  of  the  Puget  Sound  canneries 
have  wound  up  the  cohoe  pack  and  the 
fish  have  now  ceased  running.  The  es­
timates  for the  pack  show  a  total  of  90,- 
200  cases.  The  situation  of  Columbia 
River salmon  is  exceedingly  strong  and 
is  stated  that  considerable  of  the 
it 
existing  firmness 
is  due  to  the  large 
purchases  for  export.

in  dried 

Dried  Fruit— Trade 

fruit, 
while  not  quite  so  active  as  for  the  past 
few  weeks,  is  still 
in  good  condition. 
Raisins  continue  active,  with  no  change 
in  prices.  Prunes  are  about  the  same 
as  previously 
little 
change  in  prices.  The  heavy  carry  over 
of 
last  season’s  goods  has  had  a  de­
pressing  effect  this  year,  but  it  is  un­
derstood  that  what  are  left  will  soon  be 
cared  fot  and  that  the  new  crop  will 
then  have  clear  sailing. 
is  now 
stated  that  the  French  crop  will  not  go

reported,  with 

It 

over  15,000,000  pounds  and  may  fall  to 
12,000,000,  both  of  which  are  below  all 
former  estimates.  The  total  pack  of 
peaches 
is  placed  at  1,300  cars,  against 
an  estimate  of  1,500  to  2,000  cars  made 
earlier  in  the  season.  Probably  not  over 
200  cars  are  now  left 
in  first  hands. 
Stocks  are  well  cleaned  up  and  we  still 
have  eight  months’  consumption  ahead. 
By  the  end  of  the  year  practically  noth­
ing  will  be 
left.  Prices  are  very  firm 
and  trade  is  moderately  active.  Peaches 
are  exceptionally  good  property  this 
year.  Apricots  are  scarce.  There 
is 
very  little  business  stirring,  except  here 
for  immediate 
and  there  a  few  orders 
consumption. 
slightly 
easier,  but  no  change  in  price  has  yet 
The  evaporated  apple 
taken  place. 
market 
just  at  present, 
with  almost  no  sales  at  all,  buyers  evi­
supplies  on 
dently  having  sufficient 
hand 
It  is  expected, 
however,  that  prices  will  advance  again 
soon.  Figs  and  dates  sell  well  at  full 
prices  and  orders  are  for  larger  quanti­
ties  than  usual,  on  account  of  the  com­
ing  holiday  trade.

for  the  present. 

is  very  quiet 

Currants  are 

Fish— The  market  for  codfish  con­
tinues  steady,  with  good  demand  at  un­
changed  prices.  There 
is  nothing  of 
interest 
in  the  mackerel  market,  prices 
remaining  practically  the  same.

Molasses  and  Syrups-  Because  of  the 
recent  damage  done  by 
frost,  which 
killed  the  buds  on  the  cane,  and  with 
possible  further  damage 
to  be  heard 
from,  considerable  shortage  is  expected. 
Prices  are  consequently  expected  to  be 
correspondingly  higher as  the season ad­
vances,  and  new  crop  is  already  10c  per 
gallon  higher,  compared  with  last  year’s 
is  a  good  demand  for 
prices.  There 
corn  syrup,  especially 
for  the  goods  in 
cans.

Green  Fruits— Lemons  are  firmer  and 
better  prices  are  expected  during  the 
remainder  of  the  season.  Old  lemons 
are  entirely  out  of  the  market  and  the 
quality  of  the  new  crop  is quite satisfac­
tory.  Bananas  are  moving  rather  more 
briskly  at  advanced  figures  and  trade 
appears  to  be  on  a  better  basis. 
1 he 
result 
is  that  holders  are  moving  their 
stocks  at  rather better figures  than  they 
expected.

Rice- -There 
for  rice,  both 
grades,  at  unchanged  prices.

is  a  moderate  demand 
foreign  and  domestic 

Nuts  Trade 

in  nuts  continues  very 
full  prices  and  buyers  find 
active  at 
difficulty 
in  securing  supplies  for their 
trade.  Every  crop  is  short,  not  only  in 
this  country,  but,  according  to  the  best 
information  obtainable, in  every  produc­
ing  country  in  the  world.  The  quality 
is  reported  unusually  good  in all regions 
and  prices  promise  to  rule  high  until 
after  the  holidays.  The  combines  which 
control  the  supplies  of  almonds  and 
walnuts 
in  this  country  are  said  to  be 
reaping  a  harvest  now.  They  are  able 
to  dictate  terms  to  anyone  who  wants  to 
buy  and  are  holding  the  prices  stiff  on 
all  grades.  Owing  to  the  high  prices  of 
other  nuts,  Brazils  continue  to  be  the 
prime  favorite.  The  demand  does  not 
let  up  any  as  the  season  advances,  but 
rather  increases  every  day.  We  certain­
ly  look  for  much  higher  prices  on Brazil 
nuts  in  the  near  future.  All  grades  of 
almonds  are  very  firm  and  in  short  sup­
ply.  Pecans  are  the  shortest  on  record. 
The  market  is  bare  of  old  peanuts.  The 
crop  now  being  harvested  appears  to  be 
an  average  one.  The  nuts  are  of  good 
quality.  Mild,  dry  weather  prevails, 
and  should  this  condition  continue,  the 
crop  will  be  marketed  in  good  condi­
tion.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

6

W om an’s W orld

W h y   S o m e   W o m e n   S u cce e d   in   t h e   A r t   o f  

F a ilin g .
As  I  make  my  little 

long 

journey  through 
frequently  meet  with  women 
life  I 
who  are  apparently  bent  upon  making 
the  worst  of  life  and  failing  wherever  it 
is  possible.  They  are  friends  who  make 
you 
for  enemies;  they  are  wives 
who  put  a  premium  on  the  state  of  sin­
gle-blessedness ;  they  are  mothers  who 
make  one  wish  they  had  been  bom 
orphans  and  they  are  housekeepers  who 
drive  their  families  to  boarding. 
It  has 
been  my  privilege  to  know  intimately 
number  of  these 
ladies,  and  a  careful 
study  of  their  methods  has  enabled  me 
to  present  the  following  accurate  and 
tested  rules  for  failing:

As  an  Individual:  Believe  firmly  and 
consistently  that  there  is  but  one  thing 
on  earth,  and  that  you  are  it.  Ride 
rough  shod  over  everybody  else’s  opin 
ions  and  preferences.  .What  right  have 
they  got  to  have  preferences,  anyhow. 
If  you  belong  to  a  club,  take  everything 
as  personal  that 
is  said  in  it  and  get 
angry  and  take  your  doll  rags  and  go 
home  whenever anybody  dares  to  diffe 
with  you.  Have  car  windows  closed  in 
if  you  happen  to  be  chilly  and 
August 
opened 
in  December  if  you  are  warm, 
regardless  of  whether  tlmt  pleases  other 
people  or  not.  The  mere  fact  that  they 
have  paid  as  much  as  you,  and  have  the 
same  rights,  does  not  enter  into  the 
question  at  all.  Never  forget  that  you 
are  Mrs.  Colonel  Blood  and  that  you  be­
long  to  the  D.  A.  R. ’s,  and  have  a 
family  tree.  Never  allow  other  people 
to  forget  this  either.  To  this  end,  re­
peatedly  refer  to  the  fact.  Talk  about 
yourself. 
is  a  fascinating  subject 
that  can  not  fail  to  interest  the  general 
public.  Tell  what  your  children  say. 
Recount  your  troubles  with  your  ser­
vants.  Describe  your  maladies.  Cul­
tivate  a 
in  order 
that  you  may  be  able  to  talk  other  peo­
ple  down,  if  they  are  rash  enough  to  try 
to  retort. 
If  following  these  rules  will 
not  make  you  shunned  and  avoided, 
nothing  will,  and  you  are  simply  the 
victim  of  hopeless and  undeserved  popu­
larity.

loud,  strident  voice 

It 

live,  and 

learn  your  business. 

As a  Housekeeper:  Don’t deign to take 
the  trouble  to 
It 
is  true  that  the  health  and  well-being 
of  your  family  depend  on  your  having 
it,  but  that  s  a  small  consid­
mastered 
trained  nurses 
eration.  Doctors  and 
have  to 
if  it  was  not  for  the 
philanthropic  efforts  of  women like  you, 
most  of  them  would  starve  to  death  for 
lack  of  patronage.  By  the  same  token 
it 
is  plainly  your  duty  to  enrich  the 
grocer  and  butcher  and  market  man  by 
leaving  all  buying  to  the  servants,  and 
permitting  the  stream  of  waste  to  flow 
unchecked  through  the  kitchen  door. 
This 
leads  to  bankruptcy  oftener than 
not,  but  there  are  bound  to  be  victims 
offered  up 
in  every  good  cause.  De­
mand 
impossible  things  of  your  serv­
ants.  Expect  the  maid  to  know  more 
than  her  mistress  does,  and  change  as 
often  as  possible.  Variety,  you  know, 
especially 
in  servants,  is  the  spice  of 
life.  When  your  husband  married  you 
he  understood  that  your  part  of  the  con­
tract  was  to  make  a  comfortable  home. 
Don’t  let  any  mistaken  idea  of  honesty 
feel  that  you  are  defrauding 
make  you 
him  by  not  doing 
It  is  quite  the 
fashion 
for  people  to  default  on  their 
contracts  nowadays,  and  any  old  excuse ' 
will  do.  Just  say  that  your tastes  are I 
not  domestic,  and  that  will  reconcile

it. 

him  to  watery  soup  and  overdone  meat 
and  underdone  bread.
_ As  a  Friend :  Complete  failure  in  this 
line  is  just  dead  easy.  So  many  people 
possess  the  art  it  seems  scarcely  neces­
sary  to  give  any  directions.  Still  there 
are  a 
few  cardinal  points  that  nobody 
should  miss.  The  first  is  plain  speak­
ing-  Quote  “ Faithful  are  the  wounds 
of  a  friend,”   and  then  sail 
in  without 
fear  of  the  result.  Criticise  her  taste  in 
dress.  Ask  her,  if  she 
is  thin,  if  she 
buys  stripes  with  a  view  to  making  an 
animated  telephone  post  of  herself. 
If 
she  is  fat,  and  appears  in  a  new  plaid 
golf  skirt,  playfully  suggest  that  she 
ooks 
like  a  map  of  the  United  State 
with  all  the  states  and  territories.  We 
always  enjoy  wit  at  our  own  expense 
and  the  fact  that  a  friend  knows  just 
exactly  the  spot  that  will  hurt  the  worst 
in  which  to  put  a  barbed  shaft  adds 
If  your  friend  is 
another  charm  . to  it. 
an  overfond  mother,  tell  her  that  she 
is 
ruining  her  children. 
If  she  is  a  mid- 
dle-aged,  married  woman,  and  you  are 
a  fresh  young  girl,  flirt  with  her  hus­
band.  Encourage  her  to  talk  when  she 
is  angry,  and  confide  in  you  about  her 
husband’s  and children’s failings.  When 
she  cools  off,  and  realizes  what  a  fool 
she  has  made  of  herself  she  will 
infall­
ibly  hate  you 
it.  Another  time- 
honored  expedient  that  has  few  failures 
attached  to 
is  the  habit  of 
in  unconventionally,  without 
running 
knocking, 
friend’s  home. 
That  way  you  find  out  all  the  family  se­
crets, the  makeshifts  of  poverty,  the  pre­
tenses  and  other things  that  will  endear 
you  beyond  words 
If  other 
means  fail  there  is  one  sure thing  to  fall 
back  upon—borrowing. 
Borrow  your 
friend’s  bicycle  and  puncture  the  tire, 
borrow  her  swell  dress  and  copy  the 
way  the  trimming  is  put  on  around  the 
bottom ;  borrow  her  new  patterns  before 
she  has  time  to  use  them.  No  friend­
ship  that  was  ever  made  has  ever  been 
strong  enough  to  stand  borrowing.  A 
gift  may  bless  the  giver  and  the  re­
ceiver  and  cement  the  bond  of  affec­
tion  closer  between  two  people,  but  a 
borrowed  thing 
is  a  gift  with  a  string 
tied  to 
it  which  the  unwilling  giver  is 
always^  trying  to  get  back.  Persist  in 
borrowing  and  a  coldness  that  you  can 
cut  with  a  knife  will  grow  up  between 
you  and  every  friend  you  have  in  the 
world.

into  your 

its  record 

to  them. 

for 

in  which 

As  a  Wife :  There are  so  many  differ­
ent  ways 
failure  along  this 
ine  may  be  achieved  that  it  is  difficult 
to  miss  them.  Still,  to  fail  completely 
and  artistically  requires  some 
skill. 
One  of  the  chief  things  is  to  nag.  A l­
ways  remind  your  husband  of  his  faults, 
while  if  he  has  any  good  points  never 
by  any  chance  mention  them. 
This 
tend  to  make  home  happy  and  rest- 
ful. 
It  js  a  pleasure  to  a  man  to  know 
his  w ife’s  real  opinion  of  him.  Never 
do  your  own  errands.  It  is  recreation  to 
a  busy  man,  with  a  hard  day’s  work 
ahead  of  him,  to  have  to  stop  by  the 
•butcher  s  and  baker’s  and  shoemaker’s 
and  see  about  little  things.  Then,  if  he 
forgets,  it  gives  you  a  chance  to  put  on 
an  injured  expression  and  sulk. 
If  you 
have  the  talent  for  sulking,  by  the  way 
it  is  amply  sufficient  without  following 
any  of  the  other  suggestions.  Meet  your 
husband  at  the  front  door,  if  possible, 
with  a  detailed  account  of  all  the  ac­
cumulated  worries  of  the  day.  You can’t 
think  how  restful  and  soothing  it  is  to 
his  fretted  and  tired  nerves,  that  have 
been  on  a  strain  all  day  that  is  almost 
at  the  breaking  point,  to  be  told  in  the 
first  moment  of  his  arrival  home that the 
plumber  has  sent 
in  his  bill  and  the 
coal  is  out,  and  the  housemaid  broke 
his  meerschaum  pipe,  and  Johnny  had 
a  fight  and  the  doctor  thinks  the  baby 
is  coming  down  with  the  measles.  After 
a  good  dinner  and  a  rest  and  a  smoke 
he  might  be  braced  up  to  meet  such  of 
these  unpleasantnesses  as 
it  is  neces­
sary  he  should  be  told,  so  in  order to get 
your work  in  you  must  not  wait,  but  be­
gin  at  once  on  the  tale  of  woe.  Don’t 
let  hint  smoke  where  he  likes,  and  be 
sure  to  always  complain  of  the  way  he 
leaves  his  paper on  the  floor  and  a  book 
where  he happened  to  read  it  last.  The 
freedom  to  do  these  things  will  console- 
loss  should  providence I
film 

for  your 

deprive  him  of  your  watchful  care.  Re­
mind  him  every  now  and  then  that  you 
could  have  married  Tom  Brown,  or 
Dick  Gray,  who  have  since  become  rich 
and  famous.  There’s  nothing  a  man  en­
joys  so  much  as  being  told  his  wife 
made  a  sacrifice  in  marrying him.  Any, 
or  all,  of  these  rules  are  guaranteed  to 
In  the  allegories  Love  is  always 
work. 
painted  with  wings,  which 
is  to  show 
that  it  can  fly  away  from  us  as  easily  as 
it  came.

As  a  Mother:  Forget  that  you  were 
ever  young  yourself.  Object  on  prin­
ciple  to  everything  your  children  want 
to  do.  When  they  are 
little,  don’t  let 
them  slide  down  the  banisters,  for  fear 
they  might  scratch  the  rail.  Don’t 
let 
them  make  horses  out  of  the  chairs,  or 
ruin  the  carpets  by  having  little  feasts 
between  meals. 
In  a  little  while  they 
will  be  saying: 
“ Let’s  go  over  to 
Johnny  Brown’s,  where  his  mother  will 
let  us  have  fun,"  and  you  will  have 
successfully  begun  the  process  of  alien­
ating  them  from  home.  Naturally  your 
belongings  are  of  more  value  than  your 
children’s  souls,  and  your  first  duty  in 
life 
is  to  keep  your  mahogany  un­
scratched  and  your  carpets  clean.  When 
the  boys  and  girls  grow  up,  adopt  a 
policy  of  chronic  discouragement  to­
wards  them.  Tell  them  that  their  little 
plans  are  foolish,  that  their  hopes  are 
absurd  and  impossible.  Always  throw 
cold  water  on  everything.  This  will 
keep  you  from  being  troubled  with  their 
confidences,  which  they  will 
to 
genial  and  often  unscrupulous strangers. 
Resolutely  shut  your  eyes  to  the  fact 
that  they  are  getting  grown  up,  and per­
sist  in  treating  them  like  they  were 
lit­
tle  children.  Do  not  commit  the  folly 
of  giving  them  any 
liberty,  or  being 
chummy  with  them.  When  the  girls 
begin  to  have  beaux,  criticise  and  ridi­
cule  every  young  man  who  comes  to  the 
house.  Sit  within  ear-shot  of them,  and, 
when  he 
gone,  make  sarcastic 
speeches  about  the  way  they  discussed 
parties,  and  other  girls  and  boys,  and 
football,  and  things  like  that.  Say  when 
you  were  a  girl,  the  young  men  of  that

take 

is 

time  were  all  models,  with  serious  aims 
and  aspirations,  and  that  you  never 
talked  of  anything  but  literature,  and 
art,  and  religion. 
In  this  way  you  will 
teach  your daughters  to  meet  young men 
of  whom  you  know  nothing  at  othei 
people’s  houses,  with  a  hopeful  chance 
of  having  them  elope.  This  will  save 
you  the  trouble  and  expense  of  a  wed­
ding.  The  whole  art  of  failing  as  a 
mother  my  be  summed  up 
in  one  ad­
monition :  Never  be  friends  with  your 
children. 
love  you 
from  a  sense  of  duty.  Not  because  you 
make  yourself  agreeable  to  them.

Expect  them 

to 

As  a  Business  Woman:  The  principal 
thing  in  this  is  to  insist on being treated 
like  a  spoiled  society  pet  while  you  are 
drawing  $7  a  week  as  a  typewriter. 
Come  late  to  work  with  the  airy  excuse 
you  would  make  if  you  had  kept  your 
escort  to  the  opera  waiting  ten  minutes. 
Do  your  work  with  a  haughtily  conde­
scending  air,  as  if  you  were  conferring 
a  favor on  your employer.  Always  look 
oppressed  and  mournful.  -It  is  so  cheer­
ing  to  have  that  kind  of  a  person  about. 
Never,  on  any  account,  get  interested in 
your work.  Do 
it  your  own  way,  not 
the  way  your  employer  wants.  Don’t 
bother  about  spelling.  Anything  goes. 
Trade  as  much  as  you  can  on  being  a 
therefore,  entitled  to  all 
woman,  and, 
sorts  of 
liberties  that  would  never  be 
granted  to  a  man  employe,  and  then  be 
always  wondering  why  women  don’t  get 
the  same  wages  as  men.  Weep  every 
time  anybody  corrects  you  for  making 
mistakes.  Talk  about  your  nerves  and 
your  health.  That  is  what  you  are  paid 
to  spend  your  time  doing.  Discuss  your 
employer  s  business out  of  the  office  and 
relate  the  private  affairs  you  became 
acquainted  with 
in  your  position  as 
stenographer.  Be  unpunctual,  unreli­
able  and  uninterested  in  what  you  are 
ioing,  and  you  can  safely  count' on  the 
outcome. _  This  plan  has  been  tried— is 
being  tried— by  thousands  of  working 
women  all  over the  world  to-day,  and  in 
every  case 
in  making  a 
complete  and  artistic  failure.

is  resulting 

Dorothy  Dix.

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£ THE HENRY fi.  NEWLHND CO. Ì

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£  
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DETROIT,  MICHIGAN.

In  the  Market  Stronger Than  Ever.

Manufacturers of 
a full  line of

ranging  in  price from 
37)4 c  upwards.

These  superior lines—

The  Always  Reliable 
Wolverine  Brands—

M ay  be  secured   b y—

Waiting  for  our  sales­

man,

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If so,  write Strong,  Lee &  Co.  Detroit,  Mich., 

for job in  Ribbons.

If so, write Strong,  Lee &  Co ,  Detroit,  Mich.,  w  
Sy

for job  in  Ladies’  Fleecy-Lined  Hose. 

If so,  write  Strong,  Lee &  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich., 

If so,  write Strong,  Lee  &  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich., 

for job in  Corsets.

for job  in  Misses’  Fleecy-Lined  Hose.

If so, write  Strong,  Lee &  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich  , 

for job in  Dress  Stays.

If so, write Strong,  Lee &  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich., 
for job in  Ladies’ $g oo  Fleeced  Wrapper.

jj 

If so, write  Strong,  Lee &  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich., 

for job in  Hose  Supporters.

If so, write Strong,  Lee  &  Co  ,  Detroit,  Mich.,  W 
w

for job  in  Standard  Dress  Prints. 

If so, write Strong,  Lee &  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich., 

If so, write Strong,  Lee  &  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich., 

for job in  Safety  Pins.

for job  in 64x64  Dark  Percales.

If so,  write  Strong,  Lee &  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich., 

If so,  write Strong,  Lee &  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich., 

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for job  in Turkey  Red  Handkerchiefs.

If so, write Strong,  Lee &  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich., 

for job in  Ladies’  Wool'Hose.

If so, write Strong,  Lee &  Co  ,  Detroit,  Mich., 

for job  in  Ice  Wool  Shawls.

If so, write Strong,  Lee &  Co.  Detroit,  Mich., 

for job in  Men’s Cotton  Fleece-lined 
Underwear.

If so, write Strong,  Lee &  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich., 

for job in  Ladies’  Cotton  Ribbed 
Underwear.

for job  in 9-4  Bleached  and  Brown 
Sheeting.

If so, write  Strong,  Lee  &  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich.,  Sty 

for job in  Blankets. 

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If so,  write Strong,  Lee &  Co  ,  Detroit,  Hich.,  w  
for job in  Short  Length  Domet  Flannels  ^
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If so,  write  Strong,  Lee  &  Co.,  Detroit,  flieh.,  y|/

for job  in  Quilts. 

for job  in  Light  Domets at 3^  cents.

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going  to  embark  in  the  retail  dry  goods  business,  write

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W h e n  w r it in g   to   a n y   o f   o u r   A d v e r tis e r s  
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m e n t  in   th e   M ic h ig a n   T ra d e sm a n .

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

WEDNESDAY,  -  •  NOVEMBER  15.1899.

ST A T E   OF  M ICHIGAN \  ss 

County  of  Kent 

\

John  DeBoer,  being  duly  sworn,  de 

poses  and  says  as  follows :

I  am  pressman 

in  the  office  of  the 
Tradesman  Company  and have charge o. 
the  presses  and  folding  machine  in  that 
establishment. 
folded
7,ooo  copies  of  the  issue  of  Nov.  8,1899 
and  saw  the  edition  mailed  in  the  usua. 
manner.  And 
further  deponent  saith 
not. 

I  printed  and 

John  DeBoer.

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

notary  public 
this  eleventh  day  of  November,  1899.
Henry  B.  Fairchild, 

Notary  Public  in  and  for  Kent  County 

Mich.

M O R E   T R O U B L E   A H E A D .

A  new  menace  confronts  the  retai 
dealer 
in  the  shape  of  an  impending 
craze  for  the  establishment  of  co-opera 
tive  stores. 
It  would  seem  as  though 
the  retailer  had  enough  to  contend  with 
in  the  competition  of  the  department 
store  in  the  city  and  the  catalogue house 
in  the  country,  but,  unless  the  Trades­
man  reads  the  signs  of  the  times wrong­
ly,  the present  discontent  of  the  working 
classes,  due  to  the  pernicious  doctrines 
of  the  walking  delegate,  is  bound  to 
find  expression 
establishment 
and  maintenance  of  co-operative  stores. 
Such  a  movement  swept  over  the  coun­
try  thirty  years  ago  when  the  Patrons  of 
Husbandry  fathered  a  scheme  to  do 
away  with  the  middleman  and  created 
an  agitation  which  resulted  in  the  es­
tablishment  of 
thousands  of  grange 
stores  in  all  parts  of  the  country.  These 
stores  were  mostly  shortlived  because 
they  were  conducted,  as  a  rule,  by  men 
in  the  mercantile  busi­
inexperienced 
ness ;  and  the 
large  amount  of  money 
thus  lost  will  probably  serve  as  a  lesson 
to  the  farmers  for  several  generations.

in  the 

they  are  organized 

The  present  agitation  appears  to  have 
originated  among  the  workingmen  of 
large  towns,  especially 
the  cities  and 
into  trade 
where 
unions  and  permit  themselves  to  be 
led 
around  like  “ dumb  driven  cattle”   by 
venal  and  unscrupulous 
leaders  who 
have  nothing  to  lose  and  everything  to 
gain  by  the  creation of class distinctions 
and  trade  divisions.  The  movement  has 
not  gained  very  much momentum as yet,  I 
but  outcroppings  of  the  agitation  are 
noted 
in  all  parts  of  the  country  and, 
in  all  probability,  the  retail  trade  will 
shortly  have  to  face  this  problem.  The 
Kalamazoo  grocers  are  already  under­
taking  to  combat  the  socialistic  move­
ment  on  the  part  of  the  employes  of  the 
Upjohn  Pill  &  Granule  Co.,  and  else­
where  in  this  week’s  paper the  Trades­

man  notes  the  establishment  of a simila_ 
enterprise  among  the  employes  of  the 
Dodge  Manufacturing  Co.,  at  Misha 
waka,  Ind.  Similar  stores  have  been 
established  at  Evansville, 
Ind.,  Mas 
sillon,  Ohio,  and  Reading,  Pa.  Like 
the grange  craze  among  the farmers,  th 
movement  is  likely  to  demoralize  regu 
lar  trade  and  established  methods,  but 
it  will  prove  as  evanescent  as 
whether 
was  the 
farmers’  dream  or  whether 
has  come  to  stay,  as  is  the  case  in  Eng 
and,  remains  to  be  seen. 
In'the  mean 
ime 
it  behooves  the  retail  merchant  tc 
give  the  matter  careful  consideration 
with  a  view  to  treating  the  subject  i 
;uch  a  way  that  it  will  derive  the 
least 
¡ncouragement  from  him.  Denuncia 
tion  or  vituperation  or  resort  to  the  boy 
cott  will  simply  stimulate  interest in  the 
movement  on  the  part  of  its  promoters 
and  their adherents.  Movements  which 
would  die  of  their  own  weight  thrive  on 
opposition  and  competition  and,  in  the 
opinion  of  the  Tradesman,  merchants 
who  resort  to  open  opposition  and  ac 
ive  antagonism  of  the 
co-operative 
store  will  find  that  they  have  pursued 
the  wrong  course,  because  such  action 
on  their  part  will  result  in  encouraging 
the  co-operators  to  believe  that  they 
have  struck  something  which  is  worthy 
f  their  consideration  and  support.

F I N A N C I A L L Y   E M B A R R A S S E D .
The  Czar  of  all  the  Russias,  having 
but  recently  visited  his  dear  friend,  the 
jerman  Kaiser,  at  Berlin,  is  now  re 
orted  to  be  trying  to  negotiate  a  loan 
n  the  German  money  centers. 
It  ap 
lears  that  he  has  already  applied  at 
ondon  and  Paris  without  avail,  and 
ow  he  comes  to  the  court  of  Berlin.
It 

ate  a  small  accommodation.  Thus 

is  reported  that  Russia  is  soon  tc 
iuffer  a  financial  crash  through  the enor 
mous  burden  of  building  the  Trans 
Siberian  Railroad.  Moreover,  Russia  is 
threatened  with  serious  trouble  from  the 
arlike  attitude  of  Japan,  and  appar­
ently  the  Czar  finds  it  difficult  to  nego- 
it 
turns  out  that  great  governments  are 
ke 
They  must  have 
»mething  substantial  on  which  to  base 
their  credit,  else  they  can  no  more  bor­
row  money  than  can  any  private  person 
happens  to  be  financially  embar- 
assed. 
is  true  the  Czar  could  print 
unlimited  amounts  of  paper  money;  but 
the  American  people  are  the  only  ones 
ho  believe  that  governments  can create 
In  Europe, 
here  that  sort  of  thing  has  been  tried 
too often,  the  people will not countenance

something  out  of  nothing. 

individuals: 

It 

found, 

The  reason  Admiral  Dewey  called  off 
■S  Atlanta  and  Philadelphia  trips  was 
conviction  on  his  part  that  he  was  to 
be  made  a  side  show  to draw  crowds  to 
fair  and  the  national  export 
the  state 
exposition.  He 
too,  that  there 
rere  elaborate  plans  in  hand  for  balls 
functions,  of  which  he  had 
nd  social 
been  warned.  He  does  not  care 
for 
ances  and  banquets,  and  has  more 
dread  of  an  army  of  adorating  women 
lan  a  fleet  of  iron-clads.  He  knew  he 
could  not  curb  the  demonstration,  so  he 
cut  the  knot  by  a  general  declension.

It 

is  said  that  a  syndicate  is  being 
formed  to  buy  the  oyster  beds  of  V ir­
ginia,  and  that  a  tremendous  effort  will 
be  made  at  the  next  session  of  the  Leg­
islature  to  have  that  body  take  the  pre­
liminary  steps  looking  to an  amendment 
to  the  State  constitution,  so  as  to  permit 
the  sale  to  be  made.

Experience  is  something  that  must  be 
paid  for.  It  is  not  on  the dead-head list.

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

It 

is  rotten  in  the  State  of 
Something 
Pennsylvania. 
is  no  longer  Ameri­
can.  It  has  passed  from  the  list  of  “ the 
land  of  the  free  and  the  home  of  the 
brave.”   It  has  uncrowned  Labor.  That 
king  among  freemen  has  been  driven 
from  his  throne,  his  scepter  wrested 
from  him  and  even  to  him  there  is  a 
suggesl*on  in  the  present  condition  of 
things  that  he  must  go  out  of  the  ruling 
business  in  the  Keystone  State.

It  can  not be  denied  that  he  has  made 
the  most  of  his  self-made  opportunities. 
Beginning  with  nothing  but 
inborn 
selfishness  and 
impudence,  he  has 
trampled  down  the  barriers  that  should 
have  kept  him  in  until  his  self-assumed 
kingship  has  become  a  paralyzing  pest 
n  every  community  he  has  entered. 
‘ High  on  his  throne  of  lofty  state,”   he 
las  harrangued  the  laboring  masses,  un- 
il  they  bend  to  his  slightest  wish  and 
iave  sworn  to  carry  out  his decrees.  So 
enthroned  and  so  supported,  he  goes 
igorously to  work.  Capital— the  enemy, 
he  declares,  of  the  working  man— like 
the  old  African  capital,  must  be  de­
stroyed.  Every  evil  which has tormented 
the  human  family  from  the  foundation 
if  the  world  has  been  easily  and  direfct- 
ly  traced  to  that  stronghold.  Eternal 
war  has  been  declared  against  it  and 
nothing  shall  prevent  its  overthrow. 
It 
has  no  rights  which  the  working  classes 
re  bound  to  respect. 
In  season  and  out 
f  season  it  must  and  ever  shall  be  war 
to  the  knife  and  the  knife  to  the  hilt. 
‘ Labor  versus  Capital”   is  the  motto  in 
red  that  glows  upon  the  banner  of  the 
downtrodden,  a  banner  that  shall  flaunt 
defiance 
in  the  face  of  the  foe  until  its 
cause  is  vindicated  and  that  foe,  humil- 
ated,  lies  prostrate  in  the  dust!
So  long  as  the  downtrodden  confined 
tself  to  that  sort  of  vapor,  it  did  not 
seem  worth  while  to  protest.  When, 
however,  the 
labor-crowned  king  forgot 
his  kingship  and  began  meddling  with 
affairs  outside  of  his  kingdom,  it  began 
to  be  evident  that  something  must  be 
done  about 
It  was  one  thing  to 
swagger  and  brag  of  power,  real  or  pre­
tended,  and  quite  another  thing  to  exer- 
se  that  power  on  the  world  at  large, 
and  the  protest  came.  His  majesty 
aughed  at  it.  The  working  man  is  his 
in  the  realm  of  toil  and  he,  the 
subject 
ing,  settles  all  such  questions.  He 
fixes  the  length  of  the  working  day  and 
the  wages.  He  decides  who  shall  work, 
for  whom  and  what  he  shall  do.  He 
settles  all  differences  between  labor  and 
capital  and 
if  the  decision  does  not 
meet  the  approval  of  capital,  the  estab- 
"shment 
is  promptly  closed  until  the 
rch-enemy  is  willing  to  come  to  terms, 
hat 
“ There  are  a  sort  of 
men”   in  the  working  world  who,  blind 
1  their  own  interest,  are  always  on  the 
rang  side.  They  are  so  many  thorns 
n  the  side  of  labor.  Blind  and  selfish 
and  conceited,  they  foolishly  fancy  that 
they  can  look  out  for  themselves  and de­
fiantly  declare  their  determination  to 
fight  their own  battles.  Be  it  so.  They 
are  enemies  to  the  king.  Let  them  be 
It 
punished.  This 
for  them  to  choose :  Union  with  its 
its  untold 
oes.  He  that  is  not  for  us  is  against 
“ Choose  ye  this  day  whom  ye  will 
serve.”   There  it  is,  scripture,  forceful 
-day  as  when  the  old  Hebrew  warrior 
uttered  it,  and  as  farreaching  in  its  con­
sequences ;  and  so  from  one  end  of  this 
free  country  to  the  other  an  evil  spirit 
has  enthralled  a  nation  of  working  men 
until  they  have  neither  power  nor  will 
say  their  souls  are  their own.  For

blessings;  non-Union  with 

is  a  free  country. 

is  not  all. 

it. 

some  fancied  grievance  in  Georgia  the 
tyrant  shuts  down  the  mills  in  Maine. 
A   quarrel  among  the  coal  mines  of Ohio 
stops  the  mining  in  Colorado.  Because 
a  shoe  manufacturer  has  seen  fit  to  dis- 
charge  a  worthless  workman  in  Lynn, 
the  contented  shoemakers  of  Detroit 
must  go  on  a  strike  until  the  good-for- 
nothing  Crispin  has  been  restored  to 
his  place  and  the  proprietor  has  prom­
ised  not  to  repeat  the  offense.

Now, 

then,  Pennsylvania  has  con­
cluded  that  it is  time  to  call  a halt.  She 
has  yielded  to  these  impudent  exactions 
until  patience  is  no  longer  a virtue.  She 
has  made  up  her  mind  that 
life  in  her 
domain  and  liberty  and  happiness  is  as 
much  the  birthright  of  capital  as  of 
la­
bor  and  that  the  scales  in  the  hands  of 
justice  shall  be  tampered  with  no longer 
and  be  made  no 
longer  to  dip  on  the 
wrong  side  from  any  interference  what­
ever.  She  has  declared  by  the  mouth of 
her  court  that  a  man  has  “ an undoubted 
right  to  establish  and  to  operate  his 
works  as  an  independent  factory  and  an 
undoubted  right  to  employ  workmen  not 
connected  with  any  union  or  organiza­
tion,  and  to  dismiss  them  if  they  join .”  
She  says  that  the  “ alleged  (mark  that) 
rules  of  trade  unions,  which  prevent  a 
young  man  from  learning  a  trade  with­
out  the  consent  of  the  union,”   strike  at 
the  first  principles  of  personal  liberty 
in  a  free  country;  they  are  oppressive 
nd  tyrannical;  they  are  palpably  un­
just  to  individuals  and  dangerous  to  the 
>eace  and  good  order  of  good  society.”  
in  the 
State  of  Denmark.”   Reasoning  from 
analogy,  that  same  something  is  rotten 
throughout  the  United  States. 
That 
stretch  of  territory,  vast  as  it  is,  is  rot- 
ten-specked  all  over.  The  specks,  like 
>ther  centers  of  corruption,  have  spread 
until  the  circles  of  rot, 
intersecting, 
have  encompassed  the  whole  domain. 
Pennsylvania 
the 
wrong  with  her  shall  be  righted;  that 
all  men 
in  the  eyes  of  the  law  are 
created  free  and  equal,  and,  so  far  as 
she  is  concerned,  shall  continue  so.  She 
has  made  up  her  mind  that  the  rich  boy 
shall  have  the  same  rights  as  the  more 
fortunate  poor  boy  and  that  the  time has 
come  for  another  Charles  to  learn  from 
bitter  experience  what  it  means to abuse 
“ the  divine  right  of  kings.”

is  determined  that 

Hence,  “ something 

is  ratten 

It  remains  to  be  seen  whether  the  rot­
ten  speck  will  disappear  in  the  K ey­
stone  State.  Should  it  cease  growing, 
it  will  create  the  hope  that  health  as 
well  as  disease  is  catching  and  suggest 
the  overpowering 
idea,  that  the  rest  of 
the  country  from  the  wholesome contact, 
becoming  specked  with  good  will  crowd 
back  and  out  the  pest  spots which singly 
and  together  are  sapping  the  country’s 
life.

The  spurious  oyster 

Artificial  or  manufactured  oysters  are 
now  being  sold  in  Paris,  where  the  gen­
uine  bivalve 
is  very  expensive.  The 
only  genuine  thing  about  the  manufac­
tured  oysters  is  the  shell,  which  is  pur­
chased  second-hand  by  the  makers  at 
small  cost. 
is 
fastened  on  with  a  tasteless  paste  and  is 
sold  on  the  half-shell.  Those  who  have 
in  these  counterfeit  bivalves 
indulged 
say  that  when 
lemon  juice  or  vinegar 
has  been  added,  they  can  not  be  told 
from  the  real  article.  The  secret  of 
their  manufacture  has  not  yet  been  dis­
closed,  but  the  ingredients of which they 
are  made  are  said  to  be  harmless.

One 

little  American  widow  accom­
plished  what  the  Spanish  fleet  at Manila 
failed  to  do.  She  made  Dewey  sur­
render.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

ve  a  delegate 

do  not  vote  for  President  and  Vice Pres- 
dent,  nor  for  Congressmen  (they  may 
in  Congress,'  without 
vote),  nor  for  their  own  territorial  offic­
ers ;  but  they  pass  laws,  control  munici- 
1  and  county  governments,  and  estab- 
sh  and  maintain  schools,  roads  and 
other  civil 
institutions.  Congress  has 
never  limited  the  suffrage  in  any  terri­
tory  by  any  educational  or  property 
qualification.

Probably  the  best  course  would  be  to 
erect  Puerto  Rico  into  a  territory  of  the 
nited  States.  There  seems,  indeed,  to 
be  no  other  course.  The  American  sys­
tem  does  not  contemplate  holding  its 
peaceful  and  undisputed  possessions  on 
iny  other  basis  than  as  territories whose 
nhabitants  are  entitled  to  citizenship 
nder  proper  regulations.

me  were  the  gentleman  who  tells  the 
story  and  a  young  man,  accompanied 
f  two  girls.  The  conductor  picked  up 
nicely-wrapped-up  parcel  from  under 
seat  and  asked  those  present  if  it  be- 
nged  to  them.  The  gentleman  and 
le  two  girls  disclaimed 
it,  but  the 
rang  man,  after  a  second’s  hesitation, 
lid  it  was  his.  One  of  the  girls  said: 
Why,  1  didn’t  know  you  had  a  bundle 
ith  you.”   To  which  the  young  man 
:plied  that  he  had 
it  in  his  pocket, 
hen  the  girls  demanded  to  know  what 
:  contained  and 
in  a  spirit  of  fun  at- 
:mpted  to  take  it  from  him.  A  good- 
atured  tussle  ensued  in  which  the  bun- 
le  became  unwrapped, 
revealing  a 
baby’s  nursing  bottle  half  full  of  milk 
nd  a  couple  of  garments  exclusively 
evoted  to 
infantile  wear.  The  girls 
screamed  and  another  thief  had  been 
pinched. ” _____________________

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In a 
Modem
Mill

Everything  is  as  clean  as 
in  a  modern  kitchen.

IM PE N D IN G   COLONIAL  PROBLEM S.
The  great  Federal  problems  that  are 
to  be  taken  up  by  Congress  next  month 
are  to  determine  what  shall be done with 
Cuba,  and  how  Puerto  Rico  and  the 
Philippines  are  to  be  disposed  of.

Since  the  Philippines  must  first  be 
conquered  and  subjected  to the authority 
of  the  United  States  before  they  can  be 
disposed  of  as  parts  of  the  territory  of 
the  Republic,  the  solution  of  that  part 
of  the  problem  will  have  to  be  post­
poned  until  the  close  of  the  war ;  but 
Cuba  and  Puerto  Rico  are  to  be  consid­
ered  right  away.

Major  General  Fitzhugh  Lee  is  now 
in  the  United  Stat’es  on  leave  of absence 
or  under  orders.  He  resided  in  Cuba 
as  United  States  Consul  General  for 
years  before  and  up  to  the  war  with 
Spain,  having  been  appointed  to  that 
post  by  President  Cleveland,  and  he  has 
since  held  and  now  holds  a  military 
command  there.  He  has  had  very  con­
siderable  opportunity  to  know  the  tern 
per,  characteristics  and general qualities 
of  the  people  of  Cuba,  and  his  opinion 
on  the  subject  should  be  worth  some 
thing.

is  reported  that  General  Lee  has 
It 
been 
in  conference  with  Secretary  o 
War  Root,  and  subsequently  with  the 
President,  and  that  he  has  expressed  the 
opinion  that  the  Cubans  are  hardly  pre 
pared  to  be 
left  to  themselves.  He  is 
reported  to  have  expressed  himself  t< 
the  effect  that,  if  the  Cubans  were  aban 
doned  to  their  own  devices  to  form  a 
civil  government,  the  experiment  would 
result  in  revolution.

General  Lee 

is  understood  to  have 
told  the  President  and  the  Secretary  of 
War  that,  in  his  opinion,  a  protectorate 
or annexation  must come,  and  of  the  twc 
he  prefers  the  former.  He  urged,  or  at 
least  suggested,  that  after  the  censu 
was  taken  a  provisional  government  by 
the  native  Cubans  might  be  established 
but  that  the  American  troops  should  re 
main  on  guard,  as  it  is  believed  such 
government,  owing  to  the  inherent  in 
ability  of  the  Cubans  to  understand 
what  a  republic  really  means,  would 
not 
last  more  than  two  or  three  months 
For  this  reason  he  urged  the  creation  of 
a  sort  of  temporary  protectorate  by  the 
United  States,  authority  being  retained 
to  resume  active  control  in  case  the  lo 
cal  government  proves  incapable.

The  views  attributed  to  General  Lee 
seem  sound  and  reasonable,  but  there  i 
little  doubt  that  a  strong  pressure  w 
be  put  upon  Congress  to  set  the  Cubans 
up  at  once  to housekeeping  with  a  re 
publican  government  of  their own.

As  to  Puerto  Rico,  which 

is  now 

possession  of  the  United  States,  there 
invest 
seems  to be  no  alternative  but  to 
it  with  a  territorial  government 
like 
those  of  New  Mexico  and  Arizona.  The 
territorial  government  that  has long been 
in  use  in  the  new  and  unorganized  and 
incipient  States  of  the  Union  provides 
for a  Governor,  other territorial  officers 
and  a  judiciary  appointed  by  the  Presi 
dent,  with  the  advice  and  consent  of the 
Senate ;  for  the  removal  of  Governor 
Secretary  by  the  President,  when  neces 
sary ;  for  a  Legislature  in  two  branches, 
to  be  elected  by  the  people;  for  county 
and  municipal  governments  the  same  ; 
in  states;  for  a  gubernatorial  veto;  as 
further  safeguard,  for the  submission 
the  legislative  acts  to  the  President,  the 
Secretary  of  the 
Interior,  and  both 
houses  of  Congress;  and  for  the  pay 
ment  of  territorial  salaries  from  the 
Federal  Treasury,  to  which  the  customs 
and  internal  revenue  receipts  go.

It  is  true  that  the  people  of  a  territory

justify 

M A N Y   V A R I E T I E S   O F   H O N E S T Y .
Any  one  at  all  observant  of  his fellow- 
creatures  must  have  often  been 
im 
pressed  with  the  fact  that  there  are  as 
many  varieties  of  honesty  as  there  are 
phases  of  human  nature.  Society  even 
akes  cognizance  of  this  and  applies  a 
different  word  to  the  dishonesty  of  the 
rich  and  poor,  so  that  what 
is  mere 
if  one  is  poor  become  klepto 
stealing 
if  one  is, rich,  and  defautling  il 
mania 
the  sum  is  large  enough  to 
it 
n  fact,  honesty  seems  to  be  an  elastic 
term  that fits anything between the  “ thou 
shalt  not  steal’ ’  of  Sinai  and  the  out 
side  walls  of  the  penitentiary.  There 
is  a  commercial  honesty  based  on  the 
principle  that  honesty  is  the  best  policy 
and  there 
is  the  honesty  of  the  honest 
horse  trader,  who  holds  by  David  Har 
urn’s  theory  that  in  business  you  want 
to  do  others  as  they  would  do  you,  and 
do  them  first.  Both  go. 
In  addition  tc 
this  we  are  treated  to  the  curious  spec 
acle  of  people  who  are  only  honest  it 
¡pots,  so  that  the  man  who  might  be 
safely  trusted  with  thousands  can  not  be 
trusted  with  a  book  or  an  umbrella 
Every  day  we  see  people  who  would 
not  think  of  picking  their  neighbors 
pockets  deliberately  robbing  merchants 
by  buying  things  they  never  expect  tc 
pay  for.  Hotels  and  restaurants  are 
looted  by  honest  travelers  who  excuse 
their  petty  thieving  by  calling what they 
ake  souvenirs.  Honest  women  see  no 
dishonesty 
fine  china  and 
pictures  and  rugs  and  draperies  sent  u 
from  the  stores  “ on  approval”   on  the 
days  they  are  going  to  have  swell  re 
ceptions,  and  wise  hostesses,  on  the  eve 
)f  a  crush  tea,  have  found 
it  a  good 
precaution  to  lock  up  portable  articles 
of  bric-a-brac.  Often  honesty  is  a  mat 
ter  of  environment,  and  many  a  thie 
would  have  had  “ an  honest  man  is  the 
noblest  work  of  God”   carved  on  h 
tombstone  if  he  had  never  been  left  as 
trustee,  or  guatdian  of  widows  and 
orphans,  or  made  cashier  of  a  bank 
There  are  others,  outwardly  honest,  who 
are  always  anxious  to  be  tempted  and 
who  rise  to  any  kind  of  a  bait. 
theater  lobbies  you  may  see  them  slyly 
pick  up  what  they  think 
is  a  ticket 
some  one  has  dropped.  On  the  street 
they  put  their  foot  on  a  counterfeit  bill 
believing 
it  good  money  that  has  bee 
lost,  until  they  can  sneak  it  up.  Let 
anyone  ask  who  has  dropped  a  pair i 
gloves  or 
left  a  case  and  umbrella  in 
public  place  and  they  are  always  the 
ones  to  claim  them.  A  good  story 
being  told  of  how  one  of  these  thieves 
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“ Well,  by  the 

long-horned  spoons’ ’ 
said  the  cashier  in  a  tone  of  deep  dis­
gust,  “ some  of  these  so-called  ‘ business 
men’  make  me  very  tired.”

He  paused 

in  his  maledictions  and, 
shutting  his  teeth  hard,  plunged  again 
into  a  mass  of  papers  the  corresponding 
clerk  had  placed  on  his  desk, 
the 
perusal  of  which  had  been  interrupted 
by  the  above  remark.

1  was  spending  a  few  days  of  my  va­
friend,  now 
cation  visiting  my  old 
cashier  of  a  manufacturing 
concern, 
and,  as  had  been  my  custom  every 
morning  since  I  had  been  there,  1  had 
walked  with  him  to  his  office  and  spent 
few  moments  reading  the  morning 
a 
paper  while  he 
looked  over  his  mail 
and  got  the  ten  or  a  dozen  clerks,  by 
whom  he  was  surrounded,  started  on 
their  day’s  work.

the 

ioo 

from 

I  very  much  enjoyed  watching  him do 
this.  He  would  get  his  portion  of  the 
morning  mail 
clerk,  who 
opened  and  distributed  it  to  the  various 
departments;  and,  pencil 
in  hand, 
would go  through  a  pile  containing from 
seventy-five  to 
letters  in  an  aston- 
ishly  short  time,  making  a  note  on  the 
margin  or  slashing  across  the  face  of 
the  letter  with  a  blue  pencil  when some­
thing  particularly  attracted  his  attention 
letters,  telegrams  and 
and  sorting  the 
postal  cards 
into  various  piles,  which 
were,  eventually,  sent  by  the  office  boy 
to  the  various  clerks  or  not  infrequently 
taken  to  them  in  person,  with  some  ver­
bal  instruction  or  word  of  advice.  A 
very  busy  man  was  this  friend  of  mine. 
He seemed to know  the  contents  of  a 
letter  before  he  had  read  it,  and  when 
occasionally  the  distributing  clerk  put  a 
letter 
into  his  mail  which  belonged  to 
some  other  department  he  was  never 
known  to  send  it  to  the  wrong  man.

During  the  time  he  has  been  engaged 
in  the  task  described,  he  has  also  been 
interrupted  many  times  by  the  clerks  in 
the  office,  who  come  to  him  with  their 
troubles.  Not  only  the  clerks,  but  the 
officers  of  the  company  come  to him  for 
information,  and  more  than  once  1  have 
heard  the  General  Manager  say,  “ What 
shall  1  do  in  this  case?”

for  personal  attention;  all 

Finally,  his  mail  all  disposed  of,  ex­
cept  the  portion  he  retains  on  his  own 
desk 
the 
clerks  well  launched on their day's work, 
he  calls  his  stenographer  to  his  desk 
and  begins  a  second  process  which  I 
watched  once  or  twice,  but  after  that 
was  willing  to  skip.  So,  when  the  dic­
tation  begins  I  make  my  escape  and 
spend  the  morning  as  fancy  dictates.

I  meet  him  again  at  lunch,  when  he 
rushes  into  the  restaurant  agreed  upon 
as  a  lunching  place,  bolts  enough  prov­
ender  to  keep  body  and  soul  together 
until  night  and 
like  the  whirl­
wind.

is  off 

I  do  not  venture  to  visit  him  or  even 
to  telephone  him  during  the  afternoon, 
for  I  know  that  every  moment  he  gives 
to  me  must  be  made  up  by  increased 
exertion  during  the  rest  of  the  day,  and 
the  strain  is  already  too  intense.

It 

is  not  until  after  dinner that  I  get 
a  chance  to  really  visit  with  him.  A l­
though  a  married  man  he  lives  in  one 
institutions  of  modern  times, 
of  those 
the  “ family  hotel.”   His  wife 
is  now 
away  from  home  visiting  friends  in  the 
country,  so  we  can  have  an  uninter­
rupted  visit  all  the  evening. 
I  have 
often  asked  him  why  he  lived  in  this 
invariable  answer  is,
manner,  but  his 

“ I  haven’t  time  to  live  any  other  way. 
What  good  would  a  home  be  to  either 
me  or  my  wife,  if  I  could  only  be  there 
from  ii  or  12  o’clock  at  night  until  7 
in  the  morning?”   And  that  is  what  it 
would  amount  to  most  of  the  time,  for 
the  gas 
is  burning  over  his  desk  more 
nights  than  it  is  dark.

The  evening 

in  question  he  “ took  a 
vacation,”   so  when  we  had  retired  to 
his  modestly  furnished  rooms  (for  not­
withstanding  the 
immense  amount  of 
work  he  does,  his  income  is  very  mod­
erate),  we  lighted  our  pipes  and  I  asked 
him  what  he  meant  by  the  remark  about 
the  “ so-called  business  men”   which  ‘he 
had  made  in  the  morning.  He  smiled 
a  sickly  sort  of  a  smile.  Then,  grow­
ing  serious,  he  said,  “ Do  you  know 
there  are  thousands  of  men  in  positions 
similar  to  mine  who  are  growing  pre­
maturely  old  on  account  of  unnecessary 
work 
forced  on  them  by  people  who 
ought  to  know  the  value  of  time?  The 
I  made 
remark 
this  morning  was 
brought 
forth  by  the  receipt  of  a  remit­
tance  from  a  house  that  does  a  large 
It  handles  our  goods  as  a 
business. 
side 
line  and  doesn’t  do  much  at  it. 
The  check  we  received  this  morning 
was  for  six  or  seven  dollars,  and  repre­
sented  an  account  that  took  about  four 
months  to  accumulate  and  the  last 
item 
of  which  is  about  sixty  days  old.  Of 
course,  statements  were  sent  every thirty 
days,  and  when  I  thought  things  had 
run  about  long  enough  I  sent  the  house 
notice  that  unless  we  heard  from it with­
in  ten  days  we  would  make  draft.  Not 
hearing  from  the  house  at  the  appointed 
time,  I  made  the  draft,  which,  by  the 
way,  cost  the  company  two  cents  for 
revenue,  beside  the  cost  of  the  blank. 
Time went on  and we got  no  returns.  I 
wrote  a  letter  about  it,  but  received  no 
reply.  The  next  month  the book-keeper 
made  another  statement.  On 
this  I 
wrote  a  request  that  the  house  honor  our 
draft,  which  had  been  at  the  bank  for 
over  two  weeks.  That  statement  was 
sent  out  on  the  first  day  of  the  month. 
To-day,  the  17th,  we  get  a  check  for 
the  amount,  and  our  draft,  which  has 
been  held  by  the  bank  for  over  30  days, 
has  been  returned  and  on  the  back  we 
find  the  startling  announcement,  “ Have 
sent  check.”   Now,  just  think  for  a  mo­
ment  how  much  unnecessary  work  that 
man  caused !  Half  a  dozen  statements, 
a 
letter  and  a  draft,  to  say  nothing  of 
the  amount  of  time  spent  in  watching 
the  matter,  and  all 
I  don’t 
know  what  he  gained,  unless  it  was  the 
little  extra  time  on  the  account.  He 
finally  paid  the  account  in  full,  but  how 
much  trouble  and  annoyance  he  might 
have  saved  me,  if  he  only  would. 
If  he 
had  any  good  reason  why  he  did  not 
want  to  pay  the  draft  he  could  have 
sent  his  check  when  he  received  the first 
notice  of  draft  and  so  ended  the  mat­
ter,  but  to  hold  off  and  fuss  along  for 
six  weeks  on  an  account  of  seven dollars 
and  then  finally  send  a  local  check— as 
I  said  before— makes  me  tired.

for  what? 

“ Then,  too,”   he  continued,  “ the 

lo­
cal  check  business makes me tired.  Why 
should  we  pay  the  cost  of  collecting that 
check?  We  sold  that  man  seven  dol­
lars’  worth  of  goods.  Why  should  we  be 
compelled  to  accept  $6.90  for $7  worth 
of  goods?  The  amount 
is  small,  to  be 
sure— too  small  to  make  a  kick  over—- 
so  we  take  the  check  and  accept  what­
ever the  bank  has  a  mind  to  allow us for 
it  in  full  settlement  of  the  account.

“ Another  thing  that  is  very  annoying 
is  a  practice  a  great  many  ‘ so-called 
business  men’  have  of  deducting  the 
cash  discount  after  the  time  has  expired

in­
or  to  take  the  cash  discount  on  one 
voice  when  another  is  past  due. 
I  have 
on  my  desk  now  a  letter  to  which  1 have 
not  yet  replied  on  this  subject.  Our 
terms  are  60  days  net,  or  2  per  cent,  for 
cash 
in  ten  days.  This  man  remitted 
six  weeks  after  invoice  date  and  still 
took  the  2  per  cent. 
I  wrote  him  we 
could  not  allow  it  and  gave  him  credit 
for*the  amount  of  his  check  on  account.  | 
Several  monthly  statements  passed  be­
fore  he  said  a  word.  Then  he  sent  a 
check  to  “ balance  the  account  in  full.”  
He  explained  at  some  length  that  the 
amount  did  not  agree  with  our  state­
ments,  but  coolly  said  that  he  did  not 
think  we  ought  to  charge  the discount  to 
him.  He  failed,  however,  to  give  any 
reason  for  the  faith  that  was  in  him. 
I 
remember  another  case  where  a  man  re­
mitted  long  after  the  bill  was  due,  still 
taking  the  cash  discount,  and  said  he 
had 
intended  to  remit  sooner  but  had 
neglected  it,  but  hoped  we  would  allow 
the  discount. 
I  wrote  him  that  we  felt 
obliged  to  decline  to  pay  for  his  negli­
gence. ’

The  cashier  relighted  his  pipe  and 
leaned  wearily  back 
in  his  chair,  and 
plainly  showed  the  effects  of  his  hard 
day’s  work,  exhausting 
to  both  body 
and  mind. 
1  could  not  help  thinking 
how  much  truth  there  was  in  what  he 
said  and  how  much  easier  his  work 
could  be  made,  and  how  much  better  it 
would  be  for  the  customers  themselves, 
if  some  of  the  methods  of  the “ so-called 
business  men”   could  be  revised  along 
the  lines  he  suggested. 

Evander.

M a id e n ly   C o n fu sio n .

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“ Where  did  Frederick  kiss  you,  my 
“ T-twice  on  the  cheek and once  on 

the balcony,  mamma.”

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and  the  above  attractive 
figure  is  ycurs.  These  goods  are  especially  adapted 
for 
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chases.

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ilar offering  that  has ever been  brought  to  the  notice  of 
the trade  in  the history  of  Umbrellas.

The special  features  of  this  Umbrella  consist  of  a 
steel  rod,  paragon  frame,  nickeled  end,  mercerized  silk 
twill  cover  and  natural  Congo  handle  The workman­
ship  is thorough, and  can  be  relied  on  to  give  the  best 
and  most  serviceable  wear.  The  mercerized  silk  twill 
is  equal  in  appearance  and  superior  to  many 
cover 
grades of silk  for wear.
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Same  as  No  25  Women’s  26-inch.  Assorted  rustic 
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Contains  many  bargains  equal  to  this  special  offering. 
For  illustrations  and  descriptions  of  our  entire  line  see 
pages  426  to  432  of  our  complete  Fall  and  Winter  Cata­
logue  (No.  250).  Copies  of  this  Catalogue  supplied  to 
the  trade  upon  application.

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P e r tin e n t  S u g g e s tio n s   on  
F it t in g   S h oe.

t h e   P e r fe c t  

Which 

footwear 

fit  like  the  old  one. 

is  the  harder task  for  the  re­
tailer,  to  suit  the  tastes  or the  feelings 
of  his  customers  in  shoes?  To  suit  his 
tastes  in  these  days  of  splendid  variety 
in 
is  comparatively  easy,  but 
to  adapt  the  shoes  to  the  physical  com­
forts  of  the  feet  is  less 
feasible,  for,  in 
spite  of  the  multifarous  shapes  and frac­
tional  gradations  of  parts  the  foot  has  a 
troublesome  trick  of  having  an  identity 
of 
its  own,  of  which  the  designer of 
blocks  could  not  make  an  accurate  fore­
cast.  The  term,  “ as  easy  as  an  old 
shoe,”   when  applied  to  the  new,  un­
tamed  one,  is  a  delusion  and  a  snare. 
The  term,  “ it  fits  like  an  old  shoe,”  
might  apply in  some  cases  to  the  foot  at 
rest.  But  the  latter  term  is  ambiguous 
and  may  suggest  no  fit  at  all.  People 
neither  expect  nor  desire  that  a  new 
shoe  shall 
In  the 
latter,  the  foot,  by  slow  degrees,  has 
obtained 
its  physical  freedom  from  re­
straint,  and  afterward,  if  the  old  shoe  is 
retained 
for  old  acquaintance  sake, 
freedom  has  run  to  license  and  the  foot 
loose 
becomes  wayward  and 
its 
habits.  The  new  shoe 
is  a  corrective 
of  this  evil  and,  if  of  proper  size  and 
shape,  gets  the  member 
into  compact 
and  useful  form  again without depriving 
it  of  any  wholesome  liberty.  The  vet­
eran  dealer  says  that  too  much  looseness 
in  the  shoe  is  just  as  bad  as  too  much 
laxity  in  the  morals. 
It  tends  to  an  un­
desirable  distribution  of  forces  that  are 
most  effectual  and  benign  while  kept 
within  reasonable  limitations.  And  the 
other  extreme  so  fetters  these  forces  that 
we  are  prone  to 
life, 
either  morally  or  physically,  for  want 
of  room  to  expand  and  make  profitable 
use  of  these  energies.  Give  the  foot  a 
chance  to  wriggle  a  little  and  it  will  not 
go  far  astray.

through 

limp 

in 

That  new  shoe,  then,  “ of  whose  pres­
ence  on  the  foot  we  are  unconscious,”  
•is  a  myth  and,  consequently,  thus  far  in 
sutorial  science,  an 
impossible  attain­
ment.  Even  if  the  last,  made  accurate­
ly 
from  a  cast  of  the  foot,  provides  for 
every  detail  of  the  topography  of  the 
foot,  there 
is  the  surface  of  the  inner 
sole  upon  which  the  foot  rests  to  con­
tend  with.  The  foot  is  not  only  not  flat 
at  the  sole,  but  has  its  own 
individual 
surface  of  hills  and  hollows  to  provide  a 
perfect rest for.  But  even  supposing  that 
all  of  these  nice  requirements  are  per­
fectly  secured,  which 
implies  great 
skill,  there  still  remains  what  the  astute 
cobbler  terms  the  “ temper”   of 
the 
shoe  sole  to  bring  into  subjection  to  the 
working  requirements  of  the  active  foot. 
No  art  can  supply  this  subtle  condition 
of  the  shoe  sole. 
It  must  be  modified, 
and  brought  gradually  into  accord  with 
its  tenant  by  constant  use  for  various 
periods  of  time,  depending  upon  the 
tractability of  the  former  and  the  endur­
ance  and  perseverance  of  the  latter,  un­
til  the  fibers  of  the  leather  succumb  un­
der  superior  force,  and  yield  to  the 
many  and  diverse  motions  of  the  foot.
A   new  shoe  can  never,  for this  reason, 
feel  and  set  like  the  old  one.  The 
lat­
ter  was  once  proud  and  had  a  will  of  its 
own.  But  time  and  a  resolute  foot  have 
conquered  it  and  the  spirit  is  broken  or 
merged 
its  owner.  And 
about  this  time  like  other  garments  they 
begin  to  decay.

into  that  of 

So,  just  as  peace  comes  to  the  tired 

foot,  the  chasms  come,  too.

It 

is  only 

in  the  long  subdued  foot­
wear that  women  or  men  ever  appear on 
the  streets  in  shoes  too  large 
for  them. 
long  since  two  men  were  arrested
Not 

it 

on  the  street 
for  having  on  clothes  too 
large  for them.  Their arrest  was  not  due 
to  any  infraction  of  fashion’s  code,  but 
because  of  a  mixed  identity  of  men  and 
clothes. 
In  a  few  isolated  cases  similar 
arrests  may  be  made  of  too  loosely  shod 
persons,  but 
is  safe  to  say  that  the 
majority  of  shoe  wearers  run  no  risk  of 
this  sort. 
It  is  true  that  our  ancestors, 
could  they  see  our  extreme  length  of 
superfluous  toes,  might  regard  us  as  be­
ing  prodigally  shod,  but  fashion protects 
us 
in  this  sort  of  extravagance.  But 
those  same  ancestors  would  be  even 
more  astonished  to  see  a  multitude  of 
sentient  beings  turned  out,  like  Nebu­
chadnezzar,  to  grass,  and  barefooted  at 
that.  Having  had  no  acquaintance  with 
this  wonderful 
foot  cure  on  soft  pad- 
docks,  they  might  well  be  surprised  to 
see  this  curiously  mixed  herd  of  men 
and  horses  cooling  their  tender,  unshod 
feet  on  bare  earth  and  brushing  away 
the  dew.  This  seems  to  present  to  the 
thoughtful  mind  the  antithesis  of  human 
frailty.  Humanity 
jump 
from  one  extreme  to  another,  at  the  bid­
ding  of  fashion  or  the physiologist.  Per­
haps  no  extreme  could  be  greater  than 
the 
in  the  modern  shoe  and  the 
one  with  no  shoe  at  all.  And  what  curi­
ous  sights  must  be  witnessed  on  the  soft 
paddock 
feet  suddenly  re­
leased  from  their  various  shaped  cages! 
The 
foot  may  be  there,  but  the 
real  are  in  the  majority,  and  not  posing 
as  models  either.  But  extremes  are  al­
ways 
feet  or 
heads.

ludicrous,  whether 

is  prone  to 

in  human 

ideal 

foot 

in 

into 

forced 

This  dressing  and  shoeing  of  the  hu­
man  species  has  now  become  a  great 
art,  a  high  art, as  the  learned  shoemaker 
observes.  He  says:  “ The  caprice  of 
the  artist  in  clothes,  or  in  shoes,  stamps 
his  identity  upon  his  work,  and by  some 
trivial  earmark  betrays  himself  to  his 
patron.  So  that,  after  all, 
the  artistic 
foot,  curved and  outlined,  circumscribed 
by  arbitrary  lines,  and 
its 
unyielding  receptacle,  is  an  equivocal 
term,  and  the  natural  foot  has  become 
nearly  extinct.”   And  then  this  same 
erudite  cobbler  proceeds  to  champion 
the  cause  of  the  abused  foot  as  follows : 
As  the  skull  proper,  or top  of  the  human 
fabric,  contains  only  eight  bones,  and 
the  feet  boast  of  fifty-two,  the  bottom  of 
our  anatomy  may,  without  undue  vari­
ety,  put 
in  a  claim  to  a  large  share  of 
our attention.  Without  making  an  au­
topsy  of  this  important  member,  we may 
briefly  refer  to  the  instep  as  the  curve 
of  beauty,  and  as  the  heraldic symbol  of 
the  model  and  high-bred  foot,  and  also 
to  the  plantar  arch— so  named 
from 
a  plant,  the sole  of  the foot— as a wonder­
ful  piece  of  architectural  work.  By this 
peculiar  construction,  elasticity 
is  im­
parted  to  the  foot,  and  walking  and  run­
ning  are  made  easy;  even  jumping  is 
rendered  safe  by  this  contrivance.  This 
elasticity  is  greater  at  the  forward  part 
of  the  arch,  and  we,  therefore,  endeavor 
foot, 
always  to  alight  on  the  ball  of  the 
as  in  so  doing,  less  shock 
imparted 
to  the  body.  All  this  is  very  beautiful 
and  wonderfully  useful.”

is 

The  student  of  the  foot  has  this  to  say 
about  it,  which  shows  how  difficult  it  is 
for the  ready-made  shoe  to  meet  the foot 
in  perfect 
accord:  As  with  human 
heads,  there  are  hardly  to be  found  two 
pairs  of  feet  precisely  alike.  Differ­
ences  not  observable  to  the  untrained 
eye  almost  always  exist,  and are  verified 
by  the  test  of  measurements  or  casts  of 
the  members. 
in 
length,  breadth  or  thickness,  or  even  in 
the  shape  of  one  of  these  twenty-six 
bones  of  the  foot,  render  it  unique,  and

Slight  variations 

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HOES that bring trade. 
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In  ordering  your  BOOTS,  SHOES  AND 
RUBBERS of us,  as our lines and  prices  are 
right.  We  manufacture  the  best  wearing 
goods to  be  had  anywhere.  Agents  for  the 
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at  once  establish  its  identity,  almost  as 
certainly  as  the  variations  in  facial  fea­
tures.  By  a  marked  difference  in  the 
form  of  the  tarsal  bones,  we  get  those 
nice  variations  in  the  height  and  curve 
of  the 
instep,  and  of  the  arch  under­
neath.  By  an  abnormal  elongation  of 
the  metatarsal bones  and  the pharlanges, 
we  get  that  disproportional  foot  with  too 
much  prow  for  the  structure  that  is  aft. 
By  the  curious  formation  of  the  heel 
bones 
in  some  cases,  notably  the  A fri­
can,  we  come  by  those  posteriorly  elon­
gated  heels  which  require  so  much  shoe 
room  to  acommodate  them,  and  which 
usually  form  a  stumbling  block  for  the 
man 
in  the  rear.  By  the  thickness,  or 
spreading  of  the  metatarsal  bones,  is 
rendered  necessary  the  unsvmmetrically 
broad  shoe.  Many  other  causes  com­
bine  to  render  one  foot  unlike  another, 
such  as  excrescences  and  diseases  of  the 
foot.  So  we  see  that  two  pairs  of  feet, 
although  wearing  the  same  number  of 
shoes,  are  not  to  be  perfectly  fitted  by 
means  of  the  same  test.

“ We  are  forced  to  admit,  therefore, 
that  a  perfect  fitting  shoe  is  not  attain­
able  by  art  alone,  even  by  the  almost 
exact  science  of  the  skillful  modem 
custom  shoemaker.  Without  the  co-op­
indispensable 
eration  of  the  foot,  as  an 
formative  factor  in  the 
laborious  pro­
cess  of  adaptation,  the  foot  and the  shoe 
would  be  at  slight  variance  with  each 
other. ’ ’

Nevertheless,  the  shoe  builder  of  our 
day  has  had  phenomenal  success  in  get­
ting  so  close  to  nature  with  his  products 
that  the  foot  has  far  less  to  do  than  for­
merly  in  the  matter  of  shaping  the  up­
per to  its  individual  requirements;  and 
by  reason  of  more  scientifically  con­
structed  lasts in  which  the  bottom  of  the 
toot  has  received  more  physiological 
consideration,  the 
foot  now  has  less  la­
in 
bor 
impressing  upon  the  innersole 
its 
individual  superficial  form ;  conse­
quently  we  find  more  perfect  rest  for 
the  soles  of  our  feet  than  evei  before ; 
and  this  is  a  great  stride  for  the  shoe­
maker  in  his  art,  and  has  proved  an  in­
estimable  boon  to  thousands  of  grateful 
human  feet.

Next  to  the  production  of  the  “ per­
fectly  lovely”   shoe,  it  has  always  been- 
the  aim  of  the  manufacturer  to  give  the 
mind  of  the  shoe  wearer  perfect  serenity 
in  the  possession  of  comfort,  as  well  as 
to  furnish  them  with  objects  of  great 
beauty.  With  such  a  union  there  would 
he  more  than  strength; 
it  would  be 
the  very  acme  of  the  modem  shoemak­
er’s  art.

One  reason,  no  doubt,  why  the  per­
fect  fitting  shoe  does  not  always  find  the 
seeking  foot  lies  in  the  retailer's  prov­
ince.  For  instance,  a  woman  customer 
is  pleased  with  a  certain  style  of  shoe, 
but  the  sizes  and  widths  in  this  line  are 
badly  broken  up.  There  are  others,  but 
she  has  set  her  heart  on  this  particular 
shoe.  The  consequence  is  that  she  de­
termines  to  have  a  pair  she  likes,  and 
she  sacrifices  comfort  to 
looks,  takes  a 
misfit  size,  and  pays  the  penalty  in 
wearing  them.

This  is  a  case  in  which  the  retailer  is 
guilty  of  putting  obstacles  in  the  way 
over  which  customers  expect  to pass  to­
ward  the  happy  attainment  of  physical 
comfort,  peace  of  mind  and  content­
ment,  in  the  perfect  fitting shoe.— E.  A. 
Boyden  in  Boot  and  Shoe  Recorder.

P o u lt r y   C r o p   N o t  M u c h   L a r g e r   T h a n   a  

T e a r   A g o .

Chicago,  Nov.  3— The  principal 

fea­
ture  touched  upon  by  our correspondents 
in  giving  their  reports  of  the  poultry 
crop  was  the  cold  and  wet  spring  and 
the 
lateness  of  the  season.  The  unfa­
vorable  spring,  which  was  from  three 
late,  killed  off  a  good 
to  four  weeks 
deal  of  stock. 
Cholera  also  affected 
some  of  the  young  stock,  as  did  also  in 
some  sections  rats  and  wild  animals. 
Every 
indication  at  the  opening  of  the 
season  pointed  to  an  unusually  large 
crop,  but taking the  crop  all  in  all it will

if  any 

Turkeys 

larger  than  last 
not  be  much 
year. 
likely  will  be  more 
plentiful,  chickens  an  average  crop, 
ducks 
less  and  geese  also  less  than  last 
year.

increase 

The  many  reports  received  would 
in­
dicate  a  larger  crop  of  turkeys  than 
last 
year— possibly  15  to  25  per  cent,  on  the 
in  the  crop  was 
whole.  The 
due  to  the  high  prices  which  ruled 
last 
year,  in  consequence  of  the  previous 
short  crops.  Farmers  have  made  extra 
exertions  for  the  past  two  years  to  in­
crease  their  crop  of  turkeys,  and  have 
found  it  a  little  uphill  work  in  doing  so 
on  account  of  the  wet  seasons  for  two 
years.  The  high  prices,  too,  were  an 
incentive  for  farmers  to  sell  out  closely, 
and  not  until  the 
last  year  did  they 
carry  much  stock  over  with  which  to 
build  up  a  new  crop  very  fast.  The  last 
year,  however,  more  turkeys  were  car­
ried  over  and  a  good  start  made  for  a 
larger  supply.  As the  advices  in  nearly 
all 
instances  from  points  tributary  to 
the  Chicago  market  reported  the  crop 
three  or  four  weeks 
late,  it  may  be 
possible  that  the  supply  of  really  fine, 
desirable  turkeys  for  the  Thanksgiving 
Day  trade  may  be  light.

in  some 

From  the  numerous  reports  received 
we  believe  that  the  crop  of  chickens 
will  be  smaller  than  last  year,  certainly 
not  any 
larger;  possibly  about  10  per 
cent,  less  than  last  year.  Some  of  the 
reports  indicate  material 
increases,  say 
from  10  to  25  per  cent,  more  than  last 
year,  and  some  of  the  returns  report  a 
shrinkage  of  from  25  to  50  per  cent., 
which 
instances  seem  to  be  a 
little  sensational,  but  might,  neverthe­
less,  be  a  fact.  After  a  careful  study  of 
the  reports,  however,  it 
is  fair  to  pre­
sume  that  the  crop  will  be  slightly  short 
of  an  average  one.  Had  not  the  very 
cold  and  late  spring  been  unfavorable 
for  the  hatching  of  the  eggs  and  killed 
off  so  many  chickens,  the  crop  would 
have  been  a  large  one.  The  high  prices 
ruling  tjie  past  spring 
for  eggs  kept 
farmers  from  holding  as  many  eggs  for 
hatching  purposes  and  they  marketed 
stock  closer  than  they  would  have  done 
had  prices  been 
low.  Then,  too,  the 
price  of  chickens  has  averaged  higher 
than  in  former  years,  and  this 
induced 
free  selling  and  closer  marketing  of 
stock  than  if  chickens  had  been  cheap.
Last  year  was  a  bumper  crop.  F or 
two  years  ducks  have  been  plentiful  and 
prices  low.  This  has  discouraged  the 
raising  of  ducks  and  the  crop  will  be 
much  short  of  last  year— reports  would 
indicate  10 to  20  per  cent,  less  than  last 
year— but  this  would  not  by  any  means 
signify  that  the  supply  will  be  short. 
Some  of  our  correspondents  state  that 
they  have  given  up  duck  raising  for 
market  for  awhile,  but  the  supply  has 
been  so  heavy 
for  the  past  two  years 
that  a  shrinkage  of  10  to  20  per  cent, 
may  be  scarcely  noticed,  although prices 
so  far  this  season  have  been  erratic  and 
subject  to  quick  changes,  with  tend­
ency  rather  to  better  average  than  last 
year.

The  crop  of  geese  will  be  somewhat 
short  of 
last  year,  but  not  much  ;  pos­
sibly  10  per  cent.  less.  Many  of  the 
reports  indicate  a  falling  off  in the num­
ber  of  geese  raised,  and  scarcely  any  re­
ported  an  increase  over  last  year.  Some 
reported  about  same  quantity  as  last, 
year.  About  90  per  cent,  crop  would  be 
a  fair  deduction.  Prospects  are 
the 
quality  will  be  good,  although  the  early 
marketed  stock  has  been  rather  ordinary 
so  far.— Sprague  Commission  Co.

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for  Spring  Trade

We  carry  all  sizes  and  widths  of  two  leading  makers 
— Smith,  of  Chicago,  and  Arnold,  of  North  Abing- 
ton,  Mass.  Experience  has  demonstrated  that these 
lines  are  unsurpassed  for  style  and wearing qualities. 
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The  Meat  Market

E v e r y d a y   In c id e n t»  

in   t h e   L ife   o f   th e  

M e a t  D e a le r .

Some  day  a  writer  of  humorous  plays 
will  accept the chance  for  gathering  ma­
terial 
for  his  work  in  a  butcher  shop, 
and  when  he  does,  and  puts  his  play  on 
the  stage,  it  will  be  a  success.  The 
butcher,  because  of  the  many  people  of 
different  temperaments  he  is  forced  to 
meet  and  please, 
is  a  finished  actor 
himself.  He  must  by  turns  play  the 
light  comedian,  the  tragedy  role,  and 
the  confidential  busybody.  He  must  be 
jolly  with  the  woman  who  jokes  every 
time  she  comes  into  his  shop;  he  must 
be  tragic  with  the  woman  who  is  always 
discovering  mysterious  actions  on  the 
part  of  her  neighbors  and  whispers  her 
suspicions  to  him ;  he  must  affect  the 
air of  a  deeply  interested  friend  when 
the  engaged  young  lady  pours 
into  his 
apparently  willing  ears  her  tale  of  hope 
-—if  he  doesn’t  his  chances  of  getting 
her  trade  after  she  becomes  a  Mrs.  are 
fleeting. 
I  have  no  hesitancy  in  saying 
that  many  of  the  butchers  do  more 
clever  acting  every  day  than  some of the 
well-paid  theatrical  stage  treaders.  The 
butcher  who  is  not  successful  as  an  ac­
tor  will  not  succeed 
in  selling  meat 
profitably.

*  *  *

He  must  know  how  to  put  on  a  look 
of  surprise  when  Mrs.  White  sends  back 
the  steak  which  he  felt  reasonably  sure 
would  not  suit  her;  he  must  know  how 
to  so  smooth  things  over that  the  lady 
will 
leave  with  the  conviction  that  the 
butcher  considers  her  the  very  best  of 
his  customers,  and  probably  with  the 
same  steak  under  her  arm.  He  must 
know  how  to  be  a  conversational  fencer, 
and  parry  the  shafts  of  sarcasm  that  are 
intended  to  injure  his  peace  of  mind, 
so  that  they  will 
lose  their  force  and 
leave  the 
irate  Mrs.  Brown  wondering 
if  she  is  not  really  injuring  him  in  her 
thoughts  when  she  doubts  his  statement 
that  the  “ steak  was  sent  at  u   o’clock, 
and 
if  the  boy  didn’t  deliver  it  it  is 
because  he  got  lost  or  something— he’s 
a  new  boy,  you  know.’ ’  His  look  of  in­
jured  innocence  completely  disarms  her 
finally,  and  she  is  ready  to  ask  his  par­
don,  etc.  And  when  she  has  gone  he 
plays  another  part.

*  *  * 

»

Now  he 

is  the  angry,  abused,  every- 
one-conspiring-to-ruin-him  man.  “ Why 
did  you  forget  to  put  up  her  order,  eh?”  
he  demands  of  the  red-haired  clerk  with 
the  high  collar. 
If  Mrs.  Brown  could 
see  him  now.  Talk  about  tDr.  Jekyll 
and  Mr.  Hyde!  The  red-haired  clerk 
distinctly  remembers  that  he  had  no  or­
der  from  Mrs.  Brown.  Then  the  butcher 
rushes  up  and  down  the  two-foot  wide 
floor  behind  the  bench,  and  nearly  goes 
into  a  spasm  at  the  courage  of  the  clerk 
to  contradict  him.  He  won’t  stand  i t ! 
He  won’t  have  employes  say  no  when 
he  wants  them  to  say  yes.  The  clerk, 
with  poor  judgment,  repeats  that  he  had 
no  order  from  Mrs.  Brown.  The  spasm 
had  nearly  died  out,  but  the  new  denial 
acts  on  him  like  a  red  flag  before  a 
bull. 
In  the  effort  to  say  all  he  thinks 
in  one  breath  his  wind-pipe  becomes 
clogged  and  he  begins  to  cough  in  a 
vigorous  fashion  and  gives  promise  of 
bringing  into  the  wicked  world a hemor­
rhage.  At  this  interesting  stage,  enters 
Mrs.  Green.

*  *  *

“ How 

(cough)  are  (cough), 

you 
I  think  I’ve  got 
(cough)  Mrs.  Green? 
from  going  to  market  so  early. 
cold 
But  we  have  to  do  it,  you  know— have

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to  look  out  for  our  customers’ 
interests. 
Nice  beef  for  roasting?  Yes.  Mrs. 
Brown  had  some  yesterday  and  spoke 
well  of 
it.  Shall  I  let  Mr.  Truth  wait 
on  you?  Nice  young  man.’ ’  Mr.  Truth 
is  the  red-headed  clerk  who  nearly 
brought  on  the  butcher’s  hemorrhage, 
but  he  is  a  favorite  with  Mrs.  Green— 
and  the  customers’ 
interests  must  be 
looked  after.  When  Mrs.  Green  has  left, 
the  butcher  is  about  to  renew  his  attack 
on  the  clerk,  but 
in  ‘opening  his  desk 
discovers  Mrs.  Brown’s  order  slip.  He 
it  into  fine  pieces 
sneaks 
and  throws  them 
in  the  fat  box.  He 
remembers  having  placed  it  in  the  desk 
himself,  but  he 
lets  it  go  no  farther.—  
Butchers’  Advocate.

it  out,  tears 

license. 

individual  customers. 

D e c isio n   U n fa v o r a b le   to   S h o p   B u tc h e r s .
Judge  J.  F.  Taylor,  at  Washington, 
Pa.,  handed  down  an  important  opinion 
last  Wednesday 
in  regard  to  the  right 
of  butchers  to  kill  animals  on  their  own 
property  and  sell  the  meat  from  wagons 
to 
The  Judge 
holds  that  the  butcher  has  the  right  to 
so  do,  notwithstanding  there  may  be  a 
city  ordinance  making  such sales unlaw­
ful  without  a 
The  decision 
grew  out,  of  the  case  of  Commonwealth 
vs.  George  Hepner,  who  lives 
in  For­
ward  township,  Allegheny  county,  and 
who  slaughtered  animals  there  and  sold 
the  meat  in  Monongahela  and  at  other 
points  in  Washington county.  The Judge 
maintains  that  the  Monongahela  ordi­
is  a  trade  regulation  and  not  a 
nance 
police  regulation,  and 
is  not  merely  to 
prohibit  hawking  and  peddling  from 
door to  door,-which  would  be  within  the 
proper  police  powers  of  the  municipal­
ity,  but  for  the  benefit  of  a  few  resident 
traders,  and  thus  deprive 
the  entire 
meat-consuming  population  of  the  priv­
ilege  of  buying  their  commodities  out­
side  of  farm,  garden  and  dairy  prod­
ucts,  wherever  they  can  get  them  cheap­
est.  Such  an  ordinance,  he  affirms,  is 
unquestionably  invalid.

By  this  decision  the  county  butcher 
or  farmer  can  kill  his  stock,  and  then 
go  into  the  cities  and  sell  the  flesh  from 
his  wagon  to  consumers. 
The  shop 
butchers  can  scarcely  prosper  against 
such  competition,  and  will  likely  make 
an  effort  to  have  the  case  reopened,  in 
the  hope  of  securing  a  reversal  of  deci­
sion.

H e   G o t  I t.

“ Pa,  give  me  a  nickel,”   said  the  lit­

tle  son  of  a  Carondalet  citizen.

“ Don’t  you  think  you  are  too  old  to 

be  for  a  nickel?”

“ That’s  so,  Pa.,  gimme  a  dim e.”

The  man  who  gossips  is  called  a  re­

ceiving  teller.

I I  HI

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

J. F.

Patents

L.  C.  WEST,  Kalamazoo,  offers  half 
rates  for  patent  applications  for  this 
month  Bring this card.

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.OYSTERS.

IN  CA N S  A N D   BULK

F.  J.  DETTENTHALER,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

U. S. Packing Co.

Packers and curers of choice grades of

Beef,  Veal,  Mutton,  Pork and  Game

All  Packing  House  Products

Manufacturers of

Old  Homestead  Mince Meat

Wholesale  Butterine  Dealers

Consignments  Poultry,  Eggs and  Butter solicited.

Office  7  Ionia  St.,  Grand  Rapids

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We will  have a carload of  “ L IB E R T Y   B E L L ”  W ASH­
INGTON  N A V E L S  in about  Nov.  18  to  20.  Send  us 
your orders now to be filled on arrival.

Rice &

20 and 22 Ottawa St.» 
Grand Rapids

W A N T E D

10.000 live chickens and turkeys daily.  Will  pay highest market price 
always.  W e make  remittance same day that goods arrive.  We refer 
to F ourth  National  Bank.

PLOTKIN  Si FISH E R ,

331 CANAL STREET. 

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Fruits and  Produce.

O b s e r v a tio n s   b y   a   G o tb a m   E g g   M an .
I  heard  a  good  story  about  shrunken 
eggs  the  other day. 
It  was  related  that 
a  German  grocer  bought  a  case  of  eggs 
and  put  part  of  them  out  on orders.  One 
customer  brought  his  purchase  back, 
and,  reviling  the  grocer  in  strong  terms, 
laid  the  eggs  down  on 
the  counter 
whereupon  they  all  stood  up  on  end  like 
those  little  capsules  with  a  shot  in  them 
which  perform  queer  evolutions  on  a 
tilted  board. 
“  What’s  in  those  eggs, ”  
he demanded ;  ' ‘ Oh.nodtings,nodtings, ”  
the  seller  mournfully  admitted.

*  *  *

eggs 

fairly 

Speaking  of  shrunken 

there 
seems  to  be  more  and  more  trouble  with 
this  class  of  stock  every  fall.  All  egg 
collectors  get  them  and  they  show  up 
here 
in  more  or  less  serious  proportion 
in  the  fresh  collections from all sections. 
Years  ago,  when  refrigerator  holding 
was  not  so  well  understood  as  it  now  is, 
these  shrunken 
fresh  gathered  used  to 
sell 
in  competition  with  the  ice 
house  stock,  but  as  the  quality  of  the 
eggs  in  cold  storage  has  been  improved 
by  more  careful  selection  and  better 
methods  of  refrigeration  the  stale  fresh 
collections  have  fallen  lower  and  lower 
in  the  scale  of  relative  quality  until  now 
they  are  extremely  hard  to  sell.  Of 
course,these  objectionable  eggs  are  held 
by  farmers  or  country  store  keepers  to 
get  the  advantage  of  the  ysual 
fall  ad­
in  prices  and  as  such  holders 
vance 
have  no  proper  facilities 
for  keeping 
eggs  their  quality  does  not  compare  at 
all  favorably  with  stock  held  in  the  re­
frigerators  under  modern  conditions. 
The  worst  of 
it  is  that  these  shrunken 
country  held  eggs  are  mixed  up  with 
comparatively  recent  production  and 
dealers  are  obliged  to  buy  more  or  less 
of  them 
in  order  to  get  the  new  eggs 
with  which  they  are  mixed.  But  this  is 
not  to  say  that  they  bring  the  price  of 
fresh,  full  eggs,  for  their  presence 
in­
loss  returns  when  sales  are 
creases  the 
made 
loss  off  and  reduces  the  price 
when  sold  at  mark.  My  observation 
is 
that  equally  shrunken  eggs  will  bring  a 
better price from  cold  storage  than  when 
received 
from  country  shipping 
points  and  that  the  latter  goods  bring 
less  when  mixed  with  fine  full,  fresh 
than  they  would 
if  packed  alone,  be­
cause  when  packed  alone  they  can  be 
sold  to  a  class  of  trade  which  can  use 
them  to  better  advantage  than  dealers 
who  want  fancy  stock  but  are  forced  to 
take  the  stale  in  order to  get  the  fresh 
goods  packed  with  them. 
It  is  hard  *to 
see  any  cure  for  this  country  holding  of 
eggs  so  long  as  collectors  pay  for  stock 
as 
it  runs  without  critical  examination. 
If  they  could  sort  out  the  eggs  they  re­
ceive  and  pay  one  price  for  full  eggs 
and  another  for  shrunken 
latter 
less  than  fresh 
would  bring  so  much 
that  the 
in  the 
country  store  or  on  the  farm  would  be 
lost  and  the  practice  would  soon  be 
abandoned  or  much  reduced  in  extent. 

for  holding 

incentive 

fresh 

the 

*  *  *

1 wish  to  dwell  more  fully  upon  a sub­
ject  mentioned  last  week— in  regard  to 
the  basing  of  country  prices  upon  New 
is  very  important 
York  quotations. 
It 
that  shippers  should 
fully  understand 
the  actual  condition  of  our market where 
they  are  dependent  upon  it  for  an  out­
let. 
In  the  spring  of  the  year,  when 
eggs  are  nearly  all  fresh  and  good, 
there 
is,  naturally,  very  little  variation 
in  the  selling  price  of  regular  packings 
— usually  not  more  than  %c.  At  that 
time  shippers  become  accustomed  to  re­

in 

in  the 

ceiving  the  outside  quotation  for  West­
ern  firsts 
for  a  large  proportion  of  the 
eggs  sent  forward  and  they  can  safely 
use  such  quotation  as  a  basis  for  coun­
try  operations.  Later 
the  season, 
when  hot  weather  causes  wide  irregular­
ity  in  the  quality  of  stock  arriving,  and 
fall,  when  mixture  of 
again 
shrunken  country  holdings 
in  widely 
varying  proportions  causes  wide  varia­
tion 
the  market  quotations 
must  necessarily  be  made  to  cover  all 
sorts.  But  when  this  happens  shippers 
are  very  often  inclined  to  overlook  the 
average  and  lower quotations,  and  con­
sider  oniy  the  outside  figure  as  repre­
senting  the  “ market  price’ ’  for  Western 
eggs. 
If  they  base  their  paying  prices 
upon  this  expectation  they  are  likely  to 
incur  losses.

in  value, 

*  *  *

Every  man  interested  in  the  egg  trade 
ought  to  make  it  a  point  to  agitate  the 
question  of  public  reports  of  egg  hold­
ings  in  the  public  warehouses.  It is  cer­
tainly  a  great  misfortune  to  all  large 
operators  that  this  important  informa­
tion  is  not  available  weekly.  Visible 
stocks  of  wheat  and  flour  and  provisions 
are  reported  constantly  for  the  guidance 
of  operators  in  those  commodities,  and 
the  egg  men  should  certainly  provide 
for  themselevs  equal  advantages.  Pos­
sibilities  of  fluctuation  in  value  of  eggs 
are  so  great  that  every  feature  of  the sit­
uation  which  can  be  known  should  be 
available  to  operators,  so  that  the  great 
movement  of  stock  into  and  out  of  cold 
storage  may  more  quickly  and  certain­
ly  produce  the  effects upon  values  which 
are  essential  to  the  maintenance  of 
healthy  trade  conditions. 
If  egg  opera­
tors  everywhere  will  talk  the  matter  up 
a  pubilc  sentiment  may  be  developed 
in  favor  of  this  important  advance  in 
trade  methods  which  will  secure  the  de­
sired  result  before  another  storage  sea­
son  shall  set 
in. — New  York  Produce 
Review.

W i ll  T r y   P r o fit- S h a r in g .

The  Westboro  Grocery  Co.,  a  corpo­
just  organized,  began  business 
ration 
in  Cobb’s  Block,  Westboro, 
last  week 
Mass.  The  corporation  has  a  capital  of 
$10,000,  all  of  which  is  subscribed  and 
paid 
for.  Henry  L.  Chase  will  act  in 
the  capacity  of  generabmanager,  as well 
as  treasurer,  of  the  company.  The  new 
company  proposes  to  try  an  experiment 
at  the  outset  of  its  career,  which  will  be 
interestingly  watched  by  the  townspeo­
ple. 
is  to  be  operated  on  a  profit- 
sharing  basis.  One-tenth  of  the  capital 
stock 
is  to  be  divided  among  the  em­
ployes,  and  at  the  end  of  the  year  a  lib­
eral  share  of  the  net  profits  is  to  be  di­
vided  among  them  before  the  payment 
of  any  dividends,  thus  giving  to  each 
one  a  personal  and  pecuniary interest  in 
the  success  of  the  business.

It 

K m b a lin e d   B u t t e r   N o w .

From the  Duluth, Mini)., Herald.

Embalmed  butter 

is  the  latest  thing 
to 
look  out  for.  Everybody  heard  of 
embalmed  beef  during  the  late  war,  and 
probably  everyone  knows  that  one  of 
the  charges  that  were  made  was  that 
boric  acid  had  been  put  into  the  beef  to 
make 
it  keep.  *  When  one  buys  butter 
here  now,  unless  he  has  the  most  im­
plicit  confidence 
in  his  dealer,  he  can 
not  tell  whether  or  not  his  butter  has 
been  subjected  to  the  same  treatment. 
It  is  being  done  and  quite  extensively, 
but  no  actual  convictions  have  been 
made  on  it  here.

«Fust  P u n is h m e n t.

“ She  scorned  all  her  wooers  so  long 
is  doomed  to be  an  old 

that  now  she 
maid  for  the  rest  of  her  ilfe. ”

“ Well,  that  seems  like  a  just sentence 

for  such  contempt  of  court. ’ ’

Clover,  Tim othy,  Alsyke,  Beans,
Peas  Popcorn,  Buckw heat

If you wish to buy or sell  correspond with  us.

ALFRED J.  BROWN  SEED  CO.,

GROWERS.  MERCHANTS.  IMPORTERS.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Make  a  Note  of  It.  We  Handle

Mexican  Oranges

They are now arriving  in good  condition and fine quality.  Packed  in  Florida 
size boxes, nice  sizes.  We  are  quoting at $3 50  per  box  delivered  in  carlots 
to  any  point  taking  $1  25  rate freight.  We quote  Sonora  Mexican  Oranges, 
shipments by  November  5th, $3.25  delivered.  Write us.

MILLER  &  TEASDALE  CO.,

ST.  LOUIS,  MO.

RED  STAR  BRAND  CIDER  VINEGAR

is not excelled by  any  vinegar on the  market.  A trial will convince.
A  GUARANTEE  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. w
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Redemeyer*Hollister  Commission  Co.,

ST.  LOUIS,  MISSOURI,

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 
and  potatoes.  Shipments and  correspondence solicited. 

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BEANS

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

Always  in  the  market.

M O SELEY  BROS.

2 6 - 2 8 - 3 0 - 3 2   O TTAW A  ST.,  GRAND  R APIDS 

Seeds,  Beans,  Potatoes,  Onions,  Apples.

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We are always  in  the  market for  Fresh

BUTTER  AND  EGGS

3 6   M arket  Street. 

R.  H IR T ,  J R ,  Detroit,  Mich.

SH IP  YO UR  BUTTER  AND  EGGS  TO 

STROUP  &  CARMER,

G R A N D   R A P ID S .  M IC H .
3 8  SO .  D IV IS IO 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^ 
M ich.; Commercial  Agencies.

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. 

 

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S o c ia l  C u sto m s   a n d   C o stu m e s   o f   S e v e n ty  

Written for the Tradesman.

Y e a r s   A g o .

family 

The  busy  hum  of  the  spinning  wheel 
is  hushed,  the  stocking  yam 
is  ready 
for  the  needles  and  nimble  fingers  of 
the  knitters,  the  cloth  for  the  homespun 
clothing  of  the 
is  woven  and 
gone  to  the  woolen  mill  for  finishing, 
the  apples  are  all  gathered  and the cider 
is  made,  the  potatoes  are  gathered  in 
cellar  or  pits,  the  last  shock  of  corn 
is 
husked  and 
the  golden  ears  shine 
through  the  interstices  of  the  long cribs, 
sure  harbingers  of  pork  and  plenty.

The  season  of  meriymaking 

is  at 
hand.  The  rural  social  circle  forms  a 
radius  of  four  or  five  miles.  No  orna­
mental  or  perfumed  cards  are  used  to 
herald  the  event. 
It  was  the  custom, for 
some  prominent  family  with  grown-up 
sons  or  daughters,  or  both,  to  send  a 
messenger  on  horseback  with  a  list  of 
names  of  the  families  who  would  be  apt 
to  join  in  a  round  of  social  gatherings, 
inviting  each  to  the 
initial  party,  at 
which  the  amusements  for  the  winter 
would  be  arranged.  Each  family  was 
expected  to  give  one  or  more  of  these 
parties  during  the  winter  months,  and 
if  the  sleighing  was  fine  sleighing  par­
ties  were  added  to  the  program,  the 
company  meeting  by  arrangement at  the 
home  of  some  one  of  the  merrymakers 
for  supper  and  to  spend  the  evening 
in 
songs  and  rustic  games.  The  refresh­
ments  were  of  the  plainest kind.  Every 
housekeeper  was  a  cheesemaker,  and 
doughnuts  and  cheese,  pumpkin  pie, 
nuts  and  apples,  washed  down  with 
plenty  of  cider,  formed  the  staples  of 
the  simple  bill  of  fare.

The  umpire 

There  were  no  organs 
then  and  but 

in  private 
families 
few 
in  the 
churches.  Quartette  songs  with  a  flute 
accompaniment  made  up  the  musical 
part  of  the  entertainment.  Occasionally 
a  violin  was  produced  and  then  the  old- 
fashioned  country  dances  filled  up  the 
pleasant  evenings ;  but  usually  the  en­
tertainment  was  made  up  of  conversa­
tion,  songs  and  games.  The  old  game 
of  “ forfeits”   was  prolific  of  much  noisy 
amusement. 
sometimes 
imposed  very  embarrassing  or  ludicrous 
penalties.  One  that  I  remember  was 
called  “ measuring  tape  and  cutting  it 
off  at  every  yard.’ ’  This  was  performed 
by  the  lady  and  gentleman  taking  hold 
of  hands  and  stretching  their  arms  hori­
zontally,  which brought  their  faces  close 
together,  and  the  “ cutting  off’ ’  was  a 
noisy  kiss  upon  lips  or  cheek.  Some­
times  the  penalty  was  measuring  ten 
yards  and  cutting  off  every  yard,  which, 
was  either  very  pleasant  or  very  em­
barrassing  according  to  circumstances. 
Another  penalty  (for  a  gentleman)  was 
to  “ kneel  to  a 
lady  (named),  bow  to 
the  rest  and  kiss  the  one  he  loved  the 
best.”   Another  was  “ goingto  Rom e,”  
which  was  paid  by  kissing  every  lady 
in  the  room.  The  peals  of 
laughter 
and  applause  which  followed  the  pay­
ing  of  these  forfeits  made  the  time  pass 
swiftly  and  hastened  the  parting hour.

A  gentleman’s  costume  was  made  up 
of  a  swallow-tailed  coat,  very  short  in 
waist  and  long  in  skirt,  with  large  gilt 
buttons,  a  vest  of  any  color  or  pattern 
to  suit  the  taste  of  the  wearer,  and 
trousers  very  tight  fitting,  reaching  high 
up  under  the  arms.  Add  to  this  a 
ruffled  shirt  and  you  have a country beau 
in  evening  dress.  The 
ladies  wore 
dresses  cut  rather  low  in  the  neck,  very 
short  in  the  waist  and  long  in  the  skirt, 
with  very 
crinoline. 
These  costumes,  as  ridiculous  as  they 
would  appear now,  were  considered very

little  show  of 

charming  seventy  years  ago.  Curls  were 
in  fashion  and  hung  in  graceful  ringlets 
over  neck  and  shoulders,  confined  only 
by  an  ornamental  circular  comb,  placed 
high  up  on  the  forehead  to  prevent  their 
falling  forward  over  the  face. 
If  the 
reader  will  imagine  a  roomful  of 
ladies 
with  hair of  every  shade  of  color— some 
long,  some  short,  some  false,  some  real 
—all 
in  curls,  he  has  a  picture  before 
him  often  witnessed  by  the  writer.  At 
a  dancing  party  this  fashion  of  dressing 
the  hair  gave  a  fantastic  appearance  to 
the  scene.  The  rhythm  of  the  dancing 
set  every  curl  long  and  short  to  keeping 
time,  until  the  room  was  a  maze  of 
floating  curls.  Here  my  memory  re­
calls  two  prominent  actors  in  these rural 
scenes  as  unlike 
in  their  personal 
charms  as 
in  their  efforts  to  please. 
They  were  rare  types  of  the  two  ex­
tremes  of  beauty  in  woman,  the  brunette 
and  the  blonde.  Each  was  possessed  of 
a  wealth^of  shining  hair.  The  tresses 
of  one  were  as  dark  as  night,  those  of 
the  other  were  a  shimmering  mass  of 
burnished  gold. 
The  brunette  won 
hearts  by  her  ready  wit  and  pleasing 
conversation,  her  native gentleness  and 
genial  ways.  The  blonde,  while  lacking 
none  of  Nature’s  gifts  that  mark  the 
lady,  was  always  the 
life  of  the  com­
pany  in  which  she  moved,  and  her  mu­
sical  voice,  as 
it  rippled"  out  of  the 
stream  of  common  conversation,  was 
like  the  melody  of  a  meandering  brook. 
The  brunette’s  history  1  am  unable  to 
follow.  The  family  of  the  blonde  were 
early  emigrants  to  Michigan,  where  she 
life.  She  was 
spent  a  long  and  useful 
the  sister  of  the 
late  Hon.  Payne  K. 
Leach,  one  of  the  earliest  pioneers  of 
Oakland  county.  W.  S.  H.  Welton.

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O N   T H E   W IN G .

G r a p h ic   G lim p s e s   o f   a   H a lf   D o ze n   M ic h i­

g a n   T o w n s ,

in  summer 

South  Haven,  Nov.  13  -  My  trip  last 
week  started  at  Niles  and  ended*at 
South  Haven.  The  former  is  one  of  the 
most  beautiful  towns  among  the  many 
beautiful  places  in  Southern  Michigan. 
The  Michigan  Central  Railway  has here 
one  of  the  finest  depots  on  the  line  and 
has  surrounded  it  with  a  beautiful  park, 
which 
is  exquisite.  The 
view  of  this  and  the  city,  as  on6  is 
driven  over  a  viaduct  spanning  the  rail­
way  tracks,  is  picturesque  and  charm­
ing.  The  prosy  old  men  always  say 
“ fine”   or  something  to  express  admira­
tion,  and  I— well, 
I  gaze  and  dream. 
One’s  thoughts  return  to  earth,  however, 
when  one  takes  sample  case  and  gets  to 
work.  In  the  words  of  one  of  the  frater­
nity,  the  merchants  here  are  no  “ easy 
m ark,”   so 
it  requires  one’s  very  best 
efforts  to  make  a  showing.  Would  you 
believe  that 
in  this  age  a  man  would 
have  pursued  the  same  business,  in  the 
same  town  and  on  the  same  corner,  for 
forty-three  years?  Such 
i^  the  record 
of  Mr.  Woodruff,  who  only  two  or  three 
years  ago  sold  out  to  Geo.  B.  Winter. 
Mr.  Winter  is  not  a  pioneer  in  the sense 
of  long  residence,  but  he  is  in  new  and 
up-to-date  business  methods.  He  con­
ducts  a  strictly  “ spot  cash grocery”   and 
there  is  little  on  the  Chicago market you 
can  not  find  here.  Another  old  timer 
is  Dennis  Bunbury,  who  for  twenty-five 
years  has  conducted  a  grocery  store  in 
the  same  spot.  While  waiting  for  him 
the  other  day  1  noticed  the  number  of 
times  he  made  the  trip  from  front  to 
rear  of  his  store  and  was  curious enough 
to  figure  approximately  the  distance  he 
in  a  day.  Then  he  and  1 
would  cover 
figured  it  out  for  the  years  he  had  been 
in  business  and,  to  my  surprise,  found 
he  might  easily  have  circled  the  globe 
three  times  with  the  same  number  of 
steps.  Champion  Bros,  have  a  well- 
kept  store  and  here  I  just  revel  in  the 
fine  china  they  carry.  Forler,  over  by 
the  depot,  is  one  of  the  most  genial 
men  1  meet,  and  is  a  merchant  as  well. 
Another  store  up  town  has  its  particular 
charm  in  the  young  lady  who  is  behind 
the  desk.  Mr.  Laberteaux  told  me  an 
amusing  story  the  other  day. 
It  was  to 
the  effect  that  during  the  recent  carni­
val  in  Chicago  a  citizen  of  Niles  went 
in  to  see  the  sights.  The  Auditorium 
tower  being  on  his 
list,  he  made  the 
ascent  to  get  the  promised  view  of  the 
In  some  way  he  lost  his  balance 
city. 
from  those  on  top 
and  fell.  A  shriek 
in  the  street  and 
warned  the  throngs 
they  gazed  breathlessly  as  he 
came 
spinning  ¡toward  earth.  He  struck  with 
the  usual  “ dull  sickening  thud.”   The 
crowd  rushed  forward,  but,  instead  of  a 
lifeless  corpse,  they  were 
crushed  and 
amazed  to  see  him  get  up  and  start  to 
In  reply  to  the  eager ques­
walk  away. 
tions  as  to  how  he  could  have  escaped 
unhurt,  he  replied,  “ Well,  you  see  1 
live  over  in  Niles,  Michigan,  and  I  fell 
slow.”  
I  may  add  that  had  this  been 
Mr.  Laberteaux  he  would  not  have 
lived  to  tell  the  tale,  for  he  certainly 
does  not  possess  that  quality.

is  another  town  espe­
Three  Rivers 
cially  fortunate 
in  point  of  location. 
The  three  rivers  from  which  the  town 
derives  its  name— their courses  outlined 
by  weeping  willows  and  grassy  banks— 
makes  a  beautiful  scene. 
In  point  of

front  and 

business  prosperity  it  stands well toward 
the 
its  merchants  are,  with­
out  exception,  what  I call “  really truly”  
merchants— not  mere  storekeepers.

in  which  Michigan  seems 

From  Three  Rivers  I  go  on  to  Law- 
ton  and  Paw  Paw,  another  pair  of  twin 
cities, 
to 
abound.  The  drive  between  these  two 
villages  has  ever  been  one  of  the  en­
joyable  features  of  my  work.  The  dis­
tance  is  a  little  over  four  miles  and  the 
road  lies  through  fruit  farms  and  vine­
yards. 
In  the  spring,  when  the  trees 
are  in  blossom,the  sight  is  beautiful  be­
yond  description,  and  the  fragrance  fills 
one’s  very  soul  with  sweet  ana elevating 
emotions.  A  little  later  the  fruit  ripen­
ing 
in  the  summer  sun  begets  a  feeling 
of  deep  gratitude  that  we  should  have 
so  much  for  our  comfort  and  enjoyment. 
And  now  -even  though  the  trees  and 
vines  are  bare— a  spirit  of  rest  and  con­
tent  seems  to  pervade  the  atmosphere. 
The  work 
is  in. 
The  yield  of  the  vineyards  in  this  par­
ticular  vicinity  amounted  this  year to 
over  five  hundred  cars.

is  done,  the  harvest 

Decatur  and  Dowagiac  are  next  on 
my  route  and  I  want  to  inform  you  that, 
whether  you  know  how  to  spell  Dowag­
iac  or  not,  you  must  pronounce 
it  with 
a  hard  g 
if  you  desire  to  stand  well 
with  its  residents.  Here  are  made  the 
Round  Oak  stoves,  so  widely  used 
in 
wood-burning  districts. 
At  Decatur 
when  you  step 
from  the  train  you  are 
confronted  by a  mounted  cannon,  which 
I  remember  gave  me  quite  a  start  when 
first  I  came  upon  it,  but  so  many  towms 
possess  them  now  that  they  rather 
lose 
their  formidable  look  by  familiarity.

St.  Joseph  and  Benton  Harbor— more 
twins,  you  see— and  these  cities  em­
phasize  their  relationship  by  having 
Twin  City  street  railways  and  telephone 
companies.  This  apparent  friendliness 
is  not  so  deep  as  it  might  be,  as  one 
finds  the  usual  rivalry  existing,  which 
is  a  good  thing,  as  it  creates  ambition. 
As  to  which  is  the  better  town,  I  would 
not  dare  say,  even 
if  I  really  had  an 
opinion,  and  1  confess  I  have  not.

Benton  Harbor  has  a  new  sugar beet 
or  beet  sugar  factory,  a  new  mineral 
institution,  of  which  marvelous 
bath 
cures  are  told,  and 
is  to  have  a  new 
opera  house,  two  new  banks  and a whole 
lot  more  new  things.  Just  now  they  are 
even  claiming  to  have  the  smallpox,  but 
they  haven’t,  so  come  on.

Over  at  St.  Joseph 

they  have  the 
county  buildings  and  a  fine  court  house, 
the  Hotel  Whitcomb,  and  a  view  of 
grand  old  Lake  Michigan,  and 
that 
makes  one  forget  all  else. 
It  did  look 
solemn  and  grey  and  cold  this  morning 
—but  my 
for  the  lake,  in  all  its 
varying  moods,  can  never  be  brought 
within  the  compass  of  words,  so  1  shall 
not  even  attempt  it—but  I  would  that  1 
might. 
G e ttin g   R e a d y   F o r   t h e  C o n v e n tio n — L o c a l 

Bemhart.

love 

C a n d id a te .

Bay  City,  Nov.  13— Post  D  (M.  K. 
of  G .)  has  already  donned  its  working 
clothes  and  has  been  for  some  weeks ac­
tively  engaged 
in  perfecting  arrange­
ments  for  the  eleventh  annual  conven­
tion  of  the  order,  to  be  held  in  the 
Sugar  City  Tuesday  and  Wednesday, 
Dec.  26  and  27.  The  committees  are 
all  appointed  and  working  earnestly and 
faithfully  to  make  this  convention  the 
banner one.  The  Committee  on  Enter­
tainment  has  contracted  with  the  genial 
landlords  of  the  Fraser  House  for  a 
grand  banquet  and  ball.  The  other  com­
mittees  are  not  far  behind  and  from  the 
way  the  boys  are  taking  hold  the  mem­
bers  need  have  no  doubt  of  the  conven­
tion  being  well  entertained.  Post D  has 
a  candidate  for  State  Secretary.  He  is 
commonly  known  by  the  name  of  Dick 
— and  who  doesn’t  know  him ! 
In  sign­
ing  his  name  it  reads  Ransom  S.  R ich­
ards;  while  he 
is  very  modest  he  was 
prevailed  upon  to  enter  the  race  and,  of 
course,  expects  to  win  out.  Those  who 
know  him  best  realize  that  no  better  se­
lection  could  be  made  for  Secretary  and 
he  seeks  his  equal 
for  promptness, 
competency  and  ability,  while  his  en­
thusiasm  and  zeal  for  the  order  are  un­
surpassed.  Post  D  is  in  hearty  accord 
with  his  candidacy  and  will  do  all  in 
his  power towards  his  election.

George  H.  Randall.

S U C C E S S F U L   S A L E S M E N .

M .  A .  R u s s e ll, R e p re se n t in £  P h e lp s ,  B r a c e  

&  C o.

Maurice  A.  Russell  was  born  at 
Galesburg,  Kalamazoo  county,  Sept.  29, 
1858,  being  the  oldest  of  four  children 
and  the  only  boy  in  the  family.  His 
father  was  of  Yankee  extraction,  while 
his  mother  was  of  German  descent.  He 
attended  school  until  13  years  of  age, 
when  the 
family  removed  to  Fulton, 
where  he  also  attended  school  a  year. 
Not  liking  the  new  home  as  well  as 
the  old,  he  returned  to  Galesburg  a  year 
later  and  attended  school  and  worked 
on  his  grandmother’s  farm.  He  then 
went  to  Scotts,  where  he  worked  about 
a  year 
in  the  general  store  of  W.  H. 
DeLano,  and  would  have  continued  in 
this  position  but 
for  the  illness  of  his 
uncle,  who  was  in  charge  of  his  grand­
mother's  farm,  in  consequence  of  which 
he  was  compelled  to  return  to  the 
farm 
and  take  up  the  management,  which  he

the 

continued  for  four  years,  with  the  ex­
ception  of  about  a  year  when  he  worked 
in  the  cigar  factory  of  Geo.  Sutton,  at 
Galesburg.  He  then  bought  a  barber 
shop  in  Galesburg,  which  he  conducted 
for  about  a  year  and,  in  1883,  engaged 
in 
same  business  at  Augusta, 
where  he  remained  until  Jan.  17,  1898, 
when  he  went  on  the  road  for  McIntosh, 
Crane  &  Co.,  wholesale confectioners of 
Detroit,  carrying  the  goods  of  the  San 
Telmo  Cigar  Co.  as  a  side  line.  A 
peculiarity  of  his  work  for  this  house  is 
that  he  never saw  any  member  of  the 
firm  until  he  went  in  at  the  end  of  the 
year  to  turn  his  grips  over  to  his  suc­
cessor.  He  was  also  the  last  man  to 
represent  the  San  Telmo  factory  direct, 
the  output  now  being  sold  entirely 
through  jobbing  agents.  When  Phelps, 
Brace  &  Co.  placed  F.  E.  Bushman 
in 
charge  of  their  cigar  department,  one  of 
the  first  men  he  made  overtures  to  was 
Mr.  Russell,  who  was  engaged  without 
the  usual  preliminaries  and  who  started 
out  at  once  on  the  work  of  creating  a 
for  the  goods  handled  by  that 
demand 
house.  His  territory 
includes  all  the 
available  towns  in  Southwestern  M ichi­
gan,  and  he  undertakes  to  see  his  cus­
tomers  every  sixty  days.

Mr.  Russell  was  married 

in  1884  to 
Miss  Cora  Church,  of  Augusta,  who 
died  five  years  later,  leaving  two  boys, 
now  12  and  13  years,  respectively.  Five 
years 
to  Miss 
Maude  Rosebrook,  of  Augusta,  and  the 
family  now  reside  in  Battle  Creek.

later  he  was  married 

Mr.  Russell  is  not  much  o f a “ jiner, ”  
being  a  member  of  but  one  secret  order 
— Galesburg Lodge No.  364,  I.  O.  O.  F.
He  attributes  his  success  to  upright­

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line  of  goods 
ness,  persistence  and  a 
which  meet 
the  requirements  of  the 
trade.  He  is  a  universal  favorite  wher­
ever  he  goes  and  to  that  fact  he  at­
tributes  a  good  portion  of  his  success.

G r ip s a c k   B r ig a d e .

Kalamazoo  Gazette:  C.  C.  Bobb,  who 
has  been  Eastern  traveling  salesman  for 
the  Kalamazoo  Wagon  Co. 
for  eight 
years,  has  contracted  with  the  Michigan 
Buggy  Co,  to  take  charge  of  the  same 
territory.

W.  C.  Brightrall, 

for  the  past  two 
years  on  the  road  for  the  Star  Knitting 
Works  in  Michigan,  Indiana  and  North­
western  Ohio,  has  engaged  to  travel 
for 
the  Grand  Rapids  Knitting  Co.  next 
year,  the  change  to  take  effect  Jan.  1. 
Mr.  Brightrall  will  cover  a  much  larger 
area  with  his  new  connection.

C.  W.  Allen,  Secretary  and  Treasurer 
of  the  Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’ 
Association,  has  resigned  and  George 
W.  Hill  has  been  elected  to  succeed 
him.  Mr.  Allen  will  move  to  Califor­
nia.  Mr.  Hill  was  Secretary  and  Treas­
urer  of  the  organization  sixteen  years 
ago  and  has  always  taken  an  active 
in­
terest  in  the  Association.

Chicago  Tiuies-Herald ;  “ The mean­
est  place  l  ever  was  in ,”   said  the  man 
w’ho  travels  for a  liquor  house,  “ is down 
in  Massachusetts.  Say,  do  you  know 
what  happened  while  I  was  stopping 
there  once?  A  traveling  salesman  had 
fallen  through  a  hole  in  a  sidewalk  and 
sustained 
injuries  that  resulted  in  the 
loss  of  his  right  arm.  He  sued  the  city 
for  damages  and  the  case  was  tried  be­
fore  a  jury  which  the  papers  said  was 
composed  of 
citizens. 
Well,  what  do  you  suppose  they  did  to 
in  a  verdict  in  favor  of 
him?  Brought 
inasmuch  as  he 
the  city,  holding  that 
was 
his 
injury 
didn’t 
amount  to  anything.

representative 

left-handed 

The  Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.  formerly 
had  a  salesman  by  the  name of Axe.  He 
was  succeeded  by  M.  H.  Gunn,  of 
Lansing.  On  his  first  call  on  J.  A. 
Hunt,  of  Mt.  Pleasant,  Mr.  Hunt  re­
marked,  “ I  have  seen  an  axe  and  now 
they  have  sent  a  gun  and  1  presume  the 
next  thing  I  will  see  is  a  cannon. 
It 
so  happened  that  Mr.  Gunn  afterwards 
met  Will  Cannon,  who  covered  Central 
Michigan  for  Daniel  Scotten.  He  re­
lated  the  circumstance  and  asked  him 
to  call  on  Mr.  Hunt  and  represent  him­
self as connected  with  the  Clark-Jewell- 
Wells  Co.  He  was  able  to  do  this  a  few 
days  later,  when  Mr.  Hunt  threw  up  his 
hands  and  proudly  boasted  that  his  pre­
diction  had  come  true.

M r.  W a ls h   A n n o u n c e s   H I h  C a n d id a c y .
Detroit,  Nov.  13— Will  you  please  put 
in  your  paper this  week  the  information 
that  1  am  a  candidate  for  President  of 
the  Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip  for 
1000,  having  received  the  unanimous 
support  of  Post  C  (Detroit)  for that  po­
sition.- 

P.  T.  Walsh.

When 

in  Grand  Rapids  stop  at  the 
new  Hotel  Plaza.  First  class.  Rates,  §2.

i   LLLAND HOTEL,  CH,CA™  "
5  

Michigan and  Jackson  Boulevards.

5   American  Plan

$2.00 a day and upwards.

European  Plan

75c a day and upwards.

Special rates by  the  week—on  application. 

First-class in every way.
CHAS.  W. DABB, Proprietor.

R Ë M O D 6L E O   M O T E L   B U T . E R
I.-M .  B R O W N .  P R O F .

Rates, $1. 

W ashington Ave.  and  Kalamazoo St.,  L A N S IN G .

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Drugs—Chem icals

M ichigan  State  B oard  o f P h arm acy

Term expires
A. 0. Schumacher, Ann Arbor  -  Dec. 31,1899 
Geo.  Gundrum, Ionia 
- 
-  Dec. 31,1900
L.  E.  Reynolds,  St.  Joseph 
-  Dec. 31,1901 
Henry  Heim, Saginaw 
-  Dec. 31,1902
- 
Wirt  P.  Doty, Detroit - 
Dec. 31,1903
President,  Geo.  Gundrum,  Ionia.
Secretary, A.  C.  Schumacher,  Ann Arbor. 
Treasurer, Henry  Heim, Saginaw.
E xam ination  Sessions 
Detroit—Jan. 9 and 10.
Grand Rapids—Mar. 6 and 7.
Star Island—June 25 and 20.
Sault Ste. Marie—Aug. 28 and 29. 
Lansing—Nov. 7 and 8.

State  P h arm aceu tical  A ssociation 

President—O.  Eberbach, Ann Arbor. 
Secretary—Chas.  F.  Mann, Detroit. 
Treasurer—J.  S. Bennett,  Lansing.

Covets  a   C ertificate  F o r  a  Cash C onsidera­

tion.

Ann  Arbor,  Nov.  13— Enclosed  find 
correspondence  which  will  explain  it­
self. 
If  you  see  fit  you  can  use  the 
same,  as  I  know  of  no  better  way  to 
stop  this  kind  of  material  than  to  make 
it  public.  This  is  not  the  first  letter  of 
the  kind  received  in  this  office.

A.  C.  Schumacher,  Sec’y.
The  letter  referred  to  is  as  follows:
Kingsville,  Ont.,  Sept.  8— Received 
some  printed  circulars  from  you  this 
morning. 
I  wrote  you  a  week  ago  and 
expected  a  reply  in writing,  but possibly 
you  did  not  understand  what  I  wished, 
so  I  am  writing  to you  again  and  will 
enclose  a  25  cent  bill  for  postage,  etc., 
all  correspondence  to  be  strictly  confi­
dential.

I  would  like  to  have  a  certificate  from 
the  State  of  Michigan,  simply  for the 
honor of  having  it.  Not  to  my  knowl­
edge  do  I  intend  to  use  it  at  present,  as 
I  am  going  to  attend  the  Ontario  Col­
lege  of  Pharmacy  next  fall  and  simply 
wish  to  get  it  for  the  honor,  after  I  get 
home  at  Christmas  to  Port  Elgin,  Can­
ada,  for  having 
it.  Now,  can  we  not 
come  to  some  definite  understanding? 
Will  you  not  send  examination  papers 
to  my  address  here  and  allow  me  to 
write  on  them,  or  simply  send  certifi­
cate?  Will  send  check  for  X V  dollars 
or  hand  it  personally  to  you.  If  you  will 
accept  an  amount  of  cash  (personally) 
for the  certificate  you  could  date  it Aug. 
30— the  date  of  last examination.  Know­
ing  that  you  are  the  Secretary  of  the 
Board  and  the  one  who  issues  the  cer­
tificates,  I  thought  possibly  you  might 
do  this,  if  cash  (personally)  was  any 
object.

Now,  I  have  taken  the  liberty  to write 
to  you  regarding  a  matter,  which  kindly 
keep  a  secret  if  you  find  you  can  not  do 
as.  ^  propose;  or  if  you  know  of  any­
thing 
like  this  which  you  could  sug­
gest,  I  would  be  pleased  to  hear  it.

Remember,  all  correspondence  will 
be  strictly  confidential  or,  if  you  would 
like  a  personal  interview,  I  would  go  to 
Detroit  to  meet  you  for  final  arrange­
ments.  Would  also  like  it  if  you  would 
return  this  letter to  me.

If  this  is  possible,  let  me  know  when 
and  where  I  could  have  a  perosnal  in­
terview  with  you ;  also  if  this  is  impos­
sible  kindly  state  so  and  return  my  let­
ter,  sure,  by  return  mail.  Have  en­
closed  amount  for  postage  expense.

Awaiting  a  repy,  and  hoping  you  can 
make  some  proposition  which  would 
insure  my  getting  or  possessing  this  ex­
amination,  I  am 

A.  L.  E.  Shier.

It  is  needless  to  remark  that the writer 
of  the 
letter  has  not  yet  received  the 
coveted  certificate  and,  in  all  probabil­
ity,  never  will  get 
it,  because  a  good 
moral  character  is  one  of the  conditions 
exacted  from  all  applicants  for  registra­
tion  in  this  State.

T he  M ost  D angerous  Poison  Made.

“ Just  now  we  are  engaged 

in  the 
making  of  tons  of  cyanide  of  potas­
sium ,”  said a  member of  a  firm  of  man­
ufacturing  chemists,  “ and  of  all  pois­
ons,  this,  to  my  mind,  is  the  most  dan- 
geious,  because  of  a  singular quality  it 
possesses. 
is  in  appearance  so  very 
attractive  to  those  who  handle  it  that 
they  are  often  seized  with  an  almost

It 

fondness 

overwhelming  desire  to  eat  it.  To  one 
it  probably  suggests  sugar,  if  he 
man 
has  a 
saccharine  sub­
stances,  and  to  another  snow  newly 
fallen;  but  to both  it  is  so  alluring  that 
they  may  only  overcome  the  temptation 
to  put  it  in  their  mouths  by  great  force 
of  will  power.

for 

in 

its  vicinity 

“ The  very  men  who  make  it  and  who 
are  most  familiar  with  its  deadly  prop­
erties  are  pursued  by  an  unreasonable 
desire  to  eat  the  poison,  and  as  long  as 
they  remain 
this  ex­
traordinary  craving endures.  They know 
that  to  give  way  to  the  craving  means 
death  almost 
instant  and  horrible,  and 
as  a  consequence  are  usually  able  to  re­
sist  the  strange  temptation,  but  during 
the  last  ten  years  we  have  been  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  the  drug  four  of 
our  most 
intelligent  and  steady  work­
men  have  committed  suicide 
in  this 
way. ’ ’

“ Ever  feel 

like  eating  it  yourself?”  

asked  the  reporter.

itself 

“ Y es,”  

the  manufacturer 

replied. 
“ Many  times  when  in  contact  with  the 
cyanide  fumes,  and  have  had  to  leave 
in  consequence.  So 
work  precipitately 
well  is  this  curious  fact  known 
in  all 
works  where  cyanide  of  potassium  is 
made  that  there  are  always  two  men  at 
work  together,  and  a 
jar  of  ammonia, 
which 
is  the  antidote  to  the  poison,  is 
kept  at  hand.
Potassium 

is  one  of  the  most  inter­
esting  substances  known  to  chemical 
workers.  The  metal 
is  scarcely 
in  the  arts,  but  its  many 
used  at  all 
salts  are  of 
immense  practical  value, 
being  used  largely  in  the  production  of 
gunpowder,  fertilizers,  medicines  and 
dyeing  compounds.  Cyanide  is  a  com­
pound  of  cyanogen  with  a  metallic 
agent.  Cyanogen 
is  a  colorless,  pois­
onous  liquefiable  gas  which  has  the odor 
of  almonds  and  bums  with  a  purple 
flame.  Cyanide  of  potassium  is  made 
by  burning  potassium,  an  alkali  metal, 
in  cyanogen  gas,  and  is  really  a  prus- 
siate  of  potash. 
It  is  produced  also  in 
blast  furnaces  in  which  ore  is  smelted, 
with  coke  or  coal,  and 
is  permanent 
when  kept  dry,  but  decomposes  readily 
in  moist  air. 
It  crystallizes  in  dry,  oc­
tagonal  blocks,  and  is  extremely  soluble 
in_  water. 
It  has  the  odor  of  prussic 
acid  and  kindred  bitterness  of  taste. 
Cyanide  of  potassium 
in 
electro-metallurgy  and  photography  to  a 
considerable  extent. 
It  will  remove 
metallic  oxides,  the  juices  of  fruits  and 
indelible  ink. ”

is  also  used 

The  D rug  M arket.

Opium— Is  weak.  There  has  been  a 
large  amount  imported,  stocks  are  large 
and  competition 
is  tending  to  lower 
prices.

Quinine— Is  firm  and  a 

further  ad­
vance  is  looked 
for.  Domestic  manu­
facturers  will  not  enter  contracts at pres­
ent  price.

Morphine —Is  unchanged.
Carbolic  Acid— Has  been  advancing 
and 
is  very  firm.  Our  prediction  of  a 
higher  market  during  1900  will  be 
realized.

Cocaine— Is  very  firm  and  another  ad­

vance  is  looked  for.

Cocoa  Butter— Has  advanced,  on  ac­

count  of  higher  prices  abroad.

Norwegian  Cod  Liver  Oil— Is 

in  ac­
tive  demand  at  the  advanced  price  and 
the  tendency  is  higher.

Balsam  Copaiba—Is  very  firm  at  the 

advance  noted  last  week.

Gum  Camphor— Another  advance 

probable  within  a  few  days.

is 

Buchu  Leaves— Are  very  scarce  and 

firm  in  price.

Ipecac  Root,  Golden  Seal  Root  and 
Senega  Root— Are  all  very  firm  at  the 
advanced  price.
.  Essential  Oils— Cloves  have  advanced 
in  sympathy  with  the  spice.  Eucalyptus 
is  higher.  Peppermint  is  very  firm  and 
tending  upwards.  Pennyroyal 
is  very 
scarce  and  again  advanced.  Sassafras 
is  again  advanced  and  tending  higher. 
Wormwood 
is  in  very  small  supply  and 
has  again  advanced.

B oard  Not  R equired  to  Give  S ecurity F o r 

Costs.

Ann  Arbor,  Nov.  13— Enclosed  find 
correspondence  I  have  had  with  the  A t­
torney  General of  this  State.  The  object 
I  have 
in  sending  this  letter to  you  is 
to  have  that  part  of  it  made  public  to 
give  prosecuting  attorneys  throughout 
the  State  to  understand  that,  when  a 
violation  is  brought  to  their  notice,  they 
must  take  care  of  the  case  without  a 
from  the  Board.  Please  do 
guarantee 
jirosecuting  attorney’s 
not 
name 
in  this  case,  as  I  think  the  sub­
ject  may  be  done  justice  without  doing 
so.  Please  return  me  the  letter  when 
you  are  through  with 
it,  as  I  wish  to 
place  it  on  file  in  this  office.

insert  the 

A.  C.  Schumacher,  Sec’y.

The 

letter  Mr.  Schumacher  refers  to 
was  written  by  Deputy  Attorney  Gen­
eral  Chase  to  A.  E.  Ewing,  of  Grand 
Rapids,  attorney  of  the  Board,  as  fol­
lows :

Mr.  Schumacher,  Secretary  of 

the 
Board  of  Pharmacy,  had  a  talk  with  the 
Attorney  General  and  myself  yesterday 
with  reference  to  the  action  of  the  Pros­
ecuting  Attorney  of-----county  in requir­
ing  security  for  costs 
in  the  bringing 
of  a  case  against  a  man  running  a  drug 
store  a t ------- .

This  morning  I  talked  with  the  Pros­
ecuting  Attorney  over  the  telephone  and 
he_  said  that  he  told  you  he  would  re­
quire  security  for  costs. 
I  advised  him 
that  we  think  it  unnecessary  for a  State 
Board  to  give  security  for  costs  where 
complaint  is  made  in  a  matter under the 
jurisdiction  of  the  Board ;  that  security 
has  never  been  required  by  a  prosecut­
ing  attorney  in  such  a  case  before  in the 
State  and  that  we  should  insist  that  a 
State  Board,  backed  up  by  the  State  of 
Michigan,  is  not  obliged  to  give  secur­
ity  for  costs  in  criminal  cases.  He  said 
that  what  he  desired  was  an  opportunity 
to  investigate  the  facts  and  that  you had 
not  presented  the  facts  to  him;  in  fact, 
seemed  to  withhold  them  from  him. 
I 
told  him  that  we  are  not  passing  upon 
whether  or  not  the  facts  would  warrant 
prosecution,  because we  are  not  familiar 
with  them ;  that  we  are  simply  taking 
up  the  matter of  requiring  security  for 
costs  with  him  at  this  time.

I  understand  from  him  that  if  you  or 
the  Secretary  of  the  Board  will  take  the 
matter  up  again  with  him  he  will  not 
require  security  for costs  to  be  given.

I  would  suggest  that  you  do  so,  and 
present  the  proofs  of  the  violation  of 
the 
law  to  him,  together  with  a  com­
plaint  for  such  violation,  and  if  he  re­
fuses  to  act,  present  the  entire  matter  to 
this  department,  and  we  will  take  such 
action  as  thé  facts  and  law  will warrant.

T he  D ru g g ist’s  F riend.

A  maid—her name I w ill not give—
For years had dyed that she might live. 
She dyed her cheeks, she dyed  her lips, 
And she likewise dyed  her finger tips. 
But she died at last and left a store 
O f dyes, and now she’ll dye no  more.

F a ta l  O pportunity.

Did  that  bottle  of  medicine  do  your 

aunt  any  good?”

‘■‘ No;  as  soon  as  she  read  the wrapper 

she  got  three  new  diseases. ’ ’

{ Wall  Paper  Facts

Are  you  aware  that  Grand 
Rapids  has  one  of  the  fore­
most  wholesale  wall  paper 
houses  in  the  United  States? 
Our trade  extends  throughout 
several  states.  Our  assort­
ment of wall  paper  cannot  be 
equalled.  W e show the cream 
of 26 different factories.  Prices 
terms  are  guaranteed. 
and 
Write  us, 
“ The  Michigan 
Wall  Paper Jobbers. ”
Heystek  & Canfield Co.,

Grand  Rapids.

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More than 
100  per  cent. 
Profit

In  this  drug  department,  which 
comprises  Medicines,  Perfumes 
and  Drugs. 
It  pays  you  to  push 
it,  each  individual  package  being 
accompanied  by a  positive  guaran­
tee  to  give  satisfaction  or  money 
refunded.

Belladonna  Plasters............. ............. $  .75
Belladonna  and Caps. Plasters............. 75
White Pine and Rea Spruce Plasters 
.75
Capsiclne  Plasters.................................. 75
Capsicum Plasters...................................75
Arnica Plasters........................................75
Poor Man Plasters...................................75
Electric Plasters......................................75
Rheumatic Plasters.................................75
Strengthening Plasters.......................... (io
Porous Plasters..................................  
.60
Kidney  Plasters__ •.............................2.00.
White Pine and Red  Spruce  Cough
Balsam........................................  1.25
White Pine Expectorant....................  1.25
Tar, Honey, Horehound and  Cherry  1.25
Syrup White Pine and  T ar.............   1.25
Neuro Rheumo (nervebone liniment ) 1.25
Tropical Fig Syrup.................................. 75
Tropical Fig Syrup.............................   1.25
Tropical Fig Syrup................................2.00
Laxative Cold Cure,  cure  a  cold  in
twenty-four hours......................... 75.
Laxative Cold  Tablets.......................  1.25
Cordial Compound, Ext.  Blackberry  1.25
Magnetic Bitters.................................  3.00
Worm Chocolates.................................... 75
Little Liver Pills...................................... 75
Kidney  Pills........................................  1.25
Red Blood Pills  for  Pale People__  1.25
Compound Extract Sarsaparilla......   4.00
Celery Compound...............................  5.00

retail 
price 
.  $  .25

.. 
.15 
.25-.50
.25
.25

1.00
1.00

PERFUME  DEPARTMENT.

per
aoz.
5c Quadruple Extract, 3 doz.  on  handsome
easel card................................................. $  .45
10c Perfume, 2 doz. on handsome  easel card,
Lily............................................................. 
.75
10c Perfume, 2 doz. on handsome Lilac  card 
.75
10c Perfume on individual folding  cards.....  
.85
15c Perfume. 1 doz. on  card............................   1.00
25c Perfume, 6 In a box.....................................  1.50
25c Perfume, 2 in a box....................................   2.00
25c Perfume, 1 in a box....................................   2.00
50c Perfume, 2 in a box....................................   4.00
And all the bulk perfumes.  Write for particulars. 
Cold Creams in Opal Jars,  handsome  lithograph 
label, 75c doz., retail.
Glycerine Jellies in Collapsable tubes, $1.00  doz., 
retail price 25c.

D R U G   D E P A R T M E N T .

per 
.  
aoz. 
& L. Brand.................................$  .60 

retail
„ 
price
Senna Leaves in 14 pound  boxes,  L.
$  .10
Pure Sulphur Flowers, pound  boxes 
.60.......... 10
Epsom Salts, pound boxes......................60..........10
Copperas, pound boxes........................... 40..........10
Powdered Borax, pound boxes........   1 25..........15
Lump Alum, pound boxes...................... 45......... 10

We  will  send  on  a sample  lot  con­
sisting of one-twelfth  dozen  or  one 
package each  of the  above  output 
for your examination  at best prices, 
guaranteeing these  goods  to  give 
absolute  satisfaction  and  allowing 
you  the  privilege of returning them, 
in  case  they do  not  after  your  in­
spection  within  thirty  days  from 
date  of invoice.  This  space  is  en­
tirely  too  small  to  enumerate  all 
that  we  make.  Write  for  prices 
before buying.

Lambert  &  Lowman,

Manufacturing Chemists,

92 and 94 Jefferson Ave.,
Detroit,  Mich.,  U. S. A.

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SALE  PRICE  CURRhNT.

Conium Mac............. 
35®  40
Copaiba....................  1  15®  l  25
Cubebae.................... 
90®  l  00
Exechthitos.............  1  ooca  l  10
Erigeron..................  1  00®  1  10
G aultheiia...............  2  10®  2 60
Geranium, ounce__ 
@  75
Gosslppii, Sem. gal.. 
50®  60
Hedeoma..................  l  70®  1  75
Junipera..................  1  50® 2 00
Lavendula  ............... 
90® 2 00
Limonls....................  1  35® 
Mentha Piper..........  l  25® 2 oo
Mentha Verid..........  1  50® 1  60
Morrhuae, .gal..........  1  15® 1  25
M yrcia.....................   4  00® 
75® 3 00
Olive......................... 
Picis Liquida...........  
10®  12
Picis Liquida,  gal... 
®  35
Ricina....................... 
96®  l  05
Rosmarini................. 
@  1  00
Rosae, ounce.............   6 50® 8 50
Succini.....................  
40®  45
S abina.....................  
90®  1  00
Santal.......................  2  50® 
Sassafras.................. 
48®  55
®  65
Sinapis,  ess., ounce. 
Tiglll.........................  1  50®  1  60
Thyme....................... 
40@  50
Thyme, opt............... 
@  1  60
Theobrom as...........  
15®  20
Potassium
15® 
18
Bi-Carb...................... 
Bichromate.............  
15
13® 
Bromide  .................. 
52@  57
12® 
Carb  ......................... 
15
16®  18
Chlorate... po. 17 a 19 
Cyanide.................... 
35®  40
Iodide.......................  2  40®  2  50
Potassa, Bitart, pure  28®  30
15
Potassa, Bitart, com.  @ 
7® 
Potass Nitras, opt... 
10
Potass  Nitras.......... 
8
6® 
Prussiate.................. 
23®  26
Sulphate  po.............  
15® 
18

R adix

© 

20@  25
Aconitum.................. 
Althae.......................   22®  25
A nchusa.................. 
10®  12
@ 2 5
Arum  po.................. 
20®  40
Calamus.................... 
G entiana....... po. 15 
12®  15
Glychrrhiza... pv.  15  16® 
18
@  70
Hydrastis  Canaden. 
Hydrastis Can., po..  @  75
Hellebore, Alba, po. 
12®  15
Inula,  po.................. 
15®  20
Ipecac, po................   4 25® 4 35
Iris  plOX.. .po. 35@38  35®  40
Jalapa, p r................  
25@  30
Maranta,  K s...........  
©  35
Podophyllum,  po...  22®  25
75®  l  oo
Rhel........................... 
Rhei,  cu t.................. 
©  l  25
Rhel, pv.................... 
75®  1  35
Spigella.................... 
35®  38
Sanguinaria.. .po.  15 
18
Serpentaria.............  
40®  45
Senega.....................  
60@  65
Smilax, officinalis H.  @ 4 0
Smilax, M................. 
@  25
Scillae.............po.  35 
10@  12
Syraplocarpus.Feeti-
dus,  po.................. 
@  25
Valeriana,Eng.po.30  @  25 
Valeriana,  German. 
15®  20
Zingiber a ................  
12@  16
Zingiber j .................. 
25®  27
Semen
@  12
Anisum..........po.  15 
13®  15
Apium (graveleons). 
Bird, is .....................  
4® 
6
Cam!..............po.  18 
11®  12
Cardamon......................  1  25®  l 75
Coriandrum.............. 
8® 
10
Cannabis Sativa....... 
5® 
6
Cydonium................. 
75®  1  00
Chenopodium.......... 
10®  12
Diptenx Odorate__   1  40®  l  50
Foeniculum  ............. 
@ 
10
Foenugreek, po........ 
7@ 
9
L in i...........................  3%@  4%
Lini, grd.......bbl. 3*4 
4®  44
Lobelia..................... 
35®  40
5
Pharlaris Canarian..  414® 
5
R ap a.........................  414® 
Sinapis  Alba...........  
9® 
10
Sinapis  Nigra.......... 
ll@ 
12
S piritus

Frumenti,  VV. D. Co.  2 00®  2 50 
Frumenti,  D. F. R..  2 00@  2  25
Frum enti.......................  1  25@  1 50
Juniperis Co. O. T ...  1  65®  2 00
Juniperis  Co...........   1  75® 3 50
Saacnarum  N.  E _  1  90®  2  10
Spt. Vini Galli..........  1  75® 6 50
Vini  Oporto..................  1  25® 2 00
Vini Alba.......................  1  25@ 2 00

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage......................   2  50@  2 75
Nassau sheeps’ wool
carriage......................   2 50@ 2 75
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage......  
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool, carriage....... 
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage................. 
Hard, for slate use.. 
Yellow  R e e f,  for
slate use................  
Syrups
A cacia...................... 
Auranti Cortex........  
Zingiber.................... 
Ipecac.......................  
Ferri Iod.................. 
Rhei Arom............... 
Smilax  Officinalis... 
Senega.....................  
Scillse......................... 

@  50
@  50
@  00
@  60
@  50
@  50
50®  60
@  50
@  50

@  1 50
@  1 25
@ 100
@  75
©  1 40

8
76
16
37
46
6
10
14
15
50
6
00
40

6
8
16
14

26
00
60
00

14
8
26

60
10
43
45

18
12
18
30
20
12
12
14
15

26
30
12
14
16
17

15
:  26
75
40
15
2
80

16
25
35

40
25
30
20
10

65
45
35
28
65
14
12
30
60
30
55
13
14
16
60
40
.  00
70
30
i  25
60
40
! 35
35
45
80

25
20
25
28
23
25
39
22
25

60
20
20
20

¡ 75
50
i 25
!  00
i 50
! 90
85
85
45
! 75
l  50
40

1 45

4 50

7 00

Scillae  Co.................. 
Tolutan..................... 
Prunus  virg.............  
T inctures
Aconitum Napellis R 
Aconitum Napellis F 
Aloes........................  
Aloes and M yrrh__ 
A rnica.....................  
Assafoetida............... 
Atrope Belladonna.. 
Auranti Cortex........ 
Benzoin.................... 
Benzoin Co............... 
Barosma.................... 
Cantharides............. 
Capsicum.................. 
Cardamon................  
Cardamon Co........... 
Castor....................... 
Catechu.................... 
Cinchona.................. 
Cinchona Co............. 
Columba..................  
Cubebae.....................  
Cassia Acutifol........  
Cassia Acutifol Co... 
Digitalis.................... 
Ergot......................... 
Ferri  Chloridum__  
G entian.................... 
Gentian Co............... 
Guinea....................... 
Guinea ammon........ 
Hyoscyamus............. 
Iodine..................... 
Iodine, colorless.... 
Kino  ......................... 
Lobelia..................... 
M yrrh....................... 
Nux Vomica.............  
Opii............................ 
Opii,  comphorated.. 
Opll, deodorized......  
Q uassia.................... 
Rhatany.................... 
Rhei..........................  
Sanguinaria............ 
Serpentaria.............  
Stramonium.............  
T olutan.................... 
V alerian..................  
Veratrum  Verlde... 
Zingiber.................... 

@  50
@  50
@  50

60
50
60
60
50
50
60
50
60
50
50
75
50
75
75
1  00
so
50
60
00
5o
So
50
50
5o
36
5o
60
5o
60
5o
75
75
5o
So
5o
5o
7s
60
1  So
5o
So
So
5o
So
60
60
5o
5o
2o

M iscellaneous 

.Ether, Spts. Nit. 3 F  30®  35
jEther, Spts. Nit. 4F  34®  38
3
Alum en....................  214® 
4
3® 
Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7 
Annatto..................... 
40@  50
Antimoni, po...........  
4® 
5
Antimoniet Potass T  40®  50
Antipyrin................  
@  26
®  20
Antiiebrin  ............... 
Argenti Nitras, oz... 
@  48
Arsenicum............... 
10®  12
Balm  Gilead  Buds.. 
38®  40
Bismuth S. N...........   1  40®  1  50
© 
Calcium Chlor.,  is ... 
9
Calcium Chlor., *4s.. 
@  10
@  12
Calcium Chlor.,  4 s .. 
Cantharides, Rus.no  @  75
Capsici Fructus, a t.. 
@  15
Capsici  Fructus, po. 
®  15
Capsici Fructus B, po  @  15
Caryophyllus. .po. 15 
12@  14
Carmine, No. 40....... 
® 3 00
Cera  Alba................  
50®  55
Cera  Flava............... 
40@  42
Coccus.....................  
@  40
@ 3 5
Cassia  Fructus........  
Centraria.................. 
@ 
10
Cetaceum.................. 
@  45
Chloroform............. 
50®  53
Chloroform,  squibbs  @  1  10 
Chloral Hyd C rst....  1  65®  1  90
Chondrus.................  
20®  25
Cinchonidine.P. & W  38®  48
Cinchonidine, Germ.  38®  48
Cocaine....................  6  55®  6  76
70
Corks, list, dis. pr. ct. 
Creosotum................  
@ 3 5
C reta.............bbl. 75 
@  2
Creta, prep............... 
@ 
5
Creta, precip...........  
9® 
11
@ 
Creta,  Rubra...........  
8
Crocus  .....................  
18
15® 
@  24
Cudbear.................... 
Capri  Sulph.............   614® 
8
Dextrine.................. 
10
7® 
75®  90
Ether Sulph............. 
@ 
Emery, all numbers. 
8
Emery, po................. 
6
@ 
E rgota..........po. 90  85®  90
12®  15
Flake  W hite...........  
@  23
Galla......................... 
8® 
G am bler.................. 
9
Gelatin,  Cooper....... 
@  60
36®  60
Gelatin, French....... 
75  &  10
Glassware,  flint, box 
Less than box......  
70
Glue, brown.............  
11® 
13
Glue,  white.............  
15®  28
Glycerins.................. 
16@  24
Grana Paradisi........  
@  25
Humulus..................  
25®  55
Hydrarg  Chlor  Mite  @  92
Hydrarg  Chlor Cor..  @  82
Hydrarg  Ox Rub’m. 
@  1  02 
Hydrarg  Ammoniati  @  1  17 
HydrargUnguentum  45®  55
Hydrargyrum.......... 
@  78
Ichtbyobolla,  Am... 
65®  75
Indigo....................... 
75®  1  00
Iodine,  Resubi........   3 60® 3 70
iodoform.................. 
@ 3 76
@  50
Lupulin.....................  
Lycopodium.............  
60®  65
66®  75
M acls.......................  
Liquor Arsen et  Hy­
drarg Iod............... 
©  25
LiquorPotassArsinit  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph__  
2® 
3
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl  @  1V4 
Mannia, S.  F ...........  
50®  00

Menthol....................
Morphia, S., P.& W. 
Morphia, S., N. Y. Q.
&C. Co................
Moschus  Canton__
Myristica, No. 1.......
Nux Vomica.. .po. 15
Os Sepia....................
Pepsin Kaac, H. & P.
D  Co.....................
Picis Liq. N.N.V4 gal.
d oz........................
Picis Liq., quarts__
Picis Liq.,  pints.......
I’ll Hydrarg. ..po.  80 
riper  Nigra... po. 22 
Piper  Alba.. ..po. 35
Piix  Burgun.............
Plumbl Acet.............
Iffilvis Ipecac et Opii 
Pyrethrum. boxes H .
& P. 1). Co., doz...
Pyrethrum,  pv........
Quassia*....................
Quinta, S.  P. &  W ... 
Quinia, S.  German..
Quinfa, N. Y.............
Rubia Tlnctorum .... 
Saccharum I,actis pv
Salacin.....................
Sanguis  Draconis...
Sapo, W ....................
Sapo M.....................
Sapo  G .....................

@  3  15 
2 20®  2 45
2  10®  2  35

65®
@
25®

@ 2 00 
©  1  00 
@  85

1  30®  1  50
@  75
25®  30
8® 
10 
37®  42
29®  39
31®  41
12®  14
18®  20 
3 50® 3 60 
40®  50
12®  14
10®  
12 
@  15

Seldiitz Mixture......   20®  22
Sinapis.....................  
® 
18
®  30
Sinapis,  opt.............  
Snuff, Maccaboy, De
V oes.....................  
@  41
Snulf,Scotch,DeVo's  @  41
Soda, Boras.............. 
9® 
11
Soda,  Boras, po....... 
11
9® 
Soda et Potass Tart.  26®  28
Soda,  Carb...............  1V4@ 
2
5
3® 
Soda,  Bi-Carb.......... 
Soda,  Ash................   314® 
4
Soda, Sulphas.......... 
@ 
2
®  2 60
Spts. Cologne...........  
Spts. Ether  Co........ 
50®  55
@  2  00 
Spts. Myrcia Dom... 
Spts. Vini Rect.  bbl.  @
Spts. Vini Rect. *4bbl 
® 
Spts. Vini Rect. lOgal 
® 
Spts. Vini Rect. 5 gal  @ 
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  00®  1  20
Sulphur,  Subl..........  2K® 
4
Sulphur, Roll...........   214®  3%
8® 
Tam arinds............... 
10
Terebenth  Venice... 
28®  30
Theobromse.............. 
50®  52
Vanilla.....................   9 00@16 00
Zinci Sulph.............  
7® 
8

Oils

Whale, winter.......... 
Lard, extra............... 
Lard, No. 1............... 

BBL.  GAL.
70
60
40

7o 
50 
35 

Linseed, pure raw. 
47 
48 
Linseed,  boiled........ 
Neatsfoot. winter str  54 
Spirits  Turpentine.. 
58 

50
51
60
65
P a in ts  BBL.  LB.
111  2  @8 
IK  2  @4 
IK  2  @3 
2K  214@3 
2H  2K@3
13® 
15
70®  76
13V4®  1714 
13®  16
6  @  6Î4 
6  @  614 
@  70
@  90
®  1  00
@  1  40 
1  00®  1  15

Red  Venetian 
Ochre, yeliow  Mars 
Ochre, yellow B er.. 
l’utty,  commercial. 
Putty, strictly  pure. 
Vermilion,  P r im e
American............
Vermilion, English.
Green,  Paris..........
Green, Peninsular.
Lead, red................
Lead,  white...........
Whiting, white Span 
Whiting, gilders’ 
White, Paris, Amer, 
Whiting, Paris,  Eng.
cliff.......................
Universal Prepared

V arnishes

No. 1 Turp  Coach...  1  10®  1  20
Extra Turp..............   1  60®  1  70
Coach  Body............. 2  75®  3 00
No. 1 Turp Furn......   1  00®  1  10
Extra Turk  Damar..  1  56®  1  60 
Jap.Dryer.No.lTurp  70®  75

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

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT.

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

'!  I .

G rits

Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

2V4
3
4

Peas

..2  75

H om iny

R olled  Oats

P e a rl  B arley

24 2 lb. packages........................1 80
100 ft.  kegs................................. 2 70
200 ft. barrels.............................5 10
B arrels........................................2 50
Flake, 50 lb. drums.....................1 00
M accaroni  and V erm icelli
Domestic, 10 lb. box.............  GO
Imported, 25 lb. box.................. 2 50
Common......................................2 00
C hester.......................................2 50
Empire........................................ 3 00
Green, Wisconsin, bu...........1  35
Green, Scotch, bu...................... 1 40
Split, bu.................................   3
Rolled Avena, bbl......................4 85
Steel Cut,  Vi bids............ 
Monarch, bbl..............................4 GO
Monarch, »4 bbl......................... 2 45
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks...........2  25
Quaker, cases.............................3 20
Huron, cases.............................. 2 00
German.................................   4
East India.............................   3*4
F. A. McKenzie, Quincy, Mich.
36 two pound packages___ 3 60
18 two pound packages__   1  85
B attle C reek Crackers. 
Gem < iatmeal Biscuit..  7V4@ 8
Lemon Biscuit...........   7V4©  8
New Era Butters  .,... 
Whole'Wheat  ..  __   . 
Cereola......................... 
F lak e.....................................  5
P earl......................................  4%
Pearl,  24 1 lb. packages......   6%
Cracked, bulk.......................   3*4
24 2 ft. packages....................... 2 50
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS

Salus B reak fast Food 

6*4
6V4
4  00

Tapioca

W heat

Sago

E agle  D uck—D upont’s

K egs........................................... 8 00
Half Kegs...................................4 25
Quarter K egs............................ 2 25
l lb. can s............................   45
Sage............................................15
15
H ops..................... 

.HERBS

 

INDIGO

JE L L Y

LICO RICE

Madras, 5 lb. boxes.................55
S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes........ 50
15 lb. pails...........................  35
30 lb. pails...........................  62
P ure....................................   30
Calabria..............................   25
Sicily...................................   14
Root.....................................  10
Condensed, 2 doz..................1  20
Condensed, 4 doz.................. 2  25
Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No.  9 sulphur....................... 1  65
Anchor P arlo r......................1  50
No. 2 Home...........................1  30
Export Parlor....................... 4  00
Wolverine.............................. 1  50

MATCHES

LYE

MOLASSES 
New  O rleans

Black.................................. 
11
F a ir.................................... 
14
Good................................... 
20
Fancy................................  
24
Open K ettle....................... 25@35

Half-barrels 2c extra 
MUSTARD 
Horse Radish, 1 doz.
Horse Radish, 2 doz......
...3 50
Bayle’s Celery, 1 doz___.... 1  75

PICK L ES
M edium

Sm all

P IP E S

48 cans in case.

Barrels, 1,200 count........ ...5 75
Half bbls, 600 count........ ...3 38
Barrels, 2,400 cou n t...... ....6 75
Half bbls, 1,200 coim t__ ...3 88
Clay, No. 216.................... ....1  70
Clay, T. D., full count
Cob, No. 3..................
POTASH 
Babbitt’s ....................
Penna Salt Co.’s........
R IC E 
D om estic
Carolina  head...........
Carolina  No. 1 ...................... 5
Carolina  No. 2 ...................... 4
B roken...................................3%
Japan,  No.  1................. 5*4@6
Japan,  No.  2..................4‘4@5
Java, fancy head...........5  @5V4
Java, No. 1.....................5  @
Table.................................   @

Im p o rted .

...4 00 
...3 00

• 6*4

F air... 
Good .. 
Fancy.

H om iny

Star, 14 lb ...
Star, 1  lb__
Picnic Tails.

Mustard, lib ............
Mustard, 2 lb ............
Soused, 1 lb ...............
Soused, 2 lb ........... .
Tomato, 1 lb .............
Tomato, 2 lb.............

M ushroom s

Stems... 
Buttons.

Cove, 1 lb. 
Cove, 2 lb .

Oysters

1  85 
3  10
2  25

1  75
2  80
1  75
2  80
1  75
2  80

P ie ............................  
Yellow...................... 

1  25
©1  65

Standard 
I Fancy__

M arrowfat............... 
Early June............... 
Early June  Sifted.. 
P ineap p le

l  00
l  oo
l GO

Grated . 
Sliced..

..  1  25@2 75 
..  1  35@2 25

P u m p k in
F a ir........................... 
Good......................... 
Fancy.......................  
R aspberries
Standard...................  

Salm on

Red A laska.. 
Pink Alaska.

65
75
85

90

Domestic, Vis...........
Domestic,  Mustard.
French.....................

Straw be r r  i es

@4
8@2

Standard..................
Fancy.......................
Succotash
Fair............................
Good.........................
Fancy......................
Tom atoes
F a ir...........................
Good.........................
Gallons.....................
CATSUP

1
1

1
1

1

Columbia,  pints............. ....2
Columbia, % pints.......... .... 1

CHEESE
Acme.........................
Amboy.....................
B utternut................
Carson City...............
E lsie .........................
Emblem....................
Gem.......................
Gold Medal...........
Id e a l......................
I Jersey....................
Riverside...............
Brick.....................
Edam .....................
L eiden..................
Limburger.............
Pineapple.............
Sap  Sago...............

@13
@13
@13
@13
@14
©13
©14
@13
@13!4
@,13/j
@13*4
@12
@70
@17
@13
@75
@17

A X LE  GREASE

A urora.......................... 55 
Castor  Oil..................... 60 
Diamond.......................50 
Frazer’s .........................76 
IXL Golden, tin boxes 76 
Mica, tin boxes............75 
Paragon.........................55 

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

BA K IN G   PO W D ER  

A bsolute

*4 lb. cans doz.....................   45
V4 lb. cans doz.....................   85
lb. cans doz.................*...150
l 

Acme

14 lb. cans 3 doz..................   45
14 lb. cans 3 doz..................   75
l 
lb. cans l  doz..................l  oo
Bulk........................................  10

A rctic

6 oz. Eng. Tumblers.............   85

E l  P u rity

14 lb. cans per doz..............  75
14 lb. cans per doz..............1  20
lb. cans per doz..............2 00
1 

H om e

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

J A X O N
14 lb. cans, 4 doz. case.......   45
14 lb. cans, 4 doz. case.......   85
lb. cans, 2 doz. case....... l  go
l 

Jerse y   C ream

I lb. cans, per doz...............2 00
9 oz. cans, per doz.............. 1 25 I
6 oz. cans, per doz...............  85

O ur D eader

14 lb. cans..........................  45
14 lb. cans............................  75
1 
lb. cans......................... 1  50

Peerless

1 lb. cans...............................   85

Queen  F lak e

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

BATH  B RICK

American...............................  70
English...................................  80

BEDING

c o p ™ )
B tu iis ifi

Small 3 doz.. 
Large, 2 doz.

No. 1 Carpet..................
....2  50
No. 2 Carpet...............
....2  25
No. 3 Carpet..................
.. ..2 00
No. 4 Carpet..................
....1  65
Parlor  Gem...............
....2 50
Common Whisk.......... __   95
Fancy Whisk................
...1   05
Warehouse....................
....2   80
CANDLES .
Electric Light. 8s..........
Electric Light, 16s........
Paraffine, 6s..................
Paraffine. 12s.................
Wicking........................

....  9V4
....10
....  9Vt
.... 10
....20

CANNED  GOODS

75

75@1  30
75@  85
85
90

A pples
3 lb. Standards........
Gallons, standards..

B eans
Baked  .......................
Red  Kidney.............
String.......................
W ax...........................

B lack b erries

Standards.................
C herries

Standards

CHICORY

Bulk.......................
R ed..................................;
CHOCOLATE 

75

Walter Baker & Co.’s
German  Sweet.................
Premium.....................
Breakfast Cocoa................

CIGARS

Columbian Cigar Co’s brand.

The Bradley Cigar Co.’s  Brands
A dvance.............................$35 00
B radley..............................   35 00
Clear Havana  Puffs..........  22 00
“ W. H.  B.” ........................  55 00
“ W. B. B.” .........................   55 00
Columbian..........................   35 oo
Columbian Special............  65 00
Fortune Teller...................  35 00
Our Manager......................  35 00
Quintette.............................  35 00
G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

H. & P.  Drug Co.’s brands.

S. C. W................................  35  00
Phelps, Brace & Co.’s Brands.
Vincente I’ortuondo ..35@ 70 00
Ruhe Bros. Co............. 25@  70  00
Hilson  Co.................... 35@110 00
T. J. Dunn & Co..........35@  70 00
McCoy & Co.................35@ 70  00
The Collins Cigar Co.. 10@ 35 00
Brown  Bros................ 15@ 70 00
Banner Cigar  Co........30@  70 oo
Bernard Stahl Co........35@ 90 00
Banner Cigar  Co........10@ 35 00
Seidenberg  & Co........55@125 00
G.P. Sprague CigarCo.10©  35 00
Fulton  Cigar  Co........10@  35 00
A. B. Ballard & Co__357/175 oo
E. M. Schwarz & Co.  .357/110 00
San Telmo....................35©  70  00
Havana Cigar Co........18@ 35 00
Cotton, 40 ft.  per doz.
.1  00
Cotton. 50 ft.  per doz.
Cotton, GO ft.  per doz.
Cotton, 70 ft.  per doz.
.1  GO
Cotton, 80 ft.  per doz...........1  80
Jute, 60 ft. per doz...............  so
Jute, 72 ft. per doz............. 
95

CLOTHES  LINES 

.1  20

CO FFEE
R oasted

. 
HIGH GRADE.
Coffees

Rio

J a v a

Santos

M ocha

M aracaibo

Special  Combination...........   20
French  Breakfast................   25
Lenox....................................   30
V ienna...................................  35
Private Estate.......................   38
Supreme.................................  40
Less 33’j  per  cent,  delivered. 
F a ir........................................  9
Good...................................... 
io
Prim e....................................   12
Golden..................................   13
Peaberry.............................. 
14
F a ir........................................  14
Good......................................  15
P rim e....................................   16
Peaberry................................  
is
P rim e....................................   -15
Milled....................................  
it
Interior..................................   26
Private  Growth....................  30
Mandehling.................... 
35
Imitation...............................   22
Arabian............................. "  [  28
Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
which the wholesale dealer adds 
the local freight from New York 
to  your  shipping  point,  giving 
you credit on the invoice for the 
amount  of  freight  buyer  pays 
from  the  market  in  which  he 
purchases to his shipping point, 
including  weight  of  package, 
also ?ic a pound.  In go lb. cases 
the list is 10c per  100  lbs.  above 
the price in full cases.
Arbuckle................................... n  00
Jersey..................................... !!io 00
M cL aughlin’s XXXX 
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mail  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  & 
Co., Chicago.
Valley City *4  gross............ 
Felix V4 gross............................   1 15
Hummel’s foil V4 gross. . . .  
Hummel’s tin *4 gross .. 

75
85
1  43

Package

E x tract

COCOA

Jam e s E pps & Co.’s

Boxes, 7 lbs...........................   40
Cases, 16 boxes.............

COCOA  SHELLS
20 lb. bags.......................  
Less quantity.................. 
Pound packages.............  

CONDENSED  M ILK

4 doz in case.
Gail Borden E agle............... 6  75
Crown.....................................6  25
Daisy...................................... 5  75
Champion..............................4  50
Magnolia............................... 4  25
Challenge..............................3  75
Dime...................................... 3  35

COUPON  BOOKS 
T radesm an  G rade 

| 

C redit  Checks 

S u perior G rade 

U niversal  G rade 

Econom ic  G rade 

50 books, any  denom...  1  50 
100 books, any  denom...  2  50 
500 books, any  denom...  11  50
1.000 books, any  denom...  20  00
50 books, any  denom...  1  50
100 books, any  denom...  2  50 
500 books, any  denom...  11  50 
j  1,000 books, any  denom...  20 00 
50 books, any  denom...  1  50 
100 books, any  denom...  2  50 
500books,any  denom...  11  50
1.000 books, any  denom...  20  00
50 books, any  denom...  1  50 
100 books, any  denom...  2 50 
500 books, any  denom...  11  50
1.000 books, any  denom...  20 00
500, any one denom........   2 00
1.000, any one denom........  3 00
2.000, any one denom........  5 00
Steei  punch....................... 
75
Coupon  Pass  Hooks 
Can lie made to represent any 
denomination from $10 down.
20  books.........................  1  00
50  books.........................  2  00
100  books.........................  3  00
250  books.........................  6  25
500  l>ooks.........................  10  00
1.000  books.........................  17  50
5 and  10 lb. wooden  boxes.......30
Bulk in sacks.............................29
D R IE D   FRUITS—D om estic 
Sundried...........................  @ 6V4
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes.8@  8*4 
Apricots......................   @15
Blackberries...............
Nectarines..................
Peaches.......................10  @11
Pears............................
Pitted Cherries...........  
Prunnelles..................
Raspberries................
100-120 25 lb. boxes........  @ 3" 4
90-100 25 lb. boxes........  @ 4%
80 - 90 25 lb. boxes........  @ 5
70 - 80 25 lb. boxes........  @ 5'4
60-70 25 lb. boxes........   @ 6
50 - GO 25 lb. boxes........  @7*4
40 - 50 25 lb. boxes........  @ 8
30 - 40 25 lb. boxes........
% cent less in 50 lb. cases 

CREAM   TARTAR

C alifornia  P ru n es

C alifornia  F ru its

A pples

754

R aisins

C itron

C urran ts

London Layers 2 Crown.
London Layers 3 (Town.
Cluster 4 Crown...... ......
7Vi
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
8V4
Loose M uscatels 3 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 4 (Town 
Su
L. M., Seeded, choice ... 
9V4
L. M., Seeded, fancy__  
10  '
D R IE D   FRUITS—F oreign 
Leghorn.....................................11
Corsican....................................12
Patras, cases.........................  614
Cleaned, b u lk .......................  7*4
Cleaned,  packages...............  7 %
Citron American 19 lb. bx... 13 
Lemon American 10 lb. bx.. 10‘4 
Orange American 10 lb. bx.. 10*4 
Sultana 1 Crown...................
Sultana 2 Crown..................
Sultana 3 Crown....................
Sultana 4 Crown....................
Sultana 5 Crown...................
Sultana 6 Crown....................
Sultana package..................

R aisins

Peel

B eans

C ereals

FARINACEOUS  GOODS 
Dried Lima...........................   6 >4
Medium Hand Picked  1 60@l  65
Brown Holland.....................
Cream of Cereal....................  90
Grain-O, sm all........................... 1 35
Grain-O, large............................ 2 25
Grape Nuts................................. 1 35
Postuni Cereal, sm all...........1  35
Postuin Cereal, large........  2  25
241 lb. packages........................1 25
Bulk, per 100 lbs......................... 3 00

F a rin a

V  # j

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1. *+

l J

L
Si#

i
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GRAND OAPIDS. MICH.

J e n n in g s ’

1).  C. Vanilla 
2  oz.........1  20
3 oz.........1  50
4 oz.........2 00
G  OZ.........3 00
No.  8.. .  4 00 
No. 10.. .  0 00 
No. 2  T..1  25 
No. 3  T..2 00 
No. 4  T..2  40

1).  C. Lemon
2 OZ.......
3 OZ.......
4 OZ.......
G OZ.......
No.  8... 
No. 10... 
No. 2 T. 
No. 3 T . 
No. 4T .
N o r th r o p   B r a n d
Lem.  Van. 
1  20
2 oz. Taper Panel....  75 
2 oz. Oval..................   75 
1  20
3 oz. Taper Panel.... 1  35  2 00
4 oz. Taper Panel__1  GO 
2 25
Van.  Lem. 
doz.
doz. 
XXX, 2 oz. obert__ 1  25 
75
XXX, 4 oz. taper__ 2  25 
1  25
XX, 2 oz. obert........1  00
No. 2. 2 oz. o b ert__   75
2 25
XXX D 1) ptchr,6 oz 
175
XXX D l)ptchr,4oz 
K. P. pitcher, 6 oz... 
2  25
Perrigo’s Lightning,  gro.. .  2 50
Petrolatum, per doz.............  75

F L Y   P A P E R

P e r r ig o ’s

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

Kegs......................................4 00
Half Kegs............................. 2 25
Quarter K egs...................... 1  25
1 lb. cans................................  30
*4 lb. cans..............................  18
Kegs...................................... 4  25
Half K egs.............................2 40
Quarter K egs...................... 1  35
1  lb, cans...............................   34

C h o k e   B o r e — D u p o n t’s

SALERATUS 

Packed GOJbs. in box. 

Church’s Arm and Hammer. 3  15
Deland’s...................................... 3 00
Dwight’s  Cow.............................3 15
Emblem...................................... 3 50
L.  P .............................................3 00
Sodio........................................... 3 15
Wyandotte, 100  %s.................... 3 00
Granulated,  bbls..................   80
Granulated, 100 lb. cases__   85
Lump, bbls........................... 
75
Lump, 145 lb. kegs................   80

SAL  SODA

SALT

D iam ond C rystal 

Com m on  G rades

Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes.. 1  50 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb. bags.2  75 
Table, barrels, 40 7  lb. bags.2  40 
Butter, barrels, 280 lb. bulk.2  25 
Butter, barrels, 20141b.bags.2 50
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs.............  25
Butter, sacks, 5G lbs.............  55
100 3 lb. sacks...............................1 80
GO 5 lb. sacks...............................1 65
2810 lb. sacks.............................1 so
56 lb. dairy in drill bags.......  30
28 lb. dairy in drill bags.......  15
56 lb. dairy in linen sabks 
...  60
56 lb. dairy in linen sacks 
...  60
56 lb.  sacks.......................
...  22
Granulated  Fine.............
...  80
...  90
SALT  FISH  

Solar  Rock
Com m on

A shton
H iggins

W arsaw

Cod

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

@ 5 
©  5*4 
@ 6

Strips....................................
Chunks..............................

Herring

M ackerel

Holland white hoops,  bbl. 
Holland white hoopsHbbl. 
Holland white hoop,  keg.. 
Holland white hoop metis.
Norwegian.........................
Round 100 lbs.....................
Round 40 lbs.......................
Scaled.................... 
.......
Mess 100 lbs.......................
Mess  40 lbs........................
Mess  10 lbs. 
................
Mess  8 lbs........................
No. 1100 lbs........................
No. l  40 lbs..........   ..........
No. 1  10 lbs........................
No. 1 '  8 lbs........................
No. 2 100 lbs........................
No. 2  40 lbs........................
No. 2  10 lbs........................
No. 2  8 lbs........................
No. 1100 lbs........................
No. 1  40 lbs........................
No. 1  10 lbs........................
No. 1  8 lbs........................

T ro u t

15 00 
6  30 
1  65 
1  35 
13 25

W hite ttsh

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

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

85
71
SEEDS

Anise 
............................
Canary, Smyrna.............
Caraw ay.........................
Cardamon,  Malabar......
Celery...............................
Hemp, Russian...............
Mixed Bird......................
Mustard, white...............
Poppy...............................
R ap e...............................
Cuttle Bone.......  ............
Scotch, in bladders........
Maccaboy, in jars..........
French Rappee, in  jars. 

SNUFF

SOAP

J A X O N

Single box................................2 85
5 box lots, delivered............. 2 80
10 box lots, delivered............. 2 75
MS.  8.  KIRK  8  CO.’S  BRANDS
American Family, wrp’d... .2  60
Dome.......................................2 75
Cabinet....................................2 20
Savon....................................... 2 50
White  Russian.......................2 35
White Cloud, laundry........... 6 25
White Cioud, toilet................3 50
Dusky Diamond, 50 6 oz........2 10
Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz........3 00
Blue India, loo %  lb.............. 3 oo
Kirkoline................................3 50
Eos.......................................... 2 50
Sapolio, kitchen, 3  doz......... 2 40
Sapolio, hand, 3 doz.............. 2 40
Boxes.....................................   5V4
Kegs,  English....................... 45'4

Scouring

SODA

SPICES 

W hole Sifted

Allspice............................... 
Cassia, China in m ats......  
Cassia, Batavia, in bund... 
Cassia, Saigon, in rolls__  
Cloves, Amboyna............... 
Cloves, Zanzibar................ 
Mace, Batavia.................... 
Nutmegs, fancy................. 
Nutmegs, No. 1.................. 
Nutmegs, No. 2.................. 
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper,  Singagore, white. 
Pepper, shot.......................  
P u re  G round in B ulk
Allspice............................... 
Cassia, Batavia..................  
Cassia, Saigon.................... 
Cloves, Zanzibar................  
Ginger.  African................  
Ginger, Cochin..................  
Ginger,  Jam aica............... 
Mace,  Batavia...................  
M ustard.............................. 
Nutmegs............................  
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper, Singapore, white. 
Pepper, Cayenne..............  
Sage....................................  

10
12
25
32
14
  12
55
60
50
45
13 
16
15
14
30
40
14
15
18
23
65
18
50
15 
22
20
15

STOVE  PO LISH

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

SYRUPS 

Corn

Barrels................................... 18
Half bbls...............................20
1 doz. 1 gallon cans...............3 00
1 doz. Yi gallon cans.............1  80
2 doz. 14 gallon cans.............1  80
F a ir........................................  16
Good......................................   20
Choice...................................  25

P u re   Cane

K ingtiford's  Corn
40 1-lb. packages................  
6
20 1-lb. packages................  
6 Si
K ingtifiinl's Silver Gloss
40 1-lb. packages.... : ........ 
6l4
6 lb. boxesIli
5 00
64 10c packages........
128 5c packages..................  5 oo
30 10c and 64 5c packages..  5 00 
20 1-lb.  packages............... 
40 l-lb.  packages............... 
Com m on Gloss
l-lb.  packages.................
3-lb. packages.................
6-lb. packages................
40 and 50-lb. boxes..........
Barrels............................

Com m on Corn

5
4%
4 Si

3

SUGAR

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds  the  local 
freight from New  York  to  your 
shipping point, giving you credit 
on  the  invoice  for  the  amount 
of freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market  in  which  he  purchases 
to his  shipping  point,  including 
20 pounds for the  weight  of  the 
barrel.
Domino.................................  5 44
Cut  Loaf................................  5 56
Crushed.................................  5 69
Powdered............................   5 25
XXXX  Powdered...............   5 31
Cubes....................................   5 31
Standard  Granulated.......  5  19
Standard  Fine Granulated  5  19 
5 2S

Above  Granulated  in  5
lb. bags.....................
Above  Granulated  in  2
lb. bags.....................

Tubs

20-inch. Standard. No. 1. 
18-inch. Standard, No. 2. 
16-inch, Standard,  No. 3. 
20-inch, Doweli,  No. 1... 
18-inch. Dowell.  No. 2... 
16-inch. Dowell,  No.3...
No. 1 Fibre.....................
No. 2 Fibre.....................
No. 3 Fibre......................
W ash  Boards
Bronze Globe..................
Dewey............................
Double Acme..................
Single Acme...................
Double  Peerless.............
Single  Peerless...............
Northern Q ueen...........
Double Duplex...............
Good Luck.....................
Universal........................
Wood  Bowls

11 in. B utter.....................
13 in. Butter.....................
15 in. Butter.....................
17 in. Butter......................
19 in. Butter.....................
YEAST  CAKE

50
Yeast Foam, l li   doz...........
Yeast Foam, 3 doz...............1 00
Yeast Cream,; doz...............1 00
Magie Yeast 5c, 3  doz..........1 00
Sunlight Yeast 3 doz........... 1 00
Warner’s Safe 3doz........... 1 00

P r o v i s i o n s
B arrel ed  P ork

........  
Mess...............
B ack............... ....... 
Clear back...... ........  
........ 
Short cu t.......
........ 
P ig .................
Bean...............
........  
........ 
Fam ily..........

@ 9 75
@n 50
@11 (HI
@10 75
@15 00
@9 25
@11 50

D ry  Salt  Meal*

Bellies.......................
Briskets...................
Extra shorts.............

Extra Fine <! ranuiated....  5  31 
Extra Coarse  Granulated.  5 31
Mould A ................................  5 44
Diamond Confec.  A..........  5  19
Confec. Standard A ..........  4  94
No.  1....................................   4 69
No.  2.....................................  4 69
No!  i . . . .. .. .. .. . ...............  4 63 Hams. I2lh.average.
No.  5.................. ...............  4 56 Hams, 14lt>. average.
No.  6.................. ...............  4 50 Hams, 161b. average.
No.  7.................. ...............  4 44 Hams, 201b. average.
No.  8.................. ...............  4  38 Ham dried  beef.......
No.  9.................. ...............  4 31 Shoulders (N. Y.cut)
No. 10.................. ...............  4  19 Bacon, clear.............
No. 11.................. ...............  4  06 California (hams.......
No. 12.................. ..............   4  00 Boneless  nams........
No. 13.................. ...............  4 00 Cooked ham............. 10  @
No. 14.. 
No. 15.. 
No. 16..

Lards—In Tierces

Sm oked  Meats

3 SH 
3 94 
3 94

@ 10‘ 2
@ 10V4
@ 9)4
@ 9*4
®  14Vi
@ 7
7 Vi® 8V,
@ 7
© 9

VINEGAR

TA B LE  SAUCES

The Original and
Genuine
Worcestershire.

PERRINS* 
SAUCE

âS  LEA & 

Compound................
Kettle........................
55 lb. Tubs. advance
80 lb. Tubs. advance
50 lb. Tins.. 
advance
20 lb.  Pails.
advance
10 lb. Pails. advance
51b. Pails. advance
311). Pails. advance
Sausages
Bologna ... 
Liver ........
Frankfort.
Pork  ........
Blood........
Tongue....
Headcheese
Extra Mess...............
Lea & Perrin’s, large........   3  75
Boneless...................
Lea & Perrin’s,  small.......  2  50
R um p.......................
Halford, large....................  3 75
Halford, small....................  2 25
Pigs’' F eet
Salad  Dressing, large.......  4  55
Kits, 15  lbs...............
Salad Dressing, small.......  2  75
Vi bbls., 40 lbs..........
Vi bbls., 80 lbs..........
Malt White Wine, 40 grain..  7Vi 
T ripe
Malt White Wine, 80 grain.. 11
Kits, 15  lbs...............
Pure Cider, Red Star...........12
Yi bbls., 40  lbs..........
Pure Cider, Robinson..........12
V4 bbls., 80 lbs..........
3  25 
Pure Cider,  Silver................11
Casings
3 50 
W ASHING  PO W D ER
P o rk .........................
3  12
Kirk’s Eos..........................   2  00
Beef rounds.............
  3 76
Wisdom............................ 
 
Beef  middles..........
Roseine.....................
Sheep........................
Nine  O’clock............
3 50
B u t fe r in e
Babbitt’s 1776............
Pearline, 100 6s..................
3 30 Rolls, dairy...............
Gold  Dust..........................   4 26
Pearline, 36 is .................... 2  85 Solid, dairy...............
Johnson’s ..........................   3 50
Snow  Boy..........................
2  35 Rolls, creamery.......
Swift’s  ...............................   2  88
Liberty...............................
3  90 Solid,  creamery.......
Rub-No-More...........
No. 0, per gross................
.20
Corned beef, 2 lb ....
.25
No. 1, per gross..................
Corned beef, 14 lb ...
.35
No. 2, per gross..................
Roast beef, 2 lb........
No. 3, per gross..................
.55
Potted ham,  %s.......
W OODKNW ARE
Potted ham.  Vis.......
Deviled ham,  %s__
. 1
Bushels...............................
Deviled ham. Vis__
Bushels, wide  band..........
.110 Potted tongue,  %s..
.  30 Potted tongue.  Vis..
M arket...............................
Willow Clothes,  large......
.6 50
Willow Clothes, medium.. 5 75
Oils
Willow Clothes,  small......
.5 25
No. 1 Oval, 250 in  crate..........1 80
B arrels
No. 2 Oval, 250 in crate......... 2 00
No. 3 Oval, 250 in crate......... 2 20
No. 5 Oval. 250 in crate......... 2 60
Boxes, gross boxes...............  40
Trojan spring........................9 00
Eclipse patent spring...........9 00
No 1 common......................... 8 0«
No. 2 patent brush holder .  9 0,
12 lb. cotton mop heads........1 2„

C lothes  P ins
Mop  Sticks

B u tte r  P lates

W ICK IN G

B askets

C anned  M eats

Eocene.........................  @12V4
Perfection....................  @11 Vi
XXX W.W. Mich. Hdlt  ©llVi
W. W. M ichigan........   @11
Diamond W hite..........  @10
D., S.  Gas....................  @11%
Deo. Naphtha..............  @11%
Cylinder...................... 29  @34
Engine........................11  @21
Black, winter...............  @ 9

P elts

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

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

W ool

60@l  00

@ 3Vi
@ 2Vi

@16
Washed,  fine...........  
@20
Washed,  medium... 
Unwashed* line....... 
9  @12
Unwashed, medium.  14  @16

21

CandieiS
Stick Candy

d .................. 

bbls.  pails 
7  @ 7V4

M ixed Candy

@ 6 
@  6V @ 7 
& 8 
@ 7V
(m  81

F aney—In  B ulk

c. Drops.............
pse Chocolates.  . 
c.  Monumentals.

@11 
@  9 
@ 9 
@11 @13 
@12 V
©  8*4
@  9
@  9V4
@11
@13
@1014
14
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Fancy—In  5 lb. Bu xes

Moss  Drops.......
Lemon Sours...........
Imperials..................
Ital. Cream  Boubous
35 lb. palls...... ......
Molasses  Chews,  15
lb. pails..................
Jelly  Date  Squares.
Iced  Marsh mellows.
Golden Waffles........

Lemon  Sours.........
©50
Peppermint  Drops..
@60
Chocolate  Drops'__
©65
H. M. Choc. Drops..
@75
H. M. Choc.  Lt.  and
Dk. No. 12.............
@90
Gum  Drops..............
©30
Licorice  Drops........
@75
A. B.  Licorice Drops
@50
Lozenges,  plain.......
@55
Lozenges, printed 
.
©55
Imperials..................
©55
Mottoes....................
©60
Cream  Bar...............
©55
Molasses Bar...........
@55
Hand  Made Creams. 80 @90
Cream  Buttons, Pep.
and  Wint..............
@66
String  Rock.............
@60
Burnt  Almonds.......1 2E @
Wintergreen Berries
@66
C aram els
No.  1  wrapped,  3  lb.
boxes.....................

@50

@4  25
@4  00

Fruits
O ranges
Fancy M exicans__
Jam aicas..................
Lem ons
Strictly choice 360s..
Strictly choice 300s..
Fancy 300s................
Ex. Fancy  390s........
B ananas
Medium bunches__ 1 00© 1  25
Large  bunches........
1 50@1  75

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Figs

Californias,  Fancy..
Choice, 10  lb. boxes.
Extra  Choice,  10  lb.
boxes, new.............
Fancy, 12 lb. boxes..
imperial Mikados, 18
Pulled, 6 lb. boxes...
Naturals, in bags.,..
D ates
Fards in 10 lb. boxes
Fards In 60 lb. cases.
Persians,  P. II.  V ...
lb.  cases, new.......
Sairs, 60 lb. cases....

Nuts
Almonds, Tarragona
Almonds,  Ivlca.......
Almonds, California,
soft shelled...........
Brazils, new.............
Filberts....................
Walnuts, Grenobles.
Walnuts, soft shelled
California No. 1...
Table N uts,  fancy...
Table  Nuts,  choice..
Peeans,  Med...........
Pecans, Ex. Large...
Pecans, Jumbos......
Hickory Nuts per bu.
Ohio,  new.............
Cocoanuts, full sacks
Chestuuts, per  b u ...
P ean u ts
Fancy, II. P„ Suns..
Fancy,  H.  P„  Flags
Roasted.................
Choice, H. P„ Extras
Choice, H, P., Extras
Roasted.................

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Grains and  Feedstuffs

lioop Standard..................
2- 
hoop Standard...................
3- 
2- 
wire,  Cable.
3- 
wire,  Cable.
Cedar, all red. brass  bou
Paper,  Eureka...............
Fibre...............................

Wheat

W heat................................. 

64

W in ter  W heat  F lo u r 

Local Brands

Patents....................... ......   4 00
Second  Patent........... .......   3  50
Straight...................... .......   3  25
Clear .......................... ......   3 00
Graham ...................... .......  3 50
Buckwheat.................
Rye.............................. .....  3 25
Subject  to  usual cash  dis-
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c | er  bbl. ad-
ditional.
Ball-Bamhart-Putma n*s Brand
.......  3  00
Daisy  !«s..................
.......  3 60
Daisy  V4s ..................
.......  3 60
Daisy  Vis..................

Worden Grocer Co.\s  Brand

Quaker Vis................
Quaker Vis................
Quaker Vis................

......   3 60
.......  3 60
.......  3 60

S pring  W heat  F lo u r 

Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.’s  Brand
PUlsbury’s  Best Vas..........  4  35
Pillsbury’s  Best %s..........  4  25
Pillsbury’s  Best Vis..........  4  15
Pillsbury’s Best V«s paper.  4  15 
Pillsbury’s Best %s paper.  4  15
Ball-Barnliart-Putman's  Brand

F r e s h   M e a ts

B eef

(fa g I4
F orequarters.......... 
5V 6V4  ! s
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7 © 9 
Hindquarters.......... 
Loins No-. 3...............  10 ©14  1  S
Ribs..........................   8 @14 
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1  Rounds..................... 
7 @. 8
6 © 6 Vi  i .
j CllllCKS.....................  
4 © 5 
!  Plates....................... 
1
P o rk  
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1  Loins........................
i Shoulders................
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Leaf  Lard.................
M utton 
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Spring  lAmbs..........  8 © 10 
7 *© *

Carcass..................... 

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© 7 
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Veal

C r a c k e r s

The  National  Biscuit Co.

quotes as follows : 
B u tter

Seym our.........................
New  \o r k .......................
j  Fam ily.............................
1 S alted..............................
Wolverine.......................

Sofia

I  Soda  XXX......................
Soda,  City.......................
I.ung Island  Wafers......
I Zephyrette.....................

O yster

Faust...............................
1  Farina..............................
Extra Farina 
......   .....
Saltine  W afer.................

Sweet  G<u«l«—Boxes

i i m p e r i a l
JPATE.KT8M

Duluth  Imperial  '»s...
Duluth  Imperial %s...
4  15
Duluth  Imperial Vis...
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand
Gold Medal H s..................  4  30
Gold Medal Vis..................  4  20
Gold Medal Vis..................  4  10
Parisian  Vis.......................   4  30
Parisian  Vis.......................  4  20
Parisian  Vis.......................  4  10

Olney & Judson’s Brand

...  4  40
...  4  30
Ceresota Vis.................. ...  4  20

% Ceresota Vis.................
Vi Ceresota %s.................
% Worden Grocer  Co.’s Brand

Laurel  Vis....................
Laurel  V4S....................
Laurel  Vis....................

...  4  30
...  4 20
. ..  4  10

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Feed  and  MillstufTs

M eal

6
Bolted..........................
8
71/»71 Granulated..................
6*4
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St. Car r eed, screened 
6
No. 1 Corn and  Oats..
Unbolted Corn  Meal. 
Winter Wheat Bran..
Screenings

10  00 
12  00

...  1  90
...  210

...  10 uu 
...  15 50

New corn, car  lots.
Corn, car lo ts .........
Less than car lo ts..
Oats

37

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

H ay

No. 1 Timothy car  lots 
No. 1 Timothy ton  lots 

  10  50
  12  50

H ides

Hides  and  Felts
The Cappon & Bertsch Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Street,  quotes  as 
follows:
Green  No. 1.............  
Green  No. 2.............  
Bulls..........................  
Cured  No. 1............. 
Cured  No. 2.............  
Calfskins.green No. 1 
Calfskins,greenNo,2 
Calfskins,cured No. 1 
Calfskins,cured No. 2 

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

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18V4
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2 25
16  00
2  25
50
90
50
90
50
90

j Animals..........................
Assorted  Cake...............
Belle Rose.......................
|  Bent's  Water ..  ...........
:  Buttercups... 
........
;  (  iimamon Bar................
j Coffee Cake,  iced........
I Coffee Cake, Java........
i Cocoanut Tatty...............
( rack nulls  .....................
j  ('reams, iced.................
I Cream Crisp.................
! Crystal Creams.
Cubans...........................
Currant  Fruit...............
1  Frosted  Honey.............
Frosted Cream.............
Ginger Gems, Ig. or  sm
Ginger Snaps, XXX__
G ladiator......................
Grandma Cakes............
Graham Crackers.........
Graham  Wafers............
Honey Fingers.............
Im perials......................
Jumbles,  Honey...........
Lady Fingers.................
Lemon  Wafers.............
>  Marshmallow...............
>  Marshmallow Walnuts.
1  Mixed  Picnic.................
Milk Biscuit..................
Molasses  Cake.............
Molasses B ar.................
)  Moss Jelly  Bar.............
> I  Newton..........................
i Oatmeal Crackers.........
I Oatmeal Wafers............
|  Orange Crisp.................
Orange  Gem.................
1  Penny Cake....................
I  Pilot Bread,  XXX........
i  Pretzels, hand  made...
I  Sears’  Lunch.................
I  Sugar Cake....................
# I  Sugar Cream, XXX  ...
9 !  Sugar Squares.............
• 1 Sultanas.........................
| Tutti  F rutti..................
|  Vanilla Wafers.............
| Vienna Crimp...............

Fish  and  Oysters

F resh   Fish

White fish................ ..  @ 10
Trout......................... ..  @ 10
Black  Bass............... ..  8@ 10
Halibut..................... ..  © 18
© 5
Ciscoes or  llerriug..
Bluefish .................... ..  @ 11
Live  Lobster........... ..  © 17
Boiled  Lobster........ ..  © 19
Cod............................ ..  @ 10
Haddock.................. ..  © 7
No. 1 Pickerel.......... ..  @ 9
Pike.......................... ..  @ 8
Perch........................ ..  @ 5
Smoked  W hite........ ..  @ 8
Red  Snapper............ .  @ 10
Col River  Salmon... ..  @ 13
Mackerel.................. ..  @ 20

O ysters in Cans.

F. H.  Counts............
F. J. D. Selects........
Selects .....................
F. J. D. Standards.
Anchors....................
Standards................
B ulk.

gal.
F. H. Counts........................  1  75
1  60 
Extra Selects.
1  35
Selects...........................
1  20 
Anchor Standards.......
Standards....................
1  10
Shell Goods. 

Clams, per 100
1  00
Oysters, per 100.......... 1  25@i  50

22

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Hardware

T echnical  K now ledge  N ot  Necexxary  in 

H an d lin g   Furnaces.

A   great  many  people  seem  to  think 
that  a  furnace  is  a  complicated  piece  of 
mechanism,  requiring  a  civil  engineer 
to  put  it  up  and  a  mechanical  engineer 
to  run  it.  Of  course  this  is  not  preva­
lent  in  communities  where  furnaces  are 
in  use,  but  I  know  it  prevails  in  sec­
tions  where  they  have  been  hitherto  un­
known  and  I  have  even  been  told  of 
stove  dealers  who  thought  they  could 
not  handle  furnaces  because  it  would re­
quire  several  years  of  technical  educa­
tion  to  fit  them  for  the  business.  Of 
course,  this  idea  is  gradually  dying  out 
but  I  must  confess  that  it  at  one  timi 
seriously  interfered  with  the  expansion 
of  the  business.

So  far  as  its  working  is  concerned,  a 
is  nothing  more  than  a  big 
furnace 
It 
is  practically  a  combination 
stove. 
of  stoves  placed 
in  the  cellar  or  base­
ment  and  not  scattered  throughout  the 
house.  Anyone  can  operate  it  who  will 
follow  the  directions,  all  of  which  are 
simple  enough,  and  by  giving 
it  the 
proper  kind  of  attention.  So  much  for 
the  working.  The 
installation  by  the 
dealer or contractor  is  a  different  matter 
and  requires  a  considerable  degree  of 
education  on  his  part.  But  all  of  this 
can  be  had 
from  any 
manufacturer.  Every  catalogue  that  1 
know  of  has  these  directions  in  full  and 
some  of  them  are  very  explicit,  so  that 
any  man  possessed  of  ordinary 
intelli­
gence  and  who  knows  or  can  be  taught 
the  first  principles  of  heating  will  have 
no  difficulty  in  arriving  at  a  proper  un­
derstanding  of  how  to  put  in  a  furnace 
so  that 
it  will  give  satisfaction  to  the 
user.

for  the  asking 

There  are  one  or  two  points,  however, 
that  I  would  particularly  like  to  see  im ­
pressed  on  the  minds  of  the  contractors. 
One  of  these  has  reference  to  the  size  of 
the  furnace  in  each  individual  case. 
It 
is  a  great  deal  better  to  have  a  furnace 
In  fact,  there 
too  large  than  too  small. 
should  always  be  an  allowance 
for  a 
greater  capacity  than  is  called  for by the 
number  of  cubic  feet  in  the  building  to 
be  heated,  merely  because  it  is  easier  to 
check  the  flow  of  warm  air  than  to  in­
crease  it  beyond the ordinary limitations 
of  the  furnace.  The  other  point  has  to 
do  with  the  pipes  and  the  location  of 
the  registers.  Too  great  care  can  not 
be  taken 
in  this  matter,  nor too  much 
attention  paid  to  what the manufacturers 
have  to  say  on  this  subject  in  their  cat­
alogues.  Inefficient  pipe  work  and  plac-l 
ing  will 
interfere  with  the  successful 
operation  of  the  best  furnace  that  can 
be  made,  while  good  work  will  largely 
add  to  the  heating  possibilities  and  in­
sure  satisfaction  over  the  contract.

Geo.  D.  Hoffman.

F rau d u le n t  Sale  o f Stoves.
From Stoves and Hardware Reporter.

The  retail  stove  and  hardware  men  in 
Iowa,  according  to 
local  papers,  are 
disturbed  by  the  practices  of  the  de­
partment  store  men,  and  are  telling 
some  remarkable  stories  about the frauds 
in  which  those  houses  indulge. 
It  is 
said  that  they  advertise  one  kind of par­
lor  or kitchen  stove  in  the  papers,  with 
illustrations,  and,  when  buyers  ask  for 
the  article,  show  stoves  that  date  back 
for  several  years  and  are  far  inferior  to 
the  goods  advertised.  The  same  thing 
is  done  in  the  case  of  granite  ware  and 
clothes  wringers.

This  practice  is  not  confined  entirely 
it  may  have  a  more 
-to  Iowa,  although 
than  else­
general 
is  a  game  of  deceit  played 
where. 
against  the  unwary  and  at  their  expense

observance 
It 

there 

in  common  with  that  of  the  stove  trade 
as  a  whole.  A   stove  of  ancient  date 
offered  as  one  of  recent  manufacture 
represents  as  much  palpable  fraud  as 
does  the  sale  of  a  twenty  year horse  for 
a  colt  of  last  year’s  foaling.  Fortunate­
ly, 
there  are  means  of  detecting  the 
fraud  in  both  cases,  and  the  stove  deal­
ers  should  take  action  against  its  con­
tinuance.  If  other  means  fail,  any  deal­
er,  either  personally  or  through  a  rep­
resentative,  can  purchase  a  misrepre­
sented  stove  and  then  prosecute  the 
offender  for  obtaining  money under false 
pretenses.  Care  should  be  taken,  how­
ever,  that  actual  misrepresentation 
is 
made.  The  granite  ware  sold  under  the 
conditions  as  noted  above  are  mostly 
seconds,  and  this  can  readily  be  deter­
mined  even  by  those  who  are  not  ex­
perts.

A n  E xpensive  M eal  fo r  a   Horse.

Jacob  W.  Whitehead,  general  dealer 
at  New  Paris,  Ind.,  is  short  $65  in  cur­
rency  and  his  horse  has  risen  in  value. 
Mr.  Whitehead  went  home 
late  and 
climbed  the  stairs  of  the  bam  to  throw 
down  hay  to  the  family  nag. 
In  his 
pocket  he  had  a  pocketbook  containing 
five  ten-dollar  bills,  one 
five  and  ten 
ones.  This  dropped  from  his  pocket  as 
he  bent  over  to  pick  up  the  hay.  Mr. 
Whitehead  did  not  miss  the  money until 
the  next  morning.  He  then  searched 
the  bam,  and  found  a  few  fragments  of 
the  pocketbook,  together  with  tiny  bits 
of  the  bills.  The  faithful  animal  had 
devoured  the  hay  and  valorously  tackled 
the  pocketbook  and  contents, 
leaving 
nothing  with  which  Mr.  Whitehead 
could  make  proof  ol  his 
loss  at  the 
Treasury.

N o  C a u se   F o r   C o n g r a tu la tio n .

letter 

Local  gossips  are  in  clover over  a  cir­
cumstance  told  by  a  woman  who  knew 
all  about 
it  and  the  young  woman  who 
figures  as  the  star actor  in  the  matter. 
It  was  a 
in  answer  to  the  an­
nouncement  of  the  engagement  of  a 
young  man,  and sent  to  the gi rl  to  whom 
he  had  previously  been  engaged.  For 
some  reason  she  was  not  exactly  pleased 
at  this  attention  on  his  part,  and  this  is 
the  letter  she  sent  to  him. 

It  read :

Dear  Sir—1  have  received  the  letter 
containing  the  announcement  of  your 
engagement  to  Miss  Blank.  As  I  do  not 
know  her  1  can  not  congratulate  you, 
and  as  I  do  know  you,  1  can  not  con­
gratulate  her.”

After  that  she  signed  her  name,  and 
with  a  feeling  of  great  pleasure  of  a 
certain  kind  sent  off  the  epistle.

O u r   lin e   o f

W O R L D

B ic y c le s  fo r  1900

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

ARNOLD,  SCHWINN  ft  CO.,

Makers, Chicago,  III.

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

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23

GOTHAM  GOSSIP.

News  F ro m   th e   M etropolis—Index  to  th e 

Special Correspondence.

M arket.

In  an 

the  firm 

New  York,  Nov  n — The  demand 

for 
actual  coffee  has  been  quite  satisfactory 
and,  upon  the  whole, 
tone 
which  has  characterized  the  market  for 
six  weeks  has  been  duplicated  during 
the  past  six  days.  As  to  “ futures”   the 
invoice  way 
feeling  is  weaker. 
Rio  No.  7  is  quotable  at  6ji@6FzC- 
In 
store  and  afloat  the  amount  of  coffee  ag­
gregates  1,245,195  bags,  against  1,118 ,-1 
000 bags  at  the  same  time 
last  season. 
For  West  India  grades,  the  market  re­
mains  firm  and  the  demand  has  been 
quite  satisfactory,  orders  coming  from 
all  points.  The  offerings  are  not  large 
and  this  tends  to  keep  prices  firm,  and 
jobbers  as  well  as  roasters  are  keeping 
their  eyes  wide  open.  Good  Cucuta 
is 
worth  9c,  which  is  a  better  figure  than 
it  has  averaged  for  at 
twelve 
months.  East  India  coffees  are  mov­
in  about  an  everyday  manner. 
ing 
Mocha, 
i6 ^ @ i7 ^ c,  with  fancy  .sorts 
about  2c  more.

least 

Refined  sugar  is  steady  and  the  week 
has  passed  without  a  change  of any kind 
worthy  of  mention. 
It  is  said  that  Ar- 
buckles  are  rapidly  enlarging  their  re­
finery,  so  that  in  a  short  time  they  will 
be  able  to  produce  5,000  barrels  a  day. 
Of  course, 
this  will  not  “ move”   the 
trust,  but  when  spring  comes,  there  may 
be  some  fun  for  the  boys.  Trust  prices 
are  guaranteed  until  Jan.  1.
Tea  purchases  are  not 

large  in  any 
particular  instance,  but  there are  a  good 
many  orders  qoming  and  the  week  has 
been,  upon  the  whole,  a  very  satisfac­
tory  one.  While  prices  are  not  appre­
ciably  higher,  they  are  very  firmly  ad­
hered  to  and  buyers  recognize  that  to 
hunt  for  bargains  in  good  teas  is a futile 
search.

for  rice 

The  week  has  been  a  dull  and  rather 
disappointing  one 
dealers. 
Sales  are  of  small  amounts  and  buyers 
seem  to  show  not  a  particle  of  interest. 
Stocks  are  seemingly  ample  to  meet  all 
wants  and  the  immediate  outlook  is  not 
in  the  direction  of  higher  rates.  For­
eign  sorts  are  quite  firm,  but  the  call 
is 
moderate.  Japan  is  worth  4^@50.

Singapore  black  pepper  is  firmly  held 
at  12c  in  an  invoice  way.  The  general 
market  is  firm  as  to  prices,  but  the  vol­
ume  of  business  during  the  week  has 
hardly  been  up  to  expectations.  Buy­
ers  are  not  taking  more  than  enough  to 
tide  them  over  and  the 
is 
rather  a  “ waiting”   one.

situation 

New  crop  open-kettle  molasses  to  ar­
rive 
is  held  at  42c.  The  market  gen­
erally  is  in  good  shape  and  quotations 
are  firmly  sustained.  The market  is  not 
over-abundantly  supplied  and,  with  the 
approach  of  cold  weather,  it  seems  like­
ly  we  shall  see  an  advance.  Prime cen­
trifugal,  20@ 28 c .  Syrups  are  in  moder­
ate  supply  and  the  demand  is  sufficient 
to  keep  the  market  pretty  well  sold  up. 
Quotations  are  about  as  they  have  been, 
but  certainly  show  no  weakness.  Prime 
to  fancy  sugar  goods  are  worth  from  18 
@ 22C.

The  canned  goods  market  is  quiet  be­
cause  there  seems  to  be  no  goods  to sell. 
Jobbers  are  supplying  their  regular  cus­
tomers,  but  are  not  inclined  to  furnish 
goods  to  outsiders.  Prices  seem  to  be 
stopped  from  going  any  higher 
for 
awhile  and  few,  if  any,  changes  have 
been  made 
in  prices  of  staple  goods, 
although  possibly  tomatoes  have  favored 
the  buyer  to  some  extent.  Some  New 
York  corn  is  still  offering  at  77^0.  Sal­
mon  is  about  the  strongest  article  sell­
ing  in  cans  and  no  one  ventures  to  pre­
dict  just  where  the  end  will  be.

Lemons  are  in  moderate  sale,  but  the 
is  more  favorable 
tone  of  the  market 
last  week.  A  good  demand  for 
than 
Jamaica  oranges  has  sprung  up  and  the 
supply 
is  hardly  sufficient  to  meet  it. 
Repacked  barrels  are  worth  from  $5@ 
6.50  and  boxes  are  held  at  ^2.75@3.75- 
Florida  brights  are  worth  $4@4.50 and 
russets  §3.25(^3.50.

Jobbers  report  a  pretty good volume  of 
business  in  California  dried  fruits,  but 
there 
is  not  a  great  rush  for  domestic 
dried.  Some  considerable  complaint  is 
being  made  on  account  of  the  slow  de­
livery  of  raisins  and  this  delay  is  es­

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pecially  annoying  in  holiday  orders.
Choice  marrow  beans  are  worth  from 
$2. io@ 2.15.  The  market  generally  is 
reported  as  extremely  dull,  neither ex­
porters  nor  the  home  trade  paying  any 
attention  to  the  drift  of  affairs  just  now. 
There 
is  a  satisfactory  trade  going  for­
ward  in  pea  beans  and  Michigan  stock 
is  quotable  at  $1.85  in  barrels  and  S i.80 
in  bags.  Choice  red  kidney,  $2.35.
Extra  Western  creamery  butter 

is 
worth  25c.  Receipts  are 
light  and  the 
demand  is  sufficient  to  keep  the  market 
well  cleaned  up.  Fancy June  creamery 
is 
in  good  request.  Fresh  factory  is 
steady.  The  supply  is  not  large.  Some 
roll  butter  is  arriving  and  working  out 
at 
i6 @  
18c  up  to  21c  for  extra  stock.  Western 
dairy  from  1515118c.

Imitation  creamery, 

i 6 @ i 8c . 

The  cheese  market  shows  a  little more 
life  and  full  cream  New  York  State 
cheese 
is  worth  I2j^<&?i2;^c  for  small 
size  and  %<8i}4 c  less  for  larger  sizes.

There  is  a  good  demand  for  really  de­
sirable  eggs  and  Western  fresh-gathered 
will  fetch  22@23c,  loss  off,  if  the  same 
are  prime  goods.  Average  quality,  21c; 
fair  to  good,  14^170.

Cranberries  are  firm  and  fancy  Cape 
is  quotable  at  $51^6.50  per 

Cod  stock 
barrel.  Early  black,  $3@5.25.

Not  T hrow ing  A w ay  Money.

“ It  will  cost  you  $1,”   said  the  jewel­
er,  inspecting  the  works  of  the  time­
piece  through  his  eyeglass,  “ to  put  this 
watch  in  thorough  repair.”

“ Hand 

it  back,”   haughtily  replied 
the  young  man  on  the  outside  of  the 
counter. 
“ I  can  get  a  new  one  for 98 
cents. ’ ’

•)

We 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
CAPITOL  ELECTRIC  ENGINEERING  CO.

LANSING, MICH.

« H S H 5H 5 S 5 B S S S H 5 H5 E 5 H535 f e

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3 

Everything

It may save you a  thousand  dol- 

U 
jj  lars, or a lawsuit, or a customer, 
n  We  make  City  Package  Re- 
]j  ceipts  to  order;  also  keep  plain 
u  ones in stock.  Send for samples.
I  
GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN. 
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BARLOW BROS,

T R A V E L

V I*

F.  &  P  M.  R.  R.

AND  8TEAM 8H IP  LINES 

TO   ALL  POINTS  IN  MICHIGAN
H.  F .  M O E L L E R .  * .  g .  p .

Se a l s , 

s t a m p s .

T E N C IL S .
IQN  M A RK ERS
T H E   T H O R PE   MANUFACTURING  CO. 

Enameled  Letters.  Rubber Type,  etc.

50 W oodw ard Ave., D etroit.

Please mention Tradesman.

Hardware  Price  Current

A n g u n   and  B it.

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

A xe.

First Quality, S. B. Bronze..................
First Quality, I). B.  Bronze................
First Quality, S. B. S.  Steel................
First Quality.  I). B. Steel....................

B arrow .

Railroad.................................................
Garden...................................................net

Stove .....................
Carriage, new  list. 
H o w ......................

Well, plain...................................
B u tt.,  Cast
Cast Loose Pin, figured.............
Wrought N arrow .......................
C artrid g e.

Rim F ire __
Central Fire .

C hain

H in. 
6-16 In.
8  e.  ...  7  c . .
9 
9!4 

. . . 7 %
. . .   8*4

Com. 
BB... 
BBB.

Cast Steel, per lb...

Ely’s 1-10, per m __
Hick’s C. F., per m .
G. D., p erm ............
Musket, per m........

Socket F irm e r.......
Socket Framing__
Socket Corner........
Socket Slicks..........

E lbow .

Com. 4 piece, 6 in., per doz..................net
Corrugated, per doz..............................
Adjustable.............................................dis

E xpansive  B its

Clark’s small, $18;  large, $26...............
Ives’ 1, $18;  2, $24;  3, $80.....................

F iles—New  L ist

New American......................................
Nicholson’s .............................................
Heller’s Horse Rasps............................

G alvanized  Iro n  

Nos. 16 to 20;  22 and 24;  25 and 26;  27,
List  12 
16.

13 

14 

Discount, 65

15 
Gas  P ip e

Black or Galvanized..............................

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

Gauges

Glass

Single  Strength, by box......................dls
Double Strength, by box.................... dis
By the Light................................dis

H am m ers

Maydole A Co.’s, new list...................dis
Yerkes A Plumb’s ................................dls
Mason's Solid Cast Steel................30c list

H in g e.

Gate, Clark’s 1,2,3..............................dis

H ollow   W are

Pots..............................................•.........
K ettles...................................................
Spiders...................................................

H orse  N ail.

Au S able...............................................dis
Putnam..................................................dls
H ouse  F u rn ish in g  Goods
Stamped Tinware, new list..................
Japanned Tinware.................................

Iro n

Bar  Iron.................................................   3  c rates
Light Band............................................   3l/ic rates

K nobs—New  L ist

Door, mineral, jap. trimmings...........  
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings.........  

Regular 0 Tubular, Doz........................  
Warren, Galvanized  Fount................  

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

L an tern s

Levels

M attocks

Adze Eye.................................. $17 00.. dls 

M etals—Z inc

600 pound casks.....................................  
Per pound..............................................  

M iscellaneous

40
Bird Cages............................................. 
70
Pumps, Cistern...................................... 
Screws, New L ist.................................  
80
Casters, Bed and Plate........................   60A10A10
Dampers, American.............................  
50

M olasses  G ates

GOA 10

Stebbins’ Pattern..............................
Enterprise, self-measuring...............
Fry, Acme..............................................   60&10&10
Common,  polished...............................  
70&5
P a te n t  P lan ish ed   Iro n  

P ans

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

Broken packages %c per pound extra.

Planes

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

50
60
60
BO

C ap.

Solid  Eyes, per ton............................... 

Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire.

Nails

Steel nails, base....................................  
Wire 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 advance.................................  
Casing 8 advance................................... 
Casing 6 advance................................... 
Finish 10 advance................................. 
Finish 8 advance................................... 
Finish 6 advance..................................  
Barrel  % advance................................. 

Rivets

Iron  and  Tinned................................... 
Copper Rivets  and  Burs.....................  

Booling  Plates

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.....................  
14x20 IX, Charcoal, I)ean..................... 
20X28 IC, Charcoal, Dean..................... 
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway  G rade... 
14x20IX,Charcoal, Allaway  Grade... 
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway  G rade... 
20x28IX,Charcoal, Allaway  G rade... 

Sisal, % Inch and larger....................... 
Manilla................................................... 

Ropes

3 25
3  40
Base
05
10
20
30
45
70
50
15
25
35
25
36
45
86

50
45

6  50
7  50
13 00
5 50
6  50
11  00
13 00

11 >4
10

50

22  50

Shot

Solder

Squares

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

Sand  P ap er

Sash  W eights

Sheet  Iro n

com. smooth,  com.

$3 00
3 00
3 20
3 30
3 40
3 50
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 26 ....................................   3 60 
No. 27................................................  3 60 
wide, not less than 2-10 extra.

Shells—Loaded

Loaded with Black  Powder.................. dis 
40
Loaded with  Nitro  Powder..................dls  40A10

Drop............................................................... 
B B and  Buck..............................................  

Shovels  and  Spades

First Grade.  Doz......................................... 
Second Grade, Doz................................ 

1 45
1 70

8 60

8 10

 

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

20
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
In the market Indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to composition.

Steel and Iron........................................ 

T in—M elyn  G rade

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

Each additional X on this grade, $1.25.

T in—A llaw ay  G rade

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

Each additional X on this grade, $1.50

B o iler  Size  Tin  P late 
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, I 
Ilonl„i 
14x56 IX, for No. 9 Boilers, jP®r •,ouna" 
T raps

Steel,  Game........................................... 
Oneida Community,  Newhouse's........ 
Oneida  Community,  Hawley  A  Nor­
ton’s ..................................................... 
Mouse,  choker, per doz....................... 
Mouse, delusion, per doz.....................  

W ire

Bright Market.......................................  
Annealed  M arket................... 
Coppered  Market.................... 
Tinned  Market...................................... 
Coppered Spring Steel......................... 
Barbed Fence, Galvanized.................. 
Barbed Fence, Painted........................ 

60
50A10

W ire  Goods

Bright.................................................... 
Screw Eyes............................................. 
Hooks...................................................... 
Gate Hooks and Eyes........................... 

W ranches

Baxter’s Adjustable, Nickeled........... 
Coe’s Genuine........................................ 
Coe’s Patent Agricultural,  Wrought..70A10

65

$850

8 50
9 76

7 00
7 00
8 50
8 50

tn
10

75A10
50
70A10
15
1  25

60

50A10
40
4 05
3 90

76
75
75
75

30
30A10

60
26A10
50X10

$8  50

% in.

40A10

30A10

70A 10 
70 
60A10

40Ä10

60A10

80A10
80A10
80

33H
40A10
70

60A10

50A10
50A10
50A10

40A10
5

70
20A10

85
1  00

5 25
6 00

70

60

9
y‘/,

Alum inum   Money

w in  Increase Your Business.

Cheap and Effective.

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

44  S.  Clark  St.,  Chicago,  111.

24

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

T he  Boys  B ehind  th e   Counter.

Elk  Rapids— Lou  Spring,  manager 
of  the  dry  goods  department  of  the  Elk 
Rapids  Iron  Co.,  has  purchased  the 
property  on  the  bay  shore  known  as  the 
Pierce  House,  and  about  the  first  of 
January  will  commence  to  improve  the 
same  preparatory  to  making  it  his  resi­
dence.

Owosso— L.  Topping  has 

taken  a 
clerkship  in  the  new  store  of  the  Foster 
Furniture  Co.

Vermontville— James  Mahar  has  been 
installed  as  cutter  in  the  new  meat  mar­
ket  of  J.  N.  Bamingham.

Traverse  City— L.  Slanker,  who  has 
been employed in W.  W.  M iller’s grocery 
for the  past  year,  has  taken  a  position 
in  the  grocery  of  Pierce  &  Freeman.

Muskegon— C.  V.  Buchanan,  who  has 
had  charge  of  W.  D.  Hardy  &  Co. ’s 
dress  goods  department  for  four  years, 
has  resigned  his  position  to  go  to Plain- 
well,  to  take  charge  of  a  dry  goods  store 
there 
in  which  he  first  clerked  twenty 
is  succeeded  here  by  J. 
years  ago.  He 
M.  Moore,  who  has  clerked 
for  the 
Spring  Dry  Goods  Company  in  Grand 
Rapids  for  the  past  seven  years.

Quincy— M.  D.  Greening  has  a  new 
clerk 
in  his  drug  and  grocery  store  in 
the  person  of  Herbert  Mueller,  of  De­
troit.

Battle  Creek— J.  H.  Cunningham,  for­
merly  with  Marr  &  Duff,  has  taken  a 
position  as salesman with T.  J.  Kelleher.
Owosso— Erich  Reineke  is  clerking in 

F.  C.  Achard’s  hardware  store.

Eaton  Rapids— Herbert  Knapp  has 
taken  a  position  in  Mowers’  shoe  store, 
and  Clarence  Knapp  occupies  the  posi­
tion  in  Adams’  grocery  store  made  va­
cant  by  his  brother's  retirement.

Coldwater— Will  A.  Stevens  has  taken 

a  position  in  Hilton’s  clothing  store.

California— Hungerford  &  Brainard 
have  a  new  clerk  in  their  general  store 
in  the  person  of  Emery  Flint,  of  Kin- 
derhook.

Marion— A.  H.  Corwin  has  engaged 
Earl  B.  Davis,  of  Evart,  to  clerk  in  his 
grocery  and  furnishing  goods  store.

Maple  City— Geo.  W.  Fralick  has  en­
Fred  Winnie  as  prescription 
gaged 
clerk.  Mr.  Winnie  acted  as  master of 
the  Edith  M.  during  the  summer and 
closed  the  season  by  marrying  Miss 
Anna  Perry,  of  Nashville.

Tekonsha— Calla  Newland  has  been 
employed  to  assist  in  the  clothing  store 
of  J.  H.  Darrow.

Zeeland— Simon  Hellenthal  has  been 
engaged  as  salesman  by  the  Zeeland 
M illing  Co.  and  has  entered  upon  his 
duties.

T he  H ardw are  M arket.

The  market  has  not 

lost  any  of  its 
confident  tone 
in  the  last  week  or  two, 
as  prices  are  fully  maintained.  The re­
cent  heavy  purchases  by  the  railway 
companies of  the  United  States  have  es­
tablished  the  fact  that  lower  prices  are 
not  apt  to  rule  during  the  coming  year. 
In  some 
lines  goods  have  not  been 
marked  up  to  where  it  is  expected  they 
will  be,  and  the  consequence  is,  on  such 
lines,  both 
jobbers  and  retailers  are 
buying  quite  freely. 
is  a  fact,  how­
ever,  that  on  some  lines  high  prices  are 
constantly  curtailing  consumption  to  a 
greater or  less  extent.  This  is  notably 
the  case 
in  building,  as  many  are  de­
ferring  the  erection  of  houses,  as  well 
as  business  blocks,  because  of  the  large­
ly 
increased  cost  of  material,  and  es­
pecially  construction  iron.  At  the  same 
time  the  general  activity 
in  business 
leaves  little  ground  for  complaint.

It 

During  the  past  few  weeks  there  has 
been  a  slight  decline  in  sheet  copper,

but 
it  has  been  of  such  a  nature  as  to 
have  no  effect  upon  the  price  of  copper 
goods.  Manufacturers  have  reduced  the 
price  of  sheet  zinc  about  %c,  but  as 
it 
has  already  been  sold  by  jobbers  at  a 
very  close  price,  they  have  made  no 
change.

In  tin  plate  there  is  no  change,  but 
it  is  not  believed  there  will  be  any  ad­
vances  during  the  first  part  of  the  com­
ing  year  as  the  American  Tin  Plate  Co. 
is  making  prices  up  to  July 
i,  1900. 
The  supply  of  tin  plate,  however,  is 
very  scarce,  jobbers  finding  great  diffi­
culty  in  getting  their  orders  filled. 
In 
sheet 
the  usual  winter  dulness 
seems  to  have  set  in  and  the  market  is 
quiet.  There  has  no  change  been  made, 
however,  in  the  price.

iron 

Jobbers  are  now  taking  orders  for 
poultry  netting  and  wire  cloth  for  de­
livery  early  in  the  spring.  On  poultry 
netting  they  are  quoting  80  per  cent, 
from  list,  and  on  wire  cloth  $1.50(^1.40 
per  100  square  feet,  according  to  size  of 
order  given.

On  wire  nails  and  barbed  and  plain 
wire  there  has  been  no  change  in price. 
On  steel  traps  there  has been an advance 
averaging  from  10  to  20  per  cent.,  ac­
cording  to  the  quality  bought.  Jobbers 
are  quoting  at  the  present  time  genuine 
Newhouse  traps  at  40  and  10  per  cent.  ; 
Hawley  &  Norton,  65  and  10  per  cent.  ; 
Victor,  75  per  cent,  from 
list.  Manila 
rope  has  been  advanced  another  J^c 
since  our  last  market  report  and  is  now 
held  by 
jobbers  at  i6j^c  per  pound  in 
full  coils.  All  kinds  of  washboards  have 
been  advanced  from  i5@25c  per  dozen. 
On  wooden  pumps  a  new  list  has  been 
issued,  making  an  advance  of  50c,  but 
the  discount  has  been  reduced  and 
job­
bers  are  quoting  45  per cent,  from  the 
new  list.  An  advance  of  25c  per  dozen 
has  been  made  on  No.  o  lanterns,  and 
also  on  No.  1.

In  window  glass,  owing  to  the  severe 
competition  of  glass  jobbers,  a  decline 
has  taken  place,  and  the  ruling  dis­
count  now  seems  to  be  80  and  20  per 
cent,  by  the  box  and  80  and  10  per cent, 
by  the 
light.  Glass,  however,  is  very 
scarce  and  we  know  of  no  one  who  can 
fill  an  order  for  50 boxes  of well-assorted 
sizes. 
It  is  not  believed  that  new  glass 
will  be  on  the  market  before  Dec.  1.

In  crosscut  saws  there  has  been  an 
advance  and  the  price,  as  now  estab­
lished  on  Atkins’  line,  is  40  per cent, 
discount  from 
list.  This  price  is  firm 
and  we  hear  of  no  one  deviating  from 
the  foregoing  discount.

It  is  estimated that there are 11,000,000 
in  the  United  States  devoted  to 
cows 
that  their  average 
buttermaking,  and 
is  125  pounds  of  butter a  year,  or 
yield 
a  total  of 
1,375,000,000  pounds,  or 
about  18  pounds  for  each  one  of  the 
population  qf  the  country.

It 

is  possible  to  make  friends;  but  it 
is  better  to  be  of  such  a  lovable  nature 
that  friends  come  already  made.

Intellect  is  not  indicated  by  sound.  It 
is  said  men  with  deep  voices  have  been 
known  to  have  shallow  minds.

Dirty  people  make  dirty  streets  by 
instead  of 

into  them 

sweeping  trash 
burning  it.

Whether  they  are  worth  anything  or 
not,  every  man  has  a  right  to  his  own 
opinions.

Someone  is  wondering  what  a  college 

yell  would  be  in  the  Boer  language.

Bad  habits,  like warts,  grow on a  man.

A dvertisem ents  w ill  be  inserted  u n d er 
th is  head  for  tw o  cents  a  w ord  th e   first 
insertion  and  one  cen t  a  w ord  for  each 
subsequent  insertio n .  No  advertisem ents 
tak en   for  less  th a n   25  cents.  A dvance 
paym ents.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

SPOT  CASH  PAID  FOR  STOCK  OF  DRY 
goods,  groceries  or  boots  and  shoes.  Must 
be cheap.  Address A. D., care Michigan Trades­
130
man. 
F'OR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE  FOR  STOCK 
of Merchandise—Farm;  good buildings;  two 
miles from flourishing village.  Address 433 Sixth 
123
St., Traverse City, Mich. 
WrANTED—TO  SELL  AT  ONCE  AT  A 
bargain, steam roller mill, 75  barrel  capac­
ity;  in good condition;  located in lively  town  of 
6,000 inhabitants.  Reason for selling, ill health. 
Address H . L. sharick. Ionia, Mich. 
F'OR  SALE—FINEST  UP-TO.-DATE  DRUG 
store  in  Southern  Michigan;  no  cutting: 
clean drug stock only;  line location and  old  and 
established stand.  Address Lock Box 101, Kala­
mazoo, Mich. 
U5
1 .''XCHANGE—FOUR GOOD HOUSES, FREE 
I2j  and clear, good location, for a  stock  of  dry 
goods or clothing, either in or out of  city.  Reed 
&  Osgood,  32  Weston  building,  Grand  Rapids.
127

121

117

116

114

L'OR  SALE—GENERAL  STOCK  IN  GOOD 
F   country trading point.  Terms  to  suit  1 ur- 
chaser.  Will  rent  or  sell  store  building.  Ad­
dress No. no, care Michigan Tradesman. 
Fr'OR  SALE—CLEAN  $2,000  DRUG  STOCK, 
with few- fixtures, located  in  good  town, 500 
population.  All  cash  trade.  Rent  low.  Tele­
phone  agency  pays  rent.  Terms  to  suit  pur­
chaser.  No  exchange.  Owner  has  other  busi­
ness.  Address No.  117,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
Br y s o n   b r ic k   s t o r e   a t   o v id , m ic h .,
to exchange for  timbered  land or  improved 
farm or  stock  of  goods.  Address  L.  C.  Town- 
send, Jackson, Mich. 
L'OR  SALE—SMALL  CLEAN  STOCK  DRY 
r   goods, groceries  and  patent  medicines;  es­
tablished cash trade :  best location  in  town ;  big 
trade in hay and feed;  warehouse on C. & W. M. 
and F. & P. M. right handy.  Or will  rent  build­
ings with fixtures at low rate.  Must retire;  will 
pay  to  investigate;  write  for  particulars.  Ad­
dress Box 17, Baldwin, Mich.  ___________ 113
SPOT  CASH  DOWN,  WITHOUT  ANY  DE- 
lay,  will  be  paid  for  stocks  of  dry  goods, 
shoes  or  general  merchandise,  at  a  discount. 
Correspondence  positively  held  confidential. 
Large  stocks  preferred.  Address  A.  P.,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
F'OR  SALE  OR  TRADE—A  FIRST-CLASS 
three hundred twenty acre farm in Southern 
Michigan.  Terms  reasonable.  Address  Box 
720, Dowaglac, Mich.____________-_____ 
F ¡'OR  SALE—A  FIRST-CLASS  SHINGLE 
mill  complete.  Capacity,  40,000  per  day. 
Just closed, having finished the  cut  in  that  sec- 
tion.  Address Lock Box 738, Belding, Mich. 80

106

107

12

958

stamp.  Best  stamps  on  earth  at  prices 
that  are  right.  Will  J.  Weller,  Muskegon. 
Mich. 
IT'OR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR GENERAL 
r   Stock  of  Merchandise—60  acre  farm,  part 
clear, architect house  and  barn;  well  watered. 
I also have two 40  acre  farms  and  one  80  acre 
farm to exchange.  Address No. 12,  care  Michi­
gan Tradesman. 
L'OR  SALE-NEW   GENERAL  STOCK.  A 
r   splendid farming conntry.  No  trades.  Ad­
dress No. 680, care Michigan Tradesman. 
680
A NY  ONE  WISHING  TO ENGAGE IN THE 
grain and produce and  other  lines  of  busi­
ness can  learn  of  good  locations  by  communi­
cating with  H.  H.  Howe,  Land  and  Industrial 
Agent C. & W. M. and  D., G. R. & W.  Railways, 
Granjl Rapids. Mich.___________  
919
HriHE  SHAFTING,  HANGERS  AND  PUL 
X  leys formerly used  to  drive  the  Presses  of 
the Tradesman are for sale  at  a  nominal  price. 
Power users making  additions  or  changes  will 
do  well  to  investigate.  Tradesman  Company, 
Grand Rapids, Michigan. 
MODERN  CITY  RESIDENCE  AND  LARGE 
lot, with barn, for sale cheap on easy terms, 
or will exchange for  tract  of  hardwood  timber. 
Big bargain for some one.  Possession given any 
time.  Investigation  solicited.  E. A. Stowe,  100 
N. Prospect street, Grand Rapids._____  

983

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Fir s t -c l a s s  d r u g g is t ,  r e g is t e r e d ,
wishes  steady  position.  Address  No.  120, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
129
W a Nt e d  — e x p e r ie n c e d   s a l e s m a n
for  dry  goods,  clothing,  boot  and  shoe 
store.  Young  man  preferred.  Must  furnish 
good references.  Address  No.  131,  care  Michi­
gan Tradesman. 
131
I 'O   RENT—NEW  STORES  WITH  LIGHT 
steel  ceilings; 
.  basements;  steam  heat; 
cement floors in basement:  55  to  61 South  Divi­
sion St.  C.  W.  Eaton,  Hotel  Warwick,  Grand 
228
Rapids. 
ANTED—BY  AN  ESTABLISHED  BU8I- 
ness of a  high  order,  a  representative  of 
ability and backing who can take up its  work  in 
the  State  of  Michigan;  no  scheme;  permanent 
business with money  in  it  for  the  right  party. 
Address, giving references, Fountain Bath Brush 
Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 
V*7ANTED—POSITION  AS  MANAGER  OR 
head  clerk  in  general  store.  Have  had 
valuable experience as  manager  and  buyer  for 
ten  years.  Address  No.  77,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

124

77

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E ig h t  D ollars  F o r  Cons liltin g   th e   D irec­

From the Cleveland Plaindealer.

tory.

A  man  with  a  grip  entered  a  down­
town  drug  store  recently  and  asked  per­
mission  to 
look  at  the  city  directory. 
He  was  so  long  about  his search that one 
of  the  clerks  got  to  watching  him.  and 
not  without  results.  The  man  was  ap­
parently 
looking  through  the  business 
indices  at  the  back  of  the  book,  and 
whenever  he  came  to  a  page  he  fancied 
he  cut 
it  out  with  a  deft  movement, 
barely  detectable.  The  clerk  called  the 
proprietor,  and  between  them  they  saw 
him  cut  no  less  than  five  pages  from  the 
book.

Then  the  proprietor  beckoned  to  a 
policeman  just  outside  the  window  and 
went  up  to  his  customer.
“ Got  through  with 

the  book?”   he 

asked.

“ Yes,  quite,”   was  the  reply;  “ much 

obliged. 

Is  there  any  charge?”

“ Y e s ; the usual charge, ”   said the drug 

The  man 

store  man. 

“ Eight  dollars,  please.”
looked  at  the  proprietor, 
in  the  policeman,  and  without  a 

took 
word  produced  his  wad  and  settled.

“ This  is  not  the'first time people have 
mutilated  my  directory,”  said  the  drug­
in  relating  the  incident,  “ but  it’s 
gist 
the  first  vandal  I  caught  at  it. 
Instead 
of  copying  the  few  names  he  wanted  he 
preferred  to  cut  out  whole  leaves.  Well, 
he  paid  for  his  fun.”

W ill  U p to n   Engage  in   G row ing  Tea  in 

T his  C ou n try ?

is 

It  is  said  that  Sir  Thomas  Lipton,  the 
cup  challenger,  will 
invest  $500,000  in 
tea  culture  in  South  Carolina,  he  having 
lived  in  that  State  quite  a  while  during 
his  early  manhood,  when  he  came  to 
this  country  from  Glasgow.  As  is  well 
known,  Sir  Thomas  Lipton 
largely 
interested 
in  the  tea  business,  being  at 
the  head  of  two  of  the  largest  business 
concerns 
in  the  world,  the  Lipton  Tea 
Co.  and  the  Lipton  Packing  arid  Provi­
sion  Co.  He 
is  the  largest  landowner 
in  Ceylon,  and  on  his  tea,  coffee  and 
cocoa  plantations  employs  more  than
5,000  Singalese. 
tea  culture 
of  study,  and  has  been 
tion  with  those  who  are  most 
in  its  development  here.

It  is  said  he  has  given 
in  this  country  a  great  deal 
in  communica­
interested 

In   a   H u rry   F or  H is  Goods.

A   furniture  manufacturer  recently  re­
ceived  the  following  reminder  from  a 
country  customer:

It  has  been  some  time  since  I sent you 
the  order  for  those  dressers  and  com­
modes  and  I  think  I  had  ought  to  get 
them  pretty  soon.  The  timber  must 
have  grown  almost  large enough to make 
them  since  I  placed  the  order.  Please 
get  the  trees  cut  as  soon  as  they  get 
large  enough  and  ma.ke  up  the  goods 
with  as  little  delay  as  possible.

W ill  T ry  C o-operative  D istrib u tio n .
A   co-operative  department  store  is  to 
be  established  at  Mishawaka,  Ind.,  to 
be  conducted  on  plans  similar  to  those 
in  Massillon,  Ohio;  Evansville,  Ind.; 
Reading  Pa.,  and  cities  in  great  min­
ing  districts.  The  initiative  in  the  new 
movement  was  taken  by  600  employes 
of  the  Dodge  Manufacturing  Co.,  and 
employes 
in  every  other  factory  in  the 
town  have  been  approached.  A   com­
bine  of  working  men  has  been  effected. 
One  thousand  have  volunteered  to  de­
posit  $10  each  for  capital  stock.

Safety  A gainst  Biches.

“ Silence 

is  golden,”   quoted  Mrs. 

Bickers.”

“ You’ll  never  be  rich,”   added  her 

amiable  husband.

Chas.  D.  Chase,  formerly  on  the  road 
for  the  Wisconsin  Chair  Co.,  but  for the 
past  two  years  traveling  representative 
for  the  Phoenix  Chair Co.,  has  leased 
the  M.  C.  Burch  factory  building  on 
Canal  street  and  will  engage 
in  the 
manufacture  of  chairs  under  the  style  of 
the  Chase  Chair  Co.  Mr.  Chase  has  a 
line  of  designs  prepared  and  will  have 
his  samples  ready  for  the  January  ex­
position.

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-----Hfty A £

The  old  fashioned  ginger  snap 

in  the  brown  paper  bag  is  not  in  it  with

Uneeda 

Jin je rW a yfe r

in  the  moisture  proof  box.

Ask  your  grocer  for  a  package  to-day.

Made  only  by  NATIONAL  BISCUIT  COMPANY,

M akers of the famous U n e e d  a   B is c u it.

Uneeda

Uinjer  Wayfer  J

Detroit  Retail  Grocerg’  Association 

President,  J oseph  Knight;  Secretaryv  E. 

Marks;  Treasurer, C  H.  Fr in k.  j|
Grand  Rapids  Retail Grocers’  Association 

President, Frank  J. Dyk;  Secretary,  Homer 

Klap;  Treasurer, J. George  Lehman.

Sagintw   Mercantile  Association 

President,  P.  F.  Trkanor;  Vice-President, 
J ohn  McBratnie;  Secretary, W.  H. Lewis.

Jackson  Retail  Grocers’  Association 
President,  J.  F rank  Helmer;  Secretary,  W. 
,.H . Porter;  Treasurer, L.  Pei.ton. 
.  _  ...
Adrian  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

P resid e n t,  A.  C.  Cl a r k ;  S e cre ta ry,  E.  E, 

Cleveland; Treasurer,  Wm. C. Koehn

Muskegon  Retail tirocers’  Association 

President,  Albert  Towl;  Secretary,  D.  (A 

Boelkins;  Treasurer,  J.  W.  Caskadon.

Bat  Cities  Retail Grocers  Association 

President,  M.  L.  DeBats;  Secretary,  S.  W. 

Waters. 

______

Kalamazoo  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

President, W.  H.  J ohnson;  Secretary,  Chas. 

Hyman. 

______

Traversi'  City  Business  Men’s  Association 

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

Holly;  Treasurer,  C.  A.  Hammond.

Ohosso Business  Men’s Association 

President,  A.  D.  Wh ipp l e;  Secretary,  G.  T. 

Campbell;  Treasurer,  W.  E. Collins.

Alpena  Business  Men’s  Association 

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

Partridge. 

______

Grand  Rapids  Retail  Meat  Dealen’  Association 

President,  L.  M.  Wilson;  Secretary,  Ph il ip 

Hil b e r;  Treasurer,  S. J. Hufford.
St.  Johns Business  Men’s  Association 

President, Thos. Bromley;  Secretary,  Frank 
--ai

A.  Percy; Treasurer, Clark A. Putt. 

Perry  Business  Men’s  Association 

President,  H.  W.  Wallace;  Secretary,  T.  E.

Grand  Haven  Retail  Merchants’  Association 

President,  F.  D.  Vos;  Secretary,  J.  W.  Ver-

Hoeks. 

______

President,  Chas. Rounds;  Secretary,  Frank 

Tale  Business  Men’s  Association 

Putney.

M ANLY  M EN 

W O M A N LY  B EAU TY
Are the sure results of wearing our improved E lec­
tro-Magnetic Belts.  The world's best.  Cures Rheu­
matism,  Neuralgia,  Paralysis.  Lame  Back,  Liver 
and  Kidney  Troubles,  and  ail  Male  and  Female 
Weaknesses.  Order one and pay for It when health, 
strength and vigor are restored.  Write T he Dr.  C. J. 
Lane  Medical Co.,  Marshall,  Mich.

Manufacturers  of  all  styles  of  Show  Cases  and  Store  Fixtures.

Write  us  tor

illustrated  catalogue  and  discounts.

1 4L Platform  Delivery  Wagon m -

T ra v ele rs*  T im e   T a b le s .

MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

CHICAGO

Chicago.

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

Michigan  Business  Men’i Association 
retary, É. A. Stowe, Grand  Rapids.
Michigan  Retail  Grown’  Association 

President,  J.  Wisler,  Mancelona;  Secretary, 

E. A. Stowe, Grand  Rapids

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Ly. G. Rapids, 7:10am  12:00m  4:35pm  *11:50am
Ar. Chicago,  1:30pm  5:00pm 10:45pm  *7:25am 
Lv. Chicago,  7:15am  12:00m  5:00pm  *11:50pm
Ar. G. Rapids, 1:25pm  5:05pm 10:55pm  *6:20am 

T raverse City, C harlevoix and Petoskey. 

Lv. G. Rapids, 7:30am 
Ar.TravCity, 12:40pm 
Ar. Charlev’x,  3:10pm 
Ar. Petoskey,  3:40pm 
and 10:45pm.
night trains to and from Chicago.

Trains  arrive  from  north  at  2:40pm,  and 
Parlor cars on day trains and sleeping cars  on 
»Every day.  Others week days  only.

4:00pm
9:10pm
12:25am
12:55am

n C T D A l T   Grand Rapids & Western 
U C  1  K U *   1 9 

June 26,  1899.

D etroit.
Lv. Grand Rapids___ 7:00am
Ar. Detroit.................11:40am
Lv. Detroit.................  8:40am
Ar. Grand Rapids__   1:30pm

12:05pm  5:25pm
4:05pm  10:05pm 
1:10pm  6:10pm
5:10pm  10:55pm

Saginaw ,  A lm a an d   G reenville.

Lv. G .R .7:00am 6:10pm Ar. G. R. 11:45am9:40pm 
Parlor Cars on all trains  to  and  from  Detroit 
and Saginaw.  Trains rim week days only.

Geo. DeHaven, General Pass. Agent.

n n   a  v j n   Trunk Railway System 
VIKAll LI  Detroit and Milwaukee Dlv

(In effect Oct 9, 1899.)

Going East.

Leave 

Arrive
Saginaw, Detroit & N. Y ........ t   6:50am  t  9:55pm
Detroit and E ast......................+I0:i6am  + 5:07pm
Saginaw, Detroit & East........ t  3:27pm  tl2:50pm
Buffalo, N. Y., Toronto,  Mon­
treal & Boston, Ltd Ex..*  7:20pm  *l0:l6am 
Going West.
Gd. Haven Express.................*l0:2lam  *  7:15pm
Gd. Haven and Int. P ts......... tl2:58pm  t  3:19pm
Gd. Haven and Milwaukee— + 5:12pm  tl0:llam  
Gd. Haven and Milwaukee— +I0:00pm  t   6:40am 
Eastbound  6:50am  train  has  Wagner  parlor 
car to Detroit, eastbound 3:27pm train has parlor 
car to Detroit.

»Daily.  tExcept Sunday.

C. A. J ustin, City Pass. Ticket Agent,

97 Monroe St., Morton House.

n n  A 1\JTl  KM** * Indiana Railway
v i  I v A i s  L I 

October 22,  1899.

N o rth ern   D ivision. 

From
Going 
North  North
Trav. City, Petoskey, Mack,  t   7:45am 
t  6:15pm 
Traverse City &  Petoskey.. 
t   2:10pm  +10:l5pm 
Cadillac Accommodation...  t  5:25pm  +10:46am 
Petoskey & Mackinaw  City  +11:00pm 
t  6:20am 
7:45ara and 2:10pm trains, parlor cars; 11:00pm 
train, sleeping car.

S outhern  D ivision 

Going 
From
South
South 
Kalamazoo,Ft. WayneCin. 
t  7:10am  + 9:45pm 
Kalamazoo and Ft. Wayne,  t  2:00pm 
t   2:00pm 
Kalamazoo, Ft. Wayne Cin.  * 7:00pm  *  6:45am 
Kalamazoo and  Vicksburg.  *11:30pm  * 9:10am 
7:ioam  train  has  parlor  car  to  Cincinnati, 
coach to Chicago;  2:00pm train has parlor car to 
Fort Wayne;  7:00pm train has sleeper to Cincin­
nati;  ll:30pm  train,  sleeping  car  and  coach  to 
Chicago.

Chicago T rains.

TO  CHICAGO.

FROM  CHICAGO

Lv. Grand  Rapids.. .t7  10am  +2 00pm  *11  30pm
Ar. Chicago................   2 30pm  8  45pm 
7 00am
Lv.  Chicago............................. +3 02pm  *11  32pm
Ar. Grand Rapids...................  9  45pm 
6  45am
Train leaving Grand Rapids 7:10am has coach; 
ll:30pm train has coach and sleeping car;  trains 
leaving Chicago 3:02pm  has  coach;  11:32pm  has 
sleeping car for Grand Rapids.

M uskegon  T rains.

GOING  WEST.

Lv. Grand Rapids___ +7  35am  tl  35pm 
t5 40pm
Ar. Muskegon.............  9 00am  2 50pm 
7 00pm
Sunday  train  leaves  Grand  Rapids  9:15am; 
arrives Muskegon at 10:40am.  Returning  leaves 
Muskegon 5:30pm ; arrives Grand Rapids, 6:50pm. 
Lv.  Muskegon........ t 8  10am  +12  15pm  +4 00pm
Ar. Grand Rapids...  9 30am 
1  30pm  5  20pm 
tExcept Sunday.  »Daily.

GOING  EAST.

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

Gen’l Pass’r and Ticket Agent 
Ticket Agent Union Station.

MANISTEE ft  Northeastern Ry.

Best route to Manistee.

Via C. & W. M. Railway.

Lv. Grand R apids....:................  7 00am
Ar. Manistee................................ 12 05pm
Lv. Manistee...........  .................  8  30am
Ar. Grand  Rapids.......................  1 00pm

4  10pm 
9 55pm

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Not  how cheap  but  how good.  Write  for catalogue  and  prices.

THE  BELKNAP  WAGON  CO.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

N O .  113

2500 progressive merchants

in  Western  Michigan  are  buying 
from  us  and  saving  15  to  30  per 
cent,  on  every  bill  of  goods.  We 
employ no travelers.  We  have  no 
high  rent  to  pay—we buy  for  spot 
cash and  secure  big  price  conces­
sions.  Our  customers  share  in 
these savings.

Send for our  Holiday  Catalogue 
and  our  Catalogue  No.  151—256 
pages  of  goods  that  you  need  at 
prices that you’ll like to pay.

i

$1200

Regal  Green  and  Gold  Assortment

This  package contains  i  dozen  of  each  of  the  above  articles— 15  dozen 
at 80 cents per dozen.  Sold by  package  only.  No  charge  for  barrel.

H.  LEONARD  & SONS,  Importers  and  Jobbers  of  E veryth in g

FUi-TON AND COMMERCE STREETS,  GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.

A Pile ofjVlopey as Big as a jVlouptaip j •

Is lost every year through careless weighing 

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Give us all the money given  away each year on  old-fashioned  scales  and we will  pay  off  the  Government war 
debt of $200,000,000 and  have  money left. 
Write to us about the  Money  Weight  System of weighing your merchandise.  Remember,  our  scales are sold 
on easy monthly payments. 

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