GRAND  RAPIDS,  W EDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER  29,1899.

Number  845

OUR  “ SAMPLE  ASSORTMENT."

NO  TWO 

LAMPS ALIKE 
in this 
Assortment.
A wonderful 
variety
for little money.

up

to  date 
Lamps 
anc 
no 
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alike 
in  this 
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42-44  Lake Street,

C h ic a g o .

No.  805  Lamp.

With  10-inch  Moulded 

Shade.  Very pretiily tint­
ed and gold traced on em­
bossed parts  Has Climax 

Burner and Chimney.

No.  816  Lamp.

The shade reflects the light 

Shade,  nicely  decorated to

No.  817  Lamp.

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these
popular
Priced
goods

No.  800  Lamp.

Has 7-inch Shade  No. 2 
Sumer  and  Chimney, 
rhe  embossed  parts  are 
prettily  tinted  and  gold 
traced.

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No.  803  Lamp.

Has  7fr-inch Globe. No. 
2 Sun Burner and Chimney. 
The Globe and  Body of 
Lamp  are  decorated 
in 
Dresden style with  buds 
and leaves.

Solid  Packages

C'nter Draft 
- inch  Dome 
ted  to match

No.  812  Lamp.

With 8-inch  Globe, dec­
orated  with  flowers  and 
leaves  and  gold 
traced. 
Has  No  2  Center  Dratt 
Burner and Chimney

1899  Assortment of 

Decorated

PARLOR  LAMPS.

Just  the  package 

for  a  “ Sample 
Assortment ”  to give  an  idea of  the  styles 
we carry, or for  a  dealer  who  has sale  for 
only  a  few  Lamps,  and  who  desires  a 
variety.

The  Assortment  consists  of  two  each 
of styles shown with ** Flat Wick ” Burners, 
and one each with " Center Draft ” Burners.

No  Two  Lamps  Alike.

Complete. 
2 only, No. 800—Lamps.

.$1.20  $2.40 
3.40

1.70 

816—
817—

Less discount. 

$3< 

Package no charge.

Packed Complete with Chimneys.

Special  Discount 

50 per cent.

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oyster  crackers  on  the  market.  Packed 
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cartons.  Send  us  a  trial  order.

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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 
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nomical as well.  Ask  your  dealer  to  show you  Mica  in  the  new white 
and blue tin packages.

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Page.
I ,   D ry   G oods.
3 .  Tw o  T h rillin g   E x p e rie n ce s.
4 .  A ro u n d   th e   S ta te .
5 .  G ran d   R a p id s  Ciossi p.
6.  W o m a n ’s W o rld .
7 .  G e ttin g   th e   P e o p le .
8.  E d ito r ia l.
9 .  One M e re h a n t’s  T h a n k sg iv in g .
10 .  W h e n  to  T a lk  an d   W h e n   to   L iste n .
1 1 .  On  th e   W in g .
1 3 .  Shoes and  L e a th e r.
1 5 .  S u ccessfu l  Salesm en .
1 6 .  T h e   M eat  M a rk e t.
1 7 .  O b serv ation s  b y  a   N.  Y .  E g g   M an.
1 8 .  G o th am   G ossip.
1 9 .  C o m m e rcia l T ra v e le rs.
2 0 .  D ru g s an d   C h em icals.
2 1 .  D ru g  P r ic e  C u rre n t.
2 2 .  G ro ce ry   P r ic e   C u rre n t.
2 3 .  G ro ce ry   P r ic e   C u rre n t.
2 4 .  H a rd w a re .
2 5 .  H a rd w a re   P r ic e   C u rre n t.
2 6 .  T h e  P ro d u ce   M ark e t.

B u sin ess  W an ts.

T H A N K SG IV IN G .

is 

The  children  of  New  England  have 
gone  on  a  pilgrimage  to-day.  From the 
beginning  of  the  month  they  have  been 
humming  the  old  home  song  and  with 
the  first  load  of  apples  to  the  city— 
“ when  the  frost  is  on  the  pumpkin  and 
in  the  shock” — there  has 
the  com 
been 
in  thought  a  wandering  away  by 
willing  feet  to  the  old  homestead  among 
the  New  England  hills.  To-day  they 
are  at  home;  and  right  royal  has  been 
the  welcome.  The  very  graves  have 
given  up  their  dead  to gladden the farm­
house  and  give  cheer  to 
the  feast. 
Around  that  table  the  wanderers  have 
gathered,an  unbroken  family.  From  all 
over the  earth  they  have  come  and,  all 
unconsciously  of  it,  sit  down  with  those 
who  have  come  back  from  the  other 
shore.  The  table  is  graced  by  the  dear 
old  father  who  has  long  since  gone  from 
his  work  to  his  reward.  Mother  is  there 
and  there  in  their  places are the brothers 
and  sisters  who  have  gone  out,  as  we 
have,  to  make  their  way  in  the  world.

What  memories  center  at  that  table ! 
Childhood  and  youth  are  there,  yours 
and  mine,  the  fun  and  frolic  of  the  one, 
the  dreams  and  the  hopes  and  the  long­
ings  of  the  other,  and,  unmindful  of 
these  now  and  the  years— can  it be forty 
years  ago?—that  have  gone  since  we  sat 
there,  we  crowd 
into  our  places  with 
the  old  earnestness  and  the  old  appe­
tite,  determined  that  our  share  shall 
not  be  even  a  trifle  less  than  that 
lucky 
John’s  or  the more  favored Susan’s.  The 
turkey,  the  duck,  the  chicken— mother 
cooked  them— the  pumpkin  pie  and  the 
mince  pie— she  made  them  and cut them 
into  big  pieces,  God  bless  her !— have 
made  that  dinner  the  standard  for  all 
time,  and  other  feasts  are  successes  or 
failures  as  we  measure  them  by  that.

Satisfied,as  only  the  old-time  Thanks­
giving  dinner  can  satisfy,  we  leave  the 
in  the  same  condition  as  the  tur­
table 
key  came  to 
it  (  !)  and  wander  away 
through  the  house  and  over  the  farm 
and  neighborhood.  How 
the 
chamber  is  where  we  used  to  sleep  and 
how  bare !  Only  the  view  from  the win­
dow  has  broadened  and brightened since 
we  saw  it  last.  There  is  the  same  glint 
to  the  river;  the  woods  have  grown 
farther 
into  the  sk y ;  the  paint  on  the

small 

red  school-house  has  faded ;  the shingles 
on  the  sawmill  are  moss-covered  and 
the  ridgepole  sags 
in  the  m iddle;  the 
store  with  its  little-paned  windows  still 
deals 
in  “ W.  I.  Goods;’ ’  home  dotted 
farms  stretch  on  every  hand  to  the  sky 
and  almost  on  the  rim  of  the  horizon 
stands  the 
old,  windowless 
church,  surrounded  by  the  graves  of  the 
men  and  women  born under  its  shadow, 
married  at  its  altar  and  knelled  to  their 
rest.

gaunt, 

Shall  we  bang  the  girls’  door  on  our 
way  downstairs?  We  are  bigger  and 
stronger  than  John— shall  we  pull  him 
out  of  bed?  Shall  “ somebody’ ’  leave 
open  that  parlor  door  and  let  in  all  the 
flies? 
it  worth  the  scolding  to 
sprinkle  a  little  snuff on  old  T ig e ’s  nose 
and  make  Tom  squawk  by  an  extra tail- 
pinch?  Come  on  over  to  Henderson’s 
and  let  Hi  do  the  chores!

Isn’t 

What  man  of  us,  to-day,  can  tell  why, 
alone,  he  wanders  off 
into  the  woods 
straight  to  the  place  where  he  last  set 
his  traps  and  his  snares?  What  leads 
him  to  the  big  chestnut  and,  although 
the  season 
is  over,  makes  him  kick 
away  the  brown  leaves  and  look  for  the 
big  brown  nuts?  He  saunters  down  to 
the  spring.  Does  he  see  there  the  cattle 
that  he  once  drove  to  pasture,  or  is  he 
looking 
for  traces  of  the  dam  he  made 
and  the  water  wheel  with  its  trip-ham­
mer?  Years  have  gone  since  his  last 
swim,  yet  he  follows  the  path  to  “ the 
old  swimming  hole,”   takes  a  turn  along 
the  road  to  the  cider  mill,  where  he 
stops  to 
look  in,  and  goes  away  with  a 
straw  in  his  mouth,  and  comes  home  by 
“ Coll  T aft’s ,”   a  playmate  dead  years 
ago. 
It  is  dark  when  he  finds  his  way 
into  the  old  kitchen,  lighted  by  the  big 
fireplace,  the  hearth  made  attractive  by 
apples  and  pitcher  of  cider  and  nuts. 
He  eats  and  drinks,  hears  and 
tells 
again  the  old  stories,  yawns  at  last  and, 
tumbles  upstairs  to  bed. 
half  asleep, 
lit­
He  wakes  to  find  himself  not  in  the 
tle,  bare  bedroom 
farm­
house,  hut  in  his  chair  at  home,  a  mid­
dle  aged  man  or  older.  His  pilgrimage 
is  ended.  He  has  knelt  at the old shrine. 
He  has  trod  the  paths  which  “ they”  
have  trod;  he  has  felt  the  touch  of  van­
ished  hands  and  heard  the  sound  of 
voices  that  have 
long  been  still,  and, 
“ standing  with  forehead  bare,  has  re­
ceived  the  benediction  of  the  air”   that 
hovers  still  above  the  old  New  England 
home.  He  is  a  better  man  for  the  home 
journey.  He  takes  up  the  burden  of  life 
again  strengthened  and  with  renewed 
hope;  and,  while  he  would  not 
if  he 
could  go  back  to  boyhood  and  live  his 
life  over  again,he  still  believes  ingoing 
back  at  Thanksgiving  time,  the  first  of 
the  sacred  trinity  of  holidays  which 
reaches 
in  the  resolu­
tions  of  the  New  Year.

its  culmination 

in  the  old 

At 

last  the  old  man 

is  having  a 
chance.  A   Chicago  house  has  brought 
out  a  book  for  children  called  “ Father 
Goose.

When  a  man  begins  to  think  he  has 
married  the  wrong  woman,  she  can  safe­
ly  declare  she  has  married  the  wrong 
man.

O U R   N E W   P O SSE SSIO N S.

A 

forecast  of  the  recommendations 
which  Secretary  of  War  Root  will  make 
in  his  annual  report  declares  that  he 
will  advise  that  civil  governors  he  at 
once  appointed  for  Cuba,  Puerto  Rico 
and  the  Philippines  and  that  a  system 
of  suffrage  he  established,  based  upon 
both  property  and  educational  qualfica- 
tions.

The  most  expeditious  and  most  eco­
nomical  way  of  settling  the  problem  of 
the  future  government  of  the 
former 
colonies  of  Spain,  now  held  by  us  as  a 
result  of  the  recent  war,  would  be  to 
turn  over  their  control  to  their own  peo­
ple.  As,  however,  this 
is  not  likely  to 
be  agreed  to  by  the  present  administra­
tion,  it  would  no  doubt  be  the  proper 
thing  to  replace  the  existing  military 
governments  by  civil  administrations, 
and  to  allow  at  least  a  modicum  of  sel f- 
government.  Such  a  procedure  would 
I be  a  better  preparation  for  ultimate 
in­
dependence  than  the  military  despotism 
we  are  maintaining  in  all  the  captured 
islands.

government 

While  military 

is  no 
doubt  inseparable  from  the  annexation 
of  foreign  territory  as  a  result  of  war, 
such  government  should  not  be  per­
mitted  to  endure  longer  than  the  press­
ing  necessities  of  the  case  require. 
Military  officers  are  unfitted  by  their 
duties  from  properly 
the 
functions  of  civil  government,  so  that 
the  sooner  their  power  is  restricted  to 
purely  military  affairs  in  the  new  pos­
it  will  be  for  both 
sessions,  the  better 
the  welfare  of  the  people  of  the 
islands 
and  for  the  prestige  of  this  country  it­
self.

exercising 

As  the  United  States 

is  pledged  to 
grant  absolute 
independence  to  Cuba, 
the  simplest  solution  of  the  problem  in 
that 
island  would  be  to  carry  out  our 
pledge  without  further  delay,  and  in­
stall  a  purely  Cuban  government,  pro­
tected  by  a  guarantee  that  this  country 
would  prevent  any  foreign  interference. 
With  respect  to  Puerto  Rico,  there  is  no 
reason  whatever  why  civil  government 
should  not  displace  military  rule  at 
once ;  while 
in  the  Philippines  the  in­
auguration  of civil  rule must  of  necessity 
be  postponed  until  the  suppression  of 
the  Aguinaldo  rebellion.

Of  course,  Congress  will  be  called 
upon  to  decide  the  final  disposition  of 
the  new  possessions;  but  in  the  mean­
time  there  is  no  reason  why  civil  g o v ■ 
ernment  should  not  be  inaugurated  at 
once,  as  such  government  is  in  no  sense 
incompatible  with  the  continued  exer­
cise  of  our  authority  in  the  islands,  or 
even  the  continued  presence  of  Ameri­
can  troops.  Cuba  is  already  becoming 
decidedly  restless  under  the  lash  of  m il­
itary  rule,  and  although  there  are  no in­
dications  of  an  outbreak,  the  sentiment 
of  the Cuban  masses  is  rapidly  becom­
ing  hostile  to  us.  The  Cubans  are  quite 
as  well  capable  of  governing  themselves 
as  most  of  the  Latin-American  coun­
tries,  and  the  fact  that  their notions  of 
government  differ  widely 
from  our 
standards  is  no  warrant  for  our  contin­
ued  occupation  of  the  island

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Dry Poods

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

Staple  Cottons— Considerable  money 
was  made  by  disposing 
of  ancient 
stocks,  but  the  buyers  were  glad  to  get 
hold  of  anything  and  would  be 
just  as 
glad  to  find  a 
few  more  of  these  old 
stocks  if  they  could.  The  actual  buying 
in  the  cotton  goods  market  has  been 
small  during  the  week,  and  there  was 
no  lack  of  evidence  that  the  goods  were 
wanted  very  badly.  Naturally  the  sell­
ers  are  reserved,  and  making  no  effort 
to  transact  business,  and more often  than 
not  accept  future  orders 
‘ ‘ at  value”  
only.  Wide  sheetings  are  quieter,  a 
trifle, 
Canton 
flannels  are  being  ordered  for  next  sea­
son  to  some  extent,  and  generally  ‘ ‘ at 
value.”   Cotton  blankets  are  quiet  and 
strong.  Comparatively 
little  business 
is  being  done  in  the  coarse  colored  cot­
ton  on  account  of  lack  of  supplies.

than  usual,  but  firm. 

in 

regard 

Prints  and  Ginghams— There 

is  but 
to 
little  change  to  report 
printed  cottons;  the  demand 
for  new 
spring  lines  has  been  good  for those that 
are  open  for business.  Indigo  blues,tur­
key  reds,  grays,  chocolates,  etc.,  show 
a  good,  steady  demand 
for  quick  de­
liveries,  and  also  a  good  forward  busi­
ness  for  spring  delivery. 
It  is  expected 
that 
low-grade  prints,  draperies,  etc., 
will  be  advanced  on  account  of  the  ad­
vanced  prices  named  for  print  cloths. 
All  fine  wide  goods  and  napped 
fabrics 
in  good  request,  and  in  an  excep­
are 
tionally  strong  position. 
Staple  and 
fancy  ginghams  are  particularly  strong, 
and  remain  in  short  supply.  The  busi­
ness  coming  to hand  is more than enough 
to  take  care  of  all  receipts.

Knit  Goods—While  the  market for un­
derwear 
is  com paratively  quiet  now, 
there  is  a  fair  business  coming  to  hand 
for  reassortments  for  the  winter.  The 
particular  feature  of  this  is,  however, 
that  the  buyers  are  having  hard  work  to 
find 
just  the  goods  they  w ant;  in  fact, 
it  is  hard  for  them  to  find  goods  which 
are  even  satisfactory  for  most  of  their 
wants.  The  heavyweight  market  has 
been  pretty  well  cleaned  up  of  every­
thing  that  would  be  considered  at  all 
desirable. 
The  mills  are  preparing 
their  lines  for  spring,  but  it  has  not  yet 
been  decided  when the  market  for  light­
weights  will  be  formally  opened. 
In 
connection  with  this,  however,  it  may 
be  said  that  there  are  some  mills  that 
will  not  touch  lightweight  goods  at  all, 
and  there  are  others  that  will  put  only 
a  part  of  their  knitting  machines  onto 
spring  weights,  and  there  will  be  prac­
tically  no  break  between  the 
fall  busi­
ness  of  1899  and  the 
fall  business  of 
1900.  Some  of  these  m ills  that  take  up 
the  manufacture  of 
this 
year  do  so only  because  they  do not want 
to  get  out  of  touch  with  that  part  of 
their  trade  that  buy  lightweights  from 
them. 
is  policy  to  call  on  them, 
even  if  the  assortment  of  samples  shown 
is  small,  for  it  is  more  than  probable 
they  will  return  to  lightweights  again  in 
other  seasons. 
It  must  be  remembered, 
however,  that  there 
is  every  reason  to 
expect  a  good  spring  season,  for the  last 
season  showed  that  many 
lines  were 
short  as  it  was,  and  there  are  compara­
tively  few  stocks  on  hand  at  the  present 
time.

lightweights 

It 

Hosiery— Many  beautiful  effects 

in 
fancy  hosiery  for the  spring  have  been 
shown  to  the  trade,  although  the  actual 
business  transacted  has  been  by  far  the 
heaviest 
in  staple  blacks.  Fancies  are 
in  good  request,  however,  and  promise

exceptionally  well.  Manufacturers  mak­
ing  these  goods  say  that  they  have  al­
ready  received  enough  orders  for  the 
best  styles  to  carry  them  well 
in  the 
spring.  For  this  spring  business,  the 
tendency  to  order  medium  and  better 
grades  continues,  as  we  have  noted  in 
the  past.

Carpets—Considerable 

interest  has 
been  manifested  during  the  past  week 
by  the  carpet  trade 
in  the  opening 
prices.  Positive  knowledge of  the  prices 
for the  new  season  was  withheld  by  the 
agents  for  the  different  carpet 
com­
panies  until  the  official  price  list  was 
given  out.  The  trade 
is  in  good  con­
dition.  Since  November  1  there  has 
been  a  10  per cent,  advance  on  Smyrna 
rugs  and  the  higher  grades  of  velvets. 
This  is  a  very  healthy  advance,  and  has 
been  received  as  such  by  the  general 
trade.  An  important  feature  in  the  car­
pet  trade  during  the  past  week  was  the 
announcement  of  two  sets  of  prices  by 
some  of  the  large  houses :  first the prices 
up  to  January  1,  with  January  1  dating; 
second,  after  January  1,  with  March  1 
dating, 
latter  averaging  a  5  per 
cent,  advance.  Those  who  have  made 
but  one  set  of  prices  contemplate  a 
further advance  about  January  1.  Gen­
eral  disappointment  was  expressed  by 
the  trade  that  the  prices  of  the  Smith 
product  were  not  put  at  a  higher 
level, 
and  the  opinion  is  universally expressed 
that  a  larger  yardage  could  have  been 
disposed  of  at  prices  a  cent  or two cents 
above  those  established  by  W.  &  J. 
Sloan.  The  statement  was  made  that 
the  buying  was  so  enormous  that  almost 
the  entire  production  of  the  Smith  plant 
on  Saxony  and  axminsters  had  been 
provided  for,  and  that  the  line  had been 
withdrawn  from  sale.

the 

T h e   S itu a tio n   in  th e   C lo th in g   T ra d e .

F rom the  Wool and Cotton Reporter.

the 

The  conditions  surrounding  the  cloth­
ing  business  at  the  present  moment  are 
such  as  have  not  existed since the spring 
of  1893,  and  then  they  were  scarcely 
analogous,  for at  that  time  the  apex  of
prices  for  woolen  goods  had  practically 
been  reached,  while  at  present  they  are 
still  climbing,  and  may  hardly  be  said 
to  be  resting  from  the  violent  rush  up­
ward  they  have  taken  during  the  past 
few  months.

When 

clothing  manufacturers 
bought  their  spring 
lines,  and  paid 
quite  an  advance  over  prices  of  the  pre­
ceding  spring  season,  they  thought  that 
they  were  paying  a  pretty  big  advance. 
Since  that  time,  however,  the  prices  of 
fabrics  have  periodically 
jumped  until 
the  difference  between*  present  values 
and  early  season  quotations  is  very  con­
siderable.  The peculiarity  of  the  situa­
tion 
lies  in  the  fact  that,  notwithstand­
ing  that  woolen  and  worsted 
fabrics 
have  appreciated  so  materially  in value, 
the  manufacturing  clothiers  will  in  very 
few  instances  attempt  to  reap  the  bene­
fits  accruing  to  their  early  and  low  cost 
purchases. 
is  questionable  whether 
this  is  a  wise  policy  to  pursue,  and  for 
this  reason:  the  prices  at  which  spring 
samples  are  being  sent  on  the  road  as 
we  go  to  press,  being  based  practically 
on  the  early  cost  of  raw  materials,  will 
be  comparatively  very  low.  Now,  with 
scarcely  any  exception, 
clothing 
manufacturers  have  prepared  only  for  a 
normal  spring  business.

the 

It 

Indications  now  point  to  the  almost 
certainty  that  the  retailers’  demands 
will  be 
in  excess  of  the  supply  of  the 
fabrics  contracted  for  at  early  prices  by 
the  clothing  manufacturers.  The  result 
that  is  bound  to  ensue  is  that  duplicate 
orders  and  late  purchases  will  have  to 
be  placed  at 
largely  increased  prices.
This  will  cause  friction  and  unpleas­
antness  between  the  wholesale  and  re­
tail  clothier,to  say  nothing  of  the  loss  of 
profits  which  will  fall  upon  the  clothing 
manufacturers  as  usual,  and  to  the  mak­
ing  of  which  they  are  richly  entitled. 
Such  conditions  with  such  results  could 
in  any  business  within  our 
not  obtain 
knowledge 
except  the  clothing  busi­
ness.  _  Will  the  retailers  appreciate  the 
situation  and  realize  the  importance  of 
placing  early  orders?

FOR  SALE:

U. S. Playing Card 

Co.’s  Factory,

C in cin n ati,  Ohio.

219 feet front by 70 feet deep  on  Eggleston  Ave., 
Sixth and Lock Sts., on Pennsylvania R.R. tracks, 
With  splendid  Six-story  Brick  and  Stone  Build­
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Manufacturing  Property  now  offered  in  Cincin­
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address

Wm.  V.  Ebersole  &  Co.,  Agents,

240  East  Fourth  St.,  Ciodnnatl,  0 .

Corl,  Knott 
&  Co.,

Importers and 
Jobbers of

Millinery

Our Specialties:

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

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,

Se a l s .

TA M P S.

Battle Creek, Mich.

Your  Name  and  Address
We will make a Rubber Stamp of your name,  ad­
dress and business (three lines) for 30 cents.
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seal presses, etc.

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T H O R P E   M A N U FA C T U R IN G   CO. 

Please mention Tradesman.

Chjistjnas

Presents

Remember we carry a good line of useful articles  for  Christ­
mas  Presents, such as  Handkerchiefs,  Neckties,  Cuffs,  Collars, 
Suspenders,  Hair  Ornaments,  Jewelry,  Perfumes,  Umbrellas, 
etc.  Don’t wait too  long  this  season  in  buying  as  you  might 
find the lines broken  later in the season.  Our line is  complete, 
having a larger assortment  this year than ever.

p. Steketee & Sops,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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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
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sides 
the 
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T w o  T h rillin g   E x p e rie n c e s  W h o se  R e p e ti­

tio n   W a s  U n d esirab le.

Written for the Tradesman. 

.
The  usual  number  of 

loafers  were 
gathered  around  the  stove  in  the  store at 
Walker’s  Station.  Besides  the  regular 
loafers  there  was  a  drummer  who  had 
stopped  off  to  sell  the  proprietor  of  the 
store  a  bill  of  goods.  This  done  he  was, 
drummerlike,  doing  his  best 
to  be 
agreeable,  not  only  to  the  proprietor  but 
to  the loafers as well.  He had  set  up  the 
drinks,  in  the  shape  of  hard  cider,  a 
keg  of  which  was  always  on  tap  at 
Walker’s  Station. 
Everybody  had  a 
cigar,  also  purchased  by  the  drummer. 
As  usual  story-telling  soon  became  the 
order  of  the  day  and  each  man  seemed 
to  feel  that  he  was  in  duty  bound  to  do 
his  part  for  the  general entertainment.

“ You  call  that  fear,”   said  a  thin­
faced  old chap,  upon  the  conclusion  of  a 
story  by  one  of  the  number. 
“ There 
ain’t  none  of  you  fellers  knows  what 
fear  is.  If  you  want  ter  experience  what 
real  genuine  fear  is  you’d ought ter have 
been  with  me  some  years  ago  when  we 
was  a  sinkin’  the  Rough  and  Ready 
coal  mine.

“ We  had  the  shaft  down  something 
like  two  hundred  feet. 
It  was  the  wet­
test  shaft  ever  I  see.  The  water  just 
seemed  ter  come  in  from  all  sides  and 
it  sometimes  made  blastin’  a  pretty 
oncertain  thing. 
I  cussed  that  water 
many  a  tim e;  but,  after  all’s  said,  it 
was  the  best  thing  that  ever  happened 
ter  me.  You  fellers  all  knows  that  when 
sinkin’  a  shaft  they  use  only  a  big 
iron 
bucket  ter  raise  the  rock  ter  the  surface. 
The  men  is  also  taken  up  and  down 
in 
I  done  all  the  blastin’ 
the  same  way. 
and  of  course  was  always  the 
last  man 
ter  be  taken  up.  We  didn’t  have  none 
of  yer  electric  arrangements 
in  them 
days 
fer  touchin’  off  a  b la st;  we  used 
the  old-fashioned  fuse,  and that was  why
the  water  was  such  a  bother. 
It  put  out 
the  fuse  every  once  in  a  while  and  then 
a 
feller  had  ter  go  down  and  light  it 
ag’ in.

“ Well,  this  day  everything  had  gone 
fine.  The  holes  was  drilled,  the  fuses 
in  place  and  everything  was  ready 
was 
fer  touchin’  off  the  blast. 
I'd  sent  the 
men  ter  the  surface  and  was  waitin’, 
torch  in  hand,  fer  the  bucket  ter  be 
let 
down.  Pretty  soon  down  she  come,  the 
engineer  stoppin’  her  within  an  inch  of 
the  bottom.  She  was  swingin'  a  good 
deal,  so  I  steadied  her  fer  a  spell, 
looked  around  ter  see  that  everything 
was  all  right  an’,  being  satisfied,  l  lit 
the  fuse,  pulled  the  bell  rope  an’  clam­
bered 
inter the  bucket.  The  engineer 
waited  fer  a  few  seconds  ter  make  sure 
1  was  in  an’  then  he  give  her  the  steam 
and  up  I  went  ez  fast  ez  a  pair  of  crab 
engines  could  take  me. 
1  was  about 
twenty  foot  from  the  top  when  all  of  a 
sudden  the  engine  stopped.  Then  I  was 
lowered 
like  a  streak  ter within  thirty 
of  the  bottom,  when  the  bucket come  ter 
a  stop  with  a  jerk  that  almost  broke  my 
back.  There  I  hung  motionless  except 
fer  the  swing  of  the  bucket  from  side  to 
side.  I  could  look  down  inter  the  black­
ness  below  and  see  the  bright  spark  on 
the  fuse  eating  its  way  slowly  but  sure­
ly  inter  eternity  fer  me.  They  say  that 
when  a  feller  feels  his  hour  has  come 
he  thinks  of  all  the  mean  things  he’s 
ever  did. 
in  my  case. 
There  was  two  things  that  completely 
filled  my  m ind:  One  was  as  ter how 
far  up  the  shaft  that  explosion  would 
send  me  and  whether  I  would  be  killed 
goin’  up  or  cornin’  down,  the  other  was 
an  insane  desire  ter kick  the  daylights 
out  of that engineer.  All  the while 1 kep’ 
my  eye  on  that  spark  below  me,  expect­

It  wasn’t  so 

in’  every  second  ter be  my  last,  when 
it  went  out.  Something 
like  a  wink 
give  way 
inside  my  head  then,  fer  1 
didn’t  remember  nothin’  till  some  one 
shouted 
inter  my  ear  that— that  it  was 
time  ter  wake  up.”

“ You  confounded old  mossback !”   ex­
claimed  the  drummer.  “ Have  you  been 
working  us  into  such  a  state  of  nervous 
excitement  over  just  a  beastly  dream?”
“ You  see,”   continued  the  narrator 
without  noticing  the 
interruption,  “ 1 
had  laid  down  on  a  bench  in  the  engine 
house  ter  wait  fer  the  shaft  ter  clear  of 
the  smoke  from  a  blast  I’d  just  touched 
off  and,  nat’ally  enough,  bein’  tired,  1 
fell  asleep.  You  can  believe  it  or  not 
just  as  you  like,  but  when  I  laid  down 
on  that  bench  my  hair  was  black,  and 
when  I  woke  up  it  was  just  as  white  as 
’tis  now! 
I  d’no  but  I  felt  just  a  mite 
of  disappointment  that  1  hadn’t  slep’ 
long  enough  ter  have  that  blast  go  off  ”
friend,”   said  the 
drummer,  “ that’s  a  pretty  good  yarn  to 
be  manufactured  out  of  a  dream ;  but  I 
had  an  experience  a  few  years  ago  that 
in  its  soul-terrifying  features  beats  that 
all  hollow.  My  story  is  no  dream,  but 
an  actual  happening,in  which  I  was  one 
of  the  actors.

“ Well,  my  skinny 

“ I  was  taking  in  that  part  of  my  ter­
ritory  which  lies  in  the  western  part  of 
Colorado  when  I  received  a  letter  from 
my  firm  directing  me  to  visit  a  place 
called  Gorham’s.  There  was  a  mer­
chant 
located  there  who  had  requested 
my  employers  to  send  their  representa­
tive  to  see  him,  as  he  wished  to  open 
an  account  with  them. 
I  found,  upon 
consulting  my  road  book,  that Gorham’s 
was  situated  forty  miles  from  the  rail­
road  and  could  be reached only by stage.
1  perfected  my  plans  for  going,  and  ar­
just  at  dusk  on  a  cold  wet 
rived  there 
in  November.  The  long  tiresome 
day 
ride 
in  the  stage  would  have  been  bad 
enough  on  a  pleasant  day,  but  it  was 
doubly  bad  with  the  rain 
in 
just  a  degree 
sheets  and  the  mercury 
above 
I 
alighted  from  the 
leaky  old  trap  of  a 
stage  in  front  of  a  miserable little tavern 
which  exhibited  every  sign  of  moral  de­
cay  I  was  in  no  very  pleasant  frame  of 
mind.  The  hopes  in  which  I  had  been 
indulging  of  a  hot  supper  disappeared 
on  the 
the  only 
place  in  the  settlement  where  a  stranger 
could  find  lodgment,  so  1  must  put  up 
with  it.  The  office  and  bar  were  in  the 
same  room  and,  from  the  motley  crowd 
gathered  there  and  the  dearth  of  names 
on  the  register,  I 
judged  that  the  bar 
was  the  mainstay  of  the  tavern.

freezing  point.  When 

instant;  but 

it  was 

falling 

the 

“ The  supper  did  not  prove  to  be  of 
a  character  to tempt  a  delicate  appetite 
and,  not  being 
in  the  humor  to  enjoy 
the  mixed  company  of  the  bar,  1  went 
at  once  to  bed.  The  room  to  which  I 
was  assigned  was  on  the  ground  floor 
and  opened  out  of  the  dining  room. 
It 
was  evidently  the  best  feature  of  the  es­
tablishment;  indeed,  it  had  the  appear­
ance  of  a  well-furnished  room  in  a  pri­
vate  house.  The  bed  was  clean  and 
comfortable  and  as  1  stretched  my  be­
numbed  and  weary  body  upon  it  it  was 
with  a 
feeling  of  satisfaction  and  con­
tentment.  The  noise  from  the  bar  room, 
instead  of  keeping  me  awake,  had  the 
opposite  effect  and  I  was  soon  fast 
asleep.

* ‘ I  am  a  very  sound  sleeper  so  that  it 
requires  something  out  of  the  usual  to 
awaken  me  during  the  middle  of  the 
night.  Whatever  the  reason,  certain 
it 
is  I  awoke  suddenly  from  a  profound 
sleep,  and  with  a  feeling  that something 
was  going  to  happen  to  me. 
I  tried  to

shake  off  the  presentiment  of  e v il;  but 
the  more  I  tried  the  stronger  it  became.
I  tossed  restlessly  from  side  to  side 
vainly  endeavoring  to  sleep.  Then  I 
heard  a  clock  in  the  dining  room  strike 
the  hour. 
I  began  to count  the  strokes, 
one,  two,  three,  when  suddenly,  with­
out  a  sound  having  been  made  in  the 
room,  a  warm  moist  hand  with  fingers 
outstretched  was  pressed  heavily  upon 
my  face.  Every  hair of  my  head  stood 
I  tried  to scream,  but 
erect  with  terror. 
my  voice  absolutely  refused  to  obey. 
I 
endeavored  to  get  away  from  the  pres­
sure  of  the  horrible  hand,  but  I was held 
as  if  in  a  vise.

it  had  come.  The 

“  How  long  a  time  that hand  remained 
upon  my 
face  1  know  not,  but  it  was 
withdrawn  as  quickly  and  as  noiselessly 
as 
instant  I  was 
freed  I  sprang  out  of  bed  and  with 
trembling  hands  struck  a  match  and 
lighted  the 
in  the 
room  was  just  as  it  had  been  when  I  re­
tired.  My  clothing  was  undisturbed. 
The  door  and  windows  were  securely 
I  could  find  no  sign  or  trace 
fastened. 
of  my  mysterious  visitor. 
I  was  begin­
ning  to  feel  somewhat  reassured  when  I 
chanced  to  glance  in  the  mirror  on  the

lamp.  Everything 

face  was  the 

dresser,  when  to  my  horror  I  saw  that 
across  my 
imprint  of  a 
bloody  hand!  My  hair  again  began  to 
bristle  and  the  cold  chills  to chase  each 
other  in  rapid  succession  up  and  down 
my  spinal  column.

“ What  should  I  do?  To  stay  the  bal­
ance  of  the  night  in  that  terrible  room 
seemed  out  of  the  question;  to  awaken 
I  began  an­
the  household  equally  so. 
other  search  of  the  room. 
1  looked  into 
every  crack  and  cranny,  under  and  be­
hind  every  piece  of  furniture;  but  the 
only  trace  which  my  visitor  had  left 
was  the  imprint  upon  my  face.  1  final­
ly  gave  up  the  search  in  despair  and, 
after  washing  the  blood  marks  from  my 
face,  dressed  myself  and  spent  the  re­
mainder  of  the  night  walking  up  and 
down  the room.

in  the  morning. 

“ I  said  nothing  to  any  one  in  the  set­
tlement  about  my  experience ;  but  you 
can  bet  I  saw  that  merchant  bright  and 
early 
1  got  his  ordei 
and  was  ready  to  take  the  stage  at  io 
o’clock.  On  the  way  back  1  asked  the 
driver of  the  stage  if  it  was  true  that the 
tavern  was  haunted.  He  said, 
‘ No, 
the  tavern  warn’t  haunted;  but  they  do 
say  thet  they’s  a  bloody  hand  as  holds 
forth 
in  the  spare  bedroom  occasional­
ly .’  ”  

MacAllan.

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Around the State

M ovem en ts  o f   M erch a n ts.

Deford—Bruce  &  Sharp  succeed Clark 

&  Bruce  in  general  trade.

Plainwell— C.  E.  Spencer,  baker,  has 

sold  out  to  Bert  Jones,  of  Otsego.

Greenville— Trude  &  Galloway  have 

opened  a  meat  market  at  this  place.

Chelsea— Ernest  V.  Barker,  baker, 

has  sold  out  to  Canright  &  Hamilton.

Jackson— Geo.  Thurtle,  confectioner, 

has  sold  out  to  Mrs.  Emma  Nicholas.
succeeds

Kalamazoo—Carl  Davis 

Davis  &  Ferguson  in  the  grocery  busi­
ness.

Plainwell— Sherwood  &  Spencer  suc­
ceed  G.  B.  Forman  in  the  meat  busi­
ness.

Clark  Lake— L.  M.  Charles  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  Martin  L. 
Cary.

Battle  Creek—Jas.  S.  Ball  has  pur­
chased  the grocery  stock  of Eugene Rey­
nolds.

Lapeer— Stephen  W.  McCormick  has 
purchased  the  harness  stock  of  Geo.  E. 
Stanley.

Gladstone— Henry  W.  Blackwell  suc­
ceeds  Blackwell  &  Co.  in  the  hardware 
business.

Mancelona— Katherine  Young has pur­
chased  the  bazaar  stock  of  A.  G.  Jack- 
son  &  Co.

Detroit— E.  O.  B.  Mann,  cigar  and 
news  dealer,  has  sold  his  stock  to  Will
J.  Ambrose.

Traverse  C ity-D a n iel  Shanahan  has 
engaged  in  the  grocery  business  at  245 
Front  street.

Owosso— Frank  Henderson,  the  West 
Side  grocer,  expects  to  occupy  his  new 
store  building  Dec.  1.

Marshall— Fred  Zanger, 

Jr., 

leased  a  store  building  and  engaged 
the  dry  goods  business.

has 
in 

Mancelona— A.  Young  has  purchased 
the  interest  of  his  partner,  A.  G.  Jack- 
son,  in  the  bazaar business.

Cassopolis— G.  C.  Underhill  &  Co. 
have  sold  their  grocery  stock  to  A. 
Willits,  of  Columbia  City,  Ind.

Eaton  Rapids— H.  C.  Minnie  will 
shortly  erect  a  new  store building, which 
he  will  occupy  with  his  hardware  stock.
Holland— W.  H.  Sutphin,  of  Allegan, 
has  leased  a  store  building  and  will  en­
gage 
in  the  seed  business  in  the  near 
future.

Saranac— E.  I.  Arnold  has  purchased 
interest  of  his  partner,  I.  C.  Steb- 
implement 

in  the  agricultural 

the 
bins, 
business.

Luther— H.  Golden,  of  Manistee,  has 
rented  the  store  building  owned  byC .  I. 
Bellamy  and  put  in  a  stock  of  general 
merchandise..

Crystal— Merton  E.  Towne,  general 
dealer at  this  place,  has  purchased  the 
general  merchandise  stock  of  S.  B.  Pix- 
ley,  of  Goodrich,  and  removed  to  that 
place.

Fenton— H.  F.  Chatfield  and  F.  J. 
Stocken  have  formed  a  copartnership 
under  the  style  of  Chatfield  &  Stocken 
and  opened  a  hardware  store  at  this 
place.

Kalamazoo— Lew  Ferguson  has  sold 
his  interest  in  the  grocery  firm  of  Fer­
guson  &  Davis  to  his  partner,  Carl 
Davis,  who  will  continue  the  business 
in  his  own  name.

Stockbridge—Geo.  P.  Glazier  will 
erect  a  building  next  spring  for  the  ac­
commodation  of  the  Commercial  Bank 
of  Geo.  P.  Glazier  &  Gay. 
It  will  be 
one-story  high  and  built  expressly  for  a 
bank,  being  constructed  on  a  fire  and 
burglar  proof  plan.

Union  City— A.  H.  Wilder  has  de­
cided  that  blacksmithing  and  the  gro­
cery  business  do  not  form  a  profitable 
mixture,  and  has  disposed of his grocery 
stock  to  S.  G.  Newman.

Williamston— A.  C.  Karr  &  Son,  pro­
prietors  of  the  New  York  department 
store,  who  lost  their  stock  in  the  recent 
fire  at  that  place,  have  resumed  busi­
ness  in the  Emmer  building.

Hubbardston— Hiram  Grill  has  leased 
the  old  Wheeler  store  building  for  a 
number of  years  and,  after  making  ex­
tensive  improvements,  will  occupy  the 
same  with  his  hardware  stock.

Lakeview—O.  D.  Moore,  formerly  of 
leased  the  Decker  House. 
Alma,  has 
R.  B.  DeVine, 
landlord, 
expects  to  assume  the  management  of 
the  Donovan  House  at  Mt.  Pleasant.

the  retiring 

Lakeview—A.  J.  Vincent,  who  was 
formerly  in  the  livery  business  at  Beld- 
ing  and  for the  past  three years has been 
running  a  livery  here,  has  purchased  an 
interest 
in  the  grocery  stock  of  M.  W. 
Staples,  the  firm  name  being  Staples  & 
Vincent.

Mt. 

Pleasant— Butcher  Bros,  have 
sold  their  meat  market  to  T.  A.  Winans 
and  are  building  a  large  store  building 
at  Pomona,  in  which  they  will  conduct 
a  general  merchandise  business  in  con­
nection  with  their  lumber business,  hav­
ing  recently  purchased  a  2,500  acre 
tract  of timber  in  Missaukee  county.

Detroit----- Babbitt  &  Graham  have
their  hosiery  and  women’s 
merged 
wearing  apparel  business 
into  a  stock 
company  under  the  style  of  Babbitt  & 
Graham  Co.  The  capital  stock  of  the 
corporation 
of  which 
$33,050 
in.  The  shareholders 
are  as  follows:  Frank  B.  Babbitt,  985 
shares;  Alexander  B.  Babbitt,  685 
shares;  William  H.  Miller,  685  shares; 
Junius  A.  Bowden,  700  shares;  Richard 
H.  Blackburn,  250  shares.

is  $40,000, 

is  paid 

Petoskey— S.  Rosenthal  &  Son,  deal­
ers *in  dry  goods  and  clothing,  and  A. 
Rosenthal,  shoe  dealer,  will  join  hands 
shortly  after Jan.  1  and  continue  busi­
ness  under the  style  of  S.  Rosenthal  & 
Sons  Co.,  Limited.  Alick  will  manage 
the  dry  goods  and  shoe  departments  and 
Moses  will  attend  to  the  clothing  and 
carpet  departments.  The  young  men 
will  have  the  benefit  of  their  father’s 
experience  and  advice,  inasmuch  as  he 
will  continue  to  exercise  a  general  su­
pervision  over  the  business.

its  entire  stock 

Bessemer— The  firm  of  K.  S.  Mark- 
strum  &  Co.,  which  has  done  business 
at  Bessemer  ever  since  the  early  days 
of  the  village,  has  made  an  assignment, 
and  through  its  manager,  K.  S.  Mark- 
strum,  transferred 
to 
three  former  employes  of  the  firm.  The 
value  of  the  stock 
is  variously  esti­
mated  at  from  $12,000  to  $17,000,  but  it 
was  transferred  for  the  nominal  consid­
eration  of $100.  The  accounts  due  the 
company  are  valued  at  $5,000.  The 
exact  amount of  liabilities is  not  known, 
but  it  is  not  supposed  to  be  very  high. 
The  cause  of  the  assignment  is  at  pres­
ent  a  matter of  conjecture,  as  no  valid 
reason 
transaction. 
Numerous  attachments  upon  the  prop­
erty  are  being  levied  by  creditors,  and 
in  all  probability  the  liabilities  will  be 
covered  by  the  stock.

appears 

for  the 

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

Kalamazoo— The  Standard  Skirt "Co! 
has  discontinued  business  and  retired 
from  trade.

Detroit— The  A.  F.  MacLaren  Cheese 
succeeds  MacLaren  & 
in  the  manufacture  of  Im­

Co.,  Limited, 
Thompson 
perial  cheese.

Detroit— The  Enterprise  Stove  Co. 
from 

its  capital  stock 

increased 

has 
$25,000  to $100,000.

Newaygo----- The  Newaygo  Portland
its  capital 

Cement  Co.  has 
stock  from  $1,500,000  to $2,000,000.

increased 

Milford— The  Milford  Manufacturing 
Co.  has  filed  articles  of  incorporation 
with  the  County  Clerk.  The  company 
is  capitalized  at $25,000,  and  will  man­
ufacture  and  sell  sanitary  supplies  and 
woodwork  specialties.

Rochester— The  Barnes  Paper  Co. 
has  been  organized  with  $25,000  capital 
stock  to  engage  in  the  manufacture  and 
sale  of  all  kinds  of  paper.  The 
incor­
porators  are  W.  H.  Barnes,  J.  E. 
Barnes  and  William  H.  Brace,  all  of 
Rochester.

and  Thomas 

Detroit— The  Hydraulic  Oil  Distribu­
tor  Co.  has  been 
incorporated  with  a 
capital  stock  of  $25,000  to  manufacture 
and  sell  apparatus  for  measuring  and 
distributing  oils.  The  incorporators  are 
Luther  C.  Snell,  C.  L.  Coffin  and  F.  A. 
Goodrich,  Detroit.
Coloma— Israel 

H. 
Kremer,  of  Kremer,  Gilson  &  Co., 
manufacturers  of  fruit  packages,  have 
sold  their 
interest  to  the  Southwestern 
Michigan  Fruit  Growers’  Association, 
which  is  comprised  of  fruit  growers  and 
capitalists.  The  plant  will  be  enlarged 
and  will  be  operated  to  its  fullest  ca­
pacity  during  the  winter.  The  mem­
bers  of  the  Association  will  consume 
the  greater  part  of  the  output.

Adrian— The  Adrian  Grain  &  Seed 
Cleaner  Co.  has  been  organized  with  a 
capital  stock  of .$30,000 to  engage  in  the 
manufacture  and 
sale  of  Perfection 
in  Michigan,  Ohio 
grain  separators 
and  other  states,  also  the  sale  of  terri­
tory  rights,  and  the  general  manufac­
ture  and  sale of agricultural implements. 
Incorporators,  Thos.  Hatfield,  Dublin, 
Ind.  ;  Charles  R.  Miller,  Adrian ;  J.  W. 
Helm,  Jr.,  Adrian,  and  others.

A fte r S un day O p en in g a n d  T o tin g  S chem es.
Port  Huron,  Nov.  25— The  Merchants 
and  Manufacturers’  Association  held  an 
enthusiastic  meeting  Friday  evening. 
The  members  of  the  Association  are  de­
termined  to  see  that  the  Sunday  closing 
law 
resolution  was 
adopted  to  request  the  Police  Commis­
sion  to  instruct  the  policemen  to  report 
all  stores  found  doing  business  on  Sun­
day  in  violation  of  the  law,  so  that  the 
owners  may  be  prosecuted.

is  enforced.  A  

In  the  discussion  for  the  good  of  the 
order  much  was  said  about  the  piano 
voting  contest  now  in  progress  in  the 
city.  The  Association  will  send  out 
cards  warning  its  members  from  enter­
ing 
into  any  contract  with  any  and  all 
such  schemes.

The  President  of  the  Clerks’  Associa­
tion  was  present,  and  advocated  co-op­
eration  with  that  body,  and  stated  that 
the  clerks  throughout  the  city  were  in 
favor  of  early  closing  and  of  observing 
the  Sunday  law.

G ro ce rs’  W iv e s  to   th e   R e scu e .

From the  Muskegon News.

A   number  of 

ladies  (wives  of  the 
members  of  the  Muskegon  Grocers’  A s­
sociation)  met  Tuesday  afternoon  at  the 
home  of  Mrs.  H.  B.  Smith,  Terrace 
street,  and  organized  a  society  to  be 
known  as  the  Grocerymen’s  Helpmates, 
the  principal  object  being  sociability. 
The  society  will  meet  at  the  homes  of 
the  members  in  alphabetical order,  once 
in  two  weeks,  on  Fridays,  at  2:30 p.  m. 
The  wives,  unmarried  daughters  and 
sisters of  grocerymen  are invited to join. 
The  following  officers  were  elected  for 
one  year:

President— Mrs.  J.  W.  Carskadon.
First  Vice-President— Mrs.  W. 

J. 

Carl.

D em an d E q u a l R ig h ts  an d  E q u a l T a x a tio n .
Philip  Hilber,  Secretary  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Meat  Dealers’  Associa­
tion,  sent  the  following  communication 
to  the 
last  meeting  of  the  Board  of 
Police  and  Fire  Commissioners:

I  am  directed  by  the  Retail  Meat 
Dealers’  Association  of  Grand  Rapids, 
of  which  I  am  Secretary,  to  transmit  to 
you  a  copy  of  the  resolution  adopted  by 
the  Association  at  its  last  meeting,  call­
ing  your  attention  to  certain  seeming ir­
regularities  with  reference  to  the  ordi­
nance  requiring  meat  dealers  to  procure 
licenses. 
to 
above  is  in  words  as  follows :

The  resolution  referred 

Whereas— The  attention  of  this  Asso­
ciation  has  been  called  to  the  fact  that  a 
large  number  of  dealers  in  groceries and 
provisions 
in  this  city  are  also  at  the 
present  time  dealing  in  meats,  poultry, 
etc.  ;  and,

Whereas— Such  dealers  are  dealing  in 
products  in  direct  competition  with  the 
retail  meat  dealers  and  on  a  scale  as ex­
tensive  as  many  of  the  retail  meat  deal­
ers ;  and,

Whereas— There 

is  an  ordinance  in 
this  city providing  that  all  retail  dealers 
in  meats  shall  pay  to  the  city  of  Grand 
Rapids  a  license  fee  and  procure 
from 
the  city  of  Grand  Rapids  a  license  be­
fore  they  are  permitted  to  deal in meats, 
poultry,  etc.  ;

Therefore— Be  it  resolved that  our  A s­
sociation  hereby  protests  against  this 
condition  of affairs  and respectfully  asks 
the  Board  of  Police  and  Fire  Commis­
sioners  of  this  city  to  consider  this  mat­
ter  and  cause  an 
investigation  to  be 
made  with  reference  to  same,  with  the 
view  that 
justice  may  be  done  to  all 
business  men 
in  the  city ;  and  be  it 
further

Resolved— That  the  Secretary  of  this 
Association 
is  directed  to  transmit  to 
the  Board  of  Police  and  Fire  Commis­
sioners  a  copy  of  this  resolution.

In  transmitting  this  to  your  honorable 
body,  the  Retail  Meat  Dealers’ Associa­
tion  wishes  to  emphasize  the  fact  that 
they  only  wish  what  is  right  and  fair 
and  just  between  business  men,  but  that 
it  seems  to  be  unfair  that  they  be  re­
quired  to  pay 
license  for  dealing  in 
meats,  poultry,  etc.,  when  other  dealers 
are  permitted  to  carry  the  same  lines, 
and  deal  even  more  extensively  than 
the  members  of  this  Association,  with­
out  paying  the  requisite  license,  as  pro­
vided  by  the  ordinance  in  this  city.

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

Owosso— A.  J.  Welch, 

for  eighteen 
years  an  employe  of  the  old  Reimer 
hardware  store,  has  taken  a  position 
with  Ira  G.  Curry,  and  has  already  as­
sumed  his  duties  there.

Kalamazoo— Clare  Barnes  has 

re­
signed  his  position  in  the  office  of  the 
Kalamazoo  Spring  &  Axle  Co.,  and 
gone  to  Chicago  to  take  a  similar  po­
sition  with  the  American  Radiator  Co.
Sargeant,  of 
Jackson,  will  succeed  Thomas  Burke  as 
manager of  the  Shedden  Co. ’s  business 
here  December  1.

Port  Huron— George 

Kalamazoo— L.  C.  Lavidette,  manager 
of  the  J.  L.  Hudson  shoe  store,  is  at 
Monroe,  where  he 
is  opening  another 
branch  shoe  store  for  J.  L.  Hudson.  He 
will  be  absent  about  a  month.

Grand  Rapids— Dr.  S.  E.  Morgan  is 
located 

manager  of  the  new  drug  store 
at  74  Sixth  street  by  E.  T.  Horning.

Marquette— The  Stafford  Drug  Co. 
has  a  new  drug  clerk  in  the  person  of 
Harry  B.  Cornell,  of  Manton.

Port  Huron—A.  C.  Asman,  who  has 
been  one  of  the  partners  of  the  firm  of 
Asman  &  Beard  for  a  number  of  years, 
is  manager  of  the  new  Cash  Dry  Goods 
Co.,  which  recently  purchased  the  A s­
man  &  Beard  stock.

Smith.

Second  Vice-President— Mrs. 
Secretary— Mrs.  D.  A.  Boelkens.
Treasurer— Mrs.  George  Allen.

John 

B.  F.  Donovan  has  engaged 

in  the 
grocery  business  at  Petoskey  under  the 
style  of the  C.  O.  D.  store.  The  Lemon 
&  Wheeler Co.  furnished  the  stock.

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Grand  Rapids  Gossip

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

Sugars— The  raw  sugar  market  re­
mains  the  same,  the  price  for  96  deg. 
test  centrifugals  being  still  4% c.  Re­
finers  are  buyers  at  this  price  and  have 
cleaned  up  everything  on  the  market 
until  now  there  are  absolutely  no  sugars 
offered  for  sale.  Under  these  conditions 
it  is  not  to  be  expected  that  any  further 
decline  need  be 
looked  for,  while,  on 
the  other hand,  there  are  no  indications 
of  any 
immediate  improvement  in  the 
market.  Refined  sugars  remain  un­
changed,  with  a  fair  demand.  There 
are  many  reports  of  a  settlement  of  the 
sugar  war,  which  are  apparently  be­
lieved  by  some  people,  but  there  is  ab­
solutely  no  foundation  whatever  for  the 
stories  put  in  circulation,  and  the  con­
ditions  between  the  refiners  remain  the 
same  as  they  did  a  year  ago,  so  far  as 
all  indications  point.  The  total  stock  of 
sugar 
in  the  United  States  is  196,808 
tons,  against  120,475  tons  at  the  same 
time  last  year.

is 

this  opening 

Canned  Goods— There  is  little  change 
in  the  canned  goods  situation.  Business 
is  active,  but  it  is  principally  on  small 
orders,  buyers  being  rather  shy  of  large 
quantities  under  present  conditions. 
If 
tomatoes  were  doing  better there  would 
not  be  a  weak  spot  in  the  whole  list. 
They  are  very  quiet  now,  with  only  a 
light  demand,  and  prices  are  uncertain.
It  does  not  seem  very  likely,  with  the 
shortage  that  there 
in  other  vege­
tables,  that  tomatoes  will  remain  dull 
very  long.  Some  day,  perhaps, 
there 
may  be  a  sudden  upward  turn  to  the 
market,  and  there  will  be  a  scramble  to 
buy  them  at  the  present  prices.  Com 
continues  strong  everywhere  and  on  all 
grades.  Handlers  are  buying  any  cheap 
lots  offered.  Some  packers  have  sold 
out  most  of  their  pack  for  next  season. 
The  situation  seems  to  indicate  that  the 
market  will  be  practically  bare  of  good 
stock  before  the  next  pack  comes  in and 
buyers  are  placing  their  orders  early 
in 
anticipation  of  a  scramble  for  goods 
when  the  time  comes.  Compared  with 
previous  years, 
is  early 
and  the  outlook  is  indicative  of  heavier 
sales  than  ever before.  Prices  have  not 
yet  been  made  public,  but  they  are  un­
derstood  to  be  higher  than  last  year, 
and  substantially  all  handlers  agree  that 
the  range  will  be  from  io@ 15c per dozen 
higher  than  last  season,  taking  all  vari­
eties  into  consideration.  Spot trading  is 
comparatively  light,  but  would  be  heavy 
if  there  were  any  goods  offered.  The 
next  article  to  advance  will  be  in  the 
line  of  beans— either 
limas,  string  or 
baked,  and  perhaps  all  of  them.  Prices 
are  now  very  firm  and  there  is  a  very 
good  demand.  Unless  peas  go  out  of 
fashion,  there  will  be  a  greater  scarcity 
of  the  second  and  standard  grades  dur­
ing  this  winter and  next  spring  than 
is 
imagined  by  jobbers  generally.  Prices 
are  very  firm,  but  show  no  change  dur­
ing  the  past  week.  The  stock  of  pine­
apples  was,  probably,  never  so  light 
in 
November  as 
in  Baltimore 
and  prices  have  advanced  10c per dozen. 
The 
lower  grades  of  pineapple,  both 
sliced  and  grated,  are  all  sold  out  and 
the  other  grades  are  very  nearly  so. 
Among  the  small 
fruits,  strawberries 
offer the  principal 
interest, 
feature  of 
they  having  advanced  10c  per  dozen, 
with  the probability of a  further  advance 
shortly.  Gooseberries  are  also  10c  per 
dozen  higher 
and  blackberries  5c. 
Canned  apples  are  a  trifle  stronger,  al­
is  no  quotable  change  in
though  there 

is  now 

it 

price.  The  oyster  situation 
is  a  very 
strong  one.  They  are  somewhat  higher 
on  account  of  the  advance  in  the  cost  of 
raw  stock.  The  shippers  of  fresh  oysters 
are  able  to  command  a  higher price than 
the  cove  oyster  packers  and  can,  natur­
ally,  afford  to  pay  more  money  to  the 
dredgers,  and  unless  the  Chesapeake 
yields  more  stock  during  the  spring,  we 
are  going  to  see  very  high  prices  for 
cove  oysters  during  the  summer and  fall 
of  1900.  The  salmon  market 
is  very 
firm  and  supplies  are  the 
lowest  for 
years,  and  the present  demand will clean 
out  everything  in  hand  before  the  next 
season  opens.  At  this  season  demand 
is  seldom  strong,  but  it  appears  to  con­
tinue  active  at  high  prices,  despite  all 
precedents.  An  advance  on  sardines  is 
looked  for  this  week  and  the  market 
is 
very  strong  and  stocks  are  light.

it 

is  becoming  more 

Dried  Fruits— Although 

the  warm 
weather  of  the  past  few  weeks  has  not 
been  conducive  to  heavy  consumption 
of  dried  fruit,  still  the  market  on  most 
lines  is  firm  and  holders  are  anticipat­
ing  better  business  a  little  later.  Near­
ly  all  orders  for  future  delivery  have 
been  filled,  but  not  as  promptly  as  in 
past  seasons,  owing  to  the  scarcity  of 
cars.  Some  few  packers  have  managed 
to  keep  up  with  their  orders,  but  many 
have  not.  The  movement  for  the  sea­
son  to  November  15  has  been  heavy, 
some 
1,800  cars  having  gone  forward 
from  different  points 
in  California. 
When  the  active  consumptive  demand 
sets  in  and  wholesale  buyers’  stocks  be­
gin  to  disappear,  causing  the  placing 
of  further  orders  with  coast  shippers, 
prices  will  naturally  stiffen  and  ad­
Raisins  are  selling  at  firm 
vance. 
prices. 
The  Thanksgiving  trade 
is 
active,  particularly  in  layers  and  clus­
ters  for  table  use.  California  loose  Mus­
catels  are  quiet,  slow  deliveries  serving 
to  keep  the  market  stiff,  although  not 
materially  affecting  prices.  The  raisin 
crop  is  turning  out  considerably  smaller 
than  was  anticipated  and,  as  the  season 
advances, 
and 
more  apparent  that  early  estimates  were 
too  large. 
It  is  now  reported  that  there 
will  be  only  about  2,400  cars,  because 
of  the  rains,  which  have  prevented  dry­
ing,  for  the  drying  capacities  of  the 
driers  are  not  equal  to  one-twentieth  of 
the  raisins  out  when  the  rain  com­
menced.  Trade  in  prunes  is  not  very 
active,  but  still  there  is  a  good  deal  of 
interest  and  enquiry  for60-70-80S,with  a 
scarcity  noted 
in  all  three  sizes.  The 
bulk  of  the  crop  is  large  sizes  this  year 
and  those  who  want  mediums  are  hav­
ing  a  good  deal  of  difficulty  to  find 
them.  There  seems  to  be  an  impression 
that  buying  will  be  heavier  from  now 
on  and  the  conditions  at  present  appear 
to  favor that  view  of  it.  There  is  a good 
demand  for export  and  several cars have 
gone 
is  a  slightly 
stronger  feeling  in  the  market,  as  a  re­
sult,  although  there 
in 
price.  Peaches  are  quiet  but  there  is 
a  steady  trade,  which  holds  prices  firm 
and  keeps  the  market  healthy.  The  sup­
ply 
in  first  hands  is  said  to  be  small, 
but  there  is  no  pressure  to  either  buy  or 
sell.  Apricots  sell  at  steady  prices, 
but  only  in  small  lots,  as  stocks  are  so 
light.  The  supply  in  first  hands  is  too 
small  to  exert  any 
the 
market  and  prices  rule  high  in  conse­
quence.  Currants  are  firm,  but  trade 
shows 
compared  with 
previous  reports.  Dates  are  moderately 
active  at  firm  prices.  Figs  are  easy  un­
der  light  demand.  The  bulk  of  the  sales 
appear to  have  been  made,  but  there 
is 
into  consump­
considerable  movement 

is  no  change 

little  change 

influence  on 

forward. 

There 

in  small  lots,  and  the  undertone  to 

tion 
the  market  is  firm.

Fish— Trade  in  mackerel  and  codfish 
is  rather  quiet  just  now,  but  prices  re­
main  unchanged.

Tea—Jobbers  are  pretty  well  stocked 
up  with  teas  for  the  present  and  buy 
only  in  a  very  small  way  as  they  do  not 
care  to  have  very  large  stocks  on  hand 
the  first  of  the  new  year,  as  many  of 
them  take  inventory  about  that  time.

Molasses— It 

is  believed  by  many 
brokers  and  dealers  that  the  present  en­
quiry 
for  new  crop  molasses,  of  which 
supplies  will  be  small,  will  result  in 
higher  prices.  The  cane  of  last  year 
was  very  watery  and  yielded  a  larger 
percentage  of  molasses  than  the  cane  of 
this  season,  which,  being  very  rich  in 
saccharine,  will  yield  a  large  percent­
age  of  sugar  and  a  small  precentage  of 
molasses.  There 
is  not  the  slightest 
doubt  that  this  crop  will  yield  50  per 
cent, 
less  molasses  and  20  or  30  per 
cent,  less  sugar than the  crop  of last sea­
son.  Therefore,  we  can  not  reasonably 
expect  a  downward  tendency  in  prices, 
but  the  reverse.

Nuts— Nuts  still  continue  active  and 
relatively  high  prices  prevail.  There 
is  a  steady  demand  for  about  all  varie­
ties,  with,  perhaps,  some  advance  noted 
in  walnuts  and  almonds,  due  to  the  in­
creased  requirements  of  the  trade  at this 
season.  Business  is  upon  a  very  satis­
factory  basis  and  prices  are  at  a  level 
which  allows  a  reasonable  profit 
to 
handlers 
in  all  positions.  Grenobles 
move  slowly  because  of  the  high  price, 
although  the  quality  was  never  so  good 
as  at  present.  The  crop  is  short.  The 
quality  of  this  season’s  crop  of  peanuts 
is  said  to  be  above  the  average,  and 
the  opening  prices  range  a  trifle  higher 
than  was  the  case  last  year.  There 
is 
an  active  demand  for  the  stock  already, 
and  within  the  next  few  weeks  the  larg­
est  buying  of  the  whole  season  is looked 
for.  The  present  demand  for  California 
walnuts 
in  excess  of  the 
supply  and  the  market  is  very  firm.

is  somewhat 

Rice— Trade  in  rice  is  rather quiet  at 
present.  The  high  grades  continue  firm 
and 
Latest  advices 
from  Japan indicate  that  its  crop  will be 
20 to  25  per  cent,  below  the  average.

light  supply. 

in 

H id es,  P e lts ,  F u rs ,  T a llo w   an d   W o o l.
Hides  remain  firm,  but  are  not  active 
sellers.  Light  hide  buyers  hesitate  at 
the  price,  while  dealers  ask  a 
little 
more  money— and  do  not  get  it.  Even 
heavies  are  bid 
less  than 
asked.  So  far,  tanners  have  taken  all 
hides  offered  at  the  advance  and  now 
believe  them  as  high  as  they  should 
pay.  This 
is  a  waiting  game,  each 
feeling  confident  of  his  position.

for  at 

Pelts  are  selling  higher,  with  no  ac­
cumulations.  They  are  better  and  are 
worth  more  money,  and  the  wool  market 
tends  to  crowd  them  higher.

Furs  suitable 

for  trimming  are  in 
good  demand,  while  those for dyeing are 
slow.  The  market 
is  not  settled  and 
will  not  be  until  the  result  of the coming 
December sales  is  known.

Tallow 

is  slow  and  sluggish  except 
for  edible  and  prime  goods.  Supplies 
are  ample.

Wool  is  in  strong  demand,  with  Mich­
igan  well  cleaned  up  of  all  secondhand 
lots.  Prices  are  higher  and  seaboard 
markets  are  well  sold  up.  Manufactur­
ers  and  dealers  have  bought  freely,  with 
in  futures.  The  present 
a  firm  belief 
question 
is,  Where  are  stocks  to  come 
from  for the  February  and  March  mar­
ket?  London  sales,  which  opened  on 
Nov.  28,  show  an  advance  of  5  per  cent, 
on  both  fine  and  crossbred  wools.

Wm.  T .  Hess.

A r e   T ra d in g   Stam p s  a   B lig h t  o r   a   B less­

in g ?

Sperry  &  Hutchinson’s 

representa­
tives  in  this  field  claim  to  have  secured 
about  seventy-five  signatures  to  their 
contract,  including  thirty-six  retail  gro­
cers,  and  assert  that  they  will  open  an 
exchange  store  in  this  city  shortly  after 
Jan.  I.  The  manager  of  the  local  dele­
gation  is  E.  G.  Flood,  Mr.  Sharp  not 
occupying  that  position,  although  he 
claimed  to  be  acting  in  that  capacity  to 
a  representative  of the Tradesman.  Dur­
ing  the  past  week  the  city  has  received 
a  visit 
from  Thus.  A.  Sperry,  a  mem­
ber  of  the  firm,  who,  by  the  way,  is  a 
Michigan  man,  having  been  bom  and 
reared  in  St.  Joseph  county.  Mr.  Sperry 
was  for  many  years  a  traveling  sales­
man,  representing  a  Connecticut  silver­
ware  house,  and  covered  Michigan  reg­
ularly  for  about  a  dozen  years,  during 
which  time  he  accumulated  a  savings 
fund  of  S i0,000,  which  was  his  stock  in 
trade  when  he  engaged  in  partnership 
with  Mr.  Hutchinson 
in  the  trading 
stamp  business  five  years  ago.  Mr. 
Sperry  says  that  the  trading  stamp  sys­
tem  was  originated  by  him  in  Benton 
Harbor,  where  he  sold  silverware  to 
it 
several  merchants,  who  distributed 
among  their  customers  in  exchange 
for 
trading  tickets  or  coupons,  which  they 
issued  with  each  purchase  of  a  certain 
amount.  He  met  with  some  difficulty 
in  getting  his  pay  for  goods  furnished 
the  several  merchants,  and  made  an  ar­
rangement  with  S.  B.  Van  Horn  by 
which  he  was  to  redeem  all  of  the  tick­
ets 
in  the 
town  and  carry  the  stock  of  silverware 
in  connection  with  his  dry  goods  and 
clothing  stock.  This,  Mr.  Sperry  says, 
was  the  origin  of  the  business,  and  it 
worked  so  well  that  he  formed  a  part­
nership  alliance  with  Mr.  Hutchinson, 
who  was  then  engaged  in  the  premium 
business  of  a  somewhat  different  char­
acter  at  Jackson,  and  engaged  in  the  re­
tail  grocery  business  at  Bridegport, 
Conn.,  for the  purpose  of  developing  the 
trading  stamp  idea.  The business pros­
pered  from  the  start  and  a  few  months 
later  the  headquarters  of  the  firm  were 
removed  to  New  York, 
lnasumch  as 
the  firm  is  now  rated  by  the  mercantile 
agencies  as  being  worth  half  a  million 
dollars,  it  is  evident  that  there  is money 
in  the  trading  stamp  business— at 
least 
for  those  who  originated  and  exploited 
the  idea.  Whether  the  system  is  a  good 
one  for  the  merchant  is  a  matter  which 
the  Tradesman  has  heretofore  decided 
in  the  negative ;  and  it  will  continue  in 
this  opinion  until  a  more  thorough 
in­
vestigation  of  the  subject  convinces  the 
editor  that  the  system  is  advantageous 
for the  merchant,  as  well  as  for  the  peo­
ple  who  have  waxed  rich  in making  and 
selling  the  stamps.

issued  by  other  merchants 

Mr.  Sperry  asserts  that  the  statement 
made  by  Mr.  Sharp  to  the  effect  that  he 
was  instructed  by  Mr.  Hutchinson  to  go 
to  Canton,  Ohio,  and  break  up  the  price 
agreement  among  the  retail  grocers  of 
that  city,  is  false 
in  both  fact  and  in­
tent,  because  it  is  the  policy  of  the  firm 
to  co-operate  with  associations  of  retail 
dealers,  instead  of  antagonizing  them.

Geo.  L.  Chubb  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Harlan,  purchasing  his  stock  of 
the  Olney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co.

A   pretentiously  wise  man  who  is  in 
looking  mysterious  is  no 

the  habit  of 
mystery  to  other  people.

For  G illies’  N.  Y. 

tea,  all  kinds, 

grades  and  prices,  phone  Visner,  800

Fam ily  honor  is  apt  to break  loose  in 

spots  when  the  family  is  large.

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Woman’s World

8elfi«hne»ii  o f   M en  W h o se   A tte n tio n s  A re 

W ith o u t  In te n tio n s.

If  I  had  the  regulating  of  society— 
which  praise  be  I  have  not— I  would  es­
tablish  a  strict  time  limit  on  courtship, 
and  a  man  would  either  have  to  put  up 
or  shut  up.  This thing  of  a  fellow  hang­
ing  around  a  girl  year  after year,  always 
apparently  on  the  verge  of  proposing 
yet  never  doing  it  is  altogther  too  com­
mon,  and 
is  time  a  halt  was  called 
it.  Modern  customs  are  too  easy 
upon 
going. 
I'm  not  sure  that  the  old  plan 
wasn’t  the  best,  where,  when  a  man 
wanted to  visit  a  girl  he  was required  to 
file  a  declaration  of  his  intentions  with 
his  attentions,  as  a  guarantee  of  good 
faith,  and  that  he  meant  business.

it 

it 

As 

is,  the  man  without  intentions 
pervades  society.  Every  year  he  grows 
more  numerous  and  more  conspicuous 
and  has  things  more  his  own  way. 
In 
the  democracy  of  our  native  land  our 
homes  are  run  on  the  open  door  policy, 
and  there 
is  a  continually  increasing 
class  of  men  who  take  advantage  of  our 
lack  of  protection,  and  who  deliberately 
make  clubhouses— places  where  they  are 
in  winter  and  cooled  with  ice 
warmed 
drinks 
in  summer  and  entertained  free 
of  cost  at  all  times— of  the  parlors  of 
their  women 
They 
calmly  appropriate  the best  that  life  can 
give 
feminine  beauty  and 
charm,  but  without  the  slightest  sense 
of  any  obligation  or  of  making  any  re­
turn.  They  are  butterflies  that  sip  the 
sweets  of  society,  but  as  for  any  idea  of 
into  a  domestic  grub  by 
retrograding 
marrying, 
is  Good 
Lord,  deliver  m e!

their  one  prayer 

acquaintances. 

them  of 

intentions. 

So  far as  older  women  are  concerned, 
the  matter  is  of  small  consequence. 
If 
they  have  not  sufficient knowledge of  the 
world  to  rid  themselves  of  dead-beat 
acquaintances  they  deserve  to  suffer  for 
their  stupidity,  but  it is  a  situation  with 
which  young  and  unsophisticated  giris 
are  not  fitted  to  cope  and  many  a  one’s 
prospects  in  life  have  been  blighted  by 
the  persistent  attentions  of  the  man 
without 
Every  now  and 
then  we  hear  people  wondering  why  it 
is  that  some  attractive and charming girl 
has  drifted  into  old  maidenhood.  She 
has  always  seemed  to  be  admired  and 
received  much  attention  from  men,  yet 
she  remains  single,  while  her  less  pretty 
less  agreeable  sisters  make  good 
and 
In  nine  cases  out  of  ten  the 
matches. 
answer 
is  to  be  found  in  the  fact  that 
she  was  the  victim  of the  selfishness  of 
men  who  monopolized  her  society  and 
time  and  drove  other  men  away,  but 
who  had  no  matrimonial 
intentions 
themselves  whatever.

If  the  man  without  intentions  would 
confine  his  attentions  to  unattractive 
women  no  one  would  find 
fault  with 
him.  He  might  even be  a  kind  of  social 
missionary— a  dispenser  of  sweetness 
and 
light  to  those  who  sit  in  the  dark­
ness  waiting  for  the  man  who  never 
comes— and  so  fill  a  long-felt  want.  But 
the  man  without  intentions  is invariably 
possessed  of  good  taste.  Nothing  but 
the  best 
is  good  enough  for  him.  You 
never  see  him  singling  out  the  wall 
flower  at  a  ball  for  a  consoling  dance. 
You  never  observe  him 
the 
spectacled  spinster  down  to  supper  dr 
imploring  the  sentimental 
fat  girl  to 
sit  out  a  dance  on  the  steps.  On  the 
contrary,  he  reserves  these  courtesies 
for  the  beautiful  but  impecunious  belle 
who  ought  to  be  making  hay  while  the 
sun  of  her  youth  and  good  looks  shines, 
is  precisely  here  that  his  mean­
and  it 

leading 

MICHIGAN  TR A D ESM A N

lures 

ingless  attentions  become  so  mischiev­
ous. 
It  is  her dance  card  that  his  name 
fills  up,  to  the  exclusion  of  men  with 
whom  she  might  waltz  into  matrimony. 
It  is  she  whom  he 
into  secluded 
corners  and 
for  whom  he  procures  the 
bottle  and  the  bird,  which  they  eat  tete- 
a-tete,  while  the  man  who  could  provide 
her  with  these  delicacies  for  life  passes 
by  on  the  other  side. 
It  is  she  with 
whom  he  elects  to  sit  sentimentally  in 
the shadow  of the  oleanders,  while young 
Coupon,  gnawing  his 
incipient  mus­
tache  in  the  doorway,  grows  green  with 
jealousy  and  flies  to  the  smiles  of  her 
rival,  where he  is  comforted  and  caught.
Debutantes  are  his  specialty.  Every 
in  society  knows  the  class  of  men 
one 
who  devote  themselves  to  each  succeed­
ing  crop  of  buds.  As  soon  as  a  girl 
comes  out  they  surround  h er;  they  mo­
nopolize  her  programme  at  balls ;  they 
camp  on  her  mother’s  parlor  chairs; 
they  show  up  as  regularly  and  as  en- 
evitably  as  the  tenor  at  the  opera ;  they 
is 
assume  an  air of  proprietorship  that 
none  the  less  effective  because  it  is 
in­
tangible,  and  that  keeps  other  men 
aw ay;  and  that  ends  it.  People  won­
der  for  a  season  or  two  if  little  Miss 
Rosebud  is  going  to  marry  Jack  Blase, 
but  nothing  comes  of 
it.  Her bloom 
wears  off  and  she  drops,  in  time,  into 
the  ranks  of  the  second  or third or fourth 
season-out  girls,  who  are  being  pushed 
back  into  the  chairs  of  the  chaperones, 
transfers  his  disastrous  and 
while  he 
meaningless  attentions 
fresh 
debutante  and  goes  on  his  way  rejoic­
ing.

to  a 

in 

fashionable 

If  the  man  who  never  makes  good  is 
a  nuisance 
society, 
against  which  the  world-wise  mother  is 
right  to  protect  her  daughter,  his selfish­
ness  works 
its  greatest  wrong  when  he 
wins  the  love  of  some  simple  and  unso­
phisticated 
girl  without  meaning  to 
marry.  She 
is  bright  and  pretty  and 
charming,  let  us  say,  the  kind  of  a  girl 
whom  men  would  find  attractive  and 
want  to  marry.  But  here  comes  along 
the  man  without 
is, 
perhaps,  more  of  a  man  of  the  world, 
more  highly  educated  or  better  looking 
than  the  other  men  in  the  g irl’s  little 
circle  and  he  fascinates  her.  He  desires 
merely  to  amuse  himself  and  be  enter­
tained  and  he  finds  that  the  girl  is quick 
and  witty  in  conversation,  possessed  of 
that  divine  sympathy  that  comprehends 
and  blends  with  all  his  moods,  and  so 
he  falls 
into #the  way  of  visiting  her, 
going  oftener  and  oftener  until  at  last 
he  drops  in  almost  every day.

intentions.  He 

That  he  may  be  winning  her  love, 
and  filling  her  heart  so  full  there  will 
never  be  room  in  it  for  any  other  man, 
does  not  suffice  to  deter  him.  He 
jus­
tifies  his  course  by  always  saying  that 
is  not  a  marrying  man  and  by  in­
he 
sisting 
that  his  feelings  are  purely 
platonic.  What  woman 
is  going  to  be­
lieve  that? 
Is  the  hope  going  to  starve 
that  is  fed  on  daily  visits?  “ He  must 
surely 
love  m e,”   she  cries  to  herself, 
“ or  he  would  not  always  come,”   and 
before  that 
logic  all  his  denials  fall 
dead.  She  still  believes  he  loves  her 
and  will  go  on  believing  it  as  long  as 
he  apparently  finds  pleasure  in  her  so­
ciety.  She  will  never  disbelieve  it  un­
til,  the  flower  of  her  beauty  faded  and 
withered,  her  chances 
in  life  blighted 
by  his  selfishness,  he  does  at  last  turn 
his  attentions  to  some  newer  and fresher 
face.  There  is  not  one of us who does not 
know  dozens  of  such  cases  as  this,  and 
whether  the  man’s  selfishness  was  the 
result  of  lack  of  heart  or lack of thought, 
it  is  a  cruel  and  a  dastardly  thing.  No

man  is  so  lacking  in  sense  or  vanity  as 
not  to  know  when  a  woman  loves  him, 
and  if  he  is  either  unwilling  or  unable 
to  marry  her,  he  is  bound  in  common 
honor  and  honesty  to  keep  away  from 
her.

Men  are  often  generous,  but  they  are 
seldom honest  with  women,  and  they  do 
not  stop  to  ask  themselves  if  they  are 
dealing  fairly  by  a  girl  if  they  monopo­
lize  her  thoughts  and  her  time  without 
meaning  to  offer  her any  equivalent  for 
is  whether  it  is 
it.  All  they  consider 
agreeable  to  themselves.  Nor 
is  this 
confined  to  any  particular  strata  of  so­
ciety.  The  man  without  intentions  is 
everywhere.  The  other  day  I  got a queer 
little  letter  from  two  working  girls  giv­
ing  their  version  of  him  and  asking  a 
bit  of  advice.  For  several  years,  they 
said, 
they  had  “ been  keeping  com­
pany” — 1  like  that  homely  phrase— with 
two  young  mechanics  who  were  earning 
good  wages  and  amply  able  to  marry 
if 
they  wanted  to.  So  persistent  were  the 
young  men  that  they  had  driven  all  of 
the  girls’ other  beaux  aw ay;  gossip,  of 
course,  prophesied  a  wedding,  and their 
friends  enquired  when  the  happy  day 
was  to  be,  but  the  young  men,  so  far 
from  proposing,  never  mentioned  matri­
mony  and  never  even  gave  the  girls  a 
treat,  like  a  trip  to the  theater or  a  box 
of  candy  or  a  bunch  of  posies. 
“ What 
shall  we  do?”   they  ask  me.  Do?  My 
dear  girls,  shun  those  young  men  so 
quick  you  will  make  their  heads  swim. 
Have  nothing  to  do  with  the  man  who 
never  makes  good.  A   man  who  in  a 
reasonable  length  of  time  doesn’t  make 
up  his  mind  one  way  or  the  other—  
doesn’t  clear  out  and  give  somebody 
else  a  chance  or  come  to  the  point— is 
either  a  moral  and  social  dead-beat  or 
he  is  too  lacking  in decision of character 
for  a  sensible  woman  to  bother  with.

Every  now  and  then  we  read  in  the 
papers  of  a  woman  suing  some  man  for 
breach  of  promise  or blighted affections, 
because,  after  a  steady  courtship  of  fif­
teen  or  twenty  years,  he  suddenly  found 
out  that  he  wasn’t  in  earnest  after  all  or 
had  changed  his  mind.  To  us  it  ap­
pears  the  most  humorous  and  grotesque 
thing  imaginable,  and  we  can  see  noth­
ing  but  a  figure  of  fun  in  the  disap­
pointed  old  maid  appealing  from  the 
court  of  cupid  to  the  court  of  law,  but 
surely  nothing  else 
is  really  more  pa­
thetic. 
It  means  so  much  of  the  hope 
deferred  that  maketh  the  heart  sick,  of 
beauty  that  faded  while  she  waited,  of 
youth  held  onto  with  frantic  hands,  or 
affection 
lavished  in  vain,  of  shattered 
dreams,  and,  bitterest  of all,  the thought 
that  must  sear  any  woman's  heart  like  a 
white-hot  brand— the  shame  of  giving 
love  unasked  and  unsought.  Only  a 
woman  of  coarse  fiber  could  drag  her 
hurt  heart  out  for  the  public  to  gaze 
upon 
it,  but  all  about  us,  within  our 
knowledge,  are 
little  tragedies  that  are 
hidden  from  the  world— a  blighted  life, 
a  broken  heart,  sacrificed  t j  the  selfish­
ness  of  the  man  whose  attentions  were 
without  intentions. 

Dorothy  Dix.

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

N o t
N u tty

W e have been  unable to  de­
tect any  nutty  flavor  in  our 
buckwheat,  but  we  DO  de­
tect  that  genuine  old-fash­
ioned  buckwheat  taste  we 
were  all  familiar  with  as 
boys.  That  same  delicious, 
indescribable 
flavor  wh ch 
made us want to eat a dozen 
more  after we  knew we  had 
enough, is in  our  buckwheat 
this winter.

If  your  customers 

like 
G E N U IN E   PU R E  BU CK ­
W H E A T   FLO U R   without 
any 
frills  or  other  things 
mixed  with  it,  you  can  get 
it of us.  We guarantee it

Valley  City 
Milling Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

— — a M H i m w — — a a m a

O ur  line  of

WORLD

Bicycles for  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  &  CO., 

Makers,  Chicago,  III.

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

DeYoung  &  Schaafsma

Importers  and Manufacturers’ Agents of

Crockery,  Glassware, China  and  Lamps

112  Monroe  St.,  Second  Floor,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Office and  Sample Rooms

Buy  d ir e c t   from  Manufacturers  and  s a v e   jobbers’  profits.  Write  for  Catalogue 

and Price List.

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7

Getting the  People

Som e  G ood  A d vertisin g:  a n d   Som e  N ot 

So  G ood.

W.  A.  Chave,  of  Belding,  writes  as 

follows:

Having  noticed  your  criticisms  of  ad­
vertisements 
in  the  Tradesman,  I  send 
vou  copy  of  mine,  as  it  appearsHn  the 
Belding  Banner  this  week.  Do  not  bear 
down  too  hard,  as  1  am  not  an  expert.

The  trouble  with  Mr.  Chave’s  adver­
tisement  lies  mainly  in  the  fact  that  he

Something  New  all  the  Time 

At the  Variety  Store.

Beautiful China Pieces, 10c and ur>. Decorated 
Lamps, 85c and up. Side  Lamps ¡with  reflec­
tors, 30c and up, Glass Lamps all  prices.  Ex­
tra globes and  shades.

$ 1 .0 0  C o rsets fo r 8 0 c .
5 0  c e n t C o rsets fo r 4 0 c , to  clo se  o u t.

Ladies' and Children's  Underwear,  Hosiery, 
Gloves,  Mittens,  Veilings,  etc.  Nice  work 
baskets. 10 to  '25c,  Plain  and  Fancy  Crepe 
Paper. 10 to 25e, Pancake Griddles. 10 to  ‘25c. 
The place to buy  good  goods  at  reasonable 
prices.

W.  A.  CHAVE,

West  Main  St.,  B  iding,  Mich

trie* 
tell  about  too  many  things.  A 
4-in'.fi  double  column  space  is  not  suffi­
cient  to  mention  all  the  lines  included 
in  bis  advertisement. 
If  he  had  used 
most  of  his  space  in  describing  his Si 
and  his  50  cent  corsets  and  then  in­
cluded  the  rest  of  the  goods  under the 
heading  of  “ Other  Interesting  Items,”  
or  even  left  them  out  entirely,  he  would 
have  done  better.  A  man  can  pat  a  nail 
with  his  hand  all  day  without producing 
any  effect— a  few  well-directed  blows 
with  a  hammer  will  drive  it  home.  Let 
Mr.  Chave  advertise  some  one  or  twc 
seasonable 
them 
strongly,  and  he  will  do  more  good  than 
by  a  bare  presentation  of  the  names  o 
goods  and  their  prices.

lines  and  advertise 

Where  space  is  sufficient,  of  course,  i 
line 
is  best  to  advertise  more  than  one 
at  a  time,  but  where 
is  only  large 
enough  to  advertise  one line consistently 
and  thoroughly,  it  is  better  to  use  it  for 
that  purpose. 
is  better  to  sell  one 
line  of  goods  than  to  sell  none  at  all.

It 

it 

&  a|c  #

The  advertisement  of  Gerhardt  Broth 
ers,  of  Reed  City,  reproduced  herewith 
shows  evidence  of  more  careful  prepa­
ration  and  typographical  work  than  are 
usually  apparent  in  the  specimens  sent 
in  for  review. 
It  is  weak,  however,  in 
several  points,  aside  from  its  seven  er­
rors  in  punctuation.

The  shoe  argument  is  wfiak,  because

FOR  WOMAN’S  WEAR—

T h e  L ea th er  Boot.

Shoes that are  valuable  are  shoes  that  are 
well made,  out  of  a  good  material,  in  the 
several shapes that  are  up-to-date.  Such  a 
shoe we have at  $3.50.  We  stamp  it  with 
our own name on account  of  its  many  good 
qualities.
FOR  WOMAN’S  WEAR—

U nderclothing

A heavy Combination Suit at 50  cents.  They 
are heavily fleeced, can give you grey or ecru. 
Slim people  an 1  fat  people  have  an  equal 
chance of being fitted, as  we  have  sizes  for 
both.
FOR  WOMAN’S  WEAR—

Th~-  Corset.

Cresco Corsets are sold by us at  $1.00.  They 
are  guaranteed  not  to  break  down  at  the 
waist line.  We will give you one to  wear for 
two weeks and if not  everything  we  recom­
mend them to be, your dollar will be returned 
to you.
FOR  WOMAN’S  WEAR—

The  O utside  W rap.

Twenty-five seven dollar  and  one-half  guar­
anteed Flush Capes  are offered by  us  today 
at $4.85.  Good  Plush,  good  linings,  good 
fur trimmings, that’s what they are made of. 
Another thing, they  are  full  size,  30 inches 
long.
GERHARDT  BROS.,

Opera House Block. 

REBD CITY, MICH.

it  is  vague  and  general.  Something  like 
this  would  be  much  better:

At  $2.50  we  can  sell  a  shoe  that  will 
give  comfort  and  satisfaction.  It’s made 
of  good  kid  and  the  soles  are  welted— 
no  nails  or  pegs  to  cause  discomfort. 
Laced  or  buttoned—three  styles of toes— 
md  our  name  on  every  pair  as  addi- 
ional  evidence  of  its  goodness.

The  section  devoted 

to  underwear 
would  be  better  if  “ stout"  were  used  in 
lace  of  “ fat.”   The  man  who  wrote 
fat”   didn’t  know woman-nature.  The 
lying  that  “ no  ladies  above  a  certain 
social  stage  have  red  hair  -  their  hair  is 
uburn”   should  be  supplemented  by 
the  equally  true  one— “ no  woman  is  fat 
—she  may  be  fleshy  or  stout,  hut  never 
at. ’ ’

The  paragraph  relating  to  the  capes 
s  not  quite  definite  enough. 
It  should 
tell  the  style  of  the  capes,  the  material 
with  which  they  are  lined  and  the  kind 
of  fur  used  for  trimming.  An  article 
sold  at  a  reduced  price  should  always be 
described 
fully,  in  order  to  emphasize 
the  fact  that  it  is  a  bargain.

These  criticisms,  however,  should  not 
lead  anyone  to  forget  that  the  advertise­
ment  has  many  points  of  merit.  Typo­
graphically,  it  is  attractive,  and it shows 
a  definite  effort  to  reach  the  goal of good 
advertising.  A 
little  more  attention  to 
details  and  a  little  careful  study  on  the 
part  of 
its  writer  will  enable  him  to 
produce  very  creditable  advertising, 
shall  be  glad  to  receive  further  speci 
mens,  that  1  may  note  his  progress along 
this  line.

COMli IN!  COME IN!

H.  M.  Goldsmith  sends  me  from  De- 
lanson,  N.  Y.,  an  advertisement  of  F. 
A.  Alexander,  of  the  same  place,  which 
is  reproduced  herewith:

*  $  *

And we fit you up with underwear so warm  that 

you need not fear the cold weather.

U n d e rw e a r fo r  C h ild re n .

Good  garments at 15c.  Better  ones  and  larger 

up to 35c.

U n d e rw e a r  fo r  L a d le s.

Splendid fleeced lined cotton garment for50c.  A 

good wool garment at 75c.

U n d e rw e a r fo r  M en.

Cotton fleeced  lined  50c.  A  tine  hygienic wool 
fleeced, $1.00  Extra quality Camel’s Hair $1.25.
W e   c a r r y   a   fu ll  lin e   o f   G loves,  M itten s, 
C aps, Sw eaters, C ard ig an   J a c k e ts ,  M uf­
flers,  W ool  T a m -o ’s h a n te rs,  H eavy  
F le e ce d   O v e rsh irts,  and  W o o len   Socks 
a n d  S to ck in g s fo r e v ery b o d y .

Just received a stock of Umbrellas—good quality 

and very pretty, $1.25.

Come in and see

FO R T   O R A N G E   SH O E

FOR LADIES 

A splendid value for  $2.00.

P ocket  K n ives.

Southington  Knives—the  name  is  a  sufficient 
guarantee—you cannot be  mistaken  in  pur 
chasing these knives.

The very latest styles in black and brown for $2.00.

D erby  H ats.

Robes.

Plush robes, rubber lined, just the thing for  bad 

weather and only $3.50.

Horse  n la n k ets.

iquare and stable blankets from $1.15 up.

Both

W h ip s.

We can give you a whip for 15c  and  better  ones 

from that up.

N ew   Calicoes.

Pretty patterns and  good quality, 6c.

C olu m bia  Flour

Still wins.  Another lot just in—will  you  be one 
more to fall in line?  One honest trial  makes 
yon a regular customer.

BUILDING  PAPER,  TAR  PAPER.  PATENT 
MEDICINES, GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
We pay you 24c per dozen for eggs, 23c per pound 

for butter.F. A. ALEXANDER,
Delanson, N. Y.

The  advertisement  is  one  of  the  kind 
that 
is  most  difficult  to  criticise—-it  is- 
neither good  enough  to  praise  nor  poor 
enough  to  condemn.  The  heading  and 
introduction  are  commonplace  and could 
have  been made  much  stronger  by  a  few 
words  on  the  advantages  of  buying  un­
in  time  to  avoid  the  colds  and 
derwear 
ither  unpleasant 
results  of  sudden 
changes.  The  mention  of  gloves,  etc., 
weak  without  the  addition  of  prices. 
The  same  can  be  said  of  the  item  re­
garding  building  paper  towards  the  end 
of  the  advertisement. 
It  is  very  rare  to 
find  an  advertisement  bringing  results 
from  merely  mentioning  an 
article, 
whereas  a  description  and  price  will 
often  sell  goods,  if  they  happen  to  be 
the  goods  that  are  in  demand.  It  always 
pays 
in  everything 
else,  to use the  method  offering  the  most 
chances  for  success.

in  advertising,  as 

W.  S.  Hamburger.

P o ssib ility   o f   a   T o ile t  Soap  TruHt.

Toilet  soap  manufacturers  recently 
held  a  session  at  New  York  City,  at 
which  all  the  large  concerns  were  repre­
sented.  The  meeting  was  held  behind 
closed  doors,  but  rumors  of  an  attempt 
to  form  a  combination  have  leaked  out. 
That  it  was  a  success,  however,  is  very 
doubtful, 
line. 
Strenuous  efforts  were  made  to  bring  all 
the  manufacturers  into  line  for  the  con­
summation  of  an  agreement  to  raise  and 
regulate  prices,  and 
important  steps 
were  taken  toward  this  end.  The  meet­
ing  adjourned  to  meet  again in Chicago, 
December  6,  when  the  trust  question 
will  be  fully  discussed.

in  the  trust 

least 

at 

B a rg a in   D ay  T ra v e lin g .

Given  bargains  and  a  bargain  hunter, 
and  her  purchases  end  only  with  the 
money  in  her  purse.  A  woman  who  be­
longs  in.the  head  and  front  of  this  class 
hoarded  a  street  car,  carrying with  diffi­
culty  a  huge  market  basket  filled  with 
the  odds  and  ends of  a department  store. 
She  was  scarcely  seated  before 
she 
started  at  the  conductor’s  voice.

“ Fare,  please.”
The  woman  got  out  her  purse  with 
difficulty  and  rummaged  through  its  va­
rious  compartments.

“ Dear,  dear!”   she murmured.  " I   was 
sure  1  had  saved  a  fare  or I never should 
have  bought  those  three  odd  dusters.”

Then  she  added  to  the  conductor:  “ I 
live  at  the  end  of  the  line  and  will  pay 
you  then. ’ ’

“ You  must  pay  now,  lady,”   said  the 

fare-taker. 

“ That’s  the  rule.”

l  haven’t  any  money,”   she  ob­

“ But 
jected.

‘ Well,  I  tell  you,  give  me  a  five  cent 
bargain  and  you  can  redeem  it  at  the 
end  of  the  trip ;  only we don’t  take  dust­
ers  on  this  line. ”

The  woman hesitated a  moment;  then 
she  dived  in  her  basket  and  brought  up 
a  long  bar  of  laundry  soap.

Everybody 

in  the  car  laughed  as  the 

conductor  rang  up  her  fare.

* 

W h e re  She  G rew   th e   L in e .

Mrs.  Fashion— Fve  picked  out  a  hus- 

hand  for  you,  daughter.

Miss  Fashion  Very  well;  but  I  want 
to  say,  mother,  when  it  comes  to  buy­
ing  the  wedding  dress,  I’m  going  to  se­
lect  the  material  myself.

J u s t   a   T rifle  A m b igu ou s.

Amateur  Actress—Didn’t  I  act 

the 

part  well?

Her  Friend—When  you  left  the  stage 
the  audience  said  it  was  the  best  thing 
you  ever  did.

Hanselman’s  Fine Chocolates

Name stamped on  each  piece of the genuine, 
dealer can afford  to be without them.

No  up-to-dat

Hanselman  Candy  Co.

Kalamazoo,  Mic

5 » ^ ^ . 

T h e  new  wafer  is  just  right 
(just  crisp  enough,  just 
sweet  enough,  just  g in *
g e r y   enouSh)  and  the
sealed,  air  tight  package 
keeps it just right until eaten. 
cakes  and 
cookies,  sold  in  the  usual  way, 
get moist and soggy in damp weather 
and  hard  and  tough  in  dry  weather.

Y   Ordinary  ginger 

U n e e d a  

J i n j e r
W a y f e r

keeps fresh  and deliciously crisp and 
tender. 
Its  high  quality  is  assured 
by  the  fact  that  it  comes  from  the 
_ 
ovens  which  bake  U n e o d a   B i s c u i t .

Made by NATIONAL BISCU IT COMPANY, 

wbleb  owns tbe  registered  trade  mark  U n a a d a .

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MICHIGAN  TRA D ESM AN

DESMAN

Devoted  to the  Beat  Interests of Business Men
P u b lish ed   a t   th e   N ew   B lo d g e tt  B u ild in g  

G ran d   R ap id s,  b y  th e

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

One  D o lla r  a   T e a r,  P a y a b le   in  Advan< 

A d vertisin g:  B a te s   on   A p p lica tio n .

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

Entered at the Grand  Kapids  Post  Office  as 
_________ Second Class mail  matter.
W h e n   w ritin g   to   a n y   o f   o u r   A d v e rtise rs 
p lease  say  th a t  y o u   saw   th e   a d v e rtise  
m e n t  in  th e  M ich ig an  T ra d e sm a n.
E.  A.  STO W E,  E d i t o r . 

WEDNESDAY,  -  ■  NOVEMBER 2«. 1899.

ST A T E   OF  M ICH IGAN ,  «

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 of 
the  presses  and  folding  machine  in  that 
establishment. 
I  printed  and  folded 
7,ooo  copies  of  the issue of Nov.  22,1899 
and  saw  the  edition  mailed  in  the  usua, 
manner.  And  further  deponent  saith 
n°L 

John  DeBoer.

Sw orn  and  su b scribed   before  m e,  ; 
notary  p u b lic 
in   and  for  said   county 
th is  tw enty-fifth  day  of  N ovem ber,  1899!

Notary  Public  in  and  for  Kent  County 
1

Mich. 

Heniy  B.  Fairchild, 

T H E   P R O P P E D -O P K N   D OO R.

The  population  of  China  has  been  es 
timated  at  between  three  and  four  hun 
dred millions.  Wise  in  its  own  conceit, 
old  almost  as  the  hi 11s, and so old enough 
to  know  better,  that  country  has  walled 
itself 
in  from  the  rest  of  mankind  and 
barred  its  gates  against  them  until  gates 
and  government  have  crumbled 
into 
ruins  and  left  the  land  a  prey  to  the  na 
tions  of  the  earth.  The  Russian  bear 
its  merciless  paws  clasping  its  unfortu 
nate  neighbor,  glares  and  snarls 
its 
warning  and  defiance  to  the  greedy 
countries  who,  equally  glaring  and 
snarling,  are  determined  to 
lose  no 
chance  for a  share  of  the  carcass  when 
the  culmination  comes.

vast 

Among  those  countries  watching  for 
the  'end,and  by no means an uninterested 
spectator,  is  the  United  States.-  With 
no  desire  for territory,  she  has  long  had 
her  eyes  fixed  upon  China  and  long  ago 
determined  that  that 
territory, 
when  the  time  came  for  breaking  the 
cerement  with  which  semi-civilization 
had  almost  embalmed  her,  should  re­
ceive  respectful  consideration,  and  that 
no  partition  of  the  Celestial  Empire 
should  be  made  which  did  not  recog­
nize  the  wishes  of  this  country.  Those 
wishes  are  centered 
in  trade.  What­
ever  the  political  destiny  may  be,  under 
whatever  control  the  Chinaman  may 
pass,  he  shall  have  the  unchallenged 
privilege  of  buying  the  raw  material  or 
the  manufactured  article  produced  or 
made  in  the  United  States.  This  priv­
ilege  unlimited  by  time  means,  and  the 
Government  says  that  it  means,  that  the 
door  of  trade  with  China  shall  not  only 
be  open  but  propped  open,  and 
so 
propped  that  neither  accident  nor  cir- 
cumstance  can  close  it.  That  settled, 
the  future  of  China  and  the  fate  of  its 
numberless 
inhabitants  becomes  a  de­
batable  question.

With  her  famous  wall  razed  to  the 
is  the  real  purpose  of  the 
ground,  what 
governments  of  Europe?  Plunder? 
It 
is  the  answer of  barbarians.  Conquest?

its 

the 

life 

crimson 

“ Dark  Africa, 

So  answer  the  Middle  Ages,  repeating 
an  echo  of  the  Roman  Empire.  C ivili­
zation 
is  the  word  that  thunders  from 
every  throat,  from  the  exultant  Bear  on
the  steppes  of  Siberia  to  the  L io n _
South  Africa 
lapping  to-day  the  blood 
of  the  wounded  Boer.  Civilization  is 
the  mission  of  governments  and  to  us, 
the  enlightened  nations  of  the  earth,  is 
assigned  the  duty  of  leading  the 
igno­
rant  and  benighted  tribes  of  the  earth 
into  enlightened  paths.  China  is  on  the 
verge  of  dissolution. 
too 
long  neglected  by  the  remissness 
and  indifference  of  Europe,  the  heaven- 
ipointed  schoolmaster  of  self-govern­
ment,  must  be  reclaimed;  and  the  great 
sowers  are  clamboring 
for  the  task 
each 
insisting,  as  it  has  been  insisting 
since  the  downfall  of  Rome,  upon  the 
¡uperiority  of 
instruction  and  the 
political  legitimacy  of  its  claim.  Rus 
sia,  crushing  helpless  China 
to  her 
brutish  breast,  frankly  declares  that  ab­
solute  monarchy 
is  the  only  way  and 
that  the  world’s  present  enlightenment 
s  due  alone  to  the  scepter of  the  abso­
jaws 
lute  monarch.  England,  with 
red  with 
flowing 
from  the  continent  under  her  powerful 
claws,  insists  that  constitutional  mon 
is  the  only  teacher  of  civil  gov­
rchy 
ernment.  Germany,  with  an  assuring 
glance  at  the  invincible  armament  be 
ind  he,  nods  a  complacent  assent  and 
ranee,  half  Bourbon,  half  republic, 
maintains  that  she 
is  the  best  modem 
ivilizer,  all  of  them  asserting  their 
hereditary  right—the  fundamental  claim 
of  the  throne—to  dismember  empires 
and  subdue  barbarism  for the  sole  pur 
pose  of  blessing  them  with  civilization !
That  is  the  old  way,  the  way  that  has 
obtained  for  fifteen  hundred  years;  and 
the  United  States,  believing  that  all 
ings  have  become  new,  insists  on  a 
ropped-open  trade  door  and  allowing 
modern  ideas,  carrying  the  arts  and  im 
plements  of  peace,  to  enter and  build 
p  the  crumbling  government  and  teach 
by  precept  and  by  example  to  the  rude 
races  the  cultivation  and  refinement  of 
vil  life.  So,  while  Russia  is  civiliz- 
ng  China  by  robbing  her of  her  terri­
tory,  while  England  insists  that  Africa 
can  be  civilized  best  and  soonest  by 
taking  away  her gold  fields,  the  United 
~  ates  has  sent  in  through  this  door  her 
bridge  builders  and  her  railroad  build
ers,  her  engines  and  her cars,  her  elec- 
c  plants  and her  sewing machines,  her 
soil  productions  and  her  manufactured 
goods,  the  best 
in  quality,  in  beauty 
in  cheapness  the  earth  can  fur 
nd 
sh.  These 
imports  and  the  Ameri­
cans  who  go  with  them  are  the  best  and 
the  surest  civilizers.  The  torch, 
the 
sword  and  the  bullet  have  had  their day 
s  such.  They  are  the  means  that  mon- 
rchy  has  always , used ;  and  the  United 
States,  with  the  door  propped  open,  can 
turn  proudly  to  her  record  of  a  hundred 
years  and proudly  compare  what  she  has 
done  in  a  single  century  with  the  work 
r  throne-dotted  Europe  during  fifteen 
hundred  years.  Monarchy,  absolute  and 
Its  aims  and 
means  of  accomplishment  belong  to 
the  past.  The  new  world  has  entered 
pon  its  work  with  new  ideals  and  bet­
ter  methods.  Destruction  will  not  pio­
neer the  way  nor  follow  in  her footsteps 
Life,  not  death,  attends  her.  Through 
her  propped-open  doors  will  be  carried 
to  every  nation  and  to  every  clime  the 
blessings  of  peace,  which  are  getting  to 
be  considered  more  and  more  the  only 
real  civilizers;  and  China  may  be  the 
first  instance  in  the  history  of  nations so 
to  pass  from  darkness  into  light

mited,  has  had  its  day. 

f i c k l e n e s s   o f   t h e   m o b , 

Admiral  Dewey  once  thought  that  his 
popularity  was  based  on  a  grand,  heroic 
act  and  a  great  achievement  performed 
for and  in  the  service  of  his country,and 
doubtless  he  believed  that  those  serv- 
ces,  so  signal  and  distinguished,  had 
built  his  fame  upon  a  lasting foundation 
and  had  embalmed  him  forever  in  the 
hearts  of  the  American  people.  The 
Admiral  now  realizes  that  he  was  mere­
ly  the  favorite  of  the  moment  and  that 
there  is  a  fashion  in  favorites  as  well  as 
in many  other matters.  Time  was  when 
the  prime  favorite  of  the  American  peo 
pie  was  a  prize  fighter,  and  so  change­
able  is  popular  favor  that  it  is  difficult 
to  forecast  what  manner  of  man  may 
next  catch  the  popular  fancy.

Let  the  great  Admiral 

realize,  as 
many  other of  the  world’s  most  eminent 
men  have  done  before  him,  that  it  is 
their  fate  to  experience  the  vicissitudes 
of  fortune.  Robert  Morris,  the  great 
financier,  who  spent  his 
large  private 
fortune  to  carry  on  the  war  for  inde­
pendence,  spent  the  years  of  his  old  age 
in  a  debtors’  prison;  while  Belisarius, 
the  splendid  soldier  and  patriot  who 
had saved  Rome  from  destruction by  the 
terrible  Vandals,  was  by  popular  de 
mand  deprived  of  his  sight  and  com 
pelled,  as  a  blind  beggar, 
to  gain  a 
miserable  subsistence  upon  scanty  alms 
grudgingly  bestowed  by  the  very  peo­
ple  whom  he  had  rescued  from  a  most 
dreadful  fate.

It  has  been  the  experience  of  the  hu­
man  race  that  the  men  who  have  ren­
dered  the  greatest  service  to  their  kind 
have  invariably  been  the  victims  of 
in­
gratitude  and  disfavor,  and  from  this 
should  be 
learned  the  lesson  that  it  is 
quite  as  unwise  to  put  any  trust  in  the 
acclaim  of  the  populace  as  in  the  prom­
ises  of  princes.  The  man  who  rejoices 
that  he  has  won  the  plaudits  of  the  mob 
will  do  well  to  look  to  himself,  as  the 
next  moment  he  may  be  stoned  in  the 
street

in  face  of 

The  only  rule  in  any  case  is  for every 
man  to  do  his  duty  as  he  sees  it  to  the 
best  of  his  ability,  and  regard  no public 
outcry,  whether  it  be  made  in  his behalf 
or against  him.  As  for Admiral  Dewey, 
impartial  history  will  preserve his fame. 
Daring  every  danger  and  braving  every 
risk,  he 
led  the  way  with  his  flagship 
into an enem y's harbor,over its torpedoes
and 
its  land  batteries,  and 
destroyed  the  enemy’s  war  fleet,  which 
was  protected  by  the  powerful  shore 
guns.  No  other  American  admiral 
the  Spanish  war  achieved  such  a  deed, 
although  the  opportunity  was  offered, 
and  this  fact  is recognized by the world’s 
naval  chiefs.  Dewey  may  lose  the  ap­
plause  of  the  populace,  but  nothing  can 
mar his  fame,  as  it  is  recorded 
in  his­
tory. 
enough

Let  him  rest  on  that. 

It 

BU SIN ESS  CONDITIONS.

With  all  visible  conditions  favoring  a 
general  advance  in  the  New  York  stock 
markets,  the  week  has  been  character­
ized  by  a  steady  average  in  prices  of 
industrials,  followed  at  the  latest  by  a 
sharp  decline  on  account  of  the  feeling 
of  stringency 
in  the  money  situation. 
During  the  week  it  was  thought  that  the 
offer  of  the  Government  to  sell  bonds, 
which  caused  gi 1,000,000 
in  transac 
tions,  was  creating  such  confidence  that 
the  stringency  and  uneasiness  would 
disappear as  a  factor.  But  unaccount­
ably  at  the 
last  the  finanical  bugbear 
seems  as  terrible  as  ever.  The  effects 
are  most  manifest  in  the  industrial  list, 
probably  on  account  of  the  more  exces­
Transportation  stocks
sive  watering. 

are  carried  upward  by  the 
impetus  of 
the  unprecedented  volume  of  business 
and  earnings.

is 

little 

The  volume  of  the  general  trade  of 
the  country 
is  constantly  increasing  in 
almost  all  lines,  with  a  steady  appreci­
ation  in  prices.  While  a  few  industries 
seem  to  have  about  reached  their cul­
mination,  there 
indication  of 
reaction  and  in  many  cases  the  increase 
keeps  on  beyond  all  expectation  and 
prediction. 
It  is  a  reassurance as  to the 
future  that  there  are  some  conservative 
elements,  as  in  the  stock  market  situa­
tion  and  in  the  pausing  in  price  move­
ment  of  a  few  products.  Should  the 
pace  have  kept  up 
in  all  these  direc­
tions  a  serious  reaction  at  an  early  day 
must  have  been  the  consequence.

is  an 

iron  situation  there  is  yet  a 
In  the 
scarcity 
in  the  cruder  forms,  in  spite 
of  the  tremendous  production.  Billets 
at  Pittsburg  are  scarce  at  S35.  But 
in 
indica­
finished  products  there 
tion  that  many  works  are  getting  into 
the  field  of  competition  by  closing  out 
in  hand  and  bidding  for 
their  orders 
more,  in  some  cases  at  a  concession 
in 
price.  Foreign  orders  for  railway  ma­
terial  are  still  coming— Russia  for 3,000 
cars  and  a  quantity  of  locomotives  and 
Japan  for  200,000  tons  of  rails.

Export  movement  of  grain,  especially 
com,  still  continues  heavy.  Wheat  out­
go 
is  a  little  less  than  that  of  last  year 
and  the  price  change  is  very  little,  and 
that 
in  the  direction  of  decline.  The 
price  of  corn  is  held  firm  and  the  great 
quantity  going  out  is  no  mean  factor  in 
the  export  situation.

In  textiles  the  condition  is  one  of  en­
hancing  values  and  increasing  activity 
all  along  the  line.  The  price  of  cotton 
is  advanced  5  per  cent,  and  the  demand 
for  goods  is  increasing  the  price  of  all 
its  products.  The  activity  in  wool  con­
tinues  unabated,  sales  for  three  weeks 
amounting  to  about  62,000,000  pounds, 
an  amount  never  exceeded  in  any  full 
In  boots  and  shoes 
month  except  two. 
advancing  prices  are  exerting  an 
influ­
ence 
in  restraint  of  new  contracts,  but 
shipments  are  16.5  per  cent,  larger  than 
in  any  preceding  year.

Traveling  men  will  be  interested  in 
the  opinion  of  Hatch  &  Wilson,  pub- 
'ished  elsewhere 
in  this  week’s  paper, 
relative  to  a  liability  of  hotel  landlords 
for baggage  and  hats.  This  opinion 
is 
not  based  on  suppositious  cases,  but  on 
actual  occurrences  which  happened  at 
the  Livingston  Hotel.  The  loss  of  bag­
gage  was  sustained  by  Mr.  Rogers,  who 
covers  Michigan  for  the  J.  W.  Butler 
Paper  Co.,  of  Chicago.  Mr.  Rogers  has 
been  a  patron  of  the  Livingston  Hotel 
for  several  years,  but  will  transfer  his 
patronage  to  the  Morton,  because  of the 
refusal  of  Edwin  F.  Sweet  to  recom­
pense  him  for his  loss.  The  loss  of  the 
hat  was  sustained  by  Geo.  H.  Lamber- 
ton,  who  covers  Michigan  for  the  M il­
waukee  branch  of  the  Goodyear  Rubber 
Co.  He  was  recompensed  for his  loss, 
although  the 
landlord  distinctly  stated 
that  he  did  it  as  a  matter of  policy  and 
not  because  of  any  liability.  Mr.  Sweet 
appears  to  have  been  incorrect  in  this 
statement, 
inasmuch  as  Judge  Hatch 
finds  that  a  landlord  is  liable  for  a  hat 
stolen  or  carried  away  from  a  hat  rack 
while  the  owner  is  in  the  dining  room 
of  the  hotel.

About  Thanksgiving  time,  one  man 
can  always  tell  what  some  other  man 
should be  thankful  for.

A   conceited  man  is  not  endowed  with 

a  sense  of  gratitude.

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O N E M E R C H A N T ’S  T H A N K S G IV IN G .

H ow   th e   T u rk e y   an d   th e  B u r g la r  M ade I t  

H a p p y .
Written for the  Tradesman.

It  was  the  same  old  story,  the  story 
you  and  I  have  heard  told  over  and over 
again  for  any  number  of  years : 
Isaac 
Slater  declared  that  "h e   had  nothing 
to  be  thankful  for, ’ ’  and  was  resolved 
that  year  not  to  go  one  inch  out  of  his 
routine  of  habit  for all the  proclamations 
in  the world.  He had  his  little  grocery, 
with  its  few shelves  of  canned goods and 
candy  jars,  its  barrels  and  baskets  and 
bins  of  ground  grains,  its  fruits  and 
vegetables,  its  dirty  showcases  and 
its 
colonies  of  fat  flies  behind  the  cracked 
panes  of  the  show  windows,  and  little 
else.

that  John  Smith  made  a 
Well,  well, 
all.

this 

fortune  on. 
is  an  odd  world  after 

in  a 

Old  Isaac  had  not  always  been  “ old 
Isaac.”   Time  was  when  he  had  a larger 
store 
larger  city  and  a  fine  busi­
ness  building  of  his  own  and  an  ambi­
tion  to  become  a  millionaire  blazed  in 
his  now  faded  eyes.  Yes,  and  there 
had been  a  fluffy-haired  young lady,  too, 
with  eyes  like  diamonds  and  teeth  like 
pearls,  of  course;  but  she  had  disap­
peared  with  all  the  rest  and  here  he  was 
standing  alone,  old  and  badly  dressed, 
before  the  door  of  his  store  on  a  frosty 
night  shivering  with cold and wondering 
whether  he  hadn’t  better take  a  little - 
just 
little,  mind  you— whisky  before 
going  to  his  dreary  bedroom  upstairs.

He 

lived  quite  alone  and  slept  over 
the  store 
in  a  musty  little  room  with 
time-discolored  ceiling  and  walls  and  a 
faded  rag  carpet  on  the  floor  in  front  of 
the  old-fashioned  post  bedstead.  When­
ever officious acquaintances remonstrated 
with  him  about  his  mode  of 
life  Isaac 
invariably  observed  that  his  surround­
ings  were  good  enough  for  an  old  man 
of  60 whose  best  clothes  were  usually 
shiny  with  grease  and  molasses and  who 
often  felt  himself  in  need  of  a  wig  and 
a  stronger  pair  of  glasses.

A   kind-hearted  old  man  was  Isaac 
and  I  am  afraid  that  less  deserving peo­
ple  took  undue  advantage  of  him.  Most 
of  his  customers  treated  him  with  a 
mean  condescension,  for  his  character 
lacked  combativeness  and  he  was  woe­
fully  defective  in  personal  dignity  and 
terribly  wanting  in  due  deliberation  of 
speech.  For  people  will 
insult  men 
and  women  who  won’t  fight  back,  and 
will 
look  down  upon  those  who  are  too 
modest  to  hold  their heads  up  high,  and 
will  go  away  and  leave  you  in  the  mid­
dle  of  a  sentence  or  a  story  if  you  talk 
faster  than  their  slow  brains  can  com­
prehend.

One  Wednesday  night,  the  night  be­
fore  Thanksgiving 
in  a  year  now  long 
gone  by,  Old  Isaac  sat  by  the  stove  in 
his  mussy - little  store  grumbling  and 
rubbing  his  rheumatic  legs  until  all  the 
other  lights  in  the  village  stores  seemed 
to  have  gone  out.  Then  he  arose  to  put 
out  his  own  lamp  and  go  to  bed.  It  was 
dark  and  cold  outside  and  the  old  man 
shivered  as  he  paused  for  a  moment  be­
fore  the  glass-paneled  door  and  looked 
out 
into  the  street,  which  was  white 
with  snow  in  little  spots  here  and  there. 
He  was  thin  and  his  shoulders  rounded 
over  his  chest  and  his  teeth  chattered 
with  the  cold  as  he  watched  the  people 
hurrying  along.  Decidedly,  he  had 
nothing  to be  thankful  for.  And  really, 
come  to  size  men  and  women  by  their 
own  standards,  how  many  of  us  have? 
Doctor  Cork,  since  the  last  Thanksgiv­
inherited  a  fine  house  and  a 
ing,  has 
handsome  coach  and  has 
secured  a 
coachman  who  looks  well  in  livery  and 
folds  his  arms  acrjss  his  manly  chest 
after  the  most  approved  style.  You,  my 
friend,  would  have  been  thankful  for  a 
piece  of  luck  like  that,  but  the  Doctor’s 
heart  was  set  on  going  to  the  State  sen­
ate,  and  the  riff-raff  of  his  party  beat 
him  at  the  primaries,  if  you  are  to be­
lieve  his  version  of  the  affair,  and  now 
he  “ hasn’t  a  thing  to  be  thankful  for.”  
You  who  are  reading  this  would  be 
thankful  for  what  your  neighbors  have, 
but  you  can’t  see  why  you  should  have 
been  denied  the  social  recognition  you 
seek  or  why 
your  daughter  Sarah 
couldn’t  have  won  that  well-to-do  young 
salesman  for her  very  own,  thus  reliev­
ing'  you  of  her  support,  or  why  you 
couldn’t  have  invented  that  thing-a-bob

If  he  had  anything  to  be  thankful 
he’d  just  like  to  have  it  pointed  out!

for 

Brother  John  and  the 

fluffy-haired 
creature  had  disappeared  one night,  and 
with  them  had  disappeared  a  package 
of  bank  notes  of  a  large  denomination, 
thousands  and  thousands  of  dollars  in 
value,  which  were  to  have  been  paid 
over on  the  morrow  as  the  final  payment 
on  the  new  business  building.  To .be 
sure,  the  money  never  should  have  been 
left  in  the  safe  and  old  Isaac might have 
seen  months  before  that  Miss  Fluffy- 
Hair  was  more  in  love  with brother John 
than  with  himself  and  he  should  have 
been  more  watchful  of  his  own  interests 
and  all  that.  But  the  money  was  in  the 
safe  that  night  and  brother  John,  who 
was  not  a  partner  and  had  no  right  to 
it,  had  the  combination  of  the  lock  and 
im plicit  faith  in  little 
Old  Isaac  had 
Miss  Fluffy-Hair.  He  was 
innocent 
and  confiding,  and  the  world  is  calcula­
ting  and  deceitful  above  all  things  and 
desperately  wicked.

A  thankful  heart 

for  a  wrecked  and 
ruined life !  The  idea  of  being  thankful 
for  a  spar  on  the  bosom  of  a  troubled 
sea  after  the  ship  had  gone  down  with 
every  soul  on  board!  Old  Isaac  was 
bitter  and  cynical  and  in  his  eyes  there 
was  no  truth,  no  honor  in  the  world. 
For  the 
loss  of  the  banknotes  had 
brought  ruin  on  the  soft-hearted  mer­
chant,  for  his  creditors  even  affected  to 
believe  that  he  had  hidden  the  money 
for  the  purpose  of  defrauding  them  and 
the  soul-sick  man  had  to  battle  fiercely 
liberty.  At  the  end" of  a  long 
for  his 
series  of  expensive 
lawsuits  he  had
packed  up  what  few  things  the  demands 
of 
lawyers  and  creditors  had  left  him 
and  set  them  out for sale  in  this  village. 
And  so  he  had  stood  there  behind  the 
tipsy  counter  of  the  smallest  store  in 
the  place  for  more  years  than  he  liked 
to  count  over.  And  some  of  the  goods 
he  had  brought  from  the  city  store  were 
on  his  hands  still,  for trade  was  dull  and 
old  Isaac  was  not  popular  there.

Yes,  yes,  all  was  vanity  and  vexation 
of  spirit.  He drew  his  thin  shabby  coat 
closer  about  his  shivering  body  as  he 
stood  there  before  the  frosty  glass  pane 
it  all  out.  Was  this  the 
and  thought 
once  rich  and  respected  Isaac  Slater 
in 
this  sad'  attire?  Was  this  small  and 
smoky  room,  not  too  well  stocked  with 
goods, 
the  business  place  of  Isaac 
Slater,  once  the  most  prosperous  mer­
chant  in  the  first  city  of  the  State?  Ah, 
how  the  years  had  crushed  his  hopes 
and  his  ambitions.

and  ran  his 

“ Gobble,  gobble,  gobble!”
What  was  that?  Old  Isaac  gave  a 
start 
fingers  nervously 
through  the  few  gray  hairs  which  Time 
had  spared  to  his  shiny  pate.  What 
did  the  noise  mean?  He  was  certain 
that  he  had  disposed  of  every  turkey  in 
stock,  he  had  not  handled  so  many  that

them, 

lost  money  on 

one  might  have  been  overlooked.  He 
had 
too,  and 
couldn’t  even  think  of  having  one  for 
his  own  dinner.  He  must  get  along 
with  such  things  as  he  could  pick  up  in 
the  store.  Business  on  such  a  very  lit­
tle,  little  scale  could  not  provide  all  the 
luxuries  of  life.

“ Gobble,  gobble,  gobble!”
There  could  be  no  mistake  about  it. 
The  challenge  came  from  the  basement, 
where  the 
fowls  had  been  kept.  Per- 
i haps  Charley  had  neglected  to  deliver 
the 
fat  old  gobbler  ordered  by  Mrs. 
Smith-Smith.  Charley was the  one  chore 
boy  and  clerk  and  he  was  often 
forget­
ful  and  not  infrequently  lazy.  Yes,  that 
must  be  the  truth  regarding  that  gobble- 
gobble  in  the  basement,  and  that  meant 
an  additional 
for  Thanksgiving 
morning  would  be  too  late  for  the  de­
livery.

loss, 

Old  Isaac  took  the  flat  kerosene  lamp 
out  of  the  wall  bracket  and  made  his 
way  cautiously  down  the  uncertain  cel­
lar  stairs.  There  strutted 
the  turkey, 
obvious  of  the  fact  that  his  proper  place 
at  that  moment  was  in  the  kitchen  of 
Mrs.  Smith-Smith.  At  the  bottom  of 
the  stairs  the  old  man  hesitated  a  mo­
ment  and  listened.  Was  that  the 
front 
door  opening  and  closing?  Was  that  a 
stealthy  step  on  the  floor  above?  Pshaw! 
Who  could  want  anything  there  at  that 
time  of  night?

He  toiled  up  the  stairs  and  set  the 
lamp  on  the  counter by  the  stove.  Then 
he  locked  the  doors,  took  a  little-  just a 
little,  mind  you,  my  temperance  friend 
— whisky  from  a  bottle  on  the  shelf back 
of  the  counter  and  toddled  off  upstairs 
to  his  cold  room,  carrying  the  lamp 
with  him.  As  his  heels  disappeared 
through  the  door  at  the  head of the stairs 
a  ragged,  evil— faced  man  of  mighty 
frame  rose  softly  from  behind  the  coun­
ter  and  advanced  to  the  stove.  He  had 
evidently  been  watching  and  waiting  a 
long  time  out  in  the  frosty  night,  for  he 
shivered  with  the  cold  as  he  extended 
his  hands  toward  the  glowing  iron.

He  could  hear  the  old  merchant  mov­
ing  about  overhead,  but  he  seemed  to 
have  no  fear  of  his  returning  to the store 
again  that  night.  He  sat  down  by  the 
stove  and  made  himself  comfortable. 
After  a  time  he  even  ventured  to  poke 
the  fire and  help  himself  to  crackers  and 
cheese  from  a  barrel  and  a  hox  not 
far 
away.  Then,  by  the  light  of  the  blaze 
he  discovered  the  bottle  of  whisky  on 
the  shelf— of  course  he  must  have  some 
of  that!

He  had  been  out  in  the  cold  all  day 
without  food,  and  the  fire  was  so  com­
fortable,  and  the  whisky  so  welcome  to 
his  thirsty  throat,  and  the  crackers  and 
cheese  tasted  better  than  any  meal  he 
had  ever  eaten,  and  there  was  no  haste 
about  taking  what  he  could  find  in  the 
place  and  making  off  with  his booty,  for 
Old  Isaac  would  sleep  soundly  until 
morning— and  in  five minutes the tramp- 
burglar  was  sound  asleep  there  by  the 
stove!

And  so 

it  came  about  that  the  only 
form  of  animal  life  awake  on  the  prem­
ises  at  12  o’clock  that  night  was  the  tur­
key  gobbler  which  awaited  the  heads­
man’s  ax 
in  the  basement  and  which 
ought  by  rights  to  have  been lying,  fully 
dressed,  on  the  white  table  in  the  kitch­
en  of  Mrs.  Smith-Smith.  Perhaps 
I 
should  have  said 
fully  undressed,  but 
that  depends  wholly  on  whether you look 
at  the  matter  from  the  standpoint  of  a 
turkey  or  the  standpoint  of  a  turkey- 
eater.

The  turkey  was  very  much  awake  at 
12  o’clock.  Perhaps he  had  bad  dreams

when  he  tried  to  sleep.  Perhaps  he 
had  had  his  sleep  out  during  the  hours 
he  had  been  hiding  from  the  vexed  de­
livery  boy.  However  this  may  be,  he 
strutted  over  to  the  stairs  and  craned 
his  neck  to  see  if  anything  good  to  eat 
might  be  discovered. 
’1 he  com  which 
had  been  thrown  into  the  basement  dur­
ing  the  day  was  all  gone  and  his  im­
prisonment  had  not  interfered  with  his 
appetite.  He  mounted  step  after  step 
until  he  came  to  the  very  head  of  the 
stairs,and there  he  found  the  door  open ! 
Old  Isaac  had  forgotten  to  close  it after 
his  expedition  to  the  basement!

that 

they  had 

And  so  Mr.  Gobble-Gobble  made  his 
way  into  the  store,  and  up  to  the  stove 
where 
the  burglar  sat  sound  asleep. 
There  were  crackers  scattered  about  the 
floor  there  and  he  made  free  with  them, 
never  doubting 
been 
placed  there 
for  his  especial  benefit. 
The  tramp  never  stirred  in  his  sleep, 
even  when  the  turkey  mounted  to  his 
knee  and  began  eating  the  crackers 
which  his  hands  still  mechanically  re­
tained.  But  when  the  gobbler  began 
picking  at  his  big  red  nose  that  was  a 
different  thing,  and  he  awoke  with  a 
start.

The  turkey 

flopped  his  wings,  gave 
an  unearthly  gobble-gobble  and  glared 
out  of  a  pair of  red  and  ugly  eyes,  all 
without  condescending  to  drop  to  the 
floor.  The  tramp  was  only  half  awake, 
and he had  a  guilty  heart,  and  the  place 
was  dark  and  eerie  at  best,  and  so  was 
terribly  frightened.  He  sprang  to  his 
feet  and  made  for  the  door.  Under  the 
circumstances  he  can  hardly  be  blamed 
for arriving  at  the  hasty  conclusion  that 
the  Old  Nick  was  after  him.  When  he 
gained  the  door  he  was  too  excited  to 
unlock  it,  for  the  turkey  was  right  there 
behind  him,  it  being  the  nature  of  large 
fat  gobblers  to  pursue  those  who  flee 
from  them.

from 

The  burglar  now  thought  more  of  get­
ting  away  from  The  Thing  which  pur­
sued  him  than  he  did  of  getting  away 
from  the  place,  so  he  sprang  for the 
counter  and 
its  top  attempted  to 
gain  the  summit  of  the  row  of  shelves 
which ran  along  behind it.  The  shelves 
were 
surmounted  by  a  wide  board 
which was  not very  heavily  stocked  with 
merchandise  and  which  would  have sup­
plied  a  secure  resting  place 
for  the 
tramp  if  he  could  have  reached  it.  But, 
as  I  said,  the  tramp  was  a  heavy  man, 
and  the  shelves  were  thin  and  old,  and 
the  first  leap  brought  the  whole  array  of 
canned  goods,  candy,  bottled  pickles, 
plus  the  dusty  boards,  to  the  floor in one 
wild  crash!

The  turkey  was  no  longer  an  aggres­
sor,  and,  frightened  by  the  noise,  he 
made  for  the  front  of  the  store,  gobble- 
gobbling  with 
fright  and  complaining 
in  his  own  way  of  the  manner  of  his  re­
ception  there.  The  door  being 
locked, 
he  made  nothing  of  beating  at  the  win­
dow  with  his  great  wings  until the sharp 
sound  of  breaking  glass  was  added  to 
the  din  made  by  the  tramp,  who  lay 
kicking  and  swearing  under  the shelves, 
sneezing  in  the  dust  and  trying  to  stem 
the  torrent  of  tin  cans  flowing  into  his 
face  from  the  broken  shelves.

When  Old  Isaac  at  last  heard  the com­
motion  and  timidly  thrust his head down 
into  the  store  he  saw  a  man  of  mighty 
frame  disappearing  through  the  win­
dow.  In  another  minute  he  stood  by  the 
stove  mourning  his  loss,  m<  urning  and 
complaining  but  not 
idle.  The  crash 
seemed  to  have  disturbed  no  one  in  the 
village  save  himself,  for  all  was  still  in 
the  street  outside ;  even  the  burglar  was 
getting  away  without  making  much

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lighted  all 

noise  in  running  over  the frozen ground.
Old  Isaac  braced  some  boards  against 
the  broken  window, 
the 
lamps  he  possessed  and  proceeded  to 
make  an  examination  of  the  place.  The 
money  drawer  had  not  been  touched. 
The  whisky  bottle  had  been  emptied, 
that  was  all.  Patiently  then,  and  won­
dering  at  the  manner  of  the  catastrophe 
which  had  so  disarranged  his  store,  the 
old  man  went  to  work  straightening  out 
the 
the  broken 
shelves.  Here  was  the  wreck  of  a  box 
of  canned  corn. 
It  had  been  on  the 
shelves 
in  the  old  store  in  the  city  and 
he  might  as  well  throw  it  out.  No  one 
"would  buy 
it  now.  But  something  re­
markable  happened  when  he  lifted  the 
first  can  from  the  box.

canned  goods 

and 

The  top  came  off  and  there  before  his 
astonished  eyes 
lay  the  most  precious 
treasure  ever  stored  away  in  a  box  of 
canned  corn!  The  money  that  had  been 
stolen!  The  money  that  had  not  been 
stolen!  There 
it  lay  rolled  into  a  tight 
wad,  a  little  dusty,  but  just  as  good  as 
the  day 
it  came  from  the  bank!  And 
there  was  a  note  with  it,  a  note  written 
feminine  hand  looking  for  all  the 
in  a 
world 
like  the  notes  Miss  Fluffy-Hair 
used  to  write  him  in  the  old  days!

“ We  had  planned  to  take  this,”   the 
note  said,  “ but  I  can  not  find  it  in  my 
heart  to  rob  you  of  your  money  as  well 
as  your  love.  You  will  find  every dollar 
taken  from  the  safe  hidden  here  in  this 
empty  can  at  the  last  moment.  My  last 
wish  is  that  you  read  every  word  of  the 
letter  which  I  leave  upon  your desk,  and 
believe  as  you  read  that  I  have  told  you 
the  truth. ’ ’

lying 

Fool,  fool!  The 

letter  found  on  the 
desk  had  been  destroyed  in  a  whirl  of 
passion,  had  never  even  been  opened. 
Oh,  the  poverty-stricken  years!  How 
useless!  This  fortune 
there  so 
long!  Why  had  they  placed  it there?  He 
went  back  to  his  bedroom  with  the  roll 
of  money— thousands  and  thousands  of 
dollars—hugged  tight  to  his  heart,  and 
it  there!  What  a  blessed 
slept  with 
Thanksgiving 
it  would  be  after  a ll! 
How  he  would  reward  Charley  for  for­
getting  to  deliver  the  turkey  the  tramp 
had  stolen!  For that  is  the  way  the  old 
man  figured  it  out.  How  he  would  make 
his  store  the  very  largest  and  best  in  the 
village,  and  would  be  “ Old  Isaac”   no 
longer.  He  would  even  have  rewarded 
the  tramp  if  he  could  have  found  him!
And  such  a  dinner  as  he  had  the  next 
d a y !  And  such  turkeys  and  such  cans 
of  oysters  as  were  given  away  to  the 
village  poor!  And  Charley  was  re­
warded,  although  he  should  not  have 
been,  and  Mrs.* Smith-Smith  received  a 
turkey  free,  although  she  was  amply 
able  to  pay  for  it,  and  Old  Isaac  was 
happy!

And  he  was  soon  doing  a fine  business 
again  and  was  really  the  big  man  of  the 
village.  Such 
is  the  power  of  bits  of 
green  paper  released  from  their  long 
slumber  in  a  box  of  tinned  corn!  And 
when  brother  John  and  his  wife— gray­
haired,  sharp  of  tongue  and not  at  all  to 
Old  Isaac's  notion  now— came  back  re­
pentant  to  live  with  him,  I  believe  the 
only  question  that  he  asked  them  in 
connection  with  the  affair  was,  “ Why 
the  something-or-other  they  hadn’t  put 
in  the  safe  and  saved 
the  money  back 
him  a  large  number of  bad  years?”  
I 
don’t  know  what  reply  he  got,  but  I 
have  heard 
it  said  that  he  then  ^nd 
there  expressed  the  opinion  that  John 
always  was  a  fool.

And  that  Thanksgiving  day  I  started 
to  tell  you  about  wasn’t  such  a  very dis­
agreeable  one  after  all.

Alfred  B.  Tozer.

is  more 

W h e n   to   T a lk   a n d   W h e n   to  L iste n .
No  complaint 

frequently 
heard  than  that  the  art  of  conversation 
is  a  lost  art  in  these  degenerate  days  at 
the  end  of  the  century.  No  longer  do 
we  take  the  trouble  to  round  out  our 
sentences  properly  and  elegantly,  or 
even  to  give  honor  to  those  syllables 
where  honor  is  due,  while,  as for anyone 
studying  upon  any  particular  subject  in 
order  to  be  able  to  discourse  fluently up­
on  it,  such  a  thing  is  unheard  of.  We 
even  have  a  pretty shrewd  idea that if we 
were  so  much  as  suspected  of  doing 
such  a  thing  our  friends  would  flee  us 
as  they  do  the  plague.
Undoubtedly  many 

just  criticisms 
may  be  made  upon  the  conversation  of 
the  day.  Too  often 
is  apparently 
only  a  contest  where  the  race  is  to  the 
swift  and  the  victory  to  the  strong­
It  seems  to  be  the  fashion  to 
voiced. 
listen,  but  at  least  in 
talk  and  not  to 
this  happy-go-lucky 
it 
gives  us  all  an  equal  chance.

arrangement 

it 

As  a  matter  of  fact  the  famous  con­
versationalists  of  the  past  were  mono- 
loguists. 
It is  said  that  Macaulay  could 
talk  for hours  with  an  untiring  fund  of 
reminiscences  and 
information,  and  a 
never-ceasing 
flow 
of  words,  while 
Carlyle  upon  one  occasion  harangued  a 
dinner  party  the  entire  time  of  the  en­
tertainment  with  a  discourse  on  the  vir­
tues  of  silence.  That  we  have  no  such 
talkers  now  is  a  matter of  sincere  con­
gratulation. 
is-  that 
if  one  of  these  famous  monologuists 
should  arise 
from  the  dead  he  would 
have  to  bring  his  audience  with  him, 
for  nobody  nowadays  has  the patience  to 
sit  and  listen,  with  never  a  chance  to 
get  in  a  word  of  their  own.

Indeed,  the  truth 

On  the  whole  one  is  inclined  to  think 
that  the  much-vaunted  conversation  of 
other  days  must  have  been  distinctly 
tiresome,  when  one  person,  no  matter 
how 
learned,  was  permitted  to  domi­
nate  the  talk,  and  no  one  dared  enter  a 
protest.  We  give  short  shrift  to  the 
monologuist  now,  and  the  moment  we 
perceive  a  man  preparing  to  mount  his 
hobby  we  leave  him  to  address  empty 
chairs,  and  nobody  has  the  slightest 
hesitation  in  giving  him  to  understand 
that  he  is  a  bore.

If  I 

Conversation,  to  be  enjoyable,  must 
be  give  and  take,  with  the  topic  tossed 
from  one  to  another  as  lightly  and  rap­
idly  as  a  ball.  Moreover,  its  obliga­
tions  are  mutual  and  should  be  debts  of 
honor. 
listen  with  an  interested 
air to  your  stories  of  your  children  and 
your  recitals  of  your  domestic  griev­
ances,  you  are  bound  in  all  fairness  to 
present  an  unwearied  front  to  me  while 
I 
repeating  my 
Tommy’s  bonmots,  and  recalling  the 
troubles  with  my  Mary Ann.  Such  con­
versation  may  not  be  as  instructive  as 
the  monologue  of  a  Carlyle  or  a  Dr. 
Johnson,  but  to  most  of  us  it  is  a  deal 
more  interesting.

regale  myself  by 

If,  however,  we  have  escaped 

the 
tyranny  of  the  monologuist  and  gotten 
conversation  down  on  a  more  equal 
basis,  we  still  have  much  to  learn of  the 
art  of  listening,  and  we  may  well  envy 
the  ability  of  those  who  could  lend  un­
wearying  attention  to  the  same  voice 
hammering  away  at  the  same  subject  a 
whole  evening.  The  ability  to  listen 
intelligently  is indeed  a  precious  talent, 
the  very  acme  of  flattery,  to  which  alike 
the  cleverest,  and  the  wisest  and  the 
dullest  of  us  respond,  and 
it  is  well 
worth  our while  to  cultivate  this  agree­
able  gift. 

Cora  Stowell.

Man 

imposes  on  woman,  but  she  al­

ways  thinks  he  doesn’t  mean  it.

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Churns

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M ilkpans

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Stew  pans

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Y, gal., per  doz......................................... 
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No. 1 Sun................................................... 
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Common

No. 0 Sim ................................................... 
No. 1 Sun................................................... 
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C H IM N EYS—P e a rl Top
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No. 2 Sun, wrapped and labeled......... 
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped and labeled__  
No. 2 Sim,  “Small  Bulb,”  for  Globe
Lamps.............................................. 

L a   B a stie

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No. 1 Crimp, per doz.............................. 
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R o ch ester

No. 1 Lime (65c  doz).............................. 
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No.  1 B Tubular........................................... 
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possibility 

Flint,  Nov.  25— Have  you  ever  been 
to  Jackson?  From  Grand  Rapids  to 
Jackson,  at  first  glance,  would  not  seem 
to  offer  much  that  would  or  could  inter­
est  one— it’s  mostly  Thornapple  River— 
and  one  does  need  to  bring  into requisi­
tion  the  spiritual  vision  to  see  much  of 
interest  along  the  unpicturesque  line  of 
railway  that  carries  you  there.  True, 
you  pass  through  Hastings— where  a 
gubernational 
lives— and 
Charlotte— where  Lamb  &  Spencer carry 
on  one  of  the  most  successful  grocery 
stores  in  the  state— and  Eaton  Rapids— 
which  once  aspired  to  recognition  as  a 
watering  place— and  then  you  are  in 
Jackson.  Jackson  in  itself,  while  quite 
metropolitan,  having  all  modern  con­
veniences,  is  not  quite  my 
ideal  city. 
Perhaps 
is  the  gloom  of  the  prison 
walls  which  casts  their  shadow  over me; 
at  all  events  1  always  feel  depressed 
when  1  am  there.  There  is  a  fine  public 
library,  a  little  gem  of  a  postoffice,  no 
hotel  worth  mentioning  and  three whole­
sale  grocery  houses  there.  The  Jackson 
Grocery  Co.,  Brown,  Davis  &  Warner 
. and  Howard  &  Solon  present  a  galaxy 
of  genial  buyers  one  seldom  meets.

it 

Lansing  came  next  on  my  list,  but 
every  one  has  been  to Lansing— or wants 
to  go.  Just  now  the  streets  look  dreary 
and  lonely.  The  legislators  are  at home 
dreaming,  of  coming  honors,  or  out 
among  their  constituents  pulling  wires. 
As  a  business  town, 
like  all  capital 
cities,  it  is  not  all  one  might  wish.  Of 
course,  there  is  Bob  Shank,  whose  name 
throughout  the  State  is  a  synonym,  for 
push  and  success 
in  the  grocery  line, 
and  Charlie  Longstreet,  whose  store  is 
a  joy  to  the  eye,  and  a  good  many  more 
shrewd  up-to-date  dealers,  but  the  po 
litical  element  which  invades  the city  i: 
a  sorry  handicap.

last 

1  liked  Owosso  long  before  it  was  my 
privilege  to  see  it,  and  seeing  it  regu 
larly  for  the 
four  years  has  con 
firmed  my  very  good  opinion  of  it. 
think  there 
is  no  city  in  the  State  that 
has  made  more  rapid  progress  during 
that  time.  The  streets  used  to  be  quite 
as  deep  as  they  were  broad,  but recently 
they  have  been  paved  with  asphalt,  so 
one  is  able  to  get  out  of  town  without 
forced  visit  to  China.  The  Wildermuth 
House  is  located  here  and  one  is  sure  c 
something  good  to  eat,  there  is  no  place 
one  gets better.  To  mention  the  success 
ful  grocery  dealers 
is  simply  to  cop 
that  division  of  the  city  director 
headed  “ Grocers.”   There  is  a  caskc 
factory  here,  but  I  hope  their  product 
will  never  be  utilized  by  the  grocers  t 
Owosso.

The  evening  train 

took  me  on  t 
I’ve  always  heard  of  Bedlam 

Durand. 
but  never  was  able  to  conceive  what 
meant  until  the  first  night  1  stepped  c 
the  train  at  Durand.  Then  I  said,  Th 
is  Bedlam!  My  many  visits  since  have 
not  put  me  at  my  ease,  and  if  you  were 
to  see  me  scurrying  over  the  scores  c' 
railway  tracks,  dodging 
in  and  out 
among  the  trains,  you  would  think  me 
“ Bedlamite  let  loose.”   The  largenum 
ber  of  railway  employes,  with 
the 
monthly  pay-days,  makes  this  an  esp< 
cially  prosperous  town. 
C.  P.  Fires 
E.  C.  Barlow  and  Obert  Bros,  are 
among  the  leading  dealers  and  are  gui 
abreast  of  the  times  in  their  business 
methods.

I  met  an  amusing  experience  he 

last  night  while  dining  at  the  Hotel 
Bryant.  A   guest  on  the  opposite  side 
of  the  table  was  a  good  humored  and 
sociable  personage,  very  much  inclined 
to  converse  with  any  who  would 
listen 
the  topic  being  the  usual  one  of  hote 
and  commercial  travelers  (not  present 
After a  while  he  asked  of  a  gentlema 
who  sat  next,  ‘ ‘ Have  you  met  any 
these  traveling  saleswomen?”   The  ans 
wer  was in the negative.  ‘ ‘ Ah,  indeed ! 
he  replied. 
“ For  my  part  I  can  alway 
tell  them  at  a  glance.”  
“ How,  pray?1 
I  asked.  “ Oh,  by  a  remarkable  strut 
they  all  have  and  their  general  bearing 
of  self-sufficiency,”   was  his  answer, 
thought 
it  hardly  fair  to  allow  him 
go  on  any  further,  so  I  signified  the 
very  personal  interest  I  had  in  what 
was  saying,  which  had  already  nearly

out  and  I 

know  that  women  are 

convulsed  another  guest  who  happened 
to  know  that  I  was  of  the  class  de­
scribed.  His  confusion-was  extreme  for 
a  moment,  but  I  assured  him  that  I  had 
not  appropriated  his  remarks,  since  it 
was  evident  that  he  had  not  perceived 
in  me  the  peculiarities  of  which  he 
spoke. 
1  did  not  let  him  go,  however, 
in  return.  His 
without  some  truths 
xrrowness  needed  a  little  broadening 
fancy  he  carried  away  with 
m  quite  new  notions  about  “ women 
lesmen, ”   but  even  yet  I  find  myself 
aning  my  neck  as  1  pass  plate  glass 
indows  to  see  if  I  “ strut.”
It  seems  so  strange  that  all  these  cen­
turies  of  time  have  not  yet  taught  nien 
identical  with 
men.  God  created  both  human,  and  no 
velopment  has  altered  that  proposi- 
m.  Mary  Krout,  the bright  little  Chi­
cago  journalist,  writing  on  this  subject, 
says,  “ First  of  all,  the  world  will  have 
learn  to  regard  women  as  human  be- 
ngs,  as  one important half of  the  human 
ice  without  which  the  other  half  could 
ive  no  existence  The  feminine  half 
not  only  as  important  as  the  mascu 
ne  half, but  is  in  nature  as  complete  in 
itself.”   Men  seem  not  yet  to  have  rec­
ognized  the  fact  that  we  have  hopes, 
mbitions,  aspirations,  talent,  skill  and 
endurance— and  we  are  only  but  begin- 
j   to  know  it  ourselves.  So  endowec 
by  the  Creator,  it  was  meant  that  worn 
equally  with  man,  should  exercise 
those  faculties  and  not  any  limited  por- 
on  of  them,  not  that  portion  which 
ii 
:ast  antagonistic  to  the  interests  of  the 
sterner  sex,  but  all  of  them.  This,  it 
seems  to  me,  puts  the  proposition  of  ou 
quality  in  ability  and  in  rights  clearly 
nd  logically,  and  in  accepting  this  a 
ument  the  world  must  allow  to  us  pr< 
isely  the  same  freedom  in choosing  01 
mrk  as  is  allowed  to men.  Bernhard.

O ne  W a y   to   R aiae  th e   W in d .

Charles  E.  Olney  (Olney  &  Judson 
Grocer  C o .),  who  recently  spent  a  week 
n  Grand  Rapids  on  his  way  from  hi 
ummer  home  at  Thompson,  Conn.,  to 
lis  winter  home  at Santa Barbara,  Cali, 
hands  the  Tradesman  the  following 
let 
ter  which  was  received  by  his coachman 
n  Connecticut  from  an  alleged reverend 
gentleman 
in  Madrid,  Spain,  by  the 
name  of  Manuel  Oliva :

My  duty  of  minister of  God  obliges 
me  to  write  you  this  letter.  There  is in 
innocent  prisoner,  victim 
this  town  an 
f  the  world’s 
intrigues.  This  gentle­
man  was  a  particular  friend  of  King 
Alphonse  XII.  In  the  month  of  Novem­
ber, 
1889,  he  went  to  Paris  with  a 
K ing’s  commission.  A  few  days  after 
the  K in g’s  death,  the  Spanish  embassa­
dor  at  Paris  received  orders  to  reclaim 
the  person  of  this  gentleman.  Provi­
dentially.  he  was 
informed  and  con­
cluded  to  abandon  France.  After  some 
time  he  was  in  your  country,  where  he 
received  very  bad  news  regarding  his 
w ife’s  health,  whereupon  he  resolved, 
by  this  motive,  to  come  to  Spain.  Be­
ing  unable  to  take  his  fortune  with him, 
and  not  having  any  person  in  whom  to 
entrust 
it,  he  was  obliged  to  hide  his 
treasure  and  return  to  Spain,  after  hav­
ing  drawn  a  plan  of  the  hiding  place. 
This  plan  he  put  into  a  valise,  which 
was  seized  by  the  tribunal  and,  in  order 
to  recover  it  and  to. carry  out  this  mat­
ter,  it is  necessary  that  I  have  pecuniary 
assistance,  for  which  I  am  authorized  to 
recompense  your  service. 
I  am  also 
obliged  to  come  into  your  country  to  se­
cure  its  extraction.

I  entreat  you  to  the  utmost  reserve. 
Also,  you  must  write  me  to  the  name 
and  address  of  my  brother-in-law,  Mr. 
Jose  Guill.

There  are  a  good  many  ways  of  rais­
ing  the  wind,  but  this  is  the  most  in­
genious  contrivance  the  Tradesman  has 
ever  heard  of along  these  lines.

W h y   M a rrie d   M en  A re   P re fe rre d .

Large  Employer— I  always  employ 

married  men,  if  possible.

His  Frieqd—-Good 

idea.  Help  con­
serve  that  sacred  institution,  the  home.
“ 1  hadn’t  given  that  a  thought,  but  I 
I  employ  married  men 

guess  it  is  so. 
i because  they  are  more  tractable.

Without  an  Equal

CIGARS

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THE  BRADLEY  CIGAR  CO.,

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Also Manufacturers  of  the Improved

Hand  “W. H. B.” Made

Recognized  Beat  10c,  3 for  age, 
Brand on the  Market.

Rare Chance

The  old  established business 
of  J.  Lowenthal  &  Co.,  Mo­
bile,  Ala.,  consisting  of  a 
stock  of  Dry  Goods,  N o­
tions,  Crockery  and  Glass­
ware,  with  lease  of  build­
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low  figure  for  C A SH . 
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BARLOW  BROS,

For  Sale Cheap

Residence property at 34  Kellogg 
street, near corner  Union  street. 
Will sell on long time  at low  rate 
of Interest 
I,arge lot, with barn. 
House equipped  with  water,  gas 
and all modern improvements.

E.  A.  Stowe,

Blodgett  Building, 
Grand  Rapids.

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manufactured by

Snedicor & Hathaway Co.

Kangaroo  Drivers 

Grain  Drivers 

Veal  C alf  Drivers

Men’s Veal  Calf Shoes  Men’s Veal Grain Shoes 

B oys’  Oil  Grain  Creedmors 

B oys’  Oil  Grain  Bals

The above are all  made of very  best  stock  to  wear.  No  rubbers  needed. 
Write for prices.  We  want  an  agent  for  this  line  in  every  town  in  the 
State.  Every  pair  has  their  name  and  trade  mark  stamped  on  bottom, 
which means a guarantee.  We are also agents for the Lycoming  Rubbers.

0 E0 .  H.  REEDER  &  CO.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Y O U   N E E D   T H E M

S HOES that will  fit.

HOES that will  wear.
HOES that bring comfort. 
HOES that give satisfaction. 
HOES that bring trade. 
HOES  that make money.

W E   M A K E   T H E M

H E R O L D -B E R T S C H   SH O E   CO .,

M AKERS  OF  SHOES, 
ORAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

You  Are  Safe

In  ordering  your  B O O T S ,  S H O E S   A N D  
R U B B E R S   of  us,  as  our  lines  and  prices  are 
right.  W e  manufacture 
the  best  wearing 
goods  to  be  had  anywhere.  Agents  for  the 
Boston  Rubber  Shoe  Co.

Rindge, Kalmbach,  Logie & Co.

10  to  22  N.  Ionia  Street,
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

1 2

Shoes  and  Leather

P e r tin e n t  P o in te rs   fo r  P ro g re s s iv e   Shoe 

D e a le rs.

Courtesy 

is  a  valuable  trait  in  a  shoe 
clerk,  more  so than  in  any  other  kind  of 
clerk,  for  lie  is  brought  into  closer and 
more 
familiar  contact  with  customers 
than  other  clerks.  But  there  is  danger 
of  carrying  his  courtesy  too  far,  by mak­
ing 
it  purely  ostensible.  Ostensible 
courtesy  has  fastened  upon  clerks  the 
habit  of  enquiring  for  the  customer’s 
health  at  every  call. 
“ How  have  you 
been?’ ’  “ How  are  you  to-day?”   These 
are  the  established  forms  of  greeting, 
and  between  people  of  sound  nerves  it 
is  all  right,  for  the  enquiry  slips  from 
the  memory  like  the  proverbial  “ water 
from  a  duck’s  back. ”   But  how  many 
callers  are  of  sound  nerve?  With  the 
majority  of  people  the  enquiry  starts  a 
series  of  reflections  that  tend  to  lower 
the  standard  of  contentment. 
is 
strange  how  adverse  the  average  person 
is  to  owning  up  to  good  health ;  an  ail­
ment  of  some  kind  seems  to  make  one 
so  much  more  interesting,  to  give  one 
a  claim  to  so  much  more  consideration. 
And  so  when  the  question 
is  asked, 
“ How  are  you?”   the  average  customer 
immediately  begins  to  search  his  or  her 
mind  for  some  indisposition  with  which 
to  burden  and  dignify  the  reply.  The 
faintest  headache,  a  cut  finger,  any 
complaint  of  yesterday  or  the  day  be­
fore,  is  put  under  a  mental  magnifying 
glass  and  presented 
for  the  considera­
tion  and  condolence  of  the  questioning 
clerk. 
So,  give  up  personal  questions 
unless you  are  sure  the  caller  is  healthy.

It 

*  

*  

*

The  retail  shoe  merchant  who  does 
not  reside  in  the  building  in  which  he 
has  his  store  should  see to  it  that  some 
reliable  employe 
is  authorized  to  open 
the  store  each  morning;  the  merchant 
himself  might  close  it  at  night.  When 
going  along  one  of  the  principal  busi­
ness  thoroughfares  of  Philadelphia,  not 
long  ago,  the  writer  noticed  twelve  men 
waiting  to  be  let  into  a  large  wholesale 
house  where  they  work.  It  was  not  very 
early 
in  the  morning—in  fact,  about  8 
o’clock— and  the  one  who  carried  the 
key  was  apparently  late.  All  the  work 
had  to  wait  in  consequence.  The  work­
men  experienced  delay  and 
the  firm 
suffered  loss  in  consequence  of  the  tar­
diness  of  one  careless  employe. 
If  the 
twelve  men  had  to  each  wait  only  ten 
minutes  after  8  to  get  in,  it  would mean 
a  loss  in  the  aggregate  of  120 minutes  or 
two  hours  of  time.  Every  employer, 
therefore, should  be  sure  that  the  duty  of 
opening  the  store  in  the  morning 
is  in­
trusted  to  a  reliable,  prompt  and  de­
pendable  employe.
*  

*  

*

American  rubber  shoes  have  been  ex­
to  some  extent  for  many  years, 
ported 
but  within  the  past  four  or  five  years the 
exports  have  been  multiplied.  This  has 
been  due  to  the  establishing 
in  foreign 
countries  of  agencies  of  the  American 
manufacturers  and  to  the  making  of  in­
creased  efforts  to  introduce the goods,  to 
some  extent  to  the  demand of Americans 
abroad  for  American  overshoes,  with 
the  result  that  wide-awake  dealers  care 
to  keep  them 
in  stock,  and  largely  to 
the  goods  themselves,  which,  like  many 
other  American  manufactured  products, 
are  superior 
in  style,  lightness,  finish 
and  durability.

♦ 

*  

*

The needy man  in  business  can  not  be 
too  explicit.  He  can  not  state 
too 
plainly  what  he  is  about.  He  can  not 
tell  too  much  about  his  business.  We

all  know  that  the  social  bore  is  the  per­
son  who,  in  telling  a  story,  never  skips 
the  least  particular,  even  if  he  uses  all 
the  marks  in  the  printing  shop  for  foot 
notes,  and  all  the  brackets  for  paren­
thetic  remarks.

*  

*  

*

The  man  who  talks  about  his  business 
in  cold  type  need  not  resort  to  these  as­
sistants  of  the  bore.  He  can  take  one 
item  and  say  what  he  has to tell about it, 
draw  a  rule  below  it,  and  begin  a  new 
subject  with  a  new  paragraph  before 
the  new  item  is  mentioned.  The  talker 
should  be  sure  that  his  description  is 
followed  by  a  price. 
If  there  is  a  re­
duction  it’s  well  to  say  so.  Let  people 
know  just  how  much  they  are  going  to 
save;  just  how  much  they  will  have  left 
over  from  what  they reasonably expected 
to  pay,  to  apply  towards  the  purchases 
of  the  next  article  on  your 
list.— Shoe 
and  Leather  Facts.

H ow   H o te l  G uests  T a k e   Off  T h e ir  Shoes.
‘ ‘ In  a  hotel  experience  of  over  a 
quarter  of  a  century,  and  in  the  largest 
hotels,  1  have  picked  up  many  points,”  
said  a  hotel  man,  “ and  am  competent 
to  express  some  opinions  on  the  subject 
of  hotels  and  hotel  guests.  Without  go­
ing  into  the  general  or  large  question,  1 
can  say  that  people  show  the  condition 
of  their  mind  and  disposition  by  the 
way  they  take  off  their shoes  on  retiring 
for  the  night.  Now,  as  a  matter of  fact, 
I  seldom  or  ever  see, any  of  the  guests 
when  they  are 
in  the  act  of  taking  off 
their  shoes,  because  such  things  are 
generally  done  after the  doors  have  been 
closed,  but  I  hear  them,  and  I  have 
made  up  my  mind  on  what  I  hear rather 
than  what  1  see.  To  start  off,  ladies 
make  much  more  noise 
in  taking  off 
their  shoes  than  do  men,  although  the 
shoes  of  the  ladies  are  always lighter, 
as  far  as  weight  is  concerned.  They 
may  not  know  it,  but any  man  or woman 
who  has  had  experience  in  hotel  halls, 
and  who  is  not  deaf,  can  tell  whether  a 
man  or  a  woman  is  the  occupant  of  a 
room  by  the  noises  that  issue  therefrom, 
even  if  there  were  no  other  ways  The 
ladies 
invariably  pitch  their  shoes  on 
the  floor  after  they  remove  them  from 
their feet,and  invariably  the  heels  strike 
on  the  floor  and  make  a  noise  which 
in 
time  becomes  so  familiar.

it 

It 

“ They  use their  hands  to  take off their 
shoes  and  rarely  lay  them  on  the  floor. 
Now,  with  male  guests  they  seldom,  if 
ever,  use  their  hands,  removing  one 
shoe  with  the  aid  of  the  other,  or  foot, 
and  when  they  do,  put  them  on  the  floor 
with  their  hands  quietly,  making  no 
noise  whatever.  Men  show  the  con­
dition  of  their  mind  more  in  their  man­
ner  of  taking  off  their  shoes  than  do 
women,  who  make  noise  all  the  time. 
When  things  go  wrong  with  some  men 
they  tell  us  of  it  by  the  way  they unboot 
themselves,  and 
is  as  easily  under­
if  they  told  us  by  expressed 
stood  as 
word  or  words. 
is  slap,  bang  and 
bang  again  when  things  have  not  gone 
exactly  as  they  would  have  them,  and  it 
is  slap,  bang  and  bang  again  when 
things  have  gone  their  way.  There  is 
noise  both  times,  but  there 
is  such  a 
difference  in  it  that  no  one  can  mistake 
one  for  the  other.  Last  week  there  were 
several^ marked  illustrations  as  to  what  I 
am  trying  to  explain.  There  were  two 
New  York  men  stopping  at  the  house, 
both 
in  getting  a  contract 
from  the  city.  While  they  were  friendly 
enough  on  the  outside,  they  were  active 
as  business  rivals.  Well,  the  day  for the 
decision  on  the  award  came,  and  1  had 
no  difficulty  in  telling,  by  the  way  these 
men— they  had  opposite  rooms  on  the 
same  hall— went  to  bed,  which  got  the 
contract.  The  way  they  handled  their 
shoes,  on  retiring,  explained  the  whole 
business  to  me,  and  it  was  confirmed  by 
what  one  of  them  told  a  clerk  down  at 
the  office  the  next  morning.”

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PH ELPS,  BRACE  &  CO.,  D e t r o i t ,  M ic h .

W H O L E S A L E   P R I C E !   L I S T   O F   C I G A R S .

The  Largest  Cigar  Dealers  in  the  Middle  West.

IMPORTED  CLEAR  HAVANA  CIQARS 
Carolinas

Regalia  Perfectos 
Majors 
Bock  & Co.’s

Panatellas 

Henry  Clay

Conchas  Especial  Extras 

Nuevo  Mundo

Regalía  Deliciosos 

Manuel Qarcia 

25  185.00
100.00

100  130.00

50  102.00

50 

98.00

Selectos

97.00
__NOTE—The price? given above  are  quoted  sumecr.  to
ibject.  to
cnange.  No two shipments of cigars being alike  in  weight 
the prices necessarily fluctuate.

50

KEY  W E ST  CIGARS.

(A.  B.  Ballard  & Co.,  Tampa,  Florida.] 

Princesa Louisa
Invincibles
Perfecto Grande
Perfecto Chicos
Rothschilds
Bouquets Extra
Diplomáticos
Puritano Finos
Londres Finos
Panatellas
Principes
Regalia del Principes
Conchas  Finos
Selectos
W est Superior
(Seidenberg & Co.,  Key West,  Fla.] 

25
25
25
50
25
25
50
100
50
25
50
50
50
100

175.00
120.00
105.00
100.00
90.00
85.00
80.00
75.00
75.00
70.00
65.00
60.00
55.00
40.00

La  Rosa  Española

Belmont
Magnifico
Rothschilds Extra
Puritanos
Conchas Especial

CLEAR  HAVANA.
(T. J.  Dunn  &  Co.)

a Bouquet
Conchas
Panatellas
Puritano Finos
Medium  Perfectos

25
50
50
50
50

120.00
100.00
90.00
75.00
60.00

50
50
50
25

$60.00
70.00
70.00
85.00

Jockey Club 
Puritano Finos 
Rothschilds 

50 
65.00
50  75.00
50  75.00

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Lagora

(Lagora-Fee Co.)

PuritanoChicos(2 bundles)  50  868.00 
68.00
Puritano  Especial 
100 
Puritano  Regalia  (13 top)  50 
68.00
Puritano Cans 
50 
70.00
70.00
50 and 100 
Puritano  Wood 

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SE E D   AND  HAVANA.

Bouquet 
Concha Especiáis 
Rothschilds 
Perfectos 
Invincibles 

American  Inventors

Bouquet 
Conchas Especial 
Deliciosos 
Deliciosos 
Puritanos 
Perfectos 
Invincible 

(The  Hilson Co.)

Hoffman  House  Bouquet 

I 

Conchas Espcl. 
Eurekas,  banded 
Jockey Club 
Olympias,  3 in  foil 
Victorias,  fancy tin box 
Perfectos,  banded 
Rothschilds 
Vicente Portuondo

50  55.00
50  55.00
50  68.00
50  70.00
25  80.00

50  55.00
50  60.00
50  60.00
25  65.00
50  65.00
50  70.00
25  85.00

50 
55.00
50  62.00
100  65.00
50  65.00
25  60.00
50  70.00
50  70.00

Conchas,  banded 
Puritanos 
Bouquet,  banded 
Londres  Grande,1  bundle  100 
Perfectos 

50  50.00
50  55.00
25  60.00
65.00
25  70.00

(Celestino Costello &  Co.)

Barrister

Conchas 
Esquisitos 
Puritano  Finos 
Rothschilds 
Perfectos 

Conchas 
Exquisite 
Lagora-Fee 
Perfectos 

50  5 5 .00
50  55.00
50  60.00
50  68.00
25  70.00

50  55.00
50  55.00
50  70.00
50  70.00

(T. J.  Dunn  & Co.) 

Robert Hantell

50
Regalia  Chico 
Invincible  Extra 
50
(Maurice  Sanborn,  Key  West.) 

Pond  Lily

Conchas Especiáis 
Magníficos 

MISCELLANEOUS.

Capitol

UNION LABEL 

I Crawford

50
50

50

Seniors—UNION LABEL  50 

Carmencita

Concha Especiáis 

Banners

Concha  Especiáis 

Royal  Banners

Loose 
Hemmeters

50

50

50

Concha  Especiáis 
50
BiS 
50
HIGH  GRADE  DOMESTIC.

55.00
70.00

Majesties 
Regulars 
Tampas

(Ruhe  Bros.)

Crown  Five 
Captain  Corker 
Club  Five 
Cuban  Hand Hade 
Generals 
Little  Peggy 
Knight  Pythias 
Hr.  Thomas 
Signal  Five 
Silver Cross 
Crawford

Juniors—UNION  LABEL 

Vicente Portuondo 

Chicos,  banded 
Londres Chico, 1  bundle 
Opera  Reina,  1  bundle 
Panatellas,  2 bundles 
Petite,  2 bundles 
Snblima 
Veguero

35.00
35.00
35.00

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

50 

35.00

50 
100 
00 
00 
00 
50 
50 

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

(Bemard Stahl & Co.)

Lagora

(Lagora-Fee  Co.)

Padrona

Little  Barrister 
Artie

855.00  New  York  Life 
HLOO  Lillian  Russell 
Puritano 
Aristocrat 
La  Flor de  Dunn 
Gloria
White Beauty 
La  Flor Cubana 
Hoffmanettes Junior 
Hoffmanettes 
Robert  Emmett

50.00
55.00

50 and

Tin  box  with lock 

Jolly Tar

Exquisite 
Conchas 
Red  Rooster 

Exquisite 
Conchas

Hemmeters’  Champion 
S .  C.  W .

Less than  500 
500 or over 
1000 or over 

Temple of Commerce

Large,  UNION  LABEL 
Small, 

“ 

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Prime

Union Label 

Fontello

Perfectos 
Puritano Finos 
Reina Especials 

Detroit Free Press 

50 

35.00

;
50 
l
50 
£
50 
j
50 

35.00
34.00
88.00
38.00

Paradise,  2 bundles 
Counsellor,  UNION LABEL 
New  Wonder 
Royal Club,  1  bundle 
Great Five 
Lady Fly 
The Verdict 
First Pick 
Pink of Perfection 
Little Havanas 
Lucke’s Rolled Cigar 

DOMESTIC  CIGARS. 
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O.  K.
Our Leader (Sweepers) 
Key West Choice

30.00
30.00
28.00 
28.00 
28.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
28.00 
20.00 
18.00 
17.50 
16.00
15.00
15.00

435.OO
35.00
8 5 .0 0

35.00
8 5 .0 0
8 5 .0 0
35.00
85.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

35.00

35.00
35.00

35.00
35.00
35.00

33.00
32.00 
31  00

35.00
35.00

Cuban Star 
Countess 
Village Belle 
Happy  Days

50  $15.00 
15.00 
50 
12.00 
50 
50 
12.00

LITTLE  CIGARS,  CIGARETTES  AND 

CHEROOTS.

250
Uncle Sam Cheroots 
Silver 5s  (Cheroots) 
100
Old Mexico, pap. c’rt’n, 5 for 10c  250 
Early York,  Cher’t, foil 5 for 10c  100 
Cuban  Dainties 
joo
Old  Virginia  Cheroots,  5c pkg.  250 
Key  West Havana Cher’ts, tin cans 100 
100
New Rival,  large size, 
Hoffman House  Magnums 
100 
Blue  Points (Stogies) 
100
It’s a Smoke  (Stogies) 
100
Ideal  (Tobies) 
100
Monopole,  Casino,  20 in package 

with  Gold Tips,  in cartons  500 

Monopole,  Caiio,  10  in package, 

with mouthpiece,  in  carton  500 
goo

Between the Acts 
Little Hoffman  House,  10 in pap.

250
100

250
100
500 
500

cartons 

Lucke's Rolls 
New  Rival,  Little  Havana Cigars 
10 in tin box,  250 in  carton,
(UNION  LABEL)

New Light 
Benedicts 
Sweet  Caporal Little Cigars 
Sweet Caporal Cigarettes  10s 
Fairest w heel,  New  Pattern 
Globe Cash  Register 
L.  A.  W .  Bicycle Slot Machine 
Electric Cigar Lighter 
Figure 2, Style A 

Royal Tiger Electric Cigar 
Lighter and  Clipper,

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15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
12.50
12.50
12.00 
12.00 
12.00 
10.00 
10.00 
10.00

9.00

7.50
8.50

7.50
7.50
7.50 
4.00 
4  00
10.00
25.00
12.00

We  sell  fifteen  hundred  »36  cigars  for  *80- 
three thousand at »33 or  five  thousand  at  »32 or if  a J l iit

The  above  free  cigars  also  apply  to  all  cigars  lexcent 
stogies, cheroots, cigarettes and  similar  goodsi  ranvinS  in 
price from »16 to »35 per thousand, and may  be  Msortmf  in 
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SU C C ESSFU L  S A L E S M E N .

E .  A .  F o s te r,  R e p re s e n tin g   C.  E .  S m ith  

Shoe  Co.

Ernest  A.  Foster  was  bom  in  1866  at 
Buckfield,  Me.,  his  antecedents  being 
Yankee  on  both  sides.  When  10  years 
of  age  his  parents  removed  to  Auburn, 
Me.,  where  he  attended  the  high  school 
until  18  years  of  age,  graduating  on  the 
English  course.  He  then  entered  the 
employ  of  his  father,  who  was running a 
shoe  factory  at  that place,  devoting three 
years  to  a  mastery  of  the  trade  in  all  its 
branches.  At  the  expiration  of  his  ap­
prenticeship  he  was  made  superintend­
ent  of  the 
factory,  which  position  he 
resigned  a  year  later  to  take  the  super­
intendency  of  F.  A.  Harlow’s  factory 
at  the  same  place,  which  position  he 
filled for a year.  He then went on the road 
for  a Buffalo  leather  house,  covering  the 
large  trade  of  the  entire  country.  Four 
years 
later  he  entered  the  employ  of  a 
New  York  leather  house  in  the  same  ca-

pacity  with  the  same  territory.  Tw< 
years 
later  he  engaged  with  and  took 
the  superintendency  of  a  new  shoe  fac 
tory  at  Caracas,  Venezuela,  started  by 
Paul  &  Co.  When  this  factory  was  first 
established  it  was  so  much  of  an 
inno 
vation  over the  hand  work  then in vogue 
that  the  natives  threatened  to  destroy 
the  machinery.  The  threat  was  not car 
ried  into  execution  and  the  factory  was 
opened  under  what  amounted to Govern 
ment  auspices,  President  Anduazo  Pol 
acao  and  his  entire  cabinet  gracing  the 
affair with  their  presence.  Mr.  Foster 
enjoyed  his  stay 
in  Venezuela  very 
much,  principally because  of  the  oppor­
tunities  for  enjoyment  in  the fishing and 
hunting  line.  He  shot  crocodiles  on  the 
Caribbean  Sea  and  birds  of  paradise  in 
the  Andes  Mountains.  He  was  com 
pelled  to 
learn  to  speak  the  Spanish 
language  because  all  of  his  employes 
were  Spaniards,  except  the  dozen  which 
he  took  with  him  from  New  England 
He  enjoyed  the  climate,  but  soon  tired 
of  the  diet  and  the  lack  of  congenial  so 
ciety  and  handed  in  his  resignation  two 
years  after the  factory  was  started.  On 
returning  to  this  country,  he 
learned 
that  an  old  friend  was  about  to  embark 
in  the  shoe  business  at  Detroit  under 
the  style  of  the  C.  E.  Smith  Shoe  Co 
and  he  sought  an  alliance  with  that 
house,  which  has  continued  to  the  pres 
ent  time  and  which  he intends shall con 
tinue  for some  time  to  come.  Until  last 
year  his  territory  was  in  Wisconsin  and 
Minnesota,  but  on  the  death  of  the  late 
Wm.  Boughton  he  was  tiansferred  to 
Western  Michigan,  in which  field  he  un 
dertakes  to  see  his  trade  every  six  or 
seven  weeks.

Mr.  Foster  is  married  and  resides 
in 
rand  Rapids.  He  has  only  one  child, 
in 
boy,  who  is  at  present  sojourning 
Paris.  He 
’ jiner, ”  
having  affiliated  with  but  one  or­
ganization,  in  which  he  has  since  per­
mitted  his  membership  to  lapse.

is  not  much  of  a 

Mr.  Foster  attributes  his  success  to 
the  fact  that  he  understands  his  busi­
ness,  inasmuch  as  he  gave  ten  years  of 
his  life  to  the  manufacture  of  shoes  and 
thoroughly  understands  every  part  of the 
business.  He  asserts  that  he  has  never 
ntentionally  deceived  a  merchant  and 
that,  when  he  once  gets  hold  of  a  cus­
is  usually  able  to  retain  him 
tomer,  he 
ndefinitely.  He 
is  of  a  philosophic 
turn  of  mind,  believing  that  the  man 
who  is  contented  with  what  he  has— no 
matter  what  his  condition  in  life  may 
be— is  happier  than  the  man  who  has  a 
million  and  wants  another  million  to  go 
with  it.

B a lla d   o f th e   B ash  fill  Shoe  C le rk .
The shoe clerk looked at the blond cashier 
He looked and  he longed, but  not  long,  for  fear 
She might freeze him up with a frigid sneer 

In the restaurant where he ate;

As she sat at her desk in state.

Yet her eyes were blue and bright.

Though her look was chill and  her  bearing  cold. 
And her lips were red and her tresses  gold 
(Just a trifle tilled, if the truth were told),

And her neck it was milky white.

Dared never his love reveal.

Oh, the days went by, but the poor young  man 
He came and  he ordered  his “ cold  ham sail," 
His “ one in the dark ” and "  two in the pan,” 

And sighed as he took his meal.

But never a word said he,

He stammered and blushed as his checks he paid. 
For marble and  ice seemed  that oxide maid 
(Had he known, he need  not have been afraid. 

But he was unite young, you see).

Were no further than she from  reach.

He thought that the stars I11 the evening sky 
So he came and feasted  his mouth on  pie 
And his eyes on her.  And  the days went by 

(With twenty-four hours in each).

To that restaurant gayly came.

Then a bold, bad  man  with a wicked  leer 
And  he fearlessly joshed that blond cashier 
And  he whispered low in her shell  like ear.

And  the shoe clerk he saw that same.

The shoe clerk he hied  him back to the store 
And  he picked out some right thick  shoes; 
Oak-tanned and  hob-nailed  behind and  before. 
Broad-welted,  hand-sewn,  box toed  ami 

lots 

more—

Quite the heaviest man  might choose.

And gaspingly drew his breath.

Then lie put them on and he laced  them tight, 
And  he went away where 110 person might 
Be terribly shocked  with the fearsome sight 

And  there kicked himself to  death.

N o th in g   N eg lected .

Great  Explorer’s  Friend  (as  tbe  lat­
ter  is  about  to  start)— Well,  Professor, 
you’ve  arranged 
for  your  lectures  and 
book  when  you  come  back,  haven’t 
you?”

for  the 

Great  Explorer— Yes.  Also  my  testi­
monials  are  written 
canned 
goods,  the  clothing,  the  boats  and  the 
cooking  utensils.  All  I  have  to  do  now 
is  to  get 
lost  and  be  rescued  and  my 
fortune  is  made.

!   Michigan  Fire  and  Marine  \ 

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Insurance  Co. 

Organized  1S81.

Detroit, Michlfao.

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Cash  C a p ita l,  9 4 0 0 ,0 0 0 . 

Nat S u rp lu s,  S 2 0 0 .0 0 0 .

C ash  A sse ts,  $8 0 0 ,0 0 0.

D.  W h it n e y , J r .,  Pres.

D.  M.  F e r r y ,  V ice Pres.

F .  H.  W h it n e y , Secretary.
M.  W .  O’B r ie n , Treas.

E. J.  B o o th ,  Asst.  Sec’y. 

D ir e c t o r s.

■
  M. W . O ’ Brien, Hoyt Post, Christian Mack,
J   Allan Sheldon, Simon J.  Murphy,  Wm.  L.
■   Smith, A .  H.  W ilkinson, James  Edgar,  H.
1   Kirke  White,  H.  P.  Baldwin,  Hugo 
*   Scherer,  F.  A .  Schulte,  W m .  V .  Brace,

Hayden,  Collins  B.  Hubbard,  James  D.  d 
Standish, Theodore D.  Buhl,  M.  B.  Mills,  B
G.  Gaskey,  Chas.  Stinchfield,  Francis  F .  d

i James  McMillan,  F .  E.  Drlggs,  Henry 
J A lex.  Chapoton, Jr.,  Geo.  H.  Barbour,  S.  "  
t  Palms,  Wm. C.  Y aw key,  David  C.  W hit-  1  

ney, Dr.J.  B. Book, Eugene Harbeck, Chas.  *  
F.  Peltier, Richard P. Joy,  Chas.  C. Jenks.  d

Shoes for

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Little  Folks

Grand  Rapids, Michigan.

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Hirth,  Krause  &  Co.

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OR THE  B A B Y  

YOUR  P E T   DOG 
YOUR  STO R E  FRONT 
THE  OLD  H ORSE 
THAT  STRING  O F  FISH

(You  didn’t  catch)

YOUR  OWN  " P H Y S .”

YOU

ARE  NOTHING 
N O W -A -D AY S 

IF  YOU 

ARE  NOT 
ORIGINAL.

y ^ N Y T H I N G :

or customers on January 1st.  W e will  re­

You would like to  hand  out  to your friends  I 

produce  it and  get  you  up  a  Calendar with 
an  individuality  that  won’t   need  a  trade­
mark or a patent.

W E ALSO  HAVE  A  VARIETY  OF  DE­
SIGNS  IN  STOCK  WHICH  W E   CAN 
FURNISH  ON  IMMEDIATE  NOTICE.

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TRADESMAN  COMPANY*

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The  Meat  Market

E v e ry d a y   In c id e n ts  

in  th e   L ife   o f  th e  

M eat  D e a le r.

little  boy  who  had 

An  old  man,  his  shoulders  bent  with 
age,  entered  a  local  meat  market.  The 
proprietor  was  waiting  on  a  lady  cus­
tomer.  A 
fallen 
down  and  tom  his  pants  was  crying 
loudly.  Between  his  bursts  of  grief and 
fear  of  what  was  likely  in  waiting  for 
him  when  he  got  home,  he  managed  to 
say  he  wanted  a  pound  of  chopped beef. 
I  tried  to  soothe  the  youngster,  but  the 
more  I  sympathized  with  him  the louder 
he  cried.  The  old  man,  sizing  up  the 
situation,  suggested  to  the  butcher  that 
he  be  permitted  to  chop  the  meat  and 
end  the  agony  of  having  to  listen  to  the 
distressing  sobs of  Young  America.  The 
looked  at  the  speaker  doubt­
butcher 
“ I  had  a  market  once,”   he  ex­
fully. 
plained. 
” 1  knew  how  to  handle  the 
cleavers,  too,  and  could  drum  as  fine  an 
accompaniment  to  a  street  organ  as  you 
ever heard. ”   He  picked  up  a  cleaver 
by  the  end  of  the  handle,  tossed  it  a few 
feet  in  the  air,  at  the  same  time  giving 
it  a  revolving  motion,  and  as  it  came 
turning  over  and  over 
in  its  descent, 
deftly  caught  the  extreme  end of  the  im­
plement  on  the  palm  of  his  hand  and 
balanced it,  while  the  butcher  looked  on 
in  astonishment.  This  butcher  is  one 
of  those  silence-and-fun  gentleman.  He 
enjoys  things  without  saying  so.  He  is 
as  sparing  of  his  words  as  of  his  dol­
lars.  In  this  case,  while his  face  showed 
satisfaction  at  the  old  man’s  perform­
ance,  he  did  not  utter  one  syllable,  but 
picking  up  a  chunk  of  beef  laid  it  on  a 
block  and  went  back  to  the  customer  he 
was  serving.

*  

*  

*

then  he  began  to  drum. 

In  the  meantime  the  crying  of  the 
boy  was  growing  less  violent,  and  the 
sudden,  renewed  bursts  were 
less  fre­
quent.  The  old  man  picked  up  another 
cleaver,  clashed  the  flat  sides  of  the  two 
blades  together  and  then  brought  them 
both  down  into  the  beef.  Then  he  be­
gan  the  chopping,  slow  at  first,  and  then 
faster  and  faster,  until  it  gave  the  effect 
of  a  locomotive  tearing  along  at  a  mile 
a  minute, 
1 
have  heard  many  others  drum,  but  none 
compared  to  this  man.  He  was  a  ma­
gician  with  the  cleavers.  Suddenly  the 
rapid  drumming  ceased,  and in its place 
came  a  sound  like  the  clatter of  horses’ 
hoofs  on  the  pavements,  that effect  made 
so  popular  a  few  years  ago 
in  Bronson 
Howard’s ‘ ‘ Shenandoah.”   Then  came 
his  best  imitation,  that  of a spile driver.
I  think  that  with  some  practice  most 
anyone  familiar  with  handling-  cleavers 
can  do 
it.  The  imitation  started  with 
the  solid  piece  of  iron  ascending,  and 
was  made  with  a  tattoo  of  the  cleavers, 
first  slowly  and  gradually  faster,  until  it 
had  reached 
the  place  where  it  is  re­
leased  for  the  descent.  The  release 
effect  is  produced  by  clashing the blades 
immediately  hitting  the 
together  and 
Then  the 
handles  together  sharply. 
cleavers  are  worked  rapidly 
into  the 
meat  to  give  the  effect  of  the  iron  de­
scending  and  the  sound  of  the 
iron 
pounder  hitting  the 
is  made  by 
stamping  the  foot  sharply  on  the  floor.

log 

*  

*   %

By  this  time  the  meat  was  well 
chopped,  and  the  old  man  laid down the 
cleavers.  The  boy  had  stopped  crying. 
The  lady  customer  was 
looking  on  in 
wonder,  and  the  butcher  was  lighting 
a  cigar. 
isn’t  so  much  what  you 
were,  it’s  what  you  are  to-day, ”   said 
the  old  fellow,  ‘ ‘ and  I ’m  as  good  a  man 
to-day  as  any  of  ’em,  but  I’m  in  hard

‘ ‘ It 

luck.  There’s  a  job  waiting  for  me 
in 
the  next  town,  and  I  need  20  cents  to 
It  ought  to  be  worth  that  to 
get  there. 
you. 
I’ve  chopped  your  meat  and 
soothed  the  boy,  and  showed  you  some 
tricks.  Do  I  get  it?”   He  got  it.

*  

*  

*

Have  you  noticed  that  the  regular 
body  wagon has crowded  out  the  butcher 
cart?  And  if  you  have,  did  you  stop  to 
think  why?  A  few  days  ago  I  put  the 
question  to  "a 
friend.  He  took  off  his 
hat,  showed  me  a  scar on  the  back  of 
his  head  and  said :  ‘ ‘ That’s  why  I  gave 
up  carts.”   This  answer,  you  agree, 
was  very 
indefinite.  On  pressing  him 
for  an  explanation  1  learned  this:  When 
he  was  a  butcher’s  order  boy  he  drove  a 
lively  horse  attached  to  a  cart.  He  had 
a  “ g irl,”   too,  every  butcher  boy  has. 
One  day  while  out  for  orders  he  met  the 
girl,  who  was  on  the  way  to  post  a  letter 
to  him.  When  he  learned  the  nature  of 
her  errand  he  persuaded  her  to  save 
Uncle  Sam’s  postmen  trouble  and  give 
him  the  note.  When  he  reached  for  it, 
the  horse  started,  and  the  lover  tipped 
over,  hitting  his  head  on  the  tailboard. 
“ A nd,”   he  said  solemnly,  “ I  took  an 
oath  that 
if  ever  I  owned  a  market,  1 
would  not  have  a  cart. ”
*

*  

*  

While  this 

is  not  a  satisfactory  ex­
planation  of  the  disapi earance  of  the 
carts,  it  bears  out  the  old  saying  that 
‘ ‘ there’s  a  woman  in  everything.”   The 
sequel  to  the  story  may  be  of  interest, 
too.  The  girl  helped  nurse  the  young 
man  through  sickness  which  the  acci­
dent  caused,  and  their  love  grew  strong­
er  because  of  it.  They  are  now married. 
The  butcher,  it  will  be  seen,  indirectly! 
owes  the 
fact  of  marrying  the  girl  to 
the  other  fact  of  having  driven a butcher 
is  why  he  “ hates 
cart.  Perhaps  that 
’em,  ’  as  he  puts 
it.  Who  knows?—  
Stroller  in  Butchers’  Advocate.

Stiff* P r ic e s   fo r  L a m b s  N e x t S p rin g .
Good,  stiff  prices  for  fat 

lambs  next 
spring  and  summer.  Why  not?  The 
range  lamb  crop,  which  furnishes  three- 
fifths  of  the  feeding  lambs  of  the  coun­
try,  is  at  least  25  per  cent,  short  of  the 
average.  That  makes  a  bad  break  in 
the  supply.  Owing  to  the  poverty  of 
the  ewes  at  and  after  lambing  time,  the 
range  lamb  will  be  many  pounds  lighter 
than 
in  former  years,  which  is  another 
bad  break  in  averages.  Exceedingly dry 
weather  and  the  stomach  worm  have  cut 
down  average  numbers  and  weights  in 
the  agricultural  states  at  least  a  dozen 
points.  The  feeding  lambs  in  sight  are 
so  far  short  of  the  average,  at  this  time 
of  the  year,  that  it  is  simply  impossible 
that  feeders  can  supply  the  demand 
for 
If  the  feeders  lost  money 
lamb  mutton. 
on 
they  have  a 
mighty  good  show  for  making  up  their 
losses  on  the  coming  feed.  The  pros­
pects  for  such  an 
issue  are  certainly 
bright.— American  Sheep  Breeder.

last  season, 

lambs 

Squ ared   H e r  A cc o u n t  W ith   th e   B u tc h e r .
There  are  more  ways  than  one  of  tak­
ing  up .a  note,  as  S.  F.  McGonnigle,  a 
well-known  butcher of  Greensburg,  Pa., 
has  found  out.  The  note 
in  question 
was  given  the  butcher  by  one  of  his cus­
tomers,  a  lady.  It  became  due  recently, 
and  when  the  butcher  asked  that  it  be 
lady  grabbed  it  from 
“ taken  up”   the 
immediately 
his  hand, 
into 
pieces,  and 
jammed  the  fragments  into 
her  mouth,  and  as  she  hastened  away 
from  the  startled  hutcher  she  cried :  ”  I 
have  paid  you  all  I  owe.”   Mr.  McGon­
nigle,  of  course,  was  not  satisfied  with 
the  plan  of  adjusting 
the  debt,  and 
caused  the  woman’s  arrest.

tore 

it 

to  Buffalo,  N.  Y .,  why  not  ship  to  headquarters,  where 
you  are  sure  of  prompt  sales  at  highest  prices  and 
prompt  remittances  always.  That  means  us.

I PO TTER  & WILLIAMS

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B U F F A LO .  N.  Y .

♦   E S T A B L IS H E D   2 2   Y E A R S .

..O Y S T E R S ..
RICE  &  MATHESON

F.  J.  DETTENTHALER,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

IN  C A N S   A N D   B U LK .

Wholesale dealers in

O Y S T E R S ,  

F R U I T S ,   N U T S , 

E T C .

We are headquarters  in  Western  Michigan 
for California Oranges.

20  AND  22  OTTAWA  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS
BU TTER  EG G S  BEAN S

Wanted on commission.  Shipments sold on arrival.  Returns 
sent promptly.  Full  market values  guaranteed. 
If  you  pre­
fer we will name you price f. o.  b. your station.  Write for quo­
tations.  We  want  your  business.  Refer,  by  permission,  to 
Grand  Rapids  National  Bank.

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

3 8  S .  D IVISIO N   S T .. 

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

W A F T E D

We are always in the market for Fresh 

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IF  YOU  ARE
SHIPPING
POULTRY

If  man  has  enthusiasm  he  can  get 

along  without  ability.

Highest Market  Prices  Paid.  Regular Shipments Solicited.

98 South  Division Street, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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Jobbers and  Shippers of 

Fruits and 
Vegetables 

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Fruits and  Produce.

O b serv ation s  b y   a   G o th am   E g g   M an.
A  large  receiver  of  eggs  called  me  in­
to his  store  a  short  time  since  to  show  a 
sample  of  some  of  the  “  fresh gathered”  
eggs  coming  to  market.  He  had  re­
ceived  a  shipment  of  some  fifty  or  sixty 
cases  and 
in  handling  the  cases  from 
the  truck  to  the  store  some  of  them  were 
noticed  to  be  remarkably  light  weight. 
The  difference  was  so  marked  that  the 
light  cases  were  easily  separated  simply 
by  “ hefting”   them.  At  first  they  were 
supposed  to  be  short  count,  but  an  ex­
amination  showed  that  the  cases  were 
all  full  and  the  eggs  of  average  good 
size.  They weighed about  43@44  pounds 
to  the  case  while  the  balance of the ship­
ment  showed  about  the  usual  weight— 
say  51@52  pounds  to  the  case. 
It  was 
rather  a  striking  illustration of  the effect 
of  shrinkage  on  the  actual  quantity  of 
egg  m aterial;  it  was  also  an  interesting 
question  why  these  ten cases should have 
been  about  8  pounds  to  the  case 
lighter 
than  the  rest  of  the  shipment.

*  *  *

The  demand  for  limed  eggs  seems  to 
be  unusually  light  this  f a ll;  there  were 
less  of  them  put  away  last  spring  than 
usual  and  yet  the  moderate  offerings 
have  been slow  to  move.  The abundance 
of  cheap  fresh  gathered  eggs  is  general­
ly  given  as  a  reason  for  this,  many  of 
the  bakers  —who  usually  buy a large part 
of  the  limed—taking  instead  the  grades 
of  fresh  collections  which  can  be  bought 
at  about  I5 @ i6 c . 
It  has  seemed  singu­
lar  that  bakers  would  prefer  these  m ix­
tures  of  stale  and  fresh,  and  I  am  in­
clined  to  think  that  they  often  overlook 
the  effect  of  shrinkage  upon  the  effi­
ciency  of  the  stock  per  dozen for  baking 
.purposes. 
A  'case  of  these  ordinary 
fresh  collections— containing  say  60  pet 
cent,  or  more  of  badly  shrunken  eggs — 
will  hardly  weigh  over  48  pounds  to  the 
case,  while  limed  eggs  of  good  quality, 
being full  and  strong  meated,  will weigh 
52@53  pounds. 
I  saw  one  fancy  mark 
which  tips  the  scale  at  54  pounds  to  the 
case.  When  eggs  are bought to be broken 
out  for  baking  purposes 
it  would  seem 
as  if  this  difference  in  weight  would  in­
duce  buyers  to  give  preference  to  the 
limed  stock  unless 
the  difference  in 
price  was  very  considerable.

*  *  *

Now  that  we  are  getting  into  the  re­
frigerator  eggs 
in  earnest  and  enough 
have  been  taken  out  to  show  the  general 
quality  of  the  holdings,  it  is  becoming 
evident  that  the  average 
is  below  the 
usual  standard.  This  is  undoubtedly  be­
cause  of  the  lateness  of  the  storage  sea­
son  and  the  fact  that  a  very  large  part 
of  the  goods  went  into  the  refrigerators 
during  warm  weather. 
The  marked 
difference  in  quality  between  the  April 
and  later  packings  should  be  remem­
bered  during  another  storage  season. 
It 
is  quite  evident  that  eggs  gathered  and 
packed 
in  hot  weather,  no  matter  how 
fine  they  may  appear  at  the  time,  are 
not  fit  to  stand  the  severe  test  of  five  or 
six  months'  holding;  they  do  not  fill the 
bill  with  buyers 
looking  for  first-class 
eggs  and  should  be  put  away  only  at 
very 
low  prices.— N.  Y.  Produce  Re­
view.

H ow   to   D resg  P o u ltr y   F o r   M a rk e t.
In  the  first  place  poultry  should  be 
well 
fed  and  well  watered,  and  then 
kept  from  eighteen  to  twenty-four  hours 
without  food  before 
Stock 
dresses  out  brighter  when  well  watered 
and  it adds to the appearance.  Full  crops 
injure  the  appearance  and  are  liable  to 
sour.  Never  kili  poultry  by  wringing 
the  neck.

killing. 

immerse  and 

Kill  by  bleeding 

in  the  mouth  or 
opening  the  veins  of  the  neck,  hang  by 
the  feet  until  properly  bled.  Leave head 
and  feet  on  and  do  not remove intestines 
nor  crop.  Scalded  chickens sell better  to 
home  trade,  and  dry  picked  better  to 
shippers,  so  that  either  manner  of  dress­
ing  will  do  if  properly  executed.  For 
scalding  chickens  the  water  should  be 
as  near  the  boiling  point  as  possible, 
without  boilin g;  pick  the  legs  dry  be­
fore  scalding ;  hold by  the  head  and  legs 
lift  up  and  down 
’and 
three  times;  if  the  head  is  immersed 
it 
turns  the  color of  the  comb  and  gives 
the  eyes  a  shrunken  appearance,  which 
leads  buyers  to  think  the  fowl  has  been 
sic k ; 
feathers 
should  then  be  removed  immediately, 
very  cleanly,  and  without  breaking  the 
skin;  then  “ plump”   by  dipping  ten 
seconds  in  water  nearly  or  quite  boiling 
hot,  and  then 
into  cola 
water;  hang 
in  a  cool  place  until  the 
animal  heat  is  entirely  out  of  the  body. 
To  dry pick  chickens properly,  the  work 
should  be  done  while  the  chickens  are 
bleeding;  do  not  wait  and  let the  bodies 
get  cold.  Dry  picking 
is  much  more 
easily  done  while  the  bodies  are  warm. 
Be  careful  and  do  not  break  and  tear 
the  skin.
To  dress  turkeys  observe  the  same  in­
structions  as  given  for  preparing  chick­
ens,  but  always  dry  pick.

the  feathers  and  pin 

immediately 

At  this  time  of  year,  when  all  the 
fresh  gathered  eggs  arriving  contain 
varying  proportions  of  stale,  shrunken 
country  holdings,  the  market  reporter 
has  a  hard  job  to  determine  proper quo­
tations  for  top  qualities.  There  are  al­
ways  buyers 
looking  for  better  stock 
than  can  be  found  and  making  bids  for 
such  above  the  price  which receivers are 
willing  to  accept  for  the  goods they have 
to  se ll;  if  these  bids  were  taken  as  the 
basis  for  quotations  they  would  repre­
sent  the  value  of  a  grade  practically  un­
obtainable 
in  any  quantity  and  would 
very  soon  result in unhealthy conditions. 
Net  results 
in  egg  sales  are  affected  as 
much  or  more  by  loss  returns  than  by 
price per dozen when  sales  are  made  loss 
off  and  buyers  who  bid  a  premium  for 
fancy  quality  generally  candle  the  stock 
down  so  close  that  the  difference  in  loss 
amounts  to  more  than  the  difference 
in 
price.  By  keeping  the  market  quota­
tion  at  a  point  where  average best marks 
can  be  sold  to  good  buyers  with  reason­
able  promptness  healthier  conditions are 
maintained  and  the  full  value  of  excep­
tional  qualities  can  be  realized by lim it­
ing  the  loss  to  a  light  average  or  even, 
if  stock  deserves  it,  by  sales  at  mark.

GroHM  K vil  in  th e   E g g   T ra d e .

From the New  York Produce  Review.

The  almost  universal  custom  of  buy­
ing  eggs  in  the  country  “ as  they  run,”  
no  discrimination  being  made  as  to 
their quality  except  as  the  varying  pro­
portions  of  good, poor  and  bad  affect  the 
rate  paid  uniformly  for  the  whole  lot. 
This  system  of  case  count  buying  can 
be  more  satisfactorily  adopted  in  a  con­
suming  market  than  in  the primary mar­
kets  whence  eggs  are  shipped  to  all 
parts  of  the  country. 
It  is  not  impos­
sible  to  estimate  pretty  closely  the value 
of  a  mixed  lot  of  eggs  and  fix  a price on 
them  in  proportion  to  the  general  qual­
ity ;  but  where  this  is  done  in  the  coun­
try 
it  covers-  up  the  real  difference  in 
value  between  fresh  and  stale,  and  en­
courages  a  holding  of  eggs  by  producers 
and  Country  storekeepers  which,  al­
though 
it  may  have  an  appearance  of 
profitableness,  is  often in  reality a source 
of 
loss,  besides  materially  lowering  the 
general  quality  of  eggs  and  filling  dis­
tributing  markets  w ith  inferior  goods.

If shippers  could inaugurate the system 
of  candling  all  receipts  and  paying 
different  prices  according  to  quality  it 
would  very  soon  become  apparent  that 
eggs  can  not  be  profitably  held  for any 
length  of  time  outside  of  cold  storage 
and  there  would  be  a  saving  to  the  egg 
trade  at 
large  of  thousands  of  dollars 
now  paid  for  packages  and  freight  on 
rotten  and  worthless  eggs.

^   W e  buy  Butter,  Eggs,  Wood,  Popcorn,  Honey,  ^  
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If you have any of the above to offer write  us.

Apples and  Onions. 

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M ak e  a   Note  of  It.  W e  H andle

Mexican  Oranges

They are now arriving  in good condition and fine quality.  Hacked  in  F lorida 
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.,
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ST.  LOUIS,  MO.

Redemeyer-Hollister  Commission  Co.,

S T .  LO UIS,  M ISSOU RI,

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 

35  and potatoes.  Shipments and correspondence solicited. 

' 

*

BEANS

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

M O SELEY  BROS.

Always  in the  market.

2 6 - 2 8 - 3 0 - 3 2   OTTAWA  S T .,  GRAND  RAPIDS 

Seeds,  Beans,  Potatoes,  Onions,  Apples.
Clover, Timothy, Alsyke,  Beans, 
Peas,  Popcorn,  Buckwheat

If you wish to buy or sell correspond  with  us.

ALFRED J.  BROWN  SEED  CO.,

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

QROWERS.  MERCHANTS. 

IMPORTERS.

Queen
Flake
Baking
Powder

It  p ays  e ve ry   grocer  to  handle  only 
good s  of  m erit.  Q ueen  F la k e  B a k in g 
P ow der  is  pure  and  w holesom e,  is  the 
ch eap est,  q u ality  con sid ered ,  on 
the 
is  not  m an ufactured  or 
m arket,  and 
con trolled  b y  a  trust.

Send  you r  order  d irect  to  the  m an ­

ufacturers.

N O R T H R O P , 
R O B E R T S O N  
&   C A R R I E R ,

L A N SIN G ,  M ICH.

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Do you want

Pure

Buckwheat Flour?

All kinds of feed  in car lots? 

For special  prices write
J .  H.  PROUT  &  CO.,

Howard City, Mich.

Please mention Tradesman.

J.f.
* TH E  DEMANDS

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.

II. MCI).

For  everything  in  the  line,  of  Feed  will  be  very 
large  during  fall  and  winter.  W e  will  be  fully 
prepared  to  fill  all  orders  promptly  and  at  right 
prices.  Write  us.

M USKEGO N   M ILLING  CO.

Ol  U U .   I  

M U SKEG O N ,  M ICH.
m u a K C t t u n ,  m i e n .

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GEO.  E.  ELLIS

9 8  M ON ROE S T .,  GRAN D  R A P ID S,  M ICH.
COM M ISSION  B R O K ER A G E

T E L E P H O N E   4 3 2

S T O C K S ,   B O N D S   A N D   C R A I N

P e rs o n s  d e s irin g  to  In v est in  sto ck s o r  g ra in  sh o u ld  co n sid e r th e se  fo u r fa cts :

wires for any information about stocks,  bonds, cotton, grain or provisions.

1.  Customers are furnished free the  privilege  of  telephoning  or  telegraphing  over  my  private
2.  N o charge is made for.revenue stamps. 
3.  Interest 
4.  Commission on grain is it  per thousand bushels.

stocks and^bonds carried on  margin is 5  per  cen t, but  no  interest  charge  Is  made

v

in  a  way  that 

T h e  M an ila  M ethod  o f  T ra n s p o rtin g   P ig s 
Pigs  are  transported  about  the  city  oi 
Manila 
is  amusing  tc 
spectators,  but  rather  uncomfortable  to 
the  animals.  Their  forelegs  are  tied 
together  and  also  their  hindlegs,  and  « 
long  pole  is  run  between  the  legs  of  the 
two  pigs  so  fastened  and  a  cooly  takes 
either  end  of  the  pole  on  his  shoulder 
and  away  they  go,  keeping  time  with 
their  feet  to the  squeals  of  their  burden 
of  porkers.

T o ok   H e r  S e cre t  to   th e   G rav e.

Dr.  Isa bell  Mitchell,  who  died  in  the 
Philadelphia  almshouse  recently,  went 
to  her  grave  without  revealing  a  secret 
formula  for  preserving  meats  and  vege­
tables  without  the  aid  of  ice.  The  proc­
ess  was  the  forcing  of  ozone  into  the 
articles  to  be  preserved,  and  it  received 
the 
indorsement  of  some  of  the  most 
eminent  men  in  the  medical  profession.

Orders  for  New Goods

Jjv/y  v   wuliout  ^  0 .  at 
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YEAST

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

Good  Yeast  Is  Indispensable.

FLEISCHMANN &  CO.

U n d e r   T h e ir   YELLOW  LABEL  O f f e r   t h e   BEST!

Grand  Rapids  Agency,  39  Crescent  Ave.
Detroit Agency,  111  W est  Lamed  St.

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G O TH A M   G O SSIP.

N ew»  F r o m   th e   M etro p olis—In d e x   to   th e  

Special Correspondence.

M a rk e t.

New  York,  Nov.  25— While  the 

ume  of  business  in  the  coffee  line  is  not 
as  large  as  it  might  be,  there  is  consid­
erable  activity  and  jobbers  and  roasters 
have  been  quite  free  buyers  of  coffee  on 
the  spot  to  arrive and in  Brazil.  Rumors 
of  decided  injury  to  the  growing  crops 
by  rain  and  the  fear  that  more  cases 
the  plague  will  have  an  untoward 
influ 
ence ;  all  combine  to  make a  firmer feel 
ing  and  quotations  are  higher,  No. 
closing  at  b'Ac. 
In  store  and  afloat  thé 
stock aggregates  1,158,147  bags,  against 
i>033i5i7  bags  at  the  same  time  last 
year.  For  mild  grades  the  market 
extremely  quiet  and  hardly  as  active 
last  week.  Prices,  however,  are  firmly 
adhered  to  and  Good  Cucuta  closes  2 
*)YzC.  Reports 
the 
growing  East  India  crop  have  been  re­
ceived  and  the  market  here  shows  more 
strength,  although actual  business is  very 
moderate.

favorable 

less 

to 

interest 

Orders  for  sugar  have  been  for the 
smallest 
lots  and  quietude  is  generally 
reported  by  brokers  and  jobbers.  Price! 
are  unchanged  and  steady.  Consider 
able 
is  manifest  over  the  new 
granulated  from  Michigan  and  Illinois, 
but  the  market  generally  will  not  be 
specially  affected  one  way  or the  other. 
Trading 
lacked  animation 
and 
the  smallest  possible  quantities 
seem  to  çerve  the  buyers.  Sellers  are 
seemingly  indifferent  and  there  is  room 
for  improvement  over  the  present  situa 
tion,  although  the  condition  of  affairs  it, 
so  much  better  than  a  year  ago  or  even 
three  months  ago  that  there  is  not  much 
ground  for  complaint.

in  tea  has 

For  what  is  known  as  Domestic  Japan 
rice  there  has  been  a  fair enquiry,  but 
other  grades  have  been  comparatively 
dull  and  buyers  are  indifferent.  Foreign 
sorts  are  moving 
in  a  very  moderate 
manner,  although  some  jobbers  report  a 
fair trade.

improvement,  even 

The  general  situation  in  spices  shows 
steady 
if  small. 
Singapore  black  pepper  is  well  held  at 
I2@i2j^c. 
show  no  change. 
Cassia  and  ginger  are  in  better  request, 
but  prices  remain  without  change.

Cloves 

The  molasses  market  has  ruled  very 
.firm  all  the  week,  in  sympathy  with 
stronger  advices 
from  New  Orleans. 
Prices  have  ruled  from  4o@44c  for  open 
kettle.  Syrups  have  ruled  strong  and the 
large  supplies  are  not  enough  to  create 
any  depression ;  in  fact,  the  market 
is 
closely  sold  up  on  the  better  sorts  and  it 
is  a  good  time  to  buy.

list 

Every  week  sees  added  strength  to  an 
already  strong  canned  goods market  and 
the  buyer  who  seeks  “ bargains”   will 
have  to  go  a  long  way.  Every  article 
on  the 
is  strong  and  full  rates  are 
obtained  unless  possibly  in  the  case  of 
tomatoes,  which  always  seem  to  pan  out 
better  than  expected,  and  when  all  are 
sold  a  “ few”   more  cases  turn  up  here 
and  there  until  they  aggregate  enough 
to  cause  the  market  to  sag.  Western 
packers  are  reported  to  be  large  sellers 
of  com  at  70c  f.  o.  b.  factory ;  in  fact, 
there  has  been  a  very  large  trade  in  fu­
tures  in  nearly  all  the  leading  articles.
few 
changes  in price have occurred.  Oranges 
are  in  better  request,  the  call  being  for 
the  better  grades 
fot  holiday  trade. 
Prices  remain  about  as  last  week,  al­
though  for  strictly  fancy  goods  the  tend­
ency  is  upward.  Bananas  remain  strong 
and  are  worth  for  firsts,  per  bunch,  from 
$1.30®!.35— figures 
equaled. 
Apples  show  little  change,  the  most  en­
quiry  being  for  the  better  sort  for  table i 
use.  Cranberries  are 
in  ample  supply 
and  the  market  is  not  especially  active. 
Fancy  Cape  Cod  berries  are  worth  Si  7? 
@ 5 - 5 0 -  

Lemons  have  been  quiet  and 

seldom 

.

The  butter  maiket  has  made  another 
advance  and  retains  the  same  without 
any  trouhle.  Arrivals  of  extra creamery 
are  quickly  taken  and  move  without 
trouble  at  27c.  Other grades  are  also  in 
better  request,  unless  the  quality  reaches 
purpose. 
too 
Western 
is  worth 
from 
factory,  June 
extras.  i7J^@i8c.

low  for  any  desirable 
imitation  creamery 

i8@22c.  Western 

The  general  appearance  of  the  cheese

little  more  active  than 

market  remains  quiet,  although  seem 
ingly  a 
last 
week.  Stocks  are  cleaning  up  quite 
closely.  Fancy  full  cream,  small  size, 
are  worth  12% @ 12 Y c ;  large  size  about 
% c  less.

Strictly  fancy  eggs  are  in  light supply 
and  are  taken  quickly  within  a  range  of 
24@25c  for  near-by 
stock.  Western 
fresh  gathered,  from  23@23>£c.  West 
ern  refrigerator,  i6 l/2(a\jc.

Choice  pea  beans  are  active and worth 

from  $2(f/;2.o5 ;  choice  medium,  $2.10.

W a te rm e lo n   S yru p .

An enterprising Georgia farmer has be 
come  the  pioneer 
in  a  new  industry- 
namely,  making  syrup  out  of  water­
melons.  He  cuts  the  melons  in  halves, 
scoops  out  the  pulp,  runs  it  through  a 
cider  mill,  presses  out  the 
juice  and 
then  boils  the  liquid 
for  twelve  hours 
over  a  hot  fire.  Out  of  270  melons, 
worth  $5  or $6  at  wholesale,  he  gets  30 
gallons  of  syrup,  and  markets  the  prod­
uct  at  50  cents  per  gallon.  The  refuse 
s  fed  to  the  hogs,  cattle  and  chickens, 
ind  the  whole  operation  is  very  profit­
able.

T h e   G re a t  A m e ric a n   S ausage.

More  sausages,  of  the  various  kinds 
made,  are  eaten 
in  this  country  now 
than  ever before,  and  the  production  of 
sausages  here  amounts  to  hundreds  of 
thousands  of  tons  annually.

Within  the  past  three  or  four  years the 
xports  of  sausages  from  this  country 
have 
increased  500  per cent,  and  they 
are  still  increasing.

efforts 

from  many  quarters 

The  American  sausage  now  holds 
front  rank  in  the  sausage  world,  in  spite 
°f 
to 
prejudice  consumers  against  it.
E q u a l  to   th e   E m e rg e n c y .
is  a  cute  little  girl  of  seven,  and 
the  proprietor  of  the  grocery  at  which 
she  called  is  a  great  friend  of  the  fam- 
:,y.

She 

“ How  much  for  one  of  these apples?”  

she  enquired  of  him.

make  her  a  present.

Just  two  kisses,”   for  he  wanted  to 

I’ ll  take  six ,’ ’ she  said  in  a  cool, 
business-like  way,  as  she  tucked  them 
nder  her  arm  and  started  for  the  door, 
Mamma’ ll  come  down  and  pay  you.’ 1

Are a  daily  necessity,  and  used  by  all  business 
nrms and ought to be made out  in  duplicate, tin 
copy retained on iile, to  “ check  off ”  invoice  re- 
ceived.  We make the Self Copying  kind.  Stand­
ard i-ize, 6x8 inches, copy attached, $3 per M.

Remittance  Blank»

copy 

_  ust be used where discounts are taken, or other 
deductions made  for  freight,  express,  etc.  We 
make the Self Copying kind,  Standard  Size.  5>ix 
s inches, copy  attached.  $3  per  M.  You  attach 
to invoices  paid until receipt is returned.
Self Copying Note Beads 

About 6x9  in., copying sheet attached, $3  per  M. 
Inked  Sheets  for  copying.  25  cents  per  dozen. 
New  (patent)  Rauholders,  furnished  free  of 
charge, to hold paper and secure copy while using 
our print.  Order the regular assortment  of 5,000 
and  have  them  all  printed  to  your  order,  as
1,'!5?i?r<,(iL Blanks<  c°l»y attached...............$16.00
*•«» Kemittance Blanks,copy attached.......  16  00
2,000 Note Heads, copy  attached  ..................  16 00
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Three  Rauholders  (loaned)  free  of  charge 
which  insures  the  Eligraph  Copies.  Send  a 
printed card if wanted “ to order,’''  and  order  at 
once (as 1900 is near by) only of

L.  A .  ELY,  Alma,  Mich.

Manufacturers  of  all  styles  of  Show  Cases  and  Store  Fixtures.

illustrated  catalogue  and  discounts.

Write  us

MICHIGAN  TR A D ESM A N

19

$271  24

26  00

$297  24 
232  17

65  07

of  Post  D,  Bay  City,  for  postage  on  in­
vitations  for  the  annual  convention.

Moved  by  Director  Mills  that  if  it  be 
possible  a  notice  of  No.  3  Assessment 
he  enclosed  with  the  invitation  to  the 
annual  convention  at  Bay  City.  The 
motion  was  lost,  after  which  the  Board 
adjourned  to  meet  in  Bay  City  during 
the  convention.

J.  C.  Saunders,  Sec’y.

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Commercial Travelers

Michigan  Knights  of th«  Grip

President,  Ch a s.  L.  St e v e n s,  Ypsllanti;  Sec­
retary,  J . C.  Sa u n d ers,  Lansing;  Treasurer, 
O.  C.  Gould, Saginaw.

Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association 

and Treasurer,  C.  W. A l l e n ,  Detroit.

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

United  Commercial  Travelers  of Michigan 

Grand  Counselor,  J no.  A.  Mu r r a y ,  Detroit; 
Grand  Secretary,  G.  S.  Va lm o re,  Detroit; 
Grand Treasurer, W.  S.  Me st, Jackson.

Grand  Rapids  Council  No.  131

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

Treasurer, L. F . Baker.

Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Mutual  Accident  Association 
President, J .   B oyd  P a n tlin d,  Grand  Rapids; 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Geo.  F .  Ow e n , 
Grand Rapids. 
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L I A B I L I T Y   O F   L A N D L O R D .

L e g a l  O pin ion  o f   In te re s t  to   E v e r y   T ra v ­

e lin g   M an.

Grand  Rapids,  Nov.  28— Your  favor 
of  Nov.  25,  asking  us  for  an  opinion 
as  to  the 
liability  of  hotelkeepers  in 
certain  cases,  is  received. 
In  the  first 
case  to  which  you  refer,  that  of  Mr. 
Rogers,  who 
lost  his  valise  containing 
clothing  at  the  Livingston  Hotel  in  this 
city,  we  understand  from  what  you  say 
that  he  is  a  commercial  traveler  and  an 
occasional  guest  at  the  hotel,  spending 
as  a  rule,  one  week  in  four  there;  that 
a  short  time  ago  he  had,  as  usual,  been 
a  guest  at  the  hotel  for  about  a  week 
ana,  on  taking  his  departure,he paid hi 
bill  and  checked  his  valise  at the check 
room.  You  do  not  say  whether  this  was 
with  the  knowledge  of  the  clerk  or  not 
but  we  will  assume  that  it  was.  We  wil 
also  assume  that  when  he  paid  his  bill 
it  was  his  intention  to  return  again  in 
about  three  weeks  and  that  he  so  jn 
formed  the  clerk ;  that  at  the  expiration 
of  that  time  he  did  return  and,  on  call 
ing  for  his  valise,  it  was  missing  and 
could  not  be  found  and  that  its  loss  was 
unexplained.  We  also  assume  that  dur 
ing  Mr.  Rogers’  absence  from  the  hotel 
he  paid  nothing  for  the  safekeeping  of 
his  valise.  Under  this  state  of  facts,  w 
should  say  that  the  proprietor  of  the 
hotel  would  not  be 
liable  as  an  inn 
keeper,  but  only  as  a  gratuitous  bailee 
and  in  case  of  gross  negligence  on  hi 
part,  for  the  reason  that  when  the  loss 
occurred,  Mr.  Rogers  was  not a  guest  at 
the  hotel.  After  settling  his  bill  and 
departing  from  the  hotel  until  he 
In  order  to 
turned,  he  was  not  a  guest. 
charge  the  proprietor  of  the  Livingston 
Hotel  with  the  liability  of an innkeeper, 
the  owner  of  the  valise  must  have  bee 
a  guest  of  the  hotel  at  the  time  of  il 
loss.

In  some  states  it  has  been  held  that 

is  somewhat  modified. 

In  that  case  it  was  claimed 

like  a  common  carrier,  a  hotel  keeper 
an 
insurer  of  the  baggage  of  his  guest 
left  within  the  hotel  during  the  time  of 
his  sojourn,  and  nothing  but  the  act  of 
God,  the  public  enemy,  or  the  fault  or 
negligence  of  the  guest,  his  servant  or 
the  companion  he  brings  with  him,  w il1 
excuse  a  loss. 
In  Michigan,  however, 
this  rule 
In 
certain  case  which  came  before  the  Su 
preme  Court,  involving  the  liability 
the  defendants,  who  were 
innkeepers, 
for  the  value  of  a  span  of  horses  and 
wagon  which  were  destroyed  by  fire  i 
their  barn,  without  any  fault  or  negl 
gence  on  their  part,  the  law  governing 
the 
liability  of  hotel  keepers  is  clearly 
stated. 
the  plaintiffs,  who  were  the  owners 
the horses  and  wagon,  that the defendant 
was  an  insurer of  the  goods  and  respon 
sible  for  all 
losses  not  caused  by  the 
public  enemy  or  some  casualty  in  no 
way  arising  out  of  human  acts  and 
that  respect  common  carriers  and  inn 
keepers  stood  on  the  same  footing.  M 
Justice  Campbell, 
the 
opinion  of  the  court,  says  there  are 
many  cases 
in  which  it  has  been  saiJ 
that  there  is  no  distinction  between  the 
liability  of  common  carriers  and  inn 
keepers,  but,  “ With  one  or  two  excep 
tions  the  cases  referred  to  have  arisen 
from  thefts  or  unexplained 
it  was  in  the  legal  cus 
property  while 
innkeeper. 
tody  or  protection  of  the 
The  rule  actually  applied  in  all  of  these 
cases  has  been that  all  such  losses  were

in  delivering 

losses 

al  control  over  his  property. 

presumably  due  to  the  neglect  of  the 
nnkeeper.  Generally, 
and  perhaps 
universally,  he  has  been  held  to  an  ab­
solute  responsibility  for  all  thefts  from 
"thin,  or  unexplained,  whether  com­
mitted  by  guests,  servants  or  strangers. 
But  he  has  quite  as  uniformly  been  dis­
charged  by  any  negligence  of  the  guest 
conducing  to  the  injury,  and  he  has  not 
been  held  for acts  done  by  the  servants 
guests,  or  by  those  whom  they  have 
admitted  into  their  rooms.  And  in many 
cases  he  has  been  held  discharged 
where  the  guest  has  exercised  any  spe- 
The 
general  principle  seems  to be  that  the 
nkeeper  guarantees  the  good  conduct 
all  persons  whom  he  admits  under 
his  roof,  provided  his  guests  are  them­
selves  guilty  of  no  negligence  to  forfeit 
the  guaranty.  Beyond  this,  we  have 
found  no  decided  case  anywhere.  We 
found  no  decision  holding  inn­
have 
keepers 
liable  for  losses  by  purely  ac- 
idental  casualties  or  from  riots  or  acts 
f  force  from  without  such  as  have  been 
from  the  beginning  excepted  by  the text 
writers.  These  writers,  or  at  least  such 
if  them  as  are  of  recognized  authority, 
ave  drawn  a  line  between  carriers  and 
nnkeepers,  resting  on  the  distinction 
between  absolute  and  qualified  respon- 
siblity.  And  none  of  the  accepted writ 
ers  have  found  any  authority  for  disre 
arding 
The  two 
lassses  of  bailees  have  been  kept  care 
fullv  separate.”

this  distinction. 

short  time, 

tending  to  be  absent  from  the  hotel 
leaves  his  baggage 

It  has  been  held  where  a  guest,  in 
for 
in 
charge  of  the  proprietor  or  clerk  for 
safe  keeping  during  his  absence,  with 
the  understanding  that  he  intends  to  re 
turn  to  the  hotel  as  a  guest,  the  liability 
of  the  proprietor as  an  innkeeper  would 
continue  for  a  reasonable  time  after  the 
departure  of  the  guest,  but  that  is  on 
the  theory  that  during  the  interval 
his  absence  he  does  not  cease  to  be 
guest  at  the  hotel. 
prolonged  that  he  can  not  be  said  to  be 
guest  at  the  hotel,  the  hotel  keepe 
would  not  be 
liable  except  for  gross 
negligence  on  his  part  or  on  the  part  of 
an  employe.

If  his  absence  is 

In  the  case  of  Mr.  Lamberton,  whose 
hat  was  either  stolen  or  lost  in  some  un 
explained  manner  while  he  was  in  the 
dining  room  at  a  meal,  the  hat  having 
>een  left  by  him  on  a  rack  provided  for 
that  purpose  near  the  entrance  to  the 
dining  room,  we  think  that  the  proprie 
tor  of  the  hotel  would  be  liable  for  the 
value  of  the  hat.  When  he  provid 
the  hatrack  he  expected the guests would 
leave  their  hats  upon  it  before  enterin 
the  dining  room.  He  did  not  expect 
that  they  would  leave  their  hats  in  the 
rooms  or  check  them  at  the  check  room 
The 
latter  course  would  be  an  almost 
unheard-of  proceeding  in  a  hotel  and 
great 
inconvenience,  both  to  the  guests 
and  to  the  proprietor.  The  responsi 
bility  of  the 
landlord  for  the  safety  of 
the  hat  would  be  the  same,  whether 
was 
placed  upon  the  hat  rack. 
hotels  a  servant  is  stationed  at  the  d 
ing  room  door,  to  whom  the  hats  of  the 
guests  are  delivered  and  whose  duty 
is  to  return  them  when  the  guests  are 
through  with  their  meals,  but  this  does 
not 
liability  of  the  land 
lord. 
It  makes  no  difference  whethe 
the  hat  is  delivered  to  a  servant  for sa 
keeping  or  placed  upon  the  hat  rack  by 
the  guest  himself.  Hatch  &  Wilson.

in  his  room  by  a  guest  or 
In  some 

increase  the 

left 

L a s t  Q u a rte rly   M eetin g  F o r  T h is  Y e a r. 
Lansing,  Nov.  27— An adjourned

meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of the 
Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip  was  held 
at  the  New  Plaza  Hotel,  Grand  Rapids, 
on  Saturday,  Nov.  25.  The  meeting 
was  presided  over  by  President  Stev 
ens,  with  a  full  Board  in  attendance.

Secretary  Saunders’  report  of  receipts 
since  the  last  Board  meeting  was  as  fol­
lows :
 
General  fund, 
Death  fund, 
- 
Deposit  fund  (advance  assess­
- 

40 80
report  was  approved  by  the 
Finance  Committee,  adopted  and  or­
dered  placed  on  file.

$26 00
194 00

Treasurer  Gould  reported  as  follows:

ments), 

The 

.
- 

.
- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

.

U

%)  -

H  •

General  Fund.

Balance  on  hand,  - 
Received  from  Secretary  Saun-

- 

-

ders, 

. 

- 

- 

Disbursements, 

- 

- 

Balance, 

.

.

.
Death  Fund.

 

Balance  on  hand,
Received  from  Secretary  Saun-
-

ders, 

- 

- 

- 

$2,417  59

Disbursements  (two  death
-

losses), 

- 

- 

Balance,  - 

- 

-
Deposit  hund.

- 

Balance  on  hand,
Received  from  Secretary  Saun
ders, 

-

194  00

1,000  00

1,611  59

$I6  OO

40  80

-

Balance, 

56  80
The  report  was  approved  by  the  F i­
ance  Committee,  auopted  and  placed 
m  file.

The  following  bills  were  allowed  and 
arrants  ordered  drawn  for  same :

Barlow  Bros.,  membership  book,*#  8  50 
^ansing  Journal  Co.,  printing, 
13  00 
.  C.  Saunders,  postage  and  ex­
 
cess, 
Exchange  on  checks, 
- 
C.  Saunders,  salary  to  date, 

- 

-

-

-

-

-

O.  C.  Gould,  salary  to  date, 
C.  L.  Stevens,  attending  Board
- 
C.  Saunders,  attending Board 
- 

meeting, 

meeting, 

O.  C.  Gould,  attending  Board

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

7  35
4  97
16  20 
5  4°
7  68

5  10

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

7  10
7  10
5  0

meeting, 

- 
C.  H.  Smith,  attending  Board
- 

- 
E.  M.  Converse,  attending
- 

meeting, 

meeting, 

Board  meeting,  - 

- 
J.  W.  Schram,  attending  Board
- 
J.  W.  Thom,  attending  Board
meeting, 
- 
H.  Randall,  attending Board 
meeting, 
- 
L.  Stevens,  expenses  to  Kal­
4.56
- 
amazoo, 
following
in  good  standing  were  pre­
claims  ordered 

- 
Proofs  of  death  of 

members 
sented,  allowed  and 
p aid : 

- 
the 

5  20

8  12

8  12

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

.

Seth  E.  Wells,  Des  Moines,  la.
F.  J.  Truesdell,  Quincy,  Mich.
Jas.  L.  Benson,  Chicago,  111.
B.  W.  Schram,  San  Antonio,  Texas.
R.  K.  Stallings,  Grand  Haven,  Mich.
Charles  Hewes,  Flint,  Mich.
George  L.  Crawford,  Flint,  Mich.
On  motion  of  Director  Thorn,  As  ess- 
ment  No.  3  for  1899,  together  with  no­
tice  of  annual dues for  1900,  was  ordered 
to  be 
issued  Dec.  1  and  close  on  Jan. 
1,  1900.

On motion, an  order  for  §5°  was  drawn 
in  favor  of  the  Secretary  to  cover  post­
age  on  Assessment  No.  3.

requested  to 

The  chairman  of  the  Railroad  Com­
mittee  was 
correspond 
with  the  passenger  agents  in  regard  to 
securing  rates  to  the  Bay  City  conven­
tion.
An  order  for  $50  was  ordered  drawn 
in  favor  of  Geo.  H.  Randall,  chairman

G ripttack  B rig a d e .

Kalamazoo  News:  Frank  Vroman, 
day  clerk  at  the  American,  has  accepted 
a  position  as  clerk  at  the  Ruhl  House 
in  Jackson.  His  place  here  has  not 
been  permanently  filled  as  yet.

Owosso  Press :  A commercial  traveler 
from  Ypsilanti,  who  bears  a  strong  re­
semblance  to  Rev.  J.  F.  Berry,  of  Chi­
cago,  was  in  town  this  week.  He  has  a 
clerical 
look  about  him  and  a  number 
of  Owosso  people  who  know  the  famous 
Methodist  editor  accosted  the  visitor 
and 
found  him  to  be— a  commercial 
traveler.

Cornelius  Crawford  has  sold  Senator

dur­

,  which  made  a  record  of  2 :18

K . 
ing  the  State  Fair  last  fall,  to  Pennsyl­
vania  parties  for §800.  The  purchasers 
insist  that  the  trotter  will  show  a  record 
of  2 :o8  before  the  close  of  another  sea­
son;  but  inasmuch  as  Cornelius  made  a 
profit  of  nearly  $1,000  on  the  horse,  in- 
cludings  the  earnings  he  made  on  the 
track  during  the  past  season,  he  is  not 
at  all  disturbed  over the  possibilities  of 
the  horse  reaching  the  Maud  S.  class.

Cassopolis  V ig ilan t:  Clayton  H ig­
gins,  of  Wakelee,  accompanied  by  F.
L.  O ’Shaughnessey,  a  traveling  man 
from  Kalamazoo,  drove over  a  steep  em­
bankment 
in  J.  N.  Marshall’s  yard  on 
South  O ’ Keefe  street,  Tuesday  night, 
and  team,  buggy  and  men  rolled  to  the 
bottom  of  Mr.  Marshall’s  sand  pit.  By 
rare  good  luck  they  were  not  much 
in­
jured,  but  Mr.  O ’ Shaughnessey  had  in 
his  pockets  $25  in  silver and  a  bunch  of 
keys,  all  of  which 
fell  out  and  were 
buried 
in  the  sand.  A   thorough  hunt 
next  day  resulted  in  the  recovery  of $17, 
but  the  remainder  of  the  money  and 
the  keys  are  still  missing.

The  Tradesman 

is  obliged  to  retract 
what 
it  said  about  W illis  P.  Townsend 
in  last  week’s  paper  relative  to  his  see­
ing  dandelions 
in  bloom  in  the  woods 
between  Copemish  and  Thompsonvilie. 
The  Tradesman  always  supposed  that 
dandelions  grew  in  the  open  fields  and 
roadways,  instead  of  in  the  woods,  but 
the  merchants  of  Thom psonvi lie  and 
Copemish  have  deluged  this  office  with 
samples  of  dandelions 
in  full  bloom, 
thus  fortifying  Mr.  Townsend’s  state­
ments  to  that  extent  that  it  will  not  be 
necessary  for him  to  procure an  affidavit 
hereafter  when  he  tells  stories  which 
appear  to  be  decidedly  fishy.

When 

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We have a very large and complete line of all  the New  Styles, also  staple  shapes 
in  Fur, Stiff and Wool.  Cheapest to the best.
Our  goods are all  new and  dright— direct from the factory;  we own them  right 
and shall sell them at the  right  price  to  you.

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Drugs=°Chem icals

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

Term expires
A. C. Sc h u m a c h e r , Ann Arbor  -  Dec. 31,1899 
- 
-  Dec. 31,1900
Geo.  Gundrum, Ionia 
L.  E.  R ey n o ld s,  St.  Joseph 
-  Dec. 31,1901 
He n r y   He im , Saginaw 
-  Dec. 31,1902
- 
-  Dec. 31,1903
- 
Wir t   P.  Do t y, Detroit - 

President,  Geo.  Gundrum,  Ionia.
Secretary, A.  C.  Sc h u m a c h e r ,  Ann Arbor. 
Treasurer, H e n r y   H e i m , Saginaw.
■Examination  Sessions 
Detroit—Jan . 9 and 10.
Grand Rapids—Mar. 6 and 7.
Star Island—June 25 and 26.
Sault Ste.  Marie—Aug. 28 and 29. 
I^ansing—Nov. 7 and 8.

State  P h arm aceu tical  A ssociation 

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

H ow   to   C re a te   a   D em an d  F o r   O ne’s  Own 

P ro d u ct.

It  is  hard  to  estimate  with  any  degree 
of  accuracy  the  exact  results  that  any 
advertising  effort  secures.  This  inabil­
ity  to  trace  results  has  often  been  a  rea­
son  for  the  discouragement  of  the  retail 
druggist  as  an  advertiser.  The  history 
of  advertising  as  applied  to  the  retail 
druggist  is  about  the  same  in  every 
in­
stance.  When  he  first  starts  in  business, 
having  heard  of  the  enormous  success 
which  some  businesses,  such  as  Wana- 
maker’s,  have  attained  by  advertising, 
he  orders  his  announcement  to  appear 
in  the  local  paper.  He  watches  for  re­
sults  and  compares  these  with  his  bill 
for advertising.  There  are  three  or four 
months  of  this  sort  of  thing,  and  with 
the  consequence  that  he  loses  faith  in 
advertising  as  a  business-builder  and 
thereafter  advertises  but  fitfully.

Whether  you  advertise  a  special  ar­
ticle  at a  special price  or your announce­
ment  is  general 
in  nature,  the  results 
are  to  an  extent  but  cumulative.  Do 
you  suppose  that  Wanamaker  can  trace 
results  $100,000  worth?  He  uses  adver­
tising  as  a  means  to  get  people  to  his 
store. 
people  once  there,  his 
goods,  the  treatment  of  customers,  and 
methods  of  doing  business  are  the great­
est  factors  in making his advertising pay 
him.

The 

To  get  results  from  advertising  is  a 
process  of  growth  the  same  as  the build­
ing  of  a  successful  business.  One  can’t 
advertise  at  night  and  wake  up  in  the 
morning  and 
the  effort  has 
paid  him 
ioo  per  cent,  on  his  invest­
ment.  One  honest  argument  every  day, 
and  arguments  used  day  after  day, 
coupled  with  the  right  conduct  of  busi­
ness,  result  ultimately  in  the  successful 
advertiser.

find  that 

The  mistake  has  been  in  the  method 
of  figuring  results.  Here  is  a  method 
of  estimating  advertising  results,  both 
direct  and  cumulative,  that  will  prove 
adequate  and  satisfactory:  If  the  money 
spent  in  advertising  during  the  year  has 
not  exceeded  2  per  cent,  of  the  gross 
business,  and  the  business  has  seen  a 
steady  and  natural  growth,  it  is  safe  to 
conclude  that  advertising  has  paid.  The 
next  year  will  give  a  more  satisfactory 
illustration  of  the  good  points  of  this 
plan.  Furthermore,  if 
is  desired  to 
determine  exactly  how  much  value  ad­
vertising  has  been  to  you,  it  will  be  re­
quired  that  all  advertising  be  stopped 
for  a  year and  then  compare  your  gross 
business,  less  your  usual  advertising  ap­
propriation,  with  that  of  the  years  you 
have  advertised.

it 

It 

This 

last  method  is  not  advisable  by 
any  means. 
is  only  by  pounding 
away,  year after  year,  without cessation, 
that  advertising  will  develop  into  the 
investment  that 
It  is  re­
quired  that  you  cause  your  announce­
ment  to  appear  before  the  public  time

it  really  is. 

and  time  again,  so  that  when  drugs  or 
medicines  are  mentioned  the  mind  will 
revert  involuntarily  to  your  store.

these 

Pushing  a  specialty  will  secure  more 
results,  direct  and  cumulative,  than  al­
most  any  other  method  of  advertising. 
It 
is  unfortunate  that  some  druggists, 
while  actively  pushing specialties which 
bear  their  name,  pay  little  or  no  atten­
tion  to  them  from  a professional or phar­
maceutical  standpoint.  They  do  not 
manufacture 
specialties  them­
selves,  nor  are  they  even  made  after 
their  formulae.  The  results  secured  by 
pushing  such  specialties  can  not  be  sat- j 
isfactory.  The  tendency  in  specialties 
thus  turned  out 
is  to  lessen  their cost 
even  at  a  sacrifice  of  the  purity  and 
quality  of  their 
ingredients,  and  the 
character  of  the  preparation  as  a  whole. 
All  this  might  not  be  so  bad  if 
it 
stopped  here.

If 

its  formula 

We’ ll  say,  for  instance,  that  the  spe­
cialty  which  is  being  pushed  is  a  cough 
syrup. 
is  not  carefully 
evolved  so  that  a  pleasant  tasting  and 
handsome  preparation  is  obtained,  and 
if  the  ingredients  are  not  of  the  purest 
quality  and  of  full  therapeutic  value, 
the  cough  syrup  will  never  secure  much 
of  a  place 
in  the  public  favor  as  a 
remedial  agent.  The  first  bottle  is  sold 
on  your  recommendation,  and  the  sec­
ond  bottle  remains  unsold.  Your  cough 
syrup  has  not  secured  the  results  you 
claimed  for 
the 
cough;  it  was  bad-tasting  and  couldn’t 
be  given  to  the  children;  it  had  a  dark, 
ill-looking  sediment,  and  to  look  at  it 
confidence  in  it  was  lost.

it;  it  did  not  cure 

This  second-rate  cough  syrup  is  not 
only  a  failure  in  itself,  but  its  failure  to 
for  it 
secure  the  results  you  claimed 
in  other 
helps  to  destroy  confidence 
claims  you  may  make  and 
in  other 
drugs  that  you  may  sell.  These  are  all 
factors 
in  determining  the  success  of 
your  advertising  efforts.  Furthermore, 
this  will  serve  to  show  you  the  neces­
sity  of  maintaining  the  highest  possible 
standard  of  everything  that  leaves  your 
store 
if  you  would  make  a  success  of 
your  business,  and  if  you  expect  to  be­
come  a  successful  advertiser.

This 

Sampling 

leave  your  name  and  get  a 

is  pre-eminently  the  season  for 
pushing  cough  syrups  and  cold cures.  A 
few  of  the  details  necessary  to  create  a 
demand  for  these  specialties  may  be 
helpful: 
is  expensive  but 
necessary,  although  promiscuous  sam­
pling  had  better be avoided.  A  window 
display  of  samples  and  a  window  poster 
with  the  following  announcement  is  one 
of  the  best  paying  methods of sampling : 
“ Just 
free 
sample  of  our  Pine  Balsam. 
It  cures 
coughs  and  colds.”   A   newspaper an­
nouncement  to  the  same  effect 
is  help­
ful,  and 
is  necessary. 
Every  sample  bottle  should  be  accom­
panied  by 
literature  which  should  set 
forth  in  simple  yet  strong  language  the 
good  points  of  this  particular  cough 
syrup,  together  with  some  bona  fide 
lo­
cal  testimonials.  Be  very  careful  and 
preserve  a  record  of  the  names  of  the 
people  who  have  asked  fora sample.  As 
the  season  advances  and  as  coughs  and 
colds  become  more  prevalent,  mail  this 
list  of  names  more  literature  about  your 
cough  syrup  to  strengthen  any  appeal 
the  samples  may  have  made.

in  most  cases 

It 

is  probable  that  a  majority  of  the 
readers  of  this  article  are  located  where 
they  can  afford  to  use  the  columns of the 
local  daily  paper. 
In  this  case  use  ex­
tra  space  for  a  week  or two,  of sufficient 
size  that  the  attention  of  every  reader 
is  directed  forcibly  to  your announce­
ment.  Where  the  cost  of  space  js  not

over  ten  cents  an  inch  per day  it  is  not 
extravagance  to  use  a  one  and  one-half 
inch  space  across  an  entire  page.  This 
foots  up  about  a  dollar  a  day,  and  ten 
dollars  per  week  expended  in  this  way 
is  not  too  much.  Where  space  costs 
more  than  this,  use to  the  amount  of  one 
dollar  a  day. 
In  the  way  of  announce­
ment  just  give  the  name  of  your  cough 
syrup 
large  bold  letters  as  pos­
sible,  its  price,  and  your  location.  Your 
announcement 
the  giving 
away  of  samples  will  be  most  effective 
if  inserted  as  a  news  item  among  pure 
reading  matter.

regarding 

in  as 

Other  auxiliary  methods  of  pushing 
your  remedy  will  probably suggest them­
selves.  Some  of  the  more 
important 
ones,  and  those  which  are  applicable 
generally,  1  will  give  here.  Have  your 
wrapping  paper  cut  into  useful  shapes 
for  the ordinary different sized packages, 
and  on  these  have  printed  some  of  the 
strong  points  peculiar  to  your  cough 
syrup,  or  a  strong  local  testimonial. 
In 
your  regular  newspaper  space,  in  addi­
tion  to  enumerating  the  important  fea­
tures  of  your  cough syrup,  alternate  with 
different 
lib­
erally  store  cards  calling  attention  to 
your  cough  syrup  and  giving  its price or 
one  of  its  strong  points  summed  up  in  a 
word  or  two.  Thus  aggressively  pushed 
for  a  season,  your  cough  syrup,  if  a
good  one,  should  bring  you  the  second 
season  twice  the  returns  at 
less  than 
one-half  the  cost.— Harry  M.  Graves 
in 
Bulletin  of  Pharmacy.

local  testimonials.  Use 

T h e   Drug:  M ark e t.

Opium— On  account  of  higher  prices 
at  the  primary  market,  opium  is  firm 
and  a  trifle  higher.

Morphine— Is  steady  at  unchanged 

price.

Quinine— The  demand  is  small  at this 
season  of  the  year,  but  the  market  is 
very  firm.

Carbolic  Acid— Has  advanced  abroad 
and,  as  stocks  are  low  in  this  country, 
an  advance  of  3c  is  noted  and  higher 
prices  are  predicted  for  the  near  future.
Cantharides— Are  very  firm  at  the  ad­

vance  noted.

Cocaine— On  account  of  the  higher 
prices  for  crude  material,  cocaine 
is 
very  firm,  with  no  prospects  of  lower 
prices  for  some  time  to  come.

Cod  Liver  O il— The  market  is  very 
is  pre­

strong  and  another  advance 
dicted.

Glycerine— As  the  season 

large  consumption,  the  article 

is  now  on 
for 
is 
very  firm,  on  account  of  the  position  of 
crude.

Menthol— Has  been  advanced,  and 
In­

foreign  markets  are  cabled  higher. 
dications  are  for  another  advance.

Naphthaline  Balls— Have  been  ad­
per  pound.  The  de­
is  good  and  another  advance  is 

vanced  about 
mand 
probable.

Balsam  Copaiba— Is  firm  at  the  ad­

vance  and  stocks  are  concentrated.

Balsam  Peru— Is  weak.
Balsam  Tolu— Higher  prices 

are 
looked  for,  on  account  of  the  revolution 
in  Venezuela.

Sassafras  Baik— Has  again  advanced, 
and,  on  account  of  small  stocks,  will 
be  higher.

Essential  Oils—Citronella  is  firm  and 
is  scarce  and 
advancing.  Pennyroyal 
firm.  Wintergreen 
is  in  a  strong  posi­
tion  at  the  advanced  price.  Sassafras  is 
also  firm  and  is  likely  to  be  higher.

Gum  Camphor— Is  very 

firm  at  the 
advance  and,  as  the  Japanese  govern­
ment  is  believed  to  now  have  full  con­
trol,  higher  prices  are  looked  for.

Gum  Tragachanth— Is  higher  abroad 

and  very  firm  in  this  market.
Buchu  Leaves— Continue 

in  a  strong 
position  and  are  very  scarce  and  firm.
Linseed  Oil— On  account  of  the  sharp 
advance  in  seed,  has  been  advanced  3c 
per  gallon.

D eterioration   o f In fu sion s.

from 

As  might  be  anticipated 

the 
character of  the  menstruum  and  the  na­
ture  of the substances which  it  dissolves, 
nearly  all 
infusions  keep  badly.  The 
dissolved 
favorable 
substances  are  a 
medium  for  bacterial  growth,  and  fer­
mentation  and  souring  quickly  take 
place  in  warm  weather.  Infusions  made 
from  drugs  rich 
in  volatile  oil  com­
monly  keep  better  than  others,  as  the 
oils  are  natural  antiseptics.  The  use 
of  artificial  preservatives  is  not  permis­
sible. 
is  sometimes  recommended 
to  preserve  infusions  by  placing them in 
small  bottles  completely filled,  which are 
then  brought  to  the  boiling  point  of 
water  and  corked  while  thus  heated,  or 
to  heat  the  liquid  to  the  boiling  point 
and  preserve  it  in  a large jar from which 
it  may  be  drawn  by  a  siphon.  The 
length  of  time  an  infusion  may  be  kept 
in  good  condition  can  not  be  accurately 
stated.  There  are  too  many  conditions 
involved.  The  best  and  safest  method 
is  to  prepare  the  desired  quantity  of  the 
infusion  whenever  wanted.

It 

L o ok in g   F o r  T rou ble  and  Got  It.

A   Vienna  medical  student  surrepti­
tiously  obtained  a  bottle  of  bacilli  from 
his  professor’s  sanctum  and  then  sent  a 
blackmailing  letter to  an  elderly  lady  of 
great  wealth,  stating  that  unless a speci­
fied  sum, 
10,000  florins  ($5, oool  was 
sent_  to  a  certain  address  a  bottle  con­
taining  the  bacilli  of  various  infectious 
diseases  would  be  opened  in  her  room 
and  that  her  death  would certainly ensue 
therefrom.  The  elderly 
invoked 
the  aid  of  the  police,  who  discovered 
the  culprit. 
In lieu  of  the  10,000  florins 
he  received  eighteen  months  at  hard  la­
bor.

lady 

There is a man in our town 
And when there is an argument 
But when there’s labor to he done 
Looks wiser yet and shakes his head 

Wh  > thinks he’s wondrous wise, 
He is willing lo advise,
This man with smile so bland 
But he never lends a hand.

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.

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Our trade  extends  throughout 
several  states.  Our  assort­
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equalled.  We show the cream 
of 26 different factories.  Prices 
terms  are  guaranteed 
and 
Write  us, 
“ The  Michigan 
Wall  Paper Jobbers. ”
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25® 30 Sulphur,  Roll............
Pyrethmm,  pv.........
8® 10 !
8® 10 Tamarinds...............
Quassia1.....................
28® 30 j
37® 42 Terebenth  Venice...
Quinia, S.  P. &  W ...
50® 52
29® 39 Thoobrom*...............
Quinia, S.  German..
31© 41 Vanilla....................... 9  G0®16  00
Quinia, N. Y..............
8
7®
12® 14 Zinei Sulph..............
Rubia Tinctorum....
18® 20
Saccharin)) l.aetis pv
Oils
Halacin....................... 3  50® 3  00
40® 50
Sanguis  Draconis...
12® 14 Whale,  winter..........
Sapo,  W .....................
10® 12 Lard, extra................
Sapo M .......................
15 Lard, No. 1................
Sapo  G .......................

BBL.  GAL.
70 j
65 1
40

70
55
36

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54 
56
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114  2  @8 
Hi  2  @4 
Ht  2  @3 
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70®  75
13V4®  17V4 
13® 
16
6  ©  614 
6  ©  614 
©   70
©  
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®  1  00
@   1  40 
1  00®  1  16

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Linseed,  boiled......... 
Neatsfoot, winter str 
Spirits  Turpentine.. 
fa in ts  
Red  Venetian..........
Ochre, yellow  Mars. 
Ochre, yellow B e r... 
Putty,  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 a r n is h e s

No. 1 Turp  Coach...  1
Extra Turp................  1
Coach  Body..............   2
No. 1 Turp Fura.......  1
Extra Turk  Damar.. 
Jap. Dryer.No.lTurp

1  10®  1  20
1  60®  1  70
2  75®  3  00 
I  00®  1  10 
1  66®  1  60
75

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@  16 
29®  32
43®  46
5
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8®  
12® 
14
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40®  50
1%® 
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90®  1  00
38®

A cidum
Aceticum  ..................$
Benzoicum, German.
Boracic.......................
Carbollcum...............
Cltricum.....................
Hydrochlor..............
Nitrocum...................
Oxalicum...................
l’hosphorium,  d il...
Sallcylicum  ..............
Sulphuricum............
Tannicum..................
T artaricum ..............  
A m m onia
Aqua, 16 deg..............  
Aqua, 20 deg.............. 
Carbouas...................  
Chlorldum.................. 
A n ilin e
Block 
................  2 00®  2  25
ir o w n .:::::::........... 
8o @ io o
Bed .......... ................... 
50
45® 
Yellow........................  2  50® 3 00
Baccse

4® 
6® 
1*-® 

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8
}&
14

14
8
9R

12@ 
6® 
20®
55@ 
60@  2  10 
45
40® 

Cubeb*............ po,l5 
Juniperus................... 
• r 
Xanthoxylum........... 
B a lsa m  urn

iS__ ‘HI//», 

Copaiba.....................
Peru  .............. ...........
Terabin,  Canada —
Tolutan......................
C o rte x
Abies, Canadian.......
Cassiae.........................
Cinchona  Flava.......
Euonymus atropurp. 
Myrica  Cerifera, po.
Primus Virgini.........
Quillaia, g rd ............
Sassafras  ..... po. 18
Ulraus...po.  15, grd

B xtractu m  

Glycyrrhiza  Glabra.
Glycyrrhiza,  po.......
Hiematox, 15  lb. box 
Hiematox,  is ............  
Hiematox,  ‘/»s. 
Hiem atox,  V4 s.

F e r r n

24@
28@
ii@
13®
14®
16®

40

20

14®
22®
30®

38® 
20®
25®
12®
8®

Carbonate  Precip... 
Citrate and  Quinia..
Citrate  Soluble.........
Ferrocyanidum Sol..
Solut. Chloride.........
Sulphate,  com’l.......
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per  cwt...........
Sulphate,  pure.........
F lo ra
Arnica........................
Anthemis...................
Matricaria..................
F o lia
Barosma.....................
Cassia Acutifol,  Tin-
nevelly...................
Cassia, Acutifol, Alx.
Salvia officinalis,  Vis
and  Vis...................
UvaUrsi.....................
G um m i 
Acacia, 1st picked...
Acacia,2d  picked...
Acacia, 3d  picked...
Acacia, sifted  sorts.
Acacia, po..................
Aloe, Barb. po.l8@20 
Aloe, Cape.... po. 15.
Aloe,  SocotrL.po. 40
Ammoniac..................
Assafi etida —  po. 30
Benzoinum................
Catechu, i s ................
Catechu, Vis..............
Catechu, Vis..............
60
C am p h oric.................
Euphorbium... po. 35
©  1  00 
Galbanum..................
65®  ■
Gamboge..............po
®   30
Guaiacum.......po. 25
®   1  25 
Kino............ po. $1.25
®  
60 
Mastic  .......................
®   40
Myrrh............. po.  4 5  
Opii__ po.  4.50@4.80 3  30® 3  35
Shellac....................... 
35
Shellac, bleached.... 
Tragacanth...............  
H erba 
Absinthium..oz. pkg 
Eupatorium..oz. pkg
lo b e lia ........ oz. pkg
Majorum — oz. pkg 
Mentha Plp.  oz. pkg 
Mentha Vfr..oz. pkg
Rue................ oz. pkg
Tanacetum V oz. pkg 
Thymus, V ...oz.pkg 
M agnesia
Calcined, P at............  
Carbonate, P at......... 
Carbonate, K. & M .. 
Varbonate, Jennings 

@
45®
12®
@
H
55®
28®
50®
I
®
55®

55@
18®
18@
18® 

25® 
40@
50®

O leum

30® 

Absinthium..............   6  50@  6  75
Amygdalae,  Dulc—  
50
Amygdalae,  Amarae.  8  00® 8  25
A nisf..........................   l  85®  2 00
Auranti Cortex.........  2  40® 2 50
Bergamii...................   2  80®  2 90
85
Cajiputi.....................  
Caryophylli...............  
85
C edar......................... 
45
Chenopadil................ 
@   2 75
Clnnamonli..............   1  40®  1 50
Citronella.................. 
40

80® 
75@ 
35® 

35® 

50©;

®  
40® 
15® 

15® 
13@ 
52® 
12® 
16@ 
35® 
28®
@
7@
6®
23®
15@

35® 40
Conium Mac............
25
1  15®.
Copaiba....................
90® 00
Cubebae....................
1  00© 10
Exechthitos.............
1  00® 10
Erigeron..................
2  10® GO
Gaultheria..............
® 75
Geranium, ounce... 
60
Gosslppit, Bern. gal.
1  70® 75
Hedeoma..................
1  50® 00
Junipera..................
90® 00
Lavendula  ..............
1  35® 45
Limouis....................
1  25® 00
Mentha  l’iper.........
1  50® GO
Mentha Vertd.........
1  15® 25
Morrhuae,  gal.........
4  00® l  50
Myrcia . . . ! ..............
75® 00
Olive.........................
10® 
12 
Picis Liquida..........
®   35
Picis Liquida,  gal..
96®  1  05 
Ricina.......................
©   1  00 
Kosmarini................
6 50®  8  50 
Rosie, ounce............
45
40® 
Suceini.....................
90®  1  00 
Sabin a.....................
2 50®  7  00 
Santal.......................
50®  55
Sassafras..................
65
Sinapis,  ess., ounce
Tigli! ..........................  1  50®  1  60
50
Thyme........................  
@   1  60
hyme, opt................ 
heobromas............  
20
Potassium
18
Bi-Carb....................... 
Bichrom ate..............  
15
57
Bromide  ...................  
'a r b ..........................  
15
'Morate... po. 17 n 19 
18
40
’yanide.....................  
Iodide........................   2 40®  2  50
’otassa, Bitart, pure 
’otassa, Bitart. com.
’otass Nitras, opt...
*otass  Nitras...........
’russiate.............. .
Sulphate  po.............. 
Radix
Aconitine...................  
20®
Althae......................... 
22®
Anchusa...................  
10®
@
Arum  po...................  
'alanius..................... 
20®
12®
lentiana.........po. 15 
16®
ìlychrrhiza... pv.  15 
@
Hydrastis  Canaden. 
®
Hydrastis Can., po.. 
12®
Hellebore,  Alba, po. 
Inula,  po...................  
15®
Ipecac, po..................  4  26®  ‘
Iris  plox.. .po. 35®38  35®
30
25® 
Jalapa, pr.................. 
Maranta,  Vis............  
35
@  
25
Podophyllum,  po... 
22® 
Rhei............................ 
75®  1  00
Rhei,  cu t...................  
@   1  25
Rhei, pv..................... 
75®  1  35
Spigelia..................... 
35®
Sanguinaria 
.po.  15
@
40®
Serpentaria
60®
Senega .......................
®
Smilax, officinalis H.
®
Siili lax,  M ..................
10®
S c ili* ................PO. 35
Symplocarpus, Ficti-
®
dus,  po...................
®
Valeriana,Eng. po. 30 
15®
Valeriana,  German.
12®
Zingiber a .................
25®
Zingiber j ...................
Sem en
Anisum............po. 15
Apium (graveleons).
Bird, is .......................
Carol.................po. 18 
Cardamon.........
Coriandrum......
Cannabis Sativa
Cydonium.................. 
Cnenopodium__
Dipterlx Odorate.
Foeniculum  ..............
Fcenugreek, po.........
L in i............................
Lini, grd.........bbl. 3V4
Lobelia......................
Pharlaris Canarian..
R ap a..........................
Sinapis  Alba............
Sinapis  Nigra........... 
Sp lritu s

13®
4®
11®
11® 
8® 
5®
75®  1  00
12 
10®  
1  40®  1  50 
10 
@ 
7® 
9
3 Vi®  4 Vi 
4®  4Vi 
35® 
40
5 
4Vi© 
4Vi® 
5 
9@ 
10
11®

1  25®  1 

12

25

12

Frumenti, W. D. Co.  2 00® 2 50
Frumenti,  D. F. R ..  2 00® 2 25
Frumenti...................  1  25® 1  50
Juniperis Co. O. T ... 
1 65® 2 00
Juniperis  Co............  1  75® 3 50
Saacnarom  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

@   1  50
@   1  25

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

slate use......................  

50®  60
®   50
®   50

@   75

® 1 0 0

® 1 4 0

@
®
@

1

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Scill*  Co...................  
Tolutan......................  
Prunus  vlrg..............  
T in ctu res 
Aconitum Napellis R 
Aconitura Napellis F
Aloes..........................
Aloes and Myrrh —
A rn ica.......................
Assafi i*t ill a ................
Atrope  Belladonna..
Auranti Cortex........
Benzoin.....................
Benzoin Co................
Barosma.....................
Cantharides..............
Capsicum...................
Cardamon.................
Cardamon Co............
Castor........................  
Catechu.....................
Cinchona...................
Cinchona Co..............
Columba...................
Cubeb*.......................
Cassia Acutifol.........
Cassia Acutifol Co...
Digitalis.....................
Ergot..........................
Ferri  Chloridum__
Gentian.....................
Gentian Co................
Guinea.........................
Guinea ammon.........
Hyoscyamus..............
Iodine.......................
Iodine, colorless__
Kino  ..........................
Lobelia......................
Myrrh........................
Nux Vomica..............
Opii.............................
Opii,  comphorated..
Opii, deodorized....... 
Quassia.....................
Khatany.....................
Rhei............................
Sanguinaria.............
Serpentaria..............
Stromonium..............
Tolutan.....................
Valerian  ...................
Veratrum  Vertde...
Zingiber.....................

M iscellaneous 

50

@   3 00

30® 
Æther, Spts. Nit. 3 F 
34®
Æther, Spts. Nit. 4 F 
Alumen.....................  2V4®
Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7 
3®
Annatto......................  
40®
4®
Antimoni, po. 
40®
Antimoni et Potass T
@   25
Antipyrin..................
®  20 
Antifebrin  ...............
@   48
Argenti Nitras, oz...
12 
10®  
Arsenicum................
40
38® 
Balm  Gilead  Buds..
1  40®  1  50 
Bismuth S. N............
9
®  
Calcium Chlor.,  is... 
10 
@ 
Calcium Chlor.,  Vis.. 
@ 
12 
Calcium Chlor.,  Vis.. 
75
@  
Cantharides, Rus.po 
@  15
s,ai..
Capsici Fructus,
Capsici  Fructus, po 
Capsici Fructus B, po 
Caryophyllus. .po.  15
Carmine, No. 40....... 
50®
Cera  Alba.................. 
Cera  Flava................ 
40®
@
Coccus....................... 
@
Vassia  Fructus.. : . . .  
®
Centraria.................... 
Cetaceum...................  
®
50®
Chloroform..............  
©   1  10 
Chloroform,  squibbs 
Chloral  Hyd Crst  ...  1  65®  1  9«
Chondros................... 
20®
Cinchonidine.P. & W 
38@ 
Cinchonidine, Germ. 
38@ 
Cocaine.....................  6  56®  6
Corks, list, dis. pr. ct.
Creosotum..................
©  
®  
C reta............. bbl. 75
Creta, prep................
®  
9® 
Creta,  precip............
Creta,  Rubra............
®  
15® 
Crocus  .......................
@  
Cudbear.....................
6 Vi® 
Cupri  Sulph..............
7©
D extrine...................
Ether Sulph.............. 
75®
@
Emery, all numbers.
®
Emery, po..................
85®
E rg o ta..........po. 90
12®
Flake  W hite............
@
G alla..........................
8®
G am bler....................
©
Gelatin,  Cooper.......
36®
Gelatin, French.......
75  &  10 
Glassware,  flint, box
70
l* s s  than box.......
ll@
Glue, brown..............  
Glue,  white..............  
15®
Glycerina...................  
16@
Grana Paradisi......... 
®
Humulus.................... 
25®
Hydrarg  Chlor  Mite 
@
Hydrarg  Chlor Cor..
Hydrarg  Ox Rub’m.
Hydrarg  Ammoniati 
Hy drargUnguentum
55
45® 
Hydrargyrum..........
@   78
65®
Icnthyobolla.  Am...
75®  1  00
Indigo......................... 
Iodine,  Resubi.........  3 60®  3  70
Iodoform...................  
Lupulin....................... 
Lycopodium..............  
M acis......................... 
Liquor Arsen et  Hy-
drargIod................ 
Liquor Potass A rsluit 
Magnesia,  Sulph__  
Magnesia, Sulph, bbl 
Mannla, S.  F ............  

@ 3
®
60@
66®
@
10®
2®
®   1 
5C@

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MICHIGAN  TR A D ESM A N

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT.

6i?ces  Quoted  in  this  list  are  for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased  by retail 
dealers.  They are prepared just before going to press and are an accurate index of the local  market. 
It is im­
possible to give quotations suitable for all  conditions of purchase, and those below are given as representing av- 
erage prices for average conditions of purchase.  Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer  than 
those  who  have  poor  credit.  Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is 
our aim to make this feature of the greatest possible use to dealers.

C rated.......................  1  25@2
Sliced...........................  1  35@2  25

A X L K   G REA SK 

Cora

doz.  gross  F air..............................

Aurora..........................55 
Castor  Oil.....................60 
Diamond........................50 
Frazer’s ..........................75 
1XL Golden, tin boxes 75 
M ica, tin  boxes............75 
Paragon..........................65 

6 00  Good.................
7  00 I  Fan cy..................
4 00
H om iny
9 00 
9  00  Standard....................
9 00
6 00

B A K IN G   P O W D E R  

A bsolute

.4 lb. cans doz.......................  45
54 lb. cans doz.......................  85
lb. cans doz.......................l  50
1 

A cm e

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

A rctic

E l  P u rity

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

!4 lb. cans per doz...............   75
! lb. cans per doz... 
lb. cans per doz...

.1  20 
.2  00

14 lb. cans, 4 doz. case.. 
14 lb. cans. 4 doz. case.. 
1 
lb. cans, 2 doz. case..

JAXON

*4 lb. cans, 4 doz. case.........  45
14 lb. cans, 4 doz. case.........  85
1 
lb. cans, 2 doz. case.........1  60

Je rse y   Cream

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

O ur Leader

14 lb. can s..............................  45
14 lb. can s..............................  75
1 
lb. can s..............................1  50

Peerless

1 lb. can s.................................   85

Queen  F lak e

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

I  Star,  14 lb...................
Star, 1  lb....................
Picnic Tails...............
M ackerel
Mustard, lib ............
Mustard, 21b............
Soused, 1 lb ................
Soused, 2 lb ..............
Tomato, 1 lb ..............
Tomato, 21b..............

M ushroom s

Stems..........................
Buttons.......................
Oysters

Cove, 1 lb . 
Cove, 2 lb.

P ie ............................
Yellow .....................
Pears
Standard...................
Fancy..........................

Peas

Marrowfat................ 
Early Ju n e................ 
Early June  Sifted.. 
P in eapple

P u m pkin
F a ir ............................  
Good..................  ......
Fancy......................... 
R aspberries

Standard..................  
Salm on
Red Alaska...............
Pink Alaska.............
Sardines
Domestic, 14s ...........
Domestic,  Mustard.
French.......................

Straw berries

1  85 
3  10
2  25

1  75
2  80
2 80
1  75
2  80

14@16
20(0,25

1  25 
@1  65

1
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1  35

@ 4
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8@22

BA T H   B R IC K

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

Small 3 doz.................... 
Large, 2 doz.7.............  . 1

40
75

BR O O M S
No. 1 Carpet.................  
2  75
No. 2 Carpet.......................... ..2 50
No. 3 Carpet............................. 2 25
No. 4 Carpet..........  
1  ss
Parlor  Gem.................  .......
.2  75
Common Whisk.........
Fancy  Whisk................
Warehouse...................
C A N D L E S

.3  15

 

9*,
Electric Light, 8s ... 
Electric Light, 16s.........  . 1 0
Paraffine, 6s.......................  
y i
Paraffine, 12s ................” 12
Wickiug..............................) **20

C A N N ED   GOODS 

A p p les
3 lb. Standards......... 
Gallons, standards..
B e a n s
B aked ....................
Red  Kidney.........
String....................
W ax.......................

B lack b erries

Standards..................

B lu eb e rries
Standard......................
C herries
Red  Standards.........
W hite....................

71

75@1  30 
75®  85 
80
85

85 
1  15

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

Columbia,  pints.............
Columbia,  yt pints.........

85 
1  25

1  00 

1  20
...............2  00

80 
90 
1  15

...........1  25

C H E E SE
Acme...........................
Amboy.....................
Carson City......."’
E ls ie ....... ; ...............
Emblem.....................
Gem.......................
Gold Medal.........
Id eal.......................
Jersey ..................  ]
Riverside..........] ”  "
B rick .........................
Edam...................
Leiden..................." '
Limburger.............’ .
Pineapple.......
Sap  Sago.........

@14 
@13?4 
@13 
@15 
@14 
@14V4 
@13V4 
@14 
@13:4 
@14 
@ 12 
@70 
@17 
@13 
50  @75 
@17

CH ICO RY

Bulk.................... 
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CH OCOLATE 

Walter Baker & Co.’s.
 

German  Sweet............  
 
Premium............  
Breakfast Cocoa... 1
C IG A R S

1

23
35
  4« 

The Bradley Cigar Co.’s  Brands
Advance....................................$35 00
Bradley.................... 
35  qo
Clear Havana  Puffs.. 
2» no
“ W. H.  B.” .... 

...........

_ Columbian Cigar Co’s brand.
Columbian.................................  35 qq
Columbian S p e c i a l 65 00 
„  H. & P.  Drug Co.’s brands.
fortune  Teller........................   35 00
Ouf Manager............................   35 00
Quintette...................... 

  3^  qq

G. J .  Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

S. C. W ..
35  00
Phelps.  Brace & Co.’s Brands. 
Royal  Tigers. 
56®  80 to
Royal  Tigerettes........ 35
Vincente Portuondo ..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................. is®   70 00
Bernard Stahl Co........ 35@  90  00
Banner Cigar  Co.........io@  35  00
Seidenberg  & Co........ 55@125  00
Fulton  Cigar  Co........ 10@  35 00
A.  B. Ballard & Co... .35@175 00 
E. M. Schwarz & Co. .  3577110  00
San Telmo.....................35@ 70  00
Havana Cigar Co.........18@   35  00
C. Costello & Co  .........357}  70 00
LaGora-Fee Co.
•  35® 70 00
S.  I.  Davis & Co
. .  35@ 185 00
Hene & Co.........
...  35® 90 00
Benedict & Co  .
7.50@ 70 00
.35 To, 70 (M>
Hemmeter Cigar Co 
) 
G. J . Johnson Cigi 
Co.35@ 70 00
Maurice Sanborn
,.  50(ft]175 00
. . .05 Tt im 00
Bock & Co............
Manuel  Garcia  ..
...80®:;175 00
Neuva Mundo__
..  85» 1L75 00
Henry Clay.................   857% 550 00
La Carolina................ 96® 200 00
Cotton, 40 ft.  per doz.............1 00
Cotton. 50 ft.  per doz.............1 20
Cotton, 60 ft.  per doz..........  1  40
Cotton, 70 ft.  per doz.............1 60
Cotton. 80 ft.  per doz.............1 80
Jute, 60  ft. per doz................  80
Jute, 72 ft. per doz.............. 
95

C LO TH ES  L IN E S

C O F F E E
Roasted

R io

Santos

HIGH GRADE
C o f f e e s
Special  Combination.......
French  Breakfast..
Lenox.......................................  30
V ienna............
Private Estate........................  38
Supreme...................................  40
Less 33H  per  cent,  delivered. 
$
F a ir ..........................................  
,|ood.............................................10
Prim e.....................................  
j 2
Golden.........................! ! ...! !   13
Peaberry......................................14
Fair 
14
lood
Prim e__ •...............................  
je
Peaberry.......................................18
P rim e.................... 
«
Milled....................;;;;;;;  J?
Ja v a
Interior.............................  
26
Private  Growth___ ..'..'.'.'.'.I  30
Mandehling......................... ’ ’’  35
Imitation.................................   22
Arabian........................™  “  28
P ackage
Arbuckle.................. 
11  00
Jersey.. 
....................;;;i 0  00
M cL au g h lin ’s X X X X  
McLaughlin’s  X X X X   sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mail  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLanghlin  & 
Co., Chicago.
E x tra ct
Valley City *4  gross...................... 75
f  elix V4 gross............ 
1  15
Hummers foil *4 gross 
’ 85
Hummel’s tin 54 gross..........1  43

M aracaibo 

M oeha

COCOA

Ja m e s  Epps & Co.’s

Boxes, 7 lbs.............................   4o
Cases, 16 boxes..............!!!!!  38

COCOA  SH E L L S
20 lb. bags......................... 
Less quantity. . . . . .  
Pound packages 

214
3
4

CON DEN SED  M IL K  
D 

„  

1  50
2 50 
11  50 
20  00

.  1  50 
.  2  50 
.  11  50 
.  20  00

COUPON  BO O K S 
Tradesm an  G rade 
50 books, any  denom...
100 books, any  denom...
500 books, any  denom...
1.000 books, any  denom...
Econ om ic  G rade 
50 books, any  denom...
100 books, any  denom...
500 books, any  denom...
1.000 books, any  denom...
Superior  Grade 
50 books, any  denom...
.  1  50 
100 books, any  denom...
.  2 50 
500 books, any  denom
.  11  50 
20  00
1.000 books, any  denom..
U niversal  Grade 
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
C redit  Checks 
500, any one denom.........  2  00
1.000, any one denom.........  3  00
2.000, any one denom.........  5 00
Steel  punch........................  
75
Can be made to represent any 
20  books..........................   1  00
50  books...........................  2  00
100  books..........................   3  00
250  books..........................   6  25
500  books..........................   10  00
1.000  books..........................   17  50

Coupon  Pass  B ooks 
denomination from $10 down.

C REA M   T A R T A R

C aliforn ia  F ru its

5 and  10 lb. wooden  boxes........30
Bulk in sacks.............................. 29
D R IE D   F R U IT S—D om estic 
A pples
Sundried................. ..
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes.8®  iil 
Apricots........................  @15
Blackberries................
Nectarines...................
Peaches........................ 10  @11
Pears..............................
Pitted Cherries............  
Prunnelles...................
Raspberries.................
100-120 25 lb. boxes......... 
90-100 25 lb. boxes__
80 - 90 25 lb. boxes__
70 - 80 25 lb. boxes__
6(8- 70 25 lb. boxes__
50 - 00 25 lb. boxes__
40 - 50 25lb. boxes ....
30 - 40 25 lb. boxes__

(
@  4% 
@   5 
@   5>4 @ 6 
@ 7% 
® 8

C aliforn ia  Prunes

%, cent less in 50 lb. cases 

714

R aisin s

1  75
2  00 
2  25

Citron

C urrants

London Layers 2 Crown.
London Layers 3 Crown.
Cluster 4 Crown..............
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
sk
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
L. M., Seeded, choice ... 
914
L. M., Seeded, fan cy__  
io;4
D R IE D   F R U IT S —Foreign  
Leghorn..............................  
u
Corsican................................    ” 12
Patras, cases...........................  6U
Cleaned, bu lk.....................  .  714
Cleaned,  packages...........7%
Citron American 19 lb. bx... 13 
Lemon American 10 lb. b x .. 10‘4 
Orange American 10 lb. b x.. 10*4 
Sultana 1 Crown.....................
Sultana 2 Crown...................
Sultana 3 Crown................
Sultana 4 Crown................... .
Sultana 5 Crown................
Sultana 6 Crown................... 1
Sultana package................

R aisin s

P eel

B eans

Cereals

FA RIN A CEO U S  GOODS 
Dried Lima............................  614
Medium Hand Picked  i 65@ i  75
Brown Holland......................
Cream of  Cereal......................  
Grain-O, sm all........................ 1 35
Grain-O, large......................... 2 25
Grape Nuts.................................!!l 35
Postum Cereal, small............ 1 35
Postum Cereal, large........   2  25
24 1 lb. packages..........................1 25
Bulk, per 100 Tbs...........................3 00

F a rin a

H ask ell’s W h eat F lak e s

36 2 lb. packages..........................3 00

90

H om iny

Gail Borden Eagle . 
Daisy........................ 
Champion........... 
Challenge.................. 
Dim e..............

4 doz in case.
6 75
5  £
” 450
4  25 |
.3 35  Empire. . . . .

B arrels.......................................... 2 50
Flake, 50 lb. drums...........' ” 1  00
M accaroni  and V erm icelli
Domestic, 10 lb. box..........  
60
Imported, 25 lb. box...............2  50
Common.........................................2 00
Chester...............................!.  2 50
  00

P e a rl  B a rley

. 3

.

.

.

G rits

Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’s Brand.

24 2 lb. packages..................1  80
100 lb.  kegs............................ 2 70
200 lb. barrels....................... 5  10

Peas

Green, Wisconsin, bu......... 1  35
Green, Scotch, bu................ 1  40
Split, bu............................  

3

R olled   Oats

Rolled A vena, bbl................ 4 85
Steel Cut, % bbls.................. 2 75
Monarch, bbl........................ 4  60
Monarch. % bbl....................2  45
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks......... 2  25
Quaker, cases........................3  20
Huron, cases......................... 2  00
German.................................... 
4
East  India...............................  354

Sago

Salus Breakfast. Food 

F. A. McKenzie, Quincy, Mich.
36 two pound  packages__ 3  60
18 two pound packages__   1  85
B a ttle  Creek C rackers. 
Gem Oatmeal Biscuit..  7!4@  8
Lemon Biscuit............   7V4@  8
New Era Butters 
,. .. 
W holew heat.............. . 
Cereola....................... 
Tapioca
F la k e .......................................   5
Pearl.........................................  414
Pearl,  24 1 lb. packages.......6k
Cracked, bulk.........................  3%
24 2 lb. packages...................2  50
FLA V O R IN G   E X T R A C T S 

6*4
6*4
460

W h eat

D eB oe’s

2 OZ. 
Vanilla I).  C............ 1  10 
Lemon I).  C 
.........  70 
Vanilla Tonka.........  75 

4 OZ.
1  80
1  35
1  45

Sage.............................................. is
H ops.............................................15

IN D IG O

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

JE L L Y

151b. palls.....   ...................... 
35
30 lb. pails................................  62
15 lb. palls................................   35
3) lb. pails. 
.......................  62
Pure apple, per doz..............  15

V. C. Brand.

L IC O R IC E

Pu re..........................................  30
Calabria............................  
26
Sicily.....................................*  
i4
Root..........................................   10

L Y E

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

M A TCH ES

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No.  9  sulphur......................... 1  65
Anchor P arlor............................. 1 50
No. 2 Home.......................  
1  30
Export Parlor....................    .4  00
Wolverine......................................1 so

M O LASSES 
New  O rleans

Black.....................................  
i j
F a ir.....................................  
14
Good...................................;; 
20
Fan cy...................................  
24
Open K ettle......................... 25@35

Half-barrels 2c extra 
M U STA RD

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

P IC K L E S
M edium

Barrels, 1,200 count...............5  75
Half bbls, 600 count....................3 38

Barrels, 2,400 coun t................... 6 75
Half bbls, 1,200 count........... 3  88

Sm all

P IP E S

Clay, No. 216.................................. j 70
65
Clay, T. D., full count....... 
Cob, No. 3................................  85

PO TA SH  

48 cans in case.

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

R IC E

D om estic

Carolina head..................... 654
Carolina  No. 1 ....................   .'5
Carolina  No. 2 ................  ’  ” 4
Broken................................ . . . . 3%
Japan,  No.  1 ...................5J4@6
Japan,  No.  2...................4V2@5
Java, fancy head............5  @514
Java, No.  1.......................5  @

Im ported.

J t
I).  C. Vanilla
2 oz........ 1  20
3 oz........ 1  50
4 oz........ 2  00
6 oz........ 3 00
No.  8.. ..4  00 
No. 10.. ..6 00 
No. 2  T ..1  25 
No. 3  T ..2  00 
NO. 4  T ..2  40

nings’

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

Van. 
1  20
1  20
2 00
2  25
Lem.
doz.
75 
1  25

N orthrop  B ran d  
Lem.
2 oz. Taper Panel....  75
"oz.O val....................  75
3 oz. Taper Panel__ 1  35
4 oz. Taper Panel__ 1  60

P e r r ig

Van. 
doz. 
X X X , 2 oz. obert 
...1  25 
XXX,, 4 oz. taper
.2 25
X X , 2 oz. obert.........1  00
No. 2.2 oz. o bert__   75
X X X   D I) ptchr, 6 oz 
X X X  D D ptchr, 4 oz 
K. P. pitcher, 6 oz... 
Perrigo’s Lightning, gro___2 50
Petrolatum, per doz..............  75

F L Y   P A P E R

2  25
1  75

2 25

G U N PO W D ER 
R ifle—D upont’s

Kegs............................................... 4 00
Half Kegs......................................2 25
Quarter K egs...............................1 26
1 lb. can s..................................  30
54 lb. can s................................  18
Kegs............................................... 4 25
Half K eg s.....................................2 40
Quarter K eg s...............................1 35

C hoke  B o re—D upont’s

lb. cans..................................  34
E ag le  D uck—D upont’s

Kegs  ...  -.......................................8 00
Half Kegs......................................4 25
Quarter K eg s.............................. 2 25
1 lb. can s..................................  45

SA LER A TU S 

Packed 60 lbs. in box. 

Church’s Arm and Hammer. 3  15
Deland’s...................................3 00
Dwight’s  Cow...............................3 15
Emblem............................... 
2 10
l - p ..................................... ::so o
Sodio.............................................. 3 i5
Wyandotte, 100  $£s................ 
3 00
Granulated,  bbls........... 
80
‘  85
Granulated, 100 lb. cases. 
Lump, bbls............................. 
75
Lump, 145 lb. kegs............  
80
D iam ond C rystal 

SA L  SODA

SA LT

Common  Grades

Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes.  1  50 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb. bags.2 75 
Table, barrels, 40 7  lb. bags.2  40 
Butter, barrels, 280 lb. bulk.2  25 
Butter, barrels, 20 I41b.bags.2  50
Butter, sacks, 28  lbs............  
25
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs..............  55
100 3 lb. sacks.................................1 80
60 5 lb. sacks..............................   1 75
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 
Solar  R o ck
56 lb.  sacks..............................   22
Common
Granulated  Fine...................   85
Medium Fine..............  
95

A shton
H iggins

W arsaw

SA LT  F IS H  

Cod

Georges cured..............
Georges  genuine.........
Georges selected.........
Strips or  bricks...........  6
Pollock...........................
H alibu t.
Strips...................
Chunks............ '.'.'..16

@  5 
@   554 @ 6 
@   9 
@  354
..14

MICHIGAN  TR A D ESM AN

Grains and Fecdstuffs

W h eat

Wheat...................................  

64;

W in ter  W h eat  F lo u r 

Local Brands

Patents.................................  4  20 j
Second  Patent.....................  3 70
Straight.................................  3  so
C lear.....................................  3 00
Graham................................  3  50
Buckwheat..........................   6 00
Rye........................................   3  26
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per  bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Put man’s Brand
Diamond  % s........................   3  (¡0
Diamond  2.S........................  3 60
lMamond  14s........................   3 60

Worden Grocer Co.’s  Brand

Quaker 14s............................  3  60
Quaker 24s...........................   3  <¡0
Quaker %s...........................   3  60

Spring  W h eat  F lo u r 

Clark-.Tewell-Wells  Co.’s  Brand
Ptllsbury’s  Best 24s..........   4  35
Pillsbury’s  Best 14s..........   4  25
Pillsbury’s  Best 14s..........   4  15
Pillsbury’s Best '«s paper.  4  15 
Pillsbury’s Best  k s paper.  4  16
Ball-Barnhart-Putman's Brand

P alls
hoop Standard..1 35
2- 
hoop Standard..1 50
3- 
2- 
wire,  Cable....... 1 35
3- 
wlre,  Cable.......1 60
Cedar, all red, brass  bound . 1  25
Paper,  Eureka............................ 2 25
F ibre.............................................. 2 25

Tubs

20-inch, Standard, No. 1.............7 00
18-inch, Standard,  No. 2 ............ 6 00
16-inch, Standard,  No. 3.............5 oo
20-inch,  Dowell,  No. 1................ 3 25
18-inch,  Dowell,  No. 2 ................ 6 25
16-inch, Dowell,  No. 3 ................ 4 25
.9  00 
No. 1  Fibre
.7  50
No. 2 Fibre.......................
No. 3 F ibre......................
W ash  Boards
Bronze Globe...................
Dew ey.............................
Double Acme.................
Single Acme...................
Double  Peerless............
Single  Peerless..............
Northern Queen..........
Double Duplex..............
Good  Luck.....................
Universal........................
W ood  Bow ls

.2  75
.3 00

11 In. Butter............................  75
13 in. Butter.............................. 1 00
15 in. Butter.............................. 1 60
17 in. Butter..............................2 00
19 in. Butter..............................2 50

Y EA ST   C A K E

Yeast Foam, 1*4  doz............   50
Yeast F'oam, 3  doz................1  00
Yeast Cream, 3 doz................1  00
Magic Yeast 5c, 3  doz...........1  no
Sunlight Yeast, 3 doz............1  00
Warner’s Safe, 3 doz............1  00

revisions

B arreled   P<
Mess............................
B a c k .........................
Clear back.................
Short cu t...................
P ig ..............................
Bean............................
Fam ily.......................

D ry  Salt  M eats

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

@   9 
@11  50 
@10  75 
@10  50 
@15  00 
@   9 25 
@11  50

Sm oked  M eat 

H errin g

Holland white hoops,  bbl. 
Holland white hoops Vibbl.  6  50
Holland white hoop,  keg.. 
85
Holland white hoop  mens. 
05
Norwegian..........................
Round 100 lbs.......................  3  60
Round 40 lbs........................   1  75
Scaled..................... 
15

.......  

M ackerel

Mess 100 lbs.........................   15  00
Mess  40 lbs.........................   6  30
Mess  10 lbs.........................   1  65
Mess  8 lbs.........................   1  35
No. 1 100 lbs.........................   13  25
No. 1  40 lbs.........................   5  60
No. 1  10 lbs.........................   1  48
No. 1  8 lbs.........................   1  20
No. 2 100 lbs.........................   H  50
No. 2  40 lbs.........................   4  90
No. 2  10 lbs.........................   1  30
NO. 2  8 lbs.........................   1  07

T ro a t

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

W hitefish

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

6  50
2  90
80
66

100  lb s.... ....  7  50
40  lbs.... ....  3 30
10  lbs__ .... 
90
75
8  lbs__ .... 
SE E D S

Anise 
......................................   9
Canary, Smyrna.....................  4
Caraway  ...................................  8
Cardamon,  Malabar...............60
Celery........................................  10
Hemp, Russian......................... 42
Mixed Bird..  ..........................  4
Mustard, white.......................  5
Poppy.........................................10
R ap e........................................   4
Cuttle Bone...............................15
Scotch, in bladders.........
Maccaboy, in  ja rs..........
French  Rappee, in  jars.

SN U FF

SOAP

j a X on
as i Knmui

Single box.......................
5 box lots, delivered... 
in box lots, delivered...

Dome.............................
Cabinet..........................
Savon........................
White  Russian............
White Cloud, laundry. 
White Cloud, toilet—  
Dusky  Diamond, 50 6 c 
Dusky  Diamond, 50 8 oz.. 
Blue India, 100 U  lb—
K irkoline........................
Eos...................................
Sapolio, kitchen, 3  doz.

Scouring

SODA

S P IC E S 

Boxes.................................
Kegs,  English..................
W h ole 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.........................
Allspice.................................
Cassia, Batavia...................
Cassia, Saigon.....................
Cloves, Zanzibar.................
Ginger,  African..................
Ginger, Cochin...................
Ginger,  Jam aica................
Mace,  Batavia.....................
Mustard................................
Nutmegs..............................
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper, Singapore, white.
Pepper, Cayenne...............
Sage.......................................
STO V E  P O L ISH

P u re Ground in B u lk

Diam ond

K in gs ford's  Corn
40 l-lb. packages.................
20 l-lb. packages.................
K in g sfo rd ’s Silv er G1
40 l-lb. packages.................
6 lb. boxes..........................
64 10c packages...................
128 5c packages...................
30 10c and 64 5c packages. 
Common Corn
20 l-lb.  packages..............
40 l-lb.  packages..............
Common Gloss
l-lb.  packages..................... 
3-lb.  packages.....................  
6-lb.  packages..................... 
40 and 50-lb. boxes.............. 
Barrels.................................  

SUGAR

4%
424
4'^
5
3
3

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.
124 Domino............................... .  5  44
5  56
Cut  Loaf..............................
5  56
Crushed ..............................
5 31
37 Cubes...................................
5  25
35 :  Powdered...........................
5  25
43 Coarse  Powdered
5  31
XX XX  Powdered............
5  18
Standard  Gran dated....
5  18
Fine Granulated................
5 31
Coarse  Granulated..
LJ Extra Fine Granulated...
5 31
5  44
85 Couf.  Granulated.............
cartons Fine  Gran 
2 lb. bags Fine  Gran 
5 lb  cartons Fine  Gran. 
5 lb  bags Fine  Gran —
5  44
... .2  66 Mould A................................
5  18
Diamond  A .........................
....2   75 Confectioner’s  A ................
4 94
....2   20 No.  1 Columbia  A............
4  69
....2   50 No.  2 Windsor A..............
4  69
.. ..2 35 No.  3 Ridgewood  A .........
4  69
....6   25 No.  4.  Ftuenix  A..............
4  63
....3   50 No.  5 Empire A ................
4  56
....2   10 No.  6
4  50
....3   00 No.  7
4  44
.. ..3 00 No.  8
4  38
__ 3  50 No.  9
4  31
.. ..2  50 No. 10.....................................
4  18
4  06
No. 11
4  00
....2   40 No. 12
....2   40 No. 13..................................... 4  00
3 9*
3  94
3 94

No. 14...................................
No. 15.....................................
....  4« No. 16.....................................
T A B L E   SAUCES
H LEA&
feL PERRINS*
SAUCE

10
12
32
14
N ag
12
55 tsgsEs'
60
50

The Original anc
Oenuine
Worcestershire.

V IN EG A R

Lea & Perrin’s, large.........  3  75
Lea & Perrin’s,  small.......  2  50
Halford, large.....................  3 75
Halford, small.....................  2  25
Salad  Dressing, large.......  4  55
Salad  Dressing, small-----   2 75
Malt White Wine, 40 grain..  724 
Malt White Wine. 80 grain.. 11
Pure Cider, Red Star........... 12
Pure Cider, Robinson..........12
Pure Cider,  Silver................ 11
W A SH IN G   P O W D E R
Kirk’s Eos............................  2  00
Wisdom................................  3  76
Roselne.................................   3 25
Nine  O’clock.......................  3  60
Babbitt’s 1776.......................  3  12
Gold  Dust............................   4 25
Johnson’s ............................   3  50
Swift’s  .................................   2  88
Rub-No-More......................   3  50
Pearline, 100 6s...................   3  30
Pearline, 36 is .....................  2  85
Snow  Boy............................   2  35
Liberty.................................   3  90
No. 0, per gross....................... 20
No. l, per gross....................... 25
No. 2, per gross....................... 35
No. 3, per gross............'......... 55

W IC K IN G

W O O D EN W A RE

B ask ets

No. 4,3 doz. in case, gross.
No. 6,3 doz. in case, gross. 

4  50 
7  20

SYRU PS 

Corn

Barrels..................................... 18
Half bbls.................................20
1 doz. 1 gallon cans.........
1 doz. 24 gallon cans.......
2 doz. 24 gallon cans.......

....3   00 
....1   80 
....1   80

P u re  Cane

Good.................................. ....  20
....  25
C hoice..............................

M ixed

V.  C.  Syrup Co.’s Brands.

Valley City.....................
V. C., fancy  flavored...

.. 16@17
.. 18@24

B u tte r  P lates

Bushels..................................... 1
Bushels, wide  band............... 1  10
M arket....................................   30
Willow Clothes,  large........... 6 50
Willow Clothes, medium...  5 75
Willow Clothes,  small...........5 25
No. 1 Oval, 250 in  crate........ 1  80
No. 2 Oval, 250 in crate......... 2 00
No. 3 Oval, 250 in crate......... 2  20
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 00
No. 2 patent brush holder. .9  00 
12 lb. cotton mop heads........1  25

Clothes  P in s
Mop  Stick s

« >

*1%

j *
Ï +

\  *
1

@   1014 
@  10 
@   924 
@   914 
@   14*/, 
@   “
7*4@
@
@
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Hams, 12 lb. average. 
Hams.  14 lb. average. 
Hams, 16 lb. average. 
Hams, 201b. average.
Ilam dried  beef.......
Shoulders ( N. Y.cut)
Bacon, clear..............
California Jhams.......
Boneless  hams.........
Cooked  ham..............

Lards—In Tiei

Compound.................
Kettle..........................
55 lb. Tubs.. advance 
80 lb. Tubs.. advance 
50 lb. Tins... advance 
20 lb.  Pails, .advance 
10 lb. Pails.. advance 
5 lb. Pails.. advance 
3 lb. Pails.. advance 
Sausages
Bologna.....................
Liver..........................
Frankfort..................
Pork  ..........................
Blood..........................
Tongue.......................
Headcheese...............
B e e f
Extra  Mess................
Boneless.....................
Rum p........................

P ie s’  F e e t

Kits. 15  lbs................
24 bbls., 40  lbs..........
24 bbls., 80 lbs...........
T rip e
Kits, 15  lbs................
■ 4 bbls., 40  lbs..........
24 bbls., 80  lbs...........
Casings
P o rk ..........................
Beef  rounds..............
Beef  middles............
Sheep..........................
B u tte ri ne
Rolls, dairy................
Solid, dairy................
Rolls,  creamery.......
Solid,  creamery.......

Corned beef, 2 lb —
Corned beef, 14 lb ...
Roast beef, 2 lb.........
Potted ham,  14s.......
Potted ham,  14s.......
Deviled ham,  14s —
Deviled ham,  14s__
Potted tongue,  14s.. 

Potted tongue.  14s..Oils

Canned  M eats

Dubiti)  Imperial  '»s... 
4  25 
Duluth  Imperial  '4s... 
4  15
Duluth  Imperial  24s...
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand
Gold Medal  V4s...................   4  30
Gold  Medal !4s...................   4  20
Gold Medal 14s...................   4  10
Parisian  14s.........................  4  30
Parisian  14s .........................  4  20
Parisian  24s.........................  4  10

Olney & Judson’s Brand

Ceresota  14s.........................  4  35
Ceresota 2*s.........................  4  25
Ceresota 24s.........................  4  15

Worden Grocer  Co.’s Brand

Laurel  14s............................  4  30
Laurel  24s ............................   4  20
aurel  14s............................  4  10

lotted...................................
in un d ated ...........................

Feed  and  M lllstufl’s 

St. Car Feed, screened —
No. 1 Corn and  Oats.........
Unbolted Corn  Meal.........
Winter Wheat  Bran..........
Winter  Wheat  Middlings. 
Screenings  ..........................

16  00 
15  50 
14  50
14  00
15 00 
14  00

Corn

New corn, car  lots............
)ld Corn, car lots................
Less than car lots..............

Oats

’ar  lots.................................
Car lots, clipped.................
Less than car lots..............

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

Hides and Felts

Hay

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

Hides
Green  No. 1..............
Green  No. 2..............
Bulls............................
Cured  No. 1 ..............
Cured  No. 2 .............
Calfskins.green No. 1 
Calf skins,green No. 2 
Calfskins.cured No. 1 
Calfskins,cured No:2

@   814 
@   714 
@   614 
@10 
@   9 
@10 
@   814 
@11 
@  914

614

5&

10  00
12  00
a   75

75
1  50
2  70
70
1  25
2  25

20
3
10
60

13
1224
1824
18

2  25
16  00
2  25

B a rre ls

Eocene ..........................
Perfection.....................
X X X  W. W. Mich. Hdlt
W. W. Michigan.........
Diamond White...........
D., S.  Gas.....................
Deo. Naphtha..
Cylinder...........
Engine............
Black, winter..

@13 
@12 
@12 
@1114 
@1014 
@1214 
@ 12;
.29  @34 
.11  @21 
@  9

P elts

Pelts,  each.

No. L -. 
No. 2...

W ool
Washed,  fine............
Washed,  medium...
Unwashed,  fine.......
Unwashed,  medium.

@   3

@16 
@20 
9  @12 
14  @16

Fresh Meats
Carcass....................... 6 @   8V¿

B e e f

Candies

23

Stick   Candy

bbl:

.pails 
7  @   714 
7  ®  7Y, 
7 J4@ 8 
@   814 
cases 
@   614 
@   814 
@10

@ 6 
@   62

Forequarters..........
Hindquarters..........
Loins No. 3 ................
Ribs............................
Rounds......................
ImeliS.......................
Plates ........................

!

524@  624
7 @  9 
10 @14
8 @14
7 (fß  8 
j
6 Ca»  6l/t  j
4
5

Standard  .........
Standard  II.  H .. 
Standard  Twist 
Cut  Loaf..............
Jumbo, 32 lb............
Extra H. H ..............
Boston Cream..........

@   5
@   7
@   G
@  7%

P o rk

Dressed.....................
Loins..........................
Shoulders..................
Leaf  Lard..................
M utton

Carcass...................... 6 <$l  7
Crackers

Spring Lambs..........
Veal
Carcass......................

8 @10

7

8 Vi

The  National  Biscuit  Co.

Mixed  Candy

Grocers.......................
Competition..............
Special  ......................
Conserve....................
R oyal.........................
Ribbon ..................
Broken.......................
Cut Loaf  ...................
■English Rock............
Kindergarten..........
French Cream..........
Dandy  Pan................
Hand  Made  Cream
m ixed.....................
Nobby.........................
Crystal Cream mix

524
b V i
524
5‘j
6

.. 
.. 

6V2
8
..  11
..  10

7
6
6 Vi
6

Fan cy —111  B u lk  

San Bias Goodies....
Lozenges, plain.......
Lozenges, printed. ..
-Choc.  Drops..............
Eclipse Chocolates... 
(’hoc.  Monumentals.
Gum  Drops...............
Moss  Drops..............
Lemon Sours............
Imperials...................
ItM.1. (’ream Bonbons
35 lb. pails..............
Molasses  (’hews,  15
lb. palls...................
Jelly  Date  Squares.
Iced  Marshmellows.......
Golden  Waffles........

@11 
@   9 
@  9 
@11 
@13 @1214 
@   6 
@   814 
@  9
@   914
@11
@13
@ioi4

ncy

lu ff  lb.  B o xes

Lemon  Sours.........
Peppermint Drops..
Chocolate  Drops__
II.  M. Choc.  Drops..
II.  M. Choc.  l.t.  and
Dk. No. 12..............
Gum  Drops................
Licorice  Drops.........
A.  B.  Licorice  Drops
Lozenges,  plain.......
Lozenges, printed...
Imperials...................
Mottoes.....................
(’ream  Bar................
Molasses Bar............
Hand  Made Creams.  80 
(’ream  Buttons, Pep.
and  Wint...............
String  Rock..............
Burnt  Almonds.......1  25
Wlntergreeu  Berries 
Caram els 
No.  1  wrapped,  3  lb. 
boxes.......................

F r u it s

Orangen
Fancy Mexicans  —
Jam aicas...................
Lem ons
Strictly choice 360s..
Strictly choice 300s..
Fancy 300s.................
Ex.  Fancy  300s.........
Extra Fancy 360s.
Bautinas

@50
@60
@65
@75
@90 
@ 30 
@75 
(t l 50 
@55 
(a 55 
@55 
@60

@90
@65
@60
@
@55

@4  25
@4  25

@4  00
50
(0,6 00
@5  50
@4  50

quotes as follows:

B u tter
Seymour...................
New  York..................
Family.......................
Wolverine..................

Soda

Soda  X X X ................
Soda.  City.................
Long  Island  Wafers.
Zephyrette................
O yster
Faust..........................
Farina.........................
Extra  Farina 
.......
Saltine  Wafer...........

Sweet  Goods—Box
Animals............................
Assorted  Cake.................
Belle Rose.........................
Bent’s  W ater.................
Buttercups... 
.........
Cinnamon  Bar...................
Coffee Cake,  Iced...........
Coffee Cake, Jav a...........
Cocoauut Taffy................
Cracknells  .......................
( 'reams, Iced...................
Cream Crisp..............
Crystal Creams.
Cubans..............................
Currant  Fruit..................
Frosted  Honey................
Frosted (.'ream................
Ginger Gems, lg. or  sin.
Ginger Snaps, X X X .......
G ladiator.........................
Grandma Cakes..............
Graham Crackers...........
Graham  Wafers..............
Honey Fingers................
Imperials..........................
Jumbles,  Honey..............
Lady Fingers...................
Lemon  Wafers................
Marshmallow..................
Marshmallow Walnuts.
Mixed  Picnic..................
Milk Biscuit.....................
Molasses  Cake................
Molasses B ar..................
Moss Jelly  B ar..............
Newton.............................
Oatmeal Crackers.
(>atmeal Wafers............
< (range Crisp  ................
Orange  Gem..................
Penny Cake.....................
Pilot Bread,  X X X .........
Pretzels, hand  made...
Sears'  Lunch..................
Sugar Cake.....................
Sugar (’ream,  X X X   ...
Sugar Squ ares..............
Sultanas...........................
Tutti  Frutti....................
Vanilla Wafers..............
Vienna Crimp................

Fish ani Oysters

Per lb 
@  10

F resh   F ish
White fish.....................
Trout..............................
Black  Bass...................
Halibut..........................
Ciscoes or  Herring....
Bluetish.........................
Live  Lobster................
Boiled  Lobster............
Cod.................................
Haddock.......................
No. 1  Pickerel..............
Pike................................
Perch.............................
Smoked  White............
Red  Snapper..............
Col River  Salmon.......
Mackerel.......................
35
F. H.  Counts............
27
F. J .  D. Selects.........
23
Selects.......................
20
F. J .  D.  Standards..
19
Anchors.....................
17
Standards.................
14
Favorite.....................
gal.
B a lk .
F. H. Counts............ . .......  1  75
Extra Selects............... .......  1  60
Selects............................ .......  1  35
Anchor  Standards— ........ 1  20
Standards..................... .......1  10

O ysters in Cans.

Sh ell Goods.
1  00
Clams, per 100..............
Oysters, per 100.......... 1  25@1  50

Medium bunches__   1 00(0*1  25
Large  bunches.........  1 50@1  75

Foreign  Dried  F ru its

f i Ks

@13
Californias,  Fancy..
@12
Choice,  10  11). boxes.
Extra  Choice,  10  lb.
(a 13
boxes, new  smprna
Fancy. 12 lb. boxes new (a,14
Imperial Mikados, 18
11). boxes.................
Pulled, 6 lb. boxes...
Naturals, in bags....
Dates

@
(0
@   524

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

@10
@   6
@   6
@   6
@  5

N u ts

Almonds, Tarragona
Almonds,  Ivtca.......
Almonds, California,
soft shelled............
Brazils, new..............
F ilberts.....................
Walnuts,  Greuobles. 
Walnuts, soft shelled 
California No. 1... 
Table  Nuts,  fancy... 
Table  Nuts,  choice..
Pecans,  Med............
Pecans,  Ex. Large...
Pecans, Jumbos.......
Hickory N uts per bu.
Ohio,  new..............
Cocoanuts, full sacks 
Chestnuts, per  bu ...
Peanuts 
Fancy, H. P., Suns.. 
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Flags
Roasted..................
Choice,  H.P., Extras 
Choice, H. P., Extras 
Roasted..................

@17
@
@
@   7
@1224
@15
@1224 
@12 
@11 
®   724 
@10 
@12
@1  75 
@3 50 
@5 00

@  6
@  7 
@   5
@ 6

MICHIGAN  TR A D ESM A N

Reward 

is offered

to  every  one  of  our  customers  who  pur­
chases  Robes,  Blankets,  Harness  and  Car­
riages  of  us.  The  reward  is  prompt  ship­
ment,  large  choice,  superb  goods  and  fair 
prices  and  treatment.  W e  shall  be  glad-to 
pay  it  to  any  dealer.

Brown  & Sehler,

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

Î

ASs \ s \

S ®ss
\s\ss

not  like  the  idea  of  being  guided  sole­
ly  by  my  judgment.  Then  the  question 
of  dead  stock  was  an  important  consid­
eration.

The  probabilities  were  that,  in  view 
of  the 
length  of  time  the  business  had 
been  running  and  the  manner  it  had 
been  conducted  the  past few years,  there 
would  be  considerable  quantities  of  un­
salable  goods. 
I  looked  over  the  situa­
tion  and  the stock  many  times.  My  man 
accorded  me  the  fullest  opportunity  for 
obtaining  all  possible  information,  but 
he  was  not  in  a  position  to  give  much. 
1  asked 
for  his  price  book.  He  had 
none  and  there  never  had  been  one used 
in  the  store.  The  books  of  the  old  firm 
had  been  carted  away.  He  was  unable 
to  tell  the  amount  of  former  business  or 
to  refer  to  any  of  the  old 
invoices.  He 
showed  me  his  sales  book  and  how 
much  business  he  had  done  during  the 
three  months  he  had  been  in possession. 
From  these  I  learned  the  following  par­
ticulars  of  the  business:  The  sales  for 
the  time  he  had  been  running it were  on 
an  average  of  $1,500  monthly,  of  which 
two-thirds  were  cash.  He  had  bought 
$2,500  worth  of  merchandise. 
The 
present  expenses  would  about  amount  to 
$2,200  per  year.

little  surj>rised  at  the 

The  business  seemed  better  than  I had 
expected,  as  I  supposed  it  had  run  down 
a  good  deal  the  past  few  years,  and  I 
was  a 
figures 
shown  me.  This  trade  was  obtained 
without  pushing  by  the  present  owner, 
as  he  had  not  advertised,  not  even 
changed  the  sign,  but  came  as  a  matter 
of  course  and  was  entirely  owing  to  the 
good  will  of  the  business.  With  this 
showing  I  was  satisfied,  and  knew  that 
if  I  bought  I  could  easily  increase  the 
sales  very  materially.

I 

interest  on  capital. 

figured  that,  by  turning  over  the 
stock  three  and  a  half  times  a  year,  a 
gross  profit  of  20  per  cent,  on sales could 
easily  be  counted  on.  The  sales  being 
$18,000,  the  gross  profit  ought  to  be 
$3,600,  which,  after  paying  expenses  of 
$2,200,  would  leave  $1,400  as  my  share 
for  salary  and 
I 
considered  that,  taking  things  as  they 
appeared,  there  should  be  about  $5,000 
worth  of  stock  upon  the  shelves.  Yet, in 
looking 
it  over  carefully,  I  was  con­
vinced  that  this  was  a  high estimate.  In 
consideration  of  my  eagerness  to  secure 
a  business  of  my  own,  and  knowing that 
the  chances  of  working  up  a  profitable 
trade  were  good,  and  taking 
into  ac­
count  the  value  of  an  old-established 
business,  I  mentally  resolved  I  would 
give  $5,000  for  the  business  as  it  stood, 
the  proprietor  to  pay  all  outstanding 
bills  and  collect  the  open  accounts. 
1 
was  earning  a  salary  of  $1,000  a  year 
and  wanted  to  do  as  well  the  first  year.
I  had  $2,500 
in  cash  and  could  easily 
borrow  the  remainder  from a relative.  If 
I  could  secure  the  business  on  these 
terms  I  would  be  making  a  good  trade.
1  took  a  friend  of  mine,  who  was  well 
acquainted  with  stocks,  and  who  had 
been  connected  with  hardware  for  many 
years 
it  over. 
His  estimate  of  the  value  was  about  the 
same  as  mine,  so  I  considered  1  was 
not  far  astray.

longer  than  1,  to 

look 

24

Hardware

W hy  I   Did  Mot  Go  In to   Business.

I  had  reached  that  stage  in  my  busi­
ness  career  when,  a  partnership  being 
out  of  the  question  with  my  old  firm, for 
whom  I  had  labored  in  season  and  out 
of  season  for  nearly  twenty  years,  hav­
ing  accumulated  a  small  amount  of 
money  I  felt  prepared  to  engage  in  the 
hardware  business,  provided  a  good 
chance  presented  itself. 
I  had  not  very 
long  to  wait  before  a  man  who  had  car­
ried  on  a  retail  business  for many years, 
and  had  made  a  snug  fortune,  suddenly 
died.  He 
left  a  son  who  had  been 
brought  up  in  the  store  and  I  supposed 
he  would  still  continue  in  the  business.
I  had  not  much  faith  in  the  young  fel­
low’s  ability,  so  I  quietly  made  up  my 
mind  that  his  business  career  would  be 
short,  and  then  my  chance  would  come 
and  I  would  buy  out  the  business  when 
he  made  a  failure  of  it.

Imagine  my  surprise,  however,  when 
I 
learned  one  morning  that  the  young 
man  had  sold  out  to  another  party.  Had 
I  dreamed  of  his  intention  of  selling  I 
would  have  approached  him  on  the  sub­
ject.  Here  was  a  chance  which  might 
not  come  again,  and  I  was  caught  nap­
ping.  When  speaking  of  the  circum­
stance  to a  friend soon  after,  he informed 
me  that  perhaps  the  person  who  had 
bought  would  sell  again,  as  my  friend 
was 
informed  that  he  had  only  bought 
it  on  a  speculation  and  that  he  did  not 
intend  to  carry  on  the  business.

This  information  put  a  new  phase  on 
the  matter,  so  I  resolved  to 
interview 
the  man  in  question.  As  I  had  lost  one 
opportunity  by  being  too  backward  1 
thought  I  would  make bold and  see  w hat 
the  prospects  were  anyway.

I  called  on  the  man  in  his  store  and 
told  him  I  had  been  informed he wanted 
to  sell  out.  He  said  he  would  sell,  but 
he  was  not  anxious.  His  lease  had  an­
other  year  to  run  and  he  proposed  to 
close  it  up  in  that  time.  He  knew  he 
had  a  good  bargain  and  was  easy  about 
the  result;  yet,  if  he  got  a  good  offer  he 
would  sell.

Here  was  the  chance  1  had  been  look­
ing  for.  Here  was  a  hardware  business 
which  had  been  established 
for  over 
twenty  years 
in  the  same  store  which 
had  made  a  fortune  for  its  proprietor.

The  location  was  a  good  one,  the  rent 
was  moderate,  the store was well  adapted 
for  the  business  and  if  I  could  buy  on 
advantageous  terms  I  would  be 
the 
luckiest  man 
I  was  shown 
around  the  store  and  carefully  looked 
over the  stock.

in  town. 

looking  over  it  once  or  twice. 

1  asked  my  man  to  name  his  price 
and  I  would  consider  it.  As  I  told  him 
the  price  would  be  cash  down,  I thought 
to  bring  him  to  the  point  at  once,  but 
he  refused  to  name  a  figure;  he  would 
prefer  that  1  should  make  an  offer. 
I 
told  him  I  could  make  no  offer,  as  I 
could form but  a  vague  idea  of  the. stock 
by 
1 
asked  him  if  he  could  not  tell  me  how 
much  stock  he  had,  but  he  said  he  did 
not  know.  He  had  bought 
it  without 
taking  stock.  The  former owner had  not 
taken  stock  since  his  father’s  death. 
If  I  wished  to  buy  he  would  consider  an 
offer  en  bloc,  but  he  would  not  take 
stock  now,  as  the  fall  trade  was  coming 
on  and  he  was  not  that  anxious  to  sell 
to  take  stock  now.  Here  was  a  diffi­
culty 
I  did  not  like  the 
idea  of  buying  a  stock  of  hardware  by 
guess-work. 
fancied  I  could  give  a 
fair estimate  of  the  amount  of  stock  on 
hand;  yet  when  I  wanted  to  buy  I  did

in  the  way. 

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Manufacturers  of

Asphalt  Paints, Tarred  Felt,  Roofing  Pitch.  2  and  3 
ply and  Torpedo Gravel  Ready  Roofing.  Galvanized 
Iron  Cornice.  Sky  Lights.  Sheet  Metal  Workers 
and Contracting  Roofers.

f   Grand  Rapids, Mich.
a  

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

ESTABLISHED  1S68

Detroit, Mich.
Foot  1st St.

1  referred  the  subject  to  my  employ­
er.  He  was  much  surprised  when  I  un­
folded  my  scheme,  would  be  very  sorry 
lose  my  services,  yet,  if  the  chance 
to 
was  a  good  one,  he  would  not  stand 
in 
my  way.

He  thought  there  was  a  good  open­
ing,  provided  I  bought  the  stock  right. 
On  this  point  he  urged  me  to  go  cau­
tiously,  as  he  said  it  was  like  buying  a 
cat  in  a  bag  to  buy  a  business  en  bloc

The  Grand  Rapids  Paper  Box  Co.

Manufacture

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

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

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Advance over base, on both Steel and  Wire.

N ails

and  that  1  might  make  a  great  mistake.
I  took  his  advice  and  resolved  I  had 
inter­

made  a  safe  estimate  and  again 
viewed  the  merchant.

to 

his 

understand 

need 
business 
thoroughly  and  would  need  to  give 
it 
close  personal  attention  in  every  detail 
Yet  I  think 
Merton  in  Hardware.

it  could  be  done.— Lyle | 

e le r   A b ro ad .

From  the  Chicago  Tribune.

F ie ld   fo r  th e  A m e ric a n  C o m m e rcia l  T ra v ­

I  urged  him  to  name  his  price,  but  he 
would  not.  Then  1  asked  him  to  name 
an  advance  on  his  bargain.  This  he 
would  not  do.  At  last,  seeing  he  would 
do  nothing,  I  told  him  I  would  make  an 
offer,  as  1  meant  business  and  I  wanted 
the  store,  but  as  1  was  entirely  at  sea  in 
regard  to  the  value  of  the  stock  I  might 
offer  too  low.  Well,  he  did  not  care,  I 
might  come  up  in  my  figures.

Well,  I  would  give  him  $4,coo  cash.
A  look  of  supreme  disgust came across 

The  volume  of  exports  of  American 
manufacturers  continues  to  increase. 
It 
would  increase  even  more  rapidly  if  the 
American  manufacturers  couid  or  would 
send  to  foreign  countries  commercial 
travelers  as  bright  and  as  pushing  as 
those  who  are  engaged  in  making  sales 
n  the  home  market. 
If  those  commer­
cial  travelers  who  are  being  thrown  out 
f  work  by  the  combination  or  consoli­
dation  of  industrial  concerns which have 
hitherto  been  competing  actively  in  the 
United  States  had  the  gift  of  tongues  it 
would  be  easy  for  them  to  change  the 
field  of  their  labors  and  to  do  in  Europe 
and  South  America  on  a  grander  scale
mistake  but  I  did  what  1  thought  about  the  same  kind  of  work  they  have  been 
in  the  United  States.  Unhap-
I doing 
right,  but  how  much  would  he  take? 
1 pily,  they  have  not  received  the  needful
and  when  they  are  displaced 

‘  W hat!”   he  said,  ” 84,000  for  this 
business?  Young  man,  if  that’ s  all  the 
idea  you  have  of  hardware,  it’s  of  no 
use  of  my  wasting  any  more  tim e.”

take  $6,500  and  not  a  cent  j P , 

I  then  apologized 

if  I  had  made  a

his  face  at  this.

“ I  will 

, 

A u g u rs  an d   B its

Snell’s ............................................... 
Jennings’ genuine......................................... 
Jennings’ imitation....................................... 

A xes

First Quality, S.  15. Bronze................... 
First Quality, I>.  15.  Bronze........................ 
First Quality, S. 15. S.  Steel......................... 
First Quality,  i>. B. Steel........................ 

B a rro w s

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

B o lts

Stove.......................................................... 
Carriage, new  list...................................  
Flow  ..........................................................  

B u ck e ts

Well, plain...................................................... 

B u tts ,  C ast

Cast Loose Pin, figured........................ 
Wrought Narrow...................................  

C a rtrid g e s

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

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25&10
50&10

*>50

10 00
7 75
n so

14 00

30 00

Steel nails, base....................................... 
Wire nails, base......................................  
20 to 60 advance....................................... 
10 to 16 advance.......................................  
8 advance................................................. 
6 advance................................................. 
t advance................................................. 
3 ad vance................................................. 
2 advance................................................  
‘ine 3  advance........................................  
'using 10 advance...................................  
Using 0 advance..................................... 
finish 10 advance...................................  
finish 8 advance..................................... 
finish 0 advance..................................... 
Barrel  % advance.  ................................ 

R iv ets

Iron  and  Tinned..................................... 
Hopper Rivets  and  Burs....................... 

R ooting  Flu tes

14x20 IC, Charcoal,  Dean...................... 
14x20 IX,Charcoal, Dean......................
20x28 IC, Charcoal,  Dean......................
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway  Grade..
.4x20 IX,Charcoal, Allaway  G rade..
20x28 IC. Charcoal. Allaway  G rade..
10x281X, Charcoal, Allaway  G rade..

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7  C.  .. .  6  C.  .

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m i l i a r s

7Vt

Yi  111. Sisal.  54  inch
.  6  C. Manilla.........
• •  7 M

List  acct.  19,

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commercial 

for  display 

great  opening 

The  main I the 

for  the  Americans | Socket Firmer 

Taking  his  figures,  the  sales  were 

The  fact  remains,  however,  that  there

ine  the  trusts  and  combines  tooth  and

Socket Framing..................................
Socket Corner.....................................
Socket Slicks.......................................

c.F., perm

G. 1)., per m . 
Musket,  per m.

C h ise ls

I  told  him  I  would  consider  his  offer I It  is  no  wonder,  therefore,  that  the  com- 
and  let  him  know  in  a  week.  I  thought  mercial  travelers  organizations  are tight-1 
perhaps  I  had  made  a  mistake  in  my I
estimate  of  the  stock  and  began  to 
think 
it  over.  The  store  consisted  of 
three  flats  and 
one  window 
stock  of  hardware  was  on  the  first  floor, 
with  heavy  goods  in  the  basement.  The 
second  and  third  floors  contained  wood* 
enware,  a  few 
fancy  goods  which  had 
been  in  the store  for  years  and  odds  and 
ends  of  surplus  stock  from  below.

basement,  with  only I who  first  qualify  themselves to  engage in 
traveling  business 
abroad.  They  will  be the aristocrats,  the 
money  makers  of  the  profession.  Until 
energetic  Americans  are  sent  out  to  all 
juarters  of  the  globe  by  the  American 
manufacturers  the  latter  will  not  get  the 
full  volume  of trade  they  are  entitled  to.
They  must  compete  abroad  with  foreign 
rivals  precisely  as  they  have  been  com­
peting  at  home  with  domestic  rivals.
They  must  not  expect  foreigners  to 
der  their  products  on  faith  or  come  to 
this country  to  inspect  them.  They  must
nd  smart  agents  to  Europe  and  other 
parts  of  the  world precisely as  they  have
the 
American  states.  Probably  there  are  not 
many  such  men  now  who  can  be  put  at 
work.  Such  men  are  needed,  however, 
and  the  demand  should  produce  them.

far 
in  proportion  to  stock  and  1 
too 
could  not  see  much  profit  in 
it.  More­
over  I  knew  that  $6, 500  would  buy  a 
large  amount  of  well-assorted  hardware, 
and  1  considered  the  price  far  too  high,  | ¡3een 
so  I  told  him  that our negotiations would 
be  at  an  end. 
1  think  the  man  was 
honest  and  was  anxious  to  sell at  a sma 
advance  on  his  purchase  price,  but  1 
think  he  had  been  deceived  himself  in
buying.  He  had  paid  toj  much  for the | Speak 
stock  and  I  felt  confident  that  he  would  the  buoyant  energy  and  determination 1  May dole & Co.’s, new lb
find  quite  a  loss  when  he  had  wound  up 
the  business.

The  American  manufacturers  should 
have  at  their  command  men  who  can 
languages  and  who  have 

Com. 4 piece, 6 In., per doz..............
Corrugated, per doz........................
Adjustable..........................................
e x p a n s iv e   B its
Clark’s small, $18;  large, $26.........
Ives’ 1, $18;  2, $24;  3, $30................
F ile s —N ew  L ist
New American.................................
Nicholson’s ........................................
Heller’s  Horse Rasps.......................
G alvan ized  Iro n
Nos. 10 to 20;  22 and 24;  25 and 26;

them  throughout 

«niumb^

sending 

H a m m e rs

foreign 

Gauges

G lass

low 

l*ipe

list.

14

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

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

16.

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

........ dis
.........dis
1.................30c list

which  distinguish  the  American  com- 
mercial  traveler.  Such  men  will  get 
better  pay  than  any  of  their brethren  in 
the  home  field.  The  wisest  thing  the 
younger  commercial  travelers  can  do 
to  set  themselves  to  the 

How  he  eventually  made  out  1  never I 
learned,  but  the  more  I  canvassed  the [ 
question 
in  my  own  mind  the  more  I 
was  satisfied  I  did  right, 
engage  in  business ' 
and  enthusiasm  to
were  so  great  that  I  was  in  danger of 1 
leather 
erring  on  the  amount  of  stock,  as  my 
better  judgment  since 
that I n()velties  department  of  a  dry  good-
84.000  would  be  a  big  price  and  would I store  not  far  from Philadelphia,  was  try
have  been  too  high  a figure. 

A t  a   D ecid ed   D lsad v an tag
A   young  woman  clerk,  in  the 

My  eagerness I foreign  tongues.  Then  their  future  wi 

to  a  rural  gentleman a leather 
| ing  to _se
pocketbook,  which  he  wished  to  make  a

learning  of 

tells  me 

sa*e’

I  did  not  engage  in  business  on  my

H inges
Gate, Clark’s 1, 2,3 ...................
H ollow   W a

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

H orse  N ails

Au S ab le...................................................
Putnam...................................................... als 

H ou se  F u rn is h in g  G oods

Stamped Tinware, new list..................
Japanned Tinware.................................

Iro n

Bar  Iron....................................................
Light  Band...............................................

K n o b s—New  L ist

. 

. 

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L a n te rn s

lo-  but  he  wanted  to  know  of  what 

r I nlussed— had  no  idea  wnat  to  say. 

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

rses  from  82.50  to 8i5-  The  815  purse 
own  account  at  that  time,  nor since ;  but |  ‘
if  1  were  to  do  so  1  would  prefer  buying I struck  the  gentleman  as  the likely thing, 
leather
my  own  stock;  and  if  I  thought  the 
cation-suitable  would  not  hesitate  to  it  was  1nade  Th® 
5  n^ l
i>ne
make  the  venture.  My  estimate  of  cai,ed  the  buyer  to  one  side  and  asked 
needed  capital  to  make  the  venture  suc'|h im .  He  knew  just  as  little  as  she,  so 
It’s  very  nice
_____  
cessful  and  give  a  man  a salary of 8L0001 the  only  reply  was,  ”  It’s  very 
smooth  leather;  wears  so  nicely  and  has 
would  be  84,000.  Of  this  I  would  put
solid  gold  comers— in  fact,  the  nicest 
83.000  in  stock  and  reserve  81 »000  for 
purse  we  have.”   To  a  rural  gentleman 
working  capital  and  store  fixtures
it  seemed  strange  that  such 
ignorance 
would  divide  the  money  something  like 
could  occur 
store 
th is;
made  an  offer  for  the  book,  and  while  it I caStere, Bed and  Plate 
Heavy goods, nails, glass,  paint.. . . —  
Tinware and house furnishing goods
took  a  long  time  to  figure  out  the  cost |  |)ampers,  American 
Cutlery and plated ware.........................
Mulassc
mark  and  decide  what  to  do,  he  got 
Shelf Hardware and carpenters’ tools.
Stebbins’  Pattern....... .
Enterprise, self-measuring.................. 

in  the  big  town.  However,  he I  Pumps, Cistern 

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

leading  dry  goods 1 mrd Cages 

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

..........................$17  00.
M etals—Z inc

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

I  The  man  who  knows  how  to  spend
I  would  calculate  to  turn  over  this I money  prudently  knows  how  to  keep  it. 

Total..................................... .. 

.$1000
.  500 
.  300 
.  1200

Adze Eye.

M a tto ck s

in  the 

L ev els

P a n *

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it.

stock  at  least  four  times  a  year,  making f
the  sales  $12,000,  which  should  yield  a 
gross  profit  of  25  per  cent,  or  $3,000. 
The  expenses  would  be  about  81-. 5°°» 
leaving  8i>5o°  for  proprietor,  of  which 
81,000 would  be  his  living  expenses  and j 
leave  85°o  for  profit  on  the 
investment. 
To  achieve  these  results  a  man  would I

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Fry, Acme.................................................
Common,  polished.................................  
P a te n t  P la n ish e d   Iro n  

“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27 
“B " Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 25 to 27 

Broken packages 54c per pound extra.

1 Bench, first quality. 

I Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy............................  
Sciota  Bench............... 
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy.................. 
 

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80&10
80&10
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70
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Sash  W eigh ts
Solid  Eyes, per ton.......................

S h eet  Iro n

55
45 Nos. 10 to 14
<5 Nos. 15 to  17
Nos. 18 to 21
Nos. 22 to 24
Nos. 26 to 20
No. 27...........
wide, not les than 2-10 extra.

65

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$3 20
3  *20
3  30
3  40
3 50
3 60

All Sheets No.  18 ami  lighter, over  30

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

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Tlie prices of the many other qualities of solder 
In the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to composition.

Square

Steel and  Iron.

VI c l y 11  G rade

10x14 IC, Charcoal...................................
14x20 IC, Cltareoal...................................
20x14 IX,Charcoal.......................• ••••• •  „
Each additional  X on this grade, $1.25.

T in —A lla w a y   G rad e
10x14 IC, Charcoal...................................
14x20 IC, Charcoal...................................
10x14 IX , Charcoal...................................
14x20 IX,Charcoal.........................;•

Each additional X on this grade, $1.60

B o ile r   Size  T in   P la te  

4x56 IX , for  No.8 Boilers, 1  er pound.. 
4x56 IX , for  No.9 Boilers, j 1 

1

T ra p s

Steel,  Game................................ -..........
ineida Community,  Newhouse s .... 
ineida  Community,  Hawley  &  Nor­
ton's ........................................................
Mouse,  choker, per  doz........................
Mouse, delusion, per  doz.......................

W ire

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

W ire   G oods

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

W  ron ch es

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

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

Apples— Winter  fiuit  is  meeting  with 
active  demand  and  ready  sale  on  the 
basis  of  $2.25  per  bbl.  for  choice,  $2.50 
for  fancy  and  $2.75 @3  for  extra  fancy. 
Dealers  are  compelled  to  sort  their stock 
carefully  before  making  shipment,  ow­
ing  to the  proportion  o f decayed  apples 
in  all  stock  which  has  been  long  out  of 
cold  storage.

Bananas— On  account  of  the  10c  ex­
port  duty  placed  on  bananas  by  the 
Guatemala  government,  noted  last week, 
shipments  of  bananas  from  that  point 
have  been  small  for  the  past  few  weeks 
and  the  steamship,  S.  Oteri,  which  has 
been  regularly  employed  in  the  banana 
carrying  trade  arrived  in  Mobile  recent­
ly  without  a  single  bunch  of  bananas. 
No  quotable  change 
in  price  has  oc­
curred  during  the  week,  but  the  tend­
ency  is  upward.

Beans— Eastern  markets  are  generally 
weaker,  but  Western  markets  hold  up 
strong,  being 
influenced  by  the  condi­
tion  of  things  at  Detroit,  where the  bean 
speculators  on  the  Board  of  Trade  ap­
pear to  be  having  their own  way.  Last 
week  beans  for  December  delivery  de­
clined  8c,  but  so  far this  week  one-half 
of  the  decline  has  been  made  up,  with 
the  probability  of  a  complete  recovery 
by  the  end  of  the  week.

Beets— Si  per  3  bu.  bbl.
Butter— Factory  creamery  has  ad­
vanced  to  25c  and  is  strong  at  that.  Re­
ceipts  of  dairy  are  liberal,  but  the  price 
is  about  the  same  as  it  was  a  week  ago. 
Extra 
fancy  readily  commands  20c, 
fancy  fetching  18c  and  choice  bringing 
16c.

Cabbage— 4o@5oc  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 $5.75 
@6  per  bbl.  Wisconsin  Bell  and  Bugle 
command  $6  for  standard  and  $7  for 
fancy.
Dressed  Poultry— Spring  chickens  are 
in  strong  demand  at  8c.  Fowls  are 
in 
ood  demand  at  7c.  Ducks  command 
@gc  for spring  and  7c  for  old.  Geese 
find  a  market  on  the  basis  of  8@<)c  for 
young.  Old  are  not  wanted  at  any 
price.  Turkeys  are  in  good  demand  at 
8c  for  No.  2  and  10c  for  No.  1.

E ggs— Receipts  continue  heavy,  but 
the  average  quality  is  very  poor,  owing 
to  the  amount  of  eggs  the  farmers  are 
evidently  finding  in  the  oat  bin,  which 
are  badly  discolored  by  black  spots  and 
are  also  shrunken  and  sloppy.  Dealers 
pay  16^170 
for  case  count,  holding 
candled  stock  at  18c.  Fresh  candled 
stock  would  easily  command 20c,  but the 
proportion  of  fresh  eggs  received  is  so 
small  that 
it  amounts  to  very  little  in 
the  aggregate.  Cold  storage  stock  is  in 
good  demand  at  17c.

Game-  Rabbits  are  in  active  demand 
at  $1.25  per  doz.  Squirrels  are  in  strong 
demand  at  $¡@1.25  per  doz.  Mallard 
ducks  are 
in  fair  demand  and  ample 
supply  at  $4.25  per  doz.  Teal  ducks 
command  $2.50^2.75  per  doz.  Common 
ducks  fetch  $1.50.  Sand  snipes  bring 
75c  per  doz.  and  yellow-legged  $1.50  per 
doz.

Grapes— New  York  Concords  are  held 

at  15c  for  4  pound  baskets.

Honey— White  clover  is  scarce  at  i5@ 
16c.  Dark  amber and  mixed  command 
I 3 @ I 4 C.

Lemons—The 

lemon  market  is  easier 
and  prices  have  declined  SO@75c  dur­
ing  the  past  week.  Although  the  East­
ern  movement  of  California  lemons  so 
far  this  season  has  been  comparatively 
small,  owing  to  the  unripe  condition  of 
the  fruit,  the  prospective 
large  yield— 
at  1,230,000  boxes— is  not 
estimated 
without 
influence  on  the  market  for 
Sicily  lemons,  especially  as  the  new 
crop  of  Sicily  lemons  now  coming  for­
ward 
is  composed  for  the  most  part  of 
green  fruit.

its 

Live  Poultry— Squabs  are  in  fair  de­
mand  at  $1  per  doz.  Pigeons  are  in 
strong  demand  at  50^600  per  doz. 
Chickens are 
in  good  demand  at  5@6c, 
providing  they  are  fancy.  Poor quality 
are  not  wanted  at  any  price.  Fowls  are 
not  so  active  at  4@5>£c.  Turkeys  are 
eagerly  purchased  at  6€g8c.  Ducks  are j 
in  fair  demand  at  5@6j^c  if  good  qual­

MICHIGAN  TRA D ESM AN

ity.  Geese  are  in  small  demand  at  $5 
@7  per  doz.

Nuts—Ohio  hickory  command  $i\25 

for  large  and  $1.50  for  small.

Onions  -Spanish  have  advanced  to 
$1.50  per  crate  and  home  grown  are  ac­
tive  and  moving  at  35c  for  Red  Weath- 
erfields,  Yellow  Danvers  and  Yellow 
Globes  and  40c  for  Red  Globes.  Be­
tween  the  frost  and  the  hot  wave  in  Oc­
tober,  stock  has  sustained  severe  dam­
age.

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

lew 

loads 

age  are  held  at  $3  per  bu.
Potatoes— The  market 

is  strong  and 
is  toward  higher  prices. 
the  tendency 
Outside  buying  points 
are  paying 
about  28c,  although  Greenville  is  regu­
larly  paying  30c  and  occasionally  pays 
j6@38c  for  a 
in  order  to 
stimulate  marketing.  The  noise  of  the 
high  prices  reaches  the  farmers and they 
rush  stock  in  from  long  distances,  when 
the  price  recedes  to  the  proper  figure. 
This  sort  of  tactics  on  the  part  o f   the 
Greenville  buyers  tends  to  concentrate 
large  quantities  of  stock  at  Greenville 
which  would  otherwise  be  marketed  at 
other  buying  points.  The  scarcity  of 
cars 
is  playing  an  imporatnt  figure  in 
the  situation  and,  unless  the  railroads 
are  able  to  offer  relief  soon,  there  will 
likely  be  a  still  higher  range  of  values.
Squash— Hubbard  commands  ij^c  per 

pound.

Sweet  Potatoes— Jerseys  are  in  good 
demand  at  $3.50  per  bbl.  Virginias  are 
active  on  the  basis  of  $2.50  per  bbl. 

Turnips—$1  per bbl.

The  Grain  Market.

in 

The  bears  made  it  very  interesting for 
the  bull  element  during  the  past  week. 
Foreign  cables  came 
lower  every 
morning,  which  had  a  depressing  effect 
on  wheat  values— so  much  so  that  prices 
were  being  crowded  down  for  cash  as 
well  as  futures  and,  when  the  visible 
increase  of  1,935,000 
showed  another 
bushels,  much 
long  wheat  was  put  on 
the  market  by  tired  holders  and  the 
shorts  took  advantage  of  the  drop  to 
cover  their  short  sales.  However,  a  turn 
came 
late  Tuesday,  when  Liverpool 
made  an  advance  of  $ d .  Then  the 
market  became  steady  and  regained 
ic 
over  opening  prices.  To  make  a  long 
story  short,  the 
large  elevator  interests 
in  Chicago  are  dictating  prices  to  such 
an  extent  that  outsiders  have  become 
disgusted  and  propose  to  let  them  run 
things  alone  until  there  are  signs  of 
more  favorable  chances  for  buying  fu­
tures  than  at  present.

is  very  scarce 

Although  wheat 

in 
Michigan,  there  seems  enough  to  come 
along  to  keep  the  mills  going.  How 
it 
will  be  after  the  New  Year  remains  to 
be  seen.  The  growing  crop  is  not  show­
last  season  at 
ing  up  as  well  as  it  did 
this  time.  The  weather  being 
very 
warm  gives  the  insects  a  good  chance to 
put  their  work  in  early.  The  wheat 
in 
some  fields  has  a  yellow  look,  which 
shows  plainly  what  the  Hessian  fly  and 
the  chintz  bug  are  doing.  We need  snow 
and  colder  weather  to  stop  their  rav­
ages.  We  might  state  that  the  visible 
is  55,936,000  bushels,  against  23,369,000 
bushels  at  the  same  date  one  year ago. 
in  Chicago,  Minneapolis 
The  most 
and  Duluth.  This 
large  amount  will 
have  to  be  reduced  before  prices  will 
advance,  but,  with  the  small  amount 
back 
looks  as 
though  the  visible  must  begin  to  de­
crease  soon.

in  farmers’  hands, 

is 

it 

Com  has  held  its own  and  no  material 
is 
fluctuations  can  be  noted.  There 
more  being  used  for  feeding  purposes, 
so  that  receipts  are  not  as  large  as  they 
would  otherwise  be.  Western  railroads 
complain  that  there  is  not  much  being 
shipped,  as  Western  farmers  propose  to 
make  pork  and  beef,  rather than  ship

their com,  as the  former will  be  of  more 
benefit  to  the  grower.

Oats  hold  their  own  against  any  de­
cline.  It  seems  that  this  staple  has  been 
somewhat  overestimated  as  regards  the 
amount  raised  or  there  would  be  more 
offered  for  sale,  so  we  think  prices  are 
at  bottom  with  a  strong  undertone.

There  is  no  change  to  report 

in  rye. 
Not  much  is  being  offered,  so  prices  are 
very  steady.

Beans  are  being  taken  as 
offered  at  $1.82  for  hand  picked.

fast  as 

In  flour  no  change  can  be  reported, 
and  the  demand  has  kept  pace  with 
production.  As  wheat 
the 
millers  are  not  tumbling  over  one  an­
other  to  make  sales  or  cut  prices,  as 
in 
years  gone  by.

is  scarce, 

Mill  feed 

in  as  good  demand  as 
ever,  notwithstanding  pasturage  is  fair 
for  this  season  of  the  year. 
Should 
snow  come  prices  will  be  enhanced.

is 

Receipts  have been  as follows:  wheat, 
56  cars ;  corn,  5  cars ;  oats,  2  cars ;  rye, 
2  cars;  malt,  2  cars;  hay,  2  cars.
Mills  are  paying  64c  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

T h e  M aced on ian   C ry   F o r   R elief.

From the Portage Lake Mining  Gazette.

Red  Jacket  merchants  are  beginning 
to  grow  tired  of  having  all  sorts  of  peo­
ple  who  contribute 
little  or  nothing  to 
the  upbuilding  or  the  expense  of  run­
ning  their  town  drop  in  for  a  few  days 
and  take  the  cream  of  their trade  away. 
The  village  Council  appears  to  sympa­
thize  with  them,  and  undoubtedly action 
will  be  taken  to  make  it  difficult  for  so- 
called  fakirs  to  make  any  money  there. 
The  matter  has  been  up  before  the 
Council,  and  a  committee  has  been  ap­
pointed  to  take  legal  advice  and  be pre­
pared  to 
instruct  the  Council  how  best 
to  rid  the  town  of  these nuisances.  The 
aldermen  have  been  told  by  City  Attor­
ney  MacDonald  that  the  best  way  is  to 
repeal  their  license  ordinance,  and  then 
for  the  officers  to  run these objectionable 
ones  off  the  streets  as  public  nuisances. 
Merchants 
in  every  town  in  the  copper 
country  submitted  to  heavy 
losses  dur­
ing  the  summer  from  these  people,  mid­
summer  especially  being  marked  by  an 
influx  of  scores  of  men  who  had  noth­
ing  but  the  shoddiest  goods  to  sell  and 
who,  while  apparently  disposing  of 
them  at  a  price  below  their  value,  in 
reality  got  at  least  twice  what  they  were 
worth.

Thanksgi v i ng.

The fields of grain are garnered now. 
High-heaped are stack and bin and mow,
A  wealth of fruit the cellars hide,
Nor is there lack of grain beside.
Kindred and friends who gather here 
Shall swell the strain of mirthful cheer.
Great God, to Thee our songs of  praise 
In  humble gratitude we raise.
Victorious over foreign woes 
In  peace our land triumphant grows;
No voice but Thine would we obey.
Grant us Thy blessing. Lord, to-day.

H o n e st  W ith   H is  E m p lo y e r.

“ Young  m an,"  asked  the  proprietor 
of  the  store,  who  was  making  the  rounds 
of  the  various  departments,  “ how  can 
you  afford  to  dress  so  elaborately  and 
expensively  on  the  salary  we  pay  you?”  
the 
“  I  ought  to  have  more  sal­

“ I  can’t ,”   gloomily  answered 

salesman. 
ary. ’ ’

A d v e rtise m e n ts  w ill  b e  in se rte d   u n d e r 
th is   h e a d   fo r  tw o   ce n ts  a   w ord   th e   first 
in se rtio n   a n d   on e  c e n t  a   w o rd   fo r  e a ch  
su b seq u en t  in se rtio n .  N o  a d v e rtise m e n ts 
ta k e n   fo r  less  th a n   25  ce n ts.  A d v an ce 
p a y m e n ts.

BU SIN ESS  CHANCES.

fornia and all points West at reduced rates. 
Trans-Continental  Freight  Co.,  38  Market  St., 
Chicago, 111. 

Ho u s e h o l d   g o o d s  s h i p p e d   t o   c a l i-
Fo e   s a l e , r e n t  o k  e x c h a n g e —s t o r e  

and  residence  building  in  prosperous  rail­
road  town.  Excellent  location  for  business  of 
any  kind.  Address  No.  141,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

141

143

142

140

139

iJ'OR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE  FOR  SHOE 

or  Dry  Goods  Stock—60  acre  farm;  good 
barn and orchard;  well watered;  near  two  good 
towns.  Address No. 142, care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
r P O   EXCHANGE  FOR  STOCK  OF  GEN- 
1  eral Merchandise—100 acre farm near Jeddo, 
Mich.,  witti  good  barn  and  orchard  and  farm 
house;  120  acres  Inmroved;  living  spring;  first- 
class stock farm;  title perfect;  taxes  paid.  Ad- 
dress Box 145, Upton Works, Mich. 

F'O R  SALE  AT  A  DISCOUNT  IF   TAKEN 

at  once—A drug and bazaar stock in  a thriv­
ing village of  1,573  people  (last  census)  at  the 
junction of two trunk  lines  of  railroad.  Owner 
has other  business;  splendid  opportunity.  Ad­
dress 139, care Michigan Tradesman. 
I3A P E R   ROLLS  FOR  DESK  CASH  REGI8- 
JT  ters, price $1.50 per dozen;  all widths.  Send 
sample.  E.  L.  Maybee,  1162  Slater  St.,  Cleve; 
land, Ohio. 
IT'OR  SALE  —  FIRST-CLASS,  UP-TO-DATE 
JT  meat market; best location in  city  of  20,000; 
excellent trade.  Poor health reason  for  selling. 
Address 138, care Michigan Tradesman. 
IT'OR  SALE  —  ONE  100  HORSE  POWER 
I   Standard  water  tube  boiler;  one  86  horse 
power engine and part of  an electric light  plant. 
Otsego Electric Light Co., Otsego, Mich. 
k   OR  SALE—FIN E  HOTEL  AND  SMALL 
* 
livery barn:  doing  good  business;  terms  to 
suit.  Address  No.  135,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man ________________________ ___________ 135

F’ OR  SALE  —  STOCK  OF  DRUGS  AND 

hardware and  store building.  Will  rent  the 
building  and  sell  the  stocks  together  or  sepa­
rately.  Good location to add  groceries  to  hard­
ware stock or for the establishment of a  general 
store.  This is a rare  opportunity  for  the  right 
person.  Address P.  M., Lacota, Mich. 
\ I 7  ANTED—LOCATION  FOR  FIRST-CLASS 
” v  shoe store.  Address Alex.  Friedman, Cold- 
water, Mich.______  

138

133

137

144

132

130

SPOT  CASH  PAID  FOR  STOCK  OF  DRV 

goods,  groceries  or  boots  and  shoes.  Must 
be cheap.  Address A. D., care Michigan Trades­
man. 
L'O R   SALE  OR  EXCHANGE  FOR  STOCK 
r   of Merchandise—Farm ;  good buildings;  two 
miles from flourishing village.  Address 43TSixth 
St., Traverse City, Mich.__________________ 123
W A N T E D —TO  SELL  AT  ONCE  AT  A 
v v  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._______ 121
L"OR  SALE—FIN EST  UP-TO-DATE  DRUG 
r   store  In  Southern  Michigan;  no  cutting: 
clean drug stock only;  fine location and  old  ana 
established stand.  Address Lock Box 101, Kala­
mazoo, Mich. 

125

116

127

Ex c h a n g e —f o u r  g o o d  h o u s e s , f r e e

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. 
_________________________  
L ’ OR  SALE—GENERAL  STOCK  IN  GOOD 
r   country trading point.  Terms  to  suit  pur­
chaser.  Will  rent  or  sell  store  building.  Ad­
dress No. 116, care Michigan Tradesman. 
Br y s o n   b r i c k   s t o r e   a t   o v id , m ic h .,
SPOT  CASH  DOWN,  WITHOUT  ANY  DE- 

to exchange for  timbered  land or  improved 
farm or  stock  of  goods.  Address  L.  C.  Town- 
send, Jackson, Mich._____________________ 114

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.____________________ 107
lT'OR  SALE  OR  TRADE—A  FIRST-CLASS 
r   three hundred twenty acre farm in Southern 
Michigan.  Terms  reasonable.  Address  Box 
720, Dowagiac, Mich._____________________106

FOR  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, Beldlng, Mich.  80
UJ ANTED—YOUR ORDER FOR A RUBBER 
stamp.  Best  stamps  on  earth  at  prices 
that  are  right.  Will  J .   Weller,  Muskegon, 
Mich. 
ijM)R SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR GENERAL 

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'O R   SALE—NEW  GENERAL  STOCK.  A 
r   splendid farming conntry.  No  trades.  Ad­
dress No. 680, care Michigan Tradesman. 

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, 
Grand Rapids, Mich. 

Th e   s h a f t i n g ,  h a n g e r s   a n d   p u l ^

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.________________ 983

680

958

919

12

ODERN  CITY  RESIDENCE  AND  LARGE 
1VX  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.________ 993

M ISCELLA N EO U S.

IjMRST-CLASS  DRUGGIST,  REGISTERED.
wishes  steady  position.  Address  No.  129, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
W   ANTED—POSITION  AS  MANAGER  OR 
tv  head  clerk  in  general  store.  Have  had 
valuable experience as  manager  and  buyer  for 
ten  years.  Address  No.  77,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

129

77

Travelers* Time  Tables.

MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

CHICAGO and West Michigan R’y

Nov.  19. 1899.

Chicago.
4:35pm  »11:50am
L v.G . Kapids, 7:10am  12:00m 
Ar. Chicago, 
1:30pm  5:00pm 10:50pm  »7:05am 
5:00pm  »11:50pm
Lv. Chicago,  7:15am  12:00m 
A r . G. Rapids, 1:25pm  5:05pm 10:55pm  »6:20am 

T rav erse City, C harlevoix and i'etosk ey . 

Lv. G. Rapids, 7:30am 
Ar. Trav City, 12:40pm 
Ar. Charlev’x,  3:10pm 
Ar. Petoskey,  3:40pm 

4:00pm
9 :10pm
12:25ara
12:56am

Trains  arrive  from  north  at  2:40pm,  and 
Parlor cars on day trains and sleeping  cars  on 

and 10:45pm. 
,
night trains to and from Chicago.

„ 

•Every day.  Others week days  only.

n C T D H lT  Grand Rapids & Wentern
l / C   1  1\V/ 1  1 9 

June a6,1899.

D etr oit.
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  and  G reenville.

Lv. G .R . 7:00am 5:10pm Ar. G .R . Il:45am9:40pm 
Parlor Cars on all trains  to  and  from  Detroit 

and Saginaw.  Trains run week days only.

Geo. De Ha v e n , General Pass. Agent.

flD  A MH Trank Railway  System 
VJ l \  Ai v LI  Detroit and Milwaukee Dlv

(In effect Oct 19, 1899.)

Going East. 

,

Leave 

Arrive
Saginaw,  Detroit & N. Y .........t   6:50am  +  9:55pm
Detroit and E a st.......................+I0:l6am  t  5:07pm
Saginaw, Detroit & East.........t  3:27pm  +12:50pm
Buffalo. N. Y., Toronto,  Mon­
treal & Boston, Ltd E x ..*  7:20pm  »10:16am 
Going West. 
Gd. Haven Express.................. *l0:2lam  *  7:15pm
Gd. Haven and Int. P ts...........tl2:58pm  t  3:19pm
Gd. Haven and Milwaukee... .t  5:12j>m  tl0:llam 
Eastbound 6:50am train has  new  Buffet  parlor 
car to Detroit,  eastbound  3:27pm  train  has  new 
Buffet parlor car to  Detroit.
»Daily.  tExcept Sunday.

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

97 Monroe St., Morton House.

-

President, C. L. W h it n e y ,  Traverse  City;  Sec- 

Michigan  Butine»  Men 1 i»oti»tion 
retary, E. A. St o w e, Grand  Kapids.
Michigan  Retail  Qrucen’  Association 

President,  J.  W i s l e r ,  Mancelona;  Secretary,  | 

E. A. St o w e, Grand  Rapids

President,  J o se ph  K n ig h t ;  Secretary,  E. 

Detroit  Retail  Grocers’  Association 
Ma r k s ;  Treasurer, C  H.  F r i n k .

Grand  Rapids  Retail Grocers’  Association 

President,  F r a n k   J. Dy k ;  Secretary,  Ho m er 

K l a p ;  Treasurer, J. Ge o r g e  Le h m a n .

Saginaw  Mercantile  Association 

President,  P.  F .  T r e a n o r ;  Vice-President, 
J oh n  McBr a t n ie ;  Secretary, W.  H. L e w is.

President,  J.  F r a n k   He i.m e r ;  Secretary,  W. 

Jackson  Retail  Grocers’  Association 
H. P o r t e r ;  Treasurer, L.  P e l t o n .
Adrian  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

President,  A.  C.  Cl a r k ;  Secretary,  E.  F. 

Cl e v e l a n d ;  Treasurer,  Wm . C.  K oeh n

Muskegon  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

President,  H.  B.  Sm it h ;  Secretary,  D.  A. 

Bo e l k in s ;  Treasurer,  J .  W.  Ca s k a d o n .

Bar  Cities  Retail Grocer«’  Association 

President,  M.  L.  De Ba t s ;  Secretary,  S.  W. 

W a t e r s . 

______

Kalamazoo  Ret» I  Grocers’ Associai ion 

President, W.  H.  J o h n so n ;  Secretary,  Ch ab. 

Hy m a n . 

_____

Trarerse  Cits  Business  Men’s  Association 

I President,  T hos  T.  Ba t e s ;  Secretary,  M.  B. I 

Ho l l y ;  Treasurer,  C.  A.  Ham m o n d.

0wo»o  Business  Men’s Association 

President,  A.  D.  W h i p p l e ;  Secretary,  G.  T. 

Ca m p b e l l ;  Treasurer,  W.  E.  Co l l in s.

Alpena  Business  Men’s  Association 

President, F. W. Gil c h r is t ;  Secretary,  C.  L. j 

Pa r t r id g e . 

______

Grand  Rapids  Retail  Meat  Dealers’  Assoriation 

President,  L.  M.  W il s o n ;  Secretary,  P h il ip  

Hi l b e r ;  Treasurer,  S. J . Hu f f o r d .
St.  Johns Business  Men’s  Association 

President, T hos. Br o m l e y ;  Secretary,  F r a n k  

A.  P e r c y ;  Treasurer, Cl a r k  A. P u tt.

Pern  Business  Men’s  Association 

President,  H.  W .  W a l l a c e ;  Secretary,  T.  E.

He d d le . 

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Grand  Haren  Retail  Merchants’  Association 

President,  F.  D.  V os;  Secretary,  J .  W.  V e r -

Ho e k s. 

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Tale  Business  Men’s  Association 

President,  Ch a s.  Ro u n d s;  Secretary,  F r a n k  

P u t n e y .

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n n   a  v j n   Rnplds  &  Indian« Railway 

V J I \ A l l  LI 

October aa,  1899.

N orthern  D ivision. 

doing 
North  North 

£ r0!Ì

Trav. City, Petoskey, Mack,  t  7:45am  t   5:15pm 
Traverse City &  Petoskey..  t   2:10pm  +I0:i5pm 
Cadillac Accommodation  ..  t  5:25pm  +10:45am 
Petoskey & Mackinaw  City  t il :00pm  t   6:20am 
7:45am and 2:10pm trains, parlor cars;  11:00pm 
train, sleeping car.

Southern  D ivision 

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

Chicago  T rain s.

FROM   CHICAGO

TO  CH ICAGO .
Lv. Grand  Rapids..  t7  10am  +2  00pm  »11  30pm
Ar.  Chicago................   2 30pm 
7  00am
11  32pm
Lv  Chicago................................t3  02pm 
Ar. Grami Rapids..............  . 
.  9 45pm 
6 45am
Train leaving Grand Rapids 7:10am has coach, 
11:30pm train has coach and sleeping  car ;  trains 
leaving Chiéago  3:02pm  has  coach;  11:32pm  has 
sleeping car for Grand Rapids.

8 45pm 

M uskegon  T rain s.

GOING  W EST.

Lv. Grand R apids,...t7  35am  tl  35pm  +5  40pm
Ar. Muskegon............   9 00am 
7  00pm
Sunday  train  leaves  Grand  Rapids  9:15am; 
arrives Muskegon'at 10:40am.  Returning  leaves 
Muskegon 5:30pm ; arrives Grand Rapids, 6:50pm. 

2 50pm 

GOING  E A ST.

Lv.  Muskegon.........t8  10am  tl2  15pm  +4  00pm
Ar. Grand Rapids...  9  30am 
5  20pm 
tExcept Sunday.  »Daily.

1  30pm 

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

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

MANISTEE &  Northeastern Ry.

Best route to Manistee.

Via C. & W. M. Railway.

Lv. Grand Rapids..........................  7 00am
Ar. Manistee...................................12 05pm
Lv. Manistee..................................  8 ?9am
Ar. Grand  Rapids........................  1 00pm

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Cheap and Effective.

Send for samples and prices.
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44  S.  Clark  St..  Chicago.  III.

Winter  Weddings

Are  now  on  tap.  We  make  a 
specialty  of  wedding invitations, 
both  printed  and  engraved  on 
copper,  and  cheerfully  submit 
samples and  quote  prices  on  ap­
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Grand  Rapids,  Mlth.

Epps’
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G R A T E F U L  

C O M F O R T IN G

Distinguished  Everywhere 

for

Delicacy  of  Flavor,

Superior  Quality 

and

Nutritive  Properties. 

Specially  Grateful  and 

Comforting  to  the 

Nervous  and  Dyspeptic.

Sold  in  Half-Pound  Tins  Only. 

Prepared  by

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Homoeopathic  Chemists,  London, 

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FURNITURE BY MAIL
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M a g a z in e   P r i c e s   O u t d o n e

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in  having our chair  in 
your home.
___ After  you’ve  used  it
for several years—given it 
all  kinds  of  wear—that’s 
the time to tell whether or 
not the chair is a good one.
O ut  goods  stand  every 
test.  The longer you have 
it  the  better you  like  it.

Oar  Desk  No. 261,  illustrated  above,  is 
50 in.  long,  34  in. deep and  50 in.  high; 
is  made of selected  oak, any finish  de­
sired.

The  gracefulness  of  the  design, the 
exquisite  workmanship, the nice  atten­
tion  to  every  little  detail, will  satisfy 
your most critical  idea.

Is sent  on  approval,  freight prepaid, 
to  be  returned  at  our  expense  if  not 
found  positively the  best  roll  top desk 
ever  offered  for  the  price  or  even  25 
per cent  more.

Write lor our complete Office Furniture 

Catalogue.

S a m p l e F u r n it u r e Co
Retailers  of  Sam ple  Furniture ,
L Y O N   P E A R L  f t  O T T A W A   S T S .
G r a n d   R a p i d s  Mich.
H o u s e .
HOLD 
FUR 5= 
N IT U R E
WE PREPAY FREIGHT

BEFO RE  BUYING  FURNI 
TU RE  OF ANY KINO WRITE 
US FOR ONE  ORALL OF OUR 
“B I G   -^CATALOGUESOF 
HOUSEHOLD  FURNITURE

Arm  Chair or 

Rocker No. INI.

Genuine hand 
buffed  leather, 
hair  filling,  dia­
mond  or biscuit 
tufting.
Sent  to  you 
freight  prepaid 
on  approval  for

4

$ 2

7- 5
Compare the style, the workmanship, 
the  material  and  the  price  with  any 
If  it  is  not cheaper in. 
similar article. 
comparison,  return  at  our expense.
S a m p l e Fu r n it u r e Co.
Retailers  of  Sam ple  Furniture
L Y O N   P E A R  L G  O T T A W A   S T S .
G r a n d   R a p i d s  Mich.
H O U S E
BEFO RE  BUYING  FURNI 
HOLD
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US FOR ONE  O R AU.0F OUR
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China has Advanced 20 per cent,

Buying  these  goods  now  at  the  old  prices  is  a  splendid  investment. 
The  offerings  shown  here  are  only  a  hint  of  the  values  we  can  give  you. 
Catalogues  No.  150  (holiday  goods)  and  No.  151  (staples)  show  256 
pages  of  just  such  opportunities  at  a  clear saving of  15  to  30  per  cent,  on 
every  purchase.  D on’t  fail  tq  ask  for them.

No  2015 Teapot âtand

Assorted Package  10 cent Decorated Qerman China.

No. 3031 Cup

Every  article  a  ready  seller.  Fine  translucent  German  China,  good  sizes,  floral  and  W at­
teau  decorations  and  rich  and  gold  edges, 
Many  of  the  articles  can  be  sold  for  15  to  25  cents 
each— none  need  be  sold  for  less  than  10 
cents.  Package  contains  one  dozen  each  of  the
following:

No. 2004—Partition Shaving Mug.
No. 2005—Mug.
No. 2006—Mug.
No. 2007—Sugar and Creamer (open).
No.  2008—Open Teas.
No. 2009—Open Teas.

No. 2010—A. D. Coffees.
No. 2011—Creamers.
No. 2012—Cake  Plates.
No. 2013—Plates.
No. 2014—Plates.
No- 2015—Tea Pot Stands.

No. 2016—Olives.
No. 2017—Fruit Saucers. 
No. 2018—Fruit Saucers. 
No. 2019—Oatmeals.
No. 2020—Spooners.
No. 2021—Bowls.

Total of 18 dozen articles, at 84c per doz. (no charge for  package)................................................................. $15  12
Minimum retail  value..................................................................................................................................................   21  6 0
Profit of over 42 per cent., or...................................................................................................................................... 
6   48

H.  LEONARD  &  SONS, IMPORTERS 

JOBBERS

MANUFACTURERS

FULTON  AND  COMMERCE  STREETS,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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No  3 0 3 0   Spooner

No  3008 Ten Cups

No  3019 Oatmeal

No. so is Cake Plate

No.  3031 Bowl

No.  3013 Plate

No. 3014 Plate

~ If  jYou  Are  Looking  for  Gold

You  need  not  go  beyond the confines of 

your  own  store;  there’s  money  in  your 

business  if  you  only  know  how  to  get 

it  out.

If you  will  use  The  Money  W eight 

System  of  weighing  your  merchandise 

you  can  make  money  in  business; 

if 

you  stick  to  the  old  pound  and  ounce 

method  you  can’t. 

Remember  our 

scales  are 

sold  on  easy  monthly 

payments.

The  Computing  Scale  Co.,

Dayton, Ohio.

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