Volume  XVII.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  20,  1899

Number  S4S

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face of the earth stands within twelve miles of San  Francisco.

The stump of the best cigar ever produced by man  lies at the feet  of  the 
man  who  has  just  finished  smoking  one  of  Phelps,  Brace  &  Co.’s 
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daintiness about them that people do not tire of.  The first pound 
sells another and another.  They make trade and keep  it.
That’s the sort of cracker you want to handle,  Mr.  Grocer.

N ational  B iscuit Com pany, 

Grand  Rapids, Mich. 

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ORAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  2«,  18». 

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IM PORTANT  FEATURES.

D ry  Goods.
G etting  th e   People.
C rockery  and  G lassw are  Q uotations. 
A round  th e   State.
G rand  R apids  Gossip.
T he  P roduce  M arket.
W om an’s W orld.
E d ito rial.
E d ito rial.
Use  o f O ur N ational  H olidays.
The  B an k ru p t’s  L ast  Debt.
Shoes and L eather.
T he  M eat  M arket.
O bservations  by  a G otham   Egg  Man. 
G otham   Gossip.
C om m ercial T ravelers.
D rugs an d  C hem icals.
D rn g  P rice C urrent.
G rocery P rice  C urrent.
G rocery P rice  C urrent.
Store  Leaks-.
Unwise  H ard w are  C om petition. 
H ardw are  P rice  C urrent.
T he  H ot  E n d   o f a  P oker.
B usiness  W ants.

T H E   SA CRIFICE  OF  T H E   PRESENT. 
Benjamin  Franklin,  who  possessed  in 
pre-eminent  degree  the  genius of com 
mon  sense,  taught  only  one  side  of  this 
truth  when  he  uttered  that  famous  say 
ing,  "T im e   is  m oney."  He  would  have 
proclaimed  a  dictum  more profound  and 
comprehensive 
if  he  had  said  simply 
that  time 
is  opportunity.  As  a  rule, 
wealth  is  founded  in  small  savings  and 
fostered  by  careful  investments. 
It  is 
the  common  observation  of  capitalists 
that  the  first  thousand  is  the  hardest  to 
make.  That  money  is  saved  when  the 
temptation  to  spend 
is  strongest  and 
when  the  average  man  is  least  able  to 
appreciate  the  value  of  time  as  an  ele 
ment  of  power.  The  sense  of  time 
is 
in 
It  is  very 
near  to  wisdom  not  only  to  know,  but 
actually  to  feel,  how  much 
is  wasted 
when  time 
lost  or  thrown  away 
Whatever  else  a  man  may  take  away  he 
may  return,  but  the  stolen  hour  can 
never  be  restored.

itself,  a  kind  of  genius. 

is 

There 

is,  nevertheless,  another  side 
to  this  question  of  time  and  destiny 
The  man  who 
lives  exclusively  in  the 
future  can  hardly  be  said  to  live  at  all 
He  tastes  nothing;  he  enjoys  nothing 
unless 
it  be  anticipation,  and,  in  the 
minds  of  those  practical  men  who  turn 
their  air-castles  into  solid  rock,  antici 
pation 
is  so  closely  associated  with 
preparation  that  there  is  scant  room  for 
the  enjovment  of  a dream.  _When some 
one  asked  Napoleon  Bonaparte  whether 
he  was  not  happy  in  the  midst  of  the 
victories  that  crowned  his  first  cam 
paign  in  Italy,  he replied  that  he  had  in 
those  days  no  time  to  think  of  fame. 
And  so 
it  was  perhaps  throughout  his 
active  career.  There  was  always  an 
other  move  to  be  made  on  his  chess 
board  and  he  achieved  no  victory  which 
he  regarded  as  final.  But,  it  may  be 
if  existence 
asked, 
is  to  be  passed 
wholly 
in  preparation,  when  may  one 
expect  to  realize  life  itself?  This 
question  that  deserves  to  be  seriously 
considered. 
easily 
make  out  a  seemingly  strong  statement 
of  their  view  of existence.  Hunger  and 
frost,  they  observe,  are the  world’s  great 
taskmasters.  The  pinch  of  the  one  and 
the  sting  of  the  other  stimulate  men  to 
lay  the  foundation  of  all  the
labor  and 

The  utilitarians 

is 

It 

that 

industries. 

great 
wears  her  sternest  aspect 

is  where  Nature 
she 
aches  them  her  most  valuable  secrets, 
rnd  it  has  become  a  proverb that  Neces­
sity 
is  the  mother  of  invention.  This 
iron  rule  of  life,  moreover,  extends  far 
beyond  the  primitive  demands  of  exist­
ence,  food,  clothing  and  the  other  sim- 
t  le  claims  of  mere  physical  comfort.
It  prescribes  the  essential  discipline  of 
culture.  To  labor  and  to wait,  to  suffer 
and  be  strong,  are  the 
inexorable  re- 
piirements  of  success  in  every  depart­
ment  of  noble  endeavor,  and  are  as  nec­
essary  to  growth  as  to  accumulation. 
The  student  begins  in  the  depths of  ig­
norance,  and  that,  as  he  conceives 
it, 
poverty.  He  very  soon  discovers  that 
if  he  would  acquire  a  wealth  of 
learn­
ing,  he  must  depend  upon  a  process  of 
slow  accumulation.  He  must  add  fact 
to  fact  and  principle  to  principle,  and 
meanwhile  he  must  turn  his  back  upon 
all  the  beguilements  of  fleeting  Pleas­
ure,  counting  as 
lost  the  day  that  adds 
nothing  to  his  store  of  knowledge.  And 
learning  he  must  exercise 
even 
an  unfaltering  power  of 
self-denial. 
He  has  to  understand  at  the  outset  that 
if  he  would  learn  anything  thoroughly 
there  are  a  great  many  things  of  which 
he  must  remain  in  ignorance.  There  is 
allurement 
in  all  history  and  science 
in  every  language and  literature ;  but the 
student  who  has  become  an  authority  in 
any  department  is  one  who  has  resolute 
ly  refused  himself  the  pleasures  of  ; 
various 
learning 
Further,  the  strenuous  and  persistent  la 
bor  required 
the  attainment  of 
thoroughness  in  any  branch  of  knowl 
edge  is  equally  essential  in  the develop 
ment  of  the 
intellect  itself  and  in  the 
culture  of  character.

superficial 

in  his 

but 

for 

social 

When school days and  college  days  are 
over,  and  the  graduate  addresses  him 
self  to  the  tasks  of  his  chosen  trade  or 
profession,  the  dominant  idea  is  prepa 
ration  still,  and  he  finds  himself,  as  be 
fore,  sacrificing  the  present  to  the  fu 
ture.  He  strives  now  not  only  to  mas 
ter  the  business  in  which  he  is engaged 
but  also  to  make  of  every  success  in 
its 
pursuit  a  stepping-stone  on  which  to 
rise  to  wealth,  to  professional  distinc 
tion,  to  political  popularity  and  power 
advancement.  Herbert 
or  to 
Spencer  and  other 
intelligent  visitors 
from  the  Old  World  have  remarked  that 
this  tendency  is  one  of  the  most  strik 
ing  characteristics  of  society 
the 
United  States,  where  each  class  is  striv­
ing  to  attain  the  level  of  the  one 
just 
above  it.  The  consequence 
is  general 
unrest,  and  only  too  often  a  feeling  of 
embittering  discontent. 
is  pleasant 
to  reflect  that  there  is  a  career  here  for 
talent,  and  that  the  children  of the poor­
est  and  obscurest  people  may  some  day 
win  the  highest  honors  that an  admiring 
public  can  confer;  but, 
for  all  that, 
there  is  something  to  be  said  for  the  so­
cial  repose  of  some 
long-established 
communities 
in  another  quarter of  the 
globe  where  men  still  follow  their  fath­
ers’  trades  as  they  take  their  fatheis 
names,  and  where  the  people  generally 
are  not  working  themselves  to  death 
in 
a  desperate  effort  to  outshine each other,

in 

It 

or  to  grow  richer  and  wiser than  their 
ancestors  were.  Democratic 
institu­
tions  bring  certain  benefits,  no  doubt, 
to  the  masses;  but  they  have  "the  de­
fects  of  their qualities.’ ’ 
In  this  coun­
try  there 
is,  perhaps,  a  widely  preva­
lent  feeling,  or  impression,  that  every­
thing  that  has  been  accomplished 
in 
the  world  so  far  must  he  regarded  as 
provisional. 
idea 
puts  a  premium  on  originality  and leads 
to  all  sorts  of  inventions  and  discover­
ies ;  hut  one  may,  nevertheless,  prefer 
to  regard  some  things  as  absolutely  set­
tled,  and  it  is  not  altogether  pleasant  to 
be  reminded  by  flippant  and  self-corn- 
_ lacent  young  critics  that  one  is  "not 
up  to  date”   because  he  still  unhlushing- 
ly  proclaims  his  devotion  to  some  old- 
fashioned  ideals.

It  may  he  that  this 

The 

remember 

But  the  present,  here  at  least,  might 
be  well  enough 
if  there  were  only  a 
more  general  disposition  to  accept  it 
restfully. 
annihilation  of  time 
and  space  is  one  of  the  proudest  boasts 
f  the  practical  science  and  mechanical 
genius  of  our  tim es;  but if that  achieve­
ment  has  entailed  as  an  inevitable  con­
sequence  the  annihilation  of repose also, 
one  may  hesitate  to  congratulate  him ­
self  on  having  been  born  not  too  soon 
to  witness  it.  Those  who  are  old  enough 
it  have  some  kindly 
to 
things  to  say  of  the  old-time 
stage 
coach,  and  cherish,  even  yet,  a  vain 
regret  for  the  days when  it  supplied  the 
fastest  mode  of  travel  and  people  were 
satisfied.  One  likes  to  recall  those  long 
days  of  unalloyed  leisure  now  gone  for­
ever,  with  the  wayside  inn  and  its  old- 
fashioned 
to 
memory  and  romance,  and  this  restless, 
hurrying,  prosaic  age  has  no  time  to 
think  of  them.  But  what  opportunity  is 
there 
for  memory  and  romance,  for  art 
and  deep  philosophy,  where  every 
thought 
is  bent  on  making  "better 
tim e,’ ’  doing  faster  work,  and  turning 
the  nimble  penny  over 
just  one  time 
more ?

They  belong 

landlord. 

A  man  at  Lawrenceville,  111.,  is  ad­
vertising  for  1,000,000  pounds  of  sun­
flower  seed.  He has  bought  three-fourths 
of  a  million  pounds  of  sunflower  seed 
and  expects  to  ship  5,000,000  pounds. 
Practically  all  of  this  crop  raised  in  the 
world  goes  out  of  Lawrence  county,  111.

Queen  Victoria,  who  expends  every 
year about  $1,500  on  toys  for  her numer­
ous  juvenile  descendants  and  the  chil­
leading  court  officials,  has 
dren  of  het 
instructions  that  no  war 
given  explicit 
toys  are  to  be 
included  in  these  gifts 
this  year.  _____________

Miss  Edith  J.  Griswold,  of New York, 
is  the  only  woman  at  present to be found 
in  the  ranks  of  the  patent  lawyers.  She 
has  practiced  patent 
for  several 
years,  and 
is  said  to  have  met  with  a 
very  fair  measure  of  success.

law 

Never  step  on  a  banana  skin  when 

it 
It  looks  humble ;  but  it  may 

is  down. 
throw  the  greatest  man  who  walks.

Santa  Claus 

comes  down  a  poor 
man’s  chimney  as  easily  as  down  the 
chimney  of  the  rich  man’s  home.

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Overcoats  and  Keefers  in  abundance. 
Don’t  forget  strictly  all  wool  Kersey 
overcoat $5.  KOLB & SON, oldest whole­
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N.  Y.  Mail  orders  receive  prompt 
attention.  Write  our  Michigan  agent, 
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at Sweet’s hotel. Grand  Kapids, January 
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Residence property at 24  Kellogg 
street, near corner  Union  street. 
Will sell on long time  at low  rate 
of interest.  Large lot, with barn. 
House equipped  with  water,  gas 
and all modern Improvements.

E.  A.  Stow e,

B'odgett Building, 
Grand  Rapids.

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Save  Money 
Save Time.

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We Placed our order for  the  greater  portion
oi  car  Hne  of  Handkerchiefs  about  eight
months  ago—before  the  first  advance 
in 
prices—there have been others since  but  we 
give you the benefit  of  our  early  purchase, 
our line includes a good assortment  of  Lace 
Edges,  Scalloped  Edges,  Embroidered  Cor- 
ners.  Lace Effects,  Printed  Borders,  Japan-
$4 MpCTdozenndSilkS-  PrlCeS  12  cents  to 
and range of prices.  It wiU receive prompt ^ d ^ re f.T a tte n tio i^   maU’  *UU>  quantity

VOIGT, RERPOLSflEIMER &  60.,

Wholesale Dry Goods. 

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Grand Rapids, Mich,

S P E C IA L   D RIVE

IN A LL S IL K . SA TIN  AND G RO SG R A IN   R IB B O N S, 

P A T T E R N   H O N ES T Y

For $27.50 regular we will  make you  an 

assortment of these goods as follows:

1  Box  Mo.
1  Box  Mo.  7 
1  Box  Mo.  9  P

In   a ll  72  pieces.

I  A verage  price  38c  p e r  piece

aiabiing ymi to retail any of the widths at 5c  per  yard.  The  assortment  consists
»I««.  Medium  Blue, 
Light 1 ink. Medium Pink, Bose, Cream. White, and Black.  You can add or  leave 
out any colors you wish if the assortment is not satisfactory.

fS arlet’  Cardlna1’  Garnet’ 

Send us your orders. 

No. 1 Picot Eibbon, all colors, 50 yard spool..  37 opnts
No. 1 Satin Eibbon, 50 yard spool...................... 50 cents
No. 2 Satin Eibbon, 10 yard spool. 
20 cents

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20 and 22 N. Division Street, Grand Bapids, Mich.

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drawing card  to  any one’s place,  and  such  articles as  we 
JL*  carry are not  alone  a  drawing  card,  bub  are  sellers  and 
0|9K  Wl11 give  satisfaction  to the  purchaser,  and  this  is  what 
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of goods. 

P .  ST E K E T E E   &  SO N S,

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

finer  grades,  but  there  is  very  little  that 
is  desirable  to  be  found.

in,  and  the  country 

Carpets— The  situation  in  carpets  re­
mains  steady.  Prices  are  firm  and  in­
clined  toward  an  advance.  Manufac­
turers  are  receiving  more  orders  than 
they  can  handle  with  ease.  Those  who 
have  agents  on  the  road  report  large  or­
ders  coming 
in 
general  very  receptive.  A  great  num­
ber  of  the  manufacturers  are  still  so 
taxed  with  orders  on  hand  that  their 
salesmen  have  not  yet 
left  the  sales­
rooms,  yet  there  will  be  plenty  for  them 
to  do  when  they  take  to  the  road,  ac­
cording  to  all 
indications  and  reports 
from  those  who  are  now  traveling  with 
sample  goods.  The  tendency  is  still  to­
ward  the  better  grades,  which  is  in  a 
large  measure  due  to  the  prosperous 
condition  existing  throughout  the  coun­
try.  Manufacturers  of  tapestries  and 
in  very  good 
velvets  report  business 
condition,  and  every 
indication  points 
to  continued  prosperity.  The  Western 
trade  at  present  is  sending  in  large  or­
ingrain  carpets  as  well  as  art 
ders  for 
squares. 
Ingrain  carpet  manufacturers 
continue  to  do  a  large  amount  of  busi­
ness  in  the  way  of  filling  orders,  but  for 
the  great 
in  business  their 
profits  so  far  amount  to very  little  more, 
as  the  price 
in  raw  material  and  yarn 
was  advanced  to  such  an  extent  as  to 
compel  the  manufacturers  to  advance 
their  carpets  2^c,  as  we  reported  for 
Nov.  i.  This  advance,  however,  mere­
ly  offsets  the  advance  in  stock,  and  a 
further advance  of  2j^c  will  have  to  be 
made  before  the  manufacturer  can  feel 
that  he  is  deriving  any  benefit  from  the 
increase 
is  reported 
that  there  has  been  an  advance  aggre­
gating  2j^c  on  some  lines  of 
ingrains, 
but  this  advance  is  not  general  as  yet. 
The  buyers  who  came  to  the  East  did 
not  go  back  without  placing  some  good
orders  with  Philadelphia’s  ingrain  car­
pet  manufacturers.

in  business. 

increase 

It 

in  stock 

Straw  Matting— Retailers  of  this 

line 
for  their  spring 
are  taking 
trade.  Some  very  pretty  patterns 
in 
Japanese  and  Chinese  mattings  are  on 
hand  for  buyers  of  this  line.  The  mar­
ket  for  Chinese  straw  matting  Is  firm. 
Orders  recently  settled  were  at  very 
It  is  reported  that  the  last 
high  prices. 
clip  of  straw  which  was  cut 
is  very 
short,  and 
is  not  in  as  good  condition 
as  was  expected.  When  this  year’s 
contracts  are  finished,  there  will  not  be 
much  straw  left  over,  and  therefore  it  is 
expected  that dealers will ask high prices 
for  next  year’s  goods.

in  the  Trust”  
is  a  popular 
Not 
slogan 
just  now.  Right  or  wrong,  the 
people  have  a  deep-seated  distrust  of 
trusts,

T he  D ry  Goods  M arket.

to  do  business 

Staple  Cottons— Staple  cottons  have 
for  the  past  week  been  generally  rather 
quiet  and  there  are  few  features  of 
im­
portance  to  record.  Already  supplies 
are  very  short  and  sellers  are  making no 
efforts 
in  advance. 
Heavy  brown  sheetings  command  the 
top  price  when  anything  for spot  de­
livery  can  be  found.  Fine  brown  sheet­
ings  are  greater  than 
last  week,  but 
firm 
instance.  Perhaps  the 
most  important  feature  of  the  staple cot- 
ten  market  is  the  advanced  price placed 
on  Lonsdales.  Other  advances  are  ex­
pected  to  follow,  perhaps  before  this 
goes  to  press.  Wide  sheetings  show  an 
upward  tendency,  and  several  advances 
we  have  reported.  Many  of  the  coarse 
grades  of  cotton  are  decidedly  scarce. 
Among 
them  are  denims  of  various 
weights,  and  the  tendency  of  the  price 
is  towards  hardening.

in  every 

a 

Linings—There  has  been 

fair 
amount  of  business  transacted  in  cotton 
linings,  although  the  total  amount  has 
been  somewhat  less  than  last  week.  The 
tone  of  the  market  is  very  strong,  and 
several  advances  have  been  made.  Kid 
finished  cambrics  have  advanced  %c 
and  this  has  moderated  the  demand  to 
some  extent.  Silesias  show  advances  of 
% c  in  several  grades,  and  business  has 
been  transacted  at  that  figure.

Dress  Goods— The  characteristics  of 
the  dress  goods  market  are  the  same  as 
for  some  time  past.  Strength is  the  fore 
most  one,  due  to  the  general  well  sold 
position  of  the  average  line,  the attitude 
of  buyers  and  the  raw  material  situa­
tion.^  The  galaxy  of  strong  governing 
conditions  that  surround  the  dress  goods 
market  has  made  itself  felt,  with  the  re­
sult  that  the  tone  of  the  market  is  better 
than  in  a  long  series  of years.  The pres­
sure  of  business,  both  on  fall  and  spring
orders,  shows  how  close  the  demand 
is 
to  the  looms.  A  market  practically  de­
void  of  desirable  stock  goods,  and 
fac­
ing  the  largest  outlet  for  goods  of  home 
manufacture  that  has  been  seen  in  a  de­
cade  or  more,  could  not  be  otherwise 
than  a^  strong  one.  On  many  lines  of 
goods 
impossible  to  place  orders 
for  spring  goods  except  for  very  late de­
livery,  and  many  of  the  mills  are  so 
well  supplied  with  orders  as  to  call 
forth  their  best,  efforts  in  the  endeavor 
to  weave  out  the  same  in  time  to  turn 
over  on  fall  goods  again.  Shipments 
of  spring  and  fall  goods  are  being  made 
from  the  same  mills  in  a  number of  in­
stances.

is 

it 

it 

Knit  Goods— Every  advance  that  has 
been  made  in  knit  goods  is  substantia, 
and  well  backed  up  by  all  conditions  in 
the  market,  and 
is  not  too  strong  a 
statement  to  make  that  the  advances 
are  nowhere  near what  they  ought  to  be 
or  what  they  probably  will  be  in  the 
near  future. 
is  freely 
stated  that  fleeced  goods  will  be  5o@6oc 
higher  than  they  are  at  present,  and  it 
is  therefore  policy  for  those  needing 
goods  to  place  orders  as  quicky  as  pos­
sible.  Certainly  there 
is  no  chance  of 
any  fall  in  prices.

In  January 

it 

Hosiery— Winter hosiery  business  still 
shows  some  signs  of  activity  and  busi­
ness 
is  continuing  far  later than  usual.
The  importers  say  that  they  expect  one 
or  two  more  weeks  at  least  of good  sales 
before  they  will  have  time  to  calculate 
their  profits  and  losses.  The  stocks  are 
all  very  low  now,  and  the  prices  show 
decided  signs  of  hardening.  Fancies 
are 
items  in  the  middle  and

important 

FOR  SALE:

U. S . P lay in g Card 

Co.’s   Factory,

Cincinnati,  Ohio.

219 feet front by 70 feet deep  on  Eggleston  Ave., 
Sixth and Lock Sts., on Pennsylvania E.E  tracks, 
with  splendid ¡Six-story ¡Brick  and  Stone  Build­
ing.  The largest and most completely  equipped 
Manufacturing  Property  now  offered  In  Cincin­
nati.  For  Plats,  Description  and  Full  Details 
address

Wm.  V.  Ebersoie  &   Co., A gents, 

24t  East Fourth  S t,  Cincinnati, 0 .

To  Succeed  in  Business

Adopt a system, then enforce it.
R un  your business on  strictly business  principles.
Purchase only such goods as you would be satisfied to have 
served in  your own  household.
Buy as nearly for cash as practical and  make this  apply  to 
your selling as well.
Pay your bills when due;  this is quite essential.
Sell  only  the  “ N.  R .  & C . ”  brand  s p ic e s ;  this  is  most 
important to you.

NOBTHROP,  ROBERT8ON  &  CAEEIER,

LANSING,  MICH.

P

Hi

Petting the  People

honesty  and  carries  conviction—two  es­
features  of  a  spceial  sale  an-
sential 

Crockery  and  Glassware

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

3

No. 0 Sun 
No. 1 Sun 
No. 2 Sun

LA M P  CHIMNEYS—Seconds

Per box  of 6 doz.

1  28
.............   ............... 
........................................... 1 42
...............................  
2 12
Com m on

Sensible  Suggestions  R egarding  J a n u a ry  

A dvertising.

interesting, 

S.  Maudlin  &  Co.,  of Bridgman,  send 
me  another  of  their  large  circulars,  irr 
which  can  be  seen  a  great  improvement 
over the  one  previously  submitted.  The 
reading  matter  is  all  clean,  well-worded 
and 
there  are  plenty  of 
prices,  the  display  is  well  balanced  and 
the  whole  effect  is  decidedly  good.  The 
portion  reproduced  herev ith  will  show 
how  great  an  advance  has  been  made  in 
this  firm’s  advertising  by  a 
little  care­
ful  attention  to  wording  and  display:

We have just added to our  line  the  cele­
brated

Whang  Leather Shoes

for  men  and  boys.  This  leather  is  a 
species of rawhide  tannage, and for wear­
ing qualities  it  has  no  equal 
It  is  as 
near water and  crack  proof  as  a  leather 
can be made, and commends itself easily 
to  those who want  extra  durability  and 
style at the right price.

W e have  them  in  standard  screw, full 
double  sole, extension  edge,  lace,  plain 
or cap toe,  canvas lined, at $1.75 to $2.

Same shoe,  full  leather  lined,  $2.25  to 

$2.50.

Same shoe,  in boys’, $1.50.

Just the  shoe  for  this  kind  of  weather. 
Every pair guaranteed.

Ladies’  pebble  grain  shoe,  medium 

weight, $1.25.

Ladies’ extra fine  Kangaroo  calf,  $1.50.

From  Big  Rapids  comes  an  excep­
tionally  good  advertisement— thought­
fully  written,  interesting  and 
forcible. 
It 
illustrates  a  branch  of  advertising 
that  is  usually  very  poor— drug advertis­
ing.  The  average  druggist  either  con­
siders  it  beneath  his  dignity to advertise 
oi  else  advertises 
in  a  semi-humorous 
style  that  hurts  his  business  instead  of

The store that made

and keeps prices low.

The  Fires of  Life

SUPPLY  FUEL!

Five-sixths of the food we eat goes  to 
keep  us warm.  Death  by  starvation 
is really death by cold.  If  the  nutri­
tion  of  the  body  is  insufficient,  the 
body  itself  is  consumed.  Growing 
thin and wasting away Is a  process of 
burning  up.  Stop  the  process;  in­
crease nutrition.
Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil is the  rem­
edy needed in all chronic and wasting 
diseases.  It affords material for fuel, 
for  growth,  for  increasing  strength 
and energy.  Always  the  right  rem­
edy  for  throat  and  lung  troubles. 
Our Emulsion  is  always  fresh, which 
is important, and you  get  a  full  pint 
for 50 cents.
Money back if you want it.

Fairm an’g  Drug  Store,

Big Rapids.

it.  When  a  man 

helps 
is  sick,  he 
doesn’t  feei  like  joking— he  doesn’t  ap­
preciate  humor.  What  he  wants 
is  a 
dignified  talk  about  his  trouble  and  the 
means  that  will  cure  or  relieve  it.  Mr. 
Fairman  has  done  this,  and  has  done  it 
well.

*  *  *

Shi Her  Bros.,  of  Reese,  have  sent  for 
for 
review  a  circular  which  is  too  large 
reproduction. 
It  is,  however,  decidedly 
effective,  and  should  bring  a  large  at­
tendance  to  their  store.  The  heading, 
is  shown  below,  has  the  ring  of
which 

The  Reese  Fair  Store

A  forced  sale!
A  clear  case  of  must!

We are stack and have the moral courage 

to admit It.

The plain  truth  and  only  reason  is—too  much 
merchandise and  too  little  winter.  We  all  too 
wisely anticipated the wholesale advance in mer­
chandise;  encouraged by our  continued  success 
and confident of the future, we laid in  a  storeful 
of cold weather wearables, and the cold weather 
didn't come.  We have  waited  long  enough—we 
have waited and hoped for  Jack  Frost’s  arrival 
until it is dangerous to wait any longer;  but now, 
like liberal and broad-minded  merchants  should 
do, we are going to take our medicine, and  In  no 
half-hearted way!  The price-pruning  knife  has 
done its work well, so that now you can buy your 
winter clothing—your winter  furnishing  goods— 
hats, shoes, capes,  jackets,  etc.,  at  prices  that 
less  enterprising  merchants  will  ask  for  them 
three months from  now (when  you  don't  need 
them any  more).  You wrant  these  goods  now— 
we want your cash now—and remember that this 
mid-season  Unloading  Sale  will  last  only  nine 
days.
C om m encing F riday, Dec.  15 and

E n d in g  Saturday, Dec. 24, 1809

nouncement.  An  abundance  of  prices 
helps  toward  the  general  effectiveness of 
the  circular.

♦  *  *

A  couple  of  weeks  ago,  I had  occasion 
to  speak  of  the  necessity  of  giving  a 
good  reason  for  a  special  sale.  Since 
then  I  have  received  new  proof  that  a 
special  sale  can  not  reach  its  greatest 
success  unless  a  good  reason  be  given. 
A  firm  I  know  of  announced  a  special 
sale  on— let  us  say  hats— and  gave  as  its 
reason  the  fact  of  an  overstock  and  de­
layed  selling  on  account  of  the  late win­
ter,  which  was  exactly  the  truth.  The 
sale  was  a  wonderful  success— far be­
yond  expectations.  Competitors  of  this 
firm  came  out  with  a  similar  special 
sale,  but  announced  no  reasons  therefor 
—and  their  sales  fell  pretty  flat.  The 
moral  is  obvious.

*  *  *

in  proportion— and 

What  are  you  going  to  do  after Christ­
mas? 
Probably  you  have  advertised 
more  heavily  than  usual  during  Decem­
ber  and 
feel  as  if  you  must  hold  back 
on  January’s  advertising.  Don’t  do  it. 
Common  sense  teaches  a  bicycle  rider 
to  work  harder on  an  up  grade  than  he 
does  on  the  level  or  going  down  hill—  
and  it’s  just  the  same  in  business.  Jan­
uary  is  an  up-grade  month— if  you  want 
to  keep  the  business  moving,  pedal 
harder— keep  your  advertising going full 
blast.  If  you  have  advertised  heavily 
during  December,  you  have  doubtless 
sold  goods 
lots  of 
people  know  you  now  for  the  first  time. 
Don’t 
let  them  forget  you— keep  your 
store  and  your goods  before  them  even 
more  strongly  than  ever.  You’ ll  want 
their  trade  again  at  Easter— and  if  you 
advertise  steadily  from  New  Years  on, 
you’ll  get  them. 
is  a  good 
month  to  sell  broken  lots  and  old  stock. 
Do  you 
in  January?  Don’t 
do  it.  Put  it  off  until  February  and  run 
off  all  the  goods  you  can  during  Janu­
ary  in  a  “  pre-inventory”   sale  or  what­
ever  you  choose  to  call 
it.  Clip  the 
prices  as  low  as  you  feel  that  you  can—  
advertise  that  you  want  to  reduce  your 
stock  before  stock-taking— talk  prices 
and  see  that  your talk  is  backed  up  by 
the  goods  themselves.  You’ll  have  a 
banner  January,  and  a  great  deal  less 
work  when  you  come  to  take  stock.  The 
idea  isn’t  original— it’s  better. 
It  has 
been  tried  and  found  successful— you 
can  make  a  success  of  it,  too.  Genuine 
reductions  and  liberal,  truthful,  forcible 
advertising  will  do  it.

inventory 

January 

Merry  Christmas  to  all  of  you !

W.  S.  Hamburger.

A KRON  STONEW ARE. 

B uttern

% gal., per  doz...................................... 
1 to 6 gal., per  gal...............................  
8 gal. each............................................  
10 gal. each............................................. 
12 gal. each............................................. 
15 gal. meat-tubs, each......................... 
20 gal. meat-tubs, each........................  
25 gal. meat-tubs, each........................  
30 gal. meat-tubs, each........................  

C hurns

2 to 6 gal., per  gal.................................  
Churn  Dashers, per doz....................... 

M ilkpan*

4  gal. flat or rd. bot., per doz............. 
1 gal. flat or rd. l>ot., each.................. 
F in e Glazed M ilkpans
4  gal. flat or rd. bot., per doz.............  
1 gal. flat or rd. hot., each.................. 

Stew pans

Ju g s

4  gal. fireproof, bail, per  doz.............  
1 gal. fireproof, ball, per doz............. 

4  gal., per  doz...................................... 
4  gal. per doz........................................ 
1 to 5 gal., per  gal.................................  

T om ato  Ju g s

4  gal., per  doz.......... .'.......................... 
1  gal., each........................................... 
Corks for 54 gal., per doz...................... 
Corks for  1  gal., per doz...................... 
P reserve  J a r s   and  Covers
!4 gal., stone cover, per doz................. 
1 gal., stone cover, per doz............... 

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

Sealing  W ax

FR U IT  JA R S

Pints....................................... ................. 
Quarts..................................................... 
Half Gallons........................................... 
Covers....................................................  
Rubbers.................................................. 

LA M P  BURNERS

No. 0 Sun................................................ 
No. 1 Sun................................................ 
No. 2 S u n ..............................................  
No. 3 Sun................................................  
Tubular................................................... 
Security, No.  1..........................................  
Security, No.  2....................  
 
Nutmeg................................................... 

 

40
5
4g
00
72
1  05
1  40
2 00
2 40

5
84

40
4Si

00
514•
85
1  10

40
50
6

so
0*4
20
30

75
1  00

2

4  00
4  25
6  00
2  00
26

37
38
60
1  00
45
60
80
50

No. 0 Sun................................................ 
No. 1 Sun................................................ 
No. 2 Sun................................................ 

F irst  Q uality

No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 
No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 
No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 

XXX  F lin t

No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 
No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 
No. 3 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 
CHIMNEYS—P earl Top
No. I  Sun, wrapped and labeled........  
No. 2 Sun. wrapped and  labeled........ 
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped and labeled.... 
No. 2 Sun,  “Small  Bulb,”  for  Globe
Lamps..........................   .............  

La  Bustle

No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz............  
No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per doz............. 
No. 1 Crimp, per doz............................ 
No. 2 Crimp, per doz............................ 

No. 1  Lime (65c 
No. 2  Lime (70c 
No. 2  Flint (80c 

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

R ochester

E lectric

doz)...........  
doz)........... 
doz)— ..... 

doz)...........  
doz)........... 

O IL  CANS

1 gal.  tin cans with spout, per doz__  
1 gal. galv. iron with  spout, per doz.. 
2 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz.. 
3 gal. galv. iron with  spout, per doz.. 
5 gal. galv. iron with  spout, per doz.. 
3 gal. galv. iron with faucet, per doz.. 
5 gal. galv. iron with faucet, per doz.. 
5 gal. Tilting cans.................................. 
5 gal. galv. iron  Nacefas..................... 

P u m p   Cans

5 gal. Rapid steady stream .................. 
5 gal. Eureka, non-overflow................  
3 gal. Home Rule................................... 
5 gal. Home Rule................................... 
5 gal. Pirate King.................................

LANTERNS

No. 0 Tubular, side lift.......................
No. 1 B Tubular...................................
No. 13 Tubular, dash............................
No. 1 Tubular, glass fountain............
No. 12 Tubular, side  lamp....................
No. 3 Street lamp, each.....................
LANTERN  GLOBES

No. 0 Tub.,‘Cases 1 doz. each, box, 10c.
No. 0 Tub., cases 2 doz. each. box. 15c.
No. 0 Tub., bills 5 doz. each, per libl..
No. 0 Tub,, bull's eve, cases 1 doz. each

4  60
1  60
2  45

2 10
2 15
3 15

2 55
2 75
3 75

3  70
4  70
4 88
80

no
1  15
1  35
too

3  50
4  00
4  70

4  00
4  40

1  40
1  75
3 25
3  75
4  86

7 25
9 00

8 50
10 50
10 60
12 00
» 60

4 50
7 00
6 75
7 no
14 00
3 75

45
45
1 78
1 25

4 85
5 35

Putnam’s  Cloth  Chart

Will  measure piece goods  and  ribbons  much  more  quickly  than  any 
other measuring  machine  in the  market ancf leave the  pieces  in  the  or­
iginal  roll  as they come from the factory. 
It  is  five  times  as  rapid  as 
hand measurement, twice  as  rapid  as  winding  machines,  50  per  cent, 
more  rapid  than any other chart and  three times  as  durable  as  the  best 
of its competitors.  Satisfaction  guaranteed  or  money  refunded.  Write 
the manufacturers or any of  the  jobbers  for  booklet,  “All  About  It.” 

No exaggeration.  Get one and  try  it.

P rice $ 4.00 each .

Sold in the West by the Following Jobbers 

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

Field  &  Co.  Sherer Bros 

Lederer  Bros.  &  Co.

ST.  LOUIS— Hargadine-McKittrick  Dry Goods Co.
ST.  JOSEPH— Hundley-Frazer  Dry Goods Co.
K A N SA S C IT Y — Burnham,  Hanna,  Munger  &  Co.  Swofford  Bros. 

OM AH A— M.  E.  Smith  &  Co
ST.  PAU L— Lindeke,  Warner &  Schurmeier.  Powers  Dry  Goods  Co.

Finch, VanSlyck, Young &  Co.

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

Edson, 

Dry Goods Co.

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

Moore  &  Co.

ner &  Co.

CIN CIN N A TI— The Jno.  H.  Hibben  Dry Goods Co. 
IN D IAN APO LIS— D.  P.  Erwin  &  Co.

K0  Sent by express  ch’ges prepaid 

nfr.

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

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

4

Around the State

M ovem ents  o f M erchants. 

Manchester—John  Braun  has  sold  his 

harness  stock  to  Geo.  D.  Pardee.

Alto— Wm.  Harris  has  purchased  the 

hardware  stock  of  B.  F.  Palmer.

Albion— James  L.  Miller  has  re-en­
gaged  in  the  grocery  business  at  this 
place.

M ayville— C.  A.  Merwin continues the 
grocery  and  bazaar  business  of  Thayer 
&  Merwin.

Ovid— Putnam  &  Eames  have  leased 
a  store  building  and  engaged  in the  fur­
niture  business.

Carsonville— Farewell  &  Son  have 
purchased  the  grain  and  lumber  busi­
ness  of  Chas.  J.  Walker.

Holly— The  Nicholson  Hardware  Co. 
has  purchased  the  shelf  and  heavy  hard­
ware  stock  of  Jones  &  Burnham.

Charlotte— Fred  Miller  has  purchased 
the  interest of  his  partner,Charles  Allen, 
in  the  agricultural 
implement  firm  of 
M iller  &  Allen.

Bay  City— L.  E  Oppenheim  will  suc­
ceed  A.  Oppenheim  &  Son Jan.  i  in the 
clothing,  boot  and  shoe  and  merchant 
tailoring  business.

Marshall— A.  L.  Hindenach  has  ut­
tered  a  bill  of  sale  of  his  drug  stock  to 
Geo.  H.  Southworth,  securing  creditors 
to  the  amount  of $i, ioo.

Flint— Geo.  E.  Mundy  has  purchased 
an interest  in  the  flour  and feed business 
of  W.  D.  Rosecrans.  The  new  firm 
is 
styled  Rosecrans  &  Mundy.

Benton  Harbor— E.  L.  Krieger  and 
W.  F.  Seel  have  purchased  the  grocery 
stock  of  Chas.  Antes  and  will  continue 
the  business  at  the  same  location: 

Sherwood— Clinton  G.  Powers  has 
filed  a  petition  in  bankruptcy  and  asked 
to  be  adjudicated  a  bankrupt.  His  lia ­
bilities  are  stated  to  be  $9,137.83,  with 
no  assets.

Benton  Harbor— F.  J.  Crisp  and  E. 
S.  McCullough  have  purchased the  meat 
market  of  Rowe  Bros,  and  will  continue 
the  business  under  the  style  of  Crisp  & 
McCullough.

Saginaw— The  proposed  organization 
of  the  Saginaw  Business  Men’s Associa­
tion,  west  side,  has  been  postponed 
for 
the  present  and  may  not  be  perfected 
before  Jan.  4.

Petoskey— W.  S.  Spencer,  shoe dealer, 
sent  out  artistic  souvenirs  to  his  trade 
announcing  facts  pertinent  to  the  holi­
day  season.  The  souvenirs  were  de­
signed and  executed  by  Mrs.  Spencer.

Port  Huron— D.  W.  McNutt,  formerly 
conductor  on  the  F.  &  P.  M.  Railway, 
has  resigned  his  position  and  engaged 
in  the  grocery  business,  having  pur­
chased  the  grocery stock  of  Geo.  Brown.
Hastings— Harry  A.  Walldorf  has 
opened  a  shoe  store  in  the Nevinsbuild- 
ing,  one  door  east  of  the  grocery  store 
of  Hans  &  Van  Arman.  Bert  Fairchild, 
for many  years  a  clerk  at  this  place,  has 
been  engaged  by  him.

East  Jordan— The  business  houses  of 
this  place  will  be considerably increased 
about  Jan.  1.  Doerr  &  Goodman,  hard­
ware  dealers,  and  F.  H.  Bennett,  gro­
cer,  will  remove  their  stocks  from  South 
Arm  to  this  side  of  the  Lake  and  locate 
in  the  store  building  recently  vacated 
by  the  East  Jordan  Lumber  Co.

Menominee— The  general  stock  of  the 
Pauli  Mercantile  Co.  was  sold  by  the 
sheriff  to  Louis  Dobeas,  of  Ingalls,  the 
consideration being  $9,500.  The  claims 
aggregate  $22,300,  which 
leads  to  the 
belief  that  the  creditors  will  receive 
about  40  cents  on  the  dollar.  Henry  A. 
Brown  has  been  engaged  by  the  owner 
as  manager  of  the  business.

Bessemer— Four  creditors  of  the  gen­
eral  merchandise  firm  of  K.  S.  Mark- 
strum  &  Co.  have  filed  a  petition  for 
involuntary  bankruptcy.  An  injunction 
restraining  the  suits  now  pending  was 
also  served.  The  claims  filed  to  date 
aggregate  about  $11,000,  while  the  as­
sets  are 
estimated  at  about  $10,000 
stock  and  $2,500  in  book  accounts.

Midland— This  town  is  experiencing 
a  building  boom.  B.  H.  Carter  &  Co. 
have  recently  moved  into  a  new  brick 
store,  with  plate  glass  front,  at  the  cor­
ner  of  Main  and  Ashman  streets,  and 
carry  a  stock  of  general  merchandise. 
Will  G.  Barbour,  the  baldheaded  drug­
gist,  will  soon  be  ready  to  doff  his  hat 
to  all  who  enter  his  new store,  which has 
a  stone 
front,  the  only  one  of  its  kind 
¡0  town. 
In  a  few  days  John  Beamish 
will  move  his  millinery  stock  into  the 
store 
formerly  occupied  by  Mr.  Bar­
bour,  and  will  add  a  full  line  of  bazaar 
goods.  Several  other  blocks  are  being 
erected  and  will  soon  be  ready  for  oc­
cupancy.

M anufacturing:  M atter».

Holly— G.  Edgerton  is  closing  out  his 
bicycle  repair business  in  order  to  take 
charge  of  the  mechanical  department  of 
the  Holly  Handle  Factory.

Benton  Harbor— The  Michigan  Dairy 
Butter  Co.  has  purchased  the  outfit  and 
stock  of  E.  S_ McCullough & Co.,  whole­
sale  dealers  in  butter,  eggs  and  cheese 
and  will^conduct  a  retail  business  only.
is 
the  name  of  a  new  manufacturing  in­
dustry  at  this  place.  The  building  is 
nearly  enclosed.  Handles  and  spokes 
will  be  manufactured  at  once  and  other 
novelties  will  be  turned  out  later on.

Holly— The  Holly  Handle  Factory 

Detroit— Secretary  Campbell,  of  the 
Merchants  &  Manufacturers’  Exchange, 
is  endeavoring  to  secure  capital  to  or­
ganize  a  company  in  Detroit  to  manu­
facture  a  patent  refrigerator  owned  by 
Dr.  G.  C.  Perkins,  formerly  in  business 
at  Belding.

Ypsilanti— The  annual  report  of  the 
Ypsilanti  Creamery  Association  shows 
the  institution  to  be  in  a  most  satisfac­
tory  condition  as  to  the  amount  of  busi­
ness  done  and  the  returns  of  the  same. 
The  report  shows  that  during  the  year 
the  creamery  consumed 5,256,032 pounds 
of  milk  and  that  the  average  test  was 
4.22.  The  number  of  pounds  of  but­
ter  fat  obtained  from  this  milk was 219,- 
656.6.  The  average  price  received  for 
the  butter  manufactured  was  20  5-6 
cents  per  pound.  The  amount  paid  out 
to  the  patrons  for  milk  by Creamery  A s­
sociation  during  the  year 
footed  up 
$44.991.18.  During  the  same  time  the 
expenses  were  $5,771.72. 
total 
amount  received 
for  butter  during  the 
year  was  $51,629.15,  showing  a  neat 
profit  over  and  above  all  expenses.

The 

Saginaw   M erchant»  in   L ine  F o r  Effective 

W ork.

Saginaw,  Dec.  19— At  the last meeting 
of  the  Retail  Merchants’  Association 
there  was  a  goodly  attendance,  and  sev­
eral  matters  of 
importance  were  dis­
cussed  and  acted  upon.  President  Tan­
ner  reported  the  action  of  the committee 
appointed  to  confer  with  the  Board  of 
Trade  relative  to  occupying  the  rooms 
of  that  organization  in  the  Eddy  build­
ing. 
It  was  decided  to  pay  one  dollar 
per  member  up  to  ioo  for the  use  of  the 
rooms.

On  motion 

it  was  decided  to  issue 
cards  certifying  to  membership 
in  the 
Association,  which  will  be  given  to  all 
members,  to  be  displayed  in  their  place 
of  business,  such  cards  to  be  the  prop­
erty  of  the  Association.

E.  H.  McPherson,  editor of  the  Store­
keeper,  was  elected  Secretary.  A   con­
densed  review  of  the  work  of  the  Asso­
ciation  will  be  prepared  by  him,  and 
presented  at  the  first  meeting  of  the new 
year.  The  record  of  the  Association  has 
been  one  to  be  proud  of,  and  its  career 
will,  no  doubt,  continue  as  successful 
as  in  the  past.

The  advisability  of  presenting  the 
good  roads  proposition  at  the  coming 
spring  election  was  discussed,  but  no 
action  was  taken,  as 
it  was  deemed 
preferable  to  await  the  decision  of  the 
market  question.

Port  Huron— A.  S.  and  S.  G.  Martin 
have  retired  from  the  flour  mill  machin­
ery  manufacturing  firm  of  the Davidson- 
Martin  Manufacturing  Co.  The  busi­
ness  will  be  continued  by  G.  C.  Meisel, 
Chas.  B.  Stockwell  and  other  Port 
Huron  stockholders.

Mt.  Pleasant— The  Isabella  County 
Co-operative  Creamery  Co.  has  been  re­
incorporated  with  a  capital  stock  of $1,- 
500,  the  old  charter  having  expired. 
The  past  year  has  been  a very successful 
one  for the  company,  as  evidenced  by 
the  10  per  cent,  cash  dividend  recently 
declared.  Over  76,000  pounds  of  butter 
have  been  marketed  the  past  season  and 
the  creamery  will  continue  operations 
during  January.

Parma— The  Parma  Butter  Co.  has 
been  organized  at  this  place  for  the 
manufacture  of  butter  and  cheese  with  a 
capital  stock  of $3,000,  half  of  which  is 
paid  in.  The  stockholders  are  Samuel 
Foster, 
three  shares;  Geo.  Eggleston, 
five  shares;  S.  H.  Godfrey,  five  shares; 
George  B.  King,  five  shares;  Aaron  C. 
three  shares;  Jasper  R.  God­
Stevens, 
frey, 
five  shares;  E.  G.  Knapp,  three 
shares;  Theodore  A.  King,  five  shares; 
Fenner  Corwin,  as  trustee,  261  shares, 
and  Fenner  Corwin,  five  shares.

Saginaw—The  Independent  Chemical 
Co.,  which  has  secured  a  portion  of  the 
old  Green,  Ring  &  C o.’s  site,  will  put 
up  a  substantial  factory  building,  and 
will  invest  $50,000  or  $60,000  in  a plant. 
The  company  will  manufacture  wood 
alcohol 
large  quantities  and  utilize 
refuse  from  several  factories.  A  superior 
quality  of  charcoal 
is  also  among  the 
products  that  the  factory  will  turn  out.

in 

B ay  C ity  Grocer»  N ot  F rig h ten ed   by  A d­

verse  W eather.

let 

Bay  City,  Dec.  19— The  Retail  Gro­
cers’  Association  appears  to  strike  a 
hard  streak  of  weather  whenever  an  at­
tempt  is  made  to  have  a  social  session. 
At  the  first  banquet  several  months  ago 
Jupiter  Pluvius 
loose  a  few  barrels 
of  water,  but  still  failed  to  dampen  the 
ardor of  the  grocers.  This  time  a  snow 
storm  was  set  going  on  the  wings  of  a 
brisk  northeaster,  but 
it  failed  to  have 
any  effect  upon  the  second  gathering  of 
the  Association  members,  their  families 
and  friends.  The  Odd  Fellows’  temple 
was  crowded  with  a  jolly  lot  of  people 
during  the  evening.  There  was  a  gen­
eral  good  time,  story  telling,  a 
few 
speeches,  some  music  and  a  feast  that 
was  satisfying  and  plentiful.  Outside 
the  weather was  bad,  but  inside  the  hall 
there  was  no  thought  of  the  storm  to  be 
faced  on  the  way  home,  and  merriment 
reigned  supreme  until  a  late  hour.  The 
session  was  enjoyable  and  profitable and 
the  entertainment  committee  was  ten­
dered  several  hundred  votes  of  thanks 
for  its  able  management  of  the  affair.

some 

P o stin g   Up  G ift  Schem e  R esolutions. 
Poit  Huron,  Dec.  19— Thomas  Per- 
val,  Secretary  of  the  Merchants  & 
Manufacturers’  Association,  has  been 
distributing  cards  on  which  are  printed 
the  resolutions  adopted  by  the  Associa­
tion 
time  ago  regarding  gift 
schemes  and  denouncing  them.  Since 
the  recent  discussion  over  the  piano 
matter  it  has  been  taken  up  vigorously 
and  cards  calling  attention  to  the  fact 
are  being  tacked  up  in  every  member’s 
store.  From  present  indications,  how­
ever,  the  merchants  who  entered 
into 
contract  with  the  Piano  Advertising  Co. 
w ill  carry  out  their agreement.

A nnual  C onvention  o f th e   M ichigan  R e­

ta il  G rocers’  A ssociation.

Grand  Rapids,  Dec.  20— The  annual 
convention  of  the  Michigan  Retail  Gro­
cers’  Association  will  be  held  at  Grand 
Rapids,  Thursday  and  Friday,  Jan.  25 
and  26,  convening  at  9  o ’clock  on  the 
day^  first  named.  Every  grocer  doing 
business 
in  Michigan  is  invited  to  at­
tend  the  meeting  and  participate  in  the 
proceedings  of  the  convention,  as  mat­
ters  of  great  importance  to the  trade will 
come  up  for  discussion  and  action.

It 

is  proposed  to  hold  business  ses­
sions  Thursday  forenoon  and  afternoon 
and  Friday  forenoon.  An  entertainment 
feature  will  be  provided  for  Thursday 
evening in the shape of  a  complimentary 
banquet, 
the  Michigan 
Tradesman,  to  which  representatives  of 
the  wholesale  grocery  and  allied  inter­
ests  of  the  State  will  also  be  invited.

tendered  by 

Among  the  special  topics  already  as­
signed  for  presentation  at  the  conven­
tion  are  the  following :

Mutual  relations  of  grocer and  fruit 
grower— Hon.  Chas.  W.  Garfield,  Grand 
Rapids.
*  Co-operative  buying  among  grocers.

What  steps  should  be  taken  to  secure 
the  're-enactment  of  the  township  ped­
dling  law?

My  experience 

in  shipping  produce 
outside  of  Michigan— E.  E.  Hewitt, 
Rockford.

Is  the  basket  branding  law  a  desir­
able  one?—John  W.  Densmore,  Reed 
City..

Is  it  desirable  to  pay  cash  for  produce 
instead  of  store  trade?— J.  H.  Schilling 
Petoskey.

Some  rules  which  egg  shippers  should 
always  observe—C.  H.  Libby,  Grand 
Rapids.

The  dead-beat— New  thoughts  on  an 

old  subject.

The  proper  method  of handling fruit—  

Wm.  K.  Munson,  Grand  Rapids.

Should  the  sale  of  butterine  be  pro­

hibited— B.  S.  Harris,  Grand  Rapids.

Should  the  retail  grocer  favor 

the 
enactment  of  a  law  creating  inspectors 
of  weights 
and  measures?— F.  A. 
Sweeney,  Mt.  Pleasant.

What  effect  has  the  sale  of  butterine 
on  the  price  of  dairy  butter?—J.  Mason, 
Clare.

Mutual  relation  of  wholesale  and  re­
tail  grocers— Wm.  Judson,  Grand  R ap­
ids.

Value  of  equality  to  the  retail  gro­
cer— H.  P.  Sanger,  Secretary  Michigan 
Wholesale  Grocers’  Association.

Some  requisites  to  success  as  a  grocer 

— O.  P.  DeWitt,  St.  Johns.

Effect  of  city  competition  on  country 

towns— E.  W.  Pickett,  Wayland. 

Catalogue  house  competition.
Believing  that  our  Association  is  des­
tined  to  accomplish  much  good  for the 
grocers  of  Michigan  and  confident  that 
you  will 
like  doing  your  share  to 
assist in the  good  work,  we  earnestly  in­
vite  you  to  be  present  on  the occasion  of 
our  next  convention  Come  one,  come 
all ! 

E.  A.  Stowe  (Grand  Rapids),

feel 

Jess  Wisler  (Mancelona),  President.

Sec’y.

T he  Boys  B eh in d   th e   Counter*

Alma— D.  R.  Moore  has  resigned  his 
position 
in  the  grocery  department  at 
Vermeulen’s  Department  Store  and gone 
to  Chicago,  where  he  has  secured  a  po­
sition  with  the  American Publishing Co.
Montague— Thomas  Larson  will  suc­
ceed  Ed.  Phelan  as  clerk  in  the  Phelan 
Clothing  house.  He will  enter  upon  his 
duties  the  first  of  the  year.

Elk  Rapids— A.  C.  Barkhuff,  an  ex­
perienced  furniture  salesman from Ting- 
ley,  Iowa,  has  taken  a  position  in  the 
furniture  store  of  J.  D.  Slater.

Holly— James  B.  Shaughnessy,  who 
has  been  in  the  employ  of  the Nicholson 
Hardware  Co.,  leaves  his  present  em­
ployer Jan.  1  to  accept  a  similar  posi­
tion  with  Morley  Bros.,  Saginaw.  His 
place  will  be  taken  by  Fred  Perry,  of 
Groveland.

When  he  comes,  Santa  Claus  will 

make  his  presents  felt.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

5

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

T he  G rocery  M arket.

Sugar— The  raw  sugar  market  is prac­
tically  the  same  as  at  last  reports,  the 
price  of  96  deg.  test  centrifugals  still 
being  4X C-  The  market  is  quiet,  with 
but  few  sales.  Refined  sugar 
is  un­
changed,  with  fair  demand,  most  of  the 
sales 
locally  being  of  beet  sugar  from 
the  Michigan  factories.  The  total  beet 
sugar  crop of the United States in  1898-99 
was  31,871  tons,  and  95,000  tons  this 
year.  Under  favorable  conditions  next 
season  the  factories  established  and 
building  will  have  a  capacity  for  pro­
ducing  200,000  tons  sugar.  The  total 
stock  of  sugar  in  the  United  States 
is 
209,897  tons,  against  90,731  tons  last 
year  at  this  time.

classification 

Canned  Goods— It 

is  a  well-known 
fact  that  the  market  on  canned'goods, 
as  a  rule,  is  lower at  this  season  of  the 
year  than  at  any  other  time,  on  account 
of  trade  being  at  a  standstill—more  or 
less— during  this  month;  and  yet  prices 
have  held  their  own.  All  varieties  of 
vegetables  are 
in  active  request  and 
prices  are  tending  upward,  although  no 
quotable  advances  have  been made.  The 
exhaustion  of  stocks  in  packers’  hands 
and  the  close  control  exercised  by  sec­
ond  hands  create  the  strongest  position 
on  everything  except  tomatoes  known 
in  years.  A  
feature  has  entered  the 
market  which  will  have  considerable 
weight  and  help  the  movement  not  only 
in  tomatoes,  but  all 
lines  of  canned 
goods,and  that  is  the  advance  in  freight 
rates  to  all  points  and  the  changing  of 
the 
of  canned  goods. 
These  changes  will  take  effect  on  the 
first  of  January  and  it  is  expected  will 
cause  a  very  active  movement 
in  all 
lines.  Tomatoes  are  firmer  and,  while 
quotations  have  not  changed,  there  is 
more  firmness  and  holders  think  an  ad­
vance  will 
come  within  two  weeks. 
is  now  watching  the  future 
Everyone 
interest.  On  ac­
tomato  market  with 
count  of  the 
increased  cost  of  tinplate 
and  other  material  used  in  the  manu­
facture  of  this  line  of  goods,  it 
is  ex­
pected  that  prices  on  future  goods  will 
be  considerably  higher  than  the  prices 
now  ruling  and  if  the  packers  do  name 
higher  prices,  many  buyers  will  un­
doubtedly  secure  spot  stocks  of  tomatoes 
in 
large  quantities  and  this  will  cause 
an  increase  in  price.  A  material  change 
in  conditions  is  expected  soon  after the 
first  of  January.  The  market  for  canned 
corn  is  unchanged,  but  com  is  growing 
more  difficult  to  get  every  day.  Peas 
are 
in  fair  demand  at  previous  prices. 
California  fruits  are  practically  unob­
tainable 
from  first  hands,  all  varieties 
being  very  scarce.  All  stocks  will  be 
exhausted  before  the  next  season’s  pack 
can  possibly  be  ready  for  delivery.  Ow­
ing  to  the  partial  failure  of  the  peach 
largely 
crop,‘ the  trade  has  bought  very 
of  Maryland  pears. 
It  looks  as 
if  this 
article  will  occupy  a  large  share  of  the 
attention  of  the 
jobber  and  consumer 
hereafter.  There  is  a  good  demand  for 
gallon  apples  at  unchanged  prices.  The 
volume  of  business  done  in  apples  dur­
ing  the  past  year  was  surprising  and,  in 
spite  of  the  large  crop  in  some  sections 
of  the  country,  stocks  of  canned  apples 
have  been  reduced 
to  a  minimum. 
There 
is  no  change 
in  salmon  or  sar­
dines.  The  market  is  firm  on  both  lines 
with  prices  unchanged.

Dried  Fruit— Raisins  are  dull.  Very 
little  is  doing  in  California  loose  Mus- 
qatels,  but  there 
is  some  demand  for 
in  foreign  vari­
seeded  goods.  Trade 

eties  is  moderately  active,  but  the  bulk 
of  the  buying 
is  over  for the  holidays 
and  dealers  are  not  stocking  up  beyond 
immedate  requirements. 
The  Raisin 
Growers’  Association  reports  shipments 
to  date  of  1,890  carloads  of  raisins  and 
about  300  by  outside  packers,  making  a 
total  of  nearly  2,200  out  of  the  pack  of 
2,400  carloads.  The  market  for  prunes 
is  very  quiet,  and  prices  are  a  shade 
lower.  There  are  plenty  of  prunes  to  be 
had,  but  the  scarcity  of  certain  sizes 
that  the  trade  want  and  are  unable  to 
get  curtails  business.  Peaches are  quiet, 
but  prices  are  unchanged.  Practically 
all  available  supplies  are  closely  con­
trolled,  and  even  although  the  output 
this  year  was  unusually  heavy,  there 
is 
little  possibility  of  a  break  in  prices, 
at  least  not  until  much  larger  stocks  are 
thrown  on  the  market. 
It  is  supposed 
that  the  bulk  of  the  1,300  cars  has 
passed  from  first  hands,  but  the  ma­
jority  of  the  supply  seems  to  be  closely 
controlled.  There  has  been  a  good  de­
for  apricots,  which  are  probably 
mand 
in 
lighter  supply  than  they  have  been 
during  the  month  of  December  for a 
number  of  years.  There 
is  no  doubt 
that  apricots  will  show  a 
whatever 
marked  advance  with  the  opening  of the 
spring  demand.  Figs  are  easy  and  dis­
tribution  slow.  There  is  comparatively 
little  demand  at  present.  Currants  are 
quiet,  but  prices  are  unchanged.  There 
is  a  fairly  active  business 
stirring, 
in  small  lots.  Sales  aver­
principally 
age  higher  than 
last  season  and  the 
prospect  is  that  they  will  continue  dur­
ing  the  remainder  of  the  month.  Dates 
are  active  and  a  trifle  firmer.  The  mar­
ket 
is  practically  bare  of  everything. 
Consumption  has  scarcely  ever  been  as 
heavy  as  now  and  there  are  no  indica­
tions  of  a -falling  off.

in  nuts 

Nuts— Trade 

find  difficulty 

is  still  active, 
but  the  bulk  of  buying  for  the  holiday 
trade  is  over.  No 
large  stocks  of  any 
sort  are  on  hand.  Tarragona  almonds 
are  active.  Stocks  are  small,  and  deal­
ers 
in  replenishing. 
in  better  supply  row  than 
Ivicas  are 
few  weeks  ago.  Jordan 
they  were  a 
shelled 
are  more  freely  offered  and 
prices  are 
lower.  Valencias  are  neg­
lected  and  prices  are  largely  nominal. 
There  is  a  good  demand  for  filberts,  but 
supplies  are  short,  and  there  is  a  pros­
pect  of  a  further  advance.  Peanuts  are 
more  active.  Confectioners  are  substi­
tuting  peanuts  for  walnuts  and  other 
scarce  nuts  in  confectionery.

Green  Fruits— Lemons  are  weak  and 
the  demand  is  small.  The  quality  of  the 
lemons  arriving  during  the  past  week 
was  unsatisfactory  and  prices  went  off 
25@35c  on  aU  grades.  Bananas  are  un­
changed,  but  appear  to  be  slightly  firm­
er  than  last  week  because  of an enlarged 
distribution  near  Christmas.

Rice— The  rice  market  is  firm,  with 
good  demand,  buyers  showing  a  better 
disposition  to  make  purchases.

Tea— The  tea  market  is  quiet  and  but 
little  business  is  being  done  at  present. 
Jobbers  are  well  supplied  for  the  pres­
ent  and  no  change  in  conditions  is  ex­
pected  until  after the  holidays.

Molasses— The  market 

is  very  firm, 
with  an  upward  tendency.  The  trade is 
freely, 
beginning  to  buy  molasses  more 
as  dealers  appear  to  see  that  the 
longer 
they  wait,  the  more  they  will  have  to 
pay.

Fish— The  market  on  salt  mackerel  is 
quiet,  but  prices  remain  firm.  The  de­
mand  for  codfish  has  fallen  off some  and 
prices  of some  grades  are  a  little  easier.

For  G illies’  N.  Y. 

tea,  all  kinds, 

grades  and  prices,  phone  Visner,  800

T he  P roduce  M arket.

Apples—-Selected  cold  storage  fruit  is 
meeting  with  active  demand  and  ready 
sale  on  the  basis  of  $3-5o@3.75  per  bbl. 
for  Spys  and  Baldwins  and  $4  per  bbl. 
for  Jonathans  and  Snows.
is 

Beans— The  market 

steady,  no 
importance  having  occurred 

change  of 
during  the  past  week.

Beets—$1  per  3  bushel  bbl.
Butter— Factory  creamery  is  steady  at 
25c,  local  dealers  being  unable  to  secure 
sufficient  supplies  to  meet  their  require­
ments.  Receipts  of  dairy  are  liberal 
is  about  the  same  as  it 
and  the  price 
was  a  week  ago.  Extra 
fancy  readily 
commands  20c,  fancy  fetching  18c  and 
choice  bringing  16c.  Most  of  the  re­
ceipts  are 
inferior  in  quality  and  ap­
pearance.

Cabbage— 6o@75c  per  doz.
Carrots— $1  per 3  bu.  bbl.
Celery— 15c  per  doz.  bunches.
Cranberries— Jerseys  are 

in  fair  de­
mand  at  $6.5o@6.75  per  bbl.  Wiscon­
sin  Bell  and  Bugle  command  S7  for 
standard  and  $7.25  for  fancy.

Dressed  Poultry— Spring  chickens  are 
in  fair  demand  at  9c.  Fowls  are  in  de­
mand  at  8c.  Ducks  command  10c  for 
spring  and  8c  for  old.  Geese  find  a 
market  on  the  basis  of  8c  for  young. 
Old  are  not  wanted  at  any  price.  Tur­
keys  are in  good  demand  at  8c  for No.  2 
and  10c  for  No.  1.

Eggs— Cold  storage stock  has  the  call, 
holders  having  so  little  confidence  in  a 
higher  range  of  values  later on  that  they 
are  closing  out  their  stocks  at  I4@i7c, 
case  count.  This  has  given  the  market 
on  fresh  stock  a  black  eye,  in  conse­
quence  of  which 
local  dealers  are  not 
encouraging  shipments  to  any  great  ex­
tent,  because 
it  is  impossible  to  obtain 
over  18c  for  candled  stock.  This  en­
ables  the  retailer  to  slel  at  20c  and  ex­
perience  has  demonstrated  that  when­
ever the  price  goes  above  20c  consump­
tion 
is  very  materially  curtailed.  Not­
withstanding  the  fact  that  he  can  ob­
tain  candled  stock  at  18c,  delivered  at 
his  store,  E.  B.  McDonald,  proprietor 
of  the  Wykes  Market  Co.,  is  sending 
out  quotations  offering  to  pay  io@2oc 
on  track  for  case  count  stock. 
If  Mr. 
McDonald  were  financially  able  to pay  1 
@2c  above  the  market,  the  Tradesman 
would  say  nothing  to  discourage  the 
trade 
in  shipping  to  him,  but  as  he  is 
chattel  mortgaged  and  declines  to  fur­
nish  a  statement  of  his  assets to the mer­
cantile  agencies, 
the  Tradesman  ad­
vises 
its  readers  to  use  due  caution  in 
shipping  to  him  and not to be  influenced 
by  his  quotations  to  the  extent  of  pay­
ing  more  for  eggs  than  the  market justi­
fies.  Mr.  McDonald  purchased 
the 
stock  at  109  Monroe  street  for $600,  pay­
ing  $250  down  and  giving  a  mortgage 
back 
for  $350,  on  which  no  cash  pay­
ment  has  yet  been  made.  He  claims  to 
hail 
from  Milwaukee  and  to  possess 
valuable  assets,  but  diligent  enquiry  at 
Milwaukee  has  failed  to  elicit  any satis­
factory  information  concerning  Mr.  Mc­
Donald  or  his  financial  investments.

Game— Rabbits  are  in  strong  demand 
at  $1.20  per  doz.  Squirrels  are  scarce 
and  hard  to  get  at  $1.25  per  doz.  Mal­
lard  ducks  are 
in  active  demand  at 
$4-50@5  per  doz.  Teal  ducks  command 
$2.50^3  per  doz.  Common  ducks  fetch 
$1.50.  Sand  snipes  bring  $1  per  doz. 
and  yellow-legged  $1.75  per  doz.

Honey— White  clover  is  scarce  at  i5@ 
16c.  Dark  amber and  mixed  command 
I3@i4c.

Live  Poultry— Squabs,  $1.20  per  doz­
en.  Chickens,  6@7c.  Fowls,  5K@ 6 j£c- 
Ducks,  6%c  for  young  and  6c  for  old. 
Turkeys,  8c  for  young.  Geese,  8c.

Nuts—-Ohio  hickory  command  £1.25 
for 
large  and  $1.50  for  small.  Butter­
nuts  and  walnuts  are  in  fair  demand  at 
75c.

Onions— Spanish  are  steady  at  $1.60 
per  crate  and  home  grown  are  active 
and  moving  at  35c  for  Red  Weather- 
fields,  Yellow  Danvers 
and  Yellow 
Globes  and  40c  for  Red  Globes.
Parsnips—gi.25  for  3  bu.  bbl.
Potatoes— The  market is a little easier, 
due  to 
improved  transportation  condi­
tions  and  at  some  points  the  price  has 
dropped  off  i@3c  per  bushel.  Buying 
continues  active  at  the  principal  buying

points  in  Michigan  on  the  basis  of  30© 
35C.
pound.

Squash— Hubbard  commands  ij^c  per 

Sweet  Potatoes-  Kiln  dried  Jerseys 
are  in  good  demand  at  $4.25^4.50  per 
bbl.

Turnips— $1  per  bbl.

Grand  KupMs  Retail Groceni1 Association.
At_ the  regular  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association, 
held 
I uesday  evening,  Dec.  19,  Presi­
dent  Dyk  presided.

The  Committee  on  Banquet  reported 
progress  and  stated  that  enough  funds 
had  been  pledged  to  insure  the  success 
It  was  decided  not  to  in­
of  the  event. 
clude  the 
in  the  banquet  enter­
tainment  this  year,  which  will  be  held 
at  Sweet’s  Hotel  either  on  the  evening 
of  Jan.  22  or  Jan.  29.  The  report  was 
accepted.

ladies 

A  communication  was  read  from  E d­
ward  H.  Holmes,  Secretary  of  the  Flint 
Business  Men’s  Association,  as  follows:
The  business  men  of  this  city  deem 
the  trading  stamp  system  an  unmiti­
gated  nuisance  and  are  desirous  of 
stamping  this  system  out  of  the  State. 
To  this  end,  they  believe  it  would  be  a 
good 
idea  to  follow  in  the  footsteps  of 
some  of  our  sister  states  in the  East  and 
ask  our  Legislature  to  pass  a  law  pro­
hibiting  the  carrying  on  of  this  system 
in this  State.  To  accomplish  this  grand 
result,  they  ask  for  your  co-operation  in 
order  that  this  law  may  he  passed. 
It 
might  be  possible  to  work  in  this  d i­
rection  during  the  coming  special  ses­
sion,  but  if  not,  it  can  be  brought  up  at 
the  next  session  of  the  Legislature.

Please  give  your  views  upon  this  sub­

ject  on  an  early  date.

H.  C.  Wendorff  moved  that  the  Asso­
ciation  endorse  the  movement  and  co­
operate  with  the  Flint  organization  in 
every  way  possible.  Adopted.

The  following  letter  was  read  from the 

Commercial  Credit  Co.,  Limited:

We  are 

in  receipt  of  your  favor  of 
Dec.  8,  enclosing  copy  of  a  resolution 
adopted  by  your  Association  at  its  last 
regular  meeting,  and  wish  to thank  you 
most  heartily  for  the  expression 
in  our 
behalf.

We  fully  appreciate  that  it  will  be  a 
great  advantage  to  us  in  becoming  ac­
quainted  with  the  members  of  the  Gro­
cers’  Association,  as  well  as  all  other 
dealers  in  Detroit,  where we  can  already 
see  the  benefit  of  the  co-operation  of our 
many  friends  in  this  city in establishing 
our  office  in  Detroit,  which  we  feel  will 
not  only  give  Detroit  merchants  the  ad­
vantage  of  our  experience here, but serve 
as  a  valuable  adjunct  to  our  office  in 
this  city.

The  Secretary  called  attention  to  the 
established  holiday  closing  system,  but, 
on  account  of  two  closing  days  coming 
in  succession,  it  was  decided  that  those 
who  desired  to  do  so  might  remain open 
Christmas  morning  until  10 o ’clock,  and 
until  noon  on  New  Years  day.

The  Secretary  suggested  that  a  com­
mittee  be  appointed  to  confer  with  the 
Grand  Rapids  Retail  Clerks’  Associa­
tion 
in  regard  to  the  enforced  closing 
of  all  grocery  stores  on  Sunday,  which 
was  adopted,  and  Messrs.  Gray,  Gaskill 
and  the  Secretary  were  named  as  such 
committee.

There  being  no  further  business,  the 

meeting  adjourned.

O yster  H eadquarter».

F.  J.  Dettenthaler requests the Trades­
man  to  announce  that  he  is  in a position 
to  pay  special  attention  to  mail,  tele­
graph  and  telephone  orders  for  oysters 
for  the  Christmas  trade.  Although  the 
weather  so  far this  season  has  not  been 
favorable  for  the  oyster  business,  he pre­
dicts  a  large  trade  during  the  Christmas 
holidays  and  has  laid  in  a  stock  which 
will  be  equal  to  any  emergency.

The'  lawyer  who  knows  his  business 
knows  the  business  of  a  great  many 
other  people.

Philosophy  must  shut  up  when  the 

heart  is  doing  the  talking.

To  remember  a  thing,  try  to  forget  it.

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Difficulty.

The  blessed  Christmastide 

is  almost 
upon  us— that  season  of  peace  on  earth 
when  we  get  nervous  prostration  trying 
to  finish  off  the  penwipers  and  pin­
cushions  we  started  in  July  and when we 
add  to  the  good  will  among  men  by g iv ­
ing  people  things  they  don’t  want  and 
we  can’t  afford.  Inasmuch  as  Christmas 
has  a  way  of  repeating  itself  about  once 
a  year—thank  heaven  it  can’t  come  any 
oftener 
looks  as  if  we  ought  to  be 
perpared  for  it,  but  we  never  are,  either 
in  spirit  or  purse. 
I  know  it  always 
catches  me  when  1  have  a  stitch  in  my 
back  and  a  pocketbook  as  flat  as  a  pan­
cake,  while  the  question  of  Christmas 
gifts  threatens  to  bring  on  softening  of 
the  brain  every  time  I  am .called  on  to 
wrestle  with  it.

it 

Goodness  knows  if  there  is  one  thing 
under the  sun  that  stands  in urgent  need 
of  reforming  it  is  the  way  we  celebrate 
Christmas.  We  can  never  resist  pushing 
a  good  thing  along  until  we  push  it  off 
of  the  earth.  The 
idea  of  a  Christmas 
spirit— a  time  when  one  put  away  the 
thoughts  of  care  and  worries and  feasted 
and  made  merry;  a  time  when 
friends 
exchanged  simple  gifts  in  token  of  love 
and  good  will— was  one  of  the 
loveliest 
thoughts  that has ever come to  the  world, 
but  we  have  expanded  it  and  expanded 
it  until  it  has  burst  like  an  over-blow 
bubble.  What  does 
it  all  mean  now. 
The  feasting  has  come  to  mean  that  the 
average  housekeeper  makes  a  burnt 
offering  of  herself  over  the  kitchen 
stove;  the  merrying  that  we  overeat  and 
overdrink  until  we  are  as  stuffed  and 
stupid  as  aStrasburg  goose,  while  as  for 
the  general  Christmas  gift  it  has  degen 
erated  into  a  barter,  where  we  trust 
luck  to  break  even—a  kind  of  you-give
me - a-Delft-plaque-and-I’ ll-send-you-a
that  has  no 
Wedgwood-jar  business 
more  real  sentiment  in  it  than  a  horse 
trade.

All  of  us  are  alike,  too.  When  I  see 
a  woman  rushing  around  with  a  hysteri 
cal  air  and  a  distraught  look  in  her  eye 
I  know  she  is  going  through  the  awful 
annual  ordeal  of  buying  Christmas  pres 
ents  and 
is  feeling  her  brain  give  way 
under the  strain.  Of  course,  it  looks  as 
if  it  ought  to  be  the  easiest  thing  in  the 
world.  Given  a  store  full  of  pretty  and 
useful  articles  and  John  and  Mamie  and 
Sadie  to  buy  for,  it  seems  as  if  it  ought 
not  to  be  any  trick  at  all  to  find  some 
thing  that  will  fill  their  souls with  joy 
and  gratitude. 
It  is  only  after you  have 
agonized  over the  situation,  and  find  out 
you  have  bought  a painted  gauze  fan  for 
your  uncle  Thomas  Havseed  and 
meerschaum  pipe  for  Dottie  Dimple 
Debutante  that  you  realize  how  totally 
unequal  your  intellect  is  to grapple with 
the  Christmas  gift  problem.

Christmas  I knew  a  young  man  who pre 
sented  his  aged  and  decrepit  grand 
mother  with  a  silver  heart  bracelet,  and 
it  was  the  most  appreciated  gift  and  the 
most  enjoyed  I  ever  knew.

if 

But 

possession  of 

it  takes  tact  to  buy  a  suitable 
Christmas  present  for  a  grown  person 
it  takes  nothing  short  of  absolute  inspi 
ration  to  know  what  to  buy  for  the  mod 
em,  up-to-date,sophisticated  child.  Of 
course,  we  feel  that  Christmas  is  par 
ticularly  the  children’s  season,  and  we 
want  to  do  something  to  make  them 
happy.  When  we 
think  of  our  own 
youth,  and how  enraptured  we  were  over 
the 
a  wooden-faced 
beady-eyed  doll,  or  a  little  red  wagon 
we  feel  that  it  ought  to  be  easy  enough 
but  the  child  of  to-day 
is  just  as  fa 
from  that  state  of  sweet  sim plicity  as 
the  automobile 
is  away  from  the  stage 
coach.  They  have  had  everything  and 
are  blase 
little  creatures  to  whom  you 
couldn’t  give  a  sensation  to  save  your 
life,  short  of  blowing  them  up  with 
dynamite.  What  can  you  give  them? 
Dolls?  Every 
little  girl  of  your  ac­
quaintance 
is  suffering  from  the  cares 
of  a  too  numerous  family  of  doll  babies. 
Besides,  she  would  turn  up  her  nose  at 
anything 
less  than  a  bisque  creature 
with  a  wardrobe  as  elaborate as a bride’s 
and  a  conversational  repertoire 
large 
enough  to  start  a  debutante  out  in  so­
ciety.  Toys? 
They  have  every  me­
chanical  device  that  the  ingenuity  of 
man  can  suggest,  walking  and  speak­
ing  animals  enough  to  start  a  menag­
erie,  and  more  doll 
furniture  than 
would  furnish  out  a  young  housekeeper. 
Sweets?  Horrors,  think  of  how  their 
hygienic  mothers  would  shudder  at  the 
mere 
It  takes  a  bold 
person  in  these  days  of  educational  and 
kindergarten  fads  to  tamper  with  juv­
enile  literature,  when  the  very  babes  in 
their  cradles  are  nourished  on  “ Emer­
son  Made  Easy’ ’  and “ Carlyle in  Words 
of  One  Syllable.’ ’

idea.  Books? 

I  don’t  know,  but  sometimes  it  seems 
to  me  that  we  have  done  our  children  a 
deadly  wrong  that  we  can  never  make 
good  to  them  by  surfeiting  them  too 
soon  with  the  good  things  of 
life.  We 
can  give  them  the  costliest  toys  that 
money  can  buy,  but  we  can’t  give  them 
the  thrill,  the  rapture  that  many  a  poor 
child  will  háve  on  Christmas  morning 
over a  trumpery  two-bit  toy.  They  will 
be  pleased  with  their things,  of  course, 
nd  interested in  them— for an hour— but 
they  won’t  go  to  bed  hugging  a  woolly 
amb,  or  a  tawdry  doll  dressed  in  tinsel. 
They  have  had  too  much.  There’s  a 
rorld  of  difference  between  the  way  a 
dinner  tastes  to  the  sated  club  m a n - 
particular  about  the  exact  temperature 
of  his  wines,  critical  of  the  sauces— and 
the  way 
it  tastes  to  the  half-famished 
poor  wretch  who  has  dreamed  of  it  for 
half  a  year  and  will  remember it another 
half.

It  is  my  firm  opinion,  based  on  many 
Christmas  experiences,  that  there  is  no 
sure  guide  to  buying  presents  and  that 
it  is  simply  blind  luck  if  you  happen  to 
hit  the  right  thing. 
I ’ve  tried  the  ab­
solutely  practical  present  theory  .with 
disaster  and  the  utterly  ornamental  gift 
idea  with  rout  and  slaughter.  I’ve given 
Somebody’s  Sure  Cure  for  Rheumatism 
to  the  afflicted  and  plaster  casts  to  peo­
ple  who  boarded  and  had  no place to put 
em,  and  nobody  yet  has  sung  paeons 
of  gratitude  in  my  listening  ear.  There 
isn’t  any  use  in  considering  suitability 
m  a  present  either.  A  blind  man  is 
just  as  liable  to  be  pleased  with  a  water 
color  as  he  is  with  anything  else.  Last

There  s  one  thing,  however, 

if  we 
women  groan  under  the  Christmas  pres­
ent  problem  we  don’t  meanly  sneak  out 
of  it  as  men  do.  We  brace  up  and  do 
the  best  we  can.  We  may  give  our  par­
ticular  Dick  a  box  of  cigars  that  he  has 
",  hire  the  office  boy to  smoke  ora neck- 
e  he  wouldn’t  wear  in  the  dark  on  a 
iny  night,  but  we  give  him  something 
that  shows  we  were  willing  to  suffer  for 
in  the  bargain-counter  rush.
his  sake 
We  don  t  say  as  he  does, 
“ Here, 
in  honor of  this 
Mary,  here  s  a  check 
happy 
I 
didn  t  know  what  you  wanted. ’ ’  Of 
course, 
is  awfully  practical  and 
sensible,  and  you  can  take  your  money 
and  go  down  town  and  buy  what  you

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Please mention Tradesman.

The Sunlight 
Gasoline Gas Lamps

The best, the first-they have stood the test of time and those using  them  are 
joudest in praising  them.  Suitable  for  Stores.  Churches.  Halls, Residences. 
Many styles of fixtures including single lights  and  handsome  two  and  three 
light Chandeliers; also Arc lights  for  out-door  and  street  lighting  purposes. 
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Asphalt  Paints,  Tarred  Felt,  Roofing  Pitch.  2  and  t 
ply and  Torpedo Gravel  Ready  Roofing.  Galvanized 
Iron  Cormce. 
Sky  Lights.  Sheet  Metal  Workers 
and Contracting  Roofers.

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

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

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want,  if  you  don’t  have  to  take  it  to  fin­
ish  paying  for  the  Christmas  presents 
you  remembered  you  had  to  have  at  the 
last  moment,  but 
it’s  as  cold-blooded 
as  a  clam.  No  woman  can  be-  really 
grateful  or  pleased  at receiving a present 
like  that.  She’d  be  more  than  mortal 
if  she  didn’t  remember  that  in  the  days 
of 
courtship  he  would  never  have 
dreamed  of  shoving  a  $10  or $20  bill  at 
her  and  telling  her  to  get  what  she 
wanted.  On  the  contrary,  she  recalls 
very  distinctly  that  he  ransacked  half 
the  stores  in  town  until  he  found  some­
thing  quaint  and  dainty,  “ just 
like 
you,’ ’  he  told  her,  and  that  it  came  to 
her  enveloped  in  an  aroma  of  sentiment 
that  doubled  and  trebled 
its  value  in 
her  eyes,  and  she  wonders,  with  a  little 
hurt  feeling  about  her  heart,  if  she  isn’t 
as  worth  thinking  about  and  taking  a 
little  trouble  for  now  as  she  was  then. 
You  can’t  be  romantic  over  a  check 
and,  besides,  a  woman  always 
feel 
morally  bound  to  go  and  buy  something 
if  the  money 
useful 
is  given  her  that 
way. 
It  always  makes  me  think  of  a 
friend  of  mine  whose  husband  gave  her 
a  thousand  dollar  Government  bond 
for 
a  Christmas  gift.  She looked it  over  and 
then  remarked,  “ Say,  John,  would  you 
mind  taking  this  back  and  giving  me 
a  box  of  chocolate  creams  instead? 
I’d 
enjoy  them  more  and  get  more real good 
out  of  them. 
I  don’t  seem  to  see  that  I 
would  get  any  particular  amusement  out 
of  pacing  down  to  the  bank  and  putting 
this  bond  back  in  your  safety  deposit 
box. ’ ’

It  seems  to  me  that  the  most  rational 
way  out  of  the  Christmas  gift  difficulty 
is  to 
inaugurate  a  kind  of  system  of 
self-selected  Christmas  presents 
that 
would  combine  all  the  pleasure  of  pos­
sessing  the  thing  we  want,  with  the 
good  will  and  remembrance  of  the  sea­
son.  As  the  time  approaches  we  might 
drop 
little  notes  to  our  friends  saying, 
“ Dear  X,  or  Y,  or  Z,  I  apprehend  that 
on  this  delightful  occasion  you  are  go­
ing  to  send  me  some  slight  token  of  re­
membrance  and  good  will. 
I  also  en­
tertain  the  same  intentions  in  regard  to 
you.  Will  you,  therefore,  kindly  take 
the  money  you  intended  to 
in  a 
present  for  me  and  buy  something  you 
wished  for  yourself? 
I  will  present  my­
self  in  memory  of  you  with  a  gauze  fan 
or  a  silver  pomade  jar. ”   Thus  an  ex­
change  of  presents  and  good  will  will, 
in  effect,  be  carried  out,  and  we  both 
shall  have  the  thing  we  wanted,  instead 
of  being  provoked  every  time  we look at 
it  tcv think  that  good  money  should  have 
been  wasted  in  sending  us  an  expensive 
illustrated  copy  of  the  Inferno,  when  we 
were  dying  for  a  palm  and  a  jardiniere 
that  wouldn’t  have  cost  half  as  much. 
Of  course,  one 
is  appreciative  of  the 
thought  that  prompted  a  gift,  and  all 
that  sort  of  thing,  but  it’s  lots  easier  to 
be  grateful  for  the  thing  we  want  than 
it  is  for the  thing  we  don’t  want.

invest 

After  all,  though,  and  despite its  wor­
ries  and  its  harrassments,  the old Christ­
mas  spirit  is  not  quite  dead. 
It  wakes 
again 
in  every  human  soul  and  we  go 
back  along  the  path  of  the  years  to  the 
days  when  we,  too,  were  little  children, 
when  Santa  Claus  and  all  beautiful  tales 
were  true,  when  we  had  not  been  sad­
dened  by  sorrows  and  disappointments, 
and  between  sleeping  and  waking  there 
came  the  patter  of  reindeer  hoofs  bring­
ing  to  us  joys  beyond  the  power  of 
im­
agination  to  picture.  Old  memories  lay 
their softening  touch  upon  us,  instinct­
ively  we  draw  closer together  and  touch 
hands  with  a  kindlier  grasp  with  those 
about  us,  and  there  steals  upon  us  some

of  that  peace  on  earth  and  good  will  to­
wards  men  of  which  the  herald  angel 
sang  on  that  first  Christmas  morning.
D orothy  D ix.

P lain  Speaking.

impression 

license  they  take 

There  are  few  subjects  about  which  a 
more  erroneous 
prevails 
than  about  what  we  call  plain  speaking. 
it  as 
Most  people  seem  not  to  regard 
synonymous  with  boorishness,  but 
jus­
lack  of  grace  of  address,  or 
tify  their 
the 
in  saying  dis­
agreeable  things  in  a  disagreeable  way, 
it  plain  speaking.  As  a 
by  calling 
general  thing, 
found  that 
those  addicted  to  this  pernicious  habit 
are  spiteful  and  revengeful,  and  they 
make  their  plain  speaking  a  cover  for 
their  unpardonable  rudeness. 
“ I  am 
perfectly  plain  and  candid,’ ’  they  as­
sert  self-righteously,  when  they  mean 
to  wound  you  with  their  tongue,  “ and 
can  not  use  fine  words  as  others  do  to 
disguise  the  truth.’ ’

it  will  be 

lips,  it 

In  reality,  while  it  is  never  excusable 
to  say  insincere  things,  even  by  way  of 
compliment,  and, 
indeed,  none  of  us 
care  for  the  praise  that  comes  merely 
from  the 
is  equally  an  offense 
against  good  breeding  and  good  taste 
to  indulge  in  harsh  criticism.  We  may 
consider  our  friend’s  house  a  model  of 
bad  architecture,  but  there  is  no  use  in 
telling  her so  and  dissatisfying  her  with 
the  thing  she  has  and  is  bound  to  keep. 
We  may  think  a  young  girl’s  choice  of 
a  hat  silly  and  inappropriate,  but  it  is 
a  needless  cruelty  to  point  out  its  de­
fects  and  destroy  her  pleasure  in  it.

look. 

These  omissions  the  plain  speaking 
person  never  considers,  and  all  of  us 
number  among  our  bete  noires  some  in­
dividual  whose  sharpness  of  eye  is  sure 
to  discover  our  weakness,  and  whose 
relentless  tongue lets none  escape.  Have 
you  been  sick—she  tells  you  how  thin 
and  broken  you 
Is  your  heart 
tom  with  anxiety  about  some  waywrard 
son  or  brother— she  feels  it  her  duty  to 
tell  you  all  of  the  harsh  things  people 
say  about  him.  Are  you 
indulging  in 
some  little  thing  by  way  of  a  treat— she 
warns  you  that  everybody  knows  you 
can’t  afford 
like  an  evil 
agency  that  gathers  up  all  the  unpleas­
life  and 
antness  and  bitterness  of 
presses  the  cup  to  your  lips  and 
forces 
you  to  drink.

it.  She 

is 

In  society,  as  well  as 

is  when  to  be  silent. 

in  diplomacy, 
one  of  the  most  important  things  to  un­
derstand 
It  is 
never,  under  any  circumstances,  neces­
sary  to  carry  plainness  of  speech  to  the 
verge  of  rudeness,  and  we  have  a  sacred 
obligation  not  to  hurt  the  feelings  of 
those  with  whom  we  are  thrown  in  con­
tact. 
is  not  often  necessary  to  tell 
unpleasant  truths,  but  even  then  it  is 
possible  to  do  so  with  a  delicacy  and 
tact  that  rob  them  of  half  their  sting.

It 

There  is  an  old  saying  that  children 
and 
fools  tell  the  truth,  and  in  teaching 
young  people  the  conventions  of  soci­
ety  nothing 
is  more  important  than  to 
impress  upon  them  the  art  of  mingling 
candor  and  sincerity. 
It  is  the  very  salt 
of  speech.  For  our  words  we  are  always 
responsible,  and 
teaching 
that 
inculcates  plain  speaking  that  is 
only  combined  with  genuine  kindness 
is  an  open  sesame  to  all  hearts.

the  social 

Cora  Stowell.

L ig h t  B read.

“ Have  you  any  nice  light  bread?”  
asked  a  prospective  customer  in  a  bake 
shop.

“ Y es’m ,”   replied  the  new  boy,  “ we 
have  some  nice  pound  loaves  that weigh 
only  ten  ounces. ’ ’

T he  D ru g   M arket.

Opium— The  market  is  quiet  but firm.
Morphine— Is  unchanged.
Quinine— Is  very  firm  at  the advanced 
is  not  ac­

price,  although  the  demand 
tive.

Carbolic  Acid  -May  be  called  ex­
cited.  Manufacturers  are  called  upon 
for  large  amounts  and  there  is  no  doubt 
of  extreme  prices  for  next  season.  The 
advance  so  far  has  been  6c  per  pound 
and 
is  difficult  to  place  orders  for 
large  quantities.

it 

Salicylic  Acid  -On  account  of  higher 
price  for  carbolic,  has  been  advanced. 
Prices  are  5c  higher.

Salicylate  Soda— Has  also advanced, 
on  account  of  higher  prices  of  salicylic 
acid.

Cocaine— Stocks  are 

Leaves 
are  in  strong  position,  and  a  further  ad­
vance  is  looked  for.
Cocoa  Butter— Is 

limited  supply 

in 
and  has  again  advanced.

light. 

Cuttle  Fish  Bone— Is  somewhat  lower.
Glycerine— Is  firmer,  on  account  of 
large  at  this  season 

is 

demand,  which 
of  the  year.

Menthol— Is  very  firm  and  tending 

higher.

vanced.

price.

Naphthaline  Balls— Have  again  ad­

Lycopodium— Is 

still  advancing 

in 

Balsam  Peru— Has  declined.
Gum  Camphor 

Is  unchanged,  but 

is 

in  a  very  strong  position.

Essential Oils— Anise is  a  trifle  lower. 
Cassia  has  declined,  on  account  of  com­
petition among holders,  but it  is believed 
to  be  only  temporary.

Golden  Seal  Root— Has  advanced  and 

is  tending  higher.

Russian  Hemp  Seed— Has  declined, 

on  account  of  larger  stocks.

German  Quince  Seed— Has  advanced.
Linseed  Oil— Advanced 4c on  the  13th. 
It  is  very  firm,  on  account  of  the  high 
price  for  seed.

Ground  Flax  Seed— Has  advanced.

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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 

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any 
frills  or  other  things 
mixed  with  it,  you  can  get 
it of us.  We guarantee it

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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S T A T E   OF  M ICHIGAN /  ss>

County  of  Kent 

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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 
7,000  copies  of  the issue of  Dec.  13,1899, 
and  saw  the  edition  mailed  in  the  usual 
manner.  And  further  deponent  saith 
not. 

John  DeBoer.

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

notary  public 
this  sixteenth  day  of  December,  1899.
Henry  B.  Fairchild, 

Notary  Public  in  and  for  Kent  County, 

Mich.

T H E   VAUNTING  TRUE.

is  the  country  of 
The  United  States 
brag,  and  Chicago  is 
its  capital!  A 
land  of  travelers,  the  inhabitants  thereof 
are  the  prototypes  of  omnipresence. 
If 
we  take  the  wings  of  the  morning  and 
dwell  in  the  uttermost  parts  of  the  sea, 
they  are  there;  and 
if  we  ascend  into 
heaven—or  make  up  our bed  somewhere 
else— there  is  strong  evidence  that  they 
are  there  and  are  stating  “ in  good 
terms,  in  good  set  terms, ’ ’  the  unsur­
passed  advantages  of  their  native  land. 
This  country 
is  the  biggest  thing  on 
earth.  Call  that  a  mountain?  Come 
look  at  one  of  the  Rocky 
over  and 
Mountaiun  humps.  Yes, 
the  Danube 
and  the  Volga  are  fair  as  European 
rivers  go,  but  for  the  real  thing  you 
want  to  start  up  in  the  Northwest some­
time  and  float  down  to  the  Gulf  of  Mex­
ico.  That’s  the  Black  Sea,  is  it?  Well,
you  might  pour  every  drop  of  it  into 
Lake  Superior  and  the  only  way  you 
could  tell  what  you  had  done  would  be 
by  the  dirt  in  the  water.  And  the  only 
waterfall  in  the  world  is  Niagara.

When  people 

is  the  subject  there  we 
are.  Deeds,  not  words,  although,  when 
pushed  to  the  wall,  we  can  speak  for 
ourselves.  The  United  States 
is  the 
richest  nation  on  the  face  of  the  earth 
and  its  money,  its  brain  and  its  muscle 
are  doing  the  most  work.  See  here; 
when  the  year  ended  last  June  we  had 
traded  with  the  rest  of  the  earth  enough 
to  amount  to  §1,227,106,535.  We  bought 
from 
leaving  us 
§529,989,951  to  tuck  away  into  our  vest 
pocket.

them  §697,116,584, 

During  the  year  the 

iron  and  steel 
manufacturers  have  sold  more 
than 
§100,000,000  worth  of  products,  which  is 
at  the  rate  of §20,000,000  worth  a  year 
more  than  they  have  sold  abroad  in  any 
year  before. 
In  spite  of  their fuss  with 
Theodore  Thomas  because  he  wouldn’t 
beat  time  with  a  hambone,  the  packers 
of  Cincinnati  have  nearly  doubled  their

business  since  1889,  rising  in  ten  years 
from  §12,365,000  to  §25,355,000.  The 
Railway  Gazette  blossoms  with  the  fact 
that  last  month  orders  for  11,281  cars  of 
all  kinds  and  for  396  locomotives  were 
recorded.  Four  States  have  sent  in  their 
reports  and  Missouri  has  raised  almost
200.000.  000,bushels  of  corn,  Nebraska
360.000.  000, 
Iowa  250,000,000,  Kansas
225.000.  000,  and  as  a  windup  to  this 
part  of  the  story  the  Internal  Revenue 
Bureau  states  that  the  receipts  from  all 
sources  for  the  year  ending 
in  June 
amount  to §273,484,573,  which  is  an  in­
crease  of  §102,617,000  over  the  preced­
ing  year.

a 

With  these  facts,  and  others  there 

is 
no  time  to  present,  to  make  the  vaunt­
ing  true,  the  provoking  thing  about  the 
whole  affair 
is  that  both  country  and 
people  are  so  astonished  at  these  un­
questioned  figures  that  they  act  as  if 
during  all  these  years  they  had  been 
stretching  the  truth.  For  half  a  century 
the  yarning  Yankee  has  been  the  laugh­
the  universe.  Curiosity 
ingstock  of 
finally  prompted 
few  adventurous 
spirits  of  the  Old  World  to  test  a  few  of 
his  statements.  The  laughing  stopped. 
There  was  brag,  but  there  was  some­
thing  to  brag  of,  especially  in  the  mat­
ter of  scenery  and  size.  Then  they  be­
gan  to  find  out  that  this  country  knew 
how  to  make  things  better  than  anybody 
It  dawned  upon  the  same  people 
else. 
that 
in  buying  and  selling  the  Yankee 
could  hold  his  own.  Given  a  jack-knife 
and  a  pine  stick,  he  would  whittle  him­
self  into  Kingdom  Come  while  the  rest 
of  mankind  was  trying  to guess  what 
he  was  driving  at.  Finally,  after  he 
had  knocked  the  bottom  out  of the Span­
ish  navy,  and  threatened  to  perform  the 
same office  for  a  friendly  power  if  it  got 
between  him  and  his  mark—and  it  was 
evident  that  he  would  do  what he threat­
ened —all  at  once  it  was  conceded  that 
the Western Continent was really amount­
ing  to  something.  The  men  can  fight, 
for  a  fact.  They  have  a  bank  account 
that  is  enormous.  They  are  discounting 
their bills  and  are,as  they  claim  to  be,a 
billion  dollar  nation.

That  is  not  the  worst  of  it.  They have 
been  contented  to  stay  at  home and grow 
up  with  the  country.  They  have  ac­
complished  their  purpose,  and  now  they 
are  taking  a  hand  in  what  is  going  on 
around  them.  Big  and  stout,  they  are 
not  hesitating  to  say,  “ Hold  on  there!”  
if  matters  are  not  carried  on  according 
to their peculiar notions.  There  was  a 
little  trouble  about  moving a  fence  down 
in  Venezuela— it  wasn’t  moved. 
A 
gold  mine  was  found  by  a  neighbor to 
be  on  the  wrong  side  of  the  line— it 
stayed  there.  A   group  of 
islands  on 
the  other  side  of  the  Pacific  got  lost—  
somebody  found  them  and  kept  them.

So  things  have  gone  on  until  the  fun- 
makers  of  the  Yankee  are  convinced 
that 
it  wasn’t  brag  but  fa c t;  that  this 
country  is  the  biggest  thing  on  earth ; 
that  this  people  is  the  greatest  people; 
that  this  Government 
is  the  greatest 
Government;  that  the  Great  Powers  are 
no 
longer  great,  and  that  the  little  in­
significant  handful  of  men  who  knocked 
off  Charles’s  head,and  his  crown with it, 
and  at  the  same  time  declared  that  they 
could  wear the  bauble  as  well  as  he,  in 
something  over  a  hundred  years  have 
proved  the  vaunting  true  and,  what  is 
better still,  are  receiving every acknowl­
edgment  of  the  fact  from  every  nation 
under  the  sun.

There  are  times  and  places  where  a 
man  shows  his  ignorance  when  he shows 
his  money.

W ASTED  EFFORTS.

it 

in 

life.  Who  of  us 

To  a  person  of  an  economical  turn  of 
mind  nothing  is  more  distressing  than 
the  amount  of  waste  we  see  going  on 
continually  around  us. 
It  is  a  common 
statement 
that  an  average  American 
fam ily  wastes  more  than  it  consumes, 
and  might  live  in  luxury  on  what  goes 
in 
leaks  from  the  kitchen.  All  of  us 
know  rich  people  who,  with  any  pru­
dence,  might  have  been  rich  to  the  end 
of  the  chapter;  but  who  came  to  dire 
poverty  simply  through  sheer  wasteful­
ness.  Business  enterprises  that  should 
be  successful  are  sapped  and  weakened 
by  waste,  and finally collapse ;  nor are its 
disastrous  effects  confined  to  the  mate­
rial  affairs  of 
is  so 
fortunate  as  not  to  have  to  mourn  over 
wasted  opportunities?  The  tide  was  at 
the  flood  for  us  once,  and  we  might 
have  sailed  out  with  it  to  fortune  and 
fame  and  our  heart’s  desire,  but  we 
wasted  the  chance,  and 
it  never came 
to  us  again.  Every  now  and  then  we 
come  upon  a  pitiful  case  of  wasted  self- 
sacrifice,  where  some  noble  but  mis­
taken  soul  turned  away  from  its  own 
path 
life  to  take  up  a  heavy  burden 
that  crushed  out  the  sweetness  and  the 
joy  of  the  springtime  for  them,  yet  did 
nobody  any  real  good.  There  are  touch­
ing  and  pathetic  cases  all  about  us  of 
wasted  love.  Sometimes  it  is  a  mother’s 
unfaltering 
love  for  the  wayward  son 
who  bruises  and  tramples  on  her  heart. 
Other  people  turn  from  him  in  his  dis­
grace  and  degradation.  She  clings  but 
the  closer.  He  gives  her  but  blows  for 
her  kisses  and  curses  for  her  faith. 
Often 
is  a  woman  who  breaks  the 
alabaster  jar  of  her  love  at  the  feet  of 
some  man  who  is  too  coarse  and  dull  of 
soul  to  either  care  or  appreciate 
its 
fragrance.  And  so  it  goes  through  life—  
waste,  waste— everywhere  waste.  Bores 
and  loafers  waste  the  time  of  busy  peo­
ple.  We  waste  the  happiness  of  to-day 
worrying  over  things  we  can’t  help  and 
borrowing  trouble  that  never  happens. 
We  waste  our tears  in  suffering  over  the 
vicarious  woes  of  the  heroine  of  the 
melodrama  or  the  novel  and  we  waste 
our  pity  and  our  alms  on  able-bodied 
tramps  who  ought  to  work  instead  of 
beg. 
is  even  discouraging  to  know 
that  some  of  the  finest  and  most  hergic 
deeds  are  wasted,  and  a  curious instance 
of  this  was  given  in New  York  the  other 
day  when  a  fire  broke  out  in  a  store  oc­
cupied  by  a  fireworks  company.  There 
was  consternation  among  the  people  in 
the  adjacent  buildings  and  the  firemen 
worked  as  they  had  never  worked  before 
to  stop  the  conflagration  and  prevent  an 
explosion.  Men  heroically  seized  boxes 
containing  Roman 
rockets, 
wheels  and  bombs  and  mines  and  tor­
pedoes  and  dashed  with  them  through 
the  flames,  while  others  deluged  every­
thing  with  water.  The  fire  was  finally 
extinguished  and  the 
crowd  wildly 
cheered  the  intrepid  firemen  who,  at  the 
risk  of  their  lives,  had  prevented  a  ter­
rible  explosion.  Everyone  was  aghast 
at  the  mere  thought  of  what  would  have 
happened  but  for the  devotion  of  these 
self-sacrificing  men.  Unfortunately,  just 
while  the  enthusiasm  was  at  its  height, 
the  superintendent  of  the  fireworks  com­
pany  arrived,  and  everyone  hastened  to 
tell  him  of  what  a  catastrophe  had  been 
averted,  and  of  how  the  heroic  firemen 
had  carried  the  explosives  out  of  the 
house. 
“ Heroic  nothing!”   said  he; 
“ they  were  nothing  but  dummies  made 
of  wood  and  covered  with  paper,  to  use 
as  samples.  There  isn’t  a  piece  of  fire­
works  or  an  ounce  of  powder  in  this 
building.  Heroic!  Stuff!”   The  crowd

candles, 

It 

changed  its  cheers  to  laughter— so  close 
is  the  sublime  to  the  ridiculous— and  as 
the  firemen  went  sadly  back  to  their 
stations  they  were  wondering  whether 
they  were  heroes  or  fools.

GENERAL  TR A D E  R EV IE W .

The  long  continued  money  stringency 
which  has  been  a  serious  factor  in  the 
Eastern  markets  for several  months  cul­
minated,  Monday,  in  a  flurry  which  at 
one  time  threatened  to  develop  into  a 
veritable  panic.  One  or  two  serious 
failures  in  Boston  on  account  of  copper 
speculation  the  last  of  the  week  created 
a  feeling  of  uneasiness ;  then  the  Eng­
lish  reverses  in  Africa,  nearly  creating 
a  panic 
in  London,  causing  an  undue 
selling  of  American  securities  and  a  de­
mand  for  gold  which  took  §2,500,000 
from  our  market  at  a  time  when 
it 
should  normally  flow  the  other  way,  fur­
nish  sufficient  cause  for the  disturbance. 
It  is  to  be  observed  that  in  the  liquida­
tion  only  the  purely  speculative  stocks 
suffered,  standard  securities  and  d ivi­
dend  payers  being  but  slightly  affected.
feature  of  the  incipient  panic  was 
the  rallying  to  the  support  of  legitimate 
houses  likely  to  suffer,  by  offers  of loans 
sufficient  to  meet  the  emergencies.  This 
manifestation  of  the  spirit  of  co-opera­
tion,  with  its  demonstration  of  the  pos­
sibility  of  organized  aid  in  such  emer­
gencies, without  doubt  stayed  the  tide  of 
panic,  and  demonstrated  a  condition 
which  will  go  far  to  prevent  such  catas- 
trophies 
in  the  future.  These  tenders 
of  assistance  had  so  far  relieved  the  sit­
uation  that  the  market  opened  yesterday 
with 
improved  strength  and  although 
the  day  was  feverish  there  was  no  time 
when  a  return  to  panicy  conditions 
seemed  likely.

A  

The  general  tide  of  business  activity 
throughout  the  country  flows  on  undis­
in  the  slightest  degree  by  these 
turbed 
troubles. 
Indeed,  so  far  from  there  be­
ing a  danger  of  the  bottom  falling out of 
things,  just  at  this  time  the  cotton  mills 
in  the  East  have many  of them advanced 
wages  10  per  cent.

The  output  of  pig  iron  December  1 
was  296,969  tons  weekly,  against 288,522 
November 1,  and the  increase  for a  week 
much  exceeds  the  decrease 
in  unsold 
stocks  for the  month,  only  5,020  tons,  so 
that  while  apparent  consumption  was 
1,273,560  tons  in November,  slightly  less 
than  in  October,  the  output  toward  the 
end  of  the  month  was  much greater.  Be­
sides  many  small  furnaces  that  are  has­
tening to  get  into operation,  ’’The  Iron 
A ge”   mentions  three  promising  12,000 
tons  weekly  which  will  be  at  work  be­
fore  April.  Prices  yield  only  where  a 
few  of  the  mills  have  filled  their  orders 
and  are  bidding  for  more,  and  they  rep­
resent  very  little  of  the  business.

Leather  did  not  advance,  nor  boots 
and  shoes,  last  week,  both  having  made 
considerable  advances  already,  and with 
a  great  quantity  of  business  yet  to  be 
filled.  Shipments  of  boots  and  shoes 
in  two  weeks  this 
were  186,421  cases 
month,  against  152,668 
last  year  and 
138,063  in  1892.  Sales  of  wool  continue 
far  beyond 
consumption,  22,677,500 
pounds  in two weeks,  but  have  not  lifted 
prices  further,  although  in  some  heavy 
goods  for  the  fall  advances  of  10  to  15 
per  cent,  are  noted,  and  the  mills  are 
reported  doing  more  work  than  ever. 
The  cotton  mills  are  also  crowded  to  the 
utmost,  and  some  further  advances  were 
made  in  prices  last  week,  and  the  gen­
eral  rise  of  10  per  cent,  in  wages  re­
moves  the  prospect  of  strikes  in  Eastern 
mills.

Wheat  has  yielded  a  fraction,  with ex­
ports still falling much behind last year’s.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

8

O PENIN G   UP.

of 

expenditure 

A   great  many  sighs  and  tears  are 
wasted  by  non-sympathizers  over  the 
reckless 
the  public 
in  buying  good-for-nothing  real 
money 
estate. 
It  began  before  the  country 
could  stand  «n  its  feet  without  stagger- 
ihg  and  has  kept 
it  up  ever  since. 
“ Fifteen  millions  of  dollars  for  a  w il­
derness!”   wailed  the  poor little  seven- 
by-nine  fault-finder  of  a  century  ago ; 
and  the  world  west  of  the  Mississippi 
to-day,  descendants  of  the  wailer,  are, 
and  of  right  ought  to  be,  ashamed  of 
their  parentage. 
“ Seven  and  one-fifth 
million  dollars  for  Alaska,  a  northwest 
corner  of 
ice  and  snow!”   groaned  the 
enemies  of  Secretary  of  State  Seward 
when  the  deal  was  made  with  Russia 
for  that  vast  territory. 
“ What  was  this 
§20,000,000  paid  to  Spain  for?”   is  the 
modern  question  for  the  same  idea ;  and 
so  it  will  probably  be  to  the  end  of  time 
with  every  acquisition  of  territory.

commercial  aspect  has 

With  the  political  side  of  the  question 
the  Tradesman  has  nothing  to  do,  but 
the 
features 
which  it  may  be  well  enough  to  consid­
er.  Whether  the  fifteen  million  dollar 
deal  with  France  for  Louisiana has been 
a  profitable  one  needs  no  considera­
tion.  There  is  not  a  state  in  that  terri­
tory  which 
is  not  worth  several  times 
over  the  entire  purchase  price.  The 
newspapers  for  the  last  year  have  been 
crowding  their  columns  with  the  com­
mercial  side  of  the  Philippines,  every 
statement  showing  that  twice the amount 
paid  would  not  have  been  a  bad  bar­
gain.  Alaska  has  drifted  out  of  the  pub­
lic  mind  and  after  thirty-two  years  of 
possession 
it  may  not  be  a  bad  idea  to 
see  if  the  land  is  worth  the  price.

In  the  first  place  this  peninsula,  sup­
posed  to  be  bought  for  the  benefit  of  the 
iceman,  with  soil  so  frozen  as  to  be 
amenable  only  to  the  pick,  is  produc­
ing  all  the  ordinary  grains  and  vege­
tables  which  are  raised  in  other  parts 
of  the  United  States.  There  are  to-day 
in  Washington,  D.  C.,  samples  from 
Alaska  of  wheat,  rye,  barley,  oats,  flax, 
buckwheat,  potatoes,  onions, 
carrots, 
parsnips  and  turnips  which  do not suffer 
from  a  comparison  with  those  grown 
elsewhere;  and  it  is  found,  too,  that  the 
general 
idea  that  Alaska  is  too  cold  to 
produce  food  for  any  considerable  num­
ber  of  inhabitants  is  false.

With  that  to  start  with  the rest is easy. 
Somebody  found  gold  there.  Has  gold 
mining  paid?  Those  who  have  followed 
the  gold  yield  need  not  be  told  whether 
$7,200,000,  the  price  paid  for  the  coun­
try,  has  been  realized;  and  the  man 
who  should  affirm  that  all  the  gold  has 
been  mined  would  be  considered  a 
freak.  The  country,  then,  during  the 
thirty  years  has  at  least  paid  for  itself 
by  a  single 
industry.  Anything  else 
will  be  financial  gain.

Here  is  where  history  will  repeat 

it­
self.  California  has  a  story  to 
tell. 
Everybody  knows  what  followed  Sut­
ter’s  finding  gold  in  his  millrace.  The 
forty-niner  who  traversed  the  country 
in  a  prairie  schooner had  the  same  ex­
perience  in  getting  to  the  gold  country, 
and  the  same  suffering  after  he  got 
there,  that  the  Klondiker  goes  through 
with to-day.  Mining  first,  but  something 
else  followed,  and  the  traveler 
in  the 
Golden  State  on  the  Pacific  can  see 
what  that  something  else  is.  Michigan 
has  had  the  same  experience.  Henry 
Clay,  somewhat  remembered 
for  his 
statesmanship,  declared  that  nobody  be­
yond  a  few  trappers  would  ever  occupy 
the  mining  -section  of  this  State;  but 
for all  that  they  do.  So  it  will  be  with

Alaska.  Men  will  go  there  from  every­
where.  The  real  miner  will  mine  and 
the  rest  will  give  their  attention  to 
something  else.  Men  must  eat  and, 
since  the  soil  there  can  feed  them,  it 
will.  Just  now 
food  must  be  brought 
long  distances,  and  this  makes  living 
costly.  The  opening  up  of  the  territory 
has  already  begun.  Plows,  not  pick- 
axes,  are  already  used 
for  turning  up 
the  soil.  Wheat  and  the  other  grains 
wiil  soon  bring  down  the  price of bread- 
stuffs.  Manufactories  one  after  another 
will  creep 
in.  Already  the  commerce 
of  the  Pacific  is  at  work  and  this  will 
increase  as  the  months  go  by.  Not  far 
off  are  Japan  and  China  and the brother­
hood  of  trade  in  both  countries  will  in 
due 
civilities. 
Then  the  opening  up  will  have  begun 
in  earnest  and  then  we  shall  be  hearing 
more  and  more  of  the  resources  of  that 
vast  track  of  country.

exchanging 

time  be 

There  can  be  but  one  result.  Mich­
it,  California  has 
igan  has  realized 
realized 
it.  The  western  banks  of  the 
Mississippi  have  realized  it  and,  peo­
pled  by  the  same  race,  nourished  by  the 
impelled  by  the  same 
same 
food  and 
impulses,  in  the 
future— and  that  not 
necessarily  far  away—we  may  look  for  a 
development  as  rapid  and  as  remark­
able  as  that  which  in  the  other localities 
mentioned  has  astonished 
the  world. 
Much  has  been  done  to  verify  the  cer­
tainty  of  this.  When  it  has  been  com­
pletely  verified  the  $7,200,000  paid  for 
the  purchase  will,  in  comparison  with 
the  outcome,  be 
important  only  as  a 
means  for  determining  the  enormous  re­
turns 
realized 
the 
amount  invested.

financially 

from 

Hartford,  Conn.,  has  had  a  man  with 
a  marble  heart.  The  heart  was  partial­
ly  covered  with  a  deposit  of  calcium 
salts,  of  which  marble  is  composed. 
It 
like  stone,  and  when  struck  gave 
felt 
out  a  sound  as  of  stone. 
It  offered  the 
same  resistance  a  piece  of  stone  or  mar­
ble  would.  Calcareous  deposits  about 
the  heart  are  common,  but  no  case  is 
known  where  so  much  of  the  heart 
was  turned  into  a  substance  resembling 
stone.  The  man  who  had  this  marble 
heart  died  in  the  Hartford  hospital.  He 
would  not  tell  when  he  was  in  pain. 
Little 
is  known  of  the  history  of  his 
case.  He  was  a  tailor,  50  years  old.

A  Toledo  inventor  has  succeeded 

in 
casting  aluminum  with  the sand  process, 
a  result  that  inventors  all  over  the  coun­
try  have  been  endeavoring  to  effect  for 
years. 
It is  claimed  that  this  will  revo­
lutionize  the  manufacture  of  articles 
from  this  metal,  as 
it  will  greatly  re­
duce  the  cost.  The  results  by  this  new 
process  have  been  exhibited  to  the  To­
ledo  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  a  fac­
tory  will  be  built  there.  The  name  of 
the 
is  withheld  for  the  pres­
ent. 
is  claimed  that  a  bonus  of 
$75,000  is  held  by  the  Scientific  Ameri­
can 
for  the  successful  working  of  the 
metal  in  this  manner.

inventor 

It 

Already  the  annual  wagon 

loads  of 
Christmas  gifts  are  beginning  to  flow 
into  the  White  Hr use.  They come from 
all  sections  of  the  country  and  the  ma­
jority  are  from  persons  personally  un­
known  to  both  the  President  and  Mrs. 
McKinley.  Each  gift  that  bears  the 
name  of  the  person  sending  it  is  ac­
knowledged  by  one  or  other  of  Presi­
dent  M cKinley’s  private  secretaries.

It  is  useless  to  talk  to  a  man  who  can 
not  tell  the  truth,  even when  he  hears  it.

T H E   G RIN D IN G   H EEL.

It 

is  an  old  story,  and  began  with 
fact  in  the  days,  distant  and  dim,  when 
that  tyrant  of  his  time  compelled  the 
making  of  bricks  without  straw.  Death­
less  as 
immortality,  it  has  dogged  the 
steps  of  industry  on  its  toilsome journey 
along  the  centuries,  bewailing 
its  lot 
fed  upon  manna  and  quails  and 
when 
howling 
its  senseless  wrath  when  re­
proved  for  its  ingratitude  and  wicked­
ness.  Sunshine  and  storm,  prosperity 
and  disaster,  toils  and  tears,  have  come 
and  gone,  but  through  all  these,  in  sea­
son  and  out  of  season,  the  grinding  heel 
of  the  oppresssor  has  crushed  the  pros­
trate  form  of  the  helpless  and  the  hope­
less  into  the  dust.  Age  can  not  wither 
it  nor  custom  stale  its  infinite  variety 
and  that  same  howl  of  protest  which  the 
Nile  first  heard  is  heard  to-day,  intensi­
fied  by  the  centuries,  against  him  who 
has  kept  the  howlers  at  work  and  in 
spite  of  them  has  brought  the  world 
from  barbarism  and  heathendom  to  civ­
ilization  and  Christianity 
the  man with 
brains  and  money.

His  cruelty,  and  above  all  his  selfish­
ness,  the  centuries  have  tried  in  vain  to 
tell.  The  Dark  Ages  are  darker  for  his 
living  and  the  black  spots  on  the  pages 
of  modern  times  are  due  to  his  cunning 
and  deceit.  When  times  are  prosperous 
into  his  coffers  are  poured  the  ill-gotten 
gains  wrung  from  the  sweat-streaming 
foreheads  of  the  poor.  When  times  are 
hard  he  still  extorts  his  profits  and  the 
grinding  heel  again  comes  down  and 
plies  its  merciless  task  until  his  selfish 
heart  is  satisfied,  lshmael-like  his  hand 
is  against  every  workman  and  every 
workman’s  hand 
is  against  him.  His 
shadow 
is  the  one  threatening  forecast 
of  the  evil  that  tempest-like is gathering 
in  the  shining  sky  of  prosperity. 
In 
him  are  centered  all  the  evils  that  to­
day  are  darkening  the  world.  Against 
him  should  be  arrayed,  heart  and  hand, 
the  countless  hosts  of  labor  to crush once 
and  forever that  tyrant  whose  greed 
is 
crushing  the  world.

And  the  tyrant,  he  of  the  grinding 
heel?  We  are  hearing  of  him  and  from 
him  with  no  uncertain  sound.  A  breath, 
a  rumble,  a  roar— the  broad  breast  of 
the  Great  Republic 
is  throbbing  with 
his  tyranny.  Through  the  agency  of 
“ a  judicial  hireling  he  has  perpetrated 
another  outrage.  He  struck  down  his 
victim  with  a  bludgeon  called  an  in­
junction.  Strange  as  it  may  seem  to  a 
Zulu,  the  victim 
lies  in  jail,  while  the 
assassin  walks  the  streets  a  free  man. 
*  *  *  That  a  contemptible  judge,the  de­
generate  tool  of  a  corporation,  dare  spit 
in  their  (the  workingmen  of  America) 
faces 
is  proof  overwhelming  of  their 
abject  slavery.“

But  in  the  meantime  the  workingmen 
of  America  are ‘ altogether  too  busy  to 
hear  or  heed.  The  grinding  heel  has 
come  down 
in  New  England  with  a 
thud,  the  mill  owners  in  that  hotbed  of 
oppression  having  made  without  solici­
tation  a  second  advance  of  10  per  cent, 
in  wages,  a  hardhearted  heel-grinding 
which  at  the 
least  calculation  in  that 
densely  populated  section  will  affect 
materialy  1,000,000  persons.  A  similar 
“ outrage”   comes  from  the  iron  foun­
dries  of  the  Keystone  State.  An  im­
perious  corporation  there,  in  the  delib­
erations  of  their  star  chamber  council, 
without  a  word  to  the  parties most inter­
ested,  decided  to  advance  the  wages  of 
their  powerless  workmen  and  impudent­
ly  and  defiantly  flaunted  the  fact  in their 
faces  upon  the  office  bulletin.  The  con­
tagion  has  spread.  The  whole  of  that

story? 

Everywhere 

murmuring  hive  of  industry  with  sledge 
and  triphammer  and  roaring 
furnace 
fires  are  trying  to  tell  in  vigorous  action 
the  thoughts  thev  can  not  find  words 
to  express.  What 
is  heard  from  other 
parts  of  the country  but  the  same monot­
onous 
the  same 
grinding  heel  is  busy.  The  very  earth, 
under  that 
instrument  of  oppression, 
from the coal  beds of the East to the gold- 
packed  mines  of  the  Pacific,  jars  with 
the 
intense  exertions  going  on  at  the 
dictation  of  the  tyrant  at  wages  before 
in  the  annals  of  toil.  The 
unheard  of 
very 
landscape  has  been  changed  by 
the  handicraft  of  these  bludgeon-struck 
victims. 
to 
build  workshops.  Villages  have  sprung 
up. 
School  houses  have  aris en  and 
churches  have  lifted  their  spires.  City 
and  town  and  hamlet  have  taken  a  new 
lease  of 
it  seems  as  if  there 
is  to  be  no  end  to  this  startling  activ­
ity  of  the  grinding  heel.

They  have  been 

life  and 

forced 

last? 

Is  this  condition  of  things  to  go  on 
forever?  Must  this  abject  slavery  al­
ways 
Can  anything  be  done?”  
Yes ;  and  after several  whereases  a  res- 
I olution  of  the  Ohio  Confederation of La­
bor  advises 
that  we call  upon all Amer­
ican  citizens  who  are  rightfully  alarmed 
at  the  gigantic  encroachments  of  corpo­
rate  power  and  monopolistic  greed  to 
sever  connection  with  the  two  old  capi­
talistic  parties  and  unite  with  the  so­
cialistic  movement  of  the  world,  which 
proposes  taking  the  initiatory  steps  to  a 
full  realization  of 
clearly-defined 
purpose,  the  collective  ownership  by 
the  whole  people  of  all  the 
instruments 
of  production  and  the  agencies  of  dis­
tribution 
from  the 
prophetic  pen  of  the  mighty  man  who 
found  it  hard  to  kick  against  the  pricks 
of  the  United  States  bayonets  on  the 
riotous  streets  of  Chicago  comes  the 
hearty  response  : 
‘ ‘ You  can  vote  for 
socialism  and  take  possession  of  the 
mines  in  which  you  work,  and  that  will 
end  the  wage  si  avery. ’ ’

afar  off, 

its 

and 

It  will, 

indeed.  When  that  end  is 
reached  the  mines  will  no 
longer  jar 
with  the  hidden  workman.  He  will  be 
above  ground 
in  the  genial  sunshine. 
The  forge  will  be  still.  The  school- 
house  and  the  church  will  stop  climbing 
towards  the  sky  and  the  once  victim  of 
the  grinding  heel,  free  as  the  air  he 
breathes,  will  sit,  with  nothing  to  do, 
on  the  threshold  of  his  crumbling  home 
and  reflect  upon  the  freedom  which  cov­
ers  his  children  with  rags  and  starves 
them  to  death  in  the  midst  of  a  land  of 
plenty.

Business  is  not  all  a  matter of  barter. 
There  is  more  that  goes out  to  a custom­
er  at  each  transaction  than  the  goods 
and  invoice,  and  more  is  received  from 
him  than  the  orders  and  payment;  and 
this  incorporeal  reasoning  of personality 
that  permeates  trade  is  what  gives  to 
it 
its  savor  and  lifts  it  above  the  drudgery 
of  mere  money  grubbing.

It  is  the  common  experience  of  us  all 
that  the  bigger  the  man,  in  a  business 
way,  the  more  easily  is  he  approached 
and  business  transacted  with  him.  No 
good  business  man,  to  say  nothing  of  a 
gentleman,  will  keep  another  waiting 
for  hours  in  his  ante-room  while  he  dic­
tates  scores  of  letters.

Among  the  many new industries which 
are  opening  to  wage  earners  is  a  factory 
for soft  soap 
is  being 
established  under  the  direction  of  the 
Charity  Organization  Society.  The  pro­
moters  can  soft-soap  the  generous.

in  Denver. 

It 

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1 sc  an«l  A buse  o f O ur  N ational  H olidays. 
Written for the Tradesman.

We  have  holidays  and  holidays,  and 
the  events  they  commemorate  are  far- 
reaching  and  important  in  their  results; 
hut  the  significance  of  these  days  as  re­
lated  to  these  events  is  almost  lost  sight 
of  by  old  and  young  alike.  For  how 
should  the  young  celebrate  a  day  for 
what 
it  represents  if  the  older  ones  do 
not?  So  that  to  us  all,  both  young  and 
old,  the  days  called  holidays  mean  little 
more  than  days  upon  which  the ordinary 
duties  are  laid  aside  and  recreation  and 
festivities  substituted. 
And  perhaps 
this  is  not  very  far  wrong,  nor  at  all  un­
natural ;  for  the  mind  can  not  hold  ab­
stract  thoughts,  such  as  that  of  a  na­
tion’s  independence  commemorated  on 
our  Fourth  of  July,  or  our  obligation  to 
thankfulness  for  general  prosperity,  ex­
pressed,  or  supposed  to  be  expressed, 
upon  Thanksgiving  Day,  or  the  great 
value  to  the  world  of  the 
life  of  Tesus, 
whose  birth  we  celebrate  upon  our 
Christmas.  And  just  as  a  man  loves  his 
wife,but  manifests  it  in  other  ways  than 
by  telling  her  he  does,  and  is  not  even 
conscious  of  the  fact  when  interested  in 
the  pursuits  and  duties  of  life,  so  we  do 
not  keep  up  any  sustained  interest  in 
these  holidays  as  days  of  history,  but 
rather  use  them  as  times  for  pleasure 
and  relaxation.  Thus  the  Fourth  of 
July  means  to  us,  in  theory,  a  day  upon 
which  to  celebrate  our  country’s  free­
dom,  but 
in  practice  it  means  a  day  of 
noise  and  danger,  and  of 
idleness  with 
its  accompanying  evils.  To  many  a 
parent 
it  means  a  day  of  dread  and 
anxiety;  to  children  it  means  freedom 
from  work,  a  day  out  of  school,  with 
pockets  full  of  firecrackers  and  toy  pis­
tols.  To  us  as  a  people  it  means  a  day 
upon  which 
is  expended  annually  a 
sufficient  sum  for  fireworks  and  noise 
to  clothe  every  poor  child  in  the land.

And  after  we  have  recovered  from  the 
Fourth  of  July’s  dissipation  and  casual­
ties  we  come,  in  time,  to  another  holi­
day.  A   Thanksgiving  proclamation  is 
issued  first  by  the  President,  and  then 
by  every  governor of  every  state,  giving 
us  a  list  in  detail  of  the  many  blessings 
we  should  be  thankful  for.  We  straight­
way,  however,  begin  to  plan 
for  a 
Thanksgiving  dinner  and  to  wonder 
whether  it  is  our  turn  to  entertain  or  be 
entertained.  And  while  we  are  eating 
our  turkey  dinners  the  poor  Hindoo,  to 
whom  we  send  missionaries  to  make 
him  more  civilized,  is  praying  for  us— 
praying  for  a  people  so  inhuman  as  to 
kill  animals  and  eat  them.  To  be  sure, 
besides  a  Thanksgiving  dinner,  we 
have  a  Thanksgiving  sermon;  but  even 
with  a  union  of  all  the  churches  and 
meeting  for one  service  the  house  is  not 
often  very  crowded.

Then 

in  a  little  while  comes  Christ­
mas,  that  day  of  all  days,  when  no  sor­
did  thought  ought  to  enter  our  minds. 
But,  alas,  how  much  envy  and  bitter­
ness  and  disappointment  there 
is  on 
that  same  sweet  Christmas  day.  We  al­
most 
lose  sight  of  the  blessed  meaning 
of  the  day  in  our  mad  haste  to  purchase 
gifts. 
If  only  these  gifts  were  always 
an  expression  of  sincere  regard,  but  too 
often  they  are  the  paying  of  a  debt,  the 
returning  an  equivalent 
for  that  which 
we  have  received  or  are  expecting  to 
receive. 
I  do  not  mean  that  this  is  a 
universal  or  perhaps  even  a  general  mo­
tive,  but  it  is  true  that  to  many  Christ­
mas  has  become  the  most  dreaded  of  all 
the  days  in  the  year,  on  account,  partly, 
of  the  business  phase  of  it  and  partly 
inability  to 
on  account  of  pecuniary 
meet  the  requirements  that  custom 
im­

poses. 
If  we  could  but  remember  that 
because  that  simple  yet  commanding 
life  of  Jesus  was  lived  we  celebrate  its 
beginning  we  would  make  the  thought 
of  “ good  will  to  men’ ’  a  more  promi­
feature  of  the  day.  Sincere  and 
nent 
unselfish 
is  of  more  value  than 
gifts.

love 

Merchants  begin  about  six  weeks  be­
fore  Christmas  to  advertise  their  wares, 
and  everything 
is  quoted  as  especially 
suitable,  from  candy  toys  to  pianos  and 
bedroom  suites.  All  the  furniture  that 
is  manufactured,  dry  goods,  silverware, 
jewels,  china,  pictures,  books  and  the 
infinite 
list  of  articles  of  less  value  are 
urged  upon  us  through  the  advertising 
columns. 
It  is  a  great  pleasure  to  give 
— far  greater  than  to  receive— if  only the 
giving  were  not  so  much  in  the  nature 
of  a  commercial  transaction.  The  gifts 
seem  to  carry  with  them  the  spirit  of 
traffic;  the  odor  of  the  store  and  the 
factory  is  upon  them.  Better some  sim­
ple  gift  made  by 
loving  hands  than  a 
costly  thing  that  represents  only  dollars 
and  cents.

The  bustle  and  rush  upon  the  streets 
and  in  the  stores  at  Christmas  time  sug­
gests  prosperity  on  the  one  side  and 
good  profit  on  the  other. 
It  would  not 
be  so  sad  if  only  some  of  the  grownup 
people  lost  the  deeper  and  better  mean­
ing  of  the  day,  which  ought  to  be  the 
feeling  of  brotherliness  and  unity  with 
all  mankind,  but  even  the  children  are 
eager  and  restless, imbibing the  spirit  of 
greed. 
“ How  many  presents  did  you 
get?”   is  coming  to  be  the  question  too 
often  asked  by  children  w'hen  they  meet 
after  Christmas.  The  custom  of  much 
giving  can  not  help  but  be  pernicious 
to  children.  A  wealthy  gentleman  once 
showed  me  seven  expensive  dolls  that 
he  had  selected  to  give  his  motherless 
child  on  Christmas.  Would  it  not  have 
been  better  for  the  child  if  he  had given 
her  but  one  and  together  they  had  found 
six  other 
little  girls  who  would  have 
none  on  that  Christmas  morning?  At 
first  a  child  knows  nothing  of  values; 
but  it  soon  learns  to  put  a  market  value 
upon  all 
If  only  the 
lovely  spontaneity  of  childhood  could 
be  kept  and  their  generous  impulses  not 
restrained.  The  other  day two  little  tots 
met  and  were  introduced  to  each  other 
and  told  to  shake  hands,  which  they  did 
In  a  moment  one  of  them 
very  sweetly. 
took  off  a  little  necklace  and  handed 
it 
to  the  other,  which  the  latter  took  with­
out  the  ¡east  reluctance.  The  child  was 
at  once  told  to  give  it  back,  and  the 
other,  who 
looked  greatly  pained,  was 
told  that  her  mother  would  not  want  her 
to  give  her  necklace  away. 
I  witnessed 
the  scene  and,  while  my  judgment  [told 
me  that  was  the  right  thing  to  do,  I 
could  not  help  thinking  that,  after all, 
what  was  that  little  necklace  worth com­
pared  with  the  beautiful,  generous  im­
pulse  which  had  thus  sought expression? 
Thus  repressed,  although  she  may  want 
to  do  similar  generous  acts  again,  and 
perhaps  again,  after  a  while she will  not 
want  to,  but  will  take  more  pleasure  in 
getting  than  in  giving.

little  gifts. 

its 

Another  question  of  some  importance 
is,  What  shall  we  give  the  children? 
We mothers have  dressed  so  many  dolls, 
and  stumbled  over  so  many  rocking 
horses  and  doll  carriages  and  drums and 
blocks,  that  we  perhaps  would  like  to 
suggest  giving  them  something  that  can 
be  hung  up— and  hung  very  high.  But 
of  course  we 
love  to  give  to  children 
those  things  from  which  they  will  get 
most  pleasure.  Dolls  that  can  be  un­
dressed  and  toys  that  can  be 
taken 
apart  and  put  together  again  are  most

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acceptable.  The  American  as  a  rule 
can  not  see  anything  unless  he  touches 
it,  he  sees 
largely  through  his  fingers, 
and  this  is  especially true of children.  A 
is 
wax  doll  that  can  only  be 
of  little  value  to  a  child.  Many 
lessons 
can  he  taught  children  through  wisely- 
selected  playthings;  many  good  traits 
can  be  developed  through  play.

looked  at 

Besides  Christmas  gifts 

there  are 
birthdays  to  be  celebrated  and  remem­
bered  with  gifts,  and 
in  a  fam ily  of 
seven  or  eight  this  is  no  small  task  and 
expense.  Then  there  are  the  wedding 
presents;  and  how  often  are  these  sent 
merely  as  a 
If  only  some 
flowers  could  be  sent  the  bride,  or  a 
few  words  of 
love  or  good  wishes,  in­
stead  of  what  often  can  with  difficulty 
be  afforded  and  quite  as  often  is  little 
appreciated.

formality? 

Let  us  glance  at  a  partial  summary  of 
the  days  for  gift-m aking:  When  the 
baby  is  born  presents  are in order.  Each 
birthday  a  present  is  to  be  given. 
If 
the  child  be  a  girl,  when  she  graduates 
presents  are  sent.  Each  Christmas  of 
course  there  are  numerous  gifts.  When 
the  time  comes  for  an  engagement  to  be 
announced  presents  have  become  of  late 
fashionable.  Then  there  are  the  wed­
ding  presents,  which  are  expected  to  be 
as  choice  as  the  occasion  is 
important. 
Then  come  the  wedding  anniversaries—  
five  years, 
fifteen  years, 
twenty  years,  twenty-five  years  and  then 
fifty  years. 
it  not  all  a  little  tire­
some,  and  can  we  not  think  of  some­
least  could  not  there 
thing  better?  At 
be  more  heart  put  into  it  and 
less  con­
formity  to custom?

ten  years, 

Is 

In  appropriateness  of  gifts  there  is 
great  need  of  education;  so  much 
is 
given  with  no  thought  of  its  utility  to 
the  receiver,  and  if  it  have  not  the  ele­
ment  of  utility  the  thought  of  appropri­
ateness  is  an  essential  consideration.  A 
lady  once  gave  a  set  of  dishes  to  her 
husband  because  she  needed  them  for 
her  table.  A   fond 
father  presented  on 
Christmas  an  axe  to  his  son  who  did  all 
the  splitting  of  wood  for  the  family. 
1 
know  a  man  who  never gives  his wife as 
a  gift  anything  that  she  needs.  Her 
house  is  full  of  beautiful  non-essentials, 
gifts  of  her  husband,  who  supplies  her 
bountifully  with  all  she  needs  besides. 
The  beautiful  sentiment  back  of  it  is  in 
striking  contrast  to  the calculating spirit 
that  so  often  appears  when  gifts  are 
selected.  A  gift  that  suggests  the  indi­
viduality  of  the  giver  is  to  be  prized. 
How  often  we  hear  it  said,  “ That  looks 
just  like  her, ”   meaning  that  the  little 
present  has  stamped  upon  it  some  dis­
tinguishing  characteristic  of  the  giver. 
This  fact 
in  the 
magnificent  gifts to Dewey.  The  splen­
the  unparalleled  demon­
did  sword, 
stration 
in  New  York,  and  last  the  ex­
pensive  house  and  lot,all  show  that  as  a 
people  we  are  eminent  for  enthusiasm, 
even  although 
it  be  shortlived,  and  for 
generosity,  even  although  we  regret  our 
generous  deeds  the  next  day.

is  eminently  shown 

T he  C u rtain   K ind.

Caller— Good  morning,  Johnny. 

Is 

your  mother  in?

Johnny— No’m,  but  she  was  up  late 

last  night  g iv in ’  a  lecture.

Caller— A  lecture,  eh?  Did  she  have 

much  of  an  audience?

Johnny— Only  pa.

H oliday  E xcursion  R ates  F o r  C hristm as 

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30  and  31,  1899,  and  Jan.  1,  1900,  to  all 
local  points  and  to  points  on  connecting 
lines  at  one  and  one-third  fare 
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came 

on  him 

crumbled 

How  th e   B an k ru p t  P aid   H is  E ast  D ebt.
He  had  been  a  prosperous  man  and 
the  private  office  in  which  he  sat,  with 
its  big  safe  set  into  the  wall,  its  rows  of 
files  and  handsome  desk,  bore  mute  e v i­
dence  to  the  volume  of  business  that 
had  been  transacted  within 
its  walls. 
For  twenty  years  his  name  had  been  a 
prominent  one 
in  mercantile  circles,  a 
synonym 
for  probity  and  honor.  He 
was  one  of  those  habitually  asked  to 
serve  on  committees  when  the  city  re­
ceived  and  banqueted  distinguished 
guests,  the  newspapers  always  referred 
to  him  as  “ one  of  our 
leading  citi­
zens,”   and  people  were  used  to  paying 
him  that  dearest  tribute  to  success— of 
asking  and  deferring  to  his  advice.  All 
of  this  had  been  very  sweet  to  him.  He 
was  utterly  without  mean  vanity,  yet  he 
had  begun  life  as  a  poor  boy,  alone  and 
unfriended  he  had  worked  his  way  up, 
and  every  token  of  respect  from  his  fel­
lows  still  had  the  flavor  of  victory  in  it, 
and  made  him  feel  himself  a  conqueror. 
For  so  long  everything  that  he  touched 
seemed  to  prosper.  People  called  him 
“ lucky”   and  blindly  followed  his  lead. 
Women—widows  and  orphans— came  to 
him  with  their  little  money  and  thrust 
it  into  his  hands  for  safe-keeping  and 
investment.  Estates  were  forced  upon 
him 
for  final  settlement.  He  was  so 
trusted  and  so  trustworthy.  Then  came 
a  day  when  the  tide  turned 
in  his 
Investments  that  had  seemed 
affairs. 
as  solid  as  Gibraltar 
into 
nothing  before  his  eyes.  Stocks  and 
bonds  failed  and  he  sat  among  the  ruins 
of  his  fortune.  Worse  than  that,  he  had 
pulled  others  down  with  him. 
For 
months  and  months  he  had  gone  about 
with  his  heart  breaking  under  the 
load. 
Thtough  weary  days 
and  sleepless 
nights he had agonized,  planning,schem­
ing  some  way  to  avert  the  coming  dis­
aster.  At  first  no  one  suspected.  Then 
there  was  a  faint  whisper  that  he  was 
“ shaky,”   and  then  the  whole  hungry 
brood 
like  ravening 
wolves.  Men  whom  he  had  befriended 
in  days  of  need  turned  their  backs  upon 
him;  women,  turned  furies  with  their 
loss,  goaded  him  with  bitter  speech  and 
tears;  of  all  whom  he  had  helped  not 
one  stretched  out  a  helping  hand  in  his 
hour  of  need.  He  could  not  pay.  He 
had  committed  the  world’s  one  unpar­
donable  sin— he  had 
the 
flatterers  and 
fawners,  those  who  had 
lived  on  his  bounty  and  profited  by  his 
generous 
on  him, 
hounding  him  and  ready  to  tear  him  to 
pieces.  At  first 
it  seemed  to  him  he 
must  go  mad  with  the  anxiety  and  mis­
ery  of  it  all.  There  was  not  a  dollar of 
others’  money,  God  knows, 
that  he 
would  not  have  paid  with  his  heart's 
blood,  if  he  could.  There  was  not  a 
tear  or  reproach  that  did  not  stab  him 
like  a  knife  thrust;  but  he  knew  life 
too  well  to  expect  to  escape.  He  had 
seen  the  tragedy  happen  too  often  to 
others,  and  so  he  only  smiled  a  little 
sadly  when  now  and  then  a  kindly  hand 
was  held  out  to  him  and  someone  told 
him  he  would  recover  himself.  He 
knew  he  was  too  old.  The  mainspring 
had  snapped  and  he  would  never  be  a 
power  again.  At  any  rate, 
it  would 
soon  all  be  over.  This  afternoon  there 
was  to  be  a  meeting  of  his  creditors, 
and  he  would  surrender  everything  and  ’ 
go  out 
into  the  world,  a  gray-headed 
old  man,  as  empty-handed  as  when  he 
began  it.  He  knew  what  they  would  all 
say—the  cruel  words,  the  averted  looks. 
Well,  he  would  rest  a  little  before  they 
came.  He  went  over  to  the  couch  and 
laid  down  on  it,  and  covered  his  hands 
with  his  face,  and  his  mind  went  back 
to  the  days  when  he  was  a  little  boy, 
bare-footed,  running  the  streets,  and  of 
how,  when  the  night  came  on,  he  used 
to 
lay  his  head  in  his  mother’s  lap  and 
be  comforted.  Ah,  for  such  a  haven 
now.  Ah,  to  go  back,  a  child 
indeed, 
and  rest  on  his  mother’s  knee.  A   few 
tears,  the  bitter  tears  of  an  old  man, 
trickled  through  his  fingers,  and  all 
was  still.  The  clock  ticked  on  and  on, 
and  by  and  by  a  clerk  knocked  at  the 
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Shoes and  Leather

R om ance  o f  a   C hristm as  W indow   in  a 

Shoe  Store.

It  was  nearly  midnight  when  Charles 
Martin,  shoe  merchant,  closed  his  desk 
up  with  a  hang  and  put  on  his  overcoat 
preparatory  to  going  home;  midnight, 
and  he  had  been  sitting  there  idly  since 
only  a  little  after ten.  Strange  loitering, 
indeed,  for one  of  Claremont’s most suc­
cessful  business  men  to  be  guilty  of 
in 
the  midst  of  the  holiday  season. 
It  had 
started  with  the  window  dressing,  a 
theme  that  has  caused  more  than  one 
merchant  to  ponder deeply,  but  one  that 
is  not  usually  conducive  to  the  unprac­
tical,  pensive  study  into  which  Charles 
Martin  had been thrown.  Now it  was  all 
over,  and  the  prosperous  man  of  affairs 
was  thoroughly  awake again to the duties 
of  the  season  as  he  dropped  the  keys 
into  his  pocket  and  turned  down  the 
street  with  the  firm  step  of  one  who  is 
not  oppressed  by  any  more  indefinite 
thoughts  than  are  inseparable  from  any 
thoughtful  and 
business.  His 
dreamy 
had 
changed,  one  might  almost  say  hard­
intensely  practical  ex- 
ened, 
presson  of  a  man  of  affairs. 
In  short, 
he  was  every  inch  a  man  of  iron  will 
and  grim  determination.

few  moments  ago, 

into  the 

face, 

a 

Yes,  it  all  started  with  the  window 
dressing,  but  how  came  a  prosaic  sub­
ject  like  that  to  bring  up  poetic  dreams 
of  youth  and  beauty  and  flowers  and 
feminine  graces  and  all 
that  sort  of 
thing  that  it  is  fashionable  to  designate 
as  tommy-rot  and  then  go  into  reveries 
in  secret?  His  head  clerk,  on 
about 
whose  artistic  skill  he  depended 
so 
much  for the  window  display  for  which 
his  establishment  was  famous,  had  been 
called  suddenly  out  of  town  and  left him 
dependent  on  his  own  resources  and 
some  unfinished  designs  on  which  said 
clerk  had  been  at  work.  Surely  there 
was  nothing  very  romantic 
this. 
Elaborating  those  designs  he  had  man­
aged  thus  far  to  keep  up  the  credit  of 
the  establishment.  To-night  he  had  ex­
hausted  the  supply,  and  after  to-morrow 
must  depend  entirely  on  his  own  re­
sources.  That  was  what  kept  him  at  his 
desk  later than  usual.  He had been look­
ing  ahead  in  his'business.  That  had  set 
him,  before  he  was  aware  of  it,  to  look­
ing  back  into  his  life.

in 

familiar  scenes, 

back  with  half  an 

How  brightly  these  recurring  holiday 
seasons  bring  up  our  past  life  to  us;  the 
old 
the  homestead, 
playmates  of  childhood,  all  come  troop­
ing 
invitation; 
friends,  relatives  and  sweethearts,  even 
the  imaginary  inhabitants  of  our  youth­
ful  day-dreams  answer the  summons  of 
the  Christmas  bells.  And  then  come 
recollections  of  the  scenes  of  parting, 
the  buoyant  hand-clasp  of  our  world- 
confident mates,  the lingering caresses  of 
the  dear  ones  at  home,  the  last  tender 
pledges  never to  be redeemed exchanged 
with  youthful  sweethearts; 
the  early 
struggles  in  the  battle  of  life,  the  drift­
ing  away  from  old  moorings,  the  heart 
pangs  and  bitterness 
in  the  first  hard 
lessons  of  learning  to  forget  and  be  for­
gotten;  the  gradual  absorption  into  the 
new 
life  so  crowded  but  never  quite 
com plete;  and  then,  as  the  Christmas 
bells  cease  ringing,  the  awakening 
into 
a  world  of  bustle  and  excitement  and 
business  enterprise again.

Five  years  ago  Charles  Martin  was 
only  a  clerk  (although  a  most  excellent 
one)  in  a  shoe  store  in  an  Eastern town. 
income  was  moderate,  but  he  was 
His 
happy,  for  he  was 
looking  forward  to 
years  of  happiness  that  were  yet  to  be. 
To-night  he  was  sole  proprietor  of  a 
fine  Western  establishment  employing 
several  clerks.  His 
income  was  hand­
some  now,  but  his  dreams  of  happiness 
were  all  of  that  which  might  have  been. 
It  was  in  dreams  of  this  sort he had been 
indulging.

In  casting  about  for  suitable  designs 
for  his  window  dresser  he  happened  to 
remember  having 
in  his  possession  a 
lady’s  shoe  of  a  very  quaint  and  elabo­
rate  pattern  that  would  be  just  the  thing 
for creating  a  sensation.  The  entire  de­
sign _ consisted  of  a  filmy  cobweb  oc­
cupying  the  entire  window,  and 
in  the 
midst  of  which  was  to be  suspended  this

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

impression  would 

showy,  brilliant  coloredjshoe 
in frepre- 
sentation  of  the  spider.  Underneath  this 
formidable  insect  were  to  be  the  words, 
“ This  shoe  once  broke  a  young  man’s 
heart.”   On  paper  the  design  looked 
w ell;  what  effect  would  the  proposed 
personality  have  on  the public?  That  it 
would  attract  attention  he  had  no  doubt. 
That it  would  be  talked  about and create 
more  or  less of  a  sensation  he  firmly  be­
lieved.  The  question  was,  what  sort  of 
an 
it  make?  Five 
years  before,  when  his  means  were 
limited,  he  had  purchased  for  the  girl 
that  he  was  soon  to  marry  a  pair  of 
shoes,  or  rather  slippers,  the  most  elab­
orate 
in  design  that  he  had  ever  seen. 
She  wore  them  to  a  Christmas  gathering 
and  then,  at  his  request,  promised  not 
to  attend  the  social  event  of  the  season, 
a  masked  carnival  held  in  the  hotel  of 
the  town.  Most  of  her  mates  would  be 
there,  but when she  saw  that  he  objected 
in  spirit  to  her  appearing  at  a  public 
dance  of  this  sort  she  promptly  and  to 
all  appearances  willingly  promised  not 
to  go.  A   business  matter  called  him 
out  of  town  for  a  few  days  and  only  al­
lowed  him  to  return  on  the  first  morning 
train  of  the  day  after  the  ball.  Already 
he  had  heard  reports  that  confirmed  his 
disapproval  of  the  management  and  of 
the  place  where  it  was  held.  There  had 
been  wine  and  wild  hilarity,  both  of 
in  some  instances  extended 
which  had 
their  influence  to  some  of  the 
ladies  of 
the  party,  and  the  affair  had  broken  up 
under  conditions  that  had  placed  more 
than  one  young  person  under  a  tem­
porary  cloud  of  disrespect.  As  young 
Martin  hurried  past  the  silent  and  de­
in  the  early  morning  the 
serted  hotel 
previous 
telltale 
night’s  dissipation  could  not 
escape 
him,  and  he  felt  thankful  that  at 
least 
his  fiancee’s  reputation  had  no  occasion 
to  suffer  for  even a temporary connection 
with  the  wild  sports 
so 
many  of  her  mates  and  his  had  so  re­
cently  been  led.

fragments  of 

into  which 

the 

Almost  directly  before  the  entrance  to 
the  hall  in  which  these  bachanal  scenes 
had  so  recently  been  enacted, 
and 
wedged 
in  tightly  between  the  broken 
planks  of  the  sidewalk,  was  a  woman’s 
slipper,  one  of  the  very  pair  he  had 
given  his  sweetheart  but  a  few  days  be­
fore !  So  she  had  forgotten  her  promise 
and  attended  this  ball 
in  his  absence, 
possibly  believing  he  would  never  find 
out.  The  knowledge  maddened  him, 
but  with  a  self-control  not  always  as­
sociated  with  youth,  he  spared  all  criti­
cism  until  he  had her  explanation.  This 
he  obtained  in  the  bitterest  form  pos­
sible,  an  emphatic  and  persistent  de­
nial.  This  was  the  unkindest  cut  of  all. 
That  she had  been  weak  enough  to  yield 
to  temptation  and  attend  when  all  of 
her  set  attended  he  could  forgive.  That 
she  would  deliberately  attempt  to  de­
ceive  him  and  even  in  the  face  of  the 
strongest  evidence  persist in  a  sweeping 
denial  was  beyond  his  forgiveness,  and 
suggested  a  deeper  guilt  than  he  had 
been  prepared  to  believe. 
If  he  could 
not  take  her  word,  could  not  trust  her, 
there  could  only  be  a  lifetime  of  misery 
before  them,  for  he  was  himself  the soul 
of  honor  and  able  to  forgive  almost any­
thing  else  more  readily  than  a  false­
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So,  after  an  interchange of  words  witlj 
her  that  would  themselves be  difficult for 
either  side  to  overlook,  he hastily  closed 
up  his  business  affairs  and  on  the morn­
ing  of  the  New  Year,  his  wedding  day 
that  was  to  have  been,  sped  away  from 
his  native  town,  as  he  firmly  believed, 
forever.  But  his  was  a  nature  too  con­
stant 
in  its  characteristics  or  affections 
to  enable  him  to  keep  this  part  of  his 
resolve  without  a  constant  effort.  How­
ever  hard  he  tried  to  strengthen  his  res­
olution  by  remembering  her only  as  she 
appeared  to  him  in  that  last 
interview, 
tenderer  memories  would  often  win  the 
victory  and  bring  up  visions  of  kindly, 
loving  sympathy  that  almost  shattered 
his  resolve.  Particularly  was  this  the 
case  with  the  approach  of  the  holiday 
season.  Once  it  had  overtaken  him  so 
strongly  that  he  resolved  to  go  back  and 
seek  another  interview  with  his 
lost 
love.

It  was  New  Year’s  eve  when  he 
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everything  attracted  and  seemed  to  hold 
out  its  arms  to  him.  As  he  passed  rap­
idly  down  the  street  he  determined  in 
his  heart  to  let  the  dead  past  he  buried, 
to  seek  out  his  old  love  and  in the  future 
guard  her  from  her  moral  weakness  by 
the  strength  of  his  love.  Yes,  he  would 
go  to  her  at  once.  The  way  led  him 
past  that  hateful  hotel  that  had  once 
come  between  them.  Again it  was  bril­
liant  with  lights  and  gay  with  laughter, 
but  the  glance  he  cast  within  in  passing 
froze  his  love  into  a  cold  crust  about  his 
heart;  for  he  had  caught  a  glimpse  of 
her  among  the 
throng  of  boisterous 
merrymakers.  The  next  train  took  him 
back  to his Western investments,  and  his 
friends  wondered  what  had  happened  to 
make  him  so  cold  and  stem.

After  that,  no  business  prospered  like 
ihs.  All  that  he  touched  turned  into 
gold.  The  folly  of  youth  had  been  con­
sumed  on  the  altar of  his  love,  and  he 
was  left  a  cold,  unfeeling money-maker, 
strictly  honest  and  wholly  heartless.

It 

is 

in 

At  least  he  had  fondly  hoped  his heart 
was  dead.  Rut,  when rummaging among 
the  attic  cupboards  of  his  mental  facul­
ties  he  resurrected  a  woman’s  slipper 
and  proposed  to  himself  to  turn  its  his­
tory  into  commercial  account,  he  found 
his  hope  was  still  untrue.  Chapter  by 
chapter,he  had  reviewed  his life history. 
Page  by  page  he  had  carefully  scanned 
memory’s  log.  And so fondly  did  he  lin­
ger  about  some  of  the  old  well-thumbed 
pages  of  his  life  that  it  was  nearly  mid­
night  when  he  got  back  to  the  present 
and  shut  the  desk.  Ashes  of  roses! 
Fudge!  Of  what  other  use  could  this 
old  slipper  be? *  *  *
The  window  display  had  certainly 
been  proven  an  attraction,  almost  a  sen­
sation. 
“ Will  you  kindly  tell  me  what 
the  romance  is  connected  with  that  slip­
per?  ’  asked  more  than  one  purchaser 
who  had  been  enticed 
in  through  a 
burning  desire  to  get  into  conversation 
with  some  one  who  could  unravel  the 
mystery. 
“ You  will  have  to  see  Mr. 
M artin,”   was  the  unvarying  reply,  but 
for  some  reason  that  day  Mr.  Martin 
was  very  busy  and  could  not  be  seen. 
His  task  bade  fair  to  extend  far  into the 
night  again,  as  on  the previous evening. 
It  had  been  a  busy  day.  What  design 
could  he  introduce  next  day  to  continue 
the  success?  Evidently 
it  ought  to  be 
in  connection  with  the  slip­
something 
per,  everybody  was  so  interested 
it. 
The  question  was— what?

twice. 

impossible  to  say  whether  the 
young  merchant’s  mind  was  wholly 
given up  to  the  solution  or  if  it  was  tak­
ing  the  same  direction  of  the  evening 
before.  The  last  clerk  had  gone  and  he 
was 
left  alone— the  best  possible  con­
dition for  reverie  or  for  work.  Mr.  Mar­
tin  was  so  absorbed  in  the  one  or  the 
other  that  he 
failed  to  notice  someone 
enter the  deserted  store  and  approach 
the  office.  He  even  failed  to  hear  the 
gentle  tap  on  the  door  until  it  had  been 
A   woman,  closely 
repeated 
invi­
veiled,  entered  in  response  to  his 
tation  and,  stepping  quickly 
into  the 
full  light,  faced him  and  lifted  her  veil.
“ M aude!”   he  stammered,  springing 
to  his 
feet;  and  then,  regaining  his 
usual  self-control,  he  added  in  his  cold­
est  voice, 
“ What  can  I  do  for  you, 
madam?  Pardon  the  suggestion,  but 
this  is  hardly  the  place  for  you  at  this 
hour. ’ ’

“ I  have  come  to  tell  you  the  truth,”  
the girl  replied.  *‘ My duty has been done 
and  now  1  can  speak.  Death  sometimes 
opens  as  well  as  closes  human  lips.

“ Five  years  ago to-night  you believed 
me  false  to  you  and  to  myself, 
I  then 
denied  that  charge,  but  offered  no  ex­
planation, for  the  reason  that  I  had  none 
to  offer.  Weeks  afterwards  I  found  that 
my  younger  sister,  always  wayward,  had 
appropriated  some  of  my  wearing  ap­
parel  and  attended  that  fateful  ball 
in 
secret.  As  you  know,  there  was  wine, 
and 
intoxicated 
perhaps,  failed  to  notice  that  my  slipper 
which  she  was  wearing  was  wrenched 
from  her  foot. 
The  rest  you  know. 
But,  believe  me,  the  matter  was as much 
a  mystery  to  me  as  yourself  at  our  last 
interview. 
Do  you  trust  me  now, 
Charles?”

she,  confused,  half 

The  cold  reserve  of  the  young  mer­

chant  was  for theTnoment shaken, but not 
broken.  Nevertheless,  it  was  in  a  some­
what  kindlier  tone  that  he  said :

'Would  you  mind  explaining  how 
you  came  to  attend  a  similar  gathering 
at  the  same  [dace two years afterwards?”  
Surprise,  regret  and  tenderness  were 
mingled  in  the  look  the  girl  gave  him, 
and 
it  was  with  evident  emotion that 
she  answered:
“ Since  that  night  my  unfortunate  sis­
ter  has  made 
life  miserable  for  more 
than  herself.  Do  not judge her too harsh­
ly.  She  has  paid  the  usual  penalty  of 
her  misguided 
life.  It  was  to save  her 
that  I  was  there ;  to  take  her  home  as  I 
have  night  after  night  done  in  the 
last 
five  years.  Don’t  censure  her.  She has 
been  wild,  but  has  gone  before  to  a 
higher  Protector.  While  she 
I 
tried  to  shield  her.  When  she  died  1 
felt  that  1  owed  it  to  myself  to  correct 
an  error  you  once  made  in  regard  to  my 
conduct. 
I  have been  trying  to  find  you 
for  a  long  time,  and  found  you  to-night 
by  means  of  your  window  design.  Am 
1  too  late,  Charles?”

lived 

Outside,  the  bells  were  ringing  out 
their  messages  of  peace,  good-will  and 
fellowship  and  love.  And  as  the  errors 
of  the  passing  years  unfolded,  the  flame 
of 
love  burst  forth  in  the  young  man’s 
heart  with  a  warmth  that  burst  the  icy 
¡covering  and  melted  it  away.

When  Charles  Martin  closed  his  desk 
that  night  he  left  without  a  suggestion 
for  his  window  dresser  for the  next  day. 
But  when  he  called  the  attention  of  his 
companion  to  that  fact  and  playfully 
bantered  her  for  the  ruin she was already 
bringing  to  his  reputation  as  a  business 
man,  she  answered :

“ Just  set  me  in  the  window  to-mor­
label 
‘ The  shoe  that  mended  the  young 

row  with  the  other  slipper  on  and 
me : 
man’s  heart. ’  ”

But  however attractive  this 

last  dis­
play  may  have  been,  Charles  Martin  al­
ways 
insists  that  the  cobweb  window 
was  the  most  successful  one  he  ever  de­
signed,  as  that  brought  him  not  only  a 
liberal  amount  of  custom,  but his  sweet­
heart  and  his  wife.— Wilder  Grahame in 
Boot  and  Shoe  Recorder.

An  Easy  E xperim ent.

Tlie public is a gentle joy 
•lust lix it up some little toy 
Then to its operations join 
And we will gladly pay our coin 

To any crafty man;
As simple as you can.
A mystery profound.
To see the wheels go 'round.

. 

Don't waste your time on useful things 
To benefit your race;
Procure a lot of cogs and strings 
And set them into place. 
au<1 men will come from miles  away, 
Your praises they will sound.
And cheerfully their money pay 
To see the wheels go ’round.

’Tis not required that you shall know 
Mechanics and the like.
If into statesmanship you go 
Success you’ll often strike 
By fitting empty phrases in 
And letting noise abound.
And making people pay their tin 
To see the wheels go ’round.

H e  W asn’t  E q u al  to  th e   Occasion.
Rose— Did  you  ever  faint,  Isabel? 
Isabel— Only  once;  and  1  bumped  my 
head  so  hard  that  I  never  tried  it again.

Michigan  Fire  and  Marine 

Insurance  Co.

Organized iSSx.

Detroit, Michigaa.

Cash  C apital,  $400,000 . 
D. W h itn ey, J r., Pres.

Cash  Asaeta,  $800,000.
D. M.  F e r r y, Vice Pres.

Nat  Surplua,  $200,000.

K. H. W h itn ey, Secretary.
M.  W .  O ’ Br ie n, Treas.

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Kirke  White,  H.  P.  Baldwin,  Hugo 
Scherer,  F.  A.  Schulte,  Wm.  V.  Brace, 
James  McMillan,  F.  E.  Driggs,  Henry 
Hayden,  Collins  B.  Hubbard,  James  D. 
Standish, Theodore D.  Buhl,  M.  B.  Mills, 
Alex.  Chapoton, Jr.,  Geo.  H.  Barbour,  S. 
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which  enables  the  merchant  to  place  his 
credit transactions on  a  cash  basis.  Among 
the  manifest advantages of  the  coupon  book 
plan  are the following:

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The Meat Market

E veryday  Incidents  in  th e   Life  o f  th e 

Butcher."

I  gave 

This  still  being  the  turkey  season,  I
will  relate  two  or three  turkey  stories.
One  of  the  very  bright  men  of  the  trade 
— a  man  who  is  secretary  of  one  of  the 
butcher  associations— is  responsible  for 
this: 
“ I  was  pretty well  stocked  with 
turkeys  the  night  before  Thanksgiving 
and  was  anxious  to  close  out,  as  I  had 
no  desire  to  carry  over any  stuff  to  Sat- 
instructions  to  each  of 
urday. 
my  clerks  not  to 
let  a  person  go  out 
without  making  a  purchase. 
Things 
went  along  nicely  until  about  9  o’clock, 
when a  woman  came  in  whom  it was  my 
turn  to  serve. 
I  have  come  in  contact 
with  some  very  hard  customers,  but  this 
woman  beat  all. 
It  seemed  to  be  im­
possible  to  select  a  bird  that  would  suit 
her. 
I  had  weighed  and  held  up  for 
her  inspection  at  least  a  dozen  turkeys 
but  some  were  too  light  and  others  too 
heavy.  That  was  her  pretext for object- 
it  was  really  the  price  that
ing,  but 
‘ Here,’  said  I.  ‘ is  a 
made  the  hitch. 
fine  bird. 
It  weighs  seven  and  three- 
quarter  pounds,  and  will  cost  you  98 
cents.’  She  shook  her  head— it  wouldn’t 
suit.  Determined  not  to 
let  her  go,  1 
picked  up  a  bird  haphazard,  and  put  it 
‘ How  is  this?’  1  asked 
on  the  scale. 
Seven  and  one-quarter  pounds.  One 
dollar  and  two  cents.’ 
'T h at’s  about 
r,ght, 
‘ I’ ll  take  it.'  Now 
where’s  the  good  of  trying  to  be  honest? 
reople  want  to  be  humbugged.”

she  said. 

ing  such  an entrance.  He didn’t answer 
her,  but 
laid  the  meat  on  a  table,  got 
on  the  dumbwaiter,  and  left  as  he  came. 
He  didn  t  hold  the  rope,  either,  and 
came  down  hard.  He  came  back  lim 
ing  and  resigned.” — Stroller  in  Butch 
ers’  Advocate.

T hat Frozen P o rk  E x p erim en t in G erm an,  
Consul  General  Guenther,  of  Frank 
fort,  Germany,  writes  as  follows  regard­
ing  the  experiment  of  using  frozen  pork 
in  the  arm y:

At  Mainz,  Germany,  experiments hav 
just  been  made  with  frozen  Russiai 
pork  by  the  several  regiments  of 
infan 
try  stationed  there.  About  a  ton  of  thi 
in  a  solidl 
pork,  which  had  arrived 
frozen  state,  was  used 
for  dinner,  but 
the  result  of  the  experiments,  according 
to  the 
in  German 
papers,  was  not  satisfactory.  The  meat 
u  is  said,  emitted  an  unpleasant  smell 
while  being  boiled,  and  after  being 
boiled  for  fifteen  minutes  became  like  a 
hard  paste.  The  taste  also  left  much  to 
be  desired.

reports  published 

Apart  from  the  fact  that  due  allow­
ance  must be made for German  prejudice 
against  anything  not  of  German  origin 
the  complaint,  if  based  on  actual 
facts, 
indicates  that  the  pork  was 
simply 
injured  before  freezing  or  was 
either 
improperly  frozen. 
It  is  generally  ad­
mitted  that  mutton  and  pork  act  alike 
under  freezing.  No  sane  man  will  hold 
that  frozen  mutton  will  “ emit  unpleas­
ant  smells  while  boiling,”   or  will  turn 
to  a  “ paste”   under  the  process. 
Im­
properly  treated,  it  will  be  subject  to 
abjections,  no  doubt.  The  process  of 
refrigerating  meats  has  grown  so  per­
fect  that  meat  never  spoils  from  the 
in­
side,  as  used  to  be  the  case  before  the 
erection  of  the  plants  of  the  most  mod­
em  type. 
If  the  edges  of  the  meats  are 
trimmed  occasionally  they  can  be  kept 
for  several  months.  Indeed,  most  of  the 
meat  served 
leading  hotels  is 
kept 
in  refrigerators  for  two  or  three 
weeks  before  going  to  the  cooks.

in  the 

..OYSTERS.

IN  CANS  AND  BULK.

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Cranberries,  Celery,  Nuts,  Figs,  Etc. 

_ * _ _ _ _ m   „ 

I  was 

in  West  Washington  Market 
Friday  morning  when  a  wagon  belong- 
ing  to  a  butcher  doing  business  in  a 
fashionable  neighborhood  drove  up  to  a 
poultry  house. 
In  a  few  moments  men 
began  rolling  out  barrels  of turkeys,  and 
in  another  moment  the  air  was  filled 
with  an  odor  that  reminded  one  of  a 
mixture  of  sauerkraut  and 
limburger 
cheese.  The  smell  was  more  penetrating 
it  charged 
than  a  March  wind,  and  as 
the  atmosphere  and  found  its  way 
into 
the  nostrils  of  the  market  men  dozens 
of  them  ran  out  and  sized  up  the  situa­
tion. 
it'  Here 
comes  the  Board  of  Health, ”   yelled  a 
well-known  beef  man.  The  driver  of 
the  wagon  looked  frightened  and  as  the 
barrels  of  ripe  turkeys  had  been 
loaded 
he  gathered  up  his  lines  and  drove  rap­
idly  away,  the  warning  shouts  following 
him.  And  just  at  that  stage  of  the  pro­
ceedings  one  of  the  health  department 
inspectors  did  come  around  the  comer 
He  sniffed  the  air,said  “ There  is  some- 
thing  rotten  in  Denmark,”   and  tried  to 
locate  it.  But  he  couldn’t.

it!  Cheese 

“ Cheese 

week,  and 

° f  \ . mai et.faid : 

I  took  a  trip  to  Astoria  one  day  last 
in  reply  to  my  question: 
How  are  things  going?”  the proprietor 
“ Something  fierce.
V   r  dCVI  S  ° Wn  tim e  t0  Set  good
clerks.  I  was  disgusted  with  the  experi­
enced  clerks,  so tried  a  fellow  who  came 
over  from  Ireland  only  a  week  before  I 
put  him  t°  work.  He  was  a  peach 
I  sent  him  to 
He  lasted  for  two  hours. 
deliver an  order  in  a  flat. 
‘ Now, ’  says 
.  1  f  you  can’t  send  it  up  on  the  dumb-
tCr,   8°  ar° Und  to  the  back  door.’ 
r
vvnat  do  you  suppose  he  does,  eh?  Well 
e  goes  down  to  the  dumbwaiter,  jumps 
on  and  pulls  himself  up  to  the  floor 
where  the  meat  was  to  be  delivered, 
knocks  at  the  door  and  receives  no 
answer,  so  he  opens  the  door  and  jumps 
in,  almost  frightening  the  woman  into 
a  spasm.  When  she  could  speak  she 
wanted  to  know  what  he  meant  by  mak-

W hy  P igs  A re  »Scarce.

is  almost 

George  Pratt,  Armour’s head  hog  buy- 
in  an  ex­
.  at  Ghicago,  is  reported 
change  as  sayin g:  “ It 
im­
possible for  us  to  fill  our  orders  for pigs 
for  the  reason  that  there  is  practically 
no  sickness  among  swine  in  any  part  of 
the  country.  Usually  at  this  season  of 
the  year  pigs  are  plentiful,  as  cholera 
in  different  sections  of  the
breaks  out 
warded 
P'gS  and  shoats  are  for
warded  rapidly  to  market  for  fear  of
a T ^ \ T   Th! S  year. however, 
are 
fiin  
thy’  and  the  tendency  will  be  to 
feed  to  maturity,  which  will  make  an 
abundance  of  fat  hogs  for  the  winter 
months  and  cause  values  to  seek  ^ still 
lower  range. 
81111

G reat  Boom   in  M utton 

from  the Denver  Kepublican.

Wool  is  up  to  seventeen  cents  but 

it 
is  not  alone  the  rise  in wool  that has  ad- 
vanced  the  market  for sheep.  Mutton 
also  has  gone  up.  There  has  been an ad
the “ „r!d  r ai - ° i a"  k i” * th ™ „g nh™, 
hnt TL 
hlch  mutt°n  has  shared
but  in  addition  mutton  has  had  a  cP n t . ’ 
rate  and  special  advance  of  its  ow  X
kyaasUnfoodabVeHinCreaSe- in its 
isyu n m i£k ahlJ h6-? 1r-pet,te  of  ma"kind 
so T   2   bly  drulftlng  tQward  mutton 
so  that,  where  other  things are eaual
S y“ aS” k0.»f  >*  » i-e n n ^ l

M ay  S tart  a   F a t  M elting  P la n t

The  retail  butchers  of  Cohoes  N  Y  
a? l ' n  neighboring  places,  are  talking
a  fat  meltfno- COI^P,?ny  and  establishing 
a  tat  melting  and  fertilizing  nlant  anrf 
P acing  the  product  in  the  market

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you  are  sure  of  prompt  sales  at  highest  prices  and 
prompt  remittances  always.  That means  us.

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15

Fruits and  Produce.

consumption 

O bservations  by  a   G otham   Egg  M an.
Although  the  large  distributing  mar­
kets  are  so  overburdened  with  refrigera­
tor  eggs  as  to  give  them  a  generally  de­
moralized  appearance  at  present,  it  is 
quite  evident  that  interior  consumption 
is  holding  up  remarkably  well. 
In  the 
cities  and  towns  of  the  country,  where 
refrigerator  eggs  have  to  be  chiefly mar­
keted, 
is  unfavorably 
affected  by  the  poor  quality  of  much  of 
the  stock  being  pressed  for  sale,  but 
in 
smaller  country  places,  where  current 
supplies  are  drawn  directly  from  the 
surrounding  farms,  the  use  of fresh  eggs 
is  undoubtedly  larger  than  usual.  This 
may  account  for  the  failure  to draw  any 
material  increase  in  supplies  of 
fresh 
eggs  to  the  large  markets 
in  spite  ol 
weather  conditions  unusually  favorable 
to  production  for this  season  of  the year. 
Reports  from  sections  of  the  South  and 
Southwest,  where  some 
increase  in  the 
lay  of  eggs  has  been  noticeable,  indi­
cate  prices  for  fresh  stock  supported  by 
local 
consumptive  demands  above  a 
parity  with  values  at  any  of  the  sea­
board  markets.

*  *  *

It 

is  a  curious  fact  that  while  the 
supply  of  fresh  gathered  eggs  is  now  no 
greater  than  at  this  time  a  year ago,  the 
price  is  about  3c  lower,  while  for  refrig­
erator  eggs,  which  are  far  more  plenty 
and  more  urgently  offered  than  at  the 
opening  of  December,  1898,  values  are 
only  about  ic  less  now  than  then.  Prob­
ably  the  increased  cost  of  the  refrigera­
tor  eggs  as  compared  with  last  year may 
have  some  bearing 
in  accounting  for 
this  anomaly.

*  *  *

It  seems  as  though,  on  the  general 
principle  of  averages,  the  egg 
trade 
ought  to  be  blessed  with  some  good 
old-fashioned  winter  weather  before 
long.  Such  an  event  would  be  worth  a 
heap  of  money  about  now.  One  of  the 
worse  features  of  the  warm  and  unsea­
sonable  weather  recently  prevailing  is 
that  it  injures  the  quality  of  the  refrig­
erator  eggs  on  the  way  from  cold storage 
to  consumer  and  thus  reduces 
the  con­
sumptive  demand  for  eggs  in  general. 
No  matter  how  fine  a  lot  of  refrigerator 
eggs  may  be  as  it  sets  in the cold rooms, 
there  is  a  lack  of  “ holding  up’ ’  proper­
ties  after  six  or  eight  months  of  holding 
and  when  these  are  put  to  the  test  of 
marketing 
in  mild  weather  they  are 
found  wanting.  Earlier  in  the  season, 
when  the  goods  are  not  so  old  and  when 
dealers  carefully  choose  the  channels  of 
outlet  for  refrigerator  eggs,  selecting 
those  in  which  the stock  is  used  up  very 
quickly,  there  is 
little  difficulty  even 
although  the  weather  be  then  warmer. 
But  now,  when  the  use  of  the  held  eggs 
is  so  general  that  they  go  into all classes 
of  trade,  many  of  them  are  a good many 
days 
in  getting  from  the  cold  room  to 
consumers’  tables,  and  with  their  in­
creased  age  against  them  unfavorable 
weather  puts  a  stamp  of  unpalatability 
upon  them  which  is  likely to bring  eggs 
into  disrepute  as  a  table  delicacy. 
If 
we  had  good  cold  bracing  weather  this 
difficulty  would  be 
largely  overcome 
and  by  a  selection  of  the  finest  grades 
of  refrigerators  a  dealer could  keep  his 
trade  going  with reasonable satisfaction.

*  *  *

I  asked  one  of  our  egg  dealers,  who 
has  a  good  class  of  trade,  whether  he 
was  having  much  complaint  of  tasty 
eggs.  “ W ell,”   said  he  ,  “ up  to  a  short 
time  ago  I  was  using  fresh  gathered 
eggs  chiefly,  but my  trade  began  to  kick

1 

on  the  quality  and 
turned  almost 
wholly to some  fancy  refrigerators,  in the 
hope  that  these  would  give  better  satis­
faction.  Now  they  are  beginning  to 
complain  of  these  and  1  am  likely  to  be 
obliged  to  go  back  to  fresh  goods  again 
at  any  moment 
if  the  weather  don’t 
change  pretty  quickly.”
*  *  *

There  is  such  a  vast  difference  in  the 
quality  of  refrigerator  eggs—their  ful­
ness,  strength  and  flavor— that  the  egg 
trade  evidently  has  .much  to  learn  in 
regard  to  the  selection  of  stock  for  stor­
age  and  the  method  of  managing the  re­
frigerators.  Of  course,  difference  in  the 
quality  of  stock  put  in—whether  it  was 
strong,  cool  weather  production  or  such 
as  had  been  weakened  by  warm  weather 
— accounts  for  much  of  the  difference  in 
intrinsic  value  now  so  noticeable.  But 
even  among  the  April  packings  (which 
were  undoubtedly  the  best fitted  for  long 
holding)  there  is  a  marked difference  in 
the  condition  when  taken  out.  Some  are 
far  more shrunken  than  others,  some  are 
tainted  with  old  flavor  or  foreign  odor? ; 
in  some  these  defects  are  scarcely  no­
ticeable  at  all. 
If  it  is  possible  to  carry 
April  eggs  to  December  under  the  most 
favorable  conditions  so  that  they  show 
little  shrinkage  and  come  out  sweet  and 
strong,  it  is  possible  to  do  it  every  time 
if  one  knows  how.  Evidently 
lots  of 
people  don’t  know  how  and  the  sooner 
they  learn  the  requirements  the  better. 
We  are  inclined  to  think  the  bulk  of  the 
study  in  this  direction  should  be  done 
by  those  who  select-and  pack  the  goods 
for  storage,  but  the  cold  storage  man­
agers  have  much  room  for  experiment 
and  investigation  also;  there  is  certain­
ly  a  great  difference  in  the  quality  of 
stock  turned  out  by  the  various  plants 
now  in  operation.— New  York  Produce 
Review.

Ail  Im p e rtin e n t  E nquiry.

From the Portland  (Me )  Argus.

A  certain  grocer  on  the  hill  has  for 
some  days  been  hunting  for  the  owner 
of  a  voice  that  claimed  his  attention  at 
the  telephone  one  busy  morning.  When 
he  finds  his  man  the  meeting  will 
fur­
for  an  interesting  item, 
nish  material 
and  the  following  dialogue 
explains 
w hy:

The  Voice— Hello, 

is 

that 

you, 

Charles?

Grocer—Yes.
The  Voice— Well,  how  are  you?
Grocer—First  rate.
The  Voice— You’re  looking  well.
Grocer--I’m  feeling better than 1 look.
The  Voice— That’s good ;  glad  to  hear 

it.  Have  you  got  any  salt  fish?

Grocer— Yes.
The  Voice— Is  it  fresh?
Grocer—Yes,  came  in  this  morning.
The  Voice— Cod  or  pollock?
Grocer— Got  both.  Which  do 

you 

want?

The  Voice—Well,  I  don’t  know; 

is 

the  pollock  good  and  dry?

Grocer— Yes.
The  Voice— Well,  why  don’t  you  give 

it  a  drink,  then?

At  this  [joint  the  grocer brought  the 
colloquy  to  a  sudden  termination  with  a 
remark  that  would  be  out  of  place  in 
polite  society  and  therefore  unfit  for 
publication.

A t  th e   T iek  o f th e   Clock.
Every minute, every minute 
Has the whole of living in it.

Some one’s crying,
Some one’s horn.
Some one’s dying 
Old and worn.
Some one’s laughing,
Some one’s fed.
Some one’s chaffing.
Some one’s dead.
Some one’s hearing 
Love confessed.
Some one’s jeering 
Some one’s jest.
Some one’s sorry.
Some one's glad.
Some one’s worry 
Drives him mad.

Every minute, every minute 
Has the whole of living in it.

BEANS

Always  in  the  market.

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

2 6 -2 8 -3 0 -3 2   OTTAW A  S T .,  GRAND  RA PID S 

M O S E L E Y   B R O S .
Seeds,  Beans,  Potatoes,  Onions,  Apples.

Clover,  Tim othy,  Alsyke,  B ean s, 
Peas.  Popcorn,  B uckw heat

If you wish to buy or sell correspond  with  us.

A LFRED  J. BROWN SEED  CO.,

ORAND RAPIDS, MICH.

GROWERS.  MERCHANTS.  IMPORTERS.

M AKE  A  N O TE  O F  IT.  WE  WANT

POTATOES

Write  us  what  you  have  to offer.

Receivers and  Distributors of  Fruits and  Produce  in  car lots.

M ILLER & T E A S D A L E  C O   S T .  LO U IS.  MO.
Beans and  Potatoes Wanted

Wire,  ’phone or write us what  you have  to  offer.  Mail  us  your  orders  for 
Oranges,  Nuts,  Figs,  Dates,  Apples.  Cider,  Onions,  etc.  The best  of  every­
thing  for your Christmas trade at close  prices.

The Vinkemulder Company,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

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N o t H o w   C h e a p

B u t H o w  G o o d ."

Ask  for  the  “ V.  C.”  brand  of  pure  Apple  Jelly,  fla 
vored  with  lemon,  for  a  fine  relish.  Watch  for  our 
Orange  Marmalade.  W e  cater  to  the  fine  trade.

Grand Rapids,  /*\icfi.

Valley  City  Syrup Co.

I T H E   D E M A N D S  

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.  W rite  us.

M U SK E G O N   MILLING  CO .

M U SKEG O N .  M ICH.

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J.  W.  LA N SIN G ,

W HO LESALE  D EALER  IN

B U T T E R   AND  E G G S

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

I want all the roll butter I can get.  The market is  firm  at  from  seventeen  to  twenty 

cents, according to quality.  Send me your shipments, for I can sell your goods.

REEEKENCES:
BuiTalo Cold Storage Co., Buffano, N. Y. 
Peoples Bank, Buttalo, N.  Y.

Dun or Bradstreet. 
Michigan Tradesman.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

1 0

GOTHAM  GOSSIP.

News  F rom   th e   M etropolis—Index  to   the 

Special Correspondence.

M arket.

New  York,  Dec.  15— European  ad 
vices  for  the  past  day  or  so  have  been 
of  a  character  not  altogether  satisfactory 
to  those  who  have  insisted  that  the  re­
cent  advance  in  coffee  had  come to stay. 
These  advices 
indicate  that  the  Santos 
market  is  on  a  lower  basis  and  that  the 
general  situation 
is  hardly  as  encoura 
ging  as  a  week  ago.  The  speculative 
market  has  shown  more  activity  and 
holders  are  seemingly  a  trifle  anxious  U 
dispose  of  their  stocks  as  soon  as  prac­
ticable.  On  the  spot  Rio  No.  7 
quotable  at  6fôc.  The demand  from  the 
interior  shows  some  improvement,  but 
no  special  activity 
is  looked  for  until 
after  the  turn  of  the  year,  if,  indeed, 
there 
In 
store  and  afloat  the  stock  aggregates 
1, *81,139  bags,  against  1,112,040  bags 
iast  year.  For  mild 
at  the  same  time 
fairly  good  orders  have 
coffees  some 
in,  jobbers  and  roasters 
been  handed 
both  showing  more 
Good 
is  now  fairly  established  above 
Cucuta 
the 
ioj^c. 
East  India  coffees  have  remained  un 
changed  and  firmly  held.

loc  mark,  the  close  being 

improvement  then. 

is  much 

interest. 

is  more 

The  sugar  market  is  quiet—decidedly 
so.  There  has  been  almost  no  new 
business  and  few  withdrawals  under  old 
contracts.  The  “ street" 
teresting  than  the  actual  market.  There 
are  many  narratives  going  the  round 
as  to  what  will  transpire  after  (an.  1, 
but  nothing  seems  to  be  definite.  Stocks 
of  the  trust  have  fallen to  such a low  ebb 
that 
fortunes  have  been  lost  or  made. 
Some  soft  grades  have  been  shaded 
trifle  but  granulated  is  unchanged.

Tea  brokers  and  dealers  genera,!} 
are  “ jes’  standin’  roun’  doin’  nothin’. ”  
They  are  selecting  Christmas  presents 
and  say  their  services  will  not  be  re­
quired  until  after  the  turn  of  the  year. 
Prices  are  firm  and  the  whole  situation, 
statistical  and  otherwise,  seems  to  favo'i 
holders.  Black  teas  are  rather  “ on  top’ ’ 
in  the  market,  as  now  constituted.

generally 

The  market 

Low  grades  of  rice  and  grades  sellim, 
above  5J^c  have  been  in  the  most  active 
demand. 
is 
stronger  than  last  week  and dealers seem 
to  be  taking 
fairly  good  supplies— in 
some  cases  quite  in  advance  of  present 
wants.  Foreign  grades  are  in  light  sut 
ply—that  is,  of  desirable  sorts— and  are 
firmly  held.  Prime  to  choice  domestic 
is  worth  5^@ 6^ c.  Japan,  4^ @ Sc.

I he  interest  in  the  spice  market  has 
been  very  mild  during  the  week,  as 
dealers  seem  to  have  sufficient  stock  on 
hand  to  last  until  after  the  holidays  and 
so  are  resting.  Holders,  however,  pro­
fess  a  good  degree  of  confidence and  the 
outlook  is  encouraging.

exhibits 

Stocks  of  molasses  are  very light,  and 
with  a  continued  good  demand, 
thé 
market 
a  good  degree  of 
strength.  Open  kettle  has  sold  within 
the  range  of  38@44c  and  no  concession 
has  been  made  to  effect  sales.  Syrups 
are  firm  and  held  at  full  values.  Prime 
to  fancy  sugar,  ig@25c.
„ T h e   canned  goods  market  is  quiet 
Offerings  are 
light.  Prices  are  un­
changed,  but  quotations  are  very  firmly 
held.  Salmon 
is  becoming  very  scarce 
and  quotations  are  firmly  held  and  go- 
mg  higher,  seemingly  at  a  steady  rate. 
Reports  from  Baltimore indicate that the 
pack  there  will  be  of  tomatoes  only 
about  one-sixth  of 
last  year,  when  it 
reached  6,000,000  cases.

Oranges  have  been  meeting  with 
pretty  fair  call,  especially  for  the  bet 
ter  grades  for  festival  purposes.  The 
weather  until  to-day  has  been  favorable 
for  shipping  and  no  undue  accumula­
tion  is  here.  Lemons  have  apparently 
declined  25@5oc  per  box  at  auction. 
Bananas  are  moving in only the ordinary 
1
manner. 
fruits  are  selling  freely  at  the 
Dried 
moment— that  is,  for  fancy  fruit,  dates 
being  especially  scarce and high.  Evap­
orated  apples,  fancy  stock,  are  also sell 
ing  with  more  freedom.

Fancy  creamery  butter  is  worth  26®
27c.  The  market  is  in  good  condition, 
and  yet  hardly  as  satisfactory  as  might 
be  hoped  for.  Thirds  to  firsts,  23@27c ; 
imitation  creamery,  i 8@ 22c,  with  extra

grades  out  of  the  m arket;  Western  fac­
to ry,  i6@ i 8c.

for  fresh  stock. 

The  egg  market  is  steady,  with  good 
call 
Prime^Vestern 
which  will  bear  the  test  will  fetch  23^ 
@24c ;  good  to  prime,  2o@23c.

How  an  Illin o is  W om an  Secured  a  Com­

petence.

I1 rom tile St.  Louis Globe-Democrat.

in 

Mrs.  Grace  A.  Wilson,  of Collinsville, 
111.,  who  was  married  recently  at  the 
Planters’  Hotel  to  Capt.  Henry,  of  In­
dianapolis,  is  a  most  remarkable  wom- 
an,  judging  by  the  statements  of  her 
friends 
in  this  city.  She  is,  perhaps, 
the  only  woman 
this  part  of  the 
United  States  who  has  originated  the 
plans  for  a  new  railroad,  secured  the 
options  on  the  right  of  way  and  made 
1  the  arrangements  whereby  the  road 
In  addition 
may  be  bulit  at  any  time. 
to  this,  she  owns  a 
large  coalfield, 
which  this  railroad will put in touch with 
the  market,  owns  and  operates  a  bell 
foundry  and  has  charge  of  large  real  es­
tate  interests.

The  wisdom  which  Mrs.  Henry  has 
shown 
in  her  conduct  of  business  is, 
perhaps,  the  result of self-reliance which 
was  developed  very  early  in 
life.  She 
is  a  St.  Louis  girl,  her  maiden  name 
being  Grace  A.  Logan.  Her  father  was 
a  well-known  insurance  man,  who  died 
nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago,  when 
she  was  15  years  of  age.  The  daughter 
soon  afterward  married  the  late  O.  B. 
Wilson,  a  prominent  business  man  of 
Collinsville,  111.  He  spent  a  great  deal 
jf  tune 
in  this  city.  Two  daughters 
were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wilson,  both 
being  now  grown.

Mrs.  Henry’s  business  career  dates 
from  the  time  when  her  first  husband 
became  a  confirmed 
invalid,  about  si- 
years  ago.  He  was  the  owner  of  a  bell 
foundry 
in  Collinsville.  The  business 
was  an  exacting  one and,  although  it was 
established,  the care  which  devolved  up 
on  the  wife  of  the  invalid was one whicl 
many  a  man  of  mature  business 
judg 
mnet  would  have  assumed  with  some 
doubts.  From  the  first  the  then  Mrs 
Wilson  met  with  success  and  the  busi 
ness  of  the  factory  grew  under  her  man­
agement.  Four  years  ago  Mr.  Wilson 
died.

in  good  stead.  She 

ifer  two  years’  experience  stood  Mrs. 
Wilson 
invested 
surplus  capital  in  real  estate  at  Collins­
ville.  Then  she  learned  of  the coal fields 
near  Madison  and  she  put  her  money 
into  them,  until  she  controlled  as  much 
of  the  coal  land  as  any  of  the  capitalists 
in  that  district.  The  result  is  that  at 
the  present  day  she  owns  a  large  part  of 
the  Madison  coal  fields.

Mrs.  Wilson  thought  that  she  ought 
to  have  better  transportation  facilities.
I hen  she  did  a  most  remarkable  thing : 
i 
Pr.°jecteci  a  railroad  to  connect  with 
the  Illinois  Central at Collinsville.  More 
incorporated  the  com­
than  that,  she 
pany,  securing  outside  capital. 
The 
name  of  the  newly-incorporated  com- 
pany 
in  the  charter  was  given  as  the 
ot.  Louis  &  Eastern.  Then  she  went to 
work  to  secure  a  right  of  way.  This 
is 
usually  considered  one  of  the  hardest 
propositmns 
in  railroad  building,  but 
she  did  not  hesitate.  She  personally laid 
out  the  route  which  she  wanted  the  road 
to  take.  The  whole  length  of  the  road, 
as  she  projected  it,  is  about  seventy-five 
miles.

To  secure  the  options  she  undertook 
to  visit  the  owners  of  the  land  for  about 
one-third  of  the  entire  distance.  It  took 
tin“e  a” d  Perseverance.  She  succeeded 
and  held  to  the  options.  Then  she  did 
another  remarkable  thing:  She  an­
nounced  that  she  did  not  care  to  go  any 
further  with  the  road,  but  if  any  ca 
ipi-
talists  wanted  to  syndicate  and  buy 
her
out,  they  might  do  so.  She  named  nCr 
her
pnee,  and  got  it  What that  price is none 
ot  her friends  claim  to  know,  although 
it 
is  said  that  she  mentioned  the  fact 
one  day  that  she  had  not  made  quite  as
done 
° Ut  ° f  !t  aS  She  ouShr  to  have
Since  she  sold  out  the  road,  which 
was  not  so  very 
long  ago,  she  has  at­
tended  to  her  bell  foundry.  She  still 
owns  the  coal  mines  at  the  end  of  the 
proposed  road,  besides  her  real  estate 
interests  in  Collinsville

* Redemeyer-Hollister  Commission  Co.,

ST.  LOUIS,  MISSOURI,

General  Commission  Merchants.

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Hanselman’s  Fine  Chocolates

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

Hanselman  Candy  Co.

Kalamazoo, Mich.

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Commercial Travelers

Michigan  Knight«  of the Grip

President,  Chas.  L.  Stevens,  Ypsilanti;  Sec­
retary,  J. C.  Saunders,  Lansing;  Treasurer, 
O.  C.  Gould, Saginaw.

President,  James  E.  Day,  Detroit;  Secretary 

Michigan  Commercial  Trarelen’  Association 
and Treasurer,  C.  W.  Allen, Detroit.
United  Commercial  Travelers  of Michigan 

Grand  Counselor,  Jno.  A.  Murray,  Detroit; 
Grand  Secretary,  G.  8.  Valmore,  Detroit: 
Grand Treasurer, W.  S.  Mest, Jackson.

Grand  Rapid«  Council  No.  131

Senior  Counselor,  1).  E.  Keyes;  Secretary- 

Treasurer, L. F. Baker.

Michigan  Commercial  Trarelen’  Mutual  Accident  Association 
President, J.  Boyd  Pantlind,  Grand  Rapids; 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Geo.  F.  Owen, 
Grand Rapids.

PA L M E R   FO R  PRESID EN T.

N om ination  o f  th e   V eteran  St.  Jo h n s 

T raveler.

In  selecting  officers  for  the  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip,  we  can  not  be  too 
careful.  Especially  is  it  necessary  that 
we  make  no  mistake 
in  the  office  of 
President.  We  are  fortunate  that  in  our 
Association  we 
have  hundreds  of 
capable  men  who  would  lend  dignity  to 
the  position.

While  talking  with  a  few  influential 
members  the  other  day,  in  regard  to 
who  would  make  a  good  President  and 
who  was  really  entitled  to  that  high 
honor,  a  gentleman’s  name  was  men­
tioned,  and  I  am  sure  he  will  receive 
the  endorsement  of  every  member  of  the

Knights  of  the  Grip  who 
is  personally 
acquainted  with  him.  He  is  not  seek­
ing  the  position  and,  should  he  be 
elected, 
it  will  be  that  the  position  has 
sought  the  man.

For the  office  of  President  we  require 
a  man  who  is  a  clean  man,  of  executive 
ability,  who  will  command  the  respect 
of  the  entire  membership—one  who  is 
cool-headed  and  whose  integrity  is  un­
questioned.  The  gentleman  in  question 
is  a  man  with  all  the  above  qualifica­
tions.  He  has  served  a  great  many 
years  on the  road,  representing  only  one 
firm  in  all  the  years  that he has traveled. 
He  has  served  very  faithfully  for  four 
years  on  the  Board  of  Directors  and  has 
been  very  diligent 
in  working  for  the 
best  interests  of  the  Association.  Hav­
ing  thus  served  on  the  Board,  he is  fully 
aware  of  the  requirements  of  the  posi­
tion.  He  has  hosts  of  friends  among 
the  boys  on  the  road  and  not  one  can 
point  to  an  act  unbecoming  a  gentle­
man.  He  is  very  modest,  having  never 
asked  for any  position  in  the  Associa­
tion.  He  has  always  considered  the  in­
terests of  the  Association above  his  own.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

1 7

Brother  travelers,  when we assemble in 
convention,  Dec.  26  and  27,  let  us  do 
honor  to  our  esteemed  brother  by  mak­
ing  him  our  President  for  the  ensuing 
year,  as  a  reward  of  merit  for  his  effi­
cient  service 
in  our  Association.  Our 
brother,  B.  D.  Palmer,  of  St.  Johns,  has 
no  post  to  endorse  his  candidacy,  but  I 
fully  believe  when  his  name 
is  men­
tioned  in  the  convention  he  will  receive 
the  unanimous  endorsement  of  the  en­
tire  State  organization,  and  we  could 
not  make  a  better  choice.

Knight  of  the  Grip.

G ripsack  B rigade.

John  A.  Keith,  who  has  been  con­
nected  with  the  Worden  Grocer  Co.  in 
a  clerical  capacity 
for  the  past  two 
years,  has  been  assigned  to  road  duty, 
taking  a  portion  of  the  territory  former­
ly  covered  by  M.  M.  Mallary.

Menominee  Herald:  Frank  G.  Hor­
ton,  the  bustling  traveling  salesman  of 
Escanaba,  is 
in  the  city.  Mr.  Horton 
has  secured  a  position  as  salesman  for 
the  Steele-Wedeles  Co.,  wholesale  gro­
cers  of  Chicago,  at  a  good  salary.  Mr. 
Horton  is  one  of  the  best  salesmen 
in 
the  Northwest  and  his  many  friends  in 
this  city  are  gratified  at  his  success.

L ’Anse 

correspondence  Marquette 
Journal:  Will  R.  Smith,  the  general 
salesman  for  Hibbard,  Spencer  &  Bart­
lett,  of  Chicago,  made  his  farewell  call 
on  patrons  here  this  week.  Mr.  Smith 
will  be  one  of  the  firm  of  the  Oliver 
Hardware  Co.,  of  Escanaba,  after  Janu­
ary  1.  His  many  friends  in  this  terri­
tory  wish  him  success  in  his  new  ven­
ture.

Owing  to  the  retirement  from  trade  of 
the  Frank  B.  Taylor  Co.,  of  Jackson, 
J.  B.  Heydlauff,  who  has  represented 
that  house 
in  Michigan  for  the  past 
twelve  years,  has  secured a position  with 
Burley  &  Tyrrell,  of  Chicago.  Mr. 
Heydlauff  is  fortunate  in  obtaining  the 
line  of  so  reputable  a  house  and  both 
parties  are  to  be  congratulated  on  the 
arrangement.

Wm.  H.  Canfield,  who  is  in  charge  of 
Spring  &  Company’s  silk  department, 
terminates  his  relations  with  that  house 
Dec.  31  to  accept  a  more 
lucrative  po­
sition  as  traveling  representative 
for 
Strong,  Lee  &  Co.,  of  Detroit.  Mr. 
Canfield  was  formerly  identified  with  a 
leading  dry  goods  establishment in Port­
land,  since  which  time  he  has  been con­
nected  with  Corl,  Knott  &  Co.  as  house 
salesman  and  the  Singer  Hook  &  Eye 
Co.  as  traveling  representative.  His 
varied  experience 
the  different 
branches  of  the  dry  goods  trade  has  en­
abled  him  to  acquire  a  knowledge of  de­
tails  which  will  serve  him  to  good  ad­
vantage  in  his  new  position.

in 

The  Michsgan  Commercial  Travelers’ 
Association  has  suffered  a  heavy  death 
loss  this  year,  ten members  having  gone 
beyond,  as  follows:  Geo.  E.  Stevenson, 
S.  L.  Champlain,  R.  Arthur  Stone, 
Chas.  Warshauer,  G.  D.  Russell,  Ed. 
Burk,  Geo.  R.  Mayhew,  Carl  Rudow, 
Chas.  A.  Uhl  and  A.  L.  Braisted.  This 
is  the  heaviest  death  loss  sustained  by 
the  organization  since  the  severe  grip 
epidemic  prevailed  several  years  ago, 
at  which  time  there  were  eleven  deaths. 
On  account  of  the  large  number  of death 
claims  having  to  be  met,  the  reserve 
fund  of  the Association  has  been  drawn 
on  to  the  amount  of  $5,000,  which  still 
leaves  a  balance  of  $12,000  on  hand. 
The  total  membership  of the Association 
is  now  520  members.  A   peculiarity  of 
the  situation  this  year  is  that  four  mem­
bers  died  in  January,  while  there  have 
been  no  deaths  since  August.  The  or­
ganization  is  in  excellent  shape,  finan­
cially  and  otherwise.

FOURTH  IN   T H E   FIE L D .

sought 

emphatically 

A.  W. S titt a  C andidate for State Secretary.
We  present  with  pleasure  the  candi­
dacy  of  A.  W.  Stitt,  of  Post  B,  Jackson, 
for  the  office  of  Secretary  oFthe  M ichi­
gan  Knights  of  the  Grip.  This 
is  one 
of  the  rare  cases  where  the  office  has 
most 
the  man 
rather  than  the  man  seeking  the  office, 
as  Mr.  Stitt  consented  to  make  the  race 
only  after  being  not  only  importuned  by 
members  of  his  own  Post,  but  also  re­
flattering  and  un­
ceiving 
bounded  assurance 
influential 
members  of  other  posts  that  he  was their 
first  choice.  He  will  go  to  the  annual 
meeting  at  Bay  City  with  the hearty and 
unanimous  endorsement  of  his  Jackson 
brothers,  and,  if  elected,  his  cool,steady

the  most 

from 

ence  to  the  fact  of  his  hailing  from" De­
troit,  as  they  recognize  his  fitness  for 
the  place  and  that  his  work  and  zeal 
fpr  the  organization  in  a  measure entitle 
him  to  it,  if  by  an open,  straightforward 
canvass  he  can  obtain  it.

The  other  candidates— good  men,  no 
doubt— can  rest  assured  that  John  W. 
Schram’s  campaign  will  be  clean  and 
free  from  the  criticism  of  his  competi­
tors,  and 
let  the  outcome  be  what  it 
may,  he  will  be  a  true  and  loyal  Knight 
of  the  Grip  still—no  sore  spots;  no  dec­
larations  that  he  will  leave  the organiza­
tion ;  all  assessments  will  be  paid  as 
promptly  and  cheerfully  as  ever; 
in 
short,  he  will  be  a true and  loyal  Knight.

Member.

I '»111 iimmicIm  H is  ('m illiiliu y  as  Secretary.
_  Detroit,  Dec. 
following 
signed  request  has  been  sent  to  John  W. 
Schram,  Detroit's  candidate  for  Secre­
tary  of  the  Michigan  Knights  of  the 
Grip:

18— The 

We,  the  undersigned  members  of  the 
Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip,  recog­
nize  your great  interest  in,  and  earnest 
work  for,  the  Michigan  Knights  of  the 
Grip  for several  years  past  and,  believ­
ing  the  time  has  arrived  when  a  sub­
stantial  recognition  by  the  membership 
at  large  will be  freely  made,  do  unite  in 
urgently  requesting  you  to  permit  your 
name  to  be  presented  for  the  office  of 
State  Secretary  at  the  forthcoming  an­
nual  meeting  and  do  pledge  you  our 
hearty  support.  •

G.  S.  Valmore,  E.  R.  Hill,  Ed. 
Schaffer,  E.  C.  Stone,  C.  F.  Greenizan, 
R.  A.  Hall,  Chas.  W.  Allen,  J.  L. 
Frankenstein,  C.  F.  Warren,  F.  J.  Mor- 
itier,  E.  A.  Marks,  Wm.  H.  Smith,  W. 
H.  Baier,  W.  E.  Rosengarten,  H.  Y. 
Kenyon,  A.  M.  Watson,  L.  D.  Hub­
bard,  John  E.  Hull,  J.  F.  Dickey.

brain  and  tireless  activity  will  be  a 
strong  factor  in  keeping  the  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip  in  their  old-time 
honorable  place.

Mr.  Stitt  is  so  well  known  among  the 
fraternity  and,  in 
fact,  throughout  the 
State,  as  the genial  advance  agent  of  the 
soap  “ that  made  Jackson  famous’ ’  that 
a  word 
in  this  case  to  the  wise  will  be 
slifficient.  Loyal  to  his  employers,  to 
his  family,  to  his  fraternity,  and,  better 
than  all,  to  himself— in  the  higher  and 
better  sense— he  is  a  safe  man  to  entrust 
with  the  helm.  Forty-one  years  of  life’s 
rough  and  tumble  have  not  soured  his 
disposition,  nor  dimmed  any  of  his  fac­
ulties,  but  have  educated  him  to  meet 
circumstances  and  conditions with a will 
to  surmount  and  succeed.  We  predict 
for  him,  if  elected,  an  honorable  career 
in  the  office,  and  a  finish  of  which  his 
friends  will  be  proud. 

F.  L.  Day.

A pproves  th e   Cam iidiwy  o f  Mr.  Hehram.
Detroit,  Dec.  19— Detroit  members  of 
the  Knights  of  the  Grip  are  greatly 
pleased  that  the  candidacy  of  John  W. 
Schram  for'  State  Secretary  is  meeting 
with  so  much  favor  all  over  the  State.

That  Mr.  Schram 

is  one  of  the  most 
enthusiastic  Knights  of  the  Grip  goes 
without  saying  with  all  who  know  him. 
We  confidently  believe  that  at  the  an­
nual  meeting  nothing  better  could  be 
done  to  re-awaken  an  interest  in  the  or­
ganization  in  this  part  of  the  State  than 
his  election  to  the  office  he seeks.  There 
is  no  question  as  to  his ability,  integrity 
and  push. 
The  writer  has  seen  a 
numerously  signed  petition  requesting 
“ Honest  John”   to  stand  as  a  candidate 
for  the  office.  This petition  was  started 
and  the  signatures  obtained without  Mr. 
Schram’s  knowledge  and  before  the  an­
nouncement in  the Tradesman  of  his  be­
ing  a  candidate. 
It  was  the  intention 
to  send  it  to  the  Tradesman  for  publica­
tion,  but  your  announcement  came  one 
week  too  soon  for  that.  Post  C  is  prac­
tically  unanimous 
in  supporting  Mr. 
Schram  for  the  position,  without  refer­

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Drugs=°Chem  icals

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

State  P h arm aceu tical  A ssociation 

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

H IS  CHRISTM AS  PRESENTS.

T he  Story  th e   D ruggist  Told  One  C h rist­

Written for the Tradesman.

m as  Eve.

for 

The  druggist  cast  aside  the  evening 
paper  with  a  gesture  of  impatience  and 
hitched  his chair nearer to  the  glowing 
heater, 
it  was  the  night  before 
Christmas  and  the  snow  was deep  in  the 
streets  outside  and  the  wind  blew  fierce­
ly,  with  much  clamor at  swinging  signs 
and  windows  and  doors.
•  Nothing  but  Christmas  in  the papers 
to-night,”   he  said,  with  a  sullen  look 
on  his  face. 
” 1  haven’t  a  particle  of 
patience  with  such  tommy-rot.  You are 
not  going,  are  you?”

I  didn’t 

“ One  Christmas  eve  when  I  was alone 
in  the  store  a  young  woman  came in and 
asked  for  morphine  enough  to  kill  a 
man  twice  over. 
like  to  let 
her have  it,  but  she  told  me  a  plausible 
story  about  a  morphine-eating  father 
and  a  sick  mother  who  wouldn’t  get  any 
rest  that  night  unless  the  morphine  was 
forthcoming,  and  she  was  pretty,  and  I 
knew  that  she’d  get  it  somewhere else  if 
I  didn’t  sell  it  to  her,  and  so  1  sold 
it.
“ Well,  as  she  received  the  package, 
it  to  the  bosom  of  her  faded 
clutching 
two  slim  and  trembling 
dress  with 
hands,  a  complete  change  came  to  her 
hitherto  coaxing  face. 
I  can’t  now  de­
scribe  her  as  she  stood  there  before  me 
looking  like  a  tigress,  but  I  can perhaps 
explain  to  you  the  impression  her  face 
made  upon  me.  The  girl  was  young, 
certainly  not  older  than  seventeen,  but 
with  that 
look  on  her  face  she  seemed 
to  me  to  be  a  person  who  had  been 
frightened  and  hunted  and  tortured  in 
many  ways  to  the  very verge of insanity.
“ There  seemed  to  lurk  in  her eyes  a 
set  purpose,  a  resolve  which  comes  to 
the  hopeless  when  the  utmost  limit  of 
human  endurance  has  been  reached. 
Yes,  sir,  it  seemed  to  me  that  suicide 
was  written 
in  every  line  of  her white 
face,  in  the  nervous  motion  of  the  slim 
hands  holding on  to  the  precious  parcel, 
in  the  depths  of  her  frightened  eyes.

No,  I  was  not  going,  merely  seeking 
a  cozier  place  by  the  fire  and  a  fresh 
cigar  from my  “ g r ip ,”   for  I  was  a good 
hundred  miles  from  home,and  I  dreaded 
the  cold  room  at  the  hotel,  with  its  bed 
like  a  cold  bath,  and  the  youngsters 
with  their tin  horns  sent  nervous  chills 
down  my  back  as  they paraded the pave­
1  wonder  why  noise  always 
ments. 
forms  the  principal 
ingredient  of  all 
juvenile  celebrations.

“ It  is the  correct  thing,’ ’  I  said,  “ to 
bow  down  before  Christmas,  make  and 
receive  presents, 
tom-and- 
jerry,  go  broke  and  have  a  monkey-and- 
parrot time  generally. 
‘ Are  you  fit?’  as 
Mulvaney  would  say?”

cultivate 

I  am  not  ‘ fit, ’  ”   was  the  reply. 

' ‘ 1 
haven’t  given  or  received  a  Christmas 
present  as  a  present— if  I  except cigars 
and  such  like  from my masculine friends 
— for  twenty  years,  and  I’m  none  the 
worse  for  my  total  abstinence  in  this  re­
gard. 
I  give  Christmas  gifts  to  those 
who  need  them  and  not to  those  who can 
return  the  favor. ’ ’

My  friend  mused  a  moment,  with  his 
eyes  fixed  on  the  fire,  and  I  sat  there 
waiting  for  the  story  that  I  knew  was 
sure  to  come.

“  Have  1  ever  told  you  about  that 
Christmas  twenty  years  ago?”   he  finally 
asked. 
“ No?  Well,  it  was  a  corker!  1 
don’t  want  any  more  like  it,  I  can  tell 
you.  Look  here,  and  here.”

He  pointed  to  a  long  scar  stretching 
inside  of  all  four  fingers  of 
across  the 
his  right  hand  and  to  one  of  a  similar 
character  on  his  throat  as  he  spoke.
Brutal heart and desperate hand to be­
stow  such  Christmas  gifts, ”   I suggested. 
“ You  are  wrong,”   was  the  reply.
In  those  days  I  was  a  sentimental 
young  clerk,  learning  the  drug  business 
in  this  very  store  and  sleeping,  like 
Oliver  Twist,  under the  counter 
in  the 
back  room.  Wow ! but  it  used  to  be  dark 
and  cold  in  there  and  the  air was  full  of 
varnish  and  oil  and  glorified  in  a  thous­
and  mixed  perfumes  from  the  drugs
Q nrl  «-Vi 
"
and  things  handled  and  stored  there. 
1 
can  smell  the  disreputable  place  now, 
although  the  building  was  remodeled  a 
dozen  years  ago.

11 _ J 

L 

1 

. 

. 

“ Of  course,this  expression  of  desper­
ation  did  not  long  remain  on  the  hand­
some  face  of  my  customer,  but  quite 
long  enough  to  give  me  a  good  scare,  I 
can  tell  you. 
1  understood  that  the  girl 
meant  to  kill  herself  with  the poison  she 
had  just  bought  of  me,  the  poison  which 
I  should  not  have  sold  her.  The  pack­
age  had our  label  on  it  and  the  purchase 
of  the  drug  would  be  traced  to  our  store 
I  never  was  more  scared  in 
my 
life,  for  druggists  detest  the  noto­
riety  that  comes  with  improperly  used 
medicines,  and  besides,  I  did  not  know 
but  I  had  violated  the  law  in  making 
the  sale.

-to  me. 

“ My  first  thought  was  to  take  the 
poison  from  her  by  force,  but  a  little re­
flection  convinced  me that  such  a  course 
would  create  a  scene  in  the  store  and 
probably  prove  barren of  desired results, 
or some  misguided  man  would  probably 
rush  to  her  rescue  and  escort  her  brave­
ly  away,  poison  and  all.  Then  I thought 
of the  police.  Why  not  follow  her  when 
-she  took  her  departure  and  state my case 
to  the  first  policeman  we  met?  This 
method  of  procedure  would  at 
least  re­
lieve  me  of all  responsibility and  was  at 
once  decided  upon.

“ I  think  she  must  have  seen  some­
thing 
in  my  manner  that  she  did  not 
like, for all  I  know  she  read  my  thoughts 
like  a  printed  page,  for  presently  she 
bolted  for the  door  like  a  steam  engine.
I  grabbed  my  hat  and  lost  no  time  in 
following  her,  but  by  the  time  I  had 
locked  the  store  door  she  was  some  dis­
tance  down  the  street.  '  It  was  a  cold 
night  and  the  Christmas  shoppers  had 
nearly  all  gone  home,  so  we  met  few 
people  as  we  rushed  along  like  a  couple 
of 
insane  persons.  Of  course,  we  did 
not  meet  a  policeman.  Who  ever  does 
when  one  is  wanted?

She  Fan  and  walked  alternately, 
She
turned  down  narrow  alleys  and
doubled  on  her track  until  I  thought  I 
should  have  to  give  up  the  chase  and 
If  1  had 
leave  her  to  her  destruction. 
been  older  and  not  so  fearful  of  a  pretty 
girl,  I  should  have  explained  the  situa­
tion  of  affairs  to  her,  invited  her  to 
commit  suicide  at  some  other  fellow’s 
risk,  escorted  her to  the  nearest  station 
house  and  gone  home  abput  my  busi-

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

j ness;  but I  was  young  and  not  hardened 
jto  the  world,  and  so  I 
followed  her 
j through  the  streets,  shivering  without 
my  overcoat  and  pretending  that  I  was 
not  following  her  at  all.  At  last,  seem 
ingly  worn  out  and  half  frozen,  she 
darted 
into  a  narrow  stairway  in  a  side 
street,  not  far  from  the  river,  and  disap­
peared  from  my  sight.

“ I  stopped  and  looked at  the  building 
a  moment  before  entering  and  was  not 
wholly  pleased  with  its  general  appear­
ance.  It  looked  old  and  dilapidated  and 
I  remembered  that 
it  had  a  very  bad 
reputation.  Murders  had  been  com­
mitted  there,  rumor  had  it,  and-the pres­
ent  occupants  of  the  place  were  general­
ly  well  known 
in  police  circles.  A 
more  prudent  youth  would  have  thought 
■ twice  before  venturing  into  such  a  place 
at  12  o ’clock  at  night.

But 

in  T  rushed,  of  course,  filled 
with  the  superficial  bravery  of  what  1 
deemed  a  noble  cause  and  ignoring  all 
the  common  sense  suggestions  which 
came  to  me.  Wasn  t  I  going  to  rescue  a 
young  and  beautiful  girl  from  death? 
And  wasn’t  I  by  doing  so  about  to  pro­
tect  both  my  employer  and  myself? 
Well,  you  know  what  a  lot  of  rot  wil 
get  into  a  young  head  on  certain  occa 
sions.

_ Halfway  up 

the  narrow  wooden 
stairs,  which  were  broken  and  loaded 
with  snow  and  sweepings,  I  heard  a 
piteous  c r y   and  up  1  went  faster than 
ever.  Oh,  of  course,  I  was  the  cham­
pion  fool  of  the  year,  but  you  see  I  was 
scared  at  what  1  had  done,  and  a  little 
spice  of  adventure  seemed  not  so  bad  to 
a  hot-headed  young  fellow  who  had seen 
very  little  of  the  world.  At  the  present 
time  I  would  make  my  way  out  of  such 
a  place  with  more  speed  than  dignity,  I 
can  tell  you.

When  I  got  to  the  top  of  the  stairs  I 
found  a  door  open  and  the  light  of a 
smoky  lamp  streaming  out  into  the  hall­
way. 
It  was  a  miserable,  poverty- 
stricken  room,  the  room  where  the  lamp 
was  standing,  and  there  was  no  one  in 
it. 
I  don’t  know  why  I  didn’t  go  afte. 
a  policeman  even  then,  or  go  home  and 
take  my  chances  on  the  stuff  1  had  sold 
being  used for suicidal purposes.  I guess 
I  didn’t  think  of  either  expedient. 
I 
was  there  to  find  that  girl  and  get  the 
poison  away  from  her,  or  at  least  warn 
those  interested  in  her of  her  desperate 
intentions,  and  into  the room I bounded.
There were no signs there of a maiden 
in  distress.  There  were  two  doors  open­
ing  from  the  room,  and 
from  one  of 
them,  which  was  slightly  ajar,  came  the 
low  murmur  of  a  woman’s  voice.  She 
was  praying,  I  think,  although  the words 
were  blurred  with  sobs  and piteous  cries 
for  strength.

framed 

“ My  approach  must  have  been  heard 
beyond  the  door,  for  in  a  moment  it was 
thrown  open  and  an  old,  old  woman 
stood 
She 
was  thinly  clad,  although  it  was  a  bitter 
night,  and  there  was  no  indication  of 
fire  anywhere  about  the  place,  and  her 
wrinkled  face  was  white  and  drawn 
from  excitement  or  grief.

casing. 

the 

in 

“   ‘ If  you  are  the  doctor,’  she  said,

* you  have  come  to  late. ’

She  led  me  to  the  door and  pointed 
to a  distant  comer of  the  room. 
I  hope 
to  God  I  may  never  see  the  like  of  what 
I  then  saw  dimly  in  the  twilight  of  that 
wretched  place.  The  girl  I  had  followed 
from  the  store  lay  there  dead,  her  throat 
cut  from  ear  to  ear. 
It  was  a  horrible 
sight,  with  the  blood  running  over  the 
carpetless  floor  in  little  streams.  Even 
the  hand  and  arm  of  the  woman  which 
pointed  the  way  to  the dismal sight were

dripping  with  blood,  probably  from 
some  endearing  contact  with  the  dead 
body. 
‘ Time  and  again  she  brought 
poison  here, ’  faltered  the  old  woman, 
when  she  should  have  bought  bread 
with  the  money,  and  time  and  again  I 
took  it  from  her,  not  with  violence,  but 
with  tender  words  and  loving  touches, 
for  she  was  my  child  and  I  loved  her.  I 
never  knew  until  now  about  the  knife 
she  had  hidden.  God  help  me.  She 
was  all  I  had.

See, ’  continued  the  old  woman 

in 
a  moment,  opening  the  door  to  a  small 
but  fairly  comfortably  furnished  room, 
this  is  the  place  I  fixed  for  her. 
1  am 
old  and  feeble,  but  I  earned  it  all  with 
these  tired  hands 
that  she  might  be 
happy  in  her new  home.  And  she  came 
here  but  a  month  ago  fresh  and  bloom­
ing  from  the  country  where  she  had 
'ived 
for  years,  and  now—   And  the 
God  men  talk  of  looked  down  and  knew 
how  it  would  be,  knew  all  the  useless­
ness  of the  task  I  had  set  myself  to  ac­
complish !’

I  tried  to  speak  some  words  of  com­
fort,  but  what  could  I  say?  How  could 
words  bring  cheer to  that wretched home 
of  death  and  want?

“ The  woman  threw  herself 

into  a 
chair,  covered  her  face  with  her hands 
and  swayed  to  and  fro  in  the  intensity 
of  her grief.

in 

innocent 

Christmas  eve, ’ she muttered.  * See 
what  it has  brought  to  me.  What did  the 
Master  say  of  the  poor  and  the  feeble 
and  the  old? 
I  have  begged  on  my 
this  city  of  charity  and 
knees 
is  the  result.  Ah, 
churches,  and  this 
but  organized  charity 
is  cold.  Look 
about  you.  Must  we  all  come  to  this 
when  we  are  no  longer strong  and  must 
other 
lives  go  out  like  that? 
She  was  willing  to  work,  but  she  did 
not  understand  the  ways  of  the  town. 
Oh,  the  tired  feet.  They  will  walk  the 
streets  no  more 
in  quest  of  food.  My 
poor  sparrow  has  fallen.  I  presume  God 
knows.  Oh,  you  mustn’t  tell  me  that 
this  is  the end.  He  will  let  her try again 
where  hearts  are  not  so  selfish  and  so 
cruel. 
I  starved  that  she  might  have 
food,  and  it  has  come  to  this.  A  city 
of  churches  and  charity,  but  the  fangs 
of  the  wolf  shine  through  the  mantle  of 
benevolence.  Did  you hear that?  It  must 
be  her footstep  on  the  stairs.  Perhaps 
she  has  had  better  fortune  to-day.  Wait 
until  she  comes  in.  You  will  like  her 
bright  face,  although  it  is  not  so  bright 
as  it  used  to  be.  That  is  not  Lucy  lying 
there.  Come  in,  child. 
It  is  cold  out 
there.’  ”

With  a  motion  that  was  too  quick 
for  me  in  my  dazed  condition  of  mind, 
the  woman  sprang  forward  and  seized 
the  knife  with  which  the  girl  had  taken 
her  life.  Before  I  could  take  it  from 
her  I  received  the  wounds  the  scar  of 
which  I  showed  you  a  moment  ago.”  

“ Insane?”   I  asked.
‘ Driven  mad  by  want  and  grief,”  
was  the  reply. 
“ I  did  what  I  could  to 
secure  a  decent  burial  for the'dead  girl 
and  saw  the  mother 
in  an 
asylum,  but  the  help  came  too  late. 
When  Christmas  comes  my  scars  tell  me 
where  to  place  my  presents.  Do  you 
wonder  at  it?”

located 

“ I  don’t  wonder,”   I  said,  “ but  I  do 
Indis­

not  like  your story  for  all  that. 
criminate  charity  is— ”
.  Not  right,”   broke 

in  the  druggist, 
with  a  smile. 
“ Yes,  that  is  what  the 
paid  directors  and  secretaries  proclaim 
day  in  and  day  out,  but  I  don’t  know.
I  would  help  a  dozen  undeserving  ones 
rather  than  that  one  poor  child  or one 
feeble  old  woman  should  remain  unpro­
I  agree  with  the  mother that 
vided  for. 
organized  charity  is  cold.  Come, 
is 
getting  late.”

it 

And  for the  life  of  me  I  could  not  say 
whether  I  agreed  with  him  and  the 
moral  of  his  story  or  not.

Alfred  B.  Tozer.

A dvanced— 
D eclined—

Acid uni

■4/i 

18
12
18
30
20
12
12
14
15

12@ 
14
8
6@ 
20@  25

6® 
8 
13®  15
12®  14

55@  60
@ 200
40@  45
40@,  45

24@ 25
28@ 30
H@ 12
13@ 14
14® Id
16@ 17

Aceticum  ................ $  6@$  8
Benzoicuni, German.  70®  75
Boracic.....................  
@  16
32®  35
Carbolicum..............  
Citricum.................... 
43®  46
5
3® 
Hydrochlor.............  
8® 
Nitrocum.................. 
10
Oxalicum.................. 
12® 
14
@  15
Phosphorium,  d il... 
Salicylicum.............  
50®  60
Sulphuricum............  1%@ 
5
Tannicum................. 
90®  1  00
Tartartcum .............  
38®  40
A m m onia
Aqua, 16 deg.............
Aqua, 20 deg.............
Carbonas..................
Chloridum................
A niline
2 00® 2  25 
Black.........................
80®  1  00 
Brown.......................
45®  50
Ited............................
Yellow.......................  2  50® 3 00
Dacca)
Cubebae........... po, 15 
Juniperus.................  
Xauthoxylum.......... 
Balaam  um
Copaiba.................... 
Peru  ......................... 
Terabin,  Canada__  
Tolutan.....................  
Cortex
Abies, Canadian......  
Cassiie.......................  
Cinchona  Klava....... 
Euonymus atropurp. 
Myrica Cerlfera, po. 
Primus Virglni........  
Qulllala, gr’d ............ 
Sassafras  ...... po. 18 
Ulmus...po.  15, gr’d 
E x tractn m
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra.
Glycyrrhiza,  p o ......
Hæmatox, 15 lb. box
Hæmatox,  is ...........
Hæmatox,  Vis..........
Hæmatox,  %s..........
F e rro
Carbonate  Precip...
Citrate and  Quinia..
Citrate  Soluble........
Ferrocyanidum Sol..
Solut. Chloride........
Sulphate,  com’l.......
Sulphate,  conrl,  by
bbl, per  cwt..........
Sulphate,  pure........
F lo ra
Arnica......................
Ml 
Anthémis..................
.  p t  Matricaria................
F o lia
Barosma.................
Cassia Acutifol,  Tin-
nevelly........ ........
Cassia, Acutifol, Alx.
Salvia officinalis,  14s
and V4s..................  
Uva Ursi.................... 
G um  ml
@
Acacia, 1st picked... 
@
Acacia, 2d  picked... 
@
Acacia, 3d  picked... 
@
Acacia, sifted  sorts. 
Acacia, po................. 
45@
12@
Aloe, Barb. po.l8@20 
Aloe, Cape__ po. 15.
Aloe,  Socotri.. po. 40
@55@
Ammoniac................
Assafoetida__ po. 30
28@
Benzoiuum............... 
50 3)  55
@ 
Catechu, is ............... 
13
Catechu, V4s.............  
@ 
14
Catechu, ü s .............  
@ 
16
Camphorm............... 
55®  60
Euphorbium... po. 35  @ 4 0
Galbanum................. 
@ 100
Gamboge..............po  65®  70
Guaiacum........po. 25 
@ 3 0
@  1  25
Kino........... po. $1.25 
Mastic  .....................  
@  60
@ 4 0
Myrrh............. po. 45 
Opii__ po. 4.50©4.80 3 35® 3  40
Shellac.....................  
25®  35
Shellac, bleached.... 
40®  45
Tragacanth..............  
50@  80
H erb a

38@  40
20@
25@
i2@
8@

i|S  
W 
' I f  
i*  
fl 

15
2  25
75
40
15
2
80
7

14® 16
22@ 25
30@ 35

jA 

Absinthium. .oz. pkg 
Eupatorium..oz. pkg 
lo b elia........oz. pkg 
Majorum__ oz. pkg 
Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 
Mentha Vir..oz, pkg 
Rue............... oz. pkg 
Tanacetum V oz. pkg 
Thymus, V .. .oz. pkg 
M agnesia
Calcined, P a t...........  
Carbonate, P at........ 
Carbonate, K. & M.. 
Carbonate, Jennings 

O leum

25
20
25
28
23
25
39
22
25

55@  60
18@  20
18®   20
18®  20 

Absinthium.............   6 50@ 6 75
Amygdalae,  Dulc__  
30®  50
Amygdalae,  Amarae.  8 00® 8  25
A nisi.........................  1 
Aurantl Cortex........   2  40® 2 50
Bergamii....................2 
Cajiputi....................  80®  85
CaryophyUi..............  
75®  85
C edar.......................  
35©  45
Chenopadii............... 
@ 275
Cinnamonii.............   1  25® 1  35
Citronella.................  35®   40

85® 2 00
80® 2 90

Conium Mac............
35®  40
Copaiba..................
1  15®  1  25 
Cubebae..................
90®  1  00
Exechthitos......
1  00®  1  10 
Erlgeron.................
1  00®  1  10
Gaultherla.............
2  10®  2 60
Geranium, ounce...
®  75
Gossippii, Sem. gal.
50®  60
Hedeoma................
1  70®  1  75 
Junipera.................
1  50® 2 00 
Lavendula  .............
90® 2 00 
Limonis..................
1  35®  1  45 
Mentha  Piper........
1  25® 2 00 
Mentha V end........
1  50®  1  GO
Morrhme,  gal.
1  15®  1  25 
Myrcia ...  ..........
4 00® 4  50
Olive........................
75® 3 00 
Picis Liquida..........
10@  
12 
Picis Liuuida,  gal...
®  35
Ricina.......................
96®  1  05 
Kosmarini................
@  1  00 
Ros*.ounce.............
6  50® 8 50 
Succini.....................
40®  45
Sabina  .....................
'  90®  1  00
Mantal.......................
2 50® 7 00
Sassafras..................
50®  55
Sinapis,  ess., ounce.
®  65
Tiglii........................
1  50®  1  60 
Thyme.......................
40®  50
Thyme, opt...............
1  60 
20
Theobrom as...........  
15^®
Potassium
Bl-Carb.....................  
18
15® 
13® 
Bichromate.............  
15
52®  57
Bromide  .................. 
12@  15
......................... 
Chlorate... po. 17 ■> 19  16® 
18
Cyanide................... 
35®  40
................   2 40® 2  50
Iodide. 
1 otassa. Bitart, pure  28®  30
Potassa, Bitart. com.  @ 
15
Potass Nitras, opt... 
10
7© 
Potass  Nitras.......... 
8
6® 
Prussiate..................  23@  26
Sulphate  po.............  
15® 
is

20®  25
22@
10®
@
20®
12®
16®
®
■
12®
_
is®

R adix
Aconitum.............  
Althae.......................  
A uchusa.................. 
Arum  po
Calamus....................
Gentiana........po. 15
Glychrrhiza.. .¡iv.  15 
Hydrastis  Canaden.
Hydrastis Can., po..
Hellebore, Alba, po. 
Inula,  po.................. 
Ipecac, po................   4  25® 4 35
Iris  plox...po.35@38  35®  40
Jalapa, p r............. 25®  30
®  35
Maranta.  Vis...........  
Podophyllum,  p o ...  22®  25
Khei..........................  
75®  1  00
@  1  25
Bhel,  cu t.................. 
75®  135
Khel.pv.................... 
Spigelia.................... 
35®  38
Sanguinaria.. .|io.  15  @ 
18
Serpentaria.............   40®  45
Senega.....................  
60®  65
®  40
Smilax, officinalis H. 
Smilax, M................  
®  25
Scillse...............po. 35
10®
Symplocarpus, Foeti-
dus,  po..................
Valeriana.Eng. po. 30 
Valeriana,  German. 
Zingiber a ................  
Zingiber j .................. 

®
_
15®
12®
25®

Semen
Anisum............po.  15 
<a
Apium (graveleons).
13®
Bird, Is.....................
4®
_
Carui.................po.  18 
11®
Cardamon.................  1  25®  1  75
Coriandrum.............. 
8® 
10
Cannabis Sativa.......  4 Vi®  5
Cydonium................  
75@  1  00
Chenopodium.......... 
io@ 
12
Dipterix Odorate....  1  00®  1  10 
Fueniculura
Fuinugreek, po. 
Lini
Lini, grd......bbl. 3V*
Lobelia.....................
Phariaris Canarian..
R apa.........................
Sinapis  Alba...........
Sinapis  Nigra.......... 
Spirit us 

7© 
3 Vi©
4®  4'4 
35®  40
5 
4Vi® 
4Vi@ 
5 
9®  10
li©

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

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage.................   2  50®  2  75
Nassau sheeps’ wool
carriage..................  2 50@ 2  75
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage.......
1  50
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool, carriage.......
1  25
Grass  sheeps'  wool,
carriage................
@  1  00
Hard, for slate use..
@  75
Yellow  R e e f,  for
slate use................
1  40
Syrups
A cacia.....................
Auranti Cortex........
Zingiber....................
Ipecac
Ferri Iod..................
Rhei Arom...............
Smilax  Officinalis...
Senega .....................
Scillæ........................

@50@

Scillæ  Co.................. 
Tolutan..................... 
Primus  virg.............  
Tinetnreg 
Aconitum Napellis R 
Aconitum Napellis F
Aloes ........................
Aloes and M yrrh__
A rnica.....................
Assafoetida...............
Atrope  Belladonna..
Auranti Cortex........
Benzoin....................
Benzoin Co...............
Barosma....................
Cantharides.............
Capsicum.................
Cardamon................
Cardamon Co...........
Castor.......................
Catechu....................
Cinchona.................
Cinchona Co.............
Columba..................
Cubeb;e.....................
Cassia Acutifol........
Cassia Acutifol Co...
Digitalis....................
Ergot.........................
Ferri  Chloridum....
Gentian....................
Gentian Co...............
Guinea.......................
Guiaca ammon........
Hyoscyamus.............
Iodine.....................
Iodine, colorless....
Kino  .........................
Lobelia.....................
M yrrh.......................
Nux Vomica.............
Opii...........................
Opii,  comphorated..
Opii, deodorized......
Q uassia....................
Rhatany....................
Rhei..........................
Sanguinaria............
Serpentaria.............
Stramonium.............
T olutan....................
Valerian  ..................
Veratrum  Veride...
Zingiber....................

M iscellaneous 

Æther, Spts. Nit. 3 F  30® 
Æther, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®
Alum en....................  2H@
3®
A lu men,  gro'd..po. 7 
40®  50
Annatto..................... 
Antimoni, po.  __
4®
Antimoni et Potass T
40®
Antipyrin.................
®
Antifebrln  ...............
®
Argenti Nitras, oz...
®
Arsenicum.............
10®
Balm Gilead  Buds.
38®
Bismuth S. N...........   1  40@  1  50
Calcium Chior.,  is... 
®
@
Calcium Chlor.,  54s.. 
Calcium Chlor.,  Hs..  @
©  75
Cantharides, Rus.po 
@
Capsici Fructus, a t.. 
® 
Capsici  Fructus, po. 
® 
Capsici Fructus B, po 
12®
Caryophyllus. .po. 15 
Carmine, No. 40....... 
@  3 00
50®
Cera  Alba................. 
Cera  Flava............... 
40®
®
Coccus  .....................  
Cassia  Fructus........  
@
Centraria..................  
®
Cetaceum.................. 
@
Chloroform  .............  
50@  53
Chloroform,  squibbs  @  1  10 
Chloral Hyd C rst....  1  65®  1  90
Chondrus.................   20@  25
Ciuchonidine.P. & W  38®  48
Cinchonidine, Germ.  38®  48
Cocaine....................  6 55®  6  76
Corks, list.dis.pr.ct.
Creosotum................  
@
C reta.............bbl. 75 
@
@
Creta, prep............... 
Creta, precip...........  
9®
Creta, Rubra...........  
@
Crocus.....................  
is®
@
Cudbear.................... 
Cupri  Sulph.............   6V4©
D extrine..................  
7©
Ether Sulph.............  
75@
Emery, ail numbers. 
©
Emery, po................. 
@
E rg o ta...........po. 90  85®
Flake  W hite...........  
12®
G alla......................... 
@
8®
G am bler..................  
@
Gelatin,  Cooper....... 
Gelatin, French....... 
35®  60
75  &  10
Glassware,  flint, box 
Less than box......  
70
Glue, brow n............ 
n@   13
Glue,  white.............  
is®  28
Glycerina.................. 
16®  24
Grana Paradis)........ 
®  25
26®  55
Humulus.................. 
@  95
Hydrarg  Chlor  Mite 
@  85
Hydrarg  Chlor Cor.. 
® 1  05
Hydrarg  Ox Rub’m. 
@ 1  17
Hydrarg  Ammoniati 
50®  60
HydrargUnguentum 
Hydrargyrum.......... 
@  80
IcnthyoDolla.  Am... 
65@  75
Indigo....................... 
75®  1  00
Iodine,  Resubl........   3 60® 3  70
@ 3 75
Iodoform.................. 
so
Lupulin.....................  
@ 
Lycopodium.............  
60®  65
65®  75
M acis.......................  
Liquor Arsen et  Hy-
@  25
drarg Iod............... 
LiquorPotassArsinlt 
1C®  12
Magnesia,  Snlpb__  
v@ 
3
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl 
@ 1V4
50®  60
Mannia, S.  F ............ 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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®
@

Menthol....................
Morphia, S., P. & W. 
Morphia, S., N. Y. Q.
& C. Co...............  .
Moschus  Canton__
Myrlstica, No. 1......
Nux Vomica...po. 15
Os Sepia....................
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
D  Co.....................
Picis Liq. N.N.Vi gal.
doz........................
Picis Liq., quarts__
Hcis Liq.,  pints.......
Pil Hydrarg. ..po.  80 
Piper  Nigra., .po. 22 
Piper  Alba.. ..po. 35
Piix Burgun.............
Plumb! Acet.............
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 
Pyrethrum, boxes H. 
& P. D. Co., doz...
Pyrethrum,  pv........
Quassiie....................
Quinia, 8. P. &  W... 
Quinta, S.  German..
Quinia, N. Y.............
Rubia Tlnctorum.... 
Saccharum I .actis pv
Salactn.....................
Sanguis  Draconis...
Sapo, W ....................
Sapo M .....................
Sapo  G .....................

@  3 75 
2  20® 2  45
2  10® 
@ 
65®
@  10 
25®  30
@  1  00
@ 
2  00 
■  
1  00 
@ 
85 
@ 
50 
@ 
18 
@ 
30
@ 
10® 
1  30®

1  50
©  75
25® 
8® 
39® 
32® 
32® 
12® 
18® 
3  SO® 
40® 
12® 
10® 
@

14 
20 
3 60 
60
14 
12
15

Seldlltz Mixture......
Sinapis.....................
Sinapis,  opt.............
Snuff, Maccaboy, De
V oes.....................
Snuff,Scotch,De Vo’s
Soda, Boras.............
Soda,  Boras, po.......
Soda et Potass Tart.
Soda,  Carb...............
Soda,  Bi-Carb..........
Soda,  Ash................
Soda, Sulphas..........
Spts. Cologne...........
Spts. Ether  Co........
Spts.  Myrcia Horn... 
Spts. Vmi Rcct.  bbl. 
Spts. Vlnl Rect. Hbbl 
Spts. Vinl Rect. lOgal 
Spts. Vlni Rect. 5 gal 
Strychnia, Crystal...
Sulphur.  Subl..........
Sulphur, Roll...........
Tam arinds...............
Terebenth  Venice...
Theobromap..............
Vanilla.....................
Zinci Sulph.............
Oils

I

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

20®  22 
@  18 
@  30

@  41
9®  11
9®  11
23®  25
1V4@
5
3® 
3V4® 
4
@ 
2 
@ 2 60 
60®  55@ 2 00
@
@
@
1  05®  1  25 
4 
2Vj@ 
2V4®  3V4 
8®  
10 
28®  30
55®  68
9 00@16 00 
7© 
8

19

Linseed, pure raw...  55 
Linseed,  boiled........ 
56 
Neatsfoot, winter str  54 
I Spirits  Turpentine..  56 

58
59
60
62
Paints  BBL.  LB.
Red  Venetian  ........  
lit  2  @8
lit  2  @4 
Ochre, yellow  Mars, 
l£   2  @3 
Ochre, yellow B er... 
Putty,  commercial..  2Vt  2%®3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2V4  21»@3 
Vermilion.  P rim e
American............. 
is® 
15
70®  75
Vermilion. English.. 
Green,  Paris.............  13V4®  17H
Green, Peninsular... 
13® 
15
Lead, red..................  6  @  6V4
I.cad.  white.............   6  @  6M
Whiting, white Span  @  70
Whiting, gilders’__  
@  90
@  1  00 
White, Paris, Amer. 
Whiting. Paris,  Eng.
.c lif f......................... 
@ 140
Universal Prepared.  1  oo@  1  15

V arnishes

No. 1 Turp  Coach . ..  1  10®  1  20
Extra Turp...............  1 60®  1  70
Coach  Body............   2 75®  3 00
No. 1 Turp Furn......   1 00®  1  10
Extra Turk  Damar..  1  66®  1  60 
Jap.Dryer,No.lTurp  70®  75

Drugs

W e  are  Importers  and  Jobbers 
of  Drugs,  Chemicals  and  Patent 
Medicines.

We  are  dealers  in  Paints,  Oils

and  Varnishes.

W e  have  a  full  line  of  Staple 

Druggists’  Sundries.

W e  are  the  sole  proprietors  of 
I  Weatherly’s  Michigan  Catarrh 
Remedy.

.

W e always  have  in  stock  a  full 
line  of  Whiskies,  Brandies,  Gins, 
Wines  and  Rums  for  medicinal 
purposes only.

W e  give  our  personal  attention 
to mail  orders  and  guarantee  sat­
isfaction.

All  orders  shipped  and  invoiced 

the same day we receive them.

Send a trial order.

Hazeltine  &  Perkins 

Drug  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

GROCE&RY PRICE CURRENT.

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It  is im­
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A X LE  GREASE
A urora.......................... 65 
Castor  Oil..................... 60 
Diamond.......................so 
Frazer’s .........................76 
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75 

doz.  gross

G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

1  85 
3  10
2  25

G rits

Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

Sage.. 
H ops....................................... ;;16

H ER B S
..............................

Peas

Sago

R olled  Oats

Salus B reak fast Food 

24 2 lb. packages...................1  80
100 ft.  kegs.............................2 70
200 ft. barrels........ .............. 6  10
Green, Wisconsin, bu...........1  35
Green, Scotch, bu................. 1  40
Split, bu.................................   3
Rolled Avena, bbl.................4 50
Steel Cut, *4 bbls...................2  60
Monarch, bbl.........................4 30
Monarch, H bbl.................... 2  25
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks...........2 05
Quaker, cases.............................3 20
Huron, cases.............................. 2 00
German..................................  4
East India.............................  3*4
F. A. McKenzie, Quincy, Mich.
36 two pound packages__ 3  60
18 two pound packages__   1  85
B attle C reek C rackers. 
Gem Oatmeal Biscuit..  7H@  8
Lemon Biscuit............  7*4® 8
New Era B utters...... 
6*4
Whole W heat...  ........ 
6*4
Cereola, 48  l-lb. pkgs.. 
F lak e.....................................  5
Pearl  ....................................'  5
Pearl,  24 1 lb. packages...... 6M
Cracked, bulk.......................  314
24 2 1b. packages........................2 50
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS 
„  
4 OZ.
2 OZ. 
Vanilla D. C............1  10 
1  80
Lemon D.  C 
1  35
........   70 
Vanilla Tonka........  75 
1  45

DeBoe’s

Tapioca

W heat

4 00

D.  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

Jen n in g s’
I).  C. Lemon
2 OZ
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
N orthrop  B rand 
Lem.
Van. 
2 oz. Taper Panel....  75
1  20
2 0Z. Oval..................   75
1  20
3 oz. Taper Panel__ 1  35
2 00
4 oz. Taper Panel.... 1  60
2 25
Van. 
Lem.
doz.
doz.
XXX, 2 oz. obert__ 1  25
76 
XXX, 4 oz. taper__ 2 25
1  25
XX, 2 oz. obert........1  00
No. 2,2 oz. o bert 
  75
XXX D D ptchr, 6 oz 
XXX D D ptchr, 4 oz 
K. P. pitcher, 6 oz...

2 25
1  75
2  25
Perrigo’s Lightning,  gro______
.2 50
Petrolatum, per doz.............   75

FLY  P A P E R

P errig o ’s

GUNPOW DER 
Rifle—D upont’s
....................................4 00

Kegs 
Half Kegs................................... 2 25
Quarter K egs.............................1 25
1 lb. cans...............................   30
H lb. cans...'..................... "  
i8
Choke  B ore—D n p o n t’s

.................................... 4  25

E agle  D uck—D upont’s

Half K egs...................................2 40
Quarter K egs.............................1 35
1  lb. cans...............................   34
K egs........................................... 8 00
Half Kegs................................... 4 25
Quarter K egs.............................2 26
1 lb. can s................................  45

6 oo
7 00
4 26
9 00
9 00

H om iny
Standard...................
L obster
Star, 54 lb..................
Star, 1  lb..................
I  Picnic Tails..............
M ackerel
Mustard, lib ............
Mustard, 21b ............
Soused, 1 lb...............
Soused, 2 lb.............
Tomato, 1 lb.............
[ Tomato, 2 lb.............

M ushroom s
Stems.........................
Buttons..........................

Oysters
Cove, 1 lb..................
Cove, 21b..................
Peaches
P ie ............................
Yellow......................
P ears
Standard ..................
Fancy........................

Peas

M arrowfat...............
Early June...............
Early June  Sifted..
P in eap p le

Grated 
Sliced..
P u m p k in
F a ir__
Good.........................
Fancy.......................

R aspberries

S traw berries

Standard...................
Salm on
Red Alaska...............
Pink Alaska.............
Sardines
Domestic, 54s...........
Domestic,  Mustard.
French......................
Standard..................
Fancy....................... •
Succotash
Fair............................
Good.........................
Fancy.......................
Tom atoes
F a ir...........................
Good.........................
Fancy.......................
Gallons......................
CATSUP
Columbia,  pints........
Columbia, 54 pints........ .’
CHEESE
Acme.........................
Amboy.............
E lsie...............
Emblem...............
Gem..................
Gold Medal.......".
Id eal.......................
Jersey.............
Riverside........... i ”
B rick.........................
Edam..................
L eiden.................
Limburger........
Pineapple............. 
Sap  Sago............. .
_  „  
R ed................ 

CHICORY 
........
CHOCOLATE 

j

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

14@16
20@25

85 
1  5c

1  25 
@1  65

1 00 
1  00 
1  60

1  25@2 75 
1  35@2 25

1  35 
95

@4
@8
8@22
85 
1  25
90 
1  00 
1  20
80
90
1  15
2 35

. ..2 00
...1  25
@14*4
@13 ,‘4
@15
@14
@14!4
@13*4
@14
©13 yi
@14
@12
@70
@17
@13
@75

Walter Baker & Co.’s.

German  Sweet.......... 
23
Premium..................... . 
35
Breakfast Cocoa.. .. . . . . . . . .   46

CIGARS

The Bradley Cigar Co.’s  Brands
oe «a
B radley................. 
Clear Havana  Puffs!........
22  00 
“ W. H.  B.” ...
55 00 
‘•w . b . b .” .......
55 00

Columbian Cigar Co’s brand.
Columbian........................   «
Columbian Special...........   65 00
Detroit Cigar Mfg. Co.’s Brands
Green  S eal...........  
$55 on
Green Seal Boquet.......  60  00
Bega,ia...........   65 00
Maceo’s  Dream............ 
or.  m
Dispatch.................... 
No Name......................  ' "   S, aa
Medal de  Reina............’**  28 00
„ J L  & p -Drug Co.’s brands.
Fortune  Teller.............  
35 oo
Our Manager........................35 00
Quintette.......
35 00

'  S

Mica, tin boxes.........75 
Paragon......................55 

BA K IN G   PO W D ER  

9 00
6 00

A bsolute

A cm e

H om e

A rctic

E l  P u rity

la lb. cans doz.....................   46
H lb. cans doz.....................   85
1 
lb. cans doz......................150
H lb. cans 3 doz..................   45
% lb. cans 3  doz..................   75
1 
lb. cans 1  doz.................. 1  00
Bulk........................................  10
6 oz. Eng. Tumblers.............   85
>4 lb. cans per doz..............   75
*4 lb. cans per doz..............1  20
1 
lb. cans per doz  ........... 2 00
14 lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  35
54 lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  55
1 
lb. cans, 2 doz. case........   90
J A X O N
54 lb. cans, 4 doz. case........   45
54 lb. cans, 4 doz. case........   85
1 
lb. cans, 2 doz. case....... l  60
l lb. cans, per doz.................2 oo
9 oz. cans, per doz................ l  25
6 oz. cans, per  doz.................  85
54 lb. cans............................  45
54 lb. cans............................  75
1 
lb« can s........................... 1  50
1 lb. cans................................  85
3 oz., 6 doz. case................... 2 70
6 oz., 4 doz. case....................3 20
9 oz., 4 doz. case......................... 4 80
1 lb., 2 doz. case......................... 4 00
5 lb.,  1 doz. case......................... 9 00
BA TH   B R IC K
American........................  
70
English.......................................80

Jerse y   Cream

Q ueen  F lak e

O ur D eader

P eerless

BLUING

Condensed
fitu fW i

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

CANNED  GOODS 

BROOMS
No. 1  Carpet................  
2  75
No. 2 Carpet................... 
9  50
No. 3 Carpet......  
2  25
No. 4 Carpet............... . " " " l   85
Parlor  Gem.......... 
2 75
Common Whisk....................  05
Fancy Whisk.................... 
1  20
Warehouse.....................“ .*” 3  15
CANDLES
Electric Light, 8s .... 
912
Electric Light, 16s .......... 
m l
Paraffine, 6s.......... 
li*'
Paraffine, 12s .......... .............. 12
Wicking...............................” 20
_ 
A pples
3 lb. Standards........  
Gallons, standards.. 
Baked .................
Red  Kidney.......
String..........
W ax.................
B lackberries
Standards .................
B lueberries
— 
Standard .....................
C herries 
Red  Standards..
W hite....................... "
Corn
F air...........................
Good....................**“
Fancy..........

75@1  30 
75@  85

85 
1  15
75
85
96

B eans

j
2 (

, 

COUPON  BOOKS
T radesm an  G rade 

C redit  Checks 

S uperior  G rade 

U niversal  G rade 

Econom ic  G rade 

50 books, any  denom...  1  50 
100 books, any  denom...  2 50 
600 books, any  denom...  11  50
1.000 books, any  denom...  20 00
50 books, any  denom...  1  50 
100 books, any  denom...  2 50 
500books,any  denom...  11  50
1.000 books, any  denom...  20  00
50 books, any  denom...  1  50 
100 books, any  denom...  2 50 
500books,any  denom...  11  50
1.000 books, any  denom...  20 00
50 books, any  denom...  1  50 
100 books, any  denom...  2 50 
500 books, any  denom...  11  50
1.000 books, any  denom...  20 00
500, any one denom........   2 00
1.000, any one denom........   3 00
2.000, any one denom........  5 00
Steel  punch....................... 
75
Coupon  Pass  Books 
Can be made to represent any 
denomination from $10 down.
20  books.........................  1  00
50  books.........................  2  00
100  books.........................  3 00
250  books.........................  6  25
500  books........................... 10  00
1.000  books........................   17  50
5 and 10 lb. wooden  boxes...... 30
Bulk in sacks.............................29
D R IE D   FRUITS—D om estic 
Sundried..........................   @ 6Vt
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes.8®  8V4
Apricots 
Blackberries.............
Nectarines..................
Peaches.......................10  @ n
Pears............................
Pitted Cherries...........  
7
Prunnelles..................
Raspberries................
100-120 25 lb. boxes ...
90-100 25 lb. boxes ...
80 - 90 25 lb. boxes ...
70 - 80 25 Ib. boxes ...
00 - 70 25 lb. boxes ...
50 - 60 25 lb. boxes ...
40 - 50 25 lb. boxes ...
30 - 40 25 lb. boxes ...
R aisins

@ 4% 
@ 5 
@  5*4 
@ 6 
@ 714 
@ 8
H, cent less in 50 lb. cases 

C alifornia  P ru n es 

CREAM   TARTAR

C alifornia  F ru its

...................  ©15

A pples

C itron

London Layers 2 Crown.
1  75
London Layers 3 Crown.
2  00 
Cluster 4 Crown.............
2  25
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
714
8M
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
824
L. M., Seeded, choice ... 
10
L. M„ Seeded, fancy .... 
10%
D R IE D   FRUITS—F oreign 
leghorn............................  
9
Corsican........................... . . . . .12
C urrants
Patras, cases.............  
gi^
Cleaned, b u lk .......................  7
Cleaned,  p a c k a g e s 7% 
Citron American 19 lb. bx... 13 
Lemon American 10 lb. bx  10«4 
Orange American 10 lb. bx.. 10*4 
Sultana 1 Crown...................
Sultana 2 Crown.............
Sultana 3 Crown............
Sultana 4 Crown...........!....
Sultana 5 Crown............
Sultana 6 Crown...........
Sultana package........ . . . . . .

R aisins

Peel

B eans

C ereals

FARINACEOUS  GOODS 
Dried Lima..................  
5^
Medium Hand Picked  i'65@i  75
Brown Holland....................
Cream of Cereal................  
90
'1  35
Grain-O, sm all................  
Grain-O, large..............  
'225
Grape Nuts................ 
135
Postum Cereal, sm all. . . . "  1  35
Postum Cereal, large........  2  25
24 1 lb. packages................ 1  25
Bulk, per 100 lbs..................3 00
H ask ell’s W h eat F lak es
36  21b. packages.................3 00
B arrels...................................   50
Flake, 50 lb. drums__ 1  00
M accaroni  and V erm icelli 
Domestic, 10 lb. box.............  gi
Imported, 25 lb. box.... 
.2 50
P e a rl  B arley
Common...................
C hester..

H om iny

F a rin a

.2 50 
.3 00

S. C. W................................35 00
Phelps. Brace & Co.’s Brands.
Royal  Tigers. 
55© 80 00
Royal  Tigerettes........35
Vincente Portuondo ..35® 70 00
Ruhe Bros. Co............ 25®  70  00
Hilson  Co................... 35® 110 00
T. J. Dimn & Co......... 35®  70 00
McCoy & Co................35®  70 00
The Collins Cigar Co  . 10® 35 00
Brown  Bros................15® 70 00
Bernard Stahl Co........35@ 90 00
Banner Cigar  Co........10@  35 00
Seidenberg  & Co........56@125 00
Fulton  Cigar  Co........10® 35 00
A. B. Ballard & Co__ 35®175  00
E. M. Schwarz & Co..  35@110 00
San Telmo....................35® 70  00
Havana Cigar Co........18@ 35 00
C. Costello & Co..........35®  70 00
LaGora-Fee Co..........  35@  70 00
S.  I.  Davis & Co......... 35®185 00
Hene& Co....................35® 90  00
Benedict & C o ____7.50®  70 00
Hemmeter Cigar Co 
.35®  70 00 
G .J. Johnson CigarCo.35@ 70 00
Maurice Sanborn  __ 50©175 00
Bock & Co................... 65® 300 00
Manuel  Garcia...........80@375 00
Neuva Mundo.............85 $175  00
Henry Clay..................85® 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, soft,  per doz...........1  80
Jute, 60 ft. per doz...............  80
Jute, 72 ft. per doz.............   95

CLOTHES  LINES

CO FFEE
Roasted

_

  HIGH GRADE,
Coffees
Special Combination... 
20
French Breakfast.... 
26
Lenox................................ 
39
V ienna...................................  35
Private Estate..........38
Supreme.................................  49
Less 33*4  per  cent,  delivered. 

R io

J a v a

F a ir..
Good .
P rim e................................
Golden....................... ..........   13
Peaberry...................14
Santos
F a ir.........................
Good.......................
Prim e.........................................Jg
Peaberry....................is
M aracaibo
P rim e...............
Milled....................;;;;
oc
Interior............................ 
Private  Growth...... " ..........  30
Mandehliug.......... 
35
M ocha 
Imitation..................
Arabian.................  
Package
Arbuckle.......... 
«
Jersey...........................  
J}  $
M cL aughlin’s XXXX 
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only  Mail  all  orders 
d u e t t o   W.  F.  McLanghlin  & 
Co., Chicago.
——  „ 
E x tract
Valley City H  gross........  
75
Felix *4 gross...........  
"1  is
Hummers foil *4 g ro ss.......  £5
Hummel’s tin % gross ..'.'...1  43

..........

28

COCOA

Jam e s E pps & Co.’s 

Boxes, 7 lbs.
Cases, 16 boxes.
9 0   IK  £ O C O A   s h e l l s
201b. bags..................  
. 
Less quantity... 
Pound packages 
' ' ; 

01/
i 5*
4
CONDENSED  M ILK  
Gall Borden ^ g i e 4 d°Z inct
Daisy..........
Champion . . .
Magnolia__
Challenge .
D im e..?...,..

l
.................. 6  25
..................5 75
..................4 50
..................4 25
.................4a25

3 35  Empire.......

IN D IG O

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

JE L L Y

35

_ 

........

30
.................  Æ

V. C. Brand.
161b. pails....................
30 lb. pails..................
Pure apple, per doz...
„  
LICO RICE
P u re..................................
Calabria............... 
Sicily 
Root.
Condensed, 2 doz..............   1  20
Condensed, 4 doz............V.. .2 25
Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No.  9 sulphur................... 
j  65
Anchor P arlo r.......... 
"1  ro
No. 2 Hom e..............  ..........1  39
Export Parlor............. ”  
4 09
Wolverine........................  ..1  50

MATCHES

LYE

MOLASSES 
New  O rleans

Black......................... 
h
F a ir............................................,4
Good...........................  
” 
29
Fancy..................... [.........  
24
°pen Kettle  ......................25@35

Half-barrels 2c extra 
MUSTARD

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

PIC K L E S
M edium

Sm all

Barrels, 1,200 co u n t..............5 75
Half bbls, 600 count............ .3 38
Barrels, 2,400 co u n t........  6 75
Half bbls, 1,200 count......... [3 88
Clay, No. 216...................... 
1  70
Clay, T. D., full count... 
65
Cob, No. 3..................................85

P IP E S

POTASH 

48 cans In case.

Babbitt’^ ................ 
  4  09
Penna Salt Co.’s........   .........3  00
R IC E

 

D om estic

Carolina head.............  
6*4
Carolina  No. 1 ...............| 
5
Carolina  No. 2 ..........  
4  -
B roken.........................             ,3V
Im p o rted .
Japan,  No.  1..................5H@6
............4*/!@5
Japan,  No.  2 
Java, fancy head........... 5  @5U
Java, No.  1 ............... 
5  (ch.
Table.................................   ©

SALERATUS 

Packed 60 lbs. in box. 

Church’s Arm and Hammer .3  15
Deiand’s.....................  
3  oo
Dwight’s  Cow................’..""3   15
Emblem..................................    10
L - P ...................................." 3  00
. ................................... 3 15
Sodi° 
Wyandotte, 100  Sis.................... 3 00
SAL  SODA
Granulated,  bbls.......... 
80
Granulated, 100 lb. cases. 
’  85
Lump, bbls...................... 
75
Lump, 145 lb. kegs.................  so

SALT

D iam ond C rystal 

Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes.. 1  50 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb. bags.2 75 
Table, barrels, 40 7  lb. bags.2  40 
Butter, barrels, 280 lb. bulk.2  25 
Butter, barrels,20141b.bags.2 50 
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs.... 
25
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs.............   55
Com m on  G rades
100 3 lb. sacks..........................1 so
60 5 lb. sacks........................ ’ 1 76,
2810 lb. sacks.......................!i 50'
56 lb. dairy In drill bags__   30
28 lb. dairy In drill bags.......  15
56 lb. dairy in linen sabks...  60 
56 lb. dairy In linen sacks...  60 
56 lb. sacks............................   22
Granulated  Fine..................   95
Medium Fine................. 
1  90
SALT  F ISH  

Solar R ock
C om m on

A shton
H iggins

W arsaw

, 

Cod

Georges cured.............
Georges  genuine........
Georges selected........
Strips or  bricks..........  6
Pollock.........................
H alib u t.
Strips...............................
Chunks.........................

@ 5 
@ 5V4 
@ 5% 
@ 9 
© 3‘A
.......14
.......15

H errin g

M ackerel

Holland white hoops,  bbl. 
Holland white hoops1/,bbl.  6  50
Holland white hoop,  keg.. 
85
Holland white hoop mens. 
95
Norwegian.........................
Round 100 lbs.....................   3  go
Round 40 lbs.......................  1  75
Scaled...... ......................... 
15
Bloaters..............................  1  45
Mess 100 lbs........................  15  00
Mess  40 lbs........................  6  30
Mess  10 lbs........................  1  65
Mess  8 lbs........................  1  35
No. 1100 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........................  10  50
NO. 2  40 lbs........................  4  50
No. 2  10 lbs........................  1  15
No. 2  8 lbs........................  1  00
No. 1100 lbs........................
No. 1  40 lbs........................
No. 1  10 lbs........................
No. 1  8 lbs........................

T ro u t

W hite fish

SOAP

SNUFF

90 
75 
SEEDS

100  lbs............  7  50  6 50 
40  lbs...........   3  30  2 90 
10  lbs...........  
80 
8  lbs...........  
66 

No. 1  No. 2  Fam
2 60
1  35
41
36
Anise 
...................................  9
Canary,  Smyrna....................  «
Caraway  ...............................   1
Cardamon,  Malabar.............61
Celery.r................................... i<
Hemp, Russian........................■
Mixed Bird..  .......................   .
Mustard, white.....................   (
Poppy...................................... k
R ape......................................  1
Cuttle Bone.............................l!
Scotch, in bladders...............
Maccaboy, in jars.................
French Rappee, in  jars.......
JAXON
Single box.......'.................
..2  85 
...2 80 
5 box lots, delivered.......
10 box lots, delivered.......
...2  75
i AS  S.  KIRK  8 CO.’S BRANDS.
American Family, wrp’d... .2 66
Dome..................................... 2 75
Cabinet...................................2 20
Savon......................................2 50
White  Russian..................... 2 35
White Cloud, laundry..........6 25
White Cloud, toilet.............. 3 50
Dusky Diamond, 50 6 oz.......2 10
Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz...... 3 00
Blue India, 100 % lb............. 3 00
Kirkoline...............................3 50
Eos......................................... 2 50
Sapolio, kitchen, 3  doz........ 2 40
Sapolio, hand, 3 doz............. 2 40
Boxes.....................................   5M
Kegs, English
4%

Scouring*

SODA

SPICES 

W hole Spices

Allspice..............................
Cassia, China in m ats......
Cassia, Batavia, in bund...
Cassia, Saigon, broken__
Cassia, Saigon, in rolls__
Cloves, Amboyna...............
Cloves, Zanzibar................
M ace............  ....................
Nutmegs,  75-80..................
Nutmegs,  105-10................
Nutmegs, 115-20..................
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper,  Singagore, white.
Pepper, shot.......................
Allspice...............................
Cassia, Batavia.................
Cassia, Saigon....................
Cloves, Zanzibar................
Ginger,  African................
Ginger, Cochin..................
Ginger,  Jam aica...............
Mace....................................
Mustard................ . . . . . . ”
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper, Singapore, white.
Pepper, Cayenne..............
Sage....................................
STOVE  PO LISH

P u re  G round in B u lk

M

¿I

D iam ond

K ings ford’s  Corn
40 l-lb. packages................   6
20 l-lb. packages................ 
614
K ingsford’s Silver Gloss
40 l-lb. packages................   6M
6 lb. boxes........................  
7
64 10c packages...............
5 00 
128 5c packages...............
5 00 
30 10c and 64 5c package.« 
5  00
Com m on Corn
20 l-lb.  packages...........
40 l-lb.  packages...........
Com m on Gloss
l-lb. packages................
3-lb. packages.................
6-lb.  packages................
40 and 50-lb. boxes..........
Barrels....................
SUGAR-”

4M

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds  the  local 
freight from New  York  to  your 
shipping point, giving you credit 
on  the  invoice  for  the  amount 
of freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market  in  which  he  purchases 
to his  shipping  point,  including 
20 pounds for the  weight  of  the 
barrel.
Domino................
Cut  Loaf...............
Crushed ...............
Cubes...................
Powdered............
Coarse  Powdered 
....................
XX XX  Powdered.............   5  31
Standard  Granulated.......  5  18
Fine Granulated............. ..  5  is
Coarse Granulated...........   5 31
Extra Fine Granulated....  5 31
Conf.  Granulated..............  5 44
2 lb. cartons Fine  (Iran...  5 25 
2 lb. bags Fine  Gran  . . . .   5  25 
5 lb. cartons Fine  G ran...  5 25
5 lb. bags Fine  Grau........   5 25
Mould A..............................  5 44
Diamond  A.........................  5  is
Confectioner’s  A ...............  494
No.  1, Columbia A...........   4  69
No.  2, Windsor A.............  4 69
No.  3, Ridgewood  A ........  4 69
No.  4, Phtenix  A .............  463
No.  5, Empire A ...............  456
No.  6...................................  4 50
No.  7...................................  4 44
No.  8...................................  4 38
No.  9..................................   4 31
No. 10..................................   4  is
No. 11...................................  4 06
No. 12....................... ...........  4 00
No. 13..................................   4 00
No. 14................................. 
3 94
No. 15..................................   3 94
No. 16..................................   3 94

TA B LE  SAUCES

I LEA & 

PERRINS’ 
SAUCE

M M

The Original and
Genuine
Worcestershire.

VINEGAR

Lea & Perrin’s, large........  3  76
Lea & Perrin’s,  small.......  2  50
Halford, large....................  375
Halford, small....................  2 25
Salad Dressing, large......   4  55
Salad Dressing, small  __   2  75
Malt White Wine. 40 grain..  7M 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain.. 11
Pure Cider, Red Star...........12
Pure Cider, Robinson......... 12
Pure’Cider.  Silver...............  11
W ASHING  PO W D ER
Kirk’s Eos..........................  2 00
Wisdom..............................  3 75
Roseine...............................   3 25
Nine  O’clock.....................   3 50
Babbitt’s 1776.....................   3  12
Gold  Dust..........................   4  25
Johnson’s ..........................   3  50
Swift’s  ...............................   2 88
Rub-No-More.....................  3  50
Pearline, 72 8 oz................   2  90
Pearline, 36 is ....................  2  85
Snow  Boy..........................   2 35
Liberty................. 
..........   3  90
No. 0, per gross.................... 20
No. 1, per gross.................... 25
No. 2, per gross.................... 35
No. 3, per gross.................... 55

W IC K IN G

W OODENW ARE

Bushels.................................. 1
Bushels, wide  band............. 1  10
M arket..................................  30
Willow Clothes, large.......... 7  00
Willow Clothes, medium...  6  50

B askets

SYRUPS 

No. 4, 3 doz. in case, gross.  4  50 
No. 6,3 doz. in case, gross.  7 20 
_ 
Corn
Barrels............................... 
Half bbls.................
l doz. 1 gallon cans.
1 doz. M gallon cans

P u re   Cane

F a ir. 
Good

Willow Clothes, small.......... 5 60
B u tte r  P late

u
...18
No. 1 Oval, 250 in  crate....
.1  80
...2 90 No. 2 Oval, 250 in crate....
.2 00
...1  80 No. 3 Oval, 250 in crate__ .2 20
...1  80 No. 5 Oval, 250 In crate....
.2 60
...  16
Boxes, gross boxes............
.  40
...  20 
...  25
Troian spring__
Eclipse patent spring......
.9 00 
ids.
No 1 common.....................
.8  00
• 16@17 No. 2 patent brush holder
.9 00
-18@24 12 lb. cotton mop heads_ .1  25

C lothes  P ins 
M op  Sticks 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Grains and  Feedstuffs 

P ails
hoop Standard.1  50
2- 
hoop Standard.1  70
3- 
2- 
wire,  Cable. 
1 
3- 
wire,  Cable.....1  85
CAlar. all red, brass  bound. 1  25
Paper,  Eureka................... 2 25
Fibre....................................[2 25

Tubs

20-inch, Standard, No. 1 
18-inch. Standard, No. 2.
16-inch, Standard, No. 3.
20-inch. Dowell,  No. 1.
18-inch, Dowell,  No. 2.
16-inch, Dowell,  No. 3.
No. 1 Fibre..................
No. 2 Fibre..................
No. 3 Fibre..................

W ash  B oards

Bronze Globe..........
Dewey....................
Double Acme..........
Single Acme............
Double  Peerless.........................3 oo
Single  Peerless...........................2 50
Northern Queen  ...
Double Duplex.......
Good Luck.............
Universal........: ___

W ood  Bowls

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

YEAST  CA KE

Yeast Foam, iyt  doz...........   50
Yeast Foam, 3  doz.............. !l  00
Yeast Cream, 3 doz........ 
100
Magic Yeast 5c, 3  doz..........1  00
Sunlight Yeast, 3 doz..........  1 00
Warner’s Safe, 3 doz..........  1 00

60

W heat

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

W in ter  W h eat  F lo u r 

66

Local Brands

Patents...............................  4  20
Second  Patent....................  3 70
Straight...............................  3 50
C lear..................................   3 00
Graham ..............................  3 50
Buckwheat.........................  6 00
Rye......................................  3 25
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per  bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-l’utman’s Brand
Diamond Ms.......................  3 60
Diamond  Ms......................   3 60
Diamond  Ms.......................  3  60
Quaker Ms..........................   3 60
Quaker Ms..........................  3 00
Quaker 54s..........................  3 60

Worden Grocer Co.’s  Brand

S pring  W heat  F lo u r 

Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.’s  Brand
PHlsbury’s  Best Ms.
Pillsbury’s  Best Ms.. 
...  4  36
Pillsbury’s  Best Ms..........  4  25
Pillsbury’s Best Ms paper.  4  25 
Pillsbury’s Best Ms paper.  4  25 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman's Brand

P r o v i s i o n s

B arreled  P o rk

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

D ry  Salt  M eats

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

@  9 75
@11  50
@11  25
@10 75
@15 0C
@ 9 25
@12 00

6M
6 %
6%

Sm oked  M eats

6V2
9
6

L ards—In Tierces

6%
M
%
%
1
1 %
5%
6

@  10
@  9M
@  9M
@  8M
@  14
<a  7
@  7

Hams, 12 lb. average.
Hams, 14 lb. average.
Hams, 161b. average.
Hams, 201b.averaee.
Ham dried  beef..  .
Shoulders ( N. Y. cut )
Bacon, clear.............   7h @  8M
California (hams___
Boneless  hams........
Cooked ham.............  10 @
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..........
P o rk .............
Blood.............
Tongue................
Headcheese...........
B eef
Extra Mess...............
Boneless....................
R um p.......................
P ies9  F eet
Kits, 15  lbs...............
M bbls., 40  lbs..........
M bbls,, 80 lbs..........
T ripe
Kits, 15  lbs...............
M bbls., 40  lbs..........
M bbls., 80 lbs..........
Casings
r o r k ......................
Beef rounds.............
Beef  middles...........
Sheep....................
B u tterin e
Rolls, dairy...............
Solid, dairy...............
Rolls,  creamery.......
Solid,  creamery.......
Corned beef, 2 lb __
Domed beef, 14 lb ...
Roast beef, 2 lb........
Potted ham,  Ms.......
Potted ham.  Ms.......
Deviled ham.  Ms__
Deviled ham,  Ms__
Potted tongue,  Ms..
Potted tongue,  Ms..
Oils
B arrels

10 00
11  75
11  50
75
1  50
2  70
70
1  25
2 25
20
3
10
60
13M
13
19
18M
2 35
16 00
2  25
so
90
50
90
50
90

Canned  M eats

Eocene.........................  @13
Perfection....................  @12
XXX W.W. Mich. Hdlt  @12
W. W. M ichigan........  @11M
Diamond W hite..........  @jom
D., S.  Gas....................  @12M
Deo. Naphtha..............  @12M
Cylinder...................... 29  @34
Engine........................11  @23 M
Black, winter...........   @10%

Olney & Judson’s Brand

Worden Grocer  Co.’s Brand

Duluth  Imperial  Ms.........  4  35
Duluth  Imperial  Ms.........   4 25
Duluth  imperial Ms.........  4  15
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand
Gold Medal Ms..................  4  30
Gold Medal Ms..................  4  20
Gold Medal Ms..................  4  10
Parisian  Ms.......................   4  30
Parisian  Ms.......................  4  20
Parisian  Ms.......................  4  10
Ceresota  Ms.......................   4  40
Ceresota Ms.......................   4  30
Ceresota Ms.......................  4  20
Laurel  Ms..........................   4  30
Laurel  Ms...........................  4  20
Laurel  Ms..........................   4  10
Bolted............................. 
  1  90
Granulated.........................  2  10
St. Car Feed, screened__   16 00
No. 1 Corn and  Oats........   15  50
Unbolted Corn  Meal........  14  50
Winter Wheat Bran..........  14  00
Winter Wheat  Middlings.  15 00 
Screenings.........................  14  00
New corn, car  lots.......
Old Corn, car lots..........
Less than car lots.........
Car  lots..........................
Car lots, clipped...........
Less than car lots.........

Feed  and  MillHtuflH

M eal

Oats

33

H ay

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

11  00
12  50

H ides

Hides  and  Felts
The Cappon & Bertsch Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Street,  quotes  as 
follows:
Green  No. 1.............  
@ 8M
@ 7M
Green  No. 2.............  
Bulls..........................  
@ 6M
Cured  No. 1.............  
@10
Cured  No. 2.............  
@9
Calfskins,green No. 1  @10
Calfskins,green No. 2  @  8M
Calfskins,cured No. 1  @11
Calfskins,cured No. 2  @  9M
Pelts,  each................... 
No. 1..........................  
No. 2........................... 
Washed,  fine...........  
Washed,  medium... 
Unwashed,  line....... 
Unwashed, medium. 
Cat,  wild...................... 
Cat,  house.  ..  ............. 
Fox, red.......................  
Fox, g ra y ...................  
Lynx.........................  
Muskrat,  fall............ 
Mink............................. 
Raccoon.......................  
Skunk.......  .................  

50@i 00
@ 4
@ 3
22@24
25@27
18@20
20322 

io@ 75
6@ 25
50@2 50
io@ 75
@5 00
3®  12
20@2 00
10@1 00
15@1 40

P elts
Tallow

W ool

F u rs

2 1

Candies
Stick  C
6 @ 8M
5M@  oh Standard..........
7 @ 9
Standard  H.  H ..
10 @14
Standard  Twist.
8 @14 
Cut  Loaf.............
@ 8
6 © 6M Jumbo, 32 lb.......
4 © 5
Extra H. H .........
Boston Cream__

M ixed Candy

bbls. pails 
7  @ 7M 
7  @ 7M 
7M@  8 
© 8M 
cases 
@ CM
@ km 
@10

@ 5 
@  7H 
@ 6 
@ 7%

Fresh  Meats

Carcass...........
! Forequarters  . 
Hindquarters
Loins No. 3__
Ribs................
Rounds...........
Chucas...........
Plates .............

Dressed..........
Loins..............
Shoulders......
Leaf  Lard......
Me
Carcass...........
Spring  Lambs.

Crackers

The  National  Biscuit  Co. 

quotes as follows:

B u tte r

Seymour............................  
sm
New  York.........................  
sm
Fam ily................................  6M
Salted................................. 
5m
W ilverine..........................   6

Soda

Soda  XXX.........................  6M
Soda,  City...........................  8
Long Island Wafers..........  11
Zephyrette.........................  10

O yster

..................  6M

Faust..................................  
7
Farina.................................   0
Extra Farina 
Saltine  Wafer....................  6
Sweet  Goods—Boxes
Animals.............................. 
iom
Assorted  Cake..................   10
Belle Rose..........................   9
Bent’s  W ater....................  15
Buttercups... 
............  13
Cinnamon Bar....................  9
Coffee Cake,  Iced.............   10
Coffee Cake, Java.............   10
Cocoanut Taffy..................  10
Cracknells.........................  15 m
Creams, Iced.................... 
8M
Cream Crisp.......................   9
Crystal Creams..  .............   10
Cubans...............................   hm
Currant  Fruit......................  11
Frosted Honey..................  12M
Frosted Cream.....................  9
Ginger Gems, lg. or  sm.. 
9
Ginger Snaps, XXX.......... 
8
G ladiator...........................  10
Grandma Cakes.................  9
Graham Crackers................ 
8
Graham  Wafers..................   10
Honey Fingers..................  12 M
Im perials...........................   9
Jumbles, Honey................   12M
Lady Fingers.....................   11M
Lemon  Wafers..................  14
Marshmallow....................  15
Marshmallow Walnuts__   16
Mixed  Picnic.....................  
iim
Milk Biscuit.......................  
7M
Molasses  Cake..................   9
Molasses B ar.....................  
9
Moss Jelly Bar..................  12M
Newton...............................   12
Oatmeal Crackers.............  
8
Oatmeal Wafers................   10
Orange Crisp.....................   9
Orange  Gem......................  9
Penny Cake.........................  9
Pilot Bread, XXX............. 
7
Pretzels, hand  made........ 
7M
Sears’  Lunch.....................  
7M
Sugar Cake.........................  9
Sugar Cream, XXX.......... 
8
Sugar Squares  ..................  9
Sultanas..............................  12M
Tutti  F ruttl.......................   16M
Vanilla Wafers................       14
Vienna Crimp.................... 
9
Fish  ani  Oysters

F resh   F ish

Per lb.
White fish......................  @  10
Trout..............................  @  9
Black  Bass....................8@  11
Halibut..........................  @  15
Ciscoes or Herring__   @  5
Bluefish.........................  @  12
Live  Lobster.................  @ 18
Boiled  Lobster...........   @  20
Cod.................................   @  10
Haddock.......................   @  9
No. 1 Pickerel...............  @  9
Pike................................  @  8
Perch.............................   @  5
Smoked  W hite...........   @  8
Red  Snapper.................  @  10
Col River  Salmon.......  @  13
Mackerel.......................   @ 20
F. H.  Counts............ 
35
27
F. J. D. Selects........  
23
Selects...................... 
F. J. D.  Standards.. 
20
Anchors.................... 
19
Standards................  
17
Favorite.................... 
14
gal.
B u lk . 
F. H. Counts........................  1  75
Extra Selects.......................  1  60
Selects..................................   1  35
Anchor Standards.............. 1  is
Standards............................ 1  10

O ysters in  Cans.

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

Grocers.....................  
Competition.............  
Special 
................... 
Conserve................... 
R oyal.......................  
Ribbon.....................  
Broken..................... 
Cut I «oaf.................... 
English Rock...........  
Kindergarten.......... 
French Cream.......... 
Dandy  Pan............... 
Hand  Made  Cream
m ixed.................... 
Nobby.......................  
Crystal Cream m ix.. 

@ 0
@  6M
@ 7
@ 8
© 7M
@ 8M
@8
@  8M
@  8M
@  8M
©  9
@  8M
@14
@  sm
@12

Fancy—In  B ulk 

San Bias Goodies.... 
@11
Lozenges, plain....... 
@9
Lozenges, printed... 
@9
Choc. Drops.............  
@11
Eclipse Chocolates...  @13
Choc.  Monumentals.  @12M
Gum Drops..............  
@ 6
Moss  Drops............. 
@ 8M
Lemon Sours............ 
@9
@ 9M
Imperials.................. 
Ital. Cream Bonbons
351b. pails.............  
@ n
Molasses  Chews,  15
lb. pails.................. 
@13
Jelly  Date  Squares. 
@10M
I
ced  Marsh mellows..........  14
Golden Waffles.. 
@11
lb. Boxes

Fancy—Ii

Lemon  Sours ....
@50
Peppermint Drops.. 
@60
Chocolate  Drops  ..
@65
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
@75
H. M. Choc.  Lt.  and
Dk. No. 12__
@90
Gum Drops__
@30
Licorice  Drops__
@75
A.  B.  Licorice Drops
@50
Lozenges,  plain......
@55
Lozenges, printed...
@55
Imperials.............
@55
Mottoes___
@60
Cream  Bar...............
@55
Molasses Bar...........
@56
Hand  Made Creams. 80  @90
Cream Buttons, Pen.
and  Wlnt..............
@65
String  Rock.............
@60
Burnt  Almonds.......1  25
@@65
Wlntergreen Berries 
C aram els 
No. 1 wrapped,  3  lb. 
boxes.....................

@50

---------- —---------------- -

@4  25
@3  50

Fruits
O ranges
Fancy Mexicans  ...
Jam aicas..................
Le m o uh
Strictly choice 360s..
Strictly choice 300s..
Fancy 300s...............
Ex. Fancy  300s___
Extra Fancy 360s  ...
B ananas
Medium bunches__   1 00(011  25
Large  bunches........  
l  50@l  75

@4  00
@4 00
@4  50
@4  75
@4 59

Foreign  D ried F ru its

Figs

m
m
® 5M
@10
© 6
@ 6
® 6
@ 5

Californias,  Fancy..
@13
Cal. pkg. 10 lb. boxes
@12
Extra  Choice,  10  lb.
boxes, uew smprna
@13
fancy, 12 lb. boxes new @14
Imperial Mikados. 18
lb. boxes................
Pulled, 6 lb. boxes...
Naturals, in bags....
D ates
Fards in 10 lb. boxes
Fards in 60 lb. cases.
Persians,  P. H. V ...
lb.  cases, new......
Bairs, 60 lb. cases....
Nuts
Almonds, Tarragona
Almonds,  Ivlca.......
Almonds, California,
soft  shelled...........
Brazils, new.............
Filberts....................
Walnuts, Grenobles.
Walnuts, soft shelled
Table Nuts,  fancy... 
Table  Nuts,  choice..
Pecans,  Med...........
Pecans, Ex. Large...
Pecans, Jumbos......
Hickory NUts per bu.
Ohio,  new.............
Cocoanuts, full sacks 
Chestnuts, per  b u ...
P ean u ts 
Fancy, H. P., Suns.. 
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Flags
Roasted.................
Choice, H. P., Extras 
Choice, H. P., Extras 
Roasted.................

California No. 1. 

5M@ 6

® 6

@17
@
@15M
®  7
@15
@12M
@12M

@12
@13
@1  75 
@3 50 
®

2 2

STORE  LEAKS.

In te rn a l  H em orrhage  th e   Cause  o f  M any 

B usiness  D eaths.

Written for the Tradesman.

What  fearful  significance  have 

the 
words  “ internal  hemorrhage,”   when 
applied  to  humanity.  Once  spoken  by 
a  reputable  physician  of  a  patient  his 
doom  is  sealed.  Nothing  can  compro­
mise,  nothing  aleviate,  nothing  save 
from  final  dissolution  one  who  has 
suffered  from  accident  sufficient to cause 
an  internal  bleeding  or wasting  away  of 
the  vital  forces  which  make  the  man.

It  was  my 

lot  at  one  time  to  see  a 
young  boy,  who, 
in  catching  a  ride  on 
moving  freight  cars,  was  caught between 
two  as  they  were  passing  a  switch.  Just 
climbing  over  one  comer,  he  was  rolled 
half  around,  then  dropped  to the ground. 
Not  a  scar  appeared  anywhere.  No 
bones  were  broken,  no  scratch  was  vis­
ible,  yet  the  boy  was  doomed  as  the 
pressure  had  caused internal hemorrhage 
of  the 
lungs  from  the  results  of  which 
no  medical  skill  could save  him,  so  in  a 
few  hours  he  passed  over  to  the  Great 
Unknown,  adding  one  more  to the “ vast 
majority. ”

Parallel  with  this 

is  another  case, 
where  a  retail  merchant,  apparently  on 
the  road  to  success,  fails.  To all  ap­
pearances  he 
is  free  and  above  board, 
well-to-do  and,  so  far as  outward  signs 
show,  prosperous;  when  all  at once,  with 
a  suddenness  that  stuns  his  most  inti­
mate 
friends  and  shocks  his  business 
associates,  the sheriff  takes  possession  of 
his  stock  on  behalf  of  his  creditors.  The 
verdict  probably  was,  “ He  was  trying 
to  ride  two  trains  at  the  same  time,  over 
purchases  drawn  by  the  engine  ‘ Hard 
Tim es’  and  incautious credits pushed  by 
the  engine  ‘ Slack  Collections,’  when  he 
was  caught  and  crushed  between  the 
two. ”   But  what  the  real  cause  was  will 
never  be  more  clearly  expressed  than 
when  we  apply  the  words,  “ internal 
hemorrhage.”   And  what  does  this  sig ­
nify  other  than  leakages  on  the  inside 
invisible  to  and  unknown  by  the  world 
at  large,  and  what  are  these  leaks  other 
than  a  similitude  to  the  actual  thing? 
They  may  be  one  thing  or  may  be  an­
other,  or a  combination  of  several,  yet 
the  results  are  the  same.

In  the  first  place,  this  internal  leak 
may  have  been  too  high  living  on  the 
part  of  the  proprietor.  It may  have  been 
wasteful  handling  of  the  small  things 
whereby  the  pennies  slid  out  faster than 
they  were  pushed  into  the  business. 
It 
may  have  been  caused  through "outside 
investments  of  time,  talents  or  funds.  It 
may  have  been  only  through  lack  of 
strict  attention  to  the  details  of  busi­
ness.  Again,  it  may  have  been  through 
the  dishonesty  of  employes,  or  any  one 
of  the  hundreds  of  things  that  may  be 
classed  as 
internal  hemorrhages,  or  a 
combination  of  many  of  the  same.  But, 
no  matter  what  the  cause,  ruin  is  sure 
to  follow  when  these  leaks  begin,  be­
cause  a  leak  will  always  wear  away  the 
edges  and  find  a  larger exit  as time goes 
on  until  the  condition  arises  where  the 
danger  line  is  passed,  relief  impossible 
and  final  dissolution  certain.  Any  one 
of  these  conditions— all  of  them— can  be 
if  they  are  taken  in 
guarded  against 
time  and  treated  rightly. 
If  personal 
extravagance  be  the  internal  leak  then 
it  only  remains  for the  man  to gauge his 
ability  to  furnish  expense  money  by  the 
earning  capacity  of  his  business  and  al­
ways  to  live  within  his  means. 
If  slow 
collections  can  be  set  down  as  the  real' 
cause,  so  that  the  store  funds  go  out 
faster  than  they  come  in,  a  careful  re­
vision  of  the  credit  department  will

obviate  this  difficulty.  If the  small  daily 
wastes  of 
insignificant  things  be  the 
cause  only  an  iron  hand,  backed  by  a 
watchful  will,  can  shut  off  this  leak, 
which  always  seems  to  increase  in  geo­
metrical  ratio  as  time  advances,  but 
when  it  gets  too  large  doom  is 
its  sure 
sentence. 
In  case  the  store  funds  are 
turned  from  their  legitimate  channel—  
the  purchase  of  new  supplies  for  the 
business— into  outside  investments  ap­
plicable  to  time,  talents and means,  then 
it  requires  a  strong  mind  to  say,  “ Thus 
far  and  no  farther,”   and  the  remedy 
must  be  applied  before  the  surgeon 
says,  “ We  can  not  reach  and  check  the 
internal  hemorrhage, ”   or  else  nothing 
can  save  to  the  man  his  business. 
It 
this 
lack  of  interest, 
trusting  the  details  of  business  in  hands 
not  competent  to  perform  the  tasks,  then 
must  a  complete  change  be  made  and 
those  matters  of  minor  importance given 
their  due  consideration.  This  can  be 
done  before  the  disease  reaches 
the 
acute  stage,  after  which  it  is  impossible 
to  check  the  evil.

is  chargeable  to 

Dishonesty  among  employes 

is  but 
another  phase  of  internal  hemmorrhage, 
which,  if  allowed  to  get  beyond  con­
trol,  will  bring  disaster to the  most alert 
along  other  lines,  but,  taken  in  hand  in 
season,  can  be  checked  more  easily  per­
haps  than  any  other  source  of  leaks  in  a 
business. 
And why?  Because  there  is 
less  danger of  this  being  the  cause  lead­
ing  to  failure  as  very  few,  if  any,  plan 
the  first  offense,  hence  a  proper safe­
guard  in  the  beginning  will  save  all  fu-1 
ture  trouble.  Our  belief  is  strengthened 
by  observation  that  a  large,  very 
large, 
part  of  our  American  salesforce  are 
above  suspicion,  even  with  the  many 
for  petty 
temptations  thrown  at  them 
pilferings  by  lack  of  a  system 
in  busi­
ness  houses  by  which  time,  goods  and 
money  are  all  accounted  for.  It  is  need­
less  to  mention  these  temptations,  but 
he  who  places  the  strong  one  of  money 
before  an  inexperienced  boy  or  girl 
is 
equally  blamable  with  them  when  they 
yield  to  the  allurements  of  easily  ob­
tained  merchandise  or  wealth  of  other 
description.

If  the  leak is chargeable to injudicious 
leak  occurs,  for  the 
purchases  then  a 
sold  will  not  pay  a  handling 
goods 
profit,  and  this 
is  bound  to  keep 
on  enlarging,  as  this  error  seems  to 
grow  on  one  who  resorts  too  hastily  to  a 
cut  price  to  dispose  of  hard  sellers.

leak 

Again  I  say,  any  one  of  these,  and 
many  other  single  causes,  may  lead  to 
failure;  but  bad  companions  usually  go 
together,  and  so  one  cause 
is  seldom 
singly  responsible  for  a  fatal  case  of  in­
ternal  hemorrhage  as  applied  to  busi­
ness,  generally  several quickly following 
the  first  until  the  combination  breaks 
down  even  a  business  of  fine  outward 
its  final  end  is  a  sur­
appearances  and 
prise  even  to  those  who  habitually 
look 
on  the  dark  side  of  things.  Many a  fail­
ure  has  taken  place  where  to  all  appear­
ances  a  prosperous  business  was  being 
done— lots  of  good  customers,  bustling 
activity  everywhere,  money  coming  in 
and  goods  going  out  freely— and  yet  at 
some  internal  point  bleeding  had  been 
going  on  for  days,  weeks,  months,  per­
haps  years.  No  outward  mark  was  visi­
ble,  the  skin  remained  intact,  the  bones 
and  sinews  were  able  to  perform  the 
functions 
for  which  Nature  planned 
them,  yet  when  once  the  life-blood  had 
been  diverted  from  its  proper  channel 
death  must  result.

If  the  boy  referred  to  in  the  opening 
had  been  where  he  ought  to  have  been, 
at  home,  nothing  would  have  happened

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Wa.pt Apytbipg QuicK?

.T h is is the place  to  get  it.  Telegraph,  telephone  or write. 
If we 
have the goods they will go on  the  first  train;  if we  have  not, we 
will get them somewhere and they will  go  on  the  next  one  after 
that.  Write for our Carriage,  Harness, Sleigh, Robes and Blankets 
Catalogues.

BROWN  &  5 E H L E R ,  Grand  Rapids,  A\icbigan

Tight
Stoves

Write
for
Price
List.

FOSTER, 
STEVENS,  1 
& CO., 

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GRAND  RAPIDS.  3

The  Grand  Rapids  Paper  Box  Co.

Manufacture

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

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

Our line of

WORLD

Bicycles for  1900

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
ing,  is  offered  for  sale  at  a 
low figure for CASH. 
Intending purchasers address 

LOUIS LOWENTHAL, Mobile, Ala.

lars, or a lawsuit, or a customer. 

Everything 

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ARNOLD, SCHWINN & CO., 

Makers, Chicago, III.

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

Nails

Advance over base, on both Steel and

Steel nails, base.............................
Wire nails, base........................ .7 .7 7
20 to 60 advance.................. 
..’..
10 to 16 advance......................."...7.7."
8 advance................................ ......"."7
6 advance.............................7 7 7
4 advance...........................7.7.77"..7
3 advance....................... .... 7 . 7 ‘
2 advance................................ 7!! 7
F'ine3  advance......................7 7 * 7 7 .
Casing 10 advance.............
Casing 8 advance...................................
Casing 6 advance...................................
Finish 10 advance................................
Finish 8 advance..................................
Finish 6 advance..........................
Barrel  % advance.........................

26&10
50&10

6 50 
10  00

14 00 
30 00

Rivets

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

Roofing  P lates

14x20 IC, Charcoal,  Dean.....................
14x20 IX,Charcoal,  Dean.....................
20x28 IC, Charcoal,  Dean.....................
14x20 IC, Charcoai, Allaway  Grade... 
14x20 IX,Charcoal, Allaway  G rade... 
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway  G rade... 
20x28 IX,Charcoal, Allaway  G rade...

Ropes
Sisal, H inch and larger.......................
Manilla.....................  
.......................

1

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List  acct.  19, '86.

San d

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

If  he  had  been  just  one  step 
to  him. 
lower  the  car  comers  would  have  met 
above  him  and  passed  harmlessly  by.  If 
he  had  been  one  step  higher  he  had 
been  safely  above  the  danger 
line ;  but 
— he  was  where  he  was  and,  being 
there,  received  his  death  wound,  al­
though  Fate  was  kind  in  not  marking 
him  with  a  visible  blow. 
If  the  mer 
chant  had  never  spent  on  self  more  than 
his  business  warranted  no 
leak  could 
have  started  here.  Had his  credits  been 
guardedly  given  and  collections  proper­
ly  attended  to  this  wonld  not  have  been 
charged  as  a  reason  for  failure. 
If  the 
small  items  of  waste  had  never  been  al­
lowed  to  creep 
into  the  business  they 
could  not  have  become  sources  of  loss. 
If  all  the  man’s  time,  means  and talents 
had  been  devoted  to  the  specific  busi­
ness  engaged  in  no  one  could  have  said 
of  him,  “ He  divided  his  forces  and 
thus  did  nothing  w ell.’ ’  Had  -he  at­
tended  to  the  details .of  business  person­
ally,  or  known  they  were  in  hands  fully 
competent  to  have  them  in  charge,  no 
danger  had  arisen  from  this  source. 
Had  his  employes  always  been  strictly 
honest  with  the  goods,  time  and  money 
in  their hands  no  loss  to  his  business 
could  have  resulted  from  this  cause. 
In 
fact,  we  might  bring  up  a  supposable 
case  to  excuse  almost  any  occurrence  in 
the  business  world ;  but  this  will  not 
bring  back  life.  Things  are  as  we  find 
them,  not  as  we  might  wish  them  to  be, 
therefore  must  we  deal  with  matters  as 
they  present  themselves;  and  if  we  sus­
pect  in  our  business  any  thing  verging 
towards  “ internal  hemorrhage”  
is 
time  for  prompt  action  on  our  part,  as 
only  through 
to 
these  small  (at  the  beginning)  leaks  can 
the 
fatal  phase  of  the  disease  be 
checked. 

immediate  attention 

L.  A.  Ely.

it 

H ow   to   Spoil  a  K nife.

From  Hardware  and  Metal.

“ What 

“ There’s  a  knife  I  bought  in  your 
store  a  while  ago,  and  the  blades  have 
in  a 
given  out,”   said  a  countryman 
large  hardware  store. 
is  the 
matter  with 
it?”   asked  the  clerk,  and 
the  customer  proceeded  to  relate  how 
“ temper” .had  left  the  blades.  He  said 
he  used  his  knife  chiefly  to  cut  plug 
tobacco  and  apples,  and  the  confession 
led  to  a  discussion  of  knives  in  general, 
during  which  the  countryman  was  given 
the  information  that  the  acid  in  apples 
and  plug  tobacco  would  draw  the “ tem­
per”   out  of  the  best  knife  ever  made. 
“ Very  few  people understand that fact, ”  
said  the  salesman  “ but  it  is  a  fact 
just 
the  same.  A   knife  that  is  used  to  cut 
apples  and  tobacco  will  give  out  a  great 
deal  sooner  than 
it  would  had  it  been 
used  on  the  hardest  wood.  A   great 
many  people  sharpen  pencils  with  a 
knife,  and  then  kick  when  the  blade 
is 
becomes  dull  or  nicks.  The  reason 
that  the 
is  gritty,  and  when 
it 
its  effect  on  the  blade  the  com­
shows 
plaint 
is  made  that  the  steel  is  either 
too  hard  or  too  soft.”

lead 

Stove  and  R ange  O utput.

At  the  rate  of  the  output  in force since 
the  more  active  manufacturing  season 
began, 
the  production  of  stoves  and 
ranges  for  next  year’s  market  will  be 
the  largest  on  record.  The  making  ac­
tivity  has  been  maintained 
in  a  sur­
prising  degree,  even  when  the  tremen­
dous  gain  in  general  business  is  consid­
ered,  and  the 
indications  point  to  a 
maintenance  beyond  the  usual.  Some 
years  ago,  there  was  a  possibility  for a 
famine 
in  stoves.  There  will  be  no 
such  actuality  in  1900,  according  to  the 
present  outlook.

C ertain Cure.

A   vender  of  universal  medjcine  de­
if  his  prescriptions  be  fol­
literally  a  cure  is  certain.  He 

clares  that 
lowed 
states:

“ This  medicine 

is  to  be  taken  in­

ternally,  externally,  and  eternally. ’ ’

Unwise  C om petition  A m ong  H ardw are 

D ealers.

is 

themselves 

Retail  dealers  often  indulge 

in  com­
petition  between 
when 
actually  there  is  neither  reason  nor  ne­
cessity 
in  so  doing.  They  even  cut 
prices  at  times  when  an  upholding  is 
far  better  policy.  Their  action 
fre­
quently  dictated  by  a  feeling of personal 
jealousy  more  than  by  a  desire  for  an 
it  occasionally 
increase 
in  sales,  and 
that  one  dealer  takes 
happens 
the 
initiative 
in  aggression  merely  because 
he  wants  to  “ down  that  fellow  around 
foolishness. 
the  corner.”   This  is  rank 
The  basis  of  business  is  business 
itself 
and  the  need  for  its  improvement,  not 
an 
for  lessening  a 
competitor’s  profits  together  with  your 
own.

imagined  necessity 

Co-operation  between  dealers  in  one 
community  often  produces  better  results 
than  competition.  A  friendly  rivalry 
may  exist,  but  that 
is  no  reason  why 
competing  dealers  should  endeavor  to 
cut  each  other’s  commercial 
throats. 
When  two  or  more  dealers  in  the  same 
line  are  rivals  in  business,  it  does  not 
follow  as  a  matter  of course  that  the  one 
object  to  be  attained  is  the  driving  of 
one  or the  other  or  possibly  both  out  of 
town.  Such  efforts,  even  when  success­
ful,  as  they seldom  are,  cost more  money 
than  success 
it  is  even 
possible  to  gain  the  ill  will  of  the  com­
munity  by  a  recourse  to  tactics  that 
many  people  will  regard  as  unfair.

is  worth,  and 

Instances  have  been  known  where  this 
impolitic  rivalry  between  dealers  in  one 
town  has  driven  the  bulk  of  the  busi 
ness  to  another  place.  Competing deal­
ers  made  themselves  obnoxious  by  their 
methods,  with  the  result  tllat  the  buyers 
referred  to  deal  where  such  methods 
were  not  employed.  Where 
farmers 
constitute  a  good  part  of  the  trade  and 
t 
is  as  convenient  to  go  to  either one 
of  nearby  towns  for their  goods,  they  are 
apt  to  go  to  a  rival  town  and  to  keep 
away  from  an  unpleasant  rivalry  be­
in­
tween  dealers.  Other  local  trade  is 
jured  and  the  consequence 
is  an 
ill 
feeling  against  those who are responsible 
for  the  loss.  A  fair  competition  leads 
to  an 
improvement  in  stock  and  man­
agement.  - It  can  be  conducted  both 
profitably  and  pleasantly.  Co-operation 
as  against  rivals  in  another  town  is  pro­
ductive  of  beneficial  results,  while  this 
fight  for  supremacy  between  local  deal­
ers  injures  both  the  contestants  and  the 
community.— Stoves  and  Hardware  Re­
porter.

B usiness  O ut  of Sight.
“ How  is  business  with  you?”
“ Out  of  sigh t!”
“ Let’s  see—what  is  your  line?”
‘ ‘ Hose  supporters. ’ ’

r  DON’T 
I  YOU 
J  SEND  US 

YOUR

(  ORDERS  FOR 
EGRY  AUTOGRAPHIC  REGISTER

S Y S T E M S ?

They Will Do You Good.

For Grocers, Coal and Mill Men:

Our No. 1 and 12  M. Triplicates................ $29 72
For Dry Goods, Shoes,  Clothing  and  Hardware:
No. 40 Special and 48 M. Transactions__ $48  80

A Complete Cash Record.

For Shippers:

No. 31 and 5 M. Triplicates.........................$27 00

For Drugs, Candy, Meat Markets, etc.

For Cash Record Only.

No. 44 and 100 M. Entries, including 100,000 
Tickets for Customers,  2Hx4H  in.,  Printed 
to Order........................................................... $50 00

Address Orders or Enquiries to

L.  A.  ELY,  Alma,  Mich.

Hardware  Price  Current

A ugurs  and  B its

Snell’s ......................................
Jennings’ genuine........... . . .7.7
Jennings’ Imitation..............
Axes
First Quality, S. B. Bronze..................
I irst Quality, I). B.  Bronze 
First Quality, S. B. S.  Steel 
F’irst Quality,  D. B. Steel....................

B arrow s

Railroad......................
Garden.................. . . 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7  7 net

B olts
Stove ...................................
Carriage, new  list.7 7  7 .....................
P low ........................................» .,» ,7 7

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

B uckets

B utts,  Cast
Cast Loose Pin, figured..........
Wrought N arrow ................
C artridges

Rim F ire __
Central Fire .

C hain

H in. 

5-16 In.

Com....
BB................  9
BBB...............  9H

Cast Steel, per lb...

Ely’s 1-10, per m __
Hick'sC. r., p erm .
G. D., per in............
Musket, per m........

Caps

Socket F irm e r......................................
Socket F'raming.................. . 
.
Socket Corner..................
Socket Slicks............................... 7 7 7

Elbows

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

E xpansive  B its
Clark’s small. $18;  large, $26.......
Ives’ 1, $18;  2, $24;  3, $30......................
Files—New  L ist

New American......................................
Nicholson’s .............................................
Heller’s Horse Rasps......................"
G alvanized  Iro n  

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

14 

13 

Discount, 70

15 
Gas  P ip e

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

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

Gauges

Glass

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

H am m ers

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

H inges

Gate, Clark’s 1,2,3 .........  

.dis

H ollow   W are

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

H orse  N ails

Au S able.................................................dis
Putnam....................................................dis

H ouse  F u rn ish in g  Goods
Stamped Tinware, new list..................
Japanned Tinware.................................

Iro n

K nobs—New  L ist
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings........
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings......

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

L an tern s

Levels

M attocks

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

Adze Eye...................................$17 00..dis 

M etals—Zinc

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

M iscellaneous

1  25 
40&10

70&10
70
00&10

80&20
80&20
80

33H
40&10
70

50&10
50&10
50&10

40&10
6

70
20&10

5 25
6  00

70

60

714
8

Bar  Iron.................................................   3
Light Band............................................   3Hc

c rates 
ates

Bird Cages............................................. 
40
Pumps, Cistern...................................  
70
Screws, New L ist.................................  
80
Casters, Bed and Plate........................   60&10&10
Dampers, American............................
50

 

M olasses  Gates

Stebbins’ Pattern................................
Enterprise, self-measuring................
30
Fry, Acme..............................................   60&10&10
Common,  polished...............................
70&Ö
P a te n t  P lan ish ed   Iro n  

P ans

60&10 1 

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

Broken packages He per pound extra.

10  20 
9 20

Planes

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

23

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

11H

50

22  50

40
40&10

8  60 
8  10

66

$850
8 50
975

7 00
7 00
g 50
8 50

10

75
40&10
65&10
15
1  25

60
60
50&10
60&10
40
4  05
3 90

75
75
75
75

30
30&10

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

Sash  W eights

Sheet  Iro n

com. smooth,  com.
$3 00 
3 00 
3 20 
3 30 
3  40 
___
3 50
All Sheets No.  18 and  lighter,  over  30  inches 

Nos. 10 to 14.................................... $3  20
Nos. 15 to 17....................................   3 20
Nos. 18 to 21....................................   3 30
Nos. 22 to 24 ....................................   3 40
NOS. 25 to 26 ....................................   3 60
No. 27................................................  3 60 
wide, not less than 2-10 extra.

Shells— Loaded

Loaded with Black  Powder................dis 
Loaded with  Nitro  Powder................dis 

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

Shovels  and  Npadei
F'irst Grade.  Doz.............................
Second Grade, Doz..........................

H@H......................................................  
20
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
in the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to composition.

Squares

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

T in—M elyn  G rade

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

Each additional X on this grade, $1.25.

T in—A llaw ay  G rade

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

Each additional X on this grade, $1.50

B o iler  Size  Tin  P late 

14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, )
14x56 IX, for No. 9 Boilers,) P®r  P°un<1" 
T raps

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

W ire

Blight Market........................................ 
Annealed  Market................................. 
Coppered  Market..................................  
Tinned  Market...................................... 
Coppered Spring Steel......................... 
Barbed Fence, Galvanized.................. 
Barbed  F'ence, Painted........................ 

W ire  Goods

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

W renches

Baxter’s Adjustable, Nickeled........... 
Coe’s Genuine........................................ 
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, Wrought..70&l0

.ACCURACY 

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CONTENTMENT 
i make four grades of books 

in tne  different denominations.

SSSSS“ ON INQIMCOMPANY.

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1 " A M » “ “ “   GRAND RAPIDS, M ICH

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

T he  H ut  E n d   o f th e   P o k e r  F o r  B rutes 

T his  Sort.

Written for the Tradesman.

With  the  coming  on  of  cold  weather 

it  has  been  noticed,  by  those  brought 
contact  with  the  criminal  classes,  that 
in  many 
instances  men  have  abused 
their wives  for  the  purpose  of  enjoying 
the  comforts  of  prison  life  instead of be 
ing  obliged  to  put  up  with  the  scanty 
and  often  unpalatable  fare  provided  for 
them  at  home.  A  judge  in  the  Middle 
it  as  his  experience  that 
States  gives 
the  majority  of  the 
inmates  of  the 
county  prison  are  there  by  design  or  be 
cause  of  a  reckless  disregard  for  the 
law.  They  know  that 
in  prison  they 
will  be  provided  with  a  good  bed  and 
enough  to  eat  and  that  the  severity  of 
winter  can  not  harm  them;  so  that  whc 
is  intended  for a  punishment  becomes 
luxury.

Aside  from  the  offense  of  wife-abus 
ing  these  men,  on  general  principles 
should  be  taken  vigorous  care  of. 
If 
wife-abusing  is  rewarded  by  a  comfort 
able  home  for  the  winter  there  is  little 
chance  of  a  decrease  of  that  too  com 
mon  misdemeanor. 
If  for  such  a  pur 
pose  the  two-legged  brute  refuses  to 
provide  not  only  for  himself  but  hL 
family  and,  shirking  his  duty,  shifts 
it 
upon  the  weak  and  patient  shoulders 
illy  able  to  bear  it,  he  ought  to  be given 
the  hot  end  of  the  poker  and  forced  to 
hold  it  until  as  the  lesser  of two  evils  he 
concludes  to  support  his  family.  There 
is  no  use  in  dallying  with  cattle  of  thi 
sort.  The world,  in  their opinion,  owes 
them  a  living  and  if  they  can  not  get 
in  one  way  they  will  in  another.  Work 
they  will  not;  and  here  is  the  place  for
the  state  to  step 
in  and  say,  “ Work 
they  shall. ”  
It  seems  like  going  back 
in  civilization  to  resort  to  methods  of 
force  made  use  of  in  the  infant  periods 
of  the  world,  but 
if  modern  methods 
are  not  adequate  to  ancient  crimes,  and 
the  ancient  methods  accomplished  the 
purpose,  it 
is  weakness  not  to  apply 
them,  no  matter  how  long  ago  they  were 
used.  The  whipping  post 
is  not  a 
look  at  and  public 
pleasant  object  to 
opinion  shudders  at  the  thought;  but 
is 
it  any  worse  for  public  opinion  to  shud­
der  a  little^at  a  punishment  popular  in 
the  Dark  Ages  than  it  is  for a  delicate, 
sensitive  woman  to  suffer to-day  from 
treatment  popular  in  the  Dark  Ages,  in 
order that  the  brute  of  that  or any period 
may  have  a  good  bed  and  enough  to 
eat  during  cold  weather?  The  question 
comes  down  to  th is:  The  man  must 
have  the  whipping  or 
the  woman. 
Which?  The  chivalry of the Middle Ages 
answered 
Is 
the  manhood  of  the  Twentieth  Century 
to  reverse  the  decision?

in  the  woman’s  favor. 

it 

There  seems  to  be  but  one  way  out  of 
the  difficulty.  The  way  is  short  and  to 
the  point:  Give  the  fellow  the  hot  end 
of  the  poker. 

Reuben  M.  Streeter.

T he  H ard w are  M arket.

In  our  report  this  week  there  is 

little 
change  to  note 
in  the  general  line  of 
hardware.  Prices  remain  stationary  and 
firm  and  manufacturers  are  not  disposed 
to  push  business  at  the  present  time,  as 
dealers  are  careful  about  making  pur­
chases,  on  account  of  the  time  for  in­
ventory  being so near at hand.  Buying of 
goods  suitable  for  Christmas  presents  is 
good,  except  in  the  hand  sled  and  skate 
lin e ; 
such 
articles  being  sold,  as  would  be  the  case 
were  the  weather  more  suitable.

snow  prevents 

lack  of 

item  of  special  movement 

being 
freely  sold  for  spring  shipment 
and,  according  to  all  reports,  the market 
will  soon  be  oversold  and  many  will  ex­
in  getting  their  or 
perience  difficulty 
ders  filled.  There 
is  every  indicati 
of  an  early  advance  in  these  articles 
The  only 
the  great decline  in  window glass,  owing 
to  the  different  manufacturers  being  un 
able  to  agree  on  a 
fair  price:  The 
American  Window  Glass  Co.  has  re 
duced  the  price  nearly  33^  per  cent 
and  glass  jobbers  are  now  quoting  S. 
at  85-10(^85-15  and  D.  S.  at  85-2o@ 
85-25. 
In  talking  with  those  who  seem 
to  be  quite  familiar  with  the  situation 
it  is  not  believed  that  these extreme dL 
counts  will  hold  for a  very  great  while 
nor 
is  any  possi 
bility  of  its  going  any  lower.

it  thought  there 

is 

Horse  and  snow  shoes  have  had 
light  advance  since  our  last  report.
Galvanized  iron  is  weak  and,  on  good 
orders,  quite  attractive  discounts  are 
named.

T he  G rain  M arket.

There  seemed  to  be  a  change  in  the 
wheat  market  the  past  week.  The  short 
nterest  brought  all  bear  news  to depress 
prices  and  there  were  elevators  contain 
ng  1,000,000 bushels made regular.  Had 
those  elevators  not  been  made  regula 
the  visible  would  have  shown  a  sma, 
decrease 
instead  of  861,000  bushels  in 
crease.  However,  the  small  receipts  i_. 
both  winter  and  spring  begin  to  draw 
the  attention  of  the  investment  buyers 
The  visible 
is  only  29,000,000  bushel- 
la rger  than  last  year.  Even  the  flurry 
in  stocks  in  Wall  Street  had  no depress 
ing  effect  on  wheat  prices  and  the  price 
's  fully  ic  to  2c  higher on  cash  and  fu 
tures.  We  still  look  for  quite  an  ad 
vance  in  the  near  future.

Corn  has  followed  wheat  and  closes 

strong  at  fully  ic  advance.

in  strength. 

Oats  are  again  leading  both wheat and 
com 
looks  as  though 
some  wanted  oats  very  much  the  way 
they  all  bid  up  for them.  Prices are 1 
’  'gher.

It 

Rye  has 

The  Government  crop  report  came 

remained  stationary,  not 
much  doing.  Prices seem  to  be  sagging.
in 
during  the  week  and  showed  547,000,000 
bushels  harvested  in  the  ’99  crop,  while 
the  September  report  showed  only  496, - 
000,000  bushels.  Where  the  Government 
gets  these  figures  is  an  open  question, 
especially  as  wheat  seems  to  be  so 
scarce.  Time  will  tell  how  good the crop 
reporters  have  guessed.  No  change 
in 
the  flour  trade.  More  enquiry  since 
wheat  has  stiffened  in  price,  both  local 
and  domestic.  Mill 
feed  still  remains 

l  good  demand.
Receipts  have  been  41  cars  of  wheat,
1  cars  of  com,  8  cars  of  oats,  1  car  of 
re,  10  cars  of  hay.
Mills  are  paying  66c  for  wheat.

Ishpeming  Iron  Ore:  Hugh  Sparks 
about  to  leave  Sellwood  &  Co. ’s  gro­
cery store,  where he  has  been  located  the 
past  eight  years,  to  accept  a  responsible 
and 
lucrative  position  with  Meriam, 
Collins  &  Co.,  wholesale  grocers,  with 
headquarters 
in  Chicago.  Mr.  Sparks 
will  sever  his  connection  with  the  local 
house 
immediately  after  Christmas, 
when  he  will  go  to  Chicago  to  confer 
with  his  new  employers  and  secure  his 
line  of  samples.

Nails  and  wire  are  in  good  demand, 
but  there  is  no  indication  at  the  present 
time  of  any  advance  or  decline.

Poultry  netting  and  wire  cloth  are

Andrew  Carnegie  has  given  away over 
§9,000,000 for  building  and  maintaining 
libraries,  the  list  of  his  different  benefi­
ciaries  numbering  fifty-one. ~

T he  B ig h t B ing.

is 

“ Yes. 

justified 

regretfully. 

.  These  are  the  days  when  a  young man 
is 
looking  about  for  something  to  buy 
for  his  dearest,  and  when  his  pocket- 
book 
liable  to  be  taxed  to  the  limit 
without  securing  exactly  what  his  dear­
est  would  consider  most  lovely  and  ex­
pensive. 
“  You  can  see  lots  of  human 
nature  in  a jewelry store, ’ ’  remarked  the 
man  who  was  arranging  a  tray  of  gems 
in  the  window  so  as  to  give  them  their 
greatest  possible  allurement. 
“ One  of 
the  things  1  have  noticed  is  that  most 
people  dislike  to  depend  on  their own 
judgment.  They  don’t  appreciate  any­
thing  until  they  know  its  value  in  dol­
lars  and  cents.”   Just  then  a  young  man 
came 
in  and  asked  to  see  some  rings. 
He  was  not  long  in  making  a  selection 
and,  pulling  out  a  roll  of  bills,  he  asked 
the  price. 
“ Twenty  dollars,”   said  the 
jeweler.  The  young  man  put  the  money 
back  into  his  pocket. 
“ Is  that  all?”  
he 
I 
enquired 
wouldn’t  be 
in  charging  any 
more.  But  it’s  a  very  handsome  ring, 
it  is  just  as  it’ s 
and  everything  about 
represented. 
Twenty  dollars  doesn’t 
seem  enough  to  pay  for a  ring  for  this 
young 
lady, ”   he  remarked  pensively. 
“  That’s  a  pretty  ring,  and I  think  she’d 
like  it  very  much  if  she  didn’t  find  out 
what  the  price  was. 
I’ll  tell  you  what 
I  11  do. 
I'll  buy  the  ring  if  you'll  put 
a  $50  price  tag  on  it  and  let  it  stay  in 
the  window  until  day  after  to-morrow.”  
“ I  don’t  quite  see  what  good  that  will
“ I’ve  set  my  heart  on  seeing
do  you.”  
her  wear  this  particular  ring. 
I  know 
she  will  like  its  style  when  she  first  sees 
it.  But  you  know  how  women  a re: 
they’re  never  content  until  they  know 
how  much  everything  costs.  To-morrow 
I’ll  take  her out  walking,  and  we’ll  pass 
your  window.  We’ll  stop  and  look  in, 
and  she’ll  recognize  the  ring  the  instant 
she  puts  her eyes  on  it. 
I  won’t  say  a 
word,  but  she  11  notice  that  it’s marked 
S50,  and  will 
it’s  not  only  a 
fine  looking  ting  that  she’s  wearing,  but 
that  it  is  all  right  as  to  price;  and  then 
we  can  all  be  happy.”

feel  that 

is  being  offered 

H ides,  P elts,  F urs,  T allow   and  W o o l 
The  market 

is  weaker  on  hides. 
for  less 
Light  stock 
is  no  greater. 
money  and  the  supply 
The  asking  price  caused 
tanners  to 
hesitate  and  the  country  holders  to  feel 
strong;  while  others  claim 
is  the 
manipulation  of  dealers.

it 

Pelts  hold  strong  and  are  ready sale  at 

full  prices.
Furs  are 

in  fair  demand,  with  high 
values  for what  are wanted for home use.
Tallow  holds  firm,  but  not  materially 
igher.  Edible  for  export 
is  in  good 

demand.

is 

Wools  hold  their  value well and higher 
prices  are  asked.  Trade 
light,  as 
expected,  and  will  continue  to  be  so 
until  the  next  century.  A   good  trade 
is 
for 
heavyweight  goods.  The  foreign  mar­
ket 
is  still  above  the  importing  point, 
making  this  the 
lowest  market  of  the 
world.  There  is  little  or  no  home  trade.

looked  for  in  stocks  suitable 

Wm.  T.  Hess.

She  handed  the  check  to  the  paying 
teller.  She  was  calm  and  collected,  as 

it  were  an  everyday  matter.
Madam,”   said 

you  have  forgotten  to  indorse  it.”  
‘ ‘ Indorse 

the  teller  gently 
* 
it?”   with  a  little  worried 

smile.

Y e s;  you  must  write  vour  name  on 
the  back  here  to  show  that  you  will  re­
pay  this  bank  in  case  the  issuer of  this 
check  should  fail  to  answer  our  call. **

"   ,she  s a id *  acceP tin g   the  pen. 
When  the  teller  looked  at  the  check 

again  this  is  what  he  read:

T h e ----- bank  has  always  paid  up

what 
it  owes,  and  you  need  have  no 
worry.  Therefore,  I  indorse  this  check. 
Very  truly  yours,  Mrs.  J.  B.  Blank.”  

The  teller  fell  over  into  the  vault.

Christmas  is  anticipated  by  the  shop­

per  in  the  sweet  buy  and  buy.

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

157

152

149

150

148

o  , ^ 

r  f vl 

ITOIt  SALE—KT<>CK  OF  SHOES  AND  F1X- 
A 
tures invoiciug $2,000;  good  location in town 
of 6,000 inhabitants;  will accept  50  cents  on  the 
dollar if taken quick.  Address 118 South Michi­
gan Ave., Big Rapids, Mich. 
LM)K  SALE  — ONE  CAKLOAD  25  FEET 
I   cedar  poles,  four  inch  top.  Address  J.  J. 
Robbins. Boyne Falls. Mich. 
J J  ART N ER  WANTED  IN  ESTABLISHED 
A .  J,ulno  business,  located  in  Niles,  Mich.; 
thirty-two pianos sold since  February  last;  $500 
required.  Address Schaeffer  Piano  Wareroom, 
Niles, Mich. 
D r u g   s t o c k HP-o r s a l e —r e n t ' v e r y
cheap;  good location in city  of 9,000  inhabi­
tants;  resort town.  Stock  invoices  $2,000.  Ad- 
dress No. 152. care Michigan Tradesman. 
LH)R  SALE—MEAT  MARKET,  WITH  FIX-
x  
tures,  span  of  horses,  wagons,  sleighs  and 
everything  necessary  for  a  first-class  market, 
Good living rooms  in  upper  story;  terms  easy
j  ,  vciiiio  easy ,
« nnn__ Hiiil
nnp marliof in nnoimfinn .  inn». 
one market in operation;  town  of  1.800  popula­
tion.  Reason for selling, poor  health.  Add 
ress
Levi S. Smith, Nashville, Mich.
151
L  OB  bALE—ALMOST  NEW  CALIGRAPH 
(No. 3)  Typewriter at one-half price;  terms 
l  
$5 cash with order, balance  of  $15  C.  O.  D.; full
Vi  qr*u  v/. 
------- . 
JJ,: 1U1I
examination  privileges; 
first-class  condition 
guaranteed.  L. A. Ely, Alma, Mich. 
1AOR  SALE—DRUG  STOCK  IN  WESTERN 
I   Michigan. 
Invoices  about  $2,000.  Reason 
for  selling,  death  of  proprietor.  Address  No. 
145, care Michigan Tradesman. 
OUSEHOLD  GOODS  SHIPPED  TO  CALI- 
fornia and all points West at reduced rates. 
Trans-Continental  Freight  Co.,  38  Market  St.. 
Chicago, 111. 
rp O   EXCHANGE  FOR  STOCK  OF  GEN- 
T   eral Merchandise—160 acre farm near Jeddo, 
Mich.,  with  good  barn  and  orchard  and  farm 
house;  120  acres  improved;  living  spring;  first- 
class stock farm;  title perfect;  taxes  paid.  Ad- 
dress Box 145, Upton Works, Mich. 
140
i W R  SALE  AX  A  DISCOUNT  IF   TAKEN 
at  once—A drug and bazaar stock in  a thriv- 
mg 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. 
139
Pa p e r   r o l l s  f o r   d e s k   c a s h   r e g is -
ters, price $1.50 per dozen;  all widths.  Send 
sample.  E.  L.  Maybee,  1262  Slater  St.,  Cleve-
- . .
lunsl  ilniA 
Ik'OK  SALE—FINE  HOTEL  AND  SMALL 
J ‘. . 1IV?7 JbarnL doing  good  business;  terms  to 
suit.  Address  No.  135,  care  Michigan  Trades- 
man 
S p o t   c a s h   p a id   f o r   s t o c k   o f   d r y
goods,  groceries  or  boots  and  shoes.  Must 
he cheap.  Address A. D., care Michigan Trades­
m a n ^  
130
E x c h a n g e —f o u r  g o o d  h o u s e s , f k e e
and clear, good location, for a  stock  of  dry 
goods or clothing, either in or out of city.  Reea 
&  Osgood,  32  Weston  building,  Grand  Rapids.
127
l^O R   SALE—GENERAL  STOCK  IN  GOOD 
I   country trading point.  Terms  to  suit  pur­
chase^  Will  rent  or  sell  store  building.  Ad- 
dress No. 116, care Michigan Tradesman. 

______ 145

j43

116

_

to exchange for  timbered  land or  improved 
farm or  stock  of  goods.  Address  L.  C.  Town- 

114

958

107

Br y s o n   b r ic k   s t o r e   a t   o v id , m ic h ., 
send, Jackson, Mich. 
SPOT  CASH  DOWN,  WITHOUT  ANY  DE- 
lay,  will  be  paid  for  stocks  of  dry  goods, 
snoes  or  general  merchandise,  at  a  discount. 
Correspondence  positively  held  confidential.
----------- .-- ..w H .nij  HU1U  UUUUUCUtliU.
Large  stocks  preferred.  Address  A.  P.,  care 
Michigan  Tradesman. 
W  ANTED—YOUR ORDER FOR A RUBBER 
’ \   stamp.  Best  stamps  on  earth  at  prices 
that  are  right.  Will  J.  Weller,  Muskegon. 
Mich. 
U O R  SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR GENERAL 
A  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.
OR  SALE—NEW  GENERAL  STOCK.  A 
splendid farming country.  No  trades.  Ad­
-  
dress No. 680, care Michigan Tradesman. 
680 
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 
nS?  j  v  
O-, G. R. & W.  Railways,
Grand Rapids, Mich. 
THE  SHAFTING,  HANGERS  AND  PUL- 
leys formerly used  to  drive  the  Presses  of 
me Tradesman are for sale  at  a  nominal  price. 
Power users making  additions  or  changes  wili 
do  well  to  investigate.  Tradesman  Company, 
Grand Rapids, Michigan. 
WJKKN  CIIY  RESIDENCE  AND  LARGE 
lot, with barn, for sale cheap on easy terms.* 
or will exchange for  tract  of  hardwood  timber! 
Rig bargain for some one.  Possession given anv 
time.  Investigation  solicited.  E. A. Stowe,  ldo 
N. Prospect street, Grand Rapids. 
MISCELLANEOUS.

983

919

993

TO $6  A  DAY SURE ABOVE EXPENSES 
— 
,,an<‘ a steady job to good agents selling  our 
gasoline lamp.  Everybody wants them.  Brilliant 
Gas Lamp Co., M48 Clark St., Chicago. 
153
W A N T E D —REGiSTERED  PHARMACIST, 
v v  State age, experience,  references  and  sal­
ary expected.  Address  No.  156,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

i§s

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

A   Reassuring Indorsement.

Travelers* Time Tables.

MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

>  *

CHICAGO

Chicagro.

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

A,-*

A

Traverse C ity, C harlevoix and t'etoskey.

Lv. G. Rapids, 7:30am 
Ar.TravCIty, 12:40pm 
Ar. Charlev’x,  3:10pm 
Ar. Petoskey,  3:40pm 
Trains  arrive  from 
north  at  2:40pm,  and
and 10:45pm.
Parlor cars on day trains and sleeping  cars  on 
night trains to and from Chicago.
♦Every day.  Others week days  only.

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

n P T D H I T   Qrand Rapids ft Western
Ü Q l l V U I l t  

June *6,  1899.

Detroit.

Lv. Grand Rapids....  7:00am  12:05pm  5:25pm
Ar. Detroit.................11:40am  4:05pm  10:05pm
Lv. Detroit................   8:40am 
6:10pm
Ar. Grand Rapids...,  1:30pm  5:10pm  10:55pm

1:10pm 

Saginaw,  A lm a   and  Greenville.

Lv. G.R. 7:00am 5:10pm A r.G .R. 11:45am 9:40pm 
Parlor Cars on all trains  to  and  from  Detroit 
and Saginaw.  Trains run week days only.

Geo. Df.Haven, General Pass. Agent.

r i p   A  M H   Trunk Railway System
^ l w / m l  1 1 /   Detroit and Milwaukee D1t.

(In effect Oct 19, 1899.)

Going East.

, 

Leave 

„ 
Arrive
Saginaw, Detroit & N. Y ........ + 6:50am  t  9:55pm
Detroit and E ast....................... +10:16am t   5:07pm
Saginaw, Detroit & East........ t  3:27pm  tl2:50pm
Buffalo, N. Y., Toronto,  Mon- 
y
treal & Boston, Ltd Ex..*  7:20pm  *l0:i6am 
Going West.
Gd. Haven Express....................*l0:2lam *  7:15pm
Gd. Haven and Int. P ts.......... tl2:58pm  +  3:19pm
Gd. Haven and Milwaukee__ + 5:12pm  tlO:iiam
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. Justin, City Pass. Ticket Agent,

97 Monroe St., Morton House.

GRAND

Indiana  Railway

December 17,  1899.

N o rth ern   D i v i s i o n .  
From 
North 
Trav. City, Petoskey, Mack,
t  5:15pm 
Trav.City, Petoskey, Mack, 
tio :15pm 
Cadillac Accommodation 
.
+10:45am 
Petoskey & Mackinaw  City  ____ .__________
t  6:20am
7:45am and 2:10pm trains, parlor cars; li:00pm 
train, sleeping car.

Going 
North
_______  t  7:45am
t  2:10pm 
+ 5:25pm 
til :00pm

Southern  D ivision

Going 
South 
t   7:10am 
t   2:00pm 
*  7:00pm

From 
South' 
Kalamazoo, Ft. Wayne Cin. 
t  9:45pm 
Kalamazoo and Ft. Wayne. 
t  2:00pm 
Kalamazoo, Ft. Wayne Cin.
■ 6:45am
Kalamazoo and  Vicksburg.  *11:30pm  * 9:ioam 
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;  ii:30pm  train,  sleeping  car  and  coach  to 
Chicago.

Chicago  Trains.

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

Miehigu  Business  Men’s Association 
retary, E. A. Stowe. Grand  Rapids.
Michigan  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

President,  J.  Wisler,  Mancelona;  Secretary 

E. A. Stowe, Grand  Rapids

Detroit  Retail  Grocers’  Association 
Mark s;  Treasurer, C  H.  Fr ink.

President,  Joseph  Knight;  Secretary.  E 

Grand  Rapids  Retail Grocers’  Association 

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

Klap;  Treasurer, J. George  Lehman

Saginaw  Mercantile  Association 

President,  P.  F.  Treanor;  Vice-President, 
J ohn  McBr at nie;- Secretary, W.  H. Lewis!

President,  J. F rank  Helmer;  Secretary,  W. 

Jackson  Retail  Grocers’  Association 
H. Porter;  Treasurer, L.  Pei.ton.
Adrian  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

President,  A.  C.  Clark- •  Secretary,  E.  F. 

Cleveland; Treasurer,  Wm. C.  Kokhs

Mnskeeron  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

President,  H.  B.  Smith;  Secretary,  D.  A. 

Boelkins;  Treasurer,  J.  W.  Caskadon.

Baj  Cities  Retail Grocers’  Association 

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

Waters.

Kalamazoo  Retail  Grocers’ Association 

President, W.  H.  Johnson;  Secretary,  Chas. 

Hyman.

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

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

Owosso  Business  Men’s Association 

President,  A.  D.  Wh ippl e;  Secretary,  G,  T. 

Campbell;  Treasurer,  W.  E.  Collins.

Alpena  Business Men’s  Association 

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

Partridge.

Grand Rapids  Retail  Meat  Dealers’  Association 

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

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

President, Thos. Bromley ;  Secretary, Frank 

A.  Percy; Treasurer, Clark a . Putt.

Perry  Business  Men’s  Association 

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

Heddle. 

_____ _

Grand  Karen  Retail  Merchants’  Association 

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

Tale  Business  Men’s Association 

President,  Chas.  Bounds;  Secretary,  Frank 

Hoeks.

Putney.

T R A V E L

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F-  &  P-  M.  R.  R.

AND  S T E A M S H IP   L IN E S  

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

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

I 
£ 

TO  CHICAGO.

FROM  CHICAGO

t2  00pm  *11  30pm
Lv. Grand  Rapids.. ,t7  10am 
Ar.  Chicago.............   2 30pm  8 45pm 
7 00am
Lv.  Chicago...... .......................t3 02pm  *11 32pm
Ar. Grand Rapids....................  9 45pm 
6  45am
Train leaving Grand Rapids 7:10am has coach; 
11:30pm train has coach  and  sleeping car;  train 
leaving Chicago 3:02pm  has  coach;  ii:32pm  has 
sleeping car for Grand Rapids.

M uskegon  Trains.

GOING  WEST.

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

GOING  EAST.

tExcept Sunday.  »Daily.

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

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

MANISTEE ft  Northeastern Ry.

Best route to Manistee.

Via'C. & W. M. Railway.

Lv. Grand Rapids.................................   7 00am
Ar. Manistee..........................................12 05pm
Lv. Manistee.........................................  8 30am
Ar. Grand  Rapids.......................  1 oopm

4  10pm 
9 55pm

Phone  432

. E. Ellis

98  Monroe  Street 

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

illustrated  catalogue  and  discounts.

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Do  you  want  a  Calendar?
Do  you  w ant  a  handsome  Calendar? 
Do  you  want  a  business-bringing  Calendar?

If  so,  delay  no  longer  in  communicating 
with the largest  and  most  extensive  calen­
dar makers in  Michigan, the

Tradesman  Company,  Grand  Rapids

FURNITURE BY MAIL

M a g a z in e   P r i c e s   O u t d o n e

FREIGHT
P R E s
PAID.

M a g a z in e   P r i c e s   O u t d o n e

FURNITURE BY MAIL
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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 for our complete Office Furniture 

Catalogue.

Sample FurnitureCo.
Retailers  of  Sam p le  Furniture , 
L Y O N   P E A R L  a  O T T A W A   S T S .
G r a n d  R a p i d s  Mich.
Ho u se
BEFORE  BUYING FURNC 
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HOUSEHOLD  FURNITURE
WE PREPAY FREIGHT

Arm  Chair or 

Rocker No. 1001.

Genuine hand 
buffed  leather, 
hair  filling,  dia­
mond  or biscuit 
tufting.

Sent  to  you 
freight  prepaid 
on  approval  for

1 2 4 #

Compare the style, the workmanship, 
the  material  and  the  price  with  any 
similar article. 
If  it  is  not  cheaper in. 
comparison,  return  at  our expense.

Sample FurnitureCo.
Retailers  of  Sam ple Furniture 
LY O N   P E A R L  Ô  O T T A W A   S T S .
G r a n d  R a p i d s  Mich.
HOUSE 
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This  fellow  is  just  like  that  merchant  who 
tries  to  do  business  with  old  pound  and 
ounce  scales—when  he  wakes  up  he’ll  be 
disappointed.  The  Money Weight  System 
is  not  a  dream.

You  will  find  money in  your store  if  you 
use  our  System  Scales.  Remember  our 
scales  are  sold  on  easy  monthly  payments.

The  Computing  Scale  Co.,

Dayton,  Ohio.

MICA 

AXLE

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

ILLUM INATING  AND 
LU B R IC A T IN G   O ILS

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

STA N D A RD   TH E  W ORLD  O V E R

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

Do You  Want to 
Increase Your Trade?

Then  give your customers  the old reliable

Preen Seal  Cigars

Made  in  three sizes:

Green  Seal,  10 cents,  3  for 25 cents 
Green  Seal  Boquet,  10 cents,  3  for 25 cents 
Green  Seal  Regalia,  10 cents straight

These  goods have  been on  the  market  for  twenty-five  years 
and  have  never  been  prostituted  in  quality.  Although  the 
Cuban  war doubled  the price of  Havana  tobacco,  the  quality 
of the  Green  Seal  was  maintained.  W hy  not  give  the  best 
and  draw trade?

2 ?   If you  want  to  give your customer the 

nickel hand him  a

greatest  value  for  his

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M aceo’s   Dream C igar 

highest  quality for a  nickel. 

§A  long filled,  hand  made,  Regalia  size  and  shape cigar of  the  iHk 

Send  us  an  order for either or both  brands  and we  will  guar-  X  
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ay  antee you satisfaction. 

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