Volume XVII.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  27,  1899.

Number 849

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Happy  New  Year

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We  wish  to  express  to  all our frie n d s  the grateful appreciation  their liberal patronage  in  the 
past  merits.  We  hope  to  be favored with  a  continuance,  and  we fe e l  assured  that,  i f   Honest 
Goods  and  Honest  Values  are  any  recommendation,  we  w ill  be  awarded  a  liberal  share  o f 
your  business  during  the  ensuing year.  O u r  offerings  o f N ew   IJp-to-Date  Goods,  which  w ill 
appear on  this  cover every  week,  w ill be  well worth your perusal,  and we  invite  a  comparison 
o f wares  and values presented.  The  articles  w ill be  carefully  selected,  with  a  view  o f  insur­
ing salability and profit earning.  To our old  trade  we  can  say  “ You  know  wbat  we  have 
done,"  and  to  the  new  trade  we  wish  to say “ Let us  show you  wbat  we  can  do."

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Start the  New Year right  by 
vowing  that  you  will  smoke 
only the best cigars

Royal Tiger, 10 cents 
Tigerettes, 5 Cents

“A smoker’s smoke.” 
throughout the  year.

It will  be  one  pledge  that  you’ll  keep 

PHELPS,  BRACE  & CO.,  Detroit

P.  E.  BUSHMAN,  Manager.

The  Largest Cigar  Dealers  in  the  Middle  West. 

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

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§and  have  never  been  prostituted  in  quality.  Although  the 

Cuban  war  doubled  the  price  of  H avana  tobacco,  the  quality 
of  the  Green  Seal  was  m aintained.  W h y  not  give  the  best 
and  draw  trade?

If you  want  to  give  your  custom er  the  greatest  value  for  his 
nickel  hand  him  a

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

highest  quality  for  a  nickel.

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1900

Do you  want a Calendar?
Do you  want  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

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Good Yeast  Is  Indispensable.

FLEISCHMANN  &  CO.

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

Grand Rapids Agency, 39 Crescent Ave.

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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.

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Train

Special  and trains connecting therewith. 

Save  time  in  travel  by  using  the  D etroit  N ew   York 
It leaves  Detroit, 
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Buffalo  10:10  p.  m.,  Rochester  at  m idnight  and  N ew   York 
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It  is   up-to-date  in  every  respect

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and  still  have  for  present  use  Ulsters, 
Overcoats  and  Keefers  in  abundance. 
Don’t  forget  strictly  all  wool  Kersey 
overcoat $5.  KOLB & SON, oldest whole­
sale Clothing Manufacturers, R ochester,
N.  Y.  Mail  orders  receive  prompt 
attention.  Write  our  Michigan  agent, 
W ILL IA M   CONNOR,  Box  316,  Mar­
shall, Mich., to call on you,  or  meet  him 
at Sweet’s hotel, Grand  Rapids, January
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D etro it  office,  817  H am m ond  Bid.
Associate  offices  and  attorneys  in  every 
county in the  United  States and Canada. 
Refer  to  State  Bank  of  Michigan  and 
Michigan  Tradesman.

For  Sale Cheap

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 aU modern improvements.

E.  A.  Stowe,

Blodgett Building, 
Qrand Rapids.

Save  Trouble. 
Save  Money 
Save Tfane.

I i ¡IM PORTANT  FEATURES.

C rockery  and  G lassw are  Q uotations.

Page.
2.  D ry  Goods.
3.  G etting  th e   People.
4.  A round  th e  State.
5.  G rand  R apids  Gossip.
T he  P roduce  M arket.
6.  W om an’s W orld.
7.  G otham   Gossip.

lO.  C lerks’  Corner.
13.  T u rn in g   a   New  Leaf.
14.  T he  M eat  M arket.
15.  Special  F eatu res of th e  N. Y. M arket. 
10.  T he  O th er  Side.
17.  C om m ercial Travelers.
18.  D rugs and C hem icals.
19.  D ru g  P rice C urrent.
20.  G rocery P rice  C urrent.
31.  G rocery P rice  C urrent.
22.  H ardw are.
23.  B rig h ten in g   P rospect  for  th e  South. 
24.  M unicipal  B eauty.

H ardw are  P rice  C urrent.
Business  W ants.

W ID EN IN G   T H E   CHASM.

There  once  was  a  time  when  it  was 
the  regular  business  of employers to look 
specially  after  the  welfare  of 
those 
whose  services  they  had  engaged  and  to 
reward  the 
faithful  and  devoted  with 
special  recognition,  while  reproving  and 
even  dismissing  the  idle  and  worthless, 
and 
it  commonly  came  about  that  the 
most  able  and  faithful  were  taken  into 
partnership. 
It  was  the  rule  in  the  old 
story  hooks  for  the  faithful  apprentice 
to  marry  his  master’s  daughter,  while 
the 
idle  fellow  went  to  the  bad,  and, 
like  “ George  Barnwell, ”  ended his days 
on  the  gallows.

All  that 

is  now  a  thing  of  the  past. 
Employes  have 
learned  not  to  depend 
on  the  generous  impulses  of  employers, 
but  to 
look  out  for  themselves.  They 
form  organizations  to  promote  their  in­
terests  as  a  class,  but  ignore  individual 
merits. 
In  most  of  these  organizations 
rates  of  wages  and  hours  of  labor  are 
regulated,  so  that  the  man  who,  from 
desire  or  necessity,  is  anxious  to  work 
a  greater  number  of  hours  or  days, so  as 
to  earn 
increased 
wages,  is  not  permitted  to  do  so.  All 
workers  are  classed  together,  without 
distinction, 
employers  are 
ranked  alike,  without  discrimination.

correspondingly 

and 

all 

but  the  class  plan  disregards  all  indi­
vidualism  and,  thrusting  all  the  people 
with  whom 
it  deals  into  two  opposing 
parties,  the  employes  and  the  employ­
ers,  passes 
judgment  on  the  whole  of 
each  party  and  for  or  against  the  whole 
of  one  or  the  other. 
In  a  sympathetic 
strike  by  the  employes  every  employer, 
without  regard  to  any  conditions  what­
ever,  is  equally  to  be  made  to  suffer, 
and 
in  the  case  of  a  lockout  every  em­
ploye  is  equally  a  victim.

kor  these  reasons  there  is  no 

induce­
ment  save  in  his  own  natural  generosity 
for  an  employer  to  give  special  benefits 
or  favors  to  his organized  employes,  and 
no  inducement  to  the  worker  under  like 
conditions  to  make  special  exertions  of 
duty  and  usefulness.  Fortunately,  not 
all  labor  is  organized,  and  until  it  shall 
he  the  gratifying  relations  of  mutual 
interests  and 
friendship  between  em­
ployes  and  employers  should continue  to 
is  necessary  to  the  other. 
exist.  Each 
The  man  who  owns  the  plant  and 
fur­
nishes  the  raw  material 
is  absolutely 
necessary  to  the  workmen,  as  they  are 
absolutely  necessary  to  him.  They  real­
ly  form  a  copartnership 
in  which  all 
have  mutual 
interests  which  should  he 
equitably  administered.  These  are  the 
true  relations  between  labor  and capital, 
and  it  is  a  great public and  private  mis­
fortune  that  they  can  not  be  universally 
maintained.

If  so,  you  should  know 
envelopes  which  are 

Did  you  ever spoil a stamped envelope 
in  attempting  to  write  an  address  on  it? 
lost  stamps  because  they 
Or  have  you 
to  each 
have  got  sticky  and  adhere 
that 
other? 
stamped 
only 
spoiled  by  mistakes  committed  in  sub­
scribing  will  be  redeemed  by  the  post- 
office  department  at theirstamped value. 
Postage  stamps  damaged  by  sticking 
together  in  warm  weather  or  from  other 
causes,  before  using,  may  be  returned 
to  the  department  and  their  value  will 
be  repaid  to  the  purchaser  or  exchanged 
for  new  stamps.  All  redeemed envelopes 
or  stamps  are  sent  by  postmasters  re­
deeming  them  to  the  department  and 
records  of  them  are  kept.

The  result  of  all  this  has  been  to 
broaden  the  constantly  increasing chasm 
between  employers  and  employes.  Indi­
viduals  are  no  longer  considered  and  no 
man  on  either  side  stands  on  his merits. 
A   specially  generous  employer  is  ac­
corded  no  more  recognition  than 
is  the 
most  hard-hearted  and  close-fisted.  The 
most  capable  and  efficient  employe  is 
ranked  with  the  least  capable  and  com­
petent.  '  This 
is  not  the  fault  of  indi­
viduals,  but  of  the  regulations  and  ob­
ligations  by  which  men  bind 
them­
selves,  and  they  have  no  choice  when 
their  organization  demands  it  but  to 
obey,  and  so  employes  and  employers 
are  ranged  into  two  classes  from  which 
individuality  of  membership  is  wholly 
eliminated.

This  state  of  things  has  grown  up  out 
of  the  evolution  of  modern  political  and 
industrial  life.  True  democratic  justice 
would  demand  that  each 
individual, 
whether  employe  or  employer,  be  tried 
on  his  merits  and 
judged  accordingly,

When  men  put  off  their  reform  Of  bad 
habits  to  some  time  like  the  beginning 
of  a  new  year,  or  a  birthday,  it  means 
that  they  prefer  to  be  bad  a little longer.

The  little  man  of  no consequence feels 
smallest  when  he 
that  no  one 
notices  him  or  cares  what  he  says  or 
does.

feels 

Men  bom  to  obey  make  the  mistake 
of  their  lives  when  they  think  they  were 
horn  to  command.

All  a  vain  man  wants  is  a  looking 
glass  to  make  him  satisfied  with  him­
self.

The  man  who 

is  generous  to  a  fault 
:an  generally  forgive  his own  faults first.

Milliners  flock  together to secure birds 

of  a  feather.

To  be  a  leader,  a  man  must  have  fol­

lowers.

Number  849

GEN ERA L  TR A D E  REVIEW .

in  some 

There  has  never  been  a  time  in  the 
history  of  trade  in  this  country  when  a 
panic  of  the  magnitude  of  the  Wall 
Street  flurry  of 
last  week  had  so  little 
effect  on  general  business.  Without 
the  least  slackening  the  tide  rolled  on 
and 
lines  where  a  decline  in 
price  had  recently  occurred  there  was  a 
material  recovery,  and  during  the  week 
the  volume  of  exchange 
in  clearing 
houses  exceeded  all  records.  That  a 
panic  should  occur  without  affecting 
business  is  an  anomaly  which  can  only 
be  accounted  for  on  the  general  strength 
of  the  situation.  The  cause  of  the  re­
action 
is  to  be  looked  for  in  the  man- 
agment  of  corporation  affairs  anti  the 
manipulation  of  securities,  with  the  for­
eign  situation 
immediate  pre­
text.

for  an 

While  the  tremendous  pressure in  pro­
duction  is  having  effect  in  stopping  the 
advance  of  finished  products  in  the  iron 
trade  at  the  East,  the  aggregate  of  pro­
duction  exceeds  any  on  record  and  the 
demand 
in  the  West  shows  no  signs  of 
lessening.  Minor  metals  are  a  shade 
weaker  in  price,  but  the  activity  of  de­
mand  is  fully  as  great 
the  weakness  is 
owing  to  the  fact  that  prices  had so fully 
anticipated  the  conditions.

While 

recent  orders 

to  285,506  cases 

for  hoots  and 
shoes  have  been  restricted  by  the rise  in 
prices,  the  great  urgency  of  dealers  to 
get  far  advanced  deliveries  on  previous 
orders  indicates  an  enormous  distribu­
tion  to  consumers  and explains the  ship­
ments  amounting 
in 
three  weeks,  against  236,846  last  year, 
287,5°3  >n  1897,  in  every  other  less  than 
last  year  and  in  1892  only  209,917  cases. 
New  trade  is  small  for  the  time,  hut  de­
liveries  this  year  have  been  400,000 
cases  more  than  in  any  previous  year, 
and  27  per cent,  more  than  in  1897.  Sole 
leather  remains  stiff,  but  there  has  been 
a  sudden  decrease  in  demand  for  upper 
leather,  and  the  hide  market  at  Chicago 
yields  at 
least  about  one-quarter cent, 
for  most  kinds.

Textile  industries  are  doing  wonder­
fully  well  considering  the  prices  of  ma­
terials.  Openings  of  heavy  woolen 
goods  for  fall  show  irregular advances 
in  prices,  while  wool  is  firmly  held  at 
advances  made  about  December  1,  al­
though 
sales  have  greatly  declined, 
amounting to only 7,312,500 pounds at tht 
three  chief  markets  last  week,  although 
in  two  previous  weeks  speculation  had 
aggregate 
raised 
to  22,677,500 
pounds. 
is  still  uncertain  how  far 
the  consumption  may he  checked  by  ad­
vances  in  goods  proportioned  to the  rise 
in  wool,  which  would  he  over  10  per 
cent.  Silk  works  are  doing  well  in  spite 
of  the  great  rise  in  raw  silk,  nearly  45 
per  cent,  since  January  1.  The  cotton 
mills  are  working  at  full  force,  and  get- 
ing  prices  for  goods  only  6  per  cent, 
lower  than  an  average  proportioned  to 
the  rise  in  cotton.

the 
It 

Colonel  Albert  A.  Pope,  of  Boston, 
who  has  made  millions  out  of  the manu­
facture  of  bicycles,  has  never  learned  to 
ride  a  wheel  himself.  Nevertheless  he 
is  familiar  with  every  part  of 
the 
“ b ik e,”   from  the  smallest  nut  to  the 
largest  bar.

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Dry Goods

T he  D ry  Goods  M arket.

Staple  Cottons— Very  few  mills  wish 
to  commit  themselves  for  distant  deliv­
ery,  because  they  are  already  contracted 
for  so  far  ahead.  Even  bids  at  the  top 
price  receive  scant  courtesy.  For  this 
reason  business  has  quieted  down  to  a 
considerable  extent  and  only  those  buy­
ers  in  actual  need  are  placing  any  con­
tracts.  Occasionally  buyers  will  try  to 
make  a  test  of  the  market  to  see  if  the 
conditions  change  at  all,  but  they  get 
very 
little  satisfaction.  Ducks,  osna- 
burgs,  etc.,  are  without  change,  retain­
ing  the  firm  stand  which  they  took  be­
fore, 
little  business. 
Bleached  cottons  have  shown  some  ad­
vances in fine grades.  Wide sheetings are 
reported as quieter, and  there has been no 
change  of  importance  in  coarse  colored 
cottons,  although  supplies  continue  to 
be  scarce,  and prices  show  upward  tend­
encies.

showing 

and 

is 

In 

Prints  and  Ginghams— Business  has 
shown  quite  an  improvement  in  printed 
goods  during  the  past  week  and  the 
market 
in  a  better  frame  of  mind 
than  the  week  before!  This  is  partially 
due  to  the  settlement  of  prices  for  fancy 
calicoes.  The  high  grades  are  securing 
good  business,  and  buyers  appear  to 
accept  them  at  present  quotations.  The 
same  is  true  of  lower  grades.  Business 
up  to  the  present  writing is considerably 
it 
ahead,  according  to  reports,  of  what 
was  last  year  at  this  time. 
In  regard  to 
staple 
lines  of  printed  goods,  there  is 
no  material  change  to  report,  but  ad­
vances  are  expected  daily. 
fact, 
sellers  in  several  cases  are  now  refusing 
except  “ at  value.”  
to  book  orders 
Staple  ginghams  are 
in  good  request, 
but  hard  to  find.  The  recent  advances 
have  had  no  effect  on  the  enquiry,  and 
sellers  have  all  the  business  they  care  to 
handle.  Dress  styles  are  also  strong, 
particularly  in  fine  woven pattern goods.
Dress  Goods— The  dress  goods  manu­
facturer  is  making  preparations  for  the 
new  fall  season.  Some  of  the  blankets 
have  already  been  prepared  and  the 
work  of  getting  out  selling  samples  will 
be  pushed  forward  as  rapidly  as  manu­
facturers’  busy  condition  will  allow. 
Are  the  rough  wool  goods  going  to  be 
If  so,  how  good? 
good  for  next  fall? 
How  about  the  golf  fabrics? 
Is  the  golf 
cape  to  hold  its  favor  with  the  fair  sex? 
These  are  questions  which  the  dress 
goods  and  cloaking  trades  are  consid­
ering,  and  the  feeling  appears  to  favor 
a  continuation  of  the  popularity  of  such 
goods.  Then  there  will  be  the  question 
of  prices  to  be  settled.  This  is  an  issue 
It  must  be  met 
that  can  not  be  dodged. 
fairly  and  squarely. 
is  the  same 
question  that 
is  to-day  agitating  the 
men’s  wear  agent  and  is  a  development 
resulting  from  the  increased  cost  of  raw 
materials  and  labor.  While  the  consid­
eration  of  the  new  fall  season  is occupy­
ing  the  attention  of  manufacturers,  work 
is  still  being  done  on  fall  goods  for  the 
current  season.  That  buyeis  are  willing 
to  accept  such  late  deliveries  is  a  very 
good  demonstration  of  the  urgency  of 
the  demand,  the  effect  of  which  is  not 
likely  to  be  lost  on  the  manufacturer,  as 
he  prepares  his  new  fall  lines  foi  mar­
ket.  Of  course,  the  fall  business  that  is 
now  being  done  is  not  of  large  volume.
is  but  the  tail  end  of  the  season. 
It 
Prices  being  paid,  however,  are 
far 
and  away  above  opening  values.  Sup­
plementary  spring  orders  are  offering  in 
very  fair  volume,  and  the  weaving  out 
of  spring  goods  promises  to  lap  over  in­

It 

to  the  fall  season. 
In  fact,  the  demand 
appears  to  outbalance  the  capacity  for 
production. 
instances 
mills  that  are  sold  up  tight  on  spring 
goods  could  have  taken  orders  forthous 
ands  of  pieces  could  they  have  made 
them.

In  a  number  of 

Underwear— The  outcome  of  the  new 
underwear  schedule  adopted  by 
the 
American  Knit  Underwear Association 
will  be  awaited  anxiously  by  the  trade, 
who  are 
interested  to  see  whether  the 
manufacturers  will  stick  to  it  absolutely 
or  whether  the  same  cutting  and  slash 
ing  will-go  on  as  in  the  past. 
If  those 
who  sign  the  agreement  will  stand  firm, 
there  is  no  reason  in  the  world  why  the 
knit  goods  industry should  not  be  on  the 
same  paying basis that other textile busi 
nesses  are. 
In  retail  circles  trade  for 
the  present  season  has  been  very  slow. 
The  weather  has  been  decidedly  against 
it,  except  for  short  periods  when  the 
business  which  was  transacted  was  live­
ly  enough  to  show  that  the  consumers 
needed  goods,  and were  only  waiting  for 
cold  weather  in  order to  buy.  The  im­
porters  are  still  moderately  busy  in  fili­
ng  late  orders  for  immediate  consump­
tion,  and  find  considerable  coming  to 
hand.  Spring  business  has  been  good 
with  them,  and  deliveries  will  begin  at 
an  early  date.

found 

Hosiery— There 

is  still  considerable 
activity  to  be 
in  hosiery  of 
various  styles,  and  sorting  up  orders 
romise  to  continue  beyond  the  first  of 
the  year. 
In  regard  to  the  assortments 
selected,  we  can  only  say  that  practical­
ly  everything  available  in  both  staples 
and  fancies  has  been  chosen.  There 
will  be  practically  nothing  carried  over 
another  season  of  any  styles,  and 
many  lines  have  been  entirely  closed  up 
already.  Great  preparations  are  being 
made  for the  fancy  hosiery  business  for 
spring.  According  to  all 
indications 
this  will  exceed  anything  in  the  past 
seasons.  There  will  be  many  novelties 
shown  in  stripes  and  figures,  and  among 
the  latter  will  be  some  brand  new effects 
n  groupings.  Open  work 
lace  effects 
promise  well,  and  extracted  patterns are 
expected  to  do  a big  business.  Great 
efforts  are  being  made  in  the  direction 
of  half  hose  to  retail  at  25c,  and  while 
the  bulk  of  business  for  men  is expected 
to  be  in  this  grade,  finer  lines  will  posi­
tively  be  in  good  demand.

Carpets— The  carpet  market  still  re­
mains  firm. 
It  is  apparent  that  the  sit­
uation  is  practically  in  the  hands  of  the 
selling  agents,  and  they  are  not  over 
anxious  to  sell  their  goods.  The  buy- 
ng  at  the  opening  of  the  season  was 
very  heavy  and  still  continues  to  be  ac­
tive. 
It  did  not  require  special  sales  to 
lean  up  the  left  over  and  dropped  pat­
terns,  as  they  were  well  sought  for  and 
soon  disappeared.  The  demand  for  the 
better  grades  of  carpets  holds  the  as­
cendancy  and  all  the  tapestry  and velvet 
carpet  manufacturers  are  extremely busy 
trymg  to  fill  orders.  The  sales  now  be­
ing  made  are  principally  on  a  March  1 
dating.  The  action  of  the  selling  houses 
in  not  appearing  anxious  to  sell  goods 
has  stimulated  the  buying,  as  buyers 
take 
it  that  the  advance  will  soon  take 
place and  for  this  reason,  anticipating  a 
large  advance,  are  placing  the  heavy 
orders  which  are  reported  by  the  selling 
agencies.  Many  buyers  are  congratu­
lating  themselevs  on  having  placed 
heavy  orders  early  at  prices  for  a March 
1  dating,  as  all 
indications  point  to­
ward  a  considerable  advance.  The  ad­
vance  now  being  spoken  of  will  prob­
ably  be  made  after  the  first  of  the  year. 
Ingrain  carpet  manufacturers  all  con­
tinue  very  busy,  and  have  on  hand  all 
the  orders  they  care  to  fill  at  the  present 
prices. 
is_  only  a  question  of  time 
before  there  will  be  another  advance  on 
this  line  of  goods.

It 

| 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

S P E C IA L   D RIVE

IN ALL SILK, SATIN AND 6 R O S G R A IN   RIBB O NS, 

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

For S27.50 regular we will  make you  an 

assortment of these goods as follows:

1  Box  No.  5 
'j 
1  Box  No.  7  r
1  Box  No.  9  )  A veraSe  price  38c  p er  piece

p jece8'

ln   a „  

Enabling you to retail any of the widths at 5c per  yard.  The  assortment  consists 
of the  following  colors:  Scarlet.  Cardinal,  Garnet,  Light  Blue,  Medium  Blue, 
Light Pink, Medium Pink, Rose, Cream, White, and Black.  You can add or  leave 
out any colors you wish if the assortment is not satisfactory.

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

Send us your orders. 

CORL,  KNOTT  &  CO.

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

Inventory  &

We  are  now  taking  inventory,  and  as  we 
want to reduce stock and  have lots  of  odds 
and ends left will  close them out  at  a  great 
reduction.

P.  STEK ETEE  &  SONS,
Happy New Year to All

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

*
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&
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Splendid Assortment, 
Prices Very Low. 
Why?

We placed our order for  the  greater  portion 
of  our  line  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- 
ettes. Initials and Silks.  Prices  12  cents  to 
$4.50 per dozen.
^ Send us your order  by  mail,  state  quantity

- 
of prices.  It  will receive prompt and careful attention.

T. 

. 

and range

VOIGT, HhRPOLSflhlMER &  GO.,

Wholesale Dm Goods. 

- 

- 

Grand Rapids. Mich.

Be  Alive

and
handle

A d v a n c e

C i g a r s

Long  Havana 

Filled

for 5  cents.

The  Bradley

/

Cigar Co.,

Greenville, Mich. J i t “   ' * * *

G o l d

and

F r i e n d s

are made through 

selling

Improved

‘ W . H . B ’

Hand  Made 

Cigars.

10c,  3 for  25c.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

3

Petting the  People

Sensible  Suggestions  R elative  to  1900 

A dvertising.

From  Cedar  Springs  come  two  very 
creditable  specimens  of  advertising. 
The  circular  of  Mr.  Wheeler  starts  out 
with  a  good  reason  for  a  special  sale 
and  winds up  with  a  big array  of  tempt­
ing  prices.

The  advertisement  of  “  Black’s  Busy 
Store  ’  is  a  good  holiday  advertisement

IT’S  QUITE  NATURAL
When you think of a Christmas present, to think 
of us;  we are right here in business for the  very 
purpose of supplying your wants.  Not the good- 
for-nothing, trashy stuff  so  generally  shown  at 
this season, but something useful, low priced and 
pretty is found at  this  greatest  store  in  Cedar 
springs.  Come and look us  over.
T h at B ig  F orced  Sale 
of Clothing goes merrily  on.  A  gentleman  who 
knows the clothing business from a to  z  told  us 
we were foolish to sell at such prices.  Well, per­
haps; but we will soon stop,  w hat is our loss  is 
your gain if you buy this week.

$12.00 Overcoats cut to ......................... $8.98
6.50 Overcoats cut to .........................  4.96
10 00 Overcoats cut to.........................  7.49
A few more  Overcoats  a t.................... 1.76

Some  H oliday  Suggestions
Toys, etc.—Everything  here  low  priced.  Magic 
lanterns—those good kind that delight your boys 
and girls (perhaps yourself also), with six slides, 
36 pictures  only 50c.  Trumpets—the noisy kind; 
Bellows Toys—red birds, crickets,  etc.,  5c.  Un­
breakable Iron  Trains—locomotive,  tender  and 
three coaches,  25c.  Shell  Boxes,  5c.  Games— 
almost any kinds—1 to  15c.  Fancy  articles—the 
kind that make home brighter.  Nice large rugs, 
well  made  and  new patterns,  $2.25  and  2.50. 
Turkish Tidies, 10c. Cracker Jars, very nice, 50c. 
Handsome Water Set, pitcher, tray and 6 glasses. 
$1.25.  Bread and Milk Sets, Odd  Plates, etc.
A  D rive  in   Silverw are.
Here is a special:  Genuine “ Rogers 1847” Knives 
and  Forks,  very  best  goods  made,  set,  $3.95. 
“ Rogers  1847”  Gravy  Ladles,  $1.10.  "Rogers 
1847  Berry  Spoons, $1.43.  Combs and  Brushes, 
sterling silver backs and trimmings, 75c.
Big line stick pins, collar and cult buttons,  etc. 
Sheet music—the latest songs, 40c kind, 5c.
We have  a  large  showing  of  Kid  Gloves,  Kid 
Mittens,  Fascinators,  Fancy  Handkerchiefs, 
Silk Mufflers, etc.  They all make nice gifts.
Books!  Books!
Books from lc  up.  Look  at  our  line.  13c  and 
15c cloth bound  novels,  9c.  Bibles,  very  hand­
some ones from 75c to $1.75.
50c Neckwear, just a few left, 25c.  Celluloid col­
lars, 3c.  Linen collars, 10c.  Boys’ suspenders, 4c. 
10-lb. sack Buckwheat, 25c.  20 lbs. No.  6  L.  B. 
Sugar, $1.  Durkee's Salad Dressing, 25c.  Sack 
Salt, 2c.

Black’s  Busy  Store
Largest and Cheapest Store in town. 

Near the School House,

—crowded  full  of  needed  goods  and 
in­
teresting prices.  Advertising conducted 
on  these  lines  is  bound  to  be  profitable. 

*  *  *

The  advertisements  of  W.  M.  Davis, 
of  Evart,  shows  steady 
improvement  in 
appearance  and  “ readableness.”   The 
latest  specimen 
received,  while  too 
large  for  reproduction,  is  well  worthy 
of 
is  nicely  displayed  and 
makes  very  interesting  reading.

it,  for  it 

*  *  *

The 

last  circular  submitted  by  S. 
Maudlin  &  Co.,  of  Bridgman,  is  better 
in  every  way  than  the  previous  ones and 
should  prove  a  trade-winner.

*  *  *

its 

improvement 

L.  H.  Hayt,  of  Alma,  sends  in  a  cir­
cular  in  regard  to  a  special holiday sale. 
The  only  suggestion  I  can  offer  in  re­
gard  to 
it 
should  give  a  good  reason  for the  re­
duced  prices.  As  I  have  said  before, 
readers  of  advertising  like to know these 
things,  and  they  add  immensely  to  the 
force  of  the  advertisement.

is  that 

*  *  *

The  same  criticism  applies  to  the 
page  advertisement  submitted  by  J.  H. 
Jenks  &  Co.,  of  Harbor  Beach— an  ad­
is  otherwise  very  at­
vertisement  that 
tractive. 
too 
many  styles  of  type  to  be  artistic.

contains,  however, 

It 

*  *  *

Well,  the  Christmas  activity  is  over 
and,  despite  the  fact  that  most  of  us

have  made  money,  we’ re  glad  that  it 
only  comes  once  a  year.  The  pressure 
is  too  heavy  for  most  of  us  to  stand  as  a 
steady  thing.

And  now  comes  the  New  Year— the 
time  for  good  resolutions— and  I  have  a 
few  to  suggest  to  my  readers.  They 
will  be  profitable  ones  to  make  and  to 
live  up  to :

1.  Resolve  to  look  at  advertising  as 
investment— a  necessary  one— and 

an 
not  as  an  expense.

2.  When  the  charitable  society  or  the 
fireman’s  fund  or  the  church  committee 
come  after  you  for  an  advertisement 
in 
a  program  or  souvenir,  turn  them  down 
—or  charge  the  expense  to  the  charity 
account.

3.  Steer  clear  of  doubtful advertising 
methods.  Use  newspapers 
if  you  can. 
If  you  have  none  in  your  town,  use  cir­
culars,  but  use  them  often.

4-  Don’t  try  to  use  too  many  papers. 
If  your advertising  must  be  limited  to  a 
certain  amount,  spend  all  yout  money 
with  the  best  paper  first  and  don’t  go 
into  the  next  best  until  you  are  able  to 
use  it  liberally.

5.  Talk  business  all  the  time—goods 
and  prices--in  the  most  interesting  way 
you  can.  Use  attractive  display  and 
plain  type.  Make  your advertisements 
easy  and  enjoyable  to  read.

6.  Advertise  constantly.  Don’t  cut 
down  in  dull  times,  but  peg  away  hard­
er  than  ever.  Change  your  copy  with 
every  issue  of  the  paper.

7.  Advertise  the  truth.  Don’t  mis­
represent  your  goods.  Keep  your  clerks 
informed  about  the  goods  and  prices 
that  are  advertised.

8.  And  last.  Don’t  talk  generalities. 
Don’t  omit  prices.  Don’t  forget  that 
advertising  is  store  news.

W.  S.  Hamburger.

A  F o rtu n ate   M istake.

I  will 

“ There  is  a  young  man  in  Chicago,’ ’ 
says  a  local  physician,  “ who  now  has  a 
good  business and  bright  prospects,  who 
life  by  securing 
received  his  start  in 
I  hardly 
$4  that  did  not  belong  to  him. 
incident 
know  under  what  to  class  the 
of  obtaining  the  money. 
let  the 
sto-y  explain  his  actions :  This  young 
man  arrived  in  Chicago  one day  without 
funds,  but  with  plenty  of  nerve  and 
push.  He  wanted  money  to  secure  a 
meal  and  pay  his  room  rent  until  he 
could  secure  a  position.  Believing  he 
could  find  some  man  who  would  help 
him  if  he  told  his  story  in  a  straightfor­
ward  manner,  he  entered  a  cigar  estab­
lishment  in  Dearborn  street.  He  was 
about  to  explain  his  condition  and  ask 
for  assistance  until  he  could  get  a  posi­
tion,  when  the  proprietor looked  up  with 
a  fierce  scowl.  He turned  to his partner 
and  they  held  a  cousultation 
in  a  whis­
per  for  a  few  moments. 
take 
this  $4,  and  don’t  bother  me  about  that 
bill  again.  That’s  all  you  will  get, 
and  now  you  can  get  out of  this  place  in 
a  hurry,’  exclaimed  the  storekeeper. 
The  young  man  was  pushed  toward  the 
door  with  the  money  in  his  hand,  and, 
try  as  he  would,  the  storekeeper  would 
not  let  him  talk.  Once  in  the  street  the 
bewjjdered  fellow  considered  the  matter 
in  every  detail  and  decided  to  keep  the 
money.  This  he  did,  and  a  month  or 
so  later he  again  walked  into  the  cigar 
store  and  told  his  story and  returned  the 
money. ’ ’

‘ Now, 

G etting  H is  M oney’s  W orth.

“ Arthur,  dear,”   she  said,  “ I  do  wish 

you  would  not  use  cigarettes.”  

“ Why?”
“ Because  you  don’t  know  what 

’

is  in 

them. ’ ’

“ Oh,  yes,  I  do.  Why,  for  the  trifling 
sum  that  a  cigarette  costs  you  get  nico­
tine,  valerian,  possibly  a 
little  mor­
phine,  and  any  quantity  of  carbon. ’ ’

She  looked  up  into  his  eyes  and  mur­
mured,  “ Arthur,dear,  it  does  seem  like 
a  bargain,  doesn’t  it?”

Crockery  and  Glassware

AKRON  STONEW ARE. 

K utters

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

 

1  05
1  40
2  00
2  40

C hurns

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

M ilkpans

% gal. flat or rd. bot- per doz............  
1 gal. flat or rd. bot- each.................. 
F ine Glazed M ilkpans
Vt gal. flat or rd. bot- per doz............. 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot- each.................. 

Stew pans

5
84

40
4Ji

60
5V4

% gal. fireproof, ball, per  doz............. 
1 gal. fireproof, ball, per  doz............. 

Ju g s

M gal- per  doz............................................. 
H gal. per  doz........................................ 
1 to 5 gal., per  gal.................................  

T om ato  Ju g s

hi gal- per  doz............................................. 
1  gal- each........................................... 
Corks for % gal- per doz............................  
Corks for  1  gal-p er doz............................  

Preserve  J a r s   and  Covers

% gal- stone cover, per doz.......................  
1 gal., stone cover, per doz............... 

Sealing  W ax

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

FR U IT  JA R S

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

LA M P  BURNERS

No. 0 Sun....................................................... 
No. 1 Sun....................................................... 
No. 2 Sun....................................................... 
No. 3 Sun................................................ 
Tubular................................................... 
Security, No.  1...................................... 
Security, No.  2......................................  
Nutmeg.......................................................... 

85
1  10

50
6

6H

1  00

2

4  00
4  25
6  00
2  00

1  00
45
60
80

LAM P  CHIMNEYS—iSeconds

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

Per box of 6  doz.
1  28
1  42

1 2

Com m on

No. 0 Sun................................................ 
40
No. 1 Sim................................................ 
6
No. 2 Sun................................................ 
48
«0
72
No. 0 Sim, crimp top. wrapped Si lab. 
No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 
No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped Si lab. 

F irst  Q uality

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. 1 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  R astie

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 

40

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

R ochester

E lectric

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

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

O IL  CANS

so
20
30

75

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 do/... 
5 gal. galv. Iron  with faucet, per doz.. 
6 gal. Tilting cans.................................. 
5 gal. galv. iron  Nacefas..................... 

P n m p   Cans

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

LANTERNS

25

37
38
60

No.  0 Tubular, side lift....................... 
No.  IB  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- bbls 5 doz. each, per bbl.. 
No. 0 Tub., bull’s eye. cases 1 doz. each 

so

1  80
1  60
2  46

2 10
2 15
3 15

2 55
2 75
3 75

3  70
4  70
4  88
80

90
1  15
1  35
1  eo

3  50
4  00
4  70

4  00
4  40

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

8 50
10  60
10 50
12 00
9 50

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

45
45
1  78
1  25

Putnam’s  Cloth  Chart

Will  measure piece goods  and  ribbons  much  more  quickly  than  any 
other measuring machine  in the market and  leave the  pieces  in  the  or­
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.

Price $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.

Dry Goods Co.

O M A H A -M .  E.  Smith  &  Co.
ST.  PAU L— Lindeke,  Warner  &  Schurmeier. 

Finch, VanSlyck, Young &  Co. 

Powers  Dry  Goods  Co.

a/f

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

Edson, 

Moore  &  Co.

ner &  Co.

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

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

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

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Around  the State

M ovem ents  o f M erchants.

Owosso—John  Cook  has  sold  his  shoe 

stock  to  Chas.  Nold.

Lansing— Carlton  S.  Hoag,  meat  deal­

er,  has  sold  out  to  Chas.  A.  Quay.

Port  Huron— Thos.  H.  Burke  has pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  Neil  Mc­
Donald.

Oscoda— Dodds  &  McNichol  succeed 
in  the  banking 

Gowanlock  &  Dodds 
business.

Sebewaing— Herbert  Pfiegel,  shoe  and 
implement  dealer,  has  discontinued 
business.

Lapeer— Bennett  &  Stickney  continue 
the  hardware,  paint  and  oil  business  of 
Bennett  Bros.

Sturgis— E.  C.  Wright  continues  the 
hardware  business  of  Wright  Bros,  in 
his  own  name.

Cassopolis— Hayden  &  Thomsett  suc­
ceed  Henry  C.  French  in  the  hardware 
and  implement  business.

Flint— D.  D.  Aitkenand  David  Trax- 
ler  have  leased  the  woolen  mills  and 
already  taken  possession.

Eureka— Martin  &  Greene 

the 
name  of  the  new  mercantile  firm  recent­
ly  established  at  this  place.

is 

East  Jordan— Elmer  and  Geo.  A. 
in  the  meat 

Richards  have  engaged 
business  in  the  Glenn  block.

West  Bay City— Geo.  L.  Frank  has be­
gun  the  erection  of  a  40x40 foot addition 
to  his  hardware  store  on  State  Road.

Paw  Paw—J.  Ed.  Phillips  has  sold 
his  furniture  stock  and  undertaking 
business  to  R.  A.  Shoesinith,  of  Leslie.
Harbor  Springs— Roland  Johnstone 
has  purchased  the  interest  of  I.  H.  Lane 
in  the  implement  firm  of  Lane  &  Allen.
Adrian— W.  A.  Lowden,  of  Mont­
pelier,  Ohio,  has  purchased  the  grocery 
stock  of  A.  C.  Clark  &  Son,  at  37  North 
Main  street.

Elmira— The  drug  and  shoe  firm  of 
M.  Fordham  &  Co.  has  been  dissolved. 
W.  W.  Fordham  will  continue  the  busi­
ness  under  the  same  style.

Big  Rapids— L.  Rudloff  has  assigned 
his  grocery  stock  to  John  T.  Clark.
• The 
liabilities  are  about  $500,  with 
assets  about  half  that  amount.

Reed  City— J.  L.  Loudon,  of  Luding- 
ton,  has  purchased  the  stock and fixtures 
of  L.  M.  Buck  &  Co.,  who  did  business 
under the  style  of  the  City  Bakery.

Port  Huron— It  is reported that enough 
will  be  realized  from  the  sale  of  the 
Carleton  &  Cole  machinery  stock  to  pay 
the  creditors  about  50  cents  on  the  dol­
lar.

Stanwood— Geo.  W.  Reed  has  pur­
chased  the  hardware  and 
implement 
stock  of  C.  H.  Smith,  who  will  remain 
in  charge  of  the  business  for  the  pres­
ent.

Owossq— The  dry  goods  firm  which 
did  business  for  many  years  at  this 
place  under  the  style  of  G.  R.  Black 
&  Son  has  been  changed  to  M.  B. 
Black.

Petoskey— B.  H.  Cook  has  sold  his 
hardware  stock  to  C.  A.  Reynolds,  of 
Chicago,  and  Bryant  Bain,  of  Petoskey, 
who  will  continue  the  business  at  the 
same  location.

Cedar  Springs— Lee  Black  has  been 
admitted  to  partnership  in  the  general 
stock  of  his  father,  Wm.  Black.  Busi­
ness  will  be  continued  under the style  of 
Black’s  Busy  Store.

Benton  Harbor— The  Citizens’  Sav­
ings  Bank  of Benton Harbor,  capitalized 
at  $50,000,  has  submitted  articles  of  in­
corporation  to  the  State  Banking  Com­
missioner  for approval.

Ovid— N.  W.  Quayle  and  Fred  M. 
Kay,  of  Corunna,  have  purchased  the 
stock  of  groceries  of  Chas.  K.  Farmer 
and  will  continue  the  business  under 
the  style  of  N.  W.  Quayle  &  Co.

Kalamazoo— W.  L.  Thompson has sold 
his  drug  stock  at  the  corner  of  Rose 
street  and  Kalamazoo  avenue  to  W.  C. 
Wheelock,  of  Jackson,  who will  continue 
the  business  at  the  same  location.

Saugatuck—A .  B.  Bosnian will  shortly 
remove  his  clothing  stock  to  Otsego.  E. 
W.  Sherwood,  of  Allegan,  who  is  man­
ager  of  the  business,  will  continue  in 
that  capacity  in  the  new  location.

Kalamazoo-—Clyde  Baker  and  Mark 
Diver,  formerly  employed  in  the  store 
of  the  Co-operative  Grocery  Co.,  have 
purchased  the  grocery  stock  of  Carl 
Davis  and  will  continue  the  business  at 
the  same  location.

Adrian— A.  B.  Berry,  who  recently 
purchased  the  property  at  the  comer  of 
Treat  and  James  streets,  has  erected  an 
addition  to  the  east  end  of  the  store 
building,  thus  affording  ample  room  for 
a  grocery  and  meat  market.  - 

Spring  Lake— M.  M.  McLean  has 
sold  his  stock  of  boots  and  shoes  and 
men’s  furnishing  goods  to Miss Lucretia 
Brondersma,  who  for  many  years  has 
been  employed  in  the  store  and  under­
stands  every  detail  of  the  business.

Plainwell— A  representative  for  W il­
liams  Bros.  &  Charbonneau,  of  Detroit, 
in  Plainwell  making  contracts  with 
is 
farmers 
for 
pickles  the  coming  season.  A 
large 
salting  house 
is  to  be  erected  near the 
Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana  depot.

growing  cucumbers 

for 

Colon— After  returning  from  a  shop­
ping  trip  a  Colon  young  woman  placed 
her  purse,  containing  $10  and  a  $250 
draft,  on  the  table  and  then  covered  it 
with  the  papers  she  unwrapped  from her 
purchases.  Later  her  mother  came 
in, 
swept  the  papers  off  the  table  and  threw 
them  in  the  fire,  and  afterward  it  turned 
out  the  purse  went  with  them.

Alma— H.  A.  Jones  and  A.  K.  Mc- 
Luney  have  purchased  the  Alma  Feed 
Store  of  F.  J.  Ray. 
In addition  to  con­
ducting  a  general  feed  store,  they  will 
purchase  all  kinds  of farm produce.  Mr. 
Jones  was  formerly  book-keeper  for the 
Alma  Sugar  Co.  and  Mr.  McLuney  has 
been 
in  the  employ  of  the  Saginaw 
M illing  Co.  for  a  number  of  years.

Kalamazoo— C.  D.  Hanscomb,  trustee 
for  the  creditors  of  the Peter Appledoom 
Co.,  sold  the  entire  stock  of  boots  and 
shoes  to  D.  Stem  &  Co.,  of  Allegan. 
The  same  firm  also  purchased  the  bank­
rupt  firm’s  stock  at  Three  Rivers,  both 
consignments  representing  an  expendi­
ture  of  $6,882.  The  entire  stock  will 
be  bunched  and  placed  on  sale  at  retail 
in  this  city  in  the  near  future.

M anufacturing  M atters. 

Manistee— Geo.  Giles  will  shortly  en­
gage  in  the  cigar  manufacturing  busi­
ness  at  this  place.

Kalamazoo— Fred  N.  Root  has  pur­
chased  the  soap  manufactory  formerly 
controlled  by  W.  L.  Root.  Newton 
Root  will  manage  the  business.

Flint— F.  R.  Lewis,  manufacturer  of 
strawboard  and  egg  cases,  and  also  of 
the  firm  of  F.  R.  Lewis  &  Son,  general 
dealers  and  grist  mill  operators  at 
Lewis,  is  dead.

St.  Joseph— The  St.  Joseph  Tablet 
Factory  has  been  reorganized  and  will 
probably  begin  operations 
in  a  short 
time.  The  officers  are  N.  E.  Funk, 
President  and  Manager;  N.  D.  Brown, 
Vice-President  and  Superintendent;  W. 
F.  Sesser,  Treasurer, and  A.  L.  Church, 
Secretary.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

TIM ELY   TOPICS.

Suggested  By  M ichigan  G rocers  F o r  D is­

cussion  a t  th e   C onvention.

The  Tradesman  recently  addressed  a 
letter  to  the  members  of  the  Michigan 
Retail  Grocers’  Association,  requesting 
correspondence  on  the  subject  of  the 
seventh  convention  and  soliciting  sug­
gestions  as  to  the  topics  which  should 
be  discussed  and  acted  upon  on  that  oc­
casion.  Among  the  replies  received  are 
the  following,  which  are  certainly  very 
opportune:

O.  P.  DeWitt,  St.  Johns:  There  are 
so  many  questions  which  should  come 
before  the  retail  merchants  of  Michigan 
that  one  can  not  go  amiss  by  bringing 
up  any  question  which  will  cause  the 
most  discussion  and  create  the  greatest 
excitement;  in  other  words,  make  the 
meeting  of  so  much  interest  that,  in­
stead  of  fifty  or  one  hundred  in  attend­
ance,  there  shall  be  from  500  to  1,000, 
as  the  retail  men  are  an  army  and  hold 
the  power  if  they  will  unite  and  exert 
the  same. 
I  do  not  know  as  I  have  any 
questions  to  offer,  as  I  am  interested  in 
all  matters  pertaining  to the retail trade. 
Perhaps  a  good 
idea  to  draw  out  is  to 
enquire  how  many  who  pretend  to  run  a 
store  are  merchants!

F.  B.  Watkins,  Hopkins  Station: 

I 
can  hardly  suggest  anything  that  would 
be  of  more  benefit  to  the  retailer  than  a 
law  making  the  peddler  pay  a  license. 
The  Association  has  tried  this  and  I 
suppose  has  had  good  lawyers  draft  the 
law,  but  it  has  always  failed.  Only last 
week  we  were  blessed  with  a  gentleman 
from  Allegan  coming  here  to sell cloaks, 
jackets  and  capes,  proposing  to  save  the 
purchaser  25  per  cent.  He  came  and 
he  went  with  as  much  plunder  as  he 
came  with.  They  are  simply  leeches—  
no  benefit  to  the  towns  they  visit,  pay 
no  taxes  and  come  only  to  get  the  trade 
that  belongs  to  the  home  merchant,  who 
has  to  pay  the  tax. 
I  would  like  to  see 
a  law  that  would  make  all  of these  trav­
eling  whelps  pay  a  license  of $500  for 
every  town  they  visit  and  sell  goods  in. 
Of  course, 
is 
worse,  but  he  could  not  live  and  settle 
with  every  town  he  travels  in. 
I  could 
hardly  suggest  anything  that  would  be 
of  more  interest  to  the  meeting.

the  traveling  peddler 

injected 

[Mr.  Watkins’  reference  to  the  law­
yers  employed  by  the  Association  to 
prepare  the  draft  of  the  township  ped­
dling  act 
is  somewhat  unfair,  because 
the  paragraph  which  caused  the  nullifi­
cation  of  the  law  of  1897 by the Supreme 
Court  was 
into  the  original 
draft  prepared  by  Judge  Hatch  at  the 
instance  of  a  farmer  legislator,  who  was 
warned  by  the  writer  at  the  time  that 
such  an  amendment  would  probably  de­
feat  the  object  aimed  at. 
The  warning 
was  disregarded  and  the  gentleman  who 
was  responsible  for  the  action  of  the 
legislation  on  this  point  subsequently 
wrote  the  Tradesman  a 
letter,  acknowl­
edging  his  mistake  and  promising  to  do 
all  he  could  at  the  next  session  o f the 
Legislature 
injury  by 
championing  the  draft  prepared  by  the 
attorney  of  the  Association.  Unfor­
tunately  he  failed  to  secure  a  renomina­
tion.]

to  repair  the 

A.  S.  Barber,  Ithaca: 

I now  think  of 
nothing  special  in  the  line  of legislation 
that  has  not  been  discussed  over and 
over  again.  Think  we  should  have  a 
peddlers’  license  law  which  would  place 
the  peddler  on  a  par  with  the dealer and 
compel  him  to  pay  a  tax  equal  to  the 
resident  grocer.  An  equitable  garnishee 
law  would  not  only  help  the  grocer 
manv  times  to  collect  a  poor  account, 
but  would  be  a  step  toward  the  educa­

tion  of  people  who  say  “ collect  if  you 
can’ ’  to  plan  to  pay  their  bills  and  to 
be  honest  in  their  dealings.

Sweeney  &  Company,  Mt.  Pleasant: 
Replying  to  your  favor  asking  me  to 
name  some  of  the  topics  I  would  like 
discussed  and  to  help  enumerate  the 
many  galling  grievances  we  now  suffer 
and  the  near  cut  to  the  reformation  of 
such,  I  will  say,  when the  next  annual 
convention  gets  together,  the  following 
little  pieces  of  work  I  would  have  them 
not  only  discuss  but  execute:

1.  Exclude  all  newspaper  men  from 

their  room.

2.  Swear  every  delegate  not to accept 
either  a  drink  or  a  cigar  while  at  the 
convention.

3.  Kick  the  first  man  out  who  talks 

convention politics.

4.  Dispatch  a  committee  of  one  to 
Washington,  D.  C.,  to  have  Mr.  Mc­
Kinley  consult  with  him 
in  regard  to 
carrying  out  the  work  of  the  conven­
tion.

5.  Committee  of  the  whole  discuss 

and  carry  unanimous  the  following:

Each  grocer  in  Michigan  start  a  first- 
lat­

class  department  store  with  all  the 
est  Siegel-Cooper  attachments.

All  combine  and  try  and  get  control 
of  55  per cent,  of  the  Standard Oil Co. ’s 
stock.

Wipe  the  Continental  Tobacco  Co. 
and  American  Tobacco  Co.  out  of  ex­
istence  by  making  it  a  National  offense 
to  chew  or  smoke.

Present  free  deer  licenses  to  Pingree 

&  Co.

to  Kansas.

Germany.

London.

Order  Aguinaldo  caged  and  exported 

Order Joubert  back  to  Laings  Neck. 
Order  Kaiser  William  to  remain 

in 

Have  John Finnerty  move  his  plant  to 

Order a  sparrow  bounty  for  the  head 

of  every  egg  wagon.

Make  the  London  Times  official  or­

See  that  only  grocers  go  to  Congress 

gan.

hereafter.

loaded 

for  bear. 

Geo.  F.  Cook,  G rove: 

I  am  glad  to 
receive  a  call  for another  meeting  of the 
Michigan  Retail  Grocers’  Association 
and  hope  every  member  will  attend  and 
come 
I  think  there 
ought  to  be  a  few  large-sized  shots  fired 
into  the  trusts. 
1  think  there  ought  to 
be  a  very  profitable  time  and  a  lot  of 
thankful  grocers  at  the  meeting  and 
every  one  should  be  ready  to  say  what 
he  thinks  of  running  Arbuckle  out of the 
sugar  business  and  McLaughlin  out  of 
the  coffee  trade.

T he  Boys  B ehind  th e   C ounter. 

Kalamazoo— L.  E.  Culbertson  has 
severed  his  connection  with  the  Maus 
drug  store  to take  charge  of  a  drug  store 
at  South  Haven.

Hastings— Jay  Strausbaugh,  of  late  in 
the  employ  of  W.  H.  Goodyear,  has  se­
cured  a  position 
in  B eck’s  drug  store, 
Durand.  Mr.  Strausbaugh  is  a  graduate 
of  the  Ada,  Ohio,  pharmacy  school.

Bay  Shore— J.  C.  F.  D illin  has  sev­
ered  his  connection  with  the  Bay  Shore 
Lime  Co.  and 
is  seeking  an  alliance 
with  a  Grand  Rapids  wholesale  grocery 
house.

W herein  th e   P rea c h er  B eats  th e   D octor.
W illie  had  swallowed  a  penny  and  his 

mother  was  in  a  state  of  alarm.

“ Helen,’ ’  sh;  called  to  her  sister 

in 
the  next  rpom,  “ send  for a  doctor;  W il­
lie  has  swallowed  a  penny.’ ’

The 

and 
looked  up  imploringly.

terrified 

frightened  boy 

“ No,  mamma,’ ’  he  interposed,  “ send 

for the  minister.”

“ The  minister?”   asked  his  mother 
“ Did  you  sav  the  min­

incredulously. 
ister?”

“ Yes;  because  papa  says  our  minis­

ter can  get  money  out  of  anybody.”

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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I

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

T he  G rocery  M arket.

Sugar— Raw  sugars  are  the  same  as 
last  week,  being  still  on  the  basis  of 
4X C  for  96  deg.  test  centrifugals,  with 
but  few  sales  on  account  of  light  offer­
ings.  The  refined  market  is  unchanged, 
with  good  demand.

It 

is  an  exceptionally 

Canned  Goods— The  outlook  for toma­
toes  is  very  encouraging.  While  there 
has  been  no  change  in  price yet,  present 
prices  are  firmly  held  and  a  little  better 
demand  will  cause  an  advance. 
A 
Baltimore  correspondent  says  that  some 
of  the  trade  will  be  disappointed  later 
on  when  they  realize  how  few  tomatoes 
left 
are 
in  that  part  of  the  country,  for 
the 
impression  has  gone  abroad  that 
large  stock 
there 
there,  but  this 
is  not  the  case.  Re­
garding  the  com  market,  conditions  are 
the  same  as  have  been  ruling  during 
the  past  two  months.  Stocks  are  very 
light  and  are 
in  the  hands  of  strong 
holders  who  will  not  shade  prices  at  all 
to  move  stocks. 
is  said  that  fully 
one-half  of  the  1900  pack  of  Illinois  has 
already  been  sold.  The market for  peas 
is  steady  and  tending  toward  increasing 
firmness.  Stocks  are  very  light  indeed. 
lima  beans  are  very  scarce 
Standard 
and  everything 
is  likely  to  be  cleaned 
up 
long  before  the  next  pack  is  ready. 
The  stocks  of  pineapples  have  been  re­
duced  so  low  that  most  of  the  packers 
have  taken  them  off  their  list altogether. 
The  oyster  market  still  continues  strong 
and  there 
in  the  pack, 
which  will  not  be  overcome  this  season. 
Prices  are  very  firm  and  will  undoubt­
edly  remain  so  until  next  spring.  Late 
advices  from  the  coast of Maine indicate 
a  shortage  of  300,000  cases  in  the  pres­
ent  year's  pack  of  sardines.  The  sea­
son  closed  considerably  earlier 
than 
usual  and  many  of  the  packing  houses 
did  not  get  enough  fish  to  fill  their  con­
tracts. 
In  view  of  this  shortage  prices 
are  high  and  a  further  advance is looked 
for  shortly.

is  a  shortage 

Dried  Fruit— The  outlook  for  active 
trade  in  dried  fruit  during  January  and 
February 
is  promising,  but  dealers  do 
not  expect  any  great  revival  before Feb­
ruary.  By  that  time  everybody  will  be 
done  with  stock-taking,  consuming  de­
mand  will  have 
increased  and  every­
thing  will  be  on  a  more  satisfactory 
basis  than  it  is  now.  With  the  excep­
tion  of  prunes,  stocks  of  all 
lines  of 
dried  fruits  now  held  on  the  coast  are 
exceedingly  light. 
The  unsold  stock 
of  prunes 
is  about  1,000  cars,  and  this 
despite  the  fact  that  the  export  trade  for 
prunes  during  the  last  season  has  been 
larger  than  during  any  previous  year. 
The  prune  market  is  in  good  shape  and 
prices  are  firmly  held.  Raisins  are 
firm,  with  an  upward  tendency  which 
promises  higher  prices  later.  There  are 
very 
in  Association 
hands.  Practically  all  holdings  are 
Pacifies  or  Orientals, 
latter  poor 
quality  at  that.  According  to  advices 
frpm  the  coast  the  supply  left  in  first 
hands 
is  small,  probably  not  exceeding 
seventy-five  cars  of  standard  goods.  Of 
other  grades  the  supply  is  larger,  but 
last  year at  this  time. 
not  as 
During  the  month  of  October, 
1898, 
there  were  shipped  from  the  Fresno  dis­
trict  1,221  ten-ton  cars  of  raisins;  Oc­
tober,  1899,  the  shipments  were  876  cars 
— a  decrease  of  345  cars. 
In  November, 
1898,  the shipments aggregated  640 cars; 
in  the  same  month  of  the  present  year 
there  were  719  cars  shipped  out— an  in­
crease  of  seventy-nine  cars  over  the  No­

standards 

large  as 

few 

the 

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«  4 

-#

vember  shipments  of  1898.  The  aggre­
gate  shipments  of  October and  Novem­
ber,  1898,  show  an  excess  of  266  cars 
over the  corresponding months this year. 
Peaches  are  comparatively  easy  and 
there  is  but  a  small  demand.  Apricots 
are  unchanged.  Prices  are  firmly  held, 
but  sales  are  small.  Figs  are  easy  and 
somewhat  neglected.  The  Turkish  fig 
crop  for  this  year  is  about  48,736  camel 
In  1898  the  output  was  about 
loads. 
13,000  camel 
loads,  compared  with  an 
average  of  70,000  loads.  Dates  are sell­
ing 
freely  and  there  is  a  probability  of 
there  not  being  enough to satisfy  the  de­
mand  as  there 
is  such  an  unusual  de­
mand  this  year.  Prices  are  very  firm 
and  have  an  increasing  tendency.

Rice— The  demand  for  rice  is  slightly 
improved,  especially  for  the  medium 
grades.  Prices  are  unchanged,  but  the 
market  is  firm.

Molasses—Owing  to  the  high  prices 
and  comparatively  limited  supplies,  the 
molasses  business  is  not  very  brisk,  but 
as 
jobbers’  stocks  are  light,  there  will 
probably  be  heavy  buying  soon.

Nuts— The  sale  of  nuts  for  holiday 
distribution  has  been  unusually  heavy 
and  prices  in  the  main  have  ruled  firm 
and  high.  Now  that  the  holiday  trade 
is  practically  over  the  outlook  is  so  en­
couraging  that  there  is  but  slight  cessa­
tion  to  trade,  and  business  is  still  very 
active.  There  appear  to  be  no  partic­
ular  favorites,  all  varieties  selling  alike 
and  all  moving  at  high  prices.  Very 
few  filberts  are 
left,  but  the  demand 
still  continues  heavy  and  prices  are  firm 
and  steady.  Pecans are  scarce  and  high. 
The  season's  output  in  Texas  amounts 
to  but  thirty  carloads,  against  sixty 
carloads 
last  year  and  400  carloads  in 
1897.  Peanuts  are  firm  and  in  good  de­
mand.

Green  Fruits— The 

lemon  market 
shows  no  change.  The  demand  is  not 
large  but  fairly  good  for  this  season  of 
the  year.  The  range  of  quotations  ap­
pears  low  when  compared  with  summer 
prices,  but  the  figures  are  higher  than 
are  sometimes  paid  at 
this  season. 
Bananas  are  firm  under a  rather increas­
ing  demand.  Arrivals  at  present  are 
not 
is  in  good 
shape.

large  and  the  market 

Rolled  Oats— The  rolled  oats  market 
has  again  declined  and  prices  are  25c 
per  bbl.  and  10c  per  case  lower. 
It  is 
the  general  impression  that  bottom  has 
been reached,  as  the  present  price  is  be­
low  what  the  price  of  oats  would  war­
rant,  and  an  improvement  in  price  will 
undoubtedly  take  place early in January.

W.  R.  Lawton,  grocer at  165 Stocking 
street,  has  purchased  the  grocery  stock 
of  A.  O.  Hasse,  at  58 Second street,  and 
will  continue  the  business  at  the  latter 
location.  Mr.  Hasse  will  retire  from 
the  grocery  business.

John  E.  Zevalkink  has  opened  a  gro­
cery  store  at  182  Butternut  street,  pur­
chasing  his  stock  of 
the  Lemon  & 
Wheeler  Company.

O.  J.  M iller  has  embarked 

in  the 
grocery  business  at  Casnovia.  The  Ball- 
Bamhart-Putman  Co. 
the 
stock.

furnished 

T.  P.  Wilson  has  engaged  in  the  gro­
cery  business  at  Dublin.  The  stock  was 
furnished  by  the  Ball-Bamhart-Putman 
Co.

H.  J.  Green  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Winchester.  The  Olney  &  Jud- 
son  Grocer Co.  furnished  the  stock.

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 
fair  sale  on  the  basis  of 
$3-50,^ 3-75  per  bbl.  for  Spys  and  Bald­
wins  and  ¿*4  per  bbl.  for  (onathans  and 
Snows.

Beans— The  market  is  about  the  same 
as  a  week  ago  and  will  probably remain 
steady  until  after  the  annual 
inventory 
season.

Beets—$1  per  3  bushel  bbl.
Butter— Factory  creamery  is  steady  at 
25c,  local  dealers  being  now  able  to  se­
cure  sufficient  supplies  to  meet  their  re­
quirements.  Receipts  of  dairy  are  lib­
eral  and  the  price  is  about  the  same  as 
it  was  a  week  ago.  Extra  fancy  readily 
commands  20c,  fancy  fetching  18c  and 
choice  bringing  16c.

Cabbage—6o@75c  per  doz.
Carrots—Si  per 3  bushei  bbl.
Celery— 15c  per  doz.  bunches.
Cranberries—Jerseys  are 

in  fair  de­
mand  at  $6.5o@6.75  per  bbl.  Wisconsin 
Bell  and  Bugle  are  entirely  out  of  mar­
ket.

Dressed  Poultry— Spring  chickens  are 
in  fair  demand  at  10c.  Fowls  are  in 
demand  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.  Turkeys 
are  in  good  demand  at  9c  for  No.  2  and 
ioiZguc  for  No.  1.

Eggs— Storage  stock  has  demoralized 
the  market  to  that  extent  that  Chicago 
stock  is  marketed  here  at  13c  and  local 
stock  at  about  17c.  There  is  fully  4c 
difference  between  the  two  grades  of 
goods.  Fresh  stock 
is  coming  in  very 
slowly  and  18c 
is  top,  because  of  the 
cold  storage  stock  which  has  been  taken 
by  the  trade.

Game— Rabbits  and  squirrels  are  in 
fair  demand  at  $1  per  doz.  Mallard 
ducks  are  in  active  demand  at  $>4.50^5 
per  doz.  Teal  ducks  command  S i.50 
@3  per  doz.  Common  ducks  fetch S i.50. 
Sand  snipes  bring  Si  per  doz.  and  yel­
low-legged  S i.75  l,er.  doz.  Ducks  and 
snipes  must  be  marketed  and  closed  out 
this  week,  because  the  season  closes 
Jan.  1.

Honey— White  clover 

is  scarce  at  15 
@i6c.  Dark  amber  and  mixed  com­
mand  I3@i4c.

Live  Poultry— Squabs,  Si-20  per  doz. 
5J4@6j£c. 
Chickens,  6@7c. 
Ducks,  6^ c  for  young  and  6c  for  old. 
Turkeys,  8c  for  young.  Geese,  8c.

Fowls, 

Nuts— Ohio  hickory  command  Si-25 
for 
large  and  Si-5o  for  small.  Butter­
nuts  and  walnuts  are  in  small  demand 
at  65c  per bu.

Onions— Spanish  are  steady  at  S i.60 
per  crate  and  home  grown  are  active 
for  Red  Weather- 
and  moving  at  40c 
fields,  Yellow  Danvers 
and  Yellow 
Globes  and  45c  for  Red  Globes.
Parsnips—$1.25  for  3  bu.  bbl.
Potatoes— The  market  is  without  ma­
terial  change,  although  the  cold  weather 
has  a  tendency  to  stiffen  things  up,  be­
cause 
loading  and 
prevents  farmers  from  bringing  in  sup­
plies.

it  tends  to  retard 

Squash— Hubbard 

commands 

ij^c 

per  pound.

are 
bbl.

Sweet  Potatoes— Kiln  dried  Jerseys 
in  good  demand  at  $4.25@4.50  per 

Turnips— Si  per  bbl.

T he  G rain  M arket.

increase 

is  mostly 

Owing  to  the  Christmas hc-lidays,  both 
at  home  and  abroad  wheat  has been life­
less.  Exports  have  not  been  as  large 
as  usual,  while  receipts  have  been  less 
than  one-third.  Still  the  visible  showed 
an 
increase  of  1,725,000  bushels,  which 
makes  the  visible  58,819,000  bushels. 
The 
in  Chicago, 
Minneapolis  and  Duluth.  The  increase 
in  the  Northwest 
isow ing,  probably, 
to  the  mills  having  restricted  their  pro­
duction  because  the  price  of  flour  does 
not  compare  with  thé  price  of  wheat. 
The  reverses 
the 
Transvaal  caused  an  advance  of  2c  per 
bushel,  but  that  was  lost before  the  week 
closed.  The  question  arises,  Where  does 
the  wheat  come  from?  As  stated,  de- 
¡ veri es  fromJirst  hands  at  initial points j

for  the  British 

in 

6

are  very  small  compared  with  what  they 
were  one  year  ago.  We  think  all  this 
will  be  changed  in  the  very  near  future. 
We  might  add  that  the  amount  on  ocean 
passage  showed  a 
large  decrease  of 
2.45®»®®®  bushels, 
leaving  the  amount 
afloat  for  Europe  only  20,500,000  bush­
els,  as  compared  with  over 35,000,000 
bushels  a  year  ago,  which  is  the  small­
est  amount  afloat  for  many  years.  One 
thing  the  bear  element  count  on  is  the 
very 
in  the  Argen­
tine.  That  country  has  shipped  about 
60,000,000  bushels  and  will  probably 
commence  shipping  its  present  crop 
in 
the  middle  of  February,  providing  the 
harvest  has  no  setback.

favorable  outlook 

Corn  has  been  rather  easy  and  prices 
are  drooping.  The  visible 
increased 
775,000  bushels,  which leaves  the  visible 
only  12,357,000 bushels,  not a  heavy  bur­
den. 
It  looks  like  a  good  purchase,  as 
the  present  crop  does  not  turn  out  as 
well  as  early  predictions  warranted.

Oats  remain  very  steady,  as  the  in­
crease  was  only  75,000  bushels,  leaving 
the  amount  in  sight  considerably  under 
last  year.  Wheie  the 
large  crop  that 
is  is  a  mystery,  as  we  ought 
we  raised 
in  sight  than  we  have. 
to  have  more 
Consumption 
large  and  prices  are 
strong,  about  ic  higher.

is 

In  rye  there  is  nothing  doing,  prices 
remaining  as  last  week.  There  is  some 
little  enquiry 
for  rye,  but  there  seems 
to  be  no  snap  to  the  market.

The  flour  trade  holds  its  own.  The 
mills  are  running  on  old  orders,  but 
after  the  New  Year  we  look  for  more 
domestic  demand.  Mill  feed  is  still 
in 
demand  and  prices  are  about  the  same. 
As  many  mills  are  running  only  about 
half  time,  we  look  for  a steady  demand.
Beans,  while  there  is  no  decline  to  be 
in  as  great  demand  as 

noted,  are  not 
they  were  some  weeks  ago.

Receipts  have  been  as  follows:  58 
cars  of  wheat,  18  cars  of  com,  8  cars  of 
oats.

Millers  are  paying  66c  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

W yke*  M arket  Co.  in  T rouble.

E.  B.  McDonald,  proprietor  of  the 
Wykes  Market  Co.,  left  the  city  Satur­
day  or  Sunday  evening,  ostensibly  for 
Chicago  for  the  purpose  of  purchasing 
fixtures  for  another  store  he  intends  to 
open  on  Canal  street.  He  left  the  store 
in  charge  of  Geo.  Webber,  of  Toledo, 
who 
is  reported  to  be  willing  to  pur­
chase  the  present  stand  as  soon  as  Mr. 
McDonald 
is  ready  to  open  the  other 
store.  The  absence  of  Mr.  McDonald 
from  the  city  and  his  failure  to  remit 
for  shipments 
received  by  him  has 
alarmed  country  consignors  to  that  ex­
tent  that  several  of  them  have  been  in 
the  city  this  week,  but  some  at  least 
have  been  unable  to  effect  an  adjust­
ment  of  their  accounts.  Conrad  Clever, 
the  Middleville  meat  dealer,  was  unable 
to  secure  an  adjustment  of  a  $123  ac­
count 
and  has 
placed  the  matter  in  the  hands  of Wanty 
&  Knappen,  who  have  garnisheed  Mc­
Donald’s  balance  at  the  Grand  Rapids 
Savings  Bank  and 
taken  such  other 
steps  as  will  enable  them  to  secure  an 
adjustment  of  the  account.  Considering 
the  fact  that  Mr.  McDonald  has  been 
chattel  mortgaged  ever  since he engaged 
in  business  here,  it  is  unaccountable  to 
the  Tradesman  why  shippers would send 
him  consignments  of  goods,  especially 
in  the  face  of  the  repeated  warnings  of 
the  Tradesman  not  to  deal  with  irres­
ponsible 
individuals  except  on  a  cash 
basis.

for  goods  consigned 

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W o m a n ’s  W orld

Success  in  Society  M easured  by Unselfish* 

nests.

You  are  about  to  make  your 

first 
plunge  into  the  gay world  of society,  my 
dear  little  sister,  and  you  are  anxiously 
wondering  whether  you  are  going  to  be 
a  success  or  a 
failure—whether  your 
card  will  be  struggled  over  at  the  balls 
and  no  affair  will  be_  complete  without 
your  presence  or  whether  you will be left 
to  wither  and  pine  unnoted  in  the  awful 
shadow  of  the  chaperon’s  chair.  You 
have  seen  other  girls  just  as  pretty  as 
you,  just  as  bright  and 
just  as  well 
launched,  meet  both 
fates,  and  you 
ardently  wish  that  some  of  the  success­
ful  debutantes  who  have  gone  before 
had  left  a  few  sign  posts  on  the  way  to 
blazon  the  path  you should tread.

that 

Now,  just  what 

it  takes  to  make  a 
girl  a  success  no  one  knows,  but  there 
are  at 
least  a  few  things  tending  that 
way,  to  which  I  would  call  your  atten­
tion : 
In  the  first  place  I would  earnest­
ly  recommend  you  to  study  the  art  of 
expression.  That is  one  of  the  amenities 
of  life  that  we  are  apt  to  underestimate, 
yet  what  a  world  of  difference  the  mere 
tone  of  voice  or  the  inflection  of  a  word 
can  make.  You  will  recall 
in 
Chevalier’s  delightful  ditty  the  hero,  in 
setting  forth  his  complaints,  declares 
that  it  “ wasn’t  what  ’ee  said,  it was  the 
narsty  way  ’ee  said  it”   that gave offense 
— a  state  of  affairs with which  we  are  all 
familiar  enough  to  make  us  sympathize. 
Who  has  not  writhed  under  some  re­
mark  couched 
lan­
guage,  yet  uttered  in  so  sneering  a  tone 
that  it  was  a  deadly  insult?  Who  has 
not  felt  the  keen  edge  of  sarcasm  in 
many  a  honeyed  speech?  Women  are 
clever  at  this  kind  of  thing  and  “ it 
wasn’t  what  she  said,  it  was  the  hateful 
way she  said  it”   that  is  the  real  reason of 
many  a  girl’s  lack  of  popularity.

in  unexceptional 

it 

impress  upon  you : 

But  while  we  are  all  quick  to  appre­
ciate  the  dark  side  of  this  question,  we 
fact  that  there  is  another 
overlook  the 
it  as  cheering  as  the  other  is 
view  of 
dispiriting,  and 
is  this  that  I  would 
especially 
If  there 
is  a  “ narsty”   way  of  saying  things, 
there 
is  a  nice  way  that  is  well  worth 
your  profoundest  study.  Acquire  that 
and  you  have  found  the  open  sésame  to 
popularity,  for none  of  us  are  insensible 
to  its  charm  or  fail  to  be 
led  captive 
by  it.  Have  you  ever  thought  of  the 
difference 
in  the  way  of  saying  even 
such  a  simple  thing  as  the  morning  sal­
utation?  There 
is  a  “ good  morning”  
is  as  curt  as  a  slap  in  the  face,  a 
that 
mere  perfunctory  compliance  with  a 
custom,  and  there  is  a  “ good  morning”  
that  is  almost 
like  a  caress  and  that 
seems  to  say  that  the  mere  meeting with 
us 
is  an  ever  recurring  pleasure  that 
makes  the  day  brighter.  Only  the  two 
commonplace  words,  you  see,  but  be­
tween  them  is  the  gulf  in  which  lies  our 
personal  vanity  and  self-love,  and  no­
body  is  such  a  dullard  as  not  to  distin­
guish  between  them.

In  reality,  it  never  matters  so  much 
what  we  say  as  how  we  say  it,  and  this 
recalls  to  me  a  little  story of  a  woman  1 
once  knew,  who,  although  she  was 
neither  very  bright  nor  clever,  main­
tained  a  reputation  for  brilliancy  sim­
ply  by  the  expressive  way  in  which  she 
exclaimed,  “  How  wonderful !”   Let  a 
doting  mother  come  to  her and  babble 
of  the  precocity  of  her  children,  their 
beauty  and  wit.  At  appropriate  inter­
vals  she  would  exclaim  in  the  most 
in­
terested possible manner,  “ How  wonder-.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

fool 

ful, ”   and  the  flattered  mother  would  go 
off  singing  the  praises  of  a  woman  who 
had  sense  enough  to  recognize  an  infant 
it. 
phenomenon  when  she  heard  of 
When  a  chrysanthemum  hdired 
football 
hero  discoursed  to  her  of  his  achieve­
ments  on  the  gridiron,  she  would  punc­
tuate  his  remarks  with  “ how  wonder­
“ Clever  woman,  that,”  he  would 
ful.”  
say,  “ doesn’t  ask 
questions—  
thoroughly  understands  the  gam e,”   al­
though  in  reality  she  never  knew  a right 
tackle  from  a  quarter-back.  Politicians 
found  themselves  drawn  out  by  her 
“ How  wonderful”   into  dissertations on 
ward  politics;  business  men,  after  re 
counting  their  schemes  into  her  sympa­
thetic  ear  and  listening  to  her  exclama­
tion,  declared  her  head  was  as  sound  as 
a  bell  and  that  she  hit  the  nail  on  the 
head  every  time.  Everybody  agreed 
she  was  the  most  entertaining  person  in 
town,  simply  because  she  had  mastered 
listening 
the  art  of 
intelligently  and 
using  two 
little  words  as  if  she  meant 
them.

This  may  seem  to  you  an  extreme 
case,  but  you  will  not  have  gone  far 
in 
your  little  journey  in  the  world  without 
becoming  aware  that  the  most  offensive 
rudeness  of  our  day  and  the  thing  we 
resent  most 
in  other  people,  however 
much  we  may  be  guilty  of  it  ourselves, 
is  the  lack  of  attention.  Nobody  listens. 
Nobody  appears  to  pay  any  attention. 
1  know  of  a  woman  here  who  met  an­
other  woman  in  an  elevator  of a fashion­
able  shop.  “ And  how  is  your  charming 
sister?”   enquired  one. 
“ She  has  been 
dead  two  years,”   replied  the  other,  the 
quick  tears  rushing  to  her  eyes. 
“ How 
extremely 
charming  for  you,”   mur­
mured  the  first  speaker,  with  uncon­
scious  brutality  without  listening  to  the 
other.  She  was  only  a  little  worse  than 
the  rest  of  us.  We  ask  people  how  they 
are  in  a  tone  of  voice  that  indicates  we 
don’t  care  a  rap  whether  they  are  well 
or  ill.  We  offer  condolence  without  one 
vestige  of  pity  in  voice  or  expression, 
and  congratulations without even  a smile 
of pleasure to back  them  up  as  evidence 
of  good  faith  and  meaning  what  we  say 
We  listen  to  a  story  of  somebody’s  ex­
perience  with  an  expression  that  shows 
that  we  are  bored  to  death,  and  then 
have  the  nerve  to  exclaim,  “ How  inter­
esting,”   although  the  most  stupid  per­
son  on  earth  could  not  fail  to  see  we  are 
telling  a  palpable  falsehood.  Cultivate 
interested.  Nothing 
the  art  of  looking 
else  in  the  world 
is  such  subtile  and 
intoxicating  flattery  as  to  feel  that  we 
have  entertained  anybody. 
If  you  can 
acquire  the  ability  to  speak  to  people 
as  if  they  were  a  personality  to  you 
in­
stead  of  a  part  of  the  scenery  ora piece 
of  furniture,  you  will  be  on  the  high 
road  to  success.  Moreover,  you  will 
be  unique,  because  nobody  else  does  it.
Cultivate  also  gratitude  and  apprecia­
tion.  Every  young  girl  thinks  that  the 
world  belongs  to  her and  that  other  peo­
ple  exist  merely  to  make  her have  a 
good  time.  That  is  a  mistake.  Older 
people  also  have  some  rights  and  it  is 
never  safe  to  trample  on  them  with 
im­
invites  you  to 
punity.  Mrs.  B.,  who 
her  party,  may  make  no  complaint  be­
cause  you  used  her  house  as  a  pictur­
esque  background  for  your  flirtations, 
and  came  and  went  as  if  it  were  a  pub­
lic  hall;  Mrs.  C.,  who 
invites  you  to 
her  box  party  at  the  theater,  may  say 
nothing  of  the  curt  way  in  which  you 
nodded  your  good  n igh t;  the  old  gentle­
man,  your  father’s  friend,  who  sent  you 
flowers,  may  not  speak  of  your  rudeness 
in  not  making  any  acknowledgment  of 
them,  but  these  things  are  treasured  up

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not the chair is a good one.
Our  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 oar complete Office Furnitare 

Catalogue.

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R etailers  o f   S a m p le   F urniture
L Y O N   P E A R L  S  O T T A W A   S T S .
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House
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the  material  and  the  price  with  any 
similar article.  If  it  is  not cheaper in 
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Holders  of  cheese  are  very  firm 

Western  creamery,  firsts  to  thirds,  25© 
33c. 
imitation  creamery,  seconds  to 
firsts,  i8@22c.  Western factory,  i7@20c.
in 
their  views,  although 
little  business  is 
being  transacted  at  the  moment.  State 
cheese,  full  cream,  fancy  stock,  is  worth 
12j^@i3c  for  small  size  and  n j^ Q u c  
for  large.

For  other  than  strictly desirable  goods 
the  egg  market 
is  decidedly  dull,  and 
with  a  likelihood  of  increasing  receipts 
the  outlook  is  not  specially  encouraging 
for  shippers  at  the  moment.  Western 
fresh  gathered,  loss  off,  are  quotable  at 
about  23@24c  and  from  this  down  to  15 
@170.

A  strange  case  has  come  up 

Tw enty  l>ollar>  a  M onth  F o r  D aylight.
in  M il­
waukee,  where  the  owner of  a  business 
block  has  been  obliged  to  pay  $20  a 
month  for  the  privilege  of  having  sun­
light  in  one  window  of  his*  building. 
A  firm  had  rented  a  room  in  this  build­
ing  on  condition  that  it  be  provided 
light.  This  was  effected 
with  natural 
by  cutting  a  window 
in  the  wall  over­
looking  the  property  of  a  neighbor. 
The  latter  promptly  shut  off  the 
light 
with  a  tight wood  screen.  When  remon- 
stiated  with  he  took  the  position  that 
the  light  was  his,  and  that  as  he  had  a 
right  to  erect  a  building  on  his 
lot,  he 
had  a  right  to  put  any  kind  of  a  struc­
ture  permitted  by 
law.  An  enquiry  by 
the  attorney  for  the  other  party  devel­
oped  no  flaw  in  the  position  taken  by 
the  light  purveyor,  and  his  terms  of  $20 
per  month  had  to  be  met.  His  neigh­
bors,  he  said,  could  have  nothing  be­
longing  to  him  without  paying 
for  it. 
Our  friends,  the  single taxers,  are  loudly 
rejoicing  over  this,  claiming  that  it  is 
exactly  what  is  being  done  with 
land. 
They  say 
if  it  were  as  easy  to  corner 
sunlight  and  air  as  it  is  to  get  control 
of  the  natural  opportunities  offered  by 
the  human  race  would  be  in  a 
land, 
good  deal  worse  fix  than 
it  is,  and  we 
would  soon  be  taking  out  our 
licenses 
to  live.

- 

Phone

4 3 2

Stocks
Bonds
Grain
Provisions
Cotton

Our  office  being  connected  by  private 
wires  enables  us  to  execute  orders  for 
investment or on margin promptly on the 
following exchanges:

CHICAGO  BOARD  OF  TRADE. 
CHICAGO  STOCK  EXCHANGE. 
NEW  YORK  STOCK  EXCHANGE. 
Correspondents—Lamson  Bros.  &  Co., 

Purnell,  Hagaman & Co.

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made by

The orders for

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a  Write  to-day  for  special  prices- 
g  Feed  and  millstuffs  in  carlots  a 
S  specialty.

J.  H.  Prout  &   Co.,

Howard City, Mich,

against  you,  and  the  day  will  surely 
come  when  they  will  quietly  drop  you. 
There  is  nothing  sweeter  to age  than  the 
graciousness  of  youth,  and  that,  my 
dear,  is  another  winning  card  in  your 
long  suit.

jingle 

Learn  to  sit  still  without  wriggling. 
It 
is  the  most  amazing  thing  on  earth 
that  so  few  girls  have  any  idea  of  the 
value  of  repose.  They 
their 
bracelets,  they  twist  their  chains,  they 
screw  up  their  faces,  they  wear  an  ob­
server  out  with  ceaseless  motions. 
Petty,  fussy  and  erratic  ways  are  amus­
ing  for  once 
in  a  way,  but  no  man 
let  himself  into  a  continuous 
wants  to 
vaudeville  performance  for 
life.  Men 
value  peace  of  mind  and  body  above 
everything  else,  and  you  will  notice, 
my  child,  that 
is  never  the  fidgety, 
flighty 
little  minx  who  makes  the  best 
match.  When  a  man  with  a  reasonable 
amount  of  sense  starts  to  pick  him­
self  out  a  wife,  he looks  around  for  some 
calm  woman  with 
large,  quiet  ways  of 
looking  at 
in  his 
senses  wants  to  sign  articles  for  a  voy­
age  that 
is  going  to  be  a  perpetual 
tempest.

things.  Nobody 

it 

Don’t  flirt  with  every  man  who  comes 
along.  Remember  that  the  one  who can 
love  and  ride  away— and  that  is  always 
the  man—has the advantage  in  that  little 
comedy.  Besides,  some  day  there  will 
come  a  man  who  will  bring  you  a  true 
love,  and  he  may  have  a 
and  real 
prejudice  against 
shop-worn  goods. 
Above  all,  never  flirt  with  your  friends’ 
husbands. 
It  may  flatter  your  vanity  to 
think  that  you  can  charm  a  married 
man. 
It  may  amuse  you  to  see  how 
jealous  you  can  make  his  wife,  but  re­
flect on  the  fact  that married  women rule 
society,  and  that  they  have  a  very  cer­
tain  Coventry  to  which  they  send  the 
girl  who  flirts,  and from which  she  never 
returns  alive.

John  Randolph  once  declared  he  had 
found  the  philosopher’s  stone  to  be 
“ Pay  as  you  g o .”   That’s  a  good motto 
for  girls, 
too.  Don’t  be  a  dead-beat. 
Don’t  take  courtesies  and  give  nothing 
in  the  way  of  politeness  in  exchange. 
Pay  your  little  tributes  as  you  go  along 
to  other  people’s  self-love,  their  own 
interest  in  their own  affairs.  Don’t  ex­
pect  everything  to  be  done  for  you  and 
to  do  nothing  for  others. 
In  a  word,  be 
unselfish.  Society  does  not  set  up  as  an 
exponent  of  the  golden  rule,  but  when 
we  look  at  it  the  closest  and  study  those 
who  are  the  most  popular,  we  find  that 
they  are  those  who  have  remembered  to 
do  unto  others  as  we  should  all  like 
others  to  do  unto  us.  And  there’s  the 
case  in  a  nutshell,  little  sister.

Dorothy  Dix.

An  O ptical  D elusion.

it. 

Effective  results  in  show  windows  are 
often  produced  by  the  aid  of  mirrors, 
doubling  the  exhibit,  or  even  seeming 
indefinitely  to  extend 
A   curious 
illustration  of  the  effectiveness  in  such 
use  was  shown  in  a  window  of  a  big  toy 
store.  Ranged  in  companies  and  bat­
talions  following  one  another  upon  a 
foot-wide  strip  of  glass  raised  above  the 
floor  of  the  window  and  extending  close 
to  the  window  front,  and  along  the  en­
tire  width  of 
long  column  of 
toy  soldiers,  marching,  or  seeming  to 
march,  the  figures  being  all  in  marching 
attitudes.  At  the  side  of  the  window 
was  a  mirror  standing  vertically,  but 
running  back  from  the  sidewalk,  and  at 
a  little  distance  from  the  window  the 
reflection  in  the  mirror  of  the  marching 
column  of  soldiers  had  the  appearance 
of  a  continuation  of 
the  column 
turning  at  the  mirror  at  a  slight  angle 
from  the  course  of  its  march  along  the 
glass,  the  effect  being  produced  by  the 
angle  at  which  the  mirror  was  set.

it,  was  a 

it, 

GOTHAM  GOSSIP.

News  F ro m   th e   M etropolis—In dex  to  th e 

Special Correspondence.

M arket.

New  York,  Dec.  23— Never 

in  the 
history  of  this  town  have  the  stores  at 
holiday time been so packed and  jammed 
as  they  have  this  vear.  From  the  time 
the  doors  opened  until  10  o’clock  at 
night  great  throngs  have  been  spending 
money  right  and 
left.  And,  on  the 
other  hand,  your  correspondent,  after 
living  here  sixteen years,  has  never  seen 
so  many  beggars.  They  range  through 
all  grades  from  the  man  with  a  bosom 
pin  to  the  hobo  pure  and  simple.  Le­
gitimate  trade 
is 
swallowed  up  in  the  holiday  rush,  and 
the  situation  will  be  rather  confusing 
from  now  until  after  stocktaking  and 
for  1900.  Jobbers 
matters  get  settled 
are  all  busy  as  bees,  and  it 
is  hard  to 
get  anybody  to  talk.  They  all  seem 
happy  and  the  very  few  failures  attest 
general  prosperity.

for  the  -time  being 

The  coffee  market  has  been  rather 
steadier than  last  week  and  buyers  seem 
to  be  more  disposed  to  purchase  goods 
than  then.  Some  good  sales  have  been 
reported  and  roasters,  as  well as jobbers, 
are doing a more active business.  Hold­
ers  of  Rio  No.  7  are  asking  from  6%@ 
6#*c. 
In  store  and  afloat  the  amount  of 
coffee  aggregates  1,259,254  bags,  against 
1,138,078  bags  at  the  same  time 
last 
year.  Mild  grades  of  coffee  are  attract­
ing  more  attention  and  the  market 
is 
firmer  than  for some time.  Good Cucuta 
is  worth  ioj^c. 
In  sympathy  with other 
sorts  East 
Indias  are  commanding 
greater  attention,  and  while  quotations 
are  no  higher  they  are  more  firmly  ad­
hered  to.

The refined sugar market has witnessed 
very  few  changes  and  nothing  has  oc­
curred  to  mar  the  serenity  of  the  situa­
tion.  Withdrawals  under old  contracts 
have  been  light  and  little  new  business 
transacted.  Quotations  are  unchanged 
as  yet,  and  whether  there  will  be  a 
change  after January  1  has  not  yet  been 
announced.

improvement  and  this 

Low  and  medium  grades  of  teas  are 
meeting  with  some  enquiry,  but there  is 
room  for 
is 
confidently  thought  will  come  after  the 
turn  of  the  year.  Holders  are  very  firm 
in  their views  and  especially  for  black 
teas.

it 

There  has  been  a  fair  enquiry  for  rice 
during  the  week  from  both  out  of  town 
and  local  dealers,  and  holders  seem  to 
be  well  pleased  with  the  situation. 
Sales  have  not  been  large 
in  any  one 
case,  but  the  aggregate 
is  a  very  good 
showing.  There  has  been  rather  more 
firmness  for  domestic  sorts  than  for  for­
eign  grades,  although  both  are  firm.

A  moderate  trade  has  been  done  in 
spices,  but  holders  hope  to  see  an  im­
provement  after  the  new  year’s  business 
begins.  Pepper 
is  strong  and  ginger 
and  cloves  are  both  firmly  held.

The  activity  in  canned  goods  seems 
rather  less  than  a  week  ago,  but  there  is 
lines  and  the 
still  a  good  call  for  many 
market  will  be 
in  good  condition  be­
fore  the  end  of  the  year.  Prices  are 
likely  to  ad­
very  firmly  held  and  are 
vance  on  many 
lines  after  the  turn  of 
the  year.  Packets  are  not  especially 
anxious  to  make  further  deliveries  of 
future  goods,  and  this  seemingly 
is  the 
part  of  wisdom,  for  the  price  now  and 
the  price  eight  months  from  now  are 
likely  to  be  rather  far  apart.  New  Jer­
sey  tomatoes  are  worth  77 ^@850,  as  to 
brand.  Salmon  is quiet and  unchanged.
Lemons  are  dull.  Orders  are  for  very 
small  lots  and  the  outlook  is  for  a  quiet 
time  for  at  least  a  fortnight  and  prob­
ably  longer.  For  oranges  there 
is  an 
average  demand  and  prices  are  hardly 
as  firm  as  last  week  either  for  Floridas 
or  Califomias.  Jamaicas  repacked 
in 
barrels  are  worth 
from  $6^6.75  per 
Bright  Floridas,  choice  to 
barrel. 
fancy,  $3-7S@5 russets,  $3.25.
Bananas are  in  light supply and  firmly 
held  at  from  $i.I5@ i.30  per  bunch  for 
firsts.

Arrivals  of  butter  are 

light  and  the 
market  is  in  good  shape.  Some  sales 
of  gilt-edge  creameries  have been  made, 
rising  27c,  and while ratherexceptional, 
it  is  likely  to  be  well  established  soon.

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It  does  not  appear  really  necessary  to  argue  the  value  of 
advertising  in  trade  papers.  T hat  is  an  accepted  truth. 
N ew  evidences  are  constantly  “ com ing  to  the  front’ ’  in  the 
experience  of  observing  advertisers,  and  these  we  occa­
sionally  put  before  you  as  an  incentive  to  enlarged  effort, 
and  as  illustrating  the  practicability  of  profitable  adver­
tising.  Besides,  we  want  you  to  know  that  there’ s  no 
guessing  with  us,  that  our  suggestions  are  the  fruit  of  re­
sults.  O ur  proposition  is  the  b e s t   trade  paper  advertising 
in  the  country  and  we  would  like  to  talk  business  with 
you  for  1900.  M ay  we?

\

TR A D ESM A N   60M P A N Y

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  H IG H .

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

DESMAN

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E.  A.  STO W E,  E d it o r .

WEDNESDAY,  •  -  DECEMBER  27,  1899.

S T A T E   OF  M ICHIGAN 

County  of  Kent 

,

John  DeBoer,  being  duly  sworn,  de­

poses  and  says  as  follows :

I  am  pressman 

in  the  office  of  the 
Tradesman  Company  and have charge of 
the  presses  and  folding  machine  in  that 
establishment. 
I  printed  and  folded 
7,ooo  copies  of the  issue of  Dec.  20,1899, 
and  saw  the  edition  mailed  in  the  usual 
manner.  And  further  deponent  saith 
not. 

John  DeBoer.

Sworn  and  subscribed  before  me,  a 
notary  public 
in  and  for said  county, 
this  twenty-third  day  of  December, 1899.

Henry  B.  Fairchild, 
Notary  Public  in  and  for  Kent  Countv 
1

Mich. 

SECRET  O F  H IS  SUCCESS.

It  is  not  easy  to  say  just  what  was  the 
quality  which  made  Dwight  L.  Moody’ 
ministry  so  wonderfully  attractive.  Hi 
earnestness  of  manner,  as 
if  he  had  1  
special  message  to  deliver,  was  one  of 
his  strong  points,  and  the  boldness  with 
which  he  charged  vices  and  crimes  up 
on  his  hearers  was  another.  The  musi 
cal  exercises  contributed  by  the  equally 
celebrated  Ira  D.  Sankey  added  greatly 
to  the  effect.  No  congregational  sing 
ing  was  permitted,  but  Sankey  would 
charm  his  vast  audiences  by  his  sweet 
and  plaintive  airs,  which  he  sang  to the 
accompaniment  of  a  small  melodeon.

Mr.  Moody  was  never  ordained  as  a 
minister  of  religion  and  had  no  author 
ity  to  exercise  the  offices  of  the  priestly 
order,  nor  did  he  attempt  anything  of 
the  kind.  He  simply  preached,  attract 
ing  everywhere enormous  crowds  to  hea_ 
him.  His  discourses  were  plain  and 
simple  in  style,  and  no  rhetorical  effects 
were  attempted.  His  delivery  was  en 
ergetic  but  not  noisy,  and  his  enuncia­
tion  was  extremely  distinct.  He  never 
ranted,  and  his  remarks  were  entirely 
free 
from  the  slang  and  cheap  vulgar­
isms  that  have  made  some  other  so- 
called  evangelists insufferably objection­
able  to  decent  people.

Religious  demonstration,  or  demon­
strative  religion,  is  chiefly  a  matter  of 
emotion  and  sentiment.  A   large  con­
course  of  people,  first  hushed  into  si­
lence  so  that  the  attention  of  all  may  be 
obtained,  can  be  brought  into  harmoni­
ous 
sympathy  by  sad  and  pathetic 
music,  and  then  the  entire  assemblage 
is  ready  to  be  controlled  by  a  speaker, 
if  he  but  have  the  ability  to  interest  his 
hearers.  This  ability 
is,  of  course,  a 
matter  of  personality.  Evidently  Mr. 
Moody  possessed 
it  in  a  high  degree, 
rivaling 
in  his  powers  of  controlling  a 
crowd  the  celebrated  Whitefield.

George  Whitefield,  who  flourished  for 
thirty  years,  up  to  1760,  was  held  to  be

one  of  the  most  eloquent  and  powerful 
pulpit  orators  that  ever 
lived.  He  was 
an  Englishman,  educated  at  Oxford 
University,  and  regularly  ordained  a 
priest;  but  he  spent  his  life  preaching 
as  a  missionary  to  vast  crowds  in  pub­
lic  halls  and  the  open  air.  He  was  not 
in  harmony  with  any  church  organiza­
tion.  but  was  a  Calvinistic  Methodist  in 
in  the  British 
belief.  He  preached 
Isles  and 
in  America,  and  drew  enor­
mous  crowds  everywhere,  and  exerted 
the  most  complete  control  over  them. 
At  the  age  of  50  years  he  broke  down 
n  body  and  mind,  and  shortly  after 
wards  died.

in 

instances 

is  religion  have 

eleventh;  Whitefield, 

is  profoundly  interested 

Of  all  public  speakers,  those  whose 
theme 
in  every  age 
been  able  to  attract  and  enchain  the  at­
tention  of  the  vastest  audiences  and  to 
exert  the  greatest  influence  over them. 
Paul,  on  Mar’s  Hill,  in  the  first  century 
of  Christianity;  Peter  the  Hermit,  in 
the 
the 
in  the  nine­
eighteenth,  and  Moody, 
teenth,  are  striking 
in  the 
Christian  world;  while  Mahomet  and 
other  celebrated  leaders  of  heathendom 
are  equally  remarkable.  The  entire  hu­
man  race 
in 
spiritual  matters,  and  particularly  those 
which  relate  to  futurity,  and  men  will 
listen  to  any  vagary  on  the  subject  if  it 
be  but  able  to  arouse  their  emotional 
and  sentimental  natures  at  the  first  and 
promise  them  special  benefits  in  the  fu­
ture.  Of  all  themes  religion  is  the  most 
attractive  and  the  fullest  of interest,  and 
is  a  great  mistake  to  suppose  that 
it 
spiritual  preaching  will  drive 
away 
auditors.  On  the  contrary,  it  is  secular 
and  materialistic  teaching  that  wearies 
and  disgusts  congregations.  They  want 
to  know  the  hidden  things  of  the  spirit, 
and  he  who  can  gratify  his  hearers  in 
that  respect  will  command  the  greatest 
numbers  of  them.

Dentists  are  heavy  sellers  of  old  gold, 
in  the  shape  of  fillings  from  extracted 
teeth.  Many  a  victim  of  toothache  has 
contributed  in  gold  to  the  dentist  sever­
al  times  the  value  of  the  fee  paid 
for 
the  extraction.  This  is  one  of the tricks 
of  the  dental  business  that  isn’t  gener­
ally  known. 
It  would  be  no  more  than 
right  for  the  dentist  who  finds  a  dollar 
in  a  tooth,  the  extraction  of 
in  gold 
which  costs  the  patient  25  cents, 
to 
charge  nothing  at  all,  but  to  give  the 
patient  75  cents  in  change,  instead,  yet 
nobody  ever  heard  of  a  dentist  doing 
that.

is  to  say,  it  would  be 

John  Bull  has  grown  wondrous cousin­
ly.  Now  is  the  time  for  Cousin  Sam  to 
settle  that  Alaskan  boundary  question. 
That 
if  Cousin 
Sam  could  be  mean  enough  to  follow 
Cousin  John’s  rule  of  procedure.  But 
Cousin  Sam,  until  very  recently,  at  any 
rate,  has  been  a 
fellow  of  good  con­
science  and  won’t.

The  Lord  may  love  a  cheerful  g iv e r; 
but  he can  not approve of the  blackmail­
ing  methods  used  by  many  to  hold  up 
nd  extort  money  from  the  charitable.

That  House  investigating  committee 
lose  any  of  his 

will  not 

let  Roberts 
ves  if  it  can  help  it.

A   sweeping  reform  is  needed 

in  the 
matter  of  wearing  long  dresses  on  dirty 
streets.

The  memory  of  that  Fashoda  incident 
still  rises  to  plague  the  pride  of France.

Men  who 

lead  double  lives  are  those 

who  have  lived_single  ones  too  long.

T H E   MOUNTAIN  AND  T H E   MOUSE. 
The  doubting  Thomases  of  the  com­
mercial  world  are  greatly  exercised.  If 
the  Chinese  can  live  on  nothing and  are 
abundantly supplying  their home  market 
how  is this  country  going  to be benefited 
if  that  bound­
by  an  open  door,  even 
less  territory  has  500,000,000 
inhabi­
tants?  This  endless  talk  of  commercial 
supremacy  which  the  various  nations 
are  fighting  about 
is  a  rehksh  of  the 
laboring  mountain  and  the  birth  of  the 
mouse.  Where  does  the  advantage,  to 
the  United  States  for 
instance,  come 
in?  Better keep  away  from  the  Almond 
Eyes  and  turn  the  tremendous  oveiflow 
of  American  products  and  manufactures 
to where  something  like  satisfactory  re­
turns  can  be  expected.

With  no  expectation  of  removing  a 
single  doubt  from  the  agitated  hearts  of 
these  Thomases  the  Tradesman  would 
like  to  remark  that  China,  in  opening 
her  doors  and  tearing  down  her  walls, 
admits  her  half-civilized  condition  and 
so  holds  hereslf  ready  to  accept  the 
in 
fluences  of  civilization  and  enlighten­
ment  which  the  more  fortunate  nations 
of  the  earth  may  have to  offer.  The  old, 
with  her,  has  passed  aw ay;  all  things 
have  become  new.  She  is  not  as  if  she 
had  never  been,  but  as  one  who  has 
been  compelled  to  admit  her  failure  to 
keep  abreast  of  the  world  and  is  deter­
mined  to  catch  up  in  the  shortest  pos 
sible  time. 
If  steam  is  the  best  way  to 
get  from  Bangkok  to  Pekin  she  will 
have  steam. 
If  the  American  engineer 
is  the  best  agent  to  direct  the  work  and 
the  American  rail  and  the  American 
road  equipments  are  the  best  so  be  it; 
let  them  all  come  in.  Progress  is  the 
watchword  of  the  hour  and  the  Am eri­
can 
its  best  exponent.  With  the  500,- 
000,000  demanding  all  these  things  it 
does  seem  as  if  the  demand  might make 
a  difference  in  industrial  and  commer­
cial  America  which  even  a  stupid 
Thomas  might  comprehend.

over the  grain. 
It  is  winnowed  by toss­
ing  grain  and  chaff  into the  air  with  a 
shovel,  a  process  which  makes  the 
Chinese  a  nation  of  dirt-eaters.  Does 
any  one  suppose  that  the  introduction 
of  the  American  wheat-farm  methods 
would  fail  to  revolutionize  the  methods 
of  the  gathering  and  the  preparation 
of  the  Chinese  crops,  or  that  it  would 
not 
increase  the  manufacture  and  sale 
of  the  improved  machinery  in this coun­
try?

Among  all 

the  productions  of  the 
Celestial  soil  none  gives  the  doubting 
disciple  so  much  comfort  as  the  cotton 
crop.  With 
labor at  the  minimum  and 
rice  to  be  had  for almost nothing,  what’s 
to  hinder  the  importation  of  Chinese 
manufactured  goods  and  the  consequent 
shutting  up  of  the American cotton mill? 
It  looks  as  if  the  same  old  reason  will 
have  to  be  g iv en :  A  general  Chinese 
don’t-know-how.  From  start  to  finish 
the  methods  of  manufacture  are  as  old 
as  the  empire  itself.  The  gin  is  a  con­
trivance  by  which  two  rollers  are  de­
pended  on  to  squeeze  out  the  seeds. 
Scutching  is  done  with  a  tight bow upon 
the  string  of  which  the  fiber  is snapped. 
The  spinning  of  our  grandmothers  will 
fairly 
illustrate  theirs.  Compare  now 
the  results  of  the  American  cotton 
loom 
with  the  fifteen-inch  wide  goods  of  un­
certain 
length  and  quality  of  Chinese 
make,  and  reach  the  inevitable  conclu­
sion  that  the  American  article  has  the 
better of  the  comparison  100  to  1.  As 
if  to  compel  the  removal  of  all  doubt 
the  Customs  Commissioner  of  New- 
chwang  w rites:  “ Both  American  drills 
and  American  sheetings  have  come  into 
great  favor  here,  the  demand  for  them 
having  become  quite  phenomenal,”   and 
another  Commissioner  at Tien-tsin says: 
from 
i4,475.°°o  to  16,000,000  taels  ($1.40), 
all  of  which 
is  practically  due  to  in­
creased  receipts  of  American  makes, 
which  now  represent  about  one-half  of 
this  branch  of  the  trade.”

Cotton  piece  goods  advanced 

Even  in  agricultural  matters  the  same 
fact  is  apparent.  The  clumsy  farm  im­
plements  which  the  early  New  England 
farmer  used  offer  no  greater  contrast 
with  the  modem 
implements  than  do 
those  of the  modem  Chinese.  The  plow 

little  one-handed  affair  with 

the  Chinese 

moldboard  of  a  few  inches  surface,  for 
surface  work  only,  and  drawn  often  by 
men  and  women.  Taking  the  average 
man  and  woman  as  we  find  them,  civ il­
ized  or half  civilized,  will Thomas kind­
ly  tell  us  whether  the  Chinaman  will 
prefer  to  go  on  with  the  good  old  ways 
of  his  fathers  or  adopt  the  up-to-date 
methods.  With  such  a  plow  deep  plow 
ng  is  an  impossibility,  and  so  unheard 
of,  and 
farmer  has  the 
prejudice  of  his  American  co-worker  of 
a  hundred  years  ago  against  turning  all 
the  valuable  surface  soil  underneath. 
The  Chinese  hoe  is  as  big  and  clumsy 
as  it  is  heavy,  the  harrow  is  its  counter 
part,  the  fork  a  curiosity;  and  whatever 
pretains  to  the  modern  cultivation  of 
the  soil  is  of  the  same  stamp.  Will  the 
displacing  of  these  relics  of  the  past  for 
the 
implements  of  modem 
farming be  liable  to  affect  the  American 
trade  in  them,  and  so  affect  their  manu­
facture?

improved 

That  the  mountain  has  been  in 

labor 
there 
is  no  doubt.  That  a  mouse,  and 
that  a  small  one,  has  been  bom  has 
been  asserted.  The  facts  do  not  testify 
to the  assertion.  They  do  testify  beyond 
all  doubt  that  there  is  every  advantage 
to  the  United  States 
establishing 
commercial  relations  with  China  and 
that  here,  as 
is  recorded  in  the  sacred 
narrative,  the  doubting  Thomas  can  be 
counted  among  the  blessed  who  believe 
because  they  have  seen.

in 

It  is  announced  that  Great  Britain 

is 
“ preparing  for  a  mighty  struggle”   in 
South  Africa.  With  all  her  big  gen-’ 
era Is,  so  far,  whipped  to  a  standstill,  it 
looks  to  the  uninitiated  like  she  had  al­
ready  had  a  right  lively  scrimmage 
in 
that  region.

The  birthday  of  George  Washington 
not  being  much  observed,  attempts  are 
now  being  made  to  celebrate  the  anni­
versary  of  his  death.

The  Russian  bear  may  yet  reach  out 
latch-string  of  that 
it  to  with  a 

for  the  dangling 
“ open  door”   and  pull 
mighty  slam.

The  crude 

for  example, 

in  means  and  methods  is 
nowhere  better shown  than  in  gathering 
and  preparing  the  harvests.  The  rip­
ened  wheat, 
either 
pulled  up  by  hand  or  cut  near  the  root 
with  a  four-inch  sickle.  The  wheat 
is 
threshed  by  placing 
it  on  the  ground, 
prepared  by  wetting  and  rolling  with 
heavy  stone  rollers  to  make  it  hard  and 
smooth,  and  passing a  heavy  stone  roller

is 

The  Russian  bear  may take advantage 
of  England’s  South  African  reverses  to 
walk  about  some.

The  man  who  has  seen  better days 
generally  remembers  some  of  their  iollv 
nights. 
J

When  money  is  tight,  people  who 
have  none  succeed  in  getting tight with­
out  it.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Q

A  QUESTION  O F  D IFF E R E N C E .

While 

it  would  be  far  from  the  truth 
to  say  that  certain  periodicals  seem 
anxious  to  get  this  Government  into  a 
quarrel  with  her  neighbors,  it  would  not 
be  stretching  the  truth  at  all  to state that 
they  are  certainly  not  saying  nor  doing 
anything  to  prevent 
it.  Germany,  they 
tell  us,  is  turning  towards  us  her  cold 
shoulder,  if  not  her  back.  She  makes 
fuss  over  our  importations  and  de­
a 
clares  they  are  not  what 
they  are 
claimed  to  be.  She  is  all  the  time  inti­
mating  what  she  does  not  sa y ;  and  then 
when  we  were  giving  Spain  a  piece  of 
“ Hail  Columbia,”   nothing  but  a  per­
emptory  order— or  what  amounted 
to 
it—kept  the  German  warships  where 
they  belonged. 
England  does  pretty 
well 
for  England.  She  gets  her  feet  a 
good  ways  over  the  boundaries,  though, 
especially  if  there  is  any  gold-bearing 
soil  where  her  foot  happens  to  rest;  and 
everybody  knows  that  her 
friendship 
during  these  troublous  times  is  politic 
rather  than  real.  The  talk  about  Saxon 
kinship  and  similarity  of  blood  and  all 
that  nonsense 
is  “ sweet”   and  all  that 
sort  of  thing,  but wait for  the  war  clouds 
to  roll  by  and  then  see  how  sweet  it 
will  all  be.  France  is  the  same  old  cat 
she  has  always  been.  Purr!  She  can  be 
heard  as  far  as  D evil’s  Island  when  the 
sun  shines,  but  quicker  than  the  reputed 
owner  of  that  piece  of  property  will  her 
claws  sink  into  the  startled  flesh  of  her 
foe, 
fancied  or  real,  on  the  slightest 
provocation.  They  are  all  alike— drive 
the  dog  out  of  the  manger  and  let  any 
one  of  them  creep 
into  his  place  and 
no  one  could  tell  the  difference.  There 
would  be  the  same  snarl  and  growl  and 
the  same  showing  of  teeth.

Take  Russia.  Every  once  in  a  while 
that  country  and  this  have  spasms  of 
“ distinguished  consideration”   for  each 
other.  The  American Eagle  alights  up­
on  the  shoulders  of  the  Russian  Bear, 
and,  leaning  over,  lovingly  wipes  his 
beak  upon  the  responsive  muzzle  of  his 
shaggy 
friend,  while  the  owners  of  the 
National  emblems  exchange  chocolate 
drops  and  bonbons.  For  all  that  there 
is  danger  ahead.  The  strongest  friend­
ship  often  turns  to  the  bitterest  enmity, 
and  the  growling  Bear  will  find  the  tal­
ons  and  beak  of  his  feathered  neighbor 
quite  as  sharp  and  effective  as  his  own 
teeth  and  claws.  There 
i s ;  the  fact 
is  as  much  in  evidence  to-day  as  it  ever 
was.  Dwellers  on  the  opposite banks  of 
the  same  water,  be  it  rivulet  or  Pacific 
Ocean,  will  be  rivals 
in  spite  of  fate. 
Already  a  break  exists  between  that 
country  and  this, which is  to  be  widened 
by  same  radical  differences  of  external 
policy  and  National 
the 
if 
prophets  of  evil  are  to  be  believed.

interest, 

it 

It 

is  barely  possible,  however,  that 
these  double-sighted  seers  may  be  de­
ceived,  for  behind  the  guns  of  a  nation 
is  the  nation  itself,  and  the  character  of 
that  nation  must  be  considered  before 
predictions  are  made  of  its  future.  It 
does  not  follow  that  radical  differences 
lead  necessarily  to  warfare.  So  far  Rus­
sia  and  the  United  States  have  had  no 
resort  to  bayonets  to  settle  disputes,  and 
if  there  is  a  greater  difference  than  that 
existing  between  these  countries— the 
one  an  absolute  monarchy  and  the  other 
a 
republic— it 
has  yet to appear.  Grant this,  and  grant, 
too,  that  competition  must  come in lines 
of  production,  manufacture  and  com­
merce.  The  swapping  of  jack-knives, 
even  “ unsight,  unseen,”   does  not  end 
in  a  fight.  The  wants  of  one  nation  will 
be  catered  to  by  the  skill  and  ingenuity 
of  the  other.  Both  will  be  benefited  by

free  and  independent 

the  exchange  of  goods  and  good  will, 
and  the  very  differences,  radical  as  they 
are  and  naturally  must  be,  will  give  to 
each  a  character  and  a  dignity  which 
belong  to  nationalities  that  are  exercis­
ing  a  wholesome 
influence  over  the 
world.

it 

The  United  States  can  fight,  but  will 
only  when 
is  the  only  thing  to  be 
done.  The  traditional  chip  is  never  on 
is  she  curious  about 
her  shoulder,  nor 
its  position  on 
the  shoulders  of  her 
neighbors. 
“ Live  and  let  live”   is  her 
policy,  and  this,  with  a  constitutional 
determination  to  mind  only  her  own 
business,  will  keep  her  from  embarrass­
ing  entanglements  with  whomever  she 
comes  in  contact.

It 

is  safe  to  say  that  the  American 
skies  are  not  darkened  by  any  threaten­
ing  war  clouds. 
I'he  Russian  and  the 
American  are  not  anxious  to  tear  each 
other’s  eyes  out.  Germany  may  not  be 
overfond  of  the  American  hog—on  four 
legs  or  two— and  may  refuse  to  accept 
the  best  dried  apples that  the  markets of 
the  world  have  ever  bought  and  sold, 
but  that 
is  no  reason  for  firing  bullets 
into  each  other.  John  Bull  may,  while 
standing  with  an  arm  around  Brother 
Jonathan’s  neck,  work  his  toes  down  in­
to  the  golden  sands,  and  reluctantly  re­
move  that  foot;  but  he  will  with  a  little 
urging,  and  that 
is  all  that  is  needed. 
So  with  the  rest.  They  all  have  pecul­
iarities  and  these  sooner  or  later  be­
come  radical  differences.  The  relations 
existing  between  them  may lead to ques­
tions  more  or  less  difficult,  but  the  good 
sense,  the  hatred  of  strife,  the  love  of 
gain  by  peaceful  methods,  uppermost  in 
the  minds  of  all,  will  make  friends  of 
these  foreigners  and 
in  a 
peaceful  way  every  question  of  differ­
ence  which  can  ever  come  up  between 
this  country  and  them.

so  settle 

Under  the  Maryland  law  no  terra pin 
can  be  sold  that  measures  less  than  5 
inches  across  the  lower  shell. 
A   queer 
fact  about  the  terrapin  of  Chesapeake 
bay 
is  that  those  on  the  western  shore 
grow  much  faster than  those  on  the east­
ern.  The  theory 
is  that  the  western 
water  is less  salt.

Congressman  De  Armond,  of  Mis­
souri,  saws  wood 
for  exercise,  and  de­
clares  that  many  of  his  best  speeches 
have  been  formulated  while  engaged 
in 
that  exercise.  His  wife  is  described  as 
“ one  of  the  best  politicians in Washing­
ton. ’ ’ 

______________

No  man  has  ever  been  nominated 

for 
the  presidency  from 
the  Senate,  al­
though  many  senators  have  struggled 
hard  to  reach  the  white  house.  Garfield 
came  near  to  breaking  the  spell.  He 
was  a  senator-elect  when  nominated.

Canada 

lacks  only  237,000  square 
miles  to  be  as  large  as  the  whole  con­
tinent  of  Europe. 
is  nearly  thirty 
times  as  large  as  Great  Britain  and  Ire­
land,  and  is  300,000  square  miles  larger 
than  the  United  States.

It 

British officers in  the  Transvaal  would 
have  been  made  heroes  long  ago  if  they 
could  have  taken  yellow  journalists  into 
their  confidence  and  paid  their expenses 
while  with  the  army.

contain 

It  is  asserted  that  the  wine  cellars  of 
France 
champagne 
enough  to  supply  the  world’s  demand 
for 
150,000,000 
bottles.

years— nearly 

alleged 

three 

Hope 

is  the  bubble  the  unsuccessful 

man  blows  and  blows  until  it  bursts.

T H E   GRATITUDE  O F  REPUBLICS.
But  for  the  friendly  attitude  of  Great 
Britain  in  the  beginning  of  the  war  of 
the  United  States  with  Spain, 
there 
would  have  been  a  most 
formidable 
demonstration  by  the continental  powers 
of  Europe  on  the  side  of  Spain  and 
there  would  have  been  serious  trouble 
or  a  backdown  for  this  proud  Republic. 
is  true,  it  is  no  less  a  fact 
While  this 
that  the  friendly  demonstration  by  Eng­
land  was  dictated  by  selfish  considera­
tions,  the  great  object  being  to  gain  a 
powerful  friend  in  case  of  need.  The 
British  power  is  both  envied  and  feared 
by  the  great  nations  of  the  European 
continent,  and  the  vast  com m ercial  su­
premacy  of  the  United  Kingdom   is  a 
subject  for  extreme  jealousy.

The  great  European  powers  are  al­
ready  rejoicing  at  the  reverses  of  for­
tune  suffered  by  England 
in  the  war 
with  the  Boers,  and  nothing  would 
please  them  more  than  the  utter  defeat 
and  humiliation  of  the  “ Triple  K ing­
dom.”   There  is  great  danger of  a  gen­
eral  European  coalition  against  Great 
Britain,  and  the  danger  is  all  the  great­
er  because  the  British  army  appears  to 
have  lost  prestige  in  the  African  war.

The  only  hope  that  England  has  of 
preventing  such  a  hostile  combination 
rests  upon  the  great  strength  and  pres­
tige  of  her  naval  establishment.  Not  a 
nation  of  Europe  dares  tackle  the  Brit­
ish  fleet.  But 
it  is  certain  that  in  any 
serious  combination  against  her, 
the 
Triple  Kingdom  must  stand  alone. 
Nothing 
the 
great  English-speaking  Republic.

is  to  be  expected  from 

The  history  of  the  relations  between 
the  United  States  and  France  will  give 
a  proper  idea  of  what  wwuld  be  the  pol­
icy  of  the  United  States  under  any  ap­
peal  by  England  - for  aid  against  a 
European  coalition.  Before  the  exist­
ence  of  any  United  States  of  America, 
and  when  the  thirteen  American  colo­
nies,  with  their  small  population  of  not 
more  than  3,000,000  souls,  not  by  any 
in  the  effort  to  gain  na­
means  united 
tional 
independence,  and  but  poorly 
supplied  with  money  and  munitions, 
were  engaged 
in  a  desperate  struggle 
for  liberty  and  the  right  of  self-govern­
ment  with  the  then-powerful  Kingdom 
of  Great  Britain,  they  must  surely  have 
failed  but 
for  the  aid  afforded  by  the 
Kingdom  of  France,  which  intervened 
on  the  side  of  the  colonies  with  great 
fleets  of  ships,  with  armies  and  with 
money. 
France 
got 
into  war  with  England,  urgent  de­
mands  were  made  upon  the  United 
States  for  substantial  aid,  which  were 
promptly  refused,  and  by  no  less  a  per­
sonage  than  Washington.

Subsequently,  when 

Washington  was  right,  for  he  realized 
that  any  war  not  waged  in  the  defense 
of  the  rights  and  property  of  the Am eri­
can  people  would  be  destructive  of  their 
interests  and  wholly  unwarranted  by  the 
peaceful  policy  and  mission  of  the  Re­
public. 
It  was  this  experience  with  the 
French  demands  that  made  the  founda­
tion  of  his  celebrated  discourse  on  the 
importance  of  keeping  out  of  foreign 
complications  and  entangling  alliances. 
Yet,  from  a  sentimental  point  of  view, 
it  seems  utterly  mean  and  selfish,  after 
having  enjoyed  the  saving  help  and 
support  of  the  French  people,  to  refuse, 
when  they  were  in  dire  extremity,  any 
return  of  the 
invaluable  aid  that  had 
been  received  from  them.

The  same  rule  of  policy  which  in­
duced  the  acceptance  of  French  aid  in 
the  War  of  the  Revolution,  and  which 
hailed  with high appreciation the friend­
ly  countenance  of  the  British  Govern­

ment  and  people 
in  the  Spanish  war, 
will  also  prevent  the  rendering  to  Great 
Britain  of  any  return,  as  it  did  in  the 
case  of  France  when  she  was  in  sore 
need  of 
friendship  and  substantial  as­
sistance.

Gratitude  is  possible  to monarchs,  and 
particularly  to  those  who  are  not  bound 
by  constitutional  restraints;  but 
it  is 
entirely  out  of  the  power  of  republics. 
Kings  and  emperors  may  plunge  their 
people  into  bloody  and  costly  wars  out 
of  considerations  of  mere  sentiment, 
but  republics  have  no  such  right  or 
power.  They  should  limit  resort  to  arms 
to  the  defense  of  the  country  and  its 
people,  and 
the 
rights  and  honor  of  the  nation. 
It  is  a 
question  how  far  this  proper  policy  has 
been  violated 
in  the  war  with  Sp ain ; 
but  it  is  certain  that  Great  Britain,  be­
ing 
in  great  straits  and  stress  in  a  war 
with  a  coalition  of  great  powers,  would 
look  in  vain  for  any  substantial  aid  and 
comfort  from  the  United  States.  That 
is  the  gratitude  of  republics,  and  it  is 
the  same  sort  of  gratitude  that  Greece 
and  Rome  dealt  out  in  their  republican 
times.

the  maintenance  of 

A  striking  use  of  the  X  rays  is  to  be 
made  in  the  case  of  two  sisters  who  are 
joined  together  in  the  same  manner  as 
the  celebrated  Siamese  twins.  These 
girls  were  recently  discovered  in  Brazil, 
and  have  reached  the  age  of  10  years. 
The  examination  with  the  X  rays  is  to 
be  made  with  a  view  to  determining 
whether  the  bond  joining  the  two bodies 
can  be  severed  by  a  surgical  operation. 
If  the  bodies  are  independent,  surgical 
treatment  would  be  justifiable  and  pos­
sibly  successful,  but if  there  is  an  actual 
connection  between  the  two  organisms 
such  a  step 
is,  of  course,  out  of  the 
question.

There  is  a  sugar  beet  factory  at  Lehi, 
Utah.  At  Springvale,  twenty-five  miles 
above,  there  is  no  refinery,  but  there 
is 
a  “ crusher,”   where  the  sugar  beets 
are  sliced  and  the sugar extracted.  The 
sugar  and  all  the  impurities,  in  a  very 
thin  syrup,  are  piped  twenty-five  miles 
to  Lehi,  where  the  sugar  is  refined  and 
extracted.  ______________

Since  his  inauguration  as  President, 
Mr.  M cKinley  has  never  seen  a  play. 
Each  of  the  Washington  theatres  has 
placed  a  box  at  his  disposal.  The  mis­
tress  of  the  white  house,  however,  is 
rather  fond  of  the  play  and  frequently 
visits  the  theatre  with  friends.

in  that  borough. 

Brooklyn’s  postmaster  is  planning  to 
for  the  delivery  of 
use  automobiles 
If  the  experi­
mail 
ments  are  successful 
the  use  of  the 
trolley  mail  cars  will  be  abandoned  and 
probably  smaller  automobiles  will  be 
used  for collecting  the  mail.

In  times  of  peace  prepare  for  war,  or 
prepare  to  be  licked  when  war comes. 
When  time  was  called  in  South  Africa, 
England  was  not  ready  for  the  fight.

A  great  man  never  feels  so  little as  he 
ignorant 
does  when  an 
ward  leader  has  the  power  to  turn  him 
down  in  his  political  aspirations.

insignificant, 

Tight  trousers  make  troubles  between 
a  man  and  his  tailor,  and  untimely 
tips  only  serve  to  widen  the  breeches.

The  street-comer  champion  of  labor 
rarely  gets  time  to  work  on  his  own  ac­
count.

A  man  borrows  trouble  when  he  bor­

rows  money  that  he  cannot  repay.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Clerks’  Corner.

How

D ishonest  C lerk  O verreached 

H ln aelC
Written for the Tradesman.

I he  fellow  had  been  with  Brinsmade 

for  five  years.

little 

in  what 

He  began  as  a  cash  boy  and  had 
worked  his  way  up  to  the  linings  coun 
ter  and  there  he  stuck.  Other  cash  boys 
came  and  other  cash  boys  went,  but 
Vance  Stinson  seemed  destined  to go  on 
forever.  For  a  time  it  looked  as  if  his 
ambition  had  reached 
its  height.  He 
was  lively  and  hummed  a  pleasing  tune 
to  himself 
intervals  of 
business  he  had.  He  began  to  be  criti­
in  the  matter  of  neckties.  He 
cal 
“ dropped 
in  of  an  evening  to  see  how 
affairs  were  going  on  at  the  theater. ”  
He  began  to  find  good  places for “ gad”  
in  his  conversation.  A  pocket  mirror 
kept  him  posted  as  to  the  appearance  of 
his  hair.  The  hang  of  his  trousers  was 
a  matter  of  considerable  concern 
to 
frequent  discussions 
him,  and  he  had 
about 
first-class  hand-me-downs  and 
back  street  tailors.

These  things  are  all  very  well.  Like 
other  infantile  diseases  they  have  to  be 
had,  but  it  is  a  little  trying,  oftentimes, 
to  one  who 
is  rearing  the  tender off­
spring.  However,  “ what  can’t  be  cured 
must  be  endured.”   The  most  anxious 
period of  all  in  the  clerk’s family  life  is 
the  sleeve-button  time.  That  passed,  j 
it  is  possible  to  reach  some  definite con­
clusion  in  regard  to  the  patient. 
If  he 
breaks  out  into  filled  gold  no  power on 
earth  can  save  him ;  the  journey  to  the 
commercial  boneyard  is  only  a  question 
of  time. 
If  he  buys  the  genuine  thing, 
it  may  come  high,  but  his  constitution 
will  carry  him  through.

Vance  began  at  the  beginning  of  the 
line  of  ailments  and  took  them  in  thei 
regular order.  He  varied  the  “ enter 
tainment, ”   as  Brinsmade  put  it,  by 
complaining about  his  wages— he wasn 
“ A   feller  has  to 
gitting  half  enough. 
keep  himself 
lookin’  decent,  and  he 
can  t  do  that  on  nothin’. ’ ’  There  was 
only  one  way  out  of  it— he  ought to have 
his  salary  raised.  “   Gad!  I ’d 
like  to 
wake  up  some  fine  morning  and  find 
myself  with  a  salary  of  §1,500!”   Th 
chance  remark  clung  to  him. 
The 
fairy  story  idea  in  it  pleased  him,  and 
he  stopped  humming  to 
in 
dreams.  He  talked  about  it  on  all  oc­
casions,  in  season  and  out of season,  and 
Brinsmade  himself  got  tired  of  hearing 
of  it.  He 
liked  the  boy,  and  it  finally 
occurred  to  him  that “  just to see, ”   he’d 
raise  the  hoy’s  salary  a 
little  and  tell 
him  that  as  soon  as  he  made  himself 
equal  to  it,  he  would  give  him  a  better 
place  and  so  better  pay.  That  very  day 
he  asked  the  boy  to  come  to  the  house 
that  evening;  he  wanted  a  talk  with 
him.  Preliminaries  over,  the  manager 
sa id :

indulge 

“ Stinson, 

I’m  going  to  raise  your 
wages  three  dollars  a  week,  and  the 
raise  will  begin  to-morrow  morning. 
That 
isn’t  all.  You  need,  more  than 
anything  else,  a  good  dose  of  common 
school. 
I’ve  arranged  with  a  teacher 
at  Dickson’s  night  school  to  take  you  in 
hand  three  evenings  a  week  and  I’ll pay 
the  bill.  He’ll  expect  you  next  Mon­
day  night.  Now  go  in. 
It’ll  be  tough 
work  at  first  to  stand  on  your feet all day 
and  then  go  home  and  pour  over a  lot 
of  dry  schoolbooks  till  bedtime,  but  you 
need  that  more  than  anything  else,  and 
I’ll  give  you  the  chance.  I’ve been there 
myself  and  know  all  about  it,  and  to 
cheer  you  up  I  promise  you  a  better 
place  it  the  end  of  your course  if you

bring  in  a  statement  from  your  teacher 
that  you’ve  done  your  work  well.

“ I'm   going  to  tell  you,  Vance,  that 
I’ve  heard  about  your complaints  and 
your  longing  to  wake  up  some  morning 
and  find  yourself  with  a  $1,500  salary, 
and  I'll  tell  you  right  now  that that  sort 
of  position  and  that  salary  come  as  a 
result:  you  must  earn 
it  befoiehand. 
What  you  wish  is  for  me,  or somebody 
else,  to  take  you  up  bodily  and  set  you 
down  tn  that  sort  of  position  without 
any  preparation  or  any  fitness  for  it  or 
any  ability  to  maintain  it.  That  never 
will  happen.  When  you  were  complain 
ing  to  Glascow  the  other  day  and  said 
you  only  wished  you  ‘ had  a  chance,’  I 
made  up  my  mind  that  I’d  give  you 
I  have—now  let’s  see  what  you’ll 
one. 
do  with 
it.  You’ll  have  to  practice 
considerable  self-denial. 
I  guess  the 
cigars  and  the  theater  and  such  will 
have  to  go,  but  we'll  see.  Do  your  best, 
work  your  hardest,  earn  your  better 
'lace,  and  I’ ll  see  that  you  get 
it.  No 
matter  about  the  thanks,  it’s  deeds,  not 
words, 1  want.  Good  night.’ ’

Vance  Stinson  left  the  house  walk- 
ng  on  air.  He  went  home  and  tried  to 
sleep,  but  couldn’t.  He  lay  awake  for 
a  while  and  tried  to  run  over  his  educa­
tional  acquirements,  to decide  where  his 
studies  should  begin,  and  got  lost.  He 
woke  the  next  morning 
in  that  long- 
desired  condition  of 
finding  himself 
with  a  better  salary,  and  wondered 
whether  he’d  better  stop  at  that  hangup 
tailor’s  on  Seventh  street  and  order a 
new  cutaway  with 
light  trousers.  He 
put  on  his  best necktie  (he’d bring home 
that  $2.50 one  he  saw  in  Braman’s),and 
he  guessed  he’d  try  a  twenty-five  cent 
lunch  at  Fortesque’s— “ a  man  needs 
good  food 
in  order  to  do  good  mental 
work. ’ ’  On his way  down  town  he  went 
by  the  tailor’s,  and  studied  the  patterns 
in  the  windows  so  long  that  he  was  late 
at  the  store  and  Brinsmade  was  the  first 
man  to  meet  after  he  went in.  He tossed 
him  a  fam iliar  “ H ello!’ ’  as  one  good 
fellow  hails  another  and  went  to  hi 
place.  The  boys  “ passed  the  time  of 
day, ”   with  him,  or  tried  to,-and  he 
snubbed  them.  When  he  felt  as  if  the 
time  had  come,  he  told  them  of  his 
good  fortune  and  “ the  chance  the  had 
to  build himself up. ’ ’  It was a good time 
to  boast,  and  he  improved  it  to  its  full 
extent  and,  the  wonder  and  the  envy 
of  all  the  rest,  went  out  and  came  in 
among  them  a  marked  man.

At  the  end  of  six  months  Vance  Stin­
son  thought  the  time  had  come  for  prp 
motion,  and  he’d  like  to  take  the  place 
promised  him.  A   month  went  by  and, 
getting 
tired  of  waiting,  he  quietly 
suggested  to  Mr.  Brinsmade  that  it  was 
about  time  for  him  to  redeem  his  prom­
ise.  That  gentleman  wrinkled  his  fore­
head  as 
if  he  didn’t  quite  understand, 
and  then,  with  an  “ All  right,  bring  on 
your  papers,”   passed  on.

“ Papers!  Papers!  What 

der  did  the  man  mean?”

in  thun­

At  night  he 

were  gone.

loitered  until  the  rest 

“ What  papers  did  you  refer  to  this 
ftemoon,  Mr.  Brinsmade?”
“ The  papers  you  were  to  bring  me 
from  the  night  school,  saying  that  your 
work  there  was  what  it  ought  to  be.  Got 
them?”

"N o,  I  went  on  with  the  school  until 
found  it  didn’t  amount  to  anything, 
and  then  quit  ’em. 
I  couldn’t  go  over 
all  that  old  rigamarole  that  your  man
there  wanted  me  to,  and  when  he  in­
sisted  on  it,  I  just  quit.  After a  man’s 
been  in  business  a  while  he  don’t  want 
to  be  fooling  around  with  grammar  and

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root  and  geography.  Good 
heavens!  After  I’d  been  in  the  store  all 
day,  tired’s  a  dog,  I’d  have  to  sit  down 
in  that  room  of  mine  and  peg  away  un­
til  midnight.  Then  the  next  night  I’d 
go  to  the  school  and  he’d  keep  me  there 
until  everything  had  shut  up  but  the 
drug  stores. 
just  couldn’t  stand  it. 
I’m  sorry  on  your  account,  Mr.  Brins- 
made,  and  I’ m  no  end  obliged  to  you, 
and  just  as  grateful  to  you  as  I  can  be, 
but  I  guess  I  bit  off  more  than  I  could 
chew— more  than  I  wanted  to  chew, 
anyway. ”

I 

Here  he  looked  into  Brinsmade’s  face 
and  stopped  the  yarn  he  was  about  to 
start 
in  on  about  “ how  thankful  his 
mother  was— ’ ’  there  was  something  in 
the  manager’s  look  that  told  him  he  had 
gone  too  far  already.

“ As  the  matter  stands  now,”   said 
Mr.  Brinsmade,“ you  went  to  school un­
til  you  got  tired,  and  then  left,  and  now 
you  want  me  to  promote  you,  after  rais­
ing  your  salary  to  start  with  to  encour­
age  you.  How 
long  did  you  keep  up 
your  study?”

“ Oh, 

three, 

four  weeks,  I  guess. 

I 
wasn’t  there  every  night,  you  know, 
but  I  guess  all  told  it  amounted to about 
four  weeks. 
I  told  him  to  send  you  the 
bill.  That  ought  to  fix  it.”

let 

Brinsmade’s 

lips  pressed  themselves 
firmly  together.  He  opened  them  just 
far  enough  to 
the  words  squeeze 
“ Before  you  go  to  sleep  you 
through: 
get  that  account  from  Dickson  and 
I  want  it  the  first  thing 
bring  it  to  me. 
If  it  isn’t  forthcoming 
in  the  morning 
by  eight  o’clock,  there’ll  be  a  little 
job 
for  a  constable.  Good  night.”

It 

is  needless  to  say  the  bill  came. 
Brinsmade  led  the  way  into  his  private 
office,  took  from  his  desk  a  hill,  the 
counterpart  of  the  one  Stinson had given 
him,  and  saw  that  the  accounts  were the 
same. 
“ Now,  then,  Vance  Stinson,  is 
that  account  correct?”   he  asked.

“ It  must  be— yes,  that’s  all  right.”
“ Then  you’ve  been 

to  school  six 
times  during  the  last  six  months— once 
a  month. ’ ’

“ I  couldn’t  do  it,  that’s  all  there  was 

to  it.”

“ And  you  allowed  me  to  suppose  that 
you  were  carrying  out  your  part  of  the 
contract. ”

“ The  school  didn’t  amount  to  any­

thing.”

“ Not  amount  to  anything!  Don’t  you 
know  that  a  fool  can  go  through  college 
and  that  a-student  who  is  in  earnest will 
learn  anywhere?  I  gave  you  a  chance. 
You  abused 
it.  Don’t  you  ever  make 
the  statement  again  that  you  ‘ never  had 
a  chance.’  That  isn’t  all:  For  seven 
months  you  have  been  receiving  a  sal­
ary  that  you * received  on  a  condition, 
and  you,  supposing  you  were  deceiving 
me,  have  taken  it  week  after  week  for 
seven  months  and  then  have  the  gall  to 
come  to  me  and  ask  for  a  raise  in  your 
wages.  What  do  you  suppose  I’ve  been 
about  all  this  time?  Don’t  you  think  1 
have  eyes  and  ears,  and  don’t  you  sup­
pose,  too,  the  favors  I’ve  been  giving 
you  have  made  a  reporter  of  every  man, 
woman  and  child  who  has  known  the 
despicable  part  you  have  been  play­
ing?”

“ If  you  knew,  why  didn’t  you  stop 

it?”

“ I  did,as  soon  as  I  had  accomplished 
I  have  given  you  a  fair 
mv  purpose. 
chance,  in  more  ways  than  one. 
I  have 
tried  you,  and  have  given  you  the ben­
efit  of  the  doubt  when  you  didn’t  know 
what  was  going  on.  During  the  last 
seven  months  you  have  tried  to  cheat 
lied  to  me.  You  have
me.  You  have 

played  the  hypocrite,  and  would  have 
gone  on  if  I  hadn’t  stopped  you.  You 
are  a  whited  sepulchre,  and  are  full  of 
dead  men’s  bones.  You  are  morally  rot­
ten,  and,  if  the  public  knew  what  I  am 
forced  to  believe  of  you 
is  true,  you 
would  be  shut  up.  Now,  I  have  only 
one  place  for  you— behind  the  linings 
counter,  at  your old  price. 
It’s  been  a 
question  with  me  for  months  to  fire  or 
not  to  fire. 
I’ve  decided  not  to  fire. 
You  can’t  do  any  harm  in  here,  and  you 
can  stay  or  not  as  you  choose.  Which 
will  you  do?”

“  I  think  I’ll  go. ”
“ Your  choice 
Good  morning.”

is  a  good  one.  Go! 

The 

last  news  of  Stinson  was  that  he 

had  gone  to  the  Klondike.

Richard  Malcolm  Strong.

M axim s  W hich M ust Be O bserved  by  th e 

Successful.

Arm  yourself  with  a  stainless  integ­
loose  the  heaven-born  gifts  of 
rity ;  let 
genius  and  ambition,  and  a  resolution 
that  courts,but  never  counts,the heaviest 
odds;  begin  on  the  basis  of  cash,  even 
if  you  have  to  start  with a tack hammer; 
almost  unawares  it  will  become  a  trip­
hammer,  doubling  and  trebling  every 
year  with  the  relentless  energy  of  a  cir­
cular  saw.  Then  success  will  come— 
not  all  bright  sunshine,  but  here  and 
there  deep,  black  shadows  that  will 
search  you  to  the  heart,  agonies  that 
will  drive  the  blade  through  the  quick 
into  the  marrow  up  to  the  hilt;  but 
pluck  and  patience  and  moral  courage 
will  always  win,  and  the  sun  will  shine 
again  and  final  triumph—alloyed  it  may 
be  with  bitter  dregs— will  come  solid, 
decisive  and  enduring.

Keep  good  company  or  none.  Never 
be  idle. 
If  your  hands  cannot  be  fully 
employed,  attend  to  the  cultivation  of 
your  mind.  Always  speak  the  truth. 
Make 
few  promises.  Live  up  to  your 
engagements.  Keep  your  secrets,  if  you 
have  any.  When  you  speak  to  a  per­
look  him  in  the  face.  Good  com­
son 
pany  and  good  conversation  are 
the 
very  si news-of  virtue.  Good  character 
is  above  all  things  else.  Your  charac­
ter cannot  be  essentially  injured  except 
by  your  own  acts. 
If  anyone  speaks 
evil  of  you  let  your  life  be  so  that  none 
will  believe  him.  Drink  no  kind  of  in­
liquors.  Ever  live  (misfor­
toxicating 
tune  excepted)  wjthin  your 
income. 
When  you  retire,  think  over  what  you 
have  been  doing  during 
the  day. 
Never  play  at  a  game  of  chance.  Avoid 
temptation,  through 
fear  that  you  may 
not  withstand 
it.  Earn  money  before 
you  spend  it.  Never  run  in  debt  unless 
you  see  a  way  out  of  it  again.  Never 
borrow  if  you  can  possibly  avoid  it.  Do 
not  marry  until  you  are  able  to  support 
a  wife.  Never  speak  evil  of  anyone. 
Be  just  before  you  are  generous.  Keep 
yourself innocent,  if you would be happy. 
Save  when  you  are  young, to spend  when 
you  are  old.  Read over the  above  max­
ims  once  a  week.

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New  H ands  a t  th e   H elm .

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when  the  following  officers were elected :

President— C.  E.  Walker.
First  Vice-President-E dw .  West.
Second V i ce- Presi dent— Frank Lucker. 
Third  Vice  President— Geo.  Gougeon. 
Secretary— E.  C.  Little.
Treasurer— Geo.  A.  Fuller.
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TURNING  A  N EW   LE A F.

T he One H onest M an th e  M erchant F ound 
Written for the Tradesman.

I  am  thinking,”   said  the  commis­
sion  merchant,  with  a  sigh,  ‘ ‘ of  turning 
over  a  new  leaf  to-night.”

We  were  sitting 

in  the  commission 
man’s  office  one  New  Years  eve,  smok­
ing  and  talking  over  small  details  of 
business,  when  the  remark  was  made. 
The  office  was  a  little  den  of  a  place, 
occupying  not  quite  half of the front end 
of  the  store— an  exact  half  would  have 
carried 
it  to  the  center  of  the  doors 
opening  on  the  street— and the partitions 
which  divided  it  from  the  main  part  of 
the  place  of business were of glazed sash.
As  we  sat  there  in  the  dim  and  dusty 
little  room  that  night  the  dead  black­
ness  on  the  other  side  of 
the  glass 
seemed  to  assume a personality and glare 
in  upon  us. 
in  such 
places  at  night,  even  with  warmth  and 
light  and 
friendly  voices  about  me, 
without 
imagining  myself  existing  in 
wasting  despair  on  a  bit  of  an  island  in 
the  heart  of  a  dark  and  troubled  ocean. 
We  all  have  strange  fancies  in  connec 
tion  with  silent  darkness  and  awful 
sweeps  of  space,  like the face  of  the  sea.
“ I 
think  I  will  turn  over  a  new  leaf  to­
night,  it  being  the 
last  day  of  the  old 
year,  and  have  a  new  page  ready for  the 
morning. ”

” Y es,”   continued  the  merchant, 

1  can  never  sit 

“ What  sort  of  a  leaf?”   I  asked. 

“ A 
moral  leaf,  with  bands  of  steel  holding 
both  appetite  and  passion  in  check;  a 
foreign  missionary 
religious 
attachment,  or a  commercial 
leaf,  with 
heart  of  flint  and  no  conscience  to speak 
of?”

leaf,  with 

The  merchant  mused  with  his  feet  at 
the  top  of  the  stove  for  a  time  and 
made  no  reply.  His  face  looked  old  and 
worn,  and  I  knew  that  his  thoughts 
were  of  the  past  and  not  pleasant.

long  traveling 

A   peculiar  man  was  this  friend  of 
mine,  a  combination  of  talent  and  im­
practicability.  He  reminded  me  of  a 
human  guide-board,  forever  pointing  to 
others  the  highway  of  success,  yet  never 
for 
I  had 
known  him  as  a  business  man  in  half  a 
dozen  cities  within  as  many  years  and 
had 
in  the  city 
where  we  were  that  night,  so  we  were 
talking  with 
freedom  of  very  old 
friends.

just  discovered  him 

it  himself. 

the 

I  presume  you  have  seen  just  such 
men  in  plenty,  inventive,  fertile  in  im­
agination,  quick  to  see  a  business  op­
portunity,  practical 
in  the  arrangement 
of  details, ^yet,  through  lack  of  capital, 
industry,  economical  methods,  or  some 
other  important  quality,  never  entirely 
successful 
in  anything.  The  sands  of 
the  business  sea  are  strewn  with  just 
such  wrecks.

I  said  the  man  was  quick  to  see  busi­
ness  opportunities.  I  know  of  a  dozen 
men  with  slower  intellects  than  his,  but 
with  better  staying  qualities— possessed 
of  just  enough  ability  to  fix  the  eye  on 
one  point  and  keep  it  there;  less  sensi 
tive  and 
less  honest,  but  with  stronger 
nerves  who  are  accumulating  fortunes 
in  schemes 
invented  and  mapped  out, 
sometimes  to  the  minutest  detail,  by 
my  friend,  while  he  receives  nothing 
from  them  whatever. 
it 
is  as  true  with  business  schemes  as  it  is 
with  inventions,  that  those  who  first  rec­
ognize 
figure  out 
winning  methods  seldom  reap  the  re­
wards.

opportunities  and 

I  suspect  that 

I  think,”   said  the  merchant  pres­
ently,  with  a  smile,  “ that  I’ll  try  to 
keep  my  mouth  shut  next year.  Like the 
parrot  which  got  into  trouble,  ‘ I  know

it, 

the 

I’m  going  to 

Another  thing  I’m  going  to  do  next 
year,”   he  resumed,  “ is  to  keep  my 
ideas  to  myself. 
If  I  see  anything  good 
and  am  not  in  a  position  to  take  advan 
tage  of 
let  it  go  to 
waste.  What’s 
good  of  giving 
everything  away?  It’s  nothing  but 
species  of  egotism,  after all. 
You  are 
so  anxious  to  let  others  know  how eleve 
you  are  that  you  are  willing  to  contrib 
ute  your best  thoughts  to  their  advance 
ment.  And  you  are  not  even  thanked 
for  it.  Yes,  in  the  elegant  language  of 
the  Bowery,  I  mean 
to  ‘ keep  my  face 
closed’  next  year.”

“ But  you  won’t ,”  

“ You 
brain  is  too  active,  your  bump  of  cau 
tion  too  small.  You’ ll  see  points you can 
make,  and  you  will  talk.”

I  said. 

‘ ‘ Aside  from  small  charities,”   con 
tinued  the  merchant,  smiling  at  my  dis­
belief  in  his  good  resolutions,  “ I’m  not 
going  to  do  one  kind  or  friendly  act  for 
any  living  person  next  year.  One  only 
makes  enemies  and  gets  into  trouble  by 
doing  things  for  other  folks.

“ What  other humane ideas have you?

I  asked.

If  you  want 

‘ Oh,  I’ ll  find  enough  before  the  year 
“ You  just  ob­

is out,”   was  the  reply. 
serve  how  cross  and  self-contained 
shall  be. 
to  engage 
growly  old  bear  for  the  season  of  1900, 
I’m  your  beast. 
I ’ll  be  a  whole  menag­
erie,  with  a  snide  band,  a  whitewashed 
elephant,  a 
leaky  tent  and  a  gang  of 
three-card  men  on  the  side.”

“ Anything  else?”

Isn  t  that  enough?  Why,  the  mean­
est  enemies  I  have  on  earth  are  the  men 
I  have  helped. 
I’ve  been  thrown  down 
by  men  I  made,  financially  speaking, 
dozens  of  times.  I’m  going  to  be a rock 
ribbed, 
case-hardened,  double-faced, 
lying,  cheating  knave  from  this  timé 
out.  You  just  watch  m e.”
“ I ’ll 

look  out  for

I  said, 

Yes, 

you

“ You’ll  have  to,”   was  the  reply,  “ if 
you  have  business  dealings  with  me.
I  m  going  to  sit  in  my  office  and  look 
wise.  If  I’m  tickled  half  to  death  over 
some  business  prospect,  I’m  going  to 
look  grave  and  regretful. 
I’m  going 
to  speak  slowly  and  drag  my  words,  and 
if  any  one  cracks  a  joke  in 
look  hurt 
my  presence. 
I ’m  going  to  cut  every 
fellow  that  doesn’t  wear  better  clothes 
than  I  do,  and  make 
it  a  point  to  be 
seen  on  the  street  with  bankers  and  suc­
cessful  men;  in  short,  I’m  going  to  be 
the  champion  fraud  of  the  street,  which 
is  better  than  being  the  champion  fool 
of  the  town. ’ ’

“ What  did  you  ever do with that stove 

patent?”   I  asked.
“ Partner  stole 

ply

it,”   was  the  short  re 

But  it  is  a  good  thing,”   I 
look  out 

“ Why  didn’t  you 
own  interests?”

insisted. 
for  your 

“ Why  wasn’t  I  bom  with  a  jaw  like 
a  mule  and  the  talent  of  a  highwayman? 
My  partner  stole  it  I  tell  you.”

‘ Didn’t  you  get  anything  for  it?”   I 

asked.

‘ Not  a  cent.  You  see,  as  usual,  I 
was  on  my  uppers  when  I  perfected  the 
idea,  and  I  assigned  half  the 
invention 
to  this  man  on  his  promise  of  putting  it 
through  the  patent  office  and  getting  it 
going.”

“ Well,  he  did  all  that.”

Yes,  I  know ;  but  he  got  it  patented

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So  his  thoughts  were  running  in  the 
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in  his  own  name  and  is  now  manufac­
it  on  his  own  hook.  Of  course 
turing 
I’ve  been  a  three-stranded 
idiot,  but 
just  watch  me  next  year.  You’ ll 
you 
see  a  cold-blooded  reptile 
if  ever  the 
earth  bore  one.”

‘ ‘ But  that  stove  patent  is  too  good  a 
thing  to  lose,”   I  insisted. 
“ You  ought 
to  contest  the  matter  in  the  courts.  You 
can  secure  justice  easily  enough.”

“ Justice!”   said  the  merchant,  with  a 
mirthless 
laugh,  “ there  are  only  two 
classes  of  people  on  earth  who  get 
jus­
tice.  They  are  the  millionaires  and  the 
cowboys.  The 
it  and  the 
latter  take  it  with  loaded  guns.  Awfully 
sorry,  but  I  am  neither  a  millionaire 
nor  a  cowboy.”

former  buy 

“ It’s  a  shame,”   I  cried,  hot  with 
wrath,  yet  not  a 
little  amused  at  the 
merchant’s  style  of  philosophy.  “ I have 
heard  good  reports  of  that  man’s  hon­
esty,  though  I  have  never  seen  him .”

The  merchant  smiled.
“ My  son,”   he  said,  “ an  honest  man 
will  become  dishonest  if  not  watched. 
Your  best  friend  will  rob  you  if  you  do 
not  protect  yourself.  Oh,  I’m  on  to  the 
whole  game  now.  You  watch  me  next 
year. ’ ’

ceased 

As  the  merchant 

speaking 
there  came  a  persistent  knocking  at  the 
street  door,  which  was  locked,  the  mer­
chant  having  been  busy  with  his  books 
when  I 
interrupted  him  earlier  in  the 
evening.

in  a  heavy 

fur  coat  and 

We  both  looked  out  through  the  glass 
of  the  partition,  and  saw  a  middle-aged 
man 
cap 
standing  with  his  hand  pressed  against 
the  door.  As  we  looked,  he  turned  his 
face  up  to  the  sign  overhead,  and  we 
caught  a  fair  view  of  a  full  red  beard,  a 
pair  of  resolute  blue  eyes,  a  straight 
nose,  wide  at  the  nostrils,  and  a  heavy 
determined  jaw.

The  merchant  gave  a  gasp  of  sur­
prise,  and  I  could  see  that  he  turned 
pale  while  I  looked  at  him.

“ The  man  out  there,”   he  whispered, 
his  hand  trembling  on  my  arm,  “ is  the 
man  who  robbed  me  of  what  we  were 
just  speaking  of.  Why 
is  he  here  and 
what  can  he  have  to  say  to  me?  The 
impudence  of  the  m an! 
I  thank  God 
that  1  am  not  alone  to-night,  as  I  have 
been  so  many  nights  of  late,  for  I  be­
lieve  1  should  kill  him  if  there  were  no 
one  to  stand  between  us. 
I  should 
murder  him,  and  proclaim  my  crime 
through  the  streets!”

The  merchant  paused  a  moment,  try­
ing  to  regain  his  composure  before 
opening  the  door.

‘ ‘ It  is  useless,”   he  finally  said,  turn­
ing  to  me.  “ Will  you  be  kind  enough 
to  turn  the  key  and  let  him  in? 
I  am 
just  a  trifle weak.  And here— take this. ’ '
“ T his”   was  a  heavy  revolver,  which 
he  took  from  his  pocket  and  passed  to 
me.

As  I  gazed  at  him  in  amazement,  he 
suddenly  sank  into  a  chair  and  dropped 
his  chin  upon  his  breast.

This  was  indeed  a  strange  ending  to 
our  half-serious  chat.  I had never  before 
seen  my friend— usually so quietly philo­
sophical,  so  ready  to  cover  his  disap­
pointments  with  a  glaze  of  humor— so 
intensely  excited.  You  may 
imagine 
that  I  was  not  altogether  calm  myself.

1  stepped  into  the  store  and turned the 
in  the  big  lock  of  the  street  door. 
key 
The  stranger  entered  at  once,  greeting 
me  with  a  smile  and  a  pleasant  “ good 
evening,”  and  passed  on  into  the  office, 
where  the  merchant  still  sat  with  his 
head  bent  despairingly  on  his breast. 
I 
lost  no  time  in  following  him,not  know­
ing  what  tragedy  might  be  enacted

friend’s  re­
there,  notwithstanding  my 
solve  to  keep  his  temper  and  not  resort 
to  violence.

The  stranger 

looked  about  curiously 
as  he  entered  and  seemed  at  a  loss  to 
account  for  the  despondent  attitude  and 
silence  of  the  merchant.

The  merchant  did  not  move,  but  it 
seemed  to  me  that his alert and muscular 
body  was  gathering  for  a  spring  at  the 
throat  of  the  man  who  stood  smiling 
down  upon  him. 
1  stepped  between 
them,  making  a  pretense  of  getting 
nearer  to  the  stove.

“ It’s 

lucky  I 

found  you  to-night, ”  
said  the 
stranger,  presently,  “ for  1 
should  have  given  up  the  quest  and  left 
the  city  early  in  the  morning.  You  have 
given  me  a  devil  of  a  chase,  Dan. 
Where  have you been keeping yourself?”  
The  merchant  lifted  a  pale  face  to  his 

visitor.

‘ ‘ I  have  been  wandering  from  place 
to  place,”   he  said  fiercely,  “ poverty- 
stricken  and  hopeless,  while  you— ”

He  paused  with  a  quick  choke  in  his 
throat,  and  the  stranger  completed  the 
sentence.

“ While  I  have  been  hunting  for  you, 
and  advertising 
in  the  papers  for  you, 
and  following  you  from  one  city  to  an­
other,  only  to 
learn  that  you  had  gone 
away  but  a  few  days  before  my  arrival, 
leaving  no  address.  But  I’ve  got  you  at 
last,  and  now  I’ll  have  some  help  in 
that  confounded  business  that’s  been 
built  up  from  your  invention.”

“ Our  friend  is  a  bird  of  passage,”   1 
said,  trying  to  relieve  the  strain  of  the 
situation,  “ and  does  not  remain  long 
in  one  place.”

“ I  think  I  have  something  that  will 
hold  him  now,”   said  the  stranger,  with 
a  gay  laugh.  “ Are  you  ready  to  go  to 
the  factory  in  the  morning,  Dan?”

The  merchant  arose  slowly  to  his  feet 
and  stood  facing  the  speaker,  his  arm 
trembling  on  the  high  desk.

“ I  don’t  quite  understand,”   he  said. 

“  1  thought— ”

“ That  I  had  robbed you, ”   interrupted 
the  stranger,  ‘ ‘ which  shows  that  you 
don’t  know  me'.  Look  here.”

The  stranger  slowly  unbuttoned  his 
heavy  coat,  took  a bundle of papers from 
one  pocket  and  spread  them  out  on  the 
desk.

“ Here  is  the  report  of  our  business,”  
he  said,  pointing  out  the  totals  at  the 
bottom  of  the  page.  “ Total  profit,  after 
paying  for  the entire plant,  $20,000.  You 
can  have  a  check  for  half  of  it  to-night 
it,  but  you  must  go  back 
if  you  want 
with  me  and  help  run  the  concern. 
I’m 
about  pegged  out.  But  it’s  a  gold  mine, 
Dan.  Twenty  thousand  a  year  at  least. 
I’ve  hustled  things  while  you’ve  been 
whisking  about  the  country.”

The  merchant  sat  down  again. 

It 
seemed  to  me  that  the  excitement  of  the 
occasion  had  quite  taken  his  strength. 
His  face  was  paler than  before  and  his 
eyes  were  misty.

“ I’ve  got  to  have  a  minute  to  take  it 
all  in ,”   he said,  “ but  I  want  to  get  hold 
of  you,  Jim.  Why,  you’re  the  first  hon­
est  man  I  ever  m et.”

“ Honest,”   said  the  other,  seizing  the 
limp  hand  of  the  merchant with a hearty 
grip,  “ I ’m  not  any  too  honest,  1  can 
tell  you.  I  have  charged  up  to you every 
cent  of  my  expenses  in  looking  you  up, 
and  if  you  don’t  hurry  up  and  get  back 
there,  I’ll  charge  you  for  the time I have 
spent,  too.  I’ll  tell  you  some  other  time 
how  1  chanced  to  find  you  here.  Any 
place  near  here  where  we  can  get  a  bit 
to  cat? 
In­
troduce  me  to  your  friend.”
The  merchant  did  so, 

I’m  as  hungry  as  a  bear. 

though  his

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Nutty

W e have been  unable to  de­
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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  which 
made  us want to eat a dozen 
more  <-fter we  knew we  had 
enough,  is in  our  buckwheat 
this winter.

If  your  customers 

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G rand  R ap id s,  M ich.

voice  trembled,  and  then  we  set  out  for 
the  nearest  restaurant.  And  such  a  time 
as  we  had,  and  how  happy  the  two part­
ners  were— one  because  he was receiving 
a  fortune  that  would  forever  place  him 
above  want,  and  the  other  because  he 
was  doing  the  honest  thing.
“ I’ ll  never  condemn  all  mankind 
again ,”   said  Dan,  ‘ because  1  meet  a 
thief  now  and  then.  Now,  here’s  Jim. 
He  might  have kept everything.  Instead 
of  that,  he  insists  on  spending  his  time 
and  money  looking  up  a  morbidly  dis­
posed  man  to  divide  with. 
1  can’t  un­
derstand  it  yet.”

“ You  just  wait  until  I  get  you  down 
to  the  works,”   said  Jim,  “ and  you’ ll 
it  all.  Oh,  the  way  you’ ll 
understand 
have  to  dig 
I’ve  been  working 
night  and  day  for  two  years,  and  now 
I’m  going  off  to  Europe  for  a  rest.”

“  Do  you  think, ”   I  asked,  “ that  the 
works  will  be  a  good  place  for  a  real 
‘ growly  old  bear,  with  a  snide  band,  a 
whitewashed  elephant,  a  leaky  tent,  and 
a  gang  of  three-card  men  on the side’ ?”
“ If  you  ever  tell  Jim  that  story,”  
shouted  the  merchant,  " I ’ ll  have  vour 
life. ”

in. 

“ I’m  not  afraid  of  you,”   I  said,  “ for 

I’ve  got  your  gun.”

it 

is 

“ Or  that  story,  either,”   said  Dan. 
And  I  promised  not  to;  but  this  narra­
tion  ought  not  to  count,  because  of  the 
good 
likely  to  do  to  despairing 
men.

The  commission  store  was 

closed 
the  next  day,  and  now  Dan  is  heels over 
in  the  manufacture  of  stoves,  his 
head 
cynicism 
full  of 
schemes  and  as  “ easy”   for  sharpers  as 
ever.

all  gone,  and  as 

Still,  I  often wonder whether he wasn’t 
more  than  half  right  in  his  estimate  of 
men  in  general,  and  wonder,too,whether 
life  he  mapped  out  that 
the  rules  of 
night 
for  his  new  page  are  not  worth 
considering  seriously.

For,  you  see,  it  isn’t  every  man  who 
thrown 
has  been  buffeted  about  and 
down  by  the  world  who  meets  his  hon­
est  man—with  an  accounting  to  make— 
at  last. 

Alfred  B.  Tozer.

LycoiDlqgs pie  me  Best Firsts 
Keystones  Ire me Best Seconds

W e  are  now  prepared  to  fill  all  orders 
promptly.  The sizes and toes which  manu­
facturers could  not furnish prior  to  Nov.  i, 
are now in stock.

.   GEO.  H.  REEDER  H O ..  M   W S .

The  Owep 

y\cetylepe 

Gas Gepefatof

Suitable  for  Stores,  Halls,  Churches,  Residences, 
Sawmills, or any place where you  want  a  good  and 
cheap light.  Send  for  booklet  on  Acetylene  Light­
ing.  We  handle  CARBIDE  for  Michigan,  Ohio 
and  Indiana.  All  kinds  of  Burners  and  Gas  Fix­
tures carried in stock.

Geo.  F. Owen  & Co.

40 S.  Division St.,
Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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CHIGAN  TRADESMAN

4398  Gallons  of  Oysters 
609  Boxes  of  Navel  Oranges

Our record for  the  first  four  days 
last week.

RICE  &  MATHESON,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

.OYSTERS..

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

F. J. DETTENTHALER, Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

BU TTER  EG G S  BEAN S

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sent promptly.  Full  market values  guaranteed. 
If  you  Dre 
tat.iT6 W,w ame y°U price f’ a   b* y°ur station.  Write^for mio-
R" " '   ■ *  P— ssi.nq"?„

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WANTED 

1

-------- 

We are always in the market for Fresh 

b u t t e r   a n d   e g g s  

|
&
i
R.  HIRT,  JR., Detroit,  Mich  f

*   36  Market  Street* 

E veryday  In cid en ts 

in   th e   Life  o f  th e  

B utcher.

is,  they 

If  I  ever  make  up  my  mind  to  go  into 
the  butcher  business,  I  will  decide  on 
one  other  thing  also,  and  that  is  that  I 
will  not  start  in  Jersey  City.  One  balmy 
day 
last  week  I  took  a  stroll  through 
some  of  the  side  streets  and  the  one 
principal  thoroughfare— Newark  avenue 
— and  discovered  that  the  Jersey  City 
butcher 
is  up  against  a  to.gh  game. 
Nearly  every  one-horse  grocery  store has 
a  fresh  meat  counter;  every  butter  and 
eSS  store  has  its- meat  department,  and 
the  butchers  who  handle  only  meat  are 
bunched;  that 
'get  together”  
on  certain  blocks.  Start  from  the  Penn­
sylvania 
ferry  and  walk  up  Montgom­
ery  street  and  you  soon  get  the idea  that 
you  have  struck  a  vegetarian  colony  and 
that  the  place  should  be  called  Butcher­
less  City. 
long  blocks  there 
is  not  a  market  to  be  seen,  and  then 
you  hit 
em  thick.  Suddenly  you  see 
meat  markets  on  every  side,  and  con­
clude  that  you  have  a  case  of  jims.  But 
you  haven’t.  The  markets  are  there,  all 
right— five  of  them. 
Then  walk  on 
again  and  you  won’t  see  another  for  two 
blocks,  when  four  come  to  view,  and  so 
it  goes.  On  one  block  there  are  six.

For  six 

*  *  *

I  wondered  if  this  bunching  was  ac­
cidental  or  deliberate,  and  set  out  to  get 
some  points.  A  well-known  butcher  told 
me  this: 
‘ ‘ You  see,  this  is  one  of  the 
few  cities  that  has  no  public  market, 
and  people 
like  to  go  where  they  can 
compare  stock  and  prices.  To  accom­
modate  them  we  open  shops  in  some 
one  neighborhood.  Here  you  see  us  side 
by  side,  and  on  both  sides  of  the  street, 
and  that  brings  the  people. 
It’s  a  sort 
of  public  market  by  itself.  They  come 
in  here  and  examine  and  p rice;  then 
they  go  next  door  and  do  the same ; then 
go  across  the  street  and  repeat  the  dose 
In  the  end  they  find  us  all  about  the 
same 
There 
isn’t  much  of  it  here.  There  are  some 
cheap  stores  and  cheap  people  patronize 
them.  Oh,  yes,  I  think  it’s  a  good  idea 
S u
6  butcher  shops  close  together. 
Why  don’t  you  go  up  the  avenue  and 
ask  the  new  people  about  it?”

Cut  prices? 

in  price. 

is  another  shop. 

The  new  people  proved  to  be  old- 
timers  in  the  business,  who  have  very 
recently  opened  a  new  shop,  constructed 
on  the  “ bunching”   plan.  They  have 
given  their  place  the  name  of  the  Jer­
sey  City  Market,  have  let  out  stalls  for 
the  sale  of  various  foods,  and  are  draw­
ing  crowds.  It’s  a  big  hit.  Now,  here’s 
a  curious  thing.  Next to  this  new  Jersey 
City  market 
It  has 
been  located  there  for  several  years  and 
enjoyed  a  good  trade. •  Whether or  not 
its  proprietor  trembled  when  he  heard 
the  biggest  market  in  the  county  was  to 
locate  next  door  to  him,  I  don’t  know. 
But 
if  I  had  been  in  his  boots  I  would 
have  prepared  to  see  my  business  re­
ceive  a  blow  in  the  solar  plexus.  That’s 
because  I  don’t  know  the  Jersey  City 
public.  Since  the  booming  of  the  new 
place,  the  old  place  has  doubled 
its 
trade,  and  the  new  place  is  doing  all 
it 
can  handle. 

s

it 

But 

is  m  the  side  streets  that  one 
learns  what  competition  the  butchers 
are  confronting.  One 
little  store  had 
out  a  sign  like  this:  “ Confectionery,
Ic*L C™am  3nd  Cl8ars>  Milk,  Groceries 
and  Meats.”  
There’s  a  dwarf  de­
partment  store  for  you.  Thes  little  all- 
line  stores  aie  open  Until  9  or  10 o’clock

every  night  and  all  day  Sundays.  And 
the  butcher  of  Jersey  City  does 
less 
grumbling  than  those  of  any other place. 
He  has  grown  used  to  it.  He  expects 
to  have  a  hard  row  to  hoe,  and like “ the 
man  with  the  hoe,”   he  keeps  right  on 
plugging  and  working  and says nothing. 
There  s  a  very  healthy  association  over 
there  now,  and  perhaps  things  may 
change  for the  good  of  the  man with  the 
cleaver. 

I  hope  so.

*  *  *

I  From  Jersey  City  I  took  a  car  to 
[ Hoboken.  More  fun  has  been  poked  at 
that  city  than  at  any  other  in  the  coun 
try,  but  its  people prosper,  nevertheless. 
Every  corner  store 
is  occupied  as  a 
saloon,  and  between  each  of  the  comers 
is  a  meat  market.  But  what  I  want  to 
write  about  is  a  sheep.  You  have  seen 
coach  dogs  trotting  along  under wagons 
haven’t  you?  Well,  a  Hoboken  butcher 
has  a  sheep  that  does  the  same  thing. 
He  says  it’s  a good advertisement.  His 
rival—who  married  his  w ife’s  sister, 
who  wears  big  diamonds— is 
jealous 
about  the  sheep,  and  is  trying  to  break 
in  a  pig  to  follow  his  wagon,  but  a  pig 
is  as  obstinate  as  a  mule.  He  tried  a 
scheme  of  carrying  a  keg  of  milk  in  his 
wagon  with  a  rubber hose attached  to  it,
| so  that  the  pig  could  reach  the  hose. 
But  the  boys  yelled  “ rubber’ ’  when 
they  saw  the  hose,  and  that  frightened 
the  horse.  So  the  scheme  was  given  u 

*  *  *

_ ^ rom  the  city  of  beer  I  went  to  the 
city  of  churches.  The  funniest  thing  I 
saw  there  was  this  sign 
in  front  of  a 
market:  “ Soap  greens  free  with  soap 
meat.’ ’— Stroller in  Butchers’  Advocate.

Canned  Booster»*  Combs.

From the Portland Advertiser.
leading 

One  of  our 

fancy  grocery 
stores  has  an  article  of  food  which  is 
new  to  Portland,  though  it  may  not  be 
new-  in  the  larger  cities. 
It  is  a  French 
product  and  one  that  it  will  take  some 
time  to  introduce  here. 
It  is  nothing 
more  or  less  than  roosters’ combs,  neatly 
in  fancy  bottles,  and  made  to 
put  up 
The  combs, 
look  quite  appetizing. 
originally  red,  have  been 
bleached 
wrote  and  they  are  put  up  in  a  colorless 
liquid.  They  are  used  for garnishihg 
and  are  also  eaten 
in  various  other 
is  perhaps  not  necessary  to 
ways. 
state  that  one  must  acquire  a  taste  for 
them  before  he  will 
It  is 
said,  on  the  other  hand,  that  when  once 
the  taste 
is  acquired  they  make  very 
good  eating.  This  seems  about  the  last 
thing  that  one  would  think  of  to  tempt 
the  appetite,  but  there  are  other  things 
as  odd  as  this. 
It  is  hardly  to  be  ex­
pected  that  cocks’  combs  will  become  a 
popular  article  of  diet  in  America.

like  them. 

It 

A  G rocer’s Cow’s Foot.

A   Lewistown  grocery  store  has  quite 
a  curiosity  says  the  Sun,  a  freak  of  na­
ture  brought  into  the  store  by  a  butcher, 
is  a  cow’s  foot  that  measures  18 
t 
inches,  so 
long  are  the  toes.  The  toes 
extend  out,  spreading  a  little  in  width, 
ana  the  left  division  tv ines  around  the 
right  one  just  once.  Both  forward  feet 
were 
like  this,  and  the  creature  made
uan?.e f appearance  when  walked, 
t he  hind  feet  were  like  any  other  cow’s i 
teet. 
the  animal  must  have  had  the 
appearance  of  one  of  the  monsters  we 
read  about  in  ancient  lore.

A n o th er  D og  Sausage  Jo k e.

The  butchers  of  Berlin  have  a  curious I 
way  of  informing  their  customers  of  the 
days  on  which  fresh  sausages  are  made,  1 
by  placing  a  chair,  covered  with  a  large 
clean  apron,  at  the  side  of  the  shop1 
fd,°°r-  In  this  country  an  idea  as to when 
there  will  be  fresh  sausage  meat  for sale 
may  often  be  gained  by  a  study  of  the  1 
classified  advertisements of  a  newspaper 
under the  head  of  ‘ • Lost. ”  
1 1

Highest  Market Prices Paid.  Regular Shipments Solicited.

98 South  Division Street. 
’ 

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„

Grand Rapids,  Mich.

IF  YOU  ARE
SHIPPING
PO ULTRY

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

1 PO TTER  

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1 4 4 ,  1 4 6 ,  1 4 8   MICHIGAN  S T .,
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The  road  to  Pretoria 

rocky. 

is  rough  and I 
1

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♦  ESTA BLISH ED  22  YEA RS.

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15

BEANS

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

M O SELEY  BROS.

Always  in  the  market.

2 6 - 2 8 - 3 0 - 3 2   O TTA W A   S T .,  G R A N D   R A P ID S  

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

If  you wish to buy or sell correspond with  us.

A L F R E D   J .  B R O W N   S E E D   C O .,

GROW ERS.  M ERCHANTS. 

IM PORTERS.

O RAN D  R A PID S,  MICH.

M A K E  A  N O TE  O F   IT.  W E  W ANT

POTATOES

W rite  us  what  you  have  to  offer.

MILLER A TEASDALE CO. . S T .  LOUIS.  MO.
Beans  and  Potatoes  Wanted

Receivers and  Distributors of  Fruits and  Produce in  car lots.

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.

**  Not H o w   C h e a p

B u t  H o w  G o o d .”

Fruits and Produce.

Special  Feat 11 res  o f th e  New Y ork P o u ltry

Market.

At  no  time  is  the  carelessness  prac­
ticed  by  shippers  of  dressed  poultry 
more  evident  than  on  a  holiday  market. 
Dressed  poultry  shippers  as  a  rule  pay 
entirely  too 
little  attention  to  having 
their  stock  of  fine  appearance  when  it 
reaches  the  market  place.  At  holiday 
times  buyers  generally  want  fancy  poul­
try  and  the  proportion  of  it  available  is 
usually  very  small  in  comparison  to  the 
offerings  and  to  what it should  be.  Ship­
pers  making  a  business  of  sending poul­
try  to  the  wholesale  markets  should  en­
deavor  to  make  their  stock  as  attractive 
as  possible,  as  that  is  a  great  deal 
in 
it  and  often  materially  affects 
selling 
the  price. 
If  shippers  could  visit  the 
large  distributing  markets  occasionally 
they  would  soon  realize  what  a  great 
difference  there 
is  in  consignments  of 
poultry  and 
in  many  oases  they  would 
be  more  satisfied  with  their  returns  and 
would  abandon  the  idea, which now often 
prevails,  that  their  poultry  was 
“ as 
good  as  any.’ ’

*  *  *

Another 

important  thing  with  ship­
pers  in  sending  poultry  to  market  for  a 
holiday  is  to  have  it reach  the  market­
place 
in  time  to  catch  the  best  trade. 
Out-of-town  buyers  necessarily  have  to 
secure  their  supplies  somewhat  sooner 
than 
local  operators,  and  it  often  hap­
pens  preceding  a  holiday  that  the  first 
stock  received  finds  an  outlet  at  more 
satisfactory  prices  than  the  poultry com­
ing 
in  at  the  last  moment.  At  nearly 
all  holidays  there  is  more  or  less  stock 
received  after  the  holiday  trade  has 
completely  supplied  their  wants,  and  in 
many  cases  after  the  holidays  have 
passed.  The  transportation  companies 
are  necessarily  taxed 
to  .their  utmost 
owing  to  the  larger  number  of  consign­
ments,  and  delays  are  to  a  great  extent 
unavoidable.  But  shipments  should  be 
timed  so  that  they  will  arrive  early 
enough  notwithstanding  these  unavoid­
able  delays,  and  surely  before  the  holi­
day  trade  is  over.  The  retail  buyers  as 
a  rule  give  their  attention  to  their  retail 
trade  the  day  previous  to  a holiday,  and 
unless  they  run  short  of  stock,  are  not 
apt  to  be  on  the  wholesale  market  for 
supplies.  ’

$  $  $

•Years  ago  when  wild  turkeys  were 
plentiful,  a  good  many  were  received 
here  at  holiday  times  with  feathers  on, 
and  they  were  in  demand  to  help  dress 
the  retail  stores.  Of  late  years,however, 
wild  turkeys  have  been  scarce  and  there 
is  a  call  for  old  domestic  toms— usually 
the 
larger  the  better— for  dressing  the 
stands.  A   good  many  were  placed  at 
quite  satisfactory  prices  Thanksgiving, 
and  we  notice  a  good  many  on  the  mar­
ket  now  for  Christmas  trade.

*  *  *

The  express  receipts  of  live  poultry 
have  been  quite  heavy  of  late,  mainly 
from  nearby  sections,  and 
in  many 
cases  the  quality  of  the  stock  has  been 
very  poor.  Some  sections  of  this  State 
and  Pennsylvania  ship  fowls  which  are 
no  better than  the  poorest  stock received 
from  Tennessee,  Virginia  and  other 
Southern  points,  and  such  poultry  has  to 
be  worked  out  at  prices  below  those cur­
rent  for  ordinary  offerings.— New  York 
Produce  Review.

O versnpply  o f P o u ltry .

Overproduction  of  poultry  and  eggs 
is  a  possibility,  but  that such  has  at  any 
time  occurred 
is  doubtful.  The  fear 
that  the  market  may  be  overstocked  has

It 

deterred  some  from  venturing  largely  in 
poultry,  but  such  fears  have  never  been 
realized. 
is  not  unusual  to  find  the 
market  full  at  times,  not  only  of  poultry 
and  eggs,  but  of  all  kinds  of  produce, 
is  a  great  difference  in 
though  there 
quality. 
It  has  been  said  of  butter  that 
there  was  no  intermediate  kind,  as  but­
ter  is  either  good  or  bad. 
If  not  of  the 
best  quality 
it  was  of  little  value,  and 
if  but  little  inferior to  the best there was 
no  place  whatever  for  it.  Such  may  be 
said  of  the  eggs,  also,  and 
it  may  be 
extended  to  poultry.

Quality  regulates  the  price.  A  differ­
ence  of  only  a  cent  a  pound  on  poultry 
or  a  dozen  of  eggs  seems  insignificant, 
but  when  a  large  business  is  conducted 
the  difference  is  great.  As  long  as  there 
are  several  prices  for  the  products  the 
market  is  overstocked  with lowest priced 
articles  only.  The  best  will  be  in  de­
mand  and  will  sell  for  all  it  is  worth, 
but  the  term  best  means  a  good deal,  for 
it  includes  everything  pertaining  to  su­
periority.  There 
is  a  large  field  open 
for  those  who  aim  to  supply  the  market’ 
with  the  best,  and  every  season they will 
find  that  they  have  room  for  improve­
ment 
in  order  to  excel.  There  is  also 
much  to  learn  in  order  to  know  how  to 
provide  the  market  with  the  best.  A 
superior  article  will  be  accepted  readily 
at  all  times  and  without  regard  to  the 
quantity  of 
inferior  grades  that  may 
have  been  offered  for  sale.

Efleet  o f Salt  on  H orseradish.

From the Philadelphia Kecord.

Some  people  care 

for  nothing  but 
lemon  on  raw  oysters,  but  there  are 
others  who  desire  horseradish.  Usually 
such 
folks  regard  the  strongest  horse­
radish  as  the  best,  but  an  experienced 
vendor  of  the  condiment,  Peter O ’ Neill, 
of  Castle  Valley,  pooh-poohs  this  point 
of  view.  “ Why  should  the  strong  horse­
radish  be  considered  good?”   says  he. 
“ It  brings  tears  to  your  eyes  and  lifts 
the  top  of  your  head  off  and  makes  you 
want to  sneeze.  It  has  no  taste whatever. 
The  mild  horseradish,  that  which  has 
stood  a  while,  is  the  best  and  pleasant­
est  always.  There  is  nothing  so  foolish 
as  to  think  that  the  strong,  biting  kind 
is  the 
is  the  reason  why  it 
is  preferred  to  the  mild  sort— for the 
very  stalest,  weakest  horseradish  can  be 
made  in  twenty  minutes  strong  enough 
to  blow  your  head  off.  All  you  need  to 
do 
is  to  add  salt  to  it.  Try  this  some 
time.  Just  take  any  old  horseradish, 
dump  in  a  spoonful  of  salt  and  then  no­
tice  the  difference. 
I  don’t  know  why 
salt  should  have  such  a  powerful  effect 
on  the  stuff,  but  no  doubt  a  chemist 
could  tell  you  that.”

fresh— that 

W ork  Doesn’t Boss Them .

“ So  far  as  I  have  encountered them, ”  
said  a  citizen  of  the  world,  “ a  charac­
teristic  of  great  men  is  that  they  have 
time.  They  are  not  in  a  hurry;  their 
work  doesn’t  boss  them,  but  they  boss 
their  work.  They  don't  act  as  if  every 
minute  you  stayed  was  valuable  time 
lost  to  them ;  they  don’t  fret  and  fidget. 
What  time  they  do  devote  to  you  ap­
pears  to  be  time  that  they  can  spare, 
and  take  things  easy  in,  and  be  com­
fortable.  The  work  seems  to  be  inci­
it  seems  as  though  they 
dental,  and 
could  turn  to 
it  when  the  time  came 
and  get  through  it  with  ease;  and  they 
always  seem,  besides,  to  have  strength 
in  reserve.  It  is  a  characteristic  of  the 
great  man  that  he  has  tim e.”

H ow   to  P rep a re   P o rk   for  Cold  Storage.
Cut  and  trim  to  perfect  shape,  leav­
ing  chine  bones on hams and blade bones 
on  shoulders;  salt  in  the  usual  manner; 
use  ten  pounds  of  salt,  two  pounds  of 
brown  sugar,  two  ounces  of  saltpeter 
and  one  ounce  of  red  pepper to  each 
loo  pounds  of  pork.

R eady  F o r  Him«

Little  W illie— Say,  pa,  was  the  earth 

created  before  man?
Pa— Yes,  my  son.
Little  W illie— Why  was  it?
Pa— It  was  probably  known  that  it 
would  be  the  first  thing  he’d  want  when 
he  arrived.

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

lemon, 

Valley  City  Syrup Co.

6 r»q4  R&pMs,  f\ld )>

¡T H E  DEMANDS

3  
z  
5  
3  

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F or  everything  in  the  line  of  Feed  will  be  very
large  during  fall  and  winter.  W e  will  be  fully
prepared  to  fill  all  orders  prom ptly  and 
at right
prices.  W rite  us.

MUSKEGON MILLING CO.

M U SK EG O N,  MICH.

J.  W.  LA N SIN G ,

W H O LE S A LE   D E A LE R   IN

B U T T E R   AND  E G G S

BU FFA 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.

REFERENCES:
Buffalo Cold Storage Co., Buffallo, N. Y. 
Peoples Bank, Buffalo, N. Y. 

Dun or Bradstreet.
Michigan Tradesman.

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T H E   O T H E R   SID E .

Some  o f  th e   F a u lts  o f  M ichigan  F ru it 

G row ers.

I  notice  the  Chicago  commission  men 
are  often  alluded  to  at  meetings  of  fruit 
growers  and  produce  shippers  and 
placed 
in  a  very  unfavorable  light— in 
fact,  called  anything  but  honest.  Since 
all  cases  have  two  sides  to  the  question, 
and  no  one,  to  my  knowledge,  has taken 
up  the  other side  of  this  one,  I  will  at­
tempt,  and  without  prejudice,  to  offer 
a  few  suggestions.  I  shall  not  attempt 
to  deny  that  there  are  dishonest  com­
mission  merchants,  and  I  have  been 
led  to  the  conclusion  that  there  is  no 
line  of  human  activity,  from  the  pulpit 
down,  that  has  not  in  its  ranks  those not 
worthy  the  respect  of  their  fellow-men 
and  co-workers.

For all  that,  I  do  not  hesitate  to  say, 
from  the  experience  of  many  years’ 
in­
timate  acquaintance  with  the  commis­
sion  men  of  South  Water  St.,  that  there 
are  to  be  found  as  many  honorable  men 
in  this  line  of  business  as  can  be  found 
in  a  like  number of  men  engaged  in any 
other  business.

I  notice  the  complaints  do  not  gener­
ally  come 
from  the  best,  and  therefore 
the  most  successful,  growers,  those  few 
in  number  that  thoroughly  understand 
their  business  and  give  it  all  the  atten­
tion 
it  requires;  those  having  set  out 
the  varieties  of  fruits,  thoroughly  culti­
vated  them,  fertilized  them,  and  seen  to 
it,  when  the  time  came,  that  they  were 
properly  picked,  and  fully  and  honestly 
packed  from  top  to  bottom.  Such  men 
give  their  fruit  to  one  or  two  houses 
throughout  the  entire  season,  and  give 
them  some 
idea  how  much  they  may 
expect  daily,  so  they  can  make  suitable 
provision  for  the  disposal  of  the  same. 
This  class  of  growers  will  come  over 
occasionally  through  the  season  and  see 
for  themselves  the  state  of  the  market 
and 
its  requirements,  also  see  what  we 
have  to  contend  with,  thereby  gaining 
knowledge  essential  to  their  business, 
which  the  stay-at-homes can never learn.
is  a  different  class  from  which  the 
It 
complaints  mostly  come. 
I  can  pretty 
nearly  describe 
them:  They  bought 
run-down 
farms  (or  ran  them  down), 
or  unfortunately  planted  a  poor selection 
of  varieties 
in  fruits  to  start  with,  and 
then,  instead  of  the  labor  necessary  for 
success,  they  have  for  the  most  part 
trusted 
in  providence  for  their  crop. 
They  do  not  personally  superintend  the 
picking  and  packing,  but  trust  Tom, 
Dick  and  Harry,  and  take  their  word 
Such  men, 
for 
generally  speaking,  have  no 
regular 
house  to  ship  to,  but  are  more  likely  to 
mark  their goods  to-day  at  the  sugges­
tion  of  the  last  drummer  (although  they 
never  heard  of  the  house  before)  whose 
remarks  took  their  fancy.  To-morrow 
they  ship  to  some  other  house.  Conse­
quently,  when  they  do  ship  some  good 
fruit  they  never  realize  its  full  value, 
since  it  is  not  in  one  house  long  enough 
to  establish  a  reputation.

it  that  it  is  all  right. 

farm, 

These  are  the  men  that  consider all 
men  dishonest.  They  never  stop  to  con­
sider the  subject  and  see  if  there  is  not 
something  they  should  do  differently, 
something  wrong  before  the  goods  leave 
the 
if  there  is  no  blame  due 
themselves.  I would  ask  who  was  it  that 
required  a  “ snide”   sixteen-quart  case 
made,  or  who  ordered  the  peach  basket 
a  size  or two  smaller than  their  neigh­
bors  used?  Of  course,  the  factory  fur­
nishes  baskets  to  suit  their  customers.
The  makers  are  not  to  blame.  Their 
business 
is  to  make  what  their trade 
demands.  But  do  those  who  use  them

suppose  for  a  moment  that  they  fool  the 
| public 
for  are  they  not  the  ones  who 
must  be  satisfied?  Certainly  not.  Then 
who  are  the  real  sufferers? 
In  reality 
both  parties  suffer.  He  that  uses  the 
off  or  small-size  package  causes a severe 
loss  to  the  user  of  the  full-size  package. 
Neither does  the  user  of  the  snide pack­
a g e   gain  anything  by  it  himself,  as  he 
is  paying  for  an  unnecessary  number  of 
packages,  with  freight  and  cartage  on 
the  same.  Uniformity  of  packages 
is 
of  prime  importance.  How  can  we  have 
a  standard  of  values  without  it?

To 

you 

illustrate,  let  us  suppose  the  laws 
were  lax  so  the  storekeepers  could  give 
at  their  pleasure  anywhere  from  24  1036 
inches  for  a  yard  of  cloth,  or  12  to  16 
ounces  for  a  pound  of  sugar,  and  with 
no  two  asking  the  same  price.  What 
would 
think  of  the  situation? 
Would  it  not  require  the  best  brains  of 
the  family  to  do  the  marketing?  You 
would  even  then  be  in  a  better  position 
to  get  value  for  your  money  than  the 
buyer  of  peaches,  for  while  you  get  the 
yard  of  cloth  of  the  same  color and  tex 
ture  and  the  sugar  of  the  same  quality, 
the  buyer  of  peaches  has  not  only  to 
contend  with  the  odd  sizes  of  baskets, 
but  has  no  assurance  that  the  contents 
| are  alike  all  through. 
The  size  of  the 
packages  should  be  so  regulated  that 
the  dullest  buyer  could  readily  distin­
guish  the  relative  sizes.

I  trust  you  will  see  by  this  the  im­
portance,  first,  of  uniformity 
in  pack­
ages.  Second,  uniformity  of  the  pack­
age  itself,  that  the  top  layers  shall  in all 
cases  be  a 
fair  criterion  of  the  entire 
contents.  When  they  do  that  we  sha„ 
not  receive  fruit  so  entirely  unfit  for do­
mestic  purposes  as  we  do  now.  The 
growers  will  then  have  taken  the  first 
steps  necessary  to  raise  the  standard 
value  of  their goods,  and  thereby  enable 
the  commission  man 
to  get  not  only 
better  prices,  but  greater  uniformity  in 
the  returns  a  condition  which  would 
tend  greatly  toward  giving  you  a  higher 
opinion  of  us,  and  raise  us  both  in  the 
estimation  of  the  public.

Much  more might  be  said  on  this sub­
ject,  but  I  fear  if  more  be  added  at  this
time 
find  the  waste  basket._
Thos.  Mason  in  Allegan  Gazette.

it  will 

G etting  A cquainted.

The  family  had  occupied  the  dwell­
ing  about  a  day  and  a  half,  and  the 
mistress  thereof  was  putting  a  carpet 
down 
in  the  sitting  room,  when  there 
came  a  ring  at  the  door  bell.

She  hastened  to  the  front  door  and 
it.  A   smiling  woman  greeted

opened 

, T‘ (j on(i  morning  *’  sa'd  the  caller. 

“  Yes* ” ^ rS' 

ey>  I  presume.”

neighbor. ” FS'  PergalluP’  your next-door 

“ Glad  to see y o u .   Will you  come  in?

a  littleawhfle.”  

e  1  Wi"   StCp  in  for 
“ You  will  find  us  all  tom  up  of 
t a X p e y « . " te " ',b e S U ,,,0 S « 'l''» g s  
apologize,  Mrs. 
I  know  all  about  this  thing 
®

Now,  don’t  you 

Murk ley. 
of  moving. 

4  Jf  s  an  awful  job,  isn’t  it?”  
iiTen?J>i e*.  r* sometimes  tell  Mr.  Per- 
gallup  I  d  almost  rather  have  a  spell  of 
sickness  than  to  move.  Two  moves  are 
abou.  as  bad  as  a  fire.  Well,  I 
I  d  drop  in  and  get  acquainted.  Could 
you  lend  me  a  cupful  of  coffee?”

R ecom m ended.

” 1  hovn’t 

i  %  did.  y°u  leave  your last place?” 
cookd  MrS'  WiIlouShby of  the  would-be
left  me  lasht  place  ”   re-
laRh?  i 6 aPP1,.cant- 
‘ * I  hovn’t  had  any
t  eaV-6* 
forH mPJc CH 
1 ’ v e  been   w orkin g 
for  meself  for  six  months,  an’  I  can i
recommend  meself  to  yez  very  hoighly.  I

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Detroit,  Michigan. 
Cash  Assets,  $800,000.
D.  M.  F e r r y ,  Vice Pres.

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Michigan  Knights  of tho 6np

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

President,  ¡Tames  E.  Day,  Detroit;  Secretary 

Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association 
and Treasurer,  C.  W.  A llen, Detroit.
United  Commercial  Travelers  of Michigan 

Grand  Counselor,  J no.  A.  Mu r r ay,  Detroit; 
Grand  Secretary,  G.  S.  Valm ore,  Detroit; 
Grand Treasurer, W.  S.  Mest, Jackson.

Grand  Rapids  Council  No.  131

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

Treasurer, L. F. Baker.

Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Mutual  Accident  Association 
President, J.  Boyd  Pan tlin d,  Grand  Rapids; 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Geo.  F.  Owen, 
Grand Rapids.

G ripsack  B rigade.

Ernest  Fay,  of  Pontiac,  has  engaged 
to  travel  for  the  William  Rensoe  Range 
Co.,  of Cincinnati.

Judd  E.  Houghton,  formerly  with  W. 
F.  McLaughlin  &  Co.,  now  covers 
Northern  Michigan  for B.  Leidersdorf  & 
Co.,  of  Milwaukee.

Muskegon  N ew s:  S.  H.  Mathews,  for 
eleven  years  connected  with  the  A.  P. 
Conner  Co.,  will retire from that  firm  the 
first  of  next  month  and  will  take  a  posi­
tion  as  traveling  salesman  with  Parish 
&  Mann,  of  New  Haven,  Conn.,  sus­
pender  manufacturers.  His 
territory 
will  be  Michigan  and  Ohio.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Mathews  expect  to  continue  to 
make  Muskegon  their  home.

Nashville  News:  George  Hartom,  of 
Battle  Creek,  a  grocery  salesman,  while 
calling  on  his  trade  here  last  week,  re­
ceived  a  telephone  message  informing 
him  of  the  death  of  his  little  daughter 
Louise,  aged  eight  years.  He was nearly 
prostrated  by  his  terrible  grief.  Mr. 
Hartom  was  formerly 
in  business  at 
Assyria  Center  and  has  hosts  of  friends 
in  this  vicinity  who  will  sympathize 
with  him  in  his  sorrow.  Mrs.  Hartom 
has  been  an 
for the  past  year 
and  Mr.  Hartom  fears  the  blow  of  the 
little  g irl’s  death  will  be  more  than  she 
can  withstand.

invalid 

Saginaw  Courier-Herald:  Commodore 
Perry  Coy,  aged  55  years,  recently  died 
of  stomach  trouble  at  the  home  of  his 
brother-in-law,  Austin  M.  Hill, 
125 
Mott  street.  Mr.  Coy  had  resided  in 
Saginaw  until  four  years  ago  when  he 
removed  from  the  city.  He  was  a  well- 
known  traveling  man  and  a  member  of 
the  Knights  of  the  Grip.  The  remains 
will  be  taken  to  Unionville  for  inter­
ment.  The  deceased  leaves  a  wife  and 
three  sons,  John  A.  Coy,  J.  Olio  Coy 
and  J.  Barton  Coy,  who 
live  at  Fort 
Wayne,  Ind.  Mr.  Coy  served  for  two 
years  during  the  civil  war  as  ship’s 
yeoman  on  the  Avenger  of  the  Mississ­
ippi  squadron.  He  came  to  Saginaw 
eight  weeks  ago.  in  the  hope  that  the 
change  would  improve  his  health.  His 
wife  was  with  him  at  the  time  of  his 
demise.

T he  F irst  D ay  a t  B ay  City.

of 

convention 

Bay  City,  Dec.  26— The  eleventh  an­
nual 
the  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip  met  in  the  common 
council  chamber  at  3 30  o’clock  this 
afternoon  and  was  called  to  order  by 
President  Charles  L.  Stevens.  Com­
mittees  were  appointed  and  the  annual 
report  of  the  President  then  read.  It  re­
ferred  mainly  to  the  proceedings  of  the 
Board  of  Directors.  The  northern  inter­
changeable  mileage  book  had  been  so 
favorably  received  by  the  craft  that  the 
Board  was  satisfied  to rest a  while before 
asking  for  further  favors.  There  were 
twenty  death  claims  acted  on  during 
the  year.

The  report  of  Secretary  J.  C.  Saun­
ders  showed  the  following:  Members 
in  good  standing  December  27,  1898,

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• &

123; 

1,690;  admitted  since  January,  1,  1898, 
100;  honorary  members, 
total, 
1,913.  Deaths  during  year,  20;  resig­
nations,  9;  delinquents  dropped,  360; 
total  active  membership,  1,401. 
The 
Secretary  explained  that  the  Associa­
tion  had  been  carrying  along  a  lot  of 
dead  timber  for  several  years  and  when 
the  new  membership  book  was  opened 
only  such  names  as  were  in  good  stand­
ing  were  retained.  The  receipts  of  the 
general  fund  from  fees  during  1898  were 
8976;  1899,  $566.  The  death  fund  re­
ceived  a  total  of  $6,364  in  1899.  The 
expenditures  during 
the  year  were 
$1,630.23.

Treasurer  O.  C.  Gould  showed  a  bal­

ance  of  $398.71  on  hand.

This  evening  the 

local  commercial 
travelers  tendered  their visiting brethren 
a  banquet  at  the  Fraser  House,  with  a 
hop  at  the  conclusion.

C onvention  o f  th e   M ic h ig a n   R etail  G ro­

cers’  A ssociation.

It 

Grand  Rapids,  Dec.  20—The seventh 
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.

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  Rap­
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.

feel 

Come  one,  come  all ! 
•
Jess  Wisler  (Mancelona),  President.
E.  A.  Stowe  (Grand  Rapids),  Sec’y.

Phin  Smith,  dealer  in  dry  goods  and 
millinery,  Hastings: 
little 
tough  to  have  to  go  without  my  meals 
for  the  sake  of  the  Tradesman,  but  I 
shall  have  to  do  it.  Got  to  have  it.”

is  a 

“ It 

The 

Ttie  H ard w are  M arket.
last  week  of  December  draws 
near  with  an  excellent  business  in  prog­
ress  throughout  the  country,  thus  closing 
a  year  of  exceptional  prosperity 
in  the 
hardware  and  metal  trades.  A  good 
business  continues  to  be  done  by  the 
jobbers,  who  are  kept  busy  taking  care 
of  the  orders  which  are  coming  in  from 
retail  merchants,  while  manufacturers 
generally,  if  not  selling  as  many  gowls 
as  a  short  time  ago,  are  in  most  cases 
occupied 
in  clearing  up  their  order 
books  and  getting  ready  for  the  large 
business  of  next  year.  The  matter  of 
revising  quotations  is  receiving  a  good 
deal  of  attention  from  manufacturers, 
some  of  whose  prices  have  not  been 
brought  up  to  the  present  level  of  costs, 
as  many  of  them  have  been  working  on 
raw  material  purchased  at 
low  prices. 
In  such 
lines,  until  there  sets  in  a  re­
action  from  the  high  prices  of  iron  now 
ruling,  gradual  advances  may  be  ex­
pected,  and  it  is  not  unlikely  that  early 
in  the  year  there  will  be  frequent  an­
nouncements  of  changes  in price.  While 
some  manufacturers  have  taken  advan­
tage  very  freely  of  the  opportunity  to 
advance  prices,  others  with  a  more  con­
servative  disposition  have  been  slow  to 
do  so,  and  have  fallen  in  with  the  gen­
eral  upward  movement  only  when  really 
necessary.  The  matter  of  inventory  is 
beginning  to  engross  attention,  and  will 
call  for  careful  judgment  on  the  part  of 
the  merchants,  especially  as 
to  the 
prices  at  which  the  value  of  stock  on 
hand 
It  will 
obviously  be  easy  to  make  a  more  fa­
vorable  showing  for  the  year’s  business 
than  the  outcome  will  justify  if  inven­
tory  prices  are  higher  than  those  at 
which  the  goods  will  eventually  he  dis­
posed  of.  A   conservative  policy  in  this 
regard 
is  the  wisest,  letting  the  year 
1900  set  out  with  a  chance  to  give  a 
good  account  of  itself  without the handi­
cap  of  a  stock  estimated  at  fictitious 
values. 
It  may  be  that  in  the  natural 
course  of  things  there  will  be  something 
of  a  decline  in  many  lines,  and  moder­
in  pricing  up  present  stock  will 
ation 
make 
it  easier  to  have  a  good  showing 
at  the  end  of  next  year. 
It  is  a  matter 
for  congratulation  that  so  many  mer­
chants,  even  following  this  conservative 
course,  will  be  able 
in  balancing  their 
books  to  show  a  very  satisfactory  result 
of  their  labor  and  enterprise  during  the 
memorable  year  now  closing.

should  be  computed. 

Malleable Fittings— An  advance  in  all 
iron  gas  fittings  is 

kinds  of  malleable 
looked  for  very  soon.

Screens— Makers  of  screen  doors  and 
windows  have  advanced 
their  prices 
35c  per  dozen  on  common  doors  and  50c 
per  dozen  on  fancy  doors.  On  window 
screens  the  advance  is  5  per  cent.

Wire  Cloth— The  price  still  remains 
at  $1.50,  but  there  is  every  indication 
of  an  early  advance,  as  the  market  is 
already  oversold.

Builders’ 

advance 
averaging  11  per  cent,  has  been  made 
on  nearly  the  entire  line.

Hardware— An 

Wire  and  Wire  Nails— No  change 

in 
price  has  been  made  during  the  month.
Window  Glass— The  market  still  re­
mains 
in  an  unsettled  condition  and 
jobbers  are  quoting  85  and  10  per  cent, 
discount  on  both  single  and  double.

1 7

The  call  from  abroad  for  heavy  leather 
keeps  up  the  demand  for  hides  required 
it  and,  while  prices  are 
to  produce 
seemingly  weaker, 
the  demand  holds 
good  on  all  grades.

Pelts  are 

in  good  demand  at  fair 

prices,  with  no  accumulations.

!■ urs  are  in  demand  at  good  prices, 
except  on  rat  and  coon  and lining skins, 
which  are  accumulating.  Skunk  are  in 
large  supply  abroad  and  are  likely  to 
decline  on  this  side,  as  the  holiday 
trade  is  cared  for,and will probably drop 
to  normal  demand.

Tallow  is  easier.  The  whole  trade  is 
governed  by 
the  English  demand. 
Soapers  are  not  anxious  buyers at higher 
prices,  as  their  soap  now  costs  more, 
on  account  of  the  advance  of  prices  in 
other  materials  used  by  them,  than  they 
get  for  their  product,  and  it  is  a 
losing 
game  with  them.

It 

Wools  hold  firm,  with  light  sales,  as 
compared  with  November  and early  De­
cember. 
is  a  waiting  game  here  to 
see  how  heavyweight  goods  go  in  Janu­
ary.  Our  people  are 
importing  some 
grades  and  exporting  others.  The  fine 
grades  are  higher  abroad.  All  quota­
tions  are  nominal,  so  far  as  State  wools 
are  concerned,  as  there  are  none  here.
Wm.  T.  Hess.

Low   D entil  R at«  a t  B uit'alo.

last  year  was 
The  Buffalo  death  rate 
12.24.  This  reckoning 
is  obtained  on 
the  basis  of  an  estimated  population  of 
370,000,  the  number  of  deaths  from  all 
causes  during  the  year being  4,533.  No 
city  in  the  United  States  of  equal  size 
shows  a  death  rate  so  low. 
It  is  notice­
able  that  nearly  all  the  lake  cities  were 
comparatively  healthy.  Cleveland  with 
a  population  also  estimated  at  370,000 
had  a  death  rate  of  13.62.

When 

in  Grand  Rapids  stop  at  the 
new  Hotel  Plaza.  First  class.  Rates,  $2.
If your line of

W IN TER   CAPS

is broken
and you want to sort up 
send your orders to

G. H. GATES & CO.

the bran new

wumcseie  Hal  aqd  Cap  least

OF  DETROIT

We have all  the  NEW  and 

NOBBY  SH A P E S 
as well  as  STA PLES

You take no  chances.  We 

guarantee to please 
as to quality and  price.

H ides,  P elts,  F urs,  Tallow   and  W ool.
It  is  a  waiting  market  on  buff  hides, 
with  quite  an  enquiry  fropi  Eastern tan­
ners, who  want  them  at  lower values than 
have  been  ruling  for  a  few  weeks  past. 
Harness  stock  is  in  good  demand  and, 
fact,  all  heavy  hide?  are  wanted.
in 

G.  H. Gates & Co.

143 Jefferson  Ave., 
Detroit,  Mich.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

1 8

Drugs—Chem ¡cals

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

Term expires
.  _  _ 
A. C. Schum acher, Ann Arbor  -  Dec. 31,1899 
-  Dec. 31,1900
- 
Geo.  Gundrum, Ionia 
-  Dec. 31,1901 
L.  E.  Reynolds,  St.  Joseph 
He n r y  Heim, Saginaw 
- 
-  Dec. 31,1902
Wirt  P.  Doty, Detroit  - 
- 
-  Dec. 31,1903
President,  Geo.  Gundrum,  Ionia.
Secretary, A.  C.  Schumacher,  Ann Arbor. 
Treasurer, Hen r y  He im , Saginaw.
E xam ination  Sessions 
Detroit—.Jan. 9 and 10.
Grand Rapids—Mar. 6 and 7.
Star Island—.June 25 and 26.
Sault Ste. Marie—Aug. 28 and 29. 
Lansing—Nov. 7 and 8.

State  P h arm aceu tical  A ssociation 

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

Does  I t   Pay  to  D ispense  H ot Soda ?
There  are  some  persons  who  maintain 
that  remunerative  hot-soda  water  sales 
may be  made  in  any  drug store whatever 
in  the  country,  provided  the  syrups  be 
good  and  the  trade  be  properly  pushed. 
Personally  1  must  confess  that  I  doubt 
this  possibility.  The  hot-soda  trade, 
while  no  longer  in  its  infancy,  can  not 
yet  begin  to  compare  with  that  in  cold 
soda,  and  while  it  is  yearly  increasing, 
it  would,  in  my  opinion,  be  unwise  to 
urge  the  smallest  pharmacies to  put  in  a 
hot-soda  outfit.

In  the  large  cities  I  will  admit  that  e. 
profitable  trade  in  hot-soda water  can  be 
built  up  by  almost  any  druggist  whr 
will  give 
it  the  necessary  attention. 
Yet  there  are  certain  small  establish 
ments  in  some  quarters  of  the city where 
the  attempt  to  sell  hot  soda  would  prove 
a  most  doubtful  experiment.  A   drug­
gist 
in  a  town  of  a  couple  of  thousand 
inhabitants,  on  the  other  hand,  will,  if 
enterprising,  be  - able  to  turn  many  a 
penny  out  of  his  hot  soda. 
It  is  not  so 
much  on  the  size  of  the  town  as  on  the 
enterprise  of  the  proprietor  that  the 
amount  of  sales  depends.

Among  the  first  requisites for building 
up  a  profitable  trade  in  hot  soda  is  that 
of  furnishing  a  good  beverage  at  a  rea 
sonable  price.  Five  cents  a  glass  has 
come  to  be  looked  upon  as  the  standard 
price  for  hot  as  for  cold  soda  water,  and 
while  many  special  drinks  are  sold  at 
eight  and  ten  cents  per glass,  these  are 
not,  as  a  rule,  the  money-makers.  Even 
five  cents  is  more  than  some  people  will 
five  cents  per 
pay.  Nevertheless,  at 
glass,  a  large  trade  may  be  obtained 
in 
any  good-sized  city,  and  a  handsome 
profit  made.  The  outlay 
is  not  very 
great.  Two  hundred  and 
fifty  dollars 
will  suffice  to  buy  a  handsome  hot-soda 
appartaus  complete  wkh  boiler,  con 
nections,  and  accessories,  such  as  will 
enable  any  one  to  start  at  once  in  the 
business.

Cheaper  or  more  expensive  apparatus 
can  of  course  be  obtained,  according  to 
circumstances,  but  $250  is  a  good  aver- 
age  price  for  a  first-class  unpretentious 
apparatus,  and  this,  representing  an  in­
terest  of  6  per  cent,  (or S15  per  year), 
will,  if  we  allow  the 
life  of  the  ap­
paratus  to  be  ten  years,  bring  the  total 
cost  for each  season  to  $40.

Some  dispensers  will  prefer  to  use  a 
home-made  or  second-hand  apparatus.
In  fact,  in  two  well-known  drug  stores 
in  New  York  City,  where  the  sales  of 
hot  soda  often  reach  1,500  glasses  in  a 
day,  the  apparatus  used 
is  home-made, 
or  rather  the  boiler  is  home-made,  the 
draught  apparatus  being  in  both  cases 
purchased  from  well-known  manufac 
turers. 
The  reason  the  boilers  were 
home-made,  however,  was  not  so  much 
as  a  matter  of  economy  as  because,  at 
the  time  they  were  constructed,  it  was

not  an  easy  matter  to  obtain  a thorough­
ly  reliable  hot-soda  boiler. 
It  was  then 
simpler  to  buy  a  large  vessel,  and  coil 
a  steam  pipe  through  it,  making  a  first- 
class  boiler, 
than  to  buy  one  ready­
made.  At  the  present  day  all  this  is 
changed.  There  are  several  forms  of ex­
cellent  hot-soda  boilers  on  the  market, 
and 
it  will  prove  much  cheaper and 
more  satisfactory  for  the  druggist  to buy 
one  of  these  than  to  experiment  with  a 
home-made  boiler.

As  regards  sceond-hand  hot-soda  ap­
paratus,  a distinction  must  be  made.  So 
far  as  the  draught  apparatus  goes,  it  is 
possible  to  find  many  of  these  on  the 
in  a  serviceable  condition  at  a 
market 
price  much 
lower than  when  new,  and 
it  may  often  prove  a  good  investment to 
get  one  of  these.  But,  as  regards  sec­
ond-hand  boilers,  they  should  be  fought 
shy  of.  It  is  really  but  a  few  years since 
thoroughly  reliable  hot  soda-water  boil­
ers  have  been  placed  on  the  market  and 
the  man  who  buys  an  old-style  boiler  is 
pretty 
likely  to  get  into  trouble.  The 
saving  effected  is  moreover  very  slight 
and  out  of  all  proportion  with  the  dis 
advantages  and  risk.

Whether  steam,  gas,  kerosene,  gaso 
ine,  acetylene,  or  any  of  the  numerous 
ither  heating  agents  be  used  is  a  mat 
ter  of  individual  taste.  There  are  many 
competitors  for  favor,  and  while  steam 
is  the  most  convenient agent  where  easy 
obtain,  gas  and  kerosene  are  also 

general  favorites.

Hot  soda-water  must  be  dispensed un 
der  pressure,  and  where  the  town  does 
not  offer  a  water-supply,  a  tank  on  an 
upper  floor  should  be  used.  The  use  of 
what 
is  known  as  the  atmospheric  ap 
laratus  or  air  pump  is  very  unsatisfac 
tory,  while  the  using  of  a  fountain  of 
charged  soda-water  for  obtaining  the 
necessary  pressure  in  the  water-supply 
is  still  less  to  be  recommended owing  to 
the  undue  sputtering  caused  by the heat.
It  is  a  curious  but  unquestionable  fact 
that  the  demand 
for  the  different  hot 
soda-water flavors differs  with the  season 
of  the  year.  Thus,  while  the  four  most 
popular flavors  of  the  hot-soda  trade  are 
undoubtedly  coffee,  chocolate,  bouillon, 
and  clam  or  oyster  juice,  and  while  it 
is  also  true  that  the  hot-soda season lasts 
from  October  to  March,  it  is  an  unde­
niable  fact  that  in  the  coldest  months 
of  winter the  sales  of  bouillon  and  clam 
or  oyster  juice  far  exceed  those of  coffee 
and  chocolate;  while  on  the  contrary, 
during  the  warmer  months,  especially 
in  October  and  March,  the  sales  of  hot 
coffee  and  hot  chocolate  are  far  in  ex­
cess.  This 
is  a  point  which  has  to  be 
taken  into  account  in  planning  the  hot- 
soda  campaign.— Thomas  Warwick  in 
Bulletin  of  Pharmacy.

T he  D rug  M arket.

On  account  of  annual  inventories  at 
this  season  the  market  is  not  active  and 
there  are  but  few  changes  to  note. 

Is 

Opium— Is  quiet  and  firm  in  price. 
Morphine— Is  unchanged.
Quinine 

in  better  demand  and 
firm 
in  price,  on  account  of  the  last 
London  bark  sale,  at  which  an  advance 
of  nearly  9  per  cent,  was  noted  over 
last  sale.

Pyrogallic  A cid— Has  been  advanced 
by  the  manufacturers,  on  account  of  the 
higher  price  for  crude  material.

Gallic  Acid  Has  also  been  advanced 

for  the  same  reason.

Carbolic  Acid— The  market 

is  very 
strong  and  prices  are  steadily  advanc 
ing,

The  man  who  snores  needs  no  other 

company  beside  himself.

Cough  R em edies  E asily  C om pounded  by 

D ruggists.

The  cough  season 

is  now  well  ad­
vanced.  The  “ brown  mixture”   of  the 
United  States  Pharmacopoeia  is  a  good 
cough  remedy. 
In  their quest  for  new 
and  untried  formulas,  it  is  feared  that 
druggists  sometimes  overlook  some  of 
the  old  reliables.”   Take  a  man  una­
wares  and  ask  him  an  easy  question  in 
manner  that  makes  him  think  it  is  a 
hard  one,  and  the  chances  are  that  he 
will  “ fall  down.”  
It  is  the  same  way 
with  formulas.  Syrupus  pectoralis,  or 
Jackson’s  cough  syrup, 
is  a  National 
Formulary  preparation,  and,  as  such, 
ought  to  be a 
standby”  of the druggist. 
A  difficulty with  this,as with many  other 
cough  syrups,  is  that  it  contains  mor­
phine.  Compound  syrup  of  white  pine 
is  a  remedy  which  had  attained  quite  a 
vogue  before  it  was  incorporated 
in  the 
semi-official  Formulary. 
too,  con­
tains  morphine— 1  part  of  the  sulphate 
in  2,000,  equal  to  less  than  1-32  grain  to 
teaspoonful.  This  could  hardly  be 
considered dangerous when we remember 
that  paregoric  contains  about  the  same 
amount.

It, 

In  this  connection  it 

is  not  out  of 
place  to  emphasize  the  fact  that,  while 
reputable  druggists  will  not  put 
into 
'reparations  of  their  own 
insidiously 
dangerous  drugs  in  harmful  doses,  they 
offer  proprietary  goods  about  whose 
composition  they  know  nothing  or  know 
to  contain  these  dangerous  doses,  and 
seem  to  think  that  no  blame  attaches  to 
themselves.  A  child  was  reported  killed 
some  time  ago  by  a  dose  of  a  widely 
advertised  cough  remedy.  The  public 
should  be  impressed  with  this  idea.

favorite, 

Stokes'  expectorant  mixture  is another 
old 
for  which  the  National 
Formulary  has  given  us  a  standard 
formula.

In  endeavoring  to  build  up  a  busi­
ness  in  a  proprietary remedy of his  own, 
a  druggist  would  hardly  select  a  phar- 
macopoeial  or  National Formulary  form­
ula,  no  matter  how  good,  for  the  simple 
resaon  that  other  druggists  (or  the  pub- 
who  knows  what  they  will  do  now, 
they  are  getting  so smart?)  might “ catch 
on”   and  take  his  trade  away  from  him. 
But  there  is  no  reason  why  a  druggist 
should  not  take  a  well  known  and  thor 
oughly  proven  formula,  and,  by  altering 
the  color  and  taste  of  the  product 
ittle,  put  it  forth  as  his  own.

But  then  there  are other  formulas,  and 
abundance  of  them,  some  of which  are 
here  g iv en :

Child's  Expectorant  Mixture.

This  is  a  formula  used  at  Bellevue 
It  is  a  prescrip 

Hospital,  New  York. 
tion  of  Dr.  T.  H.  H olgate:

Syrup  of  senega,
Syrup  of  wild  cherry,
Syrup  of  acacia,  equal  parts.

Dose:  One  teaspoonful  for a  child.

German  Cough  Syrup.

A   preparation  somewhat  resembling 
Boschee’s  German  syrup  is  made  by 
this  formula:

Oil  of  tar,  1  drachm,
Magnesium  carbonate,  180 grains, 
Fluid  extract  of  wild  cherry,  6 

drachms.

Fluid extract of ipecac,  4 drachms, 
Tincture  of  opium,  4  drachms 
Water,  8  ounces,
Sugar,  12%  ounces.

Rub  the  oil  thoroughly  with  the  mag­
nesium  salt  in  a  mortar;  mix  the  fluid 
extracts  with  the  water,  and  rub  with 
the  mixture 
in  the  mortar;  filter,  and 
dissolve  the  sugar  in  the  liquid,  without 
heat;  lastly,  add  the  tincture.

Hays’  Big  4.

This  is  a  preparation  which  was  fre 
quently  prescribed  by  the  late  Dr.  J.  M. 
Hays,  and  consists  o f :

is  a 

Syrup  of  wild  cherry,
Compound  syrup  of  squill,
Spirit  of nitrous  ether,
Paregoric,  equal  parts.
The  dose  is  a  teaspoonful.
Ammonium  chloride,  in  varying  pro­
portions, 
frequent 
ingredient  of 
cough  mixtures;  wine  of 
ipecac,  syrup 
of  tolu,  chloroform, 
lobelia,  bloodroot, 
honey,  rock  and  rye,  rum,  horehound, 
tar,  and  dozens  of  other  remedies,  when 
put  into  shape,  may  be  classed  as “ pop­
ular”   cough  cures.  A  formula  embody­
ing  as  many  of  these  drugs  as  one 
would  wish  to  find 
is  as 
follows:

in  one  bottle 

Horehound,  Honey  and  Tar,
Oil  of  tar,  1  drachm,
Fluid  extract  of  horehound,  2 

drachms,

Oil  of  anise,  2  drops,
Jamaica  rum,  4  ounces,
Honey,  q.  s.  ad  8  ounces.

Dose:  From  half  to  one  teaspoonfui.

Tobacco  M ade  H arm less.

Rather  more 

it  is  rendered 

than  a  year  ago  Dr. 
received  a 
Hugo  Gerold,  of  Halle, 
United  States  patent 
for  a  process  of 
treating  tobacco  by  which  the  nicotine 
contained  in 
insoluble. 
Tannic  acid is the  agent  which  produces 
insolubility  of  the  nicotine,  and  that 
substance  has  been  used  for  the  purpose 
before, but  from  the  commercial  point  of 
view 
it  was  not  free  from  objection;  if 
too  little  of  it  was  used  the  desired  ob­
ject  was  not  attained,  while  if  too  much 
was  employed  the  product  was  spoiled, 
for  it  became  very  brittle  and  of  deter­
iorated  appearance,  flavor,  and  smell 
These  objections  Dr.  Gerold  has  over­
come  by  the  associated  use  of  oil  of 
origanum.  We  learn  that  cigars  made 
from  tobacco  treated  by  the  (Jerold  pro­
cess  are  soon  to  be  put  on  the  market.

Irre sp o n sib ility  o f P rescrib in g   D ruggists.
Justice  McLean,  in  the  Supreme  Court 
ot  New  York,  recently  dismissed  the 
complaint  in  a  suit  brought  by a butcher 
against  a  firm  of  druggists  in  New  York 
City  to  recover  $10,000  damages,  be- 
cause  one  of  the  firm’s  clerks  treated 
his  injured  finger  and  made 
it  worse. 
Justice  McLean  held  that  druggists  and 
drug  clerks  have  no  license  to  practice 
that  the 
medicine  and  surgery,  and 
complainant  sought  advice 
from  the 
clerk  in  this  case  at  his  own  risk.

Do p  sen 

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WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

A dvanced— 
D eclined—

A cidum

4® 
6
8
6® 
13®  15
19® 
14

6@$  8
Aceticum  .................$ 
Benzoicum, German.  70®  75
Boracic.....................  
® 
16
32®  35
Carbolicum.............. 
43®  46
Citrlcum.................... 
Hydrocblor.............  
5
3® 
8® 
Nitrocum.................. 
10
14
12® 
Oxalicum.................. 
15
Phosphorium,  d ll... 
® 
Salicylicum  .............  
50® 
co
Sulphuricum...........   Hi® 
5
Tannicum................. 
90®  1  00
T artaricum .............  
38®  40
A m m onia
Aqua, 16 deg............. 
Aqua, 90 deg.............  
Carbonas..................  
Chloridum................  
A niline
Black.........................  2 00® 2  25
Brown.......................  
80®  1  00
R ed...........................  
45®  60
Yellow.......................  2  60® 3 00
Baccxe
Cubebie...........po, 15 
Junlperus.................  
Xauthoxylum.......... 
B alsam um
Copaiba.................... 
Peru  ......................... 
Terabin,  Canada__  
Tolutan..................... 
C ortex
Abies, Canadian......  
Cassiie....................... 
Cinchona  Flava....... 
Euouymus atropurp. 
Myrica Cerlfera, po. 
Prunus Virgini........ 
Quillaia, gr*d ...........  
Sassafras....... po. 18 
Ulmus.. .po.  15. gr’d 
E x tra ct am
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra. 
Glycyrrhiza,  po......  
Hsematox, 15 lb. box 
Hsematox, i s ...........  
Hsematox, Ms.......... 
Hsematox, Ms.......... 

24@  25
28@  30
ll@ 
12
14
13@ 
14@ 
15
16@ 
17

55@  6o
@ 200
40@ 
45
40@  45

18
12
18
30
20
12
12
14
15

12@ 
6@ 
20@ 

14
8
25

. 

F e rru

Carbonate  Precip... 
Citrate and  Quima.. 
Citrate  Soluble........ 
Ferrocyanidum Sol.. 
Solut. Chloride........  
Sulphate,  com'l....... 
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bDl, per  cwt.......... 
Sulphate,  pure........ 

F lo ra

Arnica......................  
Anthemis.................. 
Matricaria................  

F o lia

15
2  25
75
40
15
2
80
7

14@ 
16
25
22@ 
30@  35

@  65

38@ 
40
20@  25
25@  30
12@  20
8@ 
10

Barosma...................  
Cassia Acutifol,  Tin-
nevelly.................. 
Cassia, Acutifol, Alx. 
Salvia ofllcinalis,  Ms
and M s.................. 
UvaUrsl............• —  
G uinm i
Acacia, 1st picked... 
Acacia, 2d  picked...  @ 4 5
Acacia, 3d  picked...  @ 3 5
@  28
Acacia, sifted  sorts. 
45@  65
Acacia, po................. 
Aloe, Barb. po.l8@20  12@ 
14
Aloe, Cape__ po. 15. 
12
@ 
Aloe,  Socotri.. po. 40  @  30
Ammoniac................  
55@  60
28@  30
Assafuetida__ po. 30 
Benzoinum............... 
50,g)  55
13
Catechu, is ............... 
@ 
it
Catechu, Ms............. 
@ 
Catechu, Ms.............  
@ 
16
Cam phor*............... 
55®  60
Eupnorbium...po. 35 
@  40
Galbanum................  
@  l  oo
Gamboge..............po  65®  70
Guaiacum........po. 25 
®  30
@  1  25
Kino........... po. $1.25 
Mastic  .....................  
®  60
®  40
M yrrh............. 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

Absinthium. .oz. pkg 
Eupatori um. .oz. pkg 
lo b e lia ........oz. pkg 
Majorum__ oz. pkg 
Mentha Pip.oz. pkg 
Mentha Vfr  .oz. pkg 
Rue............... oz. pkg 
Tanacetum V oz. pkg 
Thymus, V .. .oz. pkg 
M agnesia
Calcined, P at...........  
Carbonate,  P at........ 
Carbonate, K. & M.. 
larbonate, 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 
Auranti Cortex........   2  40® 2  50
Bergamii..................  2 
80®  85
Cajiputi.................... 
76®  85
CaryophylU..............  
C edar.......................  
35®  45
@  2 75
Chenopadti............... 
Cinnamon!!.............   1 
25®  1 35
Cltronella................. 
36®  40

85® 2 00
80® 2 90

35®  40
1  15®  1  25 
90®  1  00
1  00®  1  10 
1 00®  1  10
2  10®  2  60
@  75
50®  60
1  70®  1  75 
1  50®  2 00 
90®  2 00 
1  35®  1  45 
1  25®  2 00 
1  50®  1  60 
1  15®  1  25 
4 00® 4  50 
75® 3 00 
10®  
12 
®  35
96®  1  05 
@ 1 00 
6  60® 8  50 
40®  46
90®  1  00
60® 7 00
50®  55
®  65
60®  1 60
40®  50
@  1  60
15®  20

Conium Mac...........
Copaiba..................
Cubebae..................
Exechthitos............
Erigeron.................
Gaultheria.............
Geranium, ounce...
Gossippii, Sem. gal.
Hedeoma................
Junipera.................
Lavendula.............
Limonls..................
Mentha Piper........
Mentha Verld........
Morrhuae, .gal........
M yrcia....................
Olive.......................
Picis Liquida..........
Picis Liquida,  gal..
Ricina.....................
Rosraarini...............
Rosie, ounce............
Succtni ....................
S abina....................
Santal.......................  2 
Sassafras.................. 
Sinapis,  ess., ounce. 
Tiglil........................   l 
Thyme....................... 
Thyme, opt............... 
Theobrom as...........  
Potassium
15® 
Bi-Carb....-............... 
18
Bichromate.............  
15
13@ 
Bromide  .................. 
52@  57
C a rb .............................. la® 
15
Chlorate... po. 17 «19 
16@  18
35®  40
Cyanide.................... 
Iodide.......................  2 
40® 2 50
l’otassa, Bitart, pure 
28®  30
Potassa, Bitart, com. 
@  15
7®  10
Potass Nitras. opt... 
Potass  Nitras.......... 
8
6® 
Prussiate.................. 
23®  26
Sulphate  po.............  
15® 
18

R adix

22®
10®
@
12® 
16@ 

Aconitum..................  20®  26
Althæ 
Anchusa 
Arum  po.
Calamus....................  20®  40
G entiana........po. 15 
15
Glychrrhlza.. ,pv.  15 
18 
@  75
Hydrastis  Canaden. 
®  80
Hydrastis Can., po.. 
Hellebore, Alba, po. 
12@  15
Inula,  po.................. 
15®  20
Ipecac, po................   4 25®  4 35
Iris  plox.. .po. 35®38  35®  40
25®  30
Jalapa,  pr................. 
Maranta,  Ms...........  
®  35
22®  25
Podophyllum,  po... 
75®  1  00
Rhei........................... 
Rhei,  cu t.................. 
@  1  25
Rhei, pv.................... 
75®  1  35
35® 
Spigelia.................... 
""
Sanguinaria. 
.po.  15 @40®
Serpentaria.
Senega.....................  
60®
®
Smilax, officinalis H. 
Smilax, M................. 
@  25
Scillae.............po.  35 
10®  12
Symplocarpus, Foeti-
dus,  po.................. 
©  25
®  25
Valeriana.Eng. po.30 
15@  20
Valeriana,  German. 
Zingiber a ................ 
16
12® 
Zingiber j .................. 
25@  27
Semen

Anisum..........po.  15 
®  12
15
Aplum (graveleons).  13© 
Bird, is .....................  
4® 
6
Carol.............. po.  18 
ll@  12
Cardamon.................  l  25®  1  75
Coriandrom.............. 
' 8@ 
10
Cannabis Sativa.......  4M®  5
Cydonium................. 
76®  l  oo
Chenopodium.......... 
10® 
12
Ilipterix Odorate__   l  oo®  l  10
Foeniculum
® 
10
Ffenugreek, po........
7®
I J n i..........................
3M©
Lini, gnl...... bbl. 3M
4®
Lobelia.....................
35®
PhaClaris Canarian..
4M®
R ap a.........................
4M®
Sinapis  Alba............
9®
Sinapis  Nigra..........
11®
S piritu s

Fromenti, W. l>. Co.  2 00® 2 50 
Frumenti,  D. F. R..  2 00®  2 25
From enti.................   1  25®  1  50
Juniperis Co. <). T...  1  65@  2 00
Juniperis  Co...........   1  75® 3 50
Saacharum  N. E __   l  90®  2  10
Sot. Vini Galli..........  l  75@ 6 50
Vini  Oporto.............  1  25® 2  00
Vini Alba..................  l  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  Aram...............
Smilax  Officinalis...
Senega .....................
Scillae...........  ..........

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

Scillae  Co..................  
Tolutan..................... 
Prunus  virg.............  
T inctures
Aconittim Napellis R 
Aconitum Napellis F 
Aloes........................  
Aloes and M yrrh__  
A rnica...................... 
Assaf fétida............... 
Atrope Belladonna.. 
Auranti Cortex........ 
Benzoin.................... 
Benzoin Co............... 
Barosma.................... 
Cantharides............. 
Capsicum.................. 
Cardamon................  
Cardamon Co........... 
Castor....................... 
Catechu.................... 
Cinchona.................. 
Cinchona Co............. 
Columba..................  
Cubebie.....................  
Cassia Acutifol........ 
Cassia Acutifol Co... 
Digitalis...........   ..... 
Ergot......................... 
Ferri  Chloridum__  
G entian.................... 
Gentian Co............... 
Guinea....................... 
Guinea amnion........ 
Hyoscyamus............. 
Iodine..................... 
Iodine, colorless.... 
Kino  ......................... 
Lobelia ..1................. 
M yrrh....................... 
Nux Vomica............. 
Opii............................ 
Opii,  comphorated.. 
Opii, deodorized......  
Q uassia.................... 
Rhatany.................... 
R hei.......................... 
Sanguinaria............ 
Serpentaria.............  
Stramonium.............  
T olutan.................... 
Valerian  .................. 
Veratram  Veride... 
Zingiber.................... 

®  50
®  50
@  50

60
50
60
60
50
50
60
50
60
50
50
75
5o
75
75
l  0o
5o
5o
60
5o
So
So
5o
So
So
35
So
6o
So
6o
So
7s
75
6o
5¿
5o
5o
76
5o
1  So
5o
5o
5o
So
5o
6o
6o
5o
5¿
2¡>

M iscellaneous 

ASther, Spts. Nit. 3 F  30©  35
ASther, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®  38
A lum en....................  2M@ 
3
Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7 
4
3® 
Annatto..................... 
40®  50
Antimoni, po..  ....... 
4® 
5
Antimoni et Potass T  40®  50
@  25
Antipyrin................. 
®  20
Antitebrin  ............... 
®  48
Argenti Nitras. oz... 
Arsenicum............... 
10®  12
Balm  Gilead  Buds.. 
38®  40
Bismuth S. N...........   1  40®  1  50
Calcium Chlor.,  is... 
9
® 
®  10
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms.. 
©  12
Caicium Chlor.,  Ms.. 
®  75
Cantharides, Rus.po 
@  15
Capsici Froctus, a t.. 
@  15
Capsici  Froctus, po. 
®  15
Capsici Froctus B, po 
Caryophyllus. .po. 15 
12®  14
Carmine, No. 40....... 
@  3 00
Cera  Alba................. 
50®  55
Cera  Flava............... 
40®  42
@  40
Coccus.....................  
Cassia  Froctus........ 
© 3 5
Contraria..................  
@ 
10
Cetaceum.................. 
®  45
Chloroform.............  
50®  53
Chloroform,  squibbs  @  1  10 
Chioral Hyd C rst....  1  65@  1  90
Chondros.................. 
20®  25
Cinchonidine.P. & W  38®  48
Cinchonidine, Germ.  38®  48
Cocaine....................  6  56®  6  75
70
Corks, list, dis. pr. ct. 
Creosotum................  
@  35
C reta..............bbl. 75 
2
® 
Creta, prep............... 
5
@ 
Creta, precip...........  
9® 
11
Creta, Rubra...........  
@ 
8
Crocus...................... 
15®  18
@  24
Cudbear.................... 
Cupri  Sulph.............   6M® 
8
Dextrine.................. 
10
7® 
75®  90
Ether Sulph............. 
® 
Emery, all numbers. 
8
6
@ 
Emery, po................. 
E rg o ta........... po. 90 
85@  90
Flake  W hite...........  
12® 
15
Galla......................... 
@  23
8© 
G am bler.................. 
9
@  60
Gelatin,  Cooper....... 
35®  60
Gelatin, French....... 
75  &  10
Glassware,  flint, box 
Less than box......  
70
11®
Glue, brown.............  
Glue,  white.............  
15@
Glycerina.................. 
16©  24
Grana Paradisl........  
©
Humulus..................  
25®  55
Hydrarg  Chlor  Mite  @  95
Hydrarg  Chlor Cor..  @  85
Hydrarg  Ox Rub'm. 
@  l  05 
®   1  17 
Hydrarg  Ammoniatl 
50®
HydrargUngueutum 
Hydrargyrum.......... 
©
65®  75
Ichthyobolla,  A m ... 
Indigo.......................  
75®  1  00
Iodine,  Resubi.........  3 60® 3 70
Iodoform..................  
@ 3
Lupulin.....................  
@  50
Lycopodium.............. 
60®  6
M a d s.......................  
66®  75
Liquor Arsen et  Hy­
@  25
drarg Iod............... 
Liquor Potass Arsinlt 
10® 
12
Magnesia,  Sulph__  
2® 
3
Magnesia, Sulph, bbl 
@  1M 
Mannia, S.  F ............ 
no®

Menthol....................
@ 3 76 Seldlltz Mixture......
20® ??
Morphia, S.. P.& W. 2 20® 2 45 Sinapis.....................
® 18
Morphia, 8., N. Y. Q.
Sinapis,  opt.............
© 30
& C. Co.................. 2  10® 2 35 Snuff, Maccaboy, lie
Moschus  Canton__
® 40
V oes.....................
@ 41
Myristlca, No.  l .......
65® 80 Snuff.Scotch.De Vo’s
© 41
Nüx Vomica...po. 15
@ 10 Soda, Boras.............
9® 11
Os Sepia....................
25® 30 Soda,  Boras, po......
11
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
23® 25
Soda et Potass Tart.
2
D  Co.....................
@ 1 00 Soda,  Carb...............
1M®
Picis Liq. N.N.M gal.
Soda,  111-Carb..........
5
36û
® ‘2 00 Soda,  Ash................
doz.........................
3M@ 4
1 00 Sofia, Sulphas..........
Picis Liq., quarts__
2
®
I’icls Liq.,  pints......
® 86 Spts. Cologne...........
@ 2  60
Pil Hydrarg. ..po.  so
® 50 Spts.  Ether  Co........
50® 55
Piper  Nigra., .po. 22
@ 18 Spts.  Myrcia Dom...
@ 2 00
lffiier  Alba.. ..po. 35
© 30 Spts.  V ini Uect.  bbl.
@
@ 7 Spts. Vini Itect. Mbbl
mix  Bürgen.............
@
Plumb! Acet..........
10® 12 Spts. Vini Itect. lOgai
@
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 1  30® 1 50 Silts. Vini Kect. 5 gal
@
Pyrethriim, boxes H.
Strychnia, Crystal... 1  05® 1  25
@ 75 Sulphur,  Subl..........
&  1’. D. Co., doz...
4
2Î4©
Pyrethrum,  pv........
25® 30 Sulphur, Roll...........
2M® 3M
Quassia*...................
8® 10 Tam arinds...............
8® 10
Quinta, S. P. &  iff...
28® 30
39® 44 Terebenth  Venice...
Quinta, S.  German..
32® 42 Theobroma*..............
55® 58
Quinia, N. Y.............
32® 42 Vanilla..................... 9 00® 16 00
Rubia Tinctorum....
12® 14 Zinci Sulph.............
8
Saccharom 1.actis pv
18® 20
Salacin..................... 3  50® 3 60
40® 50
Sanguis  Draconls...
Sapo.  W....................
12® 14 Whale, winter..........
Sajio M.....................
10® 12 Lard, extra...............
Sapo  G .....................
® 15 I.aril, No. 1...............

KBL.
70
55
35

ÏAL.
70
65
40

55
50
54
56

Linseed, pure raw...
Linseed,  Dolled  ......
Neatsfoot. winter str
Spirits  Tur|>entine..

58
59
60
62
Paint«» KBL. LB.
IK  2 ®8
Red  Venetian..........
Ochre, yellow  Mars. W   2 ©4
Ochre, yellow Her...
1\   2 © 3
Putty,  commercial.. 2M  2M®3
Putty, strictly  pure. 2M  25i@3
Vermilion.  1* r im e
13® 15
American.............
70® 76
Vermilion. English..
Green,  Paris........... 13M®  17M
13® 16
Green,  Peninsular...
Lead,  red.................
6  © 6M
Lead,  white.............
6  @ 6)4
Whiting, white Span
® 70
® 90
Whiting, gilders’__
©  1  00
White,  Paris. Amer.
Whiting.  Paris,  Hug.
@  1  40
cliff........................
Universal Prepared. 1  00® 1  15

Y arn intiei

No. 1 Turp  Coach... 1  10®  1  20
Extra Turn............... 1  60®  1  70
Coach  Body............. 2  75®  3 00
1  00®  1  10 
No. 1 Turp Kiim.......
Extra Turk  Damar..
1  55®  1  60
70® 75
.1 ap. Dryer, No. lTurp

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Medicines.

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W e  have  a  full  line  of  Staple 

Druggists’  Sundries.

W e  are  the  sole  proprietors  of 
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.

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Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

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our aim to make this feature of the greatest possible use to dealers. 
omissions, as it is

AXLE  GREASE
A urora.......................... 55 
Castor  Oil......................60 
Diamond.......................50 
Frazer’s .........................75 
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75 

doz.  gross
6 00
7 00
4 25
9 00
9 00

G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand

85

1  85 
3  10
2  25

' 

H om iny 
Standard  ..................
L o b s t e r
Star, Vi lb..................
Star, 1  lb..................
Picnic Tails..............
M ackerel
Mustard, lib ............
Mustard, 21b............
Soused, 1 lb...............
Soused, 2 lb.............
Tomato, 1 lb.............
Tomato, 2 lb.............
M ushroom
Stems.........................
Buttons.....................
O ysters
Cove, l lb..................
Cove, 2lb..................
Peaches
P ie ............................
Yellow......................
P ears
Standard..................
Fancy........................

Peas

M arrowfat............... 
Early dime...............  
Early June  Sifted.. 
P ineapple

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

14@16
20@25

1  25 
@1  65

1
1
1

C rated .....................   1  25@2
Sneed.........................  1  35@2  25
P u m p k in
F a ir...........................
Good.......................
Fancy....................

R aspberries

S traw berries

Standard...................
Salm on
Bed Alaska..............
Pink Alaska.............
Sardines
Domestic, Us...........
Domestic,  Mustard. 
French...............
Standard..................
Fancy.......................
Succotash
Fair............................
Good.........................
Fancy.......................
Tom atoes
F a ir...........................
Good.........................
Fancy......................
Gallons..................
CATSUP
Columbia,  pints__
Columbia, % pints........ .’
CHEESE
Acme..-.....................
Amboy...............
E lsie....................
Emblem............... ’**
Gem.......................‘ "
Gold Medal.......
Id eal.......................”
Jersey...............
Riverside...........
Brick.....................
Edam ......................*'
Leiden.............”
Limburger........ .. ' ”
Pineapple............. 
Sap  Sago................. ’
CHICORY
Bulk..................
R ed...................

50

90

1  35 
95

@4
@8
8(5¡22
85 
1  25
90 
1  00 
1  20
80
90
1  15
2 35

@14 V
@14
@15
@14
@14V
@131
©14
@14
@14
@12
@70
@17
@13
@75
@17

CHOCOLATE 

Walter Baker & Co.’s.

German  Sweet.......
Premium.................. .
Breakfast Cocoa__ 46
CIGARS

The Bradley Cigar Co.’s  Brands

S. C. W.....................................  35 00
Phelps, Brace & Co.’s Brands.
Royal  Tigers. 
55@ 80 00
Royal  Tigerettes........35
Vincente Portuondo ,.36@  70 00
Ruhe Bros. Co..........  .25@ 70 00
Hilson  Co......................... 35@110 00
T. J. Dunn & Co..........35@  70 00
McCoy & Co.................35@  70  00
The Collins Cigar Co.. 10@ 35 00
Brown  Bros................. 15@ 70  00
Bernard Stahl Co........35@  90 00
Banner Cigar  Co.........io@ 35 00
Seidenberg  & Co.........55@125 00
fu i ton  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 & C/O...........35@185 00
H ene& Co................... 35® 90 00
Benedict & C o ........7.50®  70  00
.35© 70 00 
Hemmeter Cigar Co 
G .J. Johnson Cigar Co.35@ 70 00
Maurice Sanborn
50 « 175 00 
Bock & Co.......
66© 300 00 
Manuel  Garcia 
80@376 00 
Neuva Mundo. 
86«! 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, 80 ft.  per doz.............1 80
Jute, 60  ft. per doz..............   80
Jute, 72 ft. per doz.......... 
95

CLOTHES  LINES

C O F F E E
Roasted

 

Rio

HIGH GRADE
C o f f e e s
Special Combination...........   20
French Breakfast........  
25
Lenox................................ 
30
V ienna...................................... 35
Private Estate............... 
"  38
Supreme.................................  40
Less 33%  per  cent,  delivered. 
F a ir................. 
a
Good.....................i...............  
,n
Prim e.......................... ” ... 
12
Golden..................
Peaberry................................... 14
Santos
F a ir......................... 
14
Good...........................  
Jb
Prim e.........................
Peaberry.................................... is
M aracaibo
P rim e..................  
iR
Milled................... ;;;;;;;;;;  „
J a v a
Interior................
Private  Growth__
Mandehling..................
M ocha
Imitation..................
Arabian................... |
Package
Arbuckle................
11  00 
Jersey...................” ....
11  00
M cL aughlin’s XXXX 
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mail  ail  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLanghlin  & 
Co., Chicago.
,, 
E x tract
Valley City %  gross........  
Felix V4 gross...........  
Hummers foil % gross 
Hummel’s tin 

75
115
’  kb 
g W ; ; ; ; ; : i   S  

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

9 00
6 00

B A KIN G   PO W D ER  

A bsolute

A cm e

H om e

A rctic

E l  P u rity

% lb. cans doz......................  45
H lb. cans doz.....................   85
1 
lb. cans doz......................1  50
V4 lb. cans 3 doz..................   45
% lb. cans 3 doz..................   75
1 
lb. cans 1  doz...................100
Bulk.......... .............................  10
6 oz. Eng. Tumblers.............   85
% lb. cans per doz..............  75
Vi lb. cans per doz..............1  20
lb. cans per doz..............2 00
1 
V4 lb. cans, 4 doz. case........   35
Vi lb. cans, 4 doz. case........   55
i 
lb. cans, 2 doz. case........  90
JAXON
V4 lb. cans, 4 doz. case........   45
Vi lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  85
lb. cans, 2 doz. case........1  go
1 
1 lb. cans, per doz.................2  00
9 oz. cans, per  doz................1  25
6 oz. cans, per doz................   85
% lb. cans............................  45
Vi lb. cans............................  75
1 
lb. can s............................1  50
X lb. can s...............................   85
3 oz., 6 doz. case
6 oz., 4 doz. case........
9 oz., 4 doz. case........
1 lb.,  2 doz. case.........
6 lb.,  1 doz. case.........

..3 20 
..4 80 
..4 00 
.9 00
American...............................  70
English...................................  80

Jerse y   C ream

Q ueen  F lake 

B A T H   B R I C K

O ur D eader

Peerless

B L U IN GC jpgm
Ö L u i n i G
Small 3 d oz...............................  40
Large, 2  d oz................. . . . . . . .  75

B R O O M S
No.  1  C arpet............................ 2  75
No. 2 Carpet................
..2 50 
No. 3 Carpet................
..2  25 
No. 4 Carpet..............
..1  85
Parlor  Gem................
Common Whisk.
Fancy  Whisk...............
Warehouse..................
_  
CANDLES
Electric Light, 8s........
Electric Light, 16s.......
Paraffine, 6s.............
Paraffine, 12s ................... 
Wicking..................  . 1

J
.......12%
"20

........ 1  20
........ 3  15

CANNED  GOODS 

COUPON  BOOKS
T radesm an  G rade 

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

Econom ic  G rade 

C redit  Checks 

S uperior G rade 

U niversal  G rade 

50 books, any  denom...  1  50 
100 books, any  denom...  2 50 
500 books, any  denom...  11  50
1.000 books, any  denom...  20 00
50 books, any  denom...  1  50 
100 books, any  denom...  2 50 
500books,any  denom...  11  50
1.000 books, any  denom...  20 00
50 books, any  denom...  1  60 
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..........................   @ 6%
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes.8@  8%
A pricots....................   @15
Blackberries...............
Nectarines..................
Peaches...........
Pears................
Pitted Cherries.
Prunnelles..................
Raspberries.............”
100-120 25 lb. boxes........   @4
90-100 25 lb. boxes........  @ 4:
80 - 90 25 lb. boxes........  @ 5
70 - 80 25 lb. boxes........  @ 5'
60 - 70 25 lb. boxes........   @6
50 - 60 25 lb. boxes........   @  7V4
40 - 50 25 lb. boxes........   @8
30 - 40 25 lb. boxes........
Vi cent less in 50 lb. cases 

.10  @11

CREAM   TARTAR

C alifornia  P ru n es

C alifornia  F ru its

A pples

7H

R aisins

C itron

C urran ts

London Layers 2 Crown. 
'  ’ 
1  75
London Layers 3 Crown.
2  00 
Cluster 4 Crown.............
2  25
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
7%
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
8%
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
L. M., Seeded, choice ...
10
L. M„ Seeded, fancy__
10K
D R IE D   FRUITS—F oreign 
Leghorn................................ 
n
Corsican.................................. .12
Patras, cases.........................  6Vi
Cleaned, bulk..................... .  7
Cleaned,  packages........... 
7%
Citron American 19 lb. bx... 13 
Lemon American 10 lb. bx.. 10% 
Orange American 10 lb. bx.. 10% 
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

FARINACEOUS  GOODS 
Dried Lima..........................  5^
Medium Hand Picked  i 65@1  75 
Brown Holland.....................
Cream of Cereal.................. 
Grain-O, sm all..........
Grain-O, large...........
Grape Nuts................
Postum Cereal, small 
Postum Cereal, large.
241 lb. packages......................  1 25
Bulk, per 100 lbs......................... 3 00

go
........ 1  35
----  .2  25
........ 1  35
........ 1  35

F a rin a

H ask ell’s W h eat F lakes

H om iny

36  2 lb. packages........................3 00
B arrels........................................2 50
Flake, 50 lb. drums............!. 1  00
M accaroni  and V erm icelli 
Domestic, 10 lb. box.... 
60
Imported, 25 lb. box..............2 50
P e a rl  B arley
Common...............................
C hester......................." " " " .2  50
00

G rits

Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

Peas

Sago

R olled  Oats

Salus B reak fast Food 

24 2 lb. packages.................1  80
100 lb. kegs...........................2 70
200 lb. barrels...................... 6  10
Green, Wisconsin, bu.........1  35
Green, Scotch, bu............... 1  40
Split, bu.................................  3
Rolled A vena, bbl................4 00
Steel Cut, % bbls................. 2  15
Monarch, bbl....................... 3  75
Monarch, % bbl...................2 00
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks......... 1  80
Quaker, cases.......................3 20
Huron, cases........................ 2 00
German.................................   4
East India.............................  3%
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..  7%@  8
Lemon Biscuit............  7%@ 8
6 %
New Era Butters...... 
W holew heat.............. 
6%
Cereola, 48  l-lb. pkgs. 
4 00
F lak e.....................................  5
Pearl......................................  5
Pearl,  241 lb. packages...... 6%
Cracked, bulk.......................  3%
24 2 lb. packages...................2 80
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS 
2 OZ. 
, T 
4 OZ.
Vanilla D. C............. 110 
180
1  35
Lemon D.  C 
........   70 
Vanilla Tonka.........   75 
1  45

DeBoe’s

Tapioca

W h p i i t

, 

Jen n in g s’

D.  C. Vanilla 
2 oz.
.1  20 
3 oz......
.1  50 
4 oz.......
.2  003 00
6 oz.......
No.  8... 
4 00 
No. 10... 
6  00
No. 2  T. 
1  252 00
No. 3  T.
No. 4  T ..2 40

D.  C.  Lemon
.  75 
2 OZ__
3 OZ__
.1  00 
.1  40 
4 OZ__
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 ran d  
Lem.
Van. 
2 oz. Taper Panel__   75
1  20 
2oz. Oval..................   75
1  20 
2 00 
3 oz. Taper Panel.... 1  35
4 oz. Taper Panel.... 1  60 
2  25
Van. 
Lem.
doz.
doz.
XXX, 2 oz. obert.... 1  25
XXX, 4 oz. taper__ 2 25
XX, 2 oz. obert........ 1  00
No. 2, 2 oz. o b ert__   75
XXX D D ptchr, 6 oz 
2 25
XXX D D ptchr, 4 oz 
1  75
K. P. pitcher, 6 oz...
2 25
Perrigo’s Lightning, gro.. .  2 50
Petrolatum, per doz.............  75

FLY  P A P E R  

P errig o ’s

Choke  B ore—D u p o n t’s

GUNPOW DER 
Rifle—D upont’s
Kegs 
....................................4 00
Half Kegs.................... 
225
Quarter K egs......................1  25
1 lb. cans........................... 
30
% lb. cans..................................is
Kegs.  ....................................4 25
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 25
1 lb. can s................................  45

E agle  D uck—D upont’s

Sage.. 
H ops.
.  
Madras, 5 lb. boxes................ 55
8. F .,2, 3 and 6 lb.  boxes...'.'..50 

IN D IG O

JE L L Y  
V. C. Brand.

 

15 lb. pails.......................  
05
301b. palls......................  
g2
Pure apple, per doz..........”  »5
LICO RICE
P u re............................ 
«1
Calabria................. 
 
¡¡5
Sicily.......................... 
.4
Root............................................jq

 

 

 

EYE

MATCHES

Condensed, 2 doz............. 
120
Condensed, 4 doz...............'.2  25
Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No.  9 sulphur..................... 
j 65
Anchor P arlo r............. !..  1  50
No. 2 Hom e.............   ..........x  30
Export Parlor.......... 
.........4  00
Wolverine..................................50

MOLASSES 
New  O rleans

Black.................... 
H
F a ir.........................;;;;;;;
Good....  . .. .. ..  
20
Fancy........................................ 24
Open Kettle  ......................25@35

Half-barrels 2c extra 
m u s t a r d

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

Barrels, 1,200 count.............. 6 76
Half bbls, 600 count.............. 3 38
Barrels, 2,400 c o u n t..............6 76
Half bbls, 1,200 count........... 3 88

Sm all

P IP E S

Clay, No, 216............................ j 70
Clay, T. D., full c o u n t 65
Cob, No. 3..............................  86

POTASH 

48 cans In case.

Babbitt’s ......................... 
Penna Salt Co.’s............... 

4 00
  3 on

3 00
3 15

R IC E  
D om estic

6V4

Carolina  head.............  
Carolina  No. 1 .............   .......5
Carolina  No. 2 ......................4
B roken................... . . . . . . . 3%
Japan,  No.  1..................5%@e
Japan,  No.  2 
............4%@5
Java, fancy head...........5  @6%
Java, ho. 1..................... 5  <»
Table.................................   @

Im p o rted .

SALERATUS 

 

Packed 60 lbs. in box. 
Church’s Arm and Hammer.3  15
Deland’s...............................  
Dwight’s  Cow................. 
Emblem...................... !......2   10
J- 
........................................ 3 00
Wyandotte, 100  %s........... . .3 00
Granulated,  bbls..................   so
85
Granulated, 100lb. cases.  . 
Lump, bbls......................  
Lump, 145 lb. kegs.......... 
80

SAL  SODA

75

SALT

D iam ond C rystal 

Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes.  1  50 
Table, barrels, 1003 lb. bags.2 75 
Table, barrels, 40 7  lb. bags.2  40 
Butter, barrels, 280 lb. bulk.2  25 
Butter, barrels,20 141b.bags.2 50 
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs.... 
25
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs........ "   55
Com m on  G rades
100 3 lb. sacks........................ ..  80
60 51b. sacks....................’..” 1  76
28 10 lb. sacks.....................! j  60
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............................   «2
Granulated  Fine..................   95
Medium Fine................. 
' 1  00
SALT  F IS H  

Solar  R ock
Com m on

A shton
H iggins

W arsaw

Cod

Georges cured.............
@ 5 
Georges  genuine........
@ 5% 
Georges selected........
@  5% 
Strips or  bricks..........  6
Pollock.......................
@ 3%
H alib u t.
Strips....................................  
i4
chunks............■................. ;;;;;i6

9

A pples
3 lb. Standards  .......
Gallons, standards..
_  
Beans
Baked  .......................
Red  Kidney...
String.......
W ax.............
B lackberries
Standards 
...............
B lueberries
S tandard.....................
C herries 
_  _  _ 
Red  Standards..
W hite..................
F air............................
Good..................
Fancy.............

Corn

’5@1  30 
5@  85

Clear Havana  Puffs!........  22 on
“ W. H.  B.” ......... 
.......  gg ™
“ w . b . b .” .........................;;;;;;; g j g

Columbian Cigar Co’s brand.

Columbian......................   35  n,,
Columbian Speciai........  65 00
Detroit Cigar Mfg. Co.’S Brands
Green  Seal.............  
¡tee aa
Green Seal Boquet.!.'. 
Green Seal Regalia..........!  65  00
Maceo s  Dream...............  35  00
Dispatch...........  
«   m
No Name...............i!.'!  "   m
Medal de  Reina.............. "   28 00
-  
Fortune  Teller.................  35 oo
Our Manager................. 
]  35 oo
Quintette....

P4-I?,ru8 Co.’s brands.

• 

35 00

60 00

COCOA

Jam e s E pps & Co.’s
Boxes, 7 lbs....................... 
4A
Cases, 16 boxes.............!!!!!  38
nn 
2V4
20 lb. bags....'.............  
Less quantity.............  
3
Pound packages__ " "  
4

C ° C° A   SHELLS

CONDENSED  M ILK

„  

,  4 d°z 

in case.
6 75

non 
Gail Borden Eagle .. 
Daisy..........;;;;; ;;;...............
Champion.............  
’ ” 4 so
Challenge..............'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.tit
Dime.

,. ..3 35  Empire....**” *".""""** " J3

W heat

Local Brands

W heat.................................
W in ter  W heat  Flou 
4 20
Patents...............................
Second  Patent....................
3  70 
Straight...............................
3  50 
Clear ...................................
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-I’utman’s Brand
Diamond  (Bs.......................  3  60
Diamond  (4s .......................  3  60
Diamond  (4s.......................  3  60
Quaker (is..........................   3  60
Quaker (4s..........................  3  (¡0
Quaker (4s..........................  3  60

Worden Grocer Co.’s  Brand

Spring  W heat  F lo u r 

Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.’s  Brand
Pillsbury’s  Best (is..........  4  35
Pillsbury’s  Best (4s . .  __  4  25
Pillsbury’s  Best (4s..........  4  16
Plllsbury's Best (is paper.  4  15
Pillsbury’s Best (4s paper.  4  15
Rail-Barn hart-Putman’s Brand

Carcass...........
Forequarters  . 
Hindquarters
Loins No. 3__
Ribs................
H ou n d s..............
Chucks...........
Plates.............

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

5(4@ 8 
5(i@ 6
7  @ 9 
9  @14
8  @14 
6  @ 7 
6  ^ ti1/, 
4  (it  5

@  5», 
@ 7 
@  6 @  7?.

7(4®  8(

Crackers

The  National 
quotes as follows:

Biscuit  Co.

B u tte r

Seym our............................  
5(4
New York........................... 
5^4
Family................................ 
5^4
Salted.................................  
514
Wolverine.............................   6

Soda

Soda  XXX.........................  6(4
Soda,  City............................. 
8
Long Island  Wafers..........  11
Zephyrette...........................  10

O yster

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

Sweet  Goods—Boxes

Faust.....................................  
7
Farina....................................  6
Extra  Farina 
..................   6(4
Saltine  W afer.......................  6
Animals..............................  10(4
Assorted  Cake....................  10
Belle Rose.............................   9
Bent’s  W ater......................  15
Buttercups... 
13
Cinnamon  Bar......................   9
I Coffee Cake,  Iced...............   10
Coffee Cake, Java...............   10
Cocoauut Taffy....................  10
Cracknells  .........................  15(4
Creams, Iced.................... 
8(4
(Team Crisp..........................  9
Crystal Creams,. 
___   10
!  C u b a n s .......................................  n y t
Currant  Fruit....................-  11
Frosted Honey..................  12(4
Frosted Cream.....................  9 *
I 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(4
1 in pedals..............................   9
Jumbles,  Honey................   12(4
l,ady Fingers.....................   11(4
Lemon  Wafers....................  14
Marshmallow......................  15
Marshmallow W alnuts__   16
Mixed  Picnic.....................   1
Milk Biscuit.
7(4
Molasses  Cake.....................  9
Molasses B ar...........
Moss Jelly  Bar........
Newton.....................
(latineal Crackers.
Oatmeal Wafers......
Orange Crisp...........
Orange  Gem............
Penny Cake...............
Pilot Bread,  XXX...
Pretzels, hand  made
Sears’  Lunch...........
Sugar Cake...............
Sugar Cream,  XXX
Sugar Squares........
Sultanas....................
Tutti  F rutti.............
16'
Vanilla Wafers..................  14
Vienna Crimp

10

Fish  and  Oysters

F resh   Fish

Olney & Judson's Brand

Worden Grocer  Co.’s Brand

Duluth  Imperial  ‘*s........
Duluth  Imperial '.¿s.......
Duluth  Imperial (4s........
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand
Gold  Medal (4s ..................  4  30
Gold  Medal %s..................  4  20
Gold Medal (4s..................  4  10
Parisian  (4s.......................   4  30
Parisian  (4s.......................  4  20
Parisian  (4s.......................  4  10
Ceresota (4s.......................   4  35
Ceresota (4s .......................   4  25
Ceresota (4s.......................  4  15
Laurel  (is..........................   4 30
Laurel  (48...........................  4 20
Laurel  (4s..........................   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...........   33
Old Corn, car lots...............  34(4
Less than car lots.............

Feed  and  MillstufTs

M eal

Corn

Oats

Car  lots...............................  27
Car lots, clipped................   29
Less than car lots.............   31
No. 1 Timothy car  lots__   11  00
No. t Timothy ton  lots....  12  50

H ay

H erring:

Holland white hoops,  bbl. 
Holland white hoopsHbbl. 
Holland white hoop,  keg.. 
Holland white hoop  mens.
Norwegian.........................
Round 100 lbs.....................
Round 40 lbs.......................
Scaled................................
Bloaters.............................. 
M ackerel
Mess 100 lbs................
Mess  40 lbs................
Mess  10 lbs................
Mess  8 lbs................
No. 1 100 lbs................
No. 1  40 lbs............... .
No. 1  10 lbs................
No. 1  8 lbs................
No. 2 100 lbs................
No. 2  40 lbs.................
No. 2  10 lbs.................
No. 2  8 lbs.................
No. 1 100 lbs.................
No. 1  40 lbs.................
No. 1 
10 lbs.................
No. 1
8 lbs.................
W hitefish

Trout

3 co

i  45
15 00 
6 30 
1  65 
1  35 
13 25 
5 60 
1  48 
1  20 
10 50 
4 50 
1  15 
1  00

Fam 
2 60
1  35
41
36

No. 2 
100  lbs.
6  50
40  lbs. ..........  3 30 2 90
10  lbs. .......... 
80
8  lbs. .......... 
66

No. 1 
..........7  50
90
75
SEEDS
Anise
..  9
Canary, Smyrna......
..  4
Caraway
Cardamon,  Malabar..............60
Celery...................................... 10
Hemp, Russian........................4(4
Mixed Bird..  .......................   4(4
Mustard, white.....................   5
Poppy...................................... 10
R ap e.........................................  4 Vi
Cuttle Bone.............................15
Scotch, in bladders...............  37
Maccaboy, in jars..................   35
French Rappee, in  jars.......  43
JAXON
Single box.............................2  85
5 box lots, delivered...........2  80
10 box lots, delivered...........2  75

' I H .   KIRK SCO/S BUNDS.

SNIIFF

SOAP

American Family, wrp’d__2 66
Dome.....................................2.76
Cabinet..................................2 20
Savon..................................... 2 60
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.....................................   5V4
Kegs, English.......................   45k

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,  10510.................... 
Nutmegs, 11520..................... 
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper,  Singagore, white. 
Pepper, shot.......................  
P u re  G round in B u lk
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

11
12
25
38
55
13

15
23
16
15

16
18

is
17
25

No. 4,3 doz. in case, gross.  4 5 
No. 6,3 doz. In case, gross.  7  21 

SYRUPS 

Corn

Barrels....................................16
Half bbls............................... is
1 doz. 1 gallon cans.......... ...2   90
1 doz. (4 gallon cans........ ...1  80
2 doz. (4 gallon cans......... ...1  80
F a ir................................... ...  16
Good................................. ...  20
Choice.............................. ...  25

P a re   Cane

V. C. Syrup Co.’s Brands.

Valley City.........................16@17
y. C., fancy flavored........18@24

M ixed

K ingsford’s  Corn

SUGAR

D iam ond

Com m on Corn

Com m on Gloss

40 l-lb. packages................   6
20 l-lb. packages................  6(4
KingKford’H Silver Gloss
40 l-lb. packages................  
6(4
•6 lb. boxes......................... 
7
64 10c packages..................  5 00
128 5c packages..................  5 00
30 10c and 64 5c packages..  5 00 
20 l-lb.  packages............... 
4%
40 l-lb.  packages...............  454
l-lb.  packages....................  414
51b. packages....................  414
51b. packages.................... 
5
40 and 551b. boxes.............  
3*4
Barrels...............................   344
Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds  the  local 
freight from New  York  to  your 
shipping point, giving you credit 
on  the  invoice  for  the  amount 
of freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market  in  which  he  purchases 
to his  shipping  point,  including 
20 pounds for the  weight  of  the 
barrel.
Domino.............................   5 44
Cut  Loaf.............................   5  56
Cm shed..............................  5 56
Cubes..................................  5 31
Powdered..........................   5 25
Coarse  Powdered 
..........  5  25
XXXX  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  G ran...  5  25 
2 lb. bags Fine  Gran 
. . .   5 25 
511». cartons Fine  G ran...  5 25
5 lb. bags Fine  Gran........   5 25
Mould A..............................  5 44
Diamond  A.........................  5  18
Confectioner’s  A ...............  494
No.  1, Columbia A...........  4 69
No.  2, Windsor A............  4  G9
No.  3, Ridgewood A.........  4 69
No.  4, Pheenix  A ............  463
No.  5, Empire A .............   456
No.  6..................................  4  50
No.  7.................................   4  44
No.  8.................................   4 38
No.
.  4 31
No. 10.......................
........ .  4 18
No. 11...................................  4 06
No. 12..................................   4 00
No. 13..................................   4 00
No. 14.................................   3 94
No. 15..................................   3 94
No. 16...................................  3 94

15
65
55
45
40

VINEGAR

TA B LE  SAUCES
LEA & 
PERRINS* 
SAUCE
The Original and 
Genuine 
W orcestersh ire.
Lea & Perrin’s, large........  3 75
Lea & Perrin’s, small.......   2 50
Halford, large....................  3 75
Halford, small....................  2  26
Salad Dressing, large.......  4  55
Salad Dressing, small.......  2 75
Malt White Wine, 40 grain..  7(4 
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 go
Babbitt’s 1776.....................   3  12
20
Gold  Dust...........................  4 25
15
Johnson’s ...........................  3 50
Swift’s  ...............................   2 88
Rub-No-More.....................  3 50
Pearline, 72 8 oz................   2 90
Pearline, 36 is ....................  2 86
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

28
48
15
25
65

 

W OODENW ARE

B askets

B a tte r  P lates

Bushels....................................
Bushels, wide  band.............. 1  10
M arket.................................’  30
Willow Clothes, large........"7  00
Willow Clothes, medium...  6 50
Willow Clothes, small.......... 5  go
No. 1 Oval, 250 in  crate.........1  80
No. 2 Oval, 250 in crate.........2 00
No. 3 Oval, 250 in crate.........2 20
No. 6 Oval, 250 In crate.........2 60
Boxes, gross boxes...............  40
Trojan spring........................9 00
Eclipse patent spring.......... 9 00
No 1 common.........................g 00
No. 2 patent brush holder. . 9 00 
12 H>. cotton mop heads....... 1  25

C lothes  P ins
Mop  Sticks

P ails
hoop Standard.1  50
2- 
hoop Standard.1
3- 
wire,  Cable.....1  60
2- 
3- 
wire,  Cable.....1  85
Cedar, all red. brass  bound. 1  25
Paper,  Eureka..................... 2 _
F ibre.....................................2 25

T abs

20-inch, Standard, No. l ......;
18-inch, Standard, No. 2..... 6 00
16-inch, Standard, No. 3......5 00
20-inch, Dowell,  No. 1.........3 25
18-inch, Dowell,  No. 2.........5 25
16-lnch, Dowell,  No. 3.........4  25
No. 1 Fibre........................... 9 00
No. 2 Fibre........................... 7 50
No. 3 Fibre........................... 6 75

W ash  Boards

Bronze Globe........................2 50
D ewey.................................   1  75
Double Acme........................2 75
Single Acme..........................2  25
Double  Peerless...................3 00
Single  Peerless.....................2 50
Northern Q ueen..................2  50
Double Duplex....................3 00
Good Luck...........................2 75
Universal.............................. 2  25

W ood  Bowls

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

YEAST  CAKE

Yeast Foam, 1(4  doz...........   50
Yeast Foam, 3  doz...............1  00
Yeast Cream, 3 doz.............   1  00
Magic Yeast 5c, 3  doz..........1  00
Sunlight Yeast, 3 doz..........  100
Warner’s Safe, 3 doz........... \  00

P ro visio 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 00 
@ 9 25 
@12  00

@   10 
@  94 
@  94 
@  8(4 
@  14 
@  7 
@  7 
@  9

7(4@  8(4 

ö--*»6% 
% 
(4 
% 
% 
%

Sm oked  M eats 

Hams, 12 lb. average. 
Hams, I4lb. average. 
Hams, 16 lb. average. 
Hams, 20 lb. average.
Ham dried  beef.......
Shoulders (N.Y.cut)
Bacon, clear.............
California (hams.......
Boneless  hams........
Cooked  ham.............
.......  10  @
L ards 
In Tierces
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 
SausaireB
Bologna....................
Liver.........................
Frankfort.................
P o rk .........................
Blood..........  ............
Tongue.....................
Headcheese..............
B eef
Extra Mess...............
Boneless....................
R um p.......................

P igs’  F eet  -

75
1  50
2 70
70
1  25
2 25

2 35 
16 00 
2 25

Kits, 16 lbs...............
H bbls., 40  lbs..........
(4 bbls., so lbs..........
T ripe
Kits, 15  lbs...............
(4 bbls., 40 lbs..........
vt bbls., 80 lbs..........
Casings
P o r k .....................
Beef rounds..............
Beef middles...........
Sheep........................
B atterin e
Rolls, dairy...............
Solid, dairy...............
Rolls, creamery.......
Solid,  creamery.......
Corned beef, 2 lb __
Corned beef, 14 lb ...
Roast beef, 2 lb........
Potted ham,  (4s .......
Potted ham,  (4s.......
Deviled ham,  14s__
Deviled bam,  (4s__
Potted tongue,  (4s.. 
Potted tongue,  (4s..
Oils
B arrels

C anned  M eats

Eocene.........................  @13
Perfection....................  @12
XXX W.W. Mich. Hdlt  @12
W. W. M ichigan........  @11(4
Diamond W hite..........  @10(4
D„ S.  Gas....................  @12(4
Deo. Naphtha..............  @12(4
Cylinder.*....................29  @34
Engine       ..................11  @23(4
Black, winter.............  @10%

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Grainsand  Feedstuffs

STARCH

Fresh  Meats

Candies

21

Stick Candy

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

(

bbls.  palls
@ 7(4 
@ 7(4 
4(?t  8 
@ 8(4 
cases
@ 6(4 
@ 8(4 
@10

M ixed Candy

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

Fancy—In  B alk  

San Bias Goodies....
Lozenges, plain.......
Lozenges, printed...
Choc. Drops.............
Eclipse Chocolates... 
Choc.  Monumcutals.
Gum  Drops..............
Moss  Drops.............
Lemon Sours............
Imperials..................
Ital. (Team Bonbons
35 lb. pails.............
Molasses  Chews,  15
lb. pails..................
Jelly  Date  Squares.
Iced Marshmellows..........
Golden Wattles...... .

@  6 
© 6(4 
@  7 @ 8 
@ 7(4 
© 8(4 
@ 8 
@  8(4 
@  8(4 
@  8(4 
@  9 
8(4
@14 
@  8(4 
@12

@11 @ 8 
@  9 
@11 
@13 
@12(4 
@ 5
(© 8(4
0  9 
@ 9(4
@11
@13
@10(4
14
@11

Fancy—In 5 lb.  Boxes

@60

Lemon  Sours........
Peppermint  Drops..
Chocolate  Drops__
H. M. Choc.  Drops.. 
H. M. Choc.  Lt.  and
Dk. No. 12.............
Gum Drops..............
Licorice  Drops........
A. It.  Licorice  Drops
Lozenges,  plain.......
Lozenges, printed...
Imperials..................
M ottoes....................
(Team  Bar...............
Molasses liar...........
Hand  Made Creams. 
(Team  Buttons, Pep.
String Rock.............
Burnt  Almonds.......1  25  @
Wintergreen Berries
C aram els
No. 1  wrapped,  3  lb.
boxes.....................

@90 
@30 
@76 
@50 
@55 
@55 
@55 
@60 
@55 
@55 
80  @90
VflOD

($65

@50

Fruits
O r a n g e s
Fancy M exicans__
Jam alcas..................
L e m o n s
Strictly choice 360s..
Strictly choice 300s..
I ancy 300s..........
Ex.  Fancy  300s........
Extra Fancy 360s  ...
B ananas

@4  25
@3  no

@4 00
@4 00
@4  50
W4  75
@4 53

Medium bunches__  1 OiKal  25
Large  bunches........  1 60@1  75

Foreign  D ried  F r nits

Figs

@
($
@ 5(4
@10
(© 6
@  6
@ 6
@ 5

Cal ¡torn ¡¡is,  Fancy..
@13
Cal. pkg, 10 lb. boxes
@12
Extra  Choice,  10  lb.
boxes, new Kmpma
@13
fancy, 12 11». boxes new ($14
Imperial Mikados, 18
lb. boxes................
Pulled, 6 lb. boxes...
Naturals, In bags  ...
Dates
Kards in 10 lb. boxes
Fards In 60 lb. cases.
Persians.  P. H .  V ...
lb.  cases, new.......
Salrs, 60 lb. cases....
Nuts
Almonds, Tarragona
Almonds,  Ivlca.......
Almonds, California,
soft shelled...........
Brazils, new.............
Filberts....................
Walnuts, Grenohles. 
Walnuts, soft shelled 
California No. 1... 
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 eanuts 
Fancy, H. P., Suns.. 
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Flags
Roasted................
Choice, H.P., Extras 
Choice, H. P., Extras 
Roasted.................

6(4@ 6
@ 7 
@  5
@  «

@17
@
@15(4 @  7 
@13 
@15
@12(4

@12(4fl@12

@13
@1  75 
||3  50

10

Hides  and  Pelts
The Cappon & Bertsch Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Street,  quotes  as 
follows:
Hides
Green  No. 1.............
Green  No. 2.............
Bulls..........................
Cured  No. 1.............
Cured  No. 2.............
Calfskins.green No. 1 
Calf skins,green No. 2 
Calfskins.cured No. 1 
Calfskins,cured No.2 
Pelts
Pelts,  each...............
Tallow
No. 1..........................
No. 2..........................
Wool
Washed,  fine...........
Washed,  medium...
Unwashed,  fine.......
Unwashed,  medium.
Furs
Cat,  wild..................
Cat, house................
Fox, red....................
Fox, gray  ................
Lynx.........................
Muskrat,  fall...........
Mink  ........................
Raccoon....................
Skunk.......................

Per lb.
White fish......................  @  10
Trout..............................  @  9
Black  Bass..................   8@
Halibut..........................  @
Ciscoes or Herring
Bluefish...............
Live  Lobster......
Boiled  Lobster...
Cod.......................
Haddock.............
No. 1 Pickerel__
Pike......................
Perch...................
Smoked  W hite...
Red  Snapper.......
Col River  Salmon 
Mackerel...................   @
F. H.  Counts............
F. J. D. Selects........
Selects......................
F. J. D.  Standards..
Anchors....................
19
I Standards................
17
Favorite....................
14
I
B ulk. 
gal.
I F. H. Counts.........................  F 75
Extra Selects........................  1 60
Selects...................................   1 35
Anchor Standards................1  15
Standards..............................1  10

@ 8(4 
@ 7(4 
@ 6(4 
@10 
@ 9 
@10 
@ 8(4 
@ 11 @ 9(4
50@1  00
@ 4 
@ 3
22@24 
25@27 
18@20 
20 i t  22
10®  75 
5@  25 
50@2 50 ! 
10@  75 
@5 00 ! 
3(4  12
Shell Goods.
20@2 00 ;
10® 1  00 I Clams, per 100.............  
1  00
15@1  40 1 Oysters, per 100..........1  25@i  50

O ysters In Cans.

20

.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Aluminum Money

Will Increase Your Business.

Cheap and Effective.

Send for samples and  prices.

C.  H.  HANSON,

44  A.  Clark  St..  Chicago.  III.

The Robe 

You 
Want

A ny  trouble  you  m ay  have  ® 
had  in  getting  the  Robe  or  •  
®  B lanket  you  wanted  to  please  ® 
a  very  particular  and  well  in-  •

come  by  a  selection  from  our 
enormous  stock.  H urry  or­
ders  filled  in  a  hurry.  W rite 
for  Cutter  and  Sleigh  price
list  and  our  illustrated  cata-  §•
logues  on  Carriages,  Har-  J  
•
ness,  E tc. 
$ 
Grand  Rapids,  M ich,  £

B R O W N   &  S E H L E R , 

in  the 
quently  the  presiding  genius 
town. 
The  town  has  no  mayor,  no 
council,  no  police,  no  courts,  and  no 
lawyers.  Capt.  Smith  is  all  that  is  nec 
essary.  Liquor  may  not  be  sold  in  the 
town  and  there  is  no  drunkenness.  No 
newspaper  is  published.  No  one  can  be 
domiciled  in  the  place  until  his  record 
has  been  proved  satisfactory.  Negroes 
are  not  barred,  but  their  presence  is  not 
welcome.  Children  are  employed  in  the 
mills,  but  at  definite  periods  they  are 
required  to  leave  their  work  and  attend 
school.  Pupils  that  show  special  abil­
ity  are  given  more  extended  opportuni­
ties  for  education,  but 
in  no  case  do 
they  fail  to  learn  their  trade.

N ew   W ay  to  M ake  Glass.

It 

In  the  new  process  of  manufacturing 
sheet  glass  the  plastic  glass  is  rolled 
between  metal  plates and  rollers  covered 
with  soft  material,  such  as  paper,  wood- 
pulp,  asbestos  or  celluloid. 
is  said 
that  by  means  of  this  process  sheets  of 
unusual  thinness  and  very  smooth  and 
transparent  can  be  produced.  The glass 
may  be  rolled  in  various  ways,  such  as 
between  rollers,  arranged  so  as  to  de­
posit  the  rolled  sheet  upon  a  plate,  or 
by  several  pairs  of  rollers,  arranged  so 
as  to  roll  the  plate  thinner  and  thinner. 
Provision  is  also  made  by  the,  inventor 
to  keep  the  fibrous  materials  moist 
during  the  rolling  by  having  hollow 
spaces  in  the  ¡dates  and  rollers,  with 
perforations  extending  to  the  surfaces, 
by  which  water  can  be  supplied  from 
within.

Cem ent  F o r  F asten in g  W ood  to  Cast Iro n .
A   correspondent  recently  asked  the 
American  Machinist  for  a  formula  of 
cement  which  would  answer  in  many 
kinds  of  pattern  work,  where  wood  and 
iron  must  be  joined  together.  The  fol­
lowing  reply  was  given:  A  cement 
recommended  for  fastening wood  to  iron 
is  made  by  dissolving  glue  in  boiling 
water,  making 
the  consistency  of 
cabinetmaker’s  glue,  and  then,  while 
stirring,  add  a  sufficient  quantity  of 
wood  ashes  to  produce  a  mixture  re­
sembling  varnish.  The  surfaces  to  be 
united  are  heated  and  covered  with  this 
cement  and  allowed  to  cool.  We  doubt, 
however,  if  this  cement  will  prove  en­
tirely  satisfactory  for  pattern  work  un­
less  it  is  supplemented  by  some  form  of 
fastening,  such  as  screws  or  dowel-pins.

it 

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Hardware

U n iform   C h arge  F o r  C o llectio n   o f  L ocal 

Ch ecks.

in 

in 

this 

force 

institutions  at 

Banking  interests throughout the coun­
try  manifest  considerable  interest  in  the 
proposition  that  a  uniform  plan  be  de­
vised  and  put 
in  regard  to 
charges  for  the  collection  of  checks 
drawn  on  distant  points.  There  are, 
however,  many  difficulties 
in  the  way 
of_  formulating  any  uniform  scheme  of 
this  kind.  Local  business  and  banking 
interests  manifestly  render  it  necessary 
into  consideration  the  special 
to  take 
connection  which 
conditions 
exist  at  different  cities. 
The  whole 
matter  was,  however,  earnestly discussed 
at  the^meeting  of the American Bankers’ 
Association,  held  at  Cleveland  last  Sep­
tember.  A   committee  of  bankers,  repre­
senting 
the  principal 
Western  cities,  was  appointed  to  con­
sider  the  matter,  and this  committee  has 
recently  proposed  a  resolution,  to  be 
adopted  by  the  various  clearing-house 
associations,  which in  effect would  lodge 
power  to  formulate  a  scale  of  charges 
for  collections  in  each  of  the  local  asso­
ciations.  The  clearing-house  authorities 
throughout  the  country  have  been  in­
vited  to  express  their  views  upon  the 
resolution,  and  a  series  of  conferences 
will  be  held  between  the  committee  and 
the  various 
delegates  from 
clearing 
houses,  and 
is  hoped  that  the  move­
it 
ment  will  result  in  some  positive  action 
before  many  months  are  over. 
It  would 
seem, 
that  prominent  bank 
officers  in  all  sections  are  agreed  as  to 
the  propriety  of  making  a  change  for 
handling  out-of-town 
items,  although  it 
is  also  recognized  that  any  general 
movement  of  that  kind  involves  consid­
erable  difficulty  and  can  only  be  carried 
out  after the  fullest  deliberation.

indeed, 

Sub stitute  F o r  Glass.

it 

In  _Manila  the  natives  have  a  queer 
substitute 
for  glass,  as  described  in  an 
exchange.  It  is  a  bivalve  shell  of  about 
nine 
inches  of  surface,  so  transparent 
that  print  can  readily  be  seen  through 
it,  and  admitting  a  mellow  light  in  a 
room  where 
is  used  as  a  window 
glass.  The  shell  is  an  attractive  object, 
perfectly  straight  and  in  appearance  re­
sembles  isinglass.  One  would  imagine 
that  it  was  some  skillful  invention of the 
natives,  could  not  the  growth  rings  be 
readily  observed.  The  other  side  of  the 
shell  is  perceptibly  rough,  while  the  in­
terior  is  perfectly  glazed  over,  and  in 
the  light  has  the  pearly  lustre  found 
in 
many  of  the  thin-shelled,  oyster-like 
mollusks  of  the  tropics.  The  shell  is 
well-known  in  China,  where  it  goes  by 
the  name  of  the  window  oyster. 
It  is 
employed  there  also  for  windows  and 
used  in  lanterns.

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Is more  complete  and  attractive  than  ever  be­
fore.  We are not In the Trust.  We want good 
agents everywhere.

ARNOLD,  SCHWINN  &  CO.,

Makers, Chicago, 111.

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

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C h eck in g   an   In d u stry.

M istake  o f  D atin g A head .

In  the  opinion  of  a  well-known  writer

The  Pinkerton  Detective  Agency  of 
New  York  City  has  just finished  investi­
gations  concerning  the  use of  electricity 
by  bank  burglars,  says  an  electrical 
The  Pinkertons  apparently 
journal. 
take  little  stock 
in  the  reports  of  suc­
cessful  burglaries by  means of successive 
currents. 
In  their  report  on  the  subject 
to  the  American  Bankers’  Association 
they  sa y :  1 ‘ There  has  never  been  a 
successful  burglary  of  a  bank  vault  or 
safe  by  the  use of electricity,and  we  feci 
is 
safe  in  assuring  members  that  there 
on  business  topics,  the retailer is the  one  sa*e  ' n  as?uring  members  that  there 
no _ necessity  for  alarm  over  what 
is 
who  should,  above  all  others,  buy  on  no  necessity  for  alarm 
claimed  as  the  new  power  to  commit 
short  time  and  carry  the  smallest  stock 
burglaries 
The  use  of  electricity  to 
necessary  to  the  business  that  he  does.
melt  steel  has  been  known  for  many 
He  should  open  up  at  the  proper  season 
years,  but 
impracticable  to  rob 
it 
fresh 
lines  of  each  class  of  goods  that 
banks  w ith.”
he  carries  and  these  new  goods  should  ,
be  bright  and  seasonable.  Too  often 
tempted,  however,  by  dating  ahead, 
he  makes^  his  purchases  out  of  season,' 
^  carload  of  old  iron,  consisting  of 
and  thereby  cumbers  his  shelves  with  a^Jut  forty  tons,  shipped  recently  from 
goods  that  long  before  the  proper  time  R aci.ne>  Wis.,  and  sold  for $12  per  ton, 
for  consumption  arrives  have  become  j famished  the  text  to  a  local  paper  for 
shop-worn,  undesirable,  and,  in  the  eyes  an.appropriate  little  sermon.  The  ma- 
in  the  car of  old  material  cost 
of  employes  and  customers,  old  or  past  j  cl“ nery 
style.  All  these  disadvantages  follow , 
in  that  vicinity  about 
upon  the  plan  of  dating  ahead.  In addi-  ? l8>°°°  and  a  large  portion  of  it had lost 
tion,  the  retailer  under  the  offer  is  very '  !ts  usefulness  from  lack  of  proper  hous- 
in  his  j  in£  when  not  *n  use.  The  reckless 
generally  tempted  to  overbuy 
early  purchases,  because  the  time  of  waste  of  valuable  machinery through ex­
posure  to  winter  weather  aggregates
payment  seems  so  far  ahead. 
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millions  of dollars  annually  to  the  farm-
ers  of  America.

T h e  W aste  o f  M aterial,

A  Profit-Sharing Town. 

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farmers 

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is 

in  South  Carolina. 

A   remarkable  town  in  many  respects 
is  Pelzer, 
It  is  a 
profit-sharing  community  of  about  7,000 
inhabitants,  built  up  around  four  cotton 
mills,  which  employ  3,000  persons.  The 
corporation  owning  the  mills  owns  the 
town  also,  and  will  sell  no  part  of  the I 
land,  leasing  it  to  preferred  persons  for 
limited  periods.  Capt.  John  Smith  is I 
the  head  of  the  corporation,  and  conse- |

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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 
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Hardware  Price  Current

Advance over base, on both Steel and  Wire.

N ails

A  B rig h ten in g   P ro sp ect  F o r  th e   South. 
Written for the Tradesman.

Southern 

in  certain 

The  cloud  which  has  been  hanging 
over  the  South  seems  to  be  scattering. 
The  recent  outrage  in  Kentucky,  where 
white  fiends  tortured  and  burned  to 
death  a  black  one,  indicates  that  the 
scattering  will  not  be  rapid,  but  when 
the  best  element  in  the  State  deliberate­
ly  reaches  a  conclusion,  as 
it  did  in 
Georgia  the  other  day,  and  that  con­
clusion  is  one  in  which  the  whole  coun­
try  heartily  concurs,  it  is  only  a  ques­
tion  of  time  when  the  cloud  will  dis­
It  has  been  a  question,  and  is 
appear. 
now 
localities, 
whether  the  right  of  suffrage,  by  fair 
means  or  foul,  shall  not  be  wrested  from 
the  black,  the  general 
the  hands  of 
trend  of  public  sentiment 
leaning 
strongly  to  a  determined  Yes.  When, 
then,  in  the  Georgia  House  of  Repre­
sentatives  the  Hardwick  bill,  contem­
plating  the  practical  disfranchisement 
of  the  negro  voters  of  that  State,  was 
defeated  by  a  vote  of  137  to  3,  the  as­
tonished  country  could  hardly  believe 
its  ears;  and  the  forceful  and  expres­
sive,  “ W ell!”   which  has  come 
from 
every  quarter,  has  in  it  a  tone  of  satis­
faction 
It 
is  a 
foreshadowing  that  the  old  has 
passed  away,  and  while  it  will  be  years 
before  it  has  wholly  gone,  the  prospect 
is  encouraging  as  well  as brightening.

is  most  grateful  to  hear. 

it 

Its  field 

is  peculiarly 

No  part  of  the  country  has  greater 
possibilities  than  the  South. 
Its  re­
sources  are  enormous,  its  energy  is  tre­
mendous. 
its 
own,  and  its destiny must largely remain 
in  its  own  hands.  What 
it  needs  more 
than  anything  else  are  the  capital,  the 
ingenuity  and  the  skillful  workman  be­
hind  the  machine. 
These  for  many 
years  must  come  from  outside.  They 
will  not  come,  however,  where  factions 
are  at  war with  one  another.  Capital, 
always  timid,  never  ventures  abroad 
when  storms  are  raging  or  brewing. 
Peace  and  security  must  have  settled 
down  before  he  appears.  The  workman, 
skilled  or  unskilled,  so  far  follows  in 
the  footsteps  of  his  co-workei,  in  prin­
ciple  as  well  as  in  practice,  that  he  will 
not  risk  his  fortunes,as  well  as  the  lives 
of  wife  and  children  where  anarchy 
lives  and  rules.  Not  that  the  black 
man’s  cause  is  his.  He  has  no  morbid
desire  that  the  black  man  shall  hold 
office;  but  he  does  concern  himself 
greatly  over  the  fact  that  a  vote  cast 
shall  be  counted  on  the  side  the  voter 
intended 
it  to  be,  and  he  insists  that  a 
state  or  section  of  country  where  the  re­
verse  of  that  condition  of  things  pre­
vails  is  not  the  place  where  he  wants 
to  go  to  better  his  condition.

live 

Georgia,  by  this  action  of  her  Legis­
lature,  has  done  much  to  gain  the  grow­
ing  confidence  of  the  country. 
She 
has  done  more  towards  lifting  the  doubt 
which  has  hovered  so  long  over the most 
perplexing  question  which  this  country 
has  been  called  upon  to  answer. 
If  as 
a  result  of  this  action  the  black  man 
can 
in  her  borders  and  enjoy  the 
rights  and  privileges  which  belong  to 
him,  not  only  is  that  matter  settled,  but 
the  prosperity  of  the  South  is  assured. 
Capital  will  come,  and  the  laborer  will 
come,  and  his  family  will  come  with 
him. 
The  traditional  two  blades  of 
grass  will  spring  up  in  the  place  of  the 
one  blade. 
the 
lynching  party  will  no  longer  blight  the 
’ landscape,  and  under  the  tide  of  good 
times  will  disappear  every  trace  of  the 
so  many  years 
prejudice  which 
cursed  the  fairest 
land  the  sun  looks 
down  upon.  Georgia  is  the  first  to  over­

lamppost  and 

The 

for 

come  her  prejudices.  She  will  be  the 
first  to  reap  the 
inevitable  blessings, 
and 
it  is  to  be  hoped  that  these  will  be 
so  abundant  that  others  of  the  Southern 
sisterhood  of  states,  induced  by  her  ex­
ample,  will  do  likewise,  and,  like  her, 
be  blessed. 

Reuben  M.  Streeter.

In sp ira tio n   in  Shoestring.

The  diffident  y. ung  man  had  wanted 
to  propose  to  the  girl,  but  for  the  life 
of  him  he  did  not  know  how  to  go about 
it.  He  read  books  on  the  subject  and 
sought 
information  from  men  who  had 
experience;  and  while  the  theories  were 
admirable,  in  every 
instance  he  found 
that  the  practice  thereof  was  a  different 
thing.

He  was  walking  with  her  one  even­
ing,  thinking  over  these  things,  when 
her shoe  became  untied.  She  stuck  out 
foot  with  a  smile, 
her  pretty 
little 
it,  and  he  fell  on  his 
looked  down  at 
knees  and 
Then  he 
walked  on  with  her  and  the shoe became 
untied  again.  The  third  time  it  hap­
pened  he  was  ready,  as  before.

tied  the 

“ See  if  you  can’t  tie  a  knot  that  will 
stick,”   she  said,  as  he  worked  away 
at  it.

lace. 

He  looked  up  at  her  tenderly.
“ If  I  can’t  I  know  a  man  who  can,”  

he  said.

“ Do  you  want  him  to  tie  it?”   she 

asked,  coquettishly.

“ Y es,”   he  replied.
She  jerked  her  foot  away.
He  smiled  to  himself.
“ It’s  the  parson,”   he  said,  and  he 

rose  to  his  feet  and  finished  the  work.

H eat  Valve  F o r  Gas  Stoves.

A  heat-controlling  mechanism  for  use 
in  adjusting  the  supply  of  gas  from  a 
gas  stove,  so  that  it  will  maintain  any 
given  temperature,  such  as  that  required 
for  the  heating  of  milk,  the  boiling  of 
water or  for  use 
in  turning  on  water 
sprays  when  adapted  for  fire  alarm  pur­
poses,  is  the  invention  of  two  English­
men,  Ernest  Griffiths  and  William 
Dampier,  of  Cambridge.  The  essential 
feature  of  the 
is  an  easily 
fusible  alloy,  contained  in  one  tube,  the 
expansion  of  which,  in  melting,  acts  on 
a  rod  or  lever  which  in  its  turn  operates 
a  ratchet  or  star  wheel,  thereby  turning 
off  the  gas  or  turning  on  the  water 
sprays,  according  to  the  use  to  which  it 
has  been  put. 
It  is  most  important  that 
such  a  device  be  capable  of  being 
readily  reset  for  use  again  and  again, 
and  that,  too,  without  a  renewal  of  the 
fusible  alloy  or  other  parts, 
features 
possessed  by  this  arrangement.

invention 

That  Stamp  Tax.

“ Sdy, ”   said the book-keeper,  address­
ing  the  cashier,  and  winking  knowingly 
at  the  office  boy,  “ do  you  know  any­
thing  about  this  new  stamp  tax?”

“ Sure,”   replied  the  cashier;  “ what 

do  you  want  to  know?”

the 

continued 

“ Suppose,”  

book­
keeper,  “ that  I  wanted  to  express  my 
opinion;  would  I  have  to  stamp  the  ex­
press  receipt?”

*‘ Undoubtedly, ’ ’answered  the cashier. 
“ But  if  you  will  allow  me,  I  would  sug­
gest  that  you  forward  your  opinions*by 
mail. ”

“ And  why  by  mail?”   asked  the  auto­

crat  of  the  ledger.

“ Because,”   replied  the  cashier,  “ as 
they  have  no  weight,  it  would  be  much 
cheaper. ”

R eason  fo r  H is  L ib erality .

A   stalwart  policeman  approached  an 
old  gentleman  the  other  night,  and,  tak­
ing  a  book  from  his  pocket,  asked  him 
if  he  would  subscribe  $i  toward  the 
burying  expense  of  a  deceased  brother 
officer.

gave  him  a  $5  bill.

The  old  gentleman  very  generously 
“ Thank  you,  sir,”   Robert  said,  and 
was  about  to  give  the  gentleman  his 
change,  when  the 
latter  stopped  him 
and  said :

“ Never  mind  about  the  change.  Bury 

four  more  policemen.”

The  best  kind  of  common  sense 

really  an  uncommon  thing.

is 

A ugurs  and  B its
Snell’s .........................................
Jennings’ genuine..........................
Jennings’ Imitation.........................

Axes

First Quality, S. B. Bronze...........
First Quality, D. B.  Bronze............
First Quality, S. B. S.  Steel..........
First Quality,  D. B. Steel...............

Railroad..........................................
Garden............................

Barrow «

B olts

Stove ..............................................
Carriage, new  list...........................
Plow  ............................

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

Bucket»

B utts,  Cast

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

Cartridge«

Rim F ire ........
Central F ire ....................................

C hain

4  In. 

5-16 in.

Com...............   8  c.  ...  7  c.  ... 6  C.  .
BB.................   9 
BBB...............  9(4 

4   In.
... 6%
... 74 

4  In.
.  6  C.
64
. ..  74

...  7« 
...  84 
Crowbar»

Cast Steel, per lb............................

Caps

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

Chisel«

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

Elbows

Com. 4 piece, 6 In., per doz................. net 
66
Corrugated, per doz.............................. 
126
Adjustable............................................ dls  40&10

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;  25 and 26;  27, 
List  12 
16. 

13 

14 

Discount, 70

15 
Gas  P ip e

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

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

Ganges

Glass

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

H am m ers

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

.......dls
.......dis
...... dis

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

H inges

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

H ollow   W are
Pots..............................................•.
K ettles...........................................
Spiders...........................................
H orse  N ails

30&10
25

70&10
70
60&10

28
17

40&10

60&10

80&20
80&20
80

334
40&10
70

60&10

50&10
50&10
50&10

Au Sable............................................... dls  40&10
Putnam.................................................. dls 
5

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

70
20&10

Iro n

Bar  Iron.................................................   3  c rates
Light Band............................................   34c rates

K nobs—New  L ist

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

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

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

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

L anterns

Levels

M attocks

Metals—Zinc

600 pound casks..............................
Per pound.......................................
M iscellaneous
Bird Cages......................................
Pumps, Cistern............................. .
Screws, New L ist..........................
Casters, Bed and  Plate.................
Dampers, American.....................
M olasses  Gates

85
1  00

5 25
6 00

70

60

748

40
70
80
50&10&10
50

Pans

Stebbins’ Pattern.................................. 
60&10
Enterprise, self-measuring.................. 
30
Fry, Acme....................... :.....................  60&10&10
Common,  polished...............................  
70&5
P a te n t  P lan ish ed   Iro n

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

Broken packages ‘Ac per pound extra.

P lanes

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

 

60
25&10
50&10

6 50
10  00
7 75
11  60

14 00
30 00

60
45
50

$3  75

65
60

40&10
20

 

Steel nails, base....................................  
Wire nails, base.................................... 
20 to 60 advance....................................  
10 to 16 advance...................... 
8 ad vance.............................................. 
6 advance.............................................. 
4 advance.............................................. 
3 advance.............................................. 
2 advance.............................................  
Fine 3 advance.................... ....................
Casing 10 advance................................. 
Casing 8 advance................................... 
Casing 6 advance................................... 
Finish 10 advance................................. 
Finish 8 advance..................................  
Finish 6 advance..................................  
Barrel  % advance.................  
 
Rivets

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

Roofing  P lates

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

Sisal, 4  inch and larger....................... 
Manilla................................................... 

Ropes

3 26
3  40
Base
06
10
20
30
45
70
15
26
36
26
35
45
86

50
45

6  50
7  50
13 00
5 50
6  50
II  00 
13 00

114
16

50

22 50

6

65
55
45
75

65
66
66
65

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

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

Sand  P ap er

Sash  W eights

Sheet  Iro n

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

Nos. 10 to 14......................................$3  20 
Nos. 16 to 17.....................................  3  20 
Nos. 18 to 21.....................................   3  30 
Nos. 22 to 24 ....................................   3  40 
Nos. 25 to 26 ....................................   3  50 
No. 27................................................  3 60 
wide, not less than 2-10 extra.

Shells— Loaded

Loaded with Black  Powder...................dis 
40
Loaded with  Nitro  Powder.................. dis  40&10

Shot

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

Shovels  and  Spades

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

I  46
l  70

8  60
8  10

4 @ 4 ......................................................  
20
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
In the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to composition.

Solder

Squares

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

Tin—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 oiler  Slze  Tin  P late 

14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, )
14X56 IX, for No. 9 Boilers.) per P°und •• 

Traps

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

Wire

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

Wire  Goods

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

W renehes

Baxter’s Adjustable, Nickeled........... 
Coe’s Genuine........................................ 
Coe’s Patent Agricultural.  Wrought..70&10

66

$850
9  76

8 50

' 7  00

7 00
8 60
8 50

10

75
40&10
C6&10
15
1  25

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

76
75
76
76

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M U N I C I P A L   B E A U T Y .

T e n   L o c a l  Feature» 
m e n t  ]

In  W hich  Improve
P o s s i b l e .

inculcate  a  love  for  the  beautiful 

No  man  in  Michigan  has  done  more 
to 
in 
nature  than  Charles  W.  Garfield,  who 
has  gone  up  and  down the  State  for fully 
a  quarter of  a  century  encouraging  the 
development  of  the  horticultural  and 
fioricultural  possibilities  of  the  State 
and  preaching  the  doctrine  of  landscape 
beauty  along  certain  well-defined  and 
practical 
lines.  To  the  constant  en­
couragement  and  enthusiastic leadership 
of  Mr.  Garfield  are  due  in great measure 
the  wonderful  development  and  expan­
sion  of  the  fruit  growing  industry  of 
Michigan,  and 
through  many  weary 
weeks  of  waiting  he  has  finally  suc­
ceeded 
in  arousing  the  attention  of  the 
people  to  the  necessity  of  taking  a  de­
termined  stand  on  the  subject  of  for­
estry,  the  neglect  of  which  has  cost  the 
people  of  this  State  untold  and  un­
counted  millions  and  endowed  future 
generations  with  an 
irksome  burden 
under  which  they  will  be  compelled  to 
suffer  for a hundred years to come.  Some 
of  Mr.  Garfield’s  best  work  has  been 
bestowed  on  the  subject  of  beautifying 
the  municipality  of  which  he  is  an  hon­
ored  member,  and  it  affords  the  Trades­
man  much  pleasure  to  be  able  to  pre­
sent  herewith  a  verbatim  copy  of tKe  re­
marks  he  recently  made  along  these 
lines  at  one  of  the  university  extension 
lectures  on  municipal  beauty  at  All 
Souls  church,  as  follows:

When  Professor  Zeublin  spoke  of  the 
landscape  gardener  as  a  kind  of 
last 
resort  in  the  development  of  municipa' 
beauty,  I  sat  somewhat  uneasily  in  my 
seat,  but,  after  enjoying  his  beautiful 
views,  in  which  the  work  of  the 
land 
scape  gardener  was  so  strongly 
in  evi 
dence,  I  took 
‘  actions  speak 
louder  than  words,”   and  I  was  willing 
to  interpret  him  through  his  pictures.

it  that 

If  the 

landscape  gardener  had  pre 
ceded  the  civil  engineer and  the  archi­
tect 
in  arranging  for the  future  Grand 
Rapids,  he  would  have  saved  n  great 
deal  of  natural  beauty  and  an 
immense 
amqunt  of  useless  expenditure of monev 
We  would,  also,  have  had  a 
far more 
beautiful  city  to-day.  But  Grand  Rap­
ids 
is  not  devoid  of  beauty.  To  one 
standing  on  the  Dias  Hill,  twelve  miles 
south  o f this  city,  and  looking  over  the 
valley,  there 
is  a  view  that  rivals  that 
famous  valley  at  Arbois,  France,  as 
seen  by  the  traveler going  toward  Paris 
from  the  Jura  Mountains.  The  view 
from  Prospect  Hill  looking  southwest 
when  the  liver  is  fairly  well  filled  with 
water,  is  one  that  compares  favorably 
with  the  noted  one  which  has  Ben 
Lomond  as  a  view  point,  Loch  Lomond 
in  the  foreground  and  the  city  of  Glas­
gow  in  the  horizon.  From  the  relief  of 
ground  northwest  of  our city,  looking 
Over  what 
is  known  as  the  bend  of  the 
river,  there  is  a  landscape  as  perfect  in 
its  details  as  the  one  exhibited  to  us 
by  Professor  Zeublin,  using  Guy’s 
Tower  as  the  view  point  and  the  land­
scape  of  the  Warwick  domain  as  the 
picture.  The  admirable  coloring  in  our 
valley 
in  all  Europe 
north  of  the  wrinkled  crust  of  Switzer­
land.

is  not  equaled 

in  architecture. 

The  basis  of  municipal  beauty,  I  take 
it,  is  proportion 
In 
this  line  we  have  very  little  in  the  way 
of  public  buildings.  With  the  City  Hall 
and  All  Souls’  Church  at  the  beginning 
of  the  list,  I  would  not  like  to  continue 
it  further with  any  commendation;  but 
we have unusual beauty in our home roof- 
impetus  given  to  this  line 
trees.  The 
of  architectural  beauty 
in  this  city  of 
furniture  designers  has  been  remarked 
upon  favorably  by  all  of  our visitors 
who  have  a  quick  eye  for  gepius  in 
architecture.  Then,  we  have  added  to 
this  a  perfection  in  lawns  to  be found  in 
no  other city  of  my  acquaintance.  For 
this  beauty,  which  sets  out  our  progress 
in  architectural  lines  so  delicately,  we

are  indebted  to  the  liberal  policy  pur­
sued  by  our  city 
in  the  use  of  water. 
The  bits  of  perfect  turf  found  here  that 
really  rival  the  celebrated  lawns  of  O x­
ford,  which  have  been  rolled  for  four 
hundred years,  are  due  to  the  conditions 
produced  by  the  free use of water,  which 
England  has  without 
the  use  of  the 
sprinkler.

Again,  we  have  made  very  large  use 
of  Nature  s_  drapery.  Our  houses  are 
decorated  with  delicate vines  calculated 
to  emphasize  the  beauty  of  architecture. 
We  are  beginning,  also,  to  use  some  of 
Nature’s  embroidery  very  effectively  in 
the  embellishment  of  our  lawns  by  the 
skillful  planting  of 
shrubbery.  Our 
range  of  beauty  produced  by  the  free 
use  of  trees  and  shrubs  and  vines  is 
wider  than  in  most  regions,  because  of 
the 
large  number  of  varied  species  in 
digenous  to  our  Peninsula.

^s  to  what  we  can  do,  the  field  is 
v^ Ty  fruitful,  and  I  can  scarcely do more 
than  arrange  a  short  list  of  suggestions:
*•  Enforce  cleanliness  by  ordinance. 
Make 
it  a  misdemeanor to  scatter  bits 
3i  paper  upon  the  street.  Enforce  peo-

pie  to  respect  the  property  of  the  city 
as  they  would  have  their own  propertv 
-
respected. 
2.  Call  attention  in  some  inoffensive 
way  to  the  many  beautiful  view  points 
in  our  city,  so  that  even the  unpracticed 
observer  may  have  his  eyes  called to  the 
many  beautiful  landscapes  within  easy 
reach  of  the  center of  our  town.

3’ .  Develop  at 

least  one  beautiful 
driving  street,  free  from  street  cars  and 
other obstructions,  laid  out  as  a  unit  by 
a  landscape  gardener  and  developed  bv 
the  residents  with  reference  to  the  pub­
ic,  sinking,  largely,  personal  preference 
n  the  desire  to  give  a  park-like  effect 
that  shall  enrich  the  city.  The  smaller 
breathing  places,  of  our  city 
Puarkf. 
should  be  planted 
in  such  a  way  as  to 
make  them  attractive  the  whole  year. 
At  present,  the  summer  effect 
is  em­
phasized  by  the  use  of perishable plants 
In  the  winter  these  places  are  bare.  By 
the  use  of  shrubbery  in  an 
inexpensive 
way,  these  places  could  be  made  even 
more  beautiful  in  winter than  they  are 
now  in  summer.
4-  The  owners  of  vacant  lots  who  are 
so careless  of  the  city’s  reputation  as  to 
allow  rubbish  to  be  piled  upon  them 
and  weeds  to  grow  up,  so  that  they  are 
not  only  eyesores,  but  a  menace  to 
neighbonng  owners, 
should  be  com- 
pelled  by  the  public  sentiment  of  their 
neighborhoods  to  so  care  for  their  prop- 
erty  as  not  to  detract  from  the  reputa­
tion  of  the  neighborhood. 
If  this  object 
can  be  reached  in  no  other way,  it  could 
be  profitably  accomplished  by  organiza­
tion  of  property  owners,  who  would 
perhaps,  be  granted  the  privilege  of 
caring  for  these  premises,  so  that  they 
would  not  be  a  disgrace  to  the  part  of 
the  city  in  which  they  are  located?
, 5-  Then,  there  is  the  river  front. 
It 
should  be  made  an  attractive  place  from 
which  to  view  an  interesting  part  of  the 
city.  At  present,  we  all  desire  to  call 
the  attention  of  our  visitors  to  other 
things  in  the  distance  while crossing the 
river.  There  should  be  a  united  effort

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

on  the  part  of  factory  owners  to  embel­
lish  their  premises  and,  through  this 
object  lesson,  to  bring  about  a  general 
ornamentation  of  the  homes  of  their em 
ployes.  This  has  been  done  successfully 
in  other  manufacturing  cities  with  far 
less  natural  adaptation  to  it  than ours.

6.  We  all  know  that  we  need  a  library 
building.  My  own  view 
is  that  we 
should  have  a  building  far  more  attrac­
tive  than  anything  we  now  possess  to  be 
devoted  to  literature,  art  and  science.  It 
will  not  matter  very  much  the amount  of 
money  that  we  put  into  a  building  of 
this  character,  if 
it  shall  be  suited  to 
the  purposes  sought  and  of  sufficient 
capacity  to  serve  us  well  for  the  next 
century.

Detroit— The  Standard  Brass  Works 
has  filed  articles  of  association  for  the 
purpose  of  handling  all  kinds  of  brass 
goods.  The  capital  stock  is  §5,000,  80 
per  cent,  of  which  is  paid  in.  The  in­
corporators  are :  Thomas  H.  and  Mary 
L.  Fraser,  Frank  X.  and  Maggie  M 
Brabant.

Detroit— The  Nugol  Chemical  Co.  has 
filed  articles  of  association  with  a  capi­
tal  stock  of §5,000.  The  incorporators 
are  Julius  Newman,  S.  Lou  Goulson 
and  Harry  C.  Haywood.

7. 

I  do  not  wish  to  criticise  the 

line j 
of  development  pursued  at  John  Ball 
Park,  but  I  do  sincerely  wish  that  we 
might  save  all  of  the  natural  beauty  of 
that  delightfully-located  piece  of  ground 
and  not  suffer  it  to  be  despoiled  by  ou 
theatrical  methods.

8.  The  possibilities  of  the  Black 
Hills  as  an  opportunity  to  develop  a fine 
forest  within  easy  reach  of  our  citizens 
grows  upon  me  with  the  years.  That 
celebrated  forest  at  The  Hague  has  a 
world-wide  reputation— not  entirely  be­
cause  of 
its  beauty,  but  because  of  its 
immediate  proximity  to  the  great  city
1  would  like  to  see  the  Black  Hills  de' 
veloped  in  this  way.

9-  Then,  there 

is  Reed's  Lake,  our 
nearest  outing  place,  which  ought  to  be 
under  the  control  of  our  city  and,  if 
rightly  managed,  would  give  us  a  most 
delightful  suburban  resort,  worth  all  it 
will  cost  to  the  health  of  the  city.

io.  Our cemeteries  should  be  made 
something  more  than  cities  of  the  dead 
They  should  be  attractive  places  for  the 
eyes  of  the  living.  For  this  object  we 
have  accomplished  very  little  thus  far, 
although  the  locations  are  ideal  for  the 
accomplishment  of  this  purpose.  Now 
that  we  are  on  the  eve  of  the  establish­
ment  of  permanent  water  works,  prob­
ably  to  be  located'-somewhere  near  the 
city,  we  should  have  a  water  works 
park  that  will  rival  anything  of  the kind 
in  any  city  of our  country,  because  we 
have  the  wonderful  advantages  in  the 
landscape  views  from  this  locality.

There  are  a  lot  of  other things  in  my 
mind,  but  I  have  given  sufficient  for 
immediate  rumination.

I  would  ask  of  myself,  and  of  you, 
Who  will  accomplish  this  work  of  evo­
lution  in  our city?  Will the  city  author­
ities?  Judging  from  the  past,  we  have 
very 
little  to  expect  in  this  direction. 
Will  the  Board  of  Trade?  There is  noth- 
ing 
in  the  history  of  this  organization 
that  would  lead  us  to  predict  any  such 
action  from  this  body.  To  whom,  then 
1  have  one  sug­
shall  we  turn  for aid? 
gestion  and  it  is  th is:  Our  city 
is  re­
nowned  for  its  women's  clubs.  Nowhere 
have  these  associations  assumed  such 
proportions  or  done  such excellent work 
If  these  clubs  will  unitedly  take  hold  of 
this  work  of  systematically adding to the
beauty  of  our  city  upon  some  definite 
plan,  the  work  will  be  accomplished 
1 
have  as  great  faith 
in  it  as  I  have  in 
the  beneficent  influence  of  our American 
homes  that  are  moulded  by  our  noble 
American  women.

Why  Cass  City  Should  Have a  Sugar Fac­

tory.

from 

Cass  City,  Dec.  26— I  should  like  to 
have  the  Tradesman  present  the  advan­
tages  of  Cass  City  as  a  desirable  loca­
tion  for  a  beet  sugar  factory.  We  are 
located  on  the  P.,  0 .  &  N.  Railroad, 
seventy-five  miles  north  of  Pontiac  and 
twenty-five  miles  from  the  terminus  of 
foad  (Caseville)  on  Saginaw  Bay. 
The 
land 
the  shore  to  North 
Branch,  thirty  miles  south  of  us,  is  very 
favorably  adapted  to  the  raising of sugar 
beets  and,  as  we  are 
located on  Cass 
River,  we  have  an  abundant  supply  of 
vein  water— all  the  water  necessary  for 
such  a  business.  The  vein  water  of 
^asSM 
-ty*  a^er  analysis,  shows  a  very 1 
small  percentage  of  salt.  We  also  ex­
pect  the  extension  of  the  Michigan Cen-1 
tral  Railway  branch  from  Caro  to  this ! 
place  in  the  spring,  which  will  also  add 1 
to  our  advantages. 

O.  K.  Janes.

ffc?.di.erti 8e/ ne^ ts  will  be  inserted  under 
ij**8  head  for  two  cents  a  word  the  first 
insertion  and  one  cent  a  word  for each 
taken**'for^ 1," 8er*lon- , ? o   advertisements 
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dollar  stock  of  groceries,  feed,  etc
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OPPORTUNITY  TO  BUY  OUT 
hjjsiness—good  clean  stock  dry  goods 
I1“? groceries;  well established trade in  town  of
iM eh ™.lfa iwi.u>est fF ming  country  in  Central 
C R e a s o n s  for  selling,  other  business 
Address No. 158, care Michigan Tradesman.  158
rl'®®,  ®ALE — ONE  CARLOAD  26  FEET 
tf  i^fd ar  poles,  four  inch  top.  Address  J   I 
Robbins. Boyne Falls. Mich. 
T3 PUO  STOCK  I  OR  SALE—RENT  VERY 
. O   cheap;  good location in city  of 9.000  inhabi­
tants; resort town.  Stock  invoices  $2,000  Ad- 
dress No. 152, care Michigan Tradesman. 

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P A P E R   ROLLS  FOR  DESK  CASH  REGIS- 
£ , î ? î s' t ri<f  $1.50 Per dozen;  all widths.  Send 
sample.  E.  L.  Maybee,  1202  Slater  St.,  Cleve-
144
li'O R  SALE—FINE  HOTEL  ANI»  s m a i t
soilUVA Z baruv doing  good  business;  terms*!» 
suit.  Address  No.  135,  care  Michigan  Trades-
***“ * ____________ ___  
S ^ 2 L CASH  Pf IL>  F o lt  STOCK  OF  DRY 
J?.00^ ’  groceries  or  boots  and  shoes.  Must 
be cheap.  Address A. D., care Michigan Trades-

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goods or clothing, either in or out of city. 
ai  Osgood,  32  Weston  building.  Grand  i

tifi—POUR GOOD HOUSES, FREE 
aWh!?2od.i?<!^tion, for a  stock  of^drj
Rapids. 
OK  SALE—GENERAL  STOCK  IN  GOOD
c h a s e r ^ « ° 'ntii  T,erms  to  suit  pur­
chaser.  Will  rent  or  sell  store  buildine  Ad. 
dress No. lie, care Michigan Tradesman. 
116 
R PT S O N   BRICK  STORE  AT  OVID, MICH 
P   to exchange for  timbered  land or  improved

127

O FO T  CASH  DOWN,  WITHOUT  ANY  OF 
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Michigan Tradesman.
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,  stamp.  Best  stamps  on  earth  at  prices 

Mich.are  rlght'  W1U 

Weller,  MuskPS

1  Stock  of  MerchaiSise-^o  acre

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architect house  and  barn;  well  watered. 
I also have two 40  acre  farms  and  one  80  acre
gan\m desm an8e  Address No‘ ^   care  Michi-
.j'O R  SALE—NEW  GENERA T,  S T n rv ---- r
splendid farming country.  No  trad es." Ad- 
dress No. 680, care Michigan Tradesman.  680

■N Y  ONE  WISHING  TO ENGAGE IN THE 

grain and produce and  other  lines  of  busl-
I<xiati0Jls  bJ  communi- 
i-and  and  Industrial
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Grand Rapids! M ich* 
r p H E   SHAFTING,  HANGERS  AND  PUL- 
to  drive  the  Presses  ol

CITY  RESIDENCE  AND  LARGE 
lot, with barn, for sale cheap on easy terms
BiiUbarram oife. ior  tract  ° l  hardwood tim ber! 
n (?r some one.  Possession given anv 
«mo 
time.  Investigation  solicited.  E. A. Stowe  100 
N. Prospect street, Grand Rapids. 
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T ra v e le rs*   T im e   T a b le s . MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS
CHICAGO

President, C. L. Wh it n e y,  Traverse  City;  Sec­

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

Chicago. 

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

Traverse City, Charlevoix 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 
12:25ara 
12:55am

nPTDOIT Graid Rapids ft W esten .
U C  I  ly v / l  1 ) 

June a6, 1899.

Detroit.

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

Saginaw,  Alma and  Greenville.

Geo. DeHa v e n , General Pass. Agent.

Lv. G.R.7:00am5:10pm A r.G .R . 11:45am9:40pm 
Parlor Cars on all trains  to and  from  Detroit 
and Saginaw.  Trains run week days only.

v l l V i \ l  v 1/   Detroit and Milwaukee Dlv

f i n   A  v r n   T r u k  Railway  System 

(In effect Oct 19, 1899.)

Going East.

Leave 

Arrive
Saginaw, Detroit & N. Y ........ t   6:50am  t  9:55pm
Detroit and E a st..................... +I0:i6am  t  5:07pm
Saginaw, Detroit & East........ t  3:27pm  tl2:50pm
Buffalo, N. Y., Toronto,  Mon­
treal & Boston, Ltd Ex..*  7:20pm  *10:l6am 
Going West.
Gd. Haven Express................. *l0:2iam  * 7:15pm
Gd. Haven and Int. P ts..........+I2:58pm  t  3:19pm
Gd. Haven and Milwaukee....+ 5:12pm  tl0:ilam  
Eastbound 6:50am train has  new  Buffet  parlor 
car to Detroit,  eastbound  3:27pm  train  has  new 
Buffet parlor car to  Detroit.
•Daily.  tExcept Sunday.

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

97 Monroe St., Morton House.

r i n   i   v r n   Raplda  ft  Indiana  Railway

1 1 /  

December 17,  1899.

N o rth ern   D ivision. 

Going 
From 
North  North

Trav. City, Petoskey, Mack,  t  7:45am  t  5:15pm 
Trav.City, Petoskey, Mack, 
tl0:i5pm 
Cadillac Accommodation... 
ti0:45am 
Petoskey & Mackinaw  City  +ii:00pm  t   6:20am 
7:45am and 2:10pm trains, parlor cars;  11:00pm 
train, sleeping car.

t   2:10pm 
t  5:25pm 

Southern  D ivision 

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

From 
South
* 
Kalamazoo, Ft. Wayne Cin. 
t  9:45pm 
t   2:00pm 
Kalamazoo and Ft. Wayne, 
Kalamazoo, Ft. Wayne Cin.  *  7:00pm  * 6:46am 
Kalamazoo and  Vicksburg.  *11:30pm  * 9:10am 
7:10am  train  has  parlor  car  to  Cincinnati, 
coach to Chicago;  2:00pm train has parlor  car to 
Fort Wayne;  7:00pm train has sleeper to Cincin­
nati;  11:30pm  tram,  sleeping  car  and  coach  to 
Chicago.

. 

Chicago Trains.

TO  CH ICAGO .

FROM   CHICAGO

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

Muskegon  Trains.

GOING  W EST.

Lv. Grand Rapids... ,t7  35am 
tl  35pm  +6 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........ t8  10am 
t4 00pm
1  30pm  5 20pm 
Ar. Grand Rapids. . .  9 30am 
tExcept Sunday.  *Daily.

GOING  E A ST.

ti2  15pm 

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

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

M ANKTPP  * Nortlw“teni *y-
* " a z a i  1 1 0   1   L *  Iw   Best route to Manistee.

Via C. & W. M. Railway.

Lv. Grand Rapids.......................  7 00am 
..........
..........
Ar. Manistee............................... 12 05pm 
’ v. Manistee...............................   8 30am  4  10pm
Grand  Rapids.....................   1  00pm  9 55pm

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or  P lay,

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To  Succeed  in  Business

1.  Adopt a system, then enforce it.
2.  Run your business on strictly business principles.
3.  Purchase only such  goods as you would  be satisfied to have 

served  in  your own  household.

4.  Buy as nearly for cash as practical and  make this  apply  to 

your selling as well.

5.  Pay your bills when due;  this  is quite essential.
6.  Sell  only  the  “N.  R.  &  C .”  brand  s p ic e s;  this  is  most 

important to you.

NORTHROP,  ROBERTSON  &  CARRIER, 

LA N SIN G ,  MICH.

President,  J.  Wislf.r,  Manceiona;  Secretary, 

E. A. Stowe, Grand  Rapids

Detroit  Retail  Grocers’  Association 
Ma r k s;  Treasurer, C  H.  Fr in k .

President,  Joseph  K n ig h t;  Secretary,  E. 

Grand  Rapids Retail Grocers’  Association 

President, Fran k  J.  Dy k ;  Secretary,  Homer 

K l a p ;  Treasurer, J. George  Lehman

Saginaw  Mercantile  Association 

President,  P.  F.  Tr ea n o r;  Vice-President, 
John  McBr a t n ie;  Secretary, W.  H. Lew is.

President,  J.  F ran k  He lm e r;  Secretary,  W. 

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

President,  A.  C.  Cl a r k ;  Secretary,  E.  F. 

Cl e ve la n d; Treasurer,  wm. C. K oehn

Mnskegon  Retail Grocers’  Association 

President,  H.  B.  Sm ith;  Secretary,  D.  A. 

Bo e l k in s;  Treasurer,  J.  W.  Caskadon.

Baj  Cities  Retail Grocers’  Association 

President,  C.  E.  Wa l k e r ;  Secretary,  E.  C. 

Littl e.

Kalamazoo  Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, W.  H.  Johnson;  Secretary,  ch as. 

Hym an.

Trarerse  City  Basinets  Men’s  Association 
Ho l l y;  Treasurer,  C.  A.  Hammond.

President,  Thos  T.  Ba t e s;  Secretary,  M.  B. 

Onotso  Business  Men’s Association 

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

Ca m p b e ll;  Treasurer,  W.  E. Collin s.

Alpena Business  Men’s  Association 

President, F. W. Gilc h r ist;  Secretary,  C.  L. 

Pa rtridg e.

Grand  Rapids  Retail  Meat  Dealers’  Association 

President,  L.  M.  Wilso n;  Secretary,  Ph il ip 

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

President, Thos. Brom ley;  Secretary,  Fran k 

A.  P e r c y; Treasurer, Cla r k A. Putt.

Perry  Business  Men’s  Association 

President,  H.  W.  Wa l la c e;  Secretary,  T.  E. 

Heddle. 

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Grand  Haren  Retail  Merchants’  Association 

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

Hoeks. 

_____

Tale  Business  Men’s  Association 

President,  Chas.  Rounds;  Secretary,  Fran k 

Pu tn ey.

TRA V EL

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F.  &   P   M.  R.  R.

AND  STKAM 8H IP  LIN KS 

TO  ALL  POIN TS  IN  MICHIGAN

H.  F.  M O ELLER,  a .  s .  p .  a .

*11 32pm
6 45am

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“It’s as good as  Sapolio,” when  they tiy to sell you  : 3  
their  experiments.  Your  own  good  sense  will  tell  - 3  
you  that they are only  trying to  get you  to  aid  their 
new  article. 

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W ho  urges you  to  keep  Sapolio? 

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Is  it  not  the 

public?  The  manufacturers,  by constant and judi- ^ 3  
cious advertising, bring customers to your stores whose  - g  
very  presence creates  a  demand for other articles. 

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Epps’
Cocoa

Epps’
Cocoa

flaking  Trade 
and  Keeping It

G R A T E F U L  

C O M F O R T IN G

D istinguished  Everyw here 

Plenty of specialties will sell like wildfire for  a  time.  But  they 
won’t last.  People never ask for them again.  They’re worthless 
as a basis for substantial merchandising.

for

D elicacy  of  Flavor, 

Superior  Q uality 

and

N utritive  Properties. 

Specially  G rateful  and 

Com forting  to  the 

N ervous  and  D yspeptic.

Sold  in  H alf-Pound  T ins  Only. 

Prepared  by

J A M E S   E P P S   &  C O .,  L td ., 

Homoeopathic  Chem ists,  London, 

England.

B R E A K F A S T  

S U P P E R

Epps’
Cocoa

Epps’
Cocoa

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BUTTER

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

National  Biscuit Company,

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

Sears Bakery.

DON’T  GIVE  UP  HOPE!

Keep  up  just  a  little  longer—K ip  is  at 
hand!  When  we  throw  out  the  life-line  grab 
a  hold  and  don’t  let  go  until  you  are  safely 
landed  on  the  good  old  ship  “ Money  Weight.” 
You  are  certain  to  go  under  if  you  stick  to 
your  old  fashioned “weighs.”  You must aban­
don  these  old  out  of  date  pound  and  ounce 
scales  to  get  results.  The  Money Weight Sys­
tem  will  bring  results.

Remember  our  scales  are  sold  on  easy 

monthly  payments.

THE  COMPUTING  SCALE  CO.,  Dayton,  Ohio

