Volume XVII. 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, JUNE  13,  WHO 

Number *73

A
Summer
Seller

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Put a 
Package 
in  Your 
Stock 
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Materially 
to Your 
Profits

No.  7

No.  3

Appearance  Goes  a  Long  Way,  But==

Q U A L IT Y   is  the  main  point  to  consider 
in purchasing your cigars 

In

RO YAL  TIG ER  IOC

T IG E R E T T E S   5 C

You have a happy combination of these two 
most essential features of a good cigar, mak­
ing a smoke that simply  cannot  be  beaten.

A SMOKER'S SMOKE

P.  E. BUSHMAN, Manager. 

M«aii3 ffi3Wgg5g3tSIG3 gatSBi

PHELPS,  BRACE  & CO.,  Detroit,  Mich.

Largest  Cigar  Dealers  in  the  Middle  West.

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“Sunlight”

Is one  of  our  leading  brands  of 
flour, and is as bright and dean as 
its  name.  Let us send you some.

Walsh-De  Roo  Milling Co.,

Holland, Mich.

JUUUULSUUUl.

HEMLOCK BARK

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Highest Cash 
prices  paid  and 
bark  measured 
promptly  by  ex­
perienced  men. 
Cal)  on  or  write 
us.

MICHIGAN BARK & LUMBER CO •»  G rand R apids, M ich.

SHOULD

BAKING 
POWDER

1.  Because  it  is  better  and  more 
desirable  than  any  of  the  old- 
process  powders.

2.  Because  the  Bitter  or  Baking 
Powder  taste  is  absent  in  food 
prepared  with  it.

3  Because your  customers will ap­
preciate  its  purity  and  whole­
someness.

4  Because it pays you a good profit.
5.  Because the  retail  selling  price 

is  uniform.

6.  Because  the  manufacturers  are 
advertising its merits extensively 
to  consumers  and  you  are  en­
titled  to  a share of  the  retailer’s 
trade  and  profit.

From a hygienic point of view  the  value  of  Egg 
Baking  Powder  cannot  be  over-estimated,  be­
cause it is prepared from phosphates, the health- 
sustaining principles  of wheat,  and  the  leaven­
ing element of  eggs,  which  increase  the  nutri­
tive value of food while  rendering  it  more  easy 
of digestion.
A ll In q u iries from  M ichigan, O hio  an d  I n ­
diana, in clu d in g  requests fo r free  sam ples, 
etc., should be addressed to

D.  H.  Naylor,  Jr.,

M anager,

186 Seneca St., Cleveland, Ohio

Offices in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, 
Indianapolis and Detroit.

Home Office, New York City.

It’s  a  Mighty  Pleasant  Feeling

To  sit  at  home  in  the  evening  after  a  hard 
day’s  work  and  know  that  your  business  is 
H  making  you  money!  Wouldn’t  you  like  to 
experience this sensation of making your busi­
ness  pay— making  it  earn  dividends?  You 
can  if you  will  only  put  the  M o n e y   W e i g h t  
S y s t e m   in  your  store— for  the  whole  secret 
lies  in  weighing  your  goods  in  their  money 
value  and  making  your  customers  pay  you 
exactly  what  they  are  worth.  Have  you 
talked with  our  salesman  lately?
Our scales are sold on easy monthly payments.

THE  COMPUTING  SCALE  CO.,  Dayton,  Ohio

Volume  XVII.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, JUNE  13,1900.

Number 873

The sensation of the coffee trade is

A. I. C.  High  Grade  Coffees
They  succeed  because  the  quality  is  right,  and 
the plan of Selling up to date.  If there is  not  an 
agency in your town, write the

A. L C. COFFEE  CO.,

21-23 River St., Chicago.

*  
a  J.W .ftainim.ftM.  WJ^anM^Aa.Bec. <

Prompt, Conservative, Aale,

T he  M ercantile  A gency

Established 1841.

R.  O.  DUN  &  CO.

Widdicoirib  Bld’g,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

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

L.  P.  WITZLEBEN,  Manager.

IM PORTANT  FEATURES.

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Page. 
2.  T he  C opper  C ountry.
3.  Careless  o f Cretlit.
4.  A round  th e  State.
5.  Grand  Rapids  Gossip.
6.  The  Búllalo  M arket.
7.  G otham   Gossip.
8.  E d ito rial.
9.  E d ito rial.
10.  Shoes and  L eather.
12.  R apid  G row th  of Telephone.
13.  C rockery  and  G lassw are  Q uotations.
14.  D ry  Goods.
15.  C lothing.
10.  W om an's  W orld.
18.  H ardw are.
19.  H ard w are  P rice  C urrent.
20.  Eggs.
21.  P o u ltry .
22.  F ru its  and  P roduce.
23.  M aking  a   W ill.
24.  The  M eat  M arket.
25.  C om m ercial  T ravelers.
26.  D rugs  and  C hem icals.
27.  D ru g   P rice  C urrent.
28.  G rocery  P rice  C urrent.
29.  G rocery  P rice  C u rren t.
30.  G etting  th e  People.
31.  Factory  B rands.
32.  The  M erchant's  H arden.

SOME  GERM AN  R EJO IC IN G .

The  saying,  “ It’s  an 

ill  wind  that 
blows  nobody  any  good, ’ ’  has  had  re­
cent  exemplification. 
The  prosperity 
which  has  come  to  America  to  stay,  and 
more  than  that  the  real  reason  for it,  has 
gone  hard  with  our  friends  upon  the 
Rhine  and  beyond  it.  They  have  been 
bestirring  themselves.  They  have  been 
looking 
into  matters  and  things  and 
they  have 
found  that  after  all  it  is  not 
the  excellence  of  the  American  goods 
nor  the  handicraft  that  produced  them 
but  the  tariff;  and  with  proud  satisfac­
in 
tion  they  proceed  to  give  us  as  good 
that  line  as  we  send.  The  meat  bill 
is 
disposed o f—and otherthings  which  will 
show  us  what  to  expect  hereafter— and 
that  done,  the  mug  is  brought  and  the 
pipe*is  lighted  and  the  world  along  the 
banks  of  the  vine-bordered 
is 
bright  and  rosy  again.

river 

at 

This  ought  to  be  enough,  but  the  best 
remains  to  be  told:  Within  the  past 
week  the  news  has  come  from  South 
America  that  $ i,000,000  worth  of  con­
tracts  upon  which  American  firms  were 
bidding  has  been  awarded  to  British 
and  German  houses,  for  the  reason  that 
the  European  bidders  offered  better  ma­
terial 
lower  prices,  a  statement 
which,  while  setting  the  German  heart 
rejoicing,  is  suggestive  that  the  Ameri­
can  has  become  over  confident  and  re­
ceived  a  much-needed  setback.  Not 
many  weeks  ago,  in  quoting  from  an 
Australian  newspaper,  the  Tradesman 
noted  a  similar  circumstance  in  Mel­
bourne,  and  rather  boastfully  asserted 
that  England  would  find  it  to  her  ad­
vantage  to  send  no  more  goods  to  the 
smallest  continent  because  America 
could  “ offer  better  material  at 
lower 
prices.’ ’.  It  would  seem  now  that  she 
has  chosen  South  America  for  the  field 
of  her  future  commercial  endeavors.

The 

fact  does  not  set  well  on  the 
American  stomach.  There  is  too  much 
in  the  rejoicing  which  implies  a  curi­
osity  to  know  how  we  like  taking  an oc­
casional  dose  of  our  own  medicine, 
which  is  all  the  more  disagreeable  from 
the  fact  that  we  had  begun  to  think  that

Ask  for report  before  opening 
new account  and  send  us  the 
old  ones  for collection.

R eferences :

State  Bank  of Michigan and Michigan 

Tradesman, Grand Rapids.

Collector and  Commercial  Lawyer  and 

Preston National Bank, Detroit.

00000000000000000000000000

n

Fall and winter line complete and  still 
nice line spring and summer suits.
KOLB & SON, Wholesale  Clothing  Man­
ufacturers,  Rochester, N. Y.  Only  stict- 
ly all wool Kersey $5.50 Overcoat  in  mar­
ket.  See  Kolb’s  original  and  improved 
cut frock coat, no other house has it. 
Meet  our  Michigan  representative, Wil­
liam  Connor,  at  Sweet’s  Hotel, Grand 
Rapids, June 9 to  16  inclusive.  Custom­
ers’ expenses allowed.  Or write Box 346, 
Marshall, Mich.,  and  he  will  call  upon 
you.  If  you  don’t  see  what  you  want 
no harm done.

^ f i 5 E 5 E 5 E5 ESH5 H5 E£i2 5 H S r? S ^
■Take a Receipt for " 

Everything

It may save you a thousand  dol­

lars, or a lawsuit, or a customer.

W e  make  City  Package  Re­
ceipts  to  order;  also  keep  plain 
ones  in stock.  Send  for samples.

BARLOW  BROS.,

111  C

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN. 
a 5 H S H 5 H S 5 L 5 H 5 H S H S H S H 5 i

Tradesman Coupons

It 

industrial 

forever.  Nor 

that  phase  of  our 
life  had 
been  settled  once  and 
is 
there  any  reason  for  this  rejoicing  even 
if  it  is  temporary.  Our  goods  were  tell­
ing  their  own  story  and  m aking  their 
own  way.  A  fair  profit  would  have  been 
realized— was  realized— if  expenses  only 
is  not  good  policy 
had  been  made. 
to  be  swinish  ever  and  this  fact 
is  es­
pecially  pertinent  when  so  much  is  de­
pending  upon  the  introduction  of  goods 
into  a  country  not  inclined  to  look  with 
any  too  much  favor  upon  a  nation  said 
to  be  inclined  to  “ absorb.”   The  whole 
affair  smacks  too  much  of  killing  the 
goose that  laid the golden egg,a fable  not 
often  applicable  to  the  shrewd,  wide- 
gauged  American  trader.

For  more  than  a  year  American  mak­
ers  of 
iron  and  steel  have  been  carry­
ing  all  before  them  and  close upon them 
have 
followed  manufacturers  of  other 
lines.  They  have  run  over  the  trade  rim 
separating  them 
from  foreign  markets 
and  while  they  have kept  within  reason­
able  limits  success  has  attended  them. 
Everywhere  glowing  reports  have  gone 
abroad  as  to  the  excellence  of  the Amer­
ican  artisan. 
If  this  German  and  Brit­
ish  rejoicing  is  an  earnest  of what is be­
fore  us  the  expansion  of  American trade 
has  reached  its  limit.  Prices,  it  seems, 
are  to  depend  not  upon  the  worth  of  the 
merchandise  and  a  fair  profit,  but  upon 
the  amount  the  purchaser  can  be  forced 
to  pay.  Because  the  home  markets  have 
gone  into  the  hands  of  trusts  and  prices 
here  depend  upon  the  whim  of  the  man­
feeling  seems  to 
ufacturer, 
have  entered  the  exporter. 
fail 
and  it  ought  to  fail  and  unless  this  re­
joicing  of  our  commercial  enemies shall 
teach  a  much-needed  lesson  the 
failure 
will  prove  to  be  a  permanent  one.

the  same 

It  will 

From  investigations  made  at  the 

fac­
tory  of  Messrs.  Lumiere,  at  Lyons,  it 
has  been  ascertained  that  continuous 
working  under  a  ruby  light has a curious 
effect  upon  the  workmen. 
It  produced 
a  certain  amount  of  bouyancy  and  ex- 
citabilty,  but  by  subsituting  a  dark 
it  was  discovered  that  the 
green 
inclined  to 
workmen  were  much 
conversation  and  frivolity,  and  that 
in 
the  evening  they  were  much 
less  fa­
tigued  than  formerly.

light 

less 

If  the  craze  for  automobiles  continues 
they  will,  before 
long,  entirely  super­
sede  the  use  of  the  horse  at  the  nation’s 
capital,  for  not  only  have  they  become 
the 
fad  with  society  people,  but  the 
shops,  the  express  companies  and  the 
transit  companies  are  rapidly  adopting 
them.

Money  should  not  be  given  to colleges 
which  are  educating  hoodlums,  allow 
hazing  and  permit  acts  of  vandalism  on 
the  part  of  so-called  students  to  g o  un­
punished.

Man  proposes  and  woman  disposes— 
of  the  hard-earned  reputations  of  heroes 
and  statesmen.

Never  marry  a  horsey  girl.  She  may 

become  a  nagging  wife.

History  makes  heroes  and  women  un­

make  them.

G EN ERA L  TR A D E  R EV IEW .

it 

levels 

lower  price 

The  monotonous  story  of  continued 
dulness  in  speculative  markets,  with  the 
exception  of  grain  and  cotton,  and  re­
adjustment  to 
in 
most  manufactures 
is  still  continued. 
Yet 
is  to  be  noted  that  payments 
which  record  themselves  through  clear­
ing  houses  are  greater  than  ever  before 
throughout  nearly  all  the  country,  and 
yet  many  works  are  stopped  because  or­
ders  are  delayed.  The  orders  to-day 
would  tell  of  shipments  and  payments 
two  or  three  months  ahead,  it  is  true, 
but  there  was  indisputable  shrinkage  of 
such  new  business  two  or  three  months 
ago,  and  to  many  works  then  idle  many 
others  have  been  added,  and  yet  all  the 
payments  for  the  first  week  of  June  out­
side  of  Boston,  Baltimore  and  New 
York  show  a  gain  of  10  per  cent,  over 
last  year  and  23  per  cent,  over  1898; 
the  Boston  and  Baltimore  payments  are 
19  per  cent,  below 
last  year’s,  but  20 
per  cent,  more  than  in  any  other  year, 
and  New  York  payments  are  14.9  per 
cent,  below  last  year,  but  22.3  per  cent, 
more  than  in  any  other  year.  There  is 
no  denying  such  records;  just  where 
speculation  plays  a  great  part  they 
fall 
off,  but  are  larger  than  ever  before  at 
other  cities  throughout  the  country.

The  course  of  the  stock  markets  is 
still  in  the  direction  of  decline  on  the 
general  average,  although  changes  con­
tinue  very  slight.  This  is  attributed  to 
the  political  situation  and  the 
increas­
ing  complications  in  China,  which- have 
more  than  neutralized  any  favorable  re­
sults  from  the  British  success  in  Africa. 
Railroad  stocks  averaged  a  decline  of 
$1.73  a  share 
last  week,  for  which  no 
reason  beyond  general  apprehension  of 
foreign  uncertainties  can  be  given.  The 
industrials  ended  only  54  cents  a  share 
above  the  lowest  point  they  have  ever 
touched,  May  17,  but  declined  for  the 
week  only  $1.26  a  share,  and  a  steadily 
increasing  number  of  them  appear  to 
have  reached  a  point  at  which  buying 
and  holding  are  under  ordinary  circum­
stances  sufficient  to  maintain  prices.

in 

Changes 

iron  prices  continue  in 
the  direction  of  a  lower  level.  The  for­
mal  reduction  of  $4.90  in  the  Pittsburg 
price  of  Bessemer  pig,and  the  fall  of  $2 
in  Southern  and  $3  to $4  in  Eastern pig, 
would  have  had  a  much  greater  effect 
had 
it  come  before  midsummer  inter­
ruptions  were  so  near.  Summer  holi­
days,  disagreements  about  wage  scales, 
and  the  political  campaign  will  now 
it 
make 
less  effective,  especially  as 
there 
is  serious  curtailment  in  the  de­
mand  for  nearly  all  finished  products  of 
iron  and  steel,  some  of  which  have  not 
yet  been  reduced  in  price from the high­
est  point.

Prices  of  textiles  have  generally  been 
held  nominally  at  the  high  level  until 
this  week  new  and 
lower  quotations 
have  become  necessary,  although  the 
changes,  where  made,  are  not  as  great 
as  the  decline  of  a  cent  in  cotton  and  3 
cents 
in  wool.  Boots  and  shoes  still 
continue  dull  on  account  of  the  main­
tenance  of  the  high  price  in 
leather,  in 
spite  of  the  material  decline  in  the  hide 
market.

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T H E   C O PPE R   COUNTRY.

Progressive  and  P rosperous  C alum et, 

H oughton  and  H ancock.

Calumet,  June  9—On  our  way  to  the 
Copper  Country  business  took  us  to  the 
thriving  village  of  Pequaming,  about 
nine  miles  north  of  L ’Anse  on  the  east 
shore  of  Keweenaw  Bay,  Lake  Supe­
rior.  It  is  a  lumbering  town and a  model 
one.  The  owner  of  this  beautiful  well- 
built 
little  nook,  Mr.  Charles  Hebard, 
controls  the  entire property;  his  mills 
cut  over  25,000,000  feet  of  lumber  every 
season;  he  has  made  a  strictly  temper­
ance  place  and  takes  pleasure  in  telling 
his  visitors  that  by  doing  so  he  has  had 
the  best  kind  of  results,  in  having good, 
industrious  and  sober  workmen 
that 
stay  with  him  year  after  year.  He  is 
generous  to  all  his  tenants,  giving  them 
house  rent  free.  He  finds  this  the  best 
kind  of 
it  secures  for 
him  the  very  best  quality  of  labor.  The 
lowest  figure  on  his  pay  rolls  for  a 
day’s 
labor  is  $1.75,  while  some  of  the 
most  skillful  men  make  as  much  as  $9 
per  day.

investment  as 

In  going  to  Pequaming  from  the  rail­
way  station  at  L ’Anse,  we  took  in  pref­
erence  the  road  which  skirts  along  the 
shores  of  Lake  Superior.  This  is  a  most 
charming  drive,  as  the  wild  cherry  tree 
fruit  trees  in  many  fine 
and  the  tame 
orchards  that  we  passed  were 
in  full 
bloom,  which  was  a  surprise  to  us  in 
this  far  northern  region.  These 
farms 
that  we  passed  are  owned  and cultivated 
Indians  whose  Govern­
by  Chippewa 
ment  reservation  and  missions  are 
lo­
cated  here ;  these  Indian  settlers  of  the 
lands  of  their  forefathers  are  a  thrifty, 
industrious, 
sincerely  religious 
people ;  the  majority  of  them  belong  to 
the  Methodist  church,  a  neat  house  of 
this  denomination  being  on  their  mis­
sion  grounds  about midway on  the  road. 
Instead  of  filling  up  with  the  white- 
man’s  fire  water  they  take  for  their  an­
nual  outing  and  feast  the  real  old-fash­
ioned  Methodist  camp  meeting  and  en­
ter  into  the  spirit  of  this  pious  gather­
ing  with  as  much  if  not  more  enthu­
siasm  as  their  white  brethren.

and 

is  an 

splendid, 

Houghton,one  of  the  prosperous  cities 
visited, 
located  on  Portage  Lake, 
and contains over 5,000 people.  The  past 
season  has  seen  erected  a  number of 
sandstone  buildings; 
new, 
among  them 
elegant  hotel,  a 
much  needed  improvement  in  this  sec­
tion.  The  management  of  this  hotel 
has  been  give  to  John  Mann,  formerly 
of  the  Knight  Hotel  at  Ashland.  He  is 
considered  to  be  one  of  the  most  popu­
lar  hotel  men  in  the  country  and  is  now 
in  Chicago  where  he  has  purchased  the 
most  modern  and  up-to-date  equipment 
that  money  can  buy.  He  expects  the 
hotel  to  be  running  by  July  1.

is 

Hancock,  on  the  opposite  of  Portage 
Lake,  has  about  the  same  population  as 
Houghton.  The  Quincy  mine,  one of the 
principal mines  on  the  Copper  Range, 
is 
located  here  on  the  hill,  600  feet 
above  the  town.  This  mine  has  an  out­
put  of  about  800 tons  a  month ;  also  the 
Franklin  with  an  output  of  300  tons  a 
month. 
general 
im­
stores  on  the  location  which  do  an 
that  of 
mense  business,  especially 
loca­
James  H.  Seager  on  the  Franklin 
tion.  He  has  two  stores  and 
is  also 
President  of  the  First  National  bank  of 
Houghton,  one  of  the  wealthiest  and 
most  profitable  banks  in  the  State.

These  mines  have 

Calumet,  the  metropolis  of the Copper 
Country,  is  now  reached.  When  the  ex­
plorers  discovered  copper  in this district 
it  was  in  a  primitive  wilderness;  a  for­
est  of  heavy  timber  covered  all the land, 
not  an  attractive  place  to  build  a  city. 
Since  then  all  the  wood  of  the  forest has 
been  hewn  down  and  consumed 
in  the
boilers  of  the  mining  plants  to  make 
steam  to  raise  the  copper  rock  to the 
surface  and  the  tall  pines  that  covered 
hundreds  of  acres  have  been  sent 
thousands  of  feet  below  the  surface  to 
support  the  openings  made  by  taking 
out  the  mineral  wealth.  The  opening 
and  developing  of  these  mines  was  the 
means  of  attracting  a  great  amount  of 
capital.  Fortunately  for  the  city’s  wel­
fare  the  early  pioneers  who  opened  up 
these  mines  were  determined  to  make  it 
a  good  moral  settlement,  encouraged 
good  schools  and  placed  all  necessary

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

restrictions  on  the  liquor traffic.

Calumet  with 

its  surroundings  scat­
tered 
in  a  radius  of  about  five  miles 
contains  about  40,000  people.  A   great 
proportion  of  the  population  are  min­
ers,  from  all  sections  of  the  globe. 
It 
is  said  that  there  are  over  thirty  lan­
guages 
in  the 
stores  to  be  of  value  to  their  employers 
must  be  acquainted  with  at 
least  four, 
and  to  be  conversant  with  a  number  of 
others  is  a  desirable  acquisition.

spoken.  The 

clerks 

in  one  of  the 

The  most  valuable  copper  mine 

in 
this  region,  and  for  that  matter,  in  the 
world,  is  the  Calumet  &  Hecla.  This 
property  has  paid  back  to  its  share­
holders many,  many  very  large  fortunes, 
now  fast  approaching  the  hundred  mil­
lion  dollar  mark  in  dividends  since  it 
has  been 
in  operation.  At  present  a 
decline  has  taken  place  in  the  price  of 
its  shares  owing  to  a  fire  having  broken 
out 
lower  levels  of  the 
mine,  and  the  extent  of  depreciation 
will  depend  entirely  on  the  amount  of 
destruction  the  fire  may  do  the  working 
part  of  the  mine  which  still  contains 
copper-bearing  vein  rock.  An  under­
ground  mine  fire 
is  a  serious  problem 
for  the  mine  managers. 
It  baffies  them 
as  to  how  most  efficiently  to  extinguish 
the  flames.  Water  will  not  reach  the 
under  side  of  the  timbers  and  those 
parts  remote  from  the  shaft.  Past  ex­
perience  has  taught  them  to  seal  the 
shafts  and  thereby  exclude  all  air  and 
draught. 
The  combustion  consuming 
the  oxygen  was  most  effectual  in  extin­
guishing  it.  The  forcing  of  carbonic 
gas  has  also  been  used  with  success  by 
the  Calumet  &  Hecla  management.

it 

The  mining  of  copper  has  been one  of 
the  industries  that  has  been  stimulated 
by  the  McKinley  wave  of  prosperity, 
caused  by  the  building  of  new  elec­
trical  roads, 
telephones  and  the  elec­
trical  lighting  and  other  supplies.  The 
price  now  fluctuates  between  16  and  17 
cents  a  pound.  This  price  affords  a 
splendid  margin  of  profit,  as 
is 
claimed  it  can  be  mined  at  10  cents and 
pay  good  dividends  to  the  shareholders.
Calumet  boasts  of  having  the  finest 
schools 
Presi­
largest  share­
dent  Agassiz,  one  of  the 
holders  and  President  of  the  company, 
takes  a  personal  interest 
in  the  build­
ing  up  of  this  splendid  school  system. 
Calumet  school  directors  believe  in hav­
ing  the  best  educational  ability  that  the 
country  affords  and  they  obtain  it  by 
paying  salaries  that  attract  teachers  of 
ability  who  would  not  otherwise  leave  a 
more  congenial  climate  to  come  to  this 
land  of  six  months  winter.

in  Northern  Michigan. 

Another  great  attraction  that  com­
mands  the  attention  of  all  who  come  to

Calumet 
is  the  high  standard  of  excel­
lence  and  quality  of  musical  entertain­
ment  given  by  the  Calumet  &  Hecla 
band,  an  organization  that  attracted  at­
tention 
in  the  cultured  city  of  Boston 
when  it  went  with  the Knights Templar.
Calumet  has  shown  a  rapid  growth  in 
the  last  four  years;  that  part  of  the  loca­
tion  which 
is  the  incorporated  city  of 
Laurium  has  made  rapid  strides,  gain­
ing  a  population  within  that  time  of 
over  4,000.  The  estimate 
is  that  the 
census  taken  will  give  them  10,000.  One 
of  the  handsomest  mercantile  establish­
ments  of  the  city  is  located  here;  it 
is 
It  would 
that  of  J.  Vivian,  Jr.,  &  Co. 
do  credit  to  Milwaukee,  with 
its  fine 
plate  glass  front  and  elevators  and  the 
modern 
first-class 
store.  That  part  of  Calumet  known  as 
Red  Jacket  has  made  many  notable  im­
provements 
in  the  business  buildings. 
Messrs.  Ruppe  &  Son,  E.  Ryan,  Ver- 
tin  Bros.,  and  Hosking  have  modern 
stone  and  brick  stores,  containing  their 
own  electric  light  plants  and  other  im­
provements.  One  pleasant  feature  of 
the  Calumet  merchants  is  the  cordial ity 
and  promptness  with  which  they  treat 
the  traveling  representatives  of 
the 
wholesale  trade.

improvements  of  a 

their  employes 
The  mines  paying 
monthly  only  makes 
it  necessary  for 
the  merchants  to  extend  one  month’s 
credit  to  the  customers,  and  this  ac­
counts  for  the  prosperity  of  the  old  es­
tablished  merchants,  as they  have  a  long 
list  of  customers  who  can  buy  as  cheap­
ly  of  them  as  they  can  of  the  cash  mer­
chants,  and  they  can  not  go  to  another 
merchant  and  open  an  account  if  they 
are  not  square  where  they  are  dealing. 
The  cash  stores  have  a  quiet  time  gen­
erally  the  week  preceding  a  general  pay 
day.

Nothing  in  the  way  of  shoddy  or  even 
the  cheaper  and  coarser  class  of  goods 
is  wanted  by  the  copper  miner,  there­
fore  the  man  who  sells  a  high  grade  of 
merchandise  and  has  the  confidence  of 
the  dealer  has  a  trade 
in  the  Copper 
Country  that  he  can  be  proud  of.

The  Calumet  &  Hecla  mine  is  one  of 
the  most  wonderful  mines  in  the  world, 
but  not  more  so  than  the  Tamarack 
mines  adjoining.  All  these  mines  have 
attained  a  depth  of  over  5,000  feet  ver­
tical  depth,  and  on  the  incline  of  the 
vein  some  of  the  shafts  are  over a  mile 
in  depth.  As  the  principal  shafts  have 
been 
in  operation  over  a  quarter  of  a 
century,  they,  of  course,  are  operated 
on  a  scale  that  requires  the  use  of  the 
most  powerful  machinery  that  the  in­
genuity  of  man  can  design.  The  Calu­
met  &  Hecla  has 
its  own  designer  of 
machinery  and  mining  engineers  from

all  parts  of  the  world  come here  to study 
it.  One  of  the  hoisting  engines  that  the 
writer  saw  has  a  capacity  of  nearly
8,000  horse  power,  and 
furnished 
with  steam  from  a  battery  of  ten  steel 
boilers  of  a  thousand  horse  power  each. 
This  mammoth  engine  raises  a  load  of 
ten  tons  of  rocks  at  the  rate of  over fifty- 
five  miles  an  hour.

is 

The  Calumet  &  Hecla  company  em 
ploys  over  3,500  men  in  the  mines  and 
mill,  and  its  liberal  and  kind  treatment 
of  them  has  been  the  subject  of  many  a 
news  letter.  The  company  provides  its 
employes  with  medical  attendance  and 
medicine  and 
it  also  pays  every  em­
ploye  the  sum  of  $25  per  month  for  all 
time 
lost  by  sickness  and  accident  and 
pays $500  to  widow  or  relative  of  every 
employe  killed  while  on  duty.  A   few 
years  ago  the  company  paid  an  equal 
amount  into  a  fund  to  maintain  this  ex­
pense  with  the  employes,  but  now  the 
fund  is  large  enough  to  sustain  itself.

All  the  mines 

in  Calumet  employ 
about  12,000  men,  making  a  sum  of 
$600,000  paid  to  the  miners  monthly.  It 
will  therefore  be  no  surprise  that  this 
city  has  had  continued  prosperity,  as 
never  in  the  history  of  the  mines  has 
it 
been  closed  down  except  fora brief time 
in  case  of  a  fire. 
In  speaking  with  one 
of  the  shareholders  he  said  the  true 
value  of  the  mine  was  difficult  to  esti­
mate  as  they  had  now  over  $25,000,000 
worth  of  vein  rock  ready  to  be  broken 
or  blasted  out  and  hoisted  to  the  sur­
face,  and  with  an  inexhaustible  supply 
to  draw  from  in  the  future.

We  paid  a  visit  to  an  old  mine  that 
has  been recently recapitalized,  since the 
rise 
in  copper,  known  as  the  Mass 
mine.  This  mine  produces  a 
forma­
tion  of  pure  copper  which  is  something 
out  of  the  ordinary.  The  rapid  growth 
of  the  town  of  Mass  City,  organized  by 
the  company,  has  been  phenomenal, 
with  its  population  of  over  1,000  people 
and  fifteen  saloons  in  less  than  one  year 
attracted  by 
future  prospects • of  this 
mine.

The  people 

in  this  section  are  de­
lighted  to  know  that  the  long  promised 
electric  road  will  soon  be  built.  A  large 
consignment  of  rails  was  received  at 
Hancock 
It  is  proposed  to 
connect  all  of  the  towns  in  the  mining 
region  by  this  road,  which  will  be  one 
of  the  most 
improvements 
that  can  be  made  in  this  vicinity  and 
will  prove  a  great  convenience.

last  week. 

important 

There  are  now  under  construction  two 
new  railroads 
into  the  town,  Dakota, 
South  Shore  &  Atlantic  and  the  Copper 
Range.  The  company  is  also  erecting 
a  larger smelter  on  L ’Anse  Bay._____

CRIPPLE  GREEK

Stock  19  Coots  Per Share

Pull Paid and Non-Assessable. 

Amount Limited.

TAKEN  IN  1899  FROM  2,500  ACRES.

SI8.000.000  IN  GOLD
RAVEN  HILL is  the  center  of  this  rich
tract  of  land.  Our  prop­
^ 
erty is  on  the  top  of  Raven  Hill  and  surrounded 
by  good  mines whose  stocks  have  advanced  100 to 
5,000 per cent.  Personally examined  and  vouched 
for by the  following  well-known Grand  Rapids men:
W .  O.  Hughart,  Jr.

Dudley  E.  Waters

Judge  Cyrus  E.  Perkins 
Dr.  W .  A.  Dorland 
Alfred  O.  Crozier 

Col.  E.  Crofton  Fox
Who  invite  their friends  to  purchase  some  of  this 
stock  as  they  have  done.  Organized,  owned  and 
managed  here.  Prospectus  free  at stock  and  bond 
offices  of

Alfred  0. Crozier  &  Co.,

19-21  Fountain St. 

Auditorium Building Ground Floor. 

Also Open Evenings for n Few  Days.

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his  affairs  keeps  ever 
in  mind  that 
which  makes  for  honesty  and  upright­
ness  and  fair  dealing,  is  building  for 
himself  an  unsullied  credit  and 
insur­
ing  to  himself  an  honored  name.— 
George  G.  Ford  in  Grocery  World.

It 

T he  College  M an  in  Buxine»)».
is  said  that  Horace  Greeley  once 
posted  on  his  outer  office  door  this  no­
tice :  "N o   Harvard  or  Yale  graduate, 
or  other  horned  cattle,  wanted  here." 
However  absurd  or  amusing  these words 
may  sound,  it  is  undoubtedly  true  that 
in  many  business  circles  there  is  still 
considerable  opposition  to  what  may  be 
called  the college movement in America. 
is  not  universal, 
That  this  opposition 
however,  is  evident  from  the 
large  en­
dowments  of  our  higher 
institutions  of 
learning  by  thoughtful  men  of  the  busi­
ness  world.

The  college  man  seldom,  if  ever,  re­
grets  his  early  training,  while  the  really 
successful  man  of  business  sooner  or 
later  realizes  the  value  of  such  an  edu­
cation,  and  grieves  for  lack  of it.  Those 
who  are  most 
ignorant  of  the  advan­
tages  of  a  college  training  are  generally 
the  most  violent  in  their  opposition  to 
such  training.  The  best  men  in  the  best 
favor  col­
circles  of  the  business  world 
lege-bred  men.  There  are  a 
few  who 
still  hold  that  higher  education  unfits  a 
man  for  success  in  business. 
If  success 
means  reaching  the  millionaire  round 
of  the 
is  probably  some 
in  this  statement.  Except  those 
truth 
who  have 
fortunes,  a 
very  small  percentage  of  business  men 
can  acquire  a  million  or  more.  With 
those  who  do,  it  is  sometimes  the  case 
that,  sooner  or  later,  nothing  but  their 
business  can  give  them  gratification  or 
pleasure.  The  college-bred  man  will  be

ladder,  there 

inherited 

large 

8

pretty  sure  to  desire  other  things  than 
wealth;  and,  desiring  these,  he 
is  not 
apt  to  give  to  his  business  that  con­
tinuous  and  absorbing  attention  which 
makes  the  millionaire.  After  ten  years’ 
experience 
in  the  business  world,  he 
will  easily  lead  the  uneducated  business 
man,  all  things  considered,  ;  but he  will 
have  an  avocation  as  well  as a vocation ; 
and,  while  he  will  be  successful,  he  will 
work  to 
live  to  work.— 
Professor  Canfield  in  Success.

live,  and  not 

H en  New*  from   Down  Knst.

From the Daily  Kennebec Journal.

Down 

in  South  Sebec  a  hen  recently 
hatched  out  a  brood  of  twenty  chickens, 
although  only  thirteen  eggs  were  placed 
under her.

A  Blanchard 

chicken  with 
were  perfectly 
inches  apart. 
the  rest  that  the  mother  killed  it.

hen  has  hatched  a 
four 
legs,  all  of  which 
formed  and  about  two 
It  was  so  different  from 

For  anything  in  the  line  of  Steam 
Heating,  Hot Water  Heating,  Hot 
Air  Heating,  Plumbing  or  Sheet 
iTetal  Work  of  Galvanized  Iron, 
Black  Iron,  Tin,  Zinc  or  Copper, 
write  your  wants  and  you  will  re­
ceive  full  information;  also  as  per­
taining  to  Mantels,  Grates,  Tiling, 
Gas  and  Electric  fixtures.  Largest 
concern  and  best  show  rooms  in 
the  State.

«Weatherly & Pulte=»

97 &  99  Pearl  St.
Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

CARELESS  O F  CRED IT.

L ittle  T hings  W hich  Affect  a  M erchant’s 

Standing.

It  has 

long  been  a  profound  convic­
tion  of  the  writer  that 
in  the  fullest 
sense  the  value  and  importance .of  an 
untarnished  commercial  credit are great­
ly  underestimated  by  a  much  too  large 
number  of  the  tradesmen  of our  country. 
It,  unfortunately,  is  not  uncommon  to 
find  those  who,  while 
jealous  of  their 
rights  as  citizens,  proud  of  an  honorable 
family  record  and  rejoicing  in  the  es­
teem  of  their  fellow-men,  are  seeming­
ly  unconscious  of  the  fact  that  commer­
cial  integrity  is  something  to  be  equally 
proud  of  and  that  credit 
is  a  sacred 
thing.

Character  and  credit  are  synonymous. 
Neither  can  be  smirched  and  be  fully 
restored.  A   single  mistake  in  a  lifetime 
has  ruined  many  a  man’s  character  and 
likewise  the  commercial  honor  of  many 
a  business  man  has  been  so  stained  by 
a  single  departure  from  what  is  just and 
honorable  that  never  again  has  he  en­
joyed  the 
full  confidence  of  his  fellow- 
men.

it 

Sharp  business  practices  which  are 
morally  wrong,  although 
legally  safe 
from  attack,  have  been  so  frequently 
indulged  in  and  so  often  condoned,  and 
even  looked  upon  as  evidences  of  busi­
ness  acumen,  that  the  standard  of  busi­
ness  morals  in  our  land  is  far  from  ele­
vated,  and 
is  a  misfortune  that  the 
same  stigma  which  attaches  to  those 
who  seek  to  evade  the  payment  of  hon­
est  debts 
in  some  of  the  European 
countries  does  not  follow  similar  acts 
here. 
It  is,  however,  not  the  purpose 
of  this  article  to  consider  the  methods 
of  the  dishonest  trader,  but  to  refer  to 
the  great  mass  of  well-meaning  mer­
chants  who  seek 
gain 
through  honorable  means,  but  who  may 
be  unconsciously  indulging  in  practices 
hurtful  to  their  credit.

success  and 

It  will  probably  be  admitted  that 
many  little  and  comparatively  unimpor­
tant  things  are  permitted 
in  business 
transactions  to-day  which  could  not  be 
squared  to  the  Golden  Rule, or even pro­
nounced 
just  or  honorable,  and  outside 
of  business  in  other  walks  in  life  would 
be  scorned  by  the  same  man  who  prac­
tices  them  in  commercial  transactions. 
They  have,  however,  become  so 
in­
into  business  custom  that  the 
grained 
is  not  realized,  and  here  it  is, 
wrong 
the  writer  believes, 
that  many  well- 
intentioned  merchants,  little  by  little, 
undermine  their  credit.

The  view point from which these state­
ments  are  made  is  that  of  the wholesaler 
as  touching  upon  his  relation  with  the 
retail  merchant,  and  it  is  hoped  that  a 
consideration  of  the  subject  may  cause 
all  who  chance  to  read  this  article  to 
cherish  more  deeply  that  priceless 
boon,  a  high  commercial  credit.

The  methods  employed  by  the  mer­
chant  are  conceded  to  be  strictly  his 
own  affair,  but  the  effects  thereof  are 
more  far-reaching.  To  illustrate :  The 
man  who  is  known  to-keep  books  of  ac­
counts,  not  necessarily  an  elaborate  set 
of  books,  but  something  from  which  he
or  others  may  obtain  a  correct  and 
in­
telligent  idea  of  the  Condition  of  the 
business,  must  command  more 
con­
fidence  than  his  neighboring  tradesman 
who  does  not  keep  books,  or  does  so 
in 
such  a  manner  as  to  be  worthless  as  a 
record  of  business  conditions,  and 
it 
does  not  matter  whether  the  business 
is  conducted  on  a  cash  basis  or  not. 
Careful  book-keeping  cultivates  system 
and  accuracy,  both 
invaluable  accom­
plishments  in  a  business  man.

is 

Confidence 

in  his  ability  to  pay  his 
debts  will  also  be  directly  affected  by 
the  manner  in  which  (if he does  a  credit 
business)  he  trusts  out  his  merchandise 
and  collects  his  debts.  This 
the 
one  stumbling  block  over  which  thous­
ands  of  merchants  have fallen into  finan­
cial  ruin,  and  its  importance  as  a  factor 
in  business  must  not  be  overlooked. 
It 
must  be  remembered  that  a  certain class 
of  accounts  are  not  as  good  an  asset  as 
merchandise,  and  that  the  proportion 
existing  between  the  merchant’s  stock 
on  hand  and  the  amount  standing  out 
will  have  much  to do  in  determining his 
desirability  as  a  credit  risk.
The  connection  between 

this  and 
credit  may  not  at  first  be  apparent,  but 
when  it  is  remembered  that  a  carefully- 
taken 
inventory  acquaints  the  owner 
with  his  stock,  and  helps  him  to  deter­
mine  what  goods  are  undesirable  and 
should  be  sold,  and  because  of  this 
knowledge  helps  him  to  buy  intelligent­
ly, not exceeding  his  actual  needs,  then 
it  may  be  readily  seen  how  much  this 
means  to  those  who  are 
lending  him 
credit.  Overbuying  has  been  the  first 
step  toward  bankruptcy  in  a  great  many 
instances.

This is an extremely important  matter.
A  proportionate  amount  of 
insurance 
to  stock  in  trade  is  an  evidence  of  pru­
dence.  Too  much  insurance  excites  sus­
picion,  and  too  little  indicates  a  lack  of 
appreciation  of  the  risk  involved.  The 
right  amount  always  kept 
force 
creates  confidence 
in  the  sagacity  and 
ability  of  the  merchant.

in 

fail 

can  not 

Neglect 
it 

impression  that  negligence 

in  this  direction  is  hurtful, 
because 
to  convey 
the 
is  a 
habit  and  applies  equally  as  well  to 
matters  of  more 
importance.  Business 
letters  should  receive  prompt  and  cour­
teous  reply  and  paiticularly  requests  for 
the  settlement  of  matured  obligations. 
If  a  few  days’  extension  seems  desir­
able, 
it  may  almost  without  exception 
be  obtained  if  asked  for  when  bills  are 
due,  and  reasons  therefor  stated.

It  is  unfortunate  that  there  are  mer­
chants  who  have  a  prejudice  against 
making  a  showing  of  their  affairs  over 
their  signature,  because  the  refusal 
is 
so  naturally  and  so  justly  construed  as 
a  desire  to  conceal  existing  conditions, 
and  the 
inference  can  only  be  that 
those  conditions  are  not  favorable  to  the 
obtaining  of  credit. 
If  it  could  only  be 
borne 
in  mind  that  the  willingness  to 
state  facts  begets  confidence,  while  eva­
sion  and  refusal  excite  suspicion,  there 
in  obtaining 
would  be 
signed  statements.  What  harm, 
in­
deed,  can  follow  a  simple  telling  of  the 
truth?  A   merchant’s  position  in  regard 
to  this  question  makes  or mars his credit 
in  a  high  degree.

less  trouble 

returning  goods, 

At  the  beginning  of  this  article  refer­
ence  was  made  to  practices  prevailing 
in  business  which  could  not  be  looked 
upon  as 
fair  or honest.  Among  these 
may  he  mentioned:  Making  unjust 
claims, 
taking  ex­
cessive  discounts,  refusal  to  pay  inter­
est,  countermanding  orders  after  goods 
are  made,  etc.  There 
is  much  to  be
said  on  both  sides  in  reference  to  these 
questions,  but  the  principle  involved  is 
much  the  same,  and  its  application  here 
may  be  made 
few  words.  The 
habitual  practice  of  these  things  will not 
only  gain  for  the  merchant  an  unenvi­
able  reputation  as  a  man,  but  will  pos­
itively 
impair  his  credit  and,  just  in 
proportion  to  the  extent  that  he  is  found 
committing  these  little  acts  of  commer­
cial  piracy ;  while  on  the  other  hand, 
he  who  avoids  these  things,  and  in  ail

in  a 

sssssssss

{ F aps For-» 
l -Wafyn -Weather

Nothing  is  more  appre­
ciated on  a hot  day  than 
a substantial  fan.  Espe­
cially  is this true of coun­
try  customers  who  come 
to  town  without  provid­
ing  themselves  with  this 
necessary adjunct to com­
fort.  W e  have  a  large 
line  of  these  goods 
in
fancy shapes  and  unique 
designs,  which  we  fur­
nish  printed  and handled 
as follows:

ioo.........................$  3  oo
200............................  4  5°
300..........................   5  75
400.........................   7  00
500.........................  8  00
1000................  15 00

W e can fill orders on five hours’  notice,  if necessary, but  don’t  ask  us 
W  to fill an order on such short notice it  you  can  avoia  it.
to fill an order on such short notice if you  can  avoid  it.

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|   Tradesman Company  J
S
S

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

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Around the State

M ovem ents  o f M erchants.

Mt.  Pleasant— T.  A.  Winans,  meat 

dealer,  has  sold  out  to  Leo  Wardweli.

Ludington— Madsen  &  Johnson  suc­
ceed  James  Madsen  in  the  meat  busi­
ness.

Sickles— W.  F.  Markham  has  pur­
chased  the  dry  goods  and  grocery  stock 
of  Benson  &  Crawford.

Wayland—J.  M.  Burpee  succeeds  H. 
J.  Slade  in  the  produce  business.  Mr. 
Slade  will  remove  to  Ft.  Wayne,  Ind.

Ada— H.  H.  Bradfield  has  purchased 
the  grocery  stock  of  Geo.  La  Barge  and 
will  continue  the  business  at  the  same 
location.

Coldwater— Nichols  &  Balcom  is  the 
style  of  the  new  firm  which  succeeds 
Nichols  &  Collins  in  the  coal  and  wool 
business.

St.  Joseph— The  Commercial  State 
Bank-of  St.  Joseph  has  applied  to  Com­
missioner  Maltz 
for  permission  to  in­
crease  its  capital from $25,000 to $50,000.
Battle  Creek— E.  W.  Wilson  has  his 
new  store  building  completed  at  the 
comer  of  Exchange  street  and  Lake 
avenue  and  is  occupying  same  with  his 
grocery  stock.

Portland— Perry  N.  Moore  has  dis­
posed of  his  interest  in  the grocery stock 
of  A.  H.  Moore  &  Co.  to  Clyde  Moore, 
and  the  firm  will  hereafter  be  A.  H. 
Moore  &  Son.

Newport— The  Newport 

creamery, 
owned  by  Cash  Nauman  &  Co.,  was 
destroyed  by 
fire  Tuesday  morning; 
cause  unknown.  Loss  on  stock,  ma­
chinery  and  icehouse,  $2,500.

Marshall—John  W.  Marshall,  former­
ly  engaged  in business  at  this  place,  has 
purchased  the  clothing  stock  of  his 
brother,  R.  B.  Fletcher,  and  will  short­
ly  remove  from  St.  Joseph  to  this  place.
Saginaw— The  machinery  for  the Sag­
inaw  Produce  and  Cold  Storage  C o.’s 
plant  on  North  Niagara 
street  was 
shipped  yesterday  and it is expected that 
the  plant  will  be  in  operation  the  last of 
the  month.

Ionia— E.  H.  Cogswell,  who  has  been 
in  the  employ  of  G.  F.  Phelps  for  the 
past  nine  years,  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  410  Main  street.  W.  J.  Gould  & 
Co.  and  the  Worden  Grocer  Co. 
fur­
nished  the  stock.

Detroit—The  Hoyt  Steam  Laundry 
Co.  has  been  incorporated  with a capital 
of  §10,000,  fully  paid  in.  The  share­
holders  are: 
Thomas  J.  Hoyt,  989 
shares;  Claude A.  Weymouth,  10  shares ; 
Elmer  L.  Allor,  1  share.

Cadillac— Wm.  McAdie  and John  De­
Young  have  purchased  a  third  interest 
in  the  Michigan  Iron  Works  plant  of the 
estate  of  the  late  Robert  Leslie.  The 
name  will  remain  the  same  as  hereto­
fore— Wm.  McAdie  &  Co.

it 

is  the 

Ishpeming— The  Finnish  Mercantile 
Association,  which  began  business  here 
about  a  month  ago,  buying  out  the  store 
conducted  by  Kangas  &  Co.  at  the  cor­
ner  of  Division  and  First  streets  and 
the  butcher  shop  of  Oscar  Forsberg,  has 
had  a  notably  successful  career to  date. 
In  fact,  the  business  has  been  so  good 
that 
intention  to  begin  work 
on  a  new  business  block  with  little  de­
lay.  Two 
lots  on  Division  street  have 
been  purchased.  A  block  occupies one, 
in  which  the  bucther  shop  is  located. 
While  no  steps  have  yet  been  taken  to 
secure  the  erection  of  the  proposed 
building,  it  has  been  definitely  decided 
to  build  it,  as  more  room  than  the  pres­
ent  quarters  afford  is  demanded  for  the 
proper  conduct  of  the  business.

Adrian— The  grocery  stocks  of  Neil 
Gray,  3  East  Maumee  street,  and  A.  R. 
Lowry,  at  37  North  Main  street,  have 
been  consolidated  under  the  firm  name 
of  Gray  &  Lowry.  The  business  will  be 
conducted  at  the North Main street store.
Houghton— I.  E.  Swift  &  C o.’s  new 
hardware  store  in  the  Shelden-Calverly 
block 
is  fast  nearing  completion  and 
will  be  ready  for  occupancy  in  a  few 
days.  The  furniture,  as  well  as  a  por­
tion  of  the  stock,  has  arrived  and  is 
being  transferred  from  Ruelle  &  Dube’s 
warehouse  to  the  store  as  fast  as  pos­
sible.

Kalamazoo— A.  L.  Flexner  will  short­
ly  open  a  department  store  in  the  Up­
john  block  on South Burdick street.  The 
building  is  undergoing radical  improve­
ments, 
large  plate  glass 
front.  Mr.  Flexner  is  also  the  owner 
of  a  large  store  in  Dakota,  which  is  un­
der  the  management  of  his  brother  and 
which  will  eventually  be  merged  into 
the  enterprise  here.

including  a 

The  Boys  B ehind  th e   C ounter.

employed 

Constantine— R.  W.  Cochrane  has 
been 
in 
Younglove  &  C o.’s  drug  store,  taking 
the  place  of  Omar  A.  Nichols,  who  will 
return  to  his  home  in  Detroit.

as  pharmacist 

Cadillac— Fred  Sackett,  who  recently 
resigned  his  position  as  clerk  in  L.  B. 
Bellaire’s  grocery,  is  now  in  St.  Paul, 
Minnesota.  Mr.  Sackett  is  making  a 
tour  of  the  Western  States  on  a  bicycle, 
and  at  the  same  time  looking  for  a  po­
sition.

Central  Lake— Miss  Belle  Smith  has 
gone  to  Mancelona  to  accept  a  posi­
tion  in  J.  L.  Farnham’s  general  store.
Cadillac— James  R.  Sayles  has  re­
signed  his  position 
in  L.  J.  Law 's 
clothing  store  and  gone  to  Wisconsin, 
where  he  will  be  the  traveling  represen­
tative  of  a  Chicago  wholesale  house.

Cheboygan— Will  Van  Tassel,  who 
has  been  employed  in  the  C.  P.  Cuenv 
grocery  for  several  years,  has  resigned 
his  position 
that  firm.  Mr.  Van 
Tassel  expects  to  remove  to  the  Soo.

in 

South  Haven— John  Ghent,  for  several 
years  registered  clerk  at  H ill’s  drug 
store,  has  taken  a  similar  position  in 
Strong's  drug  store.

Petoskey— Jacob  Greenberg,  who  has 
been 
in  the  employ  of  S.  Rosenthal  & 
Sons  for  the  past  six  years,  has  taken  a 
similar  position  with  Levinson’s  Fair.
Shelby— Girard  &  Edwards  have  "a 
new  clerk 
in  their  dry  goods  store  in 
the  person  of  Wm.  Marsh,  of Pentwater.
Houghton— Arthur  Emmons  has  taken 
the  position  of  manager of  the  builders’ 
hardware  department  of  I.  E.  Swift  & 
C o.’s  new  hardware  store.

Harbor  Springs— Harry  Metz,  who  re­
from  M.  A.  C.,  has 
in 

cently  returned 
taken  a  position  with  W.  J.  Ciarke 
the  grocery  department.

Cadillac— Carl  Ericson  has.  resigned 
as  salesman  at  the  Granite  Block  cloth­
ing  store,  and  accepted  a  more  lucrative 
position  with  a  clothing  house  in  Seat­
tle,  Washington,  and  will 
leave  in  a 
couple  of  weeks  for  that  Western  city. 
His  family  will  remain  in  Cadillac  un­
til  he  thoroughly  familiarizes  himself 
with  his  new  duties.

O ceana S traw berries  in   M arket.

Shelby,  June  11—The  first  strawberries 
of  the  season  were  shipped  to  Chicago 
to-day.  They  were  very  nice.  Owing 
to  the  copious  rains,  there  will  be  a 
large  crop  to  go  from  this  section.

A ll  other  fruits  are  looking  good  and 

are  out  of  harm  of  frosts.

J.  H.  Chapman.

C all  F o r  a   N ational  P roduce  Shippers’ 

A ssociation.

Detroit,  June  12— The  average crop  of 
potatoes 
in  the  United  States  for  the 
past  five  years  is  215,316,810  bushels, 
amounting to  §82,382,372.  This  amounts 
to  430,632  carloads  of  500  bushels  each. 
All  perishable.  Shipments  are  often 
made  1,500  to  2,000  miles  in  both  ex­
treme  cold  and  hot  weather.

No  one  will  question  the absolute need 
of  a  compact  and  thorough organization. 
Such  an  organization  has  never  been at­
tempted.  Such  an  organization  must 
be  apparent,  as  our  shipments  are  per­
ishable  and  must  be  handled  quickly 
and 
judiciously  to  avoid  loss.  Among 
the  objects  thus  sought  to  be  attained 
are  the  follow ing:

1.  Much  needed  social  intercourse.
2.  Avoiding  market  gluts.
3.  More  promj)t  disposition  through 

more  reliable  channels  at  terminals.

4.  Sworn 

individual 

load 
weights  at  terminals.  This  condition 
exists 
in  Philadelphia  and  a  few  other 
large  cities  and  is  eminently  satisfac­
tory.

truck 

5.  Better  protection 

for  receiver  as 

well  as  shipper.

6.  The  publication  of  our own organ, 
peculiar  to  our own  conditions  and  for 
our  mutual  interests.

7.  Protest 

discriminating 
rates  and  any  other  abuses  of  transpor­
tation.

against 

8.  Better  seed  stock;  more  care  in 
loading ;  round  housing  in  extreme  cold 
weather  and  refrigerating 
in  extreme 
hot  weather;  more  prompt  collection  of 
freight  overcharges;  avoiding  houses 
which  over  quote;  eliminating  the  un­
reliable  shippers  and  receivers,  etc., 
etc.

We  may  differ  widely  on  these  ques­
tions,  but  when  we  get  together  we  can 
and  will  make  the  organization  what  we 
want  it.

Every  shipper  should  be  interested. 
large  representative 

Let  us  have  a 
meeting  in  Detroit,  Aug.  29  and  30.

Rates  will  not  exceed  one  fare  for  the 
round  trip  and  will  probably  be  one 
cent  per  mile,  granted  the  Knights  of 
Pythias.  Tickets  good  coming  Aug.  25 
to  28,  returning  to  Sept.  5,  or,  on  pay­
ment  of  50  cents, extended  to  Sept.  14.
Baker,  A.  L.,  Minneapolis,  Minn.
Buck  &  Bolton,  Gaylord,  Mich.
Bane,  R.  R.  &  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich.
Cleveland,  E  L.  Houlton,  Me.
Emerson,  C.  C.,  St.  Paul,  Minn.
Ferrin  Bros,  Detroit,  Mich.
Freeman,  C.  G .,  Pontiac,  Mich.
Lovely,  W.  H.,  Howard  City,  Mich.
Moseley Bros.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
Parkhurst,  E.  E .,  Presque  Isle,  Me.
Penney,  A.  M.,  Waupaca,  Wis.
Randall,  C.  L.,  Oxford,  Mich.
Rockafellow Grain  Co.,  Ltd.,  Carson 

City,  Mich.

Starkes,  L.,  Plainfield,  Wis.
Skallerup  Bros.,  Chicago,  111.
Waupaca  Starch  &  Potato  Co.,  Wau­

Wells,  C.  H.  &  Co.,  Greenville, 

paca,  Wis.

Mich.

Michigan  Produce  Shippers’  conven­

tion  Aug.  28  and  29,  until  noon.

National  Produce  Shippers’  Conven­

tion  Aug.  29,afternoon,  and  Aug.  30.
R.  R.  Bane,  Acting  Sec’y.

In te re stin g   M eeting  of  th e   P o rt  H uron 

A ssociation.

Port  Huron,  June  11— At  the 

last 
meeting  of  the  Merchants  and  Manu­
facturers’  Association,  F.  D.  Sanborn, 
Geo.  Sargeant  and  D.  C.  Kinch  were 
elected  to  membership.

A  communication  from  the  Jackson 
Grocers’  Association  gave  the  informa­
tion  that  the  decision  had  been  reached 
not  to  come  to  Port  Huron  this  year.

The  committee  on  the proposed moon­
light'excursion  reported  favoring  an  ex­
cursion  on  the  steamer  Conger  within 
three  weeks.  The  report  was  adopted 
and  the  committee  was 
instructed  to 
carry  out  the  program  proposed.

The  special  committee  on  the  invita­
tion  to  the  new Marine City  Association 
reported  recommending  that  a  meeting 
be  held  for  the  entertainment  of  the 
visitors  at  a  date  yet  to  be  named.  The 
report  was  adopted.

A   motion  was  adopted  recommending

that  the  Mayor of  the  city  be  invited  to 
call  a  meeting  to  consider  the  question 
of  a  Fourth  of  July  celebration.  A  com­
mittee  of  five  was appointed to represent 
the  Association  in  the  meeting.  H.  C. 
Kni 11,  E.  S.  Post,  L.  A.  McCarthur,  F 
J.  Haynes  and  Phil  Eichhorn  were  ap­
pointed  as  that  committee.

Messrs.  Little  and  Fuller,  Bay  City 
grocers,  presented  the  urgent  invitation 
of  their  Grocers  and  Butchers’  Associa­
tion  for  the  Port  Huron  Association  to 
in  the 
join 
jubilee  to  be  held  in  Bay 
City 
in  August.  A   committee  of  five 
was  appointed  to  report  on  a  plan  of 
action.  Messrs.  F.  C.  Wood,  W.  D. 
Smith,  Jr.,  C.  Lauer,  Phil  Hoffman  and 
Geo.  Parker  were  named  as  the  com­
mittee.

T he  G rain  M arket.

Wheat  has  taken  on  new  life— the  sit­
uation  has  entirely  changed. 
Prices 
have  made  a  steady  advance  since  last 
week.  Winter  wheat  has  advanced  5c 
and  spring  wheat  6c  per  bushel  for  July 
option.  The  visible  showed  about  300,- 
000  bushels  decrease,  leaving  it  about
44,704,000  bushels— about 
17,000,000 
bushels  larger  than  at  the  corresponding 
time  last  year.  The  crop  damage  in  the 
winter  wheat  belt  is  becoming more pro­
nounced  and  the  drouth  in  North  and 
South  Dakota,  as  well  as 
in  Minne­
sota,  is  not  broken  to  any  extent.  The 
foreign  crop  news  shows  no  betterment. 
The  Government  crop  report  estimates 
spring  wheat  at  87.3  and  winter  wheat 
at  82.7,  all  of  which  strengthened  the 
market.  The  conditions  seem  to  favor 
still  higher  prices  and  the  shorts  were 
bidding  up  to  buy  what  they  had  sold 
short.  With  the  present  crop  prospect 
there  will  hardly  be  200,000,000  bushels 
of  spring  and  330,000,000  bushels  of 
winter  wheat,making  a  total  of 530,000,- 
000  bushels,  against  547,000,000  bushels 
in  1899  and  675,000,000  bushels  in  1898. 
As  we  need  400,000,000  bushels  for  our 
own  use  and  will  export  200,000,000 
bushels,  any  one  can  draw  his  own  con­
clusions  as  to  prices  in  the future.  Then 
present  prices  may 
look  cheap,  as  no 
amount  of  rain  can  make  an  average 
crop  of  spring  wheat  now.

Corn  has  felt  the  advance  in  wheat, 
but  not  to  such  an  extent  as  the position 
in  that  cereal  warrants.  Trading  is  very 
much  restricted,  owing 
to  the  small 
stocks  in  sight.  While  these  cold  nights 
are  not  propitious  for  the  growing  crop, 
still  there  is  plenty  of  time  yet  provid­
ing  the  season  is  right,  but  we  need  a 
large  amount  to  bridge  us  over  until  the 
new  corn  crop  is  fit  for  use.

Oats  are  only  steady.  There  is  no 
boom,  nor  will  there  be,  as the  new  crop 
will  be  available  long  before  com c o m *  
in.

In  rye  there  is  nothing  doing— hardly 

any  trading.

The  receipts  w ere:  49  cars  of  wheat, 

9  cars  of  corn  and  10  cars  of  oats.

Millers  are  paying  70c  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

C adillac  C lerks  J o in   H ands.

From the Cadillac News.

Thirty-five  or  more  of  the retail clerks 
of  this  city  met 
last  evening  for the 
purpose  of  organizing  a  Retail  Clerks’ 
Association.  The  following  officers  were 
elected:

President— George  Mclnnes.
Vice  President— L.  W.  Rogers.
Secretary— Oscar  Johnson.
Treasurer— B.  A.  Benson.
It  will be  the  object  of  the  members to 
promote  sociability  among  themselves 
and  to  conserve  their  mutual  interests. 
Another  meeting  will  be  held  on  Mon­
day  evening  of  next  week.

Someone  says:  “ You  can  not  shake 
It  is  quite  as  im­

the  hand  of  fate.”  
possible  to  shake  fate

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

5

The  G rocery  M arket.

Sugars— The  raw  sugar  market  re­
mains  practically  the  same  as  last week, 
prices  for 96  deg.  test  centrifugals  now 
being  4^c.  On  account  of  the  strong 
advahcing  tendency  of  raws,  it  was  gen­
erally  expected  that  prices  for  refined 
sugar  would  be  advanced  10  points  for 
the  entire 
list.  The  market  has  been 
firm,  with  a  good  demand,  but  the  an­
ticipated  advance  has  not  yet  been  es­
tablished.

that 

Canned  Goods— The  chief  point  of 
interest 
in  the  canned  goods  line  is  in 
the  pea  pack.  The  market  on  the  new 
pack  of  peas  is  in  a  very  unsettled  state 
owing  to  persistent  reports  of  damaged 
and  light  crops.  There  is  a  fair  demand 
for  the  cheaper  grades  of  peas,  but  no 
one  seems  to  want  the  better  grades,  in 
view  of  the  general  uncertainty 
in  the 
situation.  Buyers  generally  are  holding 
off  until  things  become  more  settled.  A 
well-known  Baltimore  packer  writes  as 
follows:  “ In  our  opinion  the  pea  pack 
in  this  section  will  be  about  three- 
fourths  of  last  year’s,  which  was  a  very 
short  one.  We  think  the  present  week 
will  see  most  of  the  peas  in  this  section 
in  cans  and  our  growers  tell  us  that  the 
early  June  peas  will  be  over  entirely 
next  week.  Up  to  this  time  we  have 
packed  only  about  one-half  of  our  usual 
quantity.  The  price  of  raw  material  is 
the  highest  we  have  known  in  years." 
Every  one  recognizes  now 
the 
Southern  pack  will  be  small,  but  with 
the  Western  pea  growing  sections  to 
fall  back  on,  all  hand«  will  likely  get 
peas  enough  in  the  end.  Not  only  has 
the  Baltimore  pea  pack  proved  a  great 
disappointment  as  to  size,  but  the  qual­
ity  of  practically  all  the  peas  that  have 
so  far  been  packed 
is  declared  to  be 
very 
inferior  to  that  of  former  years. 
The  present  indications  are  that  prices 
will  move  up  a  peg  or  two  during  the 
coming  week.  The  spot  tomato  market 
continues 
strong,  with  considerable 
buying.  There  are  some  indications  of 
higher  price's.  The  demand  is  still good 
from  nearly  all  quarters.  Corn  is  very 
dull,  with  but  few  sales  made.  New 
pineapples  come  in  for  considerable  in­
terest  and  there  is  some buying of them, 
but  not  so  much  as 
for  the  past  two 
weeks,  as  peas  claim  the  most  attention 
now.  Some  business 
is  being  done  in 
new  strawberries  at  prices  which  are  re­
garded  as  low.  The  strawberry  pack  is 
very 
large  this  year.  Future  canned 
peaches  are  selling  more  freely,  with  a 
more  active  market  for  spot  goods.  Sar­
dines  are  showing  more  signs of activity 
and  more  movement  is  noticed  in  them 
than  for  some  time.  The  run  of  fish  on 
the  Columbia  River  has  been  much  bet­
last  few  days  and  some  believe 
ter  the 
it 
is  the  beginning  of  a  big  June  run. 
The  freezers  and  picklers  of  salmon  are 
shipping  large  quantities  to  Europe  and 
they  can  afford  to  pay  a  much  higher 
price  than  the  packers.  As 
it  stands 
to-day  the  packers  are  not  making much 
of  an  effort  to  put  up  salmon and,  unless 
they  get  raw  fish  at  about  5c  per  pound, 
they  will  not  be  able  to  deliver  50  per 
cent,  of  their  orders  this  season.  An­
other  condition  exists  on  the  River 
which  will  go  a  long  way  toward  mak­
ing  the  business  unprofitable  and  thus 
check  the  pack— a  lively  fight  between 
the  Association  and  the  outsiders.  Both 
sides  are  trying  to  see  how  much  dam­
age  can  be  done  the  other  and  many  of 
the  packers  have  refused  to  name  prices 
until  conditions  have  settled  down  to  a 
point  where  they  can  make  figures  with 
a  reasonable  certainty  of at  least  getting 
their  money  back.  Those  packers  who

are  naming  prices  are  making  them 
only  on  the  amount  of  goods  they  have 
ready  for  shipment  and  prices  named 
do  not  apply  to  future  business.

in  their 

Dried  Fruits—The  dried  fruit  market 
is  practically  the  same  as  last  week,  the 
only  activity  being  in  prunes  and  cur­
rants.  Prunes  still  continue  to  pass  in­
to  consumption  at  a  good rate,  mostly  in 
small  lots. 
It  is  stated  that  the  crop  of 
prunes  in  France  will  be  large.  Already 
low  prices  are  being quoted  in European 
markets  for  the  new  crop.  With  this 
situation  on  the  other  side  and  the  pros­
pects  of  an  immense  crop  in  this  coun­
try,  Californians  will  have  to  be  mod­
erate 
ideas  of  prices  of  this 
season’s  crop  in  order to  make  the  ex­
port  business  what  it  should  be.  The 
peach  crop  will  be  quite  as  heavy  as 
last  season  in  California and  indications 
are  that  there  will  be  some  of  the 
finest 
peaches  ever  produced.  Apricots  are 
very  quiet,  there  seeming  to  be  no  de­
mand  whatever.  It  is  estimated  that  the 
apricot  crop  will  be  about  800  carloads. 
Raisins  are  exceedingly  dull,  with  noth­
ing  of 
interest  to  report.  Currants  are 
decidedly  firmer,  due  chiefly  to  a  much 
firmer  market  in  Greece,  where  the  crop 
reports  are  not  so  favorable  as they  were 
a  few  weeks  ago.  A  good  business 
is 
done  at  present  prices.  Favorable  ad­
vices  continue  to  be  received  about  the 
new  crop  of  figs,which  is  variously  esti-- 
mated  at  all  the  way 
from  60,000  to
75,000 
is  expected  moderate 
prices  will  prevail.  Evaporated  apples 
are  about  cleaned  up.  What  few  lots 
are 
left  are  mostly  in  cold  storage  and 
will  probably  be  all  sold  out  before  the 
new  crop  comes  in.  Owing  to  the  scar­
city,  prices  are  a  little  firmer,  but  there 
has  been  no  positive  change  in  price.

loads. 

It 

for  the 

especially 

R ice— The  rice  market  is  very  firm, 
with  a  continued  good  demand  for  all 
■ sorts,  but 
lower 
grades.  Offerings  are  very  light  and, 
consequently,  sales  are  small.  Reports 
from  the  South  about  the  new  crop  are 
not  encouraging.  At  a  time  when  fully 
three-fourths  of  the  acreage  should  have 
been  well  under  way,  scarcely  more 
than  one-third  has  been  seeded.  Cer­
tain 
in  Carolina  and 
Louisiana  are  doing  finely.

limited  sections 

Tea— There 

is  nothing  of  interest  to 
note  in  the  tea  market,  but  prices  con­
tinue  to  hold  steady.  Jobbers  seem  to 
be  fairly  well  supplied  and  do  not  buy 
in 
lots.  Offerings  of  new  crop 
teas  of  various  descriptions  are  being 
made  and  some  business 
is  done  on 
these  lines.

large 

Molasses  and  Syrups— Molasses  has 
slightly  eased 
in  price  and  the  larger 
proportion  of  the  crop  has  been  dis­
posed  of.  The  demand  for  corn  syrup 
is  rather 
light  just  now,  but  prices  re­
main  firm  and  unchanged.

,

Fish— The  outlook  is  fora good mack­
erel  catch  this  season.  The  fish  up  to 
date  have  been  mostly  in  small  schools, 
but 
it  is  claimed  that  in  all  probability 
the  catch  will  be  larger  than  for  a  num­
ber of  years. 

Rolled  Oats—Oatmeal  millers  have 
taken  advantage  of 
the  strong  grain 
markets  to  make  an  advance  on  rolled 
oats  and  have  forced  up  prices  35c  per 
bbl.  As  this  price  affords  them  only  a 
very  small  profit,  it  will  undoubtedly 
hold  and  may  possibly  go  higher.

Nuts— There  is  a  very  good  demand 
for  peanuts  just  now,  due  largely  to  the 
opening  up  of  the  summer 
season. 
Prices  are  unchanged  but  the  market  is 
very  firm.

For  G illies’  N.  Y. 

tea,  all  kinds, 
| grades  and  prices,  Visner  both  phones.

Henry  H.  Bradfield  has  engaged  in 
the  grocery  business  at  Ada.  The  Wor­
den  Grocer  Co.  furnished  the  stock

The  man  who  has  laid  by  something 
to 

for  a  rainy  day  now  has  days 
spend  it.

Grand  Rapids  Qossip

The  P roduce  M arket.

Asparagus— 3o@35c  per  doz.  bunches. 
Bananas—The  market  for  bananas  is 
steady,  with  an  active  consumptive  de­
mand.  Prices  are  unchanged,  hut  are 
firmly  maintained.

Butter— Factory  creamery 

is  weaker 
and  lower  than  a  week  ago,  fancy  stock 
commanding  18c.  Dairy  grades  are 
coming  in  freely,  fetching  13c  for  pack­
ing  stock,  14c  for  choice  and  15c  for 
fancy.  The  receipts  are  heavy,  running 
largely  to  packing  stock.

Beets— 30335c  per  doz.  bunches. 
Cabbage— Caro  stock  commands  75@ 
goc  per  crate.  Mississippi  stock  fetches 
$3  per crate.

Cherries—Sweet  command  $1  per  16 
for  same 

qt.  crate.  Sour  fetch  $1.25 
quantity.

Cocoanuts—$3  per  sack  of  100. 
Cucumbers— 35@4oc  per  doz.-forhome 

grown.

E ggs— Receipts  are  large  and  price  is 
firmly  maintained  at  io @ i i c   on  a  com­
mission  basis.

Green  Peas— 75c  per  bu.
Green  Stuff— Lettuce,  5o@6oc  per  bu. 
for  outdoor  stock.  Onions, 
10c  per 
doz.  for  evergreen  and  12c  for  silver 
skin.  Parsley,  30c  per  doz.  Pieplant, 
50@6oc  for  50  lb.  box.  Radishes,  10c 
per  doz. 
for  long,  8c  for  round  and  12c 
per  doz.  for  China  Rose.  Spinach,  35c 
per  bu.

Hay—Carlot  prices,  track  Grand  Rap­
ids,  are:  No.  1,  timothy,  $12.50;  No. 
2,  $11.50;  clover  mixed,  $11.50;  rye 
straw,  $7.50;  wheat  and  oat  straw,  $5.50 
@6  per  ton.

Honey— Fancy  white  commands  I4@ 
15c.  Amber  is  in  demand  at  10c.  while 
dark  is  held  at  9c.

Lemons— The  market  for 

lemons  is 
still  higher  this  week  and  prices  for  the 
best  grades  show  an  advance  of  25@35c 
per  box.  The  lower  grades  show  an  ad­
vance  of  about  15c  per  box.  This  past 
week  prices  were  the  highest  of  the 
season.  There  are  continued  reports  of 
the  poor  keeping  quality  of  the  Califor­
nia  lemons.  This  will  force  dealers  to 
buy  Sicily  lemons,  as  no  one  wants  to 
buy  stock  that  will  spoil  on  their  hands 
in  a  short  time.

Maple  Sugar— 8c  for  imitation  and  9 

@ioc  for  genuine.

M aple  S y ru p —S ellin g   at  8o@goc  p er 

g a l.,  as  to  q u a n tity   an d   q u ality .

Oranges— Mediterranean 

sweets,  $3 
@3.25;  fancy  seedlings,  $3.50;  bloods, 
$3- 5°@4  Per  box.
Pineapples— Havanas  and  Jamaicas 
command  $i.5o@r.75  perdoz.  Floridas 
fetch  $2.25  per  doz.

Plants— Cabbage,  sweet  potato  and  to­
mato,  75c  per  box  of  200.  Celery,  90c 
per box.

Potatoes— $1 

for  new  and  40c 

for 

old.

Poultry— The  market  is  stronger  and 
slightly  higher  this  week,  due  to  favor­
able  local  conditions.  For  live  poultry 
local  dealers  pay  as  follows:  Broilers 
weighing  1%  to  2  lbs.  command  I7@ 
18c  per 
lb.  Squabs,  1.7532  per  doz. 
Pigeons,  50c.  Chickens,  7@8c.  Fowls, 
6@7c.  Ducks,  8c  for  old  and  14c  for 
for  hens  and  9c 
spring.  Turkeys,  10c 
for  gobblers. 
For  dressed  poultry: 
Chickens  command  10c.  Fowls  fetch 
9c.  Ducks  are  taken  at  10c.  Turkeys 
are  in  fair  demand  at  11c  for  No.  2  and 
12c  for  No.  i.

Strawberries— The  receipts  are  heavy, 
the 
local  crop  being  enormous.  Prices 
range  around  75c  per  16  qt.  crate  and 
will  probably  go  no  higher.  The  qual­
ity  of  the  local  crop  is  superb,  the  size 
running  large.

String  Beans—$1.25  per  bu.  crate; 

$1  for  %  bu.
•  Tomatoes— Florida  stock  commands 
$3  per  6  basket  crate  and  $2.25  for  4 
basket  crate.

Turnips— 75c  per  bu.
Wax  Beans—$1.25.  per  bu.  crate;  $1 

for  %  bu.

Albert  C.  Cain,  flour  and  feed  dealer 
at  Rome  City,  Ind.,  has  formed  a  co­
partnership  with  Wm.  Deltz  and  en­
gaged  in  general  trade  under  the  style 
of  A.  C.  Cain  &  Co.  The  grocery  stock 
was  furnished  by  the Worden Grocer Co.
W.  W.  Pearson,  who  has  been  en­
gaged  in  the  clothing  business  at  Fre­
mont  for  several  years,  has  leased  the 
large  store  building  formerly  occupied 
by  the  Newaygo  Improvement  Co.,  at 
Newaygo,  and  will  open  a  department 
store  therein  about  June  15.  Mr.  Pear­
son  purchased  his  dry  goods  of  Edson, 
Moore  &  Co.,  his  groceries  of  the  Mus- 
selman  Grocer  Co.,  his  shoes  of  the 
Bradley  &  Metcalf  Co.  and  Wolf  Bros., 
arid  his  crockery  and  glassware  of  E. 
M.  Shaw,  of  Newaygo,  who  will  dis­
continue  the  sale  of  this 
in  con­
sideration  of  Mr.  Pearson’s  agreement 
not  to  carry  a  line  of  hardware.

line 

The  Citizens  Telephone  Co.  has  pur­
chased  the  Peninsular  Telephone  Co. 
system,  comprising  local  exchanges  at 
Bellevue  and  Athens  and  long  distance 
lines  running 
from  Charlotte  to  Battle 
Creek  via  Olivet;  Bellevue  and  Penfield, 
thence  to  Athens,  thence  to  Homer  via 
Union  City  and  Tekonsha,  thence  to 
Coldwater  and  Q uincy;  also  an  unfin­
line 
ished 
from  Concord  to  Jackson. 
This 
is  one  of  the  most  important  pur­
chases  yet made  by  the  Citizens  Co.,be­
cause 
it  places  the  Citizens  system  in 
direct  communication  with  a  chain  of 
important  towns 
in  Central  and  South­
ern  Michigan.  The  exchange  at  Athens 
will  be  entirely  rebuilt  with  the  most 
up-to-date  construction.

Ju d g e   P erk in s  on  C ripple  C reek. 

“ The  element  of  risk  we  consider 
practically  eliminated 
i»   our  Cripple 
Creek  gold  investment  from  the fact that 
we  have  selected  strictly  inside  prop­
erty  at  the  center  of  the  four  sections 
of 
land  from  which  over  $18,000,000 
in  gold  was  taken  last  year  and  about 
$25,000,000  will  be  mined  this  year,”  
said  Judge  Cyrus  E.  Perkins,  who 
is 
trustee  for  receiving  the  subscriptions, 
to-day.

“ This  output  is  at  the  rate  of  $10,000 
per  year  for  every  acre,  which  would  be 
an  ipvestment  at  10  per  cent,  on  a  valu­
ation  of  $100,000  for  each  acre  in  that 
small  district.  We  pay  $100,000  cash 
and  one-fifth  the  stock  for  about  four­
teen  acres.  We  don’t  see  how  we  can 
lose  anything,  and  we  think  we  have  a 
chance  of  making  from  100  to  5,000  per 
cent.

------- •   ♦ -----------

C ollapse  o f R o b ert  It.  S uiter.

R.  B.  Suiter,  of  Cleveland,  whose  in­
flated  quotations  have  received  frequent 
attention  at  the  hands  of  the  Trades­
man,  made  an  assignment  Monday  to 
J.  T.  Heald,  with  assets  and  liabilities 
nominally  the  same— $3,500. 
It  will  be 
remembered  that  this 
is  the  man  who 
tendered  the  Tradesman  a  9  inch  adver­
tisement  some  three  months  ago,  which 
offer  was  declined,  at  which  time  the 
Tradesman  gave  its  readers  certain very 
good  reasons  why  the  announcements  of 
men  of  the  Suiter  ilk  would  not  be  ad­
mitted  to  its  columns.

A.  E.  Brooks  is  spending  a  couple  of 
weeks  with 
and 
Topeka.  His  chair  is  being  occupied 
in  the  meantime  by  Perry  Barker.

friends  at  Denver 

is  hard  work  to  marry  an  heiress; 
It 
but 
lots  of 
loafers  are  ready  to  under­
take  the  job.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

8

The  Buffalo Market

A ccurate  Index  o f  th e   P rin cip al  Staples 

H andled.

in 

Beans— Pea  beans  have  the  call  here 
and  all  of  that  variety  are  taken  as  soon 
as  offered  and  bring  the  best  prices. 
fair  supply  or  easily 
Marrows  are 
obtainable,  also  mediums  and  trade 
is 
only  fair.  Marrows,  $2. io@2.25,  out­
side  for fancy ;  mediums,  $2@2.20;  pea, 
$2.1532.30,  outside  prices 
for  fancy; 
kidney,  white  and  yellow  eye  are  dull. 
Fancy  prices  are  $i.75@2.25 per bushel.
Butter— Buyers  outside  of  cold storage 
speculators  have  been 
taking  only 
enough  to  supply  daily  necessities  and 
with  good  receipts  there  was  a  lower 
feeling  near  the  closing  for fancy cream­
ery.  This  was  followed  by  a  decline  of 
fu lly.^ c  to-day,  with  good  prospects  of 
another  decline  to-morrow.  Dairy  con­
tinues  scarce  considering  the  demand 
and  the  market  is  firm  for  fancy.  Low 
grades  of  butter of  all  kinds  are  in  ac­
tive  request  and  selling  proportionately 
higher  than  ever  known  in  this  market. 
Extra  creamery,  20c;  firsts, 
i8}4@I9C; 
good  to  choice,  17^ @ i8c ;  dairy  extra, 
i8@i8>£c;  good  to  choice,  I7@i7>ic; 
crock  butter,  fancy,  17c;  fair  to  good, 
150116c.

lower,  and 

Cheese—No  new  full  grass  cheese 

in 
market  yet  and  the  best  mixed  lots  are 
not  quotable  above  10c,  with  g@g}4 c 
nearer the  market,  and  holders  are  anx­
ious  to  unload.  This  fodder  cheese 
must  sell 
is  not  fixing  the 
price 
for  well  cured  full  grass  by  any 
means,  as  that  quality  will  bring  a 
premium  in  this  market  irrespective  of 
the  manipulations  of  Eastern  buyers. 
We  want  full  cream  grass  cheese.  The 
trade  here  is  sick  o f poor  stuff  and  will 
not  take  it  at  any  price.

Eggs— The  market  is  weak.  Western 
sellers  are  offering  fine  stock  at  12c  and 
cold  storage  buyers  seem  to  be  filled 
up.  The  few  speculators 
left  are  not 
anxious  purchasers  under present  weath­
er  conditions,  and  with  only  a  light 
lo­
cal  trade  for  strictly  fresh  or closely 
candled  at  I2^c,  there  is  no  prospect 
of  any  improvement 
in  prices.  Good 
to  choice  lots  are  offered  at  i i @ I2c  and 
seconds  q@ioc.  Duck  eggs  are  not 
good  enough  to  bring  more  than  I4@i5c 
per  doz.

Dressed  Poultry— Receipts  were  not 
as  liberal,  but  there  was  sufficient  to  go 
around  and  as  is  usual  at  this  season  of 
the  year  considerable  of  the  stock  was 
in  nearly  unsalable 
poor  or  arrived 
condition. 
The 
trade  here  advises 
shippers  to  put  in  plenty  of  ice as heavy 
losses  can  only  be  avoided  by  that 
method.  On  arrival  here  in  good  con­
dition  dealers  are  able  to  take  care  of 
all  receipts,  as  cold  storage  facilities 
and  supply  of 
ice  are  abundant  and 
cheap.  Fancy fowl  sold  at  10c;  good  to 
choice,  g@g%c ;  common,  7®8 c;  broil­
ers,  20@22c,  with  an  occasional  lot  at  a 
fraction  more.  Turkeys  are  dull  within 
a  range  of  8@i2c  for  good  to  best.

fowl,

Live  Poultry— Light  receipts,  good 
demand  and  market  strong  for  broilers 
Turkeys  dull.  No 
and  fancy  fowl. 
young  ducks 
in  the  market;  good  en­
quiry.  Turkeys,  7@ ioc; 
10c;  broilers  very  scarce  and  all  re­
ceipts  brought  sold  quickly  at  24@26c, 
with  a 
lb.  at
28c  and  a  few  at  30c  per  lb.

few  fancy  coops 

Strawberries— Receipts  were 

enor­
mously  heavy,  in  fact,  the  market  was 
never  so  liberally  supplied  with  berries 
from  ail  sections  as  this  year.  Many 
cars  were  refused  and  sold  on  track  for 
less  than  freight  charges  owing  to  con­
dition.  Berlin  Heights  came  in  quite 
liberally  late  last  week  and  some  near­
by  receipts  were  also  reported,  but  only 
express 
lots,  and  these  sbld  up  to~ 12c, 
being  of  fine  flavor  and  quality.  Regu­
lar  run  of  Southern  shipments  did  not 
exceed  9c  and  it  took  fancy  to  bring 
that  figure.  Most  sales,  5@7c  for  good 
to  choice.  To-day  Berlin  Heights  sold 
at  7@ioc.

Oranges—Trade  quiet  and  with  fruit 
deteriorating  in  quality  there  is  an  eas­
ier  feeling  on  the  bulk  of  the  offerings. 
California 
fancy,  $3.75@4‘, 
choice,  $3.25@3.5o;  seedlings,  $3@3-25 
per  box.

navels, 

Lemons— Active 

and  higher;  hot 
weather  the  past  few  days  and  offerings 
light  of  fancy  fruit.  Extra 
fancy,  $5@ 
5.50;  good  to  choice,  $3-5o@4.5o  per 
box.

large  fruit. 

Pineapples— Heaviest  receipts 

Bananas— Receipts  light  and  demand 
confined  to  fancy 
Sales 
were  made  of  fancy  at  $2.25@2.50;  No. 
1,  $i.85@2;  No.  2,  75c@$i  per  bunch.
ever 
known  in  this  market,  but  with  an  ac­
tive  demand  prices  continue  firm.  E x ­
tra,  i5@2oc;  No:  1,  u @ i2 c;  No.  2,  g@ 
i o c  ;  No.  3,  7@8c  each.

Cocoanuts— Fair  supply  and  good  de­

mand  at  $2.75@3  per  100.

Cherries— Southern  are  in,  but  the  de­
mand  was 
for  quality  offered. 
Best  lots  sold  at  10c;  fair to  good,  7@8c 
per  quart.  California  cases  sold  at  $1 
@1.25  and  quality  exceptionally  fine.

light 

Peaches— The  few  Georgia  in  market 
were  prematures  and not desirable either 
in  quality  or  variety.  Best  sold  at  $2@
2.50  per  case.

Apricots—California  sold  at  $i.25@2 

per case.
ceived  and  sold  at  I2@i5c  per quart.

Huckleberries— A  few 
lots  were  re­
Potatoes— Old  potatoes  are  weak  for 
fancy  stock,  the  best  lots  bringing  any­
where  from  42@45c  off  the track.  Com­
mon  to  fair  not  wanted.  New  potatoes 
are  coming 
in  liberally  and  quality  of 
late  receipts  is  almost  perfect.  Buyers 
refuse  to  touch  anything  except  the  best 
and  paid  $3@5  per  hbl.,  while  early  re­
ceipts,  held  over  stock,  mostly  common 
and  culls,  were  offered  at  $i@2  per  bbl.
Onions— Receipts  light  and  good  de­
for  Southern. 
mand  and  market 
Bermudas  neglected. 
Egyptian  held 
higher.  Green  onions  firm.  Southern 
dry,  per  bbl.,  $3@3.25 ;  per  bag,  70 
lbs.,  $i.25@i.3Q.  Egyptian,  $2.50^2.85 
per  sack;  green, 
io@i2c  per  doz. 
bunches.-

Celery— Offerings  lig h t;  good  demand 
for  fancy  at  $¡@1.25 ;  fair to  good,  20@ 
50c  per  doz.  stalks.

Asparagus— Scarce  and  firm ;  active 
demand  at  $1.25@ i.50  for  large  fancy ; 
No.  2,  75c@$i  ;  small,  30@40c  per  doz. 
bunches.

Lettuce—Market heavily  supplied  and 

firm 

too  unsettled  and  low  to  quote.

Cauliflower— Only  fancy  Vanted,  for 
which  buyers  are  paying  $3@3.50  per 
doz.;  medium  and  small  neglected; 
offered  at  $t@2.

Tomatoes— Q uiet;  heavy  supply  of 
common  to  good and few fancy.  Quoted : 
Fancy,  $3@3_ 25;  good  to  choice,  $2@
2.50  per  carrier;  common  unsalable.

Beans— Wax  and  green  were  in  heavy
supply  and  lower.  Fancy  fresh  receipts 
brought  $1  and  held  over  stock  any­
where  from  25@5oc  per  hamper.

Cucumbers— Really  fancy  fresh  were 
in  light  supply  and  sold  quickly  at  $3@
3.50  per  bbl.,  while  stale  stock  hardly 
brought  freight  charges,  and  the  bulk  of 
the  receipts  were  of  that  class.  Home 
grown  fancy  sold  at  30@40C  per  doz.

Cabbage— Heavy  supply  and  market 
lower.  Large  crates  sold  at  $1.2531.50 
and  small  at  75c@$i,  when 
fresh  re­
ceipts ;  other stock  at  the  best  bid.

Peas— Scarce  and  wanted.  The  few 
arrivals  of  fancy  bring  $1.50  per  ham­
per.

Honey— Fair  supply ;  light  demand; 
I5@ i6c ;  No.  2, 

easier.  No.  1  white, 
I2@i4c;  dark,  8@ioc  per  lb.

Dried  Fruits-----Evaporated  apples
quiet,  but  offerings  are  cleaned  up  and 
feeling 
is  firmer.  Fancy,  6j^@7.5^c; 
fair to  good,  5@6c;  sundried,  4^@5>^c 
per  lb.

Straw— Scarce  and  firm.  Wheat  and 
oat,  bright,  on  track,  $8.5038.75  per 
ton.

Hay— Active  and  firm.  Loose  baled 
prime,  S16@16.50;  No.  1  tight  baled, 
S15@15.50;  No.  2,  $14;  blue  grass,  $14 
@15  per ton  on  track.

I f  She  S a d   to   M ake  a   Choice. 

“ Why  is  it,”  said  W illie  Wishington, 
“ that  a  woman  who  has  no  ties  of  affec­
tion  will  devote  herself  to  a  pug  dog?”  
“ I  don’t  know,”   said  Miss  Cayenne; 
“ if  I  felt  positively  obliged  to  make  a 
choice,  I  believe  there  could  be 
found 
a  man  who  was  less  stupid  and  annoy­
ing  than  a  pug  dog.”

D.  Boosing

General

Commission  Merchant

S P E C IA L T IE S

Butter  Eggs

Poultry  Beans

EGOS  W ANTED

I am paying spot cash for eggs in car lots 
or less.  I also want dairy butter, packed
in 30 and  40  and  60  pound  tubs,  selling 
from  14c  to  17c,  according  to  quality. 
Dressed poultry in good demand,  selling 
from lie to 12c.  Any further information 
you  wish  write  or  wire  me  and  I will 
answer promptly.

Correspondence solicited. 

Beferences:  Bank of Buffalo and  Dun’s 
154 Michigan Street,

and Bradstreet’s Agencies.

Buffalo, New York.

■ Butter and  Eggs- 

-Wanted-

We  are  in  the  market  for 
large  quantities  of  fresh 
eggs  and  all  grades  of 
dairy  butter. 
Highest 
market  price paid on track 
shipping point.
Get  your  money  out  of 
your low  grade butter and 
write  us  for  prices.

STROUP &  SICKELS,
38 So. Division St.,
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Both phones. 

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uses them by the thousand.

We make all kinds.

Market  Baskets,  Bushel  Baskets,  Bamboo  De­
livery Baskets, Splint Delivery  Baskets,  Clothes 
Baskets,  Potato  Baskets,  Coal  Baskets,  Lunch 
Baskets, Display Baskets, Waste  Baskets,  Meat 
Baskets,  Laundry  Baskets,  Baker  Baskets, 
Truck Baskets.

Send for catalogue.

BALLOU BASKET WORKS, Belding, Mich.

M O S E LE Y   <& S H E LB Y ,

SU G A R   B R O K E R S ,

We  work direct and cau interest you.
Wire or write us for prices.

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H . 
2 5   TO W ER   B LO C K .

TR AD E  CHECKS

Made of heavy, 6 ply  tough  card  board.  Six 
denominations, lc, 5c,  10c,  25c,  50c and  $1.00. 
Each  denomination  on  different  color  of 
hoard.  60c per 100 prepaid.  20 per cent, dis­
count on 500 or over.  Send for free  samples. 
W .  R.  ADAMS  &  CO.,  D etro it,  M ich. 

30 West  Congress  St.

MACKEY  & WILLIAMS,

Dealers in

B U TTER , EGGS, C H E E S E ,  P O U LT R Y ,  e t c . 

6 2   W.  M A R K E T  A  125  M IC H IG A N   S T S , 

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

From now forward ship dairy butter packed in tubs,  30,  40  and  60  lb.  weight.  Dressed 
poultry in strong demand.  Fresh  eggs  wanted  for  storage.  Frncy  creamery  in  good 
inquiry.

B e feren ces : The City National Bank, Buffalo:  Berlin Heights Banking Co., 
Berlin Heights,  Ohio:  National  Shoe  &  Leather  Bank,  New 
York;  Dun & Co. and Bradstreet Agencies.

Members of Produce Exchange. 

Established 1887.  Long Distance Phone Seneca 1081.

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W  A N T P n   EQQS AND BUTTER
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We want 100,000 lbs. of dairy butter either ladles or packing stock with­
in the next few days.  We are always in the market to buy  fresh  eggs. 
We pay spot cash, f. o.  b. Buffalo.  For  further  information  write  or 
wire us.
e  nnn  We have for sale five thousand No. 2 egg  cases,  practically  as  good  as 
g ,U U U   new.  Write for prices.

FOR  COLD  STORAGE.

G LEA SO N   A  LA N S IN G ,

150  MICHIGAN  S T .. 

BU FFA LO ,  N.  Y.

Beferences, Merchants Bank, Buffalo, N. Y., Bradstreet or Dun Commercial Agency.

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7

GOTHAM  GOSSIP.

News  From  the  Metropolis—Index  To  the 

Special Correspondence.

Market.

New  York,  June  9— There  is  little  of 
interest  in  the  coffee  market.  Trading 
has  been  quiet  during the  week  and sell­
ers  are  seemingly  unconcerned  as  to 
whether  they  make  sales  or  not  on  the 
present  basis. 
Advices  from  abroad 
have  not  been  especially  encouraging 
and  from  Rio  come  continued  reports  of 
plague,  so  that  altogether  the  situation 
seems  to  point  to  advanced  rates.  At 
the  close  Rio.  No.  7  is  quotable  atS^ic. 
In  store  and  afloat,the  quantity  of Brazil 
aggregates  783,217  bags,  against  1,197,- 
006  bags  at  the  same  time  last  year. 
Mild  coffees  are  quiet  at  the  moment, 
although  during  the  week  some  fairly 
good  sales  were  made.  Good  Cucuta 
is  worth  io%c.  East  India  coffees  are 
quiet  and  little  has  been  done  beyond 
the  ordinary  everyday  trade.

There  is  a  fair  volume  of  trade in teas 
and  buyers  seem  to  be  rather  more  in­
terested 
The  range  of 
than  usual. 
prices 
low  and  no  one  can  tell  what 
effect  the  troubles  in  China  will  have, 
if  the  disturbance 
increases,  as  there 
likelihood  of 
seems  every 
its  doing. 
is  apparently  a  good  time 
The  present 
to  buy.

is 

There  has  been  a  large  movement  on 
old  orders  for  sugars,  but  buyers  appear 
loath  to  take  much  stock  ahead  on  pres­
ent  quotations,  preferring  to  wait  for 
future  developments. 
Quotations  are 
without  change,  although  some  softs,  it 
is  said,  are  shaded  5  points  for  round 
lots.

Stocks  of  medium  and  fancy  grades 
of  rice  are  rather 
light  and  it  is  this 
which  keeps  prices  firm,  rather than  any 
special  activity 
in  demand.  Foreign 
sorts  are  held  at  full  values.  Prices  are 
unchanged  from  last  week.

Orders  for  spices 

in  a  jobbing  way 
some 
have  been  more 
satisfactory  trades  have  been 
quite 
made  during  the  week.  Holders 
insist 
on  full  rates  and  buyers  are  not  inclined 
to  dally.

frequent  and 

Sales  of  molasses  and  syrups  during 
the  week  have  shrunken  to  very  small 
proportions.  Some  business  has  been 
done 
low  grades— worth  say  9c— but 
the  general  tone  is  quiet.  Syrups  are 
steady  and  the  demand  is  moderately 
active.

in 

There 

is  precious  little  to  tell  about 
the  canned  goods  market.  -Spots  are 
irregular  and  quiet  and  there  is  nothing 
doing  in  futures.  Reports  come  of fail 
ure,  or  at  least  of  a  very  light  yield  of 
peas 
in  Maryland,  but  the  market  is 
affected  little,  if  any.  Brokers  advise 
purchases,  but  the  trade does not respond 
with  much  fervor.  Tomatoes  are  doing 
better  and  canners  are  not  disposed  to 
accept  current  quotations  of  75c  for  Jer­
seys,  insisting  on  80c.  Lower  rates  in­
dicate  that  the  quality 
is  not  all  it 
should  be.

Lemons  and  oranges  have  been 

in 
good  request.  Sicily  lemons  are  worth 
$3-75@5-25i 
for 
fancy.  California  oranges  are  showing 
a  decline  in  quality  and  are  quotable  at 
$4.25@4.5o,  with  fancy  stock  as  high

latter,  of  course 

the 

&   $5.25.  Bananas  have  receded 
in 
price  and  quotations  are  nominally 
$ i . 50@ i .§5  per  bunch 
for  Aspinwall 
firsts.  Pineapples  are  firm,  with  Flor- 
das  held  at  $2.75@4  per  crate,  as  to 
size.  Havanas,  7@I4C  each.

Dulness  characterizes  the  dried 

fruit 
market  all  around  and  neither  buyer  nor 
seller  shows  any  interest.

The  butter  market 

is  unsettled  and 
weak.  The  demand  has  not  been  equal 
to  the  emergency  occasioned  by  the  ar­
large  supplies,  and,  with  the 
rival  of 
accumulation,  a  decline  has 
come. 
Fancy  Western  creamery  is  worth  at  the 
outside  19c.  From  this  the  decline 
is 
rapid. 
i6@ i8^ c; 
Western  imitation  creamery,  fancy,  1

i5J^c;  factory  Western,
i5@i6c.
is  dull,  although  perhaps  a 
little  better  than 
Large, 
white  full  cream,  9X @ 9í¿c;  small,  col­
ored,  8j^@8^c.

last  week 

The  egg  market 

is  quiet,  with  best 
Western  at  not  over  13c.  Arriving  stock 
shows  a  large  proportion  of  eggs  which 
will  not  stand  inspection.

Cheese 

Thirds 

firsts, 

firsts, 

to 

T he  C areer  o f an  E rra n d   Boy.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The  career  of  the 

late  Charles  P. 
Huntington,  who  died  recently  at  Yonk­
ers,  N.  Y .,  illustrates  the  success which 
waits  upon  a  man  who  devotes  himself 
to  his  duties 
industriously  and  ener­
getically.  Mr.  Huntington  began  his 
business  career  in  New  York  in  1857  as 
an  errand  boy 
in  a  large  sugar  house. 
He  remained  connected  with  that  house 
all  his  life,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death 
he  was  the  head  of  the  firm  which  first 
employed  him.  His  career  was  marked 
not  only  by  great  industry,  but  also  by 
unflinching  integrity.  His 
life  closed 
with  an  act  of  generosity  which  adds  to 
the  instructiveness  of  the 
lesson.  His 
fortune  was  estimated  at  about  $1,000,- 
000.  After  personal  bequests  amount­
ing  to  $180,000,  made  to  his  sister,  to 
friends,  and  to  employes  in  his  estab­
lishment,  he  left  $700,000  to  the  Cathe­
dral  of  St.  John  in  New  York  and  dona­
tions  of $20,000  each  to  ten  deserving 
charities,  besides  a  sufficient  sum  to  es­
tablish  a  library  in  Norwich,  Conn.,  his 
birthplace.

Sbeep  D ulness  Exem plified.

“ The  stupidest animal  in  the  world,’ ’ 
said  Hemy  Rudolph  yesterday,  “ is  just 
a  plain,  everyday  sheep.  About  two 
weeks  ago  a  sheep  belonging  to  G.  W. 
Painter,  who 
lives  about  three  miles 
south  of  town,  turned  up  missing.  Mr. 
Painter  concluded  that it had  been killed 
by  dogs;  but  a  few  days  ago,  while 
looking  under  the  barn  floor  for  some 
purpose,  he  saw  the  missing  animal 
in 
a  salt  barrel.  The  barrel  was 
lying  on 
its  side,  and  the  sheep  had  gone  in  to 
lick  up  the  salt  which  adhered  to  the 
sides  of  the  barrel.  Finding  that 
it 
could  not  go  on  through,  it  stopped,  and 
had  been  there  nine  days,  when  discov­
ered,  without  food  or  drink.  And  it 
would  have  stayed  there  until  it  per­
ished.  All  it  had  to  do  was  to  back  out 
of  the  barrel,  but  it  hadn’t  sense  enough 
to  do  it.

SALTED
PEANUTS

N E W   P R O C E SS

Guaranteed  to  keep  fresh  for 
sixty  days.  Delicious,  Ap­
petizing,  Nutritious.

:>ALj

CRYSTAL
NUTS

TH E  ID EAL  FOOD

Made  from  nuts,  fruits  and 
grains  carefully  combined, 
thoroughly  cooked,  ready  to 
be  served  at  once.  Samples 
of the  above  sent  free  on  ap­
plication.
Lambert Nut Food Company,

Battle Creek, Mich.

“ Do 

Identifying;  a  B ad  M an.
you— do  you  remember  who 
killed  A bel?"  asked  the  old  man  in  the 
street  car  of  the  man  on  his  right.
•“ Why,  Cain,  of  course,’ ’  was  the  re­
ply. 

“ Who  did  you  think  it  was?’ ’ 

“ Waal,  durn  my  hide, 

if  1  hain’t 
made  a  fool  of  m yself! 
It  wasn’t  ten 
minits  ago  that  I  bet  a  man  $2  to $1 
that  it  was  Goliah,  and  now  I’ ll  hev 
to 
go  barefut  all  summer  to  make  it  up. 
it  was  Cain,  and  Goliah 
Yes,  sir, 
wasn’t 
in 
it,  and  Samson  wasn’t  born 
and  Q.  V.  Jones,  which  is  me,  ought  to 
be  hit  with  the  same  club  that  Abel 
w as!”

GAS  AND  GASOLINE 

MANTLES

Shades,  Burners,  Chimneys,  Mica  Goods, 
etc.,  at  lowest  prices.  Write  for  price 
sheet.

G lover’s  W holesale  M erchandise  Co. 

and 9 Tower Block, 

Grand Kapids, Mich

Our 
Wall 
Papers

Are  up  to  date  and  of  the 
latest designs.
We have the newest  ideas in 
Photo Rails and  Plate  Rails. 
Estimates  furnished  on  all 
kinds of decorating  and  pa­
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Pictures framed to order.
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59 Monroe Street,  Grand  Rapids, Mich.

Michigan  Fire  and  Marine 

Insurance Co.

Organized 18S1.

Detroit, Michigan.

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

Cash  Assets,  $800,000.
D.  M. F erry, Vice Pres,

Net  8urplue,  $200,000.

F. H. W h itn ey, Secretary.
M. W. O'Brien, Treas.

E. 

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Lemons—W e  have  5000  boxes  that  are for sale  at $4.50  to  $5.00,  made  sound. 
Oranges—Late  Navels  of  fine  quality,  126  size,  $3.25;  150,  176  and  200  size,  $3.75. 
One  thousand  bags  New  Triumph  Potatoes,  75  cents  per  bushel.

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WEDNESDAY,  •  •  JUNE  13,1900.

ST A T E . OF  M ICHIGAN (  ss.

County  of  Kent 

)

John  DeBoer,  being  duly  sworn,  de­

poses  and  says  as  follows:

I  am  pressman 

in  the  office  of  the 
Tradesman  Company  and have charge of 
the  presses  and  folding  machine  in  that 
establishment. 
I  printed  and  folded
7,000  copies of the issue of  June  6,  1900, 
and  saw  the  edition  mailed  in  the  usual 
manner.  And  further  deponent  saith 
not. 

John  DeBoer.

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

notary  public 
this  ninth  day  of  June,  1900.

Notary  Public  in  and  for  Kent  County, 

Henry  B.  Fairchild, 

Mich.

the 

T H E   PASSING  O F  T H E   SCEPTER.
Aluminum  was  discovered  in  1828,  by 
Wohler.  Thirty  years later Deville  made 
the  discovery  commercially  available. 
In  1854  it  was  quoted  at  §270  a  pound; 
in  1859  at  $40;  in  1889  at  $7 ;  in  1892  at 
$1,  and  the  market  price  now 
is  some­
thing  over  30  cents.  The  output  of  the 
metal  in  the  United  States  last  year  was 
6,500,000  pounds,  an  increase  of  25  per 
cent,  over  the  year  before;  and  the 
product  this  year will  probably  show  a 
still  greater  increase,  on  account  of 
its 
taking  the  place  of  copper,  which  is  too 
costly,  and  because 
lightness  of 
aluminum 
is  making  it  more  generally 
sought  after  for manufacturing purposes. 
Its  resemblance  to  silver  made  it  at­
tractive  for  the  numberless  articles  al­
ready  in  common  use  and  its  wonderful 
strength  has  recommended 
it  to  the 
manufacturer  where  iron  has  been  used 
before.  It  has  proved  itself  so  far  equal 
to  every  emergency  as  to  suggest  the 
in  time  take  the 
thought  that 
place  of  iron. 
Its  increasing  cheapness 
favors  the  idea  and  if  it  shall  be  found, 
as 
to  be  proportionally 
stronger  the  long  reign  of  iron  is  over.
It  is  not  easy  to  comprehend what that 
means  in  its  entirety,  for  so  common  is 
life  that  we  are  not 
iron 
in  everyday 
ready  to  give  to 
it  the  credit  it  can 
justly  claim.  Let  the  more  important 
uses  remain  unmentioned  and  let  us  go 
down  to  the  humble  conditions  of  life  to 
find  what  iron  is  doing  for  us.  A  tin 
is  common,  but  how  useless  is  the 
dish 
tin 
if  the  sheet  iron  it  covers  is  taken
away.  The  removal  of  the  stove  takes 
the  country  back  to  the  fireplace  and the 
removal  of  crane,  crane-hook  and  kettle 
into  barbarism.  What 
launches  us 
would  become  of  womankind 
to-day 
were  she  deprived  of  the  omnipresent 
hairpin?  And  fancy  the  wail  of  forlorn 
mankind 
if  the  common  pin  should 
suddenly  cease  to  exist.  Remove  the 
from  the  world  of  industry,  strike
nail 

it  promises, 

it  may 

the  ordinary  carpet  tack  from  the  list  of 
common  things,  banish  from  the  earth 
the  last  needle,  and  common  life  would 
cease  to  be  common  and  not  worth  the 
living.  So important a  part  has  this  sin­
gle  element  played  in  the  civilization  of 
the  world,  so  firmly  and  yet  so  modestly 
has  this  iron  king  of  an  iron  age  worn 
his  iron  crown,  that  when  it  is  remotely 
is  even  a  far  off 
suggested  that  there 
end  to  his  reign  there  comes  an 
indig­
nant  protest.

for  bulk  steel 
The  old-fashioned 

Whether  the  passing  of  the  scepter 
*hall  come  in  the  coming  century  time 
alone  can  tell.  Steel  has supplanted  iron 
is 
because  bulk 
the 
stronger. 
farming 
tools  still  rusting  in  the  New  England 
barns  and  tool  houses  weigh  four  times 
as  much  as  the  modern  implement  and 
only  the  workman  handling  the  fork and 
the  hoe  can  appreciate  what  thé  differ­
ence  means. 
It  has  taken  two  thousand 
years  to  bring  about  this  change  since 
Christianity  began ;  how 
long  before 
that  period  no  one  can  tell.  The  Stone 
Age  gave  way  to  iron. 
Is  aluminum 
reaching  out  its  hand  now  for  the  em­
blems  of  kingship  in  the  world  of  use­
fulness?  So  far  the  new  metal  has  met 
the  qualities  demanded  of 
is 
It  does  not  rust. 
lighter  and  stronger. 
Its  color  commends 
it. 
It  offers  no 
difficulties  in  the  hands  of  the  artisan. 
Already  in  pleasing  forms  has  it  taken 
possession  of  mansion  and  farmhouse 
and  every  day  its  usefulness  widens.  If 
the  promises  of  science  are fulfilled,  and 
the  cost  of  the  new  metal  can be reduced 
to  that  of  iron,  the  rest  is  a  mere  mat­
ter  of  time.  Slowly  and  as  surely  the 
cumbersome  will  give  way  to  its  oppo­
site,  and  where  now  the  heavy  and  dark 
holds  all  that  is  substantial  in  its  clutch 
the  light  in  weight  and  color  will  come 
in,  the  symbols  of  power  will  pass  from 
hand  to  hand  and 
the  new  metal, 
crowned  and  enthroned,  will 
its 
lead 
people  onward  toward 
*1 Golden 
A g e.”  

the 
______________

it. 

It 

A  French  journal  asserts  that  half  of 
the  suicides  are  caused  by  losses  in­
curred  at  horse  races. 
It  will  avail 
nothing  to  stop  the  horses  on  that  ac­
count.  The  Frenchman  will  find  some 
other  cause  for  killing  himself.

The  poet-laureate  of  England  gets  a 
hogshead  of  wine  every  year  for 
lau- 
reating, and  good  judges  are  now  saying 
England 
is  paying  extravagant  prices 
for  her official  poetry.

A   million-dollar  smelter 

to  be 
erected  immediately  at  Salt  Lake  City. 
Labor  agitators  and  walking  delegates 
smelter  strike  before  the  contracts  were 
signed.

is 

A  young  man  is  too  forward  when  he 
lady  friend  as  “ his  in­
speaks  of  a 
tended.”   The  most 
important  part  of 
the  contract  hinges  upon  her  intentions.

Miracles  that  can  maire 

loaves  and 
fishes  are  also  wanted  to  keep  them 
fresh  while  the  world  is  wondering.

A   thorough  physician  has  goodness 
of  heart  and  professional  pride  enough 
to  wish  his  patient  well.

The  Boers  did  not  want  to  surrender 
before  enjoying  one  more  chance  to lick 
Buller. 

___________

It 

is  best  to  keep  away  from  things 
that  will  happen  beyond  a  reasonable 
doubt.

Marriage 

is  a  failure  when  there  is 

heart-failure  to  contend  with.

GERM AN  RESENTM ENT. 

•
The  American  press  is  giving  consid­
erable  attention  to  what  it  is  pleased  to 
c a ll‘ ‘ the  hostility  of  Germany.”   For 
some  unaccountable  reason  that  nation 
has  come  to  the  conclusion  that  there  is 
If  she 
too  much  Yankee  in  the  world. 
goes  up  he  is  there. 
If  she  goes  down 
he  is  there. 
If  she  takes  the  wings  of 
the  morning  and  flies  to  the  uttermost 
parts  of  the  sea  the  first  object  her  eyes 
rest  on  is  that  American  with  his  grip­
sack  full  of  samples.  Once  there  was 
no  terror 
in  the  sight.  His  nutmegs 
were  wooden  and  his  timepieces  would­
n’t  go  unless  they  were  carried.  She 
favored  his  presence.  He  pioneered  the 
way  with  his  stuff  and  she  followed with 
the  genuine  articles.  He  thought  he 
was  doing  something 
in  the  world  of 
business  and  she  fostered  his  idea.  She 
liked  his  push  and  he  pitied  her patient 
plodding,  and  so 
long  as  she  came  out 
first  there  was  nothing  objectionable  to 
him  or  about  him.  Trace  him  back  far 
enough  and  they  both  came  together 
in 
the  Teuton  heart.  Same  blood  after 
all,  and 
it’s  a  nice  thing  to  find  rela­
tion  one  can  make  use  of.

This  has  been  the  condition  of  things 
for a  good  many  years.  The German has 
looked  upon  the  American  as  a  savage 
reclaimed  by  Baron  Stuben,  to  whose 
training  all  that 
is  good  in  the  North 
American  continent  is  wholly due.  That 
training  has  inclined  the  nation  to  look 
upon  Germany  as  a  model.  We  are  a 
nation  of  copyists  and  have  shown  a  re­
markable  intelligence  in  selecting  what 
is  really  worth  copying.  We  can  work 
and  do  work.  We  are  industrious,  with 
an  eye  out  to  the  main  chance  of  cut­
ting  a  corner  when  we  can,  but  we  are 
not  original—the  copying  shows  that. 
We  are  a  people  with  good 
intentions, 
with  a reputation from  fair  to  middling, 
but  we  are  not  profound.  We  will do  to 
take  the  subordinate  places 
in  doing 
the  world’s  work.  We  are  ambitious, 
but 
‘ ‘ the  almost”   that  has  been 
and  will  be  the  great  national  lack.  We 
can  make  a  machine,  but  our  workman­
ship 
It  lacks 
the  artistic  element.  There  is  the  form, 
the  face,  but  the  soul  is  lacking;  and 
that 
is  what  the  world  wants.  We  can 
never  furnish  that  because  we  haven’t 
it  and  that 
is  why  America  can  never 
be  a  rival  of  Germ any!

like  the  photograph : 

is 

is 

it 

With  this  matter thus  settled,  the  Ger­
man  has  gone  on  with  his  smoke  and 
the  Yankee  has  been  ‘ ‘ sawing  wood.”  
He  knew— ‘ ‘ none  so  well  as  he” — that, 
aside  from  the  Baron  Stuben  notion, 
the  estimate  of  Germany  was  correct; 
but  he  was  determined  it  should  not  be 
so.  He  ‘ ‘ learned  to  labor  and  to  wait 
and  when,  the  other  day,  the  American 
Consul  General  at  Berlin  said  that  Ger­
many  has  been  paralyzed  at  the  enor­
mous  upward  bound  of  the  foreign  trade 
of  the  United  States  it  seems  that  the 
pipe  has  been  put  down  with  exclama­
tions,  that  the 
labor  has  amounted  to 
something  and  that  the  waiting  is  over 
with.  The  Yankee  is  still,  gripsack  in 
hand,  making  the  most of his  opportuni­
ties,  and  no 
longer  a  copyist  nor  a  fol­
lower.  There 
is  where  the  resentment
comes  in :  He  has  learned  how.  There 
is  a  heavy  balance  of  trade  which  this 
country 
is  holding  against  the  land  of 
the  Rhine,  textile exports have declined, 
the  growth  of  American  exports  is  enor­
mous  and  the  competition  of  American 
metal 
is  not  only  aggressive,  but  it  is 
successful  and,  resenting  all  this,  the 
German  has  put  down  his  mug  with  a 
bang,  his  pipe  emphasizes  the  expres-

sion  of  the  empty  schooner  and  we  shall 
see  what  we  shall  see !

That  is  natural.  Nobody  likes  to  be 
beaten  at  his  own  game.  The  father 
beaten  at  a  game  of  checkers  by his own 
son  is  glad  enough  at  the  outcome,  but 
to  cuff  the 
for  a  moment  he  wants 
youngster’s  ears.  There 
is,  however, 
no  enmity  in  his  heart.  Henceforth  he 
will  play  a  manly  game.  He  will  do 
his  best  and  the  harder  the  struggle  the 
worthier  the  reward.  So  this  talk  of 
enmity  on  the  part  of  Germany  towards 
is  groundless.  The  old 
this  country 
country 
is  waking  up  to  the  fact  that 
the  new  one  has  got  over  being  a  boy 
and  is  able  to  assert  his  manhood.  He 
has  become  a  manufacturer.  He  has 
learned  how  to  trade.  His  dye  tub  has 
learned  the  secret  of  coloring.  His 
In  a 
looms  weave  the  best  woolens. 
word,  he  has  overcome 
‘ ‘ the  almost”  
and,  in  a  vernacular  peculiar  to  him­
self,  he 
‘ ‘ gets  there  with  both  feet.”  
Germany  has  no  more  reason  for  enmity 
against  this  country  than  England. 
In 
a  certain  sense  the  latter  has  a  greater 
grievance  than  Germany,  and  he  would 
be 
looked  upon  as  a  simpleton  who 
should 
resentment 
against  this  country  because  she  has 
been  over-reached 
in  trade.  Oh,  no, 
Germany  has  been  taken  by  surprise, 
that  is  all. 
In  the  struggle  for  commer­
cial  supremacy  she  has  found  an  unex­
pected  rival.  Roused  to  the  fact,  the 
resentment  she  feels  will 
legiti­
mate  channels  and  the  Yankee  will find, 
if  he  succeeds  now,  he  has  earned  his 
success;  and  he  will  find,  too,  that  Ger­
many  will  appreciate  the  fact  as  thor­
oughly  as  he  does  and  heartily  applaud 
him  for  it.______________

talk  of  English 

follow 

Colorado 

specially  names  watches 
among  the  articles  of  personal  property 
on  which  a  tax  shall  be  p a id ;  but  a 
watch  being  something easily concealed, 
the  assessors  have  had  difficulty  in  col­
lecting  the  tax. 
' The  Denver  assessor 
has,  however,  hit  on  the  expedient  of 
assessing  each  voter  in  his 
jurisdiction 
at  $20  for  his  watch  on  a  guess,  and  it 
is  represented  that  the  treasury  has been 
enriched  $26,250  thereby.  This  puts 
the  assessors  on  their  metal,  and  makes 
them watch  out  for  the Waterbury watch, 
which  must  be  accompanied  by  a  suit 
of  clothes  to  make  a  boy  take  it.

light 

The  electric 

is  used  now  in 
nearly  all  of  the 
jute  mills  in  India. 
This  state  of  affairs  was  brought  about 
by  the  working  people,  who  found  they 
could  work  overtime  under  much  better 
conditions  and  with 
increased  pay  in 
mills  which  were  electrically  lighted, 
and  flocked  to  those  employing  that 
system  in  such  numbers  that  other  mills- 
had  to 
into  their 
workrooms.

introduce  the 

light 

The  pie  bakers  of  New  York attribute 
the  great  demand  lately  for  their  prod­
uct  to  a  disappearance  of  the  belief  that 
pies  are 
Even  athletes 
now  eat  pies  in  training.

indigestible. 

Japan  has  discovered  gold  mines,  but 
no  foreigner  will  be  allowed  to  work 
them.  When  C ecil  Rhodes  hears  this 
England  may  be 
induced  to  declare 
war on  Japan.

Low-necked  dresses  are  gradually get­
ting  their  work  in  again.  Fashion  has 
been  choking  beauty  to  death  with  the 
garret  collars.

There  seem  to  be  only  two  kinds  of 
bananas.  They  are  the  unripe  and  the 
over-ripe.

A  PATHOLOGIC  PUZZLE.

Inflammation  of  the vermiform appen­
dix,  formerly  one  of  the  very  rarest  of 
dangerous  human  diseases,  has  within 
a  rce n t  period  become  one  of  the  most 
common,  as  well  as  one  of  the  most 
fatal.

The  attacks  of  this  disorder  are  con­
fined  to  persons  of  no  class,  age  or  con­
dition,  but  are  experienced  by  people 
in  every  walk  of  life,  apparently  with­
out  exception  or  distinction.  The  child 
the  young  man  and 
of  tender  age, 
maiden,  men  and  women  of 
leisure;  as 
well  as  workers,  all  seem  alike  subject 
to  the  painful  and  often  deadly  assaults 
of  this  most  obscure  and  little  under­
stood  disea  e.

from 

that  was 

Formerly,  and 

the 
earliest  times  to  the  present  generation, 
the  attacks  of  appendicitis  were  attrib­
uted  to  the  entrance  into  the  appendix 
of  some  foreign  body,  such  as  a  fruit 
seed  or  pin  or  some  other  small  article 
swjllowed  by  accident  or otherwise;  but 
it  now  appears  that  such  causes only ac­
count  for  4  per  cent,  of  all  the  cases, 
while  the  other  96  per  cent,  must  be 
charged  to  something  else,  and 
just 
what  that  something  may  be  is  a  puzzle.
The  vermiform  appendix  is  a  small 
intestinal  tube,  a  few  inches  in  length, 
connecting  with  one  of  the 
large 
entrails  of  the  human  digestive  system. 
It  is  closed  up  at  the  farther  end  and  is 
declared  by  many  medical  men  to  per­
form  no  known  function.  They  claim 
that 
is  merely  a  relic  of  some  organ 
that  was  possibly  of  use  to  men  when 
they  were  undergoing  some  early  stage 
of  evolution,  but  that  they  have  out­
grown  it,  and  now  it  is  of  no  use  what­
ever.  This  mysterious  organ,  is  pos­
sessed  by  animals  of  the  orang-outang 
and  ape  species  and  also  by  some  of  the 
opossum  family.

lower 

it 

Modern  science 

is  so  dogmatic  that 
it  will  not  tolerate  any  serious  question­
ing  of  its  formal  deliverances,  and,  hav­
ing  pronounced  upon  the  non-utility  of 
the  worm-like  organ  that has lately come 
into  great  prominence,  that  troublesome 
appendix  is  fit  for  nothing  but  to  be  cut 
off  by  the  surgeon’s  k n ife;  but  the 
fre­
quent  fatality  of  the  operation,  and  the 
by  no  means 
infrequent  return  of  the 
disease  after  the  extirpation  of  the  or­
gan, seems  as  if  it  were  a  sort  of  protest 
against  the  opinion  held  of  the  ejected 
and  cast-out  organ.

Since  the  appendix  has  been  scien­
tifically  condemned  as  wholly  useless, 
it  would  be  presumption  to  suggest  any­
thing  to  the  contrary ;  but  it  occurs  to 
students  of  human  mechanisms— that is, 
of  mechanical  structures  designed  by 
men  in  connection  with  the  organisms 
of  the  human  body— that  the  appendix 
is  just  such  a  device  as  would  be  used 
to  take  up  and  dispel  what  would  other­
wise  be  the  fatal  consequences of shock.
There  are  many  mechanical  appli­
tremendous  forces 
ances  operated  by 
which  are  subjected 
to  such  violent 
shocks  that  they  would  be  greatly  dam­
aged,  and  even  destroyed,  if  there  were 
not  some  device  to  take  up  and  distrib­
ute  the  force  of  a  sudden 
impact.  For 
instance,  when  a  cannon is fired,  the  re­
coil  of  the  gun 
is  made  with  a  force
equal  to  that  which  is  communicated  to 
the  shot.  The  great  gun  kicks  back­
if 
ward,  and 
it  were  not  for  special 
mechanism 
in  the  construction  of  the 
carriage  to  dispose  of  the  force  of  the 
recoil,  the  discharge  of  such  a  cannon 
would  be  calamitous  to  its  own gunners.
To  reverse  the  motion  of  a steam  rail­
locomotive  or  the  engine  of  a 
full  speed,

way 
steamship,  when  going  at 

would  work  havoc  to  the  engineers  and 
to  the  machinery  if  it  were  not  for  spe­
cial  provision 
for  disposing  of  the 
shock.  There  are  elevators  or  “  lifts”  
for  carrying  passengers  up  and  down  in 
lofty  buildings,  which  are  so  provided 
that  the  fall  of  the  cage  bearing the  pas­
sengers 
is  robbed  of  its  danger  by  pro­
vision  to  neutralize  the  force  of  what 
would  be  otherwise  a  terrible  impact.

There  are  many  other  machines  in 
which  some  such  device  is  necessary, 
and  it  is  most  commonly  in  the  form  of 
a  cushion  of  compressed  air  contained 
in  some  appropriate  receptacle.  The 
compressio j  of  the  air  is  effected  in  a 
moment  by  the 
impact  caused  by  the 
sudden  arrest  of  motion,  and  it  creates 
a  progressive  reaction  against  the 
force 
of  the  shock.

To  suppose  that  the  human  system, 
which 
is  subject  to  the  effects  of  the 
most  violent  emotions,  of  nervous  and 
muscular  exertion,  under  the  pressure 
of  highly  exciting  causes,  is  not  pro­
vided  with  some  means  of resisting such 
is  a  most  unreasonable  assump­
shocks 
tion. 
If  science  believed  in  a  supreme 
creative  intelligence  and  force,  it  would 
be  most  degrading  and  unworthy  to  as­
sume  that  the  Divine  intelligence  has 
failed  to  provide in  the highest  vitalized 
organism  protective  mechanisms 
that 
man  in  his  works  has  long  ago  applied.
But  even  if  the  Divine  creative power 
is 
be  rejected,  and  it  be  held  that  man 
the  result  of  an  evolution  which 
impels 
him  to  attempt  to  supply  every  urgent 
need  as  soon  as  it  is  realized,  it  must 
be 
inferred  that  evolution  has  met  all 
such  requirements,  and  that  the  human 
body 
is  provided  with  the  means  of 
meeting  physical  and  emotional  shocks 
which  would  otherwise  damage  or  des­
troy  vital  oragns. 
It  may,  therefore,  be 
possible  that  the  appendix  vermiform- 
is,  and  the  caecum,  of  which  it  is  an 
appendage,  are  a  part  of  the  anti-shock 
If  so,  then  the  little  organ 
mechanism. 
which 
is  now  regarded  with  so  much 
contempt  may  be  of  large  actual  value 
after  all.

other 

But  why  has  appendicitis  within  a re­
cent  period  become  so  frequent  an  as­
sailant  of  human  health?  The  same  sort 
of  question  may  well  be  asked  in regard 
to  several 
disorders— Bright’s 
disease,  for  instance.  That  is  a  question 
which  must  be  left  to  the  medical 
fac­
it  may  not  be  out  of  place  to 
ulty ;  but 
suggest, 
in  connection  with  appendi­
citis,  that  the  use  of  anodynes  and  cal­
matives  has  become  so  general,  while 
the  agents  employed  are  so  numerous 
and  many  of  their  properties  and  effects 
are  so 
little  understood,  that  they  de­
prive  the  anti-shock  apparatus  of  the 
exercise  of  its  due  and  proper  function, 
so  that  this  heretofore  indispensable  ap­
paratus,  being  no  more  actively  em­
ployed,  has  begun  to  degenerate  and  to 
breed  diseases  of  its  own  on  account  of 
such  disuse.  Not  only  has  the  excessive 
use  of  anodyne  and  narcotic  agents 
wrought  its  effects upon the constitutions 
of  the  users,  but  it  has  reacted  on  their 
descendants.  At  any  rate,  the  appendix 
vermiformis  has  come 
into  enormous 
in  a  com paratively  recent 
importance 
period,  and 
it  has  already  created  a
general  alarm  that  may,  if  not  stopped 
by  the  assurances  of  reliable  relief, 
reach  the  extremes  of  panic.  Here  is  a 
problem  of  the  first 
for 
medical  investigation.

importance 

Whatever  else  may  bind  Germany 
and  this  country  together,  the  former’s 
excluding  American  sausage  is  going  to 
make  one  link  the  less.

T H E   J A P   AND  T H E  YANK.

It  was  an 

incident  hardly  out  of  the 
ordinary  which  took  place  the  other  day 
when  a  large  consignment  of wheat from 
a  Pacific  port  of 
the  United  States 
started  for  Japan.  Other  consignments 
had  preceded 
it,  but  this  one  so  much 
larger  calls  attention  to  the  growing  de­
mand  for  American  products  by  this 
country  so  lately  wakened  and  so  sud­
denly  transformed,  if  the  figure  is  not 
too  violent,  from  the  sluggish  insect  of 
semi-civilization  to  its  perfect  develop­
ment  of  modem  life.

It  is  unnecessary  to  go  back  very 

far 
to  mark  this  increase.  Two  years  ago 
four  million  dollars’  worth  of  flour  went 
westward  to  the  East,  for  the  most  part 
to  China,  Japan  and  Russia  in  Asia. 
Last  year  almost  six  millions  of  the 
same  merchandise  passed  between  the 
same  ports  and  it  is  not  going  too  far  to 
add  that 
from  present  indications  the 
amount  of  exports  from  this  country  to 
those  will  certainly  be  no  less.  They 
buy  every  year  a  billion  dollars’  worth 
of  goods.  The  United  States  has  been 
able  to  get  6  per  cent,  of  this  trade. 
From  that 
increase  of  two'millions  a 
year  as  a  basis  it  does  not  indicate  over 
confidence  to  affirm  that  that  6  per  cent, 
during  the  next  decade  will  be  much 
larger.

With  the  expansion  of trade, which has 
been  rapidly  increased  since  prosperous 
times  began  in  this  country,  it  will  oc­
casion  no  surprise  to  learn  that  much  of 
our  increase  has  been  with  the  Orient. 
During  the  eight  months  ending  with 
February,  exports  to  Europe  were  in­
creased  5.4  per cent,  as  compared  with 
the  corresponding  months  of  the  preced­
ing  fiscal  year.  South  America  took  8 
per  cent.  ;  North  America, 
13.3  per 
cent.,  for  which  our  Canadian  sister  has 
our  hearty  thanks ;  Asia,  38  per  cent, 
and  Oceanica  51  per  cent.  This  in­
crease  in  our  sales  to  the  Orient  occurs 
in  every  country  classified  under  the 
head  of  Asia  and  Oceanica  and  while  it 
in 
might  be  a  pleasing  task  to  furnish 
detail  the  figures  which  confirm 
the 
statement  of  the  increased  per  cent.,  it 
would  be  a  tedious  one  and  this  from 
Japan  must  stand  for  the  whole  story; 
In  the  eight  months  ending  with  Feb­
ruary,  1899,  the  amount  of sales to Japan 
increased  from  $10,505,854,  to  $18,344,- 
179, 
amount 
which  indicates  a  growing 
interest  be­
tween  the  Jap  and  the  Yank,  which may 
mean  something  more  than  an  array  of 
figures.
This 

is  not  lessened  by  the 
fact  that  the  general 
importations  of 
that  country  have  been greatly decreased 
under  its  new  tariff,  which  is  somewhat 
protective,  and  an  examination  of  the 
amount  of 
for  the  fiscal  year 
ending 
in  1899  shows  that  while  Japan 
is  decreasing  her  general  imports  she 
continues  to 
increase  rapidly  her  im­
ports  from  the  United  States.

in  February, 

1900,  an 

imports 

interest 

While  this  condition  of  trade  doubt­
less  rests  on  the  general  law  of  advan­
tage,  there  seems  to  be  something  else 
Comparing  the  Yankee,  the 
latest  out­
come  of  national  development,  with  the 
Jap, 
the  child  of  the  semi-civilized, 
there  are  some  points  of  resemblance
not  purely  fanciful.  The  two  are  thor­
oughly  wide  awake.  They  stand  each 
first  as  the  best  type  of  the  life  behind 
them.  They  are  both  progressive.  They 
are  both  ambitious. 
They  are  both 
looking  out  for  the  main  chance,  differ­
ing 
from  the  nations  behind  them  in 
this,  that  both  are  determined  to  be 
found  equal  to  the  leading place circum­
stances  have  given  them.  There  are

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Q

finds 

other  points  of  resemblance,  but  these 
are  enough  to  show  that  the  two  peoples 
are  enough  alike  to  be  attracted  to  each 
other  and  they  are.  The  wit  hidden  in 
the  Yankee  machine 
full  appre­
ciation 
in  the  delighted  Jap  and  from 
the  manufactured  product  up  through 
the  cunning  contrivance  the  apprecia­
tion  passes  to  the  nation  and  the  genius 
behind 
its  product. 
the  touch  which  establishes 
There 
the  kinship  and  it  need  not  create  sur­
prise  if  later  this  kinship,  remote  as 
it 
is  to-day,  be  more  generally  acknowl­
edged,  and  a  closer  union  of 
these 
extremes  may  produce  the  most  bene­
ficial results.

the  machine  and 
is 

is 

By  means  of  electric lights the interior 
of  a  burning  building  is  made  as  plain 
firemen  can  tell  at  a 
as  daylight,  and 
from  the  window-ledge  whether 
glance 
their  presence 
is  needed  inside.  The 
lights  are  made  detachable,  so  they  can 
be  taken  from  the  engine  and  set  up  on 
standards.  They  are  also  provided with 
200  feet  of  flexible  conducting  cables, 
firemen  to  run  the 
which  enables  the 
searchlights  out  on  a  pier,  or  even 
into 
a  building.  One  of  the  great  fields  for 
usefulness  of  this  new  apparatus 
in 
lighting  up  the  interior  of  boats  when 
on  fire.  When  a  ship  at  the  pier  gets 
on  fire  the  darkness  in  the  hold  makes 
it  difficult  for  the  firemen  to  control  the 
flames.  Dense  volumes  of  smoke  further 
obscure  the  point  where  the  fire  is  burn­
ing,  and  sometimes  ship  and  cargo  are 
lost  simply  because  the  firemen  are  un­
able  to  locate  the  exact  place  of  the fire. 
The  portable  searchlight,  which  will 
soon  be  re-enforced  by  smaller  incan­
descent  lights  for  carrying  in  the  hand, 
will  make  fire-fighting  at  night  a  much 
easier  matter  than  in  the  past.  Hereto­
fore  fire  safeguards  have  been  consid­
ered  chiefly  for  the  public;  it  is  a  wise 
move  now  to  consider  the  firemen.

Miss  Florence  Nightingale  has  just 
celebrated  her  80th  birthday.  Entirely 
confined  to  her  room,  Miss  Nightingale 
has  daily  proof,  in  the  number  of  the 
pistolary  enquiries  and  the  gifts  of  fruit 
and  flowers  she  receives,  of  the  place 
1  she  continues  to  hold  in  the  affections 
of  the  people.  In  all  the  efforts  through- 
1  out  the  country  to  provide  sufficient 
hospital  accommodations  and  comforts 
for the  troops  at  the  front,  she  has  taken 
a  lively  interest,  and  quite  recently  she 
sent  $500,  with  a  sympathetic 
letter, 
to  the 
lord  provost  of  Edinburgh,  on 
behalf  of  the  maintenance  of  the  South 
African  hospital,  equipped  by 
the 
northern  capital  and  east  of  Scotland.

timber 

For  preserving 

from  decay 
an  Australian  has  patented  a  new  treat­
ment,  consisting  of  immersing  the  tim ­
ber 
in  a  solution  of  arsenious  acid  and 
an  alkali  until  thoroughly  impregnated, 
after  which  a  coating  of  sulphate of cop­
per  is  applied. 

*

Drunkenness  is  more  common  on  Sat­
urday  nights  than  other  nights,  because 
then  the  workman 
is  paid  wages  and 
has  money  to  loan  the  dead-beat  drunk­
ard. 

______________

The early closing movement originated
with  the  clam,  which  shuts  up  when 
it 
hears  the  approach  of  footsteps  on  the 
beach. 

______________

Lots  of  practical  jokes  fall  dead  and 
have  to  be  carried  out  by  people  who 
did  not  originate  them.

Debating  societies  try  to  kill  time  by 
the  hour  when  they  spread  their  doings 
on  the  minutes.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

10

Shoes  and  Leather

G lim pses  o f Life  in  a  Shoe  Store.

little  clerk  that  morning. 

Mr.  Jones,  who  ran the  store,  and  had 
one  clerk,  had  gotten  down  town  before 
the 
It  was 
not  a  usual  thing,  and 
it  was  not  the 
little  clerk’s  regular  hour  to  appear,  yet 
Mr.  Jones  stood 
in  the  doorway  for a 
moment  without  unlocking  the  door  and 
scowled.

He  didn’t  usually  get  down  so  early 
But  it  was  such  a  pretty  spring  morn 
ing  and  the  birds  sapg  so 
just  outside 
his  window  that  he  couldn’t  sleep,  so l 
jumped  out  of  bed,  bolted  h „  
had 
breakfast 
for  the  first  time  on  record 
along  with  the  boarders who were alway 
called  at  six  and  went  to  work  at  seven 
There  was  no  reason  on  earth  why 
felt  happy  that 

Jones  shouldn’t  have 
beautiful  spring  morning  as  he  stood 
the  doorway.  Business  was  pretty  fa 
, 
there  was  no  competition which he could 
not  meet.  He  owed  nothing.  The  an 
nual  inventory  had  showed  a  good  stock 
on  hand  and  a  very  tidy  profit  over  the 
preceding  year.  Still  he  was  grumpy 
There  could  be  no  denying  that.

He  did  not  unlock  the  door;  he 

just 

stood  there  and  scowled.

It  was  not  yet  7 ¡30,  and  he  knew  that 
that  was  the  hour  which  the  little  clerk 
had  been  told  to  open  the  doors  unti 
June  1,  and  yet  had  an unreasoning feel 
ing  of  anger  because  the  store  was  not 
open.

Jones  was  not  a  bad  sort  of  a 

fellow 
at  all.  We  all  of  us  are  that  way  some 
times.

Somebody  was  whistling  blithely 
down  the  side  street.  The  whistle  came 
around  the  corner. 
It  was  accompanied 
by  the  little  clerk.  The  boy  gave  one 
terrified  look  at  the  man  in the doorway, 
and  then  at  the  town  clock  and  looked 
puzzled,  but  he  stopped  whistling.

There  was  no  reason  on  earth  why 
Jones  should  not  have  said  “ good morn 
in g "  blithely,  but  he  did  not.  He  sim 
ply  nodded  and  stood  silent  until  the 
little  clerk  unlocked  the  door,  and  the 
shoe  store  door,  which 
is  always  the 
same,  and  unlike  anything  else,  swept 
out 
in  his  face.  Then  Joiies  went  i_ 
and  watched  the  boy.  He  watched  him 
take  the  rugs  out  on  the  front  walk  and 
mix  up  the  sawdust  and  water  for  the 
bare  floor,  and  the  soaked  paper  scraps 
for  the  carpets.  He  went  and  stood  in 
the  doorway  while  the  lad  beat  the  rugs 
and  swept  and  rolled  the  long  strips 
carpet  that  were  used 
in  front  of  the 
settees.  He  watched  him  sweep  the 
carpets  and  he  watched  him  sweep  the 
spots  of  bare  floor and  behind  the  do-up 
counter.

Jones  didn’t  mean  anything,  but  it  all 
seerried  very  real  and  horrible  to  the  lit­
tle  clerk.  He  usually  whistled  or  sang 
as  he  did  up  his  morning’s  work,  but 
he  worked  silently  and  nervously  on this 
('articular  morning.

Once  Jones  pointed  toward  a 

little 
¡latch  of  sawdust  which  had  been left  by 
the  boy’s  broom,  and  once  he  took  the 
broom  from  the  lad's  hands  and  reswept 
under  the  stove.

The  sun  peeped  over  the  top  of  the 
opposite  building  and  shone  brightly  in
on  the  window  trim.  The  boy  did  not 
notice  it.  Jones  walked  rapidly  to  the 
door  and  lowered  the  awning.  The  boy 
felt  like  a  convicted  felon.

Once  an  early  customer  came  in  and 
asked  for  a  number  three  and  one-half 
rubber. 
leaned  his 
broom  up  against  the  ledge  and  it  fell 
over  with  a  startling  crash.  The  three

little  clerk 

The 

and  one-half  rubbers  were  all  out  and 
the  customer  departed.  The  little  clerk 
felt  more  guilty  than  ever.

He  laid  his  dustpan  down  for a  mo­
ment  while  he  went  to  get  his  broom 
and  Jones  picked  up  the  dustpan  and 
hung  it  up,  and  it  scared  the  little  fel­
low  to  go  and  take  it  down  again.

He  dusted  with  the  greatest  care,  and 
just  as  he  was  about  to  put  the  duster 
away,  Jones  walked  over to  the  counter, 
picked  up  a  pile  of  single-pair  cartons 
and  held  them  while  the 
little  clerk 
dusted  the  spot  on  the  counter  where 
they  had  stood.

It  was  sunny  and  delightful  out  of 
doors,  but  it  seemed  horrible  inside  to 
the 
little  clerk.  And  really  Jones  did 
not  mean  anything  at  all.

Suddenly  Jones  seemed  to  think  of 
something.  He  felt  of  his  coat  pockets 
and  of  his  vest  pockets,  and  then  he 
light  overcoat  and 
went  over  to  his 
searched 
through 
pockets. 
Finally  he  drew  out  a  pleasant-looking 
cigar.  He  smelled  of 
it  thoughtfully 
and  bit  off  the  tip.  He  found  a  match 
and  drew  it  along  the  under  edge  of  the 
do-up  counter  and  looked  cross-eyed  at 
the  tip  of  the  cigar  while  he 
it 
carefully.

lighted 

several 

He  had  breakfasted  so  early  that  he 
had  forgotten  his  morning  cigar.  He 
took  two  or  three  whiffs  and  blew  the 
smoke  in  rings  toward  the  ceiling.

“ By  Jove,  Jim my,’ ’  he  said,  “ this  is 
a  blame  fine  morning. 
flip  with 
you  to  see  who  goes  to  the  ball  game 
this  afternoon. ”

I’ll 

Were  you  ever  a  little  clerk  in  a  shoe 
in  Boots  and  Shoes 

store?— I.  Fitem 
Weekly.

y  

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the roadways ribboned the acres through 

T he  W h istlin g   Boy.

.  

A merchant went in the summer time 
To a pleasant, peaceful, pastoral clime 
. 
And the fruit of the farmer’s labors grew.
He walked along where the hidden choirs 
Tossed piaintive notes to the vibrant wires 
Of Zepherus, that caught the thrill 
And flashed its sweets o’er grove and hill.
His senses woke to a measure new,
A hallowing peace did his mind imbue.
And he paused as he felt its benefice 
Like a spirit passed to the realms of bliss.
As there he stood in the bowered way.
He caught the notes of a happy lay 
That came from a lad in the corn Held wide 

ho whistled the while his hoe he plied.
He watched the boy as from hill to hill 
He swung the hoe with a sturdy will,
And the harder he worked the fuller vent 
He gave to his lips’ accompaniment.
Ah, there,” said the merchant, by impulse bade, 
is a son of man whom work makes glad!”
Then he went to the boy in tattered blouse 
And engaged him to work in his  counting house.
The youth took hold with Industry grim.
But he brought his whistle along with him.
And in just two days its charm gave o’er.
And the  whistler was  kicked  through  the office I 
1

door. 

A   California  man  has  what  is  thought 
be  the  largest  herd  of  Angora  goats 
the  world. 
It  varies  from  eight  to 
ten  thousand  head.  He  considers  a 
thousand  to  fifteen  hundred  the  best 
number  for  a  herd.  Pure-bred  bucks 
are  worth 
from  §25  to $40  a  head  and 
does  from  $4  to §8,  according  to  grade. 
The  average  fleece  of  the  thoroughbreds 
,E  from  four  to  six pounds,  but clippings 
eight  and  ten  pounds  are  not  uncom­
mon.  There  is  a  South  African  Angora 
buck,  Pasha  by  name,  that  can  be  de­
pended  upon  for  at  least  twelve  pounds 
of  mohair  annually.  From  another  and 
larger  buck,  brought  from  Turkey,  a 
fleece  was  taken  one  year  that  weighed 
fourteen  pounds  and  twelve  ounces,  and 
one  weighing  fifteen  pounds  and  three 
ounces  the  next  year.  These  animals 
~re  appraised  at  $500  each,  but  are  not 
—  sale.

The  straightforward  business man who I  M ilw au k ee, 

has  his  price,  and  sticks  to 
it,  is  safer 
to  deal  with  than  the  sharper  who  will 
meet  you  at  one  point  and  do  you  at  W*W* Walli8> 
another. 

Manager.

W is. 

| 

Bradley  &  Metcalf  Co.,

Milwaukee,

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

11

W indow   D isplay—A rran g em en t  A dapted 

to   Independence  Day. 

Metropolitan  shoe  dealers  are  now 
bringing  skins  into  play  for  the  purpose 
of  making  their  windows  more  attrac­
tive.  Almost  any  line  of  shoes  now  dis­
played  will  have  a  tanned  skin  or  two 
in  the  window  representing  the 
leather 
from  which  that  particular  line  of  shoes 
was  made.  A   recent  window  display 
of  a  specialty  woman’s  shoe  had  some 
untanned  kidskins,  other  skins  finished 
in  different  shades  of  tan  and  black  and 
in  patent  enamel.  These 
one  or  two 
were  arranged  unobtrusively  around 
in 
the  window  in  such  a  way  as  to  suggest 
the  origin  of  the  shoe  and  yet  not  de­
tract  in  any  way  from the prominence  of 
the  display  of  the 
finished  articles. 
These  skins  can  be  adapted  to  a  num­
ber  of  displays  in  a  wonderfully  effec­
tive  way.  You  can  secure  the  temporary 
loan  of  a  few,  from  your  manufacturer, 
or,  if  you  are  to  handle  a  considerable 
quantity  of  his  goods,  you  should  be 
able  to  effect  the  permanent  acquisition 
of  some  of  them.  Occasionally  when 
fixing  up  a  display  of  some  particularly 
strong  shoe,  one  that  has  a  solid  sole, 
to  which you  want  to  draw  particular at­
tention,  you  can  borrow  a  side  or  two  of 
good  oak 
leather  from  your  local  har- 
nessmaker.  He  will  very  likely  be per­
fectly  willing  to  make  the  loan  if  you 
will  explain  the  object  for  which  you 
desire  it.

*  *  *

in 

the 

country 

June  is  the  graduating  month 

the 
greater  number  of  the  schools  and  acad­
emies  throughout 
and 
“ commencement”   slippers  will  be  in 
demand. 
It  will  be  well  to  plan  a  dis­
play  of  these  beforehand.  A   solid  win­
dow  of  white  slippers  can  be  very  effec­
tively  arranged  by  having  your  back­
ground  of  a  dark,  rich  shade  (not  a 
dulldead  shade)  of 
If 
you  have  not  a  sufficient  variety  and 
quantity  of  white  slippers  for  the  dis­
play,  you  may  combine  black  slippers 
with  them,  but 
in  that  case  I  would 
combine  white  with  the  purple  back­
ground.  Arrange  the  display  and  back­
ground  so  that  the  white  shoes  will  be 
relieved  by  the  purple  and  the  black 
shoes  by  the  white  in  the background.

royal  purple. 

*  *  *

When “ summer  days  come  on  apace”  
and  the  whole  creation  seems  trying  to 
turn 
into  a  bake  shop,  study  out  what 
methods  you  can  employ  to  make  your 
store  cool  and  inviting  looking. 
If  you 
have  electric  power  in  your  town  have 
fans 
installed  by  all  means.  And  an­
other thing,  don’t  limit  yourself  to  hav­
ing  fans  that  will  “ stir  up”   the  air 
within  your  store, but  have  some  method 
of  ventilation  that  will  carry  off  the 
fetid  air  from  the  room  and  have  a  con­
stant  circulation  of  pure  fresh  air  from 
the  outside.  -I  saw  one  fellow  who  had 
a  big  ventilator  fan  in  the  back  of  his 
store  connected  with  a  big  outlet  pipe to 
carry  off  the  air. 
This  big  twirler 
created  a  constant  breeze  through  the 
store  and  there  was  an  entire  absence 
of  that  “ stuffiness”   so  prevalent 
in 
smaller  store  rooms  in  sultry  weather.

Another  way  to  attract  attention  and 
to  give  the  store  an  inviting  appearance 
is  suggested  by  this  mention  of  fans. 
Fasten  streamers  of  bright-colored  rib­
bons  (red,  white and  blue  is  appropriate 
and  effective)  arourd  the  door  facing, 
at  the  entrance  to your store.  Have these 
about  four  or  five  feet  long, with one  end 
loose— simply  tack  one  end  to  the  door 
facing.  Behind  these  place  a  buzz  fan 
(on  each  side  of  the  entrance)  in  such  a 
way  as  to  catch  these  ribbons  in the cur­
rent  of  air and  keep  them  in  constant

motion.  Have  the  fans  turned  so  as  to 
face  the  back  of  the  store  and  not  across 
the  entrance.  This  will  give  one  the 
impression  that 
is  a  constant 
stream  of  fresh  air  pouring  into  your 
place  and  the  fluttering  ribbons  will  be 
wonderfully  eye  attracting.

there 

*  *  *

A  cotemporary  gives  a  description  of 
a  contemplated  Memorial  Day  window 
that  we  consider  good  enough  to  repro­
duce  for  the  benefit  of  our readers.  This 
need  not  be  confined  to  the  purpose  of 
a  display  on  Memorial  D ay;  it is equal­
ly  appropriate  for  a  Fourth  of  July  win­
dow  and,  as  such,  may  be  planned  out 
and  perfected  before 
that  day  comes 
around:

A  down-town  dealer  has  an  idea  for  a 
Memorial  Day  window,  which  he  says 
he  will  adopt  if  he  can  secure  the  loan 
of  the  battle  flags  that  are  needed  as  an 
integral  part  of  the  proposed  display. 
The  day  set  apart  to  commemorate  the 
deeds  of  valor  of  the  soldier  dead  falls, 
in  this  and  other  Northern  States,  on 
Wednesday,  May  30. 
is  the  custom 
to  arrange  a  public  display  of  flags, 
bunting  and  other  emblems  of  patriot­
ism,  and  all  classes  of  stores  are  accus­
tomed  to  vie  with  one  another  in  doing 
honor  to  the  veterans.

It 

impulses 

The  plan  of  this  enterprising  mer­
chant 
is  to  give  his  window  for  four 
days  to  a  unique  display  that  will  at­
tract  attention  to  his  shoes  as  well  as 
awaken  patriotic 
in  the  be­
holder.  On  the  platform  in  his  window 
he  will  have  a  covering  of  red,  white 
and  blue  paper,  not  paper  of  the  cheap 
variety,  but  paper  for  decorating  pur­
poses,  which  can  be  loaned  or  even pur­
chased 
for  a  small  sum.  The  paper 
will  be  arranged  in  three  broad  strips, 
diagonally  across  the  window,  he  plans, 
or  else  the  raised  part  of  the  window 
will  be  entirely  red,  the  broad  beveled 
edge  blue  and  the  floor  in  front  of  the 
platform  white.  He  will  use  his  brass 
standards  as  usual  and  will  also  arrange 
shoes  between  the  standards  on 
the 
platform  and  floor.  The  red  ground 
will  make  a  handsome  contrast for white 
leather  shoes  will  be 
slippers,  patent 
effective 
the  white 
background,  and  tan  shoes  will  be  ar­
ranged  on  the  blue  field.  Each shoe  will 
contain  either  a  small  American  flag,  or 
a  white  shield  with  red  and blue border, 
to  be  used  as  a  price  mark.

in  contrast  with 

The  display  will  not  necessarily  de­
pend  on  the  procurement  of  the  flags. 
Red,  white  and  blue  bunting  will  do  as 
well  if  arranged  gracefully  in  the  back­
ground. 
'In  selecting  the  colored papers 
for  the  floor  of  the  window  select  a 
shade  of  blue  that  is  somewhat  lighter 
than  the  blue  field  of  our  flag,  for  this 
shade  is  almost  too dark for  the  prettiest 
combination  with  the  shade  of  tan  in 
summer  shoes.  A  pretty  baby  blue  will 
harmonize  with  the  red,  white  and  tan 
perfectly.— Shoe  and  Leather  Gazette.

The  immense  output  of  Philadelphia 
manufacturers 
is  a  matter  of  popular 
knowledge,  but  sliill  when  one  hears  of 
3,500  dozen  goat  skins  transformed  into 
leather  every  day,  it  is  easy  to  under­
stand  what  becomes  of  the  goats.  All 
Frankfort 
is  talking  about  Follers’  out­
put  in  the  goat  line,  especially  as  it  re­
in  the  three 
quires  q,ooo  dozen  skins 
days  required 
for  the  process  to  finish 
up  the  3,000  odd  skins  per  day.  The 
modern  processes  are,  of  course,  a  trade 
secret,  but  the  old-time  way  of  doing  it 
was  to  sew  the  goatskin  into  a  bag  with 
the  hair 
inside.  This  bag  was  filled 
with  chemicals  and  dropped  into  a  vat 
filled  with  water.  When  the  chemicals 
had  done  their  part  t)ie  goatskin  rose 
to  the  surface  of  the  water  and  was  re­
moved ;  otherwise  the  skin  sank  to  the 
bottom  of  the  vat  and  had  to  be  fished 
out  for  refilling.  It  is  said  that  goo  men 
are  engaged 
in 
Frankfort.  The  goats  grow  in  Africa, 
Spain  and  many  other  countries.

in  this  one 

factory 

Be  popular  if  you  have  the  power  to 
be  so,  but  always  remember  that  kind­
ness  and  sociability  afford 
the  key­
note.

p r n r T Y Y r r r r r ^

D ra w   on  U s

For  anything  in  the  shoe line. 
If you need light 
summer  shoes,  slippers,  Oxfords,  we’ve  got 
them.  Our own  factory  stock  is  complete;  we 
can give you prompt service.  We are always wide 
awake  and  ready  to  serve.  Draw  on  us  to-day.

Herold-Bertsch  Shoe  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 
Makers of  Shoes.

^^JUUUUUUUULO JULO JLO JUUUL
-Tennis,  Yachting  and  Gymnasium  Shoes-

W ith  R ubber  Soles

A.  H.  KRUM  &  CO. 

Jefferson  Ave.,  Detroit.  Mich.

Price  list sent on  application.  Headquarters for  Rubber  Boots and  Shoes.

Leather Top Lumbermen’s Rubber Shoes

We  have  the  best  Leather  Top  Lumbermen’s  Rubber 
Shoes  that  are  made— not  one  pair  of  these  Leather 
Tops  cracked  in  1899.  We  can  furnish  them  in  Boot 
Heel  Duck  Rolled Edge, 6 inch tops,  at $24 per dozen pair. 
Boot  Heel  Gum,  not  rolled  edge,  at $22.20 per dozen pair. 
Order  a  sample  case  and  get  your  order  in  early.
Write  for  price  on  Sock  Combinations  in  Captains, 
Eries  and  Pacs.  We offer bargains  in  these  lines.
We  carry  the  best  and  most  complete  line  of  Socks, 
Gloves  and  Mittens of  any  one  in  Michigan,  and  while 
you are about it order samples of Mackinaws and Kerseys.
We  are offering  great  bargains  in  Men’s  and  Women’s 
Mackintosh  garments.

Studley  &  Barclay,

4 Monroe  Street, 

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

1

Boots
Shoes

and

Rubbers

Our fall  line of samples is very  complete.  Do  not  place  your  orders  until 
you see them. 
If our traveling  men  have  not  already  called  on  you,  drop 
us a postal  and  they will do so.

RJNDGE, KALMBACH,  LOGIE & CO.,  10-22 N.  Ionia Street, Qrand Rapids

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R A P ID   GROW TH.

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In d ep en d en t  T elephone 

M ovem ent  in  M ichigan.

The  Michigan  Telephone  Co. 

has 
been  doing  business  in  the  State  about 
twenty  years  and  is  a  Bell  company,  as 
is  officially  stated  by  the  President  of 
the  Erie  Telepone  Co.  (the  owner  of  the 
in  his  annual  re­
Michigan  company) 
port  January  2,  1899: 
“ The  Michigan 
Telephone  Co.  operates  exclusively  un­
der  the  American  Bell  Telephone  C o.’s 
perpetual  licenses  in  the  State  of  Mich­
igan.”  
independent  companies 
began  to  operate  in  1895.  Their growth 
was  at  first  slow,  but  during  the  past 
two  or  three  years,  both  Bell  and 
inde­
pendents  have  experienced a  remarkable 
growth,  exceeding  the  most  extravagant 
expectations.

The 

lines  and  at  present  a  more  com-  | 
| toll 
plete  State 
in  the  Lower  | 
Peninsula  (except  the  southern  tier  of 
counties)  than  has  the  Bell  company.

line  system 

4.  The  knowledge  by  the  people  of 
the  State  that  the  independents  are  not 
only  paying  expenses,  but  dividends, 
and  that  so  long  as  the  independents are 
in  the  field,  rates  will  remain  reason­
able  and  service  be  satisfactory.  The 
independent  companies  do  not  give  free 
service.

illustrating  the  accuracy  of  state­
ments  above,  the  following  table  is  g iv ­
en  of  the  growth  of  the  Grand  Rapids 
Citizens  exchange,where  no  free  service 
is  given  and  no  solicitors  have  been 
employed  for  more  than  three  years:

As 

In  the  case  of  the  Bell  Co., 

this 
growth is  easily  ascertained  from official 
figures,  as  follows:
Numerous  other  cities  and  towns  in 
December 31,18%............................................15.0.’5 telephones
December 31,1S97............................................16,270 telephones
the  State  can  show  equally  satisfactory 
December 31,1S9S............................................19.539 telephones
December 31, 1899............................................32,231 telephones
growth  in  their  local  or  independent  ex­
changes.

September 1, 1895.......................................1,460
January 1, 1897 ...........................................1.776
October 20, 1897  .........................................  2.074
November 1,1898 ....................................... 2,488
November 1,1899........................................3.064
Mays, 1900...................................................3,306

Official  figures  of  the  independents  on 
December  31,  1899,  are  not  at  hand,
but  a  careful  estimate  of  the  State  (call­
ing  the  Upper  Peninsula 2,800—the con­
ditions  being  comparatively  unfamiliar 
to  the  writer)  showed  the  number  to  be 
about  29,000.

This  remarkable  growth  of  the  M ichi­
is  easily  accounted  for  as  fol­

gan  Bell 
lows :

for 

instance, 

As  competition  occurred,  the  Bell  Co. 
reduced  its  rates  below  the  rates  made 
by  the  Citizen  or 
independent  com­
panies,  in  many  cases  the  charges  not 
paying  operating  expenses. 
In  Grand 
Rapids, 
the  Bell  gave 
two  years  of  free  residence  service,  then 
made  a  $12  residence  rate.  During  the 
entire  period,  it  has  had  from  three  to 
twenty  solicitors  constantly  in  the  field. 
It  furnishes  absolutely  free  service  in  a 
number  of  cities  and  towns  at  the  pres­
ent  time,  by  allowing  the  telephones  to 
remain  in  service  after  parties  refuse  or 
neglect  to  pay  for  same  and  even  after 
the  telephones  are  ordered  out.

The  Bell  exchange  in  Grand  Rapids, 
as  in  other  places  in  Michigan,  has  not 
had  sufficient  telephone  rentals  to  pay 
operating  expenses  during  any  quarter 
for  over  three  and  one-half  years,  the 
average  cost  of  maintaining  telephone 
service  in  Grand  Rapids  exceeding  $19 
per  year.

The  result  of  competition  upon  the 
is  shown  by  the  folllowing

Bell  rates 
Bell  exchange rates

Business

Jau. 1900
Jan. 18% 
Res.  Business Res
24
36
48 
12
24
36 
12
18
36 
94 
‘>4

12
6

6
24 
36 
3
36  no rental but a 214(
se

per call fee.
less-than-cost  rates  ■ have

Detroit............... .72
Grand  Rapids.. 
48
Lansing...........
Kalamazoo......
Holland............. .48
Charlotte.......... ^36
Hastings...........
Lowell...............
36
Portland...........
Greenville........
Alpena................ .48
Muskegon.......... .48

These 

cured  a  large  increase among  people  not 
directly  connected  with  commercial 
in­
terests.

The  growth  of  the 

citizen  companies 
the  following  reasons :

independents  or 
is  owing  largely  to 

1.  Reasonable 

rates,  regulated  by 
(The  Bell  Co.  has  no  fran­

franchise. 
chises  regulating  rates).

2.  Service  far  superior  to  that  for­
merly  given  by  the  Bell  Co.  and  now 
equal  and  often  superior  to  that  given 
by  the  Bell,  even  after  the  latter  has  re­
built  its  exchanges  two  and 
in  some 
cases  three  times.

3.  More  rapid  development  of  local

As  showing  the  toll  or  State 

line  ad­
vantages  offered  by  the 
independents, 
the  following  list  of  exchanges  and  toll 
stations  within  fifty  miles  of  Grand 
Rapids  gives  the  number  of  telephone 
connections,  both  Citizens  and  B e ll:

Exc.  Citizens Bell
Citizens Bell
Exc. 
Kalamazoo.. 800 900
2
Allegan......... 154
0
12
Kalamo 
..
1
liangor.......... 95
0
45
Kibbie..........
17
fteldtng.......... 116
1
Lake  Odessa 94
0
Illoomingdale. 22
1
Lakeview__ 37
1
36
Parson City...
54 151
1
Lowell..........
12
^asnovia........
1
Lyons  .......... 25
1
?edar Springs 54
58
2
1 Middleville.
r’oopersville.. 23
1
21
0 M uir............
rtoral............. h
0 M ullikan......
18
0
20
Douglass........
666 400
1 Muskegon.
42
Bdm ore........
2
Nashville,... 52
0
Bellows  ........
21
Npwaygo__ 24
1
39
0
Fennville
1
Otsego.......... 93
1
Frem ont....... 61
10
47
Plaiuwell....
0
39
1
Rockford__ 59
0
31
Glen...............
1
44
Saranac.......
0
Gobleville ....
16
0
Saugatuck.
37
8 125
Grand  Haven
1
12
91
Sheridan......
Greenville__ 220
1
Hastings........ 282
South Haven 175
20
Holland........ 260 175 Wayland...... 32
1
1
2 Whitehall...
16
Howard  City. 86
1
42
Zeeland__
Ionia............... 91 200
172
67
< lther toll stations.
Total telephones within  circle........ 1.431 2,174
Total  points  reached :  Citizens,  218; 
Bell,  90;  exchanges  and  toll  stations 
reached  exclusively  by 
the  Citizens’ 
lines,  127;  excess  telephones,  2,267.

If  all  Erie  property  was  consolidated 
against  the  Citizen  Co.,  the  result  out­
side  of  Grand  Rapids  within  the  circle 
would  b e :

Toll Station

Exchanges
...... 10
Michigan  Bell..........
......   5
New State Co...........
Central Kalamazoo.. ......   4
.......19
Total Erie........
.......36
Citizens...........
Citizens excess ...... 17

80
14
17
i n
141
30

While  the  above  is  not  a  fair  average 
for  all  cities  in  the  State,  yet  equally 
good  averages,  numerically,  can  be  ob­
tained  by  using  Saginaw,  Alma,  St. 
Johns,  Traverse  City,  Cadillac,  Muske­
gon,  Allegan  and  Benton  Harbor  as 
centers  for  similar  fifty  mile  circles.

The  selling  of  the  Detroit  exchange, 
the  Kalamazoo  exchange  and  toll 
line 
system  (Central  Telephone  Co.)  and  a 
majority  of  the  New  State  Telephone 
Co.  stock  (toll  lines  around  Detroit)  to 
the  Erie  Telephone  Co.  in  January  and 
February,  1900,  threatened,  as  was 
in­
tended,  to  overthrow  the 
independent 
movement  of  Michigan.  The  telephones 
included  in  properties  sold  to  the  Erie 
Co.  were  as  follows :
Detroit exchange...........................................  5.225
New State  lines.............................................  4.305
Kalamazoo companies.................................  1,548
11,078
Although negotiations for other proper­
ties  progressed,  no  more  sales  were 
completed.  As  a  result  of  this  attempt 
to  buy  out  opposition  and  in  order  to

Total 

Triple  Assortment

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invested  than  formerly  for one. 

Three varieties of cakes,  with  no more money  V  
X
A  suitable quantity of  goods  which  sell  rap-  •§• 
idly  and  which,  by  frequent  ordering,  insure  J  
fresh  stock. 
X
No  more  space  occupied  in exhibiting  three  •§•
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National  Biscuit Company, 

kinds than  formerly used  for one.

Grand Rapids, Mich. 

The  Story  Has  Been  Told

Results have demonstrated  what  we  say  regarding  the  good  qualities  of  our  products: 

NORTHROP  SPICES,  QUEEN  FLAKE  BAKING  POWDER.

We feel that the case has been sufficiently argued from our standpoint, and  merely desire 
the trade to  look  around  and  see for  themselves  what  a positive  hit  has  been  made  by 
our goods.  Manufactured and sold only by

Nobthrop,  Robertson &  Car r ier,

Lansing,  Mich.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

13

Foolish  People |

say  advertising  doesn’t 
pay.  Our  experience 
is  that 
it  does;  but 
then  our  Cigars  are  of 
a  quality  that  back  up 
all  we say. 

Try Our 

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Crockery  and  Glassware

AKRON  STONEW ARE. 

B u tte r»

‘/* gal., per  doz..................
1 to 6 gal., per  gal..........
8 gal. each.......................
10 gal. each.......................
I'l gal. each.......................
15 gal. ineat-tubs, each... 
22 gai. meat-tubs, each... 
25 gai. meat-tubs, each,.. 
30 gal. meat-tubs, each...
Chui
2 to 6 gal., per  gal..........
Churn Dashers, per doz.

M ilk p a n s

% gal. Hat or rd. hot., per doz............
1 gal. flat or rd. hot., each..................
F in e Glazed M llkpans
% gal. flat or rd. hot., per doz............
1 gal. flat or rd. hot., each.................

Vi gal. fireproof, bail, per  doz............
1 gai. fireproof, bail, per  doz............

Stew pans

Ju g s

14 gal., per  doz__
^4 gal. |wr  doz......
1 to 5 gal., per  gal.

Tomate»  J  ugs

gal., per  doz.................
gal., each......................
orks for !4 gal., per dpz. 
orks for  1  gal., per doz.

Prenerve  J a r s   and  Cover
_ gal., stone cover, per doz................
! gal., stone cover, per doz...............

Sealing  W ax
lbs. In package, per  lb................
FR U IT  JA R S

ints...............
Quarts............
Half Gallons,.
overs...........
Rubbers.........

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

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

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

LAM P  C H IM N EY S -Secondi 
Per box

of 6  doz. I 

1  45 
1  54

arise  which  the  writer  does  not  presume 
to. discuss  at  this  time.

few 

conclusions,  however, 

the 
writer  has  reached,  among  them  being, 
th at:

A 

Reasonable  rates  are  here  to  stay. 
Good  service  must  be  and  will  be 

maintained.

3.  The  telephone development is only 
irly  begun.
4.  Exchange  rates  in  Michigan  will 
local  franchises  or  by

regulated  by 
State  legislation.

5. 

It  would  seem  from  this  review, 
that  only  by  an  increase  of  exchange 
rates  can  the  Michigan company succeed 
increase  can  not
financially,  and  such 
its 
the 
impossibil­

made  permanently  except  by 
again  securing  the  monopoly  of 
State,  which  is  an  absolute 
ity.

Everything  indicates  the  permanency 
the  independents 
in  Michigan  and 
their  success,  financially,  is  conceded.

I.  B.  Ware.
ow  th e   Sew ing  p lachine  W ill  Rev 

tionlze  C hina.

revolution 

the
“ The  sewing  machine,’ ’  said
/estem  representative  of  a  large  manu­
facturer  of  those  useful  implements  of 
in  time  work 
domestic  progress,  “ will 
in  China  which  as  yet  all 
the  missionary  teachings  of  all  the  de­
nominations  have  not  started. 
I  refer 
the  horrible  custom  of  that  country 
which  confines  the  feet  of  girl  babies  in 
bandages  that  prevent  their  growth  and 
make  cripples  of  women.  You  don’t 
see  why,  do  you?  Well,  let  me  show 
you.  The first  sewing  machines  ever 
ntroduced 
into  China  were  put  there 
by  Americans,  who  taught  the  tailors  of 
Shanghai  and  Hong  Kong  to  use  them.
—rom  this  source  the  new  idea  spread 
to  other  tailors  in  other  places,  ana  then 
by  degrees,  even  slower  than  among  the 
men,  the  women  began  to _ use  them. 
But  the  women  were  handicapped,  or 
footicapped  I  might  better  say,  by  their 
feet,  and  they 
crippled 
great 
difficulty 
in  working  the  pedal  ma 
chines.  They  saw,  however,  that  the 
sewing  machine  was  a  good  thing,  and 
they  asked 
for  a  machine  that  worked 
by  hand. 
In  this  country that  kind  of  a 
sewing  machine 

is  hardly  more  than

found 

prevent  the  same,  several  sales  and  con­
solidations  took  place  among  the  inde­
pendents,  the  most  important  being  the 
purchase  by  the  Citizens Telephone Co., 
of  Grand  Rapids,  of  the  Lansing  prop­
erty  and  a  majority  of  thé  Muskegon 
C o.’s  stock.

Recently  a  State  contract  for the  inter­
change  of  business  for  twenty-five  years 
on  a  fair,  equitable  basis,  has  been  en­
tered 
into  by  companies  owning  80  per 
cent,  of  the  telephones  in  Lower  M ichi­
gan,  not  controlled  by  the  Erie  Com­
pany,  which  contract  also  has,  as  one  of 
the  parties  thereto,  the  United  States 
Telephone  Co.  of  Ohio.  This  insures 
long  distance  service,  not  only  to  Ohio, 
but  to  other  states,  and thus  will  be  soon 
developed  that  branch  of  the  business 
in  which  the  Bell  Co.  has  heretofore 
had  the  control— the  interstate  long  dis­
tance  toll  business.  What  alliances 
working  agreements  may  be  made  with 
the  Western  Union  or  other  companies 
can  not be  stated,  but  with  long  distance 
business  secured  to  the  Michigan 
inde­
pendents,  the  Bell  C o.’s 
last  great  ad 
vantage  will  be  overcome,  and  the  fina 
result  is  already  open  to  speculation.

Certain  information  obtained  from the 
annual  report  of  the 
telephone  com 
panies,  filed  with  the  State  for  the  yea 
ending  Dec.  31,  1899, 
is  significant 
The  following  list  is  selected  from  said 
reports :

32,231
Michigan Bell Co.............
Detroit Telephone Co— 5.200
4,457
New State  Co..................
819
Kalamazoo exchange —
413
Central Telephone Co...

Telephones  Gross incomt
$765,587.
161,247.
93,821.
11.<195.
18,403.
The  capital  of  the  Michigan  Tele 
phone  Co.  was  $2.500,000  for  several 
years,  but  the  articles  of  association 
were  amended  in  April  authorizing  the 
issuing  of  $7,500,000  more  stock.

The  bonded  debt  of  the  Michigan 
company 
is  $5,000,000,  bearing  5  per 
cent,  interest.  The  Erie  Co.  announced
per  cent,  dividends  on  the  Mich 

for  1899,  so 
gan  Telephone  Co.  stock 
that  the 
interest  and  dividends  for  one 
year  on  the  bond  and  stock  issue  (De 
cember  31,  1899)  would  be  5  per  cent 
on  $7,500,000  or $375,000. 
terest  to  note  that  in  1899  the  gross 
come  of  this  Bell  Co.  was  but  $765,000 
or  10  percent,  (plus)  of 
bond  issue.

It  is  of  i 
i 

its  stock  an 

Taking  the  average  Bell  telephones 
income 

for  1899  as  26,000,  the  average 
per  telephone  from  both  toll  line  a 
exchanges was but $29.49 per instrument 
The  Citizens  Co. ’s  Grand  Rapids  plant 
has  cost  about  $80  per  telephone.  It  h 
no  bonded  or  mortgage  debt.  The  othe 
independent  Michigan  companies  ma 
as  good  or  better  showings,  as  to  av< 
age  cost,  as  a  rule.

Can  the  Bell  Co.  with  an  average 

extraordinary 

sue  of  $78  stock  per  telephone  and  $1 
bonds  per  telephone—a  total 
issue 
$234  per  instrument— (to  say  nothing  of 
royalties, 
expenses  or 
onerous  contract  conditions)  be able per­
manently  to  compete  with  companies 
having  but  one-thitd  the  investment  per 
instrument  and  giving  at  least  equally 
good  service?  If  not,  can  it  peramnent- 
ly  do  business 
in  Michigan  at  a  loss? 
These  are  the  two  questions  that  are 
most  frequently  being  proposed  among 
both  telephone  people  and  the  public  in 
Michigan.

With  the  Detroit,  New  State  and  K al­
amazoo  properties  still  being  operated 
in  connection  with 
independent 
lines,  under  twenty-five  year  contracts, 
and  the 
lack  of  information  as  to  just 
what  policy  will  be  pursued  with  said 
properties,  other  interesting,,  questions

the 

5 cent  Cigar 

Finer  than  silk. 

The  Bradley  Cigar Co., 

Mfrs of  the 

Hand  “W.  H.  B.”  made 

Improved  10 center, 

Greenville,  Mich. 

£
£
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35 
45 
65 
t  00 
45 
60

The  National  Safe 
&  Lock  Co.
à .

Cannon  B resch  Screw  D oor  Bank 
Safe, with anti-concussion dead  lock  de­
vice.

Can  Not  be  opened  by  the  jarring 

process.

A bsolute  P ro o f  against 

the  Intro­

duction of L iquid or D ry explosives.

L ocking  A ction  the  quickest  of  any 

safe.

D oor and J a m   perfect circular  form, 
ground  metal  to  metal  finish  and  her­
metically sealed fit.

Not a  Single  Case  on  Record where 
one  of  these  safes  has  ever  been  bur­
glarized.

More than  twenty-five  banks  In  C-leve- 
and.  Ohio,  using  these  safes,  and  hun­
dreds of other banks from  Maine  to  Cal­
ifornia testily to  the  absolute  perfection 
of the mechanism and security.

Estimates  furnished  on  all  kinds  of 

safe and  vault work.

Office and Salesroom ,

129 Jefferson Ave. 
D etro it, M ich.

W. M. HULL, Manager.

1  50 
1  60
2  45

2  10
2  15
3  15

2  76
3 75 
3 95

3
4  70 
4  88

90 
1  15 
1  36 
1  60

3 50
4 00 
4  70

4  00 
4  40

1  40 
1  75 
3 00
3  75
4  86
4  25
5 60 
7  25 
9 00

8 50
10  50
9 95
11  28 
9 50

5 25 
7  50 
7  60 
7  50 
14 00 
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little 

But  the  China  women  could  do 
it  than  by  the  old 
better  work  with 
means,  and  the  hand  machines  are  do 
ng  their  work  of  teaching.  Now,  I  an 
predicting  that  in  a  few  years  the  pro 
gressive  China  woman  will  discove 
what  a  wonderful  thing  the  sewing  ma 
chine  is  when  properly  worked,  that 
i 
by  foot  power,  and  she  will  kick as  wel 
as  her 
feet  will  let  her  against 
custom  that  practically  makes  her  gir 
children  useless  to  her,and  to  their  hus 
bands  and  homes  later,  and  she  will  re 
fuse  to  bandage  the  baby  feet.  The  men 
will  also  see  how  much  more  valuab 
their  wives  will  be  with  feet  that  can 
run  a  sewing  machine,  and  the  old  cus­
tom  will  be  knocked  galley  west  by  the 
spirit  of  utilitarianism.  The  demand 
for  sewing  machines 
in  China  is  in­
creasing  all  the  time,  and  instead  of  the 
civilized  manufacturers  trying  to  invent 
machines  to  meet  a  heathen  custom, 
they  will  trust  to  their  machines  as  now 
constructed  to  destroy  the  custom.
F u ll  and  E x p licit  D irections.

are 

through 

Two  bicyclists  passing 

a 
small  town  decided  to  take  the  train 
from  there  home.  Being unfamiliar with 
the  place,  they  stopped  to  enquire  of  a 
colored  woman  the  way  to  the  railway 
station.
“ We 

said; 
“ would  you  kindly  direct  us  to  the 
station?”

strangers.’ ’  they 

“ Certainly  suh, ”   she  replied;  Keep 
agoin’  right  on  till  yo’  comes  to  de  cor­
ner wha  de  ole  postoffice  usded  ter  be, 
den  tu’n  to  yo’  lef’  an’  yo’ ll  go  right  to 
de  station.’ ’

As  they  rode  off  she  beamed  with 
pride,  they  with  amusement;  and,  al­
though  they  found  the 
they 
have  yet  to  discover  the  corner  wha  de 
ole  postoffice  used  ter  be.

station, 

F irst  Q uality

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

XXX  F lin t

No. 0 Sun. crimp top, wrapped & lab. 
No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 
No. 3 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab.
C H IM N E Y S -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..........................   ..............

L a  B astle

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

R ochester

No. 1 Lime (65c  doz)............................
No. 2 Lime (70c  dozh..........................
No. 2 Flint (80c  doz) ■ • ■ *.....................

E lectric

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

OIL  CANS

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

P u m p   Cans

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

LANTERNS

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

No. 0 'rub., cases 1 doz. each, box, 10c. 
No. 0 Tub., cases 2 doz. each, box, 16c. 
I No. 0 Tub., bbls 5 doz. each, per bbl..
1 No. 0 Tub,, bull’s eye, cases 1 doz. each

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

14

D ry  G oods

The  D ry  Goods  M arket.

Staple  Cottons— Neither  store 

trade 
nor  mail  orders  have  been  anything 
more 
than  enough  to  cover  present 
needs.  Ducks  show  a  moderate  trade 
without  open  changes  in  prices.  Osna- 
burgs  are  quite  slow  and 
irregular. 
Bleached  cottons  show  no  improvement, 
nor  have 
prices  showed  any  open 
change.  Leading  tickets  stand 
firm, 
but  outside  lines  are 
irregular.  Wide 
sheetings  show  a  small  business,  and 
prices  are  steady.  Cotton  flannels  are 
dull,  and  the  same  must  be  said  of  cot­
ton  blankets.  Prices  for  denims  are  ir­
regular,  and  business  slow.  Ticks  are 
dull  and  unchanged,  and  other  coarse 
colored  cottons  are  the  same.

Prints  and  Ginghams— The  supply  of 
prints  promises  to  be  somewhat  smaller 
than  usual  this  season,  so 
it  is  likely 
that  whatever  price  the goods are opened 
at  will  be  maintained.  Staple  prints 
for  this  season’s  trade  have  moved 
with  moderate  freedom  and  the  market 
has  been  fairly  steady.  Light 
fancy 
calicoes  have  been  in  fair  request,  al­
though 
spe­
cialties  are  quite  well  sold  and  steady. 
Dark  napped  . goods,  both  printed  and 
woven,  have  been  quiet,  but  this  means 
only  that  a  large  part  of  the  goods  are 
already  under  contract,  and  this 
leaves 
the  market  firm  throughout.  The  mar­
ket  for  ginghams  of  all  kinds  has  been 
quiet,  but  stocks  of  both  staples  and 
fancies  are  very  limited,  and  prices  are 
easily  maintained.

irregular.  Fine  printed 

Dress  Goods— The  developments 

in 
connection  with  the  dress  goods  market 
have  not  been  many  nor important.  The 
volume  of  new  business  has  been  very 
light,  although  some 
few  orders  have 
found  their  way  in.  The  activity  in  the 
market  at  the  present  time  has  relation 
to  delivering  on  contracts  and  making 
preparations  for  the  new  season.  De­
spite  the  fact  that  the  business  now  be­
ing  done  at  first  hands  and  by jobbers is 
very  small,  the  position  of  the  market 
should  not 
inspire  any  adverse  com­
ments.  Prices  are  very  strongly  held, 
and  an  additional  steadying  influence 
is  the  fact  that  buyers  are very generally 
in  a  hurry  to  get  the  goods  coming  to 
them.  The  flannel  market  is  in  a  satis­
factory  position,  both  as  to  orders  in 
hand  and  prices. 
The  plain  goods 
end  of  the  market  is  fully  as  satisfac­
tory  as  a  week  ago,  and  when  this  is 
said  nothing  more  is  wanting.  Outside 
of  fancy  goods  mills,  those  who  have 
in  hand  sufficient  to  keep 
not  orders 
their  machinery  busy  well 
into  July 
are  the  exceptions.

it 

Underwear—While 

the  weather  has 
not  been  as  good  for  retail  business  as 
dealers  would  like  to  see,  nevertheless, 
every  little  counts,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped 
is  “ only  the  beginning  of  the 
that 
beginning.”   Of  course,  it 
is  needless 
to  say  that  balbriggans  still  head  the 
procession  as  the  best  sellers,  although 
there  are  other  favorites  that  press  them 
very  closely  for  first  honors.  A  line  of 
goods  that  are  becoming  more  and  more 
popular  every  day  is  mercerized  cotton 
underwear,  with  silk  finish.  They  are 
taking 
the  place  of  silk  underwear 
to  a  large  degree,  as  the  color 
is  fast, 
they  wear  well,  and  there  is  a  very  fine 
finish.  Mesh  underwear  is  beginning  to 
find  favor,  as 
in  hot 
weather  are beginning to be appreciated.
is  very  quiet  at 
present.  On  account  of  the belief among 
a  number  of  jobbers  that  the  yarn  mar­

Hosiery— Business 

its  advantages 

there 

ket  will  show  more  decided  signs  of 
weakness,  they  are  waiting  for 
lower 
quotations  before  ordering  any  more 
goods.  However, 
is  not  much 
probability  of  a  falling  off  in  the  price 
of  hosiery.  Of  course,  there  is  not  liable 
to  be  any  large  advance  for  some  time. 
There  is  an  increasing  demand  for  hos­
iery  of  the  higher  grades,  from,  say, 
35<b'5oc.  There 
is  not  much  change  in 
ladies’  hose.  The  most  popular  are  tan 
and  blue,  with  polka  dots  of  various 
sizes,  while  open  work  stockings  have 
lost  none  of  their accustomed  favor.

Carpets— The  fall  business  among  the 
ingrain  carpet  manufacturers has opened 
up  in  a  very  satisfactory  manner.  The 
men  are  all  on  the  road,  and  orders  are 
in,  although  not  very  fast  as 
coming 
yet,  with  some  manufacturers. 
It  is  the 
opinion  among  the  wholesale  trade  that 
the  new  season  will  prove  a  profitable 
one  in  all  grades  of  carpets.  Philadel­
phia 
ingrains  opened  at  52^  cents  for 
standard  extra  supers,while  some  orders 
have  been  taken  at  50c.  Manufactur­
ers  of  damask  and Venetian stair carpets 
are  well  satisfied  with  the  way  in  which 
the  new  fall  business  opened  up  for 
their  line  of  goods— orders  taken  away 
ahead  already.  This  grade  of- carpet, 
as  well  as  others,  had  to  be  advanced. 
This  was  due  to  the  scarcity  of  jute 
[from  which  the  filling 
is  made),  as 
well  as  the  high  price  of  cotton  yarns. 
Manufacturers  state  that  prices  for  fall 
goods  are  being  paid,  and  that  the  ad­
vance  made  will  be  maintained.  Some 
manufacturers  have  for  several  weeks 
been  working  on  orders,  prices  to  be 
made  later.  C.  C.  ingrains  range  from 
40@42j£  cents,  and  orders  have  been 
taken  at  these  figures.  The  latest  an­
nouncement 
in  regard  to  the  Bigelow 
Carpet  Company's  wiltons  is  that  they 
have  been  opened  at  5c  per  yard  ad­
vance  over  last  season. 

Smyrna  Rugs— Continue  active 

for 
this  season.  The  pressure  made  by  the 
buyers  on  the  manufacturers  has  been 
very  great,  but  no  concession  has  been 
obtained.  Stocks  are  not 
large,  and 
some  manufacturers  can  not  run  their 
looms  for  the  scarcity  of  jute.  New 
styles  are  very  handsome.  Medium 
sizes  in  this  class  of  rugs  are  selling  the 
best.

.

W anted—A  M inister’s  W ife.

At last we have settled a pastor;
The people should be so hard to please 
But the smart young man we have chosen 
Please notice our advertisement: 

Now, really, I can't tell why 
Or candidates prove so shy.
Is needing a partner for life;
Wanted—A minister’s wife.

Wanted—A perfect lady.
Delicate, gentle, refined.
With every beauty of person 
And every endowment of mind;
Fitted by early culture 
To move in fashionable life 
And shine a gem in the parlor;
Wanted—A minister’s wife.

Wanted—A thoroughbred worker 
Who well to her household looks— 
Shall we see our money wasted 
By extravagant Irish cooks?—
Who cuts the daily expenses 
With economy sharp as a knife.
Who washes and scrubs in the kitchen; 
Wanted—A minister’s wife.

Carefid to entertain strangers, 
“ Traveling agents’’ and such;
Of this kind of “ angels’ visits ”
The deacons have had so much 
As to prove a perfect nuisance,
And hope these plagues of their life 
May soon be sent to the parson’s; 
Wanted—A minister’s wife.

To lead in the “ mothers’ meeting,”
The “ sewing circle” attend,
At all the Sunday school picnics 
Her ready assistance lend;
To play the organ on Sunday 
Would aid our laudable strife 
To save the society money;
Wanted—A minister’s wife.
And so, if our efforts prosper.
We hope by working the two 
To rebuild the church, to pay the debt, 
Then we shall know what to do;
For they will be worn and weary.
Needing a change of life.
And we’U advertise:  “ Wanted—
A minister and his wife.”

We carry a complete stock  of

Untrimmed

Straw
Hats

For  Ladies,  Misses  and  Children, from 
$2.00  per  dozen  upwards.  We  are  also 
showing a large assortment  of  Ready-to- 
Wear Hats for  Ladies,  ranging  in  prices 
from $9.00 to $36.00 per  dozen.  Write for 
samples and prices.

Cori,  Knott &  Co.  S ^

Jobbers of  Millinery 
Grand Rapids, Michigan

*, How’s 
!  Your 
i  Stock?

1 2  

*  \

How is your lap robe  and  fly  net 
stock?  If  you  want  some  more 
robes—nice ones, which ft pays to 
handle,  or  some  fly  nets,  at  all 
kinds of prices, write or telephone 
us and they will  be  off  to you  on 
the first train.
They say our stock in these goods 
is the best  selected  in  Michigan. 
A  descriptive  price  list  will  be 
mailed you if you want it.

Peerless  Dress  Shields

Protect the corset, as well  as  dress  and 
sleeves, from  perspiration.  Superior  to 
any ordinary dress shield.  Save  all  the 
trouble of tacking  or  sewing  a  pair  of 
shields in  each dress.  Just the  thing  for 
summer wear.  An agent wanted in every 
town.  Write for catalogue and  prices  to 

Madame C.  P. Salisbury,

B attle  C reek,  M icli.

£   Brown  & Sehler,  |
3
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Grand Rapids, Mich. 

A.  M. Dean Company,

White  Lead 
and Color Works

230 and 232 E. Kalamazoo Ave., 

Kalamazoo, Mich.

Manufacturers  of the  most  durable 
paint  made.  Every  gallon  war­
ranted  to  wear as  good  and  look  as 
well  as  any paint  made  and  better 
than  pure  white  lead.
Write for prices and terms.  One  agent  wanted 

in every town.

Two  Bargains in

Um brellas  and  Parasols.

One lot of men’s 30 inch fast black  with  natural 
stick handles at $4.75 p e r dozen.

One lot of Ladies’ 26 inch fast black  serge,  steel 
rod with silver mounted  Handles  at  $4.75  p er 
dozen.

If your stock Is low sort up now.  Our line is one 
of the best we have ever shown.

V O IG T ,  H E R P O L S H E IM E R   &  C O .. 
W HOLESALE  DRY  G O O D S ,
GRAND  R A PID S,  MICH. 

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

15

Clothing

Women  have  a  reputation 

Some o f th e  F ashions W hich Go and Come.
for  fickle 
few 
ness  among  rejected  suitors,  a 
poets,  more  authors  and  a  still  larger 
number  of  department  store  salesmen, 
whether  deservedly,  it 
is  not  for  us  to 
say.  While we  do  not  want  to  find  fault 
with  the  weaker  sex,  nevertheless  we 
must  do  so  with  one  woman,  who  not 
only  is  one  of  the  oldest  as  well  as  most 
powerful  women 
in  the  world,  her  al­
most 
innumerable  slaves  being  found 
in  nearly  every  clime,  but  is  even  more 
fickle  than  the  American  people’s  ad 
miration  for  their 
living  heroes.  The 
lady  we  refer  to  is  Mrs.  Grundy.  She 
resembles  many  others  of  her  sex,  in 
asmuch  as  the  date  of  her  birth  is  un­
certain. 
It  is  only  known  that  she  was 
born  many  centuries  ago,  and  since  the 
day  of  her  birth  she  has  been  telling 
people  what  to  wear  and  what  not  to 
wear,  and  ever  since  she  has  been 
changing  her  mind  so  often  that  when 
a  new  fashion  comes  in  we  often  find 
that  it  is  either  the  identical  same  gar­
ment  that  was  worn  many  years  ago  by 
our  ancestors,  only  to  be  discarded  and 
resurrected  again,  or  some  modification 
of  the  same  with  a  few  of  the  details 
changed.  Just  as  nature  with  her  won 
derful 
large  a 
number  of  animals  and  plants  from  ac­
cumulating  upon  this  earth  by  giving 
some  more  strength  than  their  less  for­
tunate  companions  to  protect themselves 
against  their  enemies,  thus  causing “ the 
survival  of  the  fittest,”   so  does  the com 
mon  sense  of  man  in  the  end  weed  out 
most  of  the 
less  useful  and  less  indis 
pensable  articles  of  wearing  attire,  re­
taining  the  styles  that  are  the  most com 
fortable  and  well-appearing.  Of  course, 
we  do  not  mean  to  assert  that  man’s  at­
tire  at  the  present  day 
is  all  that  it 
ought  to  be.

foresight  prevents  too 

No  doubt  there  are  many 

idiosyncra­
sies  of  fashion  that  future  generations 
will  criticise  and  laugh  at,  just  as  we 
criticise  the  hoop  skirt  and  many  other 
absurdities  of  bygone  years,  but  these 
abominations  are  either  temporary  fads 
that  will  soon  disappear,  or  fashions  of 
longer  standing  that,  while  they  will 
take 
longer  for  man’s  good  sense  to 
eliminate,  in  the  end  will  be  entirely 
discarded.  The  ideas  of  man  are  con­
tinually  developing  and  improving,  and 
every  minute  we  gain  fresh  proofs  of 
his  ingenuity.  The  same  holds  good  in 
regard  to  men’s  fashions.  They  do  not 
retreat  or  stand  still;  every  year  we  no­
tice  some 
in  regard  to 
both  good  taste  and  comfort,  as  well  as 
from  an  artistic  point  of  view.  And 
many  a  hint  do  we  receive  both  from 
our  near  and  farther  back  ancestors  in 
the  matter  of  dress,  just  as  most  of  our 
laws  were  made  by  them  hundreds  of 
years  ago,  and  just  as  we  are  constantly 
learning  from  their  trials  and  tribula­
tions.  So,  if  you  examine  this  matter 
closely,  you  will  be  surprised  to find  out 
how  many  points  of  similarity  there  are 
in  the  clothes  worn  to-day  and  those 
worn  twenty-five,  one  hundred  or  even 
hundreds  of  years  ago.

improvement 

The  Raglan 

is  a  good  example  of  a 
garment  that  has  been  discarded  and 
restored  to  public  favor  again  within  a 
comparatively  short  number  of  years. 
Fifty  years  ago,  an  enterprising  tailor 
manufactured  an  overcoat  very  much 
like  the  present  Raglan,  calling  it  after 
the  then  popular  and  well  known,  but 
now  almost  forgotten,  hero  of  the  Cri­
mean  war,  Lord  Raglan.  The  popular­

it. 

lost  caste,  and 

ity  of  the  coat  became  enormous,  and 
remained  so  for  about  two  years.  Then 
it  gradually 
in  three 
years  time,the  coat  was  seen  on  a man’s 
back  about  as  often  as  Lord  Raglan’s 
name  was  on  man’s 
lips,  practically 
never.  However,  the  popularity  of  the 
coat  was  not  dead;  it  was  only  slumber- 
ng.  Recently  the  English  swells  began 
wearing 
It  was  a  matter  of  course 
that  it  should  cross  the  ocean  and  arrive 
in  America.  A 
few  Americans,  who 
had  returned 
from  England,  were  seen 
in  the  streets  with  their  newly  pur­
chased  Raglan  overcoats,  trying  to  look 
as  though  they  were  not  aware  that 
everyone  was  gazing  upon  them.  From 
that  time  on,  it  gradually  wormed  its 
way  into  the  favor  of  the  Americans,  so 
that  now 
is  worn,  not  only  by  the 
most  exclusive  dressers, but  by  men  who 
copy  what  the  exclusive  dressers  wear, 
just  about  the  time  that  the  latter,  see­
ing  that  it  has become  popularized,  dis­
card  the  garment  in  favor  of some newer 
coat.  The  Raglan  has  not  come  to  stay 
for  any  length  of  time.  Already  varia­
tions  of  the  same  are  appearing,  and 
the  excessive  popularity,  causing  im i­
tations  by  cheap  tailors,  will  cause  it  to 
disappear  for  a  time,  leaving  behind 
it  a  tendency towards  wearing  overcoats 
looser  than  was  formerly  the  case.

it 

What  a 

three  years  ago, 

large  number  of  people  have 
s’een  that  great  old  comedy  upon  which 
so  many  recent  plots  are  based,  The 
Rivals,  and  have 
laughed  at  and  en­
joyed  the  great  comedy  acting  of  that 
actor who  seems,  like  wine,  to  improve 
with  old  age !  And  how  many  specta­
tors, 
looking  at  the 
gorgeous  attire  worn  in  that  play,  show­
ing  fashion  as  it  was  during  the  Eight­
eenth  Century,  would  have  dreamt  that 
the  gorgeously  flowered  and fancy waist­
coats  worn  by  the  various  male  charac­
ters,  would  again  find  favor  at  the  end 
of  the  Nineteenth  Century?  Yet,  such 
is  now  the  case. 
I  have  seen  waistcoats 
of  every  hue  and  degree  of  gorgeous­
ness,  fully  as  bright  as  those  worn  a 
century  ago,  while  some  flowered  vests 
seen  in  the windows of prominent  tailors 
were  the  counterpart  of  those  worn  by 
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dom  has  a  chance  to  show  bright  color­
ings  in  bis  attire  that  when  the  chance 
does  come,  he 
liable  to  become 
“ color  drunk”   at  his  unusual  privilege, 
and  not  stop  at  the  lines  bounded  by 
good  taste,  until  his  natural  dislike 
for 
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asserts  itself.  Such 
is  the  case  at  pres­
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is  a 
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Mrs.  Growells— Oh,  1  suppose  he 

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'W hen  th e   H usband  Should  M ast|uerade 

as  a   S tar  B oarder.

idea 

judge  who 

Cincinnati  has  a 

is,  in 
good  truth,  a  second  Daniel  come  to 
judgment.  The  other  day  he  was  called 
to  pass  upon 
the  marital  woes  of  a 
young  couple  who  testified  that  they  led 
a  cat  and  dog  life  together  and  that they 
could  only  agree  to  disagree.  The  case 
was  complicated,  as  divorce  cases  are 
apt  to  be,  by  the  fact  that  there  were 
children,  whom  both  parents  desired  to 
keep  and  whom  the  father  must support. 
In  this  dilemma,  the  wise  judge advised 
that 
instead  of  separating,  the  warring 
parties  go  back  home  and  see  if  they 
could  not  get  along  more  peaceably 
with  the  man  occupying  the  altered 
status  of  star  boarder,  instead  of  hus­
band.
The 

is  one  so 

luminous  wit 
good,  hard  common  sense  that  it  sug 
gests 
its  extension,  with  modifications 
and  alterations  to  fit  the  case,  into  other 
households  which  are  still  a  long  ways 
on  the  sunny  side  of  the  divorce,  court, 
but  whose  bickerings  are  sufficiently 
frequent  to  keep  them  perpetual  stornr 
centers.  The  greatest  charm,  as  well 
as  the  greatest  misfortune,of  family  life 
is  its  continual  association,  its  intimacy 
lack  of  reserve.  When  this  means 
and 
love  and  sympathy  so  acute  that  i 
a 
if  by 
divines,  as 
instinct,  our  every 
thought  and 
feelin g;  when  it  means  ; 
comradeship  so  true  and  so  congenia 
that 
it  doubles  every  pleasure  and 
halves  our  pains,  heaven  has  given  us 
its  best  gift,  and  we may  well  be  thank 
ful  for  it.  When 
it  simply  means  that 
because  a  person  is  kin  to  us,  or  mar 
ried  to  us,  they  feel  that  it  gives  them 
liberty  to  offer  us 
insulting  criticisms 
and  tell  us  unpleasant  truths,  as  they 
would  not  dream  of  doing  to  a  stranger, 
it  can  make  the  family  circle  as  good 
an  imitation  of  an  unmentionable  place 
as  anyone  need  desire  to  see.  There 
are  many  people  who  reserve  their  bad 
manners,  as  they do their old  clothes,  for 
home  wear,  and  there  is  no  doubt  that 
in  many  families  an  element  of  formal­
ity  could  be 
introduced  as  a  peace 
measure  with  beneficial  results.

From  the  woman’s  side  of  the  subject 
there  are  various  things  to  recommend 
a  husband 
in  the  role  of  star  boarder. 
For  one  thing,  it  offers  a  satisfactory 
way  of  laying that spectre  that  haunts  so 
much  domestic  life— the  financial  prob­
lem.  Sordid  as 
it  seems,  it  is  never­
theless  true  that  the  money  question  is 
just 
just  as  disturbing  in  the  home  and 
as  provocative  of  a  row  as  it  is 
in  na­
is  Mrs.  Benedict’s 
tional  politics. 
persistent  and  continual  demand 
for 
money  for  the  butcher  and  baker  and 
candlestick  maker,  and  Mr.  Benedict’s 
tart  replies  in  consequence,  that  precip­
itate  nine-tenths  of  the  arguments  that 
end  by  Mr.  B.  jamming  his  hat  on  his 
head  and  slamming  the  front  door  be­
hind  him,  and  Mrs.  B.  sobbing  out  that 
she  wishes  she  had  never 
left  her  mo- 
mo-mother !

It 

In  no  other  thing  are  men  so  illogical 
and  unreasonable  as 
in  the  way  they 
treat  their  wives  about  money.  Every 
man  worthy  of  the  name  expects  to 
support  his  family  when  he  gets  mar­
ried. 
In  reality,  he  probably  does  not 
object  to  doing  it.  He  is  perfectly  well 
aware  that  servants  must  be  paid,  sup­
plies  for  the  table  purchased,  clothes 
bought,  and  that  children  are  apparent­
ly  bom  for  the  sole  purpose  of enriching 
the  shoemaker  and  the  school  book  pub­
lisher.  Yet,  knowing  all  this,  about 
half  the  men  you  know  seem  to  take  it 
as  a  personal 
grievance

injury  and 

when  their  wives  come  to  them  for 
money  for  the  common  family  needs. 
“ Great  snakes,  you  want  wash  money 
again?”   they  cry. 
“ What,  the  flour  out 
again!  You  need  a  half  dollar  to  pay 
for  getting  Johnny’s  shoes  mended!  By 
George,  I  believe  you  think  I  am  made 
of  money!”   and  alas  for human frailty, 
the  woman  is  more  than  apt  not  to  re­
turn  the  humble  answer  that  extracts 
money  and  turns  away  wrath,  but  to 
remark,instead,that  if  she  were  a  mira­
cle  worker and  could  run  a  house  with­
out  money,  she  wouldn’t  be  working  for 
any  man  for  her  board  and  clothes— she 
would  be  secretary  of  the  treasury.

There  are  plenty  of  such  homes— and 
in  them  are  not  necessarily 
the  men 
inconsider 
mean,  only  thoughtless  and 
item  of  ex 
ate— where  every  single 
is  argued  out  at  as  much  length 
pense 
as 
it  were  a  Mississippi  River  im­
if 
provement  appropriation  bill,  and where 
a  pair  of  shoes  can’t  be  bought  for the 
baby  or  a  calico  frock  for  the  wife with 
out  a  debate  that  is  hot  enough  ta  leave 
a  blister.  The  inevitable  result  is  con 
tinual  friction  that  spells  disaster  to  the 
family,  and  the  very  best'  thing  any 
woman  under  such  circumstances  can 
do 
is  to  take  her husband  as  a  boarder, 
charge  him  enough  to  run  the  house  on 
and  spend  the  money  in  peace  and  as 
she  pleases.  As  long  as  she  makes  him 
comfortable  he  has  no  more  right  to  in 
terfere 
in  her  management  than  he 
would  with  any  other  landlady's  meth­
ods.  Women  confide  too  much,  anyway. 
There is  no  earthly  use in telling before­
hand  everything  one  thinks  she  is  go­
ing  to  do,  particularly  if  it  is  liable  to 
De  objected  to.  Do 
it  first  and  discuss 
t  afterwards.  Saw  wood  and  say  noth 
ng,  is  a  wise  motto  for  wives as well  as 
politicians.

Another  advantage  that  many  women 
if  they  could  induce  their 
would  gain 
in 
husbands  to  regard  themselves  more 
the 
light  of  a  boarder,  and  less  in  the 
light  of  a  boss,  would  be  a very superior 
article  of  manners  to  that  to  which  they 
are  now  accustomed.  No  man  would 
think,  for  a  minute, that  because he  paid 
his  board 
it  gave  him  a  right  to  sneer 
at  his 
landlady’s  opinions,  deride  her 
iews,  ridicule  her  sentiments.  These 
are  privileges  that  matrimony  alone  be­
stows  upon  a  man  and  many  a  woman’s 
fondest  dream  of  happiness  is  to  wish 
that  her  husband  was  as  polite  to  her  as 
ladies.  He  will  listen 
he 
with  apparently 
attention 
while  another  woman  airs  her  views  on 
the  South  African  w ar;  he  is  quick 
enough  to  respond  to  another  woman’s 
witticism,  but  let  his  wife  undertake  to 
xpound  the  political  situation  or  tell  a 
story  and  he  hasn’t  the  slightest  hesita­
tion 
in  shutting  her  up  by  telling  her 
that  she  doesn’t  know  what  she  is  talk- 
ng  about  and  that  he  read  that  joke 
in 
Punch  during  the  deluge.

is  to  other 

absorbed 

Likewise,  as  a  boarder,  he might  even 
be  aroused  to  express  some  gratitude 
and'appreciation  for the  tireless  devo­
tion  to  his  interest,  the  unceasing  study 
of  his  pleasure  and  comfort,  the  love 
that  never  fails,  that  now,  as  a husband, 
he  takes  for  granted,  and  doesn’t  think 
worth  mentioning.  So,  too,  when  he  is 
sick.  He  feels  that  he 
is  at  perfect 
"berty  to  reward  his  w ife’s  sleepless 
nights, her  worry  and care, with grumbles 
and  growls  and  ill  temper,  but  he would 
never  dare  to  treat  an  angelic  landlady, 
who  was  nursing  him,  that  way.  He 
would  feel  that  he  never  could  repay 
such  self-sacrificing  goodness,  and  be­
sides  he  would  be  afraid  that 
if  he 
didn’t  behave  himself  she  would  turn

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him  over  to  a  hired  nurse  and  go  off 
and  leave  him.

Nor  would  all  the  advantages  be  on 
the  side  of  the  woman.  Many  a  man 
would  have  everything  to  gain  in  being 
promoted  from  the  rank  of  the  husband 
to  that  of  the  star  boarder. 
It  can  not 
be  denied  that  if  there  are  cantankerous 
husbands— and  I  am  talking  now  not 
of  the  happily  married,  but  of  the  dis­
gruntled  of  both  sexes,  to  whom  matri­
mony  has  brought  more  kicks  than  ha’ 
pence— there  are  also  neglectful  wives. 
There  are  women,  good women,  in whom 
the  mother  kills  the  wife  .and  who  after 
the  coming  of  the  first  baby simply exist 
for  their  children.

Such  a  woman  goes  dowdy 

in  her 
clothes,  because  baby  hands  pull  so  at 
frills.  She  puts  away  all 
the  pretty 
things  in  the  house  because  she  doesn’t 
like  to  interfere  with  the  children’s  en­
joyment  of  playing  train  with  the parlor 
chairs.  Nobody  dares 
laugh  aloud  for 
fear  of  waking  the  baby.  She considers 
it  of  infinitely  more  importance  to  hold 
a  spoiled  child’s  hand  while  it  goes  to 
sleep  in  the  evening  than  to  try  to cheer 
and  entertain  a  tired  and  worried  hus­
band,  and 
in  one  case  which  I  knew 
she  kept  the  table  down  to  an  almost 
sterilized  baby  food  standard  because  it 
was  so  hard  for  the  precious  little  darl­
ings  to  see  rich  and  highly-seasoned 
food  that  they  were  not  permitted to eat.
In  such  a  family,and  there  are  plenty 
of  them,  the  husband  merely  exists  as  a 
kind  of  animated  cash  register.  He  is 
of  no  consequence  in  the  house.  None 
is  so  poor  as  to  do  him  reverence  and 
he 
is  right  to  strike  for the  position  of 
star  boarder—the  gentleman  who  pays 
the  rent  and  who 
is  entitled,  on  that 
account,  if  no  other,  to the best  of  every­
“ Ah,  colonel,’ ’  says  the  lady  in 
thing. 
one  of  Maurier’s  cleverest 
cartoons, 
“ after  all,  the  liver  wing  is  the choicest 
bit  of  the 
“ I  don’t 
know,”   replies  the  poor  colonel. 
“ I 
have  never  tasted  it. 
In  my  youth  they 
gave 
it  to  the  old  people  and  now  the 
children  get it all. ”   The  liver  wing  and 
other  perquisites,  like  the  best  of  his 
w ife’s  society,  her prettiest  manners  and 
prettiest  looks,  the  colonel  might  claim 
as  no  more  than  the  star  boarder  has  a 
right  to  expect.

fowl, 

isn’t 

it?”  

landlady  doesn’t 

A   small  matter,  but  still  worth  men­
in  this  connection,  is  the  fact 
tioning 
that  the 
feel  free  to 
lecture  the  star  boarder.  That  way  lies 
peace.  She  may  perceive  his  faults, 
but  she  doesn’t  consider  it  her  duty  to 
call  his  attention  to  them.  She  notices 
his  mistakes,  but  refrains  from  saying 
“ I  told  you  so,”   She  has  heard  his  old 
stories  time  and  again,  but 
is  her 
business  to  laugh  at  them  and  she  does 
it.  She  defers  to  his  tastes,  she  studies 
his  whims,  and  the  star  boarder  stays 
on,  and  the establishment prospers.  The 
moral  of  all  of  which  seems  to be  the 
rather  cynical  one,  that  in  order  to  get 
along  harmoniously  and  peacefully  with 
one’s  family 
is  only  necessary  to 
treat  them  with  the  same  courtesy,  con­
sideration  and  deference  that  we  show 
to  strangers. 

Dorothy  Dix.

it 

it 

G iving  Good  A dvice.

However  frugal  we  may  be  in  other 
respects,  none  of  us  are  niggardly  when 
it  comes  to  bestowing  good  advice  upon 
our  fellow-creatures. 
It  is  the  one  time 
when  we  are  all  agreed  in  the  grand  al­
truistic  belief  that  it  is  more  blessed  to 
give  than  to  receive,  and  so  we  go 
cheerfully 
along,  offering  gratuitous 
counsel  to  every  one  we meet,  no  matter 
ignorant  we  may  be  of .all  the_es-
how 

in 

that 

A  recent,  and  very  amusing 

sential  conditions  surrounding  them,  or 
how  unfitted  we  are  to  pass  upon  them.
illustra­
tion  of  this  universal  foible  was  given 
in  the  message  sent  by  the  “ Don’t 
Worry  Club,”   of  Cleveland,  to  Presi­
dent  Kruger,  and  to  which  he  has  sent 
a  polite  reply  expressing  his  apprecia­
tion  of  their  delicate  attention. 
It  is 
imaginable 
the  Transvaal, 
where  we  are  told  that  they  don’t  worry 
about  education,  or  cleanliness,  or  fash­
ion,  or  progress,  or  many  of  the  other 
things  that  vex  our  souls,  the  ethics 
of  the  Don’t  Worry  Club  may  not  be 
fully  understood,  but  surely  for  once  the 
good  advice  and  the  hour  met.'  The 
idea  of  sending  a  man  harassed  by a 
victorious  enemy,  with  hopes  over­
thrown  and  a  country 
laid  waste,  a 
message  not  to  worry  was  nothing  short 
of  an 
inspiration,  and  every  one  will 
sincerely  hope  that  Mr.  Kruger  will  be 
able  to  take 
thus 
offered.

the  good  advice 

In  a  smaller  and 

less  picturesque 
way,  most  of  us  have  experienced  some­
thing  <  f  the  same  kind and  realized  how 
easy 
it  was  for the  person  sitting  safe 
and  comfortable  at  home  to  advise  the 
one  in  the  thick  of  the  fight  not  to mind 
the  wounds  he  was  getting.  The  old 
bachelor,  who  regards  all  children  as 
more  or  less  troublesome 
little  beasts, 
of  whom  anyone  must  be  glad  to  be  rid, 
can’t  see  why  the  anxious  mother,  with 
all  her  wealth 
in  one  coin,  as  Mrs. 
Browning  says,  should  worry  about  her 
child  every  minute  it  is  out of her sight. 
The  rich  and  prosperous,  with  an  as­
sured 
income,  grow  eloquent  over the 
poor  clerk  worrying  for  fear  he  may  get 
sick  and 
lose  his  place.  The  woman 
with  old,  trained  family  servants  thinks 
it  positively  weak-minded 
the 
woman  with  one  green  girl  to  worry  so 
over  her  housekeeping.  Those  with  the 
digestion  of  an  ostrich  jeer  at  the  fads 
of  the  dyspeptics, who  are  always  worry­
ing  about  what  they  can  eat  and  what 
they  can’t.

for 

it 

It  is  always  safe  advice  to  tell  people 
not  to  worry,  but,  after  all,  we  owe 
more  to  those  who  worry  than  to  those 
who  don’t.  Contentment  is  comfortable, 
but 
isn’t  progress.  The  men  and 
women  who  move  the  world  are  the  dis­
contented.,  The  woman  who  is  satisfied 
to  wear  a  calico  frock  will  never  wear  a 
silk  one.  She  who 
is  contented  to  sit 
on  the 
lowest  rung  of  the  ladder  will 
never  perch  on  the  top  one.  The  moth­
ers  of  great  men  have  never  been  the 
placid  women  who  sat with folded hands 
and  let  events  take  their  course.  They 
have  been  the  women  who  wanted  an 
opportunity  for their  children  and  wor­
ried  until  they  got  it.

A s*a  dispenser  of  good  advice,  the 
“ don’t  worry  clubs”   are  beyond  price. 
There  is  no  doubt  that  health  and  peace 
and  happiness  await  the  man  and  wom­
an  who  can  make  up  their  minds  to quit 
worrying  and  take  life  as  it  comes,  but 
they  will  get  precious 
little  else.  The 
worryers  will  have all the plums.  Worry­
ing  is  aggravation,  but  placidity  is  al­
ways  stagnation. 

Cora  Stowell.

Charity  grows  crusty  when continually 
for  bread  by  a  man  who  wants 

asked 
nothing  but  whisky.

“ a l u m i n u m   -
T R A D E   C H E C K S .

St  0 0   PER  1 0 0 .

Write for samples and styles to
N.  W.  STAMP WORKS,

ST. PAUL, MINN.

--------- Makers of---------

Rubber  and  Metallic  Stamps. 

Send  for  Catalogue  and  Mention  this  paper,

A
L
A
B
A
S
T
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N

is  the  original  and 
LABASTINE 
only durable  wail  coating,  entirely 
from  all  kalsomines. 
different 
Ready for use in  white  or  fourteen 
beautiful 
tints  by  adding  cold 
water.
ADIKS  naturally  prefer  ALA­
BASTINE 
for  walls  and  ceil­
ings,  because  it  is  pure,  clean, 
durable.  Put  up  in  dry  powdered 
form, in  live-pound  packages, with 
full  directions.
LL  kalsomines  are  cheap,  tem­
porary  preparations  made 
from 
whiting,  chalks,  clays,  etc.,  and 
stuck  on  the  wralls  with  decaying 
animal  glue.  ALABASTINE 
is 
not a  kalsomlne.
EWARE  of 
the  dealer  who 
says  he  can  sell  you  the  “same 
thing” as ALABASTINE or “some­
thing just as  good.”  He  Is  either 
not  posted  or  is  trying  to  deceive 
you.
ND 
IN  OFFERING  something 
he  has  bought  cheap  and  tries 
to  sell  on  ALABASTINE’S  de­
mands,  he  may  not  realize  the 
damage you will suffer  by  a  kalso- 
mine on your walls.
ENSIBLE  dealers  will  not  buy  a 
lawsuit.  Dealers  risk  one  by  sell­
ing  and  consumers  by  using  in­
fringement.  Alabastine  Co.  own 
right to  make  wall  coating  to  mix 
with cold water.
HE  INTERIOR  WALLS  of  every 
church and school should be coated 
only with  pure,  durable  ALABAS­
TINE.  It safeguards health.  Hun­
dreds of tons  used  yearly  for  this 
work.
N  BUYING  ALABASTINE,  cus­
tomers 
getting 
cheap  kalsomines  under  differ­
ent  names. 
Insist  on  having  our 
goods in packages  and  properly la­
beled.
UISANCE  of  wall  paper  is  ob­
viated  by  ALABASTINE. 
It  can 
be  used  on  plastered  walls,  wood 
ceilings, brick  or  canvas.  A  child 
can brush it on.  It does  not rub or 
scale off.
STABLISHE1)  in  favor.  Shun  all 
Imitations.  Ask  paint  dealer  or 
druggist  for 
tint  card.  Write 
us  for 
interesting  booklet,  free. 
ALABASTINE CO., Grand  Rapids, 
Mich.

should 

avoid 

17

F

J.  Sokup

Manufacturer of
Galvanized
Iron
Skylight
and
Cornice
Work

fi  Gravel, Tin, Steel, and  Slate  Roof-  {
  ing and  Roofing  Materials at  mar-  •
■
■
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121  S.  Front S t, Opposite  Pearl. 
Grand  Rapids, Midi. 

Y U S E A   M A N TLE S.

W e  are  the  distributing 
agents  for  this  part  of  the 
State  for  the  Mantle  that 
is making such  a stir in  the 
world.

It gives  ioo candle power, 
is  made  of  a  little  coarser 
mesh  and  is  more  durable.

Sells  for 50 cents.
Will  outwear  three  ordi­
nary  mantles  and  gives 
more light.

GRAND  R A PID S  GAS  LIG H T  CO., 
G rand  R apids,  M ich.

Granite

The best plastering 
material  in  the world. 
Fire proof, wind  proof, 
Is not 
water proof. 
injured by  freezing.
No Glue, no acid. 
Ready  for immediate 
use by adding water.

Office and works:  West Ful­
ton and L. 8. & M. 8. R. R.

Gypsum  Products JVtfg Co.,

Mill and Warehouse:  200 South Front Street. 

Calcined Plaster, Land Plaster, Bug Compound, etc.
Office:  Room 20, Powers’ Opera House Block.

Manufacturers and Dealers in

An enterprising agent wanted In »very town.  Send for circular with references.

G rand R apids, M ich.

"imperial”
Computing
scaleF o r C andy, Tea, Tobacco 

Seeds, Spices, E tc.

Tells at  a  glance  the  exact  cos 
from 5 to 60 cents* per  lb.  at  the 
usual  prices  at  which  candy  is 
sold.
Warranted accurate.  Beautifully 
nickel plated.
Saves Doth time and money. 
Weight boxes 2y, lbs.  Gives  also 
exact weight by half ounces. 
Order through your jobber.
Send  for  new  catalogue  of  Con­
fectionery,  Counter,  Household, 
Market and Postal Scales.
Pelouse Scale & Mfg.  Co., 

Chicago, III.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Hardware

V aried  E xperience  o f a  H ardw are B roker.
For  fourteen  years  the  firm  of  Con­
verse  &  Steele,  dealers 
in  hardware, 
tools  and  agricultural  implements,  had 
at  first  existed,  then  lived,  and,  for  the 
last  five  years,  under  the  sign  of  the  gilt 
horseshoe,  had  prospered  exceedingly. 
But  after  a  time  John  Converse,  em­
boldened  by  success  and  cramped by the 
limitations  of  a  town  of  60,000,  had  for 
two  or  three  years  been  longing  for  an 
opportunity  for  expansion.  This  oppor­
tunity  came 
in  ¿the  offer of  a  salesman 
with  a  Chicago  house  to  purchase  his 
interest  for  a  sum  which  triple  plated 
his  already  brightly  polished  hopes.

View ed  by  E .  Prentiss  Grindstone, 
aged  24,  clerk 
in  the  employ  of  Con­
verse  &  Steele,  the  situation  resembled 
that  of  the  Italian  peasant  who  fails  to 
admire  the  eruption  of  Vesuvius  in  his 
helpless  contemplation  of  the  sure  ap­
proach  of  the  lava  which  means  the  de­
struction  of  his  vineyard and home.  The 
Chicago  traveler  had  a  son  he  wished 
placed,  and  Prentiss  knew  there  was 
no  room  for  another  clerk,  and  that  at 
the  expiration  of  his  year  he  must  go.

salesmen, 

for 
foundry 

superintendents, 

With  this  prospective  he  turned  to  the 
"H elp   Wanted”   advertisements  and  he 
chemists, 
found  eight  vacancies 
cutlery 
foremen, 
metal  salesmen,  and  but  one,  the  last  of 
the  list,  for  a  hardware  clerk.  Contin­
uing  down  the  column,  he  found  under 
"Situations  Wanted"  thirty-one  appli­
cations  for  positions  as  book-keepers, 
foundry 
and,  sadly 
mismated,  one  who  *' thoroughly  under­
stands 
of  moneymaking." 
Somewhat  alarmed  by  the  disproportion 
of  the  " in s ”   to  the  "o u ts"  he  sent  in 
an  application  for  the  hardware  clerk­
ship,  bolstering 
letter  of 
recommendation  from  Mr.  Converse  and 
also  one  from  the  cashier  of  the  only 
national  bank  in  town.  He  sighed  as  he 
read,  " E .  Prentiss  Grindstone  is  heart­
ily  recommended  as  a  young  man  of 
good  character,  thoroughly  honest,  and 
well  posted 
in  the  details  of  his  busi­
ness. ’ ’

it  with  a 

the 

art 

The  letter  mailed  he  returned  to  his 
work,  endeavoring  to  rid  his  mind  of 
the  problem  which  continually  vexed 
him,  " I f  
it  takes  that  letter a  day  and 
a  half  to  go  and  the  same  to  return, 
when  may  I  receive  a  reply?" 
In  his 
struggle  he  was  encouraged  by  the name 
of  the  occupation  of  one  of  the  vacant 
positions,  there  being  something  magi­
cal  in  the  name  metal  salesman,  which 
conjured  before  him  visions  of  happi­
ness produced  by  a  plentiful  supply  of  a 
certain  much  coveted  yellow metal. 
In- 
as  much  as  the  metal  sold  by  the  sales­
in  the  advertisement 
man  referred  to 
was  pig 
just  such 
alchemy  as  abounds  in  the  imagination 
of  youth  to  produce  the  change.  Con­
tinuing  his  search  through  the  journal 
he  found  among  the  notices  of  Stores 
For  Sale  a  small 
insertion  announcing 
that  Langdon  &  Co.,  of  Chicago,  de­
sired  a  salesman,  on  commission,  to  sell 
babbitt  metal.  With  the  metal  idea  at 
white  heat  in  his  brain  and  quite  dis­
pelling  the  clerkship,  he  went  home, 
nervously  waiting 
for  the  hour  when 
his  father,  after  the  evening  meal, 
would  fill  his  malodorous  pipe,  and, 
with 
feet  elevated  on  the  rail  of  the 
front  porch,  proceed  to  fumigate  the 
vicinity.

¡t  required 

iron, 

Owen  Grindstone  was  of  Welsh  and 
Irish  descent,  and  had  come  to  Ohio  in 
Through  native
the  "C anal  age.”  

shrewdness,  as  contractor  for the sinuous 
water  ways,  he  had  accumulated  an  am­
ple  fortune. 
In  the  raising  of  his  chil­
dren  he  exemplified  this  talent  by  the 
formation  of  such  terse  maxims  as,  " T o  
ruin  a  boy  give  him  a  pony.”  
"W ork 
and  plenty  of  it is  a  young  man’s salva­
tion."   To.  E.  Prentiss  these  maxims 
had  been  very  bitter  pills.  To  be  com­
pelled  to  pay  $3  a  week_ for  board  out  of 
a  salary  of  $10,  and  that  to  his  own 
father,  seemed  the  superlative  of  harsh­
ness ;  to  be  sure,  as  things  went  he  got 
his  money’s  worth,  for  as  Kennedy  the 
grocer  said :  "O w en  was  a  good  liver.”  
Upon  this  particular  evening 
late  in 
April,  the  old  gentleman  abandoned  the 
porch,  but  not  the  pipe,  to  inspect  and 
adversely 
criticise  a  section  of  the 
ditch  being  dug  past  his  property,  in 
which  were  to  be  laid  pipes  for  the  new 
water  works,  an 
improvement  of  much 
interest  to  taxpayers.  With  no  interest 
in  the  ditch  Prentiss  followed his father.
"W hat’s  new  at  the  store?”   enquired 
looking 
"N ew   boss 

Grindstone,  Sr.,  as  they  stood 
into  the  narrow  trench. 
come  yet?”

" H e ’s  coming  to-morrow,  I  hear,”  
replied  Prentiss, 
"an d   that  means  a 
short  shrift  for  me.  Seems  to  me,  fath­
er,  you  might  give  me  a  lift  toward  a 
start  in  business.”

"Y o u   in  business!”   interrupted  his 
father.  "W h at’s  a  boy  like  you  to  know 
of  business?  You  can’t  see  yet. 
If  I 
was  a  young  man 
in  your  position  I 
could  start  without  capital  and  make 
money. ’ ’

" I t   is  for  you  to  talk  so,  now  that you 
are  fixed,”   said  Prentiss. 
"B u t  times 
have  changed  and  a  young  man  has  not 
the  opportunity  for  moneymaking  that 
you  had  in  your  d ay.”

" T u t!  Tut!  boy.  The  trouble  with 
the  youngsters  to-day  is  they  can’t  see ; 
the  chances  are  as  good  as  they  ever 
were.  There  is  one  for  you  right  here 
in  this  ditch. ”

"B u t  I  don’t  see  it,  father.”
" O f  course  you  don’t;  that’s  what  I 
say,  you  can’ t  see.  Now,  what’s  this 
ditch  for?”

"W ater  works  for  the  town.”
"H ow   will  the  water  be  used  on  the 

lawns?”

" B y   hose,  I  suppose.”
"W ho’ll  sell  that  hose?”
"T h e   hardware  dealer,  of  course.”  
"N o t 

if  you  have  enterprise  enough. 
Now,  see  here.  It  will  be several months 
before  this  pipe  will  be  done.  Nearly 
every  house  on  Peebles  avenue  and 
Grant  street  and  on  many  cross  streets 
will  want  hose.  You  will  be  free,  you 
say,  by  May  1.  See 
if  you  can’t  get 
the  agency  of  some  rubber  house,  and 
make  a  thorough  house  to  house  canvass 
with  samples,  and  I’ ll  bet  you’ ll  sell 
several  thousand  feet  of  hose  before  the 
hardware  chaps  are  onto  the  scheme.”  
The  town  of  Melrose,  located  upon  a 
plateau,  is  one  of  the  best  business  and 
manufacturing  towns  of  its  size  in  the 
Western  Reserve.  The main  line  of  the 
its  southern 
C.  C.  &  C.  R.  R.  skirts 
border,  thus  drawing  away  from 
the 
imposing 
residence  portion  quite  an 
number  of 
industries, 
called 
"sh ops.”   These  vary 
importance 
from  the  Burnside  Machine  Works,  em­
ploying  300  hands,  and  occupying  two 
acres  of  ground,  to  the  Enterprise  Nov­
elty  Company,  consisting,  principally, 
of  a  large  sign  facing  the  railroad,  and 
the  proprietor,  who  is  also  office  force, 
salesman  and  mechanic.  Through  the 
center  of  the  town  runs  the  old  post 
road,  now  called  High  street,  strung 
along  which,  to  the  east  and  west,  are

locally 
in 

IN S E C T   SPR A YER S

.......... 

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§#|§§rei^Ji

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W e  are  the  manufacturers  and  make a full  line.

WM. BRUMMELER A  SONS,

M A N U F R S .  O F   TIN W A R E   A N D   S H E E T   M E T A L   G O O D S,

249  to  263  South  Ionia  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Agents for the

American

Babcock

Triumph

Acme

Corn  Planter

Corn  Planter

Corn  Planter

Corn  Planter

Send  in your orders 

at once.

FOSTER,  STEVENS,  &  CO.,  Grand  Rapids.

Buckeye  Paints,  Colors  and  Varnishes

are  unsurpassed  for  beauty  and  durability.  Do  not 
place your orders until  our  Mr.  Carlyle calls.

Buckeye  Paint &  Varnish Co.,

Toledo,  Ohio.

Alexander  Tubular 

Furnaces

Before buying a  new  furnace  investi­
gate  fully  the  Alexander’s  points  of 
excellence:
*.  They have a larger  radiating  sur­
face than any other furnace.
2.  For economy of  fuel  they  are  un­
surpassed.
3.  They  have  double 
casings.
4.  They have revolving duplex grates.
5.  All  cleaning  can  be  done  direct 
from the door.
W e make a  specialty  of . heating  and 
ventilating stores, residences, churches 
and schools.  Write for catalogue and 
prices.
Alexander Furnace & Mfg  Co.

ventilated 

Lansing, Michigan

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7 00
11  50

18 00 
30 00

40&10
20

K in.
.  6  C.
■  6K 
-  7M

1  25 
40&10

30&10

70&10
70
60&10

21
H

60&1I

Hardware  Price  Current

A ngara  and  B its

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

Axes

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

Railroad..................................................

arden...................................................net

B arrow s

B olts
Stove ......................................................
..............................
an iage, new 
'lo w ...........  
..............................
B ackets

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

B utts,  Cast

Cast Loose Pin, figured.......................
Wrought N arrow .................................

Rim F ire ....
entrai Fire .

C artridges

C hain

14 In. 
Com...............   8  c. 
BB.................   9 
BBB...............  9% 

5-16 In.  % In.
... 6  c.
... 6%.
... 7V4

... 7  c. 
... 7X 
... 814 

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

C row bars 

Caps

_er m

Ely’s 1-10, per
Hfck’s C 
.
D., per m 
Musket, per m

' .  F., per m.

Socket Firmer  .. 
Socket Framing. 
Socket Corner... 
Socket Slicks__

Elbow s

0111. 4 piece, 6 in., per doz..................net
Corrugated, per doz..............................
Adjustable.............................................dls

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 

15 

14 

Discount, 6510

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

G anges

Glass

Single  Strength, by box.......................dis  8O&21
~ 
”  
85&10
Double Strength, by box......................dls
80&10
By the Light.................................dls

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

 

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

33«
40&10
70

H am m ers

H inges

dls 

60&10

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

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

H orse  N ails

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

Iro n

Bar Iron................................................ 2 75  c rates
Light Band............................................   354c rates

K nobs—New  L ist

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

L an tern s

Levels

M attocks

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

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

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

M etals—Zinc

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

M iscellaneous

50&10
50&10
50&10

40&10

20&10

85 
1  00

5 25
6 00

70

60

the  homesteads  of  the  pioneer  settlers. 
These  give  place  gradually  to  the  hotel, 
bank,  hardware  and  other  stores,  form­
ing  what  the  High  Streeters  delight  to 
call  the  business  center.  Sloping  grad­
ually  from  High  street  toward  the  flats, 
Broadway,  a  wide,  well  paved  street, 
contests  with  High  street  the  claim  to 
mercantile  supremacy. 
It,  too,  has  a 
hotel,  a  bank,  National  at  that,  and  a 
hardware  store.  The  title  to  suprem­
acy 
is  considered  temporarily  settled 
when  either  contestant  secures  the  post- 
office,  consequently  the  postal  authori­
ties  are  continually  besieged  by  rivai 
committees.  When  High  street  has 
it, 
Broadway  is  out  looking  for  signers  to 
a  petition  for  its  removal. 
If  by  some 
turn  of  the  political  wheel  Broadway 
secures  the  prize,  High  street 
is  in  a 
state  of  upheaval.
for  the 

last  time  as  clerk, 
Grindstone,  Jr.,  walked  under  the  gilt 
horseshoe,  shining  resplendent  in  fresh 
leaf  and  a  new  firm  name,  Broadway 
was  the  Mecca  of  the townspeople,  for  it 
now  possessed  the  postoffice,  pretentious 
lock  box  system,  which  the 
in  patent 
“ Broaders”   considered 
far  ahead  of 
free  delivery.

When, 

With  the  thought  of  his  unanswered 
application  in  mind  he  turned  his  steps 
in  the  direction  of  the  postoffice.  Near 
the  entrance,  through  which  a  throng  of 
people  were  surging,  he  was  accosted 
by  a  six  foot  young  man  carrying  a  sur­
veyor's  apparatus  on  his  right  shoulder, 
who  said,  “ Hold  this,  will  you,  until 
I  get  the  m ail?"

“ Get  mine,  too,"  called  Grindstone 
as  he  took  the  transit.  In  a  few  minutes 
he  came  out  with  several  packages  and 
letters  which  he  handed  Grindstone, 
Saying,  “ Come  over  and 
inspect  my 
new  quarters,  just  across  the  street. 
Together  they  ascended  a  flight of  stairs 
and  entered  a  large  room  on  the  second 
lighted  by  three  windows.  On 
story, 
each  side  of  the  room  were 
long,  high 
unpainted  tables.  “ Who’s in with you?’ 
enquired  Grindstone,  glancing  at  one 
of  the  tables  covered  with  architectura 
drawings.

“ Dawes,”   replied  the  surveyor,  put 
ting  away  his  instrument. 
“ The  room 
was  too  large  for  me,  and  is  y e t;  notice 
to 
that  alcove?”   he  enquired,  pointing 
an  offset  made  by  the  stairway. 
“ That 
would  make  good  desk  room  for  some 
one,  if  agreeable  to  all  concerned.”  

“ How  much?”   laconically  enquired 
Grindstone,  standing  in  the  alcove  and 
looking  across  at  the  stream  of  people 
passing  in  and  out  of  the  post  office. 
“ Five  a  month,  to  a  good  fellow.”  
“ You  don’t  want  much!  I’ll  give  you 
just  so  much  money 

three,  and  that’s 
found,  and  you  know  it.”

“ You!  What  do  you  want  with  it? 

The  surveyor  turned  quickly 
toward 
Grindstone,  motioning  toward  an  un 
usually  high  stool  before  one  of  the 
tables. 
there,”   he  con 
tinued ;  “ now,  what’s  up?”   Grindstone 
perched  himself  as  directed,  with  hi 
back  to  the  table,  leaning  upon  it  with 
both  elbows.

“ Climb  up 

“ Maybe  you  know  and  maybe  you 
don’t ,”   he  commenced,  “ that  I  am  out 
of  a  job ."

“ That  wouldn’t  worry  m e,”  

inter 
rupted  the  surveyor,  “ if  my  dad  was 
as  well  heeled  as  yours.”

“ That  kind  of  talk  makes  me  sick 
French,”   testily  retorted  Grindstone. 
“ Everybody  in  this  town  knows  O.  G ., 
and  then  to  talk  that  way  to  me— ’ ’ 

“ W ell!  well!  never  mind,  I ’ll  take 
it  all  back,”   laughed  the  surveyor,  “ so 
go  on. ’ ’

* He  has  suggested  a  scheme,  O.  G. 
has,”   explained  Grindstnoe,  somewhat 
mollified,  “ which  I  think 
is  a  pretty 
good  one.  You  see these Wienerwursts, ”  
holding  up  six  or  eight  3-inch 
lengths 
f  rubber  hose  strung  on  a  string,  which 
he  had  taken  out  of  one  of  the  postoffice 
packages. 
“ Oyer  there  (pointing  to 
the  postoffice)  you  may  see  at  the  pres­
ent  moment  Doc  Layton,  Judge  Patter­
son  and  several  more,  while  before  you 
E.  P.  G.  Well,  that’s  the  combina­
tion.  My  friend  here,  Mr.  R.  Hose,  is 
desirous  of  entering  society,  and  I  have 
been  suggested  as  the  proper  person  to 
make  the 
introduction,  so  that  alcove 
would  just  hold  my  desk  nicely.  There, 
nobserved,  I  can  await  the  coming  of 
the  400,  then  rush  over  to  the  office,  go 
form  of  coming  after the 
through  the 
mail,  engage  society 
in  conversation, 
jresent  R.  H.,  and  ‘ if  well  done  when 
twere  done,’  the  affair  will  result  in 
the  satisfaction  of  all  concerned.”  

“ That’ ll 

do,  perhaps,  during  the 
summer,  but  how  about  winter?”   en­
quired  the  surveyor.

“ are 

it  won’t  take 

“ Well,  to  be  candid,”   replied  Grind­
stone,  “ the-result  of  the  hose business is 
largely  imaginary,  and  even  if  I  do  sell 
hose, 
long  to stock  this 
town,  so  I  intend  canvassing  the  shops 
for  their  trade.  Here— ”   untying 
package, 
samples  of  Babbitt 
netal,  solder,  etc.,  which  came  by  ex­
press.  Nate  Plumb— you  know  Nate, 
foreman  at  Burnside’s—told  me they use 
tons  of  Babbitt,  and,”   excitedly,  “ Mr. 
Burnside  said 
if  the  quality  and  price 
were  right  he  would  give  me  an  order. 
Then  tools-  the  Rasp  File  Company,  of 
Philadelphia,  write  they  will  give  me  a 
good  price  and  protect  me  on  all  orders 
that  come  through  my 
influence.  Be­
sides,  I  have  several  other  things  in 
v ie w ;  so  now  what  do  you  say  about 
that  alcove?”

“ Oh,that’s  all  right,”   replied  French, 
examining  one  of  the  pieces  of  hose. 
‘ I’ ll  be  glad  to  have  you  in  with  me, 
and 
it  will  be  all  right  with  Dawes. 
This  kind  of  hose,”   holding  up  one  of 
the  samples  he  had  separated  from  the 
bunch,  “ is  all  right.  When  I  was  sur 
veying  the  lock  works’  plot  I  saw  a  sec 
tion 
I  think  he 
said  he  had  used  it  five  years.”

in  Jake  Burns’  barn. 

“ Is  that  so?”   exclaimed  Grindstone 
“ If  I  can  use  Jake  as  a  recommenda 
t.ion,  that’ ll  be  great.  So  here’s  for  a 
try, ’ ’  jumping down from  the stool.  ‘ * To 
morrow  I’ll  be  with  you,  and  it  will  see 
the  starting  of  the  first  hardware  broke 
in  Melrose. ” — Iron  Age.

W ire  N ails  and  Old  Nails.

are 

said 

Careful  experiments  made  at  Cornel 
University 
to  show  that 
“ First,  cut  nails  are  superior  to  wire 
nails  in  all  positions;  second,  the  main 
advantage  of  the  wire  nail  is  due  to 
its 
possessing  a  sharp  point;  third,  if  cut 
nails  were  pointed  they  would  be  30  per 
cent,  more  efficient 
in  direct  tension 
fourth,  wire  nails  without  points  hav 
but  one-half  their  ordinary  holding 
the  surface  of  the  nai 
power;  fifth, 
should  be 
but  not 
barbed— barbing  decreases the  efficiency 
of  cut  nails  about  32  per  cent. ”   The 
pointed  end  enables  the  nail  to  enter 
wood  without  breaking  its  fibre  exces­
its  grip.,  A 
sively,  thus  preserving 
serious  defect  of  wire  nails 
is  thei 
readiness  to  rust.  They  are  made  gen 
erally  of  a  sort  of  soft  steel,  and  steel 
rusts  more  readily  than some other forms 
In  some  parts  of  the  country, 
of  iron. 
it 
is  said,  shingles  put  on  with  wire 
nails  drop  off  after  six  or  eight  years.

slightly 

rough, 

Keep  your  credit  good  by  using  it 
sparingly.  It  is  like  your  bank  account, 
the  more  you  use  it  the  weaker  it  be­
comes.

260 
2 60 
Base 
5 
10 
20 
30 
46 
70

6  50
7  60 
13 00
5 60
6  60 
11  00 
13 00
10«
16

25 00

Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire.

Nails

Steel nails, base. 
Wire nails, base...
20 to 60 advance__
10 to 16 advance__
8 advance.............
6 advance.............
4 advance.............
3 advance.............
2 advance.............
'ine.3 advance__
aslng 10 advance, 
lasing 8 advance.. 
lasing 6 advance.. 
‘inisn 10 advance. 
-'inlsh 8 advance.. 
finish 6 advance.. 
Barrel  % advance.

Rivets

Iron  and  Tinned...................................
’opper Rivets  and  Burs.....................

Roofing  P lates

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.....................
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Dean.....................
¿0x28 IC, Charcoal,  Dean.....................
14x201(5, Charcoal, Allaway  G rade...
14x20 IX,Charcoal, Allaway  G rade...
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway  G rade...
20x28IX,Charcoal, Allaway  Grade...

Sisal, H Inch and larger.......................
Manilla...................................................

Ropes

Jst  acct.  19, ’86.................................... dls

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. 15 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................dls
Loaded with  Nltro  Powder............... dls

Shot

Drop.......................................................
B B and  Buck......................................
Shovels  and  Spades
First Grade,  Doz.................................
Second Grade, Doz..............................

40
40&10

1  50 
1  76

8 60 
8  10

Solder

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

65

$850
8 50
9 76

7 00
7 00
8 50
8 50

Squares

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

T in—Meljrn  G rade

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

Each additional X on this grade, $1.26.

T in—A llaw ay  G rade

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

Each additional X on this grade, $1.50

B o iler  Size  Tin  P late 
noilnd 

14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, I 
14x56 IX, for No. 9 Boilers, j P®r Pound.. 

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

T raps

W ire

Blight Market......................... 
Annealed  M arket................................. 
Coppered  Market.................................. 
Tinned  Market...................................... 
Coppered Spring Steel......................... 
oppered Spring Steel....................... .
Barbed Fence, Galvanized.................
___ 
Barbed Fence, Painted.......................

 

Wire  Goods

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

Wrenches

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

10

75
40&10
66&16
15
125

 

60
60
so&io
50&10
40
3 20
2  90

75
76
75
75

30
30

P ans

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

M olasses  G ates

Stebbins’ Pattern.................................. 
Enterprise, self-measuring.................. 

60&10
30

Fry, Acme..............................................   60&10&10
Common,  polished................................ 
70&6
P a te n t  P lan ish ed   Iro n  

“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 76 
“B” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 25 to 27  8 75

Broken packages %e per pound extra.

P lanes

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

50
00
$0
*

Aluminum  Money

Will Increase Your Business.

Cheap and Effective.

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

44  S.  Clark  St.,  Chicago,  III.

2 0

Eggs

Observations  by  a  Gotham  Egg  Han.
The  suggestion 

in  regard  to  estab­
lishing  a  weight  standard  for  the  differ­
ent  grades  of  eggs  has  been  commented 
upon  considerably  by  egg  receivers  and 
seems  to  meet  with  very  general  ap­
proval. 
In  fact,  the  more  consideration 
is  given  to  the  matter  the  more  certain 
it  appears  that  the  weight  system  pre­
sents  many  advantages  and  no  disad­
vantages  whatever.  One  of  the  difficul­
ties  met  with  in  buying  and selling eggs 
under  trade  rules  has  always  been  the 
uncertainty  as  to  whether  lines  of  goods 
would  pass 
inspection.  Not  only  does 
this  uncertainty  arise  in  the  mind  of  a 
receiver  as  to  his  own 
judgment  of 
quality,  but  the  judgment  of the  inspec­
tor,  which  is  very  naturally  more  or  less- 
variable,  must  also  be  considered.  Un­
der  present  rules  the  opportunity  for 
variable  and  uncertain  judgment  comes 
in  regarding  the  proportion  of  fresh, 
full  eggs,  the  relative  quality  of  the 
balance, 
the  size,  and  the  cleanness. 
Now  there  is  more  probability  of  a  fair 
uniformity  of  judgment  as  to the  pro­
portion  of  fresh  and  full  eggs  than  as  to 
size.  Small  objects  never  look  so  small 
as  when  they  are  mixed  with  large  and 
it  is  difficult  to  keep  one's  judgment al­
ways  the  same  as to  different  lots of eggs 
being  “ reasonably 
large.”   The  more 
of  uncertainties  we  can  bring  down  to  a 
constant  and  unvarying  standard 
the 
better.  So  far  as  quality  and  relative 
cleanness  are  concerned  those  must  in­
evitably  be 
left  to  the  judgment  of  in­
spectors.  But  rules  governing  them  will 
always  work  well  or  poorly  according  to 
the  uniformity  of  judgment.  As  to  size 
the  rules  aim  at  uniformity  of  require­
ment, but  do  not  provide  the  only  stand­
ard  by  which  such  uniformity  can  1« 
obtained.  Why  do  the  rules  provide 
that  fresh  gathered  firsts,  for 
instance, 
shall  be  “ of  good  average  size?”   This 
is  evidently  only  effort  to  provide  a 
standard  of  size  by  a  means  which is in­
definite  and  uncertain,  when  by  simply- 
weighing  the  goods  inspected  the  object 
sought  could  be  certainly  and  definitely- 
attained.  We  have  yet  to  hear  a  single 
valid  objection  to  this  manifest  im ­
provement 
in  the  egg  rules  and  there 
can  be 
little  question  that  the  greater 
certainty  of  judgment  as  to official grade 
which  a  weight  standard  would  give 
would  greatly  facilitate  business  under 
the  rule.  As  to  the  proper  net  weights 
which  should  be  designated  for  extras, 
firsts  and  seconds,  and  whether  these 
should  change  from  season  to season and 
be  different  for  storage  eggs  than  for 
fresh  gathered—all  this  would  require 
investigation  at  different  seasons  of  the 
year.  Why  would  it  not  be  well  for  the 
egg  committee  to  appoint  a  sub-com­
mittee  of  two  or  three  to  investigate  net 
weights  of  different  marks  and  qualities 
with  a  view  to  recording  some data from 
which  proper  weight  standards  could  be 
determined?  One  day’s 
investigation 
should  be  sufficient  to  fix  fair  limits  for 
fresh  gathered  eggs.

*  *  *

I  am  glad  to  note  that  more  and  more 
of  the  egg  receivers  are  falling  in  line 
with  the  effort  to  sell  eggs  at  mark  all 
the  time.  Several  receivers  have  told 
me  that  they  are  able  to  sell  fully  90 
per  cent,  of  their  receipts  on  the  mark 
basis  and  it  is  very  evident  to  one  who 
travels  through  the  egg  market  daily 
that  the  system  is  growing  and  giving 
satisfaction.  Here  and  there  are  objec­
tions,  however.  One  receiver  said  to

‘ pig 

me  the  other  day :  “ I  declare  I  don’t 
see  how  anyone  can  sell  eggs  at  mark 
and  get  their  full  value;  it’s 
like  buy­
ing  -a 
in  a  b ag:’  you  can’t  tell 
anything  about  the  amount  of  loss  with­
out  putting  out  an  expense  for examina­
tion  which  would  cost  more  than  the 
commission;  and  even  then  the  buyer 
will  not  accept  your  word  for  the  qual­
ity  and  would  bid  low  enough  to  cover 
the  risk.”   And  yet  others,  who  have 
been  endeavoring  to  sell  all  grades  at 
mark  report  no  serious  difficulty.  They 
say  that  they  can  ascertain  the  quality 
and  loss  near  enough  to  make  bargains 
which are satisfactory  to  their  customers 
and  themselves  and  their  shippers  and  I 
am  satisfied  that  more  and  more  of  the 
trade  are  taking  this  view.  One  mem­
ber  of  the  egg  committee  remarked  the 
other  day  that  he 
thought  a  sub-com­
mittee  should  be  appointed  to  go  all 
over  the  rules  and  put  them  on  a  case 
count  basis  throughout.  But  with  the 
changes  now  contemplated 
(perhaps 
they  will  be  adopted  by  the  time  this  is 
printed)  case  count  business  may  be j 
fairly  well  provided 
in  the  rules 
and  it  is  certainly  best  to  make  changes 
only  as  changes  in  the  natural  method 
of  doing  business  call  for them.

for 

*  *  *

Speaking  of  changes,  I  must  say  that 
if  the  new  rule  for  case  count  firsts  at 
mark  during  the 
loss  off  season  limits 
loss  to  1 Yt.  dozen  there  will  be 
the 
mighty  little  case  count business done  in 
this  grade  “ under  the  rule.”   The  mark 
business  now  actually  being  done  in 
grades  which  are  fairly  passable as firsts 
on  a 
loss  off  basis  is  very  largely  on  a 
basis  of  2  doz.  loss  to  the  case;  only  the 
exceptionally  fine  goods  go through with 
any 
lighter  fixed  average.  Why  not 
make  the  rule  compare  more nearly with 
what  custom  already establishes?— N.  Y. 
Produce  Review.

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Grand  Central  station  (New  York)  at  10 
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It  is  composed  of  a  buffet,  library car, 
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Poultry

P oor  R a id in g   P rev a le n t

W ith   S hippers

and  B uyers.

Scalded  poultry  is  not  in  as  much  fa­
vor  as  dry-picked  as  a  rule,  buyers 
claiming 
it  deteriorates  more  quickly 
than  dry-picked  owing  to  improper  or 
careless  scalding,  and  a good  part  of  the 
season  prices  on  scalded 
fowls  are  a 
fraction 
lower  than  dry-picked,  except 
a  few  exceptional  marks  which  bring  as 
much  if  not  more  than finest dry-picked. 
This  applies  to  the  general  run  of  stock 
is  continual  complaint  about 
but  there 
scalding,  many 
from 
new  shippers,  arriving  slack-scalded  or 
over-scalded  and  for  all  such  stock  it  is 
impossible  to  realize 
full  prices.  This 
loss  amounts  to  a  great  deal  to  shippers 
and  could  with  a 
little  more  care  be 
avoided.  The  directions  for  scalding 
usually  sent  out  by  commission  receiv­
ers  are  as  follow s:

lots,  especially 

The  water  for  scalding  should  be  just 
at  the  boiling  point,  but  not  actually 
Immerse  the  birds,  holding 
boiling. 
legs  and  head  and  lifting  up  and 
by 
down 
in  the  water three  or  four  times. 
Immediately  after scalding chickens and 
turkeys  remove  the  feathers—pin-feath­
ers  and  all— very  cleanly  and  without 
breaking  the  skin.  After  scalding  ducks 
and  geese,  wrap  them  in  a  cloth  about 
two  minutes;  then  the  down  will  roll  off 
with  the  feathers.  All  scalded  poultry 
should  be  “ plumped”   after  picking  by 
dipping  for  about  two  seconds  in  very 
hot  water— just  under  the  boiling  point 
— and then  thrown  into  cool  water  of  the 
natural  temperature,  where  it  should  re­
main  for  15  to  20  minutes.  When  the 
scalded  poultry  is  to  be  packed  dry  for 
cold  weather  shipment 
should  be 
taken  from  the  first  cold  plumping 
water  and  hung  up  by  the  feet  until 
thoroughly cold  and  dry;  it  will  then  be 
ready  to  pack.  But when  it  is  intended 
to  pack  in  ice  for  warm  weather  ship­
ment,  the  poultry  should  be  transferred 
from  the  first  cool  bath  to  another  of 
colder  water  (not  ice  water)  and  remain 
for  one-half  to  one  hour,  after 
there 
ice  water 
which  it  should  be  placed  in 
and  left  for  eight  to  ten  hours,  when 
it 
will  be  ready  to  pack.

it 

The  object  of  placing  the  stock,  after 
scalding  first  in  water  of  moderate  tem­
perature,  is  to  encourage 
the  flow  of 
blood,  which  would  be  checked  if  the 
stock  were  plunged 
immediately  into 
ice  water.

Guard  against  overscalding  and  un 
derscalding ;  the  former  causes  the  vel 
low  cuticle  to  loosen  and  rub  off,  giving 
the  poultry  a  bad  appearance,  and  the 
latter 
increases  the  danger of  the  stock 
becoming  slippery  in  transit.

tween  the  two  according  to  temperature 
of  water. 
In  this  way  the  water  can  be 
kept  just  right,  whereas  with  one  boiler 
the  operator  has  to  stop  and  wait,  after 
dipping  a  few 
fowls,  until  the  water 
boils  up  again,  which  is  too  slow  work 
for  most  men.  The  fire  underneath  boil­
ers  should  be  kept  going  all  the  time  in 
order  to  keep  water  boiling.  It  takes  an 
expert  to  do 
it  just  right  and  the  few 
marks  which  are  properly  scalded  are 
sought  for  by  buyers  and  usually  com­
mand  a  premium  over  ordinary  stock.

is 

Eggs  By  W eight  th e   C oining  System.
The  New  York  Commercial,  in  an 
nterview  with  a  wholesale  produce man 
quotes  him  as  saying :

‘ ' I  expect  some  day  to  see  the present 
system  of  buying  and  selling  eggs  by 
the  dozen  give  way  entirely  to  the better 
system  of  trading 
in  them  by  weight. 
Until  one  has  weighed  a  lot  of  eggs  by 
way  of  experiment,  he  would  not believe 
how  much  difference  there 
in  the
weight  of  eggs.  I  have  eggs  weighed  in 
my  place  every  once  in  a  while  for  my 
own  satisfaction,  and  they  vary  all  the 
from  1 1/ 2  ounces  to  2 y2  ounces 
way 
each.

“ Why  should  I  get  as  much  fora 
dozen  of  eggs  that  weigh  1 j   ounces 
each  as  I  do  for  a  dozen  that  weigh  2^ 
ounces  each?  As  a  rule,  of  course,  the 
little  eggs  go  along  with  the  big  eggs, 
but 
is  apparent  that  the  fair  system 
to  both  seller  and  buyer  is  to  trade  by 
weight.  To  my  mind  this  is  so  obvious­
ly  the  only  satisfactory method  that  I  do 
not  hesitate  to  predict 
its  universal 
adoption. ”
O bjected  to  th e   B ran d in g   on  th e   B read.

it 

“ Hello,  Bill,  how  are  you?”
“ Oh,  you know  I  busted  in the  bakery 

business. ”

‘ No— how  is  that?”
‘ Well,  you  see  one  day  my  oven 
broke  down—that  is,  the  whole  bottom 
dropped  out. 
I  could  get  nobody  to  fix 
it— just  had  to  have  it  fixed— so  I  went 
over  to  the  graveyard— which  you  know 
is  next  door— and  took  one  of  these  flat 
slab  tombstones  off  a  grave. 
I  put  it  in 
the  bottom  of  the  oven  and  it  fitted  fine.
.  heated  up  and  shoved  in  my  dough, 
and  that  day  I  broke  the  record  selling 
bread.  But  H eavens!— that  afternoon 
about  six  o’clock  every  cussed  one  of 
my  patrons  came  back.  Each  had  a 
pome  of  bread  under  his  arm  and  de­
manded  the  money  back.

“ What  in  the  world  was  the  matter?”  
I  had  taken  this 
“ Well,  you  see, 
it  in  the  bottom  of 
tombstone  and  put 
the  oven, .and  shoved 
in  my  dough—  
and  baked  on  the  bottom  of  each  pome 
were  these  words : 
‘ Here’s  the  remains 
of  Mrs.  Murphy’s  tw ins.’

A  

in 

leading  receiver  of  dressed  poultry 
in  speaking  on  the  subject  said  he  had 
great  trouble 
in  getting  some  of  hi: 
shippers  to  scald  their  poultry  properly 
Shippers  are  inclined  to  have  the  tem 
perature  of  the  water  too 
low  or  too 
high.  The  water  should  be  just  off  the 
boiling  point  and  that  is  where the main 
trouble  seems  to  be. 
If  the  water  i 
it  cooks  the  skin  and  it  comes 
too  hot 
off 
little  patches  with  the  feathers 
giving  the  poultry  a  pock-marked  ap 
pearance. 
In avoiding  this  shippers  do 
not  scald  the  stock  enough  and  it  has  a 
tendency  to  become  slippery 
in  transit 
or  not  keep  well. 
In  my  opinion  the 
correct  way  to  scald  poultry  is  to  have 
two  boilers,  using 
them  alternately. 
The  water  should  be  allowed  to  come  to 
a  boil  and  then  a  dipper  of  cold  water 
thrown  in,  which  will  lower  the  temper­
ature  enough  to  take  it  just  off  the  boil­
ing  point.  The 
fowl  should  then  be 
dipped  and  handed  to  the  picker  and 
the  operation  continued  until  the  water 
gets  below  the  boiling  point,  when  the 
same  operations  should  be  gone  through 
with  the  second  boiler,  alternating  be­

T he  Scarcest T h in g   in   th e   W orld.

fail. 

“ One  trouble  with  many  young  men 
who  start  out  in  business  is  they  try  to 
do  too  many  things  at once, ”   says Hetty 
Green,  the  richest  woman  in  America. 
“ The  result  is  that  they  don’t  know  as 
much  as  they  ought  to  about  any  one 
thing,  and  they  naturally 
The 
trouble  with  young  men  who  work  on 
salaries  is  that  they’ re  always  afraid  of 
doing  more  than  they’ re  paid  for.  They 
don’t  enter 
into  their  work  with  the 
right  spirit.  To  get  on  and  be  appre­
ciated  a  young  man  must  do  more  than 
he’s  paid  to  do.  When  he  does  some­
thing  that  his  employer  has  not  thought 
of  he  shows  that  he 
is  valuable.  Men 
are  always  willing  to  pay  good  salaries 
to  people  who  will  think  of  things  for 
them.  The  man  who  only  carries  out 
the  thoughts  and 
ideas  of  another  is 
nothing  more  than  a  mere  tool.  Men 
who  can  be  relied  upon  are  always  in 
demand.  The  scarcest  thing in the world 
to-day  is  a  thoroughly  reliable  m an.”

England 

is  credited  with  but  a  small 
production  of  turkeys,  and,  in  spite  of 
the  supplies  from  the county  of  Norfolk, 
and,  more  recently,  from  Ireland,  im ­
increased 
portations  from  abroad  have 
enormously  in  late  years,  as  the 
liking 
for  turkeys  is  greatly  on  the  increase  in 
England.

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Fruits and  Produce.

D r.  W iley's  O pinion  o f  th e  Use  o f  P re ­

servatives.

Preservatives  are  very  commonly  em­
ployed  with  manufactured  foods  prone 
to  decay.  The  keeping  of  food 
in  the 
fresh  state 
is  certainly  commendable, 
but  the  use  of  preservatives  which  de- 
arrange  the  digestive  organisms  is  most 
reprehensible.  The  decay  of  foods  is 
produced  by  the  action  of  living  fer­
ments.  A  food can be kept by destroying 
the  life  of  these  ferments  or  by  paraly­
zing  their  activity.  There  is  only  one 
method  of  paralysis  which  is  perfectly 
is  accomplished  by 
hygienic,  and  that 
the  production  of  a 
low  temperature. 
The  preservation  of  foods  in  cold  stor­
age 
limited  time  can  not  be  ob­
jected  to ;  but  even 
lose 
their  flavor  and  appetizing  qualities 
slowly,  and  cold  storage  should  not  be 
continued  too  long.

frozen  fruits 

for  a 

There 

is  also  one  proper  method  of 
killing  these  ferments,  and  that  is  by 
sterilizing  the  foods  at  a  high  tempera­
ture.  This 
is  the  principle  on  which 
the  preservation  of 
sealed 
packages  rests.  At  the  temperature  of 
boiling  water  ferments  are  killed,  and  if 
the  food  thus sterilized be  protected from 
innoculation,  either by hermetically seal­
ing  or  by  other  means,  it  keeps  inde­
finitely.

foods 

in 

the 

the 

acid 

fermentative 

formaldehyde, 

A  cheaper  and  more  convenient  way 
of  paralyzing  the  ferments  is  by  the  use 
of  preservatives,  or 
chemical  com­
pounds,  which  have  the  property  of 
checking 
action. 
Typical  bodies  of  this  class  are salicylic 
acid  and 
latter  a 
substance  made  by 
the  oxidation  of 
wood  alcohol.  Salicylic  acid  is  made  by 
a  chemical  treatment  of  carbolic  acid, 
itself 
which 
is  a  preservative  but,  ow­
ing  to 
its  odor  and  taste,  can  not  be 
used  in  foods.  For  successful  use,  a pre­
servative  must  be  practically  odorless 
least  in  the  quantities 
and  tasteless,  at 
employed,  and 
salicylic 
and 
formaldehyde  fulfill  these  conditions. 
Unfortunately,  however, 
for  the  use  of 
preservatives  digestion  is  Itself  a  purely 
fermentative  action,  and  hence  these 
chemical  reagents,  which  tend  to  par­
alyze "ferments  outside  of  the  stomach, 
tend  to  exercise  the  same  influence  up­
on  the  ferments  of  the  digestive  organs, 
which  prepare  the  food  for  absorption 
and  assimilation.
The  question 

is  not,  what  preserva­
tives  are  harmless,  but  what  preserva­
tives  are  least  harmful?  There  are  cer­
tain  articles  of  food  which  seem  to  re­
quire  the  use  of  a  small  quantity  of 
some  preservative,  and 
it  will  be  the 
duty  of  the  Government,  at  an  early 
date,  to 
issue,  after  careful  study  and 
experiment,  a  list  of  the  preservatives 
which  may  be  used,  in  small  quantities, 
without  endangering  to  any  great  ex­
tent  the  public  health.  The  indiscrim­
inate  use  of  preservatives  can  not  be too 
strongly  condemned.

One  of  the  most  insidious  methods  of 
using  preservatives  is  to  sell  them  un­
der  assumed  or  fanciful  names.  Sal­
icylic  acid, 
formaldehyde,  sulphite  of 
soda,  borax,  and  many  other  preserva­
tives,  which  could  not  have  been  sold 
under  their  own  names,  have  been  dis­
posed  at  enormous  profits  under  names 
which  do  not 
indicate  in  any  way  the 
chemical  character  of  the  substances. 
This  form  of  adulteration  is  prehaps the 
most  objectionable  of  all,  since 
it  may 
be  possible  to  use  extremely  harmful 
bodies  in  this  way,  in  large  numbers  of 
articles,  thus  endangering  the  health  of 
whole  communities.

There  is  only  one  honest way  in which 
preservatives  can  be  used,  and  that 
is 
to  print  plainly  upon  the  package  the 
nature  and  amount  of  the  preservative 
em ployed..  If  the  Government  should, 
in  harmony  with  the  suggestion  made 
above,  appoint  a  committee  of  scien­
tific,  medical,  and  hygienic  experts,  to 
determine  what  preservatives  are  per­
missible  and 
in  what  quantities,  there 
could  be  no  valid  objection  to  their  use.
For  instance,  one  of  the  substances  in 
which  preservatives  would  be  useful  is 
tomato  catchup.  This  substance 
is  a 
in  bottles,  in  too
condiment,  coming 

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large  quantities  usually  for  use  at  a  sin­
gle  meal. 
If  it  contained  no  preserva­
tive  body,  when  opened  and  allowed  to 
stand,  it  would  soon  ferment  and  be  un­
fit  for  use.  Since  only  a  small  quantity 
of  this  substance 
is  employed  at  any 
time,  the  presence  of  a  permitted  pre­
servative, 
in  a  permitted  quantity, 
would  not  seriously  endanger  health.

It 

is  not  safe,  either,  to  condemn  or 
commend  a  possibly  injurious  body  by 
the  results  of  its  action  on  any  one  in­
dividual.  There  are  some  organisims 
which  seem 
immune  to  poison  as  they 
are  to  contagious  disease.  There  are 
others  which  are  particularly  sensitive 
to  poison  and  contagious 
influences. 
The  safest  plan  is  always  to  protect  the 
immunes  nat­
most  sensitive,  since  the 
urally  protect  themselves. 
It  appears 
to  me,  therefore,  that  in  the  case of pre­
servatives-none  should  be  permitted 
which  in  the  small  quantities  employed 
would  injuriously  affect  the  most  sensi­
tive  stomachs.
In  general 

it  may  be  said  that  the 
adulteration  of  food  is  intended  primar­
ily  for  commercial  gain  and  so  greedy 
is  this  principle  that  even  the  health  of 
the  consumer  does  not  stand  in  the  way 
of  its  practice.

Aside  from  this,  the substitution of one 
article  of  food  for  another,  both of which 
in  their  places  may  be  wholesome,  may 
work  injury  to  the  health  by  unbalanc­
ing  the  ratio  and  by  disturbing  the  d i­
gestive  processes. 
In  this  sense  all 
forms  of  adulteration  may  be  in  a  way 
harmful  and  therefore  the  protection  of 
the  public  health  alone  would  be  a  suffi­
cient  reason  for  the  suppression  and 
regulation  of  all  forms  of  food  adultera­
tion.  Apart  from  this  the  purely  fraud­
ulent  nature  of  food  adulteration  is  a 
crime  amenable  to  the  civil  code.

Often 

statements 

extravagant 

are 
made  respecting  the  character  and  ex­
tent  of  food  adulteration.  Many  intelli­
gent  people  are  convinced  that  it  is  im­
possible  to  buy  pure  food  upon  the  mar­
ket.  This  impression  is  entirely  erron­
eous.  The  adulterated  article of  food  is 
the  exception  rather  than  the  rule  ex­
cept 
in  the  case  of  condiments.  The 
great  majority  of  the  staple  articles  of 
food  are  unadulterated.  But  the  fact 
that  fraud  extends  to  only  a  small  per­
centage  of  the  whole  consumption  is 
not  a  sufficient  reason  to  excuse  its  ex­
istence.

When  the debasement  of public morals 
attending  this  practice  is  brought  into 
consideration  the  evils  of  food  adultera­
tion  assume  a  degree  of  moral  turpitude 
which  should  call  forth  the denunciation 
of  every  good  citizen.  When  public 
sentiment  is  aroused on this subject,  and 
it  will  be  when  the  evils  of food adulter­
ation  are  sufficiently  well  known,  legal 
enactments  for 
its  restriction  and  con­
trol  will  be  easily  secured.

Song;  o f th e   B an an a  Peel.

Like a bar of the 1 »eaten gold,
I gleam in the summer sun;
I am little, I know, but I think I can throw 
The fellow who weighs a ton.
1 send out no challenges bold,
I blow me no vaunting horn,
But foolish is he who treadeth on me—
He'll wish he had never been born.
Like the flower of the field, vain man 
But when he shall feel my grip on his heel.
For I lift him high up in the air.
With a down coming crash he  maketii ills  mash. 

Lifts his head at the dawn of the day;
Like the stubble he fadeth away;
With Ills heels where his head ought to be;
And I know he's clean gone upon me.

Men laugh me to scorn on tlie stand,
Where I'm quiet and humble and meek;
My talent is one. but the deeds I have done 
Have made cellar gratings to creak.
I’m a red-hot American born;
And a Nihilist fearless I  be;
Though the head wore a crown. I would  bring  it 

low down.

If it set its proud heel upon me.

R.  .1.  Burdette.

If  you  are  making  a  sacrifice  sale,  say 
so,  and  tell  the  reason  for  it.  Don’t  say 
you  are  selling  goods  at  less  than  cost, 
unless  this  is  actually  true,  and  if  it  is 
true,  it  is  best  to  state  why  it 
is  done.
It  is  not  customary  to  sell  goods  except 
at  a  profit,  as  everybody  knows,  and  if 
the  goods  have  become  shop-worn  and 
is  best  to  say  so,  and 
out  of  style,  it 
state  that  this  does  not 
impair  their 
wearing  qualities  or  decrease  their  ac­
tual  value,  whatever that  may  be.

interests 

my 
in  the  world  among  suc­
ceeding  men.  That  part  of  my  interests 
'lich  is  known  in  the  land  and  recog- 
zed  in  the  sheep-bound  volumes as my 
inconsiderable  and  of 
property  being 
none  account,  1  make  no  disposal  of 
it 
in  this,  my  will.  My  right  to  life,  being 
but  a  life  estate,  is  not  at  my  disposal, 
but,  these  things  excepted,  all  else  in 
the  world  I  now  proceed  to  devise  and 
bequeath:

1.  1  give  to  good  fathers  and  mothers 
trust  for  their  children  all  good  little
words  of  praise  and  encouragement  and 
11  quaint  pet  names  and  endearments 
nd  1  charge  said  parents  to  use  them 
^ustly,  but  generously,  as  the  needs  of 
their  children  shall  require.

1 

2. 

the  same 

leave  to  children  exclusively, 
but  only  for  the  term  of  their childhood, 
all  and  every  the  flowers  of  the  fields 
and  the  blossoms  of  the  woods,  with  the
ght  to  play  among  them  freely  accord- 
ng  to  the  custom  of  children,  warning 
them  at 
time  against  the 
istles  and  the  thorns.  Ana  I  devise 
children  the  banks  of  the  brooks  and 
the  golden  sands  beneath  the  waters 
thereof,  with  the  dragon  flies  that  skim 
the  surface  of  said  waters  and  the  odors 
the  willows  that  dip  therein  and  the 
white  clouds  that  float  high  over  the 
^  ant  trees.  And  I  leave  to children  the 
Tong,  long  days  to  be  merry  in,  in  a 
thousand  ways,  and  the  night  and  the 
moon  and  the  train  of  the  milky  way  to 
wonder  at,  but  subject,  nevertheless,  to 
the  rights  hereinafter  given  to  lovers.

I  devise  to  boys 

3. 
jointly  all  the 
seful,  idle  fields  and  commons  where
ball  may  be  played,  all  pleasant  water 
where  one  may  swim,  all  snow-clad 
hills  where  one  may  coast  and  all 
streams  and  ponds  where  one  may  fish 
or  where,  when  grim  winter  comes,  one 
may  skate,  to  have  and  to  hold  the same 
for  the  period  of  their  boyhood.  And 
all  meadows  with  the  clover  blooms  and 
butterflies  thereof,  the  woods  with  thei 
ppurtenances,  the  squirrels  and  birds 
nd  echoes  and  strange  noises  and  all 
distant  places  which may  be  visited,  to 
gether  with  the  adventures  there  found, 
And  I  give  to  said  boys  each  his  own 
place  at  the  fireside  at  night,  with  all 
lictures  that  may  be  seen  in  the  burn 
ng  wood,  to  enjoy  without  let  or  hin 
drance,  and  without  any  incumbrance 
of  care.
4.  To  lovers  1  devise their imaginary 
world  with  whatever  they  may  need,  as 
the  stars  of  the  sky,  the  red  roses  by  the 
wall,  the  bloom  of  the  hawthorn,  the 
sweet  strains  of  music  and  aught  else 
they  may  desire  to  figure  to  each  other 
the  lastingness  and  beauty  of  their love.
jointly  1  devise 
and  bequeath  all  boisterous,  inspiring 
sports  o f rivarlry,  and  I  give  to  them the 
disdain  of  weakness and undaunted  con­
fidence  in  their own  strength.  Although 
they  are  rude  and  rough,  1 leave  to  them 
the  power  of  making  lasting  friendships 
and  of  possessing  companions,  and  to 
them  exclusively  I  give  all  merry  songs 
and  brave  choruses  to  sing  with  lusty
voices.

5.  To  young  men 

lovers  I 

6.  And  to  those  who  are  no  longe 
children  or  youths  or 
leave 
memory,  and  I  bequeath  to  them  the 
volumes  of  the  poems  of  Burns  and 
Shakespeare  and  of  other  poets,  if  there 
be  others,  to  the  end  that  they  may  live 
the  old  days  over  again  freely and fully 
without  tithe  or  diminution.

7.  To  our  beloved  ones  with  snowy 
crown  1  bequeath  the  happiness  of  old 
age,  the 
love  and  the  gratitude  of  their 
children,  until  they  fall  asleep.

M AKING  A  W ILL .

Should  Be  a   D iversion  In stead   of  a  Seri­

ous  O ccupation.

Making  a  will 

is  a  picnic  or  a  pen­
ance,  according  to  the  way  you  look  at 
it.  There 
is  no  particular  reason  why 
it  should  ever  be  taken  seriously,  inas­
much  as  nobody  seems  able  to  make 
one  so  safe  that  an  experienced 
lawyer 
can  not  crack  it,  and,  in  reality,  mak­
ing  wills  should  be  set  down 
in  the 
category  of  diversions  instead  of serious 
occupations.  People  make  wills  for  va­
rious  reasons.  Generally  they  are  the 
last  token  of  a  man’s  self-conceit— his 
frantic  desire 
to  still  manage  things 
after  he  is  dead  and  gone— and  his  firm 
conviction  that  he  knows  what  is  good 
for  other  people’s  happiness  and  wel­
fare  better  than  they  do  themselves.  To 
such  a  man  the  worst  feature  of  death  is 
the  inexorable  edict  that  he  can  carry 
nothing  more  out  of  the  world  than  he 
brought  into  it,  and  so  he  sets  his  will 
about  with  regulations  and  stipulations 
over  which  his  heirs  quarrel and lawyers 
grow  rich.  There  are  other  clever  per 
pie,  with  something  to  bequeath,  who 
draw  perpetual  dividends  all  through 
life  on  their  wills.  They  dote  on  codi 
cils  and  speak  alluringly of “  remember 
ing”   such  and  such  a  one. 
In  conse 
quence,  obsequious  relatives  fawn  upon 
them.  Every  door  stands 
invitingly 
open  at  their  approach,  their  whims  are 
catered  to,  their  unpleasant  tempers  be 
come  mere 
interesting  peculiarities, 
The  disagreeable  old  uncle  or aunt  with 
a  will  up  their  sleeve  has  the  trump 
card  that  takes  all  the  tricks 
in  the 
game  of 
I  once  knew  of  a  wily 
old  man  who  worked  this  confidence 
game  for  fifty  years.  He  had  a  strong 
black  iron  box,  from  which  he  never 
allowed  himself  to  be  separated  for 
single  day  and  which  was  popularly 
supposed  by  his  family  to  contain 
horde  of  gold.  Relatives  vied  with 
each  other 
in  showing  him  attentions 
The  choice  seat  at  the  fireside,  the  tid 
bit  at  the  table  were  always  for  him 
and  to  each,  in  turn,  he  would  say  i 
confidence,  and with  a  great  air of  mys 
tery,  “ Your  name,  my  dear,  will  be 
found in  my  box  when  I am  gone."  At 
last  the  old  man  died  and  the  relatives 
could  hardly  wait  to  get  home  from  the 
funeral  to  open  the  box. 
It  contained 
nothing  on  earth  but  a  list  of  the  names 
of  his  victim s  and  the  deceased’s  very 
lively  opinion  of  those  who  wait  im 
patiently  for  <Jead  men’s  shoes.  The 
worst  wills  are  those  inspired  by  hatred 
and  revenge,  in  which  the  unforgiving 
dead,  who  have  such  need  of  mercy  for 
themselves,  seek  to  reach  back  a  hand 
from  beyond  the  grave 
to  stab  and 
wound  a  living  heart.

life. 

Sometimes  the  fancy  for  making  and 
changing  their  wills  grows  into  a  kind 
of  hobby  with  people. 
I  recall  a  pretty 
and  pathetic  story  of  this  about  a  man 
who  was  once  a  wealthy  citizen  of  the 
Windy  City,  but  who,  through  reverses 
and  afflictions,  lost  his  fortune  and  hi 
mind  and 
is  now  ending  his  life  in 
asylum  for  the  insane.  Making  wills 
his  hobby  and  day  after  day  he  sits 
writing,  devising  and  bequeathing, 
he  may  have  thought  to  have  done  hi 
great  estate  in  happier  days.  Curious 
to  see  what  he  was  doing,  one  of  the 
attendants  recently  picked  up  one  of the 
sheets  of  paper  upon  which  he  had writ 
ten,  and  found  there  this  curious  and 
beautiful  w ill:

I,  being  of  sound  and  disposing  mind 
and  memory,  do  hereby  make  and  pub 
lish  this,  my  la9t  will  and  testament, 
order,  as  justly  as  I  may,  to  distribute

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

23

You
Can’t
Afford

to buy other vinegar at even  w 
price with  Silver Brand.  It  Z  
pleases  customers,  more  z  
than  complies  with 
the  •  
Food  Laws,  and  you  have  Z  
the satisfaction  of  knowing  2  
that  you are  handling  hon-  •  
est goods. 
a

GENESEE  FRUIT  CO.,  Makers,  Lansing,  Mich.  |

U W E  G U ARAN TEE!

Our Vinegar to be an ABSOLUTELY PURE APPLE JUICE VIN­
EGAR.  To anyone  who  will  analyze  it  and  find-any deleterious 
acids, or anything that is not produced from the apple, we will forfeit

OMFiW a M M M O t ^ A R S

We  also  guarantee  it  to  be  of  full  strength  ar>  required  by  law.  We  will 
prosecute  any  person  found  using  our  packages  for  cider  or  vinegar  without  first 
removing  all  traces  of  our  brands  therefrom.

J . ROBINSON, Manager.

Benton  Harbor,Michigan.

Manufacturers  of  all  kinds  of  interior  finish,  counters,  show  cases, 
grills,  fret-work,  mantels,  stair  work,  drfsks,  office  fixtures,  church 
work,  sash  and  doors.  Write  for  prices  and  estimates  to  the

McGRAFT  LUMBER  CO.,  Muskegon,  Michigan
OUR BUSY SALESMAN NO. 250

The  farmers  of  Kansas  have  begun  to 
harvest  the 
largest  wheat  crop  in  the 
history  of  the  State.  Secretary  Coburn, 
of  the  State  Board  of  Agriculture,  says: 
“ The  crop  this  year  will  be the heaviest 
ever  known. 
In  1892  Kansas  had  3,800- 
000  acres  of  wheat  and  raised  70,000,- 
000  bushels,  an  average  of  eighteen 
bushels  to  the  acre.  This  year the  win­
ter  wheat  acreage  is  4,685,819,  as  esti­
mated  by  the  growers,  and  the  average 
yield  will  be  larger  than  that  of  1892. 
If  the  yield  per  acre  is  the  same  as  in 
1892  the  aggregate  yield  will  be  85,000,- 
000  bushels.  The  crop  in  general  was 
never  in  better  condition.”

W e manufacture a complete line of  fine  up-to-date show cases.  Write  us  for  cata­
logue and price list. 

BRYAN  SHOW  CA SE   W ORKS,  Bryan,  Ohio

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

largest  collector  in  the 
can  find.  The 
country, 
in  Vermont,  still  employs  an 
army  of  collectors,  who  send  their  skins 
in  years  past, 
to  his  hide  house,  as 
trimmed  and 
where  they  are  sorted, 
graded  to  meet  the 
tanners’  special 
wants.  For  the  past  two  or  three  years 
the  take-off  has  been  so  inadequate 
for 
the  demand  that  many  hundred  thous­
and  skins  have  been  imported,  and  this 
is  still  going  on.  Fifteen  years  ago  hun 
dreds  of  country  tanners  of rough  leather 
tanned  and  sent  to  Boston  commissi 
houses  thousands  of  rough calfskins,  and 
it  was  no  unusual  thing  for  a  rough 
leather  commission  house  to carry 50,000 
skins  rough  tanned.  The  business  has 
been  practically  done  away  with. 
Butchers’  Gazette.

New  B ooklets.

Hammond,  Standish  &  Co.,

Detroit,  Mich.

I  
U  Pork  Packers  and  Wholesale  Provision  ii 
i   Dealers,  Curers of the celebrated brands,  H 
I  ‘Apex  and Excelsior Hams,  Bacon and  | |  
Lard,  Cooked  Boned  Hams,  Sausage | |  
and  warm  weather delicacies of all kinds.
M  ®ur  Packing  house  is  under  U.  S.  Government  inspection

A  Farm 

in 

the  Timber

Stock  Raising 

in  the  Sun

T he  C a p i t a l   City  D a i r y   Co.,

Don’t Lose Your Tem per

Your time or  your  dollars  by  endeavoring  to  keep 
palatable,  during this  hot  weather,  “ old  fashioned” 
butter.  Advocate advanced  ideas  by substituting for 
it our inimitable quality of BUTTERINE, which  is a  per­
fect summer product. 
It never gets strong or rancid; 
will  keep  perfectly  sweet  and  wholesome,  qualities 
which should at once be  appreciated  and  taken  ad­
vantage of by every  judicious  dealer  and  consumer.

C o l u m b u s ,   O h i o ,

Can serve you  better than any other  manufacturer  in 
the United  States, offering  in the world-famous

P U R I T Y .
S I L V E R   L E A F ,  
B U C K E Y E ,
C.  C.  P R I D E

grades all  that  is superb,  excellent and commendable 
in the art of  BUTTERINE  making.

2 4

The  Meat Market

Some  R ecent  Changes 
Business.

in 

th e   Calfskin 

It 

The  season  is  now  at  hand  when  ac­
cording  to  precedent,  there  should  be 
liberal  receipts  of  skins,  but  in  the  evo­
lution  which  is  constantly  progressing, 
methods  are  changing  and  business  is 
conducted  on  entirely  new  lines. 
is 
only  a  few  years  ago  when  there  were 
in  Boston  a  number of  firms  dealing 
in 
green  country  hides  and  calfskins.  At 
the  opening  of  the  calfskin  season  they 
commenced 
consignments 
from  country  butchers  and  collectors, 
and  during  May  and  June  they  accumu 
lated  packs 
many  hundred  thousands.  It  was  a  mat 
ter  of  common  occurrence  for  a large  re 
ceiver  to  salt  down  in  pack  30,000 
more  skins.  More 
than 
otherwise  he  would  carry  all  these packs 
through  the  hot  weather,  and  in  the  fall 
the  calfskin  tanners 
son’s  supplies  from  these  packs.

in  their  hide  cellars 

laid  in  their  se 

frequently 

receiving 

In 

later  years  this  method  changed 

collecting 

somewhat  and  tanners  purchased  the 
supplies  as  salters  received  them.  The 
laying  away  of  huge  packs  by  salters 
was  eliminated,  and  the  tanners  carried 
them.  While  city  salters  accumulate 
some  skins,  they  do  not  c  rry 
them 
through  the  summer.  There  is  no  well 
defined  season  now  as  formerly,  and  the 
method  of 
calfskins  has 
changed.  The  country  slaughter  house 
is  practically  a  thing  of the  past.  The 
large  packing  and  slaughtering  houses 
of  the  West  have  absorbed  the  business 
of  the  country  butchers,  and  in  every 
large  city  of  New  England,  as  well  as 
in  the  larger  towns,  are  located  the  beef 
warehouses  of  these  large  slaughtering 
firms,  who  supply  butchers  and  prov 
sion  dealers  with  meat  of  better  quality 
than  the  old  method  ever  admitted  of 
and  on  lower  terms.

Another  reason  why 

there  are  no 
longer  any  well  defined  seasons 
is  that 
the  establishing  of  creameries  all  over 
the  country  and  especially  in  New  Eng 
land  has  created  a  demand  on  the  farm 
ers  for  a  regular  supply  of  milk.  The 
birth  of  calves  is  regulated  by  the  farm 
ers,  and  their  cows  “ come  in ”   at  any 
and  all  seasons  of  the  year.  A   few 
years  ago  the  season  for  receipts  of 
calfskins  was  practically  over  by July  4, 
and  more  than  90  per  cent,  of  all  the 
calfskins  would  be taken off  in  May  and 
June.  Now  they  are  taken  off  every 
month  in  the  year,  although  not  in 
like 
proportion. 

•

Again,  the  farmers  have  discovered 
that  the  raising  of  calves  is  a  profitable 
adjunct  to  their  other  farming  opera­
tions,  and  thousands  of  young  animals 
are  purchased  to  be  sent  to  the  cattle 
ranches  to  be  raised  for  beef. 
It  is 
within  the  memory  of  many  tanners  and 
skin  collectors  that  farmers  killed  their 
calves  when  a  week  old  or  less  because 
they  wanted  the  milk.  The  carcass  was 
fed  to  hogs  and  the  skin  would  not  pay 
the  cost  of  taking  off  and  marketing.  In 
this  way  thousands of skins were wasted. 
Now  they  are  valuable  and  are  carefully 
handled.

Formerly  there  were  thousands of calf­
skins  sold  to  tanners  for wax  skin  pur­
poses.  Now that  branch  of  the  business 
has  been  almost  entirely  supplanted  by 
new  methods  and  by  patent  chrome, 
and 
combination 
tannages. 
in  all  sections  of  the 
Large  tanners 
country  employ  buyers  who 
travel 
through  the  farming  sections  of  the 
country  and  collect  all  the  skins  they

russet 

interest  along  i 

if  you  are  interested  in  the 

The  Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul 
is  issuing  a  series  of  booklets 

R ailw ay 
regarding  points  of 
lines,  and 
Western  country,  or  contemplating 
trip,  write  Geo.  H.  Heafford,  Genera 
Passenger  Agent,  Chicago,  III.,  for  the 
special  publication  desired,  enclosing 
four  cents 
each  one.

in  stamps  for  postage  f< 

ter.

But

Fishing 

in  the  Great  North

No.  1.  The  Pioneer  Limited.
No.  2.  The  Land  of  Bread  and 
No.  3.  The  Fox  Lake  Country.
No.  4.
W oods.
No.  5.
No.  6.
No.  8.
Country.
No.  9.
No.  11.
No.  12.

The  Lake  Superior  Country 
Cape  Nome  Gold  Diggings 
Summer  Days 
in  the  Lake

Summer  Homes,  1900.
The  Game  of  Skat. 
Milwaukee— The Convention

City.

No.  13.
Country.

No.  14. 

shine  State.

No.  15.  Hunting  and  Fishing.

W hy  Southdow n  M utton  Excels. 

Southdown  mutton  invariably  fetches 
in  the  London  market. 
the  top  price 
This  mutton 
is  specially  esteemed  far 
ts  flavor,  which  is  generally  recognized 
is  being  about  the  most  “ delicate”  
possessed  by  the  meat  produced  by  any 
of  their breeds  of  sheep.  Much  of  the 
sweetness”   of  Southdown  mutton  is 
no  doubt,  due  to  the  nature  of  the  herb 
age  upon  which  these  sheep  are  fed 
Southdowns  are  native  to  certain  dis 
tricts  in  the  south  and  southeast  of Eng­
land,  where  chalk  downs  prevail,  and 
land  produces  a  peculiar 
where  the 
herbage. 
is  a  well-known  fact  that 
when  Southdowns  are  kept  out  of  their 
ative  habitat  their  flesh  is  not  found  to 
possess  any  appreciable superiority  over 
that  pr-ducea  by  other  Down  breeds 
'  ept  under  the  same  circumstances.

It 

eek.  Have 

It  is  absolutely  essential  that  butchers 
should  keep  their  markets  clean  and 
sweet  during  the  summer  months. 
It 
can  not  be  done  by  a  general  bustle  of 
activity  once  a  week—keeping constant 
ly  at  it  is  necessary. 
Instead  of  having 
the  windows  washed  every  Friday,  see 
that  they  are  cleaned  three 
times  a 
the  place  under  your 
benches  scrubbed  every  day  and  don’t 
let  the  fat  accumulate  there.  Use  fresh 
sawdust  on  your  floor  every  day,  and 
have  it  raked  two  or  three  times  a  day. 
Very  often  the  unpleasant  odor  of*a 
market  is  due  to  permitting small pieces 
of  meat,  which  are  hidden  by  the  saw­
dust,  to  rot.  Instead  of  letting  your  men 
gossip  in  the  back  of  the  market,  keep 
them  busy  scrubbing  the  wood  work. 
Put  sawdust  on  the  blocks  before  scrap­
ing  them,  and  throw  a pail  of  water over 
each  one  before  closing  for  the night.  It 
makes  them  white  and  gives  them  more 
endurance.  A   clean  market  is  sure  to 
draw  trade.  A   little  disinfectant— pref­
erably 
liquid  and  odorless— scattered 
around  occasionally  will  help  the  good 
work.

Butter Wanted

I  will  pay spot cash  on  receipt  of goods  for 
all  grades of butter, including packing stock.
C.  H.  Libby,

98 South  Division Street, 

Grand  Rapids,  Micb.

coupon  Books  for Meat  Dealers

We manufacture four kinds of coupon  books and sell them 
all on the same  basis,  irrespective  of  size,  shape  or  de­
nomination.  Free samples on application.

Tradesman Company,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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CommercialTraveiers

Michigan  Knights  of the 6np

President,  E.  J .  Schreiber,  Bay  City;  Sec­
retary,  A.  W.  Stitt,  Jackson;  Treasurer, 
O.  C.  Gould, Saginaw.

President,  A.  Marymont,  Detroit;  Secretary 

Michigan  Commercial  Trarelen’  Association 
and Treasurer, Geo.  W. Hill, Detroit.
United  Commercial  Trarelen of Michigan 

Grand  Counselor,  J.  E.  Mo o r e,  Jackson; 
Grand  Secretary,  A.  K e n d a l l ,  Hillsdale; 
Grand Treasurer, W.  S.  Me s t, Jackson.

Grand Rapids  Council  No.  131,  U.  C.  T.

Senior  Counselor,  John  G.  Kolb;  Secretary- 

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

AS  H E   OUGHT  TO  BE.

P en   P ic tu re   of  th e   Id eal  C om m ercial 

T raveler.

it 

Regarding  the  age  of  the  commercia 
traveler,  it  stands  to  reason  that 
i 
better  for  him  to  be  over  than  unde 
I  know  that  a 
twenty-five  years  old. 
great  many 
in  the  business  have  not 
reached  that  age,  and  I  do  not  mean  to 
say  that  even  very  vouthful  drummers 
will  fail  to  transact  business  to  the  en 
tire  satisfaction  of  the  houses  they  rep 
resent.  But 
it  is  not  open  to  question 
that  a  commercial  traveler  of  mature 
years  will,  other  things  being  equal 
more  easily  create  an  opening  for  a 
business  transaction  than  one  who  is 
still  of  a  boyish  appearance.  A  man  o 
advanced  years,  naturally,  has  a  grea 
advantage  over  a  very  young man.  Hi 
experiences  and  riper  intellect  greatl 
facilitate  his  endeavors,  and  assist  him 
to  accomplish  with  comparatively 
little 
effort  what  would  cause  a  youthful  per 
son  a  great  deal  of  trouble.  His  mature 
years  are  a  passport  to  confidence,  and 
give  weight  to  his  representations.

it 

in 

While 

is  true  that  some  youths  of 
twenty  have 
far  more  capacity  and 
general  knowledge  than,  many  an  old 
man,  practical  experience  can  come 
only  with  years.  Of  course,  business 
men,  particularly  those  no longer young 
appreciating  this  fact,  avoid 
involving 
themselves 
business  transactions 
with  very  young  men,  preferring  a  man 
nearer  their own  age.  This  is  especial 
ly  true 
in  the  settlement  of  such  dis 
putes  as  are  the  subjects  of  argument 
In  these  cases  the  authority  of  advanced 
years  is  very  apt  to  outweigh  the  re; 
sons  advanced  by  a  young  man. 
merchant  who  has  been  many  years  i 
business  can  not  be  expected  to  tole 
ate  the  superior  wisdom  and  airs  of 
young  fellow  whose  grandfather  he 
old  enough  to  be. 
1  know  that  even 
very  young  man,  if  he represents  a  large 
and  well-connected  house, or offers  goods 
for  sale  which  are 
in  great  demand 
may,  in  some  instances,do  a  large  busi 
ness,  but,  generally  speaking,  youthful 
enthusiasm 
is  not  wanted  in  the  com­
mercial  traveler.  This  quality,  by  the 
way,  is  pretty  sure  to  cool  off  and  d‘ 
appear  before  he  has  been  many  yei 
on  the  road.  A   great  deal  of  experi 
ence,  and  above  all  steadiness,will  ga‘ 
the  good  will  of  those  with  whom  the 
traveling  merchant  has  to  deal.  Though 
there  are  extremely  young  drummers 
who  early  manifest  these  qualities,  as 
rule  they  are  met  with  only  in  persons 
of  riper  years.

It  is  well  to  know  before  calling to so 
licit  orders  whether  or  not  a  house  has 
a  good  reputation.  Commercial  agen 
cies  are  trustworthy  as  far  as  they  go 
but 
is  the  duty  of  the  commercial 
traveler  to  gain  as  much  information 
possible  about, the  financial  standing

it 

for 

customer  at  the  place  where  he  is  do­
I  need  hardly  say  that 
ng  business. 
s 
is  not  always  easy  to  accomplish, 
s  jny  opinion  that  in  small  towns  the 
observations  of  an  experienced  drum­
mer  will  gain  for  him  more  trustworthy 
formation  concerning 
the  financial 
nding  of  a  merchant  than  any  com­
mercial  agency  can  give  him. 
In  a 
small  place  the  store  is  not  always  the 
rincipal  means  of  financial  resource  to 
it.  Farming  or 
the  man  who  keeps 
stock  raising 
is  a  side  pursuit  which 
constitutes  what  may  be  called  his  un­
known  resources.  Enquiries  as  to  the 
financial  standing  of  a  man  must  be 
made  with  great  discrimination,  as  in 
some  cases  the  persons  addressed  may 
be  his  near  relations,  or  there  may  be 
other  good  reasons  for  misleading  state­
ments  to  be  made  by  the  person  ap­
information.  Presuming 
proached 
that  among  storekeepers 
in  the  same 
ne  of  business  a  good deal  of  jealousy 
generally  exists,  the  commercial  travel­
er  had  better  not  question  them  at  all 
with  reference  to  the  affairs  of  their 
neighbors. 
In  small  towns  the  hotel- 
keeper  is  an  excellent  medium  where­
by  to  gain  an  insight  into  a  buyer’s  cir­
cumstances,  for  he 
is,  as  a  rule,  well 
nformed  about  the  different  establish­
in  the  place.  The  information 
ments 
he  gives  is  likely  to  be 
impartial  and 
trustworthy,  as  it  is  for  his  own  good  to 
consider  the  interests  of  his guests.  The 
bank  where  a customer keeps his account 
authority. 
Moreover,  no  sensible  merchant  can 
feel  offended  that  the  commercial  trav­
eler  with  his  first  orders  politely  asks 
for  references  and  names  of  houses  with 
whom  his  customer  has  been in the habit 
f  dealing.
A drummer  with  some  experience  wil 
unconsciously draw his conclusions in re 
gard  to  the  financial  standing  of  a  new 
customer  by  the  manner  in  which  the 
buyer  appraises  his  goods,  as,  if  he 
arefully  ascertains  what  profit  he  will 
gain  by  such  and  such  a  price,  his  first 
orders  being  small,  etc.  After 
may  happen  that  the traveler is deceived 
n  the  man.  For  this  reason  he  should 
never  fail  to  ascertain  from  time«totime 
f  any  changes  bearing  on  the  credit  of 
even  an  old  customer  have  taken  place 
This  should  be  done  in  such  a  manner 
as  not  to  hurt  the  customer's  reputation 
He  might  say,  for  example,  in  making 
his  enquiries:  Although Mr.  So-and-So 
has  been  a  reliable  patron,  and  his  pay 
ments  have  been  very  satisfactory 
in 
deed,  still  the  present  condition  of  the 
money  market,  the  scarcity  of  cash,  as 
well  as  the  prevailing  poor  state  of 
business  everywhere,  induce  me  to 
new  enquiries  about  his financial  stand 
ing.  Pursued 
in  this  way,enquiries  as 
to  the  reputation  and  credit  of  a  mer 
chant  can  not  do  him  injury.

also  a  pretty  reliable 

T he  B achelor’)«  Toast.

weds—

I  drink  to  the  man  who  ne’er  woos—aye,  nor 

The man who can live without women  around; 

The man who sews buttons and mends—
Here’s joy to my bachelor friends!

He lias none to keep but himself—happy man!
And always enough to pay bills!
He gives to the grocer a merry ha-ha!
And squanders no shekels on frills.

He walks not at all in the dark, stilly night,
Which squalls with a zest that is dreadful to  hei 

With colicky offspring in arms.
And fills the whole block with alarms.

He knows when he talks to himself he won’t hav 
He knows when he talks to himself that he’ll get 

To yell so that he will be heard;
To chuckle the very last word.

So here’s to the bachelor—blessed is he 
Who has none to keep but himself—
The  man  who  smiles  grimly  while  Cupid  puts 

His worn and frayed goods on their shelf.

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G raphic  D escription  of th e   M odern  T rav­

eling;  Salesm an.

The  traveling  man,  like  St.  Paul,  is 
all  things  to  all  men.”   He  is ubiqui­

tous,  versatile.

He  is  a  pioneer.  Go  where  you  will 
you  will  find  him  by  your  side,  or  that 
he  has  been  there  before  you.

On  the  trackless  prairies  of  the  Da­
kotas,  in  the  fastnesses  of  the  Carolina 
mountains,  in  the  canebrakes  of  Louis­
iana,  from  the  golden  East  to  the  free- 
silver  West  the 
footprints  of  his  tribe 
mark  out  the  pathways  for  commerce.

He  is  genial,  and  as  Artemus  Ward 
said  of  the  kangaroo,  “ a  most  amoosing 
cuss,”   and  as  full  of  information  as 
egg  is  full  of  meat.

Would  you  know  the  best  hotel?  Ask 
the  traveling  man,  or  watch  his  smoke. 
The  best  is  none  too  good  for  him.

Are  you 

in  arid  prohibition  Kansas, 
with  a  dark  brown  taste  in  your  mouth 
nd  a  hankering  after  “ strong waters?”  
See  the  traveling  man.  Probably  hi 
never  touches  it  himself,  but  if  there  is 
drop  of  whisky  within  the  confines  ol 
the  Sunflower  State,  he can locate  it,  and 

>u  will  get  it  if  it  costs  him  a  leg.
He  is  usually  a married  man  at home 
•and  single  when  abroad.
He  can  no  more  resist  the  temptation 
i  flirt  with  every  pretty  girl  he  meet 
than  he  can  help  breathing.  He  has 
been  likened  to  the  sailor  with  a  sweet 
heart 
in  every  port;  but  he  doesn’ 
mean  it,  it’s  just  his  way,  and  usually 
f  you  will 
investigate,  you  will  fim 
that  somewhere,  in  a  cozy  cottage,  there 
s  a  little  woman  with  eyes  of  brown  or 
f  blue  who  watches  and  waits  for  hi 
coming  and  who  holds  in  her  keeping 

is  big,  generous  heart  as  with  born 
of  steel.

He  brings  to  town  the  latest  story  an 
an  tell  it  with  inimitable  drollery.
He 

is  “ hale  fellow  well  met”   with 

everybody,  from  the  Governor  of 
state  down  to  the  peanut  boy  on  the 
railroad  train.

He  can  lead  a  village  prayer  meeting 
or  referee  a  prize  fight  with  equal  facil­
ity  and  urbanity.

He  is  able  to  discourse  upon  politics, 
science,  religion  or  art.  He  holds  an 
ipinion  upon  every  subject  under  the 
sun,  and 
is  not  often  backward  in  ex­
pressing  it.

He  has  the  tinest  line  of  goods  upon 
earth,  sells  them  the  cheapest  and  gives 
more  liberal  discounts  and  better  terms 
than  any  of  his  competitors.

There  is  another  quality  that  endears 
him  to  the  heart  of  his  employer— he  is 
a  “ hustler,”   and  when  he  starts  out  to 
do  something  (or  somebody)  he  gets 
there.

into  giv- 
He  “ jollies”   the  merchant 
ng  him  an  order,  bullies  the hotel  clerk 
nto  giving  him  the  best  room  in  the 
house  and  “ kids”   the  bootblack  almost 
out  of  his  senses.

The  traveling  man  is  a  martyr.  He 
is  the  Wandering  Jew  of  the  Nineteenth 
Century.  He  dines  in  Kalamazoo,  sups 
in  Oshkosh  and  sleeps  in  the  cars  of 
Pullman.

He  has  probably  eaten  more  tough 
beefsteak,  more  aged  eggs,  and  has 
consumed  more  weak  coffee  and  strong 
laughed  at  a  greater  multi­
butter,  and 
tude  of  ancient  jokes,  purely  in  the 
in­
terest  of  commerce,  than  have  fallen  to 
the 
lot  of  any  man  since  the  world  be­
gan.

This  much-berated 

traveling  man, 
under  a  cynical  exterior,  often  hides  a 
heart  of  gold.  His  sympathies  ate  of 
the  quickest,  his  sensibilities  are  of 
the  finest,  his  charity  of  the  broadest

broad,  indeed,  that  methinks  had  he 
no  other quality  than  this  to  recommend 
im  it  would  cover  a  multitude  of  sins 
reater  than  his.
I  speak  of  him  as  1  know  him.  A 
true  friend,  a  generous  foe,  he  rises  to 
the  fullest  stature  of  manhood 
in  that 
he  is  an  honest,  manly  man.

He 

is  an 

institution  that  the  world 

could  illy  spare.

Long  may  he  wave.

Carl  P.  Swain.

S tirrin g  A ppeal From  I’rrniilent Schreiber.
Bay  City,  June  q— A  few  months  ago, 
through  a  circular 
letter,  we  made  an 
urgent  appeal  to  our  membership  for 
new  members—demonstrating  how  ben­
eficial  it  would  be  financially  to  every 
member,  as  well  as  to  the  organization. 
Since  then  fifty  active  and  eighty-two 
honorary  applications  have  been  re­
ceived  and  approved,  not  counting  the 
any  reinstated,  showing  that  some,  at 
least,  of  our  members  have  the  future 
welfare  of  the  order  at  heart  and  are 
working  for  its  interests.  To  those  who 
so  zealously  have  assisted  in  this  grat- 
fying 
increase  are  due  the  thanks  of 
the  entire  order  and  we  hope  for  a  con­
tinuance  of  their good  work.  To  those 
members  who  have  not  been  heard  from 
— who  have  overlooked  the  importance 
of  aiding  in  every  possible  manner  the 
order  of  which  they  form  part  and  par­
cel-- we  wish  once  more  to  appeal.  You 
all  recognize  the 
fact  that,  in  order to 
carryout  the  aims  and  objects  for which 
we  are  banded  together,  we  must  be 
progressive.  There  is  no  standing  still 
— it  is  either  progression  or  retrogres­
sion.  With  upwards  of  fifteen  hundred 
active  members— all  progressive,  hus­
tling  business  men 
there  should  be  no 
retrogression.  Our  pride  as  hustlers  is 
at  stake. 
If  every  one  of  our  nearly 
fifteen  hundred  members  would  make 
up  his  mind  to  bring 
in  at  least  one 
new  member,  how  glorious  would  be 
the  result!  Let  each  one  do  his  share ! 
You  are  conversant  with  the  qualifica­
tions  for  membership.  You  have  been 
supplied  with  applications—how  many 
have  you  sent 
in?  How  many  new 
members  did  you  solicit?  Certainly 
every  reputable  traveler 
in  our  order 
(and  we  have nootheis)  has a  friend  still 
outside  of  our  ranks.  With  a  little  work 
— a 
judicious  words— a  proper
amount  of  enthusiasm— you  can  land 
him,  and  by  so  doing  do  him'a  favor 
which,  perhaps 
in  after  years,  will  be 
appreciated,  if  not  by  himself,  by  those 
bereft  and  not 
infrequently  thrown  on 
the  mercy  of  a  cold,  unfeeling  world. 
Make  every  eligible  traveler  view  it  in 
this 
increase  our 
membership  by  one  in  every  instance. 
By  results  we  will  be  judged.  Through 
sending  in  new  applications  you  will 
demonstrate  that  you  are  interested— 
that  you  are  united  with  us—and 
if  we 
can  be  thus  united  we  will  be all-power­
ful  for  good  and  the  respected  and  ad­
mired  of  men.

light  and  you  will 

few 

Edward  J.  Schreiber, 

Edwin  O.  Wood, 

President  Michigan  Knights of the Grip.
formerly  a  well- 
known  traveling  man  in  the grocery  and 
clothing  lines,  but  now  Supreme  Com- 
mander-in-Chief  of  the  Knights  of  the 
Loyal  Guard,  is  in  town  for  a  few  days. 
Mr.  Wood  is  devoting  his  entire  time 
to  the 
insurance  organization  founded 
by  him,  which  is  growing  very  rapidly 
and 
is  meeting  with  the  approval  of 
those  who  are  disposed  to  commend 
conservative  fraternal  insurance.

John  H.  Hoffman,  ex-President of  the 
Michigan  Knights  of  the Grip,  has  been 
elected  Steward  of  the Michigan Asylum 
for  the  Insane  at  Kalamazoo.  Honest 
John  will  make  an 
ideal  purchasing 
official,  but  the  Tradesman  opines  that 
he  will  yearn  for  an  opportunity  to book 
orders  for  pumps  and  agricultural 
im­
plements  before a year has rolled around.
A   young  lawyer  going  out  of  town  to 

argue  a  case  is  making  a  trial  trip.

V?«.

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Drugs—Chemicals

M ichigan  State  B oard  o f P harm acy  

Term expires
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Dec. 31,1900
- 
Geo.  Gundrum, Ionia 
L.  E.  Reynolds,  St.  Joseph 
-  Dec. 31,1901 
Dec. si, 1902
He n r y  H e im , Saginaw 
- 
  Dec. si, 1903 
Wir t  P.  Doty, Detroit.
.
A. C. Schum acher, Ann Arbor  -  Dec. 31,1904 

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.

President,  Geo.  Gundrum,  Ionia.
Secretary, A.  C.  Schum acher,  Ann Arbor. 
Treasurer, H en ry  H e im , Saginaw.
Examination  Sessions 

Star Island—June 25 and 26.
Sault Ste. Marie—Aug. 28 and 29. 
Lansing—Nov. 7 and 8.

State  Pharmaceutical  Association 

President—O.  Erkrbach, Ann Arbor. 
Secretary—Chas.  P.  Mann, Detroit. 
Treasurer—J.  8.  Bennett,  Lansing.

Novel  Methods  of Appealing to Physician 

and  Public.

in 

To  advertise  is  a  necessity.  Business 
is  all  done 
this  day  through  that 
means,  and  the  man  who  neglects  to 
advertise  will  surely  tall  behind  in  the 
race  for  recognition. 
I  do  not  mean  by 
this  that  a  man  may  secure  trade  by 
means  of  advertising  only,  but  granted 
that  one  has  stock,  and  follows  modem 
methods,  he  will  surely  outstrip  anothe 
having  an  equally  good  stock  but 
fail 
ing  to  avail  himself  of  his  opportunities 
to  advertise.

I  have 

two  sides  to 

circumstances 

Druggists  have 

letter  about  twice  a  year. 

thei 
business,  and  can  advertise  either  or 
both  sides  to  advantage.  That 
from 
which  the  influence  of  physicians  is  to 
be  gotten  is  the  department  of  prescrip­
tions,  or  the  business  of  supplying med­
icines  and  supplies to physicians  direct. 
The  other  relates  to  the  means  and 
methods  of  attracting  the  attention  of 
the  general  public. 
found 
through  experience  that  physicians  are 
influenced  by  about  the  same  condi­
that  affect 
tions  and 
the  run  of  the  people 
in  general.  Be­
cause  of  this  fact  I  have  always  made  it 
my  business  to  call  their  attention  per­
sistently  to  any  new  condition  or  cir­
cumstance  of  trade  at  the  earliest  mo­
ment  possible. 
It  has  been  my  plan  for 
some  years  to  address  all  the  physicians 
of  my  acquaintnace,  or  all  those  within 
a  reasonable  distance  of  the  store,  in  a 
circular 
In 
letter  I  call  attention  to  some  spe­
this 
cial 
feature  of  the  establishment,  and 
end  up  with  a  general  description of  the 
whole  institution.  At frequent  intervals 
1  send  out  printed  postal  cards  or  a 
small  printed  circular  enclosed 
in  an 
envelope  and  sent  through  the  mail. 
This 
for  some  one  substance 
is,  only  one  substance  or 
only— that 
subject 
is  written  about  at  a  time. 
These  should  be  sent  out  weekly,  or at 
least  not  less  than  once  a  month.  In  the 
general  circular  I  am  always  careful  to 
call  special  attention  to  the  laboratory 
facilities  and  invite  inspection. 
I  have 
also  found 
it  very  profitable  to  supply 
physicians  with  the  remedies  and  dress­
ings  they  use  in  their offices.  Experi­
ence  has  taught  me  that  we  can  sell  to 
the  doctors  just  as  readily  as  the 
larger 
firms;  and  that  the  only  requisite  is  to 
go  after  their  business. 
If  one  succeeds 
in  obtaining  the  trade  of  the  doctor  for 
materials  of  his  own  consumption  he 
will  surely  stand  a  much  better  chance 
of  securing  his  influence  among  his 
patients,  and  most 
likely  get  the  trade 
of  all or  the  greater  part  of  them.  Once 
having  gotten  the  doctor  in  the  habit  of 
trading  with  you,  it 
is  quite  easy  to 
sell  him  substances  and  remedies  of 
your  own  manufacture.

is  used 

The  other  side  of  our  business  is  the 
one  in  which  we  come  in  direct  contact 
with  the  people.  Next  to  a  well  kept 
store  (and  all  that  that  means)  the  best

method  of  advertising  among  the  peo 
pie 
is  to  send  them  samples  of  medic 
inal  or  other substances.  For some  years 
past 
it  has  been  my  custom  to  select 
monthly  some  article  or  popular  sub 
stance  and  prepare  several 
thousand 
small  packages  suitable  for distribution 
These  we  put 
in  a  neat  but  cheap  en 
velope,  each  envelope  containing  (be 
sides  the  sample  of  medicine)  a  de 
scriptive  circular  as  to the  uses,  dose 
and  cost  of  the  remedy.  These  circu 
lars  are  always  made  to  answer the  pu 
poses  of  a  general  advertisement  of  the 
store,  and  particularly  the  prescription 
department.  The remedy  under consid 
eration  is  recommended  to  be  used  in 
stead  of  some  patent  medicine,  and 
statement  of  comparative  cost  is  made 
take  anything,  from  Epsom  salt, 
We 
licorice  powder,  and  catha 
compound 
tic  pills, 
to  Castile  soap,  borax  and 
powdered  alum.  One  of  the  most  profit 
able  advertisements  I  ever  made  was 
with  ground  black  pepper.

If  not  out  of  place  I  would  like  to 
direct  the  attention  of  all  to  the  adver 
tising  pages  in  our  pharmaceutical jour 
nals.  Most  of  us  can  learn  very  much 
out  of  the  advertising  of  the  journals, 
and  also  much  through  a  close  study  of 
the  advertising  pages  of  the  daily press. 
It  will  pay  any  one  many  times  over  to 
make  a  careful  examination  of  any  idea 
in  advertising  that  can  be  adapted  to 
his  business  or  that  would  appeal  to  the 
people  of  his  neighborhood.

F.  W.  E.  Stedem.

Ten  Practical  Suggestions  Por  Pharma 

cists.

I.  Be  pleasant  and  agreeable  to  all 
patrons  and  see  that  your  clerks  follow 
your  exaniple.

Keep  your  store  clean  at  all  times 
and  don't  try  to  save  gas  at  night,  for 
t  not  only  makes  a  dingy  looking store 
but  also  causes  mistakes.

3.  Keep  your  name  before  the  pub 
ic,  for  if  you  fail  to  do  so,  your  neigh 
bor  will  be  the  only  pharmacist  known 
n  your  vicinity.
4. 

In  buying  drugs  and  chemicals  of 
mur  wholesaler,  try always  to  obtain the 
rery  best,  for  you  must  remember that 
human 
the 
quality  of  your goods.

lives  often  depend  upon 

5.  Use  the  National  Formulary  ¡1 
making  your  preparations,  the  conse 
quence  of  which 
is  more  honor  and 
profit  to  you  than 
if  the  prescription 
called  for  a  patent  or  proprietary  article 
of  some  k in d ;  also  show  the  products 
to  your  physicians  and  ask  them  to  re 
member  same  when  prescribing.

6.  Make  your  own  non-secret  rem­
edies.  You  can  obtain  a  more  elegant 
preparation,  and  also  at a less  cost,  than
f  made  by  an  outsider.
7.  Treat  your  neighboring  pharma­
cist  with  respect  and  if  he  is  in  need  of 
some  article,  accommodate  him  just  as 
you  expect  him  to  do  you.

If  your  physicians  ask  for  a  per­
centage  on  prescripions  which  you  have 
received,  by  all  means  refuse  the  re­
quest.  You  must  bear  in  mind  that  it 
is  a  plain  case  of  stealing 
from  the 
patient,  for  you  will  surely  make  it  up 
again.

9.  Every 

retail  pharmacist  should 
keep  posted  on  the  advance  and  decline 
of  drugs  and  chemicals,  for  it  means 
money  to  him  all  the  year around.

10.  Do  not  dispense  medicines  to 
patients  over  the  counter  (commonly 
called  counter-prescribing),  unless  the 
patient  has  a  physician’s  prescription, 
or  you  will  undoubtedly  gain  the enmity 
of  the  doctor,  the  consequence  of  which 
is  a  ruination  of  your  business.

Otto  F.  Claus.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Has  the  soda 

Dispensers  of Soda  Mast  Be  Up-to-Date.
fountain  ever  puzzled 
the  druggist?  Has  he  ever  wondered 
why  his  competitor  gets  most  of  the 
neighboring  soda  trade,  incidentally  a 
few  prescriptions  through  it?  Has  he 
ever stopped  to  consider  that  it  is atten­
tion  to  details  which  wins  success  for 
the  soda 
fountain,  as  well  as  for  every 
other department  of  his  business?  Is  he 
so  decidedly  professional  that  the  soda 
business  fails  to  interest  him?
equipped 

fountain, 
with  soda  syrups  of  uncertain  flavor  and 
bouquet  of  mustiness,  and  with  soda 
is  not  kept  uniformly  cold 
water  that 
the  pharmacist 
every  othe. 
branch  of  his  business.  He  had  better 
either  close  up  the  fountain  altogether, 
or  else,  if  he  can  do  no  better,  use  ii 
as  an  occasional  advertisement  and  help 
pay  for  the  ice  by  the  exercise  of  clean 
’iness,  punctiliousness,  and 
judgment 
in  every  detail.

With  a  poorly 

injures 

Location  determines  to  a  large  extent 
the  value  of  a  soda  fountain  as a money 
making  factor,  although  this 
is  only 
relatively  true. 
I  once  knew  a  little 
dried-up,  unpromising  looking  druggist 
to  carry  the  best  and  most  fashion­
able  trade  of  a  city  of 45,000 inhabitants 
six  or  seven  squares  from  one drug  store 
to  another.  His  patrons  clustered about 
his  fountain  like  flies  around  a  suga 
barrel. 
It  was  interesting  to  study  the 
cause  of  his  phenomenal  success  among 
a  host  of  comparative  failures.  His  lav 
shness 
in  expending  money  to  obtain 
the  best  of  everything  for  his  soda  foun 
tain  would  have  appalled  the  average 
conservative  druggist.  Nothing  was  al 
lowed  to  outlive  its  usefulness a  minute 
whether 
it  happened  to  be  the  syrups, 
the  lemon-squeezer,  the  ice-cream ladle, 
spoons,  holders,  glasses,  shaker,  plumb 
’ng  or  service.  The  keen  eye  with 
which  he  detected  flaws  and  the  slight 
est  faults  about  the  fountain  and  all that 
pertained  to  it  was  only  excelled  by  the 
despatch  with  which  he  disposed  of 
them.  He  was  punctilious,  cleanly, 
exercised  good  judgment,  used  the  best 
material,  strove  to  please,  studied  the 
individual  palates  and  dispositions  of 
lis  patrons,  and  was  courageous  in  the 
expenditure  of  money  to  obtain  results, 
for  all  of  which  he  was  amply  rewarded 
by  the  returns.  He  was  interested  in 
his  soda 
it 
were,  a miniature  soda  fountain,  as  well 
as  the  way  to  run  it,  about  with  him  in 
his  head.

fountain  and  carried,  as 

It  was 

On  the  other hand,  1  knew  a  pharma 
cist 
in  the  same  city  who  for thirty 
years  had  been  making  money  as  the 
acknowledged  leading  prescriptionist  of 
the  town  and  who  had  the  confidence  of 
the  doctors.  He  had  no  fountain,  but 
a$  his  store  was 
in  the  best  business 
part  of  the  town  he  conceived  the  clever 
'dea  of  starting  one. 
indeed 
itiful  to  see  the  efforts  he  made  in  this 
irection.  He  relied  solely  on  the  thirst 
of  the  public,  which  in  his  locality  he 
was  perfectly  safe  in  doing,  but  disre­
garded  attractiveness  of  service.  A c­
cordingly,  he  removed  a  few  cases  of 
perfume  that  had  rested  on  the  marble 
slab  of  a  counter  near the  entrance  to 
s  store,  put  in  an  ice-box  and  stock  of 
pop  and  ginger  ale,  invested  in  a  few 
heavy  and  unwieldy tumblers,  placarded 
the 
the  windows  and 
opened  business  against  the  advice  of 
the  writer.  During  the  course  of  the 
two  succeeding  months  he  answered  a 
few  casual  enquiries  as 
to  what  he 
meant  by  adding  drinks  to  his stock and 
whether they  had  any  particular  medic­
inal  virtues,  and  sold  two  bottles  of  pop

innovation 

in 

to  unsuspecting  strangers  in  the  town. 
Meanwhile,  the  clerks,  who  appreciated 
the  innovation  immensely,  devoured  the 
rest  of  the  effervescing 
refreshment; 
and  then  the  fountain  was  closed.  Had 
this  man  possessed  the  same  ability  as 
a  soda  dispenser that  he  possessed  as  a 
pharmacist,  and  taken  the  same  interest 
to  obtain  this  ability  or  hired  a  man 
like  the  little  druggist,  it  is  safe  to  as­
sume  that  he  would  have  had  a  pro­
nounced  success  instead  of  failure,judg­
ing  by  the  locality  and  the  lack  of  any 
strong  competition,  in  which  respects 
he  was  particularly  favored.

All  of  this  goes  to  show  that  men  can 
not  succeed  in  any  line  unless  they  take 
a  real  interest  in  their  work  or  engage 
those  who  do.  Men 
fail  utterly  in  an 
enforced  occupation.— R.  F.  Ruppiler 
in  Bulletin  of  Pharmacy.

The Drug:  Market.

Opium— Is  very 

firm,  and  has  ad­
vanced  on  account  of  reduced  supplies 
in  the  primary  market  and  good  de­
mand.

Morphine— Is  unchanged.
Quinine—At 

the  Amsterdam  bark 
sale,  prices  were  5  per  cent,  higher  and 
all  that  was  offered  was  sold. 
It  has 
caused  a  firmer  feeling  in  the  market, 
although  there  is  no  intimation  of  an 
advance  at  present.

Acetanilid— The  manufacturers  have 
at  last  stopped  the  ruinous  competition 
they  have  been  working  under,  and  ad­
vanced  the  price  6c  per  pound.

Essential  Oils— Anise 

shows  a  fractional  advance.  Lemon 
very  firm,  and  higher  prices  are 
for.  The  same  may  be  said  of  orange.
Wormwood— Has  declined  on  account 

is  firm,  and 
is 
looked 

of  better  supplies. 

'v

Gum  Kino— Has  declined.
Caraway  Seed— Has  again  advanced 
on  account  of  high  primary  market,  and • 
poor  crop  prospects.

Mustard  Seed— Is  in  small  supply  and 

very  firm.

Milk  of Roses Tor Ibhe  Complexion.
Blanched  almonds,  2  drs.
Curd  soap,  4  drs.
Cetaceum,  2  drs.
Almond  oil,  4  drs.
Alcohol,  4  drs.
Tincture  of  benzoin,  2  drs.
Oil  rose,  5  dps.
Oil  rose  geranium,  5  dps.
Rose  water,  8  ozs.
Melt  the  cetaceum  and  oil  together; 
add  the curd  soap  and  continue  the  heat 
until  uniform ;  then  transfer  to  a  warm 
mortar  and  add  gradually  about 
an 
ounce  of  the  rosewater,  boiling.  Beat 
up  the  almonds  well  in  another  mortar 
and  add  the  melted  cetaceum  to  this 
paste.  Mix  thoroughly  and  stir  in  the 
remainder  of  the  hot  rosewater  to  form 
an  emulsion.  To  this  add  the  oils  dis­
solved  in  the  alcohol  and tincture,  strain 
through  fine  calico,  and  make  up  to  10 
ounces  with  rosewater  passed  through 
the  material  on  the  strainer.

Volume  of  business  tells  the  story  of 
firm’s  prosperity.

mu. c m ,

ALLE6M. HIGH

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

UMG EXTMCiS DID DRUGGISTS’ SUNDRIES

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

27

Menthol.................... 
@  3 26
Morphia, 8., P. & W.  2 09®  2  30 
Morphia, 8,,N.Y. Q.
& C. Co..................  1  95®  2  20
®  40
Moschus  Canton__  
Myristica, No. 1....... 
66®
Nux Vomica...po. 15
®
30®
Os Sepia....................
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
@  1 00
D  Co.....................
Picis Llq. N.N.54 gal.
® 2 00 
doz.........................
® 1  00 
Picis Llq., quarts —
®  85
Picis Llq.,  pints.......
®  50
Pil Hydrarg. ..po.  80 
@  18 
Piper  Nigra..-IK). 22
®  30
Piper  Alba__po. 35
7
® 
Pllx Burgun.............
Plumbl Acet.
10®  
12
Pulvis Ipecac et O^li  1  30®  1  60
Pyrethrum, boxes H 
& P. D. Co., doz... 
®
Pyrethrum,  pv........  
25®
Quassiae.................... 
8®
Quinta, S. P. &  W ... 
33®
Quinta, S.  Germán.. 
33®
Qulnla, N. Y............. 
33@
Rubia Tinctorum.... 
12®
Saccbarum Lactts pv 
18®  20
S alado.....................   6 00®  6  25
40®  60
Sanguls  Draconis... 
Sapo, W ...................  
14
12® 
Sapo M.....................  
10® 
12
Sapo  G

20®
Seldlltz Mixture......  
Slnapis.....................  
®
®
Sinapls,  opt.............  
Snuff, Maccaboy, De
®
V oes.....................  
®
Snuff,Scotch, De Vo’s 
9®
Soda, Boras.............. 
Soda,  Boras, po......  
9®
23®
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Carb...............  154®
3®
Soda,  Bi-Carb.......... 
Soda,  Ash.................  354®
® 
Soda, Sulphas..........
2 
® 2 60 
Spts. Cologne...........
50®  55
Spts. Ether  Co........
® 2 00 
Spts.  Myrcia Dorn...
Spts. Vini  Beet.  bbl.
©
Spts. Vini Rect. 54bbl 
@
Spts. Vini Rect. lOgal 
©
Spts. VInI Rect. 6 gal 
@
1  05®  1  25 
Strychnia, Crystal.
Sulphur,  Subl.
254®
354
25s@
30 I Sulphur, Roll........
10  Tam arinds...........
10 I
8 ®  
28®  30
43  Terebenth  Venice.
62®  55
43  Theobromse...........
9  00@1G 00 
43  Vanilla..................
7® 
8
14  Zinci Sulph............
Oils

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

7o
60
45

Linseed, pure raw... 
66
67 
Linseed,  Dolled........ 
Neatsfoot, winter str  54 
55 
Spirits  Turpentine.. 
Paints  mil.. 

19
70
60
60
i.B.
Red  Venetian..........  144  2  @8
Ochre, yellow  Mars.  144  2  @4
Ochre, yellow Ber__  144  2  @3
Putty,  commercial..  254 254@8 
Putty, strictly  pure.  254  244®3 
Vermilion,  P r im e
American.............  
13®  16
70®  76
Vermilion, English.. 
Green,  Paris...........  
14®  18
13®  16
Green, Peninsular... 
Lead, red..................  654® 
7
Lead,  white.............   654® 
7
Whiting, white Span  @  70
Whiting, gliders’ —   @  90
®  1  00 
White, Paris, Amer. 
Whiting.  Paris,  Eng.
cliff........................  
@  1  40
Universal Prepared.  1  00®  1  15

Varnishes

No. 1 Turp  Coach...  1  10®  1  20
Extra Turp...............  1  60®  1  70
Coach  Body............. 2 75® 3 00
No. 1 Turp Furn.......  1  00®  1  10
Extra Turk  l)amar..  1  55®  1  60 
Jap.Dryer.No.lTurp  70®  7f

W HOLESALE  DRUG  PRICE  CURRENT

Advanced—
D eclined—Gum Kino, Oil Wormwood.

8
6@$
70® 75
@ 16
36® 40
36®
45® 48
5
3®
8® 10
12® 14
12®
® 15
65® 70
5
Hi®
90®  1  00
38® 40

A cidum
Acettcum.................$
Benzolcura, German.
Boracic.....................
Carbollcum..............  
Citrlcum....
Hydrochlor.
Nitrocum...
Oxalicum..................  
Phosphorium,  dll...
Salicylicum.............
Sulpnuricum............
Tannicum.................
Tartaricum  .............
A m m onia
Aqua, 16 deg.............
Aqua, 20 deg.............
Carbonas..................  
Chlortdum................. 
A niline
Black.........................  2 00® 2  26
Brown.......................  
80®  l  oo
Red............................ 
4B@  M
Yellow.......................   2 60® 3 00
' Baccie

4@ 6
8
6®
13® 15
13®
12® 14
12®

66 
1  80

CubebcS............po, 16 
.1uni penis.................. 
Xauthoxylum.......... 
B alsam um

12@
6@
75@

Copaiba....................  B0@
§§
Peru  ......................... 
Terabln,  C anada.... 
40®
Tolutan.....................  
40®
Cortex
Abies, Canadian.......
Cassias.......................
Cinchona  Flava.......
Euonymus atropurp.
My rica  Cerífera, po.
Prunus Virginl........
QulUaia, gr’d ............
Sassafras........po. 18
Ulmus.. .po.  15, gr’d

E x tractu m  

Conium Mac............. 
60®  60
Copaiba....................  1  16®  1 26
CiiDebae.................... 
90®  1  00
Exechthltos.............  1  00®  1 10
Erigeron..................  1  00®  1 10
G aultheria...............  2  00®  2 10
Geranium, ounce.... 
®  76
Gossippii, Sem. gal.. 
60®  60
Hedeoma..................  1  70®  1 76
Junipera..................  1  60® 2 00
90® 2 00 
Lavendula  .
1  40®  1  60 
Limonis...............
1  25®  2 00 
Mentha  Piper___
1  60®  1  60 
Mentha Verid__
1  20®  1  26 
Morrhuas, ¡gal....
4 00® 4  50 
M yrcla................
76® 3 00 
Olive....................
Picis Liquida.......
10®   12 
®  36
Piets Liquida,  gal
R idna.......................  1  C0@  1  08
Rosmarini................  
® 100
Rosae, ounce.............   6 50® 8  50
Succinl.....................  
40®  45
90®  1  00
Sabina.....................  
Santal.......................  2 76®  7 00
Sassafras.................. 
50®  55
®  65
Sinapls,  ess., ounce. 
Tiglii.......................  1  60®  l  60
Thyme....................... 
40@  50
Thyme, opt............... 
@  1  60
Theobrom as...........  
15®  20
Potass! nm
16@  18
Bl-Carb...................... 
13®  15
Bichromate.............  
Brom ide.................. 
52®  57
12® 
Carb  ......................... 
15
Chlorate., .po. 17319  16®  18
Cyanide.................... 
35®  40
Iodide.......................   2 65® 2  76
Potassa, Bitart, pure  28®  30
Potassa, Bitart, com.  @  16
7® 
Potass Nitras, opt... 
10
Potass  Nitras.......... 
6® 
8
Prussiate.................. 
23®  2*
Sulphate  po.............  
15®  18

R adix

60 
50 
60 
60 
50 
50 
60 
50 
60 
50 50 
71 
50 
76 
75 
1  Oo
So
60
60
SOSo
BO
Bo
So

l

Scillae  Co..................
Tolutan.....................
Prunus  virg.............

T inctures 
Aconitum Napellis R 
Aconitum Napellis F
Aloes and Myrrii....
A rnica......................
Assafcetida...............
Atrope Belladonna.,
Auranti Cortex........
Benzoin....................
Benzoin Co...............
Barosma....................
Canthartdes.............
Capsicum.................
Cardamon................
Cardamon Co...........
Castor.......................
Catechu....................
Cinchona..................
Cinchona Co.............
Columba..................
Cubebae.....................
Cassia Acutifol........
Cassia Acutifol Co...
Digitalis....................
Ergot.........................
Ferri  Chlorid urn__
G entian....................
Gentian Co...............
Guiaca.......................
Guiaca ammon........
Hyoscyamus.............
Iodine 
.................
Iodine, colorless__
Kino  .........................
Lobelia.....................
M yrrh.......................
Nux Vomica.............
Opii.
Opii,  comphorated..
Opii, deodorized......  
Q uassia....................
Rhatany....................
Rhei..........................
Sanguinaria............
Serpentaria.............
Stramonium.............
T olutan....................
V alerian..................
Veratrum  Veride...
Zingiber....................

Seasonable
Blue  Vitriol 
Paris  Green 
Insect  Powder 
White  Hellebore 
Moth  Balls 
Gum  Camphor 
Alabastine

j 
| 
j 

We  solicit  your  orders.  Quality  and 

prices  guaranteed.

Hazeltine & Perkins 

Drug  Co,,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Glycyrrhiza Glabra
Glycyrrhiza,  p o ......  
Haematox, 16 lb. box 
Haematox, is ...........  
Haematox, V4s.......... 
Haematox, 54s.......... 

F e rru

Carbonate  Preclp... 
Citrate and  Qutnla.. 
Citrate Soluble........ 
Ferrocyanldum Sol,. 
Solut. Chloride........  
Sulphate,  com’l ....... 
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bDl, per  cwt.......... 
Sulphate,  pure........  

F lo ra

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

F o lia

24®  26
28®  30
11®  12
}4
13® 
}4@ 
15
16® 
17

is
2  26
75
40
15
2
80
7

Jf
14@ 
¡®
30®  35

25®  30
Barosma.................... 
Cassia Acutifol,  Tin-
nevelly..................  
20®  25
Cassia, Acutifol, Alx.  25®  30
Salvia officinalis,  J4s
and 54s.................. 
12@  20
UvaUrsi.................... 
10
8® 
G om m i
@  65
Acacia, 1st picked... 
@ 4 5
Acacia, 2d  picked... 
®  35
Acacia,3d  picked... 
@  28
Acacia, sifted  sorts. 
46®  65
Acacia, po................. 
14
Aloe, Barb. po.l8@20  12® 
12
Aloe, Cape.... po. 15.  @ 
Aloe,  SocotrL.po.40 
30
® 
Ammoniac................  
55®  60
Assafoetida.... po. 30  28®  30
Benzoinum............... 
50®  66
Catechu, is ............... 
13
Catechu, 54s 
Catechu, 54s 
72
Camphorae
®  40
Euphorbium.. .po. 35 
‘ albanum*.
®  1  °9
GalbanumT............... 
Gamboge.............po  65@ 
70
Guaiacum.......po. 25  @ 3 0
Kino........... po. $0.76 
@  75
Mastic  ...................... 
®  60
Myrrh.............po. 46  @ 4 0
Opii__ po.  4.50@4.80 3 30®  3  40
Sheliac.....................  
25®  35
Shellac, bleached.... 
40®  45
Tragacanth..............  
50@  80
H erb a

@ 

25
20
25
28
23
26
39
22
26

Absinthium..oz. pkg 
Eupatorium..oz. pkg 
I «Delia........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 a t...........  
55®  60
Carbonate, P at........ 
18®  20
Carbonate, K. & M..  18®  20
’arbonate, Jennings *  18®  20

' 

O leum

Absinthium.............   6 00®  6 25
Amygdalae,  Dulc__  
36®  60
Amygdalae,  Amarae.  8 00® 8 25
A nisl.........................1  85®  1 90
Auranti Cortex........   2 25®  2 30
Bergamll..................   2 50®  2 60
80®  86
Cajlputi.................... 
Caryophylli............... 
76®  80
C edar.......................  
36®  45
Chenopadtl............... 
@ 2 75
Ctnnamonll..............1  10®  1 20
Cltronella................. 
36®  40

25® 
® 
75® 
@ 

Aconitum.................. 
20®
Althae.......................  
22®
A nchusa.................. 
10®
Arum  po..................  
4®
Calamus.................... 
20®
G entiaba........po. 15 
12®
Glychrrhlza.. .pv.  15  16®
® 
Hydrastis  Canaden. 
@
Hydrastis Can., po.. 
Hellebore, Alba, po. 
12®
Inula,  po..................  
15®
20
Ipecac, po................   4  25® 4 35
35®  40
Iris  piox...po. 35@38 
Jalapa, p r........  
30
35
Maranta,  54s... 
Podophyllum,  po...  22®  25
Rhei.................. 
1 00
1 26
Rhei,  cut.......... 
Rhei. pv.................... 
75®  1
I aninnlio 
QtV/n
36®  38
Spigella.................... 
Sanguinaria., .po.  15  @  18
Serpentaria.............  
40®  46
Senega.....................  
60®  65
Smilax, officinalis H.  @  40
Smiiax, M..................... 
@ 25
10®  12
Scillse.............po.  35 
Symplocarpus, Fceti-
dus,  po.................. 
©  25
Valeriana,Eng.po.30 
®  25
Valeriana,  German. 
15®  20
Zingiber a ...................  
12®  16
Zingiber j..................... 
26®  27
Semen  .
®  12
Anisum.........po.  15 
Apium (graveleons).  13®  15
Bird, Is......................... 
4@  6
Carni..............po.  18 
11®  12
Cardamon.................  1  25@  1  75
Coriandrum.................. 
8@ 10
Cannabis Sativa.......  4  @  6
Cydonium...................  
76® 
10®  12
Chenopodium.......... 
D'ptenx Odorate—   1  00®  1  10
®   10
Foeniculum
Fcenugreek, po........
@
L in i...........................
354©  454
Lini, grd.......bbl. 354
4®   454
Lobelia..................... 
35@  40
Pharlaris Canarian..  4  @ 
5
5
R ap a.........................  454® 
Sinapls  Alba............ 
9® 
10
Sinapls  Nigra.......... 
11®  12
Spiri tu s

Frumenti, W. D. Co.  2 00® 2 50 
Frumenti,  D. F. R..  2 00®  2  25
Frum enti..................  1  25®  1  50
Juniperis Co. O. T...  1  65®  2 00
Juniperis  Co...........   1  75® 3 60
Saacnarum  N. E __   1  90® 2  10
Spt. Vini Galli..........  1  75® 6 50
Vini  Oporto.............   1  25®  2  00
Vini Alba..................  1  25® 2  00

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage................  2 50@ 2  75
Nassau sheeps’ wool
carriage.................   2 50® 2  75
Velvet extra sheeps’
1  50 
wool, carriage.......
Extra yellow sheeps’
1  25
wool, carriage.......
Grass  sheepsr  wool,
1 00 
carriage.................
76
Hard, for slate use..
Yellow  R e e f,  for
1  40
slate use.................
Syrups
A cacia...................... 
Auranti Cortex........  
Zingiber.................... 
Ipecac
Ferri Iod..............
Rhei Arom...........
Smilax  Officinalis.
Senega ..................
Sciite..:  ...............

50®
@

@
@
@

M iscellaneous

1  00

50®
40®
@
@
@
@
56®

M ther, Spts. Nit. ? F  30®
M ther, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®
A lum en....................  254®
3®
Aiumen,  gro’d..po. 7 
Annatto..................... 
40®
4®
Antimoni, po............ 
Antimoni et Potass T  40®
Antipyrin................. 
®
A ntifebrin............... 
®
@
Argent! Nitras, oz... 
Arsenicum.............. 
  10®
Balm  Gilead  Buds.. 
38®
Bismuth S. N...........   1  50®  1  60
Calcium Chlor.,  is...
Calcium Chlor.,  54s..
Calcium Chlor.,  54s
Cantharides, Rus.po 
Capsici Fructus, a r..
Capsid  Fructus, po.
Capsid Fructus B, po 
Caryophyllus. .po. 16
Carmine, No. 40.......
Cera  Alba................. 
Cera  Flava............... 
Coccus...................... 
Cassia Fructus........  
Centraria—  v ........  
Cetaceum..................  
Chloroform.............  
Chloroform,  squibbs  @  1  10 
Chloral Hyd C rst....  1  65®  1  90
20®  25
Chondrus.................. 
Clnchonidlne.P. & W  38®  48
38®  48
Cinchonidine, Germ. 
Cocaine....................  6 30®  5 60
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct. 
7"
Creosotum................  
@  5
C reta.............bbl. 75  @  *
@
Creta, prep............... 
Creta, preclp...........  
9®  1
Creta, Rubra...........  
@
Crocus.....................  
IS®  1
@ 
Cudbear.................... 
‘
Cupri  Sulph..............  654®
D extrine.................. 
7® 
'
75® 
Ether Sulph............. 
i
Emery, alt numbe.s. 
©
Emery, po..........  ... 
@
E rg o ta.........po. 90  86® 
Flake  W hite...........  
12®
® 
G alla......................... 
!
8®
G am bler..................  
Gelatin,  Cooper....... 
©  1
Gelatin, French....... 
35®  1
75  &
Glassware,  flint, box 
Less than box......
ll@
Glue, brown.............  
Glue,  white.............  
15®
Glycerina..................  
17®
Grana Paradisi........  
@
Humulus..................  
25®
Hydrarg  Chlor  Mite 
Hydrarg  Chlor Cor..
Hydrarg  Ox Rub’m.
Hydrarg  Ammonlati 
HydrargUnguentum
Hydrargyrum..........
IchthyoDolla,  Am...
Indigo....................... 
76®  1  00
Iodine,  Resubi........   3 90® 4 00
Iodoform..................  
®  f  “
©
Lupultn.....................  
Lycopodium.............. 
70®
65®
M ad s.......................  
Liquor Arsen et  Hy­
drarg Iod............... 
®
LlquorPotassArslnit 
10®
Magnesia,  Sulph—  
2®
Magnesia, Sulph, bbl  @
Mannia, S.  F ............ 
50®

i

28

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

GROCERY  PRICE  CURRENT

Guaranteed  correct at time of issue, 

with  any jobbing house.

Not  connected

ADVANCED

Spring  Wheat  Flour 
Winter  Wheat  Flour 
Rolled  Oats 
Oranges

DECLINED

Cheese
Illuminating  Oils 
Barreled  Pork

Farina

Hominy

Haskell’s Wheat Flakes

241 lb. packages........................1 26
Bulk, per 100 Tbs.........................3 00
36  2 lb. packages........................3 00
B arrels....................................... 2 50
Flake, so lb. drums.....................1 00
Maccaroni  and Vermicelli
Domestic, 10 lb. box.............  60
Imported. 25 lb. box............2  50
Common...............................
Chester........................................2 50
Empire........................................ 3 00

Pearl  Barley

Grits

Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

MATC be e s

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No.  9 sulphur.............................1 65
Anchor P arlo r.......  ............ 1  50
No. 2 Hom e................................ 1 30
Export Parlor.............................4 00

MOLASSES
New  O rleans

Black.
F air..
Good.
Fancy
Ogen K ettle................
Half-barrels 2c extra
MUSTARD

----1  ou

11
14
20
24
.  25@36

PA CK A G E  CO FFEE. 

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
which the wholesale dealer adds 
the local freight from New York 
to buyers shipping point, giving 
buyer credit on the  invoice  for 
the  amount of  freight  he  pays 
from  the  market  in  which  he 
purchases to his shipping point.
These prices are  further  sub­
ject  to  manufacturer’s  regular 
rebate of 75c per 100 lbs.
Arbuckle................................... 12 50
12  60
Jersey.............. 
M cL aughlin’s XXXX 
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mail  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin 
Co., Chicago.
Valley City 54  gross.............   75
Felix >4 gross.............................. 1 15
Hummel's foil 54 gross........   85
.  1  43
Hummel’s tin  14 gross . 
COCOA  SHELLS
20 1b. bags.......................  
254
Less quantity..................
Pound packages.............
CLOTHES  LINES

E x tract

 

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
lute, 60 ft. per doz...............  80
lute. 72 ft. per doz.............   95

CONDENSED  M ILK  

_  „  _  
4 doz in case.
Gall Borden E agle...............6 75
Crown.................................... 6  25
D?>sy.....................................5 75
Champion............................. 4 50
Magnolia............................. ’4 25
Challenge..........................   4 00
Dime......................................3 36

COUPON  BOOKS 

50 books, any  denom...  1  50 
100 books, any  denom...  2 50 
500 books, any  denom...  11  50 
,000 books, any  denom.  20 00 
Above quotations are for either 
Tradesman, Superior, Economic 
or  Universal  grades.  Where 
‘ 000 books are ordered at a time 
customer receiv es  s p e c ia lly  
printed  cover  without  extra 
charge.

Peas

R olled  Oats

24 2 lb. packages........................1 80
100 lb. kegs................................. 2 70
200 lb. barrels....................... 5  10
Green, Wisconsin, bu...........1  30
Green, Scotch, bu.......................1 35
Split, bu.................................  
3
Rolled A vena, bbl......................3 45
Steel Cut, 54 bbls........................ 1 70
Monarch, bbl..............................3 20
Monarch,  54 bbl..........................1 75
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks...........1  55
Quaker, cases.............................3 20
German.................................   4
East India.............................   354
F lak e............. .....................   5
P earl......................................  5
Pearl,  241 lb. packages...... 634
Cracked, bulk.......................   354
24 2 lb. packages....................... 2 50
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS 
Vanilla D. C ..2 oz x  10  4 oz 1  80 
emon D. C...2 oz  70  4 oz 1  35 
Van. Tonka.  .2 oz  75  4 oz 1  45

DeBoe’s

Tapioca

W heat

Sago

FOOTE  &   JENKS’

Coupon  Pass  Books 
denomination from $10 down.

JA XO N

Can be made to represent any 
50  books.........................  1  50
100  books.........................  2  50
500  books.........................  n   50
20 00
1 oz full m  l 20 1 oz full  m . 80
2 00 2 oz full m.2 10 2 oz full m . 1 25
3 00 No. 3 fan’y. 3 15 No.3fan’y,l 75
5 00
75

Highest  Grade  Extracts

Credit  Checks

Vanilla

Lemon

Steel  punch.......................
CREAM  TARTAR

ALABASTINE

White in drums.................... 
9
Colors in drums....................  10
White in packages...............  10
Colors in packages...............  11

Less 40 per cent discount.

AX LE  GREASE
A urora..........................56 
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

A cm e

M ica, tin boxes..........75 
Paragon.......................55 

B A K IN G   PO W D ER  

9 00
6 00

A rctic
Egg

14 lb. cans 3 doz..................   45
14 lb. cans 3 doz..................   75
l 
lb. cans i  doz.................. l  oo
Bulk........................................  10
6 oz. Eng. Tumblers.............   85
H lb. cans,  4 doz. case..... 3 75
% lb. cans,  2 doz. case..... 3 75
l lb. cans, 
l doz. case..... 3 75
5 lb. cans, % doz. case........ 3 00
14 lb. cans per doz..............   75
14 lb. cans per doz............. 1  20
1 
lb. cans per doz............. 2 00
14 lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  35
14 lb. cans, 4 doz. case........   55
1 
lb. cans, 2 doz. case........  90

E l  P u rity

H om e

JAXON

Queen  Flake

14 lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  45
14 lb. cans, 4 doz. case........   85
1 
lb. cans. 2 doz. case........1  60
3 oz., 6 doz. case....................2 70
6 oz., 4 doz. case......
........ 3 20
9 oz., 4 doz. case......
........4 80
I lb.,  2 doz. case......
........4 00
5 lb.,  1 doz. case.......
........ 9 00
Royal

10c size__  86
14 lb.  cans  1  30 
6oz. cans.  1  80 
14 lb.  cans  2  40 
54 lb.  cans  3 60 
1 lb.  cans.  4 65 
31b.  cans. 12  75 
51b.  cans.21  00

BA TH   B R IC K
American........................ 
70
English...................................  80

BLUING

m

m
m
¡s£ ® rC 5 5
B l u i m G

BROOMS

Small 3 doz.................... 
40
Large, 2 doz.......................... .*"* 75
Arctic, 4 oz, per gross........ 4 00
Arctic, 8 oz, per gross........   6 00
Arctic, pints, per  gross__ 9 00
No. 1 Carpet................................3 00
No. 2 Carpet................................2 75
No. 3 Carpet......................... ." ’.'2 50
No. 4 Carpet.................... 
’205
Parlor  Gem..................." . .   I  75
Common W hisk............... 
95
Fancy Whisk....................... 1  25
Warehouse.................. 
3 75
CANDLES
Electric Light, 8s'.................12
Electric Light, 16s................1214
Paraffine, 6s.............................. 11 v
Paraffine, 12s ............................   ! 1214
Wicking................................20

CANNED  GOODS 

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

B eans

................. 
Red  Kidney.............  
String.......................  
Wax........................... 

80
2 60

75@1 30
73®  85
80
ok

Corn

G ooseberries

B lackberries
Standards .................
B laeb erries
Standard.....................
Clams.
Little Neck. 1 lb...
Little Neck, 2 lb.......
C herries
Red  Standards............
White...........................
Fair............................
Good.........................
Fancy...........
Standard.................
H om iny
Standard...................
Lobster
Star, *4 lb..................
Star, 1  lb..................
Picnic Tails..............
M ackerel
Mustard, lib ............
Mustard, 2 lb............
Soused, 1 lb...............
Soused, 2 lb.............
Tomato, 1 lb.............
Tomato, 2 lb.............
Hotels.........................
Buttons......................
O ysters
Cove, 1 lb..................
Cove, 2 lb ..................
Peaches
P ie ............................
Yellow......................
1  65@1  85
P ears
Standard..................
70
Fancy........................
80
M arrowfat...............
1  00 
Early June...............
1  00 
Early June  Sifted..
1  60
P ineap p le
G rated................................
1  25®2  75
Siloed.........................  1  35@2 25

85
1  85 
3  10
2 25
1  76
2  80
1  75
2 80
1  75
2 80
18@20
22@25
95 
1  70

M ushroom s

28

65
85

S traw berries

90
1  95@2 00 
I  35 
95
1  50

P u m p k in
........................... 
Fancy.......................  
Raspberries
Standard
Salm on
Columbia River......
Red Alaska.............
Pink Alaska.............
Shrim ps
Standard..................
Sardines
Domestic, 14s ...........
Domestic, -4 s..........
Domestic,  Mustard.
California. 54s..........
French, 54s...............
French, 54s...............
Standard..................
85 
Fancy.......................
1  25
Succotash
Fair............................
90 
Good.........................
1  00 
Fancy.......................
1  20
Tom atoes
F a ir...........................
80
Good.........................
90
Fancy.......................
1  15
Gallons......................
2 35
CATSUP
Columbia,  pints....................2 00
Columbia, % pints...............1  25
Acme...............
Amboy...........
Carson City__
Emblem..........
Gem................
Gold Medal....
Id eal...............
Jersey.............
Riverside........
B rick...............
Edam ..............
L eiden............
Limburger......
Pineapple.......
Sap  Sago........
Bulk.................................
R ed........................

@  854 
© 8% 
© 854 
© 9 
© 8 
© 8 © 8 
@  854 
© 9 
@90 
@17 
@10 
50  ©75 
@16
... 
... 

CHICORY

CHEESE

5
7

C H O C O LA TÉ" 
Walter Baker & Co.’s.
German  Sweet...................  
 
Premium............................. 
Breakfast Cocoa............. ”  46
Runkel Bros.
Vienna Sw eet...........  
21
Vanilla...............................’.  28
Premium................................... 31
H. O. Wilbur & Sons.
Capital Sweet................ 
21
Imperial Sweet.............22
Nelson’s  Premium.......»25
Sweet Clover, 54s....................  25
Sweet Clover, 54s....................  27
Premium Baking..........33
Double Vanilla.............  
40
Triple Vanilla............. . . . . . .  50

COCOA

Webb....................................  30
Cleveland...............................   41
Epps.......................................   42
Van Houten, 54s...................   12
Van Houten, 14s ...................   20
Van Houten, 14s ...................   38
Van Houten,  is ...................   70
Colonial, %$  .........................  36
Colonial, 14s...........................  33
H uyler...............................        45
Wilbur, >4s.................................. .' 41
Wilbur. 14s ............................   42

CIGARS

The Bradley Cigar Co.’s  Brands
A dvance................................. $35 00
B radley...................................  35 00
Clear Havana  Puffs..........  22 00
“ W. H.  B.” ............................  55 00
“ W. B. B.” ..............................  56 00

H. & P. Drug Co.’s brands.

Fortune Teller.......................  35 00
Our Manager...........   .........35 00
Quintette.................................  35 00
G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

...........................  36 00
S . C.W. 
Phelps. Brace & Co.’s Brands.
Royal  Tigers. 
.  55@ 80 00
Royal  Tigerettes........35
Vincente Portuondo ,.35@ 70 00
Ruhe Bros. Co.............25@ 70 00
Hilson  Co....................35@110 00
T. J. Dunn & Co......... 35@ 70  00
McCoy & Co................36© 70  00
The Collins Cigar Co.. 10© 35 00
Brown  Bros................15© 70  00
Bernard Stahl Co........35© 90  00
Banner Cigar  Co........10© 35  00
Seidenberg  & Co........55@125  00
Fulton  Cigar  Co........io@ 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..........36©  70  00
LaGorarFee Co..........  35© 70 00
S. I. Davis & Co..........350.185 00
Hene &Co................... 35© 90 00
Benedict & Co..........7.50© 70 00
Hemmeter Cigar Co. ..35©  70 00 
G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.35© 70 00
Maurice S anborn__ 50@175 00
Bock & Co.................... 650300 00
Manuel  Garcia........... 80@375 00
Neuva Mondo............. 85@i75 00
Henry Clay...................85@550 00
La Carolina..................96@200 00
Standard T. & C. Co. ..35@ 70 00
S tar G reen ..................... 35  00

H. Van Tongeren’s Brand. 

_ _   HIGH GRADE.

Coffees

Special  Combination.... 
French Breakfast.. 
Lenox ....
V ienna.............
Private Estate............
Supreme..................
Less 33%  per  cent.

R io
Common.............
F a ir................  
Choice..............................
Fancy....................
Santos

Common...........
F a ir................................
Choice.................
Fancy....................
Peaberry................... ” ”
M aracaibo 
F a ir..................
23
Choice.................. 
  35

...  20
...  25 
30
...  35
...  38 
40

tmz
11
...13
...15

...11
...14
...15
...17
...13

ÎX

...16

jg

M exican

Choice..................
Fancy................

G uatem ala

Choice.................. 
. - 
J a v a  
African..................
I  ancy A frican........
O. G................... 
P .G ..........................  
Mocha

Arabian................ 

• • • *¿-72
...17

.......

........

0j

P A P E R   BAGS

Horse Kadish, 1 doz...... .... 1  75
Horse Radish, 2 doz...... ....3  50
Bayle’s Celery, 1 doz__ ....1  75
Union
Square
53
66
88
1  08
1  36
1  58
1  84
2  16
2 58
2 82
3 32
4 48
4  86
5 40

Satchel
Bottom
...........   28
H ......
%.......
............  31
1.......
...........   44
2.......
...........   54
3.......
............  66
4.......
...........   76
5.......
............  90
6.......
........... 1  06
8........ ........... 1  28
10.......
........... 1  38
12.......
............1  60
14........ ........... 2  24
16.......
............2  34
20........ ........... 2 52

PIC K L E S 
M edium

Sm all

Barrels, 1,200 count..............5 25
Half bbls, 600 count..............3  13
Barrels, 2,400 cou n t............. 6 26
Half bbls, 1,200 count...........3 62
Clay, No. 216................................ 1 70
Clay, T. D., full count..........  65
Cob, No. 3........................... 
85

P IP E S

POTASH 

48 cans in case.

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

R IC E

D om estic

Carolina head....................... 7
Carolina  No. 1 ................... . .544
Carolina  No. 2 .......................4
Broken............................. " 
’3^4
Japan,  No.  1..................5!4@6
Japan,  No.  2..................4»/,@5
Java, fancy head........... 5  @5%
Java, No. 1..................... 5  ©
Table.................................  ©

Im p o rted .

SALERATUS 

Packed 60 lbs. in box. 

Church’s Arm and Hammer.3  15
Deland’s...................................... 3 00
Dwight’s Cow.............................3 i6
Emblem...................................... 2 10
L-  P ........................................."!3  00
Sodio. . ........................................3 i6
Wyandotte, 100  34s.................... 3 00
SAL  SODA
Granulated,  bbls.......... 
80
Granulated, 100 lb. cases.. 
85
Lump, bbls........................... 
75
Lump, 145 lb. kegs................   80

A pples

C alifornia  F ru its

5 and 10 lb. wooden  boxes...... 30
Bulk in sacks.............................29
D R IE D   FRUITS—D om estic 
Sundried.......................... 6© 654
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes. 654@  7 
Apricots......................  @15
Blackberries...............
Nectarines..................
Peaches.......................10  @11
Pears............................
Pitted Cherries...........  
Pm nnelles..................
Raspberries..............

754

C alifornia  P ru n es

100-120 25 lb. boxes........  @
90-100 25 lb. boxes........  ©  4*£
80 - 90 25 lb. boxes........  © 5
70 - 80 25 lb. boxes........   ©  554
60 - 70 25 lb. boxes........   @6
50 - 60 25 lb. boxes........   @ 654
40 - 50 25 lb. boxes........   © 7
30 - 40 25 ib. boxes........  
854
54 cent less in 50 lb. cases 

R aisins

C itron

1  75
London Layers 2 Crown. 
2 00
London Layers 3 Crown. 
Cluster 4 Crown............. 
2  25
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
754
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
854
854
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
L. M., Seeded, choice ... 
10
L. M., Seeded, fancy__  
1054
D R IE D   FRUITS—F o reig n  
Leghorn.............................. 
n
Corsican.............................! .  12
C urran ts
Patras, cases.............  
654
Cleaned,bulk...................    634
Cleaned,  packages...............  754
Citron American 19 lb. bx..  13 
Lemon American 10 lb. bx .1054 
Orange American 10 lb. bx.. 1054 
Sultana 1 Crown...................
Sultana 2 Crown............"  "
Sultana 3 Crown......
Sultana 4 Crown........
Sultana 5 Crown............. . ) .
Sultana 6 Crown........
Sultana package..........

R aisins

P eel

B eans

FARINACEOUS GOODS 
Dried Lima...........................   654
Medium Hand Picked  2 is@2  25
Brown Holland.............. .
Cream of Cereal.. 
go
1  35
Grain-O, sm all.............. 
Grain-O,large................... ...2 25
Grape Nuts..................... 
  1  35
Postum Cereal, sm all___ 
1 35
Postum Cereal, large........   2 25

C ereals

Vanilla 

oz panel..1  20 
oz taper..2 00

Lemon

2 oz panel.  75 
4 oz taper.. 1  50

Jen n in g s’

, 

P errig o ’s

D.  C. Vanilla 
........ 1  20 
........ 1  50 
........ 2 00 
........ 3 00 
io.  g.. .  4  00 
*0.10.. ..6 00 
No. 2  T ..1  25 
0.3  T ..2 00 
No. 4  T..2 40 

D.  C. Lemon
2oz..........  75
3 OZ........
1  00
4 OZ........
1  40
6 0 Z . . . . .
2  00 
No.  8...
2 40 
No. 10...
4 00
No. 2 T.
80 
No. 3 1.
1  25
No. 4T.
1  50
N orthrop  B rand 
Lem.
Van. 
oz. Taper Panel__  75
1  20 
oz. Oval..................   75
1  20
oz. Taper Panel.... 1  35 
2  00 
oz. Taper Panel.... 1  60 
2 25
Van. 
Lem.
doz.
doz.
XXX, 2 oz. obert__ 1  25
75 
XXX, 4 oz. taper__ 2 25
1  25
XX, 2 oz. obert........ 1  00
No. 2,2 oz. o b ert__   75
XXX D D ptchr, 6 oz 
XXX D D ptchr,4oz 
” . P. pitcher, 6 oz.
errigo’s Lightning,  gro..
.2 50
Petrolatum, per doz.............  75
Sage............................................15
H ops.......................................... 15
Madras, 5 lb. boxes.................55
F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes......... 50
lb. pails..........................   1  90
lb. pails..............................  35
lb. palls..............................  62
P u re.......................................  30
Calabria.................................   25
Sicily......................................   14
Root........................................  10
Condensed, 2 doz................... 1 20
Condensed, 4 doz....................2 25

FLY   P A P E R  

LICO RICE

IN D IG O

H ERBS

JE L L Y

LYE

SALT

D iam ond C rystal 

Com m on  G rades

Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes.. 1  40 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb. bags.2  86 
Table, barrels, 40 7  lb. bags.2 50 
Butter, barrels, 280 lb. bulk. 2 50 
Butter, barrels, 2014lb.bags.2 60
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs.............   27
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs.............  62
100 3 lb. sacks..........................2 15
60 51b. sacks..........................2 05
28 10 lb. sacks.........................1 95
£6 lb. sacks.........................  40
28 lb. sacks.........................  22
56 lb. dairy in drill bags......   30
28 lb. dairy in drill bags.......  15
56 lb. dairy in linen sabks...  60 
66 lb. dairy in linen sacks...  60 
56 lb.  sacks............................   25
Granulated  Fine.....  ...........1  oo
Medium  Fine........... . ........... 1  oft

Solar  R ock
Com m on

A shton
H iggins

W arsaw

SOAP

JAXON

Single box...............................3 00
5 box lots, delivered............ 2 95
10 box lots, delivered............ 2 90
diS.  S  KIRK  i  CO.’8 BRANDS.
American Family, wrp’d ...  .3 no
Dome...................................... 2 80
Cabinet....................................2 40
Savon....................................... 2 80
White  Russian.......................2 80
White Cloud........................... 4 00
Dusky Diamond, 50 6 oz........2 00
Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz........2 50
Blue India, 100 34 lb .............. 3 00
Kirkoline................................3 50
Eos.......................................... 2 65

10012 oz bars.........................3 00

100 big bars (labor saving). .3 60

SEARCH-LIGHT
SILVER

Single box............................... 3 00
Five boxes, delivered............2 95

Scouring

Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz..........2 40
Sapolio, hand, 3 doz...............2 40

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H errin g

M ackerel

@ 5
Georges cured.............
Georges  genuine........
@ 554
Olj.
Georges selected........
Grand  Bank..................
@454
Strips or  bricks..........  6 @  9
@ 354
Pollock.........................
H alib u t.
Strips........   ...................... .......14
Chunks.........................  .. .......15
Holland white hoops,  bbl.  IX  00 
Holland w hite hoops54bbl.  6  00 
Holland w hite hoop,  keg.. 
75 
Holland w hite hoop  mchs.  '  85
Norwegian.........................
bound 100 lbs.......................  3  60
1  75
Round 40 lbs.......................
1654
Scaled...............................
1  50
Bloaters...............................
Mess 100 lbs........................ 17  00
Mess  40 lbs........................ 7  10
1  85
Mess  10 lbs........................
1  51
Mess  8 lbs........................
No. 1100 lbs........................ 15 00
No. 1  40 lbs........................ 6  30
1  65
No. 1  10 lbs........................
1  35
No. 1  8 lbs........................
No. 2 100 lbs........................ 9  50
No. 2  40 lbs........................ 4  10
1  10
No. 2  10 lbs........................
91
No. 2  8 lbs........................
No. 1100 lbs........................
No. 1  40 lbs........................
No. 1  10 lbs........................
No. 1  8 lbs........................
No. 1  No. 2
100  lbs............  7  50  7  00
40  lbs...........   3  30  3  10
10  lbs...........  
85
8  lbs...........  
71

90 
75 
SEEDS
Anise.........................
Canary, Smyrna......
Caraway  ..................
...........60
Cardamon, Malabar
Celery......................................io
Hemp, Russian........................*
Mixed Bird..  .......................  4
Mustard, white.....................   5
Poppy...................................... 10
R ape......................................  «54
Cuttle Bone.............................15
Scotch, in bladders...............  37
Maccaboy, in  jars.................  35
French Rappee, in  jars.......  43
Boxes.....................................   554
Kegs,  English.......................   4«

Fam
2  35
1  25
38
33

W hitefisb

SNUFF

SODA

T ro u t

SPICES 

W hole Spices

12
Allspice............................... 
Cassia, China in m ats......  
12
25
Cassia, Batavia, in bund... 
38
Cassia, Saigon, broken.... 
55
Cassia, Saigon, in rolls —  
Cloves, Amboyna............... 
16
14
Cloves, Zanzibar................  
56
M ace................................... 
56
Nutmegs,  75-80..................  
Nutmegs,  105-10................. 
46
4C
Nutmegs, 116-20.................. 
Pepper, Singapore, black.  1554
Pepper,  Slngagore, white. 
23
Pepper, shot.......................   1614
P a re  G round in  B alk
Allspice...............................  M
23
Cassia, Batavia..................  
Cassia, Saigon.................... 
4S
L
Cloves, Zanzibar................. 
11
Ginger,  African................. 
1*
Ginger, Cochin..................  
Ginger,  Jamaica — .........  
2!
61
Mace.................................... 
. M ustard.............................. 
if
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
if
Pepper, Singapore, white. 
21
21
Pepper, Cayenne............... 
Sage....................  
■. 
2«

STARCH

K ingsford’s  Corn
6%
40 l-lb. packages................
6%
201-lb. packages................ 
754
6 lb. packages.................. 
K ingsford’s Silver Gloss
40 l-lb. packages................. 
7
6 lb. boxes.......................... •  714
C om m on Corn
20 l-lb.  packages...........
40 l-lb.  packages...........
C om m on Gloss
l-lb. packages.................... 
3-lb. packages.................... 
6-lb. packages.................... 
40 ana 50-lb. boxes............. 
Barrels...............................
STOVE  PO LISH

454
41
4
5
3
354

SUGAR

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds  the  local 
freight from New  York  to  your 
shipping point, giving you credit 
on  the  mvoice  for  the  amount 
of freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market  in  which  he  purchases 
to his  shipping  point,  including 
20 pounds tor the  weight  of  the 
barrel.
Domino...............................  5 85
Cut  Loaf.
6  00 
Crushed .......................
6  00 
5 75
Cubes...........................
Powdered....................
Coarse  Powdered 
...
XXXX  Powdered.......
Standard  Granulated.
Fine Granulated..........
Coarse  Granulated.
5 70
Extra Fine Granulated...
5  85
Conf.  Granulated............
5  70
2 lb. cartons Fine  Gran..
5  70
2 lb.  bags Fine  Gran.......
5 70
511». cartons  Fine  Gran..
5 70
5 lb. bags Fine  Gran......
5  85
Mould A ............................
5  60
Diamond  A.......................
5  40
Confectioner’s  A .............
5  25
No.  1, Columbia  A..........
5 25
No.  2, Windsor A...........
5 25
No.  3, Ridgewood A .......
5  20
No.  4,  Phoenix  A ............
No.  5. Empire A .............
5  15
No.  6................................. .  5  10
No.  7................................. .  5 05
No.  8................................. .  5  00
No.  9................................. .  4 95
No. 10................................. .  4 90
No. 11................................. .  4  85
No. 12................................. .  4  80
No. 13................................. .  4  80
4  80
No. 14...............................
.  4  80
No. 15...............................
.  4  80
No. 16...............................

SYRUPS

Corn

Barrels.............................
Half bbls.........................
1 doz. 1 gallon cans........
1 doz. 54 gallon cans.......
2 doz. 54 gallon cans.......

P u re   Cane

. ..19
...21
..  3  20
...1  95
...  95

Good...............................
Choice  ............................

...  20
...  26

TA B LE  SAUCES
LEA & 
PERRINS’ 
SAUCE

The Original and 
Genuine
Worcestershire.

r   O 
Lea & Perrin’s, large........   3  75
Lea & Perrin’s,  small.......  2  60
Halford, large....................  3  76
Halford, small....................  2  25
Salad Dressing, large.......  4  55
Salad  Dressing, small......   2  75

TEA
Ja p a n

Sundrled, medium............... 27
Sundried, choice...................30
Sundried, fancy.................... 40
Regular, medium..................28
Regular, choice.................... 30
Regular, fancy......................40
Basket-fired, medium  .........26
Basket-fired, ehoice..............35
Basket-fired, fancy...............40
Nibs........................................27
Siftings................................... 19
Fannings................................20

Gunpowder

Moyune, medium  ....
Moyune, choice.........
50
Moyune,  fancy...........
I’ingsuey,  m edium ................ 25
Pingsney,  choice....................30
I’ingsuey, fancy.................... 40

Y oung  H yson

Choice. 
Fauey.

Oolong

Formosa, fancy..................... 42
Amoy, medium..................... 25
Amoy, choice.........................32

E n g lish  B reakfast

Medium......................... .......27
Choice............................ ...... 34
Fancy............................. .......42

In d ia

TOBACCO

Ceylon, choice.............. .......32
Fancy............................. .......42
Scotten Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Sweet Chunk plug................34
Cadillac fine cu t....................57
Sweet Lorna fine  cut............38
Malt White Wine, 40 grain..  8 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain.. 11
Pure Cider, Red Star............ 12
Pure Cider, Robinson...........12
Pure Cider,  Silver................. 11

V INEGAR

W ASHING  PO W D ER

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

W IC K IN G

Rub-No-More, 100 12 o z .......3 50
No. 0, per gross......................20
No. 1, per gross......................26
No. 2, per gross......................35
No. 3, per gross......................55

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Grains and Feedstuffs

W OODENW ARE

B askets

P ails
hoop Standard..................
hoop Standard...................
wlre,  Cable.
wire,  Cable.

Tubs

oplrpt 

B a tte r  P lates

Clothes  P ins
Mop  Sticks

Bushels..................................1  15
Bushels, wide  band...............1 25
2)0
Willow Clothes, large...........7 00
Willow Clothes, medium...  6  50
Willow Clothes, small...........5 50
No. 1 Oval, 250 in  crate........1  80
No. 2 Oval, 260 In crate........2 00
No. 3 Oval, 250 in crate........2 20
No. 5 Oval, 250 in crate........ 2 60
Boxes, gross boxes...............  65
Trojan spring........................9  00
Eclipse patent spring..........9 00
No 1 common........................ 8  00
No. 2 patent brush holder . .9 00
12  th. cotton mop heads —   1  25
.1  50 
2- 
.1  70 
3- 
.1  60 
2- 
.1  85
3- 
Cedar, all red, brass  bound. 1  26
Paper,  Eureka......................2  26
Fibre...................................... 2  40
20-inch, Standard, No. 1....... 7 00
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-inch, Dowell,  No. 3.......... 4 25
No. 1 Fibre.............................9 45
No. 2 Fibre.............................7 95
No. 3 Fibre.............................7  20
Bronze Globe......................... 2 50
D ewey.................................   1  76
Double Acme..............................2 75
Single Acme................................2 26
Double  Peerless.........................3 20
Single  Peerless...........................2 50
Northern Q ueen....................... 2 50
Double Duplex...........................3 00
Good Luck.............................2  76
Universal.................................... 2 25
11 in. Butter..........................   76
13 in. Butter............................1 00
16 in. Butter............................1 76
17 in. Butter........................... 2 60
19 in. Butter........................... 3 00
Assorted 13-15-17.........................1 75
Assorted 15-17-19....................... 2 50
Yeast Foam, 154  doz...........   50
Yeast Foam, 3  doz.....................l oo
Yeast Ore  m, 3 doz.....................1 00
Magic Yeast 5c, 3  doz...........1  00
Sunlight Yeast, 3 doz............ 1  00
Warner’s Safe, 3 doz............1  00

YEAST  CA KE

W ash  Boards

W ood  Bowls

70 I

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

W in ter  W h eat  F lo u r 

Local Brands

Patents...............................  4  25
Second  Patent....................  3 71
Straight...............................  3  50
C lear...................................  3  25
G raham ..............................  3 60
Buckwheat.........................  4  50
Rye......................................  3  26
Subject to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour In bbls., 25c per  bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-I*utman’s Brand
Diamond  54s.......................  3 75
Diamond  54*.......................  3  75
Diamond  548.......................  3  75

Worden Grocer Co.’s  Brand

Quaker 54s..........................   3  70
Quaker 54s..........................  3  70
Quaker 54s..........................  3  70

Spring  W h eat  F lo u r 

Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.’s  Brand
Pillsbury’s  Best 54s..........  4  55
Pillsbury’s  Best 54*.. 
...  4  46
Plllsbury’s  Best 54*..........  4  35
Pillsbury’s Best 54s paper.  4  35 
Pillsbury’s Best 54s paper.  4  36 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Duluth  Imperial 54*.........   4  35
Duluth  Imperial 54s.........   4  25
Duluth  Imperial 54s.........   4  16
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand
Wingold  54s.....................  
4  20
Wingold  5is.....................  
4  10
Wingold  54s.....................  
4  00

Olney & Judson’s Brand

Ceresota 54s.......................   4  50
Ceresota 5*s.......................   4  40
Ceresota 54s.......................   4 30

Worden Grocer  Co.’s Brand

Laurel  54s.....................-•••  4  30
Laurel  >%s..........................   4  20
Ijiurel  54s..........................   4  10
Laurel  54s and  5is paper 
4  15

M eal

Bolted.................................  2 00
Granulated.........................  2 20

Feed  and  Mlllstuflfe 

St. Car Feed, screened —   17  50
No. 1 Corn and  Oats........
16  50 
Unbolted Corn  Meal.......
15 00 
Winter Wheat Bran........
15 50 
Winter Wheat  Middlings
15 00
Screenings.......................

Fresh  Meats

Beef
Carcass....................
654®  8 
Forequarters.........
6  @ 654
8  @  9 
8
Hindquarters.......... 
Loins No. 3.................  10
@14 
@14 
Ribs............................   10
@   8 
Rounds.....................
Chucks...............
554@  6 
4  @  5
Plates................

>rk

Dressed........
Loins.............
Boston  Butts.
Shoulders__
Leaf  Lard....

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

@  654 
@  8 
@ 754 
@  7% 
@ 7%

@   8 
@16

754® 9

Provisions
B arreled  F o rk

Mess............
B ack..........
Clear back.. 
Short cut...
B ig ..............
Bean............
Fam ily.......

D ry  Salt  M eats

@12  50 
@13  50 
@12  50 
@12  50 
@16  50 
@10  50 
@13 50

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

Sm oked  M eats

Hams, 12 lb. average. 
Hams, 14 lb. average. 
Hams, 161b. average. 
Hams, 20 lb. average.
Ham dried  beef......
Shoulders (N. Y. cut)
Bacon, clear.............
California hams.......
Boneless  hams........
Boiled  H am s...........
Picnic Boiled  Hams
Berlin  H am s...........
Mince H am s........... 

@  1154 
@  11 
@   10% 
@  1054 
@  1354 
@  754 
@   10 
@  7% 
@  U 
@  ¡6 
@  1254 
@  9 
<i
@  954
L a rd s—In Tierces

Crackers

Soda

B a tte r

O yster

554
554
554
554
6
6
8

The  National  Biscuit  Co. 

quotes as follows:
Seym our............................... 
New  York.............................  
Family................................... 
Salted.................................... 
Wolverine.............................  
Soda  XXX............................ 
Soda,  City.............................  
Long Island  Wafers..........  11
Zephyrette.........................  10
Faust.....................................  
7
Farina.................................  
654
Extra Farina 
..................... 
6
Saltine  Oyster.................... 
554
Sweet  Goods—Boxes
Animals..............................  1054
Assorted  Cake....................  10
Belle Rose.............................  
9
Bent’s  W ater......................  15
Buttercups... 
....................  13
Cinnamon Bar......................  
9
Coffee Cake,  Iced.............   10
Coffee Cake, Java.............   10
Cocoanut Taffy....................  10
Cracknells  .........................  1554
Creams, Iced.................... 
854
Cream Crisp.......................... 
9
Crystal Creams....................  10
Cubans...............................   H54
Currant  Fruit...................... 
ll
Frosted Honey..................  1254
Frosted Cream..................... 
9
Ginger Gems, lg. or  sm. 
9
Ginger Snaps, NBC.......... 
8
G ladiator.............................  10
Grandma Cakes...................  
9
Graham Crackers................ 
8
Graham  Wafers..................   10
Grand Rapids  Tea...........   12
Honey Fingers..................  1254
Iced Honey  Crumpets....  10
Im perials................  ......... 
6
Jumbles, Honey................   1254
Lady Fingers.....................   U54
Lemon  Wafers..................  14
Marshmallow....................  15
Marshmallow Walnuts —   16
Mary  Ann..........................  
8
Mixed Picnic.....................   H54
Milk Biscuit.......................  
754
Molasses  Cake..................  
8
Molasses B ar.....................  
9
Moss Jelly  Bar..................  1254
Newton...............................   12
Oatmeal Crackers.............  
8
Oatmeal Wafers................   10
Orange Crisp.....................  
9
Orange  Gem...................... 
8
Penny Cake......................... 
8
Pilot Bread, XXX.............  
7
Pretzels, hand  made........ 
754
754
Sears’ Lunch.....................  
Sugar Cake........................ 
8
Sugar Cream, XXX.......... 
8
Sugar S quares..................  
8

Vanilla Wafers..................   14
Vienna Crimp.................... 
8

Corn

Oats

H ay

Corn, car  lots....................  42
Less than car lots.............

Car  lots...............................  2954
Car lots, clipped................   32
Less than car lots.............

No. 1 Timothy car  lots....  12  oo 
No. 1 Timothy ton  lots....  13 oo

H id es  and   P elts

The Cappon & Bertsch Leather
Co.. 100 Canal  Street,  quotes  as
follows:
H ides
Green  No. 1.............
Green  No. 2.............
Cured  No. 1.............
Cured  No. 2.............
Calf skins, green No. 1
Calfskins,green No. 2
Calf skins,cured No. 1
Calfskins.cured No. 2

@ 7
@ 6
@  8
@  7
@10
@ 854
@1054
@ 9

P elts

Pelts,  each...............
Tallow
No. 1..........................
No. 2..........................
W ool
Washed,  fine...........
Washed,  medium...
Unwashed,  fine.......
Unwashed, medium.

50@1  10

@  15a
@ 354

20@22
22@24
14@l5
18@20

F ish   and  O ysters

F resh   F ish

Per lb.
White fish.................... @  9
Trout............................ @  8
Black  Bass................. 9@  10
H alibut........................ @  13
Ciscoes or Herring.  .. @  4
Bluefish ....................... @  11
Live  Lobster............... @  16
Boiled  Lobster........... @  18
Cod............................... @  10
Haddock..................... @  7
No. 1 Pickerel............. @  8
Pike.............................. @  7
Perch............................ @  5
Smoked  W hite........... @  8
Red  Snapper............. @  9
Col River  Salmon....... @  10
Mackerel..................... @  18
40
F. H.  Counts............
F. J. D. Selects........
Selects ......................
F. J. D.  Standards..
Anchors....................
Standards.................
Favorite....................
Shell Goods
100
Clams, per 100............
Oysters, per too...... 1  00@1  25

O ysters in  Cans.

5%

10 76
11  00 
10  50

Compound................
Kettle........................
Vegetole.................
66 lb. Tubs.. advance 
80 lb. Tubs.. advance 
50 lb. Tins... advance 
20 lb.  Palls, .advance 
10 ib. Palls.. advance 
5 ib. Pails.. advance 
3 lb. i’ails.. advance
Sausages
Bologna....................
Liver .........................
Frankfort.................
P o rk .........................
Blood.........................
Tongue.....................
Headcheese..............
B eef
Extra Mess...............
Boneless....................
R um p.......................

F igs’  F eet

Kits, 15  lbs...............
54 bbls., 40 lbs..........
54 bbls., 80 lbs..........
T ripe
Kits, 15  lbs...............
54 bbls., 40  lbs..........
54 bbls., 80 lbs..........
Casings
P o rk .........................
Beef  rounds.............
Beef  middles..........
Sheep.........................
B u tterin e
Rolls, dairy...............
Solid, dairy...............
Rolls, creamery.......
Solid,  creamery.......

C anned  M eats

Corned beef, 2 lb __
Corned beef, 14 lb ...
Roast beef, 2 lb........
Potted ham,  54s.......
Potted ham,  54s.......
Deviled ham,  54s —  
Deviled ham,  54*—  
Potted tongue,  54s.. 
Potted tongue.  54*

Oils
B arrels

Eocene.........................  @12
Perfection....................  @1054
XXX W.W. Mich. Hdlt  @1054
W. W. M ichigan........  @10
Diamond White..........  @  954
D., 8.  Gas....................  @1'&
Deo. Naphtha..............  @HK
Cylinder....................... 29  @34
Engine.........................19  @23
Blaok. winter............... 
0HK

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Candies
Stick  Candy

M ixed Candy

Fancy—In  B ulk 

bbls.  pails
Standard..........
7  @754 
Standard H.  H .. 
7  @  754 
Standard  Twist. 
754@  8 
Cut Loaf.............
@  854 
cases 
Jumbo, 32 lb............
@ 654 
Extra II. H ...............
@  854 
Boston Cream..........
@10 
Beet Root..................
@  7
Grocers.....................  
@ 6
@ 654
Competition............. 
@ 7
Special...................... 
@ 8
Conserve................... 
R oyal.......................  
@754
@854
Ribbon.....................  
@754
Broken.....................  
@854
Cut Loaf.................... 
English Rock...........  
@854
@854
K indergarten.......... 
@ 9
French Cream.......... 
Dandy Pan............... 
@354
Hand  Made  Cream
m ixed.................... 
@14
@854
Nobby.......................  
Crystal Cream m ix.. 
@12
San Bias Goodies.... 
@11
Lozenges, plain....... 
@ 9
Lozenges, printed... 
@ 9
Choc. Drops.............  
@n
Eclipse Chocolates...  @13
Choc.  Mouumentals. 
@13
Gum Drops..............  
@ 5
@854
Moss  Drops.............  
Lemon Sours............ 
@ y
Imperials.................. 
@954
Ital. Cream Opera...  @11
Ital. Cream Bonbons
351b. pails.............  
@11
Molasses  Chews,  15
lb. pails.................. 
@13
Pine Apple Ice........ 
@1254
Iced MarShmellows..........  14
Golden Watties........ 
@11
Lemon  Sours 
@60
Peppermint Drops..
@60
Chocolate  Drops__
@65
H. M. Choc. Drops..
@75
H. M. Choc.  Lt.  and
Dk. No. 12.............
@90
Gum Drops...............
@30
Licorice  Drops........
@75
A. B. Licorice Drops
@60
Lozenges,  plain......
@55
Lozenges, printed...
@55
@65
Imperials..................
Mottoes....................
@60
Cream  Bar...............
@55
Molasses Bar............
@55
Hand Made Creams.  80 
@90
Cream Buttons, Pep.
and  Wlnt...............
@65
String Rock.............
@ 60
Burnt  Almonds.......1  25
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W Intergreen Berries 
C aram els 
No. 1 wrapped,  3  lb.
boxes......................
@60
Penny Goods
55@60

Fancy—In  5 lb. Boxes

Fruits
O ranges 
Fancy  Navels
Extra Choice............
75@5 00 
I,ate  Valencias.........
Seedlings..................
@3 76 
Medt. Sweets...........
@3 75 
.Jamaicas..................
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Fancy  Valencias__
@5 00
Lem ons 
Strictly choice 360s.. 
@4 50 
Strictly choice 300s.. 
@4 50 
Fancy 300s
@4 75 
@5 00 
Ex. Fancy  300s........
Extra Fancy 360s__
@5 00
B ananas 
Medium bunches....
1  75@2 00
Large  bunches........   2  00@2  z5

F oreign  D ried F ru its 

Figs

Californlas.  Fancy..
Cal. pkg, 10 lb. boxes 
Extra  Choice,  10  lb.
boxes, new Mmprna 
Fancy, 12 lb. boxes new 
Imperial Mikados, 18
Id. boxes................
Pulled, 6 lb. boxes... 
Naturals, In bags.,..
D ates
Fards in 10 lb. boxes 
Fards in 60 lb. cases. 
Persians,  P. H. V ...
lb.  cases, new.......
Sairs, 60 lb. cases....
'   Nuts
Almonds, Tarragona
Almonds,  Ivlca.......
Almonds, California,
soft shelled...........
Brazils, new.............
Filberts....................
Walnuts, Grenobles.
Walnuts, «oft shelled
California No. 1...
Table Nuts,  fancy...
Table  Nuts,  choice..
Pecans,  Med...........
Pecans, Ex. Large...
Pecans, Jumbos......
Hickory Nuts per bu.
Cocoanuts, full sacks 
Chestnuts, per  bu ...
P ean u ts 
Fancy, H. P., Suns.. 
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Flags
Roasted.................
Choice, H.P., Extras 
Choice, H. P., Extras
Roasted.................
Span. Shelled No-1..

Ohio,  new. 

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Petting the People

How  the  Country  Merchant  Neglects  His 

Written for the Tradesman.

Opportunities.

there 

everything 

Did  you  ever  stop  to  consider  what  a 
decided  advantage  the  country  store­
keeper  has  over  the  merchant 
in  the 
It  is  a  fact.  In  the  average  coun­
city? 
try  town,  practically 
is 
bought  and  sold  at  stores  not  more  than 
half  a  mile  apart,  the  buyers  being  al­
most  exclusively  those  who  live  within 
the  town 
limits  or  a  short  distance  in 
the  surrounding  country.  The  store  is 
located  not  far  from  the  postoffice  and 
as  near  as  possible  to  the  trade  center. 
The  country 
store  merchant  knows 
practically  every  one  of  his  customers, 
has  grown  up  with  them,  is  acquainted 
with  their  likes  and  dislikes,  can  gauge 
their  wants  accurately,  and,  consequent­
ly,  is  less  liable  to  err  in  his 
judgment 
of  the  quantity  and  kinds  of  goods  re­
quired  than  is  the  buyer  for  the  big  city 
store.  Every  country  store 
is  in  the 
country  center and  every  country  news­
paper  reaches  those  who  are  naturally 
buyers  from  that  store.  The  country  ad­
vertiser  has  only  a  small  territory  to 
cover  and  the  mediums  that  he  uses  cir­
culate  in  that  territory  and  in  that  terri­
tory  on ly;  consequently, 
is  no 
waste  circulation  for  him  to  pay  for. 
His  advertisements  reach  just  the  peo­
ple  he  wants  to  reach  and  no  others.  On 
the  contrary,  the  large  store  located  off 
the  main  street  outside  of  the  business 
section  of  a  large  city  is  at  a  disadvan­
tage,  because  the  great  city  dailies 
which  cover  the  whole  city  are  useful  to 
it  only 
in  part,  for  a  great  portion  of 
their circulation  is  among  people  who 
are  too  far  distant  from  the  store  to  be 
attracted  by 
its  announcements.  The 
country  storekeeper  gets  the  full  benefit 
of  every  dollar  he  spends  in  the  news­
papers.  His  customers  are  more  set­
tled  in  their 
likes  and  dislikes  than 
are  city  customers—they  are  not  sub­
ject  to  fads.  The  country  storekeeper 
has  the  grandest  opportunity  of  any 
merchant  in  the  land  to  do  good  adver­
tising  and  to  reap  liberal  benefit  from 
it,  yet  it  is  he  who  neglects  his  oppor­
tunities  most  shamefully.  There  is  not 
a  shadow  of  excuse  for  it.  He  knows 
his  public  so  well  that  he  should  make 
few  mistakes 
in  his  advertising.  He 
does  not  need  to  experiment  like  the 
city  merchant.  He  does  not  have  to 
contend  with  the  ruinous  competition 
that  the  city  merchant  does.  The  space 
in  his  local  newspaper  is  really  less  ex­
pensive  than  the  space  in  the  city news­
paper,  for  he  can  use  one  paper  and 
cover  his  section  thoroughly,  while  the 
city  merchant  must  use  three  or  four, 
and  even  then  reach  a  great  number  of 
people  whom  he  can  not  possibly  in­
terest.  The  only  thing  with  which  the 
country  merchant  has  to  contend  is  the 
fact  that  the 
local  newspapers  do  not 
always  take  the  best  of  care  in  setting 
his  advertisements,  but  a few  dollars  in­
in  suitable  display  type  and 
vested 
rigid  instructions  to  the  compositors 
in 
regard  to  the  method  of  setting  up  the 
advertising  will  overcome this difficulty. 
It  would  pay  the  country  advertiser  to 
study  up  the  problem  of  advertising  a 
great  deal  more  than  he 
is  doing  at 
present. 
It  would  pay  him  to  have  a 
good  working  knowledge  of  type  and 
display  and  to  read  up  the  principles 
that  underlie  good  advertising. 
If  he 
has  not  the  time  or  inclination  or  abil­
ity  to  do  this,  let  him  employ  somebody 
who  has.  He  can  well  afford  it.
The  country  merchant  who  is 

located

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

It 

in  a  town  where  there  is  no  newspaper, 
or  the  city  merchant  who  is  so  far  from 
the  business  center  that  he can not afford 
to  use  the  newspapers  on  account  of 
waste  circulation,  often  sits  down  con­
tentedly  and  does  no  advertising—pos­
sibly  because  he  does  not  know  what 
else  to  do.  Why  doesn’t  he  publish  a 
paper  of  his  own?  An  advertising  sheet 
regularly  issued  and  circulated  among 
his  customers,  by  mail  or  otherwise,  is 
always  a  good  method  of  advertising  a 
store. 
It  does  not  take  the  place  of 
newspaper  advertising—that  is,  1  would 
not  advise 
its  use  to  the  exclusion  of 
newspapers  where  the  papers  can  be 
used  profitably—but  it  is  a  great  help 
in  connection  with  newspaper  advertis­
ing  or  where  the  newspaper  can  not  be 
used  to  advantage.  The  value  of  such 
an  advertising  sheet  would  depend 
largely  upon 
its  not  having  too  much 
advertising  in  proportion  to  its  reading 
matter  and  in  its  being  issued  regular­
ly. 
It  should  be  brought  out  at  least 
once  a  month  and  should  reach  its  read­
ers  about  the  same  date  each  month. 
It 
can  be  gotten  up  in  either  newspaper  or 
magazine  style,  not 
like  a  circular. 
There  should  be  plenty  of  stories  and 
other  interesting  reading  matter,  which 
can  be  clipped  from  out-of-town  news­
papers  or  popular  magazines. 
is 
often  a  good  plan  to  run  a  portion  of 
an  uncopyrighted  novel  each  month  as 
a  serial.  The  advertising  can  be  of 
whatever character  is  desired and should 
in  regular  newspaper  or 
be  set  up 
magazine  style,  not  bunched 
in  one 
place,  but  distributed  through  the  pub­
in  such  a  manner  that  the  ad­
lication 
vertising 
is  always  next  to  or  opposite 
reading  matter.  Have  a  puzzle  depart­
ment 
the  children,  a  household 
recipe  department  for  the  housewife, 
and  a  fashion  department  for the  young 
girls— have  something  in  it  to 
interest 
in  the  home— especially  the 
every  one 
women.  The  expense  of  getting  fhese 
papers  up  should  not  be  very  heavy—  
anywhere 
from  a  quarter  of  a  cent  to 
five  cents  each,  and  they  should  be  dis­
tributed  in  every  home within the  radius 
reached  by  the  store. 
It  is  best  to  ad­
dress  them  personally  and  deliver them 
by  mail  or  messenger.  The  better  the 
reading  matter of  such  a  paper the  more 
interesting  it  will  be  to  its  readers  and 
the  greater  will  be  its  value  as  an  ad­
vertising  medium.  The  more  attractive 
is  printed  the 
it  is  and  the  better 
its  chances  of  being 
greater  will  be 
read.  A  publication 
like  this  can  not 
fail  to  do  a  vast  amount  of  good  for  the 
house  that  issues  it  and  it  is  quite  pos­
sible  for  the  publisher  to  make  a  little 
additional  revenue  out  of  it  by  accept­
ing  advertisements  from  other  business 
houses 
in  his  town  whose  lines  do  not 
compete  with his.  W.  S.  Hamburger.

for 

it 

feature  of  a 

Flowers  a  Necessary Feature of a Funeral.
The  question  as  to  whether flowers are 
a  necessary 
funeral  is  a 
queer one  to  be  brought  into  the  courts, 
but  it  has  engaged  the  attention  of  the 
highest  judicial  tribunal  in  Rhode  Is­
land,  all  the  same,  where  the  payment 
of  the  bill  of  a  florist  was  resisted  by 
the  administrators  of  the  estate  of  a  de­
ceased  citizen  at  whose  funeral  flowers 
were  furnished  on  the  credit  of  the  es­
tate.  The  Court  now  justifies  this  ex­
penditure,  remarking  that  the custom  of 
having  flowers  at  funerals  is  well  nigh 
universal  in  this  country,  and  when  not 
abused  by  extravagance  or  unseemly 
ostentation,  it 
is  certainly  to  be  com­
mended  as  giving  apprppriate  expres­
sion  to  our  feelings  of  respect  and 
love 
for  the  departed.

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SUMMER
LIGHT

For  the  lighting  of  summer  homes, 
cottages,  pavilions,  lawns,  porches, 
and  in  fact for  every  place  where  an 
artificial  light  is needed T he  I mperial 
G as  L amp  fills  all  the  requirements. 
It  makes 
little  heat,  withstands 
draughts  and  wind,  makes  no  smoke, 
gives  no  odor, 
is  absolutely  safe, 
costs  only a  trifle  to  maintain,  burns 
with  a  steady  ioo candle  power  light 
and  can  be  handled  by any one.  One 
gallon  of gasoline  will  burn  6o  hours, 
so  it  is  ecouomical. 
It  has  the  ap­
proval of insurance companies  Kvery 
lamp is  fully  guaranteed.  Write  for 
illustrated  catalogue  and  prices.

The  Imperial  Gas  Lamp  Co.,

132 & 134 Lake Street,
Chicago, 111.

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th e   p r ic e ,  i f  

a n d  
w a s   a ll  r ig h t ,  to o .

I  r e m e m b e r   r ig h t ly , 

T h e   b r a n d   n e v e r   s o ld   fro m   th e   v e r y  
s ta r t. 
P e o p le   w h o   k n e w   to ld   m e  it  w a s  
th e   m o st  s tu b b o r n ly   s lo w   p ie c e   o f  g o o d s  
T h e r e   w a s   e v e r y  
t h e y   h a d   e v e r   k n o w n . 
re a so n   w h y   it   s h o u ld   h a v e   g o n e ,  b u t 
it 
d i d n ’ t,  a n d   n o b o d y   w i ll  e v e r   k n o w   u n til 
th e   J u d g m e n t  D a y   w h y   it   d id n ’ t.

T h e   lit t le   t h in g s   s o m e t im e s  

in flu e n c e  
th e   s a le   o f  a  t h in g ,  m a n u fa c tu r e r s   te ll 
m e . 
T h e   c o lo r   o f  a  m a tc h ,  o r  o f  a 
b ro o m   s t ic k — b r a n d s   h a v e   f a ile d   o n  th e s e  
a n d   le s s   th a n   th e s e .

fro m   th e m   e v e r y   c o u n tr y   g r o c e r  
in  
c o u n t r y   h a s   s o m e   o f  th e s e   c o r p s e s  
o u t  o n   h is   s h e lv e s   w ith   a 
d u s t. 

T h e r e   a r e   a   fe w   e x c e p t io n s ,  b u t  a s id e  
th e  
la id  
sh ro u d   o f 
T h e   e n t e r p r is in g   g r o c e r s   h a v e  
e a r e d   th e m   o u t  lo n g   a g o ,  b u t  so m e   a r e  
s t ill  h o ld in g   o n   to   g e t   t h e ir   m o n e y   o u t, 
h ic h ,  in c id e n t a lly ,  th e y   w ill  n e v e r   d o , 
f   th e y   w a it   a  th o u s a n d   y e a r s .

O n e   m a n u fa c t u r e r   I  k n o w   o f  w a s   g o ­
n g  
to   w o r k   a  c l e v e r   s c h e m e   s e v e r a l 
m o n th s  a g o ,  b u t  h e   d i d n ’ t.  H e   h a d   a 
c e r t a in   s p e c ia lt y   th a t  h e   w a s   o ffe r in g  
n   c o m p e t it io n   w ith   s e v e r a l  o th e r s  
th a t 
fo r   y e a r s .  H is  
h a d   b e e n   e s ta b lis h e d  
g o o d s   s o ld   a t 
th e   s a m e   p r ic e   a s   th e  
o th e rs,  b u t  h is   p a c k a g e   w a s   h a n d s o m e r  
a n d   h is   q u a lit y — h e  
s a id — b e tte r .  H is  
p la n   w a s  
to   a d v e r t is e   ft  in   th e   c o u n tr y  
to w n s   a n d   h e   u s e d   g r e a t  s q u a r e s   o f 
n e w s p a p e r   s p a c e   to   d o   it.

T h e   b r a n d   d id n ’ t  g o . 

T h e   m a n u fa c ­
tu r e r   c o u ld n ’ t  u n d e r s ta n d   it ,  a n d   h e   g o t 
u p   a  s c h e m e   b y   w h ic h   h e   w a s  
to   s e n d  
a n   a g e n t  to   e v e r y   w o m a n   in   th a t  p la c e . 
T h e   a g e n t  w a s   to   a s k   e a c h   w o m a n   o n e  
q u e s t io n :  “ W h y   d o n ’ t  y o u   b u y   S o -a n d - 
s o ? ”   a n d   w a s   to   m a k e   a   m e m o r a n d u m  
o f  a ll  th e   a n s w e r s .
s e e m e d  

lik e   a  p r e tty   g o o d  
s c h e m e ,  fo r  
i f   2,000  w o m e n   w e r e   s e e n  
a n d   a s k e d   a n d   988  o f  th e m   s a id ,  in   s u b ­
to o   s w e e t ,”   th e   m a n u fa c ­
s ta n c e ,  “ I t ’ s 
tu r e r   w o u ld   h a v e   th e   k e y   to   th e  
tr o u b le  
r ig h t  in   h is   h a n d .

T h i s  

th e  

F o r   so m e   r e a so n  

s c h e m e   w a s n ’ t 
p u t  in to   o p e r a tio n ,  h o w e v e r ,  a n d   I  d o n ’ t 
b e lie v e   it   w o u ld   h a v e   b e e n   s u c c e s s fu l 
L o t s   o f  p e o p le  
n  lo c a t in g   th e   tr o u b le . 
p r e fe r   o n e   b ra n d   m o re  
a n o th e r  
r e a so n — fo r   n o  
fo r 
re a so n   a t  a ll,  i f   y o u   p le a s e . 
In   m a n y  
c a s e s   th e y   c o u ld   n o   m o re   t e ll  th e   c a u s e  
o f  t h e ir   p r e fe r e n c e   th a n   t h e y   c o u ld  
fly . 

so m e   u n d e fin a b le  

th a n  

S t r o lle r   in   G r o c e r y   W o rld .

Our line of

WORLD

Bicycles for  1900

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

ARNOLD, SCHWINN & CO., 

Makers, Chicago, III.

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

Simple 
Account  File

Simplest and 
Most  Economical 
Method  of  Keeping 
Petit  Accounts
F ile   a n d   1,000  p r in te d  b la n k

bill  heads.......................   $2  75

F ile   a n d   1,000  s p e c ia lly

p r in te d   b ill  h e a d s ............. 

3  00

P r in te d   b la n k   b ill  h e a d s ,

p e r   th o u s a n d ........................ 
S p e c i a lly   p r in te d   b ill  h e a d s ,
p e r   t h o u s a n d .......................  
Tradesman  Company,

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Wheat
Meat

Qolden
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A   d e lic io u s ,  c r is p   a n d  p le a s a n t 
h e a lth   fo o d .

Absolutely  the  finest  flavor  of 
any Food Coffee on the market

If your jobber does not handle order sample case of

KALAMAZOO  PURE  FOOD  CO.,  Kalamazoo,  Mich.

We  manufacture  and  sell  a  strictly  pure

Black  Asphaltum  Paint

M ix ed   w ith   k e t t l e   b o i l e d   lin seed   oil.  O u r  p rices 
are  not  h ig h   and  w e  d esire  o n ly  a  trial  order  to  in ­
sure  yo u r  fu tu re  trade.

H.  M.  Reynolds &  Son,

Grand  Rapids, Mich. 

Detroit, Mich.

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FACTORY  BRANDS.

Public  Favor  a s   Capricious  as  a Woman’s 

Whims.

W h e r e   u n d e r   H e a v e n   d o   a ll  th e  b r a n d s  

g o   th a t  c o m e   in to   b e in g   a n d   d ie ?
A   m a n u fa c t u r e r 's   a g e n t   w h o  

ru b s 
a g a in s t   a   g r e a t   lo t  o f  t h in g s   e v e r y   y e a r  
to ld   m e   la s t  w e e k   th a t  fo r   e v e r y   b ra n d  
o f  g o o d s   th a t  a c t u a lly   s u c c e e d s , th e r e   a r e  
a   h u n d r e d   th a t  n e v e r   g e t   a n y w h e r e .

W h e r e   d o   th e y   g o ?   W h a t  b e c o m e s   o f 

th e m ?   W h y   d id n ’ t  th e y   g e t   th e r e ?

th e  

I  a s k e d  

la s t  o f   th e s e   th r e e   q u e s ­
tio n s   o f   th e   m a n u fa c t u r e r ’ s  a g e n t  1  m e n ­
t io n e d   a   w h ile   a g o .

“ W h a t  is   y o u r   t h e o r y ,”   I  a s k e d ,  “ a s  
to   w h y   99  o u t  o f  e v e r y   io o   b r a n d s   d o  
n o t  s u c c e e d ? ”

H e  

lo o k e d   a t  m e   a  m o m e n t  q u iz z ic ­

a lly .

“ I f  

I  c o u ld  

th a t,  m y   b o y , ”   h e  
s a id ,  “ d o   y o u   t h in k   I ’ d   b e   s e llin g  g o o d s  
fo r   o th e r   p e o p le ? ”

t e ll 

S o m e tim e s   a  b r a n d   w ill 

A n d   h e   w a s   r ig h t .  N o b o d y   c a n  

te ll 
c o m e  
w h y . 
fo rth   th a t  h a s   e v e r y   re a so n  
fo r   s u c c e s s .
I t  is   g o o d   g o o d s ,  w e ll  p a c k e d ,  p r o p e r ly  
it   w i ll  lim p   a lo n g   fo r  
p r ic e d .  A n d   y e t 
a 
fe w   s te p s   a n d  
fin a lly   c o lla p s e . 
It 
n e v e r   g e t s   a n y w h e r e . 
It  d o e s n ’ t  e v e n  
m a k e   a  r ip p le   o n   th e   s e a   o f  tr a d e .

t h in g s  

im p o s s ib le  

W h y   is   it?
A n   o ld   m a n u fa c t u r e r   w h o   h a s   b r o u g h t 
in   h is   t im e  
o u t  a   g o o d   m a n y  
th a t  h e   h a d   fo u n d   it   a b  
to ld   m e   o n c e  
s o lu te ly  
to   m a k e   a n y   fo r e ­
c a s t  a t  a ll  a s   to   h o w   a   c e r t a in   b r a n d   o f 
g o o d s   w o u ld   s t r ik e   th e   p u b lic .  A l l   h e  
c o u ld   d o   w a s   to   p u t  u p   a   g o o d   p ie c e   o f 
tr u st  to   lu c k ,
g o o d s ,  s e ll 
th a t  c o  
p io u s   a d v e r t is in g   w i ll  s e ll  a n y t h in g ,  at 
le a s t  th a t  it   w i ll  k e e p   it   s e llin g . 
re 
m e m b e r   w e ll,  a 
fe w   y e a r s   a g o ,  w h e n   ; 
c e r t a in   b r a n d   o f  la u n d r y   s o a p   w a s   a d  
v e r t is e d   in   t h is   s e c t io n . 
T h e   m a n u fa c  
tu r e r   to o k   w h o le   h a lf   p a g e s   in   th e   d a i ly  
p a p e r s ,  a n d   p u sh e d  
w a s   w o rth .

I t  is   a  b i g   m is t a k e   to   t h in k  

th e   s o a p   fo r   a 

r ig h t   a n d  

it  

1 

it   a ls o   c o s t  a   w h o le  

T h e   a d v e r t is in g   s o ld   a   w h o le   lo t  o f 
s o a p ,  a n d  
lo t  o f 
m o n e y .  W h ile  th e   a d v e r t is in g   c o n tin u e d  
th e   s o a p  
s o ld — w h o le   s t a c k s   o f  i t ;  b u t 
th e   m a n u fa c t u r e r  
to ld   m e   h im s e lf  th a t 
a s   so o n   a s   it   s to p p e d   th e   s a le s   s to p p e d  
H e   s o ld   so m e   s o a p ,  u n d e r s ta n d ,  b u t  n o  
w h e r e   n e a r   w h a t  h e   s h o u ld   h a v e   so ld  
B a c k   h e   w e n t 
to   a d v e r t is in g   a n d   up  
w e n t  th e   s a le s   a g a in .  A f t e r   a w h ile   h e  
s to p p e d   th e   a d v e r t is in g   a g a in   a n d   a g a i 
th e   s a le s   s to p p e d .

T h e   p o in t  w a s  

th a t 

th e   s o a p   n e v e r  

T h e   a d v e r t is in g   s o ld   it   fo r 

c a u g h t o n . 
w h ile ,  a s  
it   w i ll  s e ll  a n y t h in g ,  b u t  it 
n e v e r   m a d e   a n y   d is t in c t   im p r e s s io n   o f 
th e   a d v e r t is e  
it s   o w n . 
m e n ts   c e a s e d  
th e   p u b lic  
in to   b u y in g  th e   s o a p   it   h a d n ’ t  c a u g h t on 
e n o u g h   o f  it s e lf   to   s ta y .

to   h y p n o tiz e  

A s   so o n   a s  

aw

s o a p   w a s   p r a c t ic a l ly   d e a d . 

P r e t ty   so o n   th e   m a n u fa c t u r e r ’ s  m o n e y  
In   s i x   m o n th s  
ra n   o u t  a n d   h e   s to p p e d . 
T h e r e  
th e  
is   s o m e   o f  it   s e ll in g   y e t. 
I  s a w   a  lit t le  
p ile   o f  c a k e s   o n   th e   s h e lv e s   o f  a   co u n  
tr y   c r o s s - r o a d s   sto re   o n ly   a   f e w   w e e k s  
a g o .  B u t  th e   c i t y   g r o c e r s   h a v e   fo r g o tte n  
a ll  a b o u t  it.

T h e   m o st  s u c c e s s fu l  m a n u fa c tu r e r s  a r e  
to   a d m it   th a t  t h e y   n e v e r  
th e   q u ic k e s t  
T h e y  
c a n   t e ll  w h a t  th e   p u b lic   w i ll  d o . 
w i ll  a ll  t e ll  y o u   w h a t  I  h a v e — th a t 
t im e  
a n d   t im e   a g a in   th e r e   w i ll  b e   e v e r y   rea 
so n   w h y   a   b r a n d   s h o u ld   s u c c e e d ,  a n d  
w i ll  f a i l.  A b o u t  tw o   y e a r s   a g o   a  b ra n d  
o f  c o r n   c a m e   o n  
I t  w a s  
N e w   Y o r k   c o m ,  a n d   e v e r y t h in g   a b o u t 
i t   w a s   s u p e r fin e .  T h e   c o m  
it s e lf   w a s  
s e le c t e d   a n d   w e ll  tr e a te d .  T h e   p a c k a g e  
w a s   a s   fin e   a s   a n y t h in g   o n   th e   m ark e t.

th e   m a r k e t. 

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“Its as good as  Sapolio,” when  they try to sell you  Z S  
their  experiments.  Your  own  good  sense  will  tell 
you  that they are only  trying to get you  to aid  their 
new  article. 

: 
Who  urges you  to  keep  Sapolio? 

: 
Is  it  not  the 

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

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T H E   M ERCHANT’S  BURDEN.

Compelled  to  Decorate  on the Leant Prov­

ocation.
Written for the Tradesman.

O n e   o f  th e   p r o p r ie t o r s   o f  a  d r y   g o o d s  
e s ta b lis h m e n t  in   th e   so u th e rn   p a r t o f th e  
S t a t e   sto o d   in   fro n t  o f  h is   p la c e   o f  b u s i­
n e s s   a s   I  c a m e   u p ,  d ir e c t in g   th e   e ffo rts 
o f  a  n u m b e r   o f  c le r k s   w h o   w e r e   p u ttin g  
o u t  d e c o r a tio n s .

T h e r e   w e r e   g r e a t  b o lts   o f  re d ,  w h it e  
a n d   b lu e   m a t e r ia l  a n d   fla g s   in n u m e r ­
a b le .  E v e r y t h in g   w a s  
in   b u s tle   an d  
c o n fu s io n   a n d   c u s to m e r s   w e r e   le a v in g  
th e   sto re   w ith o u t  b e in g   w a it e d   on .

‘ * N o w ,  ’ ’  c r ie d   th e   m e r c h a n t,  fro m   h is  
‘ ‘ c a r r y   th a t  b lu e  
r ig h t. 
th a t  lo o k ? ”   h e  a d d e d ,  tu r n ­

th e   w a lk , 
th e  

T h a t ’ s 

fro n t. 

p o s it io n   o n  
s t r ip   a c r o s s  
H o w   d o e s  
in g   to   m e .”

“ A ll  r i g h t ,”   I  r e p lie d . 

“ H o w   m a n y  
t im e s   a   y e a r   d o   y o u   p u t  u p   d e c o r a ­
t io n s ? ”

“ A b o u t  e v e r y   o th e r   d a y ,  it   a p p e a r s   to  

m e ,”   w a s   th e   r e p ly .

“ D o e s   it  p a y ? ”
“ N o . ”
‘ ‘ T h e n   w h y   d o   y o u   k e e p   a t  i t ? ”
* ‘ B e c a u s e   w e   a r e   a s k e d  

th e r e  

th e   a v e r a g e  

th e   m o d e rn   b u s in e s s   m a n  

to   a n d   b e ­
is   a  g e n e r a l  n o tio n   in   th e  
c a u s e  
c it iz e n  
a lle g e d   b r a in   o f 
is   h is  
th a t 
s e r v a n t  a n d   g e t s   a 
l iv in g   b y   h is   c o n ­
s e n t.  E v e r y   t im e   a  d o z e n   m e m b e r s   o f 
th e   ‘ D o m e s t ic   O r d e r   o f   C h in - W a g g e r s ,’ 
o r  
‘  I n d e p e n d e n t  S o n s   o f  M e n   W h o  
N e v e r   S h o t  a  G u n , ’  o r  th e   ‘ A p p r o v e d  
P a tr o n s   o f   th e   P u m p ’  ta k e   a  n o tio n   in to  
t h e ir   h e a d s   th a t  th e y   w a n t  to   p u t  a   red 
t h e ir   n e c k s   a n d   fo llo w   a 
c o lla r   a b o u t 
b a n d   d o w n   thC  s tre e t,  w e   a r e  
r e q u e s te d  
I t ’ s  a n   a w fu l  n u is a n c e .”
to   d e c o r a te . 
it  m a k e s   th e   to w n   lo o k   a t t r a c ­

‘ ‘ B a t 

th e  

t i v e . ”

“ O h ,  o f  c o u r s e . 

It  w o u ld   m a k e   th e  
to w n   lo o k   a t t r a c t iv e   to   p a in t  g r e e n   lio n s  
w ith   y e llo w   w h is k e r s   a n d  
tw o - le g g e d  
c o w s   w ith   p lu g   h a ts   o n   a lo n g   th e   w a lk s  
a n d   o n   th e   p la te   g la s s   w in d o w s ,  b u t 
I 
n e v e r   h e a rd   o f  s u c h   a  t h in g   b e in g   d o n e . 
I ’ m   w i llin g   to   d o   m y   s h a r e   in   a n y t h in g  
to w n   a t t r a c t iv e   to 
th a t  w i ll  m a k e  
s tr a n g e r s ,  b u t  I  t h in k   w e   a r e   g e t t in g  
it 
p u t  o n   u s  p r e tty   s tr o n g   o n  
t h is   d e c o r a ­
t io n   b u s in e s s .  It  is   e x p e n s iv e   a n d   d r a w s  
v e r y   lit t le   tr a d e . 
fo r 
o n e   s o c ie t y ,  a n d   so   w e   h a v e   to   d e c o r a te  
fo r   a n o th e r .  Y o u   k n o w   h o w   th a t  g o e s . ”

B u t  w e   d e c o r a te  

th e  

* * I  th in k   I  d o . ”
‘ ‘ A n d   w h ile   w e   a r e   s p e n d in g  

o u r 
m o n e y   to   m a k e   th e   b u s in e s s   s tr e e ts   lo o k  
i n v it in g ,  th e   s a m e   p e o p le   w h o   u r g e   u s 
o n   a r e   g e t t in g   u p   s p o r ts   a n d   g a m e s   a t 
s o m e   n e a r - b y   s u m m e r   re so rt  to   ta k e  
th e  
th e   m in u te  
p e o p le   a w a y   fro m   th e   c i t y  
th e   p r o c e s s io n  
is   o v e r .  N o w ,  t h a t ’ s   a 
n ic e   t h in g ,  i s n ’ t  i t ? ”

“ S o   y o u   m a y   a s   w e ll  c lo s e   u p  

in  

th e  

a ft e r n o o n ? ”

“ E x a c t l y . ”
W h ile   w e   t a lk e d   a  m a n   in   a  s a c k   c o a t 
a n d   a   b a tte r e d   s ilk   h a t  w h o   h a d   b e e n  
th e   w o rk   o f  d e c o r a t in g   fro m  
o b s e r v in g  
th e   o p p o s it e  
s id e   o f   th e   s tr e e t  c r o s s e d  
o v e r   a n d   a p p r o a c h e d   th e   m e r c h a n t.

“ S a y , ”   h e  

s a id ,  “ y o u   w a n t  to   k e e p  
th o s e   c o lo r s   h a n d y   fo r   n e x t w e e k .  W e ’ re 
g o in g   to   h a v e   th e   S t a t e   m e e tin g   o f 
th e  
‘ U n it e d   O r d e r   o f  A u th o r s   W h o   N e v e r  
G e t   A n y t h in g   P r i n t e d ’  h e r e   a n d   w e  
w a n t  to   c u t  a   d a s h . 
I  a m   c h a ir m a n   o f 
th e   r e c e p t io n   c o m m itt e e   a n d   I ’ ll  c a ll  o n  
y o u   la te r   to   t a lk   it  o v e r . ”

T h e   m e r c h a n t  w a s   p la i n l y   a n n o y e d .

H o w   w o u ld  

it  d o   to   g e t   o u t  a  lo t  o f 
f lo a t s ,”   h e   a s k e d ,  w ith   a  s ly  
s ix - h o r s e  
w in k  
in   m y   d ir e c t io n ,  “ a n d   p u t  u p   a 
r e p r e s e n ta tio n   o f  a  b ig   w a s te   b a s k e t,  in  
g r e e n   a n d   g o ld ,  o n  
fro n t  o f  th e  
b u ild in g ,  w ith   a  b ig   black  office  cat

th e  

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

s it t in g   o n   th e   c o r n ic e   lo o k in g   d o w n  
to   i t ? ”

in ­

t h in k  

“ W h y ,  d o   y o u  

th a t  w o u ld   b e  
a p p r o p r ia t e ? ”   a s k e d  
th e   c h a ir m a n   o f 
th e   r e c e p t io n   c o m m itt e e ,  w ith   a  d u b io u s  
g r in .

r e p ly . 

“ O h ,  y e s , ”   w a s   th e  

1 
m ig h t  g e t   a n   o ld   p r in t in g   p r e s s   a n d  
h a v e   a   b o y   p r in t in g   s ta m p s   fo r   re tu rn  
p o s ta g e   a s   th e   p r o c e s s io n  
th ro u g h  
th e   s tre e ts . ’ ’

“ A n d  

file d  

T h e   c h a ir m a n   b a c k e d   a w a y .
“ I ’ ll  c o m e  
y o u , ”   h e   s a id .

in   a n d   ta lk   it   o v e r   w ith  

to  g e t  

r e a d y ,”   r e p lie d  

“ B e   su re   a n d   g i v e   m e   p le n t y   o f  tim e  
th e   m e r c h a n t.
“ T h a t   is   a  f a ir   s a m p le   o f   th e   re q u e s ts  
m a d e ,”   s a id   th e   m e r c h a n t,  a s   th e   m a n  
in  
th e   b a tte r e d   h a t  m o v e d   a w a y   in   th e  
c r o w d . 
to  
h e lp  
in   a n y   w a y   w e   c a n ,  fo r 
w e   g e t   o u r   l i v i n g   h e re ,  b u t  w h a t  is   th e  
u se 
to   a ll  t h is   lo v e   o f  d i s ­
p la y ? ”

“ O f   c o u r s e ,  w e   a r e   g la d  

in   c a t e r in g  

to w n  

th e  

to  

“ L o o k   h e re ,  T o m , ”  

s a id   a   c it iz e n , 
s t e p p in g   u p  
th e   m e r c h a n t  w ith   a 
b ro a d   s m ile   o n   h is   fa c e ,  “ y o u ’ ll  h a v e  
to   d o   b e tte r  
th a t  w ith   y o u r   d i s ­
p la y . 
Y o u r   r iv a l  d o w n   th e   s tr e e t  is   ju s t 
th r o w in g   h i m s e l f .”

th a n  

th e  

“ H e   is   w e lc o m e   to   p u t  a  b r a s s   b a n d  
o n  
r o o f  a n d   a n   O r ie n ta l  b a z a r   in  
e a c h   fro n t  w i n d o w ,”   w a s   th e   r e p ly .  “ It 
is   m y   p r iv a t e   o p in io n   th a t  it  is   o n ly   th e  
p e o p le   w h o   b e lo n g   to   th is   s o c ie t y   w h o  
ta k e   a n y   in te r e s t  in   th is   fo o l  p a r a d e  a n d  
to  
I ’ m  
fix   u p   so   th e   sto re  
t h ir t y   c e n ts   w h e n   th e  
w o n ’ t 
p r o c e s s io n   g o e s   b y   a n d  
it  g o   at 
th a t. ’ ’

ju s t   g o in g  
lik e  

lo o k  

le t 

“ S t u d y   th e   t h in g   o u t  to   p le a s e   y o u r ­

s e l f , ”   s a id   th e   o th e r.

t r o u b le ,”   s a id  

“ T h e r e ’ s  th e   s e c r e t  o f   a  g o o d   d e a l  o f 
th e   m e r c h a n t,  in   a 
“ In   tw o   w o r d s ,  it   is   b u s in e s s  
T h e y   p la y   o n e   d e a le r   a g a in s t  

th is  
m o m e n t. 
r iv a lr y . 
a n o th e r . ’ ’

“ W e l l ,”   I  s u g g e s te d ,  “ th e   m e r c h a n t 
w h o   g e t s   h is   sto re   t a lk e d   a b o u t,  e it h e r  
b e c a u s e   o f   fin e   d e c o r a tio n s   o r   b e c a u s e  o f 
ju d ic io u s   a d v e r t is in g   th r o u g h   th e   n e w s ­
p a p e r s ,  is   u s u a lly  
th e   m a n   w h o   w in s  
o u t. ’ ’

in  

th e  

lie s  

“ T h a t   is   tr u e   e n o u g h , “ w a s  

r e ­
s u c ­
p ly , “ b u t  th e   s e c r e t  o f  c o m m e r c ia l 
c e s s  
so   c o n d u c tin g   b u s in e s s   a s  
to   m a k e   a  p e r m a n e n t  c u s to m e r   o u t  o f 
th e   c h a n c e   b u y e r .  M y   c u s to m e r s   w o n ’ t 
le a v e   m e   b e c a u s e   a  r iv a l  h o u se   p u ts   o u t 
m o r e  
th a n   I  d o   e v e r y   t im e   a  te n - 
m in u te   p a r a d e   g o e s   th r o u g h   th e   s tre e ts . 
A n d   th e s e   t h in g s   b r in g   fe w   n e w   fa c e s   to  
I t ’ s  ju s t   a  b u r d e n   p u t  on  
m y   c o u n te r s . 
th e   m e r c h a n ts   b e c a u s e   th e y   a r e  
fo o lis h  
e n o u g h   to   s u b m it  to   it.

fla g s  

in  

fa r  

th a t 

“ A   m e r c h a n t  s h o u ld  

fla tte r   h is   c u s ­
i n ­
to m e r s   b y   s h o w in g   th a t  h e   t a k e s   a n  
t h e ir   a ff a ir s ,  b u t  h e   s h o u ld  
te r e s t 
n o t  c a r r y   th e   p o in t  so  
it  b e ­
c o m e s   a n  e x p e n s iv e   n u is a n c e ,  s h o u ld   h e ?  
O h ,  I ’ m  
th e   w h o le   b u s in e s s , 
a n d   th e   n e x t  t im e   I  a m   a s k e d   to   p u t o u t 
a  d is p l a y   I ’ m   g o in g   to   m a k e   a  k i c k . ”
r e a liz i n g   th a t 
n e a r ly   a ll  th e   b u s in e s s   m e n   in   th e   to w n  
fe lt 
th e   s a m e   w a y   th a t  d a y .  B u t  th e y  
a ll  d e c o r a te d . 

A lf r e d   B .  T o z e r .

s ic k   o f 

sto re  

A n d  

le ft 

th e  

I 

T race  in  S ugar W ar W ill Give B ig Profits. 
From the New  York  Commercial.

W ith  

th e   p r e s e n t  m a r g in   o f  78  c e n ts  
p e r   100  p o u n d s   b e tw e e n   ra w   a n d   re fin e d  
s u g a r ,  th e r e   w i ll  b e,  i f   i t   is   m a in t a in e d , 
a  p ro fit  o f   a b o u t  $5,880,000 fo r  th e  A m e r ­
ic a n   S u g a r   R e fin in g   C o .  d u r in g  
th e  
n e x t  s ix   m o n th s,  w h ic h   is   th e   b u s y   s e a ­
T h e r e   w i ll  h e   a  p ro fit  o f   a t  le a s t 
so n . 
h a lf  
th a t  a m o u n t  fo r   th e   r e m a in in g   r e ­
fin e rs,  o r   $8,820,000  a lto g e th e r .

th a t 

A s s u m in g  

th e   p ro fits  d u r in g   th e  
r e m a in in g   s i x   m o n th s   of 
th e   y e a r   a r e  
only  one-half  of  what  they  are  during

th e   b u s y   s e a s o n ,  th e   to ta l  p ro fits   fo r   th e  
c o m in g   y e a r   w i ll  b e   a b o u t  $13,450 ,0 0 0  
fo r   a ll  o f 
th e   U n ite d  
S ta te s .

re fin e rs  o f 

th e  

It 

is   u n d e r s to o d  

in   th e   tr a d e   th a t  a 
s a t is fa c t o r y   a g r e e m e n t  h a s   b e e n   r e a c h e d  
b e tw e e n   M r .  H a v e m e y e r   a n d   M r.  A r -  
b u c k le — a t  a n y  
ra te ,  M r.  H a v e m e y e r  
w ill  s to p   c u t t in g   p r ic e s   in   th e   fu tu r e ,  so  
th a t  th e   p ro fits   m e n tio n e d   a r e  
to  
b e   r e a liz e d .

li k e ly  

fro m  

F o r   th e   A r b u c k le s   th e r e   a r e   la r g e   a d ­
d it io n a l  p ro fits 
th e   c o ffe e   tr a d e , 
w h ic h   is   s a id   to   n e t  th e m   f u ll y   $ 2,0 0 0 ,- 
000  a   y e a r   w h e n   th e r e   is   n o   d is tu r b a n c e  
T h e   A m e r ic a n   S u g a r   R e fin ­
in   p r ic e s . 
in g   C o .,  w h ic h   c o n tr o ls  
th e   W o o ls o n  
S p i c e   C o .,  w i ll  a ls o   c o m e   in   fo r   a  la r g e  
p rofit  in   th e   c o ffe e   b u s in e s s .  T h e   W o o l- 
so n   S p ic e   C o .  w a s   c r e d it e d   w ith  m a k in g  
p ro fits  e q u a l  to   100  p e r   c e n t,  a   y e a r   b e ­
fo re   th e   s u g a r - c o ffe e   fig h t  b r o k e   o u t.

to   a 

T h e   s u r p lu s   o f  

th e   A m e r i c a n   S u g a r  
R e fin in g   C o .  is   s u p p o s e d   to   h a v e   b e e n  
lo w   p o in t  b y   th e   w a r fa r e  
r e d u c e d  
th e   a g r e e m e n t 
w ith   th e   A r b u c k le s . 
is   m a in t a in e d ,  c o n s id e r a b ly   m o r e  
th a n  
12  p e r   c e n t  w i ll  b e   e a r n e d   o n   th e   c o m ­
m o n   d u r in g   th e   c o m in g   y e a r .

I f 

H ides,  P elts,  T allow   and  W ool.

T h e   h id e   m a r k e t  r e m a in s   q u ie t   a t  th e  
T h e r e   is   a  d is p o s it io n   on  
la te   d e c lin e . 
to   a d v a n c e  
th e   p a r t  o f  so m e   d e a le r s  
r e s is te d .  A ll 
p r ic e s ,  w h ic h   is   s tr o n g ly  
ta k e n   a t  th e   o ld  
o ffe r in g s   a r e  
p r ic e . 
T h e   m a r k e t  is   in   a  h e a lth y   c o n ­
d it io n ,  w ith   n o   a p p a r e n t c h a n g e   in   p r o s ­
p e c t.

r e a d ily  

S h e e p   p e lts   a r e   lo w e r ,  w ith   lig h t   d e ­
S h e e r lin g s   a r e   w a n te d   a n d   a r e  

m a n d . 
in   g o o d   d e m a n d .

T a llo w   is   lo w e r   a n d   s lu g g is h   in  tr a d e . 
T h e   s u p p ly   is   a m p le ,  w h ile   p r ic e s   a r e  
a t 
th e   lo w e s t  p o in t  p o s s ib le ,  a s   s la u g h ­
te r e r s   w i ll  n o t  s a v e   th e   s to c k   a t  a  lo w e r  
p r ic e ,  th e r e   b e in g   n o   m a r g in  
le ft  fo r  
h a n d lin g .

to   d e a le r s  

W o o ls   a r e   d u ll  a n d ,  w h ile   th e   r u lin g  
p r ic e   a t  th e   s e a b o a r d   is   a b o u t  2 c  a b o v e  
th e   b a s is   o f  1899,  it   h a s   b e e n   w e ll  m a r ­
in   th e   S t a t e   a t  3 @ 4 c  
k e t e d  
a b o v e . 
T h e   lo c a l  b u y e r s   a r e   n o w   w a i t ­
in g   fo r   j o b b in g   b u y e r s ,  w h o   d o   n o t  m a ­
t e r ia liz e ,  to   g i v e   th e m   a  p ro fit.  B u t  l i t ­
tle   s to c k   h a s   g o n e   o u t  o f   th e   S t a t e ,  a n d  
lit t le   h a s   b e e n   o n   c o n s ig n m e n t. 
th a t 
L a t e  
r e p o r ts  
th e   E a s t   a r e   to   th e  
e ffe c t  th a t  th e   m a r k e t  is   e a s ie r   a n d   th a t 
s a le s   o f  a n y   m a g n it u d e   m u s t  b e   m a d e   a t 
c o n c e s s io n s . 
s o m e w h a t 
im p o r t in g   p o in t ,  o n   a c c o u n t 
b e lo w  
o f  la c k   o f   d e m a n d . 
T h e   c o a r s e   g r a d e s  
a r e  
f u ll y   u p   to   t h is   p o in t   a n d   th e   lo c a l 
p u r c h a s e r ’ s  p r ic e   is   a b o v e .

F i n e   w o o ls   a r e  

fro m  

th e  

W m .  T .   H e s s .

C a s h  

in  

te n   d a y s   c o v e r s   a  m u ltitu d e  

o f  tr a d e   s in s .

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this  head  for  two  cents  a  word  the  first 
insertion  and  one  cent  a  word  for  each 
subsequent  insertion.  No  advertisements 
taken  for  less  than  25  cents.  Advance 
payments.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

387

Pharmacy,  Muskegon 

Dr u g   s t o r e   f o r   s a l e —t h e   u n io n

(brand  of  Fred 
Brundage ) ;  doing a fine  cash  business,  gaining 
steadily;  good cigar,  soda  and  transient  trade; 
no other  drug  store  in  vicinity;  no  cut  rates: 
rent  low;  stock  invoices  about  $2,500;  no  real, 
estate wanted ;  reason for selling, main  store re­
quires entire  attention.  Fred  Brundage,  Mus­
kegon, Mich. 

f?OR  SALE—GOOD PAYING RESTAURANT 

with twenty-seven regular  boarders;  twelve 
furnished rooms;  in town of about 45,000 popula­
tion.  Sickness reason for  selling.  Address  No. 
385, care Michigan Tradesman. 
lAOR  SALE—A  NICE  CLEAN  STOCK  OF 
F   general merchandise in  one  of  the  liveliest 
towns in Michigan of  400  inhabitants;  stock  in­
ventories $6,000;  good farming  all  around;  good 
reasons for selling.  Address H. & B., care Mich­
igan Tradesman. 

Hardy, 294 Concord Ave., Detroit. 

Go o d   d r u g   s t o c k   n e a r   m u s k e g o n
WANTED—BAZAAR  STOCK 

for  sale  or  trade.  Write  quick.  R. • E. 
IN  GOOD 
town  doing  good  business.  A ddress  No. 

390, care M ichigan Tradesm an. 

390

385

388

391

381

387

388

363

383

384

38G

stock 

FOR  SALE — ONE-HALF  INTEREST 

IN 
two good grocery stores,  doing  $50,000  busi­
ness a year;  or will sell one  store,  doing  $20,000 
cash business;  one of the best cities in the State. 
If you are interested write at once  to 414 Monroe 
St.. Bay City, Mich. 

t pOR  SALE—ONE-HALF  OR  ENTIRE  IN- 

terest in a first-class grocery stock, in  a  city 
of 50,000;  doing a business of  $50,000  a  year, 
if 
you desire to investigate this any further address 
at once W., care Michigan Tradesman. 
TAOR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE  FOR  GEN- 
X1  eral  Stock  of  Merchandise—Two  80  acre 
farms;  also doubie store building.  Good trading 
point.  Address No. 388,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 

OWING  TO  BUSINESS  CHANGES  A 

thoroughly  competent and  experienced  of­
fice man will be open  for  an  engagement  about 
Aug.  1.  Capable of taking full  charge  of  an  of­
fice,  conducting  correspondence,  passing  on 
credits  or  conducting 
finances.  First  class 
book-keeper.  Could  make change earlier if  de­
sired.  No objection  to  leaving  city.  Best  of 
references and bond if required.  Address G., P. 
O. Box 418, Grand Rapids, Mich. 

IpOR  SALE-AN  UP-TO-DATE HARDWARE 
fpOR  SALE—NICE,  CLEAN  $1,200  STOCK 

'  of groceries  and  fixtures;  established  thir­
teen years;  splendid location, one-half mile from 
railroad shops and thresher work, employing 600 
men;  suburban  corner  grocery  on  one  of  the 
best streets in a  city  of  18,000  population;  poor 
health;  must  sell  quick.  Terry  &  Son,  Battle 
Creek, Mich. 

IT'OR  SALE—BEST  ARRANGED  GENERAL 

Stock  will 
inventory  $3,000.  Can  be  reduced 
to  suit 
purchaser.  Will  sell  or  rent  store  room  and 
dwelling.  No trades considered.  Call on  or  ad­
dress O. C. Himes, Cedar, Ind. 

1  store  in  Northern 

TO  RENT—THE  BRICK  STORE  AND 

basement in the Wurzburg Block,  118  Front 
St.,  Traverse  City,  Mich.  Positively  the  best 
business location In the  city.  Size  of  store,  27x 
100 feet.  Steam  heat  and  artesian  water.  For 
further  particulars  call  on  or  address  Peter 
Wurzburg, Traverse City, Mich.__________ 380

J.  C.  Comstock, 

invoicing  $4,500. 

Thorntown, Ind. 

Indiana. 

trally located; formerly used for  drug  store, 

later for grocery store.  Dr. John Leeson.  377

STORE  TO  RENT  IN  CADILLAC;  CEN- 
fl*OR  SALE—I  WILL  SELL  THE  BOSTON 

bakery and  confectionery  store  at  Holland, 
Mich.  If taken at once, this is a  rare chance for 
alive  man;  no  trades.  If  you  mean  business, 
call  on  J.  VanderVeen,  Kent  County  Bank, 
Grand Rapids, or write J. A.  VanderVeen,  Hol­
land, Mien. 
372
W RITE  TO  NO.  36».  CARE  MICHIGAN 
Tradesman, if you wish  to  buy  a  country 
store and farm  in  connection;  good  trade  and a 
369
nice home, well and pleasantly  located. 
F o r   s a l e —f ir s t -c l a s s  m e a t   m a r -
ÍiM)R  RENT—DOUBLE  STORE,  EITHER 

ket;  good trade;  good  modern  fixtures;  ice 
box,  two horse power motor, electric  fans,  cash 
register, horses and wagons; doing good business. 
Harry Holmes, Jackson, Mich. 

whole or half of it,  40x65;  plate  glass  front; 
modern  fixtures;  electric  lights;  sewer  connec­
tion;  water;  centrally located, with postoflice  in 
same block.  Address Box 32, Vicksburg, Mich.  336 
OTEL  AND  BARN  TO  EXCHANGE  FOR 
merchandise;  twenty-five  rooms  in  hotel; 
resort region;  a money-making investment.  Ad­
dress No. 318, care Michigan Tradesman. 
318
i ? o r   s a l e —Th e  Ha s t in g s  d r u g  s t o r e
P   at  Sparta.  One  of  the  best  known  drug 
stores  in  Kent  county;  established  twenty-six 
years;  doing a prosperous business;  brick build­
ing;  central  corner  location;  reasonable  rent; 
long lease;  belongs to an  estate;  must  be  sold. 
M. N. Ballard, Administrator,  Sparta,  or  M.  H. 
Walker,  Houseman  Building,  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich. 

IjVOR  S A L E   CHEAP—$33,000  G E N E R A L  

stock of  hardware,  farm  implements,  wag­
ons, buggies,  cutters,  harnesses,  in  good  town 
and good farming  country.  Reason  for  selling, 
other business.  Address No. 320, care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

368

320

322

259

Ír»OR  SALE—GENERAL  STOCK,  LOCATED 

at good  country  trading  point.  Stock  and 
fixtures will inventory about $2,000;  rent  reason­
able:  good place  to  handle  produce.  Will  sell 
stock  complete  or  separate  any  branch  of  It. 
Address No. 292, care Michigan Tradesman.  292
of any kind, farm or city  property  or  manu­
facturing plants,  that  they  wish  to  sell  or  ex­
change, write us for our free 24-page catalogue of 
real estate and business chances.  The Derby  & 
Choate Real Estate Co., Lansing, Mich. 

PARTIES  HAVING  STOCKS  OF  GOODS 

IpOR  SALE—FLOUR  AND  FEED  MILL— 
Fo r   s a l e   c h e a p  — $3,000  g e n e r a l

full  roller  process—in  a  splendid  location. 
Great  bargain,  easy  terms.  Address  No.  227, 
care Michigan Tradesman.______________ 227
stock and  building.  Address  No. 240,  care
Michigan Tradesman. 
240
W ANTED—POSITION  AS  REGISTERED 
pharmacist of eighteen  years’  experience. 
Good  habits  and  good  references.  Address 
389
Henry Jacobs, Constantine, Mich. 
W ANTED—POSITION  AS  SHOE  CLERK, 
billing  clerk  or  assistant  book-keeper  by 
young man of 18 who has good education and can 
produce  exceptional  references.  Address L. A. 
Jaquith, 304 Jefferson Ave„ Grand Rapids.  376
Knights of  the  Loyal  Guard

MISCELLANEOUS.

A  Reserve Fund Order

A   fr a te r n a l  b e n e fic ia r y   s o c ie t y   fo u n d e d  
u p o n   a   p e r m a n e n t  p la n . 
P e r m a n e n c y  
n o t  c h e a p n e s s   its  m o tto .  R e l ia b l e   d e p ­
u tie s   w a n te d .  A d d r e s s

EDWIN  0.  WOOD,  Flint, Mich.

Supreme Commander in Chief,

Y our
& I F 3

One-third  of it is spent at your desk— if you’re 
an  office  man.  W hy not  take  that  one-third 
as  comfortably  as  you  can?  First  in impor­
tance  is  your  desk;  have  you  one  with  con­
venient  appliances— have  you  a  good  one? 
If not you want one— one  built for wear, style, 
convenience  and  business.  Dozens  of  differ­
ent patterns  illustrated  in  catalogue  No.  6— 
write for it.

Sample Furniture Co.
Retailers  o f  S a m p le   Furniture
L Y O N   P E A R L   a  O T T A W A   S T S .
G r a n d Ra p id s  Mich.

We  issue  ten  catalogues  of  H O U S E H O L D   T U R N  IT U  R E — one  or 
all to be had  for the  asking

MICA 

AXLE

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

ILLUMINATING AND 
LUBRICATING OILS

Michigan  Retail Grocer»’  Association 

President, C. E. W a l k e r ,  Bay City;  Vice-Pres­
ident,  J.  H.  H o p k i n s ,  Ypsilantl;  Secretary, 
E. A. 8 t o w e . Grand Rapids;  Treasurer,  J.  F. i 
T a t m a n , Clare.  _______

Grand  Rapids  Retail Grocers’  iiMciatioi 

President, Frank  J. Dy k ;  Secretary,  Homer 

Klap;  Treasurer, J. Georoe  Lehman
Detroit Retail  Grocers’  Protective  Association 

President,  Wm.  Blessed;  Secretaries.  N.  L.
Koenig and  F.  H. Cozzens;  Treasurer,  C. 
H.  Fr in k.

Kalamazoo  Retail Grown’ Association 

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

Hyman. 

_______

Baj Citioa Retail Grocer»’  Association 

President,  C.  E.  Walker;  Secretary,  E.  C 
Little. 

_______

Miskejçoo  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

President,  H.  B.  Sm ith;  Secretary,  I).  A. 

Boelkins;  Treasurer,  J.  W.  Cabkadon.

President,  J.  Frank  Hblm er;  Secretary,  W 

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

President,  A.  C.  Clark:  Secretary,  B.  F. 

Cleveland; Treasurer,  w m. C. Koehn

Saginaw  Retail Merchants’  Association 

President, M. W. Ta n n e r;  Secretary,E. H. Mc­

Pherson;  Treasurer, R. A. Hour.
Trarerse  City  Business  Men’s  Association 
Holly;  Treasurer,  C.  A. H ammond.

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

Owono  Business  Men’i Association 

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

Cam pbell;  Treasurer,  W.  E. Collins.
Pt.  Hironi  Merchants’  and  Manufacturera’  Association 
Pbbcival. 

President, Chas.  Wellman;  Secretary,  J.  T 

_______

Alpena Business  Men’s  Association 

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

Partridge. 

_______

Calumet  Business  Men’s  Association 

President,  J.  D.  Cuddih y;  Secretary,  W.  H 

Hosking. 

_______

St.  Johns Business  Men’s Association 

President, Thos. Bromley;  Secretary,  Frank 

A.  Percy; Treasurer, Clark A. Putt.

Pern  Busineis  Men’s  Association 

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

Grand  Haven  Retail  Merchants’  Association 

President,  F.  D.  Vos;  Secretary,  J.  W.  Ve r

Hoeks. 

_______

Tale  Business  Men’s Association 

President,  Chas. Rounds;  Secretary,  Frank 

Putney. 

_______

Grand Rapids  Retail  Moat Dealers’  Association 

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

Hil b e r;  Treasurer,  S. J. Hufforq.

Crushed  Cereal  Coffee  Cake. \
S  Better than  coffee.
J  Cheaper than  coffee.

More  healthful  than  coffee, 

a  Costs  the consumer less.
!   Affords  the  retailer larger profit. 
1  Send for sample case.

s

w 
See quotations  in  price  current, 
Crushed  Cereal  Coffee Cake Co.  |
d

Marshall,  Mich. 

t

Tradesman 

s
Itemized! edgers  i

SIZE— 8 i-a x 14.  
THREE  COLUMNS. 

W ATER  W H ITE  H EA D LIG H T  O IL  IS  TH E 

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

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S TA N D A R D   OIL  CO.

z Quires,  160 pages..............$ 2  00 
3 Quires, 240 pages.............   a  50 
4 Quires, 32 0 pages................3  00 
5 Quires, 400 pages.............  3  50 
6  Quires, 480 pages.............  4 0 0  

NVOICE RECORD  OR  BILL  BOOK

80 double pages,  registers  3,8 80  
invoices  ............................. #2  00

Tradesman  Company

Grand Rapida, Mich.

MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

Travelers*  Time  Tables. 

P ER E  M ARQUETTE

Chicago Train..

,v. G. Rapids, 7:10am  12:00m  4:30pm  *li:S0pm
Ar. Chicago,  1:30pm  5:00pm 10:80pm  *  7:06am 
Ly. Chicago,  7:16am  12:00m 
5:00pm  »11:60pm
Ar. G. Rapids, 1:26pm  6:05pm 10:56pm •  6:20am 

Milwaukee  Via  Ottawa  Beach.

_,v. Grand Rapids, every day.................... 10:10pm
Ar.  Milwaukee............................................  6:30am
Lv. Milwaukee............................................. 10:00pm
Ar. Grand Rapids, every day....................  6:65am

Traverse City and  Petoskey.
,v. Grand  Rapids....... 7:65am  1:45pm 
5:30pm
Ar. Traverse City........1:15pm  6:26pm  10:46pm
Ar. P etoskey...............4:10pm  9:20pm 
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Trains arrive  from  north  at  10:60am,  4:15pm 
and il:00pm.

Ludington  and  Manistee.

^v. Grand  Rapids........  7:65am 
l :45pm  5:30pm
Ar. Ludlngton............   12:06pm  5:20pm  9:25pm
Ar. Manistee................12:28pm  5:50pm  9:55pm

Detroit  and  Toledo  Trains. 

t,v. Grand Rapids. .* 7:10am  12:05pm 
Ar. Detroit.............   11:40am  4:05pm 
Ar. Toledo.............   12:35pm 
„v. Toledo...............  7:20am  11:55am 
i,v.  Detroit.............  8:40am 
Ar. Grand Rapids..  1:30pm  6:10pm 

5:30pm
10:06pm
..............................
4:15pm
1:10pm  *  5:15pm
10:00pm

Saginaw  and  Bay  City  Trains.

Lv Grand Rapids.........................7:00am 
5:20pm
Ar Saginaw..................................11:50am  10:12pm
Ar.  Bay City................................ 12:20pm  10:45pm
Ar. from Bay City & Saginaw.. 11:55am  9:35pm
Parlor cars on  all  Detroit,  Saginaw  and  Bay 
City trains.
Buffet parlor cars  on  afternoon  trains  to  and 
from Chicago.  Pull man sleepers on night trains. 
Parlor car to Petoskey on 1:45pm train.
•Every day.  Others week days  only.
May 13, 1900. 

H.  F.  MOELLER,
Acting General Passenger Agent, 
Grand Rapids, Mich.

GRAND Rapids  ft  Indiana  Railway 

May  v ¡,  1900.

Northern  Division.

Going 
From 
Nortn  North 

key, 
nods

t  7:45am  t  5:15pm 
Trav. City, Petoskey, Mack.
Travl City,Petoskey, Mack. 
t   2:10pm  tl0:l5pm 
*“ 
Cadillac Accommodation.  .  t   5:25pm 
ti0:45am 
Petoskey & Mackinaw  City 
til :00pm 
t  6:00am 
7:45am and 2:10pm trains, parlor cars;  11:00pm 
train, sleeping car.

Southern  Division

Going 
South 
t   7:10am 
t   1:60pm

From 
South 
t  9:45pm 
Kalamazoo, Ft. Wayne Cln.
t  2:00pm
Kalamazoo and Ft. Wayne.
Kalamazoo, Ft. Wayne Cln.  • 7:00pm  • 6:45am 
Kalamazoo and  Vicksburg.  *11:30pm  • 9:10am 
7:10am  train  has  parlor  car  to  Cincinnati, 
coach to Chicago;  1:50pm train has parlor car to 
Fort Wayne;  7:00pm train has sleeper to Cincin­
nati;  ll:30pm  train,  sleeping  car  and  coach  to 
Chicago.

Chicago  Trains.

TO  CHICAGO.

FRO M   CHICAGO

tl  50pm  *11  30pm
Ly.G rand  Rapids...t7  10am 
Ar. Chicago..............  2 30pm 
8  45pm 
7  ooam
Lv.  Chicago...............................t3  02pm 
Ar. Grand Rapids....................   9  46pm 
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.

»11 32pm
6 45am

Muskegon  Trains.

G O IN G   W EST.

Lv. Grand Rapids... ,t7  35am  tl  36pm 
t5 40pm
Ar. Muskegon...........   9 00am  2 60pm  7 oopm
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
Ar. Grand Rapids...  9 30am 
1  30pm  5 20pm 
tExcept Sunday.  »Dally.

G O IN G   EAST.

tl2  15pm 

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

Gen’l PassT and Ticket Agent.
Ticket Agent Union Station.

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MANKTFF * N orth«ster. Ry.

I v u l l l l u l   I 4 L   Best route to Manistee.

Via C. & W. M. Railway.

Lv. Grand Rapids.......................  1 30am 
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Ar. Manistee.............................. 12 <*pm  ■■■■■ ••
Lv. Manistee..............................  8  40am  3 56pm
Ar. Grand  Rapids.....................   2 40pm  10 00pm

50 Cents 
Muskegon 
Sunday 
Q. R. & 1.

Train  leave*  Union  Station  at 9:15  a.  m 
Returning,  leaves  Muskegon,  5:30  p.  m. 
50 cents  round  trip.

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FOR  TH E  M ONTH  O F  JUN E

Our “New  Century”  assortment  of  Gray  Flint 
Enameled  Preserving Kettles.  This assortment 
consists of 4 dozen  Gray  Enameled  Preserving 
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x/2  dozen No.  220,  4 quarts 
1  dozen  No.  240,  ¿quarts 
1  dozen  No.  260,  6 quarts 
1  dozen  No.  280,  8 quarts 
V*  dozen  No. 300,  10 quarts

The quality of this  ware  is  so-called  “Run  of 
Kiln,”  in other words,  unselected  goods,  as they 
come  from the  ovens.
Price  of  this  assortment  $9.37s  subject  to 
regular cash  discount.
F ig u r e  
th is   u p   a n d   c o m p a re   w ith   p ric e s   y o u  
h a v e   b e e n   p a y in g .

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Lead Glass 
Table Tumblers

Elaborately  Engraved

They are  packed  15  dozen  to a barrel  of  f i v e   different  patterns,  one  dozen 
of each  in  fine white  paper box.  The  glass  is  of  the  best  quality  and  en­
gravings are  neat and  clean.  They  will  prove quick  sellers  with  you.

Price  $ 7.50 Per Bbl.

No  extra charge for package.

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236 Summit and 230, 232, 234 aad 236 Water St.: 

Toledo, Ohio.

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CLEVELAND, OHIO

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P a c k e d   in  barrels  of 
21  d o zen ,  7  d o zen   each   of  the  three  s ty le s  illu strated ,  per d o zen   36 cents. 
P a c k e d   in  b o xes  of  6  d o zen ,  2  d o zen   each  of the  three  sty le s   show n*  per 
b o x,  $2.46. 
S o ld   o n ly   in  p a c k a g e s   as  qu o ted.  N o   ch a rg e   for  p ack ag e.

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Sealed

Sticky Fly Payer

Catches the Germ as well as the  Fly. 

Sanitary.  Used the world over.  Good profit to sellers. 

Order from Jobbers.

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Manufacturers and  Jobbers

JE W E LR Y   A N D   N O V E LTIE S

Showing complete  lines of  Broaches,  Buckles,  Beauty  Pins,  Shirt  Waist  Sets, 

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4 5   AND  4 6   TO W ER  BLO CK , 

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