Volume XVIII,

Knights of  the  Loyal  Guard

A Reserve Fund Order 

A   fraternal  beneficiary  society  founded 
upon  a  permanent  plan.  Permanency 
not cheapness  its  motto.  Reliable  dep 
uties wanted.  Address

EDWIN 0. WOOD, Flint, Mich.

Suprem e  C om m ander  in  Chief.
American  Jewelry  Co.,

Manufacturers and Jobbers of

Jew elry  and  Novelties

45  and  46  Tower  Block,
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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KOLB  &   SON,  the  oldest  wholesale  ♦  

clothing manufacturers, Rochester, N. Y. 
The only house In  America  manufactur­
ing all  Wool  Kersey  Overcoats  at  $5.50 
for fall and winter wear, and our fall and 
winter line generally is perfect.
W M.  CONNOR, 20  years with us, will be 
at Sw eet’s   Hotel  Grand Rapids,  Nov. 19 
to  Nov. 23.  Customers’  expenses paid or 
write him Box 316, Marshall, Mich., to call 
on you and you will see  one  of  the  best 
lines manufactured, with  fit,  prices  and 
quality guaranteed.  Will also  have with 

X  him S pring Sam ples.

Perfection Time 
Book and Pay Roll

Takes  care  of  time  in  usual 
way, also divides  up  pay  roll 
into the several amounts need­
ed  to  pay  each  person.  No 
running around after change.
Send for Sample Sheet.

Barlow Bros.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

ASSOCIATE  OFFICES  IN  ALL  PRINCIPAL 

CITIES

R eferences :  State Bank of Michigan and Mich­
igan Tradesman, Grand Rapids.
Collector  and  Commercial  Lawyer  and 
Preston National Bank, Detroit.

T he  M ercantile  A oency

Established 1841.

R.  G.  DUN  &  CO.

Widdicomb  B id's,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

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

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Tradesman Coupons

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER  7,  1900.

Number 894

IM PORTANT  FEATURES.

Page.

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G etting  th e   People. 
A round  th e   State.
G rand  R apids  Gossip.
T he  B uffalo  M arket.
W atch Y our  O pportunity.
E d ito rial.
E d ito rial.
D ry  Goods.
C lothing.
Shoes  and  R ubbers.
W indow   D ressing.
No  C reative  F aculty.
H ardw are.
H ard w are  P rice  C urrent.
V illage  Im p ro v em en t.
A  M odern  Instance.
W om an’s  W orld.
C rockery  and  G lassw are  Q uotations. 
F ru its  and  Produce.
T he  New  Y ork  M arket.
C lerk’s  C orner.
C om m ercial  T ravelers.
D rugs  and  C hem icals.
D ru g   P rice  C urrent.
G rocery  P rice  C urrent.
G rocery  P rice  C u rren t.
T he  M eat  M arket.
Pay  As  You  Go.
A fter  th e   H arvest.

M ER E M ATTER O F BUSINESS.

Given  the  port  to  be  made  the  cap­
tain  must  take  advantage  of  circum­
it.  The  storm  may 
stances  to  make 
rage,  calms  may  set 
in  or  favoring 
winds  may  blow.  These  agencies  may 
be  with  or  against  him— the  result  must 
he  the  same. 
If  the  weather threatens 
he  must  trim  his  sails  accordingly.  He 
must  wait  with  patience  for  the  end  of 
the  calm ;  but,  whatever  the  circum­
stances,  he 
is  expected  to  make  the 
most  of  them  and  come  into  port  in  the 
best  condition  possible.  There  will  be 
faultfinding 
in  proportion  as  he has  not 
succeeded  in  making  a  prosperous  voy­
age  and  that  will  depend  upon  his 
in­
ability  to  turn  disadvantage  to  account.
Within  the  week  coal  has  gone  up  50 
cents  a  ton.  The  protest  is  as  general 
and  as  strong  as  the  consumer  can 
make  it.  The  poor  are  oppressed.  End­
less  suffering  will  accrue  and,  with  the 
usual  mistake  of  tracing  the  result  to 
the  wrong  cause,  the  luckless  dealer  is 
taking  the  curses  which  belong  to  some­
body  else.  It  is  his  ship  that  is  battling 
with  the  elements  and 
it  remains  with 
him  whether  he  can  weather  the  gales 
which  are  coming  down  upon  him  from 
an  angry  sky.

it 

low. 

To-morrow 

This  trouble  between  the  miner  and 
the  mine  owner,  to  which  the  rise  oi 
coal  is  attributed,  is  not,  unfortunately, 
recent  one.  Like  a  French  Revolu­
tion,  it  is  always  on  tap.  To-day  the 
wages  are  too 
the 
grievance 
is  the  company  store.  Now 
the  union  wants  official  recognition,  a 
trouble  long looked  upon  as  chronic, and 
now 
is  a  question  of  the  length  of  a 
day’s  work.  The  mine  operator’s  side 
of  the  account  stands  in  statu  quo:  in­
tense  hoggishness,  without  the  slightest 
care  whether  the  miner  lives  or  dies— 
all  of  which 
in­
difference  to  the  consumer  until  there 
is an advance in  the  price  of  coal,  when 
the  dealer  is  singled  out  for  the  execra­
tion  which  belongs  only  to  the  partici­
pants  of  the  quarrel  at  the  mine.

is  a  matter  of  utter 

The  favorite  complaint  against  the 
is  ad­

dealer  is  not  only  that  the  price 

region 

vanced  on  the  coming  on  of  cold  weath 
er,  but  that  the  summer  reduction  can 
be  taken  advantage  of  only  by  the  rich 
so  that  the  dealer  is  in  league  against 
the  poor  man  first,  last  and  all the time.
It  is,  however,  a  mere  matter  of  busi 
ness  with  the  coal  dealer.  If  the  gather 
ing  of  the  clouds  portends  foul  weather, 
he  has  his  cargo  to  look  after— his  car 
cass,  his  enemies  tell  him !— and  must 
trim  his  sails  accordingly.  There  has 
in  the  lowering  clouds 
been  growling 
hovering  over  the  mine 
for 
months.  The  dealer  has  shaped  his 
course,  knowing  what  that  signifies; 
and,  if  he  has  taken  a 
legitimate  ad­
vantage  of  that  and  has  succeeded  in 
having  his  coal  bins  full  when  it  is  to 
his  profit  to  have  them  so,  he  should  be 
congratulated  for  his  commercial  fore­
sight.  Out  of  unfavorable  conditions 
he  has  brought  success.  His  prudence 
has  enriched  him  exactly  as the improv­
idence  of  those  caviling  at  him  has  re­
duced  them  to  want.  He  has bought  and 
sold.  When  fair  weather  came  he made 
hay.  Between  storms  and 
in  spite  of 
showers  he  cut  and  cured  and  gathered 
into  barns;  and  now,  when  men  want 
his  crop,  they  simply  pay  his  price. 
It 
is  a  mere  matter  of business.  The strike 
we  have  always  with  u s;  but,  when  the 
demand  for  coal 
is  greatest,  the  price 
goes  up  exactly  as  the  price  of furniture 
and  peaches  goes  up  with  an  increasing 
demand.  The  quarrel  between  capital 
the  mines  undoubtedly 
and 
affects  the  trade;  but 
in 
common  with  the  rest  of  the  commun­
ity,  has  to  bear  that.  He  may 
from 
his  position  be  better  able  to  foresee 
the  coming  evil  and  prepare  for  it;  but 
to  find  fault  with  him  for  the evil  would 
be  to  hold  Galveston  responsible  for  the 
calamity  that  almost  swept  her  from  the 
face  of  the  earth.

the  dealer, 

labor  at 

is  keeping  pace  with  it. 

The  upward  tendency  of  coal,  then, 
is  due  to  the  natural  and  legitimate 
laws  of  trade.  The  supply  is  simply 
seeking  the  level  of  the  demand  and the 
price 
If  the 
conditions  warrant  a  going  behind  the 
returns,  reasons  may  be  found  for  un­
usual  disturbances;  hut  they  will  cor­
respond  to  the  fluctuations  of  trade,  due 
to  laws  as  unchangeable  as  those  of  na­
ture.  The  merchant  takes  advantage  of 
them  only  as  he  understands  them  and, 
while  he  may  be  censured  for  results 
which  come  from  miscalculation,  he 
is 
responsible  for  neither  the  law  nor  its 
manifestations.

Because  the  coutractor  having  the  job 
of  rebuilding  wharves  and  repairing 
elevators  at  Galveston  refused  to  pay 
double  wages  for  time  over  eight  hours 
a  day,  a  strike  was  ordered  by  the  car­
penters'  union  Thursday.  Of  1,500 
men  employed  only  seven  obeyed  the 
order  to  strike.  The  men  remaining  at 
work  say  the  contractor  is  observing 
good  faith  and  the  imperative  need  of 
completing  the  work 
in  hand  would 
cause  just  condemnation  of  them  if they 
went  on  strike.

“ Money  talks;”   but  there  is  no  rea­
son  why  it  should  when  so  many  men 
are  ready  to  talk  for  it.

GEN ERA L  TR A D E  R EV IE W .

The  general  expectation  of  dulness 
immediately  preceding  the  election  was 
realized  during  much  of  last  week,  but 
it  was  the  dulness  of  waiting  and  not  of 
reaction,  as  prices  were  generally  sus­
tained.  This  week  starts  out  with  quite 
a  flurry  of  activity  and  most  price 
changes  are  in  the  direction  of advance. 
Indeed,  the  whole  course  of  the  market 
this  fall  has  seemed  to  be 
independent 
of  the  ordinary 
influence  of  the  cam­
paign  except  so  far  as  the  occupation 
of  the  public  mind  with  that  which 
crowds  out  business.  The  condition  of 
stock  and  money  markets  now  as  com­
pared  with  the  same time four  years  ago 
shows  that  business  has  developed  a 
strength  which  makes 
it  independent 
fears.  At  that  time  there 
of  political 
were  much  hoarding  of  gold  and  appre­
hension  as  to  the  condition of the Treas­
ury,  which  was  rapidly 
the 
precious  metal.  Now  the  Treasury  re­
is  beyond  any  possible  need  and 
serve 
gold 
is  circulating  with  utmost  free­
dom.  Political  campaigns  may continue 
to  interrupt  trade  by  their  distractions, 
but  there  is  little  danger  of any political 
changes  which  will  threaten  business 
stability.  Unseasonably  warm  weather 
over  much  of  the  country  still  operates 
to  put  off  winter  trade,  but  business 
is 
expanding  as  a  whole 
in  spite  of  the 
hindrances.

losing 

It  can  finally  be  said  that  the  condi­
tion  of  the  iron  trade 
is  more  healthy 
than  for  years  past.  Prices  have  grad­
ually  approached  a  level  which  affords 
fair  profits  to  the  operators,  good  wages 
to  workmen  and  yet  assures an abundant 
demand  for  the  products.  Price  changes 
hav.e  been  in  the  direction  of  advance, 
especially  for  raw  materials.  Pig 
iron 
prices  advanced  at  Pittsburg  and  some 
manufacturéis  of  finished  forms  refused 
to  quote  final  prices  on  future  business, 
although  other  concerns  have  taken  or­
ders  far  into  next  year  at  current  rates. 
New  business  was  heavier  than  at  any 
time  since  last  spring  and  quotations 
were  more  favorable  to  sellers.  Struc­
tural  material  goes  abroad  freely  and 
construction  of  domestic  bridges  and 
ships  makes  a  demand  for plates,  beams 
and  angles.  Railways  have  ordered 
quantities  of  cars  and  rails  were 
freely 
taken  for  next  year’s  needs,sales  in  this 
ine  being  accelerated  by  the further ad­
vance  in  steel  billets.

The  most  decided  effect  of  the  un­
seasonable  weather  is  manifest  in  the 
textile  trades,  especially  woolen  goods. 
Yet  the  sales  of  wool  are  steadily  in­
creasing,  indicating  that  manufacturers 
expect  to  be  busy.  Cotton  goods  are 
dull  and  the  decline  in  the  price  of  the 
raw  staple  serves  to  make  downward 
such  changes  as  occur.  The  boot  and 
shoe  trade  still  shows  fair  activity,  es­
pecially  for  immediate  shipment, 
in­
dicating  that  stocks  are 
low  and  that 
goods  go  directly  into  the  hands  of  con­
sumers.

If  people  believed 

in  signs  they 
might  think  Quakers  were  fed  on  oats.

It  takes  two  to  start  a  quarrel  and 

keep  it  going.

Petting the  People

M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

C hange  F ro m   A rb itra ry   R ules  in  D isplay 

an d   P u n ctu atio n .

In  the  early  days  of  modem  typo­
graphic  art  there  was  attained  the  sum­
mit  of  perfection  in  geometric  form 
in 
type  designing.  With  this  perfection 
of  form  came  limitations  in  display  to 
certain  fixed  rules  which  could  not  be 
violated  with  impunity  in  the  material 
in  use.  At  that  time  all  display  lines 
in  advertising  had  to  be  centered  or  ar­
ranged  according  to  certain  prescribed 
modes  of  indentation. 
If  the  line  was 
short  enough  to  be  set  within  the  width 
of  the  given  space  it  invariably  had  to 
be  centered.  The  most  impoitant  lines 
were  nearly  always  made  to  fill  the 
space 
in  width  and  the  less  important 
were  proportioned  above  and  below  so 
as  to  be  of  unequal  length.

that 

The  arrangement  of  matter 

in  para­
graphs  was  according  to  certain  modes 
of  indentation.  Thus  there  was  the  reg­
ular  paragraph,  the  cut  under  indenta­
indented  an 
tion, 
is  each  time 
" e m "   except  the  first, 
the 
inverted 
pyramid,and  less  frequently  the  upright 
pyramid,  and  the  running  indentation, 
in  which  each  succeeding  line  was  in­
dented  by  an  increasing  progression;  or 
this  arrangement  might  be  reversed. 
It 
wasnecessary for the advertisement com­
positor  to  familiarize himself  with  these 
forms  and  with  the  cast  iron  rules  of 
display  and  then  subject  the  material  at 
hand  to  these  rules,  with  the 
limitation 
that  the  styles  of  type,  etc.,  could  be 
varied  indefinitely,  but  the  methods  of 
display  and  punctuation  were  as  fixed 
as  the  laws  of the  Medes  and  Persians. 
Commas,  semi-colons  and  periods  had 
to  have  their  place,  even  if  the  line  was 
disfigured  thereby.

Then  came  the  era  of  the  modem  old 
styles.  These  brought  with  them  the 
greater  elasticity  of  display  which  was 
characteristic  of  the  early  days  of  the 
printing  art.  The  beautiful  geometric 
forms  of  mechanical  accuracy  were  not 
laid  aside,  but  they  were  found  to  be 
amenable  to  the  more 
liberal  methods 
suggested  by  the  old  styles.  Thus  it 
was  found  that  display  lines  might  be 
of  the  same  length,  or  might  be  in  form 
of  a  paragraph  and  occupy  other  places 
than  the  upper  center  of  the  space. 
It 
was  found  that  while  the  principles  of 
correct  design  are  not  variable,  their 
application  to  the  printed  page was sub­
ject  to  all  the  variations of taste.  Thirty 
years  ago  the  printer  could  learn  all  the 
principles,  rules  and  methods  of  his 
business  and  by  practice  become  mas­
ter  of his profession ;  to-day he can learn 
certain  principles  of  design  and,  if  he 
has  it  in  him  to  become  an  artist,  there 
for  expression 
is  at  his  hand  material 
not  subject  to  mechanical 
limitation. 
Of  course,  the  old  method  was  much 
easier,  but  the  development  of  artistic 
taste  has  kept  pace  with  the  new  facil­
ities  and  the  periodicals  of  the  country 
are  exponents  of  the  new  and  more  lib­
eral  art.

It  has  been  found  that  any  typo­
graphic  arrangement  which  is  pleasing 
to  the  artistic  eye  and  expresses 
its 
meaning  properly  and  forcibly  is  cor­
rect. 
In  cases  where  the  punctuation 
serves  no  positive  and  manifest  pur­
pose,  it  is  found  better to omit it.  Some 
carry  the  omission  to  the  extent  of 
in­
terfering  with  sense,  which,  of  course, 
is  nonsense.  Many,  on  the  other  hand, 
persist 
in  points  unneces­
sarily,  which  disfigure  the  work,and  es­
pecially  when 
it  is  done  apparently  at 
random,as  is  too  frequently  the  case.

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Style,  economy  and  elegance— the 
three  predominating 
features  of
our  Furs.  All  the  new  styles  in 
Capes,  Coats,  Collarettes,  Scarfs, 
Boas, Muffs, etc.  The qualities are 
the best.  Our prices are by  far the 
lowest  —  We solicit  comparison  — 
Our  $5.00  line  cannot  be  beaten 
anywhere.  The  better  ones range
in  price up to $25.00.

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The earlier you  call, the better the 
selection  will be  -hundreds  of rolls 
will be  sold every day.  The  stock 
is large,  but  can’t  last  long  at the 
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rate it  is  going  now. 
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you  to  buy  now  for  next  spring's 
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All  new  stock.  Narrow  hair  rib- 
bon  reduced  to  5c  per  yard;  wide 
fancy  ribbon.  25  to  35c  value.  15c.
a  better  quality.  40  to  60c  value. 
25c.  Our  stock  of  ribbons  is  en- 
tirely too  large.  These  prices will 
soon  bring the stock  down  to  nor- 
n>al.  When  in  see  the  beautiful 
neckwear.

Money Earned

Day  in  the  Week
$2.00 Shoes

For'  men  and  women.  We  have 
struck  it at last—just  what the ma­
jority  of  the  people  want— shoes 
that will give good service,  be  easy 
■ on the feet and  look stylish.  Many 
of ours are the  regular  $2 50 shoes 
elsewhere—so we  are  told.  We’re 
satisfied  with 
small  profits  and 
quick sales.  Our sales are  wonder­
fully  quick  on  these  goods  now a­
days.  Need a  pair-’

Wool Waists

J ust as comfortable in winter as the 
light, airy  ones are in the  summer. 
A  few  at  50c.  Others,  in  all  the 
beautiful  shades,  98c.  $1.25,  $1.48 
up.  Sub.  French  Flannel  Waists 
58c.  All  are  very  stylishly  made, 
elegantly trimmed  with  braid.

Clothing

Real swell  suits,  nobby  top  coats, 
and  overcoats, 
for  $10.00.  That 
seems to  be  the  popular  price  this 
season.  We  know  we  can  please 
you.  Over 200 suits in all  the  pop­
ular  shades  and  fabrics  to  make 
your selection from.  Come in, look 
them over and  try them on.

THE  BOSTON  STORE

One Price To All.

Ü   Quick  Sales

For  the  next  15  days
Japan Tea  at

we  will offer  10 chests of choice

3 0 c

that we will guarantee can not be duplicated 
in the city for less that 50c per  lb.  W e  ask 
the public to come in and

Look  at  the tea

and  get a sample

Not  less than  1  lb or  more  than 5 lbs sold 
to any one person.  People w anting  tea  for 
winter cannot afford to lose this  opportunity.

JUST OVER THE BRIDGE

McANLEY’S
Pancakes tor Breakfast

This is the pancake season and  we have the most  popular  prep-
arations—New  York  State  Buckwheat,  aU  the  patent  pancake
flours,  and as an accompaniment  “Old  Manse”  Maple  Syrup— 
strictly  pure.  Our  Dairy  Butter  comes  to  us  direct  from  the
best butter makers of Central Michigan.  When we do not  have 
good butter it isn’t obtainable.

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I  E . H U N T ,  S 5 .  Opera  House  Grocery
E.  E.  RICE,

Jill kinds  of

Croton,  Mich.,

see.  My  stuck  embraces

Can  save  you  money.  Come  and 
D R Y   G O O D S ,  

Lades’ m Beers Foreistiegs.

Rindge  Shoes.
Boston  Rubbers. 
I D R .U C 3 - S , 

H ARDW ARE.  TIN W ARE. 

Cigars  and  Tobacco.

Also a full  line of

G R O C E R IE S .

Highest  market  price  paid  for 

Butter aud  Eggs.

and

Bicycle Repairing
Bicycle Sundries
B. Jl. Eederie,

Prices Hiqbi.

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Krow's Korn Eure  10c 
Krow's Foot Komfort  10c 
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Krow’s Vetennarv Ointment 25c  5
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Krow's Blackberry Kordial  15c 
Krow’s Family Ointment  10c 
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Pftooe lil 

Small Profits

riore Money 
in  Poultry....

Thu  in  wheat,  when  the  fowls 
are propeily cared for.'

ELECTRIC 
POULTRY  FOOD

ia  guaranteed to cure cholera and 
prevent  roup.  .It  is  very  im­
portant  that  those  diseases  bs 
carefully guarded  against  during 
the moulting season.

15 cents a pound, 
two pounps, 25 cents.

Wilcox & Godding,'

Druggists.

The South 
Side  M arket

Has  ..anged hands.  I am  now 
proprietor, and I propose to keep 
nothing but the be9l Meats to be 
had- 
l will make special efforts 
to satisfy my customers with the 
different  delicacies  of  the  sea­
son.  Try me and see.

Reliable Meat  Man.

T.  E.  Atherton,  Sparta
It makes

THE BEST BREAD. 
THE BEST BISCUITS. 
THE BEST PASTRY
is  pure,  healthful,  econom- 
Once  used  becomes  a  fam- 
necessity. 
the 

Insist  on 

• grocer sending you

STOTTS  HOUR

All  Grocers Sell  It.

OYSTERS....

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The  Boston  Store  has  a  very  well 
written  advertisement,and  the  composi­
tion  shows  the  work  of  a  good  printer. 
The  division 
into  paragraphs,  with 
strong  rules  and  plenty  of  white  space, 
makes  the  matter  readable. 
1  think  the 
advertisement  would  have  been  better 
without  the  expressions  put  in  the  cor­
ners,  as  these  have  become  meaningless 
used  in  this  way.  There  is  a  little  ob­
scurity 
in  the  listing  of  ‘ ‘ suits,  nobby 
top  coats  and  overcoats  for  $10,"  as  to 
whether  all  three  are  included  at  that 
price.

Mr.  McAnley  presents  a tea advertise­
ment  which 
is  well  composed  in  har­
monizing  type  and  is  fairly  well  writ­
ten.  The  lim it  as  to  amount  of purchase 
appeals  to  a  certain  quality  of  human 
nature  which  will,  no  doubt,  bring  cus­
tom.

Its 

Another good  advertisement  is  that  of 
E.  Hunt. 
limitation  to  the  subject 
n  hand  is  well  carried  out  and the writ­
ing 
It  w ill 
sell  not  only  pancake  timber and  ac­
companiments,  but 
is  of  value  for  his 
entire  trade.

is  forcible  and  attractive. 

E.  E.  Rice  has  a  pretty  well  dis 
played  advertisement,  especially  notice­
able  for  a  good  use  of  white  space. 
I 
would  suggest  that  it  is  not  desirable  to 
change  the  person  in  an  advertisement, 
as  he  does  by  using  the  third  person 
at  first  and  then  changing  to  first.

A  striking  little  advertisement  is  that 
of  H.  A.  Lederle,  set  in  the  Bradley 
series. 
It  is  not  easy  to  proportion  the 
matter  of  an  advertisement  so  as  to  use 
this  style  entirely,  but  when  it  is  well 
done  it  is  very  effective.

I  don’t 

like  the  signature  of  L.  H. 
Taft  &  Co. 
It  should  have  been  in 
gothic  and  then  he  would  have  had  a 
good advertisement.

Wilcox  &  Godding  write  a  good  ad­
vertisement  and  fall  into  the  hands  of  a 
good  compositor. 
It  is  marred  by  one 
typographic  error,  but,  on  the  whole, 
is  unusually  good.

T.  E.  Atherton  makes  a  good  an­
nouncement  of  his  new  business and  his 
printer  has  planned  to  bring  out  the 
strong  points  in  the  most  effective  man­
ner.

Stott's  flour  is  crowded  as  to  space, 
but  with  white  outside  of  border  all 
around  makes  a  good  display.

Mrs.  Mary  Johnson  does  not  succeed 
so  well  with  her  printer,  but  her  state­
ment  of  the  case  is  good  and  complete. 
The  paragraph  would  have  been  more 
attractive  set  in  Roman  lower  case.

Cats  in   T rain in g .

idea 

“ The 

that  cats,  out  of  cruelty, 
play  with  a  mouse  before  killing  it  is  a 
m istake,”   observed  a  cat  fancier  to  the 
writer  recently, 
“ if  you  doubt  what  I 
say  notice  what  happens  when  a  cat 
catches  a  sparrow  or  any  other  small 
bird.  The  bird  is  not  played  with,  but 
slain  at  once.  If  the  cat  tried  any  game 
with  it  the  sparrow,  although  wounded, 
could  easily  fly  away.  But  a  mouse  can 
not  escape  in  that  way,  so  the  cat  prac­
tices  upon  the  unfortunate  little  animal 
in  order  to 
its  powers  as  a  hunter  up  to  the 
keep 
mark.  That 
it  so  frequently 
ives  the  mouse  a  chance  of  running 
way,  and  the  harder  the  task  it  sets 
itself  the  more  will 
its  skill  be  im ­
proved. 
If  a  cat  did  nob take  such  les­
sons'occasionally,  it  would  soon  become 

variety  of  experiments 

is  why 

second  rate  mouser. ”

M ental  A g ricu ltu re.

“ Thought  you  said  you  had  ploughed 
first 

field?”   said 

the 

that  ten  acre 
farmer.

“ N o;  I  only  said  I  was  thinking 
it, “ said  the  second 

about  ploughing 
farmer.

“ Oh,  I  see;  you merely turned  it  over 

in  your  m ind.”

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Royal  is  the  baking  powder  o f 
highest  character  and  reputa­
tion,  the  favorite  among  house­
keepers.  The  cheapest  to  con­
sumers,  the  most  profitable  for 
dealers  to  handle.

Those  grocers  who are most successful  in  business— who  have 
the  greatest  trade,  highest  reputation,  the  largest  bank  ac­
counts— are  those  who  sell  the  highest  quality,  purest,  best 
known  articles.

It  is  a  discredit  to  a  grocer  to  sell  impure,  adulterated 
and  unwholesome  goods;  nor  is  the  sale  of such  goods,  even 
though  the  profits  on  a  single  lot  may  be  larger,  as  profitable 
in  the  long  run  as  the  sale  of  pure,  wholesome,  high-class 
articles  at  a  less  percentage.

Trade is won  and held  by  the  sale  of the  best, the highest 

grade,  the  most  reliable  goods.

ROYAL  BAKING  POWDER  CO.,  100  WILLIAM  ST.,  NEW  YORK.

M IC H I G A N   TR A D E S M A N

Around  the State

M ovem ent»  o f  M erchants. 

Mancelona— Mrs.  K.  Young  has  sold 
her  bazaar  stock  to  Mrs.  R.  N.  Middle- 
ton.

Merrill— John  A.  Murray,  druggist, 
has  sold  his  stock  to  Holmes  D.  Pack­
ard.

Wyandotte— A.  S.  Hunter  succeeds 
Wm.  J.  F.  Thom  in  the  bakery  busi­
ness.

Petoskey— R.  T.  Bower  will  open  a 
branch  drug  store  at  Indian  River about 
Jan.  i.

Orono—Wm.  Tuttle  has  sold  his  gen­
eral  merchandise  stock  to  R.  M.  Slay- 
baugh.

Caro— A.  H.  Jones  has  purchased  the 
implement  stock  of  C.  E. 

agricultural 
Mudge.

Lansing—Frank  J.  Groat  &  Son  have 
purchased  the  grocery  stock  of Chas.  H. 
Corcoran.

Northville— Robt.  McCully,  confec 
tioner  and  baker,  has  sold  out  to  J.  F 
Perry  &  Co.

Albion— Clark  N.  Cady  is  succeeded 
by  John  Smith  in  the  merchant  tailor 
ing  business.

Lansing— Lane  &  McKnight  hav 
purchased  the  dry  goods  stock of Wesley 
J.  Gonderman.

Dundee— H.  M.  &  H.  F.  Eger  hav 

purchased  the  boot  and 
of  F.  E.  Girard.

shoe 

stock 

Battle  Creek —Rawson  T.  Lovell  con 
tinues  the  ice,  coal  and  wood  business 
of  Lovell  &  Price.

Central  Lake— Mrs.  Luella  Myers  and 

Mrs.  Gertrude  Moir  have  opened  mi 
linery  parlors  here.

Romeo—Wm.  Bell  has  purchased  the 
interest  of  his  partner  in  the  meat  firm 
of  Bell  &  Coykendall.

Mackinaw  City— Wheeler,  Stiingham 
&  Lyle  have  purchased  the  meat  mar 
ket  of  Wm.  YanHellen.

Owosso— S.  B.  Pitts  has  purchased 
the  stock  of  Fred  Carpenter  and  en 
gaged  in  the  grocery  business.

Rose  City— Max  Landsberg  succeed;. 
in  the 

Sarah  (Mrs.  Max)  Landsberg 
general  merchandise  business.

Jasper— E.  E.  Corncross  has  engaged 
in  the  hardware  business,  having  pur 
chased  the  stock  of  Martin  Odell.

Detroit— Barron  &  Co.  succeed  A, 
in  the  wholesale  crock 

Barron  &  Co. 
ery,  glassware  and  tinware  business.

Cadillac— Rice  &  Cassler  expect  to 
erect  a  brick  block  next  season  on  the 
site  now  occupied  by their  shoe  store 

Battle  Creek— Jackson  &  Orr  have 
leased  the  west  side  of  the  new  block 
of  J.  C.  Bryce  and  will  open  a  meat 
market  therein.

Battle  Creek— Wm.  Erskin  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  Mr.  Hobbs, 
at  the  corner  of  Washington  avenue, 
South,  and  Upton  avenue.

in  agricultural 

Minden  C ity— Ameis  &  Ross,  deal­
ers 
implements,  have 
dissolved  partnership.  The  style  of  the 
new  firm  is  Ameis  &  Staroska.

Central  Lake— The Central  Lake  Har­
ness  &  Shoe  Co.  succeeds  the  Central 
Lake  Harness  Co.  A.  J.  Gibson  will 
continue  as  manager  of  the  business.

Clarksville— J.  A.  Godfrey,  of  Lowell, 
has  purchased  the  dry  goods,  boot  and 
shoe  and  grocery  stock  of  H.  S.  Young 
and  will  continue  the  business  at  the 
same  location.

Lakeview—John  R.  Lovely,  of  How­
ard  City,  has  assumed  the  management 
of  the  hardware  business  of  Geo.  D. 
Lovely,  deceased.  The  stock  was  re­
cently  purchased  by  J.  W.  Lovely  &

Son,  and  it  falls  upon  the  junior  mem­
ber  of  the  new  firm  to  take  charge  of 
the  store  here.

Port  Huron— The  general  stock  of 
Martin  Bros.  &  C o.’s  store  will  we  sold 
at  public  auction  on  Nov.  8,  to  satisfy 
a  chattel  mortgage  held  by  Folkrod, 
Hood  &  Co.,  of  Philadelphia.

Arcadia— Louis  Morris,  dealer  in  dry 
goods,  clothing  and  boots  and  shoes  at 
Fife  Lake,  has  opened  a  branch  store 
at  this  place.  His  brother-in-law,  B. 
Wepman,  will manage  the  business.

Mackinaw  City— The  Mackinaw  Ex 
celsior  Co.  has  begun  the  erection  of  a 
large  storehouse,  which  it  will  fill  dur­
It 
ing  the  winter  with  excelsior  wood. 
expects  to  begin  operations 
the 
spring.

in 

Menominee— Williams  &  Breese,  of 
Racine,  Wis.,  will shortly open  a  branch 
dry  goods  store  here.  John  A.  Williams 
will  have  charge  of  the  business  here 
and  J.  C.  Breese  will  remain 
in  the 
Racine  establishment.

Portland— Stephen  Brooks  and  W.  F. 
Wiljemin,  of Caledonia,  have  purchased 
the  grocery  and  shoe  stock  of  H.  W. 
Clark.  Mr.  Brooks  was  formerly  in  the 
hardware  trade  at  Caledonia.  The  firm 
name  will  be  S.  Brooks  &  Co.

this  place. 

Lansing—J.  Court  &  Co..  Wm.  Hardy 
&  Son,  Geo.  Hart  and  Nelson  Turner 
have  sold  their  carriage  salesrooms  to 
the  Lansing  Carriage  Co.  recently  or 
ganized  at 
Charles  W. 
Clark  is  manager  of  the  new  enterprise 
Lansing— Thomas  D.  Bolas  and  Gus­
tave  Antonakos,  of  Chicago,  have  en 
gaged  in  the  wholesale  and  retail  candy 
business  at  115  Washington  avenue, 
South.  The  building  is  undergoing  ex­
tensive  improvements,  including a  plate 
glass  front.

Jackson— John  Gaunt  has  become 
proprietor of  the  store  occupied  by  Gal- 
'up  &  Lewis,  dealers  in  furniture,  car­
pets  and  crockery.  By  this  deal  Galluf 
&  Lewis  become  owners  of  the  Gaunt 
upholstering 
on  West 
Cortland  street.

establishment 

Detroit— The  firm  of  A.  Barron  & 

Co.,  222  Gratiot  avenue,  dealers 
crockery,  glassware  and  tinware,  has 
been  reorganized  and  now  is  composed 
of  A.  Barron,  Morris  Barron  and  Ed.
C.  Hirschfield.  The  new  firm  will  be 
known  as  Barron  &  Co.

Rockford— W.  C.  Lovelace, 

formerly 
>f  the  produce 
firm  of  Lovelace  & 
Keeney,  and  A.  G.  Wellbrook,  of  the 
grocery  firm  of  Wellbrook  &  Hayes, 
have  formed  a  copartnership  to  engage 
n  the  produce  business  under  the  style 
of  Lovelace  &  Wrellbrook.

interest 

Sault  Ste.  Marie— Wm.  Stirling  has 
in  the  general  mer 
sold  his 
chandise  business  at  the  Mission  to  his 
partner,  Sam  Sarsohn,  and  has  removed 
to  Marquette  to  assume  the  management 
of  the  clothing  and  men's  furnishing 
goods  business  of  D.  K.  Moses.

nue,  closed  their  first  year 

Detroit-----A   Detroit  correspondent
rites  as  follows:  G.  H.  Gates  &  Co., 
holesale  hatters  at  143  Jefferson  ave­
in  business 
ov.  1,  and  G.  H.  Gates  gave  a  dinner 
to  all  the  traveling  men  and  employes 
at  the  Wayne  Hotel  that  evening,  fol­
lowed  by  a  box  party  at  the  Lyceum 
theater.  The  cause  of  this  jolly  good 
in  the  early 
part  of  the  year,  when  H.  A.  Wright 
bet  G.  H.  Gates  that  they  would  sell 
certain  amount  of  goods  the  first  year. 
Mr.  Gates,  believing that  it  was  impos- 
for  any  new  house  to  go  into  the 
field  and  do  that  amount  of  business, 
took  the  bet  very  quickly  and  the result, 
after twelve  months’  work,  showed  that

me  was  a  wager  made 

ble 

Mr.  Gates  had  to  pay  for  the  dinner, 
for  the  sales  went 
far  ahead  of  the 
I amount  Mr.  Wright  named.

M an u factu rin g   M atters. 

Adrian— The  Perfection  Manufactur­
ing  Co.,  manufacturers  of  tooth  picks, 
has  removed  its  plant  to  Ecorse.

Lansing— The  Willard  K.  Bush  Co., 
manufacturer  of  pants,  shirts  and  over­
alls,  has 
its  capital  stock 
$5,000.

increased 

Jackson—The  Piano  &  Organ  Manu­
facturers’  Co.  is  the  style  of  a  new  cor­
poration  at  this  place.  The  capital 
stock  is  $10,000.

Walkerville— The  Walkerville  Milling 
Co.  succeeds  Shull  &  Gleason 
in  the 
hardware  business  and  Alvin  C.  Stetson 
in  the  grocery  business.

Houghton—J.  W.  Black,  book-keep 
for  Prendergast  &  Clarkson,  and  V.  A 
H.  Robinson,  of  Chicago,  intend  open 
ing  a  brick  yard  at  Mass  City  in  a  very 
short  time.

Adrian— The  Adrian  Broom  Co. 

the  style  of  a  new  enterprise  which  wi__ 
soon  be  started  h^re.  Those 
interested 
in  the  new  concern  are  S.  H.  Moore 
T.  E.  Moore  and  F.  W.  Prentiss.

West  Bay  C ity— An  addition  that  wi 
nearly  double  its  capacity  is being  bui 
to  the  Goldie  hoop  factory,  Wm.  GoIdL 
having  decided  to  manufacture  staves 
and  heading  in  connection  with the pro 
duct ion  of  hoops.

Flint— The 

injunction  suit  brought 
against  the  Flint  Cigar  Co.  by  S.  Aber 
dee  &  Son,  of  Detroit,  to  restrain  the 
former  from  using  the  “ Old  Sol”   brand 
on  cigars,  has  been  decided  in  favor  o 
the  Flint  Cigar  Co.

Vicksburg— Work  will  soon  begin  on 
the  $10,000  canning  factory  to  be  es 
tablished  at  this  place. 
It  is  proposed 
to  enclose  the  building  this  fall  and 
finish  the  work  this  winter,  so  as  to  be 
gin  operations  in  the  spring.

Elk  Rapids— W.  H.  Rosebrook,  0. 
Howard  City,  and  Henry  Ogletree,  of 
Central  Lake,  have  formed  a  copartner 
ship  and  engaged 
in  the  cigar  manu 
facturing  business  here  under  the  style 
of  the  Elk  Rapids  Cigar  Co.

Jackson— Geo.  D.  Gray  and  W.  J 
leased  the  factory  build 
Lepard  have 
ing  on  Michigan  avenue 
formerly  oc 
cupied  by  the  Avery  Manufacturing 
Co.,  and  are  refitting  it  for  the  manu­
facture  of  sash,  doors  and  blinds.

Detroit— The  Western  Crude  Oil  Co. 
has  been  incorporated  with  a  capital  of 
$50,000,  fully  paid  in.  The  stockhold­
ers  are :  John  E.  Clark,  1  share ;  John 
E.  Clark, 
trustee,  4,996  shares;  C. 
Henri  Leonard  and  William  Reid,  1 
share  each.

Detroit— The  Detroit  Coin  Wrapper 
incorporation; 
Co.  has  filed  articles  of 
capital,  $20,000, 
in.  The 
stockholders  a re :  C.  Henri  Leonard,  1 
share;  C.  Henri  Leonard,  trustee,  1,997 
shares;  George  W.  Radford  and  George 
C.  Moore,  1  share  each.

fully  paid 

Jackson— The  Jackson  Cushion Spring 
Co.  has  been  organized  for  the  purpose 
of  manufacturing  springs  for  buggy and 
carriage  seats,  an 
invention  of  W.  H. 
Bates.  The  capital  stock 
is  $12,000, 
all  of  which  is  paid  in.  The  officers  of 
the  new  corporation  a re :  E.  C.  Greene, 
President  and  General  Manager;  F.  B. 
Crego,  Secretary,  and  H.  E.  Edwards, 
Treasurer.

Mt.  Pleasant— The  Whitney-Taylor 
Co.  has  been  organized  with  a  capital 
stock  of  $25,000 to  engage  in  the  manu­
facture  of  a  patent  commode  and  chair. 
Temporary  quarters  for  the  factory  will 
be  arranged  at  the  hub  and  spoke  works

of  Whitney  &  Taylor  in  order  to  make 
use  of  their  surplus  power.  The  mem­
bers  of  the  new  enterprise  are:  F.  W. 
Whitney,  of  St.  Louis;  J.  Honeywell, 
of  Greenville,  and  F.  L.  Taylor  and 
Eva  Bahlke,  of  this  place.

B ew are  o f C harles  L.  P e ttis  &  Co.

The  Tradesman  feels  called  upon  to 
warn 
its  readers  against  having  any 
dealings  with  Chas.  L.  Pettis  &  Co., 
who  purport  to  conduct  a  produce  com­
mission  business  at  204  Duane  street 
N.  Y.

The  firm 

is  composed  of  Charles  L. 

Pettis  and  Harry  J.  Hunter.

Both  members  of  this  firm  were  part­
ners  at  different  times  in  the  firm  of  I. 
T.  Hunter  &  Co.,  who  was  exposed 
in 
these  columns  last  spring  and who  made 
an  assignment  July  6,  1900,  to  Franklin 
J.  Minok,  Harry  J.  Hunter  being  a 
brother  of  Irving  T.  Hunter.  The  firm 
of  I.  T.  Hunter  &  Co.,  it is  understood, 
made  a  proposition  to  their creditors 
for  settlement  of  5  cents  on  the dollar  in 
cash,  the  balance 
in  notes  of  6,  12,  18 
and  24  months,  bearing  6  per  cent,  in­
terest.

The  firm 

is  believed  to  be  merely  a 
cover  for  Irving  T.  Hunter,  who  bears 
a  very  unfavorable  record,  his  method 
of  dealing  with  shippers  being  severely 
criticised.  He  filed  a  voluntary  peti­
in  bankruptcy  on  April  20,  1899, 
tion 
but 
is  understood  to  have  been  unable 
to  receive  his  discharge.

Under  date  of  Nov.  2,  Pettis  &  Co. 
sent  the  Tradsman  a  check  for  adver­
tising,  which  was  promptly  returned, 
because  the  antecedents of  the  firm  were 
not  such  as  to  inspire  confidence  in  the 
ntentions  of  the  members  of  the  firm. 
Since that  time,several  country  weeklies 
have  come  -to  hand  containing  the  an­
nouncement  of  the  firm,  soliciting  ship­
ments  from  country  buyers,  and  it  is  to 
protect  its  readers  among  this  class  that 
the  Tradesman  feels  called upon to issue 
the  warning  above  given.

T he  Boys  B ehind  th e   C ounter.

Coral— E.  W.  Follett 

is  manager  of 
H.  M.  G ibbs’  drug  store  here,  W.  D. 
Day  having  resigned  his  position  to  en­
gage  in  the  drug  business  at  Amble.

Lansing— Harry  Loomis,  with  Jewett 
&  Knapp’s  dry  goods  house,  will  re­
move  to  Flint,  where  he  has  taken  a  po­
sition  in  O.  M.  Smith’s  dry goods store. 
Alpena— C.  J.  C'risman  has  resigned 
is  position  with  the  Walker  Veneer 
Works  and  will  hereafter  devote  all  his 
me  to  the  grocery  business  of  Drag  & 
risman.
Saginaw— Henry  J.  Tietz, 

formerly 
with  McLean  &  Irving,  has  taken  a  po- 
ition  as  manager of  the  Imperial  phar­
macy,  west  side.

Ann  Arbor— Harlan  McMillan,  an  ex­
perienced  pharmacist  of  Bay  City,  who 
has  been  employed  by  Parke,  Davis  & 
Co.,  of  Detroit,  for  the past  six  months, 
has  taken  the vacant position in Brown’s 
drug  store.

Negaunee— A.  D.  Bohrer has resigned 
s  position  with  J.  M.  Perkins  and 
ill  remove  to  Hancock,  where  he  has 
taken  a  similar  place  as  pharmacist 
in 
the  up-to-date  drug  store  of  A.  T.  E lls­
worth.

Saginaw— D.  C.  Maybee  has  taken  a 
position  with  the  Marshall  &  Wells  Co., 
Duluth,  Minn.  Mr.  Maybee  has  been 
resident  of  Saginaw  for the past fifteen 
for  several  years  has  been 

years,  and 
engaged  in  the  harness  business  here.

For  G illies’  N.  Y. 

tea,  all  kinds, 
grades  and  prices  ^ ’ w e r  both  phones.

Qrand  Rapids  Gossip

W.  D.  Day  has  engaged  in  the  drug 
business  at  Amble.  The  Hazeltine  & 
Perkins  Drug  Co.  furnished  the  stock.
S.  P.  Madsen  has  engaged  in  the gro­
cery  business  at  Big  Rapids.  The  stock 
was 
furnished  by  the  Ball-Barnhart- 
Putman  Co.

H;  Caplon,  whose  grocery  stock  was 
recently  destroyed  by  fire  at  Grant  Sta­
tion,  has  re-engaged 
in  business,  pur­
chasing  his  stock  of  the  Ball-Barnhart- 
Putman  Co.

The  Central  Lake  Harness  Co.  has 
changed 
its  name  to  the  Central  Lake 
Harness  &  Shoe Co.  and  engaged  in  the 
shoe  business.  Rindge,  Kalmbach, 
Logie  &  Co.  furnished  the  stock.

O.  H.  L.  Wernicke,of  the  Globe  Wer­
nicke  Company,  has  been  elected  one 
of  the  directors  of  the  Cincinnati  Trust 
Company,  a  new  concern  with  a  capital 
of  §500,000.  Mr.  Wernicke’s  many 
friends  in  Grand  Rapids,  where  he  car­
ried  on  his  sectional  bookcase  business 
for  two  or  three  years  prior  to  its  re­
moval  to  Cincinnati,  will  be  rejoiced 
to 
learn  of  the  recognition  he  is  re­
ceiving  in  his  new  home.

T he  P roduce  M arket.

Bananas— Are 

Apples— Michigan  fruit  is  being  mar­
keted  on  the  basis  of  $2@2.25  per  bbl.
the 
scarcity  of  other  kinds  of  small  fruits 
having  a  beneficial  effect  on them.  Sup­
plies  are  not  as  large  as  last  year  at this 
time  and  prices  are  slightly  better.

slightly 

firmer, 

Beans— Rceipts  are  not  heavy,  due  to 
the  fact  that  the  growers  are  not  thresh­
ing  their  beans  as  fast  as  they  would 
if 
they  were  kept  from  outdoor  work  by 
stormy  weather.  Dealers  are  paying 
$i .25@i.5o  per  bu.  The  waste  averages 
about  5  lbs.  to  the  bu.

Beets—$1  per  bh].
Butter— Fancy  creamery  is  strong  at 
21c.  Receipts  of  dairy  continue  liberal. 
Prices  range  from  13c  for  packing  stock 
to  15c  for  choice  and  16c  for  fancy  table 
grades.

Cabbage—-$i  per bbl.
Carrots—$1  per  bbl.
Cauliflower—$¡@1.25  per  doz.  heads.
Celery— 18c  per  bunch.
Cider— i i @I2c  per  gal.  for  sweet.
Cranberries— Walton  fruit  commands 
§2.50  per  bu.  box 
long  or 
round.  Cape  Cods  are  held  at  §2.40  per 
bu.  box  and  §7.25  per  bbl.

for  fancy 

E ggs—The  market  has  sustained  a 
sharp  advance,  New  York  quoting  23c 
and  Philadelphia  24c  for  fresh  stock. 
Local  dealers  pay  20c  for  receipts  of 
fresh,  which  are  very  meager. 
Cold 
storage  goods  are  being  taken  in  con­
siderable  quantities  on  the  basis  of  i6@ 
17c.

Egg  Plant—$1  per  doz.
Game— Local  dealers  pay $1  per doz. 
for gray  squirrels,  §1.20  per  doz.  for  fox 
squirrels  and  $i@ i.2o  per  doz.  for  rab­
bits.

Green  Peppers— 50c  per  bu.
Green  Stuff—Lettuce,  60c  per  bu.  for 
head  and  40c  for  leaf.  Parsley,  20c  per 
doz.  Radishes,  8@ioc  for  round.

is 

Honey— Receipts  are 

large,  but  de­
mand 
limited.  Fancy  white  com­
mands  I5@ i6c,  amber  goes  at  13(6 14c 
and  dark  buckwheat  is  slow  sale  at  10
@I2C.

Lemons— Are  dull,  trade  in  all  sizes 
and  descriptions  being  small  and  prices 
low.  Buyers  show  very  little  interest  in 
any  foreign  fiuit,  not  even  the  new  crop 
Messinas,  which  were  expected  to  be 
higher.  California  lemons  continue  un­
changed.  Occasional  lots  are  found  that 
bring  higher  prices  than  the  average, 
but,  as  a  rule,  holders  are  glad  to  get 
rid  of  what 
they  have  on  hand  at  a 
slight  advance.

Onions— Red  Globe  and  Yellow  Dan­
vers  have  advanced  to  5o@55c,  while 
White  Globe  and  Silver  Skins  fetch  60 
@650.  Small  white  stock  for  pickling

is 

purposes 
in  fair  demand  at  $2  per 
bu.  Spanish  are  held  at  $1.50  per  crate.

Parsnips—$1.25  per  bbl.
Pears— Cold  storage  Kiefers command 

$i@ i.25  Per  bu.

Pop  Corn—$1  per  bu.
Potatoes— Country  buyers  are  paying 
20@25c,  but  are  scanning  receipts  very 
carefully  to  guard  against  hollow  and 
rotting  stock.

Poultry— Local  dealers  pay  as  follows 
for  dressed:  Spring  chickens,  8<¡®ioc; 
fowls,  6j¿@8c;  spring  ducks,  8@ioc— 
old  not  wanted  at  any  price;  spring 
geese,  8@ioc—old  not  wanted;  spring 
turkeys, 
io@ i2c;  old  turkeys,  8@gc. 
Spring  chickens  are  coming  in  freely. 
Spring  turkeys  are  not  yet  in  good  con­
dition.

Quinces—$¡@1.25  per  bu.,  according 

to  size  and  quality.

Sweet  Potatoes—$2  for  Virginias  and 

§2.75  for Jerseys.

Squash— 2c  per  lb.  for  Hubbard.
Turnips— $1  per  bbl.

H ides,  P elts,  T allow   and  W ool.
Hides  remain  firm,  but  there 

is  no 
advance  in  price  and  but  little  trading 
has  been  done  during  the  past  week. 
is  good  and  stocks  are 
The  quality 
wanted.  The  outlook  for  the  future 
is 
bright  among  tanners.

Pelts  have  been  eagerly  sought  after 
and  all  accumulations  have  gone  to  the 
pullers.  The  coming  stocks  will  be 
offered  at  a  higher  value.

Tallow  is  slow  sale  at  old  prices.  No 
advance  is  looked  for  and  there  is  noth­
ing  apparent  to  stimulate  the  market.

Wools  have  sold  more  freely  the  past 
week, with  fleece  advanced  about  ic  and 
pulled  2c  per  pound.  Sales  are  nearly 
double  the  past  few  weeks,  with  much 
enquiry  and  sampling.  The  demand  is 
expected  to  be  much  greater and  the 
advance  anticipated 
in  price  realized, 
with  firm  holding  of  stocks.

Wm.  T.  Hess.

R are  T reat  in  Store  F o r  Lovers  of  th e 

B eautiful.

Under  the  auspices  of  the  Michigan 
State  Horticultural  Society  and 
the 
Grand  Rapids  Board  of  Trade,  Arnold 
Shanklin,  superintendent of the  advance 
department  of  the  National  Cash  R eg­
ister  Co.,  will  deliver  an  illustrated lec­
ture  at  the  Park  Congregational  church, 
Wednesday  evening,  Dec.  5,  on the  sub­
ject  of  embellishing  homes  by  means  of 
trees  and  shrubbery.  The  lecture  will 
be  free  to  all  and  the  Tradesman  is  re­
quested  to  invite  all  who  are 
interested 
in  the  subject  to  be  represented  on  that 
occasion  and  also  to  take  part  in  the 
discussion  of  the  same  subject  at  the 
afternoon  meeting  of  the  Horticultural 
Society  at  the  Board  of  Trade  rooms  on 
the  same  date. 
It  is  hoped  that  the  re­
sponse  to  this  invitation  will  be  so  gen­
eral  that  much  good  will  result.

M ichigan  M ercantile  A gency  Could  Not 
From the Ionia Standard.

P ay  $8.

The  Michigan  Mercantile  Agency 
offices 
in  the  Webber  block  were  closed 
up  by  the  sheriff  last  Wednesday  on  an 
execution  in  favor  of  Frank  Montgom­
ery,  who  obtained  judgment  before  Jus­
tice  Hutchinson  for  $8  and  costs  for liv­
ery  hire,  which was  affirmed  by  the  Cir­
cuit  Court  on  appeal.  The  execution 
was  for  $53,  the  costs 
in  both  courts 
having  considerably  increased  the  orig­
inal  amount  of  the  bill.

edition 

anniversary 

Philadelphia  Grocers’  Review:  The 
eighteenth 
issue  of  the 
Michigan  Tradesman  is  at hand ;  it  is  a 
splendid 
and  reflects  great 
credit  on  its  editor  and  manager.  The 
Tradesman 
is  one  of  the  best  edited 
papers  that  reaches  this  office  and  E d i­
tor  Stowe  is  to  be  congratulated  on  its 
prosperity,  as  evidenced  by  the  splen­
did  advertising  patronage  jt  enjoys.

M IC H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

5

T he  G rocery  M arket.

little 

is  quiet  and 

Sugars— The  raw  sugar  market 

is 
weak  and  prices  have  declined  %c  dur­
ing  the  past  week,  thus  making  96  deg. 
test  centrifugals  now  4jjjc.  Buyers  man­
ifest  very 
interest  and  have  no 
confidence  in  the  maintenance of prices. 
is  no  change  and  the 
In  refined  there 
mark  t 
inactive,  buyers 
considering  prices  too  high,  compared 
with  the  price  of  raws,  and  a  decline 
on  the  entire 
list  is  expected  to  occur 
this  week.  The  Michigan  beet  granu­
lated  is  selling  in  fair  quantities  and  is 
giving  excellent  satisfaction.  As  buy­
ers’  purchases  at  present  are  only  of  a 
hand-to-mouth  character,  and  the  M ich­
igan  sugar  can  be  obtained  on  such 
short  order,  it  is  getting  the  preference 
over the  Eastern  refined.

its  own 

Canned  Goods—The  market 

is  dull 
and  unchanged.  There  is  a  good deal  of 
confidence 
in  a  better  state  of  affairs 
after  election,  but  at  present  buyers 
simply  will  not  be  induced  to  take  hold 
and  packers  have  practically  given  up 
attempting  to  do  business  until  after 
this  week.  There 
is  scarcely  any  en­
quiry  for tomatoes  and,  in  order  to  do 
business,  holders  are  obliged  to  make 
special  inducements.  Some  believe  to­
matoes  may  take  a brace after this week, 
but  conditions  are  such  that  there  ap­
pears  no  good  reason  to  expect  such  a 
course.  The  quality  of  the  year’s  pack 
is  almost  all  very  poor  and  trade  is 
practically  dead,  buyers  not  seeming  to 
want  goods  at  any  price.  Corn  is  easier 
also  and  there  is  practically  no  interest 
taken  in  this commodity.  There  is  more 
enquiry  for  string  beans,  and  if  that  is 
to  be  taken  as  a  criterion  of  the  stocks 
carried  by  the 
jobbers,  then  they  are 
very  light  and  bespeak  an  active  mar­
ket  for  this  line  very  shortly.  Some  of 
the  principal  packers  are  holding  their 
stocks  firm  at  full  prices,  while  a  few 
others  are  willing to  sell  at  a  slight  con­
cession.  We believe,  however,  that  the 
present  price  of  standard  string  beans 
will  look  very  cheap  before  the  spring 
trade  is  opened.  Peaches  are  selling 
in  a  small  way  at  unchanged  prices. 
Salmon  is  in  some  demand  and  is  hold­
ing 
fairly  well  in  the  face  of 
the  light  demand.  There  is  some  export 
demand  for  salmon  all  the  time,  but 
it 
is  not  of  much  importance  at  the  mo­
ment.  Home  trade  demand  for  salmon 
is  light  and  new  goods  are  coming 
in 
quite  freely.  There  is  some  demand  for 
lobster,  but  the  goods  are  very 
canned 
scarce  and  very  high.  Sardines  are 
in 
good  demand,but  prices  are  unchanged.
improve­
in  the  consumptive  de­
ment 
mand  for  dried  fruits,  but  trade  is  still 
far  from  what  it  ought  to be  at this  time 
of  the  year.  The  colder  weather  was 
very  acceptable  to  the  trade,  but  it  will 
be  several  days  before  it  will  have  any 
very  appreciable  effect.  There  is  no 
apparent 
in  either  the 
raisin  or  the  prune  market.  The  trade 
at  the  moment  is  not interested in either 
line.  There  are  indications,  however, 
that  prices  will 
improve  with  the  de­
mand  shortly  after  election.  Stocks  of 
prunes  are  light  and  many 
jobbers  are 
only  waiting  the  result  of  the  election 
placing  orders.  The  present 
before 
falling  off 
is  giving 
packers  time  to  catch  up  on  shipments, 
as  many  of  them  have  been  behind, 
owing  to  the  usual  October  rush.  A d­
vices  from  the  coast  state 
the 
amount  of  business  in  raisins  continues 
satisfactory,  although  the  rush  of  orders 
is  over.  The  quality  this  season  has 
been  excellent  thus  far,  but  some  dam­

Dried  Fruits—Some 

in  the  demand 

improvement 

is  noted 

little 

that 

for  seeded  raisins, 

age  is  reported  from  the  recent showers, 
which  will  probably  result  in  the  estab­
lishment  of  the  grades  of  Pacific  and 
Oriental,  same  as 
last  season.  Some 
packers  have  refused  to book  any further 
orders  for  two  crown 
loose  muscatels 
on  account  of  the  large  quantity  already 
sold,  both  for  seeding  purposes  and  reg­
ular  consumptive  demand. 
It  is  pos­
sible  before  the  season  is  over  packers 
may  become  unable  to  -sell  straight  cars 
of  this  article,  needing  the  supply  for 
assorted  cars.  There  is  a  verv  good  de­
mand 
increased 
somewhat  by  the  scarcity  and high price 
of  currants.  Currants  are  unchanged  in 
price  and  are  going  out  moderately 
well.  The  stocks  of  apricots  on  the 
coast  are  well  cleaned  up.  Prices  re­
main  unchanged.  Figs  are  going  out 
quite  well.  The  best  grades are in rather 
light  supply  and  are  firmly  held.  Less 
desirable  goods  are  easy. 
It  is  many 
years  since  such  low  prices  have  been 
made  on  imported  figs  so  early  in  the 
season,  and  merchants  will  no  doubt  be 
rewarded  by  an  unusually 
large  con­
sumption.  Dates  of  all  kinds  are  in  ex­
cellent  demand  at  unchanged  prices.

trade 

Rice— The  rice  market  is  unchanged, 
with  only  a  moderate  volume  of  busi­
ness  transacted.  Buyers  still  pursue  a 
hand-to-mouth  policy.  The 
in 
general  awaits  developments  regarding 
the  crop  movement  at  primary  markets, 
anticipating  lower prices.  Advices  from 
the  South  note  that  the  greater  part  of 
the  Southwest  crop  gives  promise  of 
high  average  quality.  Modest  estimates 
place 
it  at  1,300,000  sacks,  and  some 
conservative  dealers  figure  on  2,000,000 
bags.  Advices  from  abroad  are  of  a 
scarcity  of  Japan  rice.

Tea— Although  prices  are  compara­
tively  low,  buyers  manifest  but  little  in­
terest,  because  under  the  present  market 
conditions  there  are  practically  no  in ­
ducements  to  purchase.  The  country  is 
still 
fairly  well  supplied  and  jobbers 
report  a  slow  business.  Spot  stocks  are 
large, but  holders  are  not  pressing  sales, 
anticipaing  a  general  improvement  the 
latter  part  of  this  month.

Molasses— Business  continues  moder­
ate 
in  grocery  grades  of  New  Orleans 
molasses,  with  prices  maintained.  Buy­
ers  are  holding  aloof,  expecting 
lower 
increased  supplies.  Spot 
prices  and 
supplies  are 
from 
New  Orleans  note  that  receipts  are  re­
tarded  by  warmer  weather,  and  no  in­
creased  movement 
is  expected  until 
cooler  weather  sets  in.

light  and  advices 

is  a 

for  nuts 

Nuts— Demand 

little 
more  active.  More  enquiry  is  noted  for 
filberts  are  %c  higher. 
walnuts  and 
Stocks  are  comparatively  light.  New 
Naples  walnuts  are 
in  active  demand 
and  sales  of  good  qualities  of  mixed 
nuts  are  reported.  Some  trade 
is  re 
ported  in  new  California  almonds at full 
prices.  Advices  from  the  coast  state 
that  the  first  estimate  of  500  cars  of wal­
nuts  seemed  assured  by  the  conditions 
at  the  beginning  of  the  season,  but, 
shortly  after  shipments  began,  it  was 
found  that  the  crop  would  certainly  not 
exceed  450  cars.  Three  weeks  ago,  ow­
ing  to  the 
fact  that  walnuts  generally 
were  not  weighing  up  to  expectations, 
the  total  crop  was  conservatively  esti­
mated  at  410  cars.  During  the  last  ten 
days  receipts  show a  still further decline 
and 
is  now  believed  that  the  output 
will  not  exceed  350  cars,  with  the  prob­
ability  of  a  further  cut.  All  conditions 
point  to  an  exceedingly  firm  market, 
with  strong  probability  of  an  advance 
in  the  near  future.

Rolled  Oats— The  rolled  oats  market 
is  slightly  weaker  and  prices  have  de­
clined  15c  per  bbl.

it 

M IC H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

6

The  Buffalo  Market

A ccurate  In d ex   o f  th e   P rin cip al  Staples 

H andled.

Beans— Receipts  continue 

light  and 
with  a  steadily  improving  demand  the 
market 
is  strong,  especially  on  mar­
rows,  which  are  scarce.  Pea  and  mixed 
lots  are  rather  plenty  but  firm.  Mar­
rows,  $2.30@2.50 
for  good  to  fancy; 
medium,  $2. io@2.3o;  pea,  $2. io@2.20 
white  kidney,  $2.50  per  bushel.

Butter— Market  strong  on  fancy 

fresh 
creamery_  owing  to 
light  receipts  and 
fairly  ad ive  demand.  Storage  is  sell­
ing  freely  at2i@22c.  Considerable more 
renovated  is  being  moved  around  I7@ 
19c  and  quality 
is  fine  at  the  outside 
price.  No  fresh dairy  or  rolls  received 
the  past  few  days.  Dairy  would  bring 
20@2o^c  if  fancy;  fair  to  choice,  17® 
19c;  rolls,  fancv,  18c;  fair  to  good, 
@I7C-

Cheese— Quite  an  active  local  and  out 
of  town  trade  for  all  kinds  and  espe­
cially  cheap 
full  cream 
small  brings  n ^ @ i2 c ;  good  to  choice 
i o ^ @ i j c ;  common  to  fair,  8@gc.

lots.  Fancy 

Eggs—Strictly  fresh  eggs  are  scarce, 
but  there  is  no  further strength  as  cold 
storage  are  freely  offered  at  i6@I7c  and 
as  quality 
is  becoming 
quite  general 
in  that  class  of  goods. 
Fresh  Western  or  State  sell  at 20c;  good 
to  choice, 
io@i2c 
per  doz.

i8@I9c ;  seconds, 

is  fine  trade 

Dressed  Poultry— Another  active  de 
mand  at  the  close  of  last  week  and  ow 
ing  to 
light  offerings  of  really  fancy 
chickens  the  market  was  strong.  Fowl 
of  medium  went  at  good  prices,  but 
heavy  coarse  stock  was  a  little  slow 
Good  meaty  young  turkeys were wanted 
that  quality  being  very  scarce  as  vet, 
and  it  is  possible  I3@i4c  could  be  'oh 
tained  for  plump  yellow  birds.  Ducks 
in  slight  supply  and  when  fat  sold  eas 
ily,  but  thin  or  ordinary  run  at  thi 
season  were  quiet.  Turkeys  sold  at 
■ 
@ n c  for  young,  good  to  best.  Chick 
ens, 
fancy,  10c ;  fair  to  good,  9@9>^c. 
Fowl,  choice  to  fancy,  9@ 9^ c;  fair  to 
good, 
8^@9c ;  old  roosters,  6@7c 
Ducks,  g@ nc.

Live  Poultry— We  had  a  liberal  sup 
ply  again  the  past  week  by  express  and 
freight,  but  the  market  held  up  strong 
on  desirable  stock,  and  all  cleaned  uf 
except  some  tail  ends  and  stale  stuff. 
Commission  men  are  warning  shippers 
not  to  crowd  coops  as  the  death  rate 
has  been  unusually  heavy  the  past  week 
from  that  cause.  Young  turkeys  sold  at 
9@ ioc;  old,  8@gc. 
large 
fancy,  g c ;  choice,  8@ 8^c;  small  and 
medium,  7@ 7^c  per  lb.  Fowl,  fancy, 
to  good,  7@7%c;  thin  and 
8c;  fair 
poor,  6@6^c.  Ducks,  fancy,  per  pair, 
8o@goc;  small  and  medium,  per  pair, 
6o@75c.  Geese,  large 
fancy,  8o@goc; 
medium,  65@75c;  small,  45@6oc  each. 
Pigeons,  per  pair,  I5@20c.

Chickens, 

Game— A  few  partridge  and  duck  are 
the  extent  of  the  supply  here  and  they 
are  bringing  high  prices.  Game  of  all 
kinds 
is  in  active  request.  Partridge 
quoted  at  S8.5o@9;  woodcock,  $5.5o@6 
per  doz.  Deer,  25@35c  per  lb.  Rabbits, 
5o@65c  per  pair.  Squirrels,  51 @1.50 
per doz.  Quail,  S4@4-5°  Per doz.

Apples— With  an  enormous  crop  of 
apples  this  year this  market  is  short  of 
really  fancy  table  fruit.  Snows  are sell­
ing  readily  at  53@3. 25,  and  selected  a 
trifle  higher  and  other  soft  fall  fruit  is 
bringing  figures  for  a  full  crop  year. 
Winter  fruit  is  commanding  more  at­
tention  and  selling  at  better  prices. 
There  is  a  heavy  supply  of  common  to 
good,  which 
in  only  fair demand. 
Twenty  oz.  fancy  is  selling  at  $2.25® 
2.50;  Wagner,  §2@2.25;  Snow^@ 3.50; 
Kings,  $2.25@2.50;  Greenings,  51.71;®
2;  Ben  Davis,  52.25@2.5o. 
F a ir 'to  
good,  $1.2531.50  and  common,  5o@75c. 

Crab  Apples— Unsalable.
Pears— A 

fancy  Duchess  and 
Keiffers  are  selling  at  $2@2.25  per  bbl. 
Lower grades’at  any  price.
except 

for  strictly 
fancy  and  $1.50  is  top  of  the  market, 
with  most  offerings  of  really  good  go­
ing  at  75c@$i  per  bbl.

Quinces— Dull 

few 

is 

Grapes— Hot  weather  has  over-rip­
ened  this  fruit  and  holders  are  anxious 
to  sell  basket  lots.  Wine  grapes  are

around  and  cornered  him.  He  fled  in 
despair  from  that  locality  where  turkeys 
most  do  congregate.  Then  a  long,  low 
wail  began  to  come  in  from  the  coun­
try,  which  did  not  cease  until 
the 
“ Turkey  K in g”   was  arrested  and  con­
victed  of  fraud.

A .  B O M E R S ,

..Commercial Broker..

And  Dealer  in

Cijrars and  Tobaccos,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH. 

157 E. Fulton St. 
Representing

M. Brilles & Co., Allegheny City, Pa. 
Parker T. Conrad, Richmond, Va.
E. R. Wiersema. Grand Rapids. Mich.
G. P. Kramer, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Doc Andrus, 
Robin Hood, 
Three Sisters, 

Plaindealer,
Little  Barrister,
Old Pards, Etc.

OUR  LEADERS 

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99 N.  Ionia St. 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Store and Office 

Fixtures

W e make to order only.  We make 
them  right, too.  Maybe you wish 
to know more about  it;  if  you  do, 
send  in your r ’^ns and let  me  fig­
ure with you. 
If  I  furnish  plans  I 
charge  a  fair  price  for  them,  but 
they are right.

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What you need is the  Ideal Grocer’s Counter

Protects, stores and displays goods perfectly.  A  solid substantial counter, in all 
lengths,  which  employs the space  underneath to store and display goods.

Adds orderliness,  saves time,  space and  steps.  For  particulars  and  mighty  inter­
esting prices address the patentees and  sole manufacturers,

SHERER  BROS., 33 and  35  River Street. Chicago,  III.

higher  as  demand continues  active  from 
all  sections.  Catawba  pony  baskets,  11 
@ i2c;  Concords,  6@7c;  9  lb.,  g@ ioc; 
Niagara  pony,  i o @ i i c .  Concords,  per 
ton,  $i8@22 ;  Niagara,  $i8@25 ;  Ca­
tawba,  $40@5o.

Cranberries— Fair 

easier. 
Bushel  crates  quoted  at  $i. 85@2.25; 
bbls.,  $5@7.

supply; 

is 

Potatoes— Farmers  are  bringing 

in 
culls  and  fair 
lots,  evidently  holding 
back  the  best  stock  for  higher  prices, 
and  this  market 
in  need  of  No.  1 
white  stock,  and  is  willing  to  pay  high 
prices.  Fancy  potatoes  were  never  so 
scarce  at  this  season  of  the  year  in  this 
market.  With  the  general  idea  of  hang­
ing  onto  the  crop  prevailing,we  believe 
it  is  just  t-e  time  to  matket  a  few  car­
loads  and  do  not  think  growers  will 
make  a  mistake 
in  following  this  ad­
vice.  No.  1  white  sell  quick  at  42@45c; 
No.  2,  38@4oc  on  track.

Sweet  Potatoes— Heavy receipts;  mar­
ket  lower.  Open  barrels of  No.  1  selling 
at  $ i .'3 5 @ i .5 o ;  No.  2,  $ i @ i . 15.

Onions— Strong  and  higher.  Active 
demand  for  ail  varieties  and  receipts 
light.  Yellow  fancy,  55@6oc;  fair  to 
good,  5o@55c;  red  fancy,  50c;  white, 
55@65c  per  bushel.

Cabbage-----Firmer. 

$2.25@2.50  per  100.

Large  heads,

Celery— Receipts  continue  heavy  and 
all  selling  low.  Fancy  large  selling  at 
30c;  good  to  choice,  2o@25c  per  doz.

Squash— Medium  in  active  demand ; 
coarse 
large  are  selling  slowly  but  at 
good  prices.  Marrow,  $8@io;  Hub­
bard,  510® 15  per  ton.

Horseradish— Scarce  and  firm  at  $4.50 

@5.50  per  100  lbs.

Buckwheat  Flour— Light  trade;  the 
weather  continues  too  warm.  New  held 
at  $2.4o@2.6o  per  cwt.

Chestnuts— Heavy 

fancy 
selling  at  54;  wormy  and  small,  $2.50®
3  per  bushel.

receipts, 

Popcorn— Choice 

to  fancy,  2@2%c 

per  lb.

Honey—Active  and  firm 

for  fancy. 
Offerings 
Fancy  white  clover 
brings  20c;  No.  1,  18c;  No.  2,  16c; 
dark,  I2@i5c  per  lb.

light. 

Straw— Scarce,  strong 

and  higher. 
Wheat  and  oat,  $8@8.5o;  rye,  $9.50® 
10  per  ton  on  track.

Hay— Higher; 

light  receipts;  good 
demand.  Timothy 
loose  baled  prime, 
$ i 6 @ I 7   ;  tight  baled,  § 1 5 .5 0 ®  1 6 ;  No.  1, 
5 1 5 @ 1 5 . 5 0 ;  No.  2 , 
5 1 4 @ 1 4 . 5 0   per ton 
track  Buffalo.

T he  T u rk ey   K in g ’s  D isastrous  Coup. 

Prom the Chicago Times-Herald.

insane 

for  using 

Benjamin  J.  Hamm, 

the  “ Turkey 
K in g ,”   is  violently 
in  the  Du 
Page  county  jail.  Two years  ago  Hamm 
was  convicted 
the  United 
States  mails  for  the  purpose  of  fraud. 
His  confinement  has  resulted  in  mental
isaster,  and  the  United  States  authori­
ties  have  been  asked  to  remove  him  to 
an  asylum,  where  he  can  be  properly 
cared  for.

In  1898  Hamm  was  a  commission 
merchant at  246  South  water  street.  He 
dealt  in  poultry,  butter,  eggs  and  gen­
eral  produce,  which  he  sold  on  com­
mission.  He  had  found  business  pretty 
fair,  but  pot  sufficiently  profitable  for  a 
man  of  his  ambitions.  So 
just  about 
Thanksgiving  time  he decided  he would 
“ corner”   the  market  for  turkeys.  To 
this  end  he  sent  out  circulars  calling 
attention  to  the  fact  that  he  was  treas­
urer  of  the  town  of  Evergreen  Park  and 
handled yearly  the  vast  finances  of  that 
community.  Hence  he  was  trustw.  rthy. 
To  all  his  correspondents  in  the  country 
he  sent  pressing  invitations  to  consign 
him  all  the  turkeys  they  had,  offering 
to  dispose  of  the  fowl  for  a  mere  noth­
ing  in  the  way  of  commission.

In  response  to  this  alluring  represen­
tation  came  crates  and  boxes  and  car­
loads  of  turkeys  to  the  South  Water 
street  store. 
The  whole  street  was 
blocked  with  wagons  delivering  the  fa­
vorite  American  bird,  alive  and  dead, 
dressed  and  with  its  feathers  on, in  such 
c uantities  as  to  appall 
the  produce 
dealers,  who  were  themselves  by  no 
means  unshifty  in  handling  goods.

Poor  Hamm  found  to  his  sorrow  that 
be  had  not  cornered  the  turkey  market, 
but  that  the  turkey  market  had  turned

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predated.  YY e build them in three different ways, all  having a similarity in design 
F
^  alT . ecuV s fiuel with  plate glass,  has  16 display fronts, and a  paper  rack  the  entire 
ienglh,  below that sliding doors  Quarter sawed oak top 
inches thick.  The  projectiles  both  front 
and  back are so arranged that the feet never  mar  the  wood  work.  It  is  handsomely  finished  built  in 
10 and  12 foot lengths.  With  parties contemplating remodeling their  stores  we  solicit  correspondence 
as  we  will make special prices for complete outfits of store furniture.
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G R A N D   R A P ID S   F I X T U R E S   CO.

Cigar
Case.
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of
our

leaders.

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We are now located two blocks south of Union  Depot.

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Cor.  Bartlett  and  South  Ionia  Streets,  Grand  Rapids,  M idi,

W ATCH  YOUR  OPPORTUNITY.

Be  Satisfied  to  Go  B ackw ard if  Necessary.
Just  at  this  very  moment  the  greatest 
opportunity  presents  itself  to  the  human 
who, with  sufficient  foresight,  good sense 
and  energy,  has  pushed  down  his 
in­
vestment  and  brought  up  his  buying 
power.  The  best  chances  of  a  season 
are  usually  those  at  the  end  of  a  season. 
Starting  a  season  well  is  all  very  nice, 
but  winding  it  up  well  is  infinitely  bet­
ter. 
It  is. a  splendid  thing-to  have  only 
recently  bought  goods 
in  stock  at  all 
times.  When  you  buy  last  you  invar­
iably  buy  cheapest.  It  doesn’t  hurt  you 
half  so  much  to  carry  over  your June 
and  July  purchases  as  it  does  to  take 
over  things  that  were  bought  from  Jan­
uary  to  March.

The 

last  purchases  are  apt  to  be  the 
if  you  are  wide  awake  and 
best,  and 
are 
in  good  shape  you  can  most  likely 
get  them  at  less  than  what  they  would 
have  cost  you  early  in  the  season.  Of 
course, 
the  only  man  who  can  buy 
goods  at  bargain  time  is  the  man  who 
is  sensible  enough  to  fight  shy  of  over­
loading  at  any  time  during  the  season. 
The  temptations  of  rosy  promises  and 
great  expectations  of  an  early  season’s 
invariably  too  much  for the 
work  are 
large  or  small,  to 
average  merchant, 
withstand successfully. 
In  the  desire  to 
have  some  of  everything,  in  the  cour­
ageous  feeling  that  he  can  sell  some  of 
anything,  the  average  merchant  is  too 
easily 
into  the  over-buying  habit. 
It  sounds  very  nice  to  be  able  to  say, 
“ We  have  everything  that  the  season 
has  produced,’ ’  but it  would  be  infinite­
ly  better  to  be  able  to  say.  “ We  have 
only  those  things  which  are  worth  hav­
ing,  and  have  plenty  of  these.”   Then 
to  be  able  to say to yourself that  the total 
does  not  amount  to  so  much,  and  that 
the  stock 
is  of  such  a  character  that  it 
can  be  readily  and  quickly  disposed  of 
at  moderate  profits,  is  indeed  fine.

led 

M IC H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

7

afraid  that  you  are  not  doing  your  duty 
as  a  citizen ;  that  your  name  does  not 
stand  quite  as  far  forward 
in  broad 
movements  as 
it  m ight;  that  you  are 
not  doing  your duty  in  the  advancement 
of  general  conditions  by  bringing  your 
mercantile  brothers  together 
in  efforts 
to  obtain  the  best  railroad  rates,  the 
best  freight  rates,  the  best  streets,  the 
best  light  and  the  best  government  that 
your  votes  and  that  taxes  which  you 
help  pay  should  afford  you.  Be  greedy 
as  to  your  rights  and  powers  as  a  mer­
chant,  as  a  man  and  as  a  citizen.  A l­
ways  be  afraid  that  you  are  not  ready 
to  do  your  share.
The  man  who 

for  difficulties— mercantile 

is  properly  afraid  is 
always  strong,  because he  prepares  him­
self 
and 
otherwise— which  he  must  encounter. 
There 
is  never  any  self-complacency 
about  the  aggressive  business  man.  He 
always  looks  as  if  he  was  in  earnest. 
And  he 
is  in  earnest.  Nothing  is  es­
caping  him.  His  mind  is  concentrated 
on  what  he 
is  doing.  He  studies  de­
tails  and  endeavors  to  be  strong.  The 
strong,  keen  business  life  is  the  most 
productive  one  that  any  man  could  de­
sire  to  enter.  It  is  strenuous  enough  for 
anybody,  and  it  is  quite  as  large  a  field 
of  battle  as  the  hills  of  Cuba  or  the 
marshes  of  the  Philippines. 
It  takes 
good  nerve,  a clear  brain,  plenty  of  vir­
tue,  lots  of  self-repression  and  a  good 
deal  of  energy  in  these  days  to  be  a 
good  merchant.  A  man  must  be  strong 
— strong  in  truth,  strong  in  purpose  and 
strong 
in  purity  of  method.  He  does 
not  need  to  be  particularly  strong  in 
cash :  he  does  not  need  to  he  tremen­
dously  strong  in  credit,  and  he  does  not 
have  to  be  a  big  man  at  the  start  in  or­
der  to  be  a  strong  man.

In 

careful  man. 
fact,  he  is  the  most 
careful  man.  You  see,  this  article  is 
written  about  being  careful,  for  a  man, 
unless  he  is  careful,  can  never  be  al­
ways  ready. 
It  is  the  careless  man  who 
is  awakened  early  some  morning  by  his 
opportunity,  only  to  find  himself  power­
less  and  unable  to  respond  to  the  call 
of  times  and  conditions.

How  many  merchants  have  had  big 
bargains  offered  them  in  the  very  goods 
they  have  on  their  shelves  at  twice  the 
money  that  is  asked  them  on  the  day  of 
the  opportunity.  How  many  men  have 
found  themselves  loaded  with  bad  in­
vestments, unable  to  discount their  bills, 
unable  to  take  advantage  of  cash  pur­
chases, unable to  direct  funds  hither  and 
thither  in  their  business,  because  they 
were  careless.  How  many  other  mer­
chants  near  you  are  doing  business  in 
the  same  style  year  in  and  year  out,  are 
utterly  unprepared  for  either  prosperity 
or  adversity,  and  find  themselves  in  the 
midst  of  a  commercial  panic,  ill-in ­
formed,  with  assets  in  merchandise  and 
book  accounts  and  no  cash  on  hand! 
How  many  are  never  prepared  for  the 
times  of  depression  or  the  conditions 
of  accident  which  will  ever  befall  even 
the  most  careful!

trying 

Think  of  i t !  A   man 

to  do 
entirely  on 
business  and  depending 
“ bull  luck” — you  can  call 
it  nothing 
else— to  come  out  whole  in  his  transac­
tions.  Usually  the  man  who 
is  never 
prepared 
is  the  too  hopeful  man.  He 
is  always  believing  that  things  are  go­
ing  to  be  good.  Now,  mind  you,  he 
does  not try to make them good,  because, 
believing  that 
they  are  going  to  be 
good,  he never worries,  but allows things 
to  go  along 
in  the  same  easy-going 
channel  year  in  and  year  out.  He  only 
wakes  up  from his dream at stocktaking, 
when  he 
is  suddenly  confronted  by  a 
bad-looking  balance  sheet.  This,  how­
ever,  after  three  or  four  days  he  forgets 
and  relapses  into  his  comfortable  slum­
ber,  looking  toward  crop  reports,  condi­
tions  of  labor  and  other  generally  com­
fortable  statistics  to  put  him 
into  a 
peaceful  frame  of  mind,  hopeful  again 
as  to  his  future.

If  he 

to  study 

The  right  way  for  a  man  to  start  is  to 
study  himself,  to  know  his  weak points, 
analyze  his  character  and  determine  to 
guard  against  every  fault  that  he  has, 
and  to  utilize  to  advantage  the  better 
side  of  his  business  disposition. 
If  he 
let  him  determine  to 
is  extravagant, 
deny  himself. 
is  over-confident, 
let  him  cultivate  the  utmost  conserva­
tive  disposition.  If  he  is  over-timorous, 
let  him  bolster  his  courage  by  the  study 
of  the  work  of  others.  But  always  let 
him  keenly  and  thoroughly  study  his 
business,  continue 
it,  and 
never  feel  that  he  is  more  than  begin­
ning  to  understand  what  could  be  done 
if  he  only  knew  all  about  it.  He  should 
never  be  afraid  of  others,  and  at  the 
same  time  should  never  cease  to  be 
afraid  of  them.  This  is  a  curious  state­
ment,  but 
it  is  the  fact  in  a  nutshell. 
The  merchant  always  respects  his  com­
petitors,  and  never  ceases  to  regard 
their  efforts  with  watchfulness  and  with 
a 
full  determination  to  overcome  and 
defeat  them,  not  by  the  slashing  of 
prices  or  other  feeble  work  that any  fool 
can  do,  but  by  the  employment  of  su­
perior  brains,  greater  energy  and  more 
ingenuity. 
In this  way  he  should  never 
fear,  yet  should  always  fear—never  be 
afraid  to  outdo,  but  always  be  afraid 
that  they  will  outdo.— Dry  Goods Econ­
omist.

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is 

invariably 

The  man  with  the  heavy buying  habit 
and  the  slow  selling  habit  combined 
is 
never  ready.  Look  out  for  him,  you 
smart,  wide-awake  retailer.  You  can 
finish  him  and  his  trade 
in  a  hurry. 
He 
in  a  position  when 
he  must  sell  what  he  has  and  can  not 
buy what he  needs.  Study  him  in  order 
to  do  just  the  opposite  thing.  And  b> 
the  way,  let  him  heed  this  advice  and 
he  may  get  away 
from  his  own  bad 
habits.  There 
is  nothing  slow  about 
American  ideas  or  American  processes. 
We  are,  however,  still  doing  business 
to  a  great  extent  upon imported notions. 
Would  you  believe  that  many  small  re­
tailers  everywhere  are  following  the  old 
English,  Scotch,  German  and  French 
style  of  buying  and  holding  goods  for 
a  profit  always?

to 

The  later  and  more  modern  French 
style 
is  one  of  quick  turnovers.  The 
English  have  seen  fit  in  their  metropol 
follow  the  Parisian 
¡tan  ventures 
in  this  idea.  The  Ameri-1 
shopkeepers 
can  plan,  however,  is  still  a  further  im­
provement,  and 
is  much  more  wide­
spread,  the  rapid  turnover,  the  small 
profit,  the  quick  return  basis  being  in 
more  general  use  and  in  a  much  wider 
range  of  towns.  Metropolitan  condi­
tions  exist  only 
large  centers 
abroad,  but  in  America  even  our  small 
towns  have  up-to-date  stores,  and  up- 
to-date  methods  are  studied  by  men 
fully  abreast  of  the  times,  al­
who  are 
in  even  moderate-sized 
though 
communities. 
There 
is  no  mistake 
i t ;  the  small  man  with  the  big 
about 
ideas 
is  the  safe  man  and  the  strong 
man  of  to-day.  He  is  none  the  less  the

located 

in  the 

Better  for a  man  to  be  afraid  than  to 
be  too  comfortable 
in  mind.  To  be 
satisfied  is  to  go  backward.  It is  a  great 
danger  point  in  all  business  conditions. 
The  comfortable-looking individual  who 
lets  his  business  slide  on  without  keen­
ly  watching  every  point  is  in  dire  dan­
ger.  It  would  be  much  better  for  a  man 
to  be  really  pessimistic,  as  far  as  his 
own  conditions  are  concerned,  to  guard 
every 
item  of  expense  as  if  it  would 
cost  him  his  fortune.  Better  let  him 
stand  over  the  work  of  every  employe 
if  the 
and  the  making  of  every  sale  as 
life  of  the  business  depended  upon 
it, 
than  to  relapse 
into  that  comfortable 
state  of  imbecility  which  belongs  to  the 
man  who  is  never  ready.  Be  afraid  that 
you  will  miss  something.  Be  afraid 
that  you  won’t  get  the  bargains  that  are 
coming,  and  that  when  they  do  come 
you  won’t  be  able  to  take  advantage  of 
them.  Be  afraid  that  your  sales  people 
have  good  ideas  that  you  ought  to  take 
advantage  of,  and  that  they  won’t  tell 
you  about  them.  Be  afraid  that  you  are 
not  treating  some  of  your  people  quite 
right  and  that  it  would  be  better  to  con­
ciliate  them  a  trifle.  Be  afraid  that 
your  customers  do  'not  think  quite  as 
well  of  your  store  appointments  as  they 
might.  Be  afraid 
that  your  fixtures, 
cash  system,  etc.,  are  not  quite  as  well 
kept  up  as  they  might  he,  and  do  not 
present  as  attractive  an  appearance as 
those  of  other and  rival  concerns.  Be

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County  of  Kent 

j ss‘

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 
and 
issue  of 
folded  7,000  copies  of  the 
saw  the  edition 
Oct.  31,  1900,  and 
mailed 
And 
further  deponent  saith  not.

in  the  usual  manner. 

establishment. 

printed 

1 

John  DeBoer. 

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

notary  public 
this  third  day  of  November,  1900.

Notary  Public  in  and  for  Kent  Countv, 

Henry  B.  Fairchild, 

Mich.

CRIM IN A L  THOUGHTLESSNESS.

fact 

it  was 

When  Dorothy  Dix  rejoiced  the  other 
that  the  man  who 
day  over  the 
“ did  not  think 
loaded“   had 
found  to  his  cost  that  thoughtlessness  is 
a  crime,  there  was  an  active  scratching 
of  heads  in  kingdoms  of  the  world  out 
side  the  range  of  the  gunbarrel,  fol 
lowed  closely  by  the  wonder  whether 
thoughtlessness 
in  other  fields  would 
ever  receive  a  merited  and  too-long- 
delayed  punishment.  The  thoughtless 
handling  of  the  firearm  ends  in  murder, 
but  the  destruction  of  another  man's 
time  as  surely  amounts  to  theft.  Day 
in  and  day  out  men  and  women  with 
good  sound  common sense,  which should 
of  itself  tell  them better, will “ drop in, ”  
and  stay  dropped,  keeping  their  victim 
from  his  work  when 
they  know,  or 
should  know,  that  every  minute  they 
rob  him  of  is  just  so  much  monev  taken 
boldly  and  bodily  from  his 
income. 
Let  prudence  suggest  to the  visitor  after 
his  call  is  over  that  his  len.thened  and 
needless  stay  has  been  an  expensive 
one  and  there  will  be  heard  the  old 
stereotyped  reply,  “  1 never once thought 
of  it ! ”   Of  course  not;  but  it  would  be 
interesting  to  hear  the  reply  to  the  sug­
gestion  that  the  caller  make  up  in  dol­
lars  and  cents  the  worth  of  the  time  he 
has  stolen.

enormously 

John  Smith,  over  here  on  Something 
street,  recently 
found  himself  crowded 
out  of  his  old  quarters  into  new  ones  by 
an 
increasing  business. 
The  time  had  come  when  he  could 
afford  handsome  quarters  and  he  had 
them.  They  were  comfortable  and  cosy 
and  the  many  friends  increased  pros­
perity 
is  sure  to  bring  as  usual  found 
John  one  of  the  best  fellows  in the world 
and  they  were  always  dropping  in to see 
him.  He  wondered  at  it.  He  had  not 
changed  any  since  yesterday,  since  this 
morning,  since an hour  ago,and  yet  they 
were  constantly  wanting  to  come  and,

worse  than  that,  to  stay. 
It  finally  oc­
curred  to  him  that  his  chairs  were  too 
easy and  too  numerous;  that the original 
cost  was  all  that  he  could  afford  and 
that  he  did  not  care  to  pay  for  them  ten 
times  over,  even 
if  that  amount  was 
stolen  from  him  in  time  values.  Every 
chair  but  one  was  removed  from  that 
is  not  one  of  the  com­
office  and  that 
fortable  originals. 
It  is  worth  its  price 
to  sit  on  it  long;  but  the  removal  of  the 
easy  seats  removed  the  anxiety  to  see 
him  and  to  learn  the  condition  of  his 
health.  Those  men  knew  better,  but 
they  did  not  care ;  and 
is  submitted 
that  something  should  be  done  to  make 
such  acts  criminal  and  the  authors  of 
them  amenable  to  law.

it 

Here  is  another  instance:  There  is  a 
business  carried  on—there  are several of 
them  all  over  the  city.  Their  workmen 
are  hired  at  a  certain  rate  for  a  certain 
number  of  hours’  work.  They  know 
and  their  friends  know  that  their  time 
is  not  their  own.  From  morning  until 
night  there 
is  no  time  to  visit,  and  a 
break  occurs  only  at  a  financial  loss. 
Here,  too,  time  is  money;  gain  or  loss, 
according  as  it  is  made  use  o f ;  and  yet 
in  these  establishments 
it  was  no  un­
usual  occurrence  for  friend  after  friend 
to  come 
in  and  visit  at  the  expense  of 
the  establishment  until 
firm  was 
obliged  to  bar  out  all  callers  upon  em­
ployes  during  working  hours. 
There 
was  no  end  of  complaints  made  when 
the  shut-out  rule  went  into  operation, 
but  that  was  far  more  agreeable  to  the 
indignant  workmen  than  a  docking  of 
wages  for  time  wasted  would  be.  They 
were  perfectly  willing  that  the  robbery 
should  be  perpetrated,  so  long  as  the 
employer  was  the  sufferer;  but when  the 
loss  was  shifted  upon  their  shoulders, 
they 
It  is  a 
good  place  for  the  application  of  the 
old  law:  “ Thou  shalt  not  steal“ — even 
time.

found  it  a  different  thing. 

the 

The  plea  of  thoughtlessness  is  good, 
so  far  as  it  goes;  but  it  is  as  worn  out 
as  it  is  limited.  Like  the  result  of  the 
shot-gun there  is  just  as  much to deplore 
as  there  would  be  if  it  had been planned 
for  and  it  is  none  the  less  hard  to  bea 
because  the  theft  is  the  result  of  friend 
ship.  It  is  time  for  this  sort  of  stealing 
to  be  stopped  and  he  who  makes  the 
first  test  case  to  bring  it  within  the  pale 
of  the  law  will  prove  himself  a  benefac 
tor  of  mankind,  or,  a  least,  that  portion 
of 
it  who  are  suffering  now  from  the 
thoughtlessness  of  acquaintances  and 
friends.

The  personal  income  of  the  Countess 
Castellane 
is  only  3,000,000  francs  a 
year,  but  tbat  is  not  enough  for  the  re 
quirements  of  her  good  for  nothing  hus 
band.  He 
is  an  expensive  little  lux 
ury,  this  dainty  and  bellicose  French­
man.  Had  he  not  been  successful  in 
marriage  he  would  have  been  obliged 
to  get  along  on  a  good  deal  less  than 
3,000,000  francs  a  year,  for  he  belongs 
it  is  written, 
to  that  class  of  which 
They  toil  not,  neither  do  they  spin; 
in  all  his  glory  was 
and  yet  Solomon 
like  one  of  these. “   The 
not  arrayed 
late  Jay  Gould  commenced 
life  as  a 
clerk  in  a  grocery  store  and  amassed  a 
great  fortune.  Count  Castellane  should 
get  a  clerkship  somewhere  and  try  to 
emulate his late father-in-law’s example. 
That  might  be  too  much  of  a  task  for 
him  perhaps,  because 
it  requires  a 
pretty  smart  fellow  to  be  a  good  clerk 
in  a  grocery  store.

M ISTAKES  IN   ROAD  M AKING.

importance. 

It  has  been  said  time  and  again  that 
all  the  talk  about  good  roads  has  been 
gotten  up  by  the  bicycle  folks  and  the 
manufacturers  of  bicycles.  While  there 
is  no  doubt  that  these  classes  are 
inter 
ested  in  having  smooth  roads,  the  farm 
er  has  a  far  greater  financial  interest  in 
the  keeping  of  good  hard  roads,  for  the 
roads  between  him  and  town or  the  rail 
road  are  his  means  for  the  transporta 
tion  of  all  his  sale  crops,  and  over  them 
all  the  farm  supplies  that  come  from 
outside  must  be  hauled.  Not  only  the 
character  of  the  road  surface,  but  its 
grade  on  the  hills  is  to  him  a  matter  of 
vital 
In  a  hilly  section 
there  is  nothing  more  common  than  to 
see  roads  laid  out  and  used  for  genera 
tions 
location  where  the  road 
should  never  have  been,  while 
the 
proper  location  was  but  a few feet away 
instances  of  this  sort  can 
Numberless 
in  every  hilly  section,  where 
be 
the  rainfall  comes 
in  deluges  and  the 
clay  is  so  easily  washed  into  gullies.  It 
may  not  be  practicable  in  all sections  at 
once  to  have  roads  with  macadamized 
foundations,  but  it  is  always  possible  to 
get  the  best  grade  fora dirt road.  Then, 
too,  a  dirt  road  need  not  be  a  soft  or 
muddy  road  everywhere.  A   well-con 
structed  earth  road,  where  material  at 
hand  is  properly  used,  can  be  made  and 
maintained  if  some  proper  considera­
tion  is  given  to  this  material.

found 

in  a 

The  writer  recently  drove  over  a level 
stretch  of  country  along  the  lake  shore 
where  the  entire  roadbed  was  a  deep, 
drifting  sand,  and  where  it  was  impos­
sible  for  a  horse  to  pull  a  light  buggv 
except  at  a  slow  walk.  Right  on  each 
side  of  this  road  ditches  would  have  re­
vealed  a  gravelly  clay  and  sand  subsoil 
which  could  have  been  thrown  out  on 
the  surface  of  that  deep  sand,  and  with 
that  drainage  would  have  at  once  made 
a  hard  and  smooth  road  at  small  ex­
pense.  And  yet 
for  many  years  the 
farmers  have  been  hauling  over  that 
bed  of  sand,  where  no  team  can  haul 
half  a  load,  and  all  simply  because they 
have  failed  to  see  that  the  material  for 
making  the  road  good  was  all  alongside 
of 
it  waiting  for  some  one  with  ideas 
to  put  it  on.

There  are  sections  where  the roads are 
clay  and  where  there  are  no  rocks  suit­
able  for  macadamizing  handy.  But  are 
you  sure  there 
is  no  sand  or  gravel  at 
hand?  Do  you  not  know  from  long  ex­
perience  that  the  mud 
from  the  side 
ditches  will  never  make  a  firm  road?  If 
the 
roadbed  is  properly  shaped,  not 
rounded  so  much  to  the  center  that  all 
teams  will  naturally 
follow  the  one 
central  track,  but  rounded  enough  to 
drain  the  surface  and  then  topped  with 
some  more  sandy  material  that will bind 
with  the  clay,  it  is  perfectly  possible  in 
most  sections  to  materially  lessen  the 
labor  of  the  team  in  hauling  over the 
road.  Then 
to  these 
measures  for  mending  the  dirt  road  the 
farmers  of  the  section  would  all  use 
broad  tires  on  their  wagon  wheels  to 
avoid  a  heavy 
into  the 
roadbed,there  could  be  a great improve­
ment  made  in  our  dirt  roads.

load  cutting 

in  addition 

if 

The  tax  on  the  farmer  for  bad  roads 
and  narrow-tired  wagons  is  the  heaviest 
he  has  to  pay,  and  both  are  needless  if 
little  thought  is  applied  to  the  prob­
lem  in  most  section’s.  The  worst  part  of 
road  governs  the  power needed  to  pull 
load  over  it.

The  man  at  the  wheel  is  not  always 
steering  a  ship.  He  may  be  mending 
a  bicycle  tire.

Water  is  wanted  at  Cincinnati  to  float 
coal  barges  down  the  river.  For drink­
ing  purposes  there  is  plenty  of  beer.

it 

Now  that  the  outcome  of  the  election 
is  known,  the  voters  and  all  the  people 
will  go  on  their  way  as  usual,  as  if  the 
hard-fought  battle  of  yesterday  were an­
cient  history.  There  is  nothing  more 
foolish  than  getting  mad  about  politics 
unless 
is  staying  mad.  Men  must 
differ on  matters  of  public  policy,  and 
it  is  best  for  all  concerned  that  they 
should,  but  these  differences  need  not 
friendly  rela­
be  so  deep  as  to  disturb 
tions,  and  they  seldom  do. 
It  is  every 
man’s  bounden  duty  to  make  his  vote 
express his  convictions,  and  the  minor­
ity  can  be  safely  depended  on  to  accept 
the  will  of  the  majority  and  abide  by 
it.  The  Americans  acquiesce  in  the  in­
evitable  very  readily.  A   presidential 
campaign  disseminates  a  good  deal  of 
information  and  some  misinformation, 
but  one  good  influence  is  that  it  directs 
public  attention  to  public affairs.  There 
is  no  danger  that  they  will  be  watched 
its  benefits  and 
too  closely.  With  all 
pleasures,  its  annoyances  and  its 
inter­
ference  with  business,  the  campaign 
comes  to  an  end,  and  few,  if  any,  would 
prolong  the  conclusion  if  they  could.

It  is  an  unusual  thing  for  a  church  to 
go  into  the  banking business,  but  that  is 
what  the  Mennonite  Brethren  at  Mc­
Pherson,  Kan.,  propose 
to  do.  The 
bank  is  to  have  a  capital  of  §50,000,  is 
to  do  a  general  banking  business,  and 
to  be  run  on  strictly  business  principles 
a  money-making  institution.  The 
stock  will  be  subscribed  by  members  of 
the  church.  The  stockholders  will  re­
ceive  a  small  percentage  of  the  profits, 
but  the  greater  part  of  the  money 
earned  will  go  into  a  missionary 
fund 
to  be  handled  by  the  Mennonite  Breth­
ren  Missionary  Association  of  North 
America,  a  new  organization  that  has 
just  been  formed  to  work  in  connection 
with  this  bank.

The 

late  William  L.  Wilson  had  a 
death  almost  exactly^parallel  to  that  of 
Robert  E.  Lee.  The  two  men  not  only 
’ ied  in  the  same  office,  but  in  the  same 
house,  in  the  same  room  and 
in  the 
same  bed,  and  they  were  buried  from 
the  same  chapel.

The  Chicago  Record  has  ascertained 
that  the  average  voter  does  not know the 
man  who  is  running  for  the  Legislature. 
And  the  Milwaukee  Sentinel man thinks 
that 
in  many  districts,  if  the  average 
voter  did  know  the  man,  the  man would 
not  be  running.

When  a  man  knows  he 

is  great— and 
others  do  not  know  it— he  should  keep 
the  secret,  and  not  hold  a  man by a  but­
tonhole  on  his  coat  until  he  has  told  it.

Engagement  cards  are  tags  dudes  put 
on  girls  they  expect  to  marry  to  keep 
other  fellows  from  appropriating  them 
at  informal  affairs.

A  great  man  who  talks  continually, 
without  knowing  what  he  says  or  why 
he  said 
it,  is  always  having  trouble 
with  reporters.

A   little  brief  authority  is  not  much  to 
be  clothed  with ;  but  some  men  so  cos­
tumed  feel  as  if  they  were wearing royal 
robes.

Chicago 

is  fond  of  titled  foreigners, 
and  has  an  Italian  count  in  jail,  to show 
attachment  for  him.

The  game  laws  will  not  prevent  crow­

killing for  eating  purposes  this  week.

Partisan  politics  make  a  man  suspi­

cious,  narrow  and  quarrelsome.

M IC H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

9

is 

in 

it  which  they 

T H E   COMM ERCIALLY A V A ILA BLE.
There  is  a  mortal  fear among  certain 
young  men 
lest  they  may  know  too 
much.  They  are  worried  because some­
thing  unpractical 
liable  to steal  in 
and  make  ¿hem  unfit  for  the  life with no 
nonsense 
intend  to 
lead.  They  give  strict  attention  to  the 
multiplication  table.  They  work  long 
examples  in  fractions  with large denom­
inators  for  swift  and  accurate  results. 
They  study  percentage  until  every  nos- 
sible  condition  is  transparent  as  glass. 
Fact— bare,  plain,  unadorned 
fact— is 
the  watchword  and  the  guiding  star, 
and,  when  the  training  school  has  done 
its  best,  with  an  assurance  that  can  not 
be  mistaken,  the  candidate  for  commer­
cial  honors  finds  upon  application  that 
his  best  is  only  a  part  of  the  whole. 
For  an  insignificant  fraction  only  he 
is 
available  and  he  finds  to  his  dismay 
that  the  practical  even  in  commercial 
life  means  more  than  the  four  funda­
mental  rules  of  arithmetic  and  their  ap­
plications.

to 

is  narrowed 

is  that  while 

One  of  the  first  ideas  to  disturb  his 
in  fact  com­
composure 
mercial  speech 
the 
scriptural  yea  and  nay  and  that  “ what­
soever  is  more  than  these  cometh  of 
e v il,”   he  learns  to  his  dismay  that  the 
lays  some  claims  to  the 
trading  world 
graces  of  speech  and  to  what 
it  is 
pleased  to  call  common  decency  and 
that  a  young  man  who  says  only yes and 
no  is  so  lacking  in  commonest  civility 
as  to  shut  himself  from  the  very class  to 
whose  wants  and  wishes  he  is  supposed 
indeed,  es­
to  cater.  Arithmetic 
sential,  but  so 
life,  yet  the 
physical  that  undertakes  to  live  only  on 
air  hardly  accomplishes  its  purpose.  A 
reading  course  in  the  essayists  and  the 
poets  is  not  down  in  the  curriculum  of 
commercial  training  and  yet  there  are 
times,  as  every  practical  business  man 
knows,  when  a  knowledge  gained  by  a 
study  of  these  so-called  non-essentials 
has  an  incalculable  trade  value.  It  is  a 
fact  worth  knowing  and  the  all  round 
practical  tradesman  that  admits 
it  and 
tests 
it  will  find  that  business  life,  to 
be  a  real  success,  must  know  something 
more  than  the  mathematical  principle 
behind  the  multiplication  table.

is, 
is  air  to 

It 

is  found 

is  too  generally  believed  that  the 
diploma  stands  for  cultivation.  At  one 
time  it  came  nearer to  it  than 
it  does 
now;  but  that  testimonial  only  affirms 
that  the  bearer  has  been  over the  pre­
scribed  number  of 
text  books  and 
answered  fairly  well  what  questions 
have  been  asked  him  on  the  subject- 
matter.  If  business  is  satisfied  with  the 
text  books,  well  and  good;  but,  aside 
from  that,  if  awkwardness of  speech  and 
manner 
in  the  man  behind 
the  diploma,  for  commercial  purposes 
he  is  unavailable.  Six  times  seven  may 
be  forty-two  every  time,  but  after  the 
is  written  down  his  accuracy 
number 
will  not  stand 
if  his  rude 
speech  and  ruder  manners  drive  away 
the  trade  his  learning  was  supposed  to 
“ Bowing  and  scraping”   are 
bring  in. 
contemptible  only  as  they  are 
insincere 
and,  while  a  lack  of  these  is  not  among 
the  criminal  offenses,  a  man  with  this 
lack  will  find  that  in  practical  business, 
to  be eminently successful,  he must  have 
training  enough  to  know  when  to  speak 
and  how,  to  be  able  to  get  around  the 
sharp  corners  and  angles  of  life  without 
clumsily  getting 
in  his  own  or  other 
people’s  way  and  to  do  this,  too,  in  ad­
dition  to  his  ability  to  add  and  sub­
tract  without  making  mistakes.

for  much 

A  word  which  is  getting  to  be  often 
used  in  commercial  circles  in  regard  to

is  “ competent.”  

desirable  men 
“ It 
is  conceded the  applicant  can  read  and 
write;  it  is  understood  that  figures  are 
so  many  playthings;  his  manners  may 
be  those  of  Chesterfield ;  but  is  he  the 
competent  man  that  we  need 
in  this 
commercial  house? 
I  need  six  com­
petent  young  men  now,  but  where  can  I 
find  them  ”   Competent;  and  when  the 
idea  was  followed  up,  that  word  was 
found to  stand  for  a  liberal  education,  a 
thorough  knowledge  of  the  business— 
and  that  includes  details— and  the  prac­
tical  ability  and  experience  to  take hold 
where  any  man  should  drop  his  work 
and  to  go  right  on  with  it  without  a 
halt.  The  trouble  here 
lies  in  the  ex­
pectation  that  a  young  man  can  be 
found  to  fill  the  bill.  Adam  is  the  only 
instance  where  maturity  reached  its cul­
mination  at  birth;  but  the  statement 
shows  what  is  v anted  now  in  commer­
cial  life  and  it  shows,  too,  that  a  man, 
to  be  available,  must  be  competent  and 
that,  widen  his  world  as  he  will  and  be 
as  well  trained  as  he  may,  there 
is  no 
danger  of  his  knowing  too  much  or  of 
his  finding  unpractical  much  that he has 
supposed  to  be  exactly  that.

A LL  WOOE.

The  words  were  fastened  to  a  roll  of 
ingrain  carpeting  and  the  goods  were 
placed  where  they  could  offer 
their 
own  inducements  to  every  passerby.  A 
glance  showed  them  to  be  a  yard  wide, 
the  pattern  was  new  and  unique,  the 
colors  were  modest  and  attractive.  The 
only  doubt  about  the  goods was removed 
by  the  label,  and  there  is  every  reason 
to  believe  that  sales  were  soon  made, 
for  the  world  is  on  the  lookout  for  that 
kinds  of  goods  and,  if  it  can  get  them 
for  50  cents,  does  not  want  anything 
else.  The  suggestion  tHSt  it  was  “ only 
a  game  of  bluff”   was  promptly  refuted 
by  a  glance  at  the  sign  over  the  en­
trance  door,  so  that,  to  all  intents  and 
purposes,  on  that  “ All  wool”   label  de­
pended,  for  the  time  being,  the  reputa­
tion  of  that  house.

It  has  been  asserted  that  no  fifty  cent 
it 
sale  can  ruin  any  establishment;  but 
has  been  as  strongly  declared  that  it 
is 
not  a  matter of  fifty  cents,  but  of  com­
mercial  existence.  Right  there  on  the 
simple  question,  “ Wool  or  cotton?”   the 
whole  matter  rests  and  the  answer,  just 
as  simple,  is  easily  found:  a  thread  of 
the  web  and  the  woof— less  than  an inch 
of  each— will  tell  the  story; the  stroke of 
a  friction  match,  the  contact  of  flame 
and  fiber,  and sight and smell  render  un­
impeachable  testimony  for  or  against 
that  house.  Wool— angels sing ;  cotton— 
devils  dance,  and  song  and  “ fantastic 
toe”  
foreshadow  deserved  success  or 
merited  ruin.  The  principle  involved 
in  the  “ all  wool  and  yard  wide”   still 
exists  at  the  bottom  of  things,  commer­
cial  and  noncommercial;  and  policy,  if 
no  higher  motive  can  be  appealed  to, 
should 
induce  business  to  cling  to  it 
closely.

It  would  be  a  waste  of  time  to  argue 
that  too  often  there 
is  no  such  close 
clinging.  The  customer  on  one  side  of 
the  counter,  even  without  his  flaming 
match,  finds  cotton  where  wool  was  said 
to  be,  the  dealer  on  the other side knows 
there  will  be  no  sharp  calling  to account 
for  the  detected  cheat,  and  it  remains 
for him  and  his  kind  to  decide  whether 
they  can  afford  to  sell 
for  “ all  wool”  
goods  that  they  know  are  not  all  wool. 
True,  business  can  not  be  expected  to 
stand  on  both  sides  of  the  counter.  The 
game  loses  its  interest  when  he  or  his 
clerk  points  out  a  miss-move  in  the 
game  going  on  between  him  and  his

is  willing  to  wear 

customer.  Beyond  an  occasional  warn­
ing 
in  regard  to  a  threatened  queen 
nothing  can  be  expected  from  either 
side  of  the  board,  and  even  that  should 
not  be  looked  for  at  certain  periods  of 
it  be  a  fact,  however, 
the  game. 
If 
that  the  game 
is  won  by  miss-taking 
a  pawn  for  another  piece  it  will  go  hard 
with  the  good  name  of  the  gamester 
who  makes  the  deception  a  success. 
If 
he 
laurels  of  that 
character  he  will  not  be  looked  upon 
with  envious  eyes  and  he  must  makeup 
his  mind  that  sooner  or  later  he  will 
find  out  by  actions  that  speak  more 
plainly  than  words— nor  will  words  be 
wanting— that  a  pawn  is  a  pawn,  a  rook 
a  rook,  a  knight  a  knight,  and  that  he 
who  willfully  plays  one  for  the  other, 
and  so  wins  the  game,  is  at  heart  as 
great  a  rascal  as  he  who  steals  a  purse.
In  these  days,  when  seeming  appears 
to  be  as  good  as  being,  the  man  behind 
the  counter sometimes thinks ‘ * it’s tough 
times”   that  he  can  not  enter  the  lists 
and have  an  occasional  game  of  “ tit  for 
tat”   when  the  odds  are  all  on  his  side. 
If  a  man  wants  a  filled  watch  there  is 
no  more  reason  why  he  shouldn’t  sell  it 
to  him  than  there  is  a  reason  why  he 
should  be  debarred  from furnishing  him 
with 
filled  cheese  and  bean  coffee. 
There  is  no  reason.  Let  the  watch  and 
the  cheese  be  marked  “ filled”   and  the 
coffee  “ bean  coffee,”   exactly  as  the 
is  marked  “ all  wool,”   and 
carpeting 
the 
trading  shall  go  on  unchallenged ; 
but  if,  tested,  the  goods  are  not  what 
they  are  claimed  to  be,  the  finger  of 
prophecy  will  write  "U pharsin”   upon 
the  walls  of  that  house  and another com­
mercial  Nebuchadnezzar  shall  find  his 
days  numbered  and  finished.

in 

the  Adirondacks, 

That  forestry,  intelligently  conducted, 
is  profitable  has  been  demonstrated  by 
the  experience  of  the  New  York  State 
College  of  Forestry— one  of  the  allied 
colleges  which  form  Cornell  University 
— with 
its  Adirondack  forest  preserve. 
The  work  during  the  past  summer gives 
reason  to  believe  that  the  college 
forest 
will  be  self-supporting  for a  number  of 
if  it  does  not  re­
years  to  come,  even 
turn  a  small  income  on  the  State’s 
in­
vestment.  The  30,000  acres  of  timber 
land  which  the  State  turned  over  to  the 
college  two  years  ago  were  soft  timber. 
Much  hardwood,  which  had  never  been 
marketable 
re­
mained,  and  furnished  the  only  chance 
of  making  the  forest  self-supporting. 
Prof.  Bernard  E.  Fernow  succeeded 
in 
interesting  a  manufacturer of  staves  and 
wood  alcohol,  and  a  plant  was  erected 
on  Tupper  Lake,  which  is  near the  pre­
serve. 
the  hardw'ood  would  not 
float  down  the  streams  which  drain  the 
forest,  a  railroad  six  miles  long 
is  be­
ing  constructed.  A  use  has  also  been 
found  for  the  brushwood  which  abounds 
throughout  the  Adirondacks. 
In  the 
it  has  been  piled  in  heaps  about 
past 
the  woods  and 
furnished  a  constant 
source  of  forest  fires.  Prof.  Fernow has 
constructed  a  machine  which  cuts  the 
brushwood 
into  fagots  and  renders  it 
salable  to  charcoal  burners.  These  fag­
ots  can  also  be  used  in  the  manufacture 
of  wood  alcohol.

As 

is 

A  man 

in  a  bad  way  when  he 
thinks  he  is  public  opinion,  and  should 
be  respected  as  such.

The  secret  of  a  young  man’s  success 
may  be  found  in  his  close  attention  to 
business.  ______________

Take  all  men  at  their  face  value,  and 

some  of  them  would  feel  cheap.

A  PARAMOUNT  QUESTION.

It  is  an  astounding  fact  that  the  ad­
ministration of  the  criminal  laws  of  this 
country  and  the  depredations  of  the 
criminal  classes  are  costing  the  people 
more  annually  than  the  National  Gov­
ernment,  expensive  as  is  that  establish­
ment.  And  the  worst  of  it  is  that  the 
United  States  stand  at  the  head  in  this 
respect.

Eugene  Smith,  a  New  York  lawyer, 
made  the  statement  recently,  before  the 
congress  of  the  National  Prison  Asso­
ciation 
in  Cleveland,  that  crime  was 
costing  us  about  $600,000,000  a  year!  It 
is  calculated  that  of  this  sum  fully  one- 
third,  or  $200,000,000,  is  raised by  tax­
ation  and  employed  in  the  enforcement 
of  the  criminal  codes  and  the  support 
of  the  penal  institutions.

Here 

is  something  for  the  people  to 
think about.  Crime can be decreased to a 
natural  minimum.  Several  countries  in 
the  Old  World  have  demonstrated  that 
fact.  Why  continue  to  allow  crime  to 
show  abnormal  development  and  condi­
tions in  this  country when  the  corrective 
lies with  the  public?

Take  Michigan,  for  example.  Our 
penitentiaries  are  full,  our jails  are  usu­
ally  full,  our  criminal  dockets  are  large 
and  our  newspaper  columns  daily  re­
count  new  crimes.  We  are  spending 
scores  of  thousands  of  dollars  annually 
in  this  State  on  our  criminal  courts  and 
jails  that  ought  to  be  saved  to  the  peo­
ple.  This  burden  means  higher  taxa­
tion.

But  how  can  this  drain  be  stopped? 
By  adopting  a  policy  of  prompt,  rigid 
law. 
and  impartial  enforcement  of  the 
The  certainty  of  punishment 
is  the 
greatest  possible  check  to  crime.  Let 
it  be  thoroughly  understood  that  to  vio­
late  any  law  in  Michigan  means  swift, 
adequate  and  merciless  punishment  and 
there  will  be  little  crime  in  Michgan. 
Jails  will  be  quickly  emptied  and  re­
main  empty.  Court  dockets  will  shrink 
to  insignificant  proportions.  Criminal 
costs  will  be  counted  in  hundreds where 
they  are  now  counted  in  thousands  and 
tens  of  thousands.

Nobody  would  suffer  but  the  criminal 
lawyers, the court  officers  and— the  crim­
inals.  The  people  would  enjoy  lower 
taxes,  the'm orals  of  the  communities 
would  be 
improved,  life  and  property 
would  be  safer  and  the  State  more  at- 
| tractive  and  progressive.

The  courts  and  the  officers  of  the 

law 
are  responsible 
for  the  failure  to  put 
down  crime  to  a  minimum.  And  the 
people  are  responsible  for  the  failures 
of  the  courts  and  the  officials.  The 
crime 
the  American 
states,  Michigan  prominently  among 
them,are  a  disgrace  to  our  public  senti­
ment,  our  civilization  and  our 
intelli­
gence.

conditions 

in 

And,  after  all,  it 

Edwin  Markham,  the  poet,  in  a  re­
lecture,  declared  that  he  had  been 
cent 
thinking  about  “ the  man  with  the  hoe”  
ten  years,  and  that  he  spent  four  years 
writing  the  poem  about  him. — Success.
is  not  much  of  a 
Inspired  by  the  picture  of  the 
poem. 
Angelus, 
it  makes  a  down-trodden, 
crushed  slave  of  a  man  who  tills  the 
soil  in  a  way  that  excites  the  ridicule 
of  the  rich  farmers  of  the  West,  who 
say  that  Schoolmaster  Markham,  who  is 
not  a  tiller,  must  have  dreamed  it  in  a 
wild  flight  of  agricultural 
imagination. 
The  free  man  with  a  hoe,  working  next 
to  God’s  free  soil,  making  room 
for 
fruit  and  flowers  and  golden  grain  to 
grow,  is  a  prince  on  earth,  where  the 
plodding  pedagogue  poet 
is  a  blind 
drudge.

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Dry Goods

T he  D ry  Goods  M arket.

Staple  Cottons— Brown  cottons,  heavy 
sheetings,  drills,  etc.,  for  export  con­
tinue  to  be  features  of  the  market,  but 
there  are  broad  hints  to  the  effect  that 
business  has  been  taken  at  cut  prices. 
This  shows  for one  thing  at 
least  that 
there  are  some  considerable  stocks  on 
hand  in  spots  and  that  the  cotton  mar­
ket  is  a  little  easier.  Coarse  colored 
cottons  show  no  change 
in  activity, 
sellers  and  buyers  being  absolutely  un 
able  to  agree  on  a  happy  medium. 
In 
denims  particularly,  there  is  frequently 
a  difference  of  opinion  amounting  to 
cent  or  a  cent  and  a  half.

lawns  and 

sheer  goods 

Prints  and  Ginghams— Specialties  i 
the  higher  qualities  of  printed  goods, 
such  as 
for 
spring,  are  doing  a  fairly good business. 
The  new  prices  for  the  season  have  not 
yet  been  settled  and  many  of  the  orders 
arc  necessarily  placed  on  memorandum 
pending  the  decision.  Whether  the 
sellers  will  be  able  to  secure  the  price 
for  them 
is  a  question,  although  they 
agree  that  5^ c  for  standard  fancies 
the  correct  thing  and  borne  out  by  the 
circumstances.  The  style of the orderino 
for  the  present  time  promises  well,  and 
for  the  future  when  prices  are  settled, 
election  is  over,  and  trade  settles  down 
to  its  normal  conditions.  Both  staples 
and  dress  styles  of  ginghams  are  quiet 
but,  as  they  are  well  sold  up  for  the 
season,  they  remain  firm  and  steadv.

It 

Dress  Goods— Events  of the  Dast  week 
in  connection  with 
the  spring  dress 
goods  demand  have  not  been  at  all  sat 
isfactory. 
The  accretion  of  business 
has  been  clearly  disappointing  to  the 
average  agent,although  some  fair  orders 
have  been  taken  on  staples  and  novelty 
plain  weaves.  One  hears predictions  of 
higher  prices  in  the  event  of  anything 
like  a  sizable  demand  developing  after 
the  election. 
is  pointed  out  that 
prices  are  at  a  very  low  level— clearly 
in  the  buyers’  favor  as  compared  with 
the  wool  market—and  that  in  the  event 
of  a  further advance  in  the  raw material 
a  higher  price  would  be  a  natural  se­
quence  on  the  manufactured  article. 
The 
jobber  appears  to  have  made  up 
his  mind  to  wait  before  making  further 
purchases  of  consequence  until  he  has 
an  opportunity  to  get  a  fair  idea  of  the 
attitude  of  his  customers.  The  large 
retailers  who  buy  direct  from first hands 
are  holding  up  their  orders  until  there 
is  a  better  development  in  the  demand 
in  hand. 
for  the  heavyweight  goods 
While  everything  points 
to 
plain  fabrics,  there  is  still  a  good  deal 
of  uncertainty 
in  the  minds  of  buyers 
regarding  the  fabrics  they  should  buy. 
The  future  of  the  fancy  goods  end  of 
the  market  is  as  obscure  as  ever.

strongly 

if  this 

Knit  Goods— Taking  it  on  the  whole, 
the  past  year  has  b- en  an  unusually 
prosperous  one  for  the  knit  goods  man­
ufacturers.  A   large  number  of  men  are 
building  knitting  mills,and  consequent­
ly  the  supply  of  underwear  will  be 
larger than  heretofore.  It  is  very  doubt­
ful 
is  beneficial,  either  to  the 
manufacturer himself,the jobber,  retailer 
or  the  consumer.  The  supply  of  under­
wear  is  fully  equal  to  the  demand  at  the 
present  time.  Where 
is  all  the  addi­
tional  underwear  manufactured by these 
new  mills  to  go  to?  If  they  can  not  find 
enough  customers  at  home,  they  must 
look  to  other  fields. 
the 
question  comes  in,  can  we  successfully 
compete  with  foreign  underwear  manu­
facturers?  As  yet,  we  can  not  do  so 
in

Therefore, 

the  majority  of  lines.  The  only  imme 
diate  market  where  we  can  successfully 
export  our  underwear  to  is  some  of  the 
South  American  countries  of  a  warm 
climate,  who  require  a  lot  of  cheap  un 
derwear.  We certainly  can  not  compete 
with  the  English  and  German  kni 
goods  of  the  finer  or  even  medium 
grades. 
In  our  opinion  manufacturers 
should  pay  more  attention  to  the  pro 
duction  of  underwear  and  hosiery  of  the 
better  quality. 
It  is  important  that  our 
manufacturers  should  see  to  this  matter. 
We  believe  that  if  they  really  determine 
to  do  so,  Yankee  ingenuity  will  do  the 
rest. 
It  may  take  time,  but  manufac 
turers  should  look to the future,  as,  if  the 
supply of  underwear  will  be greater than 
the  demand,  they  will 
find  that  they 
must  send  their  goods  to  foreign  mar 
kets.  The  danger  is  not  yet  here,  but  i 
there 
is  a  bare  possibility,  remember 
the  well-known  quotation,  “ In  time  of 
peace  prepare  for  war.’ ’

Carpets— The  present  condition  of  the 
carpet  market  is  due  to  several 
factors 
which  have  materially  affected  the  situ­
ation  all  through  the  season.  Last  sea­
son  the  demand  could  not  be  supplied 
by  the  manufacturers,  and  a  large  num­
ber  of  them  had  orders  which  were  car­
ried  over,  and had  to  be  filled  in  the  be­
ginning  of  this  season.  This  was  due 
in  part  to  the  extremely  low  prices  at 
which  the  manufacturers  of 
carpets 
offered  their  goods. 
In  fact,  they  were 
lower  than  they  should  have  been  while 
the  demand  was  so  large,  in  order  to 
have  opened  the  way  for  the  higher 
prices  which were  asked  at  the  opening 
of  this  season.  The  retailers  placed  or­
ders  far  ahead  of  their  actual  require­
ments  the  previous  season,  and 
the 
manufacturers  have  found  it a very diffi­
cult  matter  to  obtain  any  large  amount 
of  orders  all  through this season.  There 
's  every  indication  of  the  prices  being 
strictly maintained  throughout  next  sea­
son,  with  a  probability  of  slightly  high­
er  prices  on  some  lines, as  stocks  among 
the  manufacturers  are  not  large  at  this 
time.  To-day  it  is  difficult  to  settle  on 
price  for  cotton  ingrains,  owing  to  the 
relatively  low  prices  at  which  C.  C.  and 
wool  ingrains  have  sold.  Manufacturers 
of  the  latter  have  practically  completed 
their  samples,  and  some  have 
them 
ready 
for  the  buyers’  inspection,  and 
while  an  occasional  mill  may  sell  a  few 
goods  before  Nov.  15,  there  will  not  be 
any  price  made  until  that  time.

its  capacity  one-fourth 

Smyrna  Rugs— Some  of  the  largest 
manufacturers  of  this  class  of goods  are 
very  busy,  running  full  time  and  at  full 
large  mill  will  in­
capacity,  and  one 
crease 
in  the 
spring.  The  holiday  season  is  always 
active  on  the  smaller  size  Smyrna  rugs, 
as  they  make  a  very  useful  and  accept- 
ble  Christmas  and  New  Year’s  gift, 
nd  w’ith  this  demand 
is  a  larger  in­
crease  in  general  business  in  rugs in the 
fall  of  the  year.  Some  of  the  manufac­
turers  report  that  even  now,  before  elec­
tion,  their  customers  are  anticipating 
increased  busine  s  this  fall,  and  are 
placing  orders  early,  especially  with 
manufacturers  selling  their  own  goods 
direct.

A  shoe  dealer  recently  painted  the 
words  “ Good  shoes  cheap”   on  the  in­
side  of  his  show  window  and  then  to 
the  wet  varnish  stuck  on  all  the  pure 
white  absorbent  cotton  that  would  ad- 
here  to 
it.  The  varnish  was  invisible 
and  the  cotton  was  apparently  adhering 
to  the  window  without  reason.  An  elec­
tric  fan  hidden 
in  a  corner  kept  the 
loose  ends  of  the  cotton  fibre  in constant 
motion,  thereby  creating  a  very  novel

M IC H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

R E A D Y   TO   W E A R

TRIMMED

FELTS

In  all  the  new  shapes  for  Ladies 

and  Misses.

Prices  from  $600  to  $21.00  per 

dozen.

Write for samples  and  prices.

Corl,  Knott &   Co.

Jobbers of  Millinery 
Grand Rapids, Michigan

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 100 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.

ROCHESTER  ACETYLENE  GAS 

MACHINES
$50 to $150.

H o tels,  S to res,  C o tta g e s,  S h o p s 

and   C h u rch es.

Safe and  sure.

FRANK  P. CROUCH,  Rochester,  N.  Y.

Agents  wanted.

For  1‘roiit

at the

Old  Reliable

Grand  Rapids B usiness U niversity

75,  77,  79,  81,  83  Lyon  St.

For circulars, etc., address

A.  S.  P arish,  G rand  R apids,  M ich.

You  ought to sell

LILY  W HITE

“ The flour the best cooks use”

V A L L E Y   C IT Y   M ILL IN G   C O ..

G R A N D   R A P I D S ,   MICH.

Fleeced
Goods
in wool 
cotton 
and 
Jersey.

A  Big  Line

In  Gents’,  Ladies’  and  Children’s 

Winter  Underwear.

Flat
Goods

in wool
and
cotton.

Also  a  complete  stock  of  Gents’,  Ladies’  and 
Children’s  Wool  and  Cotton  Hosiery.  Come 
in  and  inspect our  line.

P.  Steketee  &  Sons

Wholesale Dry Goods 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Do  not  hesitate

Prices:  $4 50,  $7 and  $9 per doz.

X 
To purchase a liberal  supply  of  quilted  muf- 
2   Aers f° r the  Holiday  trade.  They  promise  to  be 
#   big  sellers.  Those  that  have  worn  them  would 
2   not be without  We show  a  splendid  assortment
|  
2   We also have plenty of the  old  style  square  muf- 
2   ®ers  *n  Plaids,  Shepherds  and  Fleeced  at  $2.25 
2   per doz.  Plain  Blacks  and  Whites  in  all  silk  at
2  
2  
2  

$4.50, $7.50,  $9 and  $12 per doz.

W h o l e s a l e   D r y  G o o d s

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

VO IG T,  H E R P O L SH E IM E R   &  CO

M IC H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N
Hurry Orders

in  clothing  are  obliged  to  carry  stocks 
of  boys’  and  children’s  goods,  it  is  im­
portant  that  clothiers 
should  handle 
them  to  the  best  advantage.  This  they 
can  best 
learn  to  do  by  studying  the 
methods  of  men  who  have  made  a  suc­
cess  of  this  particular  branch  of  the 
clothing  business.  To  this  end  the  fol­
lowing  ideas  are  presented.  They  have 
in  every  case  been  the  ideas  of  men 
who  have  made  a  pronounced  success 
of  handling  boys'  and  children’s  goods. 
They  are,  to  be  sure,  general 
in  their 
nature,  but  it  is  impossible  to  do  more 
than  suggest  the  general 
lines  along 
which  this  department  should  be  con­
ducted. 
It  will  be  noted  that  in  many 
respects  the  same  methods  are  to  be  fol­
lowed 
in  dealing  with  children’s  and 
boys’  trade  that  are  followed  in  dealing 
with  adults' 
trade.  The  clothier  can 
only  learn  by  experience  the  peculiari­
ties  of  his  own  trade  and  the  necessary 
methods  of  handling 
it.  Nothing  can 
take  the  place  of  personal  inspection  of 
first-rate  stores,  but  general  suggestions 
are  of  value  to  the  man  who  is just wak­
ing  up  to  the 
importance  of  making 
every  branch  of  his  business  pay  for 
itself.

In  making  up  stocks  it  is  to  be  re­
membered  that  the  majority  of  people 
buy  clothing  for  wear,  not  looks,  and 
as  children  are  much  harder on  their 
clothes  than  adults  particular  care  must 
be  paid  to  the  make  and  quality  of 
these goods.  Stout,  serviceable clothing 
should  be  sought  after  first  and  fore­
most.  Customers  should  be 
instructed 
not  to  fit  out  a  sturdy,  romping  boy  as 
if  he  were  a  delicate,  studious  child. 
Salesmen  should  always  take  the  char­
acter  of  the  boy  into  account  in  making 
a  sale.  Mothers  should  be  directed  to 
clothing  that  will  stand  exposure  to  sun 
and  rain. 
If  they  are  properly  warned 
regarding  the  durability  of  the  clothing 
that  they  are  buying  it  will  save  many 
unreasonable  complaints.  While 
the 
stock  should  be  made  up  for the  most 
part  of  staple  goods,  it  is  highly  desir­
able  for  the  dealer  to  carry  some  elab­
orate 
fancy  goods.  He  may  not  sell 
them.  He  probably  will  not,  although 
every  visitor  to  the  store  will  admire 
them.  They  will  satisfy  people  that  he 
carries  an  assortment  of  stylish  goods 
and  will  create  respect  for  his  judg­
ment.  They  will  be  the  best  advertise­
ment  of  the  stock  that  he  carries.  He 
can  afford  to  lose  some  money  on  them. 
It  will  be  money  well  invested  for  ad­
vertising.  If  people  see  that  a  man  car­
ries  a  line  of  fine  goods  they  are  apt  to 
believe  that  they  can  get  the  kind  of 
goods  there  that  they  wish  in  cheaper 
lines.  Especially 
in  opening  a  chil­
dren’s  or  boys’  department  or  pushing 
it  to  the  fore  this  plan 
is  advisable. 
And  if  at  the  end  of  the  season  the suits 
are  sold  at  a  nominal  figure,  an  adver­
tisement  is  again  procured  that  is  of  no 
small  value.  These  fancy  suits  should 
be  prominently  displayed— not  tucked 
away  ¡if drawers  where  people  can  only 
see  them  when  they  ask  for  fine  goods. 
— Apparel  Gazette.

Clothing

How  to  H andle  th e   C hildren’s  C lothing 

D epartm ent.

The  children's  clothing  department  is 
the  nursery  in  which  the  young  plants 
are  being  trained  that  later  on  are  to  be 
the  tall  trees  out  of  which  the  timber 
that  will  support  the  business  of  the  en­
terprising  clothing  merchant  will  be 
made.  By  securing  the  good  will  of 
mothers  he  is  securing  the  good  will  of 
all  the  adults  over  whom  they  have  any 
influence— which  means  the  trade of rel­
atives  and  friends  as  well  as  the 
future 
trade of  their  children.  Of  course,  this 
implies  a  far-sightedness  and  to  a  cer­
tain  extent  an  ability  to  wait  for  results 
that  many,  perhaps  most,  merchants  are 
either  unable  or  unwilling  to  display. 
At  any  rate,  the  department  store  is  not 
embarrassed  by  any such disinclination. 
Very  much  the  same  line  of  argument 
holds  good  of  the  boys’  and  youths’ 
trade. 
It  is  of  the  first  importance  that 
a  dealer  should  keep  this  to  himself, 
because  in  a  few  years  the  boy  becomes 
a  youth  and  the  youth  a  man,  when  his 
trade  will  be  hard  to  get  unless  he  has 
been  held  and  kept  from  his  boyhood. 
Clearly, 
retail 
clothier  should  permit  no  trade  in  chil­
dren’s  or  boys’or  youths’  clothing  to  go 
to  the  custom  tailor  or to the department 
store  are  obvious,  and  the  only  ques­
tion  is  whether  he  is  debarred  from pre­
venting  this  loss  by  circumstances  be­
yond  his  power  to  change.

the  reasons  why  the 

stock. 

Another  fact  to  be  taken  into  consid­
eration 
is  that  the  trend  of  fashion  at 
the  present  time  materially  favors  the 
dealer  when  he  desires  to  push  his 
goods  for  boys  and  children  to the front. 
People  to-day  put  their  boys  into  mas­
culine  garments  at  a  very  early  age, 
and  in  the  last  two  years  there  has  been 
a  decided  tendency  to  more  masculine 
garments  for 
lads.  Boys  are  now  put 
into  two-piece  suits  at  the  age  of  eight 
or  nine  years,  and  sometimes  earlier, 
and  vestee  suits  of  plain  styles  are 
much 
in  demand  for  lads  from  six  to 
eight  years  of  age.  People  do  not  care 
for  millinery 
in  their  small  boys'  ap­
parel  as  much  as  they  did,  and  this 
change  materially  favors  the  dealer  who 
increase  the  profit  arising 
wishes  to 
from  his  children’s 
Another 
fact 
in  regard  to  boys'  and  youths’ 
clothing  should  be  noted.  The  lad  from 
sixteen  to  nineteen  or  twenty-one  in  the 
majority  of  cases  thinks  more  about  his 
clothing  than  at  any  other  period  of  his 
life.  He  as  a  rule  wishes  the  best  that 
he  can  afford  to  buy.  His  parents  rec­
ognize  this  fact  and  encourage  him  to 
be  careful  about  his  appearance. 
In 
general,  too,  parents  think  more  about 
their  children’s  clothing  than  they  do 
about 
Consequently  no 
clothier  has  a  right  to  consider  himself 
up  to  date  unless  he  takes  full  account 
of  this  fact 
in  making  up  his  youths' 
stock  of  garments.  He  can  afford  to  be 
conservative  in  his  purchases  of  goods 
for  the  elderly  trade 
for 
staples  mainly,  but  he  should  be  ready 
to  take  some  chances  to  secure  excep­
fine 
tionally  nobby,  well-fitting  and 
goods  for  his  youths’  trade.  Yet 
it  is 
a  question  whether  io  per  cent,  of  the 
in  stock 
clothiers  of  this  country  carry 
more  than  one  style  of  overcoat 
for 
youths.  They have  made  up  their  minds 
that  this  is  quite  sufficient.  Perhaps  it 
is,  but  things  to-day  do  not  point  in 
that  direction.

their  own. 

that  cares 

In  the  light  of  these  facts  and  in  the 
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fully  realized  that  their tracks might  be­
tray them.  Possibly  might  be  mentioned 
under  this  classification  the  visitors  to 
Joshua  s  camp  alluded  to  above,  when 
they  brought  dry  bread  in  their  haver­
sacks  and  wore  old  clothes  and “ clouted 
shoes”   to  prove  that  they  lived  far,  far 
away.  The  evidence  was  good  but  it 
proved  a  lie.

Talleyrand  is  credited  with  the  epi­
gram,  “ Language  was  given  to  men  to 
enable  them  to  conceal  their  thoughts.”  
So  it  may  be  said  that  shoes  were  given 
us  to  enable  us  to  conceal  our  tracks.

As  an  illustration,  an  incident  recent­
ly  narrated  by  a  gentleman  from  the 
watermelon  belt  seems  to  be  in  point 
In  this  instance  the  shoe  with 
its  cus 
tomary  depravity  was  able  to  prevent 
Truth 
from  prevailing  but  eventually 
Justice  got 
in  her  work.  Retribution 
however,  was  based  on  the  erroneous 
conclusions  deduced  from  the  evidence 
given  by  the  shoes.

is 

laid 

The  scene 
in  the  Southland 
befo  de  wah, ”   before  the  watermelon 
became  the  article  of  commerce  which 
t  now  is.  A 
few  were  raised  here  and 
there  as  a  luxury  and  the  loss  of  one  or 
two  would  be  detected  by  the  gardener.
In  that  soft,  liquid dialect,  impossible 
'f  imitation  or  reproduction,  heard  only 
n  the  southeastern  portion  of  our  great 
republic,  the  gentleman  related  his  ex 
perience  something  as  follows:

My  father  planted  a  patch  of  water 
melons  and  as  they  came  up  and  put 
out 
leaves  he  tended  them  carefully, 
picking  off  every  stray  bug  that  lighte'd 
down  on  them,  and  watering them  when 
they  iooked  dry,  and  in  every  waycher- 
•'shing  them  like  they  were  the  apple  of 
”'s  eye.

There  were  two  others  who  watched 
those  melons  with  greedy  eyes— myself 
and  the  black  boy  Sam  who  dug  worms 
when  I  wanted  to  fish,  polished  my 
shoes  when  they  were  polished  at  all, 
and  in other  ways  made  a  bluff  at  being 
useful. 
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One  day  the  gov’nor  saw  Sam  and  me 
looking  at  the  melon  patch. 
It  was  just 
about  when  the  melons  were  the  size  of 
goose  eggs  and  I  was  figuring  how  long 
before  they’d  be  good  to  eat. 
I  don’t 
now  what  Sam  was  fiugring  on,  but 
'hat  the  gov’ner  was  thinking  about 
as  made  plain  when  he  said,  loud 
enough  so  we  could  hear  without  the 
ightest  effort,  “ Now  I  want everybody 
to  understand  that  those  melons  are  not 
to  be  stolen  by  anybody. 
If  anyone 
takes  one  and  1  find  out  who  did  it  I’ll 
give  him  the  darnedest  hiding  he  ever 
got  or  ever  will  get,  and  I  don’t  care 
whether  his  hide  is  black  or  white.”

As  only  Sam  and  myself  were  within 
sound  of  his  voice  we  naturally  con­
cluded  he  meant  us,  and  I,  at ’ least, 
made  up  my  mind  that  I  would  not  be 
caught  whatever  might  occur  to  the 
melons.

At 

last  the  melons  were  in  eatable

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Shoes  and  Rubbers

Shoe  Story  W hich  T ells  Its   Own  M oral
As  proof  that  the  foot  has  in  all  ages 
in  all  climes  and  countries  been 

and 
adduced  and  admitted  as  evidence 
proof  or  disprrof  of  a given  proposition 
witness  the  earliest  recorded  case, 
the  visit  of  the  H ivites  to  the  Israelitish 
camp  and  their  calling  attention to the 
old  “ clouted  shoes”   to  establish  the 
length  of  their  journey  hitherward.  The 
print  of  the  human  foot  seen  by  Robin 
son  Crusoe  on  the  desert  island  may  be 
mentioned  as  another  instance.

Geologists  go 

further  and  say  that 
from 
footprints  on  the  solid  rock  they 
can  calculate  the  age of  this broad green 
world  and  from  the  same  data  they  can 
construct 
long  since  extinct  species  of 
beast, 
reptile— beasts  with 
bills,  birds  with  teeth  and  lizards  with 
wings  and  other  remarkable  game.

fowl  and 

It  is  a  far  cry  from  the  pleisissaurus 
to  a  hand  sewed  welt,  so  it 
is  probably 
best  to 
leave  geology  to  its  professors 
and  return  to  a  more  modern  idea  of 
evidence.

from 

leading 

The  writer  recalls  a  case  in  a Western 
court  when  a  man  was  convicted  of 
breaking  and  entering  on  the  testimony 
of  six  or seven  witnesses  who  measured 
the  tracks 
the  window 
through  which  the  robber  made  his  es­
cape.  They took the  length  of  the  tracks 
by  cutting  sticks  just  the  length  of  the 
tracks.  The 
fact  that  there  was  more 
than  half  an 
in  the 
inch  difference 
length  of  the  sticks,  and  that  none  of 
them  corresponded  with  the  length  of 
the  prisoner’s  shoes  availed  him  noth­
ing.  The  evidence  of  the  footprint  was 
mighty  and  therefore prevailed,  with  the 
languished  in 
result  that  the  accused 
prison  for  three  long  years. 
It  may  be 
added  that  the  conviction  was  just  and 
that  the  prisoner  admitted  his  crime 
and  told  where  his  plunder  was  con­
cealed.

Another 

case  within 

the  writer's 
knowledge  was  tried  in  the  Province  of 
Quebec  some  years  ago  and  the  guilt  of 
the  prisoner  was  to be  established by the 
identity  of  the  boots  worn  by  the  crim i­
nal.  Between  the  time  of  the  commis­
sion  of  the  crime  and  the  trial  the  boots 
in  question  were  half-soled,  heeled,  well 
oiled  and,  so  far  as  possible,  changed 
in  appearance,  and  thereby  one  who  in 
all  probability  was  actually  guilty  of 
murder  escaped 
of  his 
crime.

the  penalty 

It  frequently  happens  that  the  evi 
footprints  inculpates  the 
dence  of  the 
wrong  party. 
“ The  Lawton  Tragedy, 
one  of  the  tales  of the  “ Little  Classics 
series, 
is  a  case  of  this  kind.  The 
wealthy  aunt  of  the  prospective  bride  is 
murdered  immediately  after announcing 
her  intention  of  changing  her  will  to 
the  detriment  of  the  bride  elect.  The 
prospective  bridegroom’s  habits  and be­
liefs  or  disbeliefs  being  the  cause of  the 
murdered  lady  s  change  of  mind,  sus­
picion  fell  not  unnaturally  upon  him, 
and  the  tracks  in  the  immediate  vicin­
ity  of  the  scene  of  the  murder  being  al­
most 
immediately  filled  with  plaster  of 
paris  established  the  fact  beyond  ques­
tion  that  the  affianced  was  on  the  spot 
almost  at  the  moment  of  the  murder 
if 
not  exactly  at  that  time.  Still  his  inno­
cence  was  subsequently  established  by 
the  confession  of  the  guilty  party.

The  wise  man  in  his  book  of  wisdom 
evolved  the  idea that  “ The  prudent man 
foreseeth  the  evil  and  hideth  him self.”
So  it  has  been  in  the  case  of  many  who 
purposed  the  commission  of  crime  and

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large 
condition,  and  one  particularly 
shiny  one  I  mentally  marked  for  my 
own.  The  old  gentleman  still  kept  his 
eye  on  the  patch,  counting  his  melons 
two  or  three  times  a  day,  but  I  knew 
just  how  to  fool  him.

One  Sunday  I  knew  that  Sam  had 
been  sent  to  church  by  his  old  mammy, 
but  I  further  knew  he  was  in  swimming 
in  the  branch  and  consequently  his 
shoes  were  on  the  ba  k  (we  wore  shoes 
only  Sundays  and  special  occasions) 
where  I  could  get  them  dead  easy.  My 
folks  were  at  church,  so  when  I  thought 
of  the  shoes,  the  melons  and  the  ease  of 
luscious  morsel  my  mouth 
procuring  a 
watered— yes,  sir,  my  back  teeth 
fairly 
went  afloat  just  thinking of it.  Of course 
I  said  “ Get  thee  behind  me,  Satan,’ ’ 
but  somehow 
it  wasn't  a  very  forcible 
command.

W ell!  The  combination  of  Sam’s 
shoes  and  the  melon  was  too  much  for 
me  and  the  result  isn’ t  necessary  to  en­
large  upon. 
'When  the  gov’nor  arrived 
home  from  church  first  thing  he  did 
was  to  go  out  and  look  at  the patch,  and 
of  course  he  saw  the  prints  of  Sam’s 
shoes.  They  were  several  sizes  larger 
than  I  could  wear  and  I had  to  stuff  cot­
ton  all  around  to  keep them  on  my  feet. 
There  was  no  question  but  the  tracks 
were  the  tracks  of  poor  Sam.  Sam  tried 
to  deny  it  and  called  on  me  to prove  his 
innocence  but  I  was  adamant.  Let  jus­
tice  take  its  course.

After  about  half  an  hour  I  saw  Sam 
going  toward  his  mammy’s  hut  shrug­
ging  up  his  shoulders  at  every  step  so’s 
his  shirt  wouldn’t  hurt  his  shoulders 
and  yelling  like  a  Caramuchee  Injun. 
I  was  sorry  for  Sam,  but  after  all  it  was 
only  one  of  the  many  floggings he would 
receive,  so  I  hardened  my  heart  and  let 
my  mind  dwell  only  on  the  pleasant 
memory  of  the  melon.

For  several  days  Sam  was rather glum 
and  uncompanionable.  We  were  at  the 
age  when  race,  color  and  condition  of 
servitude  had  no  influence  on  our demo­
cratic  companionship,  but  Sam  held 
aloof,  and  I,  I  only,  knew  why.  After 
a  little,  however,  he  began  to  be  very 
chummy,  more  so  than  ever,  and  I  at­
tributed  it  to  the  fact  that  he  was  con­
vinced  of  the  superiority  of  the  Caucas­
ian  and  was  signifying  by  his  conduct 
that  he  would  not  offend  in  future.  So 
great  was  my  joy  to  see  him  smile  that 
I  neglected  to  observe  the  eye  of  the 
snake  which  glittered  in  the  same  sm il­
ing  face.

lie  about 

I  responded 

A  few  days  after  the  loss  of the  melon 
which  caused  Sam  so  much  pain  I  was 
wakened  by  the  voice  of  my father at  an 
unusually  early  hour,  as  I  was  not  usu­
ally  expected  to  be  up  until  breakfast 
to  the  un­
was  ready. 
wonted  call  with  alacrity  and  had 
just 
landed  on  the  floor  when  the  old  gent 
seized  me  and  demanded  to  know  what 
in  the  gehenna  I  mean  by  stealing  his 
melons. 
I  tried  to  speak,  but  he  said : 
“ It’s  no  use  denying  it.  There’s  prints 
of  your  shoes  clear  across  the  patch  and 
the  best  and  biggest  melon  gone  and 
you  did  it.  Don’t  add  to  your guilt  by 
trying 
it,  young  man. 
Wasn’t  the 
lesson  that  nigger  got  the 
other  day  enough  to  convince  you  that  I 
meant  what  I  said?  Well,  I ’ll  give  you 
just  the  same  as  I  gave  him, with  one  or 
two 
in  addition  because  you  ought  to 
know  better  than  he  what  is  the  natural 
consequence  of  transgressing  the  rules 
of  the  gam e.”

Having  drawn  the  curtain  over  the 
scene  that  immediately  ensued  as  hav­
ing  no 
interest  to  the  public  and  only 
painful  memories  for  myself,  I  will  say 
that  I  later  went  out  and  saw  the  tracks 
as  the  old  gent  had  stated. 
It  must 
have  been  Sam.  There  was  no  taste  of 
melon  on  my  palate,  but  how  had  he 
accomplished  it?  His  feet  w’ere  at least 
three  sizes  larger than  mine.  What  was 
the  modus  operandi?

After  sulking  a  day  or  two,  my  phil­
osophy  returned  and  I  began  to  culti­
vate  Sam  again  and  at  last  got  around 
to  the  point  of  asking  him  how  he  man­
aged  my  shoes.  He  rolled  up  his  eyes 
until  nothing  but  the  whites  were  vis­
ible,  grinned  so  as  to  show  the  finest  of 
in  the  state  and  finally  replied: 
teeth 
“ Well,  Marse  Tom, 
I  tell  yo*.  Y o’ 
shoes  were  pow’ful  small  fo’  me,  so  I

to 

M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N

13

dest  nach’ lly  took  my  stilts  and  tied the 
tops  of  yo’  shoes  to  the  bottoms  of  the 
stilts  an’  I  stalked  across  that  million 
patch  like  a  coon  through  a  cohn field. ”
That  explained  the  whole  situation  in 
a  word.  The  evidence  was  as complete 
and  as  conclusive  as  in  the  former  case, 
but  it  inculpated  the  wrong  boy  again.
So  we  see  that  although  the  shoes 
were  the  means of  convicting  the wrong­
doer  they  convicted  the  innocent  in each 
individual  case,although  evening  up the 
punishment  in  the  long  run,  so  that  the 
punishment  just  about  met  the  crime.

The  question  may  not  unnaturally 
arise: 
“ Are  shoes  always  misleading 
in  the  conclusions  to  which  they  lead?”
The  “ depravity  of  inanimate matter”  
has  long  been  a  study  among  psycholo­
gists.  Possibly  the  covering  of  the  hu­
man 
is  the  exemplar  of  such  de­
pravity.

foot 

T rad e  in  A m erican   T im epieces.

From the New  York  Sun.

By  the  census  of  1890,  there  were 
forty-four  clock  and  watch  factories 
in 
the  United  States.  Four-fifths  of  the 
§6,000,000  capital 
in  clock­
making  was  planted  in  the  State of Con­
necticut  and  seven-tenths  of  the  capital 
invested 
in  watchmaking  was  in  Illi­
nois.

invested 

imported 

In  the  fiscal  year  of  1890-91,  clocks 
and  watches  to  the  value  of  $2,285,000 
into  the  United  States, 
were 
and  the  exports 
of  American-made 
clocks  and  watches  for  the  same  period 
were  $1,580,000.  Americans 
imported 
more  timepieces  than  they  sold abroad. 
During  the  twelve  months  ending  July 
1,  1900,  according  to  a  recent  Treasury 
bulletin, 
imports  of  clocks  and 
watches  had  decreased  to  $1,750,000, 
and  the  export  trade  was  nearly  $2,000,- 
000,  the  trade  for  the  last  month  in  the 
fiscal  year 
indicating  that  our  exports 
were  about  $2,400,000  for  the  calendar 
year  1900.

the 

long 

Although  clocks  and  watches  made  in 
Geneva,  Copenhagen,  Paris  and  B ir­
mingham  have 
enjoyed  great 
celebrity  abroad,  American  manufactur­
ers  have  been  able  to  build  up  a  profit­
able  market  in  many  countries  in  which 
it  is  necessary  to  overcome  local compe­
tition.  Last  year  American  clocks  and 
watches  to  the  value  of  $629,000  were 
in  Great  B ritain ;  in  Germany,  a 
sold 
comparatively  new  field 
for  such  ex­
ports,  timepieces  to  the  value  of  $40,000 
were  sold.  To  Canada  last  year  Amer­
ican  clocks  and  watches  valued at $416,- 
000  were  sent, 
to  Brazil  $60,000,  to 
Mexico  $30,000,  to  Argentina  $26,000, 
and  to  the  West  Indies $23,000.  The 
minor  South  American 
took 
$75,000.

States 

The  increase  in  the 

foreign  markets 
for  American  made  clocks  and  watches 
is  not  due  chiefly  to  sales  in  the  Orient. 
To  Australia  last  year  American  clocks 
and  watches  to  the  value  of  $200,000 
were  sent,  to  Japan  $100,000  worth,  to 
British  India  $85,000  worth,  to  Africa 
$60,000,  and  to  Asiatic  countries,  ex­
clusive  of  India  and  Japan,  $60,000. 
The  sale of American clocks and watches 
in  the  Philippines  was  not  an  item  of 
commerce  before 
it 
amounted  to  $15,000;  and  during  the 
first  six  months  of  the  present  year  the 
increase  of  exportations  in these articles 
to  China  was  from  $16,000  to  $53,000.

last  year,  when 

American  manufacturing  facilities  for 
clock  and  watchmaking  are  almost  un­
limited,  and  through  the  development 
and  perfection  of patents  and  economies 
in  production,  the  larger  use  of  alumi­
num  and  nickel  and  the  utilization  of 
improved  machinery, 
the  price  of  an 
ordinary  watch  or  clock  has  been  so 
cheapened  as  to  increase 
largely  the 
purchases  at  home,  while  the  foreign 
demand  for  them 
is  growing  corres­
pondingly.

is  well  known,  imported  clocks 
and  watches  are  usually  of  an  expen­
sive  sort,  whereas  those  exported  from 
this  country  are  cheap,  plain  and  dur­
able.  But  for this  fact  the  disparity  be­
tween 
imports  and  exports,  reversed 
since  1890,  would  appear  to  be  even 
greater.  The  American  foreign  trade 
is  at  present  larger  in  clocks  than 
in 
'watches.

As 

For Immediate Use

No. 609 Velours Calf Bal $2 SO.

T h is  sh oe  is  m ade  of  the  finest  calf 
stock   w ith  double  sole  to heel.  G o o d ­
y ear  w elt,  ou tsid e  b ack  stay.  B e st 
of 
th rough ou t  and  very  
stylish .  W id th s  D   to  E E .

trim m in gs 

Qeo.  H.  Reeder  &  Co.

28 and 30 S. Ionia St.,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

D istrib u to rs  for  Lycoming,  Keys’one, 

Woonsocket and  Rhode Island  Rubbers.

“ Y E R MA ”  CUSHION  TURN  SHOE

A  SHOE  FOR  DELICATE  FEET

The “Y E R M A ”  is an  exclusive product of our own  factory  and  combining 
as  it does the best  materials and workmanship, produces a shoe far excelling 
the so-called  Cushion  Shoes now on the market.  Our  salesmen  carry  sam­
ples.  Ask  to see them.  The  process  by which  this shoe  is  made  makes  it 
possible to  use much  heavier soles than are ordinarily  used  in  turned  shoes 
and reduces to a minimum  the possibility  of  its  ripping.  The  cushion  is 
made by  inserting  between  the sole  and  sock  lining  a  soft  yielding  felt, 
serving the double  purpose of keeping  the feet  dry  and  warm  as  well  as 
making  it the most comfortable turned  shoe ever made

F.  M a y e r   B o o t   &  S h o e   Co.

Exclusive  M anufacturers. 

M ilwaukee,  W is.

T H E Y   A R E   D I F F E R E N T

“ G R A N T ”

From  other  Leather  Tops. 
If  you  haven’t  seen  them 
let  us  send  you  sample 
prepaid.
The  Beacon  Falls 
Rubber Shoe Co.
207 and  209  Monroe St. 
Chicago,  111.

BEACON  FALLS

P u re  Gum ,  K ih lird   Overs. 

IO  Inch  C h rom e  Tops.

FAM O U S  A T L A S   SCHOOL  SH O ES

Made in  Boys’,  Youths’,  Little  Men’s,  Misses’  and  Children’s  from  the  very  best 

selections of  Kangaroo Calf,  Cuba Calf,  Vici  Kid  and  Chocolate Vici.

W rite for Sample Dozens.

BRADLEY  &  METCALF  CO.,  Milwaukee,  Wis.

M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

terior  showcase  is  to  place  a  pile  of  ties 
with  their  ends  folded  together  next  to 
two  collars  with  small  ties  made  up  on 
them.  A   single  shirt  with  butterfly  or 
batwing  ties  draped  over  its  front,  al­
ternating  with  bunches  of  cuffs,  three 
in  a  pile,  with  their  backs  to  each 
other,  furnishes  another  scheme  for an 
interior  showcase.

*   *   *

is  hidden 

A  humorous  idea  for  a  window  trim 
can  be  carried  out  as  follows:  The 
background  of  the  window  is  occupied 
by  a  painted  drop  representing  a  coun­
try 
landscape.  Through  the  center of 
the  window  a  rail  fence  runs  which  has 
its  base  all  those  stones,  weeds 
about 
and 
little  hushes  that  are  usually  seen 
about  rail  fences  in  the  country.  Stand­
ing  on  either  side  of  the  fence  are 
placed  two  dummies.  One  of  them  is 
dressed 
in  the  rough  garments  usually 
worn  by  men  in  the  field  and  the  other 
in  a  calico  dress  with  a 
large  sunbon- 
net.  The  arms  of  the  two  dummies  are 
about  each  other  and  the  face  of  the 
man 
in  the  sunbonnet.  On 
the  side  of the fence toward the spectator 
are  seen  several  geese  posed  in  natural 
attitudes,  and  on  the  window  is  a  card 
prominently  displayed,  which  bears  the 
inscription:  “ Two  more  of  us.”  
If  it 
were  desired,  several 
live  geese  could 
be  introduced  into  the  window  and  sep­
arated 
from  the  figures  by  a  wire  net­
ting,  which  would  confine  them  secure­
ly.  The  fence  could  be  built  on  a raised 
platform,  which  could  be  hidden  by  a 
proper  disposition  of  accessories  and 
the 
foreground  could  be  covered  with 
sand  and  dirt  to  represent  a  country 
road.  Live  geese  in  a  window  would 
be  an  attraction 
themselves,  but 
taken  in  connection  with  the  scene  sug­
gested  would  give  rise  to  no  little  mer­
riment,  as  people  always  enjoy  a  joke.

in 

dummies,  clothed  one  in  a  tuxedo  suit 
and  the  other  in  full  evening  dress,  as 
if  they  had  both  just  risen  to  greet  her. 
One  or  both  might  be  shown  in  Inver­
ness  coats  and  a  crush  hat  might  be 
placed  on  a  chair near  by  one.

If  the  female  figure  were  carefully 
posed,  with  her  train  hidden  by the cur­
tain,  and  the  curtain  hanging  over  the 
doorway  were  in  such  colored  material 
as  to  form  a  harmonious  or  contrasting 
background  for  her  dress,  a  very  pretty 
picture  could  be  made  with  the  one 
figure  alone.  The  very  novelty  of  a  fe ­
male  figure  introduced  into  a  display  of 
men's  clothing  of  this  sort  would  at­
tract  attention  and  would  certainly  pro­
vide  a  beautiful  and  appropriate setting 
in  itself  for  a  fine  and  striking  display 
of  men’s  evening  garb.  The  same  idea 
could  be  employed 
for  a  display  of 
men’s  afternoon  dress,  only  in  this  case 
the  female  figure  would  need 
to  be 
dressed 
in  an  appropriate  afternoon 
costume  to  harmonize  with  the  man’s 
garb.

In  working  out  the  details  of  such  a 
window  setting  it  would  be  well  to  se­
cure 
illustrated  magazines  containing 
some  pictures  of  men  and  women  in 
evening  dress.  The  details  could  be 
studied  from  this,  and  if  care  were  tak­
en  not  to  spoil  the  effect  by  the 
intro­
duction  of  too  many  details,  a  very 
effective  window  trim  could  be  made.—  
Apparel  Gazette.

Shoe  stores 

in  Paris  sell  walking 
sticks  and  umbrellas  in  connection  with 
their  regular  shoe  stocks.  Deliveries 
are  made  by  men  on  bicycles  and  this 
system  enables  them  to  be  made  in  a 
very  prompt  and  satisfactory  manner. 
A   customer  usually  finds  his  shoes  a l­
ready  delivered  at  home  when  he  re­
turns  there.

W A T E R   P R O O F  

W O O D   S O L E   S H O E S

Price $i. io net.

With irou rails ou bottom, $1.25.

Oil Grain Uppers.  Sizes 6 to 12.  Best shoes for 
Butchers, Brewers, Farmers, Miners.  Creamery- 
men, Tanners,  etc.  This  sole  is  more  service­
able and cheaper than a leather sole where  hard 
service is required.
A.  H .  R IE M E R   C O ..

Patentees and Mfrs.,  MILWAUKEE,  WIS.

Michigan  Fire  and  Marine 

Organized  1S81.

Insurance Co.
Detroit, Michigan.
Cash Assets, $800,000.

Cash Capital, $400,000.  Net Surplus, $200,000.

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

D.  M.  F e r r y ,  Vice Pres.

F. H.  W h it n e y , Secretary.
M. W . O’Brien, Treas.

E. 

J. B o o t h , Asst.  Sec’y. 

D ir e c t o r s .

D. Whitney, Jr.,  D.  M. Ferry, F.J. Hecker, 
M. W . O’Brien, Hoyt Post, Christian Mack, 
Allan Sheldon, Simon J.  Murphy,  Wm.  L. 
Smith, A .  H. Wilkinson, James  Edgar,  H. 
Kirke  White,  H.  P.  Baldwin,  Hugo 
Scherer,  F.  A .  Schulte,  Wm.  V .  Brace, 
¿Si  James  McMillan,  F.  E.  Driggs,  Henry 
x   Hayden,  Collins  B.  Hubbard,  James  D. 
Standish, Theodore D.  Buhl,  M.  B.  Mills, 
Alex.  Chapoton, Jr.,  Geo.  H.  Barbour,  S. 
G.  Gaskey,  Chas.  Stinchfield,  Francis  F. 
Palms,  Wm.  C. Yawkey,  David  C.  Whit­
ney, Dr. J.  B. Book, Eugene Harbeck, Chas.
F.  Peltier, Richard P. Joy,  Chas.  C. Jenks.

1 4

Window  Dressing

U n iqu e  an d  H um orous  M ethods  o f  D is­

p la y in g   C lo th in g .

A  

in 

large  clothing  store  lately  had  an 
attraction 
its  doorway  that  excited 
popular  curiosity  and  proved  very  suc­
cessful 
in  drawing  trade.  A  trapeze 
was  Suspended  in  front  of  the  doorway 
of  the  store  and  on  it  was  seated  a  boy 
dummy.  On  a  chair 
in  the  doorway 
another  boy  dummy  was  placed,  and 
a  cord  ran  from  the  bar  of  the  trapeze 
to  the  door  frame,  from  which  it  passed 
to  the  hand  of  the  boy  sitting  in  the 
doorway.  As  the  trapeze  swung  to  and 
fro  it  seemed  as  if  the  boy  in  the  chair 
were  swinging  the  boy  on  the  trapeze. 
The  secret  of  the  arrangement  was  that 
from  the  top  of  the  door  frame  a  cord 
attached  to  the  cord  connected  with  the 
trapeze  ran  down  the  inside  ot  the  door 
frame  to  a  boy  standing  on  the  inside 
of  the  store,  who  pulled  the  cord  and 
kept  the  trapeze  in  motion.  The  tug  of 
the  trapeze  made  the  arm  of  the  dummy 
in  the  chair  move  up  and  down  and  ap­
parently  pull  the  trapeze  to  and  fro. 
This  arrangement  was  a  good  one,  for 
it  set  people  to  wondering  how  the  de­
vice  was  operated.  Thus  they  were 
either 
led  to  enter  the  store  to  gratify 
their  curiosity  or  kept  the  device  in 
their  minds,  and  with 
it,  of  course,  a 
memory  of  the  place  where  it  was  seen.

* 

* 

*

in 

loops  between 

A  display  of  neckwear  and  collars 
can  be  made  thus:  The  background  of 
the  window 
is  occupied  by  a  pyramid 
of  collar  and  cuff  boxes.  On  each  step 
of  the  pyramid 
is  placed  a  bunch  of 
collars  with  their  ends  turned  upward. 
Imperials  are  draped 
from  one  bunch 
of  collars  to  the  other,  so  that  their 
bands  hang 
the 
bunches  of  collars,  while  the  broad  ends 
are  twisted  around  so  as  to  hang  flat 
against  the  collar  boxes.  The  floor  of 
the  window  is covered by handkerchiefs, 
folded  square,  with  bunches  of  collars 
and  cuffs  placed  upon  them  with  their 
ends  turned  upward.  A  pair  of  gloves 
is  placed  in  front  of  each  bunch  of  col­
lars  and  a  scarf  with  its  ends  crossed 
before  each  bunch  of  cuffs.  Another 
scarf 
in  a  contrasting  color  is  drawn 
through  the  bunch  of  collars  or  cuffs 
and 
its  ends  are  spread  out  on  either 
side  of  the  scarf  or  gloves  in  front  of 
the  bunch  ot  collars  or  cuffs,  as  the  case 
may  be.  The  bars  above  are  occupied 
by  bunches  of  collars  and  cuffs  hung 
loosely,  while  scarfs  are  festooned  from 
one  to  the  other.

*  *  *

For a  small  window  a  neat  trim  may 
be  made  by  placing  three  rows  of  win­
dow  stands  close  to  each  other,  those  in 
the  rear  being  higher  than  those  in  the 
front.  The  broad  end  of  a  scarf  is  then 
placed  on  the  top  of  the  rear  stand  and 
the  other  end  brought  over  the  stand 
in 
the  middle  row  and  placed  on  the  top 
of  the  front  stand.  Between  the  stands 
in  the  middle  row  scarfs  are  placed 
in 
the  same  manner.  A  bunch  of  collars 
or  cuffs  is  then  laid  on  the  top  of  each 
stand  and  small  ties  are  placed  with 
their  ends  hanging  over  the  bunch  of 
collars  or  cuffs.  Single  collars  are  hung 
over  the  scarf  bands  between the stands.
A  
large  window  can  make  quite  a 
showing  of  scarfs  and  collars  by  hav­
ing  three  or  more  groups  of  six  stands 
so  arranged  at  different  parts  of  it.

* 

*   *

It  will  be  found  that  this  same  idea 
can  be  applied  with  advantage  in  the 
trimming  of  deep  interior  showcases.  A 
good  method  of  trimming  a  shallow  in­

in  a 

*  
Little  attention 

*  *
is  usually  paid  by 
clothiers  to 
jiroviding  a  proper  setting 
for  the  display  of  full  dress garments for 
men.  As  a  usual  thing  a  dummy  is 
dressed  up 
full  dress  suit  and 
placed  in  a  window  displaying a  line  of 
business  or  afternoon  suits.  But,  as 
full  dress  garb  deserves  more serious  at­
tention  at  the  hands  of  the  man  who 
aspires  to  get  the  trade  of  the  young 
men  who  have  need  of  proper  evening 
garb,a  little  expense  is  justified  in  pro­
viding  a  proper  setting  for  the  display 
of  the  full  dress  suit.

““ “■■Rubber  Boots  and  Shoes==-=—

W e   sell  th e  B e s t  G o o d s  m ade. 

S en d   for  C atalo gu e.

*   *   *

The  window  can  be  provided  with  a 
false  backing,  which  shall  represent  the 
walls  of  a  room  with  a  doorway 
in  the 
middle  center,  which  is  draped  with  a 
heavy  curtain.  The  false  backing  can 
be  made  of  a  framework  of  wood  which 
is  covered  with  heavy  paper,  on  which 
any  desired  pattern  of  wali  paper  is 
pasted.  Screws  can  be  driven  into  the 
intersections  of  the  framework  of  the 
backing  to  provide  a  support  fora num­
ber of  pictures  and  the  floor  is  covered 
by  a  heavy  rug  of  some  dark,  rich  col­
oring.  At  either  side  of  the  window  to­
ward  the  front  small  tables  are  placed 
bearing  such bric-a-brac  and  small  arti­
cles  as  might  be 
in  a  lady's 
parlor.  On  one  table lies a pair of gloves 
and  a  bouquet.  Glass  vases  containing 
flowers  could  also  be 
introduced.  Two 
or  three 
light  chairs,  preferably  of 
gilded  wood,  are 
in  the  room,  and  at 
the  rear  door  stands,  facing  the  front,  a 
lady  clothed  in  full  dress  with  an  opera 
cloak  thrown  loosely  over  her  shoulders 
as  if  she  were  just  read  to  go  out. 
In 
the  foreground  at  either  side  of  the  cen­
ter,  and  slightly  facing  her,  stand  two

found 

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1 5

NO  CREATIVE  FACULTY.

C hinese  Possess  O nly  P ractical  Com m on 

Sense.

The  Chinese  are  unscientific.  They 
lack  the  power  of  invention.  They  are 
without  the  creative  or  inventive  fac­
ulty.  They  have  a  certain  sort  of  prac­
tical  common  sense;  indeed,  they  have 
a 
amount  of  practical  sense, 
which  enables  them  to  accomplish  all 
that  we  are  able  to  do,  but  in  a  very 
primitive  fashion.

large 

No  science'has  ever  originated  and 
been  carried  to  any  degree  of  perfec­
tion 
in  Asia.  No  great  invention  was 
ever  made  and  developed  by  an  Asiatic 
in  Asia.  No  Asiatic  people  have  ever 
been  noted  for  being  a scientific people. 
Astronomy,  which  originated 
in  Asia, 
was  scientifically 
the 
Greeks.  There 
is  no  reason  why  these 
statements  about  the unscientific charac­
ter  of  the  Asiatics  should  cause  the 
noses  of  Europeans  and  Americans  to 
twitch  in  derision  or  pride,  for there  is 
another  fact  equally  momentous 
fa­
vor  of  the  Asiatics,  viz.,  no  religion  has 
ever  originated  and  been  carried  to  any 
degree  of  perfection  outside  of  Asia.

classified  by 

in 

character  of  the 
This  unscientific 
illustrated  in  many 
Chinese  could  be 
different  w ays;  but 
let  us  confine  our­
selves  to  the  examination  of  their  toys, 
in  which  only  the  most  simple  scientific 
principles  are  used.  The  Chinese  have 
never  gone  beyond  the  stage  where  they 
look  upon  toys  as  merely  playthings  ^for 
children.  Toys,  however,  are  more  than 
this.  There  is  a  philosophy  underlying 
the  production  of  toys,  as  old  as  the 
world  and  as  broad  as  life;  a  philos­
ophy  which,  until  recent  years,  has been 
little  studied  and  cultivated,  but  which, 
like 
its  near  relations  the  sciences  of 
cooking  and  healing,  has  been  driven 
by  the  stern  teacher,  necessity,  to a  self­
development  for  the  good  of  the  race. 
Playthings  are  as  necessary  a  constitu­
ent  of  childish  needs  as  food  or  medi­
cine,  and  contribute  in  a like  manner  to 
the  health  and  development of the child. 
They  are  the  tools  with  which  he  plies 
his  toy  trades;  they  are  the  instruments 
with  which  he  carries  rn his  toy  profes­
sions ;  they  are  the  goods  he  buys  and 
sells  in  his  toy  business;  the  parapher­
nalia  with  which  he  conducts  his  toy 
society.  Nay,  they  are  more  than  this : 
they  are  the  animals  which  serve  him, 
the  associates  who  entertain  him,  and 
his  offspring  from  which  comes  no  pos­
terity.

lessons 

The  Chinese  do  not  know  this.  They 
do  not  know  that  toys  are  Nature’s  first 
schools;  that  the  child  with  his 
toy 
shovels,  spades,  and  hoes 
learns  his 
first 
in  agriculture;  that  with 
his  hammer  and  nails  he  gets  his  first 
lessons  in  the  various  trades ;  that  her 
mud  pies  and  other  confectionery  give 
her  her  first 
lessons  in  the  art  of  pre­
paring  food ;  her  toy  dinners  and  play­
house  teas  her  first  lessons  in  entertain­
ment :  and  her  dolls  her  first  lessons 
in 
the  domestic  relations  and  affections. 
As  a  consequence  we  need  not  hope  to 
find  the  business  of  toymaking  or  the 
science  of  child-education  in  a  very  ad­
vanced  state 
in  China.  Child’s  play 
and  toymaking  have  been  scientifically 
into  a  business 
studied  and  organized 
in  Europe,  as 
is  seen 
in  the  modem 
kindergarten and  great  toy  factories  and 
children’s  book  publications.  But  the 
toys  which  are  manufactured  in  these 
great  business  establishments in  Europe 
are  still  made  by  poor  men  and  women 
in  Oriental  homes.

One  of  the  best  Chinese  toys  is  the 
bamboo  top.  It  is  made  the  same,  spun

to  spin  one 

the  same,  and  whistles  the  same  as  our 
tin  top.  Another,  of  a  similar  nature, 
but  double,  the  two  being  on  the  two 
ends  of  a carefully turned  axle,  is  called 
is  spun  by  two 
a  K ’ ung  Chung,  and 
sticks  and  a  string.  The  string 
is 
wound  around  the  axle  once,  and  by- 
jerking  one  of  the  sticks  the  top  is 
made  to  spin.  An  old  man  from  whom 
the  writer  purchased  a  dozen  or  more  of 
the  toys  was  able 
in  a 
great  variety  of  ways.  Tossing  it  over 
or  under  his  foot,  or  up  into  the  air,  he 
caught 
again,  and 
would  then  put  the  sticks  under  his  leg, 
behind  his  back,  and  in  every  conceiv­
able  position,  making  the  top  not  only 
sing,  but  howl.  That  old  man  had  been 
making  those  toys  thirty  years  with  a 
knife,  saw,  and  sandpaper  or  file,  but  it 
had  never  occurred  to  him  that  he 
might  invent  a  machine  to  do  the  work, 
and  open  a  large  factory.  He  ma  e  toys 
in  the  forenoon  and  went  out  to  sell 
them 
in  the  afternoon  or  on  market 
days.

it  on  the  string 

The  first  toys  to  attract  the  attention 
of  the  child  are  rattles.  The  Chinese 
have  a  great  variety  of  them  made  of 
wood  or  tin,  gorgeously  painted  with  a 
watercolor,  which 
is  soon  transferred 
from  the  face  of  the  toy  to  the  face  of 
the  child.  The  second  style  of  toy  to 
attract  the  attention  of  the  child  is  the 
doll  or  animal.  The  Chinese  have  a 
great  variety  of  this  class  of  toys,  all 
very  crude.  The  nose  of  the  doll 
is 
sewed  on,  its  ears  pasted  on,  and  its 
queue  stuck  into  its  head,  while  its  eyes 
and  other 
featurese  are  painted  on. 
They  know  nothing  about  opening  and 
shutting  their  eyes,  simple  as  that  prin­
ciple  may  be,  and  they  have  made  the 
same  mistake 
in  their  clay  dolls  and 
animals  that  is  made  by  the  manufac­
turers  of  our  own  rubber  goods,  viz.,  the 
same  whistle  that  makes  the  dog  bark, 
the  cow 
the  child  cry,  and  the 
horse  neigh,  also  makes  the  hen  cackle, 
the  bird  whistle,  and  the  cock  crow.

low, 

They  have  toy  carts,  but  it  has  never 
occurred  to  them  to  make  a  self-pro­
pelling  cart  by  a  concealed  spring,  be­
cause,  forsooth,  they  can  not  make  the 
spring.  They  have  music  carts  which 
emit  sounds,  but  not  music.

They  utilize,  whether  they  understand 
or  not,  the  principle  of  the  expansion 
of  air  by  heat,  and  construct  toy  lan­
terns  with  a  paper  wheel  in  the  top, fas­
tened  to  cross-bars,  on  which  are  hung 
men  and  women  riding  upon animals  of 
all  kinds,  making  a  very 
interesting 
merry-go-round.

inventive  power 

The  one  toy  which  comes  nearest  an 
in  the 
indication  of 
Chinese 
is  a  set  of  what  they  call  the 
fifteen  magical  blocks.  From  these  fif­
teen  blocks  they  have 
invented  more 
than  a  hundred  different  pictures,  any 
of  which  is  very  difficult  to  make,  even 
when  you  have  the  blocks  with  the  pic­
ture  as  a  pattern. 
It  is  a  toy  for  chil­
dren,  but  proves  also to  be  a  puzzle  for 
grown  folks.— Isaac  T.  Headland 
in 
Scientific  American.

C om pletely  Stunned.

“ And  have  you  tried  the  plan  of 
greeting  your  husband  with  kind  words 
when  he  comes  home 
late,  as  I  sug­
gested?”   asked  the  elderly  friend.

“ I  have,”   said  the  youngish  lady, 
“ and  it  works  like  a  charm.  He  stays 
home  all  the  time  now,  trying  to  figure 
out  what  is  the  matter.”

A n  E xact  D efinition.

Little  Glen—Papa,  what 

is  a  conva­

lescent?

Dr.  Tombs— A  convalescent,  my  son, 

is  a  patient  who  is  not  dead  yet.

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Hardware

D ifficu lties o f S e llin g  H ard w are at a Profit.
This  great  country  of  ours  is  strewn 
with  the  wrecks  of  the  cut-rate  mer­
chants,  as  numberless  as  the  sands  of 
the  sea  shore,  merchants  of  fossilized 
ideas— has-been  merchants— merchants 
whose 
from  cover  to 
cover  with  those  relics  of  the  past  and 
curse  of  the  present,  viz., 
the  dead­
beat.

ledgers  are  filled 

Could  you  enquire  into  the  cause  of 
these  wrecks  of  the  past,  would  not 
everyone  of  them  ascribe  it  to some un­
foreseen  cause—some  freak  of  nature— a 
too  wet  season—a 
too  dry  season— al­
ways  placing  the  blame  anywhere  and 
except  the  right  place— 
everywhere 
for  one  moment  that  a 
never  thinking 
intellect  sufficient  to  carry»  on 
lack  of 
a  successful  business  with 
its  manv 
cares  was  the  cause  of  failure  and  that 
one  essential  was  lacking  in  that failure 
of  the  past  (the  price-cutter,  the  one- 
fourth-off  man,  the  cheap  bazaar  man), 
whose  bones,  as  it  were,  are now bleach­
ing on the  outskirts  of  the  busy  marts  of 
our  great  manufacturing  and  commer­
cial  centers  of  to-day?

No doubt such  criticism  seems  severe, 
but  have  we  not  a  right  to  a  true  ex­
pression  of  our  thoughts  after  meeting 
ruinous  competition 
for  the  past  ten 
years?  Are  we  to  take  the  same  course 
and  by  handling  cheap  goods  at cut-rate 
prices  dig,  as  it  we re,  our own  graves? 
Must  we,  the  hardware  merchants  of 
this  progressive  age,  degenerate,  or are 
we  progressing?  Does  the  action  of  the 
times,  the 
improvement  of  the  many 
lines  handled  by  us,  show  any improve­
ment  over  their  forerunners  of  our  fore­
fathers’  day?  I  think  we  can  assure our­
im­
selves  that  no  nation  can  show  the 
provements  we  are  making 
in  every 
line.

M IC H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

in  his  welfare  as  well  as  your 
terested 
own. 
Always  have  a  pleasant  good 
morning  for  him,  no  matter  what  his  or 
your  trouble  may  be.

Second :  Goods  well  bought  are  half 
sold,  but  too  many  goods,  no  matter 
how  weil  bought,  are  loadstones  around 
the  neck  of  the  average  merchant. 
With  the  closeness  of  margins  and  the 
fluctuations  of  prices  we  well  might 
practice  the old axiom, Eternal vigilance 
is  the  price  of  safety.  With  the  facili­
ties  we  have  to-day  there  is  hardly  a 
location  where  we  can  not  order  to-day 
and  receive  the  goods  to-morrow.  E x ­
ceptions might  be  taken  in  certain  lines 
where  we  are  well  aware  that  an  ad­
vance 
is  sure  to  take  place.  Let  so- 
called  cheap  competition  have  all  the 
novelties—the  patent  rat  traps,  patent 
churns,  patent  apple  parers,  etc.— keep 
hammering  away  at  goods  that  have  the 
call  and  goods  that  are  reliable.

Be  as  particular 

in  your  buying  as 
you  would be  if the  article under consid­
eration  w»as  for  your  own 
individual 
use.  Examine  every  detail,  place  every 
in  your  mind  so  you  can  explain 
part 
it  to  customers 
in  a  satisfactory  way. 
You  can  not  expect  to  sell  goods  if  you 
do  not  know  the  merits  of  the  same.

How  many  of  my  hardware  friends 
can  to-day  explain  every  part  of  gaso­
line  “  Blue  Flame  Stoves?”   Certainly 
they  know  enough  to  start  the  same  and 
there  their  knowledge  stops,  and  when 
your  knowledge  of  an  article  is  lacking 
the  profit  is  lacking.  Points  and  argu­
ments  on  the  article  under  discussion 
are  pennies  added  to the  profit  side  and 
a  showing  of  fam iliarity  with  the  arti­
cle  will  establish  the  confidence  of  the 
customer.  How  many  of  us  do  not  go 
into  details  on  our  line  of  stoves  and 
ranges,  do  not  talk  such  points  as 
depth  of  oven,  fire  box,  heft of  castings, 
size  of  reservoir,  etc?

ranges, 

they  should  never  be  cleaned  and  ar­
ranged 
in  good  .manner.  People  are 
particular  at  this  day  and  age  of  the 
world.  Arrange the  floor  goods,  such  as 
stoves, 
etc.,  without  over­
crowding.  Remember that  it  is  better 
to  have  ten  stoves  properly  arranged  so 
that  they  can  be  inspected from all sides 
than  to  have  twenty  in  a  crowded  con­
dition  and  you  have  to  move  three  or 
four  to  show  up  their  good  qualities.  A 
good  salesman  will  always  insist  that 
he  has  room  to  show  up  the  good  quali­
ties  of  any  article.

Do  not  think  that  because  you  are 

in 
the  hardware  business  and  are  some­
times  called  on  to  black  stoves you must 
always  be  dirty  and  that  people  expect 
you  to  be  black,to  remain  black  and  al­
ways  be  black.  Have  a  contrast.  Be 
in  a  trade,  but  in 
“ white,”   not  only 
personal  appearance. 
If  you  have  a

stove  to  black  make  a  business  of  it. 
Black  it  and  black  it  well,  and  then  as 
you  have  the  stove  in  a  presentable con­
dition,  make  yourself  equally  present­
able.

In  summarizing  I  would  say :
Keep  a  good,  clean  store.
Keep  a  store  that  is  systematic  in 

its 
arrangements;  that  has  an  up-to-date 
appearance;  that  shows  you  are  a  prac­
tical  storekeeper.

Buy  goods  that  are  good;  that  you 
know  are  good ;  that  will  warrant  the 
addition  of  a  good  legitimate  profit.

Study  well  every  article.  Know  what 
you  are  talking  about.  Be  sure  you 
know  it.  Don’t  think  so.

Establish  the  rule  “ never  to  misrep­
resent,”   and  years  after  the  trade  you 
first  established  will  be  with  you,  as 
you  have  gained  the 
long-sought-for 
prize,  and  which  you  so  richly  deserve, 
the  reputation  for  honesty,  uprightness 
and  integrity.— E.  S.  Fitch 
in  Am eri­
can  Artisan.

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No  salesman  is  a  true  salesman  if  he 
neglects  these  small  details,  which  in 
reality  are  the  turning  point 
in  many 
a  trade.  Be  posted  on  the  price  of  raw 
material,  its  advance,  decline,  etc.,  the 
cost  of  manufacturing,  the  expense  of 
selling,  then  buy  for  cash,  take  advan­
tage  of  every  discount,  remember  that 
the  closeness  of  the 
the 
smallest  of  margin  will  not  warrant 
any  long  time  accounts  on  your  side  of 
the  ledger  or  the  other  side. 
Insist  on 
cash payments,  not thirty,sixty  or  ninety 
days,  but  spot  cash.  Don’t  fall  into 
the  old  snare  of  buying  too  cheap  just 
to  go  a  little  lower  than  a  competitor, 
and  then  when  you  are  buying  a  little 
cheaper  in  price  you  are  buying  a  little 
cheaper  in  quality.

times  and 

What  then 

is  the  reason  that  we  are 
continually  dissatisfied  (that  is,  the  ma­
jority) ;  that  we  are  continually  finding 
fault  with  our  neighbors;  that  we  are 
ever  cutting  the  p rice;  that  we  barely 
exist?  Simply  because  "the  busy  marts 
of trade  to-day  are  filled  with  so-called 
merchants  that  have  a  little  idle  m oney; 
that  think  that  every  article  sold  brings 
one  hundred  per  cent,  profit;  that  have 
bought  of  catalogue houses, with their as­
sortment  of  cheap  tinware,  glassware, 
etc.,  that  finding  the  mercantile  path 
not  one  of  roses,  seek  to  unload  this 
trash,  and  you,  brother  merchants,  seek 
to  follow  by  making  prices  on  good 
staple  goods  to  meet  so-called  competi­
tion. 
I  say  don’t  follow  a  false  idea. 
Not  only  are  you  a 
loser  financially, 
but  the  confidence  you  have  already 
gained  is  thrown  to  the  wind  and  once 
you  have 
lost  reputation  you  have  lost 
the  pleasure  of  doing  a  straight,  legiti­
mate  business.  Depend  on  your  ability 
as  a  salesman  to  show  the  many  cus­
tomers  the  difference  between  so-called 
catalogue  goods  and  honest,  well-made 
goods.  Have  the  catalogue  handy,  show 
them  that  no  man  buys  or  sells  goods 
any  cheaper  than  you  do  unless he takes 
advantage  of  his  customer  and  palms 
off  an  inferior  article  on  him.

First:  An  essential  that  is  foremost 
and  which  every  good  salesman  should 
possess  is  a  knowledge  of human nature. 
Study  well  your  customer—his  whims—  
his  class  of  goods— his  general  conver­
sation.  Plant 
in  your  memory  every 
trait  of  his  that  you  can.  After you  have 
sold  him  a  few  times  approach him with 
confidence  and  in  a  matter of  fact  way 
that  will  make  him  feel  that  you  are  in­

Talk  quality,  make  quality  the  basis. 
Establish  your  business  on  quality  and 
you  will  always  have  business.  Your 
competitor  may  talk  price  with  some 
success,  but  quality  comes  first,  price 
after,  and  you  will 
in  the  near  future 
hear  that  old  saving  ringing  in  your 
ear.  The  last  shall  be  first  and first shall 
be  last.

appearance. 

Do  not  think  that  because  your  capi­
fin­
tal  is  limited  and  you  have  not  the 
est  of  fixtures  you  can  not  have  an 
up-to-date 
Remember 
“ Cleanliness  is  next  to Godliness.”   Ar- 
range  the  small  shelf  goods  in  the  small 
boxes  in  a  systematic  way.  Have  every 
box 
labeled  and  a  sample  on  every 
box;  don’t  think  that  because  you  know 
what  is  in  it  every  one  else  does.  A r­
range  the  tinware  according  to  size, 
placing  the 
larger  ware  at  the  top,  the 
small  goods  at  the  bottom.  See  that 
they  are  kept  clean.  Just  because  they 
are  made  of  tin  or  iron  is  no reason why

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

Caps

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

C h isels

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

E lb o w s

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

E xp an sive  B its

Clark’s small, $18;  large, $26...............
Ives’ 1, $18;  2, $24;  3, $30.....................

F iles—New  L ist

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

G alvanized  Iro n

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

15 

13 

14 

Discount,  70

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

Ganges

Glass

7 00 
11  50

17 00 
32 00

60
70&10

$4  00

65
60

40&10
20

N ails

Advance over base, on both Steel and  Wire.

2  55
Steel nails, base..................................  
2  15
Wire nails, base.................................... 
20 to 60 advance..................................... 
Base
10 to 16 advance...................................  
g
8 advance.. 
......................................* 
jo
6 advance...............................................................20
4 advance.........................................  
30
3 advance............................................. 
45
2 advance............................................. 
70
Fine 3 advance.......................................................50
Casing 10 advance................................ 
15
Casing 8 advance.................................  
25
Casing 6 advance................................... 
35
Finish 10 advance................................. 
25
Finish 8 advance..................................  
35
Finish 6 advance................................... 
43
Barrel  % advance................................. 
ge

 
 

 

R ivets

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

R oofing  P lates

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.....................
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Dean.....................
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean.....................
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway  G rade... 
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway  Grade... 
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway  G rade... 
20x28IX, Charcoal, Allaway  G rade...

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

R opes

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

Sand  P ap er

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

Sash  W eigh ts

50
45

6  50
7  50 
13 00
5 50
6 60 
11  00 
13  00

8
12

50

25 00

66
56
45
75

65
65
65
65

65
125
40&10

Sheet  Iron

com. smooth,  com.
$3  20
3  20
3 30

Nos. 10 to 14  ................................... 
Nos. 16 to 17....................................  
Nos. 18 to 21....................................  
Nos. 22 to 24 .....................................   3 60 
Nos. 25 to 26 .....................................   3 70 
No. 27.................................................  3 80 
wide, not less than 2-10 extra.

All Sheets No.  18  and  lighter,  over  30  Inches 

3 40
3 50
3 60

Shells—Loaded

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

40
40&10

Shot
40  Drop......................................
25  B B and  Buck......................

I  45 
1  70

8 00
7  go

Shovels  and  SpadeH

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

Solder

H@H......................................................  
21
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
in the market Indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to composition.

S E L L IN G   STO VES  T W IC E .

“ It  hain't  got the latest attachments, ”  

T h e  D ealer  W as  T ired   o f  T a k in g   T h in gs 

said  one  of  the  sons.

B a ck .
Written for the Tradesman.

I  stood  at  the  front  end  of  a city hard­
ware  store  one  morning  not 
long  ago, 
talking  with  the  proprietor,  when  an 
farm  wagon,  drawn  by  a 
antiquated 
pair  of 
lean  horses  rigged  out  in  har­
ness  that  was  about  half  rope,  backed 
up  to  the  curb  and  three  men  began 
unloading  an  apparently  new 
steel 
range.

“ That’s  a  good  starter  for  a  day’s 
business,”   said  the  merchant,  with  a 
“ I  sold  that  range  only  yester­
grin. 
day. 
I  wonder  what 
trouble 
can  be. ”

the 

“ Perhaps  the  people  out  in  the  coun­
try  don’t  now  how  to  run  it,”   I  sug­
gested.

“ I  presume  they’ ve  been 

cooking 
over  fireplaces  all  their  lives,”   said  the 
merchant,  ip  a  tone  of  disgust. 
“ You 
can  never  please  such  people.  How­
ever,  I  suppose  that  I’ll  be  obliged  to 
take  the  range  back,  although  I’m  go­
ing  to  give  them  a  piece  of  my  m ind.”
By  this  time  the  three  farmers had the 
range  up  to  the  store  door  and  the  door 
open.

“ Where  shall  we  put  this  machine?”  
asked  the  patriarch  of  the  party,  evi­
dently  the  father of  the  other  two.

“ W hy,”   replied  the  merchant,  “ it’s 
your  range. 
If  you  want  it  to  partici­
pate  in  all  the  advantages  and  gaities 
of  city  life,  perhaps  you  would  better 
take  it  to  the  high  school  or  the  opera 
house. ’ ’

The  old  farmer  stood  in  the  door  for 
a  moment  with  his  mouth  open and then 
began  to  tug  at  the  range  again.  His 
sons 
in  and  the  rejected  article 
was  soon  in  the  store.

joined 

give 

“ You  said  we  might  return  it  if  it 
satisfaction,”   he  said, 
didn’t 
“ and  there  it  is.  She  don’t  give  satis­
faction,  not  by  a 
long  shot.  Do  she, 
boys?”

The  two  sons  shook  their  heads  and 
grinned.  Probably  the  father  had  been 
bragging  on  the  way  to  town about what 
he  was  going  to  say  to  that  hardware 
man  and 
something 
funny. 
they  grinned  and 
nudged  each  other,  as  children  at  the 
play  sometimes  do  when  the  curtain 
rises  on  a  comedy.

expected 

Anyhow, 

they 

“ What  seems  to  be  the  matter?”  

asked  the  merchant.

“ Can’t  make  it  work.”
“  It  ain ’t  no  good. ”
This  from  one  of  the  sons.
“ Did  you  do  as  I  told  you?”   asked 

the  merchant.

“  Yep. ”
“ And  still  it  wouldn’t  work?”   asked 
the  merchant,  beginning  a  close  exam i­
nation  of  the  range.  “ See  here,”   he 
said,  in  a  moment,  “ the  drafts  are  all 
wrong. ’

“ We  tried 
farmer,  “ and 
ain’t  no  good. ”

it  every  w ay,”   said  the 
it  wouldn't  work. 
It 

The  farmer  backed  off  with  an  obsti­
look  on  his  face  and  sat  down  on 
nate 
the  counter. 
It  was  plain  to  see  that  he 
had  changed  his  mind  regarding  the 
purchase  of  an  expensive  range,  and 
didn’t  want  to  pay  for  it. 
1  had  a  no­
tion 
in  my  head  that  the  sharp  tongue 
of  an  economical  wife  might  have  had 
something  to  do  with  the  matter.

isn’t 

“ But  why 

it  any  good?”   per­
sisted  the  merchant,  not  liking  the  tone 
of  the  man. 
“ These  ranges  are  in  use 
all  over  the  city  and  I  hear no  com­
plaints. ”

“ That  one  ain ’t  no  good.”

“ O h,”   said  the  merchant,  seeing  that 
the  sale  was  lost  and  thinking  that  he 
might  as  well  relieve  his  mind,  “ you 
wanted  one  of  the  new,  patented  hotel 
ranges,  like  they  have  at 
the  White 
House?  Why  didn't  you  say  so?  Do 
you  want  the  second  story  attachment?”

“ Huh?”
“ Yes,  the  second  story  attachment. 
It  takes  the  stove  up  a  flight  of  stairs  to 
your  bedroom  when  you  touch  a  button 
in  the  wall,  so  you  can  light  the  fire 
without  getting  out  of  bed  on  a  cold 
morning. ”
“ Huh?”
“ And  then  there  is  the  Observance  of 
Duty  attachment, 
the 
greatest  expense  for  the  purpose  of 
keeping  servant  girls  up  to  the  mark. 
You  touch  a  red  button  in  the  wall  of 
your  room  and  the  stove  finds  its  way 
up  the  back  stairs,  seizes  the  domestic 
by  the  hair  and  pulls  her  out  of  bed.  It 
is  said  to  look  quite  terrible  as 
it  gets 
up  on  its  hind  legs  to  accomplish  this 
latter  act.  Then  there  is  the  great  anti- 
frost  attachment.”

rigged  out  at 

“ I  reckon,  sons,”   said  the  old  farm­
er,  slowly,  “ that  we’d  better  be  going 
home.  I  got  an  idee  yesterday  that  this 
man  wasn’t  quite  right 
in  his  upper 
story. 
I  wonder  if  his  new  range  has 
got  any  attachments  that  cures  that?”  

“ This  anti-frost  attachment,”   con­
tinued  the  merchant,“ is  designed  espe­
cially  for  rural  life. 
I  understand  that 
it  sickens  and  dies  in  the  city.  When 
the  temperature  gets  anywhere  near  the 
frost  line  in  the  garden,  the  range  goes 
out  and  walks  up  and  down  the  paths 
is  as  cozy  and  warm  as  you 
until  all 
please. 
In  case  of  fire  this  range  turns 
on  a  hose  automatically  and  puts  the 
blaze  out  before  you  know  it  is  there.”
“ I’ve  heard  of  liars,”   began  the  old 

farmer,  “ but— ”

“ We’ve  got  a  range  coming,  “ con­
tinued  the  merchant,  “ which  will  wash 
and  pare  the  potatoes,  knead  the  bread, 
put  the  cat  out  doors  and  spank  the 
baby.  And  another  which  will  get  up 
in  the  night  and  see  what  time  the  hus­
band  gets  home,  offering  appropriate 
remarks  by  means of one of Edison’s lat­
est  inventions.  Do  you  think  you  would 
like  one  of  those?”

The  three  farmers  were  now  moving 
toward  the  door,  with  the  merchant  fol­
lowing  on  behind,  emphasizing  his  re­
marks  with  a  long  ruler,  which  he  car­
ried  in  his  hand.

“ You  can  get  almost  anything  you 
want  in  the  range  lin e,”   he  said,  “ and 
you  can  leave  the  drafts  all  shut  up  and 
it  will  blaze  away  like  a  house  afire. 
I 
have  one  that  will  go  out  and  split  a 
cord  of  wood  if  the  girl  forgets  to  feed 
it,  but  these  come  high.  Not 
lower 
than  thirty-seven  cents.  But,  you see— ”
farmers  were  gone  and  the 
merchant  sat  down  on  the  counter  and 
laughed.

But  the 

“ Those  men  went  away  in  the  belief 

that  I  am  crazy,”   he  said.

“ And  I  don’t  wonder  at  it,”   was  my 

reply.

“ W ell,”   said  the  merchant,  “ I  had 
lost  the  sale  anyway  and  I  might as well 
take  it  that  way  as  any  other. 
It  takes 
these  old  farmers  who  never  had  a  de­
cent  thing  in  their  house  to  demand  the 
impossible  in  the  way  of  invention. 
1 
was  just  going  to  tell  them  about  an  at­
tachment  that  read  the  evening  paper 
and  did  the  thinking  for  the  family 
when  they  went  out,  but  I  guess  they 
got  enough. ’ ’

And  1  thought  so,  too,  although  the 
merchant  certainly  “ had  a  kick  com­
in g.”  

Alfred  B.  Tozer.

70&10
70
70

28
17

60&10

33H
40&10
70

60&10

50&10
50&10
50&10

40&10
5

70
20&10

75
85

5  00
6 00

70

Single  Strength, by box......................dis 
Double Strength, by box.................... dis 

By the Light.................................dis  85&

86&20
85&20

H am m ers

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

H inges

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

H ollow   W are

PotS.................... .........................•......... 
K ettles...................................................  
Spiders.................... 

 

 

H orse  N ails

Au Sable............................................... dis 
Putnam.................................................. dis 

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

Iro n

Bar Iron................................................. 2 25  c rates
Light  Band............................................  
3 c rates

K nobs—New  L ist

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

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

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

L anterns

L evels

M attocks

Adze Eye...................................$17 00..dis  70—10

M etals—Zinc

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

M iscellan eous

40
Bird Cages............................................. 
75
Pumps, Cistern...................................... 
Screws, New L ist.................................  
80
Casters, Bed and Plate........................   50&10&10
Dampers, American.............................  
50

M olasses  Gates

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

60&10
30

Pans

Fry, Acme..............................................   60&10&10
Common,  polished...............................  
70&5
P a ten t  P lan ish ed   Iron 

“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 75 
“B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27  9 75

Broken packages He per pound extra.

P lan es

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

60
60
50
so

 

Squares

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

T in —M elyn   G rade

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

Each additional X on this grade, $1.25.

T in —A lla w a y   G rade

10x14 IC, Charcoal........................................ 
14x201C, Charcoal................................. 
10x14 IX, Charcoal........................................ 
14x20 IX, Charcoal........................................ 

Each additional X on this grade, $1.50

B o ile r  Size  Tin  P late 

14x56IX ,for No.8Boilers,>___
14x56 IX, for No.9Boilers, > Per Pound-  

T raps

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

 

W ire

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

 

W ire  Goods

B rig h t....-...........................................  
Screw Eyes............................................. 
Hooks...................................................... 
Gate Hooks and Eyes........................... 

65

$850

s 50
u 75

7  00

7 00
8 50
8 50

>o

75
40&10
658Mb
15
1  25

go
60
no&io
50&10
40
3 20
2  90

80
80
80
80

30
30

W ren ches

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

7H
8

Aluminum Money

W ill Increase Your Business.

Cheap and Effective.

Send for samples and prices.

C.  H.  HANSON,

44  S.  Clark  St.,  Chicago,  III.

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M IC H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

Village  Improvement

E ssen tials  to   B e  C on sidered in  E m b e llish ­

ing;  D oor yards.

It  is  one  thing  to  conceive an  id ea;  it 
is  quite  another  to  carry  it  out.  It  is 
also  true  that  the  original  conception 
often  needs  changing  and,  among  the 
changes,cluster  others  at first undreamed 
of.  With  the  tin  cans  and  other  un­
seemly  rubbish  removed  and  with  the 
plans  of  the  accomplished 
landscape 
gardener  before  him,  it  dawned  upon 
the  mind of  the  man  with the grand idea 
in  his  heart  that  here  was  the  work  of 
a  thousand  brains  and  that,  in  order 
that  all  of  them  should  work  for  the 
common  purpose,  they  should  all  bend 
the  beauty  that  was  in  them,  controlled 
and  guided  by  the  acknowledged  prin­
ciples  of  the  beautiful,  towards  the  one 
purpose  to  be  attained.

beautiful, 

it  seems  that  a 

Simple  decency  had  suggested  the  re­
moval  of  the  offensive  debris.  Science 
and  skill  had  planned  and  sketched 
and  then  the  improvement  association, 
by  stereopticon  and talk,  were shown  the 
conditions  at  the  beginning,  the  plant­
ing  and  the  results  of  it.  To  the  casual 
reader 
little  of  this 
would  go  a  great  ways,  but  a  simple 
fact 
is  made  to  sink  deeper  when  as­
tonishingly  presented  and  as  strongly 
driven  home  and  for  doing  this  part  of 
the  work  at  the  first,  so  that  repetition 
would  be  unnecessary,  photographs  of 
the  possible  at  South Park were secured. 
Miss  Gould,  from her magnificent  estate 
on  the  banks  of  the  Hudson,  furnished 
pictures  of  delightful  reality—already 
the  fanciful  had  crystallized into charm­
ing  fact;  Mr.  Olmsted,  from  his  rich 
experience,  furnished  as  many  more; 
in 
Mr.  Egan,  whose  genius  has  shared 
making  Chicago 
listened 
kindly  to  the  association’s  request;  the 
grandest  country  home  in  all  the  world 
at  Asheville,  N.  C.,  sent  views  and  no 
foreign  country  was  too  far  off  to  be 
called  upon  for  photographs  presenting 
pictures  of  its  finest  landscapes  at  their 
b est;  and  this  photograph  gathering 
went  on  until  there  are  2,500 colored 
stereopticon  slides  on  landscape garden­
ing  among  the  treasures  at  South  Park.
The  eye  that  has  feasted  on  this  sun- 
loveliness,  scattered  over  the 
painted 
earth,  is 
inclined  to  envy  the  delight 
of  the  workmen  as  the  stereopticon 
faithfully  unfolds  those  beautiful 
land­
scape  scenes.  How  the  bright day comes 
back  when  the  summer  sun  was flooding 
the  enchanted 
land  of  Sleepy  Hollow 
with  its  golden  light.  The  Hudson  was 
asleep;  the  little  Dutch  ivy  clad  church 
and,  not  far  off,  the  bridge  over  which 
the  headless  horseman  had  chased  the 
terror-stricken 
Crane  had 
painted  a 
fadeless  picture  upon  the 
mem ory;  the  visit  at  Sunnyside  had 
taken 
its  place  in  the  storied  past  and 
then  the  warm  splendor  of the afternoon 
revealed  the  beautiful  country  seat  of 
Miss  Gould.  The  stereopticon  can  not 
give  all  the  loveliness  that  comes  from 
a  visit  to  one  of  the  most  charming 
places  on  the  banks  of  that  homestead- 
planted  river;  but it  can  give  enough  to 
point  its  lesson,  that  the  open  lawn cen­
ter  is  the  first  fact  to  be  remembered  in 
the  planning  and  laying  out  of grounds, 
large  or  small,  with  a  special  view  to 
the  most  beautiful  effect.

Ichabod 

“ You  need  a  striking  illustration  tQ 
make  you  remember  what  I  tell  you,”  
exclaimed  the  provoked  schoolmaster 
of  the long  ago,  and  promptly  supplied 
the  need.  Humanity  does  not  change ; 
but,  let  us  be  thankful,  methods  do.

to 

take 

“ old 

in  story.”  

With  the  first  fact  fixed  and 
illustrated, 
the  stereopticon  was  again  called  in  at 
South  Park 
the  place  of 
the  Solomon-recommended  rod.  There 
were  views  at  home  and  abroad  pre­
sented.  Not  one  that  could  emphasize 
the  central  idea  was  overlooked.  Lin­
coln  Park  was  ransacked.  New  York 
was  called  upon  to  stand  and  deliver. 
The  beautiful  in  nature  and  art  on  this 
side  of  the  sea  generously  responded; 
nor  was  Europe  forgotten.  England  is 
amply  represented  among  those  care­
fully  selected  views.  How  the  English 
meadow 
in  all  its  glory  of  green  grass 
and  blossoming  hedge  teaches  its  sim­
ple  lesson.  There  are  among  the  pic­
tures  castles 
The 
English  oak  and  the  English elm,  proud 
in  the  strength  and  beauty  of  centuries, 
are  there.  The  rivers  and  the  bushes 
which  border  them  will  now  and  then 
be  seen,  but  castle  and  river  and  trees 
and  the  greenest grass  that sunshine sees 
will  declare  in  language  even  childhood 
can  understand  that  the  second  lesson 
to  be  learned  in  landscape  gardening  is 
that  planting 
in  masses,  in  the  laying 
out  of  grounds,  large  or  smal  ,  will  be 
sure  to  secure  the  most  beautiful  effect.
Memory  can  depend  upon  no  more 
faithful  teacher  than  contrast.  One  ex­
treme  is  sure  to  suggest  the  other.  The 
light.  The  crimson 
dark  calls  up  the 
gateway  of  morning  is  the 
instant  har­
binger of  evening’s  sunset  windows  and 
“ the  straight  and  narrow  way”  suggests 
promptly  the  wide  and  winding  one. 
So  among  the  stereopticon pictures there 
are,  probably,  village  views  of  one 
straight  street.  Straight  paths  bordered 
with  box  stretch  from  sidewalk  to  front 
door.  There  are  dooryards  with  square 
flower  beds.  Evergreens  are  clipped 
into  angles  until  they  cry  out  against 
their  own  ugliness.  One  photograph 
will  be  sure  to  tire  the  eye  and  the 
mind  with  what  might  have  been  the 
loveliest  avenue  of  elms  in  Europe. 
It 
drags  its  wearisome  monotony  for  three 
wearisome  miles  and  makes  the  eye  of 
the  beholder  doubly  glad  to  rest  at  last 
on  the  splendors  of  the  palace  at  Ver­
sailles.  The  straight  is  the  rod  of  em­
pire  in  that  artificial  beauty.  The  trees, 
left  to  themselves,  would  by  their  arch­
ing  branches  have,  in  a  measure,  re­
deemed  the  prevailing  straight,  but  the 
knife  and  the  saw  have  been  set  at work 
and  a  perpendicular  wall  of  green  has 
been  built  up  on  both  sides  of  that  fa­
mous  avenue  out  of  those  leaves  until, 
trunks  as  pillars, 
tree 
with  the 
the 
like  a  cathedral  aisle, 
avenue 
looks 
every  foot  of 
it  protesting  against  its 
violation  of  natural  law  and  teaching by 
contrast  the  third  great  principle  of 
landscape  gardening,  that,  in  planning 
with  a  special  view  to  the  most  beauti­
ful  effect,  we  must  “ avoid  straight 
lines. ”

W orth   R ein em berlug.

that 

increased  salary, 

Some  employers  are  so  parsimonious 
of .praise  for deserving  employes,  on  the 
principle  that  praise  will  induce  an  at­
tack  of  swelled  head,  requiring  a  treat­
ment  of 
they 
starve  out  ambition  in  their  most  faith­
ful  helpers.  To  a  young  worker  who 
has  done  good  service, who has  collected 
a  bad  account  or  suggested  an  idea  val­
uable  to  his  employer,  a  word  of  appre­
ciation  is  more  exhilarating  than  wine. 
The  memory  of  it  will  outweigh  many 
times  the  discouraging  things  of  life', 
and  will  spur  and  nourish  ambition  and 
good  work  as  nothing  else  can.  A   kind, 
appreciative  word  costs  nothing  to  ex­
press,  but 
large  dividends  in 
loyalty,  devotion  and  application.

it  pays 

Get 

into  the  public  e y e ;  and  when 

you  get  there,  stay  there.

Who  Made 

the  Mistake?

This  is  the question asked in thousands of stores every 
day  when  the  cash  fails  to  balance.  At  last  we  are 
able  to  tell  you  positively  which  one  of  your  clerks 
made  the  mistake.

We  do  this  by  providing  a  separate  cash  drawer  for 
each  clerk  in  your  store. 
The  money  he  takes  in  is 
added  on  a  counter inside  the  register  under  lock  and 
key  and  accessible  only to  the  proprietor.  The  cash  in 
his  drawer  must  always  agree  with  the  total  on  his 
counter. 
In  this  way  a  mistake  in  the  cash  is  easily 
traced to  the  one  who  made  it.

We  also give you a grand total of all the day’s receipts.

T h e  L a test  Cash  R egister  M a rvel:  Six  d raw ers,  six  coun ters 

and  a   gran d   to tal  coun ter.

These  wonderful  registers are  the crowning triumph of 
years  of  experimenting  and  a  large  expenditure  of 
money.  We are the only concern who ever succeeded in 
making  a cash  register of  this  type,  and  as  we  own 
and  control  the  fundamental  patents,  no  other  concern 
has  the  legal right  to  make  these  registers.

If you will  drop us a postal or call on our representative 
in  your  city  we  will  gladly  give  you  further  information 
about  these  wonderful  registers  This  will  place  you 
under  no obligation  to  buy.

National  Cash  Register  Co.,

Dayton, Ohio

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  office,

Saginaw,  Mich.,  E.  S.,  office, 

180  East  Fulton  Street. 

Menominee,  Mich.,  office,

Room 503,  Bearinger Building. 

Chicago,  111., office,

701  Main  Street. 

Detroit,  Mich., office,

165 Griswold  Street.

48*50  State Street. 

F t  Wayne,  Ind.,  office,

31  Bass  Block.

M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N

A   M odern  In stan ce  in  a  Suburban N eigh ­

borhood.

One  of  the  main  roads  radiating  from 
Grand  Rapids  threads  a  gem  of  a  vil­
lage  some  dozen  miles  away. 
The 
woods  were  cleared  years  ago  and  for 
a  long  time  the  only  stumps  that  have 
tormented  the  town  are  three 
store­
keepers.  The  taproot  runs  so  straight 
down  in  each  instance  and  so  far  down 
that  nothing  can  be  done  to  pull  them 
up  by  any  known  method  or  imple­
ment.  Like  all  stumps,  they  are  not 
only  dead  but  rotting.  A  fire  has  for  a 
long  time  promised  the  best  and  the 
earliest  results,  but  for  obvious  reasons 
that  has  not  been  resorted  to  by  the 
long  suffering  public.  The  village 
is 
one  of  the  healthiest  in  the  State  and 
no 
lungs  there  are  sounder  than  those 
that  supply  these  vigorous  men  of  a 
long-lived  race  with 
abundant 
oxygen  they  are  making  the  most  of. 
The  village  finally  settled  hopelessly 
down  to  the  philosophical  fact  that what 
can’t  be  cured  must  be  endured,  when 
a  new  element  appeared  upon  the  scene 
in  the  shape  of  a  young  Apollo,  so  far 
as  his  physique  is  concerned,  who fairly 
jarred  the  village  off 
its  pins  by  an­
nouncing  his  determination  to  open  a 
general  country  store  there.

the 

Talk  about  honest,  simple-hearted 
country  people!  There  wasn’t  one  of 
them  who  wasn’t  tickled  almost to death 
with  the  joy  that cheered him ;  but  not  a 
bit  of  encouragement  did 
the  young 
from  a  single  gray  head 
man  receive 
among  them. 
“ The 
large 
and  three  experienced  storekeepers  to 
contend  against  will  make  it  up-hill 
work  and  steep  at  that.  You  won’t  find 
’em  ready  nor  willing  to  divide up  with 
you;  but  you’ re  young” — he  is  twenty- 
three— “ and  your  w ife’ll  take  with  the

town  isn’t 

women 
folks  and  may  be  you  can  get 
along  until  one  or  more  of  the  three 
peters  out  and  then  you  can  hope  to 
live.”

It  happened,  however,  that  the  young 
man  had  a  mind  of  his  own  and  was 
able  to  use  it  on  occasion.  He  went  to 
the  village  and 
looked  around.  He 
found  opportunity  to  spend  a  little  time 
in  all  the  trading  establishments  of  the 
place.  He  looked  the  people  over  and 
noticed  how  the  school  children  were 
dressed.  He  stayed  over  Sunday  and 
went  to  church.  Then  he was  seen  driv­
ing  once  or  twice  through  the  country 
round  about  with  his  wife,  who  is  pret­
tier  than  he  is  handsome;  and,  last  of 
all,  he  secured  a  location  and  opened  a 
store.  The  stock  wasn’t  large,  but  it 
was  choice  and,  what  the  villagers  had 
not  seen 
It  seemed  so 
good  to  be  able  to  get  something  worth 
carrying  home  at  their  own  store  that 
they  indulged  the  new  sensation  again 
and  again.  The  young  tradesman  un­
derstood  his  business,  sold  close  and 
bought  closer  and  so  by  turning  his 
small  capital  again  and  again  he  grad­
ually  has  enlarged  his  foothold  and 
is 
evidently  going  to  stay.

in  years,  new. 

He  has  one  powerful  ally—-his  fiddle; 
and  it  looks  much  as  if,  like  the  fabled 
Apollo,  he  is  going  to  fiddle  the  stumps 
out  of  the  ground  and  out  of the village. 
Not  an  occasion  comes  in  the  village 
life  which  is  not  brightened  by  its  stir­
ring  strains  and  not  a  day  passes  which 
does  not  bring  to  the  store  some  new 
customer  which  the  fiddle  has  brought 
over.  His  wife  is  behind  the  counter to 
help  him  and 
is  fair  to  infer  that 
some  of  the  new  customers  come  to 
trade  with  her.  She  keeps  the  store 
clean.  Apollo  makes  a  vigorous  use  of 
the  broom  six  days 
in  the  week  and  I

it 

it  somewhere  dusting 

mops  the  sixth  d a y ;  and  it’s  actually 
worth  one’s  while  to  go  in  there  “ of  a 
morning,”   and  see  her  with  a  white 
apron  on  and  a  cap  with  a  blue  ribbon 
on 
everything 
there  is  in  the  store.  The way  she  does 
up  things 
is  done  so 
deftly  and  swiftly.  There  isn’t  a  man 
even  in  the  whole  village  who  doesn’t 
like  to  carry  a  package  she  has  done 
u p !

is  a  study— it 

leaves  and 

The  stumps?  The 

the 
briers  are  helping  the  weeds  all  they 
can  to  cover  up  the  offensive  decay. 
Now  and  then  an  old  settler  out .of  pity 
goes 
in  and  buys  something;  but  for 
some  reason  or  other  “ trade  is dropping 
off.”   One  would  suppose  that,  with  that 
example  of  commercial  activity  throw­
ing  the  village  into  breezy  commotion, 
every  stump  would 
raising 
checkerberry  leaves  if  it  could  do  noth­
ing  e lse;  but  there  they  are  with  goods 
on  hand  that  have  not  been  moved 
since  the  day  they  “ opened  up”   and 
there  they  will  probably  remain  until 
Apollo  buys  them  out  and  sells  the 
goods  at  auction,  preliminary  to  a  snak­
ing  out  of  the  stumps  and  putting  up  a 
store  that  will  reflect  the  new  growth  of 
the  community.

take  to 

H ow   T h ey  Dift'er.

A   woman  writer  says:  * ‘ Man 

is  a 
creature  of  cast-iron  habits;  woman 
adapts  herself  to  circumstances.  This 
is  the  foundation  of  the  moral difference 
between  them.  A   man  does  not  attempt 
to  drive  a  nail  unless  he  has  a  hammer; 
a  woman  does  not  hesitate  to  utilize any 
thing,  from  the  heel  of  a  boot  to  the 
back  of  a  brush.  A   man  considers  a 
corkscrew  absolutely  necessary  to  open 
a  bottle ;  a  woman  attempts  to  extract 
the  cork  with  the  scissors. 
If  she  does 
not  readily  succeed,  she  pushes  the  cork 
1 into  the  bottle. ”

1 9

•Judges  ail  A rtic le ’s  W orth   B y   th e  Price. 
Wm. E. Curtis in Chicago Iieconi.

Among  the  advertisements  in  a  street 
car  at  Omaha  not  long  ago  I  saw  this 
legend : 
“ A  man  will  pay  $i  for  a  50 
cent  article he wants ;  a  woman  will  pay 
98  cents  for  a  50  cent  article  she  does 
not  want. ”

left  home  the  clerk 

When  I  repeated  this  to  an  experi­
enced  department  store  merchant  the 
other  evening,  he  smiled  and  said:  “ I 
suppose  you  think  that  indicates  super­
ior 
judgment  and  self-control  on  the 
part  of  the  man,  but  I  can  tell  you  from 
long  experience  that  women  are  better 
shoppers  than  men  every  time  and  that 
men  are  attracted  by  odd  prices  much 
For  example, 
quicker  than  women. 
just  before  I 
in 
charge  of  our  gentlemen’s  furnishing 
goods  department  called  my  attention 
to  a  lot  of  ties  we  had  been  offering  for 
25  cents  each  and  said  they  were  ‘ no 
go.’  He  suggested  that  we  mark  them 
down  to  15  cents. 
I  told  him  fora  flyer 
to  offer  them  three  for $1.  He did so and 
we  sold  every  one  of  them  the  next 
week. 
I  suppose  people  thought  they 
were  50  cent  goods  marked  down. 
If 
we  had  offered  them  for  15  or  20  cents 
they  would  not  have  sold,  but  when  a 
customer  thinks  he  can  get  three  arti­
cles  cheaper  than  he  can  get  one he  will 
take  the  three.  He 
imagines  he  has 
struck  a  bargain.  We had some  negligee 
shirts  that  had  been  selling  for  $1.25  all 
summer,  but  there  was  no  longer  any 
demand 
for  them.  We  put  them  in  a 
show  window  and  offered  two  for  $2.50. 
They  went  like  hot  cakes.  People sup­
posed  they  were  $1.50  or $1.75  shirts 
marked  down.  After that  experience  no­
body  can  tell  me  that  men  are  not 
caught  by  odd  prices just  like  women.”

I t  A ll  Depended.

Sunday  School  Teacher— Tommy,  if  a 
boy  slapped  you  on  one  cheek  what 
should  you  do?

Tommy— How  big  a  boy?
Sunday  School  Teacher  (amused)—  

About  your  size.

Tommy— I’d  swing  on  him.

Ï H B   P I O N B E R S

For  nine  years  we  have  been  putting  our 
Scales  on  the  market  and  every  year  costly 
improvements  and  valuable  patents  have  been 
added.

in 

To-day  we  have  the  finest  scale  ever  of­
fered 
the  world.  The  “New  Majestic” 
shown  in  the  accompanying  illustration  is  the 
world  beater.  Send  for  prices  and  full  partic­
ulars  regarding  this  new  scale.  Our  scales 
are  sold  on  easy  monthly  payments.

T H E   <3 0 / " \ P U T I N G  5 C A L E   C O M P A N Y ,   d a y t o n ,  o h i o

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W oman’s World

A ro u s in g   So cial  A sp ira tio n s  W h ic h   Can ­

n o t  B e  G ratified .

There  was  something  grostesquely 
in  the  accounts  given  in  the 
pathetic 
last  week  of  a  young  man  in  a 
papers 
neighboring  city  who  committed suicide 
because  he  could  not  get  into 
fashion­
able  society.  His  was  the  not  uncom­
mon  tragedy  of  the  champagne  taste 
and  the  beer 
income,  of  one  forced  to 
wear  the  hand-me-downs  of  the  ready­
made  clothing  store, when  his  soul hank­
ered  for  fine  raiment  from  London  tail­
ors ;  of  one  doomed  to  partake  of  the 
humble  apple  pie  at  the  quick-lunch 
counter,  while  he  yearned  for  banquets 
at  swell  restaurants ;  of  one  condemned 
to  forever  hang  onto  a  strap 
in  the 
plebeian  street  car,  while  he  fain  would 
have  had  his  liveried  flunkies  announce 
“ Me  lud,  the  kerrridge  w aits.”

We  are  accustomed  to  sneer  at  the  so­
cial  tuft  hunters  who  spend  the  best i 
efforts  of  their 
lives  trying  to  get  to 
know  the  people  who  don’t  want  to 
know  them  and  who  wear  themselves 
to  skin  and  hone  attempting  to  kef“p  up 
with the  procession  of  the  rich, in  which 
they  can  never  hope  to  march  with  the 
leaders,  but  only  to  tag  along  in  the 
rear,  so  far  behind  they  can  only  catch 
an  occasional  glimpse  of  the 
illumina­
tions  and  an  echo  of  the  band ;  but  the 
tragedy  and  the  comedy  of  existence 
walk  always  hand  in  hand,  and  if  the 
social  struggler  is  a  ridiculous  figure  it 
is  a  pitiful  one  as  well. 
Its  sacrifices 
are  so  cruel,  its  strivings  so  hopeless, 
its  disappointments  so  bitter,  its  re­
wards  so  few.

In  one  of  Mrs.  Burton  Harrison’s 
clever  stories  of  American  life,  she  de­
scribes  a  woman  who  deliberately  sac­
rifices  her  beautiful  young  daughter to a 
foreign-titled  roue  in  order  to  grktify 
her  own  ambition  to  walk  under  the 
awnings  before  the  door  of  the  smart 
set,  and  in  a  lesser  way  we  see the same 
thing  happen  about  us  every  day.  We 
all  know  young  men  who  live  on  their 
poor,  old, hard-working, boarding-house­
keeping  mother,  and  who  spend  the 
money  they  ought  to  be  helping  her 
with  in  sending  American  beauty  roses 
and  candy  to  Miss Upperten and  in pay­
ing  their  dues  in  the  swell  clubs  that  it 
is  a  crime  for them  to  belong  to.  We 
know  women  who  starve  in  the  kitchen 
to  give  pink  teas 
in  the  parlor;  who 
never  have  a  comfortable  flannel  petti­
coat  in  order  that  they  may  buy  a 
decollete  gow n;  whose  whole  lives  are 
one  frantic,  exhausting,  nerve-wrecking 
struggle  to  hang  on  to  eyery  rich  and 
influential  person  who 
is  unfortunate 
enough  to  meet  them.  Yet  these  men 
and  women  consider  themselves  amply 
rewarded  for  their  sacrifices  if  they  can 
get  an  occasional 
fill-in  invitation  to 
dinner,  sent  to  them  at  the last moment, 
as  one  might  toss  a  bone  to  a  dog.  or 
are  permitted  to  exhibit  themselves  in 
the  back  of  Mrs.  Swelldom’s  opera  box 
on  an  off  night.

It 

-There 

is  apparently  nothing  else  in 
heaven  or  on  earth  that  has  such  power 
to  dazzle  people’s  eyes  and  rob  them  of 
their 
last  vestige  of  common  sense  as 
the  society  that  spells  itself  with  a  big 
S. 
is  the  Moloch  before  whose  altar 
many  a  young  clerk  offers  up  his  hon­
esty,  many  a  man  his  self-respect,  many 
a  young  girl  her  heart,  and  where  are 
immolated  the  peace  and  happiness and 
prosperity  of  ten  thousand  homes. 
If 
this  sacred  circle  we  call  the  smart  set 
were  made  up  of  the  elect,  if  it  were  *

M IC H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

intense 

composed  of  people  who  dazzled  by 
their  wit,  who  charmed  by  the  grace 
and  sympathy  of  their  manners,  who 
fascinated  by  the 
interest  of 
their  conversation  and  enthralled  by 
their  beauty,  one  could  understand  the 
mad  desire  and  ambition  of  so  many 
people  to  get  into  it  by  hook  or  crook, 
invited  or  uninvited.  Nobody  pretends 
that  this  is  the  case.  On  the  contrary, 
we  know  perfectly  well  that  fashionable 
society  is  mostly  composed  of bores  and 
the  bored,  of  people  with  more  cents 
than  sense,  who  have  so  much  money 
they  feel  they  don’t  need  to  have  any 
manners, 
conversation 
wearies  each  other  so  much  that  when 
they  want  t  j  enjoy  themselves they  send 
out  and  hire  somebody  to  come  and  en­
tertain  them.  Any  human  being  whose 
greatest  ambition 
is  to  break  into  this 
aggregation  of  self-satisfied  and  over­
fed  mediocity  and  whose  highest  aspi­
is  to  read  his  name  in  the  soci­
ration 
ety  column  of  the  daily  papers 
is  a 
spectacle  for  derision  and  for  tears.

whose 

and 

Poor  and  unworthy  as  such  an  object 
is  for  the  be-all  and  end-all  of life,there 
is  often  a  side  to  the  social  struggler’s

desire  to  rise  that  is  neither  sordid  nor 
vulgar.  Sometimes 
it  is  the  passion­
ate  longing  for  companionship,  for com­
munion  with  souls  that  think  the  same 
thoughts  and  speak  the  same  language. 
Unfortunately  the  growing  mind  some­
times  outgrows  old  friends  and  old com­
panionships,  just  as  the  growing  body 
outgrows  the  garments  of  childhood. 
But  it  takes  the  courage  of  desperation 
to  break  away  from  these  old  associa­
tions,  and  every  man  and  woman  who 
does  it  is  in  a  way  a  martyr.  They  are 
bound  to  he  cruelly  misjudged.  They 
are  accused  of  being  “ stuck  up,”   of 
running  after  great  people,  of  being 
snobs,  and  they  can  not  defend  them­
selves.  They  can  not  say,  “ The  peo­
ple  who  interested  me  once 
interest  me 
no  more.  The  little  tittle-tattle  gossip  I 
found  so  absorbing  fills  me  now 
once 
with  deadly  weariness. 
I  want  to  talk 
of  the  world’s  great  happenings,  not 
what  Mrs.  Smith  bought  at  the  market 
this  morning. 
I  want  to  hear  of  books, 
art,  music,  from  those  who  feel  these 
things  as  I  do,  and  as  you,  good  and 
kind  and  dear  as  you  are,  never  can 
feel  them .”   The  old  friends  never  un-

derstand  this.  Unhappily,  the  new  ac­
quaintances  often  fail  to  comprehend  it, 
too,  and  many  and  many  a  lonely  man 
and  woman  must  have  felt  that  it  would 
have  been  happier  for  them  if  they  had 
never  aspired 
to  anything  better  and 
higher,  if they  could  still  content  them­
selves  with 
the  association  of  those 
whose  whole  horizon  is  bounded  by  the 
gossip  of  the  neighborhood  and  the 
politics  of  the  corner  store.

This  view  of  the  subject  must  often 
present  itself  to  us,  and  never  so poign­
antly  as  when  we  look  across the sea  of 
in  one  of  our  public  schools. 
faces 
Then,  through  all  the  surging  pride 
in 
our  great  national  institution  there must 
creep  a  dull  wonder  of  for  how  many  of 
these  young  people  we  are  preparing  a 
tragedy  instead  of  a  blessing.  This 
is 
peculiarly  true  of  the  girls,  not  oniy  be­
cause  the  world  offers  women  so  many 
less  opportunities  than  it  does  men,  but 
because  girls  are  so  much  quicker  to as­
similate  intangible  influences  than  boys 
are.  Women  are  like  chameleons,  and 
can  change  in  the  twinkling  of  an  eye 
to  the  color  of  their  surroundings.  A 
girl  will  pick  up  style and manner while

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wereio

ENOCH  MORGAN'S  SONS  COMPANY,

Complainant,  is  entitled  to  the  exclusive  use  of  the  designation  “ SAPOLIO”  as  a  trade-mark  for  scouring  soap,

^  we  do  strictly  command  and  perpetually  enjoin  you,  the  said  HENRY

^ 0derH,t / ° Dr  Clerks’  att0rn7 s’ 
Salesmen  and  workmen,  and  all  claiming  or  holding  through  or  under  you
u n d erjh e   pains  _and  penalties  which  may  fall  upon  you  and  each  of  you  in  case  of  disobedience,  that  you  do
absolutely  desist  and  refrain  from  in  any  manner  unlawfully  using  the  word  “ SAPOLIO,”  or  any  word  or  words 
substantially  similar  thereto  in  sound  or  appearance,  in  connection  with  the  manufacture  or  sale  of  any  scouring 
soap  not  made  or  produced  by  or  for  the  Complainant,  and  from  directly,  or  indirectly, 
*

7 

B y  word  of  mouth  or  otherwise,  selling  or  delivering  as 

“ SAPOLIO,”  or  when  “ SAPOLIO”  is  asked  for,

that  which 
false  or  misleading  manner. 

is  not  Complainant’s  said  manufacture,  and  from 

in  any  way  using  the  word  “ SAPOLIO”   in  anv 

*“

, 

The  honorable  M e l v il l e   W.  F u l l e r ,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
United  States  of  America,  at  the  City  of  Trenton, 
in  said  District  of  New 
Jersey,  this  16th  day  of  December, 
in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  one  thousand.
eight  hundred  and  ninety-two.

ROWLAND  COX,

Complainants  Solicitor

[SIGNED]

&  a   ©LIPHANT,

Cleri

M IC H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

least  the 

imitation  of  culture  as 

you  wait.  She  acquires  a  knowledge  of 
how  to  dress  by  intuition.  She  absorbs 
at 
sponge  does  water,  and  just  because she 
is  so  quick  to  get  the  best  of  our  system 
of  education  she 
is  so  inevitably  the 
victim  of  its  worst.

associated  on 

Take  the  girl,  for  instance,  and  her 
name  is  legion,  who  comes  from  a  poor 
and  squalid  home  and  is  the  child  of 
utterly  uneducated  parents.  What  of 
her  when  she  goes  back  to  the  life  to 
which  she  was  born  and  for  which  he 
education  has  done  its  best  to  unfit  her? 
In  the  democracy  of  the  classroom  she 
has 
terms  of  perfect 
equality  with  girls  belonging  to  the 
highest  rank  of  society,  and  who  wil 
cut  her  dead,  or  barely  and  patronizing 
ly  recognize  her  existence,  the  moment 
the  school  door  closes  upon  them.  She 
has  been  cultured,  refined,  taught  tastes 
that  she  has  no  way  to  gratify,  and  that 
become  a  cross  on  which  she  is  daily 
crucified.

The  woman  who  doesn’t  know  the 
difference  can  be  just  as  happy  going 
in  a  Mother  Hubbard 
down  the  street 
as  she  would  be 
in  a  Redfern  tailor 
made;  the  girl  who  can’t  tell  ragtime 
from  Beethoven  enjoys  the  hand  organ 
on  the  corner  grinding  out  “ Mah  Tigei 
L ily ”   just  as much  as  she  would  a  sym 
phony  orchestra ;  she  whose  own  gram 
mar  is  unpruned  and  luxuriant  isn’t go 
ing  to  shudder  at  every 
lapse  from 
Lindley  Murray  the  young  man  who 
comes  courting  her  makes.  Once  teach 
her  the  exquisite  discriminating  taste 
to  feel  the  beauty  of  music  and  a rt;  to 
realize  the  horror of  sordid surroundings 
and 
inappropriate  dress;  raise  he 
above  her  family  and  put  her  out  of 
touch  and  sympathy  with  them,  and  you 
have  opened  up  every  avenue  of  mis­
ery  to  he  .  Women  are  not  often  given 
to  the  cowardice  of  suicide  or  else  we 
should  have  the  tragedy  of  the  young 
man  who  killed  himself  because  he 
couldn’t  get 
into  refined  and  cultured 
society  repeated  every  day  of  the  year.
One  would  not  deny  to  any  fellow- 
creature 
opportunity  of  higher 
knowledge  and  a  broader  outlook,  but 
we  can  not  shut  our  eyes  to  the  uncon­
scious  cruelty  of  arousing  social  aspira­
tions  which  can  not  be  gratified. 
It 
may  be  the  best  for  the  future  of  the 
nation.  Unrest  and  dissatisfaction  with 
your  lot  has  in  it  somewhere  the  germ 
it  does  not  make  for 
of  progress,  but 
the  happiness  of  the 
individual.  The 
woman  with  social  aspirations,  whether 
she  be  the  poor  book-keeper’s  wife  who 
hankers  after  the  smart  set  ot  the  work­
ing  girl  who  would  rather  starve  clerk­
ing  in  a  store  because  she  thinks  it gen­
teel  than  cook  in  somebody's  kitchen, 
is  a  source  of  torment  to  herself  and 
misery  to  everybody  who  knows  her. 
Sometimes  it  does  seem that there would 
be a  great  and  exceeding peacefulness if 
we  could  only  be  a little less progressive 
and  more  willing  to  stay  in  that  station 
of  life  in  which  it  has  pleased  God  to 
place  us. 

Dorothy  Dix.

the 

Putting;  Love  on  a   P ra ctica l B asis.
It  must  have  occurred,  times  out  of 
number,  to  every  thoughtful  person  that 
there 
is  no  other  serious  thing  in  life 
so  lightly  undertaken  as  marriage.  If  a 
man  or  woman  were  going  to  buy  a 
horse  they  would  enquire  into  its  pedi­
gree  and  satisfy  themselves  that  it  had 
neither  physical infirmities nor a  vicious 
temper.  Yet  a  girl  will  marry  a  man 
of  whose  family  she  knows  nothing,  a 
man  will  burden  himself  with  a  deli­
cate  wife  who  develops  into  an 
invalid

on  his  hands,  and  in half  the  divorces 
incompatibility  of  temper  is  one  of  the 
main  issues.

If  a  man  or  woman  were  going to pur­
chase  a  house  they  would  hire  a  trained 
expert  to  look  into its  title,  and  no  mat­
ter  how  much  they  admired  it  or  how 
greatly  they  fancied  it,  they  would  not 
buy 
it  unless  they  could  get  a  clear 
deed.  Yet  when  it  comes  to  marrying 
nobody  thinks  it  worth  while  to  investi­
gate  the  past  career  of  the  contracting 
parties,and the world  is  full  of  tragedies 
caused  by  illegal  marriages  into  which 
a  pure  young  girl  or  an  honest  man  has 
been 
inveigled  by  some  adventurer. 
Nobody  who  contemplated  investing  his 
entire  fortune  in  a  business  venture in  a 
distant  city  would  be  fool  enough  to 
take  the  matter  entirely  on  trust.  He 
would  go  there  and  look  over the ground 
and  examine  the  prospect  in  every  pos­
sible  way.  Yet  we  have  the  amazing 
spectacle  of  people  who  get  married 
after  an  hour’s  acquaintance  on 
the 
cars.

One  might  think  that,  instead  of  be­
ing  a  contract  for  life  and  one  that  can 
never  be  broken  without  sorrow  and 
shame  and  disgrace,  it  was  something 
as  trivial  as  a  matinee  engagement, 
where  one  could  get  up  and  walk  out  at 
any  moment,if  one  wearied  of  the  play. 
Of  course,  we  excuse  this  folly  by  say­
ing  that  they  were  in  love,  as  if  love 
were  a  state  of  irresponsibility  that  pre 
eluded  the  use  of  sound  judgment.  One 
indeed  overlook 
might 
ignorant 
girl’s 
lack  of  caution  in  such  matters, 
but  why  any  father  will  permit  his 
daughter  to  marry  a  man 
into  whose 
character  and  antecedents  he  does  not 
even  trouble 
to  enquire  must  forever 
remain  one  of  the  mysteries  of  life.

an 

It 

to  realize  that 

Chicago  owes  its  origin. 

Perhaps  it  is  because  girls  are  begin­
if  their  parents 
ning 
won’t  look  out  for them  they  must 
look 
out  for  themselves  that  a  certain  club 
is  a 
protective  alliance,  whose  members  are 
popular  society  girls,  and  when  a  young 
man  shows  symptoms  of  getting  seri­
ous  his  name  is  submitted  to  the  club, 
who  promptly  organize  themselves 
into 
an  investigating  committee  and  put  his 
manners  and  morals  and  mental  traits 
through  a  series  of  measurements  that 
makes  the  Bertillon  system  of  physical 
measurement  of  criminals  look  like  30 
cents.  Woe  to  him  who  gets  intoxi­
cated,  who  has  a  penchant  for  poker, 
who  has  flirtatious  tendencies,  who  is 
reported  to  be  in  debt  to  his  landlady, 
who  comes  and  burns  out  a  g irl’s papa’s 
gas  and  never  makes  it  good.

the 

fact, 

forth 

In  order  that  the  applicant  for 

infor­
mation  shall  know  upon  what  judgment 
the  vote  was  cast the  member black bali­
ng  a  young  man  has  a  typewritten  slip 
on  which  are  the  causes  which  led to her 
action.  The  statement  is  not signed,  but 
sets 
“ Drinks  and 
swears,”  
“ Got  engaged  to  two  girls  at 
the  same  time  last  summer,”   “ Has  d i­
vorced  wife  in  New  Y ork,”  
“ Bets  on 
the  races,”   or  whatever  the  objection 
s.  These  explanations  are  enclosed and 
mailed  to  the  anxious  enquirer,  who  is 
then  at  liberty  to  use  her  own  judgment 
the  matter.  She  may  refuse  to  he 
warned,  but  she  at  least  knows  what  she 
s  doing,  and  even  that 
is  a  decided 
dvance  over  the  way  many  girls  rush 
nto  matrimony. 

Cora  Stowe

Snored  at  H om e.

your  accustomed  place 
Mr.  Smith. 

Country  Minister—1  missed  you  from 
last  Sabbath, 
I  hope  you  were  not  sick.
Mr.  Smith— Oh,  no!  1  merely  took 

my  nap  at  home.

60 
72 
1  05
1  40
2 00 
2  40

45
6*

64

85 
1  10

S A Y

WILL  M.  HINE,

THE  STATIONER,

Sells  everything from a  pin  to  a  letter 
press  that  you  use  in  your  office.  Call 
49 Pearl  St„ Grand  Rapids.
or write. 

AILlLg-gJlJlILlLlLJtAIIiIJflg « aftfl9ft9 9 9
|   William  Reid 
1
3   Importer  and  Jobber  of  Polished 
3   Plate,  Window  and  Ornamental

I  Glass

Paint, Oil, White Lead, Var* 

nishes  and  Brushes

G R A N D   RAPID S,  MICH. 

£

3  
3  

5  25 
5  40

L. BUTLER, 
Resident Manager. 

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Y in n n i it

Crockery  and  Glassware

A K R O N   ST O N E W A R E . 

B u tters
H gal., per  doz.......................
1 to 6 gal., per  gal.................
8 gal. each..............................
10 gal. each..............................
12 gal. each..............................
15 gal. meat-tubs, each..........
20 gal. meat-tubs, each..........
25 gal. meat-tubs, each..........
30 gal. meat-tubs, each..........
Churns
2 to 6 gal., per  gal..................
Chum  Dashers, per doz........
M ilkp an s
% gal. flat or rd. bot., per doz. 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each__

F in e G lazed M ilkp an s

V4 gal. flat or rd. bot., per doz. 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each___
Stew pans

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

Ju g s

4  gal., per  doz..............................
% gal. per  doz................................
1 to 5 gal., per  gal.........................
T om ato  Ju g s
4  gal., per  doz..............................
1  gal., each...................................
Corks for % gal., per doz.............
Corks for  1  gal., per doz.............

P reserv e  J a rs  and  Covers

4  gal., stone cover, per doz................
1 gal., stone cover, per doz...............

Sea lin g  W ax
6 lbs. in package, per  lb.................

F R U IT   J A R S
lin ts.................................................
Quarts..............................................
Half Gallons.....................................
Covers..............................................
Rubbers..........................................

L A M P
No, 0 Sun.....................
No. 1 Sun................. .
No. 2 Sun.....................
No. 3 Sim.....................
Tubular.......................
Security, No.  1...........
Security, No.  2...........
Nutmeg.......................

L A M P   CH IM N E Y S—Seconds

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

Ter box of 6  doz.
1  50
1  cc
2 3C

Com m on

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

F irst  Q uality

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

XXX  F lin t

No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 
No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab.
No. 3 Sun, hinge, wrapped & lab........
CHIM NEYS—P e a rl Top
No. 1 Sim, wrapped and labeled........
No. 2 Sun, wrapped and labeled........
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped and labeled__
No. 2 Sim,  “Small  Bulb,”  for  Globe 
Lamps...........................................

L a  B astie

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

R ochester

No. 1 Lime (66c  doz)............................
No. 2 Lime (70c  doz)............................
No. 2 Flint (80c  doz)— ......................

E lectric

No. 2 Lime (70c  doz)............................
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...................................
6 gal. Home Rule...................................
5 gal. Pirate King.................................

LANTERNS

No.  0 Tubular, side lift.......................
No.  1 B Tubular...................................
No. 13 Tubular, dash............................
No.  1 Tubular, glass fountain.............
No. 12 Tubular, side  lamp....................
No.  3 Street lamp, each......................
LANTERN GLOBES 
No. 0 Tub., cases 1 doz. each, box, 10c. 
No. 0 Tub., cases 2 doz. each, box, 15c. 
No. 0 Tub., bbls 5 doz. each, per bbl.. 
No. 0 Tub,, bull’s eye, cases 1 doz. each

1  50
1  60
2 46

2 00
2  15
3  15

3  CO
4 00 
4  20

4  no
5 03 
4  88

1  35 
1  60

3 50
3  75
4  70

3  75
4  40

1  40 
1  68
2 78
3 75
4 85 
4  25 
4  95 
7  25 
9 00

8 50
10  50
9 95
11  28 
9 50

4  95 
7 40 
7  50 
7 50 
14 00 
3 75

1  85 
1  25

A  SO LID   O A K
PARLOR TABLE

With  2 1-inch  top;  also  made 
in  mahogany  finish.  Not  a 
leader,  but priced the  same  as 
as  the  balance  o f  our  superb 
stock.  Write  for  Catalogue.

SAMPLE  FURNITURE  CO:
Lyon,  Pearl  and  Ottawa  Streets 
G R A N D   R A P I D S ,  M I C H .

G A S  A N D   G A SO L IN E   M A N TLE S 

Glover’s Unbreakable and Gem Mantles  are the 
best, but we carry every  make.  Our  prices  are 
the  lowest.  Try  Glover’s  Mantle  Renewer. 
One bottle will make 100 old  mantles  like  new— 
removes all spots, etc.  90c per doz. bottles.

G lo v er’s W h o lesale  M erchandise Co.
Manufacturers.  Importers  and  Jobbers  of 

Gas and Gasoline Sundries.

G rand R apids, M ich.

Jobbers of Stoneware

A warehouse filled with  all  sizes.  We 
are ready for your trade.  Send us your 
orders.

W .  S.  & J. E.  Graham,  Agents,

■ 49-151 Commerce St., 

Grand Rapids, Mich. 

We are taking orders for spring.

M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

22
Fruits and Produce.

G ro w th   o f G ra p e  G ro w in g   in   th e  Law ton  

D istrict.

Lawton,  Oct. 

28— W ilting,  grapes
prior  to  shipment 
is  now  being  dis­
cussed  in  the  hig  grape  region  of M ich­
igan. 
In  view  of  the  fact  that  this  has 
been  one  of  the  most  prosperous  grape 
years  in  the  history  of  the 
in 
this  section  of  the  State  the  subject  is 
extremely  interesting.

industry 

is  claimed  that 

T.  R.  Smith,  manager  of  the  South­
ern  Michigan  Fruit  Association,  says 
that  the  wilting  of  grapes  is  the  only 
improvement  which  can be  suggested  at 
this  time. 
if  the 
bunches  are  allowed  to  lie  in  the  basket 
from  twenty-four  to  forty-eight  hours 
after  picking  they  wilt  sufficiently  to 
long-distance  shipping  and  the 
permit 
process  will  not 
impair  the  quality  of 
the  grape. 
is  claimed  that  by  this 
process  a  greater  number  of  baskets 
may  be  loaded  in  a  car.  At  present  re­
frigerator  cars  are  limited  to  3,000  bas­
kets, 8 pounds  to  the  basket.  This  would 
make  the  tonnage  of  a  car  about  twelve 
tons,  while  the  capacity  of  a  car 
is 
about  twenty-five  tons.

It 

It 

From  this  station,  which  has  become 
one  of  the  most 
important  grape-ship­
ping  points  in  the  West,  500  cars  were 
shipped  this  season  which  has 
just 
closed.  Mr.  Smith  says  there  has  been 
two-thirds  of  a  crop,  but  the  fruit  has 
been  unusually  fine.  The  berry  has been 
much  larger  and  the  flavor  has  never 
been  excelled.  The  shipment  from  this 
station  represents  more  than  3,000  acres 
and  the  acreage  is  being  constantly 
in­
creased.  Of  the  vast  quantity  of  grapes 
sent  away  5  per  cent,  were  fancy  quali­
ties,  the  remainder  being  all  of  the  fa­
mous  Concord  variety. 
Besides  the 
shipment  of  500  cars  made  by  the  A s­
sociation,  Julius  Desenberg,  a 
local 
handler,  has  been  shipping  on  an  aver­
age  1,000  baskets  a  day.  The  market 
for  the  Michigan  grape  seems  to  be 
in 
the  great  Northwest  and  many  Southern 
points.  They  go  to  North  and  South 
Dakota,  as 
far  West  as  Denver,  all 
through  Minnesota  and  are  sent  in  car­
loads  to  Memphis  and  Little  Rock,  be­
sides  the  quantity  which  is  disposed  of 
in  Chicago.  A  large  proportion  of  the 
product  is  sold  outright  in  the  packing 
house 
for  cash  and  the  grower gets  the 
money  when  he  delivers  the fruit.  Com­
paratively 
few  grapes  are  consigned  to 
commission  houses.  There  was  a  time 
during  the  present  season  when 
the 
price  got  very  low.  This  was  during  a 
hot  spell,  and 
to  7 
cents.  But  since  the  cooler  weather  set 
in,the  price  rose  until  nearly  twice  that 
amount  has  been  realized.  The  M ichi­
gan  growers  claim  that  they  are  now 
producing  a  finer  grape  berry  than  is 
growrn  in  either  Ohio  or  New  York.

they  went  down 

Mr.  Smith  says  that  there  is  a  won­
derful  opportunity  in  this section for the 
investment  of  capital  in  wine  presses. 
He  says  twenty  pounds  of  grapes  will 
produce  one  gallon  of  wine— pure  juice 
— worth  from  35  to  40  cents  a  gallon. 
One  acre  of  land  will  produce  four  tons 
of  grapes;  some 
land  has  produced 
seven  tons.

Some  idea  of  the  volume  of  business 
transacted  here  this  summer  may be had 
when  it  is  stated  that  the  Michigan Cen­
tral  road  sent  to  this  section  several  of 
its  heaviest  locomotives  to  handle  the 
share  of  business  given  it.  This 
in­
cluded  the  peach  and  other  fruit  busi­
ness.  This  road  frequently  went  out  of 
South  Haven  with  a  train  of  eighteen 
cars  all  loaded  with  fruit.  The  Central 
not  only  reaches  this  point  with 
its 
main  line,  but  has  a  branch  from  K ala­
mazoo  to  South  Haven.

The 

little 

line  known  as  the  South 
Haven  &  Eastern,  which  cuts  through 
fruit  region,  fairly 
the  heart  of  the 
covered  itself  with  glory.  This  line 
is 
about  thirty-seven  miles 
long,  but  on 
one  day  the  road  handled  forty-seven 
cars  of  different  kinds  of  fruit.  This  is 
more  than  a  car  to  each  mile  of 
its 
length.  Besides  all  these  shipments the 
Pere  Marquette  ran  fast  trains  through 
the  entire  season  and  handled  an  im­
mense  amount  of  the  products  of  the 
fertile  region.

John  Ihling,  of  Lake  Cora,  one  of  the 
most  experienced  grape  growers  in  this 
territory,  says  that  land  for  grape  grow­
ing  purposes 
is  steadily  increasing  in 
price.  The  other  day  a  forty-acre  tract 
sold 
for  $4,000  cash,  or  at  the  rate  of 
$100  an  acre.  Most  of  the  sales  have 
been  made  to  Chicago  people  who  have 
come  out  here  to  engage  in  the  busi­
ness.  Mr.  Ihling  has  a  farm  of  200 acres 
and  he  is  preparing  to  set  out  more  of 
it  in  grapes.  The  station  of  Lake  Cora 
this  season  shipped  thirty cars  of grapes 
large 
alone,  not  to  say  anything  of  the 
quantity  of  other 
the 
Lawton  district,  1,000  acres  were  set  out 
last  spring.

fruit.  Within 

R.  T.  Pierce,  the  package  manufac­
turer of  South  Haven,  tells  of  the  pros­
perous  season  experienced  by  that  port 
this  year.  The  business  was  mostly  in 
peaches,of  which  the  shipments  reached 
100,000  baskets  a  night.  The  boats  took 
out  cargoes  of  from  15,000  to  30,000 bas­
kets.  The  Michigan  Central  took  away 
over  300  cars  and  the  South  Haven  & 
Eastern  brought  to  this  port  alone  an 
average  of  three  to  five  cars  a  day.  The 
prices  ranged  good  and  as  a  result  of 
the  business  of  the  season  the  banks  of 
South  Haven  filled  their  vaults  with  the 
deposits  of 
It  is 
said  here  that  a  large  number  of  trees 
have  been  sold  here  this  fall,  the  esti­
mate  being  500,000  trees  by  three  nurs­
ery  firms.

individual  growers. 

W h a t’s  in  a   N am e?

Although  the  present  fashion  of  chris­
tening  children  with  family surnames  is 
much  to  be  commended  for  many  rea­
sons,  it  carries  with  it  some  awful  pos­
sibilities  unknown 
in  the  days  of  Mary 
Ann’s  and  John  Henry’s.  Á   glance  at 
the  following  list,  each  name  of  which 
is  genuine,  will 
illustrate  sufficiently 
well  the  possibilities  of  nomenclature 
resting  with  parents  in  their  choice  of 
names  for  the  men  and  women  of  to­
morrow :

Edna  Broker  Mothershead.
Marian  English  Earle.
Sawyer  Turner  Somerset.
W ill  W.  Upp.
Nealon  Pray  Daily.
Benton  Killin  Savage.
Owen  Taylor  Money.
Ima  Little  Lamb.
Broker  Husbands  Hart.
R.  U.  Phelan-Goode.
Marie  A.  Bachelor.
May  Tyus  Upp.
1.  Betty  Sawyer.
Mabel  Eve  Story.
Will  Waltz  Wither.
Waring  Green  Cotes.
Iva  Winchester  Rifle.
Etta  Lotta  Hammond-Degges.
Barber  Cutting  Mann.
Weir  Sick  O ’ Bryan.
Makin  Loud  Noyes.
Hurd  Copp  Cumming.
Rodenor  Pullman  Karr.
Doody  Spies  Sourwine.
Knott  Worth  Reading.

A v o id  th e R uts.

One  of  the  misfortunes  that  befall  a 
business  man,  either  socially  or  finan­
cially,  is  to  become  a  victim   of  rut.  No 
progress  or  success  of  any  great  extent 
will  be  made  by  a  man  that  falls  into 
the  stereotyped  way  of  thinking,  for  he 
closes  the  door  of  business  and informa-  j 
tion  against  himself,  and  will  not  open  I 
his  eyes  to  see  his  horizon  of  little  self- 
serving  that  bounds  the  world  to  him, 
and  to  think  of  getting  out  of  the  rut 
would  be  total  ruin  in  a short time,  from 
ideas  and  phrases 
his  view.  All  new 
are  classed  as  mere  heresy,  and  all 
in­
ventions  and  discoveries  he  shuns  as 
unworthy  of  adoption  and  belief,  be­
cause  they  do  not  in  every  respect agree 
In  this  shell,  so 
with  his  narrow  ideas. 
feels  secure  and  has  no 
to  speak,  he 
desire  to 
jeopardize  his  preconceited 
notions  or  modify  his  opinions,  how­
ever  erroneous. 
is  wonderful  how 
ignorant  a  man  can  become  when  he 
once  reaches  the  conclusion  that  all 
wisdom  is  centered  in himself.  Such  is 
the 
fate  of  many  a  business  man  that 
fails  in  business.

It 

The  man  who  takes  pain  and  takes 

exercise  takes  little  medicine.

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F R U IT ,
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P O U L T R Y ,  E G G S , E T C .
W e handle everything  in the  line of  Farm  Prod­
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“ Seed  Manual” free on application.

Established 

T f l |3   KELLY  CO.,

Cleveland,  Ohio.

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rF. CUTLER & SONS, Ionia, Mich.

® “ WANTEO:  1,000 Bushels White Rice Pop-Corn.

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Branch  Houses.

New York. 874 Washington st.

Brooklyn, 225  Market avenue.

ESTABLISHED  1886.

References.

State Savings Bank, Ionia. 
Dun’s or Bradstreet’s Agencies.

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ESTABLISHED  1890.

Hermann (S.Naumann &  60.

Wholesale  Butchers,  Produce  and 

Commission  Merchants.

Our Specialties:  Creamery and  Dairy  Butter,  New-Laid  Eggs,  Poultry  and  Game. 

Fruits of all  kinds in  season.

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Express Companies, Detroit, or the trade generally.

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W H O L E S A L E

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Specialties:  Potatoes,  Apples, Onions,  Cabbage, Melons and Oranges in car lots.

References:  Third National Bank, R. G. Dun’s Agency, Nat’l League of Com. Merchants of U. S.

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Vinkemulder  Company,

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don’t  care  much  for  a  variety  of  brands 
there. ”

“ p o   you  think  the  chewing  gum 
habit  grows  on  one  like  the  cigarette  or 
the  opium  habit?”

“ Not  to  such  an  extent  as  those  you 
mention.  Now  take  it  in  our  factories. 
When  we  employ  new  girls  we  tell  them 
to  go  ahead  and  chew  ail  the  gum  they 
want.  The  first  few  days  their  jaws are 
never  at  rest,  but  about  the  end  of  the 
first  week  they  don’t  chew  quite  so 
steadily.  At  the  end  of  two  weeks  they 
chaw  very  moderately,  and  after  they 
have  been  in  the  factory  a  month  they 
don’t  chew  at  all.  They  are  cured  and 
you  couldn’t  hire  an  old  hand  to  chew 
gum .”

Sensitive  plants  don’t  thrive  under 
constant  handling,  any  better  than  a 
sensitive  man  thrives  in  the atmosphere 
of  business.

23
Ballou  Baskets  Ore  Best

Is  conceded.  Uncle  Sam  knows  it  and 

uses them by the thousand.

W e 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.

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The New York Market

S p ecial  F eatu res  o f th e G rocery and P ro d ­

Special Correspondence.

uce  Trades.

New  York,  Nov.  3— The  markets  are 
quiet.  Trading  is rather light.  Buyers 
are  staying  at  home  to  vote  and  alto­
gether  the  situation 
is  practically  one 
calling  for  little  comment.

Coffee 

is  quieter  than  last  week,  as 
receipts  at  Rio  and  Santos  have  con­
tinued 
large,  and  values  have  shown 
some  decline.  Rio  No.  7  closes  at  8%c. 
The  stock  of  Brazil  in  store  and  afloat 
against 
a§SreSates 
1.234,289  bags  at  the  same  time 
last 
year.  Mild  grades  continue  to  move 
slowly  and 
it  would  seem  that  neither 
sellers  nor  buyers  care  to  do  business. 
Stocks  are  light,  but  sufficient  to  meet 
the  requirements.  East  India  coffees 
are  quiet  and  without  change.

1,225,999  bags, 

The  volume  of  the  sugar  business  has 
shrunken  to  the  smallest  possible  d i­
mensions,  apparently,  the  orders  com­
ing  to  hand  being  for  the  smallest  pos­
sible  amounts  which  will  answer  to  do 
business  with.  There  is  a  lack  of  con­
fidence  in  the  situation  and  lower  rates 
would  create  no  surprise.

Tea  stocks  are  light,  but  buyers  are 
not  disposed  to  make  purchases  much 
ahead  of  current  wants,  stating  plainly 
that  they  are  waiting  to  see  which  way 
the  election  will  go.  The  general  situ­
ation  is  a  rather  confident  one  and hold­
ers  seem  to  think  that  by  the  end  of  the 
year  we  shall  see  decided improvement. 
Prices  are  practically  without change.

is  steady  at 

lately  prevailing 
rates,  with  very 
little  actual  business 
taking  place.  Something  better  farther 
on  is  confidently  expected,  but  just  now 
the  entire  market  seems  to  be  resting 
on  its  oars.  Prime  to  choice  Southern, 
SlA@S He.
is  stronger,  with  Singapore 
Pepper 
black  Showing  a 
to  higher 
quotations— 13H@13HC-  All  other  lines 
are  very quiet  and,  while  colder  weather 
might 
the  present 
seems  to  have  very  little  of  interest.

improve  matters, 

tendency 

Rice 

While  molasses  orders  are  mostly  of 
small  size,  they  are  numerous  and  the 
market  is  in  a  fairly  satisfactory  condi­
tion.  Prices  are  well  maintained  and 
dealers  seem  to  be content.  The weather 
is  most  unseasonably  warm,  and  were  it 
otherwise  a  much  larger  volume  of busi­
ness  might  confidently  be 
looked  for. 
Syrups  are  quiet.  Refiners  show  no 
anxiety  to  part  with  stocks  and  buyers 
no  anxiety  to  buy  ahead.  Prices  are 
quite  firm  and  everybody  is  waiting.

the 

Dulness 

characterizes 

entire 
canned  goods  market.  Holders  are  con­
fident,  however,  and  will  make  no  con­
cessions— unless  they  have  to.  Corn 
is 
about  the  weakest  article  on  the  list. 
California  fruits  are  doing  fairly  well 
and  quotations  are  well  sustained.  Sal­
mon  is  scarce  and  commanding  full  fig­
ures.  Apples  are  in  such  good  demand 
in  the  fresh  state  that  canners  are  hav­
ing  a  rather  hard  time  to  purchase  and 
put 
in  cans  the  fruit  so  it  will  prove 
profitable.  Tomatoes  are  in  small  re­
quest  and  the  range  is  from  85c  to  $1  or 
more  for  fancy  goods.  Baltimore  re­
ports  a  pretty  fairtrade  in tomatoes  and 
holders  are  confident  as  to  the 
future.
Lemons  are  dull  and  sell  from  $1.65 
up,  as  to  size,  extra  fancy  300s  fetching 
as 
instances. 
Oranges  are  selling  at  high  figures  and 
the  only  kind  offered  are  Valencias. 
Choice,  per  box,  S3-75@4. 
Bananas 
are  steady  and  within  a  range  for  firsts, 
per  bunch,  of  $i@ i.30.

as  $4  in  some 

Dried  fruits  are  dull  and  uninterest­
ing.  Currants,  which  were  so  “ inter­
esting”   a  fortnight  ago,  seem  to  have 
retired,  and  the  demand  is  very  slight, 
although  quotations  are  still  about  as 
they  were  a  month  ago.

high 

The  butter  market  is  firm  and,  as  ar­
rivals  are  hardly  ahead  of requirements, 
the  situation  rather  favors  the  seller. 
For  best  Western  creamery  22}£c  seems 
to  be  about  the  top  price  and  thirds  to 
firsts,  I7@22c;  imitation  creamery,  14% 
@ i5 K c;  factory, 
I4^ @ i6c,  latter  for 
fancy  June  make.

Prices, 
however,  are  steady  and  for  full  cream

is  doing  in  cheese. 

Little 

large  size,  io ^ c  is  about  the  prevailing 
rate.  Exporters  are  doing  very little.

Western  eggs  range  from  i6j£@2oc. 
For  desirable  stock  there  is  good  de­
mand,  hut  for  grades  that  are  off  the 
prices  rapidly  sink.  The  weather  is  too 
warm  for  stock  to  keep  well.

the  outlook 

Bean  supplies  appear  to  be  ample 
and 
lower  rates. 
Choice  marrows,  $2.4^2.47^ ;  pea> 
$2.05@2.07%.

During  October,  238,000  bunches  of 
bananas  were  received  here,  against 
283,000  bunches  up  to  the  same  time 
last  year.

Stocks  of  prunes  are  reported  light  in 
hands  of  retailers  and  it  is  possible that 
it  would  be  well  to  carry  fair stocks  just 
at  this  time.

New  Grenoble  walnuts  to  arrive  have 

for 

is 

sold  at  lie.

W h ere  M ost  o f th e  C h ew in g  G um   Is Con­

sum ed.

From  the New Orleans Times-Democrat.

is 

in 

from 

J.  J.  Amend,  traveling  representative 
of  one  of  the  largest  chewing  gum  man­
ufacturing  companies 
the  United 
States,  expressed  surprise,  in  speaking 
to  a  reporter,  that  the  establishment  of 
a  chewing  gum  fa  tory  at  this  point 
is 
talked  of.

“ It  is  true  that  much  of  the  gum  we 
use  comes  by  way  of  New  Orleans,  in 
its  raw  state, 
the  tropics,”   he 
said,  “ but  I  can  see  no  other  reason 
for  putting  up  a  factory  here. 
I  don’t 
believe  sugar  is  any  cheaper  here  than 
it 
in  the  North,  and  glucose  is  no 
cheaper,  if  as  cheap.  Then  this  is  a 
very  poor  market,  locally,  for  chewing 
gum .”

“ It  is?”
“ The  worst  in  the  United  States.”  
“ Why  is  that?”
“ I  don’t  know  the  reason,  but 

is 
a  fact,  nevertheless.  Why,  1  know  lots 
of  towns 
in  other  parts  of  the  country 
that  use  ten  times  as  much  chewing 
gum— yes,  fifty  times  as  much— as  New 
Orleans,  and  they  are  not  nearly  as  big 
I ’ve  been  around 
as  this  city,  either. 
to  the  drug  stores  since  I  have  been 
in 
the  city,  and  1  find  that  their  sales  are 
very 
light.  The  first-class  stores  tell 
me  that sometimes  they don’t have a call 
for  chewing  gum  more  than  once  in  two 
or  three  days.  They only keep one or two 
kinds  on  hand,  whereas 
in  such  stores 
in  the  North  and  East  a  dozen  different 
kinds  will  be  kept  constantly  for  sale, 
and  the  demand  is  steady  at  all times. ”  
“ Where  is  the  best  market  for  chew­

it 

ing  gum  in  the  United  States?”

in 

“ All  west  and  north  of  St.  Louis. 
Lots  of  gum 
is  sold  throughout  Kan­
sas,  Nebraska,  the  Dakotas  and  Minne­
sota.  Kansas  City  is  a  great  town  for 
it. ”

“ How  about  Chicago?”
“ Oh,  Chicago  is  one  of  the  greatest 
the  country. 
chewing  gum  cities 
Chicago  has  gone  ahead  of  New  York 
in  this  respect.  New  York  used  to  be  a 
great  town  for 
it  and  one  couldn’t  go 
anywhere 
in  the  city  without  seeing 
girls  working  their  jaws  as  if their lives 
depended  on 
it.  But  the  caricaturists 
and  the  paragraphists  made  such  fun  of 
the  habit  that  a  good  many  of  the  girls 
stopped  chewing  and  the  sales  fell  off 
very  heavily.  Boston  was  a  pretty good 
gum 
town  at  one  time,  but  never  so 
good  as  our  Western  cities.

“ As  a  rule,  the  newer  the  city  the 
In 
better  the  chewing  gum  trade  in  it. 
an  old  city,  like  New  Orleans,  the  peo­
ple  don’t  seem  to  take  to  the  habit  at 
all.  The  French  element  here  hurts  us, 
for  the  French  are  not  gum  chewers. 
The  Germans  don’t  chew  gum  either. 
In  some  of  the  places  where  there  are 
many  Germans,  as  in  some  of  the  cities 
of  the  Northwest, we  sell  but  little  chew­
ing  gum.  The  young  people  like  it, 
hut  the  old  people  won’t  let  them use it.
I  have  seen  many  a  boy  spanked  by  his 
German  mother 
for  using  chewing
gum-”  

“ Do  you  export  much  of  it?”
“ Only  to  England  and  Australia. 
None  of  the  European  nations 
take 
kindly  to  chewing  gum.  They  won’t 
have 
it  at  all  in  Germany,  and  there  is 
absolutely  no  sale  for  it  in  France,  or, 
in 
fact,  anywhere  on  the  Continent. 
England  uses  a  great  deal,  but  they

, .   ,

A  house  is  often  known  by  the  com­

pany  it  gets  rid  of.

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Seed  M erchants

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OYSTERS

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IM M E D IA T E   R E T U R N S

Peaches,  Pears,  Plums,  Apples,  Grapes,  Etc.

Sold  on commission,  bought or contracted  for.  Write for prices,  etc.

R .  Hirt,  J r .,

W holesale  Produce  M erchant, 

34  and  36  M arket  S t.,  Detroit,  Mich.

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BEANS===BEANS

W A N TED — Beans  in  small  lots and by carload. 
If can  offer  any 
Beans  send  one  pound  sample  each  grade  and  will  endeavor 
to trade with you.

M O S E L E Y   B R O S .

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Clerks’  Corner.

T h e re ’s  a   P re tty   W id o w   O ver  in   Ch icago. 
W ritten for the Tradesman.

it  had 

Although  the  Springborough  store was 
somewhat  off  the  direct  line  of  travel, 
and  although 
its  favored  com­
mercial  agents  who  regularly  supplied 
its  wants,  there  occasionally  came  a 
drummer  for  the  purpose  of  spying  out 
the  land  and  securing  any  chance  order 
which  such  trade  wiIdeating  might  fur­
nish.  Among  these  there  came  one  day 
a  type  of  his  class.  His  diamond  stud 
was  the  headlight  that  proclaimed  his 
coming  and  Old  Man  Means,  catching 
a  single  sparkle,  brought  his  lips  firmly 
together  and  took  his  place  at  the  desk 
with  his  accounts  before  him.  He  was 
too  busy  to 
look  up,  he  was  too  much 
absorbed  to  notice  the  coming  and  the 
going  of  anybody;  and,  although  the 
man's  greeting  was  as  loud  as  the  tre­
mendous  suit  he  had  on,  it  failed  to 
reach  the 
intended  tympanum  of  the 
boss  at  the  desk.

Young  Hustleton,  hearing  the  breeze 
in  the 
front  store,  came  in  to  see  what 
particular  cyclone  was  threatening  the 
establishment  and  was  rather  glad of the 
chance  to  hear  what  was  going  on  in the 
trading  centers  of  the  big world outside. 
He  was  rather  surprised  to  find  his  em­
ployer  taking  the  matter  so  coolly,  and 
he  could  see  by  the  expression  on  his 
face  that  the  man's  visit  would  be  a 
short  one 
if  the  proprietor  could  have 
his  way  about  it.  A  reception  like  that, 
however,  never  daunts  your  genuine 
hustler,  no  matter  what  the  type  may 
be— it’s  a  part  of  the  business. 
“ None 
but  the  brave  deserve  the  fair,”   and  a 
fair  order 
in  the  face  of  the  lowering 
tempest 
is  the  prize  the  drummer  de­
lights  most  to  win.

“ H eigh!  but  Old  D ignity  has  on  his 
shoulder  straps  this  morning!  Here’s 
for  h im !’ ’  was  the  drummer’s  thougnt. 
“ Good  morning,  Mr.  M eans,”   was  his 
speech  as  he  leaned  over the  counter  at 
the  end  of  the  barricade  which  the  man 
addressed  had  erected  to  keep  him  par­
tially  from  “ the  madding  crowd”   when 
he  so  desired.  There  was  no  response 
and  the  drummer  tried  again.  The  tone 
was  one  of  profound  respect,  but  one  to 
excite  the  envy  of  Gabriel  had  he  been 
anything  but  an  angel.  It  accomplished 
its  purpose  and,  with  a  look  and  tone 
suggestive  of  the 
ice  wagon  in  mid­
winter,  the  white  hand  of  the  store­
keeper 
readjusted  his  shell-trimmed 
eyeglasses  and  with  a  “ Well,  sir?”   he 
lifted  his  keen  black  eyes  to  the  face 
above  the  counter.

The  drummer’s  nerve  did  not  fail 
him.  Clear  into  the  solitary  depths  of 
those  forbidding  black  eyes  he  looked 
until  he  saw  signs  indicating  at  least  a 
partial  surrender  and,  satisfied  with 
that,  he  stated  simply  and  concisely the 
object  of  his  unusual  visit,  so  far  re­
moved  from  his  accustomed  route.

If  there  was  one  virtue  upon  which 
Old  Man  Means  prided  himself  more 
than  another  it  was  giving  every  man  a 
free 
lance  and  a  fair  field.  He  liked, 
too,  the  drummer’s  ineffable cheek.  The 
big  diamond  had  condemned  him  in 
the  storekeeper's  eyes  and  the  clothes 
he  wore  confirmed  his  opinion;  but  the 
man  evidently  believed  in  himself  and 
was  not  afraid  to  make  known  that  be­
lief  nor  to  back  it  up  with  such  facts 
and  illustrations  as  the  exigencies of the 
occasion  might  require.  “ A  man’s  es­
timate  of  him self,”   Means  had  said  to 
Carl  on  more  than  one  occasion,  “ is  the 
world’s  estimate 
if  he  will  have  it so,

and  in  nine  cases  out  of  ten  if  he  waits 
long  enough  he  will  get  his price. ”   So 
the  hint  of  a  smile  that  crept  into  the 
storekeeper’s  eyes  encouraged the drum­
mer  and,  although  the  movement  was 
spiral,  it  was  in  the  right  direction  and 
an  experienced  traveling  man  wants  no 
more  encouragement  than  that.

Carl  watched  the  game  with the great­
est  interest.  He  knew  most  of  the  men 
whom business brought to Springborough 
and  he  had  learned  to  tell  pretty  accu­
rately  who  would  go  away  with an  order 
and  who  wouldn’t.  This  man’s  fate 
had  been  fixed  from  the  first  in  his  own 
mind  and  so  he  made  it  a  point  in  this 
as  in  other  cases  to  be on  hand  when his 
employer,  like  a  terrier,  should  seize 
the  rat  and  with  a  single snap and shake 
land  him  a  lump  upon  the  sidewalk. 
When, 
this  particular 
drummer 
leaning  upon  the  show  case 
and  the  proprietor  not  only  patiently 
listening  to  him,  but  contentedly  biting 
the  end  of  the 
lead  pencil  which  he 
leisurely  twirled  between  his  teeth,  he 
dropped  the  work  he  had  in  hand  and 
carelessly  came  over  for  a  seat  on  the 
other  counter.

then,  he  saw 

It  was  a  game  well  worth  watching. 
Both  men  were  experts  and  every  move 
was  made  “ for  keeps.”   Old  Man 
Means  was  at 
last  smiling  and  confi­
dent,  the  drummer  too  much  in  earnest 
to  care  for  anything  except the promised 
checkmate.  As  they  both  warmed  to 
the  work  the  drummer’s  hat  came  off. 
In  due  time,  as  if  there  was  now  noth­
ing  else  to  be  done,  the  sample  case 
was brought  to the front and  its  treasures 
were  exposed  to  view.  Even  the  man 
behind  the  eyeglasses was  surprised  and 
pleased  and forgot  for  a  moment  that  he 
was  playing  with  the  wariest  opponent 
he  had  met  for  many  a  day.  The  goods 
were 
in  every  way  attractive.  Their 
colors  were  modest  and  pleasing.  They 
were  what  they  were  represented  to  be 
and  the  price  was  all  that  could  be  de­
sired.  The  storekeeper  was  holding  cer­
tain  samples  up  for  Carl’s  approval  and 
jerky  nods 
was  giving  certain 
which  the  boy  knew  proclaimed  an 
in­
tended  purchase  and  he  was  wondering, 
as 
inexperience  always  does,  how  the 
man  had  managed  to  win  victory  out  of 
foreordained  defeat.

little 

The  wonder  was  broken  off 

in  the 
m iddle:  The  drummer,  sure  now  of 
his  order,  relaxed  his  persistency  a  lit­
tle  and,  as a  mower  who  lias  reached  the 
end  of  his  swath  stops  for  a  moment’s 
rest  and  breath  and  an  exchange  of 
pleasantries  with  his  companions,  set­
tled  back  on  his  oars  and  took  the  op­
portunity  to  light  a  cigar,  saying  be­
tween  puffs,  “ I’ ve  got  the  best  story  to 
tell  you  you  ever  heard  in  your life !”  

“ All  right,  if  it's  as  good  as  that  it’ll 

keep  and  I  don’t  want  to  hear  it.”

“ Yes,  you  do. 

There’s  a  pretty 

widow  over  in  Chicago— ”

“ Carl,  you’d  better go  into  the  back 
store  and  finish  that  job  I  gave  you  this 
morning.— No,  sir,  I don’t  and  1  won’t. 
isn’t  the  clearing  house  for  that 
This 
sort  of  merchandise. 
I  haven’t  any  use 
for  it  and  you’d  better  pack  it  up  with 
the  rest  of  your  goods,  and  take 
it  to 
your  regular  customers.”

“ This  pretty  widow  made  up  her 

mind that— ’ ’

The  pretty  widow’s  mind  was  never 
made  known 
in  the  commercial  center 
of  Springborough.  Old  Man  Means  has 
six  feet  and  some  odd  inches  with  other 
proportional  essentials  to  help  him 
carry  out  any  physical  purposes  he  may 
have  on  the  tapis,  and  when  he  rose 
from  his  chair  all 
there  was  of  him

M IC H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

came,  too,  and  he  and  they  bent  them­
selves  heartily  to  the  task  in  hand.  The 
sidewalk  received  the  drummer  first, 
and  the  goods,  swept 
into  the  sample 
case  with  one  angry  scoop,  followed  an 
instant  later.  Then,  turning  the  bolt  in 
the  door  and  picking  up  his  eyeglasses, 
which  had  fallen  during  the scrimmage, 
he  called  out,  “ Carl,  come  here.  Be­
cause  that  cesspool  out  there  seemed  to 
have  wit  enough  to  keep  his  filth  to 
himself,  I  made  up  my  mind  to  buy 
some  goods  of  h im ;  but  you  see  he 
couldn’t  stand  it.  You  know  what  I ’ve 
told  you  all  along  about  the  whole  con­
temptible  pack,  and  he  proves  plainly 
enough  the  truth  of  it. 
If  you  want  to 
keep  yourself  decent  have  nothing  to  do 
with  any  of  them.  They  go  from  store 
to  store  scattering  their  carrion  and  do­
ing  more  mischief  in  a  week  than  the 
Almighty  can  undo  in  ten.  They  are 
getting  to  be  few,  though,  and  far  be­
tween— one  of  the  best  signs  so  far  that 
real  trade  is  determined  to  b e . respect­
able—and  the  best  way  to  clear  them 
out  entirely  is  to  hustle  ’em  out  when­
ever  they  show  up  as  that  fellow  did 
here. 
I  hate  a  prude  as  much  as  any­
body,  and  1  want  you  to;  but  when 
that  sort  of  pest  strikes  the  store,  out 
with  him ! 
I  guess  the  best  thing  both 
of  us  can  do  is  to wash our hands—come 
on. ”

That  type  of  the  traveling  man  has 

not  been  seen since  in Springborough.
Richard  Malcolm  Strong.

F u rn is h in g   th e  T ext.

Member  of  the  Board  of  Education 
(on  a  visit  to  the  school)— Your  teacher 
has  asked  me  to  make  a  speech  to  you. 
Now  I  wondet  if  some  of  you  children 
will  not  tell  me  what  you  would  like  to 
hear  me  talk  about.

Small  Boy  (raising  his  hand)— Please 

sir,  talk  about  five  minutes.

Lambert's 
Salted Peanuts

New Process

13222439

Makes the  nut  delicious,  healthful  and 
palatable.  Easy to digest.  Made from 
choice,  hand-picked  Spanish  peanuts. 
They do  not  get  rancid.  Keep  fresh. 
W e guarantee them to keep  in a  salable 
condition.  Peanuts  are  put  up  in  at­
tractive  ten-pound  boxes,  a  measuring 
glass in  each  box.  A   fine  package  to 
sell from.  Large profits for the  retailer. 
Manufactured by

The Lambert 
Nut hood Go.,

Battle Greek. Mich.

Gratitude

is said  to  be a  lively expectation  of  future  favors. 
You  have  some  grateful  customers  that  will  be 
more  grateful  and  more  watchful  of  your  store 
if you  introduce  D IAM O N D   C R Y S T A L  S A L T  
— “The salt that’s  all  salt.” 
It  is  the  only  thor­
oughly  healthful  table  salt;  the  only  perfect 
dairy salt.

Diamond  Crystal  Salt

There  is  solid  satisfaction  for  the  purchaser  in 
every  ounce  of  D i a m o n d   C r y s t a l   S a l t   and 
its purity and  cleanliness are a standing advertise­
ment  for the  grocer that handles  it.  Get the  peo­
ple  into the  habit of  looking  to  you  for  the  best 
things in the trade.

Can we send you our salt booklet?

Diamond Crystal Salt Co., St.  Clair,  Mich.

Commercial Travelers

Michigan  Knights  «f the  Grip

President,  E.  J.  S c h r e i b e r ,  Bay  City;  Sec­
retary,  A.  W.  S t i t t ,  Jackson;  Treasurer, 
O .  C.  G o u l d , Saginaw.

President,  À .  M a r y m o n t ,  Detroit;  Secretary 

Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association 
and Treasurer, G e o .  W . H i l l , Detroit.
United  Commercial  Traielers  of Michigan 

Grand  Counselor,  J.  E.  M o o r e ,  Jackson: 
Grand  Secretary,  A.  K e n d a l l ,  Hillsdale: 
Grand Treasurer,  W .  S .  M u s t , Jackson.

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

Senior  Counselor.  J o h n   G.  K o l b ;  Secretary- 

Treasurer, L. F. Baker.

Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Mutual  Accident  Association 
President.  J .   B o y d   P a n t l i n d ,  Grand  Rapids; 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Ge o.  F.  O w e n , 
Grand  Rapids.

G rip sack  B rigad e.

Post  C,  M.  K.  of  G .,  will  give  a 
smoker  at  Bamlet  hall  (Detroit)  Friday 
evening,  Nov.  16.

Grand  Traverse  E agle;  W. 

E. 
is  conducting  a  grocery 
Haney,  who 
business  in  the  Beadle  block,  has  en­
gaged  to  go  on  the  road  and  will  close 
out  his  business  Nov.  15.

Will  Bowen,  who  has  covered  the 
Grand  Traverse  and  Little  Traverse  re­
gions  for  the  Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co. 
for  several  years,  is  succeeded  by  F. 
H.  Vinton,  of  Williamsburg,  who  has 
been  covering  the  same  territory  for 
some  time  for  Merriam,  Collins  &  Co., 
of  Chic  go.  M.  G.  Bowen  will  continue 
in  the  employ  of  the  Ball-Barnhart- 
Putman  Co.,  covering  the  same  trade  as 
before.

C.  E.  Smith,  proprietor  of  Hotel  Mc­
Kinnon,  Cadillac,  is  making  extensive 
improvements  in  his hotel,  which,  when 
completed,  will  make  it  one  of  the  most 
beautiful,  attractive  and  comfortable 
hotels  in  Western  Michigan.  The  en­
tire  building  is  to  be  covered with  Ionia 
stone  veneer,  the  house  will  be  refurn­
ished  throughout,  and 
twenty  rooms 
will  be  added,  furnished  and  equipped 
the  same  as  the  rest  of  the  house,  with 
steam  heat  and  electric  lights  in  each 
room.

Houghton  Gazette:  President  Scott 
It  happened 
tells  a  story  on  himself. 
in  his  drug  store  Tuesday  evening.  He 
says  a  traveling  man,  seeing  the  store 
open  quite  late  in  the  evening,  thought 
he  might  be  able  to  get  some  candy,  as 
most  drug  stores  keep  sweetmeats  for 
sale.  He  crossed  the  street  in  the  mud 
and  entered.  He  asked  if  he  could  get 
some  candy,  and  when  President  Scott 
told  him  that  he  would  either  have  to 
again  cross  over  in  the  mud  and  go  to 
the  City  drug  store  or  walk  out  to  Lee 
Bros.,  the  stranger  asked  what  kind  of a 
mayor  the  town  had  that  allowed  the 
streets  to  remain 
in  such  condition. 
President  Scott  saw  a  chance  for  a  little 
fun  and  said,  “ Oh,  he’s  an  old  fogy,  a 
back  number  and  ought  to  be  kicked 
out.”   The  traveling  man  agreed  with 
him,  but  doesn’t  know  yet  that  he  was 
talking  to  the  mayor.

R.  N.  Hull  in  Ohio  Merchant:  Most 
of  the  characteristics  of  the  commercial 
traveler  are  commendable,  but  a 
few 
are  not.  One 
of  the  objectionable 
features  is  lack  of  foresight  in  the  mat­
ter  of  providing  expense  money  for a 
complete  trip.  Occasionally  a  dealer  is 
called  on  to  cash  a  check  for one  of  the 
craft,  and  usually  one  with  whom  he 
has  but  a  slight  acquaintance.  He  dis­
likes  to  adopt  a  rule  declining  to  grant 
any  favors  of  this sort  lest  he might  dis­
commode  an  honest  man,  yet  it  must 
be  said  there  are men calling themselves 
commercial  travelers  who  are  so'  far 
down  in  the  scale  of  commercial  honor

as  to  make  a  draft on  an unknown  party 
where  subsequent  developments  prove 
they  had  no  deposits  and  beat  the  con­
fiding  customer  out  of 
amount 
drawn.  Such 
fellows  are  unworthy  to 
be  seen  with  a  sample  case  in  hand, 
and  for  the  honor  and  protection  of  the 
upright  ones  should  be  hunted  up  and 
exposed  if  for  no  other  purpose  than  an 
example  to  others.

the 

just  a  boy, 

The  proprietor 

A   well-known  traveling  man  tells  the 
following  story;  He  was  a  freckled­
faced,  foxy-looking  boy  of  13  or  14,  and 
not  more  than  about  half  as  big  as  he 
ought  to  be,  but  he  was  wiry  and  his 
eyes  were  clear.  The  proprietor  of  the 
store  was  in  his  office  when  the  boy  en­
tered. 
“ Do  you  want  a  hoy  here?”  
asked  the  youngster,  with  confidence. 
“ What  do  I  want  with  a  boy?”   replied 
the  proprietor,  with  an 
intent  to  have 
“ I  don’t  know,”  
fun  with  his  visitor. 
was  the  unabashed  response. 
“ I  guess 
they  have  boys  around stores sometimes, 
and  1  thought  you  might  want  one.”  
"W ell,  since  you  have  mentioned  it,  I 
“ What  kind  of  a  boy  do  you 
d o.”  
want?”  
looked  him 
over  with  a  more  or  less  suspicious  eye. 
“ 1  want  a  good  boy,”   he  said,  slowly. 
“ Then  I  won’t  do,”   said the youngster. 
“ Why  won’t  you?  Are  you  a 
bad 
“ U m - u m - e r ,”   hesitated  the 
boy?”  
that’s  all. 
caller,  “ I’ m 
There’s  something  wrong  with 
’em 
when  they’ re  good.”   He  started  out, 
when  the  proprietor  called  him  back. 
“ Hold  on,”   he  said. 
“ Maybe  you  are 
” If  you  don’t  want  a 
what  I  want.”  
good  thing, 
the  boy, 
“ and  you  won’t  have  to  push  me  along, 
either.”  
“ How  much  do  you  want?”  
“ I  want  a  million,  but  I ’ll  take  $3  a 
week.”  
begin?”  
“ This  very  minute,  if  you’ ll  give  me 
I  haven’t  had  anything 
my  supper. 
to  eat  for  three  weeks.”  
“ Nothing  to 
eat  for  three  weeks!”   exclaimed  the 
proprietor.  “ Nothing  fit. 
I’ve  scraped 
along  as  I  could,  but  I  haven’t  had  a 
square  meal  with  pie  on  the  side.”  
“ All  right,  you  shall  have  your  supper. 
And  where  will  you  sleep?”  
“ Oh,  I 
won’t  sleep  at  all. 
I’m  going  to  stay 
awake  of  nights  when  I  ain’t  busy,  so’s 
l  can  feel  how  good  it  is  to  have  a  job 
and  money  in  my  clothes.  Hully  g e e ! 
there’s  a  kid  out  there  trying  to  get 
away  with  a  piece  of  lead  pipe.  Let 
me  crack  him  once.”   And  the  new 
employe  dashed  out  after  the  offender.

“ When  can 

it,”   said 

you 

I’m 

“ O ld  Sol”   B elon gs  to  th e  F lin t  C iga r  Co-
Flint,  Nov.  3— It  is  very  evident  that 
the  party  who  wrote  the  article  in  your 
paper  of  Oct.  31  in  relation  to  the  “ Old 
Sol”   cigar  was  not  posted  on  facts, 
which  we  will  give  you  as  proven  be­
fore  Judge  Hosmer,  at  Detroit,  Oct.  26, 
and  decided  against  the  complainants, 
S.  Aberdee  &  Son,  costs  of  suit  resting 
on  them.  The  Flint  Cigar  Co.  pur­
chased  the  interest  of S.  Aberdee  by  bill 
of  sale  Feb.  11,  1895;  all  his  interest  in 
said  factory,  including  labels,  etc.,  ex­
cepting  only  his  photo  on  “ Old  Sol”  
label.  We have  been  making  this  cigar 
under  the  “ Old  Sol”   label  ever  since 
and  think  the  trade  will  bear  us  out 
that  it  is  the  most  popular  10  cent  cigar 
in  Northern  Michigan.  We  still  hold 
the  same  up  to  the  standard  and  will 
endeavor  to  continue  to  do  so,  and  when 
the  consumer  wants  a  good  10  cent 
cigar,  he  should  buy  the  one “ Old  Sol”  
cigar  that  is  now  and  ever  will  be  man­
ufactured  by  the  Flint  Cigar  Co.

Flint  Cigar  Co.

W estern   T ra v e lin g   Man  W h ose  M ethods 

A re   U nique.

From the New York Commercial.

Every  one 

in  the  Far  West  knows 
Spencer  Carr,  and  every  one  who  knows 
him  is  his  friend.  This  is  perhaps  the 
reason  why  Mr.  Carr  has  the  proud  dis­
tinction  of  being  the  only  traveling man 
in  the  United  States  who  travels  in  his 
own  private  car.

A   crowd  of  dry  goods  men  were  dis­
cussing  trade  and  trade  matters  at  the 
Broadway  Central 
the  other  evening, 
and  in  the  party  were  several  represent­
atives  of  Ely  &  Walker,  of  St.  Louis, 
who  had  just  succeeded 
in  taking  a 
large  block  of  business  away  from  the 
local 
jobbers  right  under  their  very 
guns.  The  conversation  turned  to  Mr. 
Carr,  who  has  been  heard  of  in  the East 
as  well  as  the  West,  as  he is a  represent­
ative  of  the  St.  Louis  house.

“ Y es,”   said  W.  E.  Morgan,  “ Spen­
cer  Carr  certainly  travels  in  his  own 
private  car— Steve  Kennessy here knows 
him.  How  does  he  do business,  Steve?”
Mr.  Hennessy,  who is  himself  not  one 
of  the  drummers  who  is  complaining, 
having  run  his  firm’s  business  in  Indi­
ana  up  from  $30,000  a  year  to  $500,000 
a  year,  told  the  crowd  something  of  the 
drummer  with  the  private car,  and every 
traveling  man  in  the  party  determined 
at  once  that  he  also  would  save  up  his 
small  change  and  buy  himself  a  car.

Mr.  Carr  has  for  many  years  repre­
sented  different  firms  throughout  Mon­
tana  and  neighboring  states  and  terri­
tories.  He  will  never  work  on  a  salary 
for any  one,  and  during  the  years  he 
has  spent  in  the  territory  he  has  built 
up  a  trade  so  extensive that  his commis­
sions  from  the  firm  of  Ely  &  Walker 
alone,  no  side 
lines  considered,  pay 
him  more  than  $20,000  a  year.

He  is  a  tall,  handsome  man,  and  no 
one  more  than  he  enjoys 
the  good 
things  of  life.  When  he  found  that  he 
could  afford  to  gratify  his  taste  for the 
comforts  of  life  he  began  to  consider 
how  he  was  going 
to  do  it  and  not 
neglect  his  business.  The  hotels  in  the 
towns  he  visits  are  different  in  more 
ways 
the  Waldorf- 
Astoria.

than  one 

from 

last  the  private  car  idea  came  to 
inspiration.  Whether  his 
him  as  an 
own  name  suggested 
it  or  not  is  not 
known,  but  about  three  years  ago  he 
purchased  a  splendid  car,  and  had  it  re­
fitted  to  suit  his  purposes.  Then  he 
stocked  it  up  and  hired the best chef  he 
could  find.  At  one  end  of  the  car  is  his 
office,  and  he  carries  a  secretary  with 
him,  also  a  valet,  so  his  friends  de­
clare,  and  he  has  also  two  assistants 
with  him.

At 

He  does  not  leave  his  car.  There 

is 
no  wading  through  the  mud  with  heavy 
grips  for  this  king  of  the  drummers. 
There  are  no  terrors  for  him  in  poor 
hotels  and  bar-rooms  whose  stock  is  not 
the  most  choice.  When  he  arrives  in  a 
town  his  car  is  side-tracked  and  the 
invited  to 
merchants  of  the  place  are 
visit  him.  They  always  accept 
for  his 
fame  as  an  entertainer  is  widespread.
To  sell  all  the  goods  they  want  before 
they  leave  the  car  is  the  simplest  mat­
ter  in  the  world  for  Mr.  Carr.  His sec­
retary 
is  right  there  and  all  he  has  to 
do  is  to  turn  and dictate  the  orders,  and 
then  turn  his  thoughts  to  a  pleasant 
evening  with  his  friends.  Of  course,  it 
costs  him  something  to  do  business  in 
this  way.  He  has  to  buy  15  full-fare 
tickets  to  get  his  car  moved  from  one 
station  to  the  other;  but  then  he  makes 
it  pay.

There  is  no  use  of  any  other drummer 
visiting  the  town  after  Spencer  Carr has 
rolled  away  in  his  private  car,  and  he 
is  enjoying  the  good  things of  life  as  he 
goes  along,  and  would  probably  be w ill­
ing,  in  his  good-natured  way,  to  entei 
into  an  argument  with  any  one  who 
claimed  that  old  General  Prosperity 
in 
going  his  rounds  had  overlooked  the 
honest  traveling  man.

Catfish  is  under  suspicion  when  it 

is 
shipped  to  salmon-canning  establish­
ments.

The  spellbinders  of  the  stump  oratory- 

will  rest  for  a  spell.

Tw o  M ore  T ra velers  Stam ped  W ith   the 

Seal.

Grand  Rapids,  Nov.  5— The  United 
Commercial  Travelers  held  their  “ reg­
ular”   Saturday  evening  and  extended 
the  opening  hour  until  9 o ’clock,  in  or-

M IC H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

2 5

der to  give  the  boys  a  chance  to partici­
pate  in  the  sound  money  parade.

Byron  S.  Davenport  (Olney  &  Judson 
Grocer  C o .),  Arthur  C.  Rockwell  (Wm. 
Sears  &  Co.)  and  Hiram  W.  Garrett 
(Harris  Paper  Co.)  were  duly  stamped 
with  the  seal  of  the  “ goat”   and  each 
made  one  among  us.  The  Royal  Bump­
er  got  in  his  best kicks  and  brayed  with 
evident  satisfaction  while conferring the 
“ honorary”   on  Brother  Davenport, 
who,  judging  from  the  broad  expansion 
of  his  genial  face,  w  s  als  “ satisfied.”
Brother  W.  N.  Tenhopen  has  severed 
his  connection  with  the  Clark  Rutka- 
VVeaver  Co.  and  Brother  Arthur  D. 
Smith,  of  South  Bend,  Ind.,  has  re­
signed  his  position  with  the  Chicago 
Coffee  Co.  Both  gentlemen  are  open 
for  an  engagement  in  their  respective 
lines  and  will  appreciate  being  remem­
bered by  the  boys  to  any  good establish­
ment  desiring  A i  salesmen.

We  received  a  communication  from 
the  U.  C.  T. ’s  of  Galveston,  thanking 
us  for  our  recent 
and 
couched  in  terms  so  appreciative  of  the 
little  help  we  gave  them  that  it made  us 
feel  glad  that  we  did  it.

contribution 

Your  humble  scribe  got  mixed  up 
with  a  banana  peel,  baggage  truck  and 
lamp  post  at  the  depot 
in  Hillsdale 
Monday  morning,  in  which  the  banana 
peel  played  victor,  and  he  came  out  of 
the  fracas  with  a  sprained  shoulder  and 
badly  injured  “ side  slat.”   No,  thanks 
— I  don’t  need  sick  committee  nor  bou­
quets.  Am  getting  on  nicely.

the  numerous 

imagination,  but 

Adam  Dubb  doesn’t  go  into  the  loft 
to 
to  expand  his 
judging 
dream  and  see  visions;  and, 
from 
emery  wheels, 
horses,  mules,  jacks,  hens,  hay  fever- 
ites,  hair  tonic,  sacks  of  buckwheat  and 
beehives  that  appeared  on  his  vision  on 
Oct.  17,  we  would  be  tempted  to  call  it 
a  case  of  tremens,  only  he  did  not  see 
snakes  and  we  know  him  to  be  a  strict 
prohibitionist. 

Official  Scribe.

H ow   One  H usband  W as  Tam ed.

From the Washington  Post.

I  daresay  that  there  isn’t  a  woman on 
earth  who  hasn’t  a  theory  on  the subject 
of  how  to manage  a  husband,and  I  have 
never  yet  come  across  a  man  who  was 
any  worse  fora  little  scientific  handling 
now  and  then. 
If  I  were  in  the  florist 
business  I’d  send  a  palm  to  a  certain 
Senator’s  daughter,  who  has  set  an  ex­
ample  managing  wives  might 
follow 
with  profit.  She  has  a  husband,  this 
Senator’s  daughter,  who  is  disposed  to 
he  critical.  Most  of  his  friends  are 
men  of  great  wealth,  who  live  extreme­
ly  well,  and  association  with  them  has 
made  him  somewhat  hard  to  please 
in 
the  matter  of  cooking.  For  some  time 
the  tendency  has  been  growing  on  him. 
Scarcely  a  meal  at  his  home  table 
passed  without  criticism  from  him.

“ What 

is  this  meant  for?”   he  would 
ask  after  testing  an  entree  his  wife  had 
racked  her  brain  to  think  up.

“ What  on  earth 

is  this?”   he  would 

say  when  dessert  came  on.

“ Is  this  supposed  to  be  a  salad?”   he 
would  enquire  sarcastically  when  the 
lettuce  was  served.  His  wife  stood  it 
long  as  she  could.  One  evening  he 
as 
in  a  particularly  captious 
came  home 
humor.  His  wife  was  dressed 
in  her 
most  becoming gown  and  fairly  bubbled 
over  with  wit.  They  went  in  to  dinner. 
The  soup  tureen  was  brought  in.  Tied 
to  one  handle  was  a  card,  and  on  that 
card  the 
in  a  big  round 
hand:

information 

“ This  is  soup.”
Roast  beef  followed  with  a  placard 

announcing:

“ This  is  roast  beef.”
The  potatoes  were  labeled.  The gravy 
dish  was  placarded. 
1 he  olives  bore 
a  card  marked  “ O lives,”   the  salad 
bowl carried  a  tag marked “ Salad,”   and 
when  the  ice  cream  came  in  a  card  an­
nouncing  “ This 
ice  cream”   came 
wiih  it.  The  wife  talked  of  a  thousand 
different  things  all  through  the  meal, 
never  once  referring  by  word  or  look  to 
the 
labeled  dishes.  Neither  then  nor 
thereafter  did  he  say  a  word  about 
them,  and  never  since  that  evening  has 
the  captious  husband  ventured  to  en­
quire  what  anything  set  before  him  is.

is 

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Drugs—Chemicals

M ichigan  S tate  B oard  o f P h arm acy

„  

Term expires
_ 
- 
Dec. 31,1900
- 
G e o .  G u n d r u m , Ionia 
-  Dec. 31,1901 
L.  E.  R e y n o l d s ,  St.  Joseph 
H k n r t   H e i m , Saginaw 
-  Dec. 31,1902
- 
Dec. 31,1903
W i b t   P.  D o t y , Detroit  - 
A . C .  S c h u m a c h e r , Ann Arbor  -  Dec. 31,1904 
President, A .  C .  S c h u m a c h e r ,  A n n   Arbor. 
Secretary, H e n r y   H e i m , Saginaw.
Treasurer, W.  P.  Doty,  Detroit.

E x am in atio n   Sessions 

Lansing—Nov. 7 and 8.

M ich.  S tate  P h arm aceu tical  Association. 

President—Ch a s.  F .  Ma n n , Detroit. 
Secretary—,!.  W .  Se e l e y ,  Detroit 
Treasurer—W.  K.  Sc h m id t , Grand Rapids.

B ay  R um   F o r  B arb ers’  Use.

A   cheap  bay  rum  for  barbers’  use may 
be  prepared  from  one  of  the  following 
formulas.  Bay rum  to  “ stand  up’ ’  well 
and  remain  transparent  should  contain 
at  least  50  percent,  of  alcohol,  although 
it 
is  often  made  with  a  less  amount. 
We  suggest  you  make  up  your  prepara­
tion,  allow 
it  to  stand  for eight  or  ten 
days,  and  then  filter  in  a  well  covered 
funnel  through  magnesium  carbonate, 
previously  rubbed 
into  a  paste  with  a 
little  alcohol.  Many  customers  prefer 
the  addition  of  a  small  quantity  of  salts 
of  tartar  or  borax,  either  of  which  may 
be  added 
in  the  proportion  of  two 
drams  to  the  gallon  of  bay  rum,  as  de 
sired.

pts.

Oil  of  bay,  2  drs.
Jamaica  rum,  4  ozs.
Alcohol, 
Water,  2%  pts.
This  preparation  may  be  made  clear 
and  bright  by filtering through magnesia 
and  charcoal.

drs.

Oil  of  bay,  \%  drs.
Oil  of  pimento,  45  ms.
Acetic  ether, 
Alcohol,  32  ozs.
Water,  32  ozs.
M ix  the  oils  and  ether  with  the  alco 
hoi,  add  the  water,  allow  to  stand  sev­
eral  days,  and  filter  through  magnesium 
carbonate.

The Era Formulary gives the following 

formula:

3-

Oil  of  bay,  6  drs.
Oil  of  pimento,  1  dr.
Oil  of  orange  peel,  1  dr.
Tr.  orange  peel,  U.  S.,  y2  oz.
White  castile  soap,  4  drs.
Cologne  spirits,  12  pts.
Water,  g  pts.
Dissolve  the  castile  soap 

in  a  pint 
of  the  water by  the  aid  of heat;  dissolve 
the  oils  in  the  cologne spirits,  gradually 
add  the  solution  of  soap,  tincture  of 
orange  and  water,  let  stand  and  filter.

D ruggists  Should  Sell  F o r  Cash.

That  all  retail business should  be done 
on  a  cash  basis  there  is  not  the  least 
doubt,  and  especially  should  this  be  the 
case  with  the  druggist.  No  one  will 
deny  that  considerable  losses  are  sus­
tained  by  charging  goods  to  the  cus­
tomers,  and 
it  is  not  only  the  losses, 
but  also  the  expenses  involved  in  keep- 
ing  the  accounts. 
If  you  charge  an 
item  you  require  a  day  book  and  a 
ledger.  The  time  required  in  charging 
and  posting  is  considerable.  It  is  prob­
able  that  you  forget  to  charge  an 
item 
occasionally,  especially  when  you  are 
busy.  Very  few  people  who  have  goods 
charged  will  come  to  you  at  the  end  of 
the  month  and  pay  their  bills,  hence 
you  have  to  make  out  a  statement  and 
mail  it  to  them  or  call  in  person— all  of 
which 
involves  expense  and  consumes 
time.  While  you  or your  clerk  is  doing 
this,  your  or  his  services  are  needed  in

long  run. 

and  simultaneously  make  known 
the 
quality  of  his  soda  water.  First tell  the 
customers  that 
it  will  only  take  a  few 
minutes  to  put  up  the  prescription,  and 
after  finding  they  will  wait  offer them  a 
'check  good  for  a 
free  glass  of  soda. 
They  will  appreciate  this,  it  will  cost 
you  but 
little,  and  such  a  policy  tact­
fully  carried  out  will  generally  pay  well 
in  the 
It  also  pays  to  send 
complimentary  soda  water  tickets  to  in­
fluential  neighbors  who  trade  at  other 
pharmacies. 

R.  Lumsden.
New  M ethod  o f G iving  C hloroform .
Iced  chloroform  has  been  used  as  an 
anaesthetic  at  Wurzburg,  Bavaria, 
in 
over  14,000  cases  without  a  single  un­
pleasant  result.  The advantages claimed 
for  this  preparation  of  chloroform  are 
the  quickness  of  its  action,  its compara­
tive  freedom  from  danger,  and  the  ab­
sence  of  nausea  and  depression  so  com­
mon  with  other  anaesthetics.

NF6. CNEIISTS, 

JIM. »1C«

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

FIMIIG EXTRACfS MD DRUGGISTS’ SUNDRIES

Everythin, at right  prices

Our  line  comprises  all 
classes  of  Holiday  arti­
cles 
that  are  handled 
by the  Drug,  Stationery, 
Toy  and  Bazaar  Trades. 
Dealers  can  select  their 
entire  stock 
from  our 
vast  assortment.
Refer  to  our  Holiday cir­
cular for  particulars  and 
visit  our  sample  rooms 
for proof.

Fred  Brundage,

Wholesale  Druggist,

32 and  34  Western  Ave.,
Muskegon,  Mich.

E n co u rag e  B usiness.

Every  day  in  the  week  prescriptions 
are  brought  in  which  it  will  take  but  a 
few  minutes  to  compound  and  for which 
the  patron 
is  willing  to  wait.  These 
are  just  the  sort  of  customers  to  whom 
the  pharmacist  may  extend  a  courtesy

Ginseng  Wanted

Highest price paid.  Address

Peck  B ros.,.
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

M IC H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

the  store.  Then  there  are  many  who 
have  to  be  dunned 
repeatedly,  and 
some  never  pay  at  all.

These 

losses  give  you  anxiety  and 
you  worry  over  it,  which  depresses  your 
mind  so  that  you  are  not  in  the  proper 
mood  to  wait  upon  your  customers,  to 
say  nothing  as  to  your  health  and  the 
happiness  of  you  and  your 
family. 
When  a  man 
in  bad  health  or  in  a 
depressed  spirit  he  can  not  treat  his 
wife  and  children  as  he  should.

is 

it 

in 

large  city,  and 

Why  is  the  cash  system  not  general 1 
adopted?  The  reason  is  that  the  credi 
system has  been  in  vogue  from  time im 
memorial,  and  we  think 
it  can  not  be 
is  a  serious  mistake 
abolished,  but 
In  every 
some 
smaller  ones,  there  are  to-day  business 
firms  who  have  adopted  the  cash  sys 
tem,  and  we  have  yet  to  learn  that  any 
of  them  have  not  been  very  successful 
The  common  argument  is  that  your  cus 
tomers  will  be  offended 
if  refused 
credit,  and  that  they  will  trade  some 
where  else. 
In  reality  this  is  not  the 
case,  as most  people  will  see  the  advan 
tage  and  the  justice  of  it  themselves.  It 
is  only  those  that  do  not  expect  to  pay 
at  all  that  will  feel  offended,  and  these 
you  can  well  afford  to 
lose  as  custom 
ers.

T ablets  fo r  th e   L aity.

From the Journal of  Medicine.

There  has  recently  been  in  this  city  a 
canvasser  for  a  firm  of  drug  manufac­
turers  offering  for  sale  to  the  profession 
a  “ line”   of  tablets.  All  the  tablets 
in 
his  list  are  compounds  and  not  simples, 
list  very 
and  after  each  formula  the 
kindly  informs  the  physician  as  to 
just 
how  he  is  to  prescribe  it  and  as  to  the 
clinical 
In 
cidentally  the  tablets  most  likely  to  be 
come  popular  have  inscribed  upon  one 
side  the  trade  mark  of  the  company,but 
of  course  not  with  the  intention  of  hav­
ing  the  patient  ask  for them  at  the  drug 
store!

indications 

its  use. 

for 

them  at 

Apparently  this  is  the  most  insidious 
scheme  yet  devised  to  use  the  medical 
profession’s  presumed  credulity  to  pro­
mote  a  popular  demand 
for  certain 
drugs.  The  tablets  are  put  up  in  bot­
tles  with  display  labels,  so  that  the  pa­
tient  may  see  the name  of the  tablet  and 
the  color  of  the  bottle  to  aid  him  in 
the  drug  store. 
identifying 
Presumably  this 
latest-devised 
method  of  initiating  a  patent-medicine 
trade.  Possibly the  manufacturers  have 
erred 
that  all 
physicians  need  to  be  informed by  them 
as  to  the  best  methods  of  using  well- 
known  remedies.  Unfortunately 
the 
evidence 
is  all  to  the  contrary,  and 
physicians  should  be  careful  about  pat­
ronizing  any  concern  that  palpably  lays 
itself  open  to  the  suspicion  of  dishonest 
in  seeking  professional  favor.
motives 

ignorance 

thinking 

is  the 

in 

T he Drug: M arket.

Opium— Advice 

from  primary  mar­
kets  still  continues  strong,  on  account 
lack  of  rain  and  large  sales  having 
of 
been  made 
in  New  York  market  for 
speculation.

Morphine— Is  as  yet  unchanged.
Quinine—All  manufacturers  reduced 
their  price  2c  per  ounce  Nov.  1,  except 
P.  & W.,  who  reduced  theirs  on  the 3rd. 
This  was  on  account  of  low  prices  for 
bark  at  the  Amsterdam  sale.

Ergot— Is  very  scarce  and  has  ad­

vanced.

Lycopodium— On  account  of  active 
demand for  election purposes,  stocks  are 
‘ ‘mited  and  prices  are  higher.

Nitrate Silver— Has been  advanced  by 
manufacturers  ic  per  ounce,  on  account 
of  the  high  price  for  metal.

Canada  Balsam  F ir— Is  very  firm  and 
igher  prices  are  looked  for.
Prickly-Ash  Berries— Are 

in  very 
small  supply  and  have  been  advanced.
Oil  Cedar  Leaf— Continues to advance 

and  is  very  scarce.

Oil  Wintergreen— Is  scarce  and  has 

advanced.

C ream   o f T a rta r  B ak in g   Pow der.

Cream  of  tartar  and  sodium  bicarbon­
ate  mixed 
in  the  proper  proportions 
field  a  baking  powder  which  is  appar­
ently  the 
least  objectionable  of  any, 
from  a  hygienic  point  of  view,  and 
gives  satisfaction.  As  the  result  of  an 
investigation  of  the  leading  powders  of 
the  market,  Crampton,  of  the  United 
States  Department  of  Agriculture,  has 
proposed  the  following 
for  a 
cream  of  tartar  baking  powder: 

formula 

Potassium  bitartrate,  8  ounces. 
Sodium  bicarbonate,  4  ounces.
Corn  starch, 
4  ounces.

The  addition  of  the  starch answers the 
double  purpose  of  a  “ filler”   to  increase 
weight  and  a  preservative,  the  chem- 
cals  not  keeping  well  when  mixed 
done.  The  stability  of  the  powder  is 
ncreased  by  drying  each 
ingredient 
separately  by  exposure  to  a  gentle  heat, 
mixing  at  once  and  immediately  plac­
ing  jn  bottles  or  cans,  excluding  access 
of  air,  and  consequently  moisture.

If  you  trust  a  man  and  he  can  not  or 
does  not 
intend  to  pay,  he  will,  when 
you  commence  to  ask  him  for  pay,  act 
as  if  he  was  offended,  and  will  then  go 
where  he 
is  not  known  and  pay  cash, 
the  same  money  that  you  ought  to  have. 
Indeed,  we  all  know  that  when  men  are 
indebted  to  us,  whether  for  goods  pur­
chased  or  even  money  loaned,  they  will 
be  apt  to  avoid  us  all  they  can  (we  will 
not  discuss  in  this  connection how much 
better  it  is  for  every  one  to  keep  out  of 
debt).  Thousands  of  druggists  have 
failed  in  business  owing  to  the  fact  that 
they  have  too  much  standing  out  which 
they  are  not  able  to  collect.— Meyer 
Bros.  Druggist.

experimentation, 

F lea  F o r  th e   C om m ercial  P h arm acist.
Druggists,  as  a  class,  have  had  the 
reputation  of  being  poor  business  men. 
There  is  no  reason  why  they  should  not 
be  good  business  men, 
for  the  very 
qualities  that  go  to  make  them  good 
pharmacists— honesty,  probity,  concen­
to  detail,  method, 
tration,  attention 
originality, 
order, 
study—are  the  qualities  that  go  to  make 
up  the  successful  merchant.  I think  it is 
mainly  a  matter  of  pride  that  has  held 
them  back 
from  success  as  merchants. 
College  professors  and  the  pharmaceu­
tical  press  have 
in  the  past  preached 
against  the  “ commercial  degeneracy  of 
pharmacy  ’  and  some  of  them  have 
urged  the  separation  of  pharmacy  from 
the  drug  business.  Of  late  years,  how­
ever,  progressive 
pharmacists  have 
slowly  awakened  to  the  fact  that  there 
was  money  to  be  made 
in  the  retail 
drug  business,  if  the  purely  commercial 
side  of  it,  the  side  lines  that  have  been 
added  to  pharmacy,  were  managed  with 
the  enterprise  of  any  other  class  of  mer­
chandising. 

W.  A.  Dawson.

H eadache  P ow ders  Once  M ore.

Headache  powders  composed  for the 
most  part  of  acetanilid  continue 
to 
cause  occasional  deaths.  Recently  a 
woman  in  Scioto,  Ohio,  died  from  tak­
ing  a  single  powder, and  another woman 
was  made  seriously  ill  by  taking  one  of 
the  same  brand.  Powders  of  acetanilid 
intended  for  indiscriminate  self-medi­
cation  should  never  contain  more  than 
three  grains  of  the  chemical,  and  even 
with  this  amount  one  grain  of citrated 
caffeine  should  be comhined,  and should 
not  be  taken  oftener  than  once  every 
three  hours.

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27

WHOLESALE  DRUG  PRICE  CURRENT

A d van ced —Opium, Oil Cedar, Oil Wintergreen,  Nitrate Silver, Lycopodium. 
D ecliu ed — Quiuiue.

4  00 
2 50
2  40 
40
10

1  00
2 00 
1  00 
86 
50 
18 
30
12

Menthol.................... 
@
Morphia, S., P.& W.  2  25© 
Morphia, S.,N. Y. Q.
& C. Co..................   2  15®
Moschus  Canton__  
@
65®
Myristica, No. 1....... 
Nux  Vomica...po. 15
@ 
35®
Os Sepia.................... 
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
@
D  .Co.....................  
Picis Liq. N.N.M gal.
doz......................... 
©
Picis Liq., quarts__  
@
Picis Liq.,  pints....... 
@
©
I’il Hydrarg... po.  80 
llp er  Nigra.,  po. 22  @
Piper  Alba__ po. 35 
@
Fiix Rurgun.............  
@
Plumbi Acet.............  
io@
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii  1  30@ 
Pyrethrum, boxes H.
@
& P. D. Co., doz... 
Pyrethrum,  pv........  
25®
8®
Quassiie.................... 
38®
Quinta, S. P. &  W ... 
37®
Quinta, S.  German.. 
Quinta, N. Y.............  
37@
Rubia Tinctorum.... 
12©
Saccharum Lactls pv 
18®
Salacin.....................   4  50®
40®
Sanguis  Draconls... 
Sapo. W .................... 
12®
Sapo M...............
10® 
Sapo  G ...............

12 
@  15

Seidlltz Mixture.......
20® 22
Sinapis.....................
® 18
Sinapis.  opt.............
@ 30
Snuff. Maccaboy, De
V oes.....................
@ 41
Snuff .Scotch,De Vo’s
@ 41
Soda, Boras.............
9© 11
|  Soda,  Boras, po.......
9® 11
I  Soda et  Potass Tart.
23® 25
Soda,  Carb...............
2
I  Soda.  Bi-Carb..........
3®
5
I Soda,  Ash................. 3M@ 4
Soda.  Sulphas..........
@ 2
Spts. Cologne...........
@ 2  60
Spts. Ether  Co........
50® 56
Spts.  Myrcia Dom...
@ 2  00
Spts. \  ini  Rect.  bbl.
@
Spts. Viiii Rect. Mbbl
@
Spts. Vini Rect. lOgal
@
Spts. Vini Rect. 5 gal
@
Strychnia, Crystal... 1  05® 1  25
Sulphur.  Subi..........
4
24®
Sulphur, Roll...........
2M@ 3M
Tam arinds...............
8® 10
Terebenth  Venice...
28® 30
Theobromae..............
60® 65
Vanilla..................... 9  00©16 00
Zinci Sulph.............
7®
8
Oils

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

BBL.  6  AL.
70
70
50

70
60
45

Linseed, pure raw...  75 
Linseed, boiled........ 
76 
Neatsfoot, winter str  54 
Spirits  Turpentine..  48 

78
79
60
55
P ain ts  BBL..  LB.
Red  Venetian..........  1M  2  @8
Ochre, yellow  Mars.  1M  2  @4 
Ochre, yellow B er...  1M  2  @3 
Putty,  commercial..  2M  2M@3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  24  2M@3 
Vermilion,  P r im e
American............. 
15
13® 
76
Vermilion, English..  70® 
Green,  Paris...........  
14@ 
18
Green, Peninsular...  13® 
16
Lead, red..................  6M@  6M
Lead,  white.............   6M@  6M
Whiting, white Span  @  86
Whiting, gilders’__ 
@  90
@  1  25 
White, Paris, Amer. 
Whiting, Paris, Eng.
cliff......................... 
®  1  40
Universal Prepared.  1  10®  1  20

V arn ishes

No. 1 Turp  Coach...  1  10®  1  20
Extra Turp...............  1  60®  1  70
Coach  Body.............   2 75® 3  00
No. 1 Turp Fum ......   1  00®  1  10
Extra Turk Ilamar..  1  55®  1  60 
Jap.Dryer,No.lTurp  70®  7f

Freezable 

Goods

Now is the time to  stock

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

Hazeltine  &  Perkins 

Drug  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  flich.

® 65

50@ 60

l 

1 60

16@ 18

28® 30

R adix

@ 
7®
6@
23@
15@

@  50
@  50
@  50

M iscellaneous 

20®
22®
io©
@
20®
12@ 
16@ 

60
50
60
60
50
so
60
50
60
50
50
75
50
75
75
l  Oo
5o
5o
60
5o
5o
5o
5o
5o
5o
35
5o
60
5o
60
5o
75
75
5o
5o
5o
5o
75
5o
1  5o
So
5o
5o
5¡¡
5o
60
60
5¡j
5q
2q

Conium Mac............. 
50®  60
Copaiba....................   l is®  1  25
Cubebae.....................  l 20@  1  25
Exechthitos.............  l  oo®  l  10
Erigeron..................  l  io@  l  20
G aultheria...............  2  20®  2 30
Geranium, ounce.... 
@  75
Gossippii, Sem. gal.. 
Hedeoma...................  l 40®  1  60
Junipera..................  i  50®  2 oo
Lavendula  ............... 
90® 2  00
Limonis..................  
Mentha  Piper..........  l  40® 2  00
Mentha Verid..........  l  50®  1  60
Morrhuae, £ a l..........  i  20®  l  25
M yrcia....................... 4  oo® 4  50
Olive......................... 
75® 3 00
Picis Liqulda.......... 
10® 
12
Picis Liquida,  gal... 
® 35
Ricina.......................  i  co@  l  08
Rosmarini................. 
@  1  00
Rosae, ounce.............  6  00® 6 so
Succlni.....................  
40®  45
Sabina.....................  
90®  l  oo
Santal.......................  2  75®  7 00
Sassafras.................. 
60®  65
Sinapis,  ess., ounce. 
Tiglil.........................  1  50®  1  60
Thyme....................... 
40®  50
Thyme, opt............... 
@  l  60
Theobrom as...........  
15®  20
P otassium
Bi-Carb.....................  
16® 
18
13® 
Bichromate.............  
15
62®  57
B rom ide.................. 
12® 
15
C arb ........ ; ..............  
Chlorate... po. 17® 19 
Cyanide.................... 
34®  38
Iodide.......................  2  60®  2 65
Potassa, Bitart, pure 
Potassa. Bitart. com.
15
Potass Nitras, opt... 
Potass  Nitras.......... 
Prussiate..................  
Sulphate  po.............  

Scillae  Co..................  
Tolutan..................... 
Prunus  virg.............  
T inctures
Aconitum Napellis R 
Aconitum Napellis F 
Aloes........................  
Aloes and M yrrh__  
A rnica...................... 
Assaf oetida............... 
Atrope  Belladonna.. 
Auranti Cortex........ 
Benzoin.................... 
Benzoin Co............... 
Barosma.................... 
Cantharides.............  
Capsicum.................. 
Cardamon................  
Cardamon Co........... 
Castor....................... 
Catechu.................... 
Cinchona.................. 
Cinchona Co.............  
Columba..................  
Cubebae...................... 
Cassia Acutifol........  
Cassia Acutifol Co... 
Digitalis.................... 
Ergot......................... 
Ferri  Chloridum__  
G entian.................... 
Gentian Co............... 
Guinea.......................  
Guinea ammon........  
Hyoscyamus.............  
Iodine  .................... 
Iodine, colorless......  
Kino  ......................... 
Lobelia..................... 
M yrrh.......................  
Nux Vomica.............  
Opii............................ 
Opii,  comphorated.. 
Opii, deodorized......  
Q uassia.................... 
Rhatany.................... 
Rhei..........................  
Aconitum..................  
25  Sanguinaria............ 
Althse.......................  
25 I Serpentaria.............  
A nchusa..................  
Stromonium.............  
Arum  po.................. 
25
T olutan.................... 
Calamus.................... 
Valerian  .................. 
Gentiana........ po. 15 
15
Veratrum  Veride... 
Glychrrhiza.. .pv.  15 
18
Zingiber.................... 
®  75
Hydrastis  Canaden. 
®  80
Hydrastis Can., po.. 
dither, Spts. Nit. ? F  30®  35
Hellebore, Alba, po. 
12® 
15
dither, Spts. Nit. 4 F  31®  38
Inula,  po.................. 
is®  20
A lum en....................  2M® 
3
Ipecac, po................   4 25® 4  35
Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7 
4
3® 
Iris  plox...po. 35@38  35®  40
Annatto..................... 
40®  50
Jalapa, p r................. 
25@  30
5
4® 
Antimoni, po...........  
Maranta,  Ms...........  
®  35
Antimoni et Potass T  40®
22®  25
Podophyllum,  po... 
Antipyrin................. 
25 
@
75®  1 00
Rhei..........................  
20 
Antifebril!
@  1 25
Rhel,  cu t..................  
61 
75@  1 35  Argenti  Nitras, oz..
Rhei, p v.................... 
QR/a  oo  Al’SfUliftllin.............
Sniirplia 
12
38  Arsenicum............... 
10®
Spigelia.................... 
35®
Balm  Gilead  Buds
I   ' 
  .................. 
38®
Sanguinaria., .po.  15 
®
Bismuth S. N...........   1  90®  2  00
Serpentaria..............  
40®
Calcium Chlor.,  Is... 
®
Senega
60®
@ 
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms.. 
Smilax, officinalis H.
@
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms..  @ 
Smllax,  M................
12 
©  80
Cantharides, Kus.po 
Scillse.............po.  35
10©
® 
Capsici Fructus, af.. 
Symplocarpus, Foeti-
® 
Capsici  Fructus, po. 
dus,  po..................
® 
Capsici Fructus B, po 
Valeriana, Eng. po. 30 
12©
Caryophyllus.. po. 15 
Valeriana,  German. 
Carmine, No. 40....... 
@ 3 00
Zingiber a ................  
Cera  Alba................  
50@  55
Zingiber j ..................  
40®  42
Cera  Flava............... 
@  40
Coccus...........*......... 
Cassia  Fructus........  
@ 3 5
Centraria..................  
@ 
10
Cetaceum.................. 
@ 4 5
Chloroform.............  
55®  60
®  1  10
1  25®  1  75  Chloroform,  sqnibbs 
Chloral Hyd Crst___  1  65®  1  90
Chondrus.................  
20®   25
Cinchouidine.F. & W  38@  48
Cinchonidine, Germ.  38©  48
Cocaine....................  7  05©  7  26
Corks, list.dis.pr.ct.
Creosotum................
@  35
C reta.............bbl. 75
Creta, prep............... 
5
© 
Creta, precip...........  
11
9@ 
Creta,  Rubra...........  
@ 
8
Crocus.....................  
15®  18
®  24
Cudbear.................... 
Cupri  Sulph.............   6M@ 
8
Dextrine.................. 
10
7@ 
Ether Sulph............. 
75@  90
Emery, all numbers. 
® 
8
@ 
Emery, po................  
6
E rgota...........po. 90  85®  90
Flake  W hite...........  
12® 
15
Galia......................... 
@  23
G am bler.................. 
8© 
9
@  60
Gelatin.  Cooper....... 
35©  60
Gelatin.  French....... 
75  &  5
Glassware,  tiiut, box 
Less than box......  
70
il@  13
Glue, brown.............  
Glue,  white............. 
15®  25
Glycerina..................  17M@ 
25
Grana  Paradisi........  
@  25
Humulus.................. 
25®  55
Hydrarg  Chlor  Mite  @  1  00 
Hydrarg  Chlor Cor..  @  90
@  1  10 
Hydrarg  Ox  Rub’m. 
Hydrarg  Ammoniati  @  1  20 
50®  60
HydrargUnguentum 
Hydrargyrum.......... 
@  85
Icbthyobolia,  A m ... 
65®  70
Indigo....................... 
75©  1  00
Iodiue,  Resubi........   3 85® 4 00
Iodoform..................  3 85®  4 00
@  50
Lupulin.....................  
Lycopodium.............  
75®  80
M acis.......................  
65©  75
Liquor Arsen et  Hy-
@  25
ararg Iod............... 
LiquorPotassArsiult 
10®  12
2®  3
50®  60  Magnesia,  Sulph.... 
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl  @  1M 
so I Mannla, 8.  F ............ 
50®  60

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

Semen
Anisum..........po.  15
Apium (graveleons).
13®
Bird, is .....................
4®
Carui...............po.  18
12®
Cardamon.................
Coriandrum..............  
_
“  
Cannabis Sativa.......  4  ®  5
Cvdonium................. 
75®.  1  00
Cnenopodium.......... 
10® 
12
IPpterix O dorate....  1  00®  1  10
Foeniculum..............  
@ 
10
9
7© 
Foenugreek, po........  
4© 
L in i........................... 
5
Llni. grd.......bbl. 4 
5
44© 
Lobelia..................... 
35®  40
Pharlaris Canarian..  4M@ 
5
R ap a.........................  4M® 
6
Sinapis  Alba...........  
9® 
10
Sinapis  Nigra.......... 
li©  
12
S piritus

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

®
_
15®
14@
25®

_ 

st. 

1  40

A cidum

¡  8 
75 
17 
42 
48 
5 
10
14
15 
60
5
1  20 
40

Aceticum  .................$  6@i
Benzoicum, German.  70®
Boracic...................... 
@
Carbolicum..............  
30®
45®
Cltricum.................... 
Hydrochlor.............  
3®
8®
Nltrocum.................. 
12®
Oxalicum..................  
Phosphorium, d il... 
®
Salicyllcum.............  
55®
Sulphuricum............  1M@
Tannicum.................  1  10®
T artaricum .............  
38®
A m m onia
Aqua, 16 deg.............  
Aqua, 20 deg.............  
Carbonas..................  
Chloridum................  
A niline
Black.........................  2  00® 2  25
Brown.......................  
80®  1  00
Bed............................ 
48®  50
Yellow.......................  2 50® 3 00
Baecse
CubebSB............po, 25 
Junlperus......
Xauthoxylum

6 
4®
8
6®
15
13®
12®  14

24
22®
75®  80

B alsam nm
Copaiba....................  
Poru 
••• •••• •••• 
Terabin,  Canada—  
Tolutan..................... 
Cortex
Abies, Canadian......
Cassiae.......................
Cinchona  Flava.......
Euonymus atropurp.
Myrica Cerifera, po.
Prunus Virginl........
Qulllala, gr’d ............
Sassafras........po. 20
Ulmus..  po.  15, gr’d
E x tractu m

Glycyrrhiza  Glabra
Glycyrrhiza,  p o ...... 
Haematox, 15 lb. box 
Haematox, is ...........  
Haematox, Ms.......... 
Haematox, Ms.......... 

F e rru
Carbonate  Preclp... 
Citrate and  Quinla..
Citrate Soluble........
Ferrocyanidum Sol..
Solut. Chloride........
Sulphate,  com’l . .... 
Sulphate,  com’l,  b y '
bbl, per  cwt..........
Sulphate,  pure........
F lo ra

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

F o lia

55

50®
d  
45®
40®

28®
11®
13®
14®
is®

15 
2  25 
75 
40 
15 
2
80
7

id®
22®
30® 

35

10

33®
Haros ma.................... 
Cassia Acutifol,  Tin-
nevelly..................  
20®
Cassia, Acutifol, Alx.  25® 
Salvia officinalis,  Ms
and M s..................  
12@
tJvaUrsl............  ....
8®  
G nm m i 
Acacia, 1st picked... 
65
@ 
@  45
Acacia, 2d  picked... 
@  35
Acacia,3d  picked... 
@  28 
@
Acacia, sifted  sorts. 
65 
Acacia, po................. 
45®
14
Aloe, Barb. po.l8@20  12®
Aloe, Cape— po. 16.  @
Aloe,  Socotri..po. 40  @
60 
Ammoniac................. 
55®
30 
Assaf uetida.... po. 30  28®
55 
Benzoinum............... 
60®
13 
Catechu, is ............... 
@
®  14
®
Catechu, Ms.............  
® 
16 
Catechu, Ms.............  
®
I®  73 
Campnorae............... 
®  40
Eupnorbium.... po. 35
©  1  00 
Galbanum.................
®   70
Gamboge...........po  61
®  30
Guaiacum.......po. 25
®  75
Kino............po. 10.76
®  60 
Mastic  ......................
@  40
Myrrh............. po. 45
O pii....po.  4.80®5.01  3 50®  3 60
Shellac.....................  
25@  35
Shellac, bleached—  
40®  45
Tragacanth..............  
50®  80

6!

H erb a

25
20
25
28
23
25
39
22
25

Absinthium..oz. pkg 
Eupatorium..oz. pkg 
[«Delia........ oz. pkg 
M ajorum __ oz. pkg 
Meutha  l’ip..oz. pkg 
Mentha  Vfr..oz. pkg 
Rue............... oz. pkg 
Tanacetum V oz. pkg 
Thymus, V .. .oz. pkg 
M agnesia
Calcined, P at............ 
55®  60
Carbonate, P at........  
18®  20
Carbonate, K. & M..  18®  20
'arbonate, Jennings  18®  20

O leum

Absinthium.............   6 50®  7 00
Amygdalae,  Dulc__  
38®  66
Amygdalae,  Amarae.  8 00® 8 25
A nisi...........................2  10®  2 20
Aurantl Cortex__ »..  2  25®  2 30
Bergamii..................   2 75®  2 85
Cajiputl....................  80®  85
Caryophylli.............  
80®  85
C edar.......................  
66®  90
Chenopadll............... 
@ 2 75
Cinnamon!!.............   l  30®  1 40
Gltronella..............  
  35®  40

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W h o le   P ep p er
T rip e

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M ess  P o rk
C lea r  B a ck   P o rk
G rits

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Common...............................
Chester.................................. 2
Em pire.................................. 3
Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

G rits

Package 

New York Basis.

Arbuckie...............................13 00
Dilworth...............................13 00
Jersey....................................13 00
Lion.......................................12 00
M cL aughlin’s XXXX 
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mail  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLanghlin  & 
Co., Chicago.
Valley City (4  gross...............   75
Felix (4 gross......................... 1  15
Hummers foil (4 gross........   85
Hummel's tin  (4 gross........ 1  43

E x tract

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Crushed Cereal Coffee Cake

12 packages, (4 case..............1  75
3 50
24packages,  lease 
 
COCOA  SHELLS
20 lb. bags........................ 
2(4
Less quantity..................  
3
Pound packages.............  
4
CLOTHES  LIN ES
Cotton, 40 ft.  per doz............ 1  00
Cotton. 50 ft.  per doz............ 1  20
Cotton, 60 ft.  per doz..........   1  40
Cotton, 70 ft.  per doz............ 1  60
Cotton, 80 ft.  per doz............1  80
Jute, 60 ft. per doz...............  80
Jute. 72 ft. per doz................  
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Champion..............................4  50
Magnolia................................4  25
Challenge.............................. 4 00
Dime.......................................3 35
50 books, any  denom...  1  50 
100 books, any  denom...  2  50 
500books,any  denom...  11  50 
1.000 books, any  denom ...  20 00 
Above quotations are for either 
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customer re c eiv es  s p e c ia lly  
printed  cover  without  extra 
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C redit  Checks

C oupon  Pass  B ooks 
Can be made to represent any 
denomination from $10 down.
50  books.........................  1  50
100  books.........................  2  50
500  books.........................  11  50
,000  books........................... 20  00
500, any one denom.........  2  00
,000. any one denom........   3 00
.000. any one denom........   5 00
Steel  punch.......................  
75
CREAM   TA RTA R
and  10 lb. wooden  boxes.......30
Bulk in sacks.............................29
D R IE D   FRU ITS—D om estic 
Sundrled.............................@4
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes.  @5 
A pricots..........................  @10
Blackberries...............
Nectarines..................
Reaches....................... 9  @11
Pears............................
Pitted Cherries............ 
Prunnelles..................
R aspberries..............
100-120 25 lb. boxes .
90-100 25 lb. boxes........   @4(4
80 - 90 25 lb. boxes........   @ 5
0 - 80 25 lb. boxes........   @ 5«
60 - 70 25 lb. boxes........   @ 6
50 - 60 25 lb. boxes........   © 6(4
40 - 50 25 lb. boxes........   @ 7
30 - 40 25 lb. boxes........  
8(4
(4 cent less in 50 lb. cases 

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C alifo rn ia  F ru its

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ondon Layers 2 Crown, 
2  15
ondon Layers 3 Crown. 
Cluster 4 Crown............. 
2  75
oose Muscatels 2 Crown 
nose Muscatels 3 Crown 
8(4
nose M uscatels 4 Crown 
9
• M., Seeded, 1  lb  ___I0(4@u
. M.. Seeded, \   lb __   8(4©
D R IE D   FR U IT S—F oreig n  
Leghorn..................................... 11
Corsican.................................... 12
Cleaned, b u lk .......................\s%
Cleaned,  packages...............14
Citron American 19 lb. bx... 13 
,emon American 10 lb. bx.. 10(4 
Orange American 10 lb. bx.. 10(4 
Sultana 1 Crown....................
Sultana 2 Crown..................
Sultana 3 Crown....................
Sultana 4 Crown....................
Sultana 5 Crown....................
Sultana 6 Crown....................
Sultana package..................

C u rran ts

R aisins

P eel

B eans

C ereals

FARINACEOUS  GOODS 
Dried Lima............................  6(4
Medium Hand Picked 2 00©2  10
Brown Holland.....................
Cream of Cereal....................  90
~rain-0 , sm all....................... 1 35
Grain-O, large........................2 25
Grape Nuts..................... 
1  35
Postum Cereal, sm all............1 35
Postum Cereal, large........  2  26
1 lb. packages....................1 26
Bulk, per 100 lbs..................... 3 00
H ask ell’s W h eat F lak es
2 lb. packages................ .3 00
B arrels....................................2 so
Flake, 50 lb. drums.................1 00
M accaroni  an d  V erm icelli
Domestic, 10 lb. box.............   60
Imported, 25 lb. box...............2 50

H om iny

F a rin a

Peas

24 2 lb. packages....................2
100 lb. kegs...........................3
200 lb. b arrels......................5
100 lb. bags..............................2
Green, Wisconsin, bu..........1
Green, Scotch, bu.................1
Split, bu.................................
Rolled Avena, bbl................3
Steel C u t,...........................  4
Monarch, bbl........................3
Monarch, (4 bbl................... 1
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks......... 1
Quaker, cases.......................3

R olled  Oats

Sago

T apioca

German..................................
East India..............................  3(4
F lake......................................  4(4
Pearl.......................................  4(4
Pearl,  24 1 lb. packages.......  6(4
Cracked, bulk.........................  3(4
24 2 lb. packages..................2  50
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS 
Vanilla D. C ..2 oz 1  10  4 oz 1  80 
Lemon  D. C  ..2 oz  70  4 oz 1  35 
.2 oz  75  4 oz 1  45
Van. Tonka 

D eBoe's

V» a o 4

FO O TE &  JE N E S ’

JA X O N

Highest  Grade  Extracts

Vanilla 

Lemon

1 oz full m  1  20  1 oz full  m .  80
2 oz full  m  2  10  2 oz full m .l  _ 
No.3fan’y  3  15  No.3fan’y .i  71

Vanilla

2 oz panel..1  20
3 oz taper.. 2 00  4 oz taper.. 1  50

Lemon 
2 oz panel.

J en n in g s’

A rc tic

2 oz  full meas. pure Lemon.  71 
2 oz. full meas. pure Vanilla.l  20 
2 oz. oval Vanilla Tonka...
2 oz. oval Pur» Lemon.......

B ig   V alu e

Van, 
1  20
1  20
2 00 
2 25

S tandard

P errig o ’s

F avoring EXTRACT
Reg. 2 oz. D. C. Lemon........
No. 4 Taper D. C. Lemon ...
Reg. 2 oz. D. C.  Vanilla........
No. 3 Taper D. C. Vanilla... 
2 oz. Vanilla Tonka..............
2 oz. flat Pure Lemon...........
N orthrop  B rand 
Lem.
2 oz. Taper Panel___   75
2oz. Oval....................  75
3 oz. Taper Panel.... 1  35
4 oz. Taper Panel.... 1  60 
Van. 
doz.
XXX, 2 oz. obert__ 1  25
XXX, 4 oz. taper 
2  25
XX, 2 oz. obert........ 1  00
No. 2,2 oz. o b ert___   75
XXX D D ptchr, 6 oz 
2 25
XXX D D ptchr, 4 oz 
1  75
K.  P. pitcher. 6 oz..
2  25
FLY   P A P E R  
Perrigo’s Lightning, gro..
.2 50
Petrolatum, per doz.............  75
Sage............................................15
H ops.......................................... 16
Madras, 5 lb. boxes................. 55
S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes........50
Doz.
51b. pails...........................  200
15 lb. palls..............................   40
301b. pails..............................  68
P u re.......................................   30
Calabria.................................   25
Sicily......................................   14
Root........................................  10
Condensed, 2 doz..................1  20
Condensed, 4 doz.................. 2  25
Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No.  9 sulphur....................... 1  65
Anchor ra rlo r......................1  50
No. 2 Hom e...........................1 sc
Export Parlor....................... 4 00
Wolverine..............................1  50

LICO R IC E

MATCHES

IN D IG O

H ER B S

JE L L Y

LY E

M O LA SSE S 
N ew   O rlean s

Black...................................   12(4
F a ir..................................... 
je
Good.................................... 
20
Fancy.................................  
24
Open K ettle........................25@35

Half-barrels 2c extra 
M U ST A R D

Satchel 
Bottom 

Horse Radish, 1 doz..............1  75
Horse Radish, 2 doz............. 3 50
Bayle’s Celery, 1 doz....... 
1  75
P A P E R   B A G S
Union
Square
53
66
88
1  08
1  58
1  81
2  16
2  58
2 82
3 32
4  48
4  86
5 40

(4........
............  28
(4........ ............  34
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

P IC K L E S
M edium

Sm all

Barrels, 1,200 co u n t..............4  50
Half bbls, 600 count..............2 75
Barrels, 2,400 co u n t............. 5  50
Half bbls, 1.200 count...........3  30
Clay, No. 216...........................     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 ............... ..". .  5(4
aroliua  No. 2 .................... “ 4S
B roken...........................” [4(4
Japan,  No.  1..................5(4@6
Japan,  No.  2..................4(4@5
Java, fancy head........... 5  @5%
Java, No.  1..................... 5  4*
Table.................................   @

Im p o rted .

SALERATUS 

Packed 60 lbs. in box. 

Church’s Arm and Hammer.3  16
Deland’s..................................    00
Dwight’s  Cow.............................3 is
Emblem..................................    10
l ? .........................:::::::3  
oo
Sodlo.......................................    15
Wyandotte, 100  Sis.................... 3 00
Granulated,  bbls..................   so
Granulated, 100 lb. cases... 
90
Lump, bbls...................... 
75
Lump, 1451b. kegs.!!!!]..” .  80 

SAL  SODA

SALT

D iam ond C rystal 

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, 20 I4lb.bags.2 60
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs......  
07
Butter, sacks, 66 lbs.............   62
Com m on  G rades
100 31b. sacks.........................     15
60 51b. sacks.........................2  05
28 10 lb. sacks.................. .. 4   95
56 lb. sacks......................... ’  40
28  lb. sacks.........................  
22

W arsaw

56 lb. dairy in drill bags.......  30
28 lb. dairy in drill bags.......  15
56 lb. dairy in linen sabks...  60 
56 lb. dairy in linen  sacks...  60 
56 lb.  sacks.............................  28
ranulated  Fine................. 1  or
Medium  Fine.........................1  10

A shton 
H iggins 
Solar  R ock
Com m on

SOAP

JAXON

Single box.............................. 3  00
* box lots, delivered............2  95
box lots, delivered.......... 2 90
S.  S  KIRK  i   GO  'S  BRANDS.
American Family, wrp’d... .3 no
£ °m e....................................... 80
Cabinet........................... 
2  40
savon..........................go
White  Russian................. '."2  go
White Cloud,........................4  00
Dusky Diamond, 50 6 oz... ..2 00
Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz.......2  50
Blue India, 10014 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

Sco u rin g

Sapollo, kitchen, 3  doz......... 2 40
Sapolio. hand, 3 doz...............2 40
1-V, per gross—         .........10 00

W a sh in g   T ab lets
120 samples free.

A LA BA STIN E

White In drum s....................
Colors In drum s....................
White in packages...............
Colors in packages...............

Less 40 per cent discount. 
doz.  gre

A X L E   GREASE
Aurora 
55
Castor  OU................... 60
Diamond.................... 50
Frazer’s ...................... 75
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75

..........

'6 ou
7 00
4 25
9 00
9 00

A cm e

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

9 00
6 00
Per Doz.
Arctic 12 oz. ovals................   85
Arctic pints, round...............1  20

AMM ONIA

B A K IN G   PO W D ER  

A rctic
Egg

(4 lb. cans 3  doz..............
..  45
(4 lb. cans 3 doz..............
..  75
1 
lb. cans 1  doz.............
..1  00
Bulk.................................... ..  10
6 oz. Eng. Tumblers.......... ..  90
H lb. cans,  4 doz. case.... ..3 75
(4 lb. cans,  2 doz. case__ ..3 75
1 lb. cans,  1 doz. case__ ..3  75
5 lb. cans.  (4 doz. case__ ..8 00
5 lb. cans, (4 doz. in case.. ..8 00
1 lb. cans,  4 doz. in case..-.2  00
9 oz. cans.  4 doz  in case..
.1  25
Soz.cans,  6 doz. incase.. ..  75
(4 lb. cans per doz........... ..  75
(4 lb. cans per doz........... . 1   20
i 
lb. cans per doz........... ..2  00
(4 lb. cans, 4 doz. case__ ..  35
(4 lb. cans, 4 doz. case.... ..  55
1 
lb. cans. 2 doz. case.... ..  90

T he  “400”

£1  P u rity

H om e

JAXON

Q ueen  F la k e

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

R o ya l

10c size__   86
(4 lb.  cans  1  30 
6 oz. cans,  l  80 
(4 lb.  cans  2  40 
H lb.  cans 3 60 
1 lb.  cans.  4  65 
I  31b.  cans.12 75 
5 lb.  cans.21  00

BA TH   B R IC K

American...............................   70
English...................................  so

BT.riNG

CONDENSED
§Sii£

Sllldil d UU£........
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...........................    75
No. 2 Carpet............................. .'2 50
2  z5
No. 3 Carpet.................  
No. 4 Carpet...........................*” i  75
2 50
Parlor  Gem................... 
Common Whisk......... 
"   95
Fancy  Whisk........................ .* "1 25
Warehouse....................... 
'3 v>
Electric Light, 8s ..........  
12
Electric Light, 16s..............." 12(4
Paraffine, 6s ...............  
io5
Paraffine, 12s.................  
” ’ 11
kicking 

CANDLES

..........I"  "»

BROOMS

....... 

C A N N E D   GOODS 

Corn

Beans

O ysters

1  65@1  85

M ushroom s

B lack b erries

G ooseberries

18@20
22@25
1  00 
1  80

90
85
1  85 
3  40
2  35

A p p les
so
3 lb. Standards........  
2 30
Gallons, standards.. 
standards................. 
75
Baked.......................   1  on@i  30
Bed  Kidney.............  
75@  85
80
String........................ 
85
Wax........................... 
B lu eb erries
S tandard.....................
85
Clam s.
Little Neck. 1 lb......
1  00 
Little Neck, 2 lb.......
1  50
C h erries
Red  Standards............
White...........................
Fair............................
Good.........................
Fancy......................
S tandard..................
H om in y
Standard.
L o bster
Star, 54 lb.
Star, 1  lb ..................
Picnic Tails..............
M ack erel
Mustard, lib ............
Mustard, 2 lb............
Soused, 1 lb...............
Soused, 2 lb .............
Tomato, 1 lb.............
Tomato, 2 lb.............
Hotels.
Buttons.
Cove, 1 lb. 
Cove, 2 lb.
1
P ie .............
Yellow.......
Standard ... 
Fancy........
M arrowfat. 
Early June. 
Early June
1  60
G rated......................  1  25@2  75
Sliced.........................   1  35@2  55
P u m p k in
F a ir........................... 
70
Good.........................  
75
85
Fancy........................ 
R aspberries
Standard.................... 
90
Columbia River........  2 00®2  15
Bed Alaska.
1  40 
Pink Alaska.............
1  10
Sh rim p s
Standard..................
Sardines
Domestic, (4s ...........
Domestic, 54s..........
Domestic,  Mustard.
California, (4s..........
French, (is...............
French, (4s...............
Standard..................
85
Fancy.......................
1  25
Succotash
Fair............................
90
Good.........................
1  00
Fancy.......................
120
Tom atoes
F a ir...........................
90
Good.......................
95
Fancy.......................
1  15
Gallons......................
2 45
CATSUP
Columbia,  pints............
.......2 00
Columbia, (4 pints........
....1  25
CH EESE
Acme.......................
@12(4
Amboy.....................
@12(4
Carson City..............
@12
Elsie..........................
@13
Emblem...............
@12(4
Gem
@12(4
Gold Medal
@11(4
Id eal.......;.
@12
Jersey........
@12(4
Riverside...
@12
B rick.........................  
14@15
Edam ........................  
@90
Leiden...................... 
@17
Limburger................. 
13@14
Pineapple.................  50  @75
Sap  Sago................. 
19@20

Sifted.. 
P in ea p p le

S traw berries

Salm on

CHOCOLATE 
Walter Baker & Co.’s.
German  Sweet................. 
Premium........................ 
Breakfast Cocoa............46
Kunkel Bros.
Vienna Sw eet.............
Vanilla............. 28
Premium..........
CHICORY
Bulk.......................
R ed.......................... :::

23
33

31

CIGARS 

COCOA
Webb.........................
Cleveland...........
Epps  ..............
Van  Houten, (4s.
Van  Houten, 14s.
Van Houten, (4 s.
Van  Houten,  is.
Colonial,  <4s  .......
Colonial, (4s........
H uvler.................
Wilbur, (4s ..........
Wilbur. (4s ..........
The Bradley Cigar Co.’s  Brand-
Advance  .............................$35 00
Bradley...................................  35 00
Clear Havana  Puffs..........   22 00
“ W. H.  B.” ............................   55 00
“ W. B. B.” ..............................  55 00
Columbian Cigar Co.’s Brands
Columbian.................................35 00
Columbian Special...................65 00
Columbian R  galia..............65 00
Columbian Invincible.........90 00
Fortune  Teller......................... 35 00
Our Manager..........................   35 00
Quintette.................................  35 00
G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand

H. & P. Drug Co.’s brands.

Lubetsky Bros.’ Brands.

8. C. W................................   35 00
B. L......................................$33  00
Gold Star............................  35  00
Phelps. Brace & Co.’s Brands. 
Royal  Tigers. 
.  .  55@ 80 00
Royal  Tigerettos........35
Vincente Portuondo ..35@ 70 00
Ruhe Bros. Co............. 25©  70  00
Hilson  Co.....................35@no 00
T. J. Dunn & Co..........35@  70 00
McCoy & Co.................35@  70 00
The Collins Cigar Co.. 10@  35 00
Brown  Bros................ 15©  70 00
Bernard Stahl Co........35@  90 00
Banner Cigar  Co........ 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@llO 00
San Telmo....................35@  70 00
Havana Cigar Co........ 18@  35 00
C. Costello & Co..........35@  70 00
LaGorarFee Co............35©  70 00
S.  I. Davis & Co..........35©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 Sanborn__ 50@175 00
Bock & Co.................... 65@300 00
Manuel  Garcia............80@375 00
Neuva Mundo............. 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  OO

H. Van Tongeren’s Brand

C O FFE E 
R oasted

HIGH GRADE
Coffees

Special  Combination..........
French Breakfast.................  _
Lenox.....................................  30
V ienna.........................  
35
Private Estate.....................J  38
Supreme.................................   40

Less 33(4  per  cent.

R io

Santos

M aracaibo

Common..................................iou
F a ir ................................ 
u
13
Choice.............................. 
Fancy....................................15
Common.......................... 
n
F a ir ..........................................
choice...........................:.:*.:.’ i5
F an cy...................................   17
Peaberry...................................
F a ir..........................................
Choice.................................i ” ie
Choice.............................. 
16
Fancy................................ ....17
Choice.......................................
African................................  1214
Fancy A frican ..................... 
' 17
O.  G........................................¿5
P - 6 ........................................ 29
Arabian.................................. ..

G u a tem ala

M exican

M ocha

J a v a

S A L T   F ISH  

Cod

Georges cured.............  @ 4%
Georges  genuine........   @ 54
Georges selected........   @  5%
Grand  Bang..................   @414
Strips or  bricks..........  6  @  9
Pollock.........................   @ 3 4

H alib u t.

Strips..........................................14
Chunks.........................  .....„ '1 5

H errin g

Holland white hoops,  bbl.  11  00 
Holland white hoops 4bbl.  6 00 
Holland white hoop,  keg.. 
80 
Holland white hoop mchs. 
86
Norwegian.........................
Round  100 lbs.....................   3  16
Round 40 lbs....................... 
i  55
Scaled...'..........................  
16
Bloaters...............................

Mess 100 lbs.................
...  12  00
Mess  40 lbs.................
...  5  10
Mess  10 lbs.................
...  1  35
Mess  8 lbs.................
...  1  10
No. 1  100 lbs................... ...  10  to
No. 1  40 lbs...................
..  4  50
No. 1  10 lbs................... ...  1  20
No. 1  8 lbs................... ...  1  00
No. 2 100 lbs................... ...  8  50
No. 2  40 lbs................... ...  3  70
No. 2  10 lbs................... ...  1  00
No. 2  8 lbs...................
82
No. 1100 lbs................... ...  6  00
No. 1  40 lbs................... ...  2  70
No. 1  10 lbs...................
75
No. 1  8 lbs...................
63

T ro u t

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

100  lbs............7  25
7  00
40  lbs...........   3  20 3  10
10  lbs_____  
88
85
8  lbs............ 
73
71
SEEDS
Anise 
.....................
Canary. Smyrna......
Caraw ay..................
Cardamon,  Malabar.
Celery........................
Hemp, Russian........
Mixed Bird. 
Mustard, white..
Poppy.................
R ape..................
Cuttle Bone........

..  9
..  4
..  8
..60
.12
..  44
..................   44
.................... 9
.................. 10
..................   44
...................15

SPICES 

W hole Spices
AllspiCt...........................
Cassia, China In m ats....
Cassia, Batavia, in bund.
Cassia, Saigon, broken..
Cassia, Saigon, in rolls..
Cloves, Amboyna............
Cloves, Zanzibar............. .
M ace.................................
Nutmegs,  75-80................
Nutmegs,  105-10................. 
40
Nutmegs, 115-20.................. 
36
Pepper, Singapore, black.  154 
Pepper,  Slngagore, white. 
23
Pepper, shot.......................   164
P u re  G round in B u lb
Allspice............................... 
Cassia, Batavia..................  
Cassia, Saigon.................... 
Cloves, Zanzibar................. 
Ginger,  African...............
Ginger, Cochin.................
Ginger,  Jam aica.............
Mace..................................
Mustard............................
Pepper, Singapore, black 
Pepper, Singapore, white
Pepper, Cayenne.............
Sage...................................

16
28
48
17

STARCH

K ingsford’s  Corn
40 l-lb. packages................. 
20 l-lb. packages...... .........  
6 lb. packages................. 
K ings ford’s Silver Gloss
7
74

40 l-lb. packages................. 
6 lb. boxes......................... 

64
64
74

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 and 60-lb. boxes.............  
barrels................................ 

STOVE  PO LISH

4%
44

44
44
6
34
34

SNUFF

Scotch, in bladders...............  37
Maccaboy, in jars.................  35
French Rappee, in  jars.......  43
SODA
Boxes.....................................   554
Kegs,  English..........
SUGAR 

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds  the  local 
freight from New  York  to your
» ing point, giving you credit 
e  invoice  for  the  amount 
of freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market  in  which  he  purchases 
to his  shipping  point,  including 
20 pounds for the  weight  of  the 
barrel.
Domino...............................  6 00
Cut  Loaf..............................  6  15
Crushed.......................  
6  16
Cubes............................!.!  590
Powdered..........................   5 85
Coarse  Powdered.............  6 85
XXXX Powdered.............   6 90
Standard  Granulated.......  5  75
Fine Granulated.................  6 75
Coarse  Granulated............  5 85
Extra Fine Granulated....  5 86
Conf.  Granulated..............  6 00
2 lb.  bags Fine  Gran........   5 85
5 lb. bags Fine  Gran........   5 85
Mould A............................   6 00
Diamond  A....................... 1  5 75
Confectioner's  A ...............  5  65
No.  1, Columbia A...........   5 40
No.  2, Windsor A.............  5 35
No.  3, Ridgewood A........   5 35
No.  4, Phoenix  A .............   530
No.  5, Empire A ...............  5 25
No.  6...................................  5  20
No.  7...................................  5  10
No.  8...................................  5  00
No.  9..................................   4  go
No. 10...................................  4  85
No. 11...................................  4  80
No. 12..................................   4  75
No. 13...................................  4  75
No. 14..................................   4  70
No. 15..................... 
4  70
no. i6............................... 470

ia
...20 
...3  10 
...1  75 
...  90
...  16 
...  20 
..  25

SYRUPS
Corn
Barrels..................... 
Half bbls................
1 doz. 1 gallon cans.
1 doz. 4  gallon cans 
2 doz. 4  gallon cans
P u re   Cane
F a ir....................................
Good............................
Choice.........................."-!
TA B LE  SAUCES
LEA &  
PERRINS’ 
SAUCE
The Original and 
Genuine 
Worcestershire.
Lea & Perrin’s, large........   3 75
Lea & Perrin’s,  small.......  2 60
Halford, large....................  3 75
Halford, small....................  2  26
Salad Dressing, large......   4  55
Salad Dressing, small.......  2 75

TEA
Ja p a n

Sundried, medium............... 28
Sundried, choice...................30
Sundried, fancy.................... 40
Regular, medium.................. 28
Regular, choice.................... 30
Regular, fancy......................40
Basket-fired, medium  ........ 28
Basket-fired, choice..............35
Basket-fired, fancy...............40
Nibs........................................ 27
Siftings.............................19(3,21
Fannings..........................20@22

G unpow der

Moyune, medium................. 26
Moyune, choice.................... 35
Moyune,  fancy......................50
Pingsuey,  medium............... 25
Pingsuey,  choice...................30
Pingsuey, fancy.................... 40

Y oung  H yson

In d ia

Oolong

E n g lish  B reak fast

Choice.....................................30
Fancy......................................36
Formosa, fancy..................... 42
Amoy, medium......................25
Amoy, choice.........................32
Medium.................................. 27
Choice..................................... 34
Fancy......................................42
Ceylon, choice....................... 32
Fancy......................................42
Scotten Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Sweet Chunk plug................34
Cadillac fine cut....................57
Sweet Loma fine  cut............ 38
Malt White Wine, 40 grain..  8 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain.. 11
Pure Cider, Red Star............ 12
Pure Cider, Robinson...........11
Pure Cider,  Silver................. 11
W ASHING  PO W D ER

TOBACCO

VINEGAR

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. n, per gross......................20
No. ', per gross......................25
No. ?, per gross......................35
No. 3. per gross.................... 55

SMBMWH CROSWCOS. 

COLO MEDAL

The  National  Biscuit  Co. 

9

8

Soda

O yster

B u tte r

quotes as follows:
Seym our............................  
6
New York........................... 
6
Fam ily................................ 
6
Salted.................................  
6
Wolverine........................... 
64
Soda  XXX......................... 
64
Soda,  City...........................  8
Long Island Wafers..........  12
Zephyrette.........................  10
Faust.................................  
74
Farina................................. 
6
Extra Farina 
..................  
64
Saltine Oyster....................... 
6
Sweet  Goods—Boxes
Animals..............................  10
Assorted  Cake.................. 
10
Belle Rose.............................   8
Bent’s  W ater....................  16
Buttercups............ .............  12
Cinnamon Bar......................  
Coffee Cake,  Iced.............   10
Coffee Cake, Java.............   10
Cocoanut Taffy..................  10
Cracknells........................  16
Creams, Iced........................  
Cream Crisp.......................   10
Crystal Creams..................  10
Cubans...............................   114
Currant  Fruit....................  12
Frosted Honey..................   12
Frosted Cream..................  
9
Ginger Gems, lg. or  sm...  8
Ginger Snaps, NBC..........  8
G ladiator...........................  10
Grandma Cakes...................  
Graham Crackers__ ___   8
Graham  Wafers................   12
Grand Rapids  Tea...........   16
Honey Fingers..................  12
Iced Honey  Crumpets__   10
Im perials................  .........  8
Jumbles, Honey.................  12
Lady Fingers.....................   12
Lemon  Wafers..................  16
Marshmallow....................  16
Marshmallow Walnuts__   16
Mary  Ann..........................  
8
Mixed Picnic.....................   114
Milk Biscuit.......................  
74
Molasses  Cake..................   8
Molasses B ar.....................  
9
Moss Jelly Bar..................  124
Newton...............................   12
Oatmeal Crackers.............  
8
Oatmeal Wafers................   12
Orange Crisp...................... 
9
Orange  Gem.....................  
8
Penny’Cake......................... 
8
Pilot Bread, XXX............. 
74
Pretzels, hand  made........  
74
74
Sears’ Lunch...................... 
Sugar Cake......................... 
8
Sugar Cream, XXX.......... 
8
Sugar Squares.................. 
8
Sultanas..............................  13
Tutti  F ruttl.......................   16
Vanilla Wafers..................   16
Vienna Crimp..................  
8

9

42

H ay

Oats

Corn

M eal

264
284

11  00 
12 00

Prices  alw ays  right. 
W rite or w ire Mussel- 
m an  Grocer  Co. 
for 
special quotations.
Bolted.................................
2  00
Granulated.........................
'2  10
Feed  an d   M illstuffs
St. Car Feed, screened__   18 25
No. 1 Corn and  Oats........   17  76
Unbolted Corn  Meal........   17  75
Winter Wheat Bran..........  14 00
Winter Wheat  Middlings.  15 00 
Screenings.........................  14 00
Corn, car  lots old  ...........
Less than car lots new __
Car  lots...............................
Car lots, clipped................
Less than car lots.............
No. 1 Timothy car  lots__
No. 1 Timothy ton  lots__
Hides  and  Pelts
The Cappon 81 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
Pelts,  each...............
Lamb.........................
Tallow
No. 1..........................
No. 2..........................
W ool
Washed,  fine...........
Washed,  medium...
Unwashed,  fine.......
Unwashed.  medium.
Oils
B arrels
Eocene.......................
@114
@10
Perfection..................
XXXW.W.Mich.Hdlt  @10
W. W. Michigan.......
@ 94
Diamond  White........
@  9
D., S.  Gas..................
@1'4
Deo. Naphtha............
@104
Cylinder...................... 29  @34
Engine....................... 19  @22
Black, winter.............

@  7
@  6
@  84
@  74
@  9
@ 74
@10
@  84
50@1  25
...25@  50
@ 3%
@ 24
18@20
22@24
12@14
16«»18

P elts

@1X4

M IC H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N
Grains and  Feedstuffs
W h eat...............................  
73

W OODENW ARE 

B askets

W heat

W in te r  W h eat  F lo u r 

Local Brands

3

Worden Grocer Co.’s  Brand

Patents...............................  4  35
Second Patent..................  
Straight...............................  3  65
C lear...................................  3  25
G raham ..............................  3  30
Buckwheat.........................  4  50
R ye.....................................  3  25
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per  bbl. ad 
ditional.
Ball-Bamhart-Putman’s Brand
Diamond  4 s.......................   3  85
Diamond 4 s .......................  3  86
Diamond  4 s.......................  3  85
Quaker 4 s ..........................   3  90
Quaker 4 s ..........................  3  ho
Quaker 4 s ..........................  3  90
Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.’s  Brand
Pillsbury’s  Best 4 s ..........  4  75
Pillsbury’s  Best 4 s ..........  4  65
Pillsbury’s  Best 4 s ..........  4  55
Pillsbury’s Best 4 s paper.  4 55 
PiUsbury’s Best 4 s paper.  4  55 
Ball-Ba rn hart-Putman’s Brand
Duluth  Imperial 4 s.........   4  50
Duluth  Imperial 4 s .........   4  40
Duluth  Imperial 4 s .........   4  30
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand
Wingold  4 s .....................  
4  55
Wingold  4 s .....................  
4  45
Wingold  4 s .....................  
4  35

Spring  W h eat  F lo u r 

Olney & Judson’s Brand

Worden Grocer  Co.’s Brand

Ceresota 4 s .......................   4  65
Ceresota 4 s ................... 
4  65
Ceresota 4 s ..................   ..  445
Laurel  4 s ...........................  4  60
Laurel  4 s .........................  
4  50
Laurel  4 s ..........................   4  40
Laurel 4 s and 4 s paper..  4  40 
Washburn-Crosby  Co.’s  Brand.

Tubs

B u tte r  P lates

C lothes  P ins
M op  Sticks

Bushels...................................    15
Bushels, wide  band..............1  25
M arket..................................   30
Willow Clothes, large...........7  00
Willow Clothes, medium... 6  50
Willow Clothes,  small.........5  50
No. 1 Oval, 260 In crate.........1  80
No. 2 Oval, 250 in crate.........2 00
No. 3 Oval, 250 in crate.........2  20
No. 5 Oval, 260 in crate.........2 60
Boxes, 5  gross boxes............  65
Trojan spring.......................  85
Eclipse patent spring..........  85
No 1 common........................   75
No. 2 patent brush holder..  80
12 1h. cotton mop heads...... 1  25
P ails
hoop Standard.1  50
2- 
hoop Standard.1  70
3- 
2- 
wire,  Cable......1  60
3- 
wire,  Cable......1  85
Cedar, all red, brass  bound. 1  25
Paper,  Eureka...........................2 25
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, Cable,  No. 1............. 7  50
18-inch, Cable,  No. 2............. 6  50
16-inch, Cable,  No. 3............. 5  50
No. 1 Fibre.............................9 45
No. 2 Fibre.............................7 95
No. 3 Fibre.............................7 20
Bronze Globe.........................2 50
D ewey....................................1  75
Double Acme......................... 2 76
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 26
11 in. Butter...........................  75
13 in. B utter........................... 1  00
16 In. Butter........................... 1  76
17 in. Butter........................... 2  50
19 in. Butter...........................3  00
Assorted 13-15-17..  ...............1  75
Assorted 15-17-19  ................. 2 50
Magic, 3 doz................................ 1 00
Sunlight, 3 doz............................ 1 00
Sunlight, 14  doz..................   50
Yeast Cream, 3 doz.....................1 00
Yeast Foam ,3  d o z .............1  00
Yeast Foam, 14  doz............  60

YEAST  C A KE

W ash  B oards

W ood  Bowls 

Crackers

29

@ 84 
@ 9 
cases 
@ 74 
@104 
@10 
@ 8

@ 64 
@ 7 
@ 74 
@  84 
@  84 
@
@ 84 
@ 9 
@ 9 
@ 9 
@ 94 
@ 10
@154
@13

@12 
@ 94 
@10 
@114 @14 
@14 
@ 5 
@ 94 
@10 
@10 
@12

Candies
Stick  Candy

bbls.  paiis

M ixed Candy

Standard..........
Standard H.  fi. 
Standard  Twist 
Cut Loaf............
Jumbo, 32 lb..........
Extra fi. H .........."
Boston Cream. . . . "  
Beet Root.............

Grocers.....................
Competition
Special...............
Conserve...........! ****
R oyal............
Ribbon..........
Broken........ J ."
cut Loaf.........."
English Rock.. 
Kindergarten...
French Cream...
Dandy Pan.............. !
Hand  Made  Cream
m ixed....................
Crystal Cream m ix..

F ancy—In  B u lk  

San Bias Goodies.
Lozenges, plain..
Lozenges, printed..!
Choc. Drops.
Eclipse Chocolates.7.
Choc.  Monumentals.
Gum Drops..............
Moss  Drops..............
Lemon Sours..
Imperials..........
Ital. Cream Opéra. 7.
Ital. Cream Bonbons
201b. palls.............
Molasses  Chews,  15
lb. palls.................
Piue Apple Ice. .....
Maroons.............
Golden  Waffles.....'.

@12
@14
@124
@12
@12
F ancy—In  6 lb. Boxes 
@55
@60
@65
@80
@90
@30
@75
@55
@60
@60
@60
@55
@55
@90
@65
@65
@60

Lemon  Sours..
Peppermint Drops ! 
Chocolate  Drops 
H. M. Choc. Drops 
H. M.Choc.  Lt.  and 
Dk. No. 12...
Gum Drops.......
Licorice  Drops........
Lozenges,  plain. .!!' 
Lozenges, printed.
imperials...........
M ottoes...............*“
Cream  B ar...!!.".’ ’'.
Molasses Bar.......! ! !
Hand Made Creams.
Cream Buttons, PeD.
ünH  W in t
and  Wint.............
String Rock__
Wintergreen Berries
C aram els 
No. 1 wrapped,  3  lb.
boxes..................... 
Penny Goods............ 
Fruits
O ranges
Florida Russett.......
Florida  Bright........
Fancy  Navels  __
Extra Choice............
Late Valencias............  @
Seedlings................ 
@
Medt. Sweets..........
60
@
Jam aicas...........
<55  00
Rodi......................

@6o
55@60

@4 50 
@4 50

80

Lem ons

Messina, 300s.............  4 00@5 00
Messina, 30os...........   3 5ju 4  50
California 360s...........  3 5u@4 25
California 300s .................. 4 0u@4 eo
Medium bunches__   1  75@2 00
Large  bunches........   2  00@2  25

Bananas

Fresh  Meats

Beef

Carcass.....................  
Forequarters.......... 
Hindquarters.......... 
Loins No. 3............... 
Ribs....................
Rounds...............
Chucks...............
Plates....................... 
P o rk
Dressed....................
Loins........................
Boston  Butts...........
Shoulders.................
Leaf  Lard.................
M utton
Carcass.....................
Spring Lambs..........
Veal
Carcass..................

64®   8
54®  6
7V4®  9
9  @14
@14 
9  @12 
@  74 
54@ 6
4

84

@10

Provisions
B arreled   P o rk

9

D ry  Salt  M eats

Sm oked  M eats 

@14  25 
@13 75 
@13  75 
@15  75 
@
@14  25 

@  IO4 
@  10 
@  94 
@  94 
@  12 
@  7
@  104
@  7 
@  11 
@  154
@  114
(
1
Lards—In Tierces

Mess.......................
B ack....................... ’
Clear back............  .
Short cut..................
P ig ............................
Bean..........................
Family Mess.............
Bellies.......................
Briskets....................
Extra shorts............
Hams, 121b. average. 
Hams, 14 lb. average. 
Hams, 16 lb. average. 
Hams, 20 lb. average.
Ham dried  beef.......
Shoulders (N. Y. cut)
Bacon, clear.............   104
California hams.......
Boneless  hams........
Boiled Hams...........
Picnic Boiled Hams
Berlin  Hams.......... 
Mince H am s.......... 
Compound.................
Kettle........................
Vegetole.................
60 Id. Tubs.. advance 
80 lb. Tubs.. advance 
50 lb. Tins... advance 
20 lb. Pails, .advance 
10 lb. Pails.. advance 
5 lb. Palls.. advance 
3 lb. Pails.. advance 
Sausages
Bologna....................
Liver.........................
Frankfort.................
P o rk .........................
Blood........................
Tongue.....................
Headcheese.
B eef
Extra Mess...............
Boneless....................
R um p.......................
P igs’  F eet
4  bbls.. 40  lbs..........
4  bbls., 80 lbs..........
T ripe
Kits, 15  lbs...............
4  bbls., 40  lbs..........
4  bbls., 80  lbs..........
Casings
P o rk .................... * . 
Beef rounds.............  
Beef  middles............ 
Sheep................................. 
B u tterin e
Solid, dairy...............  124@134
Rolls, dairy...............  13  @14
Rolls,  creamery....... 
19
Solid,  creamery.......
184
Corned beef, 2 lb__
Corned beef, 14 lb...
Roast beef, 2 lb........
Potted ham,  4 s .......
Potted ham,  4 s .......
Deviled ham,  4 s ....
Deviled ham,  4 s ....
Potted tongue,  4 s.. 
Potted  tongue.  4 s .. 

10 75
11  00 
11  00
1  75 
3  75
70
1  25
2 25
20
3
10

17  50 
2 75 
50 
90 
50
50
90

C anned  M eats

Fish  and  Oysters

F resh   F ish

Per lb.
White fish....................  @
10
Trout............................   @
9
Black  Bass.................... 9@
10
Halibut........................   @
15
Ciscoes or Herring__   @
44
Bluefish.......................   @
10
Live  Lobster...............  @
18
Boiled  Lobster............  @
18
Cod.................................   @
10
Haddock.....................   @
7
No. 1 Pickerel.............   @
9
Pike..............................  @
7
Perch............................  @  4
Smoked  W hite............  @  9
Red  Snapper.................  @  9
Col River  Salmon.......  @  13
Mackerel.......................  @ is

O ysters  in   B u lk .

O ysters in  Cans.

Per gal.
Counts................................   1  76
Ext.  Selects....................... 
1  60
Selects...............................   1  40
Standards............................. 1  10
F. H.  Counts............ 
36
F. J. D. Selects........  
30
25
Selects...................... 
F. J. D.  Standards.. 
22
Anchors.................... 
20
Standards................. 
18
Favorite.................
16
S h ell Goods.
Clams, per 100.............
1  00 
Oysters, per 100........
1 00

F ig s

@12
@13
@
@
@
<3
@ 5
@ 5
@ 5

F o reign   D ried  F ru its 
Californias,  Fancy.. 
@
Cal. pkg, 10 lb. boxes  @
Extra  Choice,  10  lb.
boxes....................... 
Fancy, 12 lb. boxes.. 
Pulled, 61b. boxes... 
Naturals, in bags.... 
Fards in 10 lb. boxes 
Fards in 60 lb. cases. 
Persians,  P. H. V ... 
lb.  cases, new....... 
Salrs, 60 lb. cases.... 
Nuts
Almonds, Tarragona
Almonds,  Ivlca.......
Alaaonus, California,
soft shelled............
Brazils,.....................
.................
j Filberts 
Walnuts  Grenobles.
Walnut-. soft shelled 
California No. 1...
Table  Nuts,  fancy..
Table  Nuts,  choice..
Pecans,  Med............
Pecans, Ex. Large...
Pecans, Jumbos......
Hickory Nuts per bu.
Ohio,  new.............
Cocoanuts, full sacks 
Chestnuts, per  b u ...
P 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..  74©  8

54@
64@  7

@@15§14 

@ 
@

11

@13
@
@20
@134@14
@15

@134
@

@3  75 
@6 50

30

The  Meat  Market

W ill  P a c k   W ild   H og  M eat  and  T u rtle  

F lesh .

Phoenix,  Ariz.,  Nov.  2— Representa­
tives  of  meat  packers  in  Kansas  City 
and  Chicago  have  been  in  Southwestern 
Arizona  in  the  last  two  weeks 
investi­
gating  the  advisability  of  establishing 
here  a  large  packing  house  at  the  head 
of  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  where  wild  pork 
and  turtles  will  be  prepared 
for  the 
market.  Over vast  stretches  of  territory 
along  the  southern  part  of  the  Colorado 
R iver  wild  hogs  roam 
in  herds,  some­
times  of  great  size. 
It  is  believed  that 
the  supply  will  be  large  enough  to  keep 
a 
large  plant  in  constant  operation  for 
several  years,  at  the  same  time  ridding 
the  country  of  a  pest  and  making  room 
for  the  establishment  of  a  big 
industry 
in  the  raising  of  the  domestic  hog  in  a 
locality  peculiarly  adapted  for  that  pur­
pose.

The 

increasing. 

For  about  a  quarter of  a  century  wild  j 
hogs  have  been  found  in  Southwestern 
Arizona,  and  their  number  has  been 
constantly 
animal 
grows  to  large  size,  feeding  almost  en­
tirely  along  the  river  on  a  root  peculiar 
to  the  Colorado  and  grass  resembling  a 
species  of  alfalfa  or  Chilian  clover.  Ol 
all  the  game 
in  this  part  of  the  West 
there 
is  none  other  which  entails  s<* 
much  danger  in  the  hunting.  As  a  rule 
the  hogs  go 
in  droves,  and  to  attack 
one 
is  to  encourage  a  fierce  onslaughi 
from  the  others.  Only  on  horseback  is 
it  safe  to  hunt  the  animals,  and  even 
then  one  must  have  a  mount  quick  in 
action,  as  the  hogs  are  incredibly  swift 
if  not  quite  as  fast  as  thi 
and  almost 
average  horse. 
powerful 
lean 
brutes,  with 
and 
heavy,  muscular 
joints  attached  to 
bodies  which  are  more  like  the  “ razor 
anything 
backs”   of  the  South  than 
else.  Equipped  with 
long  tusks  they 
can  cut  down  a  horse  in  a  twinkling, 
and  a  man  on  foot  stands  no  chance  for 
his  life  in  an  attack  from  a herd.  If  one 
of  a  herd  is  killed  the others  seem  to  go 
wild  with  rage  and  will  attack  a  party 
of  almost any  size.  So  dangerous  is  thr 
practice  of  hunting  them  that  only  an 
occasional  party  ventures  to  try  the 
sport.

They  are 

limbs 

long, 

Several  wee'- s  ago  a  party  from  Den­
ver,  here  for  the  winter,  went  to  Yuma 
and  from  there  went  on  a  hog hunt.  A c­
companied  by  a  Mexican  guide,  they 
found  a  herd  of  twenty  quietly 
feeding 
in  a  marsh  along  the  river  bottom. 
Holding  the  dogs  in  check  they  fired  a 
volley 
into  the  herd,  killing  four  and 
wounding  another.  Turning  like  light­
ning  and 
following  the  lead  of  a  great 
boar  the  remainder  of  the  herd  charged 
in  the  direction  of  the  firing.  The hunt­
ers  rushed  to  where  their horses  were 
standing  and  all  but  one  mounted  and 
escaped.  The  man  who  was 
last  to 
reach  the  horses  was  about  to  leap  into 
the  saddle  when  his  mount  broke  her 
halter  and  dashed  away.  Dropping  his 
rifle  the  man  climbed  a  small  willow 
tree,  getting  out  of  reach 
just  as  the 
herd  rushed  up  and  tore  at  the  small 
trunk 
to  dislodge  him. 
Perched  on  a  limb  he  used  his  revolver 
with  good  effect,  while  the  dogs  worried 
the  herd,  and  his  friends,  returning  to 
the  rescue,  picked  off  his  besiegers  un­
til  only  three  or  four  were 
left.  These 
hurried  to  the  river  bank  and  tumbling 
down  the  steep  sides  disappeared  in 
the  brush.  In  three  days  the party killed 
nearly  a  hundred  hogs,  and  smoking 
and  drying  the  meat,  sent 
into  Los 
Angeles.

in  an  effort 

it 

There  is  a  difference  of  opinion  as  to 
the  origin  of  th“.  Arizona  wild  hog.  A c­
cording  to  one  theory,  Thomas  Blythe, 
more  than  twenty  years  ago,  sought  to 
establish  a  colony  at  the  head  of  the 
Gulf _ of  California  and  one  of  the  in­
dustries  established  was  pig  raising.
A 
large  number  of  thoroughbred  hogs 
were  procured,  and  when  the  colony 
failed  the  pigs  were  turned  out.  Fos­
tered  by  the  abundance  of  wild  feed  the 
herd  grew  and  spread  over  a  great  ex­
panse  of  river bottom,  until  now  there 
are  doubtless  several  hundred  thousand 
scattered  along  the  river.  Contrary  to 
this  belief  the  Indians  say  that  the  wild

hog  has  been  a  native  of  this  territory 
as  far  back  as  their  traditions  reach,but 
they  say  that  the  hogs  have 
increased 
in  size,  a  condition  which  brings  out  a 
theory  that  the  Blythe  hogs  were  prob­
ably  crossed  with  the  wild  pigs  which 
were  there  before  they  were  turned  out 
to  shift  for  themselves.  Wild  hog  meat 
is  of  a  peculiarly  fine  flavor,  that  of  the 
younger  pigs  being  far  superior  to  the 
pork  from  domestic  swine.

The  packing  of  turtles  is  intended  to 
be  an 
important  part  of  the  proposed 
industry.  The  turtles  in  the  lower  Colo­
rado  grow  to 
immense  size  and  their 
flesh  is  in  great  demand  in  California, 
whence  many  of  them  are  sent  East. 
Heretofore  the  freight  rates  have  been  a 
oar  to  the  industry,  it  having  been  nec­
essary  to  ship  the  turtles  alive,  thus 
sending  along many  parts  which  are  not 
available  for  food  and  making  the  price 
of  the  good  parts  i ut  of  the  reach  of  the 
average  epicure.  By  packing  only  the 
useful  parts  of  the  turtle  for  shipment 
East  the  promoters  of  the  plant  believe 
that  a  profitable  industry  can  be  estab­
lished.
H elp in g  Hi»  E m p lo yes  to  L ay  Up  M oney. 
From the Washington  Evening  Star.

“ 1  always  have  confidence  in  people 
who  save  a  little  money  out  of  their  sal­
aries,”   said  a  prominent  Western  mer­
chant,  “ and  1  do  what  1  can  to  encour­
age  hahits  of  thrift. 
I  employ  about 
seventy-five  clerks  in  my establishment, 
to  whom  I  pay  weekly  salaries  ranging 
from  $io  to  $40.  Naturally  enough, 
more  of  them  get  the  former  than  the 
latter amount,  but they  are  none  the  less 
worthy  on  that  account.

“ In  the  beginning,  when  I  employed 
only  two  people,  1  lived  pretty  close  to 
them  and  1  knew  how  thriftless  the) 
could  be  when  they  were not encouraged 
to  do  otherwise. 
I  have  discharged 
more  clerks  for  that  sort  of  thing  than 
for  any  other  cause.  They  spent  their 
salaries,  large  or  small  as  might  be,  in 
a  reckless  fashion  and  let  debt  accumu­
late  quite  regardless  of  the  rights  oi 
creditors.  As  my  business 
increased, 
and  with  it  my  profits  and  my  force  ol 
people,  I  began  to  give  the  matter  more 
study,  and  in  the  end,  when  I  felt  able 
to  be  of  material  assistance  in  encoura­
ging  thrift  and  honesty,  I  proposed  a 
yearly  recognition  to  those  who  would 
save  something  out  of  their  salaries. 
It 
was  small  at  first,  but  was  so  successful 
that  to-day  I  haven't  a  clerk  who  has 
not  some  kind  of  a  bank  account  and 
not  one  who  wilfully  refuses  to  pay  his 
debts.  When  we  get  a  new  one  who 
refuses  to  take  advantage  of  the  oppor­
tunities  afforded  we 
let  him  go  at  the 
end  of  the  first  year.

labor,  it 

“ My  present  plan 

is  to  double  the 
savings  of  ail  clerks  who  receive  $10, 
S12  and  $15  a  week ;  to  add  25  per  cent, 
to  all  who  receive  from  $15  to  $25,  and 
10  for those  over $25.  A  clerk  on  $10  a 
week  or  under  can  not  save  much,  but 
as  a  rule  that  class  of  clerks  have  no 
one  to  maintain  but  themselves,  and  if 
one  can  not  save  more  than  §25  out  of 
his  year’s 
is  rather  pleasant 
for  him  to  get  $25  clear  profit.  Those 
who  recei ve  the  larger  amounts  usuali) 
have  families  and  their  savings  are  not 
large,  but  whatever  they  are  they  are 
comfortably  increased.  One of my $1,200 
a  year clerks,  with  a  wife  and  two  small 
children,  saved $400  last  year,  and  my 
check  for  $100  additional  was  deposited 
to  his  account  the  day  after  New  Year.
A   young  woman  in  charge  of  a  depart­
ment  at_$qoo  a  year  has  almost  paid  for 
a  nice  little  cottage in the suburbs  out of 
her extras,  and  so  the list  runs onthrough 
every  branch  of  the  business.  I  make  it 
a  condition  that  all  current  obligations 
must  be  met  at  the  end  of  the  year,  so 
that  the  savings  are  actual  net  profit. 
Every  year  some  of the  clerks  are  not 
entitled  to any  extra,  but  if  this 
is  the 
result  of  sickness  I  assume  a  part  or  all 
of  the  doctor’s  bills.  You  may  say  it 
costs  something  for  me  to  do  this,  and 
I  am  under no  obligation  to  do  it,  and 
you  are  right.  But  1  have  the  best  class 
of  clerks 
in  the  city,  and  as  a  result  1 
have  the  best  class  of  custom  in  the 
city,  and  1  guess  I  don’t  lose  enough  by 
it  to  necessitate  an  assignment  at  an 
early  date,”   and  the  merchant  smiled 
with  a  very  evident  satisfaction.

l'nlCHïGAN  T R A D E S M A N

A 1^80 W. Polk St. 

Chicago. 111.

Plasticon

SPECIALTY  ADVERTISING  CO.,

T h e   A l a b a s t i n e   C o m ­
p a n y ,  in  addition  to  their 
world-renowned  wall  coat­
ing,  A L A B A S T I N E  
through  their  Plaster  Sales 
Department,  now  manufac­
ture and  sell at lowest prices, 
in  paper or wood,  in  carlots 
or  less,  the  following  prod­
ucts:

The  long  established  wall 
plaster 
formerly  manufac­
tured and  marketed  by  the 
American  Mortar Company. 
(Sold  with  or without  sand.)
N.  P.  Brand of 5tucco 
The  brand  specified  after 
competitive  tests  and  used 
by the Commissioners for all 
the  W orld’s  Fair statuary.

FLOUR-TRADE
BUILDER
An original plan—a winner with a  record.  Orig­
inator  quadrupled  his  flour  trade  in  12  weeks. 
Plan is a well thought out  idea—does  nor antag­
onize competitors or lead to price wars—is a sure 
and tireless  worker  for  continued  confidence  of 
housekeepers  and  repeated  orders  for  same 
brand.  Adaptable  to  the  use  of  any  merchant 
anywhere.  Will send complete plan to  one mer­
chant  in  a  town  for  $1 00,  and  will  return  the 
dollar if you are not highly pleased  with  results. 
Be first—write now.

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Better than  coffee.
Cheaper than  coffee.
More healthful than coffee.
Costs the consumer less.
Affords the  retailer larger profit. 
Send  for sample case.
See quotations in  price current.

Marshall,  Mich.

Crushed  Cereal  Coffee Cake  Co.

s
Bryan Show Cases

Bryan  Show  Case Works,

Always please.  Write for 
handsome  new  catalogue.

The  effect  ve  Potato  Bug 
Exterminator.

Finely ground  and  of  supe 
rior quality.

A labastine Company,
Plaster Sales Department

Crushed  Cereal  Coffee  Cake.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

For lowest  prices address

Land  Plaster

Bryan, Ohio.

Bug Finish

Handled by all Jobbers. 
Sold by all  Retailers.

SUMMIT  CITY  SOAP  WORKS,  Fort  W ayne,  Ind.

Biiiiiam ■■ lias lamp

A Good Thing to Handle and to Show off 
Stock to the Very Best Advantage.

It’s not expensive and  is within  reach of every­
body.  Has no  complicated  parts  or  objection­
able  features.  Never  out  of  order.  Always 
right and  ready for use.

Its  steady,  pure,  incandescent  light  has  a 
look 
wonderful  effect 
cheerful and  enticing,  and  brings  colors  and 
luster that no other lamp will.

in  making  the  store 

Big  profits to  dealers.
Brighter  than  electricity  or  gas.  Cheaper 

and safer than kerosene.

Approved by the  Insurance companies.
Guaranteed by the manufacturers of 35  years 

in  the lamp business.

It’s the pioneer lamp, and more  of  them  are 
in  use  than  all  other  Gasoline  Lamps  com­
bined.

It will  pay you to write at once to  secure  the 

agency for your district.

Brilliant Qas Lamp Co.,

IOO  C audle  h o tte r  Sin gle  tturner«

Geo. Bohner, Agent. 

42 State St„ Chicago.

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P A Y   A S  YO U   GO.

H ow   I t   L u b rica tes  th e  W h eels  o f  Trade
Old  Zeke  Crosby,  who,  as  every  one 
knows, 
the  Mile-Strip 
three  miles  northwest  of  East  Aurora 
was  down  to  see  me  yesterday.

lives  out  on 

Zeke  often  drops 

in  to  make  me 

immensely,  and 

friendly  call,  but  the  particular thing 
that  brought  him  this  time  was  my 
li_ 
tie  item  about  lawyers  in  a  late  number 
It  pleased  the  old 
of  the  Philistine. 
man 
his  approval 
pleased  me,  for  Zeke  has  a  son  who 
a  lawyer  and  a  good  one.  The  young 
man,  who  lives  in  Chicago,  has  made 
decided  success  of  his  profession  and 
has  the  confidence  of  all  who know  him 
It  would  have  been  a  very  natural  pro 
ceeding  on  the  part  of  old  Zeke  to 
have  denounced  my  screed  on  lawyers 
as  libelous  and  all  that,  but  he  did  not. 
On  the  contrary,  he  had  anticipated 
that  my  item  would  bring  down  on  my 
head  a  torrent  of  abuse,  not  only  from 
the 
local  bar,  but  from  adjacent  town 
as  well.

And  so  that  I  might  be properly  forti 
fied,  my 
friend  had,  with  much  iabor 
and  great  pain,  written  out  his  experi 
ence  with  two  Buffalo  lawyers.

Old  Zeke  expects  me  to  print  hi 
statement  entire,  with  names  and  dates 
times  and  places;  and  when  he  read 
for  noi 
this  I  trust  he  will  pardon  me 
doing  so,  for  to  even  print  the  truth 
i 
regarded,  under  certain  conditions,  a 
libelous.  Very  briefly  stated,  Zeke’: 
complaint  No.  i  is  that  in  1897  he  sold 
loads  of  hay  to  a  Buffalo  lawyer, 
two 
who 
is  also  very  well  known  in  East 
Aurora.  Hay  was 
ton,  but  he  had  to  sell  it  in  order  to  get 
money  to  pay  taxes.

low,  only  $7.50 

After  the  hay  was  delivered  the  bill 
was  presented  and  the 
lawyer  said  he 
would  mail  a  check.  He  hasn't  mailed 
the  check  yet.  Since  the  hay  was  sold, 
hay  has  been  up  to $14  a  ton.

The 

lawyer  now 

laffs  at  Zeke  when 
the  old  man  asks  him  for  the money and 
declares  his  coachman  paid  for  the  hay 
when  it  was  delivered.

Case  No.  2 

is  a  matter  of  butter, 
eggs,  chickens  and  vegetables  supplied 
to  a  lawyer’s  family  during  a  space  of 
two  years.  The  footings  are  over $300, 
with  $75  paid  on  account.  Old  Zeke 
knew  the  people  were  rich  and  had  de­
layed  putting 
in  a  bill  because  he 
wanted  the  money  all  at  one  time  to  lift 
a  mortgage.  He  fully  expected  it  would 
be  paid  on  request,  but  now  the  bill 
is 
repudiated.  They  declare  the  eggs  he 
supplied  were  bad,  the  turnips  woody, 
the  potatoes  rotten  and  that  all  of  his 
spring  chickens  were  hens  old  enough 
to  vote.  When  the  old  man  attempted 
to  defend  his  good  name  he  was ordered 
from  the  premises,  and  soundly  abused 
by  the  lawyer’s  wife.  On refusing  to go, 
the  woman  rang  for a  stable-man  and 
ordered  the  man  servant  to  kick  Old 
Zeke  into  the  street.  The  hostler  took 
Zeke  by  the  arm  and  induced  him  to 
go,  and  when 
in  the  alley  he  gave  the 
old  man  a  dollar  out  bis  own  pocket, 
apologizing  for  his  share  in  the  matter, 
and  declared  by  way  of  extenuation 
that  he  just  had  to  make  a  show  of  put­
ting  old  Zeke  out  or  lose  his  job.  Well, 
what  does  all  this  prove?  Nothing  at 
all,  save  that  two  men,  who  are  acci­
dentally  lawyers,  have  treated  a  gener­
ous  and  kindly  old  man  with  gross 
in­
justice.  Lawyers  are  not  all  bad  and 
all  deadbeats  are  not  lawyers,  but  some 
lawyers  are  rogues  and  all  lawyers  are 
officers  of  the  court—servants  of  the 
goddess,  who,  being  blind,  never  sees 
anything  of  their  rascality.

To  us  who  are  young  and  tuf  an 

mixing in the world,  Old  Zeke’s  troubles 
all  seem  slight  and  trivial.

If  I  should  print  the  name  and  ped 
gree  of  that  family  on Delaware avenue 
Buffalo,  N.  Y .,  who  were  fed  by  th 
farmer  for  two  years,  and  who  then 
turned  upon  him  &  abused  him  cruelly 
it  would  not  secure  his  money.  And 
should  I  go  with  St.  Gerome-Roycroft 
and  play  ruf-house  with  their kitchen 
do  up  the  servants,  black  the  eyes  of 
the  Honest  Lawyer  &  scare  the  Lady 
of  the  House  into  hysterics,  it  would  do 
no  good,  and  the  Saint  and  I  might  get 
six  months  apiece  for 
interesting  ou 
selves  in  matters  that  are  none  of  ours
Well,  it doesn’t make much difference 
Let  the  great  lawyer  who  owes  Zeke  for 
into 
two  loads  of  hay,  laff  the  old  man 
babbling  embarrassment;  & 
let 
the 
proud  Lady  of  the  House  who  has  taken 
on  undue  adipose  at  his expense screech 
at  him  that  “ he  is  a  nasty  old  thing 
Who  cares?

is 

The  old man has passed his three  score 
and  ten— he 
living  only  by  God' 
grace.  His  children  are  all  grown  up 
and  gone— his  work  is  done.  Let  hi 
go  home  to  his  weed-covered  farm  and 
tell  his  old  wife  his  troubles  and  to 
gether  let  them  cry  salt  tears  down thei 
wrinkled  cheeks— it  won’t  help  thei 
failing  eyesight  any,  I  tell  you  that 
Who  cares?  The  neighbors  will  come  in 
before  long,  and  then  go  down  town  & 
send  telegrams  to  Chicago,  Cleveland  & 
Des  Moines,  and  in  three  days  they will 
form  a  procession  and  head 
for  the 
cemetery.

I’m  not  sure  just  what  the  Unpardon 
ble  Sin  is,  but  I  believe  it  is  this  dis 
position  to  evade  the  payment  of  small 
bills.

The  folks who abused Old Zeke Crosby 
rre  not  “ bad"  people.  On  the  contrary 
they  move  in  the  best  circles of Society, 
lelong  to  the  church,  and  are  eminently 
respectable. 
imagination 
for 
if  they  could  understand  the  mis 
ery.the  worry  and  the  pain  they  caused, 
t  is  not  at  all  probable  they  would 
in­
flict 
it.  They  fire  the  farmer  out— and 
forget  him.  To  them,  that  is  all  there 
s  of  it.

They 

lack 

Now,  if  they  are  unjust  to  a  helpless 
Id  farmer,  they  are  also  unjust  to  oth­
ers.  Doubtless  dressmakers,  grocers, 
butchers  and  other  plain  people  suffer 
at  their  hands  in  the  same  way.  Their 
ves  are  so  full  looking  after  the  mere 
machinery  of  life— so  filled  with  selfish­
ness  that  they  ride  right  over  other 
folks,  and  no  matter  how  many  are 
crushed  beneath 
the  wheels  of  their 
chariots,  they  know  nothing  of  it.  Yet 
they  go “ slumming, ”   being  to  mission­
ary  societies  and  contribute  to  college 
settlements.

in 

just 

this  dead, 

Does  not  “ Society" 

sense  breed 
thoughtless  indifference? 
so,  for  even 
deadbeats  are  those  who  are 

its  society 
cruel, 
It  does  seem 
in  our  little  town  the  only 
in  the 
set.”   Ask  the  grocer,  the  liveryman, 
or  the  butcher  who  are  the  folks  that 
contract  bills  and  never  pay,  or  pay 
when  they  blank  please,  and  he  will  tell 
you  they  are  the  aristocrats.  The  car­
penters,  stonemasons,  blacksmiths  and 
farmers 
in  the  eye,  speak 
frankly  face  to  face,and  if  they promise 
pay  you  Saturday  night  and  can  not, 
they  come  around  and  tell  you  why.  I 
have  been  despoiled  of  hard-earned 
dollars  and  had  my  reputation  rippt  up 
the  back  when  I  ventured  to  ask  for  my 
own,  but  never  excepting  by  those  who 
have  a  Thursday.

look  you 

If  you  wish  to  lessen  the  worries  of

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the  world  and  scatter sunshine  as  you 
go,don’t  bother  to  go a-slumming,or lift 
the  fallen,  or  trouble  to  reclaim  the  err­
ing— simply  pay  your  debts  cheerfully 
and  promptly. 
It  lubricates  the  wheels 
of trade,  breaks  up  party  ice,  gives tone 
to  the  social  system  and  liberates  good 
will.

Pay  as  you  go.
Especially  pay  the  people  who  work 
by  the  day  and  toil  with  their  hands.  A 
dollar  means  much  to  the  man  who 
spades  your garden— never humiliate the 
man  by  making  him  ask  for  his  dollar. 
Give  it  to  him  immediately  the  work  is 
done,  and 
if  he  did  well,  tell  him  so. 
When  the  woman  who  crouches  over  a 
sewing  machine  for  you,  all  dav  long, 
brings  the  garment  home,  pay’her  all 
you  owe,  and  do  not  add  to  her  troubles 
by  exercising  the  prerogative  of  the  one 
who  is  paying  over  money  to  flaunt  out 
either  insulting  remarks  or  insinuating 
manners.

sins, 

The  gentleman  shows  his  true  nature 
in  his  treatment  of  social  inferiors ;  and 
of  blank 
the  withholding  of 
money  due  a  workingman  is  the  worst. 
Let  us  pay  as  we  go.  And  the  cheer­
fulness  and  good  will  we  give  out  with 
our  money  will  in  turn  be  given  out  by 
those  we  pay 
it  to.  Pay  as  you  go.— 
Elbert  Hubbard  in  the  Philistine.

GOLD  MEDAL,  PARIS,  1900
Walter Baker & Co. m
COCOAS AND CHOCOLATES

PU RE,  HIGH -GRADE

Their  preparations  are  put  up 
in  conformity  to  the  Pure-Food 
Laws  of all  the  States.

Under the  decisions  of  the  U. 
S.  Courts  no  other  chocolate  or 
cocoa  is  entitled  to  be  labelled 
or  sold  as  “  Baker’s Chocolate ” 
or  “  Baker’s Cocoa.”

Grocers  will  find  them  In 
the long run the  most profit­
able  to  handle,  as  they  are 
absolutely pure  and  of  uni­
form  quality.

t r a d c - m a r k .

In writing  your  order  specify Walter 
Baker & Co.’s goods. 
If other goods 
are  substituted  please  let  us  know.

WALTER BAKER & GO. Limited,

DORCHESTER, MASS.

Established 1780.

C an   B e  R e ta ile d  

fo r  25c

Those beautiful pieces of decorated  Opal Ware.

A ssortm ent  No.  200.

¡4 doz. large Comb and Brush Trays................. $2  00
$2  00
54 doz. large Manicure Trays...................
,  2  00
H doz  large Rose Bowls..........................
2  00
M doz. large Handkerchief Boxes..........
2  00
H doz.  Manicure Sets (3 pieces).............
2  00
H doz. AVriting Sets (3 pieces)............................  2  65
2  00
H doz. Smoking Sets (4 pieces)..........................   2 00
2  00
M doz. Collar Boxes..............................................  2 00
2  00
H doz. Cuff Boxes.................................................   2 00
2 00
H doz. Cigar Boxes............................................
2  00
H doz. 24 Cologne Bottles (like c u t)...............
2  00
54 doz. 25 Cologne Bottles.................................
2 00
3 doz. In all.  Total cost of assortment.

$  50
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$6  00

O rd e r  Now.

DeYoung &  Schaafsma,

Importers and Manufacturers’ Agents,

112 Monroe  Street, 

Grand  Rapids, Mich*

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A F T E R   T H E   H A R V E S T .

C o m m en d ab le  F o resig h t  In cid en t  to  th e 

Season.

There  are  signs  of  coming  cold  all 
over  the  city  and  a  corresponding  activ­
ity 
in  getting  ready  for  it.  The  voice 
of  the  turtle  dove  is  not  heard  in  the 
land,  but  the  whack  of  the  hammer  is. 
Loose  shingles,  rickety  doorsteps,  gates 
that  the  mischievous  sprites  of  Hallow­
een  have  spirited  away,  windows  that 
rattle,  blinds  that  swing  too  easily  and 
others  that  refuse  to  swing  at  all  are 
getting  “ fixed”  
for  the  frost  king  and 
preparing  to  dare  him  to  do  his  worst. 
“ You  see,”   said  the  man 
in  his  shirt 
sleeves,  with  the  New  England  speech 
that  betrayed  him,  “ this  sidewalk  to 
the  back  door  has  been  pestering  me 
nigh  onto  a  year.  The  nails  stuck  up 
and  ketched  shovel  and  shoe  and  then 
it  took  to  rottin’— see  there !—and  after 
I’d  come  dumb  nigh  measurin’  my 
length  on 
it  once  or  twice,  I  got  some 
plank  and  went  at  it.  Strange  how  any­
body  puts  off  and  puts  off  when  they 
it,  ain’t 
know  they’ve  got  to  do 
it? 
The 
last  snow  we  had 
in  the  spring 
pretty  nigh  took  away  all  my  chances. 
My  wife  said  she  never  dreamed  I could 
swear  so. 
I  didn’t.  Nobody  knows 
what  he  can  do  until  he  has  to!  This 
winter  I’ve  got  to  ease  up  somewhere 
or  my  goose  is  cooked  and  I  concluded 
I ’d  take  time  by  the  forelock  and  begin 
with the sidewalk.  Foresight  is  enough 
sight  better  than  hin’sight  and  I  started 
in  early !” — a  statement  that  precludes 
the  need  of  emphasizing  the  fact  that 
even  a 
little  foresight  in  so  common  a 
thing  as  a  sidewalk  is commendable.

inside. 

A  similar  statement  is  sure  to come  to 
the  surface  in  a  talk  with business  men, 
irrespective  of  the  class  they  represent. 
The  grocer  on  the  corner,  the  drv  goods 
merchant, 
the  furniture  manufacturer 
and  the  rest  of  the  brethren  are  equally- 
affected  by  the  soon  coming  change. 
The  establishment  is  looked  after  with 
all  the  interest  the  plank  walk  received 
— possibly  for  the  same  reason— and 
when  everything  there 
is  made  snug, 
the 
idea  is  extended  until  it  includes  a 
general  overhauling  of  methods  and 
management 
“ I  don’t  know 
why  it  is,”   said  a  grocer the  other  day, 
“ I  don't  have  any  feeling  of  that  sort 
in  the  spring,  but  about  this  time  every 
fall  after  the  big  storm  is  over  and  the 
mornings  begin  to  be  a  bit  snappy,  I 
have  to  have  a  general  overhauling, 
back  store  and  front, and  then  the  books 
have  to  have  a  going  over  and  about 
the  time  winter  sets 
in,  things  settle 
into  regular  running  order,  and 
down 
that 
lasts  until  the 
1 
suppose  it's  because  a  year’s about  long 
enough  to  test  ways  of  doing  things  and 
when  business  starts  in,as  it’s  apt  to  do 
in  the  fall,  then’s  the  best  time  to  do  a 
little  forecasting  while  husines;  is  brisk 
and  brushing  up.”

following  fall. 

Do 

you 

time. 

“ That 
September 

find  your  congregation 
readier  to  take  up  and  carry  on  church 
work  in  the  fall  than 
in  the  spring?”  
was  asked  recently  of  the  pastor of  a 
is  the  only 
large  city  church. 
beginning 
rarely 
amounts  to  more  than  a  general  outlin­
ing  of  plans  and  a  picking  up  of  the 
church  premises.  October 
is  a  home­
coming  time  for  everybody;  November 
finds  the  people  settling  down  to  busi­
ness  and,  after  the  first 
frost,  the  real 
work  of  the  year begins.  Spring  is  the 
winding  up.  Vacation  time  is  too  near 
for  anything  else  to  be  thought  of  and 
the  spiritual  harvest,  if  I  may  say  so,  is 
over  by  the  springtime-coming  of  the 
leaves.  There  seems  to  be  a  something

M IC H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

in  the  atmosphere  of  autumn that  makes 
men  thoughtful.  The  leaves  are  dead, 
the  fruits  are  gathered  and  the  air  is 
full  of  the  spirit  that  is  calling  the  boys 
and  girls  to  take  their  places  around the 
old  home • table  for  the  Thanksgiving 
dinner. 
I  think  there  is  much  in  that. 
Whether  they  go  or  stay,  the  mother  is 
calling  them  and  I  sometimes  think  the 
call  is  all  the  more  plainly  heard  when 
it  comes across  the  river from  the  spirit- 
land. 
I  wonder  how  largely  the  result 
of  our  greatest  revivals  is  due,  not  to 
the  pulpit,  not  to  church 
influence,  but 
to  those  mother  voices  calling  so  gently 
that  even  the  silence  can  not  hear.  We 
may  know  some  d a y ;  but  1  believe  the 
church  is  wise  in  foreseeing these  silent 
influences  and  providing  for  them  and 
that  the  man  who  shows  his  wisdom 
in 
yielding  to  them  is  to  be  commended.”  
is  a  far  reaching  circle  that  shuts 
in  sidewalks  and  revivals,  but  the  same 
thought  radiates 
from  every  point  in­
side  the  circumference.  A   law  unrecog­
less  a  law,  applies  to  all 
nized,  but  no 
and  controls  them. 
If  the  carpenter 
foresees  an  evil  and  hides  him self;  if 
business  turns  its  foresight  to  practical 
account,  and  if  the  church,  catching  an 
inspiration 
from  the  coming  winter, 
hopes  for  harvests,  impossible  without 
it, it  may  be  well  for  others  to  consider, 
and  consider  carefully, whether  it  would 
not  be  well  for  them  to  indulge  as  ex­
tensively  as  possible  in  this  same 
fore­
sight  and  receive  the  rewards  which 
such  indulgence  is  sure  to  bring.

It 

T h e  G rain   M arket.

slowly 

Wheat  has  shown  some  improvement 
in  price  during  the  week,  owing  to  the 
smaller  receipts  at  initial  points.  The 
rush  to  sell  seems  to  be  over.  What 
wheat  remains  in  first  hands  will  come 
in 
unless  better  prices  are 
offered.  Exports  have  been  fair.  The 
visible  made  a  small  increase  of  259,- 
000  bushels.  This  is  less  than  the  bears 
counted  on  and  leaves  the  visible  about
60.000.  000  bushels,  against  51,000,000 
bushels 
last  week.  Bradstreet  makes 
the  visible  at  all  points,  private  eleva­
tors  and  many  more  points  included,  at 
about  81,000,000  bushels,  which  seems 
large,  providing  the 
invisible  was  as 
much  as  usual,  which  is  not  the  case. 
Take  our  own  State,  which  harvested 
only  10,000,000  bushels.  We  have  a 
population  of  2,417,000  and, 
figuring 
4H  bushels  per  capita,  it  shows  that  we 
have  actually  not  raised  enough 
for 
bread  and  seeding.  With  only  81,000,- 
000  bushels  in  sight  in  all  positions  and
76.000.  000  people,  also 
bushels  per  capita,  how  long  will  this 
last,  with  eight  months  until  another 
harvest?  To  be  sure,  there  is  some  flour 
held  by  millers  and  others,  but  not  as 
much  as 
last  year.  The  mills  in  the 
Northwest  claim  they  have  no  wheat  to 
spare— only  have  what 
they  need— 
and,  with  an  exportation  of  nearly
4.000.  000  bushels  weekly,  it 
be  seen  that  wheat  will  be  scarce  after 
the  holidays.  Everyone  can  draw  his 
own  conclusions.

figuring  4^ 

is  easy  to 

Corn  has  not  changed.  While  corn  in 
the  corn  sections  seems  to  be  hardly  up 
to  expectations,  our  own  State  seems  to 
have  an  excellent  crop  of  that  cereal, 
so  there  will  not  have to  be  as  much im ­
ported  in  this  State  as  last  year.  Prices 
will  remain  at  present  quotations  for 
some  time.

Oats  are  also  the  same.  As  stated 
previously,  the  price  of  oats  will  go 
lower.

There  has  not  been  as  much  enquiry 
for  rye  as  before,  owing  to  the  advance

in  freight  rates.  Prices  will  have  to  he 
shaded  in  order  to  move 
it,  especially 
as  there 
is  more  being  offered  than 
there  are  buyers.

The  flour  trade  has  been  good  and the 
mills  have  made 
large  shipments,  as 
quite  an  amount  was  ordered  out  before 
Nov.  1,  to  get  the  old 
freight  rates. 
M ill  feed  also  was  shipped  out 
large­
ly,  for the  reason  above  stated.  Local 
demand  keeps  up  exceedingly  well.

Receipts  of  grain 

for  the  month  of 
October were :  270  cars of wheat;  31  cars 
of  corn ;  52  cars  of  oats ;  6  cars  of  rye ; 
4 cars  of  flour;  4  cars  of  beans;  1  car  of 
malt.

For  the  week:  46  cars  of  wheat;  6 
cars  of  corn;  11  cars  of  oats;  1  car  of 
flour;  2  cars  of  potatoes.

The  mills  are  paying 73c  for  wheat.
C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

T h e  L a rcen y  o f A n o th er’s  T im e.

A   young  man  from  out  of  town  re­
cently  called  on  the  stenographer of  a 
Grand  Rapids 
establishment  during 
business  hours  and  visited  with  her for 
an  hour.  It  was  the  hour  her  employer 
usually  devoted  to  dictating  his  letters, 
and 
the  young  man  would  probably 
have  remained  longer  but  for an  urgent 
summons  for  the  stenographer  from  the 
private  office.  As  he  arose  to  go,  the 
young  man  remarked:

“ I  suppose  I  can  call  around  at  6 

o’clock  and  see  you  home?”

“ No,  thank  you,”   was  the  reply,  “ I 

shall  not  go  until  7  o’clock  to-night.”  

“ You  must  have  a  hard-hearted  em­
ployer,”   said  the  young  man  in a sneer­
ing  tone  of  voice,  “ to  hold  you  here 
until  that  time  of  d ay.”

The  young  woman  was  touched  by the 
reflection  on  her  employer  and  replied : 
“ On  the  contrary, I  have  a very gener­
ous  employer.  We  ordinarily  finish  our 
work  at  6 o'clock,  but  the  hour you have 
detained  me  this  afternoon  will  compel 
me  to  work  an  hour  later  than  usual,  in 
order  to  get  out  the  work  planned  for 
the  day.  Furthermore,  my  employer 
will  be  compelled  to  remain  here  an 
hour  longer than  usual  to  read  and  sign 
the  letters  which  should  be  on  his  desk 
by  6  o’clock.  You  have  thoughtlessly 
deprived  me  of  an  hour’s  time  which 
does  not  belong  to  me,  and  you  have 
also 
lengthened  the  day  an  hour  for  ?. 
very  busy  man,  who  will  be  compelled 
to  keep  his  family  waiting  their  dinner 
a  full  hour— possibly  to  the  great  incon­
venience  of  those  members  of  his  fam­
ily  who  may  have  engagements  for  this 
evening. 
In  addition  to  all  this,  you 
add  insult  to  injury  by  referring  to  him 
in  a  slurring  manner as  a  hard-hearted 
employer.  You  had  no  business  to  come 
to  his  office  and  take  my  time— for 
which  he 
is  paying  me  my  price— any 
more  than  you  would  have  a  right  to  go 
to  his  cash  drawer  and  take  out  the 
equivalent 
is  just  as 
dishonest  as  the  other,  and  I  presume 
he  would  rather  you  had  stolen  $5  from 
the  cash  drawer  than  disarrange  his 
business  and 
family  arrangements  for 
the  day  and  evening.”

in  money.  One 

The  young  man  walked  away  with 
downcast  face,  indicating  that  the  re­
buke  had  been  recognized.  He  bore 
evidence  of  good  bringing  up  and  his 
family  relations  were  probably  above 
the  average,  but  he  had  never  been 
taught  by  his  parents  that  a  man  has  no 
right  to  take  the  time  of  an  employe 
without  rendering  the  employer  ade­
quate  compensation  therefor.

A   girl  don’t  like  to  give herself away, 

but  she’s  willing  her  father  should.

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Box 616, Howell, Mich. 
581
l/O R   SALE—HARNESS  SHOP  WITH  COM- 
T   plete stock in town of 4,500 inhabitants  with 
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selling  Address  Lock  Box  792,  Three  Rivers, 
Mich. 
IfO R   SALE-75  STOCKS  MERCHANDISE 
r   and  30  farms;  attractive  prices.  Clark’s 
Business Exchange, Grand Rapids,  Mich.  578
SHOE STOCK  FOR SALE  OR  EXCHANGE— 
Central  Michigan  Town.  Address  No.  582, 
582
care  Michigan  Tradesman. 
F'OR  SALE  AT  A  BARGAIN—ELEVATOR 
located  twenty-four  miles 
south of  Grand  Rapids  in  country  town;  good 
paying  busiuess.  For  particulars  address  Box 
75, Bradley, Mich. 
\ \ ’ ANTED—TO  SELL  HALF  INTEREST IN 
"   a good drug business to a  graduated phar­
macist with good  references.  Geo.  M.  Jordan, 
Reese, Mich. 
LIOR  SALE— FRESH,  CLEAN  STOCK  OF 
A  dry goods in ou  of  the  best  cities  in  Min­
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$10,000 to $12,000;  will not trade  tor  real  estate; 
best  cliauce  in  America.  For  particulars  ad­
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|7»OR  SALE—A  CLEAN  STOCK  OF~HARD- 
"   ware  altout  $6,500;  cash;  no trade.  Write
Lock Box 105, Hudson, Mich. 
551
(TUT  RATE  DRUG  STORE  IN  PATENT 
J   medicines, druggists’  sundries,  etc.,  will  at­
tract  a  big  trade  in  a 
town  of  6,000  popu­
lation, within fifty  miles  of  Detroit.  I know  of 
the  right  store,  with  rent  nominal,  for  right 
party to give it a trial. 
If capital is limited, can 
have help.  This is bona fide In every way.  Ad­
dress at  once,  William  Connor,  Box  346,  Mar­
shall, Mich. 
560
Ba n k e r  “ w a n t e d —a r e l i a b l e “ m a n
with capital, wishing to invest  iu  the  bank­
ing business, will find it to  his  interest  to  write 
L.  H. Moss.  Secretary  Middleton  Improvement 
5.1
Association, Middleton. Mich. 
F'OR  SALE—COMPLETE  22  FOOT,  TWO 
cylinder, 4  h.  p.  gasoline  launch;  in  water 
only two months;  regular  price  $K50.  Will  sell 
cheap  for  cash.  R.  E.  Hardy,  1383  Jefferson 
Ave.. Detroit, Mich. 
FfOR  SALE—ONE  SET  DAYTON  COMPUT- 
ing scales and one  medium-sized  safe.  Ad­
dress C.  L. Dolph, Temple, Mich. 
HOTEL  FOR  RENT  OR  SALE—STEAM 
heat, electric lights,  hardwood  floors,  etc.; 
located in Bessemer, Mich., county seat  Gogebic 
county.  Address  J.  M.  Whiteside,  Bessemer, 
623
Mich. 
F'OR  SALE — GENERAL  MERCHANDISE 
stock, invoicing about  $8,000,  store  building 
and fixtures.  Stock is  in  At  shape.  Trade  es­
tablished  over  twenty  years.  Would  accept 
house and lot or farm  In  part  payment.  Splen­
did chance for the right person.  Reason for sell­
ing,  wish  to  retire  from  business  and  take  a 
needed  rest.  Address  No  620,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
U'OR ~  RENT—A  GOOD  BRICK  STORE 
Jr  building centrally located in a  good business 
town.  Address Mrs. E. F. Colwell, Lake Odessa, 
Mich._____________________ _ __________516
Fl'OR  SALE—DRUG  STOCK  INVOICING 
fifteen hundred ($1,500) dollars,  in  Southern 
Michigan.  Will retain half interest or sell entire 
stock.  Good place to make money.  Reason  for 
selling, have  other  business.  Address  No.  515, 
care Michigan Tradesman.* 
IAOR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE  FOR  GEN- 
I   eral  Stock  of  Merchandise—Two  80  acre 
farms;  also double store building.  Good trading 
point  Address No. 388,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
Fr«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.  WiU  seU 
stock  complete  or  separate  any  branch  of  It. 
Address No. 292, care Michigan Tradesman.  292 
ARTIES  HAVING  STOCKS  OF  GOODS 
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ipOR  SALE  CHEAP —$2000  GENERAL 
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Michigan Tradesman. 
WANTED—FULL  REGISTERED  PHAR- 
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