Eighteenth  Year

GRAND RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  APRIL  24,  1901.

Number 918

Make the  Trust  “Whack  Up”

The Trust has had a  “ s p a s m ”   of  generosity  and 
allowed  the  Jobbers handling  its  product  to  rebate 
5  per cent,  on  February and  March  deliveries,  blit 
did  you  get  a  rebate  of  18  per  cent,  on  your  Jan= 
If  not,  why  not?  Ask  them. 
uary  purchase? 
They have  probably  forgotten  it.  W e  rebated  to
our customers  18  an d   5  per  cent,  on J a n u a ry ,
5 per cent,  on  February and 5  per cent,  on  March. 
M ORAL:  Buy  your  rubbers  where  they  treat 
you

right.

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The Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Co.

207  an d   209  M onroe 5 t.,  C h icago ,  ill.

CIGARS

that smoke,  that bring comfort, that  bring 
trade,  that give  satisfaction,  that  surpass 
all  others, that make you  money.

Y O U   N E E D   TH E M

W E   H A V E   TH EM

Royal Tiger 10  Tigerettes 5

Made in  12 Styles and Sizes.

Made  in 8 Styles and Sizes.

P H E L P S ,  B R n e E   &  C 0 .,  D etroit,  M ich igan

The  Largest Cigar Dealers in the  Middle West. 

Carolina  Brights Cigarettes “Not Made by a Trust.

F.  E.  BUSHMAN,  Manager Cigar Department.

Grand  Rapids  Bark  and  Lumber  Co.

/ksk us for quotations

Dealers  in

HEM LOCK BARK. LUM BER, 

SH IN G LES,  RAILROAD  T IE S , 

P O S T S ,  WOOD

— 50,000  cords  of  Hemlock  Bark.  Will  pay  highest  market 

price.  Bark measured and  paid for at loading  point. 

W A N TED — 75,000 Ties on  Pere  Marquette Railroad.  Write  for prices.
419-421  MICH.  T R U S T   BUILDIN G.  GRAND  R A PID S

W.  A.  Phelps,  Pres. 

1).  C.  Oakes,  Vice-Pres.  C.  A.  Phelps, Sec’y and Treas.

MICA

AXLE

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

ILLUMINATING  AND 
LUBRICATING  OILS

P E R F E C T IO N   OIL  IS  TH E  STA N D A R D  

TH E  W ORLD  O V E R

H IS H E 8 T   P R IC E   PA ID   F O R   E M P T Y   C A R B O N   AN D   Q A B O LIN B   B A R R E L S

ST A N D A R D   OIL  C O . 

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On Street Car Feed,  No.  1  Feed,  Meal,  Com,  Oats,  Gluten  Feed, 
Cotton  Seed  Meal;  any quantity, large or small.  Prompt shipment.

Walsh-DeRoo  Milling  Co.,  Holland,  Mich.

BETTER  THAN  EVER

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Baking 
Powder’

Does It Really Contain  Eggs?

Every day  you  hair  this  question  and  know  it  is 
a  natural  one.  Tell  your  customers  to  make  this 
little  test  after dinner  to-night. 
It  will  please  the 
children: 
“ Put  one  teaspoonful  of  Egg  Baking 
Powder  in  a  glass  and  aid  five  teaspoonfuls  of 
water.  Do the same in another glass with your old- 
style  baking  powder.  Marvel  at  the  difference.”

They  will  never ask  the  question  again, 
but  will  tell  their  friends, 
It  is  like  the 
beaten  whites  of  eggs.”  We  state,  it does 
contain  eggs.

Home Office, 80 West  street,  New  York.

Western Office,
Branch Offices:

523 Williamson Bl’dg, Cleveland.
Indianapolis 
Cincinnati 
Grand Rapids 

Detroit 
Fort Wayne 
Columbus

Capital  apd  Bfaips

These  attributes  are essential  to  a  grocer  in  transacting  business, 
but  to  G E T   A L L  YO U R  PR O FIT  and  economize  your  time  it  is 
necessary to  secure  a

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They  are  better  than  an  extra  clerk  and  will  make  you  more 
money  than  most  salesmen.  They  absolutely  prevent  the  most 
minute loss  and  are  superior  to  all  other  scales  on  the  market. 
Ask for further  information. 

It’s  to your  advantage.

THE  W.  F.  STIMPSON  CO.
D ETRO IT.  MICH.

Volume XVIII.

GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24,1901.

Number 918

T h e   M e r c a n t i l e   A g e n c y

Established 1841.

R.  a .  DUN  &   CO.

Widdicomb  Bld’g,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

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

C.  E.  McCRONE,  flanager.

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Wholesale Ready Made Clothing 

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Nearly  all  kinds,  for  all  seasons,  for 
Men, Boys and Children.  Meet
W ILLIAM   CONNOR

who  will  be  at  Sweet’s  Hotel,  Grand 
Rapids,  April  24  to 30,  and  you will  see 
a  large  line  of  samples  to  select  from. 
Customers’ expenses allowed.  Or If you 
prefer,  write  him,  care  Sweet’s  Hotel, 
and he will call on you.  He pays prompt 

^   attention to mall orders. 
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..Commercial Broker..

And  Dealer  in

Cigars and Tobaccos,

157 E. Fulton St. 

dRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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  Com m ander in  Chiefs

13  ONLY

13  Genuine  Bargains

If you use a  Cost  Book  you  will  never 
get another such bargain as yre are offer­
ing—13  books  only  are  left.  When 
they are gone you will pay four times our 
present price if you  get  one.  Write  for 
sample leaf and  particulars.

BARLOW  BROS.

Grand  Rapids,  M ichigan

ASSOCIATE  OFFICES  IN  ALL  PRINCIPAL 

CIT1BS

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

Tradesman Goapons

IMPORTANT  FEATURES.

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Page. 
2.  G etting the  People.
3.  Story  of Three  Rats.
4.  A round  the  State.
5.  Grand  Rapids  Gossip.
6.  H ardw are.
7.  Floating  Exposition.
8.  Editorial.
9.  E ditorial.
10.  D ry Goods.
11.  Clothing.
12.  Shoes and  Rubbers.
14.  Not So  Much  of a  Mystery  A fter Ail.
15.  The  Canary  B ird  Opening.
16.  P oultry.
17.  The  Meat  M arket.
18.  B utter and  Eggs.
19.  The  New  F o rk   M arket.
SO.  W oman’s W orld.
22.  W indow  Dressing.
93.  Country  Store  Advertising.
94.  Village  Im provem ent.
95.  Comm ercial Travelers.
96.  D rugs and  Chemicals.
97.  D rug  Price  Current.
98.  Grocery  Price  Current.
99.  Grocery  Price  Current.
30.  Grocery  Price  Current.
31.  Clerk’s Corner.
H ardw are  Quotations.
39.  Straw  Shippers.

TREATMENT  OF THE  CHINESE.
From  all  the  evidence  at  band 

it 
seems  that  China  goes  from  one  crisis 
to  another,  each  a  little  more  exagger­
ated  than  the  last.  Every  cloud  of  peril 
and  humiliation  that  appears  in  its  sky 
rolls  up  blacker  and  more  threatening 
in 
it  promised  on  its 
horizon.  The  record  of  its  revolution, 
from 
its  incipiency  to  the  present,  is  a 
succession  of  repulsive  nightmares.

its  zenith  than 

The  Celestial  kingdom  has learned  by 
experience  that  the  way  of  the  trans­
gressor  is  very  hard,  and  it  has  further 
learned  that  the  most  of  the  so-called 
Christian  powers  are  determined 
to 
make 
it  as  hard  and  difficult  as  pos­
sible.  The  difference  between  a  Chris­
tian  and  a  Pagan  nation,  if  one  may 
take  the  present  situation  in  China  as 
an  example  of  it,  is  that  the  Christian, 
being more  intelligent,  can  devise  dras­
tic  punishments  undreamed  of  in  the 
simple  philpsophy  of  the  unsuspecting 
Pagan.

That  the  Chinese  were  fanatical  and 
criminal  in  their recent uprising against 
the  legations  and  the  missiona’ries  was 
plain. 
In  this  movement  China  broke 
its  treaty  relations  with  the  other na­
tions  of  the  world. 
Its  policy  of  disre­
garding  these  treaties  and  the  commis­
sion  of  wholesale  murder,  which  was  a 
natural  sequence  of  such  a  drastic  and 
fanatical  policy, was  clearly  wrong.  The 
powers  were  right  in  going  to  the  res­
cue  of  their  people  and  also in inflicting 
such  chastisement  as  would  serve  as  a 
warning  in  the  future.

These  powers,  however,  can  never 
justify  their  record  of  vindictive  ven­
geance,  of  looting  and  plundering—and 
other  wholesale  crimes  which  are  so 
horrible  that  their  repetition 
shocks 
even  the  coarsest  intellect—which  char­
acterized  the  foreign  troops 
that 
country  since  the 
legations  were  re- 
lieve'd.  These  Christian  powers,  so- 
called  at  least,  have surely  demonstrated 
to  the  easy  going  Chinese  that  Chris­
tianity,  as  practiced  by  them,  is  not  a 
whit  better than  the  so-called  barbarism 
of  the  Far  East,  and  Western  civiliza­

in 

tion  has  no  doubt  impressed  the  Pagan 
that  it  is  a  delusion  and  a  snare.  War, 
to  be  sure,  has  generally  been  consid­
ered  by  the  philosophers  of  the  world 
as  a  sort  of  necessary  evil,  but  the 
punitive  raids  of  the  troops  of  some  of 
the  powers,  particularly  of  Germany 
and  Russia,  can  not  be  justified,  blotted 
out  nor  forgotten. 
countries, 
with  their boasted  enlightenment,  seem 
to  have  adopted  the  motto  of  Shylock : 
“ The  villainy  you  teach  me  I  will  exe­
cute;  and 
it  shall  go  hard,  but  I  will 
better the  instruction.”

These 

The  crux  of  the  whole  matter now 
seems  to  be  a  question  of  indemnity, 
and 
in  this  connection  the  American 
people  will  no  doubt  indorse  the  stand 
of  Mr.  Rockhill,  as  a  representative  of 
the  United  States,  in  demanding  mod­
eration  and  honorable  methods.  The 
concerted  powers  know  that  China  can 
not  afford  to  pay  $500,000,000.  Such 
a  demand, 
it  is  pointed  out,  would 
make  a  degree  of  taxation  necessary 
that  would  force  hundreds  of  thousands 
of  Chinese  to  the  verge  of  starvation. 
There  are  millions  of  Chinese  who  can 
scarcely  “ make  both  ends  meet’ ’  in  the 
most  prosperous  times.  To increase  this 
precarious  condition  a  thousand  per 
cent,  will  only  foster  revolution  and 
anarchy.

reasonable  demands  are  made 
China,  already  severely  punished  and 
humiliated,  will  pull  herself  together 
and  preserve  her  threatened  integrity. 
On  the  contrary,  if  extortion  and  anti- 
humane  methods  prevail,  the  case  is 
wellnigh  hopeless. 
The  powers  will 
quarrel  among  themselves  and  the  gov­
ernment  of  China  as  a  kingdom  will 
forever  disappear  from  the  map  of  the 
world. 

_____________

If 

During  the  month  of  March  2,000 
young  Greeks  left  their  country  for  the 
United  States.  For  some  time  the  num­
ber  of  emigrants  from  Greece  has  been 
increasing.  The  newspapers  deplore  the 
depopulation  of  the  country,  attributing 
it  to  the  agricultural  depression,  and 
exhorting  the  government  to  take  meas­
ures  for improving  the  situation.  Some 
30,000  Greeks  have  already  settled  in 
the  United  States.

It  has  been  demonstrated  that  Argen­
tine  flax  can  be  successfully  cultivated 
in  North  Dakota,  and  6,000 bushels  will 
be  sown  this  year  on  12,000  acres  of 
larger  and 
land.  Argentine  flax 
plumper  than  the  native  variety  and 
is 
said  to  contain  several  per  cent,  more 
of  oil.  The  seed  used 
in  Argentine 
originally  came  from  Russia.

is 

A  bill  which  has  just  become  a  law 
of  New  York  makes  the  funeral  ex­
penses  of  a  deceased  person  payable 
from  his  estate  before  any  other  debts. 
Besides  being  a  boon  to  undertakers, 
this  measure  may  have  some  effect 
in 
encouraging  reasonable  simplicity  of 
funeral  display.__________

A  woman  sometimes  sues  a  man  for 
breach  of  promise  merely  to  let  the 
world  know  that  she  is  still  in  the  mar­
ket.

GENERAL  TRADE  REVIEW .

What  with  new  high  records  in  many 
lines  of  stocks  and  unprecedented  vol­
ume  of  business  transacted,  it  is  diffi­
cult  to  describe  the  situation  without 
indulging  pretty  freely  in  the  superla­
tive.  With  almost  constantly  advancing 
stocks  in  leading  lines,  the  steadily  in­
creasing  volume  of  business  makes  a 
new  record  from  day  to  day  until  this 
week  starts  in  with  2,382,500  shares  for 
the  first  day,  and  that  with  a  steady  ad­
vance  in  values.  Railways  make  a  new 
record  of  $ 99.39  per  share,  while  in­
dustrials increase  $1  per  share  and  trac­
tions  $3.
There 

is  considerable  complaint  of 
the  unfavorable  weather  conditions  in 
many  sections  and 
tremendous 
damage  from  floods  can  hardly  fail  to 
exert  a  perceptible  restraining 
influ­
ence,  especially  in  the  interruptions  in 
the 
is  of  interest  to 
note  that  in  spite  of  unfavorable  weath­
er  conditions  the  bank  clearings  for  the 
country  were  double  those  of  the  cor­
responding  week  of  last  year.

iron  centers. 

the 

It 

Both  cotton  and  woolen  goods  are 
fairly  steady,  the  comparatively  quiet 
demand  being  offset  by  the  many  idle 
mills.  Conditions  are  still  far  from  sat­
isfactory 
in  dress  goods,  recent  reduc­
tions  in  prices  having  failed  to  stimu­
late  buying.  A  supporting  influence 
in  heavy  brown  cottons  is  the  moderate 
export  movement.  Supplementary  or­
ders  for  woolen  goods  are  coming  for­
ward  very  slowly,  but  the  light  initial 
purchases  are  sure  to  be  followed  by  a 
fair  reorder  business.  At  Boston  the 
wool  market 
is  dull,  contracts  being 
limited  to  smaller  mills.  Large  pro­
ducers  are  not  seeking  raw  material and 
it  is  probable  that  the  recent  activity 
was  due  to  buying  for their account. 
It 
is  a hopeful  sign  that  quotations  of  wool 
are  held  steady  despite  the  slowness  of 
trade.  Footwear  still  moves  freely  and 
shops  are  well  occupied,  while  raw  rub­
ber  advanced  to 93  cents,  which  is  the 
highest  price  since  last  November.

In  the  iron  and  steel  industry  there  is 
no  check  to  the  plans  for  new  mills  or 
extensions  of  old  ones.  Since  all  the 
available  capacity  is  occupied  and  con­
tracts  are  refused because  deliveries can 
not  be  made  within  the  specified  time, 
it  is  not  surprising  that  much  new  cap­
ital  is  invested  in  this  branch  of  man­
ufacture.  Conservative  men  express  a 
little  uneasiness  regarding  the situation, 
but  danger of  collapse  is  minimized  by 
the  comparative  steadiness  of  prices. 
Scarcely  any  shapes  were  advanced  last 
week,  aside  from  wire  rods,  although 
there  were  many  instances  of  premiums 
on  prompt  deliveries.  Lower  ore  prices 
checked  the  upward  tendency  of  pig 
iron. 

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A  Bostonian  who  has  lived  for  years 
in  Paris  says  that  the  reason  so  few  in­
juries  are  inflicted  in  French  duels 
is 
that  Frenchmen 
in  dueling  invariably 
use  a  revolver  about  the  size  of  an 
American  toy  pistol, 
the  bullets  of 
which  are  not  much  larger  than  bird- 
shot.  A  man  might  be  peppered  with  a 
dozen  shots  from  such  a  pistol  and  not 
be  hurt  very  much.

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Petting  the  People
W hat to  D isplay  and  How  to  D isplay  It.
One  of the  commonest  mistakes in  the 
preparation  of  advertising  is  the  selec 
tion  of  the  wrong  words  or  lines  for 
display.  Often  the  writer  strives 
produce  something  original  or  striking 
in  his  wording,  and  then  naturally  se 
lects  what  seems  to him  most  peculiar, 
without  regard  to  its  relation  to  thé 
business.  Thus  frequently  some  such 
expression  as  “ stop  and  think”   wL 
be  given  a  strong  display,while  the  ref 
erences  to  the  business  named  will  ap 
pear in  small  type  in  a solid  paragraph.
instinctively 
classes  such  an  expression  as  a  catch 
and  occasionally  one  will  have  the  cur­
iosity  to  try  to  find  out  what  the  scheme 
is.  Even  with  the  few  who  do  this  it 
only  the  satisfying  of  idle  curiosity 
and  interest  goes  no  further.

iverage 

reader 

The 

As  a  general  proposition,  the  thing  t_ 
display  in  an  advertisement  is what  you 
want  to  sell.  Of  course,  the  general 
name  of  the  business  and  the  firm  name 
are  to  have  enough  reiteration 
and 
prominence  to  keep 
them  always  in 
mind.  When  the  firm  name  indicates 
the  business  it  is  always  good  advertis 
ing  to  give  it  prominence.  When  tbL 
is  not  the  case  the  name,  business  and 
location  must  be  associated  as  strongly 
and  frequently  as  may  be  necessary  to 
make  them  thoroughly  familiar to  the 
minds  of  all  readers.  And  when  the 
principal  display  is  given  to  something 
else  it  is  well  to  give  secondary  promi 
nence  to  these  essentials.
In  selling  hardware, 

instance, 
more  can  be  done  than  to  reiterate 
“ John  Smith  &  Co.,  Hardware,  20 
Main  St.,  Disco.”   The  term  hardware 
is  too  general  to  impress  the  minds  of 
many  who  may  be  interested  in  certain 
goods.  So  it  is  well  to  enumerate  some 
leading  articles  of  the  different  lines, 
giving  the  most  prominent  display  of 
the  advertisement  to  the most prominent 
of  these  and  lesser display  of  others 
in 
lists  or  paragraphs.  One  week  the 
specialty  may  be  builders*  hardware, 
giving  the  main  display  to  nails,  for 
instance ;  the  next,  mechanics’  tools 
giving  display  to  the  most  représenta 
tive 
line ;  then,  cutlery  in  the 
same  manner,  and  so  with  all  the lines 
of  the  business,  giving  stoves,  etc 
their  proper  place  in  the  seasons.

in  that 

for 

The  same  method  will  apply,  of 
course,  to  any  other  line  of  business, 
subject  in  many  to  the  greater  influence 
of  seasons.  Make  the  display  of  what 
you  want  to  sell.  Then,  when  suitable, 
associate  with 
it  the  price.  Then  you 
may  be  assured  that  even  if  less  are 
caught  by  the  tamer  expressions  the  in­
terest  that  is  excited  is  of  a  character 
that  will  do  more  to  sell  goods.

I  am  aware  that  there 

is  nothing 
startling  or new  in  this  statement  of  the 
theory  of  display  but  I  feel  warranted 
in  going  over  the  subject  for the  reason 
that 
so  much  comes  under  my  at­
tention  betraying  the  undue  striving  for 
something  original  at  the  expense  of 
good  publicity  that continued reiteration 
is  yet  pertinent.

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Cueny's  Grocery  devotes  a  generous 
space  to  a  seasonable  seed  advertise­
ment  and  devotes  most  of  it  to  an  at­
tractive  cut  of  cauliflower.  A  series  of 
such  cuts  may  be  obtained  easily  from 
the  seed  growers  and,  if  changed  every 
week,  will  prove  an  attraction.  The 
advertisement  is  a  good  one,  but  would 
have  been  better with  less  variety  in the

MICHIGAN  TR A DE S MA N

cu sarrs  g r o c er y
NEW SEEDS  OF ALL KINDS.

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A  large  variety  of  other  garden 
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styles  of  type,  especially  changing  the 
I upper line  and  the  one immediately  un­
der  the  cut. 
I  would  also  put  a  plain 
[line  in  place  of  “ for”   at  the  top.

In  the  camera  advertisement  of  J.  M. 
Reidsema  there  is  a  mixture  of  themes 
which  leaves  the  uninitiated  in doubt as 
I to1 whether the  establishment  is  an  op­
tical  supply  store  or a  photograph  gal­
lery. 
In  advertising  a  specialty  it  is 
better  to  devote  the  main  portion  of  the 
advertisement  at  least  to 
it  alone—the 
introduction  of another  entirely  differ­
ent  subject  greatly  weakens  tbe  whole. 
A  better  way  would  be  to  make  chil­
dren’s  photographs  the  subject,  for  a 
1  would  omit  the  exclamation 
I change. 
“ children’s”
(after 
| should  have  an  ” h” and  one 
less  “ 1.”  
J.  W.  Milliken  gives  us  a  pretty  solid 
I looking  paragraph,  but  the  subject  and 
the  manner  in  which  it  is  introduced 
and  treated  assures  its  perusal  by  the 
fair eyes  for  which  it  is  intended.  With 
la  better  border the  advertisement  would 
| be  a  model.

cameras,”   and 

In  the  matter  of  “ cost”   advertising,
I baby  carriages  are  about  as  poor a  sub­
ject  as  could  be  selected.  Tbe  printer, 
by  putting  a  period  after  cost,  confuses 
I the  meaning.  The  omission  of  punc- 
lines  would 
I tuation  in  all  the  display 
be  a  decided 
If  the 
main  line  had  been  in  DeVinne  to  cor­
respond  with  the  remainder,  the  dis- 
| play  would  have  been  good.

improvement. 

The  writer of  Scheid’s  provision  an- 
| nouncement  has  done  his  work  well, 
but  the  printer  could  have  improved tbe 
work  by  using 
less  varieties  of  type. 
The  engraved  signature  at  the  bottom 
is  too  much  worn  for use— it  costs  but 
little  to  keep  good  new  electrotypes  for 
I such  use  and  it  is  a  waste  of  space  and 
Jan  imposition  on  the  printer  to  use  one 
I until  it  becomes  an  illegible  blot.

in 

in 

The  Bryant  Shoe  Co.  gives  some  of 
its  writing.  The 
jthe  ultra  modern 
I matter  is  run 
in  the  last  few  lines 
(so  that  the  meaning  is somewhat mixed.
Burnham  &  Phillips  give  us  some 
more  modem  expressions  and  the  print­
er treats  it  artistically  in  Bradley  type. 
Good  for  season  change.

Failure  after  long  perseverance 

is 
much  grander  than  never  to  have  a 
striving  good  enough  to  be  called a fail-

No More Dust

Guaranteed

to outwear one dozen ordinary com brooms.
WIENS.  BRUSH  CO.,  Milwaukee,  WIs.

Now  Is  a  flood  Time
to write for our  1901  Cat­
alogue  of  Bicycle  Sun­
dries and  Net  Price  List 
to dealers.  In this  Cata­
logue we also have some­
thing  to say  about  Bicy­
cles,  Motor Cycles,  Auto- 
I mobiles,  Bike  Wagons,  Gasoline  En- 
(gines, etc., etc.  Mailed  free  to  dealers. 

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you must have in  your  wardrobe to be  properly 
gowned—and it’s a wonder  they  were  let rest so 
long, for it  certainly is  a  handsome  and durable 
fabric—soft and  clinging, yet  heavy enough so it 
will not wrinkle or muss up.  The process of com­
bining wool and  silk—of  washing,  scouring, dye­
ing,  singeing,  passing  over  hot  rollers, forcing 
hot steam and cold water  through the cloth, and 
final finishing touches, assures you that the goods 
will wash, and  not  fade  and  crack.  The  colors 
are  Tan,  Light  Gray, Old  Rose,  Reseda,  Pink. 
Blue and Cream—36  in. wide—cost  you $1  yard.

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Baby Carriages 

at Cost.

While they  last, we want to close them 

all out.

Look over our  line  of adjustable  Go  Carts 
before  they  are  picked  over.  We  have  some 
beauties with silk, plush or tapestry upholstering, 
with fancy silk parasols to match, fitted with rub­
ber tire wheels and a good brake, suitable for any 
baby; easy and oonvenient to handle  and  occupy 
a very little space. 

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MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

3

How  Three  Rodents  Turned the  Life  of a 

Pum p  Runner.

Written (or the Tradesman.

In  the  pumphouse  at  the  foot  of  Shaft 
13  three  rats  were  fighting  over  a  chunk 
of  bread. 
In  the  darkness,  partially 
dispelled  by  the  flaring  mine  lamp,  the 
outline  of their  miserable  bodies  could 
be  dimly  seen.

John  Duncan  sat  upon  a  bench  near 
by  watching  the  contest.  Simila.r com­
bats  he  had  often  witnessed,  as  rats 
were  always  plentiful  in  the  coal mines, 
especially  if the  mules  were  stabled  un­
der the  surface.  These  sanguinary con­
tests  bad  heretofore  been  a  source  of 
amusement  to  him,  but  on  this  particu­
lar day  he  felt  only  disgust and dissatis­
faction.  The  chug,  chug,  chug-chug  of 
the  pump  as 
it  steadily  performed  its 
allotted  task  grated  upon  his ears  and in 
a  measure  increased  his  feelings  of  un­
rest.  A  monkey  wrench  upon  the  bench 
convenient  to  his  hand,  thrown  with 
marksmanlike  percision,  ended  the  bat­
tle  and  sent  the  rodents  scampering  aiid 
squeaking  to  their  holes.  Duncan arose 
and  with  an 
impatient  kick  sent  the 
bread  flying  into  fragments  after  them 
and,  stooping,  picked  up  the  wrench 
and  replaced  it  on  the  bench.

At  this  moment  a  man  with  a 

light 
flaring  at  his  cap  front  appeared  in  the 
doorway  and 
in  a  querulous  voice  en­
quired  what  the  racket  was.

“ Racket?”   Duncan 

“ I 
didn’t  hear any  racket.  You  must  have 
been  dreaming,  T im .”

replied. 

“ No,  and  I  wasn’t  a-dreamin’  neith­
er,”   replied  the  visitor. 
“ I  sure  heard 
somethin’  go  smash.  Sure  there  ain’t 
nothin’  broke  on  your  pump?”

“ Oh,  I  know  what  you heard,  Tim —I 
threw  a  wrench  at  some  rats  a  bit  ago. 
That’s  the  noise  you  heard,  I  guess.”

‘ * I  knowed I wasn’t a-dreamin’, ’ ’ said 
the  man,  as  he  removed  the  lamp  from 
his  cap  and  blew  out  the  light.  Re­
placing  the  lamp  he  entered  the  pump 
room  and  seated  himself  upon 
the 
bench  beside  the  young  pump  runner.

Neither  man  spoke  for  some  time. 
The  newcomer glanced  furtively  at  the 
young  man  several  times  and  then  re­
marked,  “ You  ain’t  particularly  amus­
in’  to-day,  John.  What’s  ailin’  you? 
You  ain’t  had  any  bad  news,  have 
you?”

“ No,  Tim,  but  I’m  getting  awfully 
tired  of  this  sort  of  life  and  I  suppose 
that  feeling  shows  itself  in  my  man­
ner. ’ ’

“ Why,  I  don’t  see  what  on  earth  you 
got  to  be  tired  on !  Your  job  here  is  a 
snap 
if  ever  there  was  one.  Not  a 
blessed  mortal  thing  to  do  except  to  ile 
the  pump  an'  keep  it  a-goin’  six  hours 
out  of  twelve,  with  a  chance  to  sleep 
or  read  during  the  other six.  You ain’t 
well, 
John,  or  your  stomach  ain’t 
a-actin’  right.  You  don’t  know  when 
you’re  well off,  man,or you wouldn’ttalk 
that  way.”

“ I’ m  not  complaining  about 

the 
work,  nor  am  I  finding  fault  with  the 
opportunity  for  reading  and study which 
this  place  gives  me. 
I’m  dissatisfied 
with  myself  for  having  been  so  long 
content  to  make  my  living  in  this  way. 
Anybody with even  a  lick  of  sense  could 
run  this  pump. 
It  requires  neither 
brains  nor  ability  and  yet  I  have  held 
If  1 
this  job  almost  four  years  now. 
hadn’t  been  fond  of  reading  I’m  sure  I 
should  have  been  crazy  long  ago.”
“ What’d  you  like  to  be  a-doin’ ?”
“ I  haven’t  altogether  made  up  my 
mind  yet.  You  know  I  got  a  teacher’s 
certificate  at  the  last  county  examina­
tion ;  but  teaching  does  not  seem  to  ap­

peal  to  me. 
I  want  to  be  employed  at 
something  that  will  bring  me  into  con­
I  have  a  strong 
tact  with  the  world. 
desire  to  get  into  mercantile  life. 
I 
would  be  willing  to  work  for  my  board 
and  clothes  just  to  get  a  start and  some 
experience. ”

“ An’  you’d  give  up  a  $2  a  day  job, 
where  your  time  is  all  your own,  to  be 
a  clerk  in  a  store?  Well,  you’re  a  big­
ger  fool  than  anybody  gives  you  credit 
of  bein’.  Why,  man,  them  clerks  in 
the  big  city  stores  can’t  call  their  souls 
their  own.  Every  mortal  minute  of  the 
day  they’re  under the  eye  of  what  they 
call  a 
‘ floor  walker.’  An’  they  don’t 
dare  to  sit  down  from  the time  the  store 
opens  in  the  mornin'  till  it  closes  at 
night.  There 
is  hardly  one  on  ’em  as 
earns  enough  to  keep  some  decent cloth- 
in’  on  his  back.  No,  no,  John,  if  I  was 
you  I’d  think  twice  before  I’d  give  up 
a  good  easy  job  fer  such  work  as  clerk­
in’  in  a  store.”

The  man 

lighted  his  lamp  at  the 
torch  and, 

naked  flame  of  Duncan's 
rising  slowly,  took  his  departure.

in  a 

Duncan  did  not  follow  his  visitor’s 
advice.  Before  a  week  had  gone  by  he 
gave  up  his  place  at  the  mine  to  accept 
a  clerkship 
large  general  store. 
His  lack  of  experience  was  made up,  in 
a  great  measure,  by  his  enthusiasm  and 
he  quickly  grew  to  be  greatly  valued  by 
his  employer.  After five  years  of  prac­
tical  experience  in  this  store  he  opened 
a  small  dry  goods  store  on  his  own  ac­
count  in  a  neighboring  town.  This  he 
operated  successfully  for several  years 
and  then  sold 
it  to  open  a  large  dry 
goods  establishment  in  one  of  the  big 
inland  cities  of  the  East. 
In  this  ven­
ture  the  bulk  of  the  money  was  fur­
nished  by  his  partner,  while  Duncan’s 
capital  was  principally  experience.

This  enterprise  has  been  eminently 
successful  and  to-day  John  Duncan,  not 
yet  40  years  of age,  is  known  as  one  of 
the  wealthiest  and  most  substantial  citi­
zens  of  this  Eastern  city.  His  success 
can  not  be  attributed to luck nor chance, 
but to his own untiring pluck and energy. 
He  declares  that  he  owes  it  all  to  those 
three  rats  that  fought  over the  piece  of 
bread 
in  the  pump  room  at  the  foot  of 
Shaft  13.

“ They  filled  me  so  with  disgust  at 
my  surroundings,”   said  he,  “ that  I 
made  up  my  mind  to  try  for  something 
better. 
If  it  had  not  been  for  the  rats, 
I  should  no  doubt  still  have  been  noth­
ing  but  a  humble  pump  runner.”

Mac  Allan.

Followed  Instructions.
From the Albany  Evening  Journal.

In  a  drug  store  not  many  hundred 
yards  from  the  capitol  is  employed  a 
clerk  who  on  to-morrow  night  will  have 
been  just  three  weeks  learning  how  to 
mix  soda,  in  anticipation of the  summer 
rush  of  business  in  that  particular  line. 
He 
is  an  apt  student  of  things  pertain­
ing  to the  drug  business,  and  according 
to  his  employer  he  does  just  as  he  is 
told.  His  employer  told  him  when  he 
came  to  work  that  if anybody ever asked 
for anything  that  he  didn’t  keep  he  was 
to  say,  “ We’re  just  out  of  —,  but  we 
have  something 
just  as  good.”   The 
young  man  caught  on  exactly.  Yester­
day  afternoon  a  young  woman  entered 
the  store  and  enquired  of  the  new clerk:

“ Have  you  any  postage  stamps?”
“ No,  ma'am,  we’re  just  out  of  post­
age  stamps,  but  we  have  something just 
as  good. ”

Strangely  Busy.

A  Missouri  editor  says  he  stepped 
into  the  store  of  a  business  man  who 
did  not  advertise  and  was  surprised  to 
find  him  busy.  The  storekeeper  had 
the 
itch  and  a  Waterbury  watch,  and 
when  he  was  not  scratching  himself  he 
was  winding  his  watch.

Wholesale 

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Petoskey Lime 
Sheboygan  Lime 

GRAND RAPIDS, HICH. 
25 CANAL STREET, 

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Sewer Pipe 
Fire Brick 
Flue  Lining 
Hard Wall  Plaster 
Granite Wall Plaster, Plasticon, 

Akron and  Louisville Cement 

Michigan Portland Cement 

Atlas Portland Cement 

Gypsum Wall Plaster 

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Stucco,  Hair, etc. 
Write  for  Prices. 

Dissolution  of  Copartnership

Notice is hereby given  that  the  copartnership 
heretofore existing between J.  J.  Wolbrlnk  and 
J.  K.  Pixley  has  been  this  day  dissolved  by 
mutual  consent,  Mr.  Pixley  retiring.  The  re­
maining partner will collect all accounts  due the 
late firm  and hereby  assumes  all  of  the  obliga­
tions. 

WO I. BRINK  &  PIXLEY.

Bated at Allendale, Mich., April 17,1901.

Drug  Clerk  Wanted
All round man for  Wholesale  and  Laboratory 
work, and Retail when nfecessary.  Fair pay and 
steady place to good man.  Must be  sober  and a 
worker.  Give  full  particulars  and  send  photo.

Fred  Brundage,  fluskegon,  JTich.

ELLIOT  O.  GROSVENOR

Late  State  Food  Commissioner 

Advisory  Counsel  to  manufacturers  and 
jobbers  whose  interests  are  affected  by 
the  Food  Laws  of  any  state.  Corres­
pondence  invited.
1332 flajestic  Building,  Detroit,  flich.

Now’s  Your  “Time”

To  Get  in  Line

A   handsome  Yale  Clock  io}4   inches  high,  relief 
design  in  iron.  Fancy  dial.  A   good  time  keeper.

“Tempus Fugit”

For  a limited  time  only  one  clock  goes  free with 

100  Cigars  for $3.50 net.

Worden  Grocer  Co.,

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

Mic h ig a n   t r a d e s m a n

Around  the State

Movements of M erchants. 

Pentwater— Fred  Hanson  has  opened 

a  cigar  and  candy  store.

Olney—J.  B.  Smith  will  shortly  en 

gage  in  general  trade  here.

Ovid— C.  E.  Snyder  has  sold  his gro­

cery  stock  to  E.  R.  Daggett.

Parma— Fred  Finch  succeeds  Town­

send  &  Finch  in  general  trade.

Gagetown— Amasa  Coon  has  discon­

tinued  the  implement  business.

Caro— Schuck  &  McClellan  have  re 

opened  the  Memer  meat  market 

Bay  City—C.  L.  Carey  succeeds  La- 

Croix  &  Carey  in  the  drug  business.

Lansing— Hiram  Childs  has  opened 
a  grocery  store  at  119 Washtenaw  street 
Perry— E.  A.  Wright  has  purchased 
the  grocery  stock  of  Milton  H.  Perry 
Port  Austin— Wm.  Sommerville  has 
sold  his  meat  market  to  G.  R.  Wright.
Bay  City—Jos.  LaCroix  succeeds  to 
the  business  of-the  Carriere  Pharmacy.
Flint— Brown  Bros,  succeed  Ferguson 
&  Brown  in  the  grocery  and  meat  busi­
ness.

Port  Huron— Daniel  C.  McNutt  sue 
ceeds  McNutt  Bros,  in  the  grocery  busi 
ness.

Lansing  (North)— Parmelee  &  Ryan 
succeed  Joy  &  Ryan  in  the  feed  mill 
business.

Cheboygan---- DeGowin  Bros,  have
added  a  line  of  hardware  to  their  gro­
cery  stock.

Cass  City—Geo.  McDonald  has  pur­
chased  the  dry  goods  and  grocery  stock 
of  Philo  S.  Rice.

Port  Huron—Emery  Doe  has opened 
a  grocery  and  feed  store  at  the  corner 
of  Erie  and  Butler  streets.

Carleton  Center— John  W.  McConnell 
has  purchased  the  general  stock  and 
store  building  of  Ira  Hawes.

Morenci— Rorick  &  Bryant  have 
formed  a  copartnership  to  continue  the 
meat  business  of Wm.  R.  Rorick.

Hillsdale— Patton  &  Carter 

South  Haven— Merson  Bros,  have 
formed  a  partnership  to  succeed  the 
grocery  firm  of  Cording  &  Merson.
is 

the 
style  of  the  new  firm  which  succeeds 
Carter  &  Jones  in  the  grocery  business.
Chesaning—John  Rogers  &  Co., 
general  dealers,  have  dissolved  partner­
ship.  Wm.  C.  Plumstell  continues  the 
business  in  bis  own  name.

Niles— F.  Starkweather  &  Co.  con­
tinue  the  agricultural  implement  busi­
ness  formerly  conducted  under  the  style 
of  Elizabeth  Starkweather.

White—G.  W.  Ashworth  has  engaged 
in  the  mercantile  business  at  this place 
He  has  purchased  the  general  merchan­
dise  stock  of  A.  F.  Smith.

Ferry— E.  L.  Benton  has  purchased 
an 
interest  in  the  general  merchandise 
stock  of  W.  E.  Gunn.  The  firm  name 
is  now  Gunn,  Benton  &  Co.

Detroit—W.  J.  Gould  has  been  taken 
to  the  Flint  asylum.  He  is  suffering 
from  a  general  collapse  of  his  physical 
condition  and  is  very  weak.

South  Haven—Jacob  Niffenegger  and 
Albert  Bachi  have  purchased  Chas.  R 
Kenyon’s  Handy  meat  market.  The 
firm  name  is  J.  Niffenegger  &  Co.

Ithaca— E.  B.  Kille 

and  A.  D. 
Hoffman  have  formed  a  copartnership 
and  engaged  in  the  implement  business 
under  the  style  of  Kille  &  Hoffman.

Hillsdale— Jos.  A.  Patton,  a  former 
resident  of  this  place,  but  recently 
liv 
ing  near Coldwater,  has  purchased  the 
interest  of  W.  Jones  in  the  grocery stock 
of  Carter  &  Jones.  The  style  of  the  new 
firm  is  Carter  &  Patton.

Mt.  Clemens— R.  J. 

Stewart  has 
formed  a  company  under  the  style  of 
R.  J.  Stewart  &  Co.  -to  continue  the 
book,  stationery  and  fancy  goods  busi­
ness.

Yale—The  W.  N.  Ballentine  general 
merchandise  stock,  which  was  sold  at 
auction  last  week,  v/as  bid  in  by  F.  E. 
Montney, 
being 
$4,811.

consideration 

the 

Calumet— Bert  Bodde,  formerly  of  the 
firm  of  Gatiss  &  Bodde,  will  engage  in 
the  grocery  and  confectionery  business 
on  Oak  street  as  soon  as  the  new  store 
front  now  under  way  is  completed.

Caledonia— C.  H.  Kinsey  has  pur­
chased  the 
interest  of  his  partner,  A. 
Myers,  in  the  dry  goods  and  grocery 
firm  of  Kinsey  &  Myers,  and  will  con­
tinue  the  business  in  his  own  name.

St.  Joseph— Bert  W.  Rickaby,  former­
ly  engaged in  the  drug  business  here,  is 
going  through  the  bankruptcy  court  at 
Grand  Rapids.  He claims to owe $2,191, 
with  $159  assets,  of  which  $55  is ex­
empt.

South  Haven— E.  O.  McElroy, 

Kalamazoo,  who  recently  purchased  the 
Wilber  Ronk  property, 
is  erecting  _ 
store  building  thereon  and  will  occupy 
same  about  May  15  with  a  stock  of  gro 
ceries.

Huber—John  H.  Koopman,  formerly 
engaged 
in  general  trade  at  Gowell 
Comers,  has  removed  his  stock  to  this 
place,  where  he  has  succeeded  in  get 
ting  a  postoffice  established,  with  him 
self  as  postmaster.

Newaygo—S.  B.  Gauweiller,  who 
purchased  the  Herron  grocery  stock  and 
has  conducted  the  business  for  some 
time  at  this  place,is  removing  to  Hall  _ 
Comers,  where  he  will  engage  in  the 
same  line  of  trade.

Republic— P.  E.  Lloyd,  who  recently 
sold  his  interest  in  the  mercantile  busi 
ness  to  his  partner,  John  H.  Bell,  on 
account  of  poor  health,  announces  that 
he  is  compelled  to  settle  with his credit 
ors  on  the  basis of  a  compromise 

New  Buffalo—Clifford  E.  Whipple 
dealer  in  general  merchandise,  who  re 
cently  filed  a  voluntary petition in bank 
ruptcy,  files  a  statement  showing  his 
liabilities  to  be  $1,674  and  his  assets  to 
be  $843,  of which  $360  is  claimed  to  be 
exempt.

Montague—C.  F.  Hoffman  has  sold 
his  drug  stock  to  L.  G.  Ripley,  who 
conducted  the  business  for  many  years 
until  he  sold  the  stock  to  Mr.  Hoffman 
about  two  years  ago.  Mr.  Ripley  will 
continue  to  conduct  the  drug  business 
at  Three  Rivers  for the  present.

Evart—Morley  Bros,  have  taken  pos­
session  of the  hardware  stock  of  the  E.
F.  Birdsall  Co.,  Ltd.,  placing  H.  W. 
in  charge.  Mr. 
Johnson,  of  Lapeer, 
Birdsall  will  continue 
imple­
ment, 
lumber  and  shingle 
business.

vehicle, 

in  the 

Allendale—J.  R.  Pixley  has  sold  his 
interest  in  the  general  stock  of  Wol- 
brink  &  Pixley  to  Chas.  E.  Wolbrink, 
who  has  formed  a  copartnership  with 
the  remaining  partner  to  continue  the 
business  at  the  same  location.  The  new 
firm  will  be  known  as  J.  J.  &  C.  E. 
Wolbrink.

Luther—C.  H.  Howe,  undertaker and 
furniture  dealer,  whose  stock  was  near­
ly  all  consumed  by  fire  last  February, 
is  closing  out  the  remainder  of  the 
goods.  He  has  purchased  the  undertak­
ing  equipment  of  Frank  Brotherton,  at 
Allendale,  and  will  shortly  remove  to 
that  place.

Central  Lake—J.  H.  Mathera  will 
shortly  erect  a  brick  block  on  his  lot, 
on  Main  street.  The  building  will  be

25x70  feet  in  dimensions,  two  stories 
high.  The  upper  story  will  be  finished 
into  a  hall  and  Mr.  Mathers  will occupy 
the 
lower  story  with  his  stock  of  gro­
ceries,  tobacco and  cigars.

Nashville—Chas.  W.  Smith  has  pur- 
chased  the  interest  of  H.  A.  Brooks  in 
the  cold  storage  arid  butter  and  egg 
business  and  also  in  the  Cloverdale 
creamery, which  will  hereafter be  known 
as  the  Nashville  creamery.  Mr.  Smith 
has  been  identified  with  the  butter  and 
eSS  business  for  nearly  a  quarter of a 
century  and 
is  thoroughly  conversant 
with  every  detail  of  the  business.

Monroe— Vergho  Bros.,  the  oldest  dry 
goods  house  at  this  place,  after an  ex 
istence  of  thirty  years,  has  decided 
go  into  voluntary  liquidation.  Addison 
E.  Dunbar  has  been  chosen  trustee 
close  up  the  business. 
The  firm 
claimed  to  be  perfectly  solvent,  and 
action  is  due  to  a  desire  to  close up  the 
present  business  with  a  possible  re 
organization 
in  the  near  future.  The 
inventoried  valuation 
is  about $20,000 
and  the  indebtedness between $7,000 and 
$8,000.

M anufacturing: M atters.

Jasper—The  Lenawee  Hoop  Co.  has 

removed  to  Homer.

Quincy—The  Quincy  Knitting  Co 

has  removed  to  Three  Rivers.

Corunna— Lowe  &  Co.  succeed  Wat 
in  the  milling  busi 

kins  &  Edwards 
ness.

Stockbridge—The  E.  S.  Rose  Manu 
facturing  Co.  has  begun  operations  at 
its  broom  factory.

Ionia—Anthony  Scully,  of  Lansing 

and  Patrick  Barrett  have  established 
cigar  factory  here.

Detroit— The  Oulette-Stevenson  Ciga 
Co.  has  increased  its  capital  stock  from 
$10,000  to $25,000.

Morenci— F.  H.  Rood  has  retired 
from  the  Morenci  Manufacturing  Co. 
manufacturer of  overalls.

Harrisville—The  shingle  mill  of  Col­
well,  McGregor  &  Co.  began  operations 
for  the  season  last  week.

Jackson—The  capital  stock  of 

the 
Peninsular  Portland  Cement  Co.  has 
been  increased  from  $875,000 to $1,000, 
000.

Muskegon— N.  McGraft  &  Son  sue 
ceed  the  McGraft  Lumber  Co.  in  the 
manufacture  of  show cases  and  store  fix 
tures.

Flint— The  contract  has  been  let  for 
nother cheese  factory  in  Vienna  town 
ship.  The  building  is  to  be  completed 
'n  twenty  days.

Onaway—Cheney  &  Stratton  are  to 
construct  a  logging  road  ten  miles  long 
to  reach  timber  owned  by  them  and 
to  be  known  as  the  Northern  Michigan 
Railroad.

Caro— The  Elgin  Butter  Co.  has  se­
cured  the  services  of  W.  H.  Bechtel, 
of  Wayland,  to operate  its  butter factory 
this  season.  Operations  will  begin 
about  May  1.

Flint—The  stockholders  of  the  Sani­
tary  Milk  Co.  have  organized  a  new 
corporation,  with  a  capital  stock  of 
$20,000.  A 
factory  building  will  be 
erected  at  once.

Stanton—Will  Miner,  recently  of  Ab­
erdeen,  Wash.,  but  formerly  of Stanton, 
has  returned  and  will  establish  a  foun-

dry  and  machine  shop  for the  manufac­
turing  of  plows,  harrows,  cultivators, 
etc.

Cheboygan— Hyde  &  Littlefield  put 
1,800,000  feet  of  white  pine  logs  into 
Pigeon  River  last  winter,  all  of  which 
has  been  sold  to  the  Detroit  Lumber 
Co.  and  will  probably  be  rafted  to  De­
troit.

Coldwater— Calkins  &  Sons,  barrel 
manufacturers  here,  have  completed  a 
new  factory  on  the  site  of  the  one  re­
cently  burned.  The  firm  has  paid  out 
$34.'475  for  stave  and  heading  bolts  this 
season.

Chelsea— The  Wm.  Bacon-Holmes 
Lumber,  Grain  &  Coal  Co.  has  been 
incorporated  under  the  State  laws  as the 
successor  of  Kempf  &  Co.,  one  of  the 
oldest  firms  here.  The  stockholders  of 
the  present  company  are  all 
leading 
business  men  of  the  town.

Mackinaw  City— Hackett  &  Alden 
have  bought  thé  old  sawmill  plant  here 
and  erected  three  large  buildings  and 
put 
in  wood  turning  machinery,  the 
improvements  involving  an  outlay  of 
$35»°°°-  They  will  manufacture  clothes­
pins,  dolls’  bodies  and  other  articles  of 
wood,  employing  fifty  hands.

Battle  Creek—The  Hem  Mail  Wagon 
Co.,  Limited,  has  filed  articles  of  asso­
ciation.  The  new  company  is  the  out­
growth  of  the  business  formerly  con­
ducted  by  H.  W.  Hem.  It  has  been  re­
capitalized  at $25,000,  of  which  $11,000 
s  paid  in.  The  company  is  composed 
of  Henry  W.  Hera,  Frank  G.  Evans,
F rank  H.  Latta and George W.  Mechem.
Dowagiac—Davis  Haven  has  retired 
from  the  management  of  the  Cushings 
cheese  factory  to  take  the  management 
of  E.  A.  Haven’s  factory  at  Blooming- 
dale.  He  is  succeeded  by  H.  E.  Tay­
lor,  of  Glenwood,  who  has  had  fourteen 
years’  experience  in  cheesemaking— in­
cluding  two  years 
in  Texas  and  one 
year  in  California—and  who  has  had  a 
course  in  dairying  at  the  Michigan  A g­
ricultural  College.

John  W.  Thom,  formerly  traveling 
representative  for  E.  Bemenfs  Sons, 
of  Lansing,  but  now  ambassador-at- 
large  for  the  Kalamazoo  Railway  Sup­
ply  Co.,  is  spending  a  few  weeks in the 
State,  preparatory  to  a  three  months’ 
trip  through  the  Southwest.  He  recently 
returned  from  a  three  months' 
trip 
through  the  South.  -

A  GREAT  OPPORTUNITY.

Having engaged in manufacturing business  re­
quiring  my  whole  time  and  capital,  I offer mv 
wholesale grocery business,  with an  established 
trade  of  27 years,  at cost;  no bonus;  sold 38,000 
oounds of tobacco last  year;  will  require  about 
15,000 to run the business.  This is a chance of a 
lifetime to the right man;  act  quick  if  you want 
to secure 
business:  come  and  see and in- 
vestigate.  J. W. BENEDICT, Port Huron, Mich.

Your  Liquor or 
Morphine  Disease

Do you want  It  cured?  Your  case  of  Nervous 
Prostration or Nerve Exhaustion from overwork, 
do you want it cured?  In either case  investigate 
the special plan of nerve treatment used at
Patterson  Home Sanitarium

316 E. Bridge St., Grand Rapids, filch.

Special price to all liquor cases to May 15. 

Phone  1291.

Dr. C.  E.  Patterson,  Manager

M. O.  BAKER  d.  CO.

C O M M ISSIO N   M E R C H A N T S .  T O L E D O ,  OHIO 

W A N T E D — Poultry,  Butter  and  Eggs

Correspond with us before selling.  Bef:-Flrst National Bank, Toledo, Commercial Agencies,

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Grand  Rapids  Gossip
A.  P.  Shaffer  &  Co.  have  opened  a 
grocery  store  at  Fennville.  The  stock 
was  purchased  of  the  Ball-Barnhart- 
* Putman  Co.

W.  H.  Boches  has  embarked 

in  the 
grocery  business  at  Barker  Creek.  The 
stock  was  furnished  by  the  Ball-Bam- 
hart-Putman  Co.

L.  J.  Strong  will  shortly  open  a  new 
drug  store  at  Vicksburg, under the  man­
agement  of  John  R.  Ghent.  The  Haz- 
eltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co.  has  the  or­
der  for  the  stock.

Frank  Johnson,  for  many  years  clerk 
in  the  grocery  store  of  Robert  Johnson, 
of  Cadillac,  has  engaged  in  the  grocery 
business  on  his  own  account. 
The 
Olney  &  Judson  Grocer Co.  furnished 
the  stock.

Ben  E.  West  is  erecting  a  double ten­
ement  on  the  lot  he  recently  purchased 
at  the  corner  of  Fountain  street  and 
North  College  avenue.  One  tenement 
will  front  on  one  street  and  the  other 
will  front  on  the  other  street.

The  Sanitary  Supply  Co.,  composed 
of  C.  A.  Miller and  H.  S.  Hubbard,  of 
Sturgis,  and  C.  N.  Marcellus,  of  To­
ledo,  has  begun  business  at  19  and  21 
South  Ottawa  street,  handling  supplies 
for  the  heating  and  plumbing  trade.

R.  B.  Kellogg,  formerly  connected 
with  Studley  &  Barclay;  B.  B.  Luten, 
recently  manager of  the  Chicago  branch 
of  the  New  York  Belting  &  Packing 
Company,  and  C.  J.  Davis  have  formed 
a  copartnership  under the  style  of  the 
Grand  Rapids  Supply  Co.  for  the  pur­
pose  of  doing  a 
jobbing  business  in 
iron,  pipe,  valves,  fittings,  pumps  and 
general  mill  supplies  at  20  Pearl  street.

The Grocery  M arket.

Sugars—The  raw  sugar  market  con­
tinues  very  firm,  prices  showing  quite 
a  material  advance  this  week,  96  deg. 
test  centrifugals  now  being  quoted  at 
4.3c.  Refiners  are  ready  buyers,  but 
offerings  are  comparatively  small.  The 
market  is  very  strong  and  a  further  ad­
vance  is  expected  at  any  moment.  The 
raw  sugar  market  has  advanced  20 
points  from  its  lowest  level  and  refiners 
mean  to  keep  pace  with  the raw market, 
and 
if  raw  sugars  should  show  any 
sugars  are 
further  strength,  refined 
bound  to  be  higher. 
It  is  almost  cer­
tain  that raws  will  not  go  any  lower and 
we  think 
it  advisable  to  keep  a  good 
supply  of  all  grades  of  sugars  on  hand. 
In  sympathy  with  the  raw sugar market, 
refined  is  very  firm  and  prices  for  all 
grades  have  advanced  10  points. 
In 
anticipation  of  this  advance  there  was 
quite  a heavy  demand  and  a  large  num­
ber of  sales  were  made  during  the  past 
week.  The  market  is  still  tending  up­
ward  and  indications  point  to  an»active 
demand  in  the  near  future.

is 

Canned  Goods—The  canned  goods 
market  is  practically  unchanged.  The 
consumptive  demand  for nearly  all  de­
scriptions  of  canned  goods  continues  to 
improve  and,  although  trade 
is  still 
light  in  a  large  way,  the  market  gener­
in  better  shape.  Further  im­
ally 
provement 
in  the  tomato  market  was 
made  during  last  week  and  the  outlook 
continues  to  be  encouraging  to  holders.
It  is  hard  to  realize  how  any  commod­
ity,  especially  a  staple 
like  to­
matoes,  could  withstand  the  enormous 
drain  on  its stocks  without  any apparent 
change.-  The  only  actual • improvement 
in the  tomato  market  last  week  was  an

line 

is  the 

into  consideration 

advance  by  some  holders  of  2j£c  per 
dozen  on  3  lb.  standards  and  seconds, 
but  a  substantial  advance  of  10 or  15c  is 
If  it 
confidently  expected  by  some. 
were  generally  known  how 
light  the 
stocks  of  tomatoes  are  at  this  time  in 
the  hands  of  the  packers,  it  would  not 
only  create  surprise,  but  a  sharp  ad­
vance  in  values.  Many  of  the  packers 
will  be  entirely  closed  out  before  new 
in.  Another  thing  to  be 
pack  comes 
taken 
fact 
that  we  have  before  us  four of  the  best 
consumptive  months  in  the  year  for 
tomatoes  before  the  new  pack  will  be 
ready  for  delivery. 
In  view  of  these 
facts  we  do  not  think  tomatoes  pur­
chased  at  the  ruling  prices  will  show 
any  loss  to the  buyer.  Com  is  selling 
fairly  well  at  previous  prices.  There  is 
a  lot  of  poor  stuff  offered  at* exceeding­
ly 
low  prices,  but  good  quality  goods 
are  held  at  full  prices.  From  all  re­
ports  the  Maryland  pea  crop  is  looking 
very  well,  and  the 
indications  are  fa­
vorable  for a  good  crop  of  early  peas. 
It  is hoped that  we  will  have more of  the 
best  quality  this  season  than  we  have 
had  for  several  seasons  past, because  the 
consumption  of  the  fine  grades  of  peas 
is  gradually  increasing,  and  it  will  take 
a  good  many  cases  to  supply  consumers 
It  is  a  well-known 
the  present  year. 
fact  among  well  posted 
jobbers  who 
deal  in  fine  peas  that  the  consumption 
has  increased  so  largely  that  it  is  diffi­
cult,  at  this  time  of  the  year,  to  buy 
any  first-class  peas  from  packers.  For­
merly  the  pea  packing 
industry  was 
confined  to  one  section ;  now  it  is  scat­
tered  over  the  entire  country,  and  still 
the  production 
is  not  large  enough  to 
meet  the  demand.  There  is  a  fair  de­
mand  for  spot  peas  of  all  grades,  but 
the  call  is  chiefly  for the  better grades, 
which  are  very  hard  to  find.  There 
is 
a  fair  demand  for  peaches  of  all  grades 
at  unchanged  prices.  Prospects  for  the 
coming  crop  are  good  and  while  a  very 
large  crop 
is  not  looked  for,  there  will 
probably  be  enough  to  go  around.  The 
pineapple  boats  are  now  starting  for the 
Bahama  Islands  to  bring  the  new  pine­
apple  crop  to  market. 
It  is  expected 
that  the  cost  of  the  fruit  will  be less this 
year  than  it  was  last,  but  the 
increased 
cost  of  the  cans  will  more  than  offset 
the  reduction  in  the  cost  of  the  raw  ma­
terial.  Gallon  apples  are  firmly  held, 
but  demand 
is  light.  Salmon  is  dull. 
There 
is  some  demand  for  Red  Alaska 
grades,  but  trade  is  not  very  brisk.  E x­
tensive  preparations  are  being  made  at 
Eastport,  Me.,  and  vicinity 
for  the 
opening  of  the  sardine  canning  season 
on  May  1.  Present  indications,  it  is 
reported,  are  that  there  will  be  plenty 
of  herring  in  Passamaquoddy  Bay  and 
the  surrounding  waters 
this  season. 
While  the  syndicate  has  control  of  a 
large  number  of  the  canning  plants, 
there  are  quite  a  number outside  and 
more  will  be  built  before  the  season 
is 
looks  as  if  there 
far  advanced  and  it 
would  be  some  strong  opposition 
later.
is  little  or  no 
in  dried  fruits  and 
change  anywhere 
trade 
is  light,  most  buying  being  of  a 
hand-to-mouth  character.  The  first  al­
lotment  of  200  cars  that  the  Raisin 
Growers'  Association  allowed  the  seed­
ers  to  sell  at  a  cut  price  has  all-  been 
sold  and  prices  have  been  advanced  # c 
per  pound  on  the  next  200  cars.  The 
price  will  be  advanced  another  X c  as 
soon  as  the  second  200  cars  are  sold. 
The  low  price  made  by  the  Cured  Fruit 
Association  on  prunes,  which  was  to  be 
in  effect  fifteen  days,  will  be  withdrawn 
to-day,  that  being  the  time  that  Was set

Dried  Fruits—There 

The  G rain  M arket.

Wheat  was  very  steady  during  the 
past  week,  with  a  slight  advance  until 
to-day,  when  the  visible  showed  a  de­
crease  of 2,000,000  bushels,  against 480,- 
000  bushels  a  year  ago,  leaving  the  vis­
ible  to-day  at  49,800,000  bushels,  or 
5,000,000  bushels  less  than  at  the  cor­
responding  time 
last  year.  Argentine 
shipped  only  780,000  bushels,  against 
2,300,000  at  the  same  time  last  year. 
Our  exports  have  been  10,000,000  bush­
els  more  since  last  August  than  at  the 
corresponding  time 
last  season.  Re­
ported  fly-damage  in  Texas,  as  well  as 
frosts in Germany,had their effect  on  the 
market  so  that  wheat  closed  to-day  at 
2>6c  over closing  price  at  the  last  writ­
ing.  Should  our  exports  keep  on  the 
way  they  have  for the  last  two  months, 
it 
it  would  enhance 
prices  still  more,  especially as lake  nav­
igation 
is  opening;  more  will  be 
shipped  unless  the  engineer  strike  will 
curtail  shipments,  which  does  not  seem 
likely.  The  bulls  feel  very  much  elated, 
while  the  bears  are  hunting  up  new 
arguments  to  depress  the  market.  We 
will  see  which  come  out  ahead.

looks  as  though 

Corn  closed  stronger,  May  closing  at 
is  a 
46J6C,  rather toppy,  but  then  this 
country  market,  as  the  country  is  hold­
ing  com  back,  while  it  looks  high,  and 
owing  to  conditions 
it  may  go  still 
higher.  The  corn  bulls  predict  50c  com 
for  May.

Oats  remain  strong.  More are wanted, 
while  the  stock  on  hand  is  3,000,000 
bushels  more  than  a  year  ago.  Prices 
remain  very  stiff.

Rye  is  rather tame.  Should  the  dis­
tilleries  shut  down,  we  may  see  a  sharp 
drop.

Flour  remains  steady.  Some  have  ad­

vanced  the  price  fully  10c  a  barrel.

Mill  feed  as  predicted  has  been  re­
duced 
in  price  $1  per  ton.  Bran  $17, 
middlings  $18  per  ton.  Beans  likewise 
showed  a  small  shrinkage  in  price.

Receipts  during  the  week  were  as fol­
lows :  46 cars  of  wheat,  18  cars  of  corn, 
7  cars  of  oats,  1  car of  rye,  5  cars  of 
flour,  1  car of  malt,  3  cars  of  hay,  3  cars 
of  straw,  21  cars  of  potatoes.

Millers  are  paying  72c  for  No.  2  red 

and  No.  1  white. 

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.
Hides.  Pelt«,  Furs. Tallow  and  Wool.
The  hide  market  is  firm  at last week’s 
prices.  No  material  advance  has  been 
obtained.  Stocks  are  well  sold  up  and 
offerings  of  most  kinds  are  light.

Pelts  are  lower  and  there  have  been 
no  sales  except  at  a  concession  in price. 
The  demand  is  not  good  and  offerings 
are  large.

Furs  have  gradually  dwindled  away, 
with  a  light  spring  catch  and  light  de­
mand.

Tallow  has  been  active  at the advance 
of  the  past  week.  Stocks,  while  ample, 
are  not  larger.  Soapers  decline  to  pay 
any  advance  except for immediate wants 
and 
look  for  other  grades  to  take  its 
place.

Wool  shows  considerable  trading  at 
the  East,  but  little  leaves  the  State.  A 
few  held-over  lots  have  gone  out  at  a 
in  price.  New  wools  are 
concession 
coming 
in  quite  freely  at  some  points. 
Prices  to  growers  are  i i @I2c  for  fine 
and  I4@i5c  for  coarse,  which 
is  from 
6  to  7c  per  pound  below  last  year’s 
buying.  Eastern  buyers  are  not  anxious 
to  enter the  market.  Wools  are  a  doubt­
ful  security  and  do  not  tempt  bankers 
as  a  collatearl,  only  as  head  men  are 
reliable. 

Wm.  T.  Hess.

For  Gillies’  N.  Y. tea,all kinds,grades 

and  prices,  call  Visner,  both  phones.

It 

It 

by  the  Association. 
is  understood 
that  prices  will  be  raised  ic  per  pound, 
which  puts  them  back  to the  old  basis. 
It  is  estimated  that  there  were  about 
700  cars  sold  during  the  fifteen  days  in 
which  the  low  price  was in effect.  There 
are  reports  of  heavy  damage  by  frost  to 
the  growing  fruit  crops  of  California 
and  some  claim  there  will  be  a  great 
scarcity  of  fruit  and  much  higher prices 
during  the  coming  season. 
is  re­
ported  that  the  apricot  crop  will  be 
a  very  small  one  indeed,  not  over  one- 
third  of  an  average  crop,  and  that  the 
peach  crop  will  be  a  good  deal  smaller 
than 
These  reports  have 
caused  additional  firmness  in  the  apri­
cot  and  peach  markets,  but  without  any 
change  in  prices  as  yet.  Figs  are  sell­
ing  well.  The lower grades  are  in excel­
lent  demand  and  have  advanced  %c.  If 
the  present  demand  continues,  prices 
are  likely  to  advance  still  further  soon, 
as  stocks  are  rapidly  cleaning  up.  The 
stock  to  be  carried  over  into  the  new 
season  probably  will  be  the  lightest  on 
jrecord.  There  is  a  slight  improvement 
in  currants,  but  prices  are  the  same  as 
at  last  reports.  Stocks  throughout  the 
country  are  extremely 
light  and 
the 
consumptive  demand  is  increasing.

last  year. 

conditions 

Rice—General 

remain
strong,  but  the  demand  was  slow  and 
rather disappointing,  dealers,  as  a  rule, 
being  unable  to  account  for  the  con­
tinued  quiet. 
In  face  of  the  existing 
conditions,  there  prevails  general  con­
fidence  among  holders,  owing  to  the 
strong  statistical  position.  Consequent­
ly  no  pressure  is  shown  to  market  sup­
plies  and  prices  are  firmly  maintained.
Tea—The  tea  market  was  dull  and 
uninteresting  throughout  the  past  week. 
Owing  to  the  very 
low  ruling  prices, 
holders  absolutely  refused  to  make  con­
cessions.  Prospects  are  not of a promis­
ing  character  in  the  immediate  future, 
but  in  the  event  of an increased  demand 
it  is  most  likely  that  prices  will  ad­
vance.

Molasses  and  Syrups—Trade  in  mo­
lasses  is  moderate,  as  is  generally  the 
case  with  the  approach  of  warmer 
weather. 
Prices,  however,  are  fully 
maintained  for  all  grades  of  molasses. 
Stocks  are  light  and  indications  point 
to a  strong  market,  with  prices  not  ex­
pected  to  go  lower this  season.  In  sym­
pathy  with  the  strong  corn  market,  com 
syrup 
is  very  firm  and  prices  have  ad­
vanced  2c  per  gallon  and  3c  per case 
during  the  past  week.

Fish—Mackerel 

little  more  ac­
tive,  but  trade  is  largely  of  a  hand-to- 
mouth  character.  Codfish  is quiet.

is  a 

Nuts—Advices  from  Malaga  confirm 
the  reports  of  serious  damage  to  the 
crop  of Jordan almonds by frost.  Sicilies 
have  shown  a  declining  tendency  dur­
ing  the  week  and  there  is  still  a  possi­
bility  of  the  crops  suffering  through  in­
clement  weather,  which 
is  usually  ex­
perienced  at  this  time  of  the year.  Wal­
nuts  are 
in  good  demand.  Grenobles 
have  a  fair  sale  and,as  stocks  are  rather 
light,  the  market  shows  a  firmer  tend­
ency.  Spanish  shelled  peanuts  are  %c 
higher—a  total  advance  of  %c on  this 
grade.

Rolled  Oats—Rolled  oats  are  in  good 

demand  at  unchanged  prices.

Fred  M.  Alsdorf has  engaged  to cover 
Southern  Michigan  and  Northern  Indi­
ana  for the  Michigan  Drug  Co.,  starting 
May  1.  He 
is  by  no  means  new  to  the 
business,  having  traveled  for the  former 
firm  of Jas.  E.  Davis  &  Co.  for  several 
years.  He  will  retain  his  drug  store 
in  Lansing  for the  present.

MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

that  enables  them  to take  an  unfair  ad­
vantage  of  a  competitor  confining  him­
self to  wholesale,  while  they  have  their 
retail  profit  to  cut  down  their  store  ex­
pense  if  they  hold  to  retail  prices,  and 
if  not,  as 
is  often  the  case,  their  job­
bing  costs  and  carload  rates  of  freight, 
to  take  undue  advantage  of  retail  com­
petitors.  We  trust  this 
issue  will  be 
fought  to  a  finish.

When  in  San  Francisco 

last  June  I 
noticed  one  of  the  principal  jobbing 
hardware  houses  had  a  prominent  sign 
near  the  door  which  read,  ‘ ‘ We  sell  no 
Hardware  at  retail,”   and'  was  told  that 
none  of  the  San  Francisco  jobbers  do a 
retail  business,  all  of  which  shows  that 
the  sentiment  of  a  large  percentage  of 
the  jobbers  is  with  us  on  this  point.

There  are  a  number  of 

important 
questions  that  will  come  up  for our con­
sideration 
in  the  association  from  time 
to time,  but,  as  Mr.  Bryan  expresses  it,
I  believe  this  to  be the paramount issue, 
for on  it  hinge  most  of  the  others.

We  can  not  be  in favor of large freight 
differentials  between  carloads  and 
less, 
nor  of  the  manufacturer  allowing  the 
jobber  who  is  selling  his  goods  at  retail 
much  preference  in  the  matter of  price, 
if  we  have  to  sell  in  direct  competi­
tion.

We  must  not  overlook  the  fact  that 
this  system  of  doing  business  has  been 
in  force  on  this  coast  for  years  and  a 
custom  that  has  been  practiced  so  long 
can  not  be  revolutionized  at  once.

All  sorts  of  retaliatory  schemes  have 
been  suggested  in  the  past  for  the  pur 
pose  of 
‘ ‘ getting  back  at”   the  retail 
jobber.  I  tell  you,  gentlemen,  this  asso­
ciation  is  not  organized  for the  purpose 
of  antagonizing  or 
‘ ‘getting  back  at”  
anyone.  Two  wrongs  do  not  make  a 
right.  We  are 
joined  together  for the 
purpose  of  drawing  the  interests  of the 
hardware  business  closer,  not  for  the 
purpose  of  fighting,  and  from  the  atti­
tude  that  jobbers  have  taken  toward  us 
it  will  not  be  necessary  to  fight.  They 
have  intimated  their willingness  to  give 
us a  hearing,  to  discuss  this  and  other 
matters  with  us,  and  grant  everything 
in  reason  that  we  ask.  They  have  come 
half  way. 
It  rests  with  us,  by  using 
wise  counsel,  prudent  management  and 
common  sense,  to  have  this  and  other 
differences  adjusted.

6

Hardware

Haa  the  Jobber  Any  R ight to  Do a Retail 

Business.*

interest  us  alone 

I  wish  to  call  your  attention  at  the 
outset  to  the  fact  that  this  question  does 
not 
in  the  State  of 
Washington,  but  is  agitating  the  minds 
of  the  retailers  and  jobbers  all  over  the 
country,  particularly 
in  the  South  and 
Middle  West  and  on  this  coast,  where 
so  many  of the  jobbing  houses  do  a  re 
tail  business,  while  in  the  East  the  re­
tail  business  is  done  almost  exclusive­
ly  by  retail  houses,  the 
jobbers  being 
distributers  to  the  retail  trade.

It is  easy  to account  for this difference 
in  policies,  the  South  and  West  being 
newer  sections  of  the  country  and  the 
trade  conditions  not  so  thoroughly  ad­
justed.  Many  of the  jobbing  houses  lo­
cated 
in  the  Southern  and  Western 
States  started  in  business  years  ago  as 
retail  stores,  and,  as  the  country  de­
veloped  and  their  business  grew’  got  to 
doing  a wholesale  business,  until  to-day 
finds  many  of  them  immense,  exclusive 
jobbers,  while  others  are  doing  both 
wholesale  and  retail  business  in  vary­
ing  proportions.

Now  these  two  systems  of  conducting 
a 
jobbing  business  can  not  both  be 
right.  The  question  follows,  which  is 
right?  From  the  standpoint  of  the  re 
tailer  it  is  unfair  for  the  jobber to  load 
him  up  with  all  the  goods  he  will  buy, 
and  then  cut  off  h is  outlet  for  them  by 
selling  to  his  customers.

The  jobber  who  retails  is  unfair  with 
the  retail  dealer  when  he  claims  the 
right  to  buy  cheaper  than  he  does,  even 
if the  retailer  can  use  the  same  quantity 
of  goods.

He  is  unfair  with  the  manufacturer  in 
trying  to  persuade  him  not  to sell  direct 
to  the  retail  trade,  when  he 
is  himself 
doing  a  retail  business.

He  is  unfair with  the  legitimate  job 
ber,  who  asks  the  manufacturer  for  a 
reasonable  differential  for  distributing 
his  goods,  when  it  is  shown  on  investi­
gation  that  a  large  majori ty  of  the  so- 
called  jobbers  on this coast are doing the 
principal  retail  business  in their respec­
tive  cities.

The  retailer  is  not  alone  in  his  view 
of  the  matter,  for  he  is  backed  by  the 
jobbing  houses  which  do  a  legitimate 
jobbing  business.

I  will  read  a  short  letter  from  one  of 
the  Portland  hardware  jobbers,  as  fol­
lows :

We  note  with  pleasure  in  the proceed 
ings  of  a  number  of  retail  hardware  as­
sociations  the  effort  that  is  being  made 
to  induce  the  jobber  to  refrain  from 
selling  at  retail.  This  effort  during the 
year  should  in  all  cases  develop  into  a 
demand,  and,  if  not  acceded  to,  should 
be  taken  past  the  jobber to  the  manu­
facturer,  or  trust,  controlling 
lines  of 
hardware,  metals  or  other  goods  per­
taining  to  the  retail  hardware  business. 
We,  as  jobbers,  ask  and  demand  of  the 
manufacturers  that  they  refrain  from 
selling  to  the  retail  trade,  and  if that 
point  is  not  conceded,  then  that  they 
grant  a  differential,  which  we  are  en­
titled  to  as  distributers,  relieving  them 
of  the  expense  and  risk  incurred  in  at 
tempting  to  be  manufacturers  and 
job­
bers.  The  retailer  is  entitled  to  the 
same  protection  from  the  jobber that  we 
ask  from  the  manufacturer,  and  should 
not  be  forced  to  come  into  competition 
with  him. 
In  many  cities.  East  and 
West,  as  well  as  on  this  coast,  there  are 
large  firms  that  properly  should  come 
under  the  head  of  large  retailers  rather 
than  jobbers.  True,  they  are  on  the 
jobbers’ 
list  and  buy  at  bedrock,  but
•Paper  read  at  annual  meeting  Washington 
Hardware Association  by  C.  W.  J.  Beckers, 
of Seattle.

Reflections  of a Bachelor»

The  average  woman  doesn’t flatter her 
husband  nearly  as  much  as  she  ought 
to.

As  soon  as  a  woman  hears  her  hus­
band  complimented  by  another  woman 
she  gets  suspicious.

The  bigger the  place  a  man  has  in  a 
woman’s  heart  the  less  able  is  he to turn 
around  in  it.

It  is  as  easy  to  make  a  woman over  25 
fall  in  love  with  you  as  it  is  to  make  a 
yellow  dog  wag  its  tail.

A  woman  has  the  advantage  over a 
man ;  when  she  laughs  when  she  ought 
to  have  acted  sorry  she can always claim 
it  was  hysterics.

Im proving  H is G ram m ar.

In  a  school  for colored  children  there 
little  boy  who  would  persist  in 
The  teacher  kept  him  in  one  night, 

was  a 
saying  “ have  went.”
and  said:  ,

When 

“ Now,  while  I  am  out  of  the  room 
you  may  write  ‘ have  gone’  fifty  times.”  
the  teacher  came  back  he 
looked  at  the  boy’s  paper,  and  there 
was,  “ have  gone  fifty  times. ”   On  the 
other  side  was  written,  “ I  have  went 
home. ”

One  reason  the  very  young  think  they 
have  a  great  many  friends  is  that  they 
never need  any.

T j  

When  the 
Busy Season 
Conies

And the customer  to whom 
you have sold  paint  for  his 
house  finds  that  you  have 
not  quite  enough  to  finish 
the  job  it  will  be  a  nice 
thing to be able  to  say  "go 
right  along,  I  will  have  it 
for  you  in  a  day  or  two;" 
and  you  can  say  it  if  you 
carry  our  line,  for  we  are 
quick shippers.  Better write 
to us about it;  we  save  you 
time and money.

Callaghan  &   Richardson,

Manufacturers’ Agents, 
Reed City, Mich.

Quick m ia l-- 
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Secure the agency of the

QUICK Mt AL

Stoves  and  Steel  Ranges

They have no competitors.  Write at once to 

D. E. VANDERVEEN, State Agent,

525 M ichigan T rust Building, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Citizens Phone 1350.

QUICK MtAk

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No  Long Story  Here.

Write 

for  Prices.

Steel  Mills,  Steel  Towers,
Steel  Tanks,  Wood  Tanks,

Galvanized  Pipe  and  Tnbular W ell  Supplies.

Phelps &
Bigelow

ADAMS  &  HART, Local Agents a t Grand  Rapids.

Wind Mill  Co.,  KALAMAZOO, MICH

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m eats.

The  Shirt  Waist  Girl.  A  varied  as­
sortment  of  stylish  and  seasonable  pat­
terns  to  select  from  in  our  dress  goods 
department,  at  prices  that  double  the 
comfort  of  these  desirable  summer  ne­
cessities.

The  Day  s  Wants.  New  ideas,  new 
stocks  and  continual  thought  of  better­
ment  enable  us  to  fill  your  wants  as  you 
desire  them  ‘ ‘ down-to-date. ”

Change  Thought  to  Action. 

Still 
thinking  of  refurnishing  your  home?, 
Here  are  some  prices  that  positively 
cure  those  acute  attacks  of  hesitation.

Rubbers  or  Doctors’  Bills?  You’d 
better  decide  on  rubbers;  they  insure 
health,  and  are  necessities  in  rainy 
weather.  Have  some  at  68c  this  week 
—good,  too.

To  Ease  Your  Feet—after the  day’s 
work,  a  pair  of  our comfortable  bouse 
is  just  what  is  required.  We 
slippers 
have  all  kinds  of  slippers  at  one kind of 
price—the  low  kind.

Our  Stock  of  Suggestions.  If  in  doubt, 
what  to  give  when  selecting  birthday  or 
wedding  gifts,  an  inspection  of  our  im- 
mense  stock will  suggest,  and  the  prices 
will  suggest  where  to  buy.

Umbrellas  Worth  Keeping. 

are  only  worth 
worth  having  and  worth  keeping.

(Some 
lending).  These  are 

The  good _ treatment  of  customers  is 
in­

one  of  the  things  which  has  a  great 
fluence  on  the  building  of trade.

Sporting  Goods,  Ammunition,  Stoves,  <U>
Window Glass,  Bar  Iron,  Shelf  Hard- $
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Foster, Stevens & Co., 

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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Tradesman Company 

Grand  Rapids.

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1 u  one of these  harp  shaped 
Imperial  Gas  Lamps. 
It  will  be 
shipped  f.  o.  b.  Chicago,  completely 
trimmed,  carefully  packed  so 'that 
weight  of  package  Is  less  than  ten 
pounds,  hence  charges  by  express 
would not be high.  Lamp  burns gas­
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and is fully guaranteed.  Write.
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TO THE  TRA D E:
We are the only manufacturers of Ilynamlte In 
Lower Michigan suitable for general Rock  work 
and  Stump  Blasting;  also  Caps,  Safety  Fuse, 
Electric  Fuse, Batteries, Dirt Augers,  etc.  Our 
goods are strictly high grade and reliable, twenty- 
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Shipments made promptly on same day  order  is 
received.  Try us by inquiry.

AJAX  DYNAMITE  WORKS,

Bay  City, Mich

Grand  Rapids 

Cold  Storage  Co.,

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

Citizens Phone a6oo.

We  do  a  general  storage,  and  solicit 

your patronage.

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400 case lots, per doz.........................ij$c
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1000 case lots  and  over,  special  rate  on 

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£

Cheap and Effective.

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

44  S.  Clark  St.,  Chicago,  III.

Crushed  Cereal  Coffee  Cake.

;  Better than  coffee.
1  Cheaper than  coffee.

More healthful than coffee.

I  Costs the consumer' less.

Affords the retailer larger profit.

I  Send for sample case.

See quotations in price current.

Crushed  Cereal  Coffee  Cake  Co.

Marshall,  Mich.

Tarred  Felt,  Asphalt  Paints,

Roofing  Pitch,  Coal  Tar,

2  and  3  ply  and  Torpedo  Gravel 
Ready  Roofing,  Galvanized  Iron 

Cornice,  Eave Troughing,

Sheet  Metal  Workers  and  Con­

tracting  Roofers.

S K Y   L I G H T S

Established  1868.

State  Agents

H.  M.  REYNOLDS  &  SON,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Ruberoid  Roofing,  Building,  Sheathing and 

Insulating  Papers and  Paints.

MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

Aluminum Money

W ill Increase Vonr Business.

and  manufacturers  of  the  Great  Repub­
lic.

The  lesson  to  be  learned  from  it  all  is 
that  the  American  merchants  and  man­
ufacturers  must  exhibit more  enterprise 
in  pushing  their  business,  and 
it  is 
difficult  to  propose  anything  that  would 
more  completely  meet  all  demands  than 
would  Commissioner  Austin's  idea  of  a 
floating  exposition. 

Frank  Stowell.

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FLOATING  EXPOSITION.

Novel  Idea  Characteristic  of  Am erican 

Enterprise.

The  old-time  merchants  were  accus 
tomed  to  wait  in  their stores  for custom 
ers.  The  method  now  in  vogue 
is  to 
send  out  traveling  salesmen  with  sam 
pies  to  visit  the  customers,  and  so  save 
them  the  trouble  and  expense  of  going 
to  market.

This,  in  effect,  is  proposed  by  Hon 
O.  P.  Austin,  United  States  Commis 
sioner  of  Statistics 
in  Washington,  in 
an  article  printed 
in  the  Geographic 
Magazine.  It  proposed nothing less  than 
a  floating  exposition  carrying  samples 
of  all  sorts  of  American  merchandise, 
and  stopping  in  every  commercial  port 
upon  the  globe  to  exhibi.t  the  products 
it  bears.

and 

Commissioner  Austin  well  observes 
that,  in  this  age  of  strenuous  commer­
cial  competition,  the  utmost  enterprise 
is  necessary  in  order  to  secure  trade. 
He  sets  forth  that  the  imports  of  Asia, 
Oceania,  Africa 
the  American 
countries  south  of  the  United  States 
amount  to  over  two  billion  dollars  every 
year.  Nearly  all  of these 
importations 
are  of  the  very  class  of  goods  which  we 
want  to  sell— foods  stuffs,  textiles,  min­
eral  oils,  machinery  and  manufactures 
of  all  kinds;  yet  the  sales  of  American 
products  to  these  grand  divisions  in  the 
best  year  of  United  States  commerce, 
1900,  only  amounted  to  about $200,000, 
000,  or  10  per  cent,  of  their  purchases. 
The  annual  imports  of Asia and Oceania 
are  over  a  billion dollars,  those of Africa 
over  four  hundred  millions,  and  those 
of  the  countries 
the 
United  States  about  six  hundred  mil­
lions.

lying  south  of 

Most  of  the  cities  through  which these 
two  billion  dollars'  worth  of  goods  are 
first  distributed 
lie  on  the  sea  coast, 
and  could  be  readily  reached  by  a  fleet 
of  vessels  loaded  with  samples  of Amer­
ican  products  and  manufactures. 
It  is 
well  known  that  the 
lack  of  practical 
knowledge  as  to  the  local  trade  require­
ments,  such  as  methods  of  packing, 
kind  of  goods  required,length  of  credit, 
etc.,  is  the  chief  obstacle  to  the 
intro­
duction  of  American  goods 
in  these 
countries,  and  that  until  this  obstacle 
shall  have  been  overcome  this  Republic 
can  not  expect  to  obtain  the  share  in 
that  trade  to  which  its  location  and  fa­
cilities  of  production  and  manufacture 
entitle  it.

If  a  floating  exposition  were  system­
atically  organized,  loading  one  vessel 
with  exhibits  of  food  stuffs,  another 
with  textiles,  another  with  agricultural 
implements  and  vehicles,  another  with 
manufactures  of  iron  and  steel,  another 
with  household  requirements,  and  an­
other  with  “ Yankee  notions,"  and  sent 
from  port  to  port  and  continent  to  con­
tinent,  it  should  prove  highly  advan­
tageous  to  American  commercial  rela­
tions  with  all  of  the  countries  visited.

loss  which 

The  fact  that  the  merchants  and  man­
ufacturers  of  the  United  States  fail  to 
secure  at  least  a  fair  share  of  the  great 
commerce  mentioned  is  not  to the credit 
it  means  a 
of  their  enterprise,  while 
distinct  and  enormous 
is 
gained  by  other  more  enterprising  na­
tions. 
It  has  also  been  recently  noticed 
that  trade  between  the  United  States 
and  Cuba 
is  falling  off,  and  that  the 
business  is  going  to  European  coun­
tries.  These  facts  show  either that  the 
wares  and  products  of other countries 
are  better  advertised,  or  that  in  some 
way  those  nations  give  more advantages 
to  their customers than  do the merchants

The  Home  of Wooden  Toys  in  the  Tyrol.
Two  English  girls  have  been  telling 
rather an  interesting  story  of  life  in  the 
Goerdner  Valley  in  the  Tyrol,  which  is 
the  home  of  wooden  toys  and is  literally 
given  over to  wood  carving.

“  Baedeker"  says  that  St.  Ulrich,  the 
capital  of  the  district,  has  2,300 wood 
carvers  and  a  good  hotel.  The  English 
girls  corroborate  the  statement  and  add 
that  the  place 
is  well  worth  a  visit, 
although,  in  order to  enjoy  it,  one  must 
stay  there  long  enough  to  tramp  up  and 
down  hill,  and  make  acquaintances  in 
the 
little  chalets,  where  everyone,  old 
and  young,  is  busy  with  some  sort  of 
wood  carving  or toymaking.

One 

trundled  by 

lives  in  good  society  in  St.  Ul­
rich,  so  it  seems.  Saints  and  heroes  of 
assorted  sizes  are  ranged  comfortably 
outside  of  the  chalets  and  in  the  gar­
dens,  drying  their  halos  and  robes.  St. 
Peter,  St.  Paul,  the  Virgin and Andreas 
Hofer, 
the  Tyrolean  hero,  hobnob  on 
one 
comer;  while  St.  Anthony  of 
Padua,  repeated  five  times,  dozes  on  a 
bench  against  the  wall  and  St.  Florian, 
eight  feet  high,  smiles  from  the  steps  at 
St.  Sebastian, 
in  a  bar- 
row.
Rows  of  fresh  and  shining  angels  are 
on  every  hand  and  look  with  benign  in­
terest  at  whole  squadrons  of  splendid 
rocking  horses  that  go  romping  around 
the  grounds;  and  hundreds  of  staring 
wooden  dolls  sit  stiffly  upon 
sunny 
shelves  and  envy  the  angels.  Crucifixes 
are  scattered  everywhere.  Noah’s  Ark 
animals  stare,  panic  stricken,  at  piles 
of  wooden  skulls.
Everywhere  there  is  sawing,  hammer­
ing,  chipping,  painting.  At  the  age  of 
6the  children  begin  to  learn the carving 
trade,  and  they  stick  at 
it  until  they 
die.  The  most  famous  woman  carver 
in  the  district  carves  nothing  but  cruci­
fixes  and  has  done  nothing  else  for 
twenty  years.  All  of  her  work  is  or­
in  advance;  and  as  her 
dered 
prices,  although 
low,  are  better  than 
those  of  most  of  the  carvers  she  makes 
a  fair  living.

She  uses  no  model.  That  is  true  of 
almost  all  of  the  workmen  who  have 
learned  their craft  through  long  years  of 
experience.  When  a  carver  has  evolved 
500  St.  Anthonys,  all  of  a  pattern,  from 
tree  trunks,  he  learns  to  know  his  saint 
and  has  no  need  of  a  model.  Very 
often  a  worker sticks  to  some  one  figure 
and  attempts  nothing  else,  a  method 
which  opens  up  awful  vistas  of  monot­
ony.

long 

One family turns out  brindled cows  by 
the  gross.  Another has  for  years  carved 
nothing  but  skulls  and  crossbones.  The 
English  chroniclers  doesn’t  tell  what 
effect  the  gruesome  monotony  has  had 
upon  the  members  of  the  family,but  the 
situation  sounds  Maeterlinckian.

One  woman  makes  tiny  wooden  dolls 
and  each  of  her children,  even  the  five- 
year-old,  has  some  part 
in  the  work. 
One  shapes  the  legs,  another  paints  the 
faces,  another  fits  the  parts  together. 
Six  hundred  dozen  of  the  dolls  were 
stacked  up  against  the  wall  when  the 
English  visitors  called;  and,  for  mak­
ing  the  lot,  the  workers  expected  to  re­
ceive  about  $3.

In  another cottage  three  generations 
of  a  family  were  busy  painting  wooden 
horses,  and  said  proudly that  they  could 
turn  out  twenty  dozen  a  day.  None  of 
the  toys  are  sold  at  retail,  all  being  in­
tended  for  the  big  wholesale  depots  at 
St.  Ulrich.

On  Saturday  every  mountain  path 

is 
crowded  with  men,  women  and  children 
carrying  the  wares  to  the  depots.  A 
flood  of  saints,  angels,  crucifixes  and 
toys  pours  into  the  depots  all  day  long; 
and,  in  the  evening,  the  peasants  turn 
homeward,  ready  for another  wholesale 
creation  week.

Seller?  Well!  needn’t guess again.

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STA TE   OF  MICHIGAN )

County  of  Kent 

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John  DeBoer,  being  duly  sworn,  de 

poses  and  says  as  follows :

I  am  pressman 

in  the  office  of the 
Tradesman  Company  and  have  charge 
of  the  presses  and  folding  machine  in 
and 
that  establishment. 
folded  7,000  copies  of  the 
issue  of 
April  17,  1901,  and 
saw  the  edition 
mailed 
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Sworn  and  subscribed  before  me,  a 
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this  twentieth  day  of  April,  1901.

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GROWTH  OF  FOREIGN TRADE.
People  who  feared  that  there might be 
liberal  export  movement  of gold  to 
a 
Europe  this  year  can 
lay  aside  such 
fears,  as,  according  to  the  latest  avail­
able  statistics  from  the  Treasury  De­
partment,  our  exports  continue  to gain 
over  all  previous  years  at  a  tremendous 
rate,  while  our  imports  are  constantly 
diminishing.  This  condition  of things 
can  not  but  increase  the  trade  balance 
in  our  favor which  has  long  existed  in 
Europe;  hence  there  need  be  no  fear of 
considerable  shipments  of  gold  to  meet 
balances,  it  being  more  probable  that 
gold  will  come  in  this  direction,  unless 
the  needs  of  our  European  customers 
compel  them  to  seek  loans  from  us.

According  to  recent  data  furnished  by 
the  Bureau  of  Statistics  of  the  Treasury 
Department,  the  fiscal  year  1901  prom­
ises to show the largest exports on record, 
exceeding  even  the  immense  exports  of 
1900  by  a  considerable  amount.  The 
figures  for  the  year  to  date  even  hold 
out  the  hope  that  the  total  exports  may 
reach  the  billion-and-a-half  mark,  as 
against  $1,394,000,000  for the  fiscal  year 
1900.

The  enormous  increase  of  our  foreign 
commerce  in  the  last  thirty  years  is  one 
of  the  most  conspicuous  evidences  of 
national  growth  that 
it  is  possible  to 
imagine. 
In  1870  our  total  exports 
reached  $392,000,000.  This  had  been 
increased  to  $835,000.000  in  1880,  and 
again  to  $1,030,000,000  in  1892  and 
$1,394,000,000  in  1900.  No  country  in 
the  world  has  ever witnessed  so  marvel 
ous  a  development.

The  March  import  and  export  figures, 
just  completed  by  the  Treasury  Bureau 
of  Statistics,  show  a  total  exportation 
from  the  United  States 
in  the  nine 
months  ending  with  March,  1901,  of 
$1,140,170,728,  or  $86,540,032  in  excess 
of  last  year,  which  held  the  highest 
record  in  the  history  of our export trade.

For some  years  the  imports  have been 
steadily  shrinking  in  proportion  to the 
exports,  and 
in  many  seasons  have 
shown  an  actual  as  well  as  a  relati 
falling  off.  This  year the  imports are 
sure  to  show  a  considerable  decrease 
compared  with 
last  year,  hence  the 
amount  we  purchase  from  abroad  wi 
play  a  smaller  proportion  than  ever  be 
fore  in  comparison  with  the  amount  we 
sell  to  foreign  countries.

in 

than 

The  figures  of  the  nine  months  end 
ing  with  March,  1901,  show  a  decrease 
of  $42,292,639  in  the  imports,  as  com 
pared  with  those  in  the  corresponding 
months  of the  preceding  year.  Thus  the 
excess  of  exports  over  imports  in  the 
nine  months  is  more  than  $100,000,000 
greater 
the  corresponding 
months  of  last  year and  far  beyond  the 
figures  of  any  preceding  year.  The  ex 
cess  of  exports  over  imports  in  the  nine 
months  ending  with  March, 
i 
$540,687,337,  as  against  $411,854,666  i 
the  corresponding  months  of  1900,  an 
increase  of  $128,832,671  in  the  net  ex 
cess  of exports  over imports  for the  nine 
months  of  1901  as  compared  with  the 
corresponding  period  of  the  fiscal  year 
1900.

1901 

Last  year  the  great  increase  in  the 
exports  of  manufactured  goods  played 
the  principal  role 
in  the  general  in 
crease  of  exports,  the  value  of  agricul 
tural  products  exported  showing  but  i 
moderate  gain.  This  year the  position 
will  be  reversed,  and  the  farmers  will 
contribute  more  largely  than  the  man 
ufacturers  to  the  gain  in exports.  Thus 
the  value  of  agricultural  products  ex 
ported  during  the  first  eight  months  of 
the  year,  for  which  the  statistics  are 
completed,  shows  a  gain  of $88,000,000 
over  1900,  while  the  value  of  manufac 
increased  but  $2,000,000.  Of 
tures 
course,  the 
lower  value  of  most  manu 
factured  articles,  as  well  as  the  loss  of 
the  China  trade,  due  to 
temporary 
influenced  the  exports  of 
causes,  has 
manufactures.

the  direction  of  the 

Zion’s  Co-Operative  Mercantile  Insti 
tution  is  one  of  the  characteristic  estab 
lishments  of  the  Mormon  church  and  is 
under 
leading 
authorities  of  the  church. 
It  was  es 
tablished  more  than  a  quarter of  a  cen­
tury  ago  by  Brigham  Young  and,  al 
though  it  has  not  realized  the  intentions 
insti­
of  its  founder,  it  is  a  prosperous 
tution.  A  recent  report  shows  that 
its 
sales  for the past business year amounted 
to  nearly  $3,500,000,  netting  to 
its 
stockholders  a  dividend  of 8  per cent. 
It  retails  all  kinds  of  merchandise,  and 
sells  at  wholesale  all  over  the  State.' 
It 
yet  has  hopes  of  accomplishing  the 
ideas  of  the  prophet,  which  were  to  fur­
nish  goods  at  the  lowest  possible prices, 
to  make  the  buyers  partners  in  the 
in­
stitution,  and  to  establish  extensive 
manufacturing  industries  in  the  State.
How  to  stop  the  Indians  of  the  South 
Dakota  reservations  from  eating  each 
other’s  food  is  an  amusing,  but perplex­
ing  problem,  with  which  the 
Indian 
is  now  dealing. 
Bureau 
It  is  an  un­
written 
law  of  Indian  hospitality  that  a 
guest  may  stay  as  long  as  he  likes,  and 
that  as  long  as  the  guest  remains  the 
host  must  provide  the  food. 
It  has  be­
come  the  custom  among  the  Sioux,  who 
have  a  feast  with  their two  weeks’  ra­
tion  as  soon  as  they  receive  it  from  the 
Government,  to  go  to  the  more  provi­
dent  Indians  and  live  on  them  until  all 
their  food  is  gone.

All  is  not  lost.  Perhaps  the  weather 
may  permit  of  the  display  of  Easter 
bonnets  on  May  Day.

MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

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HUMAN  HEALTH  AND  VIGOR. 

Despite  the  complaints  made  of the 
strenuous  conditions  of  modern  life,  the 
fact  remains  that  the  masses  of the  peo­
ple  in  most  civilized  countries have bet 
ter  food  and  more  of  it,  better clothi 
and  shelter,  than  in any previous  period 
of  human  existence.

We  know  that  savage  tribes,  such 
the  American  Indians,  by  reason 
their  shiftlessness  and  entire  lack 
preparation  for  any  time  of  need,  are 
almost  constantly  exposed  to the  most 
serious  privations. 
Their  sufferings 
from  hunger  and  cold  are  always  ex 
treme 
in  the  winter.  This  is  the  rule 
with  all  primitive  peoples.  They  are 
utterly  improvident  and  make  no  stores 
of  food  to  meet  emergencies.  They 
not  possess  the  wisdom  of those animals 
which 
lay  up  a  supply  of  seeds and 
nuts  for their winter  support.

Skeletons,  records  and  other  reliable 
nformation  concerning  the  earlier  peo 
pies  in  every  country show  that  they  av 
eraged  in  stature  less than  the  standard 
of the  best  races  of  to-day.  The  Chi 
nese,  the  Malays,  the  Hindoos,  the Jap 
anese  and  many  African  peoples  are  a 
small.  The  American 
Indians  have 
never  equaled 
in  stature  and  strength 
those  qualities 
in  the  American  white 
pioneer.  The  equatorial tribes of Africa, 
such  as  the  negroes  of  Guinea  and 
Congo,  have  always  been  large  and 
strong  men,  but  they  were  exceptions- 
The  natives  of  Patagonia  are 
large  of 
bone  and  muscle,  and  of height  over the 
white  standard;  but  these,  with  a  few 
other  exceptions,  prove  the  rule  that 
most of the primitive peoples were small 
Even  the  Greeks  and  Romans,  and 
the  Egyptians  before  them,  were  not  up 
to the  European  standard  of  to-day, 
one 
is  to  judge  from  the  statues  and 
armor  that  remain  to  show  their size 
The  armor  preserved 
in  all  the  na 
tional  collections  in  Europes  prove  that 
the  knights  and  the  men-at-arms  in  the 
Middle  Ages  were  so  much  smaller than 
those  of  the  present  day  that  the  mod 
ern  man,  as  a  rule,  could  not  possibly 
get  into  the  coats  of  mail  that  once  clad 
the  knights  and  nobles  of  half a  dozen 
centuries  ago. 
In  England,  the  present 
greater  stature  of  the  men  over  that  of 
the  crusaders  and  the  Norman  conquer 
ors  is  attributed  to  so  many  centuries  of 
better  feeding  and  the  comforts  that 
have  come  to  the  entire  population  with 
the  advance  of  civilization.

to-day 

The  workingman  of 

labors 
fewer  hours  than  his  predecessors  of 
some generations  ago,  and  he  enjoys  the 
protection  of the  improved  public  sani 
tation  which  has  done  so  much  to  free 
the  human  race  from  the  periodical  vis 
itations  of  the  dreadful  diseases  which 
formerly  at  intervals  of  no  great  dura 
tion  decimated  the  population  of  entire 
provinces.  The  extensive  use  of  ma 
chinery 
in  every  industry  has  wonder 
fully  cheapened  most  articles  of  con 
sumption  without  reducing  wages,  so 
that there  has  never  been  a  period  when 
the  workingman  and  his  family  could 
’ive  so  well  or  be  so  comfortable.

Already the life  insurance statisticians 
recognize  that,  by  reason  of  the  im­
proved  conditions,  the  average  of hu­
man 
life  has  materially  increased,  and 
this  is  supplementary  to  the  fact  that 
the  best  of the  human  races  are  increas­
ing 
It  is  in 
this  connection  that  increased  attention 
is  being  given  to  the  subject  of health 
and  hygiene.  The  medical  men  are  de­
voting  themselves  as  much  to the  dis­
covery  of the  means  of  preventing  dis­
ease  as  of  curing  it,  and  their discus­

in  stature  and  strength. 

sions  and  discoveries,  instead  of  being 
locked  up  in  secrecy  or  buried  in  orac­
ular  treatises  composed 
in  bad  Latin, 
are  now  at  once  given  to  the  world 
through  the  press,  and  thus 
it  is  that 
popular attention  is  so  generally  drawn 
to  the  subject.

Many  semi-scientific  and  not  a  few 
unscientific  treatises  have  appeared  in 
the  form  of  pamphlets,  articles  in  mag­
azines  and  other  issues  from  the  press, 
usually  intended  to  advance  and  adver­
tise  some  particular theory.  There  are 
writers  who  see  a  remedy  for every bod­
ily  ill  in  muscular  exercise.  There  are 
exploitations  of  dietetics  in  which  it 
is 
held  that  the  road to health  is  to  feed  on 
vegetables  exclusively,  while  other  writ­
ers  insist  that  man  is  a  carnivorous 
beast  and  finds  his  greatest  physical 
benefit 
in  eating  the  flesh  of  others  of 
his  fellow  animals.  The  advocates  of 
each  of  the  several  theories  are  apt  to 
be  wholly 
intolerant  of  all  the  others, 
when,  perhaps,  there may  be  some  good 
in  all.

It  is  fully  admitted  that  the  education 
and  development  of  the  body  by  proper 
exercises  are  largely  conducive to health 
and  vigor,  but  it  is  absurd  to  class  them 
as  cure-alls.  The  one  condition 
in 
which  the  life  and  health  of  the  human 
race  are,  above  all  others,  concerned 
is 
in  the  quality  and  quantity  of  the  food 
by  which  the  body  is  nourished,  and the 
completeness  with  which  it  is  digested 
and  converted  into  the  various  elements 
required  for  the  maintenance  of  perfect 
health.  Doubtless  a  vegetable  diet  is 
best  for  some;  but 
in  every  case  the 
food  should  be  clean,  sound,  and,  if 
animal  substances 
these 
should  be  free  from  disease.  There 
is 
reason  to  believe  that  many  human  ail­
ments  are  derived  from  the beasts whose 
flesh  is  consumed  for  food.

are  used, 

After  due  attention  has  been  paid  to 
the  quality,  the  quantity  of alimentary 
substances  consumed should be  carefully 
regarded.  To  put into the stomach either 
animal  or  vegetable  matters  more  than 
this  most  important  organ  can  properly 
is  to  invite  disease  and  in­
’ ispose  of 
sure  pain. 
Intelligent  people  should 
by  experiment 
find  out  what  is  best 
suited  to  their  needs  and  their  powers 
of  digestion,  and  in  that  way  make  for 
themselves  rules  of  action.  Those  per­
sons  who  debauch  themselves  by  ex­
cessive  eating  or  drinking  seldom  learn 
wisdom  until  brought  up  with  a  round 
turn  of  illness.  Not  even  then  will  some 
of  them  reform  their  habits.  But  the 
wise  should  take  warning  in  time.

A  curious  damage  suit  was  filed  the 
other  day  in  a  Kansas  court. 
The 
plaintiff,  who  lives  in  Iola,  is  a woman. 
She  alleges  that  she  ran  a  sewing  ma­
chine  needle  into  the  thumb  of  her right 
hand,  and  that  she  went  to  a  doctor of 
the  town  for  relief.  The  doctor  gave 
her  chloroform,  and,  when  she  ’ ’ came 
informed  her  that  he  had  cut  the 
needle  out.  She  went  away  satisfied, 
but  for  several  weeks  her  thumb  re­
mained  sore,  and  at  last  she  went  to  an­
other surgeon, who found  that  the  needle 
had  not  been  removed  at  all.  And  for 
this  deceit  on  the  part  of  the  first doctor 
the  young  woman  asks  $500 damages.

Postal  officials  say  if  receipts  keep 
?  at  the  rate  they  have  maintained 
thus  far,  the  deficit  for the  current  fiscal 
year  will  not  exceed  $3,000,000,  or a  re­
duction  of  50  per  cent,  from  the  esti­
mates.  There  would  be  a  big  surplus 
and  1  cent  postage  in  sight  but  for  the 
impositions  in  second-class  matter.

DISEASE  SPREAD  BY  RATS.

It  was  once  supposed  that  microbes 
possessed  remarkable  powers  of  pro­
gression  from  place  to  place  and  from 
person  to  person,  and  that  they  were 
in  the 
able  to  defy  time  and  escape 
swiftness  of  their  movements. 
It  now 
appears,  from  recent  experiment,  that 
these  germs  are  utterly  unable  to  move, 
and,  when  once  located,  have  no  power 
to  move  from  the  spot,  and  are,  there­
fore,  absolutely  harmless,  until,  by some 
agency  or  means  entirely  foreign  to 
themselves, 
they  are  transported  and 
lodged  where  they can  do the most harm 
and  work  their  deadly  will.

For  example,  the  fevers 

that  are 
often  so  fatal  and  were  long  held  to  be 
able  to  travel  of  their own  motion  with 
great  speed  through  great  distances  un­
til  they  reached  the  victims  destined for 
attack,  are  now  declared  to  be  entirely 
inert  and  harmless  until  they  are sucked 
up  by  a  mosquito,  and  by  that  creature, 
in  the  light  of  modem  science  so fright­
fully  formidable,  injected  or  inserted 
in  some  human  body.  Thus  are  over­
thrown  with  ruthless  discourtesy  all  that 
had  been  discovered  and  believed  in 
concerning  certain  fevers  and  quaran­
tine  for  a  thousand  years.  But 
thé 
gathered  wisdom  of  antiquity 
is  dissi­
pated 
like  a  mere  mist  by  the  blazing 
sun  of  modern  scientific  theory.

Another  blow  to  the  hoary  hygiene  of 
the  fathers  of  medicine  is  the announce­
ment  that  the  bubonic  plague,  the  ter­
rible  disease  which  decimated  the  pop­
ulation  of  the  Middle  Ages,  is  propa­
gated  chiefly,  if  not  entirely,  by  rats, 
and  the  statement  is  put  forth  that  the 
plague  would 
lose  most  of  its  terrors 
should  the  rats  of  the  world  cease  to 
exist.  Other  diseases  would  claim  fewer 
victims  and  the  earth  would  be  a  safer 
place  for  humankind.

It  appears,  from  the  Chicago  papers, 
that  a  distinguished  Japanese  medical 
authority  and  sanitarian  is  in  that  city, 
engaged  in  a  mission  to  arouse  the  civ­
ilized  nations  against rats.  Dr.  Nagusha 
has  been  making  a  study  of  the  plague 
in  Hong  Kong,  in  Bombay,  in  Japan, 
and  in  other of the  Oriental  countries. 
He  is  convinced,  he  said,  that  rats  are 
the  greatest  propagators  of  contagious 
diseases.  The  cause  of  humanity  would 
make  a  long  stride,  he  declared,  could 
the  rodents  be  wiped  from  the  earth.

Japan,  said  Dr.  Nagusha,  has  made 
an  official 
investigation  of  the  harm 
done  by  rats,  and  the  result  of  this  in­
vestigation 
is  to  be  bro.ught  to the  at­
tention  of  the  civilized  world.  Rats, 
declared  the  visitor,  serve  no  useful 
purpose,  and,  besides  spreading  germs, 
destroy  enormous  values  in  property 
every  year.  This  bacteriologist  de­
clared 
in  his  visits  to  Hong 
Kong,  Bombay  and  other  parts  of  the 
Orient,  not  to  speak  of Japan,  he  was 
everywhere  confronted  with  the 
fact 
that  rats,  far  more  than  anything  else, 
are  the  active  causes 
in  propagating 
and  spreading  the  plague.

that, 

The  serum,  in  his  opinion,  is  an  ex­
cellent  preventive,  as  are  some  other 
remedies,  but  so 
long  as  there  are 
swarms  of  rats  to  spread  the  disease  it 
is  too  much  to  hope  for  effective  results 
through  any  of  the  protective  agencies 
now  known.  Time  and  again  he  found 
that  rodents  were  the  active  cause  in 
spreading  the  disease 
into  some  new 
quarter  where  every  ordinary precaution 
had  been  taken  to  prevent  the  malady. 
These  precautions  would  have  been 
effective  in  all  probability  but  for  the 
infected  rodents  carrying  the  germs 
with  them.

The  speculative  theories  which  make 
up  so  much  of  modern  science  do  not 
hold  their  places  in  human  credulity for 
any  great  length  of  time.  The  present 
is  an  age 
in  which  attention  is  only 
given  seriously  to  what  can  be  made the 
subject  of  observation  and  manipula­
tion. 
If  it  can  not  be  weighed  and 
measured,  or scrutinized  with  magnify­
ing  glasses,  or  examined  by  chemical 
analysis,  it  either  does  not  exist  or  is 
not  worth  consideration.  We  are  so 
constantly  finding  out  new  facts  con­
cerning  material  things  that  we  are 
forced  frequently  to  revise  our theories 
and,  incredulous  as  is  science  concern­
ing  things  that  are  immaterial, if indeed 
there  be  any  such,  almost  any  statement 
in  regard  to  material  things  will  find 
acceptance  and  defenders.  Thus  it  is 
with  theories  of  the  causation  of  the 
ills  to  which  flesh  is  heir.

There 

is  a  possibility  that  the  expo­
sition  business  may  be  overdone. 
World’s  fairs  are  a  good  thing  fora  city 
which  succeeds  in  securing  the requisite 
appropriations,  but  enough  is  as  good 
as  a  feast  and  when  every  considerable 
city  sets  out  to  have  one  they  must  of 
necessity  lose 
in  merit  and  drawing 
power.  The  Pan-American  at  Buffalo 
has  an  exceptionally  good  start  and 
many  people  are  already  turning  their 
eyes  and  thoughts  in  that direction. 
Its 
attendance,  however,  is  bound  to  be  al­
most  wholly  from  the  United  States  and 
It 
Canada. 
is  scarcely  expected  that 
any  very 
large  number  of  Europeans 
will  make  the  trans-Atlantic  journey  on 
that  account. 
It  can  not  draw  from 
abroad  as  the  Chicago  Exposition  did. 
Other cities  are  emulating  its  example, 
but  none  are  likely  to  rival  its  success. 
A  floating  exposition  has  been  sug­
gested  which  shall  have  for  its  purpose 
the  carrying  of  samples  of  American 
merchandise  around  the  world,  stop­
ping 
in  this  port  and  that,  in  the  hope 
of  increasing  trade.  This,  of  course,  is 
nothing  more  nor  less  than  a  great  ad­
vertising  scheme  for the  benefit  of  the 
exporters.  It  would  be  a  very  expensive 
undertaking  and  the  first  thing  sought 
for  would  be  national  aid.  There 
is 
reason  to  believe  that  the  prospect  is 
blighter  on  paper  than  it  would  be  in 
practical  operation. 
The  American 
manufacturers  have  shown  decided  en­
terprise  in  pushing  their  wares and find­
ing  sale  for them  in  foreign  countries. 
It  is  doubtful  if the  floating  exposition 
scheme  could  be  inaugurated  and  car­
ried  out  to  a  successful  issue.

A  new  law  came  into  force  in  France 
at  the  beginning  of  this  year,  which 
compels  all  owners  of  stores  to  provide 
seats  for  their  female  assistants.  Un­
der the  law  each  room  must  be provided 
with  a  number of  seats  equal  to  that  of 
the  women  there t employed.  The  law 
was  founded  upon  a  similar one  passed 
in  Great  Britain  in  1899.  This  latter, 
however,  is  somewhat 
lighter  on  the 
storekeeper, 
inasmuch  as  it  provides 
but  one  seat  for each  three  women  em­
ployed,  the  supposition  being  that  all 
idle  at  the  same  time.  Ger­
are  not 
many  has  now  come 
line,  but  the 
new  law  which  came  into  force  on  the 
1st  of  this  month  provides  only  for  “ a 
sufficient  number”   of  seats.

into 

Germany  will  endeavor  to  be  its  own 
“ mold  of  form  and  glass  of  fashion.” 
Berlin  will  soon  see  a  fashion  exhibit 
by  which  it  is  hoped  that  special  fash­
ions  for  German  women  will  be  estab­
lished.  The  managing  committee  will 
include  members  of  the  highest  society.

MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

LUXURY AND  IDLENESS.

The  amassing  within  a  few  years past 
of  enormous  private  fortunes has created 
a  class  of  persons whose immense wealth 
has  placed  them  at  the  head  of  social 
life  and  organizations  in  a  few  of  the 
great  cities  of  the  Union.

Under  such  conditions  social  stand­
ing 
is  based  upon  the  degree  of  one’s 
riches,  so that  no  person  who  is  not  a 
millionaire  is  admitted  to  any  terms  of 
social  equality,  and  the  possessor  of 
but  a  single  million  counts  for but  lit­
tle 
in  a  moneyed  aristocracy  whose 
leaders  control  fortunes  to  the  tune  of 
tens,  scores  and  hundreds  of  millions.

It  is  but  natural  that  the  possession  of 
such  great  riches  should  have 
induced 
habits  of  living  luxurious  and  prodigal 
in  the  extreme,  not  only 
in  the  cases 
of  the  very  wealthy,  but  also  with  those 
who  find 
it  necessary  to  keep  up  ap­
pearances  or  lose  their  places  in  the  so­
cial  scale.

The 

remarkable 

social  conditions 
which  exist  in  the American metropolis, 
where  most  of  the  wealth  of  the  country 
is  assembled,  was  brought  into  public 
view  at  a  recent  meeting  of  the  pastors 
of  fashionable  churches 
in  New  York 
City,  held  to  discuss  conditions  among 
their  parishioners.

“ Conditions  are  startling,”   said  a 
minister  who  was  present  at  the  confer­
ence,  and  who  has  heen 
in  charge  of 
one  of  the  great  churches  of  New  York 
for  only  a  few  months.  * ‘ Holy  week 
and  the  Easter  vacation  have  furnished 
periods  of  social  riot, ”   continued  the 
same  speaker.

One  clergyman  told  how  his  wife  had 
received,  during  Holy  week,  a  note 
from  a  lady  in  the  congregation  asking 
her not  to  fail  to  be  at  a  certain  promi­
nent  Fifth  avenue  social  resort,  for  the 
game  would  begin  promptly  at  an  hour 
indicated  next  day.  The  writer  was  one 
of  the  most  active  women  in  the  con­
gregation  and  gave  liberally  on  Easter 
day.  The  place  of  meeting  was  a  fash­
ionable  restaurant.  The  game  was  not 
bridge  whist.  The 
letter  belonged  to 
another  person  and  was  mixed  in  mail­
ing.

Two  young  men  came  to  New  York 
from  Pittsburg  for  Easter.  Luck  went 
their  way,  and  a  game  played  on  Good 
Friday  night  netted  them  so  handsome 
a  sum  that  they  left  their  hotel and went 
to  a  more  expensive  one.  On  Saturday 
they  were  called  upon  by  a lady,  not  the 
hostess,  who  remonstrated  with  them 
mildly  for  keeping  so  much  of  their 
winnings. 
It  developed,  however,  that 
the  caller  was  not  so  much  exercised 
over  the  sin  of  gambling  as  she  was 
anxious  to  obtain  an  Easter  offering  for 
a  certain  charity.  When  the  young men 
suggested  the  gift  of  $100  she  asked 
that  the  money  be  put  on  the  plate  in 
a  certain  church  on  Easter  Sunday 
morning.  This  was  done  by  some  one 
hired  by  the  young  winners,  who  re­
ported  the  matter to  the  clergyman.

later 

Two  unmarried  women,  officers  in  a 
West  Side  church  charity,  have  been 
making  a  practice  of  attending  recep­
tions,  noting  the  winners  ana  calling 
upon  them 
for  contributions. 
Easter vacation  proved  a  harvest.

A  woman  resident  in  the  best  section 
of  this  borough,  and  having  a  son  in 
Harvard,  gave  a  gambling  party  to  a 
young  Chicago  student  who  came  home 
with  her son  for  Easter.  The  Chicagoan 
had  $100 with  him.  The  woman  won 
all  of  it,  and  lent  $10 to  the  young  Chi­
cagoan.

Doubtless  these  stories  are  true,  hut  it 
does  not  follow  that  they  represent  the 
universal  condition  of  fashionable  so­
ciety  in  the  metropolis.  Rich  and  fash­
ionable  people are just like others.  They 
are  good,  bad  and 
indifferent,  as  the 
case  may  be.  The  worst  thing  about  a 
life  of  luxury  and  ease  is  the 
idleness 
it  induces.  An  idle  brain,  according  to 
an  old  proverb,  is  the  devil’s  workshop. 
When  people  have  unlimited  means  for

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gratification,  and  time  hangs  heavy  up­
on  their  hands,  they  must  have  some­
thing  to  occupy  them,  and  too  often  the 
occupation  is  not  of  an  improving kind. 
The  wickedness  of  the  wickedest  city 
in  the  world  was  charged  to  excessive 
wealth  and 
luxury—“ fullness  of  bread 
and  abundance  of  idleness,”   saith  the 
prophet.

IMPROPERLY  DISTRIBUTED.

The  Chicago  Tribune  notes  that  the 
employment  agencies  of  that  city  find 
the  greatest  difficulty  in  securing  men 
to  go  to  the  country  to  work. 
In  antic­
ipation  of  their spring  operations,  the 
farmers  of  the  Northwest  have  sent  in  a 
call  for  hundreds  of  men  to  spend  the 
summer  in  the  country. 
They  offer 
from  $18  to  $25  a  month  wages,  with 
hoard  and  washing, 
for  able-bodied 
workmen,  but  so  far comparatively  few 
have  been  found.  There  is  a  similar 
scarcity  of  railroad  laborers,  for  whose 
services  $1.50  a  day 
is  offered.  Em­
ployment 
is  so  plentiful  in  the  city  at 
present  that  th ere  is  little  temptation  to 
go  out  into  th e  rural  districts  in  search 
of  it.

The  tendency  of  human  beings  to 
flock  to  the  cities  has  been  noticed  in 
every  age,  and  the  present  is  no  excep­
tion.  The  excitement  caused  by  the  ac­
tivity  of  a  great  population  operates up­
on  all  who  fall  under  its  influence,  and 
the  young  of  both  sexes  lose  no  oppor­
tunity  to  hurry  to  the  cities,  and  there 
they  stay,  no  matter  how  unpromising 
and  difficult  the  conditions.

This  sort  of  thing  is  the  chief  cause 
of  all  the  complaint  of  unemployed 
la­
bor.  People  hurry  to the  cities  where 
they  are  not  needed,  and  abandon  the 
country,  where  there  was  employment 
for  them  and  where  they  could  subsist 
more  cheaply  than  in  the  overcrowded 
cities.

Improved  machinery  and  more  of it is 
the  resort  to  supply  the  lack  of  human 
labor,  and  then  comes ‘ the  outcry  that 
machinery 
is  taking  the  bread  out  of 
the  mouths  of the  laborers.  There is  no 
way  by  which  labor  can  be  distributed 
where 
it  is  needed  any  more  than  for 
distributing  women.  There  are  states 
where  these  dear  and 
indispensable 
creatures,  by  being  in  a  large  majority, 
are  a  drug  on  the  matrimonial  market, 
where  there  are  other states where thous­
ands  of  men  are  suffering  for  wives. 
If 
only  there  were  some  wise  and  bene­
ficent  power that  could  and  would  dis­
tribute  people  just  where  they  are  most 
needed,  what  a  blessing  it  would  con­
fer  on  the  human  race.

Corporations  die  in  New  Jersey,  al­
though  not  so  many  as  have  annually 
registered  there.  Gov.  Voorhees  has 
just  published,  in  accordance  with  law, 
a  proclamation  declaring  the  death  of 
750  corporations  that  have  earned  this 
fate  by  neglecting  to  pay  their  State 
taxes.  The  titles  of  many  of  the  de­
funct  corporations  often  suggest  the 
story  of  their  formation.  Most  of  them 
were  organized  on  wind,  for  promoting 
purposes,  with 
seductive  and  high 
sounding  titles.

It  has  been  judicially  decided  in Chi­
cago  that  motormen  on  trolley  cars  must 
endeavor  to  avoid  running  over  dogs 
and  not  rely  wholly  on  the  quickness  of 
the  animals  to  avoid  accident.

The  United  States  pays $50,000,000  a 
year  taxes  on  sugar.  This  does  not  in­
clude  the  amount  paid  to  foreign  noble­
men  (in  name  only)  for carrying  off our 
sweet  girls,

MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

Announcement  to  the 

Trade

track  her  by  the  trail  of  the  tip,  who 
wasn’t  dilatory  and  shiftless.  She  never 
sews  on  a  button,  or darns,  or  mends, 
and  her  breakfast  dishes  are  seldom 
washed  before  2  o’clock

“ That  other  woman  who  is  hustling 
along  holding  to  the  top  of  the umbrella 
handle  like  grim  death and  pointing  the 
in  a  kind  of 
tip  down  and  forward 
south-by-southwesterly  direction 
is  al­
together  different.  She  would  set  the 
world  on  fire  if  it  wasn’t  water-logged.
I  am  not  sure  that  I’d  want  to  be  mar 
ried  to  her,  either.  She’d  be  too  ener 
getic.  She’d  push  everything before  her 
and  when  she  took  a  notion  to  clean 
things  up  a  mere  man  would  have  no­
where  to 
lay  his  head.  What  she  is 
good  for  is  serving  on  committees.

“ That  woman 

in  the  gray  skirt  is  a 
yea-and-nay  sort  of  person.  She  wants 
to  agree  with  everybody  and  follows 
wherever  led.  Women  who  carry  their 
umbrellas  with  the  point  backward  and 
downward are  always  unassertive.

“ But  just  look  at  that  girl  who  s  pins 
in 
along  swinging  her  embrella  around 
a  circle  as  if  it  were  a  magic  wand. 
I 
like  her.  She's  jolly  and  good-natured 
and  gets  more  pleasure  out  of  life  than 
ten  ordinary  people.  There’s  a  woman 
carrying  her  umbrella  swung  across  her 
shoulder  like  a  shotgun.  She’s  a  true 
soldier of  fortune  and  was  never  known 
to  say  die. 
I  can’t  think  of  anything 
that  would  feaze  her.”

The  man  paused.
“ And  what would you  say,”   asked the 
woman,  “ about  that  girl  who  carries 
her  umbrella  horizontally  across 
the 
small  of  her  back  and  catches either end 
nto  the  crook  of  her  elbows?”
“ Well,”   admitted  the  man,  “ she  is  a 
new  one  to  me. 
I  never  met  her before 
but  I  wouldn’t  be  afraid  to  wager that 
she  is  conscientious  to a  degree  and  has 
a  heart  as  big  as  all  outdoors.  But 
“ comes  the  most 
here,”   he  added, 
even-tempered  woman  of  the 
lot.  She 
cuddles  her  umbrella  protectingly  under 
her  arm  as  if  she  doesn’t  want  even 
it 
to  get  hurt  in  the  crowd.  That  woman 
is  gentle  and  thoughtful  and  kind.”

f
í

V
r
é

■

For  good  reasons  known  to  myself 
have  severed  my  connections  with 
Roberts-Wicks  Co.,  of  Utica,  New York, 
I  have  signed  to 
taking effect April  15. 
go with  Hefter,  Livingston  &  Co.,  Boys’, 
Youths’  and  Children’s  Clothing,  com­
mencing  April  15. 
I  have  a  splendid 
up-to-date  and  popular  line.  My  terri­
tory will  be  Michigan  and  Indiana. 
I 
will handle no  men’s  clothing  hereafter. 
I leave Chicago May  1  with  my samples; 
in  the  meantime  I  will  appreciate  all 
mail orders sent to me for immediate use. 
Thanking the trade  for  past  favors  and 
asking your continued support,  I  remain 

Sincerely Yours,

S.  T.  BO W EN

195-197  M arket  St.  cor.  Quincy,  Chicago

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Dry Goods

W eekly  M arket  Review  of  th e  P rincipal 

Staples.

Staple  Cottons—’Prices  for  brown  cot 
tons  remain  rather  irregular  and  there 
is  nothing  new  to  report.  Osnaburgs  are 
dull  and  irregular,  while  bleached  cot 
tons  for  forward  delivery  are  taken  only 
in  very  small  quantities,  the  buyers 
awaiting  developments.  For  immedi 
ate  delivery  there 
is  a  little  improve 
ment  to  be  noted,  and  leading  tickets 
are  firm.  Coarse  colored  cottons  are  re 
ported 
in  several  quarters  as  showing 
'  an  improvement  in  the  amount  of  busi 
ness,  although  prices  were 
irregular, 
and  buyers  easily  met.

Prints  and  Ginghams— Prints show  no 
improvement  in  the  market  in  spite  of 
the  improvement  in  gray  cloths.  Nar 
row  makes  continue  dull.  The  demand 
for  prints  in  both  fancy  and  staple  has 
been  on  a  moderate  scale,  and  reorders 
for this  season’s goods  are  very  limited 
Buyers  are  not  ready  yet  to  look  at  next 
season's  goods.  Staple  ginghams  are 
well  sold,  but  lower grades are  easy  to 
in  good 
buy.  All  fine  ginghams  are 
condition,  and 
in 
price.

reasonably 

firm 

regards  waisting 

Dress  Goods— The  cheviot  end  of  the 
market 
is  not  very  strongly  situated, 
owing  to the  fact  that  some  of  the  lines 
opened  some  time  ago  have  been  cut 
under.  Cashmeres  also  show  weakness 
and,in  view  of  the  fact  that  the  demand 
is  disappointing  and  that  there  are  con­
siderable  stocks 
in  certain  directions, 
there  is  more  or  less  concern  shown  re­
garding  the  outcome.  The  situation 
fabrics  is  un­
as 
changed.  Some 
lines  are  doing  well 
and  others  are  disappointments.  There 
seems  to  be  a  more  general  recognition 
each  week  that  this  end  of  the  market 
has  attracted  too  much  attention  from 
manufacturers—that  there  are  more  as­
pirants  for  business  than  the  demand 
will  support.  The  outlook  is  not  favor­
able  to  big  profits—the 
competition 
waxes  too  sharp  for that.  Many  manu­
facturers  are  likely  to  have  their  fingers 
burned  before  the  season  is  over.

Underwear— The 

lightweight  end  of 
the  market  has  been  by  far  the most sat­
isfactory  of  any  and  has  really  been  ex­
cellent.  Of  course,  as  every  one  ex­
pected,  balbriggans  have  been  in  great 
demand,  and  the  prospects  now  are  that 
there  will  be  much  competition 
for 
goods  to  fill  up  stocks  in  the  retail  end 
before  long. 
If  the  months  of June  and 
July  are  warm,  look  out  for a  scramble 
for  desirable 
lines.  On  summer  wool 
goods  the  season  has  also  been  good, 
and  most  of  the  mills  are  well  sold 
ahead.  Conservative  manufacture  of 
these  goods  and  merinos,  etc.,  has  pro­
vided  no  surplus,  so  that  prices  are  un­
usually  firm.  There 
is  a  little  feeling 
that  there  may  not  be  enough  of  these 
goods  to  go  around,  and  that  prices 
may  advance.  Already  the  agents  are 
assuming  a  firmer  stand  preparatory  to 
this.

Hosiery— There  has  been  a  spirit  of 
uneasiness  creeping  into  sections  of  the 
cotton  hosiery  end  of 
the  market. 
Woolens  have  been  considered the weak­
est  end  for some  time,  but  cottons  were 
thought  to  be  in  good  position.  They 
are  well  conditioned,  but rumors  of  can­
cellations  are  floating  around,  and  also 
of  price  cutting  on  some  of  the  lines 
less  fortunately  situated.  This  is  evi­
dently  having  its  effect  on  the  whole 
market.  Some 
jobbers  are  trying  to 
back  out  of  the  contracts  they  entered 
into,  and 
in  so  doing  show  that  their

trade  has  suffered  from  a  smaller  busi­
ness  than  was  promised  earlier  in  the 
season.  From  abroad  we  receive  word 
that  the  German  mills  are  well  sold  up, 
and  have  every  confidence 
in  the  fu­
ture.

Carpets—The carpet manufacturers  re­
port  a  very  favorable  outlook  from  the 
Northwest,  especially  on  the  duplicate 
business, which  has  commenced  to  open 
up  well.  Orders 
are  not  extended 
They  are 
in  special  lines  mostly,  and 
regular duplicates  are  expected  to  come 
in 
later  in  fair  sized  amounts.  The 
leading  manufacturers  of  art  squares 
have  within  three  weeks  refused  orders 
for  further  deliveries  this  season,  as 
they  now  commence  samples  for  next 
season,  and  some  will  have  them  com 
pleted  by  the  middle  of  May.  New 
styles 
in  three  quarter  goods  for  fall 
will  be  available  about June  i  to  show 
to  customers.  The 
ingrains  will  be 
about  two  weeks  earlier.  Duplicate 
business  shows  that  the  retailers are cut 
ting  up  more  goods.  The  few  pleasant 
days  last  week  showed  plainly  that  buy 
ers  will  be  ready  as  soon  as  the  weather 
conditions  permit  of  the  usual  spring 
house cleaning.  The duplicates  coming 
'n  show  that  stocks  of  %  goods  in  the 
bands  of  retailers  are  not  too  large.

There  has  been  considerable  discus 
sion  of  the  question  of  prices  for  body 
Brussels  for  next  season.  All  lines  of 
\i  goods  have  shared  in  the  advance  in 
price  except  body  Brussels.  Some  think 
this  very  serviceable  carpet  should  be 
sold  for  more  money. 
It  costs  more  to 
make  it  and  higher  prices  are  obtained 
than  for  other  lines,  even  at  this  time, 
but  not  in  proportion  to  the  cost  of  pro­
duction.  The  sightly  axminsters,  vel­
vets  and  tapestries  have  for a  long  time 
side  tracked  this  carpet,”  as  the  price 
at  which 
it  could  be  produced  was 
much  less.  Body  Brussels  carpets  have 
been  falling  behind 
in  the  race  since 
885.  To-day  their  production,  as  com­
pared  with  the  year  mentioned,  will 
show  an 
immense  falling  off.  Many 
manufacturers  formerly  on this line gave 
up  the  business,  owing  to  its  being  un­
profitable.  Those  remaining  have  also 
changed  over  a 
large  number of their 
looms  to  make  more  profitable  goods. 
” et  a  good  body  Brussels  will  outlast 
some  of the  more  successful  rivals  when 
made  of  good  material.

W oman’*  Character  Revealed  by  the  Po- 

ftftion  of H er Umbrella.

The  man  who  sat  nearest  the  window 

said  he  didn’t  mind  the  wet  weather.

‘ ‘ It  gives  me  a  chance  to  see  how 
people  carry  their  umbrellas,”   he  said. 
‘ ‘ I  have  such  firm  faith  in  my  umbrella 
deductions  that  I  wouldn't  be  afraid  to 
choose  a  wife  with  them  for a  guide.”  

The  woman  on  his  left  smiled.
“ I’m  glad  I’m  not  out  there  in  the 
street,”   she  said. 
“ You’d  be  picking 
out  all  the  kinks in my disposition along 
with  the  rest  of  them.”

‘ ‘ Ob,”   said  the  man,  “ I  sized  you  up 
long  time  ago.  You  carry  your  um­
a 
brella,  when 
it’s  furled,  just  like  that 
woman  across  the  street.  You  grab  it 
in  the  middle  and  go  forging  ahead 
with  the  ends  of  the  handle  digging  in­
to  the  unfortunate  pedestrians  who  go 
before  and  follow  after.”

“ And  what  does  that  signify?”   asked 

the  woman  on  the  left.

“ Alertness,  activity,  selfishness  and 

inconsiderateness. ”

“  Um-m-m, ”   said  the  woman.

But  just  look  at  the  third  woman  in 
the  procession,”   said  the  man.  “ I  pity 
the  men  folks  about  her  house. 
1  11 
warrant  they have to get their own break­
fast  about  six  mornings  out  of  seven. 
I 
never  yet  saw  a  woman  who  dragged 
her  umbrella  along,  so  that  you  could

CORSET  WAISTS

It 

The  latest  thing  out  in  waists  is the 
is  a  very  desirable 
C o r o n e t . 
waist  on  account of  the  simplicity  of 
make up. 
It is a  most perfect fitting 
waist,  is soft  and  pliable  and  has  all 
the  advantages  of a  corset.  W e  car­
ry  them  in  stock  both  long and short.

P.  Steketee  &  Sons,

r  

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C O R O N E T W A IS T .  W ho,esa,e  Dry   Qoods» 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

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W E   S H O W

LfK:p CURTAINS  some  very  pretty  designs  in  lace  cur­
tains and  curtain  Swiss  for  the  spring
trade.  Lace curtains range  at 55c,  75c, 
$1.25 and $1.50 per pair.  Curtain Swiss 
and  Mulls  at  8,  9,  10,  12  and  15c  per 
yard.  W e  also  carry  a  good  line  of 
ready made window shades to  retail  at 
10,  15,  25 and 50c.

¿ai

Voigt,  Herpolsheimer  &  Co.

Wholesale  Dry  Goods 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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11

Clothing

Fads  and  Fashions  in  Spring and Summer 

Clothing.

New  York,  April  22—At  the  risk  of 
saying  some  things  that  it 
is  unneces­
sary  to  sav,  I  am  going  to  devote  this 
letter  to  a  general  description  of  busi­
ness  dress  for  men  this  spring  as  seen 
from  a  New  York  point  of  view.  Some 
of  our  readers  who  are  contemplating 
the  purchase  of  spring  outfits  may  be 
interested 
in  a  description  of  business 
dress  as  a  whole  rather than  a  descrip­
tion  of  individual  details  of  dress. 
I 
say  business  dress,  for  by  that  is  com­
monly  understood  the  informal  morning 
dress  that  well-dressed  business  men 
wear  throughout  the  day during business 
hours.  Afternoon  dress  and  evening 
dress  are,  of  course,  not  worn  until  the 
labors  of  the  day  are  ended.

The  hat  most  commonly  worn  and  in 
the  best  of  taste  is  the  black  derby  or 
the  soft  gray  hat,  with  or without  un­
bound  edges,  and  with  plain  band. 
Care  should  be  taken  to  select  a  shape 
that  accords  well  with  the  cast  of  head 
and  features.  For  example,  a  man  of 
small  features  can  not  wear  as  wide 
brimmed  a  hat  as  a  man  whose  head 
is 
large.

The  collar  may  be  either a  high  turn 
down,  with  rounded  comers,  a  wing 
collar  or  a  straight  standing  shape. 
Collars  of  medium  height  are  now  in 
better  taste  than  either  high  or  low 
ones.  The  high  turn  down  is  first  in  fa­
it,  with  the  wing  collar,  will 
vor  and 
be  most 
fashionabie. 
The  straight 
standing  collar  is  usually  worn  by elder­
ly  men  of  conservative  tastes,  while 
the  high  turn  down  and  the  wing  collar 
will  be  affected  by  those  who  wish  to 
cultivate  a  youthful  appearance.

In  neckwear  the  narrow  derby  tied 
in #a  sailor  knot  is  the  leading  tie.  The 
other  small  shape  to  be  mentioned  is 
the  batwing,  with  either  pointed  or 
square  ends.  Butterfly  ties are  worn  to 
a  much  less  extent  than  either  of  these. 
The  Windsor  tie  and  ties  modeled  on 
that  general  shape  will  be  worn  during 
the  hot  weather.  Large  shapes  are  little 
worn  with  business  dress.

Silk  'is  the  only  proper  material  for 
the  tie  and  it  comes  in  a  wide  range  of 
colors  and  patterns.  The  small  figured 
patterns  are  always  in  the  best  of  taste, 
although  at  present  there  is  a  tendency 
to  larger  patterns,  while  ties  in  striped 
colors  show  some  signs  of  coming  again 
into  favor.  Solid  colors  have,  for  the 
moment,  yielded  place to figured  effects. 
While 
louder  neckwear  is  permissible 
with  business  than  with  afternoon dress, 
a  preference  should  be  shown  for  pat­
terns  and  colors  which  are  not  flashy.

latter  shirt 

The  shirt  most  worn  with  business 
is 
dress  until  the  warm  weather  sets  in 
the  stiff  bosom  colored  shirt,  although 
some  of  the  best  dressers  are  now  wear­
ing  the  soft  bosom  shirt  with  or  without 
pleats.  The 
is  the  more 
fashionable.  It  is  worn  with  detachable 
pearl  buttons  and  with  pleats  varying 
in  number from three to twelve.  Madras, 
percale  and  cheviot  are  the  materials 
used.  These  come  in  both  figured  and 
striped  patterns,  although  the  vertical 
striping  is  the  better.  The  stripes  are 
narrow  and  well  spaced,  running  around 
the  cuff  and  up  and  down  the  bosom. 
All  colors  are  used  in  these  patterns, 
although  black,  red  and  blue  shades  are 
the  most  favored.  Cuffs  worn  with  both 
the  stiff  and  soft  bosom  shirts  have 
moderately  rounded 
corners  and  are 
closed  with  sleeve  links.

Plain  black  hosiery  is  always 

in  the 
best  of  taste.  When  colored  fancy  hos­
iery  is  worn  vertical  stripings 
in  neat 
and 
inconspicuous  patterns  are  to  be 
preferred.  With  low  shces  fancy  hose 
are  usually  worn  and 
low  shoes  are 
gaining  in  favor  every  year.

The 

Gloves 

in  a  tan  shade  will  be  the 
street  glove  most  worn.  They  should  be 
heavy  and  made  large  enough  to  give 
the  hand  plenty  of  room.

jewelry  worn  will  consist  of  a 
small  scarfpin  with  or  without  jewels, 
cuff 
links  of  a  simple  design,  a  plain 
gold  ring  and  a  watch  chain  of  medium 
or  small  size  in  gold,  or gold  and  plat- 
num.

The  suit  commonly  worn  for  business 
purposes  is  a  sack  suit,  either  single  or 
double  breasted.  Both  styles  are  equal­
ly 
fashionable,  although  the  single- 
breasted  style  is  more  commonly  worn. 
The  coat  should  have  either  three  or 
in  front  and  is  cut  to  fit 
four  buttons 
moderately 
The 
breast  pocket 
is  retained  and  set  at  a 
slant  and  the  cuffs  are  closed  with  two 
buttons,  while  the  coat  is  cut  somewhat 
longer  and  squarer  than  has  been  the 
style.  The  materials  used  are  oxfords, 
tweeds,  fancy  cheviots,  serges  and  flan­
nels.

in  the  back. 

loose 

Gray,  blue  and  slate,  with  a  small 
number of  browns,  will  all  be  fashion­
able  colors.  The  fashionable  patterns 
are  stripings  with  a  faint  overplaid 
effect  in  contrasting  color.  The  stripes 
are  distinct  although  quiet;  especially 
in  flannels  will  a  preference  be  shown 
for  striped  effects.

The  overcoat  worn  will  be  either  a 
very  short  tan  covert  with  full  back, 
with  or  without  a  yoke,  and  with 
stitched  cuffs,  or  a  very  long  coat  with 
or  without  a  yoke  in  tan  covert  cloth  or 
oxford  mixture.

Low  shoes  are  worn  during  business 
hours.  They  may  be  either  black  or tan 
and  have  medium  toes.  Button  patent 
leather shoes  may  be  worn  with  suits  in 
dark  fabrics.—Apparel  Gazette.

Beginning  W rong.

From the Chicago Tribune.

On  that  particular  year  it  happened 
that  the  national  political  convention  of 
which  we  are  speaking  was  held 
in 
some  other town  than  Chicago,  and  the 
place  was  crowded.

This  is  how  it  came  to  pass  that  Col. 
Hankthunder,  who  went  merely  as  a 
prominent  citizen  of  the  republic,  and 
had  not  taken  the  precaution  to  engage 
a  room  beforehand,  found  himself  shut 
out  of  the  hotels,  and  compelled  to 
choose 
lodgings  from  a  list  of  eligible 
private  dwellings.  The  woman  of  the 
house  near the  corner  of  Fish  street  and 
Potato  avenue,  the  first  residence  at 
which  he  called,  showed  him  the  only 
room  she  had  to spare.

"T hat  suits  me,  ma'am,"  he  said. 
“  How  much  will  it  cost  me  for  board 
and 
four 
days?”

lodging  here  for  the  next 

"W ell,”   she  answered,  "this  is  not  a 
regular  boarding  house,  and  1  am  only 
taking  boarders  because  I  want  to  edu­
cate  my  boy  for  a  lawyer. 
I  shall  have 
to  charge  you  $6  for the  four  days.”
"M adam ,”   loftily  rejoined  the  Col­
onel,  taking  out  his  pocketbook,  "you 
will  never educate your  boy  for a  lawyer 
by  giving  him  such  an  example  as  that.
I  will  pay  you  $10.”

stamp, 

trading 

Text  of Rhode Island T rading Stamp Law.
The  following  is  the  substance  of  the 
second  anti-trading-stamp  law,  recently 
passed  by  the  Rhode Island Legislature :
No  person  or corporation  shall,  either 
directly  or  indirectly,  give,  sell  or  dis­
tribute  any 
stamp, 
cash-discount  stamp,  amusement  stamp, 
check,  coupon  or other  similar  device, 
with  the  promise,  expressed  or implied, 
as  an 
inducement  to  the  purchaser of 
some  article  of  goods,  wares  or  mer­
chandise,  that  the  holder of  said  stamp, 
trading  stamp,  cash-discount 
stamp, 
amusement  stamp,  check,  coupon  or 
other  similar  device,  is  to  receive  on 
presentation thereof  and  in  return  there­
for,  some  gift,  prize  or  gratuity,  the  na­
ture  and  value  of  which  are  unknown  to 
the  purchaser  of  said  goods,  wares  or 
merchandise  at  the  time  of  the  purchase 
thereof;  said  promise  to  be  fulfilled 
only  upon  the  presentation  of 
said 
stamp, 
trading  stamp,  cash-discount 
stamp,  amusement  stamp,  check,  cou­
pon  or  other  similar  device,  together 
with  such  a  number  of  like  stamps, 
trading  stamps,  cash-discount  stamps, 
amusement  stamps,  checks,  coupons  or 
other  similar  devices,  as  the  issuer or 
redeemer  thereof  shall  elect  shall  be 
redeemed  at  any  one  time.

When  a  man  dies  the  world  asks, 
“ What  has  he 
left  behind?”   but  the 
angels  ask,  "What  good  deeds  has  he 
sent  before  him?” —Oriental  Proverb.

Morris  W.  Montgomery,

Successor to

The  Voorhees  Manufacturing  Co.

Overalls,  Pants,  Etc.

Lansing, Mich*, April 16,  1901 
Mr* Clothing Merchant:
I desire to call your attention to a 
matter of mutual interest*  I have recently 
purchased the business of the Voorhees Manu­
facturing Company and intend to improve and 
enlarge it*  It is my intention to employ no 
salesmen, but to do business direct from the 
office,  in this way saving a large expense 
which has to be added to the cost of the 
goods and taken from the pocket of the deal­
er*  We buy the best line of denims and cut 
our overalls from patterns which are the de­
velopment of eighteen years*  experience in 
the business*  we are so thoroughly  convinced 
that our goods would please you that we  offer 
to send you samples express prepaid and if 
you do not care to keep them will gladly pay 
return charges*  Don*t miss this opportunity 
to look at the best goods consistent with 
reasonable prices that can be found*
MORRIS W* MONTGOMERY*
Mail
Or=
ders

Send
Us
Your

Prompt  Attention

G.  H.  GATES  &

CO.,  Detroit,  Mich.

LaDue-Tate Manufacturing  Co.

70-76  Exchange  Street,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.

Manufacturers of

Buffalo  Brand 

Pants,  Shirts  and 

Overalls

and  jobbers  of

Men's

Furnishing  Goods

We  are  pleased  to  send  samples  on  approval, charges prepaid.  Correspondence 
solicited.  Drop us a card and our Michigan man will call on you.

MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

12

Shoes  and  Rubbers
Two  Sides  to  th e A dvisability of  Bargsi 

Sales.

Some  of the  largest  metropolitan deal 
ers  and  buyers  are  asking,  “ What  is  the 
matter  with  trade?”   In  one  section 
a  shoe  department  of  a  large  dry  goods 
store  where  thirty-nine  clerks  were  for 
merly  engaged,  thirteen  now  have  con 
siderable  difficulty 
in  keeping  em 
ployed. 
In  another  smaller department 
of  the  same  store,  where  seven  clerk 
were  employed  a  few  months  ago,  sell 
ing  on  an  average  from  $50  to $70 worth 
of  shoes  a  day,  two  clerks  can  attend 
to  the  business  and  their  average  sales 
are  from  $20  to $25  a  day.

In  a 

large  exclusive  shoe  store  on 

bright  forenoon  there  were  a  number of 
idle  along  the  wall 
clerks  standing 
“ This  is  wrong,”   said an  observer  to 

one  of  the  chief  assistants. 
no  time  for that  row  of men  to  be  stand 
ing  up  against  the  wall doing nothing.

“ This 

“ Yes,”  said  the  man  addressed,  “ but 
is  the  way  the  trade  has  run  for 

that 
some  time. ”

“ Now,  honor  bright,”   said  the  first 
speaker,  who  was  a dealer in  a suburban 
section  of  the  city,  “ do  you  really  sell 
shoes  here  at  any  lower  prices  than 
obtain  at  my  store?”

“ Not  at  a ll,”   was  the  reply  of  the 
chief  assistant,  who  was well  acquainted 
with  the  methods  employed  in  the  store 
of  the  person  who  addressed  him.  “ W_ 
can’t  afford  to  sell  at  any 
lower  prices 
here.  The fixed charges of this establish 
ment  are  too  great  to  permit  it.  You 
sell  at  fully  as  low  rates  as  we  do,  if not 
lower. * ’

phantom  of  transient  trade,  and  finall 
lose  a  great  deal  of  both.

All of  these shoes  that  are  sold  at  ba_ 
gain  prices,  moreover,  are  not  thrown 
away.  Somebody wears them :  and while 
they  are  wearing  them  they  do  not  buy 
other  shoes;  thus  the  trade,  not  only  o 
the  stores  that  cater to  the bargain hunt 
ers,  but  of  other  dealers, 
is  seriously 
impaired.

There  are  a  number of  dealers,  and 
they  are  doing  well,  who  “ go  in”   for 
quality  and  make  quality  set  the  price. 
They  use  care  in  fitting  customers  and 
suiting  them  perfectly  and bind  them  t 
their  houses  with  hoops  of  steel.  Thi 
is  the  kind  of  business  that  pays.  To 
hold  the  trade  of the  bargain  hunters, 
bargains  must  be  offered  continually 
ind  this  kind  of  business  is  demoraliz 
ng.  When  good  values  are  given,  good 
treatment  is  accorded  and  customers  are 
absolutely  sure  of  satisfaction,  the  best 
results  are  assured.—Shoe  Retailer.

The  Necessity  o f a P ractical Shoe Man 
Do  not  hamper  your  business by  plac 
ng  in  important  positions  men  who  are 
not  thoroughly  familiar  with  every  de 
tail.  How  ridiculous  it  is  for owners  to 
take  young  men  fresh  from  school  and 
place  them  in  important  positions  upon 
the  floors  of  their  shoe  store,  thus  fore 
ng  to  the  rear  the  practical  men  who 
have  helped  to  build  the  business  up  to 
ts  present  standard.  How  can  you  ex 
pect  raw  recruits  untrained  in  business 
to  conduct  your  affairs 
in  a  practical 
way?  Some  of our  largest  manufactur 
'ng  houses  in  the  various  branches  have 
seen  the  fallacy  of  this  plan  when  too 
late,  with  the  result  that  they  have  had 
to  close  down.

There  was  a  reason  for  the  slack trade 
in  these  two  large  stores  that  we  have 
alluded  to.  Goth  of  them  had  gone 
heavily 
into  the  “ bargain  business.’ 
They  had  persistently  sought  to  attract 
transient  trade  by  offering  shoes  at  ex­
tremely 
low  prices—shoes,  many  of 
them  picked  up  in  the  leading shoe cen 
ters,that had  been  rejected  for  one cause 
or  another  by  the  original  purchasers, 
and  which  were  eagerly  bought  by  the 
buyers  of  these  two  stores.  Some  of 
them,  perhaps,  were  out  of  style,  some 
unseasonable  to a  degree,  and  some  un 
satisfactory  in  other ways. 
In  the  rush 
to  sell  customers  on  Saturdays and Mon­
days  very  likely  hundreds  of  customers 
failed  to  be  properly  fitted. 
It  was  a 
case  of  grab  a  pair  of  shoes,  anything 
that  would  go  on  the  feet,  pay  for  them 
and  get  away  with  them.  There  is  one 
bargain  counter  that  we  know  of  where 
there 
is  no  pretense  made  of trying  on 
the  shoes.  They  are  simply  sized,  tied 
together  in  pairs,  thrown  on  a  table, 
and  the  thrifty  feminipe  buyers  grab for 
the  proper size  and  beat  a  retreat.

This  is  not  the  proper  way  to  build 
up  a  shce  business  that  is  enduring. 
These  methods  may  draw 
transient 
trade  of  an  undesirable  class,  and  may 
attract  women  away  from  the  more  un­
pretentious  stores,  which  need  their 
trade  and  where  they  are  more 
in  har­
mony  with  their  surroundings.  They 
emerge  from  their  East  Side  environs, 
possibly  wearing  tawdry  hats  or  even 
shawls  on  their  heads,  and  enter  the 
larger  metropolitan  stores,  who  neglect 
their  first-class  trade  for  that  of  the 
chronic  bargain  hunter.  Fastidious  cus­
tomers  enter  and  are  repelled  by  this 
very  element  that  some  houses  deem  it 
best  to  so  assiduously  cultivate.  They 
are  like  the  dog  with  the  bone  looking 
into  the  water.  They  drop  the  bone  of 
first-class  trade  and 
the

rush  after 

If  you  desire  to  have  your sons  sue 
ceed  you 
in  business,  take  them  in  on 
the  floor;  give  them  the  position  of  an 
nder  clerk  and 
let  them  work  them 
selves  upward.  Have  them  study  every 
detail  which  is  necessary  for  a  man  to 
know  to  handle  the  business  thorough 
ly,  and  you  will  find  that  in  ten  years 
me  you  will  have  young  men  capable 
into  your  shoes  and  con 

of  stepping 
ducting  the  business  satisfactorily.

Young  men,  ordinarily  bright  in  the 
sense  of  the  word,  but  with  practically 
no  business  training,  know  little  of  the 
methods  which  you  have 
introduced 
compared  with  men  who  have  spent 
their  whole  lives  in  this  one  calling. 
men  who are  capable  of  executing  with 
satisfaction  all  the  work  of  the  various 
departments  of  the  business.

Without  business  training,  the  most 
mpractical  suggestions  are  carried  out 
the  detriment  of  the  house.  Have 
our  sons  take  a  minor  position  in  your 
establishment,  and  if  necessity  requires 
give  them  two  or  three  years’  train­
in  an  up-to-date  shoe  factory,  in 
ing 
order  that  they  may 
learn  the  funda­
mental  principles  of  the  business.  They 
are  then  able  to  take  hold  of  your  busi­
ness  and  conduct  it  in  a  practical  man­
ner.  The  necessity  of  this  course  is 
quite  apparent,  and 
in  the  end  your 
store  or  department  will  give  ample 
proof  of  the  sound  judgment  you  have 
exercised.  Do  not  dismiss  a  practical 
man  from  your  house  in  order  to  make 
room  for a  young  man  fresh  from  school 
who  has  no  knowledge  of  the  business. 

Shoe  Retailer.

Professional  Courtesy.

First  Doctor— I  don’t  think  it  abso- 
tely  necessary  to operate.  £ 
—*
Second  Doctor— But  I  told  them“  that

Ob,  well,  then,  as  a  matter  of  pro­
fessional  courtesy,  I,  of  course,  shall 
stand  by  what  you  said.”

IF  YOU  WAIT

Bradley &  Metcalf a salesman will send 
With shoes that will wear to the very end. 
If you don’t thipk  they are the best,
Buy a few cases and give them a test;
For the only way to get and hold  trade 
Is to handle the shoes that by us are made.

BRADLEY &  METCALF CO. 

Milwaukee,  WIs.

p r T T Y Y r r r r r n r o i r T T r n r r r T T ^

Hirth, Krause & Co.  5

We  carry in  stock  a  very  complete  and  large 
line of  Misses  and  Childrens,  Boys,  Youths 
and  Little  Gents’  Shoes.  Over  200  samples 
to  select  from.  Also complete  line  Womens,
Misses  and  Children’s  Slippers.  Write  for 
salesman  to  call.

(o  16  and  18  S.  Ionia  St.,  Grand  Rapids
G u u u u u u u u u u ^ ^
We  Sell  the  Best 
Fisherman’s  Boot

ever made.  It has several points of superiority over 
all others-llght duck  vamp,  extra  protection  over 
the toe and light weight extension sole.  The latter 
prevents cutting the side of the  boot when  the  foot 
slips between two stones:  the toe cap prevents snag­
ging the toe,  and  the  light  weight  duck  vamp  will 
stand twice as much snagging as  a  common  fishing 
boot and has a light  weight  top.  List  price,  $6.35. 
The  common  old  style  lists  at  $6.00  but  the  new 
style is worth to wear $1.00 per pair more than the old. 
Remember  we  are  headquarters  for  mackintosh 
wading pants and boots.  All  goods  sold  at  regular 
trade discount.  Send In your orders now.
Studley  &  Barclay

4 Monroe Street, 
Grand  Rapids, Mich.

I 

*  ■   ''H E R E   is  but  one  prin- 
ciple on which to  base a 
successful  business,  and 
that  principle  is absolute  hon­
esty.  A shoe  must  be  as  good 
as it looks or else the reputation 
of the shoe and  of  the  firm who 
sells it is  injured.  " Our  name 
on the sole of a  shoe  is  a  guar­
antee of  all  its  visible  and  in­
visible parts ”

Men’s VlcI Goodyear W elt,  Lace  Oxford 

No.  7880

6-11,  C  to  EE 

$ 2.00

Edwards-Stanwood  Shoe  Co.

Monroe  and  Franklin  Streets 

CHICAGO,  ILL.

THE  STORE LOAFER

Deplores  the  Decadence  of  Shoes  and 
Calico.
Written for the Tradesman.

We  all  sat  around  the  stove,  smoked 
Peerless  tobacco  and  mnsed  upon  the 
things  that  were.

After awhile  the  oldest  inhabitant  re­

marked :

‘ ‘ We  used  to  get  boots  over  in Canady 

what  was  boots. ’ ’

“ Didn't  think  they  was  a  goin’  to 
be  galluses,  when  ye  bought  ’em,  did 
ye?“   asked  Billy  Simms.  Billy  always 
did  think  he  was  smart.

“ Naw,  I  didn’t  think  they  wasagoin' 
to  be  gallusses,  ner  I  didn’t  think  they 
was  a  goin’  to  be  porpusses,  no  more’n 
I  took  you  fer  a  member o’  the  Legis- 
later  fust  time  I  sot  eyes  on  ye.  What 
I  was  a  goin’  fer  to  exemplify  was  the 
fac'  that  the  luther what  they  put 
into 
boots  over  in  Canady  is  made  better, 
tanned  better  and  comes  outen  better 
animiles  ’n  what they have  on  this  side. 
Canady’s  a  great  place  fer  all  such.  My 
ole  dad  youster  git  me  a  pair o’  boots 
an’  they’d  las’  till  I  outgrowed  ’em  an’ 
then  sell  ’em  fer  half  enough  to git  the 
second  pair.  The  luther  wliat  they  put 
into  them  boots  was  tanned  jus'  seven 
year,  no  more  an’  no  less.  They  never 
put  no  paper  in  soles  an  ’no  ole 
luther 
all  ground  up  into boots  over  in  Can­
ady.  Them  Canadians  is  honest  folks, 
1  want to  teil  ye. ’ ’
“ It  don’t  take 

long  to  change 
their  ways  when  they  come 
into  the 
States,  though,  does  it,  Uncle?”   ven­
tured  the  irrepressible  Billy.

’em 

“ Not  when  they  have  to  ’sociate  with 
such  yaps  as  you  be,”   answered  the  old 
man,  and  Billy,  who  had  twice  had  the 
laugh  on  “ the  oldest”   and  as  often  re­
tired  discomfited 
from  the  contest, 
hitched  uneasily  on  his  chair,  and  al­
lowed  a  half-hearted  grin  to  cover  his 
discomfiture  as  best  it  might.

“ How  much  did  those  boots  used  to 

cost?”   asked  another  of  the  group.

it, 

“ Eight  dollars  a  pair,’  an'  they  was 
worth  every  cent  of 
too,  better’n 
what  you  git  nowadays  fer  half  the 
money,”   replied  the  old  man.

“ Maybe  they  were,  but  eight  dollars 
’ll  buy  a  snag  of  footwear  if  I  hain’t 
mistook,”   said  Abner  Young. 
“ I  got 
my  whole  family  shod  up  las’  fall  fer 
seven  dollars  and  a  half,  and  ther’s  me 
an’  the old woman and three kids.  Youse 
fellers  used  to  git ten  dollars  a  month 
fer  labor,  them  days,  ef  yo  bain't  ben  a 
lyin’  about  it,an’  I  saved  more  ’n  eight 
dollars  outen  a  week’s  team  work  to pay 
fer  this.  Shoes  don’t  have  to  be  so  good 
as  they  used  to  be  fer  to  do  a  feller 
these  times.”

“ Them  boots  of  Uncle’s  useter have 
di’monds  hitched  to 
’em,  somehow,”  
ventured  Billy,  “ an’  that’s  what  made 
’em  so  costly.  They  wa’n’t  none  o'  yer 
common  mud  scows.  They  wus  the 
real  thing,”   and  Billy  emitted  a  self- 
satisfied  chuckle  at  his  own  wit.

Ignoring  the  last  sally, 

the  oldest 
knocked  the  ashes  out  of  his  pipe, 
rubbed  his  chin  meditatively,  and  said:
“ Ye  see,  boys,  we  alters  went  on  the 
plan  that  what  was  wo’th  doin’  at  all 
was  wo’th  doin’  good,  an’  we  not  only 
got  the  bes’  luther  an’  pegs  an’  nails 
an’  thread  into  the  boots  what  money’d 
buy,  but  we  got  a  perfessional  shoe­
maker  to  do  the  job. 
It  was  all  ban’ 
work  an’  it  took  lots  o’  time.  We didn’t 
go  nothin’  on  looks,  them  times,  but  we 
did  on  wear,  an’  the  results  was  satis­
factory.  They  wore  good  an'  they  an­
swered  the  purpose  they  was  made  fer. 
If the  Lord  Amighty  bad  took  only~half

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

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the  pains  with  that  air  Billy  Simms 
what  them  old  shoemakers  took  with 
them  air  boots,  he’d  be  a  runnin’  this 
here  Government  fer  us  now,  less  ’n 
what  his  brain  had  outgrowed  his  poor 
mis’able  skull  afore  this  an’  busted 
of  it.”

The  oldest  made  the  last  observation 
in  an  easy,unemotional  way  that  caught 
the  crowd,  and 
it  howled  until  Bill 
bought  cigars  enough  to  quiet  it.

Then  he  continued :  “ The’s  different 
ways  o’  lookin’  at  things.  I  expect  I’m 
a  kinder  back  number  to  what  you  be, 
an’  things 
is  all  different  to  what  they 
was  when  I  was  a  boy.  My  gal  buys  a 
dress  already  made  now  fer  fifty  or 
seventy-five  cents,  an’ 
it  don’t  look  to 
be  wo’th  a  quarter.  Nothin’  but  thin, 
cheap  caliker,  an’  put  together  like  a 
feller’d  stack  pea  straw  under a  shed. 
It  don't  wear  no  time,  but  she  says, 
what’s  the  difference?  Style’ll  change 
by  the  time 
it's  gone,  and  then  she’ll 
want  another.  The  dresses  her  old 
grandmam  youster  wear  lasted  from  five 
to  seven  year.  They  wasn’t  much  to 
look  at,  some  On  ’em,  but  when they got 
ketched  onto a  ellum  root,  an'  mam  was 
in  a  hurry,  you  bet  the  root  come  out. 
Hats,  too.  Now  I  can’t  see  no  sense 
in  buyin’  a  new  bunnet  every full moon. 
The  hats  we  had  them  times  was  good 
fer  a  life  time,  without  they  got  burnt 
up  er the  calf  et  ’em.  Style  didn’t  cut 
no  ice.  The  finest  hat  was  the  one  what 
wore  the 
longest,  an’  shed  water  the 
best.  Hats  them  times  was  useful  as 
well  as  ornamental.  A  feller c ’d  knock 
hornets’  nests  to  pieces  with  them  hats 
an’  ketched field mice  with/em  an’  they 
was  handy  fer  lots  o’  things  what  wim- 
men  folks  nowadays  never think  of.  We 
didn't  have  lots  o’  money  in  them days, 
but  we  bad  ail  we  wanted  to  eat  and 
plenty  to  wear  and  it  was good,  too,  an’ 
when  night  time  come,  we  was  all  on 
us  ready  fer  bed,  tired  out  doin’  a  good 
hard,  honest  day’s  work—sompin  what 
Billy  Simms  bain’t  done,  ef  I  bain’t 
awfully  mistook, 
sence  Tige  was  a 
mighty  small  pup.”

George  Crandall  Lee.

Don’t   Dally  W itb  tbe  Unknown.

it 

it, 

The  following  story  from  the  Shoe 
and  Leather  Record  of  London,  Eng­
land,  shows  how  a  man  may  get  beyond 
his  depth  by  dabbling  in  unknown  or 
foreign  tongues:

Some  noble  family,  whose  name I for­
get  just  now,  has  for  its  motto  the  Latin 
phrase,  “ Mens  conscia  recti,”   which 
being 
interpreted  means,  a  mind  con­
scious  of  its  own  rectitude.  And a  cap­
ital  motto,  too,  most  people  will  say, 
although  perhaps  a  difficult  one  to  live 
up  to,  especially 
in  the  shoe  business. 
Anyway 
is  said  that  a  retail  shoe 
seller  not  long  since  had  the  sentence 
printed  on  his  stationery,  printed on  his 
doorway,  and  employed 
in  fact, 
wherever  be  thought  it  might  be  useful. 
It  was  conspicuous  on  his  tickets  and 
formed  a  prominent 
line  among  the 
letters  on  his  window.  Wherever  he 
thought  it  might  do good  there  he  em­
ployed 
it.  This  man  has  a  competitor 
who,  according  to  the  story,  could  boast 
no  Latin  whatever,  but  only  sold  shoes 
in  the  ordinary  way.  The  two  carried 
on  a  pretty  lively  contest  in  all forms  of 
advertisements,  but  in  the  long  run  the 
former either got  ahead  of  his  competi­
tor,  or seemed to  be  doing  so.  His rival 
was  puzzled  to  account  for  this,  and 
after  turning the  matter over in bis mind 
for  some  time,  came  to  the  conclusion 
that  it  was  the  mysterious  sentence  in  a 
dead language  which enabled  his  neigh­
bor  to  outstrip  him.  Not  to  be  out­
done,  therefore,  he  determined  to  go 
one  better,  and  accordingly  adopted  as 
his  motto, 
‘ Men’s  and women’s conscia 
recti.”

Nearly  any  girl  can  wear  a  No.  3 

shoe,  if  it  comes  to  a  pinch.

Our  Chrome  Kid  Line

No.  2375 

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Stock No. 2276—Misses’ Chrome Kid Lace, low heel 12V4 to 2.....................  1  00 
90 
Stock No. 2277—Childs’ Chrome Kid Lace, low heel 854  to  12...................... 

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Jobbers  of  Shoes  and  Rubbers. 

Rubbers Still  Lower

New prices  on  Bostons 35-10  and  5 per cent. 
Bay  State 35-10-10 and 5 per cent.
All  orders taken  for fall  will  be  billed  at  above 
prices.  Prices  guaranteed  until  December  1st. 
If you  have not  already placed your  order  wait 
for our salesman and  ask  to  see  the  new kinds 
for this  season.

I^indge,  Kalmbach,  Logie  &  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

A  Whirlwind

o f  a  sh o e

Our  Men’s  Vici  Shoes 
made  in  our  own  fac­
tory  will  blow  a  gale 
of  business  your  way. 
Try them.  Price $1.60.
H ero ld 'B ertsch  

S h o e  Go.,
M akers o f S h o es,
Grand  R apids,  M ich.

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Not So  M ach  of a M ystery  A fter AIL 

Written  for the Tradesman.

The  simple  fact  simply  stated  was 
that  Mill  River  was 
turned  upside 
down.  That  Wednesday  morning  every 
little  box  in  the  postoffice  from  A  to 
had  a 
large  square  envelope  unsealed 
in  it  and  the  minute  a  customer  came 
into  the  store  the  postmaster,  who  was 
also the  storekeeper,  went  right  around 
to  the  postoffice  department  and  handed 
out  the  square  envelope  the  first  thing 
and  then 
leaned  hack  to  watch  the  re 
suit.

into 

Close  observers  of  human  nature  have 
noticed  that,  under  the  same  circum 
stances,  everybody  may  be  depended 
on  to  do  the  same  thing;  and  this 
said  to  be  especially  true  in  rural  com 
munities.  There 
is  a  single  thought 
groove  and  all  run 
it  and  stay 
there.  The  same  teacher  teaches  them 
the  same  clergyman  preaches  to  them, 
there  is  the  same  environment and when 
something  unusual  happens 
‘ ‘ feel  the  same  feel  and  think  the  same 
think”   and  as  a  necessity  they  say  the 
same  say. 
So  when  the  postmaster 
tossed  them  the  square  envelope  every 
human  of  them  said,  ‘ ‘ What’s  this?’ 
and,  prompted  by  the  same  curiosity^ 
drew  out  the  contents  to  exclaim,  when 
the  reading  was  over,  “ Well,  if  that 
isn’t  the  strangest  thing!”   when  the 
slightest  reflection  would  have told them 
that  there  wasn’t  anything strange about 
it.  This  was  the  contents  of  the  en 
velope:

they  a 

Mrs.  Florence  Marchbanks  Seamark 
requests  the  pleasure  of  your  company 
at  the  marriage  of  her  daughter,  Evelyn 
Gregory  Seamark,  to  George  Herbert 
Townsend,  April  Twenty-fourth,  Nine 
teen  Hundred  and  One.

Then  every  reader  would  look straight 
at  the 
invitation  for a  full  minute  and 
after a  second  reading  would look  at  the 
storekeeper  and  ask,  ‘ ‘ Who  under the 
sun is  George  Herbeit Townsend?”   Up 
on  his  denying  all  knowledge,  by  actual 
count  half  of  the  astonished  exclaimed, 
“ Did  you  ever!”   and  the  other  half 
managed  to  express  their  feelings  with 
a  single  “ Humph!”

The  facts  in  the  case  are  these:
The  young  man  who  plays  the  part  of 
the  dummy  at  the  wedding  is  the  son  of 
a  wealthy  shoe  dealer  in  the  Middle 
West.  Early  impressed  with  two  im­
portant 
ideas,  he  proceeded  to  carry 
them  out:  One 
is  that  a  business  in 
which  his  father  has  succeeded  is  good 
enough  for  him;  the  other,  that  a  busi­
ness  man 
is  not  harmed  by  the  best 
education  he  can  get.  So he  bent  his 
best  energies  to the  school  and  the  col­
lege  until  he  graduated  and  then,  leav­
ing  his  diploma 
in  his  father’s  care, 
who  was  as  proud  of  it  as  he  was,  he 
announced  at  the  next  morning’s  break­
fast  table—it  was  Saturday—that  he  was 
going  to  start  for  Denver on  Monday 
morning  and  take  the  first chance  in  the 
first  shoe  store  that  would  have  him.

There  was  the  usual  family  protest. 
Senior  Townsend  affirmed  again  and 
again  that  he  could  go  right  into  the 
store  there  at  home  and  not  get  any  of 
the  hard  knocks  that  are  always  waiting 
for the  beginner  without  friends,  finan­
cial  or  otherwise,  in  a  strange  place 
and  Mrs.  Townsend,  as  mothers  have 
done  and  as  mothers  will  do  to  the  end 
of  time,  “ Now,  Georgied”   the  strong- 
willed  young  fellow'with  no  end  of  the 
flimsiest  reasons,  to  no  purpose.  Go to 
Denver  he  would  in  spite  of  everybody 
and  everything.  He  was  going  into  the 
shoe  business  because  he  believed  in 
it.  He  didn’t  want  any  bolstering,

either  financially  or socially.  He  was 
to  be  just  himself,  with  his  hands  and 
his  wits  behind  them  to  stand  or  fall. 
If  he  found  he  wasn't  equal  to  the  job 
he  had  undertaken  he’d  come  home  and 
suck  the  knob  of  his  cane  with  the  rest 
of  the  noodles;  but  he’d  try  the  other 
thing  first.

likes  and 

The  next  twenty-four  hours  witnessed 
some  lively  getting  ready  and  in  due 
time  the  boy  was  located  in  a  cosy room 
on  Capital  Hill.  Not  being  a “ lunger,”  
and  having  that  open-handed,  look-you- 
in-the-face  habit  which  the  human  fam 
ily 
is  attracted  to,  he  had 
hardly  struck  Sixteenth  street  and  made 
his  wants  known  on  that  busy  thorough­
fare  when  he  stepped  right  into  a  place 
that  seemed  to  be  just  waiting  for  him
There  was  the  hint  of  a  smile  that 
crept 
into  the  manager’s  face  when  he 
took  Townsend  to  the  humblest  work  in 
the  establishment;  but  the  smile  was 
displaced  by  an  unconscious  nod  of  ap­
proval  when  that  well-dressed  young 
fellow  took  off  his  coat  and  without 
word  went  to  work.  Seeing  the  “ new 
hand”   well  started,  the  manager  re 
ported  at  the  office  that  “ the  next  part­
ner  in  the  firm 
is  at  this  moment  at 
work  in  the  basement!”

It  was  a  fact,  he  was.  For a  month 
the  basement  had  him  and  then saw him 
no  more  forever.  He  was  placed  up­
stairs.  The 
junior  member  of  the  firm 
saw  him,  watched  him,  liked  him  and 
at  the  end  of  another  month  Townsend 
was  moved  up.  Soon  the  retail  depart­
ment  saw  him  installed  as  a  clerk;  and 
there  is  where  the  romance  begins.
In  familiarizing  himself  with 

the 
stock  and 
locating  it  young  Townsend 
found  on  a  certain  shelf a  style  of  shoe 
that  went  straight  to  his  heart.  It  was 
dainty,  it  was  nice. 
It  was  made  for a 
indeed,  but  of  fairy  an­
foot  human 
cestry.  He 
looked  at  it  long  and  lov­
ingly.  He  put 
it  by  with  reluctance 
nd  “ many  a  time  and  oft”   when  there 
let  up  in  business  he  would  be 
was  a 
found  with  shoe  in  hand  admiring 
it. 
That  was  the  shoe;  but  from  that  the 
young  fellow,  naturally  enough,  began 
think  of  a  foot  that  could  go  into  it 
and  of the  woman  that  could  have  such 
foot.  He  finally  settled  that  question 
his  mind  and  then  began  to  look  for 
her.  Denver  is  one  of  the  most  cosmo­
politan  cities  on  the  footstool  and there, 
"   anywhere,  would  he  be  apt  to  find  the 
Cinderella  for  that  particular  foot-cov­
ering.

in. 

He  found  her. 

She  was  a  symphony 

It  was  on  the  twenty- 
fourth  of  April  two  years  ago.  He  had 
just  finished  with  a  fussy  old  customer 
who  had  found  fault  with  everything, 
especially  the  price,  and  who  finally 
went  away  in  a  huff  because  she  had  to 
pay  for a  first-class  article  a  first-class 
price. 
In  his  wrath  young  Townsend 
watched  her,  thinking  things  unutter 
able,to  the  very  door and  as  she  crossed 
the  threshold  on  her  way out  he  saw  the 
vision  of  his  sleeping  and  day  dreams 
come 
in 
indescribable  brown 
brown,  from  the 
headgear  to  the  lucky  tan  shoes  that 
covered  her  marvelous  feet.  He  knew 
her  at  once—of  course  he  did— and  as 
he  approached  her  and  she  stated  her 
want,  without  further question  he  went 
to  the  shelf that  held  his  beauties,  se­
lected  the  size  that  he  knew  intuitively 
would  fit  her  and,  with  a  delight  which 
he  had  never  known  before,  sat  down 
before  her  for  the  happiest  duty  that 
had  so  far  blessed  his  hands. 
In  a 
minute  the  tan  shoe  was  removed  and— 
and  a  whole  paragraph,  condensed  al-

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it  be,  is  needed  for a  descrip­

though 
tion,  and  here  it  is :

“ Ah!”
Fit?  Of  course 

it  fitted;  and  then 
George  Herbert  Townsend  cussed  him­
self  for a  fool !  The  idea  of  not  taking 
a  big  size  first  and  then  a  size  smaller 
and,  keeping  that  dear  little  foot  in  his 
hand,  stroking  it  and  smoothing  it  for a 
half  hour at  the  least !  Well,  it  was  too 
late  now,  and  but  a  wild dream anyway, 
so  he  made  the  most  of  what  Heaven 
had  sent  him  and  was  thankful  and 
reluctantly  removed 
shoes  and 
asked  for  the  address.

the 

“ Miss  Seamark,  at  the  Brown  Pal­
ace,  was  the  reply,  which  he  wrote 
upon  a  paper—and  upon  his  heart  at 
the  same  time.

looking  at  the 

That  evening  he  went  down  to  the 
Brown  and, 
register, 
copied  from  it  these  two  names:  “ Mrs. 
J.  Seyton  Scarborough,  Providence, 
R.  I.  ;  Evelyn  G.  Seamark,  Provi­
dence,  R.  I. ”

Seamark—Seamark !  Where  had  he 
heard  that  name?  He  had  been  saving 
it  over and  over  to  himself since writing 
it  that  afternoon  and  now  threw  him­
self  into  one  of the  big  easy  chairs  that 
grace  that  famous  hostelry  with  the 
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brows  and,  stepping  to  the  telegraph 
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next  morning  came  the  reply:  "Yep, 
cousins.  Both 
left  for  California  sev­
eral  days  ago. ’ ’

The  next  move  was  for the  ’phone. 
"Hello,  Central—943.--This  the  Brown 
Palace?— Are  Mrs.  Scarborough of Prov­
idence,  R.  I.,  and  Miss  Seamark  stop- 
•  ping  there?  Left this  morning,  did  you 
say?  Thanks.  — Damn  the 
luck!”  
(This  lost  under  his  breath  as  he  rang 
off.)

All  that  afternoon,  and  for  days after, 
Townsend  attended  strictly  to  business; 
but  his  mind  wasn’t  with  his  body more 
than  half  the  time.  This  was  what  he 
cyphered  out:  Miss  Seamark,  of  Mill 
River,  spent  the holidays  in  Providence 
when  he  was  a  soph  at  Brown  and  he 
and  Fred  Windsor  called  on  Mrs.  Scar­
borough.  Miss  Seamark  was 
then  a 
freshman  at  Wellesley  and  her  cousin 
in  social 
was  giving  her a  little  whirl 
it.  The  Sea­
life.  Ha,  h a! 
marks  didn't  have  the  most  money 
in 
the  world,  but  they  had  everything  else 
—and  Miss  Seamark  had  that  foot!  She 
had  those  dear  little  shoes!  And  she 
was  going  to  have  him !”

That’s 

That  settled  he  went  on  with  his 
climbing  up  in  the  store. 
In  less  than 
two  years  the  firm  called  him  into  the 
office  and  asked  him  how  he'd  like  to 
come  in  as  a  partner.  He  said  he’d  like 
it  well  enough,  only  his  father  wanted 
him  to  come  home  and  take  his  place 
in  the  store,  and  he  was  going.  He 
should  leave  Denver  next Monday week, 
and  there  was  a  pretty  girl  who  had 
promised  to  go  to  Europe  with  him  a 
month  later,  on  the  24th  of  April.  They 
should  be  gone  a  year and  then  they 
were  coming  home  to  settle  down.

So  it  can  be  easily  seen  that  there 
was  nothing  strange  about 
The 
prince  simply  found  his  Cinderella  and 
she  found  her shoe,  exactly  as  they  al­
ways  do,  and  that’s  all  there  is  to  i t !
Richard  Malcolm  Strong.

it. 

The  Canary  B ird  Opening of  the  D epart­
Written for the Tradesman.

m ent Store.

In  looking  over  my  Sunday  paper  of 
a  week  ago,  my  eyes  fell  upon  the  ad­
vertisement  of  one  of  Denver’s  depart­
ment  stores.  It  occupied  a  full  page and 
the  heading  of  it  was,  "O ur  Canary 
Bird  Opening."  The  advertisement 
went  on  to  explain  that  this  firm  had 
purchased  500 guaranteed  singing  can­
ary  birds  and  that  they  would sell a  bird 
and  handsome  brass  cage  for the  ridic­
ulous  price  of  $2.85.

Curiosity  prompted  me,  as  no  doubt 
it  did  many  others,  to  visit  this  store 
upon  the  following  Monday. 
I  did  not 
buy  a  canary  bird,  but  my  visit  was 
well  worth  while.  Such  mingling  of bird 
song  I  have  never  before  heard.  There 
was  no  mistaking  their  singing  ability.
I  firmly  believe  that  every  blessed  bird 
of  that  500  sang  at  one  and  the  same 
time  on  several  occasions  while  I  was 
in  the  store.

yellow  bunting,  hung 

The  entire  establishment  was  deco­
rated  with 
in 
loops  and  festoons  from  pillars  and ceil­
ing,  while  at  each  loop  one  of  the  song­
sters  was  suspended.  Yellow  prevailed 
in  all  the  departments,  with  the  idea  of 
carrying  out  the 
color.  All 
shades,  from  deepest  orange  to  palest 
lemon,  were  to  be  seen.  Whatever  was 
obtainable 
in  yellow  flowers  had  been 
secured  for  the  occasion  and  fragrant 
blossoms 
lent  their aid  in  making  this 
dry  goods  store  a  bower  of  beauty,  a 
veritable  canaryland.

canary 

One  could  not  fail  to be  impressed 
with  the  originality  and  uniqueness  of 
the  display.  Even  their delivery wagons

as  they  passed  along  the  streets  were 
eloquent  with  the  songs  of  rich-voiced 
canaries,  advertising 
in  a  most  em­
phatic  way  the  spring  opening  of  this 
department  store.  People  by  hundreds 
who  had  not  read  the  Sunday  advertise­
ment  stopped  upon  the  streets  to  look 
after  the  songful  wagons  and  straight­
way  visited  the  store,  and even  although 
they  did  not  buy  a  cent’s  worth  they 
talked  about  the  store.  That,  in  itself, 
is  something  every  merchant 
should 
If  you  can  get  the 
aim  to  bring  about. 
public  to  talk  about  your  store  in  the 
right  way  the  value of the advertisement 
which  you  get  is  beyond  calculation. 
I 
have  visited  a  number  of  the  spring 
openings  at  the  various  stores,  but  of 
them  all  I  think  this  firm’s  canary  bird 
idea  has  been  the  most  effective  as  an 
advertisement.

Upon 

leaving  the  department  store  I 
called  upon  a  dealer  who  sells  birds  for 
a  business. 
I  wished  to  know  what 
effect  this  canary  bird  sale  was  having 
upon  him. 
I  found  his  shop  full  of 
birds,  mostly  canaries,  but  empty  of 
customers. 
I  could  see  that  he  was dis­
appointed  when  1  stated  my  errand,  for 
he  thought  me  a  purchaser.

" Y e s ,"   he  replied  to  my  question, 
" a   thing  of  that  sort  always  has  a  seri­
ous  effect  upon  the  individual  dealer.  I 
am  practically  the  only  bird  fancier  in 
the  city.  My  trade,  at  its  best,  is  lit­
tle  more  than  a  good  living.  The  can­
ary  bird  is  my  chief  source  of  revenue, 
as  there  are  twenty  canaries  sold  to 
every  one  of  other  kinds  of  songsters. 
You  find  the  canary  in  the  homes  of 
both  rich  and  poor.  A  fair  margin  of 
profit  can  be  secured  if  you  can sell  at  a 
is  out  of  the 
legitimate  price.  That 
question  when  the  department 
store 
steps  in  and  sells  a  bird  and  a  cage  for 
what  the  bird  alone  should  sell.  While 
this  sale  goes  on  I  am  forced  to  meet 
their  price.. The  result  is  that  my  profit 
is  gone, at  least  until  this  sale  is  ended. 
The  after-effect  upon  my  trade  is  bad, 
because 
it  makes  people  hard  to  deal 
with.  They  will  quote  this  department 
store's  sale  price  to  me  and  kick  about 
the  price  I  ask.  They  will  tell  me  they 
can  wait  until  this  firm  has  another 
canary  bird  sale,  and  the  chances  are 
they  will  do  that  very  thing.  That  firm 
has  made  a  success of  this  sale  and  they 
will  repeat  it.  Even  although  they sold 
the  birds  and  cages  at  actual  cost,  they 
got  the  people  to  come  in  hundreds  to 
their  store.  They  did  not  expect  to 
make  money  out  of  the  bird  deal,  they 
wanted  to draw  the  public and  sell  them 
goods  upon  which  there  was  a  profit. 
The  birds  were  simply  a  means  to an 
end.  Nevertheless  they  have  sold  in 
one  week  as  many  canaries  as  I  would 
have  sold  in three  months.  As  a  result, I 
shall  have  to  pay  my  expenses  for  some 
time  to  come  out  of  my  bank  account. 
The  demand  for birds  is  fully  supplied 
for  three  months  at  least.  No  doubt, 
for those  who  wanted  canaries,  it  was  a 
good  thing,  but  90  per  cent,  of them 
could 
just  as  well  have  paid  a  living 
price.  These  department  stores  make 
individual  business  a  difficult  proposi­
tion,  I  can  tell  you. 
I  wish  most  heart­
ily  they  did  not  exist."

The  proprietors  of  this  big  store  are 
well  pleased  with  their  canary  bird 
opening.  No  thought  of  the  bird  deal­
er’s  dilemma disturbs  their satisfaction. 
When  that  great  craft,  the  department 
store,  rides  prow  on  upon  the  little  boat 
of  individual  business  there  is  no ques­
tion  what  the  result  will  be.  He  who 
can  not  swim  must  needs  sink  with  his 
wrecked  boat  in  the  waters  of  commer­
cial  enterprise. 

Mac  Allan.

M I C H I G A N   TRADESM AN

stock,  no  doubt  on  account  of  competi­
tion,  but  nevertheless  very  unprofitable 
to  them. 
It  would  be  far  better not  to 
buy  such  stuff  at  all  than  to  pay  too 
much  for  it.  We,  of course,  need  some 
poor  poultry  to  meet  the  demand  of 
cheap  buyers,  but  there  is altogether  too 
much  of  it  coming  in  here  with  appeals 
to  sell 
it  at  such  and  such  a  price  be­
cause  the  shipper had  paid  a  stiff  price 
for  it  in  the  country.  We,  of  course,  al­
ways  do  the  best  we  can  with  it,  but 
it 
is too  much  to  expect  top  price  for  un 
der grade  stock. ”

♦   a*  *

The  generally  Slow  demand  for  fresh 
killed  fowl  for  several  weeks  past  i 
somewhat  difficult  to  account  for.  One 
of  the  causes  is  attributed  to the  fact 
that  large  numbers  of  retail  dealers, 
both  large  and  small,  put  away  more  or 
less  stock  in  the  freezers  in  the  fall  and 
early  winter  and  have  been  using  these 
goods  for their  running  trade.  Anothe 
reason  given  is  that with  the increase  of 
fresh  green  truck  at  reasonable  prices 
the  consumptive  demand  for  poultry 
is 
lessened;  whatever  the  reason,  how­
ever,  it  is certain  that  demand  has  been 
moderate  for  some  time  past,  and  not­
withstanding  supplies  are  below  the av­
erage  for  the  season,  they  have  been 
fully  ample  for  all  the  trade  require­
ments  and  kept  prices  comparatively 
low. — N.  Y.  Produce  Review.

G reat  F u tu re  in  the  Chicken Husiness. 

From the Brooklyn Times.

New  W ay of Preserving Eggs.

A  German  contemporary  gives a proc­
ess  for  the  preservation  o f  eggs  which 
will  be  of  interest  to  our  readers,  as  it 
is  claimed  for  it  that  an  experience  of 
ten  years  has  shown  it  to  be  superior to 
any  other  method.  The  fresh  and clean 
eggs  are  first  placed  in  lukewarm  water 
for  a  quarter of  an  hour,  and  then  im­
mersed  for five  seconds in boiling water. 
They  are  then 
immediately  cooled  in 
cold  water  and  dried  on  a  clean  cloth. 
They  must  be  on  no  account  rubbed 
with  the  cloth,  as  such  a  proceeding 
would  probably  force  bacteria  through 
the  pores  of  the  shell,  but  must  be  al­
lowed  to  dry  of  themselves.  They  are 
then 
just  dipped  in  the  strongest  spirit 
of  wine  or  in  solution  of  peroxide  of 
hydrogen.  While  still  wet  with this  they 
are  packed 
in  bran,  wood  ashes,  chaff 
or  wood-wool,  and  kept  in  a  dry,  cool 
place  where  they  will  be  safe  from  the 
frost.  They  will  then  keep  a  twelve- 
month,  and  even  if  the  final  dipping  in 
peroxide  or  spirit  is  omitted,  they  will 
be  good  after  eight  months.  The  ex­
pense  of  the  process  is  very  trifling.

Pretension  makes a  good  showing,  but 

leaves  are  not  always  strawberries.

The  first  thing  the  shoemaker  uses  in 

his  business  is  his  last.

J. W.  Keys

General Produce and Commission 

Merchant,

Detroit,  Mich.

I  want your  consignments  of

Butter,  Eggs, 

Poultry.

Correspondence silicited.  Please inves- 
vestigate.  Send for weekly  quotations.

References :  City Savings Bank,

Commercial Agencies.

You ought to sell

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16

Poultry

P eculiarities  P ertaining to  the  H andling 

of P oultry.
“ This  movement  to 

stop  pigeon­
shooting  matches  will  have  little  effect 
on  the  market,”   said  one  of  the  largest 
receivers  of  these  shooting-match  p i­
geons.  “ We are receiving  them  from  all 
over the  country  and  even  if  New  York 
State  receipts  were  cut  off  by legislative 
action,  we would  have  plenty  from  other 
states  to  supply  all  demands.  We  re­
ceived  about  all  of  the  20,000  birds  shot 
at  the  Interstate  Match  recently  and 
with  the  liberal  quantities received from 
other  matches  we  found  ourselves  over­
stocked  and  had  to  put  large  quantities 
in cold  storage.  Only  a  certain  class  of 
dealers  can  use  them,  you  see,  and 
when  they  are  filled  up  we  just  have  to 
hold  on  to  the  stock  until  they  are ready 
to  buy  again.  We  usually  get  about  70 
@8oc  per  dozen  for them. ’ ’

*   *   *

“ Come 

in  here,  I  want  to  show  you 
some  dry-packed  poultry,”   said  a  large 
Washington  street  poultry  receiver one 
day  last  week.  He  led  the  way  to  the 
rear  of  his  store  and  pointed  to  a  stack 
of boxes  which  he  said  contained  the 
poultry  in  question.  “ Just  smell  of this 
bird,”   he  said,  as  he  banded  it  to  me 
“ Do  you  smell  anything  unpleasant 
about  it?”   I  certainlydid  and  told  him 
I  should  say  it  was  ammonia,  probably 
due  to  long  holding  or  the  result  of 
having  been  stored 
in  a  poor storage 
house.  "You  are  right  as  to  the smell, ’ 
replied  the  dealer. 
“ That  poultry  is 
unfit  for  use  and  I  am  trying  to  find 
someone  who  can  use  it.  The  stuff  has 
been  held 
in  cold  storage  a  very  long 
time  and  has  absorbed  a  considerable 
flavor  of  ammonia,  which  is  not  an  un 
common  thing  where  stock  is  held  so 
long  in  houses  where  they  use direct  ex­
pansion  and  the  apparatus  is  not  per­
fect. 
I  am  very  much  afraid  I  shall 
not  have  much  success  in  selling  this 
lot.  In  any  event  the  owner of  the  poul­
try  will  be  obliged  to  take  a  big  loss 
It 
is  only  another  illustration  of  the 
vicissitudes  of  the  poultry  business.”

*   *   *

“ Do  you  know,”   continued  the  mer­
chant,  “ that  I  am  often  surprised  that 
so  many  shippers  have  so  slight  a 
knowledge  of  the  market  end  of  the 
poultry  business.  Perhaps  we  are  to 
blame  in  some  respects  for not  enlight­
ening  them  more,  but 
it  seems  rather 
peculiar to  me  that  a  man  who  is  ship­
ping  poultry  year  after  year  does  not 
study  the  markets  and the  buyers’  wants 
more  closely.  The  idea  that  some  have 
that  any  old  poultry  ought  to  sell  at  a 
good  price  is  amusing  to  say  the  least. 
We  have  shippers  who  look  at  top  quo­
tation,  say  on  fowls,  and  write  to  know 
why their stock  didn’t  bring  that  price, 
when  their  fowls  came  in  here  in  poor 
condition,  unattractively  packed  and 
only  of  a  quality  good  enough  for cheap 
poultry  buyers.  The  sooner  the  ship­
pers  learn  that  it  is  only  first-class poul- 
try,  packed 
in  a  proper  and  attractive 
manner  that  is  demanded  by  our  best 
enrich 
buyers,  the  sooner  they  will 
themselves.  The  great  difficulty  lies  in 
the  fact  that  the  country  shippers  and 
packers  pay  too  much  for  this  poor

W e  solicit  your shipments 

of  Fresh  E g gs  and  D aily  

Butter.'

A  resident  of  Brooklyn  Hills,  who 
prides  himself  upon  his  discernment, 
says  that  the  magnate  of  the  future  will 
be  the  chicken  farmer.  He  predicts 
that  within  a  decade  there  will  be 
monster  aggregations  in  the  chicken 
raising  relation  which  will  overshadow 
in  financial  importance  even  the  gigan­
tic  operations  of  the  steel  industries. 
There  are  now,  according  to  his  com­
putation,  some seven  thousand  raisers  of 
chickens  on  a  large  scale  in  the  United 
States,  while  there  are  or  rather were  at 
the 
last  collection  of  statistics  on  the 
subject— for  the  chicken  farmer grows 
in  the  space  of  a  short  season of thought 
— something  like  forty  thousand  smaller 
farms  where  chickens  form  the  chief 
motive  for  existence,  and  maybe  five 
hundred  thousand  farms  and  other small 
places  where  the  chick  helps  out  in  the 
endeavor _ to  keep  ends  meeting.  A 
combination  of  these  interests  will,  the 
Brooklyn  Hills  man  thinks,  come  as  a 
natural  course  and  with  a  view  to  get­
ting  a  seat  on  the  prospective  band 
wagon  he  "has  started  a  chick  raising 
farm.  He  has  an  incubator and  the  first 
time  the  day  of days  came  around,  the 
day  when  the  fifty  eggs  that  had  been 
placed 
incubator  three  weeks 
previously  were  to  be  metamorphosed 
into  as  many  chicks,  there  were  ample 
preparations  for  celebrating  the  event. 
The  celebration  went  through  all  right, 
but  there  appeared  only  eight  chicks 
and  the  pioneer chicken  farm on  Brook­
lyn  Hills  was  compelled  to  start  out  on 
that  slim  foundation.  Another start  has 
been  given  the  artificial  hen,  and  the 
future  is  expected  to  deal  more  gener­
ously  with  the  prospective chicken mag­
nate,  who  still  holds  that  in  ten  years 
there  will  be  more  money  in  chickens 
than 
in  steel,  and  unless  unkind  fate 
should  cut  down  the  ratio of  chicks  pro-, 
duced  to  eggs  heated,  the  observer  will 
look  to  see  a  great  chicken  industry 
spring  into  existence  on  the  brow  of  the 
uprising  where  the  Nassau  Indian  was 
wont  to  chase  the  deer  and  the  wild 
duck.

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Points  to Consider in  Selecting Good Beef 

Animals.

The  fore 

The  muzzle  should  be  broad,  the  nos­
trils  large,  indicating  good  lung  power 
The  shorter  from  the  nostril  to  the  eye 
the  better  the  animal  will  feed.  Long 
nosed  animals  of  any  kind  are  hard  to 
keep.  The  eye  should  be 
large,  full 
and  quiet. 
The  forehead  should  be 
broad,  but  not  long.  The  horns,  if they 
have  any,  should  be  small.  Better have 
the  cattle  without  horns.  The 
jaws 
should  be  broad,  the  neck  short,  neat 
and  well  set  into the  body.  A  surplus 
is  very 
amount  of  hide  about  the  neck 
objectionable. 
legs  should 
not  come  out  of  one  hole,  but  be  well 
spread  apart.  Yet  the  brisket  should 
not  protrude  forward  very  much,  as  it 
is  a  low  priced  cut,  carrying  much  tal 
low  and  little  flesh.  The  ribs  should 
be  well  sprung  and  run  well  back  to the 
hip  bone.  This  is  a  very  important 
point  which  should  not  be  overlooked, 
as  much  of  the  strength  of  the  anima 
depends  upon  the  coupling.  The  longer 
the  animal  the  better  if  the  ribs  run 
close  to  the  hip  bone.  The  hip  bones 
should  not  be  prominent  and  should  be 
well  covered  with 
flesh,  not  tallow. 
From  the  coupling  to the  root  of  the tail 
the  animal  should  be  of  good  width 
and  as 
The  tail 
should  be  strong  and  not  too  prominent 
at  the  root.  A  slim  tail  indicates  a  del­
icate  constitution.  The  tail  is  only  an 
extension  of  the  backbone,  and  a  slim 
tail  also  indicates  a  weak  backbone.

level  as  possible. 

The  hind  quarters  should  be  well 
fact, 
meated  down  to  the  hock— in 
like  a  well  formed  Berkshire 
hammed 
hog.  The  hind 
legs  should be  nearly 
straight  and  well  spread  apart,  thus  in­
suring  a  good  twist.  The 
legs  should 
be  short  and 
just  of  sufficient  size  to 
carry  the  body.  The  hide  should  be  of 
good  thickness,  mellow  and  well  cov­
ered  with  soft  hair.  The  top  and  bot­
tom  line  should  be  as  near  straight  as 
possible.  The  hoof  should  be  of  good 
size  and  of  dark  color.

We  do  not  eat  tallow.  We  want  flesh, 
or  rather  we  want  it  intermingled. 
If 
you  find  an  animal  with  the  above 
points,  you  will  find  a  valuable  beef 
producing  animal,  I care not what  breed 
you  may  call  it.  The  problem  of breed­
ing  flesh  producing  animals 
is  more 
easily  practiced  than  explained.  We 
have  learned  that  we  can  breed  animals 
with  any  peculiarity.  If  it  were  desired 
to  produce  tallow,  we should  select those 
cattle  which  carried  abundance  of  tal­
low  on  their  hips  and  backs  and  cross 
these  tallow  producing 
animals  and

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

continue  the  .process  for a  few  genera 
tions.  The  tendency  to  produce  tallow 
would  become  chronic.

The  cattle  breeders  should readily  see 
what  the  packer  has 
learned  and  acts 
upon  when  buying,  that  well  marbled 
beef  sells  for  12  to  18  cents  per  pound, 
while  tallow  sells  for 2  to  3  cents.  One 
thing  I  have  observed  about  cattle. 
If, 
when  they  are  in  moderately  good  flesh, 
they  have  small  patches  of  tallow  on 
either  side  of  the  root  of  the  tail,  when 
they  become  fully  matured  they  will 
develop  patches  of  fat  just  where  the 
highest  priced  meat  should  be  found 
They  will  also  have  a  thick  layer of  tal 
low  both  on  the  outside  and  inside  of  a 
small  quantity  of  edible  meat.— A.  B 
Matthews  in  Butchers’  Advocate.

How  to  B ay  Beef.

From the Woman’s  Home  Companion.

Among  meats  beef 

leads  off as  the 
most  expensive ; -but  it  fs  also  the  most 
nourishing  for  people 
in  good  health. 
Porterhouse  and  sirloin  steaks  and  the 
rib-roasts  are  the  choice  for  general 
family  use.  Fillets  for  roasting  and 
steaks  cut 
in  a  special  way  are  much 
higher  in  price,  and  are  not  seen  on  the 
average  table.  Hotels  and  restaurants 
have  them  always  on  hand,  and  they 
really  are  not  so  expensive 
in  such 
cases,  where  all  the  buying  is  done  on  a 
the 
very  large  scale,  thus  reducing 
price  of  every  pound. 
If  the  house­
keeper  of  small  or average  means  will 
adopt  this  perfect  plan  of  purchasing 
her meats  in  fairly  large  quantities  she 
will  reduce  her  butcher’s  bill  percep­
tibly,  and  at  the  same  time  give  her 
family  better  cuts  and  more.  When 
there 
is  a  family  of  from  four to  six 
people 
it  is  an  advantage  to  buy  from 
ten  to  fifteen  pounds  of  beef  at  a  time. 
If this  is  bought  from  what  is  known  to 
the  butcher  as  “ the  best  part  of  the 
small  of the  back”  the  housekeeper  will 
have  the  best  cuts  for  her table  at a very 
moderate  cost. 

.

D idn’t  W ork.

Swindler— Madam,  I  have  called  for 
the  suit  of  clothes  which  needs brushing 
and  pressing.

Lady  of  the  House—What  suit?
“ Your husband's Sunday suit,  ma’am. 
He  called  at  the  shop  as  he  went  down 
this  morning.”

them?”

spirits?”

“ And  he  said  I  was  to  let  you  have 
“  Yes’m. ”
“ Did  he  appear  in  good  health  and 
“ Why,  certainly.”
“ Look  and  act  naturally?”
“ Of course.  Why?”
“ Because  he  has  been  dead  eighteen 
years,  and  I  have  some  curiosity  on  the 
subject. ’ ’

" I — I  have  made  a  mistake,  per­

haps.”

“ Perhaps  you  have.  The  man  you 
saw  go  out  of  here  an  hour ago  is  my 
brother.  Good  morning. ”

M utton  F or Defense.

If 

legs  of  mutton  are  to  be  used  as 
weapons  of  defense  or as  means  of  in­
flicting  punishment,  we  may  expect  to 
see  that  kind  of  meat  advance  in  price. 
The  other  day  a  butcher  “ spanked”  
his  wife  with  a  leg  of  mutton,  and  she 
declared 
in  court  that  it  hurt  her  very 
much.  This  new  use  for  sheep’s  meat 
having  been  established  by  sworn  evi­
dence,  the  demand  for  it  will  perhaps 
increase.  However,  no  gentleman  will 
spank  his  wife  with  a 
leg  of  mutton, 
especially  at  this  time,  when  an  axe 
costs  less.

An  Acceptable  Substitute.

“ You  are  sure  you  can  support  my 
daughter  in  the  style  to  which  she  has 
been  accustomed?”   asked  the  Heavy 
Father.

“ Sure,  M ike,”   answered  Our  Hero, 

with  the  assurance  of  youth.

“ Well,  I’m  glad  to  hear  it.  It’s  more 

than  I  can  afford  any  longer.”

An apple a day 
Sends the doctor away.

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uses them by the thousand.

We make all kinds.

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Tried  Cleaver on  the  Dog.

For  trying  a  new  cleaver  on  a  pet dog 
a  Philadelphia  butcher  was  fined  $10 
one  day  last  week.  The  dog  was  the 
property  and  sole  comfort  of  a  widow, 
who  found  him  lying in  her  yard  with  a 
large  gash  in  his  side and as she thought 
dying.  She  hurried  with  her  pet  to  the 
Society  for the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to 
Animals,  where  eight  stitches  were  re­
quired 
in  dressing  the  wound.  When 
arrested  the  butcher  said  that  the  dog 
had  been  continually  bothering  him, 
coming  around  the  shop  and  stealing 
bones.  He  admitted  losing  his  temper 
and  hitting  the  dog  with  a  cleaver. 
In 
addition  to  the  $10  he  was  obliged  to 
pay  the  veterinary  for  the  eight  stitches 
at  25  cents  per  stitch.  So  the  little 
burst  of  temper cost  him  $12.  Had  the 
random  shot  man  been  dealing  out  the 
punishment  he  would  have  doubled  the 
fine  and  tried  the  cleaver on  the  butch­
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Benton Harbor,Michigan.

Butter  and  Eggs

Eggs  and  T heir  Use  as  an  A rticle  of 

Food.

Perhaps  no  article  of  diet  of  animal 
origin  is  more  commonly  eaten 
in  all 
countries  or  served  in  a  greater  variety 
of  ways  than  eggs.  Hens’  eggs  are 
most  common,  although  the  eggs  of 
ducks,  geese  and  guinea  fowls  are  used 
to a  greater  or  less  extent.  More  rarely 
turkeys’  eggs  are  eaten,  but  they  are 
generally  of  greater  value  for  hatching.
The  eggs  of  some  wild  birds  are  es­
teemed  a  delicacy.  Plover  eggs  are 
prized  in  England  and  Germany,  while 
in  this  country  the  eggs  of  sea  birds 
have  long  been  gathered  for  food.  On 
the  eastern  shore  of  Virginia,  eggs  of 
the 
laughing  gull  are  frequently  eaten, 
and  the  eggs  of  gulls,  terns,  and  herons 
were  a  few  years  ago  gathered  in  great 
quantities  along  the  coast  of  Texas. 
Thousands  of  eggs  of  gulls  and  murres 
have  been  gathered  annually  on  the 
Faralon  Islands,  off the  coast  of  Califor­
nia.

Other eggs  besides  those  of  birds  are 
sometimes  eaten.  Turtle  eggs  are  high­
ly  prized  in  most  countries  where  they 
are  abundant.  They  were  once  more 
commonly  eaten  in  America  than  now, 
possibly  owing  to  the  more  abundant 
supply  in  former  times.  The  eggs  of 
the  terrapin  are  usually  served  with  the 
flesh 
in  some  of  the  ways  of  preparing 
it  for  the  table.  Fish  eggs,  especially 
those  of  the  sturgeon,  are  eaten  in  large 
quantities,  preserved  with  salt,  under 
the  name  of  caviar.  Shad  roe  is  also  a 
familiar example  of  the  use  of  fish  eggs 
as  food.  Mention  may  also  be  made  of 
the  use  of  the  eggs  of alligators,  lizards, 
serpents,  and  some 
insects  by  races 
who  lack  the  prejudices  of  Western  na­
tions.  However,  in  general,  the  term 
eggs,  when  used 
in  connection  with 
food  topics,  refers  to  the  eggs  of  birds, 
usually  domestic  poultry,  and  is  so used 
in  this  bulletin.

is  perhaps 

The  appearance  of  an  egg—the  shell 
with  its  lining  of  membrane,  inclosing 
the  white  and  yolk— is  too  familiar  to 
need any  discussion.  The physiological 
structure  of  the  egg 
less 
familiar.  A  fertile  egg  contains  an 
embryo  and  is  at  the  same  time  a  store­
house  of  material  for the  development 
and  growth  of  the young individual from 
the  embryo,  until  it  has  reached  such  a 
stage  that  life 
is  possible  outside  the 
narrow 
limits  of  the  shell.  The  em­
bryo  is  situated  quite  close  to  the  yolk, 
which  furnishes  the  nutritive  material 
for  its  early  development,  the  white  be­
ing  used  later.

into  two  groups: 

For  convenience,  birds  may  be  di­
vided 
(i)  Those  in 
which  the  young  are  hatched full fledged 
and  ready 
in  a  great  measure  to care 
for themselves,  and  (2),  those  in  which 
the  young  are  hatched  unfledged  and 
entirely  dependent  upon  the  parents  for 
some  time.  Domestic  poultry  are  fa­
miliar  examples  of  the  first  group;  rob­
ins  and  sparrows,  of  the  second.  The 
eggs  of the  two  classes  differ  materially 
in  composition. 
It  seems  evident  that 
more  nutritive  material  is  needed  pro­
portionally  in  the  first  case  than  in  the 
second,  since  the  growth  is  continued 
in  the  egg  until  the  bird  reaches  a  more 
advanced  stage  of  development.  The 
quite  marked  differences  in composition 
of  the two  sorts  of  eggs  have been shown 
by  chemical  studies,  but  need  not  be 
referred  to  further  in  the  present discus­
sion.

Since  in  all  cases  the  egg  is  designed

to  furnish  the  sole  source  of  material 
for  growth  and  development  of 
the 
young 
individual  for  a  considerable 
time,  it  is  evident  that  it  must  contain 
all  the  elements  required;  that  is,  that 
it  must  be  a  perfect  food  for the  pur­
pose  intended.  Milk  is  another  familiar 
example  of  animal  food  containing  all 
the  elements  of a  complete  food  for  the 
young  and  growing  individual.  Milk 
and  eggs  are  frequently  spoken  of as 
perfect  foods  on this  accbunt.  The  des­
ignation 
for 
although 
is  true  that  they  contain 
all  the  required  elements  for the  growth 
and  maintenance  of  the  young  bird  or 
the  young  mammal,  as  the  case  may be, 
the  elements  are  not  in  the  right  pro­
portion  for  the  sole  nourishment  of  an
adult  individual.

is,  however,  misleading, 
it 

Considering  both  wild  and  domestic 
birds,  the  color of  the  shell  ranges  from 
white  through  a  variety  of  tints  and 
mottlings.  The  eggs  of  domestic  fowls 
are  not  highly  colored;  those  of  hens 
vary  from  white  to  a  more  or  less brown 
tone,  the  eggs  from  a  particular  breed 
of  hens  being  always  of  the  same  color. 
The  eggs  of  ducks  are  bluish  white; 
those  of  geese  are  commonly  white; 
the  eggs  of  guinea  fowls  are 
light 
brown,  more  or  less  mottled  with  a 
deeper shade ;  and  the  eggs  of  turkeys 
are  speckled  with  a  yellowish  brown. 
Any  special  coloring  of  eggs  of  wild 
birds  is  commonly  explained  as  a  pro­
tective  measure  which  has  been  devel­
oped  to  render the  eggs  inconspicuous 
in  their normal  surroundings,  and there­
fore  less  easily  found  by  their  enemies. 
Such  reasoning  would  indicate  that  the 
observed  differences 
in  the  color  of 
hens’  eggs  are  due  to  characteristics 
which  different  breeds  have  inherited 
from  remote  wild  ancestors.  The  color 
of  the  shells,  whatever  its  reason,  is  a 
feature  which  has  some  effect  on  the 
market  value  of  eggs  of  domestic  poul­
try,  although  not  upon  their  food  value.

Foreign  Egg  Production.

Germany  has  hitherto  received 

its 
principal  supply  of  eggs  and  poultry 
from  Russia,  although  of  late  Bulgaria 
has  largely  increased  its  egg  exports  to 
the  fatherland. 
In  fact,  all  the  south­
western  provinces  of  Russia,  as  well  as 
Galicia,  Roumania  and  Bulgaria,  are 
the  egg  producers  for  Germany,  France 
and  England.  Only  recently  the  Rus­
sian  Poultry  Association  has  made  ar­
rangements  for  a  fast  service  to  Paris 
and  London,  where  it  proposes  to  mar­
ket  regularly  eggs  and  dressed  poultry. 
During  the  summer  months  the products 
will  be  shipped 
in  refrigerating  cars 
and  ships.  To  such  an  extent  has  the 
egg-exporting  craze  taken  possession  of 
the  people 
in  the  sections  mentioned, 
especially  in  Southwestern  Russia,  that 
eggs  are  in  great  demand  in  the  land  of 
their  production,  and  good  prices  are 
being  paid.  This  state  of  affairs  has 
led  to  the  regular  importation  into  the 
Black  Sea  ports  of  Egyptian  eggs  from 
Alexandria.  Those  familiar  with  the 
subject  state  that 
it  is  cheaper  to  im­
port  eggs  into  the  ports  mentioned  from 
Egypt,  notwithstanding  the 
long  voy­
age,  than  to  buy  the  home  product.
Selling: Turkeys “On the  Hoof.”

From the Mexican Herald.

Two  turkey  herders  recently  drove  a 
flock  of  over  thirty  birds  through  the 
streets  of Ortega  and  Tiburcio,  leisurely 
offering  them  for  sale  as  they  went 
along.  The  men  were  hardy  mountain 
specimens,  the  cut  of  their  clothing 
showing  they  had come  from  some  dis­
tant  pueblo.  They  carried  whips,  with 
short  wooden  stocks  and 
long  lashes, 
and  when  a  customer  hailed  them  from 
an 
zaguan  they  promptly 
rounded  up  the  turkeys,  caught  the  one 
designated  by  the  tail  and  handed  him 
over  for  examination,  the  result  being 
that  many  Sunday  dinners  were  bought, 
as  it  were,  * ‘ on  the  hoof. ’ ’

adjacent 

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on  his  own  recognizance,  and  his  trial 
will  soon  be  held.  A  warrant  is  out  for 
the  arrest  of  another groceryman.  These 
arrests  are  the  outcome  of  the State Pure 
Food  Commissioner’s  declaration  that 
he  was  to  begin  a  crusade  against  the 
Arbuckle  Bros.’  Arisoa  coffee,  and 
is 
the  fight  between  the 
incidental 
Wooisons  and  Arbuckles.
D eterm ined  to  P u t  an  End  to  Price  Cut­

to 

ting.

More  than  100 traveling  salesmen  for 
Sioux  City  wholesale  grocery  houses 
were  called  into  Sioux  City 
last  week 
for a  special  union  meeting  to  prevent 
continuance  of the  rate  cutting  that  has 
demoralized  the  trade  in  that  territory 
for  some  time  past.  Little by  little  this 
evil  has  grown ;  each «salesman  had  an 
excuse  for  cutting  on  this  article  or  the 
other  with  his  customers  to  hold  their 
business. 
In  time  every  salesman  was 
doing  more  or  less  of  it,  and  managers 
were  watching  with  wrath  the diminish­
ing  profits.  Recently the four big  houses 
there  agreed  to  stop  the  slashing,  and 
the  meeting  was  for  that  purpose.  An 
understanding  was  reached  to  stop  cut­
ting  and  the  salesmen  were 
instructed 
to obey  it.

To  Make  Sweet  Potato  Flour.

The  American  Flour  Manufacturing 
Co.,  of  Vineland,  N.  J.,  has  just  been 
incorporated  with  a  capital of $1,000,000 
for the  making  of  flour  from  sweet  pota­
toes.  The  Vineland  mill,  which  started 
up  a  few  days  ago,  is  said  to  be  the 
first  in  the  country  to  manufacture  flour 
from  sweet  potatoes.  The  farmers  of 
South  Jersey  are  jubilant  over the  or­
ganization  of  the  big  company,  which 
purposes  to  erect  mammoth  flour  mills 
in  the  sweet-potato  growing  belt.

An  Old  Saying

" You can  lead a horse  to water, 

but you can’t make him drink.”

We  may  be  able  to  lead  you  to 

ship us

Butter and  Eggs

once, but  we  can’t  make  you  reg­
ular shippers if we do  not  do what 
is  right. 
For  40  years  we  have 
been in business  in  this  city,  and 
our  ever-increasing 
pretty good  indication  of  the  way 
we handle our shippers.

trade 

is 

PROMPT  PAYM ENT.

PETER   SMITH  &   SONS

I  

DETROIT,  MICH.

Wanted-—

Butter,  Eggs 
and  Poultry

Write us before selling.  Send for weekly 
quotations  Highest  cash  prices  and 
prompt returns guaranteed.

Bush &  Waite,

Commission  Mercnants,

353  Russell Street, 

Detroit, Mich. 

References:  Home Savings Bank 
and  Commercial Agencies.

F I E L D   S E E D S
F I E L D   P E A S

We buy and sell  Eggs,  Beans, Clover Seed,  Potatoes, Apples.

All kinds Clover and Grass  Seeds.

M O SELEY  BROS.

Jobbers  of  Fruits,  Seeds,  Beans  and  Potatoes 

26,28,30.32 Ottawa Street 

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

SELL  POTATOES

S a i n t   L o u i s   wants  nice  stock  now,  prices  are  good. 
Ship at once.
Have you any  B E A N S?  W e can  sell what you  have. 

MILLER  &  TEASDALE  CO.,  Saint  Louis,  Mo.

We are making a specialty at present on fancy

Messina  Lemons

Stock is fine,  in sound condition  and  good  keepers.  Price  very  low.  Write  or

The New York Market

Special  Features  or the Grocery and Prod­
Special Correspondence.

uce Trades.

is  booming 

New  York,  April  20— A  week  of 
If  the  grocery 
in  other  cities  it  is 

quietude  everywhere. 
trade 
only  holding  its  own  here,  and 
must  take  a  good  long  walk  to  pick  up 
a  great  amount  of  “ cheerfulness.”   Yet 
matters  have  been  a  good  deal  worse 
and 
longer. 
There 
is  now  simply  a  lull  after  a  big 
winter  trade,  and  perhaps  it  is  just  s 
well  to  give  the  boys  a  rest.  They’ 
have  to  begin  hustling  again  before 
long.

faces  have  been  much 

Coffee  continues  about  the  dullest 

tide  in  staple  groceries  in  this vicinity, 
Everything  about  it  conduces  to  make 
it  unsteady.  We  have 
lower  markets 
reported  from  Havre  and  Hamburg;  we 
have  large  arrivals  reported  at  Santos 
and  Rio  and  we  have  only  an  average 
demand— hardly  that.  For No.  7 Rio the 
quotation  is 6Xc  and  no  surprise  would 
be  occasioned  to  see  the  %c  drop  off 
almost  any  time. 
In  store  and  afloat 
the  amount  of  Brazil  coffee  aggregates 
1,279,987  bags,  against  1,072,531  bags 
at  the  same  time  last  year.  Mild  coffees 
seem  to  sympathize  with  the  Brazilian 
sorts  and  are  decidedly  dull, with  prices 
showing  some  decline,  so  that  Good 
Cucuta  is  hardly  quotable  at  over 
All  quotations  are  for  invoice  lots.

There 

is  very 

little  doing  in  sugars 
and  the  10  point  advance  made  on 
Wednesday  seemed  to  take  out  what  lit­
tle  animation  had  previously  existed  to 
the  demand,  according  to some,  while 
others  declare  the  market  to  be  in better 
shape.  At  any  rate  it  is  hardly thought 
lower  rates  will  be  made  very  soon  and 
it  is,  perhaps,a  good  time  to  buy.

At  the  usual  auction  sale  of teas Wed 
nesday  the  result  was  lower quotations 
The  demand 
is  for small  lots,  simply 
to  keep  up  broken  assortments,  and 
prices  are  nominal,with  about  10  points 
reduction  from  those  prevailing  a  week 
ago.

The  demand  for  rice  is  light  and  the 
situation  seems  at  the  moment  to.  favor 
the  buyer,  although  prices  are  certain­
ly  no  lower  than  a  week  ago.  Orders 
are  for  small  lots,  with  choice  Southern 
5X@5^c.  Foreign  grades  are  firm.
Pepper and  ginger  both  show  consid­
erable  firmness,  but  the  spice  market 
generally 
is  not  very  active  and,  aside 
from  these,  the  situation  is  practically 
without  change.  Singapore  black  pep­
per  in  invoice  lots,  I3@ 13J^c;  Zanzibar 
cloves,  9 c;  Calcutta  ginger,  7@7%c.
The  molasses  market  is  pretty  well 
cleaned  up  on  good  grocery  grades  of 
molasses  and  quotations  are  firmly  ad­
hered  to,  with  really  desirable  sorts 
worth  30c.  The  demand  is  fairly  good. 
Orders,  while  in  not  many  instances  for 
large  quantities,  have  been  quite  nu­
merous  and,  in  the  aggregate,  the  vol­
ume  is quite  respectable.  A  fair  trade 
in  foreign  sorts  is  reported  quite  gen­
erally  by  jobbers  at  unchanged  quota­
tions.  Syrups  are  steady,  with  a  fair 
call,  both  from  home  trade  and  export­
ers.

In  canned  goods,  salmon 

is  rather 
slow  and  holders  in  some  cases  might 
possibly  make  concession,  if  necessary. 
Aside  from  this,  prices  are  fairly  firm 
is 
and,  while  the  demand  generally 
light  for  spot  goods  and  little 
is  being 
done 
in  futures,  the  outlook  is  rather 
better than  it  has  been,  although  there 
is  considerable  room  for  improvement 
yet.  Corn  for  future  delivery  is  selling 
for 65@7oc.  Indications  are  that  a  very 
light  acreage  of  peas  will  be  sowed  this 
year,  as  farmers  are  afraid  of  the  de­
structive  pea  louse.  A  good  many  new 
factories  are  reported  fitting  up  in  all 
parts  of the  country  from  Maine  to  Cal­
ifornia.  May  they  all  wax  fat!

Dried  fruits  are  slow  and easy.  There 
is  some  question  as  to  whether  the  ad­
vertising  campaign  inaugurated  by  the 
Cured  Fruit  Association  has  helped  the 
trade  in  prunes,  but  the  general  opinion 
is  that  rather more  trade  is  being  done 
in  consequence  thereof.  Apricots  are 
doing  fairly  well,  but in  almost  all  other 
lines  the  market  is  dull  and,  in  the  case 
of  raisins,  the  quotations  are,  perhaps, 
a  little  lower  than  a  week  ago.

Lemons  and  oranges  show  steady  im­
provement,  although  rather small.  Sic­
ily  lemons  are  quotable  from  $2@3  and 
Califomias $i.65@2.75.

Arrivals  of  butter  are  not  large,  but 
there  seems  to  be  enough  stock  to  meet 
the  requirements  and  even  more.  For 
best  Western  creamery  not  over  21c  can 
be named ;  seconds to firsts,  i8^@20j^c. 
Imitation  creamery  is  steady  at  about 
18c  for the  very  best,  with  more  selling 
for  ic  less.

large  size, 

A  moderate  amount  of trading  is  go­
ing  on  in  cheese  and  prices  are  without 
change.  Best 
full  cream 
cheese 
is  worth  i2@i2Xc.  New  stock 
is  coming  in  more  and  more  freely  and 
small  prime  stock  will  brings  about  9c.
Best  Western  eggs  are  held  at  14c. 
The  market  lacks  life.  A  good  deal  of 
Southern  stock  is  coming  to  this  market 
just  now  and  has  an  effect  on  all  other 
grades.

The  bean  market  remains  in  an  aver­
age  state  of activity  and  not  a  change 
has  been  made  in  quotations  for several 
days.  Choice  pea, $2. io@2.12^ ;  choice 
medium,  $2@2.o5.
G etting Ready  His  Im plem ents  of  Hus­

bandry.

^  “ This, ”   said  a  dealer  in  such things, 
“ is  the  time  of  year  when  you  meet  in 
the  busiest  of  the  city's  streets  the  gen­
tle  suburban  resident  carrying  home 
some  agricultural 
implement  or  some 
sort  of  shrub  or  plant  that  he  is  in  a 
hurry  for. 
It  may  be  a  sickle  or  it  may 
be  a  rake  or  a  nice  young  tree  or  not 
mprobably  a  dozen  tomato  plants.
“ This  has  been  a  dreadfully  back­
ward  season,  but  spring  may  come  on 
us  all  of  a  sudden  one  of  these days  and 
the  season  will  be  wide  open  in  a  min­
ute.  And 
it’s  in  anticipation  of  that 
happy  event  that  the  man  blessed  with 
a  garden  spot  or  lawn  is  now  laying  in 
or  renewing  his  stock  of  the  tools  of 
husbandry.

And  these  things  he  buys  right  here 
the  city,  which  accounts  for  your 
in  the  city  streets,  where  no 
meeting 
blade  of  grass  could  ever  show,  a  man 
carrying,  for  example,  a 
long-handled 
wooden-toothed  rake.

“ You  observed,  probably,  that  only 
the  head  of the  rake,  the  part  with  the 
teeth  in  it  was  wrapped  up.  This  is  the 
time  honored  and  still  prevailing  way 
of  doing  up  a  rake.  A  shovel  is  done 
up 
in  the  same  manner.  We  wrap  up 
the  blade,  and  there  you  are.  The 
ostrich,  with  his  head 
in  the  sand, 
thinks  he’s  covered  up  completely.  The 
man  who  buys  a  shovel  and  has  the 
blade done  up  doesn't  think that thereby 
the  whole  shovel  is  secluded  from  view, 
but  he  is  satisfied.”
A rresting  Ohio  Grocers  for  Selling  Ar- 

buckle’s  Coffee.

James  A.  White,  a  grocer  of  Toledo, 
O.,  was  arrested  last  week  upon  com­
plaint  of  Edward  B.  Beverstock,  in­
spector  for  the  Ohio  Dairy  and  Food 
Commission,  and  is  accused  of  selling 
coffee  that  was  not  what  it  appeared  to 
be. 
In  the  affidavit  Beverstock  alleged 
that  White  sold  him  a  brand  of  coffee 
known  as  Ariosa  that  “ was  then  and 
there  colored  with  a  mixture  of  sugar 
and  eggs,  whereby  inferiority  was  con­
cealed,  and  whereby  said  coffee  was 
made  to  appear  better  and  of  greater 
value  than 
it  really  was. “   White  was 
brought  before  the  City  Court,  and 
pleaded  not  guilty.  He  was  released

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How  to  Treat  the  D iscontented  Girls.
The  other  day  a  woman  said  to  m e:
“ I  don’t  know  what  to  do  with  my 
Janie.  She’s  so  dissatisfied  and  discon­
tented.  I’m  sure  I  humor  her  every  way 
I  can,  but  nothing  pleases  her."

‘ ‘ Do  what  the  mother  bird  does  when 
the  little  birds  begin  to  get  troublesome 
in  the  nest,”   I  said. 
“ Push  her out, 
and  let  her  forage  for  herself  a  while.’ ’
“ She  might  get  hurt,”   anxiously pro­

tested  the  mother.

“ She  would  be  sure  to,”   I responded, 
unfeelingly,  “ but  she  would  be  cured. 
There’s  no  remedy  for  an  imaginary 
pain 
like  a  real  one.  Nobody  ever 
stopped  to  remember  that  they  had  a 
heartache  when  they  had  a 
jumping 
toothache. ’ ’

I  don’t  suppose  Janie  is  going  to  get 
her  lesson.  Mothers  are  mostly  two  ten­
der  to  do  their  full  duty  by  their chil­
dren,  but  she  is  not  the  only  one.  The 
world 
is  full  of  Janies—of  girls  with 
good  homes  and  kind  parents,  with 
every  element  for  happiness 
in  their 
hands,  yet  who are  getting  nothing  but 
misery  out  of 
it,  and  who  are  utterly 
dissatisfied  and  disgruntled  with  their 
lot. 
Indeed,  discontent  may  be  said  to 
be  the  measles  of  adolescence  and  few 
girls  escape  an  attack. 
It  is  most  apt 
to  break  out  about  the  end  of the second 
season  when  no  husband  has  appeared 
on  the  scene,  when  the  girl  has  grown 
weary  of  dancing  and  flirting,  when she 
begins  to  realize  her doll  is  stuffed  with 
sawdust,  and  first  asks  herself,  in  the 
words  of  the  politician,  “ What  are  we 
here  for?”

There  doesn’t  seem  to  be  any  partic­
ular  need  of  her at  home.  Mother  is  a 
notable  housekeeper  and  will  permit  no 
bungling  amateur  to  meddle  with  the 
domestic  machinery. 
Father  sarcas­
tically  wonders  what  the  world  is  com­
ing  to  when  a  girl  can’t  be  satisfied 
with  a 
luxurious  home  and  somebody 
to  pay  her  bills.  The  girl  is  too  honest 
and  too 
intelligent  to  think  herself  a 
genius  who  could  astonish  the  world  in 
music  or  literature  or  art.  So,  baffled  at 
every  turn,  thrown  back  on  herself,  all 
her  youth  and  strength  and  vigor of 
into  a  kind  of 
body  and  brain  turn 
helpless  protest  at  fate  that  voices 
it­
self  in  a querulous discontent that makes 
her  about  as  soothing  a  companion  as 
a  fretful  porcupine.  Say  what  you  will, 
it  is  a  critical  period  in  a  girl’s  life. 
Many  a  one  at  such  a  time  rushes  into 
matrimony  with  a  man  she  would  not 
have 
looked  at  before  on  the  reckless 
theory  that  she  can  not  help  herself  or 
be  more  miserable  and  dissatisfied  than 
she  is.

For my  part  I  have  nothing  but  sym­
pathy  for  the  discontented  girl,  but  I 
never  see  her  fretting  at  life  without 
wanting  to  tell  her  what  a  great  big 
mistake  she 
is  making  and  to  say  to 
her,  in  sporting  parlance :  “ Either put 
up  or  shut  up.”   Do  the  thing  you  want 
to  do  or else  keep  quiet  about  it.  Each 
of  us  has  a  right  to  live  our own  life, 
but  we  have  not any  right  to  ruin  other 
people’s  by  our discontented whines and 
moans.  There  ought  to  be  an  unwrit­
ten  law  of  honor that requires everybody 
in  the  home  to  either  make  themselves 
agreeable  or else  get  out.

The 

least  that  any  girl  in  common, 
decent  gratitude  can do in repayment for 
a  good  home 
is  to  be  cheerful  and 
pleasant  and  amiable.  Unfortunately 
only  too  often  the 
spoilt  American 
daughter  does  not  see  it  in  this  light.

MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

She  has  been  brought  up  to  believe  she 
is  the  center  around  which  her  world 
revolves,  and  after  a  while  nothing  sat­
isfies  her.  She  is  discontented  because 
they  don’t  live  on  the  avenue,  because 
she  can  not  dress  as  fine  as  some  other, 
girl,  because  she  is  not  invited  to  Mrs. 
Swell’s  exclusive  teas.  So  she  frets and 
fumes  and  scowls  and  is  a  continual  ir­
ritant  in  the  household.  All  of  us  know 
dozens  of  girls 
like  this  and  all  of  us 
have  wondered  why,  instead  of  pamper­
ing  them  up  in  their  selfish disregard  of 
others,  their  parents  didn’t  have  the 
nerve  to  put  a  stop  to  it,  for one  dis­
contented  person  can  destroy  the  peace 
and  happiness  of'a  whole  family.

I  should 

the  nearsilk 

like  to  see  a  mother say  to 
such  a  girl:  “ My  dear,  we  have  tried 
to  make  you  happy  and  comfortable, 
but  we  seem  to  have  failed.  You  are 
dissatisfied  with 
lined 
frocks  we  give  you.  Go  and  see  if  you 
can  earn  a  calico  one  for  yourself.  Our 
home  is  too  plain  for  your  taste.  Try 
life 
in  a  boarding-house  third  story 
back  hall  bedroom  for a  while.  Our  life 
is  too  quiet  for  you.  Go and  taste  the 
delicious  excitement of pounding a type­
writer or  standing  behind  a  counter  ten 
hours  a  day.”   And 
if  the  girl  were 
made  to go,  my  word  for  it,  she  would 
come  back  a  chastened  and  a  different 
creature,  who  would  simply  radiate  con­
tentment  at  every  pore.  You  would 
hear  no  more  of  her  imaginary  woes. 
I 
never  yet  knew  of  a  working  woman 
who  found 
fault  with  her  home  when 
she  got  one.

This  is  also  the  one  effectual  cure  for 
a  career.  Nobody  ever  talked  or  per­
suaded  a  girl  out  of  the  notion  she  was 
a  Sarah  Bernhardt  or a  Rosa  Bonheur 
who  could  set  the  river on  fire  the  first 
dash  out  of  the  box.  Sometimes  their 
families  succeed 
in  restraining  them 
from  ever  putting  their  talents  to  the 
test.  The  result  is  that  they  go through 
life  with  a  Lady  Macbeth  stare  or  wild, 
disheveled,  uncombed 
locks,  discon­
tented,  unsettled,  always  believing  that 
they  have  missed  the  best  of  life. 
It  is 
a  fatal  mistake.  Nothing  knocks  one’s 
belief  in  their  own  genius  in  the  head 
like  going  up  against  the  real  obstacles 
in  any  career. 
If  I  had  a  stage-struck 
daughter  I  would  hire  the  manager  of  a 
barnstorming  company  to  give  her  one 
month  of  dragging  about  with  a  theatri­

cal  company  playing  one  night  stands, 
and  at  the  end  of the  time  she  would  be 
glad  enough  to  come  home  and  dam 
I  have  also  been  told  by  a  girl 
socks. 
who  tried 
it  that  nothing  else  could 
quench  one’s  yearnings  for an  artistic 
life 
like  being  poor  and  hungry  and 
forlorn 
in  the  Latin  quarter of  Paris. 
She  said  that  she  ceased  to  hunger  for 
fame  about  the  time  she  began  to  hun­
ger  for  mother’s doughnuts.

is  discontent  and  discon­
But  there 
tent.  There 
is  the  discontent  of  the 
silly  and  selfish  mind  and  there  is  that 
nobler  discontent  that  is  the  growth  of 
the  soul.  To the  girl who  is  dissatisfied 
because  she  is  bound  in  narrow  condi­
tions,  I  would  say,  “ Strike  out.  Don’t 
be  afraid.  Don’t  listen  to  the  people 
who  always  preach  failure.  Even 
if 
you  do  not  achieve  all  you  hope  to  and 
want  to,  you  will  be  happier,  because 
occupation 
is  the  sovereign  balm  that 
cures  discontent.  Nobody  engaged  in 
soul  and  body  absorbing  work  has  time 
to  be  dissatisfied.”

One 

ideal  of  feminine  charm  is  the 
contented  woman  whose  days  are  full  of 
pleasantness  and  peace,  but  surely  we 
may  well  spare  a  tear of  commiseration

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“Its  as  good  as  Sapolio,”  when  they  try  to sell  you 
their  experiments.  Your  own  good  sense  will  tell 
you  that  they  are  only  trying  to  get you  to  aid  their  ^  
new  article.

W ho  urges  you  to  keep  Sapolio? 

Is  it  not  the 
public?  T he  manufacturers,  by  constant and judi- 
cious advertising, bring customers to your stores whose 
very  presence  creates  a  demand  for other articles.

life. 

mar  the  child’s  whole 
It  is  the 
time  and  the  chance  to  teach  the  golden 
art  of  making  friends.  The  child  who 
is  taught  to  play  fair,  instead of  monop­
olizing  the  ball  or tea  set  or  swing  or 
whatever  is  the  point  of  vantage  in  the 
game;  the  child  who  is  punished  for 
being  rude  and  overbearing  and  selfish 
to  other  children;  the  child  who  is 
taught  the  divine  grace  of  sympathy  to 
others,  may  not  be  clever or  talented, 
but  he  will  have  a  personal  popularity 
that  will  stand  him  his  whole  life 
long 
in  place  of  more  brilliant  qualities.

in 

This  is  to  put  friendship  on  the  very 
lowest  plane  and  to  make  it  a  commer­
cial  commodity  that  has  an  actual  mer­
cantile  value  in  the  market.  What  else 
it  means 
life—the  happiness,  the 
sweetness,  the  tenderness,  the  perfect 
flower  of  existence— is  so  much  more 
that  it  would  seem  as  if  no  other art 
was  so  well  worth  our profoundest study. 
Happy  the  man  of  whom  it  could  be 
said  that  none  knew  him  but  to  love 
him,  and  that  he  bad  all  the  world  fori 
his  friend.  He  could  desire  no  better 
eulogy. 

Cora  Stowell.

Fate  of the  Studious  Girl.

She could talk on sociology, on ethics, physiology.
She could  wrangle all  the  problems  that  are 
She could warble on sobriety and vivisect society,
And when she wrote  an  essay,  well,  It  took  a 

making people think;

tub of Ink!

She reviewed the latest novels and she spent her 
Where she strove to  teach  the  poor  folk  how 
She knew all about  musicians  and  their  famous 
Could convey her thoughts  and  actions  by  the 

time In hovels,
to master Maeterlinck;
compositions;
slightest little wink.

the spryest.

At tennis she bowled highest and In golf she was 
And in whist she talked the loudest of them all.
She could make the finest ra'blt  and  she  graced 
And she never had an  equal  when  she  graced 
But the bridegroom still  he  tarried,  and  as  yet 
Though her arts  and  her  devices  they  are  al­

the riding habit.
the dancing  hall.
she isn’t married.
ways to the touch.

Now her heart to-day Is saddened  and  her  mind 
With the thought that after all she learned too 
For  the  maids  who  were  “ light-headed”  they 
And this modern Aspasla simply decorates the 
So the  moral  to  this  jingle—if  you  fain  would 
Just wear a  pair  of  glasses  and  pretend  you 

is angered, maddened
much.
have all long since been  wedded,
wall;
tarry single.
know it all.

Harold McGrath.

Some  Observations  on  Women.

A  woman  who  can  make  good  jelly  is 
greater  than  a  woman  who  can  make  a 
good  speech.

A  woman  who  dresses  in  a  hurry  al­
ways  puts  too  much  powder on  the  end 
of  her  nose.

Every  woman  thinks  that  when  she  is 
dead  and  her husband has marrie dagain 
he  will  begin  to appreciate  her.

Every  woman  believes  that  her  hus­
band 
is  a  child  in  some  respects  and 
that  she  must  be  on  the  alert  to  keep 
things  out  of  his  grasp  that  he  wants, 
but  which  are  not  good  for  him.

It  is  always  a  great  shock  to  a  wom­
an  to  hear  a  preacher  express  a  desire 
to go  to  Paris;  his 
longing  should  be 
to  visit  the  holy  land.

The  man  who  has  had  to  pay  for a 
daughter’s  procession  wedding  doesn’t 
think  there  is  any  great  disgrace  in  an 
elopement.

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for the  vast  number of  women  who have 
somehow  missed  the  road  to  happiness 
and  whose  moans  and  groans  of  dis­
content  are-forever  ringing  in  our  ears. 
To  me  there  is  no  more  pathetic  spec­
tacle  than  they  present,  for they  are  the 
misfits  in  creation— women  too  big  for 
the  little  things  of  life  and  too  little  for 
the  big  things;  women  who have neither 
the  courage  to  lead  the  life  they  want to 
nor  to  live  bravely  and  cheerfully  the 
one  they  accepted  of  fate.

Be  not  as  these.  Discontent  is  either 
the  fire  that  makes  the  steam  of  human 
energy  or  that  burns  out  the  boilers. 
Either  make 
it  carry  you  on  to  higher 
things  or  smother  it  down,  so  it  won’t 
be  a  menace  to  the  peace  and happiness 
of  other  people.  The  discontent  that 
takes  itself  out  in  futile  fretting  at  con­
ditions  we  do  not  try  to  remedy 
is  the 
weakness  of  a  coward.  The  discontent 
that  is  an  inspiration  to  better things  is 
the  growing  of  the  angel  wings  on 
which  we  mount  skyward.

Dorothy  Dix.

The A rt of M aking Friends.

One  of  the  things  said  of  the  late 
Vice-President  Hobart— and  if  the dead 
can  know  it  must  have  been  the  tribute 
that  pleased  him  most  of  all  the  many 
that  were  laid  upon  his  grave— was  that 
he  had  no  acquaintances,  because  all 
with  whom  he  came  in  contact  were  his 
friends.  He  was  a  clever  lawyer,  a 
shrewd  politician,  a  far-seeing  business 
man,  but  beyond  these  qualities,  his 
biographers  declare, 
the  chief  factor 
that  enabled  the  penniless  boy  to  rise 
from  obscurity  to  fame,  and  honor and 
riches,  was  his  ability  to  make .  friends 
by  a  geniality  that  was  as  warming  as 
sunshine,  and  a  kindness  of  word  and 
deed  that  drew  all  hearts  to  him.

The  lesson  of  such  a  life  is  one  that 
we  may  all  well  take  to  heart,  but  in 
especial  is  it  significant  to  mothers  who 
have  the  training  of  little  children  in 
their hands.  No  intelligent  person  un­
dervalues  the  power of  personal  popu­
larity.  People  will  do  kindly  deeds  for 
us  because  they  like  us,  that  they  would 
not  do  for  us  to  save  our  lives  because 
it  was  our due.  The  men  and  women 
of  ungracious  manners,  who grant  even 
a  favor  grudgingly,  who  rub  our  sus­
ceptibilities  the  wrong  way,  have  an 
enemy  within  themselves  to  fight  at 
every  step  of  the  way,  and  the  heaviest 
possible  handicap 
life.  No  one 
wants  to  do  business  with  them,  no  one 
suggests  and  recommends  them  when 
there 
is  a  good  place  vacant;  they  can 
never  win  out,  as  sportsmen  say,  unless 
they  are  possessed  of  the  most  superla­
tive  merit.

in 

The  trouble  has  been  that  while  we 
all  acknowledge 
the  desirability  of 
making  friends,  we  have  made  the  mis­
take  of  thinking  the  ability  to do so was 
a  gift  of  nature,  like  the  fine  figure  or 
a  beautiful  face,  and  that  one  could 
no  more  be  blamed  for  lacking  one  than 
the  other.  Yet,  when  we  ask  ourselves 
it  is  that  we  like  in  our friends, 
what 
the  answer 
is  simple  enough—kind 
words,  kind  deeds,  sympathy  with  our 
joys  and  sorrows,  a  gentle  forbearance 
with  our  faults— little  enough,  heaven 
knows,  to  pay  such  dividends  in  hap­
piness  and  good  will.

What  is  there  in  all  this  that  a  child 
could  not  be  taught?  We  hear  mothers 
say  every  day  that  their  little  Johnnys 
can  not  get  along  with  other children 
and  are  avoided  and  shunned  by  their 
playmates.  It  is  passed  over  as  a  child­
ish  foible  and  they  let  the golden oppor­
tunity  slip  to  correct  a  fault  that  may

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Window  Dressing

Estimating:  the  Value  of  A rtistic  W in­

dow  Trim s.

It  would  be  a  matter of  satisfaction  to 
every  merchant  if  he  could  hit  upon 
some  method  by  which  he  could  tell 
exactly  how  much  business  every  win­
dow  trim  brings  him.  As  it  is,  he  is 
able  to  tell  approximately  how  much 
his  window  dressing 
is  worth  to  him, 
but  he 
is  not  able  to  figure  out  exactly 
the  value  of  each  trim.  As  this  is  an 
important  matter  we  suggest one method 
by  which  he  will  be  able  in  part  to  de­
termine  the  value  of  his  window  space. 
Many  men  unconsciously  fall  into  the 
habit  of  using  exactly  the  same  window 
every  time  for  a  particular  line  of 
goods.  Shirts  go  into  one  window, 
clothing  into another and  neckwear  into 
another.  Now  such  an  unvarying  rule 
is  good  if  it  has  been  found  by  experi­
ence  that  each  particular  window  is best 
for  that 
line  of  goods,  but  otherwise  it 
If  you  have  a  line 
may  be  all  wrong. 
of  goods  that 
is  falling  behind,  not 
only  pay  especial  attention  to  window 
trims  of  those  goods,  but  experiment 
with  different  windows  to  find  out  in 
which  one  the  goods  are  displayed  with 
most  influence  on  the  sales.  And  after 
you  have  found  one  particular  window 
by  the  use  of  which  the  best  results  are 
obtained, 
experiment  with  different 
methods  of  trimming  until  you  hit  upon 
just the  precise  style  of  trim  that  dis­
plays  those  goods  so  that  they  are  most 
attractive  to  your  customers.

*  *  *

Change  your  windows 

frequently. 
Not  only  make  much  more  of  your  win­
dow  displays  of  the  poor  selling  goods 
than  you  ordinarily  do,  but  also  change 
the  trims  of  them  more  frequently  than 
you  otherwise  would.  Put  in  a  fresh 
trim  every  day  until  you  hit  upon  a 
trim  that  makes  the  goods  move.  Keep 
a  record  of  the  sales  of  that  line  from 
day  to  day  so  that  you  know  something 
about  the 
influence  that  every  trim  is 
having  upon  sales.  There  can  be  no 
question  that,  if  a  line  of  goods  is  prov­
ing  a  poor  seller,  it  gives  you  a  splen­
did  opportunity  to  find  out  what  your 
windows  can  do  for  you  under different 
methods  of  dressing.  Nothing  will  do 
more  to  attract  attention  to  a  particular 
line  of  goods  than  to  see  an  entirely 
new  arrangement  of  them  every  day 
in 
the  window. 
like  serving 
warmed  over  food 
in  some  new  form 
every  day  at  table.  More  will  be  eaten 
than 
it  always  appears  in  the  same 
old  form.  So,  as  a  general  rule,  the 
slower  goods  move,  the  more  window 
space  should  be  given  to  them  and  the 
greater  number  of  trims  used  to  set 
them  off.

It  will  be 

if 

*  *  *

It  is  the  greatest  cf  mistakes  to  trim 
windows 
in  the  daytime.  As  great  a 
mistake  as  it  would  be  to  make  the  set­
tings  of  a  stage  in  full  view  of  an  audi­
ence  after  the  performance  had  begun. 
Make 
it  a  rule  that  windows  shall  al­
ways  be  trimmed  at  night.  As  far as 
possible  always  arrange  the  garments 
for display  before  they  go  into the  win­
In  placing  clothing  on  dummies, 
dow. 
shaping 
it  on  forms,  and  in  arranging 
articles  on  fixtures  generally,  make  it  a 
rule  to  do  no  more  of  the  work  in  the 
window  than 
is  absolutely  necessary. 
The  garments  should  be  prepared in  the 
trimmer’s  room  or  in  the  rear of  the 
store. 
If  this  practice  is  adopted  win­
dows can  be  put  in  with  a  minimum  of 
confusion  and  muss,  garments  are  saved 
from  rough  handling,  and  difficulties  in

the  arrangement  of  the  trim  can  be-pro- 
vided  for much  more  quickly  than  if  no 
calculations  are  made  before  hand. 
Working  in  the  window  is  liable  to  re­
sult  in  colds  from  the  close  and  over­
heated  air,  and 
in  accidents  from  be 
ing  pushed  through  the  glass  in  at­
tempting  to  move  about  in  a  contracted 
space.  For  all  these  reasons  system, 
order  and  a  sense  of  the  value  of  time 
will 
lead  the  trimmer  to  do  as  much 
work  as  possible  outside  of  the  window. 

*  *  *

Some  merchants  have  window  backs 
with  panes  of  glass  above.  These  panes 
are  rarely  decorated  and  can  often  be 
covered  with  advantage,  especially  in 
connection  with  a  spring  trim,  where 
piece  goods  are  shown.  They  can  be 
covered  nicely  thus:  Across  the  top 
and  bottom  of  each  pane  white  cheese­
is  tacked  in  simple  folds.  This 
cloth 
cheesecloth 
is  then  drawn  together at 
the  center and  tied  with  a  knot  of  rib­
bon.  The 
sides  of  the  window  are 
treated  in  the  same  manner with  anoth­
er  piece  of  cheesecloth,  so  that  when 
both  are  drawn  together  at  the  center 
the  effect 
is  that  of  a  Maltese  cross. 
This  is  a  very  simple  and  readily  un­
derstood  method  of  relieving  the  bare­
ness  of  the  upper  panes,  and  it  is  very 
useful  where 
it  is  desirable  to  cover 
them  and  still  permit  light  to  enter  the 
store.—Apparel  Gazette.

Awnings  No Longer Considered a Luxury.
“ Awnings,”   said  an  awningmaker, 
“ were  once  considered  a 
luxury  and 
are  now  a  necessity.  The  number  in 
use  has  been  multiplied  in  very  recent 
years  and  it  is  still  increasing.
“ Although  there  are  many  styles  of 
awning  stripes  already,  new  styles  are 
brought  out  every  year.  Tan  in  some 
shade  or  form  of  stripe  or stripes,  or 
combination  with  white  or  with  other 
colors,  is  now  the  prevailing  color  in 
use,  as  standing  wear  well,  not  show­
ing  iron  rust,  and  being  generally  well 
adapted  to  city  use,  and  being,  withal, 
sightly  in  appearance.  Green,  within 
recent  years,  has  come  to  be  distinctly 
a  favored  color in awning stripes ;  either 
in 
solid  uniform  stripes  alternating 
with  white,  or  in  stripes  of  different 
widths  and  in  combinations  with  other 
colors.  Some  of  these  latter green effects 
are  very  handsome.  And 
then,  of 
course,  there  are  blue  stripes,  and  reds, 
and  yellows,  stripes  of  all sorts  of  width 
and  weaves  and  combinations,  varying 
in  price  more  or  less,  some  being  con­
siderably  higher  in  cost  than  others,  but 
being  made  up  at  prices  lower  than 
were  asked  for awnings  of  correspond­
ing colors  and  grades  a  few  years  ago.

“ In  fact,  awnings  were  never  before 
so  cheap  as  they  are  now,  what  with 
the  competition  among  those  supplying 
them,  these  including  nowadays  the  de­
partment  stores  as  well  as  the  awning- 
makers,  and  awnings  were  never 
so 
good  as  now.  They  are  not  made  in 
these  days  haphazard  or clumsily,  any­
how  so  that  they  will  serve  the  purpose 
of  shutting  off  the  sun  when  required, 
but  they  are  made  to  fit,  to  hang  true, 
to  look  trim  and  shipshape  and  all 
right,  and  people  won't  have  them, 
nowadays,  unless  they  are  all  right.  So 
that  in  these  days  awnings  are  not  only 
cheaper,  b'it  handsomer and  better than 
ever. 
it  that 
am  in  the  business,  it  is  a  fact  never­
theless  that  there’s  nothing  that  has 
kept  up  with  the  procession  any  better 
in  the  march  of  modern  progress  than 
the  now  everywhere  familiar awning ; 
once  a 
luxury,  now  a  necessity,  and 
never  so  perfect  and  beautiful  as  now 
in  the  day  of  its  widespread,  common 
use. ’ ’

Indeed,  although  I  say 

The  man  who  lets  his  wife  draw  his 
money  for  him  shows  more  faith  in  his 
wife  than  she  shows  in  him.

When  a  woman’s  teeth  chatter they 

usurp  her  tongue’s  prerogative.

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If  I  could,  I’d  have 

$3.50 and  $4  shoes.  It  isn’t  necessary  to 
tell  that  there  are  only  half  a  dozen 
pairs  of  each  in  the  stock.  It’s  possible 
to  get  more 
if  they  are  needed.  And 
so  I  would  go on advertising—each week 
would  see  a new advertisement mention­
ing  something  new  or  telling  the  good 
points  of  the  old. 
I  wouldn’t  lie  about 
anything. 
I  would  always  be  truthful, 
so  that  it  wouldn’t  be  long  before  peo­
ple  would  believe  the  statements  and 
look  for the  advertisements  to  see  what 
was  said  and  what  new  goods  were 
offered. 
I  wouldn’t  let the  printer  bide 
lot  of 
these  advertisements  among  a 
medicine  advertisements. 
I’d  bargain 
for  a  good  position  for  the  advertise­
ments. 
it  on  a 
If  the  printer  didn’t  have 
news  page. 
type  to  suit  me,  I’d  buy  a  little  of  my 
own  and  have  these  advertisements  in 
different  type  from  other advertisements 
in  the  same  paper. 
Then  I’d  hunt 
around  the  store  every  week  for  items 
to  talk  about.  When  I  couldn’t  find 
anything  else  I’d  offer  some  bargains. 
Why,  when  lead  pencils  can  be  bought 
for 4,  7,  9,  and  10 cents  a  dozen,  what’s 
to  hinder  having  bargain  sales  and  not 
losing  a  cent?  See  how  nice  this  bar­
gain  announcement  will  read to the chil­
dren, who  nearly  always  ask  mamma  for 
her small  change:  “ Special  Bargains 
in  Lead  Pencils!  Next  week  we  wi 
place  on  our  bargain  counter  1,000  lead 
pencils  at  y3c  each  or  15  for  5c.  Also 
1,000  better  pencils,  with  erasers,  8  for 
5c,”   The  prices  will  sell  these  pen 
cils.  And  prices  will  sell  lots  of  other 
things.  They  must  look  cheap  and  be 
cheap.  Occasionally  I’d  put  in  a  few 
small  squibs  without  any  heads. 
I’d 
tell  all  the  nice  things  I  could  about  the 
store  and  tell  them  in  plain  language 
When  prices  proved  lower than  those  of 
competitors  I’d  take  advantage  of  the 
fact  and  let  everyone  know  it.  That’s 
the  thing  that  counts  in  advertising.— 
David  Phillips  in  Advertising  World

prosper  we  must  sell  our merchandise 
for  more  than  we  pay  for  i t ;  and  we 
know  that  we  must  pay  for  it  or  fetch 
up  eventually 
in  the  county  almshouse 
or the  prison;  and  all  of  us,  except  the 
guesser  who  looks  to  Divine  Providence 
or  a  rich  uncle,  know  that  a  similar 
calamity  must  transpire 
if  we  spend 
more  than  we  make;  but  beyond  these 
hard  truths  the  average  business  man  is 
a  habitual  guesser  from  waking to sleep­
ing.  He  guesses  at  probable  changes 
of  prices,  and 
joys  or  sorrows  in  the 
outcome  of  his  guess;  he  guesses  at  the 
local  conditions  of  trade,  at  his  com­
petitor’s  policy,  at  the  fluctuations  of 
fashion,  at  the  utility  of  his  adversity 
projects,  at  credits  and  confidences;  his 
life 
is  rounded  with  dreams  and  cris 
crossed  all  over  with  guesses.

But  what  a  blessing  for the  rest  of  us 
that  no  one  in  our  line  of trade  is  dead- 
sure  always,  and  always  dead-right!

Happy  for the  world  that  all  who  in­
habit  it  are  guessers—that  each  one  of 
us  must  perpetually  struggle  with  the 
problems  that  are  unrevealed  to  our  hu­
man  comprehension  until  treasured  ex­
perience  makes  plain  the  reading,  thus 
bringing  to  our souls  the  consciousness 
of  our  hopeless  blindness  until  we  are 
illumined  with  the 
light  of  faith  and 
truth.  We  must  guess  until  we  can 
know;  for  to  know  all  things,  to  he 
omnipotent,  is  the  prerogative  forever 
reserved  to  Omnipotence  only.  There­
fore,  while  the  world  goes  around,  the 
race  of  men  will  continue  to  be  a  guess­
ing  race 
in  mundane  matters;  and  the 
world  will  be  peopled  with  new  guess­
ers  as  fast  as  the  old  ones  make  way  for 
them.  The  swindling  soothsayer  and 
self-constituted  fortune-teller  will  con­
tinue  to  prey  on  the  credulous,  but  it  is 
in  the  power of  none  to  make  us  other 
than  guessers.—John  Tweezer  in  Key­
stone.

Do  not  talk  about  your  neighbor’s 
debts  unless  you 
intend  to  pay  them, 
nor  about  your brother’s  failings  unless 
in 
love  you~can  remedy  them.—Arthur 
Fowler.

Wall Paper, 

Paints, 
Oils.

Our stock consists of the best  goods pro­
duced, and is sold at money saving prices.

PAPER HANGING AND PAINTING 

BY EXPERTS.

We frame pictures to order  and  carry  a 

large line of unframed pictures.

C. L. Harvey & Co.,

59  Monroe  Street.
Exclusively Retail.

The  Magic 
Hose  Mender

FIG. 2.

The  latest,  best  and  only  perfect 
hose  mender on the market.  With 
each  Magic  Hose  Mender  we  fur­
nish  six wood  unions  and  six  wire 
bands  all  securely  packed  in  one 
box.  Sells  at  sight.  Send 
for 
descriptive  circulars  or  write  your 
jobbers.

The  Magic  Hose Mender Co.,

20 Canal  Street, 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

COUNTRY  STORR ADVERTISING

Ju s t  as  Easy  as  City  Store  B argain  W rit­

ing.

sarcasm, 

So  many  writers  on  advertising  are  so 
imbued  with 
tailor-made 
trimmings,  etc.,  that  I  felt  as  though 
something  different  would  be  welcomed 
by  the  many country merchants in search 
of  helpful  hints.

How  would  I  go  at  the  question  of 
advertising  a  country  store?  Would  I 
tell  the  printer  to  write  the  advertise­
ment  for  me  and  that  I  had  just $100 a 
year  to  expend  in  supporting  his paper? 
Hardly. 
I  would  begin  with  a  walk 
through  the  store;  I  would  make  a  note 
of  any  recent  additions  to  the  stock; 
would  probably  look  through  the  newly 
arrived 
invoices  to  see  what  especially 
low  priced  goods  were  on  the  road  and 
about  to  arrive;  and  would  occasionally 
dig  up  some  lines  that  were  not  sell 
ing  fast  enough  and  put  a  lower  price 
on  them.  With  this 
information  fresh 
in  my  mind,  I  would  select  those  items 
which  seemed  most  timely  and  write 
my  advertisement  about  them. 
I  would 
let  it  fill  whatever space  was  needed  to 
show  it  up  right.  Supposing  I  had  no 
special  bargains  to  offer at  cut  prices,
I  would  fall  back  on  say  calicoes.  Any 
other  item  would  do. 
Shoes,  wind­
mills,  toothpicks,  a  new  brand  of  soap, 
shirts—anything  which  people 
in  my 
section  can  use.  So  1*11  take  calicoes 
Note  how  easily  I  get  a  heading  that 
will 
interest  the  ladies—“ Pretty  New 
Calicoes.”  
I  would  use  this  heading 
because  calicoes  are  something  which 
will  always  interest  the ladies—they buy 
them  during  every  month  in  the  year,
It  is  hard  to  please  them with calicoes 
every  merchant  knows  that—but  when 
they  anticipate  seeing  new  patterns, 
rest  assured  they  will  want  to  come  and 
examine  them.  So  a  better  start  is 
made  than  as  though  I * had  used  some 
heading 
like  “ Bryan  is  Nominated,”  
or  anything  of  that  sort.  The  women 
don’t  care  so  much  about  politics  as 
they  do  about  calico.  The  same 
is 
true  of all  other  goods.  But  to  go  on 
with  the  advertisement.  This  is  how  I 
will  conclude  that  part  of  it:
P R E T TY  NEW  CALICOES.

Just  arrived—50  pieces  of  new  call 
coes.  The 
latest  designs  and  (we 
think)  the  prettiest  colors  we  have 
shown  this  season.  Plenty  of  fast 
colors,  red  and  blue  patterns  such 
as  every  girl  fancies,  as  well  as 
blacks  and  whites  and  greys,  which 
ladies  admire.  Notwith­
so  many 
standing  the  recent  advances 
in 
cost,  we  offer these  at  the  old  price 
—6c  per  yard.  Come  and  see  them 
before  the  choicest  patterns  are 
gone.

I  might  think  the  shoe  stock  deserved 
a  few  words  of 
commendation.  Of 
course,  they  were  bought  two  months  or 
more  ago,  but  perhaps,  as  many  were 
not  sold  as  should  have  been  disposed 
of.  What  should  we  say  about  them? 
POPULAR  SHOES  AT

POPULAR  PRICES. 
The  sales 
in  our shoe  department 
prove  the  popularity  of our selec­
tions  for  the  season’s  trade.  We 
claim  that  every  shoe  we  sell  is  a 
good  one.  We  guarantee  every  pair 
to  give  satisfactory  wear. 
If  they 
donrt— which  sometimes  does  hap­
pen—we  will 
the 
money  or  give  you  a  new  pair at 
whatever  price  you  say  will  be  fair, 
etc.

refund 

either 

Of  course,  I  could  fill  half  a  page 
about  that  shoe  stock,  but  can't  afford 
to  use  that  much  space,  so  reserve  some 
of the  ammunition  for  the  future.  Next 
week  I  can  describe  children’s  shoes, 
and  the  following  week  talk  about  those

P e l o u z e   S c

C H I C A G O

s
Awnings, Tents,  Flags

Order your Awnings before  it gets hot.

T E N T S   TO  R EN T

Stack  binder and thresher  cov­
ers,  horse  and  wagon  covers. 
We  make  everything  made  of 
canvas.

TH E  M.  I. 
WILCOX  CO-

The  Guesser the  Creature-of Doubt
The  universal  citizen 

is  a  guesser. 
Humanity  at  large  is  made  up  of  guess- 
ers.  From  the  new  king  on  the  English 
throne  to  the  humblest peasant in remot 
est  civilization,  all  are  guessers.  The 
is  the  largest  body 
guessing  fraternity 
of  men  and  women 
that  were  ever 
joined 
in  a  common  bond  since  the 
creation.

The  direction  of  guessing  varies  with 
the  varying human  face,and  is  as  limit 
less  in  variety.  Many  there  are  who 
are  cock-sure  on  some  subjects  and  as 
avowedly  guessers  on  others;  and  even 
the  audaciously  impertinent  ones,  who 
express  confident  conviction  on  every 
mooted  topic,  quail  and  shrink  before 
their  inner  eye  when  brought  into  com­
munion  with  themselves  in  the  quiet  of 
their  closets.  But  more  there  are  who 
are  guessers  on  all  subjects “  from  grave 
to  gay, 
lively  to  severe;”   the 
world 
is  made  up  of  them ;  the  world 
will  be  filled  with  them  until  the  end  of 
things.

from 

A las!  there  are  many  who  even  guess 
concerning  “ the  end  of  things,”   in 
spite  of  the  apostles  and  prophets— 
many  who,  like  Thomas,  must  put  their 
fingers  in  His  wounds  before  they would 
know.  The  guesser  is  the  creature  of 
unfaith,  of  doubt;  whether  it  is  in  mat­
ters  spiritual,  or  revelations  of  science, 
or the  operations  of  every-day  facts,  his 
guess  precedes  his  conviction  of  the 
truth

The  whole  body  of  business  thought, 
outside  of  a  few  elemental  principles,is 
a  guess.  We  know,  for  instance,  that  to

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Village  Improvement
W ork  Accom plished  by  a  Pennsylvania 

Association.

lives  up  to 

in  the  country. 

The  Honesdale  Improvement Associa­
tion,  of  Honesdale,  Pa.  has  for 
its 
motto,  “ Let  us  all  work  together,”   and 
judging  by  results, 
its 
motto. 
The  Association  was  formed 
about  eight  years  ago  and,  next  to  the 
Stockbridge  association,  is,  perhaps, 
the  best  known  of  any of these  organiza­
tions 
It  is  unique  in 
the  fact  that  it  is  composed  entirely  of 
women,  men  being  admitted  only  as 
honorary  members.  The  constitution  is 
practically  the  same  as  that  of  the 
Stockbridge  association.  The  officers 
are  president, 
three  vice-presidents, 
secretary  and  treasurer,  who,  with  an 
executive  committee  of  nine  members, 
are  elected  annually  and  have  full  gov­
erning  power  for  the  year.  They  plan 
the  work  and  are  responsible  for  its  ful­
fillment ;  and,  like  the Stockbridge asso­
ciation,  can  not  contract  bills  for  more 
money  than  the  treasury  contains.

The  governing  board  forms  the  entire 
Association  membership  into  sub-com­
mittees  having  charge  of  the  following 
work :  “ Sanitary and Street Vigilance, ”  
“ Humane  Committee,”   “ Entertain­
Auxiliary,”  
ments,”  
“ Children’s 
“ Flower  Committee,”  
“ Parks  and 
Trees,”   “ Collectors.”   The  names  of 
these  committees  tell  without  further 
comment  the  duties  expected  of  their 
members  and  assure  the  living 
interest 
of  every  member  of  the  society.  The 
funds  are  raised  by  annual  dues  of  fifty 
cents  each  for active  members  and  one 
dollar  for  honorary  members.  Each 
year  the  society  gives  some  sort  of  en­
tertainment,  concert  or  play  to  swell  the 
funds.

In  the 

An  artist  whose  former  home  was  in 
Honesdale  sends  them,  from  time  to 
time,  etchings  of  some  of  her  pictures 
to  sell;  with  this  exception  the Associa­
tion  can  boast  of  few  gifts. 
list 
of  receipts  for  1898  I  noticed  sixteen 
dollars  from  three  admiring  visitors  as 
the  only  help  received  that  year  from 
outside  sources.  Other  items  in  the 
year’s 
receipts  were:  Membership
fees,  $115;  entertainment  in  park,  $69; 
sale  of  flowers,  $3;  and  these  were  the 
chief  items  of  the  income.

The  receipts  for  1898,  including  a 
balance 
in  the  treasury  of $226,  were  a 
trifle  less  than  $453.  Of  this  sum  $289 
was  expended,  leaving  still  a  comfort­
able  balance.  The  heaviest  items  in  the 
expense  account  were  for  planting trees, 
care  of  park,  care  of  town  clock,  clean­
ing  streets,  and  labor.  The  sums  spent 
seem  very  small  in  comparison  with  the 
amount  of  work  achieved.  Miss  Caro­
line  Petersen,  the  enthusiastic  president 
of  the  Honesdale  Association,  tellg  me 
how  their  work  is  nobly  abetted  by  the 
town  council:

We  have  not  much  money  to  handle; 
the  town  council  has  charge  of  all  large 
undertakings,  such  as  paving,  lighting 
and  cleaning  streets;  and  I  must  say we 
have  an  exceedingly  well-lighted,  well- 
paved  little  town,  especially^as to  side­
walks,  which  are  all  of  blue  stone  flag­
ging,  from  eight  to ten  feet  wide. 
It  is 
the  little  things  we  look  after.  Our work 
has  been  chiefly  in  the  way  of  making 
flower  beds,  laying  out  parks  and  keep­
ing  them  in  order during  the  year.  The 
town  is  crossed  by  a  river,  the  banks  of 
which  were 
in  a  shamefully  neglected 
condition  when  we  took  up  the  work. 
We  began  by  building  a  retaining  wall 
on  each side,and  the  town  council aided 
us  by  forbidding  the  dumping 
in  of 
ashes  and  rubbish  as  heretofore.  We 
also  made  a  five-foot  path  on  the  north 
side  of  the  river,  which  was  already

shaded  by  a  double  row  of  maples. 
Vines  were  planted  along  the  walls, 
and  the  space  gained  filled  in  and  flow­
ers  planted.  A  long  row  of  hydrangeas 
are  reflected  in  the  water  from  the  south 
bank.  A  fountain  was  placed 
in  the 
river  about-twenty  feet  from  the  bridge. 
The 
little  triangular  park  which  had 
for  years  been  a  frog-pond and dumping 
ground  was  graded,  paths  made,  trees 
*and  shrubs  planted,  with  a  large  flower 
bed  in  the  center of  the  park.

There 

in  the  spring,  and 

in  the  center.  This 

is  another  park,  or  square,  in 
the  center  of  the  town,  with  a  large 
fountain 
is  sur­
rounded  by  a  circle  one  foot  wide  of 
tulips 
flowering 
plants  in  the  summer.  We  do our  best 
to keep  the  grass  cut  neatly,and  to keep 
weeds  down  at sides  of streets and on va­
cant 
lots.  Owners  of  these  lots,  with 
one  or two  unpardonable  exceptions,  no 
longer  allow  rubbish  to  be  dumped  on 
them.

Cans,  painted  dark  green  and 

let­
tered,  are  placed  along  streets  at  inter­
vals,  for  the  reception  of  rubbish  and 
paper.  The  school  children  have  been 
interested 
in  this  work  and  have  done 
pretty  well.

so 

To  me  this 

is  the  most  interesting 
account  yet  received  from  any  improve­
ment  association, because  such  excellent 
work  has  been  done  with 
little 
money.  The  largest  gifts  ever  received 
by  the  Association  were  from  $10 to $25. 
The  town  can  boast  of  no  presents  of 
parks  or  libraries,  no  expensive  prizes 
to  invite  competition ;  but  with  a  few 
hundred  dollars each  year in  their treas­
ury  the  members  of  this  Association 
have  joined  hands,  saying,  “ Let  us  all 
work  to  make  this  the  model  town  of 
Pennsylvania.”   The  building  of  the 
retaining  wall  along  the  river and  the 
conversion  of  the  frog-pond 
into  the 
tiny  park  are  alone  enough  to immortal­
ize  the  women  of  Honesdale.

instead  its  pride. 

They  attacked  boldly  the  two  most 
in  the  town,  and  have 
offensive  sights 
made  them 
In  mu­
nicipal,  as  in  private,  housekeeping  it 
is  the  personal  management  of 
the 
small  sums  which  make  better  showings 
than  larger  amounts  expended  by  hire­
lings.  This  division,  too,  of  the  Asso­
ciation 
look  after 
details assures the  work  being  thorough­
ly  done.

into  committees  to 

The  Honesdale  Association  belongs 
to  the  Federation  of  Women’s  Clubs, 
and  at  the  State  meeting  in  1897,  held 
at  Harrisburg,  no  subject  aroused  more 
enthusiasm  or  questioning  than  Miss 
Petersen's  three-minute  talk  upon  the 
work  of  the  Honesdale  Association. 
From  this  talk  and  many  subsequent 
letters  grew  a  number  of  improvement 
associations  reported  at  the  State  Fed­
eration,  held  at  Chester,  Pa.,  in  1898. 
This  association  work  is  the  most  con­
in  the  world.  Like  a 
tagious  thing 
freshly  painted  house 
in  a  neighbor­
hood,  it  starts  nearly  everybody  in sight 
to  planning  improvements  on  their own 
property.

No  task  is  too  great  for  these  associa­
tions  to  undertake.  They  will  direct  the 
digging  of  anything  from  a  sewer  to  a 
flower  bed.  They  order  down  your  front 
fences  and  order  up  electric  lights  with 
equal  sangfroid.  Water  flows  at  their 
command.  They  create  sentiment 
in 
favor  of  ornamental  backyards  and  tidy 
alleys. 
Indeed,  they  offer  you  prizes 
for  the  prettiest  backyard  and  neatest 
alley ;  and  the  small  sums  offered  by 
these  associations  as  prizes  for  the 
cleanest  alleys have  done more to cleanse 
some  towns  than  thousands  of  dollars 
sent  by  town  councils.

Tradesmen  are  taught  that  sidewalks 
are  not  the  place  to  store  empty  boxes, 
nor expose food  stuff  to  the  contagion  of 
dusty  streets.  Owners  of  vacant  lots  are

compelled  to  keep  sidewalks  repaired 
and  weeds  down,  and  these  societies 
consider  the  planting  of  trees  and  the 
making  of  flower  beds  in  the  waste 
places  among  their  pleasantest  privi­
leges. 
May Be B uilding B etter Than They Know. 
From the New York Commercial.

Jessie  M.  Good.

If  the  company  just  organized  in New 
Jersey  for the  purpose  of  manufacturing 
flour  from  sweet  potatoes  shall  make  a 
permanent  success  of  the  venture  there 
will  be  cause  for  jubilation  far  beyond 
the  sweet-potato  growing  belt  of  that 
State.  There  has  never  been  a  satisfac­
tory  market  for the  immense  sweet  po­
tato  crop  of  the  South,  and  the  waste  in 
this  product  throughout  that  region  is 
probably  greater  than  in  almost  any 
other of  its  staple  crops.

If  this  process  of  preserving  the  tub­
ers  in  the  form  of  flour,  so that  it  may 
be  profitably  marketed  at  any  time  like 
the  flour  from  wheat  or the  meal  from 
corn  or  oats,  shall  prove  practicable 
wherever they  are  grown  in  large  quan­
tities,  not only  may  much  waste  be  pre­
vented,  but  an  industry  of  great  possi­
bilities  may  be  established. 
It  is ques­
tionable  if  the  people  of  the  South, 
whites  and  blacks  alike,  who  alone 
know  how  to  cook  and  serve  the  sweet 
potato  as  it  should  be,  and  are  especial­
ly  appreciative  of 
it  among  the  vege­
tables,  would  at  first,  or  at  all,  take 
kindly  to  the  consumption  of  it  in  any 
other  forms than  those  which  have  pop­
ularized 
it  through  a  hundred  or two 
years;  but  that  would  not  be  necessary 
if  a  market  for the  flour  or  meal  could 
be  found  elsewhere.

In  Chicago  is  a  merchant  whose  bit­
terest  enemy  can  not  charge  him  with 
being  a  dreamy idealist.  A young friend 
of  mine;  who  went  to  him  for  a  job,was 
asked  to  fix  his  own  salary.  “ If  I  think 
it  is  too  much  1  won’t  pay  it,”   said  the 
merchant,  “ and 
in  that  case  I  don't 
want  you.  Butj  I^can’t  afford  to  have 
dissatisfied  people  in  my  office.”

T h e  A labastine  Com­
pany,  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:B Plasticon
■ 
S N.  P.  Brand of Stucco 

The  long  established wall 
plaster  formerly  manufac-
tured and  marketed  by  the 
American  Mortar Company 
(Sold with or without  sand.)

The  brand  specified  after 
competitive  tests  and  used 
by the Commissioners for all 
the World’s Fair statuary.

I  

B u g  Finish

The  effective  Potato  Bug 
Exterminator.

Land  Plaster

Finely ground and  of  supe­
rior quality.

For lowest prices address

Alabastine  Com pany,
Plaster Sales Department

Grand Rapids, Mich.

A  MODERN  WONDER

Approved  by the  National  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters;  can  therefore 
be  used  in  any insured  building without  additional  cost  for  insurance.

The finest  artificial  light  in  the  world.  Hang  or  stand them anywhere. 
One lamp lights  ordinary  store;  twoample  for room  25x100  feet.  No 
smoke,  no  odor;  very  simple  to  operate.  Burns  ordinary  gasoline. 
Absolutely non-explosive.  Eight hundred candle-power light  at  a cost 
of  5  cents for  10 hours.

Brass  Manufacturing  &  Supply  Co.

Aik for Catalogue. 

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CommercialTravelers

Miehiwn  E iirh ti  of tbo Grip

President,  Gao. F.O wen,  Grand  Rapids;  Sec­
retary,  A.  W.  Stitt,  Jackson;  Treasurer, 
J ohn W. Schkam, Detroit.

President,  A.  Marym ont,  Detroit;  Secretary 

Michigan  Commercial  TrsTolort’ Association 
and Treasurer, Gao.  W. H il l , Detroit.
Di iM   Commercial  Travelers  of Michigan 

Grand  Counselor,  M.  J.  Moore,  Jackson; 
Grand  Secretary,  A.  K e n d a ll,  Hillsdale; 
Grand Treasurer, W.  S.  Me st, Jackson.

G rud  Rapids  Council  Ho. 131,  D.  C.  T.

Senior Counselor,  W  R.  Compton;  Secretary- 

Treasurer, L. F. Baker.

Michigan  Commercial  Trarelen’  Mntial  Accident  Association 
President, J.  Boyd  Pa n t l in d ,  Grand  Rapids; 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Gao.  F.  Ow e n, 
Grand Rapids.  _________________________

MASTER  OF THE  MASSES,

How  a  Shoe  Salesman  Became  K ing  of 

Galveston.

From  shoe  salesman  to  municipal 
monarch; 
from  purveyor  of  patent 
leather  pumps  to  master of  the>  masses; 
from  the  showing  of  samples  to the  rul­
ing  of  a  region— this  is  the  one  night 
transformation  of  a  man  from  St.  Louis.
When  he  went  to  bed  in  Galveston 
on  the  night  of  Sept.  8,  1900,  his  mind 
was  occupied  with  thoughts  of  how 
many  congress  gaiters  and  oxford  ties 
he  could  sell the Texans  in a given time. 
When  he  awoke  next  day  his  fancy 
turned  to  considerations  affecting  the 
policy  of  the  populace.  His  evolution 
had  arrived  on  the  lightning  express.

He  stood  out 

in  a  public  place  and 
announced  that  he  was  the  Great  IT. 
His  eyes  shot  fire.  His  lips  roared  out 
words 
like  unto  the  rushing  mighty 
wind.  The  world  wanted  a  man  and  he 
was  the  man  the  world  wanted.  He 
took  supreme  control  of  that  section  of 
earth.  He  was  active  as  the  blades  of 
an  electric  fan  and  the  breeze  he  stirred 
up  swept  all  before  it.

He  said  to the  scattered police,  "You 

take  your  orders  from  me.”

He  said  to  the  white-faced  citizenry, 

"T h is  town  is  under  martial  law.”

Then  he 

started  giving  orders. 
“ There’s  been  a  great  calamity,”   he 
said. 
"Forget  that.  The  damage  has 
now  to  be  repaired.  Remember that. 
Remember also  that  I  am  the executive, 
the  legislature  and  the  judiciary.”

To the  constabulary  he  said :  "Patrol 
the  city. 
interests. 
Discourage  disorder.  Don’t  forget  that 
I  am  the  chief  of  police.”

Protect  property 

To  a  selected  section  of  men—butch­
ers,  bakers,  bankers  and  what  not—he 
said:  "Clean  up  the  city.  Remove 
the  debris  wherever  possible.  Do  every­
thing  you  can  to  thwart  disease.  Don’t 
forget  that  I  am  the  boacd  of  health.”

To  the  representative  of  a  local  mili­
tary  organizatin  he  said :  "You're  my 
lieutenant.  Get  your  men 
together. 
Systematize  the  city  until  every  section 
has  its  own  corps of defenders.  Preserve 
order above  all  things.  Permit  no  van­
dalism.  See  that  every man is working. 
If  he 
isn’t  working  shoot  him.  And 
when  you  shoot  him  kill  him.  Don’t 
dawdle.  Remember  always  that  I  am 
the  general  of  the  army.”

instructions 

To  other  men he gave other directions. 
He  had  appropriate 
for 
every  able-bodied  citizen  in  the  town  of 
too much  trouble.  His  brain  worked  so 
fast  his  tongue  couldn’t record his ideas. 
Every  now  and  then  he  cried  out  in  a 
loud  voice  that  he  was  the  Alpha  and 
the  Omega,  the  beginning  and  the  end, 
the  mayor,  the  board  of  aldermen  and 
the  janitor.  And  then  on  the  top  of  this 
Ossa  of  bombast  was  piled  a  Pelion  of 
such  sharp, 
incisive,  clean-cut  horse 
sense  that  all  who  heard  him marveled

and  sped  to  do  his  bidding.  At  such 
times  he  was  the  natural  ruler  of  men. 
During  the  periods  of  theatricism  the 
trail  of  the  shoe  drummer  was  over  all.
There  is  none  other  in  all  history  be­
side  this  son  of  St.  Louis.  He  is  the 
phoenix  which  rose  from  the  ashes  and 
wreckage  of  the  city  on  the  bay  and 
made the  town  to  live  again.  He  is  the 
man  who  massaged  the  mutilated  face 
of  Galveston  and  made  it  seem  fair and 
smiling.  He  is  the  man  who  presented 
the  curious  anomaly  of  being  terrible  in 
his  wrath  and  ridiculous  in  his  florid­
ness.  He  was  a  right-hand  hero  and  a 
left-hand  charlatan.  He  poured  dead­
ly  lead  into  the  prowler and the poltroon 
and  he  poured  self-praise  ad  nauseam 
into the  ears  of  all  who  heard.

When  he  was  a  shoe  drummer  he 
made  men  listen  to  his  talk.  Then  he 
took  their  orders.  When  he  was  king 
of  Galveston  he  made  men  listen  to  his 
talk.  Then  they  took  bis  orders.  When 
he  was  a  shoe  drummer he  wore  clothes 
so  loud  they  broke  the  Sabbath.  He 
stuck  a  chunk  of  glass  the  size  of  a 
hen’s  egg 
in  the  front  of  his  shirt  and 
swore 
it  was  as  fine  a  diamond  as  the 
Koh-i-Noor.  He  smeared  musk  and 
other  prefume  over  his  handkerchiefs, 
so  that  he  was  more  pungent  than  a 
drug  store.  When  you  caught  a  glimpse 
of  his  hose  you  were  at  once  struck with 
the  resemblance.to  a barber’s  pole.  He 
had  a  big  biceps  that  he  used  to  brag 
about  and  a  bull  pup  that  had  chewed 
up  every  other  pup  in  sight,  and  looked 
it.  He  referred  freely  and  frankly  to 
the  perfection  of  his  "shape”   and  fre­
quently  gave 
it  as  his  opinion  that  it 
was  not  strange  he  was  such  a  lady’s 
man—he  was  so  good  looking.

If  he’d  been  a  printer  he’d  have  worn 
out  all  the  capital  " I ’s”   in  the  case 
before  he’d  been  at  typesetting  a  week. 
As  it  was, he  confessed  the other twenty- 
five  letters  in  the  alphabet  might  be 
thrown  away  without  causing  him  men­
tal  worry.  He  was  a  class  A  No.  1, 
first  person  singular  talker  from  away 
back,  and  he  never  left  you  in  doubt  of 
this  fact.  But  when  the  rains  descended 
and  the  floods  came  and  the  city  that 
was  built  upon  the  sands  tottered  to  its 
frail  foundations,  this  man  dropped  the 
drummer.  He  didn’t  ask  others  to  go 
where  he  feared  to  go.  He  personally 
saved  the 
lives  of  scores.  He  carried 
men,  women  and  children  out  of  the 
jaws  of  hell 
land  of  safety 
through  a  storm  of  flying  timbers  and 
scudding  slate.  And  when 
it  was  all 
over  and  a  semi-calm  had  fallen  on  the 
scene  of  fatalities  and  the  legitimate 
representative  of the  military  power had 
arrived,  the  drummer,  in  bis  queerly 
patched  up  uniform,  stepped  up  and 
saluted  and  said:

into  the 

"Gen.  Scurry,I  take  pleasure  in turn­
ing  over  the  reins  of  government  to 
you.’ ’

And  the  adjutant-general  rubbed  bis 
eyes  ^nd  stared  hard  and  muttered  un­
intelligible  things,  and  stared  again  at 
the  figure  before  him.  But  he  accepted 
the  reins  and  turned  in  his  report to  his 
superiors.  But  there  was  nothing  in 
it 
that  immortalized  the  shoe  salesman. 
There  was  no  mention  of  his  prowess 
and  no  talk  of  medals  or  monument.

You  see,  the  shoe  salesman  was  just 

an  incidental  hero.

Later,  when  the  shoe  man  had  taken 
up  his  kit  and  traveled  to  other  towns 
where  the  feet  of  men  had  to  be  fitted 
with  the  proper  article,  he  turned  on 
his  own  particular  brand  of  flood,  and 
it  wasn’t  a  baby  brand,  either.  For he 
spokf at  great  length,  saying:

"  "W hy,  now,  there's  Gen.  Hawley  and 
Mayor  Jones  and  Dr.  Wilkinson  and 
McVitie,  and  all  those  fellows,  good 
enough 
in  their  way  and  place;  men, 
every  one  of them,  effective  and capable 
men  in  all  ordinary  affairs,  but  in  the 
presence  of  a  great  disaster  like  this, 
chut!

"Say,  my  boy,  you ought  to  have  seen 
me  bringing  in  those  women  and  chil­
dren.  A h !  that  was  a  sight  for gods 
and  men !  Last  lad  to  leave  me  was  a 
dago  with  a  pony  cart.  Washed  off  his 
pins,  swirled  against  a  hydrant  or  an 
iron  lamp-post,  and  ail  under  water  in a 
second.  Never  found  hide  nor  hair  of 
him  afterward.  Brave  man,  that  poor 
devil!  Last  time  I  came 
in  with  a 
woman  on  each  arm  and  a  kid  around 
my  neck.  Came  mighty  near going  by 
the  board  that  time.

"Water  was  swimming  deep  all  up 
and  down  old  Tremont  and  running like 
a  tail  race.  Full  of  paving  blocks  and 
lumber,  too.  How’d  I  manage 
i t !  Oh, 
here,  my  boy,  feel  of  that  arm.  Thick 
as  your  leg  and  as  hard  as  the  flesh  of 
a  mule.  Oh,  you  know,  I’m  the  real 
thing  through  and  through.  What’s  the 
use  of  playing  at  being  a  man?  You 
see,  I  keep  myself  up  to  the  mark  right 
along.  Otherwise,  might  never  have 
stood  what  I’ve  been  through.

I  handed 

"W ell,  I  was  going  to tell  you  about 
the  military  government. 
it 
over to  Gen.  Scurry.  Scurry’s  all  right; 
old  ranger officer,  I  believe.  Then  there 
was  McCaleb  for  his  right  bower;  but, 
hell,  man!  where  were  they  on  Monday 
and  Tuesday?  Up  the  state,  about  their 
business,  of  course,  and  by  the  time 
they  got  down  to  Galveston  I  had every­
thing  in  ship  shape—streets  patrolled, 
armed  guards  at  every important comer, 
everybody 
indoors  by  8  o’clock—not 
a  live  thief  or  brigand  on the  island.

"O f  course,  we  had  to  plant  a  few, 
and  some  say  I  am  going  to  be  called 
to account  for  sending  out  orders  to  my 
boys  about  that  business;  but  what’s 
the  use  of  fooling  with  a thing like that? 
Why,  I  should have been made a baboon. 
Let  a 
lot  of  niggers  and  dagoes  cast 
discredit  on  me  by  robbing  the  dead 
and  breaking  open  trunks  because  it’s 
a  horrid  thing  to  take  life !  No,  sir-ee. 
Guns  are  made  to  shoot  with  and  ball 
and  cartridges  are  the  O.  K.  medic­
ament  when  I’m  the  M.  D.  and  have 
my  reputation  to  sustain.

"Say,  it  was  great  to  see  the  way  the 
boys  cottoned  to  me  as  soon  as  they  saw 
me  in  uniform.  What!  Composite  of 
captain  and  major,  you  say?  Well, 
yes,  perhaps,  but—oh,  come  off.  You 
are  not  going  to  give  it away?  Cer­
tainly  not.  But  then  it  wouldn’t  make 
any  difference.  It’s  the man  and  not  the 
uniform  that  is  receiving the everlasting 
gratitude  of  Texas.

"W ell,  sir,  that  was  the  sorriest  look­
ing  company  of  soldiers  that  ever  tried 
to  mark  time.  You  see,  I heard that  the 
militia  company  was  being  called  out, 
although  what  they  were  to  do  or  who 
was  to take  command  I’ ll  be  hanged 
if 
I  could  find  out,  and  I  had  a  thousand 
things  in  mind  that  they  ought  to  do, 
and  as  for  the  ability  to  handle  m en! 
Well,  you ought  to  have  seen  me  at— but 
that’s  another  story.  Well,  as  I  say,  I 
heard  this  company  was  being  called 
out.  Now,  it  always  did  give  me  the 
fidgets  to  see  a  man  slouching  around 
playing  soldier  without  knowing  what 
to  do  or  how  to  handle  his  men. 
It 
would  drive  me  to  drink,  and that would 
be  a  long  drive  for  yours  truly,  and  no 
mistake,  so  I  got  into  my  uniform  and 
when  Capt.  Dolan  lined  up  his  twenty-

eight  or thirty  boys  in  front  of  the  hotel 
I  just  stepped  out  and  saluted  and said: 
‘ Capt.  Dolan,  I  represent  the  mili­
tary  authority  in  Galveston  and  will  re­
lieve  you  of  this  command.  You  will 
report  at  the  armory  at  6 o’clock  to­
night. ’  And  Capt.  Dolan  went  down 
the  street  with  a  look  of  satisfaction  on 
his  face  that  was  beautiful  to  see.

"W ell,  sir,  as  I  say,  that  was  the  sor­
riest  looking  military  company  that  I 
ever  took in  hand.  Everybody  was bare­
footed  that  morning,  except  such  of  us 
as  had  our  reputations  to  sustain,  and 
really  shoes  were  mighty  scarce  around 
about  at  that  time,  but  what  my  boys 
needed  more  than  shoes  was  arms,  and 
what  we  did  to the  armory  doors  when 
we  got  down  there  was  a  surprise. 
In 
twenty  minutes  we  marched  out  with 
fixed  bayonets.  Say,  how  would  you 
like to tackle the government  of  a  city  of 
28,000 or 30,000 distracted  and  stupefied 
people  with  an  average  of  one  militia 
boy  to  the  thousand  population,  with 
thousands  of  dead  bodies 
scattered 
through  the  streets,  with  vast  quantities 
of  valuable  property  lying  exposed, 
without  lights  in  the  streets  or  houses, 
without  a  serviceable  telegraph  or  tele­
phone  or  fire  alarm  wire  in  the  city, 
with  only  a  quarter  supply  of  water  in 
the  mains,  with  the  streets  choked  with 
the  debris  of  ruined  homes,  with  thous­
ands  of  tons  of  fertilizers  and  groceries 
and  decaying vegetables scattered about, 
and  over and  through  it all  an inch deep 
of  slime  and  mud  left  by  the  receding 
waters  from  the  gulf?

“ Nice,  responsible  position,  wasn’t 
it?  Stupendous,  overpowering!  Oh, 
no,  not  on  your  life!  Not  for  yours 
truly.  We  marched  around  to  the  city 
hall  and  called  on  the  chief  of  police. 
From  that  moment  the  police  depart­
ment  fell  into  line. 
I  called  for  volun­
teers  and  filled  up  my  company.  Then 
I  went  about  to  dispose  of  the  bodies  of 
the  dead. 
I  commandered  every  horse 
and  mule  and  cart  fit  for service  in  the 
city,  I  ordered  out  the  police  patrol 
wagons  and  the  fire  trucks  and  hose 
carts  that  were  on  their  wheels. 
I  had 
certain  streets  opened  and  cleared  of 
debris  down  to the  docks.  A  good  deal 
of  labor,  did  you  say?  Yes, 
it  surely 
was.

it 

"Oh,  I  got 

laborers.  Say,  did  you 
ever  have  a  bayonet  presented  at  your 
breast  and  receive  an  order  from  the 
man  with  the  gun?  No?  Well,  then, 
you  don’t  know  how 
is  yourself. 
But  what  do  you  think?  Would  you 
work  or  not?  Oh,  yes,  my  boys  meant 
business  right  from  the  shoulder.  They 
just  breathed  in  the  spirit  of  the  thing 
every  time  I  came  near  them.  But,  as 
I  was  saying,  I put  every horse  and  con­
veyance  and  a  big  force  of  men  at  work 
taking  the  bodies  up  out  of  the  streets, 
and  I 
impressed  a  tug  that  came  up 
from  Sabine  and  a  railroad  barge,  and 
hundreds  of  bodies  were  taken  out  to 
sea,  weighted  and  sunk.

"Monday  night  there  was  a 

" A   sergeant  reported  to  me  that  he 
had  arrested  a  man  who  had  his pockets 
full  of  jewelry,  and  there  was  evidence 
that  he  had  mutilated  bodies  in  secur­
ing  it. 
I  told  him  to take  him  to  the 
barge  and 
let  his  body  go to  sea  with 
the  next  load,  and  that  if he  ever  made 
another  such  report  to  me  I  would  sum­
marily  dismiss  him  from  the  service. 
That  was  the  last  such  fool  report  that 
ever  came  in.
lot  of 
shooting  done  all over the city.  Sounded 
sometimes  like  a  skirmish,  but  not 
much  of  it  was  intended  to  hurt  any­
body,  and  nobody  was  hurt  unless  he 
belonged  to the  class  of  vampires  about 
whose  fate  it  has  been  said  that  silence 
is  always  the  best  policy.  But  I  stand 
on  my  record.  No,  sir;  there  is  noth­
ing  to  be  ashamed of,  and  as  it  becomes 
better  known  I  have  no  fear  but  the 
value  of my services will be appreciated, 
ly  acknowledged  and  fittingly  commem­
orated.  Stands  to  reason,  doesn't  it? 
Texas  is  full  of  decent  people,  and  I 
know  they  are  not  going  to  allow  the 
fact  of  my  non-residence  to  cut  me  off 
from  the  full  measure  of  their grati­
tude.”

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Drugs—Chemicals

State  Board of Pharm acy

Term expires
-  Dec. 31,1901 
L.  E.  Reynolds,  St. Joseph 
Hs n b y   H e im , Saginaw 
-  Dec. 31,1902
- 
  Dec. 31,1903 
Wir t  P.  Doty, Detroit.
.
.
A. C. Sc h u m a c h er, Ann Arbor  -  Dec. 31,1904 
J o h n D. Mu ir , Grand Baplds 
Dec. 31,1905 

President, A.  C.  Sch u m acher, Ann Arbor. 
Secretary, H e n r y   H e im , Saginaw.
Treasurer, W.  P.  D o rr,  Detroit.

E xam ination  Sessions.

Star Island, June 17 and 18.
Sault  Ste.  Marie, August 28 and 29. 
Lansing, Not. 5 and 6.

Mich.  State  Pharm aceutical  Association. 

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

Incidents  in  the  Everyday  Life  of  the 

D ruggist.
The  druggist  stood 

in  his  place  of 
business  surrounded  by  capsules,  hot 
water  bags,  perfumes,  and  fluid  ex­
tracts.  A  man  came 
in  and  said  he 
wanted  to  look  at  the  directory.  Then 
he asked  if  “ Murphy”  was  spelled  with 
an  “ f. ”   He  looked  at  the  hair  brushes, 
whistled  a  few  bars  of  the 
“ Tiger 
L ily,”   and  went  out.

A  small  boy  entered  and  wanted  to 
trade  two  empty  sarsaparilla  bottles  for 
a  piece  of  licorice  root.  The  deal  fell 
through,  because  the  bottles had  a  name 
blown  in  the  glass.

A  woman  came  in  and  said  she  was 
waiting  for a  friend.  She  had the drug­
gist  bring  her  a  glass  of  plain  water. 
She  said  she  could  not  drink  soda  water 
because  the  gas  got  up  her  nose.

Another  woman  came  in  for a  stamp. 
She  did  not  have  any  change  with  her, 
but  was  going  to tome  in  and  hand  him 
the  two  cents  sometime,  that  is,  if  he 
was  small  enough  to  remember  it.

The  next  who  came 

in  was  a  man 
with  hardly  any  chin.  He  wanted  a  free 
sample  of  liver  pills  and  an  almanac 
telling  the  date  of the  battle  of  New  Or­
leans,  when  the  sun  rises  and  sets,  and 
why  the  chicken  crossed  the  road.

After  him  there  came  a  man  who  was 
in  a  hurry  and  wanted  to  use  the 
'phone.  He  was  vexed  when  he  learned 
that  Skinner  &  Skinner  did  not  have 
any  number.  He  asked  the  druggist 
why  it  was.  The  druggist  said  he  was 
sorry  and  would  see  to  it  before  the 
man  came  in  again.

Soon  after  two  little  girls  came  on  a 
run  and  helped  themselves  to  picture 
left  the  door open,  and  a 
cards.  They 
boy  in  overalls  stepped  in  to  ask 
if  he 
could  hang  a  lithograph  in  the  window. 
The  druggist  went  back  into  the labora­
tory  and  got  a  large  stone  pestle.  He 
was  just  ready  to  beat  the  life  out of  the 
cash  register,  when  an  elderly  gentle­
man  came  in  with  a  prescription.

The  druggist  stayed  the  blow  and 
chirked  up  quite  a  bit.  “ This  is  where 
I  catch  even  on  the  day,”   he  said. 
It 
was  no  mirage.  He  had  to,  and  he  did.
Moral:  Don’t  blame  the  druggist.— 

George  Ade  in  Collier’s  Weekly.
D anger in  W orm   Candy.

I  had  a  peculiar accident  happen  in 
our city, which might  have  ended  fatally 
for two  children.

A  customer  came 

into  the  store  and 
asked  for  ten  cents’  worth  of  worm 
candy.  My  clerk  gave  him  about  a 
dozen 
i-grain  santonin  lozenges.  The 
party  that  had  bought  the  lozenges  went 
home  and  laid  them  on  the  table.  His 
two  children,  aged  respectively  5  and  7 
years,  found  and  ate  the  lozenges.  Be­
tween  the  two  they  had  six  grains  of 
santonin.  Now,  a  lethal  dose  for  a  child 
is  four grains.  Luckily,  the  parents  of

the  children  discovered  the  mishap  im­
mediately  and  ran  for  assistance.  A 
physician  was  called  in,  who  prescribed 
emetics 
in  copious  quantities.  After 
several  hours’  hard  work  both  children 
were  out  of  danger.

Santonin  lozenges  and  so-called  worm 
candies  are  retailed  indiscriminately, 
without  the  danger attending  their ad­
ministration  being  brought  to  the  atten­
tion  of  the  purchaser. 
In  my  case  the 
purchaser  had  been  warned  as  to the na­
ture  of  the  remedy,  hence  his  hasty  call 
for  help  which  undoubtedly  saved  the 
lives  of  the  children.  Moral :  Do  not 
sell  worm  candy  or  santonin  lozenges 
without  warning  customers  to keep them 
under  lock  and  key,  so  as  to  be  out  of 
reach  of  children,  they  to  receive  the 
proper  doses  and  not  “ ad  libitum.”

W.  E.  Eilbracht.

W hat  Is the Active A gent of W itch-hazel ?
The  question  what  constitutes  the  ac­
tive  agent 
in  distilled  extract  of  bam- 
amelis  has  been  a  puzzling  one for some 
years.  Some  persons  have  ascribed  its 
curative  properties  entirely  to the  alco­
hol  which  it contains, while  others  think 
it  is  to  some  body  in  the  hamamelis 
which  has  not  yet  been  isolated  that  the 
medicinal  virtues  are  due. 
It  has  been 
claimed  that  the  extract  contains  form- 
icaldehyde 
in  minute  quantities,  but 
this has  been  contradicted.  Furfural  has 
been  found  in  minute  quantities,  but no 
body  which  is  not  common  to  plant  life 
or  its  decomposition  has  yet  been  sep­
arated.  Both  formicaldehyde  and  fur­
fural  are  decomposition  products  of 
vegetable  matter.  The  Spatula  reports 
that  a  French  chemist,  G.  Pullaeci,  has 
thrown  a  little  fresh  light  on  the  matter 
by  some  experiments  which  show  that 
when 
leaves  which  have  been  exposed 
to  light  are  macerated  and  distilled 
with  water,  the  first  portion  of  the  dis­
tillate  contains 
formicaldehyde.  He 
demonstrated 
its  presence  by  several 
distinctive  tests.  This  body  thus  ap­
pears  to  be  common  to all leaf distillates 
under  proper  conditions.
Com bining  Resinous  Extracts  in Aqueous 

M ixtures.

a 

indica 

Many  druggists  are  familiar with  the 
combination  of  potassium  bromide, 
chloral  hydrate,  extract  of  cannabis 
in- 
dica,  extract  of  henbane,  alcohol  and 
water.  Usually  there 
is  only  a  small 
proportion  of  alcohol  directed,  and there 
is  great difficulty  to  get  the  resin  of  the 
cannabis 
into  solution  or  keep 
in  solution,  or  even  in  such  a  form 
it 
is 
that  the  mixture 
respectable 
“ Shake”   mixture. 
If,  however,  said 
Professor  Ruddiman  before  the  Ten­
nessee  Druggists’  Association, 
the 
chloral  hydrate 
is  dissolved  in  a  very 
small  amount  of  water,  so  as to  make  a 
nearly  saturated  solution,this  will  make 
an  excellent  solvent  for  the  extracts, 
dissolving  them  to a  clear  solution.  The 
alcohol  should  now  be  added  to  this, 
and  then  the  water  in which the bromide 
has  been  dissolved  should  be  added 
in 
portions, 
agitating  well.  Generally 
there  is  a  slight  precipitation  formed, 
but  it  is  finely  divided  and  can  be  eas­
ily  distributed  through  the  liquid. 
If 
the  mixture  contains  as  much  as  two 
ounces  of  alcohol  to  the  pint  there  is 
practically  no  precipitation.
D eath  From   Phenacetine 

in  Repeated 

Doses.

A  medical  student  in  Louisville  died 
recently  from  taking  two  or three  doses 
of  phenacetine  within  three or four hours 
for a  cold.  The  doctor called  in  to  ex­
amine  him  pronounced  heart  failure  the 
cause  of  death.  This  apparently  shows 
again  the  danger  involved 
in  taking 
successive  doses  at  short  intervals  of 
certain coal-tar products like phenacetine 
and  particularly  acetanilid.

The  Physician-D ruggist.

A  Cincinnati  physician  applied  for 
membership 
in  the  Academy  of  Medi­
cine  who  was  finally  advised  to  with­
draw  his  name  for  fear  of  unpleasant 
discussion  and  of  possible  refusal.  The 
sole  reason  given  was  that  the applicant 
owned  and  conducted  a  drug  store. 
There  is  a  feeling  that  it  is  not  proper 
for  a  physician  to  conduct  a  drug  store, 
as  It  affords  too great  opportunity  for 
interference  with  the  prescriptions  and 
practice  of  other  physicians.  This  feel­
ing  appears  to  be  particularly  strong  in 
Cincinnati.  The  newspapers  were,  how­
ever,  in  error when  they  stated  that  the 
Code  of  Ethics  of  the  American  Medi­
cal  Association  contains  a  clause  pre­
venting  physicians  who  conduct  drug 
stores  from  becoming  members  of  local 
societies  in  affiliation  with  the  Associa­
tion.  The  point  is  nowhere  raised  in 
the  Code  of  Ethics.  While  a  physician 
who  is  also  a  pharmacist  rarely  has  a 
large  practice,  yet  his  competitors  nat­
urally feel  that  it  is  unfair  of  him to  ex­
pect  to  fill  their  prescriptions  at  the 
same  time  that  he  is  practicing  medi­
cine  in  his  store.  Few,  therefore,  send 
prescriptions  to  such  a store.  Of  course, 
each  society  has  a  right  to decide on the 
qualifications  of  its  members,  but 
in 
general  there  seems  to  be  no  reason  for 
refusing  membership  to  a  physician- 
pharmacist.

The  D rug M arket.

Opium—Has  advanced 

i7J£c  per 
pound,  on  account  of  unfavorable  re­
ports  from  the  growing  crop.

Morphine— Is  as  yet  unchanged.
Quinine— Is  dull  and  unchanged.
Norwegian  Cod  Liver  Oil— Has  de­

Essential  Oils—Anise  and  cassia have 
declined.  Bergamot  is lower.  Hemlock 
has  advanced.  Lemon  and  orange have 
declined.  Peppermint  is  very  firm  and 
advancing.

Buchu  Leaves—Are  in  better  supply 

and  lower.

African  and  Jamaica  Ginger—Are 

very  firm  and  advancing.
Linseed  Oil— Is  higher.

In fan t  Foods.

As  the  season  approaches  when  this 
in 
class  of  preparations  will  be  greatly 
demand,  the  careful  druggist  who wants 
to  please  his  customer and  does  not  see 
any  advantage  in  delivering  a  box  of 
worms,when  infant  foods  are  called  for, 
will  do  well  to  look  over  his  stock,  ex­
amine  it  carefully,  and  return  all  of  it 
to  the  manufacturer  that  is  the  least 
“ off  color,”  getting in  exchange  a  fresh 
supply  for the  summer trade.

Manufacturers  of  these  foods,  which 
are  yet  in  an  experimental  state,  have 
been  for  years  testing  various  methods 
to  preserve  them,  and  every  season 
some  house 
its  plan  and 
calls  in  all  the  old  goods.

changes 

if  there 

There  is  no  article  that  needs so much 
care  and  discretion  in  purchasing  as 
infant  food,  as 
is  anything 
wrong  about  it,  the  retailer  gets  the 
credit  for selling  old  and decayed  goods 
and  this 
is  sure  to  seriously  affect  his 
business. 
It  is  a  wise  plan  adopted  by 
many  conservative  houses  to  buy  in  the 
spring  the  minimum  amount  of  the  best 
sellers  that  will  carry  them  through  the 
season,  with  the  understanding  that  all 
unsold  can  be  returned.

clined.

2C  per  pound.

has  declined.

price.

ket.

Salicylic  Acid— Has  been  advanced 

Glycerine— Is 

firm  at  unchanged 

Menthol—On  account  of  better  stocks 

Prickly  Ash  Berries—Are  out  of  mar­

to  have  exploded by electricity produced 
by  friction.  She  went  to  the  bathroom 
to  clean  a  child’s  dress.  A  gallon  of 
gasoline  was  poured  into  a  porcelain- 
lined  wash  basin.  She  was  rubbing 
the  dress  vigorously  when 
suddenly 
there  was  an  explosion  and  her  hair 
was  set  on  fire.

It  could  not  have 

ignited,  as  there 
was  no  fire  in  the  room,  and  the  house 
was  heated  by  a  furnace.  The  woman 
says  she  did  not  strike  a match  and  that 
she  was  particularly  careful  when  using 
gasoline.  Still  the  fact  remains  that  an 
explosion  took  place and  the  doctor  who 
was  called  in  explains  it  by  saying  that 
it  was  caused  by  friction.

A  New  Sterilizer.

Chirol 

is  a  trade  name  for a  solution 
of  resins  in  fatty  oils,  ether  and  alcohol, 
used  as  a  sterilizer of  the  hands  in  sur­
gical  operations.  The  surgeon  and  at­
tendants  dip  their  hands  in  a  beaker  of 
chirol  for  a  few  moments,  opening  and 
closing  them  so  as  to  insure  the  contact 
of  every  portion  of  the  skin  with  the 
liquid.  On  withdrawal,  the  solvents 
evaporate 
the 
hands  protected  by  an  impervious  elas­
tic  coating.  After  the  operation  the 
chirol  is  removed  at  once  by  dipping 
the  hands  in  alcohol.

immediately, 

leaving 

Talk  No.  4
Atrophic or  Dry  Catarrh

This is the most annoying and  persistent 
form and its worst feature  is  its  terrible 
odor.  The  secretions  form  large  crust 
which  oftentimes  completely  block  the 
nostrils.  The membranes ulcerate, some­
times eating holes in the nose.  This form 
is  principally  produced  by  acquired  or 
inherited blood  troubles. 
It  was  for  a 
long  time  regarded  as  incurable,  but  is 
not  so  now.  Sufferers  can  now  be  re­
stored to society and enjoy life instead of 
being shunned by their friends.  We will 
speak of Catarrhal  Deafness  next  time.

Go or write to

DR.  C.  E.  RANKIN 

Powers*  Opera  House  Block 

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan 

Graduate of University  of  Michigan  and 
Illinois  School  of  Electro-Therapeutics 

M ail  T reatm ent 

Dr. Rankin’s system of “Home Treat­
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Gasoline  Ignited  by  Friction.

A  distressing  and  at  the  same  time 
remarkable  accident  occurred  recently, 
in  which  a  woman  was  seriously  burned 
about  the  face,  hands  and  arms  by  a 
gasoline  explosion. 
The  remarkable 
part  of  the  affair  is  that  the  gasoline 
was  not  ignited  by  fire  and  is  believed

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W holesale D rags  and Stationery

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

® 

Menthol..................   @ 5 00
Morphia, S„ P. & W.  2 35® 2 60 
Morphia, S.,N.Y. Q.
& C. Co.................  2 26® 2 60
Moschus  Canton__  @  40
Myristlca, No. 1......   66®  80
Nux Vomica...po. 15 
10
Os Sepia..................  
36®  37
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
D  Co....................  @  1  00
Picis Llq. N.N.M gal.
doz.......................  @200
Picis Llq., quarts....  @  1  00
Picis Llq., pints......   @  86
Pll Hydrarg. ..po.  80  @  60
Piper  Nigra...po. 22  @  18
Piper  Alba.. ..po. 36  @  30
Pilx Burgun............   @ 
7
Plumbl Acet.........  
10® 
12
Pulvis Ipecac et Opil  1  30®  1  60 
Pyrethrum, boxes H.
®  75
& P. D. Co., doz... 
Pyrethrum,  pv........ 
26®  30
8®  10
Quasslae..................  
Qulnla, S. P. &  W ... 
36®  46
34®  44
Quinta, 8.  German.. 
Qulnla, N. Y............   34®  44
Bubla Tlnctorum__ 
12®  14
Saccharum Lactis pv 
18®  20
Salacln....................  4 50® 4 76
Sanguis  Draconls... 
40®  60
Sapo, W................... 
12® 
14
SapoM.................... 
io®  12
Sapo  G.................... 
®  16

Seldlltz Mixture......  20®  22
Sinapis....................  @ 
is
Sinapis,  opt............  
®  30
Snuff, Maccaboy, De
Voes....................  @  41
®  41
Snuff,Scotch,De Vo’s 
9® 
Soda, Boras............. 
11
Soda,  Boras, po......  
9® 
11
23®  25
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Carb.............. 
im® 
2
Soda,  Bi-Carb.........  
3® 
5
Soda, Ash...............   3M@ 
4
Soda, Sulphas.........  @ 
2
Spts. Cologne...........  @ 2 60
Spts. Ether  Co........  50®  56
Spts. Myrcia Dom...  @ 2 00 
Spts. Vlni Beet.  bbl.  @ 
® 
Spts. Vlni Beet. Mbbl 
Spts. Vlnl Beet. lOgal  @ 
Spts. Vlni Beet. 5 gal 
® 
Strychnia, Crystal... 
80®  1  06
Sulphur,  Subl.........   2M@ 
4
Sulphur, Boll...........  2M®  3M
Tamarinds.............. 
8®  10
Terebenth Veniee...  28®  30
Theobromae............. 
60®  66
Vanilla....................  9 00@16 00
Zinc! Sulph............. 
7® 
8

Oils

Whale, winter......... 
7o 
Lard, extra..............  60 
Lard, No. 1.............. 
46 

BBL.  GAL.
70
70
60

2 7

Linseed, pure raw...  61 
Linseed, boiled.......   62 
Neatsfoot, winter str  54 
39 
Spirits  Turpentine.. 

64
66
60
45
Paints  BBL.  LB.
Bed  Venetian.........   1M  2  @8
Ochre, yellow  Mars. 
ljf  2  ®4 
Ochre,yellowBer...  1M  2  @3 
Putty,  commercial..  2M  2M@3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2M  2M@3 
Vermilion,  P r i m e
American............  
13®  15
Vermilion, English..  70®  75
Green,  Paris........... 
14®  18
Green, Peninsular... 
13®  16
Lead, red................   6M@  7
Lead,  white............   6M®  7
Whiting, white Span  @  90
Whiting, gilders’....  @  95
White, Paris, Amer.  @125
Whiting, Paris, Eng.
cliff.......................  @140
Universal Prepared.  1  io® 1  20

Varnishes

No. 1 Turp  Coach...  l  io®  1  20
Extra Turp..............  1  60® 1  70
Coach  Body............2 75® 3 00
No. 1 Turp Furn......  1  00® 1  10
Extra Turk Damar..  1 56®  1  60 
Jap.Dryer.No.lTurp  70®  76

WHOLESALE  DRUG  PRICE  CURRENT

Advanced— 
Declined—

Acldnm

Aceticum  ............... $  6@$  8
Benzoicum, German.  70®  76
Boraclc............... 
  @  17
Carbollcum.............   30®  42
Citricum..................   40®  51
3® 
Hydrochlor.............. 
6
8®  10
Nltrocum................  
Oxalicum................. 
12®  14
®  15
Phosphortum,  dll... 
Sallcyllcum............   52®  55
Sulphuricum...........  1M@ 
6
Tannlcum................  1  10®  1 20
Tartaricum.............  38®  40

A m m onia
Aqua, 16 deg............  
6
4® 
Aqua, 20 deg............  
6® 
8
Carbonas.................  13®  15
Chloridum...............  
12®  14
Aniline
Black.......................  2 00® 2 26
Brown......................  80®  1  00
Bed..........................  45®  60
Yellow.....................   2 50® 3 00

.3.

BacctB
Cubeb*......... po,25
Junlperus.........
Xanthoxylum ..

Balnamnm
Copaiba........... . 
66®  60
Peru  ....................... 
f§  I 86
Terabin,  Canada__  65®  60
Tolutan.................... 
*5®  50
Cortex
Abies, Canadian...... 
Casslae.....................  
Cinchona  Flava......  
Euonymus atropurp. 
Myrica Cerlfera, po. 
Prunus Virgini........ 
Qulllala, gr’d ........... 
Sassafras.......po. 20 
Ulmus.. .po.  16, gr’d 
E xtractnm
24®  26
Glycyrrhlza Glabra. 
Glycyrrhiza,  po...... 
28®  30
Haematox, 16 lb. box  11®  12
13®  14
Haematox, is ........... 
Haematox, Ms.........  
}5
!4® 
Haematox, 54s.........  
16®  17

18
J2
18
30
20
12
12
15
16

F erru

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

F lora

15
2  26
76
40
16
2
80
7

Arnica..................... 
16®  18
Anthemls................   22®  26
Matricaria...............  
30®  35

Folia
Barosma..................  38®  40
Cassia Acutlfol, Tin-
nevelly................. 
20®  26
Cassia, Acutlfol, Alx.  26®  30
_
Salvia officinalis,  its 
and Ms................. 
12®  20
CvaUrsl...................... 
8®  10
Gum m l 
Acacia, 1st picked...
Acacia,2d  picked...
Acacia,3d  picked...
Acacia, sifted  sorts.
Acacia, po...............
Aloe, Barb. po.l8@20 
Aloe, Cape....po. 16.
Aloe,  Socotri..po.40
Ammoniac...............
Assaf oetlda— po. 46
Benzoinum............
Catechu, is ..............
Catechu, Ms............
Catechu, Ms............
Campnorae..............
®  40
Eupnorblum...po. 36 
Galbanum...............  
®  1  00
Gamboge.............po  66®  70
Gualacum...... po. 26  @  30
Kino...........po. $0.75 
®  75
Mastic  ....................  
®  60
Myrrh............po. 46  @ 4 0
Opil....pO.  5.00@5.20  3 65®  3 70
Shellac.................... 
25®  36
Shellac, bleached—  
40®  46
Tragacanth.............   60®  90
H erba

26
20
26
28
23
26
39
22
26

Absinthium., oz. pkg 
Eupatorium..oz. pkg 
Lobelia........oz. pkg 
Majorum__ oz. pkg 
Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 
Mentha Vir. .oz. pkg 
Bue.............. oz. pkg 
Tanacetum Y oz. pkg 
thymus, V .. .oz. pkg 
Magnesia
Calcined, P a t...___   66®  60
Carbonate, Pat........ 
18®  20
Carbonate, K. & M..  18®  20
'arbonate, Jennings  18®  20

Oleum

7 00

Absinthium.............  6  60® 
Amygdalae, Dulc__   38®  66
Amygdalae, Amarae.  8 00® 8 26
Anisf......... : ...........   l  86® 2 00
Aurantl Cortex........2 
Bergamii...................2
Cajiputl...................
Caryophylll.............
Cedar...................... 
Chenopadll.............
Clnnamonil.............l ;
Cltronella................

:

i

io@ 

00® 4 60

40®  1 60

Conlum Mac............   6
Copaiba...................  i  i
Cubebae...................  14
Exechthltos............   1  0
Erlgeron.................  1  11
Gaultheria..............  1  8
Geranium, ounce....
Gosslppii, Sem. gal..  6
Hedeoma.................  1 4L.J___
Juniper*.................  1 60® 2 00
Lavendula  ..............  90® 2 00
Llmonis.................  1 
Mentha Piper..........  1 40® 2 00
Mentha Verid..........  1 80®  1  60
Morrhuae, ]gal..........  1 io@  1  20
Myrcia....................  4 
Olive.......................   76® 3 00
PldsLlqulda........... 
12
Picis Liquids,  gal... 
®  35
Ricina......................  1 
oo@  1 08
Ro8marlnl...............   @100
UUI0 !
Rosae, ounce............   6 00® 6 60
Succlnl............
Sabina............
so®76®
Santal........................2  _
Sassafras.................  48®
Sinapis,  ess., ounce. 
@  „
Tiglfl.......................  1 
60®  1 60
Thyme.....................   40®  60
Thyme, opt..............  @  1  60
Theobromas........... 
16®  20
Potassium
Bi-Carb....................  
16®
Bichromate............  
13®
Bromide.................  62®
C arb.......................  
la®
Chlorate., .po. 17®19 
16®
Cyanide...................  34®
Iodide.....................   2 60®
Potassa, Bitart, pure  28®
Potassa. Bitart, com. 
®
7®
Potass Nltras, opt... 
Potass  Nltras.........  
6®
Prussiate................. 
23®
Sulphate po............  
16®

60® 3 75

Radix

Aconltum.................  20®
Althae...................... 
30®
Anchusa.................  
10®
Arum  po.................  @
Calamus..................   20@
12@
Gentlana........po.  15
Glychrrhlza.. .pv.  15
16®
Hydrastis  Canaden.
@
Hydrastis Can., po..
Hellebore, Alba, po. 
12®  16
Inula,  po................. 
us®  20
Ipecac, po...............   3 
Iris plox...po. 35@38  36®  40
Jalapa, p r...............   26®  30
Maranta,  Ms...........  @  36
Podophyllum,  po...  22®  26
Bhei.........................  76® 1 00
Rhel,  cut.................  @  1  26
Bhei, pv..................   76®  1  36
Spigella...................  36®  38
Sanguinarla.. .po.  15  @ 
18
Serpentaria............  
40®  46
Senega....................  60®  66
Smilax, officinalis H.  @ 4 0
Smllax, M................  @  26
Scillse............po.  36  10®  12
Symplocarpus,F®tl-
dus,  po.................  @  28
Valeriana,Eng. po. 30  @  26
16®  20
Valeriana,  German. 
Zingiber a ...............  
14®  16
Zingiber j.................  26®  27
Semen

Anlsum......... po.  16  ®  12
Apium (graveleons).  13® 
16
Bird, is.................... 
6
4® 
Carui..............po.  18  12®  13
Cardamon................  1  26®  1  75
Corlandrum.............  
10
Cannabis Satlva......   4M@  6
Cydonium...............   76®  1  00
10® 
Cnenopodium.........  
12
Dlpterix Od orate....  1  00®  1  10
Foenlculum.............. 
® 
10
9
7® 
Foenugreek, po........ 
L inl........................ 
4® 
6
Llni, grd...... bbl. 4 
4M® 
6
Lobelia....................  36®  40
Pharlarls Canarian..  4M® 
6
B apa.......................  4H@ 
6
Sinapis  Alba........... 
9® 
10
Sinapis  Nigra.........  
li® 
12
Spiritns

8® 

Frumentl, W. D. Co.  2 00®  2 60 
Frumenti,  D. F. R..  2 00® 2 26
Frumentl................   1  26® 1  60
Junlperls Co. O. T...  1 66® 2 00
Juniperis  Co...........  1 76® 3 60
Saacnarum  N. E  ...  1  90® 2  10
Spt. Vlnl Galll.........  1  76® 6 60
Vlni  Oporto............   1  26® 2 00
Vlnl Alba.................  1  26® 2 00

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage...............  2 50® 2 76
Nassau sheeps’ wool
carriage.................. 2 60® 2 76
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage......   @  1  60
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool, carriage......   @  1  26
Grass  sheepsr  wool,
carriage................ 
@ 100
Hard, for slate use..  @  75 
Yellow  B e e f,  for
slate use...............   @  1 40
Syrups
Acacia...................
Aurantl Cortex......
Zingiber.................
Ipecac....................
Ferri Iod................
Bhei Arom.............
Smllax  Officinalis..
Senega ...................
Sclllae......................

Sclllae  Co.................  @  5(
Tolutan...................   @  5<
Prunus  virg............   @  e<

Tinctures
Aconitum Napellis B 
Aconltum Napellis F 
Aloes....................... 
Aloes and M yrrh.... 
A rnica....................  
Assafoetlda.............. 
Atrope Belladonna.. 
Aurantl Cortex.......  
Benzoin................... 
Benzoin Co.............. 
Barosma................... 
Cantharides............  
Capsicum................  
Cardamon...............  
Cardamon Co........... 
Castor.....................  
Catechu]................... 
Cinchona................. 
Cinchona Co............  
Columba................. 
Cubebae.................... 
Cassia Acutlfol........ 
Cassia Acutlfol Co... 
Digitalis................... 
Ergot.......................  
Ferri  Chloridum__  
Gentian................... 
Gentian Co.............. 
Gulaca...................... 
Gulaca ammon........ 
Hyoscyamus............  
Iodine  .................... 
Iodine, colorless...... 
K ino.......................  
Lobelia...................  
Myrrh...................... 
Nux Vomica............  
Opii.......................... 
Opil, comphorated.. 
Opli, deodorized...... 
Quassia................... 
Bhatany................... 
Bhei.......................... 
Sanguinaria...........  
Serpentaria......... v 
Stromonium............  
Tolutan................... 
Valerian................. 
Veratrum  Veride... 
Zingiber..................  

6(
5(
«
6(
6(
ec
6C
5«
6«
6«
5c
75
6c
75
7s
1  00
5«
6c
60
6c
6c
6c
6c
6c
6c
3s
ea
6c
6c
6c
6c
75
75
6c
60
60
60
75
5o
i  60
60
60
5o
60
60
60
60
5q
60
2o

 

Miscellaneous 

® 

.Ether, Spts. Nit. ? F  30®  35
¿Ether, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®  38
Alumen..................   2M@ 
3
Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7 
4
3® 
Annatto...................   40® 
so
Antimon], po........... 
4® 
5
Antimonl et Potass T  40®  60
.Antipyrin................  @  25
Antifebrin.............. 
®  20
®  61
Argent! Nltras, oz... 
Arsenicum.............. 
10® 
12
38®  40
Balm Gilead  Buds.. 
Bismuth S. N...........  1  90® 2 00
Calcium Chlor., is... 
9
Calcium Chlor., Ms..  @  10
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms..  @  12
Cantharides, Rus.po  @  80 
Capsici Fructus, a t..  @ 
iS
Capsicl  Fructus, po.  @ 1 5  
Capsici Fructus B, po  @  15
12®  14
Caryophyllus. .po. 15 
Carmine, No. 40......  
® 3 00
Cera  Alba.............. 
50®  55
Cera  Flava..............  40®  42
Coccus....................  @  40
Cassia Fructus........  @ 3 5
Centrarla.................  @ 
10
Cetaceum.................  @  45
Chloroform............   56®  60
Chloroform,  squibbs 
®  1  10 
Chloral Hyd Crst....  l  40®  1  65
Chondrus................  
20®  25
Cinchonldlne,P. & W  38®  48
Cinchonidine, Germ.  38@  48
Cocaine..................   6 66® 5 75
Corks, list, dis. pr. ct. 
70
Creosotum...............  
®  35
Creta............bbl. 75 
®  2
Creta, prep..............  @ 
5
Creta, preclp........... 
9® 
11
Creta, Rubra........... 
® 
8
Crocus....................   26®  30
Cudbear..................   @  24
Cupri  Sulph............   6M@ 
8
Dextrine................. 
7®  10
Ether Sulph............   76®  90
Emery, all numbers. 
® 
8
Emery, po................ 
6
® 
E rgota......... po. 90  86®  90
Flake  White........... 
12®  15
Galla.......................   @  23
Gambler................. 
8® 
9
Gelatin,  Cooper......   @  60
Gelatin, French......  
35®  60
75 &  5
Glassware,  flint, box 
Less than box...... 
70
Glue, brown............  
11®  13
Glue,  white............  
16®  25
Glycerina:...............   17M®  25
Grana Paradis!........  @  25
Hum ulus.................   26®  66
Hydrarg  Chlor  Mite  @ 1 00 
Hydrarg Chlor Cor..  @  90
Hydrarg Ox Bub’m.  @ 1  10 
Hydrarg Ammoniati 
® 1  20 
HydrargU nguentum  60®  60
Hydrargyrum.........   @  86
IchthyoDolla, Am...  66®  70
Indigo.....................   76®  1  00
Iodine,  Besubl........  3 40® 3 60
Iodoform.................  3 86® 4 00
Lupulin....................
Lycopodium.............
acls......................
« 8
Liquor Arsen et  Hy­
drarg Iod..............
O
LlquorPotassArsinlt 
2® 
Magnesia,  Sulph.... 
Magnesia, Sulph, bbl  @ 
Manilla, 8. F ......... 
to®

*\  s

i x

A  f  «4

Whiskey

The  Whiskey  Trust  has  advanced 
[ the  price  of  all  Kentucky  Bourbon 
^  and  Pennsylvania  Rye whiskey  con- 
^  trolled  by  them,  We  call  attention 
to  two  brands  which  we  offer .at 
old prices.

Druggists’
Old  Bourbon
Druggists’ 
Favorite  Rye

Three  years  old,  101  proof,  guar­
anteed pure  and  unadulterated.
Hazeltine  &  Perkins 

Drug  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

28

M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

GROCERY  PRICE  CURRENT

These quotations are  carefully  corrected  weekly,  within  six  hours  of  mailing, 
and are intended to be correct at time of going to  press.  Prices,  however,  are  lia­
ble to change at any  time,  and  country  merchants  will  have  their  orders  filled  at 
market prices at date of purchase.

ADVANCED
Refined  Sugar 
Chewing  G am

DECLINED
Package Coffee 
Cheese

CATSUP

Columbia,  pints.................. 2 oo
Columbia, M pints...............l  25

CARBON  OILS 

B arrels

Eocene.......................   @ll
Perfection...................  @10
Diamond White.........   @9
_S. Gasoline.............   @11
Deodorized Naphtha..  @10
Cylinder.....................29  @34
Engine....................... 19  @22
Black, winter..............  @10M
CHEESE
Acme.......................  
®1U4
Amboy....................   H@iiM
Elsie......................... 
@12
Emblem..................  
@
Gem......................... 
@  .
Gold Medal.............. 
@H
Ideal......................
Jersey......................
Riverside.................  
Brick.......................  
Edam....................... 
Leiden....................  
Limburger...............  
Limburger...............
Pineapple...............  
Sap  Sago................. 
CHEWING GUM 
American Flag Spruce—  
Beeman’s Pepsin.............  
Black Jack....................... 
Largest Gum  Made.........  
Sen Sen  ,..........................  
Sen Sen Breath Perfume., 
Sugar  Loaf......... ^............ 
Yucatan............................ 
Bulk....................................  5
Bed.......... .......................... 7
Eagle....................................  4
Franck’s .............................   6M
Schener’s .............................  6

@11V4
14@15
@90
@17
13@14
50075
19@20

56
60
55
60
66
l 00
55
56

CHICORY

CHOCOLATE 

Ambrosia

Runkel Bros.

Walter Baker & Co.’s.

Ambrosia Sweet..................   21
Household Sweet.................  19
Ambrosia Premium............   32
Yankee  Premium...............   31
German Sweet....................   23
Premium.............................   31
Breakfast Cocoa..................   46
Vienna Sweet....................  21
Vanilla................................   28
Premium.............................  31
Cotton, 40 ft.  per doz..........l oo
Cotton, 50 ft. per doz........... 120
Cotton, 60 ft. per doz.......... l 40
Cotton, 70 ft. per doz.......... l 60
Cotton, 80 ft.  per doz..........l 80
Jute, 60 ft. per doz..............  80
Jute. 72 ft. per doz...... ,... 
95

CLOTHE8  LINES

COCOA

Ambrosia, M lb. tin cans... 
Ambrosia, M lb. tin cans...
Cleveland.............................   41
Colonial, ms  .......................   38
Colonial, Ms.........................  S3
Epps.....................................  42
uyler.................................  45
Van Houten, Ms..................   12
Van Houten, Ms..................   20
38
Van Houten, Ms............ 
Van Houten,  is ..................  70
Webb................................  
30
Wilbur, Ms.  .......................   41
Wilbur. Ms...........................  42
20 lb. bags
Less quantity.............
Pound packages........
COFFEE 
Roasted

COCOA  SHELLS 

__ HIGH GRAM.
J r w m  grae
Coffees

Special Combination........... 15
French Breakfast................171
Lenox, Mocha & Java.........21
Old Gov’t Java and Mocha..24 
Private Estate, Java & Moc 26 
Supreme, Java and Mocha .27 
Dwlnell-Wright  Co-’s Brands
White House, 60-ls............. 29
White House, 30-2S.............28
. .21M
Excelsior M. & J., 60-ls.. 
Excelsior M. & J., 30-2S.......20V
Royal Java.......................... 26M
Royal Java & Mocha...........26M
Arabian  Mocha  .................28M
Aden Moch..........................22M
Mocha & Java Blend.......... 23
Fancy Maricaibo................ 18M
Javo Blend..........................17
Golden Santos.....................17
Ja-Mo-Ka........................... 16M
Excelsior Blend...................14M
No. 55 Blend........................14
Common..............................10M
F a ir.................................... 11
Choice................................. 13
Fancy.....................•••••....... 15
Common..............................ll
F air.................................... 14
Choice................................. 15
Fancy................................. 17
Peaberry............................. 13
F air.................................... 12
Choice.................................16
Choice.................................16
Fancy..................................17

Maracaibo

Mexican

Santo«

Rio

G uatem ala

Ja v a

Choice...................................16
African................................ 12M
Fancy African.................... 17
"  G. . .................................. 25
G..................................... 29
Arabian................................ 21

Mocha
Package

New York Basis.

Arbuokle............................ 12
Dilworth....^.................... 12
Jersey................................. 12
Lion.............................    .12
M cLaughlin’s XXXX 
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mall all  orders 
direct  to W.  F.  McLaughlin & 
Co., Chicago.
Valley City M  g ro ss-.........  75
Felix M gross.................  . 1 1 5
Hummel's foil M gross........  85
Hummel’s tin M gross........ 1 43

E xtract

Substitutes

Crushed Cereal Coffee Cake
packages, M case..................l 75
CONDENSED  M ILK 

24 packages,  1 c a s e ........... 3 50

4 doz In case.

 

COUPON  BOOKS 

Gall Borden Eagle...................6 40
Crown....................................... 6 25
Daisy........................................ 5 75
Champion................................4 50
Magnolia..................................4 25
Challenge.................................3 75
Dime........................  
Leader..................................... 3 80
50books,any  denom...  1 50 
100 books, any  denom...  2 50 
500 books, any  denom...  ll 50 
{ooo books, any  denom...  20 00 
Above quotations are for either 
Tradesman, Superior, Economic 
or  Universal  grades.  Where
1,000 books are ordered at a time 
customer receives  sp e c ia lly  
printed  cover  without  extra 
charge.

Coupon  Pass  Books 
Can be made to represent any 
denomination from $10 down.
50  books.......................  
l  50
100  books.......................  2  50
500  books.......................   u   50
,000  books..............................20 oo
500, any one denom........  2 00
,000, any one denom........  3 00
^,000, any one denom........  5 00
Steel  punch...................... 
75
The National Biscuit Co. quotes 

Credit Checks

CRACKERS 

as follows:

B u tter

Soda

7M
6M

Oyster

Seymour............................  6
New York........................  
6
Family...........- ............... 
6
6
Salted................................ 
6M
Wolverine......................... 
Soda  XXX....................... 
6M
Soda, City......................... 
8
Long Island Wafers.........  13
Zephyrette........................  13
F a u st............................... 
Farina................ .............   6
Extra Farina.................... 
Sal tine Oyster..................   6
Sweet  Goods —Boxes
Animals ............................  10
Assorted  Cake.................  10
Belle Rose......................... 
8
Bent’s Water....................  16
Cinnamon Bar...................  9
Coffee Cake,  Iced............   10
Coffee Cake. Java......... 10
Cocoanut Macaroons........  18
Cocoanut Taffy.................  10
Cracknells.........................  16
Creams, Iced.................... 
8
Cream Crisp.....................   10M
Cubans.............................  
liM
Currant Fruit...................  12
Frosted Honey.................   12
9
Frosted Cream................. 
Ginger Gems, 1’ige orsm’U  8 
6
Ginger  Snaps, N. B. C —  
Gladiator......  .................  10M
Grandma Cakes...............  
9
Graham Crackers............  
8
Graham  Wafers...............   12
Grand Bapids  Tea...........  16
Honey Fingers.................  12
Iced Honey Crumpets......  10
Imperials.......................... 
8
Jumbles, Honey...............   12
Lady Fingers....................  12
Lemon Snaps....................   12
Lemon Wafers.................  16
Marshmallow...................   16
Marshmallow Creams......   16
Marshmallow Walnuts.  ..  16
Mary Ann......................... 
8
Mixed Picnic....................   11M
MUk Biscuit......................  7M
Molasses  Cake................. 
8
Molasses Bar....................  9
Moss Jelly Bar.................  12M
Newton.............................   12
Oatmeal Crackers.............  8
Oatmeal Wafers...............   12
Orange Crisp.................... 
9
9
Orange Gem...................... 
Penny Cake......................  8
7M
Pilot Bread, XXX............  
Pretzelettes, hand made.. 
8
Pretzels, hand  made.......  
8
Scotch Cookies.................   9
Sears’ Lunch....................   7M
Sugar Cake.......................  8
Sugar Cream, XXX.........   8

Sugar Squares................... 
8
Sultanas............................  13
Tutti Fruttt.......................  16
Vanilla Wafers.................  16
Vienna Crimp................... 
8
CREAM  TARTAR
5 and 10 lb. wooden boxes......30
Bulk in sacks...........................29

D RIED   FRUITS 

Apples

8@10

California F ru its

Sundried.........................  @4M
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes.  @5M 
Apricots..................... 
Blackberries..............
Nectarines.................
Peaches......................8  @11
Pears..........................
Pitted Cherries........... 
Prunnelles.................
Raspberries ...............
100-120 25 lb.Roxes........  @ 3M
90-100 25 lb. boxes........  @4
80-9025lb. boxes........  @ 4M
70-8025lb.boxes........  @ 5M
60 - 70 25 lb. boxes........  @ 5M
50 - 60 25 lb. boxes........  @ 6M
W-OV AI Ui, UUACO........
1 TU
30 - 40 25 lb. boxes........
8*4

California Prunes

M cent less in 50 lb. cases .

7M

Citron

...ll

Peel

C urrants

Leghorn.......................... ...... 11
Corsican.......................... ...... 12
California, 1 lb.  package. ...lOM
Imported, l lb package..
Imported, bulk"............... ...lOM
3 36
Citron American 19 lb. bx... 13 
Lemon American 10 lb. bx.. 10M 
Orange American 10 lb. bx.. 10M 
London Layers 2 Crown.
London Layers 3 Crown. 
1  '5
Cluster 4 Crown............
6M
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
6
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
7
L. M., Seeded, 1  lb........ 
8
L. M., Seeded, X  lb__  7  @
Sultanas, b u lk ....................
Sultanas, package..............

Raisins

1  90

Beans

Cereals

FARINACEOUS GOODS 
Dried Lima............ -............  7
Medium Hand Picked 
Brown Holland....................
Cream of Cereal...................  90
Graln-O, small......................... 1 36
Grain-O, large.......................... 2 25
Grape Nuts............................... 1 35
Postum Cereal, small..........l  35
Postum Cereal, large.......   2 25
241 lb. packages...................... l 60
Bulk, per 100 Tbs....................... 3 00
Flake, 50 lb. sack............... 
Pearl,  200 lb. bbl...................... 2 40
Pearl, 1001b. sack.....................1 17
M accaroni and V erm icelli
Domestic, 10 lb. box............   60
Imported, 25 lb. box.............2 50
Common...................................2 40
Chester..................................... 2 90
Empire......................................3 40

P earl B arley

H om iny

F arin a

80

G rits

Walsh-DeBoo Co.’s Brand.

Peas

Rolled  Oats

24 2 lb. packages...........— 2 00
100 ft.  kegs............................... 3 00
200 ft. barrels...........................5 70
100 lb. bags................................2 90
Green, Wisconsin, bu..........1  30
Green, Scotch, bu.....................1 40
Spilt,  lb...............................  3
Rolled Avena, bbl.....................4 00
Steel Cut, 100 lb. sacks....  2  10
Monarch, bbl............................3 70
Monarch, M bbl........................2 00
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks..........1  80
Quaker, cases...........................3 20
East India...........................   2X
German, sacks....................   3X
German, broken package..  4 
Flake,  liolb. sacks............   4m
Pearl, 130 lb. sacks..............  3%
Pearl, 241 lb.  packages...... 6
Cracked, bulk......................  314
24 2 ft. packages...................... 2 50
FLAVORING EXTRACTS

Tapioca

W heat

Sago

FOOTE A JE R K S’

JAXON

H ighes^G rad^Extract*^
Vanilla 

Lemon

1 oz full m  l  20  1 oz full m  80
2 oz full m.2  10  2 oz full m. 1  25 
No.3fanV.3  15  No.3fan*y.l 75

Index to  Markets

B y Columns

A

col.
Akron  Stoneware.................  15
l
Alabastlne.............................. 
Ammonia................................  
l
Axle Grease............................  
l

B

f

C

D

G
H

I
J
L

Baking Powder........................  1
Bath  Brick.............................. 
l
Bluing.....................................   J
Brooms....................................  J
Butter Color............................  2
Candies.................................   14
Candles....................................  2
Canned Goods.........................  2
Catsup.....................................  3
Carbon Oils............................  3
Cheese.....................................   3
Chewing Gum.........................  3
Chicory....................................  3
Chocolate.................................  3
Clothes Lines...........................  3
Cocoa......................................   3
Cocoa Shells............................  3
Coffee.....................................   3
Condensed Milk......................  4
Coupon Books.........................  4
Crackers.................................  4
Cream T artar.........................  5
Dried  Fruits...........................  5
Farinaceous  Goods................  5
Fish and Oysters....................  13
Flavoring Extracts.................   5
Fly  Paper...............................   6
Fresh Meats...........................   6
Fruits.....................................  14
Grains and Flour............ 
6
H erbs....................................  8
Hides and Pelts.....................  13
Indigo....................................  8
Jelly......................................  <
Lamp Burners.......................  l
Lamp Chimneys....................  15
Lanterns...............................   15
Lantern  Globes....................  15
Licorice............................
Lye....................................
Matches............................
Meat Extracts...................
Molasses...........................
Mustard............................
Nuts.......................................  14
Oil Cans................................   15
Olives.....................................   7
Oyster Pails............................  7
Paper Bags.............................   7
P u ls Green............................  7
Pickles.....................................  7
Pipes.......................................  7
Potash.....................................  7
Provisions...............................  7
Bice........................................   8
Saleratus.................................  8
Sal Soda..................................   8
Salt..........................................  8
Salt  Fish................................   8
Sauerkraut..............................  9
Seeds.......................................  9
Shoe Blacking.........................  9
Snuff.......................................  9
Soap........................................   9
Soda.........................................  9
Spices..............- ...................  9
Starch.....................................  10
Stove Polish...........................  10
Sugar......................................  10
Syrups.....................................  9
Table Sauce...........................   12
Tea.........................................   li
Tobacco.................................   ll
Twine.....................................  12
Vinegar.................................   12
Washing Powder...................   12
Wlcking.................................   13
Wooden ware..........................  13
Wrapping Paper....................  13
Yeast Cake.............................  13

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8

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ALABASTINE

White in drums................... 
9
Colors In drums...................  10
White in packages..............  10
Colors In packages..............  H

Less 40 per cent discount. 

AMMONIA

Per Doz.
Arctic 12 oz. ovals...............   7B
Arctic pints, round..............1  10

A X L»  GREASE
aurora 
.................. ..56 
Castor  Oil....................60 
Diamond......................50 
Frazer’s .......................75 
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75 

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

Mica, tin boxes.........75 
Paragon.....................56 

BAKING  POW DER 

9 00
6 00

Acme

14 lb. cans 3 doz.................   45
M lb. cans 3 doz.................   75
i 
lb. cans l  doz................. l  oo
Bulk.....................................   10
6 oz. Eng. Tumblers.............  86

A rctic
Egg

M lb. cans,  4 doz. case.......3 75
M lb. cans,  2 doz. case.......3 75
l lb. cans,  1 doz. case....... 3 75
5 lb. cans,  M doz. case....... 8 00

JAXON

Queen  Flake

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

BATH  BRICK

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

BLUING

Small 3 doz..........................   40
Large, 2 doz.........................  75
Arctic, 4 oz, per gross........4 00
Arctic, 8 oz, per gross........  5 00
Arctic, pints, per  gross—   9 00

BROOMS

No. l Carpet..........................2 50
No. 2 Carpet..........................2 15
No. 3 Carpet..........................l 85
No. 4 Carpet..........................l 60
Parlor  Gem..............................2 40
Common Whisk...................  85
Fancy Whisk............................ 1 10
Warehouse............................... 3 26

BRUSHES

Scrub

Shoe

Solid Back,  8ln..................   45
Solid Back, ll In .................   95
Pointed Ends.......................  85
No. 8...................................... 1 00
No. 7.......................................1 30
No. 4...................................... 1 70
NO. 3...................................... 1 90
No. 3.....................................  75
No. 2...................................... 1 10
NO. 1...................................... 1 75

Stove

BUTTER  COLOR 

Corn

Beans

B lackberries

Clam  Bouillon

CANNED  GOODS 

W., B. & Co.’s, 15c size....  1 25
W., B. & Co.’s, 25c size 
  2 00
CANDLES
Electric Light, 8s................. 12
i  Electric Light, 16s...............12M
'  Paraffine, 6s.........................10M
Paraffine, 12s....................... u
...........................29
Wlcking 
Apples
70 
31b. Standards........
Gallons, standards..
2  00
75
Standards ................
Baked......................  l oo@i  ao
Bed  Kidney............. 
75®  85
String......................
Wax.........................
B laeberries
85
Standard....................
Brook  T rout
2 lb. cans, Spiced.............. 
l  90
Clams.
1  00 
Little Neck, l lb......
1  50
Little Neck. 2 lb___
Burnham’s, M pint...........  1  92
Burnham's, pints..............  3 60
Burnham’s, quarts...... .
20
Cherries
85 
Bed  Standards...........
1  15
White.........................
65
Fair..........................
80
Good........................
95
Fancy......................
French  Peas
Sur Extra Fine............
2219
Extra  Fine...................
15
Fine...............................
11
Moyen..........................
Gooseberries
90
Standard................
Hom iny
Standard  ................
85
Lobster
1  85 
Star, M lb...............
3 40
Star, 1  lb.................
2 35
Picnic Tails............
M ackerel
1 75
Mustard, lib ...........
2 80
Mustard, 21b...........
1 75
Soused, l lb..............
2 80
Soused, 2 lb............
1 75
Tomato, lib .............
2 80
Tomato, 21b.............
18@20
Hotels.......................
22@25
Buttons....................
Oysters
Cove, l lb.................
Cove, 2 lb.................  
Cove, l lb Oval........
Peaches
P ie...........................
Yellow.....................  1  66@1  85
Pears
70
Standard.................
80
Fancy.......................
1 00 
Marrowfat..............
1  00 
Early June..............
1  60
Early June  Sifted..
Pineapple
Grated.....................  1  25@2  75
Sliced.......................   1  35@2  56
P um pkin
F a ir.........................
Good.......................
Fancy ......................
R aspberries
Standard..................
Russian  Cavier
14 lb. cans..........................  3
M lb, cans..........................  7
l lb. can...........................   12
@1
Columbia Blver, tails 
sal
Columbia River, flats 
Bed Alaska...... ....... 
l  28@ i
Pink Alaska............ 
l  00@l
Shrim ps
Standard.................  
l
Sardines
Domestic, 148...........
Domestic, £ s .........
Domestic,  Mustard.
California, ms.........
California Ms...........
French, Ms..............
French, Ms..............
Standard.................
Fancy......................  
Succotash
Fair..........................
Good........................ 
Fancy......................  
Tomatoes
F air.........................
Good........................
Fancy......................  
Gallons..................... 

Straw berries

M ushrooms

Salmon

l 56
95

Peas

85

1
l

l
2

l

11@14
17@24
7@14
18@38

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

SEEDS

W hitefish

100  lb s........ 
40 lbs........... 
10 lb s........ 
8 lbs........... 

9
No. 1  No. 2  Fam
3 00
7 00 
3  10  1  60
85 
45
39
71 
Anise...................................   9
Canary, Smyrna..................   4
Caraway............................... 8
Cardamon, Malabar.............60
Celery................................... 12
Hemp, Russian...................’  4M
Mixed Bird........................... 4M
Mustard, white....................  9
Poppy................................... 10
Rape...................................   4M
Cuttle Bone......   ............... ..15
Handy Box, large..............  2 50
Handy Box, small..............  1 25
Blxby’s Royal Polish........ 
85
Miller’s Crown  Polish...... 
85
Scotch, in bladders................  37
Maccaboy, in jars................  35
French Rappee, in jars......   43
B. T. Babbit brand—

SHOE  BLACKING

Babbit’s Best...................  4 00

SNUFF

SOAP

Beaver Soap Co. brands

10

P u re  Cane

F air.....................................  16
Good...................................   20
Choice................................   25

STARCH

Kinggford’s Corn

40 l-lb. packages...............   6M
20 l-lb. packages...............  6M
6 lb. packages...............  
7M
K ingsford’s Silver Gloss
40 l-lb. packages...............  
7
6 lb. boxes.......................  7M

Common Gloss

l-lb. packages..................   4M
3-lb. packages...................  4M
6-lb. packages..................  
5
40 ana 50-lb. boxes............   M
Barrels............................. ~  3)4

2 9

II

No.  8................................  4 70
No.  9................................   4
No. 10................................   4
No. 11................................   4
No. 12................................   4
No. 13................................   4
No. 14................................  4
No. 15................................  4
No. 16................................  4

TEA
Jap an

Sundried, medium.............. 28
Sundrled, 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@21
Fannings....................... 20@22

Gunpowder

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

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Vanilla 

Lemon

2 ozpanel..1  20  2 ozpanel.  75
3 oz taper..2 00  4 oz taper. .1  50 

Jennings’

A rctic

2 oz. full meas. pure Lemon.  75
2 oz. full meas. pure Vanilla. 1 20 
2 oz. oval Vanilla Tonka....  75
2 oz. oval Pure Lemon.........  75

B ig Value

Reg. 2 oz. D. C. Lemon.......   75
No. 4 Taper D. C. Lemon... 1  52
Reg. 2 oz. D. C. Vanilla.......1  24
No. 3 Taper D. G. Vanilla.. .2 08 
2 oz. Vanilla Tonka.............   70
2 oz. flat Pure Lemon...........  70
Tanglefoot, per doz.............   35
Tanglefoot, per case...........3 20

FLY  PA PER

Standard

FRESH  MEATS 

Beef

P ork

Carcass.......................  6 @ 8
Forequarters.........  
5M©  6
Hindquarters.........  
7M@  9
Loins No. 3..............  10  @14
Ribs.........................  10  @13
Rounds.................... 
7M@  8
Chucks....................  5M@ 6
Plates........................  
4 @5
Dressed...................
@  7 
Loins.......................
@10 @ sy, 
Boston Butts...........
Shoulders................
@  8M 
Leaf  Lard................
@ 8
M utton
Carcass.................... 
8M@ 0
Spring Lambs.........  
9  @10
9
Carcass......................   8
GRAINS  AND- FLOUR 

Veal

W heat

72

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

W inter W heat F lour 

Local Brands

Spring W heat F lour 

Olney & Judson’s Brand

Worden Grocer Co.’s  Brand

Patents.............................  4 25
Second Patent..................   3 75
Straight.............................  3 55
Clear................................   3  15
Graham............................  3 25
Buckwheat.......................  4 40
Rye...................................   3 25
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour In bbls., 25c per  bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Bamhart-Putman’s Brand
Diamond Ms...... ..............   3  75
Diamond Ms.....................   3 75
Diamond Ms......................  3  75
Quaker Ms........................   3 80
Quaker Ms........................  3 80
Quaker Ms~......................  8  80
Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.’s Brand
Plllsbury’s  Best Ms.........   4 50
Plllsbury’s  Best Ms.........   4 40
Plllsbury’s  Best Ms.........   4 30
Plllsbury’s Best Ms paper.  4 30 
Plllsbury’s Best Ms paper.  4  30 
Ball-Barn hart-Putman’s Brand
Duluth  Imperial Ms«.......   4 40
Duluth  Imperial Ms.........  4 30
Duluth  Imperial Ms.........  4 20
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand
Wlngold  Ms.................... 
4  30
Wlngold  Ms.................... 
4 20
Wlngold  Ms.................... 
4  10
Ceresota Ms......................  4  so
Ceresota Ms......................  4 40
Ceresota Ms......................  4  30
Laurel  Ms.................. 
4  40
 
Laurel  Ms.........................  4  30
Laurel Ms and Ms paper.. 
4 20
Bolted............................... 2 00
Granulated.......................
210
Car  lots............................. 30M
32 M
Car lots, clipped...............
Less than car lots............
St. Car Feed, screened.... 18 00
No. 1 Corn and  Oats........ 17 50
Unbolted Corn  Meal........ 17 00
Winter Wheat Bran......... 17 00
Winter Wheat  Middlings. 17 50
Screenings..................
16 00
Corn, car  lots..............
45
No. 1 Timothy car lots.... 11  50
No. 1 Timothy ton lots__
12 50
...15
Sage..................................
Hops........................
...15
Laurel Leaves...................
Senna Leaves...................
...25
Madras, 5 lb. boxes.........
...55
8. F., 2, a and 6 lb. boxes.. 
...50
6 lb. palls.per doz...........
1  85
.  35
151b. palls.........................
301b. palls................... .  62

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

Feed  and MUlstuflb

Corn
H ay

INDIGO

HERBS

JELLY

Meal

Oats

7

LICORICE

Pure....................................   30
Calabria...............................  23
Sicily.................................... 
is
Root..................................... 
io
Condensed, 2 doz................l  20
Condensed, 4 doz................ 2 25

LYE

MATCHES

No. 200 Lookout, 144 bx...... 1  25
No. 500 Select Society, 144...4 00 
No. 200 Williams Perfect, 14-t.l  35
No.  2 Lily, 144 boxes.........l  15
No. 100 Park, 432 boxes.......2  86
No.  80 Poetry, 720 boxes.... 4 00 
Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No. 9 sulphur...................... i  65
Anchor Parlor.................... i  so
No. 2 Home......................... l  30
Export Parlor......................4 oo
Wolverine.............................i  so
MEAT EXTRACTS
45
Armour & Co.’s, 4 oz........ 
Liebig’s, 2 oz.................... 
75

MOLASSES 
New  Orleans

Fancy Open Kettle..........  
Choice............................... 
F air..................................  
Good.................................  

Half-barrels 2c extra 
MUSTARD

40
36
26
22

OLIVES

PA PER   BAGS

OYSTER PAILS

Ask your Jobber for them.

Horse Radish, l doz............l 75
Horse Radish, 2 doz............3 so
Bayle’s Celery, l doz...........l  75
Bulk, 1 gal. kegs...............   1  25
Bulk, 3 gal. kegs...............   1  10
Bulk, 5 gal. kegs...............   1  00
Manzanilla, 7 oz...............  
go
Queen, pints.....................   2  35
Queen, 19  oz.....................   4  so
Queen, 28  oz.....................   7  00
Stuffed, 5 oz...................... 
90
Stuffed, 8 oz.....................   1  45
Stuffed, 10 oz....................  2 30
Victor, pints............................10 00
Victor, quarts......................... 15 00
Victor, 2 quarts......................20 00
Continental  Paper  Bag  Co.
Glory  Mayflower 
Satchel  & Pacific 
Bottom 
Square
50
60
80
1  00
1  25
1  45
1  70
2 00
2 40
2 60
3  15
4  15
4 50
5 00
5 50

.........   28
M........
.........   34
M........
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
25.........
Sugar
Red....
Gray.
PARIS GREEN
Bulk...............................
Packages, M lb., each...
Packages, M lb., each  ..
Packages,  lib.,each...

...14
...18
...17
...16

4M
4M

......  

PICKLES
Medium

Small

Barrels, 1,200 count......
...4 50
Half bbls, 600 count......
...2 75
Barrels, 2,400 count......
...5 50
Half bbls, 1.200 count...
...3 30
Clay, No. 216..................
...1 70
Clay, T. D„ full count 
_
Cob, No. 3............................  85
POTASH 

PIPES

48 cans In case.

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

PROVISIONS, 
B arreled P ork

D ry  Salt Meats

Smoked  Meats 

Mess......................... 
@16 50
Back.......................   @is 50
Clear back...............   @17 00
Short cut................. 
@17 00
P ig..........................   @19 00
Bean......................... 
@12  26
Family Mfess......... 
@14 bo
Rump Butts Beef....  @11 50
Bellies...................... 
94
Briskets..................  
9M
Extra shorts............  
8M
Hams, 121b. average.  @  UM
Hams, Mlb.average.  @  11
Hams, 16 lb. average.  @  10M
Hams, 20 lb. average.  @  104
Ham dried beef......  
@12
Shoulders (N.Y.cut)  @  7M
Bacon, clear............   iom@  UM
California hams......   @  8
Boneless hams........  @  11
Boiled Hams.......... 
@16
Picnic Boiled Hams  @  11
@  8M
Berlin  Hams.......... 
Mince Hams.........  
@  9
Compound...............  
Kettle......................  
Vegetole................ 
601b. Tubs., advance 
80 lb. Tubs.. advance 
501b. Tins... advance 
20 lb. Palls, .advance 
10 lb. Pails., advance 
5 lb. Palls.. advance 

Lards—In Tierces

6%
9
a%
M
M
M
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Ji

1

8

 

Beef

Tripe

1
5M
e
7M
7M
6M
9
6

10  75
11  50
11  50
150
3 50
70
125
2 25
21
3
10
60

3 lb. Pails.. advance 
Sausages
Bologna................. 
Liver.......................  
Frankfort................ 
P o rk .......................  
Blood.......................  
Tongue.................... 
Headcheese.............  
Extra Mess.............. 
Boneless..................  
Rump...................... 
Pigs’  Feet
M bbls., 40 lbs.........  
M bbls., 80 lbs.........  
Kits, 15  lbs.............. 
Mbbis., 40 lbs.........  
M bbls., 80 lbs.........  
Casings
P o rk .......................  
Beef rounds............  
Beef middies........... 
Sheep....................... 
B utterlne
Solid, dairy..............  11  @13
Rolls, dairy..............  HM@13M
Rolls, creamery......  
u yt
Solid, creamery......  
14
2 75
Corned beef, 2 lb.... 
17 50
Corned beef, 14 lb... 
Roast beef, 2 lb........ 
2 75
Potted ham,  Ms......  
60
Potted ham,  Ms......  
90
Deviled ham, Ms__  
50
Deviled ham, Ms.... 
90
Potted tongue,  Ms.. 
60
Potted tongue,  Ms.. 
90
RICE 
Domestic

Canned  Meats 

Carolina head...................... 7
Carolina No. 1 ......................5M
Carolina No. 2 ...................... 4M
Broken..................................4J4
Japan,  No. l ................5M@6
Japan,  No. 2................4M@5
Java, fancy head..........5  @5M
Java, No. 1................... 6  @
Table...............................  @

Im ported.

SALERATUS 

Packed 60 lbs. in box. 

Church’s Arm and Hammer. 3  15
Deland’s...............................3 00
Dwight’s Cow......................3  15
Emblem...............................2  10
D-  F .....................................3 00
Sodlo................................... 3 00
Wyandotte, 100 Ms..............3 00
Granulated, bbls.................  80
Granulated, 100 lb. cases....  90
Lump, bbls...........................  
7E
Lump, 145 lb. kegs.................  80

SAL  SODA

SALT
Buckeye

Common  Grades

Diam ond Crystal 

100  31b. bags..................... 300
50  61b. bags......................3 00
22 14 lb. bags......................2 75
In 5 bbl. lots  5  per  cent,  dis­
count and one case 24 3 lb. boxes 
free.
Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes.. 1  40 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb. bags.3 00 
Table, barrels, 40 7  lb. bags.2 75 
Butter, barrels, 280 lb. bum.2 66 
Butter, barrels, 2014lb.bags.2 85
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs............   27
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs............  67
10031b. sacks........................ 2 25
60 5 lb. sacks........................ 2 15
2810 lb. sacks.......................2 05
56 lb. sacks.......................   40
281b. sacks.......................   22
561b. dairy in drill bags.....  30
28 lb. dairy in drill bags......   15
561b. dairy In linen sacks...  60 
561b. dairy In linen sacks...  60 
56 lb. sacks..........................   30
Granulated  Fine.................  95
Medium Fine............................ 1 00

Solar Rock
Common

Ashton
H iggins

W arsaw

SALT  FISH 

Cod

T rout

H erring

H alibut.

Georges cured............   @6
Georges genuine........  @ 6M
Georges selected........  @7
Grand Bank...............   @ 6
Strips or  bricks......... 6  @9
Pollock.......................   @ 3M
Strips.......................................10
Chunks....................................12
No. 1100 lbs......................   5 75
No. 1  40 lb8......................   2 60
No; 1  10 lbs......................  
75
No. 1  8 lbs......................  
61
Holland white hoops, bbl.  ll  26 
Holland white hoopsMhbl.  6 00 
Holland white hoop, keg.. 
82 
Holland white hoop mens. 
87
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbs....................  3 00
Round 40 lbs.....................  
l  so
Scaled.............................  
19
Bloaters.............................  1  60
Mess 100 lbs......................   12  25
Mess  40 lbs......................  5 20
Mess  10 lbs......................  
l  38
Mess  8 lbs...................... 
l  13
No. 1100 lbs......................  10 60
No. 1  40 lbs..................  ..  4 50
No. 1  10 lbs......................   1  20
No. 1  8 lbs......................  1 00
No. 2 100 lbs......................   8  25
NO. 2  40 lbs......................   3 60
No. 2  10 lbs......................  
98
No. 2  8 lbs......................  
81

M ackerel

âsü

50 cakes, large size............3 26
100 cakes, large size............6 50
50 cakes, smalt size........... 1  95
100 cakes, small size........... 3 85
Bell & Bogart brands—
Coal Oil Johnny............ 3 90
Peekin......   ................... 4 00
Detroit Soap Co. brands—
'Queen Anne...................   3  15
Big Bargain..............—   1 76
Umpire...........................  2  15
German Family..............  2 45
Dingman.........................  3 85
Santa Claus....................  3 25
Brown............................. 2 40
Fairy...............................  4 00
Naptha...........................  4 00
Oak Leaf......... ..............   3 25
Oak Leaf, bigs...............   400

Dingman Soap Co. brand—
N. K. Fairbanks brands—

Fels brand—
Gowans & Sons brands—

JAXON

Lautz Bros, brands—

Single box.................................3 00
5 box lots, delivered........... 2 95
10 box lots, delivered........... 2 90
Johnson Soap Co. brands—
-  Silver King......................  3 60
Calumet Family.............   2  70
Scotch Family................   2 50
Cuba................................  2 40
50 cakes....................  1  95
Ricker’s Magnetic.........   3 90
Big Acme........................  4 00
Acme 5c..........................   3 25
Marseilles.......................  4 00
Master.............................. 3 70
Lenox......... ;..................  3 00
Ivory, 6oz......................... 4  00
Ivory, 10 oz.....................  6 75
Star...................................3 00
Good Cheer....................  3 80
Old Country....................  3  20
Sapollo, kitchen, 3  doz........ 2 40
Sapollo, hand, 3 doz................. 2 40
Boxes...................................  5M
Kegs, English......................4M

Schultz & Co. brand—
A. B.  Wrisley brands—

Proctor & Gamble brands—

Scouring

SODA

Best Gloss Starch, 50 lb......3
Best Gloss Starch, 40 lb......
Best Gloss Starch,  6 lb......
Best Gloss Starch,  3 lb......
Best Gloss Starch,  1 lb......
W orks:  Venice, 111.
Geneva, 111.

Common Corn

20 l-lb.  packages.............. 
40 l-lb.  packages.............. 
STOVE POLISH

4M
4M

SPICES 

W hole Spices

Allspice............................
Cassia, China In mats......
Cassia, Batavia, In bund... 
Cassia, Saigon, broken....
Cassia, Saigon, In rolls__
Cloves, Amboyna..............
Cloves, Zanzibar...............
Mace................................
Nutmegs,  75-80.................
Nutmegs,  105-10...............
Nutmegs, 115-20................
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper,  Singapore, white.
Pepper, shot......................
Allspice..
Cassia, Batavia.................
Cassia, Saigon..................
Cloves, Zanzibar...............
Ginger, African...............
Ginger, Cochin.................
Ginger,  Jamaica..............
Mace.................................
Mustard............................
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper, Singapore, white. 
Pepper, Cayenne..............
..........

P u re G round in B ulk

SYRUPS

Corn

Barrels........................... ....18
Half bbls....................... ....20
l doz. 1 gallon cans........ . . . 3 00
l doz. M gallon cans...... ....1  70
2 doz. M gallon cans...... ....  90

SUGAR

No. 4,3 doz In case, gross..  4 50 
No. 6,3 doz In case, gross  .  7 20 
Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds  the local 
freight from New York  to your 
shipping point, giving you credit 
on  the Invoice  for  the  amount 
of freight  buyer pays  from  the 
market  in  which  he  purchases 
to his shipping  point,  including 
20 pounds for the weight  of the 
barrel.
Domino.............................  5 95
Cut Loaf...........................   6 95
Crushed............................  5 95
Cubes................................  5 70
Powdered.........................  5 55
Coarse  Powdered.  .........  5 56
XXXX Powdered............   5 60
Standard  Granulated......   5 45
Fine Granulated................  5 45
Coarse Granulated...........  5 55
Extra Fine Granulated....  5 55
Conf.  Granulated.............  5 70
2 lb. bags Fine  Gran........  5 60
5 lb. bags Fine  Gran........  5 f0
Mould A............................  6 80
Diamond A.......................  5 45
Confectioner’8  A..............  5 25
No. 
l, Columbia A..........  5  10
No.  2, Windsor A...........   6 05
No.  3, Ridgewood A........  5 05
No.  4, Phoenix  A...........   500
No.  5, Empire A.............  4 95
No.  6...............................  4 90
No.  7...............................   4 80

CHAS. POPE GLUCOSE CO.

CHICAGO.

Best Cornstarch.................
Neutral Pearl Starch in bbl. 
Neutral Powdered Starch In bbl. 
Best Confect’rs in bbl.,thin boll. 
Best Laundry in  bbl.,  thin boil. 
Chas. Pope Glucose Co.,
Chicago, 111.

Young  Hyson

Choice.................................. 30
Fancy...................................36

Oolong

Formosa, fancy....................42
Amoy, medium....................25
Amoy, choice....................... 32

English B reakfast

Medium................................27
Choice.................................. 34
Fancy...................................42

In d ia

Ceylon, choice..................... 32
Fancy...................................42

TOBACCO

Cigars

A. Bomers’ brand. 

Plaindealer............................ 35 00
Columbian Cigar Co.’s brands.
Little Columbian.................... 35 00
Columbian...............................35 00
Columbian Extra.....................55 00
Columbian Special..................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.

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8. C. W..................................   35 00
Cigar Clippings, per lb......  
Lubetsky Bros.’ Brands.
B. L....................................... $33 00
Gold Star..............................   35 00
Phelps, Brace & Co.’s Brands.
Royal  Tigers..............56@ 80 00
Royal Tlgerettes..................   35 00
Book Filled Tigerettes__  35 00
Female Tigerettes...........  35 00
Night Hawk, concha........  35 00
Night Hawk,  navel.........  35 00
Vincente Portuondo ..35@ 70 OO

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2  75
3  75
4 00

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5 00
5 10
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1 00
1 25
1 35
1 60
3 50
400
4 70

4 00
4 70

1 40
l 68
2 78
3 76
4 85
4 26
4 95
7 26
9 00
8 50
10 60
9 95
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7 40
7 60
7 50
13 50
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They are portable, hang or stand them anywhere.
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Account  File
Simplest and 
Most  Economical 
Method of  Keeping 
Petit Accounts
File and  1,000 printed blank

billheads.......................   $275

File and  1,000 specially

printed bill heads.........   3  00

Printed blank bill heads,

per thousand.................. 
Specially printed bill heads,
per thousand.................  
Tradesman Company,

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Earthenware MeatTuDs

15,20,25,30 gal.  All sizes in stock.  We can ship 
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anywhere if you will get the
Brilliant Gas Lamp.
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•  LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Seconds

Per box of 6 doz.

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

AKRON  STONEWARE 

B utters

94 gal., per doz.................................... 
2 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............................... 
'’burn Dashers, per doz..................... 

M ilkpans

94 gai.  t.ht or rd. bot, per doz............ 
1 gal. nat or rd. bot„ each................. 
Fine Glazed  M ilkpans
94 gal  flat or rd. bot , per doz............ 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each.................  

Stewpans

Ju g s

94 gal. fireproof, bail, per doz............  
1 gal. fireproof, bail, per doz............  

94 gal. per doz.....................................  
94 gal. per doz.....................................  
l to 5 gal., per gal...............................  

Sealing Wax

5 lbs. in package, per lb...................... 

LAMP  BURNERS

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

F irst Q uality

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

XXX  F lin t

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

P earl  Top

No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled........ 
No. 2 Sun, wrapped and labeled........ 
No. 2 hinge, wrapped and labeled...... 
No. 2  Sun,  “Small  Bulb,”  for  Globe
Lamps........................................  

La  Bastie

No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz........... 
No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per doz........... 
No. 1 Crimp, per doz. .*....................... 
No. 2 Crimp, per doz..........................  
No. 1 Lime (65c doz)..........................  
No. 2 Lime (70c doz)..........................  
No. 2 Flint (80c  d o z )" "....................  

Rochester

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

P um p  Cans

LANTERNS

No.  0 Tubular, side lift...................... 
No.  1 B Tubular................................. 
No. 15 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 

P lug

Fine  Cut

H. Van Tongeren’s Brand.

Ruhe Bros. Co............25® 70 00
HUson  CO..................:35@110 00
T. J. Dunn & Co......... 38® 70 00
McCoy & Co................38® 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........5G®125 30
Fulton  Cigar Co........10® 35 00
A. B. Ballard & Co.. ..35®175 00 
E. M. Schwarz & Co...35@ll0 00
San Telmo.................. 35® 70 00
Havana Cigar Co........18® 35 oo
C. Costello & Co......... 38® 70 00
LaGora-Fee Co...........38® 70 00
S. I. Davis & Co......... 36®185 00
Hene & Co.................. 38® 90 00
Benedict & Co.........7.50® 70 oo
Hemmeter Cigar Co. ..35® 70 00 
G.J. Johnson Cigar Co.35® 70 oo 
Maurice Sanborn  —  50®175 00
Bock & Co...................6G@300 00
Manuel  Garcia...........80@375 00
Neuva Muudo.............85@176 00
Henry Clay................. 85@660 oo
La Carolina.................96@200 00
Standard T. & C. Co.  .35® 70 00 
Star G reen...................35  OO
Uncle Daniel........................58
Ojibwa.................................38
Forest  Giant........................38
Sweet Spray........................35
Cadillac................................ 57
Sweet  Loma.........................38
Golden Top......  ..................27
Hiawatha............................. 58
Telegram..............................28
Pay C ar.....................  
33
Prairie Rose......................... 50
Protection............................ 38
Sweet Burley........................40
Sweet Loma......................... 38
Tiger....................................39
Flat  Iron..............................36
Creme de Menthe................60
Stronghold.................. 
  40
Solo.......................................35
Sweet Chunk....................... 37
Forge....................................33
Red Cross............................. 24
Palo..................................... 36
Kylo......................................36
Hiawatha............................. 41
Battle A xe.........................  37
American Eagle................... 34
Standard Navy.....................38
Spear Head, 16 oz................43
Spear Head.  8oz......... ..  .45
Nobby Twist........................49
Jolly T ar..............................39
Old Honesty......................... 45
Toddy................................... 34
J. T .......................................38
Piper Heldsick.................... 64
Boot Jack............................. 81
Jelly Cake............................ 36
Plumb Bob...........................32
Hand Pressed...................... 46
Double  Cross...................... 37
Sweet Core................  
40
Flat Car...........................-...37
Great Navy...........................37
W arpath..............................27
Bamboo,  8oz...................... 29
Bamboo. 16 oz...................... 27
I XL,  61b...........................28
I X L, 30 lb...........................32
Honey Dew......................... 37
Gold  Block...........................37
Flagman..............................40
Chips....................................35
Kiln Dried...........................23
Duke's Mixture................... 40
Duke's Cameo......................40
Honey Dip Twist................. 39
Myrtle Navy........................40
Turn Yum, 1?* oz..................39
Yum Yum, 1 lb. pails...........37
Cream...................................37
Com Cake, 214 oz................. 25
Com Cake, lib .................... 23
Plow Boy, 19* oz...................37
Plow Boy, 39* oz...................35
Peerless, 39* oz.................... 34
Peerless, 19* oz.................... 36
Indicator, 294 oz...................28
Indicator, 1 lb. pails........... 31
Col. Choice, 294 oz................21
Col. Choice. 8 oz...................21

Smoking

TABLE  SAUCES
LEA & 
PERRINS’ 
SAUCE

TW INE

The Original and 
Genuine 
Woreesters hire.
Lea & Perrin's, large— .  3 75
.  2 60
Lea & Perrin's, small...
Halford, large...............
.  3 75
Halford, small...............
.  2 25
Salad Dressing, large...
.  4 56
.  2 75
Salad Dressing, small...
Cotton, 3 ply..................
...20
Cotton, 4 ply................... ....20
Hemp, 6 ply..................
....12
Flax, medium...............
...20
...  8
Wool, 1 lb. balls............
VINEGAR
Malt White Wine, 40 grain..  8 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain.. 11 
Pure Cider, B. & B. brand.  . 11
Pure Cider, Red Star...........12
Pure Cider, Robinson......... 11
Pure Cider. Silver............... ll
WASHING  POW DER
Gold Dust, regular..............4 50
Gold Dust, 5c......................400

CANDIES 
Stick Cand;

W ICKING

Pearline__ c.............................2 90
Scourine....   ........................3 50
No. 0, per gross.....................20
No. 1, per gross.....................25
No. 9, per gross.................... 35
No. 8. per gross.................... 66

WOODENWARE

Baskets

Tubs

Egg Crates

Mop  Sticks

Toothpicks

Clothes  Pins

B u tter Plates

W ash  Boards

S~ 

Bushels..................................... I 10
Bushels, wide  band..................l 20
M arket................................   30
Splint, large..............................4 00
Splint, medium........................3 75
Splint, small.............................3 50
Willow Clothes, large..........7 00
Willow Clothes, medium...  6 25
Willow Clothes, small..........6 80
No. 1 Oval, 250 in crate........  45
No. 2 Oval, 250 in crate........  50
No. 3 Oval, 250 in crate........  55
No. 6 Oval, 250 in crate........  65
Humpty Dumpty.....................2 25
No. 1, complete...................  30
No. 2, complete...................  25
Round head, 5 gross box__  45
Round head, cartons...........  62
Trojan spring......................  85
Eclipse patent spring........  85
No 1 common.......................  75
No. 2 patent brush holder..  80
12 1b. cotton mop heads...... l  25
Pails
2- 
hoop Standard..l 40
3- 
hoop Standard..1 60
2- wire,  Cable.........................1 50
3- wire,  Cable........................ 1 70
Cedar, all red, brass bound. 1  25
Paper,  Eureka.....................2 25
Fibre.....................................2 40
Hardwood............................ 2 75
Softwood..............................2 75
uet................................ 1 40
.................................... 1  40
20-lnch, Standard, No. 1.......6 00
18-lnch, Standard, No. 2...... 6  00
16-inch, Standard, No. 3.......4 00
20-lnch, Cable,  No. l.............7 00
18-lnch, Cable, No. 2.............6 00
16-inch, Cable,  No. 3.............5 oo
No. 1 Fibre........................... 9 45
No. 2 Fibre........................... 7 96
No. 3 Fibre........................... 7 20
Bronze Globe........................ 2 50
Dewey.................................. l 76
Double Acme........................ 2 78
Single Acme....................   2  26
Double Peerless...............  
0
Single Peerless.....................2 50
Northern Queen..................2 50
Double Duplex.....................3 00
Good Luck..................... 
  2 75
Universal..............................2 26
ll in. Butter.........................  76
13 in. Butter..........................l 00
15 in. Butter.....................  ..1  75
17 in. Butter..........................2 60
19 in. Butter..........................3 00
Assorted 13-15-17...................1 75
Assorted 15-17-19  ................2 50
W RAPPING  PA PER
Common Straw.................  
194
Fiber Manila, white.........  
39*
Fiber Manila, colored......   494
No.  1  Manila....................  
4
Cream  Manila..................  3
Butcher’s Manila..............  29*
Wax  Butter, short  count.  13
Wax Butter, full count__  20
Wax Butter,  rolls.. . ^ . ..  15 
Magic, 3 doz..........................1 00
Sunlight, 3doz...................... l 00
Sunlight, 194  doz.................   50
Yeast Cream, 3 doz...............l 00
Yeast Foam, 3  doz............... 1 00
Yeast Foam, iu   doz...........  50
Per lb.
White fish...................  @ 9
Trout...........................  ®  9
Black Bass.................. 11®  12
Halibut.......................   ®  15
Ciscoes or Herring__   ®  4
Blueflsh.......................  @  10
Live  Lobster...............  @  20
Boiled Lobster...........   @  20
Cod..............................   ®  11
Haddock.....................  ®  7
No. 1 Pickerel.............   ®  9
Pike............................   ®  7
Perch..........................  ®  4
Smoked  White...........   ®  9
Red Snapper..............   ®  11
Col River  Salmon.......  ®  12
Mackerel.....................  ®  16

YEAST  CAKE

FRESH  FISH

Wood  Bowls

HIDES  AND  PELTS 

Hides

@6
@6
® 794
@  6L±
®  9
@ 794
®10
® 89»
50®i  10

The Cappon & Bertsch Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Street,  quotes  as 
follows:
Green  No. 1............  
Green  No. 2............. 
Cured  No. 1............  
Cured  No. 2............  
Calf skins,green No. 1 
Calfsklns,greenNo.2 
Calf skins,cured No. 1 
Calfskins,curedNo.2 
Pelts,  each.............. 
Lamb..............................
Tallow
No. 1......................... 
No. 2........................  
Washed, fine........... 
Washed,  medium... 
Unwashed,  fine......  
1 Unwashed, medium. 

@ 49*
@394
18®20
22®24
12®14
16®18

Wool

Pelts

Mixed Candy

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

Grocers.................... 
Competition............  
Special..................... 
Conserve.................. 
Royal...................... 
Ribbon....................  
Broken....................  
Cut Loaf......... ........  
English Rock........... 
Kindergarten.........  
Bon Ton  Cream......  
French Cream.........  
Dandy Pan.............. 
Hand  Made  Cream
mixed................... 
Crystal Cream mix.. 

bbls .pails 
® 794 
©794 ® 8 
@ 9 
cases 
® 794 
@1094 
@10 ® 8
® 6
@ 7
@ 79*
® 894
@894
@9
@894
@ 9
@ 9
@ 9
@9
@10
@10
@1594
@13

Fancy—In  B ulk 

San Bias Goodies.... 
@12
@994
Lozenges, plain....... 
Lozenges, printed... 
@10
Choc. Drops............  
@1194
Eclipse Chocolates...  @1394
Choc.  Monumentals. 
@14
@16
Victoria Chocolate.. 
@ 5
Gum Drops.............. 
@ 994
Moss  Drops............. 
Lemon Sours........... 
@10
Imperials................. 
@10
Ital. Cream Opera...  @12
Ital. Cream Bonbons
20 lb. palls............  
@12
Molasses  Chews,  15
lb. pails................. 
@14
Pine Apple Ice........ 
@1294
Maroons..................  
@12
Golden Waffles........ 
@12

Fancy—In  5 lb. Boxes

@56
@60
@65
@85
@1  00 
@30 
@75 
@66 
a n  
@60 
@60 
@66 
@55 
80  @90
@66@66
@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.................
Mottoes...................
Cream  Bar..............
Molasses Bar...........
Hand Made Creams. 
Cream Buttons, Pep.
mid  Wlnt..............
String Rook.............
WIntergreen Berries 
Caram els 
No. 1 wrapped,  3  lb.
boxes....................
Pennv Goods...........
FRUITS
Oranges
Florida Russett.......  
Florida Bright........ 
Fancy  Navels.........   2  75@3 50
Extra Choice...........  2 50@3 00
Late Valencias........ 
Medt. Sweets..........
Jamaicas.................
Rodi......................
Lemons
Messina, 300s..........
3 25@3 50
Messina, 360s........... 3  0U ."a 3  50
California 3608......... 3  23@3  50
California 300s......... 3 z5@3 50
Bananas
Medium bunches__ 1 50@1  75
Large  bunches........

3 0033  25

@50
66@60

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Figs

Foreign D ried F ru its
@
@
@ 994
@12
§
@
@
5  ® 59*
@494  ® 6
18

Califomias,  Fancy..
Cal. pkg, 10 lb. boxes
Extra  Choice,  10  lb.
boxes.....................
Fancy, 12 lb. boxes..
Pulled, 6 lb. boxes...
Naturals, in bags....
Dates
Farda in 10 lb. boxes
Fards In 60 lb. cases.
Hallowi....................
lb.  cases, new......
Sairs, 60 lb. cases.
NUTS
Almonds, Tarragona
Almonds,  Ivlea......
Almonas, California,
soft snelled...........
Brazils,....................
Fiibsrts 
.................
Walnuts  Grenobles.
Walnuts soft shelled 
California No. 1...
Table Nuts, fancy...
Table  Nuts,  choice..
Pecais,  Med...........
Pecans, Ex. Large...
Pecans, Jumbos......
Hickory Nuts per bu.
Ohio, new.........
Cocoanuts, full sacks 
Chestnuts, per b u ...
Peanut«
Fancy, H. P.. Suns..
694@
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns
Roasted................  694® 7
@ 
Choice, H. P., Extras 
Choice, H. P., Extras
Roasted.............. 
@
Span.ShlldNo-  ln ’w  7  @8

17@19

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tife. 

in  thougbt*  prompt 

life  before  he  comes  to  a  q“ ick 

Clerks’  Corner.

Paving  the  W ay  for  a  More  Independent  *V*“  UnCOnScious'y.  J>y 

factured  in  a  moment  of  danger.  They 
I have  been  developed  silently,  perhaps
long  practice 
land  persistence.  The  boy  who  has  been
A  clerk  is  likely  to  go  through  many  accustoraed  to  desPise  cowardice,  to  be 
stages  of 
in  action, 
realizing  sense  of  the 
importance  Df  wil1  not  hesitate  when opportunity  offers 
garnering  his  savings  while  yet  young.  r °   roscue  a  life,  even  at  the  risk  of  his
‘ own.  Years  of  small  sacrifices  and  dis­
In  youth—this  is  the  time  to  begin  to 
interested  feelings  have  made  him  cap­
save,  not  when  you  are  fifty. 
It  is  to 
able  of  a  heroic  deed  which  the  world 
sound  a  warning  in  this  direction  to  the 
will  honor.  Whereas, 
young  clerks  who  read  this  department 
resolute  boy,  who does  not  practice  gen-
that  I  mention  this  now. 
I  don’t  be
in  a  young  clerk  being  satisfied Ierous  sacrifices»  will  never  be  a  hero, 
lieve 
with  his  lot  at  any  time. 
chances  were 
his  wav.  So  it  is  with  all
him  anxious  to  better his  condition,  n o 'thrown 
matter  how  favorable  the  position  he  is
holding  may  be  for one  of  his  age.  It’s  the  more  w?  put.h  fortb-  the  more  we 
the  only  way  to get  along,  to  progress.  I bave* 
It’s  ambition  personified  that  I  like  to  and  Leatber  Facts-
see 
t 
com es  the  desirable  fru it—money.  And | Written for the Tradesman, 
w ith 
the  exercise  of
common  sense  comes
tendency  of  man’s  nature 

I 
made assignments and whose assets
Were not half enough to pay his debts—
" Of whom ’twas whispered, though not  so on  the 
I  suppose  all  healthy,  sober-minded  IThat  so“ etthlng  had  stuck  to  the  old  man’s 

a  few  g rain s  of I It matters not what part of the State 
the 

provident I i4lod thIsdeacon whose surname was Applegate, 
F 

in  a  young  clerk.  With  ambition 
.  I 

T.  „  „  . 
Deacon  Applegate m  Dream

v*rtue  is  ready  made.— Shoe

I  like  to  see  although  a 

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the  timid, 

tbousand 

docket,

,  , 

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. 

,

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P°°  6 

ASfS®’

ic  ritrht 

JWh«re he often quoted the Golden Kule.

I  know  a  man—he  is  mar-  I Come with me:  for your soul I wait.’

’
that I Which he said each  Christian  should  take  for  a

, 
is  doing  right.  Truth  it  is  that I And bel,) others along the Narrow Way. 

young  clerks  are  worshipers  of  the I 
Goideo  Calf.  It  seems  to be  the  »antral 
Dent  of  the  greater  part  of  humanity  to  He was superintendent of the Sunday school: 
be  so  And  what  is 
e  so.  A na  w nat  is,  is  right,  bo 
the  deduction  indicates  that  the  ambi-| 
I And ask for help from on hlsrh beside
tious  clerk  who  makes  money  while  I To lire their profession day by day  *
young 
we  should  cultivate  the  habit  of  saving I As he lay on his back, with his mouth open wide 
while  young,  so that  it  may  grow  strong
with  years. 
_•  j __,  . 
ried  and  has  a  young family—who never I Perhaps because it made him  sad 
in  his  fifty  years  has  saved  over  a  hun-1 
rlmrl  rirriUee 
dred  dollars  at  a  time.  I  don  t  believe  |
hlm no ehoiee, however,
he  has  a  hundred  dollars  in  cash  tn   his 
nam e  to-day.  Yet  he  has  m ade  money I Holding his soul Tn such a careless  way
over since  he was nineteen,  and by  dili-  -Whydm“ ^ ™  f
£ ?  ,r
hve  thousand  dollars 
would  become  of  his  young  family  if  he I 
were  taken  permanently  ill? 
I
1 But when they arrived at Heaven’s gate 
I They had not very long to wait,

s t s v s & ^ ' i a s - . d w
J
°f S,D

u  cu  uouara  ln  casn  to  “ is  But hurried along over mountain and river,

in  bank.  What 11 can get ft to Heaven In any old way. 

,. I And he wondered whatever the church would do

I He didn t want to go very bad—

earth ties so tried and  true,

ld  bav:   h*d  ^

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flVng °Pen *,he P°rtal wide.

I To welcome them Into the mansions fair,

Only  the  other  dav  I  was  talking  tn  a I 
vmiy  iuc uiuer  aay  l  was  talking  to a I The grating sound of the massive lock

, I , Come in and make yourself at home,
few  and  far  hptwppn 
iew  ana  ta r  Detween,  so  that  Then we will give you something to do.

lo response to the angel’s gentle knock, 
man—a  faithful  fellow—who  was  tem-  I Proclaimed that some one was waiting there 
nnmrilw  ^rv^n  r»  kin  i..ni. Tj 
poranly  down  on  his  luck. He.bad  been I “ Come right in, deacon!” Saint Peter cried
selling  shoes  on  a  reasonable  salary—11 
think  it  was $15— but  customers  had  of  11 presume you’ll want to look around  some
late  been 
idte  Deen 
his  sales  had  likewise  of  necessity  been |_
few  and  far  between.  His  employer had
chided  him  on  his 
_  , 
. 
muco  custom   of  late  to  the  store,  and  in 11 shouted and prayed when I lived  below ’
his  hot-tempered  way  he  had  replied: 
“ lol
“ If  you  don’t  think  I  am  earning  my I T° s  man who stood not far away, 
salt,  sir,  put  me  on  a  flat  commission | “ Your  sins  were.”—“ Yes,”  said  the  man, 
basis. 
ceni.  nai. 

I’ll  sell  shoes  for  you  for  5  p er|D  ..T,knoY’

inability  to  draw  Is *nine forever and a day.

tu„. I And And a congenial friend or two, 

I  * t s my reward for the powerful way

I But I ve always paid every debt I owe.
1 The deacon blushed and walked away
I With never another word to say.

commission [

3  ' 

c  , 

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3 

3 

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c  . . .   „ 

I  end,« 
I  spoke 

What  was  the  result?  His  em nlnver I 9,lthoi ght he’d flnd a cooler place,

was,  me:  result,  m s  employer  w hen he met one who turned  her accusing  face

I You 11 find those commodities won’t offset

to  him   about  the  caused his mean little soul to writhe and bum

took  him   at  bis  word  and  placed  him  I Upon him, crying. “ Are you devil or human? 
on  a  flat  com m laaion  basis  of  S par cent.
The  first  week  my  friend  did  not  make 19,r a,Sl2ocit51iy worde<l promise fair.
. 
much  out  of  his  5  per  cent,  commis-1 The payment of an honest debt.
sions,  nor  d id   he  the  second  week.  But  And whlChever way his steps he bent, 
the  th ird —¿.aster  was  approaching—he  I As through the golden streets he went
marfo  «iR 
m ade  plo. 
merits  of  working  for  oneself,  of  the I "i!11 at last he fled w,l;h a shout, 
more  independem  life  such  a man  leads P 1 
as compared  with  the  man  who drudges  ¡
week  after  week  on  a  $15 
• • Yes  ”   said  he  his 
up,  “ I  agree  with  you  there. 
know  whether  Mr.  Blank  can  get  me  to  Then, with a Anal snort and snore,
work  for  him  again  on  a  salary,  partic-  iieafCnn AKRIeP te 
, 
He fell on his knees then and there,
uiariy  on  the  same  salary  I  was  get-  And the words that  he  spoke  were  a  heartfelt 
‘ inu  ”  

hritvhtBw ; no 11 JHink I can take more comfort in Hell!”
saia  ne,  ms  eye  brightening  “ Yes,” said the wily old saint with a grin,
I  don’t  “ I thought you could when I let you in.” 

salary.  I And said to Saint Peter, “ Farewell, farewell.

_I A new accusation at every turn

hlmselfonce more.

E H '„kW oS T “ 

bet  a., eon

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prayer—

I 
I The first that had left his lips ln years- 
J While down his cheeks rolled penitent tears: 

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Hence  I  say,  with  regard  to  saving  ufto  .. 

6  I “ O Father, let me live to atone.

___________, 
money  and  paying  the  way  for  a  more  Help me to give Thee back Thine own.
independent  life  as  your  own  “ b o ss,”  
iidS'r*11 T?, n i d ,ay’
. 
I Lest from Thy side I again should stray,
i.  . 
cultivate  the  qualities  that  will  develop 11 thank Thee that Thou hast let me see
T hev  need  rn lti  H°w far away I was from Thee, 
vou  into  that  «inhere 
i  ney  neea  cuiti-1 Keep now my feet in the Narrow Way,
you  into  m at  spnere. 
vation.  The  qualities  that  go  to  make  I 
next ^ e  I go I can go and stay.
a  Hobson,  for example,  are  not  manu-1  Lalngsburg, Mich.  Minn,e Ta>lor «owley.

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Hardware  Price  Current

Ammunition

Caps

G. D., full count, per m......................
Hicks’ Waterproof, per m...  .
Musket, per m...........*.................
Ely’s Waterproof, per m. 
1*
_  
Cartridges
No. 22 short, per m ...........................
No. 22 long, per m ...................
No. 32 short, per m ..........................1
No. 32 long, per m..........................

. 

Primers

Gun Wads

No. 2 U. M. C., boxes 260,  per m........
No. 2 Winchester, boxes 260, per m ...

Black edge, Nos. 11 and 12 U. M. C...
Black edge, Nos. 9 and 10, per m.......
Black edge, No. 7, per m....................

Loaded  Shells 

New Rival—For Shotguns 

Drs. of OZ.OÍ
Shot
1%
1%
1%
1H
1H
1%
1
l
1%
1H
1%

Size
Shot
10
9
8
6
5
4
10
8
6
5
4

Gauge
10
10
10
10
10
10
12
12
12
12
12

Paper Shells—Not Loaded 
No. 10, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100..
No. 12, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100..
Kegs, 26 lbs., per keg.........................
V4 kegs, 12% lbs., per  %  keg......... !!!
H kegs, 6Ji lbs., per n   keg...............

Gunpowder

Shot

Axes

In sacks containing 25 lbs.
Drop, all sizes smaller than  B...........
A ugurs and  Bits
Snell’s ...........................................
Jennings  genuine__ ..........................
Jennings’ Imitation...................
First Quality, S. B. Bronze.........
First Quality, D. B. Bronze.........   .
First Quality, S. B. S.  Steel...........
First Quality,  D. B. Steel...................
_   _ 
Railroad......................
Garden........................" “ “  ."net
Bolts
Stove...................................
..
Carriage, new lioi 
Plow ....................................
_  .. 
Buckets
Well, plain..........................................
Butts,  Cast
Cast Loose Pin, figured.........
Wrought Narrow...................

Barrows

Chain

X ln. 

6-16 ln.  % in.

Com..............   7  c.  ...  6  c.  ...  6  c.  .,
BB................ * 8)4 
...  7U 
«u
BBB..............  8X 
...  7X 
6K
Crowbars
Cast Steel, per lb.................................
Chisels
Socket Firm er......................
Socket Framing.............*'*
Socket Comer.................
Socket Slicks...................

Elbows

Com. 4 piece, 6 In., per doz.................net
Corrugated, per doz.................
Adjustable................................ V.'.V.Vdls
Expansive  Bits 
Clark’s small, $18;  large, $26...
Ives’ 1, $18;  2, $24;  3, $30..............
Files—New  List
New American.............................
Nicholson’s.............................
Heller’s Horse Rasps...........

Galvanized  Iron 

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

14 

13 

16 

Discount,  66

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

Gauges
Glass

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

H am m ers

Hinges

Maydole & Co.’s, new list.............  
dls
Yerkes & Plumb’s .............................. .‘dig
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel...............30c list
Gate, Clark’s l, 2,3............................. dls
Hollow  W are
Pots............................................
Kettles........................................
Spiders............................. j.........
Horse  Nalls
Au Sable............................................. dls
Stamped Tinware, new list.............
Japanned Tinware..........................

House  F urnishing Goods

Iro n

3 1

70

70—10

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

Levels

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

Mattocks

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

Metals—Zinc

Miscellaneous
Bird Cages........................................
Pumps, Cistern......................... ..
75&10 
Screws, New List.......................... . 
_
86
Casters, Bed and Plate............. '..!!!!  &0&10&10
Dampers, American
60

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

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

Molasses  Gates
 

60&10
30

Pans

Fry, Acme...........................................  6O&10&10
Common,  polished............................. 
70&5
P atent  Planished  Iron 

“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 76 
“B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 26 to 27  9 76 

Broken packages %c per pound extra.

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy......................... 
50
go
Sclota Bench....................................... 
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy............................... 60
Bench, first quality.............................  
so

Planes

Nails

Advance over base, on both Steel and  Wire.

 

Steel nails, base................................ 
Wire nails, base.................................. 
20 to 60 advance.................................. 
10 to 16 advance................................ 
8 advance.........................................  
6 advance.... 
.................................J 
4 advance....................................   ‘ 
3 advance.........................................."  
2 advance......................................  
Fine3 advance...........................    .*.. 
Casing 10 advance............................... 
Casing 8 advance................................  
Casing 6 advance................................. 
Finish 10 advance............................... 
Finish 8 advance................................  
Finish 6 advance................................  
Barrel  % advance............................... 

Rivets

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

Roofing  Plates

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.................... 
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Dean.................... 
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean.................... 
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway  Grade... 
14x20IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway  Grade... 
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 

Ropes

Sisal, % Inch and larger...................... 
Manilla....................T.................." ... 

List acct.  19, ’86..................................dls 

Sand  P aper

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

Sash  W eights

Sheet Iron

2 66
2 66
Base
5
10
20
30
45
70
so
15
26
35
26
35
43
86

bo
45

6 60
750
13 00
6 SO
6 60
11  00
13 00

8)4
12

60

26 00

2 60
3 00
4 95
5 80

1  20 
1  20

Per
100
$2 90 
2 90 
2 90 
2 90
2 96
3 00 
2 60 
2 60 
2  66 
2 70 
2 70

6 60 
10  00 
7 00 
11  60
12  00 
29 00
60
65&10
60

com. smooth. com. 
$3 20 
3 20 
3 30 
3 40 
3 50 
___
3 60
All Sheets No. 18 and  lighter,  over  30  Inches 

NOS. 10 to 14  ..............
NOS. 15 to 17................
Nos. 18 to 21...............................
NOS. 22 to 24..................................3 go
Nos. 26 to 26..................................3 70
No. 27............................................  3 80 
wide, not less than 2-10 extra.

Shovels  and  Spades

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

8 00
7 bo

66 
1  26 
40&10

Solder

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

Steel and Iron.

Squares

Tin—Melyn  Grade

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

Each additional X on this grade, $1.26.

Tin—A llaw ay Grade
10x14 IC, Charcoal...............................
14x20 IC, Charcoal...............................
10x14 IX, Charcoal.............................
14x20 IX, Charcoal...............................

Each additional X on this grade, $1.50

Traps

B oiler Size  Tin  P late 
.

14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers,) ___ 
14x66 IX, for No. 9 Boilers, J P®r Pound- 
Steel,  Game......... ..............................
Oneida Community,  Newhouse’s.......
Oneida  Community.  Hawley  &  Nor­
ton’s.................... .............................
Mouse, choker  per doz......................
Mouse, delusion, per doz....................
Bright Market.....................................
Annealed Market...............................
Coppered Market................................
Tinned  Market...................................
Bd Fence, Galvanized.................
Barbed Fence, Painted.......................
Bright....»........................................
Screw Eyes..........................................
Hooks..................................................
Gate Hooks and Eyes.........................

aered Spring Steel.......................

W ire Goods

W ire

W renches

Baxters Adjustable, Nickeled..........
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, ¡Wrought". 70&10

70&10
70
70

00&10
85&
85&
80&20

33%
40&10
70
60&10
50&10
50&10
50&10
40&10
70
20&10

75
86
g 00
00

70

$ 8 60 
8 60 
9 76

7 00
7 00
8 60 
8 60

76
40&10

60 
60 
50&10 
50&10 
40 
3 30 
3 00

ir2n‘ 'J..........................................  26 
Light Band.........................................   3 

c rates
g rates

Knobs—New  List

Door, mineral, jap. trimmings........... 
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings......... 
Regular 0 Tubular, Doz....................... 
Warren, Galvanized  Fount................ 

Lanterns

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

STRAW   SHIPPERS.

Practically  Driven  Out  of Business by the 

Railroads.

Pentwater,  April  20—We  have  read 
carefully  the  article  on  car service  in 
this  week’s  issue  of  the Tradesman and, 
while  we  can  make  no  suggestion  re­
garding  the  solution  of  the  difficulty,  it 
seems  to  us  something  should  be  done, 
and  that  at  once.

As  an 

illustration,  we  have  one  case 
in  mind  which  occurred  here,  that  we 
think  a  pretty  bad  one.  We  received  an 
order  on  the  10th  day  of October  for one 
car of  straw  and  on  the  same  day placed 
an  order  with  the  agent  for  the  car.  We 
wrote  the  Car  Distributor,  as  well  as 
the  agent,  took  the  matter  up  with  the 
General  Freight  Agent  and  finally wrote 
the  President  of  the  road,  but  got  no 
satisfaction.  We  succeeded  on  April  8 
in  getting  the  car,  which  we  loaded.

We  have  had  numerous  orders  turned 
down  on  account  of  delay 
in  shipment 
and  presume  the  only  reason  this  order 
was  not  countermanded  was  because  the 
stock  was  worth  more  right  along  after 
sold.

is  the  worst  case  we  have  had, 
but  there  are  others  that  have  gone from 
one  to  three  weeks  before  the  orders 
were  filled—all  because  of  delay  in  get­
ting  cars.

That 

Sands  &  Maxwell  Lumber  Co.

Scottville,  April  22— I  am  much  in 
favor  of  having  a  law  passed  to  protect 
the  shippers,  as  we have  all been shame­
fully  misused  this  season.  Not  more 
than  a  week  ago,  I  had  an  order  can­
celled  for  a  car  of  hay,  in  which  case  1 
had  the  car  ordered  since  March  14. 
Had  I  gotten  the  proper  car  there  was 
$10 profit  in  the  transaction  forme.  Not 
getting  the  car,  I  have  the  hay  on  my 
hands  to  sell  at  cost  or  less. 
I  am  in 
favor  of  making  the  railroads  pay  the 
$1  per  day  after  six  days  and  also  in 
favor of  equalizing  the  freight.  They 
make  us  pay  for  20,000  pounds,  whether 
we  have  it  or  not,  and  if  we get any over 
that  amount,  they  stick  us  for  it.  My 
idea  is,  if  20,000  pounds  is  a  car  of hay 
and  a  man  pays  for  that,  all right;  if he 
gets 
in  30,000  pounds,  let  that  be  all 
right,  for  we  have  to  use  ten  cars  which 
will  not  hold  20,000  pounds  where  we 
get  one  which  will  hold  over.

Even  with  our  local  freight,  we  are 
misused  up  here. 
It  usually  takes  from 
four  to  six  days  to  get  freight  from 
Grand  Rapids,  and  I  should  like  to  see 
this  matter  set  right.  Further,  our 
freight  usually  comes 
in  bad  shape— 
bags  and  sacks  torn,  boxes  and  barrels 
broken,  and  we  have  to  take  it  or  wait 
six  months  for our  claim  to  be  adjusted 
and  pay  out  half  of  that  for  postage  and 
stationery. 
in  favor  of  getting 
after them. 

E.  E.  Kobe.

I  am 

legislation. 

Clare,  April  22— In  regard  to  the  sub­
ject  of  car  service,  I  would  say  that  1 
have  been  seriously  considering  it  all 
winter,  and  have  come  to  the conclusion 
that  there  is  only  one  way to accomplish 
what  the  shipper  wants,  and  that  is, 
through 
I  am  a  shipper of 
hay  and  straw  and  I know by experience 
and  careful  watching  of  the  railroad 
officials  that  the  hay  and  straw  shippers 
and  farmers  are  always  going  to  suffer 
under  the  present  system.  This  has 
been  the  worst  season  I  ever  knew. 
I 
have  been  a  shipper  of  some  kind  of 
produce  for  the  past  twenty  years. 
I 
find  by  keeping  record that  I  have  only 
filled  one-tenth  of  my  orders,  and all  for 
want  of  transportation facilities.  I think 
when  the  State  of  Michigan  gave  the 
railroads  charters,  they  should,  then and 
there,  have  been  bound  to  take  care  of 
the  freight  of  Michigan first,  and second 
any  other  freight  that  comes  to  their 
lines.  When  the  railroad  companies 
say  to  you  that  they  can  not  furnish 
cars  after a  certain  length  of  time,  they 
are  simply 
lying.  They  are  handling 
more  cars  to-day  than  ever  before,  but 
they  are  hauling  a  class  of  freight  from 
the  West  that  pays  them  better  than  to 
bother  with  small  fry  of  Michigan. 
I 
suppose  the  hay  and  straw  freight  is  the 
poorest 
financially  speaking, 
for  them  to  haul;  and  we  never can 
come  on  the  platform  with  the  big ship­

freight, 

if  I  could  get  them 

pers  until  there  is  a  law  compelling  the 
railroad  companies to  furnish  cars  in  a 
iven  length  of  time. 
I  would  besatis- 
ed 
in  ten  or 
twenty  days.  The  first  car  1  ordered 
last  fall  was  forty- 
for  Eastern  points 
five  days  in  reaching  me. 
I  loaded  one 
car  fifty-seven  days  after  1  ordered  it, 
and  my  customer took  the  goods.  When 
we  stop  to  think  that  one 
is  doing 
but  one-tenth  of  what  he  could  do  if  he 
had  the  proper  transportation,  I  say  the 
railroad  companies  are  practically steal­
ing  and  robbing  us  of  what  we  ought  to 
have.

The  only  way  I  can  see  out  of  this 
dilemma 
is  to  have  a  law  compelling 
the  railroad  companies  to  furnish  cars 
in  a  given  length  of  time,  otherwise  we 
will  be  driven  out  of  business.  Hay 
and  straw  must  be  moved  between  the 
months  of  August  and  May.  There  are 
three  months  we  do  not  ship  any,  but 
the  most  of  it  is  shipped  in  about  six 
months.  We  want  these  rights  and  we 
must  have  them. 

G.  W.  Lee.

The  Produce  Market.

Apples—Russets  fetch  $3@3.5o  per 
bbl.  ;  Ben  Davis  and  Baldwins  com­
mand  $3.50@4.

Bananas— Prices  range  from  $1.25© 

1.75  per  bunch,  according  to  size.

Beets—$1  per  bbl.
Butter— Creamery  is  slow  sale  at  20c. 
Receipts  of  dairy  grades  are  heavy,  but 
much  of  the  receipts  is  mussy  and  off 
grade.  Fancy  commands  15c,  choice 
ranges  from  I2@i4c  and  packing  stock 
moves  readily  on  the  basis  of 
io© i i c .
Cabbage—Old  stock  has  advanced  to 
$2.25  per  3  bu.  bbl.  and  is  scarce  at 
that.

Celery— California  white  plume 

steady  at  75@85c  per doz.  bunches.

Cranberries—Jerseys  are  slow  sale  at 

$2.50  per  bu.  box  and  $7  per  bbl.

Cucumbers—$1.35  per  doz.  for home 

is 

grown  hothouse  stock.

Eggs—The  market  continues  strong 
on  the  basis  of  12c  per doz.,  case  count.

Green  Onions— io@i2c  per  doz.
Honey—Choice  white  is  in  large  sup­
ply  at  I4@i5c.  Amber goes  at  I3@i4c 
and  dark  buckwheat  is  slow  sale  at  10 
@I2C.

Lemons— Messina  have  declined  to 
$2.75  for  choice  and  $3  for  fancy.  Cal- 
ifornias  are  steady  at  $2.50  for  300s  and 
360s.

Lettuce— Hothouse  stock 

is  in  good 

demand,  commanding  13c  for  leaf.

Maple  Sugar— io@ioj|c  for  genuine 

and  9c  for  imitation.

Maple  Syrup—$1  per gal.  for fancy.
Onions— Home  grown  are  scarce  and 
steady  at  $1.50  per  bu.  Bermudas  com­
mand  $3.25  per  crate.  Egyptians  fetch 
$3.50  in  112  lb.  sacks.
Parsley— 40c  per  doz.
Parsnips—$1  per  bbl.
Pieplant—8c  per  lb.
Potatoes—The  market  [is  a 

little 
stronger  than 
it  was  a  week  ago  and 
shipments  would be liberal,  if  cars  were 
to  be  had  to  move  stocks.
Poultry— Receipts  are 

and 
prices  are  strong  and  higher  on  fowls. 
Local  dealers  pay  as follows for dressed : 
i i @I2c ;  old,  8@9C; 
Spring  turkeys 
spring  chickens,  n@ i2c;  fowls, 
io@ 
n c ;  spring  ducks,  nj£@i2c—old  not 
wanted  at  any  price;  spring  geese,  9© 
ioc—old  not  wanted.  For  live  poultry 
local  dealers  pay  as  follows:  Chickens, 
9@ioc;  medium  and  small  hens,  8@9C; 
large  hens,  7@8c;  young  turkeys,  9@ 
io c;  old  turkeys,  S@gc;  young  ducks, 
9%@10%c !  pigeons,  5o@6oc  per  doz.  ; 
squabs, $i @i.25  per doz.  ;  broilers,  15© 
18c  per  lb.

small 

Radishes—25c  per  doz.  bunches  for 

hothouse  stock.

Seeds— Biue  grass,  $1.25© 1.50;  or­
chard  grass,  $ i .40@ i .6o ;  red  top,  75c© 
$1.50;  timothy,  $2.10;  medium  clover, 
$6.25@6.75 ; mammoth, $6.5o@7 ; alsyke, 
$7-5°@8.

Spinach— 5o@6oc  per  bu.
Strawberries—$2.50  per  case  of  24 
pints  for  Mississippi  stock.

Sweet  Potatoes—Kiln  dried  Jerseys 

have  advanced  to $3.25  per  bbl.

Tomatoes—$2.25  per  4  basket  crate.
Turnips—$1  per  bbl.
Vegetable  Oysters—20c  per  doz.

802

Mich. 

Y17ANTED—TO BUY SECOND HAND SODA 
Vv  fountain.  Send  photograph.  Frank  E. 
Heath, Mlddleville, Mich.

J  ner’s tools, etc.  Will invoice between  $3,000 
and $3,600.  Population between  6,000 and  6,000; 
good schools, good farming country; satisfactory 
reasons  for  selling.  Earl  M.  Norton,  Albion, 

C'lLEAN  STOCK  OF  HARDWARE,  T1N- 
tpOR  SALE—A  GENERAL  STORE,  FINE 

1  clean stock of groceries, flour, feed  and  dry 
goods, boots and shoes,  clothing  and  hardware, 
m  a  new  lumbering  town.  An  exceptionally 
good opportunity fora man  to step right  into an 

established business, showing a good  profit.  For 
information  address  No.  799,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
r|X>  RIGHT  PARTY,  WITH  $3,000  CASH,  A 
A  profitable investment here in iand and  man­
ufacturing  enterprise;  salaried  situation  and 
dividends guaranteed.  Address  G.  W.  Sharp, 
Thompsonvllle, Mich 

799

800

798

806

furnishing  goods 

1, Three Rivers, Mich.

1  and 
in  manufacturing 
town 4,000 population.  Reason for  selling, other 
business.  Terms easy.  Address G., Carrier No.

I ¡'OR  SALE-CLEAN  STOCK  CLOTHING 
I^OR  SALE-1  HANSON  &  VANWINKLE 

1  1 N-dynamo—926 watts;  1 resistance coil;  1 
75 gal. tank;  1 voltmeter;  2 dipping jars,  30 gal. 
each;  1 30 gal. hot water kettle;  1 potash kettle; 
1  scouring  trough;  1  solution  skimmer;  3  sus­
pending  rods  for  tank;  wires  for  connecting 
with tank;  hood to cover  hot  water  kettle  ana 
carry  off  steam.  Above  outfit  is  nearly  new. 
Behse Manufacturing Co., Cold water, Mich.  806
IT'OR  SALE—TWO  MACHINES  FOR  BEND- 
r   ing  bicycle  guards;  100  forms  for  bending 
bicycle  chain  guards.  Above  machine  would 
make a nice  addition  to  any  woodworking  fac­
tory.  List  of  jobbers  handling  this  line  at 
present furnished;  also name  of  resident  agent 
in New York  who  is  handling  line  at  present. 
Behse Manufacturing Co , Coldwater, Mich.  807
ing for making wooden cloak frames.  Behse 
Manufacturing Co., Coldwater, Mich._____808
WE HAVE A LARGE QUANTITY  OF  HAY 
and straw and  will  make  prices  satisfac­
tory.  Write  Michigan  Produce  Co.,  Lansing, 
809
Mich. 
W A N T E D —CORRESPONDENCE  WITH 

IpOR SALE—ONE  MACHINE  AND  SHAFT- 

store building, with living rooms attached, In 
For  particulars  address  J  C.  Benbow,  Yuma, 
Mich. 

grocers, hotel men  and  others  concerning 
refrigerators.  We have a  quantity  of  Dr.  Per­
kins’ celebrated sanitary  boxes,  in  grocers’ and 
family sizes, which we are  selling  at  two-thirds 
their actual value.  These boxes  are  guaranteed 
perfect in construction  and  operation.  Address 
J. W. Hallett & Son, Carson City, Mich. 
792
FOR  RENT-A GOOD BRICK STORE;  f in e  
location in  a  hustling  business  town.  Ad­
dress Mrs. A. M. Colwell, Lake Odessa, Mich.  791
FOR  SALE—BRICK  HOTEL  BUILDING, 
three stories, forty rooms, steam  heat,  elec­
tric  lights, bar  and  livery;  rates,  $2 per  day; 
town of  2,000  population.  Address  Mrs.  Fred 
Kohl, Quincy, Mich. 
785
D r u g   s t o c k  a n d  f i x t u r e s  f o r  s a l e !
good business in city  of  5,000.  Address  W. 
H. Thorp, Dowaglac, Mich. 
776
Fo r   s a l e —a   g o o d   c l e a n   s t o c k   o f
groceries,  crockery,  glassware,  lamps  and 
china,  inventorying  about  $3,300.  Will  accept 
$3,000 cash If taken soon;  location, the  best  and 
central in a hustling business town of 1,500 popu­
lation, fifty miles from Grand  Rapids;  this  is  a 
bargain for some one;  best of reasons for selling. 
Address B, care Michigan Tradesman 
I ¡'OR  SALE OR RENT—TWO-STORY FRAME 
the village of Harrietta;  possession  given May 1. 
S HE  ROMEYN  PARSONS  CO.  PAYS  CASH 
for  stocks  of  merchandise,  Grand  Ledge, 
Mich. 
T F  GOING  OUT OF  BUSINESS  OR  IF  YOU 
J.  have a bankrupt stock of clothing,  dry goods, 
or  shoes,  communicate  with  The  New  York 
Store, Traverse City, Mich. 
PARTIES HAVING STOCKS OF  GOODS  OF 
any kind,  farm  or  city  property  or  manu­
facturing  plants  that  they  wish  to  sell  or  ex­
change  correspond  with  the  Derby  &  Choate 
Real Estate Co., Flint,  Mich. 
W ANTED —MERCHANTS  TO  CORRE- 
spond with us who wish to sell  their entire 
stocks  for  spot  cash.  Enterprise  Purchasing 
585
Co.. 153 Market St., Chicago, BL 
Fo r   s a l e — d r u g  
s t o c k  
i n v o i c i n g
$2,000, In good corner store In the  best  town 
in Western Michigan.  The  best  of  reasons  for 
selling.  Address No. 683, care Michigan Trades­
man. 
_________ MISCELLANEOUS_________
WA N TED —POSITION AS CLERK  IN  DRY 
goods  store:  two  years’  experience;  best 
of references.  Address Miss E.  A.,  care  Michi­
gan Tradesman 
WANTED—SITUATION  BY  REGISTERED 
pharmacist  of  twelve  years’  experience; 
married and have good habits;  am  working now 
but desire a change.  Address F.  S.  T„ 301  Jef­
ferson St.. Grand Rapids. 
W ANTED—GOOD SPECIALTY SALESMAN 
-for the  best  and  cheapest  self-measuring 
oil  tank;  something  new;  exclusive  territory; 
large  commission.  Address  Tank,  Room  62, 
WANTED—IN RETAIL CLOTHING STORE, 
812
Canby Building, Dayton,  Ohio. 
Messlnger & Co., Alma, Mich___________ 801
R e g i s t e r e d  
e x p e r i -
enced  and  attentive  to  business,  desires 
work.  Middle aged;  references;  fair salary;  no 
dives apply.  Address Salol, care  Green’s  Drug 
Store, Alpena, Mich. 

good  window  trimmer  and  stock-keeper. 
State  experience  and  wages  wanted.  Address 

■ GENTS  ON  SALARY  OR  COMMISSION: 

The greatest  agents’  seller  ever  produced; 
every user of pen and ink buys It on sight;  200 to 
600 per cent, profit;  one agent’s sales  amounted 
to $620 in  six  days;  another  $32  in  two  hours. 

Monroe Mfg. Co., X 54, La Crosse, Wis. 

p h a r m a c i s t , 

815

793

795

777

709

583

770

728

818

735

Potato  Growers  Advised  to  Adopt  Prune 

Tactics.

St.  Louis,  Mo.,  April  22—We  never 
fully  understood  this  expression  until 
the  California  Cured  Fruit  Association 
inaugurated  its  advertising  campaign. 
We  know  now  what 
it  means.  The 
members  are  full of  prunes  and  it serves 
them  right. 
It  thought  it  could  control 
the  output  of  prunes  and  hold up prices. 
It  did,  in  fact,  control  a 
large  percent­
age  of  the  crop  and  still  controls  it  to­
day.  Those  who  refused  to  go  into  the 
the 
Association  put  their  prunes  on 
market  early  and  sold  them  at 
full 
prices  and  filled  the  trade  the  country 
over  with  enough  to  carry  them  through 
until  another  crop;  and  even the dealers 
and  jobbers  in  many  instances  are  over­
stocked  and  they  are  full  of  prunes also. 
Now,  what  does  the  Association  do? 
It 
votes  to  spend  $200,000  in  advertising 
and  expend  $60,000  on  this  in  March, 
April  and  May,  1901. 
It  has  spent  its 
good  money  and  distributed  circulars 
and  receipts  for cooking  prunes  by  the 
million,  and  at 
the  end  of  the  first 
month 
it  has  proved  so  successful  that 
it  has  dropped  the  price  ic  per  pound, 
or  a  cut  of  50  per  cent,  from  previous 
prices,  and 
is  stated  that  it  has  on 
hand  50,000,000  pounds  and  a  big  crop 
staring 
it  in  the  face.  Europe  got  rid 
of  her  big  crop  of  prunes  just  because 
the  Association,  which contracted—as  it 
thought—the  crop,  held  up  prices  and 
let  outsiders  of  the  Association  and  for­
eigners  unload  at  good  prices.  The 
growers  outside  the  Association  ‘ ‘ ride 
in  carriages”   and  those  who  went  into 
the  combine  to  hold  up  prices  “ walk,”  
and  when  they  request  the  Association 
to  give  them  an  accounting,  they get  the 
answer,  “ Your prunes are  not  sold  yet.”
This  prune  deal  from  start  to  finish 
savors  of  “ mutton  head  in  command,”  
or,  possibly,  too  many  heads. 
“ Too 
many  cooks  spoil  the  broth,”   and  it has 
been  proven  true.  We  do  not  know 
much  about  prunes,  but  if  our kid  could 
not  manage  a  deal  better than  this  one 
has  been  managed,  we  would  spank 
him.

it 

We  make  a  suggestion  to  the  potato 
dealers  to  form  an  association  and  raise 
a  fund  of  say  $500,000 to  advertise  po­
tatoes.  Offer  prizes  for the  best  receipts 
on  “ How  to  cook  potatoes,”   and  then 
compile  the  receipts  and  scatter them 
broadcast  over  the 
land  and  let  them 
know  how  to  serve  “ spuds”   so  that 
everybody  will  eat  twice,  as  many  as 
they  do  now  and  then  follow  the  style 
of  the  California  Fig  Syrup  advertise­
ments,  setting  forth  the  nutritive  and 
laxative  advantages  and  the  California 
way  of  cooking  and  you  mark  what  we 
say—the 
surplus  of  “ Mur­
phies”   will  speedily  disappear and  the 
warehouses  of  Michigan,  Wisconsin, 
New  York  and  New  England  will  all 
be  empty  before  the  new  crop  is  fairly 
under  way.  Miller  &  Teasdale  Co.

immense 

Advertisements  w ill  be  Inserted  nnder 
this  head  for  two  cents  a  word  the  first 
insertion  and  one  cent  a  word  for  each 
subsequent  insertion.  No  advertisements 
taken  for  less  than  25  cents.  Advance 
payments.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

STOCK  OF CKOCKERY  AND  GROCERIES 
for sale:  about  $1,800;  thriving  town.  Ad­
816
dress Mrs. Thos. Johnston, Caro, Mich. 
stock In  a  hustling  manufacturing  town  of 

IpOR  SALE—THE ONLYEXCLUSIVESHOE 

3,000  inhabitants:  best  reasons  for  selling;  a 
profitable business.  Address D.,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
817
Ij'OR  SALE—80  ACRES  OF  LAND  IN 
I   Alamo 
township,  Kalamazoo  county;  30 
acres  of  crops  on  the  ground;  fine  location; 
terms easy.  Call or address 4z9  Michigan  Ave.,
Kalamazoo, Mich. 
O /IA   ACRES TIMBER  LAND  IN ASHLAND 
a " "   County, Wisconsin, to exchange  for stock 
of  goods,  groceries  or  racket  preferred.  Ad- 
dress No. 811, care Michigan Tradesman.  811
ipOR  SALE—STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MER- 
I   chandise  and  fixtures,  invoicing  $3,000  to 
$3,600;  cash  discount;  best  farming  district  in 
Northern  Indiana;  good  reasons  for  selling. 
Address No. 810, care Michigan Tradesman.  810
I  W ILL  SELL  H ALF 
INTEREST  IN  MY 
furniture  business.  The  goods  are  all  new 
and up-to-date;  located in  a  town  of  7,000;  has 
been a furniture store for thirty years;  only two 
furniture stores in  the  town.  Address  all  cor­
respondence to No.  813,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 

814

8j3

MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

Michigan Retail Grocers' Association 

President, C. E. Wa l k e r,  Bay City;  Vice-Pres 
ident,  J.  H.  H o p k in s,  Ypsllantl;  Secretary 
E. A. Sto w e. Grand Rapids;  Treasurer,  J  
Tatm an, Clare.  ______

Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

President, F ra n k  J. Dy k ;  Secretary,  Hom er 

Kl a p;  Treasurer, J. George  Lehm an

Detroit  Retail  Grocers’  Protective  Association 
President,  E.  Ma r k s;  Secretaries,  N.
K o e n ig and  F.  H.  Cozzens;  Treasurer,
H.  F r in k .

Kalamazoo  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

President,  E.  L.  H a r r is;  Secretary.  Chas 

Hym an.

Baj  Cities  Retail Grocers’  Association 

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

Lit t l e. 

_______

Hnskegon  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

President,  H.  B.  Sm it h ;  Secretary,  D.  A 

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

President,  J.  F ra n k  He l m e r ;  Secretary,  W 

Jackson  Retail  Grocers’  Association 
H. P o r t e r;  Treasurer, L.  P elton,

Adrian  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

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

Cl ev e la n d; Treasurer,  w m . C. K oehn

Saginaw  Retail Merchants’  Association 

President, M. W. Ta n n e r ;  Secretary,E. H. Me 

P h e r so n;  Treasurer, R. A. H o r r.

Traverse  C itj  Business  Men’s  Association 

President,  ih o s  T.  Ba t e s:  Secretary,  m.  B 

H olly;  Treasurer,  C. A.  H ammond.

Owosso  Business  Men’s Associntion 

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

Ca m pb e l l;  Treasurer, W.  E. Co l lin s.

PL  Unrons  Merchants’  and  Manufacturers’  Association 
P e r c iv a l.

President, Ch as.  W e ll m a n;  Secretary,  J.  T 

Alpena  Business  Men’s  Association 

President, F. W. Gil c h r is t ;  Secretary,  C.  L 

Pa r t r id g e.

Cabinet  Business  Men’s  Association 

President,  J.  D.  Cu d d ih y ;  Secretary  W.  H 

H osk in g.

SL  Johns Business  Men’s  Association 

President, Thos. Br o m le y;  Secretary, F ran k 

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

Perry  Business  Men’s  Association 

President,  H.  W.  Walla c e;  Secretary,  T.  E. 

Hed d le.

Grand  flaren  Retail  Merchants’  Association 

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

H o eks.

Tale  Business  Men’s  Association 

President,  Ch a s.  Rounds;  Secretary,  F ran k 

Pu tn ey.

Grand  Rapids  Retail  Meat  Dealers’  Association 

President,  J ohn  G.  Eb l e ;  Secretary,  L.  J. 
Ka tz;  Treasurer,  S. J. Hu ffo r d.

Michigan  Fire  and  Marine 

Insurance Co.
Detroit, Michigan.

Organized iSSi.

Cash  Capital,  $400,000 . 
D. W h it n e y , J r.,  Pres.

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

Net Surplue,  S200,000 .

F.  H.  W h i t n e y ,  Secretary.
M. W. O’Brien, Treas.

E. J.  B o o t h , Asst. Sec’y. 

D i r 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, 
James  McMillan,  F.  E.  Driggs,  Henry 
Hayden,  Collins  B.  Hubbard,  James  D. 
Standish, Theodore D.  Buhl,  M.  B.  Mills, 
Alex.  Chapoton, Jr.,  Geo.  H.  Barbour,  S. 
G.  Gaskey,  Chas.  Stinchheld,  Francis  F. 
Palms,  Wm. C.  Vawkey,  David  C.  Whit­
ney, Dr.J.  B. Book, Eugene Harbeck, Chas. 
F.  Peltier, Richard P. Joy,  Chas.  C.  Jenks.

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P e r e   M a r q u e t t e
Railroad and Steamship Lines.

Fast trains  are  operated  from  Grand  Rapids 
to Chicago,  Detroit,  Toledo,  Saginaw, Bay  City, 
Petoskey. Ludington. Manistee. Muskegon, Trav­
erse City,  Alma,  Lansing, Belding, Benton  Har­
bor, St Joseph, and intermediate points,  making 
close connections at Chicago with trains  for  the 
south  and  west,  at  Detroit  and  Toledo  with 
trains east and southbound.  Try  the  “Mid-Day 
Flyers,” leaving Grand Rapids  12:05  noon, each 
week  day,  arriving  at  Detroit  4:05  p.  m.  and 
Chicago 5:00 p. m.

H.  F.  Mo e ll er,  g.  P.  a .,

W .  E .  W O L F E N D E N , D. P .  A.

H D  A IV n   Rap,dg  *  lndiana Railway
V l l \ A l W  

March  io,  1901.

Going North.

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Going South.

Trains arrive from the north at 6:00 a  m,  11:30 

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5 40p  2 10a  9 OOp

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Ar.  Cadillac..............11 20a 
416a
Ar.  Traverse City....  1 30p  7 50p 
Ar. Petoskey............  2 50p  9i5p 
536a
Ar. Mackinaw City...  4 15p  10 35p  6 56a 
a m, 5:15 p m and 10:15 p m.
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Lv. G’d Rapids.  7 10a  150p  6 50p  12 30pll30p 
1 45p  1 00a
Ar. Kalamazoo  8 50a  3 22p  8 35p 
Ar. Ft. Wayne..12 lOp  6 50p  11 45p  To Cnlcago
Ar. Cincinnati.  6 25p 
......  716a 
...........
-  Trains arrive from the  south  at  6:46 am   and 
9:10am daily, 2:00pm, 9:45pm and 10:15pm except 
Sunday.
Except  Except  Except
MUSKEGON 
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Sunday  Sunday  Sunday
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... 7  36am  2 06pm  5 40pm
Lv. Grand Rapids 
Ar. Muskegon........   9  00am  3 20pm  7 00pm
Sunday train  leave  Grand  Rapids  at  9:15am. 
Trains  arrive  from  Muskegon  at  9:30am, 
:30pm and 5:20pm  except  Sunday  and  6:60pm 
Sunday only.

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CH ICA G O   TRAINS 

G.  R.  &  I  and  Michigan  Central.
TO CHICAGO 

| £ ©   Daily

Lv. G’d Rapids (Union depot)  12 30pm  11 30pm 
Ar. Chicago  (12th St. Station)  5 25pro 
6 55am 
12:30pm train runs solid to Chicago  with  Pull­
man buffet parlor car attached.
ll:30pm train has through coach  and  Pullman 
sleeping car.
Dally
Lv. Chicago (12th St.  Station)  5  15pm  11  30pm 
Ar. G’d Rapids (Union depot)  10  15pm 
e 56am 
5:15pm train runs solid to  Grand  Rapids  with 
Pullman buffet parlor car attached.
11:30pm train  has through coach and  sleeping

FROM  CHICAGO 

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The  Guarantee  of  Purity  and  Quality 
in Baked Goods.  Found on every pack- 
age of our goods.
Good  goods create a  demand  for them- 
selves. 
It  is  not  so  much  what  you 
make  on  one  pound. 
It’s  what  you 
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Account  File

A  quick  and  easy  method  of 
keeping  your  accounts. 
Es­
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count  of  goods  let  out  on  ap 
proval,  and  f~r  petty  accounts 
with  which  one  does  not  like  to 
encumber  the  regular 
ledger. 
By  using  this  file  or  ledger  for 
charging  accounts,  it  will  save 

one-half the  time  and  cost  of keeping  a  set  of  books.
Charge  goods,  when 
purchased, 
directly 
on  file,  then your cus­
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ready 
for  him,  and 
can  be found  quickly, 
on  account  of 
the 
index.  This 
special 
saves  you looking  over several leaves  of  a  day  book  if  not  posted, 
when  a customer  comes  in  to  pay an  account  and  you  are  busy wait­
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This  “ Leonard  Cleanable”  Grocers’  Refrigerator for

S31.90

length  45,  depth  28  inches. 
Height  65 
Made  of  Ash,  Golden  Oak  finish 
Zinc 
lined.  Has  eight  distinct  walls,  insulated 
with  mineral  wool, the best insulator known. 
Our perfect  system  of  refrigeration  insures 
better  results  with  less  ice  than  any  other 
make.  For complete line  see our Catalogue 
No.  159.- 
If you did not receive a  copy, ask 
for  it.  Over  180  pages  of  rapid  selling, 
staple merchandise.

H.  Leonard  & Sons

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

STICKY

CATCHES  THE  OERM  AS  WELL  AS  THE  FLY. 

Sanitary.  Used the world over.  Good profit to sellers. 

Order from Jobbers.

Buckeye  P aint  &  V arnish  Co.

Paint, Color and  Varnish  Makers.

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Mixed  Paint,  White  Lead,  Shingle  Stains,  Wood  Fillers.

Sole  Manufacturers  CRYSTAL  ROCK  FINISH  for  Interior and Exterior Use. 

Corner  15th  and  Lucas Streets,  Toledo,  Ohio.

Patented 

August 15, 1899

Michigan’s  Famous  Cigars

COLUMBIAN  CIGAR  COMPANY,  Benton  Harbor  Mich.

Manufactured  by

Daudt

Glass  &  Crockery Co.

WHOLESALE

Earthenw are,  China &  G lassw are 

TOLEDO,  OHIO

Kinney  &  Levan

Importers and Jobbers of 

Crockery,  Glass,  Lam ps,  House 

Furnishing  Goods
CLEVELAN D,  OHIO

Your stock  is  not  complete  without  you 

have the

Star Cream  Separators

Best  advertisement  you  can  use.  Each 
one  sold  makes you a friend.  Great  labor 
saver.  Complete  separation  of  cream 
from  milk.  Write  to-day  for  prices  and 
territory.

Lawrence  Manufacturing  Co.

T O L E D O ,  OHIO

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If you  do,  abandon  the  old  style  methods  of 
handling your merchandise  and  be  up  to  date 
with  an  up-to-date  system  of  handling  your 
merchandise 
their  money  value.  The 
M oneyweight  S ystem  checks all  losses.  Send 
for particulars of T he  M ajestic  M oneyweight 
C omputing  S cale  with  the  new  N ear  W eight 
D etector.  Our  scales  are  sold  on  easy 
monthly payments.

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