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Volume  XVIII.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  JULY  10,1901.

Number 929

A.  BOMERS,

IMPORTANT  FEATURES.

Page.

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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.
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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 
Baplds,  July  8 to 15,  and  yon  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. 
Tradesman Coupons

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G etting the  People. 
M orning  M arket.
A round  the  State.
Grand  Rapids  Gossip. 
M utilated  Money.
How  to  Fail.
E ditorial.
Back  Woods  Store. 
Clothing.
Dry  Goods.
Shoes  and  Rubbers. 
Hardw are.
Good  Trade  Getter.
Village  Im provem ent. 
About the  Cucumber. 
W indow  Dressing.
New  Cheese  the  Best. 
W oman’s  W orld.
B utter and  Eggs.
The  New  York  M arket. 
Clerks’  Corner. 
Commercial  Travelers. 
D rags  and  Chemicals. 
D rag  Price  Current. 
Grocery  Price  Current. 
Grocery  Price  Current. 
Grocery  Price  Current. 
Poultry.
H ardw are  Price  Current. 
Benefits of Neighborliness.

HORSE  MILLINERY.

It 

Everybody  has  noticed  with  pleasure 
the  general 
introduction  of  straw  bon­
nets  for  horses.  The  pattern used  is  in­
expensive  and  25  cents  will  buy  one 
answering  all  requirements. 
looks 
entirely  reasonable  that  this  device  is 
calculated  to  bring  much  comfort  to  the 
wearer  and  that  irrespective  of  whether 
or  no  the  hat  has  the sponge accompani­
ment.  A  straw  covering  keeps  off  or 
rather  breaks  the  heat  of  the  sun  and 
prevents  it  from  falling  with  full  force 
on  the  top  of  the  bead,  and  at  the  same 
time  there 
is  sufficient  circulation  be­
neath  the  crown  to  allow  for a  change 
of  air  with  its  cooling  process.  As  yet 
for the  most  part  only  what  may  strictly 
be  called  work  horses  are 
included 
among  the  wearers.  Only  now  and  then 
the  horses  kept  entirely  for  pleasure 
purposes  appear  in  this  new  style  of 
horse  millinery.  There 
is  no  reason 
why  a  road  horse  should  not  feel  the 
heat  as  much  as  a  work  horse  if  ex­
posed  the  same  length  of  time,  and  pre­
sumably  the  hats  thus  first  introduced 
this  summer  will  become  as 
com­
mon  as  any  other  part  of  the  harness  on 
the  several  equine  grades.

The  possibility,  indeed  the  probabil­
ity,  of such  a  thing  may  open  up  an  en­
tirely  new 
industry.  As  yet  the  horse 
bonnets  are  of  practically  only  one  style 
and  one  price,  and  that  very  low.  They 
are  not  exactly  things  of  beauty,  and 
yet  when  the  public  becomes  accus­
tomed  to  them  they  will  not  look  worse 
than  a  net  or blinders.  When  their  use 
becomes  more  general  the  most  natural 
thing 
in  the  world  would  be  that  the 
fashionable  set  with  means,  some,  as 
they  say,  with  money  to  burn,  will  want 
their  horses  to  wear better  hats  than  the 
beasts  which  draw  the  coal  and  do  the 
heavy  trucking.  Then  there  will  be  a 
demand  for  better  made  and  more 
stylish  headgear  and 
that  will  cost 
money.  A  good,  serviceable  harness 
can  be  bought  for a  certain  price,  but 
the  wealthy 
insist  upon  paying  two  or 
three  times  as  much  for finer finishings. 
This  may  soon  apply  to  the  bonnets.

Styles  in  horse  gear change,  and  in  no 
other  article  of  human  attire  do  the 
fashions  change  as  frequently  and  de­
cidedly  as  in  millinery.  Accordingly  it 
may  happen  that  the  demands  of  the 
smart  set  will  require  harnessmakers  to 
set  up  millinery  departments  where 
bonnets  can  be  had  not  only  for  25 
cents,  but  up  as  high as  $10  perhaps,  or 
higher.  To  do  this  they  must  be  made 
of  very  fine  material,  and  to  get  very 
much  money 
into  them  there  must  be 
trimmings.  Why  should  not  a  horse 
wear  ribbons  or artificial  flowers  as  well 
as  a  lady?  Horse  millinery  may  become 
a  very 
industry,  employing 
many  hands  and  keeping  large  sums  of 
money  in  annual  circulation.  A  pretty 
bonnet  might  increase  the  beauty  of  a 
beast  just  as  a  handsome  harness  does. 
The  two  shilling  hats  answer  every 
practical  purpose,  but  they  may  be  only 
the  beginning.

important 

Boston  has  decided  that  the  matter  of 
providing  school  houses  shall  be  sepa­
rated 
from  that  of  directing  the  school 
management.  This  result  has  been  ac­
complished  by  the  creation  of  a  school 
house  department,  with  a  commission 
of  three  members,to  which  has  been  as­
signed  the  duty  of  purchasing  land, 
erecting  buildings,  making 
improve­
ments  and  the  like.  This  commission 
is  to  be  appointed  by  the  mayor,  while 
the  members  of  the  school  committee 
are  chosen  by  the  voters.  Three  sound 
business  men  constitute  the  first  com­
mission,  and  under  their  management 
it  is  hoped  that  there  will  be  no  such 
scandals  attending  the  purchase  of  land 
or 
supplies  as  have  sometimes 
marked  the  performance  of  these  duties 
by  the  politicians  who  have  found  place 
on  the  school  committee.

of 

at  work 

constantly 

Despite  the  hideousness  of 

its  car­
dinal  principle,  the  Mormon  church 
seems  to  be  growing  larger  instead  of 
smaller.  The  reports  have  it  that  very 
recently  a  thousand  converts  have  been 
made  in  New  York  City.  That  sect  has 
missionaries 
in 
Eastern  States  as  well  as  in  England 
and  they  not  only  look  for  converts  but 
they  get  them. 
It  seems  curious  that 
anybody,  especially  a  woman,  could  be 
induced  to  believe 
in  their  doctrines 
and  join  that  denomination.  Still there 
are  more  women  than  men  in  every 
batch  of  converts. 
It  only  goes  to  show 
that  people  will  take  up  something  new 
in  the  way  of  a  religion  and  take  to  it 
more  kindly  than  to  any  other  novelty 
that  can  be  presented.

Some  one  has  been  making  an  an­
alysis  of  the orations  delivered  at  recent 
commencements 
in  the  colleges  of  the 
country  and  has  found  that  the  speakers 
were,  for  the  most  part,  optimists,  and 
that  the  pessimists  were  not  in  evi­
dence,  at  least  to  any  considerable  ex­
tent.  About  all  the  speakers  looked  on 
the  bright  side  of  things. 
If  the  world 
does  not  present  rosy  prospects  to  the 
young  man  who  is  leaving  college,  it  is 
never  likely  to  do  so.  When 
its  youth 
cease  to  be  hopeful  the  country  will 
have  cause  for  despair.

GENERAL  TRADE  REVIEW .

is 

line,  it 

While  all  the  great 

industries  and 
distributive  trade  are  showing  the effect 
of  midsummer  heat  but  little,  the  spec­
ulative  markets  are  showing  the  effect 
of  the  season  quite  seriously.  On  ac­
count  of  the 
intense  heat  of  last  week 
the  Stock  Exchange  was  closed  after 
the  holiday,  giving  a  feeling  of  uncer­
tainty,  which  became  manifest  in  a  de­
cided  reaction  at  the  beginning  of  busi­
ness  Monday.  Fearing  something  of  a 
flurry,  the  banks  had  been  using  more 
than  their  usual 
caution,  causing  a 
sharp  stiffening 
in  rates,  thus  adding 
to  the  adverse  influences.  The  decline 
was  so  rapid  as  to  suggest  the  idea  of 
panic  at  times,  but  the  downward 
movement  was  soon  arrested by the  gen­
eral  strength  of  the  situation.  With 
every  great  factor  working  strongiy  for 
the  continuance  of  business  activity  all 
along  the 
impossible  that 
there  should  be  any  extended  reaction.
Perhaps the  most  manifest  disturbing 
element  is  the  uneasiness  in  labor  cir­
cles.  There  is  always  more  or  less  of 
this  to  precede  the  midsummer  shut­
downs.  As  yet  there  are  no  mills  closed 
on  this  account,  such  shutdowns  as  oc­
cur  being  for the  usual  repairs.  Such 
price  changes  as  have  occurred  in  the 
steel  trade  are  in  the  nature  of  conces­
sions,  showing  that  the  trust  is  watch­
ing to  prevent  undue  inflation  in prices.
The  condition  of  the  textile  trades  is 
more  favorable  than  for  a 
long  time 
past. 
lines  of  woolens  and 
worsteds  are  in  special  demand,  dupli­
cate  orders  being  common. 
In  many 
cases  mills  are  engaged  as  far  ahead  as 
they  will  take  orders,  as  the 
low  price 
of  the  raw. staple  is  not  to  be  depended 
upon.  Receipts  of  wool  at  Boston  ex­
ceeded  the  same  time  last  year  by  10,- 
000,000  pounds,  while  the  export  during 
the  same  time  was  50,000,000  pounds 
greater,  thus  showing  a  considerable 
shrinkage  of  stocks.  Domestic  demand, 
continues  good  in  cotton  manufactures, 
but  the  export  is  interfered  with  by  the 
advance  in  prices,  which  have  reached 
a  point  to  check  the  foreign  demand. 
Shipments  from  Boston  continue  heavy 
in  the  boot  and  shoe  trade,  but  there  is 
complaint  that  prices  of  shoes  are  not 
on  a  parity  with  the  advance  in  the  raw 
materials.

Staple 

The  penchant  for  pie  that  the  average 
American  possesses  is  to  have  every  in­
dulgence  hereafter. 
In  Chicago  there 
has  been  introduced  a  machine,  which 
will  probably  soon  be in evidence every­
where,  inviting  you  to  “ drop  a  nickel 
in  the  slot  and  get  a  piece  of  pie  like 
mother  used  to  bake.”   Under  this  new 
device - a  quarter  of  a  pie  packed  in  a 
little  pasteboard  box  drops into a drawer 
at  the  bottom  of  the  device  in  response 
to  the  nickel  of  the 
investor.  The 
drawer  closes  automatically  as  soon  as 
the  box  is  removed,  and  the  machine  is 
in  readiness  to  minister  to  the  wants  of 
the  next  customer.

The  man  who  stabbed  his  daughter’s 
suitor  had  probably  beard  that  no  knife 
could  cut  true  love  in  two,so he  skipped 
love  and  carved  the  lover.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

P e ttin g   th e  People

1 * 4 GOOD  VALUES  IN
T i,e   S  u m m er 51 e e d s

arcjiiTcvidcm«* Uirougttoul.this'â'tock?  Pj*ice>  :irc> particu­
larly rcasonaMe,  for  the 4t1i  ofvJuly  usually ends the  sale of 
many-summer.lines,  and • we're,  hustling  those-  hy> nailing 
special  prices— by giving unusually  good values.  Then  tho 
stock  is fresh and attractive,  and you’re always-  certain  of 
flic newest  and  best.

REASONS  WHY  IT

PAYS  TO TRADE  HERE

1 ou’ll  find in  these «»tiering*, and a.si dr from the low  pric­
in  your 
ers the qualities are right.  ^Tlierc'- no  economy 
Inlying unless the qualities are  trustworthy,  hut  yotrll 
timl 
each  item listed  here the satisfactory kind of goods—such  as 
return  every satisfaction  That  the  prices  arc  less 
than 
many quote you  will not detract  from your interest.

Dimities from 4 cents to 40 cents. 
Precales from 6 cents to 12 cents.

SHOES  FOR  MID­

SUMMER  WEAR

Eittsy, comfort  giving sitots, but little  pin■cs  alwajy*  .iii*
lilisicomiplctc .-hoc stock, ;:iml that in  at  mensure  wt•OUllts
for (imr>•lioc sales.  But ne fflvet you always >ivhnt is best for
quality Our  Lailics' si 50 ami $2.00 Shoes arc  all solid
and a_«itarantcc goes willi « very pair

.  PALMER & HOBBS,

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effects  would  more  than  counteract  any 
benefits, if  by  chance there  were benefits. 

*  *  *

A  well-spaced  and  well-displayed 
is  that  of 
midsummer  announcement 
Palmer  &  Hobbs. 
I  do  not  like  the  in­
troduction  of  the  script  line,  as  it  tends 
to destroy  the  unity. 
I  would  also  omit 
the  black  ornaments  in 
the  corners. 
The  writing 
is  rather  labored  in  style 
and  there  is  too  much  of it for the space. 
The  prices  quoted  have  too  wide  a 
range  to  be  of  much  use.  There  are  a 
number  of  typographic  errors,  such  as 
“ precales”   for “ percales.”

line— in 

fact,  in  all  the 

Greene’s  Drug  Store  gives  a  striking 
advertisement  of  insect  powder.  The 
wording 
is  apt  and  the  display  consis­
tent,  but  pretty  heavy,  especially  the 
border. 
I  would  omit  the  points  in  the 
Grst 
lines. 
looks  odd  spelled  with  a  “ t.”
"S lu g”  
D.  C.  Horton  &  Son  are  well  treated 
by  their  printer,  although  I  am  usually 
prejudiced  against  French  Clarendons 
in  display.  But  unity  of  style 
is  pre­
served  and  the  spacing  is  good,  except 
that  too  much  matter crowds  the  border, 
which  is  rather  heavy.

A  curious  effect  of  a  mixture  of  an­
tediluvian  styles  with  a  modern  erratic 
border  is  seen 
in  Van's  Bakery  an­
nouncement. 
I  would  consign  all  but 
possibly  the  border and  first  line  to  the 
"hell  box”   and  try  again.

Van  Sickle  &  Reasoner write  a catchy 
and  appropriate  advertisement  for  one 
issue,  which  the  printer  has  handled 
well  as  to  unity  and  white  space.  The 
introduction  of  the  second  style  of  type 
harmonizes  well  with  the  rest  and  so  is 
admissible.

An A m using Red Tape  Incident.

Uncle  Sam 

is  so  bound  up  with  red 
tape  that  he  sometimes  has  to  take 
money  out  of  one  pocket  and  put 
it  in 
another.  Occasionally  he  pays  it  baik 
into  the  same  pocket  again,  as  is  just 
now  being  exemplified 
in  the  case  of 
importations  of  machinery  for 
certain 
%
the  new  Philadelphia  mint. 
It  was 
found  that  in  the  fine  details  of some  of 
the  more  delicate  bits  of  mechanism 
necessary  to  the  coining  of  money  the 
Germans  were  ahead  of  us,  and  some  of 
the  machinery  has  been 
In 
spite  of  the  fact  that  this  has  been  con­
signed  to  the United States Government, 
the  Treasury  Department  has  been 
called  upon  to  pay  the  usual  rate of duty 
on  it.  As  all  the  revenues  from  the  va­
rious  Custom  Houses  find  their  way  to 
the  Treasury  Department 
in  this  in­
stance 
isn’t  even  a  question  of  ex­
changing  money  from  one  pocket  to  an­
other.  Here  Uncle  Sam 
just  takes  it 
out  and  puts  it  back  again  where  it 
came  from.

imported. 

it 

If  a  man  doesn't  expect  anything  else 
for Christmas,  he  can  always  depend  on 
his  wife’s  relatives.

Convincing  A dvertising 

Is  Necessarily 

Candid  A dvertising.

I  have  taken  occasion  to  criticise  the 
use  of  superlatives  in  advertising some­
what  freely,  but  the  fault 
is  so  wide­
spread  it  will  do  no  harm  to  emphasize 
the  need  of  being  governed  by  the prob­
able 
in  making  statements  regarding 
goods.

There 

is  always  enough  to  be  said  in 
describing  the  wares  in  question  while 
confining  the  statements  to that  which 
will  command  attention  for  its  manifest 
candor  and  significance.  There 
is  al­
ways,  or  should  be,  an  improvement  in 
qualities  of  new  goods.  There  should 
be 
in  buying. 
There  should  be  constantly 
increasing 
adaptation  to  the  market.  Ail  these are 
subjects  of  advertising  interest.

increasing  advantage 

To  say  that  an  article  is  the  best  ever 
offered  has  no  meaning.  To  say  that 
an  article  is  the  best  the  advertiser  has 
ever  offered  at  the  price  may  have  a 
meaning.  To say  that  an  article  is  first- 
class  in  every  regard  and  then  quote  a 
second  or  third-class  price  makes  it 
ridiculous.  This  is  a  common  mistake.
The  public  is  quickly  educated  to  ap­
preciate  candor  of  expression.  Because 
there  are  dealers  who  let  the  superlative 
run  riot  it  does  not  follow  that  compe­
If  you 
tition  must  be  in  the  same  line. 
have  this  element  to  deal  with 
in  your 
competitors  it 
is  an  advantage  to  you, 
for  the  contrast  will  serve  to  give  the 
more  force  to  your  own  candor  of  ex­
pression.

It  has  come  to  be  expected  that  a  cir­
cus  will  use  unlimited  superlatives  in 
its  advertising. 
It  is  supposed  that  the 
mass  of  circus  patronage  is  of  a  class 
that  can  only  be  caught  by  the  most 
lurid  description  and  extravagance. 
I 
am  not  ready  to  admit  even  this  propo­
sition.  If  circus  publicity  were  confined 
more  nearly  to  probability  and  so  made 
to approach  more  nearly  to  true  candid 
statement  I  verily  believe  it  would  be 
found  more  effective.  Of  course  the  ed­
ucation  of  the  more  vicious  method 
would  be  more  serious  than  in  trade 
advertising—the 
expressions 
have  less  meaning— but  it  is  a  question 
whetl^r the  lurid  in  descripiton  has  not 
destroyed  force  and  significance  until 
*tbe  candid  would  be  more  effective  on 
the  start.  Whether  such  is  the  case there 
is  no  doubt  in  my  mind  that  the  adop­
tion  of  candor  and  probability  would 
quickly  lend  a  force  to  circus  and  show 
advertising  which  it  does  not  now  pos­
sess.

tamer 

The  superlative  in  general  trade  ad­
vertising 
is  being  greatly  modified  in 
all  parts  of  the  country;  experience  is 
showing  the  people  are  not  fools  any­
where.  Those  who  know  enough  to 
read  and  understand  a  dealer's  an­
nouncement  know  enough  to  appreciate 
reasonable  candor  and  probability. 
If 
you  give  them  the  superlative  without  a 
meaning  they  appreciate  it  at  its  true 
worth. 
If  you  are  advertising  to  reach 
those  who  can  not  do  this  you  are  miss­
ing  it,for  such  can  not  be influenced  di­
rectly  by  any  newspaper advertising.

Let  your  yea be yea  and your nay nay. 
Let  your  best  quality  mean  best  quality 
and  should  price  be  quoted 
let  it  be 
consistent.  If  you  are  offering  bargains 
explain  why,  for  the  public  is  skeptical 
as  to  any  dealers  customarily  offering 
goods  below  cost.  Do  not  try  to trade 
on  a 
intelligence  or  a  lack  of 
consideration,  for  the  loss  of  the  better

lack  of 

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are  here,  and  so  is  a  fresh  supply of 
the following  appetizers:

Paris  Green, 
London Purple, 
Stug Shot, 
Hillibore,
Insect  Powder

Give  them  a  dose 
can  attend 

this  week  so  you 
the  carnival  next  week.

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We  also, have  a  full  line of 
other excellent BREAKFAST 
FOODS.

Strawberries 

Fresh Groceries

and everything: dainty, palata­
ble  and  rtouriùl.-inç* 
tn  the. 
Grocery line.

VanSickle  i Reasoner,

Petoskey Lime 
Sheboygan Lime 

Akron and Louisville Cement 

Atlas Portland Cement 

Michigan  Portland Cement 

Sewer Pipe 
Fire Brick 
Flue Lining

Granite Wall Plaster, Plastlcon,

Hard Wall  Plaster 
Gypsum Wall Plaster
Stucco,  Hair, etc.
Write  for  Prices.

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3

MORNING  MARKET.

W hy  I t Is  Necessarily  H eld  E arly  In  the 

Day.

less  distant  sound 

The  average  citizen  of  Grand  Rapids 
who  occasionally  awakes  at  an  early 
hour  at  this  season  of  the  year  notices 
the  more  or 
of 
Beginning  earlier  than  the 
vehicles. 
birds,  the  noise 
is  continuous  until  it 
blends  into  the  regular  traffic  of  the 
streets.  Not  every  one  realizes 
that 
these  earliest  sounds  indicate  exclusive­
ly  the  supplying  of  our tables  and  those 
reached  from  this  market  with  the prod­
ucts  of  the  surrounding  country.  The 
load  is  prepared  at  night  and  starts  on 
its  way  at  varying  hours,  according  to 
the  distance,  some  driving  most  of  the 
night,  while  others  nearer start  just  be­
fore  daybreak.

The  general  rendezvous  of  this  gath­
ering  is,of course,  the  morning  market, 
but  not  all  go  there  by  any  means. 
Many  bring  their  produce  directly  to 
dealers  according  to  previous  arrange­
ment  and  others  sell  from  store  to  store 
without  going  to  the  market  at  all. 
Scattered  all  over  the  city,  this  feature 
of  the  provision  trade  with  the  direct 
deliveries  to  commission  houses 
is 
scarcely  noticed  by  the  casual  observer, 
but  it  is  of  great  magnitude  in  the  ag­
gregate.

The  average  of  arrivals  on  the  market 
is  not  so  early  as  when  the  traffic  was 
all  on  the  streets.  At  that  time  the  most 
favorable  stands  were  occupied  often 
long  before  day,  while the  more  dilatory 
vendors  fared  poorer at later hours.  Now 
the  rented  stands  are  left  vacant  until 
their owners  choose  to  occupy  them. 
It 
is  found  desirable  to  do  this  at  earl) 
hours  usually,  many coming  by 5 o’clock 
and  most  planning  their arrival  within 
the  next  half  hour.  The  morning  mar­
ket  will  always  be  an  early  market,  for 
it  must  necessarily  precede  the  business 
of  the  day,  not  only  in  the  city  where  it 
is  necessary  to  prepare  for the  morning 
shipments  by  express,  for  which  no  less 
than  ten  trains  go  out  within  one  hour, 
but  on  the  farms  represented.  The  pres­
sure  of  the  harvest  season  makes  a  long 
day  for  those  who  spend  the  latter  hall 
of  the  night  in  this  mode  of  disposing 
of  their  produce.

The  cherry  season  has  been  rather  a 
disappointment  to the  buyers,  but  those 
paving  them to sell have  not fared badly. 
The  ripening  was  hastened  by  the  ex­
cessive  heat  and  the  work  of  disposal 
has  necessarily  been  rapid.  The  can- 
ners  have  taken  a  good  many  on  con­
tract,  so that  those  offered  in  the  mar­
ket  have  gone  quickly  at  high  prices.

In  the  small  fruit  market  black  cap 
berries  are  now  having  their  inning. 
These  also  have  come  quickly,  on  ac­
count  of  the  heat,  but  the  absorbing  ca­
is  too great  for 
pacity  of  the  market 
prices  to  suffer. 
Everything  offered 
has  gone  quickly  and  the  growers  have 
no  reason  to  complain  of  the  returns. 
Raspberries  are  now  beginning  to  come 
freely  and  prices are good for  these  also. 
Indeed,  the  berry  season  promises  to  be 
one  of  good  prices  all  through.

Currants  are  unusually  fíne  in  quality 
and  are  offered  in  sufficient  abundance 
to  keep  the  price  reasonable.

Gooseberries 

are  plentiful. 

This 
healthful  boon  of acidity  is  coming  to 
more  prominence  as  people  learn  to  ap­
preciate  it.

For  those  who  are  raising  them  the 
vegetable  of  most  interest  just  now  is 
the  potato.  Considering  the  cold  spring 
months  it 
these 
should  be  offered  so  freely  so  early  in 
the  season ;  but  the  much-decried  Mlch-

is  remarkable  that 

igan  sand  is  unrivalled  in  quickness  of 
production  when  it  has  sufficient  mois­
ture.  Tuesday  morning  there  was  a  re­
markable  showing  in  the  Jamestown  di­
from  Forest  Grove. 
vision,  mostly 
About  a  dozen  double-decked 
fruit 
wagons  were 
loaded  to  their capacity 
and  everything  sold  promptly  at  from 
85@90c.  The  principal  interest  in  the 
general  vegetable  market  is  its  volume 
and  excellent  quality.  Considering  the 
quantity  prices  and  demand are remark­
ably  well  sustained.

1  have  heard 

Econom izing  Nerve  Force.
If  one  observes  the  crowd 

in  the 
streets  it  is  curious  and  most  disagree­
able  to  see  how  small  the  number is who 
are  not  constantly  making  grimaces  and 
working  their  faces  or  jaws  in  some 
manner. 
it  said  it  was 
bashfulness  that  caused  this,  but  it  has 
not  been  my  observation  that  bashful­
ness  was  so  widely  distributed an Amer­
ican  trait;  besides,  how  does  twisting 
the  face  help  to  keep  one  in  counten­
is  not  bashfulness;  it  is 
ance?  No,  it 
misdirected  nervous 
energy,  which 
ought  to  be  aiding  the  movements  of 
their  legs  or  getting  stored  up  some­
where 
in  the  central  nervous  reservoirs 
for  future  use.

Learn  to  keep  still  when  you  rest; 
when  you  move,  move  with  the  part  of 
the  body  needed;  do  not  waste  your 
force  by  walking  with  your  arms  and 
face  as  well  as  with  your  legs. 
If  cir­
cumstances  force  an  unusual  and fatigu­
ing  amount  of  exertion  upon  you,  break 
it  now  and  then  by  periods  of  absolute 
rest.  No  matter  how  brief  they  are, 
they  will  be  useful  if  you  make  them 
complete  and  perfect 
in  the  way  de­
scribed.  This  is  true  of  mental  as  well 
as  bodily  exertion.  A  minute  or  two 
minutes  of  quiet,  with  closed  eyes,  if 
possible,  with  your  tension  relaxed  and 
the  gearing  of  the  machinery  thrown  off 
for  the  moment  will  help  and  refresh 
you  greatly.  Here,  again,  more  may  be 
gained 
if  the  ability  to  relax  mentally 
can  be  secured  in  a  fashion  similar to 
the  withdrawing  of  muscular  tension. 
Learn 
to  empty  your  mind  when  not 
using  it. 

Frank  Stowell.

When  a  policeman  marries,  he  soon 
begins  to  wonder  where  he  can  hide 
his  club  so  that  his  wife  can’t  find  it.

C O N S U L TA TIO N
E X A M IN A T IO N

You are under no  obligation  to  continue  treat­
ment.  Dr. Rankin  has  been  established  In  the 
same office ten years and his practice Is sufficient 
evidence of his  skill.

Catarrh,  Head and Throat

Is the voice husky?
Do you ache all over?
Is the nose stopped up?
Do  you  snore  at  night?
Does the nose bleed easily?
Is  this  worse  toward  night?
Does  the  nose  itch  and  burn?
Is  there  pain  In  front  of  head?
Is  there  pain  across  the  eyes?
Is  your  sense  of  smell  leaving?
Is the throat  dry  in  the  morning?
Are you losing your  sense of taste?
Do  you  sleep  with  the  mouth  open?
Have you a  pain  behind  breast  bone?
Does  the  nose  stop  up  toward  night?

Go or write to

DR.  C.  E.  RANKIN,

Powers’  Opera  House  Block

Grand  Rapins,  Michigan 

Graduate of University of Michigan and  Illinois 

School of Electro-Therapeutics 

.  M ail T reatm ent

Dr. Rankin’s  system  of  “Home  Treatment”  is 
well known and highly  efficient.  Send  for  free 

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OLNEY  &   JUDSON  GROCER  CO.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

C H A N G E   O F   N A M E

O w ing  to  the  increase  in  the 
dem and 
for  our  D u s t l e s s  
B r u s h e s ,  we  have  been  com ­
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new  corporation,  the  M I L W A U K E E   D U S T L E S S   B R U S H  
C O .,  has. acquired  all  the  rights  of  the  W i e n s   B r u s h   C o. 
in 
their  patents  covering 
“ D ustless  B ru sh es.”  W e   desire  to 
thank  all  our  friends  and  patrons  in  this  section  of  the  country 
for  all  their  favors  in  the  past,  and  respectfully  solicit  a  con­
tinuance  of  the  sam e  in  the  future.  A ddress  all  correspondence 

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M ovements of M erchants.

Ionia— Herman  Schmid,of  Cleveland, 

has  opened  a  clothing  store  here.

Vicksburg—Slack  &  Fisher  have  pur­
chased  the  meat  market  of  E.  D.  San­
derson.

Quincy—1.  L.  Bishop  has  purchased 
stock  of 

the  hardware  and  harness 
Bishop  &  Rising.

Millington—Jas.  A.  Smith,  dealer  in 
agricultural  implements  and  groceries, 
has  removed  to  Flint.

Grand  Haven— Zaagman  &  Reenders 
are  closing  out  their  feed  stock  and  will 
retire  from  the  business.

Hartford—Will  Bridges  will  shortly 
in  the  building 

open  a  grocery  store 
recently  vacated  by  Dan.  Riegel.

Stanwood—J.  Boynton  &  Co.  have 
sold  their  drug  stock  to  G.  McAllister, 
who  will  continue  the  business  at  the 
same  location.

West  Bay  City—Daniel  B.  Perry, 
who  operates  a  branch  drug  store  at 
Bay  City,  is  succeeded  at  that  place  by 
Perry  &  Hagadorn.

Big  Rapids— Geo.  A.  Roof,  who  re­
cently  purchased  a  store  building  on 
Maple  street,  will occupy it  with  a  stock 
of  shoes  about  August  i.

Mt. 

Clemens— Phoebe  A. 

(Mrs. 
Stephen  O .)  Ecker,  dealer  in  jewelry 
and  confectionery,  has  sold  her  confec­
tionery  stock  to  Hattie  A.  McConnell.
Fennville— R.  W.  Harrold  has  pur­
chased  the  interest  of  his  partner  in  the 
drug  stock  of  E.  A.  Andrews  & Co.  and 
will  continue  the  business  in  his  own 
name.

Detroit— The  Commercial  Credit  Co. 
has  recently  removed  from  the  Ham­
mond  building  to  the  Detroit  opera 
house  block,  where  it  occupies  the  en­
tire  fourth  floor.

Bay  City—Charles  H.  Frantz  has pur­
chased  the  interest  of  Carl  V.  Richard­
son  in  the  pharmacy  of  Frantz  &  Rich­
ardson  and  will  continue  the  business 
in  his  own  name.

Kalamazoo—George  Sperry  has  pur­
chased  the  hardware  stock  of  Charles 
Schau,  on  Portage  street,  and  will  add 
to  the  stock  and  enlarge  the  building  to 
a  considerable  extent.

Barryton—The  mercantile  business 
here 
lately  conducted  by  Chas.  Mc­
Donald  will  be  continued  by  the  Barry­
ton  Mercantile  Co.  Wesley  Barry  is  in 
charge  of  the  business.

Mackinac  Island—William  R.  Bogan 
has  returned  from  Chicago, where  he has 
the  principalship  of  the  Washington 
school.  He  will  conduct  the  Central 
drug  store  this  summer.

Benton  Harbor—The  F.  S.  Hopkins 
drug  concern  has  been  incorporated  and 
will  hereafter  be  known  as  the  Hopkins 
Drug  Co.  The  stockholders  are  F.  S. 
Hopkins,  Geo.  A.  Hopkins  and  F.  X. 
Duerr.

Nashville—The  clothing  firm  of  Wal- 
ser  &  Gribbin  has  been  dissolved,  G. 
W.  Gribbin  having  purchased  the  inter­
est  of  F.  J.  Walser.  Mr.  Walser  will 
engage 
at 
Chesaning.

in  the  clothing  business 

Red  Jacket— Kohlhaas  &  Son  have 
sold  their  meat  market  to  George  Fax. 
Mr.  Fax  was  formerly  accountant  for 
the  firm,  but  engaged 
in  business  for 
himself  a  couple  of  years  ago  under  the 
style  of  Grierson  &  Fax,  conducting  a 
general  merchandise  store  at  Copper 
Falls.  Mr.  Grierson  retired  a  year  ago, 
since  which  time  Mr.  Fax  has  had  en­
tire  charge  of  the  business,  which  will 
be  continued.

Omer— The  Squire  &  Sterling  Mer­
cantile  Co.,  Limited,  which  conducted 
a  general  merchandise  store  in  connec­
tion  with  its  wholesale  timber  business, 
has  sold  its  merchandise  stock  to  Ardis 
&  Warnock.

Brooklyn—C.  B.  Farnham,  a  Jackson 
clothing  dealer,  has  purchased  the  re­
mainder  of  the  North  clothing  stock  of 
W.  S.  Culver  and  will  continue  the 
business  at  the  same 
Jos. 
North  will  have  charge  of  same.

location. 

Lowell—Will  Price,  who  has  been 
with  E.  Collar  in  his  west  end  dry 
goods  store,  and  Allie  Covert,  who  has 
been  employed  by  Mark  Rubens,  have 
formed  a  copartnership  and  purchased 
the  grocery  stock  of  Force  &  Love­
land.

Plymouth—The  liabilities of F.  Mark­
ham  Briggs,  the  druggist,  now  foot  up 
to  $26,000,  with  assets  in  the  neighbor­
hood  of  $3,000.  Receiver  Starkweather 
says  that  unless  the  sale  of  real  estate, 
made  by  Mr.  Briggs  some  time  ago  to 
his  wife,  is  set  aside  by  the  courts, 
scarcely  10  cents  on  the  dollar  will  be 
realized.

Traverse  City— Ed.  W.  Wait  and  C. 
R.  Wait  have  been  admitted  to  partner­
ship  in  the  old-established  drug  busi­
ness  of  S.  E.  Wait.  The  new  firm  will 
be  known  as  S.  E.  Wait  &  Sons.  The 
senior  Wait  established  the  business  in 
1872  and  has  conducted 
it  alone  ever 
since,  with  the  exception  of  one  year, 
in  which  L.  M.  Mills  was  a  partner.

Kalamazoo— The  drug  store  of  F.  N. 
Maus  was  entered  by  burglars  Saturday 
night  and  about $10  in  money  and  a few 
cigars  stolen.  The thieves  went  through 
the  cash  drawer  of  the  soda  fountain 
and  cigar case  and  then  carried  the  100 
pound  cash  register  off  bodily. 
It  was 
found  Sunday  morning  across the street, 
where  the  burglars  left  it  after  forcing 
the  combination.

Moline—The  copartnership  recently 
formed  under  the  style  of  McLeod, 
Stiner  &  Co.,  Ltd.,  to  continue 
the 
general  merchandise  business  of  E.  N. 
Bates,  has  been  dissolved  by  the  retire­
ment  of  S.  C.  Stiner  and  C.  A.  Riley, 
whose  interests  have  been  purchased  by 
Frank  McLeod.  The  business  will  be 
continued  by  J.  A.  McLeod,  Frank  Mc­
Leod  and  E.  N.  Bates  under  the  style 
of  McLeod  Bros.  &  Co.,  Ltd.

M anufacturing  M atters.

Portland—Vincent  P.  Cash  has  re­
moved  to  Riverdale,  where  he  has 
erected  and  equipped  an  elevator.

Cheboygan— H.  W.  Swift  has  sold  his 
interest  in  the  Swift  &  Clark  sawmill  to 
his  partner,  O.  M.  Clark.

Pontiac—The  Pontiac  Body  Manu­
facturing  Co.  succeeds  A.  A.  Baum­
gartner  in  the  manufacture  of  carriage 
bodies.

Battle  Creek— This  city  liow  has  more 
health  food  manufactories  than  any 
other  city  in  the  world.  The  latest  is  a 
health  drink  to  be  known  as  the  Ponce 
de  Leon  Elixir  of  Life.  It  consists  of 
bottled  Goguac  Lake  water.

Fenton— S.  W.  Ackerson,  who  has 
been  connected  with  the  A.  J.  Phillips 
Co.  for  the  past  sixteen  years,  has  re­
tired  from  that concern  to take  a  similar 
position  with  the  Owosso  Manufactur­
ing  Co.,  maker  of  screen  goods.

Detroit— The  American  Brush  Co.  has 
filed  articles  of  association.  The  pur­
pose  of  the  corporation  is  the  manufac­
ture  and  sale  of  brushes.  The  company 
is  capitalized  at  $15,000 and  the  organ­
izers  are  Mark  G.  Morris,  Henry  S. 
Morris,  Hortense  L.  Morris  and  Mark 
G.  Morris,  trustee,  all  of  Detroit.

Evart—A.  A.  Smith  &  Son,  of  the 
Evart  Roller  Mills,  are  erecting  a  grain 
elevator  at  their  mills.  The  building 
will  be  20x30  feet  in  dimensions,  and 
will  be  connected  with  the  main  build­
ing  by  shafting  and  grain  spouts.

White  Pigeon— The  stock  of  the  Sul­
tan  Buggy  &  Cart  Co.,  which  went  into 
bankruptcy 
last  December,  has  been 
purchased  by  Hotchin  Bros.,  J.  G. 
Schultz  and  John  Murray,  all  local  citi­
zens  and  officials  or  directors  of  the 
State  Bank.  The  factory  will  resume 
work  soon  and  under  most  auspicious 
prospects  for a  prosperous  future.

White  Pigeon—Carloads  of  brick, 
cement,  lumber,  etc.,  continue  to arrive 
occasionally  for  the  construction  of  the 
German  Portland  Cement  Co.’s  factory. 
The  foundation  walls  of  the  main build­
ing  have  been  laid  for  some  time,  and 
while  there  is  little  doing  at  the  com­
pany’s  grounds  at  present,  preparations 
point  to  a  resumption  of  operations  in 
the  near  future.

Detroit—Articles  of  association  have 
been  filed  by  the  Ginzel  Construction 
Co.  The  purposes  of  the  corporation 
are  the  building  of  gas  and  electric 
lighting  plants  and  doing  all  kinds  of 
construction  work.  The  capital  stock 
of  the  company  is  $10,000  and  the  or­
ganizers  are  John  Ginzel,  Wyandotte; 
Matthew  F.  Bramley,  and  John  F. 
Cowing,  Cleveland;  Stewart  O.  Van  De 
Mark,  Detroit,  and  Stewart  O.  Van  De 
Mark,  trustee.

Battle  Creek—The  Bown  Tire  Valve 
Co.,  Ltd.,  has  filed  articles  of  copart­
nership  with  the  register  of deeds  in 
the  sum  of  $25,000,  of  which  $8,000  is 
paid  in.  The  new  enterprise  will  man­
ufacture  valves  and  attachments 
for 
pneumatic  tires  of  all  kinds. 
is 
claimed  that  there  is  a  wide demand  for 
this  kind  of  goods.  The  members  of 
the  company  and  the  amounts  of  their 
stock  are:  William  C.  Hougbtaiing, 
chairman,  $2,500;  Arthur  B.  Williams, 
Secretary,  $1,500;  Charles  E.  Bown, 
Treasurer,  $1,250;  Eugene  N.  Bown, 
$1,250;  Ora  R.  Stains,  $750;  Frank 
Houghtaling,  $750.

It 

it  happens 

it  should  be 

Shippers  should  look  out  about  send­
ing  berries  or  any  other  fruit  in  cars 
consigned  to  one  house,  but  containing 
consignments  for  several  houses. 
In  a 
majority  of  instances  the  house to which 
the  car 
is  consigned  gets  the  stock 
marked  for  it  out  and  lets  the  rest  lie 
around  wherever 
to  be 
dropped.  On  a  falling  market  this  is 
disastrous,  and 
looked 
after.  Serious losses  in  blackberries  and 
similar  perishable articles have resulted. 
If  shippers  would  compel  the  attention 
of  the  houses  interested  by  refusing  to 
send  them  anything  unless  safe  delivery 
were  guaranteed,  there  would  be  an  end 
to  the  difficulty.  There  are  plenty  of 
good  houses  which  will  do  this  as  it 
should  be,  without  being  obliged  to 
ship  to  those  who  only  look  after their 
own  interests  very  carefully.  An  easy 
solution  of the  problem  is  to  notify  the 
railroad  company  of  the  consignees  in 
the  car,  and  the stock will  then  be  cared 
for.

The  Boys  B ehind  the  Counter.

Kalamazoo—J.  W.  Gibson,  attendant 
at  the 
insane  asylum  here  about  four­
teen  years,  has  resigned  to  take  a  posi­
tion  with  Diver  &  Baker—the  Co-opera­
tive  Grocer  Co.—as  city  salesman  and 
collector.

Mackinac  Island—Miss  Lina  McDon­
ald  has  taken  a  clerkship  in  the  dry 
goods  department  of  J.  W.  Davis  & 
Son.  Miss  Kate  McCarty  bas  resumed 
her  former  position  as  cashier of  the  es­
tablishment.

Evart— Miss  Frankie  Voorheis,  who 
has  conducted  Davy  &  Co.’s  millinery 
department  during 
just 
closed,  has  returned  to  her  home  at 
North  Adams.

season 

the 

Elk  Rapids— Geo.  Anderson  has 
taken  a  clerkship  in  the  store  of  J.  H. 
Bennett.

Lakeview—Claude  White  has  taken 
the  position  of  prescription  clerk  in  the 
drug  store  of  J.  W.  Kirtland.

Kalamazoo—Charles  Morse,  who  has 
been  employed  at  the  Bell  shoe  store, 
has  gone  to  Escanaba,  where  he  will 
preach  during  the  summer  in  the  Bap­
tist  church.

Traverse  City— B.  H.  Bracken,  head 
clerk  in  the  store  of  the Hamilton Cloth­
ing  Co.,  is  spending  a  fortnight  at  the 
Pan-American  Exposition  and  at  his 
boyhood  home  at  Lock port,  N.  Y.  He 
is  accompanied  by  his  wife.

Fennville—R.  W.  Harrold,  who  re­
cently  purchased  the  interest  of  E.  A. 
Andrews 
in  the  drug  stock  of  E.  A. 
Andrews  &  Co.,  has  engaged  Fred  W. 
Glass,  recently  in  the  employ  of  J.  D. 
Woodbeck,  the  Otsego  druggist.

Lowell—C.  J.  Brunskill,  who  has 
been  behind  the  prescription  case  of 
Dexter  Look  for  some  time,  has  gone  to 
California,  where  he  will  locate.

Otsego—Ray  Eaton  succeeds  Fred 
W.  Glass  as  prescription  clerk  for J.  D. 
Woodbeck.

Kalamazoo—C.  M.  Disler,  who  has 
been  cashier at  the  local  branch  of  Ar­
mour  &  Company  for  some  months,  left 
Monday  to  fill  the  position  of  relief 
cashier  for  branch  houses  for this  audit­
ing  district,  which 
includes  Michigan 
and  Ohio.  He  is  succeeded  as cashier of 
the  Kalamazoo  house  by  F.  M.  Bell, 
who  has  been  assistant  cashier  for  some 
time,  and  his  place  is  in  turn  filled  by 
J.  C.  Pringle,  of  Massachusetts.

Business  W ill Take  a  P ay  Off.

Albion,  July  9—A  committee  of  busi­
ness  men headed  by  Mayor James  Shan- 
ley  went  to  Hillsdale  to-day  to  confer 
with  a  similar .committee  of  that  city  at 
their  invitation,  with  reference  to  the 
proposed  Albion-Hillsdale  joint  picnic 
at  Bawbeese Lake.  The  idea  is  to  sus­
pend  all  business  in  both  places  for  the 
day  and  all  unite  in  a  grand  civic  holi­
day  and  celebration.  The  date  selected 
is  next  week  Tuesday  and  a  special 
train  will  be  run  over  the  Lake  Shore 
from  here  in  the  morning,  returning  in 
the  evening.  There  will  be  a  pro­
gramme  of  sports,  including  base  ball, 
and  other  features  to enliven  the  affair.

M.  O.  BAKER  &  CO.

TOLEDO,  OHIO

H ave  fancy  trade  at  top  prices  for  all  N orthern  M ichigan  cherries  can 

get.  L e t  us  have  your  shipm ents.

Grand  Rapids  Supply  Company,

Jobbers of

M ILL  SUPPLIES

Iron  P ip e  F ittin gs,  V alves,  B o iler  and  E n gin e  Trim m ings,  B eltin g, 

H ose  P ack in g,  etc.  W rite  for  prices.

*° Pwri Street 

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

Grand  R apids  G ossip

The  Produce  M arket.

Apples—Southern,  40c  for  %  bu.  box.
Bananas— Prices  range 
from  $1.25 
@1.75  per  bunch,  according  to  size. 
Jumbos,  $2.25.

Beets— 15c  per  doz.
Blackberries—$1.50  per  16 qts.
Butter—Creamery 

extras  Command 
1824c.  Dairy  grades  are  demoralized, 
owing  to  the 
large  amount  of  stock 
affected  by  the  terrible  heat  which  pre­
vailed  during  the  last  week  of  June  and 
the  first  week  of  July.

Cabbage—40@5oc  per  doz.
Carrots— 15c  per  doz.  bunches.
Celery— 18c  per  doz.
Cherries—Sweet 

command  $2.75@3 
per  bu.  and  are  scarce  at  that.  Sour 
fetch  $i.50@2per  bu.

Cucumbers—30@35c  per  doz.
Currants— 70@90c  per  16 qt.  crate.
Eggs—Dealers  declare  that 

in  their 
experience  of  five  or  six  years  on  this 
market  they  never saw  a  time when eggs 
from  all  sections  ran  so  bad.  The  re­
cent  hot  wave 
is  responsible  for this 
condition.  Those  coming  from  a  dis­
tance 
lost  from  six  to  fifteen  dozen  to 
the  case.  Track  buying  has  almost 
ceased  and  eggs  are  now  sent  on  com­
mission.  All  this  bad  condition  of  eggs 
is  very  favorable  to  the  stock  of  April 
eggs.  Local  dealers  pay  10c  per  doz., 
loss  off.
Frogs’  Legs— Large  bulls,  45@5oc; 
medium  bulls,  25c;  large frogs,  I5@20c; 
small  frogs,  5@ioc.

Gooseberries-----8o@goc  per  16  qt.

Green  Onions—12c  for Silverskins.
Green  Peas—70c  for  telephones  and 

crate.

marrowfats.

Honey—White  stock  is  in  light  sup­
ply  at  14c.  Amber  is  slow  sale  at  13c 
and  dark 
is  in  moderate  demand  at  11
@I2C.
Lemons—Californias  command  $4@ 
4.25  for  300s  and  250s  per  box.  Mes- 
sinas  fetch  $4.75  for  choice  and  $5  for 
fancy.

Lettuce—Garden,  50c  per  bu.  ;  head, 

60c  per  bu.

Maple  Syrup—$1  per  gal.  for fancy.
Musk  Melons—The  run  of  California 
gem  cantilonpes  which  are  hauled  East 
from  Indio,  Cal.,  by  express,  is  about 
over. 
Instead  of  getting  thirty  cars 
only  thirteen  have  come.  The  price  of 
these  melons 
is  maintained  at  $5  a 
crate,  which  is  rather  remarkable.  One 
car  alone  had  charges  for  icing  and  ex­
press  of  $770.  The  success  of  the  Indio 
melon  has  been  such  that  another  year 
there  will  be  a 
large  acreage  planted 
there.  If  the  sand  storms  can be avoided 
this  will  be  a  great  industry  for  this 
section.
8o@goc  for  Southern.

Onions—$1  per  bu.  for home  grown ; 
Oranges— Valencia  lates  are  about  the 
only  varfety  now  to  be  had  and  sorted 
stock  commands $3-75  per  box.

Parsley—35c  per  doz.
Peaches—The prospects for a  full  crop 
in  the  vicinity  of  Grand  Rapids  are  ex­
cellent ;  in  fact  many  of  the  growers  are 
compelled  to  thin  out  their  crop  and 
have  men  in  their orchards  at  work  on 
the  trees.  Growers  around  Fennville 
and  Saugatuck  claim  that  the  crop  in 
that  vicinity  will  not  exceed  a  third  of 
a  full  crop.

doz.,  according  to  size.

Pie  Plant—60c  for  50  lb.  box.
Pineapples—Florida,  $i.5o@2 
Plums— Nothing  but  a  blow  strong 
enough  to  strip  the  trees  will  prevent 
Western  Michigan  harvesting  the 
larg­
est  plum  crop  ever  recorded.

Potatoes—Receipts  of  Southern  are 
not  sufficient  to  meet  the  requirements 
of  the  market,  in  consequence  of  which 
dealers  have  to  rely  on  home  grown  to 
piece  out  the  demand.  Home  grown 
are  inferior  to  Southern  stock 
in  size, 
but  another  week  will  reverse  this  con­
dition,  for  by  that  time  home  grown 
will  be  superior  in  every  respect  to  im­
ported.  The  price  ranges  around  $1, 
all  offerings  on  the  Morning  Market 
Wednesday  having  been  absorbed  at 
87J£@90c<  with  every 
indication  that 
the  price  to  the  grower  will  move  up  to 
$1  Thursday  morning. 
If  receipts  of

per 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Southern  are  more 
liberal  later  in  the 
week,  as  is  expected  to  be  the  case  the 
price  will  gradually  recede  after  to­
morrow.

Poultry— Receipts  are  light,  which  is 
attributed  to  the  fact  that  farmers  are 
so  busy  with  their  harvesting  that  they 
can  not  find  time  to  market  poultry. 
Live  hens command 7@8c;  spring broil­
I3@i5c;  turkey  hens,  8@gc;  gob­
ers, 
blers, 
I2@i4c. 
Pigeons  are  in  moderate  demand  at  60 
@75c  per  doz.  and  squab%  are  taken 
readily  at $i @i.20.

spring  ducks, 

Radishes— 12c  for  China  Rose ;  toe 

8c; 

for Chartiers.

for 

Raspberries—$1.50  per  16  qts. 

black ;  $1.50  per  12  qts.  for  red.

Seeds— Hungarian,  75@85c;  common 
millet,  7o@75c;  German millet,  8o@85c.

String  Beans—$1.25  per bu.
Summer  Squash— ic  per  lb.
Tomatoes—$1.25  per  4  basket  crate. 
From  ten  to  eighteen  cars  of  tomatoes 
a  day  are  being  shipped  from  Crystal 
Springs,  Miss.  The  bulk  of  the  stock 
has  been  shipped,  but  there  are  said  to 
be  some  very  good  ones  to  come  yet.

Watermelons—25c for Alabama Sweets. 
Watermelons  never  ruled  so  high  the 
Fourth  of  July  as  they  did  last  week.  It 
was  almost  impossible  to  get  a  car  for 
less  than  $300.  The  shortness  of  the 
crop  in  Texas  and  Georgia  caused  this 
condition.  Two  heavy  dealers  in  Chi­
cago  set  out  to  corner  the  market  and 
nearly  succeeded.  They  got  every  car 
before  the  Fourth,  except 
six,  and 
offered  such  prices  for  these  that  the 
owners  could  not  job  them  and  they 
are  still  on  their  hands.  The  demand 
since  the  Fourth  is  not  very  good  and 
these  people  made  a  mistake  that  they 
did  not  take  the  offer  of  $275  to $300  a 
car.  The  next  melons  to come  are  from 
Missouri  and  as  the  crop  there  is  an 
average  one  the  price 
is  likely  to  go 
down. 
It  will  be  July  15  before  they 
move  to  any  amount  and  as  soon  as 
they  are  off  the  market  Indiana  will  be 
on  with  a  fine  crop.  Not  in  years  has 
the  jobbing  price  of $50 a  hundred been 
maintained  on  watermelons.

Whortleberries—$3  per  bu.  Receipts 
are  not  large  yet,  but  the  quality  of  the 
fruit  thus  far  received  is  fine.

Hides,  Felts, Tallow  and Wool.

Hides  have  been  well  cleaned  up  at 
the  advance  and  receipts  are 
light. 
Prices  are  high  for  the  present  outlook 
and  tanners  are  not  anxious.

Pelts 

lay  dormant  at  any  advance, 
while  a  few  dealers  keep  them  moving 
rather  than  allow  them  to  pile  up.

Tailow  has  another  advance  from  the 
ir  London  and  a  gd.  (nine 
demand 
pence) 
advance,  with  all  offerings 
taken.  Warm  weather  prevents  ship­
ments,  while  soapers  seem 
to  want 
stock,  probably  on  account  of.  agitation 
of  cotton  seed.

Wools  are  in  demand  at  ruling prices, 
but  no  advance  can  be  obtained.  Fac­
tories  are  busy  and  sales  have  increased 
in  volume.  Shipments  have  gone  for­
ward  from  the  States  and  the  greater 
amount  of  the  new  clip  is  cleaned  up.
Wm.  T.  Hess.

W.  L.  Freeman,  President  of  the 
Freeman  Mercantile  Co.,  has  been  con­
fined  to  bis  home  by  illness  for  about  a 
week.  He  expects  to  be  able  to  resume 
his  desk  before  the  end  of  the  week.

Richard  R.  Bean,  Secretary  of  the 
Putnam  Candy  Co.  has  gone  to  Niagara 
Falls  to  attend  the  annual  convention  of 
the  Western  Confectioners’  Association. 
He  will  return  by  boat  via  Harbor 
Springs.  Mr.  Bean  seldom  takes  a  res­
pite  from  business  cares  and  has  richly 
earned  a  vacation.

Henry  J.  Vinkemulder  left  Tuesday 
for a  fortnight’s  absence,  during  which 
he  will  visit  Buffalo,  New  York,  Phila­
delphia,  Boston  and  several 
interme­
diate  cities.  He 
is  accompanied  by 
his  wife.

The Grocery  M arket.

Sugar—The  raw  sugar  market  is  un­
changed.  There  is  a  good  demand  from 
the  retailer,  but  new  business  with  the 
refiner  is  light,  as  jobbers  bought  heav­
ily  before  the 
In  our 
opinion  there  will  be  no  speculation  in 
sugar  before  August,  as  jobbers’  pur­
chases  before  the  advance  will  carry 
them  through  July.

last  advance. 

Teas— New  crop  teas  are  expected  to 
arrive  soon, 
including  Formosas  and 
Congous,  with  freer  arrivals  of  Japans. 
Buyers  apparently  show  an 
inclination 
to  hold  off  pending  further  develop­
ments.  The  distributing  business  con­
tinued  on  a  hand-to-mouth  basis,  job­
bers  experiencing  a  light  run  of  orders 
for  the  day.  Prices  remain  quotably 
unchanged  and  rather  nominal  for  the 
entire  list.

Canned  Goods— Spot 

tomatoes  are 
practically  cleaned  up  in  the  West,  the 
last  packer  that  had  any  having  just 
notified  his  broker that  be  was  sold  out. 
The  Eastern  packers  are  also  getting 
sold  out  and  we  think  that  new tomatoes 
will  come 
in  on  the  latest  market  in 
several  years.  The  same  can  be  said 
of  spot  corn. 
It  is  scarce  and  shows  an 
advance  of  at  least  I2^c  from  the  bot­
tom.  Later  reports  from  Indiana  com­
plain  of  the  pea  louse  and  several  of the 
largest  packers  have  withdrawn  from 
the  market.

Dried  Fruits—There 

is  a  fair  con­
sumptive  demand  for  prunes  and  prices 
are  a  little  firmer.  Evaporated  apples 
continue  to  advance  and what little stock 
that  is  offering  is  bringing  good  prices.
Oatmeal— The  rolled  oats  market  is 
very  strong,  on  account  of  the  advanc­
ing  tendency  of  oats.  September  oats 
are  now  about  3c  higher  than during  the 
Phillip’s  comer  in  May.  The  Govern­
ment  crop  reports  suggest  a  yield  of 
100,000,000  bushels 
less  than  last  year, 
which  would  give  us  the  lightest crop in 
ten  years  with  one  exception.

Evaporated  Apples— Chicago  advices 
state :  There  has  been  a  revival  of  in­
terest 
in  evaporated  apples.  This  line 
was  very  active  a  few  weeks  ago,  quiet­
ing  down 
later  into  the  same  dulness 
that  other  lines  of  dried  fruits  were  in ; 
but  within  the  last  few  days  much  in­
terest  has  been  shown  in  the  apple  mar­
ket  by  Chicago  jobbers  and  buying  has 
been  very  active,  the  sales  being  quite 
heavy,  leading  all  other  kinds  of  cured 
fruit.  Few  evaporated  apples,  how­
ever,  are  being  offered,  while  owners  of 
stock  are  able  to  obtain  ask'ing  prices, 
which  are  about  7c  for  choice  stock.
to  the  advance 

in 
corn,  glucose  is  up  5c  per  100  pounds 
and  corn  syrup  ic  per  gallon  and  3c  per 
case.

Syrups—Owing 

Molasses—Dealers  report  a  very  small 
volume  of  orders  and  shipments  are  be­
ing  delayed,  pending  cooler  weather. 
Domestic  mixed  grocery  grades  remain 
firm  and  prices  rule  strong,  reflecting 
the  strength  of  the  glucose  market. 
Other grades  of  both  domestic  and  for­
eign  continue  more  or  less  neglected, 
but  as  dealers  do  not  force  sales  prices 
continue  steady.  No  news  of  interest 
is  reported  from  primary  markets.  New 
Orleans  reports  small  arrivals  of  black­
strap  molasses,  the  bulk  of  which  had 
been  previously  contracted  for,  and  only 
small  offerings  were  made.

Rice—Although  sales  were  somewhat 
below  those  of  the  week  previous—ow­
ing  to  a  national  holiday—business  was 
considered  satisfactory  for  the  week. 
The  market  is  strong,  statistically,  and 
with  continued  unfavorable  crop  reports 
from  the  South,  and  the  sttength  of

markets  abroad,  local  dealers  remain 
confident,  asking  full  prices  for  domes­
tic  and  foreign  descriptions.

Brooms—The  combine  has  advanced 

the  price  of  all  grades  25c  per  doz.

The  preparations  for  the  grocers’  pic­
nic  on  July  25  and the meat dealers'  pic­
nic  on  August  8  are  going  forward  rap­
idly,  with  every 
indication  that  both 
events  will  be  successful.  The  conflict 
in  dates  is  very  unfortunate  for  all  con­
cerned  and,  as  both  classes  have  made 
somewhat  extensive  arrangements  and 
gone  to  considerable  expense 
in  the 
matter,  it  hardly  seems  probable  that  a 
compromise  will  be  reached,  although 
a  joint  meeting  will  be  held  on  Thurs­
day  evening  to  consider  the  matter.  As 
the  Tradesman  understands  the  situa­
tion,  August  8  was  originally  selected 
as  the  date  of  the  picnic  by  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association. 
Following  the  precedent  of  previous 
years,  the  butchers selected the same day 
for  their  picnic  and  annual  holiday. 
Later on,  an  invitation  was  extended  to 
the  Kalamazoo grocers  and  meat dealers 
to  visit  Grand  Rapids  on  that  day,  but 
as  they  had  already  selected  July  25  as 
the  date  of  their  holiday,  the  Grand 
Rapids  grocers—or  the  committee  hav­
ing  the  matter  in  charge—changed  the 
date  of  the  Grand  Rapids  picnic  to July 
25.  The  butchers  claim  that  this  change 
was  made  without  consulting  them  or 
considering  them 
in  the  matter  and 
after  they  had  already  made  a  contract 
with  the  Pere  Marquette  Railway  for  an 
excursion  to  Muskegon,  which  the  As­
sociation 
is  now  unable  to  cancel  or 
change.  The  conflict  will  work  a  hard­
ship  to  those  dealers  who  handle  both 
groceries  and  meat,  because  many  of 
them  feel  that  they  can  not  close  up  two 
days  and  find  it  hard  to  decide  which 
day  they  will  observe.  In  the  interest  of 
harmony  and  for  the  sake  of harmonious* 
action  in  the  future—which  the  bolding 
of  two  picnics  this  year  would  greatly 
jeopardize—the  Tradesman  sincerely 
hopes  that  mutual  concessions  will  be 
made  on  both  sides,  even  although  it  be 
necessary  to  send  a  delegation  of  gro­
cers  and  butchers  to  Kalamazoo in  order 
to  secure  a  postponement  of  the  excur­
sion  from  that  city  to  the  date  original­
ly  selected  by  the  grocers  for their an­
nual  jubilee.

The  decline  in  the  wool  growing  and 
in  this 
wool  manufacturing  business 
country 
is  due  to  the  fact  that  the  an­
nual  per  capita  consumption  of  wool  in 
the  United  States  has  decreased 
in  the 
last  few  years  2.37  pounds  in  a  total  of 
9.7  pounds,  while  there  has  been  an  im­
mense 
increase  of  shoddy  and  cotton. 
In  spite  of  the  wool  tariff  the  number of 
sheep  in  the  United  States  declines.  In 
1899  it  was  39,114.453- 
In  1884  it  was 
50,626,626.  The  same  law  has  operated 
In  the  United  Kingdom  sheep 
abroad. 
in  1873  to 
decreased  from  33,982,404 
30,567,061  in  1897. 
In  the  same  period 
in  France  the  number  decreased  from 
25,935,114  to  21,445.113- 
In  Germany 
from  24,999,406 to  10,866,772.  The  rea­
son  simply  is  that  land  has  become  too 
valuable  for  sheep  raising.  More  can 
be  made  by  using  it  for other  purposes 
and  importing  wool  from quarters  of  the 
globe  where  sheep  can  be  cheaply 
raised. 

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When  a  young  lady  hems  a  handker­
chief  for  a  wealthy  bachelor,  she  prob­
ably  sews  that  she  may  reap.

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

and  prices,  call  Visner,  both  phones.

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MUTILATED  MONET.

T alk  W ith 
H andles It.
From the Washington  Times.

th e  T reasury  E xpert  W ho 

In  one  corner of  the  room  in  the  Re­
demption  Division  of 
the  Treasury 
building  sits  Mrs.  A.  E.  Brown,  the 
expert  whose  task  it  is  to  pick  out  from 
the  money  fragments  turned  over  to  her 
the  marks  of 
identification.  Scattered 
ahout  the  desk  are  fragments  of  paper 
money  placed  on  slips  of brown  paper 
in  shape  and  contour  like  an  ordinary 
envelope.  These  are  all  labeled  so  that 
each  can  be  credited  to  the  owner of 
the  fragments.

from 

“ The  mutilated  money  comes  from 
no  one  particular  source,”   said  Mrs. 
Brown,  “ except,  perhaps, 
the 
banks,  where  it  has  been  taken  by  the 
individual  owner as  the  first step toward 
getting  it  to the  United States Treasury, 
which  will  redeem  all  notes 
identified 
as  to  their  face  value  and  number.  The 
banks  do  not,  of  course,  redeem  these 
fragments  and  then  look  to  us  to  reim­
burse  them.  It  is  only  an  act  of  accom­
modation  which  the  banks  extend  to  in­
dividuals.  The  rules  of  the  Treasury 
require  that  three-fifths  of  the  bills  be 
sent  for  identification;  less  than  that 
amount  will  either  shut  off  redemption 
altogether  or  at 
least  prevent  the  full 
amount  being  given  back  to  the  owner 
of  the  fragments.

“ For  example,  supposing  one-half  of 
a  five  dollar  bill  is  sent  in  for  redemp­
tion,  and  supposing  it  is  in  such  a good 
state  of  preservation  that  its  identifica­
tion  as  a  five  dollar bill,  issued  by  the 
Government  of  the  United  States,  can 
be  told  at  a  glance,  the  owner of  that 
fragment  will  receive  from  the Treasury 
only  $2.50,  and  not  the  full  face  value 
of  the  original  bill.  The  fragment  will 
be  registered,  with  its  essential  marks 
of  identification,  and  $2.50 sent  to  the 
owner.  At  first  glance  this  would  seem 
to  be  unjust  to  the  owner,  but  on 
further consideration  it  will  be  evident 
that  at  any  time  the  other  half of  that 
bill  may  come  in  to  us,  perhaps  from 
the  same  person,  or  possibly  from  some 
one  else,  and  $2.50  paid  for  its  redemp­
tion.  Now,  it  is  obvious  that  if $5  had 
been  paid  for  the  first  half  and  later  the 
same  amount  for  the  Second  half,  al­
though  years  may  intervene between  the 
visitation  of  the  first  and  second halves, 
the  owner  would  either  have  been  paid 
$10  for  his  original 
five  dollar  bill, 
which  is  more  than  he  is  entitled  to  by 
$5,  or the  Government  would  have  been 
out  just $$,  which  would  be  an  injustice 
to  the  people  of  the  United  States.

“ It 

“ If,  however,three-fifths  of  the  bill  is 
sent  in,  enougb  of the  bill  will  be 
in 
our  hands  to  satisfy  all  demands  for  the 
safety  of  the  Treasury  and  the  public 
service.  The  remaining fragments  may 
come  in later,  but  as  soon  as  their  iden­
tification  with  the  three-fifths  portion  is 
established, 
they  are  thrown  out  as 
worthless.

is  astonishing  how  many  people 
put  their  money  about  stoves,  ovens  and 
other  places  exposed  to  fire.  Here  is  a 
roll  of  burned  money  which  a  woman 
placed  in  the  oven  for  some  reason  un­
explained.  According  to  her  affidavit, 
she  says  that,  immediately  after  plac­
ing  the  money  there,  she  left  the  house 
for  a  few  moments,  and  when  she  re­
turned  she  found  that  her  daughter  bad 
built  a  fire  in  the  stove  and  was  prepar­
ing  for  dinner—or supper— I  do  not  re­
member  just  now  which.”

The  mass  of  charred  money  which 
Mrs.  Brown  held  in  her  hand  was  as 
black  as  charcoal  and  seemed  ready  to 
fall  apart  by 
its  own  weight,  like  the 
last  remnants  of  burned  paper  often 
seen  in  the  grate  fire.  She  began  sep­
arating  the  mass  with  the  point  of  a 
paper  cutter,  and  finally  peeled  off  a 
fragment  on  which  could  distinctly  be 
seen  the 
impression  of  the  printing 
plate  in the  center  design.  This  was  a 
$10 note,  as  was  shown  by  comparing 
the  center design  of  the  charred  frag­
ment  with  a  new  bill  which  Mrs.  Brown 
placed  beside  it.

“ The  figures  giving  the  amount of the 
b ill,”   Mrs.  Brown  said,  “ are  obliter­
ated,  principally  by  the  break  in  the 
charred  fragment  where 
it  broke  off

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

from  the  rest  of  the  bill,  but  the  border 
and  central  design  of  this  piece  are  aj 
parent to the  naked  eye  and  are  broug 
out  still  more  clearly  by  the  magnifying 
glass.  This  is  a  true  United  States 
Treasury  bill  and  will  be  redeemed 
is,  of  course,  not  three-fifths  of 
This 
the  original  bill,  but 
it  contains  the 
center design  and  is  enough  to  identify 
the  bill  exactly.  When  we  have  a  mass 
of  mutilated  money  stuck  together  as 
this  mass 
is,  it  is  necessary  to  use  the 
utmost  nicety  in  separating the layers  in 
order  to  see  how  many  separate  bills 
there  were  in  the  roll  or  mass  of  money 
before  it  was  charred,  as  this  is.  Fre­
quently it is  possible  positively  to  iden 
tify  some  of  the  bills,  hut  not  all,  and 
unless  great  care  is  exercised  it  is  pos­
sible  to  do  an  injustice  to  the  owner. 
The  Treasury  always  stands ready  to  ie- 
deem  any  money  which  it  can 
identify 
by  the  methods  which  have  proved most 
satisfactory. “

Reaching  down  and  opening  one  of 
the  drawers  of  her  desk,  Mrs.  Brown 
drew  out  a  tin  tobacco  box  containing 
what  looked  like  a  mass  or  slab  of  peat 
or earth  pressed  compactly  together. 
It 
turned  out,  on 
investigation,  to  be  a 
roll  of  money,  amounting  originally  to 
about  $200, which  a  farmer had ploughed 
under the  ground  while  turning a furrow 
on  his  farm.  He  bad  carried  it  about 
his  person  when  ploughing  and  in  some 
way  bad 
lost  it  by  its  dropping  out  of 
his  pocket.  When  he  had 
finished 
ploughing  be  missed  the  money,  and 
having  searched  the  ploughed  area 
in 
vain,  gave  up  the  quest.  Each  time, 
however,  he  went  over  the  same  field 
with  the  plough  in  each  succeeding sea­
son  he  kept  bis  eye  on  anything  that 
would  be 
like  the  lost 
money.  Finally after  the  bills  had  laid 
under ground  for  six  years  bis  search 
was  rewarded  and  last  spring  his plough 
share  unearthed  the  blackened  mass 
which  lay  in  the  tobacco  box.

likely  to 

look 

“ There 

is  no  doubt,”   said  Mrs. 
Brown,  “ that  this  is  money,  as  the 
fibres  attest,  but  it  is  so  rotten  and  fri­
able  that  I  do  not  know  whether  it  is 
possible  to 
I  have 
not  examined  it  yet,  but  it  looks  some­
what  discouraging.”

it  or not. 

identify 

A  Bulldog T hat  M ilks  the  Cows. 

From the Baltimore Sun.

A  big  white  bull  dog,  which  had  been 
living  off  the  fat  of  the  land—spring 
chickens  and  fresh  cow’s  milk—had  his 
career  brought  to  a  sudden  ending 
late 
on  Tuesday  night  by  a  bullet  from  the 
revolver  of  Patrolman  Scott,  of  Mount 
Washington.

This  dog  was  of  unusual  size,  and  for 
more  than  a  month  past  his  movements 
about  the  village  had  attracted  atten­
tion.  He  was  declared  guilty  by  a  court 
consisting  of  the  Rev.  Byron  Clark, 
Mrs.  Margaret  Carroll  and  Patrolman 
Scott  of  eating  chickens  and  surrepti­
tiously  milking  cows.  For  the  former 
offense  he  might  have  been  punished 
only  with  a  beating,  but  the 
latter 
charge  was  so  unusual  that  the  death 
penalty  was  deemed  the  only  effective 
one.

According  to  Patrolman  Scott, 

the 
dog  did  not  have  a  strictly  legal  trial, 
because  he  was  not  present  in  court; 
nor  did  he  ev.en  have  a  representative, 
although  his  master,  William  Welch, 
was  devoted  to  him.  This was  partly 
the  fault  of  the  dog,  as ihe  officer of  the 
court  was  unable  to  find  the  culprit,  and 
Patrolman  Scott  waited  two  days  and 
two  nights  before  he  could  execute  the 
sentence.  Mr.  Welch  acquiesced  in  the 
action  of  his  neighbors  after learning 
the  nature  of  the  evidence.

Just  how  the  dog  formed  the  habit  of 
milking  the  cows  is  not  known,  but  it 
is  thought  he  acquired  it  by  following 
the  example  of  calves.  He  had  often 
been  seen  with  the  many  cows  in  pas­
ture  about  Mount  Washington  across  a 
cow’s  back  while  she  was  lying  down. 
His  appetite  for  milk  grew  so strong 
that  he was  not  satisfied  with  part of the 
supply,  but  wanted  it all.  A  few  days 
ago  he  objected  to  Mrs.  Carroll  enter­
ing  her  barnyard  to  milk  her  cow.  A 
shortage  of  the  milk  given  by  the  cow 
had  been  noticed  for some  time.

The  P unctual  Man  Got th e  Place.

A  manufacturer  was  about to  start  an 
agency  in  London.  He  had  in  his  em­
ploy  two  young  men  whom  he  regarded 
highly  and  both  of  whom  would  like  to 
advance  to  the  coveted  position.  As  it 
could  go  to  only  one,  he  watched  the 
men  closely  for  some  time,  while trying 
to  decide  which  he  should  send  to  rep­
resent  his  interests  in  the  English  cap­
ital.  One  oj  the  young  men  was  an  in­
dustrious  plodder,  always  on  time  to  the 
minute.  The  other  was  a  much  more 
brilliant  fellow,  who  did  his  work  well 
and  easily,  made  friends  readily  and 
was  universally  popular;  but he  had  the 
serious  defects  of making promises care­
lessly,  forgetting  them  almost  as  soon 
as  they  were  made  and  of  rarely  keep­
Finally 
ing  appointments  promptly. 
the  employer  invited  both  of 
these 
young  men  to  dine  with  him  on  a  cer­
tain  evening  at  exactly  7  o’clock.  The 
plodder  presented  himself  to  his  host 
as  the  clock  was  striking,  and  the  two 
immediately  sat  down  to  dinner.  Five 
minutes 
later  the  other  guest  appeared 
with  a  laughing  apology  for  being  late, 
which,  he  said,  was  entirely  the  fault  of 
his  watch.  On  the  following  day  the 
London  appointment,  with  a  large  in­
crease  of  salary,  was  given  to  him  who 
had 
the  business  value  of 
promptness.— Kirk  Monroe  in  Success.

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Serious M istakes W hich R esult in H eavier 

Losses.

This 

is  an  article  on  how  to  properly 
assign  when  failure  stares  the  merchant 
in  the  face. 
It  is  written  at  this  time 
likelihood  of  failure  is  so 
because  the 
remote  to  most  retail  merchants with the 
hope  that 
it  may  sink  deeply  into the 
mind  of  the  dealer,and  if,  in  the  future, 
the  time  should  arrive  when  he  must 
contemplate  an  assignment,  he  may 
bear  in  mind  some  of  the  important 
points.

The  writer  is  informed  by  some of the 
leading  wholesale  merchants  in this  city 
that  most  merchants  do  not  contemplate 
an  assignment  until  failure 
is  upon 
them  and  they  are  forced  to  the  wall. 
Then  through  the  influence  of  various 
interests  they  frequently  make  serious 
mistakes  that  result  in  losses  to  them­
selves  and  to their creditors.

The  honest  merchant  who  feels  that 
is  being  impaired  and  that 
his  capital 
failure 
is  staring  him  in  the  face  will 
make  a  confident  of  his  heaviest  credit­
ors,  at  least,  if  not  of  all  his  creditors. 
He  should  properly  go  to  these  large 
creditors  or to  business  men  of  wide ex­
perience  and  business  acumen  at  this 
stage  of  his  business  career.  A  confes­
sion  of  weakness  on  his  part  may  be  a 
severe  blow  to  his  pride—or at  least  he 
may  anticipate  that  such  a  confession 
will  hurt  his  pride  and  his  self-respect 
— but  on  the  other  hand  when  the ordeal 
is  over  with  he  will  congratulate  him­
self  on  how  easy 
If  the 
prospective  failure  finds  its  origin  in 
causes  over  which  the  merchant has  had 
no  control,  in  the  majority  of  the  cases 
he  will  receive  sympathy  and  encour­
agement ;  if  it  is  due  to  causes  of which 
he  was  ignorant,  but  which  he  had  full 
control  over,  the  wholesaler  may  be able 
to  give  encouragement  and  help  at  an 
opportune  time,  place  the  retailer  again 
on  his  feet,  to  use  a  slang  expression, 
help  him  to  correct  the  mistakes  of  the 
past  and  show  him  the  road  to  success. 
The  wholesaler  is  almost  as  anxious  as 
the  retailer himself  that  the  latter should 
succeed,  for  the  reason  he  is  more  or 
less  dependent  upon  him  for  his  busi­
ness  success.

it  has  been. 

Many  retailers  give  up  prematurely. 
They  become  discouraged  or  disheart­
ened,  find  that  they  have 
lost  a  few 
customers  or  something  else  has  gone 
wrong,  and  do  not  give  their business 
just  one  or two  more  trials,  but  assign 
then  and  there.  Before  reaching  the 
decision  that  he  must  announce  his 
failure,  the  retail  dealer  should  again 
consult  his  friend,  the  wholesaler. 
If 
the  latter  is  a  man  of  sound  judgment 
and  a  successful  man  and  he  holds  that 
the  announcement  of  assignment  is  jus­
tified,  the next  step  is  very  clear;  but  if 
the  wholesaler  gives  the  retailer  hope, 
holds  out  encouragement,  offers  to  help 
him  over  the  rough  places  for a  little 
longer,  the  dealer,  in  justice  to himself 
and  all  the 
interests  dependent  upon 
him,  should  make  every  effort  to  regain 
his  prestige  and to  build  up  a  profitable 
business. 
It  may  be  a  turning  point  in 
the  retailer’s  career, if  he  properly  takes 
advantage  of  it.

Having  reached  the  conclusion  that 
failure  is  inevitable,  that  postponement 
of  it  will  result  in  heavier  losses to him­
self  and  to  his  creditors,  the  dealer 
should  look  upon  it  as  a  business  move 
which  demands  his  best  judgment,  his 
most  conscientious  attention  to  details, 
and  which  should  be  taken  with  a  clear 
foresight  as  to  the  outcome.  Many  es­
tates  after  assignment  are  put  in  the

hands  of  a  lawyer  who has no knowledge 
whatever of  that  branch  of  merchandis­
ing  and  who  doubles the losses sustained 
by  the  merchant  in  administering  the 
property. 
If  an  assignee  or  trustee  is 
to  be  appointed  to  take  charge  of  the 
stock  of  goods,  be  careful  to  select  a 
man  who  has  knowledge  of  the  line  car­
ried,  and  who  will  be  able  to  get  the 
most  money  out  of  the  value  repre­
sented.  An  able  administrator  of  an 
assigned  estate,  through carefully selling 
the  stock  and  still  greater  care 
in  col­
lecting  in  the  outstanding  accounts,  can 
very  often  make  both  ends  meet  in  such 
a  way  that  the  loss  is  very  slight.  A 
shrewd,  honorable  business  man  for this 
part  of  the  work  consequent  upon  a 
failure,  if  he  can  be  found,  will  un­
doubtedly  be  the  best  person  that  can 
be  selected.—Commercial  Bulletin.
"Native B u tter” in Porto  Rico. 

Washington Correspondence Chicago Tribune.

Puerto  Rican  butter,  or “ native  but­
ter,”   as  they  call 
it,  is  of  wonderful 
make,  the  product  itself  being  scarcely 
more  unique  than  the  mode  of  produc­
ing 
is  only  eaten  by  the  people 
so  poor  as  to  see  no  possible prospect  of 
getting  any  other.  Mr.  Pearson  was 
waked  from  his  sleep  one  morning  by 
the  cry  of  a  young  voice  under  his  win­
dow,  announcing  “ native  butter.”   He 
lured  the  boy  to  his  apartment  and  pur­
chased  the  lot  for  inspection. 
It  was 
pale  and  limp,  with  an  overproduction 
of  caseine  and  water,  made  into  small 
pats,  laid  on  a  tray,  and  sold  for  the 
merest  trifle,  but  a  price  which  Mr. 
Pearson  decided  after tasting  it  was  an 
imposition  upon  the  people.

it. 

It 

This  acquaintance  with  the  article 
induced  him  to  find  the  country  home 
of  the  small  and  picturesque  peddler. 
The  father  was  employed  in  the  country 
as  a  caretaker  of  a  government  road, 
and  the  mother  made “ pin  money”   and 
butter at  one  and  the  same  time.  They 
had  two  or three  cows,  and  when  milk­
ing  time  came  she  followed  them  up 
over  the  pasture  with  a  bucket  and 
milked  so  long  as  there  was  milk,  or 
until  she  or the  cow  became  tired.  At 
this  period  Mr.  Pearson  wanted  to  pho­
tograph  her as  a  specimen  Puerto Rican 
dairy  maid,  but  she  protested  she  would 
not  be  photographed  unless  “ dressed 
up,”   and  having  nothing  to  dress  up  in 
he  missed  as  fine  a  shot  as  presented 
itself  in  the  whole  journey.

The  process  of  making  accounted  for 
the  flavor  of  the  butter.  When it reached 
what  the  woman  considered  a  favorable 
stage  for  butter,  she  put  it  into  a  jar 
with  a  tight  lid  and  “ joggled”  
it  into 
butter.  The  result  was  not  worthy  the 
effort.  When  she  tired  of  this  method  of 
buttermakiug  she  put  the  liquid  in  a tin 
pail  or  anything  else  convenient  and 
proceeded  to  agitate  it  with  a  spoon  or 
paddle  until  the  butter  came. 
The 
milk,  however,  is  of  excellent  flavor, 
except  that  it  always  has  to  be  boiled  to 
prevent  its  souring.

Education  T hat  Doesn’t  Educate.

A story  which  seems  almost incredible 
comes  from  Paris.  A  school 
inspector 
was  visiting  a  girls'  high  school  in  a 
large  provinicial  city.

He  asked  one  of  the  pupils  what  sort 
of  nutriment  eggs  contain  and  received 
the  confident  and  correct  reply,  “ Nitro­
genous.”   Another  pupil  gave  satisfac­
tory  answers  to questions  about  various 
wild  and  domestic  fowl.

inspector  asked  another 
Then  the 
pupil  bow 
long  a  “ soft-boiled”   egg 
should  be  cooked.  The  girl  blushed, 
hesitated  and  finally  stammered,  “ Half 
an  hour.”   The  inspector  frowned  and 
turned  to  the  next  girl,  who  replied, 
confidently:

“ At  least  three-quarters  of  an  hour.”
The  third  girl  thought  an  hour was 
necessary,  while  the  fourth  said  that 
soft  eggs  were  not  cooked  at  all.  These 
girls  knew  ail  the  “ ologies, ”   but  they 
couldn’t  boil  an  egg.

It  is  no  wonder  that  priests  do  not 
wed  after  women  religiously  confess 
their  imperfections to them.

Time’s  Changes  in Timepieces.

The  almost  total  disappearance  of  the 
old-fashioned ‘ ‘ bull’seye”  silver watches 
is  a  source  of  wonderment  to  even  some 
watch  dealers. 
It  is  practically  impos­
sible  to  pick  up  one  now  among  them. 
A  reporter  made  the  rounds  of  the 
watch,  pawn  and  junk  shops  last  week 
in  quest  of  one  of  these  old  timepieces 
and  did  not  find  it.  One  dealer said  he 
knew  where  a  single  specimen  was,  but 
later admitted  that  the  owner  either  had 
sold  or  lost  it.  A  veteran  watchmaker, 
who  can  make  a  watch  by  hand,  in  re­
ferring 
to  the  disappearance  of  the 
“ bull’seye,”   said:

“ It  is  only  natural,  I  suppose,  that 
they  should  disappear.  None  of  them 
were  first-class  timepieces—I  mean  that 
the  best  of  them  would  vary  as  much  as 
a  minute  a  week.  The  cheaper  ma­
chine-made  watches  keep  better  time 
and  cost  less.  The  first  of  these  old 
‘ bull-seye’  carried the regulation Virdge 
movement.  One  hundred  years  ago  the 
Virdge  watches  were  carried  by  all 
business  men.  Later  the  English watch­
makers  made  ‘ bull’seyes’  with improve­
ments  on  the  Virdge  movement. 
I 
haven’t  seen  a  Virdge  for two  or three 
years.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  those  old- 
fashioned,  key-winding  silver  watches 
are  worth  only  what  the  silver  in  the 
cases  amounts  to.  The  metal  represents 
about  a  dollar  in  value.  The  works  are 
worthless.  Only one or two  small  wheels 
are  taken  out  by  the  dealer.  Sometimes 
they  are  useful 
family 
heirlooms.  What are they worth?  Why, 
nothing  at  all  as  timepieces.  The  best 
way  to  get  one  is  to  keep  on  enquiring 
among  the  grandfathers  and great uncles 
until  you  run  across  one,  and  then  beg 
it  or  buy  it. 
It is  practically  worthless, 
except  as  a  relic.”

in  repairing 

Never Too  Late.

“ I’m  eighty  years  and  never  smoked 

in  my  life.”

“ Well,  don’t  get  discouraged;  you 

probably  will  afterward.”

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THE  TA R IFF  W AR W ITH   RUSSIA.
The  retaliatory  action  of  Russia, 
precipitated  by  the 
imposition  of  a 
countervailing  duty  on  Russian  sugar 
entering  this  country,  is  beginning  to 
attract  widespread  attention,  and  is  be­
ing  closely  watched  by  all  the  foreign 
governments.  The  course  our  Govern­
ment  will  pursue  in response to Russia’s 
very  pronounced  and  uncompromising 
spirit  is  being  awaited  with  keen  anx­
iety.  Should  the  Washington  Govern­
ment  weaken  and  seek  to  compromise 
with  Russia,  by  withdrawing  the  coun­
tervailing  duty  or the  tax  on  paraffine, 
all  the  European  countries  who  are 
fighting  us  in  a  quiet  way  on  economic 
grounds  will  understand  that  the  enter­
ing  wedge  destined  to  break  down  our 
tariff  policy  has  been  successfully  en­
tered,and  they  will  not  be  slow  in  back- 
ing  up  Russia’s  position  by  demands 
on  their own  part.

Even  those  interests  that  at first weak­
ly  denounced  Secretary  Gage  for  doing 
his  plain  duty  in  assessing  a  counter­
vailing  duty  are  now  less  pronounced in 
applauding  Russia’s  course.  Even  they 
realize  that  a  recession  on  our  part after 
Russia's uncompromising attitude would 
break  down  our  entire  tariff  policy. 
If 
it  should  be  admitted  by  us  that  it  is 
wrong  to  place  a  countervailing  duty  on 
Russian  sugar,  all  the  European  coun­
tries  will  demand  that  we  remove  the 
countervailing  duties  from  their sugars, 
and  they  would  be  acting  strictly  under 
their  treaty  rights,  we  having  guaran­
teed  favored-nation  treatment  to  all  of 
them.

That  Russia  pays  an  indirect  bounty 
on  exports  of  sugar  there  can  be  no 
doubt  whatever,  even  the  Russian  gov­
ernment  tacitly  admitting  the  fact.  The 
claim  made  by  the  Russian  Minister of 
Finance,  that  the  United  States  can  not 
be  permitted  to  interpret  Russian  eco­
nomic  laws,  is  not  to  the  point,  as there 
can  be  no  denying  our absolute  right  to

be  sole  judge  of  our own  economic  in­
terests,  and  to  place  tariffs  where  we 
see  fit,  either  to  provide  revenue  or to 
protect  our own  industries,  provided al­
ways  that  we  do  not  discriminate  be­
tween  foreign  countries  having  friendly 
relations  with  us.

In 

immediately  raising  duties  on 
American  manufactures  and 
certain 
other  American  products  30  per  cent., 
Russia  did  more  than  merely  offset  our 
action 
in  enforcing  the  countervailing 
duty  on  sugar.  This  excessive  retalia­
tion  showed  clearly  Russia’s  animus  in 
the  matter.  The  whole  thing  looks  like 
a  studied  attempt  to  drive  American 
goods  out  of  Russian  markets  in  the  in­
terest  of  Russian  goods,  and  the  coun­
tervailing  duty  was  merely  seized  upon 
as  a  pretext.

For  the  United  States  to  recede  one 
jot  from  its  present  attitude  would  be 
a  great  mistake,  as  we  would  no  sooner 
compromise  matters  with  Russia  than 
we  would  have  fresh  demands  made  on 
us  by  other  European  powers  which 
in 
the 
light  of  the  Russian  concession  it 
would  be  difficult,  if  not  impossible,  to 
refuse. 

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There  are  comparatively  few  manu­
facturing  establishments  on  the  Pacific 
coast.  Of  course,  there 
is  the  great 
ship-building  industry,but  theie  are  not 
anything 
like  the  diversified  number 
of  plants  there  that  can  be  found  all 
through  the  Eastern  and  Middle  States. 
One  of  the  reasons  assigned  has  always 
been  the  difficulty  of  obtaining  fuel  at 
like  a  reasonable  price.  The 
anything 
rates  demanded  for  coal  even  of  an 
in­
ferior  quality  are  almost  prohibitive. 
The  discovery  of  oil  in  large  quantities 
at  various  points  in  that  State  has  been 
a  great  thing  for  California  and  will 
help  its  industrial  enterprises  immense­
ly.  For  example,  it  is  reported  that  the 
Southern  Pacific  Railway  and  other 
steam  roads  in  the  State  are  going  to  so 
arrange  their  engines  that  they  can  use 
petroleum  for  fuel  and  that  thereby 
$5,000,000  can  be  saved  annually.  Both 
the  Southern  Pacific  and  Santa  Fe  sys­
tems  run  through  the  richest  oil  bear­
ing  country  and  can  transport the petrol­
eum  as  easily  as  the  Eastern  trains 
bring  coal  from  Pennsylvania. 
If  the 
fuel  problem  can  be settled satisfactorily 
the  West  can  rightfully  be  expected  to 
enter the  list  and  be  a  competitor  in  all 
manufacturing  industries.

The  inventors  are  directing  their  at­
tention  to  the  automobile  in  the  belief 
that  it  is  to  have  a  permanent  place and 
is  not  a  passing  fad.  The  number of 
applications  that  are  being  received  for 
patents  on  devices  for automobiles  is  so 
great  that  it  has  been  found necessary to 
have  five  special  examiners  on  this 
work  in  the  patent  office.  Four  separate 
divisions  have  been  organized  to  which 
are  referred  patent  papers,  according 
to  the  specific  kind  of  patent  that  is de­
manded.  One  division  bandies  electric 
motors,  another  steam  motors,  another 
gas  and  acetylene  motors  and  another 
looks  out  for the  compressed  air motors.
It  is  very  seldom  that  the  rush  of  busi­
ness  for  a  certain  division  is  so great 
as  to  cause  an  increase  in  the  number 
of  special  examiners  or to  bring  about 
the  establishment  of  additional  divi­
sions.  One  special  examiner  is  ordinar­
ily  able  to  take  care  of  all  applications 
relating  to  one  branch  of  work.

An  exchange  says  of  the  man  who 
was  found  in  a  Kentucky  distiller’s vat: 
“ Although  he  had  been  drowned  for  at 
least  four  days  he  was  still 
in  good 
spirits.”

TH E NATIONAL  CHARACTERISTIC.
Captain  Manney  of  the  warship Mass­
achusetts  has  called  down  upon  his  de­
voted  head  the  reproof  of  the  Navy  De­
partment. 
In  order  to  save  time  and 
coal  he  has  had  the  audacity  to  take  his 
ship  through  Hell  Gate,  although  it  has 
long  been  a  conceded  fact  that  the  act 
accomplished  is  something  that  can  not 
be  done  with  a  warship. 
In  vain  the 
captain  pleads  that  a  ship  three  times 
as  large  as  the  Massachusetts  goes 
through  that  channel  twice  every  day  in 
the  year.  Vainly  he  states  the  fact  that 
it  took  six  minutes  to  shoot  the  gate, 
while  the  other  way  consumes  hours. 
The  powers  that  be  shudder as they read 
of  the  captain’s  rashness  and frowningly 
declare  that  the  act  must  not  be  re­
peated.

It 

is  safe  to  say  that  the  opinion  of 
“ the  powers”   will  not  receive  the  sanc­
tion  of  the  country  at  large.  Too  much 
depends  upon 
it.  The  historic  past, 
the  eventful  present,  the  possible  and 
the  probable  future  of  the American Na­
tion—all  are  too  closely  connected  with 
Captain  Manney’s  action  to  allow  the 
decision  of  the  Navy  Department  to  be 
taken  too  seriously.  The  act 
is  too 
American  for that;  and,  while  the  de­
partment,  in  the  name  of  the  American 
people,  forgets 
its  Americanism  and 
shudders  at  what  might  have  been,  the 
spirit  of  the  Western  World,  a-throb 
with  the  energy  that  has  made  the 
United States  the  foremost Nation  of  the 
earth,  applauds  the  man  that  crowds 
hours  into  minutes,  saves  coal  as  well 
as  time  and  proclaims  the  National 
characteristic  of  an  early  “ get  there”  
whatever be  the  obstacle  opposing  him.
Look  at  it  as  we  may  it  is  this crowd­
ing  of  hours  into  minutes  that  has 
started  the  wonderful  material  prospe­
rity  of  this  country.  A  single 
industry 
will  serve  as  an  illustration :  The  meth­
ods  of  Tubal  Cain  obtained  until  the 
ironworkers  of  this  country  displaced 
them. 
industrial 
world  became  too  great 
for  Tubal’s 
hammer and  Tubal's  muscle.  The  ex­
acting  customer  insisted  on  the  doing of 
the  job  while  he  waited  and  the  work­
man’s  wit  found  means  to  satisfy  the 
want.  The  earth  was  to  be  girdled 
many  times around with steel and Besse­
into  minutes, 
mer,  crowding  hours 
made  the  seemingly 
impossible  pos­
sible.  Time  and  distance  have  been 
wellnigh  annihilated.  The  needle  has 
been  taken  from  the  fingers  of the seam­
stress  and  the  scythe  rusts  in  the  apple 
tree  where 
for 
years. 
longest  way  around”   is 
no 
and  even  the  lover, for whom  the  maxim 
was  first  expressed,  will  commend  the 
action  of  the  naval  captain  and  write 
down  the  Navy  Department  as  a  gath­
ering  of  “ has  beens”   who  have  long 
outlived  their usefulness.

longer  “ the  shortest  way  home 

it  has  been  hanging 

The  wants  of  the 

“ The 

“ Hours 

into  minutes,”   mutters  the 
up-to-date  clergyman  as  he  puts  a  final 
period  to  his  twenty-minute  sermon—to 
the  betterment  of  his  hearers. 
“ Both 
methods  are  certain,”   says  the  modern 
physician  as  he  finishes  his  diagnosis. 
“ The  old  way  takes  six  weeks  or  more; 
but by  a  little  ether and  a  few  strokes 
of the  knife  I  can  make  it  a  matter  of 
days.”   “ Matches,  you  hayseed!  Turn 
that  knob  and  don’t  bother about  flint 
and  tinder and  gas!  We  live  in  an  age 
of  improvement.”  
“ Hours  into  min­
utes, ”  exclaims  the  business  man  at  his 
desk.as  be  talks  with  his  fellows all over 
the  city  and  all  over  the country through 
the  phone. 
And  yet  when  Captain 
Manney  made  a  practical application  of

the  Nation’s  motto  at  Hell  Gate  the  de­
partment  “ turned  him  down!”

The  fact  is,  the  captain  is  an  Ameri­
can,  and  so  could  not  help  it.  There 
was  the  opportunity,  he  simply 
im­
proved 
i t ;  and  his  success  is  a  confir­
mation of  popular  opinion  on both sides 
of  the  sea.  He  is  one  of  millions  ready 
to  do  the  same  thing  when  the  first 
chance  offers;  and  there  centers  the 
whole  idea.  We  may  talk  about 
indus­
try  and  perseverance  and  determination 
and  courage  and  the  spirit  of  “ never 
give  up;”   the  Yankee  wit,  with its  tire­
less  and  ingenious  jackknife,  shall  have 
all  due  praise  and  they  shall  be  the 
servants,  all  of  them,  of  a  phenomenal 
mental  quickness;  but  it  is  only  when 
these  work  harmoniously  together  that 
the  best  results  are  obtained— results 
that  fairly  illustrate  the  National  char­
acteristic:  crowding  hours  into  minutes 
and  getting  there  with  the  smallest  ex­
penditure  of  money  and  time.

RURAL  LAUNDRY  SCHEME.

There  has  been  notable  progress  in 
the  methods  of  every  American  voca­
tion.  One  man  can  do  more  work  and 
do  it  easier  now  than  half  a  century 
ago.  Machines  help  where 
formerly 
handwork  was  essential.  The  condition 
of  all  classes 
is  materially  improved. 
These  facts  apply  to  the  men of no other 
calling  more  than  to  the  farmers.  The 
mowing  machine,  the  reaper  and  har­
vester,  the  sulky  plow,  the  horse  fork 
and  a  score  of  other  improved  imple­
ments  will  be  thought  of  by  every 
reader.  The  farmer  rides  where  for­
merly  he  walked,  and  every  year  sees 
new  inventions  in  agricultural  machin­
ery.  Added  to  this  are  the  advantages 
of  rural  free  delivery  whereby  the morn­
ing  paper  and  the  day’s  mail 
are 
brought  to  the  farmer’s  door  promptly. 
All  these  advantages  are  enjoyed  and 
appreciated.

It  is  noticeable  and  to  be  regretted 
that  modern  invention  has  not  been  as 
helpful  to  the  farmer’s  wife  as  to  the 
farmer. 
It  is  true  that  the  cheese  fac­
tory,  the  creamery*and  the  milk  station 
have  relieved  that  good  woman  of  much 
work  and  worry,  and  likewise  they  have 
divided  the  profits.  As  yet,  however, 
there 
is  no  machine  for building  a  fire 
or  making  a  breakfast,  for  washing  the 
dishes  or  getting  the  dinner. 
It  is  true 
there  are  various  devices  called  wash­
ing  machines  and  wringers  and  that 
sort  of  thing  to  make  the  laundry  work 
lighter,  but  it  is  heavy  enough  yet,  and 
the  ironing,  as  ever,  must  be  done  by 
hand.  Then  there  is  the  sewing  and  the 
mending  and  all  the  other  little  odd 
jobs  which  give  foundation  for the  line 
that  “ man’s  work  is  from  sun  to  sun, 
but  woman’s  work  is  never  done.”   An 
original  suggestion 
in  this  connection 
comes  from  a  man  named  Frost,  of Wis­
consin,  a  man 
in  public  life,  by  the 
way,  perhaps  mindful  of  the  adage  that 
the  band  that  rocks  the  cradle  rules  the 
world,  seeking  thereby  to  become  pop­
ular  with  the  women  as  the  surest  way 
to  secure  the  votes  of the  men.  He  be­
lieves  that  rural 
laundries  established 
in  small  hamlets  and  at  country  four 
corners,  gathering  up  the  washing  from 
all  the  region  around,  doing  it,  as  well 
as  the  ironing,at  reasonable rates,  would 
make  the  life  of  the  farmer's  wife  more 
endurable  and  more  attractive.  His 
idea  is  to  be  put  into  practical  opera­
tion,and  if  it  succeeds  it will prove pop­
ular  in  ail  the  agricultural  regions.

No matter bow  loose  the  engagement 
ring  may  be,  the  diamond  never  slips' 
around  on  the  inside  of  a  girl’s  finger.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

BACK  WOODS STORK.

Unique  Methods  of Owner to  A ttract  and 

Hold Trade.

Hank  Waidner  had  a  little  store  over 
at  Slab  Siding  several  years  ago  and 
goods  ran  through  it  like  grain  through 
a  threshing  machine.  Tea,  calico,  cod­
fish,  lamp  chimneys,  pickles,  straw  hats 
and  buck  saws  came  in at the back door, 
were  churned  up  in  indescribable  con­
fusion  and  finally  went  out  through  the 
front  entrance more  or  less the  worse  for 
wear.

Hank  wasn’t  very  particular  himself 
and  had  little  use  for anyone  that  was. 
He  had  worked  on  a  farm,  knocked 
lumbering  camps,  driven 
around  the 
logs  on  the  rivers 
in  the  spring  and 
trapped  and bunted  between  times.  He 
had  no  fixed  place  of  abode  until  after 
he  married,  and  then  used  his  bouse 
merely  as  a  shelter  from  the 
inclemen­
cies  of  the  seasons  and  as  a  place  to 
lodge  and  eat  his  meals.

How  he  managed  to  get  into the  busi­
ness  of selling  goods  was  always a  mys­
tery  to  me,  but  I  used  to  drop  in  there 
whenever  I  happened  to go  to  Slab  Sid­
ing,  and  I  never  failed to spend  a  pleas­
ant  half  hour  in  his  store.

Hank  bought  all  the  butter that  came 
his  way.  He  bad  the  produce  trade  of 
that  section,  for no  one  ever  entered  his 
place  with  anything  to  sell and got away 
without  some  sort  of an  offer  for  it.  He 
paid 
little  attention  to  market  prices, 
depending  more  upon  an 
instinctive 
knowledge  of  the  worth  of  things,  and 
he  hit  it  off  pretty  well  on  an  average, 
too.  He  used  to  pay  fifteen  cents  for 
the  vilest  butter  extant,  right  straight 
along,  when  other  merchants offered  but 
ten  or  twelve  for  the  very  best.  He 
it  stand  around  the  store  in 
would 
any  old  place,  if  it  happened  to  be 
in 
jars,  and  the  roll  butter  he  dumped  into 
an  empty  barrel  or a  convenient  box  or 
put  it  under the  counter among  the odd­
est  assortment  of  merchandise  that  ever 
collected  in  the  store  of  a  back  woods 
freak.  Nobody  knew  just  how  he  man­
aged  his  butter,  but  sell  it  he  did,  and 
seemed  to get enough  for  it  to  encourage 
him  to continue  the  business.

let 

He  knew  every lumbering  camp  with­
in  thirty  miles  and  drove  all  over the 
country  disposing  of  his  produce.  He 
had  regular  customers  who  waited  for 
him  and  bought  all  the  supplies  they 
could  on  his  periodical  trips.  He  had 
a  system  of  his  own  that  held  trade. 
For  instatfce,  if  he  had  on  hand  a  lot  of 
butter  that  cost  fifteen  cents  and  the 
price  had  risen  until 
it  was  worth 
twenty-five,  he  supplied  his 
regular 
camp  trade  at  about  twenty  cents,  while 
those  who  only  bought  from  him  at 
in­
tervals, or when  they  could  get  this  class 
of  goods  nowhere  else,  he  charged  well 
up  toward  the  market  price— usually  a 
little  less. 
In  this  way  he  gave  them  a 
slight  advantage  over wh£t  other dealers 
charged,  and  usually  brought  them 
around  to  where,  at  last,  he  could  num­
ber  them  among  his  regular  customers.
Hank  kept  the  worst'arranged  and the 
most  untidy  store  in  the  North  Woods.
I  was  there 
just  after the  arrival  of  a 
lot  of  new  goods,  and  will  never  forget 
the  jumble  his  stock  was  in.  A  case  of 
lamp  chimneys  had  been  opened  in  the 
center  of  the  middle  aisle  and  was 
partly  unpacked.  A  lot  of  marsh  hay 
had  been  pulled  out  of  the  box and scat­
tered  the 
length  of  the  store.  Every 
time -  Hank  or  one  of  his  assistants 
tramped  by  he  helped  to  distribute 
it 
over  a  still  wider  area.  Part  of  the 
chimneys  were  piled  on  the  counter

long 

near  by.  Five  or  six 
jars  of  butter 
and  a  tub  of  lard  stood  on  the  floor 
among  the 
litter  and  a  stray  dog  that 
happened  along  was  kicked  away  for 
Several 
licking  at  one  of  the  jars. 
pairs  of 
leather  hoots, 
together 
with  a  heap  of  plow  castings,  reposed 
serenely  in  a  heap  near  the  stove.  The 
counters  were  piled  up  with  hat  boxes 
and  their  scattered  contents— bolts  of 
partly  rolled  ribbons  and  laces,  pieces 
of  crumpled  prints,  cotton  and  “ fulled 
cloth,”   botties  of  patent  medicine, 
skeins  of  home  spun  yarn,  and  coon 
and  muskrat  skins.  The  shelves  were 
cluttered  with 
every  description  of 
wares,  with  no  attempt  at  arrangement 
or classification.

Hank  said  he 

liked  to  have  things 
handy,  and  when  he  took  the  cover  off  a 
box  of  soap  he  left  the  package  wher­
ever  it  happened  to  be.  If  the  most con­
venient  place  at  the  time  was  the  top 
of  a  pile  of  horse  feed  in  sacks,  there  it 
would  remain  until  the  exigencies  of 
trade  demanded  its  removal  so  that  the 
feed  could  be  sold.

It  was  all  groceries  with  Hank. 

If 
tobacco,  starch,  cheese  and  sugar  were 
groceries,  so  also  were  ginghams,  shoes, 
cotton  batting,  carriage  bolts  and  plas­
tering  hair.  People  went  there  because 
Hank  was  a  pleasant  fellow,  sold  at  low 
prices  and  bought  their  farm truck when 
no  one  else  would.  And  no  matter how 
badly  the  goods  were mixed  in bis store, 
he  usually  managed  to  dig  up  whatever 
was  wanted  and  send  his  customers  on 
their  way  fairly  well  satisfied.

Early 

in  his  business  career  Hank 
bad  managed  to  acquire  a  mortgage  on 
his  stock.  Things  went  on  satisfactor­
ily  until  the  town  grew  a  little  and  he 
found  that  he  could  buy  goods  cheaper 
than  fiom  the  firm  that  held  the  claim. 
So  he  gave  a  traveling  man  an  order 
for a  small  lot  of  groceries.  The  house 
wrote  him  for  a  statement.  That  made 
Hank  pretty  mad;  but,  after  thinking 
it  over  a  few  days,  he  filled  out  and  re­
turned  the  blank,  and 
looked  for  the 
goods  along  in  a  short  time.  But  he  re­
ceived  instead  a  letter  saying  that,  ow­
ing  to  the  mortgage,  it  would  be  im­
possible  to  make  shipment  as  requested 
without  some  sort  of  a  guarantee  about 
the  pay;  that  it  was  a  small  matter any­
way  and  if  Mr.  Waidner  would  send  a 
draft  for  $58.65  they  would  hustle  the 
stuff out.  Hoping  he  would  see  the  jus­
tice  of this  view  of  the  matter,  and  so­
liciting  his  valued  orders  in  the  future, 
they  were,  etc.

When  Hank  read  this  he  went  up  in 
the  air. 
It  made  him  feel  sore  all over. 
At  first  he  was  mad  at  the  firm  that  sent 
the  letter,  with a  little  left  over  for their 
traveling  man.  Then  he  cussed 
luck 
generally  and  finally  settled  down  to a 
calm,  steady  hatred  of  the  people  who 
held  the  mortgage  on  his  stock.  So  he 
decided  that  the  debt  should  be  paid, 
and  paid  just  as  soon  as  possible.

He  began  by  cutting  down  expenses 
wherever  he  could.  He  lived  cheaply, 
went  barefooted, wore  fifty  cent  overalls, 
shaved  himself,  had  his  wife  cut  bis 
hair,  collected  every  penny  possible, 
reduced  his  stock  in  a  few  places  and 
last  found  himself  in  possession  of 
at 
the  seven  hundred 
fifty  odd  dollars 
needed  to  obliterate  the  debt.

As  soon  as  the  money  was  secured  he 
took  a  train  for  the  city  and,  clad  in 
his  everyday  regimentals,  walked 
into 
the  office  of the  grocery  house  that  held 
the  mortgage,  paid  up,  took  a  receipt 
and  a  discharge  of  the  obligation  and 
started  to go  out.  Halfway  to the  door 
he  was  hailed  by  a  beautifully  attired

young  man  who  was  anxious  to  talk 
business  with  him  and  take  his  order 
for  goods.  Hank 
looked  him  over  for 
a  moment,  then,  with  a  depth  of  con­
tempt  and  scorn  that  sounds  weak  in 
print,  ejaculated:
“ Take  it  away!”
He  was  allowed  to  retire.  After hunt­
ing  up  a  rival  concern  he  bought  a  few 
goods,  made  arrangements  for a  line  of 
credit  without  the  obnoxious 
cbattle 
mortgage  feature  and  hurried  away.

Hank  intended  to  go  home 

immedi­
ately,  but,  having  several  hours  to  wait 
for  a  train,  employed  his  time  wander­
ing  about  in  the  retail  district.  He  be­
gan  to  have  a  glimmering  that  business 
methods  were  at  variance  with  those  in 
vogue  at  Slab  Siding  and,  strange  as  it 
may  seem,  really  began  to  get  ideas. 
He  noticed  that  the  stores  with  the  best 
trimmed  windows,  heaps  of  well-dis­
played  goods  and  prices  prominently 
attached  seemed  to  be having the largest 
trade.  Hank  did  not  understand beauty, 
but  he  could  appreciate  customers,  so 
he  began  making  notes.  He  hung 
around  until  the  last  train  had gone, and 
he  bad  to  stay  over  night  in  conse­
quence ;  but  when  he  finally  got  back  to 
Slab  Siding  he  was  as  full  of  new  no­
tions  as  a  girl 
from  boarding 
school.

fresh 

Next  time  I  drove  through  there  I was 
surprised  at  the  changes  that  had  taken 
place  in  Hank's  front  windows.  They 
were  small  and 
illy  arranged,  but  for 
the  first  time  they  bloomed  with  a crude 
attempt  at  the  display  of  goods.  One 
was  decorated  with 
canned  goods, 
calico,  butter,  codfish  and  axle  grease, 
while  the  other  bristled  with  corn plant­
ers,  rubber  boots,  mopsticks,  tobacco, 
picnic  hams  and  kerosene  cans.  Every 
article  was  ticketed  with  the  selling 
price—a  rank  innovation  at  Waianer’s 
—and  the  figures  looked  as  though  a 
section  hand  had  printed  them  with  a 
coupling  pin  dipped  in  coal  tar.

I  went  inside  and  the  first  thing  I  no­
ticed  was  a  sign  that  read,  “ my  own 
Raisin  of  pitaters  30c  a  bu. ”   That  was 
pretty  good,  I  thought,  but  there  were 
more,  they  were  scattered  all  over  the 
shop:  “ 10  yard  of  caliker  fer  59c  But­
in ;”   “ dride  apples  15 
tons  throwed 
pound  fer  a  dollar.”  
“ Solt  pork  7c 
my  own  packin’. ”

Hank  was  busy.  He  said  he  had 
been  busy  ever  since  he  got  back  from 
the  city  and  then  he  told  me  all  about 
bis  trip.  Whenever  trade  was  slack, 
instead  of  sitting  on  a  boot  case 
jam­
ming  wind  with  the  natives,  he  put  in 
his  time  “ fixin’  up  things”   about  the 
store.  He  asked  me  if  I  saw  any  im­
provement  and  I  had  to  admit  that  I 
did.  Compared  with 
its  former  dirty 
and  chaotic  condition,  his  store  really 
seemed  quite  neat  and  orderly.

Folks 

laughed  at  him  some,  but,  if 
they  came  to  see  his  peculiar decora­
tions  and  read  his  mirth-provoking 
signs,  they  stayed  to  buy  and  so  long  as 
they  did  that  Hank  was  satisfied.  He 
said 
if  there  was  money  in  the  show 
business  he  “ might  ez  well  hev  some 
uv 
it  ez  to  let  Forepaugh  an’  Barnum 
git  it  all. ”

During  the  five  years  following  this 
change  Hank  made  considerable  money 
in  a  small  way,  and  when  one  day  he 
had  a  chance  to  close  out  the  business 
at  a  fair  price  he  jumped  at  the  oppor­
tunity,  retired  to  his  farm  and  is  now 
taking  things  easy.  He  lends  a  little 
money,  goes  fishing  frequently,  drives  a 
crack 
team  and,  speaking 
broadly,  does  pretty  much  as  he  likes.

carriage 

George  L.  Thurston.

9

Label  the  Men.

Some  of  the  “ unattached”   of  the 
more  numerous  sex  are  casting  about 
for  influence  with  the 
legislators  look­
ing  to the  labeling  of  the  male  creature. 
Briefly,  these  estimable  young  women 
want  the  man  who  is  married  and  the 
man  who  is  about  to  be  married to  wear 
such  announcement  of  his  condition  as 
will  inform  all  the  world.  As  they  log­
ically  put  it :

face  of 

“ When  a  girl 

is  engaged  she  wears 
an  engagement  ring,  doesn’t  she?  And 
when  a  girl  is  marired  she  wears  a wed­
ding  ring,  doesn’t  she?”   There  seems 
to  be  no  appeal  from  these  direct  state­
ments.  “ Well,  then,”   goes  on  the  fem­
inine,  “ why  give the man an advantage? 
Why  allow  him  privileges  denied  a 
woman?  Why  permit  him  to  galivant 
all  over  the 
the  habitable 
globe,displaying  his  manly  charms  and 
captivating the  girl  who  is  willing  to  be 
captivated,  and  then  bringing  tears  and 
sorrow  into  her  sweet  young  life  by  the 
discovery  that  he  is  mortgaged  goods?
“ When  a  girl  wears  an  engagement 
ring  it  constitutes  a  ‘ hands  off’  sign  to 
all  mankind,  with  one  exception.  When 
she  wears  a  wedding  ring,  it  ought  to 
constitute  such  a  sign,  and  generally 
does.  But  there 
is  no  such  safeguard 
in  the  case  of  the  man.  He  may  dance 
all  evening  with a  new girl  and  lead  her 
out  to  the  porch  and  tell  her all  she  has 
known  ever  since  she  knew  anything 
relative  to  her  prettiness  and  the  shell­
like  pinkness  of  her  little  ear,  and  a 
good  deal  more  in  the  same  lines,  and 
innocent,  confiding  thing, 
she,  poor, 
will  believe  him  and 
let  her  young 
fancy  turn  to  thoughts  of  engagement. 
And  all  the  time  he  may  be  engaged  to 
another  girl,  or  married, 
for  all  she 
knows.

“ That’s  where  the  girl  is  at  a  disad­
vantage.  The  man  ought  to  be  com­
pelled  by  act  of  legislature  to  wear  a 
ring. ”  

____

Quick  W ork  M ight Solve It.

A  lady  was  recently  reading  to  her 
young  son  the  story  of  a  little  fellow 
whose  father  was  taken 
ill  and  died, 
after  which  he  set  himself  diligently  to 
work  to  assist 
in  supporting  himself 
and  his mother.  When  she  had  finished 
the  story,  she  said :
“ Now,  Tommy,  if  pa  were  to  die, 

wouldn’t  you  work  to  keep  mamma?”

“ Why,  no,”   said  the  little  chap,  not 
relishing  the 
“ What 
for?  A in’t  we  got  a  good  house  to  live 
in?”

idea  of  work. 

“ Oh.  yes,  my  dear, ”  said the mother, 
“ but  we  can’t  eat  the house,you know.”
“ Well,  ain’t  we  got  plenty  of  things 
in  the  pantry?”   continued  the  young 
hopeful.

replied 

“ Certainly,  dear,”  

the 
mother,  “ but  they  wouldn’t  last  long, 
and  what  then?”
rigible, 
after 
“ ain't  there  enough  to 
get  another  husband?”

incor­
thinking  a  moment, 
last  until  you 

‘ ‘ Well,  ma,”   said  the  young 

Ma  gave  it  up.

H ard To  Please.

woman  at  all.”

“ 1  can’t  get  on  with  that  young 
“ What’s  the  trouble?”
“ Oh,  she  gets  mad  when  I  say  she’s 
mature;  and  she  gets  mad  when  I  say 
she’s  immature.”

The  Effect  and  the Cause.

“ Isn’t  the  American  eagle  married, 

“ Why  do  you  ask  such  a  foolish ques­

daddy?”

tion?”

"   ’Cause  he’s  bald. ”

Safe  and  Sure.

First  M.  D .— I  don’t  believe 

ing  experiments,  do  you?

in  try­

Second  M.  D.— No,  not unless  you  are 

sure  the  patients  will  recover.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

*sssssss

10

Clothing

Controversy  Over 

the  O riginal  Shirt- 

W aist  Man.

It  is  estimated  that  in  the  warehouses 
of  Boston  to-day  there  are  300,000 shirt­
waists.  John  Call  McDonald,  who  is 
supposed  to  be  the  first  shirtwaist  man 
—some  say  he 
is  the  inventor  of  that 
garment—tells  a  Boston  paper  how  he 
came  to  wear  the  shirtwaist.

“ You  see,  it  was  just  like  this: 

I 
had  been  playing  golf  a  great  deal  that 
year,  and  often  found  my  coat  in  the 
way. 
It  was  cumbersome  and  warm, 
and  prevented  the  free  swing  of  my 
arms.  There  were  ladies  in  the  parties 
as  a  rule,  and  to  play  with  my  coat  off 
was 
impolite;  with  my  coat*  and  vest 
off,  impossible,  of  course.  To  be  po­
I 
lite  yet  cool,  that  was  the  problem. 
tried  to  solve  it  one  afternoon. 
I  suc­
ceeded.  My  boy  was  playing  about  the 
field.  He  seemed  to  be  enjoying  him­
self.  The  heat  didn’t  distress  him.  He 
lightly,  yet  sufficiently  clad.  He 
was 
wore  a  blouse. 
I  had  an  idea.  Why 
not  a  blouse  for  a  man?  1  designed 
such  a  garment  the  following  day. 
I 
called 
Effeminate? 
it  a 
shirtwaist. 
Not  at  all. 
It’s  funny,  though,  that 
some  years  ago,  women  objected  to  the 
term,  shirtwaist,  because 
it  was  man­
nish,  and  now  men  object  to  the  same 
term  because  it’s  effeminate.”

*  *  *

translated 

Michael  Duffy,  who  resides  in  a  man­
sion  situated  on  the  Bowery,  New  York 
City,  and  who  is  the  Czar  in  charge  of 
the  elevator  in  a  large  Broadway  office 
building,  scouts  the  idea  that  Mr.  Mc­
Donald  is  the  first  shirtwaist  man.  He 
claims  that  distinction  not  only for him­
self  but  for  his  father.  His  remarks, 
when 
from  South  Third 
avenue  dialect  into  English,  were  about 
as  follows:  “ This  talk  about  the  shirt­
waist  man  makes  me  sicl^.  You'd  think 
that  he  was  something  new.  The  fact 
is  that  he  is  as  old  as  the  hills.  Why,
I  remember  my father’s  apparel,  when  I 
was  a  boy.  He  was  a  shirtwaist  man, 
pure  and  simple,  although  he  didn't  fill 
the  papers  up  with  a  lot  of  rot  about 
himself.  He  didn’t  play  golf,  either. 
He  drove  an  ice-cart  and  not a golf ball. 
He  always  wore  a  shirtwaist  during  the 
summer,generally  of  some quiet pattern, 
either  figured  or  large  blue  checks,  and 
as  for  keeping  his  coat  off,  and  his  vest 
also,  he  never  thought  of  doing  other­
wise.  Even  if  there  were 
ladies  pres­
ent,  he  would  keep  his  coat  off,  and 
they  did  not  think  any  the worse of him. 
Sometimes  he  would  be  real  swell,  and 
wear  suspenders  when  company  was 
present,  but  that  only  very  seldom,  and 
was  generally  done  after  an  argument 
with  his  wife,  he  saying  that  he  did  not 
like  all  those‘ dudish  notions. ’  As  far 
as  wearing  a  belt—well,  1^  never  found 
any  one  brave  enough  to  suggest 
it  to 
him.  But  the  fact  remains  that  he  was 
a  shirtwaist  man,  long  before  all  the 
swells  about  whom  the papers  are  filling 
their  valuable  space,  and  still  he  did 
not  get  his  name  into  print,  or  his  pic­
ture  in  the  paper.”

*  *  *

Hop  Sing  who  keeps  a  laundry  on 
Mott  street,  New  York,  insists  that  the 
shirtwaist  man  is  by  no  means  an  inno­
vation.  Thousands  of  years  ago  before 
the  “ Land  of  the  Free  and  the  Home of 
the  Brave”   was  discovered,  his country­
men,  be  asserts,  wore  shirtwaists,  and 
the  press  of  bis  country  underwent  the 
same  controversy  that  is  now  taking 
place 
in  this  country.  After a  while  a 
compromise  took  place,  and  the  gar-

that  they  now  wear,  which 

ment 
is 
nothing  but  a  modification  of  the  shirt­
waist,  was  the  established  shirtwaist  of 
the  country.  He  claims  that  his  people 
were  the  original  shirtwaist  men.  He 
also  believes  that  it  is  only  a  question 
of  time  when  the  American  will  adopt 
the  same  kind  of  cool,  comfortable,  and 
every  bit  as  neat  and  genteel  trousers 
worn  by  his  countrymen.
*  *  *

There  are  so  many  claimants  who 
say  that  they  were  the  first  shirtwaist 
men  that 
it  is  difficult  to  say  who  was 
really  the  original 
shirtwaist  man. 
Some  people  say  that  the  true  definition 
of  the  shirtwaist  man  is  a  man who does 
not  wear  a  coat  or vest  during  the  sum­
mer. 
If  that  is  the  case,  we  unhesitat­
ingly  pronounce  Father Adam  to  be  the 
first  shirtwaist  man,  beyond  the  shadow 
of  a  doubt.

D anger  From   Dust.

if 

The  care  of  stock 

is  the  thing  we 
have  particularly 
in  mind  this  time. 
The  damage  to  business  done by neglect 
and  the  disposition  to  do  no  more  than 
is  absolutely  necessary  reaches  to  an 
incalculable  amount  every  year  and 
would  be  astounding 
it  could  be 
brought  down  to  the  point  of  figures and 
put  before  the  eyes  of the  merchants  of 
the  country.  No  matter  how  little  the 
waste  may  be  in  individual  spots or how 
small  the  damage,  the  aggregate  of  all 
these  trifles  in  all the stores  in  the  coun­
try 
is  entirely  safe  to 
say  that  it  is  greater  than  the  losses  by 
fire,  bankruptcy  or  pilfering.  While  it 
is  entirely  true  that  much  of  this  loss 
is,  in  a  way,  unavoidable  and  difficult 
to  prevent,  it 
is  also  true  that  much 
more  of  it,  an  amount  always  worth 
saving  and  looking  after,  and  a  leakage 
of  very  large  proportions  in  every store, 
can  be  prevented  by  the  simplest  of 
means  and  the  most  ordinary  care.

is  enormous— it 

The  biggest  enemy  of  merchandise  is 
dust;  it  does  more  damage  and  causes 
more  cut  prices  than  any  other thing the 
merchant  has  to contend  with,  unless  it 
may  be  fashion,  and  that  has  no  walk­
over.  Dust  alone,  well  ground  in,  can 
take  a  20  per cent,  slice  from  the  price 
of  a  fine  garment  or  piece  of  goods 
without  fuss  or  further trouble.  Dust 
combined  with  a 
little  moisture  will 
make  a  smut  that  destroys  more than the 
profit  on  hundreds  of  pieces  of  light 
and  delicate  fabrics  every  year.  Much 
of  this  is  hardly  avoidable  and  it  is,  in­
deed,  hard  to  see  any  way  out of  the 
difficulty,  but  a  very  great  amount  can 
if  the  disposition  and  pur­
be  saved 
pose 
is  manifested  to  do  it  and  it  is 
then  carried  through.

B raid  on  Men’s  Dress.

It 

is  said  that  braid  is  again  being 
used  on  coats  coming  from  London 
and  made  up  by  the  first-class  custom 
tailors  in  the  vicinity.  The  frock  and 
morning  coats,as  well  as evening clothes 
and  dinner  jackets,  have  for the  most 
part  been  finished  without  braid  on  the 
edges. 
is  correct,  it 
will  be  a  decided  and * undesired 
inno­
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If  this  authority 

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If  caught  in  the  rain,  a  good  way 
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Dry Poods

W eekly  M arket Review of  the  P rincipal 

Staples.

in 

in  several  prominent 

Staple  Cottons— Brown  sheetings  and 
drills  demand  attention 
four-yard 
weights  and  lighter.  Bleached  cottons 
show  no  price  changes,  but  the  tone  is 
firm  on  all  grades,  and  a  fair  amount 
of  business  is  being  transacted.  Wide 
sheetings 
lines 
have  been  entirely  cleaned  up.  Cotton 
flannels  show  a  business  for  export  at 
current  prices,  but  both  flannels  and 
blankets  for  home  trade  are quiet.  Col 
ored  cottons  are  firm,  and  show  a  tend­
ency  towards  hardening.  Ticks  have 
received  an  exceptional  amount of  at­
tention  during  the  week,  and  stocks  of 
all  varieties  have  been  reduced  consid­
erably,  and  at  the  same  time  prices 
have  been 
increased  on  several  lines. 
Exporters  have  secured  many  goods, 
and  many  mills  are  now  working entire­
ly  on  orders.

Prints  and  Ginghams—There has been 
but  small  change 
in  the  condition  of 
printed  calicoes  since  our  last  report. 
The  general  demand  is  well  sustained. 
It  has  been  steady  and  of  good-sized 
proportions,  staple 
lines  being  in  chief 
request.  In  some  quarters  where  stocks 
have  been  large,  they  now  report  them 
as  well  reduced,  each  day showing some 
styles  withdrawn. 
In  some  cases  where 
advances  have  not  been  openly  made, 
discounts  have  been  shortened.  Buy­
ing  for  export  has  cleaned  up  some 
styles  which  home  trade  neglected.  The 
tone 
in  the  market  for  staples  is  firm 
throughout  Fancy  calicoes  have  now 
assumed  a  satisfactory  condition,  and 
dark  work 
is  reported  as  well  under 
contract.  Printed  and  woven  napped 
fabrics  are  in  moderate  request  at  pre­
vious  prices.  The  gingham  division  is 
firm,  and  the  average  demand  reported.
Dress  Goods— The  condition  of  the 
dress  goods  market  is  in  striking  con­
trast  with  that  of  the  men’s  wear  fabric 
market.  The  dress  goods  market  is  dis- 
couragingly  dull,  and  there  is  little  to 
indicate  that  an  early  improvement  of 
moment  is  to  be  expected.  The  dupli­
cate  orders  that  are  coming  in  are  of 
small  proportions,  running  almost  en­
tirely  to  plain  goods  lines,  whfch  are 
already 
in  a  well-sold  position.  The 
jobbers  are  getting  some  fair  orders, 
but  they  are  not  of  such  a  character  as 
to  lead  them  to  place  duplicate  orders 
of  consequence. 
initial 
dress  goods  market  is  absolutely  devoid 
of  features.

fact,  the 

In 

Skirtings—The  developments  of  the 
skirting  end  of  the  business  have  not 
been  of  a  particularly  striking  charac­
ter.  The  relative  position  of  the  plaid 
back  and  the  through  and through fabric 
for the  season  is  still  involved  indoubt, 
both  having  their  adherents.  Nothing 
has  developed  during  the  week  to  put 
the  plaid  back  in a more favorable light 
There  is  some  little  business  doing  in 
reversibles,but a  better  interest is  shown 
in  single  face  goods.  The  demand  does 
not  favor  goods  of  extreme  weight,  as 
was  the  case  a  year  ago,  15  to  18  ounces 
being  the  most  sought  weight  at  this 
time.  Skirting  agents  have  experienced 
a  demand  for  striped  flannels  for  quick 
delivery  for  warm  weather  wear—goods 
costing  within  the  range  of  40  cents  to 
$1,  having  black  and  dark  gray  back­
grounds,  with 
chalk 
lines.  The  flannel  as  a  skirting  fabric 
is  probably  only  a  passing  fad,  but fads 
are  often  the  means of  supplying  man- 
facturers  with  good  orders.

semi-invisible 

Underwear— The  underwear  market 
improved  condi­
continues  to  show  an 
tion,  so  far  as  both  the  retail  and 
job­
bing  ends  are  concerned.  The  weather 
conditions  have  been  such  as  to  move 
the  lightweight  stocks  so  that  the  retail­
ers  have  been  obliged  to  replenish  from 
the  jobbers  and  it  is  a  significant  fact 
that  the  word  “ rush”   is  printed in large 
letters  on  many  of  these  orders.  Even 
now,  early as  it  is,  a  number  of  the  best 
patterns  in  fancy  underwear are  entirely 
out  of  the  jobbers’  hands,  while  special 
in  strictly  plain  goods,  are 
lots,  even 
found 
few  and  far  be­
tween.  The  prediction  made  early  in 
the  season  that  there  was the probability 
of  a  shortage  promises  now  to  prove 
true,  although,  of  course,  the  extent  of 
this  shortage  can  not  by  any  means  be 
determined  yet.  This  much 
is  sure, 
however,  and  retailers 
in  many  cases 
will  be  obliged  to  accept  substitutes  for 
what  they  want  and  at  stiff  prices.

in  quantities 

Hosiery—Once  more  the  prospects  in 
the  hosiery  end  of  the  market  have 
brightened  for  the  manufacturers  and 
agents,  but  things  are 
looking  rather 
strained  for  the  retailer.  Fancy  hos­
iery  has  been  ordered  to  such  an  extent 
in  the  past  two  weeks  that  assortments 
are  getting  very  much  broken. 
If  the 
retailer’s  stock 
is  getting  low,  he  may 
find  it  rather  hard to replenish,  especial­
ly  among  the  desirable  patterns  and 
neat  effects.  It  seems  as  though  the  hot 
weather  had  created  a  demand  for  the 
open  work  styles,  such  as  had  never  be­
ios-  men’s  and 
fore  been  known,  both 
women’s  hosiery.  The  bulk  of  these 
goods  are  solid  colors  with  a  little  open 
work  on  the  front.  Combination  of  open 
work  and  colored  stripes,  while  promi­
nent  enough  in  some  sections,  are large­
ly  neglected  in  others.  As  the  fall  sea­
son  develops,  it  is  evident  that  almost 
as  much 
is  expected  for  fancies  as  for 
spring.  Embroidered  patterns,  how­
ever,  will  be  quieter.  Both  vertical 
and  horizontal  stripes  promise  to  be 
in 
evidence,  the  latter  growing  more  popu­
lar  as  time  advances.

Carpets— New  orders  are  continually 
being  received  by  the  carpet  manufac­
turers  in  fairly  good  sized 
lots.  While 
present  business  conditions  in  this  mar­
ket  are  not  as  favorable  as  in  other 
years,  yet  the  market  is  in  a  far  better 
state  than  it  was  a  year  go.  So  far  the 
bulk  of  the  orders  received  have  been 
for the  cheaper  grades  of  carpets,  such 
as  ingrains,  jutes  or granites,  etc.  The 
U  goods  have  not  shown  up  as  well  as 
was  expected.  The  medium  grades, 
such  as  tapestries  and  body  Brussels, 
have  had  a  fair amount  of new  business, 
but  the  finer grades,  such  as  velvets and 
fine  Brussels,  have  not  received  much 
of  the  buyers'  attention.  It  is  believed, 
however,  that  the  usual  demand 
for 
these  goods  will  begin  to  be  noticed 
very  shortly.  Rag  carpets  continue  to 
sell  in  fairly  large  numbers.

Rugs—The  Smyrna  rug  business  is 
exceptionally  active,  due  to  the  strong 
demand  from  the  public  who  are  so­
journing  at  the  seashore  and 
in  the 
country.  The  large  or  carpet  sized rugs 
have  the  most  call,  although  the  smaller 
sizes  sell  readily.  Wilton  rugs,  while 
not  as  attractive  to  the  taste  of  the  buy­
ing  public  as  the  Smyrna  rugs,  ar^sold 
in  fair sized  quantities.

The  Ubiquitous S hirt W aist.

Whether  the  poor,  sweltering  men 
will  ever be  allowed  the  luxury  of  shirt 
waists  or  not,  it  is  certain  that  women, 
having  once  experienced  their  many 
advantages,  will  never  give  them  up.

This  summer  they  are  more  than ever to 
the  fore,  and  are  permissible  at  every 
function,  so  much  so,  that  many  fash­
ionable  women  wear  practically nothing 
else  than  a  “ shirt  and  skirt”   in  the 
way  of  a  daytime  costume  all  summer. 
Of  course,  these  may  vary 
in  material 
and  cost.  Some  silk  and  lace  affairs 
from  smart  sbirtmakers  cost  as  much  as 
$30  for a  shirt,  while  $15  is  not  consid­
ered  extravagant;  but  whatever  may  be 
the  material  and  cut  the  pattern  is  sub­
stantially  the  same,  whether  it  is  the 
simple  homemade  cotton  shirt or  a  satin 
and 
lace  confection  from  one  of  the 
“ best  places. ”   This  summer  many  of 
the  shirts  and  skirts  are  made  of  the 
same  material,  and 
in  plain  tints  of 
mauve,  corn  color,  light  blue  and  pale 
pink  are  exceedingly  pretty,  so  that  the 
white  pique  or  duck  skirt  will  not  be  so 
universally  worn,  although  it  will  still 
be  popular  with  colored  shirts.  But 
the  smartest  effect  of  all  is  pure  white, 
and  this  year the  name  of  pretty  mate­
rials  which  will  serve  equally  well  for 
shirts  and  skirts  is  legion.  A  newly  ar­
rived  American,  who  has  been  living 
abroad  for  several  years,  remarked  the 
other  day  that  she  was  greatly  struck 
by  the  difference  between  the  women’s 
dress 
in  the  streets  of  New  York  and 
London,  and  that  the  comparison  was 
greatly  in  favor  of  the  former.  Even  in 
summer  the  New  York  women  wear 
either  dark  or  neutral  tans  and  grays  in 
the  street,  whereas 
in  London  white 
pique  skirts,  fussy  muslin  waists,  and 
even  sashes  are  seen  worn  by  women 
who consider  themselves  smart. 
“ It  is 
very  noticeable,”   added  our  country- 
wqman,  “ that  American  women  seem 
to  possess  the  Gallic  sense  of  fitness 
which  is  so  apparent  in  French  women, 
and  which  many  English  women  seem 
totally  to  lack. ”

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

S h o es  and  R ubbers
Exhibitions of Snobbishness  W hich  B uy­

ers  Should  Avoid.

The  traveling  salesman  has  many 
complaints  to  make  about  the  condition 
of  affairs 
in  general  in  the  shoe  busi­
ness,  and  more  particularly  about  the 
treatment  which  he  receives  from  the 
large  dealers  and  department  managers.
Listening  to  a  conversation  between 
a  number  of  the  boys  the  other  day,  one 
thing  which 
impressed  me  was  what 
they  considered  a  broad-minded  shoe 
man,  what  they  considered  a  success­
ful  business  man  and  one  who  would 
live  in  the  trade.  Said  one  of  them:

“ Perhaps  one  of  the  most  repellent 
characters  we  meet  during  the  day 
is 
one  of  the  oldest  members  of  a  class  of 
shoe  men  whom  we  all  have  assisted  in 
putting 
in  the  position  in  which  he  is 
at  present,  and  who  now,  because  of 
his  big  head,  absolutely  refuses  to  do 
business  with  us,  will  not  even  look  at 
our  samples.

“ This  class  of  men 

is  entirely  un­
worthy  of  any  consideration,  and  when 
I  meet  one  I  am  always  sure  that  he 
is 
to  be  short-lived  and  I  look  around  for 
the  man  who  very  soon  must  take  his 
place. 
I  know  that  I  lose  business  for 
the  present.  But  I  am  figuring  on  the 
future,  and  I  believe  that  when  I  am 
able  to  find  the  man  who  is  eventually 
to  fill  his  shoes,  warm  up  to  him  and 
win  his  confidence,  I  will  be  amply  re­
paid  for the  business  I  lose  at  the  pres­
ent  time.

“ The  short-lived  class  of  men  play 
favorites;  they  never  buy  goods  on 
their  merits  and  nine  out  of  ten  are  so 
susceptible  to  flattery  that  a  shoe  man 
of  any  ability  will  pass  him  by  without 
a 
If  you  watch  these  men  as 
closely  as  I  have  done,  you  will  find 
that  50  per cent,  of them eventually rank 
among  the  dishonest  shoe  men  who  are 
unable  to  secure  a  position  of  any  kind 
where  they  are  known.

look. 

“ Another  class  of  buyers  who  are  also 
in  disfavor,  especially  with  the  younger 
element  of  shoe  drummers,  are  those 
who,  after  having  bad  a  position  placed 
in  their  hands,  absolutely  refuse  to  do 
business  with  any  one  but  the  manufac­
turer.  The  buyer  imagines  that  his  dis­
counts  are  better and  that  his  goods  are 
far superior  to  the  grade  of  shoes  which 
he  will  receive  if  he  gives  the  order  to 
the  salesman.  More  than  that,  he  thinks 
that  an  extra  per cent,  is  saved.

“ Let  a  man  of  this  character  come  to 
me  and  tell  me  that  his  house 
insists 
on  larger discounts,  I  will  do  all  in  my 
power  to  save  him.  My  commission 
is  5  per cent,  and  I  will  willingly  split 
it  and  hold  his  trade  rather  than  to  al­
low  it  to  slip  through  my  fingers  and 
have  this  man  deal  with  the  house  di­
rect.  The  moment  he  does  this  I  begin 
to  lose  prestige,  and  the  house  has  not 
the  same  faith  in  me  that  they  had  be­
fore.

“ We  know  that 90  per cent,  of  these 
people  who  tell  us  they  must  have 
greater  discounts  have  never  been 
pressed  by  the  house  for  such  conces­
sions.  The  merchant  is  satisfied  and  it 
is  only  a  grand-stand  play  that  the  buy­
er  is  making  in  order to  curry  favor.  If 
the  extra  discount  were  credited  to  the 
department,  it  would  be  all  right;  but 
when  these  discounts,  instead  of  going 
to  the  department,  assist  in  paying  the 
office  expenses,  there 
is  nothing  in  it 
for  the  buyer  or  the  department  which 
he  represents.

“ Another  point  to  be  considered  is

the  grade  of  the  shoes.  Very  often  man­
ufacturers  have  allowed  an  extra  dis­
count  to a merchant and taken  it  directly 
out  of  the  shoes  produced.  The  shoes 
are  gummed  up  and  finished  just  the 
same  as  any  that  he  has  received  be­
fore ;  but,  on  the  whole,  the  stock,  the 
workmanship  and  the  general  shoemak­
lack  10 to  15  per  cent,  of  that 
ing  will 
which  was  in  the  shoes  before  the  extra 
discount  was  taken  off."

Another  one  of  the  company  said: 
“ I  can  call  to  mind  a  man  who  played 
favorites  to  such  an  extent  that  the 
goods  of  the  whole  department  of  one 
of  the  large  department  stores  virtually 
were  all  made  up 
in  one  house.  This 
department  has  been  the  stepping-stone 
of  the  most  successful  buyers  in  the 
market;  they  had  always  done  good 
business  here  and  had  distributed  their 
orders  among  the  best  manufacturers  in 
the  country.

“ But  not  so  with  the  new  arrival.  He 
insisted  on  giving  everything,  from  an 
infant’s  shoe  to  a  woman’s  boot,  bath 
slipper  and  fancy  dress  slipper,  all  to 
one  manufacturer,  with  the  result  that 
in  a  little  over  a  year  he  was  tied  up  in 
such  a  manner  that  he  found  himself 
stranded  and  unable  to  move  one  way 
or  the  other.  He  could  give  no  account­
ing  to the  bouse  for the 
lack  of  trade, 
with  the  result  that  at  a  day’s  notice  he 
was  let  out.

“ Now,  you  all  know  that  any  man 
manufacturing  a  line  of  shoes  to  sell  at 
$3.50,  and  making  a  leader  of  this  line, 
is  bound  to  have  that  $3.50  appearance 
in  any  shoe  that  comes  out  of  his  fac­
tory.  Let  him  make  shoes  for  which 
you  are  willing  to  pay  $10,  and  that 
unmistakable  stamp  of  $3.50  shoemak­
ing 
is  everywhere  apparent.  This  is 
nothing  but  natural,  as  the  same  shoe­
makers  make  the  $3.50  shoes  as  make 
the  $10 grades. 
It  will  run  all  the  way 
through  everything  that  comes  out  of 
that  factory,  with  the  result  that  none 
of  the  shoes  are  up  to the  mark  of  one 
who  makes  a  specialty  in  one  line.

“ There  was  a  sameness  in  those  chil­
dren’s  shoes,  there  was  a  sameness  in 
the  house  shoes  and  in  the  evening slip­
pers,  so  that  when  a  woman  felt  dissat­
isfied  with  one she was simply obliged to 
pass  this  department  by  and  go  some­
where  else.  The  same  lasts  were  used, 
the  slippers  were  made  on  the  oxford 
lasts;  the  boots  were  also  made  over  the 
same  forms.  You  know  what  a  contrast 
these  goods  must  have  been  to  shoes 
which  had  previously  been 
in  the  de­
partment,  all  made  up  by  manufactur­
ers  who  had  made  a  specialty  of  a  sin­
gle  branch  of  the  business."

A  third  salesman  had  this  to  say: 
“ Yes,  there 
is  another  style  of  shoe 
merchant  that  ought  to  be  spoken  of  in 
the  same  class,  and  that  is  the  man  who 
is  unwilling  to  look  at  samples.  This 
class  of  buyer  is  bound  to  be  narrow­
minded  and  it  is  impossible  for  him  to 
keep  abreast  of  the  times.  He  buys 
from  a  few  manufacturers  and  anything 
they  tell  him  is  law ;  he  considers  them 
infallible  and  he  never  deigns  to go  out 
of  the  regular  lines  in  order  to  see  what 
any  one  else  is  doing.

“ The  salesmen  who carry  lines  which 
they  feel  are  right  endeavor,  day  after 
day  and  week  after  week,  to  get  an 
in­
terview  with  him; 
they  spend  their 
mornings  and  send  down  their cards; 
the  messenger  boy  returns  with  the  ster­
eotyped  answer,  ‘ nothing  to-day.’

“ I  recall  a  man  in  one  store  in  which 
I  was  especially  anxious  to  land  some 
of  my  shoes.  For five  months  I  called 
twice  a  week  and  sent  my  card  in to the

If not 
Why  not

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Milwaukee,  Wis.

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MANUFACTURERS 

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Wholesale

Boots  and  Shoes

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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Q.  Who made GRAND RAPIDS famous for shoes?
A.  RINDGE,  KALMBACH,  LOGIE  &  CO.
Q.  What are some of the lines made by them that others imitate?
A.  The Hard Pan, Oregon Calf, Keystone and Star Lines.
Q.  How may their goods be distinguished from all others?
A.  By having the name  Rlndge,  Kalmbach,  Logie  &  Co.  stamped  on 

the sole and lining of every shoe they make.

If interested drop a postal to the house  and  one  of  our  traveling  men 

will be pleased to call on you.

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13

buyer.  Every  morning  I  received  the 
same  answer,  ‘ nothing  to-day,’  until  at 
last  1  became  so  desperate  that  I  made 
up  my  mind  that  I  would  go  in  the  de­
partment  and  give  the  buyer  a  game  of 
talk.  Unfortunately,  for  the  buyer  at 
least,  I  reached  there  just  as  the  owner 
was  passing  through  and  could  bear  my 
remarks.  He  stopped  and  listened  and 
in  my  presence  called  the  buyer  to  ac­
count  for  not  looking  at the various lines 
of  shoes  which  salesmen  had  to  offer.
‘ ‘ The  result  was  that  three  months 
after  another  buyer  was  installed  and  at 
the  present  time  one  of  the 
largest  ac­
counts  I  hold  in  the  city 
is  with  this 
same  firm.” — Shoe  Retailer.

A  Paradox  W hich  Is  Not  Paradoxical.
While  at  first  blush  a  shoe  is  a  shoe, 
still  the  manufacturing  of  them  has 
grown  to  such  enormous  proportions, 
and manufacturers are so continually vie- 
ing  with  each  other  in  the  quality, 
style,  etc.,  that  the  kinds  of  shoes  are 
almost 
innumerable,  and  one  of  the 
hardest  problems  a  retailer has  to  solve 
is  the  one  as  to  the  kind  or style  to 
stock  up  with 
in  laying  out  his  plans 
for  the  coming  season.

To-day,  more  than  ever,  is  the  re­
tailer  brought face  to  face  with  the  diffi­
culty  of  handling  customers  who want  a 
certain  kind  of  shoe  he  doesn’t  carry  in 
stock.  Ninety-nine  times  out  of  a  hun­
dred,  the  salesman  of  whom  something 
is  asked  which  is  not  in  stock  simply 
says  that  it  is  not  in  the  store  and  dis­
misses  it  from  his mind.  You may argue 
that  you  can’t  sell  what  you  haven’t 
got,  you  are  wrong,  for  it  has  been  done 
time  and  again,  and  some  of  the  best 
customers  were  gained  and  held through 
selling  them  something  not  carried  as  a 
regular  line.

And  that  is  one  of  the  little  things  in 
which  there  may  be  very  little  actual 
monetary  profit,  but  the  pleasing  of the 
customer,  the  courtesy  with  which  his 
request  is  met,  and  the  desire  shown  to 
accommodate  him  makes  him  a  friend 
who  will  stick  to  you  and  your  store.

The  moment  you 

let  a  customer  of 
that  kind  go out  of  your  store  and  into 
in  search  of  shoes  wanted, 
some  other 
you  have 
lost  the  hold  you  had  and 
given  the  other  people  a  great  big  ad­
vantage.  Don’t  do  it.  Sell  him  some­
thing  you  haven’t  in  your  possession. 
While 
it  may  be  true  that  your  com­
petitor  is  no  more  liable  to  have  it  than 
you,  by  that  very  possibility  you  make 
his  leaving  your  store  more  dangerous 
than  if  he  could  find  the  needed  article 
at  your  neighbor’s.  He  will 
immedi­
ately  use  the  mail  service  to  accommo­
date  his  needs.  He  will  order  from 
some  big  city  concern,  with  the 
in­
evitable  result  that  the  next  time  he 
wants  an  uncommon  article  he’ll  try  the 
mail,  eventually  dropping  you  and  your 
neighbors  entirely  when  be  wants  some­
thing  out  of  the  ordinary.

It 

is  very  easy  in  the  case  of a  man 
asking  for  a  certain  kind  of  shoe  which 
you  may  not  have  in  stock  to  offer to 
get  it  for  him.  And  you  have  an  ad­
vantage  in  it  the  customer  does  not pos­
sess. 
If  he  were  to  send  in  an  order  to 
some  of the  big  factories  advertising  in 
the  magazines  he  would  only  be  able  to 
order  the  shoes  to  a  certain  size  and 
width,  and  if  they  didn't  fit  when  they 
arrived,  he’d  have 
lots  of  trouble  to 
get  the  matter  straightened  out.

Here 

is  where  you  have  an  advan­
tage.  You  can  take  his  measure,  noting 
any  little  peculiarity  which  has  to  be 
taken  care  of,  and  you  can  order  a  few 
pair on  memorandum  from  the  factory

with  the  privilege  of  returning  those not 
used.

When  the  shoes  come  in  you  can  send 
for  Mr.  Customer,  fit  him  out 
in  bis 
shoes,  and  he  will  go  away  smiling  and 
happy,and  firmly  convinced  that  it pays 
to  deal  in  a  gentleman's  store,  when  he 
is  treated  as  a  gentleman  by  a  gentle­
man.

To  do  what  I  have  been  preaching 
about  will  take  time,  correspondence, 
bother  and  trouble  galore,  perhaps,  and 
you  must  calculate  on  expending  about 
as  much  to  obtain  the  goods  as  you  will 
receive 
in  payment  for  them,  maybe 
more;  that  is  it  will  cost  you  probably 
more  than  you  will  get  out  of  it.  On 
that  calculation  you  will  lose  money, but 
that  is  not  all  to  consider.  While  you 
lose  money  you  will  make  trade  that 
can  not  help  but  bring  you  back  many 
times  the  cost.  You  may  have  to  order 
shoes  or  whatever  you  are  after  from 
some  retail  store  which  will  give  you 
but  a  small  discount  from  retail  price, 
probably  not  enough  to  pay  express 
charges and  postage  on  correspondence. 
Do  you  think  that  is  a  reason  why  you 
should  jump  at  the  conclusion  that there 
is  really  nothing  in  it  and  it  won’t  pay 
to  do  it?

You  can  reason  out  the  answer  your­
self ;  hut  if  you  look  at  it  in  the  proper 
light,  I  feel  that  you  will  come  to the 
conclusion  that  the  paradox 
is  not  so 
patadoxical  as  it  at  first  seems.— Shoe 
and  Leather  Facts.

Why  Not Canvas  Shoes?
This  summer  the  extremes 

in  hot 
weather  wear  will  be  more common than 
ever  before.  A  great  many  men  will 
dispense  with  the  coat  and  vest,  and 
very  few  will  wear  the  vest  even  if they 
retain  the  coat.  The  clothing  will  be 
made  up  of  light  flannels  and  white 
shirts,  or  if  not  white  shirts,  delicate 
blues  and  pinks,  and  the  only  hot-look­
ing  object  in  the  entire  costume,  as 
pictured  by  the  fashion  writer,  will  be 
the  shoes,  which  said  fashion  writer has 
decreed  must  be  of  patent  leather,  with 
a  heavy  cap  and  broad,  thick  soles. 
These  shoes  are  not  at  all  suitable  to 
the  costume,  which,  from  the  straw  hat 
down  to  the  shoes,  is  the  airiest  and 
daintiest  ever approved  for  men.

There  has  already  been  mutiny  in  the 
rank  and  file  of  good  dressers  and  a 
preference  has  been  shown  for  tan  shoes 
for summer  wear.  This  preference  has 
so  manifested  itself  that  shoe  dealers 
fear  that  they  are  not  going  to  be  able 
to  take  care  of  this  sudden  shifting 
from  a  prescribed  style.

But  the  tan  shoe  does  not  go  far 
enough  toward  making  a  perfect  and  an 
ideal  midsummer  costume.  The  white 
canvas  shoe  would.

Not  of  the  tennis  style,  with  its  hot 
rubber  sole,  or  the  baseball  style,  with 
its 
leather  tips,  heels  and  strips,  but  a 
fashionably  made,  pure  white  canvas 
shoe.

No  shoe  material  could  be  more  fit­
ting.  Canvas  is  light,  permits  of thor­
ough  ventilation  through  the  material 
itself,  is  easy  on  the  feet,  wears  as  well 
as  leather  and  could  be  made  in  all 
leading  styles.

Canvas  shoes 

in  the  tans,  slates  or 
white  certainly  would  add  to the appear­
ance  of  the  prevailing  flannel  suits  and 
double  the  comfort  of  any  summer  cos­
tume.  A  canvas  shoe 
is  readily  kept 
clean,  and  no  objections  seem  to  be  at 
band  that  would  argue  against  canvas 
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Hardware

is  also  bom  with 

The  R etailer,  H is  R ights  and  H is  Power.
Man  was  born  with  lungs.  This  fact 
establishes  his  natural  right  to  breathe 
He 
intellect  and 
hands.  This  fact  establishes  his  natural 
right  to  labor  with  mind  and  muscle. 
So  nature,  which  is  neither  illogical  nor 
incomplete,  also  supplies  air  for  the 
lungs  and  material  for  mental and phys­
ical  labor.  Man's  right,  therefore,  is  to 
live," to  labor  and  to  elect.  What  dis­
position  shall  be  made  of  the  products 
of  his 
it 
is 
indefeasible,  inalienable,  and  any 
system  of  human  relations  which  de 
dines  to  acknowledge 
the  verity  of 
man’s  natural  rights  will  surely  fail.

labor  is  a  natural  right. 

Slavery  was  not  wrong  because  the 
slave  was  cruelly  treated, 
improperly 
housed,  fed  or cared  for.  This  affirma­
tion 
in  many  cases  was  untrue.  But 
slavery  was  wrong  because  man's  nat­
ural  rights  were  violated.

There  is  in  the  commercial  world cer­
tain  "trade  rights”   which  may  very 
likened  to  man’s  natural 
properly  be 
rights  in  that  the  demand 
from  or­
ganized society,  which  creates  the  retail 
hardware  man,  also  creates  his  field  of 
operation.  The  modern  method  of  hard­
ware  distribution  is  rational  and sound : 
First,  the  manufacturer;  second, 
the 
jobber;  third,  the  retailer.  These  three, 
in  the  order  named,  are  the  trinity  of 
commerce,  and  their  respective  spheres 
are  well  defined. 
The  manufacturer 
supplies  the  jobber,  the  jobber  supplies 
the  retailer,  the  retailer  the  consumer 
That  this  is  the  natural  relation  is  thor 
oughly  understood  by  manufacturer, 
jobber  and  retailer, and that  this  natural 
right  of  the  retailer  is  violated  both  by 
jobber  is  evi­
the  manufacturer  and 
denced  by  fact 
indisputable.  Out  of 
this  condition  grows  the  contention  of 
the  retail  dealers  with  the  manufacturer 
and  jobber,  who trample  on  their  nat 
ural rights,  and out of  this condition  will 
grow  an  "irrepressible  conflict.”

It  is  idle  to  talk  of  the  passing  of  the 
retailer. 
It  is  equally  absurd  to  antici­
pate  the  decline  of  the  jobber.  Both 
are  indispensable  members  of  the  com 
mercial  entity,  and  for  mutual,  profit­
able  existence  there  should  be  harmoni­
ous  relations.  But  the  manufacturer and 
jobber,  in  their  zeal  for  business,  over 
step  the  boundary  of  their  respective 
spheres,  and,  without  apology  or  ado, 
break  the  first  commandment  of  the 
commercial  decalogue,  “ Thou  shalt not 
covet  retail  trade. ”

This  tendency  to  trespass  on  retail 
territory  is  manifest  in  many  lines,  but 
the  distribution  of  builders’ hardware  is 
a  splendid  example  of  the  frequent  vio­
lation  of  the  retailers’  natural  rights. 
Jobbers  and  manufacturers  sell  direct, 
and  over  the  heads  of  their  own  cus­
to  architects,  contractors  and 
tomers, 
consumers  and 
owners.  These  are 
therefore  belong  in  retail  territory. 
It 
is  insufficient  to  suggest  that  frequently 
their wants  are  large,  and  therefore  the 
manufacturer  and 
jobber  should  sell 
them.  Such  fact  can  not  change  their 
classification  as  consumers.  A  jobber 
recently  received  a  request  from  a  num 
ber  of  his  customers  asking  that  he 
abandon  his  practice  of selling builders’ 
hardware  to  the  consumer.  His  reply 
stated  that  some of the orders were large, 
and  the 
inference  was,  therefore,  that 
he  should  sell  them.  And  he  also  en­
quired  what  they  would  promise  him  in 
return  if  be  would  quit  the  retail  field. 
The  attitude  of  this  jobber  toward  bis

The  retailers  of  this  country  are 

ig­
norant  of  their  power.  A  recent  inves­
tigation  showed  that  in  a  certain  state 
the  capitalization  of  the  members  of  the 
Retail  Hardware  Association  exceeded 
that  of  the  jobbers,  and  the  membership 
did  not  equal  50  per cent,  of the  state’s 
retailers.

More  than  this,  the  retailer  is  the  one 
who  comes  in  personal  contact  with  the 
consumer.  His  encouragement  or dis­
paragement  has  great  weight 
in  the 
placing  of  his  merchandise  with  con­
sumers.

its  place 

In  the  personal  experience  of  the 
writer an  article  long  recognized  as  the 
standard  of  excellence  was,  and 
is, 
practically  cleared  from  the  shelf  and 
n 
is  sold  the  product  of  a 
competitive  concern,  and  this  is  done 
easily.  Our  profits  are  materially  in­
creased,  nor  is  the  interest  of  the  con­
sumer  in  any  sense  violated.  His  pur­
chase 
is  of  a  quality  which  equals  any 
similar  article  produced.  The  change 
was  made  because  the  original  concern 
was  contemptuous  of  retailers’  requests. 
The  second  concern,  whose  goods  we 
now  handle,  was  not.

The-  attitude  of  those  concerns  who 
hold  the  retailer  in  contempt  will  soon 
be  known  to  the  members  of the  Na­
tional  Retail  Hardware  Dealers’  Asso- 
iation.  Every  hardware  man  anywhere 
in  the  United  States  should  belong,first, 
to  his  State  organization,  and  then  in­
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It  has  a 
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representative  intelligence  among  job­
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greed  on  one  hand  and leering insolence 
on  the  other.

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GOOD  t r a d ì;  g e t t e r .

Reputation  F or  Coolness  and  Absence  of 

Flies.
Written for  the Tradesman.

For  some  reason  or  other  the  Bur- 
leighs  on  Jackson  street  didn't  seem 
inclined  to  patronize  the  neighboring 
new  grocery 
in  their end  of  town.  At 
first  Denby,  the  man  who  was  running 
it,  didn't care,  concluding wisely enough 
that 
it  was  only  a  question  of  time. 
The  building  was  new ;  the  store  was 
neatly  and  nicely  fitted  up ;  the proprie­
tor  was  neat  as  a  pin  and  bis  store  was 
just  like  him ;  Lackland,  the  clerk,  was 
not  to  be  discounted  for  the  same  good 
quality,  and  both  were  earnest,  polite 
young  men  who  were  determined  to  get 
along  and  make  a  success  of  the  busi­
ness  if  anybody  could.  Another  thing 
in  their  favor  was  the  absence  of  any 
other  grocery  within  several  blocks  and 
the  neighborhood  was  filling  up  rapid­
ly.  There  was  no  doubt  about the  other 
nearby  families.  Hardly  one  bad  failed 
to  come  straight  to  that  particular  cor­
ner  for  some  need ;  but  the  Burieighs, 
only  two  blocks  away,  who  were  old- 
timers  and  had  a  great  deal  of  influence 
and  their  trade  would  be  worth  a  good 
deal  to  the  new  grocer,  kept  quietly 
and  persistently  away.

The store  was  opened  for business  the 
first  of  October.  Curiosity  brought  a 
good  many  in  at  first  and,  once  in,  the 
two  behind  the  counter saw  to  it  that  no 
customer went  away  without  leaving  an 
order.  They  were  bright  and good  look­
ing,  to  start  with,  and  their  aifxiety  to 
please,  together  with  the  quality  of  the 
goods  they  sold,  soon  brought  a  line  of 
trade  that  was  as  pleasing  as  it  was  ad­
vantageous. 
“ Everybody  comes  but 
the  Burieighs,’ ’  remarked  Denby  one 
day  and  when  Lackland  said  something 
about  getting  along  if  they  didn't  come 
the  grocer  replied,  “ Well,  yes,  only 
that  isn’t  the  point.  We  want  the  Bur­
ieighs;  They  are  rich  and  influential 
and  because  they  are  in  this  neighbor­
hood  I  want  their  custom :  and,  further­
more,  I’m  going  to  have  it. 
I  wish  to 
thunder  one  of  us  had  wit  enough  to  hit 
on  something  that  would  make  us talked 
in  an  unusual  and  at  the  same 
about 
time  pleasant  way. 
Isn’t  there  some­
thing  nice  we  can  do  that  other  grocers 
haven't  thought  of?  Put  your  thinking 
cap  on,  Dick,  and 
let's  surprise  the 
neighborhood.  A  good  five  dollar  bill 
is  yours  the  minute  you  do  something 
that  gets  the  first  order  into  the  Bur­
leigh  mansion.”

Gee!  That  was  enough  to  set  Dick’s 
into 
wheels  a-going;  but  fall  passed 
winter,  and  winter,  after  a  tremendous 
lingering  in  the  lap  of  spring,  left  with­
out 
leaving  behind  him . a  five-dollar 
thought  for  the  brain-racking  Dick  and 
hot  weather  actually  hung  a  drop  of 
sweat  on  his  nose  without  anything  of 
any  value-furnishing  a  clue to the much- 
wanted  prize.  Finally,  one  hot  day 
in 
May— it  was  just  before  Memorial.  Day 
and  all  hands  were  too  busy  to  stop  a 
minute—two  big  flies  got  up  a  scheme 
between  them  to get  as  much  fun  out  of 
the  hurried  and  the  worried  clerk  as 
they  could.  You  may  laugh  as much  as 
you  please,  but  flies  are  up  to  just  that 
sort  of  thing. 
I've  watched  ’em  and  I 
know ;  and  that’s  what  these  two  flies 
did.  They were  going  to  have  fun  with 
Dick  and  they  had  it.  They  chose  a 
lighting  place  on  the  edge  of  the  shelf 
behind  him  and  started  in.  The  first 
buzzed  three  times  around  his  head  and 
made  a  plunge  for  bis  right  eye  when 
both  his  hands  were  full.  A  quick 
headshake  averted  the  impending  mis-

impudent  buzz 

chief;  but  that  brought  the  right  ear 
into  the  neighborhood  and  into  that  the 
buzzing 
insect  dived,  to  be  summarily 
driven  out  by  a  vigorous  handslap. 
Thence,  after  an 
into 
the  clerk's  face,  he  flew  to  the  rendez­
vous  on the shelf-edge  with a triumphant 
“ How’s  that  for  the  first 
round?”  
Number  two  didn’t  wait  to  reply.  He 
wasted  no  precious  time  in  preliminar­
ies,  but  went  straight  for  Dick’s  eyes. 
Driven  from  one,  it  sought  the  other. 
It 
lighted  on  his  hair  and,  crawling 
down  to  his  forehead,  bit  him  there. 
Evading  a  vigorous  slap,  it  found  a 
resting  place  on  his  chin  and  proceeded 
to  enjoy  it.  Driven  thence,  it  flew  to 
its  mate  for  rejoicing  and  further  mis­
chief-planning.

In  the  meantime  Dick  was  hot  and 
hurried,  but  determined  to  keep  up 
with  his  orders.  While  the  flies  an­
noyed  him,  it  was  only  what  was  to  be 
expected  and  simply  to  be  endured. 
Seeing  this,  his  tormentors  attacked 
him  together,and  finally  became  so  per­
sistent  that  poor  Dick,  who  had  never 
been  known  to  utter a  “ swear  word, ” 
declared  under  his  breath,  as  he  failed 
to  hit  his  tormenters,  “ These  are  the 
damndest  flies  that  ever  got  out  of 
Hades!”

Then  the  old  story  of  invention  was 
repeated,  and  then  and  there  came  Dick 
Lackland's  five-dollar  thought:  “ Clear 
out  the  flies  and  keep  ’em  out.”

“ What’s  the  matter  with  driving  out 
these  flies  and  keeping  ’em  out;  and 
where’ll  you  find  a  grocery  in  town  that 
is  doing  it?”   he  asked.

for  all 

Denby  fell  in  with  the  idea.-  He  or­
dered  screens 
the  doors  and, 
every  morning  for half  an  hour  before 
opening,  Dick  with  a  “ fly-slapper”  
fought  to  the  death  all  the  flies  that 
gathered  in  the  big  front  window.  He 
cleaned  the  store  front  and  back  and re­
moved  everything  tenting  to  draw  flies. 
At  all  the  windows  he  put  up  thick 
dark-colored  curtains  and  during  the 
lulls  in  trade  he  carried  on  his  war  of 
extermination  until  a  fly  in  that  store 
was  as  rare  as  a  harpist  in  Tophet!

After  a  few  days  Denby  made  him­
self  a  slapper  and  joined  the  war.  With 
the  darkening  of  the  rooms  he  caught 
the 
idea  of  keeping  them  cool  and in 
less  than  three  weeks’  time  there wasn’t 
a  cooler  place  nor one  freer  from  flies 
than  “  Denby’s.”   Then  one  afternoon 
in  July  when  the heat was fooling around 
loo  on  the  thermometer  who should open 
in  but  Mrs. 
the  store  door  and  walk 
Montgomery  Burleigh!  Missing 
the 
car,  she  had  been  obliged  to  wait  or 
walk  and,walking,  had  reached  Denby's 
just  as  two  of  her  friends,  “ cool  as 
cucumbers,”   bad  come  out  of  the  store. 
That  and  the  heat  settled  the  question 
and  she  went  in.  The  cool  store  sur­
prised  her. 
Its  freedom  from  flies  as­
tonished  her  and,  as  her  eyes  became 
accustomed  to  the  dim  light  she was  de­
lighted  to  see  the  cleanliness  that every­
where  met  her  sight.  Could  the  store­
keeper  do  anything  for  her? 
If  he  had 
strawberries,  yes.  He  had  and  they 
were  fine  ones;  they looked  so  fresh  and 
nice  that  she  wanted  three  boxes.  Then 
she  found  other goods  that  pleased  her 
and  by  the  time  she was  ready  to  go  she 
bad  left  quite  a  large  order. 
It  wasn’t 
necessary  for  Denby  to  treat  her to  a 
glass  of  delicious  lemonade  but  he  d id ; 
and  the  pitcher and  glass  were  both  so 
clean  and  the  drink  so  refreshing  that 
the  “ Thank  you”   was  hearty  enough 
to  convince  both  grocer  and  clerk  that 
the  Burleigh  garrison  had  surrendered

“Summer  Light”

Light  your  Hotels,  Cottages and 
Camps with the

" I M U L I T E ”

and  the  long-desired  customer  been  se­
cured.

That  night  when  the  shutting  up  was 
over  Denby  called  out  to  his  clerk: 
“ Here,  Dick’s,  your  money—two  an’  a 
half  for the  flies  an’  two  an’  a  half  for 
the  cool.  This  is  the  only grocery  in the 
town  that 
‘ There 
ain’t  any  flies  on  us!’  and  you  did  it. 
Take  along  a  couple  of  my  best  Hav­
anas.  You’ve  earned  ’em.”

is  cool  and  flyless. 

And  he  had.

Richard  Malcom  Strong.

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Northern Michigan.  Interesting information 
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Mackinac  Island
Traverse  City
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June 30.  Time  cards  and  full  information 
regarding connections,  the  “ Northland  Ex­
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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

V illage  Im provem ent
The  N ational  League  of  Im provem ent 

Associations.

The  national  movement  for  the  pro 
motion  of  civic  beauty  is  a  growth  of 
recent  years. 
In  the  closing  decade  of 
the  nineteenth  century,  there  appeared 
from  time  to  time,  in  the  Atlantic 
Monthly,  Forum,  North  American  Re 
view  and  other  magazines  equally  well 
known,  articles  on  the  work  of  the  New 
England  village  improvement  associa 
tions.  These  articles  attracted  the  at 
tention  of  students  of  social  economy 
everywhere,  and  while  the  formation  of 
many  such  societies  resulted  from  the 
publication,  yet  there  was  no  concerted 
action.  The  societies  formed  were  al 
most  entirely  confined  to  the  New  Eng 
land  States.  Some  of  the  associations 
formed  at  this  time died from inanition 
Others,especially in the  wealthy  suburbs 
large  cities,  organized  for the  pur 
of 
pose  of  using 
influence  and  united 
power  to  obtain  from  the  city  councils 
certain  concessions,  such  as  the  open 
ing  of  new  streets,  extension  of  water 
and  gas  mains,  paving  street  car  lines 
after  accomplishing  their  purpose  fre 
quently  disbanded. 
in 
many  other  suburbs  found  such  organi 
zations  too  useful  to  be  spared.

The  dwellers 

No  special  effort  was  made  in  any 
way  by  the  members  of  these  associa 
tions  to  spread  abroad  the  gospel  of 
.Beauty  and  the  cult  of  the  god  of  Sani 
tation.  But  visitors  to  the  towns  where 
these  societies  existed,  carried  back  to 
their  homes  news  of  the  work  accom­
plished  by  them,  and  the  annual reports 
were  sent  by  the  members  to  friends  in 
distant  localities,  who  often  wondered, 
no  doubt,  what  manner  of  club  this 
might  be  whose  members found pleasure 
in  inspecting  streets,  alleys,  back yards 
and  like  places.

Through  these  various  means  a  wide 
circle  of  people  came  to  know  of  the 
work  of  village 
improvement  associa 
tions,  while  the  secretaries  of  some 
prominent  societies  were  kept  busy 
answering  enquiries  about  the  manner 
of  organization,  and  the  cost  and  ways 
of  maintenance.  The  magazines  and 
newspapers,  through  articles  by  artists, 
architects  and  travelers,  next  attacked 
the  outdoor  art  of  America  in  the  form 
of 
and 
landscape  gardening.  Books  of  foreign 
travel,  finely  and  profusely  illustrated, 
added  their quota  to  the  general  awak­
ening.

its  sculpture, 

architecture 

the 

The  World’s Fair at Chicago  gave  the 
people  such  an  opportunity  as  rarely 
comes  to  a  nation  to  study  in  their 
proper  juxtaposition the  four  great  arts, 
Painting,  Architecture,  Sculpture  and 
Landscape-gardening;  and 
few 
months  of  its  existence  did  for Amer­
ica’s  art  education  what  centuries  of 
patient  but  mistaken  study  of  art  his­
tories  in  our colleges  and public  schools 
could  not  do. 
It  made  these  arts  living 
things  to  thousands  and  hundreds  of 
thousands,  who  were  all  unaware  at  the 
time  that  a  new  standard  of  beauty  was 
raised  by  which  everything in the  future 
would  be  compared.  When  at  the  end 
of  six  months  the  fair closed,  we  knew 
centuries  more  than  the  day  it  opened.
in  1893 
ceased  not  to  speak  and  write  of  their 
amazement,and  ofttimes  contempt,  that 
a  people  capable  of  conceiving  such 
scenes  of dreamlike splendor  should  be 
so  contented  and  so  blatantly  boastful 
of  dirty,  noisy  cities,  with  their lack  of 
architectural  fitness,  their few  parks and

Foreign  visitors  to  Chicago 

public  recreation  grounds  and  the  un 
speakable  public  roads.  Not  all  the 
glories  of  a  train  service  that  supplied 
stenographers,  maids  and  barbers  to  the 
patrons  of  leading  railways  could  com 
pensa te  these  patrons  for the  fact  that 
their  bodies,  while  the  thermometer was 
in  the  nineties,  were  bëing 
slowly 
melted 
in  the  embrace  of  red  plush 
cushions,  and  their  eyes  were  being 
continually  offended  with  unkempt 
farms,  dreary  little  villages,  and  dirty 
railway  stations.

Whatever  the  cause,  the  fact  remains 
that  from  the  year  of  the  World’s  Fair 
at  Chicago  dated  a  great 
impulse 
the  United  States  towards  civic 
beauty. 
Innumerable  clubs  and  com­
missions  have  been  formed  which  have 
endeavored  to  promote  a  higher  regard 
for  out-door art  in  all  its  forms,  and  at 
the  same  time  to  regulate,  with indiffer­
ent  success,  the  reckless  expression  of 
its  charms  by  public  bodies  and  private 
'ndividuals.

It  was  not  until  the  years  1898,  1899, 
1900,  however,  that  the  desire  for a  na­
tional  movement,  the  object  of  which 
should  be  the  promotion of civic beauty, 
began  to  find  expression.  Through these 
years  Home  and  Flowers,  a  floral  maga­
zine 
issued  at  Springfield,  Ohio,  pub- 
'ished  a  series  of  articles on  village  im­
provement  associations,  giving  exam­
ples  of  the  workings  of  these  societies 
"n  various  towns  through  the  United 
States.  These  articles  were  fully  illus­
trated,  showing  the  beauty  in  plaza, 
street,  and  yard  and  the  improved  san- 
'tary  conditions  hrought  about  by  the 
work  and  influence of these associations.
This  matter,simply  written  as  it  was, 
attracted  so  much  attention  in  all  quar­
ters  of  the  country  that  to  answer even

a  tithe  of  the  letters  of  enquiry  received 
by  the  author and  the  magazine  became 
a  heavy  burden.  Very  many  of  these 
letters  asked:  * ‘ Why can not a headquar­
ters  be  established  where  people  desir 
ing  to  form  these  associations  may  go 
for  instruction  and 
information,  and 
where  an  interchange  of  plans  and help­
ful  suggestions  from  the  older  associa­
tions  may  be  effected?”  
‘ ‘ Why  not 
start  a  national  movement  for  civic 
beauty?”

These  requests  were  so  numerous  that 
after  much  consultation  with  many  of 
the 
leading  men  and  women  of  the 
country,  who  without  exception  heartily 
endorsed  the  idea,  a  call  was  made  for 
a  national  convention  of  village  im­
provement  associations 
to  meet  at 
Springfield,  Ohio,  on  October  10,  1900.
The  result  in  the  number  of  delegates 
and  their  enthusiasm  was  as  surprising 
as  gratifying.  A  society  called  the 
National  League  of  Improvement  Asso­
ciations  was  organized  and  a  constitu­
tion  and  by-laws  framed  and  adopted, 
officers  elected  and  the  usual  routine 
business  of  a  convention  transacted.

Jessie  M.  Good.

The  Odor of Metals.

than  others. 

Some  metals  have  a  very  much  more 
pronounced  smell 
The 
smell  of  tin,  especially  when  newly 
cut,  is  unmistakable,  but  it 
is  a  moot 
point  whether gold  or  platinum  has  any 
smell  that  could  be  recognized  by  hu­
man  olfactory  organs.  Of  the  rarer 
metals  uranium  and  ail  its  compounds 
give  the  strongest  smell,  and  this  gives 
us the  reason  why  metals  should have an 
odor.  Ujanium 
is  always  giving  off 
what  are  known  as  the  Becquerel  rays, 
consisting  of  streams  of 
excessively 
minute  “ corpuscles.”

T h e   A l a b a st in e  Com­
pa n y,  in  addition  to  their 
world-renowned  wall  coat­
ing,  A L A B A S T I N E  
through  their  Plaster  Sales 
Department,  now  manufac­
ture and  sell at lowest prices 
in paper or wood,  in  carlots 
or less,  the  following  prod­
ucts:

Plasticon

The  long  established wall 
plaster  formerly  manufac­
tured and  marketed  by  the 
American  Mortar Company 
(Sold with or without  sand.)
N.  P.  Brand of Stucco
The  brand  specified  after 
competitive  tests  and  used 
by the Commissioners for all 
the World’s Fair statuary.

B us Finish

The  effective  Potato  Bug 
Exterminator.

Land Plaster 

Finely ground and  of  supe­
rior quality.

For lowest prices address 

Alabastine Company,
Plaster Sale* Department 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

M

T ( T

Wc  Arc  Advertised  by  Our  Loving  Friends

HAMILTON  CLOTHING  CO.

t r a v e r se  c ity,  m ich.'  June 18,1901*

Michigan Brick & Tile Machine Co.,

Morenci, Mich.,

Gentlemen— Eegardlng the Gas Plant you Installed In qy store 

building last January, I will say that we are getting very exoellent 
results from it, and have no cause to regret the purohase whatever.

We have about 66 lights in our building, running on an average, 

»ay 45.  Ve are lighting our rooms with much less expense than we
oould by electricity; besides having a very muoh larger volume of 
light.

The machine I put in qy house In February meets every requirement 

so far, for cooking, grates as well as lighting.

I have been well satisfied with both plants.

Dio.

Yours truly,

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

X7

ABOUT THE  CUCUMBER.

H ardest W orked of Vegetables  and  Some 

tim es the  Best.

The  cucumber  is  the  hardest  worked 
member of  the  vegetable  kingdom.  At 
least  it  is  if  we  may  judge  by  the  va 
riety  of  its  uses.  From  America  to  Asia 
Minor  it  appears  as  an  article  of  food 
on  dinner  tables  and  supper  tables,  all 
over the  civilized  world.  But  that  does 
not  exhaust 
its  possibilities  by  any 
In  Egypt  it  is  made  to  yield  a 
means. 
pleasant  cooling  drink  by 
ingenious 
treatment.  A  hole  is  cut  in  the  cucum 
ber,  the  pulp  is  broken  and  stirred  with 
a  stick,  and  the  hole  closed  with  wax. 
The  cucumber,still  fastened  to  its  stem, 
is  lowered  into  a  pit.  After  a  few  days 
the 
juice  ferments,  and  the  Egyptian 
drawing 
liquor  exactly 
suited  to  bis  taste.

it  off  has  a 

When  my 

lady  wishes  to  allay  sun­
burn  or  to  soften  and  whiten  her  skin, 
on  general  principles  she  calls  for  cu­
cumber  soap  or  cucumber  cream.  The 
very  name  makes  her  think  that  the 
preparation  must  be  harmless  as  well  as 
efficacious  and  the  Beau  Brummels  of 
to-day  use  cucumber  pomade  with  the 
same  sense  of  security.

Then  pickles—what  is  more  univer­
sally  popular  than  the  pickle,  and  what 
new-fangled  invention  can  bear  com­
parison  with  the  old-fashioned,  time- 
honored  cucumber  pickle!  From  the 
days  of  kilts  and  pinafores  when  boys 
and  girls  ate  a  huge  penny  pickle  with 
surreptitious  bites,  to  the days  of  formal 
dinners,  when  baby  cucumbers  appear 
as  gherkins,  what  relish  sharpens  hun­
ger  like  a  pickle?

Yet  the  cucumber  in  its  natural  state 
is  at  once  the  temptation  and  the  men­
ace  of  the  eating  world.  Plump,  green 
and  inviting  as  it  is,  doctors  who  have 
delicate  digestions  in  charge  taboo  it. 
The  average  man  eats  it  cheerfully,  but 
with  a  sneaking  fear of  consequences. 
Mental  science  should  turn  its  attention 
to  cucumbers  for a  while. 
If  it  should 
convince  the  universal  mind  that  cu­
cumbers  were  in  reality  digestible  and 
could 
issue  a  guarantee  with  every 
cucumber  sold,  the  digestive  woe  of 
humanity  would  be  wonderfully  light­
ened.

In  the  meantime,  household  scientists 
have  advanced  to  the  rescue.  Nothing 
is  beyond  them.  They  have  reduced 
the  most  illogical  of  foods  to  their  prin­
ciples.  They  have  discovered  the  in­
nermost  secrets  of  the  squash  and  the 
potato  and  all  their kith  and  kin.  With 
persistent  diligence  they  have  tabulated 
foods  according  to  their  nutritive  value 
and  by  following  these  tables  the  poor­
est  woman  in  the  slums  can 
learn  how

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to  keep  home  happy,  and  her  husband 
well  fed  on  ten  cents  a  day.

Now  cucumbers  did  not  stand  high  in 
their  list.  They  are  among  the  orna 
ments.  They  represent  the  accessories 
the  poetry  of  diet  as 
it  were.  But, 
however  these  modern  scientists  have 
lessened  the  ancient  prestige  of  the  cu 
cumber,  they  show  how  it  can  be  made 
digestible  at  least.

Buy  a  medium-sized  cucumber 

to 
serve  raw  is  the  first  of  the modern rules 
for the  hygienic  housekeeper.  It  should 
be  a  good  green,  and  firm  to  the  touch. 
Remove  thinly  skins  from  both  ends 
and  cut  off  a  thick  paring.  This  is  im­
portant  because  the  cucumber contains  a 
bitter  principle  and  much  of  it lies  near 
the  skin  and  the  stem  end.  Not 
trace  of  green  should  be  seen  when  the 
The 
paring 
finished. 
cucumber 
into  slices,  wafer 
should  then  be  cut 
thin  and  put 
into  salt  and  water.  Let 
not  the  unwary  cook  be led  to think  that 
this  will  make  them  brittle  and  crisp, 
however.  They  will  be  as  flabby  as 
celery  a  week  old—but  digestible.

is 

Since  most  people  prefer  their cucum­
bers  crisp  or  not  at  all,  this  method 
finds  little  favor  except  among  invalids 
and  incapables.  But  cold  water  without 
the  salt  answers  almost the same purpose 
and  the  cucumbers  come  out  after  their 
soaking  as  fresh  and  tender  as  if  they 
had 
just  been  picked  from  the  vines. 
Drained  and  covered  with  crushed  ice 
and  served  they  make  a  dish  fit  for a 
king.  Kings,  indeed,  have  appreciated 
the  value  of  the  cucumber  from  time 
immemorial.

For  the  cucumber,  as  far as  lineage 
goes 
is  an  aristocrat  among  the  vege­
tables ;  not  a  mere  interloper a  few  pal­
try  centuries  old,  like  the  potato.  Even 
in  Bible  times  it  was  eaten  and enjoyed 
under  the  name  of  mandrake.  Pliny 
sets  the  seal  of  royal  approval  on  it  by 
telling  that  the  Emperor  Tiberius  had 
cucumbers  served  at  his  table  every 
day.  How  many  other  Emperors  may 
have  laid  up  for themselves  indigestion 
by  indulging  in  the  juicy  cucumber  is 
an  unrecorded  list.  But  in  a  digestive 
war of  the  vegetables,  cucumbers  could 
undoubtedly  carry  off  the  honors  for  the 
most  mischief  done  to  mankind.

How  Tiberius 

liked  his  cucumbers, 
Pliny  does  not  say.  But  for ordinary 
every  day  use  modern  taste  prefers them 
raw.  For  state  occasions,  or  when  a 
few  extra  frills  are  desirable,  cucum­
bers  may  be  served 
in  more  unusual 
ways.  Old  ones,  too  large  and  tough  to 
be  good  raw,  are  delicious  boiled.  For 
three  or  four  persons,  two  large  cucum­
bers  are  enough.  Pare  them,  cut  into 
lengths  of  three  or  four  inches,  halve

them  and  remove  the  seeds.  Put  them 
into  boiling  water,  salted;  leave  them 
until  they  are  tender;  serve 
in  a  hot 
vegetable  dish  and 
if  desired  put 
melted  butter  over  them.  After  boiling 
they  may  be  mashed  and  seasoned  with 
butter,  salt,  and  pepper  if  desired.

A  way  of  preparing boiled cucumbers, 
which  can  be  made  to tempt  the  appe­
tite  of  the  chronic  dyspeptic  with  im­
punity,  is  to  pare  them  as  before  and 
cut  them  into  small  regular  pieces,  put 
them 
in  a  baking  pan,  cover  with  boil­
ing  water  and  cook  gently  for twenty 
minutes.  They  can  be  taken  out with  a 
strainer,  arranged  on  slices  of  toast  and 
serve  with  a  cream  sauce.

Cucumber  soup  with  its  delicate  fla­
vor  is  an  excellent  introduction  for a 
hearty  meal.  Cucumbers  stirred  with 
onions  are  a  variation  prized  by  those 
who  like  onions.  A  particularly  artistic 
way  of  preparing  cucumbers 
for  a 
luncheon  or  for  a  cool  supper  on  a  hot 
night  is  to  pare  them  as  usual.  Then, 
instead  of  slicing  them,  pare 
them 
round  and  round  to  the  soft  inside, 
which  must  not  be  used.  The  cucumber 
ribbons  heaped 
into  a  dish  and  served 
with  French  dressing  are  as  pretty  to 
look  at  as  they  are  good  to  eat.

The  recipes  for  cucumbers  in  salad 
are  as  numerous  as  blackberries 
in 
August.  There  is  cucumber  salad plain, 
cucumber salad  with  tiny  young  onions 
sliced  with  it,  cucumbers  with 
lettuce, 
cucumbers  with 
lettuce  and  tomatoes, 
cucumbers  with  just  tomatoes,  and  cu­
cumbers  in  so  many  other  salad  combi­
nations  that  they  are  harder to  compute 
than  an  example 
in  permutations  and 
combinations. 
French  dressing  aud 
mayonnaise  dressing  are  equally  good, 
according  to the  taste  of  the  individual. 
inch 
Cucumbers  cut  into  cubes  half  an 
square,  with  sliced  tomatoes  on 
lettuce 
leaves  covered  with  mayonnaise  dress­
ing,are  extremely  good  to  eat  and  make 
a  color combination  which any well-reg­
ulated  painter could  not  help admiring.
Cucumbers,  like  apples,  bananas  and 
egg-plant,  are  sometimes  fried ;  for this 
they  should  be  cut 
into 
slices,  one-third  of  an  inch  thick,  dried 
between  towels  and  sprinkled  with  salt 
they  should  be 
Then 
and  pepper. 
into  egg, 
dipped 
into  crumbs, 
into 
crumbs  again,*  fried 
in  deep  fat  and 
drained.

lengthwise 

Stuffed  cucumbers  are  quite  the  most 
elaborate  dish  that  can  be  made  of  this 
vegetable.  The  cucumbers  are  cut  in 
half  crosswise  and  the  seeds  removed. 
The  halves  are  then  soaked 
in  cold 
water  for  half  an  hour  and  filled  with 
forcemeat.  Next  they  are  placed  up­
right  on  a  trivet  in  a  saucepan,half sur­

rounded  with  white  stock  and  cooked 
for forty  minutes.  They  are  served  on 
toast  with  Bechamel  sauce.

search 

In  the  summer  months  the wise house­
keeper  seeks  for  the  things  that  will 
please  the  eye  as  well  as  the  palate.  In 
this 
the  cucumber  meets  a 
definite  need.  When  the  mercury 
is 
jumping  up  toward  90  the  woman  who 
knows  what  she  is  about  orders her table 
accordingly.  She  takes  off  the  thick 
pad  and  warm  tablecloth,  and  serves 
her  luncheon  on  the  shining  bare  table, 
set  with 
little  doilies.  She  makes  a 
Rembrandt  combination  with  her  iced 
tea  and  slices  of  lemon;  her  hot  dishes 
are  croquettes  on  a  mat  of  tender  green 
peas,  and  creamed  potato  done  to  a 
turn.  A  side  dish  of  Neufchatel  cheese 
little  cake  is  acceptable  on  a  hot 
in  a 
day,  and  cucumbers 
in  a  green  dish 
complete  a  most  delicious  bill  of  fare. 
A  fitting  dessert  for this  color  luncheon 
is  sliced  oranges  with  yellow  sponge 
cake.

The  cucumber  on  occasions  can  he 
The 
useful  as  well  as  ornamental. 
farmer  finds  it  profitable  to  raise. 
It 
needs  heat,  light  and  rich  soil,  but  un­
der these  conditions  responds  promptly 
with  plenty  of  fruit.  More than  seventy 
varieties  of  cucumbers  are  raised  in  the 
United  States  alone;  and  England, 
India,  Egypt  and  half  a  dozen  other 
countries,  besides  the  common  variety, 
have  each  their  own  special  modifica­
tion  of  the  vegetable.

But  it  is  the  manufacturer  of  pickles 
who  really  coins  money  out  of  the  cu­
cumber.  Millions  of  cucumbers  are 
bottled  and  sold-every  year,  and  while 
the  big  pickles,  the  middling  sized 
pickles  and  the  little  pickles  slide down 
the  epicure’s  throat,  the  pennies  slip 
into  the  manufacturer’s  pocket,  and  he 
is  quite  ready  to  adopt  Izaak  Walton’s 
estimate  of  the  strawberry,  and  say  of 
the  cucumber,  “ God  might  have  made 
a  better  vegetable,  but  he  didn’t .’ ’— N. 
Y.  Sun.

A  German  custom,  which  the  Rail­
road  Digest  thinks  might  be  introduced 
with  advantage 
in  this  country,  is  the 
sale  of  platform  tickets,  which  admit 
the  bearer  to  the  trains  about  to  depart. 
The  idea  is  to  enable  those  accompany­
ing  friends  to  assist  them  with  their 
hand  baggage  to  their  seats  and  help 
with  the  children,  when  such  are  pres­
ent. 
In  most  cases  the  assistance  is 
denied,  as  those  not  holding  tickets  are 
not  allowed  to  pass  through  the  gates, 
least,  not  allowed  to  enter  the 
or,  at 
train. 
In  Germany  penny-in-the-slot 
machines  disburse  these  platform  tick­
ets,  which  entitle  the  bearer  to  accom­
pany  friends  and  to  stay  with  them  on 
the  train  until  the  moment  it  pulls  out.

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W i n d o w   D r e s s i n g

P ertin e n t  H ints  P eculiar  to  the  Sum m er 

Season.

The  window  man  will  soon  be  going 
on  his  own  vacation,  and  as  he  goes 
about  the  work  of  putting  in  his  trims 
of outing  goods  he  will  think of  his  own 
trip  to  Petoskey  or  Mackinac Island and 
enjoy  prospectively  the  pleasures  that 
await  him. 
It  would  be  a  good  thing 
for  him  to  consider  the  advisability  of 
spending  a  few  days  of  his  vacation 
in 
some  of the  large  cities  near him  exam­
ining  the  work  of  his  fellow  trimmers 
and  getting  acquainted  with  them. 
It 
is  only  too  easy  for trimmers  to  get  into 
ruts,  and  nothing  serves  so  well  to  get 
them 
into  new  ways  as  personal  inter­
course  with  their  fellows  working  under 
different  conditions.  So  a  visit  to  a 
large  city,  an  inspection  of  its  interior 
and  exterior  trimming  effects,  a  judi­
cious  use  of  pencil  and  paper,  and  a 
little  handshaking  will  result  in  both 
pleasure  and  profit  and  contribute  to 
efficiency  in  work.

*  *  *

As  many  merchants  use  mirrors at  the 
sides  of  their  windows,  a  device  em­
ployed  by  one  house  for  shifting  their 
position  is  worthy of description.  Some­
times  it  is  desired  to  set  the  mirrors  at 
an  angle  to  each  other,  cutting  off  a 
triangular  space 
in  the  show  window, 
which,  while  requiring  but  a  small 
quantity  of  goods  to  trim  it,  will  yet 
seem  very  large,  because  of  the  reflec­
tion.  The  mirrors  in  question  were 
mounted  in  heavy  frames  attached  by 
hinges  to  the  window  casing  at  the 
front.  When  it  was  desired  to  shift 
their  position  they  were  swung  out  from 
the  side  wall  toward  each  other until 
they  met  at  the  back  of  the  window. 
The  window  was  trimmed  in  this  man­
ner:  Small articles,  such  as  collars  and 
ties,  were  arranged 
in  the  window  on 
fixtures  which  were  set  in  a  section  of  a 
circle.  At  the  angle  formed  by  the 
mirrors  a  single  tie  was  placed.  Close 
to  the  glass,  with  the  reflection,  the 
il­
lusion  of  a  complete  circle  of  articles 
was  produced  and  a  very  pretty  trim 
was  made  with  the  use  of  few  articles.

*  *  *

yachtmen  who. 

Serge  suits  are  now  in  demand among 
all  classes  for  summer  wear,  and  par­
ticularly  among 
in 
blue  serge  coats  and  white  duck  trous­
ers,  enjoy the  cooling  breezes  of  the  sea. 
An  attractive  trim  can  be  made  of  these 
goods by  hanging  duck  trousers,  alter­
nating  with  blue  serge  coats  and  caps, 
over  the  window  back  at  either  side  of 
the  center,  which  is  occupied  by  an  ar­
rangement  of  oars,  nets,  paddles,  etc., 
arranged  trophy-wise  against  a  drapery 
of  light  green  cloth.  The  floor of  the 
is  covered  with  navy  blue 
window 
bunting 
in 
loose  folds.  The  window 
standards,on  which  are  displayed  coats, 
trousers  and  caps,  are  twisted  with  rope 
in  various  sailor  knots.  Short  sections 
of  rope  are  tied 
in  sailor  knots  and 
scattered  about  over  the  floor  of  the 
window.  Beits  are  knotted  in  various 
ways  and  scattered  about  over  the  win­
dow  floor  among  the  goods.  The  price 
cards  used  are  cut  in  the  form  of  the 
sails  of  a  yacht  or  decorated  with  nau­
tical  designs  or  pictures  of  boats.

*  *  *

Negligee  shirts  can  be  displayed 
prettily  in  connection  with  belts by  us­
ing  the  belt  to  bind  the  shirt  to the 
window  standards.  A  pretty  arrange­
ment  is  to  bend  a  shirt  over  each  end 
of  the  arm  of  a  haberdasher’s tree.  The 
end  of  the  arm  is  decorated  with  a  belt

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

tightly  twisted.  On  the  bar  one  or  more 
belts  buckled  are  hung,  and  in  them  as 
slings  shirts  are  hung  parallel  to  the 
bars.

*  *  *

If  the  window  man  is  still  using  the 
same  drapery  and  window  setting  that 
he  used  during  the  winter  it  is  now 
high  time  for  him  to  attend  to  making 
a  change.  Windows  should  produce  a 
cool,  airy  and  pleasant  effect  during  the 
hot  months. 
Instead  of  using  heavy 
plush  and  other  warm-looking  material, 
a  very  pleasant  change  can  be  made  by 
covering  the  floor-  of  the  window  with 
light  matting. 
If  articles  of  furniture 
are  used  in  the  window  see  that they are 
of  light  wood,  such  as  is  suitable  for 
summertime. 
It  would  pay  the  window 
trimmer  to  make  some  light  fixtures  of 
bamboo,  which  could  for a  time  replace 
the  customary  metal  fixtures  in  the  dis­
play  of  smaller  articles,  such  as  belts, 
neckwear  and  shirts.  “ T ”   stands  made 
of  bamboo  or window  bars  made by  cut­
ting  bamboo  rods  into  sections  and 
making  them  into  racks  would  be  very 
effective  if  used  in  a  window  in  which 
floor and  back  are  done  in  matting.  An 
American  matting  made  of  prairie grass 
in  the  natural  color  is  a  very  effective 
covering  for a  window  floor,as- the green 
tone  gives  a  cool,  summery  quality  to 
the  display.  Flat  boards  or  wooden 
window  stands  covered with this matting 
can  be  used 
in  the  window  as  glass 
shelves  are  ordinarily  used,  and  make 
an  effective  form  of  fixture  for  window 
display.—Apparel  Gazette.
Some  Caustic  R em arks  From   a  Kansas 
Sajje.
From the Emporia Gazette.

A  girl  of  sixteen  passed  the  Gazette 
office  this  morning  dressed  to  kill..  She 
had  on  red  silk  filigree  stockings,  pat­
ent  leather  shoes,  a  $10  hat,  a  bustle  of 
great  price,  a  tailor-made 
skirt,  a 
tucked  and  frilled  shirtwaist  and  she 
carried  a  $7.50  parasol.  Her  hair  was 
frizzed  and  trumped  and  bedecked  and 
she  wore  jewels  and  all  manner of  stuff 
that  a  sixteen-year-old  girl  has  no  more 
business  wearing  than  she  has  to  go 
naked.  One  rig  is  about  as  vulgar and 
cheap  and  tawdry  as  the  other.  Of

course,  this  child,  who  is  being  rushed 
into  womanhood  by  a  fool  mother,  does 
not  move  in  the  best  crowd  of  girls  and 
boys of  the  town.  She  can  not  get  in. 
Her  father  makes plenty  of  money,  hut 
her  mother’s  fool  notion  of  dress  bars 
the  child.  No  sensible  mother  desires 
to  see  her  boy  or girl  associate  with  a 
girl  whose  mind  is  filled  with  all  the 
folly  and  vulgarity  reflected 
in  this 
child’s  dress.  She  might  as  well  carry 
a  banner  reading,  “ I  am  boy  struck." 
And  Heaven  knows  sensible  mothers 
fear  a  boy-struck  girl  worse  than  a  pes­
tilence.  When  she  is  ruined—as  this 
foolish  child  will  be,  either by  a  fool 
marriage  or  without  it,  and  one  is  as 
sad  and  hopeless  as  the  other—her  silly 
mother  will  be  to  blame  for allowing 
the  child  to overdress.  She  has  made 
the  child  a  man-trap  and  she  will  reap 
the  reward  of  men-traps.

Another  girl  passed  down  the  street  a 
few  minutes  alter  the  first  girl  passed 
the  office.  Girl  number  two 
is  the 
daughter  of  a  family  that  counts  its 
wealth  with  six  figures.  She  wore  a 
simple  gingham  gown  that  she  made 
herself,  and  a  pair  of  plain  $3  shoes. 
Her  hair  was  done  up  neatly  and  sim­
ply  as  a  girl’s  hair should  be.  There 
were  no  rings  on  her  fingers  nor  bells 
on  her toes.  She  was  a  pretty,  quietly 
dressed,  sweet-faced,innocent  schoolgirl 
with  her  head  full  of  the  fine  dreams 
and  fancies  that  come  to  every  girl. 
Her  name 
is  found  in  the  list  of  those 
present  at  the  entertainments  given  at 
the  best  homes  in  town.

Her  mother 

is  responsible 

for  the 
child’s  graces.  Her  mother  keeps  her 
girlish  and  in  doing  so  the  mother  re­
tains her  youth.  She is  one of the  hand­
somest  women  in  town.  Her  face  re­
flects  a  clean  heart.  The  girl  does  not 
hear  malicious  gossip  in  her  home.  She 
does  not  know  everything  on  earth  or 
in  hell— which  word  is  here  used  rever­
ently—and  she  does  not  gad  the  streets. 
She  is  a  good  cook,  a  good  housekeeper 
and  has  the  making  of  a  woman  as  use­
ful  as  her  mother  is.

It  is  all  a  matter  of  ideals  in  this  old 
world.  Often  people  think,  because  a 
girl  doesn't  conquer  the  world  as  she 
promised  to  in  her  high  school  essay, 
that  she  has  forgotten  all  about  it.  But 
when  a  woman  brings  up  a  clean whole­
some  family  in  this generation  of vipers 
she  has  been  reasonably  true  to  berslf 
and  her  aspirations,  even if  she does  not 
strip  the  laurel  tree  for her  millinery.

Get  our  prices  and  try 
our  work  when you need

Rubber  and 
S teel  S tam p s 

S eals,  etc.

Send  for  Catalogue  and  see  what 

we offer.

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99 Griswold  St. 

Detroit,  Mich

GOLD  MEDAL,  PARIS,  1900
Walter Baker & Co.
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Under the  decisions of the  U. 
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When  we  think  of  the  thousands  of 
tons  of  this  product  of the  dairy  that are 
annually  consumed  and  of  the  shiploads 
of  it  that  are  imported,  the  question  of 
its  digestibility 
and  wholesomeness 
looms  up  as  an  important  one. 
It  has 
been  adopted  as  part  of  the army ration, 
every  grocer  and  provision dealer makes 
item  <Jn  his  list  of 
it  an 
standard  food  products,  and 
nearly 
every  family  has  it  occasionally  if  not 
constantly  on  the  table.

important 

That it  is  nutritious,  that  is,  that  it  ii 
chemically  rich  in  the  proteids,  hydro 
carbons  and  “ calorics,”  no one  can  dis 
pute.  All  the  analyses  and  food  table* 
agree  as  to  that.  That  nine-tenths  of 
all  that  is  consumed  is  positively  unfit 
to  be  introduced  into  the  human  stom 
ach  and  may  be  charged  with  its  share 
in  the  production  of  a  nation  of  dys 
peptics  could  no  doubt  be  proven  by 
proper  investigation.

What  is  the  matter  with  the  cheese?
Simply  this,  that 

it  has  come  to  be 
an  almost  universal  belief that  coagu 
lated  casein  and  butter  fat,  which  are 
its  constituents,  must  be 
“ cured.’ 
This  “ curing”   process  is  chiefly  ac 
complished  by  time. 
It  is  not  consid 
ered  fit  to  eat  until  it  is  old  enough  and 
rank  enough—from  gradual  processes  of 
decomposition— to  be  buried.  The  av 
erage  palate  has  been  gradually  edu 
cated  to.  relish  cheese  after  it  has  un­
dergone  butyric  acid  fermentation  and 
is,  in  fact,  putrid.  This  is  plain  Eng­
lish, and  it  flies  in  the  face  of  the  reign­
ing  authorities  on  gustatory  standards. 
Certain  brands  of  the  stuff,  as  Roque­
fort,  Limburger and  several  other  vari­
eties,  sell  at  enormous  prices,  simply 
because  they  represent  ideal  degrees  of 
rankness—putridity.

This  butyric  acid 

fermentation  has 
its  proper  bacillus,  and  in  case  of  the 
special  varieties  present  in  Limburger 
and  othet  delectable  brands,  the  charac­
teristic  odor  is  vile  enough  and  strong 
enough  to  bar  all  attempts  at  counter­
feiting  and  substitution. 
The  flavor 
comports  with  the  smell,  and  either  one 
would  cause  a  respectable  canine  to 
drop  his  astonished  tail  and  sneak  out 
of  the  rankest  soap  factory  or  rankest 
tanvard  on  the  face  of  the  earth.

Every  normal  stomach  rebels  at  it, 
and  every  normal  palate  repudiates  it 
at  sight,  taste  or  smell. 
Years  ago, 
when  all  the  small  dairymen  made  a 
little  cheese  for  their own  use,  if not  for 
the  market,  they  began  to  eat  it  before 
it  was  a  fortnight  old,  ate  it  freely  as 
they  did  bread,  and  never thought  of  its 
being  difficult  of  digestion.  Nor  was it.
To  put  such  compressed  casein  before 
a  lover  of  Limburger  would  be  to  offer 
him  an  unpardonable  insult.  And  yet, 
from  a  health  standpoint,  it  is  the  only 
cheese  that  can’  be  approved.  Of  the 
semi-putrid,  rank  smelling  and  acrid 
tasting  stuff  now  sold  for  cheese  many 
persons  can  not  partake  with  impunity; 
and  those  who  do  eat  it  are  compelled 
to  be  very  sparing  in  their  indulgence, 
making  it  a  relish  or  condiment  rather 
than a  food.  This  is  because  it  belongs 
with  other  antiques. 
It  belongs  with 
“ embalmed  beef, ”   mouldy  bread  and 
gangrenous  “ game,”   for  which  palled 
palates  either  possess  or  profess a gusto.
Among  the  gourmands  all  this  protest 
is  the  rankest  heresy.  Nevertheless,  it 
is  the  truth,  and  no  amount  of  gusta­
tory  pettifogging  can  change  it. 
If  the 
factories  would  try  the  experiment  of 
making  little  cheese,  weighing  from

two  to  five  pounds  each,  and  send  them 
to  market  as  soon  as  they  will  hold 
shape—say  not  to  exceed  two  to  four 
weeks  from  the  press— it  would  not  take 
long  to  create  a  market  for their product 
that  would  grow  to  untold  proportions, 
because  people  would 
learn  to  eat 
cheese  at  every  meal  and  as  freely  as 
they  now  devour cake  or crackers. 
In 
time  the  taste  for  butyric  acid,  putrid 
casein,  and  the  concentrated  stinks  of 
the  Augean  stables  would  be  super 
seded,  and  the  market  for  this  major 
item  of  dairy  products multiplied a hun 
dred  fold.  —Dietetic  Magazine.

The  W holesomeness  of Apples.

livers  are  sluggish 

The  apple  contains  a  larger  percent 
age  of  phosphorus  than  any  other  fruit 
or  vegetable.  This  phosphorus  is  ad 
mirably  adapted  for  renewing  the  es 
sential  nervous  matter,  letbicin  of the 
brain  and  spinal  cord.  The  old  Scandi 
navian  traditions  represent  the  apple  as 
the  food  of  the  gods,  who,  when  they 
felt  themselves  to  be  growing  old  and 
feeble  and  infirm,  resorted  to  this  fruit 
for  renewing  their  powers  of  mind  and 
body.  The  acids  of  the  apple  are  also 
of  signal  use  for  men of sedentary habits 
whose 
in  action. 
These  acids  serve  to  eliminate  from 
the  body  noxious  matters  which,  if  re­
tained,  would make  the  brain  heavy  and 
dull  or  bring  about  jaundice  or  skin 
eruptions  and  other allied  troubles.  The 
ancient  practice  of  taking  apple  sauce 
with  roast  pork,  rich  goose  and 
like 
dishes 
is  based  on  scientific  reasons. 
The  malic  acid  of  ripe  apples,  either 
raw  or  cooked,  will  neutralize  any  ex­
cess  of  chalky  matter  engendered  by 
eating  too  much  meat.  Fresh  fruits, 
such  as  the  apple,  the  pear  and  the 
plum,  when  taken  ripe  and  without 
sugar,  diminish  acidity  in  the  stomach 
rather than  provoke  it.  Their  vegetable 
salts  and  juices  are  converted  intoalka- 
ine  carbonates,  which  tend  to  counter­
act  acidity.  A  good  ripe,  raw  apple  is 
one  of  the  easiest  of  vegetable  sub­
stances  for  the  stomach  to  deal  with, 
the  whole  process  of  its  digestion  being 
completed  in  eighty-five  minutes.  Be­
sides  these  medicinal  qualities  of  the 
apple,  it  has  great  virtue  for  local  ap­
plications.  The  paring  of  an  apple  cut 
somewhat  thick 
is  an  ancient  remedy 
for  inflamed  eyes,  being  tied  on  at 
night  when  the  patient  goes  to  bed. 
In 
France  a  common  remedy  for  inflamed 
eyes  is  an  apple  poultice,  the  apple  be- 
ng  roasted  and 
its  pulp  applied  over 
the  eyes  without  any  intervening  sub­
stance.

As  a W oman  Thinks.

It  is  not  sufficient  to  make  a  man  fall 
in  love;  the  thing  is  to  keep  him  there.
In  jealousy  there  is  usually  more  self- 

love  than  love.

Women  are  foolish  to  wear  jewelry 
about  which  there  is  a  suspicion  of imi­
tation.

There  are  hours  in  life  when  the  most 
trifling  annoyances  assume  the  propor­
tions  of  a  catastrophe.

Why  do  we  try  to  drum  into other 
people’s  ears  the  advice,  unsolicited 
mostly,  which  we  fail  to  take  ourselves?
Compliments  may  be  silly,  but  the 
woman—or  man—never  lived  who  did 
not  like  them.  That  rara  avis  is  yet  to 
be  bom.

Most  is  won  when  most  is  dared.
It 

is  not  always  possible  to  inflict 

punishment  for  the  theft  of time.

It 

is  an 

ill-bred  woman  who  shows 

her temper  in  public.

Write  spicy 

letters,  but  let  them  be 

sweetly  so,  and  not  all  spice.

Faith,  Hope and  Charity  are  the  three 
graces—but  the  disgraces  are  too  nu­
merous  to mention.

I

The  Putnam  Candy

Co.,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Sweets  to  the Sweet

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B.  W.  PUTNAJI,  President

R.  R.  BEAN,  Secretary

Cheese  Announcement 

to the  Retailers

If  you  want  a  r i c h ,  m i l d ,  s o f t   c u t t i n g ,  F u l l   C r e a m  
C h e e s e ,  please  ask  your  jobber  for  our

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price. 
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get  to  try  the  goods. 

•

R iverside  Com pany

65*79 West Maumee St.

Adrian, Michigan

N ew -1901-Teas

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Woman’s World

C hildren  W ho  Are  Strangers  on  O nr Own 

H earthstone.

Thousands  of  homes  throughout  the 
length  and  breadth  of  the  land  are  now 
welcoming  back  the  sons  and  daughters 
who  have  been  away  at  school,  and  who 
are  returning  weighted  down  with  blue­
ribboned  diplomas  and  the  self-satisfied 
consciousness  that  they  have  cornered 
the  whole  visible  supply  of  human  wis­
dom.

Many  of  these  young  people  have 
come  out  of  what  we  call  plain  homes 
and  are  going  back  to  them.  Their 
parents  did  not  have  the  advantages 
they  have  given  their children. 
It  is 
the  man  who  had  no  chance  of  school­
ing 
in  his  own  hard-worked  youth  and 
who  has  felt  his  need  of  wider  informa­
tion  every  day  of  his  life  who  is  most 
determined  that  his  boy shall be college- 
bred. 
It  is  the  woman  whose  own  nar­
row  girlhood  offered  no  crown  of  graces 
and  accomplishments  who  is the  most 
devout  believer  in  the  higher education 
for  women  and  who  moves  heaven  and 
earth  to  send  her  daughters  off  to  high- 
priced  schools.

is  paid 

So  Tom  and  Susie  go  off  to college, 
and  many  and  many  a  time  the  price of 
their  education 
in  pinching 
economies  and  harder  work  at  home. 
Father’s  stooping  shoulders  stoop  lower 
under the  heavier  burden,  mother’s  hair 
adds  new  streaks  of  silver,  but  they 
count  the  reward  they  are  looking  for­
ward  to  worthy  of  the  sacrifice—all, 
all  will  be  repaid  a  thousandfold  when 
Tom  and  Susie  come  home  to  comfort 
and  bless  them.

At  last  the  eventful  day  arrives.  Tom 
and  Susie  have  graduated  with  honors. 
They  are  coming  home  and  nothing  but 
that  wholesome  fear  of  our  neighbors 
that  keeps  us  so  many  times  from  mak­
ing  fools  of  ourselves  prevents  their 
parents  from getting out the village band 
and  a  torchlight  procession  and saluting 
them  with  “ Behold, 
the  conquering 
hero  comes!”   The  tall  young  fellow, 
laden  with  golf  sticks,  and  the  smart 
young  woman  whose  traveling  gown 
puts  her  mother’s  old,  rusty,  made-over 
alpaca  to  shame,  are  drawn  across  the 
threshold  of  the  old  home  by  loving 
hands  that  tremble  at  their task.  There 
is  a  stifled  cry  of  rapturous joy  from  the 
old  lips,  and  then—

And  then 

it  begins  to  dawn  upon 
them  all,  slowly,  surely,  with  the  chill 
of  despair  in  it,  that  they  are  strangers 
to  each  other.  The  parents  have  edu­
cated  their  children  out  of  their own 
class.  Susie  winces  when  mother  art­
lessly  asks  the  next  day,  as  she  helps 
unpack  a  cast  of  the  “ Venus  de  Milo”  
that  has  adorned  Susie’s  college  study, 
why  she  bought  a  broken  thing  like 
that.  Tom  sneers  at  his  father’s  opin­
ions  on  political  economy.  The  little 
Smith  girl  who  runs  in  to  gossip  with 
mother  about  the  new  people  around 
the  comer  is  closer to  her  than  her  own 
daughter.  The  freckle-faced  bill  clerk 
who  knows  the  ins  and  outs  of  the  gro­
cery  trade 
is  more  comfort  to  father 
than  the  son  on  whom  he  has  builded 
such  hopes.

The  occurrence  is  so  common  that  fa­
miliarity  with 
it  has  robbed  it  of  its 
significance  to  us,  but  surely  there  is  no 
situation  in  life  that  is  fuller of tragical 
possibilities.  The  suffering  of  the  mo­
ment  nobody  can  prevent,  but there  is 
no  earthly  necessity  that  it  should  lead, 
as  it  so gotten  does,  to  permanent^es­

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

trangement  between  parents  and  chil­
dren.

In  the  first  place  it  is  the  duty  of  the 
parents  to  remember  that  the  situation 
is  of  their own  making.  So  far as  1  am 
concerned, I have  never  decided  whether 
I  think  that  people  who educate  their 
children  up  above  them  are  angels  who 
deserve  to  be  adorned  with  a  halo  and 
large  white  wings,  even  in  this 
life,  or 
donkeys  who  ought  to  be  kicked  for 
their  folly.  At  any  rate,  nobody 
is 
able  to  escape  the  consequences  of  their 
deeds,  and  we  ought  to  have  courage 
enough  to  accept  the  result  without 
making  a  moan.  No  man  would  pay 
out  his  good  money  having  speed  de­
veloped  in  a  promising  young  colt  and 
then  expect  him to  strike  a  steady,  slow 
gait  in  the  furrow  as  a  plow  horse. 
It 
is  equally  as  absurd  to  expect  the  boy 
on  whom  you  have  spent  thousands  of 
dollars  cultivating  tastes  and  habits and 
extravagancies  foreign  to  your own 
life 
to  be  just  like  you.

In  the  first  hurt disappointment  the 
father  is  apt  to  call  his  son  a  young 
fool  and  to  scoff  at  his  amusements  and 
deride  his  raiment.  The  younger  man 
retorts  by  considering  the  older  one  a 
mossback  and  an  old  fogy,  and  both 
make  the  fatal  mistake  of  not  only  un­
dervaluing  each  other,  but  of  getting 
the  very  worst  out  of  each  other.  I  once 
heard  a  father  say:  “ There’s  nobody 
else  on  earth  that  can  aggravate  you 
like  your  own  son,”   and  the  son  re­
torted,  “ And  there’s  nobody  else  that 
can  be  as  unjust  and  unsympathetic as 
your own  father.”   A  farqily  difference 
is  always  a  two-edged  sword  that  cuts 
both  ways.

ancient 

The  time  will  come  when  Tom  will 
find  out  that  there  are  a  number  of 
things  in  life  more  important  to  know 
than  the  classics,  and  that  an  intimate 
acquaintance  with 
history 
doesn’t  involve  a  working  knowledge  of 
how  to  make  bread'and  butter.  He  will 
also  ascertain  that  a  man  may  have 
been  a  college  athlete  and  hold  the 
long-distance 
championship 
and  yet  not  be  able  to  sprint  sufficiently 
rapid  to  catch  up  with  the  nimble  dol­
lar.  Then  he  will  begin  to  perceive 
what  qualities  of  head  and  heart,  of 
steadfast  courage  and  indomitable pluck 
a  man  must  have  had  before  he  could 
start 
life  without  money  or  friends  or 
education  and  achieve  success  and  for­

running 

tune.  Then  he  will  begin  to  enroll  his 
father  among  his  heroes,  and  the  pity 
is  that  it  comes  too  late. 
of  the  thing 
Between  the  two  has  grown  up  that 
icy 
wall  of  reserve  that  nothing  can  break 
down.  The  spectacle  of  perfect 
love 
and  confidence  and  helpfulness  between 
father  and  son  is  a  very  rare  one,  but  it 
is  one  of  the  most  beautiful  relations  in 
life,  and 
is  surely  worth  purchasing 
with  a  little  forbearance  and  the  exer­
cise  of  a  little  patience.

It  is  also  a  time  to  drive  with  a  light 
hand.  Parents  should  remember  that 
in  the  whole  course  of
the  onlv  time 

there 

existence  when  one  is  perfectly  cock­
sure  they  know  it  all  is  when  they  are 
just  out  of  school.  There  isn’t  a  youth 
who  doesn’t  believe  that  the  politicians 
are  waiting  breathlessly  for  his  views 
and  advice  on  the  Philippine  question 
or  that 
is  no  financier  who 
wouldn't  jump  at  the  chance  of  secur­
ing  the  services  of  one  who  carried  off 
in  higher  mathematics. 
the  honors 
There 
isn’t  a  college  girl  who  doesn’t 
believe  that  every  man  in  the  commun­
ity 
is  dying  to  marry  her  and  secure  a 
sort  of  second-hand  proprietary  interest 
in  her  diploma.  Presently  Tom  will

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There’s  Snap 

and  Go

in  this

Business

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“ It’s  as  good  as  Sapolio,”   when  they  try  to  sell  you  Z ^  
their  experiments.  Y o u r  own  good  sense  will  tell 
you  that  they  are  only  trying  to  get  you  to  aid  their 
new  article. 

z ^
Is  it  not  the  Z ^  

W h o   urges  you  to  keep  S ap olio? 

public?  T h e   manufacturers,  by  constant and  judi- 
cious advertising, bring customers  to your stores whose 
very  presence  creates  a  demand  for  other  articles. 

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start  out  to  hunt  for a  job  and  he  will 
find  out  that  the  hard-headed  broker 
turns  him  down 
in  favor  of  the  little 
office  boy  who  has  grown  up  in the busi­
ness  and  gotten  his  education  on  the 
street,  and  Susie  will  find  out  the 
little 
Brown  girl  who  never  even  heard  of 
VVagner and  does  not  know  a leif motive 
from  a  head  of  cabbage,  but  who  knows 
all  the  latest  ragtime  songs,  gets  the 
pick  of  the  beaux. 
It  will  give  them 
both  the  jar  of  their  lives,  but  through 
it  all  will  soak  down  the intimation  that 
there  is  some  sort  of  education that does 
not  come  put  up  in  school  book  pack­
ages,  and,  perhaps,  they  are  not  so 
much  smarter  than  their  parents  after 
all.

Respeqt  the  personal  liberty  of  your 
own  children.  That  is  the  hardest  thing 
a  parent  ever  encounters. 
It  is  so  nat­
ural  for  fathers  and  mothers  who  have 
their children’s  interest  so  at  heart  and 
have  made  so  many  sacrifices  for  them 
to  feel  that  they  have  the  right to decide 
their  lives  for them,  but  it  is  a  terrible 
mistake  that  wrecks  many  a  career.

The  world 

is  full  of  bankrupt  busi­
ness  men  who  would  have  achieved 
fame  and  fortune  if  they  had  been  per­
mitted  to  follow  their  bent  and  study 
the  profession  they  desired.  There  are 
thousands  of 
incompetent  doctors  pur­
suing  their  career  of  murder  who  would 
have  been  successful merchants.  Every 
Sunday  of  our  lives  we  are  bored  to  ex­
tinction  by  preachers  who  ought  to  be 
half-soling  shoes 
instead  of  preaching 
to  the  immortal  souls  of  human  beings. 
We  all  know 
lonely  old  maids  living 
out  narrow  and  bitter  lives because their 
mothers  interfered  between  them  and 
their  lovers,  and  the  divorce  courts  are 
strewn  with  the  wrecks  of  the  happiness 
of  women  whose  parents  selected  their 
husbands  for  them.  Every  family,  as 
well  as  nation,  should  have  a  constitu­
tion  that  guarantees  to  each 
individual 
the  right  of  life,  liberty,  the  pursuit  ol 
happiness  and  the  choice  of  their  own 
career  and  matrimonial  partner.

family  history. 

Just  as  much  may  be  said  of  the  duty 
of  these  young  people  who  are  coming 
home 
from  school  to  do  their  part  to­
wards  tiding  over the period  that  is  the 
crisis  in  many  a 
1 
never  see  a  silly  little  goose  of  a  girl, 
ashamed  of  her  homely  old  mother’s 
ways,  or  a  supercilious  nincompoop 
of  a  college 
lad  deriding  his  father, 
without  wanting  to  show  them  the  hero­
ism  of  the  sacrifices  that  have  been 
in 
vain  for  them  and  the  beauty  of  the. 
rugged  old  lives  and  the  fineness  ant 
delicacy  that  underlie the  unfashionable 
manners,  but  youth  does  not  see  these 
things  until  its  eyes  have  been  washed 
clear  by  the  bitter  tears  of  experience. 
In  the  meantime  it  is  to  age— mellowed 
by  knowledge  of  the  world  and  broad­
ened  by  the  real  education  of  life—that 
we  must 
look  to  solve  the  problem 
offered  by  these  strangers  on  our  hearth 
— our  children  who  are  no  longer the 
boys  and  girls  who  played  about  our 
feet,  but  men  and  women  whom  we 
must  bind  to  us  with  new  ties  or  else 
lose.

God  give  us  wisdom  to  do  it !

Dorothy  Dix.

W recked by  a Bose a   Day.

Sentiment  is  ticklish  stuff. 

It  lies  so 
close  to the  border of  absurdity that only 
a  canny  traveler  in  its  domain  can  keep 
from  occasionally  straying  across 
its 
line.

Now  there  was  a  young  man—a  most 
is  more 
In  the

estimable  young  man.  What 
be  was  a  very'  good  fellow. 

course  of  time  he  fell  in 
love.  Estim­
able  men  do  that  often.  Even  a  good 
fellow 
is  likely  to  do  it  for  once  in  a 
way.  Being  in  love,  by  the  law  of  se­
quence,  a  man 
is  apt  to  make  himself 
more  or  less  ridiculous.  The  young 
man  who  is  the  hero  of  this  tale  was 
not  ridiculous.  He  was  distinctly  suc­
cessful  in  the  role  of  lover.

He  was  saturated  with  sentiment,  but 
not  with  maudlin.  He  walked  the  chalk 
line  between  sentiment  and  absurdity 
unerringly.  .  He  did  the  little  thought­
ful  things  women  love,  but  he  did  Hot 
make  a  doormat  of  himself.  And  the 
girl  was  moved  by  bis  sense  of  propor­
tion  and  smiled  upon  him.

Then  he  was  called  away.  His  San 
Francisco  uncle  was 
inconsiderate 
enough  to  die,  and  he  was  obliged  to  go 
out  and  settle  up  the  estate.  That  made 
him  exceedingly  sorrowful,  for  things 
were  at  a  critical  point.  He  didn’t 
want  to  spoil  his  chances  by  proposing 
before  the  psychical  moment,  yet  he 
was  a  wise  young  man,  and  he  knew 
that  a 
lover  in  New  York  is  to  a  New 
York  girl  worth  two  lovers  in  San  Fran­
cisco.  Also,  he  knew  that  the  two  lov­
ers—and  more—would  be  in  New  York.
But  he  had  to  go  and,  that  being  set­
tled,  he  pondered  how  to  make  the  best 
of  a  bad  thing.  Of  course,  he  would 
write  often—every  day,  but  any  fellow 
would  do  that.  He  must  suggest in some 
other  way  his  constant  thought  of  her. 
He  had  been  in  the  habit  of  giving  her 
American  beauties  as  often  as  the  state 
of  his  exchequer  would  permit. 
A 
brilliant  thought  came  to  him.  He 
would  make  an  arrangement  with  the 
florist  and  have  a  single  splendid Amer­
ican  beauty  rose  delivered  to  his  lady 
love  each  morning  of  his  absence.  He 
would  probably  be  gone  six  weeks, 
seven  days 
in  a  week,  50 cents  each. 
He  did  a  lightning  calculation.  Yes. 
He  could  raise  the  price.

So the  thoughtful  lover  made  the  ar­
rangement.  The  night  before  he  left 
it  to  the  girl.  She  was 
he  mentioned 
much  touched.  Women  like  such 
little 
attentions.

The  next  day  a  gorgeous  delivery 
wagon  pulled  up  with  a  flourish  at  the 
girl’s  door.  A  splendid  vision  in  a 
uniform  that  would  have  made  Solomon 
look  like  a  foggy  day  ran  up  the  steps 
bearing  a long-stemmed rose and handed 
it  to  the  maid,  who  gave 
the 
girl.  The  girl  blushed  and  sighed  and 
in  a  vase  by  her mirror, 
put  the  rose 
where  she  would  be 
likely  to  see  it 
often.

it  to 

Then 

The  next  day  the  same  thing  hap­
pened,  and  the  next.  Always the  pomp 
and  circumstance,  always  the  huge  and 
radiant  vision  bearing  one  simple  rose.
in  an  evil  day  for the  absent 
lover  the  girl  saw  that  the  thing  was 
funny.  Her  chum  was  with  her and  the 
chum  had  a  lively  sense of humor.  They 
giggled  over  the  magnificent  delivery 
wagon  and  the  big  man  and  the  little 
rose.  That  giggle  was  fatal.  Sentiment 
merged  into  absurdity  and  was  lost.

Each  time  the  performance  of the rose 
happened  it  seemed  funnier  than  it  had 
before.  The  girl  grew  hysterical  over 
it,  and  greeted  the  tender  token  with 
tearful  mirth.  From  the  rose  to  the  man 
was  a  short  step  for  femininity.  She 
couldn’t  take  either  seriously.

When  the  man  of sentiment came back 
from  San  Francisco  he  found  her  en­
gaged  to  a  man  who  had  been  sending 
her  two  dozen  La  France  roses  once  a 
week.

All  of  which  goes  to  prove  that  senti­

ment  is  ticklish  stuff. 

Cora  Stowell.

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B u tter  and  E ggs

its 

Observations  by  a  Gotham  Egg  H an.
An  egg  receiver  showed  me  a  letter 
from  a  Western  shipper the other  day  in 
which  complaint  was  made  of the  rate 
of  commission charged.  The plaint was 
that  the  sales  made  netted  a  loss,  that 
in  order  to  meet  country  competition 
the  shipper  had  to  pay  so  much  for the 
stock  that  he  could  not  afford  to  pay  5 
per  cent,  commission  for selling ;  that 
the  commission  man  was  making  ail the 
profit,  and  that  “ several  good  firms  had 
offered  to  handle  our goods  for $15  per 
car  and  guarantee  top quotation. ”   The 
egg  business  is  no cinch  for  anybody  at 
this  time  of  year.  Competition  makes 
close  margins  at  all  seasons,  but  when 
hot  weather  adds 
influence  upon 
quality  it  is  hard  sledding  in  all  quar­
It  is a  season  when  values  are  ex­
ters. 
tremely 
irregular,  and  when  sales  oi 
equal  qualities  of  eggs  are  made  at  a 
considerable  range  of  prices  according 
to  the  varying  judgment  of  seller  and 
buyer  and  the  facilities  for  disposition 
possessed  by  the  selling  agent. 
It  is  a 
season  when  superior  trade  outlets  tell 
for the shippers'  benefit,  and  when  one 
man’s  services  may  be  cheap  at  5  per 
cent,  and  another’s  dear at  any  price.  I 
submit that  no  first-class  house  with  an 
established  trade  for  eggs  can  do  what 
this  shipper claims  to  have  been  offered 
— sell  eggs  at  $15  per  car  and  guarantee 
top  quotation. 
In  the  early  spring, 
when  eggs  are  all  good  and  selling  like 
hot  cakes,  there  may  be  some  brokers 
who  will  work  on  so  small  a  brokerage, 
but  at  this  time  of  year it would certain­
ly  be  the  height  of  folly  for anyone  to 
guarantee  outside  quotation.  Certain­
ly,  when  the  range  of  case  count values, 
according  to quality,  is  something 
like 
4c  per  doz.,  a  man  would  be  crazy  to 
guarantee  the  top  case  count  quotation, 
and  if  he  guaranteed  the  top  “ loss  off" 
quotation 
it  would  mean  nothing,  for 
the  return  would  be  affected  more  by 
the  amount  of  the  deduction  for  loss 
If  any  kind 
than  by  the  price  per doz. 
of  commission  selling 
is  worth  5  per 
cent,  it  is  worth  it  to  sell  eggs 
in  this 
hot  season  of the  year and  get  their  full 
value. 
I  am  satisfied  that  shippers  can 
not  expect  the  best  service  at  materially 
lower terms,  and  that  cheap  service 
is 
likely  to  prove  dear  in  the  end.

*  *  *

My  attention  was  again  called  to a  lot 
of  washed  eggs  the  other day  and  they 
came 
from  a  shipper  who  certainly 
ought to  know  better.  The  goods  looked 
nice  when  opened,  but  they  had  a  big 
proportion  of  rotten  eggs  in  them  and  it 
was  only  a  question  of  short  time  when 
all  would  go  to  the  bad.  Every  man 
who  handles  eggs  ought  to  know  the 
disastrous  effect  of  washing  upon  keep­
ing  quality,  and  it  seems  the  height  of 
folly  to  subject  stock  to  certain  destruc­
tion  by  wetting,  especially  when  sound 
dirties  are  worth  as  much  as  they  are 
now.

*  *  *

The  reduction 

in  egg  receipts  has 
lately  brought  the  quantity  arriving 
down  to  about  the  quantity  needed  for 
current  trade  requirements  for the  first 
time  since  the  storage  movement  began 
last  March.  The  hot  weather  has  re-

duced  the  proportion  of  fine  eggs  mate­
rially  and  there  has  not  been  quite 
enough  fancy  stock  to  supply  require­
ments,  while  of  medium  and 
lower 
grades  the  offerings  have  been  rather 
more  than  ample.  Of  late  some  dealers, 
becoming  discouraged  with  the  quali­
ties  generally  obtainable  among 
the 
current  arrivals, have  gone  to  the  refrig­
erators  to get  stock  of  known  fine  qual­
ity ;  some  have  used  fancy  April  pack­
ings  that  cost  them  fully  15c  to  take  out 
now,  others  have  taken  some of the  May 
stock  that  can  be  used  with  a  slight 
profit  on  a  basis  of  I4@>4^c  at  mark. 
The  outlet  for future  qualities  is not  en­
couraging.  The  excessive  heat  has  ex­
tended  pretty  much  all  over  the  produc­
ing  sections  and  receivers  are 
looking 
forward  to  next  week’s  supply  with 
anything  but  hopeful  anticipations. 
Country  prices  ought  to  be  hammered 
down  hard,  for  even  with  fancy  eggs 
worth  full  prices—on  account of the high 
cost  refrigerator  reserves—average  sales 
will  inevitably  be  at  low  rates.— N.  Y. 
Produce  Review.

The  B a tter W as  Not  Up  to Grade. 

From the Utica Observer.

Just  because  a  jar  of  butter was not  up 
to  the  grade that  those  asked to purchase 
it  felt  they  must  insist  on,  two  loving 
hearts  have  been  rudely  thrust  asunder 
and  there  are  two  large  chunks  of  woe 
down  in  the  southern  part  of  the  State. 
The  scene  of  this  oleaginous  tragedy 
is 
the  little  hamlet  of  Rhine  Creek  not  far 
from  Binghamton.  The  principals  are 
Henry  Davis  and  Ellen  Johnson.  These 
two  live  on  adjoining  farms.  Sometime 
ago  Henry  made  the  discovery 
that 
Ellen  was  about  the  best  ever,  and  the 
only  one  to cheer  the  declining  years  of 
his  life— Henry 
is  “  in  his  twenties, ”  
as  the  neighbors  would  put  it— and  re­
solved  that  he  and  Ellen  must  wed. 
About  the  same  time  Ellen  woke  up  to 
the  warm  fact  that  Henry  was  It.  When 
matters  had  progressed  thus  far the  plot 
began  to  reveal  itself.

At  this  point  a  group  of  villains,  both 
he  villains  and  she  villains,  came  on  to 
the  stage  from  both  sides  and  began  to 
interfere  with  the  smooth .progress  of 
love’s  young  dream  by  means  of  jeers 
and  threats.  The  said  villains  were im­
personated  by  the  parents  possessed 
respectively  by  Henry  and  Ellen.  With 
much  unnecessary  harshness  and  with 
cruel  disregard  of  the  tender  feelings  of 
Henry  and  Ellen  they declared in chorus 
that  this  must  not  be,  must  not  be,  and 
that  all  was  over  between  them.  Red 
fire  and  a  slow  curtain  on  the  tableau  of 
Henry  and  Ellen  roughly tom  from each 
other’s  arms  by  their  respective  sets  of 
parents,  Ellen  weeping  and  Henry  curs­
ing  sotto  voce.  So  ends  the  first  act  of 
the  tragedy.
The  second  act  opens  with  Ellen  un­
der 
close  patental  surveillance  and 
Henry,  the  faithful  lover,  stealing  sur­
reptitious  interviews  with  his  sweet­
heart.  With  appropriate  gestures  and 
to  low.  trembling  music, 
the  absent 
villains  are defied  and  an  elopement  de­
cided  upon,  to  take  place  as  soon  as 
sufficient  funds  can  be  raised  to  pay  the 
minister's  fee.  About  this  time  Ellen 
is  nearly  prostrated  with  a  sudden 
thought.  It  was  not  the  fact  that she bad 
a  thought,  nor  yet  that  it  was  sudden, 
that  upset  Ellen:  she  has  had  thoughts 
before and  some  of  them  have  been  sud­
den.  But  the  brilliancy  of the  present 
cerebration  almost  prostrates  her.  Out 
in  the  milkroom  there  is  a  jar of  butter 
made  by  her  own  fair  hands. 
It  is  hers 
by  every  right,  and  they  will  take  it  to 
the  city,  sell 
it  and  with  the  proceeds 
thereof  start  the  merry  marriage  bells 
a-ringing.

The  third  act opens  in  Binghamton. 
Henry  and  Ellen  have  come  to town 
with  their 
jar  of  butter  in  a  wagon 
loaned  by  a  sympathetic  neighbor. 
They  make  the  rounds  of  the  various 
grocery  stores,  not  forgetting  the  del­
icatessen  shops  and  the  fishmongers. 
But  such  a  slack  demand  for  butter at 
anything  like  living—to  say  nothing  of 
marrying— prices  was  never  known  be­
in  thick  layers  began  to 
fore.  Gloom 
descend  on 
their  hitherto  buoyant 
spirits.

But  this  time 

it  is  Henry  who  does 
the  brilliant  thought  a ct..  He  will  go to 
the  minister,  tell  him  the  joint  desire 
of  Ellen  and  himself,  and  tender  him 
the 
jar  of  butter  in  lieu  of  a  wedding 
fee.  The  minister’s  house  was  soon 
reached  and  the  proposition  hopefully 
submitted. 
The  reverend  gentleman 
looked  at  Henry  and  looked  at  Ellen 
and 
looked  at  the  butter.  While  two 
hearts  fluttered  and  palpitated  the  min­
ister tasted  the  butter.  Then  he  opined 
that  Ellen  was  too  young  to  wed.

It  was  a  sad  couple  that  turned  their 
backs  on  Binghamton  and  headed  for 
Rhine  Creek.  Ellen  has  returned  to  her 
father’s  house  and  Henry  is  doing  the 
chores,  as  usual.  And  both  are  wonder-, 
ing  what  was  the  matter  with the butter.

5  
Established 1876
I   Charles
I   Richardson

Commission  Merchant

Wholesale 

Fruits

58-60  W .  Market  St.  and 

f Carlots  a  Specialty

References—City  National  Bank, 
Manfrs. & Traders  Bank,  Buffalo, N.
responsible  Commercial 
Y.  Any 
Agency,  or  make  enquiry  at  your 
nearest bankers.

121-123 Michigan St.

Buffalo,  N.  Y.

¿ S  

___  Long  Dint.  ’Phone  158  A,  158  D __

The  men  that  marry  most  frequently 

for  money  are  the  ministers.

Butter  and  Eggs  Wanted

W rite  for  Cash  P rices  to

R .  H i r t ,   J r . ,

34  and  36  Market  Street,  Detroit,  Mich.

References:  City Savings Bank and Commercial  Agencies.

F.  P.  REYNOLDS  &  CO.

Dealers in  Foreign and Domestic

FRUITS

Berries,  Early Vegetables, Cranberries, Sweet  Potatoes,  etc.  Send  for  quotations. 

12-14-16-18  Woodbridge  Street  West,  40-42  Griswold  Street, 

DETROIT,  MICH.

Established  1876.

H.  F.  ROSE  &  GO.,

Phones  504.

Fruits  and  Produce  on  Commission

24  Woodbridge  Street  West,  Detroit,  Mich,

Members  Detroit Produce  Exchange and  National  League Commission  Merchants. 

Correspondence  solicited.  Reliable  quotations  furnished.  Quick  sales  and

prompt  returns.

D.  O.  W ILEY  &   CO.

20  Woodbridge  St.  West,  Corner  Griswold,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Commission  Merchants

= ■ '-....  A N D — ::

Wholesale  Dealers  in  Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits  aod  Country  Produce 

We  solicit  consignments  of  Fruits,  Butter,  Eggs and all Country  Produce. 

References:  Preston’s National Bank, Mercantile Agencies.

J. B. HAMMER & CO.

W HOLE8 ALE  v

FR U IT  A N D   P R O D U C E   D E A L E R S

Specialties:  Potatoes,  Apples,  Onions, Cabbage,

Melons, Oranges in car lots  Write or wire for prices.

119  E .  FR O N T  S T .. 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

We solicit your shipments
of  Fresh  Eggs  and  Dairy
Butter.

Reference,  Home Ravings Bank, Detroit-

THE  LEADING  PRODUCE  HOUSE  ON  THB  EASTERN MARKET.

C IN C IN N A T I.  OHIO

W e  make  a   specialty  of
poultry and dressed calves.
W rite for our weekly price 
list.

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  S I

e r i

1 * -,

The N ew  Y o rk  M ark et
Special  Features  of th e Grocery and P rod­

uce Trades.

Special Correspondence.

New  York,  July  6— The  life  of  busi­
ness  has  been  “ squashed”   out this week 
by  the  heat  and  the  holiday.  The  mar­
lifeless  appearance  ex­
kets  present  a 
cept  where 
lemons  are  the  subject  of 
sale  and  these  go  like  hot  cakes.

Altogether a  fair amount  of  business 
in  coffee  has  been  done,  although  as  a 
rule,  single 
sales  have  been  rather 
small,  but  they  have  been  rather  nu­
merous,  so  that,  everything  considered, 
dealers  might  have  fared  worse.  At  the 
close  the  quotation  on  Rio  No.  7  in  in­
voice  lots  was  an  even  6c.  In  store  and 
afloat  the  amount  aggregates  1,190,877 
bags,  against  700,239  bags  at  the  same 
time 
last  year.  Nordlinger  &  Co.  in 
their  last  circular  say,  ‘"From  every­
where  comes  the  cry  of  disastrously  low 
prices,  and  it  seems  that  over-produc­
tion  will  at  last  work  out  its  own  cure. 
A  short  crop  would  prove  a  blessing  to 
coffee-producing  countries.”   The  mild 
grades  are  dull  and  without  a  particle 
of  change.  Good  Cucuta  is quoted  at 
7^@8c.  East  India  coffees  flat  as  can 
be.

The 

sugar  market  has  gathered 
strength  within  the  past  few  days  and, 
with  the  heat  so  great  as  to  close  down 
the  refineries  to  some  extent,  the market 
generally  is  in  better  condition.  With­
drawals  have  been  large  as  business  has 
been  practically  stopped  since  Wednes­
day  and,  in  fact,  the  whole  week  has 
seen  little  new  business,  as  it  could  not 
be  taken  care  of.

Tea  buyers  have  been  conspicuous  by 
their absence.  One  may  walk  through 
almost  every  tea  house  in  the  city  with­
out  finding  anything  going  on  beyond 
the  mere  routine.  Quotations  are  nom­
inal.
Rice  is  unchanged.  There  is  a  fairly 
steady  movement,  but, 
in  sympathy 
with  other staples,  rice  is  suffering  from 
heat.  Advices  from  the  South  indicate 
a  lack  of  rain  and  some  anxiety  is  felt 
for  the  coming  crop.  Prime  to  choice, 
5@SHc.
No  change  whatever has  taken  place 
in  the  spice  situation  and  such  sales  as 
are  made  are  of the smallest re-assorting 
kjnd.  Pepper remains steady at I2#c for 
11 y2 
Singapore,.  Cloves,  Amboyna, 
@ 12c.
Molasses  prices  are  well  sustained 
and,  notwithstanding  the  heat,  the  gen­
eral  situation 
is  one  that  is  not  alto­
gether  unfavorable.  The  actual  business 
is  not  large,  but  there  is  a  feeling  that, 
with  a 
little  cooler  weather,  we  shal' 
have  a  good  market  for molasses.

sugar 

syrups  have  sold 

pecially  disconsolate.  Round 
prime 
20@22C.

Syrups  are  flat,  but  sellers  are  not  es­
lots  of 
for
There  is  little  doing  in  canned goods. 
Chiefly  the  interest  has centered  in  the 
salmon  combine,  particulars  of  which, 
of  course,  have  been 
in  every  paper. 
Packing  of  most  all  kinds  of  stuff  is 
very  general  now  and,  as  a  rule,  the 
quality 
is  most  excellent.  Sales  have 
not  been  very  large,  but,  so  far  as  can 
be  seen,  rates  will  be  well  sustained. 
New  York  gallon  apples  are  firm  at 
$2@2.10.  Tomatoes  are  firm,  with  no 
great  amount  of  business  being  done. 
New  Jersey  standards,  75@77Kc.  There 
are  likely  to  be  more  California  toma­
toes  here  this  year  than  usual.

Lemons  have  ruled  supreme. 

It  has 
been  no  unusual  thing  to  see an advance 
of  50@75c  per  box  and  at  the  close  it  is 
not  at  all  certain  just  what  the  market 
value  is.  One  can  have  his  choice  from 
$4@5-
and  quotations  show  some  advance.

in  fairly  free  movement 

Oranges  are 

Bananas  are  quiet  and  unchanged.

Nothing 

is  doing 

in  dried  fruits. 
Sales  are  of  small  lots  at  old  rates  and 
neither  buyer nor seller  appears to  take 
any  interest  in  the  market.

Best  Western  creamery  butter  still  re­
mains  at  iqJ^c  and  the  volume  of  busi­
ness  is  rather  light, with  the  tone  hardly 
as  firm  as  last  week.  Seconds  to  firsts, 
I7@I9C;  imitation  creamery,  I5@i7c, 
latter  for  fancy  stock;  Western  factory, 
14@I5K c>latter for fancy stock.  For ren­
ovated  the  range  is  from  i6@I7c.
Supplies  of  cheese  have  been  rather 
larger  than  the  market  really  needed 
and  the  quality  is  certainly  not  the  best 
in  many  cases,  as  the  heat  has  been  too 
much  for  it.  Large  size  full  cream,  9c 
and  colored  about  %c  less.

Desirable  lots  of  eggs  are  hard  to  find 
and  prices  are  generally  firm.  Regular 
pack  of  Michigan  goods  are  worth  15c, 
and  from  this  down  to  12c  for  regular 
pack  “ as  they  run.”

Beans  remain  about  unchanged  and 
the  outlook  rather  favors  the  buyer. 
Choice  pea  have  sold  as  high  as  $2.10 
and  this  seems  to  be  about  top;  mar­
rows,  $2.55;  red  kidney,  $2.30.

Suprem acy o f the  Business  Man.

in  American 

Within  the  last  few  years  the  suprem­
acy 
life  has  passed  into 
the  hands  of  the  business  man,  using 
that  term 
in  its  broadest  sense.  Once 
the  leaders  of  thought  and  opinion  were 
professional men. 
In  the  local  field  the 
clergyman  held  well  nigh  undisputed 
sway  over bis  neighbors;  in  the  broader 
field  of  state  and  national  affairs  the 
lawyer  was  chiefly  called  upon  to  repre­
sent  the  community  and  guide 
its 
affairs.  But  to-day  the  foremost  men 
in  a  community,  those  who  make  public 
opinion  and  wield  social  power,  are 
the 
leading  business  men.  The  larger 
the  enterprise  and  the  more  it  demands 
foresight,  prudence,  boldness  and  broad 
views  of  men  and  things,  the  greater 
the  respect  in  which 
its  leaders  are 
held. 

________ _

The  Use  of L ight Soles.

The  use  of  light  soles  is  an  unsolved 
problem.  The  demand  is,  and  has come 
to  stay,  for  women’s  thick-soled  shoes. 
After  once  worn  and  found  to  be  so 
comfortable,  it  is  hard  to  return  to  the 
old  custom.  -  The arrangement  of  taking 
two  thin  soles  and  cementing  them  to­
gether  has  been  tried,  hut  found  im­
practicable.  All  sorts  of  schemes  are 
suggesting  themselves,  and  no  doubt  a 
feasible  one  will  present  itself  to  enable 
dealers  to  secure  a  market  for this  class 
of  leather  later  on.

A  sign  in  the  window  of  an  Irish  tin­
ner  reads  as  follows:  “ Quart  measures, 
of  all  shapes  and  sizes  for  sale.”

For a number of years we have  shipped  fruit 
to  grocerymen  on  orders  by  mail  and  it  has 
proved satisfactory to the buyer  and  to  myself. 
The fruit Is raised on the  high  ground  just out­
side the  city  limits.  I  have  a  large  and  con­
venient packing house and good  shipping  facili­
ties, long distance  telephone  and  mall  delivery 
at 8:30 o clock every week day morning by  rum  
route  No.  4.  My  orders  are  always  shipped 
complete  In the afternoon of  the  day  received, 
which will forward  the  fruit  twenty-four  hours 
quicker than if  bought on  the  city  market  the 
next morning.  I can  give  prompt  service  and 
good  stock  put  in  full  sized  packages.  I  can 
furnish  of  my  own  raisin»  raspberries,  goose­
berries. blackberries, currants,  cherries,  plums 
and red, white and blue grapes—by the thousand 
baskets, ton or car load.  Peaches  and  pears  I 
can obtain of nearby neighbors.
Give me a trial or standing order and  we  will 
try to please you.
Give plain shipping directions.
No fruit shipped on commission.
WM.  K.  MUNSON,

P roprietor Tine  Croft,

Grand Baplds, Mich.

5  W aterm elon s— N ew   Potatoes===Lemons

O ur  specialties  for  this  w eek.  O ur  stock  is   com ­
plete  and  prices  low.  Send  your  orders  to

f  

' 4- id OTTAWA STREET, 

QRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

THE  VINKEMULDER  COMPANY,

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

wire for quotations.

E.  E.  HEWITT,
Successor  to  C.  N.  Rapp  St  Co.

9  North  Ionia  Street,  Qrand  Rapids,  Mich.

SEASONABLE!

i-

M ILLE TS. 

FO D D ER   C O R N . 
BU CKW H EAT. 
DW ARF  E S S E X  

R O PE .

TU RN IP  S E E D .

Prices as low as any house In the trade consistent w ith quality.  Orders filled prom ptly.

ALFRED J.  BROWN SEED CO.,  SSÍBSíS.iaS6ST^

ALL  GROCERS

Who desire to give their customers the best vinegar on the market  will 
give them RED STAR  BRAND  Cider Vinegar.  These  goods  stand 
for PU RITY and are the best on the  market.  We  give  a  Guarantee 
Bond to every customer.  Your order solicited.

THE  LEROUX  CIDER  &   VINEGAR  CO.,

TOLEDO,  OHIO.

NEW  SOUTHERN  POTATOES

NEW  SOUTHERN  ONIONS
FIELD  SEEDS 

LEMONS

MOSELEY  BROS.

Jobbers  of  Fruits,  Seeds,  Beans  and  Potatoes 

26,28,90.32 Ottawa Street 

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

Geo.  N.  Huff & Co.

Butter,  Eggs,  Cheese,  Pigeons,  Squabs,  Poultry 

and  Game

Wanted at all times.  Guaranteed  highest markets on all shipments. 

Send for quotations.

55  Cadillac  Square,  Detroit,  Michigan

I Butter Wanted
C. H. Libby

X  
♦
98  South  Division  Street  I 
j

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

Grand  Rapids,  Mich, 

L. O.SN ED ECO R  Egg Receiver

36  Harrison  Street,  New  York

—KKFF R KNCB»—N gW   YORK  NATIONAL  EXCHANGE  BANK.  NEW  TOBK;

S tart in  with  us  now.

You will  find a friend you can stick to 
during hot weather.

All sales case count.

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Clerks’  Corner.

The  Gods  Help  Those  W ho  H elp  Them ­

selves*

The  sophomore  year  had  not  been  es­
pecially  hard  on  Burleigh  Richmond 
and  after  he  had  been  at  home  for a 
week  or  ten  days  and  his  hands  did  not 
seem  to  grasp  lovingly  the 
implements 
of  farming  industry,  he  heard  that  Jim 
Jackson,the clerk  at  the  store  in  the  vil­
lage,  was  going  off  on  his  summer  \a- 
cation  and  the  new-fledged  junior  went 
down  to  secure  the  position  and  g  t  it. 
ft  did  not  take  long  in  country  circles 
for  Burleigh's  action  to  go  the  rounds 
of  the  gossipers  and  only commendation 
was  heard  on  every  hand. 
It  wasn’t 
every  boy  who  would  have  been  willing 
to  clerk  for  old  Benson  in  hot  weather, 
with  his  dad  owning  half  the  township, 
and 
it  only  showed  that  the  youngster 
was  a  chip  of  the  old  block  and  would 
make  his  way  in  the  world  if that  part 
of  it  owned  by  the  “ square”   should 
be  sunk.  So  while  the  novelty  of the 
new  clerk 
lasted,  trade  was  brisk  and 
for the  first  time  in  bis  life  the  country 
storekeeper was  forced  to  admit  that  an 
attraction  did  help  trade,  especially 
when 
it  consisted  of  a  good-looking 
young  student  whose  father  was  “ well 
off”   and  who on  his  own  account  was 
a  natural  magnet  for  every  blooming­
cheeked  farmer’s  daughter  in  a  radius 
of  twenty-five  miles.

for 

Trade  suffered,  however,  when  it  was 
discovered  that  the  prettiest  girls within 
that  radius  were  angling  in  vain  for the 
clerk  at  the  Center.  For  awhile  they 
could  not  account 
it.  Miranda 
South wick  especially  was  “ consider­
ably  worked  up”   about  it,  for,  so  far 
in  “ life’s  dull  round,”   when  she  made 
up  her  mind  to  accomplish  anything, 
that  settled  it  and  the  desired  result was 
only  a  question  of  time.  With  Burleigh 
Richmond  she  didn’t  stand  any  chance 
from  the  start.  Smile  as  she  would— 
and  there  wasn’t  a  sweeter smile  in  ten 
counties—she  made  no  impression  upon 
his  obdurate  heart. 
Invitations  to  tea 
and  to  Sunday  dinner,  where  culinary 
accomplishments  and  elaborate  personal 
attractions  in  dress  and  entertainment 
had  full  sway,  the  dainties  of the  table 
alone  affected  him  and  won  from  him 
only  such  concessions  as  the  exigencies 
of  the  case  demanded.

Angered  as  well  as  astonished,  the 
strategist  determined  to  know the reason 
why,  and  with  the  first  attempt  she 
found  that  the  lioness  in  her  path  was  a 
city  boarder,  lovely  as  she  was amiable, 
who  had  located  herself  for  the  summer 
at  the  Goodricbes’  over  on  the  Bloom- 
ingdale  pike.  She  learned,  too— “ them 
Goodriches  always  did  milk  easy !” — 
that  young  Burleigh  wasn’t  having 
things  his  own  way  notwithstanding  the 
astounding  fact  that  be  was  the  son  of 
his  father,  with  the  college  business 
thrown  in.  The  young  lady  in  question 
had  ideas  of  her own  and  this  country- 
store  cleik  wasn’t  one  of  them.  Her 
Vassar diploma— she  was  a 
last  year’s 
graduate—rather  overbalanced  his  two 
years  of  undergraduate  life;  her father’s 
bank  account  was  quite  a  number  of 
ciphers 
larger  than  his  father’s  and— 
well,  the  fact  of  the  case  is  that  Miss 
Southwick  was  informed on good author­
ity  that,  so  far as  Miss  Marchmont  was 
concerned,  Mr.  Richmond’s  name  was 
Mud !  She  was,  therefore,  correspond­
ingly  happy.

Had  Burleigh  Richmond  been  any­
body _  else  he  would  have  been  corres­
pondingly  depressed  when  one  day  he 
had  reached  the  same  conclusion. 
It 
happened  that  he  wasn't  depressed  at

all. 
If Miss  Marchmont  felt  any  bigger 
than  he  did,  she  was  mighty  uncom­
fortable.  He  had  seen  her at  a  distance 
once  or  twice  and  while  she  was  a 
mighty  pretty  girl  he  knew  a  lot  that 
were  just  as  pretty.  He  hadn’t  noticed 
any  unusual  “ airs.”   She  looked  to  him 
like  a  first-class,  well-educated,sensible 
young  woman.  He  would  put  her  on 
that  basis  anyway  and  treat  her  accord­
ingly,  if  fate  brought  them  within  hail­
ing  distance.  She  didn't  look  like  the 
girl  that  wanted  to  be  run  after  and  he 
wasn’t  the  running-after  kind  so  that 
was  settled  and  the  summer  went on.

Not  with  indifference,  though,  on  the 
part  of  Burleigh.  He  was good-looking 
and  he  knew  how  to  make  the  most  of 
that.  His  father  was  a  farmer  but  no 
hayseed  and  he  depended  on 
that. 
More  than  all  he  knew  how  to  make  th§ 
most  of  Miranda  Southwick  and  her 
friends  and  turned  his  knowledge  to 
account;  so that  when  on  the  third  Sun­
day  after  Miss  Marchmont’s  arrival,  he 
drove  over  to  “ meeting”   it  was  with 
the  expectation  that  something  had  got 
to  happen  and  the  sooner  it  was over the 
better.  The  ice  was  going  to  be broken 
and  it  might  as  well  he  then  as later on.
For  two  Sundays  the  Center  church 
had  been  from  full  to overflowing  so 
that  the  church  goers  might  get  a 
glimpse  of  the  beautiful  Miss  March­
mont,  but  the  heat  and  the  desire  to 
rest  had  so  far  prevented ;  so  that  to­
day,  “ if  the  critter  wa’n’t  a  heathen,”  
she’d  be  sure  to  be  out  and  the  country­
side  had  come  accordingly.

The  church  was  fairly  full  when  the 
lady  came 
in  and  as  the  “ Square’s”  
seat  was  the  best  one—it  had  a  red 
cushion—and  was  centrally  located  and 
not  often  occupied,  the  usher conducted 
Miss  Marchmont  and  her friend  to  that 
seat,  Miss  Marchmont  taking  her  place 
at  the  entrance.  As  luck—or the  gods— 
would  have  it  Miranda  Southwick  and 
Betsy  Bailey  were  in  the  pew  behind 
her  and 
just  as  the  opening  hymn  was 
announced  in  came Burleigh Richmond. 
Finding  the  family  pew  taken  posses­
sion  of  he  took  his  seat  immediately be­
hind 
it  and,  to  Miss  Southwick’s  de­
light,  sat  down  beside  her.
' From  that  moment  the  minister  was  a 
side  affair.  He  read  and  he  prayed 
and  he  preached,  but  every  eye  was 
turned  to  the  three  whom  chance  had 
seated  together.  The 
law  of  contrast 
soon  barred  out  Miss  Southwick  who 
improved  the  time 
in  taking  mental 
notes  of  the  lovely  attire  of the  city 
boarder to  work  out  in  her own  and  that 
centered  the  thoughts  of  the  congrega­
tion  upon  the  vision  in  the  daintiest  of 
pink 
front  of  the  tall,  well-built, 
well-groomed  Burleigh Richmond,  who, 
in  spite  of  the  minister’s  invitation  to 
“ Consider  the  lilies  of  the  field  how 
they  grow,”   concluded  that  pinks  were 
good  enough  for him,  especially  the  in­
dividual  one  before  him !

in 

The  service  was  long  as  usual  and 
when  the  congregation  rose  to sing  the 
last  hymn,  Miranda  Southwick  was 
pleased  to  find  that  under  the  influence 
of  the  sermon  a  hook  had  been  remiss 
in  duty  in  Miss  Marchmont’s  skirt  and 
so  exposed  a  dainty  bit  of  lingerie  be­
neath.  With 
intended  kindness  she 
reached  over  to correct the faithless hook 
but  the  hook,  unaccustomed  to  Buch 
handling, rebelled.  Not  to  be  thus  pub­
licly  put  down,  Miranda  elbowed  Bur­
leigh  into  the  aisle  and  with  both  stout 
hands  promptly  brought 
skirt  and 
waist  together,  to  the  consternation  of 
Miss  Marchmont,  who,  from  the  vigor­
ous  treatment  she  was  receiving  con­
cluded  that  no  woman’s hands had taken 
her  in  charge  and  turned  indignantly. 
Burleigh  Richmond’s  black  eyes  looked, 
into  her  angry  face  calmly  resenting the 
charge  laid  to  him.  Seeing  her  mistake 
Miss  Marchmont  flushed  red  and  looked 
the  pardon  she  could  not  otherwise  beg, 
while  Miranda  Southwick,  with  a  whis­
pered  “ It’s  me. 
I  was  jest  keichin’ 
your  dress 
together,”   affirmed  she 
“ didn’t  see  what  everybody  was  laugh­
in’  a t!”

After  the  benediction  matters  were 
straightened  out;  and  for  years  after­
wards  Burleigh  Richmond  was  fond  of 
telling  how  he  became  acquainted  with 
his  wife. 

Richard  Malcolm  Strong.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

A Trade Maker

Fanny  Davenport

5c  Cigar

Trade  Supplied  By:

B. J.  Reynolds,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan. 
Phipps,  Penoyer  &   Co.,  Saginaw,  Michigan. 
Moreland  Bros.  &   Crane,  Adrian,  Michigan.

Thirty  Miles  an  Hour

T h is  beautiful  auto,  w hich  was  designed  w ith  especial  reference 
to  its  adaptation  to  the  cigar  business,  has  started  out  on  a  tour  of  the 
State  under  the  supervision  of  A be  P eck,  form erly  of  L ow ell.  T h e 
m otive  power  is  steam ,  which  is  generated  by  gasoline,  only  5  gallons 
per  day  being  required.  T h e   auto  can  easily  m ake  30  m iles  an  hour 
and  can  clim b  any  sand  hill  w ith  rapidity. 
It  w ill  visit  every  town  in 
M ichigan— and  probably  other  states  later— carrying  the  nam e  and 
fam e  of  the  justly  celebrated  S.  C.  W .

G.  J.  Johnson  Cigar  Co.,

Grand  Rapids,  M ich.

AMERICAN  CIGAR  FACTORY

Benton  Harbor,  Michigan 

M.  A.  PRICE  &  CO.,  Proprietors

O h!  where  have  I  seen  that  face  before? 
In  Nearly  All  the  Leading  Stores.

Ikhiru Knirhta of the Grip

President,  Geo. F. Ow sk,  Grand  Rapids:  Sec­
retary ,  A.  W.  Stitt,  Jackson;  Treasurer, 
J ohn W. Schbam, Detroit.

DuM Commercial Travelers of Michigan 

Grand  Counselor,  H.  E.  Babtlett,  Flint 
Grand  Secretary,  A,  Kendall,  Hillsdale 
Grand Treasurer, C. M. Edelman, Saginaw

Graad Rapids Coucil No. 131,  D. C. T.

Senior Counselor,  W  R.  Compton;  Secretary 

Treasurer, L. F. Baker.

Ikhirai Commercial Travelers’  Mutual  Accident  Association 
President, J. Boyd  Pantlind.  Grand  Rapids 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Geo.  F.  Owen 
Grand Rapids.

* 

ft

Gripsack  Brigade.

Ira  F.  Gordon,  who  covers  the  south 

ern  half  of  the  State  for  F.  E.  Myers 
Bro. 
(Ashland,  Ohio)  and  Bucher 
Gibbs  Plow  Co.  (Canton,  Ohio),  con 
templates  removing  from  Traverse  City 
next  fall  to  some  city  in  his  territory 
Grand  Rapids  and  Lansing  are  both 
under consideration.

I.  E.  Harrod,  Michigan  and  Wiscon 
sin  representative  for  the  New  York 
Pharmacal  Co.,  the  Arlington  Chemica 
Co.  and  the  Palisade  Chemical  Co.,  of 
Yonkers,  N.  Y .,  who 
couple  of  months  in  Grand  Rapids,  at 
tending  to  detail  work  among the physi 
dans,  was  presented  with  a  9  pound 
boy  by  his  wife  on  Sunday.

is  spending 

Boot  and  Shoe  Recorder:  Said  a  shoe 
salesman  who  goes  to  the  wholesale 
trade:  “ I  start  this week  on  my  trip  to 
the  Western  cities  with  spring  samples 
There  are  many  others  besides  mysell 
who  are  leaving  Boston  at  this  time 
You  see  we  have  to  make  the  trip  so  as 
to  get  back  at  the  Hub  again  the  last  ol 
July  or  the  first  of  August,  at  latest 
The  wholesalers  begin  to  arrive  in  Bos 
ton  at  that  time  and,  of  course,  we must 
be  on  hand  to  meet  them.  But  first  we 
must  call  on  them  at  their  places  of 
business  to  show  them  the  styles we 
have for the coming season.  If  we  didn’ 
do  this  they  would  think  that  they  were 
not  properly  attended  to  and might  give 
their  orders  for  the  coming  season  to 
some  other  house.  This  trip  seems  un 
necessary,  but  it  must  be  made  before 
the  jobbers  come  to  Boston. ’ ’

The  Celery  City  To  Be  Largely  Repre 

sen ted  H ere  Ju ly   25.

From the Kalamazoo Telegraph.

for 

Preparations 

the  Grocers  and 
Butchers’  Association  picnic  and  out­
ing  at  Grand  Rapids  July  25  took  on  a 
very  definite  form  Monday  evening, 
when  Clair  M.  Patee, 
transportation 
agent  of  the  Grand  Rapids  Railway 
Co.,  went  before  a  meeting  of  the  Asso­
ciation  and  mapped  out  the  programme 
of  the  day  and  offered  his  services  to 
boom  the  excursion.  His  assistance 
was  gratefully  accepted  and  he  will 
spend  some  time 
in  Kalamazoo  and 
nearby  towns  putting  out  advertising  to 
swell  the  numbers  who  will  take  the 
trip.

The  start  for the  Rapids  will be  made 
over  the  G.  R.  &  I.  at  7:15  in  the 
morning  and  the  committeemen  say 
they  will  be  disappointed  if  1,500  peo­
ple  do  not  go.  There  will  be  cars 
enough  for 2,000,  at  least,  and  it  is  be­
lieved  that  the  number  will  easily  reach 
if  it  does  not  exceed  that  figure.  Upon 
the  arrival  in  Grand  Rapids  the  parade 
will  be  immediately  formed  for a  short 
line of march through the business streets 
after  which  the  visitors  will  scatter  to 
the  Valley  City’s  three  fine 
resorts, 
Reed’s  Lake,  North  Park  and  John 
Ball  Park.  The  parade  will  have  plenty 
of  music  with  the  new  K.  O.  T.  M. 
band  from  Kalamazoo  and  the  News­
boys’  band  and  Newell’s John  Ball  Park 
aggregation  of  musicians.  The  Grand 
Rapids  men  will  be  in  uniform  and 
it 
is  probable  that  the  Kalamazoo  delega­
tion  will appear  in  white  caps  with  a

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

little  bunch  of  celery  each  to  remind 
them  of  borne,  sweet  home.

After  dinner  the  events  will  all  be 

Reed’s  Lake,  where  every  kind  of  sport 
will  be  put  on.  About  4:30  Congress­
man  Alden  Smith,  as  President  of  the 
day,  will  call  the  picnickers  together  in 
Ramona  pavilion  and  will  make  the 
address  of  the  day,  with  music  by  the 
bands  and  some  other  short  speeches. 
There  will  be  rides  on  the  lake,  dinner 
at  the  picnic  grounds,  games  of  all 
kinds,  a  vaudeville  performance  and 
every  kind  of  picnic  fun.

If  only  one  train  is  taken  it  will  re 
turn  at  8  o’clock  in  the  evening,  but 
i 
is  probable  that  there  will  be two trains, 
one 
leaving  at  8  and  one  later  in  the 
evening.

The  Lansing  Grocers’ Association  has 
accepted  the  invitation  to  be  present  on 
the  same  day  and,  while  it  is  doubtful 
if  the  Jackson  grocers  will  go  in a body 
it  is  certain  that  a  large  delegation  wi 
attend,  with  another from  Milwaukee.

Pan-A m erican  Special  on  Michigan  Cen 

tral  Railway.

Detroit,  July  5—Taking  effect  Sun 
day,  July  7,  the  Michigan  Central  wil. 
again  change  time,  and  will  then  have 
completed  a  superb  train  service  be­
tween  all  Michigan  and  Western  points 
and  Buffalo  and  the  E ast;  making  it 
possible  for  passengers  destined  to  the 
Pan-American  Exposition 
reach 
Buffalo  and  Niagara  Falls  in  the  most 
expeditious  manner.

to 

The  cause  of  the  change  in  time  . 
the  putting  on  of  the  “ Michigan  Pan 
American  Special”   consisting  of  stand 
ard  Michigan  Central  coaches and beau 
tiful  Buffet  parlor  cars,  which  will  de 
part  from  Detroit  at  12.35  P- 
(noon, 
daily,  except  Sunday,  arriving  Buffalo 
at  7.10  p.  m.  Leaving  Detroit  at  this 
hour  this  train  will  make  connections 
with all  in-coming  trains  from the State, 
thus  making  it  possible  for a  person  at 
almost  any  point  in  the  State  to  leave 
home  after  breakfast  and 
arrive  at 
Buffalo  for  dinner,  and  for  passengers 
taking  the  train  at  Detroit an  oppor­
tunity  of  getting  luncheon  at  home  and 
dinner  at  Buffalo.

Returning  the  train  will  leave  Buffalo 
at 9.00  a.  m.,  reaching  Detroit  at  3.55 
p.  m.,  making  connections  with  all 
ftemoon  trains  for  Michigan  points. 
The  train  will  run  in  both  directions 
via  Niagara  Falls,  affording  a  splendid 
view  of  the  Falls to  passengers  who will 
be  unable  to  stop  over  at  that  point. 
It 
will  be  know  as  “ The  Michigan  Pan- 
American  Special”   because  it  is  purely 

Michigan-Detroit  train.
With  this  new  train  the  Michigan 
Central  will  have  seven  trains  a  day 
each  way  between  Detroit  and  Buffalo; 
the  best  passenger  service  ever  in  effect 
between  Detroit  and  the  East.  The 
above  new  train  shortens  the  time again 
between  Detroit,  New  York,  Baltimore 
Washington  and  Philadelphia.  New 
York  is  reached  at  7.30 a.  m.  the follow 
ing day, Baltimore at 7.15 a.m., Washing 
ton  at  8.30 a.  m.,  and  Philadelphia 7.22 
m.  To  the  last  three  named  points 
is  the  best  service  ever  in  effect  from 

Detroit. 

Jos.  S.  Hall,  D.  P.  A.

The  G rain  M arket.

Wheat  has  followed  its usual  course  of 
late,  that  is,  prices  have  worked  down­
ward,  especially  for  futures.  Old  cash 
wheat 
is  very  scarce  and  commands  a 
premium.  However,  it  looks  as  though 
bottom  must  be  somewhere. 
It  is  now 
down  below  where  even  the  bears  think 
is  dangerous  to  put  out  new  lines. 
it 
New  wheat  will  soon  make 
its  appear­
if  the  weather  keeps  favorable. 
ance 
The  wheat  fields  around  here  seem 
im­
proved  and  farmers  are  looking  for a 
better  yield  than  was  anticipated  fou 
weeks  ago.  The  visible  made  a  fai. 
decrease  of  1,100,000  bushels,  which 
leaves  the  visible  29,000,000  bushels 
which  is  lower than  it  has  been 
number  of  years.  However,  that  does 
not  affect  the  short  sellers.  One  good 
is  that  exporters  are  beginning  to 
sign 
buy  our  new  wheat,  and  are  buying 
i 
very  cheap  as  they  always  do,  as  they 
always  seem  to  come  along  when  the 
market  is  at  bottom  and  buy  what  they 
want,  and  nobody 
is  to  blame  but  the 
short  sellers  and  the  crop  boomers.

in 

In  regard  to  spring  wheat  conditions, 
there  are  quite  a  number of  complaints 
of  too  much  rain,  causing  the  wheat  to 
rust,  so  that  cereal 
is  not  yet  made. 
Should  the  weather  continue  favorable 
there  will  be  a  good,  fair  average  crop 
not  a  bumper  crop,  owing  to  the  short 

acreage
Corn 

is  booming  on  account  of the 
poor  prospects  for  corn 
in  Missouri, 
Kansas,  part  of  Nebraska  and  Okla­
homa.  There  seems  to  be  only  about 
two-thirds  of  a  crop.  Also  in  other 
states  the  corn  crop  is  far  from  satis­
factory.  September  has  been  selling  as 
'  igh  as  49c— rather  toppy 

Oats  made  a  decrease  of  1,582,000 
bushels,  which  gave  it  a  boom  of  fully 
2c  a  bushel.  The  crop 
is  also  very 
short  and  in  many  places  almost  a  total 
failure.  Some  people  are  talking  40c 
oats.  However,  we  think  that 
is  en- 
is  not  very  often 
in  price  with 
that  we  see  oats  equal 
wheat,  but  such 
is  a  fact  to-day,  and 
should  oats  go  up  much  more,  farmers 
instead  of 

ill  be  feeding  their  wheat 

rely  too  high. 

It 

their  oats.

Rye  is  weak  and  has  gone  off  about 
4c  since  last  writing  and,  with  the  out­
look  fora  good,  fair  crop  of  rye,  we  see 
nothing  in  the  near  future  except 
lower 
prices.  Rye  will  probably  open  around 
40c  for new—in  fact,  that  is  what  deal­
ers  are  offering  to-day,  but  the  sellers 
re  not  anxious  to  accept  the  bids.
Beans  are 

last  week’s 

steady  at 

prices.

Flour  is  in  fair  demand—old  wheat 
it  will  be  some  time  before

flour.  As 

new  wheat  flour  will  make 
its  appear­
ance,  the  dealers  will  prefer  old  wheat 
flour  for a  while  to  come.

Bran  and  middlings  remain  steady  at 
$16  for  bran  and  $17  for  middlings. 
With  the  high  price  of  com  and  oats, 
mill  feed  will  remain  at  present  prices.
Receipts,  owing  to  the  washouts  of 
the  railroads,  were  only  normal:  wheat, 
39  cars;  corn,  7  cars;  oats,  7  cars; 
flour,  5  cars;  beans,  2  cars;  potatoes,  3 
cars.

There  has  been  no  report  the  last 

three  days.

Millers  are  paying  63c  for wheat.

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

H alf a  Year  of  H ustling  In  the  Capitol 
From the Lansing  Republican.

City.

The  officers  of  the  Lansing  Business 
Men’s  Association,  the  six  months’  old 
organization  which  has  boosted  the  city 
from the  mediocre  into industrial promi­
nence,  take  a  pardonable  pride  in  call­
ing  the  attention  of  the  members  of  the 
Association  and  Lansing  business  men 
in  general  to  the  work  accomplished  by 
the  organization  during  the  first  half 
year of  its  existence.

The  beet  sugar  factory  has  been  lo­
cated  and  will  be  in  operation  this  fall.
The  American  Cut  Glass  Co.  has  had 
is  now 

a  fine  plant  constructed,  which 
under operation.

The  wholesale  grocery  house of Austin 
&  Burrington  was  located  through  the 
efforts  of  the  hustling  Business  Men’s 
Association,  and  the  Wilson  plow  point 
plant  on  the 
improvement  grounds  is 
on  the  eve  of  operation.  The  plant  of 
the  Potter  Manufacturing  Co.  has  been 
sold  to  the  Hugh  Lyons  Co.,  which  will 
come  forward  with  a  practically  new 
factory.  And  still  they  come.

Besides  the  things  that  show  on  the 
surface  the  Business  Men’s  Association 
has  accomplished  much  that  has  not  yet 
manifested  itself.

George  B.  Caldwell,  formerly  of  this 
city,  who  was  for  several  years  National 
Bank  Examiner,  has  resigned  his  posi­
tion  as  cashier  of  the  Merchants’  Na­
tional  Bank  of  Indianapolis.  Mr.  Cald­
well’s  friends  do  not  know  what  his 
plans  are  for the  future.

Whiskey,  Morphine  and 

Tobacco  Habits

Positively  Cured

Full  particulars  and  prices  for  the asking. 

Patterson  Home  Sanitarium, 316  E.  Bridge St. 

Phone  1391 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

The Warwick

Strictly first class.

Rates $2 per day.  Central  location. 

Trade  of  visiting  merchants  and  travel­

ing men solicited.

A.  B.  GARDNER,  Manager.

He  Was  H olding  the  Form .

It  was  late  and  getting  later.
However,  that  did  not  stop  the  sound 
muffled  voices  in  the  parlor.  Mean- 
me  the  gas  meter  worked  steadily.
The  pater  endured 
it  as  long  as  he 
could  and  then  resolved  on  heroic meas- 
res.
“ Phyllis,”   he  called  from  the head  of 
the  stairs,  “ has  the  morning  paper 
come  yet?”

“ No,  sir,”   replied  the  funny  man  on 
the  Daily  Bugle,  “ we  are  holding  the 
form  for an  important  decision.”

And  the  pater went  back  to  bed  won­
dering  if they  would  keep  house  or  live 
—ith  him.

A  N atural  Resentm ent.

Farmer  Hornbeak—Josh  Hayrake  is 
awfully  down  on  the  automobiles.  One 
of  'em  run  over  bis  poor ole  mother-in- 
law.

Farmer  Whiffletree— Kill  her?
Farmer  Hornbeak— Nope;  never  hurt 

her a  gol-dinged  particle.

New  Coffee  Roasting  Plant

W e   have  put  in  the  m ost  com pletely 
equipped  coffee  roasting  plant  in  M ich­
igan  and  solicit  an  opportunity 
to 
subm it  sam ples  and  quote  prices  on 
anything you  m ay need  in the coffee line

FREEMAN  MERCANTILE  CO.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

2 6

Drugs—Chemicals

M ichigan  State  Board of Pharm acy

T ern expires
-  Dec. 31,1901 
L.  E.  Reynolds,  St.  Joseph 
Henry He im , Saginaw 
-  Dec. 31,1902
• 
Dec. 81,1903
Wir t  p .  Doty, Detroit - 
A. C. Schumacher, Ann Arbor  -  Dec. si, 1904 
J ohn D. Mu ir , Grand Rapids 
Dec. si, 1906 

President, A. C.  Schumacher, Ann Arbor. 
Secretary, Henry  He im , Saginaw.
Treasurer, W.  P.  Doty,  Detroit.

E xam ination  Sessions.

Saolt Ste.  Marie, August 28 and 29. 
Lansing, Nov. 5 and 6.

Mich.  State  Pharm aceutical  Association. 

President—Chas.  F.  Mann, Detroit. 
Secretary—J.  W.  Seeley,  Detroit 
Treasurer—W.  K.  Schmidt, Grand Rapids.

P ractical  Pharm acy  for  P ractical  P h a r­

macists.

Every  pharmacist  in  the  country  who 
is  interested  in  dispensing,  compound­
ing  and manufacturing  operations ;  who 
experiments  to  perfect  his  processes; 
who  notes  the  peculiarities  that  develop 
in  his  daily  experiences ;  who,  in  short, 
is  a  real  and  true  practitioner  of  phar­
macy—every  such  man,  we 
repeat, 
should  concern  himself  with  the  opera­
tions  of  the  newly-created  Section  on 
Practical  Pharmacy  and  Dispensing  of 
the  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa­
tion.  This  section was  founded  for  just 
such  men— for  practical  pharmacists— 
and  they  ought  to  make  it  their medium 
of  exchange  and  the  expression  of  their 
experience.  Last  year,  when  this  sec­
tion  was  but  a  committee  of  the  Asso­
ciation,  with  limited  operations,  one  of 
the- most  useful  and  helpful  reports  was 
presented  that  the  pharmacists  of  the 
country  have  ever  profited  by. 
It  com­
prised  a  comprehensive  analysis  of  sev­
enty-eight 
prescriptions 
which  had  been  sent  in  to  the  commit­
tee  from  various  parts  of  the  country, 
in  a  limited  way  a  practical 
and  was 
treatise  on 
frequently-occurring  pre­
scription  incompatibilities.  This  year, 
with^a  better organized  equipment,  and 
with  much  more  time  and  attention  to 
be  given  the  work  at  the  annual  meet­
ing,  results  more  varied  and  even  more 
useful  may  be  expected.

troublesome 

The  section  is  anxious  to  have  phar­
in  every  practical  note 
macists  send 
possible— formulas,  wrinkles in  dispens­
ing,  incompatibilities,  etc.  Papers  are 
also  desired. 
In  order to  Stimulate  the 
work  of  the  section  Dr.  Enno  Sander, 
ex-President  of  the  Association,  has 
made  it  possible  to  have  a  cash  prize  of 
$50 awarded  each  year  for the best paper 
presented.  All 
for  this 
prize  must  be  members  of  the  Associa­
tion,  but  this  should  prove  no  hindrance 
to  any  pharmacist— he  ought  to  be  a 
member !

competitors 

There  has  been  a  great  deal of  talk  in 
the  past  to  the  effect  that  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  was  run 
“ by  professors  for  professors,”  and  that 
the  interests  of the  practical  pharmacist 
were  neglected.  Whether  or  not  this 
has  been  true 
in  the  past,  it  was  not 
true  at  the  Richmond  meeting  of  last 
year,and  it  will  not  be  true  in  the  years 
to  come.  The  formation  and  activity 
of  the  new  Section alone  guarantees that 
purely  pharmaceutical  interests  will  be 
maintained  and  advanced  as  they  have 
previously been  in  no  association  in  the 
country.  On  the  other  band,  the  new 
life  which  has  been 
infused  into the 
commercial  section,  and  the  change 
of  purpose  which  was  effected  in  it  at 
the  Richmond  meeting,  give  assurance 
that  in  the  future  this  branch  of  the  as­
sociation  will  develop 
into  an  educa­
tional  forum  for  the  elucidation and dis­
cussion  of  business  and  advertising 
methods  of all  kinds.  With  two  of  the

four  sections  devoted  to  the  two*chief 
elements  of  the  pharmacist's  activities 
—the  technical  and  the  commercial— 
and  with  these  sections  under the  con­
trol  of  the  ablest  and  most  representa­
tive  men  in  the  country,  it  is  sure  that 
every  pharmacist,  in  justice  alone  to 
his  own  selfish 
interests,  ought  no 
longer to  withhold  his  membership from 
the  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa­
tion.— Bulletin  of  Pharmacy.

Novel Soda  D rinks.
Crushed  Cranberry.

Cranberries,  2  pints.
Water,  2%  pints.
Sugar,  2  pounds.
Solution  of  citric  acid,  %  ounce.
Soda  foam  about  1  ounce.
Wash  the  fruit,  place  in  a  pan  or ket­
tle,  add  the  water,  apply  heat,  allow  to 
boil  for  five  minutes,  stirring  frequent­
ly ;  add  the  sugar,  dissolve,  add  the 
finally 
solution  and  soda  foam,  and 
enough  solution  of  salicylic  acid 
to 
preserve.

Coca  Tonic.

Kola  wine,  8  fluidounces.
Coca  wine,  4  fluidounces.
Blackberry  brandy,  1  fluidounce.
Lime  juice,  1  fluidounce.
Raspberry  juice  (from  fresh  fruit),  4 

fluidounces.

Rock-candy  syrup,  8  fluidounces.
Serve  one  ounce  to  a  mineral  glass, 

with  a  little  ice.

Wine  of  kola  is  made  from  the  fresh 
kola  nut  by  percolating  one  ounce  of  it, 
ground,  with  ten  ounces  of  sherry  wine.

Boot  Beer  E xtract.
extract  of  sarsaparilla, 

Fluid 

fluidrachms.

fluidrachms.

fluidrachms.

drachms.

Fluid 

extract  of  pipsissewa, 

Fluid  extract  of  wintergreen,  4 

Fluid  extract  of 

licorice,  4 

flui­

10 

10 

Oil  of  wintergteen,  48  drops.
Ojl  of  sassafras,  24  drops.
Oil  of  cloves,  12  drops.
Alcohol,  10 fluidounces.
This  makes  a  root  beer  “ extract”  
which  may  be  mixed  with  syrup  or  it 
may  be  diluted  with  nine  gallons  of 
water containing  one  gallon  of  refined 
molasses,  and  charged  in  a  fountain.  If 
it 
is  preferred  to  use  a  fermented  ar­
ticle,  add  the  water  and  molasses,  us­
ing  warm  water, also one  quart  of  yeast, 
and  keep  in  a  warm  place  until fermen­
tation  is  complete.

Protection  Prom   Mosquitoes.

The  liquids  employed  on the  face  and 
hands  in  order  to  prevent  mosquitoes 
from  biting  are  usually  solutions  in  al­
cohol  of  camphor,  menthol,  or  oil  of 
pennyroyal.  The  menthol  preparation 
is  a  good  one. 
It  is  the  odor  of  these 
substances  that  keeps  the  mosquitoes 
away.  Oil  of tar  is  very  efficacious  for 
this  purpose,  but  it  is  scarcely  less  un­
desirable  than  the  mosquitoes  them­
selves.

In k   for W riting on  Glass.

Resin,  20  parts.
Alcohol,  150  parts.
Borax,  35  parts.
Methylene  blue,  1  part.
Water,  250  parts.
Dissolve  the  resin  and  the  methylene 
blue 
in  the  alcohol  and  mix  with  the 
water  in  which  the  borax has  previously 
been  dissolved.

Digestive Tablets.

Powdered  double  refined  sugar,  too 

0 

J

parts. 

Subnitrate  bismuth,  60  parts. 
Saccharated  pepsin,  4c  parts. 
Pancreatine,  45  parts?
Mucilage,  35  parts.
Ginger,  30^ parts.
Mix  and  divide  into suitable  sizes.

lene-tetramine,  which  is  a  well-known 
compound,  and  is employed theraseutic- 
ally  under  the  names  formin,  urotro- 
pine,  etc.

The  ammonia  may  be  administered 
either  in  the  form  of  the  ordinary  am­
monia  water  (a  few  drops  well diluted), 
or  anisated  solution  of  ammonia,  or 
aromatic  spirit  of  ammonia,  or  solu­
tion  of  ammonium  acetate,  which  latter 
has  no  caustic  properties  whatsoever, 
and 
is  equally  capable  of  combining 
with  the  formaldehyde  to  form  hexa- 
methylene-ietramine.  Thos.  Willetts.

Sterilizing Cocaine  Solutions.

The  growing  use  of  cocaine  for  pro­
ducing  anesthesia  by  intraspinal  injec­
tions  has  caused  a  demand  for a method 
of  sterilizing  the  solutions  without  the 
use  of  heat,  which  sometimes  acts  un­
favorably  on  this  alkaloid.  A  simple 
method 
in  the  New 
York  Medical  Record:

is  recommended 

Place  the  desired  amount  of  cocaine 
salt  in  a  graduate  that  has  been recently 
sterilized, 
then  add  an  ounce  of  dry 
ether,  and  stir  the  mixture  constantly 
with  a  sterilized  glass  rod  until  the 
ether  has  completely  evaporated.  Pour 
on  the  cocaine  the  requisite  quantity  of 
recently  boiled  (and  cooled)  water,  stir 
to  effect  solution,  and  use  at  once.  This 
method  contemplates  the  preparation 
of  only  the  actual  amount  of cocaine  in­
jection  needed  at  the  time;  hence  there 
is  no  danger  of  using  a  solution  of 
cocaine  that  has  become  “ spoiled.”

The  D rag M arket.

Opium— Is  very  firm  and  tending 
higher,  on  account  of  stronger  primary 
markets.

Morphine— Is 

steady  at  unchanged 

price.

lon.

Quinine— Is quiet.  The  demand 

is 

small  and  prices  are  unchanged.

Citric  Acid— Is  weak  at  the  decline, 

owing  to competition.

Castor Oil— Has  declined  4c  per  gal­

Oil  Cedar  Leaves— Has  now  come 
lower  prices  are 

into  the  market  and 
looked  for.

Oil  Peppermint— Is  very  firm  and 

is 

tending  higher.

Oil  Sassafras— Has  advanced.
Linseed  Oil— Has  again  advanced, 

on  account  of  high  price  for  seed.

A  kind  word  thrown  at  your  husband 
will  go  farther  towards  a  new  bonnet 
than  a  rolling-pin  will.

Im proved Glycerin  Suppositories. 

Prof.  L.  E.  Sayre  says  that  there  has 
always  been  considerable  complaint  of 
the  U.  S.  P.  suppositories  on  the  score 
that  the  proportions  of  the  ingredients 
are  such  as  not  to  give  the  greatest 
efficiency  to the  preparation.  A  West­
ern  pharmacist  who  has  created  a  large 
demand  for  glycerin  suppositories  of 
his  own  manufacture  furnished  Profes­
sor Sayre  with  his  formula,  which  reads 
as  follows:

Glycerin,  300 grammes.
Sodium  carbonate,  6 grammes.
Stearic  acid,  10 grammes.
Mix  the 

ingredients  as  directed  by 
the  Pharmacopoeia  and  form  into  sup­
positories  of  suitable  size.  The  size 
usually  prescribed  as  rectal suppositor­
ies,  instead  of  weighing  6.8  grammes, 
weigh  less  than  4  grammes.  The  Phar­
macopoeia  directs that  these  suppositor­
ies,  after  molding,  be  wrapped  in  tin 
foil.  This,  remarks  the  Professor, 
is 
considered  quite  objectionable.  It  iss far 
better  to  introduce  them  at  once  into 
dry  glass  tubes  and  then  tightly cork the 
container. 
If  it  be  desirable  to  wrap 
the  individual  suppositories,  it  is  bet­
ter  to  employ  a  strong paraffin  paper  for 
the  purpose.  Too  much  stress  can  not 
laid  upon  the  fact  that  they  should 
be 
be  freshly  prepared  when  required. 
It 
does  not  take  long  for the  glycerin  to 
disengage  from  combination;  it  soon 
appears  on  the  surface  of  the  supposi­
tory,  and  being  extremely  hygroscopic 
will  rapidly  attract  moisture.

Best  K ind  of a W indow  Display.

Professor  Fennel,  of  the  Cincinnati 
College  of  Pharmacy,  has a  successful 
pharmacy 
in  that  city.  Recently  he 
in  his  window,  according  to 
displayed 
in  the  Cincinnati  Post,  “ a 
a  report 
unique  and 
instructive  collection  of 
1,000,000  prescriptions  illustrating  the 
greatchange in the pharmaceutical world 
during  the  past  fifty  years.  The  dis­
play 
included  300,000  prescriptions  on 
which  were  the  signatures  of  the  fore­
most  Cincinnati  physicians  since  1850, 
together  with  mortars  and  other con­
trivances  then  in  use  by  druggists,  but 
long  since  abandoned.”   The  display 
attracted  a  great  deal  of attention,  and 
was  written  up  and  given  the  promi­
nence  of  a  leading  news  article  in  the 
daily  above  referred  to.  Professor Fen­
nel  was 
interviewed  on  the  subject  of 
the  display,  and  on  the  changes  that 
bad  taken  place  during  the  fifty  years 
which  the  display  represented,  and  it  is 
safe  to  say  that  the  display  proved  a 
profitable  one. 
In  hunting  around  for 
good  window  displays  pharmacists,  as  a 
rule,  pay  too 
little  attention  to  the 
things  which  really  belong  to  pharmacy 
proper, and  which  would  advertise  them 
as  professional  and  scientific  men rather 
than  as  business  dealers.  Give  a greater 
share  of  attention  to  your  real calling  in 
your  displays  and  your  advertising gen­
erally.  Educate  the  people  to  seeing  in 
you  something  besides  a  dealer  in  mis­
cellaneous  articles.

A ntidote  F or Form aldehyde.

Dr.  Lord  says: 

Several  cases  of 
poisoning  with  formaldehyde,  taken  by 
mistake,  have  recently  been  reported. 
In  view  of  the  fact  that  the  chemical  is 
coming 
into  more  and  more  general 
use  as  a  disinfectant  and  antiseptic, 
such  cases  will  probably  become  more 
frequent.  An  easily  accessible  and  re­
liable  .antidote  is,  therefore,  a  neces­
sity.  We  possess  such  an  antidote  in 
ammonia  water.  Ammonia,  combining 
with  formaldehyde,  forms  the  harmless, 
non-caustic  and  non-toxic  bexametby-

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

27

W HOLESALE  DRUG  PRICE  CURRENT

Menthol.

Advanced—Oil Sassafras, Linseed Oil. 
Declined—Castor Oil.

®

©
Moschus  Canton.... 
Myrlstlca, No. 1......   66®
Nux Vomica...po. 16 
©
Os Sepia..................   3s®
Pepsin Saac, H. & p.
D  Co....................  @  1  00
Plcis Liq. N.N.*4 gal.
doz.......................  @ 2 00
Plcis Liq., quarts__ 
®  1  00
Plcis Liq.,  pints......   @  86
PllHydrarg...po. 80  @  60
Piper  Nigra...po.22  @ 
18
Piper  A lba....po.36  @  30
PilxBurgun............  
© 
7
Plumbl Acet............  
io® 
12
Pulvis Ipecac et Opll  1  30®  1  80 
Pyrethrum, boxes H.
& P. D. Co., doz...  @  76
Pyrethrum,  pv........  26®  30
8® 
Quasslae..................  
10
Qulnla, S. P. &  W... 
36®  46
36®  46
Qulnla, S.  German.. 
Quinla,N. Y............   36®  46
Rubia Tlnctorum.... 
12® 
14
Saccharum Lactls pv 
18®  20
Salacln....................  4 60® 4 76
Sanguis  Draconls...  40®  50
Sapo, W................... 
14
SapoM.................... 
12
Sapo G.................... 
ie

12® 
10© 
© 

3*4©

Setdlltz Mixture......
22
Slnapls..................
@ 18
Slnapls,  opt........
© 30
Snuff, Maccaboy, De
Voes..................
® 41
Snuff,Scotch.De Vo’s
® 41
Soda, Boras.............
9® 11
Soda,  Boras, po......
9® u
Soda et Potass Tart.
23® 25
Soda,  Carb.............. 1*4® 2
Soda,  Bi-Carb.........
3® 5
Soda, Ash...............
4
Soda, Sulphas.........
@ 2
Spts. Cologne..........
® 2 60
Spts. Ether  Co........
60© 56
Spts. Myrcla Dom...
© 2 00
Spts. Vlni Rect.  bbl.
@
Spts. Vlni Rect. 14bbl
®
Spts. Vinl Rect. lOgal
©
Spts. Vinl Rect. 5 gal
©
Strychnia, Crystal...
80©  1  06
Sulphur,  Subl.........
2*4® 4
Sulphur, Roll........... 2*4® 3*4
Tamarinds..............
8® 10
Terebenth  Venice...
30
Theobromae.............
85
Vanilla.................... 9 00®16 00
Zinc! Sulph............
7® 8
Oils

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

BBL.  GAL.
70
70
60

70
60
45

Linseed, pure raw...
Linseed,  Dolled.......
Neatsfoot, winter str 
Spirits  Turpentine..

Red Venetian.........
Ochre, yellow  Mars. 
Ochre, yellow Ber... 
Putty,  commercial.. 
Putty, strictly  pure. 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American............
Vermilion, English..
Green,  Paris.........
Green, Peninsular...
Lead, red................
Lead,  white............
Whiting, white Span 
Whiting, gliders’.... 
White, Paris, Amer. 
Whiting, Paris, Eng.
cliff....................;.
Universal Prepared.
Varnishes

82
83
64
60
41
46
BBL. LB.
114  2 ®8
114  2 @4
114  2 @3
2*4  2*i®3
2*4  214@3
13® 16
70® 76
14® 18
13® 16
6*4© 7
6*4© 7

® 90
® 95
®  11  26
©  11 40
1  10®  1L  20

No. 1 Turp  Coach...  1  10© 1  20
Extra Turp..............  1  60®  1  70
Coach Body............2 76© 3 00
No. 1 Turp Fura......  1  00©  1  M
Extra Turk Damar..  1 56©  1  60 
Jap.Dryer,No.lTurp  70©  76

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we shall  this  season  show  an  even  more 

complete  line  of  Holiday  Goods  than  last 

year.  Our  Mr.  Dudley  will  call  and  dis­

play samples  as  soon  as  the  new  lines  are 

complete.  Our  customers  can  place  their 

entire  orders  with  us  this  season  at  one 

time 

if  they  wish,  saving  the  time  and 

trouble  of  looking  over  several  smaller 

lines.

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D rug  Co.,

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Sdllse Co.................
Tolutan...................
Prunus  vlrg............

Tinctures 
Aconitum Napellis R 
Aconitum Napellis F
Aloes .......................
Aloes and Myrrh....
Arnica....................
Assafoetida..............
Atrope Belladonna..
Aurantl Cortex.......
Benzoin..................
Benzoin Co..............
Barosma..................
Cantharldes............
Capsicum................
Cardamon...............
Cardamon Co...........
Castor......................
Catechu'...................
Cinchona................
Cinchona Co............
Columba.................
Cubebae....................
Cassia Acutifol........
Cassia Acutifol Co...
Digitalis..................
Ergot.......................
Ferri  Chlorldum....
Gentian...................
Gentian Co..............
Gulaca.....................
Gulaca ammon........
Hyoscyamus............
Iodine  ....................
Iodine, colorless......
K ino......................
Lobelia...................
Myrrh.....................
Nux Vomica............
Opll..........................
Opll, comphorated..
Opll, deodorized......
Quassia...................
Rhatany.................
Rhel.........................
Sanguinaria...........
Serpentaria............
Stromonlum............
Tolutan...................
Valerian.................
Veratrom  Verlde... 
Zingiber..................

Acldum
Acetlcum  ............... $  6@$  8
Benzolcum, German. 
70®  75
Boraclc....................  
©  17
30®  42
Carbollcum.............  
47® 
Cltrlcum................... 
so
3® 
Hydrochlor.............. 
6
8®  10
Nltrocum................. 
Oxalicum................. 
12®  14
@  16
Phosphortum,  dll... 
Sallcyllcum.............  57®  66
Sulphurlcum........... 
6
i%& 
Tannlcum................   1  10® 1 20
Tartarlcum............  
38®  40
Am m onia
Aqua, 16 deg............  
Aqua, 20 deg............  
Carbonas................. 
Chlorldum...............  
A niline

4® 
6
6® 
8
13®  16
12®  14

Black........................  2 00® 2 26
Brown......................  80® l oo
Red..........................  48®  60
Yellow.................... .  2 80® 3 00

Baccrn
Cubebae...........po,25  220  24
Juniperas................  
8
Xanfhoxylum..........   1  70@ 1 75
Balsam nm

6@ 

Copaiba...................  660  60
P e ru .......................   @  l  86
Terabin,  Canada__  660  60
Tolutan.................... 
45@  60
Cortex
Abies, Canadian...... 
Cassiae.............................. 
Cinchona  Flava......  
Buonymus atropurp. 
Myrlca Cerlfera, po. 
Prunus Virgini........ 
Qulllala, gr’d ........... 
Sassafras........po. 20 
Ulmus...po.  16, gr’d 
E xtractum
Glycyrrhiza Glabra. 
Glycyrrhlza,  po...... 
Haematox, 16 lb. box 
Haematox, is ........... 
Haematox, *4s.........  
Haematox, *is.........  

240  26
280  30
lira  12
130  14
140 
ie
160  17

18
18
30
20
12
12
15
16

F errn

Carbonate  Precip... 
nitrate and  Quinta.. 
Citrate Soluble........ 
Ferrocyanldum Sol.. 
Solut. Chloride........ 
Sulphate,  com’l......  
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bid, per  cwt.........  
Sulphate,  pure........ 

Flora

16
2 26
76
40
16
2
80
7

io® 

Conium Mac............  60®  60
Copaiba...................  i  ie® i  26
Cubebae...................  i  60®  1  60
Exechthltos............   i  oo® l  io
Erlgeron.................  i  io®  l  ?o
Gaultherla..............  i  «8®  l  90
Geranium, ounce  ... 
®  76
Gosslppil, Sem. gal..  60®  60
Hedeoma.................  i 60®  l  76
Junípera.................  i SO® 2 00
Lavendula..............  go® 2 00
Llmonts.................  
i  30®  l  40
Mentha  Piper.........   l  60® 2 oo
Mentha Verld.........   i  60® l  60
Morrhuae, &al.........   i  io®  l  20
Myrcla.......................... 4 oo® 4 60
Olive.......................  76® 3 00
Piéis Liquida.........  
12
®  36
Plcis Liquida,  gal... 
Ridna.....................   96®  1  02
Rosmarlni...............  
® 1  00
Rosae, ounce............   6 00® 6 60
Sucdnl....................  40®  46
Sabina....................   90® 1  00
Santal............................2 76® 7 00
Sassafras................. 
50®  66
®  66
Slnapls,  ess., ounce. 
Tiglil.......................  1  60®  1  60
40©  60
Thyme.....................  
Thyme, opt.............. 
®  1  60
Theobromas........... 
ie®  20
Potassium
Bi-Carb....................  
is
ie® 
Bichromate............  
13® 
15
Bromide.................  62®  67
Cart»....................... 
12© 
15
Chlorate... po. 17®19  16®  18
Cyanide..................  
34®  38
12
Iodide.....................   2 30® 2  40
Potassa, Bltart, pure  28®  30 
® 
Potassa, Bitart, com. 
15
Potass Nitras, opt... 
7®  10
Potass  Nitras.........  
6® 
8
Prussiate.................  23®  26
Sulphate po............  
16®  18

Radix

Aconitum.................  20®  26
so®  33
Althae...................... 
Anchusa................. 
io® 
12
Arum  po.................  @  26
Calamus..................   20©  m
Gentlana........po. 16
Glychrrhlza.. .pv.  15 
Hydrastis  Canaden.
Hydrastis Can., po..
Hellebore, Alba, po.
Inula,  po.................
Ipecac, po............... ;
Iris  plox.. .po. 35@38
Jalapa, p r,..............
Maranta,  14s...........
Podophyllum,  po...
Rhel............ ! . . . . . .
Rhel, cut.................
Rhel, pv..................
Spigella..................
Sanguinaria., .po.  15
Serpentaria............
Senega ....................
Smilax, officinalis H.
Smllax, M................
Sdllse............ po.  36
Symplocarpus.Foeti-
dus,  po.................
Valeriana,Eng. po. 30 
Valeriana,  German.

Miscellaneous

© 70
80
1^
15 Æther, Spts. Nit. ? F
30® 36
18® 22 Æther, Spts. Nit. 4 F
34® 38
60® 3 76 Alumen..................
2*4® 3
35® 40 Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7
3® 4
26® 30 Annatto...................
40® 50
© 36 Antimoni, po...........
4® 5
22® 26 Antimonlei Potass T 40® 50
76®  1  00 Antipyrin...............
® 25
@  1  26 Antifëbrin..............
® 20
76®  1  36 Argent! Nitras, oz...
© 51
36® 38 Arsenicum..............
10® 12
@ 18 Balm Gilead  Buds..
38® 40
40® 45 Bismuth S. N........... 1  80®  1  86
60® 65 Calcium Chlor., is...
9
®
® 40 Calcium Chlor., *4s..
® 10
@ 26 Calcium Chlor.,  *4s..
® 12
10® 12 Cantharides, Rus.po
® 80
Capsid Froctus, af..
® l5
® 26 Capsicl  Froctus, po.
® 15
© 26 Capsici Froctus B, po
® 15
15® 20 Caryophyllus. .po. 15
12® 14
14® 16 Carmine, No. 40......
® 3 00
26® 27 Cera Alba..............
50® 55
Cera  Flava..............
40® 42
Coccus  ....................
® 40
Cassia Froctus........
Centraria.................  @ 
10
Cetaceum.................  @  45
Chloroform............   66®  60
Chloroform, squibbs  @ 1  10 
Chloral Hyd Crst..,.  1  40®  1  65
Chondros................   20®  26
Clnchonidlne.P. & W  38©  48
Cinchonidine, Germ.  38®  48
Cocaine..................   6 66®  6 76
70
Corks, list, dls. pr. ct. 
Creosotum...............   @  36
Creta............bbl. 75 
® 
2
Creta, prep.............. 
® 
5
Creta, precip........... 
9® 
11
® 
Creta, Rubra........... 
s
Crocus....................  26®  30
©  24
Cudbear..................  
Cupri  Sulph............   6*4® 
8
Dextrine................. 
7® 
10
Ether Sulph............   78®  92
Emery, all numb6>s.  @ 
8
Emery, po................ 
6
® 
Ergota......... po. 90  86®  90
12© 
Flake  White........... 
15
Galla.......................  
©  23
Gambler................. 
8© 
9
©  60
Gelatin,  Cooper......  
Gelatin, French......   36®  60
76 &  6
Glassware,  flint, box 
Less than box...... 
70
Glue, brown............  
n@ 
13
Glue,  white............  
15®  26
Glycerina.................  17*4®  25
Grana  Paradis!........  @  26
Humulus.................  26®  56
© 1 00 
Hydrarg Chlor  Mite 
Hydrarg Chlor Cor.. 
®  90 
Hydrarg Ox Rub’m. 
®  1  10 
Hydrarg  Ammoniatl  @ 1  20 
HydrargU nguentum  60®  60
Hydrargyrum.........  
©  86
Icnthyobolla,  Am...  66®  70
Indigo.....................   76®  l  00
Iodine,  Resubl........3 40® 3 60
Iodoform................. 3 60® 3 86
Lupulin.................... 
©  60
Lycopodium............   80®  86
a c ts......................
Liquor Arsen et  Hy­
drarg Iod..............
LlquorPotassArslnlt 
Magnesia,  Sulph....
Magnesia, Sulph, bbl
Mannla.Si  F „ „ ....

10®
2®
a60©

66®

Semen
_
Anlsum.........po.  16 
Aplum (graveleons). 
13®
Bird, Is.................... 
4®
Carol.............po.  16  10®
Cardamon...............   1  26®
Coriandrom.............  
8®
Cannabis Sativa......   4*4®
Cydonium...............  
78®  1  00
Chenopodium.........  
15®  43
Dlpterlx Odorate....  1  00®  1  10
©
Foenlculum.............. 
7®
Foenugreek, po........ 
L inl......................... 
4®
4 *4®
Llnl, grd...... bbl. 4 
Lobelia....................  45©
Pharlarls Canarian..  4*4®
Rapa.......................   414®
Slnapls  Alba........... 
9®
Slnapls  Nigra.........  
n@
Splrltns 

Frumentl, W. D. Co. 2 00®  2 60 
Fromenti.  D. F. R..  2 00®  2  26
Frumentl................   1  26©  1  60
Juniperls Co. O. T...  1  68® 2 00
Juniperls  Co...........  1  76® 3 60
Saacharum  N. E ....  1  90® 2  10
Spt. Vlni Galli.........   1  76® 6 80
Vinl Oporto............   1  26® 2 00
Vlni Alba.................  1  26® 2 00

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage...............  2 60® 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................
@  1  00 
Hard, for slate use..
®  75
Yellow  R e e f,  for
slate use..............
I  40
Syrnps
Acacia  ....................
Aurantl Cortex........
Zingiber..................
Ipecac......................
®
Ferri Iod.................
Rhel Arom..............   @
Smllax  Officinalis...  60®
Senega....................  
©
a
Soillae...  .................. 

160  18
Arnica..................... 
Anthemls................   220  26
Matricaria......... “....  300  36

Folia
Barosma..................   460  48
Cassia Acutifol,  Tln-
uevelly................. 
200  26
260  30
Cassia, Acutifol, Alx. 
Salvia officinalis,  14s
and *4s.........   .... 
120
CvaUrsl..................  
80
G am m i
O
Acacia, 1st picked... 
O
Acacia,*2d  picked... 
Acacia, 3d  picked... 
O
Acacia, sifted  sorts. 
ra
Acacia, po................  460
Aloe, Barb. po.i8®20  120
Aloe, Cape... .po. 16. 
O
Aloe,  Socotrl..po. 40  @
Ammoniac................  660
Assafoettda__po. 40 
400
600
Benzoinum.............. 
Catecbu, is .............. 
O
Catechu, V4s............  
O
Catechu, 14s............  
O
Campnorae..............  69®
Eupnorbium... po. 36 
®
Gamboge.............po  66®
Gualacum.......po. 26 
®
Kino...........po. $0.76 
®
Mastic  ....................  
®
Myrrh............ po. 46
®
«   Opll__po. 4.90®6.00 3 46®  3 60
Shellac.................... 
26®  35
45
Shellac, bleached....  40® 
Tragacanth:.............  60®  90

H erba
Absinthium. .oz. pkg 
Eupatorium.oz. pkg 
Lobelia........oz. pkg 
Majorum___oz. pkg 
Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 
Mentha Vlr  .oz. pkg 
Rue.............. oz. pkg 
Tanacetum V oz. pkg 
rhyrnus, Y .. .oz. pkg 
Magnesia
Calcined, P at...........  66®  60
Carbonate, P at........ 
18®  20
Carbonate, K. & M..  18®  20
'arbonate, Jennings  18®  20

25
20
26
28
23
26
39
22
26

Olenm

Absinthium.............  6 60®  7 00
Amygdalae, Dulc__  38®  66
Amygdalae, Amarae.  8 00® 8 26
Anlsf.......................   1 86®  2 00
Aurantl Cortex........2  10®  2 20
Bergamtl.................   2 66®  2 86
Galipot!...................  80®  86
CaryophylU.............  
75®  80
Cedar......................  80® l  10
Chenopadil.............. 
® 2 76
Clnnamonll...............l  20®  l so
Gitronella................  86®  40

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

G R O C E R Y   P R IC E   C U R R E N T

These quotations are  carefully  corrected  weekly,  within  six  hours  of  m ailin g  
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

Family  White Fish 
Domestic Cheese 
Lemons 
Brooms'

DECLINED

Winter Wheat Flour 
Spring Wheat Flonr

Strawberries

Standard.................
Fancy.....................
Succotash
Fair.........................
Good.......................
Fancy......................
Tomatoes
F air.........................
Good.......................
Fancy......................
Gallons....................
CATSUP
Columbia,  pints.................. 2 00
Columbia, H pints...............1  25

CARBON  OILS 

Barrels

@10Vi 
@ 9V£ 
@  8V4 
@ 12*  
@10Vi 
@34 
@22 
@10M
@ »Vi @ 9 vi
@ 9 Vi 
@10 
@10 
@10 
@  9 Vi 
@ »Vi 
@ »Vi @ 9 Vi 
14@15 
@90 
@17 
13@14 
50@75 
19@20

Eocene .......................
Perfection..................
Diamond White.........
D. S. Gasoline............
Deodorized Naphtha..
Cylinder.....................29
Engine........................19
Black, winter..............
CHEESE
Acme.......................
Amboy....................
Carson City.............
Elsie........................
Emblem....
Gem......... .
Gold Medal
Ideal.........
Jersey...... .
Riverside...
Brick.........
Edam....... .
Leiden......
Llmburger..
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..................................
Bed...................................
Eagle................................
Franck’s .............................   6Vi
Schener’s .............................  6

56 
60 
55 
60 
55 
5556

1 00

CHICORY

CHOCOLATE 

 

Walter Baker & Co.’s.

Runkel Bros.

CLOTHES  LINES

German  Sweet....................   23
Premium.............................   31
Breakfast Cocoa..................   46
Vienna Sweet....................  21
Vanilla.......................... 
28
Premium.............................   31
Cotton, 40 ft. per doz...........1  00
Cotton, 50 ft.  per doz...........1 20
Cotton, 60 ft.  per doz...........1 40
Cotton, 70 ft. per doz...........1 60
Cotton, 80 ft.  per doz.......... 1  80
Jute, 60 ft. per doz..............  80
Jute. 72 ft. per doz............   96
Cleveland.............................   41
Colonial, ms  .......................   35
Colonial, Vis.........................  33
Epps.....................................  42
Huyler.................................  45
Van Houten, Vis..................  12
Van Houten, Ms..................  20
Van Houten, Ms..................  38
Van Houten,  is..................  70
Webb................................  
30
Wilbur, Vis..........................   41
Wilbur. Ms..........................   42
20 lb. bags
Less quantity. 
Pound packages

COCOA SHELLS 

COCOA

COFFEE 
Roasted

J E T high grade
Coffees

special Combination......... 15
French Breakfast..............i7Vi
Lenox, Mocha & Java.........21
Old Gov’t Java and Mocha.,24 
Private Estate, Java & Moc 26 
Supreme, Java and Mocha .27 
Dwlnell-Wrlght  Co.’s Brands.
White House, 60-ls............ 2»
White House, 30-2s.............28
Excelsior M. & J., 60-ls.. 
.. 21 Vi
Excelsior M. & J., 30-2s.......20y,
Royal Java......................... 26 Vi
Royal Java & Mocha..........26J4
Arabian  Mocha  ..................28H
A d e n  M o ch .................................22Vi
Mocha & Java Blend..........23
Fancy Maricaibo................l8Vi
Javo Blend......................... i7Vi
Golden Santos.....................17
Ja-Mo-Ka...........................i5Vi
Excelsior Blend...................i4Vi
No. 55 Blend........................14
Common..............................1054
F a ir.................................... 11
Choice..................................13
Fancy.................................. 15
Common..............................u
F air....................... ; ........... 14
Choice..................................15
Fancy..................................17
Pea berry..............................13
F air..................................... 12
Choice........................Mffrrtl?

Maracaibo

Santos

Rio

Mexican

Guatem ala

Choice................................. 16
Fancy..................................17
Choice................................. 16
African................................12V4
Fancy African................... 17
O. G.....................................25
P. G.....................................29
Arabian....................... 
...  21

Jav a

Mocha
Package 

New York Basis.

Arbuokle............................ll*
Dllworth............................ 11 Vi
Jersey................................ lift
Lion................................... ll Vi
M cLaughlin's XXXX 
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mail all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin & 
Co., Chicago.
Valley City Vi  gross............   75
Felix Vi gross....................... 1  15
Hummers foil Vi gross........  85
Hummel’s tin Vi gross........1  43

E xtract

Substitutes

Crushed Cereal Coffee Cake

12 packages, Vi case.............1  75
24 packages,  1 c a se ...........3 50

CONDENSED  M ILK 

4 doz in case.

Gail Borden Eagle.............. 6  40
Crown.................................. 6  25
Daisy................................. „6 75
Champion............................4 50
Magnolia............................. 4  26
Challenge............................3 75
Dime......... ; . . .................... 3 35
Leader.................................3 80
COUPON  BOOKS 
50 books, any  denom... 
l 50 
100 books, any  denom...  2 50 
500 books, any  denom...  11  50 
1,000books, 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 cially  
printed  cover  without  extra 
charge.

Soda

Oyster

B utter

CRACKERS

Credit  Checks 

Sweet  Goods—Boxes

Coupon  Pass  Books 
Can be made to represent any 
denomination from $10 down,
50  books.......................   1  so
100  books.......................  2 50
600  books.......................  11  50
1.000  books.......................  20  00
500, any one denom........  2 00
1.000, any one denom........  3 00
2.000, any one denom........  5 00
Steel  punch...................... 
75
National Biscuit Co.’s brands 
Seymour.......................
6
New York....................
6
Family.........................
6
Salted...........................
6
Wolverine....................
6V4
Soda  XXX...................
6 Vi
Soda, City....................
8
Long Island Wafers__ ..  13
Zephyrette....................
..  13
Faust..........................
7%
Farina..........................
6
Extra Farina................
6)4
Saltine Oyster..............
6
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.....................  
iovi
Cubans.............................   hm
Currant  Fruit...................  12
Frosted Honey.................   12
Frosted Cream.................  9
Ginger Gems, l’rge or sm’ll  8
Ginger  Snaps, N. B. C.... 
6
Gladiator..........................  
iovi
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...................  
ie
Marshmallow Creams......   16
Marshmallow Walnuts__  16
8
Mary Ann......................... 
Mixed Picnic....................   nvi
Milk Biscuit...................... 
7M
Molasses  Cake................. 
8
Molasses Bar....................  9
Moss Jelly Bar.................  12M
Newton.............................   12
Oatmeal Crackers.........  8
Oatmeal Wafers...............   12
Orange Crisp....................   9
Orange Gem......................  9
Penny Cake......................  8
Pilot Bread, XXX............ 
7Vi
Pretzelettes, hand made.. 
8
Pretzels, hand  made........  -  8
Scotch Cookies.................   9
Sears’ Lunch....................  
7*
Sugar Cake.......................  
8
Sugar cream, x x x ........ .  8

„ «
Sugar Squares.............. 
"   »
SuTtanas.................  
TuttlFruttl............ 
ir
Vanilla Wafers......... " 
ig
Vienna Crimp..................!  8
E-J- Kruce & Co.’s baked goods 

Standard Crackers.
Blue Ribbon Squares.
Write for  complete  price  list 

with Interesting discounts.
CREAM TARTAR 
5 and 10 lb. wooden boxes. 
30
Bulk In sacks.....................".".29
D RIED   FRUITS 

Apples
Sundried.................
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes!  @5 

California F ruits

California Prunes

Biackberries......!!!!  90 9*
Nectarines................  7
Peaches......................e  @20
Pears.........................  714
Pitted Cherries.........!
Prunnelles.................
Raspberries ....;.......
100-120 25 lb. boxes........  a   su
90-100 25 lb. boxes........  @ 4
80 - 90 25 lb. boxes........  §  444
70 - 80 25 lb. boxes........  @ 4^
60 - 70 25 lb. boxes........  @ bh
50 - 60 25 lb. boxes........  @ 5V4
40-50 26 lb. boxes........  @
30-40 25 lb. bOX68........ 
M cent less In 50 lb. cases 

8

Citron

Peel

C urrants

Leghorn...............................  xi
Corsican.............................".'..12
California, l lb.  package....
Imported, 1 lb package.......i?w
Imported, bulk.................... 11«
Citron American 19 lb. bx... 13 
Lemon American 10 lb. bx.. 101/, 
Orange American 10 lb. bx.. 10*4 
London Layers 2 Crown.
1  75
London Layers 3 Crown. 
Cluster 4 Crown............
6Vi
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
6
Loose Muscatels 8 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

2 00

Beans

F arin a

Cereals

FARINACEOUS GOODS 
Dried Lima..........................  7
Medium Hand Picked 
Brown Holland....................
Cream of Cereal..................   90
Graln-O, small..................... 1 35
Graln-O, large...................... 2 25
Grape Nuts...........................1 35
Postum Cereal, small...........1 35
Postuto Cereal, large.......   2 25
241 lb. packages.................. 1 50
Bulk, per 100 lbs................... 3 00
Flake, 60 lb. sack...............  80
Pearl,  200 lb. bbl.................. 2 40
Pearl, 100 lb. sack.................1 17
Maccaroni  and Verm icelli
Domestic, 10 lb. box............   60
Imported. 25 lb. box..............2 50
Common  ..............................2 40
Chester..................................2 90
Empire...............  
  3 40
G rits

P earl  B arley

H om iny

Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

 

 

Peas

Rolled  Oats

24 2 lb. packages...................... 2 00
100 lb. kegs............................... 3 00
200 lb. barrels...........................6 70
100 lb. bags................................2 90
Green, Wisconsin, bu..........1 30
Green, Scotch, bu.....................1 40
Split,  lb...... ........................   3
Rolled Avena, bbl.....................4 20
Steel Cut, 100 lb. sacks__   2 26
Monarch, bbl............................3 90
Monarch, V4 bbl........................2 05
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks.......... j  90
Quaker, cases........................... 3 20
East India...........................   2%
German, sacks....................   3%
German, broken package..  4 
Flake,  110 lb. sacks.............  ix
Pearl, 130 lb. sacks..............  3%
Pearl, 241 lb.  packages......   6
Cracked, bulk......................  314
24 2 t>. packages...................... 2 50
FLAVORING EXTRACTS

Tapioca

w h e a t

Sago

FOOTE & JENES’

JAXON

^H lg h es^G rad ^E x tracts
Lemon

Vanilla 

oz full m .120  lozfullm .  80 
ozfullm.2oio  2ozfullm .ls5 
No.3fan’y,3  13  No.Sfan’y.l  57

4. !  y*

i*  ?  *

v  

y

Index to  Markets

By Columns

A

Col
Akron  Stoneware..................   15
Alabastine............ ................  1
Ammonia................................  
l
Axle Urease............................  
l

B

I

C

B

G

J
L

D
F

l
Baking Powder........................ 
l
Bath Brick.............................. 
Bluing.....................................   1
Brooms....................................  1
Brushes...........................
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.................   e
Fly  Paper...............................   6
Fresh Meats...........................  6
Fruits.....................................  14
Grains and Flour...................  6
H erbs.....................................   6
Hides and Pelts....................   13
Indigo...................... . ..........  6
Je lly .......................................   6
Lamp Burners.......................  15
Lamp Chimneys....................  15
Lanterns...............................   15
Lantern  Globes.....................   15
Licorice...............................  7
Lye....................................
Matches............................
Meat Extracts.......................  7
Molasses................................  7
Mustard..................................   7
Huts........................................  14
Oil Cans.................................   15
Olives.....................................   7
Oyster Pails............................   7
Paper Bags............................  7
Paris 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
9
Snuff.................... 
Soap.......................................  9
Soda...........................  
9
Spices...................................   9
Starch....................................  10
Stove Polish..........................  io
Sugar..................  
io
Syrups...................................  9
Table Sauce..........................   12
Tea........................................   11
Tobacco.................................  11
Twine....................................  12
Vinegar.................................  12
Washing Powder...................  12
Wicklng.................................  13
Wooden ware.........................  13
Wrapping Paper...................  13
Yeast Cake............................  13

N
O

B
S

M

W

T

F

v

 

 

 

A LA B A STIN E

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

Less 40 per cent discount.

doz.  gross

AXLE GREASE
aurora 
.....................56 
Castor  Oil.................... en 
Diamond......................50 
Frazer’s ....................... 75 
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75 

8 00
7 00
4 25
9 00
9 00

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

X lb. cans,  4 doz. case...... 3 75
V4 lb. cans,  2 doz. case...... 3 75
1 lb. cans, 
1 doz. case.......3 75
5 lb. cans, Vi doz. case.........8 00
JA X O N
Vi lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  45
Vi lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  85
1 
lb. cans. 2 doz. case........1 60

Queen  Flake

3 oz., 6 doz. case...................2 70
6 oz., 4 doz. case.................. 3 20
9 oz., 4 doz. case...................4 80
1 lb., 2 doz. case..................4 00
5 lb., 1 doz. case..................9 00

R o y a l

10c size__  90
X lb. cans  1  35 
6 oz. cans.  1  90 
Vi  lb. cans 2 50 
X. lb.  cans 3 75 
1 lb.  cans.  4 80 
g  3 lb. cans  13 00 
5 lb. cans. 21  50

BATH  BRICK

American.............................  70
English.................................  80
Arctic, 4 oz. ovals, per gross 4 00 
Arctic, 8 oz. ovals, per grosso 00 
Arctic 16 oz. round per gross 9 00

BLUING 

Small size, per doz..............  40
Large size, per doz..............  75

BROOMS

No. 1 Carpet........................ 2 50
No. 2 Carpet........................ 2  15
No. 3 Carpet........................ 1  85
No. 4 Carpet........................ 1 60
Parlor  Gem........................ 2 40
Common Whisk...................  86
Fancy Whisk.......................1  10
Warehouse..........................3 26

BRUSHES 

Scrub

Solid Back,  8 in..................   45
Solid Back, 11 in .................   95
Pointed Ends.......................  85

Shoe

Stove

Beans

No. 8....................................1
N o.7..;................................1
No. 4..........._........................1
No. 3.................................... 1
No. 3.....................................
No. 2.....................................1
No. 1.................................... 1
W., B. & Co.’s, 15c size__  1 25
W., R. & Co.’s, 25c size__  200
Electric Light, 8s.................12
Electric Light, 168...............12 Vi
Paraffine, 6s........................ iovi
Paraffine, 12s....................... 11
Wicklng 
................29

BUTTER  COLOR

CANDLES

Blackberries

Clam  Bouillon

CANNED  GOODS 

...... 
Apples
3 lb. Standards........ 
70
2 00
Gallons, standards.. 
Standards................ 
75
Baked......................  1  oo@i  30
75@  86
Red  Kidney............. 
String...................... 
80
Wax......................... 
85
Blueberries
Standard.................... 
85
B rook  T rout
2 lb. cans, Spiced..............  1  90
Clams.
1  00
Little Neck, 1 lb...... 
Little Neck. 2 lb...... 
1  50
Burnham’s, Vi pint...........  1  92
Burnham’s, pints..............  3 60
Burnham’s, quarts 
20
Cherries
Bed  Standards...........
White.........................
Corn
Fair..........................
Good........................
Fancy......................
French  Peas
Sur Extra Fine..........
Extra  Fine...................
Fine...............................
Moyen...........................
Gooseberries
Standard................
Hominy
Standard.
Lobster
Star, Vi lb.
Star, l  lb.................
Picnic Tails..............
Mackerel
Mustard, l lb...........
Mustard, 21b...........
Soused, 1 lb..............
Soused, 2 lb............
Tomato, 1 lb.............
Tomato, 2 lb.............
Hotels.......................
Buttons.
Oysters
Cove, l lb.
Cove, 21b.
Cove, 1 lb  Oval.
Peaches
P ie...........................
Yellow....................
Pears
Standard.................
Fancy.......................
Marrowfat..............
Early June..............
Early June  Sifted..
Pineapple
G rated....................
Sliced.......................
Pum pkin
F air.........................
Good.......................
Fancy......................
Standard..................
Vi lb. cans..............................   3 75
Vi lb, cans..............................   7 00
1 lb. can................................  12 00
Salmon
@1 85
Columbia Blver, tails 
«51 95
Columbia River, flats 
Bed Alaska..............  1  20@i 40
Pink Alaska............  1  oo@i  10
Shrimps
Standard.................
1 50
Sardines
Domestic, >¿8...........
Domestic, K s..........
Domestic,  Mustard.
California, 14s.........
California Vis...........
French, Ms..............
French, Vis............

1  65@1  85
70
80
1 00
1  00
1  60
1  25@2 75
1  35@2  55
70
75
85
90

1  86 
3 40 
2 35
1  75
2 80
1 75
2 80
1 75
2 80
18@20
22@25

Raspberries
Russian  Cavier

7
11@14
17@24
7<au
18@28

Mushrooms

1  56 
96

48

Peas

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

White fish

100 lbs...........7 50 
40 lbs........... 3 30 
10 lbs...........  90 
8 lbs...........  76 
SEEDS

9
No. 1  No. 2  Fam
2 75
1  40
43
37
Anise..............................  
9
Canary, Smyrna..................   4
Caraway.............................   8
Cardamon, Malabar...........60
Celery....................................
Hemp, Russian....................  44
Mixed Bird............................ 44
Mustard, white...................  9
Poppy.....................................
Rape...................................   44
Cuttle Bone......................... 15
Handy Box, large............   2 50
Handy Box, small............   1  26
Bixby’s Royal Polish........ 
85
Miller’s Crown  Polish...... 
85
Scotch, In bladders..............  37
Maccabov, 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

IO

P u re  Cane

P air.....................................  16
Good...................................   20
Choice................................   26

STARCH

Kinggford’s  Corn

40 l-lb. packages...............   64
20 l-lb. packages...............  6Íí
6 lb. packages...............  
74
Kings ford’s Silver Gloss
7

40 l-lb. packages...............  

Common Gloss

45i
l-lb. packages..................  
3-lb. packages...................  44
6-lb. packages..................  
54
40 and 60-lb. boxes............   34
Barrels.............................   34

29

II

No.  8................................  4  75
No.  9................................  4  70
No. 10................................  4
No. 11................................  4
No. 12................................  4
No. 13................................  4
No. 14................................  4
No. 15................................  4  60
No. 16................................   4  50

S
S
8
8
3

TEA
Japan

Sundrled, medium.............. 28
Sundrled, choice................. 30
Sundrled, 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...........................I9@2i
Fannings........................20@22

Gunpowder

Moyune, medium................26
Moyune, choice................... 35
Moyune, fancy.................... 60
Plngsuey,  medium.............. 25
Pingsuey,  choice......... .....30
Plngsuey, fancy...................40

8

Sausages
Bologna...................
Liver.......................
Frankfort................
P o rk .......................
Blood.......................
Tong

Icheese..

Beef

Tripe

Extra Mess.............. 
Boneless..................  
Rump...................... 
Pigs’  Feet
4  bbls., 40 lbs.........  
4  bbls., 80 lbs.........  
Kits, 15  lbs..............  
4  bbls., 40 lbs.........  
4  bbls., 80 lbs.........  
Casings
P o rk .......... .7 ...7 .. 
Beef rounds............. 
Beef middles........... 
Sheep....................... 
B ntterine
Solid, dairy..............  11  @
Rolls, dairy..............  114@
Rolls, creamery......  
Solid, creamery......  
Corned beef, 2lb.... 
Corned beef, 14 lb ... 
Roast beef, 2 lb........ 
Potted ham,  4 s ......  
Potted ham,  4 s ......  
Deviled ham, 4 s .... 
Deviled ham,  4 s __ 
Potted tongue,  4 s.. 
Potted tongue.  4 s.. 
RICE 
Domestic

Canned Meats 

10 75
n   50
11  50
1  60
350

70
1  25
2  25
21
3
10
60

144
14

2 76
17 50
2 75
50
90
50
90
eo
90

Carolina head................. 
7
Carolina  No. l ...................."5 4
Carolina  No. 2 ...................... 44
Broken..................................44
Japan,  No.  1................ 54@6
Japan,  No. 2................ 44@5
Java, fancy head..........5  @54
Java, No. 1................... 5  <a
Table.................................  @

Im ported.

SALERATUS 

Packed 60 lbs. In box. 

Church’s Arm and Hammer. 3  X5
Deland’s....................................3 00
Dwight’s Cow...........................3 15
Emblem...............................     10
U; P  ......................................3 00
Wyandotte, 100 4 s ...................3 00
Granulated,  bbls.................  80
Granulated, 100 lb. cases....  90
Lump, bbls...........................  
7e
Lump. 146 lb. kegs.................  go

SAL SODA

SALT

Buckeye

Common  Grades

Diam ond Crystal 

100  3 lb. bags...........................3 00
50  61b. bags...........................3 00
2214 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. bulk. 2 65 
Butter, barrels, 20 Mlb.bags.2 85
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs............   27
Butter, sacks, 66 lbs............   67
100 31b. sacks....................... 2 25
60 61b. sacks....................... 2  15
2810 lb. sacks......................2 05
561b. sacks.......................   40
281b. sacks.......................   22
56 lb. dairy In drill bags......   30
28 lb. dairy In drill bags......   16
66 lb. dairy In linen sacks...  60
66 lb. dairy In linen sacks...  60 
86 lb. sacks..........................   26
Granulated  Fine.................  95
Medium Fine............................ 1 00

Solar Rock
Common

Ashton
Higgins

W a t s a w

 

 

M50 cakes, large size................. 3 76

Fels brand—
Gowans & Sons brands—

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

100 cakes, large size................. 6 50
50 cates, small size............ 1  95
100 cakes, small size.................3 86
Bell 6c Bogart brands—
Coal Oil Johnny........ 
.  3 90
Peekln............................   4  00
Detroit Soap Co. brands—
Queen Anne...................   3  15
Big  Bargain..............••••  1  76
Umpire...........................  2  15
German  Family..............  2  45
Dfugman........................   3  85
Santa  Claus....................  3 26
Brown............................... 2 40
Fairy................. 
4  00
Naptha............................  4  00
Oak Leaf.......................   3 25
Oak Leaf, big 5...............   4  00
JA X O N
S in g le   b o x ................................... 3  uo
5 box lots, delivered..........2 95
10 box lots, delivered..........2 90
Johnson Soap Co. brands—
Sliver King......................  3 60
Calumet Family..............  2 70
Scotch Family.................  2 50
Cuba................................  2 40
so cakes....................   1  95
Ricker’s Magnetic..........  3 90
Big Acme........... 1..........   4 00
Acme 5c..........................   3 25
Marseilles.......................  4 00
Master.............................3 70
Lenox............................3 00
Ivory, 6oz....................... 4 00
Ivory, 10 oz.....................  6 75
sta r......................... .......  3 00
Good Cheer....................  3 80
Old Country....................  3 20
Sapollo, kitchen, 3 doz........2 40
Sapollo, hand, 3 doz...:...... 2 40
Boxes................................... 54
Kegs, English......................4£

Schultz 6t Co. b rand-
A. B. Wrisley brands—

Proctor & Gamble brands—

Lautz Bros, brands—

Scouring

SODA

Best Gloss Starch, 50 lb......
Best Gloss Starch, 40 lb......
Best Gloss Starch,  6 lb......
Best Gloss Starch,  3 lb......
Best Gloss Starch,  1 lb......
W orks:  Venice, I1L 
Geneva, 111.

Common Corn

20 l-lb.  packages.............. 
6
40 l-lb.  packages..............  4\
STOVE POLISH

6

Vanilla 

Lemon

2 ozpanel..1  20  2 ozpanel.  76 
3 oz taper..2 00  4 oz taper. .1  60

It. C  Lemon
2 OZ..........  
75
3 OZ...........  1  00
6 OZ...........  2  00
No. 4 T 
.  1  52
O ur Tropical.

D. C. Vanilla
2 OZ...........  1  24
3 OZ..........  1  60
4 OZ...........  2  00
No  3 T ...  2 08

2 oz. Assorted Flavors 75c. 

2 oz. full measure, Lemon..  76
4 oz. full measure, Lemon..  l  50 
2 oz. full measure, Vanilla..  90 
4 oz. full measure, Vanilla..  1  80 
2 oz. Panel Vanilla Tonka..  70
2 oz. Panel Lemon............. 
60
Tanglefoot, per box.............   35
Tanglefoot, per case...........3 20

FLY  P A P E S

Standard.

FRESH  HEATS 

Beef

Pork

Carcass...................  6H@ 8
Forequarters.........  
54®  6
Hindquarters......... 
Hindquarters......... 
84@ 9
xv,@  94
Loins No. 3..............  124@16
9  @124 
Bibs...
H4@  9 
Rounds 
Chucks
@ 54 
Plates......................  4
@ 64
> 
Dressed...................
@  7 
@ 94 
Loins.......................
@ 84 
Boston  Butts...........
Shoulders................
@  8 
Leaf  Lard................
M utton
Carcass 
Lambs...................... 
Carcass.  .................   7

8
GRAINS  AND  FLOUR 

7*@ 94
94@10

@ 8

Veal

_

W heat

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

W inter W heat  F lour 

63

Local Brands

Patents.............................  4  io
Second Patent..................   3 6«
Straight.............................  3 40
Clear................................   3 oo
Graham............................  3 00
Buckwheat.......................  4 00
Rye...................................   3 26
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour In bbls., 25c per  bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Diamond 4 s......................  3 76
Diamond 4 s .....................   3 76
Diamond 4 s.....................   3 75
Quaker 4 s.........................  3 60
Quaker 4 s........................   3 60
Quaker 4 s........................  3 60

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

Spring W heat  F lour 

Olney & Judson’s Brand

Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.’s Brand
Plllsbury’s  Best 4 s .........   4 15
Pillsbury’8  Best 4 s .........   4 os
Plllsbury’s  Best 4 s .........   3 96
Plllsbury’s Best 4 s paper.  3 95 
Plllsbury’s Best 4s paper.  3 95 
Ball-Bamhart-Putman’s Brand
Duluth  Imperial 4 s.........  4 oo
Duluth  Imperial 4 s.........  3 90
Duluth  Imperial 4 s.........  3 80
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand
Wlngold  4 s .................... 
4  30
Wlngold  4 s .................... 
4  10
Wlngold  H i...... *...........  
4 00
Ceresota 4 s ......................  4 20
Ceresota 4 s .....................  4 io
Ceresota 4 s ......................  4 00
Worden Grocer  Co.’s Brand
Laurel  4 s .........................  4  10
Laurel  4 i .........................  4 00
Laurel  Hs.........................  3 90
Laurel 4s and 4 s paper..  3 90 
Bolted.............................   200
Granulated.......................  2  io
Car  lots.............................  32
Car lots, clipped...............   35
Less than car lots............

H eal

Oats

Feed and Millstuflh 

St. Car Feed, screened....  18 oo
No. 1 Corn and  Oats........17 60
Unbolted Corn  Meal........  17 00
Winter Wheat Bran.........  15 50
Winter Wheat Middlings.  16 60 
Screenings.......................  16 oo
Corn, car  lots...................  45

C o ra
Hay

10 oo
No. 1 Timothy car lotB.
No. 1 Timothy ton lots.
11 oo
Sage.........................................15
Hops....................................... 15
Laurel Leaves...................... .15
8enna Leaves...................... 25

HERBS

INDIGO

JELLY

Madras, 5 lb. boxes................55
S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes....... 50
61b.palls.per doz...... . 
i  gs
15 lb. palls............................  35
30 lb. palls............................  62
Pure.....................................  30
Calabria...............................  23
Sicily.................................... 
i4
Root..................................... 
io
Condensed, 2 doz......................i 20
Condensed, 4 doz......................2 25

LICORICE

LYE

HATCHES

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.

No.  9 sulphur...........................i 66
Anchor Parlor......................... i 50
No. 2 Home........................   1 3c
Export Parlor...........................4 00
Wolverine................................. 1 so

MEAT  EXTRACTS
Armour & Co.’s, 4 oz........ 
Liebig’s, 2  oz.......................  

MOLASSES 
New  Orleans

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

Half-barrels 2c extra 
MUSTARD

OLIVES

Horse Radish, 1 doz.............1  75
Horse Radish, 2 doz............ 3 50
Bayle’s Celery, 1 doz........... 1  75
Bulk, 1 gal. kegs.................   1 25
Bulk, 3 gal. kegs.................  1 10
Bulk, 5 gal. kegs.................  1 00
Manzanilla, 7 oz...............  
so
Queen, pints.......................   2 35
Queen, 19  o z ......................  4 50
Queen, 28  oz.......................  7 00
Stuffed, 5 oz......................... 
90
Stuffed, 8 oz.......................   1 45
Stuffed, 10 oz......................  2 30

PA PER   BAGS

46

75

40
36
22

26

Ask your Jobber for them.

Continental  Paper  Bag  Co.
Glory Mayflower
Satchel & Pacific
Bottom
Square
H......... .........  28
60
4 ......... .........   34
60
1......... .........   44
80
2......... .........  54
1  00
3......... .........  66
1  25
4......... .........   76
1  45
5......... .........  90
1  70
6.......... .........1  06
2 00
8......... .........1  28
2  40
10.......... .........1  38
2 60
12.......... .........1  60
3  15
14......... .........2 24
4  15
16.......... .........2 34
4 50
20......... .........2 52
5 00
26..........
5 50
Sugar
Red......
Gray......

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

414
4*

PARIS  GREEN

Bulk.......................................
Packages, 4  lb., each........ 18
Packages, 4  lb., each........ 17
Packages,  lib.,each........ 16

PICKLES
M edium

Barrels, 1,200 count.............4 60
Half bbls, 600 count............2  75

Small

PIPES

Barrels, 2,400 count...........5 so
Half bbls, 1.200 count.........3 30

Clay, No. 216........................1  70
Clay, T. D., full count.........   66
Cob, No. 3............................  86

POTASH 

48 cans In case.

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

PROVISIONS 
B arreled P ork

@15 60
Mess......................... 
Back.......................  
@16 75
Clear back............... 
@16  00
Short cut.................  @ie  60
P ig..........................   @18  50
Bean......................... 
@12  25
Family Mess............  
@15 60

D ry  Salt Meats

»4
»4
84

Smoked  Meats 

Bellies......................
Briskets..................
Extra shorts............
Hams, 12 lb. average.
@  114 
Hams, 141b. average.
@  114 
Hams, 161b. average.
@  114 @  11
Hams, 20 lb. average.
Ham dried  beef......
@  13
_
Shoulders (N.Y. cut) 
74
Bacon, dear............   104®  li
California hams......   @  84
Boiled Hams.......... 
@  17
@ 13
Picnic Boiled Hams 
Berlin  Ham pr’s’d. 
@  84
Mince Hams.........  
@  9

Lards—In Tierces

Compound................ 
Pure.........................  
Vegetole................ 
60 lb. Tubs.. advance 
801b. Tubs., advance 
60 lb. Tins... advance 
20 lb. Palls, .advance 
10 lb. Palls., advance 
0 lb. Pails., ad vance 
31b. Palls., advance 

6%
9
7
4
4
4
4
%

1
1

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

Young  Hyson

Oolong

Choice..................................30
Fancy...................................ae
Formosa, fancy....................42
Amoy, medium....................25
Amoy, choice....................... 32
Medium................................27
Choice.................................. 34
Fancy...................................42
Ceylon, choice......................32
Fancy................................... 42

English Breakfast

India

TOBACCO

Cigars

American Cigar Factory brands

A. Bomers’ brand.

Elk’s Heart......................55®70
W. S.  W.................................. 35 00
Bald Head...............................35 00
Plaindealer............................ 36 00
Columbian Cigar Co.’s brands.
Little Columbian.................... 36 00
Columbian...............................35 00
Columbian Extra.................... 56 00
Columbian Special..................66 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.

8.0. W..............................  36 00
Cigar Clippings, per lb...... 
ao

SALT  FISH 

Cod

T rout

H erring

H alibut.

Georges cured............   @6
Georges genuine........  @ 64
Georges selected........  @ 7
Grand Bank................  @6
Strips or  bricks.........   64@104
Pollock.......................   @ 34
Strips.......................................10
Chunks....................................12
No. 1 100 lbs........................  6 90
No. 1  40 lbs........................  2 70
No. 1  10 lbs......................  
75
No. 1  8 lbs......................  
63
Holland white hoops, bbl.  11  26 
Holland white hoops4bbl.  6 00 
Holland white hoop, keg.. 
82 
Holland white hoop mens. 
87
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbs....................  3 00
Round 40 lbs.....................   1  50
Scaled.............................  
19
Bloaters.............................  1  60
Mess 100 lbs........ .............   12  25
Mess  40 lbs......................   5  20
Mess  10 lbs......................  1  38
Mess  8 lbs......................  113
No. 1100 lbs......................  10 50
No. 1  40 lbs........................  4 80
No. I  10 lbs......................  1  20
No. l  8 lbs......................   1  00
No. 2 100 lbs........................  7 00
No. 2  40 lbs........................  8 10
86
No. 2  10 lbs......................  
NO. 3  8 lbl......................  
71

M ackerel

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, 11520................
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper,  Singapore, white.
Pepper, shot.
nre G round in B ulk
Allspice.............................
Cassia, Batavia.................
Cassia, Saigon...................
Cloves, Zanzibar...............
Ginger,  African...............
Ginger, Cochin.................
Ginger,  Jamaica..............
Mace.................................
Mustard............................
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper, Singapore, white.
Pepper, Cayenne..............
Sage.........   ......................

SYRUPS

Com

Barrels.................................20
Half bbls............................. 22
1 doz. 1 gallon cans..............8 20
1 doz. % gallon cans......___1  80
2 doz. 14 gallon cans............  92

SUGAR

No. 4,3 doz In case, gross  4 so 
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 shlpplni 
including 
20 pounds for 
he weight of the
barrel.
Domino.............................  6 00
Cut Loaf............................  6 00
Crushed............................  6 00
Cubes................................  6 75
Powdered.........................  5 60
Coarse  Powdered............   6 «0
XXXX Powdered............   5 65
Standard  Granulated......   5 50
Fine Granulated...............  5 60
Coarse Granulated...........  5 60
Extra Fine Granulated....  5 60
Conf.  Granulated.............   5 75
2 lb. bags Fine  Gran........  5 65
5 lb. bags Fine  Gran........  5 65
Mould A............................  5 85
Diamond A.......................  550
Confectioner’s A..............  530
No.  1, Columbia A...........  5 15
No.  2, Windsor A............   5  10
No.  3, Ridgewood A........  5  10
No.  4, Phoenix  A............   5 05
No.  5, Empire A...........'..  500
No.  6................................  4 95
NO.  7............................  4 85

3 0

12

Lubetsky Bros.’ Brands.

P ing

Fine  Cut

H. Van Tongeren’s Brand.

B. L ..................................$35 00
Gold Star.........................   35 00
Star G reen....................35  OO
Uncle Daniel........................58
Ojlbwa.................................38
Forest  Giant........................38
Sweet Spray..,.....................35
Cadillac.................................57
Sweet  Loma.........................38
Golden Top.......................... 28
Hiawatha............................. 58
Telegram..............................28
Fay C ar................................34
Prairie Bose......................... 60
Protection.............................38
Sweet Burley........................40
Sweet Loma......................... 38
Tiger....................................30
Flat Iron..............................36
Creme de Men the................60
Stronghold........................... 40
Solo.......................................35
Sweet Chunk........................37
Forge....................................33
Bed Cross............................. 24
Palo......................................36
Kylo......................................36
Hiawatha............................. 41
Battle A xe...........................37
American Eagle...................54
Standard Navy............... 
.38
Spear Head, 16 oz................43
Spear Head,  8oz................45
Nobby Twist........................40
Jolly T ar..............................30
OldHonesty......................... 45
Toddy................................... 35
J .T ......................................38
Piper Heldslck.....................64
BootJack............................. 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,  8 oz...................... 20
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...........................24
Duke’s Mixture................... 40
Duke’s Cameo...................... 40
Honey Dip Twist..................30
Myrtle Navy........................40
Turn Yum, l%  oz................. 30
Yum Yum, 1 lb. palls...........37
Cream...................................37
Corn Cake, 244 oz................. 25
Corn Cake, lib .................... 23
Plow Boy, 1% oz.................. 30
Plow Boy, 344 oz...................37
Peerless, 344 oz.....................34
Peerless, 1J4 oz.................... 36
Indicator, 244 oz................. 28
Indicator, l lb. palls........... 31
Col. Choice, 214 oz................21
Col. Choice. 8 oz...................21

Smoking

TABLE SAUCES
LEA & 
PERRINS’ 
SAUCE

B u tter Plates

No. 1 Oval, 260 in crate........  45
No. 2 Oval, 260 in crate........  50
No. 3 Oval, 260 in crate........  56
No. 6 Oval, 250 in crate........  65

Egg Crates

Mop  Sticks

Clothes Pins 

Humpty Dumpty................2 25
No. 1, complete...................  30
No. 2, complete...................  25
Bound head, 5 gross box —   45
Bound head, cartons...........  62
Trojan spring........«............   90
Eclipse patent spring........  86
No 1 common.......................  75
No. 2 patent brush holder..  85
19 t>. cotton mop heads.......1  2s
Ideal No. 7 ..........................   90
Palls
2- hoop Standard....................... 1 40
3- 
hoop Standard......1 60
2- wire,  Cable............................ 1 60
3- wlre,  Cable............................ 1 70
Cedar, all red, brass bound. 1  25
Paper,  Eureka.........................2 25
Fibre.........................................2 40
Hardwood..........~...............2 50
Softwood..................................2 76
Banquet.....................................1 50
al.........................................i 80

Toothpicks

Tubs

W ash  Boards

20-lnch, Standard, No. l .......6 00
18-lnch, Standard, No. 2...........6 00
16-inch, Standard, No. 3........... 4 00
20-lnch, Cable,  No. l.................6 50
18-lnch, Cable, No. 2.................6 00
16-lnch, Cable,  No. 3.................5 00
No. 1 Fibre............................... 9 45
No. 2 Fibre............................... 7 96
No. 3 Fibre.......................... 7 20
Bronze Globe............................ 2 60
Dewey...................................... 1 75
Double Acme............................ 2 76
Single Acme....................   2  26
Double Peerless...............   3  25
Single Peerless.........................2 60
Northern Queen......................2 60
Double Duplex.........................3 00
Good Luck............................... 2 76
Universal..................................2 26
ll In. Butter.........................  75
13 In. Butter.............................. 1 00
16 In. Butter........................1 76
17 In. Butter..............................2 80
19 In. Butter..............................3 00
Assorted 13-16-17.......................1 75
Assorted 15-17-19  ................2 50

Wood  Bowls

W RAPPING  PA PER
144
Common Straw.................  
Fiber Manila, white.........  
3 yt
4£
Fiber Manila, colored......  
No.  1  Manila....................  4
Cream  Manila.................. 
3
Butcher’s Manila.............. 
2%
Wax  Butter, short  count.  13 
Wax Butter, full count —   2 j
Wax Butter,  rolls............  15

YEAST  CAKE

FRESH  FISH

Magic, 3 doz..............................l 00
Sunlight, Sdoz.......................... 1 00
Sunlight, H4  doz.................   50
Yeast Cream, 3 doz...................l 00
Yeast Foam, 3  doz................... 1 00
Yeast Foam. 144  doz...........  60
Per lb.
White fish...................  ©  8
rrout..........................   O   8
Black Blass..................io@  11
Halibut.......................  ©  15
Ciscoes or Herring—   ©  4
Bluefish......................  @  12H
Live  Lobster..............  ©  20
Boiled  Lobster...........  ©  20
Cod.............................   ©  10
Haddock....................  A   7
No. 1 Pickerel.............  @  8
Pike............................  ©  7
Perch........................  Q   5
Smoked  White...........  @  10M
Red  Snapper..............  ©  ll
Col River  Salmon......   @  12
Mackerel....................  ©  15

HIDES AND  PELTS 

TW INE

The Original and 
Genuine 
Worcestershlre.
Lea ft Perrin’s, large........  3 76
Lea ft Perrin’s,-small......   2 50
Halford, large....................   8 75
Halford, small....................   2 25
Salad Dressing, large......   4 55
Salad Dressing, small......   2 75
Cotton, 3 ply.........................16
Cotton, 4 ply.........................16
Jute, 2 ply............................ 12
Hemp, 6 ply......................... 12
Flax, medium...................... 20
Wool, l lb. balls..................   7*
Malt White Wine, 40 grain..  8 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain..ll 
Pure Cider, B. ft B. brand.  .11
Pure Cider, Bed Star........... 12
Pure Cider, Robinson......... 10
Pure Cider,  Silver................ll
WASHING  POW DER
Gold Dust, regular...................4 50
Gold Dust, 5c............................ 4 00

VINEGAR

WICKING

WOODENWARE

Baskets

Splint, small.................
Willow Clothes, large... 
Willow Clothes, medium 
Willow Clothes, small...

© 644 
@ 644 
© 8* 
© 744 
© 9 
©744 
©1044© 9 
60©1 00

The Cappon ft Bertsch Leathei 
Co., 100 Canal  Street,  quotes  as 
follows:
Hides
Green No. l .............
Green  No. 2.............
Cured  No. 1.............
Cured  No. 2............
Calf skins,green No. 1 
Calfskins,green No. 2 
Calfskins,cured No. l 
Calfskins,cured No. 2 
Pelts
Pelts, each..............
...................................
t t y
Tallow 
.3 50
No. 1.........................
.2 90 No. 2.........................
.3 50
Wool
Washed, fine...........
.20 Washed,  medium...
Unwashed,  fine......
.25
Unwashed, medium.
.35
.5»
CANDIES
Stick Cand
.  96 Standard................
.1  15 Standard H. H ........
.  30 Standard  Twist......
.4 00 Cut Loaf..................
.3 60
.3 00 Jumbo, 32 lb............
Extra H. H ...............
.6 25
6 76 Boston Cream.........
.6 25 Beet Boot.................

bbls.  palls 
© 744 
© 744
© 8
@ 9
cases
@ 744
@1044
@10
© 8

© 444
©344
15©16
18©20
11@I3
14©18

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Fancy—In  Palls 

Mixed Candy

Grocers.................... 
Competition............. 
Special..................... 
Conserve.................. 
Royal...................... 
Ribbon....................  
Broken....................  
Cut Loaf................... 
English Block........... 
Kindergarten.........  
Bon Ton Cream......  
French Cream.........  
Dandy Pan.............. 
Hand  Made  Cream
mixed................... 
Crystal Cream mix.. 
Champ. Crys. Gums. 
Pony  Hearts........... 
Fairy Cream Squares 
Fudge Squares........ 
Peanut Squares...... 
Fruit Tab., as., wrap 
Sugared Peanuts__ 
Salted Peanuts........
Starlight Kisses......
San Bias Goodies....
Lozenges, plain. 
Lozenges, printed...
Choc. Drops.............
Eclipse Chocolates... 
Choc. Monumentals. 
Victoria Chocolate..
Gum Drops..............
Moss  Drops.............
Lemon Sours...........
Imperials.................
Ital. Cream Opera... 
Ital. Cream Bonbons
201b. palls............
Molasses  Chews,  15
lb. palls.................
Golden Waffles........

© 6
© 7
© 7X
©844
© 844
© 9
© 844
© 9
© 9
© 9
© 9
©10
©10
©1644
©13

8G
15
12
12
9
12
1044
10
©12 
© 944 
©10 
©1144 
@1344 
©14 
@15 
@ 5 
@944 
@10 
@10 
@12
@12
©14
@12

Fancy—In  5 lb. Boxes
Lemon  Sours.........  
©55
Peppermint Drops.. 
©60
Chocolate Drops__  
©65
H. M. Choc. Drops..  @85
H. M. Choc.  Lt. and
@100
Dk.No. 12............ 
Gum Drops.............. 
©30
Licorice  Drops........ 
@75
Lozenges,  plain......  
@55
@00
Lozenges, printed... 
Imperials................. 
@60
@60
Mottoes................... 
Cream  Bar.............. 
@66
Molasses Bar........... 
@55
Hand Made Creams.  80  ©90 
Cream Buttons, Pep.
and  Wlnt.............. 
©65
String Bock............. 
@66
Wlntergreen Berries 
@60
Caramels
© 9
Clipper. 20 lb. palls.. 
@10
Standard, 20 Id. palls 
Perfection, zO lb.  pis 
@1244
@15
Amazon. Choc Cov’d 
@55
Kosker 2 for ic pr bx 
Big 3,3 for ic pr nx.. 
@65
Dukes, 2 for ic pr bx 
@60
Favorite, 4 for ic, bx 
@60
AA Cream Car Ts 31b  @50
FRUITS 
Oranges
Florida Bussett.......  
©
Florida Bright........ 
@
Fancy Navms.........   4  oo@4  60
Extra Choice...........  
©
Late Valencias........ 
@4 00
Seedlings.................  
©
Medt. Sweets...........  3  8034 00
Jamalcas................. 
©
Rodl...................... 
©
Lemons

Messina, 300s..........   5  0G@6 00
Messina, 360s...........  6  0u(aG 00
California 360s.........  4  50©5 00
California 300s.........  4  50@6 00
Bananas 
Medium bunches....  1  50@2 00
Large bunches........

Figs

5 @ 544

@
@
®
@

Foreign D ried F ru its 
@
©

California«,  Fancy.. 
Cal. pkg, 10 lb. boxes 
Extra  Choice,  10  lb.
UUXB&t...................
Fancy, 12 lb. boxes.. 
Pulled, 6 lb. boxes... 
Naturals, In bags....
Date#
Fardi In 10 lb. boxes
Farris In 60 lb. oases.
Hallowi....................
lb.  cases, new......
Sairs, 60 lb. cases.... 444  © 6
NUTS
Almonds, Tarragona 
@17
@
Almonds,  Ivlca....... 
Almonds, California,
soft snelled........... 
16 @18
Brazils,....................  
@11
Viiberts  ................. 
@1244
Walnuts  Grenobles. 
@1344
Walnut»., soft shelled 
@1344
California No. 1... 
ll 4
Table Nuts, fancy. ■■ 
Table  Nuts, choice.. 
@13
Pec&us,  Med........... 
@10
Pecans, Ex. Large... 
@11
Pecans, Jumbos...... 
@ 12
Hickory Nuts per bu,
Ohio, new............  
©
Cocoanuts, full sacks 
©3 60
@
Chestnuts, per b n ... 
Peanuts
Fancy, H. P„ Suns.. 
544® 
Fancy,  H.  P„  Suns
Boasted................  644© 7
Choice, H. P., Extras  @
Choice, H. P., Extras
Boasted................ 
@
Span. Shlld No 1 n’w  7  © 8

AKRON  STONEWARE 

B u t t e r s

44 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, eacu.......................

Churns

2 to 6 gal., per gal...............................
'’burn Dashers, per doz.....................

M i l k p a n s

44 ga..  f.at or rd. bot., per doz............
1 gal. nat or rd. bot„ tach.................
Fine  Glazed M ilkpans
44 gal  flat or rd. bot, per doz............
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., eM:h.................

Stexrpans

44 gal. fireproof, bail, per doz............
l gal. fireproof, bail, per doz............

Jugs

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

Sealing Wax

6 lbs. In package, per lb  ....................

LAMP BURNERS

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

 
LAMP CHIMNEYS—Seconds

 

35

46
50
 
Per box of 6 doz.
1  56
1 78
2 48

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

First Quality

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

XXX  Flint

No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped ft lab. 
No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped ft  lab. 
No. 2 Sun, hinge, wrapped s  lab........ 

Pearl 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..........................  

Rochester

No. 1 Lime (65c  doz)..........................  
No. 2 Lime (70c doz).......................... 
NO. 2 Flint (80C  doz)  " ' ....................  

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

OIL CANS

LANTERNS

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.................... 
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.0Tub.,BuU’seye,cases 1 doz. each 
MASON  FRUIT JARS.

2 00
2  15
3  15

2 75
3 75
4 00

4 00 n
6 00
5 10
80

1  00
l  25
l  36
l 60

3 50
4 00
4 70

4 00
4 70

l  40
1 58
2 78
3 75
4 85
4 25
4 96
7  25
9 00
4 85
7 40
7 60
7 50
13 50
3 60

45
45
2 00
125

pints.........................................................  
Quarts........................................................ 
Half  Gallons.............................................  
Caps and  Rubbers.................................... 
Rubbers...............................................  

25 ft  35

THE  MOTOR  DOES  THE 

WORK

The  Thomas  Auto-Bi 

Has become an important factor in  the  sales  of 
many Bicycle Dealers, and especially  those deal­
ers who are wide-awake and  progressive.  It has 
now reached a stage where it is  an  object  of  in­
terest to every dealer who gives  any  thought  to 
his business.

Bight now, write us tor Catalogue and Agency.

ADAMS  ft  HART, G rand Rapids

Michigan  Fire  and  Marine 

Insurance Co.

Organized 1881.

Detroit, Michigan.

Cm * Capital, 9400.000.  Nat Surplua, $200,000.

Caah Aaaata, 9800,000.

D. W hitney, J r., Pres.

D.  M. F erry, Vice Pres.

F. H. W hitney, Secretary.
M. W . O’Br ie n, Treas.

E. J. Booth, A sst Sec’y.

D irectors.

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.  £ .  Drlggs,  Henry 
Hayden,  Collins  B.  Hubbard,  James  D. 
Stan dish, Theodore D.  Buhl,  M.  B.  Mills, 
Alex.  Chapoton, Jr.,  Geo.  H.  Barbour,  S. 
G.  Gaskey,  Chas.  Stinchfield,  Francis  F. 
Palms, Wm. C. Yawkey,  David  C.  W hit­
ney, Dr. J.  B. Book, Eugene Harbeck, Chas. 
F.  Peltier, Richard P. Joy,  Chas.  C. Jenks.

p rv T T K T O T ry v m iv irm n n n re T n n

Labels!
2
Gasoline J 
D e a l e r s

for 

2  The  Law of  1889.
to
•° 
10 
« 
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10 
¡2 
•  
is 
2  
•  
6 26
)© 
6 50
£ 
9 00
2 fo

Every druggist, grocer or other
person who shall sell  and  de-
liver  at  retail  any  gasoline,
benzine  or  naphtha  without
having the true  name  thereof
and the words “explosive when
mixed with air" plainly printed
upon  a label securely attached
to the can,  bottle or other ves-
sel containing  the  same  shall
be punished by a fine  not  ex-
ceeding one  hundred  dollars.

G lover’s  Gem M antles

Glover’s Wholesale Merchandise Co.

are superior to all others 
for Gas or uasollne.
G rand Rapids, Mich. 

Manufacturers  Importers and  Jobbers of 

GAS and  GASOLINE SUNDRIES

I f ficc dtaiidmru

i. ê T T 1 R n o T é   >"0b , 7 l   h e a d s

couN T E R m u s.  I  COMPANY,

r a d e s m a n

C R A N D   R A P I O S

T

We are prepared to furnish labels  which 
enable dealers to comply with this law, on 
the following basis:

1  M............... 75c
5  M................... 50c per M
10  M................... 40c per M
20 M................... 35c per M
50  M.................. 30c per M

T r a d  e s m a n  

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
ClLlLKJUtaJta.«AJUUI.ftAlUUUtJUUUtJ

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,

Peculiarities Pertaining to  the  Handling 

of Poultry.

A  Western  gentleman,  who  is  very 
well  posted  on  the  supply  of  poultry 
i„ 
all  sections  of  the  country,  said,  during 
a  recent  visit  to  this  market:  “ The 
country  is  alive  with  poultry,  especially 
that  portion  lying  west  of  the  Mississ 
ippi  River,  and  there  will  be  more  live 
poultry  shipped  this  year  than  ever  be 
fore.  Texas,  too,  is  rapidly  coming  to 
the  front  as  a  poultry  raising  State 
Chicago  as  been  getting  most  of the 
live  birds  shipped  from  there.  But  Ch 
cago  can  handle  only  a  certain  quantity 
of  stock  and  her  surplus  will  come  East 
as  in  the  past,  only  there  will,  I  think 
be  more  of  it  this  season.  I  find  the  big 
packers  of  the  West  are  making  great 
efforts  to  fasten  securely  their  fangs 
in 
the  newer  poultry  raising  sections,  and 
they  put  up  such  a  stiff  game  very  few 
of  the  local  shippeis  and  packers  can 
buck  it  and  they  generally  sell  out  to 
the  packers  and  accept  positions  as 
managers,  etc.,  of  the  branch  houses  of 
these  big  firms.  But  these  dressing 
plants  will  not  decrease  the  shipments 
of 
live  poultry,  owing  to  the  great  in 
crease  in  the  supply.”

*  #  *

Considerable 

complaint  has  been 
made  of 
late  by  receivers  of  live  poul 
try  against  the  exasperating  slowness  of 
the  railroads  delivering  this  stock  in 
rendering  their  freight  bills. 
I  was  up 
in  West  Washington  Market  Thursday 
v and  overheard  a 
live  poultry  receiver 
^complain  bitterly  to a  certain  railroad 
company  at  the  delay  in  sending  him  a 
freight  bill  on  a  carload  of  live  poultry 
which  had  been  delivered  to  him  on 
Monday.  As  soon  as  I  had  an  oppor 
tunity,  I  asked  him  about  the  trouble 
and  he  said  that  Monday  he  received 
and  sold  a  car  of  live  poultry,  but  had 
been  unable  to  render account  sales  to 
shippers  as  the  railroad  delivering  the 
car  bad  not  rendered  the  freight  bill. 
“ Such  delays  as  this,”   said  the  re­
ceiver,  “ work  a  hardship  on  the ship­
per,  who  is  thus  prevented  from  receiv­
ing  his  money  two  or three  days 
longer 
than  necessary,  and  frequently  it  places 
us  in  an  embarrassing  position  as  the 
shipper  sets  us  down  as  slow  pay. 
It 
is  not  our  fault  at  all. 
In  the  case  I 
have  just  referred  to,  I  have  made every 
effort  possible  to  secure  the  freight  bill 
since  Monday  and  here  it  is  late  Thurs- 
jday  afternoon  and  no  bill  has  as  yet 
been  presented.  These  delays  are  get­
ting  to  be  of  entirely too  frequent  occur­
In  order  to ascertain  if  there 
rence." 
vwas  any  reason  why  thete  should be  any 
«delay  on  the  part  of  the  railroads  in 
^rendering  freight  bills  on  live  poultry 
delivered  to  merchants  in  this  city,  I 
called  on  a  freight  agent  of  one  of  the 
lines  carrying  a  considerable  quantity 
of  live  poultry,  and  he 
informed  me 
that  there was  no  reason  why  the  freight 
bills  should  not  be  rendered  the  day 
after  the  stock  is  delivered.  His  line, 
he  said,  always  did  this  as  they realized 
the  importance  of  the  matter  both  to the 
shipper  and  receiver.  He said  that  any 
line  that  was  so  slow 
in  - rendering 
freight  bills  was  in  great  danger of  los­
ing  their  business  from  this  source,  and 
he  was  surprised  to  hear that  any  road 
carrying  live  poultry  should  give  cause 
for  complaints  of  this  kind.

“ Soft  meated  frozen  roasting  chick­
ens,"  said  a  merchant,  “ have  been 
good  property  this  year, but  not  many  of 
the  boys  had  much,  if  any,  stock  and

therefore  could not  scoop  in  much  of  the 
profits.  Most  of  the  holdings  were  i 
the  hands  of  a  few  and  a  large  portion 
of  the  stock  was exported  by  Priebe 
Simater and  Beyer  Brothers.  This  ex 
port  field  is  not  an  easy  one  to  enter,for 
it  requires  a  clfise  study  of  foreign trade 
demands  and  necessitates 
large  ship 
ments  of  fancy  stock  in  order  to make 
pay.  London  pays  a  good  price  for the 
right  kind  of  birds,  but  she 
is  very 
cranky  and  notional  and  unless  the 
offerings  of  our  poultry  are  up  to the 
English  standard  away  go  the  profits.

*  *  *

The  very  warm  weather  of  last  week 
worked  against  extensive  transactions 
in  poultry  although  buyers  for  summer 
hotels  were  on  the  market  at  times 
The  hot  weather  is  driving  the  city 
folks  to  the  country  rapidly  and  this  al 
ways  affects  the  demand  for  poultry 
With  so  many  homes closed  for a  period 
of  thirty  to  sixty  days  there  is  naturally 
material  falling  off  in  retail  demand 
for  poultry  and  jobbers  are  frequently 
called  upon  to  do  considerable  hustling 
in  order to  place  their  stock.  But 
ceipts  of  all  kinds  of  poultry  are  light 
at  this  season  and  generally  thete  is 
sufficient  call  for  it  to  enable  dealers  to 
clean  up  fairly  well.  About  the  scarcest 
thing  in  the  way  of  poultry  just  now 
ii 
the  broiler,  both  scalded  and  dry 
picked,  and  these  bring  good  prices 
For  instance, last  Wednesday  fancy  dry 
picked  broilers  commanded  23@24c, 
but  tfiere  were  not  many  to  be had ;  this 
scarcity  of  stock  is  due  primarily  to the 
backward  season,  causing  slow  growth 
of  the  birds.  Last  year  at  this  time 
they  were 
in  quite  liberal  supply,  the 
top  quotation  for  fancy  Western  broilers 
being  15c.  Western  stock  has  not  yet 
begun to arrive  in any quantity,the birds 
being  too  small,  but  in  the  course  of  a 
week  or  two  they  will  no  doubt  come 
forward  freely.  On  the  other hand fancy 
fresh  fowls  were  quoted  on  June  26  at 
ioj£c  and  that  price  also  ruled  on  same 
date  last  year. 
It  required  fancy  stock, 
however,  to  bring  io^c  last  week  as  the 
buyers  were  loath  to  pay  that  price  un­
less  they  got  very  best  quality.— N.  Y. 
Produce  Review.

fresh, 

immersed  therein 

in  embedding  new 

Preserving Eggs  in Lime Solutions. 
One  pound  of  lime  should  be  stirred 
with  a  gallon  of  water,  and  the  eggs, 
perfectly 
in 
barrels  or  jars.  This  excludes  air  and 
any  germs  that  might  cause  mildew  or 
mold  and  prevents  evaporation,  so  that 
the  contents  of  the  eggs  are  not  reduced 
in  bulk. 
It  is  important  to  have  a  con­
siderable  excess  of  lime  to  replace  any 
that  may  become  carbonated.  The  ves­
sels  containing  the  eggs  should  be  kept 
in  a  cool,  well  ventilated  place.  A  very 
successful  variation  in  the  process  con­
sists 
laid  eggs, 
warm  from  the  nest,  in  a  thick  paste  of 
“ me  and  water.  Eggs  thus  preserved 
for  six  months  could  hardly  be  dis­
tinguished  from  those  newly  laid.  The 
contents  of  eggs  evaporate  rather  rapid­
ly  through  the  shell,  and  the  object  of 
the  preserver  must  be  to  prevent  this 
evaporation,  and at  the  same  time  to  al­
low  for  the  expansion  and  contraction 
of  the  natural  air-space  in  the  egg  due 
to  changes  of  temperature.  The  plan 
of  coating  the  shells  with  wax  or  melted 
paraffin  fails 
latter particular. 
Strong  brine  fails  because  the  contents 
of eggs  preserved  in  it become much  re­
duced  in  bulk.  Eggs for keeping  should 
never  be 
laid  on  their sides;  and  they 
should  be  packed  with  the  small  ends 
downward.

in  the 

Hardware Price Current

Ammunition

Caps

G. D., full count, per m......................
Hicks’ Waterproof, per m.................‘
Musket, per m.....................................
Ely’s Waterproof, per m......... "!!!!!
No. 22 short, per m .............................
No. 22 long, per m..............................‘
No. 32 short, per m ............................’
No. 32 long, per m............................

Cartridges

Primers

Gun Wads

No. 2 U. M. C., boxes 280,  per m.......
No. 2 Winchester, boxes 280, per  m ...

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

New Rival—For Shotguns 

Drs. of 
Powder 

Loaded  Shells 
oz. of
Shot
IK
IK
IK
IK
IK
IK
1
1
IK
IK
IK

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

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

4 
4 
4 
4
4«
3

3K3*3*

Paper Shells—Not Loaded 
No. 10, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100.
No. 12, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100..

Gunpowder

Kegs, 26 lbs., per  keg....................
K kegs, 12*4 lbs., per  %  keg...........”
54 kegs, 6H  lbs., per *4  keg...............

Shot

A ugurs  and Bits

In sacks containing 25 lbs.
Drop, all sizes smaller than  B...........
_ 
Snell’s .................................................
Jennings  genuine..............
Jennings’ Imitation......................
First Quality, S. B. Bronze!..........
First Quailty, D. B. Bronze........
First Quality, S. B. S.  Steel........... '  '
First Quality,  D. B. Steel...................
_   _ 
Railroad............................
Garden............................. .’.’.".".’.'.’.'.’."net
Stove .............................................
Carriage, new II«* 
Plow ............................
_ 
Well, plain..........................................

Bolts
............ ...............

Barrow s

Buckets

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

80
76
60
2 80
3 00
4 95
5 80

1  20 
1  20

Per
100
$2 90 
2 90 
2 90 
2 90 
2 95 
8  00 
2 80 
2 60 
2  66 
2 70 
2 70

4 00 
2 25 
1  25

60
26
60

6  00 
9  00 
6 50 
10 60
12  00 
29 00

5-16 In.

Kin-
Kin
7  0.  . .  6 C ... . 5 0 . . ..  4Xe
8K 
...  6
8X 
..  6K

%  In.
.. •  6X 
.. -  ex

Com.
BB...
. ..  7K 
BBB.
. ..  7X 
Cast Steel, per lb. Crowbars
Chisels
Socket Firmer .. 
Socket Framing. 
Socket Comer... 
Socket Slicks....

Elbows

Com. 4 piece, 6 In., per doz........... 
net
Corrugated, per doz.................
Adjustable................................ ’.'.’.'.’.’.'dls
Expansive  Bits
Clark’s small, $18;  large, $26......
Ives’ 1, $18;  2, $24;  3, $30.............."**
Piles—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  13 
ie!

14 

15 

Discount,  66

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

Ganges

Glass

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

H am m ers

66 
1  26 
40&10

70&10
70
70

60&10

80&20
80&20
80&20

Hinges

Maydole ft Co.’s, new list................   dls
Terkes ft Plumb’s..............................]dls
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel...............soc list
Gate, Clark’s l, 2,3............................ dls
Hollow  W are
Pots......................................... •
Kettles........................................ .......
Spiders.........................................”
Au Sable.............................................dig
House F urnishing Goods
Stamped Tinware, new list.......
Japanned Tinware.............................*

33*4
40&10
70
60&10
60&10
50&10
50&10
40&10
70
20&10
K J s f c s ...........................................  25 crate*
Light Band.......................................... 
3 c rates

Horse  Nails

Iro n

Knobs—New  List

Door, mineral, jap, trimming«........... 
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings....... 
Regular 0 Tubular, Doz....................... 
Warren, Galvanized Fount............... 

L anterns

75
so
5 00
$ 00

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

Levels

Adze Eye................................ *17 00..dls  70—10

Mattocks

Metals—Zinc
600 pound casks..........................  
Per pound........................................... 

 

7*4
g

M iscellaneous

Bird Cages.........................................  
40
Pumps, Cistern................................... 
76&10
so
Screws, New L ist............................... 
Casters, Bed and Plate......................   60&10&10
Dampers, American...........................  
go

Molasses Gates

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

Pans

Fry, Acme......................  
Common,  polished.............................  
Patent Planished Iron 

 

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

Broken packages Kc per pound extra.

60&10
30

60&10&1S
70&5

10 76 
9 76

Planes

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

Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire.

Nails
Steel nails, base....................
Wire nails, base....................
20 to 60 advance....................
10 to 16 advance....................
8 advance.............................
6 advance.............................
4 advance.............................
3 advance.............................
2 advance..........................
Fine 3 advance......................
Casing 10 advance.................
Casing 8 advance...................
Casing 6 advance..................
Finish 10 advance.................
Finish 8 advance...................
Finish 6 advance..................
Barrel  % advance................
Rivets
Iron and  Tinned...................
Copper Rivets and  Burs......

2 65 
2 65 
Base 5 
10 
2030
46
70
50
16
25 
35
26 
35 
46 
85

Roofing Plates

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

Sisal, *4 Inch and larger...............
Manilla..............................................

Ropes

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

Sand  Paper

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

Sash  Weights

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

8*4
12

Sheet Iron

com. smooth.

com. 
$3 20 
8  20 
8 30 
3 40 
3 50 
___
8 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 60
Nos. 25 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 60

he prices of the many other qualities of solder 
In 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, $1.25.

Tin—A llaw ay Grade
10x1410, Charcoal...............................
14x20 IC, Charcoal......... ....................
10x14 IX, Charcoal...............................
14x20 IX, Charcoal...............................

Each additional X on this grade, $1.50

Boiler Slse Tin  Plate 

14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers,)
14x56 IX, for No. 9 Boilers, j P®r P°und- 
Traps
Steel,  Game........................................
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s.......
Oneida Community,  Hawley  ft  Nor­
ton’s................................................
Mouse, choker  per doz.....................
Mouse, delusion, pe.- doz....................
Bright Market.....................................
Annealed  Market...............................
Coppered Market................................
Tinned  Market...................................
Coppered Spring Steel........  .............
Barbed Fence, Galvanized.................
Barbed Fence, Painted.......................
Bright.................................................
Screw Eyes.........................................
Hooks..................................................
Gate Hooks and Eyes.........................

W ire  Goods

W ire

W renches 

Baxter’s Adjustable, Nickeled..........
Coe’s Paten?Agricultural, {Wrought’.'.70ftl0

$  8 50 
8 60 
9 75

7 00
7 00
8 60 
8 60

75
40&10
65
15
1  25
60
60
60&10 
S0& 10 
40 
3 25
2 96
80
80
80
80
80 
8$

3 2

Benefits  to  Be  Derived  From  Neijfhbo 

1 incss.

it 

strongly 

Neighborliness  among  retail  dealers 
located  in  the  same  section  of  the  city 
or  in  the  small  town  or  city  is  a  matter 
that  can  not  be  too 
com 
mended.  That 
is  a  good  thing  for 
all  concerned  was  recently  illustrated  i 
this  part  of  the  country.  Two  retailers 
occupied  almost  adjacent  stores.  At 
any  rate  they  were  located  in  the  same 
business  block  and  were  only 
sepa 
rated  by  several 
intervening  stores. 
One  of  these  neighbors  was  inclined  to 
be  a  “ cutter.”   By  that  is  meant  that 
he  believed  that  the  only  way  to  gai 
trade  was  through  reducing  prices  on 
all  goods  to  such  a  point  there  was  no 
profit  left  in  the  business  for him.  The 
other  merchant  was  a  conservative  old 
fellow  who  believed 
in  making  a  fai 
profit  on  all  lines  of  goods  he  sold.  H 
figured  that  he  was  entitled  to  this  fai 
profit  and 
that  his  business  should 
bring  him  fair  returns—at  least  enough 
to 
live  on.  At  the  same  time  he  wa 
shrewd  and  he  understood  something  ol 
human  nature.  Occasionally  he  would 
go  over  and  have  half  an  hour's  chat 
with  the  “ cutter.”   At  first  his  visit 
were  short,  the  “ cutter”   evidently  be 
ing  busy  at  just  about  the time  the other 
merchant  called,  but  through  keeping 
it  up  the  older  merchant  finally  won 
the  confidence  of  the  “ cutter”   and  they 
would  have  pleasant  half  hour  chats  to 
gether  when  business  was  dull.

Mind  you,  the  older  merchant  was  too 
shrewd  to  talk  shop  to  the  other  fellow 
or  remonstrate  with  him  for  cutting 
prices.  He 
let  matters  take  thei 
just 
course  and 
inside  of  eight  months  he 
had  the  “ cutter”   almost changed.  Then 
it  came  April  and  the  “ cutter”   was 
having  a  pretty  how-to-do  one  after 
noon  when  the  old  gentleman  visited 
him. 
In  answer to  a  few  enquiries,  the 
other  merchant  learned  that  Mr.  Cutter 
had  run  out  of  onions  and  couldn't  get 
any  on  the  market 
less  than  a  dollar 
and  a  half  a  bushel.  He  had  sold  out 
his  winter  supply  at  a  dollar a  bushel.
It  happened  that  the  other  merchant 
had  a  good  supply 
in  his  store  room 
and  he  promptly  offered  the  “ cutter”  
twenty  bushels  at  80 cents  a  bushel,  the 
price  he  had  paid  for  them  in  the  fall.
Mr.  “ Cutter”   did  not  know  what  to 
make  of  this  proposition,  but  after  sat­
isfying  himself 
it  was  made  in  good 
faith,  he  accepted 
it  and  sent  his  de­
livery  wagon  over  after  the  onions  the 
next  day.  The  result  of this little friend­
ly  act  on  the  part  of  the  other  merchant 
was  made  manifest 
in  a  short  time. 
Mr.  “ Cutter”   changed  his  tactics.  He 
appreciated  that  the  other  fellow  had 
longer  than  he  and 
been 
that  he  had  a  wide  experience.  From 
regarding  him  as  an  enemy  he  came  to 
look  upon  him  as a friend and disastrous 
cutting  ended 
in  that  locality,  as  a  re­
sult  of  which  both  merchants  are  doing 
a 
lucrative  business,  are  making  a  fair 
profit  on  their goods  and  have  a  mutual 
respect  for each  other  that  is  wholesome 
and  is  helping  them  financially.

in  business 

Be  cordial  to  your  competitors,  be 
friendly  with  them  and  treat  them  as  if 
they  had  as  much  right  to  do  business 
as  yourself.  These  neighborly 
ex­
changes  of courtesies  will  help  you  and 
you  can  return  the  courtesies.  Your 
neighbor  may  be  able  to  sell  goods  you 
have  on  your  selves  and  can  not sell and 
you  may  be  able  to  sell  goods  you  buy 
from  him  and  he  can  not  sell.  Cultivate 
friendship 
line  of trade, 
and  you  will  be surprised  at  the  benefits 
that  you  will  receive  from  such  friends,

in  the  same 

IpOR  SALE  CHEAP—A  GOOD  STOCK  OF 
'  dry goods, notions and  shoes,  worth  $2,500- 
make offer part  cash  and  trade;  great  bargain 
if  taken  immediately.  Address  Lock  Box  42 
Alma,  Mich. 
930  ’
iiMJR  SALE—BEST  MONEY-MAKING  GRO- 
cery in the State, all sales spot  cash;  old es­
tablished  stand,  40x80;  low  rent;  stock  about 
$5,000;  can reduce  to  suit;  no  unsalable  goods- 
making  over  $3,000  net per annum.  The  Phila­
delphia Chemical Co.  is building a plant near my 
store.  It appropriated  nine  million  dollars  for 
this;  our ship yards  built  the  famous  Erie  and 
Tasbmo,  and  are  building  two  vessels  to  cost 
over  half  a  million  each:  have  two  large soda 
and a  any other plants;  this Is the second largest 
shipping poiut in the State;  our  postolfice  rates 
second;  reason  for  selling,  wish  to  take  an in­
terest in  a  wholesale  grocery  in  Detroit.  Carl 
Dice, Wyandotte, Mich. 
F'O R   S A L E —TWO  GOOD  BUSINESS* 
chances; best sn all stock groceries in South­
ern Michigan,  and  one-half  interest  In  general 
stock.  Oceana  county; 
location  in  the 
towns;  ill health only cause for selling.  Address 
Lock Box 418, Hudson, Mich. 
IpOR SALE OR RENT-TW O BRICK STORKS 
A  connected  with  arch,  22x80  each;  suitable 
for  department  or  general  store,  of  which  we 
h tve need here;  will  rent  one  or  both.  Write 
P. O. Box 656, Mendnn, Mich. 

best 

936

93s

939

920

909

927
922

stocks  of

Grand  Ledge, Mich 

/'OR SALK OR EXCHANGE—STORE  CROP- 
r   erty in Central Michigan city.  Address Box 
632, Grand Ledge, Mich- 
OTOCK  OF  GENERAL  MERCHANDISE 
O   for sale.  Box 108,  Rathbone. Mich. 
ROMKYN-PARSONS 
PAYS  CASH  FOR 
merchandise  (not  a  trader  or 
broker).
to OR  SALE-STOCK  CF  GENERAL  MER- 
chandise. Invoicing about $7,500;  live  village 
in  Central  Michigan;  business  established  20 
years;  has  made  money  from  the  start;  fine 
farming section;  will rent  store  building;  ret'r- 
ing  from  business  on  account  of  poor  health. 
Address No. 9 9, care  Michigan Tradesman.  919 
pAPt-AMEKICAN  ACCOMMODATIONS  AT 
A  private  house,  conveniently  located.  Lodg­
ing, one  dollar  each  Address  LeRoy  S.  Oat- 
inan. Sec’y.  Buffalo Produce Exchange. 
917
L'OR  SALE- 
STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MER- 
r   chandi-e
- 
ituaied  twelve  miles  from  Lake
Michigan  in  best  fruit  section  of  the  State. 
Stock will inventory  about  $4,200;  doing  a  busi­
ness  of  $15,000  per  annum;  good  location  for 
hustler;  satisfactory reason for selling.  Address 
Q- T., care  Michigan Tradesman. 
p O R   SAuE—AN  UP-TO-DATE  HARDWARE 
A  and  implement  stock, 
invoicing  $3.000;  lo­
cated in Northern Michigan;  doing a  good  busi­
ness.  Address No.  913,  care  Michigan  Trades­
m an______________  
p O R   SALE—WHOLE  OR  PART  INTEREST 
I  
in  a  general  hardware,  tinsmlthlng  and 
plumbing stock. Invoicing about $3,500, In a  good 
factory  town  in  Southern  Michigan.  Address 
No. 824. care Michigan Tradesman. 
824
C 'ord  s a l e —a   n ic e T c l e a n   g e n e r a l
A 
inventorying  about  $1,800,  in  good 
farming community.  Reason  for  selling,  other 
business.  Address  No.  860,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
li'O R   SALE—THE  BEST  STOCK  OF  GRO- 
1  ceries, having the best  trade  In  one  of  the 
best towns and in one of  the  best  fruit  and  po­
tato sections  of  Michigan;  doing  a  prosperous 
business;  also have a  fine  shipping  business  In 
fruit and  potatoes:  also  a  warehouse  which  I 
will dispose  of.  Object  of  selling,  have  other 
business elsewhere  that  will  require  all  of  my 
attention.  Address  No.  856,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
359
TP°5  SALE—STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MER- 
1  chandise  and  fixtures,  Invoicing  $3.000  to 
$3.500;  cash  discount;  best  farming  district  in 
Northern  Indiana;  good  reasons  for  selling. 
Address No. 810, care Michigan Tradesman.  810 
T  WILL  SELL  HALF  INTEREST  IN   MY 
A  furniture  business.  The  goods  are  all  new 
*nd 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. 
T  F GOING  OUT  OF  BUSINESS  OR  IF   YOU 
A  have a bankrupt stock of clothing,  dry goods, 
or  shoes,  communicate  with  The  New  York 
Store, Traverse City. Mich. 

stock, 

ggo

813

728

913

B 

 

ARTIES 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. 

709

MISCELLANEOUS

930

W A N  rED-REGLSTERED  PHARMACIST. 
vT  Address  No.  939,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
Y V rANTED—BY  AN  EXPERIENCED  MAN, 
v v  position  as  clerk  and stock-keeper in  dry 
goods, clothing or general store.  Best  of  refer­
ences.  Address No. 937, care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
937
n L.? K? tW ANTED-FOR GENERAL 8TOR— 
V Must be young,  active  and  of  good  habits, 
rive experience and  references.  Address Haak 
.umber C o, Wolverine, Mich. 
925
( C A R P E N T E R S   W A N T E D —ADDRESS 
V /  Haak Lumber Co., Wolverine, Mich. 
ANTED—SITUATION  BY  YOUNG  MAN 
In general  store:  has  had  several  years’ 
experience.  Can furnish  good  references.  Ad- 
No. 916, care Michigan Tradesman. 

926 

916

Geo. H. f^eifsnider & Co.

Commission  Merchants

and Wholesale Dealers in 

Fancy  Creamery  Butter,  Eggs  &  Cheese. 

321 GREENWICH ST., NEW YORK.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

and  the  help  you  can  render  them  with 
no  cost  to  yourself.—Commercial  Bulle-
tin.

Loss of Flavor in  Bread.
The  blame  for  the  alleged 

loss  of 
flavor  in  bread  of  to-day  as  compared 
with  the  bread  of  yesterday  is  hard  to 
fix.  The  consumer  blames  the  baker, 
the  baker  blames  the  flour,  the  miller 
blames  the  wheat,and  the  farmer blames 
the  Lord.  Thus  nobody  seems  to  blame 
the  consumer,  although  we  are  strong­
ly 
inclined  to  think  that  his  notions, 
due  to  the  talk  of  his  old  folks,  may 
have  something  to  do with the  case.  For 
there  are  people  who  really  believe  that 
everything  was  better  and 
life  alto 
gether  happier  in  the “ good old times. 
They  believe  it  either because  they  are 
young  and  unable  to  form  their own 
opinion  about 
it,  or  because  they  a 
old  and  do  not  know  how  to  enjoy  li 
under  present-day 
The 
truth  is,  however,  that  never  before  has 
the  average  man  been  so  well  clothed 
housed,  fed,  instructed  and  amused  as 
he  is  to-day.

conditions. 

Fragmentary  Efforts.

it 

lesson  that 

Many  a  man  would  have  been  a  suc­
cess  had  he  connected  his  framentary 
efforts. 
Spasmodic,  disconnected  at­
tempts,  without  concentration,  uncon­
idea,  will  never 
trolled  by  any  fixed 
bring  success. 
It  is  continuity  of  pur­
pose  alone  that  achieves  results.  The 
ant  carrying  a  grain  of  corn  larger  than 
itself  up  a  high  wall,  and,  after  many 
failures,  finally  bearing 
in  triumph 
to  the  top,  teaches  a 
might  study  profitably.  The  man  who 
has  the  power  of  unification,  whose 
every  effort  has  reference  to  one  centra 
aim,  is  the  one  who  reaches  the  top  of 
the  wall.  He  understands  that  it  is  not 
the  amount  of  work  that  can  be  accom 
plished  at  a  stretch  but  it  is  persistence 
that  tells. 
long,  steady  -pull 
the  unconquerable  purpose, 
the  un 
broken  effort  that  win  the  battle  of  life 
No  matter  how  brilliant  his  intellect, 
how  subtle  his  mind,  or  how  diversified 
bis  talents,  if  a man  lacks  concentration 
and  continuity,  his  manifold  gifts  w 
avail  him  but  little.—Success.

It  is  the 

But  to  return  to  the  question  of  flavor 
n  bread,  it  has  been  pointed  out  that 
through  all  changes  connected  with  the 
substitution  of  the  roller  for  the  mill 
stone  system  the  bread  of  France  has 
retained 
its  flavor*without  perceptible 
falling-off  and  still  ranks  as  the  best 
in  the  world,  and  that  bakers 
bread 
there  do  not  choose  flour  for 
its  white 
ness  nor  for  the  number  of  loaves  i 
will  make  to  the  barrel,  and  do  not 
commit  the  c ommon  error of over-fer 
menting  the  dough.— Roller  Mill.

Kingdom of Wheat.

Kansas  is  the  kingdom  of  wheat.  Ni 
other  State  approaches  it.  This  year  i 
will  lead  out  with  ioo.ooo.ooo  bushels oi 
spring  and  winter  wheat,  the  clima 
even  in  Kansas.

Advertisement«  will  be  inserted  under 
this  head  for  two  cents  a  word  the  first 
insertion  and  one  cent  a  word  for each 
subsequent  insertion.  No  advertisement« 
taken  for  less  than  25  cents."  Advance 
payments.

“ It 

result. 

‘ aldermanic  rotundity.' 

Physical  Rotundity  As  a  Moneymaker
is  a  curious  fact,”   said  a  well 
known  local  physician  the  other  day,  ii 
group  of  colleagues  of  the  medica 
profession,  “ that  there 
is  nothing  so 
dds  to  one’s  air  of  prosperity  as  the 
so-called 
have  been  advised  to  drink  at  a  mini 
mum  eight  glasses  of  beer  a  day. 
I  am 
not  a  beer  drinker,  but  I  would  follow 
the  advice  if  I  was  sure  it  would  bring 
bout  the  desired 
It  would 
mean  several  thousand  dollars  more  a 
ear  to  me  if,leaning  back  in  my  chair, 
Could  with  a  contented  air  of  prosper­
ity,  twirl  my  thumbs  over  an  abdominal 
protuberance  as  I  prescribed  for  my 
patients. 
I  can  name  a  dozen  or  more 
physicians  whose  reputation  for  pros­
perity 
in  the  fact  of  their 
possessing  such  a  form.  You  see,  I  am 
ready  cultivating  it,  and  it  is  neces­
for  me  now  to  leave  my  waistcoat 
sary 
it  just  keeps  up  I  ex­
unbuttoned. 
pect  to  be  one  of  the  most  prosperous 
physicians  in  Grand  Rapids  in  another 
year.  The  thumb  twirling  I  have  al- 
ady  mastered  so  when  the  rest  comes 
can  supply  that  without  trouble,  and 

lies  simply 

If 

have  the  complete  outfit.”

Cities That  Remind  Ton  of People.
According  to  a  writer  in  the  July 
number  of  Harper’s  Magazine,  cities, 
like  human  beings,  have  distinct  per­
sonalities,  are  frivolous,  progressive, 
somber or gay,  much  after  the  people 
about  us  and  produce  as  vivid 
impres­
sions  on  the  mind.  Denver and  Chi­
cago  are  cordial  good  fellows  who  slap 
one  on  the  back  and  call  new  acquaint­
ances  by  their  Christian  names.  When 
Salem  or  Annapolis  is  mentioned  a  vis­
ion 
invoked  of  mittened  and  ker­
ladies  drinking  tea  from 
chiefed  old 
dishes  of  rare  Nanking.  New  York 
is 
the  resplendent  wife  of  a  banker,  push­
ing  her  noisy  way 
in  the  world  and 
dazzling  foreign  courts  with  her dia­
monds,  much  to  the  disgust  of  passe 
Mistress  Boston.

is 

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

931

932

Ii'OR  SALE  FOR  CASH—GENERAL  MER 
chandise  stock,  lnv* ntorying  about  $12,00o. 
town about 6,000  inhabitants;  liveliest  town  in 
North-rn Michigan;  electric street  cars  run  b\ 
the door;  building has plate gla«s front;  electric 
lights  water  works;  only  one  other  larger 
stock in city.  Address  No.  931,  care  Michigan 
iradesm an. 

Eastern  Market,  Detroit.  Reason  for  selling, 

t>OR SALE-PRODUCE  AND  COMMISSION 

business:  one of  the  best  locations  on  the 
other business.  Address No. 932, care Michigan 
Tradesman. 
y*OR  SALE—GROCERY  WITH  BAKERY IN 
A  connection;  good  business;  located  in  one 
of  the  most  thriving  town«;  going  into  other 
business.  Address 613 Walnut St., Three Rivers 
Mich. 
I j'OR  SALE-STOCK  OF  DRY  GOODS. 
A  shoes  and  groceries:  Invoice  to,000;  goods 
bought new last year;  will sell part  or  whole  of 
stock;  located In small town In Michigan;  splen­
did country trade and town is growing.  Address 
M , care Michigan  Tradesman. 
IAOR  SALE  ON  EASY  TERMS—A  GOOD 
A  clean stock of  general  merchandise,  invoic 
lng about  $8,000;  sales  in  1900  were  $36,5 <2 25; 
a  111 reach $40,000 this year;  good  farming  com­
munity;  no better point in the  United  states  to 
make money;  will sell on easy terms, small  pay­
ment down, balance on long time,  with  good  se­
curity;  do not need  cash;  reason  for  s e lling ,  in. 
tend  to  retire;  no  competition  to  speak  of -  a 
bonanza for the right man.  Address  p.  O  Box 

935

934

Kansas, Ohio. 

*  933

93!

ANTED-GOOD  HARDWARE  AND  IM- 
plement store to locate in one  of  the  best 
towns In Michigan;  extra  Inducements  to  right 
•verson.  Address  Hardware,  care  Michigan 
radesman. 
932
Pe o p l e   t h i n k   w h e n   a   m a n   o f f e r s
to sell a business It Is not paying;  come  and 
see my store—$1.800 general stock—and dwelling 
I will convlrce any man  that  I  have  a  money 
making location or pay expense of  investigating. 
I have other business.  A.  M.  Bentley, Rhodes, 
Mich. 
l?O B   SALE  OR  EXCHANGE—A  G E N E RAI. 
A  stock of merchandise in  Southern Michigan, 
inventorying about $5,000.  Will sell  or  trace  all 
or part for good limbered land or summer  resort 
progeny.  Address  No.  929,  care  Michigan
■pOB 8ALE—AN  AI  STOCK  OF  QRNKRa i 
merchandise,  Invoicing$20,000, doing a good, 
healthy,  strictly  cash  business.  Best  store  In 
town  of  800;  have  big  farmers’  trade  and  get 
food  profits.  Double  store  room,  brick,  good 
>asement. solid plate glass front,  gas  and  steam 
neat.  Will  sell  or  rent  building.  Am  retiring 
from mercantile  business,  have  other  interests 
that require  my  attention.  No  trades  consld- 
e re ^ an d  don’t write unless you  mean  business. 
W. W. Mitchell. Wood River, Neb. 
-d r y   GOODS.  CLOTHING,
. 
ANTED-
shoes  or  general  merchandise  stocks 
bought for spot cash  on  liberal  plan.  Clean  up 
your shoe stock  by  selling  us  your  undesirable 
numbers on commission or  cash  basis.  Best  of 
references  Ries & Guettel, 128-128  Market  St.. 
Chicago, 111. 

924

928

MICA 

AXLE

A M s

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 ,  Ypsllanti;  Secretary, 
E. A. St o w e , Grand Rapids;  Treasurer,  J.  F. 
T a t m a n , Clare.  _

H IB H B S T   P R IO R   P A ID   F O R   E M P T Y   O A R B O N   A N D   Q A B O L IN B   B A R R E L S

PL  Unnos  Merchants’  and  Manufacturers’  Association 
President, Ch a s.  W e l l m a n ;  Secretary,  J. 
P e r c iv a l .

has Decome 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  nqarket  but  the  most  eco­
nomical as well.  Ask  your  dealer  to  show you  Mica  in  the  new white 
and blue tin packages.

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ILLUMINATING AND 
LUBRICATING OILS

P E R F E C T IO N   o il   is   t h e   s t a n d a r d  

TH E   W O R LD   O V E R

S TA N D A R D   OIL  C O .

Are you going 

to the

Pan - American 

Exposition?

The

Michigan Central

s the short and direct route.

For particulars see M. C. Agents or 

write to

'O.W  Ruggles, G.P. AT. A., Chicago  %

J. S. Hall. D. P. A..

Detroit

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EMGPAVEPS BY A LL  THE 
LEADING  PROCESSES
HALF-TONE 
ZINC-ETCHING 
WOOD ENGRAVING

TPADESMAM  COMPANY
GRAND  RAPIDS. MICHIGAN.

Travelers’ Time  Tables.
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  12:06  and  12:10 
noon, each  week  day,  arriving  at  Detroit  4:06 
p. m. and Chicago 5:00 p. m.

H.  F.  Mo e l l e r ,  G.  P.  A.,

W. E. WOLFENDEN, D. P. A.

GRANDRapids  &  Indiana Railway

July  I,  1901.

Going North.

.... „  

Going South.

dally  ex S uexS u  exSu
.  
Lv Gd Rapids...........  4 05p 
7  i5a  2 OOp  10 45p
4 40p  2 10a
Ar.  Cadillac.............   6 45a H25i 
I 30p  6 eop 
Ar.  Traverse City....  8 30a 
...
Ar. Petoskey............  9 30a 2 50p 
7  35p  5 35a
4 l5p 
......   6 56a
Ar. Mackinaw City... li 20a 
Train leaves for Cadillac 5:20pm, ar’g at  9:00pm.
Trains arrive from the north at 6:00 a m,  11:30 
a m, 12:20 P 1X1,5:15 p m and 9:20 p m.
. 
..  ex8u  ex 8u Daily  ex Su Daily
Lv. G d Rapids.  7 10a  1 OOp  6 OOp  12 30p  9 35n
Ar. Kalamazoo  8 50a  3 22p  7 45p 145pl0 55p
Ar. Ft. Wayne..12 lOp  6 50p To Cnlcago 
1 45a
Ar.Cincinnati.  6 25p 
.............................  6 55a
Trains arrive from the  south  at  3:55 a m  and 
7:20am dally, 1:50pm. 9:35pm and 10:05pm except 
Sunday.
Pullman sleeping or parlor  cars  on  all  through 
trains  4:05am “Northland Express” has dining 
car  Grand  Rapids  to  Mackinaw  City.  2:<iopm 
train  going  north  has  buffet  car  to  Harbor 
Springs.  9:?5pm train going south  has  through 
sleeping cars to Cincinnati,  St.  Louis,  Indianap­
olis and Louisville dally. 
Except  Except  Except 
T 
Sunday  Sunday  Sunday
Lv. Grand Rapids....  7 35am  1  53pm  5 40pm
Ar. Muskegon..........   9 00am  3  10pm  7 oopm
Sunday train  leave  Grand  Rapids  at  9:15am. 
Sunday  train  leaves  Grand  Rapids  7:00pm. 
Arrives at Muskegon 8:25pm.
Trains arrive from Muskpgon at  9:30am  dally. 
1:30pm and 5:20pm  except  Sunday  and  8:00pm 
Sunday only.

MUSKEGON 
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CHICAGO  TRAINS 

G.  R.  &  I  and  Michigan  Central.
TO  CHiCAGO 

g ®   Daily
Lv. G d Rapids (Union depot)  12 30pm  9 35pm 
Ar. Chicago  112th St. Station)  5 25pm 
6 56am 
12:30pm train runs solid to Chicago  with  Pull­
man buffet parlor car attached.
9:30pm  train has through coach  and  Pullman 
sleeping car.

IFROM  CHICAGO — ^  

Dally
Lv. Chicago (12th St.  Station)  5  15pm  11  30pm 
Ar. G’d Rapids (Union depot)  10  05pm 
7  23am 
5:15pm train runs solid to  Grand  Rapids  with 
Pullman buffet parlor car attached.
11:30pm train  has through coach and  sleeping 
ir
Take G.  R.  &   I.  to  Chicago

Grand  Rapidi  Retail Grocers’  Association 

President, F r a n k   J. Dy k ;  Secretary,. Ho m e r 

K l a p ;  Treasurer, J. Ge o r o e  Le h m a n
Detroit  Retail  Grocers’  Proteetire  Association 

President,  E.  Ma r k s ;  Secretaries,  N.  L.
K o e n ig   and  F.  H.  Co z z e n s;  Treasurer,  C. 
H.  F r i n k .

Kalamaioo  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

President, E.  P.  Cr o s s;  Secretary.  He n r y  
Sc h o b e r g ;  Treasurer, H.  R. V a n  B o ch o ve

Baj  Cities  Retail Grocers’  Association 

President,  C.  E.  W a l k e r ;  Secretary,  E. 

L it t l e .

Muskegon  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

President,  H.  B.  Sm it h ;  Secretary,  L>. 
Bo b l k in s ;  Treasurer,  J.  W.  Ca s k a d o n .

Jackson  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

President,  J.  F r a n k   He l m e r ;  Secretary,  W 

H. P o r t e r ;  Treasurer, L.  P k l t o n .
Adrian  Retail  Grocers’  Association

President,  A.  C.  Cl a r k ;_Secretary,  E.
Cl e v e l a n d ; Treasurer,  W m. C. K o eh n

Saginaw  Retail Merchants’  Association 

President, M.  W. Ta n n e r ;  Secretary, E.  H. Me 

P h e r s o n ;  Treasurer, R. A. Ho r r .

President,  x h o s  T.  Ba t e s ;  Secretary,  at. 

Trarene  City  Business  Men’s  Association 
Ho l l y ;  Treasurer,  C.  A.  Ha m m o n d.

Dwosso  Business  Men’s Association 

President,  A .  D.  W h i p p l e ;  Secretary,  G. 

Ca m p b e l l ;  Treasurer, W.  E. Co l l in s .

Alpena  Business  Men’s  Association 

President, F . W. G il c h r is t ;  Secretary,  C. 

Pa r t r id g e .

Calumet  Business  Men’s  Association 

President,  J.  D.  Cu d d ih y ;  Secretary  W  H 

H o s k in o .

St,  Johns Bnsiness  Mon’s  Association 

President, T hob. Br o m l e y ;  Secretary,  F r a n k  

A.  P e r c y ; Treasurer, Cl a r k  A . P u tt.

Pmtj Basinets  Men’s  Association 

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

Hu d d l e.

Grand  Hann  Retail  Merchants’  Association 

President,  F.  D. Vos;  Secretary,  J.  w   V e r  

Ho b k s.

Tale  Business  Men’s  Association 

President,  Ch a s.  R o u n d s;  Secretary,  F r a n k  

P u t n e y .

Grand  Rapids  Retail  Meat  Dealers’  Association 

President,  J o h n  G.  E b l e ;  Secretary.  L.  J  
K a t z ;  Treasurer,  S. J. H u f f o r d .

You ought to sell

LILY  WHITE

“The flour the best cooks use”

50  cents  to  Muskegon 

and  Return  Every  Sunday

V A L L E Y   C I T Y   M ILLIN G  C O ..

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

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Is carried  by the  merchant when  he 
undertakes to handle the credit trans­
actions of his establishment by means 
of pass  books  or  other  equally  anti­
quated methods.  The strain is Imme­
diately  lessened,  however,  when  he 
adopts the Coupon  Book  System  and 
places  his  credit  transactions  on  a 
cash basis.  We  make  four  kinds  of 
Coupon  Books  and  cheerfully  send 
samples free on application.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

GRAN D   R A P ID S .

We  Have a  Plan

that  will  establish  any  retail 
business  on  a  cash  basis  and 
draw  a  large  increase  of  cash 
business  in  a  wonderfully  short 
time. 
The 
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cost  is  small. 
It’s  free  for  the 
asking,  Don’ t  delay.  Write 
us  at  once.

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Trio  Silver  Co.,

> 3 3  Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago,  111.

H.  Leonard & Sons, Grand  Rapids

Price  list  Staple  Crockery,  Glassware.  Notions  and  House  Fur­
“ The  Commercial  Traveler”  

nishing  Goods.  Send  for  Catalogue. 
sent  to  Merchants  only on  request— 175  pages  at

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Base Balls..................................38c and $  68
42
Butter Plates, wire .end......................... 
Baskets,  bushel.....................................  
90
Baskets,  handled................................... 
30
Bags, paper, see  Catalogue..................
Brooms..........................$2 26, $2 00 and  1  78
Burners, No. 1........ 
40
Candy Jars, 2 quart...............................  2 00
Clothes Baskets, 30 In............................  3 7 5
Chimneys, No. 1, box............................. 
1  78
Dressing Combs, rubber.......................  
39
Envelopes, 280 in box............................. 
19
06
Grocer’s Pass  Book............................... 
Galvanized Iron Tubs, No. 1.................  495
l  65
Galvanized Iron Pails, 10 quart............  
Hammocks,  * Palmer,” each................. 
48
Hair Brushes, per doz...........................  
78
Harmonicas...........................................  
35
Ink, Thomas’, 3 doz.  case...................... 
82
Ice Cream Freezers, each.....................   1 28
Jellies, per bbl., doz..............................  
19

Lead Pencils,  gro.....................................  
50
Lemon Squeezers, glass,  doz.................. 
'40
Lawn Mowers, 14 in., each......................  2  18
Milk Jars, Paper Cap, gro....................  5 00
Mantles, Gasoline, doz.......
Playing Cards......................
Plates.  Breakfast  .............
Stone Butter ja rs, 1 g a l. each...............
Stone Milk Pans, 1 gal.,  each.................
Shelf Paper, gro. sheets...........................
Silver Plated  Knives  and  Forks,  Rog­
Silver Plated Teaspoons, Rogers’, doz..
Silver Plated Teaspoons, Coin,  doz.......
Telescope valises, each...........................
Tumblers, V4 pint, by bbl., doz...............
Tea Cups and Saucers, doz.....................
Tanglefoot Fly Paper, 60  sheets............
Thread, Clark’s M7 E., doz......................
Thread, Merrick’s, doz...........................
Thread, Cromwell’s, doz.........................

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like to buy and sell goods "Not  Made by  a  Trust”  when  qual- 
lty and prices are better than  the  trust’s  We  are  not  in  the 
baking  trust.  We  give  better  prices  than  they  do.  That 
makes quality the thing to consider. 

Standard  Crackers 

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are enjoyed by all consumers.  They  bring  the  grocer  trade 
in other lines.  Why not handle these goods? 

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SO L D   B Y   A L L   J O B B E R S

STICKY  IL

CATCHES  THE  GERM  AS  WELL  AS  THE  PLY. 

Sanitary.  Used the world over.  Good profit to sellers. 

Order from Jobbers.

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The  Scales  of  Justice

Thermostatic  Automatic  Spring  Balance  Computing 
Scales  are  the  only  safe  and  absolutely  reliable  Butcher 
If  you  are  a  butcher  it  is  but  (meat)  that  you 
Scales. 
should  own  this  System  Scale. 
It  embodies  the  principle 
of the  “Money-Weight”  and  insures every  penny  of  profit 
to  you  that  can  be  had  through  retailing. 
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