Nineteenth  Year

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER  9,1901.

Number  942

IMPORTANT  FEATURES. 

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Page. 
U.  G etting th e  People.
4.  A round th e  State.
5.  Grand  Rapids  Gossip.
6.  W indow  Dressing.
7.  W all of Ignorance.
8.  E ditorial.
9.  E ditorial.
10.  D ry  Goods.
11.  Clever Swindle.
12.  Shoes  and  Rubbers.
14.  Clothing.
16.  B u tter  and Eggs.
17.  P oultry.
18.  H ardw are.
19.  The Typew riter’s  Lunch.
20.  W oman’s W orld.
22.  Clerhs’ Corner.
23.  The  New  F o rk   M arket.
24.  Microbe M urderers.
25.  Comm ercial Travelers.
26.  D rugs and Chemicals.
27.  D rug Price  Current.
28.  Grocery  Price  Current.
29.  Grocery  Price  Current.
30.  Grocery  Price  Current.
31.  Buy  New  Toys.
32.  The  Grocery  M arket. 

H ardw are  P rice  Current.

ANOTHER INVASION.

If  signs  amount  to  anything  there  is 
trouble  ahead.  A  cloud  not  half  so 
large  as  a  man’s  hand  is  gathering  to 
the  eastward  and,  small  as  it  is,  there 
are  watching  eyes  that  can  see  that  it  is 
already  growing  black. 
It  has  not  yet 
reached  the  thundering  size,  but  it  is 
even  now  causing  uneasiness  and  when 
uneasiness  disturbs  'the  commercial  at­
mosphere  everybody  should  be  looking 
out.  Look  at  it  as  we  may,  there  is 
every  indication  of  another  invasion  of 
Europe  by  the  United  States.  Shoes 
that  have  brought  woe  to  terrified  old 
Austria  are  giving  place  to  food  prod­
ucts,  and 
if  every 
blessed  stomach  in  the  Old  World  were 
going  to  be  filled  to  the  full— invaded 
by  this  country’s  wheat.

looks  now  as 

it 

After  due  figuring 

it  turns  out  that 
is

112,000,000 

000,  Germany  152,000,000,  Italy
and 

the  world’s  wheat  crop  for  1901 
2.640.000.  000,bushels,  of  which  Europe 
pe  raises  1,360,000,000,  leaving  to  other 
countries  1,280,000,000.  Russia’s  share 
is  about  340,000,000  bushels,  France 
claims  304,000,000,  Austria-Hungary
176.000. 
128.000.  600,  Spain 
Great  Britain  56,000,000.  The  London 
paper  that  has  ciphered  that  out  esti­
mates  the  wheat  crop  of  the  United 
States  at  696,000,000  bushels,  that  of 
Canada  and  Manitoba  at  64,000,000 
and  of  India  at 248,000,000;  allot which 
goes  to  show  that  there  is  a  shortage  of 
wheat  in  Europe,  a  corresponding  sur­
plus  in  this  country  and  that,  therefore, 
rather  than  have  starvation  on  the earth, 
that  American  surplus  is  going  over  to 
make  up  for that  shortage,  and  there  is 
nothing  under the  sun  to  prevent  it.

If  the  matter  could  end  here  there 
would  be  nothing  to  be  sore  over.  The 
idea  of  keeping  Europe’s  millions  from 
starving  is  pleasant  even  to  the  unphil- 
anthropic,  but, 
like  Shylock’s  bond, 
“ there 
is  something  e l s e T h e   mil­
lions  are  kept  from  starving  only  by 
furnishing  a  profit to America,and while 
Europe  is  keeping  body  and  soul  to­
gether  with  American  wheat,  “ that 
American” — the  result  of  the  Spanish 
war  has  made  unpopular  the  Spanish

If  the 

nickname  for  the  Americans— is  count­
ing  up  and  gloating  over  bis  gains.  He 
is  doing 
it  this  year,  he  will  do  it  the 
next,  he  will  keep  on  doing  it.  Bread- 
stuffs  will  follow  in  the  footsteps  of  the 
footgear  until  the  European  markets 
invaded  with  them— invasion 
will  be 
number  two. 
idea  and  the  ap­
palling  fact  behind  it  were  “ the  be  all 
and  the  end  all’ ’  the  consideration  of  it 
would  be  endurable ;  but  it  is  not. 
In 
other  lines the  same  fact  presents  itself: 
London  to-day 
is  undermined  by  an 
American  mole  and  the  American  un­
derground  railroad 
is  to  be  the  result. 
If  a  European  river  is  to  be  bridged  an 
American  bridge  does  it.  The European 
railroad  demands  steel  rails  and  the 
works  at  Pittsburg  furnish  them. 
It 
wants  engines  and  Taunton  fills  the  or­
der.  An  up-to-date  sleeper  or  passen­
ger  car  is  called  for  and  tbe  delighted 
foreigner  is  happy— until  he  reads  on 
the  car  door  the  name  of  the  American 
shop  that  produced  it.  Whichever  way 
he  turns  the  same  fact  paralyzes  him 
and  with  uplifted  hands  and  voice  he 
exclaims,  in  the 
language  of  Austria, 
“ We  are 
invaded!  We  are  ruined  by 
American  cheap  labor!’ ’  and  he  wants 
to  “ go  for  that  heathen  American.”

He  can. 

It  is  the  glory  of  the  Amer­
ican  and  his  country  that  that  is  exactly 
what  he  wants  the  Austrian  and  his 
class  everywhere  to  do. 
If  points  are 
wanted  he  will  give  them.  For  the  sake 
of  the  fight  and  the  excitement  it  fur­
nishes,  if  funds  are  needed  he  will  see 
that  they  are  at  hand.  Invasion  is  com­
plained  of.  Better  than  anybody  else 
the  American  knows  that  there  is  abun­
dant  cause  for  the  complaint,  and  no­
body  will  be  gladder  than  he  to  watch 
any  attempt  to  repel  it.  He  knows  that 
the  fate  of  tbe  fight  will  depend  on  the 
wit  and  the  skill  of  the  contestants  and 
he 
If 
the  enemy’s  goods  are  better  in  any  re­
spect  than  bis  and  they  can  be  sold  at  a 
profit  for  less,  be  it  so.  All  he  asks  is 
a  fair  field  and  no  favor.  Be  it  shoes  or 
breadstuffs,  railroad  iron  or  engines,  if 
what  he  offers  is  found  inferior he  with­
draws  his  forces  and  the  threatened 
in­
vasion  for the  time  being  is  at  an  end ; 
only,  at  the  outset,he wants  it  distinctly 
understood  that  an  American  armada, 
while 
it  may  temporarily  withdraw, 
never  goes  to  pieces,  and  the  attempted 
invasion  is  sure  to  be  made  if  the  coun­
try  aimed  at  continues  to  exist.

is  ready  to  abide  by  the  result. 

The  experience  of  the  past  two  days 
in  Grand  Rapids  has  plainly  demon­
strated  that  the  letting  down  of  the  bars 
of  respectability  and  observance  of  the 
laws  of  decorum  and  decency  is  not  a 
good  thing  for  any  city,  because  it  ush­
ers  in  an  era  of  laxnesS  in  conduct  and 
a  license  which  too  frequently  leads  to 
lewdness.  ________ _____

The  United  States  Treasury  will  soon 
issue  a  new  ten-doliar  greenback  which 
will  probably  become  known 
as  a 
"buffalo  bill.”  
Its  chief  feature  is  the 
representation  of  a  buffalo  bull,  with 
bent  bead  and  outstretched  tail,  on  a 
prairie  of  sage  grass,  in  the  position 
of  pawing  for  food.

GENERAL TRADE  REVIEW .

The  general  conditions  of  all  the 
leading  lines  of  trade  and  industry  con­
tinue  the  apparently  healthy  activity 
which  has  characterized  recent  months. 
In  spite  of  the  labor  controversies  the 
steel  corporation  has  declared  a  divi­
dend,  which  operates  to  give  confidence 
as  to  the  general situation.  Reports  for 
the  month  of  September  and  for the 
nine  months  of  the  year  give  assurance 
that  a  new  record of universal  prosperity 
will  be  established  by  the  first  year  of 
the  century.

But  in  spite  of  all  this  the  movement 
of  the  Wall  Street  market  has  been 
downward,  owing  doubtless  to  profes­
sional  manipulation  and  to  the  fact  of 
undue  prices  in  some  properties.  Trad­
ing  has  generally  been  professional,  al­
though 
later  reports  indicate  more  ac­
tivity  and  greater variations  in  values. 
European  markets  are  carefully  watch­
ing  the  situation  here  and  trading  is 
rather  conservative.  Talk of close money 
is  a  means  of  helping  the  bear interests, 
but  there  is  little  real  fear of  any  mate­
rial  stringency.

in  the 

interest  charges 

The  report  of  $12,000.000  earnings 
above 
largest 
steel  company  for  the  last  six  months 
comes  as  a  surprise  in view  of  the strike 
troubles.  Probably  this 
is  to  be  ac­
counted  for  partly  on  account  of  those 
troubles  as  they  increased  the  prices  of 
stocks  on  hand  and  stimulated  sales. 
Activity  at  the  steel  mills  is  the  charac­
teristic  of  present  reports  and  prices  are 
only  kept  within  bounds  by  the  conser­
vatism  of  the  operators.  Bessemer  pig 
and  billets  are 
in  especially  good  de­
mand,  while  sheet  steel  producers  are 
three  months  behind  in  their  orders.

The  situation 

in  the  woolen  goods 
market  continues  strong.  Eastern  wool 
markets  report  steady  shipments  and 
prices  well  sustained.  Retail  buying  is 
reported  increasing  to  an  unexpected 
extent  as  the  cold  season  approaches. 
Cotton  prices  have  been  stimulated  by 
unfavorable  crop  reports  and  prospects 
of  strikes at Fail  River  again.  Footwear 
shipments  are  remarkable  for  their,  vol­
ume,  not  only  from  Boston,  but all  other 
manufacturing  centers. 
The  winter 
goods  season  should  now  be  over,  but 
tbe  unexpected  late  demand  has  greatly 
lengthened  the  season._____

The  suggestion,  by  John  W.  Mackay, 
of  tbe  vigilance  committee  and  hang­
ing  by  mob  law  as  a  remedy  for anarch­
ism,  is  little  better  than  anarchy  itself. 
Tbe  doctrine  that  like  cures  like,  or,  as 
the  homeopathists  put  it,  “ similia  sim- 
ibus  curantur, ”   may  have  some  force 
in  medicine,  and  the  hair  of  the  dog 
may  be  good  for  the  bite,  figuratively, 
but that lawlessness will  cure  lawlessness 
is  a  theory  which  should  find  advocates 
in  no  civilized  country.

Uneasy 

lies  the  head  that  wears  the 
crown.  Yesterday  King  Edward  VII. 
had  the  rheumatism,  to-day  he  has  the 
lumbago; 
in  the  dis­
patches  that  to-morrow  he  will  very 
likely  have  cancer.

it  is  reported 

The  clock  ticks  the  music to  which  is 

set  the  pace  of  the  marching  hours.

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( Widdicomb Bldg, Grand Raptds.
s f Detroit Opera House Block, Detroit. 

L. J. Stevenson, Manager

R. J. Cleland and Don E. Minor, Attorneys

Prompt attention to  all  kinds  of  Collec­
tions, Adjustments and Litigations.  Our 
credit advices will avoid  making  worth­
less accounts-  We collect all others.

T he  M ercantile  A gency

Established 1841.

R.  O.  DUN  &  CO.

Widdicomb  Bld’g,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

Books arranged w ith trade classification  of  names. 
Collections made everywhere. W rite for particulars.

C.  E.  McCRONE,  manager.

National  Fire  Ins.  Co.

of  Hartford

Successor to

The Grand Rapids Fire Ins. Co.

CAPITAL,  $1,000,000

ELLIOT  O.  OROSVENOR

Late State  Pood Commissioner 

Advisory  Counsel  to  manufacturers  and 
jobbers  whose  interests  are  affected  by 
the  Food  Laws  of  any  state.  Corres­
pondence  invited.
133a majestic  Building,  Detroit,  filch.

WILLIAM  CONNOR

W H O LE S A LE  

R EA D YM A D E  C L O T H IN G

for all ages.

Removed to William Alden Smith 
block, 28 and 30 South Ionia street. 
Open  daily  from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m.

Saturday to  1  p.  m.

Mail orders promptly  attended to. 

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Customers’ expenses allowed. 

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A.  BOMERS,

..Commercial Broker..

And  Dealer in

Cigars and Tobaccos,

157 B. Fulton St. 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Aluminum Money

W ill Increase Your Business.

C h e a p  a n d  B M ecU ve. 

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

44  3 .  Clark  St..  Chicago.  111.

TradasnanCoupms

Getting  the  People
The  Value  of D istinctiveness  in  A dvertis­

ing.

Heeding  the  oft  repeated  and  desir­
able  admonition  to  make 
frequent 
changes  in  advertising,  there  is  often,  I 
may  say  usually,  an  entire  lack  of  rela­
tion,  or of  any  distinctive  feature,  from 
issue  to  issue  which  causes  the  loss  of 
any  continuous  effect  in  the  work. 
In 
whatever  degree  the  advertising  firm 
may  become  a  familiar  entity  in  the 
minds  of  readers  there  is,  of  course,  a 
continuous  value 
in  the  advertising. 
But  this  is  such  a  slow  and  long  under­
taking, any  means  which  will  aid  or  ex­
pedite  this  result  are  worth  considera­
tion.

There  are  many  ways  of  preserving 
identity  in  advertising  work.  Among 
these  are  the  use  of  a  certain  uniform 
space  and  position  in  a  newspaper;  the 
use  of  a  distinctive  style  of  type  not ad­
mitted  elsewhere  in  the  paper;  a  series 
of  cuts  of  a  general  similar  character ; 
a  trade  mark;  an  engraved  design  for  a 
heading;  an  engraved  signature,  etc., 
etc.

In  many  cases 

In  the  local  paper the  use  of  a  uni­
form space  and  position  may  be  made  a 
valuable  means  of  producing  a  contin­
uous  effect. 
it  is  not 
difficult  to  secure  this  advantage  from 
the  publisher  provided  the  advertiser 
does  not  attempt  the  securing  of  one  of 
tbe  most  advantageous 
locations.  Of 
course  the  more  prominent  position may 
be  desirable,  and  the  effort  may  prop­
erly  be  made  to  secure  as  favorable  a 
position  as  possible,  but  it  can  only  be 
expected  that  the  publisher  will  be will­
ing  to  accord  a medium position.  With 
the  general  reader  to-day  the  papers 
most  prized  for  reading  are  those  pre­
serving  uniformity  in their departments, 
those  in  which  he  knows  just  where  to 
find  what  he  wants.  Many  periodicals 
will  not  cater  to  this  desire  as  they 
think 
it  better  to  compel  the  looking 
through  all  parts  of  the  paper  in  the 
general  interest  of  the  advertisers.  The 
local  press  is  not  generally  so  arbitrary. 
This  desire  on  the  part  of  readers  illus­
trates  the  value  of a  certain  space  as  a 
means  of  distinction. 
It  may  be  urged 
that,  becoming  familiar  with  a  certain 
advertisement  in  such  a  space,  they  be­
comes  indifferent.  This  would  be  true 
if  the  advertisement  were  allowed  to 
the 
run  without  change;  but  where 
matter  is  new  and  interesting  every 
is­
learns  to  seek  instead  of 
sue,  the  eye 
avoiding 
it.  The  use  of  a  continuous 
space  of  this  kind  does  not  preclude  the 
employment  of  large  spaces  elsewhere 
for  special  advertising,  but  I  should  not 
discontinue  the  regular  one.

The  use  of  a  distinctive  style  of  type 
for  the  display  in  an  advertisement  in­
volves  the  purchase  of  several  fonts  for 
the  exclusive  use  of  the  advertiser.  The 
expense  of  this  is  not  great  when  the 
advantage  to  be  gained  is considered 
even 
if  the  printer,  in  consideration  of 
a  profitable  and  long  continued  contract 
will  not  bear the  expense  himself. 
In 
making  the  selection  it  is  desirable  that 
transient,  inartistic  styles  be  avoided, 
as  they  soon  become  wearisome.

There  are  many  houses  who  make 

it 
a  business  to  furnish  series  of  cuts  for 
certain  lines  of trade,  giving  a  new  one 
for  each  issue.  These  may  be  of  value 
in  clothing 
lines  and  possibly  in  some 
others,  but  they  are  not  enough  to  de­
pend  upon  for  continuous  distinction 
if 
changed  haphazard  in  position.

A trade  mark,  if  simple  and  strong

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

F

IF  HOT 
SATISFIED 

YOUR 
MONEY 
BACK,

ER

ALWAYS 
IN  TOUCH 
WITH  THE 
TIMES.

THE DEPARTMENT STORE. 

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I t is a 7 gore,  extwioe floance with  wedge  gores of the 
same  materials.  Gores  are  yrimined  with  satin  bands  to 
harmonize.  '* Mad» from ail wool homes pan in several shades 

only £ 6 .0 0 .

The very latest  Novelties  in  Women’s  Velvet  Skirts 

¿28.00.  ¿25.00  a n d   ¿15.00.

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N E W .

Fall  Goods.

Best  yalues  are  always 
found at this store.  10-4 
Bed  Blankets at 43  cents.
Larger and heavier at  78 
cents, $1  and $1.28.

Shaker  Flannel

Better than you will  find 
elsewhere,  at  8c,  7c,  8c 
and  10c.  Ten  pieces  of 
light and dark outing  3c.
•  Fleece  Goods, .French 
•Flannel styles, at 12  l-2 e  
a yard.  The  right goods 
and  styles  for  dressing 
saque.

*  J .  M .  F l a n a g a n .

t* For the M  Thirty  Days.
Wall  Paper  Cheap.

Now is the time to paper your house.  In order to clean up 
our wall paper  rack  and  make  room  for  next  year’s  stock, 
which we buy this month, we are going to make some  big  cuts 
in prices.'  AH 8c and 10c paper 5c a double  roll;  12c  and  15c 
paper 8c double roll; 20c paper 10c.  Better  goods  at  corres­
ponding prices.  Come in, look them over, and if they .are  not 
cheap don’t buy them.  No trouble .to show  samples.

Don’t forget to bring along your drug  wants  and  remem-' 

ber that we have everything in the drug line.

ALLEN  B.  WAY,

DRUGGIST.

HOW NECESSARY 
IT  I S .............
To  secure* only  the  best  of  drugs 
in  the  compounding  of-all  prescrip­
tions. 
in-other words (o  gtt  just the 
drugs tbe doctor  intcuds  you  should: 
That’* the kind you get  hers.  Try  i£.

E. I .   KENNEDY,  Druggist^

'  W4 Wmtrwa same.;

Our Fall

Qotbing.

T o  say  that  - we’ve  looked 
after’ your  interest  is  ]>ut  to 
tell you wbat you've learned *- 
expect us to  do 
'  Every day brings something 
new from the makers,  as  carer 
fully fashioned, as  dainty,  and 
as full of individuality and style 
as.can  he'produced  by  the 
“make-to-measure” man.

Our  stock  is  not  a  one man 
idea—tbe whole  field has  been 
gone  over  and  the  result'.wc 
leave to your judgment.*
Hen's Saits, $10 to $25. 
Young Hen's Suits,

Children’s Suits,  .

$8  to  $22. 
.  $2.50  to  $10.

H A C K ’S

M ILLINERY
We bate purchased  the - 
agenco  of  Phipps  and 
•Atkinson  Hats,  and  we 
that  every 
. are  assn re J 
Well  dressed  lady  will 
feel 
in  this 
exclusive line  of  street 
hats, before  the  assort­
ment is broken. 
MACie& CO.

interested 

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T h e  

M is s io n  

o f  T o i l e t   S o a p .

X toilet soap should cleanse the  skin—it  should  do this 
and nothing else.  A sate  soap  is  the  one  made  from 
TVgclable oils,  with  alkali  and  oil  perfectly combined. 
Excess of nil means imperfect cleansing;  excess of alkali 
means a roughened skin.

While  cheapness  in  soap  often  means  badness  of 
quality, you nee I  not  pay  high  prices  in  order to got 
good soaps.  We are careful  in  buying,  and os a result 
of our carefulness we are ¡title to furnish .worthy soaps at 
llule price.

Lyman s Drug £tore

G o ld  

in   y o u r  
g a r r e t .

Hundreds of  housewives who never 
dyo  anything,  who  think  they can’t 
dye. or imagine  that It Is a task,  are 
losing the good  of  cast away fabrics 
that  could  be  made almost like new 
by  dyeing.  It  Is  an  extremely  easy 
process  with  the  perfected  dyes  of 
today, and the cost Is but a trifle.
P a c k a g e   D ves.
We handle  the best  package dyes 
On.thc market.  They color silk, wool, 
cotton, mixed goods, or feathers.

KUDU preter the old fashkraed dyes 
wo  can  supply  them  and  furnish 
directions.  The  materials will be of 
highest quality anil will cost hut little.

THOMPSON  &  ORICE,

P h a r m a c is ts ,

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in  design,  may  be  of  value  either  alone 
or  in  connection  with some other method 
of  securing  continuous  distinction.

The  use  of  an  engraved  beading  for 
an  advertisement  may  be  of  value  when 
the  position  is  constantly changed  in the 
paper  as  it serves  to quickly  identify tbe 
space  to  the  eye  and  so  serves  to  some 
extent  the  purpose  of  an  uniform  posi­
I  do  not  think  it  desirable,  how­
tion. 
ever, 
in  connection  with  an  uniform 
position,  for  it  then  becomes ti resome.
A  boldly  engraved  signature  in  differ­
ent  sizes  is  a  good  means  of distinction, 
especially  when  spaces  are  frequently 
changed  in  size  and  position. 
large 
spaces  these  are  used  several  times  in 
tbe  same  advertisement  and  to  good  ad­
vantage.

In 

Flexner  Brothers  find  it  worth  while 
to  devote  their  space  to  an  advertise­
ment  of  one  particular  skirt  with  its 
price. 
It  is  this  definite  advertising 
that  gains  the  attention  and  counts  in 
results.  Those  attracted  to  the  store  by 
this  advertisement  do  not  all  buy  $6 
skirts,  by  any  means.  The  printer  has 
done  well 
in  paneling  off  the  display 
and  cut,  so as to get  rid  of  the  ragged 
ndefinite  look  otherwise  inevitable—an 
example  of  good  advertising.

J.  M.  Flanagan  writes  a  good  dry 
goods  advertisement  and  bis  printer  has 
given  a  good  display.  The  comparison 
of  values  with  others  is  rather  indefinite 
and  might  well  be  dispensed  with.  The 
printer  should  have  used  a  little  more 
care  in  proof  reading.

line,  which 

is  decidedly 

Allen  B.  Way  has  written  a  good  wall 
paper  advertisement  and  bis  printer has 
produced  an  artistic  result,  barring  the 
first 
lame. 
Tbe  advertising  value  would  have  been 
improved  by  displaying  the  contrasting 
prices,  because  tbe  average  reader  does 
not  pick  them  out  when  run  in  a  para­
graph. 
The  reference  to  drug  wants 
in  the  last  paragraph  weakens  tbe  ad­
vertisement. 
“ Druggist”  
conveys  all  that  is  necessary.

The  word 

A  good  drug  advertisement  is  that  of 
Lyman’s  Drug  Store  and  tbe  composi­
tion  could  hardly  be  improved  except 
by  putting  a  finer  line  around  tbe  bead­
ing.  The  argument 
in  tbe  wording  is 
interesting  and  the  division  of  tbe  par­
agraph 
increases  the  probability  of  its 
being  read.

E.  M.  Kennedy  writes  an  ideal  ad­
vertisement  for  bis  space  and  the  print­
er  has  bandied  his  part  well.

C.  Lazard  Co.,  Limited,uses  a  signa­
ture  which  seems  to  give  strong distinc­
tion.  My  criticism  of  tbe  advertisement 
is  the  lack  of  definiteness  and  concise­
ness  both  in  the  wording  and  price  list. 
Prices  from  and  to  so 
large  a  range 
have  really  no  meaning.  Some  distinc­
tion  of  goods  and  prices  around  the  av­
erage  would  be  much  more  attractive.

Mack  &  Co.  get  right  to  the  point  in 
their  millinery  advertisement,  and  the 
printer  could  not  do  his  work  better  in 
the  space.

An  exceptionally  good  special  adver­
tisement  of  dyes  is that  of  Thompson  & 
Grice.  Tbe  argument  is  clear  and  in­
teresting,  and nothing  else  is  introduced 
to  take  away  from  the  effect. 
The 
printer’s  work  is  a  model.

Not T hat K ind.

“ These  hirelings  of  capital  may  in­
terrupt  me,”   howled  the  shaggy-haired 
trades  union  prator,  “ but  they  can’t 
make  me  stop  talking!  If  they  had their 
way,  my  fellow  citizens,  they  would  si­
lence  me  with  giant  powder!”

“ Not at  all,  sir, 

jeering  minions  of 
would  use  insect  powder on  you,”

capital. 

replied  one  of  the 
“ They 

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H.  LEONARD  &  SO N S

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G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H IG A N

Our  Very  Low  Prices  are  the  strongest  argum ents  we 
can  offer  to  convince  you  of  the  fact  that  you  can 
m ake  m oney  by  buying  from  us. 
In vestigate  for  your­
self  and  see  if  any  dealer  quotes  you  prices  lower  than 
ours.  A sk   for  our  com plete  stove  list  if  you  did  not 
receive  it.

“ Ingham ”   Cook  Stove

“  Hot  Blast ”  Wood  Heater

Prices  Like  the  Following  Speak 

for  Themselves

A ir T ight Wood  H eater, oval smooth  steel body,  with bottom  draft  regu­
lator and check draft  In  collar, opening  near  bottom  to  remove  ashes.  The 
cover slips over nozzle and locks  automatically.
No. 18  “ A ir Tight,”  size 15x18 in., height 30 in., not lined, each $1.18.
No.  180  « A ir T ight,”  size 15x18 In , height 30 in., lined, each $1 40.
No.  200  “ A ir T ight,” size 20x24 in., height 43 In , lined, each $1 90.
No.  240  “ A ir Tight,” size 24x24 in., height 43 in., lined, each $2.25.
« H ot  B last ”  Wood  H eater,  polished steel body, double jacket and  check 
draft.  The cold is taken through  the  space  between  outer  and  inner jacket 
and discharged at the top, thereby uniformly heating the room.
No.  26  “ H ot  Blast,”  size 26x26 In., height 45 in., each $6.40.
“ F air  Oak ”  H eater,  for wood and hard  or  soft  coal.  An  ornamental  and 
durable stove with extra  heavy  firepot,  shaking  and  draw  center  grate  and 
screw draft in ash pit door and lower half of feed door.  Large ash  and plenty 
of highly polished nickel ornaments.
N o.  10,  10in.fire pot,  each....$ 5.25 
N o.  1 2 ,  12 in. fire pot,  each....  6.50 

N o.  1 6 ,  16In. firepot, each....$ 9.00 
N o.  1 8 ,  18in. firepot, each....  10.00 

N o.  1 4 ,  14 in. fire pot, each......$7.75

“ Colum bia  H om e”  Coal  H eater, a modern, strictly high grade coal stove, 
so constructed as to provide the greatest amount of heat  with  the  least  fuel. 
Fire pot a grate removable  through  front  doors.  Has  polished  nickel  dome, 
swing top, foot rail and ash pit door, which parts are  all  removable.  You can 
confidently recommend this stove to your customers.
No.  40,  14 in. fire pot, each $31.20.
No.  50,  15 in. fire pot, each $35 00.
“ In g h am ”  Cook  Stoves,  absolutely  the  best  stoves  for  the  money.  All 
very heavy castings and made of selected  materials  throughout.  Has  remov­
able double fire back, tin lined  oven  doors,  extension  shelf  and  nickel  towel 
rod on back, and large shelf  under  the  hearth,  which can be adjusted to rear 
of stove at bottom.  Ornamental base, nickel name plate, door knobs and oven 
door kicker.  Compare the sizes.
No.  8-20  Square,  with four 8  in.  holes.  Size  oven  20x20 In.,  top  25x29  in., 
each $10.25.
No.  9-20  Square,  with four  9 in.  holes.  Size  oven  20x20  in.,  top  25x29  in., 
each $10.25.
No.  8-20 W ith  Porcelain  Lined  Reservoir, four 8  in.  holes.  Size  oven 
20x20 in., top 25x40 in., each $13.50.
No.  9-20  W ith  Porcelain  Lined  Reservoir, four  9  in  holes.  Size oven 
20x20 in., top 25x40 in., each $14.50.

“  Fair  Oak ”  Wood  Heater

“ Columbia  Home”   Coal  Heater

O ur  H olid ay  C atalo gu e,  showing  the  choicest  and  most  exclusive  line  of  novel­
If  not, 
It  will  be  money  in  your  pocket  because  it will  guide you  to th e  lo w ­

ties,  toys, china,  etc.,  etc.,  has  been  mailed  this  week.  Did  you  receive  a  copy ? 
write  for  it  at once. 
est  priced  house  in  th e  U nited  S tates.

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Around  the State

M ovements o f M erchants,

Crapo—John  A.  Kintz  has  opened 

a  new  grocery  store.

Coidwater—The 

Ideal  Fixture  Co. 

has  sold  out  to  A.  Visel.

Quincy— F.  E.  Mellen  has  purchased 

the  grocery  stock  of  A.  R.  Taylor.

Manistee— P.  N.  Cordoza 

is  closing 

out his  dry  goods  and  millinery  stock.

Blissfield—Mrs.  James  R.  Keeler  has 
sold  her  millinery  stock  to  Berning  & 
Righter.

Frederic— Louis  J.  Lempke  has  sold 
his  general  merchandise  stock  to  W.  T. 
Kirkley.

Jackson— B.  F.  Cook  has  sold  his 
grocery  stock  at  815  East  Ganson  street 
to  E.  H.  Cochrane.

Battle  Creek— E.  M.  McConnell  suc­
ceeds  Edward  Corrigan  in  the  furnace 
and  tinware  business.

Kalamazoo—F.  E.  Riley  is succeeded 
by  Cleveland  &  Armstrong  in  the  grain 
and  clothing  business.

Hancock—Geo.  H.  Nichols  is  now 
in  his  new  drug 

ready  for  business 
store  in  the  Kauth  block.

Gilbert— L.  L.  Freeman  is  erecting  a 
warehouse  as  large  again  as  the  one 
destroyed  by  fire  last  summer.

Maybee— Henry  Creasey  has  engaged 
in  the  drug  business,  having  purchased 
the  stock  of  Lawrence  Baldwin.

Caseville— Robert  R.  McKinley  has 
purchased  the  general merchandise stock 
of  Frances  E.  (Mrs.  Neil)  Conley.

Elton—J.  L.  Felton  has  sold  his  gen­
eral  stock  to  Arthur  S.  Cassety,  who 
will  continue  the  business  at  the  same 
location.

Jasper—Camcross  &  Palms  . is 

the 
style  of  the  new  firm  which  succeeds 
Eugene  A.  Camcross 
in  the  hardware 
business.

Hancock—About  sixty  Norwegians 
are  considering  the  organization  of  a 
co-operative  society  to  establish  and 
maintain  a  general  store.

South  Haven—Jesse  F.  Goodrode  has 
sold  his  drug  stock  to  E.  Murray  and 
Chas.  Hine,  who  will  continue  the busi­
ness  at  the  same  location.

Sand Creek— The general  merchandise 
firm  of  C.  M.  Stockwell  &  Co.  has  been 
dissolved.  C.  M.  Stockwell  continues 
the  business  in  his  own  name.

Marquette— P.  Grant  &  Son,  dealers 
in  harnesses,  have  dissolved  partner­
ship.  Peter Grant,  Jr.,  has  removed  to 
Houghton,  where  he  has  accepted  a  po­
sition.

Kalkaska— Hurley  &  Landrum  have 
opened  a  meat  market  at  Rapid  City  in 
their  market  here. 
connection  with 
Ralph  Hurley  has  been  placed 
in 
charge.

Montague— Frank  Ball  has  purchased 
the  interest  of  Ernest  and  Will Kison  in 
the  grocery  stock  of  Kison  Bros,  and 
will  continue  the  business  at  the  same 
location.

Tecumseh—G .  N.  Dawson, 

formerly 
of Adrian  and  now  at  Bellevue,  has pur­
chased  a  grocery *nd  crockery  stock  at 
this  place  and  will  take  possession  in 
about  thirty  days.

Flint—The  grocery  store  of  A.  A. 
Riker  was  closed  Tuesday  on  a  chattel 
mortgage  held  by  W.  J.  Gould  &  Co., 
of  Detroit.  The  stock  is  advertised  for 
sale  next  Monday.

Ypsilanti— Mr.  Seckenger,  who  has 
been  in  the  employ  of  Vought  &  Rog­
ers  for the  past  four  years,  will  engage 
in  the  meat  business  at  Tecumseh  in 
partnership  with  W.  Voorheis.

Ludingtoh— O.  J.  Wangen 

is  closing

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

out  his  stock  of  wall  paper  and  art 
goods  and  will  discontinue  business  at 
this  place.  He  will  devote  his  entire 
attention  to  his  store  at  Manistee.

Mt.  Pleasant— The  creditors of the late 
People’s  Savings  Bank  are  to  receive 
another  dividend  this  week,  making  65 
per  cent,  in  all.  They  may  get  another 
small  sum  before  the  affairs  are  fully 
closed  up.

Parnell—Joseph  Joyce,  of  Cannon,  has 
leased  the  store  building  of Dr.  McAvoy 
and  opened  a  general  store.  Dr.  Mc­
Avoy  has  moved  his  stock  of  drugs  into 
the  building  adjoining,  which  he  will 
occupy  as  an  office.

Dowagiaq—Volney  Osborn,  formerly 
in  the  hardware  store  of  G.  E.  Bishop, 
has  purchased  a  half 
in  the 
shoe  business  of  John  G.  Smith,  which 
will  hereafter  be  conducted  under the 
style  of  Smith  &  Osborn.

interest 

Dowagiac—The  Grocers  and  Meat 
Dealers’  Association  recently  adopted 
a  resolution  to  discard  the  use  of  tele­
phones  in  receiving  orders  from  their 
customers  on  and  after  Oct.  1.  The 
pressure  brought  to  bear  on  the  mer­
chants  was  so  great  that  the  action  was 
rescinded.

Benton  Harbor— Wm.  Bruce,  of  the 
Yellow  Front  Bargain  store,who  recent­
ly  purchased  the  interest  of  his  partner, 
Geo.  Cohn,  has  sold  a  half  interest  in 
the  business  to  Chas.  E.  Stone,  of  the 
grocery  and  crockery  firm  of  Morrow  & 
Stone.  The  new  firm  will  be  known  as 
Bruce  &  Stone.

Manistee— L.  C.  Larson,  who  has  for 
some  time  conducted  a  wholesale  and 
retail  grocery  business  in  connection 
with  his  dry  goods,  clothing  and  boot 
and  shoe 
line,  has  sold  the  wholesale 
business  to  Frank  Firzlaff  &  Co.  He 
will  continue  the  retail  department  the 
Same  as  heretofore.

Muskegon—Gerrit  Boss  has  purchased 
the  grocery  stock  of  G.  H.  Bennink,  at 
42  Mason  avenue,  and  will  remove  his 
grocery  stock  on  Myrtle  street to the new 
location.  Mr.  Bennink  has  been  en­
gaged 
in  the  grocery  business  at the 
stand  which  be  has 
just  sold  for over 
sixteen  years  and  retires  from  business 
on  account  of  ill  health.

Houghton—Articles  of 

incorporation 
of  the  Northern  Supply  Co.  have  been 
filed  with  the  county  clerk  for  the  pur­
pose  of  carrying  on  a  general  fuel  and 
supply  business,including  building  ma­
terials.  The  capital  stock  is  $150,000, 
of  which  $100,000  is  paid  in.  The 
in­
corporators  are  Thomas  S.  Dee,  Lessing 
Karger  and  Wm.  G.  Rice.

Laurium—The  stock  of  general  mer­
chandise  of  the  F.  J.  Hargrave  Co.  was 
recently  seized  by  Augustus  C.  Drake 
as  trustee  for  mortgagees  whose  claims 
aggregate  $7,142.38.  The  Hargrave Co. 
is  a  corporation  and  the  offices  soon 
after  the  seizure  made  a  general  assign­
ment  without  preferences  for  the  benefit 
of  the  creditors.  The  assets are claimed 
to  be  $17,000  and  the  liabilities  about 
$10,000.

Calumet—The  new  jewelry  and  fur 
stores  of  G.  A.  McHenry  and  James 
Orenstein  &  Co.  were  opened  to  the 
public  last  week.  The  building  they 
occupy  on  Fifth  street  has been repaired 
and  redecorated  and  now  presents  a  fine 
appearance.  Mr.  McHenry 
is  a  new­
comer  in  Calumet,  having  moved  her 
from  West  Superior,  where  he  was  also 
engaged  in  the  jewelry  business.  Oren­
stein  &  Co.  came  originally  from  West 
Superior,  but  have  been  engaged  in  the 
fur business  here  for some  time.

M anufacturing M atters.

Mt.  Clemens— The  Mt.  Clemens  Cas­
ket  Co.  has  increased  its  capital  stock 
to $15,000.

Ypsilanti—The  Ypsilanti  Bed  Spring 
Co.  has  filed  articles  of  incorporation, 
with  a  capital  stock  of  $12,000.

Manistee—The  Manistee  Novelty  Co. 
has  been  organized  to  engage  in the 
manufacture  of  novelties.  The  capital 
stock  is  $40,000.

Croswell— The  Sanilac  Sugar  Refin­
ing  Co.  is  the  style  of  a  new  beet  sugar 
enterprise  at  this  place.  The  capital 
stock  is $350,000.

Port  Huron— P.  S.  Sheridan,  of  De­
troit,  has  been  awarded  the  contract  for 
the  construction  of  an  $18,000  building 
for the  Aikman  Cracker  Co.

Zeeland—A  new  manufacturing  enter­
prise  has  been  established  at  this  place 
under  the  style  of  the  Wolverine  Spe­
It  is  capitalized  at  $10,000.
cialty  Co. 
Lyons— The  Ash-Harper  Co.  has  been 
organized  to  manufacture  gasoline  en­
gines,  marine  engines  and  automobiles. 
The  plant  will  be  removed  from  Lans­
ing.

Detroit— Notice  has  been  filed  with 
the  county  clerk  that  the  capital  stock 
of  the  Detroit  Table  Manufacturing  Co. 
has  been 
to 
$io,oqo.

from  $5,000 

increased 

Reed  City—Gerber  &  Strable  have 
purchased  the  shingle  mill  plant  of 
Wenzell  Bros,  and  will  rebuild  and 
remodel  same  to  conform  to  their  lum­
bering  inteiests.

Marshall—The  Lambert  Food  Co.  is 
in  process  of  organization,  with  a  pro­
posed  capital  stock  of $50,000.  Twenty 
days'  time,  has  been  given  to  raise  the 
amount  necessary  to  complete  the  re­
mainder  required.

Petoskey—C.  W.  Caskey  &  Sons  have 
removed  their  planing  mill  plant  to 
Sault  Ste.  Marie,  where  they  have  an­
other  mill 
in  operation.  Besides  en­
gaging  in  the  contracting  and  building 
business,  they  will  operate  a 
stone 
quarry.

Holland— A.  W.  Gumser  and  J.  H. 
Kleinheksel  have  formed  a  copartner­
ship  and  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
rattan  and  wiliowware  in  a  new  factory 
building  near  the  depot.  Mr.  Gumser 
was  formerly  engaged  in  the  same 
line 
of  business  at  Muskegon.

for 

Calumet—The  Vienna  bakery,  on 
Pine  street,  which  was  owned  and  con­
ducted 
time  by  Leander 
Brown,  now  deceased,  has  been  pur­
chased  by  an  association  of  young  men 
and  will  be  conducted  under the  style 
of  Wickstrom,  Casey  &  Co.

some 

Battle  Creek—The  National  Cereal 
Co.  is  the  latest  addition  to the  ranks  of 
Battle  Creek’s  health  food  enterprises. 
It  is  officered  by  Charles  Kubach, 
Chairman;  George  W.  Taylor,  Abilene, 
Kan.,  Secretary,  and  Walter  H.  North, 
Treasurer.  The  company  is  capitalized 
at  $400,000,  of  which  one-half  is  repre­
sented  by  certain  devices,  inventions 
and  a  formula  for the  food.

Port  Huron— Milton  R.  Wood  has  re­
signed  his  position  as  general  manager 
of  the  Port  Huron  Salt  Co.  and  is  suc­
ceeded  by  H.  M.  Thompson,  of  Lud- 
ington. 
It  is  rumored  that  Mr.  Wood 
will  engage  in  the  manufacture  of  soda 
ash  on  the  property  south  of  the  salt 
works.

Jackson—The Harmon-Whitmore Man­
ufacturing  Co.  has  recently  received 
several  flattering  offers  to  remove  else­
where, 
in  consequence  of  which  the 
General  Welfare  Association  has  taken 
the  matter  under  consideration,  with  a 
view  to  keeping  the  factory  in  Jackson, 
if  possible.

Benton  Harbor— The  Wolverine  sugar 
factory  will  start  grinding  beets  about 
October  16.  The  beets  will  commence 
to  arrive  from  Southern  Illinois  this 
week.  Sixty  men  are  employed  at  the 
factory  cleaning  the  machinery  and 
making  the  necessary  repairs  prepara­
tory  to the  season's  run.

Adrian—The  City  Roller  Mill,  which 
is  owned  by  the  Detroit  Milling  Co., 
and  which  has  been  idle  for  a  year,  has 
been  thoroughly  overhauled  and 
the 
wheels  put  in  motion  again.  The  mill 
will  run  night  and  day. 
It  has  a  daily 
capacity of  700  barrels  and  is  one  of  the 
finest  mills  in  the  State.

Vicksburg—The  Kalamazoo  Pant  & 
Overall Co.  will  start  a branch  factory  at 
Vicksburg.  The  basement  and  ground ' 
floor  rooms  of  the  Stofflet  block  will  be 
used  at  an  annual  rental  of  $300,  which 
will  be  paid  by  our  people.  From  thirty 
to  fifty  machines  will  be  used,  giving 
employment  to  over  sixty  people.

Detroit—Articles  of 

incorporation 
have  been  filed  by  the  National  Con­
struction  Co.  The  purpose  of  the  cor­
poration  is  the  building  and  equiping 
of  factories,  especially  sugar  factories, 
and  the  organizers  are  Robert  R.  Bane, 
J.  C.  Dumont  and  Alfred  Musy.  The 
corporation  is  capitalized  at  $500,000.

Petoskey— Geo.  E.  Beach,  of  Linden, 
has  purchased  the  ground  and  buildings 
at  the  corner  of  Howard  and  Rose 
streets,  and  will  establish  a  factory  for 
the  manufacture  of  buggies,  carriages 
and  farm  wagons.  Fifteen  men  will  be 
employed  at  the  beginning  and  it  is  ex­
pected  that  this  number  will  be  greatly 
increased.

Detroit—Articles  of  association  have 
been  filed  by  the  Caille,  Schiemer  Co., 
organized  by  Joseph  M.  Caille,  Jacob 
Schiemer,  Robert  C.  Yates  and  John 
Marquette.  The  purpose  of  the  corpo­
ration 
is  to  manufacture  and  sell  coin- 
operating  machines,  mechanical  and 
other novelty  devices.  The  company  is 
capitalized  at  $100,000.

Detroit—The  Challenge  Envelope  Co. 
formerly  owned  by  Thos.  M.  Sherriff, 
but  incorporated  Oct.  1  with  T.  M. 
Sherriff,  Giles  B.  Nichols  and  Mrs.  E. 
T.  Nichols  as  stockholders,  will  remove 
from  Detroit  to  Trenton.  At 
least 
twenty  persons  will  be  given  work  at 
the  commencement,  with  prospects  of 
doubling  that  number  soon.

WROUGHT  IRON  PIPE

We have a iarge stock of 
I ' n   u
Malleable and Cast  Iron Fittings, Valves, etc.  Mill and  Well Supplies.

to  8  inch  Black,  %  to  3  inch  Galvanized,  includn 
va!1r ed  Plugged  and  Reamed  Pipe,  and  can  fill  orders  promptl 

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20 Pearl Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Minhipm

HONEY  WANTED

W ill  pay  cash;  write or  see  us  before selling.

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Grand  Rapids  Gossip

The G rain'M arket.

Wheat  remained  very  steady.  There 
was  no  spasmodic  advance  or  depres­
sion 
in  the  price  of  futures,  while  cash 
wheat  is  held  at  an  advance  of  from 
@ic  over  December  option  in  Chicago 
market.  The  situation  has  not  changed 
since 
last  week— yes,  not  for  a  month. 
The  receipts  in  the  Southwest  are  still 
lower than  they  should  be,  considering 
the  large  crop,  while  in  the  Northwest 
the  receipts  are  much  larger than  last 
year.  However,  this  can  be  accounted 
for  by  the  short  harvest  they  had  last 
year.  Our  exports  from  both  coasts,  ac­
cording  to  Bradstreet’s,  were  6,195,000 
bushels.  Our  exports 
last  year  were
45.414.000  bushels.  For  the  same  time 
this  year they  were  84,753,000  bushels. 
Our  visible  showed  an 
increase  of
2.170.000  bushels,  but  that  did  not  de­
press  the  market; 
in  fact,  wheat  is 
lower  than  any  other commodity  and,  in 
the  absence  of  any  speculation, 
the 
market  remains  dormant.  This,  how­
ever,  can  not  last  always.

Corn 

is  very  steady  in  price.  Re­
ceipts  have  been  about  equal  to  ship­
ments.  As  the  price  is  very  high,  the 
trade  are  afraid  either  to  sell  long  or 
short;  in  fact  they  are  waiting  to  see  if 
conditions  will  not  change.

Oats  continue  scarce  and  the  demand 
is  very  good;  in  fact,  the  demand  ex­
ceeds  the  offerings  at  present  at  full 
prices.
Rye 

is  off  in  value,  owing  to  the 
holding  off  of  the  distillers.  At  present 
the  market  is  very  sluggish.  There  is 
more  rye  pressing  on  the  market  than 
there  is  demand  for.

Beans  made  an  advance  of  about  10c 
per bushel  during  the  week  and  seem  to 
be  very  firm  and  wanted.

Flour  remains  steady,  as  the  cash 
price  of  wheat  holds  up,  and  there  is no 
indication  of  lower  prices  for  the  pres­
ent. 
looks  like  a  strong  market  and 
may  advance.

It 

Mill  feed  shows  signs  of  weakness,  as 
the  demand  is  not  as  urgent  as  it  was. 
However,  for the  present  the  mills  are 
sold  ahead.

Receipts  of  wheat  du ring  the  week 
have  been  as  follows:  wheat  63  cars, 
com  6  cars,  oats  4  cars,  flour  7  cars, 
beans  3  cars,  malt  1  car,  hay  9  cars, 
straw  2  cars,  potatoes  5  cars.

Millers  are  paying  68c  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

The  Produce  M arket.

Apples—The  best  fruit  is  practically 
all  owned  by  buyers  who  have  been  in 
the  orchards  for the  past  month.  Bald­
wins  and  other  favored  varieties  com­
mand  $2  for the fruit at the orchard,  sell­
ing  for $3  per  bbl.  from  second  hands.
Bananas—Prices  range  from  $1.25® 

1.75  per bunch,  according  to  size.

Butter—The  receipts  of  dairy  grades 
are  very  heavy,  ranging  from  packing 
stock 
in  shoe  boxes  and  kerosene  bar­
rels  to  fancy  in  crocks  and  tubs.  The 
price  ranges  from  12c  for  packing  stock 
to  14c  for  choice  and  16c  for  fancy. 
Extra  creamery  is  strong  at  21c.

Beets—$1.25  per  bbl.
Cabbage—$1.75  per  crate  of 

four 

dozen.

Carrots—$1.25  per  bbl.
Cauliflower—$ i @ i . 25  per  doz.
Celery— 15c  per  doz.
Corn— Evergreen,  8@ioc  per  doz.
Eggs— Dealers  hold  strictly  fresh  at 
17c and  cold  storage  at  15c.  Receipts 
of  fresh  are 
liberal,  but  . not 
enough  to  meet  local  requirements.

Egg  Plant—75c  per  doz.
Frogs’  Legs—Large  bulls,  40c;  me­
dium  bulls,  20c;  large  frogs,  15c;  small 
frogs,  5@ioc.

fairly 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

5

Grapes—Wordens  fetch  13® 14c  for 8 
lb.  and  10c  for  4  lb.  baskets.  Dela­
wares  command  15c  for 4  lb.  and  Niag­
aras  15c  for 8  lb.  baskets.

Green  Onions— 10c  for  Silverskins.
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.
60c  per bu.

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

Maple  Syrup—$1  per  gal.  for  fancy.
Onions— Local  dealers  are  offering 
choice  stock  at  85@90c  this  week,  but 
state  that  the  price  will  be  advanced  to 
$1  next  week.  The  conditions  at  pres­
ent  point  toward  comparatively  high 
prices,  as  crops 
in  the  onion  growing 
centers  are  much  smaller than expected. 
It  is  improbable  that  the  total  harvest 
for  the  season  will  amount  to  3,000,000 
bushels.  Last  year  the  crop  amounted 
to  3,738,000  bushels,  while 
in  1899  it 
was  4,615,000  bushels.  Reports  from 
New  York,  Connecticut  and  Ohio  show 
that,  as  was  predicted,  the  commercial 
crop  will  be  small.  The  early  floods, 
wet  weather,  insect  damage  and  blight 
are  responsible  for these  conditions  and 
the  bulbs  this  season  are  unusually 
small.  While  the  acreage  devoted  to 
onions  is  somewhat  larger  than  last  year 
the  yield  has  been  materially  reduced. 
The  quality  of  marketable  onions  for 
the  winter  markets  is  variable.  In  Ohio 
and  Pennsylvania  the  yield  is  good, .but 
the  onions  are  small. 
In  New  York 
farmers  have  plenty  of  small  bulk,  but 
inferior quality, while  the  stock  through­
out  Connecticut  is  equally  irregular.

Oranges—Jamaicas 

command  $4® 

4.25  per  box.

Parsley— 20c  per  doz.
Peppers—Green,  60c  per  bu.
Peaches—Smocks  and  Salaways  are 
still  coming  in,  but the  quantity 
is  so 
small  that  the  price  has  advanced  to  75c 
@$1  per bu.  Old  Mixons  are  to  be  had 
in  limited  quantities  at  85c.

Pears—Sugar,  $1 ;  Flemish  Beauties, 
$1.50;  Bartletts  and  Duchess,  $i.75@2.
is  about  steady 

Potatoes—The  price 

at  5o@55c  per  bu.

Poultry— Fowls and chickens are  lower 
on  account  of  the  large  amount  brought 
in  by  the  farmers  who  come to  town  this 
week  to  take  in  the  carnival.  Live  hens 
command  5@6c;  spring  chickens,  6® 
7c;  turkey  hens,  8@gc;  gobblers,  8c; 
young turkeys,  10c;  spring ducks,  7@8c. 
Pigeons  are 
in  moderate  demand  at  50 
@6oc  per  doz.  and  squabs  are  taken 
readily  at  $1.2031.50.

Quinces—Declined  to  $1.25  per  bu. 

The  quality  is  not  first-class.

Radishes— 12c  for  China  Rose ;  10c 

for  Cbartiers.

String  Beans— 75c  per  bu.
Squash-----Hubbard 

commands 

per  lb.
Sweet  Potatoes— Virginias  have  de­
clined  to  $2  and  genuine  Jerseys to $3.

2c

Tomatoes— 5o@6oc  per  bu.
Watermelons-----I4@i5c 

for  home

grown.

Wax  Beans—75c  per bu.

Amos  S.  Musselman,  as  trustee  of  the 
mortgage  uttered  by  Chas.  Anderson, 
the  Newaygo  grocer,  has  closed  out  the 
stock  to  the  other  merchants  at  that 
place,  realizing  about  $200  therefrom. 
The  mortgage  was  originally  given  for 
$1,200,  but  had  been  reduced  to $800 by 
Mr.  Anderson.  The  Musselman  Grocer 
Co.  and  the  Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co. 
were  included 
in  the  mortgage.  Un­
secured  creditors  will  receive  nothing.

T.  H.  Thurston,  senior  member  of 
the  firm  of  Thurston  &  Co.,  general 
dealers  at  Central  Lake,  passed  through 
the  city  this  week  on  his  way  to  his 
winter  home  on  Cataline  Island,  near 
Los  Angeles.  He  was  accompanied  by 
his  wife.

Eugene  Randolph  has  opened  a  gro­
cery  store  at  Pewamo.  The  Lemon  & 
Wheeler  Company  furnished  the  stock.
Coeling,  DeBoer  &  Co.  succeed  Smit- 
ter  &  Coeling  in  the  grocery  business  at 
283 Jefferson  avenue.

THE AGE  OF SPECIALIZING.

Whenever  a  Grand  Rapids  man  gets 
up  wrong  end  to  or  eats  a  breakfast 
which  does  not  agree  with  him he  forth­
with  proceeds  to  get himself interviewed 
and  takes  a  fall  out  of  the  Board  of 
Trade  because  it  is  not  doing  more  to 
influence  the  establishment of  new  man­
industries.  This  procedure 
ufacturing 
has  been  repeated  so  frequently  of 
late 
that  it  has  ceased  to  be  merely  amus­
ing— it  has  actually  become  ridiculous. 
The  latest  effort  in  this  direction  is  that 
of  Edwin  Owen,  of  the  contracting  firm 
of  Hauser,  Owen  &  Ames,  who  has  re­
cently  returned  from  Kalamazoo,  where 
he  has  superintended  the  construction 
In  the  course  of 
of  a  new  paper mill. 
a  newspaper 
interview  the  other  day, 
he  remarked:

There  seems  to  me  to  be  no  reason 
why  Grand  Rapids  should  not  have  one 
or  more  of  these  paper  mills,  which  are 
about  as  paying  properties  as  can  be 
found.  The  Kalamazoo  people,at  least, 
are  certain  of  the  profitable  nature  of 
the  business, 
for  when  President 
Hodges,  of  the  Superior  Paper  Co., 
went  to  Kalamazoo  to organize  his  com­
pany,  the  $150,000 capital  which  he  re­
quired  was  all  subscribed  within  forty- 
eight  hours  and  no  urging  was  neces­
sary.  There 
for  sale, 
either.  This  mill 
is  to  manufacture 
tissue  paper,  the  other  mills  manufac­
turing  other qualities.  Kalamazoo  has 
no  advantages  for  this  industry  that 
Grand  Rapids  has  not.  There  is  a  little 
water  power,  it 
is  true,  but  no  more 
than  at  Grand  Rapids.  The  pulp  used 
in  the  manufacture  of  the  paper  is 
shipped 
in  from  outside  and  could  just 
as  well  be  freighted  to  Grand  Rapids 
as  to  that town.

is  none  of 

it 

These  paper  mills  are  paying  big 
dividends.  I  am  informed  that  the stock 
of  one  of  the  Kalamazoo  factories  is 
paying  2%  per  cent,  per  month  and  has 
been  doing  it  for some  time.

It  would  be  a  fine  thing  if  the  Board 
of  Trade  in  this  city  could  get  corres­
pondence  with  some  paper  man  who  is 
anxious  to  branch  out  for  himself  as 
Hodges  did  in starting the Superior  mill 
at  Kalamazoo.  He  was  formerly  with 
the  Bardeen  mills  at  Otsego,  but  found 
backing  to  go  into  business  for  himself.
The  Tradesman  is  obliged  to  dissent 
from  the  opinion  of  Mr.  Owen  to  the 
effect  that  Grand  Rapids  ought  to  have 
a  paper  mill. 
In  the  very  nature  of 
things  the  manufacture  of  paper,  like 
the  furniture  industry,  must  be  cen­
tralized  in  order to  obtain  the  best  re­
sults  and  provide  for  the  largest  pos­
sible  expansion.  Speaking  along  these 
lines  at  the  semi-centennial  banquet  of 
the  Grand  Rapids  Board  of  Trade,  Wil­
liam  Widdicomb— who  has  probably 
studied  the  economic  and  philosophic 
side  of  manufacturing  as  carefully  and 
conservatively  as  any  man  in  Michigan 
—remarked:

Citizens  who  call  upon  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  bring  in  other  industries  for­
get  the  localizing  tendencies  of  manu­
facturing  in  this  age— how  one 
locality 
becomes  the  center  of  an  industry  and 
another  the  center  of  other  manufac­
turing— for the natural  home  of  the  man­
ufacturer  is  in  the  vicinity of his partic­
ular  line.  There,  and  there  only,  can 
he  hope  to  attain  the  highest  degree  of 
success.  So  many 
illustrations  of  this 
can  be  seen  as  to  make  mention  almost 
unnecessary,  although  I  might  speak  of 
the  brass  manufacturing  concentrated  at 
Waterbury,  silver  plating  and  bronze 
working  at  Meriden,  lock  manufactur­
ing  at  Eagle  River,  morocco  leather  at 
Newark, 
jewelry  at  Providence  and 
glove manufacturing at  Gloversville  and 
Johnstown.  Many  other  examples  can 
be  cited,  but  the  lock  and  glove  manu­
facturing  are  perhaps  the  most  interest­
ing  to  us,  as  they  bear the  same  relation 
to  their  localities  that  furniture  manu­
facturing  did  and does to Grand  Rapids. 
They  bad  no  original  local  advantage. 
One  might  say,  as  with  us,  that  they

had  many  adverse  conditions  to  over­
come,  yet  at  no  other  points 
in  the 
United  States  can  these  articles  be  so 
successfully  produced  as  in  or near those 
towns;  and  the  parallel  is  peculiar,  for 
the  glove  business  at  Gloversville  and 
Johnstown  bad  even  no  shipping  facili­
ties  until  a  comparatively  recent  day, 
all  their  material  and  manufactured 
product  having  been  freighted  fifteen  to 
thirty  miles  each  way  in  wagons  to  the 
railroad.  Even to this day  the  lock  busi­
ness  at  Eagle  River  is  in  this  condition 
and  Meriden  depends  upon  one  little 
branch  railroad.  Still,  even  so  situated, 
these  places  are  invincible 
in  meeting 
competition.

The 

argument 

that  a  community 
should  not  depend  upon  one  interest 
only—that  it  is  not  wise  to  confine  it­
self  to  one particular  line in manufactur­
ing,  or,in  common  phrase,  not  wise  “ to 
carry  all  our  eggs  in  one  basket” — 
might  and  doubtless  did  hold  good  un­
der  business  conditions  of  thirty  or forty 
years  ago,  but  to-day  that  theory  has 
lost  much  of  its  force.

This 

is  an  age  of  specializing  and 
individuals  or  towns  that  concen­
the 
trate  their  energies  toward  one 
interest 
gain  such  high  degree  of  perfection  in 
both  quality  and  quantity  that  they  can 
distance  all  competitors  and  supply  and 
control  the  markets  for  their  special 
productions.

Some 

The  Tradesman  candidly believes that 
the  opinion  so  often  expressed—that, 
when  depression  appears,  the  town  hav­
ing  a  single  manufacturing 
interest 
suffers  excessively— is  equally  mislead­
is  no  general  evidence  to 
ing ;  there 
support  that  view. 
industries 
having  exceptionally  favorable  condi­
tions  may  partially  escape  the  influence 
of  reverses  or  panic,  but  there 
is  no 
universal  law  to  that  effect,  and  certain­
ly  there  is  no  reason  to  suppose  one  in­
dustry  should  be  singled  out  to  endure 
more  than  the  country  at  large,  or  suffer 
more  because  it  has  been  brought  to  a 
high  degree  of  perfection.  The 
fact 
that  it  has  achieved  exceptional  success 
but  provides  a  positive  degree  of 
strength  and  safety  to  protect  it  against 
disaster, 
for  other  less  favored  cities 
must  suffer  great  loss  in  business  before 
it  would  feel  the  effects  of  a  depression.

The  Wurzburg  Department  Store  has 
compromised  nearly  all  of  its  indebted­
ness  at  from  15  to  25  per  cent.,  depend­
ing  on  the  stubbornness  of  the  creditor. 
It 
is  stated  that  the  funds  to  make  the 
settlements  have  been 
furnished  by 
Strong,  Lee  & Co.,  of  Detroit,  who  will 
naturally  have  a  preponderating  influ­
ence  in  the  re-organization  of  the  busi­
ness.  Whether  it  will  be  continued  un­
der  the  same  style  as  before  or  under  a 
new  name  has  not  yet  been  announced.

Fred  L.  Heath,  the  Hastings  drug­
gist,  has  purchased  the  Paul  V.  Finch 
&  Co.  drug  stock  at  75  Canal  street  of 
Mrs.  Ella  Finch  and  will  continue  the 
business  under 
the  management  of 
Frank  H.  Escott.

Phin  Smith  has  added  a  line  of  gro­
ceries  to  his  department  store  at  Hast­
ings.  The  stock  was  furnished  by  the 
Lemon  &  Wheeler Company.

N.  A.  Doxtater  has  sold  his  furnish­
ing  goods  and  boot  and  shoe  stock  at 
489  South  Division  street  to  Lucretia 
Brougersma.

Nels  Christenson  has  engaged  in  the 
The 
furnished 

grocery  business  at  Newaygo. 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co. 
the  stock. 
____

_ 

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

and  prices,  call  Visner,  both  phones.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

6

Window  Dressing

Taking: A dvantage  of  Events  of  Im p o rt­

ance.

In  modern  advertising  one  of  the  car­
dinal  points  of  success  lies  in  the  ad­
vertiser's  ability  to  draw  attention  to 
the  subject-matter  of  the  advertisement 
by  taking  advantage  of  great  popular 
interest  or  events of  importance  at the 
time  of  the  occurrence  of  such  events. 
This  principle  of  advertising  is  equally 
applicable  to  advertising  by  the  use  of 
window  displays.  All  branches  of  the 
advertising  art  are  governed  by  prac­
tically  the  same  rules  and  ideas. 
It 
would  seem  however,  that  the  principle 
of  advertisement  outlined  above  is 
lost 
sight.of or  wholly  despised  by  the  ma­
jority  of  retail  merchants.  On  the  Sat­
urday  morning  following  the  death  of 
our  late  President  an  inspection  of  the 
windows  of  many  of  the  best  retail 
houses  revealed  a  riot  of  color  glaringly 
at  variance  with  the feeling of the public 
and  the  probable  needs  of  the  business 
of  the  day. 
It  is  true  that  later  in  the 
afternoon  many  stores  remedied  in  part 
their  omissions  of  the  morning  and 
made  displays  of  black  neckwear and 
other  merchandise  in  keeping  with  the 
tragedy  and  sorrow  of  the  National  dis­
aster.  Yet  the  unfortunate  impression 
of  unreadiness,  of  inability  to  grasp  the 
situation,  had  been  already  created.

Public sentiment,  influencing  the  cur­
rent  styles  and colors  of a  nation’s cloth­
ing,  should  be  reflected  in  the  merchan­
dise  prominently  displayed  in  the  store 
and  windows  of  dealers  almost  coinci- 
dently  with  the  happening  of  the  events 
arousing  such 
sentiment.  Otherwise 
these  windows  as  the  mirrors  of  public 
sentiment  and  desire 
in  the  matter  of 
current  wear  are  valueless  and  mislead­
ing.  At  dusk  of  the  Saturday  in  ques­
tion,and even  on  the  Monday  following, 
gaudy  and  unsuitable  displays  were still 
to  be  noticed  in  the  windows  of  many 
smart  and  supposedly  up-to-date  estab­
lishments.  At  one  of  these  places  the 
curious  explanation  was  offered 
that 
no  change  from  colored  to  dark  mer­
chandise  bad  been  made  in  the  window 
display  because  it  was  not  desired  to  do 
anything  which  apparently  took  advan­
tage  of  the  President’s  death  and  the 
public  sorrow  as  a  means  of  advancing 
the  sales  of  goods.  A  curious  argument! 
But  it  is,  of  course,  certain  that  no  pos­
sible  suspicion  of  untimely  and  inde­
cent  greed  could  be  suggested  by  a  dis­
play  of  garish  merchandise  at  a  time  of 
acute  national  grief  and  desire  for  its 
expression.

A  notable  exception  to  this  extraor­
languid  expression  of  busi­
dinarily 
ness  concern  and 
interest  was  noticed 
outside  of  retail  circles  in  New  York 
City  in  the  treatment  of  the  building 
occupied  by  a  great  metropolitan  news­
paper.  This  building  was  by  early 
dawn  draped  in  solemn  and  impressive 
black,  a  prompt and  eloquent  token  of 
sympathy  and  respect,  and  recognized 
as  such  by  a  crowd  fully  alive  to  the 
needs  of perceptible'seemliness  of  attire 
and  decoration,  as  evidenced  by  the 
gratifying  majority  of  men  and  women 
who  had  instinctively  donned  somber 
and  suitable  apparel.  Had  the proprie­
tor of  this  newspaper  been  engaged,  for 
instance,  in  the  furnishing  goods  busi­
ness,  no  flaring  green  or  red  neckwear 
would  have  awakened  adverse  comment 
by  its  gross  incongruity  at  noon  of  the 
day following the  death  by  assassination 
of  a  good  and  noble  American  of  such 
public  repute  and  esteem.  Sympathy

and  good  taste  would  on  this  occasion 
have  been  happily  expressed,  and  self- 
interest  consulted,  with  all  due  delicacy 
by  and  early  and  timely  display  of  arti­
cles  in  the  colors  used  to  betoken  be­
reavement. 
It  is  such  quick  grasp  of 
opportunity  which  marks  the  man  of 
sympathy,  refinement  and  thought  in 
business,  and  which  goes  such  a  long 
way  toward  establishing  the  enviable 
reputation  of  always  doing  the  right 
thing  at  the  right  moment. 
It  is  to  be 
hoped  that  this  tardy  recognition  of  the 
demands  of  the  situation  was  not  oc­
casioned  by  a  desire  to  avoid  trouble 
and  hurried  labor.

Passing  through  the  retail  portion  of 
most  cities  on  any  generally  observed 
holiday,  it  is  remarkable  that  the  blinds 
are  down 
in  the  windows  of  many  de­
partment  and  furnishing  goods  stores, 
and  one  is  led  to  consider  whether  this 
is  not  a mistaken  idea and  whether  a  re­
tailer  may  not  reap  some  advantage  by 
having  his  blinds  up  on  such  holidays, 
when  passersby  are  at  leisure  to  observe 
his  window  displays  and  have  full  op­
portunity  to  note  bargains.  Considering 
the  fact  that  on  these  holidays  there 
are  usually  numerous  pedestrians  on  the 
streets,  many  of  whom  pay  unusual  at­
tention  to  the  window  displays,  it  is 
evident  that  among 
interested 
persons  there  must  be  some  who  will 
notice  and  subsequently  purchase  cer­
tain  of  the  articles  displayed. 
It  is 
probable  that  blinds  are  thus  kept  down 
for  fear  of  the  damage  caused  by  the 
sun. 
If  this  be  so,  it  would  be  well  to 
arrange  displays  of  articles  which  will 
stand  all-day  exposure  without  deterior­
ation.  Do  not, 
lose  the 
benefit  of  your  window  displays  for  a 
single  hour.

if  possible, 

such 

Considering  the  indisputable  value  of 
window  displays  as  a  drawing  adver­
tisement,  it  would  seem  curious  that 
clothing  and  furnishing  goods  manufac­
turers,  having  their  salesrooms  on  the 
ground  floor  of  the  building  in  which 
they  do  business,  neglect taking  full  ad­
vantage  of  the  opportunity for advertise­
ment  offered  by  their  windows.  Too 
often  these  windows  are  altogether  un­
used  or are  occupied  only  by  poorly  ar­
ranged  and  unattractive  displays,  by  a 
sign  or  a  few  fashion  prins,  which  are 
never changed  and  are  of  small value  as 
an  advertisement.  The  art  of  window 
display  is  on  the whole indifferently cul­
tivated  in  wholesale  houses,  and  in  the 
wholesale  clothing  trade  may  be  said  to 
be  absolutely  unused. 
It  is  hard  to  find 
reasons  for this.

For  instance,  a  clothing  manufactur­
er  surely  can not consider it undignified, 
because  unusual,  to  display  the  beauti­
fully  made  garments  of  which  he 
is 
justly  proud,  and  it  is  equally  true  that 
he  does  not  begrudge  the  necessary 
la­
bor  and  thought  which  such  displays 
require. 
It  is  easy  to  find  many  ways 
in  which  a  wholesale  merchant  may  be 
benefited  by  clever  and  frequent  win­
dow  displays  of  his  new  and  current 
fashions  and  fabrics.  Not  every  buyer 
on  coming 
into  the  city  is  absolutely 
settled  as  to  which  of  the  numberless 
manufacturers  he  will  favor  with  his  or­
der. 
Is  it  difficult  to  imagine  the  at­
tention  of  a  buyer,  while  thus  unde­
cided,  being  attracted  by  a  timely  dis­
play  of  the  articles  of  which  he  is  in 
need?  He  will  probably,  either  from 
experience  or  by  repute,  be  acquainted 
with  the  line  of  manufacture  displayed, 
and  such  knowledge,  quickened  by  the 
display 
itself,  may  decide  him  to  at 
any  rate  go  in  and  price  your stuff. 
Again,  a  buyer  from  a  small  country

town  may  not  be  acquainted  with  any 
firm  doing  business 
in  the  line  which 
interests  him,  yet  he  is  very  fully  alive 
as  to  what  he  wants.  Might  not  your 
display  show  him  where  to  get  it?— 
Apparel  Gazette.

The  Woes  of a Grocer.

It  was  a  West  Side  grocery  which  a 
little  girl  about  five  years  old  entered 
the  other day,  saying:  “ I  want  a  spool 
of  cotton!”
the  grocer,  jokingly. 
go  to  the  blacksmith’s  shop  for that.”

“ You  won’t  get  that  here,”   replied 
“ You’ll  have^  to 
“ I  want  a  spool  of  cotton,”   the  child 
repeated, 
something  very 
tightly  in  her  right  hand.  And  she  con­
tinued  to  reiterate  the  request for  a  long 
time  before  quitting  the  store.  Presgnt- 
ly  her  mother  appeared 
in  the  door, 
with  a  very  irate  countenance.

clutching 

“ D ’ ye  mean 

to  tell  me  that  you 
haven’t  got  a  nutmeg?”   she  enquired, 
indignantly.

“ Was  that  wbat  the  child  wanted?”  
exclaimed  the  grocer.  “ She  asked fora 
spool  of  cotton.  ‘

“ Couldn’t  you  see  the  nutmeg  in  her 

hand?”   retorted  the  mother.

“ I  saw  something  in  her  hand,  but  I 

didn’t  know  what  it  was.”

“ Well,  all  you  had  to  do  was, to 
smell  it,”   was  the  final  shot  with  which 
the  matron  departed.

Witnesses  to  this  scene  have  amused 
themselves  ever  since  asking  the  grocer

why  he doesn’t exercise greater detective 
skill  in  finding  out  what  his  customers 
require  when  they  don’t  know  them­
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WALL  OF IGNORANCE

B uilt  By  Grocers  W here  There  Is  No  Co- 

Operation.

From  the  files  of  my  memory  I  take 
an  experience  which  I  knew  of  person­
ally. 
It  transpired  about  five  years  ago 
in  a  town  of  about  4,000  people,  where 
there  were  thirteen  grocers.

This  experience  shows  how  tall  and 
thick  is  the  wall  of  ignorance  which 
the  lack  of  an  association  builds.

There  was  no association in  this  place 
then,  although  there  is  now.  Not  only 
was  there  no  association,  but  the  thir­
teen  grocers  had  fallen  into the  low  and 
petty  habit  which  sometimes  breaks  out 
in  a  small  town  where  competition  is 
keen—of  getting  mad  at  each  other. 
Half  of  them  did  not  speak  to the  other 
half—their  wives  had  no  social  inter­
course—it  was  simply  war  between  each 
man  and  all  the  others,  each  one  firmly 
convinced  that  his  twelve  brothers  had 
no  right  to  live,  and  each  one  glad  of 
any  chance  to  do  any  of  the  others a bad 
turn.

In  this  town  there 

lived  a  family 
named  Smalley.  The  head  of  it  was  a 
man  about  55  years  old,  and  as  slick  as 
grease.  He  was  nominally  a  real  estate 
operator,  a  speculator,  a  promoter,  an 
agent,  and  Heaven  knows  what  all—but 
in  reality  he  was  a  dead-beat  and  a 
sponger—never  paid  even  for  a  news­
paper  when  he  could get  out  of  it.

This  fellow  had  no  income  to  speak 
of  and  he  lived  by  his  wits.  He  owed 
everybody  in  town  that  he  could  get  in 
on  and  he  got  in  on  nearly  everybody, 
for  credit  in  a  country  town  is  cheap.
It  may  seem  a  startling  thing  to  say, 
lack  of  a  live  grocers’  associa­
but  the 
tion 
in  this  town  enabled  this  man  to 
get  groceries  for  nearly  one year without 
paying  for  more  than  25  per  cent,  of 
them.

I  know  Smalley  well—he  owes  me  $5 
to  day—and  I  knew  all  about  his 
scheme.

It  was  very  simply  worked.  He  be­
gan  with  the  first  of  the  list  of  thirteen 
grocers,  and  established  a  credit  with 
him—he  was  a  smooth  proposition  and 
could  pull  the  leg  of  the  King  of  Eng­
land.

Smalley  would  start  on  a  week’s 
credit.  He  would  buy  good  stuff  and  a 
lot  of 
it,  and  for  several  weeks  would 
pay  promptly  every  Monday  morning. 
Meanwhile,  he  would  drop  in  the  store 
in  passing  and  tell  a  good  story  or  pass 
the  time  of  day,  which,  coupled  with 
his  regular  settlements,  would  soon  get 
the  grocer  convinced  that  Smalley  was 
one  of  God’s  own  noblemen.

In  a  little  while  Smalley  would 

leave 
a  little  balance,  and  from  this  he  would 
drift 
into not  paying  at  all.  He  would 
have  the  most  beautiful  excuses  for  this 
temporary  hard  luck,big  payments  com­
ing  in,  and  so  on,  and  for several  weeks 
would  stand  the  grocer  off,  meanwhile 
getting  his  regular  supply  of  groceries 
every  week  and  living  like  a  lord.

Sooner  or  later  the  grocer  woke  up, 
when  Smalley  owed  him  $100 or  so,  and 
when  he  came  to  look  up  his  financial 
responsibility  he 
found  that  he  was 
worse  than  a  bankrupt,  for  he  had  noth­
ing  and  owed  a  lot.

Then  he  would  fire  the  fellow.
In  a  town  which  had  an  association 
Smalley’s  name  would  be  instantly  put 
on  the  black  list  and  sent  to  every  gro­
cer  in  the  place,  so  that  he  could  not 
work  the  same  trick  on anybody else.

But  in  this  town  there  was  no associa­
tion.  The  first  grocer  simply  let  Smal­
ley  go.  He  had  no  means  of  warning 
his  competitors',  anyhow,  and  if  he  had

had  he  would  not  have  used  them,  for 
he  took  a  malicious  delight  in  seeing 
his  brother grocer  get  bitten  just  as  he 
had  been.

So  Smalley  presented  himself  at  the 
door  of  grocer  No.  2  on  the 
list.  And 
as  he  made  the  rounds  he  always  had 
the  same  story. 
I  am  repeating  it  now 
very  nearly  in  the  words  that  Smalley 
himself  used:

“ Good  morning,  Mr.  Smith,”   he 
would  say.  Mr.  Smith,  who  was  grocer 
No.  2,  of  course  did  not  know  that 
Smalley  was  a  dead-beat.

“ I  would 

like  to  open  an  account 
with  you,”   he  would  continue,  and  the 
sun  would  rise  on  Mr.  Smith's  features. 
“ I  have  been  buying  my  groceries  of 
Mr.  Jones”   (grocer  No.  1),  he  would 
say,  “ but  he  has  such  an  unfortunate 
habit  of  running  down  his  competitors 
that  I  have  come  to  distrust  him. 
Everybody  except  Mr.  Jones  gives  you 
a  good  reputation,  so  1 think I’ll  try  you 
a  while. 
I  settled  with  Mr.  Jones every 
Monday  morning ;  is  that  satisfactory  to 
you?”

Of  course 

it  was,  and  Mr.  Smith 
bowed  the  genial  Smalley  out,  tickled 
to  death  and  thinking  if  business  in­
creased  much  more  he  would  have  to 
put  on  a  new  clerk.

In  towns  where  there 

is  an  associa­
tion  or  where  the  grocers  are  amicable, 
such 
lies  as  Smalley  told  could  not  go 
undetected,  because  Smith  and  Jones 
would  rub  up  against  each  other,  and 
the  truth  would  come  out.

In  this  town  where  there  was  neither 
association  nor  friendliness,  there  was 
no  way  of  detecting  the  lies,  because 
Smith  and  Jones  did  not  speak  to  each 
other.  Well,  to  make  a 
long  story 
short,  Smalley  worked  the  same  scheme 
with  grocer  No.  2—a  few  prompt  settle­
ments,  then  a  balance,  growing  soon 
into  an  actual  heavy  debt.  Then  grocer 
No.  2  took  a  tumble,  out  went  Smalley, 
straight  down  the  street  to  grocer  No.  3, 
where  he  told  the  same  story, practically 
word  for  word.

It  is  an  actual  fact  that  this  man 
worked  this  plan  on  all  but  two  of  those 
thirteen  grocers. 
It  was  rarely  that  he 
got  in  for  less than  $100,  which  meant  a 
clear  loss  of $1,100 to  the  grocers  of  that 
town,solely because  they had  no  associa­
tion.

Had  each  one  of  those  grocers  not 
surrounded  himself  with  a  wall of rancor 
toward  his  competitors  and  of ignorance 
about  their  affairs,  this  scheme  could 
not  have  lasted  an  hour.  This  wall  en­
abled  Smalley  and  several  other  dead­
beats  like  him  to  tell  a  lie  about  one 
grocer  to  another  grocer  right  next door, 
with  absolutely  no  chance  of  detection.
The  town  that  was  the  scene  of  this 
has  an  association  now,  and  Smaliey 
job  working  his 
would  have  a  cold 
the 
scheme  there  at  present.  But 
awakening  cost  the  sleepers  a 
lot  of 
money.— Stroller  in  Grocery  World.

P u t  Yourself in  H is  Place.

From the American Artisan.

Many  merchants  seem  to  think  that  a 
request  for a  statement  of  their financial 
condition  when  they  have  placed  an  or­
der and  are  expecting  it  filled  on credit, 
although  they  may  not  say  so  at  the 
time,  is  a  deadly 
insult  and  a  slur on 
their  responsibility  and  business  integ­
rity.  Perhaps  it  is  from  their  stand­
point,  knowing  of  their  own  good  con­
dition ;  but  how  is  the  creditor  to  know 
that  until  he  has  been  informed,  and 
generally  the  only  reason  why  he  is  not 
is  because  the  debtor  has  already  re­
fused  to  tell  the  agencies  or  any  one 
else  anything  about  himself,  thereby 
leaving  open  only  one  course  to  the 
infor-
creditor,  that  of  asking  for  the 

for 

in  him 

the  sake  of  the 

mation  necessary  to  the  extension  of 
credit. 
It  is  not  nearly  such  a  blot  on 
a  man’s  reputation  to  receive  a  request 
for  such  details  as 
it  is  to  get  turned 
down,  and  frequently  he  would  be  if  he 
little  confidence  in  the 
did  not  put  a 
creditor 
large 
amount  of  confidence  he  expects  the 
creditor  to-place 
return 
If the  debtor  can  not  trust  the 
therefor. 
creditor,  with  a  little 
information,  how 
can  he  expect  the  creditor  to  trust  him 
with  his  dollars,  his  capital  and  his 
whole  success  which  depends  upon  the 
safe 
in  the 
form  of  merchandise.  As  a  rule  the 
people  refusing  statements  are  the  ones 
not  deserving  of  credit,  but  they  never 
will  be  if they  do  not  try  to  establish 
it 
by  honest  dealings,  if  not  by  financial 
responsibility,  which 
in  time  will  in­
crease  with  honest  efforts  and  endeavor.

investment  of  his  money 

in 

Paid  $500  To  Preserve  H is  Reputation.
The  proprietor  of  a  large  dry  goods 
store  had  decided  to  tear  down  the  old 
building  and  erect  a  new  one  in  its 
stead. 
In  furtherance  of  this  plan  he 
was  removing  his  goods  to  temporary 
quarters  in  another  building.

The  goods  were  nearly  all  out  of  the 
old  structure  when  from  some  unknown 
cause  it  caught  fire.  The  department 
was  promptly  on  hand  and  soon  had  a 
stream  playing  on  the  flames,  but  the 
merchant  was  wild  with  excitement. 
Running  up  to  the  chief  he  urged  him 
to  greater  haste.

*‘ Never  mind  the goods !’ ’ he shouted. 
“ Save  the  building! 
I’ll  give  the  boys 
a  check  for  $500  for their  pension  fund 
if  they  don’t  let  the  fire  spread  beyond 
that  floor!”
“ Why,  you’re  going  to  tear  the  old 
building  down,  anyway,  aren’t  you?”  
asked  the  chief.

“ Y es,"  he  said 

‘ but  do  you  suppose 
I  want  the  insurance  companies  or any­
body  on  earth  to  think  that’s  the  reason 
why  it  caught  fire?”

By  great  exertion  the  fire  was  extin­
loss,  so  far  as  the

guished,  with 

little 

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How  the  T errapin  Got  in  His  Pocket.
Waycross,  Ga.,  Oct.  1—J.  S.  King, 
while  walking  along  the  road  picked  up 
a  small  egg  he  found  in  the  sand.  He 
placed  the  egg  in  his  pocket  and  forgot 
all  about  it.  The  next  day  he  dined 
with  W.  B.  Teston  and  while  at  the 
table  dropped  a  piece  of  potato  or 
pickle 
into  his  vest  pocket,  as  he  sup­
posed.  Feeling  something which he took 
tc  be  the  missing  potato,  he  pulled  it 
out.  But  instead uf  potato  or  pickle  he 
found  a  terrapin.  The  egg  which  he 
had  found  had  hatched  out  during  the 
day.

A  Base  Deceiver.

Edith—You  say  old  Mr.  Gotrox  de­
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Gladys—Yes;  poor  girl!  After  they 
were  married  he  confessed  that  he  was 
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County  of  Kent 

John  DeBoer,  being  duly  sworn,  de­

poses  and  says  as  follows:

I  am  pressman  in  the  office  of the 
Tradesman  Company  and  have  charge 
of  the  presses  and  folding  machine  m 
that  establishment. 
and 
folded  7,000  copies  of  the 
issue  of 
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mailed 
in  the  usual  manner.  And 
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Sworn  and  subscribed  before  me,  a 
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TH E  PASSING  OF TH E  HATSEED.
Among  the  many  “ passings”   which 
the  press  from  time  to  time  has  been 
pleased  to  notice,  none  has  occasioned 
more  satisfaction  than  that  of  the  “ bay- 
seed.”   For a long time  it  did  seem  as  if 
he  had  come  to  stay.  Like  the  voice  of 
the  turtle  dove,  his  was  heard  in  the 
land;  but  unlike  that  bird of  good  omen 
his  twang  was  the  indication  of  exist­
ing  evil. 
In  his  narrow  world  every­
thing  was  awry  and  he  was  the  unfor­
tunate  sufferer. 
If  the  earth  refused  to 
send  forth  her  increase  he  and  his  were 
the  ones  to  go  hungry,  and  other  men 
and  theirs  had  what  there  was  of  the 
fat  of  the  land  and  at  his  expense  went 
about  clad 
in  purple  and  fine  linen. 
There  was  but  one  thing  to do  and  he 
did  it—howl.  Seedtime  came  and  went 
and  be  spent 
leaning  against  his 
shaky  fence  complaining.  Weedtime 
came  and  went  with  him  and  his  rusty 
hoe  still  leaning  and  complaining  and 
the  weeds,  his  only  luxuriant  crop,  ex­
ultantly  lifting  above  his  head  their 
overflowing  seedcups;  and  when  the 
harvest  of  corn  and  fruit  came  he,  still 
leaning  against  his  fence,  growled  and 
grumbled  because  his  grain  bins  and 
apple  barrels  were  as  empty  as  the 
proverbial  beggar’s  can.  He  howled  at 
home  and  he  howled  abroad  and 
the  dirty  saloon  corner  at  the  nearest 
village  listened  to  him  long  and  often, 
and  just  as  often  rejoiced  to  see  him  at 
nightfall  stagger  home  still  “ on  the 
growl. ”

it 

It  is  pléasant  to  state  that  the  hay­
seed  has  had  his  day  and  is  passing. 
The  rotting  fence  no  longer  holds  him 
up  and  acquaintance  and  stranger  are 
no  more  buttonholed  to  listen  to  his  tale 
of  woe.  Here,  as  elsewhere,  he  found 
everything  against  him.  He  got  tired 
of  pointing  to  his  neglected  acres  and 
finding  his  finger directing  the  gaze  to 
fields  beyond  his  own,  luxuriant  with 
growing  crops  or  yellow  with  ripened

harvests.  His  growling  in  the  midst  of 
surrounding  plenty  made  him  the  ob­
ject  first  of  ridicule  and  then  of  con­
tempt and  finally,  with  his  “ occupation 
gone,”   he  took  his  hoe  from  its  rusting 
place  on  the  fence  and  passed  to  an­
other  and  higher state  of  existence. 
In 
other words  he  stopped  his  complaining 
and  went  to  work  and  the  places  that 
knew  him  once  know  him  no  more— it 
is  to  be  hoped— forever.

Let  us  see  what  he  has  been  about: 
When  the  Department  of  Agriculture 
made 
its  monthly  report  early  in  Au­
gust  there  was  a  chance  for the  old-time 
grumble;  but  it  was  not  heard.  The 
drought  promised  not  more  than  half  a 
crop  if  the  average  2,000,000,000of  corn 
was  considered  the  basis;  but  abund- j 
ant  rains  came  early  enough  to  change 
the  threatened  1,100,000,000 bushels  to
1.500.000.  000  bushels  and  the  old-time 
fence-leaner had no reason to complain— 
and  had  sense  enough  to  know  it—with 
the  returns  of  the  shortened  corn  crop 
pieced  out  by  the  advance  in  wheat,  a 
good  harvest  of  which  his  wheat- 
planted  fields  had  yielded  him.  There 
is  no  doubt  about  bis  getting  ready  to 
whine  his  old-time  tune  when  his  farms 
were  threatened  to  be  depopulated  of 
their  live  stock  for  lack  of  water  and 
forage,  but  when  the  needed  rain  came, 
bringing  with  it  the  shipping  abroad 
of  more  than  $30,000,000  worth  of  live 
cattle,  $30,000,000  of  beef  products  and 
$6,000,000  of  butter and cheese, the  com­
plaining  muscles  relaxed  and  the  bay- 
seed  trudged  still  farther  on  into  the 
land  of  the  forgotten.  The  truth  is  that 
the  hayseed  learned  from  bitter  experi­
ence  the  fact  that the  fault  was  not  in 
bis  stars  but  in  himself,  that  be  was  an 
underling,and  to  his  credit  went to work 
with  his  rusty  hoe  to  repair  the  waning 
fortune  that  his foolishness had  brought 
about;  and  with  the  passing  of  the  hoe 
to  the  corn  field  passed  the  hayseed 
from  the  face  of  the  earth.

In  his  place  has  appeared  the  farmer, 
and  this  is  what  he  has  done:  Beside 
his  corn  crop  he  sowed  some  of  his land 
with  his  wheat  and  believes  that  this 
year he  will  harvest  700,000,000  bushels 
— a  result  that  means  “ good  bye,  hay­
seed,”   if  anything  does.  He  finds  his 
haymows  stuffed and stacks of commend­
able  size  flanking  his  barns.  His  oats, 
instead  of  the  failure  he  had  prepared 
himself  for,  have  surprised  him  with 
their  excellent  quality,  so  that  what  is 
lacking 
in  quantity  will  be  more  than 
made  up  in  quality  and  price.  His  po­
tatoes,  he  says,  “ went  back  on  him”  
this  year,  but,  for  his  210,000,000  bush­
els  last  year  for  which  he  received  $90,-
800.000,  he  can  not  complain  if  he  has 
to  get  along  this  year  a  third  less,  the 
more  so  since  the  selling  price  will  cor­
respondingly  advance.  Think  of  a  hay­
seed’s  admitting  that!

It  an  unmistakable  proof  that 

the 
hayseed  has  passed,  that  in  his  place 
has  come  a  man  with  muscle  and  grit 
and  brain,  and  these  three  qualities, 
having  gone  to  farming,  will  restore  the 
farmer to  his  old  honorable  place among 
the  avocations  and  ten  years  from  now 
the  reader  coming  upon  the  word  will 
want  to  know,  “ What  was  a  hayseed, 
anyway?"

Parts  of  Australia  are  becoming lively 
rivals  to  Canada  and  the  United  States 
in  the  European apple trade.  Tasmania, 
especially,  has  been  found  a  first-class 
apple-raising  country.  There  are ¡8,373 
acres 
in  apple  orchards  there,  and  the 
product  in  1899  was  363,915  bushels.

IN   THE  INTEREST  OF  THE  SALOON.
The  carnival  now  in  progress  in  this 
city  is  proving  to  be  anything  but a suc­
cess,  in  the  best  meaning  of  the  term. 
The  entertainment  provided  by  the 
managers  of  the  affair  is  a  farce  and  a 
fraud,  particularly  the  parades,  which 
are  anything  but  creditable.  The  so- 
called  historical  parade  which  took 
place  on  Tuesday  afternoon  possessed 
so little  merit  that  it  excited  the chagrin 
of  citizens  and  the  derision  of  the  city’s 
guests.  That  portion  of  the  programme 
alone  was  sufficient  to  demonstrate  the 
utter  incapacity  of  the  men  who  under­
took  the  management  of  the  carnival, 
because  it  laid  the  city  open  to a charge 
of  obtaining  goods  under  false  pre­
tenses,  inasmuch  as  it  invited  strangers 
from  all  parts  of  the  State  to  witness a 
“ grand  historical pageant”  which failed 
to  materialize.

One  of  the  most  unfortunate  features 
connected  with  the  carnival  is  the  hu­
miliating  surrender  made  by  the  city 
government  in  turning  over the  licens­
ing  privilege  to  an  i responsible  com­
mittee,  who  have  filled  the  streets  with 
suggestive 
sideshows  and  blockaded 
the  sidewalks  with  peanut  stands  and 
candy  booths.  There  is  no  justification 
for  the  committee  shutting  off  travel 
and  diverting  business  by  such  an  arbi­
trary  exercise  of  authority,  which  would 
not  be  tolerated  a  day  under ordinary 
conditions.

As  was  naturally  expected,  the  car­
nival  is  completely  demoralizing  nearly 
every  decent  interest  in  the  city.  The 
workmen 
in  the  factories  are  uneasy 
and  the  percentage  of  absentees  is  so 
large  as  to  seriously  curtail  the  work  of 
nearly  every  establishment.  The  chil­
in  the  schools  share  the  feeling  of 
dren 
unrest  to  that  extent  that 
little  real 
progress  is  being  made  in  the  regular 
work  of  the  week.  Merchants  on  the 
side  streets and in the  suburbs  report  the 
dullest trade  they  have  had  for  months, 
and  the  same  report  is  made  by  many 
merchants  on  Monroe  street,  who  were 
expected  to  reap  a  rich  harvest  from  the 
influx  of  strangers.  Of  course, 
the 
saloons— in  whose  interest  the  carnival 
was  gotten  up  and  is  being  conducted— 
are  loud 
in  praise  of  the  affair,  as  is 
also  the  case  with  hotelkeepers,  restau­
rateurs,  cigar  dealers  and  amusement 
caterers.  Aside  from  the  men  who  rep­
resent  these  interests  and  those  who  are 
allied  with  them  in  a  business  way,  de­
cent  people  generally  condemn  the  car­
nival  as  demoralizing  to  business  and 
tending  to debase  the  moral  tone  of  the 
city.  The  Tradesman  joins  with  this 
class  in  expressing  the  hope  that  Grand 
Rapids  may  never again  be  disgraced 
by  an  affair  which  tends  to  remove 
every  restraint  by  lifting  the  floodgates 
of  indecency  and  immorality,  thus  giv­
ing  the  vicious  and  evil  disposed  ele­
ments  of  society  opportunity  to  ply 
their avocations  unmolested  and  unre­
strained.

MAKE  NO SPECTACLE OF IT.

It  appears  that  500  students  of  the 
Nebraska  Wesleyan  University  have 
taken  the  trouble  to  send  to  Governor 
Odell  their  signed endorsement  of Chan­
cellor  Huntington’s  suggestion  that  the 
body  of  Czolgosz,  the  wretch  who  as­
sassinated  President  McKinley,  be 
taken  out  100  miles  to  sea  and  “ then 
pinioned  and  manacled,  with  his  revol­
ver  in  his  belt,  a  millstone  chained 
about  bis  neck,  sunk  to  the  bottom  of 
the  sea.”   There  are  statutes  in  every 
state  regulating  the  disposition  to be 
made of  the  bodies of executed  murder­

in 

ers.  The  object  of  the  plan  suggejted 
is  that  its  originator  thinks  it  would 
signify  that  the  ground  of  the  United 
States  has  no  room 
it  for  such  a 
criminal.  Most  people  will  regard  this 
as  a  crudity.  The  dignity  and measured 
certainty  with  which  all  the 
legal  pro­
ceedings  have  advanced  toward  the  as­
sassin’s  due  penalty  can  borrow  nothing 
from  acts  or  wishes  of  the  spectacular 
sort.

Such  morbid  crime  feeds  upon  noto­
riety.  Gladly  would  most  people  see 
every  detail  of  the  execution  held  fast 
among  the  secrets  of  the  prison  house. 
It  is  not  a  case  where  there  is  any  oc­
casion  to  gratify  curiosity  or  stimulate 
imitation.  Cowardly  be  did  it,  cowardly 
he  has  cringed  before  the  sufficiently 
dramatic terrors  of  a  felon’s  death.  The 
rest  may  well  be  silence.  Obloquy needs 
no  theatrical  setting.  He  dies  as  the 
penalty  for  his  crime.  No  vindictive­
ness  should  mar  the  solemnity  of  vindi­
cated  law.  Man  commits  all  else  to  the 
recourse  of  another  tribunal.  The  gro­
tesque  and  the  horrible  can  add  noth­
ing  useful  to  the  lesson.  Let  us  have  no 
more  declamations  and  let  us  hope  that 
October will  keep  its  own  councils  safe 
from  inquisitiveness  and  chatter.  So 
let  all  such 
in  solitude  and  between 
dumb  walls  find  doom  most  dreadful 
because  it  is  separated  from  all  gaze 
and  gossip.

If  an  ounce  of  prevention 

Some  of  the  trade  papers  are devoting 
much  space  nowadays  to  the  subject  of 
exterminating  dead-beats and  collecting 
old  accounts,  but  the  Tradesman  fails  to 
find  any  reference  to  a  subject  of  much 
greater  importance—the  prevention  of 
poor  accounts  and  bad  debts. 
If  the 
proper  way  to  deal  with  an  abuse  is  to 
eradicate 
it  before  it  gains  a  foothold, 
surely  the  adoption  of  any  system which 
tends  to  prevent  the  making  of  poor 
accounts  is  a  move  in  the  right  direc­
tion. 
is 
worth  a  pound  of  cure,  certainly  any 
plan  which  shuts  off  a  bad  account  be­
fore  it  is  made  is worth  sixteen  schemes 
to  collect 
it  is  once  on  the 
books.  The  Tradesman  may  not  be  in 
accord  with  all  of  its  readers  on  this 
subject,  but  it  candidly  believes  that 
if  one-half  of the  thought  and  effort  and 
expense  expended  on  devising  schemes 
to  bring  poor-pay  people  to  time  had 
been  devoted  to  creating  and  maintain­
ing  means  of  preventing  the  making  of 
bad  accounts, 
iherchants  as  a  class 
would  be  better  off,  credit  transactions 
would  be  on  a  firmer  basis  and  greater 
harmony  between  merchants  and  con­
sumers  would  prevail.

it  after 

Most  people  probably  would  not 

look 
to  Mississippi  to  be  the  strongest  tem­
perance  State  in  the  union,  but  such  is, 
or  is  about  to  be,  the  fact. 
Its constitu­
tion  provides  for  local  option  by  coun­
ties  and  sixty-nine  out  of  the  seventy- 
five  counties  have  already  gone  dry  and 
in  two  others  the  campaign  is  now  in 
progress.  There  are  only  half  a  dozen 
counties  in  the  State  of  Mississippi 
where  the  sale  of  liquor  is  permissible. 
It  is  said,  too,  that  there  the 
laws  are 
not  permitted  to  be  a  dead  letter.  A 
county  that goes  dry  must  stay  dry  un­
til  the  people  by  vote  determine  to 
moisten 
it  legally.  The  soil  of  Mis­
is  fertile  and,  properly  tilled, 
sissippi 
yields  good  returns. 
It  should  be  an 
attractive  place  for prohibition colonies.

The  master  painter  is  the  artist,  who 
painted  the  world  in  colors  and the  sky 
overhead  with  blue, t

It 

RESPONSIBILITY  FOR  CORRUPTION.
is  no  theme  more  commonly 
There 
exploited 
in  the  public  press  of  the 
United  States  than  is  that  of  political 
corruption. 
is  heard  of  on  every 
hand,  and,  for  illustrations  of  the  exist­
ing 
infamy,  copious  drafts  are  made 
upon  the  doings  of  Tammany  and  its 
cohorts  in  New  York City,  and  upon  the 
extraordinary  outrages  and  abuses  prac­
ticed  in  the  politics  of  Philadelphia.

It  seems  strange  that,  in  a  political 
system  which  declares  that  all sovereign 
power  is 
in  the  people,'and  that  they 
shall  provide  a  government  of  the  peo­
ple,  by  the  people,  for  the  people,  gov­
ernment  should  by  any  possibility  be­
come  so  flagrantly  corrupt  and  be  pros­
tituted  to  the  basest  ends,  when  the 
people  themselves  are  responsible.

There  can  be  but  one  answer  to  the 
innumerable  questions  which  such  a 
state  of  affairs  suggests. 
It  is  because 
the  people  themselves  profit  by  the  cor­
ruption,  or are  not  troubled  by  it.  They 
get  the  sort  of  government  that  they 
want,  and,  having  gotten  it,  they  are 
content  to  live  under  it.  Sometimes 
the  crimes  of  the  official  administration 
become  too  outrageous  to  be  borne  any 
longer,  and  then  the  people  rise  up  and 
“ drive  the  rascals  out;”   but  this  occurs 
only  at  long  intervals  and  the  spasm  of 
reform  lasts  only  for a brief period.  The 
same  sort  of  thing  has  happened  in 
New  York  and  other  great  cities,  but 
apparently  not  in  Philadelphia.

An  article 

in  the  October  Atlantic 
Monthly,  on the “ Ills  of  Pennsylvania,”  
goes  pretty  fully  into  the  situation  there 
and  shows  just’ what  exists  to  a  greater 
or  less  extent 
in  every  city  of  the 
Union,  and  why  it  is  that  even  the  so- 
called  best  citizens  not  only  submit  to, 
but  even  assist  to  maintain  in  power 
men  who  use  public  place  and  public 
property  and 
interests  for  their  own 
personal  profit  or  advancement.

In  Philadelphia 

it  is  set  forth  that 
men  high  in  business  circles  and  in  the 
social  and  religious  world  will 
lend 
their  presence  to  a  ward  meeting  in 
return  for  a  reduced  assessment on  their 
property  or  a  franchise  to  companies  in 
which  they  are 
large  stockholders  or 
for  the  appointment  of  a  son  to  an  un­
der-secretaryship  of  a  foreign  legation.
It  is  cited,  by  way  of  example  of  the 
complaisance  of  the  best  citizens  who 
have  interests  at  stake,  that  a very popu­
lar  clergyman  of  Philadelphia,  one  who 
drew  large  congregations  and  enjoyed 
great  consideration  from  all 
classes, 
being  President  of  the  board  of  a  large 
hospital  which  depends  largely  upon the 
city’s  bounty,  was  a  strong  supporter of 
the  Philadelphia  city  ring.  Some  years 
previously  he  was  a  most  active  re­
former,  crying  out  against  the  corrup­
tionists,  but  he  realized  that  while  he 
occupied  that  political  attitude  bis  hos­
pital  got  nothing  from  the  City  Treas­
ury.  He  went  over  to  the  ring,  and 
after  that  his  institution  was  regularly 
on  the  rolls  for $50,000.  The  ring 
just 
as  badly  needed  moral  support,  clerical 
support,  a  badge  of  respectability  for  a 
notorious  bill  then  pending  before  the 
Legislature.  The  conditions  were  just 
right  for  a  deal.  The  clergyman  made 
a  speech  in  favor  of  the  bill  and got  his 
appropriation,  not  for  himself,  for  he 
was  above  that,  but  for  his  hospital.

That  sort  of  business  is  justified  be­
cause  it  secures  money  for a  hospital 
for  the  care  of  the  sick,  and  there  are 
various  hospitals  and  asylums  and  other 
charitable  institutions  in  the  same  state 
of  dependence  on  the  political  ring  that 
manages  the  public  affairs  of  a  great

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City,  and  their  trustees,  directors  and 
managers,  who  are  all  men  of  character 
and  standing,  back  up  the  political  cor­
ruptionists 
in  order  to  secure  the  aid 
that  would  otherwise  be  withheld  from 
their  dependent  institutions.  Thus  it 
is  the  corrupt  party 
leaders  have  the 
countenance  and support of  the  so-called 
best  citizens.

is  corrupt  because  the  peo­
Politics 
ple  want 
it  so  or  because  they  are 
too  indifferent  to  the  situation  to  make 
any  effort  to  have  a  change.  The  only 
way  to  purify  politics 
is  to  have  two 
great  parties  so  nearly  equal  in  power 
that  each  keeps  the  other  in  restraint.
Where  one  party  has  absolute  control 
there  can  be  no restraining force.  Where 
two  parties,  nearly  evenly  balanced 
in 
strength,  are  contesting  for  the  mastery, 
with  the  prize  of  all  the  power  and 
patronage  to  the  victor,  some  conces­
sions  will  be  made  to  the  demands  of 
honesty  and  decency,  since  there 
is 
always  a  considerable  but  not 
large 
number  of  citizens  more  devoted  to  the 
interests  of  good  government  than  to 
either  party,  making  a  sort  of  balance 
of  power  that  can  decide  a  closely  con­
tested  election.  But,  as  a  general  thing, 
the  fight  is  made  for  control  of  patron­
age  and  plunder,  not  for a  betterment 
of  the  political  conditions.

If  politics  is  corrupt  in  any  state  or 
city,  it  is  because  the  people  will  have 
it  so.  There 
is  no  other  explanation 
of  the  conditions  which  exist  in so many 
cities  of  the  Union.  The  people  are 
sovereign.  They  are  able  to  have  any 
sort  of  government  they  wish,  and  the 
sort  they  have  is  just  the  sort  they make 
for  themselves.

The  familiar  reasons  given  for  the 
ability  of  American  manufacturers  to 
undersell  the  British  in  steel  products 
are  that  the  Americans  have  cheaper 
materials,  superior  facilities  and  supe­
rior  workmen.  Ore  is  easier  of  access, 
labor-saving  machinery 
is  extensively 
used,  and  the  workmen,  although  paid 
higher  wages  than  the  British,  earn 
more  than  the  difference.  A  further  rea­
son  has  been  discovered  by  a  British 
manufacturer  who  recently  visited  this 
It 
country. 
in  the  matter of  freight 
charges. 
The  cost  of  carrying  steel 
from  Pittsburg  to  New  York  is  less  than 
the  cost  of  carrying  it  from  Birming­
ham  to  Liverpool,  although  the  distance 
between  the  two  English  cities  is  only 
one-quarter  of  that  between  the  Ameri­
can  cities  named.  A  demand  will  ac­
cordingly  be  made  for  a  reduction  in 
English  freight  rates.  Cheaper  ores 
are  being  sought  in  Norway  and various 
attempts  will  be  made  to  cope  with 
American  competition,  but  there 
is 
really  little  hope  of  success.

is 

The  forests  of  Maine  are  magnificent 
in  character and  extent,  but  the  opera­
tions  of  the 
lumbermen  are  so  active 
and  persistent  that  the  time  is  not  far 
distant  when  measures  to  restrict  them 
will  become  imperative. 
In  1880  there 
were  seven  pulp  and  twelve  paper  mills 
in  Maine,  having  a  capital  invested  of 
about  two  and  one-half  millions.  At 
present  there  are  thirty  pulp  mills  and 
twenty-eight  paper  mills,  with  a  daily 
capacity  of  about  2,165  tons  °f  pulp and 
paper.  The  amount  of  capital  invested 
in  the  business 
is  about  $30,000,000. 
These  mills  consume  about  350,000,000 
feet  of  lumber  each  year.

The  threatened  extermination  of  the 
mosquito  promises  to  have  a  depressing 
effect  upon  the  joke  market.

install  an  educational  test 

CONSTITUTIONAL  REQUIREMENTS. 
Various  devices  are  resorted  to  by 
those  Southern  States  which  seek  some­
how  to  exclude  the  negro  from  the  ex­
ercise  of  the  elective  franchise. 
“ Ex­
clude,”   perhaps,  is  not  quite  the  proper 
word,  and  “ restrict”   would  better  suit 
the  Southern  process.  The  fact  is,  how­
ever,  that  restriction  which  shall  prove 
practically  exclusive 
is  what  is  really 
aimed  at  by  those  who  work  out  consti­
tutional  amendments.  A  feature  which 
occasions  some  complications  in  an  at­
tempt  to 
is 
that  the  poor  whites  of  the  South  are  as 
poor  and  as  ignorant  as  the  blacks. 
It 
is  hardly  proper  to  make  complex ion 
the  only  test,  and  how  to  get  around  the 
objectionable  points  and  still  reach  the 
objective  point  requires  a  great  deal  of 
Southern  ingenuity.  The  Virginia  con­
is  just  now  at 
stitutional  convention 
work  on  that  problem. 
Its  suffrage 
committee  proposes to give the franchise 
to  both  the  blacks  and  whites  who 
fought  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion  on 
either  side,  and  such  voters  are  relieved 
from  paying  the  $1.50  poll  tax  required 
of  all  others.  Any man  who  for  himself 
or  for  his  wife  has  paid  during  the  year 
before  an  election  as  much  as  one  dol­
lar  in  state  taxes  on  property  owned  by 
either  is  also  entitled  to  vote.

says  that 

Another  provision 

the 
would-be  voter  must,  when  be  attempts 
to  register,  “ be  able  to  give  a  reason­
able  explanation  of  the  general  nature 
of  the  duties  of  the  various  offices  for 
whom  be  may  at  any  time,  under  laws 
then  existing,  be  entitled  to  vote,  and 
if  physically  able,  shall  have 
indicated 
his  substantial  attachment  to  or  iden­
tification  with  this  state  by  having  been 
regularly  employed  or  engaged 
in  a 
lawful  trade,  profession,  business,  call­
ing,  work  or  service  for  at  least  one- 
fourth  of  the  time  during  the  year  next 
preceding  that  in  which  he  shall  offer 
the  vote.”   It  is  this  provision  which  is 
expected  to  disfranchise  most  of  the 
negroes.  Anybody  who  reads  it is bound 
to  confess  that  it  would  be  a  pretty good 
rule  to  apply  in  every  state  of the Union 
if  its  application  could  always  be  wise 
and  impartial. 
Its  general  enforcement 
would  prevent  a  great  many  from  exer­
cising  the  elective  franchise  who  are 
really  not  entitled  to  it  on  account  oi 
any  qualification  they  possess. 
The 
danger suggested  by  it  under  Virginia 
administration  is  that  unscrupulous par­
tisan election officials could discriminate 
It  is 
against  the  blacks  if  they  saw  fit. 
expected,  too,  that  after  January 
1, 
1904,  any  one  who  wishes  to  vote  in 
Virginia  must  be  able  to  make  readable 
application  in  his  own  bandwriting  and 
be  able  to  prepare  his  own  ballot  with­
out  assistance.  All 
these  restrictive 
privileges on  general principles are good 
and  constitute  an  example  which  other 
states  might  profitably  emulate.  The 
only  doubtful  question 
in  connection 
with  them  is  whether  or  not  they  will be 
impartially  and  fairly  enforced  without 
undue  discrimination  against  the  ne­
groes.

A l w a y s   r o o m   a t   t h e   t o p .

There  are  still  some  who  think  that 
earning  a 
living  in  a  profession  or  in 
a  mercantile  establishment  is  more  gen­
teel  than  work 
in  a  mill  or  factory. 
Common  sense  is  gradually  getting  the 
upper  hand,  and  this  notion  is  by  no 
means  as  popular  as 
it  used  to  be. 
When  you  come  to think  of  it,  it  is  no 
wonder  that  during  the  strike  of  the 
Amalgamated  Association 
there  were 
many  not  only  willing  but  anxious to

go  into  the  mills  and  learn the business. 
The  Iron  Age  recently  told  the  story  of 
a  young  man  who  went  out  West  to 
teach  school,  but  finding  the 
salary 
paid  for  such  work  rather  small,  he  ap­
plied  for and  obtained  employment  in  a 
sheet  steel  mill.  Having  a  good  edu­
cation,  a  bright  mind  and  commend­
able  ambition,  he  secured  successive 
pomotions  so  that  in  less  than  a  year he 
was  in  charge  of  what  is  known  as  a 
sheet  train  and  was  earning  from  $8  to 
$10  a  day.  That  is  a  great  deal  more 
than  he  could  have  earned  teaching 
school  and  the  work  was  in  every  re­
spect  as  honorable.

There  are  hundreds  and  hundreds  of 
intelligent  and  energetic 
cases  where 
young  men  have  gone 
into  mills  and 
factories,  beginning  at  the  bottom  and 
working  their  way  to the  top.  Among 
the  best  paid  and  most  desirable  posi­
tions  are  those  of  superintendent or gen­
eral  manager  of  manufacturing  plants. 
In  order to  fill  such  a  place  acceptably, 
one  must  have  passed  through  the  vari­
ous  stages  from  the  very  beginning,  un­
demanding  perfectly  the  several  opera­
tions  and  being  able  to  perform  them  as 
well  as  any  other  workman.  When  this 
knowledge,  skill  and  proficiency  are 
possessed  by  a  young  man  of  sufficient 
brains  and  executive  ability  to  enable 
him  to  direct  the  work  of  others,  there 
are  always  plenty  of  places  with  good 
salaries  awaiting  his  acceptance.  The 
instances  where 
in  comparatively  few 
years  the  ascent  has  been  made  from 
the  bottom  to  the  top  are  numerous. 
Schwab,  the  generously  paid  head  of 
the  steel  trust,  naturally  occurs  to  every 
one  as  an  example.  There  is  no  more 
honorable  position 
in  any  community 
than  that  of  manager of a manufacturing 
establishment.  The  mills  and  factories 
offer  much  more  attractive  openings 
than  most  educated  young  men  seem  to 
appreciate.

It 

The  Buffalo  people  long  ago  gave  up 
hope  of  getting  any  dividends  on  their 
Pan-American  stock,  and  now  the  like­
lihood  is  that  they  will  get  nothing  for 
their  stock,  feeling  themselves  lucky  if 
they  can  make  the  income  meet  the  ex­
penses.  The  wiser  and  more  conserva­
tive  of  the  contributors  regarded  the 
subscription  as  an  outright  donation 
from  the  first. 
is  true  the  fair  has 
had  some  unexepected  and  unavoidable 
setbacks  which  have  seriously  lessened 
the  receipts.  There 
is  over  half  a 
month  yet,  during  which  the  attendance 
must  be  phenomenal  if  the  income  is  to 
meet  even  present  expectations.  The 
city  of  Buffalo  itself  will  be  satisfied 
with  the  increased  business  done  in  all 
lines  as  return  for  its investment.  There 
is  no  doubt  that  the  business  men  of 
Buffalo  have  taken  in  more  money  dur­
ing  the  last  six  months  than  during  any 
previous  eighteen  months  they  have 
ever  known.  There  is  no  suspicion that 
their  percentage  of  profit  has  been  any 
less.  Then,  too,  the  city  has been  won­
derfully  well  advertised  and  in  a.very 
desirable  way 
in  connection  with  the 
Pan-American.  Hundreds  of  thousands 
of  people  have  visited  Buffalo  who 
would  not  have  done  so  otherwise,  and 
the  exhibition  has  been  in  every  sense 
so  creditable  as  to  make  a  good  impres­
sion.  The  Buffalo  business  men  have 
been  very  enterprising  and  energetic, 
have  done  everything  that  could  be  ex­
pected  of  them  and  more.  They  are 
entitled  to  whatever  valuable  returns 
come  to  them  as  the  outcome  of  their 
undertaking. 
It  is  to  be  hoped  that  no 
assessment  will  be  necessary  to  make 
good  a  deficit.

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Dry Goods

W eekly  M arket  Review  o f  the  P rincipal 

Staples.

is  very 

Staple  Cottons— There 

little 
change  of  moment  in  the  staple  lines  of 
the  cotton  market.  The  demand  has 
been  for  limited  quantities  only  to  sup­
ply  immediate  needs.  Buyers  and  sell­
ers  alike  are  trying  to  do  no  business 
beyond 
immediate  requirements,  but 
buyers  are  pushing  agents  for quick  de­
liveries.  The  writer  has  heard  rumors 
of  an  occasional  advantage given  a  buy­
er  in  heavy  brown  cottons,  but  not 
enough  to  attract  any  particular  atten­
tion  or  have  any  bearing  on  the  general 
market.  All  leading  brands  are  held 
firmly,  and  there  is  no  change  whatever 
in  the  attitude  of  agenis.  Purchases  of 
bleached  cottons  have  been  fair,  and 
business  has  been  transacted  at previous 
prices.  Denims  and  ticks  are  firm,  al­
though  quiet. 
plaids  and 
stripes  and  other coarse  colored  cottons 
are  without  new  feature  worthy  of  note.
Prints  and  Gingbams-*-Fancy  calicoes 
and  fine  printed  specialties  are  steady 
and  there  is  no  new  feature  to  report  on 
percales, 
flannels  or  staple  or  dress 
style  ginghams.

Checks, 

Dress  Goods—This  week  has  shown 
some  development  in  the  dress  goods 
section  of the  market,  although  matters 
are  progressing  very  slowly  still.  There 
are  orders  coming  to  hand,  however, 
that  give,  from  their  nature,  good prom­
ise  for the  future.  Among  the  fabrics 
that  are  wanted  for  present  use,  the 
most  prominent  are  cheviots,  broad­
cloths,  Venetians,  meltons,  thibet  cloths, 
etc.  For the  very  fine  trade  very  rough 
cheviots,  pebble  cheviots,  in  plain  and 
striped  effects.  The  medium  trade  is 
calling  for  the  rough  cheviots  in  low 
priced  qualities  and  buying  them  free­
ly.  Stripes  on  the  orders  of  .men's 
trouserings  are  wanted  in  every  grade, 
particularly 
in  fine  quiet  effects.  ■  For 
the  spring  of  1902  stripes  seem  to  be  by 
far  the  most  prominent  among  the  de­
signs.  The  variety  of  the  stripes  seems 
to  be  almost  bewildering,  running  from 
the  two  color  effects  in  pin-stripes,  al­
ternating  black  and  white,  black  and 
blue,  black  and  red,  white  and  blue, 
green  and  orange,  in  fact,  the  list  would 
include  every  combination  that could  be 
named,  and  runs  up  through  a  dozen 
different  shades  in  the  width  of  a  single 
piece.  Light  grounds  are  embellished 
with  narrow  stripes 
in  soft  Persian 
colorings,  and  alternating  with  satin 
stripes  in  sharp  contrasts.  Certain  very 
pretty  effects  were  shown  the  writer that 
were  obtained  by  combining  a  soft 
stripe 
in  one  color  with  another  stripe 
in  which  the  principal  shade  was  a 
sharp  contrast  to the  others.  Many  of 
the  striped  patterns  show  such  a  variety 
of  colors  as  to  suggest  ombre,  and 
many  of  them  will  be  on  white grounds. 
This  will  merely  indicate  the  brilliancy 
of  the  colorings  and  schemes  that  the 
buyers  are  seeing  to-day,  and  are  buy­
ing,  too,  in  sharp  contrast  to  the  plain, 
solid  colors,  oxfords,  etc.  Stripes  of 
every  description  show  better  sales  as 
the  season  progresses. 
It  is  said,  how­
ever,  that  it  is  “ the  fashion  of  a  sea­
son"  only,  but  in  saying  this  they  are 
judging  entirely  by  past  seasons  and 
years  and  not  by  any  indications  of  the 
present  business. 
In  the  past  stripes 
have  been  fashionable  many  times,  but 
have  never  lasted  long  each  time.  The 
coming  spring  will  show  a decided pref­
erence  for stripes  over other  fancies  and 
it  may  be  that  an  exception  will  be 
found  here  and  stripes  may  continue  to

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

erally  woven 
in  the  gray  and  put 
through  a  printing  machine,, similar  to 
the  one  used  in  calico  printing,  and  the 
desired  pattern 
thereon, 
making  the  cost  of  manufacturing  very 
nominal.

is  stamped 

Smyrna  Rugs—Rug manufacturers  re­
port  a  very  active  demand  for  Smyrnas, 
especially  the  medium  and  large  sized 
rugs.  Mills  are  running 
full  and  in 
many  cases  night  work  is  in  progress. 
Wilton  rugs  are  also  in  good  request.

Stick  to  the  Store.

In  every  rural  community  there  is  a 
class  of  buyers  who  prefer  to  do  their 
trading  with  the  owner  of  the  establish­
ment  visited.  Whether  it  be  a  grocery, 
market,  dry  goods  store,  blacksmith 
shop  or  implement  house,  these  buyers 
are  not  always  satisfied  to  deal  with 
clerks  and  assistants.  Apparently  they 
believe  that  closer  bargains  can  be 
driven  with  the proprietor,which may  or 
may  not  be  true.  Many  times  have 
buyers  of 
this  class  visited  certain 
places  of  business  with  their  minds 
definitely  made  up  to  purchase  certain 
articles,  but  on  learning  that  the propri­
etor  was  not  present,  either  returned 
home  without  buying—and subsequently 
changed  their  minds— or  went  else­
where  to  purchase  the  desired  goods.

This  teaches  the  importance  of  store 
owners  remaining  at  their  posts  except 
when  necessity  compels  absence.  Un­
der  the  head  of  necessities  we  would 
class  periodical  vacations  and  the  oc­
casional  pursuit  of  pleasure 
toward 
which  men’s  desires  turn,  which  are 
essential  to  health  and  happiness.  The 
unnecessary  absences  are  the  unprofit­
able  visits  to  other  places  about  town 
where  men  congregate  to  discuss  vari­
ous  topics,  after-dinner  naps  at  home 
and  the  many  needless  goings  here  and 
there  which  add  nothing  to  one’s  phys­
ical  or  commercial  welfare. 
Into  these 
habits  many  country  merchants  have 
fallen  and  they  are  continued  at a  heavy 
cost.

HANDS

UP!

W e  pay  special  attention  to 
the  needs  of 
the  northern 
l i n e   of  
merchants. 
O u r  
Gloves,  Mittens, 
S o c k s ,  
Mackinaws,  Kersey and Duck 
Coats,  Kersey  Pants,  Blan­
kets  and  Comfortables  is  a 
good  one.  Look  us  over. 
If you  can’t  do  that  send  us 
your  wants  by  mail  and  we’ll 
take  good  care  of  them.

Voigt,  Herpolsheimer &  Co.

Wholesale Dry Goods,
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

p r T T T Y T y T r r r r r r r i r T T T T T T T 'i Q
E  Gopifofts 
t  and  Bed  Blapkets

U  

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We have a big line of comforts and  bed  blankets.
The prices at present are less than last year.
Now is the time to buy them  as  the  assortment  is
complete and the prices are right.

Our traveling men will call on  you  in  a  few  days

and show you a full line.

P.  S T E K E T E E   &  SONS 
Wholesale  Dry  Goods,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

j u u u u u u u u u u u u u l o j u u u u u l O

“  

The  best  way to increase your sur­
plus  is  to  please  your  customers.

be 
in  good  favor  still  another season. 
If  they  are  it  will  mean  modified  effects 
and  quieter  colorings  for this  is  alway 
the  case  where  a  style  runs  over  from 
one season to another.  Stripes in bourette 
effect  are  prominent,  the  bourette  being 
dyed 
in  the  same  color  as  the  ground 
tone  of  the  materials  they  are  given  to 
embellish.

Carpets— There  has  been  little  if  any 
change  in  the  carpet  situation  since  our 
last  report.  Everything 
is  going  on 
with  a  rush  and  manufacturers  are  in 
work  up  to  their  eyes,  so to  speak,  in 
their  efforts  to  push  everything  along  as 
rapidly  as  possible.  While  the  close  of 
the  fall  season  is  not  far off,  the  carpet 
mills  give  the  appearance  of  great  ac­
tivity,  with  the  season  at  its  greatest 
height.  The  large  mills  are  working  on 
full  time,  while  many  of  the  more  for­
tunate  are  running  more  than  the  full 
allotment  of  time  in  their efforts  to  en­
large  their  production  to  an  amount 
equal  to  their  very  heavy  duplicate  or­
ders.  All  of  the  fall  business  is  prac­
tically  booked,  and  as  soon  as  these  or­
ders  are  filled,  manufacturers  will  di­
vert  their  attention  to  the  requirements 
for  the  spring  trade.  While,  as  a  rule, 
carpet  manufacturers  have  given 
little 
thought  to  the  coming  season  on  ac­
count  of  their  heavy  business,  prepara­
tions  are  going  on  quite  extensively. 
These  cases,  however,  are  rather  few. 
The  spring  trade  promises  as  much 
business  as  has  been  taken  during  the 
present  fall  season,  and  it  is  very  likely 
that  carpet  prices  will  show  a  very  ma­
terial  advance  over  the  present  ones,  if 
the  China  situation  remains  stationary. 
At  the  East  India  wool  auctions,  held 
at  Liverpool  last  week,  the  firmness  of 
carpet  wools  was  very  noticeable,  and 
on  the  good  combing  Chinas  a  good 
deal  of  strength  was  observed.  These 
wools  are  in  rather  short  supply  in  this 
country,  due  to  the  unfavorable  situa­
tion  in  China,  which  has  been  extreme­
ly  slow 
its  normal  state. 
Should  higher  prices  be  in  vogue  next 
spring,  it  would  be  much  to  the  satis­
faction  of  the  carpet  yarn spinner,  espe­
cially  the  spinner  of  ingrain  yarns,  who 
claims  that  he  has  had  a  great  deal  to 
contend  with  the  past  season  or  two,  not 
only  in  the  matter of  prices,  but  also  in 
the  very 
limited  demand,  some  of  the 
yarn  selling  as low  as  six  cents a pound. 
The  higher the  cost  of  the  raw material, 
the  stronger the  tendency  for the  cheap­
er  grade  of  stock,  and  consequently 
an  extended  advance  would  be  likely  to 
promote  a  better  demand  for  the  in­
grains. 
is  rather  needless  to  state 
that  the  %  goods  continue  to  be  the 
feature  of  the  market,  for  that  fact  is 
now  too  widely  known. 
It  may  be  of 
interest,  however,  to  state  that  the  bet­
ter qualities  of  carpets  are  in the strong­
est  demand,  particularly  the  wiltons, 
velvets  and  body Brussels.  The  medium 
grades  are  also  having  a  good  call,  es­
pecially  the  axminsters,  the  patterns  of 
which 
this  season  are  exceptionally 
good.  The  tapestries  are  also  in  good 
request.  The  carpet  season 
is  too  far 
gone  to  hope  for  any  improvement  in 
the  demand  for  ingrain  carpets.  The 
ingrains  are  very  quiet,  and  many  of 
the  mills  are  working  on  reduced  time. 
The 
ingrains  have  had a  great  deal  to 
contend  with  in  the  way  of  competition 
the  past  year  or  two,  although 
it  is 
doubtful  if  the  trouble  from  the  sources 
referred  to  will  last  much 
longer.  The 
cheap  tapestry  carpets  and  the  jute  car­
pets  have  caused  the  trouble  with  the 
ingrain  market,  especially  the  jute  car­
pets.  These  jute  carpets  are  now. gen­

in  reaching 

It 

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1 1

CLEVER SWINDLE.

Played  Two  P arts  and  Fleeced  a   B ank 

Out o f $900.

Pinkerton  detectives  are  still 

looking 
for  the  man  who  forged  a certified check 
on  the  National  Bank  of  St.  Joseph with 
the  signature  of  George  M.  Teale,  pay­
ing  teller,  across  the  face,  and  passed 
the  same  at  the  Bank  of  Topeka.

The  story  of  the  manner  in  which  the 
forged  check  was  passed  has  leaked out, 
and  for  originality  and  daring 
the 
scheme  surpasses  anything  ever before 
brought  to  the  attention  of  police  offic­
ials  anywhere.

identity 

in  passing  his 

The  forger,  whose  name 

is  being 
is  un­
kept  secret  and  whose 
known  to  all  except  those  with  whom he 
had  dealings 
forged 
check,  first  began  operations  by  com­
ing  to  Topeka  to  engage  a  lawyer to 
represent  him 
in  getting  a  settlement 
from  a  brother,  with  whom  he  claimed 
to  the  attorney  he  had  formerly  held 
a  partnership.  The  business  was  dis­
solved  and  the  client  sought  redress 
from  the  brother,  who  he  claimed  de­
frauded  him  of  his 
just  share  of  the 
money  of  the  company  by various mach­
inations.  He used  every  epithet  known 
that  is  bad  in  describing  his  brother  to 
the  Topeka 
lawyer.  He  advised  the 
lawyer  to  get  into communication  with 
his  brother's  attorney  at  Atchison.

To  make  his  scheme  work  right  it 
was  necessary  that  he  be  represented  by 
a  lawyer of  recognized  standing,  as  will 
be  hereafter  seen.  Consequently  he 
sought out  one  of  the  most  prominent  in 
Topeka,  and  the 
imposition  was  made 
upon  the  member  of  a  firm,  whose  in­
tegrity  and  high  standing  have  never 
been  questioned.

After  starting  the  ball  rolling  in  To­
peka,  the  swindler  went  to  Atchison, 
where  he  went  to  the  attorney  he  bad 
mentioned  as  his  brother’s  counsel  to 
the  Topeka 
represented 
himself  as  the  brother  of  the  man  who 
was  giving  him  trouble  over  at  Topeka. 
The  Atchison 
lawyer  is  also a  man  of 
unquestioned  ability  and  standing,  but 
his  name  is  being  carefully  guarded.

lawyer,  and 

To  the  Atchison  lawyer  he  poured  out 
the  same  string  of  oaths  about  his 
brother  in  Topeka  who  was  trying  to 
prosecute  him  and  get  his  money.  He 
wanted  to  be  defended.  The  lawyers 
had  considerable  correspondence  over 
the  matter,  the  man  running  back  and 
forth  between  Topeka  and Atchison,act­
ing  the  dual  role  of  both  the  brothers  to 
keep  up  the game.  The dealings covered 
a  period  of  about  three  weeks,  and  put 
to  shame  Rudolph  Rassendyl  of  the 
Prisoner  of  Zenda.

In  the  meantime  the  swindler  secured

the  signatur  of  George  M.  Teale,  the 
paying  teller  of  the  National  Bank  of 
St.  Joseph.  He  filled  out  a  check  for 
$900  with  his  name  signed,  and certified 
across  the  face  by  the  forged  signature 
of  Mr.  Teale.

He  next  drew  up  a  note  for another 
sum,  payable  to  his  brother,  and  taking 
both  documents  went  to  the  Atchison 
lawyer  with  a  long  face  and  a  story  that 
rather  than  have  any  litigation  he  had 
decided  to  try  and  settle  the matter with 
his  brother  at  Topeka,  and  asked  to 
have  the  check  for  $900 and  the  note 
forwarded  to  the  Topeka  lawyer  to  as­
certain 
if  the  brother  would  settle  for 
that  amount.

He  next  got  on  a  train  and  came  to 
Topeka  and  went  to  his 
lawyer  who 
greeted  him  with  the  news  that  settle­
ment  was  in  sight,  and  listened  to the 
story  he  had  told  the  Atchison  lawyer  to 
write  to the  Topeka  lawyer.

The  swindler  did  not  know  whether 
to  accept.  He  wanted  to  know  if  he 
would  be  shut  out  from  further  prosecu­
tion  of  the  case  should  he  accept  the 
sum  offered.  He  was  assured  that would 
have  to  end  the  matter.  He  hesitated 
but  finally  ended  by  deciding  to  accept 
the  terms  offered,  and  together  the  law­
yer and  the  swindler  stepped  around the 
corner  and 
into  the  Bank  of  Topeka 
when  the  lawyer  introduced  his  client 
who  had  a  check  to  cash.

extraordinary 

The  amount  was  not  so  very  large, 
only  $900—nothing 
in 
that;  and  the  man  was  introduced  by 
one  of  the  most  reputable  lawyers  in  the 
city,  and  there  was  no  delay  in  passing 
the  cash  over  the  counter  for the  worth­
less  piece  of  paper containing the forged 
signature  of  the  St.  Joe  banker,  making 
it  apparently  worth  its  face.
The  swindler  asked  the 

lawyer  the 
amount  of  his  fees  for  bis  services  in 
the  case  and  received  them  without  a 
murmur, 
for  the 
swindler  to  make  his  escape quietly  and 
without  the  disturbance  that  would  have 
been  aroused  should  he  have  tried to es­
cape  the  fees.

it  was  policy 

for 

The  Atchison 

look  right,  he 

lawyer  is  still  waiting 
for  his  fees.  The  note,  to  make  every­
thing 
left  with  the  To­
peka  lawyer  for  collection,and  it  lies  in 
that  lawyer’s  safe  to-day,  a  worthless 
piece  of  paper.— Merchant's  Journal.

A  Born  Doctor.

She— How  old  is  the  baby  now?
He— Fourteen  months.  Have  you 

picked  out  a  profession  for  him  yet?

“ Oh,  yes;  we’ re  going  to  make  a 

doctor of  him.,:

“ A  doctor!  Why  a  doctor?”
“ Why,  he  always  seems  pleased  when 
be  sees  any  one  stick  out  his  tongue."

RANDOM  REFLECTIONS.

One  of  the  most  amusing  contests 
which  has  occurred 
in  Grand  Rapids 
for  some  years  was  the  strife  to  obtain 
the  vacant 
lot  at  the  corner of  Monroe 
and  Ottawa  streets, where  the Luce block 
stood  for  so  many  years.  Shorly  after 
the  fire  occurred,  Wm.  H.  Anderson 
became  possessed  of  the  idea  that  the 
Fourth  National  Bank  should  be  located 
on  that  corner,  but  he  would  not  raise 
his  bid  above  $85,000.  Then  John  W. 
Blodgett  took  a  turn  and  undertook  to 
negotiate  a  purchase  on  the  basis  of 
about  $90,000. 
In  the  meantime,  the 
Morse  brothers  became  convinced  of 
the  fact  that  the  only  way  they  could se­
cure  the  good  will  of  the  town  would  be 
for  them  to  show  their  interest  in  the 
city  by  erecting  a  building  of their own, 
and  they  accordingly  entered  the  race 
and  even  went  so  far  as  to  have  pre­
liminary  drawings  made  of  a  six-story 
and  basement  building.  As  soon  as  it 
was  known  that  the  Morses  coveted  that 
corner, 
the  members  of  the  Herpol- 
sheimer  house  decided  that  it  would  not 
be  for  their  interests  to  have  so  strong 
a  competitor as  the  Morses  located  only 
a  few  doors  from  them  and,  as  a  result, 
Wm.  G.  Herpolsheimer  now  holds  an 
ironclad  option  on  the  property,  which 
will  be  converted  into  a  deed  as  soon  as 
the  necessary  preliminaries  can  be  ar­
ranged.  The  price  paid  has  not  yet 
been  made  public, but  it  is  probably  not 
far  from  $100,000.

*  *  *

By  the  way,  one  of  the  most  remark­
able  successes  in  the  city  is  the  career 
of  the  Morse brothers.  Starting  on  Pearl 
street  with  only  a  few  hundred  dollars’ 
worth  of  stock 
in  the  shape  of  bazaar 
goods,  tinware  and  Yankee  notions,  the 
brothers  have  advanced,  step  by  step, 
until  they  now  occupy  a  most  unique 
position  in  the  mercantile  world. 
It  is 
known  that  the  brothers  had  several 
agents  at  work  for  them  to  secure  the 
Luce  corner  and,  in  order  that  there 
might  be  no  misgivings  as  to their  abil­
ity  to  carry  out  their  undertakings,  the 
Morses  exhibited  certificates  of  deposit 
on  Chicago  and  Grand  Rapids  banks 
aggregating  $81,000,  besides  showing  a 
bank  balance  in  excess  of  $25,000.  So 
easy  has  been  their  condition  for  some 
years  that  they  have  not  been  known  to 
ask  any  bank  accommodations. 
In­
stead  of  investing  their  surplus  in  bank 
gas  bonds  or  manufacturing 
stock, 
stocks,  they  prefer  to  keep 
it  in  the 
form  of  certificates  of  deposit,  evidently 
cherishing  the  belief  that  some  emer­
gency  will  arise  which  will  afford  them 
an  opportunity  to  use  ready  money  to 
excellent  advantage.

It 

Those  of  us  who  knew  George  Morse 
twenty  years  ago  when  he  spent  most  of 
his  time  in  talking  horse  and  shuffling 
cards  do  not  wonder  that  he  is  not  able 
to  get  away  from  the  old  environment 
and  that  his  conversation  is  still  char­
acterized  by  terms  peculiar  to  the  race 
track  and  gambling  house. 
is  pos­
sible  that  his  early  associations  along 
these 
lines  may  have  sharpened  his 
wits  to  pave  the  way  to  his  future  suc­
cess  as  a  merchant;  but 
it  is  9  fact, 
nevertheless,  that  he  would  stand  higher 
as  a  merchant  if  he  were  to  drop  his 
old-time  expressions  and  use 
terms 
more  in  keeping  with  the  modern meth­
ods  of  business  and  the  position  he 
has  acquired  in  the  business  world.  He 
is  drawing  the  comfortable  salary  of 
$6,000 a  year  from  the  Morse Dry Goods 
Co.  and  appears  to  enjoy  life  quite  as 
much  as  when  he  used  to  walk  up  and 
down  the  streets  without  a  dollar  in  his 
pocket.  His 
younger  brother,  who 
draws  only  half  the  salary  of  the  senior 
partner,  is  one  of  the  best  types  of  the 
modern  business  men 
in  the  town— 
faithful  to  his  business,  loyal  to  his 
friends  and  devoted  to  his  home  and 
family.  He  probably  realizes,  quite  as 
much  or  more  than  does  his  elder 
brother,  that  the  Morses  must  do  some­
thing  for  Grand  Rapids 
in  order  to 
overcome  the  stigma  which  attaches  to 
the  early  history  of  the  house.  They 
have  never  given  to charity  to  speak  of; 
they  have  never  subscribed  to  public 
enterprises  or taken  stock 
in  manufac­
institutions,  with  the  single  ex­
turing 
ception  of  a  small 
investment  in  the 
Grand  Rapids  Malleable  Iron  Co.,  and 
as  a  result  of  their  policy  of  holding 
aloof  from  their  fraters  and  neighbors 
in  trade  they  have  never  bad  the  stand­
ing 
in  the  community  to  which  their 
success  justly  entitles  them.  To  obtain 
this  standing  and  to secure  the  co-oper­
ation  and  patronage  of  the  best  people 
in  the  town,  they  realize,  quite  as  fully 
as  their  friends  do,  that  they  must  do 
something  for  the  town,  and  it  is  per­
haps  to  be  regretted  that  they  were  un­
able  to  secure  the  Luce  corner,  because 
the  purchase  of  the  property  would  have 
given  them  an  opportunity  to  erect  a 
building  which  would  be  a  credit  to 
the  progress  of 
them  and  enhance 
the 
served 
the  double  purpose  of  putting  them  en 
rapport  with  the  spirit  of  the  city  and 
the  surroundings  in  which  they  live.

town  and  would  have 

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Is an absolutely safe lamp.  It  burns 
without  odor  or  smoke.  Common 
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Shoes  and  Rubbers
Helps and  H indrances  in  th e  P ath   of the 

Shoe  D ealer.

It 

in 

“ It  fits 

looks  and  temper,  and 

like  an  old  shoe,*’  is  a  very 
comprehensive  phrase,  coined  from  our 
trade,  but  applied  generally  to  every­
thing  which  sets  right  and  feels  or looks 
comfortable.  Now,  an  old  shoe  doesn’t 
travel  on  its  looks,  but  appeals  irresist­
ibly  to  the  tired  foot  that  has  spent  so 
much  time  in  breaking  it  in  and  break­
is  a  spiritless  object, 
ing  it  down. 
both 
long 
since  gave  up  the  battle  of  retaliation 
and  self-assertion. 
It tried  hard  to con­
quer the  foot,but  failed  most  miserably. 
It  has  its  place,  however,  and  the  foot 
it 
that  suffered  much  pain  in  bringing 
to  terms  is  now  glad  to  avail 
itself  of 
its  comfortable,  old,  slipshod,  shabby 
refuge.  Once 
in  a  while  the  retailer 
finds  a  fortunate  foot  that slips  natural­
ly  into  a  new  shoe  and  finds  its  home 
at  once.  But  this  is  a  prize,  and  in  the 
lottery  of  ready-made  shoes  probably 
not  more  than  one  pair  of  feet  in  a 
hundred  draw  the  coveted  thing  at  first 
try.

A  dealer  who  is  something  of  a  sport­
ing  man,  and  a  close  observer of  hu­
man  nature  in  the  shoe  store, is  a  strong 
advocate  of  the  repairing  branch  of  the 
store.  He  says:  “ It  is  indispensable 
to  the  success  of  the  business  whether 
profitable  or  not;  it  should  always  be 
profitable  under  the  direction  of  a  prac­
tical  shoe  man.  How  many  owners  of 
horses  do  you  suppose  would  continue 
to  patronize  a  farrier  who  furnished  and 
fitted  only  new  shoes  for  their  animals 
and  afterward  refused  to  remove  and 
reset  them,  to  put  on  sharp  calks  in 
winter  and  to 
look  after  their  feet? 
Now,  are  people  apt  to  be  less  exacting 
about  their own  shoes?’ ’

A  fashionable  dealer  who  runs  a  re­
pairing  department  with  his  store  when 
asked  what  kind  of  repairing  be  was 
most  often  called  upon  to  make,  re­
plied:  “ Half  soles  and  heels  only.  An 
occasional  rip,  a  rare  thing  in  a  first- 
class  shoe,  we  attend  to,  but  we  draw 
the  line  at crazy  patchwork  on  shoddy 
shoes;  not  that  we  are  above  stopping  a 
hole  or  mending  a  break,  but  with  fine 
shoes  our  customers  won’t  have  i t ;  the 
patch  doesn’t  go.  They  don’t  mind  a 
neat  renewal  at  the  bottom, but  they  call 
a  halt  at  patched  tops.  The  shoes  that 
I  sell  are  always  worth  repairing  at  the 
bottoms,  and  they  usually  get  it  once, 
at  least.  They  cost  considerable  when 
new,  so the  owners  want  them  to  last  as 
long  as they  can  be kept in good looking 
condition,  besides,  the  old  shoes  are  al­
ways comfortable.  These  don’t  all  come 
back  here  for  repairs.  Now  and  again 
a  misguided  man  takes  his  shoes  to  a 
cheap  cobbler  shop  for an  eighty-cent 
bottoming,  and  has  them  cut  to  pieces 
with  large  nails.  After  that  we  never 
handle  them  again  for  him .”

While  every  point  about the last which 
fashions  the  shoe  for  a  human  foot  is 
important  as  to  its  form,  perhaps  a  lit­
tle  less  attention  is  given  to  the  heel 
than  to  other  parts.  The  observant  old 
retailer,  who  has  seen  more  heels  than 
many  shoe  men  who  try  to  get  proper 
bearings,  as  to  curves,  height  of  natural 
heel,  projection  and  the 
like,  says  it 
would  seem  as  though  some  last  mak­
ers  regarded  human  heels  as— well,  just 
heels  and  nothing  more,  only  differing 
in  bulk 
like  blocks  of  wood,  but  sup­
posed  to  shape  themselves,  in  grada­
tion, to  some  real  or  ideal  pattern  which 
the  lastmaker  has  set  up  for his  model.

The  consequence 
is  that  many  heels 
“ get  left’ ’  when  trying  to  accommodate 
themselves  to  the  part  of  the  shoe  which 
the  unvarying 
lasts  have  moulded  for 
individual  heels.

lasts  and  a 

Said  a  thoughtful  dealer  on  this  im­
portant  subject:  “ lith e   manufacturer 
should  ever  decide  to  take  a  hint  from 
the  anatomist  about  the  heels  or  lasts  so 
that  they  will  conform  to the  various  re­
quirements  of the multiform human heel, 
it  will  necessitate  some  radical  changes 
in 
large  addition  to  his 
plant  in  these  articles.  His cares  would, 
of  course,  be  multiplied  in  direct  ratio 
to  the  great  increase  in  the  number  of 
shapes  of  shoes  and  some  new  sign 
language  would  have  to  be  invented  in 
order  to  designate  the  various  lengths, 
curves  and  angles  of  heels  among  shoe 
wearers.  Although  the  structure  and 
mechanism  of  feet  in  their  normal  con­
dition  are  pretty  much  alike,  there  are 
certain  individual differences  in  the size 
of  bones,  or  muscles  and  movements, 
which  only  an 
individual  shoe  would 
perfectly  fit.  But  if  we  should  add  these 
different  sizes  and  shapes  of  heels  with 
their  designating  numbers  to  the  frac­
tional width  and length  sizes  now  made, 
the  retailer  would  become  distracted 
over  his  hard  lot. ”

The  familiar  phrase,  “ pegging  away 
at 
it,’ ’  so  generally  applied  to  both 
physical  and  mental  exertions,  doubt­
in  our  trade.  The  pa­
less  originated 
tient,  ingenious  man,  who 
laboriously 
whittled  out  little sole  fasteners,  builded 
better  than  he  knew.  This  invention 
of  pegs  gave  a  greater  impetus  to  the 
craft  than  any  other device  before  the 
advent  of  the  sewing  machine.  They 
invented  about  1818  by  Joseph 
were 
Walker,  of  Hopkinton,  Mass. 
From 
that  time  pegs  and  pegged  shoes  took 
an 
important  place  in  our  trade.  Ma­
chinery  came  to  the  aid  of  the  peg 
whittler  and  poured  them  out  by  bush­
els.

Far  be  it  from  the  writer  of  these 
notes  to  depreciate  the  value  of  a  sen­
sible  and  attractive  shoe  window  as  an 
aid  to  trade;  but  like  every  true  scribe 
he  likes  to  discuss  all matters pertaining 
to the  craft  and  therefore  be  has  taken 
some  trouble  to  “ feel  the  pulse”   of  re­
tailers  on  this  much  discussed  matter. 
There  are,  he  finds,  diverse  opinions  as 
to  the  amount  of  good  derived  from  this 
feature  of  the  store,  and  varying  esti­
mates  of 
its  efficiency  in  bringing  in 
customers.  Some  declare  that  they  often 
attract  crowds  outside  who  never  enter; 
but  this  probably  is  the  result  of  freak 
shows.  Others  affirm  that  they  draw 
trade;  and  this  refers  to  the  legitimate 
display  of  shoes,  usually  the  price- 
marked  ones.  A careful  examination  of 
the  show  windows  on  a  busy  thorough­
fare  in  a  populous  town  reveals  the  fact 
that  some  singular  if  not  questionable 
uses  are  made  of  these glass receptacles. 
Among  the  various  objects seen  in  some 
of  these  places  were  noted  works  of  art, 
portraits  of  popular  persons,  primitive 
books  and  printing,  a 
litter  of  puppy 
dogs,  a  cotton  plant 
in  full  bloom,  a 
pair of  lively  opossums,  a  live  pony  of 
quite  diminutive  size  with  its  boy  own­
er  on  its  back,  stuffed  snakes  and  a  live 
Amercian  eagle.  Now  indirectly  these 
things  may  draw  attention  to  shoes  in 
some  mysterious  way,  but  rival  dealers 
ridicule  the  idea,  and  declare  that  peo­
ple  laugh  at  the  show,  and  then  go  to 
their  favorite  shoe  store,  where  there 
are  no  monkeys,  and  buy  shoes.  As  if 
to  prove  the  fallacy  of  such  incongruous 
displays,  only  two  out  of  the  five  per­
sons questioned  by the inquisitive scribe

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

“OLD  HICKORY”

No.  84  Men’s  Seal  Grain  (not 
Woelfel  Seal)  Balmoral,  Double 
Sole  and  Tap,  Pegged  Bottom, 
one  piece  Bellows  Tongue  and 
fitted  with  three  rows  of  thread, 
one  row  being  extra  heavy  and 
waxed.
Best wearing heavy shoe  on  earth 
to  retail for $2.
For sale only by

THE  WESTERN  SHOE  CO.,  Toledo,  Ohio

LEGGINGS

Over  Gaiters  and  Lam b’s  W ool  Soles. 
(Beware  of  the Imitation W aterproof L eg­
ging  offered.)  Our  price  on

Men’ s  Waterproof  Legging,  Tan
or  Black,  per  dozen...............
Same  in  B oys’,  above knee..........

Send  us  your  advance  order  early  before 
the  rush  is  on.  Send  for  Catalogue.

HIRTH,  K R A U S E   &  CO.

M A N U F A C T U R E R S  

G R A N D   R A P ID S .  M IC H IG A N

A Boys and Youths Shoe for Service
There  are  absolutely  no 
seams in  these  shoes  to rip. 
They  are  made of  Woelfel 
Leather  Co.’s  waterproof 
seal  grain,  soft  and  pliable 
and  solid as a rock.
Boys,  2^  to 55^,  a t .. .$1.25 
Youths,  11  to 2,  a t__   1.15

GEO.  H.  REEDER &  CO.

28 and 30 South Ionia Street, Grand Rapids,  Mich.

Better Best Biggest

than
ever
which

is

saying

a
lot

general

line

shown

on
the
road
to-day

assortment

of

styles
and
prices
ever
shown

BRADLEY & METCALF CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

Manufacturers and Jobbers of Shoes and Robbers

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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after  enjoying  one  of  these  shows  knew 
what  sort  of  store  it  was,  or the  name  of 
the  enterprising  proprietor.

Sometimes  the  starting  point  of  the 
shoe  is  overlooked,  and  its  origin  traced 
only  to  the  manufacturer;  whereas  its 
source  and  fountain  head  is  at  the  vat. 
Often  the  shoe  builder  gets  the  credit 
for  being  “ the  whole  thing’ ’  in  the  pro­
duction  of  footwear,  while  without  the 
leather  man  he  could  no  more  produce 
modern  shoes  than  the  ancients  could 
have  made  their  bricks  without  straw. 
The  leather  man  in  his  own  province  is 
as  much  on  the  alert  to  produce  some 
new  and  pleasing  surprise  in  the  way 
of  material  for  shoes  as  the  manufac­
turer  is  to  receive  it  and  convert  it  into 
footwear;  or  as  the  expectant  retailer  is 
to  give 
into  his 
store  and  the  customer to  greet  it  as  a 
new  thing,  worthy  of  trial  because  of  its 
novelty.  Every  new  material  contrib­
uted  to  the making  of  shoes,  and  even  a 
new  process  of  treating  old  friends  in 
leather  affords  an  opportunity,  if  not  a 
material  change  in  the  shoe,  which,  by 
reason  of 
its  very  limited  capacity  for 
taking  on  new  forms,  is  helped  in  its 
progress  by  anything  the  leather  pro­
ducer  can  do  to  vary  its  outward  ap­
pearance.

it  cautious  welcome 

Ooze  calf  was  a  revelation  of  the 
leather  man’s  art,  and,  in  its  variety  of 
handsome  colors,  was  a  pleasant  sur­
prise  to  shoe  dealer  and  his  aesthetic 
patrons.  Patent  calf  is  too  old  a  friend 
to  be  spoken  of  as  a  novelty  now;  and 
yet,  with  us,  it is  but  a  babe  in  material 
In 
compared  with  the  age  of  our craft. 
1818,  a  small  piece  of 
leather  with  a 
shiny  surface,  a  part  of  the  peak  to  a 
German  military  cap,  came 
into  the 
bands  of  Seth  Boyden,  the  New  Jersey 
inventor  of  many  useful  things.  He 
examined 
it  closely  and  from  this  tiny 
sample  succeeded  in  producing  the  first 
side  of  patent  leather  ever  made  in  this 
country.  This  material  has  retained  its 
place  with 
its  showy  but  not  strictly 
reliable  character  as  to  surface  on  ac­
count  of  its  propensity  to  crack  when 
frosted.
The 

low  shoe  problem  has  been  fre­
quently  discussed.  The  advisability  of 
their  use  for  street  wear  has been argued 
pro  and  con  by  the  manufacturer,  the 
reformer,  the  doctor  and  the  devoted 
wearer  of  these  things.  The maker nat­
urally  encourages  their  use  in  the  inter­
ests  of  trade,  and  does  all he can through 
his  representatives  to  promote 
their 
sale.  The  reformer  and  doctor  enter 
their  protests  on  the  score  of  injury  to 
weak  ankles,  exposure  to  drafts  of  sen­
sitive  feet  and  for  other  hygienic  rea­
sons.  Wearers  of 
low  cuts  advocate 
their  unstinted  use  by  precept  and  ex­
ample,  in  season  and  out  of  season,  at 
home  and  abroad.  There  is  a  limited 
class,  however,  among  shoe  wearers, 
who,  although  they  would  willingly 
adopt  them  for  display effect,can  not  do 
so  by  reason  of  ill-shaped  or  too  thin 
ankles  and  whose  feet  at  the  upper  part 
are  not  abundantly  clothed  with  flesh. 
The  plump  feminine  foot  and  ankle 
readily  take  to  the  low  cut  shoe  as  the 
best  medium  for  display  of  these  desir­
able  natural  gifts.

Low  shoes,  then,  despite  the  warn­
ings  of  science,  will  always  be  popular 
as  long  as  there  are  shapely  ankles  and 
pretty  stockings  to  fill 
“ And 
yet,”   says  another,  dealer,  “ there  are 
fewer  slippers  worn  about  the  house 
now  than  formerly.  Many  men  have 
discarded  them  altogether.  Even  the 
young  man’s  pet  slippers  worked  by  his 
best  girl  are  worn  only  on  special  oc­

them. 

casions,  to  show  his  appreciation  of  the 
gift.  Many 
large  families  of  women 
and  girls  have  no  use  for  the  slipper. 
Higher  shoes,  easy  to  the  feet,  are  grad­
ually  pushing  aside  the  slipper  among 
thoughtful  shoe  wearers.’ ’

“ Don’t  wear  slippers  at  all,’ ’  says 
the  old  doctor. 
“ There  are  more  colds 
contracted  by  half-clad  feet on  the  floors 
of  our  homes  than  there  are  on  the 
street.  Coming 
in  from  a  brisk  walk, 
although  the  soles  of the  feet  are  cold, 
there  is  always  an  im perceptible  moist­
ure  upon  the  upper  part  of  the  foot. 
Discarding  the  walking  shoe  and  put­
ting  on  a  thin  soled  slipper  or  low  cut 
shoe  which  does  not  cover  the  instep  is 
a  serious  error.  All  floors  are  more  or 
less  drafty,  and  in  this  way  perspira­
tion  is  checked  and  the  pores  suddenly 
closed.’ ’— Boot  and  Shoe  Recorder.

m istakes  in  B aying  W hich  Sometimes 

Jeopardize  Success.

In  visiting  one  of  our  prominent 
Eastern  shoe  departments  I  came  upon 
a  buyer  seated  at  his  desk  conscien­
tiously  working  at  his  size-up  lists  and 
the  clerks  all  taking  copies  for  future 
orders. 
I  found,  after  a  few  moments' 
conversation,  that  he  was  hard  at  work 
placing  second  orders  on 
season’s 
goods. 
In  looking  around  the  shoe  de­
partment,  I  noticed  piies  and  piles  of 
shoes  filling  every  crevice  and  niche 
which  bad  not  been  sold,  and  with  more 
or  less  temerity  I  asked  him  what he in­
tended  to  do  with  them. 
“ O h,"  said 
he,  “ these  goods  are  a  little  off  color 
and  are  not  just  what  they  ought  to  be 
for  this  season. 
In  placing  my  first  or­
ders  I  perhaps  overstepped  bounds  and 
got  a  whole  lot  of  stuff  which  is  not  as 
good  as  it  might  be.

“ I  found  after  the  season  began  to 
run  that  I  made  a  mistake  on  the 
last 
that  I  had  selected,  and  I  also  found 
that 
it  would  have  been  better  for  me 
bad  I  stuck  more  closely  to  the  styles 
of 
is  abso­
lutely  necessary  for  me  to  be  alive  to 
the  situation  and  place  orders  for quick 
shipment  for  goods  which  are  better 
adapted  to  the  trade  than  those  I  have 
in  stock.”

last  season.  Therefore,  it 

Now,  it  was  clearly  evident  that  this 
buyer’s  stock  of  $40,000  would  be  in­
creased  20  per  cent,  by  the  introduction 
of  this  second  size-up  order.  This  is 
very  poor  business  policy,  and  it  would 
be  well  for  buyers  and  managers 
in 
general  to  look  around  their  shelves, 
figure  up  the  amount  of  goods  they  have 
in  stock,  and  find  if  they  are  in  a  posi­
tion  to  place  future  orders  before selling 
the  first  season’s  lot. 
It  does  not  neces­
sitate  placing  a  very  large  order,  so  as 
to  complicate  affairs  and  leave  the  de­
partment  in  a  condition  that  it  will  be 
practically 
impossible  to  make  a  four- 
times  turn  over.  This  should  be  the 
goal  of  every  buyer,  and  when  a  man 
figures  that  through  poor  judgment  he is 
unable  to  make  his  regular  turnover,  he 
should  begin  to  immediately  reef  his 
sails  and  come  up  closer to the  wind. 
I 
would  certainly  advise,  even  although 
the  goods  were  a  little  off  color,  taking 
off  the  coat  and  getting  in  and  making 
an  effort  to  sell  the  shoes  you  have  on 
the  shelves  before  you  hamper  yourself 
with  a  future  heavy  stock.  What  ex­
cuse  are  you  going  to  make  to  an  owner 
if  he  passes  through  your  store  and  de­
partment  and  finds  that  you  are  glutted 
with  goods  that  you  are  unable  to move, 
and  at  the  same  time  finds  that  you 
have  placed  on  his  desk  size-up  orders 
which  you  desire  O.  K.ed,  and  which 
you  want  for  immediate selling?  There

is  bound  to  be  a  rupture  between  you 
and  your  employer,  and  the  best  way  to 
stave  off  such  an  occurrence  is  by  mak­
ing  up  your  mind  that  you  are not going 
to  buy  the  goods.

it 

that 

Shoes  such  as  are  manufactured  for 
our  merchants  to-day  are  not  so  far  off 
color  that  they  can  not  be  used  to  more 
less  advantage  in  any  shoe  store  or 
or 
department.  Consequently, 
is  not 
well  for  a  man  buying  shoes  to  become 
discouraged  when  he  finds 
the 
shoes  of  his  first  order  are  not  running 
as  freely  as  he  bad  anticipated,  because 
the  moment  he  does,  he  complicates 
matters  by  mixing  up  ten  or  fifteen 
styles  which  disconcert  the  clerks  and 
prospective  customers.  A  very  good 
policy  which  is  pursued  by  some  of  our 
most  successful  merchants  is  to  make 
the  first  order  pay  for  the  second  one; 
that  is,  that  they  have  in  sight sufficient 
goods  on  the  floor,  which  are  ready 
sellers,  to  warrant  the  purchase  of  future 
goods.  They  then  feel  confident  that 
by  the  time  of  the  rece ipt  of  the  second 
order  the  first  order has  been  sold  and 
the  money  is  already  in  the  cash  drawer 
to  pay  for  it.

Another  question  to  be  considered, 
particularly  where  the  goods  are  manu­
factured  to  special  order,  is  that  shoes 
rushed  through 
in  three  or  four  weeks 
are  never  up  to  your ordinary  run  of 
stock. 
It  is  utterly  impossible  for  stock 
to  dry  out  or the  uppers  to  mold  proper­
ly  on  the  last  in  that  length  of  time,and 
if  you  persist 
in  buying  goods  of  this 
character,  and  rushing  them  through 
in  any 
length  of  time,  you  will  have 
many  complaints  from  dissatisfied  cus­
tomers,  who  will 
tell  you  that  your 
goods  do  not  hold  their  shape,  that  they 
fall  in  on  the  counters,  the  toes  crease,

and  many  other  complaints  of 
like 
character,  which  only  come  where  the 
shoes  have  not  had  sufficient  time  to  be 
properly  seasoned.

This  false 

judgment,  or  mistaken 
judgment  as  you  might  wish  to  term 
it,  is  undoubtedly  the  precipice  over 
which  our  best  shoemen  have  fallen, 
and 
it  certainly  needs  a  clear  bead, 
sound  judgment,  common  sense  and  the 
qualifications  of  a  winner  to  hold  a 
man  from  making  false  efforts,  which 
are  bound  to  be  detrimental  to  his  best 
interests.  Remember  that  the  success 
of  our  best  shoemen  has  been  due  to  the 
fact  that  they  were  willing  to  take  a 
chance,  and whenever  they  made  a  mis­
take,  buckle  down  much  harder  in  or­
der to  clear  their  shelves  of  these  unde­
sirable  goods.— Shoe  Retailer.

Not True  to  Name.

Mrs.  Noozy— I  think 

it’s  the  most 
ridiculous  thing  to  call  that  man  in  the 
bank  a  “ teller. ”

Mrs.  Chumm— Why?
Mrs.  Noozy— Because  they 

simply 
won’t  tell  at  all. 
I  asked  one  to-day 
how  much  my  husband  bad  on  deposit 
there,  and  he  just  laughed.

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Clothing

Favored Fashions  in  C lothing  and  F u r­

nishings a t Chicago.

It 

Boys'  clothing  is  a  source  of  interest 
is  so  on  account  of  its 
this  season. 
absence  of  foolish  flubdubs  and 
its 
nearer  approach  to  the  real  quiet,  gen­
teel  style.  For  years  past  boys’  cloth­
ing  was  not  considered  to  be  in  the 
swim  unless  it  had  all  sorts  of  loud, 
offensive  ornamentation  on  it,  and  the 
more 
incongruous  the  shape  or design 
of  the  coat  the  nearer  it  approached 
what  some  manufacturers  thought  the 
public  wanted.

*  *  *

Some  of  the  most  strikingly handsome 
neckwear ever  shown  in  Chicago  is  now 
displayed  for  fall  wear.  The  hand­
somest  is  shown  in  De  Joinvilles,  both 
in  the  regular  and  tacked  forms.  A 
decidedly  new  effect  is  shown  exclus­
ively  by  Burns  &  Grassie,  haberdash­
ers,  at  152  Dearborn  street.  It  is  named 
the  “ Kompffe"  weave  and  is one  which 
is  difficult  to  describe.  The  effect  from 
a  distance  of  ten  feet  is  similar to  what 
a  bright  tapestry  would  have  if  made  of 
as  rich  silks  as  the  De  Joinvilles  are. 
The  colorings  are  dark  and  soft,  yet 
bright  and  most  artistically  blended  or 
contrasted.  The  patterns  are  distinct 
and  run  wholly  to  scrolls  or  flower­
ing  designs.  The  “ Kompffe”   is  a  two 
and  four changeable  color  fabric.  When 
on  the neck  the  changing  colors  give  an 
exceedingly 
These  De 
Joinvilles  retail  at  $5  and  $7-S°-  The
same  in  derby  shapes  $1.50  and  $2.50. 
in  large 
Among  other  elegant  things 
neckwear  are  the  two-color  effects, 
in 
which  one  rich  color  shades  into  an­

rich  effect. 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

other  and  back.  The weave of this  neck­
wear  silk  is  of  a  fancy  order.

*  *  *

the  gray  chimney-pot, 

The  swells  here  and  there  are  affect­
flat-top 
ing 
derbies. 
It  is  a  medium  height  crown, 
which  so  narrows  at  the  top  that  it  is 
identical  with  the  shape  of  the  English 
chimney-pot.  These  hats  are  in  gray 
and  pearl  and  have  binding  and  broad 
bands  in  lighter  shades  of  the  same  col­
oring.  They  are  swell,  sure  enough 
if  their  use  is  confined  to  wear  with  a 
light,  harmonizing  gray  overcoat,  but 
their abuse  will  be  apparent to the  most 
casual  observer  if  they  are  worn  with 
coverts  or  black  overcoats.

*  *  *

The  shirtings  for  fall  and  winter  for 
the  younger  set  are  to  be  the  printed 
madoplans  or  fine  percales,white  bodies 
with  small  geometrical  figures  in  black, 
dark  blue,  dark  red  or  lavender.  Here 
and  there  a  pattern  of  white  ground  and 
small  srtipes  widely  spaced.  The  shirt 
to  be  in  best  form  must  have  the  bosom 
of  small  plaits  and  be  as  wide  as  the 
chest  of  the  wearer. 
The  attached 
cuffs  are  the  winter  widths  and  not  so 
shallow  as  those  worn  on  the  summer 
negliges.  Cuffs  broad  stitched.

*  *  *

Golfers  are  said  to  be  the  greatest 
class  of  people  on  earth  for adopting 
outlandish  innovations  in  dress.  This 
may  or  may  not  he,  but  their  latest 
adoption  inclines  one  to  think  that there 
is  some  truth 
in  it.  The  latest  is  a 
twelve-inch-wide,  gauzy-muslin  white 
hathand  with  wide,  contrasting  cross­
stripes  in 
it.  The  stripes  are  blues, 
brilliant  reds,  greens,  lavenders,  bright 
yellows—in  fact,  the  whole  gamut  of 
colors 
is  used.  These  wide  bands  are 
brought  down  by  a  series  of  small  uni­

form  folds  to  a  2#  and  3  inch  width, 
when  they  are  put  on  a  black  golf  hat 
after  the  fashion  that  an Oriental fastens 
his  winding  turban.  The  contrast  is  too 
great—the  light  bands  on  the  black  hats 
—to be  acceptable  to  a  quiet,  cultivated 
taste.  The  combination  makes  the  most 
conspicuous, 
loud  bit  of  headgear  I 
have  seen  for  seasons. 
It  will  be  a  ver­
itable  target  for  ridicule.
*  *  *

The  only  outer coats  exempt from nar­
row  cuffs  are  the  bunty  fall  coverts— 
everything  else  calls  for  cuffs,  to  be  in 
good  form.  This  statement  refers  par­
ticularly  to  the  high-class  ready-made 
garments.  It  is  a  matter of  fact  that  the 
“ smart  set”   will  order the  cuff  left  off 
of  their tailor-made  garments as  soon  as 
they  are  aware  that  the  ready-made 
overcoats  have  them  on.  Smart  set  or 
no,  the  cuffs  are  in  line  with good form. 
The  cuffs  on  the  Chesterfields  are  2  to 
2y% 
inches  deep,  while  those  on  the 
larger  models  run  from  2y2  to  a  3  inch 
depth.  The  swellest  cuff  I  have  seen 
yet  was  one  about  2^  inches  deep  on  a 
long  black  garment.  It  was  not  stitched 
on  the  edge  and  the  effect  was  rather 
that  of  a  rounding  fold. 
It  was  decid­
edly  all  right—even  if  it  was  a  fine  dirt 
catcher.

*  *  *

If  there  are  any  doubts  about  men  not 
inclining  toward  the  bright  colors,  they 
will  be  dispelled  by the  following  bit  of 
news.  A  new  house  suit  is  being  ad­
vocated  for  the  swells  that  enables  one 
to  simply  revel,  bask  and  lounge  in  any 
or  all  colors  of  the  rainbow.  The  suit 
consists  of  coat  and  trousers,  which  are 
made  of  heavy  rep  silks  of  bright  col­
ors  and  the  coat 
lined  with  a  lighter 
weight  silk  of  a  contrasting  or  relative 
color.  The  coat  is  a  short  sack  cut  and

It 

fashioned  much  after  the  style  of  the 
smoking  jacket  with  shawl  roll  lapels, 
cuffs,  flap  or corded  edge  pockets,  frogs 
and  quilted 
lining.  The  trousers  are 
very  pajama-like  and  fastened  around 
the  waist  with  a  wide  ribbon  with  large 
silk  tassels  at  the  ends.  A  silk  shirt 
is  indicated  for  wear  with  this  house 
suit. 
is  supposed  to  be  worn  only 
in  one’s  room.  The  combination  or 
range  of  colors  to  be  had  in  silks  fur­
nishes  an  almost  unlimited  source  frrm 
which  a  color  enthusiast  can  indulge 
his  fancy.  He  can  build  up  color  com­
binations  and  schemes  that  will  place 
him  beyond  the  reach  of  vulgar  imita­
tors.

Since  this  suit  is  to  be  worn  only  in 
little 
one’s  own  room,  there  can  be 
glory 
in  having  an  elaborate  rainbow- 
hued  suit  beyond self-gratification.  Still 
there  are  men  a-plenty  who  will  no 
doubt  affect  this  innovation.

*  *  *

There  is  a  new  tie  out,  designed  for 
wear  with  the  semi-dress,  which  has 
caught  the  fancy  of  the  real  swell  dress­
ers.  It  is  the  English  stock  tie  in  black 
peau  de  soie  or  Barathea.  The  stock  is 
not  so  wide  as  the  regular  English  or 
Parliamentary  stock.  At  the  back  one 
end  passes  through  a  loop  in  the  other 
and  holds  the  tie  in  place.  The  ends 
tie  in  a  small  firm  bat.  This  is  a  dis­
innovation  in  dress  neckwear  and 
tinct 
has  struck  the  keynote. 
It  gives  the 
tuxedo  costume  a  decidedly  distin­
guished  air  and  at  once  lifts  it  above 
the  conventional. 
is  in  the 
tieable  class,  and  somewhat  difficult  to 
manipulate,  it  will  never  become  com­
mon  or  favored  by  any  but  men  who 
know  how  to  dress. 
It  is  worn  to  the 
best  possible  advantage  with  a  poke  or 
lap-front  standing  shape  collar.— Ap­
parel  Gazette.

In  that 

it 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Knows  More A bout Potatoes Than Horses. 
From the Mancelona Herald.

Jess  Wisler  met  with  a  rather  funny 
experience  while  at  Central  Lake  last 
week  for  the  purpose  of  attending  the 
street  fair.  When  ready  to  return  home 
he  ordered  his  team  from  the  livery 
barn  by  phone  and  after  waiting  awhile 
he  became  restless  and  went  to  investi­
gate.  He  found  the  assistants  at  the 
barn  hitching  a  team  to  his  buggy  that 
did  not  belong  to  him,  and  remarked 
that  he  ought  to  know  his  own  team. 
He  was  requested  to  pick  them  out  and 
after  looking  at  the  horses  in  the  barn 
selected  two  that  he  thought  answered 
the  description  of  his  own.  When  he 
reached  Bellaire  a  telephone  message 
was  awaiting  him  stating  that  he  bad  a 
horse  belonging  to  a  farmer  near  Char­
levoix,  who  was  very 
irate  and  was 
threatening  him  with  arrest  on  charge 
of  horse  stealing.  A  rig  came  down 
from  Central  Lake  and  he  was  given 
another  horse—still  not  his  own— in  ex­
change  for  the  one  belonging  to  the 
Charlevoix  farmer,  when  he  continued 
his  way  home.  The  day  following  Mr. 
Wisler’s  own  horse  was  driven  over  and 
the  tangle  was  at  last  unraveled.  Jess’ 
friends  have  had  any  amount  of  fun 
with  him  over  the  affair.  He  takes  it 
all  in  good  part  and  was  heard  to  re­
mark  that  he  was  no horseman,  anyhow, 
but  had  it  been  potatoes  he  would  never 
have  made  such  a  mistake.-

One  of  the  directors  of  the  Norwegian 
Fisheries  has  been  endeavoring  to  dis­
cover  the  height  a  salmon  will  leap 
when  clearing  a  waterfall  which  ob­
structs 
its  passage  up  stream.  Masts 
were  placed  below  the  fall  to  insure 
measurements. 
It  is  stated  that  a  fish 
can  leap  to  the  height  of  twenty  feet. 
When  a  fish  failed  to  clear the  fall  at 
one  bound 
in  the  falling 
water,  and  then,  with  a  rapid  twist  of 
the  body,  gave  a  spring  and  was  suc­
cessful.

it  remained 

The  secret  of  courtesy  is a kind  heart.

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anywhere.  We also manufacture Table  Lamps, 
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Lamps, etc.  The best and only really successful 
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time  before  dinner  the  situation  looked 
critical.  Then  the  valet  came  to  my  as­
sistance  and  said  that  he  thought  he 
could  find  a  pair of  trousers  to  fit  me. 
He  brought  a  pair  and  they  were  all 
right.

“ After  I  had  tried  them  on  he  told 
me  that  he  had  another  pair that  had 
braid  on  the  seams,  if  I  liked  that  bet­
ter.  Of  course,  when  I  left  I  gave  him 
twice  as  large  a  tip  as  I  would  have 
done  had  I  not  been  indebted  to him  for 
his  trousers.

“ I  did  not  ask  him  the  source  of  his 
supply,  but  it  occurred to me  that the in­
explicable  way 
in  which  visitors’  gar­
ments  disappear  at  times 
in  country 
houses  might  be  explained  by  the  col­
lection  of  emergency  garments  that  the 
valets  have  on  hand."

Tea  D rinking  in  the  South.
From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.

“ The 

increased  consumption  of  tea 
is  one  of  the  interesting  phases  of  mod­
ern  commercial  life  in  the  South,”   said 
a  drummer  for  a  New  Orleans  house, 
“ and  you  would  be  surprised  at the vast 
change  which  has  taken  place  in  this 
respect.  The  fact 
is  that  during  the 
past  few  years  the  changes  in  the  tea 
business  have  amounted  to  a  revolution. 
I  have  just  returned  from  a  trip  on  the 
road,  and  I  touched  some  of  the  more 
remote  places  in  Texas and Mississippi, 
and  while  I  have  been  out  before  in  the 
same  territory,  I  was  surprised  at  the 
increased  number of  tea  drinkers.

“ Up  to  a  few  years  ago  in  the  more 
remote  sections  of  the  country  tea  was 
the  sick 
used  almost  exclusively 
room.  Tea  had  to  be  bought 
in  the 
country  from  the  druggist.  The  man 
who  dealt  in  general  merchandise  rarely 
thought  of  selling  tea,  unless  he  had  a 
medicine  counter  in  his  store.  Tea was 
something  finicky,  to  be  given  to  the 
convalescing  patient,  along  with  crack­
ers,  tasteless  broth,  and  things  of  that 
sort.

in 

“ This  is  not  the  case  now.  Tea  is 
bought 
in  rather  large  quantities  by 
country  merchants,and  the  country  folks 
use  it  for  other than  sick  room purposes. 
It 
is  extensively  used  throughout  the 
country.

“ There  is  a  still  more interesting  fact 
in  connection  with  the  growth  of  the  tea 
trade :  Negroes  are  now  great  tea  con­
sumers.  You  would  be  surprised  at  the 
amount  of  tea  consumed  by  this  ele­
ment  of  the  population.  Using  tea  is  a 
new  thing  with  the  negro  element,  but 
since  they  have  gotten 
into  the  tea­
drinking  habit  they  have  vastly 
in­
creased  the  consumption  of  the  product. 
Yes,  they  have  about  quit  using  sassa­
fras  roots  for teamaking  purposes,  and 
this  rather  primitive  drink  is  now  used 
for  its  medicinal  properties. 
It  has  ex­
changed  places  with  the  other tea.

“ These  are  some  of  the  reasons  for 
the  increased  consumption of tea.  There 
are,  of  course,  many  other  special  and 
general  causes  for  the  new  demand,  and 
altogether the  changes  form  a  rather  in­
teresting  subject  so  far  as  modern  com­
merce  is  concerned.”

An  Old-Fashioned W oman.

No clever, brilliant thinker she,
With college record and degree;
She has not known the paths of fame,
The world has never heard her name; 
Home is her kingdom, love her dower;
She seeks no other wand of power.
Around her childish hearts are  twined.
As ’round some reverend  saint  enshrined, 
And find all purity and good 
In her dlvinest motherhood.
She keeps her faith unshadowed still—
God rules the world In good and 111;
This sad old earth’s a brighter place 
All for the sunshine of her face;
Her very smile a blessing throws 
And hearts are happier where she goes.
A gentle, clear-eyed  messenger.
To whisper love—thank God for her!

L.  M.  Montgomery.

E xalt  Your  E stablishm ent  in  the  Eyes  of 

the  Buyers.

As  a  general  proposition  it  is  safe  to 
say  that  the  average  member  of  the 
sterner  sex  does  not  care  to  trade  in  a 
store  which  ostensibly  and  professedly 
carries  only  cheap  goods,  even  if  the 
store  handles  just  the  grades  that  he 
desires.  This  has  become  true,  to  an 
extent,  even of  the  female shoppers,  and 
we  see  no  longer any number of  “ Cheap 
John”   stores  which  call 
themselves 
such.

lower  priced  articles. 

The  disinclination  of  a  man  to  trade 
in  a  professedly  cheap  store  arises  from 
two  causes. 
In  the  first  place,  he  does 
not  care  to  be  seen  in  such  an  estab­
lishment,  and  again,  he  has an  idea  that 
the  man  who  carries  the  higher grade 
in 
goods  will  carry  the  best  obtainable 
the 
This  same 
idea  prevails  with  some  dealers.  They 
would  rather  buy  their  popular  priced 
lines 
in  a  highgrade  house,  which 
makes  the 
lower  priced  goods  as  well. 
This  in  very  many  cases  is  only  a  pre­
judice,  as  there  are  many  exclusively 
popular  priced  houses  which  make 
goods  which  are  not  surpassed  for  the 
money  anywhere.  The  matter  is  only 
referred  to  here  because,  if  such  senti­
ment  exists  with  the  dealers,  it  is  like­
ly  to  maintain  with  consumers  as  weli. 
As  a  fact,  it  does,  and  the  wise  dealer 
will  cater  to  it.

A  year  or  so  ago  we  related  the  in­
stance  of  a  Chicago  furnisher,  who,  as 
Derby  Day  approached,  made  a  win­
dow  display  of $5  neckwear.  He didn’t 
sell  many  of  them,  nor  did  he  expect 
to,  but  he  sold  large  quantities  of  one, 
two  and  three  dollar  goods.  He consid­
ered  the  expense  fully  justified.

Some  time  ago  a  furnishing  dealer  in 
a  Western city greatly enlarged  his store, 
added  clothing  and  had  a  big  opening. 
It  was  admirably  planned  and  he  did  a 
very  fair  business,  but  he  subjected 
himself  to  caustic  criticism  because  the 
windowdisplayed  only  his 
cheaper 
goods,  although  he  had  the better grades 
in  stock  and  knew  that  there  existed  a 
demand  for  them  in  his  locality.

them 

The  moral  of  all  this  is  obvious: 
If  you  carry  good  goods 
“ Trade  up.”  
advertise  them,  show 
in  your 
window  displays  and  don’t  be  afraid  to 
decorate  them  with  price  tickets.  Don't 
neglect  the  cheaper  goods.  You  do  not 
want  to  give  the  idea  that  yours  is  an 
exclusively  high-grade  store,  if  it  is  not 
or  if  the  community  will  not  support 
such  an 
institution.  But  get  after  the 
better trade,  too,  show  that  you  are  pre­
pared  for them  and  exalt  your establish­
ment  at  the  same  time  in  the  eyes of the
buyers  of  the  cheaper  goods.

W here  Do  the  Clothes Go?

The  tendency  of  various  articles  of 
dress  belonging  to  guests  to  disappear 
in  country  houses  is  undeniable,  and 
there  is  scarcely  a  visitor  who  has  not 
his  story  of  a  missing  coat  or  pair  of 
trousers  or  some  similar article  to tell. 
It  is  never  known  just  how  these  things 
get  away,  but  they  go,  and  the  circum­
stances  of  the  loss  usually  prevent  ex­
tended  investigation.

The  experience  of a guest at a country 
house  recently  opened  his  eyes  as  to  the 
possible  reason  for some  of  these  mys­
terious  disappearances.

“ When  the  valet  came  to  the  room  to 
unpack  my  bag,”   he  said,  “ I  found 
that  I  had  come  off  without  a  most  nec­
essary  part  of  my  wardrobe. 
I  had  all 
of  my  dress  suit  excepting  the  trous­
ers.
“ My  host  was  exactly  my  opposite  m 
figure  and  there  was  no  hope  of  relief 
from  that  quarter.  None  of  the  other 
men  stopping  in  the  house  had  any  ex­
tra  garments  and,  as  it  was  only  a  short

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Butter  and  Eggs
Observations by  a  Gotham   Egg  H an.
The  very  rapid  advance  in  fresh  egg 
prices that  culminated  early last week in 
a  rise  to 22c,  loss  off,  gave  some  of  the 
trade  a feeling  that the  upward tendency 
had  been  overdone.  Fears  were  ex­
pressed  that  consumptive  demand would 
be  so  largely  diverted  to  refrigerator 
eggs  that  fresh gathered stock—attracted 
in 
larger  quantity  by  the  advance— 
would  tend  to  accumulate  in  first  bands, 
and  that  the  extreme  advance  might  not 
be  maintained.  Toward  the  close  these 
apprehensions  have 
realized. 
There  has  been  considerable increase  in 
our receipts  of  eggs  and  while  more  re­
the 
frigerators  are  now 
daily  arrivals  it  is  now  evident  that  the 
recent  upward  tendency  has  attracted 
increase  of  fresh  gathered 
a  material 
goods  to this  market. 
It  is  undoubted­
ly  true  that  the  advance  has  thrown  a 
much  larger  proportion  of  the  trade  up­
on  reserve  stocks,  and 
it  now  appears 
that  this  diversion,  together  with  the  at­
traction  of  larger  supplies  of  fresh,  has 
caused  an  accumulation  in  first  hands.

included 

been 

in 

*  *  *

Advices 

from  nearly  all  Western 
points  have 
lately  indicated  light  col­
lections  of  fresh  eggs  and  a  small  pro­
portion  of  high  grade  goods. 
It  is  pos­
sible,  therefore,  that  the  reaction  of 
values  at  the  close  may  soon  reduce  our 
receipts  more  nearly  to  actual  needs. 
There  are  free  sellers  of  refrigerator 
goods  at  all  points  and  as  the  weather 
grows  colder  and  more  favorable  to  a 
safe  movement  of  them  we  may  expect 
larger  shipments  of  them  from  interior 
points;  but  a  few  fresh  are  always 
wanted,  and  it  is  hoped  that  the  weak­
ness  developed  at  the  close  may  prove 
to be  only  a  flurry.

*  *  *

There has  lately  been  some  talk  about 
the  future  of  limed  eggs  but  up  to  this 
writing  nothing  has  been  done  to  give 
a  very  definite  line  as  to  values.  The 
present  feeling 
in  refrigerators  is  such 
that  dealers  generally  regard  prices  as 
being  at  top  notch  for  some  time  to 
come,  and  on  the  present  basis of values 
the  selling  price  of  fancy  limed  would 
probably  not  be  over 17c— possibly  I7^c 
for a  few  of  superlative  quality.  The 
outlet  for 
is  chiefly  with 
bakers’  trade  and  in  this  class  of  cus­
tom  the  use  of  frozen  eggs  is  becoming 
more  and  more  of  a  factor  every  year. 
We  understand  that  the  quantity  of 
frozen  eggs  held  in  cold  storage is larger 
this  year  than  ever  before  and  it  is  not 
unlikely  that  these  goods  may  have  an 
appreciable 
influence  upon  values  for 
limed  stock  during  the  coming  season. 

limed  eggs 

*  *  *

There  have  been  a  good  many  fresh 
gathered  eggs  of  under  grade  arriving 
of  late  for which  I  am  inclined  to  think 
shippers  could  get  better  results  with  a 
different  method  of  handling.  As they 
arrive  here  they  contain  a  mixture  of  a 
few  nice  fresh  eggs  and  a  good  many 
shrunken  and  undesirable  goods.  They 
are  often  packed  in  old  cases  and  lose  a 
good  deal  in  cracked  and  broken  eggs. 
Probably  country  shippers  who  forward 
these  goods  know  that  they  average 
poor  and  consider  that  any  old  cases 
and  fillers  are  good  enough  for  them. 
But  in  this they  make  a  mistake,  and  I 
think  they  could  realize  more  money  for 
their  goods 
if  they  would  take  the 
trouble  to  assort  them  and  ship  the 
different  qualities  separately.  A  few 
nice  fresh  eggs  in  a  lot  of poor shrunken 
eggs  add  scarcely  anything  to the  sell­

ing  value  of  the  latter and  yet these  few 
if  taken  out  and  shipped  by  themselves 
would  bring  enough  more  to  make  the 
labor  well  worth  while.  Furthermore 
poor,  weak  second  hand  cases  are  a 
damage  to any  grade  of  eggs;  even  the 
poorer  qualities  deserve  good  sound 
cases  and  will  bring  enough  more  when 
well  packed  to  more  than  repay  the  ex­
pense.— N.  Y.  Produce  Review.
Increase  in  th e  D em and 

for  E astern 

Cheese  in  California.

Passing  by  one  of  the  prominent 
cheese  stores  I  noticed  a  lot  of  cheese 
standing  on  the  floor,  that  had  been 
bagged,  and  curiosity  led me  to  enquire 
what  market  they  were  going  to.  I  soon 
learned  that  the  cheese  were  part  of  a 
carload  that  had  been  sold  to  a  San 
Francisco  bouse,  and  they  were  being 
prepared  for  the  long  journey.  Becom­
ing  more  interested,  I enquired  into  this 
California  trade,  and  was  told  that  it 
was  still  growing  notwithstanding  the 
fact  that  quite  a  number  of  cheese  fac­
tories  were  in  operation  on  the  Pacific 
coast. 
‘ ‘ They  like  the  New  York  State 
cheese  out  there,”   remarked  the  re­
ceiver. 
‘ ‘ Their  home  make  is  mostly 
soft  and  does  for  immediate  use,  but 
does  not  keep  so  long  as  ours.  Wiscon­
sin 
is  sending  some  twins,  but  the  fa­
cilities  for  getting  stock  through  from 
here  are  so  much  better  than  they  used 
to  be  that  we  retain  a  good  share  of  the 
trade.

through 

‘ ‘ It  was  only  comparatively  few  years 
it  took  thirty  days  to  get 
ago  when 
cheese 
from  New  York  to 
'Frisco.  Now  we  send  a  car  through  in 
ten  days.  The  cheese  is  loaded  here  in 
a  refrigerator  car  and  runs  clear through 
to  the  coast  without  change. 
I  do  not 
like  to  have  my  cheese  unloaded  a  time 
or  two  on  the  way;  it  does  not  do  them 
any  good.  The  train  that  takes  them 
West  from  Omaha 
is  a  through  fast 
freight,  and  she  does  not  make  any 
stops  except  to  change  engines  or  take 
on  water.  We  use  only 
refrigerator 
cars;  this  is  necessary  in  the  summer 
to  keep  the  cheese  cool,  and 
in  winter 
these  cars  are  lined  with  hay  as  an  ad­
ditional  precaution  against  their  freez­
ing.  About  the  first  of  April  the  cars 
are  iced.  Just  so  far  as  we  can  we  ship 
in  carload  lots  as  it  makes  a  difference 
of  60c  per  100  pounds  in  the  freight 
rate.’ ’

I  asked  him  why  the  burlap  bags 
were  put  on  the  cheese  and  be  said 
chiefly  to  keep  them  clean,  but  they 
were  also  a  preventive  against  break­
age. 
If  a  rim  got  loose  or  cover  broken 
the  bagging  kept  things  in  shape,  and 
while 
it  was  an additional  expense  it 
more  than  paid.  Part  of  the  shipment 
that  went  out  this  week  were  twins,  but 
as  a  rule  the  larger  sizes  are  wanted, 
and  the  finer the  quality  the  better.

‘ ‘ Young  man, 

Talking  this  matter over  with  another 
cheese  operator,  and  suggesting  bow 
marked  bad  been  the  changes  in  the 
trade  and  the  facilities  for doing  busi­
ness,  he  said: 
if  you 
had  been  around  in  the  earlier  years  of 
my  business  career and  could  contrast 
ways  of  doing  things  then  with  what  we 
are  doing  now  you  would  say  with  the 
old  darkey  that  ‘ the  world  do  move.’  I 
am  not 
in  the  California  cheese  trade, 
but  thirty-five  years  ago  I  remember 
that  they  sent  cheese  to  California  by 
regular  line  sailing  vessel  and  it  used 
to  take  about  four  months  to get  them 
through.  Look  at  that  and  compare  it 
with  the  present  ten  day  trip  across  the 
continent. ”

Sufficient  evidence has been submitted 
this  week  to  convince  me  that  the cause

of  dark  surface  on  cheese  is  not  due 
alone  to  the  carelessness  of  the  cheese- 
makers  in not  keeping  the  shelves  of the 
curing  rooms  clean.  That  may  be  a 
source  of  part  of  the  trouble,  but  my  at­
tention  was  called  to  a  shipment  of 
cheese  that  had  come  from  one  of  the 
well-known  factories  where  everything 
is  said  to  be  neat  as  wax,  and  both  the 
sides  and  ends  of  these  cheese  were 
dark  and  unsightly.  This  could  not 
have  come  from  dirty  shelves.  The  ex­
planation  given  by  a  receiver last week, 
that  there  are  certain  conditions  about 
the  factory—dampness  being  the  chief 
factor— that  affect  the  surface  while 
curing,  seems  reasonable,  and  if  this  is 
proven  beyond  doubt  it  should  be  rem­
edied  at  once.  The  question  of  ap­
pearance  is  too  important  for a  factory- 
man  to  be  satisfied  with  anything  but 
the  finest.

In  conversation  with  one  of  the  lead­
ing  exporters  as  to  the  quality  of  the 
cheese  that  he  had  bought  during  the 
week,  he  incidently  remarked  that  a 
number  of  the  lots  showed  a  short  curd 
and  were  not  adapted  to  the  needs  of 
some  of  the  British  markets  to  which 
he  was  making weekly shipments.  What 
he  said 
interested  me  so  much  that  I 
sought  further  information,  and  while 
my  relations  with  the  export  buyers  are 
so  cordial  that  I  was  told  with  some 
minuteness  of  the  peculiarities  and  spe­
cial  needs  of  the  various  European 
markets,  I  recognized  the  fact  that  this 
information 
is  the  shippers  ‘ ‘ stock  in 
trade,”   and  I  am  not  at  liberty  to  be 
too  specific  in  mentioning  the  names  of 
the  markets.

It  will  be  of  very  general  interest, 
however,  to  know  that  between  London, 
Liverpool,  Manchester,  Bristol,  Hull, 
Newcastle  and  Glasgow  there  is  a  very

wide  difference  in  their  requirements 
both  as  to  color,  character  of  curd  and 
general  make.  One  or two  of the  less 
important  markets  want  a  very  high 
colored  cheese,  at  another  point  canary 
colored 
is  most  desired,  but  the  chief 
distributing  centers  ask  for  light  straw 
color  where  colored  cheese  are  used,and 
if  the  market  takes  white  cheese 
it 
does  not  mean  pale  colored  nor  what 
are  styled  natural  color.  Some  markets 
like  Liverpool  and  Manchester 
take 
what  is  called  a  short  curd,  while  the 
East  coast  want  a  heavy  or  silky  curd. 
letter  to-day  from  that  sec­
“ I  had  a 
tion,”   remarked  an  exporter, 
‘ ‘ and 
they  are  much  better  pleased  with  the 
last  shipment;  previous to  this  they  had 
been  kicking  about  the  shortness  of  the 
less 
curd.  We 
trouble  from  now  on.  Generally 
in 
warm  weather  makers  put  on  a  little 
more  acid  and  salt  heavier  in  order  to 
overcome  the  effects  of  poorer  milk  and 
this  gives  the  cheese  a  shorter  curd.”  

shall  probably  have 

For  home  trade,  where  the  cheese  are 
to  be  used  up  quickly, this class  of  stock 
is  not  so  objectionable,  but  buyers  who 
want  cheese  to  carry  are  looking  for  the 
lots  that  show  a  heavy  curd.  This  is 
why  English  buyers  have  gone  to  Can­
ada  for so  large  a  part  of  their  stock ; 
they  claim  that  the Canadian  cheese  are 
better  keepers  than  most  of  those  made 
in  the  States,  and 
stock 
abroad  they  want  to  know  that  it  will 
stand  for two  months  or  more  if  not sold 
on  arrival. —N.  Y.  Produce  Review.

in  sending 

A nte-N uptial  Understanding.

Mallory— After  we 

are  married, 
Marie,  you  must  never  hesitate  to  ask 
me  when  you  want  money.
Marie— No,  indeed,  Mallory ;  and  1 
hope  that  you  will  never  hesitate  about 
giving  it  to  me.

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P eculiarities  Pertaining: to  the  H andling 

o f P oultry.

“ I  wish  that  shipper  had  kept  those 
old  roosters  at  home,”   remarked  a  re­
ceiver  as  he  pointed  to  a  fíne  coop  of 
fowls  which  had  a  few  roosters  mixed 
in. 
“ I  had  a  good  chance  to  sell  them 
at  a  good  price,  but  the  buyer  did  not 
want  the  roosters  and  I  don’t  believe  1 
could  get  much  for them  alone  so  I'have 
been  trying  to  get  a  buyer  for  the  lot. 
Furthermore  I  have  no  place  to  put  the 
roosters  if  I  take  them  out  and  I  do  not 
feel  like  going  to  the  expense  of  buying 
a  coop  for  them.”   Just  then  another 
dealer  came  along  and  offered  to  take 
the  fowls  and  I  asked  him  why  he  did 
not  take  the  lot,  knowing  he  could  use 
them,  whereupon  he  said:  “ Well,  the 
truth  is  that  the  commission  men  want 
us  to  help  them  out  on  something  all 
the  time.  My  profits  have  been  cut 
down  very  materially  during  the  past 
few  weeks  because  I  was  stuck  with  a 
lot  of  poultry  which  I  knew  my  trade 
did  not  want,  and  1  have  made  up  my 
mind  to  buy  only  what  I  need  as  it  will 
be  cheaper  for  me  to  pay  a  premium for 
the  grades  of  poultry  wanted  and  which 
I  know  1 can dispose of  rather than  have 
a  lot  left  over  at  the  end  of  the  week.”  
He  suggested  1  see  some  of  the  dressed 
poultry  buyers  as  they  had  the  same 
difficulty  and  upon  enquiry  one  of  the 
large  buyers  said:  “ Fancy  poultry  is 
always  scarce  and  we  have  to  pay  full 
prices  and  whenever there  is  a  surplus 
of  one  grade  of  poultry,  we  will  say 
fowls, 
for  example,  we  have  to  take 
more  or  less  of  them  or the  receivers 
will  not 
let  us  have  chickens  or  other 
stock.  Rut  then  this  custom  is  so  gen­
eral  we  buyers  are  used  to  it.  Receiv­
ers  keep  prices  up  in  this  way,  often­
times, 
considerably  higher  than  the 
actual  worth  of  the  stock,  but  when  this 
is  the  case  something  else  is  selling 
below 
its  real  value  so  I  presume  it 
evens  up  things. ”

*  *  *

” 1  don’t  think  the  game  business will 
amount  to  much  this  year,”   said  a 
prominent  game  merchant. 
“ We  had  a 
pretty  poor  season last year,  but this year 
promises  to  be  even  worse  as  game  is 
scarce  nearly  everywhere. 
In  the  sec­
tions  of  the  country  where  game  is  most 
plentiful  the  laws  practically  prohibit  it 
being  marketed.  As  yet  hardly  any 
fresh  stock  is  being  received,  although 
everything 
is  now  salable  except quail. 
is  some  frozen  game  on  hand 
There 
which 
is  having  fair  sale  and  a  little 
European  game  is  being  received.”

*  *  *

late 

“ Too  much  dressed  poultry  ¡scorning 
in 
in  the  week,”   suggested  a  re­
ceiver  who  has  been  getting  more  or 
less  stock 
in  on  Friday  and  Saturday. 
“ Of 
late,”   he  continued,  “ the  Fri­
day’s  receipts  have  been  in  some  cases 
delayed  and  have  not  reached  us  until 
late  in  the  day,  after  trade  for  the  week 
was  about  supplied.  Then  more  de­
layed  stock  has  arrived  Saturday  and we 
are  on  the  anxious  seat  until  we  dispose 
of  it.  We  have  a  pretty  good  trade  and 
are  able  to  place  more  or  less  to  arrive, 
but  to  do  this  we  often  have  to  make  a 
concession  in  price  and  what  we  do  not 
dispose  of  we  have  to  carry  over  to  an 
uncertain  market the  following  week.  If 
shippers  could  only  get  this  stock  in 
here  a 
little  earlier  it  would  average 
higher  in  price  and  be much more easily 
sold.  As  a  general  thing  I  would  not 
advise  poultry 
reaching  the  market

later  than  during  Thursday  or  Friday 
morning  early.”

*  *  *

“ Spring  chickens  are  plenty  enough, 
but  we  get  few  really  fancy  broilers  and 
I  presume  they  will  be  short  while  the 
shippers  cull  them  out  to  freeze,”   said 
a  receiver. 
“ Sometimes  I  think  ship­
pers  would  do  just  as  well  to 
let  them 
come  on  the  market  when  prices  are 
high  as  there 
is  certainly  a  profit  in 
them  then  and  holding  them  for  a future 
market  is  always  an  uncertainty  as  re­
gards  prices.  As  a  rule  when  shippers 
commence  to  keep  back  the  best  chick­
ens  they  do  so  regardless  of  market 
values  here,  and  if  they  sorted  them  out 
carefully  and  shipped  they  would  often 
net  them  as  much  as  the  higher  prices 
later  in  the  season,  owing  to  the  cost  of 
holding,  with  no  risk  and  money  turned 
over  quickly.”

*  *  *

“ Your  recent  item  about  spring  tur­
keys  has  not  done  much  toward  im­
proving  the  quality  of  the  receipts,”  re­
marked  a  poultry  merchant. 
“ Most  of 
the  arrivals  are  little  more  than  frames 
and  they  have  to  sell  so  low  that  I  do 
not  see  how  shippers  make  anything  on 
them.  They  hardly  bring  much  over 
expenses  and  it  would  have  been  much 
more  profitable  to  hold  back  for  a  later 
market. 
Indications  point  to  a  short 
crop  of  turkeys  and  if  these  birds  now 
being  marketed  are  held  back  and  fat­
tened  for  Thanksgiving  they  would 
doubtless  bring  something  for the  ship­
per.”  

*  *  *

A  large  live  poultry  receiver  claimed 
that  nearly  all  shippers  mixed  their 
low 
ducks,  and  prices  were  kept 
in 
nearly  all  receipts  in  consequence. 
“ I 
could  get  more  money  for  many  of  the 
ducks  received,”   he  said,  “ if  they  had 
If  the  shipper 
been  culled  properly. 
has  some  fine 
large  ducks  he  mixed 
enough  poor  spring  stock  in  with  them 
to  bting  the  price  down  low  on  the  en­
tire  lot.  All  the  large  fat  ducks  should 
be  kept  separate  and  the  poor  thin  ones 
shipped  by  themselves.” — N.  Y.  Prod­
uce  Review.
Preservative  Process  Used  by  Denm ark 
Wm. E. Curtis in Chicago Record-Herald.

B u tter Shippers.

The  butter  of  Denmark  is  considered 
superior  to  that  of  all  other  countries. 
It  brings  the  highest  price 
in  fancy 
markets,  and  can  be  found  all  over  the 
world  in  shops  where  luxuries  are  sold. 
In  South  America,  South  Africa,  in  the 
East  and  West  Indies,  in  India,  Egypt 
and  in  tropical  countries  generally  it  is 
used  by  epicures,  who  pay  $i  a  pound 
for  it  in  tins  of  one,  two  and  three 
pounds  weight.  No  other  country  has 
been  able  to  produce  butter  that  will 
stand  changes  of  climate  so  well. 
In 
Holland  and  Sweden  attempts  are  made 
to  compete  with  the  Danish  dairymen, 
but  the  butter  from  those  countries  is 
worth  only  half  as  much  and  does  not 
keep  half  as  well,  while  the  efforts  of 
the  dairymen  in  the  United  States  have 
practically  failed,  with  a  few  isolated 
exceptions.  There  is  one  creamery 
in 
Iowa,  I  believe,  which  produces  butter 
that  stands  the  tropic  heat  comparative­
ly  well  and  will  melt  and  solidify  as  it 
passes  from  a  colder  to  a  warmer  and 
then  to  a  colder  climate  like  the  butter 
made  in  Denmark.

Refrigerator ships  are  now  found  on 
nearly  all  the  big  steamship  routes,  and 
as  far  as  necessary,  but  butter  shipped 
by  the  ordinary  cargo  steamer  usually 
melts  and  remains  in  a  liquid  state  as 
long  as  it  is  exposed  to  the  tropic  heat.

Striving for  Harm ony.

Mrs.  Wunder—B  g  hats  are  to  be  the 

style  for the  ladies  this  winter.

Mi.  Wunder—Well,  I’m  glad  to  see 
that  they  are  trying  to  harmonize  the 
hats  and  the  prices.

A  Welcome  Discovery.

The  “ bacteria  of  fatigue”   is  the  lat­
est  discovery  of  science— found  by  Pro­
fessor  GautieY,  of  the  French  Institute 
—and  certainly  the  most  unobjection­
able.  Other  bacteria  have  been  doing us 
infinite  damage,  poisoning  us  through 
the  water  and  the  air  and  a  multitude 
of  other  avenues.  But  here  is  the  bac­
teria  of  fatigue,  which 
intends  no 
further  harm  to  us  than  to  remind  us 
that  we  must  take  a  rest.  People  who 
have  been  hitherto  reviled  and  sworn  at 
as  lazy  and  worthless  will  smile.  They 
known  now  what  has  been  the  matter 
with  them.  They  have  been  treated 
most  unjustly,  for,  in  fact,  they  would 
have  been  just  as  active  and industrious 
as  others  if  they  had  not  been victims of 
the  “ bacteria  of  fatigue.”  
In  many 
cases  they  were  attacked  from birth—or, 
as  the  phrase 
is,  were  “ born  tired.”  
One  of  these,  no  doubt,  was  the  young 
man  about  starting 
in  life  who  wrote 
home  to  his  father that  he  was  well  ex­
cept  that  he  “ had  a  strange  aversion  to 
every  species  of  exertion.”   He  did  not 
know  it,  but  in  reality  he  was  suffering 
with  the  “ bacteria  of  fatigue.”   There 
are  really  thousands  and  tens  of  thous­
ands  with  this  malady  all  over  the 
world,  and  especially  in  this  country  at 
the  present  time  of  the  year  in  the  rural 
roads.  We  call  them  tramps,  but  they 
are  actually 
invalids,  inoculated  with

Professor  Gautier’s  “ bacteria  of 
fa­
tigue.”   And  for  most  of  them  there  is 
no  cure.

A nother  B a tter  Process  H um bug.

A  new  compound  for  killing  bacteria 
and  preserving  butter  products  was  sup­
posed  to  have  been  discovered  in  Den­
mark.  The  new  compound  was,  it  was 
thought,  calculated  to  revolutionize  the 
dairy  industry,  but,  like  many  others, 
its  supporters  were  evidently  too  san­
guine  before  a  thorough  test  bad  been 
made.  The  American  Consul  in  Den­
mark  wrote  on  the  subject: 
‘  I  am  in 
receipt  of  so  many  enquiries  from  the 
United  States  in  regard  to  the  reported 
discovery  of  a  new  and 
successful 
process 
for  preserving  butter,  meat, 
eggs,  etc.,  that  I  am  led  to  suggest  that 
notice  be  given  in  the  Consular  reports 
that  the  so-called  discovery  is  a  failure. 
The  alleged  inventor applied  for  a  pat­
ent,  but  bis  application  was  rejected. 
The  sealed  package  of  butter  which  was 
presented  as  a  test  of  the  process  bore  a 
notary’s  certificate  as having been sealed 
up 
igoo,  but  it  was  proved  that  the 
butter  had  been  preserved  only  a  few 
weeks—the date,  February,  1901,  having 
been  surreptitiously  changed  to  read 
February,  1900. ”

in 

The  henpecked  doctor  is careful about 

asking  his  wife  to  show  her  tongue.

Order  direct  from  the  grower

Red, W hite and  Blue Grapes

by  thousand  baskets,  ton  or  carload.
No  fruit  shipped  on  commission.

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WM.  K.  MUNSON,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Proprietor of Vinecroft

POTATOES
H.  ELMER  MOSELEY &  CO.

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Hardware

Only  W ay  to  Compete  W ith  M all  O rder 

Houses.

The  principal  reason  why  we  adopted 
the  cash  system  as  the  basis  on  which 
to  build  up  our  business  as  it  is  run 
now  was  the  fact  that  we  were  absolute* 
ly  unable  to  compete  with  the  large 
mail  order  houses,  soliciting  trade  all 
through  the  country  with  their  big  cata­
logues,  so  long  as  we  had  to charge  the 
high  prices  which  long-time  credit  ne­
cessitated. 
thing  worked  both 
ways.

The 

the 

In  the  first  place  we  had  to  pay  more 
for our  goods  because  we  had  to  ask  the 
jobbers  for  long  terms,  so  that  our  cost 
price  was  high  to  start  with. 
In  the 
second  place,  we  had  to  ask  a  higher 
price  for our goods,  because  we  had  to 
give  a  year’s  or  more  time  to  our  cus­
tomers,  so  there  you  are.  There  were 
two  reasons  why  our  prices  were  high.
So  long  as  everybody  did  business  the 
same  way,  it  made  comparatively 
little 
difference.  At  least  we  thought  so.  But 
when  the  mail  order  houses  commenced 
to  go  after the  farmers’  trade,  then  we 
felt  that  there  was  something  radically 
wrong  with  our  system.  The  farmers 
would  bring  the  catalogues  right  into 
our  store  and  show  us  that  they  could 
lots  of  stuff  cheaper  from  those 
buy 
houses  than  from  us. 
In  some  cases,  of 
course,  they  found  out  that  the  freight 
ran  up  a  good  deal  higher than  the) 
thought,  especially  on  heavy  goods,  so 
that  really  they  did  not  save  any  mone> 
by  dealing  with  those  houses,  but  the 
general  effect  was  bad  for  us.  They 
would  never  mention 
instances 
where  they  fell  down,  but  would  invar­
iably  come  in  and  tell  us  about  it  when 
they  had  made  fifteen  or twenty  cents on 
a  pair of  shoes  or a  piece of dress goods.
We  thought  the  matter  over  carefull) 
and  finally  decided  to  cut  off  from  our 
old  methods  and  run  our  business  on  a 
strictly  one-price  cash  basis.  There  was 
one  more.reason  why  we  decided  to  do 
so,  and  that  was  the  fact  that  no  matter 
whether  a  customer  paid  cash  or  wanted 
a  year’s  credit,  he  wanted  the  same 
price  as  the  man  who  always  paid  cash 
for  his  goods.  To  my  mind  there 
is 
nothing  more  conducive  to  make  dissat­
isfied  customers  than  the  idea  they  get 
into  their  heads  that  somebody  else  is 
paying  less  for the  same  class  of  goods 
than  they  do.  For  that  reason  we  de­
cided  to  adhere  strictly  to  the  one-price 
system.  Of  course,  I  know  that  there 
are  successful  stores  doing  business  the 
other  way,  but  to  my  mind  this  would 
necessitate  the  employment  of  extreme­
ly  high-priced  help,  higher  priced  than 
we  can  afford  to  pay,  because  the  class 
of salespeople  who  can  work  the  “  jew­
ing  down’ ’  game  all  right  all  want  big 
salaries,  and  then  you  will  always  find 
that  more or less trouble results when Mr. 
A.  finds  out  that  his  neighbor,  Mr.  B., 
paid  a  dollar  less  for the  same  kind  ol 
a  suit,  just  because  Mr.  B.  was  a  little 
harder to  work  on.

sold, 

But  to  return  to  my  first  reason  for 
changing  off  to  the  cash  system,  I  find 
that  with  my  discounts  obtained  in  the 
wholesale  houses  through  prompt  pay­
ment  of  my  bills  and  by  getting  the 
money  for  my  goods  at once  when  they 
are 
under­
sell  not  only  my  competitors  who  still 
cling to  their old  credit  system,  but  also 
to quote  lower  prices  than  the  mail  or­
der  bouses,  not  even 
the 
freight  or express  charges  that their cus­
tomers  have  to add  to the  cost  of  what 
they  buy  from  them.  That  our  people

I  am  able 

including 

to 

realize  this  is  shown  every  day.  We 
have  farmers  come  into  our  store  who 
formerly  used  to  buy  from  these  houses, 
but  have  commenced  to  trade  with  us 
again  since  we  started  doing  a  strictly 
one-price  cash  business.

We  do  not  use  any  schemes  in  our ad­
vertising,  simply  because  we  found  out 
that  once  started  it  was  a  bard  matter 
to  close  up.  Once  we  gave  enlarged 
pictures  away  with  a  certain  amount  of 
trade,  giving  coupons  with  each  pur­
chase,  but  when  we  wanted  to  quit  we 
found  that  we  had  to  stand  a  good-sized 
loss  on  those  accounts  which  were  not 
fully  traded  out.  We,  of  course,  had  to 
redeem  the  tickets  or  run  the  risk  of 
losing  their  trade.  So  since  then  we 
don’t  use  any  kind  of  schemes,only  low 
prices  to  atract  new  trade.— E.  Stich  in 
Dry  Goods  Reporter.
I t Is Still Possible to Get a Profit on Nails. |
Why  is  it  that  the  profit  on  wire  nails 
handled  by  retailers  is  so  surprisingly 
small?  This  question  has  been  asked 
many  thousand  times  and  a  number of 
reasonable  answers  given,  but  no  one 
has  yet  been  able  to suggest  a  remedy 
that  will  fit  all  cases.  The  reasons  may 
be  stated  as  carelessness  in  handling, 
the  desire  to  use  nails  as  a  lever  for  the 
sale  of  other  goods,  competition  from 
other  dealers,  a  narrow  differential  es­
tablished  by  the  manufacturers  and  the 
precedent  established  thereby.  Any one 
of  these  causes 
is  sufficient  to  cause 
the  making  of  a  very  small  profit  or 
even  of  a  loss.

A  hardware  dealer  who  is  noted  for 
his  careful  habits  about  the  store,  re­
marked  the  other  day,  in  answer to  a 
question,  that  the  low  selling  price  on 
nails 
is  due  to  the  knowledge  of  values 
possessed  by  the  purchasing  public. 
Nails are  such  a  common  article of com­
merce  that  everyone  seems  to  know  the 
wholesale  quotation  so  then  when  a  fig­
ure  above  the  usual 
is  placed  on  the 
selling  price  the  average  buyer  will 
most 
likely  complain  about  extortion 
and  probably  be  able  to  prove  that  the 
difference  between  cost and selling price 
is  more  than  he  has  been  accustomed  to 
pay.  Consequently,  the  dealer  makes  a 
low  price 
in  order  to  retain  a  business 
which  he  can  not  afford  to  lose.

As  for  the 

If  the  charge 

loss  on  nails  even  when 
sold  at  an  apparent  profit,  it  is  merely 
a  matter  of  carelessness.  The  system 
of  quoting  prices  is  rather  complicated 
and  mistakes  are  frequently made by the 
dealers  in  making  up  their card.  There 
is  a  good  deal  of  loss,  too.  in  handling 
nails  when  small  quantities  from  the 
keg  are  desired. 
is,  say, 
only  four  cents  a  pound  and  the  custom­
er  has  ordered  but  five  pounds,  the 
clerk  will  probably  not  be  too careful  in 
weighing  the  goods  because, 
in  his 
opinion,  a  half  pound  or  so over  the 
exact  weight  will  not  amount  to  much 
anyway,  whereas  the  mere  fact  that  the 
profit 
is  necessarily  small 
should  be  enough  in  itself  to  insure  ex­
tra  care 
in  weighing.  A  half  pound 
lost  out  of  every  five  is  not  very  much 
of  an 
item,  but  if  these  items  are  al­
lowed  to  accumulate  they  assume  very 
respectable  proportions  after  a  time.

in  nails 

R.  H.  Norrish,  President  of the  Bank 
of Ortonville,  Minn.,  has  entered  into a 
written  contract  with  one  of  the  pro­
prietors  of 
the  Ortonville  Bottling 
Works  to  wash  bottles  for  thirty  days  at 
’$5  a  day,  to  begin  work  regularly  at  7 
o’clock  each  morning  and  work  ten 
hours.  Mr.  Norrish  agrees  to  work 
thirty  days  or  forfeit $150.  This  con­
tract  grew  out  of  some  disparaging  re­
marks  made  by  the  bottler as  to  Mr. 
Norrish’g ability  and  desire  te  work.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Cariosities o f the  Padlock  Trade.
The  cheapest  and  commonest 

iron 
padlocks  made 
in  South  Staffordshire 
find  a  market  in  India,  and  constitute 
the  only  door  fastenings  to  the  huts  of 
the  native  tribes.  Willenhall  formerly 
did  a  large trade  in  cheap cast padlocks, 
in  bright  red  or  blue  colors, 
japanned 
which 
it  was  commonly  said  were 
bought  for ornament  rather  than  for use. 
The  dusky  beauties  of  the  Dark  Conti­
nent  strung  them  together,  and  wore 
them  in  the  form  of  a  necklace,  and  ru­
mor  had  it  that  this  constitutes  their 
only  apparel.  Tiny  padlocks  of  silver 
gilt,  the  size  of  a  three-penny  bit,  are 
still  made  in  Willenhall,  and  are  a curi­
osity  of  the  craft  dating  as  far  back  as 
the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth.  A  recent 
traveler  in  Siberia  relates  a  curiously 
lavish  use  of  remarkable  padlocks in the 
city  of  Irkutsk.  Every  shutter  in  the 
place  has  one  or  more  padlocks,  and 
every  door  three  to  five.  These  pad­
locks vary  from  1  lb.  to  15  lbs.  each 
in 
weight,  those  commonly  in  use  weigh­
ing  5  lbs.  and  measuring  2^  in.  thick. 
Where  these  remarkable  padlocks  are 
produced  is  not  yet  known,  but  neither 
Wolverhampton  nor  Willenhall  makers 
know anything of them.— Hardwareman.

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TH E  TYPEW RITER'S  LUNCHEON.

Young:  W omen  W ho  E at  W ith  T heir 

Employers.

The  recent  scuffle  between  a  broker 
and  a  woman  who  attacked  him  as  he 
was  entering  a  restaurant  in  company 
with  a  pretty  blonde  young  woman,  dis­
closed  the  fact  that  his  companion  was 
his  stenographer.  She  freely  admitted 
the  fact  and  gave  her  name  without hes­
itation.  She said there was  nothing  clan­
destine  about  her  relations  with  her  em­
ployer  and referred  to  his  wife  for  proof 
that  her  assertion  was  correct.

The  incident  brings  up  the  allegation 
made  by  a  clergyman  from  his  pulpit 
to  the  effect  that  women  stenographers 
were 
in  the  habit  of  lunching  and  din­
ing  alone  with  their  employers  and  that 
such  conduct  was  highly  improper, plac­
ing  these  women  workers  outside  the 
pale  of  social  recognition.

The  remarks  of  the  preacher  were 
widely  quoted  as  being  a  most  unjust 
and  unmerited  arraignment  of  a  highly 
estimable  class  of  feminine  wage  earn­
ers  and  many  of  the young women them­
selves  took  up  the  cudgel  in  defense  of 
those  of  their  profession  and  wrote  in­
dignant  letters,  denying  the  truth  of  the 
preacher’s  statements.  They  asserted 
that  the  accusation  was  absolutely  false 
and  said  that  the  clergyman  was  wan­
tonly  attacking  a  class  of  industrious 
young  women  who  were  striving  hon­
estly  and  earnestly  to  maintain the place 
that  they  had  already  gained 
in  the 
world  of business.
Without  going 

into  the  question  of 
the  propriety  or  the  impropriety  of  a 
young  woman’s  lunching  or dining  with 
her  employer,  it  is  impossible  to  deny 
that  some  of  the  young  women  sten­
ographers  of  the  city  do  enjoy  luxurious 
luncheons  each  day  between  the  hours 
of 
i  and  4  p.  m.  in  the  best  of  the  fa­
mous  restaurants  of  down  town  New 
York.  Some  of  them  are  alone and  some 
of  them  are  in  couples.  Others  are 
in 
the  company  of  men  who  are  evidently 
their  employes,  brokers,  merchants,  and 
weil-known  men  of  affairs  being  repre­
sented  among  their  escorts.  A  visit  to 
the  principal 
lunching  places  will 
speedily  disclose  this  fact,  but  there 
is 
apparently  nothing  clandestine 
in  the 
repasts. 
It  would  seem  rather  that  in 
some  cases  the  relations  between  the 
business  men  and  their  women  clerks 
have  become  much  the  same  as  those 
that  exist  between  a  trusted  male  secre­
tary  and  his  employer.  Men  having 
these  relations  are  quite  frequently  in 
the  habit  of 
lunching  together.  The 
noon  meal  not only  affords  a  period  of 
relaxation,  but  also  is  a  good  time  for 
the 
informal  discussion  of  affairs  re­
quiring  attention  before  a  final  settle­
ment.
It 

is  easy  to  distinguish  the  young 
woman  stenographer  from  those  of  her 
sex  in  other  professions  and  vocations. 
Her  appearance  is  typical  of  that  of  the 
schoolteacher,  although  entirely  differ­
ent.  She 
is  most  businesslike  in  ap­
pearance  and  dress,  although  rarely  se­
vere 
in  her  style  of  gowning,  for she 
has 
learned  that  her  femininity  and 
dainty  appearance  have  been  valuable 
factors 
in  securing  the  place  she  has 
gained  in  the  world  of  business.

She  in  no  way  resembles  the  society 
girl, who  may  be  found  at  the  same time 
enjoying 
luncheon  at  the  fashionable 
restaurants  uptown,  nor  does  she  sug­
gest  the  more  frivolous  young  women 
to  be  found  in the Broadway chop houses 
at  the  same  hour.  She  is  a  serious  ap­
pearing,  particularly  neat,  cheerful  and 
healthy  looking person  with  a  good  ap­

petite  and  apparently  without  coquetry.
If  she  has  any  tendency  toward  the  lat­
ter  feminine  quality  she 
leaves  it  at 
home  with  her  house  gowns.

This  is  the  young  . business  woman 
that  the  so-called  pretty  typewriter  of 
ten  or  fifteen  years  ago  has  developed 
into.  From  the  delightful  joke  that  she 
was  at  first  considered  when  she  flitted 
like  a  butterfly  into  the  business  offices 
of  the  city  she  has become  a  serious  and 
successful  reality,  formidable  in  a  busi­
ness  sense,  for  as  in  the  work  of  tele­
graph  operating  she  has  driven  many  of 
her  male  competitors  from  the  field.

She  has  proved  her  moneymaking 
capacity  and  her  industry,for  no  impor­
tant  office  building 
is  now  without  its 
office  of  stenography  conducted  by  one 
or  more  of  these  young  women  whose 
success  is  apparent.  The  profession  is 
now  recognized  as  one  of  the  best-pay­
ing  of  all  into  which  women  have  made 
an  entrance  in  the  past  ten  years  of 
strenuous  feminine  progress.  Private 
stenographers  are  setting  up  their  own 
offices  day  after  day,  and  all  seem  to  be 
doing  a  thriving  business.

The  success  of  women  in  this  class  of 
work  was  due,  as  in  other  professions, 
to  the  enthusiasm  which  they  put  into 
the  work,  their  care  as  to  details,  their 
punctuality,  attention  to  business  and 
also  their  feminine  conscientiousness 
and  the  charm  of  their  pleasant  voices, 
dress  and  manner.  The  work  seems 
more  suited  to  the  brain  and  hand  of 
women  than  of  men,  except  in  legal 
cases  or  those 
in  which  a  technical 
knowledge  of  other  professions  is  neces­
sary.

is  that 

One  charm  which  the  office  of  the 
woman  stenographer  has  for  the  busy 
merchant 
in  most  cases  it  is  a 
little  artistic  oasis  in  the  dreary  same­
arrangement. 
ness  of  office 
The 
woman’s  office 
is  always  certain  to 
boast  of  a  pretty  rug  or  two, comfortable 
chairs  and  perhaps  a  plant  or.a  bunch 
of  flowers  to  give  it  the  little  touch  of 
home.  Then  the  woman  earning  her liv­
ing  on  an  equal  basis  with  man  always 
awakes  his  interest,  although  not  his 
admiration.  Men as a rule regard  a  busi­
ness  woman  as  they  would  a  problem  in 
philosophy. 
is  necessarily  so 
different  from  the  woman  of  leisure  that 
she  constitutes  an  entirely  new  speci­
men,  interesting  to  man  as  a  new  sort 
of  bug  is  to  an  entomologist.

She 

A  young  woman  who  presides  over 
one  of  the  largest  and  most  successful 
of  the  offices  of  stenography  and  type­
writing,  when  spoken  to  on  the  subject 
of  the  luxurious  luncheon  habit of which 
the  profession  has  been  accused,  took  a 
moment  from  her  work  to  speak  regard­
ing  the  matter.

“ I  can  not  say  that  I  am  even  aware 
that  women  stenographers  do  or  do  not 
lunch  with  their  employers  at  the 
large 
restaurants, 
for  the  reason  that  in  this 
particular  office  we  are  as  a  rule  too 
busy  to  give  the  time  to  an  outdoor 
trip,  and  so  have  a  luncheon  sent  in ,”  
she  said. 
“ We  do this  not  only  on  ac­
count  of  the  time  involved,  but  because 
as  a  rule  restaurants  are  unpleasantly 
crowded  and  stuffy  sometimes,  and  we, 
none  of  us,  care  for  that  sort  of  thing. 
Here,  as  you  see,  we  have  plenty  of 
light  and  air,  and  a  splendid 
room, 
view.  There 
is  an  excellent  restaurant 
connected  with  a  business  men’s  club 
right  here  in  the  building  and  we  have 
the  privilege  of  ordering  there  and have 
the  very  best  of  service,  as  well  as  a 
variety  of  dishes to  choose  from.

“ So  you  see,  I  can  not  say  from  per­
sonal  observation  whether the  condition

you  refer to  exists.  But  even  if  it  does,
I  do  not  consider  it  exactly  alarming.  I 
presume  that  a  woman  has  a  right  to go 
to 
luncheon  with  her  employer,  or  any 
man  whom  she  considers  a  proper  per­
son,  if  she  wishes  to.  I  certainly  should 
not  hesitate  to  go  if  I  wished  to  with  a 
man  whom  I  considered  a  desirable  ac­
quaintance.  As  to  his  being  married or 
unmarried  1  do  not  know  that  I  should 
be  especially  interested. 
I  do  not  con­
sider  it  a  crime,  or  even  an  indiscre­
tion,  to  lunch  with  a  married  man,  so 
long  as  there 
is  nothing  improper  or 
hidden  about  it.

discretion 

“ It  is  absolutely  impossible  for  any 
set  rule  to be  made  in  these matters.  A 
woman  has  to  use  her  own  judgment 
and 
as  to  such  things. 
Women  who  go  into  any  business  or 
profession  seriously  are  aware  that  they 
must  meet  men  as  business  women. 
Women  who  take  up  any  sort  of  work 
frivolously  do  not  amount  to  anything 
as  a  factor  in  a  profession,  and  what 
they  do  does  not  matter  either.

“ But  sensible  women  in  any  profes­
sion  are  quite  able  to  distinguish  be­
tween  what  is  right  and  what  is  wrong. 
It  is  useless  to  try  to  arrange  matters  of 
morality  by  rules  of  etiquette.  The 
question  of  the  conduct  of stenographers 
as  regards  their  employers  comes  up 
every  once 
in  a  while,  but  it  is  not  a 
question  which  the  working  women  of 
the  profession  regard  seriously.  We 
know  as  a  rule  that  our  time  for  lunch­
eon 
is  extremely  limited  owing  to  the 
amount  of  work  at  hand,  which  comes 
in  greatest  bulk  in  the  morning.

“ Even  the  youngest  woman  who takes 
up  office  work  learns  quite  speedily  that 
the  main  fact  of  importance is her work. 
The  work  of  stenography  and  typewrit­
ing  requires  practice  and  study  to  be­
come  fairly  expert 
in.  Once  through 
this  training,  with  success,  the  young 
woman  clerk  is  starting  in  her  business 
career  to  make  a  livelihood.

“ As  in  every  other  condition  of  life, 
her  education,  home training,  and bring­
ing  up  have  their  effect  upon  her  char­
acter  as  a  business  girl.  Very  few  girls 
go  into  offices  to  work  so  green  that 
they  are  not  aware  that  they  must  re­
sent  familiarity,  and  above  all,  the  at­
tentions  that  may  not  be  desirable  in 
can  not  send  a 
their  nature.  You 
chaperon 
to  work  with  a  girl,  and 
neither can  she  take  along  a  book  of 
etiquette  to  tell  her  just  what  she  must 
do and  say  in  her  office  hours.

“ Despite  all  that  is  said  and  written 
to  the  contrary,  men  as  a  general  rule 
do  not  maintain  the  drawing  room  atti­
tude  to  women  that  they meet  on  a  busi­
ness  basis.  Women  speedily  learn  this 
and  adapt  themselves  to  the  conditions. 
It  is  difficult  and  unpleasant to  a woman 
who  has  perhaps  been  accustomed  to  a 
great  deal  of  attention  to  get  used  to the 
new  state  of  things,  but  I  think  most  of 
us  prefer  the  business  attitude  in  busi­
ness  life  once  we  get  over  the  first  cold 
chill.

“ In  my  experience  as  a  stenographer 
my  difficulty  was  not  in  deciding  as  to 
the  propriety  of  going  to  luncheon  with 
my  employer,  but  as  to  whether  he 
would  ever  get  accustomed  to  my  tak­
ing  a  whole  half  hour  for  the  meal. 
Employers  are  more  apt  to  rush  work 
on  their  women  clerks  than  to  lure  them 
out  to  luncheons,  for  men  know  they 
can  get  more  work  from  a  woman  clerk 
than  from  a  man.

“ I  have  not  the  slightest  doubt that 
the  masculine  masher occurs  in  the  life 
stenographic  as  it  is  encountered 
in 
every  other  vocation  in  which  women

are  engaged,  from  chorus  work  to  wait­
ing  on  a  dining  room  table.  A  sten­
ographer  who  got  this  virulent  luncheon 
habit  would  develop  gout  or  dyspepsia 
probably  and  would  be  unable  to  attend 
to  her  work.  If  you  could  make  a  quick 
tour  of  all  the  big  stenographic  offices 
in  town  at  this  moment  you  would  find 
most  of them,  I  will  wager,  very  busy 
places.

“ I  can  not  believe  that  all  women 
whose  husbands  employ  feminine  clerks 
are  of  the  sort  that  the  comic  papers 
picture-as  swooping  into  business offices 
and  detecting  their  husbands  in  the  act 
of  squeezing  the  typewriter's  left  hand 
while  she  takes  down  notes  with  her  ' 
right.  There  are  even  women  broad­
minded  enough  and  confident  enough 
in  their  charm  to consider  the  idea  of 
their  husbands  taking 
luncheon  with 
stenographers.  Some  women,  you  know, 
only  draw  the  line  at  actresses.

in 

literary  work. 

“ I  once  received  an  order to  call  at 
the  house  of  a  prominent  young million­
aire  of  this  city  who  is  somewhat  inter­
ested 
It  was  in  the 
evening  and  was  a  rather  unusual  order 
as  it  came  by  telephone  and  stated  that 
a  cab  would  be  sent  for  me. 
I  suppose 
that  should  have  sent  a  thrill  of virtuous 
indignation  through  me,  but  it  did  not.
I  do  not  regard  cabs  any  more  gingerly 
than 
like  both  and  wish 
that they  always  went  with  stenographic 
work.  Unfortunately  they  do  not.  One 
goes  home  very  hungry  in  a  mere  cable 
car  quite  often.

luncheons. 

I 

“ I  arrived  at  the  home  of the million­
aire  author  and  was  shown  to  his  pri­
vate  study 
in  the  upper  part  of  the 
house.  He  dictated  from  notes  for  two 
hours  and  it  was  important  and  difficult 
work,  involving  many  scientific  terms 
with  which  I  was  not  familiar.  When I 
finished  and  prepared  to  go  home  it was 
quite 
late.  He  had  some  sherry  and 
sandwiches  brought  up  and  they  were 
very  good.  While  we  were  enjoying 
them  together,  his  wife,  a  radiantly 
beautiful  woman  in  a  gorgeous  evening 
gown  came 
in  to  show  him  the  favors 
which  she  had brought from some dance.
*' She  was neither horrified nor shocked 
nor  apparently  jealous  nor afraid  of  the 
alleged  witch-like  charms  of  all  sten­
ographers.  She  asked  me  to  be  very 
particular  as  to  the  typing  of  the  work 
which  was  to  be  done  in  my  office  the 
next  day,  as  the  previous  young  woman 
employed  had  made  sad  mistakes. 
I 
was  driven  home  in  the  brougham  that 
had 
just  brought  her to  her  residence 
and  since  then  I  have  done  a  large 
amount  of  work  for  her  as  well  as  her 
husband.

“ Now  if  I  were  to  have  had  the  ser­
mon  of  the  gentleman  you  speak  of  in 
mind,  no  doubt  I  would  have  been  ap­
palled  at  the  idea  of  the  experience  and 
would  have  rejected  it  with  scorn,  but  I 
am  of  the  opinion  that  women  can  care 
for  themselves  in  questions  of  propriety 
to  a  very  great  extent.  We 
live  in  the 
twentieth  century,  quite  civilized  and 
law-abiding  population  as  a 
with  a 
usual  thing 
in  the  circles  into  which  a 
woman’s  work  takes  her.  Women  have 
keen  perceptions  and  intuitions  in these 
matters  and  know  how  to  judge  human 
nature,  especially  when  they  have  had 
any  business  experience.
“ Impropriety  doesn’t 

the 
luncheon  and  I  see  no  reason  for regard­
ing  the  habit  as  an  evil  one,  if  it exists. 
It  all  depends  on  circumstances.” — N. 
Y.  Sun.  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

lurk 

in 

Adam  could  have  said  truthfully, 
“ There’s  only  one  girl  in  the  world  for 
me. ’ ’

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Woman’s World

U nlim ited  P artnership Relations Between 

H usband and  Wife.

stock 

I  have  said  many  a  time  and  oft  that 
my  ideal  of  a  perfect  marriage  was  an 
unlimited  partnership.  I do  not  believe, 
on  principle,  in  autocracies  and  I  take 
no 
the  head-of-the-house 
theory.  No  happy  family  was  ever run 
by  a  dictatorial  husband  or  a  bossy 
wife.  We  want  an  equal  privilege  gov­
ernment  in  the  home  as  well  as  the 
state.

in 

If  I  were  a  girl  and  two  suitors  came 
wooing  me,  one  of  whom  said:  “ Come, 
be  my  angel,my inspiration,  my  ideal,”  
and  the  other  said:  "Come  and  go  into 
life  partnership  with  me,”   it  would  not 
take  me  two  minutes  to  pass  up  the  an­
gel  proposition  and  close  with  the  busi­
ness  deal.  And  I’d  never  regret  it.  A 
man  who  is  broad  enough  and 
liberal 
enough  to make  his  wife  an  equal sharer 
in  his  business,  his  hopes,  his  sorrows, 
has  the  right  idea  of  life,  and  if  exist­
ence 
isn’t  one  long,  sweet  dream  with 
him,  it  will  at  least  always  have  some­
thing  in  it  that  is  a  mighty  good  sub­
stitute.

I  am  quite  aware  that  very  few  men 
take  to  the  partnership idea of marriage. 
There  are  two  reasons  for  this—one  is 
that  if a  man  is  a  good  man,  and  loves 
his  wife,  he  wants  ta  protect  her  from 
many  of  the  hardships  that  he  has to 
bear.  The  other  reason  is  that  if  he  is 
a  mean  man  he  doesn’t  want  to  share 
the  perquisites  with  her. 
In  one  case 
it  gives  us  the  doll  wife,  and  in  the 
other  the  slave  wife,  and  so  far  as  the 
women  themselves  are  concerned,  it  is 
hard  to  say  which  has  been  done  the 
greater  wrong.

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

level-headed  wife 

certainly  no  fit  person  for him to  marry.
Don’t  marry  any  girl  you  wouldn’t 
be  willing  to  go  into  business  with, 
boys.  And  right  here  I  want  to  say  that 
I  have  never  known  any  man  who  made 
his  wife  his  business  partner  who  was 
ever  entirely  crushed  by financial losses. 
It  is  the  women  who  spe'nd  in  the  dark 
who  bankrupt  their  husbands.  Many 
a 
is  the  ballast  that 
keeps  her too  sanguine  and  speculative 
husband  from  backing  wildcat  schemes, 
and 
if  misfortune  and  losses  and  hard 
times  do  come,  the  man  who  knows  that 
his  wife— his  partner— is  going  to  say, 
“ Oh,  well,  don’t  worry.  We  have  pulled 
through  many  a  hard  place  before  and 
we  can  again.  Brace  up  and let’s get to 
work, ”   is  never  the  one  who commits 
suicide.  He  has  that  at  home  which 
puts  fresh  courage 
in  his  heart  and 
gives  him  strength  to  begin  the  fight  all 
over  again.

Of  the  wife’s  right  to  an  equal  share 
in  the  family  pocketbook  1  need  not 
speak,  because  no  man  would  dream  of 
denying  that  to  his  partner.  No  man 
would  expect  another  man  to  invest  his 
all in  the business, to give to  it  his  entire 
thought  and  labor  and  to  receive  as  his 
share  of  the  profits  only  his  board  and 
clothes  and  a  little  doled  out  car  fare, 
yet  that  is  what  many  women  get  as  the 
sole  reward  for  their  sacrifice  and  serv­
ice.

The  woman’s  side  of  the  partnership 
I hold  to be just as  binding as  the man’s. 
No  firm  can  really  prosper  when  one 
member  is  a  drone  who  has  to  be  car­
ried  and  who  makes  reckless  drains  on 
the  firm’s  capital.  The  prosperous  en­
terprises  are  where  both  partners  bring 
their  varied  talents  and  united  talents 
to the  support  of  the  firm.

A  woman’s  end  of  the  bargain  may 
be described as the office end.  Bad  book­
keeping  has  wrecked  many  a  firm;  lit­
tle  leaks  in  the  office  bankrupt  many  a 
good  business.  A  wasteful  woman  can 
throw  more  out  of  the  kitchen  door  with 
a  teaspoon  than  her  husband  can  throw 
in  at  the  front  door  with  a  scoop. 
Every  young  couple  starting  out  in 
life 
settle  within  the  first  two  years  whether 
they  are  always  going  to  be  poor or  are 
going  to  achieve  prosperity,  and ninety- 
nine  times  out  of  a  hundred  the  woman 
settles  it.  The  man  who  marries  a 
thrifty  wife  goes  up 
into  the  firm  or 
starts  a  store  of  his  own.  The  man who 
marries  a  trifling  one  lives  and  dies  on 
the  same  clerk’s  stool.

1  honestly  believe  that  the  crime  that 
calls  for  reforming  more  than  drink  or 
gambling  or  anything  else  is the  way 
girls  are  raised  and  the  total 
ignorance 
of  everything  a  woman  ought  to  know 
with  which  they  are  rushed  into  matri­
mony.

It  may  not  be  poetical  or  romantic, 
but  it  is  the  solid  truth  that  domestic 
happiness  rests  on  good  cooking  and 
good  housekeeping.  The  man  whose 
meals  are  never  on  time  can  not  hold 
his  own  in  the  business  world;  the  man 
who  acquires  dyspepsia  through  mean 
cooking  or  who  is  not  properly  nour­
ished  by  reason  of ill-chosen food breaks 
down  at  the  critical  time,  when  a  little 
more  strength  would  have  carried  him 
past  the  winning  post;  the  man  who 
gets  nervous  prostration  is  the  man  who 
comes  home  at  night  to  a  place  that  is 
not  a  temple  of  peace,  but  a  home  that 
is  ill-ordered,  upset, 
full  of  nagging 
servants  and  querulous  complaints.

One  of  our  leading  financiers  said 
once  that  when  he  was  preparing  to  run

a  gigantic  corner  in  stocks— a  deal  that 
would 
involve  millions  and  require  not 
only  clearness  of  mental  vision,  but 
iron  nerve,  so  that  he  would  be  able  to 
hold  on  until  the  critical  moment—he 
went  into  training  for  it  like  a  prize­
fighter  and  got  himself 
into  perfect 
physical  condition  before  he  attempted 
it.  There  is  a  lesson  in  this  for  every 
w ife;  for  the  body  is,  after  aH| nothing 
but  a  machine,  and 
it  can  nOt  do  its 
best  work  unless  it  is  properly cared for.
I  know  of no  thought  more  depressing 
than  the  fact  that  the  life,  the  happi­
ness,  the  well-being  of  the  family,  are 
daily  given  into  the  hands  of  girls  who 
are  absolutely  untaught,  and 
incapable 
of  caring  for  the  trust  committed  to 
them.  When  the  engineer  does  not 
know  her  business,  what  wonder  the 
matrimonial train so often goes to smash?
It  is  dishonest.  It  is  taking  an  unfair 
advantage  of  a  man 
for  any  girl  to 
marry  him  unless  she  has  qualified  to 
make  a  comfortable  home  and  thus  ful­
fill  her  end  of  the  partnership.

Another  view  of  the  partnership  of 
matrimony  has  recently  forced 
itself 
upon  my  notice,  and  that  is  when  the 
woman 
is  fitted  to  become  not  only  a 
silent  but  an  active  partner.  The  ques­
tion  raised 
itself  in  connection  with  a 
charming  young  girl  who  is  about  to 
follow  the  happy  American  custom  of 
marrying  a  young  man  who  is  all  that 
one  could  ask  in  a  man—true and  loyal 
and  clever and  industrious— but who  has 
only 
just  gotten  his  foot  upon  the  first 
round  of  the  ladder  of  success.  As  the 
matter  stands,  the  young  man  makes 
only  a  small  salary—$ioo  a  month—and 
with  a  wife  to  support  on  that,  it  will 
be  years,  even  with  the  best  of  luck, 
before  he  could  lay  by enough  to  go into 
business  for  himself.

Almost  all  of  women’ s  helplessness 
and  incompetency  comes  in  right  here. 
Not  one  wife  in  a  hundred  is  her  hus­
band’s  business  partner  or  knows  what 
he  makes.  She  has  never  been  taught 
the  simplest  business  forms,  and  so  if 
the  time  ever  comes  when  she  is  left 
without  the  protecting  arm  on which  she 
has 
is  utterly  incapable  of 
taking  care  of  herself  or  her  money  and 
is  the  victim  of  the  first  thief  who 
comes  her  way.

leaned,  she 

Every  bit  of  this  could  be  avoided  if 
women  were  their  husbands’  business 
partners—not  active  always—but  trusted 
and  taught.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  there 
are  just  as  many  women  with  good 
business  heads  as  there  are  men  if  they 
only  had  the  chance  to  develop  them.
I  once  heard  Miss  Kate  Gordon— who 
is  now  sitting  high  in  the  councils  of 
the  National  Woman’s Suffrage Associa­
tion—discussing  the  question  of  wom­
an’s  wider  opportunities  with  a  man.
“ Pooh!”   he  cried,scornfully.  “ Wom­
en  are  fit  for  nothing  but  the  home. 
They don’t  know  anything  about  busi­
ness.  Why,  half  of  ’em  don’t  know  how 
to fill  out  a  check.”

“ Can  you  work  out  a perforated paper 
pattern  at  sight?”   wittily  retorted  Miss 
Gordon,  and  it seemed  to  me  no amount 
of  argument  could  have  better  answeied 
the  objection.  We  know  the  things  we 
have  been  taught,  and  the  men,  who 
have  kept  us  in  swaddling  clothes  long 
after  we  ought  to  have  been  able  to fend 
for  ourselves,  have  a  big  slice  of  the 
misery  of  the  world to  answer  for.

If  a  girl  hasn’t  enough  honor  and 
honesty  to  be  trusted  with  half  a  man 
makes;  if  she  hasn’t  enough  discretion 
not  to  run  and  blab  business  secrets;  if 
she  hasn’t  enough  sense  to  understand  a 
roan's  occupation  and  profession,  she  is

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The  girl,  however,  has  a  specialty, 
that  she  has  spent  years  and  much 
money 
in  acquiring,  and  that  would 
enable  her  to  earn  more  than  her  hus­
band  if  she practiced  it.  In the small 
town 
in  which  they  are  to  live  there 
will  be  much  demand  for  her  services, 
and  when  she  asked  my  advice,  I  said, 
emphatically:  “ Go  ahead.  Don’t  give 
up  your  profession.  Add  your  earnings 
to  your  husband’s,  be  a  real  partner, 
both  pulling  together,  and 
few 
years  you  will  be  rich.  Then,  when  you 
have  helped  him  up  the  hill,  you  can 
quit  teaching 
like,  but  now  is 
when  he  needs  you.”

if  you 

in  a 

She 

is  going  to  do  it.  People  may 
gossip  a  little,  but  if  we  waited  for  the 
world  to  approve  all  we  do,  we  should 
do  very  little,  and  no  one  will  criticise 
when  that  young  couple  “ get  along,”  
as  they  will.

I  can  seen  no  shame  to  either  when  a 
woman  can  help  her husband,  and  does 
it.  For,  after  ail,  it  comes  back  to  the 
partnership  question—the  equal  sharing 
in  prosperity  and  adversity,  and  the 
pleasures  and  perquisites  of  life.  Of 
one  thing  I  am  certain— no  family  run 
on  that  basis  can  ever  come  to  bank­
ruptcy  in  love. 

Dorothy  Dix.

Value  of K now ing  flow   to  Dress.

A  few  years  ago a well-known teacher, 
who  had  founded  and  carried  on  for 
many  years  a  successful  school  for  girls 
in  one  of  the  Middle  States,  decided  to 
retire.  She  looked  about  for  a successor.
Many  candidates  were  brought  to  her 
notice.  The  place  was  an  important 
one.  The  emoluments  were  large,  no 
school  stood  higher  in  the  esteem  of  the 
public,  and  Mrs.  Blank  was  anxious  to 
find  just  the  right  woman  for  the  posi­
tion.
At 

last,  a  woman  offered  to  take  the 
every 
school  who,  apparently,  had 
qualification  to  carry  it  on  with  distinc­
tion.  She  was  one  of  the  most  learned 
women  in  the  country,  she  spoke  a  half- 
languages,  and  was  witty  and 
dozen 
wise 
in  them  all,  and  she  bad  a  long 
and  successful  record  as  an  educator.

But  Mrs.  Blank,  after  a  brief  inter­
view,  declined  to  consider  her  as  a  can­
didate,  and  also  refused  to  make  known 
at  the  time  her  reason  for this  decision. 
Years  afterward  she  said  to  a  friend :

“ There  was  no  donbt  as  to  her  schol­
arship  or  her  ability  to  teach,  but  her 
gloves  were  soiled  and  one  shoe had lost 
half  of  the  buttons.  Trifles,  you  think? 
But  they  betray  qualities  which  made 
her  unfit  to  be  the  guide  of  young  girls. 
The  woman,  whatever  her  ability,  who 
does  not  respect  herself  enough  to  be 
clean  and  neat  will  never command  the 
respect  of  others.”

The  applicant  never  knew  that  her 
slovenly  gloves  and  gaping shoe cost her 
a  position  of  ease  and  honor  for  life.

in  Washington 

A  place  of  trust  with  a  large  salary 
was  open  to  women  in  one  of  the  public 
departments 
several 
years  ago.  One  candidate  brought  the 
highest  recommendations,  but  was  dis­
missed  promptly  by  the  committee  who 
had  the  power  of  appointment.  She 
was  glaringly  dressed  in  the  extreme  of 
the  fashion,  with  glittering  jewels  and 
nodding  plumes.

“ We  want  a  working  woman,  not  a 
cockatoo,”   said  the  chairman,  after the 
absurdly-dressed  candidate  had  retired.
Nothing  shows  sense  or  discretion 
more  accurately  in  man  or  woman  than 
the  way 
If  they 
attach 
just  the  correct  importance  to 
their  coats  and  gowns  they  are  likely 
also  to  estimate  the  other  factors  of  life 
at  their  just  values.

in  which  they  dress. 

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

2Ì

Looking  Out F o r M other.

One  matter  which  all  young  girls 
should  consider,  which 
is  perhaps  al­
most  hackneyed  and  yet  never  unneces­
sary,  is  the  question  of  reverence,  all 
that 
injunction  to 
honor  our  parents.  To  honor  them  is 
not  only  to  obey  them;  it  goes  farther 
and  deeper than  mere  obedience.

is  implied  by  the 

is 

You  can  not  possibly  understand  the 
love  that  your  mother  bears  you;  it  is  a 
law  of  nature  that  you  should not  under­
It 
stand. 
like  no  other  love;  pe­
culiarly 
interwoven  with  every  fibre  of 
her  being,  not  to  be  comprehended  by 
any  daughter  of  you  all  until  the  day 
when  you  perhaps  hold  your  own  chil­
dren 
in  your  arms.  You  must  take  it 
on  trust.  But  remember  that  this  love 
of  hers  makes  her  acutely  conscious  of 
every  touch  of  hardness  and  coldness 
in  your  voice;  she  misses  the  kiss  that 
you  are  in  too  great  a  hurry  to  bestow; 
she  winces  at  the  argumentative  voice 
with  which  you 
labor  to  get  your  own 
way;  she  dreads  unspeakably  to  lose 
your  affection  and  respect.  Do  not  be­
grudge  the  tender  word,  the  long  caress, 
even  if  you  feel  a  little  impatient  of  it 
all  the  while.  You  will  long  for  it  with 
a  heartsick 
longing  when  it  can  never 
be  yours  again.  And  remember  that 
hardness  is  one  of  the  faults  of  youth ; 
you  should  strive  against  it  as  much  as 
you  strive  against  your  faults  of  bad 
temper,  or  inaccuracy,  or  sloth.  Be 
hard  on  yourself  if  you  lik e ;  that  will 
not  hurt  you.  But  you  may  regret  it  all 
your  life  that  you  have  been  hard  on 
anybody  else.

The  Mission  of the  Positive  Man.

No  man achieves  anything  worthy  un­
til  he  learns  the  power  of  conviction— 
until  he  feels  that  he  can  accomplish 
something 
if  he  will  it  strong  enough 
and  long  enough.

The  world  stands  aside  for the  man 
who  has  a  programme,  a  mission,  a 
calling  to  do  that  which be feels a throb­
bing  compulsion  within  him  to  do.

Stoutly  arm  your  ability  to  do  what 
affirmation 

you  undertake. 
Every 
strengthens  your  position.

One  of  the  best  slrengtheners  of  char­
acter  and  developers  of  stamina,  gen­
erally,  is  to  assume  the  part  you  wish 
to  play ;  to  stoutly  assert  the  possession 
of  whatever you  lack. 
If  you  are  defi­
cient  in  courage,  staying  power,  pluck, 
or  determination,  learn  to  assert  vigor­

ously  these  qualities  as  your  own  by  a 
divine  right.  Be  thoroughly  convinced 
that  they  belong  to  you—that you  should 
possess  them,  and  that  you  do.  Then 
you  will  strengthen  your  success-posi­
tion  wonderfully.

Grant  had  this  positive  quality— a 
firm  conviction  that he could accomplish 
whatever  he  undertook. 
There  was 
nothing  negative  in  him.  He  did  not 
stop,  in  the  midst  of  a  great  crisis,  to 
consider  if  failure  were  possible;  he 
did  not  doubt,  but  constantly  affirmed, 
and  was  always  on  the  positive  side.

It  is  the  positive  Lincolns,  Washing­
tons,  and  Grants  who  achieve  results. 
is  wanted  every-
The  positive  man 

where—the  man  with  the  plus  qualities 
of  leadership.  He  is  fearless— courage­
ous ;  his  conviction  is  born  of  the  con­
sciousness  of  strength.

Never  allow  yourself  to  admit  that 
you  are  inferior  to  the  emergency  con­
fronting  you,for  this  is  to  invite  defeat. 
Stoutly affirm that  you  can  do the  thing. 
The  moment  you  harbor  a  doubt  of your 
ability,  that  moment  you  capitulate  to 
the  enemy.
Every  time  you  acknowledge  weak­
ness,  deficiency,  or  lack  of  ability,  or 
harbor  doubts,  you  weaken  your  self- 
confidence,  and  that  is  to  weaken  the 
very  foundation,  the  very  possibility.of 
your  success.

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“It’s as good as  Sapolio,” when  they try  to sell you  Z S  
their  experiments.  Your  own  good  sense  will  tell 
you  that they are only  trying to  get you  to aid  their —■g  
new  article. 

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Clerks’  Corner.

A Sand  B a rr and  W hat  Came of It. 

Written for  the Tradesman.

When  Gene  Morrill  went  forward  for 
prayers  one  Sunday  evening, was  prayed 
for  and,  after  a  recital  of  experience, 
was  accepted  by  the  brethren  on  proba­
tion  there  was  a  great  deal of  headsbak- 
ing  and  wondering  whether the  strength 
of  conviction  of  sin  or  his  desire to gain 
the  favor of  Lily  Miller  was  the  power 
that  moved  him.  Take  him  all  in  all, 
he  had  not  been  a  strictly  exemplary 
young  man.  He  was  industrious  enough 
—there  never  had  been  any  doubt  about 
that.  He  had  been  clerking  for  White- 
wood  &  Gray  for three  years  now  and 
both  men  had  been  heard  time  and 
again  to  say  that  Morrill  was  one  of  the 
best  clerks  they  had  ever had;  but  after 
the  store  was  closed  and  his  supper  had 
been 
the 
places  that  knew  Gene  Morrill  were  not 
those  that  knew  him  during  business 
hours.  For  some  reason  or  other  he 
liked  and ate cloves and cardamom seeds 
and  these  he  varied  with  the  roasted 
berry  of 
the  strongest  coffee.  He 
smoked,  too—cigar,  cigarette,  pipe—he 
took  what  was  handiest  and  gloried  in 
the  scent  he  created  and— well,  the  fact 
is,  be  was  looked  upon  as  a  bad  lot  and 
the  fact  that  his  father  was  a  minister 
over  in  Bingham  only  confirmed  the 
opinion  the  folks  in  the  village  had  of 
him ;  so  that  when 
it  was  announced 
that  Gene  Morrill  had  gone  forward  for 
prayers  it  created  a  great  stir  in  the 
quiet  community.

satisfactorily  disposed  of 

The  church  members  quoted  with 
earnestness  the  text:  “ Howbeit  this 
kind  goeth  not  out  but  by  prayer  and 
fasting,”   put  the  case 
in  the  Lord’s 
hands  and  bothered  themselves  no  more 
about  it.  The  attendants  not  members 
tacitly  followed  suit  after  expressing the 
hope  that the  fellow  would  not backslide 
before  the  year  was  out— it  was  then 
early  September—and  Lily  Miller,  who 
after all  turned  out  to  be  at - the  begin­
ning  of  the  movement,  concluded  that, 
if  she  was  the  one  chosen  to  snatch  this 
brand  from  the  burning,  she  was  re­
signed  to  her  lot  and  would  enter  at 
once  upon  her  mission;  and  she  did.

Among  the  first  of  Gene’s  sins  to  be 
guarded  against  was  that  of  profanity. 
When  all  was  lovely he was unconscious­
ly  profane ;  when  storms  darkened  his 
skies  be  was  simply  terrific.  When  he 
learned,  however, from  Lily's  own  sweet 
lips  that  he  must  give  up  profanity  or 
her,  he  bent  to  the  decree,  declaring 
he’d  “ be  damned”   if  he  ever  swore 
again,  and  none  could  have  been  more

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

shocked  than  he  when  she  told  him 
what  he  had  said.  He  was  thoroughly 
in  earnest,  however,  and  to  his  great 
it  said,  he  took  himself 
credit,  be 
bravely 
in  band  and  with  hardly  a  slip 
worth  the  counting  the  golden  weeks 
rolled  by.  He  stopped  smoking  and 
drinking  and  when  the  boys  wanted 
him  to  take  a  hand  at  poker,  he  said 
out  and  out  that  he’d  dropped  all  that 
sort of thing  and  was  going  to  try  to  do 
his  best  whether  he  succeeded  or  not.

After  that  Morrill  stock  came  up  in 
the  good  grace  market  of  Shelbyville. 
The  church  people  began  to  hold  their 
heads  up  and  talk  about  the  “ power  o’ 
prayer”   and  mothers  with  marriageable 
daughters  began  to  insist  on  trading 
with  him  when  they  went  to  the  store 
and  always  ended  their  trading  by  in­
viting  him  to  come  to  dinner.  The 
minister,  who  had  taken  a  liking  to the 
boy  even 
in  his  wildness,  was  doubly 
attentive  now,  and  the  two  were  often 
seen  together  loitering  arm 
arm 
along  the  country  roads  at  odd  times 
when  chance  or  circumstance  brought 
them  together.

in 

Thus  matters  went  swimmingly  along 
until  the  middle  of  October, when  like  a 
bolt  out  of  a  cloudless  sky  Shelbyville 
was  shaken  to  its  center  by  the  astound­
ing  fact  that  Gene  Morrill  had  backslid 
and  sworn.  Right 
in  the  store  in  the 
presence  of  a  storeful  while  he  was 
measuring  potatoes,  he  dropped 
the 
half-bushel with the most  shocking  oaths 
and  swore  a  blue  streak 
into  the  back 
store  where  he  ran,  and  for the  next  five 
minutes  nothing  was  heard but the  most 
fearful  profanity  that  ever  fell  from  hu­
man  lips.  Then  it  stopped  as  suddenly 
as  it  began  and  the  young  fellow,  pale 
as  death,  came  out  and  finished  meas­
uring  the  potatoes.

That  was  Saturday  morning  and  for 
the  next  twenty-four  hours  Shelbyville 
was  in  an  uproar.  Gloom  settled  down 
upon  the  community.  The  deacons  of 
the  church  went  about  with  their  beads 
down  and  the  church  people  came  and 
went  clad  in  gloom.  The  minister alone 
remained  untroubled  and  wore  a  shin­
ing  face  in  the  brooding  darkness.

Of  course  there  was  a  church  meeting 
and  Eugene  Morrill  was  summoned  to 
appear.  He  came  in  resigned  but  de­
termined.  There  was  something  in  his 
bearing  which  gave  the  minister  re­
newed  confidence  and  which  seemed  to 
say,  “ Brethren,  I’m guilty of  the  charge 
to  be  brought  against  me  but  if  you 
don’t  think  I  have  a  good  reason  when 
you  have  learned  the  truth  so  much  the 
worse  for  you  and  the  church  behind 
you.”  
It  is  useless  to  relate  in  detail 
the  proceedings.  When  the  time  came

for the  young  brother  to tell  his  story 
it 
was  brief  and  straight  to  the  point: 
“ When  I  was  at  work  with  both  bands 
holding  the  half-hushel,  I  thought a hor­
net  that  1  had  tried  to  kill  that  morning 
had  got  halfway  up  my 
leg  and  was 
stabbing  me  with  his  sting. 
It  took  me 
when  I  was  off  my  guard  and  I  guess  I 
I  am  sorry  to 
made  up  for  lost  time! 
say  I  never  swore  worse  and  had 
it  do 
me  so  much  good  in  my  life.  I  ran  into 
the  back  store  and  tore  off  my  trousers
to  find  not  a  wasp  but  a ------sand  burr
as  big  as the  end  of  my  thumb  plowing 
its  hooks  into  my 
leg !  That’s  all, 
I’m  sorry  as  I  can  be  the 
gentlemen. 
thing  happened,  but  I  couldn’t  help 
it 
and  I’m  afraid,  if  a  sand  burr should 
get  at  me  again  like  that,  I  should  do 
it  right  over  again.”
He  sat  down  and  the  minister  at  once 
arose.  He  said:  “ We  have  heard  the 
facts  of  the  case,brethren.  Let  him  that 
under  the  circumstance  would  not  have 
sinned 
first 
stone. ’ ’
After  a  minute’s  silence  the  minister 
turned  to  Gene and said,  *‘  * Neither do 1 
condemn  thee.  Go  and  sin  no  more.’  ”
Laughter  at  once  took  the  place  of 
gloom  in  Shelbyville  and  the  young sin­
ner  was  heard  to  remark  afterwards  that 
human  nature  was  the  same  in  the  pul­
pit  and  in  the  store  and  hereafter  he’d 
see  that  the  relation  was  closer  than  it 
had been.  Richard  Malcolm  Strong.
Trying  to  Recall a  Name  and Face.
Hawkins  is  a  man  who  prides  him­
self  on  his  good  memory. 
is  his 
boast  that  he  never  forgets  a  face.  And 
when  the  name  has  escaped  him  be usu­
ally  finds  a  way  to  avoid  embarrass­
ment.

the  same  sin  cast  the 

“ It  just  takes  a 

little  quickness  of 
w it,"  is  the  way  he  puts  it. 
“ It  is  al­
ways  easy  to  make  a  man  who  speaks 
to  you  feel  at  home. 
It  don’t  cost  any­
thing,  and  you  never can  tell  how  much 
good  it  may  do  you  sometime.”

It 

lived 

Hawkins  spent  three  years  as  super­
intendent  of  a  plough  factory  in  Des 
Moines,  Iowa.  Later  he  was 
for  a 
couple  of  years  at  the  head  of  a  similar 
enterprise  in  Columbus,  Ohio.  The  last 
five  years  he  has 
in  Chicago. 
Consequently,  he  frequently  meets  old 
acquaintances  on  the  street.  He  met 
one  the  other  day  who  upset  all  his 
theories  and  gave  his  friends  a  good 
chance  to  poke  fun  at  his  former boasts. 
When  he  got  off  the  elevator  at  noon  he 
noticed  a  man  standing  in  the  doorway 
who  stared  at  him  enquiringly.  Hawk­
ins  returned  the  stare,  although  to  save 
his 
life  he  could  not  remember ever 
having  seen  the  stranger.  Presently  the 
man  stepped  up  to  him  and  said:

“ Isn’t  this  Mr.  Hawkins?”
“ Yes,  sir.”
“ Hiram  J.  Hawkins?”
“ Yes.”
“ Well, 

said. 

I’m  Sawdell,”   said 

the 
stranger,  extending  a  hand.  Neither 
name  nor  face  conveyed  any  trace  of 
meaning  to  Hawkins,  but  he  promptly 
proceeded  to  put  his  quick  wits  into 
operation.
“ How’s  everything  in  Columbus?”  

“ How-de-do,  Sawdell,”   he 

“ Columbus!”   said  the  man,  with  an 
“ Why,  I  knew 

expression  of  surprise. 
you  in  Des  Moines,  la .”

“ Why,  of  course,”  said  Hawkins,sure 
he  was  on  the  right  track  now. 
“ I  re­
member  you  well.  How’s  things  at  the 
plough  works?”
“  Plough  works!”   said  the  stranger. 
“ I  don’t  know  anything  about  plough 
works.  But  don’t  you remember Polly?”  
“ Why,  sure,”   said  the  now  desperate 
Hawkins  with  an  embarrassed 
laugh. 
“ Of  course  I  remember  Polly.  How  are 
you,  Polly,  anyway?”

“ I’m  not  Polly,”   said  the  stranger. 
“ I’m the  man  who  married  her.  Polly 
used  to  do  your  washing,  and she always 
told  me  that  if  I  saw  you  1  was  to  say 
that  you  owed  her for two weeks’ work.”  
Hawkins  gave  the  man  a  dollar to 
get  rid  of  him.  He  is  uncertain  still 
whether  or  not  he  was  the  victim  of  a 
new  species  of confidence  game.

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quite  a  variety  of  ailments  flesh  is  heir 
to,  but  the  world 
is  increasing  in  in­
habitants  who  do  not  believe  all  they 
hear.— What  to  Eat.

Beef,  M utton  and  P o ik   Out of Reach.

U. S. Consul-General Hurst, at Vienna.

The  comparatively  high  prices  ob­
tained  in  Vienna  for  beet,  mutton,  and 
pork  put  these  meats  beyond  the  daily 
reach  of  the  poorer  classes,  who  are 
most  taxed  by  hard 
labor,  and  are 
obviously 
in  need  of  strength-giving 
food.  The  price  of  horse  meat  ranges 
per  pound  of  forequarter  from  5  to  8 
cents;  bindquarter,  6 to 9  cents;  choice 
cuts  for  steak  and  roast,  from  5  to  11 
cents;  the  same  cuts  in  beef  average 
from  20  to  24  cents  a  pound.  The  horse 
meat 
is  also  worked  up  into  sausages, 
and  as  such  sells at  correspondingly  low 
prices.  The  horse-meat  butcher  shops, 
of  which  there  are  not  less  than  185  in 
this  city,  present  a  clean  and  attractive 
appearance,  and  are  in  no  way  distin­
guishable  from  the  shops  where  the 
usual  kinds  of  meats  are  sold,  save  by 
its  sign  announcing  their 
specialty. 
Restaurant  keepers  who  serve  horse 
meat  must  designate  this  fact  in  a  spe­
cial  column  on  the  bill  of  fare  offered 
to  patrons. 
the 
horse  meat  is  sold  a  certificate  must  lie 
open  for  all  to  read.  As  in other butcher 
shops,  the  prices  of  the  various  cuts 
per  kilogram  must  be  stated  on  a  sign­
In  some  of  these  shops  donkey 
board. 
meat  is  also  offered  for  sale,  and  this 
fact  must  be  announced 
in  a  similar 
manner.

In  the  shops  where 

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B a t Such  a  P er Scent.

A  man  in  Selinsgrove  Junction,  Pa., 
has  started  a  skunk  and  frog  farm. 
Henceforth  be  expects  to  have  plenty 
of  greenbacks,  and to  realize  a  large  per 
scent  on  his  investment.

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uce Trades.

New  York,  Oct.  5—Business  has  been 
good,  although  some  queer  transactions 
have  taken  place  in  the  Stock Exchange 
and  the  price  of  granulated  sugar  was 
cut  to  a  woeful  extent  by  the  trust in the 
West,  causing  some  wonderment  among 
the  trade  as  to  what  the  end  would  oe.
Arrivals  of coffee  have  grown  so  tre­
mendously  that  the  Brooklyn  ware­
houses  are  chuck  full  and  the  question 
is,  what  to  do  with  the  big  receipts 
coming  all  the  time.  In  store  and  afloat 
the  amount  of  coffee  now  aggregates  the 
immense  total  of  2,143,103 bags,  against 
926,938  bags  at  the  same  time  last  year. 
There  is  not  a  great  deal  of business be­
ing  done,  as  buyers  seem  to  think  the 
rates  too  high,  Rio  No.  7  being  quoted 
at  5%c. 
In  mild  grades  there  is  also  a 
quietude,  and  neither  jobber  nor  roaster 
seems  to  be 
interested  in  taking  sup­
plies  beyond  the  daily  wants.  Good 
Cucuta  is  worth  7^c.  East  Indias  are 
steady  at  unchanged  rates.

Locally,  the  sugar  market  is  in  about 
the  same  condition  as  last  noted,the  big 
reduction  in  the  West  “ cutting  no  fig­
ure”   here.  New  business  is  moderate 
and  there  seems  to  be  a  lack  of  confi­
dence—a  feeling  that  something  might 
happen—just  what,  no  one  knows.

teas  retain 

the  recently-ac­
quired  strength  and  seem  to  add  thereto 
daily.  Offerings  are  said  to  be  very 
light  and  holders  do  not  seem  at  all 
anxious  to  dispose  of  stocks  on  band  at 
present  quotations.  Blacks  are  firm, 
but  the  volume  of  business  is  not  very 
large,  although  some 
improvement  is 
shown  over  a  month  or so  ago.

While  prices  are  very  firmly  adhered 
to,  there  is  no  great  amount  of  enthus­
iasm  among  the  rice  trade  and  prob­
ably  there 
is  some  falling  off  from  a 
week  ago.  Matters  have  been  much 
worse,  however,  and  dealers  are  very 
hopeful.  Supplies  are  by  no  means 
large,  either  of  domestic  or 
foreign. 
Prime  to  choice  Southern,  5X@6cj 
Japan,  4?S@5C-
Spice  jobbers  report  a  fair  trade  and 
the  situation 
is  more  encouraging  for 
the  seller  than  for  some  time  past.  Full 
values  are  asked  and  obtained  and, 
with  the  advance  of  the  season,  the  out­
look 
is  for  decided  advances  on  some 
articles.

Green 

Molasses  is  firm.  New  crop  will  soon 
be  here  and  prices  are  likely  to  be  well 
sustained.  Good  to  prime  centrifugals 
are  worth  i7@3oc,  with  the  supply  de­
cidedly 
light.  Foreign  sorts  are  firm 
all  around.

The  canned  goods  situation 

is  one 
that  favors  holders.  .Prices  are  firmly 
adhered  to  and  show  an  upward  tend­
ency.  There  will  be  a  good  pack  of 
corn 
in  Maine,  New  York  and  Mary­
land—better  than  was  looked  for  last 
summer,  while  the  tomato  output  seems 
almost  sure  to  prove  smaller than  last 
season.  Gallon  apples  have  sold  well 
at  {3.15  here  and  the  prospects  are  good 
for  steady  advance.

Lemons  and  oranges  have  been  some­
what  neglected,  although prices  are  very 
firm.  Prices  of  bananas  are  firm,  al­
though  there 
is  a  decline  from  a  week 
ago.  There  is  an  abundance  of  domes­
tic  fruit,  but  there  is  also  an  excellent 
demand.
Dried  fruits  show  no  features  of  es­

pecial  interest  and  matters  move  along 
in  about  such  a  manner  as  might  be 
looked  for  at  this  season  of  the  year. 
The  demand  for California  prunes  has 
been  pretty  good,  40-50S  selling  at  7c. 
Raisins  are  without  change.  New 
im­
ported  Valencias,  7j£c.

Best  Western  creamery  butter  is  in 
rather  light  supply  and  will -  readily 
bring  22c.  Leaving  this,  the  market 
is  well  supplied  with  the  lower  grades 
of  creamery,  selling  from  I5@i7c.  Sec­
onds  to  firsts,  i8@ 2ic;  Western  imita­
tion  creamery,  I4@i8c,  the  latter  for 
very  good  goods;  Western  factory,  14^

There 

is  a  »very  dull  and  dragging 
market  for  almost  all  grades  of  cheese 
and,  as  exporters  are  doing  nothing, 
quotations  are  nominal.  Full  cream, 
large  size,  io%c;  small,  9^@ioc.

For  the  better  sorts  the  egg  market 
continues  firm  and  Western  fresh  gath­
ered  are  worth  21c;  candled,  20c;  reg­
ular  packings,  17^ @ 19c.

Food  Values of Vegetables.

Tomatoes  rouse  torpid  livers,  and  do 
the  work,  ordinarily,  of  a  doctor’s  pre­
scription.

Lettuce has  a  soothing,  quieting  effect 
is  an  insomnia 

upon  the  nerves,  and 
remedy.
Celery 

tonic,  and 
medical  prescriptions.

is  an  acknowledged  nerve 
is  more  and  more  used  in 

Onions  are  also  a  tonic for  the  nerves, 
but  people  will  be  forever  piejudiced 
because  of  their  odor.

Dandelions  purify  the  blood  and  gen­
erally  are  declared  to  tone  up  the  sys­
tem.

Watercress,  which  is  now  at  its  best, 
is  a  good,  all-around  brace-up  for  the 
system.

Potatoes  should  be  eschewed  by  those 
who  have  a  horror  of  getting  fat,  as  that 
is  one  penalty  of  eating  them.

Spinach  has  medicinal  properties  and 
qualities  equal  to  the  most  indigo  of  all 
blue  pills  ever  made.

it 

Parsnips, 

is  now  contended  by 
scientists,  possess  almost  the  same  vir­
tues  that  are  claimed  for  sarsaparilla.

Beets  are  fattening,  and  even  a  mod­
erately  learned  man  will  explain  be­
cause  of  the  sugar  they  contain.

Ordinarily  Lima  beans,  some  one  has 
said,  are  good  to  allay  thirst,  but  the 
same  can  be  said,  with  equal  truth,  of 
a  pitcher of  water.

Asparagus 

is  efficacious  in  kidney 
ailments  to  an  extent  that  is  not  yet, 
perhaps,  thoroughly  appreciated.

from 

aside 

Cucumbers, 

sunbeam 
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facetious  paragraphs,  contain  an  acid 
that 
in  some  cases  of  dys­
pepsia.

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Cabbage,  in  Holland,  is  regarded  as 
something  of  a  blood  purifier,  but  the 
authority 
is  vague.  Jn  Germany,  its 
effort  is  purely  sauerkraut.

Parsley  will  assist  good  digestion, 
like  cheese  and  nuts,  but  a  quantity 
in 
excess  of  ordinary  capacity  has  to  be 
consumed.  Therein  lies  the  joker.

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Im pending  Ruin.

Since  it  was  discovered  that  all  meth­
ods  of  preserving  food  were  effective 
only  as  they  prevent,  or  at  least  retard, 
the  action  of  bacteria,  a  field  of  enquiry 
of  the  greatest  practical  importance  has 
been  opened  to  the  bacteriologist.  Ob­
viously civilization largely depends upon 
its  ability  to  store  up  in  times  and 
places  of  plenty  a  supply  of  food  which 
shall  be  available  just  when  and  where 
it  is  most  needed.  Drying,  cooking, 
salting,  freezing  are  means  which  have 
been  employed  for centuries  to  this end, 
and  are  not  likely  to  be  abandoned  for 
centuries  to  come;  but  the  greater  suc­
cess,  and  especially  the  greater  cer­
tainty,  which  are  possible  to-day  are 
largely  due  to  the  information  gathered 
in  the  experiments  of  the  industrial  bi­
ologist.

in  Boston. 

Some  3,000  firms 

This  fact  has  been  very  strikingly 
brought  out  in  recent  reports  of  certain 
bacteriological  work  undertaken  in  the 
laboratories  of  the  Massachusetts  Insti­
tute  of  Technology 
The 
entire canning  industry  of  America  one 
is  almost  entirely  dependent  on 
finds 
methods  which  have  been 
suggested 
or  interpreted  by bacteriological investi­
gation.  The  vastness  of  the  interests 
is  a  sufficiently  striking  fact 
involved 
in 
itself. 
in  the 
United  States  alone  are  engaged  in  can­
ning  foodstuffs  of  various  kinds,  and 
not  millions,  but  billions  of  cans  con­
taining  fruits,  meats  or  vegetables  are 
annually  put  upon  the market.  Accord­
ing  to  the  statement  of  Mr.  Samuel  C. 
Prescott and Mr.  W.  Lyman Underwood, 
who  have  personally  conducted  the  . ex­
periments  carried  on  at  the  institute,
100,000,000  cans  of  corn, 
100,000,000 
cans  of  peas,  125,000,000  cans  of  sar­
dines  and  150,000,000 cans  of  tomatoes 
were  recently  put  up  in  a  single  year. 
What  these  figures  mean  is  illustrated 
by  the  statement  that  if the  cans  of  corn 
and  tomatoes—not counting  any  others— 
were  set  end  to  end  they  would  reach 
around  the  earth  at  the  equator.

The  American  canning 

industry  was 
in  1826,  when 
established 
in  Boston 
William  Underwood 
introduced 
the 
French  method  of  preserving  fruit  in 
glass  jars.  About  the  year  1840  tin cans 
were  first  used 
in  Boston  to  take  the 
place  of  the  jars,  but it  is  said  that  they 
had  been  previously  used  by  Charles 
Mitchell,  a Scotchman,  living near East- 
port,  Me.,  for  packing corn  and lobsters. 
The  industry  grew  steadily  until  about 
twenty  years  ago,  when 
it  received  a 
setback  from  the  fact  that  almost  the 
entire  stock  of  canned  corn  then  in  the 
market  was  found  to  have  turned  sour. 
It  was  then  customary  to  immerse  the 
cans  of  corn  or  tomatoes,  or  whatever 
the  contents  might  be,  for  several  hours 
in  boiling  water,  the  purpose  being  to 
preserve  by  a process analogous  to  cook­
ing.  While  still  hot,  the  cans  were 
punctured  and  the  air  they  contained 
allowed  to  escape,  leaving  a  vacuum 
when  the  vent  was  soldered  up  and  the 
can  bad  cooled. 
It  was  commonly  be­
lieved  among  canners  either  that  it  was 
necessary  to  produce  this  vacuum,  or 
that  all  air  must  have  been  excluded  in 
the  first  place,  to  assure  the  contents  of 
the  can  completely  against 
change. 
The  theory,  however,  ceased  to  hold 
after  the  unfortunate  experience 
just 
described,  when  an  enormous  loss  was 
entailed  upon  the  canning 
factories. 
The  souring  was  not  confined  to  one 
factory  or  one 
locality,  but  appeared 
simultaneously  throughout  the  district—

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at  that  time  New  England—where  most 
of  the  canning  of  corn  was  done.  Many 
experiments  were  tried  looking  to  some 
surer  method.  By  heating  the  cans  in 
retorts  or  steam 
instead  of  in  boiling 
water,  it appeared,  indeed,  that  souring 
could  usually  be  prevented,  but  this 
method  bad  other  disadvantges,  and  one 
manufacturer  experimented  constantly 
for  sixteen  years  along  the  old  lines 
without  again  obtaining  satisfactory  re­
sults.  His  work,  like  that  of  his  fellow 
manufacturers,  was  merely  em pirical; 
neither  he  nor  the  others  had discovered 
the  real  cause  of  the  injurious  process 
which  they  desired  to  prevent.

It 

an 

The 

lobsters. 

Deterioration  and  loss  were  not, more­
over,  confined  to  any  one  branch  of  the 
industry.  Vegetables,  meats, 
canning 
fish,  oysters,  clams  and 
lobsters  were 
oftentimes  found  to  be  spoiled  in  the 
in  spite  of  the  perfect  ex­
same  way 
clusion  of  air. 
looked  sometimes  to 
the  manufacturers  almost  as  if  a  great 
modern 
industry,  constantly  enlarging, 
highly  profitable  and  of  the greatest  use 
might  have  to  be  given  up  altogether. 
Moreover,  there  was 
important 
hygienic  side  to  the  question ;  various 
epidemics  and 
isolated  cases  of  sick­
ness  had  been  attributed  to  the  use  of 
spoiled  canned  foods.  Seldom,  indeed, 
had  there  been  a  better  opportunity  for 
pure  science  to  show its  practical  value.
investigations  at  the  biological 
laboratories  of  the  Institute  of  Technol­
ogy  began  with  the  examination  of 
spoiled  cans  of  clams  and 
In 
some  cases  the  fact  that  the contents had 
been  spoiled  was  shown  by  the  swelling 
of  the  cans,  but  this  was  not  always  the 
case;  “ black 
lobster,”   so  called,  was 
found 
in  cans  the  contents  of  which 
were  to  all  outer  appearance  in  perfect 
condition. 
In  the  bacterial  determina­
tions  undertaken  at  the  institute  a  mi­
nute  portion  of  the  spoiled  material  was 
planted  as  a  “ culture”   in  some  nutri­
tious  medium—gelatine,  potato,  milk, 
or  bouillon—where  any  bacteria  that 
had  caused  the  fermentation  or  spoiling 
would  multiply  under  the  most  favor­
able  conditions.  This  “ colonization,”  
as  it  is  called,  was  assisted  by  keeping 
the  cultures 
incubator  at  blood 
heat.  In  this  way  definite  colonies  were 
developed  so  that  they  could  be  studied 
under  the  microscope  and  subjected  to 
the  usual  bacteriological  tests.  To prove 
that  they  were  actually  responsible  for 
the  spoiling  of  the  canned  products  un­
der  examination,  the  bacteria  of  these 
colonies  were  carefully  introduced 
into 
good  cans  which  had  previously  been 
thoroughly  sterilized. 
In  one  experi­
ment,  for  instance,  two  unspoiled  cans 
of  clams  were  sterilized  by heating them 
to  250 degrees.  Both  were  then  punct­
ured  in  a  sterilized  glass  chamber,  after 
which  one  of  them  was  inoculated  with 
the  bacterial  culture  by  means  of  a 
platinum  needle.  Both  were  then  re­
sealed  and  subjected  continuously  to 
blood  beat.  Almost  invariably  the  con­
tents  of  the 
spoiled, 
while  the  contents  of  the  other remained 
sound.

inoculated  can 

in  an 

As  a  result  of  these  experiments  it 
was  possible  to  designate  nine  species 
of  bacteria.  Two  of  them were “ micro­
cocci, ”   which  are  spherical  in  shape, 
and  seven  “ bacilli,”   which  are  rod­
shaped.  For  example, 
the  microbe 
known  as  “ bacillus  No.  1”   was  shaped 
like  a  rod  with  rounded  ends  and  oc­
curred  singly  or  in  chains  of  varying 
lengths. 
It  was  creamy  white  in  color, 
moved  with  a  serpentine  motion,  and, 
while  naturally  air-loving,  had  the  fac­
ulty  also  of  growing  in  the  absence  of

air.  The  other  species  showed  certain 
variations  in  color,  shape  and  motion, 
but  all  were  alike  in  being  in  general 
“ aerobic,”   or  air-loving,  while  at  the 
same  time  able,  at  least  on  a  pinch,  to 
live  in  places  from  which  air  had  been 
excluded.  Some  of  the  microbes  which 
had  caused  the  trouble  having been  thus 
captured  and 
identified,  the  next  step, 
that  of  neutralizing  their  activity— prin­
cipally  a  matter  of  applying  the  right 
degree  of  heat  for  the  proper  length  of 
time— was  comparatively  simple,so  that 
one  may  open  one’s  can  of  clams  or  of 
lobsters  to-day,  if  it  had  been  put  up  by 
methods  which  follow  the  rules  of  safety 
developed  by  the  bacteriologist,  with  no 
apprehension  whatever.

Mr.  Prescott  and  Mr.  Underwood next 
undertook  investigation  into  the  souring 
of canned  sweet  corn.  Here  they discov­
ered  twelve  different  bacteria—eleven 
bacilli  and  one micrococcus. 
“ Bacillus 
A ”   was  rod-shaped  and colorless,  occur­
ring  either  singly  or  in  short  chains, 
and  had  a  rapid  serpentine  or  spinning 
movement;  and  this  was  the  general 
character  of  ail. 
In  some  instances  one 
or  another  of  these'microbes  was  found 
in  ail  the  stages  from  the  green  ear,  as 
it  came  to  the  factory,  to the  spoiled 
It  was  hardly  a  consolation  to  the 
can. 
manufacturer  to 
learn  that,  although 
souring  the  corn  and  making  it  unpal­
atable  and  unsalable,  they  were  other­
wise  harmless.  But,like  others  of  their 
tribe,  it  was  soon  found  that,  although 
rather  unusually  difficult  to  kill,  requir­
ing  as  they  did  a  heat  of  250 degrees 
for at  least  ten  minutes  to  insure  their 
absolute  destruction,  they  were  by  no 
immune  to  the  weapons  of  the 
means 
professional  bacteriologist. 
It  was  dis­
covered,  however,  that,  since  corn  is 
not  a  good  conductor  of  heat,  it  takes 
fifty-five  minutes 
for  the  minimum 
amount  of  heat  required  to destroy  them 
to  penetrate  to  the  center of  an  ordinary 
two-pound  can,  a  fact  which  had  not 
been  recogriized  in  the  experiments  of 
the  packers  themselves.

Their  use  of  heat  bad  been  ineffec­
tive  because  not  directed  by  any  exact 
knowledge  of  what  it  was  that  the  heat 
was  expected  to  accomplish. 
In  the 
same  way  the  use  of  the  vacuum  was 
shown  to  be  without  value—except  that, 
incidentally, 
cans  prepared  with  a 
vacuum  will  ordinarily 
the 
spoiling  of  the  contents  by  bulging  out

indicate 

at  the  ends.  One  objection  only  de­
veloped  to  the  methods  proposed  at  the 
institute. 
It  appeared  that  the  con­
tinued  heat  necessary  for  thorough  ster­
ilization  had  a  tendency  to  make  the 
corn  darker  in  color,  and  as  dealers  had 
formerly  demanded  very  white  corn  to 
answer  the  requirements  of  their  cus­
tomers,  the  packers  were 
inclined  to 
reduce  the  period  of  beating  in  order  to 
make  their  product  more  salable.  But 
it  seems  only  reasonable 
some 
sacrifice 
in  appearance  should  be  made 
if  the  compensation  is an absolutely pal­
atable  product  which  shall  retain  its 
natural  flavor  indefinitely,  and  also  be 
of  perfect  hygienic  quality.

that 

Other 

limits, 

investigations  of  equal 

im­
portance  have  been  made  at  the  insti­
tute  to  determine  the  causes  of 
the 
spoiling  of  canned  peas,  tomatoes,  as­
paragus,  string  beans,  and  a  variety  of 
vegetables  and  other  foods.  The  same 
bacteriological  methods  were  applied 
in  procuring  the  cultures  of  the  special 
bacteria  which  here  take  the  place  of 
those  in  the  corn,  and  in  the  testing  of 
their  activity  by  inoculating  sterilized 
cans,  but  the  practical  results  have 
shown  marked  differences  in  the  neces­
sary  means  of  preservation.  Peas,  for 
example,  are  a  much  better conductor 
of  heat than  corn  and  can  be  thoroughly 
sterilized  by  being  subjected  to  a  tem­
perature  of  236  degrees  for  40  minutes, 
or,  since,  within  certain 
the 
time  may  be  decreased  if  the  tempera­
ture  is  raised,  of  say  240 degrees  for  35 
minutes. 
In  like  manner  in  the  case  of 
each  variety  of  food  examined  it  has 
been  possible,  after  procuring  cultures 
of  the  peculiar  bacteria  which  cause  the 
spoiling  of  the  product  in  the  can,  to 
lay  down  rules  for  packing  which  will 
insure  perfect  sterility. 
Incidentally, 
too,  the  special  knowledge  of  the  bac­
teriologist  teaches  him  that  bacteria 
dangerous  to  these  various  products 
lurk 
in  rubbish  heaps  and  untidy  sur­
roundings,  so  that  he  is  able  to  demon­
strate  to  the  packer  the  direct  economy 
of  scrupulous  cleanliness  in  bis  factory. 
But  for  that  matter,  the  field  which  the 
bacteriologist  here  covers,  merely  from 
the  practical  and  so  to  say  popular 
standpoint,  is  constantly  enlarging,  and 
its  limits  are  not  by  any  means  yet 
reached,  while  he  already  has  the  satis­
faction  of  having  helped  materially  to 
put  a  great  American 
industry  on  a 
sound  basis  and  even  rescued  it  from 
threatened  ruin.

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Commercial Travelers

Michigan Knights of the Grip

President,  Geo. F. Owen,  Grand  Rapids:  See- 
retary,  A.  W.  Stitt,  Jackson;  Treasurer, 
J ohn W. Schram, Detroit.

United Commercial Travelers  of Michigan 

Grand  Counselor,  H.  E.  B a r t l e t t ,  Flint; 
Grand  Secretary,  A.  K e n d a l l ,  Hillsdale; 
Grand Treasurer, C. M. E d e l m a n , Saginaw.

Grand Rapids Conncil  So. 131, U,  C.  T.

Senior Counselor,  W  R.  Compton;  Secretary- 

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

The Man  W ho  Mixes  Physic  and  Horses.
David  Harum  Crawford—otherwise 
known  as  Cornelius  Cubebs  Crawford— 
is 
in  ecstasies  over  the  succces  of  his 
four-year-old  mare,  Queen  Exum,  in 
winning  three  straight  heats  in  the  2 35 
trot  at  the  Jay  County  Fair  at  Portland, 
Indiana,  one  day 
There 
were  six  horses  in  the  field  and  Queen 
Exum  drew  sixth  place,  but  she  came 
in  first  for  three  straight  heats,  her  time 
being  2 :24X,  2:21^  and  2:21#.  She 
was  driven  by  her  owner,  and  those 
who  witnessed  the  race  insist  that  quite 
as  much  was  due  to  the  skill  of  the

last  week. 

fact  that  his  pet  nag  won  first  money  in 
two  races  in  two  consecutive  weeks  and 
that  he 
considering 
whether  he  shall  continue  to  hold  her  at 
$1,500  or  raise  the  price  to  an  even 
$2,0 0 0 .

is  absorbed 

in 

G ripsack  Brigade.

B.  L.  Skadden,  representing  the  Bur­
is  show­
line  this  week  at  242 

rows  Bros.  Co.,  of  Cleveland, 
ing  his  holiday 
East  Fulton  street.

T.  I.  Humble 

is  showing  his  line  of 
holiday  goods  this  week  in  a  room 
in 
the  McMullen  block.  He  represents  A. 
C.  McClurg  &  Co.,  Chicago.

H.  W.  Modlin,  Northern  Michigan 
traveling  representative  for  the  Beacon 
Falls  Rubber  Shoe  Co.,  starts,  out  on 
his  spring  campaign  about  Nov.  1.

Alonzo  Clark  will  shortly  open  his 
new  hotel  at  Clinton  under  the  man­
agement  of  Bert  Gilmore,  of  Sherman. 
The  house  is thoroughly modern in every 
respect—a  credit  to  the  town  and  a 
monument  to  the  owner.

Pontiac  Gazette:  Ed.  Barrett,  who 
has  been  in  the  office  of  the  Metropoli­
tan  Life  Insurance  Co.  here  for  some 
time,  has  resigned  to  take  a  position 
with  the  H.  J.  Heinz  Co.,  of  Pittsburg. 
He  will  begin  his  duties  traveling  Mon­
day.

E.  K.  Bennett, 

formerly  traveling 
representative  for  a  jewelry  house  and 
at  one  time 
landlord  of  the  Grand 
Hotel,  at  Lansing,  is  offering  to  com 
promise  with  his  creditors  on  the  basis 
of  25  cents  on  the  dollar.  He  is  now 
connected  with  the  Hannen  real  estate 
agency  at  Detroit.

Detroit  News:  Edward  Bailey,  a 
traveling  man  from  Massachusetts,  was 
crossing  Michigan  avenue  near  First 
street  Monday  when- he  was  struck  by  a 
downbound  Michigan  avenue  car.  He 
was thrown  to  the  pavement  and the fen­
der  passed  over  him.  At  Emergency 
hospital 
it  was  found  that  his  hip  was 
badly  bruised  and  he  had  received some 
scratches.  Mr.  Bailey  was  stopping  at 
the  Hotel  Cadillac.

driver  as  to  the  fieetness  and  staying 
qualities  of  the  trotter.  The  purse  was 
$250,  one-half  of which  was  handed  over 
to  Mr.  Crawford  as  his  share  of  the 
race.  Queen  Exum  has  many  admirers 
and  there  are  not  a  few  who  aspire  to 
own  her.  Mr.  Crawford  recently  offered 
to  sell  her  for $1,500,  but  if  she  takes 
first  money  in  the  2 =35  trot  at  -the  Red 
Ribbon  races  at  Fort  Wayne  this  week, 
and  betters  her  record,  he  proposes  to 
raise  his  price  to  $2,000.  Those  who 
know  the  gentleman—and  not  to  know 
him  is  to  argue  yourself unknown—need 
no  assurance  that  he  will  not  only  hold 
his  price  firm,  but  that  he  will  succeed 
in  finding  a  purchaser  on  his  own 
terms.

The  accompanying 

illustration,  re­
produced  from  a  snap  shot  taken  by 
Mrs.  Crawford,  shows  how  Mr.  Craw­
ford  looked  after  winning  the  third  heat 
and  the  horse  had  been  blanketed  and 
led  away  to  the  stable.

Later— A  telegram  received  from  Mr. 
Crawford  this  morning  contains  the 
in­
teresting  information  that  Queen  Exum 
took  first  money  at  Ft.  Wayne  yester­
day,  winning  three  straight  heats,  in 
one  of  which  she  scored  2 :2i. 
If  the 
genial  pill  peddler  walks  on  air for  the 
next  month  and  fails  to  recognize  his 
old  friends,  they  can  attribute it to  the

thereon. 

Greenville  Independent:  Greenville 
will  have  another  hotel  and  work  has al­
ready  begun 
Crookshank, 
Somers  &  Co.,  of  Ionia,  builders,  have 
the  contract  for  erecting  for  T.  B.  Win­
ter a  new  hotel  on  the  site  of  the  Web­
ster  House,  which  was  burned  down 
some  time  ago.  The  new  hotel  is  to  be 
60x72,  three  stories,  of  brick  trimmed 
with 
stone.  Besides  general 
rooms,  there  will  be  forty  rooms  for 
guests. 
It  will  be  ready  for  occupation 
about  March  1.

Ionia 

Pentwater  News:  D.  D.  Alton,  who 
recently, sold  the  Crescent  drug  store  in 
this  village  to  Dr.  J.  A.  McGregor, 
after  considering  several  propositions, 
has  finally  accepted  a  position  with  the 
People’s  Publishing  Co.,  of  Philadel­
phia,  as  general  agent,  with  a  very  sat­
isfactory 
remuneration.  Mr.  Alton’s 
headquarters  will  be  Muskegon,  where 
the  company  will  establish  a  general 
office,  the  only  one  north  of  Cincinnati. 
Mr.  Alton’s  field  on  the  start  will  be 
Michigan  and  Wisconsin.

The  Boys B ehind  the  Counter*

Holland— Henry  Van  Anrooy  has 
taken  a  position  as  clerk  in  the  grocery 
and  meat  market  of  C.  Van  Duren.

Lowell—Ernest Runnels, formerly with 
E.  F.  Blake  &  Co.,  at  Middleville,  has 
taken  the  position  of  head  clerk  in  the 
dry  goods  store  of  Marks  Ruben  &  Co. 
He  is  the  son  of  Eli  Runnels,  who  has 
been  engaged  in  general  trade  at  Qorp. 
ing  for  the  past  twenty  years.

SUCCESSFUL  SALESMEN.

R ichard  Jackson,  Jr.,  Representing:  Ma- 

cauley  Bros.,  D etroit.

Richard  Jackson,  Jr.,  was  born  in 
London,  Eng.,  Aug.  14,  1872,  being  the 
eldest  child  of  a  family  of  ten  children. 
His  father,  who  was  an 
iron  worker, 
came  to  this  country  with  his  wife  and 
child  in  1873,  locating  at  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
They  remained  there  two  years  and 
then  concluded  to  return  to  England, 
where  the  family  remained  until  1880, 
when  they  came  to  this  country  a  sec­
ond  time,  fully  determined  to  make 
it 
their  permanent  home.  The  family  lo­
cated  at  Detroit,  afterwards removing  to 
Windsor,  where  the  children  attended 
school.  Richard  remained 
in  school 
until  he  had  nearly  completed  the 
grammar  grade,  when  he  noted  that 
several  boys  of  his  acquaintance  and 
about  his  own  age  were  obtaining  em­
ployment 
in  Detroit  and,  inspired  by 
their  example,  he  determined  to  get  a 
start  in  the  world.  Acting  on  this  de­
termination,  he  crossed  the  river  on  the

ferry  and  walked  up  and  down  the prin­
cipal  business  streets  of  Detroit 
in 
search  of  “ Boy  Wanted”   signs.  He 
found  such  a  sign  in  the  window  of  J. 
A.  Roys  &  Co.’s  hook  store  and  went 
in  and  asked  for  the  owner.  Mr.  Roys 
treated  him  kindly,  enquired  as  to  his 
name,  address  and  family  antecedents, 
and  then  told  him  he  could  report  for 
duty  the  next  morning  and  that  his 
wages  would  be  $3  per  week.  He  was 
so  overjoyed  at  securing  an  opportunity 
to  earn  money  that  he  ran  all  the  way to 
the  ferry  and  from  the  ferry  landing  to 
his  home  to  break  the  good  news.  To 
his  surprise  and  chagrin,  he  received  a 
punishment  for  his  enterprise  in  seek­
ing  a  situation  without  first  securing 
the  consent  of  his  parents,  but  he  was 
permitted  to  take  the  job  and  was  en­
couraged 
in  every  way  possible  to  do 
the  work  well  and  discharge  the  duties 
devolving  upon  him  with  credit  to  him­
self  and  to  the  satisfaction  of  his  em­
ployer.

He  remained  in  the  employ  of  J.  A. 
Roys  &  Co.  a  year,  when  his  father 
deemed 
it  the  part  of  wisdom  that  the 
boy  be  taught  a  trade,  so that  whatever 
might  happen  to  him  in  after  life  he 
would  have  an  occupation  to  fall  back 
on.  He  was  accordingly  placed  in  the 
Riverside  Iron  Works  on  a  three  year 
apprenticeship, 
learning  the  business 
from  the  rudiments  up.  At  the  end  of 
his  apprenticeship  he  was  earning  $3 
per  day,  but  he  failed  to  acquire  a  lik­
ing  for  the  business  and  went  back  to 
J.  A.  Roys  &  Co.,  taking  a  clerkship 
which  paid  only  $1  per  day.

In  1892,  be  was  offered  a  clerkship  in 
the  wholesale  book  and  stationery  de­
partment  of  Macauley  Bros.,  which  he 
accepted.  Three  months 
later  he  was 
sent  out  on  the  road  with  the  valentine 
line  of  the  house  and  his  success  was  so 
marked  from  the  start  that  he  was  never 
called  back  into  the  store.  His  territory 
includes  Michigan,  Northern  Ohio  and 
Northern  Indiana.

Mr.  Jackson  was  married  Sept.  23, 
1896,  to  Miss  Augusta  Hiller,  of  Ber­
lin,  Germany.  They  met  on  a  Thurs­
day  and  were  married  the  following 
Wednesday.  The  union  has  proved  to 
be  a  very  happy  one,  notwithstanding 
the  short  acquaintance  and  courtship.

Mr.  Jackson  is  a  member of St.  Paul’s 
Episcopal 
church,  Detroit;  Wayne 
Lodge,  No.  2,  I.  O.  O.  F.  ;  Court Jeffer­
son,  A.  O.  F.  of  A.  ;  Detroit  Council, 
No.  9,  U.  C.  T.  He  was  a  member  of 
one  of  the  Detroit  military  companies 
for five  years,  his  term  of  enlistment  the 
last  time  having  expired  only  a  short 
time  before  the  breaking  out  of  the 
Spanish  war.

Creditors Allege  Fraud.

From the Cadillac News.

Spurgeon  D.  Casler,  the  Farnsworth 
general  merchant  whose  dealings  with 
Grand  Rapids  jobbers  have 
caused 
him considerable trouble  during  the  past 
few  days,  was  released  from  jail  Satur­
day,  having  furnished  bonds  for $2,000. 
Casler  was  arrested  on  a  capias  one  day 
last  week,  and  two  civil  warrants  under 
the  fraudulent  debtor’s  act  were  also  is­
sued  against  him.  On  the  capias  his 
bonds  were  fixed  at $1,000,  and  on  the 
civil  warrants  at  $5,000.  Casler’s father, 
an  Eaton  Rapids  farmer,  through  the 
Cadillac  State  Bank,  furnished the  three 
bonds. 
It  is  alleged  by  Casler’s  credit­
ors  that  he  has  attempted  to defraud 
them  of  about  $1,800  through  a  bogus 
sale  of  the  stock  at  Farnsworth  to  his 
brother-in-law,  Van  Valkenburg.  The 
defendant’s  trial  will  begin  in  the  Cir­
cuit  Court  here  Oct.  11.  Fred  C.  Wet- 
more 
is  the  Cadillac  attorney  for  the 
Grand  Rapids  creditors,  and  Donald 
E.  McIntyre  is  Casler’s  attorney.
The  Leader in  the  Field.

F.  J.  Dettenthaler,  who  conducts  the 
oldest  and  largest  wholesale oyster house 
in  Western  Michigan,  reports  that  the 
quality  of  the  oysters  this  season  is  ex­
ceptionally  fine  and  that  the  supply  is 
good.  He  handles  everything 
in  the 
line  of  shell,  bulk  and  canned  goods 
and  his  prices  are  always  as  low  as  is 
consistent  with  good  quality.  Those 
who  are  seeking  an  alliance  with  a  rep­
utable  house  which  handles  goods  of 
uniform  excellence  on  close  margins 
would  do  well  to  communicate  with  Mr. 
Dettenthaler  without  delay.

Lansing—The  Lansing  Sugar  Co.  has 
been  testing beets for several days.  They 
find that  the local product  yields  from  10 
to  15  per  cent,  sugar,  and  in  all  cases 
where  the  percentage  is  low  it  has  been 
found  that  the  beets  were  selected  for 
their  size,  and  were  not 
fully  ripe. 
Where  the  choice  of  samples  has  been 
left  to  persons  familiar  with  beet  cul­
invariably 
ture,  the  percentages  have 
been  high.  The  weather  is 
ideal  for 
the  crop,  beets  still  in  the  ground  doing 
remarkably  well.  The  company  advises 
growers  to  put  off  harvesting  the  crop as 
long  as  possible.  The  two  large  pumps 
at  the  factory,  each  of  which  has  a  ca­
pacity  of  4,000,000  gallons  of  water  per 
day,  were  tested  recently  and  found 
in 
perfect  condition.  All  the  machinery 
is  being  tested  preparatory  to  the  com­
mencement  of  work  ahout  Oct.  20.

The  W arwick

Strictly first class.

Rates $2 per day.  Central location. 

Trade  of  visiting  merchants  and  travel­

ing men solicited.

A .  B .  G A R D N E R ,  M a n a g e r .

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26
Drugs—Chemicals

Michigan  State  Board of Pharmacy

Term expires
-  Dee. 31,1901 
L.  E.  Reynolds,  St. Joseph 
He n b y  Heim , Saginaw 
•  Dee. 81,1902
- 
Dec. si, isos
Wir t  P.  Do ty, Detroit - 
A. G. Schumacher, Ann Arbor  •  Dee. 81,1904 
John D. Mu ir, Grand Rapids 
Dee. 31,1906 

President, A.  G.  Schum acher, Ann Arbor. 
Secretary, Hen r y  He im , Saginaw.
Treasurer, W.  P.  Do ty,  Detroit.

Examination  Sessions.

Lansing, Not. 5 and 6.

Mich.  State  Pharmaceutical  Association.

President—J ohn  D.  Mu ir , Grand Rapids. 
Secretary—J.  W.  Seeley,  Detroit. 
Treasurer— D. A.  Hagens, Monroe.

M aking the  D rug  Store  Conspicuous  and 

Distinctive.

There  is  not  enough  attention  paid  to 
making  drug  stores  conspicuous  and 
distinctive. 
In  strange  towns  one  often 
has  to  pass  along  a  street  peering  into 
all  stores  in  order to  find  a  drug  store. 
Not  only  should  the  character  of  the 
store  be  made  apparent  for  the  attrac­
tion  of  transients,  but  stores  should  also 
be  made  distinctive  in  order to  make  it 
easy  for  local  patrons  to find  them.

Often  you 

find  two  or  three  drug 
stores  in  one  city  block  all  similar  in 
appearance,  so  similar  that  abstracted 
or  unobserving  people  no  doubt  fre­
quently  mistake  one  for the  other. 
If 
possible,  by  signs,  emblems,  lights,  de­
sign  of  store  front,  distinctive  color of 
paint,  or other expedients,  stores  should 
be  made  to  stand  out  from  among  their 
fellows.  Go  across  the  street  and  ex­
amine  your  front  in  comparison  with its 
surroundings.  Look  at  it  from  the  sky­
line  down  and  see  what 
it  needs  to 
make  it  different  from  the  rest.  Note 
also  any  good  opportunities  that  may 
exist  for  sign  advertising  on  the  front 
or top  of  building.  Then  go  down  the 
street  and  approach  your  store  on  your 
own  side  of  the  thoroughfare,  noting 
how  far  the  presence  of  the  store  is  dis­
cernible.  Then  plan  to  so arrange things 
that  people  who  pass  will  be  made  con­
scious  of  the fact that  they  are  passing  a 
drug store  and  your  store at that.  Do  not 
forget  the  people  who  pass  on  the  street 
or  upon  the  opposite  sidewalk.

The 

inside  of  the  store  can  be  made 
distinctive  also,  and  it  is  a  good  plan  to 
adopt  a  distinctive  color of  wrapping 
paper,  twine,  cartons  and  wrappers  for 
specialties,  letter  and  bill  beads,  etc. 
This  is  now  widely  done,  and  in  addi­
tion  the  color  can  often  be  used  in 
trimming  the  store  or  be  extended  to 
the  paint  upon  the  front  or  the  globes 
of  window  or  street  lights.  Each  man 
must  rely  upon  his  own  resources  to 
make  his  store  distinctive  externally, 
because  the  important factor  is  contrast, 
and  this  depends  upon  the  character  of 
the  surroundings.  For  those  who  can 
afford  it  an  excellent expedient  for  ar­
resting  the  attention  of  passers-by  is  to 
have  a  large  brass  or  iron  plate  set 
in 
the  sidewalk.  This  plate,  which  can 
well  be  in  the  form  of  a  mortar,  can 
have  in  relief  the  outlines  of the  mortar 
and  the  firm  name.  The  feet  of  passers 
keep  the  raised  part  polished.  A  sim­
ple  variation  of  this  is  to  have  a  large 
stencil  made  embodying  a  similar  de­
sign  and  paint  this  on  the  sidewalk  at 
frequent  intervals.  This  is,  of  course, 
merely  one  more  place for a sign ;  others 
should  not  be 
the  usual 
places.

lacking 

in 

Im portance o f F ire  Insurance.

While  the  necessity  of  carrying ample 
long  since  has  been  ac­
fire  insurance 
cepted  by  the  business  world  still  there 
are  to  be  found  those  who for one  or the

other  reason  are  not  thus  protected. 
This  is  culpable  negligence,  and  every 
trader should  be  made  to  recognize  the 
importance  of  this question.

Sometimes  this failure to  insure  is  the 
result  of  mere  negligence or procrastina­
tion,  or  it  is  based  upon  false 
ideas  of 
economy,  or the  business  does  not  seem 
to  warrant  the  outlay  of  the  cost  of 
proper  insurance. 
In  the  latter case, 
the  business  by  all  mean,  should  be 
closed  up,  for  it  has  no  valid  reason  for 
existence.

In  the  case  of  the  other  instances 
mentioned,  these  merchants  ought  to 
realize  that  aside  from  the  moral  obli­
gation  toward  their  family,  if  not  their 
own  selves,  they  are 
in  duty  bound  to 
protect  to the  fullest  extent  their  credit­
ors,  if  they  are  indebted  to  any  person. 
And,  surely,  no  fair-minded  man  will 
with  open  eyes  jeopardize  the  interest 
of  those  who  have  reposed  confidence  in 
him  to  the  extent  of  giving  him  credit.
this 
purely  selfish  motive,  that  good  credit 
can  not  be  established  unless  the  mer­
chant  carries  fuli  and  satisfactory insur­
ance,  and  to the  extent  that he  thus  cur­
tails  his  just  credit  does  he 
injure  his 
business  and  himself.

Above  all,  however, 

there 

is 

These  propositions  are  axiomatic: 
Be  insured  against  loss  by  fire 
in  reli­
able  companies.  Carry  insurance  to  at 
least  three-fourths  of  the  value  of  the 
property.  Under  no circumstances  neg­
lect  for  even  one  hour  to  renew 
insur­
ance  when  policy  expires.  Distribute 
insurance  over  several  companies  when 
amount 
comparatively 
large.  Take  advantage  of  reduced  rates 
by  insuring  fora  term  of years.  Do  not 
fail  to  notify  company  promptly  when 
goods  are  removed  to  other  quarters. 
Have  in  a  safe  place  a  complete  in­
voice,  the  correctness  of  which  can  be 
sworn  to.—Western  Druggist.
Lim e  in  the  Eye.

involved 

is 

Schmidt  Rimpler  states  that  in  these 
cases  by  some  means  the  eye  should  be 
opened  so  that  every  particle  of  the  cal­
cium  can  be  carefully  removed  from  the 
cornea  and  conjunctival  sac.  Removal 
is  best  accomplished  by  the  use  of  oil. 
A  bit  of  cotton  can  be  saturated  and 
used  to  wipe  out  the  particles. 
It is  es­
pecially 
important  to  evert the  upper 
lids,  as  particles  are  prone  to  become 
imbedded  in  them.

lime 

injured  by 

Prof.  Stutzer  says  that  when  an  eye 
has  been 
the  best 
method  of  treating  the  condition  is  to 
immediately  cleanse  the 
eyes  with 
copious  washings  of clean  water,  which 
should  be  kept  up  for  a  considerable 
length  of  time.  This  is  really  a  “ first 
aid. to  the  injured" method,  as  it  can  be 
readily  carried  out  by  the  patient’s  fel­
low-workers. 
It  can  easily  be  done  by 
one  man  holding  the  injured  eye  open, 
while  another,  with  a  clean  glass  and 
clean  water,  washes  the  eye  until  no 
particles  of  mortar can  be  seen  therein.
Call F or th e Lansing M eeting o f the Board.
Saginaw,  Oct.  5—The  Board  of  Phar­
macy  will  hold  a  meeting  for the  ex­
amination  of  candidates for registration, 
in  Representative  Hall,  at  Lansing, 
Tuesday  and  Wednesday,  November  5 
and  6,  commencing  at  9  o’clock  a.  m., 
on  the  5th.  All  candidates  must  be 
present  at  this  hour.

Candidates  must  file their applications 
with  the  Secretary  at  least  one  week  be­
fore  the  examination  and  must  furnish 
affidavits  showing  that  they  have  had 
the  practical  experience  required.

Applications 

for  examination  and 
blank  forms  for  affidavits  for  practical 
or  college  experience  may  be  obtained 
from  the  Secretary.

The  places  and  dates  for  future  ex­
aminations have not yet been designated.

Henry  Heim,  Sec’y.

was  believed  it  would  be  sold  at  less 
price.

Cocoa  Butter— Has  declined,  on  ac­

count  of  lower  prices  abroad.

Insect  Powder— Is  tending  higher,  on 
account  of  increased  cost  of  the  flowers. 
Higher  prices  will  rule  next  season.

Canada  Balsam  Fir— Is  still  in  very 

small  supply  and  prices  are  firm.

Oil  Peppermint— Has  again  advanced 

and  is  tending  higher.

Oil  Lemon  Grass— Is  in  very  small 

supply  and  has  advanced.

Oil  Wintergreen—Supplies  are  small 

and  price  has  advanced.

Gum Camphor— Refiners have reduced 
ic  per  lb.,  on  account  of 

their  price 
higher  foreign  markets.

Lobelia  Seed— Is  out of  market.  Sup­

plies  are  exhausted.

Gum  Shellac—Continues  to  advance, 
in  sympathy  with  foreign  market  and 
on  account  of  scarcity.

W hat  W ill  Cut  Coal T ar?

it 

According  to  an  authority,  tar  and 
pitch  produce  stains  which  can easily be 
removed  by  successive  applications  of 
spirits  of  turpentine,  coal  tar  naphtha 
If  they  are  very  old  and 
and  benzine. 
hard, 
is  well  to  soften  them  by 
lightly  rubbing  with  a  little  olive  oil. 
The  softened  mass  will 
then  easily 
yield  to  the  action  of  the  other solvents. 
Care  must  always  be  taken  that,  in  rub­
bing  the  material  to  remove  the  stains, 
the  friction  shall  be  applied  the  way 
of  the  stuff  and  not  indifferently  back­
ward  and  forward.

On  white  goods,  soap  and  oil  of  tur­
pentine  alternating  with  streams  of 
water.  Colored  cottons  and  woolens, 
rub  in  with 
lard,  let  lie,  soap,  let  lie 
again  and  treat  alternately  with  oil  of 
turpentine and  water.  Silks  are  treated 
the  same  way,  only  you  must  be  more 
careful  and  use  benzine  in  place  of  tur­
pentine. 

Joseph  Lingley.

Your 

I  Don’t  Buy 
I 
I  Wall  Papers
J  Until you see our showing of 1902 designs 

and  learn  the  very  low  prices  we  are 
quoting.

X  No one  shows  a  better  assortment  or 
5   can quote lower prices.
5  
If our  salesman  does  not  call  in  time 
S   for you, drop us a line and  we  will  make 
5   a special trip.  Correspondence solicited.
Heystek & Canfield Co.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

1  
5   Michigan Wall Paper Jobbers 

I 

( 
I 

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Holiday  Goods

The grand display  is  now 
ready in  our sample  room 
surpassing all  former  sea­
sons for variety, originality 
and  price.  Send  for  cir­
cular.

Keep  Eyes  and  Ears  Open  and  M onths 

Shut.

A  man  who  is  up  in  his  business  is 
always  respected  for bis  knowledge,  and 
his  acquaintance  is  sought  by  those  who 
are  ambitious  of  being  equal  to him and 
are  conscious  of  their  deficiency  in  this 
respect.  But  this  is  a  different  individ­
ual  from  the  one  whose  vanity  impels 
him  to  parade  the  knowledge  he  has  as 
well  as  that  which  he  does  not  possess. 
This does  not  imply  pride,although  it  is 
often  confounded  with  it ;  it  is  vanity, 
the  worst  and  most  repulsive  kind  of 
pride.  The  man  in  any  dependent  po­
sition 
in  business  who  claims  to  know 
more  than  his  fellows  and  fails  to  im­
press  the  latter  with  their  justice  is  al­
ways  shunned  when  it  is  possible  to  do 
it,  and  when  this  is  not  quite  feasible 
he  is  invariably  despised  for his aggres­
sive  egotism  and  conceit. 
It  is  a  good 
thing  for  a  young  man  to  have  a  mind 
of  his  own  on  matters  connected  with 
his  business, for this  shows  laudable am­
bition,  which is  the  corner  stone  of  suc­
cess,  but  the  moment  he  seeks  to  force 
his  ideas  or  opinions  on  his  business 
associates  he  is  voted  a  nuisance,  and 
properly  so.

We  sometimes  come  across  young 
people  who  assume  to  know  more  than 
any  of  their  associates  and  even  more 
than  their  employers.  As  soon  as  you 
start  a  discussion  they  know  it  all  and 
they  are  so  anxious  to  show  their  smart­
ness  that  they  will  answer  you  before 
you.  get  through  with  your  proposition. 
It  is  needless  to  say  that  these  very  ag­
gressive  people  never  get  along  in  busi­
ness,  and  the  reason  is  that  you  can  not 
teach  them  anything.  They  are  so  full 
of  wisdom  that  what  they  do  not  know 
is  not  worth  knowing.  A  good,  sen­
sible  man  in  any  walk  of  life  is  always 
open  to 
instruction,  and  the  more  he 
knows  the  more  conscious  he  is  of his 
deficiency. 
Young  men  should  keep 
their  eyes  and  ears  open  and  their 
mouths  shut. 
It  is  through  these  two 
senses  that  wisdom  reaches and  enriches 
the  intellect,  not  through  the  mouth  or 
the 
lips.  These  organs  are  made  for 
entirely  different  purposes.  The  rule 
of 
life  for  young  men  is  to get  wisdom 
when  you  can  and  when  you  have  ac­
quired  it,  let  others,  not  you,  boast of  it.

aluminum  oleate 

Dissolve  ordinary 

P reparation For Preserving Soles of Shoes.
laundry  or  house 
soap  in  water,  also  make  a  solution  of 
aluminum  sulphate 
in  water,  both  by 
the  aid  of  heat.  Let  the  solutions  cool 
down, and  when  cold  pour the  aluminum 
sulphate  into  the  soap  solution,  letting 
it  flow 
in  very  slowly  and  under con­
stant  and  vigorous  stirring.  A  copious 
precipitate  of 
is 
thrown  down,  which  is  assembled,  and 
dried  by  the  application  of  gentle  heat. 
The  dried  powder  is  added  to petroleum 
under  gentle  warming,  to  the  extent  of 
from  10  0-0  to  30 0-0,  the  result  being 
that,  on  cooling,  the  mixture  becomes 
solid  and  of  the  consistency  of  vaselin, 
the  more  of  the  oleate  used,  the  harder 
the  mass.  When  added  to  the  extent  of 
10 0-0  the  mixture  makes  an  excellent 
preserving  material  for  shoe  soles. 
It 
is  applied  to  the  soles  as  long  as  the 
leather  will  absorb  it.

P.  W.  Lendower.

The  D rag M arket.

Opium— Continues  dull  and  price  is 

unchanged.

Morphine— Is  unchanged.
Quinine—Advanced  ic  as  a  result  of 
bark  sales  at  Amsterdam.  The  advance 
in  the  price  of  bark  was  unexpected,  as 
large  and  it
the  quantity  offered  was 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

27

-E  DRUG  PRICE  CURRENT

nine.

10® 

Conlum Mac............  
so®  60
Copaiba..................   1 15® l  25
Cubebae...................  l 50®  1  60
Exechthltos............  l 00® 1  10
Erlgeron.................  l oo®  l  io
Gaultheria..............  l 90® 2 00
Geranium, ounce.... 
®  75
Gossippll, Sem. gal..  50®  60
Hedeoma.................  1 60®  1  75
Junlpera.................  l  50® 2  00
Lavendula..............  90® 2 oo
Limonis..................   l  20®  1 30
Mentha Piper.........   1  86®  1 90
Mentha Verld.........   l  60®  l 60
Morrhuae, &al.........   l  io@  l 20
M yrda....................  4 00®  4 so
Olive........................  75® 3 00
Plcls Liquida........... 
12
®  35
Picis Liquida,  gal... 
Rldna.....................   1 00®  1 06
Rosmarini...............  
® l oo
Rosse, ounce............  6 00® 6 50
Succlni....................  40®  45
Sabina....................  90® l oo
Santal......................  2 76® 7 00
Sassafras.................  66®  60
®  65
Sinapls, ess., ounce. 
Tiglll.......................  l  60®  1  60
Thyme.....................   40® 
so
Thyme, opt.............. 
® 1 60
Theobromas...... . 
15®  20
Potassium
Bl-Carb.................... 
16®  18
Bichromate............  
13®  15
Bromide................. 
52®  57
C arb.......................  
12®  16
Chlorate... po. 17@19  16®  18
Cyanide..................  
34®  38
Iodide.....................   2 30® 2  40
Potassa, Bitart, pure  28®  30 
Potassa, Bitart, com. 
®  15
Potass Nitras, opt... 
7®  10
Potass  Nitras.........  
6® 
8
Prus slate.................  23®  26
Sulphate po............  
15®  18

Radix

Aconitum.................  20®  25
Althae...................... 
30®  33
Anchusa................. 
10®  12
Arum  po.................  @  25
Calamus..................  20®  40
Gentiana.........po.  15 
12®  15
16®  18
Glychrrhiza.. .pv.  15 
®  75
Hydrastis  Canaden. 
®  80
Hydrastis Can., po.. 
Hellebore, Alba, po. 
12®  15
Inula,  po................. 
18®  22
Ipecac, po...............   3 60® 3 75
Iris  plox.. .po. 35@38  36®  40
Jalapa. pr...............   25®  30
Maranta,  Ms........... 
®  35
Podophyllum,  po...  22®  25
Rhel.........................  75®  1  00
Rhei, cut................. 
®  1  26
Rhel, p v ....;...........  75®  1  35
Splgella...................  35®  38
Sanguinaria., .po.  15 
®  18
Serpentaria............   50®  55
Senega....................   60®  65
®  40
Smilax, officinalis H. 
Smilax, M...............   @  25
Scillae..............po. 35 
10®  12
Symplocarpus.Foeti-
dus,  po.................  @  25
®  25
Valeriana,Eng. po. 30 
Valeriana,  German. 
is®  20
Zingiber a ...............  
14®  16
Zingiber j.................  25®  27
Semen

®  15
Anlsum...........po.  18 
Apium (graveleons).  13®  15
Bird, is....................  
4® 
6
10®  11
Carni............... po. 15 
Cardamon................  l  25®  1  75
Coriamdrum.............  
8®  10
Cannabis Sativa......   4H@  5
Cvdonium...............   75® l 00
Chenopodium.........  
15®  16
Otpterlx Odorate__  1 00®  1  10
io
Foenlculum.............. 
® 
9
7® 
Foenugreek, po........ 
L ini.........................  SM@ 
5
Lini, grd...... bbl. 4 
4M® 
5
Lobelia...................   45®  50
Pharlaris Canarian..  4M® 
5
R apa.......................  4H@ 
5
Sinapls  Alba........... 
9®  10
Sinapls  Nigra.........  
11®  12
Spiritus 
Frumenti, W. D. Co.  2 oo® 2 50 
Frumenti.  I). F. R..  2 00® 2 25
Frumenti................   l  25® l  50
Juniperls Co. O. T...  1  65® 2 00
Juniperls  Co...........  1 75® 3 50
Saacnarum  N. E ....  1  90® 2  10
Spt. Vini Galli.........  1 75® 6 50
Vini Oporto............   1  25® 2  00
Vini Alba.................  1  25® 2 00

50®  2
@  1
@  1
@  1
@
@  1

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage..............   2 50® 2 75
Nassau sheeps’ wool
carriage................ 2
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage......
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool, carriage......
Grass  sheepsr  wool,
carriage...............
Hard, for slate use.. 
Yellow  R e ef,  for
slate use...............
Syrups
Acacia....................
Auranti Cortex........
Zingiber..................
Ipecac......................
Fetri Iod.................
Rhel Arom..............
Smilax  Officinalis...
Senega ....................
Sclllae.......................

®
@
@
@
@
@
50®
@

Sclllae  Co.................  @  50
Tolutan.................... 
®  50
Prunus  virg............  
®  50
Tinctures
Aconltum Napellis R 
Aconltum Napellis F 
Aloes....................... 
Aloes and M yrrh.... 
Arnica....................  
Assafoetlda.............. 
Atrope Belladonna.. 
Auranti Cortex.......  
Benzoin................... 
Benzoin Co.............. 
Barosma..................  
Cantharides............  
Capsicum................  
Cardamon...............  
Cardamon Co..........  
Castor...................... 
Catechu]................... 
Cinchona............... .• 
Cinchona Co............  
Columba................. 
Cubebae....................  
Cassia Acutlfol........ 
Cassia Acutifol Co... 
Digitalis................... 
Ergot.......................  
Ferri  Chloridum.... 
Gentian................... 
Gentian Co.............. 
Gulaca...................... 
Gulaca ammon........ 
Hyoscyamus............  
Iodine  -.................... 
Iodine, colorless......  
K ino.......................  
Lobelia.................... 
Myrrh................ 
Nux Vomica............  
Opli.......................... 
Opli, comphorated.. 
Opli, deodorized...... 
Quassia................... 
Khatany................... 
Rhei......................... 
Sangulnaria...........  
Serpentaria............  
Strom onlum............  
Tolutan................... 
Valerian................. 
Veratrum  Verlde... 
Zingiber..................  

60
50
60
60
50
50
60
50
60
50
50
75
60
75
75
l  oo
so
6o
6o
50
So
so
5o
So
So
35
So
6o
so
6o
5o
7s
7s
5o
6o
So
5o
75
5o
1  Bo
So
6o
&o
So
6o
6o
6o
So
5j)
2o

 

Miscellaneous 

¿Ether, Spts. Nit. ? F  30®  35
¿Ether, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®  38
Alumen..................   2M@ 
3
Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7 
4
3® 
Annatto...................   40®  50
Antlmonl, po........... 
4® 
5
Antlmoni et Potass T  40®  50
Antipyrin...............   @  25
Antifebrln..............  @  20
Argentl Nitras, oz...  @  50
Arsenicum.............. 
10®  12
Balm Gilead  Buds.. 
38®  40
Bismuth S. N...........  1  65®  1 70
Calcium Chlor., is... 
9
® 
Calcium Chlor., Ms.. 
@  10
Calcium Chlor., Mo..  @  12
Cantharides, Rus.po  @  80
@ 
Capsid Fructus, af.. 
i5
®  15
Capsid  Fructus, po. 
Capsid Fructus B, po 
®  15
Caryophyllus. .po. 15 
12®  14
Carmine, No. 40......   @ 3 oo
Cera Alba.............. 
50®  55
Cera Flava..............  40®  42
Coccus.................... 
®  40
Cassia Fructus........  @  35
Centrarla................. 
©  10
Cetaceum................  @  45
Chloroform  .............  55®  60
Chloroform, squlbbs  @ 1  10 
Chloral Hyd Crst....  1  40®  1  65
Chondrus................   20®  25
Clnchonldine.P. & W  38®  48
Clnchonidlne, Germ.  38®  48
Cocaine..................   6 05®  6 26
75
Corks, list, dis. pr. ct. 
Creosotum...............   @  45
2
Creta.............bbl. 75  @ 
Greta, prep.............. 
® 
5
Creta, preclp........... 
9® 
ll
Creta, Rubra........... 
® 
8
25®  30
Crocus.................... 
Cudbear..................   @  24
Cupri Sulph............   6H® 
8
7®  10
Dextrine................. 
Ether Sulph............   78®  92
8
Emery, all numbers.  @ 
Emery, p o ....I........  @ 
6
Ergota...........po. 90 
85®  90
Flake  White...........  12®  16
Galla.......................   @  23
Gambler................. 
9
Gelatin,  Cooper......   @  60
Gelatin, French......   35®  60
75 &  5
Glassware,  flint, box 
Less than box...... 
70
Glue, brown............  
11®  13
Glue,  white.............  15®  25
Glycerina.................  17 M@  25
Grana Paradis!........  @  25
Humulus................. 
25®  55
Hydrarg Chlor  Mite 
®  1  00 
Hydrarg Chlor Cor..  @  90
Hydrarg Ox Rub’m.  @ 1  10 
Hydrarg  Ammonlatl  @ 1  20 
HydrargUnguentum  50®  60
Hydrargyrum.........   @  85
Ichthyobolla, Am...  66®  70
Indigo......................  75®  1  00
Iodine,  Resubi........  3 40® 3 60
Iodoform.................   3 60®  3 85
Lupulln.................... 
®  50
Lycopodium.............  65®  70
Macl8...... ..............   65®  75
Liquor Arsen et  Hy­
drarg Iod..............  @ 2 5
10® 
LlquorPotassArslnlt 
12 
2® 
3
Magnesia,  Sulph.... 
Magnesia, Sulph, bbl 
®  1M 
Mannia, 8.  F ..„ .,,.  50®  8Q

8® 

8
75
17
42
49
5
10
14
15
56
5
20
40

6
8
15
14

26
00
50
00

24
8
75

55
85
65
50

18
12
18
30
20
12
12
15
15

25
30
12
14
15
17

15
25
75
40
15
2
80
7

18
25
36

38
26
30
20
10

66
45
35
28
65
14
12
30
60
40
55
13
14
16
70
40
00
70
30
75
60
40
50
35
45
90

25
20
25
28
23
25
39
22
26

60
20
20
20

00
65
25
00
:  20
:  75
86
80
85
1 76
25
40

Menthol..................  
® 4 70
Morphia, S., P.& W. 2 05® 2 30 
Morphia, S..N.V. Q.  l  95® 2 20
Morphia, MaL......... l  95® 2 20
Moschus  Canton__  
®  40
Myrlstlca, No. l ......   65®  80
Nux Vomica...po. 16 
®  10
Os Sepia..................  
35®  37
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
D  Co.................... 
© 1  OO
Plcls Liq. N.N.M gal.
doz.......................  @200
Pids Liq., quarts__   @  1  00
Picis Liq.,  pints......   @  85
Pll Hydrarg. ..po. 80  @  50
Piper  Nigra., .po. 22  @  18
Piper  Alba__po. 35  @  30
Pltx Burgtm............   @ 7
Plumbl Acet............ 
10®  12
Pul vis Ipecac et Opll  l  30®  l  so 
Pyre thrum, boxes H.
& P. D. Co., doz...  @  75
Pyrethrum,  pv........  25®  30
8®  10
Quasslae..................  
Qulnla, S. P. &  W...  30®  40
:-o@  40
Qulnla, S.  German.. 
Qulnla, N. T............   30®  40
Rubla Tlnctorum__ 
12®  14
Saccharum Lactls pv  20®  22
Saladn....................  4 50® 4 75
Sanguis  Draconl8... 
40®  50
Sapo, W................... 
12®  14
SapoM.................... 
10® 
12
Sapo  G....................  @  16

SeidUtz Mixture......  20®  22
Sinapls....................  @  18
Sinapls,  o p t...........  @  30
Snuff, Maccaboy, De
Voes....................   @ 4 1
Snulf, Scotch, DeVo’s  @  41
Soda, Boras............. 
9®  11
9®  11
Soda,  Boras, po......  
23®  25
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Carb..............  1M@ 
2
Soda,  Bi-Carb.........  
3® 
5
Soda, Ash...............   3M@ 
4
Soda, Sulphas.........   @ 
2
Spts. Cologne...........  @ 2 60
Spts. Ether  Co........ 
50®  55
Spts. Myrda Dom...  @ 2 00
Spts. Vlnl Rect.  bbl.  @ 
Spts. Vlnl Rect. Hbbl  @ 
Spts. Vlnl Rect. logal  @ 
Spts. Vlnl Rect. 5 gal  @ 
Strychnia, Crystal...  80®  l  05
Sulphur,  Subl.........   2H@ 
4
Sulphur, Roll...........  2M@  3M
8®  10
Tamarinds.............. 
Terebenth Venice... 
28®  30
Theobromae.............  
60®  65
Vanilla....................9 oo@i6 00
Zinc! Sulph.............. 
7® 
8

Oils

Whale, winter......... 
70 
Lard, extra.................  60 
Lard, No. 1................  
45 

BBU  OAL.
70
70
50

64
Linseed, pure raw...  6t 
Linseed, boiled.......   62 
65
60
Neat8foot, winter str  54 
Spirits  Turpentine..  41M  46
P aints  BBL.  LB.
Red Venetian.........   Hi  2  @8
Ochre, yellow  Mars, 
lli  2  @4 
Ochre, yellow Ber...  Hi  2  ®8 
Putty,  commercial..  2M 2M@3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2H 2K@3 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American............  
13®  15
Vermilion, English..  70®  75
Green,  Paris........... 
14®  18
Green, Peninsular... 
13®  16
Lead, red.................  6M@  7
Lead,  white............   6M@  7
Whiting, white Span  @
Whiting, gliders’__   @
White, Paris, Amer.  @  l 
Whiting, Paris, Eng.
cliff.......................  @  1
Universal Prepared.  1  10®  1

8
S
S

6
£

 

Varnishes

No. 1 Turp  Coach...  1  10® l  20
Extra Turp..............  1 60®  1  70
Coach  Body............  2 75® 3 00
No. 1 Turp Furn......1 00®  1  10
Extra Turk Damar..  1  55®  1  60 
Jap.Dryer,No.lTurp  70®  75

H O LID A Y

GOODS

O ur  Holiday  line  will  be  on  ex­
hibition  at  the  Blodgett  Building, 
opposite  our  store,  from  September 
25  to October 25.

W e  invite  you  to  call  and  inspect 

our  line.

Hazeltine  &  Perkins 

Drug  Co.,

G r a nd  R a p i d s ,   M i c h i g a n

28

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

GROCERY  PRICE  CURRENT

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

D ECLIN ED

D ried L im a Beans
Shelled Peanuts
M edium  Pickles
D ried  Beef

I

2

AXLE GREASE 
doz. gross
6 00
Aurora............
..66
Castor  OH.................. 60
7 00
4 25
Diamond................... 60
9 00
Frazer’s ......................75
9 00
I XL Golden, tin boxes 75

ADVANCED
L ard  Compound
Corned  Beef

Index to  Markets

B y  C o lu m n s

Akron  Stoneware........
Alabastlne...................
Ammonia..................... .
Axle Grease...,...........

A

B

Col.
........  15
........  1
........  1
........  1

c

F

D

........  1
Baking Powder............ .
........  1
Bath Brick...................
Bluing.......................... .........  1
Brooms......................... ........  1
Brushes ........................ ........  1
Butter Color................. .........  2
Candles........................ ........  14
Candles......................... ........  2
Canned Goods.......................  2
........  3
Carbon Oils.................. ........  3
Cheese.......................... ........  3
Chewing Gum.......................  3
Chicory....................... ........  3
Chocolate...................... ........  3
Clothes Lines............... ........  3
Cocoa.....................................   3
Cocoanut...............................  3
Cocoa Shells.........................   3
Coffee.......................... ........   3
Condensed Milk............ ......   4
Coupon Books.......................  4
Crackers...............................  4
Cream T artar...............
Dried  Fruits................ ........  5
Farinaceous  Goods---- ........  5
Fish and Oysters......... ........  13
Flavoring Extracts...............  6
........  6
Fresh J&eats................. ........  6
Fruits........................... ........  14
G
Grains and Flour 
6
H
6
H erbs.................
13
Hides and Felts..
I
6
Indigo.................
J
Jelly....................
6
I.
15
Lamp Burners—  
15
Lamp Chimneys..
15
Lanterns..............
15
Lantern  Globes..
7
Licorice..............
7
Lye......................
M
Matches..............
Meat Extracts....
Molasses...........
Mustard..............
N
Nuts....................
O
Oil Cans..............
Olives. . ...............
Oyster Pails........
P
Paper Bags.........
P uls Green........
Pickles..'.............
Pipes.................
Potash................
Provisions...........
B
Bice....................
S
Saleratus............
Sal Soda..............
Salt......................
Salt  Fish............
Sauerkraut.........
Seeds.................
Shoe Blacking  ...
Snuff..................
Soap....................
Soda....................
Spices............
Starch.................
Stove Polish.......
Sugar.................
Syrups................
T
Table Sauce........
Tea......................
Tobacco ..............
Twine.................
V
Vinegar ..............
W
Washing Powder.
Wicklng..............
Woodenware......
Wrapping Paper.
V
V eut Cake..........

7
7
7
14
15 
7 
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
10
10
10
9
12
11
11
12
12
1213
13
13
13

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

9 00
6 00

BAKING  POW DER 

Eg«

H lb. cans,  4 doz. case.......3 75
*  lb. cans,  2 doz. case.......3 75
lib. cans, 
1 doz. case....... 3 75
5 lb. cans, *  doz.  case........8 00

J A X O N

Queen  Flake

\  lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  45
*  lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  85
l 
lb. cans. 2 doz. case........1 60
3 oz., 6 doz. case....................2 70
6 oz., 4 doz. case....................3 20
9 oz., 4 doz. case....................4 80
1 lb., 2 doz. case....................4 00
51b., l doz. case...................9 00

Royal

lOcstze__  90
*  lb. cans  l  35 
6 oz. cans,  l  90
*   lb. cans 2 50 
% lb. cans  3 75 
1 lb.  cans.  4 80 
3 lb. cans  13 00 
5 lb. cans. 21 50

BATH  BRICK

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

BLUING

Arctic, 4 oz. ovals, per gross 4 00 
Arctic, 8 oz. ovals, per grosse 00 
Arctic 16 oz. round per gross 9 00

Small size, per doz........
Large size, perdoz........

BROOMS

No. 1 Carpet...................
No. 2 Carpet...................
No. 3 Carpet...................
No. 4 Carpet..................
Parlor  Gem...................
Common Whisk.............
Fancy Whisk.................
Warehouse....................

BRUSHES

Scrub

Solid Back,  8 In............
Solid Back, 11 I n ...........
Pointed Ends................
No. 8..............................
No. 7..............................
No. 4...............................
NO. 3...............................

Shoe

...  40
...  76

...2 50
...2  16
...1  85
...1  60
...2 40
...  86
...1  10
...3 26

...  45
...  95
...  85
...1 00
...1  30
...1  70
...1  90

Tomatoes
F air......................... 
Good....................... 
Fancy............................  
l 06
Gallons........................... 
2 75
Columbia,  pints........................2 00
Columbia, *  pints.................... l 25

CATSUP

90
95

CARBON OILS 

B arrels

Eocene.......................   @10*
Perfection..................   @ 9*
Diamond White.........   @ 8*
D. S. Gasoline............  @12*
Deodorized Naphtha..  @10*
Cylinder....................... 29  @34
Engine........................19  @22
Black, winter...............  9  @10&
CHEESE
Acme.......................  
@11*
@li
Amboy.........................  
@11
Carson City................... 
@11*
Elsie......................... 
@11*
Emblem................... 
Gem.............................. 
@12
Gold Medal................... 
@11
Ideal............................ 
@11
Jersey..........................  
@12
Riverside................. 
@ll*
Brick.......................  
14@15
Edam...........................  
@90
Leiden......................... 
@17
Llmburger...............  
Pineapple................ 
Sap  Sago.................  
CHEWING GUM 
56
American Flag Spruce.... 
Beeman’s Pepsin.............  
60
Blackjack......................  
55
Largest Gum  Made...................  60
Sen Sen  ,........................... 
66
l 00
Sen Sen Breath Perfume.. 
Sugar Loaf...................  
55
55
Yucatan............................ 
Bulk...................... 
5
 
Bed......................................  7
Eagle............................ ••....  4
Franck’s .............................   6*
Schener’s.............................  6

13@14
50@75
19@20

CHICORY

 

 

CHOCOLATE 

Walter Baker & Co.’s.

COCOA

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, 60 ft.  per doz...........l  20
Cotton, 60 ft. per doz...........1 40
Cotton, 70 ft. per doz...........1 60
Cotton, 80 ft. per doz.......... 1  80
Jute, 60 ft. per doz..............  80
Jute, 72 ft. per doz.............    95
Cleveland.............................   41
Colonial, Ms  .......................   38
Colonial, * s .........................  33
Epps.............. 
42
Huyler.................................  45
Van Houten, * s ..................  12
Van Houten, *8..................  20
Van Houten, * s ..................  38
Van Houten,  is..................   70
Webb................................  
30
Wilbur, * s ..........................   41
Wilbur, ms...........................  42
Dunham’s * s ..................   26
Dunham’s * s and Ms......  26*
Dunham’s  Ms..................   27
Dunham’s  Ms...................  28
Bulk..................................  13
20 1b. bags.......................... 
Less quantity....................  
Pound packages................ 

COCOA SHELLS

COCOANUT

 

 

COFFEE
Roasted

2*
3
4

HIGH GRADE.

Coffees

Special Combination..........15
French Breakfast...............17*
Lenox, Mocha & Java.........21
Old Gov’t Java and Mocha..24 
Private Estate, Java & Moc.26  • 
Supreme, Java and Mocha .27 
Dwlnell-Wright  Co.’s Brands.
White House, 60-ls............ 29
White House, 30-2s.............28
Excelsior M. & J., 60-ls.. 
.. 21*
Excelsior M. & J., 30-2s......20*
Royal Java......................... 26*
Royal Java & Mocha..........26*
Arabian  Mocha................. 28*
AdenMoch......................... 22*
Freeman  Merc. Co. Brands.
Marexo............................... 11
Porto Rican........................14
Honolulu  ............................ 16*
Parker  House J  & M........ 25
Monogram J  & M.............. 28
Mandehling........................31*
Common............................. 10*
F a ir....................................11
Choice.................................13
Fancy..................................15
Common............................. u
F air....................................14
Choice.................................15
Fancy.................................17
Peaberry.............................13
F air....................................12
Choice......... ........................16

Maracaibo

Santos

Rio

Mexican

Choice...................................16
Fancy............................. 
 

Guatem ala

Choice.................................. 16

Ja v a

African................................ 12*
Fancy African.....................17
O. G...................................... 25
P. G...................................... 29

Arabian..............................  21

Mocha

Package 

New York Basis.

Arbuckle............................ 10*
Dllworth.............................10*
Jersey.................................10*
Lion....................................10*
M cLaughlin’s XXXX 
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mail  all  orders 
direct  to W.  F.  McLaughlin & 
Co., Chicago.

E xtract

Valley City *  gross.............  75
Felix *  gross.......................1 15
Hummers foil *  gross........  85
Hummel’s tin *  gross........1  43

CONDENSED  M ILK 

4 doz in case.

 

Gail Borden Eagle...... . ....6 40
Crown.................................. 6  25
Daisy....................................5 75
Champion............................4 50
Magnolia............................. 4 25
Challenge............................ 4  10
Dime............... 
3 35
Leader.................................4 00

COUPON  BOOKS 
l 60 
50 books, any  denom... 
100 books, any  denom...  2 60 
600 books, any  denom...  11  60
1.000 books, any  denom...  20 00 
Above quotations are for either
Tradesman, Superior, Economic 
or  Universal  grades.  Where
1.000 books are ordered at a time 
customer receives  sp e cially  
printed  cover  without  extra 
charge.

Soda

Oyster

B utter

CRACKERS

Credit Checks 

Coupon  Pass  Books 
Can be made to represent any 
denomination from $10 down.
60  books....................... 
l  50
100  books.......................  2  60
600  books.......................  ll  50
1.000  books.......................  20  00
600, 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............................  6M
New York......................... 
6*
Family.............................  
6M
Salted................................ 
6M
Wolverine.........................  6M
Soda  XXX.......................  6M
Soda, City......................... 
8
Long Island Wafers.........   13
Zephyrette........................  13
F au st...............................  7*
Farina..............................   6M
Extra Farina.................... 
6*
Saltine Oyster...... ...........  6*
Sweet  Goods—Boxes
Animals............................  10
Assorted  Cake.................  10
Belle Bose......................... 
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......................  10*
Cubans.............................  
ll*
Currant Fruit...................  12
Frosted Honey.................   12
Frosted Cream.................  9
Ginger Gems, l’rge or sm’ll  8
Ginger  Snaps, N. B. C__ 
6*
Gladiator..........................   10*
Grandma Cakes...............   9
Graham Crackers............. 
8
Graham  Wafers...............   12
Grand Rapids  Tea......... .  16
Honey Fingers.................  12
Iced Honey Crumpets......  10
Imperials.........  ..............   8
Jumbles, Honey...............   12
Lady Fingers....................  12
Lemon Snaps....................   12
Lemon Wafers.................  16
Marshmallow...................   16
Marshmallow Creams......  16
Marshmallow Walnuts__  16
8
Mary Ann......................... 
Mixed Picnic....................  11*
Milk Biscuit...................... 
7*
Molasses Cake................. 
8
Molasses Bar...................  9
Moss Jelly Bar.................  12*
Newton..................... 
12
Oatmeal Crackers.............  8
Oatmeal Wafers...............   12
Orange Crisp....................  9
Orange Gem.....................   9
Penny Cake......................  8
Pilot Bread, XXX............  
7*
Pretzelettes, hand made.. 
8*
Pretzels, hand  made.......  
8*
Scotch Cookies.................   9
Sears’ Lunch............... 
 
7*
8
Sugar Cake.......................  
Sugar Cream, XXX.........  
8

 

8
Sugar Squares................... 
Sultanas............................  13
Tutti Fruttl.......................  16
17
Vanilla Wafers.................   16
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

California F ru its

Sundrled.........................  @6
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes.  @9 
Apricots.....................  9@ 9*
Blackberries..............
Nectarines.................
Peaches......................8  @20
Pears.......................... 7*
Pitted Cherries...........
Prunnelles.................
Raspberries .-.............
100-120 26 lb. boxes........  @
90-100 25 lb. boxes........  @ 4*
80 - 90 25lb. boxes........  @
70 - 80 2&lb. boxes........  @
60 - 70 25lb. boxes........  @ 6*
50 - 60 25 lb. boxes........  @ 7*
40 - 60 25 lb. boxes........  @ 8*
30 - 40 25lb. boxes........

California Prunes

*  cent less In 60 lb. cases 

Citron

Peel

C urrants

Leghorn...................................ll
Corsican..................................12
California, 1 lb.  package__
Imported, 1 lb package.......  9
Imported, bulk............. .. 
8*
Citron American 19 lb. bx... 13 
Lemon American 10 lb. bx..l0* 
Orange American 10 lb. bx.. 10* - 
London Layers 2 Crown.
London Layers 3 Crown. 
Cluster 4 Crown............
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
L. M., Seeded, 1  lb........ 
L. M., Seeded, 1£  lb....  6*
Sultanas, b u lk ....................
Sultanas, package..............

2  16
7
7*
8
8*

Raisins

FARINACEOUS  GOODS 

Beans

F arin a

Cereals

Dried Lima...  ...............
6
2 00
Medium Hand Picked
Brown Holland...............
..2 60
Cream of Cereal..............
..  90
Graln-O, small...............
..1  36
Graln-O, large.................
..2  26
Grape Nuts.....................
..1  36
Postum  Cereal, small__ ..1  36
Postum  Cereal, large......
.  2 26
241 lb. packages............
.1   13
Bulk, per 100 lbs..............
..2  26
Flake, 60 lb. sack............
90
Pearl,  2001b. bbl.............
..3 80
Pearl, 100 lb. sack...........
..1  80
Maccaroni  and V erm icelli
Domestic, 10 lb. box........
..  60
Imported. 26 lb. box........ ..  2 60
Common......................... ...2 40
Chester............................ ...2 90
Empire............................
..3 40

P earl  B arley

H om iny

Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

Grits

i
l r = = * Ä = ^ i i

Peas

Rolled  Oats

24 2 lb. packages.................. 2 00
100 lb. kegs........................... 3 00
200 fl>. barrels.......................5 70
100 lb. bags............................2 90
Green, Wisconsin, bu...........1 30
Green, Scotch, bu.................1 60
Split,  lb............................... 2*
Rolled Avena, bbl............... .5 30
Steel Cut, 100 lb. sacks___  2 55
Monarch, bbl........................5 00
Monarch, *  bbl....................2 65
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks...........2 40
Quaker, cases.......................3 20
East India...........................   2*
German, sacks....................   3*
German, broken package..  4 
Flake,  no lb. sacks.............4*
Pearl, 130 lb. sacks...... .......3*
Pearl, 241 lb.  packages...... 6
Cracked, bulk......................  3*
24 2 lb. packages........... .  ..2 60
FLAVORING EXTRACTS

Tapioca

w h eat

Sago

FOOTE & JE N E S ’

JAXON

H ighest  G rade  E xtracts
Vanilla 
Lemon

1 oz full m .120  1 oz full m.  so 
2 ozfullm.2 io  2ozfullm .l25 
No. 3 fan *y .3 15  No.Sfan’y .l 75

Stove

Corn

Beans

CANDLES

French  Peas

Blackberries

Clam Bouillon

BUTTER  COLOR 

No. 3.....................................  75
No. 2.....................................1  10
No. 1.....................................1 75
W.,B. & Co.’s, 15c size....  125 
W.,R. & Co.’s, 25c size....  2 00 
Electric Light, 8s.................12
Electric Light, 16s................12*
Paraffine, 6s.........................10*
Paraffine, 12s ....................... ll
Wicklng 
................29

CANNED  GOODS 

«)
85
96
22
19
15
11
90
85
l 86
3 40
2 36
175
2 80
l 75
2 80
l 75
2 80
18® 20
22®25

..... 
Apples
3 lb. Standards........ 
l  00
3 25
Gallons, standards.. 
Standards................ 
80
Baked......................  l  oo@i  30
76®  85
Bed Kidney............  
String...................... 
80
85
Wax.........................  
Blueberries
Standard.................... 
85
Brook  T rout
2 lb. cans, Spiced..............  1  90
Clams.
Little Neck, 1 lb...... 
l 00
Little Neck. 2 lb...... 
1 50
Burnham’s, *  pint...........  1 92
Burnham’s, pints..............  3 60
Burnham’s, quarts...........  7 20
Cherries
Bed  Standards...........
White.........................
Fair.......................... 
Good........................ 
Fancy................... 
Sur Extra Fine................. 
Extra  Fine.......................  
Fine...................................  
Moyen........................ :... 
Gooseberries .
Standard................  
H om iny
Standard. ................  
Lobster
Star, *  lb................. 
Star, 1  lb.................  
Picnic Tails.............. 
M ackerel
Mustard, H b........... 
Mustard, 2 lb........... 
Soused, l lb.............. 
Soused, 2 lb............  
Tomato, l lb............  
Tomato, 21b............  
M ushrooms
Hotels.......................  
Buttons....................  
Oysters
Cove, 1 lb.................  
Cove, 2 lb.................  
Cove, l lb Oval........ 
Peaches
P ie..........................
Yellow....................   1  65@1  85
Pears
l oo
Standard.................  
Fancy....................... 
l 25
Marrowfat.............. 
1 00
Early June.............. 
l 00
1 60
Early June  Sifted.. 
Pineapple
Grated  ................... 
l 25@2 75
Sliced.......................   1 38@2 56
Pum pkin
Fair  .......................  
70
Good.........   ...........  
75
85
Fancy...................... 
Raspberries
Standard..................  
1 15
Russian  Cavier
*  lb. cans..............................   3 75
*  lb, cans..............................   7 00
1 lb. can................................  12 00
Columbia River, tails 
@1  85
®2 09
Columbia Biver, flats 
Bed Alaska.............   1  30® l  40
Pink Alaska............ 
l  10@1  25
Shrim ps
l  50
Standard................. 
Sardines
Domestic, * s ........... 
4
Domestic, % s.......... 
8
Domestic,  Mustard. 
7
California, ms.........  
I1@14
17®24
California * s ..........  
French, Ms.............. 
7®14
French, * s.............. 
18@28
Standard.................  
l  oo
l  25
Fancy...................... 
Succotash
Fair..........................  • 
90
1  Oo
Good........................ 
Fancy...................... 
l  20

Straw berries

Salmon

156
96

Peas

85

6

Vanilla 

Lemon

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

3 oz.........  1  00  3 oz.........   l  60
6 OZ.........   2  00  4 OZ.........   2 00
.1 5 2   No. 3 T...  2 08
No. 4T 
O nr Tropical.

2 oz. Assorted Flavors 75c. 

2 oz. full measure, Lemon..  76
4 oz. full measure, Lemon..  1  50 
2 oz. full measure, Vanilla..  90 
4 oz. full measure, Vanilla..  1  80
2 oz. Fanel Vanilla Tonka..  70
2 oz. Panel Lemon............. 
60

Standard.

FLY  PA PER

Tanglefoot, per box.............   35
Tanglefoot, per  case.......... 3  20

FRESH  HEATS 

Beef

P ork

Carcass....................   6  @  8
Forequarters.........  
5  @6
Hindquarters.........  
7*@ 9
Loins........................  10  @13
Ribs.........................  8  @12
7*@  8
Rounds.................... 
ChucKs.................... 
5*@ 6
Plates...................... 
3  @5
Dressed........................ 
Loins............................ 
Boston Butts........... 
Shoulders................ 
Leaf  Lard................ 
M utton
Carcass.................... 
Lambs...................... 
Carcass....................  8  @9
GRAINS  AND  FLOUR 

@8
@ll
@ 9%
@  9Vi
@  9
7  @9
7*@  8*

Veal

W heat

W h eat............. ............. 
W inter  W heat  F lour

68

Local Brands

Spring W heat  F lour 

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

Patents.............................  4 20
Second Patent..................   3 70
Straight.............................  3 60
Second Straight................  3 30
Clear............................. '..  3  10
Graham............................  3  40
Buckwheat.......................  4 00
Bye....................................  3 20
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour In bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Diamond * s......................  3  85
Diamond 14s.....................   3  8B
Diamond * s.....................   3  85
Quaker * s........................   3  80
Quaker 14s........................   3  80
Quaker * s........................   3  80
Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.’s Brand
Plllsbury’s  Best 14s.........   4 35
Plllsbury’8  Best 14s.........   4  25
Plllsbury’s  Best 14s.........   4  15
Plllsbury’s Best 14s paper.  4  15 
Plllsbury’s Best 14s paper.  4  15 
Ball-Bamhart-Putman’s Brand
Duluth  Imperial 14s.........  4  40
Duluth  Imperial 14s.........  4  30
Duluth  Imperial 14s.........  4  20
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand
4 25
Wlngold  14s.................... 
Wingold  14s.................... 
4  15
Wlngold  14s.................... 
4 05
Ceresota 14s......................  4 25
Ceresota 148......................  4  15
Ceresota 14s......................  4 05
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand40
Laurel  14s.........................  4  20
Laurel  148.........................  4  10
Laurel  * • .........................  4  00
Laurel 14s and 14s paper..  4 00 
Bolted...............................  2  60
Granulated.......................  2  75
Car  lots.............................  881»
Car lots, clipped...............   41
Less than car lots............

Olney & Judson’s Brand

H eal

Oats

Feed and Hillstufffe 

St. Car Feed, screened....  22 60 
No. 1 Com and  Oats...  ..  22 00
Unbolted Com  Meal........  21  60
Winter Wheat Bran.........  16  00
Winter Wheat  Middlings.  17  oo
Screenings.......................   16  50
Corn, car  lots...................  6814

Corn
Hay

No. l Timothy car lots__ 10  50
No. 1 Timothy ton lots....  11 50 
S ag e....» .................. 
15
Hops....................................... 16
Laurel Leaves......................... 16
Senna Leaves................. ....26

HERBS

 

7
INDIGO

JELLY

Madras, 5 lb. boxes................55
S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes.........50
5lb.palls.per doz__.... 
i 90
151b. palls............................  38
301b. palls............... ...........   72
Pure....................................   30
Calabria..... .........................  23
Sicily...................................   14
Root..................................... 
io
Condensed, 2 doz................ l  20
Condensed, 4 doz.................2 26

LICORICE

LYE

HATCHES

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No.  9 sulphur.....................l 65
Anchor Parlor....................l 50
No. 2 Home.........................l so
Export Parlor..................... 4 oo
Wolverine........................... l  50

HEAT  EXTRACTS

Armour & Co.’s, 2 oz........  4 45
Liebig’s, 2  oz....................  2 75

40
35
26
22

HOLASSES 
New  Orleans

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

Half-barrels 2c extra 
HUSTARD

OLIVES

Horse Radish, l doz............l  76
Horse Radish, 2 doz............3 50
Bayle’8 Celery, l doz...........l  75
Bulk, 1 gal. kegs...............  
l 25
Bulk, 3 gal. kegs............... 
i io
Bulk, 5 gal. kegs...............  
l 00
Manzanilla, 7 oz...............  
80
Queen, pints.....................   2 35
Queen, 19 oz.....................  4 50
Queen, 28  oz.....................   7 oo
Stuffed, 5 oz...................... 
90
Stuffed, 8 Oz.....................   1 45
Stuffed, 10 oz....................  2 30
Continental  Paper  Bag  Co.

PA PER  BAGS

Ask your Jobber for them.

Glory  Mayflower 
Satchel  & Pacific 
Bottom 
Square

X ........... ...........  28
* ........... ...........  34
1........... ...........  44
2........... ...........  54
3........... ...........  66
4........... ...........  76
5 ........... ...........  90
6........... ...........1  06
8........... ...........1  28
10........... ...........1  38
12........... ...........1  60
14........... ...........2  24
16........... ...........2  34
20........... ...........2  52
25...........
S u g a r
R e d .......
.... 
Gray.................................. 

‘ 50
60
80
1  00
1  25
1  45
1  70
2  00
2  40
2 60
3  15
4  15
4  50
5  00
5  50
4Í
43£

PARIS  GREEN

Bulk......................................14
Packages, 14 lb., each..........18
Packages, 14 lb., each..........17
Packages,  1 lb., each..........16

PICKLES
M edium

Barrels, 1,200 count......
Half bbls, 600 count......

Small

PIPES

Barrels, 2,400 count......
Half bbls, 1.200 count...

Clay, No. 216..................
Clay, T. D., full count... 
Cob, No. 3......................

POTASH

....6 50 
....3 75

....8  00 
...4 50

....1 70 
...  65 
...  85

48 cans In case.
Babbitt’s .......................
Penna Salt Co.’s............ 8
PROVISIONS 
B arreled Pork

8C
O

Mess........................
Back.......................
Clear back...............
Short out.................
P ig..........................
Bean........................
Family Mess............

Bellies.....................
Briskets..................
Extra shorts............

D ry  Salt H eats

@16 00 
@18 25 
@19 00 
@18 50 
@21  00 
@17 25 
@18 76

*
O
K
O
O

Smoked  H eats

Hams, 121b. average.  @12*
Hams, 141b. average.  @  1234
Hams, 16 lb. average.  @  12
Hams, 20 lb. average.  @  1134
Ham dried beef......   @  1314
Shoulders (N.Y. cut)  @  914
Bacon, clear............   10X@  H14
California hams......   @  9
Boiled Hams.......... 
@17
Picnic Boiled Hams  @  13
@  9
Berlin  Ham  pr’s’d. 
Mince Hams'......... 
@
Compound...............
Pure.........................
Vegetole...............
60 lb. Tubs.. advance
80 lb. Tubs.. advance
50 lb. Tins... advance
20 lb. Palls, .advance
10 lb. Pails.. advance
51b. Palls., advance
81b. Pails., advanoe

9*
8
11
8«
%
%
X
X
X
1
1

Lards—In Tierces

........6*
........fi
....... 6*

Carolina head...............
Carolina No. 1 ..............
Carolina No. 2 ..............
Broken ........................
Im ported.
Japan,  No.  l ................. 5*@
Japan,  No. 2................. 4*@
Java, fancy head.......... @
Java, No. i .................... @
Table...............................  @

SALERATUS

Packed 60 lbs. in box.

Church’s Arm and Hammer. 3  15
Deland’s..............................3 00
Dwight’s  Cow.....................3  15
Emblem....................... .......2  10
L.  P .............................. ......3 00
Wyandotte, 100  Ks...... ......3 00
Granulated, bbls......... ......  90
Granulated, 100 lb. cases__ 1  ro
Lump, bbls................... .... 
80
Lump, 145 lb. kegs........ ......   85

SAL  SODA

SALT
Buckeye

Cod

Diamond Crystal 

100  31b. bags...................... 3 00
50  61b. bags.......................3 00
22 14 lb. bags.......................2 75
In 5 bbl. lots  5  per  cent,  dis­
count.
Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes.. l  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, 2014lb.bags.2 85
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs........ 7..  27
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs........ ...  67
Common  Grades
100 3 lb. sacks..................
..2 25
60 5 lb. sacks.................. ...2  15
2810 lb. sacks................. ...2 05
56 lb. sacks....................
40
28 lb. sacks....................
22
56 lb. dairy In drill bags.. ..  40
28 lb. dairy in drill bags.. ..  20
56 lb. dairy In linen sacks ..  60
66 lb. dairy In Unen sacks ..  60
56 lb. sacks......................
..  25
Granulated  Fine............
..  85
Medium Fine...................
..  90
SALT  FISH '

Solar  Rock
Common

Ashton
Higgins

W arsaw

T rout

H erring

H alibut.

Georges cured............ @ 6
Georges  genuine........ @ 6*
Georges selected........ @ 7
Grand Bank...............
@ 6
Strips or  bricks.........   6*@10*
Pollock....................... @ 3%
Strips..............................
....10
Chunks....................... .
....12
No. 1100 lbs.....................
6  25
No. 1  40 lbs.....................
2  80
No. 1  101b8.....................
78
No. 1  8 lbs.....................
69
Holland white hoops, bbl.  10 25 
Holland white hoops *bbl.  5  60 
Holland white hoop, keg.. 
75 
Holland white hoop mchs. 
85
Norwegian....................
Round loo lbs....................  3 00'
Round 40 lbs.....................   1 50
Scaled.............................  
19
Bloaters............................  
l  60
Mess 100 lbs.........  ...........  li  oo
Mess  40 lbs......................   4  70
Mess  10 lbs......................   1  25
Mess  8 lbs......................   1  03
No. 1100 lbs.....................   9 76
NO. 1  40 lbs.....................  4 20
No. 1  10 lbs......................   1  12
No. 1  8 lbs................... . 
93
No. 2 100 lbs......................   8  25
NO. 2  40 lbs......................   8  60
No. 2  10 lbs......................  
98
NO. 2  8 lb«......................  
81

M ackerel

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

29

8
Sausages
Bologna..................
Liver .......................
Frankfort................
P o rk .......................
Blood.......................
Tongue....................
Headcheese............
Beef
Extra Mess..............
Boneless..................
Rump......................
Pigs’  Feet
X bbls., 40 lbs.........
X bbls., 80 lbs.........
Tripe
Kits, 15  lbs..............
X bbls., 40 lbs.........
X bbls., 80 lbs.........
Casings
P o rk .......................
Beef rounds............
Beef  middles...........
Sheep.......................
Butte rine
Solid, dairy..............
Rolls, dairy..............
Rolls, creamery......
Solid, creamery......
Corned beef, 2 lb .... 
Corned beef, 14 lb ... 
Roast beef, 2 lb........ 
Potted ham,  14s......  
Potted ham,  * s ......  
Deviled ham, 14s__ 
Deviled ham, 14s__  
Potted tongue,  14s.. 
Potted tongue,  14s.. 
Domestic

RICE

Canned  H eats 

10

P u re  Cane

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

STARCH

Klngsford’s  Corn

40 l-lb. packages...............   63í
20 l-lb. packages..............   7
6 lb. packages...............  
7%
Kings ford's Silver Gloss

40 l-lb. packages...............   7*

Common Gloss

l-lb. packages..................   5*
3-lb. packages...................  5
6-lb. packages..................   6
40 ana 60-lb. boxes............  4
Barrels.............................   3X

9

W hite fish

No. 1  No. 2  Fam
3 25
1  65
48
42

100  lbs...........7 60 
40  lbs........... 8 30 
10 lbs...........  90 
8 lbs...........  75 
SEEDS
Anise.......................
Canary, Smyrna......
Caraway.................
Cardamon, Malabar.
Celery.......................
Hemp, Russian........
Mixed Bird..............
Mustard, white........
Poppy......................
Rape.......................
Cuttle Bone...... .......
SHOE  BLACKING
Handy Box, large............   2 50
l  25
Handy Box, small............  
Bixby’s Royal Polish........ 
85
Miller’s Crown  Polish...... 
85
Scotch, In bladders..............  37
Maccaboy, In jars................  35
French Rappee, In jars......   43
B. T. Babbit brand—

1  oo 
10 4 
4 
7 
6 
4 
14

SNUFF

SOAP

Babbit’s Best..................
Beaver Soap Co. brands

6*
8
8*
6*
ex
10 75
11  50
11  50
1  60
2 90
70
1  25
2 25
21
4
12
65
@13*
@11
17*
17
2 60
17  50
2 60
60
90
so
90
50
90

II
No.  8................................   4 60
No.  9,.................. 
  4 45
NO. 10................................   4 40
NO. 11................................   4 35
No. 12.........................  
4 30
No. 13................................   4 30
No. 14...............................     4 25
NO. 15................................   4  25
NO. 16................................   4 25

 

 

 

TEA
Jap an

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............... 
19@21
Fannings........................20@22

 

Gunpowder

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

50 cakes, large size...........
100 cakes, large size...........
50 cakes, small size..........
100 cakes, small size...........
Bell & Bogart brands—
Coal Oil Johnny............
Peekin............................
Detroit Soap Co. brands—
Queen Anne...................
Big Bargain..............—
Umpire...........................
German Family..............
Dlngman Soap Co. brand—
Dingman........................
N. K. Fairbanks brands—
Santa Claus....................
Brown.............................
Fairy...............................
Fels brand—
Naptha............................
Gowans & Sons brands—
Oak Leaf.........................
Oak Leaf, big 5...............

3 25
6 50 
1  95 
.3 85
3 90
4 00
3  15
1  75
2  15
2  45
3 85
3 25 
2 40
4 00
4 00
3 25
4 00

J A X O N

Lautz Bros, brands—

Single box................. ;........ 3 00
5 box lots, delivered...........2 96
10 box lots, delivered........... 2 90
Johnson Soap Co. brands—
Silver King.....................   3 60
Calumet Family.............   2  70
Scotch Family.................. 2  50
Cuba................................. 2  40
50 cakes....................  1  95
Ricker’s Magnetic.........   3 90
Big Acme..........................4 00
Acme 5c..........................  3  25
Marseilles.......................  4 00
Master...............  
3 70
Lenox.............................  3 00
Ivory, 6 oz.........................4 00
Ivory, 10 oz.....................  6  75
Star...................................3 00
Good Cheer....................  3 80
Old Country...................    3  20
Sapollo, kitchen, 3 doz........ 2 40
Sapollo, hand, 3 doz................. 2 40
Boxes...................................  5*
Kegs, English......................4X

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

Proctor & Gamble brands—

Scouring

SODA

Best Gloss Starch, 50 lb......
Best Gloss Starch, 40 lb......
Best Gloss Starch,  6 lb......
Best Gloss Starch,  31b......
Best Gloss Starch,  lib ......
W orks:  Venicq, 111.
Geneva, 111.

SPICES

W hole Spices

Allspice............................. 
Cassia, China In mats...... 
Cassia, Batavia, In bund... 
Cassia, Saigon, broken__  
Cassia, Saigon, In rolls.... 
Cloves, Amboyna.............. 
Cloves, Zanzibar............ .. 
Mace......... ......................  
Nutmegs,  75-80.. .............. 
Nutmegs,  105-10...............  
Nutmegs, 115-20................  
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper,  Singapore, white. 
Pepper, shot...................... 
P u re 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

Corn

Barrels.................................23
Half bbls.............................25
1 gallon cans, per doz........8 50
*  gallon cans, per doz........1  95
X  gallon cans, per doz....... 1  00

12
12
28
38
55
17
14
56
50
40
35
18 
28
20
16
28
48
17
15
18
25
65
18
17
25
20
20

No. 4,3 doz In case, gross..  4 50 
No. 6,3 doz In case, gross  .  7 20

SUGAR

M ing point, giving you credit 

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds  the local 
freight from New York to your
e invoice  for  the  amount 
of freight  buyer pays  from  the 
market  In which  he  purchases 
to his shipping point,  including 
20 pounds for the weight of the
barrel.
Domino.............................  5  70
Cut Loaf............................  5  70
Crushed............................  5  70
Cubes................................  5 45
Powdered.........................  5  30
Coarse  Powdered............   5 30
XXXX Powdered............   5 35
Fine Granulated...............   5  10
2 lb. bags Fine  Gran____  5 25
5 lb. bags Fine  Gran........  5 25
Mould A............................  5 65
Diamond  A ......................  5  20
Confectioner’s  A..............  5 05
No. 
l, Columbia A..........  4 90
No.  2, Windsor A...........   4  86
No.  3, Ridgewood A.......  4 85
No.  4, Phoenix  A...........   4 80
No.  5, Empire A.............  4 75
No.  6...............................   4 70
No.  7...............................   4 60

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

Young Hyson

Oolong

Choice.................................. 30
Fancy...................................36
Formosa, fancy....................42
Amoy, medium....................25
Amoy, choice.......................32
Medium................................27
Choice.................................. 34
Fancy..................................42

English Breakfast

In dia

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

TOBACCO

Cigars

A. Bomers’ brand.

Plaindealer.......................35  00
H. & P. Drug Co.’s brands.
Fortune Teller.................  35
Our Manager.....................  35
Quintette..........................   85
G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand,

8
8
8

8.0. W..................................   35 00
Cigar Clippings, per lb......  
Lubetsky Bros.’ Brands.
B. L........................................$35 00
Gold Star...............................  35 00

26

Fine  Cut

Uncle Daniel........................54
Ojibwa.................................34
Forest  Giant....................... 34
Sweet Spray........................ 38
Cadillac................................57
Sweet  Loma.........................38
Golden Top.......................... 26
Hiawatha............................. 58
Telegram..............................28
Pay Car............................... 32
Prairie Rose......................... 48

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

80

12

Protection.............................38
Sweet Burley........................40
Sweet Loma......................... 38
Tiger.................................... 38

P lug

Flat Iron..............................33
Creme de Menthe................60
Stronghold............................38
Elmo......................................33
Sweet Chunk......... .............37
Forge.................. 
33
Bed Cross............................. 32
Palo......................................35
Kylo......................................35
Hiawatha............................. 41
Battle Axe 
.......................36
American Eagle................... 53
Standard Navy.....................36
Spear Head, 16 oz................ 44
Spear Head,  8oz................ 43
Nobby Twist........................47
Jolly T ar..............................87
Old Honesty......................... 43
Toddy.,............................... 34
J. T .......................................37
Piper Heldslck.....................63
Boot Jack............................. 80
Jelly Cake............................ 36
Plumb Bob........- ................32

Smoking

Hand Pressed...................... 40
Ibex......................................28
Sweet Core...........................36
Flat Car................................35
Great Navy...........................37
W arpath..............................26
Bamboo,  8 oz...................... 28
Bamboo, 16 oz...................... 26
I XL,  61b...........................28
I XL, 30 lb...........................32
Honey Dew......................... 37
Gold  Block...........................37
Flagman..............................41
Chips....................................34
Kiln Dried...........................24
Duke’s Mixture................... 38
Duke’s Cameo......................40
Honey Dip Twist................. 39
Myrtle Navy........................40
Turn Yum, IS oz..................40
Yum Yum, 1 lb. palls...........38
Cream...................................37
Corn Cake, 2*4 oz................. 25
Com Cake, lib .....................23
Plow Boy, IK oz................ 39
Plow Boy, 3*4 oz.................37
Peerless, 3*4 oz.................... 34
Peerless, IS oz.................... 36
Indicator, 2*4 oz...................28
Indicator, l lb. palls......... 31
Col. Choice, 2*4 oz..............21
Col. Choice. 8 oz...................21

TABLE SAUCK8
LEA &

M  PERRINS’ 

SAUCE

The Original and 
Genuine
__  
Worcestershire.
Lea fc Perrin’s, large........  3 75
Lea & Perrin’s, small......   2 60
Halford, large...................  3 76
Halford, small..................   2 26
Salad Dressing, large......   4 66
Salad Dressing, small......   2 76

TW IN S

Cotton, 3 ply.........................16
Cotton, 4 ply.........................16
Jute, 2 ply.............................12
Hemp, 6 ply......................... 12
Flax, medium.....................20
Wool, 1 lb. balls...................  7*4

VINEGAR

Malt White Wine, 40 grain..  8 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain..11 
Pure Cider, B. & B. brand.  .11
Pure Cider, Bed Star........... 12
Pure Cider, Robinson..........10
Pure Cider, Silver................12

WASHING POW DER

Gold Dust, regular.............4 50
Gold Dust. 5c......................4 00

Bub-No-More.....................3 50
Pear line..............................2 90
Scourine..............................3 50

W ICKING

No. o, per gross.....................20
No. t, per gross.....................25
No. 9, per gross.................... 85
No. 8. per gross.................... 85

WOODENWARE

Baskets

Bushels................................  95
Bushels, wide  band............1 15
Market................................   30
Splint, large........................4 00
Splint, medium..................3 50
Splint, small.......................3 00
Willow Clothes, large.........6 25
Willow Clothes, medium...  5 78
Willow Clothes, small.........5 26

B u tter Plates

No. 1 Oval, 280 In crate........  45
No. 2 Oval, 260 In crate........  50
No. 8 Oval, wo in crate........  86
No. 5 Oval, 260 In crate........  65

Egg Crates

Humpty Dumpty...............2 25
No. l, complete...................  30
No.2,com plete.................   25

Clothes P ins

Bound head, 5 gross box....  45 
Bound head, cartons...........   62

13
H op  Sticks

Trojan spring......................  90
Eclipse patent spring........   86
No l common.......................  76
No. 2 patent brush holder..  85
12 t .  cotton mop heads...... 1 2R
Ideal No. 7 ..........................   90

P ails
2- 
hoop Standard.l 40
3- 
hoop Standard.l 60
2- wire,  Cable....................... l 60
3- wire,  Cable....................... l 70
Cedar, ail red, brass bound.l 25
Paper,  Eureka................... 2 25
Fibre.......................... •........ 2 40

Toothpicks

Hardwood.......................... 2 50
Softwood............................ 2 75
Banquet...............................1 60
Ideal......... ..........................l  50

Tubs

20-lnch, Standard, No. 1......6 00
18-lnch, Standard, No. 2.... .5 00
16-lnch, Standard, No. 3......4 00
20-lnch, Cable,  No. l........... 6 60
18-lnch, Cable, No. 2............6 00
16-lnch, Cable,  No. 3........... 5 00
No. 1 Fibre..........................9 45
No. 2 Fibre..........................7 95
No. 3 Fibre......................... 7 20

W ash  Boards

Bronze Globe.......................2 60
Dewey................................ l  76
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

Wood  Bowls 

11 In. Butter.........................  76
13 In. Butter.........................l 00
16 In. Butter.........................l  75
17 In. Butter.........................2 60
19 In. Butter.........................3 00
Assorted 13-15-17................. 1  75
Assorted 15-17-19.................2 60

W RAPPING  PA PER
Common Straw.................   1*4
Fiber Manila, white.........  
3%
Fiber Manila, colored......   4*4
No.  l  Manila....................  
4
Cream  Manila.................. 
3
Butcher’s Manila..............  2*4
Wax  Butter, short  count.  13
Wax Butter, full count__  20
Wax Butter,  rolls.............  15

YEAST  CAKE

FRESH  FISH

Magic, 3 doz.........................1  00
Sunlight, 3doz....................1 00
Sunlight, 1*4  doz.................   50
Yeast Cream, 3 doz..............l 00
Yeast Foam, 3  doz.............. l 00
Yeast Foam. 1*4  doz...........  60
Per lb.
White fish....................  80  9
Trout...........................   80  8
Black Bass................. ioo  h
Halibut........................  O  16
Ciscoes or Herring__   O  5
Bluefish.......................  O  1^
Live Lobster...............  O   20
Boiled Lobster............  @  20
Cod...............................  O  10
Haddock......................  @  7
No. 1 Pickerel..............  @  9
Pike.............................  o   8
Perch...........................  O  8
Smoked White............  ©  i'
Bed  Snapper...............   ©  U
Col River  Salmon........  ©  12
Mackerel.....................   O  15

HIDES AND  PELTS 

Oysters.
Can Oysters
F. H.  Counts........... 
F. S. D.  Selects...... 
Selects.................. 
Bulk Oysters
Counts.................... 
Extra Selects........... 
Selects...................... 
Standards..............  

40
34
27
1 75
1  60
l  36
1  15
The Cappon 61 Bertsch Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Street,  quotes  as 
follows:
0  7
Green No. l ............. 
Green No. 2............. 
0  6
O 8fc
Cured  No. l ............. 
Cured  No. 2............. 
O 7*4
O 9
Calf skins,green No. 1 
Calfskins,green No. 2  @ 7*4
Calfskins,cured No. l 
@10
Calfskins,cured No. 2 
O 8*4

Hides

 

P elts

Pelts,  each..............  
5001  00
Lamb............................. 30®aA0
Tallow
No. 1......................... 
O 4*4
No. 2......................... 
O 3*4
Washed, fine........... 
Washed,  medium... 
Unwashed,  fine......  
Unwashed, medium. 
CANDIES 
Stick Candy

15017
i l i a
11014
14016

W ool

Standard................. 
Standard H. H ........  
Standard  Twist....... 
Cut Loaf................... 
Jumbo. 32 lb............  
Extra H .H .............. 
Boston C ream ....... 
Beet B e'" 

bbls. palls
O 7*4
© 7*4
© 8
© 9
© 7*4
010*4
©10
0 8

Mixed Candy

14
Grocers....................
Competition.............
Special.....................
Conserve..................
Royal......................
Ribbon....................
Broken....................
Cut Loaf...................
English Bock...........
Kindergarten.........
Bon Ton  Cream......
French Cream.........
Dandy Pan........
Hand  Made  Cream
mixed...................
Crystal Cream mix..

@ 6*4
O 7 
@ 7*4 & 8*4 
©   8*4 
© 9 
@  8*4 
© 9 
O 9 
O  9 
O 9 
©10 
©10
@14*4
@13

Fancy—In  P alls 

Fancy—In  5 lb. Boxes

8*4
15
12
12
9
12
11
12
10
@12 
@ 9*4 
© 10 
@n*4 
@13*4 
@14 
@16 
@ 5*4 
@ 9* 
@ 9*4 
@  9*4 
@12
©12
©13
©12
©65
©60
©65
©85
©1 00
©ao
©75
@55
@60
@60
@60
@55
@55
@90
©65
©65
@60
© 9 
@10 
@ 12*4 
@15 
©66 
@55 
@60 
@60 
@50

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,  10
lb. pails.................
Golden Waffles........
Lemon  Sours.........
Peppermint Drops..
Chocolate Drops__
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
H. M. Choc.  Lt. and
Dk. No. 12............
urn Drops..............
lcorlce Drops.. 
Lozenges,  plain.
Lozenges, printed.
Imperials..............
Mottoes
Cream  Bar..............
Molasses Bar...........
Hand Made Creams.
Cream Buttons, Pep.
and  Wlnt..............
String Bock.............
Wlntergreen Berries 
Caram els 
Clipper, 201b. pails..
Standard, 20 lb. palio 
Perfection, 20 lb.  pis 
Amazon, Choc Cov’d 
Korker 2 for lc pr bx 
Big 3,3 for lc pr bx..
Dukes, 2 for lc pr bx 
Favorite, 4 for lc, bx 
AA Cream Carls 31b 
FRUITS 
Oranges
Florida Bussett.......
Florida  Bright........
Fancy Navels.........
Extra Choice...........
Late Valencias........
Seedlings.................
Medi. Sweets........... 
Jamalcas.................  4 2634  50
Rodi...................... 
Lemons 
Verdelli, ex fey 300.. 
Verdelli, fey 300......   5 ( 0@6 50
Verdelli, ex chce 300 
Verdelli, fey 360......  
Malori Lemons, 300.. 
Messinas  300s..........  4 00@4  60
Messinas  360s..........  3 60©4  00
Bananas
Medium bunches__   1 50@2  00
Large bunches......

_
@
©
©
@
©
©

Foreign D ried F ru its
@
@1  03
@
1
@
@

5 @5*i
4*4 © 6

Californlas,  Fancy..
Cal. pkg, id lb. boxes 
Extra  Choice,  10  lb.
boxes.....................
Fancy, 12 lb. boxes.. 
Pulled, 6 lb. boxes...
Naturals, In bags....
Dates
Fards In 10 lb. boxes
Fards In 60 lb. oases.
Hallowi....................
lb.  cases, new.......
Salrs, 60 lb. cases....
NUTS
Almonds, Tarragona
Almonds, Ivlca.......
Almonas, California,
soft shelled...........
Brazils,....................
Fliberts  ...............
Walnuts.  Grenobles.
Walnut*., soft shelled 
California No. l...
Table Nuts, fancy...
Table Nuts, choice..
Pecans,  Med...........
Pecans, Ex. large...
Pecans, Jumbos......
Hickory Nuts per bu.
Ohio, new............
Cocoanuts, full sacks 
Chestnuts, per b u ...
Peanuts 
Fancy, H. P„ Suns..
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns
Choice, H.F., Extras 
Choice, H. P.,Extras
B oasted..............
Span. ShlldNo ia*w

Boasted...........  

Qlover’s Gem Mantles

are superior to all others 
for Gas or Gasoline.

Glover’s  W holesale  M erchandise  Co.

Grand Rapids, Mich. 

Manufacturers  Importers and  Jobbers  of 

GAS and GASOLINE SUNDRIES

Office StatiJiuru

5*4®
6)4© 7
S  
@«HO 7

ehO¡lope¡ s'T r a d e s m a n
COUNTER  BILLS.  COMPANY.

----------------------------------   A   C R I N O   R A P I D S
C R I N O   R A P I D S

♦  

15

STONEWARE

R utters

*4 gal., per doz...............................
1 to 6 gal., per gal.........................
8 gal. each.....................................
10 gal. each.....................................
12 gal. each.....................................
15 gal. meat-tubs, each...................
20 gal. meat-tubs, each...................
25 gal. meat-tubs, each...................
30 gal. meat-tubs, each...................

.............................  48
............. 
............................. 54
............................. 65
............................. 38
............. 
............. 
............  
............. 

I  20
1 60
2 25
2 70

6

6*4
84

48
6

60
6

85
1  10

60
45
7*4

2

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

Churns

H ilkpans

*4 ga*  hat or rd. bot, per doz............ 
1 gal. hat or rd. bot„ each................. 
Fine  Glazed H ilkpans
*4 gal. flat or rd. bot-, per doz............ 
l gal. flat or rd. bot., each................. 

*4 gal. fireproof, bail, per doz............  
1 gal. fireproof, ball, per doz............  

Stewpans

Ju g s

*4 gal. per doz.....................................  
*4 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

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

A nchor Carton Chimneys 

Each chimney In corrugated carton.

No. 0 Crimp......................................... 
No. 1 Crimp......................................... 
No. 2 Crimp......................................... 

F irst Q uality

35
36
48
85
50
50
Per box of 6 doz.
1 33
1 54
2 24

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

XXX  F lin t

P earl Top

No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 
No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped &  lab. 
No. 2 Sun, hinge, wrapped s la b ........ 
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........................................  
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per  doz........... 
No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per doz........... 
No. 1 Crimp, per doz........................  
No. 2 Crimp, per doz..........................  
No. 1 Lime (66c doz)..........................  
No. 2 Lime (70c doz)..........................  
No. 2 Flint (80c  doz)— ....................  

Rochester

La  Bastle

E lectric

OIL  CANS

LANTERNS

No. 2 Lime (70c doz)..........................  
No. 2 Flint (80c doz)..........................  
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 wlthjaucet, per doz.. 
5 gal. Tilting cans................................ 
5 gal. galv. Iron  Nacefas.................... 
No.  0 Tubular, side lift...................... 
No.  IB  Tubular....................... ......... 
No. 16 Tubular, dash..........................  
No.  1 Tubular, glass fountain............ 
No. 12 Tubular, side limp..................  
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 6 doz. eachJper bbl..
No. OTub., Bull’s eye, cases’rdoz. each 
MASON  FRUIT JARS.
Pints...................................................
Quarts..................................................
Half  Gallons.
Caps and  Rubbers.
Rubbers.

ips ; 

150
1  78
2 48

I  85
2 00
2  90

2 75
3 75
4 00
4 00
5 00
5  10
80
1  00
1  25
1  35
1  60
360
4 00
4 60

4 00
4 60
1  60
1  80
3 00
4  30
5 76
4  60
6 00
7 00
9 00
4 75
7 26
7 26
7 50
13 50
3 60

45 
45 
2  00 
1  25

6  00 
6 25 
9 00 
2 25 
26 &  35

Wood  Wanted

In exchange for Lime,  Hair,  Fire  Brick,  Sewer 
Pipe, Stucco, Brick, Lath. Cement,  Wood,  Coal, 
Drain Tile, Flour, Feed, Grain, Hay, Straw.  Dis­
tributors of Sleepy Eye Flour.  Write for prices.
T h o s.  E .  W y k e s ,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Michigan  Fire  and  Marine 

Insurance Co.

Organized 1881.

Detroit, Michigan.

Cash  Capital,  9400,000, 

Nat Surplus,  9200,000, 

Cash  Aaaatu, 9800,000.

D. W h it n e y, Jr ., Pres.

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

F . H. W h it n e y, Secretary.
M. W .  O ’ B r i e n ,  Treas.

E . J.  B ooth, A s s t   Sec’y. 

D ir e c t o r s.

D. W hitney, Jr., D.  M. Ferry, F .J. Hecker, 
M. W . O ’Brien, Hoyt Post, Christian Mack, 
Allan Sheldon, Simon J.  M urphy,  ffm .  L. 
Smith, A. H . W ilkinson, James  Edgar,  H . 
Kirke  W hite,  H.  P.  Baldwin,  H ugo 
Scherer,  F .  A .  Schulte,  W m.  V.  Brace, 
James  McMillan,  F.  E.  D rlggs,  Henry 
Hayden,  Collins  B.  Hubbard,  James  D. 
Standlsh, Theodore D.  Buhl,  M.  B.  Mills, 
Alex.  Chapoton, Jr.,  Geo.  H.  Barbour,  S. 
G.  Gaskey,  Chas.  Stinchfield,  Francis  F. 
Palm s, W in. C. Yawkey,  David  C.  W hit­
ney, Dr. J.  B. Book, Eugene Harbeck, Chas. 
F. Peltier, Richard P. Joy,  Chas.  C. Jenks.

A  Suggestion

When you attend the  Pan-American  Ex­
position this fall  it  will  be  a  very  good 
idea for you to see the exhibit of Thomas 
Motor Cycles and Tricycles and Quads 
in Transportation  Building.

Auto-Bi, $200

If you are at all  interested  and  thinking 
of taking up the  sale  of  Automobiles  or 
Motor  Cycles—or  contemplating  buying 
a machine for your own  use— we  extend 
a special  invitation  to  yon  to  visit  the 
factory of the  E.  R.  Thomas  Motor  Co. 
while  at  Buffalo.  The  Thomas  is  the 
cheapest  practical  line  of  Automobiles 
on the market.
ADAMS  &  HART,  Grand  Rapids

Michigan  Sales  Agents

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r
I Simple 
Account  File

Simplest and 
Most  Economical 
Method  of  Keeping 
Petit  Accounts
File and  1,000 printed blank

billheads......................  $2  75

File and  1,000 specially

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

Printed blank bill heads,

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

1  25

1  5o

Grand Rapids. 

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

B uy  Toys W hich  A re  New  to  the  Trade.
If  the  retailer  who  deals  in  toys  has 
not  already  made  his  purchases  for the 
holidays  it  is  time  that  he  should  give 
this  matter 
some  attention,  and  he 
should  do  his  buying  within  a  very 
short  time  now,  in  order  to  give  the 
wholesale  dealer  an  opportunity  to 
make  deliveries,so  that  he  can  have  the 
goods  in  plenty  of  time  to  mark  them, 
arrange  them  nicely  on  display  tables, 
and  to  advertise  them. 
It  will  be  none 
too  early  to  bring  the  toy  assortment  to 
the  front  by  the  first  to  middle  of  No­
vember,  in  order  that  the  public  may 
know  what  you  have 
in  stock  for the 
holiday  season.

In  adopting  a  buying  policy 

this 
year,  Mr.  Merchant,  decide  upon  one 
thing,  and  that  is  that  your  assortment 
shall  contain  some  goods  which  it  did 
not  contain  a  year ago,  and  which  are 
entirely  new  to  the  trade.  This  will 
not  be  a  difficult  matter  to  do,  as  novel 
toys  are-  being  produced 
in  greater 
abundance  each  season,  and  are  keep­
ing  fully  up  to  the  progress  made  in 
more  material  things.

This  year,  for  instance,  the  automo­
is  to  be  one  of the  features  in 
bile  toy 
the  mechanical  line.  This  consists  of  a 
vehicle  which  is  propelled  by  a  spring, 
similar to  the  old-fashioned 
locomotive 
and  train  of  cars.  This  will  attract  the 
attention  of  youngsters  and  will  be  a 
ready  seller,  inasmuch  as  it  can  be  ob­
tained  to  retail  at  prices  ranging  from 
25  cents  to  a  dollar  or  a  dollar  and  a 
half.  Then  there  are  many  other  me­
chanical  toys  which  have  recently  come 
on  to  the  market,  such  as  trolley  cars, 
fire  engines,  patrol  wagons,  and  dupli­
cates  of  vehicles  and  appliances  used  in 
this  modern  life  that  should  be included 
in  the  up  to  date  toy  assortment. 
In 
the  way  of  dolls,  French  dressed  dolls, 
with  clothing  that  may  be  taken  off  and 
put  on  at  the  will  of  the  little  folks,  as 
well as some very lifelike productions  in 
dressed  and  undressed  dolls,  should  be 
included.  Many  other  items  in  the  toy 
line  may  be  included  in  the  up  to  date 
toy  assortment.

For  the  merchant  who  has  little  time 
to  devote  to  the  selection  of  the  toy  as­
sortment,  in  all  probability  the  assort­
ments  already  packed,  which  retail  at  a 
round  tigure,  and  which  usually  return 
a  fair  margin  of  profit,  will  suffice.  But 
in  many  of  these  assortments  there  is 
considerable  dead  stock,  that  is  out  of 
date,  or  which 
is  not  salable  for  one 
reason  or  another.

The  progressive  retailer  will  scruti­
nize  carefully  any  assortment  which  is 
offered  him,  and  will  choose  the  one 
which  contains  the  best  list  of  salable 
toys  and  those  that  are  the  most  mod­
ern.  The  better  way,  however,  is  for 
the  merchant  to  visit  the  wholesale 
house,  if  possible,  and  make  his  own 
selections  from  the  goods  displayed  on 
the  floor.  He  will  be  able  to  make  up 
an  assortment  which  will  cost  him  no 
more  proportionately  than  those  already 
packed  and  the  goods  which  he  selects 
in  the  majority  of  instances  will  move 
more  readily  than  those  put  up  in  gen­
eral  lots  to  meet  a  general  demand. 
In 
other  words,  the  merchant  who  makes 
his  own  selections  of  stock  will  be  bet­
ter  able  to  gauge  the  requirements of his 
trade,  and  can  use  better  discernment 
than  can the  manufacturer or  the  jobber 
who  makes  up  an  assortment  for  him.

When  the  toy  assortment  arrives  from 
the 
jobber  or  manufacturer,  it  should 
be  carefully  unpacked  under  the  direc­
tion  of  a  competent  clerk  or the proprie­
tor of the  store,  to avoid  injury  to  paint

and  tinsel.  This  unpacking  may  be 
done 
in  a  rear  room  of  the  store  or  in 
the  basement,  and  the  goods  should  be 
carefully  marked.  Then each line should 
be  arranged  in  the  main  salesroom  on  a 
table  or  counter  by  itself.  For  instance, 
group  the  five-cent  articles  at  one point, 
the  ten-cent  articles  at  another,  the  25 
cent  articles  at  still  another,  etc.

The  only  exception  to  this  may  be  in 
the  matter of  the  doll  department,  and 
doll  appurtenances,  such,  for  instance, 
as  tiny  gloves,  shoes,  etc.,  for  doll 
wear.  Everything  pertaining  to  the  doll 
should  be  grouped  on  one  counter,  with 
the 
idea  as  far  as  possible  that  the 
cheaper  lines  should  be  on  one  end  of 
the  counter,and  the  higher  priced  goods 
at the  other end.

There 

is  a  good  profit  in  the  toy  de­
partment  if  care  is  used  in  purchasing 
goods  that  will  turn  over  readily  before 
the  holidays,  and  if  supervision  is  em­
ployed  over the  toy  counters,  to  prevent 
serious 
loss  through  breakage  and  too 
much  handling  by  too  small  members of 
the  human  family.  Prospects  indicate 
a  heavier  demand this season  for  toys  in 
most 
in  a  number  of 
years,  owing  to  the  general  prosperity 
of  the  country,  and 
it  will  be  well  for 
the  retailer  to  bear  this 
in  mind  in 
making  his  purchases.— Commercial 
Bulletin.

localities  than 

New  York’s  Onion  Supply.

“ Nowadays,”   said  a  wholesale  dealer 
in  produce,  “ we  get  early  onions,  just 
as  we  do  many  other  early  vegetables, 
from  the  South;  importing  also  some 
from  Bermuda.  In  the  old times our reg­
ular  stock  supply  of  onions  came  large­
ly  from  Connecticut  and  New  York 
State,  and  from  these  two  States  we  still 
get  many;  but  nowadays,  excepting 
those  of  the  grain  belt,  there  is  not  a 
state  in  the  Union  but  produces  more 
or  less  onions,  and we  get supplies  from 
many  of  them..

“ Besides  the  early  onions  imported 
from  Bermuda  we 
import  also  onions 
from  Spain  and  from Egypt,  the  Egyp­
tian  onions  being  brought  over to  sup­
plement  our  own  supply  in  seasons  of 
shortage  here.  Spanish  onions,  while 
they  may  be,  to  some  extent,  brought 
for the  same  reason,  are  regularly 
im­
ported  on  their  own  account.  The Span­
ish 
is  a  mild  onion,  there  are  no  tears 
drawn  when  you  cut  one,  and  it  might 
be  described  as  the  fruit  of  the  onion 
family.  One  use  to  which  it  is  put  is 
for  the  making  of  onion  sandwiches, 
thin  slices  of  rye  bread  being  used  with 
it.  The  Spanish  onion  is  big  and  hand­
some,  much 
than  American 
onions  of  corresponding  size.

lighter 

“ Spanish  onions  are  in  the  nature  of 
a 
luxury;  they  sell  here  at  retail  for 
about  twice  the  price  of  American  on­
ions ;  Egyptian  onions  are  sold  here  for 
about  the  same  price  as  our  own.  We 
have  been  importing  onions  from  Spain 
for  many  years;  onions  from  Egypt  are 
something  comparatively  new,  the  im­
ports  from  that  country  having  been  be­
gun  only  about  three  or  four  years  ago. 
In  the  aggregate  our  importations  of 
onions  from  those  countries  amount  to  a 
good  many  thousands  of  crates  yearly.
“ On  the  other  band,  first  and  last,  we 
export  a  good  many  onions.  For  many 
years  we  have  exported,  as  we  still  do, 
onions  to  the  West  Indies  and  to  South 
American  countries  and  we  now  ^export 
more  or  less  onions  to  Europe,  this  lat­
ter  trade  having  come 
into  existence 
with  modern facilities for quick and con­
venient  transportation.  To  Europe  our 
exports  of  onions  are  chiefly  to  supply 
demands  arising 
in  seasons  of  limited 
crops  there,  although  there  is  some  de­
mand  for  them  there  on  their own  ac­
count. 
Taking  them  altogether,  our 
exports  of  onions  amount  to  more  than 
our  imports.” — N.  Y.  Sun.

Hardware  Price  Current

A m m unition

Caps

6 . 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, p e rm ............................. 
No. 32 short, per m............................. 
No. 32 long, per m..............................  

Cartridges

No. 2 U. M. C., boxes 260,  per m........ 
No. 2 Winchester, boxes 250, per m ... 

Primers

Gun Wads

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

Loaded  Shells 

New Rival—For Shotguns 

Drs. of 
Powder 

No. 
120 
129 
128 
126 
135 
164 
200 
208 
236 
265 
264 

Size 
Shot Gauge 
10 
10 
10 
9 
10 
8 
10 
6 
10 
5 
10 
4 
12 
10 
8 
12 
6 
12 
12 
5 
4 
12 

oz. of 
Shot 
1H 
1H 
1*4 
1H 
1% 
1% 
1 
1 
1H 
1% 
154 
Discount 40 per cent.

4 
4 
4 
4 
4H 
4% 
3 
3 
3& 
3% 
354 
Paper Shells—Not Loaded 
No. 10, pasteboard boxes 100, per  100.. 
No. 12, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100.. 
Kegs, 26 lbs., per keg......................... 
54 kegs, 12*4 lbs., per  J4  keg.............. 
H kegs, 6H lbs., per 54  keg...............  

Gunpowder

Shot

Axes

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 Quality, D. B. Bronze...............  
First Quality, S. B. S.  Steel...............  
First Quality,  D. B. Steel..................  
Railroad...... ........................................ 
Garden............................................... net 
Stove................................................... 
Carriage, new 11«*  .............................  
Plow .............' 
............................... 
Buckets
WeB, plain.......................................... 

Barrows

Bolts

Butts,  Cast

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

Chain

40
60
76
60
260
3 00
500
576

1  20
1  20

60
70
80

Per
100
$2 90
2 90
2 90
2 90
2 95
3 00
2 50
2 60
2 65
2 70
2 70

72
64
4 00
2 25
l  25

1  76

60
26
so
6 00
9 00
6 50
to 50
12 00
29 00

60

60
60
$4 00

66
60

54 In. 

6-16 In.  X In. 

¡4 In.
Com..............   7  c. ...  6  0. 
... 6  c.  ...  4I4c.
BB................   814 
...  714 
...  6
... 654 
...  854
... 6* 
BBB............  8* 
...  7* 
Crowbars
Cast Steel, per lb................................. 
Chisels
Socket Firm er.................................... 
Socket Framing.................................. 
Socket Corner..................................... 
Socket SUcks......................................  
,
Com. 4 piece, 6 In., per doz............... net 
Corrugated, per doz............................ 
Adjustable........................................ dls 

6
66
66
66
66
76
1  26
40&10

Elbows 

Expansive  Bits

Files—New  List

Clark’s smaU, $18;  large, $26.............. 
Ives’ 1, $18;  2, $24;  3, $30....................  
New American...................................  
Nicholson’s.......................................... 
HeUer’s Horse Rasps.......................... 
Nos. 16 to 20;  22 and 24;  26 and 26;  27, 
List  12 
16. 

Galvanized  Iro n

13 

14 

15 

Discount,  60

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

Gauges

Glass

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

H am m ers

Maydole & Co.’s, new Ust...................dls 
Yerkes & Plumb’s .............................dls 
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel............... 30c Ust 
Gate, Clark’s 1,2 ,3.............................dls 
Pots.......................... ...............•........  
Kettles................................................ 
Spiders................................................  

Hollow  W are

Hinges

40
26
70&10
70
70
28
17

60&10

80&20
80&20
80&20

3354
40&10
70
60&10
50&10
50&10
50&10

Horse  Nalls

Au Sable............................................ dls  40&10
House  F urnishing Goods
Stamped Tinware, new Ust................. 
70
Japanned Tinware............................... 
20&10
Bar Iron..............................................2 26  0 rates
Light Band.........................................   3 c rates

Iron

Knobs—New  List

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

Lanterns

76
86
6 00
0 00

31

66

7H
8

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.........

Levels

M attocks

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

Metals—Zinc

600 pound casks..............................
Per pound.......................................
M iscellaneous
Bird Cages.....................................
Pumps, Cistern..............................
Screws, New List...........................
Casters, Bed and Plate..................
Dampers, American.......................
Molasses  Gates
Stebbins’ Pattern...........................
Enterprise, self-measuring............

Pans

40
76
86
..  60&10&10 
60

60&10
30

Fry, Acme......................................
Common,  poUshed.........................

..  60&10&10 
70&5

P aten t  Planished  Iro n

“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  12 to 
“B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 26 to 27  11  60 

Broken packages He per pound extra.

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy......................... 
Sciota Bench.............................................. 
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy................ 
Bench, flint quaUty.............................  

40
60
40
46

Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire.

Planes

Nails

Steel naUs, 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

2 66
2 66
Base
6
10
20
30
46
70
60
16
25
36
26
36
46
86

Iron and Tinned........................ 
 
Copper Rivets and  Burs.................... 
Roofing Plates

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean........................... 
14x20 lx, 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... 

Ropes

Sisal, 54 Inch and larger...................... 
M anilla...............................................................  

Sand  P aper 
List acct.  19, ’86........................
Sash  W eights

SoUd  Eyes, per ton.................. .......... 

dls

Sheet Iron

 

60
46

750

9 00
15 00
7  60
9  CO
16 00
18 00

8*4

11*4

60

26 00

com. smooth,  com.
$3 60
8 70
8 90
3 90
4 00
4  10
AU Sheets No.  18 and  Ughter,  over  30  Inches 

Nos. 10 to 14................................. 
Nos. 15 to 17.................................. 
Nos. 18 to 21.................................. 
NOS. 22 to 24..................  4 10 
NOS. 26 to 26 ..................  4 20 
No. 27............................................  4 30 
wide, not less than 2-10 extra.

Shovels  and  Spades

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

8 00
7 60

Solder

The prices of the many other qualifies of solder 
In the market Indicated by private  brands  vary 
according to composition.

Squares

Steel and Iron........... 7.......................

Tin—Melyn  Grade

Each additional X on this grade, $1.26.

10x14 IC, Charcoal...............................
14x20 IC, Charcoal...............................
20x14 IX, Charcoal...............................
Tin—A llaw ay Grade
10x14 IC, Charcoal...............................
14x20 IC, Charcoal...............................
10x14 IX, Charcoal...............................
14x20 IX, Charcoal...............................
Boiler  Size  Tin  P late

Each additional X on this grade, $1.60

14x66 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, 1 ___
14x56 IX, for No. 9 Boners, > P®r P0«“«-

Traps

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

W ire

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

W ire Goods

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

W renches

Baxter’s Adjustable, Nickeled..........
Coe’s Genuine................................
Öoe’s Patent Agrioultûrâl, IWrought..70

60—10—6

$10 60 
10 60 
12 00

9 00
9 00
10 60 
10 80

18

75
40&10
65 
15 
1  25
60
60
60&10 
tso&io 
40 
8 25 
2 95

80
80
80
80

SO
»

32

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugars—There  is  a  somewhat  firmer 
in  the  raw  sugar  market  and 
feeling 
more  inclination 
is  shown  to  market 
supplies.  Refiners  are  ready  buyers  at 
unchanged  prices,  96  deg. 
test  cen­
trifugals  being  still  quoted  at  3^c. 
The  market  for  refined  is  rather quiet 
and  buyers  exhibit  but  little  desire  to 
operate,  most  of  the  buying  being  for 
small 
immediate  require­
ments.  List  prices  were  unchanged,  but 
the  general  opinion  among  the  trade 
is 
that  a  further  reduction  in  list  prices  of 
10  points  will  probably  be  made  in  the 
near  future.

lots  to  fill 

is  the 

Canned  Goods—The  canned  g oods 
market  is  firm  with  good demand  for al­
most  everything  in  the  line. 
If  indica­
tions  are  worth  anything  at all,  then  the 
long 
looked  for  advance  in  the  tomato 
market  has  commenced.  They  are  in 
good  request  and  very  firmly  held,  some 
packers  asking  an  advance  of  5c  per 
dozen  in  price.  Many  thousands  of 
cases  have  changed  hands  during  the 
past  week.  The  Maryland  crop  is  at 
least  30  per cent,  short  and  the  packing 
is  about  over.  One  particular 
season 
feature  about  tomatoes 
small 
stock  of  gallons. 
It  has  been  many  a 
long  day  since  so  few  gallons  were  put 
up  as  this  season.  This  applies  partic­
ularly  to  the  pack  in  Baltimore,  which 
was  caused  first  by  the  negligence  of 
the  Baltimore  packers  to make  contracts 
for  gallon  cans  and  again  by  the  high 
cost  of  the  raw  material,  coupled  with 
the  anxiety,  as  well  as  the  necessity,  for 
the  packers  to  Secure  sufficient  3  pounds 
to  fill  their  future  wants.  The  tomato 
packing  season  in most  sections  is  prac­
tically  over.  Of  course,  there  will  be 
some  more  tomatoes  packed,  but  they 
will  be  few  and  out  of  those  the  packers 
will  secure  during  the  coming  week  the 
percentage  of  standards  will  be  small, 
indeed.  There  is  not  very  much  to  be 
said  about  the  corn  market.  We  have 
had  a  fair  pack,  sufficient  for all pur­
poses  and  not  large  enough  to  cause  any 
uneasiness.  The  market  is  now  at  the 
bottom  and  any  change  must  be  for the 
better. 
It  is  an  old,  old  saying  among 
the  best-posted  canned  goods  men  in 
the  country  that  corn  always  acts  in 
sympathy  with  tomatoes. 
If  this be  the 
rule  this  season,  then  there  will  be  a 
sharp  advance  in  the  quotations  for  the 
different  grades  of  corn,  and  there  is 
plenty  of  room  for the  advance.  Peas 
are  firm  and  in  good  demand.  Stocks 
of  the  better grades  are  very  low and  we 
would  advise  buying  what  is  needed  of 
these  better grades  now,  as  a  little  later 
it  will  be  impossible  to  find  any  quan­
tity  of  them  anywhere.  String  beans 
are  quiet,  but  prices  are  firmly  held  and 
we  think  will  show  higher  values  before 
January  1.  The  packing  of  lima  beans 
has  been  a  disappointment,  not  only  to 
the  packers,  but  the  buyers  as  well. 
During  the  early  part  of  the  season  the 
general  impression  was  that  the  pack  of 
lima  beans  in  other sections  would  be 
large  enough  to  keep  down  the  price  of 
the  Baltimore  product,  but  the  late  sea­
son  prevented  the  deliveries  from  those 
sections  and  the  buyers  have  to  look  to 
Baltimore  for  supplies.  Stocks on  hand 
are  remarkably  light  and  we  do  not  be­
lieve  prices  will  be  any lower.  Peaches 
are  quiet,  but  the  production 
is  not 
large  and  higher  prices  are  predicted 
when  trade  starts  np.  We  believe  there 
is  not  a  single  grade  of  peaches,  espe­
cially  pie  peaches  and  seconds,that  will 
not  advance  from 
io@i£c  per dozen, 
and  that  just  as  soon  as  the  fall  months 
are  over.  The  output  of  peaches  was

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

not  large,  in  any  sense  of  the  word. 
The  quality  was  such  as  to  almost  pro­
hibit  the  packing  of  pie  peaches,  thus 
making  a  shortage 
in  that  grade,  and 
there  were  not  sufficient  of  the  ektra 
selected  peaches  to  cause  any  surplus 
in  that  grade.  They  are  about  evenly 
divided  up.  New  gallon  apples  are  very 
firmly  held,  with  sales  very  limited  on 
account  of  the  shortage 
in  the  crop. 
Some  packers  are  not  offering  at  all  un­
til  they  see  how  the  pack  turns  out. 
Another  large  block  of  gallons  have 
been  brought  back  from  England  this 
past  week  and  were  sold  at  good  prices. 
Salmon  continues  easy  with  the  tend­
lower  level.  The 
ency  toward  a  still 
general  opinion 
is  that  the  production 
of  canned  goods  this  season  will  not  be 
sufficient  to  meet  all  requirements.  The 
crops  have  been  short  all  over  the  coun­
try  and  the  consumption  is  increasing 
every  year.  This  is  the  principal  lever 
that  will  work  the  canned  goods  market 
up  to  a  higher  level  during  the  early 
months  of  the  coming  year.

Dried  Fruits—The  dried  fruit  mar­
ket,  as  a  whole,  is  rather quiet.  With 
colder  weather  there  would  be  an 
im­
provement.  Raisins  are  scarce  and 
quiet  on  spot.  Some  interest  is  taken 
in  loose  muscatels  by  mince  meat  man­
ufacturers,  who  are 
in  the  market. 
Stocks  of  nearly  all  descriptions  of  do­
mestic  raisins  are  very  light—scarcely 
enough,  it  is  believed,  to  meet  normal 
consumptive 
requirements  until  new 
goods  arrive  in  any  quantity.  There  is 
no  improvement  in  the  California situa­
tion  on  new  raisins  and  practically  no 
likelihood  that  there  will  be  any  change 
in  the  outlook  before  the  end  of  the 
week  at  the  earliest.  At  present  it  is 
very  doubtful  if  any orders placed  at  the 
low  prices  named  would  be  confirmed. 
A  coast  dispatch  states  that 
leading 
growers  are  seeking  an  injunction  to  re­
strain  the  Association  and  the  packers 
from  delivering  raisins  at  the  prices 
named  and  things  are  in  a  pretty  bad 
mix  up  and  buyers  are  anxiously  await­
ing  the  outcome  of  it  all.  Prunes  are  a 
little  more  active.  Supplies  are  light 
and  are  very  firmly  held.  Apricots  are 
quiet.  A  little  interest  is  noted  in  new 
peaches  on  spot,  but  buyers  are  holding 
off  on  offerings  from  California  in hopes 
of  lower  prices.  The  coast  market, 
however,* is  firm.  Currants  seem  to  be 
little  wanted  just  now.  Trade  is  fairly 
good,  but  for the  most  part  sales  are  of 
rather  small 
lots.  New  Smyrna  figs 
are  selling  very  slowly  within  quota­
tions.  A  large  portion  of  the  present 
supply  is  very  poor,  showing  the  effects 
of the  fig  disease  known  as  bassara,  and 
the  market  has  been  depressed  by  this 
undesirable 
in 
some  request.  Evaporated  apples  are 
quiet  and  a  trifle  lower.  Stocks  are  be­
ginning  to  come  in  more  freely  now 
and  there  seems  to  be  more  of a  crop 
than  was  at  first  estimated.

fruit.  Old  dates  are 

Rice— The  rice  market  is  firm,  with 
no  quotable  change  in  prices.  Dealers 
report  a  fairly  good  demand  and  prices 
were  well  maintained  for  all  grades. 
Arrivals  of  new  crop  domestic  continue 
moderate  and  spot  stocks  remain  small. 
Buyers  are  inclined  to  buy  rather  spar­
ingly,  as  they  are 
looking  for  lower 
prices  when  the  receipts  of  new  rice 
become  a  little  heavier.

Teas—There  is  a  good  enquiry  for al­
most  all  grades  of  teas,  especially  for 
green ,  teas.  Offerings  of  these  grades 
were  moderate  and  prices  are 
firm, 
some  holders  asking  an  advance.  The 
outlook  is  promising  and,  with  the  fall

demand  gradually  improving,  an  up­
ward  turn  to  prices  is  anticipated.

Molasses—The  molasses  market 

is 
practically  unchanged.  There  was  a 
general  inclination  to  operate  cautious­
ly,  pending  a 
larger  new  crop  move­
ment.  Reports  regarding  the  new  crop 
were  favorable. 
It  is  expected  the  crop 
will  be as  large  as  that  of  last year.  The 
outcome  will,  however,  depend  greatly 
on 
future  weather  conditions. 
Grinding  of  sugar  cane  will  not  begin 
until  about  the  15th.

the 

Nuts—Trade 

in  nuts  shows  good  ac­
tivity, 
filberts  and  all  descriptions  of 
almonds  being  wanted.  Spot  stocks  of 
filberts  are  said  to  be  very  light.  The 
new  crop 
is  somewhat  earlier than  in 
previous  years  and  small  lots  have  al­
ready  been  shipped.  The  tendency  of 
the  market  is  easier.  Very  little  busi­
ness  has  been  done  in  the  local  market 
on  new  California  walnuts,  the price  be­
ing  too  high  as  against  the  prices  for 
foreign  nuts.

Rolled  Oats—The  rolled  oats  market 
is  weaker  and  prices  have  declined  20c 
per barrel  and  10c  per case.

in 

Ludington—J.  S.  Stearns  will  next 
year  build  new  general  offices to  accom­
modate  his 
increasing  interests.  The 
new  building  will  be  directly  south  of 
the  present  location  and  will be spacious 
and  complete 
equipment.  Aside 
from  the  local  lumber  and  salt  business 
and  electric 
light  works,  Mr.  Stearns 
has  other  interests  as  follows:  The  J.  S. 
Stearns  Improvement  Co.,  with  enter­
prises  at  Epworth  and  Hamlin,the  Lud­
ington  &  Northern  Railroad  Co.,  the  J. 
S.  Stearns  Preserving  Co.,  successors  to 
the  old  Pere  Marquette  Cannery  Co., 
and  the  Stearns  Lumber  Co.,  of  Grand 
Rapids.  Besides  these  there  are  other 
enterprises  which,  while  not  having 
offices  here,  will  be  under  the  general 
supervision  of  Mr.  Stearns,  such  as  the 
J.  S.  Stearns  Lumber  Co.,  of  Odanab, 
Wis.,  and  the  Lac  du  Flambeau  Lum­
ber  Co.  and  varied  interests  in  coal,  oil 
and  timber  in  Tennessee  and  Arkansas.
Petoskey—The Thomas  Foreman  Co., 
Ltd.,  whose hard  wood  flooring  mill  and 
stock  of  lumber  were  recently  destroyed 
by  fire,  has  sold  its  timber  lands  in  the 
northern  portion  of  Emmet  county  to 
Tindle  &  Jackson,  of  Buffalo,  and  will 
re-engage  in  the  business  either  at  De­
troit  or  Toledo  as  soon  as  the  necessary 
preliminaries  can  be  arranged.  The 
business  men  of  Petoskey offered  to sub­
scribe  for  stock  to  the  amount  of $50,- 
000,  if  Mr.  Foreman  would  agree  to  re­
engage  in  business  here,  but  he  has  de­
cided  that  nothing  short  of $200,000  will 
meet  his  requirements,  which  necessi­
tates  his  change  of  base  to  a  larger 
city.

Detroit—Articles  of  association  of  the 
American  Vapor  Stove  Co.  have  been 
filed.  The  capital  of  the  corporation 
is $100,000,  all paid in,and  the  majority 
is  held  by  Wm.  G.  Hastie,  with  5,600 
shares.  Two  thousand  shares  each  are 
held  by  Edward  G.  Mummery  and Wm. 
J.  Best,  and  the  remaining  400  shares 
are  held by  Wm.  F.  Metcalf.

A dvertisem ents  w ill  be  Inserted  under 
th is  head  for  two  cents  a  word  the first 
Insertion  and  one  cent  a  w ord  for each 
subsequent  insertion.  No  advertisem ents 
taken  for  less  th an   25  cents.  Advance 
paym ents.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

TATANTED—TO CORRESPOND  WITH  VIL- 
V v 
lages wanting a newspaper.  G. O. Currey. 
Saranac,  Mich. 

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89

Fo e b e n t—a n   u p-to-d a t e d b y  g o o d s 
store, centrally located,  in  a  growing  pros­
perous town  In  Southern  Michigan.  Competi­
tion is not strong.  Can  give  Immediate  posses­
sion.  Address  No.  89,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
l/'O K   8 ACE—CANDY  KITCHEN,  ICE 
P   cream and soda parlors,  including  building. 
Will  sell  cheap  for  cash.  Beason  for  selling, 
sickness.  Address C. A. Hooker, Evart, Mich.  88
ipOR  SALK—STOCK  OF  GENEBAL  MEB- 
r   chandise in the best town in Northern Mich­
igan.  Large  mills,  tannery,  chemical  works: 
surrounded by good  farming  country:  stock  of 
about 82,000;  will  rent  store  and  residence  at­
tached :  will make price right.  Address No.  87, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
87
POSITION  WANTED  AS  TBAVELEB  BY 
man 32  years  of  age;  experience  as  mana­
ger, owner and traveler;  good  habits;  plenty  of 
references.  Address  No.  86,  care  Michigan 
86
Tradesman. 
Fo b  sa l e  o e  e x c h a n g e  f o b   sto ck
of Merchandise—160 acre farm in Southwest­
ern Michigan;  good  soil,  good  buildings,  good 
location;  stock must invoice at  least  $2,000; bal­
ance on long time  if  desired.  Address  No.  8B, 
care Michigan  Tradesman. 
86
FOB  SALE—$7,000 STOCK  OF  DBY  GOODS 
in  good  Southern  Michigan  town  of  i.OOO 
people.  Will sell for  76  cents  on  the  dollar  if 
sold before Nov. l.  Address Bargain, care Mich- 
igan Tradesman. 

78

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81

82

83

sell in lots  to  suit  the  buyer.  For  particulars 

wall paper at 60  cents  on  the  dollar.  Will 

address No. 79, care Michigan Tradesman.  79

IpOR SALE—30,000 BOLLS MEDIU M-PBICE D 
S OCATION  WANTED  BY  A  FIEST-CLASS 

doctor;  good  town  or  city  preferred.  Do 
not care  to  buy  unless  small  amount  of  office 
fixtures, but .will  rent  property,  Write  No.  84, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
84
FOB SALE—STOCK GENEBAL  m e r c h a n - 
dlse;  no  rubbish;  no competition;  cash  re­
ceipts last  year,  $10,000;  will-Invoice  $4,000:  no 
trades;  first-class location;  no transients to deal 
with.  Address Postmaster,  Bose Center,  Mich. 
_______ 

living rooms overhead.  Good  location  for  gro­

I pOR BENT—BRICK STORE  BUILDING  AT 

J^iOB  SALE—A  WELL-ASSORTED  STOCK 

Bailey, 26x60 feet in dimensions,  with  eight 
cery  or  general  store.  Rent  reasonable.  Ad- 
dress No. 82, care Michigan Tradesman. 
-  of  general  hardware  and  farming  imple­
ments in one of the  best  towns  of  Michigan  of 
about 1,600  inhabitants.  Will  also  sell  or  rent 
brick store, with all the  modern  improvements. 
Best of reasons  for  selling.  For  further  infor­
mation call or address Jesse  S.  Harris,  86  Ash 
St., Detroit, Mich. 
IpOR  SALE—GENEBAL  STOCK  INVEN- 
torying about $1,200, located in  inland  town 
twelve  miles  from  Grand  Rapids;  doing  cash 
business:  will sell or rent  store  building.  Will- 
so
ard  Purchase. Corinth, Mich. 

glassware, 

t pOR  SALE—STOCK  OF  CROCKERY, 
tinware,  graniteware,  notions 
and  fixtures,  about  $2,500  The  best  town  in 
Michigan.  Address Box 574, Alpena, Mich.  77
Do ctor—t h e   p e o p l e   o f  f o u n t a in
desire  a  good  physician  to  locate  there. 
Address  the  Fountain  Pharmacy,  Fountain 
Mich. 
IpOR SALE—A SMALL  STOCK  OF  DRUGS 
in good  location.  Will  invoice  about  $900. 
Can be bought cheap.  Rent $10 a  month.  Sales 
$9 a day.  Address D. H. Hawks. Goshen. Ind.  74
IpOR SALE—DRUG STORE DOING PAYINC 
business  In  town  of  1,500;  only  one  othei 
store;  best reason for selling;  stock  will  invoice 
about $1,000;  cash oilers only will be considered 
Address No. 72, care Michigan Tradesman.  72

making candy;  also  soda  fountain  on  contract, 

IP OR  SALE-CONTINENTAL  TOBACCC 
IP OB  SA LE—CONFECTIONERY  STOCK, 

1  tags, $i per ioo.  Have  2,000  on  hand.  Car 
Dice, Wyandotte. Mich. 
66
fixtures, utensils and all tools  necessary  for 
and  all  apparatus  for  the  manufacture  of  ice 
cream;  situated in thriving town of 3,000  inhabi­
tants;  the only  store  of  its  kind  in  the  town 
The owner, a first-cla<s candy maker, will agree 
to teach the buyer for one  month  In  the  manu­
facture  of  candy.  Reasons  for  selling,  other 
business.  Address No. 62, care Michigan Trades- 
man. 
T   WILL  SELL  WHOLE  OR  ONE-HALF  IN- 
A  terest in my  furniture  business.  The  goods 
are ail new and up-to-date;  located in  a  town  ol 
7,000:  has been a furniture store for thirty years ■ 
only two furniture stores In  the  town.  Address 
all  correspondence  to  No.  63,  care  Michigan 
lraaesman. 
T  WISH TO BUY A DRUG STORE FORCARE 
A  In a good live town.  Karl  H.  Nelson,  Ceda: 
Springs, Mich. 

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75

71

33

WANX XU PURCHASE FURNITURE AND 

undertaking  business  in  city  of not  lesi 
tnan 3,000 population.  Will pay cash.  Address 
No. 33, care Michigan Tradesman. 
MERCHANTS  DESIROUS  OF  CLOSING 
r-  j , ®ut entire or part stock of shoes  or wishini 
to dispose of whatever  undesirable  for  cash  01 
on commission correspond with Ries  &  Guettel 
126-128 Market St-, Chicago. 111. 
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Fo r  sa l e—g o o d  e s t a b l is h e d   g r o
eery business In town of 6,000;  a bargain foi 
P6™0“;, 
not sell  except  to  good 
party.  For particulars address Grocery 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
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Fo r  s a l e,  c h e a p- $ i,5oo  sto ck  g en 
®.ral  merchandise.  Address  No.  946,  can 
945
Michigan Tradesman. 

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