Nineteenth  Year

GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER  27,1901

Number 949

WILLIAM  CONNOR  ♦

W HOLESALE 

READYMADE CLOTHING

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.

■  Customers’ expenses allowed.  X

Aluminum Money

WUI lacrease Your Business.

Cheap and Effective.

Send for samples and prices.

C.  H.  HANSON,

44  S .  C lark   St.,  Chicago,  111.

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\ Widdicomb Bldg, Grand Rapids.
f Detroit Opera House Block, Detroit. 

L. J. Stevenson, Manager 

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

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

T h e  M e r c a n t il e  A gency

Established 1841.

R .  O .  D U N   &   C O .

Widdicomb  Bid’s,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

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

C.  E.  McCRONE,  flanager.

National  Fire  Ins.  Co.

of  Hartford

Successor to

The Grand Rapids Fire Ins. Co. 

c a p i t a l ,  $1,000,000

Late State Pood Commissioner 

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

— Glover’s  Gem  Mantles—

For Gas or Gasoline.  Write for catalogue.
Glover's Wholesale Merchandise  Co. 

Manufacturers,  Importers  and  Jobbers  of  Gas 

and Gasoline Sundries

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Tradesman Coupons

IMPORTANT  FEATURES. 

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Page. 
2.  G etting th e  People.
4.  A round  the  State.
5.  G rand  Rapids  Gossip.
6.  Village  Im provem ent.
7.  Diam ond  D rum m ers.
8.  E ditorial.
9.  E ditorial.
10.  Clothing.
12.  Shoes  and  Rubbers.
14.  D ry Goods.
16.  H ardw are.
17.  Knows  the  Signs.
18.  Starting Right.
20.  W om an’s  W orld.
22.  B u tter and Eggs.
23.  The  New  York  M arket.
24.  Long Lost  B rother.
25.  Com m ercial Travelers.
26.  D rugs  and Chemicals.
27.  D rag Price  C arrent.
28.  Grocery  P rice  Current.
29.  Grocery  Price  C urrent.
30.  Grocery Price  Current.
31.  W indow  Dressing.
32.  Touching Elbows.

H ardw are  Price  Current.

It 

is  developed. 

AUTOMOBILES  AND  GOOD  ROADS.
The  influence  of the  automobile  in the 
road  problem 
is  becoming  more  and 
more  manifest  as  the  new  mode  of  pro­
gression 
is  already 
demonstrated  that  the  prophecies  of  its 
significance  as  a  factor  made 
in  the 
early  days  of  its  evolution  are  destined 
to  be  far  more  than  realized.  There  is 
much  to  be  done 
in  the  direction  of 
simplifying  construction  and  securing 
greater  immunity  from  derangement, 
but  enough  has  been  accomplished  to 
show  that  the  goal  of  practicality  is 
attainable.

Possibly  the  most  significant  prin­
ciple  employed 
in  the  construction  of 
the  modern  self-propelling  vehicle  is 
that  of  elasticity. 
In  the  evolution  of 
the  steam  and  electric  roads  ingenuity 
has  been  exercised  to  its  utmost  to  se­
cure  perfect  rigidity  in  the  supporting 
surface  of  the  road.  With  the  advent of 
gigantic  locomotives  and  tremendously 
heavy  electric  cars,  the  necessity  of pro­
viding  the  heaviest  steel  construction 
possible  has  been  recognized  and  met. 
Fabulous  sums  of  money  have  been 
spent  in  making  the  most  perfect  and 
the 
strongest 
mechanical  perfection  of  the 
rolling 
stock  has  taxed  the  utmost  of  mod­
ern  construction.  The  results  are  won­
derful,  but  with  the  best  that  can  be  ac­
complished  along  this  line  the  railroads 
are  still  perishable.  Human 
ingenuity 
is  not  adequate  to  the  task  of  providing 
a  way  of  sufficient  firmness  but  that  the 
speeding 
loads  will  attack  it  and  the 
work  of  repair  and  renewing  construc­
tion  must  be  constantly  urged.  The  use 
of  rigid  surfaces  of  contact  in  transpor­
tation  must  always  involve  the  destruc­
tion  of  both  road  and  vehicle  as  long  as 
perfection  is  so  far  from  attainment.

track  possible, 

and 

The  radical  difference  between  the 
rigid  principle  of  construction  and  the 
elasticity  of  the  new  tires  is  that,  in­
stead  of  being  a  means  of  destruction  to 
the  supporting  surface,  the  tires  oper­
it  to  greater  perfection. 
ate  to  bring 
This  principle  was  early  recognized 
in 
the  use  of  bicycles,  but  it  remained  for 
its  employment  with  heavier  loads  to 
show 
its  effectiveness  as  a  roadmaker. 
The  use  of  rollers  in  highway  construc­

tion  is  stili  in  its  infancy;  factories  for 
building  the  machines  are  crowded  to 
their  capacity  by  the  demand  from  all 
parts  of  the  country,  and  as  the  elastic 
tite  comes  more  and  more  into  use,  in­
stead  of  vehicles  acting  as 
instruments 
of  destruction,  they  are  coming  to  sup­
plement  and  perfect  the  work  of  con­
struction.  The  elastic  tire  of  a  heavy 
automobile  is  the  best  instrument  that 
can  be  devised  to  compress  the  mate­
rials  of  a  highway.  The  heavy,  rigid 
rollers  employed 
in  road  construction 
must  be  used  with  enough  moisture  to 
make  the  mass  yield  under  the  solid 
surface  of  the  wheels,  but  the  elastic 
tire  exerts  its  pressure  whether  the  ma­
terials  yield  equally  or  not.  Given  suffi­
cient  drainage  to  prevent  the  accumu­
lation  of  mud  and  the  tires  will  secure 
a  smoother  surface, which  they  will  con­
stantly  perfect.  It  only  remains  to  level 
the 
inequalities,  and  also  prevent  de­
struction  by  the  heavy  tires  and  calks 
of  ordinary  teaming,  to  secure  con­
stantly  improving  roads  with 
little  ex­
penditure  for  road  metal  materials.

Gradually  as  the  value  of  this  prin­
ciple  of  elasticity  comes  to wider  recog­
it  will  be  permitted  to  do  its 
nition 
work  without  so  much 
interference. 
Public  sentiment  will  come  to  recognize 
that  the  driver of  a  vehicle  which  tears 
up  and  destroys  the  highway  is  a public 
enemy  which  must  be  suppressed.

Just  now  is  the era of  the  full develop­
ment  of  transportation  by  the  electric 
trolley  and  its  steel  rails.  The fact  of its 
rapid  extension  shows  a  demand  for 
local  traffic  which  the  steam  railways 
have  failed  to  meet. 
It  is  not  probable 
that  the  trolley  will  supersede  the  older 
system  in  any  great  degree,but  its  work 
will  be  supplementary  in  meeting  the 
conditions  of  shorter  travel.  And  while 
this  is  the  case  the  field  will  not  yet  be 
fully  occupied.  Through  the  automo­
bile  with  its  elastic  tire  there  is  bound 
to  come  another  system  for  stili  other 
needs.  This  is  already  assuming  form 
in  many  of  the  older  centers,  lines  of 
the  new  vehicles  being  started  with 
wonderful 
rapidity,  even  while  the 
proper  type  of  construction  is  not  yet 
fixed.  And  this  is  only  the  beginning. 
The  time  is  not  far  distant  when  regu­
lar  lines  of the  new  vehicles, with  pleas­
ant,  roomy  accommodations,  will  noise­
lessly  glide  from  town  to  town  and,  in­
stead  of  working  destructively,  to  re­
quire  a  constant  force  of  road  menders, 
will  do  no  small  share  of  the  work  of 
making  and  maintaining  their  own 
roads. 

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Because  a  pert  telephone  girl  in  Seat­
tle  refused  to  connect  a  subscriber  with 
the  fire  department  when  he  wanted  to 
give  notice  of  a  fire,  a  loss  of $60,000 
was  incurred,  and  now  the  Bell  tele­
phone  company  is  being  sued  for  dam­
ages  by  the  person  thus  served  and  by 
the 
insurance  company  which  suffered 
the  loss.  _____________

A  New  Jersey  man  98  years  of  age 
has  just  had  bis 
leg  amputated.  The 
longevity  and  vitality  of  New  Jersey 
people  are  supposed  to  be  due  to  the 
fact  that  the  good  die  young.

GENERAL TRADE  REVIEW .

That  an  export  of  gold  of  over  $18,- 
000,000  in  three  weeks  should  not  ad­
versely  affect  the  financial  situation 
in 
this  country  shows  that  the  underlying 
strength 
is  widely  appreciated.  The 
fact  seems  to  be  recognized  that  it  is 
because  the  Old  World 
is  in  need  of 
gold  and  that  we  have  it  to  spare  that 
we  are  sending  it  forward. 
is  bet­
ter  that  it  should  be  thus  employed  and 
that  we  should  have  returns  for  its  use 
than  that  it  should  lie  idle  in  our  treas­
uries;  but  the  timid  financial  mind 
is 
generally  sensitive to  any material outgo 
of  the  yellow  metal,  regardless  of  con­
ditions.

It 

The  strength  manifested  last  week  in 
the  stock  market  carried  the  average  of 
prices  upward  and  closed  with  a  pros­
pect  of  still  further  advance  and  in­
creasing  activity.  This  week  the  bears 
are  getting  in  their  work  on  the  report 
that  the  United  States  Attorney  General 
contemplated  action  against  Amalga­
mated  Copper  and  other so-called trusts. 
This  report  is  sufficient  to  cause  much 
irregularity,  not  only 
in  the  shares  in 
question,  but  by  sympathy  all  along  the 
line.  In  the  face  of  the  general  strength 
it  is  not  thought  there  will  be  more than 
temporary  uneasiness  on  this  account.

More  seasonable  weather  has  come  to 
the  rescue  of  distribution  and  retail 
trade  and  supplementary  orders  are  be­
coming 
the 
rule,  with  premium  for 
early  delivery.

The  iron  and  steel  industries  are  still 
under  a  pressure  of  activity  for  early 
deliveries.  Pig 
iron  to  be  delivered 
this  year  commands  a  premium  and 
Southern  furnaces  are  beginning  to  ad­
vance  prices.  Scarcity  of  cars  is  still  a 
serious  factor  in  the  Conneljsville  coke 
region,  where  a  production  of  243,756 
tons  for  the  week  makes  a  new  high 
record.

With  a  movement  of  grain  and  other 
limited  only  by  the  lack  of 
staples 
transportation 
facilities,  prices  are 
strongly  maintained,  corn  especially 
reaching  the  highest  point  for  years.

Recent  record  breaking  purchases  of 
wool  are  followed  by  enormous  ship­
ments  from  Boston  and  heavyweight 
in  great  demand,  with 
woolens  are 
strengthening  prices.  Eastern 
shoe 
shops  are  shipping  at  the  rate  of  25  per 
cent,  more  than 
last  year  and  price 
changes  are  upward.  A  busy  season  is 
already  assured  for  next  year’s  goods, 
and  new  factories  are  projected  in  the 
South.  There 
is  some  yielding  in  the 
prices  of  hides,  but  leather  is  well  sus­
tained  on  account  of  low  stocks.

Li  Hung  Chang’s  case  was  hopeless 
when  the  doctors  agreed  on  the  verdict 
that  he  could  take  only  liquids  into  his 
system.  Such  a  verdict  as  that  would 
tickle  a  Kentucky  colonel 
into  con­
valescence.

Chicago  claims  to  be  receiving  great 
benefit  from  the  drainage  canal.  What 
St.  Louis  claims,  however,  is  some­
thing  altogether  different.

Some  women  are  both  good and true— 
but  most  of  them  are  too good to be true.

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

P e t t in g   th e   P e o p le

The Use of Devices  for Catching th e  Eye.
The  first two  essentials  in  getting  the 
people  are  to gain  attention  and 
inter­
est.  An  advertisement  m ay  be  well 
written  and  may  contain  that  which 
interests  the  customer,  and  yet 
highly 
may 
so 
buried  with  other  display  as  to  be 
wholly  lost  to  notice.

lack  distinction  or  may  be 

One  of  the  curious  things  to those who 
have  given  the  subject  study  is the diffi­
culty  of  getting  people  to  see  things. 
Take,  for  instance  the  work  of  circular­
izing  among  business  men.  After  the 
regular  system  of  circulars  and  follow­
ups  with  a  personal 
letter  or  so,  the 
caller  naturally  expects to  find  the  mat­
ter a  foremost  subject.  The  experienced 
caller,  however,  goes  prepared  for  its 
introduction,  for  he  learns  that  the  per­
centage  of  those  who  can  be  reached 
by  any  method  is  small.

There  may  be  some  value  in  gaining 
continued  interest  in  the  matters  adver­
tised  and  so getting  people  to  look  for 
the  announcements.  With  the  element 
of  interest  the  use  of  certain  fixed  space 
may  be  good.  But the  main  dependence 
must  be  in  making  everything  so  plain 
that  as  many  as  possible  of  those  who 
run  may  be  made  to  read.

The  use  of borders  is to give  distinc­
tion  and  definition  and  to attract  the 
eye  when  possible  by  the  repetition  of 
similar  forms.  The  giving  of  distinc­
tion  is  the  separation  of  the  space  em­
ployed  from 
In  this 
the  border  proper  serves  only  a  part, the 
white  space  between  it  and  the  matter 
contained  usually  serves  the  more  im­
portant  part.

its  surroundings. 

It  was  early  recognized  in  architec­
ture  that  the  eye  is  most  pleasantly  at­
tracted  by  the  repetition  of 
similar 
forms.  A  single  column 
is  beautiful; 
a  row  of  columns  is  far  more  beautiful. 
So  in  the  ornamentation  of  friezes,  pan­
els  and  dadoes the  constant  study  is  to 
give  as  great  a number of the repetitions 
of  similar  forms  as  possible.  The same 
principle  obtains  in  the  ornamentation 
of  a  border,  the  eye  is  attracted  by  the 
constant  repetition  of  similar  forms, 
and  usually  the  simpler  the  form  the 
more  easily  is  the  principle  of  repeti­
tion  made  available. 
It  is  on  this  ac­
count that  a  solid  black  line  is  not  at­
tractive  to  the  eye  although  it may serve 
the  purpose  of  distinction. 
Parallel 
light  lines  are  better  for  they  give  the 
in  some  degree, 
architectural  quality 
which 
lost  in  a  single  black 
line.

is  totally 

Naturally  the  first thought  in  gaining 
the  eye  is  display. 
In  this  the  tend­
ency  is  to  make  the  principal  line  as 
black  as  possible.  A  better study  is  to 
make  it  as  suitable  to  the  subject  and 
space  as  possible.  For a  iine  to  catch 
the  eye  agreeably 
it  must  not  be 
crowded.  Then  let  the  letter be  simple 
and  symmetrical  as  possible,  and  the 
subject  must  do  the  rest.  Subordinate 
display  should  be  made  harmonious 
in 
style  and  unity  preserved  throughout. 
The  use  of  panels  harmonizing  with  the 
border may  be  made  effective,  but  sim­
ple  rectangular  shapes are  the  most  at­
tractive  in  typography.

The  use  of  cuts  is  often  enlarged 
upon  and  I  need  not  go  into  the  general 
subject  here.  The  value  is  various  as 
to  the  designs  and  appropriateness to 
the  subject.  One  feature  that  may  be 
noticed,  however, 
is  the  use  of  the 
architectural  principle  in  these.  Some­
times  a  row  of  simple  designs  is used

NO JO K E  I

But a yoke  Overcoat  is  the  thing. 
A  new Jine of yoke  overcoats in all 
shades just received.  Also full box 
overcoats  without  yoke. 
Prices 
$10,  $12  and  $15.

YOU  WILL  FIND

In  our  Men’s  Suit Department  all 
the  newest  fabrics  and  designs,
Thibet, Cheviot,  Melton and Wors­
ted cloths in the latest cuts.

We  are.  still  selling  that  $1.50 

Hat for $113.

Boy’s and Children’s clothing at 

reduced prices.

Give  us  a  call  before  you  fill 
your  wants.  Come  whether  you 
wish to purchase or not

If. Stern A Co• 9

121-123125  East  Mill  Stm t

On   PriN  Clothiers.

flolasses  and  Syrup  a t

W H O L E S A L E  1

I received a car load of Molasses last -week and offer 
same to the trade in bbls and half bbls. at ss low figures as 
can be bought any whate.
A car load of Byron in  bbls,  half  bbls,  one  gaUon, 
half gallon and quart pails will arrive the last of this week. 
This  Syrup  was  bought  before  the  recant  advance  and 
thoae who have not got their orders in had better get them 
in at once.

Chas. Wellman

SS6 HURON AVE.

PHONE NO. 108.

Beard,  Goodwillie 

Vo.

WHOLESALE

Iron,  Steel,  Axles,  Springs,  Carriage  Hardware, 
Blacksmith’s and WagOnmakar's supplise, TTamsae 
Robes, Blankets, Wagons and Carriage«.

Beard,  Goodwillie  &   Co.

312 314 Huron Avenne.

BUYING  SHOES  FO U   FAMILY!

Is apt to be a heavy expenea  Its worth saving 
■ftiHAthing oa every pur, and  its  worth  soma- 
thing to have every  pair  wear  a  faw  weeks 
longer than you expaet.  Now we can maks tbs 
expense  of  shoeing  the  family  a  good  dial. 
lighter than  it  has  been,  and  every  pair  of 1 
Shoes that wa sell you is bound to  give  yon 
satisfaction.  If  they  don’t  do  it,  yon  know 
where  we keep store.  The  Spot  Cash  Shoe 
' Store.  Spot cash sales mean no loasss,  lowest 
prices
B. G. FAMRAND, JR. Z.XS

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St.  Johns.

j.  w.

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Cashier.

for a  border or  panel  with  great  effec­
tiveness.  Then  recently  many  are  em­
ploying  the  repetition  of  the  same  de­
sign  reduced 
in  perspective,  as  the 
Beaman  portrait  in  pepsin  gum  and 
some  of the  still  more  recent  figure  de­
signs.  This  is 
in  recognition  of  the 
principle  of  the  attractiveness  of  re­
peated forms  added  to  the  architectural 
effect of  receding  distance.

Si  *  *

H.  Stern  &  Co.  show  a  display  which 
the  printer  has  handled  consistently, 
but  which  I  think  employs  too  much 
border and  black  in  the  display. 
I  fail 
to  see  the  force  of the  first  display  line, 
and  I  am  afraid  others  may  be as obtuse 
as  I  am.  A  reason  for  things  should  be 
sufficiently  apparent  to  be 
compre­
hended  by  the  ordinary  mind.  The  fea­
ture  of  the  advertisement  is  the  prices.
Cbas.  Wellman  evidently  wishes  to 
convey  the  impression  that  his  molasses 
trade  is  of  some  magnitude.  The  print­
er’s  work  is  good  except that  be  crowds 
bis  border too  closely.

A  well  displayed  general  hardware 
advertisement  is  that  of  Beard,  Good­
willie  &  Co.  I  should  have  spaced  the 
firm  name  a  little  farther  from  the  bor­
der.  The  advertisement  is  an  excep­
tionally  good  one.

Rather  a  formidable  paragraph 

is 
3hown  in  the  advertisement  of  B.  C. 
Farrand,  Jr.,  and  the  printer  has  em­
ployed  too  large  border and  type  for his 
space.  The  matter  is  interesting  and 
readable,  and  the  card  will  sell  goods, 
but  less  wording  and  smaller type would 
sell  more.

The  State  Bank  of  St.  Johns  uses  a 
generous  space,  which 
is  more  profit­
ably  occupied  than  if  it  was  crowded 
with  matter.

M aking  Reputation.

You  are  advertising  yourself  and 
store,  and  nothing  should  be  omitted 
that  would  increase  the  attractiveness. 
Polite  clerks,with  accommodating  man­
ners, are  great  helps.  Many  poor  people 
may  be  among  your  visitors,  but  be sure 
that  the  same  degree  of  politeness  be 
accorded  them  that  you  would  bestow 
upon  the  rich. 
In  these  times,  and  for 
that  matter at  all  times,  there  should  be 
shown  equal  respect  and  consideration 
for  all.  The  character  of  your  store  is 
what  you  make 
i t ;  its  reputation  de­
pends  upon  what  the  people  think  and 
say  about  it. 
If  the  reputation  it  re­
ceives  among  the  people  is  good,  you 
have  succeeded  in  widening  your  range 
of  trade,  but 
if  it  is  the  contrary,  no 
system  of  advertising  will  give  it  a 
standing  among  the  people  of  the  com­
munity.  A  reputation  for  fair and  po­
lite  treatment,  neatness  and  orderly  ar­
rangements,  fine  goods  and  good  qual­
ity,  is  a  thing  much  desired  by  every 
retailer.— Clothier  and  Furnisher.

Good  Reason  F or Modesty.

An  officer  in  one  of  the  English  Vol 
unteer  regiments  who  had  made  him­
self  exceedingly  unpopular  with 
the 
men  was  coming  home  one  evening 
when  he  slipped  and  fell 
into  deep 
water.  He  was  rescued  with  great 
difficulty  by  a  private  in  his  own  regi­
ment.
_ The  officer  was  profuse  in  his  expres­
sions  of  gratitude  and  asked  bis  pre­
server how  he  could  reward  him.
“ is  to  say  nothing  about  it.”

‘ The  best  way,”   said  the  soldier, 
in 
“ But  why?”   asked  the  officer 

amazement.

“ Because,”   was  the  blunt  reply,  “ if 
the  other  fellows  knew  I'd  pulled  you 
out they'd  chuck  me  in .”

A  spread-eagle  speech  is  not  so  bad 

if  the  eagle  isn't  spread  out  too  thin.

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Victory is  on  the side o f tbe  army  with  the  heaviest artillery.
O f the retailer who  buys  best  values fo r  tbe  least money.
Loosen yourself from  those old,  unprofitable  connections.
Untie yourself,  anyhow,  long enough  for us  to  talk  to you.
You  are  a  dealer in  tbe fight  with  other dealers,  aren't y ou ?
You  want to  carry  the fight  into  tbe enemy's  camp.
W ant  to  be  able  to  cut prices  with  a  smile  while  tbe  rival gets  desperate. 
A ll depends  how  close  to  value you  can  buy.
You  m ust get  tbe same  value fo r  less  than  your rival does.

Cry Pan-Jlmerican Guaranteed Clothing

It’s  the  kind that fits  and sells  on  sight.
Besides,  we  help yov  sell it with  various  advertising methods.
Where  we  have  spent  money  in  the past to get  customers—fo r   ourselves, 
We  will spend it  in  the future  to get  customers— for you.
We'll furnish your window  ads.
W e ll do your newspaper advertising.
W e ll relieve you  o f all your advertising worries.
We've  doubled our business  by  the  right kind o f advertising.
W e ll help you  double yours,  i f  you  say  so.
Whether you re'a  customer  or  not “machts  nicks."
Send us  a postal ju st  the  same.
W e'll mail you f u ll  particulars.
W e'll send you  the  whole  outfit  express prepaid.
Don't  hesitate  to  call fo r  help.

WILE BROS. & WEILL

MAKERS  OF  PAN-AMERICAN 
GUARANTEED  CLOTHING  .  .

BUFFALO,  N.  Y.

Detroit Office In charge of Mr.  M. J.  Rogan,  19  Renter  Building.

Minneapolis Office In charge of Mr.  W.  A.  Morse,  Room  510  Boston  Block

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4

A ro u n d   th e   S t a t e

Movements of Merchants.

Vanderbilt— Zickgaff  &  Karslikebave 

opened  a  furniture  store.

Adrian— Don  C.  Hoag  will  open  a 

meat  market  at  22  S.  Main  street.

Cass  City— W.  C.  Jenks  &  Co.,  meat 
dealers,  have  sold  out  to  Harry  Young.
Detroit— Hay  Bros,  succeed  Sbefferly 
&  Hay  in  the  grocery  and  meat  busi­
ness.

Cadillac— L.  B.  Bellaire  has  added  a 
fresh  meat  department  to  his  grocery 
store.

White  Pigeon— Ray  Colby  has  closed 
out  his grocery  stock  and  retired  from 
trade.

Melvin—John  H.  Beal  has  sold  his 
general  merchandise  stock  to  Charles 
Parkins.
§  Unionville— Isaac  Berkovitz  has  re­
moved  his general  stock  from  Akron  to 
this  place.
|   Holland— Gerrit  Steketee  has  pur­
chased  the  boot  and  shoe  stock  of  W. 
Ham  &  Co.

Hastings—Guy  Crook  has  purchased 
an  interest  in  the  Hastings  Halter  & 
Leather Co.

Brutus— H.  Hinkley  &  Co.  succeed 
in  the  hardwood  lum­

Homer  Hinkley 
ber  business.

Ortonvilie—F.  C.  Profrock  has  pur­
chased  the  general merchandise  stock  of 
R.  G.  Brosius.

Scofield—J.  W.  Fulcher  has  pur­
chased  the. general  merchandise  stock 
of  W.  F.  Fulcher.

South  Haven—The  Quaint  Furniture 
Co.  has  filed  articles of  incorporation. 
The  capital  stock  is  $6,000.

Harrietts—S.  J.  Doty,  general  dealer, 
has gone  to  Los  Angeles  for the  winter, 
accompanied  by  wife  and  daughter.

Berrien  Springs— R.  C.  Bell  has 
moved  into  his  new  meat  market,  which 
has  been  fitted  up  in  first-class  shape.

Traverse  City— E.  F.  Ferris  succeeds 
Ferris  &  Champney,  dealers  in  agricul­
tural  implements  and  farm  machinery.
Petoskey-----Robert  Wachman  has
opened  a  fruit  and  produce  house  at 
the  corner  of  Petoskey  and  Michigan 
streets.

Owosso— C.  E.  Underwood  &  Co. 
have  engaged 
in  the  grocery  business 
at  the  corner of  Washington  and  King 
streets.

Holland—E.  S.  Gale  has  purchased 
the  general  stock  of  Teunis  VanDyke, 
and  will  continue  the  business  at  the 
same  location.

Memphis— H.  O.  Sink  &  Co.  have 
engaged  in  the  millinery  and  grocery 
business.  The  stock  was  purchased  of 
Sutherland  &  Co.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—Carlson  &  Farm 
have  opened  a  new  grocery  store  in  the 
new  block  at  the  corner of  Maple  street 
and  Bingham  avenue.

Ann  Arbor—C.  H.  Major  &  Co., 
dealers 
in  wall  paper  and  paints,  have 
dissolved  partnership.  Chas.  H.  Major 
continues the  business.

Metamora— H.  G.  Perkins  &  Son  is 
the  style  of  the  new  firm  which  contin­
ues the  dry  goods  and  grocery  business 
of  Perkins,  Heenan  &  Perkins.

Boyne  City— Nurko  &  Frazer’s  gen­
eral  stock  was  badly  damaged  by  fire 
and  water  on  Nov.  21.  The  fire  origi­
nated  in  an  office  over  the  store.

Rockford— G.  A.  • Kelley,  who 

last 
spring  disposed  of  his  general  stock  at 
the  four  corners  six  miles  northwest  of 
this  place  to  B.  H.  Putman,  has  re­
purchased  the  stock  and  resumed  busi­
ness  at the  same  loca'ion.

Baraga—Albert  Grabower  has  packed 
his  men's furnishing  goods  stock  at  this 
place  and  removed 
it  to  Mass  City, 
where  he  has  a  store  building  in  readi­
ness  for the  goods.

Gladwin—Mrs.  J.  R.  Campbell  has 
purchased  the  grocery  stock  of  Mat 
Crosson  and  will  continue  the  business 
at  the  same  location.  She  has  added  a 
bakery  and  restaurant.

Cross Village—Gerrison &  Harris  will 
establish  a  branch  dry  goods,  clothing 
and  furnishing  goods  store  at  Levering 
as  soon  as  the  store  building  now  in 
process  of  erection  can  be  completed.

Cheboygan— Leo  Edelstein  has  leased 
one  of the stores in  the  brick  bank  block j 
which 
is  being  built  in  Boyne  City, 
and  as  soon  as  completed  he  will  put  in 
lines  of  dry goods,  clothing  and  shoes.
for­
merly  of  Decatur,  has  purchased  the 
interest  of  Peter  Tonnelier  in  the  Bat­
tlement  Drug  Co.  The  firm 
is  now 
composed  of  Al.  H.  Wiggins  and  Mr. 
Potts.

Benton  Harbor— Frank  Potts, 

Ionia— Charles  H.  Bradley  has  sold 
his  furniture  stock  to  Geo.  H.  Allured 
&  Son.  There  will  be  no  immediate 
consolidation  of  the  stocks.  Mr.  Bradley 
will  go  on  the  road  for  D.  Wildman  & 
Co.,  of  Detroit.

St.  Joseph—J.  W.  Lush,  who  for  the 
past  three  years  has  been  clerk  at  the 
Three  I  depot,  and  Edward  Rowe  have 
opened  a  food  and  grain  store  at  619 
Ship  street.  Mr.  Lush  will  have  charge 
of  the  business.

L. 

Battle  Creek— Geo. 

Bernard, 
proprietor  of  the  Heath  Home  drug 
store,  has  returned  from  a  fortnight’s 
hunting  trip 
in  the  Upper  Peninsula. 
He 
is  the  only  one  of  his  party  who 
brought  home  a  deer.

Port  Huron—Woods  &  Marks  have 
withdrawn  their  petition  for a  receiver 
and  have  sold  their  clothing  stock  to 
Heaventich  Bros.,  of  Detroit,  the  prin­
cipal  creditor. 
is  stated  that  Mr. 
Woods will  continue  the  management  of 
the  business.

It 

S t  Joseph— Emanuel  and  Amel  A. 
Herring  have  purchased  the  interest  of 
Alphonso  Parish 
in  the  drug  stock  of 
Herring  &  Parish.  The  new  firm  will 
be  known  as  Herring  &  Herring,  the 
other  member  of  the  firm  being  A. 
Frank  Herring.

Traverse  City— Henry  J.  Pohl  has 
purchased  the  interest  of  August  N. 
Nelson 
in  the  firm  of  Nelson  &  John­
son,  grocers  and  provision  dealers.  The 
firm  will  hereafter  be  known  as  Johnson 
&  Pohl  and  business  will  be  continued 
at  the  old  stand.

Petoskey— Sherman  &  Bryam  cele­
brated  the  second  anniversary  of their 
business career  last  Thursday  at  the  res­
idence  of  Frank  Sherman.  A  course 
dinner  was  served,  to  which  were  in­
vited  the  clerks  and  the  families  of  the 
members  of  the  firm.

Leslie— H.  T.  DuBois,  general  dealer 
at  Grass  Lake,  has  leased  the  store 
building  now  occupied  by  the  clothing 
and  shoe  stock  of  A.  6.  DuBois  and 
will  remove  his  stock  to  this  place.  A. 
O.  DuBois  expects  to  be  established 
in 
the  Dennis  store  building  by  Dec.  1.

Manton—M.  Alvin,  general  dealer  at 
this  place,  has  been  committed  to  the 
Northern  Michigan  Asylum  at  Traverse 
City  until  he  is  declared  sane  by  the 
physicians  in  that  institution.  Mr.  A l­
vin  has  been  for  several  years  one  of 
Manton's  leading  business men,  and  his 
affliction  is  deplored  by  bis  friends  and 
acquaintances  in 
His 
hallucination  is  that  he  has  unlimited 
wealth,  and 
is  enabled  to

this  village. 

therefore 

possess  anything  through  the  use  of  bis 
imaginary  money  that  he  may  desire  or 
covet 
It  is  confidently  expected  that 
the  treatment  he  will  receive  at  Trav­
erse  City  will  fully  restore  his  mind.

Jackson—The  Jackson  Hardware  Co. 
has  been  organized  here  to  purchase  the 
hardware  stock  of  Charles  E.  Barnard, 
for  years  in  the  hardware  business  here. 
The  company  is  capitalized  at $25,000, 
with  W.  C.  Starr,  of  Detroit,  and  J.  A. 
Taggart,  of  Toledo,  principal  stock­
holders.  Both  are  experienced  hardware 
men.  Mr.  Taggart  has  been  traveling 
salesman  for  L.  B.  Williams  &  Sons,  of 
Dover,  N.  H.,  and  Mr.  Starr  has  been 
connected  with  a  prominent  Detroit 
hardware  concern.

Detroit— December  1  Joseph  J.  Crow­
ley,  an  active  member  of  the  wholesale 
dry  goods  firm  of  Burnham,  Stoepel  & 
Co.,  will  retire  from  that  concern,  and 
it  is  reported  that  Mr.  Crowley,  with 
his  brother,  Wm.  C.  Crowley,  a  sales­
man  for the  same firm,  will,  with  others, 
organize  a  new  dry  goods 
jobbing 
house,  with  capital  of  from  $300,000  to 
$400,000.  Mr.  Crowley’s  retirement  is 
simultaneous  with  a  reorganization  of 
the  affairs  of  Burnham,  Stoepel  &  Co. 
The  firm  has  a  bouse 
in  Kansas  City, 
as  well  as  here,  J.  K.  Burnham  resid­
ing 
in  the  former  city,  and  it  is  said 
that  Mr.  Burnham  will  dispose  of  his 
interest  in  the  Detroit  house  to  Mr. 
Stoepel,  who  lives  in  this  city,  while 
Mr.  Stoepel  will  sell  his  Kansas  City 
holdings  to  Mr.  Burnham. 
It  is  also 
asserted  that  the  firm  will  be  succeeded 
by  a  corporation.

M anufacturing; M atters.

Detroit—The  Venito  Brass  Works 
has  changed  its  style  to  the  Eagle  Brass 
Works.

Detroit— The  Standard  Cap  Co.  has 
been  organized  with  a  capital  stock  of 
$5,000.

Charlevoix—The  Charlevoix  Sugar 
Co.  has  filed  articles  of  incorporation 
with  a  capital  stock  of  $300,000.

Levering—M.  Palmer  has  sold  his 
sawmill to  S.  Vandermeer and  H.  Tim- 
mer,  who  will  continue  the  business.

Detroit—The  proposition  of  the  di­
rectors  of  the  Michigan  Stove  works, 
of  Detroit,  that  the  capital  stock  of  the 
company  be 
increased  from  $300,000 
to $3,000,000  has  been  endorsed  by  the 
stockholders.

Bay  City—The  stockholders  of  the 
Michigan  Chemical  Co.  have  voted  to 
increase  the  capital  stock  from  $200,000 
to $250,000.

Macon—A  new  enterprise  has  been 
established  at  this  place  under  the  style 
of  the  Macon  Creamery  Co.  The  capi­
tal  stock  is $4,250.

Detroit—The  Crescent  Brass  &  Iron 
Co.  is  succeeded  by  the  Buckley-Hart 
Manufacturing  Co.,  which  also  succeeds 
the  Hart  Co.  in  the  manufacture of  cab­
inet  hardware.

Reed  City—Gerber  &  Strable  have 
bought  the  old  Wenzell  Bros,  shingle 
mill  plant,  and  will  at  on.ce  put  in  a 
maple  flooring  plant,  making  three such 
mills  in  this  town.

Gladwin—S.  O.  Church  &  Bro.,  of 
New  York  City,  have  purchased 
the 
stave  and  heading  mill  of  Edward  Jen­
nings,  including  the  stock  on  hand,  the 
consideration  being  $14,000.

Holland—W.  H.  Beach  &  Co.  have 
secured  the  services  of  E.  Misner,  of 
Grand  Rapids,  as  head  miller  for  their 
new  mill.  He  has  been  with  the Valley 
City  Milling  Co.  for  some  time.

Roscommon—The  Hanson  Lumber 
Co.  will  add  a  shingle  mill  to  its  box 
factory  at  this  place.  This  plant  works 
up  jack  pine  into  box  material,  and  the 
firm  has  timber  enough  available  to 
keep  the  plant 
in  operation  a  number 
of  years.

Harbor  Springs—Chapman  &  John­
son,  whose  sawmill  plant  is  now 
loca­
ted  near  Pleasantview  Center,  have  de­
cided  to  remove  it  to  this  place.  They 
have  secured  piling  ground  on  the  bluff 
and  will  move  the  output  of  this  winter 
there  and,  in  the  spring,  will  remove 
the  plant.  They  have  a  cut  of  about 
thirty  million  to  make and will undoubt­
edly  add  other  machinery  which  will 
make  a  complete  manufacturing  plant.
for  some 
years  one  of  the  heaviest  stockholders 
in  the  Saginaw  Specialty  Co., 
and 
manager  of  the  business,  has  disposed 
of  his  interest,  and  is  about  to  remove 
to  Tuscaloosa,  Ala.,  where  he  will  en­
gage  in  the  lumbering  and  planing  mill 
business.  The management  of  the  Sag­
inaw  Specialty  Co.  has  passed  to  Leon­
ard  Van  Houghton,  who  was  one  of  the 
organizers  of  the  company  and  who  will 
devote  his  entire  time  to the business.

Saginaw—John  McLean, 

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and  prices,  call  Visner,  both  phones.

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a  rand  Rapids,  Mich.

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Dates—4& 3 5 C  per  lb.
Eggs—The  market  is  strong  and  firm 
at  19322c  for  strictly  fresh'and  about 
18c  for  storage.  Receipts  have  been 
liberal  beyond  expectation.

Figs—Three  crown  Turkey  command 

n c   and  5  crown  fetch  14c.

Game— Dealers  pay  $131*20  for  rab­

Grapes—$536  per  keg  of  Malagas.
Honey—White  stock  is  in  ample  sup­
ply  at  13314c.  Amber  is  in  active  de­
mand  at  12313c,  and  dark  is  in  mod­
erate  demand  at  10311c.

Lemons—Verdellis  range  from  $4.50 
for  300s  to  $4.75  for  360s.  Maioris  com­
mand  $5  for  300s.  Californias,  $1,503 
3.75  for either  size.
Lettuce— I2j4c  per  lb.  for  hothouse.
Maple  Syrup—$1  per  gal.  for  fancy.
Onions—The  market 
to 
strengthen,  and  quotations  have  ad­
vanced  5315c  during  the  past  week. 
Yellow  Danvers  fetch  $1.0531.10  and 
Red  Globes command  $1.1031.15.

continues 

Oranges—California  are  now  in  mar­
ket,  commanding  $3.5033.75  per  box. 
Jamaicas  are  held  at  $3.2533.50  per 
box.  Floridas 
fetch  $3.2533.50  per 
box.

Parsley—20c  per  doz.
Potatoes—The  market  has  evidently 
gone  crazy,  but  prices  range  around  75c 
per  bu.,  although  local  competition  fre­
quently  forces  the  buying •price  up  to 
90c.  Dealers  are  looking  for  a  reaction 
from  the  high  prices  which  have  pre­
vailed  during  the  past  month  and  are 
hedging  accordingly.

contracted 

Poultry—The  market 

is  strong,  par­
ticularly  on  turkeys,  which  were  very 
largely 
for  Thanksgiving 
trade.  Chickens  are  scarce  and  strong. 
Dressed  hens  fetch  738c,  spring  chick­
ens  command  839c,  turkey  hens  fetch 
1031 ic, 
command  9310c, 
ducks  fetch  10311c  and  geese  9310c. 
Live  pigeons  are  in  moderate  demand 
at  60375c  and  squabs  at $1.5032.

gobblers 

Sweet-  Potatoes—Virginias  have  ad­
vanced  to $2.25.  Balti mores  command 
$2  and  genuine  Jerseys  $333.50  per 
bbl.

Winter  Squash— Hubbard  fetches  2c 

per  lb.

Service  Has  Been  of the  Best.

T.  E.  Flanegin  &  Co.,

General  Land  and  Immigration  Agents.

Sioux  City,  Iowa,  Oct.  17,  1901. 

Commercial  Credit Co.,  Grand  Rapids.
Gentlemen—We  beg  to  acknowledge 
receipt  of  your  valued  favor of  Oct.  14, 
enclosing  check  for  proceeds  of  collec­
tion  on  our claim  No.  366.  We  desire 
to  thank  you  for  your  prompt  attention 
to this  matter and  desire 
in  this  con­
nection  to  say  that  the  service  which 
you  have  given  us  on  collections  has 
been  of  the  best  and,  taking  into  con­
sideration  the  class  of  claims  which  we 
have  submitted  to  you,  the  results  have 
been  more  than  satisfactory.

We  shall  be  very  glad  indeed  to  give 
you  such  collections  as  we  have  and 
will  send  you  a  big  bunch  of  them 
within  a  few  days.

Yours  truly,
T.  E.  Flanegin  &  Co.

The  Grand  Rapids  Match  Co.  has 
evidently  been  fortunate  in  securing  the 
services  of  Henry  Stire,  a  practical 
matchmaker  of  Germany,  who  now  has 
charge  of  the  composition  used 
in  the 
factory.  The  new  blue  top  match  man­
ufactured  under  Mr.  Stire's  formula  is 
one  of  the  most  perfect  matches  made 
and  is  evidently  destined  to  meet  with 
a  large  sale.

G ra n d   R a p id s   O o ssip

The G rain  M arket.

Wheat  has  ruled  rather strong  during 
the  past  week,while  sales  have  not  been 
as  large  as  expected,  and  an  advance  of 
i y2c  in  winter  wheat  can  be  recorded. 
Spring  wheat,  December,  was  only  up 
about  J4c,  while  cash  No.  2  red  winter 
was  fully  3c  above  December.  Cash 
winter  is  held  very  firm.  The  high 
price 
in  the  coarse  grains  helped  to 
sustain  the  market.  The  receipts  in 
the  Northwest  have  been  very  large. 
Exports  were  again  over  5,000,000, 
while  the  visible  made  another  gain  of
3,235,000  bushels,  while  last  year  it  de­
creased  100,000  bushels. 
The  wheat 
feeding  process  in  the  corn  belt  goes  on 
as  usual.  Wheat  is  selling 
in  Kansas 
is  selling  at 64c  at 
around  60c.  Corn 
the  same  place. 
It  is  estimated  that 
fully  50,000,000  bushels  will  be  fed, 
which  sooner  or  later  will  affect  the 
market.  The  large receipts in the  North­
west  had  a  depressing  effect.  Receipts 
in  the  Southwest  are  below  the  usual 
amount,  notwithstanding  the  large  crop 
in  Kansas  and  Okla­
that  was  raised 
homa. 
to  import 
wheat,  as  her  crop  was  only  about
4,000,000  bushels.  Notwithstanding  the 
large  increase,  the  market  held  firm  and 
the  short  sellers  could  not  depress  the 
market.

Texas  will  have 

Corn  decreased  692,000  bushels  and 
the  market  closes  33^c  higher  than  a 
week  ago,  as  receipts  are  not  coming 
along  as  fast  as  wanted.  The  weather 
also  was  not  favorable  for the  curing  of 
new  corn.  Taking  all  things  into  con­
sideration,  corn 
is  in  a  strong  position 
for  a  still  further  advance.  While  a 
break  in  prices  was  predicted,  the  con­
trary  took  place.

Oats,  as  well  as  corn,  are  very strong. 
the 

Prices  were  advanced  234c  over 
previous  week  and  more were  wanted.

Rye  also  jumped  up  i j4c  per  bushel. 
It  looks  as  though  this  cereal  would  ad­
vance  still  more,  as  the  export  demand 
is  large.

Beans  are  held  very  firm.  There  does 
not  seem  to  be  very  much  change  and 
the  demand 
is  about  equal  to  the  sup­
ply.  Holders  are  not  anxious  to  part 
with  what  they  have  on  hand.

Flour,  owing  to  the  firmness in wheat, 
is  strong.  An  advance  bf  10c  per  bar­
rel  for  domestic  trade 
is  being  de­
manded.

Mill  feed 

is  $1  per  ton  higher  and, 
with  pastures  getting  short,  prices  will 
be  advanced  still  more.

Receipts  have  been  as follows:  wheat, 
50  cars;  corn,  2  cars;  oats,  2  cars; 
flour,  7  cars;  beans,  3  cars;  hay,  5  cars; 
potatoes,  32  cars.

Mills  are  paying  75c  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

The  Prodace  M arket.

Apples—The  market 

is  strong  but 
prices  are  too  high  to  be  very  active. 
is  running  from  $4 3 4 *5° 
Good  stock 
per  bbl.  for  Spys  and  Baldwins  and 
&3-75@4  for  other  varieties.
1.75  per  bunch,  according  to  size.

Bananas— Prices  range  from  $i.25@ 

Beans— Local  dealers  pay  $1.2531.50 
for country  picked  and  screened,  hold­
ing  city  picked  at  $1.7531.80.

Beets—$1.25  per  bbl.
Butter— Factory  creamery  commands 
24c  for  fancy,  22c  for choice  and  20c for 
storage.  Dairy  grades  are  firm  and 
in 
good  demand,  fancy  commanding  173 
19c.  Choice 
fetch  15317c.  Packing 
stock  goes  at  12313c.

Cabbage—$2  per  crate  of  four  dozen.
Carrots—$1.25  per  bbl.
Celery— 15c  per  doz.
Cranberries— Have  sustained  a  sharp

M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N
advance, 
Jerseys  command  $838.50 
per bbl.  Waltons, $3  per  crate  for  fancy.

The Grocery  M arket.

firmer 

Sugars— The 

raw  sugar  market  is 
somewhat 
in  tone,  but  with 
prices  unchanged,  96  deg.  test  cen­
trifugals  being  still  quoted  at  334c. 
Refiners  were  rather  inclined  to  make 
purchases,  but  offerings  were  small,  as 
holders  remained  confident  and,  with 
expected  light  receipts  of  raw  sugar  in 
the  near  future,  it  is  generally  believed 
that  prices  will  harden. 
It  is  reported 
that  planters  in  Cuba  are  making  prep­
arations  to  grind  sugar  cane,  but  re­
ceipts  of  new  sugar  will  be  light  until 
after  December.  The  world’s  visible 
supply  of  raw  sugar  is  1,840,000 tons, 
against  1,600,000  tons  a  week  ago  and
1,240,000 
tons  the  corresponding  time 
last  year.  The  refined  market  is  quiet. 
Buyers  operate cautiously and  purchases 
lots  as  were 
were  confined  to  such 
needed  to  fill  immediate  wants  and 
it 
is  not  expected  that they  will  take  hold 
very  freely  until  they  see  what  the  mar­
ket  is  going  to  do.  The  demand  for 
Michigan  beet  granulated 
is  good, 
there  being  a  steady  demand  for  this 
sugar.

Canned  Goods— The  canned  goods 
market,  as  a  whole,  is  very  quiet,  but 
prices  are  firmly  held  on  practically  all 
lines.  Buying 
is  chiefly  of  small  lots 
for  immediate  use,  but  is  large  enough 
to  keep  the  market  in  good  condition. 
Tomatoes  are  firm,  but  the  market  is 
generally  inactive  and  sales  are few. 
It 
is  in  just  such  shape,  however,  that  any 
little  additional  demand  would  send 
prices  up  still  further.  Corn 
is  also 
quiet.  Holders’  ideas  are  about  5c  per 
dozen  higher  than  the  trade  are  willing 
to  pay,  consequently  very  few  sales  re­
sult.  There 
is  not  much  to  say  about 
peas  this  week.  The  market is  dragging 
along, 
the  orders  are  plentiful,  but 
small,  but  are  sufficient,  however,  to 
justify  the  belief  that  all  of  the  best 
grades  and  qualities  will  be  sold  out 
very 
shortly.  Lima  beans  are  very 
scarce,  but  are  not  in  very  large  de­
mand. 
String  beans  are  somewhat 
stronger  and  prices  have  advanced  5c 
per  dozen.  Baked  beans  are  firm,  with 
good 
continues 
scarce,  but  is  less  wanted  as  dealers  are 
now  fairly  well  supplied.  Good  qual­
ity  gallon  apples  are  getting  scarce. 
The  buying  of  this  line  has  been  excel­
lent  up  to  this  time.  These  are  sauer 
kraut  days.  A  great  deal  of  canned 
sauer  kraut  is  sold  during  November 
and  December,  and  the  trade  on  this 
article  has  been  very  good  this  year.  A 
very  fine  article 
is  being  packed  now 
and  trade  on  it  is  gradually  increasing. 
The  demand  for  peaches  of  all  grades 
is  very  good.  Prices  are  unchanged. 
The  oyster  market 
is  quiet,  except­
ing  for the  fresh  stock,  and  it  will  con­
tinue 
so  until  after  Thanksgiving. 
There  is  very  little  buying  of  cove  oys­
ters  at  this  time  of  the  year,  but  all  of 
the  packers  anticipate  a 
lively  trade 
just  as  soon  as  the  Thanksgiving  holi­
days  are  over.  The  market  for  domes­
tic  sardines 
in  rather  better  shape. 
The  recent  cutting  has  stopped  and  full 
prices  are  now  maintained  and  demand 
is  fair.  Salmon  is  dull  with  very  little 
interest  manifested  in  any  grade.

Pumpkin 

demand. 

is 

5

in  very 

going  out  well  at 

ing  to  pay  a  premium  in  order to  get 
them.  The  raisin  market 
is  quiet  and 
well  supplied  with  stock.  Loose  mus­
light  demand,  but 
catels  are 
seeded  are 
full 
prices.  There 
is  also  a  good  demand 
for the  London  layer  and  fancy  cluster 
raisins  for the  holiday  trade.  Peaches 
and  apricots  are  both  rather quiet,  but 
it  is  expected  that  the  demand 
for 
peaches  will  soon 
increase,  partly  on 
account  of  the  small  supply  and  high 
prices  of  evaporated  apples,  which  are 
quite  a  factor as  regards  the  consump­
tion  of  other  dried  fruits.  Currants 
continue  firm,  with  a  continuance  of  ac­
tive  demand  from  all  quarters.  The 
tendency  of  the  market  is  upward,  and 
provided  the  present  heavy  consump­
tion  continues,  there  is  every  reason  to 
expect  a  higher  range  of  prices  between 
the  present  time  and  the  Christmas  hol­
idays.  Dates  are  a  trifle  easier.  Stocks 
are  quite 
large  and  the  Hallowi  dates 
show  poor quality  and do  not  sell  nearly 
as  well  as  the  Sair  and  Khadrawi.  Figs 
are  firm  and  selling  well,  with  prices 
about  J4c  higher.  Supplies  are  light 
and  the  demand 
is  very  active.  The 
consumptive  demand for  figs this  year  is 
very  heavy  and  the  market  is  in  excel­
lent  shape.  There  is  no  change  to  note 
in  evaporated  apples  and  the  situation 
is  practically  unchanged.  Stocks  are 
exceedingly  light  and  very  firmly  held.
in  very  good 
shape,  dealers  reporting  a  better  dispo­
sition  on  the  part of buyers  to  take hold, 
with  more  freedom,  and  business,  on 
the  whole,  showed  a  satisfactory 
in­
crease,  with  all  indications  pointing  to 
a  very  active  demand.  Advices  from 
New  Orleans  state  that  prices  were  ad­
vanced  J4c  per  pound  on  good  head rice 
and  higher  prices  are  being  asked  for 
Japans  because  of  short  supplies.

Rice— The  market 

is 

Teas—The  market 

is  very  strong, 
showing 
with  good  demand,  buyers 
more  disposition  to  take  hold.  Green 
teas  are  scarce  and  held  at  higher 
prices.  Most 
importers  were  not  in­
clined  to  market  their  light  holdings  as 
they  anticipate  higher  prices 
in  the 
near  future.  Black  grades  were  steady, 
in  sympathy  with  the  strong  tendency 
to  prices  for  green  sorts.  The  lower 
grades  attracted  most  attention.

Molasses  and  Syrups—The  molasses 
market  is  very  firm,  especially  for  the 
better  grades,  which  are  scarce.  This 
firm  feeling  on the  part  of  holders  is  in­
creased  by  the  reports  from  New  Or­
leans  that  considerable  damage  has 
been  done  to  the  crop  through  frost  and 
the  fact  that  the  crop 
is  fully  three 
weeks 
late.  The  trade,  however,  are 
disposed  to  operate  cautiously,  pending 
the  settlement  of  strikes,  which  will  be 
followed  by  freer  arrivals  of  molasses 
lower  prices.  The  corn 
and  probably 
syrup  market 
is  very  firm  with  half  a 
cent  advance  on  barrels.

Nuts—Trade 

in  nuts  is  very  active 
and  the  demand  for almost  all  varieties 
is  very  good  at  full  prices.  Brazil 
nuts  show  an  advance  of  34c  and  are 
much  wanted  at  the  advance.  Walnuts 
are  firm  and 
light  supply. 
Tarragona  almonds  are  also scarce.  F il­
berts  are  firm  and  in  good  demand  at 
high  prices.

in  rather 

Rolled  Oats—The  rolled  oats  market 
is  strong  and  prices  have  advanced  10c 
per  barrel  and  5c  per case  on  competi­
tive  cases.

The  Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers' 
Association  has  adopted  a  resolution  fa­
voring  the  proposed  repeal  of  the  10 
cent  tax  on  tea.

Claude  Lamoreaux  and  M.  R.  Alden 
have  formed  a  copartnership  under  the 
style  of  Claude  Lamoreaux  &  Co.  and 
engaged  in  the  butter  and  egg  business 
at  the  corner  of  Ellsworth  avenue  and 
Oakes  street.

The  successful  man  always  sticks  to 
one  thing  until  he  gets  there.  So  does 
the  postage  stamp.

Dried  Fruits—The  dried  fruit  market 
is  in  very  good  condition,  with  much 
better demand  for  all  varieties.  Prunes 
are  decidedly  firmer,  and  an  advance  of 
34c  is  noted  on  some  grades,  with  some 
holders  not  having  any  at  all  to  offer. 
The  small  sizes  are  scarce  and 
limited 
orders  for  these  sizes  are  accepted. 
These  small  sizes  are,  however,  what 
the  trade  most  want and  many  are  will­

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

Village  Improvement
The Grotesque  In  Landscape  A dornm ent. 
Written for the Tradesman.

“ What  is  one  man's  meat  is  another 
man’s  poison”   finds  a  fit  illustration  in 
the  work  of  the  improvement  society  in 
general.  The  urban  brotherhood 
longs 
for the  very  conditions  which  the  rural 
organization  deplores  and  the  country 
laborer  in  the  field  of  the  beautiful  for­
gets  as  he  looks  upon  the  work  of  the 
town  that  distance  lends enchantment  to 
the  view.  When  the  city  officer takes 
his  walks  abroad  with  the  intention  of 
improving  his  surroundings,  he  is  con­
stantly  brought  face  to  face  with  the 
crude  efforts  of the  well-meaning  past. 
Easily  won  wealth  has  at  some time out­
stripped  the  culture  that  should  go  with 
it,  and  with  the  mistaken  idea  of  mak­
ing  nature  beautiful  has  banished  exist­
ing  natural  loveliness  by  an attempt “ to 
gild  refined  gold  and  to  paint  the  lily ."
It  is  the  older  parts  of the  country 
that  suffer  most  in  this respect.  Because 
trees ‘ * from the foundations of the earth" 
have  been  considered  an  element  of 
beauty  in  the  landscape,  trees  it  is  and 
the  grounds  devoted  to  beauty and shade 
are  so  densely  shaded  that  the  grass, 
also  quite  an  essential  of  the  beautiful, 
sun  starved,  turns  pale  and  dies.  The 
ambitious  school  committee  in the farm­
ing  district  has  been  found  fault  with 
because  he  lets  “ the  schoolhouse  by  the 
country  road  a  ragged  beggar  sunning" 
remain  a  beggar sunning,  and  he  has­
tens  to  repair  his  neglect  by  planting 
trees  enough  for a  dozen  schoolhouses, 
and  what  is  mote  to  the  point  so  plants 
them  that  the  yard  resembles  a  piece  of 
wildwood  instead  of  the  cultured  tract 
intended.  He  has  “ copied  nature"  for­
getting,  if  he  ever  knew,  that  landscape 
beauty 
lies  in  foliage  clustered,  not 
sown  broadcast.  There  is,  indeed,  and 
rightfully  enough,  a  reluctance 
in  cut­
ting  down  these  well-grown  trees,  es­
pecially  when  they  are  the  relicts  of the 
original  forest;  but  when  the  beauty  of 
the  landscape  calls  for  the  sacrifice 
it 
ought  to  be  made  but  always  under  the 
direction  of  the  artist. 
In  many  in­
stances  the  trees  are  not too  large  to  be 
transplanted  and  they  should  be  at 
once  removed,  thus  adding  beauty  to 
two  “ beauty  spots”   instead  of  being  a 
blemish  to one.

More  than  one  unhappy 

locality  in 
this  broad  country  of ours  has  been— 
shall  we  say  cursed?— by  the  prosperous 
citizen  who  has  the  money  but  lacks 
the  knowledge  of  spending  it.  His  in­
tentions  are  the  best  in  the  world ;  he 
simply  “ don’t  know  how."  He  has 
passed  the  age  when  personal  wants 
and  wishes  have  little  force.  He 
likes 
to  be  known  as  “ the  richest  man  in 
town,"  and  he  likes to  show  it  in  a  way 
to  catch  the  public  eye. 
Indifferent  to 
personal  adornment  he  blossoms 
into 
architecture. 
From  tradition  he  has 
heard  of  the  “ castled  Rhine"  and  the 
beauty  of the  English  park  and  he  de­
termines  to  combine  the  features  of 
both 
in  his  bit  of  American  territory, 
flat  as  the  prairied  West  can  make  it. 
There  he  builds  his castle  and  there  he 
plants  his  trees  and  when  the  whole  is 
finished  and  he  sits  down  to  enjoy  them 
and  the  congratulations  that  he  thinks 
he  has  every  right  to  expect,  amaze­
ment  gives  place  to  righteous  indigna­
tion  when  he  learns  that  bis  estate  is 
nicknamed  “ Jones’ Folly,”   and  that “ a 
fool  and  his  money  are  soon  parted.”  
While  this 
is  bad  enough  the  worst 
remains  to  be  stated;  for not  contented 
with  his castle and  bis  park  he  has 
in­

sisted  on  adorning  his  grounds  with 
wild  animals  in 
iron  and  there  they 
stand  to-day  the  proof  of  his  foolishness 
and  the  horror  of  every  improvement 
society  that  has  ever  heard  of  them.

It  would  be  a  pleasure  to  state  that 
this  public ornamentation  with  the  gro­
tesque  is  limited  to  the  *  unfortunate 
few ,"  but  the  statement  if  made  would 
be  incorrect.  Here  is  where  the  pros­
perous  rural  society  has  the  advantage 
of  those 
in  town;  they  can  build  from 
the  ground  up  on  modern  plans  with 
modern 
ideas  with  comparatively  few 
prejudices  to overcome,  while  the  town 
is  hampered  by  them.  That  same 
love 
of  the  iron  deer and  the  plaster of  Paris 
monstrosity  has  at  some time  in the past 
taken  his  seat  at  the  city  council  table, 
and  in  his  “ gravity  and  profound  con­
ceit"  dictated  the  “ beautifying"  of 
In  many  instances  the  foun­
the  town. 
tain 
in  the  park  has  been  the  object 
of  bis  attention,  and  with  the  honest— 
there’s  the  pity  of  it!—desire  of  doing 
something  for  the  public  good,  he  has 
turned  a  deaf  ear  to  every  lesson  of  his 
childhood  and  hoped  to  benefit  growing 
and  intelligent  Christian  humanity  by 
pure,  unadulterated  paganism.

In  the  whole  world  there  is  nothing 
quite  so  pleasing  to  the  human  ear  as 
water  music.  Whatever  its  mood 
it 
takes  possession  of  us.  The  awful  pas­
sion  of  the  ocean,  the  solemn  anthem  of 
Niagara,  the  rippling 
laughter  of  the 
mountain  stream,  at  their  best  are  only 
hints  of  the  numberless  melodies  that 
nature  is  constantly  singing  to  her  hu­
man  children  and  every  note  is  dear  to 
them;  for  every  note  suggests  a  tune 
that  comes  from  nature’s  heart. 
It  is 
nature’s  song  to  hidden  human  nature— 
the  touch  that  makes  us  kin— and  so  we 
like  this  music  best  when  it  comes  to 
us  untrammeled  by  even  a  hint  of  art. 
It  is  strange  then  that  this  country  boy­
hood,  with  this  best  of  music  sounding 
in  his  ears,  transferred  to  town,  should 
even  think  of  anything  unsung  by  na­
ture. 
In  all  his  brookside  wanderings 
with  book  and  line,  in  all  his  country 
dreamlife  by  stream,  or  lake  or  sea,  has 
be  ever  seen  or  wished  to  see  the  water, 
like  an  ejected  Jonah,  belching  from  a 
petrified  whale  or  dolphin  into a  dam­
aged  marble  basin,  while  just  above  a 
pagan  water-nymph  pours  or  tries  to 
pour  from  a  pagan  pitcher—always  out 
of order!— a  petty  stream  that  accident 
has  reduced  to a  dribble?  And  yet  the 
ambitious  capital  of  an  ambitious West­
ern  State  is  to-day  trying  to  teach  the 
beautiful  to  its  populace,  hungering 
after it  with  that  strange conglomeration 
of  distorted  and  incongruous  art.  Am I 
wrong 
in  believing  that  the  Western 
fountain  was  designed  to  be  a  faithful 
copy  of  a  fountain  in  Grand  Rapids?

I  may  be  wrong  in  my  conclusions, 
but  I  do  not  believe  that  America  is 
quite  ready  to  be  satisfied  with  this 
grotesqueness  in  landscape  adornment. 
Here,  with  limitless  lands, and  countless 
deer,  the  iron  imitations  are  wholly  out

of  place.  We  want  no  inverted  whales 
or  dolphins  spouting  water 
for  our 
amusement,  and  pagan  Hebes  can be  at 
home  only  at  the  banquet  tables  of  the 
gods.  I  would  not  if  I  could  pluck  even 
,a  feather  from  Le  Notre’s  fame  nor  de­
tract  a  single  splendor from  his  foun­
tains  at  Versailles  or  St.  Cloud.  The 
ear that  hears  them  and  the  eye that  has 
been  gladdened  by  them  has  each  heard 
and  seen  what  neither  can  forget;  but 
they  will  admit  that  these  wonders  be­
long  only  to  Versailles  and  St.  Cloud. 
The  American  toiler  “ will  none  of 
them."  He  wants  the  brook  song  of 
his  childhood  and  the  fountain  whose 
cool  splash  hints  of  the  dripping J‘ cool­
It  is 
ness  that  rose  from  the  well." 
the  drinking-place  at  the 
junction  of 
Cherry  street  and  State,  not  the  sea 
monsters  in  the  park,  that  is  fulfilling 
its  esthetic  mission  in  Grand  Rapids 
to-day,  and  that  fountain  in  its  plain­
ness,  set  up 
in  memory  of  a  faithful 
horse,  is  proving,as  plainly  as  the  pure­
ly  simple  and  appropriate  can,  that  the 
grostesque  in  public  ornamentation  is 
having  its  day  and  that  the  day  for  bet­
ter things  is  dawning.

R.  M.  Streeter.

Business  Maxims.

Do  not  rest  satisfied  in  the  belief  that 
you  control  the  trade  and  that  it  is  sure 
to  remain  with  you  without  effort.

Buy  within  your  means,  then  you  are 
like  propor­

sure  to  be  able  to  pay  in 
tion.

Be  always  as  good  as  your  word. 
Your  reputation  for  memory  and  con­
scientiousness  depends  upon  it.

Few  men  are  so constituted  that  im­
pressive  airs  and  haughty demeanor will 
draw  them  trade.
A  serious,  attentive  demeanor  while 
you  are  waiting  on  customers will insure 
you  their  respect.

Nine  times  out  of  ten  it  is  safer  to 
give  credit  to  the  poorly-clad  person 
than  to  the  over-dressed  swell.

Never  decry  your  opposition. 

It  is 
tangible  evidence  that  you  feel  sore 
over  his  power  to  secure  trade  from 
you.

Be  popular  if  you  have  the  power  to 
be  so,  but  always  remember that  kind­
ness  and  sociability  afford  the  keynote.
Keep  your  credit  good  by  using  it 
sparingly.  It  is  like  your  bank  account, 
the  more  you  use  it  the  weaker  it  be­
comes.

Always  remember that  your best  cus­
tomer  consults  his  own  interests  in deal­
ing  with  you.  Few  persons  are  so  gen­
erous  as  to  prefer others  before  them­
selves.
The 

straightforward  business  man 
who  has  his  price,  and  sticks  to  it,  is 
safer to  deal  with  than  the  sharper  who 
will  meet  you  at  one  point  and  do  you 
at  another.

The  increasing  necessity  for a  knowl­
edge  of  business methods  among  women 
of  wealth  has  led  the  Boston  Business 
League,  a  club  of  women,  to  arrange 
meetings  where  business  methods  and 
the 
laws  affecting  women  and  children 
will  be  studied.  Subjects  for discussion 
will 
include  banking,  insurance,  laws 
on  property  rights  o f  women,  e tc,  and 
any  miscellaneous questions  that  may 
arise  as  to  business  methods.

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Precautions  They Usually Take to Prevent 

Robbery.

No  set  of  commercial  travelers  carry 
such  a  precious  stock  as the  diamond 
salesmen.  There  are  about  a  hundred 
traveling  salesmen  in  this country whose 
stock  consists  of  diamonds,  and  all  but 
a  very  small  percentage  of  them  travel 
for  firms  in  this  city,  for  this  city  has 
always  been  the  diamond  market  of  the 
country.  Of  course,  there  are  many 
jewelry  salesmen  who  take  along  with 
other  stock  a 
limited  amount  of  pre­
cious  stones,  but  they are not in the class 
with  the  kind  mentioned  who  carry  no 
other  goods  and  are  not  bothered  with 
sample  trunks  or  satchels.

Few  as  is  the  number  of  traveling 
diamond  salesmen,  they  probably  carry 
a  combined  stock  of  a  value  equal  to 
that  carried  by  ten  times  their  number 
in  other  branches  of  trade,  or  which 
if 
converted 
into  dollars  would  probably 
be  equal  to  the  capital  stock  of  some  of 
the 
largest  concerns  for  which  other 
salesmen  travel.  From the point  of  view 
of the  light-fingered  gentry  one  of  these 
salesmen  would  be  worth  for a  “ touch”  
one  hundred  of  biR  fellow  travelers  and 
yet  one  rarely,  if  ever,  bears  of  a  dia­
mond  salesman  coming  to  grief  from 
contact  with  this  class.  Few  as  have 
been  the  instances  of  jewelry  salesmen 
being  robbed  on  the  road,  the  cases 
where  diamond  salesmen  have  suffered 
in  this  manner  are  even  fewer. 
If  you 
ask  the  travelers,  whose  starting  point 
is  the  Maiden  Lane  district,  why  this  is 
they  will  tell  you  that  the  diamond 
salesmain  is  a  peculiar  kind  of  individ­
ual  and  that  to  catch  him  napping  it 
would  be  necessary  to  sit  up  a  good 
many  nights.  While  on  the  road  out­
wardly  he  appears  as 
careless  and 
debonair  as  any  other  drummer  who 
lolls  around  the  hotel  or  plays  cards 
in 
the  smoker,  yet  underneath  there  is  a 
caution 
in  his  make-up  which  is  re­
quired  of  the  man  who  sells  the  most 
costly  of  the  gifts  of  Mother  Earth.

it 

When 

is  taken  into* consideration 
that  a  traveling  salesman  for almost any 
of  the  diamond  houses  of  John  street 
and  Maiden  Lane  seldom starts out  on  a 
trip  of  any  length  with  less  than  $100,- 
000  worth  of  diamonds in  his  wallet  and 
more  often  the  stock 
is  worth  three 
times  that  sum,  it  would  seem  to the 
average  man*tbat  they  would  have  to  be 
possessed  of  the  caution  and  nerve  of 
ten  other  men,  and  that  is  just  about 
what  the  diamond  salesman  has.  Then, 
too,  it  would  seem  to  be  necessary  that 
he  possess  the  confidence  of  his  house 
to  an  extraordinary  degree  unless  the 
firm  employing  him  cared  to  expend the 
amount  of  money  necessary  to  have him 
followed  by  detectives  every  time  he 
started  out  on  a  trip.  While  this  is  true 
of  some  of  the  men  who  carry  large 
quantities  of  diamonds over the country, 
yet  probably  three-fourths  of  diamond 
salesmen  on  the  road  are  members  of 
the  firm  for  which  they  travel. 
If the 
business  belongs to one person,  generally 
he  himself  takes  goods  on  the  road.

There  are  cases,  however,  where  the 
diamond  salesman  is  only  an  employe, 
but  in  these  cases  most  of  the  selling  is 
done  on  commission  and  there  is  a  lot 
in  it to  the  salesman  whenever he makes 
a  sale.  Hence  the  risk  to.the  house  is 
pretty  small.  One  of  the  largest  houses 
in  the  diamond  district  has  a  salesman 
out  most  of  the  year who  is  not  a  mem­
ber  of  the  firm.  Yet  he  frequently  starts 
with  loose  stones  in  his  wallet  aggregat­
ing  in  value  $500,000.

Implicit  confidence  is  placed  in  him

and  he  has  never  violated  it.  Even 
if 
he  were  unscrupulous  his  commission  is 
so  large  that  it  would  pay  him  more  to 
keep  the  confidence  of  his  employers  in 
the  long  run  than  to  disappear  with  his 
wallet  with 
the  certainty  of  being 
tracked by the Pinkertons,  to whom  such 
matters  are  generally 
intrusted  by  the 
diamond  dealers  and  jewelers  of  the 
United  States.

The  diamond  man  carried  his  goods 
in  a  wallet  about  ten  inches  long.  This 
wallet  is  invariably  carried  in  a  pocket 
on  the  inside  of  his  vest.  The  diamond 
salesman  rarely  travels  at  night.  One 
reason  for  this  is that  time  is  of  no  par­
ticular  concern.  Another  is  the  greater 
risk  in  night  traveling.  When  he  does 
travel  at  night  he  either  keeps  his  vest 
on  or  else  he  wears  a  shirt  inside  of 
which  is  a  pocket  similar  to  that  in  the 
vest.  Of  course  the  necessity  often  does 
arise  of  night  traveling,  and to  be  ready 
for  it  not  a  few  diamond  salesmen  al­
ways  have  with  them  such  a  garment  in 
order to  be  comfortable  and  not  have  to 
go  to bed  in  the  sleeper  with  the  vest 
on.  Diamond  salesmen  seldom  talk  of 
their  business  while  traveling,  because 
they  do  not  exactly  care  to  be  known.

Diamonds  are always shown in papers. 
All  of  the  salesmen  carry  a  certain 
amount  of  what  is  called  in  trade  par­
lance  “ melet, ”   that  is  diamonds  below 
a  carat  in  weight,  generally  of  the  size 
suitable  for  mounting 
in  jewelry.  Of 
course,  the  diamond  salesman  tries  es­
pecially  to  sell  the  largest  stones,weigh­
ing  from  a  carat  up.  These  are  what 
make  their  stock  so  valuable  and  to  sell 
only  a  small  portion  of  them  is  worth  a 
trip  from  one  coast to  the  other.  What 
astonishes those  to  whom  care  seems  to 
be  an  essential  in  selling valuable goods 
is  the  custom  pursued  in  the  diamond 
business,  and  for  that  matter,  the  en­
tire 
jewelry  business,  of  leaving  goods 
on  what  is  called  “ memorandum.”   A 
diamond  salesman,  if  a 
jeweler  tells 
him  that  he  believes  he  can  get  a  cus­
tomer  for  some  of  his  stones,  will  leave 
a  paper  of  diamonds  with  the  jeweler 
without anything  given  as  security,  but 
with  the  understood  right  to  get them 
back  when  he  wants  them.

At  the  end  of  a  week  or  two  the  dia­
mond  salesman  will  walk  into  the  store 
where  be 
left  the  stones,  weigh  them 
up  with  a  little  pair of  scales  he  carries 
in  his  pocket  and  for the  difference  in 
weight  of  the  stones  he  left  in  the  first 
place  he  will  charge  the  jeweler.  That 
is  why  the  diamond  salesman  travels  by 
easy  stages,  as  often  he  has  to  wait  in  a 
place  for  two  weeks  to  make  a  sale  of 
this  kind.

As  a  result  of  the  reign  of  prosperity 
that  this  country  is  now  enjoying,  it 
now  is  the  largest  diamond  buyer  in  the 
London  market,  where  practically  all 
diamonds  are  originally  sold. 
It  has 
.far  outstripped  England,  which  up  to 
three  years  ago took  more  of  the  stones 
than  any  other country.  Consequently 
the  number  of  diamond  salesmen  has 
increased  a  little,  but  even  now  their 
number  is  few.  Diamonds  are  never 
sent  through  the  mails  or  by  express, 
and  consequently  these  few  take  around 
with  them  all  the  stock  outside  of  that 
kept  here  to  be  sold  over  the  counters 
to dealers  who take  them  away  them­
selves.— N.  Y.  Sun.

In  Trouble  Again.

“ John  writes,”   said  the  old  man, 
“ that  they’re  goin’  to  send  him  to the 
legislatur*. ”

“ Lord  save  us!”   exclaimed  the  old 
“ What’s  he  been  a-doin'  of 

lady. 
now?”

Needed A m endm ents to tbe P resent B ank­

ruptcy  Law.

The Judiciary  Committee  of tbe Fifty- 
sixth  House  of  Representatives  has  re­
quested  the  National  Association  of 
Referees in  Bankruptcy  to  gather  statis­
tical  information  from  the  leading  mer­
chants  of  the  United  States  in  respect to 
the  operation  of  tbe  national bankruptcy 
law  and  to  ascertain  their views  as  to 
what  amendments  should  be  secured  to 
make  this  law  more  just  and  practical 
in 
its  operation  and  more  satisfactory 
to  the  mercantile  interests  of  the  coun­
try. 
In  accordance  with  this  request 
the  association  has  sent  to the  business 
men  of  the  country  a  list  of  questions 
with  a  hope  that  the  answers  may  be 
helpful  to  the  Judiciary  Committee  in 
considering  the  subject.

Attached  to  this  list  is  a  copy  of  an 
amendatory  bill  introduced  by  Repre­
sentative  Ray  on  February  13,  1901. 
This  bill  would  annul  the  present  bank­
ruptcy  law  so  as  to  exclude  from  con­
sideration— in  addition  to  property  con­
veyed, transferred,  concealed or removed 
with 
intent  to  defraud  creditors—all 
property  that  is  exempt  from  seizure  or 
execution  under  the  laws  of  the  United 
States  or  of  the  State  in  which the bank­
ruptcy  proceedings  were  begun,  insol­
vency  to  be  determined  by  the  test  that 
the  aggregate  of  tbe  property  shall  not, 
fairly  valued,  be  sufficient  to  pay  the 
debts. 
It  allows  receivers,  marshals 
and  trustees  additional  compensation 
for their  services. 
It makes  it  an  act  of 
bankruptcy  for  a  corporation  to  have 
been  put  in  charge  of  a  receiver  or 
trustee  on  the  ground  of  insolvency. 
It 
provides  th£t  any  incorporated company 
owing  debts,  and  any  corporation  en­
gaged  principally 
in  manufacturing, 
trading,  printing,  publishing,  mining 
or  mercantile  pursuits  (on  petition  of 
an  officer  or stockholder of  such  corpo­
ration  duly  authorized  either  by  a  vote 
of  a  majority  of  the  stockholders  pres­
ent  at  a  meeting  of  stockholders  called 
for  that  purpose  or on  the  written  con­
sent  of  stockholders  holding  at  least 
one-half  the  stock  of  such  corporation), 
shall  be  entitled  to  the  benefit  of  this 
act  as  a  voluntary  bankrupt.

It  provides  further that the bankruptcy 
of  a  corporation  shall  not  release  its 
officers,  directors  or  shareholders,  as 
such,  from  any  liability  under the  laws 
of  a  state  or  territory  or  of  the  United 
States. 
It  amends  subdivision  6 of  sec­
tion  14  of  the  present  bankruptcy  law 
relating  to  discharges  so  that  it  will  be 
unnecessary  to  prove  fraud  on  the  part 
of  the  bankrupt  in  the  intent  to  conceal 
his  financial  condition;  and it  prohibits 
the  judge  from  granting  a  discharge 
where  the  applicant  (1)  obtained  prop­
erty  or credit  upon  a  “ materially  false 
statement  in  writing  made  by  him  to 
any  person  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining 
credit  or  of  being  communicated  to  tbe 
trade  or  to  the  person  from  whom  he 
obtained  such  property  or  credit;  or  (2) 
made  a  fraudulent  transfer of  any  por­
tion  of  his  property  to  any  person;  or 
(3)  has  been  granted  a  discharge  in 
bankruptcy  within  six  years;  or  (4)  in 
the  course  of  bis  proceedings  refused  to 
obey  any  lawful  order  of,  or  to  answer 
any  question  approved  by  the  court.”

It  amends  subdivision  2 of  section  17, 
in  that  it  makes  liabilities— not  neces­
sarily  judgment  in  actions— for  frauds, 
and  alimony  due  'or  to  become  due  or 
for  maintenance  or  support  of  wife  or 
child  or for  seduction  of  an  unmarried 
female,  debts  that are  not  affected  by  a 
discharge.  It amends  subdivision  a  of

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section  21  so  as  to  render  the  wife of the 
bankrupt  amenable  to  the  order of  the 
court  to  render  testimony  concerning 
the  acts,  conduct  or  property  of  a  bank­
rupt  whose  estate  is  in  process  of  ad­
ministration  under 
It  also 
amends  in  many  important  particulars 
section  48  relating  to  compensation  of 
trustees,  section  57  relating  to  proof  and 
allowance  of  claims  and  section  64  re­
lating  to  debts  having  priority.

the  act. 

Taken  all  and  all  the  bill  appears  to 
be  in  the  main  much  more  favorable  to 
creditors  than  the  bankruptcy  law  now 
in  force.  Many  important  suggestions 
will  undoubtedly  be  received  by the Na­
tional  Association  of  Referees  in  Bank­
ruptcy  from  those  who  are  most  directly 
interested—the  merchants  and  business 
men  throughout  the  country. 
It  is  to 
be  hoped  that,  helped  by  these  sugges­
tions,  the  Judiciary  Committee  of the 
Fifty-seventh  House  may  be  able  to 
draft  an  equitable  bankruptcy  law  and 
one  that  will  not  afford  any  loop-holes 
through  which  dishonest  men  may  be 
permitted  to  legally  escape  from  the 
payment  of  their  just  and  lawful  debts. 
— N.  Y.  Commercial.
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STATE  OF  MICHIGAN > „
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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  in 
that  establishment. 
folded  7,ooo  copies  of  the  issue 
of
November 27,  1901,  and  saw the  edition 
mailed 
in  the  usual  manner.  And 
further deponent  saith  not.

I  printed  and

John  DeBoer.

Sworn  and  subscribed  before  me,  a 
notary  public  in  and  for  said  county, 
this twenty-third  dayof  November,  1901.

Notary  Public  in  and  for  Kent  County, 

Henry  B.  Fairchild, 

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W ILL  STAND  MANT  STORMS.

From  time  to time  imaginative  per­
sons  of  a  pessimistic  turn  of  mind  de­
vote  themselves  to  predicting  dreadful 
evils  that  are  to come  upon  this  earth 
of  ours  and  devote  it  and  its inhabitants 
to  destruction.

The  astronomers  are  fond  of  predict­
ing  great  terrestrial  catastrophes  to  be 
caused  by  the  collision  in  mid-heaven 
of our globe  with  a  fiery  comet.  Some 
geologists  love  to  picture  the  time when 
the  internal  fires  and  forces  of  the  earth 
will  burst  forth  with  a  terrible  convul­
sion  and  rend 
it  to  fragments,  while 
other  foretell  the  time  when  those  fires 
will  bum  out,  leaving  the  planet honey­
combed  with  cavities  which were caused 
by  steam  and  gases,  but  which,  by  the 
dying  out  of  the  fires,  leave  innumer­
able  and  enormous  caverns,  into  which 
the  waters  of  the  seas  will  retreat  and 
there  will  be  no  more  evaporation,  and 
no  more  rain,  and,  therefore,  no  more 
water  in  reach  of  vegetation,  beasts  and 
the  human  race,  which  will  all  perish 
through  drought  and  thirst.

There  are  others  who  draw  their  in­
spiration  from  the  ancient  sacred  and 
profane  prophets,  and  interpret  the  wild 
obscure  declarations  of  those  seers  to 
set  forth  dreadful  visitations  of  death 
and  destruction  which  are  to  come  upon 
the  present  generations  of  the  earth’s 
inhabitants.  The  numbers  of  these  fore­
casters  of  evil  are  quite  considerable 
and  they  are  constantly  cropping  up  to 
foretell  the  end  of  all  things, which  they 
declare  to  be  immediately  at  hand.

A  statement  is  going  the  rounds  of 
the  newspapers  to  the  effect  that  ac­
cording  to  Berosus,  one  of  the  ancient 
historians  of  the  Babylonian  Empire, 
when  Noah’s  deluge  overwhelmed  the 
earth  and 
its  inhabitants,  the  planets 
Mercury,  Mars,  Jupiter  and  Saturn, 
with  the  sun,  were  all  ranged  together 
in  the  sky,  in  the  sign  Capricorn,  and

that  whenever  those  same  heavenly 
bodies  should  again  assume  the  same 
positions  another  destructive  cataclysm 
would  overtake  our  earth. 
It  is  said 
that  a  clay  cylinder  dug  up  from  the 
ruins of  Babylon,  and  now  in  the  Brit­
ish  Museum  at  London,  sets  forth  this 
statement.

It  now  comes  out  that  there  will  be  a 
general  gathering  of  the  planets  in  the 
sign  of  Capricorn  during  the  coming 
month  of  December,  and  if  there  is  any 
virtue 
in  the  prediction,  there  ought  to 
be  a  terrible  visitation.

Zadkiel 

astrologers, 

A  reference  to  the  predictions  of  the 
modern 
and 
Raphael,  fails  to  disclose  any  such 
frightful  state  of  affairs.  They  both 
predict  an  amount  of  trouble  greater 
than  usual,  but  no  signs  of  a  deluge  or 
a  terrestrial  conflagration  are  visible.

The  good  people  ot  this  part  of  our 
planet  are  exhorted  not  to  give  them­
selves  up  to  thoughts  of  disaster,  but  to 
live  as  nearly  up  to  the  requirements  of 
the  Golden  Rule  as  possible,  and  to 
make  ready  to  enjoy  the  Christmas  fes­
tivities,  as  usual. 
In  all  probability, 
some 
individuals  will  pass  away,  but 
the  earth  will  stand.  Let  us  trust  so 
to  the  end,  since  not  even  with  the  San- 
to-Dumont  flying  machine  can  we  soar 
away  to  any  other  planet.

CITY  BING IN   NAPLES.

European  countries  appear to  be  imi­
tating  all  of  the  industrial  and  political 
vices  of  the  New  World.  They  are 
having  quite  as  much  trouble  about  the 
tariff  in  Europe  as  we  have  bad  in  the 
past  and  seem  about  to  have  in  the  im­
mediate  future;  the  question  of  trusts  is 
now  as  much  a  European  as  it  is  an 
American  question;  and  now  they  are 
having  in  the  European  cities  pretty 
good  imitations  of  our  municipal  polit­
ical  rings.

In  the  popular  election  just  held  in 
Naples  the  political  machine  of  that 
city  was  overwhelmingly  defeated.  The 
machine  is  said  to  have  been  in  every 
particular  up  to  the  American model.  It 
was  corrupt,  dishonest  and  extravagant. 
It  depended  on  election  frauds  to  per­
petuate  it  in  power. 
It  put  through  all 
sorts  of  jobs  and  schemes  to  the  enrich­
ment  of  its  members. 
It  took  bribes. 
It  blackmailed  everybody  who  could  be 
reached  and  had  among its  agents  noted 
criminals  and  Camorrists.

A  considerable  portion  of  the  press  of 
Northern  Italy  was  in  favor  of  not  al­
lowing  the  Neapolitans  to  elect their 
own  city  government,  but  the  king's 
taking  the  matter  into  bis  own  hands 
instead.  But the  royal  commission  took 
the  opposite  view  and  determined  to 
leave  the  question  of  the  reform  of 
Naples  to  the  people  of  Naples.  The 
result  has  justified  the  wisdom  of  the 
commission  and  shows  what  the  people 
anywhere  can  do,  once  they  are  thor­
oughly  aroused. 
The  Camorra  with 
which  the  ring  government  had  allied 
itself  was  once  a  patriotic  society  or­
ganized  to  revolt  against  the  atrocities 
of  the  Neapolitan  Bourbons.  But  with 
success  and  the  lapse  of  time  it  has  de­
generated  into  a gang  which  exists  sole­
ly  for  plunder  by  any  sort  of  nefarious 
means.

And  thus  it  will  be  seen  that  munici­

pal  reform  is  taking  root  everywhere.

If  Miss  Stone's  captors  do  not  soon 
get  that  ransom  money  they  will  be  un­
der the  necessity  of  borrowing  money  to 
make  Christmas  gifts  with.

Trust  not  a  woman's  tears;  it  is  her 
nature to weep  when  she  wants her  way.

NATURE AND JUSTICE.

later,  in  volume  form. 

Maurice  Maeterlinck  discourses  of 
“ The  Mystery  of  Justice’ ’  in  the  Fort­
nightly  Review  for  November.  What 
he  has  to  say  there,  however,  is  only 
part  of  a  complete  essay  which  will  be 
published 
It  is 
his  object,  first  of  all,  to  discover  the 
source  of  justice.  He  accepts  no  theis- 
tic  explanation  of  anything  in  man  or 
nature,  but  he  asks:  “ If  there  be  no 
judge,what  justice  is  there?  None  other 
than  that  which  men  have  made  for 
themselves,  not  only  by  their  laws  and 
tribunals,  but  also  in  the  social  rela­
tions that  no  definite  judgment governs? 
Is  there  nothing  above  this  human 
jus­
tice,  whose 
sanction  is  rarely  other 
than  the  opinion,  the  confidence  or  mis­
trust,  the  approval  or disapproval  of our 
Is  this  capable  of  explaining 
fellows? 
or  accounting  for  all  that  seems  so  in­
explicable  to  us  in  the  morality  of  the 
universe  that  we  at  times  feel  almost 
compelled 
intelligent 
judge  must  exist?  When  we  deceive  or 
overcome  our  neighbor,  have  we  de­
ceived  or  overcome  all  the  forces  of 
justice?  Are  all  things  definitely  set­
tled  then,  and  may  we  go  boldly  on;  cr 
is  there  a  graver,  deeper  justice,  one 
less  visible  perhaps,  but  less  subject  to 
error;  one  that  is  more  universal  and 
mightier?’ ’

to  believe  an 

Maeterlinck  freely  admits  that  such  a 
justice  does  exist,  and  he  declares  that 
it  is  infallible  and  irresistible;  but  he 
would  know  where 
it  is  lodged,  and 
whence  it  issues  to  deal  out  reward  and 
punishment:  “ Does  an  inflexible,  un- 
deceivable  moral  principle,  independ­
ent  of  man,  exist  in  the  universe  and  in 
things? 
Is  there,  in  a  word,  a  justice 
that  might  be  called  mystic?  Or  does 
it  issue  wholly  from  man;  is  it  inward, 
even  although  it  acts  from  without;  and 
is  the  only 
justice,  therefore,  psycho­
logic?”   Clearing  the  way  for  the  en­
quiry,  he  argues  at  length  that  there  is 
no  such  thing  as  a  physical  justice. 
There  is,  be  asserts,  no  moral  reaction 
in  nature—the  physical  world.  A  man 
may  suffer  in  consequence  of  impru­
dence,  but  he  suffers  neither  more  nor 
less  because  of  the  character  of  his  mo­
tives  in  such  a  case. 
If,  on  a  cold  day, 
one  throws  himself  into  the  water  to 
save  a  fellow  creature  from  drowning, 
the  consequences  of  the  resultant  chill 
will  be  the  same  as  if one  had  fallen  in 
while  seeking  to  drown  a  brother  man. 
Nor  is  there  justice  in  the  sufferings in­
flicted  by  the  operation  of  the  law  of 
heredity.  It  would  be  a  strange  justice, 
says  Maeterlinck,  that  would  throw 
upon  a  son,  and  even  upon  a  remote 
descendant,  the  burden  of  a  fault  com­
mitted  by  a  father or  any  ancestor. 
It 
is  true  that  a  son  must  sometimes  suffer 
because  a  father  has  undermined  his 
own  health;  but  the  sufferings  of the son 
must  be  the  same  whether  the  father's 
motives  be  heroic  or  shameful.

“ But,”   says  Maeterlinck,  “ in  the 
course  of  adapting  ourselves  to the  laws 
of  life,  we  have  naturally  been  led  to 
credit  with  our  own  moral  ideas  those 
principles  of  causality  that  we  encoun­
ter  most  frequently;  and  we  have  in 
this  fashion  created  a  very  plausible 
semblance  of  effective  justice,  which 
rewards  or  punishes  most  of  our  actions 
in  the  degree  that  they  approach  or [de­
viate  from,  certain  laws  that  are  essen­
tial  for  the  preservation  of  the  race. 
*  *  *  This  idea,  however  deeply  in­
grained  although 
in  the  hearts 
and  minds  of  the  least  credulous  and 
least  mystic  of  men  can  surely  not  be 
beneficial.  Our  morality  becomes  like

it  be 

the  insect  which,  perched  on  a  falling 
rock,  imagines  that  the  rock  has  been 
its  own  special  be­
set  in  motion  on 
half.”   But  while 
it  may  be  granted 
that  nature,  the  physical  universe  so  far 
as  it  is  known  to  man,  has  not  been  so 
constituted  that  of  itself  it  can  either 
teach  or  enforce  any  complete  system 
of  justice,  it  does  in  its  own  sphere  as­
sert  the  supremacy  of  law  and  the  cer­
tain  punishment  of disobedience.  There 
is  a  physical  health  and  a  moral  health, 
and  both  depend  on  the  observance  of 
certain  fixed  conditions.

Universal  "  benevolence,  good  will, 
may  be  regarded  as  conducive  to  the 
happiness  and  prosperity  of  mankind ; 
but  no  such  rule  of  action  is  found  ex­
plicitly  declared  in  nature.  The  mys­
tery—and  Maeterlinck  admits  the  mys­
tery— is  how  the  principle  came  to  be 
set  up  as  a  law  of  life.  But,  for  that 
in 
matter,  the  mystery  is  just  as  great 
regard  to  any  conception  of  duty. 
If 
the  theory  of  evolution  must be accepted 
in 
its  most  unqualified  form,  it  should 
still  be  said  that  although  the  moral 
law  may  have  been  evolved,  it  is  not 
the  law of  evolution—not  the  law  which 
spares  only  the  strong  and the fortunate. 
Evolution on  its  own  ground  can find  no 
basis  for  morality  but  utility,  and  ut­
terly  fails  to  show  how  even  the  most 
enlightened  selfishness  can  be 
trans­
formed  into  magnanimity.

There  is  in  human  nature  a sentiment 
of  spiritual  worthiness,  a  feeling  that  it 
is  unbecoming  to  steep  the 
intellectual 
and  moral  nature  in  mere  animalism ; 
that  selfishness  is  the  dominant  trait  of 
the  narrow  and  the  mean;  that  revenge 
is  degrading,  and  that  one  can  not 
wrong  another  in  any  way  without  do­
ing violence to bis own  dignity.  Whence 
came  this  high  ideal  of  nobility?

The  French  stockholders  of  the  Pan­
ama  Canal  Company  are  much  cha­
grined  because  the  American  commis­
sion  has  rendered  a  report  favoring  the 
Nicaragua  route.  They  had  hoped  to 
have  the  American  Government  buy 
them  out  and  relieve  them  of  a  project 
that  is  too  great  for  them  to  carry.  A 
good  deal  of  work  has  been  done  on  the 
Panama  route,  but  it  is  far  from  com­
pletion  and  must  be  abandoned  if  the 
American  Government  proceeds  as  now 
indicated, 
for  two  canals  across  the 
isthmus  are  not  needed  and the  one  op­
erated  by  private  enterprise  could  not 
compete  with  one  under the  auspices  of 
a  rich  government  determined  to  make 
it  a  success.  The  French  promoters  will 
make  a  fight  against  the  Nicaragua 
route  in  Congress,  but  they  are  not  like­
ly  to  win. 

.______

. 

The  question  whether consumption  is 
a  “ loathsome  of dangerous  disease,”   is 
to  be  tested  in  the  United  States  Court 
,in  the  case  of  a  man  named  Thomas  P. 
Boden,  who  came  from  Ireland  and  was 
found  by  the 
immigration  officials  at 
New  York  to  be  suffering  from  con­
sumption.  He  had  money,  and  there 
were  ample  guarantees  that  he  would 
not  become  a  charge  upon  the  public. 
It  was  purely  on  account  of  the  disease 
that  the  officials  decided  to  deport  him 
to  Ireland,  but  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus 
was  obtained,  and  the  courts  will  de­
cide  whether  the  view  of  the  officials  is 
is  a  new  one, 
correct.  The  question 
and  the  decision  will  be  of  wide 
inter­
est.

On  Christmas  day  Chauncey  will 
speak  once  more  and  then  forever  after 
hold  his  peace.

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

W ITH   PROFOUND  REGRET.

It  was  an  old  sentence 

learned  years 
ago  at  school  and  given first to the world 
in  the  old  Roman  Senate  that  came  up 
to  express  best  the  modern  thought. 
There  had  been  troublous  times  in  the 
Empire,  then  at 
its  zenith.  Thé  civil 
war  had  racked  Rome  to  its foundations 
and  the  victorious  general,  thinking 
more  of  the  welfare  of  his  country  than 
of  personal  resentment, pardoned  almost 
without  stint  those  who  had  opposed 
him.  Among  them  was  a  man  who  for 
years  had  been  bis  enemy,  and  even he, 
at  the  intercession  of  friends,  was  par­
doned  and  restored  to  his  estates.  The 
announcement  of  his  decision  had  hard­
ly  left  the  Dictator’s  lip  when  the  Ro­
man  orator,  whom  all  aftertimes  have 
revered,arose  in  his  place  in  the  Senate 
and,  eulogizing 
in  the  strongest  terms 
the  magnanimity  of  the  Dictator,  de­
clared  that  that  day  he  had  surpassed 
all  his  former  victories  because “ he had 
conquered  himself.’ ’

It  is  much  to  be  feared  that  other sur­
vivors  of  civil  wars  have  the  same  les­
son  to  learn.  The  clash  of  arms  and 
the  peace  that  follows  it  is  one  thing ; 
the  triumph  that  comes  when  the  shock 
of  war  is  over  is  quite  another  and  they 
who  come  from  the battlefield  with  their 
shields  or  on  them  alone  can  testify 
whether  the  physical  or the  mental  vic­
tory  is  the  greater;  but  of  this  there 
is 
conquers 
no  doubt—the  warrior  that 
himself  alone  is  victor  and  not  until  he 
has  made that  self-conquest is be deserv­
ing  of  the  name  and  its  rewards.

Never  in  the  history  of  the  world  has 
a  war  been  waged  where  prejudice  had 
gained  such  complete  control  as  it  had 
in  the  great  rebellion.  For  years  before 
the  contest  it  had  had  full  sway  and 
it 
made  the  most  of  it.

Labor  and  the  man  that  did  it  were 
both  degraded,  and  when  the  culmina­
tion  came  the  prejudice  had  become  a 
hate  so  strong  that  the  blindness attend­
ing both  made  it  impossible  for  them  to 
see  that  justice  could  only  come  with 
their  defeat.  Time  has  more  than 
jus­
tified  the  result.  Slowly  and  painfully 
the  Nation  passed  out  of  that  dark 
shadow  and  just  as  slowly  and 
just  as 
painfully 
it  has  been  thought  that  the 
South  was  conquering  herself—that  she 
had  so  conquered.  For  more  than  a 
generation  she  has  been  bending  to  the 
tremendous  task that  confronted  her  and 
those  years  bear  ample  evidence  of  the 
work  she  has  done.  Her  once  desolate 
fields  are  burdened  again  with  harvests 
and  the  old  flag  again  floats  proudly 
over  them.  War  has  gone.  Peace  has 
come  and  under  its  white  wings  it  was 
hoped  that  the  old  hate  and  the. old 
prejudice  had  died  to  be  known  no 
more ;  and  so  when  resentment  found 
recent  expression  because  one  of  the 
hated  race  had  dined  with  the  Presi­
dent  at  the  White  House  as  an  honored 
guest,  there  was,  aside  from  the  well- 
it  called  forth  from 
merited  reproof 
self-respecting  section  of  the 
every 
country,  a  profound  regret  that 
the 
South  can  not  yet  be  eulogized  because 
she  has  conquered  herself.

There  is  little  need  of  repeating  here 
the  well-known  and  well-expressed 
opinions  which  the  absurd  criticism  of 
the  President’s  action  has  called  forth. 
The  rebellion 
is  too  recent  and  too 
many  men  are  now  alive  who  fought 
that  rebellion  to  its  death  to  have  the 
country  greatly  moved  except  in  deri­
sion  at  the  statement  that  the  dinner  at 
the  White  House  will  tear  apart  again 
the  recently  united sections.  There  will 
be  no  “ tear.”   No  “ race  war”   will  fol-

low  nor  will  any  “ bitterness”   worth  the 
minding  spring  up.  The  President  of 
the  United  States  will  continue  to  ex­
ercise  his  privilege  of  inviting  to  his 
dinner  table  such  distinguished  persons 
as  in  his  best  judgment the  country  will 
delight  to  honor,  and  the  country  has 
every  reason  to  believe  that  the  future 
will  show  as  the  past  has  shown,  that  it 
can  rely  implicity  upon  the  President’s 
uprightness  and  good  sense  in  extend­
ing  the  courtesies of  the  Nation  to  those 
only  to  whom  honor  is  due.  Confident 
in  this,  it  is  with  profound  regret  that 
the  country  at  large  is  forced  to  admit 
that  the  time  has  not  yet  come  when  it 
can  say  to  the  South,  in  the  words  of 
the  old  Roman  orator,  “ Hodieno  vero 
die  te  ipsum  vicisti” — “ Truly  this  day 
have  you  conquered  yourself.”

TETANUS AND  HORSE  LYMPH.

The  announcement  made  recently 
that  there  had  been,  in  St.  Louis,  seven 
deaths  from  tetanus  (lockjaw)  of  pa­
tients  who  were  under  treatment  for 
diphtheria  with  horse  serum,  created  a 
profound  sensation  throughout  the coun­
try  among  the  people  who  look  to  that 
serum  for  recovery  from  the  dreadful 
throat  disease.

The  matter  was  taken  up  by  the  Cor­
oner  of  St.  Louis,  and,  after  investiga­
tion,  he  has  brought  in  a  verdict  fixing 
the  blame  on  the  Health  Department  of 
that  city,  charging  it  with  negligence 
in  the  preparation  of  the  serum  which 
the  Department  had  been  making  for 
free  distribution  to  the  public  institu­
tions  and  to  physicians  throughout  the 
city.

This  verdict,  however,  while 

it 
blames  somebody,  does  not  reassure  the 
people  who  have  lost  confidence  in  the 
serum  treatment.  There  is  no  evidence 
that  the  medical  men  of  the  St.  Louis 
Health  Department  failed  to  exercise 
due  care.  They  selected  horses  that 
gave  every  indication  of  being  in  good 
health  for  the  production  of  the  anti­
toxin  serum,  and  the  fact  that  it  con­
tained  lockjaw  poison  or  bacteria  shows 
that  it  is  not  easy  to  determine  the free­
dom  of  the  living  animal  from  specific 
morbific  toxins.  There  is  no  evidence 
on  record  that  lockjaw has  ever  been oc­
casioned  by  vaccination  for  protection 
against 
from 
cows,  although  other  diseases  may  have 
been  communicated.

smallpox  with 

lymph 

The  entire  problem  of  contracting 
deadly  poisons  or  toxins  with  animal 
lymph 
is  still  enveloped  in  much  ob­
scurity.  The  value  of  vaccine  (cow 
lymph)  appears  to  have  been  estab­
lished,  and  so,  to  some  extent,  has  been 
the  hydrophobia  treatment;  but  the 
Koch  serum  for tubercular  consumption 
seems  to  have  proved  worthless,  and 
now  a  serious  blow  has  fallen  upon  the 
vaunted  specific  for  diphtheria.

These  adverse  facts,  while  they  warn 
us  against  accepting  with  too  great  con­
fidence  the  efficacy  of  any  serum  treat­
ment,  declare 
in  the  most  strenuous 
terms  the  necessity  for  further  experi­
mentation  to  determine  in  the  most  rig­
orous  manner all  the conditions involved 
in  such  methods  of  treatment,  so  that 
their  limitation  in  the  way of adaptabil­
ity  and  efficacy  may  be  better  known. 
Until  better  assurances  can  be  given, 
the  friends  of  a  diphtberetic  patient 
will  tremble  at  the  administration of  the 
horse  serum  and  its  dire  possibilities.

The  pessimists  are  ever with us.  First 
they  said  turkeys  were  going  to  be 
scarce,  but  when  it  turns  out  that  tur­
keys  are  plenty, they  declare  the  birds 
will  be  thin.  They  forget  the  stuffing.

MR.  CARNEGIE AND HIS CRITICS.
Everybody  who  reads  the  newspapers 
is  more  or  less  familiar  with  the history 
of  Andrew  Carnegie.  He  was  not  al­
ways  a  multi-millionaire,  but  he  had 
good  executive  ability  and  understood 
his  business.  By  skill  as  an  organizer, 
by  energy  and  enterprise,  he  built  up 
one  of  the  greatest  manufacturing  in­
dustries  of  this  or  any  other  country. 
He  gave  employment  to  thousands  of 
men  and  paid  millions  of  money 
in 
wages.  As  often  happens  in  other  like 
establishments,  there  was  not  always 
unanimity  of  opinion  in  the  matter  of 
wages  between  employers and employes, 
but  the  labor  troubles  of  his  concern 
were  no  more  numerous  than  those  in 
other  like  establishments,  and  although 
he  may  have  been  wrong  in his attitude, 
he  was  no  more  so  than  hundreds  of 
others  have  been.  Having  amassed  an 
immense  fortune  through  his  own efforts 
he  retired  from  business  and  set  about 
spending  his  money 
for  the  good  of 
libraries  here,  there 
others,  building 
and 
immense 
sums  to  educational  institutions  at  his 
in  Scotland,  and  only  the 
old  home 
other  day  he  distributed  a 
fortune 
among  several  of  his  old  employes  who 
believed  that  their  services  had  been 
properly  compensated  when  rendered.

everywhere,  donating 

It  seems  to  be  getting  fashionable  for 
sensational  clergymen,  appatently  look­
ing  for  something  to  say  which  will  at­
tract  attention,  to  denounce  Mr.  Car­
negie  and  his  benefactions.  The  latest 
exhibitions  of  this  character  are  pre­
sented  by  Rev.  Dr.  Hillis  and Rev.  Dr. 
Pentecost,  who  have  taken  occasion  to 
criticise  the  philanthropist,  character­
izing  him  as  a  “ conscious  or  uncon­
scious  humbug.”   Men  like  Drs.  Hillis 
and  Pentecost  are  very  able  and  elo­
quent,  doubtless  accomplishing  much 
good  by  voice  and  pen,  but  is  it  not 
possible  that  in  their  zeal  they  some­
times  overstep  the  bounds  of  good judg­
ment  and  public  policy? 
If  they  wish 
to  assail  Mr.  Carnegie  because  at  one 
time  he  had  a  labor  trouble  in  his  mill, 
why  not  assail  the  officers  of  the  steel 
trust,  a  half  hundred  railroads  and  hun­
dreds  of  other  employers  who  have  had 
like  differences  with  their  help?  As­
saults  such  as  they  make  upon  Mr.  Car­
negie  are  calculated  to  discourage  phil­
anthropy  and  generosity  everywhere.  It 
follows,  as  a  matter  of  course,  that  only 
the  rich  can  build  libraries  or  endow 
colleges.  The  poor  can  not  do  it,  for 
obvious  reasons. 
It  needs  no  argument 
to  demonstrate  that  good  comes  from 
these  donations.  Why  criticise,  ridicule 
and  assail  the  man  who  just  now  is  do­
ing  more  of  it  in  this  country  than any­
body  else?  Mr.  Carnegie  believes  the 
wealthy  have  obligations  to  dispose  of 
their  money  where  in  their  judgment  it 
will  do the  most  good,  and  he  is  doing 
it  in  an  eminently  practical  way.  He 
is  not  the  only  rich  man  in  the  United 
States,  and  others  seeing  his  good  ex­
ample  and  noting  the  general  applause 
accorded  it,  would  naturally  be  induced 
to  go  and  do  likewise  if  they  felt  sure" 
they  would  not  be  made  the  target  for 
the  rhetorical  assaults  of  men  like  Dr. 
Hillis  and  Dr.  Pentecost,  recognized  as 
leaders  of  sufficient  influence  so that  all 
they  say  attracts  attention.  As  a matter 
of  public  policy  and  as  promoting  the 
general  welfare  of  the  country,  is  it  not 
better  rather to  encourage  and commend 
Mr.  Carnegie  and  other  rich  men 
like 
him  for giving  so  freely  of  their  funds 
in  such  a  worthy  way?  Learned  and 
eloquent  speakers  who  for  lack  of means 
can  not  themselves  make  large  dona-

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tions  to  public  or  charitable  enterprises 
certainly  ought  not  stand  like  dogs 
in 
the  manger,  preventing  others  who  are 
able  and  willing. 
It  certainly  seems 
like  very  poor  taste and exceedingly bad 
judgment.  There  is  a  homely  old  adage 
that  says  a  gift  horse  should  never  be 
If  millionaires 
looked  in  the  mouth. 
who  give 
liberally  are  to  be assaulted 
and  assailed  from  the  public  rostrum, 
others  similarly  inclined  will  hold  fast 
to  their  money  in  self-defense,  prefer- 
ing  not  to  give  at  all  rather  than  to  be 
criticised  and  ridiculed.  The  time  to 
criticise  their  methods  is  when  they  are 
making  money  rather  than  when  they 
are  giving  it  away.  Rather  should  Mr. 
Carnegie  and  other  benefactors  be  ac­
corded  the  credit  which 
is  their due. 
However  Mr.  Carnegie  came  by  his 
money,  is 
it  not  better  for  him  to  dis­
tribute  than  to  hoard  it?

The  way  to  reciprocity  is  strewn  with 
obstacles.  No  concession  to  any  foreign 
countries  can  apparently  be  offered  that 
will  not  arouse  the  opposition  of  Amer­
ican  interests.  The  adoption  of  the  pro­
posed  treaty  with  France  finds objection 
from  the  New  England  manufacturers of 
jewelry.  The  American  tobacco  and 
sugar  growers  object  to  any  concessions 
to the  Cuban  planters.  Our  new  citizens 
of  Hawaii  have  now  a  free  market  for 
their  sugar  here,  and  they  do  not  want 
to  share 
It  is  the 
evident  desire  of  American  producers to 
hold  the  home  market  for  themselves 
and  to  exclude  foreigners  entirely  from 
it.  They  want  to  sell  to  all  the  world 
and  buy  nothing  from  other  countries. 
This  policy  would  do  very  well  if  other 
countries  would  consent,  but  when  the 
time  comes  that  they  can  sell  us nothing 
they  may  have  nothing  with  which  to 
International  trade  must 
buy  from  us. 
stop  where  reciprocity 
in  some  form 
ceases  to  exist.

it  with  the  Cubans. 

Immediately  following  the  assassina­
tion  of  President  McKinley  there  was  a 
very  general  sentiment  all  over  the 
country  that  the  next  Congress  should 
consider  some  legislation  calculated  at 
least  to  lessen,  if  not  to  stamp,  out  an­
archy  altogether.  Various  suggestions 
were  made  at  the  time  in  the  public 
prints  as  to  how  this  purpose  could  be 
accomplished.  Representative  Curtis, 
of  Kansas  has  a  bill  which  he  will 
in­
troduce  next  month,  which  makes  it  a 
crime  punishable  with  death  to  make 
an  assault  with  intent  to  kill  either  on 
the  President,  Vice-President,  members 
of  the  Cabinet  or  Justices  of  the  Su­
preme  Court,  and  also  providing  severe 
penalties  upon  anarchists.  Presumably 
there  will  be  other  bills  from  other 
members,  and  out  of  the  variety  at  least 
one  good  effectual 
law  should  be  se­
cured.

rare. 

corn. 

The  pumpkin  has  climbed 

to  an 
eminence  almost  equal  to  that  of  its 
neighbor, 
The  pumpkin  has 
gained  appreciation  by  ceasing  to  be 
common  and  becoming 
Time 
was  when  any  farmer  would  throw  a 
pumpkin  at  you,  but  that  time  is  not 
now.  The  pumpkin 
is  valuable  pie 
timber  and  is  in  demand  at  the  canning 
factories.  A  Chicago  firm 
is  reported 
to  have  made  a  handsome  profit  out  of 
a  recent  corner  in  the  “ yellow  fellers,”  
and  other  firms  are  now  seeking  to  re­
peat  the  performance.  When  it  is  said 
nowadays  that  a  man  “ thinks  himself 
some  pumpkins,”   it  is  to  be understood 
that  he  regards  himself  as  entitled  to  a 
place  among  plutocrats.

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C lo th in g

Trials and  T ribulations  of  th e  Clothing 
Clerk.
Written for the Tradesman.

He  bad  wandered  into  town  from  the 
wilds  of  Wayback  where  Uncle  Danny 
Briggs,  with  bis  seven  by  nine  grocery, 
represents  all  that is  good and  great  and 
noble  in  the  mercantile  line.

If  bis  clothes  were  out  of  style  and 
bis  hair  longer and  more  bushy  than  we 
are  wont  to  see;  if  his  manners  were 
quaint  and  his  speech  peculiar,  it  may 
be  because  those  of  Uncle  Danny  are 
unusual,  too,  and  the  merchants  of  any 
community  exercise  an  unmistakable 
influence  upon  the  dress,  the  manners 
and  the speech  of  the  people  with  whom 
they  are  brought  in  contact.

I  thought  mos’ 

There  was  no  hesitancy  about  this 
man.  He  had  come  to  see  the  sights 
and  to  make  his  wants  known,  and  he 
straightway  proceeded  with  his mission.
“ Hello,  young  feller,”   said  he  to 
the  new  clerk. 
“ Is  this  Jones’  store? 
’Tis,  hay?  Wall,  that’s  what  I  thought. 
See  the  sign  out  in  front,  that’s  how  I 
knowed.  Can’t  fool  me  much—not  on 
stores. 
I  hain't  no  spring  chicken,  I 
hain’t.  Say,  know  Hent  Liscomb?  Do 
hay? 
likely  ye  did. 
Hent  doos  some  tradin’  here  I  reckon, 
hay?  Yas,  that’s  what  he  tol’  me.  Says 
he  kin  do  pretty  good  here  on  some 
things,  so  I  thought  I’d  come  an’  see. 
Hent  says  ye  hain’t  half  as  bad  as  some 
folks  tries  to  make  out,  but  course  I 
don’t  'tend  to  know  nothin’  about  that. 
Ye  can’t  alters  tell  about  storekeepers. 
Gin’lly  pays  a  feller to  keep  his  eyes 
peeled  with  any  on 
’em.  Thought  I’d 
come  an’ 
look  around  a  bit.  Ye  see 
the's  quite  a  few  out  our  way’s  cornin’

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

here  if  I  tell  ’em  everything’s  all  right, 
so  ye'd  better  be  kinder  liberal with  me 
this  time  anyway.  Ye  see 
it’s  ’bout 
like  this:  We’re  gittin’  sick  an’  tired 
of old  man  Briggs.  He  thinks  every­
body’s  gotter  trade  to  his  store  an’  he 
charges  three  prices  fer all  his  stufl  an’ 
pays  less'n  nuthin'  fer  farmers’  truck, 
an’  the’s  half  the  time  ye  can’t  give 
it 
to  him.  Two  pound  o’  butter  an’  a 
dozen  eggs’ll  stock  him  up  fer  all  win­
If  ye  go  to  Briggs’s  with  two  cab­
ter. 
bages 
in  yer  wagon,  ye’ ve  got  to  hide 
one  on 
’em  under  the  seat  so’s’t  he 
won’t  think  yer  tryin’  to  glut  the  mar­
ket.

“ An’  then  be  owes  a  lot  to  the  fellers 
he  buys  of,  too,  an’  I  reckon  they  sock 
it  to  him  on  prices,  an'  send  him  a  lot 
o’  trash  they  can’t  sell  to  no  one  eist. 
O,  that  air’s  the  dumdest  store  ever 
was. ’ ’

After  saying  which,  the  gentleman 
from  Wayback  scraped  the  ashes  from  a 
clay  pipe,  blew  noisily  through 
its 
stem  and  then  began  looking  around  for 
something  that  he  evidently  expected  to 
find  hard  by.

“ Say,”   said  he  presently,  “ I’m  kin­
der  strange  around  here,  but  where d ’ye 
keep  yer  goozlin’  can?”

“ Keep  what?”   asked  the  new  clerk.
“ Yer  goozlin’ can.  Course  I’d  otter 
know  where  it  is,  but  I  hain’t altogether 
got  onto things  here  yet.  Jess  show  me 
oncet  an’  I'll be  all  right after that.  I’m 
quick  to  learn,  I  be.”

‘  Why  I  really  don’t  know,”  admitted 
“ Is  it  anything  in  gro­

the  new  clerk. 
ceries?”

The  customer  looked  hurt.
‘  No goozlin'  can!”   said  he  in  an  in­
jured  tone. 
“ Nogozzlin’  can!  Wall, 
by  Jinks!  An’  Hent  Liscomb  said  youse

fellers  down  here  had  everythin’. ”  
There  was  a  pause,  and  then  looking 
up  quickly,  with  the 
light  of  sudden 
inspiration 
in  his  eyes,  he  exclaimed : 
“ Wall,  say,  I  didn’t  think  but  what  you 
knowed.  Mebbe  ye  call 
it  the  ‘ poor 
box.’  Where’s  yer poor  box,  ’low  me 
to  ask  ye?”

The  new  clerk  scratched  his  head. 

Then:

“ Why,  I guess  I  could  And  you  an  old 
banana  case.  They’re  about the poorest 
boxes  we  ever  get.”

“ O,  the  Dickens!  I  mean  the  poverty 
bin,  blame  it  all.  The  goozlin’  jar— the 
pilferin'  can.  Don’t  youse  fellers  ever 
keep  no  smokin'  tobacker around fer yer 
good  customers?  You  must  be  pretty 
new.  Where  was  ye  brung  up anyway?”  
The  new  clerk  took  the  hint,  the  gen­
tleman  from  Wayback  lighted  his  pipe 
and  continued:

“ Old  Man  Briggs  is  middlin’  dost,, 
but  he  aller  keeps  a  box  o’  smokin’ 
open  fer  the  boys. 
I  reckon  he  kinder 
has  to,  an’  we  calls  it the  ‘ goozlin’ can.' 
Course  it's  s’posed  to  be  only  fer  cus­
tomers,  but  anybody  can  smoke  out  of 
it  what  wants.  Briggs  don’t  never  say 
nothin’  ceptin’  when  some  o’  the  lads 
goes  to  fillin’  their  pockets,  an’  the’ 
couldn’t  no  one  hardly  blame  him  then. 
You  wouldn’t  like 
it  nuther.  Say,  ye 
hain’t  got  no  good  pants  I  reckon?”  

“ You  bet  we  have,"  said  the  new 
clerk,  glad  of  a  change  of  subject. 
“ What  kind  would  you  want?”

“ Want  the  spang  firedest  best  pair  in 
1  hain't  much  fer  style, 
I 

the  shebang. 
but 
alters  want  the  best  the’  is.”

it  don't  never  pay  to git  cheap. 

“ About  what  size  do  you  wear?”  
“ Gimme  the  very  biggest.  Big  ones 
is  warmer  an’  they  last  longer.  Then  a

feller  gits  more 
‘ Git  good  an’  git  a  plenty,’  ses  I .”  

fer  his  money,  too. 

“ How  would  this  pair  do?  These 
are  forty-four  waist,  thirty-three  leg  and 
every  thread  wool.”

“ AH  wool  an’  a  yard  wide,hay?  War­
ranted  not  to  rip,  ravel  ner  run  down  to 
the  heel  I  reckon.  Ye  allers  want  to  git 
in  the  hull  business.  Wall,  le’s  see. 
I  can’t  never  tell  nothin’  by sizes,”   and 
he  took  the  bottom  of  a 
leg  in  each 
hand  and  stretched  them  out.  Then  he 
essayed  to  get  the  size  around  by  meas­
uring  the  garment  against  his  own 
waist,  and  although  to  an  unprejudiced 
observer  the  pants  were 
large  enough 
for  two  like  the  gentleman  from  Way- 
back,  the  result  to  him seemed perfectly 
satisfactory.  So  he  gave  a  nod  of  ap­
proval  and  asked:

“ How  much?”
“ Five  dollars,”   replied 

the  new 

clerk.

The  customer  laid  the  garment  upon 
the  counter  and  turned  around  slowly, 
taking  deliberate  and  careful 
inventory 
of  the  contents  of  the  building.  Then 
he looked  at  the  clerk  in  a  superior  way 
and  said:

“ Prob’ly 

it’s  wo’th 

want  to  buy  the  hull  store. 
the  pants  I  was  a  pricin’. ”

it,  but  I  didn't 
It  was  jest 

The  new  clerk  looked  disappointed. 
“ That’s  what  I meant, ”  said he.  “ Five 
dollars  is  the  price  of  the  pants.”
“ Five  dollars  for  them  pants?"

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and 

“ Yes, 

too. 
They’re  fine  goods  whether  you  know  it 
or  not. ’ ’

they’re 

cheap, 

“ Yes,  they’re  fine!”   was  the  sneer­
ing  retort. 
“ So’s  a  hemlock  board  fine 
—after  it’s  split  up.  Them’d  be  fine in 
a  loggin'  foller,  them  would!  Feller’d 
bust  the  Dickens  out  of  ’em  fust  time 
he  took  a  good  lift  on  a  cant  hook.  Old 
Man  Briggs  never  fergits  to  ask  four 
prices,an'  he’s  got  enough  sight  thicker 
pants  'n  them  air  fer  two  dollars  an’  a 
half. 
I  reckoned  you’d  want  about  six 
shillin’  fer  ’em ."

“ Here’s  something  for  two  dollars,”  
said  the  new  clerk,  sighing  inwardly. 
"M aybe  that’s  more  like  what  you  are 
looking  after.”

Is 

them  air. 

“ Two  dollars,  hay?  Wall  now,  let’s 
see. 
that  all  wool?  O,  I  don’t 
reckon  it  is.  Le’me  pull  out  a  thread—1 
won’t  sp’ile  'em.  No,  that  hain’t  wool.
I  d’no,  though,  mebbe  it  is,  too.  No,
I  don’t  believe  it 
is,  either.  They  fix 
up  stuff  nowadays  so  a  person  can’t 
hardly  tell  what  it  is  made  out  of.  Yes, 
sir,  that's  cotton,  every  thread  of 
it. 
Course 
it’s  cotton.  By  Jinks!  They 
don’t  fool  me  much  on  pants  I’ll tell ye. 
But  you  bet  I  don’t  pay  no  such  price 
fer 
Say,  Hent  Liscomb 
bought  a  pair  o’  pants  to  East  Jerdan  to 
the  Jew  store  fer  only  one  dollar that 
was  jest  every  bit  as  good  as  them. 
Land !  but  they  wore  good.  Course  the 
Jew  wanted  two  an’  a  half  fer 
’em,  but 
Hent  he  told  him  ‘ a  dollar  or  nothin’. ’ 
Jew  he  ses,  ‘ dollar  an’  a  halluf.’  Hen 
ses,  ‘ dollar  or  nothin’  an’  I’ll  go  to 
Central  Lake.’  Jew  ses,  ’ dollar  an’  a 
kevater.’  Hent  ses,  ‘ my  time’s  vally- 
ble.  Dollar  or  nothin’, ’  an’  starts  off. 
Jew  ses,  ‘ take  ’em,  but  1  lose  money  by 
dot  pizness. ’  Jess  es 
if  a  feller  in  a 
store  ever  lost  any  money  sellin’  goods! 
Say,  I  wouldn’t  mind  givin’  ye  a  dollar 
fer  them  pants.”

“ We  can’t  possibly  sell  them  for that, 
but  here's  a  pair  for  a  dollar that  I 
should  think  you’d 
like.  They  wear 
awful  good,”   said  the  new clerk,  adopt­
ing  an  adverb,  the  value  of  which  he 
thought  his  customer  would  thoroughly 
understand.

“ Yes,  they  might  wear,”   said  the 
man  eyeing  the  garment 
critically, 
“ but  blame  them  cotton  things  anyhow. 
They  git  wet  nine  days  afore  a  shower 
o’  rain  an’  stay  wet  ten  days  after. 
Jinks!  Wisht  I  c ’d  git  some  o’  the  old 
Canady  grays  ag’ in! 
I  wouldn’t  be- 
grutch  two  dollars  fer  a  pair  o’  them 
fellers.  Ye  could  wear  ’em  four  an’  five 
winters  by  half  solin’  of  ’em  a  time  or 
two,  an’  then  they’d  do  fer  hackin’ 
around  summers * fer  a  Dickens  of  a 
spell. ’ ’

“ Think  these’ll  do?”   enquired  the 

new  clerk  cautiously.

“ O,  I  d’no. 

I  wouldn’t  mind  givin’ 

ye  fifty  cents  fer  ’em.”

“ I  couldn’t  take  that  very  well.”
“ How’d  seventy-five  cents  be,  an' 

throw  in  a  pair o’  galluses?”

“ Sorry,  but  it’s  impossible.  A  dol­

lar’s  the  very  best  I  can  do.”

“ Wal,  seen’  it’s  you,  I’ll  gin  ye  sev­
enty-five  cents  an’ -ye  kin  keep  yer  gal­
luses. ”

“ No,  I  can’t  do  that,  either.  A  dol­

lar’s  cheap  for  them.”

“ Wall,the’  hain’t  nothin’  small  about 
me  but  my  feet.  Them  pants  hain’t 
sewed  very  good,  an’  they’ll  fade  an’ 
shrink,  but  if  ye’ll  throw  in  the  galluses 
itself,  I’ll  take  ’em.

“ I’d  do  that  in  a  minute  if  1  could, 
but  it’s  entirely  out  of  the  question. 
Mr.  Jones  wouldn’t  allow  it.  The  pants

are  the  very  best  that  we  can  possibly 
afford  to  sell  at  that  price.”

“ O,  I  know  all  about  that. 

I  git 
prices  from  outside,  an'  I  keep  posted 
on  what  goods 
is  wo’th.  Them  pants 
don’t  cost  only  forty  cents  by  the  box. 
You’ve  gotter  git  down  on  yer  stuff  if 
ye  expect  to  hold  my  trade. 
I  kin  do  a 
sight  better'n  that  to  Bellaire  an’  don’t 
ye  never  fergit  it.  If  I  go  to  Bellaire, 
that’s  where  all  my  neighbors’ll  go, 
too.  Throw 
in  the  galluses  an’  here’s 
yer  cash.”

“ Say,  now  honest,”   said  the  clerk  in 
pleading  tones,  “ I’d  get  fired  if  1  was 
I  can’t  make  prices  any 
to  do  that. 
different. 
I’ll  give  you  the  best  price 
I’ve  got  and  that’s  all  there  is  to  it. 
You’d  better  let  me  do’em  up  at  a  dol­
lar. ’ ’

the  man 

“ Pretty  blamed  small,  by  Jinks!”   ex­
claimed 
from  Wayback. 
“ Pretty  blamed  small  fer a  fact.  Yes, 
ye  kin  do 
’em  up  an’  that’ll  end  the 
deal  for  you  an’  me.  Won’t  throw  in 
the  galluses  with  a  bran’  new  pair o’ 
pants,  an’  don’t  keep  no  goozlin’  can!
I  allers  did  allow  that  what  Old  Man 
inside 
Briggs’  soul'd  fit  middlin'  loose 
a  mustard  seed,  but  blamed 
if  your’n 
wouldn’t  wander  around  fer  a  week  on 
the  p’ int  of  a  pin  an’  never  cross  its 
back  tracks  oncet. ”

Geo.  L.  Thurston.
Notable  Features  of the  H at Trade.
In  the  hat  world,  retail  and  wholesale 
alike,  the  most  notable  feature  is  the 
increased  popularity  of  the  black,  soft 
felt,  including  the  already  very  popular 
Panama  shape. 
It  is  predicted  that  the 
pearl  alpine  is  a  thing  of  the  past as  far 
as  correct  dress  goes,  for  it  has  “ been 
done  to  death. ”

The  demand  for  all  classes  of  goods 
continues  to  be  excellent. 
In  stiff  hats, 
for  young  men,  the  high  crown  leads, 
and  for  the  more  elderly  class  a  rounder 
crown.  The 
latest  feature  of  the  derby 
is  a  “ Panama”   shape,  designed  on  ac­
count  of  the  popularity  of  the  Panama 
straw  and  later  the  Panama  felt.

Regarding the  sale  of  silk  hats,  retail­
ers  say  that  this  season  has  eclipsed any 
previous  one.  The  latest  creation,  one 
that  has  not  yet  been  pushed  in  this 
country,  but  has  become  recognized  in 
England,  is  the  plain  silk,  similar  to 
the  opera  hat,  but  non-collapsible.  This 
hat  has  many  advantages  that  are  ob­
vious.  A  little  careless  handling  will 
not  injure  it,  and even  a  wetting  will  do 
no  great  harm,  and  it  is  probable  that 
it  will  become  quite  popular.

Manufacturers  of  straw  hats  have 
made  every  exertion  to  prepare  for  next 
summer  a  good  supply of Panama styles.

The  Pan-American  Exposition 

is 
dead  and  vandals  are  hovering  about 
it.  They  have  already  broken  and  de­
stroyed  much  of  the  statuary  and  orna­
mental  features,  carrying  away  such  of 
it  as  might  possess  value.  There  are 
twenty-five  policemen  on  duty,  but  they 
appear  to  be  unequal  to  the  task  of 
guarding  the  property. 
in­
stances  exhibitors  who  have been unable 
to  remove  their  exhibits  have been com­
pelled  to  adopt  special  measures  for 
The  Rainbow  City 
their  protection. 
is  in  ruins.  Once  the 
life  goes  from 
any  creature  or creation  it  becomes  the 
prey  of  the  vultures.

In  some 

A sk to see Samples of

Pan-American 
Guaranteed  Clothing

Makers

W ile Bros.  &  W eill, Buffalo,  N. Y.

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

Shoes  and  Rubbers
W hy  Com paratively  Few Boots A re W orn 

Nowadays.

“ Boots,  once  commonly  worn  by  men 
and  boys,  are  now,”   said  a  man  ac­
quainted  with  the  shoe  trade,  “ worn 
only  by  older and  middle-aged men,and 
by  only  a  comparatively  limited  num­
ber  of  them,  although  it  is  a  fact  that 
the  sale  of  fine  boots  in  this  city  has 
slightly 
increased  within  the  past  two 
or  three  years.  The  men  who  wear 
boots  are  men  who  have  worn  them  all 
their  lives  and  they  cling  to  them  from 
habit,  or  they  may  prefer  them,  any­
way.

“ Sometimes  men  have  changed  from 
boots  to  shoes,  and  then  changed  back; 
the  shoes  did  not  seem  natural  or  com­
fortable  to  them.  Oftener,  however, 
when  the  older  man  changes  to  shoes  he 
sticks  to  them,  and  by  far  the  greater 
number, 
indeed,  of  middle-aged  and 
older,  as  well  as  young  men,  wear  now­
adays  what,  so  to  speak,  everybody 
wears,  namely,  shoes.

“ Still,  in  so  great  a  city  as  this, 
among  so  many  people,  the  number  in 
the  aggregate  of  those  who  wear  boots 
is  quite  considerable,and  in  some  of the 
very  largest  of  the  shoe  stores  you would 
find,  quite  unknown  as  boots  are  now  to 
the  great  majority,  men’s  boots  in  some 
variety;  perhaps  as  many  as  a  dozen 
styles  of  boots,  in stock.  They  range  in 
price  from  $5  to $12  a  pair.  You  see 
they  cost  more  than  shoes  and  as  a 
matter  of  fact  they  are  worn  for  the 
most  part  by  men  of  means  or  in  com­
fortable  or  easy  circumstances.

“ And  contrary  to  what  might  be  ex­
pected  of  those  still  wearing  boots,  the 
greater  number,  proportionately,  would 
be  found 
in  the  city  and  not  in  the 
country,  where,  if  anything,  the  boot 
has  been even more generally superseded 
by  the  shoe, 
I  am 
speaking  now,  you  understand,  of  boots 
and  shoes  as  worn  by  the  great  majority 
the  ordinary 
of  men  everywhere  for 
purposes  of  a  shoe. 
There  are,  of 
course,  regularly  made  and  constantly 
sold  and  worn, 
for  older  men  and 
young,  riding  boots  and  hunting  and 
fishing  boots.

in  some 

form. 

“ There  are  still  made  and  sold  to 
some  extent  kip  boots,  a  coarse,  cheaper 
boot,  selling  at  about $2.50 a  pair,  worn 
by  some  people  in  out-of-door  occupa­
tions, as  by  street  sweepers  in  cities  and 
by  farmers  in  the  country. 
It  used  to 
be  thought  that  following  the  plough 
and  all  that,  the  farmers  must  have 
boots,  but  mighty  few  farmers  anywhere 
in  the  country  wear  boots  to-day.  Some 
do,  to be  sure,  and  there  are  older  and 
middle-aged 
fine 
boots  on  Sundays  and  other occasions 
from  old-time  habit,  or  because,  like 
the  city  man,  they  like  them.  But  the 
great  majority  of  them  wear,  like  al­
most  everybody  else 
in  these  days, 
shoes  of  some  sort,  very  probably  a 
high-cut  blucher,  which  serves  its  pur­
pose  well.

farmers  who  wear 

“ Besides  the  riding  boots  worn  by 
men  riding  for  pleasure  or  recreation, 
there  are  some  boots  worn  by  horsemen 
in  general,  but  still  practically  the  only 
men  who  as  a  body  now  wear  boots  as 
they  go  about  their  daily  work  are  min­
ers,  and  one  reason  why  they  wear  boots 
is  because  more  or  less  of  their  work, 
in  some  mining,they  do  on  their  knees.
“ They  will  tell  you  at  a big wholesale 
shoe  concern  with  a  trade  reaching  in 
all  directions  and  extending  through 
the  country  from  ocean  to  ocean,  that

they  do  not  sell  now  one  pair where 
twenty-five  years  ago  they  sold  a  hun­
dred  cases.

“ Now  all  that  I  have  said  to  you  ap­
plies  to  leather boots,  to  boots  worn,  as 
I  said,  for the  ordinary  purposes  of  a 
boot  or  shoe.  But  there  is  a  boot  now 
made  that  is  extensively  worn  by  men 
in  various  special  callings  and  more  or 
less  by  all  sorts  of  men  in  wet  weather, 
namely,  the  rubber  boot.  Since  its  in­
troduction  the  sale  of  the  rubber  boot 
has  increased,  and  more  rubber  boots 
are  sold  now  than  ever.

“ The  farmer of  the present generation 
who  never, owned  a  pair of  leather boots 
and  never  thought  of  buying  any,  does 
own,  very  likely,  a  pair of  rubber  boots, 
and  when 
it  comes  a  wet  day  and  he 
needs  such  protection,  he  gets  out  his 
rubber  boots  and  puts  them  on  and 
stalks  abroad  in  the  wet,  dry  shod.

“ In  some  mines  the  miners  wear  rub­
ber  boots. 
Fishermen  wear  rubber 
boots,  and  so  on;  and  then  there  are 
many  people  in  out-of-door  occupations 
who  wear  them  when  they  need  them, 
and  rubber  boots  are  worn  by  children. 
And  speaking  of  children  reminds  me 
of  the  boots  once  universally  worn  by 
the  small  boy,  written  about  in  innum­
erable  stories,  pictured 
in  many  pic­
tures,  the 
little  red-tops  commonly  de­
scribed  as  ‘ Johnny’s  first  boots.'

“ Why,  fifty  years  ago,  every  father 
gave  his  son  at  that  Christmas  time  for 
birthday  when  he  had  become  old 
enough  to  wear them  a  pair  of  red-top 
boots,  which 
little  Johnny  put  on  and 
wore  about  with  joyous,  youthful  pride. 
No  small  boy’s  happiness  would  have 
been  considered  complete  unless  he 
owned  a  pair of  red-top  boots;  and  the 
red-tops  were  as  staple  goods  in  the 
shoe  stores  as  drums  and  sleds  were 
where  they  sold  toys.

“ But  you  would  have  to  look  to  find 
them,  to  get  a  pair  of  red-tops  now,  for 
what  once  no  boy  thought  he  could  do 
without  has  now  long  been  practically 
out  of  use;  the  vast  majority  of  the 
small  boys  of  the  present  day  never 
even  heard  of  a  red-top  boot.  They are 
still  made,  a  few,  or  they  might  be 
found  in  wholesale  stocks,  carried  over, 
but  held  to  meet  occasional  demands, 
which,  if they  did  come,  would  be  like­
liest  to  be  from  some  dealer who wanted 
a  pair  for  some  foreign-born  customer. 
For  the  red-top  boot  was  an  institution 
in  foreign  lands,  perhaps,  before  it  was 
here,  certainly  it  flourished  there  later, 
and  foreign-born  fathers,  most  likely, 
are  those  who  make  the  far-apart  de­
mands  that  still  straggle  in  for  them. 
There 
is  no  more  demand  for them  in 
remote  parts  of  the  country  than  there 
is  here  at  the  metropolitan  center,  no 
region  where  they  still  cling  to them ; 
for  everywhere  throughout the  country, 
just  as  they  are  in  clothes  and  hats,  so 
are  they  up  to  date  in  shoes. ” — New 
York  Sun.

Glad to  See  H er.

“ So  you  overcame  that  old  antipathy 
of  yours,”   her  husband  remarked,  “ and 
called  on  Mrs.  Bobbles?”

" Y e s .”
“ Do  you  think  she  was  glad  to  see 

you?”

“ I  am  sure  of  it.”
“ Ahem— you  must  have  some  reason 
for  that  belief  outside  of  her  assur­
ances. ’ ’

“ I  have. 

I  had  on  the  old  dress  that 
was  made  over  twice,  my  hat  was  out 
of  style  and  my hair had come uncurled; 
while  she  had  on  a  gown  that  couldn’t 
have  come  from  anywhere  but  Paris. 
Could  she  help  being  glad  to  see  me?”

The Stamp of Approval

When  good  old  reliable  merchants 
buy our own  make shoes year  in  and 
year  out,  buy  them  over  and  over 
again and  keep  right on buying them, 
that  shows  the  Stamp  of Approval.

H erold-B ertsch  Shoe  Co.

Makers  of  Shoes,
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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A   complete  line of  Boys’  and  Youths’  Shoes 
A   complete line of  Misses’  and  Children’s  Shoes 
A   complete line  of Women’s  Shoes 
A   complete  line of  Slippers of all  styles 
A   complete line  of  Rubbers

All  Sold  by

B ra d le y  &  M e tca lf Co.

Manufacturers and Jobbers,  Milwaukee,  Wis.

Double  Wear  Rubbers

Lycoming  Brand

Extra  Heel  and 

Toe on

Boy’s,  Youth’s 

Misses’ 

and  Child’s

Extra  Heel 

on
Men’s
and

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Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

How Arc You Fixed for Rubbers?

There  is  the  Lacit, 

H ave you  any  o f the  new  specialties  o f the  Boston  Rubber  Go. 
• 
m  their  line o f D uck rolled edge goods ?  They are especially practical.
like  the  Itaska,  only  it  laces  instead  o f 
buckles. 
The  Lumber  K ing,  like the M ichigan,  also  laces  instead  o f 
buckles,  giving that desired close fit  over  the  instep  and  around  the 
aj \
  J ht  Motorm* n's  G aiter  is  a  high  cut shoe  made w ith a rolled 
edge  bottom  and  a  high  tight  top.  J u st  the  thing  fo r   strenuous 
efforts  m  deep snow.

Our stock  o f  these  and  a ll  other  rubbers  is  large.  We  make 

prompt shipments. 

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

13

Use  of Display  Cases  W hich  Aid Sales.
We  saw  a  clever  little  polish  case  on 
display  the  other  day  which  ought  to  be 
installed  in  every  small  shoe  store  or, 
for  that  matter,  in  every  store  where 
there 
is  not  room  to  display  a  quantity 
of  small  articles  such  as  are  found  in 
our  large  departments. 
It  was  a  small 
glass  case  about  two  and  one-half  feet 
in  height,  and 
just  large  enough  to 
carry  two  dozen  boxes  of  shoe  polish. 
In  gilt  letters  across  the  face  of  the  case 
the  name  of  the  polish  and  the  price 
were  mentioned. 
It  stood  conveniently 
on  the 
ledge  about  halfway  down  the 
aisle  of  the  store  and  was  noticeable  to 
every  one  who  entered.

This  is  a  good,  clever  little  advertise­
ment,  and  at  the  same  time  it  keeps 
the  polish  from  being  scattered  from 
one  end  of  the  store  to  the  other. 
It 
does  away  with  the  untidy  appearance 
so  often  noticed 
in  this  department, 
which  you  are  now  trying  to  place  on  a 
paying  basis,  because  all  of  the  polish, 
except  samples,  might  be  conveniently 
kept  in  a  large  drawer  in  the  rear of  the 
store.

Another  good  feature  noted 

in  this 
same  store  was  a 
lamb's-wool  polish 
brush  which  the  proprietor  showed  in 
connection  with  the  shoe  polish.  These 
polishing  brushes  have  become  so  per­
fect  that  the  wool  does  not  rub  off at  the 
first  or  second  application  to  the  shoes. 
They  can  be  bought  for  12 
to  15  cents 
of  any  findings  house,  and  they  will 
sell  readily  at  25  cents  each. 
It  makes 
no  difference  who  your customer  might 
be,  just  as  soon  as  you  offer  to  sell  him 
a  box  of  shoe  polish  and  show  him  this 
handy 
is  bound  to  be 
taken  with  it  at  once;  12%  cents'  profit 
on  a  brush  is  not  bad,  and  shoe  mer­
chants  can  readily  afford  to  stock  two or 
three  dozen  of  these  handy  cleaners, 
and  they  do  not  mind  the trouble of sell­
ing. 
I  would  advise  you  also  to  secure 
some  order  blanks,  because  if  a demand 
is  once  started  you are  bound to  sell  just 
about  as  many  as  you  can  handle.

little  brush,  he 

Have  you  not  noticed  that  heavy 
paste  polishes  are  going  out  and  that 
liquid  polishes  of  all  kinds  are  being 
pushed  on  the  market;  also  that  patent- 
leather  pastes  of  various  descriptions 
are  being  used?  This  condition  of 
affairs  demands  the  presence  of  some 
other  style  besides  the  old  mohair  brush 
that  costs  $1.50  if  you  wanted  a  good 
one. 
is  not  an  easy  matter  to get 
down  on  your  knees  and  attempt  to  pol­
ish  shoes  with  a  piece  of  rag,  and  these 
lamb's-wool  brushes  are  superior 
in 
that  they  polish  the  shoes  evenly  from 
beginning  to  end.  Do  not  forget  these 
little 
items  and  they  will  pay  your  gas 
bills  and  fuel  expenses  if  you  handle 
them  in  the  proper  manner.

It 

From  present 

The  call  for the  better grades  of  shoes 
has  also  created  a  demand  for a superior 
quality  of  laces,  and  it  would  not  be  a 
bad  idea  to  see  that  your  stock  of  laces 
is  augmented  accordingly.  The  new 
patent  laces,  with  tags  on  the  inside, 
are  selling  well  wherever they  are  kept, 
and  you  can  not  go  wrong  in  putting  in 
a  supply. 
indications 
these  new  laces  will  supplant  the  old- 
style  string  altogether,  and,  being  put 
up  in  pairs,  they  are  easier  to  handle. 
The  season  for  insoles  is  now  upon  us 
and  you  should  see  that  your  stock  of 
these  goods  is  complete.  The  hair sole 
with  the  whalebone  stiffening 
is  found 
to  be  a  ready  seller  at  this  time of  year, 
but  when  you  sell  this  article  advise 
customers  to  take  one  a  little larger than 
the  size  of  the  shoe,  for after  a  hair  sole 
has  been  in  use  a  short titne.it  is  apt  to

shrink.  The  whale  bone  center  does 
away  with  the  sole  shortening  very 
much,  but  does  not  keep  it  from  shrink­
ing  in  width.
L ittle W rinkles T hat  H elp  Sales  and Add 

to  Profits.

If  you 

Once  more  we  wish  to  remind  you  of 
the  necessity  of  preparing  in  time  for 
the  holiday  season. 
intend 
carrying  lines  of  misses’  and  children’s 
leggings 
in  colors,  or  otherwise,  you 
will  sell  goodly  numbers  to  mothers  and 
relatives  who  take  this  rather  unique 
means  of  bestowing  gifts. 
It  is  not 
only  advisable,  but  it  is  necessary  for 
you  to  order  your  leggings  at  once,  if 
you  have  not  already  done  so.  Do  not 
pass  this  opportunity  by  for  making 
pin-money  (if  we  may  use  the  expres­
sion)  during  the  holidays.  There  is  no 
article  of  a  like  nature  which  pleases  a 
child  more,  and  there  is  nothing  more 
practical  than  children’s 
leggings  for 
Christmas  presents.

There 

is  another  commodity  which 
is  listed  under  findings  that  can  be  sold 
with  profit  during  the  same  period— 
namely,  bed  slippers.  How  many 
thousands  of  people  you  will  find  who 
are 
continually  complaining  of  cold 
feet!  To  such  people  bed  slippers  di­
rectly  apply,  and  they  will  indeed  be 
grateful  for  the  opportunity  to  buy  such 
articles  if  they  are  only  acquainted with 
the  fact  that  they  are  in  the  market. 
You  can  make  a  clever advertisement 
out  of  foot-warmers,  and  if  you  are  un­
able  to  secure  the  eiderdown  variety, 
such  as  is  sold  by  a  few  Eastern  manu­
facturers,  you  can  obtain  the  regular 
socks  which  are  used  for  rubber  boots, 
or  for  bath-room  wear,  and  advertise 
them  under  the  same  heading.  They 
will  serve  in  this  capacity  satisfactorily 
and  will  wear  far  better than  specially 
designed  bed  slippers.

If  you  are 

in  the  habit  of  ordering 
your  men’s  and  women's  slippers  from 
the  manufacturer, and  have  not  yet  done 
so,  you  should  lose  no  time  in  making 
enquiries  as  to  whether  you  can  secure 
them  in  time  for the  Christmas  display 
—that  is,  not  later than  the  first  of  De­
cember. 
If  the  manufacturer  is  doubt­
ful  of  his  ability  to  supply  you  at  this 
time  it  would  be  unwise to  allow  him  to 
put  you  off  and  take  chances  of  receiv­
ing  them  five  or six  days  before the  hol­
idays. 
It  would  be  more  feasible  to 
call 
in  the  salesman  of  some  jobbing 
house  in  the  vicinity,  or  make  a  trip  to 
the  market  yourself  and  see  what  you 
can  pick  up  there.

Jobbers,  during  the  past  three  or  four 
years,  have  made  a  specialty  of  holi­
day  goods,  and  they  will be  able  to sup­
ply  your  wants,  at  least  in  moderation. 
When  it  is  considered  that  you  are  sure 
of  immediate  delivery  you  will  be  able 
to  realize  how  much  more  advantageous 
it  is  for  you  to  buy  your  men’s  and 
women’s 
from  wholesalers. 
You  might  better do  this  than  have your 
goods  arrive  at  the  last  moment.

slippers 

If  you  have  not  a  satisfactory  slipper 
trade  it  would  be  unwise  for  you  to  tie 
up  money  in  an  article  which,  while  a 
staple,  is  not  pushed  in  most  stores  the 
year  around.  Of  course,  if  your trade 
demands  these  goods  the entire  year you 
wijl  not  be  out  so  much;  but  you  are 
well  aware  of  the  fact  that  the  greatest 
opportunity  during  the  year  for  selling 
slippers  is  offered  at  Christmas  time.

If  you  are  out  of  sizes  you  should  in­
struct  the  clerks to  enquire  if  the  slip­
pers  are  for  a  Christmas  gift  in  case  a 
customer  should  ask  for  a  pair of  size 9 
and  you  have  only  a  size  8  or  10  in 
If  they  are,  tell  the  customer
stock. 

The  Celebrated 

“lone”  Shoe  for  Men

that  should  the  size  not  be  right  the 
slippers  can  be  exchanged  immediately 
after the  holidays.  In  this  way  you  will 
be  able  to  sell  a  great  many  pairs which 
otherwise  would  be  sold  by  others.  You 
will  find  as  soon  as  the  holidays  are 
over  that  dozens  of  women  will  come 
back  to  you  wanting  a  size 
larger  or  a 
size  smaller,  but  on  the  grand  average 
you  will  have  to  order only  a  half-dozen 
pairs  to  satisfy  all.

One  of  the  greatest  troubles  with  shoe 
is  that  they  become  panic- 
dealers 
stricken  as  soon  as  they  strike  an  extra 
demand  for goods  which  they  have  not 
in  stock,  and  immediately  they  plunge 
in  far  over  their  depth,  when  there  are 
but two  or three days  more  in which this 
particular 
line  of  goods  can  be  sold  to 
advantage.  You  might  better  lose  sales 
than  do  this,  especially  on  slippers, 
where  your  money 
is  liable  to  be  tied 
up  for  the  full  twelve  months.— Shoe 
Retailer.

King  Edward  has  one  thought  to  con­
sole  him  in  his  present  darkest hour;  he 
will  not  have  to  read  his  obituary  poem 
which  Austin  is  even  now  at work upon.

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“  Western Shoe  Builders ’’ 

Cor.  Market  and  Quincy  Sts.,  Chicago  i

Velour  and  Vici  Kid  Stock.  Re­

tails  at  $2.50.

The Western Shoe Co., Toledo, Ohio

Distributors

C O L D   W E A T H E R   S H O E S

We carry 36  different  kinds  of Wom­
en’s,  Misses’  and  Children’s  Warm 
Shoes and Slippers.

Women’s  Button  or  Lace,  Warm 
Lined,  Kid  Foxed,  Felt  Top  Shoe, 
Opera Toe, Machine Sewed....... $1.00

Same as  above  in  Turned,  Common 
Sense............................................ $1.00

Women’s  Felt,  Fur  Trimmed,  Juliet 
....................80 cents

Write us what you  want and  we will send samples or salesman.

HIRTH,  KRAUSE  &   CO.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

S p ecia lty   House.

Waterproof  Horse  and  Wagon  Covers

OILED  CLOTHING

Paints

Oils

Varnishes

Pipe Covering 

Lath  Yarn 

Rope

Mill  Supplies

THE  M.  I.  WILCOX  CO., 

TOLEDO,  O,

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Dry Poods

W eekly  M arket  Review  o f  the  Principal 

Staples.

Staple  Cottons—Unless  buyers  of 
brown  sheetings  and  drills  for  home  ac­
count  wake  up  to  the situation soon, they 
may  find  that  they  can  not  get  the goods 
when  they  do  really  need  them,  for  the 
exporters  are  contracting  heavily  and  if 
this  keeps  up,  as  it  now  promises  to  do, 
it  will  result  in  filling  the  mills,making 
these  goods,  with  orders  so  far  ahead 
that  buyers  for  home  account  will  find 
themselves  unable  to  get  goods  at  any 
price.  This  is  merely  by  way  of  warn­
ing,  for  the  situation  to-day  is  a  critical 
one 
in  many  respects  and  the  market 
will  undoubtedly  strengthen  consider­
ably  with  this  continued  export  de­
mand.  All 
leading  brands  of  brown 
sheetings  and  drills  are  firm  as  reported 
above,  and  spot  goods  of  all  descrip­
tions  are 
in  short  supply.  Bleached 
cottons  show  small  stocks  and  in  spite 
of 
limited  buying,  this  sustains  the 
market.  Wide  sheetings  are  firm  with 
only  a  small  business  transacted,  and 
the  same  may  be  said  of  cotton  flannels 
and  blankets.  Coarse  colored  cottons, 
including  denims,  ticks,  checks,  plaids, 
cheviots,  etc.,  show  no  new  features. 
Stocks are  small  and  prices  firm.

Denims— Have  been  wanted  for  ex­
port,  but  there  have  been  no contracts 
made  because  sellers  were  in  too  strong 
a  position  to  accept  bids  for  less  than 
the  regular  market  prices.  Denims  are 
very  strongly 
situated,  having  been 
bought  freely  for  home  trade  for  some 
time  past,  and  not  only  are  stocks  at  a 
very  low  ebb, but  have also  placed  many 
mills  under  contract  for  some  time  to 
come.  The  actual  shipments  of  cotton 
goods  during  the  past  week  have  been 
largest  to  Aden,  Chili,  and  the  British 
possessions  in  India.  These  consisted 
largely  of  brown  sheetings  and  drills, 
with  a  moderate  assortment  of  other 
staple  domestics.

Prints  and  Ginghams—The  Merri­
mack  prints  have  bad  their  prices 
openly  announced,  and  as  they  are 
what  the  buyers  expected,  the  market 
situation  is  unchanged.  Buyers  of  fancy 
prints  for spring  have  been  placing  or­
ders  for  fair  quantities,  but  so  far  the 
trading  has  been  largely  for  grades  on 
the  basis  of  4>£c,  which  is  practically 
the  same  as  quoted  for  last  season.  Full 
standards  have  also  been  bought  in  a 
moderate  way,  although  prices  have  not 
been  openly  quoted. 
is  firmly  ex­
pected,  however,  that  the  price  will  be 
5c.  This  is  a  change  from  the opinions 
of  a  few  weeks  ago  before  print  cloths 
were  advanced  so  sharply.  Fine  printed

It 

specialties  show  no  change  since  our 
last  report,  the  demand  continuing  fair. 
All  woven  patterned  goods  of  desirable 
character  are  in  excellent  condition,  in­
cluding  s.taple  ginghams,  dress  ging­
hams  and  fine  wash  fabrics.

Hosiery— Probably  the  most 

interest­
ing  feature  of  the  market  for  hosiery  is 
found  in  the  fancy  end.  Manufactur­
ers  are  wondering 
if  the  demand  for 
fancy  stripes  and  open  work  is  to  keep 
up  all  winter. 
If  it  is,  there  are  not 
enough  goods  on  the  market  to  supply 
the  demand.  The  lines  of  fancy  wool 
and  cashmere  half  hose  seem  to  have 
struck  a  popular  fancy  in  some  parts  of 
the  country,  particularly  the  West,  but 
they  are  slow  in  being  adopted  in  the 
East,  and  they  are  not  expected  to  be 
wanted  in  the  South.

There  is  a  scarcity  of  fleeced  hosiery 
in  the  market,  scarcely  a  case  to  be 
found.  The  call  for  these  is  from  the’ 
West,  for  in  the  East  and  New  York 
particularly,  there  are  very  few  worn. 
The  trouble  with  these 
is  that  orders 
were  placed  late,  and  the  knitting  mills 
did  not  expect the  business  to amount to 
much.  The  later  demand  has  proved 
too  much  for  the  machines  making  this 
class  of  goods,  and  so  the  market  is  de­
pleted.

Sweaters— In  our  last  report  we  men­
tioned  the  exceedingly  small  stocks  on 
hand,  and  the  difficulty  buyers  were  ex­
periencing  in  securing  anything  desir­
able  in  the  line  of  sweaters.  This week 
a  canvass  of  the  market  shows  appar­
ently  that  everything  that  was  left  has 
been  snapped  up,  and  the  market,  as 
one  man  put  it,  “ hasn’t  a  sweater  to  its 
name.”   The  public  have  taken  a 
greater  fancy  to  sweaters  this  season ap­
parently  than  for  many  years,  and many 
of  the  large  retail  stores  and department 
stores  are  entirely  cleaned  out.  Two 
cases  have  been  brought  to  our notice  of 
large  premiums  being  offered  for  desir­
able  goods,  and  no  one  took  advantage 
of  the  offer.  Several  mills,  on  the 
strength  of  the  present  conditions,  have 
started  upon  extra  time  to  try  and  sup­
ply  the  deficiency.  Whether  they  can 
get  the  goods  out 
in  time  or  not  is  a 
question,  but  almost  anything  would 
‘  go”   if  it  was  only  out  on  time.

Carpets—The  opening  of  the  new  car­
pet  season  has  been  somewhat  of  a  dis­
appointment  to  many  who  had  hoped 
that  prices  would  at 
least  be  firmly 
maintained  all  along  the  line,  if  not 
actually  advanced.  As  a  matter of  fact, 
as  was  shown  in  our  issue  of  last  week, 
prices  of  %  goods  ranged  from the same 
figures  as 
last  season  to 6>£c  decline, 
and  on  rugs  prices  ranged from  last  sea­
son’s  rates  to  a  $5.50  decline.  Osten-

Bed Blankets and Comforts

W e  make  a  specialty of  Bed  Blan­
kets and Comforts and always carry 
a  complete  assortment.
Cotton,  wool  (cotton  warp),  all 
wool  blankets.
Knotted  and  stitched  comforts  in 
print,  satine,  silkoline  and  silk 
coverings.

P.  Steketee & Sons,  Wholesale  Dry Goods,  Grand  Rapids
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DUNKLEY’S  FAMOUS

Michigan  Fruits

Grown,  cooked  and  canned  in  the  Fruit  Belt.  Direct  from 
the  orchard  to  the  table.  Cooked  in  the jars,  by  special  proc­
ess, 
in  clear,  pure  sugar  syrup.  We  carry  in  stock  the 
“ Cupid”   and  “ Golden  Luncheon”  brands  of  Peaches, 
Pears,  Plums,  Cherries  and  Berries.

Worden  Grocer Co.,  Grand  Rapids

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Bigger  Box. 
Same  Price.

IMPROVED  QUALITY

Liquid==- 

Best  Yet! 

Fire  Proof!!

Dealers:— September  1st we commenced the sale  of  our  new packages 
of EN A M ELIN E. No.  4 and No.  6;  each about 50 PER CENT.  LARG ­
ER   THAN  FORM ERLY  and  with  NO  CHANGE  IN  PRICE.  The 
quality has been improved  so the goods will  keep  much  better  than  ever.

EN AM ELIN E  LIQUID is THE modem stove polish—a great  im­
provement.  In tin cans with screw tops—cannot break, slop or spoil;  ready 
to use quick,  easy,  brilliant,  FIR E  PROOF;  keeps  perfectly  for  years. 
Large cans, 5c and  10c.  TH E  BEST  Y E T   and  a  WINNER.

We have appropriated $200,000  FOR  A DVERTISIN G   the  coming  year, 

don’t like it, send  it back, as we guarantee it in every respect.

You  should  get  in  line  for  a  BOOM  on  EN A M ELIN E.  If  you

J.  L.  PRESCOTT &. CO.,  NEW  YORK.

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tionally  busy.  The  cool,  clear  weather 
that  characterized  October  was  the  best 
in  the  world  for  business,  and  we  fail 
to  find  one  retailer  who  has  not  had  ex­
cellent  sales  in  shirts,  underwear,  hos- 
iery,  gloves,  neckwear,  etc.  Each  cool 
morning  brought  another  contingent  of 
buyers  for  warmth-giving  underwear, 
hosiery  and  gloves,  and  the  average 
prices  paid  for  these  commodities  ex­
ceed  by  considerable  that  paid  by  the 
same  trade  a  year ago.  For  instance, 
the  proportion  of $1.50 grade gloves  sold 
has  materially  increased,  also  of  $1  and 
$1.50 neckwear,  although  by  far  the  best 
selling  price  for  the 
latter  is  still  50 
cents.  People  who  never  thought  of 
buying  better  than  20  or  25  cent  hosiery 
are  frequently  purchasers  now  of  50 
cent  grades,  one  dollar  shirts  in  place 
of  75  cent  grades,  and  $1.50  in  place  of 
$1  and  $1.25.  Those  who  bought  $2  hats 
are  often  seen  buying  $3  or  even  $5 
grades,and  so  it  goes  through  practical­
ly  the  entire  range  of  the  haberdasher’s 
stock.

Manufacturers  of  neckwear  have  en­
joyed  a  prosperous  holiday  trade,  even 
although  the  shapes  and  silks  vary  but 
little  from  what  has  been  sold  for  the 
regular  fall  and  winter  season.  Partic­
ularly  nice  boxes  for  individual  cravats 
and  for quantities  have  been  used,  and 
the  retailers  will  be  able  to  make  hand­
some  displays.

The  mufflers  that  are  made  for  this 
winter  indicate  a  far  greater amount  of 
luxury  for the  wearers.  Among the  new­
est  are  pieces  of  silk,  plain  black,  white 
or 
colors  or  neat-figured  effects,  25 
inches  wide  by  50  inches  long.  The 
effect  is  very  rich  and  they  give  excel­
lent  protection,  both  against  the  cold 
and  against  soiling  the  shirt  bosom.

“ For  3  Plunks”

($3.00)

I will send to any good dealer ten pounds  of my

Red  Seal  Brand  Saratoga Chips

and a Show Case like cut, which costs three dollars.  This 
case Is made of metal and takes little counter room (10% 
in. front, 19 in. deep, glass 10x20  in.).  Glass is put in on 
slides;  can  be  removed  for  cleaning.  A  good  scoop 
with each case.  If you will use this  case  with  my Bed 
Seal Brand  of Saratoga Chips you will increase  your  sales  many  times.  There  is  a 
splendid profit to you.  Sales are quick and I fill your orders with nice, clean,  fresh chips, 
made the day I ship.  I personally attend to  the  packing  of all  my  goods.  I  guarantee 
net weights and the best my large factory can produce, direct or through any jobber.

J .  W .  M E Y E R

127  East  Indiana  Street,  Chicago,  III.

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Ä   B U C K W H E A T   F L O U R

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M ILLED AS  WE  MILL  IT,  CONTAINS  NONE  OF  THE 
POISON  OF  EITH ER  HULL. 

IT  IS  TH EREFO RE

Pure  and  W holesom e

There can be no rash or ill  effects so  common  to the  users  of 
most Buckwheat Flour.  Before we grind  the wheat we take off 
both hulls.  We eliminate every bit of  the  “buckwheat  poison” 
before we crush a kernel.  We get less pounds of  flour  to  the 
bushel; you get  more  pure  food,  more  wholesome  pancakes, 
and  we save your hide.

M uskegon  M illing  Co.,  M uskegon,  Mich.

is 

fully 

large  and  the 

sibly  there  was  no  reason  why  prices 
should  not  have  been firmly maintained, 
and  many  weavers  of  ingrains  are  still 
inclined  to  the  belief  that  an  advance 
in  prices 
justified.  At  this 
writing  the  decline  is  attributed  to  the 
desire  of  one  of  the  large  concerns  to 
clear  off  the  market  stocks  carried  over 
from  last  season. 
Its  course  in  making 
lower  prices  is  certainly  characteristic. 
As  regards  the  volume  of  business done, 
lines 
however,  the  opening  of  the  new 
has  been  satisfactory, 
the  sales  being 
reported  as  larger  than  have been known 
for  years  by  some  agents, the  attendance 
being 
jobbing  interest 
throughout  the  country  being interested. 
Some 
lines  are  said  to  be  sold  ahead 
sufficiently  to  keep  the  machinery  upon 
them  busy  until  next  spring.  The  de­
goods  has  ap­
cline 
parently  shattered  the  hopes  of  the 
in­
grain  makers  as  to  an  advance  in  their 
product. 
Ingrains  had  not  proportion­
ately  shared  in  the  improvement  which 
had  characterized  ^   goods. 
It  was  an­
ticipated,  however,  that  in  case  there 
had  been  an  advance  in  the  price  of  the 
latter, it  would  have  assisted  in  creating 
more  demand  for  ingrains,  which  would 
have  redounded  to  the  benefit  of  the 
ingrain  makers,  both  in  the  size  of  their 
business,  and  the  prices  which  they  re­
ceived  for  their  goods.  But  as  a  decline 
in  price  has  been  made  on  %  goods, 
there  are  few  ingrain  makers  apparent­
ly  who  are  looking  for  much 
improve­
ment  in  the  price  of  their  product.

in  the  price  of 

Rugs—Were  a  great  feature 

in  the 
opening  day  of  prices 
in  New  York, 
and  for  many  lines  there  was  the largest 
call  ever  known.  On  wiltons,  axmin- 
sters  and  Brussels,  there  was  an  ex­
ceedingly  fine  business done,  which  will 
keep  mills  working  on  these  goods  for 
several  months  to  come.  Prices showed 
a  slight  falling  off.  Smyrna  rugs  were 
a  favorite  with  many buyers  who  bought 
largely.

E xcellent  Condition  of the  H aberdashery 

Trade.

The  habeidashery  trade,  as  a  whole, 
has  found  this  a  most  successful  season 
and  even  when  separated  into  parts  and 
analyzed,  each  division  appears  to  be 
in  an  excellent  condition  and  very  sel­
dom 
is  there  anything  heard  in  regard 
to  bad  business.  Of  course,  there  are 
some  croakers,  there  always  are,  who 
say  that  there  is  “ nothin’  doin’, ”   but 
if  the  truth  were  known,  it  would  prob­
ably  be  found  that  they  had  had  their 
full  share,  possibly  more  than  their  full 
share,  and  that  this  manner  of  talk  is 
merely  a  chronic  condition  with  them.

The  retail  haberdashers  are  excep- j

to  their  expectations, 

There  have  been  some  remarkably 
fine  specimens  of  fancy  hosiery  placed 
before  the  buyers  late  this  fall  in  antic­
ipation  of  the  fancy  business continuing 
through  the  season.  This  promises  to 
come  up 
for 
fashion  dictates  to  her  followers  that 
low-cut  shoes  shall  be  worn  much  of  the 
time,  except  when  extremely  inclement 
weather  makes  it  impossible.  Black 
openwork  hosiery  for  evenipg  wear  is 
much 
in  vogue  and  sales  have  been 
good.  Sales  of  blacks  have  continued 
good  and  also  of  some  solid  colors,  such 
as  reds,  blues  and  browns.

With  the advent of still colder weather, 
trade 
is  expected  to  increase  corres­
pondingly  and  many  go  so  far  as  to 
predict  that  this  season's  business  will 
exceed  that  of  any  previous  fall  and 
winter  season,  as 
last  spring  and  sum­
mer,  in  many branches beat all  previous 
¡spring  and  summer  seasons.

We Have Never Failed

to use the best material obtainable.  The natural 
result is that our bakery goods  are  recognized  as 
the standard.  We are not m the Trust.  We stand 
on the merits of our products.

Standard Crackers and  Blue  Ribbon  Squares

are  the  best  sellers.  Let  us  have  your  mail 
orders.  See quotations in price current.

E.  J.  KRUCE  &  CO.,  Detroit,  Mich.

SCOTTEN-DILLON  COMPANY

TOBACCO  MANUFACTURERS 

INDEPENDENT FACTORY 

DETROIT, MICHIGAN

OUR  LEADIN G  BRAN DS.  K E E P  THEM   IN  MIND.

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UNCLE  DANIEL. 

OJIBWA.

FOREST GIANT. 

CREM E  DE  MENTHE. 

STRONG HOLD. 
FLA T  IRON. 

SO-LO.
The  above  brands  are  manufactured  from  the  finest  selected  Leaf  Tobacco  that  money  can  buy.

SW E E T SPRAY.

HAND  PRESSED.  Flake Cut. 
DOUBLE CROSS.  Long Cut. 
SW E E T CORE.  Plug Cut. 
FLA T CAR.  Granulated.

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

Hardware

H ot A ir Furnace  Not  L,ost  Its  Prestige.
Architects  and  builders,  as  well  as 
their customers,have  noted  the  fact  that 
during  the  past  year  or  two  hot  air  fur­
naces  have  been  used  for  heating  some 
of  the  largest  and  finest  residence build­
ings  that  have  been  erected  in  different 
parts  of  the  United  States.  This  is 
substantial  encouragement  to  those  fur­
nace  men  who  have  stood  stanchly  in 
defense  of  good  furnace  work,  and  who 
have  insisted  upon  doing  it  and  secur­
ing  the  price  that  such  work 
is  worth.
I  make  this  statement  in  order to  bring 
to the  notice  of  furnace  men  generally 
the  fact  that  furnace  work  has  not  lost 
prestige 
in  competition  with  the  other 
systems  of  heating,  and  that  it  is  the 
duty  of  every  furnace  man  to  study 
methods  and  use  his  energy  to  secure  a 
more  general  use  of  a  better class  of 
furnace  work.

I  have  no  hope  of  securing  now  or  at 
any  time  in  the  future  a  millennium  for 
hot  air  furnace  men.  They  will  always 
have  competitors  to  contend  with  who 
are  too  ignorant  to  know  how  to do good 
furnace  work,  either  in  the  details  of 
workmanship,  or  in  putting  up  the  fur­
nace,  to  say  nothing  of  that  knowledge 
of  the  movement  of  air currents  and  the 
effect  of  the  outside  atmosphere,  which 
must  be  understood  in  order to  lay  out 
furnace  work  as  it  should  be  done.  The 
annoyance  caused  by  these  men  can  be 
alleviated  by  rendering  them  such  as­
sistance  and  such  encouragement 
in 
their  efforts  as  they  are  capable  of  re­
ceiving.

There  is  another  class  that  have  all 
the  gray  matter  necessary  to  do  first- 
class  work,  but  who  are  thoroughly  mer­
cenary  and  are  only  anxious  for  what 
money  they  can  get  out  of  their  work. 
These  fellows  are  more  difficult  to  deal 
with,  but  that  is  no  reason  why  mis­
sionary  work  should  not  be  conducted 
among  them.

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The  great  multitude  of  furnace  men, 
however,  are  honest  and  ambitious,  and 
willing  to  do  better  when  they  know 
is  better.  These  men  form  the 
what 
great  majority,  and 
is  among  them 
that  the  intelligent  and  progressive  fur­
nace  man  and  the  furnace  manufacturer 
should 
labor  to  improve  the  general 
character of  work.  Some  of  these  men 
are  good  workers,  and  their  work  in  de­
tail  is  above  reproach,  but  in  many  in­
stances  they  do  not  understand  how  to 
determine  the  heating  capacity of  a  fur­
nace  or the  heating  values  of  different 
styles  of  construction.  Nor  do  they  un­
derstand  the  size  of  beaters,  the  sizes  of 
pipes  for  hot  air  supply  or  the  vent 
ducts 
for  heating  different 
classes  of  buildings.  To  assist  these 
people  by  giving  them 
information  on 
the  points  in  which  their  knowledge  is 
deficient  would  be  to  remove,  in  many 
instances,  a  disagreeable  competitor 
from  the  field.  Men  who  do  not  know 
the  difficulty  of  heating  a  building  will 
agree  to  heat  it  for  less  money  than 
would  a  more  competent  man. 
If  they 
secure  the  contract  either they  will  lose 
money,  or,  if  they  are paid  before  their 
heating  systems  are  thoroughly  tested, 
the  building  can  not  be  heated  in  ex­
treme  weather,  and  furnace  work  gets 
another  black  eye.

required 

There  is  still  another  class  of  furnace 
men  who need  assistance,  and  they  are 
the  men  who do  good  work,  both  in  de­
signing  and  in  construction,  but  who 
need  a  little  business  training  in  order 
to avoid  being  made  use  of  by  shrewd

building  operators.  The  building  op­
erator  of  this  character  is  ever  on  the 
lookout  for  some  competent  man  who  is 
willing  to  take  a  contract  for  heating  a 
large  number  of  buildings  at  a  very 
small  margin  of  profit.  The  building 
contractor  knows  that  these  buildings 
will  not  be  ready  for  the  furnace man  so 
that  he  can  do  his  work  with  advantage 
to  himself  and  keep  the  cost  within  the 
figures  at  which  he  has  estimated.  He 
knows  that  some  of  the  buildings  will 
be  ready  at  one  time  and  some  at  an­
other,  and  that  as  the  construction  pro­
gresses  the  furnace  man  will  be  called 
upon  to  complete  his  work  at  a  sad  dis­
advantage  to  himself,  which  will  result 
in  the  loss  of  no  small  amount  of  time 
and 
labor,  and  may  finally  eat  up  the 
expected  profit  until  an  actual  loss takes 
its  place. 
If  it  was  possible  to  educate 
all  the  furnace  men  so  that they  would 
know  better  than  to  take  contracts  of 
this  character  at  the  low  prices  set  by 
the  building  operator,  the work  could  be 
made  to  pay  a  profit  to  those  who  do 
it,  instead  of  being  the  means  of  em­
barrassing the contractors by  an  eventual 
loss.

Another  source  of  discouragement  is 
that  even  although  a  large  contract  of 
this  kind  may  be  carried  out  without 
actual  loss,  there  is  really  no  profit  in 
j it,  for  often  the  small  contractor  has  al­
lowed  his  small  custom  trade  to  be  dis­
appointed  and 
scattered,  while  his 
whole  energies  were  concentrated  on 
one  big  contract.  Thus  he 
is  sure  to 
suffer  a  loss  from  having  taken  up  the 
big  iob.

Then  there  are  shop  methods  and  de­
tails  of  construction  which  enable  some 
shops  to  produce  furnace  drums,  cas­
ings,  pipes  and  fittings  at  a  far  lower 
price  than  the  small  shop  with a limited 
equipment  of  tools.  Usually  the  men 
who  do  the  high  grade  furnace  work 
which 
is  used  in  handsome  residences 
have  the  best  equipped  shops,  and  if 
they  engage  on  contract  work,  with 
their better  equipment  and  better  busi­
ness  experience,  they  could  eventually 
secure  a  better  profit  from  such  work 
than  the  smaller  and  less  favored  con­
tractors  would  make  out  of  it.

In  many  instances  furnace  manufac­
turers  make,  in  addition  to  their  good 
furnaces,  some  hot  air  furnaces  that  are 
sold  at  such  extremely  low  prices  that 
it  is  impossible  to  conceive  that  they 
will  pass  through  even  the  first  season 
without  becoming  greatly 
impaired. 
The  sale  and  use  of  such  furnaces  result 
in  a  dissatisfaction  with  hot  air  fur­
nace  heating  which  is  reflected  along 
the  whole  line  of  hot  air  furnace  work. 
At  the  outset  I  pointed  out  that  some  of 
the  handsomest  residences  that  have 
been  erected 
in  various  parts  of  the 
country  were  heated  with  hot  air  fur­
naces.  1  recognize  that  where  there 
is 
one  of  this  class  of  buildings  erected, 
there  are  hundreds  and  even  thousands 
of  the  cheaper  class.  I  would  point  out, 
however,  that  that  is  no  reason  why  the 
cheaper  class  of  buildings  should  not  be 
equipped  with  a  hot air  furnace  of  good 
construction,  such  as  would  be  durable 
in  use  and  economical  in  operation.

larger  cities  and 

To  secure  reform  some  co-operation 
will  be  needed  between  furnace  men  in 
all  the 
in  adjacent 
country  towns.  The  men  who  do  first- 
class  work  must  meet  and  discuss  and 
explain  to  their 
informed 
brothers  some  of  their  methods.  No 
doubt  many  men  who  do first-class  work 
will  be  more  or  less  reluctant  to  explain 
their  methods  to  some  men  who they 
feel  certain  will  utilize  the  information

less  well 

for cutting  into their trade  and  thus  be­
come  a  greater nuisance  to  them  than 
they  are  without  this  assistance.  How­
ever,  in  all  attempts  at  elevation  of 
mortals  or  methods  sacrifices  must  be 
made,  and  in  the  end  benefit  will  come. 
There 
is  no  better  way  of  helping  the 
furnace trade than in  discussing methods 
for 
its  condition.— Metal 
Worker.

improving 

A pple  Fam ine  F elt in  Maine.

The  good  old  cider  that  hits  like  a 
green  hickory  club  in  the  hands  of  the 
hired  man 
is  going  to  be  dear  in  the 
teetotal  State  of  Maine  this  winter. 
There  is 
less  than  half  a  crop  of  ap­
ples.

They Agreed  Cordially.

“ I  see  there  is  a  pressing  demand  for 
money  of  small  denominations, ”   said 
the  dark  complexioned  man  with  the 
turned  up  coat  collar.

“ It  shouldn’t  be  gratified,”   said  the 

clean  shaven  man.
There’s  too  much  smali  change 
culation  now.”

agree  with  you  heartily,  sir. 
in  cir­

“ That’s  right.  Too  much  and  too 

“ I 

“ Correct.  May  I  ask  your  business, 

.

small.”  

sir?”

“ I’m  a  Pullman  porter.”
“ Shake. 

I’m  a  hotel  waiter.”

The  impending  fate  of  England’s 
King 
is  a  warning  to  ordinary  mortals 
not  to  smoke  the  brand  of  cigars  that 
costs  one  dollar  each.

Owen  Acetylene  Gas  Generator

New  Improved  1901  Model

Nearly  300  in 
use 
in  Michi­
gan.

1901  the  banner  year  of 

its existence.

Clarion,  Mich.,  March 20,  1901. 
My  Dear  Sir— We  have  now  had  in 
steady use for two years  the  Owen  Gas 
Generator and  I am  pleased  to  state  for 
amount of light  produced,  it  is  cheaper 
than oil and  far  more  satisfactory.  My 
candid opinion  is, the reason so many re­
ject them is because the light is not  eco­
nomically handled.  We use  light  when 
and where needed.  We bum  13 jets and 
all at once usually.  We charge  machine 
with from  20  to  21  pounds  which  runs 
generally'5  nights.  Usually  close  store 
about 8:30 to 0:30.  Very respectfully

W.  H.  Ransom.
Send  for booklet on Acety­

lene  Lighting.

Geo.  F.  Owen
Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

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Letters  of a  Self-Made  M erchant  To  H is 

Son.

A  business  man’s  conversation  should 
be  regulated  by  fewer  and  simpler  rules 
than  any  other  function  of  the  human 
animal.  They  are:

Have  something  to  say.
Say  it.
Stop  talking.
Beginning  before  you  know  what  you 
want  to  say  and  keeping  on  after  you 
have  said  it  lands  a  merchant  in  a  law­
suit  or  the  poor  house.
Remember,  too,  that 

it  is  easier  to 
look  wise  than  to  talk  wisdom.  Say  less 
than  the  other  fellow  and  listen  more 
than  you  talk;  for  when  a  man’s  listen­
ing  he  isn’t  telling  on  himself  and  he’s 
flattering  the  fellow  who  is.  Give  most 
men  a  good 
listener  and  most  women 
enough  note  paper  and  they’ll  tell  all 
they  know.  Money  talks— but  not  un­
less  its  owner  has  a  loose  tongue,  and 
then 
its  remarks  are  always  offensive. 
Poverty  talks,  too,  but  nobody  wants  to 
hear  what  it  has  to  say.

I  simply  mention these  things in pass­
ing  because  I’m  afraid  you’re  apt  to  be 
the  fellow  who’s  doing  the  talking;  just 
as  I’m  a  little  afraid  that  you’re  some­
times  like  the  hungry  drummer  at  the 
dollar-a-day  house— inclined  to  fill  your 
appetite  by  eating  the  cake  in  the  cen­
ter  of  the  table before the soup comes on.
In  speaking  of  clerks  he  says:  The 
lot  of  them  go  to  work 
first  week  a 
in  a  sweat  for  fear they’ll  be 
they’re 
fired;  and  the  second  week  for  fear they 
won’t  be.  By  the  third,  a  boy  that’s 
no  good  has  learned  just  how  little work 
he  can  do  and  keep  his  job;  while  the 
fellow  who's  got  the  right  stuff 
in  him 
is  holding  down  his  own  place  with  one 
hand  and  beginning  to  reach  for the  job 
just  ahead  of  him with the ether.  I don’t

mean  that  he 
is  neglecting  his  own 
work ;  but  he’s  beginning to take notice, 
and  that’s  a  mighty  hopeful  sign  in 
either  a  young  clerk  or  a  young  widow.
You’ll  read  a  good  deal  about  “ love 
at  first  sight"  in  novels,  and  there  may 
be  something  in  it,  for  all  I  know;  but 
I’m  dead  certain  there’s  no  such  thing 
as  love  at  first  sight  in  business.  A 
man’s  got  to  keep  company  a  long 
time,  and  come  early  and  stay  late  and 
sit  close,  before  he  can  get  a  girl  or  a 
job  worth  having. 
There's  nothing 
comes without  calling  in  this  world,  and 
after  you’ve  called  you  ve  generally  got 
to  go  and  fetch  it  yourself.—Saturday 
Evening  Post.

He  Made  an  Assignment.

“ Third  Notice.”   Every  editor  has 
received  them.  The  postmaster  is  not 
to  blame.  For  instance,  there  is  a  man 
named  Tim  Short  who  sent  us  three  no­
tices  to  stop  his  paper;  he  did  not  want 
it  any  longer.  We  wondered  what  was 
the  matter.  Upon  investigation  of  our 
subscription 
list  we  found  Tim  was 
short  $2.50.  He  had  never  paid  a  cent 
yet  had  stopped  his  paper  as  a  matter 
of  economy—to  us.  A few  evenings  ago 
we  stepped 
into  a  church  and  Tim 's 
melodious  tenor  rang  out  clear  in  that 
soul-stirring song,  “ Jesus  Paid  It  A ll.”  
He  might  have  been  mistaken,  but  his 
earnestness  impressed  us.

The  next  day  we  sent  him  a  receipt 
in  full,  begging  his  pardon  for  not 
knowing  that  he  had  made  an  assign­
ment  of  his  liabilities.—Exchange.

Reflected Glory.

“ And  who  are  you,  my  little  man?" 
enquired  the  lady  who  had  called  to  ad­
mire  the  new  baby.

Little  Boy  (with  conscious  pride)— 

I’m  the  baby’s  brother.

front  room.  Sap  began  to  run  the  week 
after  New  Year,  and  the  bluebirds  were 
singing  in  the  trees  before  Valentine’s 
Day.

“ Gardenmaking  was  pretty  near  all 
over by  the  middle  of  March  and  green 
peas  were  picked  before  April  was 
done.

in  on 

“ Folks  came 

of  my  prognostications. 

looking  for  me  with 
cruel 
intent,  and  I  almost  ruined  my­
self  taking  overcoats  and  things  off  of 
the 
people  who  had  bought 
strength 
I 
speculated  much  on  how  in  the  world  it 
could  be  that  those  signs  had  failed  me 
and  if  in  good  time  I  had  not  learned 
that  Sam  Clark  and  some  of  the  rest  of 
the  boys  had  not  tied  those  hornets’ 
nests  way  up  in  the  trees  and  that the 
fox  was  Sam’s  tame  one  they had buried 
in  that  burrow  which  they  had  dug  for 
the  purpose,  knowing  that  I  would  see 
those  hornets’  nests  and  dig  out  that 
fox,  I  would  be  speculating  yet.

“ Yes,  I  have  noticed  some  of  those 
signs  this  fall,  but  I  am  not  prognosti­
cating  any  more.  But  1  will  say  this. 
I  don’t  really  see  any  use  of  the  hogs  in 
this  locality  putting  forth  that fuzz sign. 
That  fuzz  is  there  to  be  a  sort  of  a  hard 
winter  undershirt  to  ’em,  and  we  will 
kill  ’em  and  salt  ’em  down  long  before 
any weather  comes  along  that  will  make 
that  fuzz  any  good  to  ’em ."— New  York 
Sun. 

____' _  _  _____

The  New  York  State  Anti-Saloon 
League  has  found  an  “ angel"  who 
offers  to  donate  $10,000  a  year  for the 
promotion  of  its  work,  providing  the 
league  raises  $40,000  from other sources. 
The  name  of  the  “ angel”  
is  supposed 
to  be  a  secret,  but  it  is  claimed  that 
John  D.  Rockefeller,  the  Standard  Oil 
magnate,  is  the  individual.  When  the 
trusts  begin  to  fight the  saloons  the  bat­
tle  will  be  worth  witnessing.

KNOWS TH E SIGNS,

B u t  Does  Not  Prognostigate  Any  More.
“ I  used  to  always  notice,"  said  Citi­
zen  Jack  Cole,  "that  whenever  the  hor­
nets  hung  their  nests  high  on  the  trees, 
the  next  winter  was  sure  to  be  rigorous, 
with  deep  and  lasting  snows.

" I t   invariably  impressed  itself  upon 
me,  too,  that  when  angleworms  went  so 
deep 
into  the  ground  that  plowing  in 
the  fall  did  not  turn  them  up  in the  fur­
row  it  was  a  sign  the  import  of  which 
was  the  same  as  that  of  the  hornet 
nests.

“ Then  there  was  the  fuzz  on  hogs. 
Whenever  I  found  a  thick,  woolly  fuzz 
at  the  roots  of the  hair on  hogs,  along 
about  this  time  o’  year,  or  a  little  later,
I  knew  from  observation and  experience 
that 
it  was  nothing  more  or  less  than 
corroboration  of the  angleworm and high 
hornet-nest  signs  of  a  severe  winter.

“ Then,  take  foxes.  Foxes  were  plen­
tiful  around  here.  A  hunter  dug  out 
four  in  one  of  my  back lots  one  day  last 
week.  He  had  to  go  deep  for  them.

said  to  me. 

“   ‘ Might  as  well  dug  a  cellar,’  he 
‘ What  ails  ’em,’  said  he.
“   ‘ In  the  ground,  were  they?’  said  I.
“   ‘ In  the  ground!’  said  he. 
‘ Deep  as 

a  w ell!’

“   ‘ A h !’  I  said, ‘ that’s a weather sign. ’
“ And  so  it  is.  Foxes  in  the  ground, 
and  deep,  instead  of  in  the  rocks,  is  a 
verification  of  the  angleworm  and  the 
hornet  signs.

“ I  used  to  notice,  too,  that  if  1  found 
the  grass  growing  taller  and  thicker 
than  usual  along  streams  and  swamp 
borders,  it  was  another  sign  of  a  hard 
winter,  because  the  muskrats  that  dwelt 
about  such  places  needed  that  increased 
supply  of  grass  for  bedding 
in  their 
nests,  which,  I  always  noticed  at  such 
times,  the  muskrats  were  making  with 
extraordinary  thick  walls.

“ Whenever  I  found  signs  such  as  1 
have  mentioned,  and  many  others  too 
numerous  to  mention,  I knew  I  was  sure 
to  hear  old  Boreas  begin  to  bowl  early, 
and  that  he  intended  to  keep  right  on 
howling,  and 
likely  would  be  howling 
yet  when  the  johnny-jump-ups  ought  to 
be  putting  their  purple  beads  above  the 
sod,  and  the  dandelion  be  jaundicing 
the  mead.  And  I  used  to  tell  folks  so 
and  advise  ’em.

“ Have  I  noticed  any  of  those  signs 
this  fall?  Well,  yes,  I  have. 
I  have, 
but  I  am  not  prognosticating  any  more. 
Not  since  the  fall  that  I  found  the  six 
hornets’  nests  so  high  in  the  trees  here 
and  there  that  you couldn’t have touched 
them  with  a  forty-foot  pole,  and  dug the 
fox  from  the  bottom  of  a  hole  ten  feet 
deep.

“ When  I  found  those  hornets’  nests 
hanging 
in  the  trees  higher  than  Ha- 
man,  and  dug  that  fox  from  the  depths 
of  that  burrow,  I  went  to  prognosticat­
ing. 
I  didn’t  wait  to  notice  whether 
the  angleworm  or  the  long  thick  grass 
or  the  hog-fuzz  signs  were  with  us  in 
verification,  but  set  right  out  and  prog­
nosticated  on  the  strength  of  the  hor­
nets  and  the  fox.

“ And  I  prognosticated  a  winter  so 
fierce  and  snow  bound  that  folks  didn’t 
do  anything  else  for  weeks  but  bank  up 
their  houses  and  haul  in  wood  and  chop 
it  and  stow  it  away,  and  lay  in  supplies 
as  if  an  army  was coming along to  quar­
ter on  ’em,  and  buy  overcoats  and  fur 
gloves  and  ear  muffs  and  rubber  boots 
enough  to  start  a  store.  And  that  win­
ter came  in  like  a  May  morning.

“ There  wasn’t an  inch  of  snow  from 
January  to  March.  Nobody  found  it 
necessary  even  to  build  a  fire  in.the

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

STARTING  RIGHT.

Im p o rtan t  D uty  W hich  P arents  Owe 

T heir Children.

It seems  to  be  a  rule  common  to  both 
brute  animals  and  human  beings  that 
what  habits  they  acquire  earliest  adhere 
to  them  longest  and  intensify  as  age  in­
creases,  and  are  at  their  possible  best 
or ■ worse  in  senility,  or,  as  it  has  been 
stated,  "T he  ruling  passion  is  strongest 
inclined 
in  death."  The  charitably 
are  the  most  charitable  at  the 
last,  and 
the  selfish  the  most  selfish.  Let  the 
heifer  be  a  natural  kicker,  for  instance, 
and  the  cow  will  have  to  be  hampered 
before  she  can  be  milked  at  all.  Let 
the  colt  once  run  away  when  in  harness 
to  a  vehicle,  and  he  will  be  likely  to 
avail  himself  of  any  subsequent  oppor­
tunities  to  do  the  same.  When  a  pig 
learned  to  crawl  under  or 
has  once 
through  a  fence  he 
is  generally  ever 
afterward  on  the  lookout  for  chances  to 
do  so.  Let  a  boy  or  young  man  once 
begin  to  lounge  about  "the  corner  gro­
cery"  or  saloons  and 
it  will  soon  be­
come  a  fixed  habit,  and  then  he  will  be 
on  the  well  traveled  highway  to destruc­
tion,  morally,  physically, 
financially 
intellectually.  The  young  §ons  of 
and 
most  farmers,  when  they  first  have  oc­
casion  to  stop  at  a  hotel  for dinner  or  to 
remain  over  night,  make  a  mistake.  In 
most country  towns  of  considerable  size 
there  are  two  classes  of  hotels,  gen­
erally  called  "$ i  a  day  house" and  "$2 
a  day  house."  Now,  as  these  young 
men  usually  have  little  money,  they  al­
most  invariably  choose  the  cheaper one, 
and  this  to  save  money.  Thus  do  they 
come 
in  contact  with  men  whom  it  is 
not  most  desirable  for  them  to  know, 
and  they  will fail to make  acquaintances 
who  would  prove  useful.

An  incident  under  my  own  observa­
tion  twenty  years  ago  may  be  related : 
A  few  miles  from  town  lived  a  well  to 
do,  easy  going  farmer  whose  wife  was 
originally  an  observing  city  woman. 
They  had  two  sons,  eighteen  and  six­
teen  years  old.  The  elder son  went  to 
town  one  afternoon, and  stress of weather 
detained  him  over  night.  Next  day  his 
mother  asked  him:  " A t  what  hotel  did 
you  stop?"  He  named one  of  the  cheap 
ones  and  said  he  did  it  to  save  money. 
She  replied:  "T hat  is  not  the  way  to 
save  money,  but  the  best  way  to  lose 
it 
in  the  end,  and  more  with  it."   His 
eyes,  ears  and  mouth  were  wide  open 
for an  explanation ;  then  she  proceeded 
to-tell  him  about  as  I  have  written 
above,  adding:  "Now,  hereafter  when 
you  are  to go  to  town take money enough 
with  you  to  pay  your  entertainment  at 
the  best  hotel  for a  day  in  case  of  an 
emergency;  and  if  you  haven’t  it,  come 
to  me  and  I  will  supply  you. ”   The 
young  man  did  as  told  and  became 
quite  a  favorite  with  the  landlord  and 
many  of  the  regular  guests  and  board­
ers.  At  the  age  of  about  twenty-two  an 
officer  of 
the  Interior  Department, 
Washington,  who  was  spending  his  va­
cation  in  the  North,  at  this  hotel,  be­
came  acquainted  with  the  young  man, 
and,  liking  him,  asked:  "H ow   would 
you  like  a  clerkship  in  the  Government 
land  office  in  Montana?"  The  young 
man  replied: 
‘ First  rate,  if  my  par­
ents  would  approve. ”   Within  a  month 
he  was  on  his  way  to the  Far  West,  and 
in  less  than  two  years  he  had  climbed 
up  to  be  the  chief  of  the  office,  where 
he  remained  several  years.  He  is  now 
one  of  the  chief  ranch  owners  and  cat­
tle  growers  in  that  far off  State.

Parents  should  observe  closely  from 
early  infancy the  trend  of  the  minds  of 
their  boys  toward  some  useful  industry

and  encourage  that trait.  Another  farm 
family  had  four  boys.  One  took  a  great 
liking  to  reading,  first  newspapers  and 
then  books  of  which  he  had  read  in 
those  papers,  the  parents  always  select­
ing  the  right  kind  of  books  and  papers. 
Finally,  this boy  begged  for  a  college 
education.  He was  sent  to Cornell  Uni­
versity  four  years  and  to  Germany  and 
France  six  months  each.  Strict  account 
of  the  money  his  father  furnished  him 
was  kept,  that  in  his  will  he  might 
divide  the  property  that he had  accumu­
lated  in  all  his  lifetime  equally  among 
his  children.  This  son  is  now  a  pro­
fessor  in  a  Western  literary  college  and 
has  been  for  many  years.  Knowing 
his  father’s  wishes  about the  final  dis­
tribution  of  his  property,  he  long  since 
paid  back  to  him  what  he  had  used  of 
it.  The  next  two  boys  chose  business 
careers.  They  were  encouraged  and 
helped 
it,  and  are  now  successful 
business  men.  The  fourth  and  young­
est  boy  desired  a  commercial  college 
education.  This  did  not  please  his  par­
ents  any  too well,  but  "let  him  follow 
his  bent,"  was  their  decision.  He 
boarded  at  home,  but  earned  money  to 
pay  bis  own  tuition.  At  about  twenty 
he  was  given  the  position  of  Secretary 
of  a  construction  company,  at  a  salary 
of  $1,000,  by  the  President  of  it,  who 
had  watched  the  career of  that  family 
of  boys  for  years.  Now,  at'the  age  of 
twenty-two,  there  has  been  added  to  his 
duties  that  of  Secretary  of  a  cemetery 
company,  salary  $500;  but  this  requires 
little  time  and  does  not  interfere 
but 
with  his  other  duties.  Surely 
these 
“ twigs"  were  "bent”   about  right  or, 
rather,  were  trained  up  in  a  perpendic­
ular  direction.

in 

While  all  of  these  young  men  simply 
by  chance  were  led  away from  the  farm, 
the  same  principles  and  motives  of  ac­
tion  as  instigated  them  have  incited 
"oceans"  of  farm  boys  to  equal  or 
greater  successes  in  the  line  of  agricul­
ture.  Here 
is  one  and  how  he  did  i t : 
Mr.  6.  was  reared  on  a  farm  by  par­
ents  who  began  married  life  with  noth­
ing  and  closed  their  existence  with  a 
competency.  They  did  it  by  constant 
industry,  and,  as  all  must  do  to  win 
success  who  begin  in  that  manner,  they 
practiced  close  economy  and  were  very 
particular  about  saving  the  little things, 
on  the  principle  that  if  one  saves  the 
pennies  the  dollars  will  care  for  them­
selves.  Reared  under  such  influence, 
B.  at  eight  years  of  age  began  to  grow 
bantam  fowls  on  his  own  account,  sell­
ing  when  he  "could  and  hoarding  the 
money.  Presently  be  bought  a 
lamb 
and  grew  a  few  sheep,  and  later he  pur­
chased  a  colt  and  raised  it  into  a  good 
and  well-trained  horse.  At  the  age  of 
twenty-one  his  property  was worth about 
$300.  But  all  this  time  he  was  getting 
something  better  than  money— he  was 
learning  how  to  do  things  to  advantage; 
he  was  gaining  experience  that  would 
tell  in  after  life.  At  twenty-five  he  pur­
chased  a  valuable  150 acre  farm,  going 
into  debt  for  most  of  the  purchase 
money.  Then  he  married  and  began 
a  business  campaign  such  as  seldom  is 
seen  in  any  farmer.  His  invariable  rule 
was  “ never go  to town  without  taking 
along  something  to  sell."  This  put 
him  upon  his  mettle to  study  out  how  to 
have  something  to  sell  all  the  year 
around.  Here 
is  a  partial  list of  the 
items  he  gave  me :

Besides  the  main  crops  of  grain,  hay, 
straw,  potatoes,  etc.,  he  sold  butter, 
poultry,  eggs,  a 
large  assortment  of 
vegetables,  berries,  horseradish,  pep- 
pergrass,  hickory  nuts,  butternuts,  butts

of  hickory  trees  for  axe  handles  and 
whiffletrees,  logs  for lumber,  sauerkraut, 
a  little  wild  game,  tame  pigeons,  med­
icinal  herbs,  maple  syrup  and  sugar, 
fat  hogs  and  young  pigs,  an  occasional 
beef,  ve a ,  muttcn  and  many  other 
things.  He  reasoned  that  as  "drop  by 
drop  every  day  will  wear  the  hardest 
rock  away,"  so  if  there  is  saved  dollar 
by  dollar  every  day  it  will  keep  gaunt 
want  from  the  door away.  By  pursu­
ing  such  course  he  lifted  the  mortgage 
from  his  farm,  and 
in  course  of time 
bought  an  equally  good  farm  for  his 
eldest  son  and  paid  for  it, and  later  pur­
chased  and  paid  for  a  similar  farm  for 
his  younger  son ;  and there we will leave 
them  and  their  families  enjoying  "the 
fat  of  the 
land"  gained  by  the  fore­
sight, 
industry  and  economy  of  the 
father,  ably  assisted  by  the  sons.  All 
three  began  right,  continued  right  and 
now  have  their  reward 
it.  Any 
young  farmer  boy  possessing  common 
sense  can  imitate  this  father’s  business 
career  successfully 
if  he  w ill;  but  if 
other habits  are  already  formed  it  is  too 
late  to  begin. 

Galen  Wilson.

for 

The Selling  Pow er  of  W indow  Displays.
The  window  display  is  an  acknowl­
edged  attribute  of  trade  winning. 
In 
the  category  of  essential  aids  to  the 
principal  object  of  building  up  a  busi­
ness  none  can  be  given  more  credit  for 
results  than  the  show  behind  the  win­
dow  glass.  The  successful  retailers  of 
the  period  are  constantly endeavoring  to 
add  to  the  subtle  magnetic  power of  the 
window.  To  secure  the  best  results  they 
keep  posted  on  all  that  is  new 
in  win­
dow  fixtures,  in  drapings  and  in  the  ar­
rangement  and  the  disposition  of  units. 
At  the  helm  of  the  prosperous  shop  the 
man  of 
ideas  and  progressive  tenden­
cies  will  always  be  found.  Merchan­
dise  is  peculiar  in  its  selling  ability— 
some  goods  sell  without  effort,  while 
other  goods  must  be  displayed,  pushed 
and  talked  up.  The  merits  of  hard  sell­
ing  goods  must  be  accentuated,  and  this 
can  only  be  done  by  clever  displays 
backed  by  clever  arguments.  When­
ever  a  new  line  of  goods  is  put 
in  the 
window  there  should  follow  a  noticeable 
demand  for  the  articles  displayed. 
If 
not,  then  the  display  is  not  good  or  the 
merchandise  does  not  interest  thé  pub­
lic.  This  is  a  condition  that  the  win­
dow  trimmer  must  face  and  handle. 
It 
is  his  duty  to  make  goods  appear  as  at­
tractive  as  possible,  and  to  do  that  he 
must be  a  master of  his  art.

The  modern  method  of  dressing  a 
window  calls  for the  judicious  use  of  a 
few  articles.  The  old  style  of  showing  a 
little  of  everything  is  now  succeeded  by 
that  of  showing  a 
little  of  one  or  two 
things.  The  character  of  the  goods 
must  be  carefully  considered,  for  it  is 
bad  policy  to  show  expensive  and cheap 
goods  or  formal  apparel  and  outing 
requisites  in  the  window  setting.  The 
successful  window  trimmer  strives  to 
focus  the  prospective  patrons’  attention 
on  one  thing  at  a  time.  To  do  this  and 
yet cover  the  field  calls  for  small  dis­
plays  frequently  changed,  so  that  in  the 
course  of  a  few  days  every  good  thing 
in  the  shop 
is  put  on  dress  parade  in 
the  window.— £.  S.  Bachrach  in  Haber­
dasher.

Two  college  women  of  Brookline, 
Mass.,  are  making  a  success  of  a  laun­
dry  run  on  strictly  scientific  and  eco­
nomical  principles.  The  clothes  are 
"sun  dried”   and  bleached,  and  by  a 
series  of  experiments  the  foreman  has 
tested  all  the 
latest  contrivances  and 
processes  for  bettering  the  quality of  the 
work.

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Livened Up  Business  One  D ull  Sum m er 

Day.

Baggs  was  the  owner  of  a  general 
in  a  good-sized  town  and  sold 
store 
everything 
from  mosquito  netting  to 
horse  feed.  He  was  a  “ warm  hand”   at 
advertising,  and  never  let  a  novelty  in 
that  line  go  by  without  a  trial,  besides 
sticking  to  a 
liberal  output  of  news­
paper and  other  "  printer’s ink”   public-
ity.

When  a  bright  young  fellow  blew 

in 
one  day  with  an  advertising-electrical- 
wound-sure-to-bring-’em  phonograph,  it 
wasn't  ten  mintues  before  Baggs  had 
contracted  for  one,  and  was  in  confab 
with his advertising man about attractive 
specialties  to  load  it  with.

It  was  the  dullest  period  in  the  sum­
mer,  when 
legitimate  advertising 
seemed  to  have  lost  its  power.  The ad­
vertising  man  scratched  his  head  for 
ideas,  but  could  only  coax  out  the  well- 
worn  "get - ’em -in-with-cut-prices-on- 
staples, ”   and  his  loading  of  the  phono­
graph  cylinder sounded  like  an 
invita­
tion  to  a  Tuesday  night  prayer  meet­
ing.  The  bright  young  agent  of  the 
phonograph  was  disgusted.

"Pardon  my 

frankness,"  be  said, 
"but  that  talk  of  yours  would  put  a 
crowd  to  sleep— ”

" I t   would,  eh?”   snapped  the  adver­
tising  man,  mad  in  a  minute. 
" S ’ pose 
you  try  your  hand  at  it—I  haven’t  got 
a  barrel  of  belief  in  your  contraption, 
anyhow !"  and  he  bounced  off in a  rage.
"Jim 's  all  right  for 
newspaper  stuff  and  window  signs,"  he 
said,  "but  he  sticks  at  phonographs. 
What’ll  you  charge  me  to  load  it?”

laughed. 

Baggs 

"F iv e   dollars,"  said  the  young  fel­

low,  promptly. 

"N o   pull,  no  pay!"

"L e t  her go!”   said  Baggs.
A  curious  crowd  was  gathering 

in 
front  of the  Baggs  emporium,  watching 
the  neat  removal  of  an  exact  circle  of 
glass  from  one  of  the  show  windows.

"F or one  of them  whirl-a-gig  ventila­

tors,"  suggested  one.

is 

"H uh!  Mighty  big  ventilator,  why, 
that  hole 
inches  acrost,"  
jeered  another.  All  doubts  as  to  the  use 
of  the  opening  were  set  at  rest  when  a 
bell  shaped  brass  horn  appeared.

twelve 

"  Foneygraph!”   shouted  the  crowd, 
which  was largely increasing by the min­
ute.  A  silence  fell  as  the  machine  be­
gan :

"  Ladies  and  gentlemen : 

I  am  here 
to  boom  business  for  Baggs!  The  day 
is  hot  and  commencing  right  now,  pur­
chasers  to  the  amount  of  fifty  cents  will 
get  a  free  ‘ high  ball’  of  ice  cream  soda 
at  the  soda  counter— ”

There  was  a  bustle  of  interest  among 

the  crowd  at  this.

"A nd  ice  water  is  free  to  all  comers! 
Listen  to  these  specialties  for  quick 
buyers:

“   ‘ Smokers,  here  is smoker’s heaven. ’
for 
“   ‘ Five-cent  Straights  are  two 

seven,  while  the  stock  lasts.’  ”

Baggs’  five-cent  cigars  were 

locally 
famous  for  big  value,  and  at  this  an­
nouncement  a  dozen  listeners  made  foi 
the  door,  and  the  cigar  man  found  his 
hands  suddenly  full.

"Gingham  apron  patterns  swell
At  ten  cents  each  are  going  to  sell.”
There  was  no  doubt  about  that,  for 
already  a  number  of  women  were  en 
route  for  two  and  a  half  y ards  of  ging­
ham  for ten  cents.—Advertising  World.

The  past  is  the  prophet  of  the  future 
when  you  deal  with  a  man's  character. 
As  yesterday,  so  to-morrow.  The  adder 
will  still  cast  poison,  the  tiger  will  still 
have  claws.

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Woman’s World

Necessity  of  Selecting  a   M other  W ith 

G reat Care.

“ Every  young  girl,”   said  the  man  of 
the  world,  flicking  the  ashes  from  his 
cigarette  and  addressing  the  two  little 
debutantes,  “ every  girl  desires  to  shine 
in  society  and  to  be  admired  by  men. 
Oh,  don’t  trouble  to  deny  it.  You  are 
human,  therefore  to  be  praised;  you  are 
woman,  therefore  to  be  pleased.  Be­
sides,  it  is  the  career  for  which  nature 
intended  you  just  as  much as it intended 
the  rose  to  add  to the  beauty  and  frag­
rance  of the  world. 
If  you  did  not  care 
for the  admiration  of  your  fellow-crea­
tures,  you  would  not  be  a  dear  debu­
tante.  You  would  be  a  Frankenstein 
that  we  should  all  flee  from  in  horror.

“ Now,  just  what  it  takes  to  make  a 
girl  a  howling  social  success  is  one  of 
the  Dundreary  things  that  no  fellow  has 
yet  found  out. 
I  have  seen  a  girl  to 
whom  fate  has  dealt  none  of  the  trump 
cards  of  wit,  or  beauty,  or  wealth,  yet 
who  was  besieged  with  admirers  on 
I  have  seen  another  girl, 
every  hand. 
with  every  trump 
in  the  deck  in  her 
hands,  who  yet  failed  to  win  out.

“ My  own  observation 

is  that  the 
whole  secret  lies  in  the  possession of the 
right  sort  of  mother.  One  girl  had  a 
mother  who  knew  her  business.  The 
other  had  a  mother  who was  a  fatal  han­
dicap,  and  if  I  were  to  try  to  give a girl 
a  recipe  for  popularity  and  social  suc­
cess,  I  should  begin,  like  the  old-fash­
ioned  cookery  books,  with: 
‘ First,  se­
lect  your  mother  with  great care, ’  and if 
she  did,  there  would  be  no  use  for  any 
further  advice.  The  mother  would  do 
the  rest.

“ With  the  solitary  exception  of  the 
mother-in-law,  no  other  individual  has 
come  in  for  so  much  derision  and  abuse 
as  what  is  called  the  ‘ managing  moth­
er. ’  She  has  been  caricatured  and lam­
pooned  and  slandered  throughout  the 
length  and  breadth  of  the  world,  but  so 
far  from  being  a  figure  of  fun,  she  is  a 
heroine  standing  nobly  at  the  post  of 
duty.  Her daughter  is  her  own  to  pro­
tect,  to  manage  for,  to  place  as  advan­
tageously  as  she  can  in  life,  and  she 
does  right  to  watch  like  a  dragon  over 
her.  We  should  think  bad  enough  of 
a  father  who  let  his  son  bankrupt  him­
self  by 
investing  his  all  in  some  wild­
cat  speculation,  while  a  good 
invest­
ment  stood  waiting  at  his  elbow,  but  if 
a  mother tries  to  keep her daughter from 
wrecking  her  life  by  marrying  some  no­
account  fellow  with  whom  the  girl 
im­
agines  herself  in  love,  we  hold  her  up 
to scorn  as  a  ‘ managing  mamma.’

“ Every  one  who  knows  the  world 
knows  that  there  are  hordes  of  men  who 
are  the  butterflies  of  society,  and  who 
have  no  intention  whatever of  afflicting 
themselves  with  a  wife  and  turning  into 
a  family  grub.  They  flit  from  flower  to 
flower  in  the  ball  room,  monopolizing 
the  prettiest,  the  most  attractive  of each 
season’s  debutantes  and  driving  eligi­
ble  men  away.  The  young  girl  is  nat­
urally  flattered  at  having  won  the  ad­
miration  of  one  so  worldly  wise  and 
such  a  connoisseur  of  beauty,  and  she 
allows  the  man  to  fill  up  her  dance 
card,  and  camp  on  her  parlor  chairs, 
and  to  take  possession  of  her  in  a  way 
that  is  none  the  less  real  because  it  is 
intangible.  People  begin  to  speculate 
about  an  engagement,  but  there  are 
never  any  announcement  cards.  The 
man  has  merely  been  amusing  himself, 
and  in  a  season  or two  he  will  drop her, 
as  he  has  dropped  others, „for^some

newer  and  fresher  face,  absolutely  and 
cold-bloodedly  indifferent  to  the  fact 
that  he  has  stood  in  the  way  of  the  girl 
making  a  good  match  and  settling  her­
self  for  life.

“ Every  now  and  then  you  hear  some 
one  wondering  why  such  and  such  a 
handsome  and  attractive  girl  has  never 
married.  Nine  times  out  of  ten  the 
answer  is  right  here—that  she  had  a 
mother  who  was  such  an idiot she didn’t 
know  how 
to  protect  her  daughter 
against  the  social  deadbeats  of  society.
“ Another  thing  that  foxy  mamma— if 
you  have  picked  her out  with the proper 
care—will  see  to  is  that  you  are  pre­
pared  for  the  part  you  are  to  play.  She 
will  recognize  the  fact  that  while  life  is 
hard  tack,  it  is  also  omelette souffle,and 
that  a  girl’s  education  should  consist  of 
If  a  girl 
frivols as  well  as  substantials. 
can 
it  is  more 
important  to  know  how to comb her hair 
pompadour than  it  is to  know the  multi­
plication  table,  and 
it  will  carry  her 
farther  in  the  world ;  but,  thank heaven, 
there 
is  no  reason  why  she  should  not 
adorn  the  inside  of  her  head  as  well  as 
the  outside.

learn  but  one  thing, 

‘ * But  mothers  need  to  get  up-to-date 
in  their  training.  This  is  an  age  of 
vaudeville, when  we  want  to  be  amused, 
and  not  instructed.  Nobody  will  listen 
while  Miss  Minerva  Byrn  Maw  Vassar 
discourses  on  protoplasms,  or  Aspasia 
Paderewski  renders  a  Wagner  opus,  but 
we  are  all  daft about  little  Kitty  Jones, 
who  can  play  the  banjo,  or  sing  rag 
time,  or  do  any  other kind  of  a  clever 
stunt. 
I  did  not  make  the  world,  my 
children.  1  am  merely  giving  you  a  few 
tips  on  it,  and  I  trust  a  hint  to the  wise 
is  sufficient.

“ Great  also  will  be  the  regard  of  the 
mother who  has  sense  enough  to  run  up 
the 
‘ no  gift'  sign  on  her  banner,  and 
determination  enough  to  live  up  to  it. 
Girls  do  not  know  it,but  they  cut  them­
selves  out  of  half  of  the  pleasures  they 
might  have  by  making  the  price of their 
society  so  expensive  it  is  prohibitory. 
We  go  on  the  silly  theory  that  we  all 
know  is  false,  that  everybody  who  goes 
out  in  society  is  a  millionaire,  to whom 
the  price  of  American  Beauty  roses, 
and  chocolate  creams,  and  a  supper 
ttfter  the  play,  is  a  mere  bagatelle  not 
worth  considering.  The  truth  of  the 
matter  is  that  while  a  young  man  could 
often  afford  the  theater tickets,  he  can

not  scare  up  enough  for  the  feed  after 
the  play,  or the  flowers  to  precede 
it, 
and  so  the  girl  stays  at  home.

“ Worse  still,  the  girls  cut  themselves 
out  of  good  husbands,  for  the  men  who 
are  worth  marrying,  the 
industrious, 
hardworking  fellows  who  are  saving  up 
a 
little  to  go  into  business  for  them­
selves,  and  who  are  going  to  be  the 
merchant  princes  of  to-morrow,  are kept 
out  of  society  by 
its  extravagant  de­
mands.  I  once  knew  a  woman  who,  not 
even  at  Christmas  or on  their birthdays, 
would  permit  her  daughters  to  receive

the  smallest  gift. 
‘ I  do  not  think  it 
delicate  for  girls  to  receive  presents 
from  any  one  but  their  fam ily,’  she  an­
nounced  astutely.  Neither  were  they 
ever  allowed  to  go  to  a  restaurant  after 
the  play  with  a  man,  but  always,  when 
little 
they  returned  home,  a  delicious 
tete-e-tete  supper  was  waiting 
in  the 
library.  ‘ Say,  the  Smiths  are  all  right,’ 
was  the  universal  comment  of  the  horde 
of  men  that  swarmed  about  the  com­
monplace  Smith  girls. 
‘ They  do  not 
hold  you  up,’  and 
in  a  burst  of  grati­
tude  for  the  unusual  experience,  every

National 

Biscuit  Company

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“Its  as  good  as  Sapolio,”  when  they  try  to  sell  you 
their  experiments.  Your  own  good  sense  will  tell 
you  that  they  are  only  trying  to  get you  to  aid  their  —g  
:
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new  article. 
Is  it  not  the  Z S  
public?  The  manufacturers,  by  constant and judi-  S  
cious advertising, bring customers to your stores whose —^  
very  presence  creates  a  demand  for other  articles.

:
W ho  urges  you  to  keep  Sapolio? 

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F m u u m m m im u iu iu m m m u K

M ICH IGAN  T R A D E S M A N

The  New  Pine  Needle  Industry.

one  of  the  girls  was  married  in  her  first 
season.

“ It  goes  without  saying,  of  course, 
that  no  woman  has  a  right  to  let  herself 
become  an  ‘ awful  warning.’  The  big­
gest  dunce  of  a  man  in  the  world,  and 
the  most in  love, never  looks  at  a  mother 
without  seeing  in  her  the  realization  of 
the  prophecy  of  what  her  daughter  will 
be  at  the  same  age.  He  sees  that  the 
rounded  figure  he  admires  so  much  at 
20  may  be  Jumbo  like  at  50.  He  sees 
that  the  youthful  innocence  he  finds  so 
enchanting,  may  grow  into  middle-aged 
stupidity ;  that,  the  piquant  carelessness 
in  dress will end in slovenliness,and  that 
the 
little  petulance  of  speech  will  de­
velop  into  a  vinegar-tongued  scold,  and 
if  he  has  a  grain  of  sense  be  sees  while 
there 
is  yet  time.  Many  a  Maud  who 
wonders  why  Adolphus  Augustus  came 
so  near  to  the  point,  and  then  veered 
off,  can  find  the  answer  in  her  mother.
“ On  the  other  hand,  an agreeable  and 
charming  mother—a  woman  who  is  a 
good  housekeeper  and  manager,  who  is 
bright,  and  cheery,  and  agreeable— is  a 
letter 
for  her 
daughters  that  no  man  ever  overlooks.
‘ Here, ’ he  says,  * is  the  kind  of a happy, 
well-ordered  home  and  the  sort of agree­
able  wife  that  I  shall  have  if  I  marry 
into  this  fam ily.’  And  he  forthwith 
does  it.  Disagreeable  mothers  always 
call  that  kind  of  a  woman  a  match­
maker,  but  she  does  it  by  presenting  a 
living  picture  of  what  a  wife  and 
mother  ought  to  be.  A  long  time  ago  a 
Latin  poet  sang  the  praises  of 
the 
‘ beautiful  mother  of  beautiful  daught­
ers,’  and  her  charm  holds  just  as  good 
now  as  it  did  then.

recommendation 

of 

“ What  part  a  mother  should  take 

in 
the  actual  selection  of  her  daughter’s 
husband 
is  a  mooted  question,  and  it 
really  does  not  matter,  because  she  so 
seldom  has  any  say  in it  at  all, %ut  it  is 
my  opinion  she  should  hold  a  good, 
It  is  better  to  shed  a 
stiff  veto  power. 
few  tears  and 
imagine  your  heart  is 
broken  as  a  girl,than to  know  it  is  shat­
tered  as  an 
ill-treated  and  neglected 
wife.  One  of  the  mysteries  of  the  world 
is  the  ostrich 
like  quality  of  parents 
that  makes  them  bury  their  heads  in  a 
newspaper,  and 
let  a  dissipated  and 
worthless  young  fellow  hang  about  the 
house  for  a  couple  of  years,  and  then 
makes  them  surprised  when  they  find 
that  their  daughter  has  fallen  in  love 
with  him.  Then 
the  parents  try  to 
break  the  engagement  with  a  crowbar, 
instead  of  pouring  over  it  a  little  of  the 
acid of tact,  and  let  it  dissolve  of  itself, 
and  the  poor  girl 
is  made  miserable 
by  those  who  love  her,  but  do  not  know 
how  to  manage  her,  and  the  end  of  the 
affair  is  an  elopement,  and  consequent 
sorrow  and  remorse.’ ’

The  man  of  the  world  arose,  and 
lighted  another  cigarette. 
“ To  be  the 
mother of  a  debutante, ”   he  went  on, 
“ requires  the  wisdom  of  a  serpent, 
the  gentleness  of  a  dove,  the  tact  of  a 
Talleyrand  and  the  staying  powers  of 
a  Jeffries,  for  all  of  a  girl’s  social  suc­
cess,  as  well  as  her  happiness  in 
life, 
depends  on  the  kind  of  a  mother  she 
has  chosen.  Bless  you,  my  dears,  I 
hope  you  have  made  a  wise  selection.’ ’ 

Dorothy  Dix.

Too  Few  W omen.

One  hears  so  much  about  “ surplus 
women”   that  it  is  rather  refreshing  to 
learn  of  places  where  there  are  so  few 
that  they  are  actually  clamored  for. 
It 
is  said  that in  the  Province  of  Manitoba 
there 
is  so  small  a  proportion  that  the 
colonists  complain  that  homes  are  im­
possible  for  lack  of  wives.

Southern  Oregon  and  California  have 
given  to  the  United  States  a  new  indus­
try,  that  of  converting  the  fiber and  ex­
tract  of  the  pine  needle 
into  coarse 
cloth,  stuffing for  mattresses and pillows, 
toilet  soaps,  cough  candies  and  syrup. 
From  the  success  with  which  the  manu­
factured  articles  are  meeting,  and  ow­
ing  to  the  abundance  of  pine  to  be 
found  on  the  mountain  ranges  of  the 
coast,  the  industry  promises  to  become 
of  more  than  ordinary  importance in the 
Western  States.  The  industry  has  been 
known  in  Germany  for  more  than  fifty 
years,  but  it  was  not  brought  to  the 
United  States  until  four  years  ago,  the 
first  two  factories  being  built  in  Grant's 
Pass,  where  they  are  doing  a  thriving 
business  to-day.

The  trees  from  which  the  available 
needles  are  picked  are  known  as  the 
yellow,  or  bull  pine.  They  are  found  in 
abundance 
in  Southern  Oregon.  The 
needles  are  picked  by  men,  women  and 
children ;  25  cents  per  hundred  pounds 
being  paid  for  the  work;  600  pounds 
represents  an  average  day’s  picking  for 
one  person.  As  soon  as  the  needles  are 
picked  they  are  hauled  at  once  to  the 
factory,  so  as  not  to  lose  any  of  their 
good  qualities  by  wilting  or  exposure  to 
the  sun.  Arriving  at  the  factory  the 
needles  are  dumped 
into  huge  steam­
ing  vats,  where  they  remain  for  six  or 
eight  hours,  until  they  become  as  soft 
and  flexible  as  rubber.  The  needles  are 
from  eight  to  ten  inches  in  length.  The 
extract  of  pine  needle  oil  is  secured 
by  the  distillation  of  the  needles  in  the 
steaming  vats.  It  requires  2,000  pounds 
of  needles  to  make  one  gallon  of  ex­
tract.  This  extract  is  used  in  making 
pine  needle  syrup,  soaps  and  candies. 
These  articles  are  noted for their medic­
inal  qualities  and  their efficiency  in  the 
curing  of  coughs,  colds,  and  all  diseases 
of  a  pulmonary  character.

The  process  of  making  the  fiber  or 
pine  needle  wool  is  wholly  mechanical. 
The  needles  are  removed 
from  the 
steaming  vat  and  conveyed  to  rolling 
machines,  which  remove  the  inner  part 
of  the  needle  and  leave  only  the  tough, 
woolly,and  silk-like  outer  coat.  This  is 
a  rich  brown 
in  color.  Then  they  go 
through  a  washing,  drying,  and  heating 
process  which,  when  complete,  makes  a 
fluffy,  soft,  and  light  wool  fiber  that 
is 
unsurpassed 
in  many  particulars  as  a 
stuffing  for  mattresses,  pillows,  and 
cushions.  Mattresses and  pillows  stuffed 
with  this  fiber  are 
lighter  than  those 
filled  with  wool,  and  nearly  as  light  as 
those  stuffed  with  feather down.  There 
is  a  pleasant,  permanent  odor  of  the 
pine  forest  emitted  from such mattresses 
and  pillows  that  is  a  positive  cure  for 
sleeplessness,  headache,  and  bronchial 
troubles.  Thus  far  eighteen  different 
articles  are  manufactured  from  the  pine 
needle  fiber  and  extract.  The  articles 
are  all  meeting  with  popular  favor 
everywhere,  ana  as  all  the  Southern 
Oregon  farmers  possess 
an  endless 
amount  of  the  trees,  which  are  benefited 
by  having  the  needles  picked from them 
in  the  spring  and  fall,  the  new  industry 
promises  to  become  a  most  important 
branch  of  the  West’s  agricultural  in­
dustry.

Be  Square.

Do  what  you  promise.  Do not  try  to 
evade  in  the  slightest  degree  a promise, 
although  only 
inferred.  When  people 
are  convinced  that  you  are  conducting 
business  “ on  the  square”   you  will have 
laid  a  foundation  for  business  success 
that  the  floods  of  competition  will  not 
shake. 
Instill  this  principle  into  your 
clerks.  When  you  advertise  an  article 
for  $2.49 
let  it  be  the  genuine  thing. 
Do  not  try  to  palm  off  on  customers 
something  worse,  or  even  something 
better.  A  serious  mistake  is  made  by 
some  merchants  in  advertising  an  ar­
ticle  and  then  trying  to  convince  cus­
tomers  that  they  want  something  better. 
They  naturally  conclude  that  all  the 
bargains  advertised  by  the  store  are 
trashy.  A  clerk  lost  a  sale  the  other  day 
by  trying  to  convince  a  lady  that  an 
article  advertised  at  a  special  price  was 
too  cheap  for her  wants.  Do  business 
on  the  open,  candid  plan  and  people 
will  appreciate  it.

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Butter  and  Eggs
Observations by  a  Gotham   Egg H an.
A  well-posted  man  who  was 

in  Chi­
cago  last  week  looking  over  the  egg  sit­
uation  there  says  there  were  286,000 
cases  of  eggs  left  in  the  Chicago  refrig- 
rators  at  that  time.  There  were  sup­
posed  to  be  about  550,000 cases  there 
October  1,  and 
if  both  estimates  are 
nearly  right  it  indicates  an  average  re­
duction  of  about  6,400 cases  per  day, 
counting  six  days  to  the week ;  the same 
rate  of  reduction  would  wind  up  the 
Chicago  holdings  in 
forty-five  days 
more  if  the  estimate  of  present  holdings 
is  correct.  But  the  rate  of  reduction 
may  decrease  and  holders  in  the  big 
Western  city,  although  very  firm  on 
high  grade  goods,  are  showing  a  dis­
position  to  keep  the  stock  moving.

*  *  *

Over  in  Boston  the  rate  of  reduction 
in  refrigerator  holdings since  the  first  of 
October  has  been  about  1,400 cases  a 
day  and 
if  the  same  average  should 
continue  the  stock  in  that  city  would  be 
used  up  about  the 
last  week  in  Janu­
ary.  But  the  time  from  November  1  to 
December  15  is  naturally  the  period  of 
greatest  shortage  in  fresh  goods  and 
greatest  use  of  refrigerators;  after  the 
latter date  there  are  of  course  the  pos­
sibilities  of  interference  of  bad  weather 
in  respect  to  production,  but  ordinarily 
we  may  expect  increasing  collections  of 
new  eggs  in  the  Southwest  during  the 
last  half  of  December  and  from  that 
time  on  the  demand 
likely  to  run 
down  to  about  the  lowest  point  of  the 
season.

is 

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If  it  had  not been  for the  South  our 
market  would  have  been  high  and  dry 
for  fresh  eggs  during  the  past  couple  of 
weeks.  Kentucky  and  Tennessee  started 
their  goods  this  way  just  about  in  the 
nick  of  time  and  the  better  grades  of 
these  have  been  very  acceptable  to  the 
trade.  A  few  brands  run  very  good, 
showing  a  good  proportion  of  new  eggs, 
and  exceptional  lots  have  sold  on  about 
even  terms  with  the  best  Western;  as  a 
rule,  however,  the  Southern  stock  ranges 
about  ic  under  Western  quotations.

*  *  *

The  country  has  been  so  thoroughly 
scraped  for  eggs  during  the  past  few 
weeks  that  it  seems  as  if  the  old  coun­
try  holdings  ought  to  be  pretty  well 
cleaned  up  by  this  time.  And  yet  the 
current  arrivals  still  show  a  liberal  pro­
portion  of  shrunken  eggs,  and 
their 
presence  causes  a  continued  wide  range 
in  net  values.  Very few  of  the  ungraded 
Western 
receipts  have  been  salable 
above  25c,  and  a * good  many  of  them 
have  t6  go  at  24c,  owing  to  the  large 
proportion  of  old  eggs  still  contained  in 
them.  Some  sales  have  ranged  down  to
23c  and  even  lower  in  instances.

*  *  *

Fall  packed  fresh  are  now  coming  on 
the  market  to  some  extent  and  they 
show  an  exceedingly  wide  range  of 
value.  There  are  a  few  lots  that  were 
selected  carefully  when  put  away 
in 
October  for  which  present  value  comes 
up  pretty  close  to  average  prime  fresh 
gathered—say  about  23@24c.  We  hear 
of  some  other lots—longer held—offering 
at  21 @22c.  Then  there  are  some  under 
grade  fall  packings,  put  away  in  Octo­
ber  during  the  time  when  our  market 
was  overstocked  with  inferior grades  of 
fresh,  for  which  holders  would  be  glad
to  accept  i8@20c.*  *  *
The  Maine  Agricultural  Experiment 
Station  has  lately  issued  a  bulletin  con­
taining  the  results  of  analysis  of  the

fowls. 
eggs  of  various  domesticated 
There  appears  to  be  a  great  similarity 
in  the  proportion  of  shell,  white  and 
yolk  in  the  eggs  of  the  different  kinds. 
On  the  average  the  shell  constitutes 
about  one-ninth  of  the  weight,  the  yolk 
one-third  and  the  white  about 
five- 
ninths  of  the  whole.  And  of  the  white 
about  seven-eights  is  water.  The  yolk 
is  something  less  than  half  water.  The 
food  value  of  the  different  kinds  shows 
very  little  variation ;  of  the whole edible 
portion— white and yolk—the  goose  eggs 
show  the  most  protein, 
.151  pound, 
while  the  duck  egg  has  the  least,  .14 
pound.  The  ben  egg  has  . 148.  The 
proportion  of  fat  is  somewhat  more  var­
iable,  ranging from  .105  pound  (lowest) 
in  the  hen  egg  up  to  .144  in  the  goose 
egg  and 
.145  in  the  duck  egg.— N.  Y. 
Produce  Review.

W hat  H appened to  Miss  B lake’s Turkeys. 
From the Baltimore Sun.

Miss  Sallie  Blake,  who 

lived  near 
Chesapeake  Beach,  Calvert county,  Md., 
is  well  remembered  by  natives  of  that 
county  who  now  live  in Baltimore.  This 
story  of  the 
lady  and  her  turkeys  is 
vouched  for  by  one  of  her  former neigh­
bors  now  living  in  this  city.

Miss  Blake,  like  many  country  peo­
ple,  was 
in  the  habit  of  gathering 
chicken-grapes  in  the  fall  for  the  pur­
pose  of  making  a  palatable  and  stimu­
lating  decoction  by  pouring  over  the 
grapes  the  proper  quantity  of  whisky 
and  allowing  the  mixture  to  stand  for 
the  necessary  time. 
It  happened  on 
one  occasion  after  the  contents  of  a 
demijohn  containing  the  decoction  had 
been  exhausted  that  Miss Blake emptied 
the  whisky-soaked  grapes 
the 
ground,  where  her  fine  brood  of  turkeys 
gobbled  them  up.

The  turkeys  became  drunk—so drunk, 
in  fact,  that  they  were  soon  lying  on  the 
ground  sleeping  off  their  jag.  Miss 
Blake,  not  realizing  the  cause  of  their 
stupor,  thought  they  were  dead. 
In  or­
der to  realize  as  much  as  possible  out 
of  the  supposed  dead  turkeys  she  had 
them  picked  so  as  to  get  the  feathers, 
and  the  carcasses  were  thrown  out 
doors.  The  next  morning  Miss  Blake 
was  surprised  to  see  her  turkeys  walk­
ing  about.  They  were  alive,  it  is  true, 
but  such  a  spectacle  as  they  presented 
with  only  their  tail  and  wing  feathers, 
she  had  never  seen  before. 
In  order  to 
protect  them  from  the  cold,  she  bought 
enough  red  flannel  to  make  each of them 
a  comfortable  coat  to  replace  the  feath­
ers.  The  turkeys  were  soon  stalking 
about  wearing 
their  red  coats,  and 
were  the  wonder  of  all  beholders.

on 

The  Loss.

Harry— Well,  yes,  I  suppose  I  was 
in  proposing  to  her;  but 
looked  so  charming  1 

is,  she 

rather  hasty 
the  fact 
lost  my  heart.

Dick— You  mean  you  lost  your  head.

L. O.  Snedecor

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The New York Market
Special  Features  of th e Grocery and P rod­

Special Correspondence.

uce Trades.

New  York,  Nov.  23—Coffee  has  been 
in  light  request  during  the  week.  The 
market  has  recently  been  so  full  of 
“ funny  business’ ’  that  buyers  are  fight­
ing  shy  of  taking  into  store more than  is 
needed  for  present  wants.  The  lack  of 
demand  has  had  its  effect  and  holders 
are  coming  down  from  the  high  and 
lofty  position  held  a  week  ago.  The 
speculative  market  was  almost  at  a 
standstill,  but  what  little  business  was 
done  was  on  a  lower  basis  At  the  close 
Rio  No.  7  is  worth,  in  an  invoice  way, 
6f6c.  Receipts  yesterday  at  Rio  and 
Santos  were 
cabled  as  aggregating
73.000 bags.  The  stock 
in  store  and 
afloat  amounts  to  2,346,380  bags,against 
1.312,439  bags  at  the  same  time  last 
year.  The  receipts  of  coffee  at  Rio and 
Santos  from  July  1  to  Nov.  10 aggregate
8.932.000  bags  against  5,936,000  bags  at 
the  same  time  last  year.  Mild  coffees 
have  made  a  fair  showing  for  the  week 
and  quotations  are  well  sustained,  Good 
Cucuta  being  quotatble  at  9c.  East  In­
dia  growths  have  met  with  fair  sale  and 
full  prices  have  been  obtained.

The .tea  market  is  getting  into  better 
shape  right  along  and  the  change  from 
last  summer  is most  gratifying. 
Indian 
papers  at  band  this  morning  are  strong­
ly  advocating  a  good  display  of  teas  at 
the  forthcoming  St.  Louis  exposition 
and  the  probabilities  are  that  both  In­
dia  and  Ceylon  will  be  with  us  in 
“ great  strength’ ’  upon  that  occasion.

The  demand  for  sugar  has,  perhaps, 
been  all  that  could  be  expected  at  this 
time  of  year  and  that 
is  not  much. 
Buyers  are  simply  taking  enough  to 
meet  requirements  for  the  “ present  oc­
casion," and seem  to  have  no  particular 
interest  in  the  future.

The  rice  situation  is  about unchanged 
and,  upon  the  whole,  is  very  satisfac­
tory  to  the  seller.  While  the  amount  of 
actual 
is  not 
large,  the  market  is  still  pretty  well 
cleaned  up  and  for  the  remainder of  the 
year  it  is 
likely  we  shall  have  firmly 
sustained  quotations.

stock  changing  hands 

is  shown 

More  strength 

in  pepper, 
but,  aside  from  this,  the  situation  is  en­
tirely  quiet.  No  changes  of  material 
importance  have  been  made 
in  the 
prices  of  any  one  article.

There  has  been  a  very  satisfactory 
trade  in  molasses  and  the  whole  situa­
tion 
is  pleasing  to  the  seller.  Buyers 
realize  that  prices  are  not  at  all  exorbi­
tant  and  seem  willing  to  pay  the  ruling 
quotations.  The  quality  of  recent  ar­
rivals  is  very  good,  indeed,  and  reports 
from  the  South  indicate  very  favorable 
prospects  for  the  remainder of  the  sea­
son.  Syrups  are  firm  and  unchanged.

lull 

After  the  rush  of  the  past  few  weeks 
it 
is  but  natural  that  we  should  have 
something  of  a 
in  canned  goods, 
and  this 
is  what  we  are  now  “ enjoy­
in g." 
It 
is  very  decided,  too, 
for 
hardly  anything  is  being  done.  Retail­
ers  have  filled  their  shelves  and  will  not 
large  amounts  for  some  time 
need  any 
to  come.  There 
is  a  holiday  demand 
for certain  lines  of desirable  goods,  but, 
upon  the  whole,  the  market  is  taking  a 
rest.  There  have  been  practically  no 
changes  made 
in  the  general  run  of 
quotations,  tomatoes  still  firmly  sustain­
ing  their  recent  advance.

is  a  fair  jobbing  demand  in 
dried  fruits,  but  prices,  upon  the  whole, 
are  hardly  as  firmly sustained.  Califor­
nia  prunes  are  lower and  currants  show 
a  slight  advance.  Nuts  are 
selling 
well  and  almonds,  especially,  are  about 
cleaned  up  temporarily.  Tarragonas 
are  worth  about  i i ^ c.

Lemons  and  oranges,  bananas  and 
pineapples  all  have  met  with  fair  sale,

There 

although  naturally  no  large  trade  could 
be  expected 
in  the  first-mentioned  ar­
ticle  at this  season.  Sicily  lemons  are 
worth  $2.4o@3.50  per  box.  Oranges, 
Floridas,  $2.5033.50.

Butter 

to  firsts,  2o@24c; 

is  still  advancing  and  the 
market  is  so  closely  sold  up  and  the  ar­
rivals  are  so  comparatively  light  that 
the  chances  are  good  for  at  least present 
quotations  for the remainder of the year, 
and  probaby  there  will  be  still  further 
advance,  but  not  much.  Best  cream­
is  now  quotable  at  25c  easily  and 
ery 
seconds 
imitation 
creamery, 
l 5/4 c ’,  renovated,  i6@i8c.
Fresh  gathered  Western  eggs,  29c; 
candled,  27c;  regular  pack,  23@26c. 
The  demand  is  sufficient  tc  take  all sur­
plus  stock  of  really  good  quality,  but 
lower  grades  are  rather  higher than buy­
ers  care  to  pay  and  the  market  is  in­
clined  to  sag,  and  yet  quotations  have 
not  shown  any  decline  at  all.

factory,  14

There  is  a  pretty  good  demand  for  all 
sorts  of  beans  and  quotations  are  firmly 
Choice  marrows,  $2; 
maintained. 
choice  pea,  $2;  red  kidney,  $2.10.

If  your  readers  are  in  need  of  cocoa- 
nuts  it  is  a  good  time  to  buy,  for  the 
market  here  is  full  and  more  are  com­
ing,  so  that  shortly  the  supply  will  be 
numbered  by  the  million.  They  are  so 
plenty  that  the  market  is  low— in  fact, 
it  takes  a  very  good  nut  to  bring  over 
$3.50  per  100.

Currants  are  in  good  supply  and large 
shipments  are  still  due.  The  market 
is  pretty  strong,  however,  owing,  prob­
ably.  to the  light  supply  of  some  other 
fruits.

E xport of Poultry.

“ I  believe  there  are  great  possibili­
ties 
in  the  export  poultry  business  if 
properly  conducted, ’  remarked  a  New 
York  dealer  recently. 
“ While  I  have 
never studied  into  the  matter very close­
ly  nor  exported  any  poultry,  I  have  ac­
quaintances  who  have quite an extensive 
trade  with  English  buyers.  There  are 
but  few  firms  exporting  poultry 
in  any 
quantities  and  these  have  made  money 
out  of  the  business. 
It  isn’t  every  one 
who  can  enter  this  field,  for  in  order  to 
be  successful 
large  quantities  must  be 
shipped  and  the  Englishman’s demands 
of  quality,  style,  etc.,  must  be  studied 
and  catered  to.  The  Londoner  is  very 
cranky  and  notional  in  his  selection  of 
poultry,  but  if  you  can  send  stock  that 
will  please  him,  he  will  pay  a  good 
price  for  it.  Manchester  and  Liverpool 
markets  are  easier  to  supply,  as  trade 
there 
is  not  so  critical  as  in  London. 
Priebe  &  Simater  and  Beyer  Bros,  are 
two  of  the  poultry  firms  exporting  the 
poultry  from  this  country.  Mr.  Simater 
has  just  returned  from  England  and  1 
believe  Beyer  Bros,  have  one  or  two 
representatives  over  there  now,  presum­
ably  arranging  to  supply  poultry  to  va­
rious  markets  in  Great  Britain  the  com­
ing  season."

“ One  thing  that  amuses  me,”   spoke 
a  gentleman  who  was  listening  to  the 
remarks  of  the  dealer,  “ is  the  secrecy 
these  poultry  exporters  maintain  about 
the  business.  Of  course,  no  one  expects 
them  to  give 
information  that  would 
hurt  their  business,  but  one  would  think 
from  their  actions  that  the  business 
would  go  to  the  bad  if  they  spoke  about 
it.  One  could  easily  secure  all  the 
in­
formation  on  the  subject  necessary  if  he 
cared  to  make  the  effort.’ ’

“ That  is  quite  true,”   replied  the 
dealer,  “ but  it  requires  experience  to 
get  next  to  the  fine  points  of  the  busi­
ness,  and 
fine 
points  that  one  must  know  to  make  a 
success  of  exporting  poultry.’ ’

it  is  generally  these 

On  H er  Own  Head.

Mr.  Buggins— Fifty  dollars  for  a  bon­

net!  Why,  madam,  it’s  a  crime.

Mrs.  Buggins—Well,  the  crime  is  on 

my  own  head.

Geo.  N.  Huff  &  Co.

W A N T E D

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Also  Poultry,  Butter,  Eggs and Old  Pigeons.  Highest  market  guaranteed 
on all shipments.  Write for references and quotations.

55  Cadillac  Square,  Detroit,  Michigan

R. HIRT, JR.

34  and  36  Market  Street,  Detroit,  Mich.

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You  can  get  Cars for

POTATO  shipments

that will make Chicago when you  can  not  get  them  for  other  points  and 
that is why you should have a good reliable connection  here  to  whom  you 
would feel  safe in shipping or  selling.

BY  WRITING  US

you will be making a  move  in  the  right  direction.  We  handle  potatoes 
exclusively in carlots only and  it will pay you to look us up and keep  posted.

ALBERT  MILLER  &  CO.

4  South  Clark  St.,  Chicago

We are making a specialty at present on fancy

Messina  Lemons

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

wire for quotations.

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Successor  to  C.  N.  Rapp  &  Co.

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We also m anufacture TABLE  LAMPS, WALL  LAMPS, 
CHANDELIERS,  STREET  LAMPS,  E t c .   100  Candle 
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Established 1891.

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Will be in good demand for

Thanksgiving

phone us about the market, etc.

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LONG  LOST  BROTHER.

F am ily  H appily  U nited by  a  Street  Acci­

dent.
Written for the Tradesman.

The  three  met  on  the  corner  of  Mon­
roe  and  South  Division  streets,  ail  go­
ing  about  as  fast  as  they  could  go  in 
different  directions  and  they  met  with 
something  like  a bang.  Crawford Brace- 
wood  with  his  dress  suit  case  took  up 
his  full  share  of  the  sidewalk,  little 
the 
Bracewood  Merryweather  with 
scrawniest  turkey  that  ever  got 
into 
Grand  Rapids  didn’t mean  to  appropri­
ate  more  than  his  share,but  he  did,  and 
the  wind,  a  stiff  northeaster,  seeing  how 
matters  were  going,  just  humped  him­
self  and  butted  plump 
into  the  other 
two,  all  striking  at  the  same  instant  and 
—bang!—there  the  two  were  sprawling 
all  over  the  sidewalk,  while  the  wind, 
roaring  with 
laughter,  was  away  past 
the  Wellington  before  the  big  fellow 
with  the  case  had  a  chance  to  say 
“ Thunder!”

lost 

If  he  bad 

It  was  forceful  enough  for  both  when 
it  did  come  and  that  was  lucky, for  poor 
little  Merryweather got  the  worse  of  the 
encounter  as  the  weak  and  the  small  al­
ways  do.  He  didn't  let  go  of  his  tur­
key,  small  as  it  was  and  he  was  thank­
ful  for  that. 
it  he 
wouldn’t  have  known  what  to  do.  He 
had  been  talking  of  that turkey  as  far 
back  as  when  the  fall 
leaves  began  to 
turn.  He  was  fifteen  years  old  you  see, 
and  for  a  year  now  had  been  working 
for  his  living  and  for  more  than  a  year 
he  had  been  telling  the  younger  chil­
dren—there  were  two  of  them— that  they 
must  sit  up 
the  night  before 
Thanksgiving  and  see  the  finest  bird 
that  ever  made  a  Thanksgiving  dinner. 
He  was  going  to  bring  it  home  himself 
so  to  have  it  on  hand  in  the  morning ; 
and  when  Crawford  Bracewood  stag­
gered  to  his  feet  and  got back the breath 
that  the  mite  of a  boy  had  knocked  out 
of  him  he  saw  the  iad  with  the  blood 
streaming  from  his  nose,  still  on  his 
knees,  clinging  to  the  tnrkey  scarecrow 
and  hurt  so  that  he  wrinkled  up  his face 
to  cry,  but  bravely  managed  to  keep 
back  all  but  two  big  tears  that  started 
out  all  right  but  were  snapped  up  by 
the  driving  sleet  before  getting  halfway 
to  the  dropping  off  place.

late  on 

If  it  hadn’t  been  so  serious  a  matter 
to  the  little  fellow  the  big  one  would 
have  laughed  at  the  bump  and  the  tum­
ble  and  the  bloody  nose  and the scrawny 
turkey  of  his  companion  in  misery; 
but,  seeing  at  a  glance  how  matters 
stood  and  feeling  sorry  for  the  little 
wretched  half-clad  boy,  he  managed  to 
reach  him,  see  him  safely  on  his  pins 
and  then  taking  him  by  the  hand  has­
tened  to  the  nearest  drug  store  on  Mon­
roe  street.

Once  out  of  the  storm  the  young  man 
proceeded  to  repair  damages  so  far  as 
both  were  concerned,  and  soon  bad 
everything  in  good  condition  except the 
few  bruises,  which 
it  was  easy  to  see 
time  would  take  good  care  of.  Then 
they  wound  up  with  a  hot  lemonade 
and,  that  disposed  of,  the  boy  reached 
down  for  his  turkey  with  the  evident in­
tention  of  starting  for  home.

“ How  far  do  you  have  to  go,  kid?”  
the  man  asked,  listening  to  the  wind 
outside  and 
looking  at  the  thin  gar­
ments  the  child  had  on.

“ Oh, 

it’s  a  good  ways  out  South 
Division  and  then  a  couple  of  blocks 
from  the  corner. 
I’m  must  go,  too,  for 
they’ll  wonder  what’s  become of me."

“ All  right,  come  on. 

I’m  going  to 
see  you  home  all  right.  We’ll  take  a 
car.  Clerk,  just  put  my  suit  case  on

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

your  side  of  the  counter,  please,  and 
give  the  kid  a  paper  big  enough  to 
cover  his 
it.  Now, 
youngket,  come  on.”

turkey.  That’s 

isn't  because 

Once  aboard,  the  two  got  down  to­
gether and  yielding  to  the overpowering 
influence  of  some  big  peppermint  drops 
the  boy  at  once  became  communicative 
and  repeated  with  enthusiasm  the  com­
ing  glories  of  to-morrow’s  feast. 
“ You 
see,  it 
it’s  such  a  good 
one. 
I  wanted  to  buy  a  better  one,  but 
I  didn’t  have  the  money.  The  man 
knows  me  and  wanted  me  to  take  a  bet­
ter  one  and  he  said  he’d  trust  me  for 
the  rest;  but  I  don’t  want  my  mother  to 
eat  another  person’s  turkey,  would  you, 
now?  and  I  said  no  and  came away with 
this. 
I’m  not  going  to  eat  much  of  it, 
you  see.  There'll  be  a  leg  and  a  wing 
for  each  of  the  children  and  mother 
shall  have  the  breast  and  I’m  going  to 
have  the  part  that  goes  over  the  fence 
last  and  the  wishbone— not  any  of the 
meat,  you  know,  but  just  the  bone.”

“ Oh,  I  see.  You  are  going  to  wish 
with  it  and  get  your wish  and  have  as 
part  of  it  another dinner!”

“ No,  that  isn’t  it.  I’m  going  to  wish 
for  something  that  my  mother  wants 
more  than  anything  else  in  this  world 
and  that's  her  brother. 
She  doesn’t 
know  where  he  is  and  she  knows  that  if 
he  knew  about  us  he’d  come  right  here, 
and  then  she’d  have  something  more 
than  this  scrimpy  turkey  for  Thanks­
giving.”

“ That’ll  be  fine.  Who  is  this  brother 
—what’s  his  name  and  what  is  yours?”
“ We  both  have  the  same;  and isn’t  it 
funny  that  his  last  name’s  my  first  one? 
My  name 
is  Brace  Merryweather— the 
whole  of  it  is  Bracewood—and  his name 
is  Crawford  Bracewood.  My  mother 
says  he’s  awful  good,  and  I’m  sure  he 
is  or  she  wouldn’t  say  so.  So  I  made 
mother and  the  children  say that I might 
have  the  wishbone  and  get  my  w ish; 
and  Uncle  Craw  is  coming— I’ m  just  as 
sure  of  it  as  I  am  sure  of  wishing. 
I ’ ll 
tell  you  what  I’d  just  lik e :  get  my  wish 
and  have  mother  look  up  and  see  Uncle 
Craw  sitting  there  and  looking  right  at 
her!  Wouldn’t  that  be  good! 
I  don’t 
see  why  all  the  Cinderella  times  should 
have  come  away  back  there  where  you 
can  only  read  about  them,  do  you?”

The  smile  on  the  young  man's  face 
and  the 

was  full  of  encouragement 
loosened  tongue  talked  on :

“ Then  mother’d  fly  at  him  and  kiss 
him  and  then  he’d  wave  his  wand— 
well,  you  know  what  I  mean—and  then 
when  the  dinner  was  over  he’d  go  to the 
door  and  say,  ‘ Thomas,  the  carriage,’ 
and  then  we’d  all  get 
in  and  away 
we’d  go  to  our mansion on— on Fountain 
street,  where  we  would 
live  for  good 
and  not  have  any  twelve  o’clock  struck, 
when  we  would  all  have  to  go  back  to 
my  turkey  bone!—The  next  street  is 
ours.  You’re  very  kind,  sir,  and I  thank 
you  very  much.  Are  you  going  to  get 
off,  too?”

“ I'm  going  to  see  you  safely  home. 

Now,  then,  off  with  you.”

The  two  stepped  from  the  car.
“ Now,  then,  give  me  that  turkey  and 

Indian-file 

run— you’ll  have  to  if  you  keep warm 
and 
they  hurried  away 
through  the  sleet  that  every  minute  was 
becoming  more  severe.

The  distance  was  short  and  the  boy 
soon  entered  the  gateway  of  a  small 
house,  his  companion  following.  Of 
course  there  was  no  ceremony,  the  only 
unusual  motion  made  by  the  stranger 
being  the  placing  of  his  finger  on  his 
lips  while  boy  and  man  were  both  look­
ing 
into  the  face  of  the  gentlewoman

who  stood 
them.

in  silent  surprise  to  greet 

'

“ I  ran 

“ Do  not  be  alarmed,  madam,”   said 
the  stranger. 
into  this  boy  of 
yours  in  turning  a  corner  and  I  thought 
1  could  do  no  less  than  see  him  safely 
home  to  pay  for  knocking  him  down. 
Here  is  my  card,  and  from  what  Brace­
wood  has  been  telling  me  I  shall  not  be 
surprised  to  learn  that  we  have  some 
common  acquaintances  at  least. ”  

Beside  the  name  the  owner  had  man­
aged  to  write  on  the  card,  in  spite  of 
the  motion  of  the  car,  “ It's  I,  sure 
enough.”   A  glance  at  the  pasteboard 
almost  overcame  her;  but,  reading what 
was 
in  the  mind  of  her  brother,  Mrs. 
Merryweather contented  herself  by  ex­
tending  her  hand  and greeting her visit­
or  so  cordially  that  he  could  not  refuse 
to  be  seated,  late  as  it  was.  Then  he 
consented  to  share  the  meager  supper; 
when  it  was  found  that  they  did  know 
some  dear  friends  in  common  and  this 
fact  made  it  easy  to  extend  the  conver­
sation  far  into  the  night,  a  long  time 
after  Brace  had  gone  to  bed  at  all 
events.

When  the  deep  sleep  of  childhood had 
fallen  upon  the  children,  it  did  not  take 
long  for  the  young  man  to  tell  bis  story 
and  to  disclose  his  plans.  Mishaps and 
misunderstandings  had  both  prevented 
him  from  finding  where  his  sister  was 
and  only  the  day  before  had  he 
learned 
of  her  whereabouts  and  started  to  find 
her.  The  future  was  already  provided 
for.  He  was  to  take  them  to  the  old 
home  in  the  E ast;  but  on  Thanksgiv­
ing  day  little  Bracewood’s  wish  was  to 
be  carried  out  to  the  letter;  and  it  was. 
That  scrawny  turkey— well  flanked  with 
an  abundance  of  good  things—gave  up 
its  wishbone  without  a  groan  and— be­
lieve 
it  or  not—the  wish  all  came  true,

even  in  these  non-Cinderella  days. 
In 
the  midst  of  the  feast  the  mother  did 
look  up  and  sure  enough  there  sat Uncle 
Craw  looking  right  at  her,  and  “ mother 
did  fly  right  at  him  and  kiss  him”   and 
every  blessed  young  one  did  the  same; 
and  after that  they  went  on  with  their 
dinner  and  ate  until  every little stomach 
was  as  plump  as  a  polywog!  Then—a 
wand  is  nothing  but a cane—Uncle Craw 
went  to  the  door  and  waved 
it  and 
shouted  “ Thomas,  the  sleigh!”   and  in 
less  than  no time  up  pranced  a  span  of 
the  finest  horses  from  Grand  Rapids’ 
“ swellest”   stable  with  a splendid sleigh 
behind  them—the  storm  having  done  its 
best  to  make  up  for  last  night’s  mis­
chief—and  away  they  went,  buried  in 
robes,all  over  the  city,  taking  in  Foun­
tain  street  to  make  Brace’s  wish  come 
true.  Best  of  all,  when  twelve  o’clock 
struck  they  didn’t  have  to  go  back  to 
the  turkey  bone  nor the  old  condition. 
Uncle  Craw  stayed  Uncle  Craw;  they 
didn’t  lose  the  glass  slipper;  the  sleigh 
into  a  pumpkin, 
didn’t  change  back 
nor  the  horses 
In  fact  the 
fairy  days  have  returned  and  the Merry­
weather  children  told  me  only  yester­
day  with  a  seriousness  that  places  the 
matter  beyond  dispute  that  “ there  are 
fairies  and  wizards  and  such  things just 
as  there  used  to  be,  and  Uncle  Crawford 
Bracewood  is  one  of  them !”

into  rats. 

Richard  Malcolm  Strong.
A Tired Voice.

for  little  Willie  to  read  his. 

The children  had written compositions 
on  the  giraffe.  They  were  reading  them 
aloud  to  the  class.  At  iength  the  time 
came 
It 
was  as  follows:
“ The  giraffe 

is  a  dumb  animal  and 
can  not  express 
itself  by  any  sound, 
because  its  neck is  so  long  that  its voice 
gets  tired  on  its  way  to  its  mouth.”

•   «   •

Livingston
Hotel,

Grand

Rapids,

Mich.

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Commercial Travelers

Michigan  Kaisrfats  of the  Grip

President,  Geo. F. Ow en,  Grand  Bapids;  Sec­
retary,  A.  W.  St it t,  Jackson;  Treasurer, 
John W. Sch bam , Detroit.

United  Commertial  Trawlers of Michigan 

Grand  Counselor,  H.  E.  Ba r tle tt,  Flint; 
Grand  Secretary,  A.  K e n d all,  Hillsdale; 
Grand Treasurer, C. M. Edklm an, Saginaw.

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

Senior  Counselor, W  B.  Compton;  Secretary- 

Treasurer, L. F. Baker.

Michigan  Commercial Travelers’  Mutual  Accident  Association 
President, J.  Boyd  Pa n tlin d,  Grand  Bapids; 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Geo.  F.  Ow e n, 
Grand Bapids.

The  Boys  B ehind th e Counter.

Hastings—Wm.  Shulters succeeds  Guy 
Crook  as  clerk  for  Chidester  &  Burton.
Cadillac—Albert  Rupers  has  taken 
charge  of  L.  B.  Bellaire’s  new  meat 
market.

Newaygo—Charley  Anderson,  a  popu­
lar  clerk  in  the  Pearson  Bros.  &  Rebers 
department  store,  was  married  one  day 
last  week.

Elk  Rapids—Lew.  Pollard,  prescrip­
tion  clerk  for  T.  W.  Preston,  has  en­
gaged  to  travel  in  Eastern  Michigan  for 
the  Scotten  Tobacco  Co.,  of  Detroit.

Holland—James  Van  Dyke  has  taken 
a  clerkship  in  the  general  store  of E.  S. 
Gale.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—A.  H.  Sherman, 
who  has  been  prescription  clerk  for  N. 
D.  Morrish  for  several  years,  has  re­
signed  his  position 
in  that  pharmacy 
to  accept  a  similar one  in  Bad  Axe.

Kalamazoo—J.  Roy  Carpenter,  of
Harley,  Ont.,  has  a  position  in  the  drug 
store  of  John  L.  Wallace.

Clare—Hiram  Sattison  has  sold  his 
grocery  stock  at  Thompsonville  and  re­
turned  to  this  city  to  assume  charge  of 
Bicknell  Bros. ’  grocery  department.
Traverse  City—James  McEvoy, 

for 
twenty-five  years 
in  the  drug  business 
and.a  well-known  citizen  of  Manistee, 
having  been 
in  business  there  many 
years,  has  been  engaged  to  take  charge 
of  the  drug  department  of  the'  Hannah 
&  Lay  Mercantile  Co.’s  store.

Hides,  Pelts, Tallow,  F urs  and  Wool.
The  hide  market  fluctuates  but  little. 
Dealers  hold  firm  for  higher  prices, 
which  tanners  are  not  inclined  to  pay. 
So  far,  tanners  have  the  best  of  it  on 
light  hides,  and  prices  are 
inclined  to 
go  lower  rather  than  higher.  Stocks  are 
not  large,  with sales  made  for  future  de­
livery,  which 
to  hold  prices 
lower.

tends 

Pelts  have  sold  freely the past  week  at 
full  asking  prices.  Values  tend  up­
ward,  with  stocks  well  cleaned  up.

Furs  open  up  with  a  strong  demand 
and  higher  values  on  some  kinds.  The 
demand  is  for  holiday  trade.  Prices  are 
not  well  established.

Tallow 

is  strong  at  a  fair  advance, 
with  trade  active.  There  is  no  accum­
ulation.
Wool 

is  still  selling  freely  at  a  fair 
advance.  Prices  on  fleece  are  fully  ij^c 
above  last  month.  The  demand  is  good 
and  large  lots  have changed hands in the 
State.  The  outlook  for  future  trade 
is 
good,as large  quantities  are  being  used.

Wm.  T.  Hess.

G ripsack  Brigade.

Kalamazoo  Gazette-News:  A.  E. 
Knight,  of  this  city,  traveling  salesman 
for  Amstein  Bros.  &  Muir,  of  Cleve­
land,  has  been  notified  that  his  busi­
ness  is temporarily suspended on account 
of  a  destructive  fire  which  has  crippled 
the  firm’s  activities  for a  few  weeks.

Chas.  H.  Smith  (Wm.  Barie  Dry

Goods  Co.)  has  gone  to  Binghamton, 
N.  Y.,  to  spend  Thanksgiving  with 
his  mother,  who  is  now  87  years  of  age. 
Mr.  Smith  makes  this  pilgrimage  every 
year  and  asserts  that  he  will  continue 
the  custom  as  long  as  his  mother  lives.
A  Westphalia  correspondent  writes  as 
follows :  A  Grand  Rapids  traveling 
man  and  a  party  of  young  men  from 
this  village  went  hunting  a  few  days 
ago  and  brought  home  a  tame  duck, 
which  one  of  the  party  had  bought  of 
a  farmer and  then  shot,  expecting  their 
friends  would  mistake  it  for one  of  the 
wild  kind.  The  substitution  was  read­
ily  discovered,  however,  and  the  laugh 
was  on  the  hunters.

Hotel W hitcom b.

Alonzo  Vincent,  of  the  firm  of  Vin­
cent  &  Blake,  proprietors  of  Hotel 
Whitcomb,  St.  Joseph,  Michigan,  has 
just  been  appointed  Warden  of  Jackson 
Prison  and  will  assume  the  duties  of 
that  office  on  December  1.  The  hotel 
will,  however,  continue  under  the  same 
management  which  has  made 
the 
“ Whitcomb”   so  popular  with  the  trav­
eling  fraternity  for  so  many  years.  This 
hotel  is  modern  in  all  its  appointments, 
with  electric 
light,  steam  heat,  eleva­
tor,  fine  sample  rooms,  fine  beds  and 
excellent  cuisine.  The  “ boys”   will  al­
ways  find  a  warm welcome  in this  popu­
lar  hostelry.

Bay  City Bndorses  M ark  Brown.

Saginaw,  Nov.  25— Bay  City  Post  has 
endorsed  the  candidacy  of  Mark  S. 
Brown  as  Secretary  of  the  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip,  and  the  members 
expect  to  accompany  the  Saginaw  dele­
gation  on  a  special  train  to  Lansing  on 
Dec.  26.

Post  F  (Saginaw)  gives  their  first  an­
nual  ball  at  their  ball  on  Dec.  7.  Over 
125  tickets  have  already  been  sold.  We 
expect  from  125  to  150  to  go  on  the  spe­
cial  train  to  Lansing  on  Dec.  26.

Not D urable.

“ Marriages  may  be made in heaven, ”  
he  said,  thoughtfully,  “ but  if  so,  they’re 
dealing  in  a  cheaper  grade  of  goods  up 
there  every  year.  They  don’t  last  any­
thing  like  the  way  they  used  to.”

Hillsdale—The  Jerome  Brick  &  Tile 
Co.  has  filed  articles of  association  with 
a  capital  stock  of  $25,000.  The  officers 
are:  T.  J.  Lowry,  of  Jerome,  Presi­
dent ;  H.  S.  Walworth,  of  Jerome, 
Treasurer;  G.  S.  Cook,  of  Brooklyn, 
Secretary,  and  L.  J.  Slown,  of  Jerome, 
and  W.  P.  Miner,  of  Battle  Creek, 
Managers.  The  company  has  been 
formed  to  develop  the  large  clay  beds 
at  Jerome,  on  the  Lake  Shore  &  Mich- 
gan  Southern  Railroad.

Zeeland— The  partnership  heretofore 
existing  between  Benjamin  andSybrant 
Dykhuizen  and  Geo.  Hoekzema,  of  the 
Great  Western  Novelty  Wood  Working 
Co.,  has  been  dissolved,  the  latter  re­
tiring  and  the  former  two  continuing 
the  business.  Mr.  Hoekzema  has  en­
gaged  with  the  Wolverine  Specialty  Co. 
and  will  have  charge  of  its  plant,  which 
will  be  in  operation  in  about  a  month.
Grace—C.  A.  Begle  has  sold  his  in­
terest  and  severed  his  connection  with 
the  Grace  Harbor  Lumber  Co.  and 
Lewis  H.  Jones,  a  prominent  manufac­
turer of  Detroit,  has  been  elected  Vice- 
President.  The  Grace  Harbor  Lumber 
Co.  is  putting  in  logs  near  its  new  mill 
at  this  place.

Kalamazoo— Clarage  &  Sons  have 
leased  temporarily  the  old  plant  of  the 
St.  John  Plow  Co.  in  connection  with 
their  Church  street  foundry  and  ma­
chine  plant  and  will  put  a  force  of  men 
at  work  there  Dec.  1  in  the  foundry  un­
til  the  new  plant  of  Charles  Clarage 
is 
completed.

Make  Money  For  Others,  B u t  Not  F or 

Themselves.

(The  writer  of  the  following  article, 
Harry  T.  Nisbet,  sold shoes  on  the  road 
for  twenty-eight  years.  Mr.  Nisbet  has 
written  the  article  from  practical  exper­
ience.  He  knows  whereof  he  speaks  in 
this  particular,  for,  although  a  success­
ful  salesman,  he  himself  has  become  a 
living  example  of  the  fact  about  which 
in  the  days  of  prosperity  he 
he  writes. 
paid  too  little  heed  to 
laying  aside 
money,  and  six  years  ago  he  met  with 
an  accident  which  caused  lameness  and 
later  rheumatism,  from  which  he  has 
suffered  ever  since.  He  continued,  how­
ever,  to  sell  shoes  until  about  two  years 
ago,  when  he  became  so  lame  he  could 
no  longer  continue  in  his  calling,  and 
being  without  money  he  was  obliged  to 
go to  the  almshouse  on  Blackwell’s  Is­
land,  New  York  City,  where  he  fears  he 
will  be  obliged  to  remain  during  the 
rest  of  his  life.  He  is  unable  to  walk 
a  single  step  and  has  become  nearly 
blind.  However,  by  means  of  spectacles 
he  is  yet  permitted  to  see  sufficiently  to 
read,  and  sitting  beside  his  cot  in  the 
open  ward  with  nearly  seventy  men,  all 
of  them  partially  or  wholly  blind,  he 
reads  the  daily  papers  aloud,  and  thus 
occupies  much  of  his  time.)

It  is  a  conceded  fact  that  the  com­
mercial  traveler  has  become  an  almost 
indispensable 
factor  in  the  business 
world.  Less  than  a  half  century  has 
passed  since  his  services  were  called 
into  being,  but  during  this  time  the 
growth  and  development  of  the  United 
States  has  been  far  greater than  all  pre­
vious  time  since  the  discovery  of Amer­
ica, and  no  very  small  part  has  been  the 
services  of  the  intelligent,  active  com­
mercial  traveler  in  aiding  this great and 
growth  and  development. 
wonderful 
His  valuable  services 
soon  became 
known  and  recognized  by  the  enterpris­
ing  manufacturers  and  wholesale  mer­
chants  in  the  sale  and  distribution  of 
their  wares,  which  by  their 
tireless 
energy,  perseverance,  tact  and  ability 
has  rapidly  spread,  until  at  present  the 
hustling  “ drummer”   can  be 
found 
wherever  civilization  has  entered  and 
progress  has  begun.

Not  alone  where  merchandise  is  to  be 
disposed  of  is  the  ability  of  the  shrewd 
commercial  traveler  sought  and  em­
ployed,  but  we  find,  all  over  this  coun­
try,  and  I  might  say  almost  the  entire 
world,  able,  active,  shrewd  business 
men,  not  alone  representatives  of  the 
factory,  mill,  mine  and  merchant,  with 
samples  of  their  wares  and  products, 
but  also,  as  a  product  of  the  methods 
of  the  sharp  commercial  traveler,  we 
find  able  men  as  agents  for  large  corpo­
rations  and  vast  schemes  for  the  de­
velopment  of almost  everything  which 
goes  to  aid  the  progress  and  growth  of 
this  vast  country.

Only  a  few  years  ago  the  manufac­
turer or  wholesale  merchant  depended 
upon  the  retailer  to  come  to  him,  at  bis 
place  of  business,  to  make  his  pur­
chases.  But  since  the  advent  of  the 
traveling  salesman  this  has changed  and 
to-day  the  manufacturer  or  wholesale 
dealer  who  attempts  to  sit  down  in  his 
office  and  await  the  coming  of  custom­
ers  to  him  will soon  find  his  more  en­
terprising  competitor 
(who  employs 
competent,  hustling  commercial  travel­
ers)  is  enlarging  his  business  and  rap­
idly  taking  the  trade  which  he  has  been 
idly  waiting  for.

The  army  of  commercial  travelers  has 
become  a  force  and  factor  in  the  de­
velopment  of  business  that  is  little 
realized  by  a  large  majority  of  people. 
The  successful 
salesman  must  be  a 
wide-awake,  observing,  persevering, 
hard  working,  intelligent  person,  who, 
if  he  remains in  the position, must  prove 
himself  strictly  honest  and  thoroughly

reliable.  Nothing  can  add  to  the  suc­
cess  of  the  salesman  so  much  as  being 
able  to  command  and  hold  the  confi­
dence,  not  alone  of  his  employer,  but 
also,  and  particularly,  the  confidence 
of  his  customers.

The  writer has  had an experience  as  a 
traveling  salesman  nearly  thirty  years, 
and  believes  he  can  say  with  truth, 
without  conceit,  he  was  considered  a 
good  one,  being  successful  in  placing 
his  wares.  But,considered  in  the  sense 
of  being  called  a  successful  salesman, 
it  can  be  truthfully  said  that  a  great 
majority  of  salesmen  who  have  made  a 
success  doing  business  for  other  people 
have  not  been  financial  successes  unto 
themselves.

It  may  seem  a  difficult  matter  to  ex­
plain  why  this  is  so,  but  to  the  writer’s 
mind,  in  the  light  of  his  own  experi­
ence,  even  the  best  and  most  successful 
salesman  reaches  a  limit  of  earning  ca­
pacity;  his  salary  or  earnings  depend­
ing  upon  a  small  percentage  on  his 
sales,  and  a  continuance  of  same  upon 
the  endurance  of  his  physical  and  men­
tal  powers.  His  mind 
is  entirely  ab­
sorbed 
in  his  vocation,  striving  by 
every  honorable  means  to  increase  his 
sales  and  thereby  increase  his  salary  or 
earnings,  and  he  has  no  time  to  devote 
to  outside  personal  matters  for  invest­
ment  or speculation.

The  necessary  expenses  of  the  com­
mercial  traveler  are  large. 
It  can  al­
most  be  said  he  has  his  hand  in  his 
pocket  nearly  all  the  time  fishing  up 
the  requisite  funds  for  the  payment  of 
hotel  bills,  railroad  fares,  extra  baggage 
charges,  express  and  transfer  of  bag­
gage,  car  and  cab  fares,  tips,  etc.,  etc., 
and  he  is  thus  obliged  to  be  constantly 
passing  out  the  cash,  so  that  it  becomes 
almost  second  nature,  and  he  scarcely 
to  realize  the  vast  amount  of 
stops 
money  which 
in  the  aggregate  he  thus 
expends.

He  must  be  well  and  neatly  attired  to 
make  himself  presentable  to  the  mer­
chant  or  business  man,  fot there  is  some 
truth 
in  the  adage,  “ The  apparel  oft 
proclaims  the  man.”   As  he  passes  out 
the  money  for  all  these  expenses  he  be­
comes  so  accustomed  to spending money 
that  he  little  realizes  its  value,  and  be­
ing  subjected  to  all  temptations  and 
habits  that  are  expensive  (which  the 
majority  of  men  in  other  walks  of 
life 
are  not  so  subjected  to)  he  naturally 
drifts  along  carelessly,  little  thinking 
that  the  time  will  ever  come  to  him 
when  he  may  be  sorely  in  need  and  find 
himself  destitute.

With  all  these  things  to  contend  with, 
while  thousands  of  commercial  travelers 
are  successful 
in  disposing  of  goods 
with  much  profit  to  their  employers,  a 
very  small  percentage  of  them  ever  be­
come  rich  or  accumulate  much  with 
which  to  provide  against  the  time  of 
sickness,  accident  or  old  age,  and  many 
of  them  find  themselves  in  the  days  of 
decline  dependent  upon  charity,  and 
some  of  them  possibly  spend  their 
last 
days  in an  almshouse.  Of  course,  there 
are  exceptions  (as  there  are  to  all  gen­
eral  rules),  but  we  see  it  so  frequently 
demonstrated  that  many  salesmen,  who 
are  successful 
in  selling  merchandise 
and  transacting  business  for  the  profit 
of  others,  fail  to  use  good  judgment 
in 
making  a  personal  success  financially, 
the  writer  concludes  that  a  very  small 
minority  ever  accumulate  much  wealth 
for themselves  in  the  vocation  of  com­
mercial  traveler.— Boot  and  Shoe  Re­
corder.

The  Warwick

Strictly first class.

Rates $2 per day.  Central  location. 

Trade  of  visiting  merchants  and  travel 

ing men solicited.

A.  B.  GARDNER,  Manager.

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

Drugs—Chemicals

M ichigan State B oard o f Pharm acy

Term expires
-  Dee. Si, 1901 
L. E.  Reyn old s,  St. Joseph 
Henry  He im , Saginaw 
-  Dee. Si, 1902
• 
Dee. si, 1908
Wir t P. D o rr, Detroit - 
A. 0. Schumacher, Ann Arbor  •  Dee. 81,190* 
J ohn d . Mu ib, Grand Rapids 
Dee. 81,1906 

President, A. 0. Schumacher, Ann Arbor. 
Secretary, Henry  He im , Saginaw.
Treasurer, W. P.  D o rr,  Detroit

E xam ination Sessions.

Mich.  State  Pharm aceutical  Association. 

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

Concerning  th e  Sale  o f Carbolic Acid.
As  is  done  hundreds  of  times  every 
year,  a  woman 
in  New  York  recently 
committed  suicide  by  taking  carbolic 
acid. 
It  was  shown  at  the  inquest  that 
the  poison  had  been  purchased  of  a 
druggist  by  the  victim’s  eleven-year-old 
son.  Some  of  the  jurors  wanted  the 
druggist  censured  for  selling  the  poison 
to  a  minor,  claiming  the  act  illegal. 
The  coroner,  however,  declared  that 
there  was  no  provision  of  the  poison 
law  forbidding  the  sale  of  poison  to 
minors,  and  that  the  druggist  could 
therefore  not  be  properly  condemned; 
and  so  no  reference  was  made  to the 
druggist  in  the  verdict.

For  ourselves,  we  can  not  hold  the 
druggist quite  so guiltless,even although 
he  conformed  to  the  letter  of  the 
law. 
It  is  our opinion  that  a  poison  used  so 
often  as  carbolic  acid  for  suicidal  pur­
poses  should  not  be  sold  without consid­
erable  precaution. 
It  should  certainly 
not  be  sold  to  an  eleven-year-old  child. 
There  is  unfortunately  no  provision 
in 
the  new  all-State  pharmacy Jaw  in  New 
York  against  the  sale  of  poison 
to 
minors;  moreover,  carbolic  poison,  as 
is  quite  generally  the  case  with  phar­
macy 
laws,  is  put  in  schedule  B,  with 
the  poisons  of  which  no  registration  of 
sale  is  required,  and  no  assurance  from 
the  purchaser  that  he  is  familiar with 
the  dangerous  character  of  the  poison 
and  wants  it  for  a 
legitimate  purpose. 
Both  these  defects  are  remedied  in  Pro­
fessor  Beal’s  model  law,  approved 
last 
year  by  the  A.  Ph.  A.  Minors  under 
sixteen  years  of  age  may  not  be  sold 
poisons;  and  the  sale  of  all  listed  pois­
ons  must  be  registered;  besides, 
the 
purchaser  must  desire  the  substance  for 
a 
lawful  purpose  and  be  familiar  with 
its  dangerous  character.

But  even  without  definite 

law  the 
druggist  should,  in  the  sale  of  poisons, 
be  a  law  unto  himself,  using  every  pre­
caution,  striving  especially 
to  avoid 
lending  himself  to  suicidal  purposes, 
and  remembering  that  he  is  a  legally 
qualified  defender  of  the  public  health 
and  welfare.  To  sell  undiluted carbolic 
acid  to  a  child,  even  although  the 
law 
allow  such  an  act,  and  even  although  it 
be  done  quite  commonly  by  druggists, 
is  yet  an  act  which,  in  our  judgment, 
pharmacists  should  never commit  who 
realize  the  obligations  that  rest  upon 
them  as  public  servants.

In  this  connection  it  may  not  be  out 
of  place  to  remark  that  a  resolution  was 
passed  at  last  year’s  meeting  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association 
urging  the  pharmacists  of the country  to 
sell  for domestic  purposes  a  25 per  cent, 
solution  of  carbolic  acid  in  alcohol,  in­
stead  of  the  ordinary  strong  acid  which 
contains  only  enough  glycerin  or  water 
to hold  it  in  liquid  form.  This  resolu­
tion  was  passed  after a  paper had  been 
read  by  Professor  Howell,  in  which  it 
was  convincingly  shown  that  alcohol, 
especially 
if  administered  early,  was, 
as  had  previously  been  repotted  a  most

effective  antidote  for  the  acid ;  and  it 
may  be  said  that  since  the  Richmond 
meeting  this  truth  has  received  abun­
dant  confirmation.  Mr.  Hynson  sug­
gested  during  the  discussion  of  Profes­
sor  Howell’s  paper that  some  effort  be 
made  to  have  laws  passed  in  the various 
states  compelling  the  sale  of  the  alco­
holic  solution  of  the  acid  for domestic 
If  it  be  found  that  the  acid 
purposes. 
loses  none  of 
this 
means,  such  action  is  certainly  to  be  re­
garded  as  of  the  utmost  practical  im­
portance. 
In  the  absence  of  such  laws, 
however,  would  it  not  be  well  for  con­
scientious  pharmacists to take  the  step 
of  their  own  accord?— Bulletin  of  Phar­
macy.

its  properties  by 

The  D m g  M arket.

Opium— Is  a 

little  firmer,  but  the 

price  is  unchanged.

Morphine—An  advance  of  20c  per 
oz.  is  believed  to be  one  that  will  stay 
for  some  time,  as  it  is  understood  that 
manufacturers  have  come  to an  agree­
ment.

Quinine— Is  firm  and  unchanged.
Citric  Acid— Has  declined  ic  per  lb., 

on  account  of  competition.

Alcohol— Is  very  firm,  on  account  of 

high  price  for corn.

Balm  Gilead  Buds—Are  in  very small 

supply  and  high  prices  rule.

Cod  Liver  Oil— Is  higher  in  primary 
markets  and  there  will  no  doubt  be  an 
advance  here.

Oil  Anise— Is 

firm  and 

tending 

higher.

Oil  Lemon  Grass— Is  very  scarce  and 

has again  advanced.

Oil  Peppermint— Is  in  good  demand 

and  steadily advancing.

Oil  Lemon— Has  declined.
Gum  Tragacanth— Is  very  scarce  and 

steadily  advancing.

Gum  Guaiac— Is  advancing.
African  Ginger— Is scarce and  has  ad­

vanced.

Gum  Shellac— Is  advancing  daily. 
Stocks  are  small  and  there  are  only  a 
few  holders.

Linseed  Oil—Is  weak  and  lower.

Chemical Composition o f Calcium  L>acto- 

phosphate.

In  a  paper  read  at the  recent  meeting 
of the  A.  Pb.  A.,  at  St.  Louis,  Lyman 
F.  Kebler said  that  very  little  informa­
tion  exists  in  literature  relative  to  this 
product. 
It  is  described  as  a  white, 
bard,  shiny,  scaly  crystal,  yet  he  was 
sure  that  no  one  ever saw  the  article 
commercially  in  this  form. 
It  is  gen­
erally  supposed  to  consist  of  calcium 
lactate,  lactic acid,  and  calcium  phos­
phate ;  an excess  of  lactic  acid being  al­
ways  present  to  fender  the  product  sol­
uble.  According  to  Mr.  Kebler’s  ex­
perience  the  presence  of the  lactic  acid 
does  not  account  for  the  solubility of the 
lacto  phosphate.  The  reason 
calcium 
why  calcium 
lactophosphate  is  soluble 
is  because  it  is  composed  almost  entire­
ly  of  soluble  products,  namely,  calcium 
lactate,  calcium  acid  phosphate,  lactic 
acid,  and  a  small  amount  of  normal 
calcium  phosphate.  The  latter  is  prob­
ably  rendered  soluble  by  the  presence of 
the  calcium  acid  phosphate  and  a  small 
quantity  of  lactic acid.

Systematic  Smuggling.

Last  month  five  men  were  arrested  in 
Detroit  for counterfeiting the  labels and 
packages  of  the  Elberteld  Farbenfab- 
riken  Co.  the  manufacturer of  aristol, 
phenacetine,  sulphonal,  trional,  etc. 
It 
is  believed  that  these  men  were  carry­
ing  on  a  systematic  business  in  buying 
the  drugs  on  Canadian  soil,  smuggling 
them  across  the  river,  and  putting  them 
up  in  packages  counterfeiting  those  of 
for  the  American 
the  company  used 
trade. 
in  some 
instances  even  the  drugs  of  the  com­
pany  were  not  used,  and  substitutes 
employed  instead.

It  is  also thought  that 

Artificial C ultivation  of Ginseng  In  K en­

tucky.

Ginseng  is  exported  from  the  United 
States  in  large  quantities  to  China,  and 
the  natural  supply  is  rapidly  becoming 
exhausted.  Only  from  the  almost  in­
accessible  mountain 
lands  of  West 
Virginia  and  Eastern  Kentucky  and 
Northern Tennessee  (largely  culled  dry) 
can  we  expect  to  get  the  vanishing  sup­
ply  of  ginseng  for  the  future,  a  sup­
ply  that  in  1886  amounted  to  80,000 
pounds  from  the  city  of  Cincinnati 
alone.  The  early  failure  of the  natural 
supply  of  a  drug  needed  in  such 
large 
quantities  has  of  recent  years  suggested 
artificial  cultivation,  and  an  enterpris­
ing  gentleman  in  Northern  Kentucky 
has  successfully  established  what  he 
calls  a  “ ginseng  garden.’ ’

This  garden  belongs  to  Mr.  S.  Long, 
of  Union,  Boone  county,  Ky. 
It  is  sit­
uated  in  the  shade  on  the  side  of  a  hill, 
and  is  fenced  in  by  a  tall  paling  fence 
with  narrow  cracks  between  the palings. 
About  ten  feet  in  height  it  is  covered 
with  three-inch  slats,  between  which 
about  ¿¿’•inch  space  is  left  for  light,  and 
in  very  hot  weather  in  the  summer  the 
top 
is  covered  loosely  with  brush.  We 
thus  briefly  describe  the  surroundings 
of  the  garden. 
Inside  it  bears  the  ap­
pearance  of  any  vegetable  garden  under 
proper  conditions  where  tbe  stock seems 
to  be  thrifty  and  in  its  native  element, 
and  as  I  found  Mr.  Long  very  willing 
to  impart 
information  concerning  the 
same,  I  hereby  relate,  in  his  own  words 
as  he  gave  it,  his  experience  with  this 
ginseng  garden:

that 

I  secured  first  about  300  plants  from 
the woods where ginseng  naturally  grows 
in  this  section  of  the  country.  These 
plants  were  taken  up  with  great  care, 
plenty  of  dirt  being  left  on  the  roots. 
They  were  carried  in  the  cool of  the day 
from  their  native  location  to  the  garden 
1  had  prepared.  The  earth  was  such  as 
I  would  have  used  for the  purpose  of 
raising  onions,  a  rich  loamy soil.  These 
plants  were  set  out  about  six  inches 
apart,  the  rows  being  about  six  inches 
from each  other.  I  did  not  notice  in  any 
instance 
the  transplanting  dis­
turbed  the  earlv  plants  in  the  least. 
From  these  300  plants  I  collected  the 
first  year  about  3,000 seed.  That  fall 
when  the  seeds  had  ripened  I  collected 
from  the  woods  about  600  more  plants, 
which  I  planted  in  the same manner as 1 
had  done  the  300  plants,  making  a  total 
of  900  roots.  The  following  spring, 
out  of  the  900  roots,  800 came  up,  mak 
ing  a  good  crop  of  seed.  To  this  I  will 
add  that  of the  plants  set out  in  the  fall 
there  was  a  greater  proportion  lost  than 
of  the  plants  that  were  set  out  in  the 
growing  season.  The  seeds  that  rip­
ened 
in  July,  if  planted  at  once,  will 
come  up  the  next  spring;  those  that 
ripened 
later  do  not  come  up  until  the 
second  spring. 
I  can  not  give  the  pro­
portion  of  loss  in  sprouting.  The  first 
little  three-leaved 
year’s  plant 
spindle,  and  the  growth 
is  very  slow. 
As  is  weli  known, the  scars  left  by  cast­
off  stalks  give  the  age  of  the  root. 
1 
have  plants  in  my  garden  that  are  at 
least  twenty  years  of age. 
I  am  culti­
vating  ginseng  both  for the  root  and  for 
the  seed,  the  seed  at  this  time  being 
very  costly,  although  the  root  only  has 
any  commercial  value  except  for  plant­
ing. 
I  am  enlarging  my  garden  as 
rapidly  as  possible  and  use  all  the  seed 
that  is  produced,  at  present  having 
none  to distribute.

is  a 

It  will  be  seen  from  the  above  that 
Mr.  Long  supplies  from  his  own  experi­
ence  in  a  ginseng  section  of  the country 
just  the  data  to  serve  persons  concerned 
in  drug  cultivation.  The  fact  that he 
did  not  go  to  the  woods  for  natural  dirt 
seems  in  my  mind  to  be  of  great 
inter­
est,  for  it  is  certain  that.in  any  section 
of  the  country  a  slat  garden  after the 
manner  of  Mr.  Long's  garden  can  be 
easily^put  up,  and  it  is also  easy  to ob­

tain  mature  plants  from  gatherers  by 
paying  them  an  additional  price  there­
for.  As  the  writer  of  this  paper  pre­
dicted 
years  ago,  either  cultivation 
must  be  given  such  plants  as  ginseng 
and  hydrastis,  or  they  must  within  a 
oderate  period  become  extinct.

John  Uri  Lloyd.

H andling Sulphuric  Acid.

Be  an  operator  as  careful  as  he  can 
in  the  handling  of  a  sulphuric  acid 
bottle,  if  frequently  in  use  some  of  the 
corrosive  substance  will  find 
its  way 
down  the  sides  of  the  receptacle  to the 
shelf  or counter  upon  which  it  rests.  To 
obviate  the  unpleasant  effects  which  re­
sult  when  no  protection 
is  given  the 
woodwork  of  the  shelf  or  table,  let  a 
small  glass  plate,  somewhat  larger  than 
the  diameter  of  the  acid  bottle,  be  put 
beneath  tbe  container.  This  will  offset 
tbe  harmful 
influence  of  the  last  drop 
which  trickles  down  the  sides  of  the  re­
ceptacle  to  mingle  its  energy  with  that 
of  the  drop  before  it.  The  glass  plate 
should  be  frequently  washed  well. 
In 
our  laboratory  we  have  what  is  termed 
an  “ acid  shelf,’ ’  which,  instead  of  be­
ing  of  wood,  is  entirely  of  glass  three- 
eighths  of  an 
inch  thick.  This  is  for 
the  support  of  the  smaller  acid  bottles, 
in  company  with  such  alkaline solutions 
as  ammonia  water and  solutions  of  po- 
tassa  and  soda.  Tbe  larger  acid  con­
tainers  of  glass  rest  on  a  glass  shelf 
much  more  substantial.  Shelves  of  this 
pattern  are  much  more  practical  and 
satisfactory  from  all  view-points  than 
the  common  kind  of  wood.  They  can 
be  removed  from  tbeir  positions  at  any 
time,  and  cleaned  perfectly  in  running 
water.  They  do  not  prematurely  ac­
quire  the  neglected  and  aged  look  pe­
culiar  to  acid  shelves  of  wood.

Joseph  Hostelley.

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® 

M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N
Menthol..................  
®55C
Morphia, S., P.& W.  2 25® 2 50 
Morphia, S..N.Y. Q. 2  15® 2  40
Morphia, Mai.......... 2  16® 2 40
Moschus  Canton__   @  40
Myrlstlca, No. 1......   66®  80
Nux Vomica...po. 15 
10
Os Sepia.................. 
35®  37
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
D  Co....................  @  1  00
Plots Llq. N.N.V4 gal.
doz.......................  @ 2 00
Plcls Llq., quarts__ 
® 1  00
Plcls Llq., pints......  
®  86
PllHydrarg. ..po. 80 
®  60
Piper  Nigra...po. 22  @  18
Piper  Alba.. ..po. 36  @  30
Pitx Burgun............  
7
Plumbl Acet............  
10®  12
Pul vis Ipecac et Opll  1  30®  1  60 
Pyrethrum, boxes H.
& P. D. Co., doz...  @  75
Pyrethrum,  pv........  26®  30
Quassiae..................  
8®  10
Qulnla, S. P. &  W... 
29®  39
Quinta, S.  German..  29®  39
Qulnla, N. V............   29®  39
Rubla Tlnctorum__ 
12®  14
Saccharum Lactls pv  20®  22
Salacln....................  4 50® 4 76
Sanguis  Draconls...  40®  60
Sapo, W................... 
12®  14
SapoM.................... 
10®  12
Sapo G....................  @ 
16

® 

® 

Seidlltz Mixture......   20®  22
Slnapls...................  
18
Slnapls,  opt............   @  30
Snun, Maccaboy, De
®  41
Voes....................  
®  41
Snuff,Scotch,De Vo’s 
Soda, Boras............. 
9® 
ll
ll
9® 
Soda,  Boras, po......  
23®  25
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Carb.............. 
ltt®  
2
Soda,  Bl-Carb.........  
3® 
5
Soda, Ash................  3/t@ 
4
Soda, Sulphas.........   @ 
2
Spts. Cologne........... 
® 2 60
Spts. Ether  Co........ 
60®  56
® 2 00
Spts. Myrcla Dom... 
Spts. Vinl Rect.  bbl.  @ 
® 
Spts. Vlni Rect. Kbbl 
Spts. Vlnl Rect. lOgal 
® 
Spts. Vlni Rect. 5 gal 
® 
80® 1  06
Strychnia, Crystal... 
Sulphur,  Subl.........   2H@ 
4
Sulphur, Roll...........  214®  3tt
Tamarinds.............. 
8®  10
Terebenth  Venice...  28®  30
Theobromae.............   60®  66
Vanilla....................9 oo@i6 oo
Zinc! Sulph.............  
8

  7® 

Oils

Whale, winter.........   7o 
Lard, extra..,..........  60 
Lard, No. l ..............  45 

BBIi.  GAL.
70
70
50

2 7

Linseed, pure raw...  56 
Linseed,  Dolled.......  
(6 
Neatsfoot, winter str  64 
Spirits Turpentine..  43 
Paints  BBi>. 

68
67
60
48
i,b .
Red Venetian.........  
IX  2  ®8
Ochre, yellow Mars.  IX  2  @4 
Ochre, yellow Ber...  1X2  @3 
Putty,  commercial..  214 2H@3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2K  2X@3 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American............  
13®  15
76
Vermilion, English..  70® 
Green,  Paris......... 
14®  18
Green, Peninsular...  13® 
16
Lead, red.................  6H@  7
Lead,  white............   6H®  7
Whiting, white Span  @  90
Whiting, gilders’__   @  96
White, Paris, Amer.  @  1  26 
Whiting, Paris, Eng.
  @  l  40
Universal Prepared.  1  10®  1  20

cliff............... 

Varnishes

No. 1 Turp  Coach...  1  10®  1  20
Extra Turp..............  1 60® 1  70
Coach  Body............  2 75®  3  oo
No. 1 Turp Furn......1 00®  1  19
Extra Turk Damar..  l 56®  l  60 
Jap.Dryer.No.lTurp  70®  76

Conlum Mac............   60®  60
Copaiba..................   l  16®  l  26
Cubebae...................  l  30®  l 35
Exechthltos............   l 00® l  io
Erlgeron.................  1 00®  1  10
Gaultherla..............  2 00® 2 10
Geranium, ounce....  @  76
Gosslppil, Sem. gal.. 
60®  60
Hedeoma.................  l 00®  l  76
Junlpera.................  l 60® 2 00
Lavendula..............  90® 2 oo
Limoni«..................   l  16®  i  25
Mentha Piper.........   2  10®  2 20
Mentha Verld.........   1 60®  1  60
Morrhuae, £ al......... l  10® 
l  20
Myrcla....................  4 00®  4 60
Olive.......................  78® 3 00
Pici« Liquida........... 
10®  12
®  36
Pici«Liquida,  gal... 
Rlcina.....................   1 00®  1  06
Rosmarini...............  
® 1 oo
Rosse, ounce............   6 00® 6 60
Succlnl....................  40®  46
Sabina...................    90® 1  00
Santal.....................   2 76®  7 00
Sassafras.................  65®  60
Slnapls,  e«a„ ounce. 
®  66
Tlglll.......................  1 50®  l 60
Thyme.....................   40®  60
Thyme, opt.............. 
®  1  60
Theobromas........... 
16®  20
Potassium
Bi-Carb.................... 
16®  18
Bichromate............   18®  16
Bromide.................  62®  67
C arb.......................  
12®  16
Chlorate... po. 17® 19  16®  18
Cyanide..................  
34®  38
Iodide.....................   2 80® 2 40
Potassa, Bitart, pure  28®  30 
Potassa, Bitart, com. 
®  16
Potass Nltras, opt... 
7® 
10
Potass  Nltras.........  
6® 
8
Prusslate................. 
28®  26
Sulphate po............  
16®  18

Radix

Aconltum.................  20®  26
30®  33
Althae...................... 
Anchusa................. 
10®  12
Arum  po................. 
®  26
Calamus..................   20®  40
Gentlana......... po. 16  12®  16
16®  18
Glychrrhlza... pv.  16 
®  76 
Hydrastis  Canaden. 
®  80
Hydrastis Can., po.. 
Hellebore, Alba, po. 
12®  15
Inula,  po................. 
18®  22
Ipecac, po...............   3 60® 3 76
Iris  plOX...po. 36@38  36®  40
Jalapa, pr...............   26®  30
Maranta,  14s...........  @  36
Podophyllum,  po...  22®  26
Rhel.........................  76®  l 00
Rhel,  cut................. 
®  l  26
Rhel, pv..................   76® 1  36
Spigella..................   36®  38
Sanguinaria., .po.  16 
®  18
Serpentaria............   50®  65
Senega....................   60®  66
Smllax, officinalis H. 
®  40
Smllax, M................ 
®  26
Scinse........... ..po.  36  10®  12
Symplocarpus.Foeti-
®  26
dus,  po................. 
®  26
Valeriana.Eng.po. 30 
Valeriana,  German. 
16®  20
Zingiber a ...............  
14®  16
Zingiber j.................  26®  27
Semen

Anlsum...........po.  18  ®  16
Aplum (graveleons).  13® 
ie
Bird, Is............. 
6
  4® 
Carul............... po.  15  10®  11
Cardamon................  l  26®  1  76
Corlandrum.............  
8®  10
Cannabis Satlva......   4y,@  6
Cydonium...............   76® 1  00
Cnenopodium.........  
16®  16
Dipterlx Odorate....  1  00®  1  io
Foeniculum.............. 
®  10
Foenugreek, po....... 
9
7® 
L ini.........................  3X@ 
6
Lini, grd...... bbl. 4 
5
4K@ 
Lobelia....................  1  50®  l  56
Pharlarls Canarian..  4K@ 
6
R apa.......................  4H® 
6
Slnapls  Alba........... 
9®  10
Slnapls  Nigra.........  
ll®  12
Spiritus 

 

Frumenti, W. D. Co.  2 00® 2 60 
Frumenti,  U. F. R..  2 00® 2 26
Frumenti................   1 26® 1  60
Junlperls Co. O. T...  1 66® 2 00
Junlperis  Co...........  1 76® 3 60
Saacnarum  N. E __l 90® 2  io
Spt. Vini Galli.........   1 76® 6 60
Vini  Oporto.............  1  26® 2 00
Vini Alba................   1  26® 2 00

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage................   2 60® 2 76
Nassau sheeps’ wool
carriage................   2 60® 2 76
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage......  
®  l  60
Extra yeUow sheeps’
wool, carriage......  
®  1  26
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage...............  
® 100
®  76
Hard, (or slate use.. 
VeUow  R e ef,  for
slate use...............  
®  l  40
Syrups
®  50
Acacia....................  
®  50
Aurantl Cortex........ 
Zingiber..................  
®  50
Ipecac...................... 
®  60
Ferri Iod................. 
®  60
Rhel Arom.............. 
®  50
Smllax  Officinalis...  60®  60
Senega.................... 
®  60
«   60
Scinse....................... 

SC 111 SB  Co.................   @ 5 0
Tolutan...................  
®  50
Prunus  vlrg............  
®  50
Tinctures
Aconltum Napellte R 
60
50
Aconltum NapelUs F 
Aloes....................... 
60
60
Aloes and M yrrh.... 
50
Arnica....................  
Assafcetida.............. 
60
60
Atrope Belladonna.. 
Aurantl Cortex.......  
50
Benzoin................... 
60
50
Benzoin Co.............. 
B0
Barosma..................  
Cantharldes............ 
75
60
Capsicum................  
Cardamon...............  
75
76
Cardamon Co........... 
t  Oo
Castor...................... 
Bo
Catechu]................... 
Cinchona................. 
60
6o
Cinchona Co............  
Bo
Columba.................  
Cubebae.................... 
5o
Bo
Cassia Acutlfol........ 
So
Cassia Acutlfol Co... 
So
DigltaUs................... 
Ergot.......................  
Bo
Ferri  Chlorldum__  
36
Gentian................... 
5o
6o
Gentian Co.............. 
Bo
Gulaca..................... 
Guiaca ammon........ 
6o
Hyoscyamus............  
Bo
Iodine  .................... 
76
Iodine, colorless......  
7b
Bo
K ino.......................  
Lobelia...................  
Bo
Bo
Myrrh......... ........... 
Bo
Nux Vomica............  
7b
Opil......................... 
Bo
Opll, comphorated.. 
Opll, deodorized...... 
t  Bo
5o
Quassia................... 
5¿
Rhatany................... 
5o
Rhel......................... 
Sanguinaria........... 
5o
Serpentaria............  
5¿
6o
Stromonlum............  
8o
Tolutan................... 
Valerian........... .....................»0
Veratrum  Verlde... 
Bo
Zingiber..................  
2¡|

Miscellaneous 

.Ether, Spts.Nit.? F  30®  35
.Ether, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®  38
Alumen..................   214® 
3
Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7 
4
3® 
Annatto...................   40®  60
4® 
Antlmonl, po........... 
6
Antimoni et Potass T  40®  50
Antipyrin.............. 
®  25
Anttfebrln.............. 
®  20
Argent! Nltras, oz...  @  60
Arsenicum..............  10®  12
Balm Gilead  Buds.. 
45®  50
Bismuth S. N...........  1  6:@  1 70
Calcium Chlor.,  is... 
9
@ 
Calcium Chlor., V4s.. 
®  10
®  12
Calcium Chlor.,  14s.. 
Cantharldes, Rus.po  @  80
® 
Capslcl Fructus.af.. 
i5
®  15
Capsici  Fructus, po. 
Capslcl Fructus 6, po 
®  15
Caryophyllus..po. 15 
12®  14
Carmine, No. 40......   @ 3 00
Cera Alba..............  
50®  55
Cera Flava..............  40®  42
Coccus....................  @  40
Cassia Fructus........ 
®  36
Centrarla.................  
®  10
Cetaceum................. 
®  45
Chloroform............   55®  60
Chloroform,  squlbbs  @  1  10 
Chloral Hyd Crst....  1  40®  1  65
Chondrus................   20®  25
Clnchonldlne,P. & W  38®  48
Cinchonldlne, Germ.  38®  48
Cocaine..................   5 65® 5 75
76
Corks, list, dis. pr. ct. 
Creosotum...............  
®  45
®  2
Creta.............bbl. 75 
5
Creta, prep..............  @ 
Creta, preclp.........  
9®  11
Creta, Rubra...........  @ 
8
Crocus....................   26®  30
®  24
Cudbear..................  
Cuprl Sulph.............  6H® 
8
7®  10
Dextrine................. 
Ether Sulph............   78®  92
® 
Emery, all numbers. 
8
Emery, po................ 
6
® 
E rgota...........po. 90 
86®  90
Flake  White...........  12®  15
Galla.......................   @  23
Gambler................. 
8® 
9
®  60
Gelatin,  Cooper......  
Gelatin, French......   35®  60
75  &  5
Glassware,  flint, box 
Less than box......  
70
Glue, brown............  
11®  13
Glue,  white............  
16®  26
Glycerlna.................  17K®  26
Grana Paradlsl........  @  26
Humulus.................   26®  56
®  l  00 
Hydrarg  Chlor  Mite 
®  90 
Hydrarg  Chlor Cor.. 
Hydrarg Ox Rub’m. 
®  l  10 
Hydrarg Ammonlati 
® 1  20 
HydrargU nguentum  60®  60
Hydrargyrum.........   @  86
Ichthyobolla,  Am...  66®  70
Indigo...................... 
76®  l oo
Iodine,  Resubl........  3 40® 3 60
Iodoform.................   3 60®  3 86
Lupulln....................   @ 5 0
Lycopodium.............  66®  70
M arts...................... 
66®  75
Liquor Arsen et Hy-
drarglod..............  @  26
10®  12
LlquorPotassArslnlt 
3
Magnesia,  Sulph.... 
2® 
Magnesia, Sulph, bbl 
®  IK 
Mamila, 8.  F ...........  go®  89

8
76
17
42
48
6
10
14
16
66
6
20
40

6
8
16
14
26
0060
00

24
8
75

66
86
66
60

18
12
18
30
20
14
12
16
16

26
30
12
14
IB
17

16
26
76
40
16
2
80
7

18
26
36

38
26
30
20
10

66
46
36
28
66
14
12
30
60
40
66
13
14
16
69
40
00
70
30
76
'60
40
36
46
46
00
26
20
26
28
23
26
39
22
26

60
20
2020
20
66
26
00
2076
85
80
86
76
26
40

Freezable

Goods

Now is the time to  stock

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

Hazeltine  &  Perkins 

Drug  Co.

G ra n d   R a p id s,  M ic h .

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

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

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

ADVANCED
H olland  H erring
Callforn  a  Figs
Cranberries
M edium   Pickles

D ECLIN ED

Loose  M uscatel  Raisins
S auerkraut
T rout

Index to  Markets

B y  C o lum ns

A

Col.
Akron  Stoneware.................   15
Alabastlne...........................  1
Ammonia............................... 
l
Axle Crease...........................  1

B

C

Baking Powder.......................  
l
l
Bath  Brick.............................. 
Bluing.....................................   1
Brooms....................................  1
Brushes..................................  
l
Butter Color............................   2
Candies...................................  11
Candles....................................  2
Canned Goods.........................  2
Catsup.....................................  3
Carbon Oils............................   3
Cheese.....................................   3
Chewing Gum.........................  3
Chicory....................................  3
Chocolate.................................  3
Clothes Lines..................... 
 
Cocoa......................................   3
Cocoanut.................................  3
Cocoa Shells............................  3
Coffee.....................................   3
* Condensed Milk......................   4
Coupon Books.........................  4
Crackers.................................  4
Cream T artar.........................  5
Dried  Fruits...........................  5

 

D
F

G
H

Farinaceous  Goods................  5
Fish and Oysters...................   13
Flavoring Extracts.................   5
Fly Paper...............................   6
Fresh Meats............................  6
Fruits.....................................  14

P

M

N
o

I
J
L

Grains and Flour...................  6
Herbs.....................................   3
Hides and Pelts.....................  13
Indigo.....................................   6
Jelly.......................................   6
Lamp Burners........................  13
Lamp Chimneys.....................  15
Lanterns...-............................  15
Lantern  Globes.....................   15
Licorice..................................   7
Lye..........................................   7
Matches..................................   7
Meat Extracts.........................  7
Molasses.................................   7
Mustard..................................   7
Nuts........................................  14
Oil Cans..................................  15
Olives.....................................   7
Oyster Palls..........................   7
Paper Bags............................  7
Pahs  Green..........................   7
Pickles...................................  7
Pipes.....................................   7
Potash...?.............................  7
Provisions.............................   7
Bice.......................................  8
Saleratus...............................  8
Sal Soda.................................  8
Salt........................................   8
Salt  Fish...............................  8
Sauerkraut............................  9
Seeds.....................................   9
Shoe Blacking......................;  9
Snuff.....................................   9
Soap.......................................  9
Soda......................................  9
Spices..............  
9
Starch.....................................  10
Stove Polish..........................   10
Sugar......................................  10
Syrups...................................  9
Table Sauce...........................   12
Tea.........................................   11
Tobacco..................................  li
Twine. ..: ..............................   12
Vinegar..................................  12
Washing Powder....................  12
Wlcklng..................................  13
Wooden ware..........................  13
Wrapping Paper....................  13
Yeast Cake............................   is

v
w

B
8

Y

T

 

 

AXLE  GREASE
Aurora.....................66
Castor  OH.................. 60
Diamond................... 60
Frazer’s ..................... 76
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75

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

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

9 00
8 00

3

H lb. cans,  4 doz. case...... 3 75
Vi lb. cans,  2 doz. case...... 3 75
l lb. cans, 
l doz. case...... 3 75
5 lb. cans,  Vi doz. case...... 8 00
J A X O N
*  lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  45
Vi lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  85
1 
lb. cans. 2 doz. case........1  60

Queen  Plake

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

Royal

10c size__  90
*  lb. cans  l  35 
6 oz. cans.  1  90 
Vi  lb. cans 2 50
*  lb.  cans  3 75 
1 lb.  cans.  4 80 
31b. 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 grosso 00 
Arctic 16 oz. round per gross 9 00

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

BROOMS

No. 1 Carpet.........................2 05
No. 2 Carpet.........................2 25
No. 3 Carpet.........................2 16
No. 4 Carpet.........................1 76
Parlor  Gem..........................2 40
Common Whisk...................  86
Fancy Whisk........................ 1 10
Warehouse........................... 3 25

BRUSHES

Scrub

Solid Back,  8 In..................   45
Solid Back, 11 I n .................   95
Pointed Ends.......................  85
No. 8............................... ....1   00
No. 7......................................1 30
No. 4......................................1 70
No. 3.....................................   go

Shoe

Store

Corn

Beans

CANDLES

French  Peas

Gooseberries

Clam  Bouillon

BUTTER  COLOR 

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

CANNED  GOODS 

30
86
96
22
19
15
ll
90
85
2  15
3 69
2 40
176
2  80
l  76
2 80
175
2 80
18020
22®25

......  
Apples
3 lb. Standards.......... 
1  00
3 25
Gallons, standards.. 
B lackberries
Standards................ 
80
Baked......................  1  oo@i  so
Bed  Kidney............. 
75®  85
String......................  
.0
Wax.........................  
70
B lueberries
Standard..................  
86
Brook  T rout
2 lb. cans, Spiced..............  1 90
Clams.
Little Neck, 1 lb...... 
1  00
Little Neck. 2 lb......  
1  50
Burnham’s, Vi 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............................... 
Standard................. 
H om iny
Standard.................. 
Lobster
Star, Vi lb................. 
Star, 1  lb.................  
Picnic Tails.. 
.......  
M ackerel
Mustard, lib ........... 
Mustard, 21b........... 
Soused, 1 lb.............. 
Soused, 2 lb............  
Tomato, lib ............. 
Tomato, 2 lb........... 
Mushrooms
Hotels.......................  
Buttons....................  
Oysters
Cove, lib .................  
Cove, 2 lb................. 
Cove,lib Oval........ 
Peaches
P ie...........................
Yellow....................   1 6501  85
Pears
l  00
Standard................. 
1  26
Fancy....................... 
Marrowfat.............. 
1  00
Early June.............. 
1  00
Early June  Sifted.. 
Plum s
Plums...................... 
Pineapple
.................  
Grated 
l 
Sliced......................     1 
P um pkin
F a ir.................   .... 
Good.......................  
Fancy....................  
Raspberries
Standard.................. 
Russian  C arter
Vi lb. cans..............................   3 75
Vi lb, cans..............................   7 00
1 lb. can................................  12 00
Columbia River, tails 
Columbia Blver, flats 
Bed Alaska.............  
l 
Pink Alaska............  1 
Shrim ps
Standard................. 
Sardines
Domestic, Vis........... 
Domestic, Vis.........  
Domestic,  Mustard. 
California, vis.........  
California Vis........... 
French, Vis.............. 
French, Vis........ 
. 
Standard.................  
Fancy...................... 
Succotash
Fair.......................... 
Good...................... 
Fancy...................... 

@1  85
02  01
3001 40
10®1 25
1  50
3 Vi
5
5Vi
11014
17024
7014
18028
1  00
1  25
90
1  00
l  20

Straw berries

95
1  00
l  10
l  16

25©2 76
3602 56

1 60
85

Salmon

l  55
96

Peas

85

.......... 
........ 
........  
.......... 
CATSUP

F air__
l  15
1 20
Good...
Fancy..
1  25
3 20
Gallons.
Columbia,  pints..................2 00
Columbia, Vi pints...............l 25

CARBON  OILS 

B arrels

@10Vi @ 9Vi 
@  8 Vi 
@12* 
@10Vi @34 
@22 
@l0Vi
OH*
$11*
0 12
013
012*
0 1 2 *
OH*
012
@12
012
14015
@90
@17
13@14
50075
19020

Eocene.......................
Perfection..................
Diamond White.........
D. S. Gasoline............
Deodorized Naphtha..
Cylinder............ .-.......29
Engine........................19
Black, winter..............  9
CHEESE
Acme.......................
Amboy....................
Carson City..............
Elsie.........................
Emblem..................
Gem.........................
Gold Medal..............
Ideal......................
Jersey......................
Riverside..
Brick........
Edam.......
Leiden__
Limburger 
Pineapple
„ 
appi 
Sap  Sago
CHEW ING GUM 
American Flag Spruce—  
Beeman’s Pepsin.............  
Black Jack.......................  
Largest Gum  Made__ ... 
Sen Sen , ........................... 
Sen Sen Breath Perfume., 
Sugar Loaf.......................  
Yucatan.........'.................. 
Bulk......................  ...........   5
Red......................................  7
Eagle....................................  4
Franck’s .............................   6*
Schener’s .............................  6

56
60
55
60
66
l 00
55
56

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...........l 00
Cotton, 50 ft.  per doz...........l  20
Cotton, 60 ft. per doz......... .1 40
Cotton, 70 ft.  per doz.......... 1 60
Cotton, 80 ft. per doz..........l 80
Jute, 60 ft. per doz..............  80
Jute. 72 ft. per doz.............  95
Cleveland.............................   41
Colonial, Vis  .......................   35
Colonial, *8.........................  33
Epps.....................................  42
Huyler.................................  45
Van Houten, Vis..................  12
Van Houten, * s .........  
..2 0
Van Houten, * s ..................   38
Van Houten,  Is..................   70
Webb................................  
30
Wilbur, * s . .......................   41
Wilbur. Vis...........................  42
Dunham’s * s ..................   26
Dunham’s Vis and * s ......   26*
Dunham’s  Vis...................  27
Dunham’s  Vis...................  28
Bulk..................................  13
20 lb. bags
Less quantity.............
Pound packages__
COFFEE
Roasted

COCOA SHELLS 

COCOANUT

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 
Dwinell-Wright  Co.’s Brands.
White House, 60-is............. 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  ............................is*
Parker  House J  & M......... 25
Mopogram J  & M................28
Mandehling.........................31*
Common...............................10*
F a ir..................................... 11
Choice.................................. 13
Fancy...................................15
Common...............................11
F air..................................... 14
Choice.................................. 16
Fancy.................................. 17
Peaberry.............................. 13
F air..................................... 12
Choice................................. 16

M aracaibo

Santos

Rio

Choice...
Fancy...

Choice...

Mexican

G uatem ala

Ja v a

...16
...17

...16

African..
...12*
Fancy African................ ...17
...26
O. G.......
...29
P. G .....

Mocha

Arabian.

.  21

Package 

New York Basis.

Arbuckle...........................11*
DUworth...........................11*
Jersey............................... ll*
Lion.................................. 11
M cLaughlin’s XXXX 
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mall  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........ l  43

CONDENSED  M ILK 

4 doz In case.

Gall Borden Eagle...................6 40
Crown....................................... 6 25
Daisy........................................ 5 76
Champion.......................  
  4 60
Magnolia............................ 4 25
Challenge...... .....................4  10
Dime..........................  
Leader................................4 00

 

COUPON  BOOKS 

 

50books,any  denom...  1 50 
100 books, any  denom...  2 50 
500books,any  denom...  11 50
1.000 books, any  denom...  20 00 
Above quotations are for either
Tradesman, Superior, Economic 
or  Universal  grades.  Where
1.000 books areordered at a time 
customer receives  sp e c ia lly  
printed  cover  without  extra 
charge.

Soda

B utter

Oyster

CRACKERS

Credit Checks 

Coupon  Pass Books 
Can be made to represent any 
denomination from $10 down.
-  50  books.............  
l  50
100  books......................  2 50
500  books......................  ll  50
1.000  books......................   20 00
500, any one denom........  2 00
1.000, any one denom........  3 00
2.000, any one denom........  5 00
Steel  punch...................... 
75
National Biscuit Co.’s brands 
Seymour............................  6Vi
New York......................... 
6*
Family..............................  6*
Salted..................................  
6 Vi
Wolverine.........................  6*
Soda  XXX....".................   6*
Soda, City......................... 
8
Long Island Wafers.........   13
Zephyrette........................  13
F a u st............................... 
7*
Farina..... ...................... 
  6Va
Extra Farina...........-........ 
6*
Sal tine Oyster...................  6*
Sweet  Goods—Boxes
Animals..............................  10
Assorted  Cake...................  10
Belle Rose...........................  
8
Bent’s Water......................  16
Cinnamon Bar.....................  9
Coffee Cake,  Iced............   10
Coffee Cake. Java...... . 
10
Cocoanut Macaroons........  18
Cocoanut Taffy.................  10
CrackneUs...........................  16
Creams, Iced....................... 
8
Cream Crisp......................  10*
Cubans..............................  11*
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
7*
Pilot Bread, XXX............  
Pretzelettes, hand made.. 
8*
Pretzels, hand  made.......  
8*
Scotch Cookies....................  9
Sears’ Lunch....................  
7*
Sugar Cake.......................... 
8
Sugar Cream, y y y ..........  g

Sugar Squares.....,,...... 
8
Sultanas............................  13
Tutti Frutti.......................  16
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
Bulkin sacks....................¡...29

D RIED   FRUITS 

Apples

7*

California F ru its

Sundrled.........................  @6
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes.  @9 
Apricots.....................  10@10*
Blackberries..............
Nectarines...........
Peaches......................8  @10
Pears.............. 
Pitted Cherries...........
Prunnelles.................
Raspberries...............
100-120 25 lb. boxes........  @ 3*
90-100 25 lb. boxes........  @ 4*
80 - 90 25lb. boxes........  0  6*
70 - 80 25lb.boxes......  @ 6*
60 - 70 26lb.boxes......  @ 6*
60 - 60 26lb. boxes........  @ 7*
40 - 60 25 lb. boxes........  @ 8*
30 - 40 26 lb. boxes.......  
8*

California Prunes

*  cent less In 60 lb. cases 

Currants

Citron
,11
Leghorn............... 
3 35
Corsican..................................13
California, 1 lb.  package.... 
Imported, 1 lb package......  8
Imported, bulk...................   7*
Citron American 19 lb. bx... 13 
Lemon American 10 lb. bx.. 13 
Orange American 10 lb. bx.. 13 
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...... 8
L. M., Seeded, *   lb.... 
Sultanas, b u lk ....................
Sultanas, package..............

l  76
5*
6*
6*
7

Raisins

Peel

 

FARINACEOUS GOODS 

F arina

Cereals

Dried Lima.........................
6
Medium Hand Picked
l 80
Brown Holland...................2 50
Cream of Cereal............ .
90
Graln-O, small.............. .....1 35
Graln-O, large............... ....2 26
Grape Nuts.................... ....1 35
Postum Cereal, small__....1 35
Postum Cereal, large..... ...  2 25
241 lb. packages...........
13
Bulk, per 100 Tbs............ .
25
Flake, 60 lb. sa c k ..........
90
Pearl,  200 lb. bbl................3 80
Pearl, 100 lb. sack......... ....1 to
Maccaroni  and V erm icelli
Domestic, 10 lb. box............   60
Imported. 26 lb. box...........2  50
Common............................ 290
Chester................................3 00
Empire................................3 50

P earl  B arley

H om iny

....1
....2

Beans

Grits

Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

Peas

Rolled  Oats

Cases, 24 2 lb. packages...... 2  00
Green, Wisconsin, bu...........l 40
Green, Scotch, bu.................1 50
Split,  lb...... ........................   3
Rolled Avena, bbl.................5 60
Steel Cut, 100 lb. sacks__   2 70
Monarch, bbl........................5 30
Monarch, *  bbl....................2 80
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks...........2 55
Quaker, cases.......................3 20
East India...........................   3*
German, sacks....................   3*
German, broken package..  4 
Flake,  110 lb. sacks.............  4*
Pearl, 130 lb. sacks................3*
Pearl, 241 lb.  packages......   6*
Cracked, bulk......................  s*
24 2 lb. packages..................2 50
FLAVORING EXTRACTS

Tapioca

W heat

Sago

FOOTE A JEN K S’

JAXON

^Highes^Grwl^Extracts

Vanilla 

Lemon

1 oz full m.120  1 oz full m.  80
2 oz full m. 2  10  2 oz full m . 1 25 
No.Sfan’y.8 15  No.sfan’y .l 75

6

7

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
No. 4T 
.1 5 2   No. 3 T...  2 08
O nr Tropical.

2 oz. Assorted Flavors 75c. 

2 oz. full measure, Lemon..  75
4 oz. full measure. Lemon..  1  50 
2 oz. full measure, Vanilla..  90 
4 oz. full measure, Vanilla..  1  80
2 oz. Panel Vanilla Tonka..  70
2 oz. Panel Lemon............. 
60

Standard.

FLY  PA PER

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

FRESH  HEATS 

P o rk

Beef
Carcass.............. 
6  @8
Forequarters.........   5  @6
Hindquarters.........   7  @  a*
Loins.......................   9  @12
8  @10
Ribs......................... 
Rounds....................  6*@  714
6*@ 6
Chucks.................... 
Plates...................... 
3  @5
Dressed................... 
Loins....................... 
Boston  Butts........... 
Shoulders................ 
Leaf  Lard................ 
H atto n
Carcass...................  
Lambs......................  7  @
Carcass.................... 
6  @7
GRAINS  AND  FLOUR 
W heat
75

@814
@ 814
@ 8
@8
@ 9
6K@  7

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

Veal

W inter W heat  F lour 

Local Brands

Spring W heat  F lonr 

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

Patents.............................  4 35
Second Patent..................   3  86
Straight.............................  3 66
Second Straight................  3 <0
Clear................................   3 20
Graham............................  3  40
Buckwheat.......................   4 50
Rye...................................   3 20
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Diamond 14s......................  3 75
Diamond las.....................   3 76
Diamond * s......................  3 75
Quaker 148.........................  3 80
Quaker 14s........................   3 80
Quaker 14s........................   3 80
Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.’s Brand
PUlsbury’s  Best 14s.........   4 45
PUlsbury’s  Best 14s.........   4 35
Plllsbury’s  Best * s .........   4 25
PUlsbury’s Best *s paper.  4  25 
PUlsbury’s Best 14s paper.  4 25 
BaU-Bamhart-Putman’s Brand
Duluth  Imperial 14s.........  4 25
Duluth  Imperial 14s.........  4  is
Duluth  Imperial 14s.........  4 05
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand
Wlngold  14s.................... 
4 35
Wlngold  14s.................... 
4 25
Wlngold  148.................... 
4  15
Ceresota 14s......................  4 40
Ceresota 14s......................  4 30
Ceresota 14s......................  4 20
Laurel  14s.........................  4 40
Laurel  14s.........................  4 30
Laurel  14s.........................  4 20
Laurel 14s and 14s paper..  4  20 
Bolted...............................  2 60
Granulated.......................  2 85

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

Olney & Judson’s Brand

H eal

Feed and Hillstuflfe

St. Car Feed, screened....  24 60
No. 1 Corn and  Oats........  24 00
Unbolted Com  Meal........  23 00
Winter Wheat Bran.........  18 00
Winter Wheat  Middlings.  20 00
Screenings.......................   18 00
Car  lots.............................  48
Car lots, cUpped...............   62
Less than car lots.............
Corn, car  lots...................  63

Oats

Corn
Hay

No. 1 Timothy car lots....  10 50 
No. 1 Timothy ton lots....  12 50 
S ag e .................................... 16
Hops....................................... 15
Laurel Leaves......................... 15
Senna Leaves..........................25

HERBS

INDIGO

Madras, 5 lb. boxes................55
S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes....... 50
5 lb. palls.per doz...........  1  90
151b. palls............................  38
30 lb. palls............................  72

JELLY

5  oo
3  38

KRAUT
Barrel............... 
*  Barrel..................  
LICORICE

 

Pure....................................   30
Calabria...............................  23
Sicily....................................  14
Root.....................................  10
Condensed, 2 doz..................1 20
Condensed, 4 doz..................2 25

LTE

HATCHES

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No.  9 sulphur.......................1 65
Anchor Parlor .....................1  50
No. 2 Home.......................... 1 30
Export Parlor.......................4 00
Wolverine.............................1 50

HEAT EXTRACTS

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

40
36
26
22

MOLASSES 
New  Orleans

Fancy Open Kettle..........  
Choice............................... 
Fair.................................. 
Good................................. 

Half-barrels 2c extra
HUSTARD

Horse Radish, 1 doz............. 1 75
Horse Radish, 2 doz.............3 50
Bayle’s Celery, 1 doz............ 1 75

OLIVES

Bulk, 1 gal. kegs...............   1  25
Bulk, 3 gal. kegs...............   1  10
Bulk, 5 gal. kegs...............   1  00
Manzanilla, 7 oz...............  
80
Queen, pints.....................   2  35
Queen, 19  o z....................  4  50
Queen, 28  oz.....................   7 00
Stuffed, 5 oz...................... 
90
Stuffed, 8 oz......................  1  45
Stuffed, 10 oz....................  2  30

PA PER  BAGS

Ask your Jobber for them.

Continental  Paper  Bag  Co.
Glory  Mayflower 
Satchel  & Pacific 
Bottom 
Square
' 60
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
4*
4K

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 62
25............
Sugar
Red........
Gray.......

.. 

PICKLES
M edium

Small

Barrels, 1,200 count...... ....7 75
Half bbls, 600 count...... ....4 38
Barrels, 2,400 count...... ....8  75
Half bbls, 1.200 count.... ...5 00
Clay, No. 216.................. ....1  70
Clay, T. D., full count........  65
Cob, No. 3
....  85

PIPES

POTASH

48 cans In case.

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

PROVISIONS
Barreled  Pork

Mess........
Back......
Clear back...............
Short cut.
Pig..........
Bean........
Family Mess............

Bellies__
Briskets..
Extra shorts............

D ry  Salt H eats

@14  50
@17 00
@16 7»
@16  75
@20 00
@14 75
@17 50

9«
9%
9*

Smoked  H eats

Hams, I21b.average.
@  1U4
Hams, I4lb.average.
@  11
@  10%
Hams, I61b.average.
@  10*
Hams, 20 lb. average.
Ham dried  beef......
@  12*
Shoulders (N.Y. cut)
@  9*
Bacon, clear............ 10*@  11*
California hams......
@  8
Boiled Hams..........
@  16*
Picnic Boiled Hams
@  13
Berlin  Ham  pr’s’d.
@  9
Mince Ham s.........
@  9*
Compound...............
7X
Pure.........................
9*
Vegetole................
8
60 lb. Tubs.. advance
*
80 lb. Tubs.. advance
X
50 lb. Tins... advance
X
20 lb. Palls, .advance
X
10 lb. Palls.. advance
%
1
5 lb. Palla.. advance
8 lb. Pails.. advance
1

Lards—In Tierces

Im ported.

Carolina head................. ....6*
Carolina No. 1 ............... .. ..8
Carolina  No. 2 ............... ....5*
Broken ...........................
Japan,  No.  1.................5*@
Japan,  No. 2.................5  @
Java, Ño. l ....................
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 &s...........
.3 00
Granulated,  bbls..............
.  90
Granulated, 100 lb. cases..
.1  <0
Lump, bbls.......................
80
Lump, 145 lb. kegs............
.  85

SAL  SODA

SALT
Buckeye

Qommon  Grades

Diamond Crystal 

100  3 lb. bags..................
.3 00
50  6 lb. bags...................
.3 00
22 14 lb. bags..................
.2 75
In 5 bbl. lots  5  per  cent,  dis­
count.
Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes.. 1  40 
Table, barrels, 1003 lb. bags.3 00 
Table, barrels, 40 7  lb. bags.2 75 
Butter, barrels, 280 lb. bum. 2 66 
Butter, barrels, 20141b.bags.2  85
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs............   27
Butter, sacks, 66 lbs............   67
100 31b. sacks.......................2 25
60 51b. sacks.......................2  15
2810 lb. sacks..................... 2 05
56 lb. sacks.......................  
40
281b. sacks.......................   22
56 lb. dairy In drill bags__ _  40
28 lb. dairy In drill bags.......  20
66 lb. dairy In linen sacks...  60 
66 lb. dairy In linen sacks...  60 
56 lb. sacks..........................   25
Granulated  Fine.................  85
Medium Fine.......................  90

Solar Rock
Common

Ashton
Higgins

W arsaw

SALT  FISH

Cod

T rout

H alibut.

H erring

Georges cured............   @6
Georges genuine........  @ 6*
Georges selected........  @ 7
Grand Bank................  @ 6
Strips or  bricks.........   6*@io*
Pollock.......................   @ 3X
Strips.................................... 10
Chunks.................................... 12
No. 1100 lbs......................   6 60
No. 1  40 lbs......................   2 50
No. 1  10 lbs......................  
70
No. 1  8 lbs......................  
59
Holland white hoops, bbl.  13 75 
Holland white hoops*bbl.  5  60 
Holland white hoop, keg.. 
75 
Holland white hoop mens. 
86
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbs....................  3 35
Round 40 lbs......................  1  65
Scaled.............................. 
15
Bloaters............................   1  60
Mess 100 lbs......................   11  00
Mess  40 lbs......................   4  70
Mess  10 lbs......................   1  25
Mess  8 lbs......................   1  03
No. 1100 lbs......................   9 60
No. 1  40 lbs......................   4  10
No. 1  10 lbs......................   1  10
No. 1  8 lbs......................  
91
No. 2100 lbs......................   8 00
No. 2  40 lbs......................   8  50
No. 2  10 lbs......................  
96
NO. 2  8 lb*.....................  
  79

M ackerel

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

29

Pigs’  Feet

8
Sausages
Bologna...... ...........
Liver.......................
Frankfort...............
P o rk .......................
Blood.......................
Tongue....................
Headcheese............
Beef
Extra Mess..............
Boneless..................
Rump.....................
*  bbls., 40 lbs.........
* bbls., 80 lbs.........
Tripe
Kits, 15  lbs..............
*  bbls., 40  lbs.........
*  bbls., 80 lbs.........
Casings
P o rk .......................
Beef rounds............
Beef middles...........
Sheep.......................
B utterine
Solid, dairy..............
Rolls, dairy..............
Rolls, creamery......
Solid, creamery......
Corned beef, 2 lb__
Corned beef, 141b...
Roast beef, 2 lb........
Potted ham,  * s ......
Potted ham,  *8.........
Deviled ham,  * s __
Deviled ham,  * s __
Potted tongue,  Xs..
Potted tongue,  *s..
RICE
Domestic

Canned  H eats

1 0

I I

P u re  Cane

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

STARCH

S lp l

K ingsford’s Corn

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

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

7*

Common Gloss

l-lb. packages..................   5*
3-lb. packages...................  5
6-lb. packages..................  
6
40 ana eo-lb. boxes............  
3*
Barrels.............................  
3*

No.  8................................   4 25
No.  9................................   4 20
No. 10................................   4  15
No. 11................................   4  10
No. 12................................   4 05
NO. 13................................   4 06
NO. 15................................   4  00
No. 16................................   4 OO

TEA
Japan

Sundrled, medium..............28
Sundrled, choice.................30
Sundrled, fancy.................. 40
Regular, medium................ 28
Regular, fancy....................40
Basket-fired, medium......... 28
Basket-fired, choice............ 36
Basket-fired, fancy............. 40
¿ribs.....................................27
siftings..........................19@21
Fannings.......................20@22

Gunpowder

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

W hite fish

100  lbs...........8 00 
40 lbs........... 3 50 
10 lbs...........  95 
8 lbs...........  79 
SEEDS

9
No. 1  No. 2  F am
3 25
1  65
48
42
Anise..................................... 9
Canary, Smyrna..................   3*
Caraway.............................   754
Cardamon, Malabar...........1  00
Celery.................................. 10
Hemp, Russian...................... 4
Mixed Bird...........................   4
Mustard, white.....................  7
Poppy....................................  6
Rape....................................   4
Cuttle Bone......................... 14
Handy Box. large..............  2 50
Handy Box, small............   1  26
Blxby’s Royal Polish........ 
85
Miller’s Crown  Polish...... 
85
Scotch, In bladders..............
37
Maccaboy, In jars...............
35
French Rappee, In jars......
43
B. T. Babbit brand—

SHOE  BLACKING

SNUFF

SOAP

Babbit’s Best..................  4
Beaver Soap Co. brands

00

6
6
8
9
6
6

10 75
11 00
11  00
1  86
3 20
70
1  25
2  25
21
4
12
66
@13*
@14
17*
17
2 60
17 50
2 60
50
90
50
90
50
90

Detroit Soap Co. brands—

26
50
95
85
00
00
3590
:-5
65
85
40
22
00
00
25
25

Pels brand—
Gowans & Sons brands—

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

50 cakes, large size.............3
100 cakes, large size...........  6
50 cakes, small size............ 1
100 cakes, small size............ 3
Bell & Bogart brands—
Coal  011 Johnny............   4
King Cole........................ 4
Queen Anne....................  3
Big Bargain..............—   1
Umpire...........................   2
German Family..............  2
Dlngman.........................  3
Santa Claus....................  3
Brown............................... 2
Fairy...............................  4
Naptha............................  4
Oak Leaf.........................  3
Oak Leaf, bigs...............   4
J A X O N
Single box.................................3 ¿0
5 box lots, delivered........... 3  15
10 box lots, delivered........... 3  10
Johnson Soap Co. brands—
Silver King.....................   3  40
Calumet Family.............   2  40
Scotch Family.................. 2  56
Cuba................................  2  40
50 cakes....................  1  96
Ricker’s Magnetic.........  3 90
Big Acme..........................4 25
Acme 5c..........................   3 65
Marseilles.......................  4 00
Master.................... 
3 70
Lenox.............................  3  20
Ivory, 6 oz.........................4  00
Ivory, 10 oz.......................6 75
sta r...................................3 25
Good Cheer....................  3 80
Old Country....................  3  25
Sapollo, kitchen, 3 doz........ 2 40
Sapollo, hand, 3 doz.............2 40
SODA
Boxes.......................
6*
Kegs, English..........
4K
SPICES

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

Proctor & Gamble brands—

Lautz Bros, brands—

Scouring

 

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

Common Corn

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

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 bolL 
Chas. Pope Glucose Co.,
Chicago, 111.

6%
4 *

Young  Hyson

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

Oolong

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

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,  106-10................ 
Nutmegs, 115-20................  
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper,  Singapore, white. 
Pepper, shot...................... 
P ure 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.................................22
Half bbls.............................24
l gallon cans, per doz....... 8 40
*  gallon cans, per doz....... l  90
14 gallon cans, per doz........  96

12
12
28
38
65
17
14
56
50
40
36
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

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds  the  local 
freight from New York  to your 
shipping point, giving you credit 
on  the  Invoice  for  the  amount 
of freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market  In  which  he  purchases 
to his shipping  point.  Including 
20 pounds for the  weight of the
barrel.
Domino.............................  6 60
Cut Loaf...........................   550
Crushed............................  5 60
Cubes................................  5 25
Powdered.........................  5 10
Coarse  Powdered...........   5 10
XXXX Powdered............   6 15
Fine Granulated................  4 91
2 lb. bags Fine  Gran____  5 05
5 lb. bags Fine  Gran........  5 05
Mould A............................  6 35
Diamond A ......................  500
Confectioner’s A..............  4 *5
No. 
l, Columbia A..........  4 70
No.  2, Windsor A ..........  4 65
No.  3, Ridgewood A.......  4 65
No.  4, Phoenix  A...........   4 60
No.  5, Empire A.............  4 66
NO.  6...............................   4 45
NO.  7..............................  4 85

English B reakfast

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

India

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

TOBACCO

Cigars

A. Bomers’ brand.

H. & P. Drug Co.’s brands.

Plalndealer........................ 35 00
Fortune Teller.................  35 00
Our Manager....,.............  35 00
Quintette............................ 36 00
G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

8 .0. W..............................  85 00
8 .0. W..............................  85 00
Cigar Clippings, per lb......  
Cigar Clippings, per lb......  
26
26

Fine  Cut

Uncle Daniel........................54
Ojibwa...................  
84
Forest  Giant........................34
Sweet Spray.........  
38
Cadillac................................ 57
Sweet  Loma...................    ..38
Golden Top.......................... 26
Hiawatha.............................57
Telegram..............................26
Pay C ar............................... 32
Prairie Rose.................... ...60

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

15

STONEWARE

Hutters

*4 gal., per doz. 
1 1 0 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, eacn.

Churns

M ilkpans

2 to 6 gal., per gal............................... 
"■hum Dashers, per doz..................... 
*4 gai  fiat or rd. bot, per doz............ 
1 gal. hat or rd. bot„ each................. 
Fine Glazed M ilkpans
*4 gal. flat or rd. bot-, per doz............ 
l gal. flat or rd. bot., each................. 
*4 gal. fireproof, ball, pt>r doz............  
1 gal. fireproof, ball, per doz............  

Stewpans

Ju g s

48 
6 54 
66 
78 
1  20 
1 60 
2 26 
2 70

6*4
84
48
6

60
6
85
l  10

Blankets that
B rin g
B u s in e s s

in  our 

Almost every  one  of  the 
blankets 
large 
stock  is  the kind that will 
bring  business  to  your 
store  because  they  look 
so well,  and  can  be  sold 
for  such  a  reasonable 
price.  Everything  from 
the  cheapest  kind 
to 
fleece  down  plaids,  etc.

*4 gal. per doz...............................—  
X gal. per doz................................ 
l to 5 gal., per gal...............................  

 

60
 
7*4

46

Sealing W ax

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

Per box of 6 doz.
l 88
1 54
2 24

A nchor Carton Chimneys 

Each chimney in corrugated carton.

©12
©13
©12

2

36
36
«8
86

 
50

Brown  &  Sehler
Grand Rapids,  Mich.
60

3 0

12

Protection.............................38
Sweet Burley........................40
Sweet Loma......................... 38
Tiger.................................... 39

P lug

Flat Iron..............................33
Creme de Men the................60
8tronghold........................... 39
Elmo.....................................33
Sweet Chunk........................37
Forge....................................33
Bed Cross............................. 32
Palo......................................36
Kylo......................................36
Hiawatha.......................— 41
Battle Axe...........................37
American Eagle................... 34
Standard Navy.....................37
Spear Head, 16 oz................42
jr Twist........................48
Jolly T ar..............................38
Old Honesty......................... 44
Toddy.,.................................34
J .T ..............................   
38
Piper Heldslck.................... 63
Bootjack............................81
Jelly Cake............................ 36
Plumb Bob...........................32
Honey Dip Twist...............39

S Head,  8 oz................44

Smoking

Hand Pressed...................... 40
Ibex......................................28
Sweet Core...........................36
Flat Car............................... 36
Great Navy...........................37
W arpath..............................27
Bamboo,  8oz...................... 29
Bamboo, 16 oz...................... 27
I XL,  6 lb...........................27
I XL, 16 oz. pails..................31
Honey Dew......................... 37
Gold Block...........................37
Flagman..............................41
Chips....................................34
Klin Dried...........................22
Duke’s Mixture...................38
Duke’s Cameo......................40
Myrtle Navy........................40
Yum Yum, IX oz..................40
Yum Yum, 1 lb. palls...........38
Cream.................................. 37
Com Cake, 2*4 oz................. 24
Com Cake, lib .................... 22
Flow Boy, IX oz...................40
Plow Boy, 3*4 oz...................39
Peerless, 3*4 oz.................... 34
Peerless, IX oz.................... 36
Indicator, 2*4 oz...................28
Indicator, l'lb. palls........... 31
CoL Choice, 2*4 oz................21
Col. Choice. 8 oz...................21

TABLE  SAUCES

I LEA &  

PERRINS’

_   SAUCE
The Original and
jpS y 
B S S  
Genuine
5 ^ 1  
Worcestershire.
Lea & Perrin’s, large........  3 76
Lea & Perrin’s, small......   2 60
Halford, large....................   3 76
Halford, small....................   2 26
Salad Dressing, large......   4 86
Salad Dressing, small......   2 76

TW INE

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..ll 
Pure Cider, B. & B. brand.  .11
PurwClder, Bed Star...........12
Pure Cider, Boblnson......... 12
Pure Cider, Silver.............12,
WASHING  POW DER

Child Dust, regular...................4 60

Gold Dust, 5c............................ 4 00MGs/K/w

Bub-No-More...........................3 50
-  Pear line....................................3 75
Scourine....................................3 60

WICKING

No. 0, per gross.................... 20
N o.», per gross.................... 26
No. 7, per gross....................86
No. 8. per gross.................... 66

WOODENWARE

Baskets

Bushels................................  86
Bushels, wide band..................1 15
M arket................................   30
Splint, large............................. 6 00
Splint, medium........................6 00
Splint, small............................ 4 00
willow Clothes, large..........5 60
Willow Clothes, medium...  6 00
Willow Clothes, small......... 4 76

B u tter Plates

No. 1 Oval, 280 In orate........  46
No. 2 Oval, 280 In crate........  60
No. 8 Oval, 260 in crate........  66
No. 6 Oval, 260 in crate........  66

Egg Crates

Humpty Dumpty...... .........2 26
No. 1, complete...................  30
No. 2, complete...................  26

Clothes Plus 

Bound head, 5 gross box....  45
: Bound head,oartona........  63
mu«.

13

Mop  Sticks

14

Mixed Candy

Trojan spring................  90
Eclipse patent spring........   86
No 1 common..................   76
No. 2 patent brush holder..  86
12 h  cotton mop heads........l 26
Ideal No. 7 ......................   90

Palls

2- hoop Standard.................. 1 40
3- hoop Standard.................. l 60
2- wire,  Cable....................... l 60
3- wlre,  Cable.......................1 70
Cedar, all red, brass bound.1 26
Paper,  Eureka..................... 2 26
Fibre.....................................2 40

Toothpicks

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

Tubs

20-inch, Standard, No. l ..... 6  00
18-lnch, Standard, No. 2..... 5  00
16-lnch, Standard, No. 8..... 4  00
20-lnch, Cable, No. 1...........6  60
18-lnch, Cable,  No. 2........... 6  00
16-inch, Cable,  No. 3...........6  00
No. 1 Fibre..........................9  45
No. 2 Fibre..........................7  96
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 26
Single Peerless................... 2  60
Northern Queen................2  80
Double Duplex................... 3  00
Good Luck..........................276
Universal............................ 2  26

Wood  Bowls 

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

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

YEAST  CAKE

FRESH  FISH

Magic, 3 doz........................1  00
Sunlight, 3 doz.................... 1  00
Sunlight, 1*4  doz.................  60
Yeast Cream, 3 doz.............1  00
YeastFoam, 3  doz............. 1  00
Yeast Foam, 1*4  doz...........  80
Per lb.
White fish......................93  10
Trout...........................   8®  9
Black Bass.................. 10®  ll
Halibut........................  ©  16
Ciscoes or Herring....  ©  5
Bluellsh.......................  ©  12
Live  Lobster...............  @  20
Boiled Lobster............  @  20
Cod..............................   ®  10
Haddock.....................  O   7
No. 1 Pickerel.............   ©  9
Pike.............................  ©  8
Perch...........................  a   5
Smoked White............  a   1*
Bed  Snapper.............  ©  ll
ColBlver  Shimon....  13®  14
Mackerel.....................  ©  15

H IDES AND  PELTS 

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

40
33
27
l 75
1 60
1 36
1 10
The Cappon & Bertsch Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Street,  quotes  as 
follows:
© 7*4
Green No. l ............. 
Green No. 2............. 
©6*4
Cured  No. l ............  
© 8%
Cured  No. 2............  
© 7X
Calfskins,green No. 1 
© 9
© 7*4
Calfsklns,greenNo.2 
Calf skins,cured No. 1  ©10
Calf skins,cured No. 2 
© 8*4

Hides

Pelts

Pelts, each.............. 
60©i  00
Lamb.............................30®  60
Tallow
No. 1......................... 
© 4*4
© 3*4
No. 2......................... 
Washed, fine........... 
©20
Washed,  medium... 
©23
Unwashed,  fine......  
©16
Unwashed, medium.  ©17
CANDIES 
Stick Candy

W ool

Standard................. 
Standard H. H ........  
Standard  Twist......  
Cut Loaf................... 
Jumbo, 32 lb............  
Extra H .H .............. 
Boston Cream.........  
Beet B e '1 
......... 

bbls. palls
© 7*4
©  7*4
© 8
© 9
cases
©7*4
©10*4
©10
© 8

Fancy—In  Pails 

Graoero......................
Competition.............
Special.....................
Conserve..................
Royal......................
Ribbon ....................
Broken....................
Cut Loaf...................
English Block..........
Kindergarten..........
Bon Ton  Cream......
French Cream.........
Dandy Pan..............
Hand  Made  Cream
mixed...................
Crystal Cream mix..
Champ. Crys. Gums.
Pony  Hearts...........
Fairy Cream Squares
Fudge Squares........
Peanut Squares......
Sugared Peanuts....
Salted Peanuts........
Starlight Kisses......
San Bum 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
20 lb. palls............
Molasses  Chews,  16
lb. palls.................
Golden Waffles.......

Fancy—In 5 lb. Boxes

© 66

Lemon  Sours.........
Peppermint Drops.. 
Chocolate Drops.... 
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
H. M. Choc.  Lt. and
Dk. No. 12.............
Gum Drops..............
Licorice Drops........
Lozenges,  plain......
Lozenges, printed...
Imperials.................
Mottoes
Cream  Bar..............
Molasses Bar...........
Hand Made Creams. 
Cream Buttons, Pep.
and  Wlnt..............
String Bock.............
Wlntergreen Berries 
Caramels 
Clipper, 20 lb. pails.. 
Standard, 20 lb. palls 
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 Car’ls 31b 
FRUITS 
Oranges
Florida Bus sett.......
Florida Bright........
Fancy Navel 
ivels..........
Extra Choice
Late Valencias........
Seedlings.................
Medt. Sweets...........
Jamaica«...................  3
Rodi...... ...............
Lemons 
Verdelli, ex fey 300..
Verdelli, fey 300........   3
Verdelli, ex chce 300
Verdelli, fey 360......
Malori Lemons, 300..
Messlnas  300s...........   4
Messlnas  360s...........   3
Bananas
Medium bunches....  1 50@2 00
Large bunches........

©3 60 
©3 80 
?3 76

©16

Figs

l &*

5
4*4

®  12
@  14

Foreign Dried Fruits 
©

Calif or nlas,  Fancy.. 
Cal. pkg. 10 lb. boxes 
Extra Choice, Turk.,
10 lb. boxes...........
Fancy, Tkrk.,  12  lb.
boxes....................
Pulled, 6 lb. boxes... 
Naturals, In bags....
Dates
Farda In 10 lb. boxes 
Fards In 60 lb. oases.
Hallo wL...................
lb.  cases, new......
Sairs, 00 lb. cases....
NUTS
Almonds, Tarragona 
Almonds, Ivlca......
Almonas, California,
soft shelled...........
Brazils......................
Fiiberts  .................
Walnuts.  Grenobles. 
Walnut*., soft shelled
California No. l...
Table Nuts,  fancy...
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
Boasted................
Choice, H.P., Extras 
@
Choice, H. P., Extras
Boasted................
@
Span. 8hlld No. 1 n’w 0 0  7

15316
@15
©13
@13
©13
@13*4
@10
©13
©13
©2 50
©@6 60

6 @
6 © 6*4

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

F iibt Q uality

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

XXX  F lin t

P earl Top

No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped 81 lab. 
No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 
No. 2 Sun, hinge, wrapped & lab........ 
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. l Crimp, per doz..........................  
No. 2 Crimp, per doz..........................  
No. 1 Lime (66c doz)..........................  
No.2 Lime(70c doz)..........................  
No. 2 Flint (80c doz j  — ....................  

Rochester

La  Bastie

E lectric

OIL  CANS

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 with faucet, per doz..
6 gal. Tilting cans................................
5 gal. galv. iron  Nacefas....................

LANTERNS

No.  0 Tubular, side lift......................
No.  IB  Tubular.................................
No. 15 Tubular, dash...........................
No.  1 Tubular, glass fountain............
No. 12 Tubular, side lamp...................
No.  3 Street lamp, each....................
LANTERN GLOBES 
No. 0 Tub., cases 1 doz. each, box, 10c 
No. 0 Tub., cases 2 doz. each, box, 15c 
No. 0 Tub., bbls 6 doz. each, per bbl.. 
No. OTub., Bull’s eye,cases l doz. each
MASON  FRUIT JARS.
Pints...................................................
Quarts.................................................
Half Gallons.......................................
Caps and  Rubbers..............................
Rubbers..............................................

160
l 78
2 48

1  86
2 00
2 90

2 76
3 76
4 00
4 00
6 00
5 10
60
l  00
1 25
l  36
l 60
3  60
400
4 60

4 00
4 60
1 60 
1  80
3 00
4 30
5 75 
4 60
6  00 
7 00 
9 00

4 76 
7 26 
7 26 
7 50 
13 60 
3 60

46 
46 
2  00 
1 26

You ought to sell

LILY  WHITE

“The flour the best cooks use”

V A LLE Y   C IT Y   M ILLING  C O ..

GRAND  RAPID©.  MICH.

Are you not in need of

N e w  S h e lf B o x e s

6  00 
6 25 
9 00 
2 26 
26 & 36

4 

WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR

AUTOMOBILES  AND 

MOTOR CYCLES.

O ldsm obile, $600.00

This handsome little  gasoline carriage Is made 
by  one  of  the  oldest  and most successful mak­
ers of gasoline engines in  the  world.  It  Is  sim­
ple, safe, compact,  reliable,  always  ready  to  go 
any distance.  It Is the best Auto on the  market 
for the money.

We also sell  tbe  famous  “White”  steam  car­
riage and the “Thomas” line  of  Motor  Bicycles 
and Tricycles.  Catalogues on .application.  Cor­
respondence solicited.
A D A M S  &  H A R T  

i* w .B rid g est.

U / I I V I  )  Qrand  R apids,  M ich .

n il/ I / T I O  

► ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ i

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

bill heads.......................  $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  So

We  make  them.
KALAMAZOO PAPER  BOX CO. 

^

 

Grand Rapids.

Kalamazoo,  Michigan

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

Hardware  Price Current

Ammunition

Caps

G. D., full count, per m...................... 
Hicks’ Waterproof, per m.................. 
Musket, per m..................................... 
Ely’s Waterproof, per m....................  

Cartridges

No. 22 short, per m............................. 
No. 22 long, per m..............................  
No. 32 short, per m ........................ 
No. 32 long, per m..............................  

Primers

No. 2 U. M. C., boxes 260,  per m........ 
No. 2 Winchester, boxes 250, per  m... 
Black edge, Nos. ll and 12 U. M. C... 
Black edge, Nos. 9 and 10, per m........ 
Black edge, No. 7, per m .................... 

Gun Wads

Loaded  Shells 

New Bival—For Shotguns 

Stanley Buie and Level Co.’s .........

Levels

Mattocks

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

Metals—Zinc

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

Miscellaneous

Bird Cages......................................
Pumps, Cistern..................... .........
Screws, New List...........................
Casters, Bed and Plate................ .
Dampers, American.......................

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

Fry, Acme...................................... .
Common,  polished.........................

Pans

40
BO
75
60

260
300
boo
575

1  20
1  20
60
70
80

40
75*10
86
...  60*10*10 
60

60*10
30

...  60*10*10 
70*6

Patent  Planished  Iron 

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

Broken packages Kc per pound extra.

No. 
120 
129 
128 
126 
136 
154 
200 
208 
236 
265 
264 

Drs. of 
Powder 

oz. of 
Shot 
IK 
IK 
IK 
IK 
IK 
IK 
1 
1 
IK 
IK 
IK 
Discount 40 per cent.

4 
4 
4 
4 
4K 
4K 
3 
3 
3K 
3K 
3K 

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

Per
100 
$2 90
2 90
2 90
2 90
2 96
3 00
2 50
2 60
2 66
2 70
2 70

Window  Dressing

Seasonable Suggestions for Holiday Trims.
The  hour  is  at  hand  when  window 
trimmers  should  make  preparations  for 
their  Christmas  displays. 
The  busy 
weeks  preceding  Christmas  will  slip  all 
too  rapidly  away,  and  the  procrastinat­
ing  trimmer  will  at  length  awake  to  the 
fact  that  his  rivals  have  completed their 
displays,  and  are  attracting  the  atten­
tion,  comment  and  business  which  his 
establishment  should  share,  while  his 
windows  are  noticeable  only  for  lack  of 
harmony  with  the 
joyous  spirit  of  the 
season.

At  Christmas  time  people expect some 
effort  in  the  way  of  unusual  and  bril­
liant  display,  and,  according  to the  na­
ture  and  means  of  an  establishment,  a 
more  or  less  dazzling  and  beautiful  ex­
hibit  will  be  looked  for.  Poor  and  well- 
to-do  alike  take  pleasure in the gorgeous 
displays  of  the  Christmas  week,  and 
the  merchant  must  for  once  in  the  year 
give  his  window  trimmer  carte  blanche 
to  uphold,  in  his  windows,  the  honor 
of  the  establishment,  and  of  this,  the 
most  important  day  in  the  year.

Window  displays  are  not  really  so 
much  needed  as  a  trade  stimulant  at 
Christmas  as  at other  seasons,  and  are 
regarded  more  in  the  light  of  attractive 
entertainment.  It  is  nowadays  the  prac­
tice  to  make  Christmas  gifts  of  a  useful 
and  practical  nature,  and  people  need 
little  inducement  to  purchase generously 
of  such  articles.  The  merchant,  how­
ever,  can  not  argue  that  an  expensive 
and  attractive  window  is  unnecessary, 
because  people  are  so  readily  buying 
the  useful  articles  which  he  sells,  and 
because  his  merchandise 
is  of  good 
repute,  and  his  customers  constant. 
People  are  naturally  attracted  to  a  store 
which 
is  brilliantly  decorated  and  are 
very  likely  to  purchase  while  observing 
such  decorations,  notwithstanding  their 
preference  for  the  undecorated  store  on 
less  exciting  occasions.

There 

is  little  doubt  that  windows 
which  are  poorly  and  meanly  dressed, 
and  which  therefore  attract  no  atten­
tion,  will 
lose  to  the  establishment 
which  they  represent  far  more  than  the 
cost  of  displays,  which  are  worthy  of 
and  attract  much  observation.  And  to 
this  pecuniary  loss  must  be  added 
loss 
of  public  interest,  occasioned  by  lack  of 
timely  decorative  effort  at  an  important 
season.

is  well, 

While  the  display  arranged  must  at­
tract  chiefly  by  reason  of  appropriate 
novelty  and  brilliance,  it 
in 
certain  displays,  to  introduce  articles 
which  are  suitable  for  gifts,  such  as 
neckwear,  handkerchiefs,  hosiery  and 
gloves,  and  window  cards  should  give 
short  lists  of  articles  to  which  the  mer­
chant  desires  to  draw  the  attention  of 
ladies  and  gentlemen  purchasing  gifts 
for  their  relatives  and  friends.

Where  a  small  and 

inexpensive  dis­
play  is  desired,  it  is  an  excellent  plan 
to  have  the  window  completely  cleared 
out,  and  to  arrange  a  Christmas  tree  of 
suitable  size 
in  the  center.  Cover  the 
floor  of  the  window  with  green cloth and 
sprinkle  with silver tinsel.  The branches 
of  the  tree  might  be  laden  with  neck­
wear,  suspenders,  collars,  hosiery  or 
whatever  else  the  trimmer  may  desire 
to  display.  These  articles  can  be  sim­
ply 
laid  on  the  branches  of  the  tree,  or 
suspended  by  the  clips  ordinarily  used 
in  window 
these 
things  are  in  place  a  small  quantity  of 
powdered  mica  should  be sprinkled here

trimming.  After 

and  there  so as  to  give  sparkle  and bril­
liance.

If  it  is  desired  to  enlarge  on  this  idea 
it  should  be  an  easy  matter,  in  these 
days  of  easy  and  effective  electric light­
ing  to  wire  the  tree  and  arrange  in  it  a 
number  of  tiny  colored  globes.  The 
light  may  be  as  sparkling  and  brilliant 
as  desired,  but  must  not  be  at  all  glar­
ing,  as  a  glaring 
light  will  annoy  ob­
servers,  and  quickly  drive  them  away. 
The  background  and  two  sides  of  the 
window  should  also  be  draped  in  green 
and  each  such  draping  decorated  with 
a  great  star  made  of  cotton  batting 
pasted  on  the  green  and  lightly smeared 
with  mucilage,  on  which 
is  sprinkled 
powdered  mica.  This  mucilage  should 
be  mixed  with  white  French  zinc,  so 
that  on  drying  it  may  not  be  the  usual 
dirty  yellow.

Holly  is,  of  course,  used with  especial 
effect  in  Christmas  displays,  and  can be 
obtained  very  cheaply  from  dealers  in 
artificial  plants  and  from  most  large 
stores.  Mistletoe,  too,  should  not  be 
forgotten,  and  in  displays  which  depict 
family  scenes  of  Christmas  jollity  and 
good  cheer  the  trimmer  should  pose  a 
handsome  female  figure  under  a  bunch 
of  mistletoe,  thus  attracting  sentimental 
youths  and  maidens  and  striking  a 
reminiscent  chord 
in  the  hearts  of  the 
elders  who  observe bis handiwork.— Ap­
parel  Gazette.

Wasted  Time  Finding  Oat  Jnst  Who  He 

Was.

There  were  eight  of  us  smoking  our 
after-supper  cigars  on  the  hotel  veranda 
when  a  small  man  with  a  great  deal  of 
bustle  and  energy 
in  his  movements 
called  out  in  a  general  w ay: 

"Gentlemen,  is  there  a  general  out 

here?”

" I   am  a  general,  sir,”   replied  one  of 

the  group  as  he  half  rose  and  bowed.

"Yes?  Ah!  Glad  to  see  you,  gen­
little  man  as  he 
"Now, 

eral,”   continued  the 
advanced  and  shook  hands. 
then,  have  we  any  colonels  present?”

" I   am  a  colonel,”   replied  three  men 
in  chorus  as  they  followed  the  general's 
example.

"H a !  Glad  to  see you colonels—very 
glad, " s a id   the 
little  man  as  he  ex­
tended  a  hand  to  each  in  succession. 
"L e t’s  see!  Have  we  a 
judge  among 
us  here  this  evening?”

"W e  have,”   replied  two of  the  four 

others.

“ So  glad  to  see  you,  judges—so  glad! 
Shake  hands.  Beautiful  evening,  this!
I  presume  you  two other  gentlemen  bear 
the  respective  titles  ol  major  and  pro­
fessor?”

asked  the  general.

"W e  do,”   said  the  pair of  us.
"A h  !  Glad  to  know  it—awfully  glad ! 
Major 
and  professor,  shake  bands. 
Might  have  a  little  more  rain,  but  we 
can’t  find much fault with this weather."
"And  who  are  you,  if  you  please?”  
" 1?  Oh,  I'm  only  an  ex-governor, 
an  ex-cabinet  officer,  an  ex-congress­
man and  at  present  raising  $6,000,000 to 
put  another  railroad  bridge  across  the 
Missouri  River.  Keep  your  seats,  gen­
tlemen. 
I  wouldn’t  think  of  intruding 
my  company  on  such  a  distinguished 
assembly!”

Next  day,  when  we  found  out  that  he 
was  only  a  drummer  for a  Cincinnati 
shoe  factory,  he  had  departed,  and  we 
couldn’t  give  him  the 
licking  he  de­
served. 

____

_ 

Increment.

At  a  school  in  Kent  an  inspector  was 
examining  a  class  of  children  in  arith­
metic,  when  the  inspector  asked  the  fol­
lowing  question:

"Now,  John,  supposing  I  gave  you 
two  rabbits  and  another  kind  friend 
gave  you  one  more,  how  many  would 
you  have?”

John— Four,  sir.
Inspector— No,  my  boy  two  and  one 

don't  make  four.

John  (quickly)— Please,  sir,  I’ve  got 

one  old  lop-eared  'un  at  home.

31

66

7K
8

40
60
40
46

2  45
2  45
Base
5
10
20
30
46
70
60
15
26
36
26
36
46
86

50
46

7  60
9 00
15  00

7 50
9 (0
16 00
18 00

10
14H

60

26 00

Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire.

Planes

Ohio Tool Co.’8, fancy......................... 
Sclota Bench....................................... 
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy................ 
Bench, first quality.............................  

Nalls

Steel nails, base................................ 
Wire nails, base.................................. 
20 to 60 advance.................................. 
10 to 16 advance..................................  
8 advance...  ...  ..............................  
6 advance.........................................  
4 advance........................................... 
3 advance........................................... 
2 advance........................................... 
Fine 3 advance.................................... 
Casing 10 advance............................... 
Casing 8 advance................................  
Casing 6 advance................................  
Finish 10 advance..............................  
Finish 8 advance................................  
Finish 6 advance................................  
Barrel  % advance............................... 

Rivets

Iron and  Tinned................................  
Copper Blvets and Burs.................... 

Booting Plates

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

10 50
12 00

Ropes

Sisal, K Inch and larger.....................  
Manilla................................................ 

72
64

4 00
2 25
l  25

1 75
60
26
60
600
9  00
6 so

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

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

Sand  Paper

Sash  W eights

Sheet Iron

com. smooth,  com.
$3 60
3 70
3 90
3 90
4 00
4 10
All Sheets No.  18 and  lighter,  over  30  Inches 

Nos. 10 to 14................................. 
Nos. 15 to 17.................................. 
Nos. 18 to 21..................................  
NOS. 22 to 24..................................  4  10 
NOS. 25 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 qualities of solder 
In the market Indicated by private  brands  vary 
according to composition.

Steel and Iron................. ...................  60—10—6

Squares

Tin—Melyn  Grade

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

Each additional X on this grade, $1.26.

Tin—Allaw ay  Grade

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

Each additional X on this grade, $1.50

Boiler  Size  Tin  Plate

14x56 IX, for No.8Boilers, Ino-nom,«! 
14X56IX, for No.9Boilers, JPerpouna.. 

Traps

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

Wire

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

Wire  Goods

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

Wrenches

Baxter’s Adjustable, Nickeled...........
Coe’s Genuine.....................................
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, (Wrought..70

$10 50
10 60
12 00

9 00
900
10 60
10 60

is
is
76
40*10
66 16 
1 26
60
60
60*10 
60*10 
40 
3 26 
2 96
80
80
80
80

30
30

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

Gunpowder

Kegs, 26 lbs., per keg......................... 
K kegs, 12K Ids., per  K  keg.............. 
K kegs, 6K lbs., per K  keg...............  

Shot

Axes

Augurs  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 It«*  .............................  
Plow ................................................... 
Well, plain.......................................... 

Backets

Barrows

Bolts

B atts,  Cast

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

Com..............   7  c.  ...  6  c . ...  5  o. 
...  6M 
BB................   8K 
BBB..............  8% 
...  6X 
Cast Steel, per lb................................  
Socket Firm er.................................... 
Socket Framing.................................. 
Socket Corner.....................................  
Socket Slicks....................................... 

...  7K 
...  7X 
Crowbars
Chisels

Elbows

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

Expansive  Bits

Files—New  List

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

Galvanized  Iron

16 

14 

13 

Discount,  66

Stanley Buie and Level Co.’s.............. 

Ganges

Glass

60

29 00
70
50
$4 00

66
60

6
65
66
66
65

76
1  26
40&10

40
25
70&10
70
70
28
17

60*10

Chain

K In. 

6-16 In.  K In.  H in.
... 4Xe.
... 6
... 6K

Single Strength, by box....................... dls  8P&20
Double Strength, by box......................dls  86*20
By the Light............................... .dls  85*20

H am m ers

Maydole & Co.’s, new list......, ............dls 
33M
Yerkes *  Plumb’s................................ dls  40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel............... 30c list 
70
Gate, Clark’s l, 2,3...............................dls  60&10
Pots...........................................*........  
60*10
Kettles................................................ 
50*10
Spiders................................................ 
50*10

Hollow  W are

Hinges

Horse  Nalls

Iron

Au Sable............................................dls  40*10
House  Furnishing Goods
Stamped Tinware, new list................. 
70
Japanned Tinware..............................  
20*10
Bar Iron.............................................2 25  0 rates
Light Band..........................................  3 0 rates
76
86
>00
BOO

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

Knobs—New  List

Lanterns

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

Port  Huron  Touches  Elbows  W ith  Sur­

rounding  Towns.

Port  Huron,  Nov.  20—Marine  City 
and  St.  Clair  business  interests  were 
represented  last  evening by  the  business 
men  of  both  places  at  the  banquet given 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Merchants 
and  Manufacturers’  Association,  at  the 
Auditorium,  under  the  direction  of  Sec­
retary  John  T.  Percival.  The  arrange­
ments  for  the  reception  worked  with 
clock-like  preciseness. 
large 
tables  seating  over  three  hundred  ban­
queters  stretched  from  east  to  west 
across  the  Auditorium.

Three 

In  his 

The  neat  program,  set  on 

edge, 
added  a  dash  of  color  to the  table  deco­
rations.  The  bill  of  fare  was  good  and 
substantial,and  the  rapidity  with  which 
the  food  disappeared 
left  no  doubt  as 
to the  non-attendance  of  dyspeptics.

John  Murray  was  toastmaster  of  the 
introductory  remarks 
evening. 
the  toastmaster stated  that  the  banquet 
had  been  arranged  by  the  business  men 
of  Port  Huron  to  become  better  ac­
quainted  with  the  business  men  of  Ma­
rine  City and  St.  Clair.

President  E.  N.  Akers,  of  the 

local 
association,  welcomed  the  visitors  in  a 
few  neat  words  and  commended  the 
movement  of  business  men  to  become 
better acquainted.

“ Marine  City  M.  and  M .”   was  to 
have  been  responded  to  by  A.  J.  Scott, 
but  he  begged  off  and  Charles  Ely, 
well  known  in  Marine  City,  responded 
to  the  toast  in  his  own  facetious  man­
ner.

Hon.  Justin  R.  Whiting  did  not  dis­
appoint  the  banqueters  who  had  antici­
pated  something  good.  His  toast  was 
“ Future  of  St.  Clair  R iver.”   The 
progress  of 
industry  along  the  River, 
stretching  from  Port  Huron  to  Marine 
City,  was  indicated  by  the  speaker. 
The  closer  relation  of  business  men  all 
over the  United  States  and  the  friendly 
conventions  which  were  being  held  for 
the  betterment  of  all  were  also  men­
tioned.

Mayor  G.  N.  Jones,  of  Marine  City, 
related  a  few  experiences  as  mayor  of 
the  thriving  little  city.

Business  and  good  fellowship  was  the 
two-fold  bond  which  Rev.  Rolph  Duff 
stated  characterized  the  banquet  of  the 
evening,  in  response  to  the  toast,  “ The 
Tie  That  Binds.”

In  a carefully prepared  toast  Frank  A. 
Peavey  spoke  on  “ Elements of Business 
Success.”   System  in  business  was  one 
of  the  phases  of ultimate success touched 
upon  by  the  speaker.  Attention  to  busi­
ness  and  the  cultivation  of  shrewdness 
and  also  keeping  up  with  the  trend  of 
affairs  of  the  day  were  touched  upon. 
Quotations  relative  to  business  success 
from  prominent  men  were  mentioned 
during  the  toast.

A  neat  compliment  was  paid  to  Ma­
rine  City  and  its  citizens  by  Frank  T. 
Wolcott,  during  the  course  of  his  re­
marks  on  “ Port  Huron  and  Its  Rela­
tions  to  Adjoining  Cities.”   He  also 
made  predictions  as  to  the  future  busi­
ness  interests  of  Port  Huron  and  the 
adjoining  cities  on  the  River. 
In  the 
future  the  speaker  could  see  the  city  of 
industries 
Huronia  with 
lines  of 
stretching  from  the  north 
line  of  the 
present  city  of  Port  Huron  to  the  south 
line  of  Marine  City.

its 

W.  D.  Smith,  Sr.,  took  a  fall  out  of 
the  present  city  administration  in  his 
toast  relative  to the  canal.

A  vein  of  humor  ran  through  Aider- 
man  James  O’Sullivan's  toast,  “ Port 
Huron,  My  Happy  Home.”   The  boun­
daries  of  the  city  were  facetiously  de­
tailed  by  the  speaker.

At  midnight the  banquet  ended,  as  it 
was  necessary  for  the  Marine  City  and 
St.  Clair delegations  to  take  their  spe­
cial  cars,  which  were  in  waiting,  for 
home.  This  curtailed  the  toast  pro­
gram  to  some  extent.  William  Canham 
was  about  to  respond  to  the  toast  of 
“ The  Lexington  Railway  a  Thousand 
Years  Hence,”   when  the  midnight  hour 
sounded  and  the  visitors  were  excused. 
Toastmaster  Murray requested  Mr.  Can- 
ham  to  preserve  his  toast  until  the  next 
banquet  was  given.

Mayor  Jones  voiced  the  sentiments  of 
the  visitors  when  he  stated  that  the 
banquet  arrangements and  the  reception

which  had  been  accorded  them,  sur­
passed  their  expectations.  There  was 
considerable  talk  of  both  the  St.  Clair 
and  Marine  City  organizations  uniting 
and  tendering  the  Port  Huron  associa­
tion  a  banquet  in  the  near  future.
Growth  o f the  United  States.

According  to  Sir  Robert  Griffen,  the 
well-known  English  statistician,  the  in­
crease  of  the  United  States  in  popula­
tion  during  the  century  just  ended  has 
been  greater  than  that  of  any  other 
country  in  the  world. 
In  1800 the  pop­
ulation  of  the  United  States  was  5,000,- 
000;  in  1900  it  had  grown  to  be  76,- 
000,000.

increased  from  25,000,000 

Compare  the  increase  of  the  United 
States to the  increase  of  other countries: 
France 
to
40.000.  000;  Germany  from  20,000,000  to
55.000.  000;  the  English  speaking  per­
sons of  the  British  empire  from  15,000,- 
000 to  55,000,000.

increased  to  that 

If  the 10,000,000  Filipinos 

the  century 

Both  Russia  and  Great  Britain  can 
than  the 
show  a  greater  population 
in 
United  States  and  a  greater  increase 
just 
population  during 
ended 
if  all  the  subjects  belonging  to 
these  empires  are  taken  into  considera­
tion  and  the  count  not  limited  to  those 
who  speak  Russian  and  who speak Eng­
lish. 
If  all  the  subjects  are  counted the 
Russian  empire  has  a  population  ol
135.000.  000,  having 
figure  from  40,000,000  in  1800,  and  the 
British  empire  has  a  population  of
375.000.  000. 
and  the  Hawaiians  and  Puerto  Ricans 
are  added  to  our  76,000,000  we  can. take 
a  step  forward  toward  rivaling  the  fig­
ures  of  Russia  and  Great  Britain,  and 
if  we  keep  on  increasing  by  adding  to 
our  domains  other  countries  teeming 
with  population  that  we  make  subject 
to ourselves  at  the  same  rate  as  during 
the  past  three  years,  we  will  in  a  short 
time  be  able  to  catch  up  with  these  em­
pires  of  Europe. 
It  is  questionable, 
however,  whether - a  country  does  not 
weaken  itself  ultimately  by  the  addi­
tion  of  alien  peoples,  however  splendid 
such  accretion  at  first  seem.

Sir  Robert  Griffen  concedes  that  dur­
ing  the  coming  century  the  United 
States  will  outstrip  all  the  European 
countries  in  growth  of  population  as 
well  as  in  industrial  development  and 
wealth.  The 
immense  advantage  that 
the  United  States  has  over the  other  na­
tions  is  that 
it  produces  its  own  food 
supply  and  foreign  trade  is  not  neces­
sary,  but  only  a  means  of  increasing 
wealth.  The  great  reason  of  the  pres­
ent  tariff  agitation 
in  Europe  is  that 
the  European  countries  have  to  depend 
on  other countries  for  food,  and  each  is 
afraid  the  other  will  in  some  way  shut 
her  out  of  the  means  of  subsistence. 
The  independence  of  the  United  States 
from  providing  her  own  food  and  the 
plentifulness  of  land  are  the  two  causes 
which  will  enable  this  country,  in  the 
century  that  has  just  begun,  to  forge 
ahead  of  all  rivals.

It  is  the  first  step  that  counts.  When 
the  British  government  gave  an  Ameri­
can  company  the  contract  to  build  a 
bridge  in  Africa  there  was  a noise about 
it  that  was  heard  around  the  world. 
Since  then  American  companies  have 
been  getting  such  contracts  right  along 
and  they  have  come  to  be  regarded  as 
matters  of  course.  The  other  day  a 
Philadelphia  concern  was  awarded  a 
contract  for  twenty  bridges 
in  East 
Africa  for exactly  the  same  reasons  that 
governed  in  the  first  case.  The  Ameri­
can  bids  were  not  only  the  lowest,  but 
guaranteed  the  completion  of  the  work 
in  less time than  any  of  the  othets.

Two  Kindred  Souls  Impinge.

They  had  just  been  introduced,  and, 
as  she 
looked  into  his  thoughtful  blue 
eyes,  the  young  girl  felt  that  she  had  at 
last  met  a  man  of  high  ideals.

“ Are  you  interested  in  the  elevation 
of  the  masses,  Mr.  McSmudge?”   she 
asked,  after  she  had  worked  up  to  the 
subject  by  easy  conversational  stages.

“ Intensely,  Miss  Gushington,  ’  he 
answered.  “ I  have  dedicated  my  life  to 
this  great  work. 
inter­
esting  myself  in  circulating  a  pamphlet 
on  the  subject,  which  I  shall  be  pleased 
to  send  you. ’ '

I  am  just  now 

“  How  lovely, ”   she  murmured.  She 
knew  that  she  bad  at  last  found  a  kin­
dred  soul.

But  this  world  is  full  of  hitter  disap­
pointments,  and 
it  was  a  hard  jolt  to 
Ethel  Gushington’s  finer sensibilities, 
when  a  few  days 
later  she  received, 
with  the  compliments  of John  Wesley 
McSmudge,  a  catalogue  of  passenger 
elevators,  for  which  he  was  agent.

Aw ful  Misunderstanding.

“ It’s  enough  to  make  anybody  cry !”  
blubbered  Miss  Pertie  Goodwin, 
in 
speaking  of  the  affair to  her  most  inti­
mate  friend. 
“ You  know  I  was  asked 
with  a  lot  of  other girls  to attend a func­
tion  at  the  Bachelors’  Club  the  other 
evening. ”
“ Yes.”
“ Well,  mamma 

them> 
through  the  telephone  that  I would come' 
if  my  chaperon  would.  They  under­
stood  her  to  say,  ‘ She  can’t  come  be­
cause  she  has  to  chop  her  own  wood, ’ 
and  that’s the  story  that’s  out. 
I  think 
1  shall  d ie !”

answered 

Advertisements  w ill  be  Inserted  under 
this  head  for  two  cents  a  word  the  first 
insertion  and  one  cent  a  word  for  each 
subsequent  insertion.  No  advertisements 
taken  for  less  than  25  cents.  Advance 
payments.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

156

157

LX>R  SALK—GENERAL  MERCHANDISE 
J  
stock in one  of  the  best  towns  in  Western 
Michigan;  well  established  trade;  good  clean 
stock;  good  location.  For  further  particulars 
and terms address Box 556, Shelby, Mich. 
158 
IT'OR  SALE—A NEW AND THE  UNLY  BA­
X'  zaar stock in the city  or county;  population, 
7,000;  population  of  county,  23,000;  the  county 
seat;  stock  invoices  $2,600;  sales,  $40  per  day; 
expenses low.  Address J. Clark, care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

F o r   SA LE—t y p e w r it e r s ,  l a t e st

model No. 4  Williams.  We  have  a  limited 
number of these machines which we will  sell for 
$75  each  on  very  easy  terms.  We  guarantee 
them  brand  new.  The  Myers  Co.,  NashviUe, 
Tenn. 
OR  SlLE,  ON  EASY  TERMS—STOCK OF 
groceries  and  crockery,  invoicing  about 
$1,100;  no old goods;  cheap  rent;  located North­
ern Michigan;  population  1,400.  Address  J.  S., 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
155
Dr u g   sto ck  f o r   sa l e  in   c it y   o f
6,000;  invoices  $1,500.  Other  business  ne­
cessitates sale.  Write at once for  particulars to 
No. 164, care Michigan Tradesman._______ 154
IT'OR  SALE,  ON  CONTRACT—A  SMALL 
1  drug stock  In beautiful  Southern  Michigan 
village of 1,000;  a snap  for  live  man  with  little 
cash.  Address Drugs, Kalamazoo, Mich.  153
FINE DRUG STOCK  IN  r a p id l y   g r o w - 
ingcityof  Southern Michigan;  finest  store 
in city;  on a paying basis, with  uulimited  possi­
bilities;  several  fine  specialties  already  going 
well;  a great opportunity and a  rare  one.  Wifi 
exchange for good real estate in Southern  Mich­
igan or anywhere In  south  or  southwest  or  on 
Pacific Coast.  Best of reasons for  selling.  Ad­
dress Business,  Kalamazoo, Mich. 
IT'OR  SALE—UP-TO-DA1E  $2,000  SHOE 
X1  stock, with good trade established in a  good 
live town of 2,000.  Correspond with U &  S,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 

Me a t   m a r k e t  f o r   s a l e—in   so u t h -

ern Michigan in town of  6,000  and  growing 
fast;  the best town  in  the  State  to  do  a  good 
business  in  and  make  money;  everything  in 
first-class order;  also  power  to  run  machinery 
very  cheap;  best  stock  country  and  shipping
igatlon.  Come and  look  it  over  and  you  will 
buy.  Reason  for  selling,  wish  to  retire.  Ad- 
dress No. 159, care Michigan Tradesman.  159

Îioint in Michigan.  Will bear the  closest  fnves- 
i iX>B  SALE—A  GENERAL  STORE  WITH 
about $2,000 stock, in good locality.  Address 
416 Erie S t, Port Huron, Mich. 
144
W ANTED—TO BUY  A  STOCK  OF  HARD- 
ware in some good  Northern  town.  S.  T. 
143
Hasse, Ithaca, Mich. 
IT'OR SALE-CIRCULAR SAW MILL,  WITH 
1  top saw, on Walloon  Lake,  Mich.;  capacity, 
twenty-five thousand feet of hardwood per  day: 
steam feed and engine (12x20) fed by two boilers. 
Docks and roads afi built  and  everything  ready 
for this winter’s  cut.  For  full  particulars  ad­
dress H. F. Guerin, Horton Bay, Mich, 

152

142

151

FOR SALE—MONEY  MAKING  STOCK  OF 
general merchandise, established  business 
of $1,500 per month  in  liveliest  growing  town 
in Michigan, at 25 per cent, discount  from  in­
voice  if taken within thirty days.  Correspond 
at  once  with  Mac,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man, 
136
WANTED—TO SELL  STOCK AND  BU1LD- 
ing  or  stock  of  groceries,  crockery  and 
meats; best location in one of  the  most thriving 
cities in the Upper Peninsula; good  reasons  for 
selling;  correspondence  solicited.  Address  B. 
C.  W., Box 4/3, Crystal Falls, Mich. 
133
IT'OR  BALE—COUNTRY  STORE  DOING  A 
'  thriving business;  best  location  in  Central 
Michigan; cash receipts last year,  $10,000;  good 
clean  stock  of  general  merchandise,  invoicing 
about $2,500;  stock can be  reduced  to  suit  pur­
chaser;  large ice house,  with good  refrigerator, 
capacity 3,000  pounds;  no  competition;  nearest 
store five miles;  good chance for hustler; a good 
bargain if  taken right away;  reason for selling, 
other business.  For further particulars address 
W. S. Hamilton, Colonville, Mich. 

I ¡'OR SALE—DRUG STOCK AND FIXTURES 

1  inventorying about $3,000; located ingrowing 
city of Kalamazoo; good reasons for selling; rent 
low; no  cut  prices;  satisfactory  terms  to  pur­
chaser  who  can  pay  one-half  down.  Address 
No.  139. care Michigan Tradesman. 

139

130

Gr o cery  c l e r k ,  p o s it io n   w a n t e d  

by an experienced grocery clerk.  Can  give 
the best of references as to ability, etc.  Address 

140

Clerk, care Michigan Tradesman. 
IT OR  SALE  CHEAP—20  OR  MORE  COLO- 
l   nies  of  bees  in  good  chaff  hives.  Albert 
Baxter, R. R. No  3, Muskegon, Mich. 
141
WANTED—UNDERTAKING AND  FURNI- 
ture  business  Will  pay  spot  cash.  Ad- 
dress No, 124, care Michigan Tradesman.  124
IT'OR  SALE—GROCERY,  CHINA  AND  BA­
X'  zaar  store.  Invoice  about  $1,100;  centrally 
located;  town  of  1,200;  established  trade:  bar­
gain;  investigate.  Address No. 147,  care  Mich­
igan Tradesman. 

i pOR  SALE—GENERAL  STORE.  STOCK 

and dwelling;  doing  $15,000  yearly  business 
on $1,800 stock:  will pay expense of investigation 
if  not  so.  Michigan  Central  Railroad  ticket 
office in store, worth $25 a  month.  A.  M.  Bent­
ley, Rhodes, Mich. 

147

146

95

102

keeping  85 per  cent.  Send  for  catalogue. 
Eureka Cash  &  Credit  Register  Co.,  Scranton, 
Pa. 

■ UR  SYSTEM  REDUCES  YOUR  BOOK- 
I ¡'OR  SALE—GROCERY  STORE  OF  E.  J.

Herrick, 116 Monroe  street,  Grand  Rapids. 
Enjoys  best  trade  in  the  city.  Mr.  Herrick 
wlhhes to retire from  business..  Address  L.  E. 
Torrey, Agt., Grand Rapids. 
IT'OR SALE—STORE, GENERAL MERCHAN- 
r   dise stock and one-half acre of land  in  town 
of 200 population in Allegan county.  Ask for real 
estate  $2,500.  Two  fine  glass  front  wardrobe 
show cases, with drawers;  also  large  dish  cup­
board and three movable wardrobes in flat above 
go  with  building.  Will  invoice  the  stock  and 
fixtures at cost (and less where there is a depre­
ciation), which will probably not exceed $1,200 or 
$1,500.  Require $2,000 cash, balance on mortgage 
at 5 per cent.  Branch office of the  West  Michi­
gan Telephone  Co.  and  all  telephone  property 
reserved.  Store building  26x62:  warehouse  for 
surplus stock, wood,  coal  and  ice,  12x70;  barn, 
24x36, with  cement  floor;  cement  walk;  heated 
by Michigan wood furnace on  store  floor:  large 
filter cistern and water elevated to  tank  in bath­
room by force pump.  Cost  of  furnace,  bathtub 
and  fixtures,  with  plumbing,  $295.  Five barrel 
kerosene tank in  cellar  with  measuring  pump. 
Pear and apple  trees  between  store  and  barn. 
For particulars or for  inspection  of  photograph 
of premises address or call on  Tradesman  Com­
pany._____________  
Fin e  o p e n in g  f o r   d r y   g o o d s  B u s i­
ness.  Now occupied by small  stock, for sale 
cheap.  Address No. 97,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
IT'OR SALE—GOOD CLEAN STOCK OF GEN- 

eral merchandise, invoicing  $2,500  to  $3,000. 
Situated in good farming district in Northern In­
diana.  Reason  for  selling,  business  interests 
elsewhere.  Quick  sale  for  cash.  Address  No. 
93, care Michigan Tradesman. 
IT 'O R   SA LE—CONFECTIONERY  STOCK, 
*  
fixtures, utensils and all tools  necessary  for 
making candy;  also  soda  fountain  on  contract, 
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-class 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. 

93

99

62

97

I  WILL  SELL  WHOLE  OR  ONE-HALF  IN- 

terest in my  furniture  business.  The  goods 
are all new and up-to-date;  located in  a town  of 
7,000:  has been a furniture store for thirty years; 
only two furniture stores in  the  town.  Address 
all  correspondence  to  No.  63,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

Me r c h a n t s  d e s ir o u s  o f  c l o sin g

out entire or part stock of shoes or wishing 
to dispose of whatever  undesirable  for  cash  or 
on commission correspond with Ries  &  Guettel, 
126-128 Market St-, Chicago, HL 

63

6

MISCELLANEOUS

160

SITUATION  WANTED  AS  REGISTERED 
k j  pharn acist, good town.  No  dives  need  ap­
ply.  Address  No.  160,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
A NT E  D-EXPERIENCED  MEN  TO 
write life insurance;  good  territory;  none 
but active workers wanted.  Address  D.  D.  Al- 
ton, 96 and 97 Lyman Block, Muskegon, Mich. 149
to work in country store; state  wages  and 
references.  Address  X.  Y.,  care  Michigan 
Trrdesman. 
\X7 ANTED—SITUATION  BY  A  MAN  OF 
I I   large experience in a general or  hardware 
or  grocery  or  shoe  store.  Can  furnish  refer­
ences.  Address No. 129, care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 

WANTED—REGISTERED  P H ARM ACIST 

129

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