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2.  H er Christm as Gift.
4.  A round  the  State.
5.  G rand  Rapids Gossip.
6.  G ettlng the  People.
7.  The  New  York  M arket.
8.  Editorial.
9.  E arly  Days.
10.  Clothing.
12.  Shoes and  Rubbers.
14.  D ry Goods.
15.  Credit to  Cash.
16.  Village  Im provem ent.
17.  Chat About  New  York  Fashions.
18.  C utter and  gggs.
19.  Poultry.
20.  W oman’s W orld.
21.  A  Christm as  Difficulty.
22.  Modern  Hotel.
24.  Clerk’s  Corner.
25.  Comm ercial Travelers.
26.  D rugs and Chemicals.
27.  D rug Price  Current.
28.  Grocery  Price  Current.
29.  Grocery  Price  Current.
30.  Grocery  Price  Current.
31.  Custom  of Swedish  Peasantry. 
32.  The G rain  M arket.

H ardw are  Price  Current.

TH E  GENUINE  THING.

is  nothing  to  equal  it. 

From  sunrise  to  sunrise  “ the  happy 
Christmas  time”   will  be  heralded  with 
the  hearty  greeting  which  came  first 
with  “ Peace  on  earth,  good,  will  to 
In  the  whole  round  of  human 
men.”  
joy  there 
It 
knows  no  barrier,  for  there 
is  none. 
The  rich  and  the  poor  alike  accost  each 
other  with  the  best  that  is  in  them  and 
on  this  day  the  two  salute  each  other 
with 
The  radiance  that 
surrounds  them—that  surrounds  us  all— 
beats  back  the  shadows  that  at  other 
times  obscure 
them  and  Christmas 
morning  finds  them  at  their  best  and 
“ Merry  Christmas,”   like  the  chiming 
of  happy  bells,rings  out  upon  the  frosty 
air.

level  eyes. 

that 

hated 

There  was  a  time— would that  it  could 
come  again!— when  the  greeting  was  as 
hearty  as  its  tone.  We  said  it  because 
we  meant 
it  and  the  handclasp  only 
strengthened  what  the  heart  could  not 
express. 
It  was  in  the  day  of  simple 
things.  No  gift  was  needed  to  confirm 
what  face  and  voice  had  said.  The  an­
cestry 
the  Established 
Church  endured  no  “ Christmas  gew­
gaws”   and  no  “ popish  practices”   were 
allowed  to  interfere  with  the  school  at 
Christmas  time,  so  that  the  road  from 
home  to  school  house  was  a  continued 
ambuscade,  and  no  teacher’s  rule  was 
strong  enough  to  prevent  the  volley  that 
greeted  the  comer,  early  or  late,  who 
opened  the  school  room  door.  There 
were  no  green  wreaths  at  the  windows—■ 
although  the  school  house  was  sur­
rounded  by  the  ground  pine— no  holly 
brightened  with  its  green  and  red  the 
circle  around  the  Christmas  fire  and  the 
mistletoe  and  the  Christmas  tree  were 
not  until  recent  years  regarded  with  fa­
vor  in  Puritan  New  England;  but  the 
genuine  thing —the  Christmas  cheer and 
the  spirit  of  the  Christ  Child— was 
everywhere - and  “ the  aisles  of  the  dim 
woods  rang  with  the  anthem”   that  the 
centuries  have  been  singing  since  the 
old  Bethlehem  days  when  Mary  cradled 
her baby  in  the  manger.

It 

is  not  for a  moment  to  be  inferred 
that  the  gift  and  the  giving  at  Christ­

child  was;“   but 

mas  time  are  out  of  place.  The  Wise 
Men  from  the  East  have  taught  us  bet­
ter  than  that.  There  were  gold  and 
frankincense  and  myrrh,  and  the  Star 
led  the  givers  “ to  the  place  where  the 
young 
it  was  the 
Christmas  spirit  centering  in  Him  that 
brought  them over the wearisome wilder­
ness  to  lay  their  treasures,  the  best  that 
the  earth  could  furnish,  at  His  infant 
feet.  Not  a gift  was  offered  that  was  not 
aglow  with  the  love  that  prompted  it. 
In  Him  was  centered  all  that  human 
love  and  adoration  knew  and  gift  and 
bended  knee  were  only  human  expres­
sions  from  the  divine  within  them  to 
the  Divine  before  them—the  very  spirit 
of  giving  for  all  time  coming.

If  this  could  only  be  the  sign to-day— 
if the  gold  and  myrrh  meant  what  they 
did  when  Christ  was  born,  if  sparkling 
jewel  and  precious  gift,  costly  although 
they  be,  were  only  bints  of  the  store  of 
love  and  genuine  regard  behind  them— 
there  would  be  no  dread  when  the  gift 
season  comes.  The  heart  only  would 
bend  to  its  delightful  task  and  choose 
its  gift  untrammeled  with  the  thought 
of  price,  its  best  its  only  offering—the 
spirit  would  do  the  rest. 
“ A  cup  of 
water  in  His  name”   from  the  band  that 
loves  us  blesses  most  and  so  is  most  ap­
preciated.  So  the home gifts  please best, 
homely  although  they  be.  The  hearty 
handshake  that  costs  nothing—except 
the  genuine  regard  behind  it— is exactly 
what  we  value  most;  for  above  such 
gifts  hovers  the  same  halo  that  Beth­
lehem  saw  first  above  His  manger  and 
then  over  Him  in  the  responsive  skies.
These  are  the  gifts  the  Tradesman 
this  Christmas 
wishes  to  its  readers 
morning.  May 
it  be  a  “ Merry  Christ­
mas”   to  every  one.  May  stocking  and 
tree  be  burdened  with  the  richest  and 
the  best,  and  when  the  day 
is  done, 
“ when  fire  is  out  and  gone  are  all  the 
guests,”   may  every  present  be  such  as 
the  Magi  brought,  crowded  to  the  full, 
as  theirs  were  crowded,  with  the  genu­
ine  regard,  the  genuine  affection,  the 
genuine 
love  that  comes  only  from  the 
best  within  us  to  the  best  in  those  to 
whom  the  gifts  are  given.

The  tobacco  business  in  France 

is  a 
very  important  source  of  revenue  to  the 
government.  The  capital 
invested  in 
the  buildings,  machinery,  etc.,  is  $10,- 
385,216,  and  the  government  generally 
realizes  a  profit  of  between  $60,000,000 
and  $80,000,000.  The  state  usually  car­
ries  from  $15,000  to $20,000  in  stock, 
consisting  of  raw  materials  and  cigars. 
In  1899  the  net  profits  were  $67,276,- 
243- 52* 

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Cleveland 

is  flooded  with  one-dollar 
bills  raised  to  fives.  The  raising  has 
been  done  by  cutting  out  “ 5s“   from  in­
ternal  revenue  stamps  and  pasting  them 
over  the  “ is ”   on  dollar  bills.  The work 
is  a  botch  and 
is  readily  detected  by 
bank  clerks  and  persons  who  handle  a 
great  deal  of  money,  but  many  of  the 
raised  notes  have  been  accepted  by  the 
innocent  and  the  careless.

Evil  minds  evil  always  think,  but 

pure  minds  discover  the  good.

GENERAL TRADE  REVIEW .

The  factors  governing 

in  the  trade 
situation  are  the  preparation  for  pay­
ments  of  the  annual  dividends,  the  ap­
proach  of  holiday  dulness  in  specula­
tive  circles  and  the  pressure  of  unprec­
edented  activity  in  many  of  the 
indus­
tries,  especially  steel  and  the  woolen 
trade.  Preparation  for  the  annual  pay­
ments  makes  a  demand  for money which 
has  materially  raised 
rates,  notwith­
standing  the  fact  that  there  is  more  in 
circulation  than  ever  before  in  the  his­
tory  of  the  country.  There  is  no  oc­
casion  for  uneasiness  on  account  of  any 
possible  scarcity,  for  it  only  means  the 
preparation  for  payments  which  will 
quickly  restore  a  condition  of  abund­
ance.

its  proper  place 

The  course  of the  stock  markets  has 
i been  irregular,  with  copper  still  domi­
nating,  until  at  last  the  interest  seems 
turning  to  sugar.  Copper  has  been 
given 
in  price  as  a 
metal  and  there  seems  little  doubt  that 
a  healthy  resumption  will  follow  the 
more  reasonable  basis.  It  is  but  a  repe­
tition  of  the  experience  of  two years ago 
in  the 
iron  and  steel  markets,  when 
prices  went  up  to a  degre.e  to  paralyze 
trade. 
The  more  sensible  policy  of 
keeping  prices  at  a  level  to  compete 
in  the  world’s  markets  has  brought  an 
activity  which  seems  likely  to  have  no 
end  for  a 
It  re­
mains  to  be  determined  whether  the 
red  metal  managers  will  learn  a  lesson 
from  the  iron  and  steel  experience.

long  time  to  come. 

All  conditions  have  been  favorable  to 
holiday  distribution  and  demand.  The 
weather  has  been  severe  enough  to  in­
sure  the  sales  of  heavy  goods,  and  the 
extent  of  reorder  business  has  been  the 
limit  of  capacity  of  the  factories.  The 
year  will  come 
in  with  long  contracts 
ahead  in  most  of  the  mills  of  the  coun­
try.

Iron  and  steel  industries  are  in  a  con­
dition  of  unprecedented  activity  in  this 
country.  At  the  Homestead  works  the 
pay  roll  for  two  weeks  was  $500,000, 
which  considerably  exceeds  all  records. 
Output  of  all  the 
iron  plants  is  enor­
mous  and  would  be  still  greater  if  not 
hindered  by 
lack  of  transportation. 
High  prices  for  materials  seems  likely 
to  be  a  serious  element  in  the  boot  and 
shoe  trade,  but  there  is  little  abatement 
of  activity  as  yet.

It  is  not  wise  to  be  too  sensible.  Do 
not  let  your anger  rise  when  you  read 
our  nonsense. 
If  you  only  knew  us  you 
would  love  us  for  our  faults.

The  man  who  is  always  prating  about 
wayward  people  of  any  town  is  a  chap 
who  is  always  on  the  lookout  for  that 
class  of  people.

“ Lay  up  something  for  a  rainy  day”  
does  not  mean  that  you  must  take  your 
neighbor's  umbrella.

Proud  man  makes  sport  of  the  ability 
of  woman  to  throw.  Just  ask  him  to 
thread  a  needle.

There  are  a  good  many  people  in  this 
world  who  think  that  policy  is  the  best 
honesty.

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H ER CHRISTMAS GIFT.

Story of th e  Stenographer,  Told  by  H er­

self.

I’m  only  a  typewriter—or  was,  but  of 

that  later.

I’m  a  girl,  too,  and  that  makes 

it 
worse.  You  know  some  one,  or  the 
newspapers  or  somebody,  has  been  for 
a. long  time  seeking  to  substitute  some 
kind  of  a  word  to  differentiate  between 
the  operator  and  the  instrument  oper­
ated  on,  and  they  call it  the  typewriting 
machine.  But  I  am  that,  too.  Good­
ness  knows,  if  we  are  not  typewriting 
machines,  what  else  are  we?  Do  we 
ever  have  a  thought of our  own?  Do  we 
ever write  except  the  writing  dictated 
to  us?  Do  we  ever  do  anything  of  our 
own  volition? 
If  that  is  not  being  a 
machine,  what  is  it?

I  am  only  19  years  old  and  Somebody 
has  told  me  that  I  am  very  pretty,  in­
deed.  One  should  be  when  one  has 
youth  and  health  and  hope,  and  I  have 
all  three,  although  until  a  little  while 
ago 1  had  not  much  of  the 
latter.  You 
see  typewriting  at  $8  a  week  is  not  pro­
ductive  of  hope,  except,  perhaps,  a  lit­
tle  hope  that  after  awhile  one  may  get 
$9 a  week  if  one  is  faithful  and  willing 
to  work  extra  hours  without  extra  pay.
I  think  1  never  thought  of  what  I 
looked  like  until  Somebody  told  me,  be­
cause  I  have  always  been  so  busy  1  had 
not  the  time  to  think. 
I  had  to  get  up 
so early  in  the  morning  to  catch  a  train 
that  I  could  not  see  myself  in  my  glass 
oftener  than  once  a  week,  on  Sunday 
mornings,  and  we  had  such  a  horrid 
glass  in  the  little  washroom  at the  office 
that  my  face  actually  hurt  me  to  look  at 
it  there.  So,  being  an  orphan,  with  a 
hall  bedroom  for  home,  how  was  I  to 
hear  anything  of  myself,  and  so  poor 
that  it  was  a  waste  of  compliments  to 
give  them  to  me,  even  if  they  were  de­
served ?

But  Somebody  thought  I  was  pretty 

and  told  me  so.

It  was  Dick— Richard— I  mean  young 
Mr.  Rand,  my  employer’s  son,  such  a 
handsome  fellow  of  five  and  twenty, 
and  everybody  told  him  be  was,  for  he 
was  not  poor,  and  he  wasn’t  a  type­
writer,  and  he  didn’t  live  in  a  hall  bed­
room  in  a  cheap  boarding  house.

I  was  a 

little  afraid  at 

first  and 
wouldn't  listen  to  what  was  sweeter  to 
my  hungry  heart  than  were  ever  songs 
of  birds  in  pleasant  groves  to  travelers 
lost  in  desert  wastes.  But  the  months 
went  by  and  Richard  was  so  good  and 
so  gentle  and  so  thoughtful  always  that 
it  ceuld  not  be  otherwise,  and  I  lis­
tened,  without  fear,  and  with  a  great 
love  and  hope  that  made  the  world  all 
over  again  for  me.

into  his  voice  like 

Mr.  Rand,  the  father,  was  not  like 
his  son,  for  he  had  been  poor  in  his 
youth  and  life  had  been  hard  and cheer­
less  to  him  until  his  heart  had  grown 
cold  and  when  wealth  came  it  brought 
ambition,  and  he  drew  away  from  all 
that  was  poor  and  lowly,  coming  to  it 
only  to  exact  from  it  that  for  which  he 
paid  his  money,  Still,  there  were  times 
when  his  eyes  grew  moist  and  a  tone 
came 
recollected 
music. 
I  did  not  know  at  first,  but 
afterwards  I  knew,  that  these  moods 
moved  him  when  something  brought 
back  memories  of  bis  dead  wife  and his 
only  daughter,  who  was  just  my  age 
when  she  died.  He 
loved  his  son  be­
cause  he  was  so  like  his  mother  in  all 
that 
is  good  and  beautiful,  but  he  was 
ambitious  for him,  and  more  than  once 
I  have  heard  him  urging  Richard  to  go 
more  into  society  and  cultivate  the  ac­
quaintance  of  wealthy  young  ladies  to

I 

obeyed  him  mechanically,  you  know 

Having 

I  said  1  was  a  machine,  and  slipping  in 
the  sheet  of  paper,  looked  at  him  to 
proceed.  He  dictated  as  follows:
Miss  Alice  Burt:
tendered  your  resignation 
some  time  ago  as  my  typewriter  and 
stenographer,  I  hereby  accept  the  same, 
and  from  this  date  your  services  will 
not  be  required  in  my  office.
Yours  truly,

Ah,  m e!  if  the  cold  machine  could 
only  show  the  faltering  heart  and  the 
trembling  hand.  But  it  could  not,  and 
the 
letters  were  straight  and  firm  as  if 
written  by  muscles  of  steel.

1 

took  the  sheet  from  the  roll  and 

handed  it  to  him  for  his  signature.
“ Before  you  go,”   he  said  a 

little 
kindlier  as  he  wrote  his  name  and 
handed  me  back  the  letter,  “  I  have  a 
Christmas  gift  for  you  to  let  you  know 
that  I  have  no  ill-feeling  against  you,”  
and  he  touched  the  electric  button  on 
In  a  dazed  fashion  1  heard 
his  desk. 
the  familiar  tingle  of  the  little  bell  in 
in  a  moment  the 
the  outer  office,  and 
door  opened  and  Richard  entered. 
I al­
most  shrieked  at  the  suddenness  of  it.
“ That’s  it,  Miss  Burt,”   he  said,  nod­
ding  toward  his  son  with  the  sweetest 
smile  1  ever  saw  on  his  face. 
Indeed,  I 
think 
it  was  the  sweetest  smile  I  had 
ever  seen  in  all  my  life.

He  had  risen  from  his  chair,  and  as  I 
rose  to  my  feet,  he  stooped  and  kissed 
me  on  the  forehead.

“ I  wish  you  both  a  very  Merry 
Christmas,”   he  said,  and  went out,  and 
then  Richard  told  me  not  to  cry,  for 
goodness  knew  I had had  trouble  enough 
already.

But  they  were  not  tears  of  sorrow  and 
when  Richard  walked  home  with  me  in 
the  beautiful  sunshine  of  the  gloomiest 
Christmas  morning  I  ever  knew,  he  told 
me  how  his  father bad strangely softened 
and  had  written  to  him  to  come  home 
and  give  his  heart  where  it  belonged, 
asking  only,  as  his  own  fancy,  and  for 
a  pleasant  surprise  to  Miss  Burt,  that 
she  be  not  informed  until  Christmas 
morning.

And  now  in  Father  Rand's  office  you 
may  see  framed,  above  his  desk,  a  cer­
tain  letter of  resignation  which  he asked 
his  former  typewriter  and  stenographer 
to  let  him  have  for  a  decoration  and  a 
souvenir.

G reatest F lirt in  the  Business.

indignant  husbands, 

Out  of  harm's  way,  beyond  the  reach 
of the  courts,  where  breach  of  promise 
suits  can  not  annoy  him,  at  a  safe  dis­
tance  from  jealous  relatives, large  broth­
ers  and 
that 
naughty  man  in  the  moon  flirts  with  the 
girls,handsome  wives  and  rich  heiresses 
of  all  nations  and  climes.  He  winks  at 
the  African  maiden  with  the  same  fa­
miliarity  that  he smiles  upon  the  Amer­
ican  girl.  He  smiles  approvingly  at  the 
revelry  of  a  Parisian  roof  garden  and 
gazes  serenely  at  the  girls  in  attendance 
at  a 
lawn  social  for  the  benefit  of  a 
church.  He  will  peek  between  the 
branches  of  the  trees  and  wink  at  the 
girl  the  lover  is  telling  his  great  affec­
tion  for.  He will  work  himself  around 
until  he  finds  a  favorable  position  for 
gazing  upon  a  sleeping  beauty  and 
smile  upon  her.  With  him  it  makes  no 
difference  that  a  good  looking  woman 
is  the  devoted  wife  of  an  unsuspecting 
husband,he  will  wink  at  her.  He spends 
three-fourths  of  his  time  watching  the 
antics of fond lovers  and  whether  swing­
ing  over  the  front  gate  or  seated  in  a 
bough  house  he  will  find  an  opportu­
nity  to  flirt  with  the  girl.  That  man  in 
the  moon  is  an  awful  flirt  and  the  only 
safety  from  his  winks  and  smiles  is  a 
quaker  bonnet  or  a  Japanese  parachute.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

whose  circle  he  belonged  by  every  right 
of  wealth  and  education.

Richard  would 

laugh  then  at  bis 
father  and  promise  to  find  the  very 
richest  and  most  fashionable  girl 
in 
town  to  become  the  recipient  of  his 
heart  and  hand,  but  the  father  would 
frown  and  appear to find  very  little  re­
lief  in  such  joking.

One  day  Mr.  Rand  made  me  awfully 
nervous  by  watching  me  at  my  work. 
He  had  dictated  a  great  pile  of  letters 
which  I  was  busy  copying,  with  no 
thought  of  anything  except  the  work  in 
hand,not  even  Richard, who  was  seldom 
out  of  my  thought.  You  know  how 
queerly  one  feels  under  the  influence  of 
a  watching  eye,and  presently  something 
made  me  look  up  at  Mr.  Rand,  and  he 
suddenly  dropped  his  eyes. 
Several 
times  during  the  morning  the  same 
thing  occurred,  and  I  think  I  would 
have  had  hysterics  if  he  had  not  gone 
out to  lunch  an  hour  earlier than  usual.
The  next  day  Richard  came  to  me 
with  the  startling  news  that  his  father 
had  told  him  to  get  ready  at  once  to  go 
to  London  to  look  after  certain  business 
matters  of  importance  demanding  im­
mediate  attention.  On  the  same  ship, 
too,  would  sail  the  one  girl  Mr.  Rand 
was  most 
should 
marry.  Rich  and  beautiful  and  every 
way  worthy,  too,  she  was,  and 
it  was 
no  wonder  that  the  father  should  hope 
that  his  son  might  have  such  a  woman 
for  his  wife.

anxious  Richard 

It  was  like  breaking  our  hearts  to 
separate,  for  with  never  a  word  to  any 
one,  least  of  all  to  Mr.  Rand,  Richard 
and  I  had  given  to  each  other  the  one 
promise  that  makes  life  worth  living  to 
the  men  and  women  who  love.

Very  hard,  indeed,  was  it  for  me  to 
sit  under  the  eye  of  Mr.  Rand  those 
first  weeks  of  Richard’s  absence,  but  in 
letter,  filled  with  love  and  sun­
time  a 
shine,  came,  and  the  day  I  received 
it 
Mr.  Rand  seemed  to  understand  that  I 
was  not  quite  what  I  had  been,  but  be 
said  nothing.  Two  months  passed  and 
three  and  four,  until  the  sixth  had  gone 
into the  tedium  of  yesterdays,  and  then 
Richard  wrote  to  say  that  his  father had 
ordered  him  to  go to  Egypt  and  thence 
to  China.

So  far  away  he  was  now  that  letters 
came 
irregularly  and  at  long  intervals, 
and  then  one  came  saying  that  Mr. 
Rand  knew  his  son  was  in  love  with  me 
and  he  was  determined  it  should  go  no 
further.  As  for  me  he  would  keep  me 
in  bis  employ  because  I  was  useful  to 
him  and  he  preferred  to  have  me  under 
his  eye.  I  was  glad  of  this  for  my  sal­
ary  had  been 
increased  to  $9 a  week, 
and  I  was  able  now  to  have  a  little  in­
valid  half-brother  in  a  charity  hospital 
where  I  could  see  him  every  day  or two. 
life  for  him,  because  the  poor 
It  was 
little  fellow  was  slowly  dying 
in  the 
country  where  he had  been  compelled  to 
stay  before.

In'  his  next  letter  Richard  told  me 
that  his  father  had  peremptorily  com­
manded  him  to  give  me  up  on  pain  of 
immediate  dismissal  and  disinheritance 
for  the  future. 
I  knew  what  Richard 
had  written  to  bis  father to  call  for  this 
severity,  for he  had  told  me  what  he  in­
tended  to  say.  As  for  me,  I  wrote  to 
him  breaking  the  engagement  and  tell­
ing  him  that  I  loved  him  too  much  to 
permit  myself  to  be  the  cause  of  his 
ruin.  How  much  I  told  him  I  do  not 
know,  and  what  bitter tears  I  shed  God 
only  could  wipe  away.

Still  Mr.  Rand  said  nothing  to  me. 
Only  he  seemed  to  be  watching  me  al­
I  could  endure  it  no  longer,  and
ways. 

one  morning  I  told  him  what  I  knew 
and  what  1  had  written  to  Richard, 
and  that  I  was  ready  to  resign  my  posi­
tion 
in  his  service  also.  He  looked  at 
me  in  surprise  and  doubt,  and  said  that 
in  such  matters  a  woman  was  not  to  be 
considered,  because  she  would  do  what­
ever  the  man  in  the  case  said she should 
do,  and  he  must  hear again  from  Rich­
ard  before  saying  anything  to  me.  As 
for  my  resignation,  he  would  hold  that 
for  future  reference.

I  was  hurt  and  angry  enough  to  cry, 
and  I  did,  and  I  took  my  hat  and wraps 
and  went  home  without  so  much  as  a 
good-by  to  Mr.  Rand.  There  I  found  a 
note  from  the  hospital  asking  me  to 
come  as  soon  as  I  could  as  my  brother 
was  worse  and  an  operation  would  be 
necessary  to save  his  life.  The  next  day 
I  remained  at  the  hospital,  and  the  next 
I  resumed  my  position  with  Mr.  Rand.
Poverty  is  such  a  cruel  master.  And 
there  are  so  many  typewriters  in  the 
world.

What  passed  between  Mr.  Rand  and 
Richard  during  the  next  month  I  did 
not  know  for  I  did  not  hear  from  Rich­
ard.  October  and  November  passed,and 
still  no  word.  Mr.  Rand  in  the  mean­
time  was  more  cheerful,  and  although 
he  never  spoke  to  me  except  on  busi­
ness,  1  felt  that  Richard  had  obeyed 
him  as  I  had  told  him  to  do,  and  might 
already  have  announced  to  his father his 
choice  of  a  rich  and  aristocratic  wife.

Even  Richard,  you  know,  was  a  man, 

and  they  are  all  so  alike.

But  I  thought 

less  of  Richard,  and 
even  although  he  was  doing  the  very 
thing  I  insisted  be  should  do,  it  was  not 
making  me  have  nobler  thoughts  of 
man’s 
sacrifices.  He 
might,  at  least,  have  written  to  me  say­
ing  how  sorry  he  was  and  how  good  it 
was  of  me  to  suffer  for  his  sake,  and  all 
that,  but  he  did  not.

love  and  his 

And  now  Christmas  had  come,  and 
while  all  the  world  seemed  to  stand  out 
in  the  glad  light  of  the  time,  I stood  in 
the  shadow,  and  such  shadow  as  I  had 
not  thought  possible.

How  much  keener  the  pain  to 

lose 

than  never  to  have.

| 

Mr.  Rand  had  kindly  allowed  me  an 
extra  week’s  salary— as  a  token  of  his 
esteem,*1  thought,  bitterly— and  1  found 
my  only  ray  of  sunlight  in  spending 
it 
all  for the  dear  little  fellow  sick  in  the 
charity  hospital.  But  no  one  came  to 
me  with  cheer and  no  one  wished  me  a 
Merry  Christmas.

What  a  dismal,  dismal 

time  can 
Christmas  Eve  be,  and  this  was  my 
Christmas  Eve.

In  the  morning  at  10 o’clock  a  note 
came  from  Mr.  Rand  requesting  me  to 
come  to  his  house.  Wondering,  1  went, 
and  in  his  office  there  I  found  him,  and 
be  did  not  so  much  as  give  me  a Christ­
mas  greeting.

“ Certain  facts  have  come 

to  my 
knowledge,  Miss  Burt,*’  he  said  freez- 
ingly,  “ which  make  it  necessary  for  me 
to  call  ycu  here  this  morning.  Some 
time  ago,  you  will  remember,  you  ten­
dered  your  resignation  and  I  told  you  I 
would  hold  it  for  future  reference.  I— ”  
How  cruel  he  was  and  how  bitter.  On 
Christmas  morning,  too,  when  all  the 
rest  of  the  world  was  glad.  I interrupted 
him  to  say  something,  I  did  not  know 
what.

“ I  beg  your  pardon,”   he  said,  wav­
ing  me  toward  the  desk  where  the  type­
writer  was,  “ I  think  this  matter can 
best  be  settled  in  writing.’ ’

That  was 

the  very  refinement  of 
I  was to  write  my  own  death 

cruelty. 
sentence.

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Sweet  to  taste.

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Around  the State

Movements o f M erchants.

Charlotte— A.  J.  Prindle  has  removed 
his  boot  and  shoe  stock  to  Sycamore, 
Ohio.

Petoskey—Joseph  &  Minnie  Hancock 
have  purchased  the  grocery  stock  of  J. 
E.  Martin.

Detroit— Hendrick  Wright  has  pur­
the  grocery  stock  of  Wm. 

chased 
Trempfler.

Gladwin— Deram  Mills  has  sold  his 
dry  goods,  grocery  and  hardware  stock 
to Thos.  Naylor.

Eaton  Rapids— L.  D.  Jenne  has  sold 
to 

implement  stock 

his  agricultural 
Pierson  &  Fowler.

Jonesville— Will  H.  Blauvelt  succeeds 
Blauvelt  &  Co.  in  the  furniture  and  un­
dertaking  business.

Detroit— Geo.  C.  Walker,of the whole­
sale  and  retail  cheese  firm  of  Geo.  Q. 
Walker  &  Co.,  is  dead.

Memphis— Bartlett  &  Co.  have  pur­
chased  the  hardware,  paint and  oil  stock 
of  C.  H.  Reynolds  &  Co.

Maple  Rapids— Willough &  Haas  will 
succeed  B.  W.  &  I.  E.  Hewitt  in  the 
hardware  business  Jan.  I.

Perry— Wm.  E.  Olson,  general  dealer 
at  this  place,  was  recently  married  to 
Miss  Rose  Hawkey,  of  Owosso.

Sturgis—J.  J.  Packard  continues  the 
grocery  and  wall  paper  business  of 
Packard  &  Son  in  his  own  name.

Springport—P.  J.  Wilson,  of  Eaton 
Rapids,  has  purchased  the  agricultural 
implement  stock  of  E.  Wellington.
Hubbardston-----Wm.  Dodson 

and
Charles  Grill  have  formed  a  copartner­
ship  to  engage  in the meat business.

Lapeer—Adelbert  H.  Ainsworth  will 
succeed  Ainsworth  Bros,  in  the  hard­
ware,paint  and  oil  business  February  I.
Cadillac— William  Hardick  and  Cor­
nelius Wager  have  engaged  in  the  meat 
business  under  the  style  of  Hardick  & 
Wager.

Petoskey— E.  C.  Marsh,  prescription 
clerk  for  C.  H.  Bostick,  at  Manton, 
will  engage 
in  the  drug  business  here 
about  Jan.  io.

Caro— Bert  O.  and  Fred  J.  Purdy,  to­
gether  with  F.  M.  Cheeseman,  of  De­
troit,  have purchased  the  hardware  stock 
of  Lazelle  Bros.

St.  Johns—Stillson  &  Arnold 

is  the 
style  of  the  new  firm  which  succeeds 
Tubbs  &  Arnold  in  the  agricultural  im­
plement  business.

Onondaga—J.  H.  Darrow,  who  has 
conducted  the  clothing  business  here for 
the  past  two  months,  has  sold  his  stock 
to  Ed.  Shumway.

Carsonville— Ellerthorpe &  Bettis,  in­
corporated,  succeed  A.  E.  Ellerthorpe 
&  Co.  in  the  men’s  furnishing  goods, 
shoe  and  confectionery  business.

Saginaw—James  C.  Mills, 

for  four 
years  Teller  in  the  Bank  of  Saginaw, 
has  resigned  in  order to  devote  his  en­
tire  time  to  the  book  and  stationery 
business  of  Mills  &  Arnold.

Cadillac—John  Donnelly  has  resigned 
his  position  as  clerk  in  the grocery  store 
of  J.  Cornwell  &  Sons  and  purchased 
the  grocery  stock  of  L.  J.  Tripp,  at 
Mesick,  which  he  will  take  possession 
of  about  Jan.  i.

Millington— D.  J.  Evans,  banker  at 
this  place,  and  F.  E.  Kelsey,  of  Caro, 
have  formed  a  copartnership  and  pur­
chased  the  Woolman  &  Johns  elevator, 
which  they  will  conduct  under  the  style 
of  Kelsey  &  Evans.

Pierson—C.  S.  Comstock  &  Co.,  deal­
ers  in  general  merchandise,  are  suc­
ceeded  by  Comstock  &  Petrie,  who are

Mic h ig a n   tr a d esm a n

now  conducting  a  cash  business.  Mr. 
Petrie  has  been  manager of  the business 
for the  past  three  years.

Belding—A.  &  D.  Friedman  have 
leased  the  store  building adjoining their 
clothing  and  furnishing  goods  store  and 
will  put 
in  the  new  department  a  line 
of  dry  goods  and  millinery.  An  arch­
way  will  connect  the  two  stores.

Battle  Creek— Local  merchants  have 
suffered  so  much  from  shoplifting  this 
season  that  an  agreement  is  being  cir­
culated  among  them  pledging  each  one 
to  prosecute  to  the  full  extent  of  the  law 
any  who  are  hereafter caught  at  the  ne­
farious  work.

Kalamazoo—The  directors  of  the  Kal­
amazoo  National  Bank  have  elected 
Harry  den  Bleyker Cashier to  succeed 
E.  P.  Sumption,  who  has  resigned  to 
engage 
in  business  for  himself.  Miss 
Lillie  M.  Phelps  has  been  elected  As­
sistant  Cashier.

M anufacturing: M atters.

North  Lansing— The  Hildreth  Motor 
&  Pump  Co.  will  erect  a  three-story 
building.

Detroit— The  Phoenix  Reed  Co.  has 
its  capital  stock  from  $5,000 

increased 
to $25,000.

Vicksburg—The  capital  stock  of  the 
Clark  Brothers'  Co.  has  been  increased 
from  $20,000 to $25,000.

Williamston-----The  Crapo  Lumber
Co.  has  been  organized  to 
succeed 
Wagar  &  Crapo  in  the  lumber  business.
Holly—The  new  Holly  Wagon  Works, 
capital  $50,000,  all  taken,  will  put  up  a 
$15,000  building  and  employ  100  men.
Detroit— The  Frontier  Mineral  Paint 
Co.  manufacturer  of  dry  paints,  has 
been  incorporated  under the  style  of  the 
Iron  Brown  Mineral  Paint  Co.

Saginaw— Smith  &  Roeser,  manufac­
turers  and  retail  dealers  of  cigars,  have 
dissolved  partnership.  The  business  is 
continued  by  Edward  P.  Roeser.

Hubbardston— Mr.  Langdon  has  sold 
a  half  interest  in  his  cheese  factory  to
M.  A.  Guild,  of  Lake  Mills,  Wis.  The 
new  firm  will  be  known  as  Langdon  & 
Guild.

Elk  Rapids—The  Elk  Rapids  Iron 
Co.  will  erect  and  equip  a  factory  for 
the  manufacture  of  maple  flooring. 
It 
will  be  constructed  entirely  of  Portland 
cement.

Pinconning— The  elevator  firm  of  F. 
L.  Kinsey  &  Co.,  at  Pinconning,  has 
been  dissolved,  Mr.  Kinsey  retiring.
C.  F.  Kelley,  of  Frederic,  is  now  sole 
proprietor.

Clare— E.  Switzer  has  purchased  the 
creamery  plant  of  J.  R.  Hess  and  ex­
pects  to  begin  operations  by  the  middle 
of  April.  He  has  just  completed  the 
erection  of  an ice  house.

Carson  City— H.  P.  Fitzpatrick  has 
sold  a  half  interest  in  his  cheese  factory 
to  M.  A.  Guild,  of  Lake  Mills,  Wis., 
and  the  business  will  be conducted here­
after  under  the  stvle  of  Fitzpatrick  & 
Guild.

Detroit—The  American  Condensing 
Supply  Equipment  Co.,  capital  $5,000, 
has  been  organized  by  Geo.  H.  Pren­
tice,  Cbas.  S.  Burr  and  Herbert  J. 
Prentice, to manufacture  machinery  used 
to  condense  milk.

Saginaw— The  Saginaw  Lumber  & 
Salt  Co.  has  filed  articles  of  associa­
tion,  the  present  corporation  expiring 
by  limitation  with  the  close  of this year. 
The  new  articles  are  for  ten  years  and 
the  capital  stock  is  $100,000.

Croswell— The  agents  who  are  secur­
ing  acreage  for  the  growing  of  beets  for 
the  sugar  factory  here  report  that  they 
have  at  the  present  time  a  larger  num­

ber  of  acres  than  were  ever  promised 
the  first  year to  any  factory  in  the State.
Port  Huron—This  city  deserves  the 
name  of  the  chicory  center of the United 
States.  The 
local  factory  has  now  on 
hand  10,000 tons  of  the  product, or about 
two-thirds  of  the  entire  output of  the 
United  States. 
It  will  be  necessary  to 
run  day  and  night  all  this  winter  and 
next  summer  to  use  up 
large 
amount.

Detroit—Articles  of  association  have 
been  filed  by  the  Michigan  Steel  Boat 
Co.,  organized  with  $37,500  capital,  all 
of  which  is  paid  in.  The  organizers  are 
Chandler G.  Bullard,  Arthur  E.  Cham­
bers  and  Lewis  H.  Bullard,  of  Kala­
mazoo, and  Hugo  Scherer,  Frederick  E. 
Wadsworth,  Frank  D.  Ross  and  Arundel 
B.  Wigle,  of  Detroit.

this 

Detroit—The  American  Brush  Co., 
composed  of  Mark  G.  and  Henry  S. 
Morris,  located  at  the  northwest  corner 
of  Woodbridge  and  Cass  streets,  has 
bought  a  lot  on  the  west  side  of Beecher 
street, 
street,  on 
which  it will  erect  a  factory  building  50 
xioo  feet 
in  dimensions,  two  stories 
high,  estimated  to  cost  $6,500.

formerly  Foundry 

Adrian—A  company  has  been  incor­
porated  here  with  a  capital  stock  of 
$100,000  for the  purpose  of  taking  the 
Church  Manufacturing  Co.  plant  and 
actively  pushing  the  manufacture  and 
sale  of  the  Murray  motor  car.  Over 
$50,000  of  the  stock  has  been  sub­
scribed,  and  a  specimen  automobile  has 
been 
in  operation  here  for  several 
months.  Mr.  Murray,  the  inventor,  has 
been  in  the  auto  trade  for some  years.

company 

Kalamazoo—A 

is  being 
formed  among  Kalamazoo  business  men 
to  manufacture  the  improved  gas  lamp 
invented  by  John  and  Gerrit  Dorenbus, 
of  this  city. 
It  is  understood  that  the 
old  Eames  shops  on  Michigan  avenue 
have  been  rented  and  that  the  business 
will  be  carried  on  there  for a  time.  The 
lamp  is  the  invention  of  the  Dorenbus 
brothers  and 
is  claimed  to  be  a  great 
improvement  over  any light  on  the  mar­
ket as  a  light  for  large  areas  and  at  the 
same  time  a  gas  saver.

Owosso—The  hopes  which  Owosso 
men  had  cherished  of  securing  a factory 
for the  manufacture  of  beet  sugar  have 
gone  glimmering  at  the moment when  it 
was  supposed  that  everything  bad  been 
arranged  satisfactorily.  On  account  of 
the  refusal  of  the  contractors  to  insure

the  completion  of  the  factory  by  Oct.  1 
of  next  year,  W.  R.  Burt,  of  Saginaw, 
who  was  to  have  furnished  the  greater 
part  of  the  capital,  has  withdrawn  his 
support.  An  attempt  will be  made,  how- 
ver,  to  interest  other  investors.

The  Boys  B ehind th e  Counter.

Allegan—A.  J.  Stiiwill,  of  Grand 
Rapids,  succeeds  Bernath  Sherwood 
as  book-keeper  for  the  Sherwood  & 
Griswold  Co.,  Mr.  Sherwood  going  to 
Grand  Haven  to  take  the  position  of 
cashier  in  the  new  State  bank  recently 
organized  there.  Mr;  Stiiwill  will  not 
move  his  family  here  at  present.

Cadillac— Thompson 

Jorgensen  has 
resigned  his  position  at  A.  H.  Webber’s 
drug  store  and 
is  now  at  work  in  the 
Jorgensen  &  Co.  clothing  store.  Albert 
Burke  has  taken  Mr.  Jorgensen's  place 
at  Webber’s  drug  store.

Petoskey—Andrew  Basil  has  taken  a 
the  Eckel 

in  the  store  of 

position 
Drug  Co.  ____  

______

Has  Purchased  a G rant  Relic.

From the Newaygo Republican.

O.  K.  Cummings,  proprietor  of  the 
Cummings  House  Furnishing  Co.,  of 
Newaygo,  and  traveling  salesman  for 
the  Milwaukee  Bedding  Co.,  writes  us 
from  Galena,  111.,  that  he  has  just  com­
pleted  a  deal  which  brings  him  in  pos­
session  of  the  bed  used  by  Gen.  U.  S. 
Grant  on  his  last  trips  to  his  old  home 
in  Galena,  111.  This  bed  has  remained 
the  property  of  the  Hotel  DeSoto  since 
that  time,  and  Mr.  Cummings  bought 
the  bed  of  Welsh  &  May,  present  pro­
prietors  of  the  Hotel  DeSoto.  Mr.  Cum­
mings 
informs  us  he  will  have  the  bed 
shipped  to  Newaygo  about  Dec.  28  and 
will  display  it  in  his  show  window  for 
a  week,  and  then  intends  to  take 
it  to 
the  Grand  Rapids  Exposition  and  ex­
hibit  it  there  through  January.

Bad  Tear  For  Game.

“ We  thought  we  had  a  poor game 
last  year,’ ’  said  a  poultry  mer­
season 
chant  who  usually  handles  more  or 
less 
game  in  season,  “ but  this  year  we  are 
getting  hardly  anything 
in  the  way  of 
fresh  game,  and  I  guess  the  business 
has  been  pretty  well  knocked  out  by  the 
recent  new  game  laws.  There  seems  to 
be  plenty  of  game  in  some  sections  but 
the  various  state  laws  prohibit  the  ship­
ment  out  of  the  States  and  the  laws  are 
being  enforced  to  such  an  extent  that 
the  only  game  coming  is  that  received 
by  one  or  two  houses  making  game  a 
specialty,  we  little  fellows  being  entire­
ly  out  of  the  business.’ ’

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5

Grand  Rapids  Oossip

The Grocery  M arket.

Sugar—The  raw  sugar  market 

is 
quiet,  with  96  deg.  test  centrifugals 
still  quoted  at  3&c.  The  continued 
ir­
regularity  of  prices  for  refined  sugar, 
coupled  with  the  slow  demand  for  the 
same,  brought  business  for  raws  almost 
to  a  standstill.  The  impression seems  to 
be  that  no  business  transactions  of  note 
will  be  made  until  the  beginning  of  the 
New  Year.  The  world’s  visible  supply 
of  raw  sugar  is  3,080,000 tons,  against
2,230,000  tons  at  the  same  time 
last 
year.  The  friction  between  the  various 
New  York refiners  has resulted in further 
concessions  having  been  made  on  East­
ern  sugar  by  the  refiners  outside  of  the 
American  Sugar  Refining  Co.  There 
are  rumors  of  a  settlement  of  the  diffi­
culties,  but  this  is  denied  by  the  vari­
ous  refiners  and  the  American  has  re­
duced 
list  price  on  granulated  25 
points  and  15  points  on  softs.  One thing 
is  certain,  and  that 
is  that  sugars  are 
now  on  a  very  low  basis.

its 

Canned  Goods— Outside  of  tomatoes 
trade 
is  almost  at  a  standstill,  buyers 
being disinclined  to  make any purchases 
whatever  until  after  Jan. 
1,  except 
where  immediate  necessities  require. 
in  most 
Prices,  however,  are  steady 
lines  and  the  prevailing  feeling 
is  one 
of  continued  confidence.  The  tomato 
situation  still  monopolizes  attention  and 
the  market  is  even  firmer.  Transac­
tions  in  this  article  do not  represent  any 
very  large  amount  and  under  other  cir­
cumstances  the  business  would  be insig­
nificant.  Considering  the  high  prices, 
however,  tomatoes  show  fair  movement. 
Stocks  of  all  the  different  sizes  are 
lighter  than  has  been  known  for  some 
time,  and  it  is  estimated  that  there  will 
hardly  be  enough  to  supply  the  demand 
during  the  next  four  months.  Of  course, 
if  the  price  of  tomatoes  is  advanced  to 
a  very  high  figure,  it  will  curtail  the 
consumption  and 
in  that  way  prevent 
the  cleaning  up  of  everything,  but  it  is 
fair to  assume  that  tomatoes  will  be  en­
tirely  sold  out  within  the  time  specified 
above.  While  the  tomato  market  is  ad­
vancing,  and  will  probably  reach  a  fig­
ure  which  will  place  them  beyond  the 
line  of  consumption  excepting 
in  a 
small  way,  it  is  well  to  turn  attention  to 
those  lines  which  must  be  used so  far  as 
they  will  go  as  a  substitute.  This  will 
embrace  all  kinds  of  vegetables.  Corn 
ought  to  feel  the  effects  of  the  condi­
tion  of  the  tomato  market  more  than 
any  other  line.  Almost  never  before 
has  there  been  such  a  great  difference 
between  the  price  of  corn  and  tomatoes. 
It  has  always  been  the  case  in  former 
years  that  when  tomatoes  were  strong 
and  active,  as  they  are  now,  corn  would 
work  in  sympathy  with  them,  but  for 
some  reason  or  other  it  has  not  been 
the  case  this  year.  However,  it  may  be 
that  corn  will  be  the  next  article  on  the 
list  to  feel  the  effects  of  the  good  feel­
ing  in  the  canned  goods  market.  Peas 
are  firm,  but  quiet.  Baltimore  reports 
the  finest  grades  entirely  cleaned  up. 
The  cheaper  grades  are  also  very  scarce 
and 
it  is  fair to assume  that  when  the 
January  buying  commences  this  line  of 
goods  will  almost  be  sold  out.  The  con­
tinual  flow  of  small  orders  ranging  from 
twenty-five  to  100 cases, has  drained  the 
stocks  and  has  caused  them  to  dwindle 
away  to  what  is  considered  a  very  small 
amount  for this  time of year.  The stocks 
of  peaches  are  much  lighter  than  most 
of the  trade  seem  to  realize  and  any  or­
dinary  buying  would  develop  quite  a

surprise.  There  will  soon  be  but  very 
few  of  the  best  quality  peaches  on 
hand,  and  the  price  will  be  advanced 
while  the  cheap  grades  will  be  moved 
up  to the  place  now  occupied by  the best 
quality.  Gallon  apples  are  scarce  and 
very  firmly  held.  Salmon  is  quiet  and 
unchanged,  as  this  is  the  season  of  the 
year  when  few  of  these  goods  are  con­
sumed.  But when  next  summer  begins, 
the  consumption  at  the  low  prices  will 
be  much  larger  than  it  was last year,and 
we 
look  for  an  advance,  especially  on 
low-grade  goods.  The  sardine  market 
is  quiet.

Dried  Fruits—Trade  in  dried  fruits 
has  fallen  off  considerably  the  last  two 
or  three  days,  and  it  is  evident  that  the 
great  bulk  of  the  Christmas  buying  is 
practically  over.  The 
lower  price  of 
currants  and  the  advance  on  dates  are 
practically  the  only  features  of  the  mar­
ket  this  week.  Prunes  are  in  fair  de­
mand  and are  firmer,  many  holders  ask­
ing 
advance  on  some  sizes  that  are 
rather  scarce.  Loose  muscatel  raisins 
are  rather  quiet.  Most  buyers  have 
stocks  sufficient  to  carry  them  over  the 
holidays  and  into  the  new  year,  but 
after  that  there  may  be  some  activity 
and  many 
look  for a  further  advance. 
There 
is  a  continued  good  demand  for 
seeded  raisins  and  the  London  layers 
and  fancy  clusters  are  in  some  demand 
for 
the  holiday  trade.  The  currant 
market  is  weaker  and  prices  have  de­
clined 
per  pound.  Peaches  and
apricots  are  quiet  and  practically  no  in­
terest  is  taken 
in  these  articles  at  the 
present  basis.  Both  are  firmly  held  in 
California,  however.  Dates  are  very 
firm  and  prices  show  some  advance. 
The  demand  continues  very  good  for  all 
varieties.  The  consumption  of  dates 
this  season  has  been  enormous,  influ­
enced  to  a  large  extent  by  the  prevail­
ing 
low  prices,  and  also  probably  by 
the  fact  that  domestic  fruits  of  almost 
all  kinds  have  been  scarce  and  high, 
and  even  taking  into  consideration  the 
slight  advance,  dates  still  remain  the 
cheapest  article  on  the 
list,  and  it  is 
reasonable  to  look  forward  to  a  contin­
ued  heavy  consumption  during  the  first 
few  months  of  the  coming  year.  Figs 
continue  strong  at  last  week’s  advance. 
The  demand  for all  sorts  is  heavy,  with 
stocks  light.  The  quantity  of  figs  that 
will  be  carried  over  into  the  new  year 
will  probably be the  lightest  ever  known 
in  the  history  of  the  trade.
Rice—The  rice  market 

is  firm,  with 
good  demand.  There 
is  a  generally 
good  feeling  among  the  trade  and  the 
is  that  prices  will  advance 
impression 
in  the  near  future,  as  rice 
is  cheap, 
compared  with  prices  for  other  cereals. 
It 
is  reported  that  consumption  is  far 
ahead  of  previous  years and much larger 
than  actually 
appears  by  statistical 
movement.  The  movement  since  the 
opening  of  the  season  is  said  to  be  40 
per  cent,  ahead  of  the  improved  pur­
chasing  power of  Puerto  Rico  and  the 
higher  prices  of  competitive  grades  of 
foreign  rice  have  materially 
increased 
the  demand  for  domestic  rice.

Tea— The tea  market  is  very  firm  and 
the  statistical  position 
is  gradually 
growing  stronger.  Full  prices  are  ob­
tained  for  all  grades  of  both  green  and 
black  teas,  supplies  of  which  are  rather 
light.

Molasses  and  Syrups— The  molasses 
market  is  firm  and  sales  were  of  satis­
factory  volume  considering  the  usual 
quiet  preceding  the  holidays.  There  is 
quite  a  good  demand  for  the  better 
grades  of  molasses,  for  which full prices 
are  obtained,  with  a  tendency  toward

higher values.  Advices  from  New  Or­
leans  are  to  the  effect  that  several  crops 
of  the  better  grades  of  molasses  have 
been  shipped  from  plantations  and  that 
all  good  molasses  will  be  in  by  the  first 
of  next  year.  The  quality  of  molasses 
is  not  up  to  that  of  the  last  crop  and 
consequently  best  grades 
are  being 
billed  at  full  prices.  There  is  a  good 
demand  for  corn  syrup  at  unchanged 
prices.

Nuts— Nuts  of  all  kinds  are  very  firm 
and  in  excellent  demand  for the holiday 
trade.  Filberts  are  scarce  and  very 
firmly  held.  Brazils  are 
in  good  de­
mand,  considering  the  high  prices  and 
the  market continues  exceedingly  firm. 
Grenoble  walnuts  show  great  irregular­
ity  in  quality and  are  offered  at  all  soits 
of  prices.  Almonds  are  higher  and 
light.  Peanuts  of  all 
stocks  are  very 
grades  are 
in  very  good  demand  at 
previous  prices  with  the  tendency of  the 
market  upward.

Rolled  Oats—The  roiled  oats  market 
is  weaker  and  prices  have  declined  20c 
per  bbl.,  10c  per  case  on  competitive 
cases,  and  10c  on  Banner  oats.
Tlie  Produce  M arket.

Apples—Good  stock  is  running  from 
$4.5o@6  per  bbl.  for  Spys  and  Baldwins 
and  $3.75@4  for other  varieties.  Buyers 
have  believed  that  prices  would  go  off 
after  Jan.  1  and  have  been  reducing 
stocks  in  anticipation  of  it.  The  stor­
age  houses  are  pretty  well  filled  with  a 
lot  of  apples  that  are  ripe  and  can  not 
be  held  much 
longer,  such  as  Spys, 
Jonathans  and  Greenings.  There 
is  a 
larger quantity  of  No.  2  apples  in  stor­
age  this  year  than  usual.  The  estimate 
of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Na­
tional  Apple  Shippers’  Association  is 
just  out,giving  the  number  of  barrels  of 
apples  in  storage  in  the  United  States 
and  Canada. 
It  is  generally  believed 
that  New  York  had  a  very  light  crop 
this  year  and  yet  the  amount  in  cold 
storage  in  that  State  is  given  as  352,000 
barrels,  against  330,000  in  1900.  Mis­
souri  shows  333,000,  against  143,500 a 
year  ago.  The  figures  for  Illinois  are 
this  year  against  359,300  in 
427,500 
1900. 
In  Chicago  it  is  400,000,  against
300,000  a  year  ago.  The  total  in  cold 
storage  in  the  United States is 1,071,200, 
against  1,226,900  a  year  ago,an  increase 
of  over  400,000  in  favor  of  1901.  The 
total  number  of  barrels  in  the  United 
States  in  both  cold  and  common  storage 
is  given  as  1,909,950,  against  2,021,350 
in  1900.  Neither  Omaha  nor  Philadel­
phia  figures  in  the  report  of  1900. 
It  is 
known  that  the  amount  in  common  stor­
age 
is  60,000  and  in 
Omaha,  45,000.  With  these  taken  into 
consideration,  there  is  a  difference  of 
only  about  10,000  barrels  in  the  two sea­
sons.  These  figures  are  given  up  to 
about  Dec.  1,  or  the  end  of  the  packing 
season.

in  Philadelphia 

Bananas— Prices  range  from  $1.25© 

1.75  per  bunch,  according  to  size.

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  17 
©19c.  Choice  fetches  15@I7C.  Pack­
ing  stock  goes  at  I2@i3c.  Receipts 
have  dropped  off  considerably  during 
the  past  week.

Cabbage—$2  per  crate  of  four  dozen.
Carrots—$1.25  per  bbl.
Celery— 15c  per  doz.
Cranberries—Jerseys  command  $7.75 
@8 per  bbl.  ;  Waltons,  $3@3.25 per  crate 
for  fancy.

Dates—4>^@5c  per  lb.
Eggs—Receipts  continue  liberal,  but 
the  quality  is  somewhat  uncertain,  ow­
ing  to  the amount  of shrunken and salted 
stock  the  honest  farmer  is  dexterously 
mixing  with  his  fresh  eggs.  Dealers 
meet  with  no  difficulty  in  obtaining  20 
©22C  for  strictly  fresh  and  i6@i8c  for 
storage.

Figs—Three  crown  Turkey  command 

lie   and  5  crown  fetch  14c.

Game— Dealers  pay  $i@i.2o  for  rab­

bits.

Grapes—$5@5-50 per keg  for Malagas.
Honey—White  stock  is  in  ample  sup­
ply  at  I3@i4c.  Amber  is  in  active  de­
mand  at  I2@I3C,  and  dark  is  in  mod­
erate  demand  at  io@ iic .

Lemons—Californias,  $3.25@3.50  for 

either  size.

Lettuce— i2j^c  per  lb.  for  hothouse.
Maple  Syrup— $1  per  gal.  for  fancy.
Onions—The  market 

is  active  and 

strong  at  $ i . io@ i . 25  per  bu.

Oranges—California  navels  fetch  $3 
per  box.  Jamaicas  command  $3.5°@ 
3.75.  Flondas,  $3-25@3.50.

Parsley— 20c  per  doz.
Potatoes---- Country 

buyers  have
dropped  their  paying  prices  to  $$@63c- 
Small  quantities  are  moving  at  present 
and  all  the  large  markets  are  in  a  con­
gested  condition,  St.  Louis  and  Pitts­
burg  each  having  100  cars  on  track, 
which  is  twice  the  normal  requirement. 
The  potato  situation  never was  more  in­
teresting  or  uncertain  than  at  the  pres­
ent  time.  The farmers  of Wisconsin  and 
Michigan  are  speculating,  believing 
prices  are  going  higher,and  are  holding 
to  get  the  advantage  of  the  rise. 
-Re­
ports  from  Wisconsin  are  that  a  disas­
trous  rot  is  playing  havoc  with  the  po­
tatoes  in  some  parts  of  the  State.  This 
rot  attacks  the  interior  of  the  potatoes 
first  and  eats  its  way  to the  outside. 
The  trouble  is  laid  to  the  drouth.  That 
put  the  growing  season  back  several 
weeks  and  when  the  rain  came  the 
growth  was  too  rapid. 
If this  condition 
prevails  to  any  extent  it  will  cut  quite 
a  figure  in  the  future  price  of  potatoes. 
One  of  the 
largest  potato  buyers  and 
shippers 
in  this  section  says  that  the 
high  prices  are  inviting  shipments  from 
California  and  Utah  into  sections  usu­
ally  supplied  by  the  Wisconsin  growers. 
California  potatoes  are  being  put  now 
into  Texarkana,  Ark.,  at  5C  a  bushel 
less  than  Wisconsin  potatoes  can  be laid 
down  at  the  same  place.  Colorado  pota­
toes  are  coming  into  this  section.  Deal­
ers  here  are  wondering  to  what  extent 
imports  will  continue.  Offers  have  been 
made  to  Chicago  parties  by  New  York 
dealers  to  furnish  imported  stock  at  80c 
a  bushel  and  upward.

and 

Poultry—Turkeys 

ducks  are 
strong.  Chickens  and  fowls  are  weak. 
Dressed  hens  fetch  7@8c,  spring  chick­
ens  command  8@9C,  turkey  hens  fetch 
io@ iic , 
command  9©ioc, 
io@ nc  and  geese  8©9C. 
ducks  fetch 
Live  pigeons  are  in  moderate  demand 
at  6o@75c  and  squabs  at  $i.20@2.

gobblers 

Sweet Potatoes— Virginias,  $2.50;  Jer­

seys,  $4.

H.  B.  Lewis,  manager  of  the  Elk 
Rapids  Iron  Co.,  has  received  notice 
from  Washington  that  he  and  his  asso­
ciates  have  been  granted  a  sweeping 
patent  on  a  machine for building cement 
structures.  The  machine  is  simple  and 
inexpensive,  and  obviates  all  of  the 
difficulties  which  have  heretofore  been 
met  in  the  construction  of  buildings 
from  this  material. 
It  is  proposed  to 
build  the  machine  at Elk Rapids,  which 
will  furnish  another  industry  for  that 
thriving  town.  Whether  the  machine 
will  be  sold  outright  or  leased  on  a 
royalty  basis  is  not  yet  decided.

D.  H.  Armstrong,  manager  of  the 
National  Projectile  Works,  has  written 
a  letter  to  the  Postmaster of  Bay  City, 
offering  to  remove  the  plant  and  busi­
ness  to  that  city  if  local  investors  will 
subscribe  for $50,000  of  the capital stock 
in  the  company.

Henry  J.  Vinkemulder 

is  jubilant 
over  the  arrival  at  his  home  of  a  hand­
some  girl  baby.  Two  sturdy  lads  have 
heretofore  monopolized  the  attention  of 
the  household.

Guy  Rouse  and  Claude  Hamilton 
have  gone  to  Galveston,  Texas,  to  in­
spect  their  business 
They 
intend  to remain there until about Jan.  t.
For Gillies’  N.  Y   ea.all kinds,grades 

interests. 

and  prices,  call  Visner,  both  phones.

6

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Petting  the  People
Quality  and  Q uantity  in  N ew spaper  Cir­

culation.

A  great  deal 

is  just  now  being  said 
as to the  importance  of  known  circula­
tions  and  the  significance  of quality  as 
a  factor.

The  consensus  of  opinion,  as  well  as 
common  sense,  would  seem  to  indicate 
that  the  matter of  circulation  is  of  pub­
lic  interest  among  advertisers.  There 
are  publishers  who  stand  upon  their 
dignity  and  claim  that 
it  is  no  one’s 
business  how  many  papers  they  circu­
late  and  some  even carry their dignity to 
the  extent  that  they  ask  no  one  to  ad­
vertise— if  any  one  wishes  to  use  the 
paper  he  comes  and  does  it.  This, 
however,is  not  so  common  in  this  coun­
try  as  across  the  water.  Most  publish­
ers  are  consistent  enough  to  recognize 
that  advertising  has  just  as  much  value 
in  their  field  as  any  other.

There  is  also  the  other  extreme  in 
which  the  sole  criterion  of  value  is  the 
certified  number of  copies  printed  and 
circulated.  Such  claim  that  a  fair  basis 
is  a  definite  rate  per  line  per  thousand 
of  proved  circulation.  Could  such  a 
basis  become  general 
it  would  at  first 
appear to greatly  simplify  the  matter  of 
charges.  But 
it  should  be  taken  into 
consideration  that  circulation  is  more or 
less variable,  and if the publisher were to 
render  his  bills on  the  basis  of  this  va­
riation  it  would  lead  to  confusion  worse 
confounded.  A  notable  example  of  an 
advertising  business  conducted  on  this 
basis  was  that  of  the  Bulletin  of  the 
League  of  American  Wheelmen,  whose 
bills  would  often  fall  to  one-third  in  a 
single  issue.  Whether  it  was  owing  to 
the  causes  of  the  great  variation  in  cir­
culation  or  to  this  feature  of  manage­
ment,  or  both,  the  paper  did  not  prove 
a  tremendous  success.

There  are 

few  established  papers 
whose  circulations  vary  greatly or rapid­
ly.  The  successful  publisher  is  he  that 
keeps  up  a  constant  effort  in  circulation 
building.  While  seasons  for  results  may 
vary  the  change  must  be  constantly  up­
ward  so that  the  circulation  stated  rep­
resents  the  least  at  any  time.  Average 
circulations  are  coming  to  be  looked 
upon  askance,  especially  when  boom 
editions  and  specials  are  admitted  as 
factors.

necessary 

The  judicious  advertiser  takes  i nto 
consideration  other  questions  than  the 
number  of  copies  printed.  He  tries  to 
learn  how  many  come  into  the  bands  of 
bona  fide  subscribers.  Then  it  is  of  im­
portance  to 
learn  whether  those  sub­
scribers  may  be  possible  buyers.  If  cir­
culation  were  alone 
the 
Ladies'  Home  Journal,  with  its  list  ap­
proaching  a  million,  would be ideal,  but 
the  local  advertiser  would  be  paying  for 
too  many  outside  his  territory  and  so 
not  possible  buyers.
The  best  quality  in  circulation,  1  take 
it, 
is  thoroughly  occupying  the  field. 
There  is  generally  too  much  stress  put 
upon  going  only  into  the best homes.  Of 
course  every  publisher  will  maintain 
that  his  particular  list of  people  is  a  lit­
tle  better  than  anybody  else,  but  if  he 
makes  the  mistake  of  catering  to  ex­
clusiveness,  of  selecting  his 
list  from 
only  the  best  and  wealthiest  people,  he 
is  making  a  distinction  which  seriously 
impairs  the  advertising  value. 
For 
while  the  better  classes  may  be  more 
liberal  buyers 
it  may  be  open  to ques­
tion  whether  they  are  most  influenced 
by  advertising.  The  exclusive  list  may 
be  of  value  to  the  merchant  striving  for 
exclusive  trade,- but to  most  the  shilling

A  CHANCE
BUY  FURS  CHEAP*

Now for** rouging Fur «ale

FOR  THE  NEXT  TEN   DAYS

One that  will eclipse any that we have ever held. 
It matters  not  bow  high  the 
grade or how choice the style nothing4e  exempt,  Everything  goes.  We  handle, 
none but reliable qualities—could not afford to d o ,otherwise.,  Yet  due  to  large 
outlet and the fact that with us furs are only  one  department  among  many,  we 
can quote  prices absolutely impossible tbr Specialists,  dependent upon three month 
for a whole year's profit

KOCHER  BROS.

NASHVILLE.,  MICH.

ONL
FOURTH

Off

ONL
FOURTH
OFF

—

Furniture 
CHRISTMAS 
BUYERS 

Furniture
THE  Will  find  this  store  an ideal  shopping  place.  We  have  gathered 
together what  is  best  and  newest  in every  line  for the  Christmas 
display.  Every thought  and  fancy that  modern furniture  buyers 
demand,  every desirable,  dainty  idea  is  here,  and  one  of  the  pleasing  features  that  will 
bring thrifty  buyers here  are  the  reasonable  prices.

Parlor  8nits
Faney  Parlor  Cabinets
Music  Cabinets
Corner  Choirs
Gilt  Chairs
Divans
Easel*
Screens 
Hall  Backs 
Hall  Chairs 
Reception  Chain 
Coaches
Leather  Beckers 
Leather  Chairs 
Leather Conch« 
Sideboards 
Dining  Chairs 
Dining  Tables 
Center  Tables 
Ladles’  Peeks 
Bookcases

MAKE  YOUR  SELECTION 
FOR  C H R I S T M A S   NOW

While you  may  secure  the  assortment 
of the best  styles.  We will store them 
for you.  Here  is  a  little  list  just  to 
give  you an inkling of what  we  sell.

Cuts and printers'  ink  only  partially 
p o r t r a y  
the  r ill  beauty  of  our 
Christmas  display —  our  magnificent 
assortment.  You  can  only  form  an 
idea  of 
items 
shown— o f 
the  clever  designs— the 
modem  up-to-date  stock  by . coming 
to our store.

the  richness  of 

the 

STORE  OPEN  UNTIL  10:00 
O’CLOCK  E Y E R Y   NIGHT

Library'Tables 
Office  Chairs 
Desks
Rattan  Rockers 
China  Closets 
Chamber  Snits 
Iron  Beds 
Brass  Beds 
White  Dressers 
Folding  Bods 
Dressing  Cases 
Chiffoniers 
Medicine  Cabinet? 
Foot  Rosts 
Shoving  Stands 
Wardrobes 
Bed  Lonngo8 
latjresses 
Springs 
Palm  Stgaas

A Vast, Busy  Brilliant, Retail  Furniture Store

M. J. & B. M.  BUCK

f A U U U U V i i i U U U U U U U U l

i XMAS  G IFT S

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USEFUL AS  W ELL  AS PLEASING.

f&vzr™  Choice  Holiday  Goods.

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Our aim has been to select goods for our Xmas trade that  would  not  only  be
pleasing to the eye, but of special good value for every day use.  We have our stock 
in each department nicely arragned  to meet your inspection, with an  extra  force  of 
clerks that will be pleased to help you in making your selections.  It would  he  use- 
less to try to tell you of the many things we have for Xmas.  We extend

A  CO RDIAL  IN VITATION  TO   EVERYONE

to spend a pleasant day shopping at

|   Hawieu’s Bio Department Store. Stanton, Mich.«

of  the  poor  is  as  good  as  that  of  the 
wealthy.

*  *  *

The  valuable  circulation,  I  repeat,  is 
that  which  thoroughly occupies the  field. 
To the  extent  that  the  merchant’s  con­
stituency  and  the  publisher’s  interests 
coincide 
is  each  of  the  most  value  to 
the  other.  The  judicious publisher  will 
see  to  it  that  the  merchant  knows  what 
and  where  his  circulation  is— it  is  his 
business—and  the 
judicious  merchant 
will  see  that  the  effort  to  meet  his  need 
should  command  his  co-operation  and 
support.

r 
The  argument  in  the  fur  advertise­
ment  of  Kocher  Bros,  is  good,  but  1  am 
inclined  to  criticise  the  emphasis  laid 
inclined  to  criticise  the  emphasis 
laid 
the  word 
on  cheapness. 
“ cheap”   sounds  cheap.  The  reason  for 
being  able  to  handle  the  goods  at  rea­
sonable  margins  is  one  all  can  under­
stand  and 
I  would
change  the  main  display  to  bring  out 
special  sale  of  furs  with greater  strength 
and  I  would  bring  in  the  type  matter all 
around  to  give  the  black  border  more 
room.

Some  way 

is  well 

stated. 

The  engravers  have  bad  to  condense 
the  display of  M.  J.  &  B.  M.  Buck,  but 
the  general  characteristics  are  given.
The  matter  and  display  are  well  gotten 
up 
printer  has  done  well 
unity  of  style.

for  a general  advertisement.  The

in  adhering  to 

Another  well  written  advertisement  is 
that  of  Hawley’s  Big  Department Store. 
The  style  is  dignified  and  attractive 
and 
just  enough  is  said  to  gain  atten­
tion.  The  only  changes  1  would  sug­
gest  would  be  the  omission  of  the  sec­
ond 
line,  using  the  space  to  separate 
the  matter  farther  from  the  border  and, 
if  possible,  the  use  of 
less  styles  of 
type.  As  it  is  the  advertisement  is  an 
exceptionally  good  one  for  one  of  a gen­
eral  character.

The Indispensable  Bargain.

Bargains  are  necessary.  Advertising 
is  necessary;  ex­
is  necessary.  Truth 
aggeration 
is  permissible  only  to  a 
slight  extent  and,  strange  to  say,  a 
slight  exaggeration  is  better  than an un­
derstatement.

The  woman  or  the  man  bargain  buyer 
is  always  delighted  to  believe  that  he  or 
she  has  got  something  worth  $i  for  50 
You  disappoint  this  class  of 
cents. 
people  when  you  do  not  give 
them 
things  once 
in  awhile  at  half  price. 
They  like  a  bargain.

— 1

n —

You  take 
no risk

when  you  use  H.
M.  R.  Brand

Torpedo  Gravel 
Asphalt

Ready  Roofing

For  35  years  our 
roofs  have  been 
the  standard  of 
excellence.  Write 
for  samples.

H.  M.  Reynolds  Roofing Co.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

7

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

uce Trades.

Special Correspondence.

New  York,  Dec.  21—The  week 

is 
given  over  wholly  to  holiday  trade  and, 
so  far  as 
local  business  is  concerned, 
the  weather  is  all  that  could  be  desired 
for  crowding  the  stores.  Crowds  every­
where.  The 
the 
worst  of  it  and  from  now  on  will  devote 
their  energies  to getting  stocks  in  shape 
for  invoicing.

jobbers  have 

seen 

Your  readers  all  know  that  the  Ar- 
buckle-Havemeyer  war  has  broken  out 
again  and  there  is  little  to  tell  that  has 
not  been  published,  either  in  the  news­
papers  or  in  circulars  sent  to  the  trade 
by  the  parties themselves.

Easier  markets  on  coffee  prevail,  both 
there  and  abroad,  owing  principally  to 
large  receipts  at  primary  points  which 
sent  the  rate  down  abroad  and  thus 
affected  the  situation  here.  At  the  close 
Rio  No.  7  stood  at  J'/ic.  and  at  this  is 
rather  shaky.  The  receipts  at  Rio  and 
Santos  have  been,  from  July  I  to  De­
cember  18, 
10,158,000  bags,  against
6,748,000 bags  during  the  same time  last 
year;  in  store  (New  York,  Baltimore 
and  New  Orleans)  2,419,843  bags, 
against  1,143.601  bags  at the  same  time 
last  year.  Mild  grades  have  been 
steady,  and  some  sales  of  quite  fair 
amounts  have  been  made  at  full  rates. 
Good  Cucuta  closes  at gc.  East  India 
sorts  are  steady.
Teas  are  strong.  Buyers  are  paying 
quotations  and  making  no  outcry  if  the 
rate  seems  higher  than  a  month  ago. 
The  quality  of  arrivals  for the  past  few 
weeks  has  been  very  good 
indeed,  and 
scarcely  any  rejections  have  been made. 
Upon  the  whole,  the  tea  trade  is  in  a 
better  position  than  for  a  very 
long 
time,  and  there  seems  no  reason  why 
the  improvement  should  not  continue.

is 

There 

The  recent  renewal  of  hostilities  has 
knocked  the  sugar  market  endwise,  so 
far  as  actual  business  is  concerned,  and 
repeated  enquiries  bring  the  same  re­
port  of  the  smallest  possible  amount  of 
actual  trading  being  done.  No change is 
likely  to  occur  in  the  near  future  either.
little  to  brag  of  in  the  way 
of  trade  in  rice.  Nor  is  much  expected 
at  this  season.  Matters  might  easily 
be  worse,  however,  for  prices  are  cer­
tainly  well  sustained  and  we  hear of  no 
concessions.  Prime  to  choice,  5@5^c.
Stocks  of  spices  are  light,  but  there 
seem  to  be  sufficient  to  go  around,  and 
buyers  are  not  making  any  effort  to 
lay 
in  stocks  ahead  of  current  wants.  Job­
bers  have  taken  some  orders  for  goods 
to  be  shipped  after  the  first  of  the  year 
at  previous  rates.

There  has  been  a  very  satisfactory 
volume  of  trade  in  molasses  up  to  the 
beginning  of  the  week,  and  stocks  are 
pretty  well  taken  care  of.  Open  ket­
tles,  especially,  are  firm  and  sell  for  33 
339c.  Syrups  are 
in  pretty  good  de­
mand  at  full  previous  quotations.
The  canned  goods  market  during  the 
week  has  shown  some  reaction  from 
its 
former  activity  and  this  has  been  an­
ticipated.  Grocers  have  stocked  up 
pretty  well  and  for the  moment trade  is 
light.  Some  enquiry  has  been  made  for 
1902  goods  and  sales  of  corn,  future 
pack,  have  been  effected  at  about  such 
rates  as  prevailed  a  month  or  so  ago. 
California  goods  have  sold  well  and  es­
pecially  the  fancy  fruits.  Glass  cans 
are  much 
in  evidence  and  the  chances 
are  that  next  year,  with  the  makers  of 
glass  cans  independent,  we  shall  see 
more  goods  than  ever  put  up  in  glass. 
Tomatoes 
this  week  remain  without 
change,  but  are  very  firmly  held  at  old 
prices.
In  dried  fruits  there  has  been  a  good 
market  all  around  and  prices  show  no 
weakness.  Prunes  of  the  larger  sizes 
have  sold  freely  with  the 
local  trade 
and,  in  fact,  the  better qualities  of  al­
most  all  goods have been  strong  and  ac- 
tive. 
.
last 
week  and  quotations  show  slight  ad­
vance.  Lemons  are  selling  as  well  as 
could  be  expected  and  the  supply  is  not 
over abundant.  Colder  weather  has  pos­

show  up  better  than 

Oranges 

. 

, 

sibly  caused 
less  enquiry.  California 
navel  oranges,  $2.7533;  Floridas,  $23 
2.40;  Jamaicas,  $2.4532.60.

There  is  only  a  moderate  supply  of 
best  Western  creamery  butter  and,  as 
the  demand 
is  very  brisk,  arrivals  are 
quickly  taken  care  of.  The  quotation 
of  25c  still  remains,  and 
it  is  hardly 
safe  to  name  a  higher  rate,  but  if  the 
weather  continues  so  cold  there  will 
certainly  be  further  advance.  The  sup­
ply  of  average  sorts  seems  to  be  quite 
sufficient  and  quotations  are  about  as 
last  week.  Western  creamery,  seconds 
to  firsts,  19323c;  imitation  creamery, 
i6@ i8>£c,  wtth  lower grades  I4@i5%c; 
factory  I4@i5^c.

There  is  a  steady  trade  in  cheese,  but 
the  volume  is  not  large  and  prices  are 
without  change  from 
last  week.  Full 
cream  State,  1 0 ^ 3 11c  for  small  size 
and  ic  less  for  large.

Three  cents  at  a  jump  has  been  the 
rate  of  advance  in  eggs  and  now  fresh 
gathered  are  worth  35c  for  Western  and 
26@32c  for  regular  pack.

Large  receipts  of 

foreign  potatoes 
have  sent the  market down.  The weather 
has  been  so  cold  that  it  necessitated  the 
immediate  removal  of  stock  from  the 
docks  and  the  result  has  favored buyers. 
Friday  there  were  515  bags  from  Hull, 
10,230  from  Liverpool,  2,886  from  Lon­
don,  785  from  Rotterdam,  and  10,320 
barrels  of  domestic,  so  the  supply  for 
the  present  is  ample.  Long  Island,  per 
barrel,  $2.5032.62;  German,  per  112 
pound  bag,  $1.4031.50;  Belgian,  168 
pounds $1.9032.

The  bean  market  is  steady and  choice 
marrows  are  held  at  $2.40;  choice  me­
dium,  $2.05;  choice  pea,  $1.9532.

*  *  *

Merry  Christmas  to  the  Michigan 
Tradesman  from  the  man  behind  the 
check  book  down  to  the  d— 1  in the press 
room.  May  its  shadow  never grow  less. 
It  is  a  paper  full  of  good  things  for  the 
retailer  and  never flinches  from express­
ing  its  opinion.

About  this  time  of  year,  twenty  years 
ago,  I  remember  a  few  stray  Indians 
used  to  come  into  the  country  store 
in 
Allegan  county  where l was  employed  to 
receive  their  little  Christmas  token  in 
the  shape  of  a  batch  of  pig's  feet  or 
head. 
If  by  greater  good  luck  they  ob­
tained  some  tobacco,  so  much  blander 
was  the  smile,  and  if,  perchance,  a  bot­
tle  of  ‘ ‘ 40-rod”   reached  them  their  cup 
was  running  over  and  they  had  to  be 
carried  home  under a  horse  blanket.
What  changes  have  been  made 

in 
methods  of  country  storekeeping  during 
the  past  quarter  of  a  century— changes 
that  no  one  can  realize  unless  he  has 
been  behind  the  counter  all  the  time,  I 
suppose!  There  have  been  given  to  the 
grocer  labor-saving  and 
time-saving 
and  money-saving  devices  without num­
ber,  and  each  year  sees  the  trade  ele­
vated  to  a  higher  plane.  Time  was 
when  the  grocer,  as  compared  with  the 
dry  goods  dealer,  was 
looked  down 
upon,  but  such  is  not  the  case now.  The 
grocer  is  as  good  as  the  next  man,  and 
if  he  loses  more  money  from  dead-beats 
than  other  classes 
it  is  because  of  his 
inability  to  say  no. 

F.  J.  Root.

FIT   FOB ANY  HOME.

The  New  York  Tribune’s  plans  and 
programme  for  1902  contemplate 
im­
provements  all  along  the  line,  so  as  to 
keep 
it  in  the  front  rank  of  the  news­
paper  procession.  What  The  Daily 
Tribune  is  and  what  it  stands  for  pretty 
nearly  everybody  knows.  That it  keeps 
pace  in  enterprise  with  the  spirit  of  the 
age,  without  sacrificing  decency  or ac­
curacy,  it  is  needless  to  say.
But  a  word  as  to the  other  publica­
tions 
issued  from  The  Tribune  office 
may  be  timely.  For  instance,  it  may 
not  be  generally  known  that  the  famous 
old  weekly  grew  and  grew  until 
it  be­
came  imperatively  necessary  to  divide 
in  two—The  Tribune  Review  and 
it 
The  Tribune  Farmer.  The  Review 
is 
suited  alike  to  persons  of the  highest 
culture,  to  those  who  are  educating 
themselves  and  to  all  who  wish  the 
week’s  history  summarized,  explained 
and  illuminated  for  them.  Special  at­
tention  is  given  to  municipal  affairs, 
domestic  and  foreign  politics,  and  to 
books  and  literary  news.  It  is  published

every  Saturday.  Price  5  cents  a  copy, 
or  $1  a  year.

The Farmer, issued  every Thursday,  is 
the  handsomest  agricultural 
one  of 
in  this  or  any  other 
papers  published 
country.  The 
illustrations  are  superb 
and  the  articles  embrace  everything  re­
lating  to  farms  or  farm  work. 
It  is  a 
paper  which  farmers  and  all  who  have 
business  dealings  with  them  can  not 
well  afford  to  get  along  without.  $1  a 
year.

it 

The  Tri-Weekly  Tribune  occupies  a 
field  all  its  own. 
It  was  learned  by  ex­
perience  that  thousands  of  persons  in 
various  parts  of  the  country  wanted  a 
New  York  newspaper,  and  yet  they  did 
not  want  one.  That  sound  paradoxical, 
but 
is  not  so  much  so  as  one  might 
think  at  first  glance.  What  they  were 
really  after  was  a  condensed  New  York 
newspaper,  which  would  not  tax  either 
their  purse  or  their  time  too  much.  So 
it  came  to  pass  that  The  Tri-Weekly 
Tribune  took  the  place  of  the  old  Semi- 
Weekly.  The  " T r i,”   as  it  is  familiarly 
called,  appears  on  Monday,  Wednesday 
and  Friday,  and 
in  these  three  issues 
one  may  find  the  cream  of  the  matter  in 
the  seven  issues  of  The  Daily  Tribune. 
Price,  $1.50  a  year.

The  Tribune  Almanac  for  1902  will 
be  bigger,  better and more  valuable  than 
statistics 
ever.  All  the  records  and 
worth  having.  On 
sale  January  1. 
Price,  25  cents.

New  York T ribune  Publications.

The  New  York  Tribune  comes  pretty 
near  being  an  ideal  newspaper. 
It  is 
clean  without  being  dull,  enterprising 
without  being  sensational,  and  as  fair 
and  accurate  as  human  forethought  and 
care  can  make  it.  The Tribune  has  pos­
itive  convictions  of 
its  own  on  all  the 
great  questions  of  the  day,  but 
it  is 
broad  enough  and  liberal enough to  give 
all  reasonable  opportunity  to  ‘ ‘ hear the 
other  side. ”
Every  occurrence  or  development  of 
sufficient  importance  to  engage  the  at­
tention  of  self-respecting, 
intelligent 
people 
is  sure  to  find  adequate  treat­
ment  in  The  Tribune,  by  text  or  pic­
ture,  or  both.
What  is  true  of  The  Daily  Tribune 
applies  with  equal  force,  although  in 
modified  form,  to  the  other  publications 
issued  from  The  Tribune  office.  The 
Tribune  Weekly  Review,  issued  every 
Saturday,  enables  persons  living  in  the 
small  towns  or  villages  to  keep  in  touch 
with  the  best  thought  of  the  nation,  just 
living  at  the  educa­
as  well  as  those 
tional  centers. 
It  records  and  reviews 
all  the  essential  happenings  of  the  week 
—the  things  that  count  in  making  up

the  ledger  of  progress.  For  sending  to 
friends  abroad  you  can  not  find  any­
thing  better.

The  Tribune  Farmer  is,  as  its  name 
implies,devoted  to  the'interests  of farm­
ers  and  their  families. 
It  is  meant  to 
be  their  friend,  adviser  and  helper  in 
the  fullest  meaning  of  the  words,  by 
bringing  to  them  all  the  available  facts 
and  information  calculated  to  aid  them. 
And  special  care  is  taken  to  provide  in­
teresting  reading  matter  for  the  women 
and  young  folks.

The  Tri-Weekly  Tribune 

is,  if  the 
phrase  may  be  permitted,  the  “ beef 
tea”   of  The  Daily  Tribune.  In the three 
issues  of  each  week  it  summarizes  The 
Daily  Tribune,  while  giving 
in  their 
entirety  many  of  the  very  best  features 
and 
illustrations.  For  those  who  have 
neither  the  time  nor  the  means  to  in­
dulge 
in  a  metropolitan  daily  news­
paper,  and  yet  want  to  get  all  the  news 
of  the  world  treated  from  a  national 
point  of  view,  The  Tri-Weekly  Tribune 
is  just  the  paper.

Publicity  Is  Necessary.

No  matter  bow  superior  an article may 
be  or  how  great  may  be  the  people’s ad­
vantage  in  dealing  at  a  particular  store, 
the  proprietor's  business  will  not  reach 
anything  like  its  possibilities  unless  the 
informed  of  the  facts 
public  shall  be 
large 
day  after  day.  There  can  be  no 
trade  without  publicity.  As 
to 
the 
methods  of  publicity,  all  experience 
shows  that  newspaper  advertsiing  is  not 
only  the  most  direct  and  effective,  but 
also  the  cheapest.

I  NEED  YOUR

Small  shipments  of  FRESH  EGGS  for 
L.  0.  SNEDECOR,  36  Harrison  St.,  N  Y. 

my retail trade.

EGG  RECEIVER

Reference—New  York  National  Exchange 

Bank, New York.

It’s Like

Throwing  money  to  the  birds  paying  a 
fabulous  price  for  a  soda  apparatus 
when our

$20  FOUNTAIN

Will do the  business  just  as  well.  Over 
10,000 in use.  No tanks, no  charging  ap­
paratus  required.  Makes  finest  Soda 
water for one-half cent a glass.  Send ad­
dress for particulars  and  endorsements.

Grant  Manufacturing  Co.,  Inc. 

Pittsburg,  Pa.

Poultry,  Eggs,  Game  and  Butter

We want  all  these  products  in  large  or  small  quantities.  We  want 
them  because we  have a demand  for them.  Our  store  is  the  best  lo­
cated  produce  house  in Baltimore.  We  have every  facility  for  han­
dling shipments and  guarantee thq best prices.
References:  Merchants  National  Bank,  Baltimore;  all  Commercial 
Agencies. 
Members  National  League of Commission  Merchants.

STEVENS  BROTHERS,  226  So.  Charles  St.,  Baltimore,  Md.

[ p o u l t r y ]

If you have poultry to ship to Buffalo,  either  live  or 
dressed, let us handle it.  Some  can  do  as well,  but 
none can  do  better.  Prompt  and  honest  returns. 
Reliable  quotations.  Buffalo market  compares  fa­
vorably with all others.

I

R E A   &   W IT Z IG ,

Commission  Merchants  in

BUTTER,  POULTRY  AND  EGGS

96 W .  Market St., 

Buffalo,  N. Y.

References:  Buffalo Commercial Bank, all express companies and commercial 

agencies.

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GA^ADESMAN

Devoted to the Best Interests of Business Men
Published  at th e   New  B lodgett  B uilding, 

Grand  Rapids,  by  the

TRADESM AN  COM PANY

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STATE  OF  MICHIGAN > „
\ 

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 
and 
that  establishment. 
folded  7,000  copies  of  the 
issue  of 
December  18,  1901,  and  saw the  edition 
mailed 
in  the  usual  manner.  And 
further deponent  saith  not.

I  printed 

John  DeBoer.

Sworn  and  subscribed  before  me,  a 
notary  public  in  and  for said  county, 
this twenty-first  day  of  December,  1901.
Henry  B.  Fairchild, 

Notary  Public  in  and  for  Kent  County, 

Mich.

PRACE AND  GOOD  W ILL.

By  the  ordinary  computation,  nine­
teen  hundred  years  have  elapsed  since 
the  historians,  both  sacred  and  profane, 
recorded  an  event  which,  of  all  others, 
has  exerted  upon  the  human race  a  most 
profound  and  extraordinary  influence.

The  event  in  question  was  the  birth 
in  a  village  of  the  Roman 
of  a  babe 
province  of  Judea,  in  Asia  Minor. 
It 
was  really  the  beginning  of  a  social, 
political  and  religious  movement  which 
has,  more  than  any  other,dominated  the 
nations  and  civilized  and  enlightened 
the  human  race.

Man  is  a  religious  creature,  and,  per­
haps,  this  is  one  of  the  characteristics 
which  most  distinctly  separates  him 
from  all  others.  Whatever  may  have 
been  said  about  the  absence  of  any  re­
ligion  or  superstition  among  a  few scant 
and  isolated  tribes,  and  it  is  doubtful  if 
such  statements  can  be  substantiated, 
the  fact  remains  that  all  the  peoples and 
nations  of  all  kindreds,  languages  and 
tongues  have  professed  and  held  to  and 
cherished  some  sort  of  religious  belief.
It  is  not  proposed  here  to  consider 
the  peculiarities  and  doctrinal  merits 
of  any  religion;  but, 
from 
their  effects  upon  the  nations  of  the 
earth  and  the  races  of  men,  it  is  beyond 
contradiction  that 
that  have 
adopted  the  creed which was  proclaimed 
by  the  angels  at  Bethlehem  have  risen 
above  all  others  to  the  summit  of  civili­
zation,  intellectual  enlightenment  and 
political  power,  and  to-day  they  domi­
nate  with  tbe  might  of  their  social  or­
ganization  the  peoples  of  the  nations, 
while,with  the  vast  and  mysterious  nat­
ural  forces  which  they  have  harnessed 
and  driven  to  their  use,  they  control  the 
commerce  and,  therefore,  the  wealth  of 
the  earth.

judging 

those 

Time  was  when  wealth  was  gathered 
in  war  and  bloodshed.  Alexander  and 
Caesar  and  all  the  ancient  conquerors

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

overran  the  inhabitants  of  other  coun­
tries  solely  for the  purposes  of  plunder. 
They  assembled  at  the  capitals  of  the 
empires  they  founded  the  spoils  of  mil­
lions  of  their  fellow-creatures  who  had 
been  plundered  and  murdered,  so  that 
Babylon  and  Thebes  and  Rome  might 
revel  in  wealth  and luxury.  To-day  the 
lust  for  gold 
is  no  less  great,  but  it  is 
won  by  the  swift  ships  which-plow 
every  sea  and  trade  in  every  port;  by 
the  rail  which  spans  continents,  and 
by  the  wire  which,like  the  web  of  some 
titanic  spider,  is  woven  above  the 
land 
and  sends  forth  its  slender  threads  be­
neath  the  sea  to  speed  intelligence  and 
do  the  offices  of  commerce.

The  Christian  nations  have  not  yet 
ceased  from  war;  their  weapons  are  not 
yet  converted 
implements  of 
peace,  but  war,  compared  to  those  car­
ried  on  by  the  Pagan,  the  Buddhistic 
and  Mussulman  nations,  is  vastly  less 
bloody  and  terrible.

into  the 

The  angels  at  Bethlehem  proclaimed 
peace  and  good  will.  The  most  ad­
vanced  nations  to-day  are  far  from  such 
a  blessed  state,  but  they  have  made 
progress,  and,  in  order  to  realize  the 
angelic  prophecy,they  must  come  to  un­
iversal  peace. 
Tbe  progress  made 
means  that  fulfillment 
is  possible,  and 
for  it  let  all  earnestly  pray.

Peace  and  good will,  however,  can  be 
practiced  first  at  home.  Then  let  every 
human  being  to whom the heavenly  mes­
sage  has  come  seek  to  practice  it  to­
day,  and  to  all  to  whom 
its  greeting 
may  come  tbe  Tradesman  wishes  from 
its  heart  of  hearts  peace  and  good  will 
and  all  the  happiness  and  prosperity 
they  can  bring.

Tbe  statement  in  the  daily  press  to 
the  effect  that  both  of  the  United  States 
Senators  from  Michigan  have  joined  in 
recommending 
that  Hon.  Thomas  J. 
O ’Brien,  of  this  city  be  given  the  next 
diplomatic  appointment  coming  to  this 
State  will  be  received  by  his  friends 
with  mingled 
joy  and  regret— joy,  be­
cause  a  residence  abroad  as  the  repre­
sentative  of  the  greatest  Government  on 
earth  will  enable  Mr.  O ’Brien to  demon­
strate  his  ability  as  a  diplomat;  regret, 
because  his  acceptance  of  such  a  mis­
sion  will  take  from  Grand  Rapids  a 
genial  gentleman  who  has  done  much  to 
give  the  city  tbe  prestige  it  enjoys  in  a 
legal,  financial  a  nd  social  w ay;  whose 
word  is  as  good  as  a  Government  bond; 
whose 
influence  has  always  been  felt  in 
behalf  of good government,  good citizen­
ship  and  good  morals;  whose  career  in 
tbfs  community  has  always  been  a 
model  for  his  associates  and  an  inspira­
tion  for  young  men  whose  habits  are 
yet  in  the  formative  period.  Speaking 
from  a  selfish  standpoint,  the  Trades­
man  hopes  that  Mr.  O'Brien  will  not 
be  accorded  an  opportunity 
to  go 
abroad,  because,  in  the  present  chaotic 
condition  of  our  city  government,  tbe 
municipality  needs  just  such  men  to 
assist  in  clearing  the  atmosphere  and 
ridding  the  city  of  the  gang  of  bribers 
and  boodlers  who  are  at  present  very 
much  in  evidence.

Nearly  half  a  century  ago  the  experi­
ence  of  putting  horse  meat  on  the  mar­
ket  was  made  for  the  first  time  in  Aus­
tria.  A  government  decree  of  April 
29,  1854,  gave 
legal  permission  to cut 
up  and  sell  horse  meat  as  an  article  of 
food.  During  tbe  remainder  of  that 
in  1855,  943  horses  were 
year  and 
slaughtered  for 
in  Vienna;  the 
number  rose  in  1899—the  last  year  for 
which 
are  obtainable—to 
25,640 head.

statistics 

food 

A  BONE APIECE.

With  a  reluctance  equaled  only  by  a 
greater  desire  the  two great  contending 
forces  of  the  United  States,  capital  and 
labor,  have  met  together,  have  sat  at the 
same  council  board  and  have  separated 
without  so  much  as  a  scowl  at  each 
other  on  -parting.  Peace  presided.  A 
distinguished  Senator  took  occasion  to 
is  at  hand  for 
remark  that  tbe  day 
peace  between  capital  and 
labor and 
promised  to  do  his  best  to bring  this 
about.  A  capital  lion  was  free  to  ad­
mit  that  “ the  fortunes  and  the  pros­
perity  of  the  employer  and  the  em­
ployed  are  linked together;  they  are  the 
same  and  the  two  interests  should  stand 
together  and  that  upon  the  peaceful  ad­
justment  of  the  difficulties  that  exist 
between  them  depends  the  future  pros­
perity  of  the  United  States.’ ’  “ As  if 
determined  not  to  be  outdone  the  labor 
leaders  took  occasion  to  say  if  the  plan 
outlined  before  the  conference should  be 
carried  out  it  would  do  more  good  than 
any  other  movement  in  our country  and 
that  no  one  more  than  he  would  wel­
come  industrial  peace” —the  whole  con­
ference  giving  greater  prospects  than 
ever  before  of  the  lamb  and  the  lion 
lying  down  together  without  the  one 
being  inside  of  the  other.

When  men  are 

in  earnest,  however, 
the  greatest  restraint  can  not  prevent 
the  expression  of  the  thought  in  the 
minds  of  all,  and  the  conference  would 
have  made  but  little  impression  if  the 
grievances  of  each  had  not  had  an  air­
ing. 
It  occasioned  no  surprise,  there­
fore,  when  Samuel  Gompers  declared 
that  the  bone  he  had  to  pick  with  the 
capitalist  was  an  undue 
influence  on 
the  part  of  giant  corporations  in  the 
political  affairs  of  the  country  and  not­
ably  with  the  judiciary.  One  of  the 
great  trust  lawyers  is quoted  as  saying : 
“ Give  us  the  courts  and  we  will  let  the 
people  elect  all  the  legislatures and gov­
ernors. ”   That,  of 
course,  was  the 
Roland  calling  for  its  Oliver  and  before 
the  adjournment  took  place  it  had  to  be 
declared  that  there  was  an  existing  fear 
among  employers  that  the  unions  want 
to  run  their  business.  The  meeting  be­
gan 
in  harmony,  it  continued  in  har­
mony  and  in  harmony  it  came  to an end 
and  delegate  and  country  at  large  are 
hoping  that  much  good  has  been accom­
plished  by  tbe  coming  together of  capi­
tal  and  labor.

It  is  a  consummation  devoutly  to  be 
wished. 
If  these  two  great  contending 
powers—that  is  exactly  what  they  are— 
can  be  made  to  understand—can  be 
made  to  believe  that  their  interests  are 
one  and  that  under  those  conditions 
only  the  best  results  for themselves  and 
the  country  can  be  obtained,  the  re­
mainder  is  only  a  question  of  tim e;  but 
the  dropping  of  each  his  bone  of  con­
tention  in  the  middle  of  the  peace  con­
ference  does  not  promise  well  an  early 
realization  of  their  own  and  the  coun­
try’s  hopes. 
If  each  insists  upon  what 
the  other  will—not  can—not  grant,  aside 
from  the  courtesy  extended,  little  has 
been  accomplished. 
If  capital  is  exer­
cising  undue  influence  upon  the  judic­
iary,  and 
if  labor  is  still  entertaining 
lively  hopes  of  business  management 
with  the  employer’s  money,  there  need 
be  no  more  said.  Each  will  continue  to 
do  with  his  own  what  seems to  him  best 
and  any  attempt  on  the  part  of  the other 
to  prevent  just  that  will  be  looked  upon 
as  interference  and  will  be  resented  as 
such.

That  the  country 

is  watching  the 
course  of  things  with  the  greatest  inter­
It  wants to  see
est  need  not  be  said. 

It 

the  end  of  it  all  at  the  earliest  possible 
moment,and  it  is  ready to  offer  its  com­
mendation  to  that  contestant  who  will 
drop  his  bone  of  contention  first. 
i 
pretty  distinctly  understood  that  both 
are  tired  of  the  senseless  wrangling. 
It 
is  getting  to  be pretty well  believed  that 
both  are  anxious  to  let  go.  If  both  are 
afraid and both “ dassent,”  why  is  it  not 
possible  to  meet  for  the  purpose  of  each 
one’s presenting  and  yielding  his point: 
capital  that  he  will  not  tamper  with  the 
bench;  labor  that  he  will  not  try  to  run 
the  business  or  in  any  way  dictate  in 
regard  to  it?  That  is  what  the  country is 
hoping  for and  looking for.  It is  exactly 
what  it  has  not  yet  seen.  The  harmony 
is  all right,  but  if  it  is  to  continue  there 
must  be  no  more  bone-picking  in  con­
ference.

finds  the  hours  very 
If  the  resident 

When  a  traveling  man  and  family  lo­
cates  in  a  city,  the  resident  salesmen 
and  their  families  should  endeavor  to 
make  them  feel  at  home.  Visit  them 
and  become acquainted.  Show them  that 
they  are  among  friends.  Strangers  in  a 
new  city  find  the  time dreary.  Why  net 
change  this  cold,  unsocial  manner,  and 
extend  a  hearty  welcome  to  newcomers? 
The  wife  of  a  traveling  man  among 
strangers,  while  her  husband  is  on  the 
long  and 
road, 
lonesome. 
ladies  will 
call,  introduce  her  to  friends,  both  she 
and  her  husband  will  entertain  a  good 
opinion  of  their  new  home  city.  The 
icebergs  in  the  social  world  injure  any 
city,  and  often  create  discontent  in  tbe 
minds  of  new  residents.  Every  resident 
should  welcome  newcomers,  show  them 
that  their  presence  is  appreciated,  and 
in  this  way  upbuild  the  city.  Every 
traveling  man  who 
in  a  city, 
and is  favorably  impressed  with  the  cit­
izens,  sooner  or 
later  induces  some 
friend  to  locate  in  the  same  city.  Let 
a  general  social  feeling  exist  among 
tbe  families  of  traveling  men.  Do  not 
allow  strangers  to  remain  so  very 
long. 
Do  not  neglect  the 
late  arrivals,  and 
cause  them  to  seek homes  in more social 
circles.

locates 

The  conviction  of Alexander Sullivan, 
of  Chicago,  on  a  charge  of  jury  bribing 
is  quite  as  significant  as  the  conviction 
of  City  Attorney  Salsbury  in  this  city 
some  weeks  ago.  The  evidence  intro­
duced  at  the  trial  tended  to  show  that 
the  street  railway  corporations  of  Chi­
cago  maintain  regular  corruption  funds 
for  use  in  bribing  one  or  more  jurors  in 
each  damage  case  brought against them. 
Alexander  Sullivan  has  not  borne a good 
reputation  since  his  connection  with  the 
Cronin  murder  several  years  ago,  but 
few  suspected  that  he  was  the  medium 
through  which  the  transit  companies  of 
Chicago  were  able  to  defeat  the  ends  of 
justice  by  tampering  with  the  juries. 
Statements  made  by  Sullivan’s attorneys 
during  the  final  arguments  of  tbe  case 
tended  to  show  that  this  means  of  cor­
rupting  courts  and  juries  is  as  com­
mon  as  the  bribery  of  city  officials  ap­
pears  to  be-in  Grand  Rapids.

Some  men  are  mucilage  men;  they 
imagine  everybody  gets  stuck  on  them.

Gambling  is  a  dangerous  practice and 

is  the  cause  of  much  sorrow.

A  woman’s  will  does  not  have  to  be 

probated  to  make  it  valid.

A  man  who  does  not  respect  a  woman 

is  a  dangerous  individual.

The  man  about  town  should  be  at 

home.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

e

EARLY  DAYS.

Interesting;  Reminiscences  of the Grocery 

Business.

A  typical  grocery  window  display  of 
fifteen  years  ago  showed  the  window 
dressed  with  a  full  barrel  of  currants, 
trimmed  off  with gaudily shaded ribbons 
tied  around  the  sphere  of  fruit.  One 
side  of  the  window  would  be  banked  up 
with  nuts,  the  other  with  plum  pud­
dings,  citron,  lemon  and  orange  peel, 
and  such  other  things  as  tempt  the  pal­
ate  and  warm  the  cockles  of  the  heart at 
the  Christmas  season.

A  few  days  before  Christmas  during 
these  times  an  Englishman  came  to  see 
me  with  a  sample  of  hazel  nuts  which 
he  had  for  sale.  As  their  green  hulls 
were  still  sticking  to  them,  they  made  a 
very  attractive  appearance.

I  asked  the  price,  and  was  told  45 
cents  per  pound.  They  came  in  casks, 
the  Englishman  said,  and he  had  seven, 
each  containing  800  pounds,  or  nearly 
three  tons  in  all.  He  wanted  me  to  buy 
the  lot,  but  I  naturally  declined,  as  1 
had  no  use  for  more  than  an 
infinites­
imal  fraction  of  that  quantity.

The  rext  day  found  me  in  New York, 
it  occurred  to  me  that  I  might  be 
and 
able  to  find  some  of  the  same  nuts  in 
the  market,  when 
it  might  pay  to  buy 
ten  or  fifteen  pounds  to  scatter  around 
the  window  to  set  it  off.

1  fetched  up  in  a  large  wholesale  gro­
cery  house, which  had as  manager  of  the 
fruit  and  nut  department  a  nervous  and 
rather  impulsive  foreigner. 
I  asked 
him 
if  he  had  ever  seen  the  nuts  in 
question,  stating  that  I  had  been  offered 
them  the  day  before  at  45  cents  per 
pound,  and  that  they  were  a  beautiful 
attraction.  He  said  no,  but  he  would 
keep  his  eyes  open  for  them,  and  would 
let  me  know  if  successful.

Two  hours  after  that  I  had occasion  to 
go  back  to  the same store.  The foreigner 
joyfully  and  said  he  had 
came  to  me 
Just  succeeded 
in  finding  some  of  the 
nuts.  As  I  afterward  learned,  the  same 
Englishman  who  bad  seen  me  had  seen 
him  and,  scenting  a  large  demand  from 
my  enquiry,  he  had  bought  the  whole 
seven  casks!  He  offered  them  to  me  at 
39 cents  per  pound.

I  shall  never  forget  the  poor  fellow’s 
look  of  utter  dismay  when  I  explained 
that  I  didn’t  want  many—only  a  few  to 
throw  about  the  window—and  that  ten 
pounds  would  be  all  I  cared  for.  The 
man  flew  off  the  handle  and  went  all  to 
pieces.  He  talked  French  and  Italian 
at  the  same  time,  and  finally  turned  on 
his  heel  and  left  me  in  disgust.

irascible 

foreigner. 

I  have  always  been  known  as  a  prac­
joker  so  I  decided  to  have  some 
tical 
fun  with  this 
I 
went  out  and  got  a  broker,  told  him  the 
story  and  induced  him  to  go  in,  look  at 
the  nuts  and  take  a  sample,  and  in  half 
an  hour  go  back  and  bid  him  15  cents 
for  the 
lot.  Another  broker  did  the 
same  thing,  with  the  effect  that  before 
the  day  was  over  the  poor  foreigner  was 
nearly  crazy.

This  house  published  a  weekly  price 
list  in  the  form  of  a  trade  paper.  It  was 
exceedingly  amusing  to  note,  during 
the  next  few  issues,  the  progressive  ad­
vertising  of  these  nuts.  The  first  issue 
after  they  were  put  in  stock  they  were 
given  quite  a  vivid  description  and 
large  space,  being  quoted  at  45  cents 
per  pound.  The  next  issue  they  were 
quoted  at  35  cents.  Meanwhile  Christ­
mas  had  come  and  gone,  and  the  need 
of  such  merchandise  had  become  less 
strenuous,so the  succeeding issue offered 
them  at  20  cents,  and  the  next  at  15 
cents.

The  last  act  in  the  drama  was  where 
these  unfortunate  nuts  were  offered  as 
“ the  greatest  bargain  the  house  had 
ever  known”  at 5  cents  per pound !  This 
much  it  said  and  nothing  more.

*  *  *

In  former  holiday seasons every grocer 
sold  barreled  currants.  That  was  before 
the  currant  industry  had  assumed  its 
present  condition,  and  when  nobody 
thought  of  cleaning  currants  as  now. 
The  operation  of  opening  and  breaking 
up  barrels  of  currants,  as  then  con­
ducted,  was  tedious,  dirty  and  trying.
One  of  our  customers  was  anxious  to 
have  a  youthful  relative  of  his employed 
in  the  store  and  in  soliciting  a  chance 
for  him  he  expatiated  at  great  length on 
the  young  man’s  willingness  to  do  any­
thing,  no  matter  what. 
1  told  him  to 
send  him  along.  As  soon  as he appeared 
I  at  once  put  him  to  work  breaking  up 
barrels  of  currants,  and  with  a  three­
pronged  auger  screwing  and 
tearing 
them  loose,  so that  they  could  be  broken 
up  in  smooth,  even  masses  for  putting 
in  boxes  and  barrels  ready  for tying 
into  packages.

By  the  time  this  willing  youth  had 
disintegrated  some  five  barrels  of  cur­
rants,  he  had  become  an  object 
ludi­
crous  to  see.  He  had  a  peculiar  habit 
when  in  a  perplexed  frame  of  mind  of 
every  now  and  then  running  his  fingers 
through  his  hair.  Then  he  seemed  to 
have  some  affection  of  the  skin  which 
made  him  do  lots  of  scratching  around 
his  neck  and  face.

So  that  when  the  young  man's  rela­
tive  appeared  to  make  a friendly  call  on 
him  and  see  how  he  liked  his  work  and 
was  shown  to  where  the  youth  was  em­
ployed,  he  was  utterly  unable  to  recog­
nize  him  by  any  outward  semblance. 
His  clothes  were  covered  with 
juice 
from  the  crushed  currants,  his  hair  was 
matted  with  juice  and  dirt  and  his  own 
mother  could  hardly  have  recognized 
him  from  a  colored  boy.

The  relative  sat  down  and  began  to 
commune  with  him.  The  youth said  he 
wished  his  relative  would  get  him  some 
other  job,  as  he  was  thinking  currants, 
working 
currants,  dreaming  currants 
and  eating  currants,  and 
if  he  wasn’t 
taken  out  before  he  had  worked  another 
five  barrels  there  would  be  nothing 
left 
of  him  but  currants.

At  the  end  of  the  melancholy  recital 
the  youth  broke  down  and  wept  copi­
ously.
The  two  of  them  then  came  out  to 
me.  The  obliging  relative  asked  if  1 
couldn’t give  the  boy  some  other  work 
to  please  release  him.  But  the  youth 
himself  said,  “ For  God’s  sake,  Mr. 
Martindale,  let  me  go.”
*  *  *

Another  Christmas  I  had  as  extra 
clerk  an  exuberant  young  man  from  the 
Emerald  Isle.  The  boy  had  landed  in 
Philadelphia  only  about  two  or three 
weeks  before.  He  had  a  luxuriant  crop 
of  carroty  hair  and  was  as  green  as  the 
proverbial  emigrant  can  be,  but  he  was 
brimming  over  with  native  wit,  and  so 
I  hired  him,  more  for the  pleasure  of 
listening  to  his  wit  and  noting the many 
awkward  and  funny  things  he  did  than 
from  any  expectation  of  getting  any 
profitable  work  out  of  him.

However,  he  did  very  well.  He  was 
ready  and  willing,  learned  easily  and, 
as  a  rule,  remembered  what  he  learned. 
There  was  one  exception,  which  I  will 
relate.

We  had  an  elevator  running  from  the 
hasement  to  the  third  floor.  On  the 
store  floor  and  the  second  floor  it  had 
patent  folding  doors  which  cost  us  $25

per  set.  The  third  floor had  no  patent 
doors,  but  was  open.

One  Satuiday  night  a  customer  came 
in  for  a  thirty-pound  box  of  candles. 
The  gas  had  gone  out  in  a  nearby  store 
and  a  clerk  had  been  sent  out  in a hurry 
to  get  candles.

1  said  to  the  young  emigrant  from  the 

“ ould  sod

“ Hugh,  do  you  know  where  the  can­

dles  are  upstairs?"

“ Shure,  I  do,  sorr, ”   he 

replied, 
“ they’re in the  thurd  story  front  room.”
“ You’re  right,”   I  said,  “ now  take  a 
candle  and  go  up  and  bring  down  a  box 
of  16s. ”

“ Oh,  your  honor,”  says Hugh, 

‘ shure 
I  don't  need  a  candle. 
I  cud  lay  me 
hands  on  thim  candles  on  the  darkest 
noight  that  iver  you  seen!”

“ Never  mind  what  you  could  do,”   I 
said,  “ do  as  you’ re  told;  go  up  and 
take  a  candle.”

He  started  up  the  steps  and  I  thought 
nothing  more  of  the  matter  until  1 heard 
a  terrific  crash.  Down  came  the  Irish­
man,  first  through  the  patent  elevator 
doors  on  the  second  floor,  then  through 
those  on  the  store  floor,  landing  in  the 
cellar and  doing  just  $50  worth  of  dam­
age  in  his  rapid  descent.

injured. 

1  ran  down  the  cellar  to  help  pick 
him  up,  expecting  to find  him  dead  or 
seriously 
Instead  of  that  he 
was  standing  up,  carefully  feeling  all 
over  himself  for  broken  bones.  Finally 
he  said,  “ Glory  be  to  God,  I’m  not 
k ilt!”

I  said,  “ Hugh,  how  in  thunder  did 

you  do  it?”

“ Shure,”   said  he,  “ it’s  aisy  enough 
to  tell  your  honor how  1  done  it— I  just 
put  me  fut  in  the  wrong  place.”

But  this  putting  his  “ fut”   in  the 
wrong  place  cost  us $50,  just  the  same. 
— Thomas Martindale in  Grocery  World.

Panacea for Bad  G ram m ar.

is 

Every  little  while  some  scientist  bobs 
up  in  Germany  with  a  new  cure,  some­
times  with  a  new  disease.  Dr.  Ernest 
Liebmann,  a  nerve  specialist, 
re­
ported  as  not  only  having  discovered  a 
new  disease,  but  as  having  discovered  a 
cure  for  the  same,  as  well.  Perhaps  we 
err  in  saying  that  the  Doctor discovered 
this  disease. 
It  has  existed  among  us 
from  the  beginning  of  speech ;  we  did 
not  know  that  it  was  a  disease,  that  is 
all.  The  Doctor  has  discovered,  after 
long  and  painstaking  research,  that  bad 
grammar  and  the  disregard  for  rules  of 
language  is  a  disease,  just  as  smallpox 
is  a  disease.

This  is  alarming,  to  be  sure,  but  then 
we  remember  that  the  Doctor  has a rem­
edy.  He  produces  a  little  brown  mix­
ture,  the  dose  of  which  is  a  tablespoon­
ful  three  times  a  day,  and  the  sufferer 
ceases  to  say,  “ Pass  them  doughnuts,”  
and  “ I  ain’t  done  nothin’, ”   and  be­
comes  a  model  grammarian.

interesting, 

As  Josh  Billings  would  have  said, 
“ This  is 
if  true.”   We 
confess  that we  are  a  little  doubtful.  We 
have  always  supposed  that  the  faculty 
for  tangling  up  the  rules  of  grammar 
was  an  offspring  of  poor  education  and 
careless  habit,  but if  it  is  a disease,  why 
we  should  certainly  found  sanitariums 
where  it  may  be  cured.  According  to 
Dr.  Liebmann’s  theory  our  ancestor 
ape  must  have  chattered  all  sorts  of  un­
in  bis 
grammatical 
lingo  away  back 
roost  in  the  primeval  forest. 
If  bad 
grammar  is  a  disease,  by  all  means  let 
the  sufferers  hasten  to  be  cured.

The  average  woman 

is  as  proud  of 
the  trouble  she  has  with  the  hired  girl 
as  she  is  of  her  new  bonnet.

Plenty  of Room  F or Yonr Com petitor. 
There  should  always, be  room  in  every 
trade  for two  men,  without  the  one  do­
ing  the  other.  A  trade  to  be  a  legiti­
mate  piece  of  commerce  should  be  a 
profit  maker  for  both  the  seller  and  the 
buyer.  Some  men  look  on  business  as 
an  operation  in  which  one  man  always 
gets  the  best  of  the  other  man;  to  be  a 
successful  business  man,  with  such  a 
person,  is  to  do  unto  the  other  fellow  as 
he  would  do  to  you,  and  do  it  first. 
With  such  a  person  gambling  or  whisky 
selling,  which  gives  no  quid  pro quo, 
is  legitimate  business.

This 

idea  of  commerce  is  all  wrong. 
It  makes  trade  war,  and  presupposes  a 
constantly  defeated  half  in  the commun­
ity.  Trade  to  be  stable  must  be  fair  to 
all  concerned.  Every  man  who  handles 
goods  or  any  commodity  must  for  the 
good  he  receives,  render  an  equivalent. 
The  reasonable  merchant  adds  value  to 
his  stock  to  the  amount  of  his  profit  by 
collecting  and  distributing  it  to the  sav­
ing  of  time  and  trouble  to the  people 
who  consume  the  goods.  He  may  in­
crease  his  profit  by 
lying  about  his 
stock  in  trade.  He may  get  a  few  more 
dollars  that  way.  He  may  in  the  end 
lose  dollars.  But  he 
loses  more  than 
that  in  any  event.  He  loses  himself.

The  man  who  loses  sight  of  the  other 
man  in  trade  loses  the  best  of  the  bar­
gain  every  time.  He 
loses  his  own 
self-respect,  which  is  a  dead  loss  and  a 
heavy  one  that  no  man  can  stand;  and 
he 
loses  the  respect  of  the  other  man, 
which  is  something  dollars  can  not  buy 
back.  Then  beyond  that,  he  loses  the 
power  and  the  desire  to  do  well  by  any­
one  but  himself.  This  turns  a  man  into 
an  enemy  of  his  kind  and  an  injury  to 
society.  Even 
if  he  gains  the  whole 
world  but  loses  himself,  he  has  made  a 
bad  bargain.  There  is  no  equivalent  a 
man  can  give  in  exchange  for  himself.
This  desire  to  get  all  the  profit  in  a 
bargain  has  probably  ruined  more  men 
than  any  other  false  notion  in  business. 
Suppose  you  have  a  city  lot and  sell 
it 
at  a  good  figure.  Do  you  feel  sore  if 
the  man  to  whom  you  sold  sells  it  the 
next  day  for  a  hundred  more  than  he 
paid? 
If you  had  an  interest  in  an  iron 
mine  and  sold  it  for $15,000  more  than 
you  paid  for  it,  would  you  eat  your 
heart  out  with  envy  because  the  man 
who  bought  it  turned  it  over  at  a  $100,-
000  profit?  I venture it would  be  a  strain 
on  your  self-poise;  but  would  you  have 
any  bitterness 
in  your thought  toward 
him?  Not 
long  ago  a  certain  Dakota 
farmer  who  sold  his  farm  for  a  large 
sum,  shot  himself  because  the  man  to 
whom  be  sold,  resold  it  for  a  thousand 
more  than  he  paid.  This  man  valued 
his 
life  at  less  than  a  thousand  dollars.
1  have  seen  men  sell  themselves 
trade 
twenty-five  cents.— Eli 
Minneapolis  Commercial  Bulletin.

for 

in 
in 

M inor Chords.

Do  not  “ blow”   about  your  business 
to  customers ;  they  might  conclude  that 
you  are  doing  too  much.

Do  not  ask  two  prices.  Your custom­
ers  might  think  that  the  other  fellow 
gets  the  lowest.

Do  not  keep  a  clerk  down.  Your 

competitor  might  lift  him up.

Do  not  fail  to  keep  your  engagement 
with  the  traveling  salesman.  His  time 
is  money.

Do  not  expect  returns  from  your  first 
It  takes 

advertisement  the  same  day. 
time  for  seeds  to  take  root.

Do  not  say  a  word  in  your  advertise­
In­

ment  that  you  will  have  to  "e a t.”  
digestion  is  troublesome.

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Clothing

from 

Fads and Fashions in C lothing in Gotham .
As  a  rule,  the  careful  man  could  take 
his  last  winter’s  overcoat 
the 
camphor  closet,  give 
it  a  good  brush­
ing,  have 
it  sent  to  the  tailor’s  around 
the  corner,  to  be  thoroughly  cleaned  and 
pressed,  and  the  first  Sunday  that  he 
walked  along  the  avenue  people  would 
imagine  that  he  had  on  a  btand  new 
coat.  This  year  tells  another  story. 
The  friends  of  the  tailors  and  clothiers 
have  made  enough  radical  changes 
in 
the  style  of^  the  fall  and  winter over­
coat,  to  enable  this  year's  garment  to  be 
told  from  last  fall’s,  almost  at  a  glance 
by  the  veriest  novice,  so  a  man  who 
wears  last  year's  long  coat,  almost  ad­
vertises  that  fact.  On  this  account, there 
has  been  a  good,  long  overcoat  business 
done,  even  although  the  weather has  not 
been  "long  overcoat”   weather  by  any 
means,  but  it  seems  that  there  are  very 
few  men  who  care  to  make  the  old  coat 
do,  when  it  is  really  out  of  style.  This 
winter’s  overcoats,  I  must  say,  are  an 
unusually  smart  and  attractive  lot,  and 
are  becoming  to  almost  any 
sized, 
shaped  or  kind  of  man.  They  are  good 
and  warm  and  good  and  long,  44  inches 
being  the  popular  length  (and  yet,  so 
fluctuating 
is  the  weather,  that  only 
two  nights  ago  I  saw  a  young  man  in  a 
plain  sack  suit,  carrying  a  top  covert 
coat  over  his  arm),  and  are  made  up 
from  a  variety  of  materials,  the  rough 
goods  predominating.  Friezes  do  not 
seem  to  be  worn  as  much  as  last  winter.' 
The  most  distinct 
is  the 
vertical  pocket,  which  is  seen  on  almost 
every  new  long  coat  of this season.  Ker­
seys  seem  to  be  conspicuous  by  their 
absence  from  the  backs  of  good  dress­
ers.  One  of  the  most  popular  overcoats 
is  that  of  the  regulation,  44-inch  coat, 
with  a  faint  overplaid,  as  one  man 
cleverly  puts  it,  "just  distinct  enough 
to  give  the  coat  distinction.”  
I  have 
seen  some  very  swell  effects  in  browns 
and  greens,  both  of  dark  shades,  how­
ever,  and  1  have  seen  some  very  ugly 
and loud  effects  in  overplaids,  that  were 
in  contrast  to  the  rest  of  the 
too  bold 
fabric,  and  too  prominent 
in  size  and 
thickness  so that  the  opposite  of  a  gen­
teel  effect  was  produced.  There  is  not 
much  change  in  the  extreme  overcoats, 
such  as  the  Paddock,  Surtout,  Paletot, 
Paddington,  which  are  simply  different 
names 
for  about  the  same  style  coat, 
being  worn  by  the  sporting  fraternity, 
actors,  coachmen  and  a  few  others.  The 
“ Cravenette”  
to 
number  many  of  the  best  dressers  about 
town  as  its  slaves  and  is  to  be  seen  in 
all  sorts  of  weather,  and  on  all  sorts  of 
occasions.

innovation 

continues 

raincoat 

There  are  very  few  innovations  that 
get  further  than  the  fad  period  which 
might  roughly  be  called 
from  three 
months  to  a  year. 
Innovations  are  sel­
dom  produced  because  they  are  neces­
sary  to  a  garment  in  order  to  increase 
its  utility,  or  because  they  are  especial­
ly  wanted  by  the  patrons  of  the  high- 
class  tailor.  They  also  want  something 
new,  something  different  from  the  gen­
eral  run,  and  the  tailor  has  to  cudgel 
his  brains  and  find  something,  even  if 
it  has  no  advantages  over  the  old  run  of 
things.  Few  of  these  fads  of  cut  and 
pattern  remain 
in  favor  at  the 
hands  of  the  exclusive  dresser.  He  is 
as  fickle  as  a  woman,  and  in  a  short 
time  he  will,  like  Oliver  Twist,  call  for 
more  novelties,  even  i f  the  old  one  has 
not  been  copied  by  the ordinary dresser, 
which,  by  the  way,  seldom  takes  place.

long 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

For,  as  a  rule,  the  great  bulk  of  dress­
ers,  who  may  properly  be  called  well 
dressed,  but  not  exclusively  dressed 
men,  those  who  are  not  the  first to  take 
up  a  fad,  nor  the  first  to  drop  it,  will 
copy  the  novelties  worn  by  the  “ ultra.”  
Let  us  look  at  a  few  new  styles,  some 
of  the  very  latest  and  others  only  com­
paratively  so. 
It  was  nearly  three years 
ago  that  they  were  introduced  in  this 
country,  that  is  within  the  past  few 
years,  and  that  marked  the  start  of  the 
loose  overcoat  in  this  country.  I remem­
ber  when  it  first  appeared  along  Broad­
way,  how  everybody  stared,  and  it  is  a 
matter  of  history,  how  every  swell  tailor 
made  no  overcoat  to  speak  of  for his 
customers  excepting  the  Raglan.  Now, 
not three  years  have  passed—how  many 
of  the  best  dressers  are  seen  wearing 
the  Raglan overcoat?  Many  of  the  pres­
ent  coats  are  modifications  of  the  Rag­
lan,  and  bear  points  of  resemblance,  in 
fact  it  might  be  called  the  father  of  the 
present 
loose  coats  now  so  prominent, 
but  the  Raglan 
is  dead,  no  not 
dead,  but  only  slumbering,  a  Rip  Van 
Winkle  sleep,  and 
in  a  few  years  in 
all  probability,  some  exclusive,  high- 
priced  tailor  will  again  introduce  it  as 
a  novelty,  and  a 
like  revolution  will 
again  be  gone  through.  The  single- 
breasted  frock  is  another  case  in  ques­
tion.  No  sooner  was  it  heard  that  Ed­
ward  VII.,  of  England,  then  Prince  of 
Wales,  was  having  a  single-breasted 
frock  made,  than  a  number  of  Anglo­
maniacs  had  to  have  single-breasted 
frock  coats  also.  That  was  during  the 
summer  time,  and 
it  did  not  “ catch 
on,”   at  all,  excepting  with  the  few 
above  mentioned.  For  the  winter  it  is 
finding  still  less  favor.  A  frock  coat  is 
one  that  is  worn  mostly without  an over­
coat;  in  fact,  always  without  an  over­
coat,  unless  weather  conditions  forbid 
it.  The  frock  coat  is  often  worn  in 
rather  chilly weather,  and  a  good, warm, 
double-breasted  garment  is  a  far  better 
protection from  the  cold  than  the single- 
breasted  affair.  Next  on  the  list,  and 
coming  down  to  more  recent  history,  is 
the  long-yoked  overcoat.

itself 

fall 

last 
into  prominence. 

the  yoked  overcoat 
Late 
sprung 
It  was  first 
seen  on  the  person  of  a  few  notorious 
fashion  setters,and  did  not  gain  general 
popularity,  because  shortly  afterward 
summer arrived,  and  no  overcoats  were 
seen. 
It  is  a  very  dressy  article,  so  it 
goes  without  saying  that  with  the  be­
ginning  of  the  present  medium  and 
heavyweight  season,  every  one  is  wear­
ing  the  yoke,  and  the  pioneers  are 
clamoring  for  some  new  style. 
It  will 
not  be  long  before  it  will  have  attained 
as  great  a  popularity  as  did  the  Raglan 
coat.  With  the  pleated  coat,  there  is 
another story  to  tell.  It comes  in various 
combinations.  Some  have  yokes  and 
pleats,  some  only  pleats,  some  have 
pleats  running  down  the  sides,  ethers 
have  pleats  dividing  the  back,  and  still 
others  have  both  side  and  back  pleats. 
It  is  something  rather out  of  the  ordi­
nary,  but  there  its  advantage  stops,  as 
it  is one  of  the  most uncomely articles of 
wearing  apparel  ever  inflicted  upon  a 
long-suffering  public,  and  both  the  ex­
clusive  and  the  conservative  dresser 
seem  to  want  none  of  it.

Another  new  fangle  that  I  do  not

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It has proven a great convenience to the trade  generally, as  well  as  to  myself,  my 
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In  addi­
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Vests, Ministers’ Coats, Drap De Ete Coats,  Duck  Suits,  White  and  Fancy  Vests, 
Serge Suits,  Pongee Coats and Vests, Crash and  Flannel  Suits,  etc.,  etc. 
I  have 
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business. 

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think  much  of,  was  first  introduced  by 
a  New  York  custom  tailor,  who  is  con­
sidered  one  of  the  very  “ swellest”   in 
the  city.  Last July  1  predicted  that  he 
would  introduce  it  in  a  short  time,  and 
sure  enough  it  was  seen  on  the  street 
as  early  as  the  middle  of  September. 
Only  recently  I  saw  it  in  the  window  of 
a  retail  store,  selling  for $15.  It  consists 
of  the  2-button  square  cut  sack  coat, 
double-breasted,  with  a 
lapel  of  an 
enormous  length,  at  least  two-thirds  the 
length  of  the  entire  coat. 
In  fact,  the 
reason  that  the  coat  is  a  2-button  coat  is 
that  this  very  label  is  so  long  that  there 
is  no  room  for another  button.  Even 
the  coat  that  I  saw  tailored  by  the  best 
known  maker  of  fashionable  clothes  in 
this  city,  commanded  the  opposite  of 
my  admiration.  Novel  it  was;  Ido  not 
remember  having  ever  seen  a  coat  cut 
lines,  or  even  closely  re­
on  the  same 
sembling 
it  before  but  it  was  about  as 
ungraceful  a  garment  as  it  could  pos­
sibly  be,  the  scarcity  of buttons  and  un­
wieldiness  of 
lapel  giving  the  tout  en­
semble  a  very  unprepossessing  appear­
ance. 
I  have  not  seen  it  worn  very 
much  however  either  by  the  upper ten 
the 
lower  five  or the  middle  seven  and 
a  half  and  it  is  not  one  of  those  novel­
ties  that  overpopularization  is  liable  to 
I  have  heard  in  some  quarters 
kill. 
that  the  Norfolk 
jacket  is  being  worn 
for  business  wear,  but  from  observation 
and 
investigation  of  the  matter  I  can 
find  no truth  in  the  report. 
It  is  sim­
ply  worn  on  the  same  occasions  as  for­
merly  during  an  outing  in  the  country, 
for  bicycling,  golfing,  etc.  What  status 
it  may  have  in  the  near  future  can  not 
be  told  but  I  do  not  think 
its  use  for 
business  will  ever  be  more  than  very 
limited.

As  far as  the  designs  of this  season’s 
neckwear  are  concerned,  they  are  very 
quiet  and  tasty. 
In good  neckwear  very 
few  stripes  are  seen,  and  as  for  cross 
stripes,  they  are  conspicuous  by  their 
absence.  Plaid  figures,  and  Persian  and 
self  effects  seem  to  have  the  call.  The 
usual  colorings  hold  sway,  but  I  do  not 
remember  ever  having  seen  so  many 
beautiful  shades  and  combinations  of 
greens  and  grays,  as  at  present.  When 
it  comes  to  shirts,  that  ground  has  been 
pretty  fully  covered.  The  pleated  shirt 
continues  to  bloom  for  morning  wear, 
chiefly  the  fancy  effects,  as  well  as  the 
smooth  bosoms  in  both  pure  white  and 
colors.  And  new  patterns, 
there  are 
none,  or  if  there  are,  they  have  escaped 
my  notice.  For  informal  and  formal 
evening  dress  only  the  pure  white,  stiff 
bosomed  shirt  is  permissible.  Men buy 
underwear  more  for  comfort  and  wear 
than  anything  else,  so  the kind of under­
wear  that  becomes  the  most  popular  is 
that  which  feels  best  to  the  skin  and 
will  last  the  longest.  With  hosiery  it  is 
different.  They  are  visible  to  some 
degree,  and  therefore  something outside 
of  comfort  and  wear must be considered.
I  do not  remember  a  year  when  fancies 
have  taken  so great  a hold  as  at  present. 
There  is  very  little  heavy  hosiery  worn, 
even  during  the  dead  of  winter.  Me­
dium  weights  have  all  the  call.  Plenty 
of  blacks  are  to  be  seen,  some  with  a 
silk  clock  on  the  side. 
I  find  good 
cashmere,  of  a  brown  color,  with  a 
plain  cross  stripe  of  blue  as  good  a  pat­
tern  and  material  as  any.  For  the  ball­
room  I  see  plenty  of  silk  hose,  mostly 
black,  and  in  some  cases,  lace.

horse  that  he  is  riding,  who in  all  prob­
ability 
is  his  own  man,  and  who  gives 
but  scanty  contribution  to  either  the 
finances  or  tone  of  the  club,  to  strut 
around  in  regulation  scarlet,  and  no 
doubt  wear  the  club  button  conspicu­
ously  to show  to  his friends?  What  pro­
tection  have  I  against  being  taken  to  be 
in  the  same  class,  I,  who  have  been  a 
member  for  years,  who  am,  in  fact,  one 
of  the  founders,  and  who  can  boast  of 
owning  a  stable  of  some  of  the  finest 
hunters  in  the  country?  These  fellows 
very  often  can  not  manage  their  mounts 
properly,  either,  and  even  the  cry  of 
“ ware  hound,’ ’ has  not  prevented  many 
a  good  dog  of  mine  from  biting  the 
dust.  Do  not  misunderstand  me.  A 
beginner 
is  all  right,  if  he  knows  his 
place,  and  comes  to  the  hunt  mounted 
on  a  horse  he can  manage,and  in  a  reg­
ulation  cutaway  riding  coat  of  black  or 
fancy  plaid  cassimere  or  cheviot. 
1 
have  even  known  some  beginners  to  tie 
red  ribbons  on  the  tails  of  the  gentlest 
steeds  imaginable,  in  order  to  give  the 
others  the  impression  that  they  kicked, 
and  thus  give  them  the  right  of  way. 
It  is  important  when  you  set  out  to  see 
that  you  are  spick  and  span  as  though 
you  had  stepped  out  of  a  band-box. 
Your  riding  breeches  should  be  without 
a  spot,  and  I  would  advise  you  to  have 
them  fasten  with  a  buckle  and  not  with 
buttons  or  clasps,  which 
impede  the 
circulation  of  the  blood.  Be  sure  that 
your  riding  boots  shine  so  that  you  can 
see  your  image  therein,  and  that  your 
silk  hat  is  perfect.  There  seems  to  be  a 
diversity  of  opinion  as  to  whether  the 
silk  hat,  or the  derby  is  the  more  cor­
rect  form,  and  I  am  not  sure  which  is 
considered  so. 

Ajax.

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How  to  Keep  H ealthy.

Never begin  a  dinner  with  pie.
Never  sleep  in  your  overshoes.
Never  ride  a  thin  horse  bareback.
Never  walk  fifteen  miles before break­

Never  carry  a  barrel  of  potatoes  on 

fast.

your  head.

warm  them.
chew  it.
short  cut.

Never  put  your  feet  in  the  fire  to 

Never  swallow  your  food  before  you 
Never  jump  out  of  a  window  for  a 

Never  drink  more  than  you  can  com­

fortably  carry. 

’I
Never  give  a  tramp  your  summer’s 

clothing  in  winter.
catch  a  ferry  boat.
you  retire  at  night.

Never  jump  more  than  ten  feet  to 
Never  leave  the  gas  turned  on  when 

Never  sit  by  a  red  hot  stove  with  a 

sealskin  cap  or  ulster  on.

Never  thrust  your  knife  more  than 

half  way  down  your  throat.

Never  kick  an 

infuriated  bull  dog 

when  you  have  slippers  on. 

.

Never 

let  your  clothes  dry  on  you 

when  you  are  caught  in  a  rain.

Never  walk  into a  parlor at a reception 
and  put  your  feet  on  the  mantelpiece. 
It  will  cause  the  blood  to  rush  to  your 
head.

Counted  Like  a Good  Fellow.

Doctor— Did  you  follow  my  advice 

and  count  until  you  fell  asleep? 

Patient—I  counted  up  to  18,000. 
Doctor—And  then  you  fell  asleep. 
Patient—No,  then  it  was  time  to  gt\ 

up.

M. Wile  & Co.

F a m o u s  M a k e rs   o f  C lo th in g

Buffalo,  N.  Y.

Samples  on  Request  Prepaid

combinations, 

Haberdashery  is  such  a  general  sub­
ject  that  it,  would  seem  rather  hazard­
ous  at  first  glance  to  put  it  under one 
heading,  but  there 
is  so  little  new  of 
importance  to  tell  about,  that  it  can 
safely  be  done.  Take  neckwear,  for  in­
stance,the  most  important  part  of  men’s 
winter  furnishing  goods,  because  it  is 
seen  the  most,  a  few  words  will  dispose 
of  that. 
It  seems  to  me  that  every 
known  shape  for  years  is  being  shown 
and 
is  being  worn,  and  a  number of 
new  shapes,  as  well,  a  few  meritorious, 
but  more  quite  the  opposite.  The  puff 
and  ascot  is  seen  with  the  frock  coat 
and  cutaway,  mostly  inquiet  tones  and 
harmonious  color 
al­
though  the  horse  show  has  brought  out  a 
few brighter colors.  I  am  glad  to  see  the 
De  Joinville  slowly  and  surely  creeping 
its  way 
into  favor  again.  With  the 
sack  suit,  I  see  the  good,  old,  reliable 
imperial,  our  old  friends,  the  batwing 
and  butterfly,  and  the  narrow  four-in- 
hand,  which  simply  won’t  be  downed, 
although  the  makers  and  dealers  have 
made  and  are  making  frantic  efforts  to 
do 
in  some  new 
shapes,  but  most  of  them  are  hard  to tie 
and 
I  saw  some 
of  those  new  ties,  that  were  bought  at 
one  of  the  most  fashionable  haberdash­
er’s  in  the  city,  and,  by  the  way,  one 
of  the  most  expensive,  too. 
It  is  fairly 
long,  and  has  ends  about two  and  a  half 
inches  wide,  from  where 
it  gradually 
tapers until at its narrowest  point,  which 
is  at  about  the  center,  it  measures  about 
an 
It ties  into  a  knot 
that  is  fully  an 
inch  wide  and  two 
inches  long,  and  resembles  nothing  so 
much  as  a  teck.  Of  course  the  scarfing 
from  which 
it  is  made  is  of  the  most 
exquisite  shades  of  silk,  and  comes  in 
handsome  patterns,  but  it  is  more  than 
offset  by  its  ugly  shape.

look  ugly  when  tied. 

inch  and  a  half. 

This  results 

so. 

There  is  a  diversity  of  opinion  as  to 
the  when  of  wearing  fobs.  I  might  wear 
one  with  a  dinner  coat,  but  I  would 
just  as  soon  wear  a  black  tie  with  even­
ing  dress,  as  be  seen  with  a  fob.  The 
art  of  making  jewelry  cases  has  greatly 
improved,  and  the  vogue  of  the  large 
and  clumsy  box  of  leather  is  fast  dying 
I  saw  one,  made  of  fine  morocco 
out. 
leather,  meant  to  carry 
in  the  pocket, 
as  it  was  no  larger  than  a  small  cigar 
case. 
little  compartments, 
and  the  jewelry  is  protected  by  a  piece 
of  soft  ooze,  that  is  placed  between  the 
two,  and 
fastened  only  on  one  end. 
There  was  room  for  a  few  collar  and 
cuff  buttons,  a  couple  of  rings  and  scarf 
pins  in  this  ingenious  little  case,  which 
would  make  an  ideal  Christmas  gift,  by 
the  way.

It  had  two 

it  is  commonly 

I  know  that  there 

The  bump  of  destructiveness  is  no 
larger  in  a  child  than  in  a  full-grown 
man,  although 
sup­
posed  to  be  the  case.  Man  is  never  so 
happy  as  when  destroying  something 
that  has  life; 
the  soldier  who  once 
smells  powder and  the  huntsman  who  is 
in  at  the  finish  of  his  first hunt,  as  a 
rule,  is  as  hopeless  a  destroyer  as  the 
man-eating  tiger after  his  first  taste  of 
blood. 
is  nothing 
that  I  enjoy  quite  as  much  as  a  good 
fox  hunt,  provided  that  everything  goes 
smoothly,  that  I  have  a  good  horse  un­
der  me,  that  no  man  is  hurt,  and  that 
my  attire  is  perfect. 
I  have  known  a 
mistake  on  the  part  of  my  valet  in  not 
giving  my  boots  a  perfect  shine  to 
cause  me  enough  mortification  to  spoil 
the  whole  day’s  sport. 
I  do  not  know 
of  any  one  so  trying  as  some  recruits, 
especially  those  that  think  they  know 
everything  about  hunting  from  A  to  Z 
after  a  single  experience  with  the  pack. 
They  are  worse-than  the  duffer  in  golf, 
and  that  is  saying a  great  deal.  First 
of  all,  they  will  insist  upon  wearing  the 
scarlet  coat.  What  right  has  a  man, 
who  very  likely  does  not even  own  the

MICA AXLE 
GREASE

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

ILLUMINATING  AND 
LUBRICATING  OILS

P ER FEC TIO N   OIL  IS  TH E  STANDARD 

TH E  W ORLD  O V ER

H IQ H B ST  PRIOB  PAID  F O R   E M PTY  O A R B O N   AND  Q A S O L1NB  B A R R E L S  

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>  STANDARD  OIL  CO .

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Shoes  and  Rubbers
W hy  Shoes  Made to  M easure  Do  Not  A l­

ways  Fit.

Notwithstanding the  fact  that  styles  of 
lasts  have  assumed  nearly  every  con­
ceivable  shape  upon  which  ready-to- 
wear shoes  are  made  and  sold  by  retail 
shoe  and  department  stores 
in  every 
city  and  hamlet  in  America  where  such 
stores  exist,  yet  many  people  can  not 
satisfactorily  and  with  any  degree  of 
comfort  wear them.

The  fact  of  the  matter  is  that  the  ab­
normal  shapes  of  many  shoes  heretofore 
foisted  upon  the  public,  who  in  their 
ignorance  of  the  results  that  would  nec­
essarily  follow  the  wearing  of  them  ac­
cepted  them,  as  they  were  at  that  time 
the  prevailing  “ style,”   so  denominated 
by  those  who  are  supposed  to  dictate 
such  matters,  have  crippled  their  feet 
in  consequence.

American  feet  are  at  present  in  such 
a  condition  of  deformity,  caused  by  ill- 
fitting  shoes,  that  one  must  be  in  close 
contact  with  them 
to  have  even  the 
faintest  idea  of  the corns,  bunions,  over­
lapping 
ingrowing  nails  and 
broken  arches  that  exist.  Although  the 
feet  are  wider  at  the  toes  by  nature than 
any  other  part  of  the  foot  as  measured 
across,  we  still  confine  the  toes  in  the 
narrowest  part  of  the  shoe.

toes, 

The  “ pretty  foot,”   as  understood  by 
the  fashionable,  and  as  described  by 
most  people  when  they  appear  in  shoes, 
in  reality  means  crippled  feet.

On  account  of  the  reasons  above 
stated,together  with  others, many  people 
desire  to  have  shoes  made  specially  for 
their  feet,  with  any  peculiarities  incor­
porated,  such  as  either  the  condition  of 
their  feet  requires  or  those  that  they 
have  in  mind.  That  so many to-measure 
shops  still  exist  is  evidence  enough  that 
cost  is  a  matter  of  little  consideration, 
as  shoes  made  by  them  generally  bring 
high  prices.

Clerks  in  retail  shoe  stores  take  many 
measurements  of  feet,or at  least  the  ma­
jority  of  them  pretend  to,  although  in 
many  instances  the pretended measuring 
is  to  all 
intents  and  purposes  a  fake 
pure  and  simple,  as  no  particular  meas­
urements  are  forwarded  to  the  factory 
in  which  the  shoes  are  made,  other  than 
to  order  a  fraction  of  an 
inch  to  be 
added  or  reduced  at  instep  or  ball,  as 
they  term  the  locations.

Many  of  the  so-called  measures  only 
result  in  shoes  that  fit  no  better than 
shoes  the  same  store  had  on  hand.

The  measuring  of  feet for making spe­
cial  shoes,  where  the  measurements 
must  be  transmitted  to  a  factory  by 
mail,  is  at  present  in  a  very  crude  con­
dition.  No  means  except  such  as  can 
be  defined  by  mail  are  used  to  direct 
the  one  who  fits  up  the  lasts,  so  that 
places  may  be  found  on  the  lasts  corres­
ponding  to  those  places  located  on  the 
feet  from  which  the  measurements  were 
taken.  This  is  a  very  indefinite  man­
ner  of  giving  directions  to  the  manu­
facturer.

Again,  different  clerks  in  retail  stores 
use  the  same  terms  to  designate  posi­
tions  from  which  they  measure,  yet  they 
often  vary  half  an  inch  from  each  other 
in  locating  them.

A  certain  retail  shoe  store 

in  New 
York  City  recently  received  an  order 
for  thirty-seven  pairs  of  shoes  to  be 
made  to  measure  for chorus  girls.  One 
of the  clerks  measured  their  feet and the 
shoes  were  made  by  a  professional 
“ made-to-measure”  
and 
thirty-six  pairs  were  misfits,  although 
the  clerk  who  measured  the  feet  was one

shoemaker, 

who  generally  took  the  measures  when 
measures  had  to  be  taken for shoes made 
to  order  at  that  store.

In  a  prominent  “ made-to-measure”  
shop  on  Court  street, Boston, where  shoes 
bring  high  prices,  often  large front  show 
windows  may  be  seen  full  of  shoes  with 
cards  stating  that  they  are  misfits  and 
that  they  are  “ for  sale  cheap.”   And  it 
is  a  fact  that  they  are  misfits,  although 
a  custom  shoemaker  measures  the  feet 
and  also  fits  up  many  pairs  of  lasts  for 
his  own  measurements.

Upon  visiting  shoe  factories  in  which 
many  “ made-to-measure”   shoes 
are 
made  one  will  be  somewhat  surprised 
to  view  the  lasts  that  are  fitted  up  when 
they  are  ready  to  be  used  for lasting-on. 
In  many  instances  the  man  who  fits  up 
the  lasts  has  no  conception  of  the  loca­
tions  taken  by  the  clerk  in  the  store, 
nor  how  tight  be  drew  his  strap  when 
he  measured  the  feet  of  his  customer. 
He  wonders where  the  clerk  measured 
for  instep,  and  where  for  ball,  and  how 
high  for  the  ankle,  until  he  finally  de­
cides  he  will  use  his  own  judgment  be­
cause  he  has  done  so  for  many  years. 
Then  he  may  build  a  small  but  heavy 
piece  of 
leather  on  top  of  the  place  he 
calls  instep  and  then  another  similar 
piece  of  leather  where  he  thinks  the 
clerk  marked  for  the  bunion.  Many 
proprietors  of  large  retail  shoe  stores  in 
cities  absolutely  refuse  to  measure  feet 
to  make  shoes  to  order.

in 

lasts. 

Many 

leathering  up 

When  measured  shoes  are  made  for  a 
retail  shoe  store,  if  they  do  not  fit  so 
that  the  customer  takes  them  they  can 
be  put  on  the  shelves  with  the  regular 
stock  and  sold  at  the  first  opportunity.
last  fitters  in  shoe  factories  do 
not  use  as  good  judgment  as  might  be 
expected 
In­
stead  of  cutting  a  large  piece  of  leather 
and  extending  it  clear  from  one  edge  of 
the  bottom  over  the  top  of  the  last  and 
down  on  the  other  side,  they  almost  al­
ways  build  up  to  measure  with  one  or 
more  thick  pieces,  but  place  them  only 
on  the  top  of  the  last.  Any  one  might 
know  that,  unless  so  specified  fn  order, 
there  was  not  a  bunch  on  top  of  the 
foot,  but  that  the  part  termed  instep 
was  full 
in  measurement,  and,  there­
fore,  the  last  should  be  built  up  clear 
around.

It  would  pay  some  factories to arrange 
to  make  shoes  to  measure  as a specialty. 
Very  little  extra  expense  attends  each 
pair  other  than  fitting  the  lasts  and  the 
change  of  upper  patterns,  and  they  can 
be  cut  for  single  pairs  in  heavy  paper 
from  standard  sets,  with  the  slight  al­
terations  the  measures  require.  The 
other  extra  expense is  that which follows 
single-pair  orders  only,  while  there  is 
from  50  cents  to  $1  per  pair  extra 
charged  for  making.

It  is  a  remarkable  fact  that  there  can 
be  found  but  very  few  retail  shoe  clerks 
who  have  any  mechanical 
ideas,  and 
for  this  reason  it  is  almost  impossible 
for them  to  form  correct  ideas  in  fitting 
up  lasts  from  measures,  not  knowing 
how  or  where  the  feet  are  measured. 
The  one  who  measures  the  feet  knows 
that 
in  case  a  misfit  occurs  it  can  be 
laid  to the  factory  where  the  shoes  are 
made,  and, 
therefore,  he  assumes  no 
responsibility.

The  measuring  of  feet  and  fitting  up 
lasts  to  the  same  measure  can  never  be 
successfully  accomplished  until  a  ma­
chine  or  device  of  some  kind  is adopted 
whereby  the  positions  are  positively  lo­
cated  the  same  on  feet  and  lasts,accord­
ing  to  their  needs.

Many  customers  are  willing  to  pay al­
most  any  price  if  their  feet  can  be fitted

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fur trimmed................................ 
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Dong,  foxed, op.  and C.  S.  toe  $1.00 

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80c

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85c

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Quality  Is  a  Better  One
Boston  Rubber Shoe Co.’s rubbers have the 
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sold  at moderate prices.  Our stock of them 
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C O L D   W E A T H E R   S H O E S

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Specialty  House.

A  Merry  Xmas

A  Happy  and  Prosperous  New  Year

to  all  our  friends and patrons 

is the wish of

BRADLEY  &  METCALF CO.,  Milwaukee,  Wis.

Manufacturers and Jobbers of Shoes and  Rubbers

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

with  comfortable  shoes,  and  the  diffi­
culty 
is  almost  invariably  the  forward 
part  of  their  feet  and  shoes.

Almost  every  pair  of  men’s  shoes  in 
retail  stores  is  too  large  and  loose in  the 
heel,  and  too  tight  at  the  toes.  There­
fore.  nearly  all  the  measures  require  the 
most  changes  forward  the  waist.  Bun­
ions  or  badly-shaped  toes  are the trouble 
that  cause  people  to  order  shoes  to 
measure.  Not  often  is  there  any'trouble 
at  the  heel.— Shoe  Retailer.

Sale  of  Jew elry  by  Clothiers  and  F u rn ­

ishers.

is  a 

is  all  right  in 

Every  furnishing  goods  dealer 

is 
obliged  to  carry  some  sort  of  a  stock  of 
collar  buttons  and  shirt  studs  for  his 
customers’  convenience.  Most  furnish­
ers  carry,  in  addition,  a  stock  of  scarf 
pins,  sleeve  links  and  buttons,  tie  clips 
and  other  small  articles  that  are  neces­
sary  to  male  attire. 
It  is  safe  to  say, 
however,that  very  few  furnishers  handle 
their  stock  of  jewelry  to  the  best  ad­
vantage.  There 
large  profit  in 
men’s  jewelry,  but  too  often  the  fur­
nisher does not  get  his  share  of  it.  The 
profit  on  what  he  sells  may  range  from 
50 to  500  per  cent.,  but  his  sales  are  so 
small  in  comparison  to  what  they  might 
be  made  that  his  stock  of  jewelry  does 
not  return  him  enough  to  pay  for  the 
trouble  he  has  with  it. 
“ Why  do  fur­
nishers  so  often  fail  to  make  a  success 
of  their  line  of  jewelry?’ ’  said  a jeweler 
recently.  “ Why,  they  do  not  know  how 
to  handle  it  as  it  should  be  handled.  In 
the  first  place,  they  keep  the  cheapest 
sort  of  imitation  stuff.  Now,  imitation 
jewelry 
its  place,  but 
there  are  good  imitations  and  poor  im i­
tations.  Good  rolled  plate  that  can  be 
warranted  for at  least  a-year  is  the  only 
kind  of  the  stuff  that  a  furnisher  should 
put  before  his  trade.  It  is  the  only  kind 
of  stuff  that  will  stand  handling  and 
cleaning,  and,  short  of  solid  gold,  is  the 
only  kind  of  ware  that  will  give  a  pur­
chaser  lasting  satisfaction.  If  furnishers 
would  buy  a  better quality  of goods than 
many  of  them  do,  they  would  find 
it 
much  easier  to  hold  desirable  trade. 
This  cheap  stuff  that 
is  used  in  pins 
and  other  articles  can  not  be  kept  clean 
and 
in  good  condition,  for as  soon  as 
the  gilt  wears  off  the  beauty  of  the 
thing  is  gone.  If the  stock  is  kept  clean 
the  gilt  will  wear  off  very  quickly. 
Cleanliness 
is  absolutely  indispensable 
if  a  man  expects  to  handle  jewelry  suc­
cessfully.  Bear  in  mind  that  jewelry  is 
an  ornament  and  a 
In  nine 
cases  out  of  ten  it  is  sold  by  its  looks. 
If  its  appearance  is  fresh  and  bright  it 
sells  all  right. 
If  it  is  slightly  dim  or 
dirty,  its  charm  is  gone.  Jewelers  un­
derstand  this  and  devote  their time  to 
keeping  their  stocks  in  order. 
If  an 
is  handled  and  put  back  in  the 
article 
in  the 
case  without  wiping,  the  acid 
perspiration  will  cause 
it  to  tarnish. 
For 
jewelry  should  be 
bandied  as  little  as  possible  and  wiped 
with  a  dry  cloth  or chamois  as  often  as 
it  has  been  handled.  Of  course,  the 
cases  should  be  dry  if  the  jewelry  is  to 
retain  its  beauty.  Another  thing  that  I 
notice  some  haberdashers  do  not  under­
stand  is  that  any  article  containing  rub­
ber  should  not  go 
into  a  case  with 
jewelry.  When  rubber  is  kept  in  the 
same  compartment  with  metal  a  chem­
ical  change  takes  place  and  the  jewelry 
tarnishes.  Garters,  sleeve  supports  and 
such  articles  should  be  kept  outside  the 
jewelry  cases. 
If  jewelry  is  to  be  kept 
fresh  and  bright,  it  requires  other treat­
ment  than  rubbing  or  wiping  from  time 
to time.  If  it  has  become  dim,  the  best

luxury. 

reason 

this 

way  is  to  send  it  back  to  the  maker  to 
be  repolished.  Jewelers  are  glad  to  re­
polish  jewelry  for  their  patrons  and  do 
so  for  a  small  charge  or  no  charge  at 
all.  Still,  if  a  man  wants  to  treat  his 
jewelry  'himself  he  can  do  so,  as  the 
process  is  an  easy  one.  He  will  need  a 
solution  of  cyanide  of  potassium  and 
water,  a  quantity  of  jewelers’  sawdust 
(made  of  the  finest  dust  of  boxwood) 
and  some  pure  water.  Make  a  slimy 
solution  of  the  cyanide  of  potassium 
and  water.  Take  a  strainer  that  will 
hold  the  articles  to  be  treated  and  dip 
them 
in  the  fluid.  After  leaving  them 
there  half  a  minute  take  them  out  and 
wash 
them  carefully  in  pure  water. 
Then  toss  them  into  the  box  of  sawdust 
and  after  drying  them  thoroughly  dust 
them  off  with  a  fine  brush.  The  cyanide 
will  eat  off  the  tarnish  and  give  them 
the  brilliance  that  they  originally  had. 
But  let  me  caution  everyone  against 
carelessness 
in  the  use  of  the  cyanide. 
It  is  a  deadly  poison  and  if  it  even  gets 
into  a  cut  on  the  hands  is  apt  to  cause 
serious  blood  poison.  So  the  fluid  can 
not  he  too  cautiously  handled. 
is 
necessary  to  get  dirt  out  of  jewelry  an 
excellent  way  is  to  make  a  thin  paste 
of  pure  castile  soap  and  pure  ammonia 
and  wash  the  article  thoroughly  in  it. 
It  will  take  out  all  dirt  perfectly and the 
article  then  can  be  brightened  by  the 
cyanide  bath.

If  it 

“ Now,  having  spoken  of  ways  and 
means  of  cleanliness,  the  next  thing  to 
consider  is 
the  proper  display  of 
jewelry.  The  furnisher  should  provide 
himself  with  an  abundant  stock  of 
cards,  and,  whenever  a  card  becomes 
soiled,immediately  remount  the  article. 
It  is  the  only  way  to  keep  stock  looking 
nice  and  fresh. 
If  a  man  will  not  take 
the  time  to  keep  his  cards  fresh  he need 
not  be  surprised  at  slow  sales  of  his 
goods.  Goods  shown  on  cards  look  bet­
ter than  when  they  are  unmounted,  and 
even  in  the  cases  the  cards 
look  better 
and  are  more  practical  than  no  cards  at 
all.  Jewelers’  trays,  lined  with  velvet 
of  a  dark  shade,  are  the  best  appliances 
for the  storage  and  display  of  jewelry. 
A  fine  glass  case  with  glass  shelves  on 
which  are  set  jewelers’  trays  filled  with 
clean,  bright  goods  ought  to  sell  stuff 
anywhere. ”

lose 

Furnishers 

A  furnisher  who  has  made  a  great 
success  of  his  jewelry  department  has 
adopted  this  method  of  display  for  his 
large  stock.  He  says: 
“ I  find  that 
nothing  will  take  the  place  of  constant 
attention  to  the  cleanliness,  neatness 
and  spotlessness  of  the  case  and  its 
contents. 
sales  on 
jewelry  because  they will  not  give  it  the 
attention  that  is  necessary  in  this  way. 
My  showcase  is  an  all  glass  case  with 
glass shelves—all kept  spotless.  I put my 
stock  just  under  the  collar  stock,  as  that 
is  the  place  in  the  store  where most peo­
ple  stop. 
I  have  a  case  of  jewelry  out­
side  all  the  time.  People  see  it  and 
they  come  in  and  I  have  found  my  out­
side  case  a  most  valuable  and  paying 
investment.  When  I  make  a  display  of 
large 
cuffs,  shirts  or  other 
articles  of  apparel  in  the  window  I  take 
pains  to  see  that  appropriate  links  go 
into  the  cuffs,  studs 
in  the  shirt  and 
scarf  pin  into  the  tie.  That is  a  chance 
for  me  to  show  my  taste,  and  I  improve 
it.  But  chiefly  remember  this :  Jewelry 
must  be  sold  by  drawing  the  attention 
of  purchasers  of  other  lines  to  it.  Every 
clerk  should  make  it  a  point  to  call  the 
attention  of  his  trade  to  the  stock. 
Then,  if the  stock  is properly  cared  for, 
sales  will  be  made  and  a  handsome 
profit  realized.” —Apparel  Gazette.

scarfs, 

M ourning  G arm ents Are  U nhealthful.
The  custom  of  wearing  black 

instead 
of  the  heavy  and  unhealthful  mourning 
garments  that  were  considered  the  only 
proper  means  of  showing  one’s  grief,  is 
fortunately  becoming  general  and  man­
kind  will  be  the  happier  and  better  for 
it.  _ Some  persons  are  advocating  the 
notion  that  the  bereaved  one  should  en­
deavor  to  see  all  those  who  call  to  ex­
press  sympathy,  but  that  would  be  a 
most  trying  ordeal,and  the  mere  fact  of 
leaving  one’s  card  at  such  times  is  not 
only  correct  form,  but  the  best  mode  of 
expression.

Tested  By  an  Expert.

From the Chicago Tribune.

“ Ah,  this 

is  real  butter,”   said  the 
Stock  Yards  man,  spreading  some  of  it 
on  his  buckwheat  cakes  at  the  rural 
hotel.

“ How  can  you  tell?”   asked  the  other 

man.

“ There’s  real  dirt  in  it.”

F illing  H is  Coffers.

“ This  epidemic  of  grip.”   said  the 
to  be  a 
druggist’s 
bonanza  for  you,  what  with  prescrip­
tions  and  all  that. ”

friend,  “ ought 

“ Yes,”   replied  the  druggist,  “ I’m 
filling  my  own  and  the  doctors’  cougb- 
ers. ”

Half  a  Century |

of shoe making has  per- 
fected in the  knowledge 
of 
the  merchants’  re- 
quirements. 

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C.  M.  Henderson  &  Co. 

“  Western  Shoe  Builders ”  

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The  Celebrated 

“ lone”  Shoe  for  Men

Velour  and  Vici  Kid  Stock.  R e ­

tails  at  $2.50.

The Western Shoe Co., Toledo, Ohio

Distributors

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.

Herold=Bertsch  Shoe  Co.

Makers  of  Shoes,
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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Showing  the  benefits  the  merchant 

receives by using the

Kirkwood  S h ort  Credit 

S y stem   of  A ccounts
It  prevents  forgotten  charges. 
It 
makes  disputed  accounts  impossible. 
It 
It  assists  in  making  collections. 
saves  labor  in  bookkeeping. 
It  sys­
tematizes credits. 
It establishes  con­
fidence  between  you  and  your  cus­
tomer.  One writing does it all.

For full particulars write or call on

A.  H.  MORRILL,  Agent.

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Co., St. Paul, Minn.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Dry Goods

W eekly  M arket  Review  of  th e   P rincipal 

Staples.

Staple  Cottons—Wide  sheetings  show 
no  price  changes  at  present  writing,  but 
the  indications  are  that,  in  the  near  fu­
ture,  advances  are  more  than  probable. 
These  goods  are  very  strong  all  along 
the  line,  and  several  cases  of  bids, 
even  at  currently  reported  prices,  are 
said  to  have  been  turned  down.  Cotton 
flannels  are  firm,  and  a  good  average 
business  is  reported.  Cotton  blankets 
are  well  situated.  Coarse  colored  cot­
tons  rule  firm  and  the  majority  of  lines, 
including  denims  and  ticks  in  particu­
lar,  are  well  sold  ahead.  Most  of  them 
are  difficult  for  buyers  to  secure  at  all 
and  there  are  no  stocks  to  be  found 
worthy  to  be  called  such.  The  general 
situation  in  the  staple  goods  end  of  the 
market,  as  will  be  seen  by  the  above, 
has  been  materially  strengthening 
in 
spite  of  the  fact  that  buyers  have  been 
blind  to  it  or  refused  to  accept  it  as  a 
solid  fact.  As  we  have  mentioned  in 
previous  reports,  buyers  will  find  it  for 
their  interest  to  get  in  orders  as  soon  as 
possible,  wherever  they  can,  at  current 
quotations.

Prints— Fancy  prints,  in  full  stand­
ards  at  five  cents,  and  medium  grades 
are  showing  a  very  satisfactory  busi­
ness,  and  prices  are  quite  firm.  The 
finished  prints  are  considered  very 
low 
in  price,  when  the  situation  in  the  mar­
ket  for gray goods  and  the  prices  quoted 
are  considered.

Percales—Are  rather quiet  at  present 
but firm  at  quoted  prices.  Flannelettes 
are  steady  and  prices  firm.

Ginghams— Nearly  all  staple  ging­
hams  are  now  held  “ at  value,"  and  are 
well  sold  ahead,  agents  having  perfect 
in  the  continued  strength  of 
confidence 
the  market  throughout 
season. 
Dress  ginghams  and  fine  woven  fabrics 
are  also  well  contracted  for and  firm.

the 

Linings— The  lining  market,  as  far as 
cottons  are  concerned,  has  shown  an  ir­
regular  condition  of  business,  although 
the  aggregate  has  been  pretty  well  up 
to  the  average.

Dress  Goods— Little  can  be  said  that 
is  new  in  connection  with  the  women’s 
wear  business.  The  business  that 
is 
doing  has  more  relation  to  the  require­
ments  of  the  suit  and  skirtmaker  than 
line  of  regular  dress 
to  the  general 
goods.  The 
jobbers’  purchases  have 
lost  their  force.  The  cutter-up  has  en­
joyed  an  unexampled  business,  and  not 
only  is  he  accepting  deliveries  right 
along,  but  is  picking  up  goods  here  and 
there  that  meet  his  requirements.  A 
good  number  of  mills  are  working  busi­
ly  on  lightweight  skirting  cloths  below 
the  dollar  mark,  individual  cases  being 
noted  where  mills  engaged  on  such 
goods  have  orders  in  hand  sufficient  to 
keep  them  busy  for  three  to five months. 
There  is  business  doing  in  fancy  waist- 
ings,  but  this  is  largely  on  goods  of  the 
cotton  order,  or  which  are  made  largely 
from  cotton.  Some  fancy  flannel  busi­
ness  is  being  done.  The  opportunities 
of  the  fancy  goods  manufacturer  are 
very 
limited.  Nearly  everything  that 
is  wanted  is  in  plain  colors  in  the  way 
of  wool  and  worsted  goods,  with  the  ex­
ception,  of  course,  of  Oxford  effects. 
The  new  season  is  too  far off  to allow  of 
any  satisfactory  measurement  of  the 
possibilities  and  tendencies  of  the  de­
mand.  Preparations  are,  of  course,  un­
der way,  and  the  plain  effects  are  gen­
erally  favored.

Underwear—Some  lines  of  ribbed  un­

is  never  safe 

derwear  have  been  quietly  opened  this 
week,  and  a  number of  salesmen  have 
started  out  with  samples.  This  is  a 
little  earlier  than  was  expected,  but 
then,  one 
in  making 
prophecies  in  regard  to  the  actions  of 
those  concerned  in  this  business.  Prices 
named  are  slightly 
lower  than  a  year 
ago,  that  is,  the  qualities  are  improved, 
so  that  the  price  change  amounts  to 
from  5  to  ioc  per  dozen.  This  was  en­
tirely  due  to the  lower  prices  announced 
for  cotton;  if  the  advances  which  have 
since  been  reported  continue,  it  is  like­
ly  that  prices  (or values)  will  return  to 
their  original  basis.  Some  claim  that 
further advances  are  likely.  Duplicate 
orders  for  spring  are  being  received 
now,  although  not 
in  large  quantities. 
It  is  not  expected  that  these will amount 
to  very  much  before  the  middle  of  next 
month.  This 
is  early  for duplicate  or­
ders,  and  the  agents are  elated  at  what 
they  naturally consider  the  sign  of  a  big 
spring  business.  Woolen  underwear 
has  also  been  shown  to  some  extent,  but 
in  the  heaviest  weights  only. 
The 
prices, $7 and $7.50,  will  be  maintained. 
Questioned  as  to  why  they -are  showing 
their  heavyweights  now,  something  like 
from  two  to  four  weeks  earlier  than  was 
planned,  a  couple  of  weeks  ago,  the 
agents  replied  that  the  continued  cold 
weather  that  has  prevailed  in  several 
sections  of  the  country  has  made 
it 
seem  advisable  to  hasten  their  opening, 
and  send  the  salesmen  out.  Probably 
the  majoiity  of  the  salesmen  will  get 
away  before  the  first  of the  year,  and 
the  others  will  be  out  directly  after  the 
first.

Hosiery—The 

demand  for  heavy­
weights  has 
let  up  to  a  considerable 
degree.  Dealers  succeeded  in  cleaning 
up  the  major  part  of  their  stocks,  but 
at  a  sacrifice  of  price. 
It  paid  the 
agents  to  do  this,  however,  for  by  so 
doing  they  have  cleared  the  decks  for 
the  next  season.  A  slow  period  is  ex­
pected  for  two  or three  weeks,  and  the 
duplicate  orders  ought  to  be  coming 
to  hand.

filled, 

Carpets—The  carpet  trade  presents 
the  same  features  as  were in evidence  at 
the  opening  of  the  spring  season.  Mills 
are  well  supplied  with  orders  and  on 
some  lines  business  is  in  hand sufficient 
to  keep  machinery  going  for the  next 
two  months  or  more.  The  large  Eastern 
mills  are  all  sold  up  as  a  rule  at  open­
ing  prices,  while  the  smaller  manufac­
turers,  although  doing  a  good  business, 
are  on  small  orders  which  will  keep 
their  looms  going  for a  month  or  so. 
If 
the  present  conditions  existing  in  the 
raw  material  market  continue  at  the 
time  their  orders  are  all 
the 
smaller  manufacturers  will  have  the 
market  more 
in  their  favor  than  their 
larger  competitors.  Where  the  smaller 
manufacturers  will  be  in  a  position  to 
take  orders  at  a  month  or  so  delivery, 
the  large  mills  will  be  unable  to on  ac­
count  of  the  large  volume  of  old  orders. 
This  will  have  much  influence  in  en­
abling  the  smaller  mills  to  secure  bet­
ter  prices,  which  are  so  very  low  now. 
It  is  said  by  Philadelphia  manufactur­
ers  themselves  that prices  they  are  quot­
ing,  and  which  have  been  accepted,  are 
on  a  higher  level  than  those  of  the 
“ b ig"  Eastern  mills.  While  this  may 
seem peculiar,  that  the  market  is  higher 
in  one  part  of the  country  than 
in  the 
other,  it  is  probably  due  to  the  fact  that 
the  better  prices  received  are  for an 
early  delivery.  The  higher  prices  are 
more  noticeable  on  fine  Brussels  and 
tapestries.  The  difference 
in  prices, 
while  not  influenced  by  the  demand  to

inclination 

any  great  extent,  is  mainly  due  to  the 
position  of  the  world’s  supply  of  good 
filling  wools,  which  up  to  within  a 
month  or  so  has  been  in  a  rather  unfa­
vorable  position  for  the  consumers  of 
these  wools,  the %  carpet manufacturers. 
Prices  on  these  wools  are  exceedingly 
firm,  and  on  a  much  higher  level  than 
at  times  when  the  supply  has  surpassed 
the  demand.  By  teason  of  the  high 
prices  of  wools,  the  smaller  manufactur­
ers  insist  on  better  prices  than  their 
larger  competitors  are  quoting.  The 
three-quarter  goods,  as  in  former  sea­
sons,  are  the  feature  of  the  spring  trade. 
Fine  body  Brussels,  wiltons,  axminsters 
and  tapestries  are  well  sold  up.  There 
is  a  strong 
in  buying  to­
wards  the  medium  to fine  grades,  which 
shows  for  itself  the  financial  standing  of 
the  buying  public  at  large.  Designs 
are  of  a  very  modest  pattern  this  sea­
son, and  the  fabrics  with  a  large  amount 
of  background  are  in  good  favor  with 
buyers. 
Ingrain  carpets  are  receiving 
a  very  small  business  for this  time  of 
the  year.  The  demand  at this  time,  now 
that  the  new  season  is  so  well  under 
way,  should  be  of  a  very  much  different 
character  than 
it  is.  While  mills  are 
working  full,  as  a  rule,  the  orders  re­
ceived  are  small,  and not enough  to give 
the  manufacturer an  idea  as  to  what  the 
future  will  bring. 
in­
grain  yarn  spinners  are  in  many  cases 
working  on  reduced  time,  and  if  it 
were  not  for the  fact that  one  large  New 
England  mill  is  changing  over  its  spin­
ning  department,  Philadelphia  spinners 
would  find  the  market  much  quieter 
than  it  really  is.

Philadelphia 

After  a  girl  passes  twenty-five,  she 
might  as  well  marry;  she  will  fade  any­
way.

Nobody  H elped  H im .

A  story  of  Scotch  honesty  comes  from 
Muskegon.  A  small  boy  had  taken  the 
prize  for  an  exceptionally  well  drawn 
map.  After 
the 
teacher,  a  little  doubtful, asked  the  lad : 
“ Who  helped  you  with  this  map, 

examination, 

the 

James?”

“ Nobody,  sir.”
"Come,  now, 

the 
Didn’t  your  brother  help  you?”

tell  me 

“ Np,  sir;  he  did  it  all.”

truth. 

D angerous in  Its  Suggestiveness.

“ It  is  perfectly absurd I”   exclaimed 

Mr.  Meekton’s  wife.

“ What  is?”   asked  Leonida.
‘-‘ This  idea  of  establishing  a  whip­

ping  post  for  wife  beaters.”

“ I  think  so,  top. 

In  the  first  place, 
it  is  going  to  put  notions  into  the  heads 
of  a  lot  of husbands  that  wife  beating is 
a  practical  proposition. 
'And  then  they 
are  going  to get  hurt.”

A R T
P O T T E R Y

In  connection  with  our  Cut  Glass 
Department  we  are  showing  an 
artistic  line  of  Colored  Glassware 
and  Pottery,  including  the unique 
and  beautiful  Louwelsa  ware 
Christmas buyers should  not  over­
look this  department  when  in  our 
store.

Herkner’s

57  Monroe  St., 
Grand Rapids

Merry  Christmas

To all our trade

Grand Rapids,  Mich.

P.  Steketee  & Sons,  Wholesale  Dry  Goods

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W ill find our travelers out with better lines than we 
have ever shown. 
It  will pay to  look  them  over. 

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Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Go.  {

W holesale Dry  Goods 
Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

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sible.  Quoting  prices  is  a  strong  point 
in  these  advertisements. 
The  credit 
merchants  look  upon  me  as  a  cutter,  but 
this  is  the  result  of  selling  for  cash. 
Before  I  started  customers  would  come 
into  our  store  and  tell  how  they  could 
buy  cheaper  in  other  towns.  My  cash 
system  has  stopped  all  that. 
1  am  now 
pulling  trade  from  other  towns  and  am 
confident  I  can  hold  it.  My  sales  ran  a 
little  behind  the  first  three  months,  but 
I  showed  a  nice  increase  at  the  end  of 
the  first  twelve  months. 
I  am  both  sell­
ing  more  goods  and  making  more 
money  than  the  business  did  under a 
credit  system.

" I   aim  to  visit  the  distant  markets 
three  or  four  times  a  year,  and  our  local 
jobbing  markets  once  a  month.  The 
successful  merchant  must get away  from 
home.  The  merchant  who  sticks  at 
home  is  not  a good  buyer.  Visiting  the 
markets  frequently  puts  an  edge  on  a 
buyer  that  he  can  not  get  otherwise. 
1 
buy  most  of  my  stuff  in  the  markets.

“ The  cash  method  needs  peculiar 
kind  of  nerve  in  small  towns. 
It  is  a 
revolution  from  credit  of  twenty  years 
to  a  strictly  cash  basis.  And  I  would 
say  that  only  absolutely  cash  is  the  win­
ning  way  to  conduct  such  a  system.  A 
young  man  with  small  capital  can  do 
best  on  a  cash  idea. 
If  a  man  desires 
to  go  into  a  loaning  business  and  has 
sufficient  capital,  the  credit  racket  is  a 
capital  place  for  him.  He  will  make 
money.  For the  credit  business  is  noth­
ing  more  nor  less  than  a  loaning  busi­
ness,  and  there  is  money  in  that.  But 
I’ll  stick  to  cash. 
It  is  more  modern.’ ’ 
— Dry  Goods  Reporter.

failed 

in  view—that 

Should  Not Dose  H eart Over  Failure.
Generally  speaking,  the  young  man 
who  starts  out  in  life  with  a  clearly  de­
fined  object 
is  to  say, 
with  a  well-defined  notion  as  to  what 
bis  life  work 
is  to  be  and  with  a  full 
determination  to  make  that  his 
life 
work—generally  speaking,  we  say,  that 
young  man 
is  pretty  sure  of  success. 
But,  while  application  or  the  quality  of 
stick-to-itiveness  is  an  essential  to  suc­
cess,  this  does  not  mean  that  because  a 
young  man  has  been  mistaken in  his  se­
lection  of  a  chosen  field  of  labor,  and 
has 
in  his  first  attempt,  he 
is  to  remain  a  failure  for  the  rest  of  his 
life.
It 

is  discouraging,  of  course,  to  fail 
at  all. 
It  is  discouraging  for  the  young 
man  to  find  that  the  path  which  he  has 
mapped  out  for himself  is  not  the  path 
that  he 
is  fitted  to  follow,  and  that  he 
must  go  back  to  the  forks  of  the  road 
and  choose  another  path;  but 
if  he 
does  have  to  go  back  he  has  the  satis­
faction  of  knowing  that  he  is  not  the 
first  who  has had  to  do  it.  Nor are  there 
lacking  instances  of  successful  men  who 
have  had  to  do  this  not  only  once,  but 
two  or  three  times. 
Patrick  Henry 
failed  as  a  merchant  and  as  a  farmer; 
then  he  went  into  politics  and  the 
law 
and succeeded  gloriously.  Mark  Twain

CREDIT TO CASH.

Experience of a M erchant W ho Made the 

T ra  sltlon.

The  interest  of  merchants  in  the  rela 
tive  merits  of  the  cash  and  credit  sys 
tem  and  the  possibilities  of  changing 
from  the 
latter system  to the  former  is 
so  general  that  the  “ Reporter”   isdesir 
ous  of  helping  it  all  he  can.  Pursuant 
to  that  desire,  the  following  interview 
with  E.  E.  Johnston,  proprietor  of  Un 
cle  Ed’s  Cash  store,  of  Quitman,  Mo. 
has  been  secured:

“ My  experience  in  a  store  began 
about  ten  years  ago.  Previous  to  that 
time  1  had  lived  on  a  farm  and  taught 
school  a  few  years.  About  ten  years 
ago  I  began  clerking  for  my  brother, 
who,  at  that  time,  was  conducting  an 
extensive  credit  business.  I  took  an  in 
terest 
in  buying  and  it  was  but  a  fev 
months  until  my  brother  told  me  1 could 
beat  him  as  a  buyer  and  therefore  had 
better  do  all  of  it.

“ During  my  experience  as  a  buyer  I 
experienced  a  growing  conviction  that 
absolute  cash  buying  secured  goods  at  a 
closer figure  than  did time buying.  This 
led  me  into  a  study  of  the  cash  system. 
The  competition  of  catalogue  and  de 
partment  stores was  worrying  us.  They 
certainly  were  not  selling  on  credit.  So 
I  decided  it  might  not  do  wrong  to  get 
on  the  same  basis  as  the  competition 
that  was  hurting  us  most.  Perhaps  the 
mail  order  business  more than  any  other 
one  thing  confirmed  my  conviction  con­
cerning  the  cash  system. 
I  discovered 
that the  cash  system  was  an  established 
factor  in  city  life.  But  we  are  an  ag­
ricultural  and  stock  community,  and  the 
doubt  arose  as  to the  desirability  of try­
ing  city  methods  in  such  a  district. 
My  friends,  whom  I  consulted,  declared 
that  it  would  be  a  failure.  But  I  con­
cluded  to  try  it  and  bought  my  brother 
out.  That  was  five  years  ago.  The  way 
1  did  it  was  this:

“ Two  weeks  before  I  took  possession 
of the  store  I  advertised  thoroughly  that 
the  store  was  to  be  conducted  under  my 
management  as  a  cash  store. 
I  did  my 
best  to  show  the  benefits  of  selling  for 
cash,  laying  emphasis  on  the  needs  and 
conditions  of  the  present  as  compared 
with  the  past.  That  I  could  better  pro­
tect  the 
interests  of  my  customers  by 
selling  for  cash.  I  made  a  point  of  per­
sonally  talking  about  the  change  with 
every  one  coming  into  the store,  others I 
saw  out  of  the  store,  and  urged  the 
merits  of  the  cash  system. 
I  talked 
prices  the  strongest.

There  was  little  doubt  when  I  opened 
as  to  my  purposes,  and  if  the  trade  had 
any  doubt  it  was  soon  dispelled,  for  I 
refused  credit  to  everyone,  even  my  rel­
atives. 
I  made  leaders,  but  endeavored 
to  sell  always  above  cost.  Staples  I 
sometimes  use  as  leaders,  but  try  to  sell 
everything  cheaper  than  the  credit  mer­
chant. 
I  sell  at  a  fair  margin,  with  no 
misrepresentations. 
I  do  a  little  with 
special  sales  as  to  hours  and  days. 
Goods  put  on  sale  at  a  special  price  are 
kept  at  that  price  until  sold.  Our  town 
is  too  small  for  special  sales  as  con­
ducted  in  the  cities. 
1  receive  produce 
in  exchange  for goods  and  turn  it  over 
to  buyers  at  once,  giving  due  bills  for 
the  amount  not  traded  out  at  the  time.
I  buy  some  goods  to  stir  up  the  trade 
with. 
I  aim  always  to  secure  good 
merchandise,  however,  and  will  make 
exchanges  and  all  goods  satisfactory.  It 
pays  to  treat  the  trade  conscientiously.
“ I  have  had  my  advertisement  in  the 
paper  every  week  since I  began. 
I  talk 
in  these  advertisements  just  as  over the 
counter,  with  as  few  adjectives  as  pos­

was  a  pilot  on  the  Mississippi  River. 
He  worked  for  years to  become  a  good 
pilot—did  become  one ; ‘and  then  came 
the  Civil  War,  and  piloting  as  a  lucra­
tive  profession  was  done  away with.  He 
went  into  newspaper  work  and  suc­
ceeded  fairly  well  at  it,  but  it  was  not 
until  he  began  to  write  humorous  books 
that  he  became  famous  and  really  suc­
ceeded.  Geo.  W.  Curtis  and  J.  G.  Hol­
land  drifted  from  one  thing  to  another 
until  they  became  magazine  editors  and 
there  they  found  a  field  for  which  they 
were  fitted.

So,  if the  young  man  has  made  a  fail­
ure  of  his  first  start  he  should  not  lose 
heart,but  should  go  back  and  try  again, 
taking  care  always  to  pick  out  what 
seems  to  be  the  right  path  before  mak­
ing  a  second  beginning.  As  a  general 
rule,  the  Jack  of  all  trades  is  not  a  suc­
cess  and  sticking  to  one  thing will bring 
the  striver to  the  goal  he  seeks.  But  it 
is  well  to  take  time  in  choosing  what 
particular  thing  to  stick  to.

George  E.  Allen.

15
For  Sale  Cheap
Tables, Counters, Shelving, 
Show  Cases,  Wall  Cases, 
Mirrors,  Store,  Window 
and  Office  Fixtures,  and 
Electric  Light  Plant, all  in 
first-class  condition.
L.  Higer &  Sons,

Tower  Block,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Increase the 
Value of
Your iTerchandise

Dust destroys merchandise  consid­
erable in the course of a year.  The 
less  the  dust the  less  the  destruc­
tion.

To  a  woman  there  is  nothing so  unin­
teresting  as  a  man  in  love— with  some 
other  woman.

The  “World’s Only”
Sanitary
Dustless  Floor Brush

Get  our  prices  and  try 
our  work  when you need
Rubber  and 
Steel  Stamps 

Seals,  etc.

Send  for  Catalogue  and  see  what 

we offer.

Detroit  Rubber Stamp Co.

99 Griswold  St. 

Detroit, Mich.

Get  your 

ANN  ARBOR

Quick  Lighting 
■ Gasoline  Lamp-

F O R

Christmas  Trade

at  once.  There  is  going  to  be  a  fine 
trade in lamps this year  and  we  have  a 
fine lamp to meet it.  All  styles.  Order 
early.

The Superior  Mfg.  Co.

32 South Main Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan

prevents  dust,  consequently  pre­
vents  damage  to  stock.  You’ll 
want  it  to  use  and  to sell.  Write 
us about it.

nilwaukee Dustless Brush Co.
iai Sycamore St., nilwaukee, Wis.

THREE  GOLD  MEDALS 
PAN-AMERICAN  EXPOSITION
Walter Baker & Go. Ltd.

The Oldest and 

Largest Manufacturers of

PURE, HIGH GRADE
CO CO AS
CHOCOLATES

AND

No  Chemicals  are  used in 
their manufactures.
Their  Breakfast  Cocoa  is 
Trade-mark.
absolutely  pure,  delicious, 
nutritious, and costs less than one cent a cup.
Their  Premium  No.  1  Chocolate,  put up  in 
Blue  Wrappers and  Yellow  Labels, is the best 
plain chocolate in the market for family use.
Their German Sweet Chocolate is good to eat 
and good to drink.  It is palatable, nutntious, and 
healthful ; a great favorite with children.
Buyers should ask for and make sure that they get 
the genuine goods.  The above trade-mark is on 
every package.
W alter  B aker & Co. L td.

Dorchester, Mass.

Established  1780«

IF  YOU  ARE  NOT  SATISFIED

with the light or the

you are using or selling, if they  give  poor  and  unsteady  light,  smoke,  smell  or  go  out  unex­
pectedly. write to us.  Perhaps we can suggest a remedy.  But the  simplest  and  cheapest  way 
out of it is to lay them aside and get our

Gasoline  Gas  Lamps

BRILLIANT OR  HALO  LAMPS

that are right and always ready for use and guaranteed to do as represented if properly handled, 
or money refunded.  Over 100,000 in dally use during the last four years.  The  first  cost  Is  small 
compared with the business lost by poorly lighted stores.  Trade  goes  where  light  Is  brightest 
and there Is where you will find our lamps.  The average cost of running  our  lamps  is  15  to  30 
cents a month.

B rillian t  G as  L am p  Co.,  42  S ta te  S t.,  Chicago

G e o rg e   B o h n er

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16

Village  Improvement
A Side Issue,  Perhaps,  B a t  an  Im p o rtan t 
One.
Written for the Tradesman.

The  Improvement  Society  of  Wilton 
met  last  Tuesday  night  to  talk  over 
things  in  general  and  especially  to  plan 
for  next  year. 
In  that  part  of  the  coun­
try,  with  the  snow  something  less  than 
six  feet  deep  on  the  level,  there  can  not 
be  much 
landscape  gardening  carried 
on  except  that  of  admiration  through 
window  glass,  and  that  is  limited  just 
now  to  snow-burdened  elms  and  vast 
stretches  of  field  and  meadow,  snow- 
covered  and  sparkling  under  the  De­
cember  sun.  The Wilton  branch  has  its 
reluctant  member  whose  reluctance  has 
reached  the  verge  of  antagonism  and 
something  had  to  be  done  about  it. 
It 
was  the  old  condition  of  the  house  di­
vided  against  itself,  with  the inevitable 
threatening  disaster,  and  that  was not to 
be  even  thought  of.  The  reluctant  mem­
ber  must  be  made  to  change  his  atti­
tude,  that 
is  to  that,  and 
the  change  must  not  be  put  off  another 
week.  So  when  the  right  time  came 
the  far-seeing  President  took  occasion 
to  ask  the  rebellious  member,  who,  by 
the  way,  is  the  one  storekeeper  in  Wil­
ton,  if  he  had  ever  considered  the  fea­
sibility  of  working  up  the  trade  element 
connected with the  main  purpose  the  so­
ciety  have  in  view.

is  all  there 

For the  first  time  in  the  history  of  the 
society  there  was  a  visible  pricking  up 
of  the  tradesman’s  ears  and,  promptly 
acknowledging  his  blindness,  he  asked 
to  be  enlightened.

it 

is 

in 

it  all  the  same. 

“ Why,  1  am  afraid  it’s  too  much  of 
the  old  story  to  be  interesting ;  but I be­
lieve 
It  is  simply 
looking  sharply  after  a  side  issue  and 
trusting  to  luck  and  a  kind  providence 
to  make 
influence  the  grand  idea. 
The  principle 
in  a  nutshell:  Im­
prove  a  spot  and  let  it  spread.  The 
woman  who  would  have  a  new  rocking 
chair  and  wound  up  with  a  new  house 
illustrates  the 
idea.  Country  folks— 
most  of  them— are  conservative  and 
when  they  move  it  is  always  from  with­
in.  They  have  to  radiate;  and  while 
the  motive  that  moves  them 
is  pure 
selfishness,  controlled and conscientious­
ly  directed  itis  not  a  bad thing after  all. 
Now,  then,  Joe  Harris  wants  a  new 
buggy,  and  Will  Egerton  is  determined 
to  have  a  new  suit  of  clothes.  There’s 
in  these  wants  and  there  is  no 
money 
reason  why  you  shouldn’t  make 
it. 
There’s  where  you  come  in.  Help  Joe 
to  get  his  buggy  and  you’ re  going  to 
improve  that  piece  of  road  between  the 
Harris  homestead  and  Wilton.  That 
done,  we'll  have  what  .main  street  we 
have 
improved—street,  sidewalk,  trees 
—and  when  we  get  through  the  village 
will  be  the  center  of  a  stretch  of  im­
proved  highway  that  will  reach  to— 
everywhere.

“ You  don’t  need  to  be  told  what  that 
new  suit  is  going  to  do  for  the  town. 
It’s  going  to  be  exactly  what  follows 
after  a  man  gets  his  hair  cut.  Every 
“ he-ite’ ’  can  not  rest  in  peace  until  he 
has  been  likewise  shorn ;  and the advent 
of  the  Will  Egerton  wardrobe  creates 
the  same  masculine  tumult  with  the 
same 
result.  Now  everybody  knows 
that  these  two  features,  managed  as 
we’ll  help  manage  them—that’s  what 
we’ re  here  for—are going  to  wind  up  in 
the  betterment  of  our 
surroundings. 
Wilton  is  going  to  be  improved  by  suit 
and  buggy  and  you  are  going  to kill two 
birds  with  one  stone;  get  the  gain  that 
is  coming  from  the  increase  of  trade—

and  there’ll  be  a  lot  of  it— and  the  im­
provement  of  the  town  which  is  the  ob­
ject of  this  society.’ ’

Instead  of  being  disheartened  by  the 
contemptuous  “ Humph!”   the  speaker 
took  breath  and  went  on :

“ We  all  know  why  Joe  Harris  wants 
that  buggy  as  surely  as  we  know  why 
Will  Egerton  is  determined  to  have  his 
new  suit—as  certainly,  in  fact,  as  we 
know  that  the  getting  of  both  will 
lead 
to  Marilla  Mowry’s  getting  a  new  cloak 
and  Ella  Winkinson’s  having  a  new 
dress.  Are  the  rest  of  the  girls— and 
where  do  you  fancy  are  the  ambitious 
mothers  all  these  times?—going  to stand 
and  gaze,  like  a  flock  of  startled  sheep, 
without  ‘ a  nameless  longing?’ and  don't 
we  all  know  human  nature  well  enough 
to  see  that  Joe  Harris’ 
rubber-tired 
buggy  will  not  be  the  only  one  in  the 
neighborhood?  Mr.  Storekeeper,  this 
society  is  your  leading  trump  card,  and 
you  do  not  seem  to  know  it.  Now,  then, 
wake  up  to the  fact  and  let’s  get  down 
to  a 
little  logrolling.  We  want  to  im­
prove  the  appearance  of the  town  and 
you  want  to  turn  an  honest penny.  Let’s 
all 
‘ turn  to’  and  buckle  down  to  it  in 
earnest.  Let’s  begin  right  off.  The 
Harrises  are  ‘ well-heeled’  and Joe wants 
the  best.  See  that  he  has  it  and  begin 
with  the 
incidentals.  Begin  with  a 
whip.  Send  right  off  to  the  city  for  a 
bang-up  five-dollar  affair  that'll  take 
the  snap  right  off  of  anything  the  town 
has.  Put  it  among  the  other  whips  and 
tet  it  sell  itself.  You  can  keep  it  from 
too  much  handling. 
I’ll  tell  you  right 
here  and  now,  if  ‘ old  Joe’  doesn’t  buy 
it  for  Joe’s  Christmas  present,the  young 
man  will  ‘ be  good  to  himself’  and  have 
it.  Bait  him  as  you  would  a  trout  and 
you’ll  land  him.  Never  fear  of  that.

“ So  with  the  other  fellow.  Collars 
and  cuffs  and  neckties  are  the  present 
boundaries  of  his  limited horizon.  Take 
advantage  of  it  and  tempt  him  with 
something  genuine.  Get  his  size  and 
send  to the  maker  for the  goods,  exactly 
as  you  should  in  ordering  a  buggy  and 
what  goes  with  one.  Forty-cent  cuffs 
and  twenty-five  cent  collars—none  of 
your  trash  for  Will  Egerton!—with  at 
least one  dollar  tie  and  you’ ll  make  him 
your  friend  for  life,  and  get  three  elms 
on  the  sidewalk  of  his  dad’s  lot  in  the 
village!  See?  These  essentials  or  de­
tails  of  a  young  man’s  wardrobe  lead 
promptly  to  stockings  and  underwear 
and  handkerchiefs  and  hats;  and  you, 
with  your  experience  with  these  coun­
try  boys,  need  not  be  told  that  if  these 
incidentals  are  of  the  best,  when  the 
suit  comes,  it  will  have  to—bear  down 
on  that—correspond.

“ Now,not  to  make  a  long  story  out of 
a  short  one,  let  me  say  this  and  stop: 
Joe  Harris  and  his  admirers  will  all 
have  buggies  and  Will  Egerton  and  bis 
clan  will, 
following  their  chief,  be 
clothed  in  purple  and  fine  linen  of  the 
purplest  and  of  the  finest, and  both  par­
ties  will  find 
it  to their  advantage  to 
forward  from  first  to  last  the  aims  and 
purposes  of  this  Improvement  Society. 
The  tradesman  of  the  community  can 
count  up  his  gains  by  himself.  We  can 
trust  him  to  make  them  worth  counting 
up.  Will  some  one  move  to  adjourn?”  
There  was  a  single  vote  in  the  nega­
tive  and  that  came  from  the  reluctant 
member. 

R.  M.  Streeter.

H ad  Become  a  H abit.

“ I’ve  been 

looking  for  my  husband 
for  the  last  two  hours,”  said an  agitated 
woman  to  a  calm  one.

“ Don’t  be  excited,  madam,”   replied 
the 
looking  fora 
husband  for  the  last  twenty-five  years.”

“ I’ve  been 

latter. 

Grand Rapids Fixtures Co.

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new

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design

in
a

combination

Cigar
Case

Shipped

knocked

down.

Takes

first

class
freight

rate.

This is the finest Cigar Case that we have ever made.  It is an elegant piece of store furniture and 

would add greatly to the appearance of any store.

No.  36  Cigar Case.

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The  Imperial  L i g h t i n g   S y s t e m

Patents  Pending

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concealed  the  same  as  electric  wires,  and  as 
many lights as  may  be desired  can  be  supplied 
from  the  same  tank.  The  Imperial  System 
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16 hours.  All  lamps  are  fully  guaranteed,  and 
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obliged  to  respect  the  rights  and  the 
welfare  of  others?  The  law  of  success­
ful  business  in  these  latter  days  seems 
to  be  to  grasp  everything  and  grind 
everything  and  everybody  to  the  last 
possible  extremity.  As  a  principle  of 
business  apart  from  conscience  this may 
be  admirable,  but  in  the  domain  of  con­
science  to  what  extent  shall  one  man  be 
ruler  and  other  men  his  subjects?  There 
must  be  a  limit  somewhere;  to  what  ex­
tent  does  a  man  want  business,  and  to 
what  extent  is  it  right  he  should  have 
it? 
It  would  hardly  be  consistent  with 
Christian  character  for  a  man  to  want 
everything  and  all  men  for his  servants. 
Where  is  the  limit?

The  other  question  is,  “ To  what  ex­
tent  can  a  man  appropriate  his  earnings 
to  himself?”   It  might  seem  in  this  that 
if  his  money  be  rightly  and  honestly 
made  he  should  have  absolute  domin­
ion.  He 
is  certainly  justified  in  creat­
ing  a  reasonable  reserve,  in  the  produc­
tive  period  of  his  life,  against  the  time 
when  his  faculties  fa il;  he  is  certainly 
justified 
in  making  provision  for those 
who  are  dependent  upon  him.  But, after 
all,  a  man  is  but  the  guardian  of  what 
may  come  to  him,  and  in  providing  for 
himself  be  must  consider  those 
that 
have  been  less  favored.  As  it  has  been 
decreed  that  a  man  can  take  no  money 
with  him  out  of  this  world,  and  can  not 
with  any  certainty  control  it  after  he  is 
gone,  it  would  seem  that  his  better  na­
ture  would  dictate  that  he  should  be

liberal  to  those  about  him  and  to  the 
unfortunate—how 
liberal,  is  a  question 
for  each  to  answer  for  himself.  But  if 
a  man  would  be  “ perfectly  conscien­
tious’ ’  he  must  meet  these  questions. 
To  be 
impor­
tant,  but  not  all  sufficient.

‘ perfectly  honest”   is  all 

Henry  Bell.

Busy  Man.

“ Yes, 

“ Did  you  marry  an 

industrious, 
hard-working man?”  said Miss Cayenne.
indeed,”   said  the  girl  with 
the  picture  hat;  “ Harold  is  never  idle. 
He  plays  golf  all  summer and  whist  all 
winter. ”

Michigan  Fire  and  Marine 

Insurance Co.

Organized 1SS1.

Detroit, Michigan.

Cash  Capital, $400,000.  Met 8urplue, $200,000.
D. W h it n e y , J r ., Pres.

Caeh Aeeete,  $800,000.
D. M. F e r r y , Vice Pres.

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

B. J. B o oth, Asst Sec’y.

D ir e c t o r s.

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

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form,  gold-monogram  pins. 
In  combi­
nation  with  the  large  tabbed  collar  they 
are  indeed  dressy.

Freaks  in  weaving,  that  are  not  ob­
trusive,  have  found  recent  favor.  For 
instance,  a  mottled  scheme  in  stripes,in 
which  there  was  no  apparent  intention 
on  the  part  of  the  designer to  finish  any 
part  of  his  design,  has  been  exploited 
by  a  crack  furnisher as  something  away 
out  of  the  ordinary.  It may  be described 
as  a  composition  in  black  and  white, 
with 
just  a  suggestion  of  color,  some­
what  on  the  order  of  changeable  silk. 
We  had  more  or  less  of  this  sort of thing 
n  velvo-cameleon. 
I  wonder  where  the 
contest  among  the  leading  cravat  houses 
to  do  something  different  is  going  to 
land  them.

As 

to  the  twice-round  cravat 

for 
evening  dress;  candidly,  with  all  due 
respect  to  the  maker  who  is  attempting 
idea,  the  rather  broad 
to  exploit  this 
single  tie 
is  the  thing.  The  double 
cheme 
is  not  doing  at  all  well,  so  far 
as  I  can  see  and  learn.

Poke  collars  are  in  line,  with  the  am 
pie  square  for  dressy  afternoon  wear. 
I 
like  them  especially  well  in  combina 
tion  with black  scarfs in  the softer  silks 
While  single  fold  collars,  of  the  vari 
ous  types,  are  very  much  in  evidence, 
the  double  folders  are  by  no  means  lag 
ging.  They are  too  generally  becoming 
to  be  easily  displaced.

Late  house  coats  are  in  plain  black 
in  Tuxedo  style,  with 

velvets,  made 
satin  lining  and  a  barathea  facing.

Pleated  shirts,  in  very  small  all-over 

effects,  are  liked  by  good  dressers.

Bath  robes,  with  the  raglan  sleeve  are 

admired  in  the  big  mottled  patterns. 
Vincent  Varley  in  Apparel  Gazette.

The  Golden  Buie  in  Everyday  Business
There  is  nothing  in  honesty,  upright 
ness  or  Christian  character  that  inter 
feres  with  business  success.  There  ii 
nothing  in  business  success,  in  the  or 
dinary  channels,  that  is  out  of  harmony 
with  a  conscientious,  upright  life. 
In 
fact,  entirely  apart  from  the  matter  of 
conscience,  there  is  no  other  basis  for  a 
permanent  success  that  is  equal  to  hon­
esty and  truth.  While there  will  be  little 
difference  of  opinion  as  to  the desirabil­
ity  of  conducting  business  along  these 
thoughts  upon 
lines,  there  are  two 
which  men  differ.  The  first  is 
in  the 
conduct  of  business.  How  far  is  one

Chat  A bout New  York  Fashions.

Very 

long  overcoats  do  not  look  so 
smart  in  mild  weather.  They  are swag­
ger  and  graceful  and  cover  a  multitude 
of  anatomical  sins,but  for  getting  about 
they  are  not  quite  so  beloved  as  the 
garment  that  just  covers  the  knees.

Its 

value 

1  am  not  prepared  to say  that  the  long 
is  not  a  fad.  A  lad  is  usually 
overcoat 
just  for  a 
something  that  men  fancy 
life  depends  upon  how 
change. 
much  practical 
it  possesses. 
Without  doubt  the  fifty-inch  skirt  is  a 
delight  when  the  thermometer  is  hover­
ing  about  zero,  but  on  the  average  win­
ter  day,  in  these  latitudes,  it  is  not,  in 
the  sunshine,  a  thing  of  ease.  The sense 
of  ease!  that  is  what  the  average  busi­
ness  man,  who  does  not  spend  all  his 
time 
It  seems 
to  me  that  we  get  back,  broadly  speak­
ing,  to  the  practical  and  sensible  every 
time.

in  his  office,  demands. 

A  study  of  what  is  generally  worn  in 
New  York  to-day,  by  the  men  who  have 
the  means  to  wear  what  they  like,  shows 
that  the  medium  in  set,  hang  and  width 
of  overcoats 
I  saw,  the 
other  day,  in  a  district  of  well-dressed 
people,  an  outside  breast  pocket  in  a 
man's  fine  overcoat. 
It  is  “ up  to’ ’  the 
clothier to  figure  out  the  advantages  of 
that  pocket.

is  the  rule. 

In  my 

last  article  I  bad  a  few  notes 
regarding  men’s  dress  in  the  banking 
district  of  New  York,  and  I  said  that  it 
was  the  keynote,  so  to  speak,  of  the  ap 
parel  scheme  of  the  metropolis,  and  it 
is. 
I  find  interesting  features  there  all 
the  time.  Here  is  one :  For  dignified 
business  dress,  the  cutaway  coat,  in  its 
various  becoming  modifications,  is  the 
thing—trousers,  coat  and  waistcoat  of 
the same  material,  with  a  silk  hat,  form 
for  workaday  wear 
the  combination 
among  a  very 
large  proportion  of  the 
bulls  and  bears.

Their  employes,  and  there  are  many 
very  smart  dressers  among  them,  adhere 
to  the  sack  and  the  derby.

It  is  not  my  intention  to  convey  the 
impression  that  the  tailless  coat  is  not 
very  generally  worn  for  business  by  the 
better  class  of  men— far  from  it.  What  ' 
notice  is,  that  the  cutaway  is  becoming 
more 
liked  bv  the  dignified  class  of 
merchants  and commercial  men.  But  in 
whole  suitings  only.

The  minute  you  take  the  cutaway  out 
of  the  suitings  class  and  place  with  i 
contrasting  trousers  or  waistcoat,  you 
make  of  the  cutaway  not  a  business,  but 
a 
‘ dress-up’ ’  garment.  This  sounds 
trite,  and  yet  clothing  retailers  do  not 
always  appreciate  this  point.

Without  attempting  to go  into  details,
I  should  say  that  big  forms  in  neckwear 
dominate.  For  knot,  puff  and  once 
over  adjustment  there  are  generously 
built  squares  in  effects  that  are  attract 
ive  because  the  basic  principle  of  the 
weave,  and  not  the  contrasting  color 
scheme,  makes  the  patterns.

Such  goods  are  in  the  higher-priced 

sorts.

Among  the  minor goods,  seen  in  use 
and  about  the  shops,  the  bright  color 
schemes  on  a  rich  dark  ground  are  en 
countered  as  frequently  as  of  old.

In  the 

latest  winter  silks,  that  hav 
been  accepted  by  the  knowing  ones,  one 
sees  very  little  of  the  ultra  razzle-dazzle 
and  wall-paper  jumbles,  and  for  thi 
relief,  many  thanks.

The  stunning  thing  is  the great square 

of  English  silk.

Very  beautiful  are  the  new  tints  i 

blue  and  gray  tone  baratheas.  These 
solid-colored  goods, 
in  the  once-over 
adjustment,  show  off  the  faddish  oval

We

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All work made by us to be oi good  material  and  workmanship.  We  employ  skilled 
labor.  W e put forth every effort to make our goods  all  that  a  fastidious  buyer  can 
expect—all he could ask for.  Our designs are right up to the minute.  In the 22 years 
we’ve been in this business we learned a lot, and one thing is that it  don’t  pay  to  sell 
unreliable goods  at  any  price.  They  cause  trouble  and  expense,  all  the  profit  Is 
wasted trying to make dissatisfied buyers satisfied, and then without success.  There­
fore we do not, nor will not, put out trouble makers.  If you  buy  or  sell  our  sleighs 
you’ll be satisfied.  Give us a chance to prove it.  Send for catalogue and net prices.

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“It’s  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
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Butter  and Eggs

Observations by a  Gotham   Egg H an.
Notwithstanding  the  generally  mixed 
character of the  fresh  gathered  eggs  ar­
riving  daring  the  fall  season  there  are 
occasional 
instances  where  very  fine 
quality 
is  shown.  An  example  of  this 
came  to  my  attention  a  short  time  ago. 
F.  F.  Judd,  a  well-known  builder  of 
cold  storage  houses,  living  at  Concord,
N.  H.,  amuses  himself  by 
raising 
chickens  in  incubators.  On  the  fourth 
of  November  last  he  ordered  five  cases 
of  eggs  for  hatching  purposes  from  a 
New  York  receiver  who  filled  the  order 
with  five  cases  from  a  shipment  of  In­
diana  eggs.  The  eggs  were  sent  by  ex­
press  to Concord,  put  into  the 
incuba­
tors  on  November  5  and  on  the 26,  when 
Mr.  Judd  came  to  New  York,  he  re­
ported  over  half  of  the  eggs  hatched. 
Later  he  reported  only  about  2 ^   peT 
cent,  'of  the  eggs  had  proved  fertile 
against  about  7%  per  cent,  average 
among  the  eggs  brought  in  by  the  farm­
ers  around  Concord.  This result  was  so 
surprising  as  to  be  worthy  of  notice;  it 
is  particularly  remarkable  when 
the 
general  quality  of  fresh  gathered  West­
ern  eggs  at  this  season  is  considered.

*  *  *

Among  the  mixtures  of  eggs  now  ar­
riving  in  this  market  under the name  of 
“ fresh  gathered”   may  be  found  many 
eggs  preserved  by  liming  or  other  proc­
esses. 
In  some  cases  limed  eggs  had 
been  found  mixed  with  the  fresh  in 
such  uniform  proportion— each  case 
containing  practically  the  same  number 
—as  to  indicate  that  they  were  put  in 
with  the 
intention  and  expectation  of 
having  them  go  through  to  consumers  at 
the  price  of  fresh.  This  is,  however, 
entirely  useless.  Eggs  are  not  bought 
and  sold  blindly  and  before  dealers  put 
them  out  they  put  them  through  an  ex­
amination  which  always  discloses  their 
true  character.  Very  often,  or  usually, 
however,  the  mixture  occurs  at  the  first 
point  of  collection  and  arises  from  the 
holding  of  eggs  on  the  farms,  some­
times  without  any  special  means  of 
preservation,  sometimes  by  packing 
in 
salt  and sometimes  by  the  use of various 
pickling  processes.  Our  attention  was 
recently  called  to  a 
lot  of  Missouri 
goods  in  which  a  considerable  part  of 
the  eggs  had  evidently  been  preserved 
in  some  sort  of  solution;  they  showed 
no  lime  on  the  shells,  and  yet  they  had 
every  characteristic  of  a  poor  quality  of 
limed  egg.  Such  goods  are  of  course 
salable  only  at  very  low  prices  in  com­
parison  with  fine  fresh  stock  and  when 
they  are  accepted  by  collectors  as  fresh 
without  any  careful  examination  they 
lead  to  considerable  loss.
*  *  *

in 

There is  certainly  a  screw  loose  in our 
leads 
system  of  egg  collecting  when  it 
farmers' 
to  the  holding  of  eggs 
hands,  and 
in  country  stores  until  they 
become  stale.  There  ought  to  be  no 
profit  for  anyone  in  holding eggs  in  this 
manner,  and  there  would  not  be 
if  the 
collectors  would  buy  the  stock  over  the 
candle,  paying  different  prices 
for 
different  qualities,  according  to  value. 
Cold  storing  in  modern  houses  and  lim­
ing  conducted  on  a 
large  scale  with 
proper  facilities  are  the  best  means  of 
egg  preservation  now  known.  Holding 
stock  in  small  lots  on  the  farms  under 
unfavorable  conditions,  to  be  mixed  up 
later  in  shipments  of  fresh  gathered, 
ought  to  be  discouraged  in  every  way. 
And 
it  would  soon  cease  if  such  stale 
eggs  were  bought  only  at  their  true

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

value  instead  of  being  taken  together 
with  better  qualities  at  an  average, 
which  price  shows  an  apparent although 
unreal  profit.— N.  Y.  Produce  Review.

Story of th e Turkey W hich K ept Growing.
“ Talking  about  turkeys,”   observed 
the  farmer  to  the  produce  man  the  other 
day,  “ we  raised  one  a  year  ago  that 
probably  never  had  his  equal  in  size  or 
weight  in  the  history  of  the  world.”

The  produce  man  looked  incredulous, 
but  the  farmer  went  on  without  notic­
ing  i t :

“ When  that  turkey  was  hatched  he 
was  no  bigger  than  the  rest of the brood, 
but  two  days  later  he  weighed 
five 
pounds  and  was  sprouting  tail  feathers. 
The  end  of  the  first  week  out  of  the 
shell  saw  him  a  full-fledged  bird  of  a 
trifle  more  than  ten  pounds,  and  still  he 
jjrew.' *

The  produce  man  smiled  indulgently, 

echoing  the  farmer’s  words:

“ And  still  he  grew.”
“ Yes  sirre;  I  never  saw  anything 
like 
it.  He  was  two  weeks  old,  to  a 
day,  when  he  tipped  the  beam  at  thirty- 
five  pounds, and  he  only  seemed  to  have 
fairly  started,  for— ”

“ Yes,  I  know,”   slowly  observed  the 

produce  man,  “ for still  he  grew."

“ Grew?  well,  I  should  say  so!  A 
week  later he  bad  put  up  another fifteen 
pounds  without 
impairing  his  activity 
or  seemin'  to  mind  it  in  the  least.  He 
picked  up  his  corn  as  lively  as  ever, 
and  still  he  grew.”
There  was  a  sickly  smile  on  the  face 
of  the  produce  man,  but  he  made  no  re­
mark.

“ We  began  to  wonder  when  it  was 
goin’  to  stop,”   went on the farmer,  “ for 
about  this  time,  his  appetite,  which  had 
always  been  extraordinary,  began  to 
pick  up  at  an  alarming  rate,  and  we 
knew  he’d 
just  about  got  his  second 
wind,  which  meant  putting  on  weight 
more  rapidly  than  ever. 
It  took  him 
just  ten  days  to  put  up  another  twenty- 
five  pounds.”

“ That  makes  seventy-five  pounds,”  

gasped  the  produce  man.

“ Kerrect,  and  still  he  grew.”
“ And 

still  he  grew,”   sighed  the 

produce  man.

“ I  suppose  he  was  something  like 
eight  weeks  old  when  he  reached  the 
hundred  pound  mark,  and  quit  walking 
about,”   continued  the  farmer.

“ But  he  still  grew,”   anxiously  put  in 

the  produce  man.

“ Never  let  up  for  a  minute,”   was 
the  assuring  reply.  “ We  became a little 
anxious  about  him  at  this  time,  on  ac­
count  of  the  hen  house,  which  we  could 
see  would  soon  be  too  small  for  him  to 
stand  up 
in.  Finally,  we  decided  to 
transfer  him  to  the  barn,  but  we  had 
been  a 
little  slow  in  cornin’  to a  deci­
sion,  for  when  we  went  to  remove  him 
he  had  grown  too  big  to  go  through  the 
hen  house  door  and  we  had  to  take  out 
the  whole  front  of  the  building  to  ac­
commodate  his  size.”

still  he  grew,”   ventured  the 
produce  man  in  a  weak  voice,  and  with 
a  very  painful  attempt  at  a  smile.

“ Yes,  he  had  more  room  to  spread 
out  in  the  barn,  and  went  on  growing 
faster  than  ever.  Very  soon  it  became  a 
question  as  to  how  long  the  barn  would 
hold  him,  and  then  we  decided  to  kill 
him.  That,  as  you’ll  easily  guess  was 
no  small  task,  but  we  did  it,  just  felled 
him  with  a  poleax  as  you  would  an  ox, 
and  we  managed  to  give  him  his  death­
blow  at  the  third  stroke.”

“ And 

“ And still he grew, ”   absent-mindedly 

murmured  the  produce  man.

* * Grew,  nothing, ’ ’ retorted the farmer, 
“ Did  you  expect  him  to 

indignantly. 
keep  on  growin’  forever?”

“ Oh,  I  didn’t  know,”   answered  the 
other,  somewhat  recovering  his  spirits; 
“ stranger  things  than  that  happened  to 
the  turkey 
if  I  have  not  been  dream­
ing.”

D idn’t  Brag:  A bout It,  E ither.

The  hypnotist  smiled  confidently. 
“ Y es,”   said  he,  “ by  making  a  few 
passes  1  can  cause  a  man  to  go  to  any 
part of  the  city  I  choose."

“ H’m ,"   said  the  railway  magnate, 

“ I  can  do the  same  thing.”

Changing From   Cash to  Credit.

The  following  reasons  are  given  as 
the  basis  of  a  letter that  might  be  sent 
out by  a  merchant  who  has  decided  to 
adopt  the  cash  system:

see  an 

important 

January  1  will 
change  at  our store.

This  is  what the  change  will  be:
On  and  after  that  date  we  shall  pay 

spot  cash  for everything  we  buy.

Everybody  who  buys  anything  from 
us  will  be  obliged  to  pay  us  spot  cash 
for  it.

These  words 

and 
“ everything”   mean  exactly  what  they 
say—there  will  be  no  exceptions  made. 
These  are  the  reasons  why :

“ everybody”  

If  we  sell  on  credit  we  must  buy  on 

credit.

If  we  huy  on  credit  we  must  lose  the 

discounts  cash  buyers  get.

That  means  that  we  must  sell  the 
goods  for a  trifle  more  than  we ought to.
If  we  buy  and  sell  on  credit  it  calls 
for  a  large  amount  of  expensive  book­
keeping.

That  means  that  we  must  sell  our 
goods  for  another  trifle  more  than  we 
ought  to.

If  we-sell  on  credit  we  are  sure to lose 

a  certain  amount  a  year on  bad  debts.

That  means  that  we  must  sell  our 
goods  for  still  another trifle  more  than 
we  ought  to.

Under  a  credit  system  those  who  pay 
for  what  they  buy  must  help  support  a 
cumbersome  and  expensive  business 
system  and  help  pay  the  bills  of  those 
who  do  not  pay.
Under  a  credit  system  we  can  not 
snap  up  the  special  bargain  lots that are 
always  on  the  market.

We  can  not  buy  the  sacrifice  stock  of 

the  man  who  must  have  the  money.

We  can  not  buy  closely  and  turn  our 

stock  quickly.

We  must  buy  regular  lines  of  regular 

goods  at  regular  seasons.

All  these  things  will  be  different  now 

— in  our store.

The  change  for the  better  will  be  im­
mediately  seen  on  every  counter,  every 
shelf  and  every  price  tag.

We  shall  carry  more  goods,  fresher 
goods,  better goods,  more  stylish  goods.
We  shall  save  a  lot  of  money,  and  we 
shall  divide  the  saving  with  you— with 
the  lion’s  share  for  you.

Love  may  be  blind,  but  the  neighbors 

generally  have  their eyes  open.
Geo.  H.  R eifsnider  &   Co.

Commission  Merchants

and Wholesale Dealers In

F a n c y  C re a m e ry   B u tte r , E g g s ,  C h e e se

331 Greenwich Street, New York 

References :  Irving National Bank of New York 

and Michigan Tradesman.
W.  C.  TOWNSEND,

Wholesale

Fruit and  Produce Commission  Merchant, 

Eggs,  Poultry, Veal, Etc. 

References: Columbia National Bank, Dun’s and 

Bradstreet’s Commercial Agencies.
84-86 W. Market S t,  Buffalo, N. Y.

Elk Street Market.

Wholesale  Price List Pure Mich­

igan  Maple Sugar and  Syrup

Pure  Maple  Sugar

1 pound cakes.................................... 8c a pound
5 ounce cakes, to retail at 5c...............9c a pound

Pore  Maple  Syrup

l gallon cans, one-half dozen In case..75c a gallon 
14 gallon cans, one dozen in case....  .80c a gallon 
1-5 gallon bottles, one dozen in case...$2.40 a doz.
Vt pint bottles, two dozen In case......90c a dozen
Bairds............................................... 70c a gallon
These prices are f. o  b.  Grand  Rapids 

to dealers only.

We guarantee our Sugar and  Syrup  to 
be free from  adulteration  and  of  an  ex­
cellent flavor.  Orders promptly filled.
If you want  to  buy  or  sell  choice  dairy 
BU TTER,  if  you  want  to  buy  or  sell 
EGGS get our prices.

STROUP & CARMER,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

W H O L E S A L E

OYSTERS

C A N   O R  B U L K .

F.  J.  DETTENTHALER,  G rand  R apids,  M ich.

S H IP   Y O U R

BUTTER  AND  EGGS

R. HIRT, JR., DETROIT, MICH.,

- T O -

and  be  sure  of  getting  the  Highest  Market  Price.

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B E A N S ,  P O P   C O R N ,

P E A S ,  C L O V E R   S E E D  

ALFRED J. BROWN SEED  CO..

GRAND  R A PID S,  MICH.

POTATOES

Wanted in carlots only.  We pay highest  market  price. 

In  writing  state  variety

and  quality.

H.  ELMER  MOSELEY  &  CO.

GRAND  RA PID 8.  MICH.

Long Distance Telephones—Citizens 3417 
B ell Main 66 

304 & 305 C lark B uilding,

Opposite Union D epot

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1 9

The  proportion  of 

live  geese  in  the 
receipts  of  live  poultry  last week  was 
unusually  heavy,  nearly  twenty  cars  ar­
riving.  Naturally  prices  ruled  low  and 
poor  stock  was  very  hard  to  dispose  of. 
Some  Southern  shippers  send  plucked 
geese  at  this  season  of  year  and  as  the 
quality  is  none  too  good, the  stock  looks 
very  uninviting  after  having  the  feath­
ers  nearly  all  picked  off.
*  *  *

Established  i860.

Jas.  D.  Ferguson  &  Co.

Produce Commission Merchants,  14 So Water St., Philadelphia

Poultry  and  Eggs

Every facility  for  handling  shipments  in  any  quantity  to  best  advan­

tage.  Prompt  account  sales  at  full  market  prices.

During  severe  wintry  weather  it  is 
customary  to  protect  cars  of  live  poultry 
while  in  transit  from  the  West  with  cur­
tains,  muslin  or cheesecloth  often  being 
is  getting  so  late 
used.  The  season 
now  that  the  weather  is 
likely  to  be 
severe  at  any  time  and  shippers  should 
prepare  to  cover  the  sides  of  the  cars  if 
weather  turns  very  cold  or  a  storm  oc­
curs.  These  small  details  are  what  keep 
the 
shrinkage  down  and  should  be 
watched  by  shippers  in  order to  secure 
as  large  a  profit  as  possible.  Not  only 
is  money  saved  on  the  shrinkage  but  a 
car  of  poultry  which  has  passed  through 
a  storm  shows  effects  of  it  and  buyers 
are  always  critical  with  live poultry  ow­
ing  to  the  shrinkage  suffered  by  them 
under the  most favorable  circumstances. 
Consequently they  do  not  want  to  specu­
late  on  a  car  which  is  not  in  first-class 
condition,  fearing  the  poultry  may  die 
on  their  hands  before 
it  can  be  sold, 
and  the  least  thing  is  used  as  a  wedge 
to  force  prices  down.

*  *  *

limit 

lose  anything 

“ Putting  stock  under  a 

is  a 
nuisance" said a  receiver the  other day. 
“ Just  after  this  poultry  came  in  I  re­
ceived  a  dispatch  from  the  shipper  not 
to  sell  under a  certain  figure  and  I  can 
not  get  within  2c  per  pound  of  it.  The 
shipper  could  not 
if  I 
sold  at  the  market  price  as  current  rates 
are  high  enough,  but  I  suppose  he  ex­
I  do 
pects  the  market  will  be  higher. 
not  think  it  will,  but  even  if 
it  should 
go  up  a  fraction  the  poultry  will  not  be 
worth  as  much  to-morrow  as  the  fresh 
stock 
just  in,  and  it  will  be  hard  work 
getting  top  price  for  stale  s t o c k . N .  
Y.  Produce  Review.

The  Useful  Onion.

loosening  your  cold. 

But  few  vegetables  can  be  made  use 
of  in  as  many  ways  as  the  onion,  and 
but  few  contain  so-many  valuable  prop­
erties.  As  food  it  is  healthful.  If  your 
stomach  is  sour  a  piece  of  raw  onion 
will  settle 
it.  A  pickled  onion  will 
sharpen  your  appetite.  Stewed  with  a 
little  sugar  and  vinegar  the  onion  will 
assist  in 
If  you 
have  a  bruise  which inclines  to  becomes 
feverish  and 
inflamed  apply  an  onion 
If  you  have  the  earache  roast 
poultice. 
an  onion  and  insert  the  hot  core  in  the 
ear.  If  you  have  a  tickling  in  the  throat 
and  a  disagreeable  hacking  cough,  eat 
a  raw  onion  just  before  retiring.  The 
same  remedy  will  assist 
in  securing 
sound  slumber. 
If  a  bee  stings  you 
halve  an  onion  and  apply  to  the  place 
and  the  onion  will  absorb  the  poison. 
If  you  have  been  drinking  whisky  and 
wish  to  disguise  your  breath  eat  an 
onion.  There  is  but  one  thing  that  will 
answer  the 
latter  purpose  better  and 
that  is  limburger  cheese.

A  girl  may  forgive  a  man  for  kiss­
ing  her,  but  never  for apologizing  after­
ward.

If you  give  us  your

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-Parchment  Paper  for  Roll  Butter--

C.  D.  CRITTENDEN,  98 South  Division  St.,  Grand  Rapids

Write  for  Prices  to

Successor to C. H. Libby,

Consignments solicited. 

Reference, State Bank of Michigan. 

Both phones, 1300.

Wholesale  Butter,  Eggs.  Fruits,  Produce

Geo.  N.  H uff  &   Co.

W A N T E D

ioooo Dozen  Squabs,  or  Young  Pigeons  just  before  leaving  nest  to  fly. 
Also Poultry, Butter,  Eggs and Old  Pigeons.  Highest  market  guaranteed 
on all shipments.  Write for references and quotations.

55  Cadillac  Square,  Detroit,  Michigan

JACOB HOEHN,  J r . 

Established  1864 

MAX  MAYER

HOEHN  &  MAYER 

Produce  Commission  Merchants

295  Washington  Street  and  IS  Bloomfield  Street  (op. West Washington Market), New York

SPECIALTIES:

DR ESSED   POULTRY,  GAME  AND  EGGS

Stencils Furnished Upon  Application 

Correspondence Solicited

Poultry

P eculiarities  P ertaining to  the  H andling 

of P oultry.

The  market  for  live  geese  has  been 
rather  unsatisfactory  of  late.  The  re­
ceipts  have  been  heavy  and  the  fatten­
ing  farms  near  by  have  been  so  over­
stocked  that  the  outlet  has  been  small 
and  prices 
low  and  unsatisfactory. 
These  fattening  farms  take  very  large 
quantities  of  ducks  and  geese,  often 
buying  straight carloads,  which  are  held 
for  a  few  weeks  or  longer  whereupon 
they  are  shipped  back  to  the  market  to 
be  sold. 
If  it  pays  these  speculators to 
buy  them  on  the  market,  pay  freight  for 
twenty-five  or  fifty  miles  to  get  them 
out  in  the  country,  feed  them  freely  for 
three  or  four  weeks  and  ship  back 
again,  it  would  certainly  pay  the  ship­
per  to  put  them  in  good  condition  be­
fore  sending  to  market.
*  *  *

fowls,"  remarked 

“ Live  poultry  buyers  all  want  choice 
heavy 
a  dealer. 
“ Last  week  receivers  obtained  a  high 
premium  for  the  heavy  fowls.  This 
seems  strange  when  throughout  most  of 
the  year  the  fowls  sell  at  so  much  per 
pound,  and  while  the  light  fowls  do  not 
bring  as  much  as the  heavy  fowls  be­
cause  of  their  size,  they  sell  at  same 
price  per  pound.  At  this  time  of  year, 
however,  the  big  fowls  have  the  pref­
erence. ”

*  *  *

“ I  wonder  why  so  few  turkeys  arrive 
from  nearby,”   said  a  dressed  poultry 
receiver. 
“ Just  now  there  are  hardly 
any  coming  and  there  are  said  to  be  a 
good  many  throughout  some  nearby  sec­
tions.  Guess  they  must  be  holding  them 
for  the  coming  holiday  markets."

*  *  *

Speculators  have  picked  up  a  good 
many 
iced  turkeys  during  the  last  few 
weeks  and  at  low  prices.  As  high  as 
9c  has  been  paid,  but  8@8j^c  the  more 
general  price,  and  only  the  fine  stock, 
in  good  condition  to  put  into  freezers, 
has  been  purchased  by  these  buyers. 
The  situation  on  iced  fowls  and  chick­
ens  has  been  very  much  the  same  as 
turkeys,  although  the  speculative  buy­
ers  have  rarely  paid  over  8c.

*  *  *

“ Now  that  the  season  for  shipping
mltry  dry-packed 
is  here,"said  an 
auvocate  of  parchment  paper  for  most 
5, 
dry  poultry,  “ I  hope  shippers  will 
rt  lize  the  benefit  to  be  derived  from 
using  parchment  paper  instead  of  cheap 
is  much  easier  to 
wrapping  paper. 
interest  buyers  when  the  package 
is 
neat  and  nothing  sets  off  the  package  or 
poultry  so  much  as  parchment  paper. 
Besides  that,  much  of  this  cheap  paper 
used  is  actually  injurious  to the poultry. 
This  being  particularly  noticeable  when 
the  poultry  comes  out  of  cold  storage.”  

It 

*  *  *

Another  receiver  said  the  soft  wrap­
ping  paper  had  no  sizing  and  absorbed 
the  moisture  from  the  poultry  to such  an 
extent  that  by  the  time  it  reached  the 
market  it  often  had  a  bad  odor,  some­
times  smelling  musty,  and  buyers  could 
not  be 
interested  except  at  cut  prices. 
The  brown  “ butcher”   paper  and  the 
soft  drab  “ hardware"  paper  seem  to  be 
considered  the  most  objectionable.

WE  WANT  MORE  GOOD  POULTRY  SHIPPERS

References—Irving National Bank, New York County National Bank.

We buy live  stock  every day in  the  week.  W R IT E   US.

F.  J.  S C H A FF E R   &   CO ..  D ETRO IT,  MICH.

Write ior reference or ask Michigan Tradesman. 

Eastern Market.

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W oman’s World

D orothy  D ix  on  th e   “L.ittle  Sisters  o f the 

Pen.”

I  am free to confess  that  when  a  news­
paper woman  gets  an  hour  off  and  lei­
sure  to  seriously  consider the subject she 
is  divided  between  surprise  at  finding 
herself  a  newspaper  woman  at  all  and 
amazement  that  she  did  not  do  it  long 
ago.

the 

Fifty  years  ago  only  the  most  ad­
vanced  women  were  bold  enough  to 
communicate  with  a  newspaper,  even 
by 
long-distance-telephone 
method  of  occasional  correspondence. 
Twenty-five  years  ago  they  sent  into  the 
editor flowery and adjective-embroidered 
accounts  of  balls  and  parties.

safe 

To-day  we  have  seen  that  it  is  not 
good  for  man  to  be  alone— when  he  gets 
out  a  paper—and  we  are  sharing  the 
work,  and  dividing  the  salary,  in  every 
newspaper  office  in  the  land.

It  was  a  great  change  to  have  come 
about  in  so  short  a  time,  and  it  is  no 
wonder  that  now  and  then  some  Rip 
Van  Winkle  wakes  up  long  enough  to 
question  woman’s  fitness  for  journalism 
and  her  right  to  occupy  the  position  she 
holds.

It  is  an  idle  and  a  profitless  discus­
sion.  This is  an  unsentimental  age,  and 
the  daily  paper  is  the  most  unsentimen­
tal  thing  in  it. 
If  a  woman  occupies  a 
paying  position  as  reporter,  or  editor, 
or  paragraphist,  the  world  may  rest  as­
sured  that  it  is  the  result  of  fitness  and 
ability,  and  not  because  of  some  man’s 
gallantry.

In  reality  it  should  cause  no  surprise 
that  women  have  taken  to  journalism 
like  a  duck  to  water. 
In  a  church-fair 
and  progressive-euchre  kind  of  a  way 
our  sex  has  always  been  training  for 
the  career,  since  a  newspaper  is  merely 
the  aggregate  gossip  of  the  world.  The 
first,  the  most  important,  the one  indis­
pensable  requisite  of  a  journalist  is  “ a 
nose  for  news,”   and  a  talent  for  scent­
ing  out  a  story  under  the  baldest  hap­
penings.

With  men  the  ability  to  collect  and 
disseminate  news  is  the  triumph  of edu­
cation  over  nature.  With  women  it  is 
intuitive  faculty.

Then,  too,  the newspaper woman is lin­
eal  descendant  of  the letter-writing wo­
men  of  the  past.  In  those  halcyon  days, 
when  people  had lim e  to  write  and  read 
volumes,  our  grandmammas 
indited 
epistles  that  bristled  with  wit  and  scin­
tillated  with  epigram  and  were  the 
raciest  possible  records  of  the  happen­
ings  of  their  little  world. 
It  was  in­
evitable 
their  granddaughters 
should  be  the  scribbling  women  whom 
Carlyle  anathematized.

that 

It  is  only  within  the  last  three  or  four 
years,  however,  that  woman  has  been 
removed  from  the  side  show  of  journal­
istic  freaks  and  let  in  on  the  main  floor 
of  legitimate  newspaper  work.  She 
is 
no  longer  advertised  as  a  strange  crea­
ture  of  almost  human 
intelligence,  who 
can  write  almost  like  a  man.  She  works 
side  by  side  with  her  brother and stands 
or  falls  on  her  own  merit.

Women  still  go  up  in  balloons,  and 
down  in  diving  suits,  and  travel  around 
the  world,  but  if  their  work  is  featured 
it  is  because  the  story  is  worth  it,  not 
because  it  wears  petticoats.  The  mo­
ment,  in  some  far  off prehistoric  age, 
when  the  monkey  shed  his  caudal  ap­
pendage,  and  first  stood  upright  in  the 
likeness  of  man,  did  not  mark  a  more 
momentous  era 
it 
means  the  public  recognition  of  sexless­

in  evolution, 

for 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

ness  in  work  and  sexlessness  in  pay, 
not  only  for  the  newspaper woman  but 
ultimately  for all  the  vast  army  of  fem­
inine  breadwinners.

It  has  been  my  privilege  to know  per­
sonally  many  of  the  leading  newspaper 
women  of  the  country  and  I  find  that 
the  newspaper  woman  of  one  section 
differs  but  little  from  the  press  woman 
of  the  other.  Everywhere  women  are 
spanking  babies  and  giving  pink  teas 
and  holding  club  meetings  and  organ­
izing  charities,  and 
it  is  along  these 
lines  of  eternal  feminine  interest  that 
newspaper  women  mostly  work.

Let  no  man  deride  this,  or  under-rate 
the  talent  it  takes  to  write  up  a  wed­
ding  and  use  enough  adjectives  to  sat­
isfy  the  bride,  and  few  enough  not  to 
call  down  the  wrath  of  the  managing 
editor,  or  to  report  a  woman’s  meeting 
where  forty 
ladies  talked  at  once,  and 
went  into  caucuses  and  quorums  and 
did  not  know  how  they  got  in,or  how  in 
the  world  to  get  out  again.

People  who  do  not  know  her often 
speak  of  the  newspaper  woman  as  a 
kind  of  Frankenstein—a  monster  who 
can  not  be  a  man  and  is  not  satisfied  to 
be  a  woman— but  in  reality  nowhere  do 
the  essentially  feminine  virtues  of  pa­
tience,  loyalty, 
fidelity  and  sympathy 
shine  with  a  brighter  lustre  than  among 
these  little  sisters  of  the  pen.

Give  her  a  clew  to  a  story  and  she 
will  follow 
it  up  hill  and  down  dale 
with  the  scent  of  a  sleuth  hound,  and 
when  she  has  located 
it  she  will  sit 
down  upon  the  doorstep  and camp there 
until  somebody  tells  her  what  she  wants 
to  know.  Every  woman  is  by  nature  a 
partisan,  as  she  believes  in  her  paper 
with  a  passion  of  loyalty.  Fond  of  talk­
ing  as  a  woman  is,  she  would  choke  on 
her  own  news  before  she  would  give  a

away 

story 
that  promised  a  scoop. 
Whether her  paper  be  the  metropolitan 
daily  or the  crossroads  gazette,  she  be­
lieves 
it  to  be  the  greatest  paper,  with 
the  biggest  circulation  on  earth.  What 
it  advocates  is  her  religion  and  she 
would  esteem  it  nothing  short  of  sacri­
lege  to  differ  with  it  in  politics.

To  a  wonderful  degree  she  sinks  her 
individuality  in  it  and  seldom uses  it to 
avenge  her  wrongs  or  further  her  inter­
ests. 
If  she  has  any  clawing  back  to 
do,  she  does  it  outside  of  the  paper, and 
the  woman  who  snubs  little  Miss  Re­
porter  goes  serenely  on  her  way,  con­
scious  that  she  will  get  just  as  good  a 
write-up  of  her  ball  or  club  paper as  if 
she  had  been  civil  and  obliging.

Somewhere 

in  the  great  book  where 
the  recording  angel  keeps  the  debit 
and  credit  account  of  human deeds there 
must  be  a  very  bright  page  where  he 
writes  the  name  of  the  newspaper  wom­
an.  She  sees  much  of  the  great  sorrows 
of  the  world— lives  that  have  been 
wrecked  on  the  cruel  rocks  of  fate,  and 
that  float,  as human  flotsam  and  jetsam, 
up  to the  door  of  every newspaper office.
Such  experiences  seldom  harden  her 
heart.  Rather  it grows  broad  and  tender 
with  sympathy  until  it  is  great  enough 
to take  in  all  of  God’s  weak  and  erring. 
She 
it  is  who  oftenest  writes  up  the 
story  of  the  starving  family,  who  sends 
charity  to  their  door.  She  starts  the 
that  buys  the  crippled 
subscription 
newsboy  a  wooden 
listens 
with  divine  patience  to  those  helpless 
creatures  who  have  seen  better days  and 
who  think  they  would 
like  to  write 
poetry  for  a  living  because  it  is  nice, 
genteel  employment  they  could  carry  on 
without  anybody  finding  it  out.

She 

leg. 

Just  how  many  deserving charities she 
booms,  just  how  many  good  causes  owe

their  success  to  her,  nobody  ever  stops 
to  consider.  Her name  never  appears 
in  the  card  of  thanks the  directors  and 
“ lady  patronesses”   publish,  but  none 
the  less  she  is  the  humble  little  tug  that 
tows  many  a  stately  philanthropic  ship 
into harbor.

There  is  one  eternal  note  of  pathos  in 
all  newspaper  work,  for  the  woman  as 
well  as  the  man.  Not  for  her  the  scroll 
of  fame  or  the 
laurel  crown  of  glory. 
She  must  be  content  to  see the cherished 
children  of  her  fancy  die  with  the  hour 
that  gave  them  birth  and  be  remem­
bered  of  the  world  no  more.  Her  re­
intoxicating 
ward  is  the  inspiring  and 
is  a  part,  however 
thought  that  she 
small  and 
im­
measurable  power that  sways  the  des­
tiny  of  nations  and  makes  one  hour  the 
history 
that  it  writes  the  next—the 
press. 

insignificant, 

Dorothy  Dix.

in  that 

No T rust W anted.

Little  girl— Mother  wants  a  nice 

plump  chicken,  please.

Marketman—Trussed,  Miss?
Little  girl—Oh,  dear,  no! 

to  pay  for  it  now.

I’m  going 

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to-day  is  the  result  of  his  industry  and 
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A  Christm as  Difficulty  and the  Best  W ay 
Out.
Written for the Tradesman.

Long  before  he  is  twenty-live  a  fellow 
begins  to  dread  Christmas.  After  that 
time  its  coming  is  the  meanest  thing  of 
ail  the  speeding  year.  He  does  not 
know  what  Mary  and  Minerva  and 
Martha  are  just  dying  to  have  and  are 
certain  that  Tom  will  be  sure  to  think 
of  because  they  do.  He  can  make  a 
shrewd  guess  as  to  Joe’s  and  Jim's  and 
Josiah’s  strongest  wish ;  but  the  whole 
thing 
is  a  weariness  of  the  flesh  and 
he’s  always  “ blamed  glad”   when  the 
whole  jamboree  is  over.

‘ See  here, 

That  was  the  running  thought  of  Ferd 
Fanshaw  and  he  couldn't  get  it  out  of 
his  head. 
It  finally  simmered  down  to 
this:  “ This  Christmas  giving  is  a  sort 
of  clearing  house  of— friendship,  1  was 
going  to  say. 
It  ought  to  be,  but  it 
isn’t. 
I'm  blamed  if  there  is  even  any 
regard  about  it.  Charity  begins  at  home 
and  this  is  last  year's  experience  to  a 
I  had  fifteen  presents  and  gave 
dot. 
I  took  up  every  one  as  it  came 
fifteen. 
and 
looked  for  the  cost  mark  and,  not 
finding  it,  judged  its  possible  value.  If 
it  cost  more  than  mine  to  the  same  per­
son,  I  felt  mean. 
If  it  cost  less,  I— it's 
a  fact— I  felt  meaner!  and  vowed  I’d 
get  even  next  time.  That’s  a  mighty 
pretty  Christmas  feeling,  now,  isn’t  it? 
It  would  have  been  a  great  deal  better 
to  get  my  friends  together  Christmas 
fellows,  1 
eve  and  say: 
don’t  know  what  you  want  and  you 
don't  know  what  1  want.  We  usually  go 
a  dollar  and  a  half  on  each  other.  Now 
you  give  me  that  amount  and  I'll  give 
you  the  same  and  it'il  be  an  even  thing 
all  around.  There  won’t  be  any  gouge- 
game  going  on  anywhere.  We  shall  all 
think  more  of  each  other  and  sha’n't 
dread  Christams  any  more,  and  have 
more  available  cash  for something else!’ 
Gosh!  How  that  sounds;  and 
isn't 
half as outrageous  as  the  fact behind is !?
I’m  kicked,  if  1  do  that  any  more. 
A  gift  that  has  any  commercial  value 
whatever  in  the  eyes  of  'him  who  gives 
and  of  him  who  takes’  is  no  gift. 
It 
stands  for  commercial  value  received 
and  there 
isn’t  any  ‘ good  will  to men’ 
in  it!  Why,  good  Lord!  I’d  give  more 
for  my  dear,  old-fashioned mother’s kiss 
with  her  old-fashioned 
love  in  it  than 
for  all  the  money  in  the  Indies !  That 
isn't  on  the  market. 
isn’t  to  be 
bought  or  sold  and  I’ll  be  ding  dang 
donged 
if  I  make  a  Christmas  present 
this  year  to  anybody  that  can  give  me 
one;  so  help  me,  Caesar!”

it 

It 

just  names. 

Caesar  was  safe  enough  and  didn’t 
bother.  He  used  at  first  to  turn  over, 
but  after  awhile  he  found  out  that  Ferd 
didn't  need  him  and  so  stayed  where 
he  was.  The  fellow,  as  I  said,  didn’t 
change 
“ commercial”   presents  with 
anybody  that year.  He got “ the fellows”  
together  and  told  them  what  to  expect, 
and  then  he  went  around  with  both  eyes 
wide  open  and  a  sharpened  lead  pencil 
and  saw  and  marked  down  until  he  cov­
ered  two or  three  pages  of  his  note  book 
with 
It  took  him  about  a 
week  and then he  went to buying  things. 
The  cash  boys  came  first.  He  called 
them  dreadful  names  sometimes,  and 
when  he  was  especially  “ warm  under 
the  collar,  the words  he  used—well,  the 
Tradesman  wouldn’t  print  them— so,  of 
course,  they  didn’t  expect  anything 
from  that  quarter.  He  had  seen  a  good 
many  things  they  never thought that  he 
saw  or  cared  anything  about  and  so  he 
paid  up  for  bis  harshness.  Then  there 
was  a  little  weak  Susy  somebody  on  the 
other  side  of  the  store  who  never had

they  were  knit  of  yarn  of  gold  he  would 
not  prize  them  more;  the  second  was  a 
pair  of  sleeve  buttons  that  had  glad­
dened  his  father's  early  manhood,  for 
which  he  had  begged  vainly  for  years, 
and  the  other  was  a  photograph. 
I’m 
not  curious  and  you  needn’t  be.  He 
kissed 
it  once— for  each  of  the  Finikin 
children!  and  put  it  on  the  bureau,  and 
has  not got  tired  of  looking  at  it  yet.

Christmas  came  Tuesday  that  year 
and  Wednesday  was  the  “ getting even”  
time.  Of  course,  when  the  store  people 
came 
in  with  their  presents  on  and 
were  rejoicing  over  them,  the  clerks 
who  had  sold  the  goods  “ up  ’n’  told,”  
and  Fanshaw,  with  a  face  as  red  as  a 
lobster  was  besieged  with  thanks  until 
he  almost  “ wished  he  hadn’t.”   That 
wasn't  anything,  though,  to what  he  had 
to  go through at eight o'clock  that  night. 
He  bad  got 
into  his  slippers  and  his 
easy  chair,  had  just  lighted  the  “ bang 
up”   cigar  he  treated  himself  to  on  oc­
casions,  and  had  hardly  read  the  head­
lines  of  the  evening  paper  when  he 
called  out,  “ Come 
in,”   to  a  hearty 
knock  on  the  door.  They  did— Tim  and 
Nora  and— well,  seventy-four,  then,  if 
that  suits  any  better.  Several  some­
bodies  had  “ gone  'n'  told,”   and  there 
they  all  were  full  of  the  gratitude  they 
proceeded  to  unload. 
It  took  them  fif­
teen  minutes  to  do  it  and  they  worked 
like  beavers  every  one  of  them.

When  they  had  gone  and  the  room 
was  still,  the  young  fellow  went  on  with 
his  cigar  and  forgot  his  paper.  He 
looked  into  the  grate-fire  and  got  tired, 
and  watched  the  floating  blue  of  the 
cigar  smoke  until  that  tired  him  and 
then  he  sat  and  smoked  and  looked  a 
long  time  at  the  photograph  I  told  you 
about.  He  didn’t  get  tired  of  that,  but

said, 
when  the  cigar  was  gone  he 
“ Maybe  we  won’t  try  that  together  next 
year!”  

Richard  Malcolm  Strong.
Did  You  Know

The  cipher  is  an  example  of  some­

thing  for  nothing.

to  say  to a  woman.

Wise  is  the  man  who  knows  what  not 

You  can  not  be  happy  unless  you  try 

to  make  others  happy.

Love  and  a  good  dinner  are  great 

workers  in  the  field  of  charity.

In  order  to  love,  a  man  must  have 

something  to  put  bis  arms  around.

A  woman  never  tries  to  flirt  with  a 

married  man  who  loves  his  wife.

The  worst  thing  a  mother  can  say  of 

her  bad  boy  is  that  he's  mischievous.

With  the  exception  of  the  reason  it­
self,  a  woman  has  a  reason  for  every­
thing.

The  tramp  never  looks  for  a  job,  yet 
he  often  steps  into  another  man's  shoes.
Some  people  who  give  skim  milk  to 
the  poor  expect  the  Lord  to  credit  it  as 
cream.

Unless  his  wife’s  relation  are  rich 
and  distinguished  the  average  man  is 
never  interested  in  them.

It  matters  not  how  graceful  a  girl 
may  be,  she  simply  can  not  enact  the 
part  while  trying to  climb out  of  a  ham­
mock.

A  woman  may  be  a  friend  to  the  man 
she  has  never  loved,  but  she  will  always 
be  an  enemy  of  the  man  she  has  loved 
in  vain.

Many  a  young  man  imagines  that  a 
girl  takes  an 
interest  in  his  welfare, 
when  in  reality  she  is  interested  only  in 
his  farewell.

A  woman’s  glory  may  be  in  her  hair, 
but  it  is  a  good  plan  to  keep  it  tied  up 
when  she  is  cooking.

A Squirrel will  travel  miles  on  a  revolving  cylinder,  tire  himself  all 
out, grow dizzy and bring  up just where he  started;  hasn’t  moved  an  inch.
Just the same with a dealer  who  “tears  up  the  earth”  pushing  goods 
that are easy sellers,  but  pay  no  margin.  He  don’t  STOP  TO  TH IN K 
about that and, like the squirrel, ends the year just as poor  as  he  began  it. 
Don’t be a squirrel.  Sell profitable goods that please your trade.

for instance.

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Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

on  anything  that  she  wanted  to  wear, 
and  he  looked  over  the  good  looking 
woolens—that  was  his  specialty—and 
put  in  all  the  trimmings  and  so  pro­
vided  for  her.  He  had  a  large  back 
room  the  windows  of  which looked down 
into  Tim  Finikin’s  back  yard  and there 
were  something  less  than  seventy-five  of 
those  children  that  never  knew  from  ex­
perience  what  Christmas  meant.  They 
knew  that  year,  and  don’t  you  forget  it.
How  does  this  look?  Christmas  tree; 
candles;  oranges;  raisins ;  c-a-n-d-y !— 
how  the  young  ones  yelled  when  they 
saw 
but 
never  you  mind  about  that;  cakes, 
frosted ;  and  then,  stockings—seventy- 
five  pairs !  a  lot  of little white garments ; 
and  red  ones;  and  gray  ones;  and— 
lots!—that  last 
including  a  pretty  fair 
Christmas  dinner.

dolls—five-cent-ers, 

that 

That’s  the  .way  that  fellow  went  on. 
He  never  told  half  the  number of  those 
he  helped  to  a  Merry  Christmas;  but 
while  he  spent  considerably  more  than 
be  usually  had,  he  didn't  make  a  single 
wry  face  over  a  single  bill  he  paid,  not 
one—a  fact  that  had  never  before  hap­
pened  since  he  became  of  age.

He  went  to  bed  that  Christmas  Eve, 
tired  as a  dog;  but  that  didn’t keep  him 
from  waking  up  that  Christmas  morn­
ing.  He  didn’t  trust  himself,  however, 
and  gave  an  extra  turn  to  that  alarm 
clock  of  his  that  would  have  called  out 
the  fire  department  when  it  went  off  if 
be  had  lowered  his  upper  sash  an 
inch 
more.

He  didn't  get  up  a  minute  too  soon. 
He  bad  hardly  touched  foot  to  the  floor 
mat  when  the—well,  I  suppose  this  is  a 
free  country  and  I  can  call  it  music  if  I 
want  to,  can’t  I!— began.  See?  Of 
course  he  could  see  right  down  into  the 
Finikin's  kitchen— they  didn’t  have 
any  curtains  or  shades—and  there  the 
whole  seventy-five  of  them  were— I  said 
seventy-five—hopping  around  on  their 
toes  and  all  talking  and  ohing  at  once. 
For  half  an  hour  they  kept  it  up  until 
Tim  armed  himself  with  a  much-used 
strap  and  made  them  hustle  into  what 
few  clothes  they  had.  Then  Nora  went 
to  getting  breakfast,  and  the  man  in 
the  back  room  whom  we  have  been  tell­
ing  about  got  ready  for  his.

It  wouldn’t  be  the  truth  to  say  that 
Fanshaw  didn't  get  any  presents  that 
Christmas,  for  he  did. 
It  is  true  that 
be  gave  no  gift  which  was  not  loaded 
down  with  the  Christmas  idea.  He  had 
lots  of  presents  and  he  gave  all  but 
three  a  toss  into a  common  heap  on  the 
bed  and  sat  down  to  have  a  good  time 
with  the  others.  One  was  a  pair  of 
woolen  socks,  knit  by  his  dear  old 
mother—he'll  never  wear  them,  but  if

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MODEL  HOTEL.

Veteran.  Traveling  M an  W ould 

Conduct One.

Sitting  in  the  office  of  a  certain  hotel 
the  other  evening  was  a  party  of  travel­
ing  men.  Among them was  one  who  had 
seen  nearly  thirty  years’  actual  service 
on  the  road,  and  who  had  suffered 
im­
measurably  from  miserably  kept  hotels, 
and  appreciated  a  well-kept  house.  He 
took  occasion  to  tell  the  boys  how  he 
would  manage  a  hotel.  Not  having  his 
permission  to  publish  his  name  nor 
even  to  print  his  views  on  hotel  man­
agement  his  name  will  be  omitted,  but 
he  is  well  known  to  hundreds  of  the 
traveling  men  in  Michigan.  He  said : 
“ If  I  were  going  into  the  hotel  business 
I  would  first  select  a  good  hotel  town, 
where  the  railroad  facilities  are  such 
that  it  would  be  a  convenient  place  for 
the  boys  to  run  in  and  out  of. 
I  would 
try  and  secure  as  compact  a  house  as 
possible.  What  I  mean  by  a  compact 
house 
is  a  hotel  built  for  convenience; 
one  where  the  rooms  are  so  bunched 
that  all  are  easy  of  access  without  the 
necessity  of  wandering  through  long  in­
tricate  halls.  Having secured  the  house 
I  would  furnish  it  in  good  comfortable 
style  with  durable  furniture,  good  car­
pets,  good  beds,  large  feather  pillows 
and  such  things  as  make  life  at  a  hotel 
a  comfort  if  not  a  luxury.  Once  the 
house  was  furnished  I  would  summon 
the  help  of  each  department  and  inform 
them  that  they  should  not  do  anything 
calculated  to  injure  either  its usefulness 
or  beauty.  Whenever  I  employed  a 
servant  for  the  office,  whether  he  be  a 
clerk,  porter,  bell  boy  or shiner  I  would 
inform  him  of  just  what  1  expected  of 
him.  Among  these  would  be  that  he 
attend  strictly  to  his  work  and  when  not 
busy  that  he  need  not  meddle  in  the 
affairs  of  the  guests. 
I  would  inform 
each  of them  that the  affairs  of  govern­
ment  would  probably  be  as  well  man­
aged  without  their advice as  with  it and 
that  talking  politics  was  no part  of  their 
duty. 
I  would  also  inform  them  that  I 
had  purposely  selected  this  hotel  be­
cause  it  was  six  blocks  distance  from 
the  base  ball  park  so  that  it  would  not 
be  necessary  for  them  to  discuss the 
merits  of  the  ball  players,  or  express 
any  opinion  as  to  whether  the  home 
club  or  the  visitors  were  the  best  play­
ers. 
individ­
ually  and  say  to  the  clerk  that  it  was 
his  duty  to  welcome  the  guests,  assign 
them  rooms,  be  careful  of  their  mail 
inform  them  when  requested  so  to  do,of 
the  arrival  and  departure  of  trains  and 
to  politely  answer  such  questions  as 
pertained  to  his  business  or  was  of  use 
or  benefit  to  the  guests  and  to give  to 
the  extent  of  his  ability  such  informa­
1  would 
tion  as  guests  might  desire. 
kindly,  but  impressively 
inform  him 
that  but  few  of  the  guests  of  a  hotel 
cared  whether  he could whistle  the  latest 
opera  or  beat  a  tattoo  with  his  finger 
ends  on  the  desk,  and  in  any  event  not 
to  display  his  musical  faculties  until 
requested  to do  so.

I  would  then  go to  them 

“ I  would  inform  the  shoe  shiner,  that 
people  desiring  his  services  would  ex­
pect  to  find  him  at  his  chair and  not 
leaning  over the  office  desk,  or  in  one 
of  the  chairs  provided  for  guests. 
I 
would  also  inform  him  that  all  the  time 
he  had  off  duty  „was  his  and  that  he 
could  go around  the  corner  and  express 
his  opinion  freely  upon  the  respective 
merits  of  the  champion  of  the  ring, 
without  objection  on  my  part.

“ I  would 

inform  the  porter that  his 
principal  duty  would  be  to  look  after 
the  baggage  of  the  guests,  and that  he

was  not  expected  to  know more of things 
than  the  average  baggage  man.

“ I  would 

inform  the  bell  boy  that  it 
was  his  business  to  answer  bell  calls 
and  that  in  doing  this  he  should  do  it 
in.  such  a  manner  that  other  guests 
would  not  be  disturbed  by  him,  and  as 
one  preventive  against  this  he  should 
not  wear  heavy  shoes  nor step  as  heavy 
i,20o  pound  horse  upon  a  brick 
as  a 
pavement. 
I  would  also  impress  upon 
his  mind  that  although  the  occupant  of 
the  room  had  summoned  his  presence, 
it  was  politeness  as  well  as  his  duty  to 
first  lightly  knock  at  the  door  and  wait 
‘ Come, ’  before  en­
for the  command, 
tering  the  room. 
I  would  also  impress 
upon  his  mind  that  in  discharge  of  his 
duty  to  be  literally  blind  and  so  far  as 
relating  what  he  may  have  seen or heard 
he  must  also  be  literally  dumb.

ill-bred  or 

“ I  would  impress  upon  the  minds  of 
the  dining  room  girls  that  their  chief 
duty  was  to  wait  upon  the  guests  at  the 
table  and  perform  their  duty  in a polite, 
pleasant  and  ladylike  manner.  That  if 
some 
ill-mannered  man 
made  an  ungentlemanly  remark  to  them 
to  not  reply  or  notice  him,  and  if  he 
persisted 
in  his  insult  to  inform  the 
head  waiter  who  would  be  instructed  to 
attend  to  his  further  wants  during  that 
meal.

“ I  would 

inform  the  cook  that  any 
act  of  uncleanliness upon  his  part  would 
be  a  bint  to  me  that  he  desired  his  dis­
charge,  and  1  would  accommodate  him 
without  delay.

“ I  would  not  set  myself  up  as  a  pub­
lic  educator,  nor  would  I  attempt  to 
remonstrate  with  that  class  of  guests 
who  have  no  respect  for a  cleanly-kept 
hotel,  but  I  would  insist  that the  clerk, 
porter  and  bell  boy  keep  a  watch  upon 
men  sitting  at  the  writing  desk  and 
when  one  of  them  tore  up  an  envelope, 
or other  paper  and  then  threw the scraps 
on  the  floor the  employe  observing  the 
act  should  at  once  proceed  to  gather  up 
the  scraps  and  in  sight  of  the  careless 
guest,  proceed  to  put  them  in  the  waste 
basket  or cuspidor. 
I  would  insist  that 
the  custodian  of  the  watercloset  keep 
that  department  absolutely  clean  and 
by  absolutely  clean  I  mean  that  as  well 
as  caring  for  the  furnishing  he  should, 
at  sight  wipe,  wash  or  scrape  from  the 
walls,  panels,  woodwork  or other  places 
any  and  all  evidences  of  artistic  draw­
ing  or poetical effusion of vulgar-minded 
I  do  not  know  but  it  would  be 
guests. 
a  good 
idea  for  hotels  to  keep  a  poets 
and  artists’  album  for the  special  use  of 
watercloset  geniuses  and  post  notices 
where  it  could  be  found.

“  It  might  take  months  to  fully  regu 
late  a  hotel  to  my  fancy  and  liking,  but 
once  accomplished  I  opine  the  travel 
ing  public  would  appreciate  it.’ ’

His  Creditor Owned H is Wife.

A  well  known  Italian  contractor,  and 
and  at  one 
time  a  grocer,  some 
time  ago  did  some  work  in  the  State  of 
New  York.  As  the  story  goes  he  had  a 
contract  for the  digging  ot  a  canal,  but 
it  seems  Tony  had  a  partner,  and  be 
tween  them  they  got  very  deep  in  a 
financial  hole  of  even  larger  proportions 
than  the  canal  they  were  digging,  and 
Tony  was  in  danger of  being  literally 
wiped  off the  face  of  the  earth.

But  Tony  remembered  an  old  friend 
of  his  in  Scranton,  who,  for the  time 
being,  we  will  call  Muldoon.

Muldoon  had  an  account against Tony 
for  some  five  hundred  dollars  which 
Tony  was  very  slow  about  paying,  nor 
did  Muldoon  expect  it  for  many  moons 
What,  then,  was  Muldoon's  surprise 
when  Tony  came  in  one  day,  all  out  of 
puff.

When  he  got  his  wind  he  said:

■  “ Mr.  Muldoon,  me owe  you  much’

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

mona’ ;  me  wanta  give  you  everything, 
everything  me  got,  so  dam  Yankee  in 
York  State  canna  get,  and  you  taka  care 
of  Tony.”
Muldoon  tumbled  and  the  thing  was 
11  fixed  up.  His  attorney  instructed 
him  that  to  all  questions  as  to  what  he 
owned  he  must  say  that  Muldoon  is  the 
owner.

At the  trial  Tony  plead  that  he  owned 
nothing  whatever.  Being  put  on  the 
witness  stand  and  sworn  and cross-ques­
tioned  by  the  opposing  attorney,the  fol­
lowing  dialogue  passed  between  them :

“ Tony,  you  say  you  own  nothing?”
“ No,  sir;  me  owu  notting.”
“ Who  owns  the  shovels  and  picks  at 

the  canal?”

“ Mr.  Muldoon,”   said  Tony.
"Who owns  the  machinery,  etc.?”
“ Mr.  Muldoon,”   said  Tony.
“ Who  owns 

the  teams  you  work 

there?”
him  straight  in  the  eye.

“ Mr.  Muldoon,”   said  Tony,  looking 

“ The  carts  and  harness?  Remem-

ber  you  are  under oath.”

“ Mr.  Muldoon.”
“ Who  owns  the  house  you 

live  in 

down  in  Scranton?”
“ Mr.  Muldoon.”
“ And  the  barn  in  Scranton?”
“ Mr.  Muldoon.”
“ Are  you  married?”
“ Yes,  sir.”
“ Have  you  children?”
“ Yes,  sir.”
“ How  many?”
“ S ix.”
“ Who  owns  your  wife  and  children?”  
“ Mr.  Muldoon,”   came  the  answer  al­
most  before 
it  was  asked.  Evidently 
Tony  should  have  rehearsed.  After  the 
laughter  in  the  court  room  had  subsided 
the  case  was  continued.

Of  course  after a tooth  has  been  pulled 
it  will  not  ache  any  more.  The  fact  is 
that  the  tooth  never  did  ache,  it  was  the 
nerve  and  the  pulling  of  the  tooth  de­
stroys  the  nerve.  That  is  why  the  ache 
ceases.

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H otel  Observations  W hich  A re  Based on 

A ctual Experience.

It  is  not  always  the  best  hotel  build­
ings  that  are  kept  the  best  nor  do  men 
always  stop  at  best  kept  hotels  even  at 
the  price  charged  at  poorer ones.

There  are  men  who  have  made  a  suc­
cess  at  keeping  an  eating  house  who 
have  but  very  little  conception  of  what 
is  required  in  good  hotel  management.
The  hotel  clerk  who  is  a continual  an­
noyance  to  the  guests  of  the  house  will 
never  make  a  success  behind  a  hotel 
desk.

Some  hotels  advertise  that  the  house 
is  supplied  with  electric  bells,  but  if 
there 
is  no  one  to  answer the  bell  calls 
the  bells  are  of  little  use.

A  hotel  that  is  only  kept  warm  when 
there  are  guests  enough  to  afford  the 
luxury  will  not  long  have  need for steam 
heating  apparatus.

The  hotel  man  who  cuts  his table sup­
ply  when  trade  is  slack  will  soon  gain 
tbe  reputation  of  setting  a  rocky  table 
and  can  then  scrimp 
it  to  his  heart’s 
content.

It  is  not  so  much  what  a  hotel  keeper 
tells  his  guests  about  what  he  knows 
about  the  hotel  business  as  it  is  how  he 
treats  them,  that  makes  his  house  a  de­
sirable  stopping  place.

When  tbe  hotel  writing  room  is  in  the 
same  room  with  the  office,  a  clerk  of 
ordinary  intelligence  will  make  as  little 
unnecessary  noise  as  possible  in  order 
that  those  writing  at  the  desk  will  not 
be  annoyed  by  him.

A  hotel  man,  whether he  be  proprietor 
or  clerk,  can  be  gentlemanly  without 
being  stiff  and  reserved.  He  can  be 
social  and  genial  without  being  either 
boistrous  or  obtrusive.  He  can  do  much 
to  add  to  the  comfort  of  his  guests with­
out  making  them  feel  under  special  ob­
ligations  for  the  favor.

The  prudent  hotel  man  will  not  point 
out  the  faults  of  a  competing  house  un­
less  he 
is  perfectly  sure  that  his  own 
is  without  fault  and  above  re­
house 
proach,  and 
if  he  is  much  of  a  gentle­
man  he  will  not  do it then.

It  is  not  always  the  hotel  with  a  large 
sign  across  the  gable  end  of  the  house 
that  is  the  best.  The  keeper of  the  best 
hotel  may  be  a  modest  man and  not  feel 
like  making  a  great  display  of  the name 
of  bis  bouse.

When,during  the  regular  busy  season, 
a  hotel  man  finds  his  trade  falling  off, 
old  customers  going  to  another  house 
and  new  men  upon  the  road  patronizing 
a  rival,  it  is  about time  for the  landlord 
to  begin  to  enquire  whether  there  is  not 
something  wrong  with  the  management 
of  the  house.  Men  do  not,  as  a  rule, 
change  hotels  without  a  reason.

It  is  not  the  cheapest  hotel  help  that 
is  the  most  profitable.  A  “ Jim  Crow”  
clerk  can  drive  away  more  trade  in  a 
month,  than  a  good 
landlord  can  call 
back  in  a  year. 

Carroll.

Bishop  W hipple’s  Predicam ent.

An  interesting  story  of  the late Bishop 
Whipple  is  contributed  by  one  of  the 
clergymen  of  his  diocese.  The  Bishop's 
first  wife  was  a  strong  believer 
in 
dreams,  and,  singularly  enough,  many 
of  her  dreams  came  true.  One  Sunday 
morning  in  October,  while  they  were 
in  Faribault,  she  aroused  her  husband 
and  told  him  that  her son  in  New  Mex­
ico  was  dying.  She  described  him  as 
he 
lay  on  a  hard  bed  in  a  miserable 
adobe  hut,  and  declared  that  his  serious 
condition  was  due  to  inattention.  She 
urged  the  Bishop  to  go at  once  to  New 
Mexico and  rescue  the  boy.

Obedient to  his  wife’s  wishes,  Bishop 
Whipple  went  southward  as fast as steam 
could  carry  him.  At  St.  Louis  he  found 
a  telegram  awaiting  him  which  read:

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

2 3

it. 

left 

“ Proceed  without  delay  to  New  Mex­
ico.  Do  not  waste  any  time.  Every 
moment  is  precious.”

He  followed  directions,  and  reached 
his  step-son’s  side  just  in  time.  The 
scene  was  as  Mrs.  Whipple  bad  de­
scribed 
The  boy  was  sick  unto 
death  on  a  pallet  of  straw  in  an  adobe 
hut.  What  medical  attention  he  had 
received  was  doing  him  more  harm 
than  good.

It  was  apparent  that  he  could  not  sur­
vive  another day  in  such  surroundings. 
Bishop  Whipple  had 
in  such  a 
hurry  that  he  had  neglected  to bring any 
more  money  than  he  needed  for  his bare 
traveling  expenses.  In  his  dilemma  he 
went to  the  bank  and  told the cashier—a 
manly  young  Mexican—his  story.  He 
needed  money  to get  his  son  out  of  the 
country;  would  the  bank  honor a  draft?
The  cashier  was  impressed  with  the 
recital. 
“ Any  one  can  tell  by  looking 
at  your  face,”   said  he,  “ that  you  are  a 
bishop  of  the  church  of  God,  and  that 
you  speak  the  truth. 
I  shall  be  glad  to 
accommodate  you.  How  much  money 
do  you  want?”   The  Bishop  drew  on  the 
bank  for $500,  and  he  and  the  sick  man 
were  soon  on  their  way  North.  The  love 
to  God  and  man,  the  years  of  self-sacri­
fice  and  unselfish  service  for  others 
which  had  written  their  indellible  his­
tory  on  the  good  man’s  face  were  the 
means  of  saving  the  boy's  life.
The T ram p’s  See-Saw.

A  tramp  with  a  blase  manner  lacka­
daisically  walked  up  to the rear entrance 
of  a  farm  house  and  gently  tapped  the 
door  with  his  finger  tips.  The  door  was 
opened  by  a  sharp  faced  vision, who  en­
quired  what  the  gentleman  of  leisure 
desired.

“ Madam,”   he  said,  with  a  very  pro­
found  bow,  ‘ * I  have  a  request  to  pre­
fer. ”

“ Well,  sir,  be  quick  about  it,”   was 

the  not encouraging  reply.

“ Madam,  I  would  fain  eat.”
“ Do  you  see  that  wood,  sir?”   she  re­
plied,  pointing  to  a  large  pile  of  timber 
which  had  not  been  shortened  to the  re­
quired  stove  length.
Slowly  he  turned  his  head  and  looked 
in  the  direction  of  the  pointing  finger, 
then  with  as  much  calmness  as  he  could 
command  he  spake  thus :

“ Madam,  you  saw  me  see  the  wood, 

but  you  won’t  see  me  saw  the  wood.”

Before  the  woman  had  recovered  from 
her  surprise  he  had  been  wafted  away 
with  the  parting  breeze.

A dvantage  of a Trade.

“ I  have 

learned  to  typewrite,”   said 
a  young  woman  to  a  group  of  her 
friends. 
“ It’s  lots  of  fun,  and  it  is  the 
greatest  convenience  in  the  world.”

“ You  can’t  write  your social letters on 
a  machine,”   suggested one of the group.
“ Of  course  not,”   said  the  young 
woman. 
“ The  accomplishment  is  con­
venient in  many  ways,  though.  I  volun­
teered  to  work  for  papa—copy  papers, 
and  so  on.  He  was  pleased,  and,  to 
give  me  practice,  provides  a  lot  of  stuff 
for  me  to  work  on.  When  mamma  asks 
me  to  do  anything  disagreeable  1  can 
say  I  have  to  typewrite  for  papa. 
It  is 
business,  you  know,  and  I  can  go  into 
the  library,  pound  the  machine  awhile, 
and  read  if  I  want  to.  Then  if  there  is 
an  unwelcome  caller,  a  disagreeable 
visitor  or  an  engagement  I  want  to 
break,  I  say  I  must  help  papa,  and  go 
to  my  machine. 
It  is  a  great  thing,  I 
tell  you,  and  I  advise  you  all  to  learn 
how  to typewrite!”

People  should  not  be  blamed  for  what 
they  do not  know. 
It  is  for not  making 
an  endeavor  to  become  better  informed 
upon  the  simplest  affairs  of  every  day 
life  that  they  should  be  blamed. 
If 
no other  means  of acquiring  that  knowl­
edge  can  be  conveniently  had,  a  con­
stant  rubbing  up  against  well  bred  and 
well  informed  people  ought  to  impart  a 
little  knowledge.

Begin  the 
New  Year 
Right

Shalie off the

Dracfçrincr Chain?

of Credit

by abandoning the time-cursed credit system, 
with its losses and annoyances, and substitut­
ing therefor the

Coupon  Book  System

which  enables  the  merchant  to  place  his 
credit  transactions  on  a cash  basis.  Among 
the manifest  advantages of  the coupon  book 
plan are the following :

No  Ch a n ce  f o r   M isu n d e r s t a n d in g  
No  F o r g o t te n  Ch a r g e s 
No  P o o r  A ccounts 
No  B o o k-k e e p in g  
No  D is pu t in g   o f  A ccounts 
No  Ov e r r u n n in g   o f  A ccounts 
No  Loss  o f  T im e

We are glad at any time to send a full line of 
sample  books to any  one applying  for  them.

Tradesman  Company

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

The  Slain  Point.

“ What  do  you  consider  the  first  prin­

ciples  of  success?”  

r’ Well,  sir, 

it’s  not  altogether  tbe 
ability  to take  monev  away  from  other 
people  as  it  is  to hold  on  to  it. ”

2 4

Clerks’  Corner.

Some  Peculiarities  W hich  Resulted  in  a 
Written for the Tradesman.

Resignation.

Bill  Watts  couldn’t  have  been  more 
than  fifteen  years  old  when  he  first  went 
behind  the  counter.  He  was  short  and 
broad,  with  a  round,  rosy  face  and 
merry  blue  eyes,  and  he  had  a  way  of 
smiling  at  people  that  was  good  to  see. 
His 
laugh  was  contagious  and  we 
thought  at  first  that  his  smile  was  per-  j 
ennial,  but  found 
later that  there  were 
times  when  he  went  into  the warehouse, 
butted  his  head  against  the  wall  and 
swore  a  blue  streak.

No  one  but  his mother thought  of call­
ing  him  anything  but  “ B ill.”   She, 
poor  woman,  continued  until  the  day  of 
her death  to  nurse  the  delusion  that  he 
was  only  a  little  boy,  and  to  her  he  was 
always  “ W illie.”

Bill  was  of  rather a  musical  turn  of 
mind  and  he promptly improvised words 
and  melodies  to  suit  the  condition  of 
his feelings.  He had  a  slight  smattering 
of  tongues  and  the  way  he  mixed  things 
in  his  verses  was  often  funny  and  some­
times  quite  bewildering.

Marchons, enfants de la Patrie,
La jour de Arbeit’s here, by Gee!
Ich feg’ dis bloomin’ Handlung aus,
Den skip ich gleich nach meinem Haus. 
Herr Je! Herr Je! Hurrah, Hurrah,
Ich treff das Arbeit in die jaw! 

he  carolled  one  m orning  w hile  sw eep­
ing  out  the  store.

He  was  an  assiduous  worker,at times, 
and  could  get  through  with  a  lot  of  it, 
too,  after  a  fashion.  But  one  could 
never be  quite  sure  that  it  was  properly 
done  without  going  over  it  carefully 
when  he  had  finished.

He  was  interested  in  all  that  was  go­
ing  on  and  never was  there  a  dog  fight, 
a  runaway  team or  an  arrest on the street 
but  it  happened  that Bill had been there, 
had  seen  it  all  and  knew  every  particu­
lar.

As  before  stated,  he  was  rather  in­
clined  to  be  corpulent  when  he  entered 
the  store,  but  as  time  went on he “ swole 
up,”   so  to  speak,  and  before 
long  the 
clothes  that  had  held  him  could  hold 
him  on  more.  Another  apparent  fact 
was  his  appetite.  Never  was  there  such 
another at  the  candy  case,  the  cracker 
barrel  or the  herring  box.  Huge  pieces 
of  the  very  finest  Michigan  full  cream 
cheese  found  their  way  down  his  insati­
able  throat.  Pecks  of  apples,  pounds 
of  figs  and  whole  frails  of  dates went the 
same  way.  There  was  not  an  item  in 
the  grocery  department  that  Bill  did 
not,  at one  time  or  another,  in  one  way 
or another,  manage  to  “ put  his  mouth 
into.”

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

When  these  spells  of  hunger struck the 
boy  he  was  like  the  toper  thirsting  for 
his  dram,  and  on  these  occasions,  when 
he  could  not  speak  distinctly  and  was 
asked  what  ailed  him,  he  would  man­
age  to  clear  his  throat  sufficiently  to 
say:

“ Was  just  eatin’  a  bite.”
B ill’s  bites  became  proverbial.  Any 
time  that  he  happened  to  be  missing 
and  was  asked  for,  the  answer  was  sure 
to be,  “ Oh,  he’s down cellar, ”  or  “ He's 
out  in  the  warehouse,  eatin’  a bite. ”

One  night  he  got  out  with  a  crowd  of 
boys,  went  through  Deacon  Jones’  ap­
ple  orchard  and  trimmed  his  melon 
patch.  There  was  one  particular  vine, 
laden  with  especial  melons,  grown, 
nurtured  and  treasured  for  the  county 
fair  that  was  soon  to  be  held.  Bill knew 
the  vine  and  suggested  that  it  would  be 
“ a  good  one  on  the  old  man  to  swipe 
the  beauties.”

The  crowd  agreed  to  the  proposition, 
provided  Bill  procured  the  fruit,  which 
happened  to  be  growing  exactly  under 
the  Deacon’s  bedroom  window.  After 
he  had  agreed  to  the  terms  of  the  com­
pact, the  fact  that  the  window was  found 
to  be  raised  did  not  in  the  least  deter 
him  from  carrying  out  his  part  of  the 
bargain.  All  went  well  until, just  as  Bill 
was  leaving  with  the  stolen  fruit,  he  in­
advertently  kicked  an  empty  tin  can, 
which  made  sufficient  noise  to  arouse 
the  sleeping  householder.  The  night 
was  dark,  but  it  was  light  enough  to en­
able  the  Deacon’s  dog  to  procure  a sam­
ple  of  the  cloth from which  B ill’s  every­
day  trousers  had  been  manufactured.

Then  there  followed  a  time  when  it 
was  easier  for  Bill  to  stand  while eating 
his  meals  and  when  he  limped  slightly 
as  he  walked.  And  whenever  anyone 
chanced  to  ask  what  was  the  trouble 
with  Bill,  one  or the  other of  his  friends 
was  sure  to  reply :

“ Oh,  nothing  much,  only  he’s  had 

another  bite.”

Bill  had  a  bluff,  free  way  that  took 
very  well  with  some  customers  and 
many  people 
liked  to trade  with  him. 
He  was,  however,  no  respecter  of  per­
sons  and  had  a  way  of  nicknaming 
people  that  was  very  annoying.  One  of 
his  acquaintances—a  lady,  by  the  way— 
he  always  spoke  of  as  “ toad  barrel.”  
Another,  a  man,  he  designated  as 
“ hedgehog,”   while  a  third  was  usually 
refered  to  as  “ Globby. ”   And  then 
if 
the  mood  was  on,  he  was  just  as  apt  to 
address  people  in  the  German,  French 
or  Dutch 
in  the  one  that 
the  customer  best  understood.

language  as 

Bill's  peculiarities  grew  upon  him  to 
such  an  extent  that  it  was at last thought 
best  to  allow  him  to  resign  and  another 
and  less  voracious  boy  was  taken  in  his 
place. 

Geo.  L.  Thurston.

My  “ Pile”

When I began  this  business  8  years  ago  consisted  of 
thirty-two  dollars  in  money  and  several  years’  hard 
knocks and an experience in my line which has  enabled 
me to build up a  large business  by  giving  to  my  trade 
just what they ought to  have  at  the  price  they  ought 
to pay.  I have the largest factory of the kind  in  Amer­
ica.  I try to treat my trade right.  My business has my 
personal  attention  and  as  a  result  my  customers  are 
pleased.  If I can get one order from  you  I  am  sure  of 
more.  My

Red  Seal  Brand  Saratoga  Chips

are put up in 10-pound boxes, 20-pound kegs,  30-pound  barrels,  bulk,  or  in  cartons,  Im­
pound, 1-pound, or assorted 24-pounds to the case, to be  had  from  me  direct  or  through 
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President,  Geo. F. Ow en,. Grand  Rapids;  Sec­
retary,  A.  W.  St it t ,  Jackson;  Treasurer, 
J o h n W. Sch b a m , Detroit.

Outed  Commercial  Travelers  of Michigan 

Grand  Counselor,  H.  E.  Bartlett,  Flint; 
Grand  Secretary,  A.  K e n d all,  Hillsdale; 
Grand Treasurer, C. M. Edelm an, Saginaw.

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

Senior Counselor,  W  R.  Compton;  Secretary- 

Treasurer, L. F. Baker.

G ripsack  Brigade.

The  word  “ drummer”   is  out  of  date. 

Custom  did  it.

Carry  a  fire  escape  in  your  grip  if you 
wish,  but  still  advocate  the  idea  of  hav­
ing  every  hotel  provided  with  them.

Hastings  Banner:  D.  C.  Bronson 
and  Bert  Fairchild  intend  to  take  to  the 
road  after  January  i.  They  will  travel 
for  the  Mishawaka  Woolen  Co.

Lansing  Republican:  John  A.  Ray­
mond,  of  Detroit, 
is  in  Lansing  to-day 
on  his  initial  trip  for Standart Bros.  He 
will  take  the  place  of  J.  W.  Temmink, 
of  this  city,  who  has  been  traveling  for 
that  firm.

Willis  B.  Dudley  (Hazeltine  &  Per­
kins  Drug  Co.)  and  bride have returned 
from  their  wedding  trip  and  entered 
upon  the  joys  and  trials  of  housekeep­
ing at  115  Trowbridge street,  where  they 
will  be  at  home  to  their  friends  after 
Jan.  i.

A  popular  house  not  long  ago  wanted 
to  joke  with  one  of  their  excellent  men 
on  the  road  and  so  sent  the  following 
letter:  “ We  received  your  favor  of  the 
19th  in  regard  to  paying  $2  for the  min­
strel  show.  We  have  credited  your  ac­
count  for  the  amount,  but  will  request 
you  not  to  engage  any  more  theatrical 
people  in  the  future.”

MICHIGAN  TR AD ESM AN

2 5

Charles  W.  Hurd  will  retire  from  the 
service  of  the  Hazeltine  &  Perkins 
Drug  Co.  at  the  end  of  the  year.  The 
trade  he  has  visited  will  be  covered 
hereafter  by  M.  S.  Brown,  L.  M.  Mills 
and  M.  B.  Wiseman,  who will re-arrange 
their  former  routes  so  as  to  provide  for 
the  expansion.

Hudson  Gazette:  Will  F.  Dwyer, 
who  has  been  for  the  past  year  and  a 
half  employed  by  G.  J.  Dunn,  the  dry 
goods  merchant,  has  taken  a  position 
with Crowley Bros.,  of Detroit,  as  travel­
ing  salesman.  Mr.  Dwyer  will  begin 
his  duties  with  this  house  Jan.  1,  when 
be  will  be  assigned  principally to Mich­
igan  territory  and,  of  course,  will  have 
Hudson  on  his  route.

There 

information  they  desire. 

is  a  whole  lot  of hotel  clerks 
who  act  as  though  they  thought  men 
were  traveling  around 
from  town  to 
town  on  purpose  to  learn what team  beat 
in  the 
last  game  of  ball.  Some  hotel 
keepers  act  as  though  they thought every 
man  upon  the  road  was  interested  in 
knowing  what  their  politics  is.  Those 
clerks  and  hotel  keepers  can  rest  as­
sured  that  a  great  large  majority  of  the 
men  who travel  have  wit  enough  to  ask 
for  any 
If 
some  of  the  over-officious  and  obtrusive 
hotel  people  could  stand  behind  a  thin 
curtain  and  hear the  expressions  some 
traveling  men  make  about  them  they 
would  conclude  the  average  traveling 
man  does  not  care  a  tinker’s  twopence 
about 
information. 
When  the  hotel  keeper  has  signified that 
he 
is  pleased  to  have  the  traveling 
man's patronage,  and  has  seen  to  it  that 
he 
is  comfortable  and  well  cared  for 
and  that  his  sojourn  is  made as  pleasant 
as  possible,  he  has  nearly* performed  all 
of  the  duties  of  a  hotel  keeper.  When 
the  clerk  has  assigned  the  guest  a  good

voluntary 

their 

room  and  seen  to  it  that  the  porter  has 
properly  cared  for  his  baggage,  that  he 
has  whatever  mail,  if  any,  is in  whiting 
for  him  and  properly  and  unostenta­
tiously  answered  such  questions  as  have 
been  asked,  he 
is  ready  to  devote  his 
official  attention  to  the  next  guest  or 
rest  quiet  until  some  one  signifies  a  de­
sire  for  his  further  service.  There  are 
hotel  clerks,  and  lots  of  them  who  fully 
realize  what  is  expected  of  them  and 
cheerfully  comply  with  all  demands 
made  upon  their  time  or  knowledge. 
There 
lot  of  hotel 
clerks  who  will  never  know  their  proper 
sphere  and  one  reason  of  this  is  they 
were  never  brought  up  to  attend  to  their 
own  business  and  leave  other  people  to 
attend  to  theirs. 
in 
the  whole  business  world  where  good 
breeding  and  a  knowledge  of  business 
etiquette 
is  needed  it  is  behind  a  first- 
class  hotel  desk.  Those  two  accomplish­
ments  are  highly  appreciated  when 
found.  So  is  any  other  rare  gem.

If  there  is  a  place 

is  another  whole 

Grand  Rapids,  Dec.  23—The 

Grand Rapids Council to Open a New Hall.
first 
meeting  for  1902  of  Grand Rapids Coun­
cil,  No.  131,  will  be  held 
in  the  new 
place  of  meeting,  the  A.  O.  U.  W.  hall 
on  Pearl  street,  which  will  be  much  bet­
ter quarters  than  were  obtainable  at  the 
old  place  of  meeting  on  Lyon  street. 
The  regular  meeting  will  be  called  at 
7:30  o’clock,  and  all  business  expedi­
tiously  gotten  through  with  and  at  a  few 
minutes  after  9  o’clock  the  doors  will 
be  thrown  open  into  the  parlors  and  the 
house  warming  and  greetings  for  the 
New  Year  from  the  Council  to  their 
members  and  friends  will  begin.  There 
will  be  dancing  for those  who  wish  to 
dance  and  card  tables  fcr  those  who 
play  cards.  The  committee  in  charge, 
Messrs.  Carlyle,  Wormnest  and Dryden, 
being  all  very  “ wealthy  men,”   have 
unlimited  means  at  their  command  to

bring  to  a  successful 
issue  this  first 
party  and  they  desire  every  member  of 
our  Council  to  come  and  bring  some 
friends  and 
join  with  us  in  our  social 
gathering  and  accept  of  our  hospitality 
and  good  wishes  for the  New  Year.

JaDee.

Fifteen. Additions  to  Post  C.

Detroit,  Dec.  23— Post  C,  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip,  held  another  meet­
ing  at  the  Griswold  House  Saturday 
evening,  Dec.  21,  with  a 
large  attend­
ance.

All  of  the  old  members  and  many 
new  ones  are  taking  an  active 
interest 
in  the  Post,  which  bids  fair to  bring 
prosperity  for both Post and Association.
Fifteen new  members  joined  the  Post.
The  matter of attending the  fourteenth 
annual  convention  at  Lansing  on  De­
cember  26  and  27  was  brought  up  and 
many  members  decided  to  go.
The  Secretary  was  instructed  to  ask 
for  a  special  car  on  the  Pere  Marquette 
road.
a  large  crowd  going  to  Lansing.

At  present there  seems  a possibility of 

It  was  decided  to  hold  Post  meetings 
on  the  last  Saturday  of each month.  The 
next  meeting  will  be  held  on  the  even­
ing  of  Jan.  25,  at  Hotel  Cadillac,  which 
all  traveling  men  are  invited  to  attend, 
whether  members  of 
the  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip  or not.

The  old  traveler  is  always  kind  and 
considerate,  it  is  the  young  man  on  his 
first  trip  who  is  selfish.

The  traveler  who  sells  the  most  goods 
is  not  the  one  who  talks  the  most 
about  it.

The  Warwick

Strictly first class.

Rates $2 per day.  Central location. 

Trade  of  visiting  merchants  and  travel 

ing men solicited.

A.  B.  GARDNER,  Manager.

W I L E   B R O S . &  W E I L L ,  B u ffalo

M.  J.  ROQAN,  representing

the  above  house  will  pay  the  expenses  of  any  merchant  who  will  come  and 
look  over  their  line  of  M E N ’S,  B O Y S ’  and  C H I L D R E N ’S  S U I T S   at  the

WARWICK  HOTEL,  GRAND  RAPIDS

Mr.  Rogan  will  have  his  samples  on  view

Thursday,  Jan.  2,  Friday, Jan.  3,  Saturday,  Jan. 4,  1902

$

Men’s  Suits from  $3.75  to  12.  Boys’  Suits  from  $3.50  to  8.50.  Children’s

Suits  in  all  styles  from  75  cents  to $6.

Remember the  Date and the W arwick  Hotel

Warwick  Hotel  is  right across  the street from the  Livingston  Hotel.

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Drugs—Chemicals

- 

Michigan  State  Board of Pharm acy

Term expires
He n r y  He im , Saginaw 
-  Deo. 81,1902
Deo. 31,1903
Wib t  P.  Do t y, Detroit - 
A. C. Sc h u m a c h e r , Ann Arbor  •  Deo. 81,190« 
John D. Mutr. Grand Rapids 
Deo. 81, isXR 
Arth u r H. We b b e r , Cadillac 
Dec. 31,1906 

President, A.  0.  Sch um ach er, Ann Arbor. 
Secretary, He n r y  He im , Saginaw.
Treasurer, W. P.  Doty,  Detroit.

E xam ination  Sessions.
Detroit, Januaiy 14 and 15.
Grand Rapids, March 4 and 5.
Star Island. June 16 and 17.
Sault Ste- Marie, August 27 and 28. 
Lansing, November 5 and 6.

Mich.  State  Pharm aceutical  Association.

President—J o h n  D.  Mutr, Grand Rapids. 
Secretary—J.  W.  Se e l e y ,  Detroit- 
Treasurer— D.  A.  H a g en s, Monroe.

The  Sundry Trade  and  How  to  H old  It.
The  writer  contends  that  the  large 
profit  asked  by  many  druggists  makes 
it an  inducement  for  other  merchants  to 
enter  into competition  with  them  in  the 
sale  of  sundries.  All  other  merchants 
have  been  forced  to  accept  less  profit  on 
the  wares  they  have  to  offer;  not  en­
tirely  on  account  of  competition,  but 
partially  because  the  public  of to-day  is 
better  qualified  to  determine  the  value 
of  the  goods  they  have  to  offer. 
If  to­
day  the  metropolitan  store  advertises  its 
fabrics  at  extraordinarily 
low  prices, 
and  the  out-of-town  customer  makes  a 
purchase,  the  continuance  of  such  pur­
chases  depends  upon  the  real  merit  of 
the  goods  sold.  When  the  housewife 
can  see  for  herself  whether  she  has  se­
cured  a  bargain,  then  and  there  she 
takes  kindly  or  unkindly  to the phenom­
enal  claims  made  by  this  large  firm 
concerning  their  ability  to  excel  all 
others  engaged  in  supplying  the  needs 
of the  public.  The success  of these  large 
enterprises  results  first  from  their  ex­
tensive  advertising,and  the  continuance 
of  their  business,  like  that  of  all  others, 
depends  upon  whether or  not  they  give 
value  received.

therefore, 

The  pharmacist, 

like  all 
other  merchants,  must  advertise  his 
goods,  induce  people  to  come  to  his 
place  of  business,  and  then  have  some­
thing  nice  to  show  them ;  and  for  fear 
they  do  not  ask  to  see  this  or  that,  he 
should  have 
it  so  tastily  arranged  that 
they  are  more  than  likely  to see ft.  Sun­
dries  and  notions  should  be  given  a 
prominent  place  if  they  sell  well.  The 
dealer  who  succeeds  well 
in  selling 
them  should 
learn  as  much  as  possible 
about them,  how  they  are  made,  of  what 
they  are  composed,  etc.  He  should 
communicate 
to  the 
prospective  buyer,  as  this  tends  to  sat­
isfy  him  that  the  pharmacist  is  really 
informed  about  the  goods,  and  that  he 
is  willing  to  disseminate his knowledge. 
It  is  policy  to  enlighten  your  customer 
whenever  the opportunity presents itself. 
If  it  is  done 
in  a  gentlemanly  way  it 
will  surely  please.

this  knowledge 

All  people  know  that  goods  must  be 
sold  at  a  profit  and  should  be  sold  at a 
profit  that  is  equitable  both  to  buyer 
and  seller. 
It  .is  unwise  to  advise  your 
customer  of  the  exact  cost  of  what  you 
are  trying  to  sell  him,  because  he  is  not 
likely  to  take 
it  seriously,  and  in  all 
probability  he  will  think  you  are  not 
speaking  truthfully,  and  you  will  not 
be  adding  anything  to  your  reputation 
for  integrity. 
is  far better  to  insist 
that  you  are  offering  values  that  are 
worth  what  you  claim  for them,  for  your 
customer  knows  that  you  are  asking  a 
profit,  and  if  it  is  not  excessive  you  are 
more  than  likely  to  sell  to  him.  Other­
wise,  you  may  not  retain  him  as  a  cus­
tomer.

It 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

It  is  imperative  that  druggists  should 
advertise,  and  that  it  be  done  prudent­
ly. 
It  is  necessary  that  he  display  his 
goods  as  artistically  as  possible.  He 
should  always  ask  and  sell  at  a  profit 
that 
is  consistent,  fair,  and  equitable. 
He  should  be  uniform  in  the  per  cent, 
of  profit  that  he  endeavors  to  obtain. 
He  might  secure  the  exclusive  sale  of 
something,  and  thereby  obtain  an  unus­
ual  profit,  but  this  would  only  be  tem­
porary,  and  some  one  would  soon  ascer­
tain  the  fact  and  freely  advertise  the 
dealer’s  inconsistency.

The  writer  would  recommend  that  a 
druggist  keep  the  highest  grade  of  sun­
dries  that  he  can  induce  the  people  of 
his  community  to  purchase. 
It  will  in­
crease  the  volume  of  his  business  in 
this  line  of  goods,  enhance  his  profits, 
and  satisfy  his  customers.  They  will 
more  readily  believe  that he  keeps  the 
purest  and  best  drugs. 
If  necessary 
keep  a  few  low-priced,  or  possibly  in­
ferior,  sundries. 
If  not  necessary  avoid 
it  altogether,  as  it  increases  your  stock 
of  goods  that  deteriorate  rapidly,  adds 
more  to  your  losses,  reduces  the  volume 
of 
your  business,  diminishes  your 
profits,  and  induces  the  public  to  make 
out-of-town  purchases. 
It  adds  nothing 
to  the  reputation  of  your  store. 
In  fact, 
there 
little  to  gain  at  the  most,  and 
much  to  risk.  It  is  usually  unprofitable, 
and  should  be  resorted  to  only  when  ab­
solutely  necessary. 
If  inferior  sundries 
are  sold  to  some  extent  in  your  com­
munity  there 
is  no  occasion  for  much 
anxiety  about  the  matter,  especially  if 
you  always  have  on  hand  something 
better,  and  take  a  little  pains  to  make 
it  known. 
W hat  H is  P rescription  Counter  Looked 

N.  T.  Hendrix.

is 

Like.

I  at  one  time  had  occasion  to  visit  a 
brother  pharmacist 
in  a  thriving  little 
city.  My  friend  was  enjoying  a  good 
prescription  trade,  there  being  an  aver­
age  of  thirty  or  more  prescriptions  a 
day.  He  had  a  very  pretentious  store, 
with  costly  sale  counters,  show  cases, 
and  shelves.  He  was  conducting  his 
business  on  a  very  ostentatious  plan, 
all  of  which  was  very  commendable; 
and  no  doubt  his  efforts  and  endeavors 
in  this  direction  were  well  rewarded— 
for  his  business  flourished.  However, 
there  was 
in  this  pretentious  place  of 
business  a  very  grievous  fault,  and  that 
was  the  very  evident  neglect  of  his  pre­
scription  counter. 
In  the  first  place,  I 
found  a  small  boxlike  fixture,  altogether 
inadequate  for  the  compounding  and 
dispensing  done  behind 
It  stood 
hidden  behind  a  large  amount  of  stock 
food,  condition  powders,  and  the 
like, 
which  were  most  conspicuously piled  up 
in  front  of  it.  But  if  there  was  evident 
a  decided  lack  of  attention  on  the  part 
of  the  proprietor  for the outward appear­
ance  of  the  prescription  counter,  this 
was  even  more  noticeable  on  the  inside 
or  practical  side.

it. 

There  seemed  to  be  no  attempt  made 
at  order  and  systematizing  of  duplicate 
stock;  bottles  of  all  sizes  and  shapes 
were 
indiscriminately  placed  around 
wherever  it  might  have  happened  to 
suit  the  direction  of  the  hand.  They 
were  dusty  and  betrayed  unmistakably 
the  absence  of  care.  On  the  prescrip­
tion  desk  I  noticed  some  mortars  and 
graduates  which  were  being  used  alto? 
gether  regardless  of kind  and  capacity 
called  for;  as,  for  instance,  two  ounces 
of  magnesium  sulphate  were  being  dis­
solved 
in  a  pill  mortar of  two  ounces 
capacity;  and  there  were  many  other 
minor  incidents  too  numerous  to  men- 
Spatulas,  pellet  knives,  born
[tion. 

spoons,  etc.,  were  all  kept 
in  one 
drawer,  wherein,  upon  occasion,  the 
clerk  or  proprietor  would  delve  or  dig 
up  the  required  utensil 
in  about  the 
same  manner  as  a  kitchen  girl  looks  for 
her  last  paring  knife  in  her table cutlery 
In  another  drawer  which  was 
drawer! 
open,  and  which 
looked  as  though  it 
was  always  open,  I  noticed  a  confusion 
of  round  and  square  pill  and  powder 
boxes  and,  if  I  am  not  mistaken,  in  the 
same  drawer  were  also  kept  the  labels.
I  became  aware  that  prescriptions  were 
not  put  up  with  the  promptness  and  de­
spatch  that  they  might  have  been  due 
largely  to  the  fact  that  time  was  lost  in 
looking  for  the  required  appurtenances. 
Customers,  becoming  weary  of  waiting 
for their  medicine,  would  curiously  look 
back  of  this  dispensing  place,  and  there 
would  behold  a  sight  rivaling  that  of  a 
French  peasant’s  kitchen  the  day  before 
his  best  daughter’s  wedding!

its  high  and 

is  shameful,  to  state 

Thus  to  treat  and  conduct  a  prescrip­
it 
tion  counter 
It  is  putting  down  the  profes­
mildly. 
sion  from 
lofty  plane, 
which  by  reason  of  its  moral  and  prac­
tical  worth 
it  rightfully  occupies,  to 
the  common  and  ordinary;  making  it 
appear  unduly  cheap  and 
insignificant 
to the  public. 
It  is  a  false .and  unjusti­
fiable  misrepresentation  of  the  art  of 
compounding; 
if 
any 
in  the  world,  stands  synonymous 
with  accuracy  and  absolute  correctness 
It  is  throwing  the  results  and  achieve­
ments  of  years  of  study  to  the  winds.

for  this  profession, 

I  can  not  but  urge  the  fraternity  to 
realize  the 
importance  of  this  depart­
ment,  and  to  ever strive  to  accord  it the 
conspicuous place  which  it  deserves  and 
which  it  must  occupy  if  it  shall redound 
profitably  to  those  who  pursue  it.  Con­
stantly  assert  the  idea,  boldly  as  well  as 
unobtrusively,  that  you  conduct  a  pre­
scription  counter  with  a  drug  store  built 
conveniently  around  it.  To  parade  this 
idea  can  not  fail  to  result  in  the  public 
paying  this  profession  the  proper regard 
and  respect. 
It  is  not  my  purpose  to 
lay  down  a  detailed  set  of  absolute  rules 
for  conducting  your  prescription  coun­
ter.  Let  each  pharmacist  suit  his  own 
fancy,  if  be  will  but  carry  out  the  idea 
and  the  purpose  which  I  have  striven  to 
make  plain. 

W.  G.  Alwin.

K eeping  Poisons.

Various  methods  have  been  proposed 
for  the  storing  of  poisons,  some  recom­
mending  keeping  them  in  their original 
containers  and  others  the  use  of  poison 
lockers  or  a checking  system.  No matter 
how  they  are  stored  a  rigid  system  of 
checking  should  be  adhered  to  either 
individually  or  if  possible  by  some  one 
else.

The  safest  way  to  store  poisons  is 
in  a  closet,  set  apart  for the  purpose,  in 
which  should  be  kept  only  those  of  a 
powerful  nature.  This  should  be  kept 
locked  and  the  key  hung  at  the  side. 
The  act  of  going  to  the  closet,  taking 
the  key  off  the  nail  and  unlocking  the 
door all  remind  you  to  be  cautious. 
In 
weighing  or  measuring  any  drug  the 
scales  should  be  tested  before  using  to 
see 
if  they  balance,  then  the  weights 
carefully  examined,and  after  weighing, 
again  test  and  look  at  weight  to  see 
if 
correct.  The  container  should  be  looked 
at  before  removing  from  the  shelf  be­
fore  weighing  or  measuring  therefrom 
and  again  before  replacing.  Many  dis­
pensers  make  a  practice  of  leaving  bot­
tles  on  counter  as  used  until  prescrip­
tion  is  finished,  and  checking  off  each 
one  from  the  prescription.

The  prescription  should  be  read  be­
fore  dispensing  and  again  after  finish­

ing,  and  lastly  before  giving  to  the cus­
tomer and  the  directions  carefully  com­
pared.

It 

Mistakes  happen  not  so  much  from^ 
carelessness  as  from  the  unconscious 
lapse  of  memory  which  comes  to  all  of 
us  at  times. 
is  only  momentarily, 
and  often  we  do  not  realize  it,  but  in 
that  short  time  many  a  fatal  error  has 
been  made.  By  using  these precautions 
it  is  practically  impossible  for  an  error 
to  pass  even  when  working  alone.

J.  Becker.

U nsightly  W indow  Displays.

I  notice  an  increased  tendency  among 
druggists 
to  fill  their  windows  with 
syringes  and  other  sick room  necessities 
and  articles  for  use  in  diseases  of  a  pri­
vate  nature.  While  these  are  every-day 
necessities,  we  do  not  like  to  have  them 
staring  us  in  the  face  at  every  turn.  To 
ladies  especially  they  are  objectionable, 
and  it  does  not  tend  to elevate the  moral 
nature  of  the  youthful  mind  to  see  these 
things,  particularly  as  their information 
as  to  their  use  is  obtained  from  sources 
It  is 
likely  to  excite  morbid  desires. 
questionable 
if  the  display  of 
these 
goods  increases  their  sale  to  any  extent, 
as  people  are  not  buying  them  for  orna­
ments,  and  they  are  better  kept 
in  the 
is  all  right  for  the 
background.  What 
mature  mind  both  to  read  and  to  see 
is 
often  poison  to  the  young 
idea  and 
creates  thoughts  and  desires  which  area 
permanent  injury  to  them.

James  Morley.

The  D rag M arket.

Opium— Is  firmer,  both 

in  the  pri­
mary  markets  and  in  this country.  The 
price  is  unchanged.

Morphine— Is  firm.  There  is  no  pros­
pect  of  a  change  before  the  first  of  the 
year.

Cocaine— Is  selling  very cheap,  owing 
to  competition  among  manufacturers.  It 
is  understood  that  the  present  price 
is 
below  cost  of  manufacture.

Menthol— Is  very firm.  Higher prices 

are  looked  for.

advanced.

Wild  Cherry  Bark—Is  scarce  and  has 

Gum  Camphor— Has  been  advanced 

by  refiners  ic  per  lb.

Buchu  Leaves—Are 

in  better  supply 

and  have  declined.

Linseed  Oil— Has 

advanced  three 
times  in  the  last  few  days  and  is  tend­
ing  higher.

White 

and  Red  Lead— Has  de­

clined  j£c.  •

A  woman  can  talk  as  sweet as peaches 
and  cream  to  another  woman  she  hates, 
while  two  men  would  be  punching  each 
other’s  heads  before  they had exchanged 
a  dozen  words.

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is not equaled.  Prices lower  than 
ever.  A card will  bring  salesman 
or samples.
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Grand Rapids, Mich. 

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assortment we  have  ever  shown.  Walt 
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FRED BRUNDAGE,  Muskegon, filch. 

Wholesale Drugs and  Stationery

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

W H O LESALE  DRUG  PRICE  CURRENT

Advanced— 
Declined—

Acidum
8
1  6@$
Acetlcum................(
70® 76
Benzolcum, German
@ 17
Boracic.................... 
„  _
24® 31
Carbolicum.............   24®
43® 45
Cltrlcum.................   43©
3® 5
Hydrochlor.—
8® 10
Nitrocum....... .
12® 14
Oxallcum.................   W®
@ 15
Pbosphorlum,  dll...  @
52® 55
Sallcyllcum.............  52©
134® 5
Sulphurleum.. 
'
’ 
1  10®  1l  20
Tannlcum.......
38® 40
38®
Tartarlcum............. 
A m m onia
4® 6
Aqua, 16 deg............
6® 8
Aqua, 20 deg............  
#8
16© 15
•Carbonas.................   19®
12® 14
Chlorldum................ 
12@
A niline
Black.......................
Brown......................
Bed..........................
Yellow.....................
Baccse
Cubebae...........po,25
Junlperus................. 
Xanthoxylum.
Balsam um

2 00© 5! 25
80© 1i  00
45© 60
2 50® :) 00
22© 24
6© 8
„6©
1  70©  1  75

56 
2 00 
*66 
50

18
12
18
30
20
14 
12
15 
15

15 
2 26 
76 
40 
15

 

Copaiba...................  go©
P e ru .............  
  ®
Terabln,  Canada—   60©
folutan.................... 
45©
Cortex
Abies, Canadian......
C a ssis..................
Cinchona  Flava.......
Euonymus atropurp.
Myrlca Cerlfera, po.
Prunu8 Vlrglnl........
QulUala, gr’d .........
Sassafras........po. 20
Ulmu8...po.  16, gr’d

E xtractum  

24©28#
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra. 
Glycyrrhlza,  p o .....
11#
Haematox, 15 lb. box
Hsmatox, is ........... 
130
Hsmatox, 14s..........  w©
Hsmatox, 14s.........  
16@
F erru
Carbonate  Preclp...
Citrate and  Qulnla..
Citrate Soluble......
Ferrocyanldum Sol..
Solut. Chloride........
Sulphate,  com’l......
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per  cwt.........
Sulphate,  pure........
F lora

15®
Arnica.....................  
Anthemis.................  22©
Matricaria................ 
3°6

F olia

Barosma..................   36©
Cassia Acutlfol, Tin-
nevelly.................  
20©
Cassia, Acutlfol, Alx.  25© 
„
Salvia officinalis,  14s 
and V4s.................  
120
UvaUrsl................... 
8©
Gnmml
65
© 
Acacia, 1st picked... 
45
Acacia, 2d  picked...  @
35
Acacia,3d  picked... 
© 
28
@
Acacia, sifted  sorts. 
65
Acacia, po................
14
12©
Aloe, Barb. po.l8@20
12
Aloe, Cape__po. 15.
30
Aloe,  Socotrl..po. 40
60
Ammoniac................  65©
40
25©
Assafoetida__po. 40
55
Benzolnum..............
13
Catechu, is ..............
14 
Catechu, Vis............
16
Catechu, Vis.............
69 
Campbors..............
40
Eupnorbium... po. 35
1 00
Galbanum................
70 
Gamboge............ po
30 
Gualacum...... po. 26
75 
Kino...........po. $0.75
60 
Mastic  ....................
40
Myrrh............po. 46
Opll....po.  1.5004.70 3 25® 3 30
Sheliac.................... 
35®  45
Shellac, bleached—   40®  45
Tragacanth.............   70®  l  oo

H erba 
Absinthium..oz. pkg 
Eupatorlum. .oz. pkg
Lobelia........oz. pkg
Majorum__ oz. pkg
Mentha Plp..oz. pkg 
Mentha Vfr..oz. pkg
Bue.............. oz. pkg
Tanacetum Y oz. pkg 
rhymus, V.. .oz. pkg
Magnesia
Calcined, P at...........  66®  60
Carbonate, P at........ 
18®  20
Carbonate, K. & M..  18®  20
’arbonate, Jennings  18®  20

65®

Oleum

7 20

2 00
2 76

Absinthium.............  7 00® 
Amygdalae,  Dulc__   38®  65
Amygdalae,  Amarae.  8 00® 8 25
Anlsf.......................   l  85® 
Aurantl Cortex........2  10®  2 20
Bergamll.................   2 60® 
Cajlputl...................  80®   85
Caryophylll.............  
75®  80
Cedar......................  80®  86
Chenopadil...............  © 2 76
Olmuunonll............ l  is® l 26
OltroneUa................  85®  40

Conlum Mac............  50®  60
Copaiba..................   l  is® l  25
Cubebae...................l 30®  l 35
Exechthltos............  l 00® l  io
Erigeron.................  l  oo®  1  10
Gaultherla..............  2 00® 2  10
Geranium, ounce.... 
®  76 
Gosslppll, Sem. gal..  50®  60
Hedeoma.................  l 60®  l  75
Junlpera.................  l 50® 2 00
Lavendula..............  go® 2 oo
Llmonls................. 
l  is®  i 25
Mentha Piper.........   2  10®  2 20
Mentha Verid.........   l  SO®  1 60
Morrhuae, ;gal.........   l  io®  l 20
Myrcla....................  4 00®  4 50
Ouve.......................  76® 3 00
Plcls Liquida........... 
10®  12
Plcls Liquida,  gal... 
®  35
Blcina.....................   i  oo®  l oo
Rosmarini...............   @  i  oo
Bosae, ounce............   6 00® 6 50
Sucdnl....................  40®  45
Sabina....................  90® l oo
Santal.....................   2 75® 7 00
Sassafras.................  55®  60
Slnapis,  ess., ounce. 
®  65
Tiglfl.......................  l  50®  1  60
Thyme.....................   40®  50
Thyme, opt.............. 
© l  60
Theobromas  ........... 
15®  20
Potassium
Bl-Carb.................... 
16®  18
Bichromate............   13®  16
Bromide.................  52®  57
C arb....................... 
12®  16
Chlorate... po. 17@19  16®  18
Cyanide..................   34®  38
Iodide.....................   2 90® 2 40
Potassa, Bitart, pure  28®  30 
Potassa, Bitart, com. 
®  15
Potass Nltras, opt... 
7®  10
6® 
Potass  Nltras.........  
8
Prussiate.................  23®  26
Sulphate po............  
15®  18

Radix

® 

is  12® 

Aconitum.................  20®  25
Althae......................  30®  33
Anchusa................. 
io®  12
Arum  po................. 
®  25
Calamus..................  
20®  40
Gentiana.......po. 
is
Glychrrhiza...pv.  15  16®  18
®  75
Hydrastis  Canaden. 
®  80
Hydrastis Can., po.. 
Hellebore, Alba, po. 
12®  15
Inula,  po................. 
18®  22
Ipecac, po...............   3 60® 3 75
Iris  plox...po. 35@38  36®  40
Jalapa, pr...............   25®  30
Maranta,  V4s...........  @  35
Podophyllum,  po...  22®  26
Bhei.........................  75® 1  00
Bhei, cut................. 
® 1  26
Bhei, pv..................   75®  1  35
Spigella..................   35®  38
Sanguinarla., .po.  15 
18
Serpentarla.............  50®  55
Senega....................  60®  65
Smllax, officinalis H.  @ 4 0
Smllax, M...............   @  25
Scillae............po.  35  10®  12
Symplocarpus.Foeti-
dus,  po................. 
®  25
®  25
Yalerlana,Eng.po.30 
Yaleriana,  German. 
16®  20
Zingiber a ...............  
14®  16
Zingiber j.................  25®  27
Semen

Anlsum.........po.  18  ®  15
Apium (graveleons).  13®  15
Bird, is.................... 
6
4® 
io® 
Carol.............po.  15 
li
Cardamon...............   l  25®  l  75
Coriandrum.............  
8®  10
Cannabis Sativa......   4Vi@  5
Cydonium...............   75®  1  00
Chenopodium.........  
15®  16
Diptera Odorate....  1  00®  1  10
Foeniculum..............  @  10
9
7® 
Foenugreek, po........ 
L ini.........................  334® 
6
Lini, grd...... bbl. 4 
5
4Vi® 
Lobelia...................   1  50®  1 55
Pharlaris Canarian..  4Vi® 
5
6
B apa.......................  4Vi@ 
Slnapis  Alba........... 
9®  10
Slnapis  Nigra.........  
ll®  12
Spiritus

Frumenti, W. D. Co. 2 oo® 2 50 
Frumenti.  D. F. B..  2 00® 2 25
Frumenti................   l  25®  1  50
Junlperls Co. O. T...  1  66® 2 oo
Juniperls  Co...........  1 76® 3 50
Saacnarum  N. E __1  90® 2  10
Spt. Vini Galli.........  1 75® 6 60
Vini Oporto.............  1  25® 2 00
Vini Alba.................  1  25® 2 00

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage................  2 50® 2 75
Nassau sheeps’ wool '
carriage................   2 50® 2 75
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage......  
®  l  60
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool, carriage......  
®  l  26
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage...............  
®  1  00
®  76
Hard, for slate use.. 
Yellow  B e e f,  for
slate use...............  
®  l  40
Syrups
Acacia....................  
©  6°
Aurantl Cortex........  @  60
® 
Zingiber..................  
so
®  60
Ipecac...................... 
Ferri Iod................. 
©  80
Bhei Arom.............. 
©  50
Smllax  Officinalis... 
so®  60
©  SO
Senega................... 
solili»...  .................  
*   »

Sclllae  Co.................  @ 5 0
Tolutan...................   @ 
so
Prunus  vlrg............   @  50

Miscellaneous 

.....................................  5o

Tinctures
60
Aconltum Napellls B 
50
Aconitum Napellls F 
60
Aloes....................... 
Aloes and Myrrh__  
60
50
Arnica....................  
Assafoetlda.............. 
50
60
Atrope Belladonna.. 
Aurantl Cortex.......  
50
60
Benzoin................... 
50
Benzoin Co.............. 
Barosma..................  
50
75
Cantharides............  
Capsicum................  
50
Cardamon........75
Cardamon Co..........  
75
l Oo
Castor.....................  
Oo
Catechu]................... 
Oo
Cinchona................. 
Cinchona Co............  
6o
so
Columba................. 
So
Cubebae............................ 
6o
Cassia Acutlfol........ 
00
Cassia Acutlfol Co... 
Oo
Digitalis.................... 
Ergot....................... 
Oo
Ferri  Chlorldum__  
3s
Go
Gentian................... 
6o
Gentian Co.............. 
Gulaca.....................  
So
6o
Gulaca ammon........ 
Oo
Hyoscyamus............  
7s
Iodine  .................... 
Iodine, colorless...... 
7s
Oo
K ino....................... 
Go
Lobelia...................  
Myrrh.....................  
Go
Oo
Nux Vomica............  
76
Opli.......................... 
Go
Opll, comphorated.. 
Opli, deodorized...... 
l  Oo
Go
Quassia................... 
Bhei........................  
Go
G¿
Sanguinaria............  
Serpentarla............  
5¿
6¿
Stromonium............  
6o
Tolutan................... 
Valerian................. 
6¿
Go
Veratrum  Verlde... 
Zingiber..................  
2<>
.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
Antimonl, po........... 
4® 
6
Antimoni el Potass T  40®  00
Antipyrin...............  
®  25
Antifebrln.............. 
®  20
®  60
Argent! Nitras, oz... 
Arsenicum..............  10©  12
Balm Gilead  Buds.. 
45®  60
Bismuth S. N...........  1  65®  1 70
9 
Calcium Chlor.,  is...
10 
Calcium Chlor., Vis..
@
12 
Calcium Chlor., 34s.. 
®  80 
Cantharides, Rus.po 
i5 
Capsid Froctus, af..
15 
Capsici Froctus, po.
15
Capsici Froctus B, po 
_  14
12® 14
Caryophyllus. .po. 15 
® 3 00 
Carmine, No. 40
50®  56
Cera Alba........
42
~ 
Cera Flava..............  40®
40 
Coccus  ....................
35 
Cassia Froctus........
10 
Centraria.................
45 
Cetaceum.................
60 
Chloroform............
1  10
Chloroform, squlbbs 
Chloral Hyd Crst....  1  40®  1  65
Chondros................   20®  25
Clnchonldlne.P. & W  38®  48
Clnchonidine, Germ.  38®  48
Cocaine..................   5 55® 5 75
76
Corks, list, dls. pr. ct. 
Creosotum...............  
®  45
©  2
Creta............bbl. 75 
Creta, prep.............. 
6
© 
Creta, preclp........... 
9©  U
Creta, Rubra........... 
© 
8
Crocus....................  20©  30
©  24
Cudbear..................  
Cuprl Sulph............   6V4® 
8
7®  10
Dextrine................. 
Ether Sulph............   78®  92
Emery, all numbers. 
® 
8
6
Emery, po...............  
© 
E rgota.........po. 90  86®  90
Flake  White........... 
12®  15
Galla....................... 
©  23
G a m b le r ............. 
9
8® 
Gelatin,  Cooper......   @ 6 0
Gelatin, French......   35®  60
75 &  5
Glassware,  flint, box 
Less than box...... 
70
Glue, brown............  
11®  13
Glue,  white............   15®  25
Glycerlna.................  17V4©  26
Grana Paradis!........  @  25
Humulus.................  25®  55
Hydrarg Chlor  Mite 
© l 00 
Hydrarg Chlor Cor..  @  90
Hydrarg Ox Rub’m.  @ l  10 
Hydrarg  Ammoniatl  @ 1  20 
HydrargUnguentum  50®  60
©  85
Hydrargyrum 
65®  70
IchthyoDolla, Am...
Indigo.....................   76®  1  00
Iodine,  Besubi........  3 40® 3 60
Iodoform.................  3 60® 3 85
©  50
Lupulin,
Lycopodium............   66®  70
M ads......................  66®  76
Liquor Arsen et  Hy­
@  25
drarg Iod..............
LlquorPotassArslnit  10©  12
3
2© 
““  
Magnesia,  Sulph.... 
“
©  1VÍ 
Magnesia, Sulph, bbl 
Manola, 8. F . . _ —
o   60

©

20© 22
® 18
® 30
@ 41
@ 41
9® 11
9® 11
23® 25
1V4® 2
3® 5
3Vi© 4
@ 2
© 2 60
50® 55
© 2 00
©
@
@
©

Menthol..................
© 5 50 Seldlitz Mixture......
Morphia, S„ P. & W. 2 25® 2 50 Slnapis....................
Morphia, S..N.Y. Q. 2 10® 2 40 Slnapis,  opt............
Morphia, MaL......... 2 15® 2 40 Snuff, Maocaboy, De
Moschus  Canton....
© 40 Voes....................
Myrlstlca, No. l ......
65® 80 Snuff,Scotch,De Vo’s
Nux Vomica...po. 15 @ 10 Soda, Boras.............
Os Sepia..................
35® 37 Soda,  Boras, po......
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
Soda et Potass Tart.
D  Co....................
@ 1 00 Soda,  Carb..............
Plcls Llq. N.N.V4 gal.
Soda,  Bl-Carb.........
doz.......................
@ 2 00 Soda, Ash...............
@ 1 00 Soda, Sulphas.........
Plcls Llq., quarts....
Plcls Llq., pints......
@ 85 Spts. Cologne...........
Pll Hydrarg...po.  80 @ 50 Spts. Ether  Co........
© 18 Spts. Myrcla Dom...
Piper  Nigra., .po. 22
© 30 Spts. Vlnl Beet.  bbl.
Piper  A lba....po.35
Pllx Burgun............
7 Spts. Vlnl Rect. V4bbl
©
10© 12 Spts. Vlnl Rect. lbgal
Plumbl Äcet............
Pulvis Ipecac et Opll 1 30® 1 50 Spts. Vlnl Rect. 5 gal
80® 1  05
Pyrethrum, boxes H,
Strychnia, Crystal...
© 76 Sulphur,  Subl.........
2V4® 4
& P. D. Co., doz...
Pyrethrum,  pv........
25© 30 Sulphur, Roll........... 234® 3V4
8© 10 Tamarinds..............
Quassiae..................
8® 10
29© 39 Terebenth  Venice...
Qulnla, S. P. &  W...
28® 30
29© 39 Theobromae.............
Qulnla. S.  German..
60® 65
29© 39 Vanilla.................... 9 00@16 00
Qulnla, N. Y............
Rubia Tlnctorum....
12® 14 Zincl Sulph.............
7® 8
20® 22
Sacch&rum Lactls pv
Salacln.................... 4 50© 4 76
40© 50
Sanguis  Draconls...
12® 14 Whale, winter.........
Sapo, W..................
10© 12 Lard, extra..............
Sapo M....................
© 16 Lard, No. 1..............
Sapo G....................

BBL.  GAL.
70
70
50

70
60
45

2 7

Linseed, pure raw...  66 
Linseed, boiled.......   57. 
Neatsfoot, winter str  60 
Spirits Turpentine..  43 

59
60
70
48
P aints  bbl.  LB.
Bed Venetian.........   134  2  @8
Ochre, yellow  Mars.  134  2  @4 
Ochre, yellow Ber...  134  2  ©8 
Putty,  commercial..  234 2V4@3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2V4  234©3 
Vermilion,  P rim e
13®  15
American............. 
Vermilion, English..  70©  76
Green,  Paris........... 
14©  18
Green, Peninsular...  13© 
16
Lead, red.................  3  @  8V4
Lead,  white.............  6  ©  6V4
Whiting, white Span  @  90
Whiting, gilders’__   @  96
White, Paris, Amer.  @ 126 
Whiting, Paris, Eng.
d lS ....................... 
©  1  40
Universal Prepared.  1  10®  1  20

Varnishes

No. 1 Turp  Coach...  1  10®  1  20
Extra Turp..............  1 60©  1  70
Coach  Body............  2 76® 8 00
No. 1 Turp Furn...... I 00©  1  10
Extra Turk Damar..  1  05© 1  60 
Jap.Dryer,No.lTurp  70©  70

Drugs

We  are  Importers  and Jobbers of Drugs, 

Chemicals  and  Patent Medicines.

W e  are  dealers  in  Paints,  Oils  and 

Varnishes.

W e have  a  full  line  of  Staple  Druggists’ 

Sundries.

We  are  the  sole  proprietors  of  Weath­

erly’s  Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy.

We  always  have  in  stock  a  full line of 
Whiskies,  Brandies,  Gins,  Wines 
and  Rums 
for  medical  purposes 
only.

W e  give  our  personal  attention  to  mail 

orders  and  guarantee  satisfaction.

All orders  shipped and invoiced the same 
day  received.  Send  a  trial  order.

Hazeltine  &  Perkins 

Drug  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

GROCERY  PRICE  CURRENT

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

ADVANCED
California H am s
E vaporated Apples

DECLINED

Picnic  Boiled  Ham s
Sugar
P u re  L ard

Tomatoes
1  15
F air.........................  
1 20
Good........................ 
Fancy...................... 
l  25
Gallons....................  
3 20
CATSUP
Columbia, pints...................2 00
Columbia, 14 pints................l 26

CARBON  OILS 

B arrels

Eocene.......................   @1014
Perfection...................  @ 914
Diamond White.........   @ 814
D.  S. Gasoline........   @1214
Deodorized Naphtha..  @1014 
Cylinder....................... 29  @34
Engine.......................... 19  @22
Black, winter...............  9  @10X
CHEESE
Aeme.......................  
0H14
Amboy.............. «... 
012
Carson City.............. 
012
013
Elsie......................... 
01214
Emblem................... 
Gem.........................  
013
Gold Medal.............. 
012
Ideal......................
012
Jersey...................... 
Riverside.................  
01214
Brick.......................  
14015
090
Edam....................... 
Leiden........'...........  
017
13014
Limburger...............  
Pineapple................ 
50075
Sap  Sago.................  
19020
CHEWING GUM 
American Flag Spruce.... 
Beeman’s Pepsin......... 
Black Jack................... 
Largest Gum  Made.......... 
60
Sen Sen  ,........................... 
56
Sen Sen Breath Perfume..  1 00
55
Sugar Loaf................... 
Yucatan.......................  
56
Bulk...................... 
5
 
Red........................................7
Eagle....................................  4
Franck’s .............................   614
Schener’s .............................  6

CHICORY

60
56

55

 

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...........l 40
Cotton, 70 ft. per doz...........l 60
Cotton, 80 ft. per doz.......... 1 80
Jute, 60 ft. per doz..............  80
Jute. 72 ft. per doz..............  96
Cleveland.............................   41
Colonial, 14s  .......................   35
Colonial, 14s.........................  33
Epps.....................................  42
Huyler.................................  46
Van Houten, 14s..................  12
Van Houten, 14s..................   20
Van Houten, 14s..................   38
Van Houten,  is ..................  70
Webb................................  
30
Wilbur, 14s.  ........................  41
- ¡J
Wilbur. Hs...........................  42
J 76
2 80
Dunham’s V4s...................   26
J 76
Dunham’s 54s and 54s......   2614
2 80
Dunham’s  14s...................  27
Dunham’s  14s...................  28
Bulk..................................   13
20 lb. bags.......................... 
Less quantity....................  
Pound packages................ 

COCOA SHELLS

COCOANUT

COFFEE
Roasted

214
3
4

_ _   HIGH GRADE
Coffees

Special Combination.......... 15
French Breakfast...............1714
Lenox, Mocha & Java........ 21
Old Gov’t Java and Mocha..24 
Private Estate, Java & Moc 26 
Supreme, Java and Mocha .27 
Dwlnell-Wright  Co.’s Brands.
White House, 60-is.............29
White House, 30-28.............28
Excelsior M. & J., 60-ls.. 
. .2114
Excelsior M. & J., 30-2S...... 2014
Royal Java..........................2614
Royal Java & Mocha..........2614
Arabian  Mocha..................2814
AdenMoch..........................2214
Freeman  Merc. Co. Brands.
Marexo................................11
Porto  Rican........................14
Honolulu  .............................1614
Parker  House J  & M.........25
Monogram J  & M...............28
Mandehling........................3114
Common..............................1014
F a ir.................................... 11
Choice................................. 13
Fancy..................................15
Common..............................11
F a ir.................................... 14
Choice................................. 16
Fancy................................. 17
Peaberry............................. 13
F air.................................... 12
Choice................................. 15

Maracaibo

Santos

Rio

Mexican

Choice.................................. 16
Fancy..................................17

G uatem ala

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

Ja v a

African................................ 1214
Fancy African....................17
O. G .....................................25
P. G .................................... 29
Arabian.............................  21

Mocha

Package 

New York Basis.

Arbuokle............................1114
Dllworth............................ 1114
Jersey.................................Ul4
H on....................................ll
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 14  gross............   75
Felix 14 gross.................. 
1 16
Hummers foil 14 gross........  85
Hummel’s tin 14 gross....... 1  43

CONDENSED  M ILK 

4 doz In case.

Soda

Oyster

B a tte r

Gall Borden Eagle............. 6  40
Crown................................. 6  25
Daisy...................................5  75
Champion...........................4  60
Magnolia............................ 4  25
Challenge...........................4  10
Dime...................................3  35
Leader................................4  00
COUPON  BOOKS 
50books,any  denom... 
l 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 are ordered at a time 
customer receives  sp e c ia lly  
printed  cover  without  extra 
charge.

CRACKERS

Credit Checks 

Coupon  Pass  Books 
Can be made to represent any 
denomination from $10 down.
50  books.......................   1  50
100  books.......................   2  50
500  books.......................   ll  60
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............................ 
6m
New York.........................  6)4
Family..............................  6)4
Salted................................   6)4
Wolverine......................... 
6X
Soda  XXX.......................   6X
Soda, City......................... 
8
Long Island Wafers.........   13
Zephyrette....  .................   13
F a u st...... ........................  
7)4
Farina..............................  
6X
Extra Farina.................... 
6K
Sal tine Oyster...................  6 a
Sweet  Goods—Boxes
Animals........Z..................  10
Assorted  Cake.................  10
Belle Bose......................... 
8
Bent’s Water....................   16
Cinnamon Bar...................  9
Coffee Cake,  Iced............   10
Coffee Cake. Java............   10
Cocoanut Macaroons........  18
Cocoanut Taffy.................  10
Cracknells.........................  16
Creams, Iced....................  
8
Cream Crisp......................  10)4
Cubans..............................  1144
Currant Fruit...................  12
Frosted Honey.................   12
9
Frosted Cream................. 
Ginger Gems, l’rge or sin'll  8 
6)4
Ginger  Snaps, N. B. C .... 
Gladiator..........................   10)4
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
Mary Ann......................... 
8
Mixed Picnic..............:...  11)4
Milk Biscuit......................  7)4
Molasses  Cake................. 
8
Molasses Bar.................... 
9
Moss Jelly Bar.................  12)4
Newton.............................   12
Oatmeal Crackers.............  8
Oatmeal Wafers...............   12
Orange Crisp....................   9
Orange Gem......................  9
Penny Cake......................  8
Pilot Bread, XXX............   7)4
Pretzelettes, hand made.. 
8)4
Pretzels, hand  made.......  
8)4
Scotch Cookies.................   9
Sears’ Lunch....................   7)4
8
Sugar Cake.............  
 
Sugar Cream. XXX.........  
8

Tutti Fruttl....................     16
Vanilla Wafers.................   16
Vienna CrlmD................... 
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 10lb. wooden boxes.,...30 
Bulk In sacks...........................29

D RIED   FRUITS 

Apples

California F ru its

Sundrled.........................  06)*
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes.  0   10 
Apricots.....................  10010)4
Blackberries..............
Nectarines.................
Peaches......................8  010
Pears.......................... 7)4
Pitted Cherries...........
Prunnelles.................
Raspberries...............
100-120 25 lb. boxes........  0  3X
90-100 25 lb. boxes........  @ 43i
80 - 90 25 lb. boxes........  0  5)4
70-8025lb. boxes........  ® 5X
60 - 70 25 lb. boxes........  0  6)4
50 - 60 25 lb. boxes........  0  7)4
40 - 50 25 lb. boxes........  ® 8)4
30 - 40 25 lb. boxes........ 
8X

California Prunes

)4 cent less In 60 lb. cases 

Peel

C urrants

Leghorn...................................ll
Corsican..................................13
California, 1 lb.  package__
Imported, l lb package.......   8
Imported, bulk....................  7%
Citron American 19 lb. bx...i3 
Lemon American 10 lb. bx.. 13 
Orange American 10lb.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...... 8K@9
L. M..Seeded, X lb.... 
7
Sultanas, b u lk....................ll
Sultanas, package..............11)4
FARINACEOUS GOODS 

1  65
6)4
7 H
7)J

Raisins

Citron

Beans

F arina

Cereals

Dried Lima.......................... 
6
2 00
Medium Hand Picked 
Brown Holland....................2  50
Cream of Cereal...................  90
Graln-O, small....................1  35
Graln-O, large.....................2 26
Grape Nuts..........................l  35
Postum Cereal, small......... l  35
Postum Cereal, large.........  2 26
241 lb. packages.................l  13
Bulk, per 100 Tbs.................. 2 25
Flake, 50 lb. sack...............  90
Pearl,  200 lb. bbl.................4  50
Pearl, 100 lb. sack............... 2 50
Maccaroni  and V erm icelli
Domestic, 10 lb. box............   60
Imported. 25 lb. box...........2 50
Common.............................2 90
Chester................................3  00
Empire................................ 8 50

P earl  B arley

H om iny

G rits

Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

Sago

Rolled  Oats

Cases, 24 2 lb.
2 30
Green, Wisconsin, bu.......... l 40
Green, Scotch, bu.....................l 50
Split,  lb.................................... 3
Rolled Avena, bbl.....................5 90
Steel Cut, 100 lb. sacks__   2 85
Monarch, bbl............................5 50
Monarch, )4 bbl........................2 90
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks..........2 65
Quaker, cases...........................3 85
East India...........................   3X
German, sacks....................   3X
German, broken package..  4 
Flake,  110 lb. sacks...............4)4
Pearl, 130 lb. sacks..............  3%
Pearl, 241 lb.  packages......   6)4
Cracked, bulk......................  8)4
24 2 lb. packages...................... 2 50
FLAVORING EXTRACTS

Tapioca

W heat

FOOTE & JEN K S’

JAXON

^JBIighest^Jrade^Extract^

Vanilla 

1 oz full m. 1 20  1 oz full m.  80
2 oz full m.2  10  2 oz full m  l  26 
No.8fan’y.8  15  No.sfan’y  1  75

Lemon

Index to   M arkets

By Columns

B

A

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

c

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

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

D
i

G

P

H

M

N
o

I
J
1.

Grains and Flour.................   6
Herbs....................................  8
Hides and Pelts....................   13
Indigo....................................  6
Jelly......................................  6
Lamp Burners.......................  15
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
P uls  Green............................   7
Pickles.....................................  7
Pipes............................... 
 
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.........................................   U
Tobacco..................................  ll
Twine.....................................  12
Vinegar..................................  12
Washing Powder...................  12
Wtcklng.................................  13
Wooden ware..........................  13
Wrapping Papmr....................  13
Yeast Cake...........................1  18

V
w

B
S

T

 

 

 

AXLE GREASE 
Aurora.......................55
Castor  OU...... ............60.
Diamond....................50
Frazer’s ......................75
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75

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

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

9 00
6 00

BAKING  POW DER 

Egg

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

Ü lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  45
14 lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  85
1 
lb. cans. 2 doz. case........l  60

Queen  Flake

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

Royal

10c size__  90
14 lb. cans  1 35 
6 oz. cans,  l  90 
%  lb. cans 2 50 
X lb. cans  3 75 
1 lb.  cans.  4  80 
'||'l|l(-  3 lb. cans  13 00 
5 lb. cans. 21  50

BATH  BRICK

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

BLUING

Arctic, 4 oz. ovals, per gross 4 00 
Arctic, 8 oz. ovals, per gross 6 00 
Arctic 16 oz. round per gross 9  00

7

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

BROOMS
No. 1 Carpet..............................2 65
No. 2 Carpet.............  
No. 3 Carpet..............................2 15
No. 4 Carpet..............................1 76
Parlor  Gem..............................2 40
Common Whisk...................  85
Fancy Whisk............................ 1 10
Warehouse............................... 3 25

2  25

BRUSHES

Scrub

Solid Back,  8 In..................  45
Solid Back, 11 I n .................   95
Pointed Ends.......................  85
Sboe
No. 8......................  
1  00
No. 7.......... 
1  30
No. 4..........................................1 70
No. 8.......................................... 1 90

 

Stove 

a

BUTTER  COLOR 

No. 3.....................................  75
No. 2.....................................1  10
No. 1.....................................1 75
W., B. & Co.’s, 15c size....  1  25 
W.. B. & Co.’s, 25c size....  2 00 
Electric Light, 8s.................12
Electric Light, 16s................1214
Paraffine, 6s.........................10)4
Paraffine, 128....................... 11
Winking 
••  ...  --..29

CANDLES

CANNED  GOODS 

 

 

175

Corn

Beans

11
90
85

* J®
3 60
2 40

80
®
*
22

French  Peas

Gooseberries

B lackberries

Clam B ouillon

Apples
3 lb. Standards........ 
100
3 25
Gallons, standards.. 
standards................ 
80
Baked......................  1  oo®i  30
Bed  Kidney............. 
75®  86
70
String......................  
70
Wax.........................  
B lueberries
Standard.................... 
85
B rook  T rout
lb. cans, Spiced..........  1 90
2 
Clams.
Little Neck, 1 lb...... 
100
Little Neck. 2 lb...... 
1  50
Burnham’s, )4 pint...........  J J2
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................  
Hom iny
Standard.................. 
Lobster
Star, V4lb....................... 
Star, l  lb........................ 
Picnic Tails.................... 
M ackerel
Mustard, lib ...........  
Mustard, 2 lb.................  
Soused, l lb....................  
Soused, 2 lb...................  
Tomato, lib ................... 
Tomato, 2 lb................... 
M ushrooms
Hotels.......................  
Buttons....................  
Oysters
Cove, l lb.................  
Cove, 2 lb.................
Cove, l lb  Oval........ 
Peaches
P ie...........................
Yellow....................   1  85@l  85
Standard.......................  
J J®
1 28
Fancy.............................  
J JO
Marrowfat..................... 
1 jo
Early June..................... 
1 60
Early June  Sifted.. 
Plum s
Plums......................  
85
Pineapple
Grated  ...................  1  2502 76
Sliced.......................   1  35@2 56
P um pkin
F a ir......................... 
,J6
Good.............................. 
Fancy............................  
Raspberries
Standard.................. , 
l  15
Russian  Cavier
14 lb. cans..........................   3 75
14 lb, cans..........................   7 00
1 lb. can............................  12 00
Columbia Blver, tails 
@1 85
Columbia River, flats 
®2 09
Bed Alaska.............. 
l  30@i 40
Pink Alaska............  1  io@i 25
Shrim ps
Standard.................  
l  50
Sardines
Domestic, 14s. 
Domestic, Kb .......... 
Domestic,  Mustard. 
California, 14s. 
California 14s. 
French, 14s...  
French, 148...  
Standard.................  
Fancy...................... 
Succotash
Fair....................... 
Good............. 
Fancy...................... 

U@14
17024
7014
18028

1  00
1  25
90
l  20

Straw berries

18020
22@25

Salmon

Peas

J 00
l 10

6
514

100

33£

96

85

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

2 9

6

7

9

W hite fish

100 lb s ...;....8 oo 
40 lbs...........3 50 
10 lb s........  96 
8  lbs...........  79 
SEEDS

No. l  No. 2  Fam
3 60
1 70
50
43

Anise..................................... 9
Canary, Smyrna.................... 3M
Caraway.............................   7M
Cardamon, Malabar.............l  oo
Celery................................... io
Hemp, Russian......................4
Mixed Bird...........................   4
Mustard, white.....................  7
Poppy....................................  6
Rape....................................   4
Cuttle Bone......................... .14
SHOE  BLACKING
Handy Box, large..............  2 50
Handy Box, small.............. 
l 25
Blxby’s Royal Polish.................. 85
Miller’s Crown  Polish................ 85
Scotch, In bladders............'.  37
Maccaboy, In jars................  35
French Rappee, In jars......   43
B. T. Babbit brand—

Babbit’s Best.......................  4 oo

SNUFF

SOAP

Beaver Soap Co. brands

IO

P u re  Cane
F a ir.......................... 
16
Good....................................  20
Choice.................................  25

 

 

STARCH

Kingsford’s Corn
40 l-lb. packages............... '  6V£
7
20 l-lb. packages............... 
6 lb. packages...............  
7&
Kingsford’s Silver Gloss

40 l-lb. packages...............   7V4

Common Gloss

l-lb. packages...................  5 Vi
3-lb. packages...................  5
6-lb. packages..................  
6
40 and 50-lb. boxes............   3Vi
Barrels.............................  
3Vi

II_____
No.  8.................................  4  05
NO.  9.................................  4 00
NO. 10.................................  3  96
No. 11................................   3  90
No. 12................................   3  85
No. 13................................   3  85
NO. 14................................   3  80
No. 15................................   3  80
No. 16................................   3  80

TEA
Ja p an

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

G unpowder

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

8

Pigs’  Feet

Sausages
Bologna...................
Liver.......................
Frankfort................
P o rk.......................
Blood.......................
Tongue....................
Headcheese.............
Beef
Extra Mess..............
Boneless..................
Rump.....................
M bbls., 40 lbs.........
M bbls., 80 lbs.........
Tripe
Kits, 15  lbs..............
M bbls., 40 lbs.........
M bbls., 80 lbs.........
Casings
P o rk ...........77-7171.
Beef rounds............
Beef middles...........
Sheep.......................
Butte rlne
Solid, dairy..............
Rolls, dally..............
Rolls, creamery......
Solid, creamery......
Corned beef, 2 lb__
Corned beef, 14 lb...
Roast beef, 2 lb........
Potted ham,  Vis......
Potted ham,  Vis......
Deviled ham, Vis__
Deviled ham,  vis__
Potted tongue,  Vis..
Potted tongue,  Vis..
RICE
Domestic

Canned  Meats

6
11  00 
11  00

10 75

7M@8
9
6
6

1 80 
3 20
70
1  25
2 40

21512

65
@13@14
17M
17
2 50
17 50
2  60
50
90
50
90
50
90

JELLY

LYE

MATCHES

LICORICE

6 lb. palls.per doz......... .  1  90
15 lb. palls.....................
...  38
30 lb. palls....................... ...  72
KRAUT
Barrel.....................
4 76
Vi Barrel..................
3 25
Pure................................ ...  30
Calabria.......................... ...  23
Sicily............................... ...  14
Roof...............................
...  10
Condensed, 2 doz............ ...1  20
Condensed, 4 doz............ ...2 25
Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No.  9 sulphur..................... i 65
Anchor Parlor....................i  so
No. 2 Home........................ i  30
Export Parlor.....................4 00
Wolverine........................... l  50
Modern Match Co.’s brands.
Modern............................ l  40@i 35
Uwanta............................ l  25@i 20
Sunshine..........................4 00@3 75
Defender.........................3  10@2 90
Hiawatha........................4 50@4 40
Conquerer........................6 25@s 00
Tourist-...........................5 00@4 75
First figures are  for one case. 
Second figures are for  ten  case 
lots.  One case free and  freight 
allowed on ten case order. 
MEAT EXTRACTS
Armour & Co.’s, 2 oz........  4 45
Liebig’s, 2  oz....................  2 76

40
36
26
22

MOLASSES 
New  Orleans

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

Half-barrels 2c extra 
MUSTARD

OLIVES

Horse Radish, 1 doz...........1 75
Horse Radish, 2 doz...........3 50
Bayle’s Celery, l doz..........l  75
Bulk, 1 gal. kegs...............   1  25
Bulk, 3 gal. kegs...............  1  10
Bulk, 5 gal. kegs...............   1  00
Manzanilla, 7 oz...............  
80
Queen, pints.....................   2 35
Queen, 19 o z....................  4  50
Queen, 28  oz.....................   7 00
Stuffed, 5 oz...................... 
90
Stuffed, 8 oz.....................   145
Stuffed, 10 oz....................  2 30
Continental  Paper  Bag  Co.

PA FEK   BAGS 

Ask your Jobber for them.

‘

Glory  Mayflower 
Satchel  & Pacific 
Bottom 
Square

M....................  28 
M....................  34 
................  44 
1 
2 
................  54 
...............   66 
3 
4 
...............   76 
5 
................  90 
6 
................. 1 06 
8......................1 28 
10......................1 38 
12......................1  60 
14......................2 24 
16......................2 34 
20......................2 52 
26 .................... 
Sugar
Red................................... 
4M
Gray.................................   4M

50
60
80
1 00
1 25
1 45
1 70
2 00
2 40
2 60
3 16
4 15
4 50
5 00
5 50

PICKLES
Medinm

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........................l  70
Clay, T. D., full count.........   65
Cob, No. 3............................  86

PIPES

POTASH 

48 cans In case.

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

PROVISIONS 
Barreled  Pork

D ry Salt Meats

Smoked  Meats 

Mess.........................  @16 75
Back.......................  @18 26
Clear back...............   @18 60
Short cut.................  @17 50
Pig..........................  
..........
B e an ................. 
@16 oo
Family Mess............
Wallace Clear.........  @18 00
9M
Bellies...................... 
Briskets..................  
9K
9M
Extra shorts............  
@ liM
Hams, I21b.average. 
Hams, I4lb.average. 
@ llM
Hams, 161b. average. 
@ u
Hams, 20 lb. average.  @ H
Ham dried beef......   @  12M
Shoulders (N.Y.cut) 
@  8K
Bacon, dear.............  10M@  HM
California hams......   7M@  8
Boiled Hams.......... 
@16
@ 12
Picnic Boiled Hams 
Berlin  Ham pr’s’d. 
9@  9M
Mince Ham 8 .........  
9@  9M
Compound...............  
8M
i0%
Pure......................... 
8M
Vegetóle................ 
M
60 lb. Tubs.. advance 
M
80 lb. Tubs..advance 
M
60 lb. Tins... advance 
20 lb. Palls, .advance 
M
10 lb. Palls., advance 
X
5 
• lb. Palls., advance 

lb. Palls., ad vanee 

Lards—In Tierces

l
l

Vanilla 

Lemon

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

Beef

D. C. Lemon 
1>. C. Vanilla
2 oz......... 
75  2 oz..........  I  24
3 oz.........  1  00  3 OZ.........   1  60
6 oz.........   2  00  4 OZ.........   2  00
No. 4T 
.  1  52  No. 3 T...  2  08
O ur Tropical.

2 oz. Assorted Flavors 75c.

2 oz. full measure, Lemon..  75
4 oz. full measure, Lemon..  l  50 
2 oz. full measure, Vanilla..  90 
4 oz. full measure, Vanilla..  1  80
2 oz. Panel Vanilla Tonka..  70
2 oz. Panel Lemon............. 
60
Tanglefoot, per box.............   35
Tanglefoot, per case...........3 20

FLY  PA PER

Standard.

FRESH  MEATS 

P o rk

Carcass....................   6  a   8
Forequarters.........   5  @6
Hindquarters.........  
6l/s@  8Vi
Loins.......................   9  @12
Ribs......................... 
8  @10
Rounds.................... 
6K@  7 Vi
Chucks.................... 
6Vi@ 6
3  @5
Plates...................... 
Dressed................... 
@7
9M@  9*
Loins....................... 
Boston Butts........... 
8Vi@ 8Vi
Shoulders................ 
@8
Leaf Lard................ 
@  92
M utton
Carcass.................... 
5%@  7
Lambs......................  7  @ 8
Carcass....................  6  @7
GRAINS  AND  FLOUR 

Veal

W heat

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

W inter  W heat  F lour 

87

Local Brands

Spring W heat F lour 

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

Patents.............................  <90
Second Patent...................  4 40
Straight.............................  4 20
Second Straight................  3  *0
Clear.................................  3  60
Graham............................  4 oo
Buckwheat.......................  4 60
Rye...................................   3 30
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour In bbls., 26c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
BaU-Bamhart-Putman’s Brand
Diamond Vis......................  4 oo
Diamond 14s.....................   4  oo
Diamond Vis......................  4  oo
Quaker Vts........................   4  10
Quaker ¿8........................   4  10
Quaker Vis........................   4  10
Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.’s Brand
Plllsbury’s  Best Vis.........   4 60
Plllsbury’s  Best !4s.........   4 50
Plllsbury’s  Best Ms.........   4 40
Plllsbury’s Best Ms paper.  4 40 
Plllsbury’s Best Ms paper.  4 40 
Ball-Bamhart-Putman's Brand
Duluth  Imperial Ms.........  4 so
Duluth  Imperial Ms.........  4  40
Duluth  Imperial Ms.........  4  30
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand
Wlngold  Ms....................... 
* 45
Wlngold  ms....................... 
4 35
Wlngold  Ms....................... 
4 25
Olney & Judson’s Brand
Ceresota Ms......................  4 50
Ceresota Ms......................  4  40
Ceresota Ms......................  4  30
Laurel  Ms.........................  4 50
Laurel  Ms.........................  4  40
Laurel  Ms.........................  4  30
Laurel Ms and Ms paper..  4 30 
Bolted...............................  2  76
Granulated.......................   2  95
St. Car Feed, screened....  26 oo
No. l Com and  Oats........  26 50
Unbolted Com  Meal........  24 50
Winter Wheat Bran.........   22  oo
Winter Wheat  Middlings.  23 00
Screenings........................   20 00
Car  lots.............................  50
Car lots, clipped...............   52
Less than car lots.............
Cora, car  lots...................  68
No. l Timothy car lots....  10 50 
No. 1 Timothy ton lots....  12 50 
Sage........................................
Hops....................................... »
Laurel Leaves.........................
Senna Le»v“«..........................25
Madras, 5 lb. boxes................55
8. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. bozea......50

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

Feed and  MlllstuflS 

Corn
H ay

INDIGO

HERBS

Meal

Oats

...... 6V%
......8
...... 6 Vi

CaroUna head..............
Carolina No. l ............
Carolina No. 2 ............
Broken ........................
Im ported.
Japan,  No.  1............... 5Vi@
Japan,  No. 2................ 5  @
Java, fancy head......... @
Java, No. 1................... @
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, loo Ms...................3 oo
Granulated,  bbls.................  90
Granulated, 100 lb. cases___l oo
Lump, bbls.........................  80
Lump, 145 lb. kegs...............   85

SAL  SODA

SALT

Buckeye

Common  Grades

Diamond Crystal 

too  31b. bags.......................... 8 00
•60  61b. bags ...................... 3 00
22 14 lb. bags...........................2 75
In 5 bbl. lots  5  per  cent,  dis­
count.
Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes.. 1  40 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb. bags.3 00 
Table, barrels, 40 7  lb. bags.2 75 
Butter, barrels, 280 lb. bulk.2 65 
Butter, barrels, 2014lb.bags.2 86
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs............   27
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs............   67
100 3 lb. sacks............................2 25
60 51b. sacks............................2 15
2810 lb. sacks.......................... 2 05
40
56 lb. sacks.......................  
281b. sacks.......................   22
56 lb. dairy In drill bags......   40
28 lb. dairy In drill bags__ _  20
56 lb. dairy In linen sacks...  60 
66 lb. dairy In linen sacks...  60 
66 lb. sacks..........................   26
Granulated  Fine.................  85
Medium Fine.......................  90

Solar Rock
Common

Ashton
H iggins

W arsaw

SALT  FISH 

Cod

T rout

H erring

H alibut.

Georges cured............   @6
Georges genuine........  @ 6 Vi
Georges selected........  @7
Grand Bank...............   @ 6
Strips or  bricks......... 6Vi@iovi
Pollock.......................   @ 3&
Strips.......................................10
Chunks....................................12
No. 1100 lbs......................   5 50
No. 1  40 lbs......................   2  50
No. 1  10 lbs......................  
70
l No. 1  8 lbs......................  
59
Holland white hoops, bbl.  ll  00
Holland white hoops Vibbl.  5  75
Holland white hoop, keg.. 
75
Holland white hoop mens. 
86
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbs....................  3 35
Round 40 lbs.....................   1  65
Scaled.............................. 
14
Bloaters............................  
l  60
Mess ioo lbs........ ............. ll  oo
Mess  40 lbs......................   4  70
Mess  10 lbs......................   1  26
Mess  8 lbs......................   1  03
NO. 1100 lbs......................   9  50
No. 1  40 lbs......................   4  10
No. l 
10 lbs...................   1 10
No. 1 
91
8 lbs...................  
No. 2100 lbs. .:.................  8  00
NO. 2  40 lbs......................   8 50
NO. 2 
  95
79
NO. 8 

10 lbs..................  
S lh t....................... 

M ackerel

50 cakes, large size................. 3 26
100 cakes, large size..................6 50
50 cakes, small size.............l  95
100 cakes, small size........... .3 85
Bell & Bogart brands—

Detroit Soap Co. brands—

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

Goal  Oil Johnny.................  4 00
King Cole  ......................   4 00
Queen Anne.......................... 3 35
Big Bargain..............•■***  1 90
Umpire................................  2 35
German Family..................   2 65
Dmgman.............................   3 85
Santa Claus.........................  3 40
Brown__-............................. 2 22
Fairy.............................    4 00
Naptha................................   4 00
Oak Leaf.............................   3 25
Oak Leaf, bigs......................4 25

Pels brand—
Gowans & Sons brands—

J A X O N

Lautz Bros, brands—

Proctor & Gamble brands—

Single box............................ 3  20
5 box lots, delivered...........3  15
10 box lots, delivered...........3  10
Johnson Soap Co. brands—
Sliver King.....................   3 40
Calumet Family..............   2 40
Scotch Family.................   2 56
Cuba..................................2  40
60 cakes.....................   l 95
Ricker’s Magnetic.........   3  90
Big Acme..........................4 25
Acme 5c...........................   3 65
Marseilles.......................  4 oo
Master.............................. 3 70
Lenox..............................   3 20
Ivory, 6oz.........................4 oo
Ivory, 10 oz.......................6  75
Schultz & Co. brand-
sta r.......................... 
Search-Light Soap Co.  brand. 
Search-Light. 100 twin bars  3 60 
A. B. Wrisley brands—
Good Cheer.....................  3 80
Old Country.....................  3 25
Sapollo, kitchen, 3 doz........2  40
Sapolio, hand, 3 doz.............2  40
Boxes................................   6 Vi
Kegs, English........................4X

Scouring

SODA

 

SPICES 

W hole Spices

Allspice............................. 
Cassia, China In mats......  
Cassia, Batavia, In bund... 
Cassia, Saigon, broken__  
Cassia, Saigon, In rolls__  
Cloves, Amboyna.............. 
Cloves, Zanzibar...............  
Mace................................. 
Nutmegs,  75-86.................  
Nutmegs,  105-10................ 
Nutmegs, 115-20................  
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper,  Singapore, white. 
Pepper, shot...................... 
P u re G round In B ulk
Allspice...........-................. 
Cassia, Batavia.................  
Cassia, Saigon................... 
Cloves, Zanzibar...............  
Ginger, African................ 
Ginger, Cochin................. 
Ginger,  Jamaica.............. 
Mace.................................. 
Mustard............................ 
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper, Singapore, white. 
Pepper, Cayenne.............. 
Sage......... ........ 

 

SYRUPS

Corn

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

Barrels................................ 23
Half bbls............................ 26
10 lb. cans, Vi doz. In case..  1  70
5 lb. cans, 1 doz. In case__   1 90
2Vi lb. cans, 2 doz. In case.. .1 90

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.

Best Cora 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.

Common Corn

201-lb.  packages.............. 
5%
40 l-lb,  packages..............  4Vi
STOVE  POLISH

3 25

No. 4,3 doz In case, gross..  4 so 
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  tne Invoice  for  the  amount 
of freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market  In  which  he  purchases 
to his shipping  point,  Including 
20 pounds for the weight  of the 
barrel.
Domino.............................  5 35
Cut Loaf.............................   5 35
Crashed.............................   5 35
Cubes.................................   5 10
Powdered..........................   4 95
Coarse  Powdered..............   4 95
XXXX Powdered..............   5 00
Fine Granulated.................   4 76
2 lb. bags Fine  Gran........  4 90
5 lb. bags Fine  Gran........  4  9 )
Mould A..............................  5 20
Diamond A........................   4 85
Confectioner’s  A................  4 70
No.  1, Columbia A...........  4 50
No.  2, Windsor A..............  4 46
No.  3, Ridgewood A........  4 45
No.  4, Phoenix  A..............  4 40
No.  5, Empire A................  * f5
No.  6..................................   4 25
NO.  7..................................   4 10

Young  Hyson

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

Oolong

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

English B reakfast

Medium................... i..........27
Choice.............................*...34
Fancy...................................42

In d ia

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

TOBACCO

Cigars

A. Bomers’ brand.

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

8
8
8
»

8. C. W..............................  86 00
Cigar Clippings, per lb......  
26

Fine  Cut

Uncle Daniel..................    54
Ojibwa.................................34
Forest  Giant........................34
Sweet Spray.........................38
Cadillac................................ 57
Sweet  Loma.........................38
Golden Top..........................26
Hiawatha............................. 57
Telegram..............................26
Pay C ar............................... 32
Prairie Rose......................... 50

3 0

1 2

Protection..............
Sweet Barley.........
Sweet Loma...........
Tiger .....................
P lu g
Flat Iron...............
Creme de Men the..
Stronghold.............
Elmo.......................
Sweet Chunk.........
Forge.....................
Bed Cross...............
P alo .....................
Kylo.......................
Hiawatha...............
Battle A xe............
American Eagle....
Standard Navy......
Spear Head, 16 oz.. 
Spear Head,  8oz..
Nobby Twist..........
Jolly T ar................
Old Honesty.......
Toddy.....................
J .T ........................
Piper Heldslck......
Boot Jack...............
Jelly Cake..............
Plumb Bob.............
Honey Dip Twist...

.38
40
.38
.39

.33
.60
39
.33
.37
.33
.32
.38
.36
.41
37
.34
.37
.42
.44
.48
.38
.44
.34
.38
.63
.81
.36
.32
39

Smoking

Hand Pressed.................¿...40
Ibex......................................28
Sweet Core...........................36
Flat Car................................35
Great Navy...........................37
W arpath..............................27
Bamboo,  8oz.......................29
Bamboo, 16 oz...................... 27
I XL,  Bib...........................27
IX  L, 16 oz. palls..................31
Honey Dew..........................37
Gold  Block........................ ..37
Flagman..............................41
Chips.................................... 34
Kiln Dried................... .....22
Duke’s Mixture................... 38
Duke’s Cameo......................40
Myrtle Navy........................40
Turn Turn, IK oz..................40
Yum Yum, 1 lb. palls...........38
Cream...................................37
Corn Cake, 2% oz................. 24
Com Cake, lib .....................22
Plow Boy, IK oz...................40
Plow Boy, 314 oz...................39
Peerless, 3ft oz.....................34
Peerless, IK oz.................... 36
Indicator, 2ft oz................... 28
Indicator, lib. palls........... 31
.  Col. Choice, 2ft o z............. 21
Col. Choice. 8 oz...................21

TABLE SAUCES
LEA &
PE R R IN S’
SAUCE

T he Original and 
Genuine 
W  orces tershire.
Lea & Perrin’s, large........  3 75
Lea 6  Perrin’s, small.......  2 so
Halford, large...................  3 76
Halford, small..................   225
Salad Dressing, large......   4 66
Salad Dressing, small.......  2 76

TW INE

Cotton, 3 ply..........................16
Cotton, 4 ply......................... 16
Jnte, 2 ply............................. 12
Hemp, 6 ply..........................12
Flax, medium..:..................20
Wool, 1 lb. balls...................  7ft

VINEGAR

Malt White Wine, 40 grain..  8 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain.. 11 
Pure Cider, B. & B. brand.  .11
Fure Cider, Bed Star...........12
Pure Cider, Boblnson......... 12
Pure Cider, Silver............... 12
WASHING  POW DER
Gold Dust, regular..............4 60
Gold Dust, 5c.......................4 00

Bub-No-More...........................3 50
Pearline.................................... 3 76
Scourtne.................................... 3 60
No. 0, per gross.....................20
No. 1, per gross.....................26
No. 2, per gross.....................86
No. 8. per gross.................... 66

WICK1NG

WOODENWARE

Baskets

Bushels................................   86
Bushels, wide  hand..................1 15
M arket................................   so
Splint, large..............................6 00
Splint, medium........................6 no
Splint, small.............................4 00
Willow Clothes, large..........5 60
Willow Clothes, medium...  6 00
Willow Clothes, small..........4 76

B u tter Plato«

No. 1 Oval, 260 In crate........  45
No. 2 Oval, 260 In crate........  60
No. 3 Oval, 260 In crate........  66
No. 6 Oval, 260 In crate........  66

Egg Crates

Humpty Dumpty.....................2 25
No. 1, complete...................  80
No. 2, complete...................  26

Clothes Pins

Bound head, 6 gross box__   45
Bound head, cartons...........  62

13

Mop  Sticks

14

Mixed Candy

Trojan spring...................  90
Eclipse patent spring........  86
N oi common....................  76
No. 2 patent brush holder..  86
12 1>. cotton mop heads......1  2s
Ideal No. 7 .......................   90

P ails

2- hoop Standard........................l 40
3- hoop Standard........................1 60
2- wire,  Cable.............................1 60
3- wire,  cable............................ 1 70
Cedar, ail red, brass hound.1 25
Paper,  Eureka....................2 25
Fibre................................... 2 40

Toothpicks
Hardwood..................
Softwood........ ..........
Banquet......................
Idesil............................

Tubs

20-lnch, Standard, No. l. 
18-inch, Standard, No. 2. 
16-inch, Standard, No. 8.
20-lnch, Cable,  No. 1......
18-lnch, Cable, No. 2......
16-lnch, Cable,  No. 3......
No. 1 Fibre....................
No. 2 Fibre.....................
No. 3 Fibre.....................
Wash  Boards
Bronze Globe.................
Dewey...........................
Double Acme.................
Single Acme...................
Double Peerless.............
Single Peerless..............
Northern Queen...........
Double Duplex..............
Good Luck.....................
Universal.......................
Wood  Bowls

.2 50 
2  76 
1  60 
1  60

.6  00 
.6  00 
.4 00 
.6 60 
6  00 
.6 00 
9 45 
.7 96 
,7 20

.2 60 
.1 76 
.2 76 
2 26 
3 26 
.2 60 
.2 60 
3 00 
2 76 
.2 26

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

Champ. Crys. Gums.
Pony H earts...........
Fairy Cream Squares
Fudge Squares........
Peanut Squares......
Sugared Peanuts.... 
Salted Peanuts......
Starlight Kisses......
San Bus 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. pails.................
Golden Waffles........

Fancy—In  P ails 

11 In. Butter.........................  76
13 In. Butter.......................... l 00
16In.Batter.........................l 76
17 In. Butter..........................2 60
19 In. Butter................. ....... 3 00
Assorted 13-16-17...................1 76
Assorted 15-17-19  ................2 60
W RAPPING PA PER
Common Straw.................  
154
Fiber Manila, white.......... 
3%
Fiber Manila, colored......   4ft
No.  1  Manila....................  4
Cream  Manila..................   3
Butcher’s Manila..............  2ft
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, 1ft  doz.................  60
Yeast Cream, 3 doz............... l 00
Yeast Foam, 3  doz............... l 00
Yeast Foam, lft  doz...........  60
Per lb.
White fish................... 9@ 10
Trout........................... 8@ 9
Black B ass................ 10@ 11
Halibut....................... @ 16
Ciscoes or Herring__ @ 6
Bluefish...................... @ 12
Live  Lobster.............. @ 20
Boiled  Lobster........... @ 20
Cod.............................. @ 10
Haddock.................... © 7
No. 1 Pickerel............ @ 9
Pike............................ @ 8
Perch.......................... 1
5
11
Smoked  White...........
Bed  Snapper............. @ 11
ColBlver  Salmon...... 13@ 14
Mackerel.................... @ 16

Bulk Oysters

H IDES AND  PELTS 

Oysters. 
Can Oysters
F. H.  Counts...........
F. 8. D.  Selects......
Selects ....................
Counts....................
Extra Selects...........
Selects......................
Standards................

40
33
27
1  75
1  60
1  35
1  10
The Cappon ft Bertsch Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Street,  quotes  as 
follows:
Green No. l . ...........  
@ 7ft
@ 6ft
Green  No. 2............. 
@ 8ft
Cured  No. 1............. 
Cured  No. 2............. 
@  7%
Calf skins,green No. 1  @ 9
Calfsklns,greenNo.2  @ 7ft
Calfskins,cured No. 1 
@10
Calfsklns,curedNo.2  @  8ft

Hides

Pelts
Felts,  each..............
Txmb........................
Tallow
No. 1.........................
No. 2.........................
W ool
Washed, fine...........
Washed,  medium...
Unwashed,  fine......
Unwashed, medium.
CANDIES
Stick Cand
Standard.................
Standard H. H ........
Standard  Twist......
Cut Loaf...................
Jumbo, 32 lb............
Extra H .H ..............
Boston Cream.........
BeetRc*-1 
.........

60@  80 
...sua.  65
@ 4ft
@ 3ft
@20
@23
@16
@17

bbls. palls
@ 7ft
@ 7ft
@ 8
% 9 
cases
@ 7ft
@10ft
@10
@ 8

@66
@60
@66
@86
@1  00
@35
@75
@66
@60

Fancy—In 5 lb. Boxes

@66
@55

@66@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.  80 
Cream Buttons, Pep.
and  Wlnt..............
String Book.............
Wlntergreen Berries 
@60
Caramels
Clipper, 201b. palls.. 
@ 9
Standard, 20 lb. pails 
@10
Perfection, 20 lb.  pis  @i2ft
Amazon, Choc Cov’d 
@15
Korker 2 for lc pr bx  @66
Big 3,3 for lc pr bx.. 
@66
Dukes, 2 for lc pr bx  @60
Favorite, 4 for lc, bx  @60
AA Cream Carls 31b 
@50
FRUITS
Florida Bussett.......  
@
Florida Bright........ 
@
Fancy Navels.........  
@3
Extra Choice...........  
@
Late Valencias........ 
@
Seedlings...................... 
@
Medt. Sweets........... 
Jamalcas................. 
@
Bod!...................... 
@
Lemons 
Verdelll, ex fey 300..  @
Verdelli, fey 300......   3 60@4 1
Verdelll, ex chce 300  @
Verdelll, fey 360......  
@
Malori Lemons, 300.. 
@
Messinas  300s..........  3 50@4 I
Messlnas  360s.........   3  50@3  ;
Bananas
Medium hunches....  1  50@2 1
Large bunches........

@

Figs

Dates

Foreign D ried F ru its 
@
@  <
@ 
j
@  1
S
S
@
no
@

Califomlas,  Fancy.. 
Cal. pkg. 10 lb. boxes 
Extra Choice, Turk.,
10 lb. boxes........... 
Fancy, Tkrk.,  12  lb.
boxes....................  
Pulled, 61b. boxes... 
Naturals, In bags.... 
Fards In 10 lb. boxes 
Fards In 60 lb. cases. 
Hallow!....................  4ft @ 5
lb.  cases, new......  
Salrs, 60 lb. cases....  4ft  @ 6
NUTS
Almonds, Tarragona
@16
Almonds, Ivlea......
@
Almonas, California,
soft snelled...........
Brazils,....................
Filberts  .................
Walnuts,  Grenobles. 
Walnut*, soft shelled 
California No. 1... 
Table Nuts,  fancy...
Pecans,  Med...........
Pecans, Ex. Large...
Pecans, Jumbos......
Hickory Nuts per bn.
Ohio, new............
Cocoanuts, full sacks 
Chestnuts, per b n ...
Peanuts 
Fancy, H. P„ Suns.. 
Fancy,  H.  P„  Suns
Boasted................
Choice, H. P., Extras 
Choice, H. P,, Extras
Boasted................
Span. Shlld No. ln ’w

15@16
@17ft
@13
@13
@13 
@13 ft 
@10 
@13 
@13
f>2 75 
@
@

6  ©6  @ 6ft 
@

48 
6ft 
48 
60 
72 
1  12 
1  60 
2  12 
2 56

6
84

48
5ft

60
6

85
l  10
56
42
7

2

15

STONEWARE

Butters

ft gaL, per doz..............................
1 to 6 gal., per gal....................... .
8 gal. each....................................
10 gal. each....................................
12 gal. each....................................
16 gal. meat-tubs, each..................
20 gal. meat-tubs, each.................
25 gal. meat-tubs, each.................
30 gal. meat-tubs, each..................

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

Churns

M ilkpans

ft gai  hat or rd. hot, per doz............ 
1 gal. nat or rd. bot„ each................. 
Fine  Glazed M ilkpans
ft gal  flat or rd. hot-, per doz............ 
1 gal. flat or rd. hot., each................. 

Stewpans

ft gal. fireproof, ball, pur doz............  
l gal. fireproof, ball, por doz............. 
Ju g s
ft gal. per doz.....................................  
ft gal. per doz........... 
......................  
1 to 5 gaL, per gal.....:  ......................  

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

@  6ft @ 7 
@ 7K 
@ 7ft 
@ 8ft 
@ 9 
@ 8 
@ Sft 
@ 9 
@ 9 
@ 9 
@ 10 
@10
@14ft
@13

8ft
15
12
12
9
11
12
10
@9ft 
@12 
@10 
© lift 
@13 ft 
@14 
@16 
@  6ft 
@ 9ft 
@ 9ft 
@ 9ft 
@12
@12
@13
@12

No. 0 Sun............................................ 
No. 1 Sun.............................................  
No. 2 Sun............................................. 
A nchor Carton Chimneys 

Each chimney In corrugated carton.

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

F irst Q uality

@eo
@60

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

XXX  F lin t

36
86
48
86
50
50
Per box of 6 doz.
138
1 54
2 24

P earl Top

No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 
No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped &  lab. 
No. 2 Sun, hinge, wrapped & lab........ 
No. 1 Sim, wrapped and  labeled........ 
No. 2 Sun, wrapped and labeled........ 
No. 2 binge, wrapped and labeled...... 
No. 2 Sun,  “Small  Bulb,”  for  Globe
 
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz........... 
No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per  doz........... 
No. 1 Crimp, per doz..........................  
No. 2 Crimp, per doz..........................  
1 No. 1 Lime (66c  doz)..........................
No. 2 Lime (70c  doz)..........................
No. 2 Flint (80c doz)— ....................

Lamps..........................   
La  Bastie

Rochester

Electric

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.. 
6 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz.. 
3 gal. galv. iron with faucet, per doz.. 
6 gal. galv. Iron with faucet, per doz..
5 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. eacb, per bbl.. 
No. 0 Tub., Bull’s eye, cases 1 doz. each

1  85
2 00
2 90

2 75
3 76
4 00
4 00
6 00
5  10
80
1  00
1  26
1  36
1  60
3 60
4 00 
4 60

4 00 
4 60
1  60 
t  80
3 00
4 30
6 76 
4 60 
6  00
7 00 
9 00

4 76 
7  26 
7 26 
7 60 
13 60 
3 60
45
46 
2  00 
1  25

BEST W H ITE COTTON  W ICKS 
Boll contains 32 yards lu one piece.
No. 0,  ft-inch wide,  per gross or roll.. 
No. 1,  ft-lnch wide,  per gross or roll.. 
No. 2,1 
inch wide,  per gross or roll.. 
No. 3, lft inch wide,  per gross or roll.. 

18
24
31
53

You ought to sell

LILY WHITE

“The flour the best cooks use”

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

G RA N D   R A P ID S .  M ICH.

4

"SAVE  TIME  AND  STAMPS"

1 
P elo u ze  Po s t a l S c a l e s

t h e   HANDSOMEST a n d   b e s t   m a ce

m

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THEY  T E L L   A T   A   G L A N C E   T H E   CO ST OF  PO STA GE  IN 
CENTS. AND  A LSO   GIVE  TH E  E XA CT W EIGHT IN   /2 O Z S

national:4LBS.$300.UNION:Zj-'2 L B S .S 2 .s 0 .

'  THEY  SOON  PAY  FOR  THEMSELVES IN  STAMPS  SAVED

FRY DEALERS 

P e l o u z e   S c a l e   & M f g .  C o . ,
CHICAGO-

u

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

B la n k e ts th a t
B rin g
B u sin ess

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.

Brow n  &  Sehler
Grand Rapids,  Mich.

WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR

160
1  78
2 48

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.
ADAMS  &  HART 
A U A IT ID   a   I I A R 1 ,  Qrand  Rapids, Mich.

,a w - Bridgest.

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Simple 
Account  File
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  5o

Qrand  Rapids.

Charming  Custom  of  the  Swedish  Peas­

antry.

There 

is  bound  a 

is  a  charming  custom,  so  they 
say,  never  forgotten  at  Christmas  time 
by  the  Swedish  peasantry.  At the  door 
of  every  farmer’s  house,  so  the  story 
runs,  is  erected  a  pole,  to  the  top  of 
which 
large,  full  sheaf  of 
it  is 
grain.  This  is  for the  birds  and 
their  Christmas  breakfast, 
lunch  and 
dinner  all  in  one,  thoughtfully  provided 
by  a  thoughtful  people. 
It  is  said  that 
no  peasant  in  all  Sweden  sits  down with 
his  family  to  his  Christmas  dinner  until 
he  has  first  provided  bountifully  for  the 
birds.  This  is  an  attractive  phase  of 
the  real  Christmas  spirit. 
It is  the  giv­
ing  of  gifts  for  their own  sake,  giving 
without  hope  of  return,  the  spirit  which 
most  blesses  the  giver.  With  all  human­
ity  the  Christmas  sentiment  is  peace  on 
earth  and  good  will  to  men.  There  is 
and  certainly  ought  to  be  more  happi­
ness  to-day  than 
in  any  other  of  the 
calendar  year.

Christmas  is  the  chief  of  holidays  cel­
ebrated  the  world  over,  wherever  the 
story  of  the  Christ-child  is  known,  re­
spected  and  revered.  That  was  God's 
great  gift.  This  is  the  season  of  festiv­
ity  and  rejoicing. 
There  are  a  few 
gradgrinds  who  mournfully  lament  the 
large  expenditure  involved  in  prepara­
tions  for this  day's  celebration.  Espe­
cially  prone  are  they  to  say  that  the 
Amercan  Christmas  partakes  of 
the 
American  characteristics  of  extrava­
gance.  They  insist  that  our  people  are 
irresistibly  impelled  to  carry  even  good 
things  to  extremes.  Those  of  a  calcu­
lating  turn  of  mind  are  given  to  spec­
ulating  about  the  millions  of  money  in­
vested  in  presents  and  calculating  how 
much  land  or  stocks  the aggregate would 
buy  or  what  would  be  its  annual  return 
if 
in  safe  securities  at  5  per 
cent.  This  is  a  very  pessimistic  view 
to  take  at an  optimistic  time.  No  harm 
can  possibly  come,  and 
indeed  much 
good  annually  results  from  the  generos­
ity  and  the  friendly  feeling  expressed 
by  Christmas  gifts. 
It  comes  but  once 
a  year,  the  coon  song  says,  and  away 
with  a  mercenary  spirit  which  seeks  to 
throw  a  wet  blanket  on  its  enthusiasm.

invested 

Frank  Stowell.

Who  Pays  for  the  Advertising?

Washburn,  Wis.,  Dec.  20—We  are 
often  asked  by  our  customers  to  recom­
mend  or 
indorse  patent  medicines. 
Such  a  request  places  us  in  a  peculiar 
position.  To  recommend  some  patent 
nostrum  brought  to  the  notice  of  our 
customers  by  extensive  advertising  in 
the  newspapers  often  effects  a  sale  of 
the  remedy  (so  called),  and  thus  “ puts 
money 
in  our  purse.”   But,  preferring 
to  act  conscientiously  regarding  these 
nostrums,  many  of  which  have  little  or 
no  merit  whatever,  we  will  be  guided 
in  our  advice  solely  by  our  experience 
and  observation,  aided  by  our  knowl­
edge  of  their  contents.  Millions  spent 
in  advertising  add  nothing  to  the  qual­
ity  of  an  article,  indeed  it  destroys  its 
quality,for  unless  there  is  a  wide  differ­
ence  between  its  cost  of  manufacture 
and 
its  selling  price,  the  immense  ad­
vertising  could  not  be  afforded.  Hence, 
the  more  a  remedy 
is  advertised  the 
cheaper  it  must  be  made.  One  promi­
nent  patent  medicine  firm  boasts  in  a 
recent  circular  to  the  trade  that  they 
have  spent  in  the 
last  five  years  over 
$1,500.000  in  advertising  a single prepa­
ration. 
It  would  be  interesting  to know 
in  this  connection  how  much  they  have 
spent  in  the  same  time  for  the  medi­
cine.  A  recent  analysis  of  this  article, 
by  a  prominent  chemist,  throws  some 
light  upon  the  subject,  and  shows  that 
to  get  one-half  of  a  medium  dose  of  the 
only  medicinal 
ingredient  it  contains 
the  patient  would  be  required  to  take 
an  entire  bottle  at one  gulp  (price  one

dollar),  and  that  the  article  would  be 
dear at  a  quarter the  price  charged.

These  immense  advertising  bills  must 
come  out  of  the  pocket  of  the  consumer 
and  no one  else.  Reliable  preparations 
are  made,  but  they  are  not  made  by  ad­
vertising.  When  our  advice  is  sought  it 
will  be  given  in  favor  of  such  remedies 
as  actual  experience  has  proved  to  be 
worthy  of  confidence,  and  whose  merit 
we  are  able  to  vouch  for  from  a  knowl­
edge  of  their  formula.

Owen,  Frost  &  Co.

Beware  of a  Man  Selling  Thermometers. 
From the Lansing  Republican.

Another  swindle  has  been  worked 
over  nearly  all  the  city  and  many  vic­
tims  are  reported.  A  man 
is  going 
from  door  to  door  selling  cheap  ther­
mometers,  spring  balances,  and  other 
articles  of  iittle  value.  In  order  to  make 
sale  for  them  he  gives  an  order  which, 
he  says,  can  be  taken  to  any  grocery 
store 
in  town  and  the  holder  will  re­
ceive  either  a  package  of  Hoosier  Pan­
cake;  Health  Food  nr  a  sack  of  Hoosier 
self-rising  flour.  He  charges  25  cents 
for  the  article.
Among  the  first  to  find  it  a  fake  was 
Mrs.  Thomas  Redhed, Cedar  street,  who 
sent  one  of  the  coupons  to the Pearl  gro­
cery.  She  was  surprised  to  find  that  the 
coupon  was  worthless  and  that  she  had 
to  pay  for the  health  food.

inches 

is  doing  the 

The  man  who 

job  is 
about  five  feet  six 
in  height, 
rather  thick  set,  has  a  light  complexion 
and  wears  glasses.  He  signs  the  orders 
J.  Bradt.  The  first  that  was  heard  of 
him  was  a  week  ago  last  Wednesday, 
when  he  was 
in  the  neighborhood  of 
Kalamazoo  street.

The  Cream  of  Wheat  people  had  a 
plan  for  selling  their  goods  somewhat 
like  this  swindler’s  scheme,  hut  that 
was  done  through  the grocery men.  This 
fraud  says  he  was  the  man  who  had 
charge  of  the  Cream  of  Wheat  sale  and 
that 
it  did  not  work  well  so  he  decided 
that  he  would  do  better  by  going  to  the 
houses.  He  says  be  comes  around  every 
two  years  and  that  this  is the  second 
time  around.

Why  the  “Little  Fellow”  Flourishes.
It  is  often  a  matter  for  wonder  that, 
in  the  shadow  of  some  great  industrial 
amalgamation, 
so  many  small  com­
panies  spring  up,  prosper,  and  even 
grow  to  be  giants  themselves.  As  a 
matter  of  fact,  the  reason  is  patent,  and 
not  far  to  seek.  The  big companies  are 
forced  by  the  volume  of  their  business 
to  employ  men  who  soon  lose  their indi­
viduality  and  become  such  small  factors 
in  the  whole  business  that  they  stop 
thinking.  Not  one  of  them  individually 
is  responsible  for  the  solution  of  vital 
problems—they  go  before  a  board  of  di­
rectors,  who  often  are  handicapped  by 
political  and  financial  facts,  besides 
being  burdened  by  an  ever  increasing 
amount  of  detail.  The  “ little  fellow,’ ’ 
however, 
is  “ up  against”   necessity, 
the  fruitful  mother of  invention,  and  his 
existence  depends  upon  cheaper  meth­
ods, 
shorter  cuts,  and  revolutionary 
processes.  He  thinks  night  and  day, 
and  the  chances  are  that  the  dwarf  will 
outwit  the  giant  in  the  long  run.  The 
great  companies  stand  ready  to  pay  the 
highest  prices  for  brains,  but  genius 
works  for  itself  better than  for  others. 
Hence  it  is  a  matter of  history  that  the 
thought  and  the  most  brilliant 
best 
likely  to  come  from  the 
records  are 
struggling  outsiders.  Anything 
that 
stimulates  progress 
is  to  be  respected, 
and  not  in  the  least  should  the  so-called 
“ trusts”   fail  to  receive  their  due  meed 
of  appreciation  for the success they have 
won  for  others.

A   Protected  Industry.

“ There  is  one  advantage  I  enjoy,”  
observed  the  manufacturer  of  limburger 
cheese. 
“ Nobody  comes  around  here 
poking  his  nose  in  my  business.”

Training  will  do  much  for  a  man,  but 
it  will  never  teach  him  to  look  for a 
towel  before  his  eyes  are  full  of  soap.

Somehow  the  author  of  a  love  story 
never  sees  the  warts  on  the  face  of  the 
heroine.

Hardware  Price  Current

Ammunition

Caps

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

Cartridges

No. 2 U. M. C., boxes 280,  per m........ 
No. 2 Winchester, boxes 260, per m ... 

Primers

Gun Wads

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

Loaded  Shells

New Rival—For Shotguns

Drs. of
Powder

No.
120
129
128
126
136
164
200
208
236
265
264

oz. of
Shot
1*4
1*4
1*4
1*4
1*4
1*4
1
1
1*4
1*4
1*4
Discount 40 per cent.

4
. 4
4
4
454
4*4
3
3
3*
3*4
3*4
Paper Shells—Not Loaded 
No. 10, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100.. 
No. 12, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100.. 

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

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

Gunpowder

Kegs, 26 lbs., per keg......................... 
*4 kegs, 12*4 Ids., per  *4  keg.............. 
54 kegs, 654 lbs., per 54  keg...............  
In sacks containing 25 lbs.
Drop, all sizes smaller than B........... 

Shot

Augurs  and  Bits

Axes

Snell’s .................................................  
Jennings  genuine............................... 
Jennings’ Imitation.............................  
First Quality, S. B. Bronze......... ......  
First Quality, D. B. Bronze................ 
First Quality, S. B. S.  Steel................ 
First Quality,  D. B. Steel........................  
Railroad.................................................... 
Garden................................................net 
Bolts
Stove................................................... 
Carriage, new 1W 
............................ 
Plow................................................... 
Well, plain.......................................... 

Barrows

Buckets

Butts,  Cast

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

Chain

29 00

60

70
60
$4 00

70
60

6
66
66
66
66

76
1  26
40&10

40
26
70&10
70
70

28
17

60&10

85&20
86&20
86&20

33*
40&10
70
60&10
50&10
50&10
60&10

6-16 In.

54 In.
*4 In.
7  o.  ...  6  O.  .. ■  6 c . . ..  454c.
...  6
854 
. ..  6*4
8* 

*4 In.
- .  654 
.. .  6* 

Com.
BB..
. ..  754 
BBB.
. ..  7X 
Crowbars 
Cast Steel, per lb......................
Socket Firm er.................................... 
Socket Framing.................................. 
Socket Comer..................................... 
Socket Slicks....................................... 

Chisels

Elbows

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

Expansive  Bits

Clark’s small, $18;  large, $26........... .
Ives’ 1, $18;  2, $24;  8, $30....................
New American....................................
Nicholson’s ..;.....................................
Heller’s Horse Rasps..........................

Files—New  List

Galvanized  Iro n  

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

14 

13 

Discount,  66

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

16 
Gauges
Glass

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

H am m ers

Maydole & Co.’s, new list....................dls
Yerkes & Plumb’s............................... dls
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel...............30c list
Gate, Clark’s 1, 2,3 ............................. dls

Hinges

Hollow  W are

Kettles
Spiders,

Horse  Nails

Iron

House  F urnishing Goods

Au Sable.........................................
..dis  40&10
Stamped Tinware, new list.............
70
20&10
Japanned Tinware..........................
Bar Iron........................................... ..2 26  c rates
Light Band.......................................
3 crates
Knobs—New  List
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings........
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings......
Regular 0 Tubular, Doz....................
Warren, Galvanized Fount............

76
86
6 00
6 00

Lanterns

.. 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

3 1

70

66

7*4
8

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

Levels

M attocks

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

Metals—Zinc

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

M iscellaneous

40
Bird Cages.......................................... 
Pumps, Cistern................................... 
76&10
Screws, New L ist............................... 
86
Casters, Bed and Plate.......................  60&10&10
Dampers, American.................. 
 
60
Molasses  Gates

 

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

60&10
30

Pans

Fry, Acme...........................................  60&10&10
Common,  polished.............................  
70&8
Patent  Planished  Iron 

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

Broken packages *4c per pound extra.

Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire.

Planes

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

Nails

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

40
60
40
46

2  45
2  46
  Base
6
10
20
30
45
70
60
16
26
35
26
36
46
86

40
60
n
60
260
3 00
500
676

1  20
1  20

60
70
80

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

72
64

4 00
2 25
1  26

1 65

Rivets

60
28
60
600
9  00
6  60

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

Hoofing Plates

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

10 60
12 00

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

Ropes

60
46

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

10
14*4

60

26 00

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

Sand  P aper

Sash  W eights

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

Sheet Iro n

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

Nos. 10 to 14................................. 
Nos. 16 to 17.................................. 
Nos. 18 to 21.................................. 
Nos. 22 to 24..................................  4  10 
NOS. 26 to 26 ..................................  4 20 
NO. 27............................................   4 30 
wide, not less than 2-10 extra.

Shovels  and  Spades

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

8 00
7  60

Solder

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

8quares

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

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...............................
B oiler Size Tin  P late
14X66 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, ? n s , ,  n n u n r t  
14X66IX, for No. 9 Boilers, f *** pouna"

Each additional X on this grade, $1.60

Traps

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

W ire

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

W ire  Goods

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

W renches

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

60-10-6

$10 60 
10 60 
12 00

9 00 
9 00 
10 60 
10 60

13

75
40610
86 
16 
1  25
60
60
60&10 
50&10 
40 
8 26 
2 96
80
80
80
80

30
30

82

The G rain  M arket.

Wheat  has  been  very  strong  during 
the  week.  Small  receipts  at 
initial 
points  in  the  Northwest  and  the  feeding 
of  wheat  to stock  in  the  Southwest  were 
causes  for  the  strength,  especially 
in 
winter  wheat,  as  cash  wheat  advanced 
in  the 
leading  winter  wheat  markets 
from  82)£@8q>£c—fully  7c  per  bushel. 
Spring  wheat  for May  options  advanced 
from  79/4@%2Hc’  The  decrease  was
551,000  bushels,  when  a  good 
increase 
was  expetced.  Further,  the  trade  began 
to  see  that  there  was  value  in  wheat,  as 
it  is  the  cheapest  thing  in  the  cereal 
line.  The  short  sellers  did  their  best 
by  using  every  argument  to  reduce  the 
price  below  79c,  but  it  would  not  go 
down,  as  there  was  a  place  for  all  that 
was  offered.  The  amount  on  passage 
likewise  was  smaller  than  it  has  been 
heretofore.  Considerable  was  exported 
for Germany  and  the  continent,  all  of 
which  tended  to  a  higher level of prices, 
and  especially  winter  wheat  is  scarce 
and  wanted.  Again,  where  is  the  wheat 
to  come  from  before  another  harvest? 
Time  only  will  solve  that  question.

Corn  has  remained  in  statue quo.  The 
arrivals  were  counted  on  to  increase, 
but  up  to  the  present  time  there  has 
been  no  increase  in  the  receipts.  The 
amount  in  sight  showed a small decrease 
of  56,000  bushels,  which  steadied  the 
market at 66%c  for  May  com.

Oats,  like  corn,  held  its  own. 

It  also 
showed  a  decrease  of  85,000  bushels, 
which,  although  small,  indicated  that 
the  deliveries  were  cut  short.  May  oats 
were  45 ^£c.

Rye,  contrary  to  all  expectations, 
It  seems 

gained  2c  since  last  writing. 
to  be  wanted  around  present  prices.

Beans  sagged  off  about  4c  per  bushel. 
lower 

they  are  high  and 

As  stated, 
prices  may  prevail.

Flour  has  advanced  fully  25c  per  bar­
rel.  Millers  are  not  tumbling over  each 
other  to  cut  prices,  as  wheat  is  strong 
and 
scarce  and  they  expect  better 
prices  in  the  near  future.

Mill  feed  is  as  scarce  as  ever.  Bran 
is  held  at  $23  and  middlings  at  $24. 
How  long  these  prices  on  mill  feed  will 
remain  at  the  present  pinnacle, is  hard 
to say,  but  as  pasture  is  out  of  the ques­
tion  and  corn  and  oats  are  high,  mill 
feed  will  remain  up  for  the  present.

Receipts  of  grain  have  been  as  fol­
lows:  wheat,  51  cars;  corn,  1  car;  oats, 
3 cars;  flour,  4 cars;  beans,  2  cars;  hay, 
2  cars;  straw,  1  car;  potatoes,  5  cars.

Millers  are  paying  85c  for  wheat.
I  gladly 

improve  this  opportunity  to 
extend  the  compliments  of  the  season to 
the  seven  thousand  subscribers  of  the 
Michigan  Tradesman  and  trust  that  we 
may  all  be  spared to  see  another  year as 
satisfactory  and  prosperous  as  1901  has 
been. 
I  have  endeavored  to  persuade 
Editor  Stowe  that  he  ought  to  secure  a 
younger  man  to  undertake  the  prepara­
tion  of  the  weekly  review  of  the  grain 
and  flour  market,  so  as  to  give  me  a 
rest,  but  he  declines  to  do  so  on  the 
ground  that  he  believes  in  wearing  out 
the  old  men  first. 
I  have,  therefore, 
reluctantly  yielded  to  his  importunities 
and  consented  to  remain  on  the  staff  of 
the  Tradesman  another  year,  but  give 
you  all  fair  notice  that  you  must  look 
forward  to  a  change  in  this  department 
at  the  beginning  of  1903.

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

The  Profitable  Hen.

At  what  age  is  the  hen the most profit­
able  for  egg  production?  This  ques­
tion, often asked and frequently answered 
in  some  indecisive  manner,  indicating

168

WANTED—A GOOD LOCATION TO OPEN 
a dry goods or  general  store;  if  necessary 
will  buy  stock,  but  must  be  a  good  business. 
Address No. 174, care Michigan Tradesman.  174
Meat  market  for  sale—in  south- 
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 
point in Michigan.  Will bear the  closest  Inves­
tigation.  Come and  look  It  over  and  you  will 
buy.  Reason  for  selling,  wish  to  retire.  Ad­
dress No. 169, care Michigan Tradesman.  169

IpOR SALE—RESTAURANT AND BAKERY, 

'  cigar  and  confectionery  stock.  Soda  foun­
tain and ice cream machinery.  Centrally located. 
Only  restaurant  in  town.  C.  S.  Clark,  Cedar 
Springs, Mich. 

17*OR  SALE-GRANDFATHER  CLOCK:  100 

‘  years old;  in fine condition.  Box 309, West­
erville, Ohio. 
167
OR  SALE—GENERAL  MERCHANDISE 
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 666, Shelby, Mich.  158
For sale—a new and the  only  ba- 
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. 
Drug  stock  for  sale  in  city  of
6,000;  invoices  $1,600.  Other  business  ne­
cessitates sale.  Write at once for  particulars to 
164
No. 164, care Michigan Tradesman. 
For sale—the  best  paying  cash 
business on  earth;  has been established  15 
years;will  inventory  about $2,600;  will  show up 
yearly profit  of $2.000  or  better; will  stand  the 
fullest investigation;  only  reason  for  selling  is 
my  health.  Don’t answer  this  unless  you have 
the  cash and  mean  business.  Lock  box  662, 
Owosso, Mich. 
WANTED-TO SELL  STOCK AND  BUILD- 
lng  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 423, Crystal Falls, Mich. 
Bur  system  reduces  your  book-
keeping  86 per  cent  Send  for  catalogue. 
Eureka Cash  &  Credit  Register  Co.,  Scranton, 
96
Pa 
Il'OR  SALE—GROCERY  STORE  OF  E.  J.
Herrick, 116 Monroe  street,  Grand  Rapids. 
Enjoys  best  trade  in  the  city.  Mr.  Herrick 
wishes to retire from  business.  Address  L.  E. 
Torrey, Agt., Grand Rapids. 

169

133

102

157

iiH)R SALE—STORE, GENERAL MERCHAN- 

’  dise stock and one-half acre of land  In  town 
of 200 population in Allegan county.  Ask for real 
estate  $2,600.  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 
$1,600.  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,  $296.  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.______________ ______________  
INE  OPENING  FOR  DRY  GOODS  BUSI- 
ness.  Now occupied by small  stock, for sale 
cheap.  Address No. 97, care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 

I  WILL  SELL  WHOLE  OR  ONE-HALF  IN- 

terestinm y  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.__________________________   63

99

97

MISCELLANEOUS

ANTED—RELIABLE SALESMAN, MICH- 
igan or Indiana.  Correspondence solicited. 
Enclose  stamp  for  reply.  Address  Osmicure 
Chemical Co., Cassopolls, Mich. 
194
POSITION  WANTED  BY  REGISTERED 
pharmacist;  twelve years’  practical  experi­
ence:  references  furnished.  Address  No.  182, 
care Michigan Tradesman.______________ lgg
S L TU A T I O N  WANTED  IN  GENERAL 
store  by  experienced  buyer  and  manager. 
References  promptly  furnished.  Address  No. 
180, care Michigan Tradesman. 
180
W ANTED—REGISTERED  PHARMACIST 
to work in country store; state  wages  and 
references.  Address  X.  Y.,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman.____________________  
134

For  Sale  Cheap

2  Boilers 44 inches by  17 feet.
1  Engine  16x22.
1  Heavy  c Benjamin  Planer  will  dress 

2 sides 28 inches.

1  Houster 8  inch  Sticker or Moulder.
1  Cornell  &  Dayler Box  Printer.
1  Nichols Segment Resaw.
Several small  Cut-off and  Rip Saws.

F.  C.  Miller.

223  Widdicomb  Building,  Grand  Rapids

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

a  want  of  experimental  knowledge  on 
the  subject,  has  recently  received  the 
attention  of  the  Utah  Agricultural  Col­
lege.

That  hens  in  third  and  fourth  years 
have  been  prize  layers has been believed 
by  many,  and  this  seems  to  be  an  error 
that  can  no  longer  be supported.by prac­
tical  tests.  On  the  contrary,  experi­
ments  recently  concluded  at  the  Utah 
Experiment  Station  show  that  the  hen 
has  a  mania  for  egg  laying  the  second 
year  of  her  life  which  subsides  with 
each  succeeding  year.  After  her  fourth 
year  she  no  longer  pays  for  her  feed. 
Hens  at four  years  old  were  put  in  com­
petition  with  yearlings  under  similar 
rations  and  environment.  The  old  hens 
made  an  average  for  the  year  of  eighty- 
five  eggs  per  head.  During  the  same 
time  the  young  hens  averaged  one  hun­
dred  seventy  eggs  per  head.  The  flock 
of  young  hens  were  continued  on  record 
the  next  year and  their average  dropped 
to one  hundred  thirty-two  eggs.  At  one 
of  the  Southern  experiment  stations  a 
record  was  kept  of a  flock  of  Plymouth 
Rock  hens,  beginning  when  they  were 
one  year  old.  During  the  first  year’s, 
record  they  averaged  one  hundred 
seventy-six  eggs  per  head ;  the  second 
year,  one  hundred  fifty-one,  and  the 
their year,  ninety-two  eggs.  These  re­
sults  show  conclusively  that  the  farms 
should  be  stocked  with  young  poultry. 
The  old  hens  can  make their owners  but 
one  more  profit  and  that  by  selling them 
to  the  poultry  dressers.— Egg  Reporter.

Hides,  Pelts,  Tallow  and  Wool.

The  hide  market  is  in  a  strong  posi­
tion,  with  stocks  well  sold  up  and  but 
few  cars  ready  for  prompt  delivery. 
Prices  are  high  and  stocks  are  held 
above  tanners’  views,  which  mal$e  sales 
slow.  The  trade 
is  in  good  position, 
as  receipts  are  light.

Tallow 

is  firm  and  high  in  value. 
Edible  and  prime  are  in  good  demand, 
with  orders  for  all  offerings.  Soapers’ 
stock  is  selling  freely.

Pelts  are  in  good  demand,  with stocks 

light.  Values  are  full  and  high.

Furs  are 

low,  except  for  some  spe­
cials.  Prices  are  not  up  with  other 
goods,  nor  what  was  expected  by  the 
trade.  The  catch  is  large  and  the  for­
eign  demand  is  light.

Wool  remains  strong  at  late  advance. 
The  mills  are  working  it  out  day  and 
night.  This  indicates  a  strong  market 
large  surplus  grad­
for  futures,  as  the 
ually  diminishes,  and 
it  now  looks  as 
though  it  will  all  be wanted.  Michigan 
has  sent  out 
large  lots  of  wool  in  No­
vember  and  December,  and  the  States 
still  hold 
lots,  while  the  world’s 
supply  is  equal  to all  the  demand  likely 
to  come  for  some  time.

large 

Wm.  T.  Hess.

The  Frozen  Egg.'

The  frozen  egg  business  has  come  to 
be  recognized  as  a  permanent  feature  in 
the  evolution  of the  egg  industry.  Bak­
ers  are  beginning  to  realize  that  they 
can  use  eggs  in  the  frozen  form  to  their 
financial  benefit  when  eggs  in  their nat­
ural  form  are  high.  The outlet  for eggs 
in  this  form  is  gradually  extending  and 
will  be  met  by  an  increased  supply  in 
future  years.  There  are  times  when 
there 
is  an  oversupply  of cracked  eggs 
in  the  flush  of  the  season.  It is no longer 
necessary  to  make  serious  sacrifices  on 
this  stock  when 
it  can  be  broken  and 
frozen  to  supply  bakers'trade  the  fol­
lowing  winter.

Chas.  Lander  has  engaged  in  the  gro­
cery  business  at  Ludington.  The  Mus- 
selman  Grocer  Co.  furnished  the  stock.

Belgium  K g g   Imports.

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furnishing 

Belgium  imports  annually large  quan­
tities  of  eggs.  Prior  to  the  past two  or 
three  years,  Italy  enjoyed  almost  a 
monopoly 
these  eggs. 
Since  1899,  Bulgaria  has  been  Italy's 
most  important  competitor  in  this  ex­
portation,  and 
in  that  year  shipped
3,100,000  kilograms  (6,820,000  pounds) 
— in  Bulgaria  eggs  are  sold  by  weight— 
representing  a  value  of  $328,100 ;  and 
last  year the quantity exported amounted 
to 
(9,000,000 
pounds),  valued  at  $43,200.  Since Jan­
uary,  1901,  the  exportation  of eggs  from 
Bulgaria  has  tripled.

4,500,000  kilograms 

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sale  or  rent;  best  of  location. 

Good country store  building for
John  W. 
m
Curtis, Whittemore, Mich. 
SAW  MILL,  PORTABLE  (NO  ENGINE  OR 
boiler), perfect  order;  latest  improvements. 
iso
C, Kabrlch, Sturgis, Mich. 
Make  money collecting bad debts
by  our  unfailing  method.  Convert  your 
poor accounts  into  cash.  Trial  set  26  cents. 
Send to-day.  Davis & Co., Mansfield,  Ohio.  189
F or rent—stoke hxso feet, on main 
business street of a thrifty  Southern  Michi­
gan city:  excellent location  for  drug  or  bazaar 
stock.  Rent  $360  per  year.  Address  No.  188, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
188
LjK)R  SALE-DRUG  STOCK,  FIXTURES 
X1  and building:  only drug store in  one  of  the 
best locations in Northern  Michigan;  doing  fine 
business.  Reason  for  selling,  other  busfuess. 
For particulars address No.  187,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
|DOR SALE—$20.000 FURNITURE FACTORY. 
I   fully equipped with machinery, saw mill and 
roller feed mill and village  lighting  contract  for
five years, in connection with  plant, will be sold 
or rented cheap.  Present owner  has  no experi­
ence  in manufacturing furniture.  For particu­
lars and  photograph address  J.  R.  Blackwood, 
South Lyon, Mich. 
192
Drug  stock  for  sale- best  loca-
tion in city of Benton Harbor, Mich.  Money 
maker for some one.  Ill health of  owner  cause 
for selling.  J.  C.  Cole,  V.  S.,  Benton  Harbor, 
Mich. 
I  HAVE A  GOOD PAYING SMALL CLOTH- 

ing and  men’s  furnishing  goods  stock;  will 
inventory  about $4,000;  in  manufacturing  town 
of  6,000.  As  I  have  other  business,  will  sell 
whole or half interest to  a  good  man.  Address 
Suite  1,  Hoffman  Flats,  Twentieth  and  Baker 
Sts.. Detroit, Mich. 
184
IjH)R SALE—DRUG  STORE IN BEST TOWN 
in  Copper  country.  Stock  invoices  about 
$2,000.  Address No. 183,  care  Michigan  Trades-
183
■  A N T ED —GROCERY  STOCK.  STATE 
size of stock and  amount  of  business.  A.
181
F.  Morgan, Pinckney, Mich. 
Fo r  sa l e o r  e x c h a n g e—st o k e  p r o p- 
erty in Central Michigan city.  Address  No. 
179, care Michigan Tradesman. 
179
0NK  OF THE  BEST  MEAT  MARKETS  IN 
Central Michigan for sale cheap.  No  oppo­
sition.  Address Lock Box 301,  Clarkston,  Mich.

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TilOR  SALE—DRUG  STOt:K 
IN  SMALL 
town.  Has  been  established  fifteen  years. 
J- 
Telephone  exchange  pays  rent  of  store.  Will 
invoice about $900  or  $t,000.  HI  health  necessi­
tates sale.  Address  U.  S.  P., Michigan  Trades­
man. 
186
For  sale—stock  of  general  mer- 
cbandise;  also  building:  good  location;  no 
competition;  doing good business.  Write  quick 
if you  wish it.  Address  Lock  Box  146,  Omer, 
Mich. 
176
STORE  TO  RENT—SITUATED  ON  MAIN 
street,  Belding,  Mich.,  directly  opposite 
Hotel Belding;  considered  the  best  location  in 
the city for a store;  size,  18x80 feet,  with  coun­
ters, shelving, desk, elevator and good dry  base­
ment.  Address  W.  P.  Hetherington,  Agent, 
Belding, Mich. 
FOR  SALE—WHOLESALE  BUTTER,  EGG 
and poultry business in best  location  In  De­
troit, selling to retail  stores,  hotels  and  restau­
rants;  doing $76,000 to $ion,ooo business per year. 
A good bargain if taken right away.  Reason for 
selling, am largely Interested In  other  business. 
Address No. 172, care Michigan Tradesman.  172 
T7*OR  SALE-BEST  GROCERY  IN  NORTH- 
I   em Michigan, county seat;  trade established 
seventeen  years;  two-story  brick  building  for 
sale.  Sickness, cause for selling.  Hemstreet & 
H in man, Bellaire, Mich. 
A  DMINISTRATOR’S  sa l e—t h e   e n t ir e  
A  box and basket factory plant of the  late  P. 
C. Wlmer will be sold to the  highest bidder at 16 
o’clock a. m., Jan. 13,  1902,  at  the  oflice of  said 
factory in  Coloma,  Michigan.  This  factory  is 
well equipped and has a fine  trade  in  Southern 
Michigan.  For particulars call or address  Fred 
Bishop, Administrator. Coloma,  Mich. 
TT'OR  SALE—GRAIN  ELEVATOR;  MAIN 
J?  building 24x62 feet:  office, 8x12  feet;  engine 
room, brick, 22x24  feet;  storage  capacity, 18.000 
bushels:  equipped with  26  horse  power  engine 
and boiler,  scales,  corn  shelter,  etc.  Business 
for past year shows a  profit  of  $2,600.  Address 
L. E. Torry, Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich. 

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