Nineteenth Year

GRAND  RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9,1902.

Number 968

I  WILLIAM  CONNOR  *

W HOLESALE 

READYMADE CLOTHING
of every kind and for all ages.

All manner of summer  goods:  Alpacas, 
Linen, Duck,  Crash  Fancy  Vests,  etc., 

direct from factory.

88  and  30 South  Io nia Street, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Mall  orders  promptly  seen  to.  Open 
dally from 7:30 a. m.  to  6  p.  m.,  except 
Saturdays  to  1  p.  m.  Customers’  ex-
ell phone. Main 1282. 

E Buses  allowed.  Citizens  phone,  1957. 

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Established 1841.

R.  O.  DUN  &   CO.

Wlddicomb  Bid’s,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

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

C.  E.  McCRONE,  manager.

Late State Food Commissioner 

ELLIOT  0 .  GROSVENOR
Advisory  Counsel  to  manufacturers  and 
jobbers  whose  interests  are  affected  by 
the  Food  Laws  of  any  state.  Corres­
pondence  invited.
1232  flajestic  Building,  Detroit,  filch.

Country  Merchants 
City Merchants 
Traveling Salesmen

Your personal bank  account 
is  solicited.
A feature of this bank is that 
the moderate  deposit  of  the 
merchant  or  individual  in 
our  commercial  department 
is acceptable.
3y2  per  cent,  interest  paid 
on  savings  certificates  of 
deposit.

Kent  County  Savings  Bank

Corner Canal and  Lyon  Streets, 
Grand  Rapids, Mich.

IMPORTANT  FEATURES.

Page.
8.  G etting the  People.
3.  H ere’s  to  the  Man  W ho  Dares.
4.  A round  th e  State.
5.  G rand  Rapids  Gossip.
6.  The  New  Y ork  M arket.
7.  In   the  Spring.
8.  Editorial.
10.  Clothing.
18.  Shoes  and  Rubbers.
14.  D ry Goods.
16.  H ardw are.
18.  B u tter  and  Eggs.
80.  W oman’s W orld.
88.  P onltry.
83.  The  E xpert Accountant.
84.  Village  Im provem ent.
85.  Comm ercial Travelers.
86.  D rugs  and Chemicals.
87.  D rng Price  Current.
88.  Grocery  P rice  Current.
89.  Grocery  P rice  Current.
30.  Grocery  Price  Current.

*  Successful  Salesmen.
3 8.  Changes A m ong Indiana M erchants.

THE  PENALTY  OF  BRAINS.

A  regimen  of  milk  and  crackers, 
with  light  exercise  has  been  prescribed 
John  D.  Rockefeller  to  make  the  hair 
grow  where  it  should.  The  richest  man 
in  the  world  can  have  a  new  sobriqutt. 
He  can  also  be  known  as  “ The Hairless 
Man.”   A  cruel,  unsightly  disease, 
which  has  also  the  doubtful  merit  of  be­
ing  “ rare,”   known  to  medical  men  as 
“ Alopecia,”   has  deprived  him  not  only 
of  the  hair  on  his  bead,  but  also  of 
mustache  and  eyebrows!

His  friends  say  the  change  is  “ startl­
ing,”   and  some  have  “ failed  to  recog­
nize  him.”  
This  is the  unkindest  cut 
of  all.  Rich  men  are  generally  recog­
nized ;  but  when  it  comes  to the  richest 
man  in  the  world  not  being  recognized 
even  by  his  intimates,  than  can  Rock­
efeller  have  some  small 
idea  of  the 
troubles  that  await  less  distinguished 
persons.

Medical  men  believe  that  the  pine 
country  will  be  beneficial  to  him  and  so 
Rockefeller  has  betaken  himself  to  the 
woods,  the  air  of  the  pines,  probably, 
having  a  stimulating  effect  upon  the 
growth  of  hair.  Then, 
indeed,  should 
our  bald-headed  men  rejoice  exceeding­
ly,  for  of  pine  woods  there  are  many  in 
this  country.

A  sad  fatality  pursues  our  very  rich 
men.  One  ray  of  consolation  is,  how­
ever, held out:  Riches command science, 
and  science,  in  the  interest  of  John  D. 
Rockefeller,  will  strive  to  discover the 
cause  ol  “ Alopecia”   and  a  remedy  to 
conquer  its  ravages.  When  poor  men 
who  have  no  Lakewoods  to  hide  in  nor 
money  to  give  doctors  to  make  experi­
ments  are  assailed  by “ Alopecia,”   then 
can  they  bless  the  name  of  John  D. 
Rockefeller, 
for  having 
aided  science  to  discover  a  remedy.

the  pioneer, 

Nervous  dyspepsia 

is  said  to  be  the 
cause.  The hasty  luncheon  at  the  coun­
ter  and  the  anxiety  aroused  by  a  rise  in 
points  on  oil  deals  have  aided  the  suc­
cessful onslaught  of  “ Alopecia”   on  Mr. 
Rockefeller’s  head, 
lips  and  brows. 
But  yet  there  is  another  cause :  A prac­
tical  writer  was  led  to discover why men 
were  bald,  and  after  much  painful  in­
vestigation  came  to the  conclusion  that 
baldness  only  attacked  men  of  great  in­
telligence.  He  visited  the  Parliaments

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trades  and  professions,  the  Financial,  Moral, 
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reporters  and  investigators  and  an  Index  to 
26,000 claims handled  yearly,  enable  us  to  pro­
tect  our  members  against  worthless  accounts 
and to collect all others.

Tradesman Coupons

of  many  nations  and  learned  from  per­
sonal  observation  that  only  the  ablest 
legislators  were  bald.  Especially  was 
this  the  case  in  the  Italian  Parliament. 
By  an  ingenious  course  of  reasoning  he 
arrived  at  the  deduction  that  men  of 
small 
intelligence  always  had  a  gener­
ous crop of  hair  on  their heads.  Further­
more,  he 
learned  that  baldness  was  a 
sign  of  aristocracy  and  that  people  of 
common  origin  could  always  boast  of 
long  and  thick  hair.  This  statement 
was  strengthened  by  the  remark  that 
persons  following  humble  occupations 
were  not  under  the  necessity  of  exerting 
tbeir  brains.

John  D.  Rockefeller  can  take  this  to 
heart:  His  disfigurement,  painful  as  it 
must  be  to  his  personal  pride,  can  be 
counterbalanced  by  the  thought  that  it 
is  the  penalty  which  attaches  to  men  of 
brains  and  birth.

RIGHT ABOUT  FACE.

Two  years 

The  political  upheaval 

in  this  city 
Monday  is  only  another  instance  of  the 
fickleness  of  the  American people.  Four 
years  ago  the  voters  of  Grand  Rapids 
decided  that  they  wanted  a  wide  open 
town—with  Sunday 
saloons,  Sunday 
theaters,  less  restriction  on  gambling 
and  prostitution—and  George  Perry  was 
elected  on  that  issue.  He  stood  squarely 
by  the  platform  on  which  he  was elected 
and  gave  the  majority exactly what their 
votes  implied. 
later  they 
endorsed  their  previous  verdict,  which 
naturally  encouraged  Mr.  Perry  to  con­
tinue  the  policy  they  had  outlined  for 
him.  Now,  after  four  years  of  open 
town experience,  during  which  time  the 
municipal  government  of  Grand  Rapids 
has  come  to  be  a  by-word  in  every  part 
of  the  country,because  it  has  been  dom­
inated  by  the  saloonkeeper,  the  gambler 
and  the  brothel  keeper,  the  people  right 
about  face  and  deliberately  record  the 
verdict  that  their  decision  in  the  two 
previous  elections  was  wrong—that  an 
ideal  condition 
open  town  is  not  an 
after  a ll;  that  seething  corruption 
in 
the  city  hall  must  cease;  that  venal  and 
unscrupulous  public  officials  must  be 
relegated  to  the  background ;  that  the 
police  force  must  be  no  longer  prosti­
tuted ;  that  open  bribery  and betrayal  of 
public  trust  must  be  punished;  and they 
seal  their  verdict  by  sweeping  out of 
office  every  vestige  of  the  Perry  admin­
istration.

The  Tradesman  has  no  sympathy with 
the  almost  universal  condemnation  of 
George  Perry  simply  because  he  was 
true  to  his  trust.  The  people  knew  he 
was  no  angel;  that  he  made  no  preten­
sions  to  morality ;  that  his  associations 
were not always above  criticism;  that  he 
was  an  acknowledged  defaulter.  They 
wanted  an  open  town  and  he  gave  them 
what  thev  wanted.  They  have  found  out 
that  they  were  mistaken  and  George 
Perry  bows  to  the  will  of  the  majority 
and  gracefully  retires  from  the  scene 
which  he  has  made  decidedly  pictur­
esque  and  sensational  during  the  past 
four  years.

The  Boys  B ehind the  Counter.
Alpena—John  Piaskowski  has 

re­
signed  his  position  with  J.  Chas. 
Woods,  druggist,  and 
is  now  assistant 
pharmacist  at  John  Bostwick’s.

Alma—The  Hayt  &  Pierce  Co.  have 
secured  W.  J.  Pollock,  of  Belding,  to 
take  charge  of  their shoe  department.

Port  Huron—H.  O.  Nichols,  for  sev­
eral  years  with  R.  H.  Fraser,  clothier, 
of  Detroit,  has  taken  a  position  with 
Foster  Bros,  as  manager  of  their  boys’ 
and  children’s  clothing  department.

Kalamazoo—Howard  Jickling.who has 
been  in  the  employ  of  the  Edwards  & 
Chamberlin  Hardware  Co.  for  the  past 
ten  years,  has  taken  a  position  with  the 
Sperry  Hardware  Co.

Alpena—John  Sinclair,  manager  of 
the  Sinclair  Co.  dry  goods  store,  will 
soon 
leave  for  France  in  company  with 
Mr.  Rooney  to  purchase  foreign  novel­
ties  for  the  wholesale  concern  of  Sin­
clair  &  Rooney.

Litchfield— Harry  Denham,  who  has 
been  behind  the  counter  in  A.  J.  Love- 
joy  &  Co. ’s  store  the  past  year,  has sev­
ered  his  connection  with  that  establish­
ment  to  return  to  Quincy,  from  which 
point  he  will  accept  a  position  on  the 
road.

Alma—Stephen  Galligher  has 

re­
signed  his  position  with  P.  T.  Banghart 
and  has  entered  the  grocery  department 
of  the  Hayt  &  Pierce  Co. ’s  store.

Charlotte— E.  L.  Coy  has retired  from 
the  grocery  firm  of  Tubbs  &  Coy  to take 
a  clerkship 
in  the  dry  goods  house  of 
R.  C.  Jones  &  Co.

Alpena—The  Retail  Clerks’  Associa­
tion  has  induced  the  merchants  to  close 
Monday  nights  during  the  summer. 
This  gives  the  clerks  every  night after  6 
o’clock  except  Saturday.

Frankfort— Ira  Woodard,  late  of  Char­
lotte,  has  taken  a  clerkship  in  the  gro­
cery  store  of  Harmon  &  Co.

Alpena— William  Stafford  is  now  be­
hind  the  counter  in  the  grocery  depart­
ment  of  Manion  &  Sons.

Houghton—The  .clerks’  union  is  pre­
paring  to  wage  war  on  all  merchants  in 
Houghton  and  Hancock  who  insist  on 
keeping  open  their  stores  on  Sundays. 
President  B.  J.  Parker,  of  the  clerks* 
union,  says  that  it 
is  the  intention  to 
arrest  any  merchant  who  keeps  open 
Sundays,  and  that  it  will  be  done  re­
peatedly.  Mr.  Parker  said:  “ A  war­
rant  was  sworn  out  for the  arrest  of  Mr. 
Metz,  not  that  we  singled  him  out  for 
an  example,  but  because  we  found  that 
he  was  keeping  his  store  open  on  Sun­
days  right  along.  Any  other  merchant 
who  does  this  may  expect  the  same 
treatment.  When  the  union  was  organ­
ized  this  was  embodied  in  its  constitu­
tion  and  by-laws  and  it  will  carry  the 
thing  through  to  the  bitter  end.”

Alpena—Frank  D.  White,  President 
of  the  Retail  Clerks’  Association,  is 
back  again  at  the  dress  goods  depart­
ment  of  the  Sinclair  Co.

Petoskey—J.  A.  Perry,  who  has  been 
employed 
in  Harbor  Springs  several 
years,  has  removed  to  this  place  to  take 
charge  of  the  hardware store of Raynolds 
&  Bain.

Some  people  marry  in  haste  and  then 
pause  to  think  it  over.  Others  think  it 
over  first,  and  then—don’t  marry.

The  girl  who  wishes  she  had  been 
born  a  boy  will  never  make  a  good 
wife— she  will  want  to  wear the trousers.

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

Petting the  People

The  R ights  of  the  A dvertiser 

in 

the 

Newspaper.

Does  the  advertiser,  in  buying  space 

in  a  paper,  buy  anything  else?

This  is  a  vexed  question,  involving 
in 
its  answer  all  the  differences  from 
the  strictest  selling  of  space  only  to  the 
giving  up  of  the  columns  to  unlimited 
free  puffing.

Most  papers  are  ready  to acknowledge 
that  in  the  selling  of  space  there  is 
something  more  than  the  giving  up  of 
the  definite  number  of  inches  to  the  use 
of  the  advertiser.  Unless  there  is  co­
in  the  management  of  the 
operation 
space  and 
in  the  influence  of  the  jour­
nal  much  of  the  value  is  likely  to  be 
lost.  Thus  it  is  fair to  assume  that  the 
^piling  of  space  conveys  also  the  co­
operation  and 
influence  to  make  such 
space  of  the  utmost  value.  But  to  do 
this  it  does  not  follow  that  the  reading 
columns  should  be  given  up  gratui­
tously.

One  of  the  commonest  demands  made 
in  contracting  for  space  is  that  a  quan­
tity  of  reading  matter  be  thrown  in..  Of 
course  this  is  not  unreasonable  if  the 
publisher  will  make the  concession.  But 
it 
is  not  business  on  his  part  and  is  a 
cheapening  of  the  advertising  service 
greatly  to  be  deplored.  Throwing 
in 
something  for  nothing  is  no  better  for 
the  publisher  than  it  would  be  for the 
dealer  to  throw  in  in  selling  goods.  Let 
the  correct  price  be  asked  for  the  space 
and  then  payment  demanded  for  any 
other  properly 
advertising  service. 
This,  to  be  right,  should  aggregate  the 
same  as  when  the  space  contract  in­
cludes  reading  notices  thrown  in.

it 

The  newspaper  owes  the  advertiser 
its  influence.  If  this  can  not  be  proper­
it  would  be  better  to  have 
ly  accorded 
no  relations.  Of  course  the 
laws  of 
journalism  will  involve  differences  be­
tween  the  advertiser  and  publisher  on 
political,  religious  or  other  partisan 
grounds,  but  this  will  never  interfere 
with  the  kind  of  influence  to  which  the 
advertiser  is  entitled. 
I  have  known 
instances  where  the  journal  “ went  for”  
the  advertiser  and  his  business  in  its 
editorial  work,  but  I  am  of  the  opinion 
this  is not  a  normal  business  condition.
But  when  the  influence  of  the  paper 
is  too  much  to 
becomes  advertising 
demand  without  remuneration. 
The 
movements  of  the  merchant,  improve­
ments 
in  his  enterprises,  anything  of 
public  interest,  while  they  have  adver­
tising  value,  may  properly  be  accorded 
space  without  charge ;  but when it comes 
to  announcing  the  arrival  of  new  goods 
or  describing  the  merits  of  wares  the 
service  should  be  paid  for  independent­
ly  of  other  a dvertising  considerations.
interests  of  merchants 
and  publishers  as  members  of  the  same 
community  usually  secure  accord  in  the 
discussion  of  local  economic  questions. 
Everything  affecting  the  trade  of  the 
town  enlists  them  in  a  common  cause. 
The  merchant  has  the  right  to  de­
mand  from  the  publisher  the  support  of 
local  interests,  such  as  the  proper  .im­
provement  of  highways  and  other means 
of  access:  but  such  rights  are  only  on 
account  of  thtir community  of  interest. 
The  dealer  has  no  right  to  demand 
deference  to  his  partisan  ideas  of  any 
kind.

The  common 

The  wise  publisher  is  the  man  who 
uses  every 
legitimate  means  available 
to  make  bis  advertiser's  space  valuable. 
This  much 
is  implied  in  the  contract. 
More  than  this  should  not  be  required

Your Regular Trade is the 
Object of Otir Endeavors

mm  money  always  ¿jets  its  equivalent 
here.  Our stock of jewelry is complete, 
new  ami  up-to-date.
Itepairing a specialty.
The  express  is  bringing  us  one-half 
gross or those fine
Parker Fountain Penn

and we are going to sell them right, too. 
Prop in and see both us and the pens.

|   W.  H. SEIBERT, the Jeweler  »
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>W5  Howard Street 

SM ART EFFECTS-

— and perfect ttjrle and workmanship  in clothes can be secured  only  by 
patronizing the custom  tailor.  A   ready-made  outfit  may  look  fairly 
well until it settles to your shape,  when  it will fit anyone else  about  as 
well as  you— not having  been made to  fit  Y O U   especially  in  the.  first 
place— but anyone who might pay the price.  We are making up—
Spring  Topcoats 
and  Suits  to  Order  at

C O f "

_  Whi'e we make up extra fiae fabrics at higher prices  than  $30  and 
W 3 we will guarantee onr prices to  oe always lees  than  you  would  pay 
for the same perfect workmanship  elsewhere.

PRICE  TAILOR  CO.,

107 South  Burdick  S treet.

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We have 'em 
All Late Ones
Come see 'em
That's all 
This time

HATS!
HATS!

CLOTHIER E.H. PHELPS TAILOR

— {  LOTS  OF  LACE I— '

gives a  wonderful  richness  to spring finery and  if  you  buy 

at the  right  place you  can afford  it.

LACES TOWELS and  HOSIERY

A  new  line  of  these  goods  selling  aw  rock  bottom  price.
Hosiery  for  Ladies and  Q entlem en at

B R A I N ’S  B A Z A A R

CUS. A. VIELLES 

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riUELLER& STANNARD

CARRY  A.  FULL  LINE  OF

Groceries  and  Provisions.  Hats, 
Caps,  Boots,  Shoes,  Gent’s  Furn­
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ishing Gqodsand  Jewelry 

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OUR  MOTTO:  Square  Dent­
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Agent for  Eclipse  Hay  Press.

ROCKLAND,  MICHIGAN

About  Credit

We’ve 

started'  hun 
dreds  and  hnndreds  of 
young couples on the road 
to  prosperity,  and 
far 
nished their  homes snug 
ly  and  cozily  with  car­
pets,  stoves, 
fOrniture, 
etc., from  cellar to roof- 
some for spot cash, many 
on  our  Equitable  Credit 
System.

Why  can’t  we  benefit 

you likewise?
' We give, on charge ac­
counts plenty of time, and 
make  the  terms  of pay­
ment  so  easy that you’ll 
hardly feel the outlay; al 
most before you  know  it 
your home is  completely 
furnished  and  paid  for 
with money that’s actual­
ly  saved;  saved,  because 
it  might  hqyi  been 
squandered in foolish and 
unnecessary ways. There­
in  is  our  credit  system 
like  a  savings  account. 
We ask  no remuneration 
for credit accommodation, 
no advance in price, no in­
terest.  As  to  prices  we 
court the closest scrutiny. 
We’re always just a little 
lower than the  other  fel­
low, and when we  recom­
mend  or  warrant  an  ar­
ticle, it will be just  as we 
claim, or made right.

These few  points—lib­
erality and  correct  treat­
ment have earned for this 
firm this title:  “The store 
that made  home furnish­
ing easy.”

Our Semi-Annual  Sale 
began April ist. 
It lasts 
all  through  this  month. 
Many excellent things in 
Furniture,  Carpets  and 
Rugs at reasonable -prices 
A  great  many articles 
at reduced figures.  Drop 
in, and see.
P eo p le's 
Outfitting 
Company,
15 to 22 x  N. Burdick St.
Where Do You Go

For  Y ou r  M edicinoo  ano 
O ther Drug  Otore Article« ?

We would like  to  have you come 
here for them.
Perhaps all  drug  stores  seem alike 
to you.  They are not alike, any more 
than  individuals  are  alike.  We are 
working for the highest results in the 
compounding  of  medicine  as  pre­
scribed by physicians.  We try hard 
to put up every  prescription  just  as- 
skilfully  as  it  can  be  put  up.  No 
detail is ever rushed  over or slighted. 
The  medicine has to  be right c  we 
will not let it go out of our store.

W®  ■ nvlte  Y ou   to  C o m o   to 
Uo  With  Y our  Prescriptions

Robinson Drug Go.
K>2 Wash. Aya. N.

Do You Know

The  pleasures of using a good 
fountain  pen ?  Step  in  and  let 
me  explain  them  to  you.  We 
have  the  m u ch   a d v e r tis e d  
Parker and  the  Century, and  sell 
them on approval, no like ’em, no 
keep ’em,  and  the  price  is  96c., 
with  better  ones  np  to  the  84.00 
mark  When  you  are  in  town, 
call and see.

POND,

Ir s d ir  and Dealer  in  Music  and 

Sporting Goods.

by  the  dealer  without  his  willingness  to 
give  proper  remuneration.

a  a  a

W.  H.  Seibert  writes  an  attractive 
jewelry  advertisement  which 
is  fairly 
well  handled  by  the  printer.  The  work 
is  well  proportioned  and,  unless  placed 
too  near  heavy  display,  will  bring  good 
results.

The  Price  Tailor Co.  presents  an  ar­
gument  which  is  calculated  to  gain  the 
attention  of  those  who  are  particular  in 
their  dressing.  There 
is  the  mistake, 
however,  of  unduly  crowding  the  space 
it  much  too  heavy  display 
and  giving 
less  than  a  blacksmith 
for  anything 
is  too 
shop.  The  border,  especially, 
heavy  and  is  crowded  much 
too  dose 
to  the  matter.  The  best  features  of  the 
advertisement  are  the  definite  prices.

A  good  advertisement  for  a  change  is 
that  of  £.  H.  Phelps.  The  writing  is 
catchy  and  the  work  of  the  printer  in 
arranging  the  display 
is  exceptionally 
good.  The  panels  are  happily  propor­
tioned the progression o f' * hats”  is strik­
ing  and  the  proportioning  of  white 
space  correct.

"lace”  

I  am  a  little  puzzled  as  to  the  verbal 
mixture  in  the  advertisement  of  Brain's 
Bazaar.  There 
is  first  a  strong  display 
of 
and  then  a  display  of 
"laces”   and  this  is  not  separated  from 
“ towels,”   which  seems  a  little  incon­
gruous.  Then  we  have  a  display  of 
“ hosiery”   and  the  same  again  in  the 
next  display  line.  All  the  difference  ap­
pearing 
is  selling  at 
rock  bottom  prices  and  the  last  is  for 
ladies  and  gentlemen.  The  handling  of 
the  display  by  the  printer  is  not  bad, 
but  the  confusion 
in  wording  destroys 
much  of the  advertising  value.

is  that  the  first 

The  printer  has  taken  much  pains 

in 
the  display  of  Mueller  &  Stannard  and 
has  endeavored  to  keep  a  uniform  style 
as  much  as  possible  except  in  the  intro­
duction  of 
in  the  panels.  Had 
Roman  been  used  throughout,  the  result 
would  have  been  stronger  and  more 
effective.  The  proportioning  and  white 
space  are  good.

italic 

Experience,  no  doubt,  has  demon­
strated  to the  People’s  Outfitting  Com­
pany  that  the  reasoning  in  their  argu­
ment  is  calculated  to  bring trade.  There 
is  a  funereal  suggestion  in  the  black 
border  crowded  upon  the  matter  which 
is  not  attractive. 
impression 
that  the  wording  could  be  pruned  some 
to  advantage  and  the  room  given  to 
white  space.

It  is  my 

There  is  a  labored cumbersomeness  in 
the  argument  of  the  Robinson  Drug  Co. 
which  detracts  materially  from  its force. 
The  printer’s  work  is  symmetrical  and 
well  balanced.

A  neatly-written  and  composed  little 
jewelry  advertisement  by  S.  D.  Pond 
completes  the  samples  for  the  week. 
The  writing 
is  crisp  and  businesslike 
and  the  type  display  and  border  are  the 
newest  in  style.  The  advertisement 
i s 
a  good  one  for  the  space  occupied.

O range-Fed  Pork.

From the Los Angeles Times.

Here  is  a  good  chance  to  build  up an­
other South California industry.  “ South­
ern  California  orange-fed  pork”   should 
be  a  catching  sign  in  Eastern  grocery 
stores  which  cater  to  wealthy  clients, 
especially  if  a  contrast  should  be  drawn 
between  such  meat  and  that  of  animals 
that  have  been  fed  on  the  refuse  from 
the  slaughter  houses.  A  pig  raised  from 
the  time  of  weaning  on  alfalfa  and  then 
topped  off  with  corn  and  oranges,  with 
perhaps  a  few  orange  blossoms  to  finish 
up,  and  the  hams  boiled 
in  California 
sherry,  should  furnish  a  dish  fit  for  a 
king  or  even  a  president

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

3

H ere’s  to  th e  Man  Who  Hoes!

Say,
Do  you  know  the  kind 
Of  a  feliow  who's 
The  kind  that  folks  enthuse 
Over,
And  take  off  their  hats  to?
Why,  it's  the  man— who 
Does!
He’s  the  fellow!
Not  the  man  whose  grandpa 
Got  there;
Not  the  fellow  who  would.
If  he  could;
Not  the  gentleman  who’s  goipg  to  do 
Some  day,
But  the  Man— who—does 
Now,
To-day!
No  sitting  around,
Waiting,
About  him !
No  expecting  something  to  happen;
No  looking  for  something  to  turn  up 
No,  sir!
He  calls  the  turn,
And  turns  'em.
He  takes  off  his  coat,
And  doesn't  care 
If  he  starts  a  little  sweat.
He  doesn't  need  a  big 
Brass-buttoned  copper 
To  tell  him  to  move  on ;
He  keeps  the  procession 
Humping
To  keep  up  with  him.
He’s  hustle  from  his  feet 
Up.
And  from  his  head 
Down.
He's  not  only  in  the 
Push,
But  he  is  the  Push,
The  whole  thing;
And  say!
The  way
He  makes  things  come,
And  business  hum,
Is  a  caution.
The  way  the  world 
Takes  that  fellow  up 
And  is  good  to  him,
Makes  your  heart  glad.
He’s  all  right,
He  is.
He  greases  the  wheels  of  Progress,
And  keeps  the world spinning around 
And  that’s  why  I  say 
Here’s  to  the  Man  Who 
Does!
Bully  for  him !

The  M ushroom   D ethroned.

From the Lancet.

The  notion  has 

long  been  held  that 
the mushroom  presented  the composition 
led  to  it  being 
of  animal  flesh,  which 
called  the  “ vegetable  beefsteak.”  
It 
appears,  however,  that  this  conclusion 
has  been  based  on  some  analysis  made 
many  years  ago when analytical methods 
were  not  as  exact  as  they  are  now  and 
when  the  chemistry  of  food  was  not  so 
well  understood. 
In  one  regard,  at  any 
rate,  the  mushroom  does  resemble  a 
beefsteak— in  that  it contains practically 
the  same  amount  of  water.  But  the  dry, 
solid  ■  constituents  of  the  mushroom 
differ  very  materially  in  kind  from  the 
solids  of  meat.
The  most  important  difference  is  due 
to  the  rich  proportion  of  proteids— the 
so-called  flesh-formers— in  meat as  com­
pared  with  the  feeble  amount  in  the 
mushroom.  This  fact  as  ascertained  by 
recent  analyses,  hardly 
the 
mushroom  being  regarded  as  a  “ vege­
table  beefsteak.”  
It  may  be  a  blow  to 
the  vegetarian,  but  he  would  have  to 
consume  at  least  ten  pounds  of  mush­
rooms  in  order  to  gain  the  equivalent 
of  a  little  over  one  pound  of prime beef. 
Indeed,  in  the  light  of  modern  enquiry 
there  seems  to  be  no  reason  for  believ­
ing  that  mushrooms  possess  any  greater 
food  value  than  other ordinary fresh veg­
etable  foods,  and  in  many  respects  they 
compare  unfavorably  with  them.
Still,  the  fresh  tender  mushroom  is 
undoubtedly  easily  digestible,  and  as  it 
contains  carbohydrates  in  addition  to 
some  proteid  it  is  obvious  that  it  is  of 
some  dietetic  value.  This  value  is  not 
comparable  with  that possessed by essen­
tial  foods  such  as  meat,  milk  and  eggs. 
The  mushroom,  however,  contains  an 
unusual  proportion  of  potassium  salts.

justifies 

Few  will  deny  that  the  mushroom  is  an
excellent  adjunct  to  many  dishes;  it has  2r  
an  appetizing  flavor,  and  this  quality 
alone  makes  it  dietetically  valuable.

P eculiar P lay  on  W ords.

“  If  a building  is  destroyed  by  fire  is 
the  fire  or the  building  that  bums?”
“ The  fire,  I  suppose.’ ’
“ What  does  the  building  do?’ ’
“ Well,  it  burns,of  course.”
“ What  does  the  fire  burn?’ ’
“ It  burns  the  building.’ ’
“ Then 

if  the  fire  burns  the  building 
how  can  the  building  be  said  to  burn?”
“ It  burns  down,  doesn’t  it?”
“ Didn’t  you  say  a  moment  ago  that 
was  the  fire  that  burned?”
“ Yes.”
“ Then  how  can  the  fire  and the build­

ing  both  burn?”

“ Why,  when  a  building  is  on  fire— ’ ’
“ How  can  a  building  be  on  fire?
Isn’t  it  always fire that’s on a building?”

“ That  is  what  I  mean,  of  course.'
“ But  isn’t  fire  sometimes  in  a  build 
ng?”
“ Yes,  of  course.”
“ Then  why  did  you  say  it  was always 

on  a  building?”

* ‘ I  thought  that  was  what  you  said.
“ On  the  contrary. 

I  was  trying  to 
find  out  what  you  thought.  Now,  if  it 
is  the  fire  that  burns  the  building  can 
the  building  really  be  said  to  be  doing 
anything?”

“ N-no,  I  suppose  not.”
“ Then  the  building  doesn’t  really 

burn,  does  it?’

“ No.”
“ It  simply  can  not  be  doing  any- 

thing,  can  it?”

“ I  suppose  not.”
“ Then  if  the  building  doesn’t  burn 
of  course,  it  is  because  it  can  not  burn 
is  it  not?”

“ Yes;  that  seems  reasonable."
“ But  if  a  building  doesn’t  burn  and 
can  not  burn  how  can  it  be  destroyed by 
fire?”

“ I— I  don't  know.  That  makes  my 

head  ache.”

S ait F or Tim e  Lost a t Telephone.

Tacoma,  Wash.,  March  25—The  rapid 
increase  in  the  number of  telephones  in 
use  in  Northwestern  cities  has  caused 
the  demand  of  patrons  for  connections 
to  grow  almost  faster  than  the  facilities 
increase  can  be 
for  taking  care  of  the 
provided. 
It  thus  happens  that  many 
persons  have  gained  the  idea  that  the 
service  is not  as  satisfactory  as when the 
systems  were  much  smaller  than  at 
present.  These  people  are  much  inter­
in  a  novel  suit,  for  which  papers 
ested 
arç  being  drawn.
The  prospective  plaintiff  is  a  What 
com  business  man  and  his  object  wil 
be  to  recover  from  the  telephone  com­
pany  for  the  time  lost  in  trying  to  at­
tract  the  attention  of  the  central  tele­
phone  office  in  order  to  secure  connec­
tions  with  his  business  patrons.  Recov­
ery  will  be  sought  on  that  portion  of  his 
contract  which  provides  that  he  shall re­
ceive  prompt  and  effective  service.

His  complaint  as  drawn  declares  that 
through  the  inattention  or  over  working 
of  the  telephone  employes,  he  is  com­
pelled  to  spend 
long  periods  of  time, 
ranging  from  three  to  fifteen  minutes, 
in  obtaining  the  necessary  switches. 
He  alleges  that  so  much  of  his  working 
time  is  lost  in  this  manner that his busi­
ness  is  financially  damaged.

Unable  to  Proceed.

Three  men  determined  to  rob  a  cer­
tain  house.  So on  the  night  decided  on 
they  gathered 
in  front  of  the  building. 
One  cf  them  entered  and  started  up  the 
stairs.  He  had  his  boots  on,  and,  when 
near  the 
noise  on  the  stairs.  A  female  voice 
called  out  from  one  of  the  rooms :

landing,  his  boots  made 

“ You  go  right  downstairs  and  take 
those  boots  off. 
I ’m  tired  of  having  to 
clean  up  mud  and  dirt  after  you  come 
up  here  with  your  boots  on.  You march 
right  down  and  take  them  off.”

The  burglar  turned  around, went  down 
the  steps  and  outside to  his companions, 
and  said :
seems  too  much  like  home. ’ ’

“ Boys,  I  couldn’t  rob  that  house ;  it 

»

The  Finest 
The  Newest 
The  Latest

Designs  in  W all  Paper 
are  always 
our 
stock.

in 

Our  Paints  Are 
Pure  and  Fresh

the 

W e  carry 
finest 
line  of  Picture  Mould­
ings  in 
the  city  and 
our  Frame-makers  are 
experts.

A  
com plete  A rtists’ 
M aterial  Catalogue  for 
the  asking.

C.  L.  Harvey  &  Co.

59  Monroe Street,
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Exclusively  Retail.

Don’t  sell  the  best  line  of 
sweet  goods  on  earth— the 
line  manufactured  by  E.  J. 
K R U C E   &  CO .,  of  Detroit, 
M ich.?  W ell,  you’ d  better 
get  in  line  and  send  in  an  or­
der.  After  you  have  sold 
them  awhile  you  will  know 
what  you  have  missed  in  the 
past.

&  
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© t n n n r o r T r w tn r o iT B in n n r o ®

Not  made  by a trust. 

The  Little  Giant  Gas  Generator

Is  automatic  in  its  feed  from  outside»  tank  and  therefore  per­
fectly  safe,  as  it  has  only  2  gills  of  gasoline  warm  at  any  one 
time.  No  safety  valves  are  needed  as  is  the case with other ma­
chines  on  the  market.  All  working  parts  are  of  heavy  solid 
brass.  Our  burner  cut-off  valves  are  of  solid  brass.  Drops and 
ornaments.  Lighting  capacity  of  each  mantle  or  burner  is  500 
candle  power.  For  illustration  of  style  of  installing  plant  see 
advertisement  in  last  week’ s  Tradesman.

ALLEN  GAS  LIGHT  CO..  54j/2  W est  Main  Street,  Battle  Creek,  Mich.

Do  you wish to put your  goods  up  in  neat,  attractive  packages?  Then write 

us for estimates and  samples.

G R A N D   R A P ID S   P A P E R   BO X   CO

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN

Box  Makers

Die Cutters

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For Home. Store and Street»
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M.V. your stores light as day.  A Hardware house  writes us; 

We like your lamps  so  well we are 
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w,  
manufacture TABLE  LAMPS, WALL  LAMPS, 
CHANDELIERS,  STREET  LAMPS,  Etc.  100  Candle 
Pov*er»eVen hours ONE CENT.  No wicks.  No Smoke.  No Odor. 
A b s o l u t eljT safe.  THEY SELL AT SIGHT.  Exclusive ter- 
ritory to good agents.  ISTWrlte for cataloeme and prices.
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M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

Around the State

Movements of M erchants.

Owosso— H.  J.  Stannard  has  sold  bis 

bazaar  stock  to J.  S.  Cook.

Moienci—M.  A.  Bell  has  sold  his 

jewelry  stock  to  W.  R.  Gates,  Jr.

Bancroft— R.  D.  Black  has  moved  his 

drug  stock  into  his  new  building.

Ashley— Harry  C.  Rose 

succeeds 

Sprague  &  Rose  in  general  trade.

Quincy— P.  A.  Shepard  has  removed 

his  stock  of  dry  goods  to  Coldwater.

Detroit—A.  F.  Cragg  has  purchased 
the  drug  stock  of  Roy  W.  Webb  &  Co.
Battle  Creek—H.  G.  Shekell,  jeweler, 
has  removed  from  Clinton  to  this  place.
Three  Rivers—Chas.  H.  Creighton, 
meat  dealer,  has  sold  out  to  Geiger  & 
Burns.

White  Cloud— Z.  E.  Caswell  &  Co. 
have  added  a  line  of  shoes  to  their  gro­
cery  stock.

Detroit— Wm.  Ferris  has  purchased 
the  dry  goods  and  notion  stock of Ernest 
E.  Mercill.

Lansing—Milne  &  Buehler,  grocers, 
have  dissolved  partnership,  Mr.  Buehler 
succeeding.

Walton— Den  R.  Thralls  has  sold  his 
general  merchandise  stock  to  M.  D. 
Crane  &  Co.

Kalamazoo—Chas.  W.  Weaver  is  suc­
ceeded  by  Sarah  J.  Weaver  in  the  bak­
ery  business.

Leesburg—Adams  Bros,  have  pur­
chased  the  general  merchandise  stock  of 
Bradford  Bros.

Laurium—C.  P.  Hill  &  Co.  succeed 
Chas.  P.  Hill  in  the  wholesale  confec­
tionery  business.

Seney—John  I.  Bellaire  has  estab­
lished  a  branch  general  merchandise 
store  at  Germfask.

Detroit— Geo.  W.  Kidd  has  purchased 
the  grocery  stock  and  meat  market  of 
Thomas  J.  Collins

Vulcan—The  Penn  Store  Co.  has 
filed  articles  of  incorporation,  with  a 
capital  stock  of  $40,000.

Otter  Lake— W.  S.  Hemingway  has 
purchased the general merchandise  stock 
of  Wm.  E.  McCormick.

Holland—A.  H.  Meyer  has  opened  a 
branch  store  at  Allegan  under  the  man­
agement  of  C.  St.  Clair.

Cheboygan—The  New  York  Racket 
Store  Co.,  recently  established  at  this 
place,  is  capitalized  at  $10,000.

North  Branch— Butler  &  Hagaman 
continue  the  hardware,  implement  and 
foundry  business-of  Wm.  Butler.

Metz— Hardies  Bros.,  of  South  Rog­
ers,  have  purchased  the  general  mer­
chandise  stock  of  Robert  Hoffman.

Marshall— Manning  &  Wilson,  grocers 
and  meat  dealers,  have  dissolved  part­
nership,  G.  W.  Wilson  succeeding.

Kalamazoo— The  Edwards  &  Cham­
its 

berlin  Hardware  Co.  has  increased 
capital  stock  from  $40,000  to $70,000.

Niles— Wm.  H.  Snyder,  Jr.,  has 
taken  a  partner  in  his  jewelry  business 
under  the  style  of Snyder &  Burlingame.
Otsego— Floyd  Tice  has  associated 
himself  with  his  father  in  the  bakery 
business  under  the  style  of  Tice  &  Son.
Charlotte—Geo.  H.  Tubbs  has  pur­
chased  the 
interest  of  his  partner,  E. 
L.  Coy,  of  the  grocery  firm  of  Tubbs  & 
Coy.

Conklin—Bean,  Brevitz  &  Morey  suc­
ceed  Bean  &  Brevitz  in  the  hardware, 
grocery,  implement  and  vehicle  busi­
ness.

St.  Louis—Judson  Kent  has  sold  his 
meat  market  to  W.  C.  Edgar  and  A. 
Baldwin,  who  have  already  taken  pos­
session.

Marshall—Cruse &  Lamb  have  formed 
a  copartnership  to  continue  the  lumber, 
coal,  lime  and  brick  business  of  Cruse 
&  Blood.

Alton— Fred  Ford  has  engaged 

in 
the  hardware  business  and  Frank  White 
has  put  in  a  stock  of  agricultural  im­
plements.

Pigeon—Campbell  &  Paul  continue 
the  drug,  jewelry,  stationery  and  agri­
cultural 
implement  business  of  John  J. 
Campbell.

Plainwell— Patterson  &  Clement  have 
purchased  the  dry  goods  stock  of  A.  W. 
Hartman,  at  Otsego,  and  added 
it  to 
their  stock  here.

Kalamazoo—M.  F.  Fairchild  &  Co. 
is  the  style  of  the  new  firm  which  suc­
ceeds  Vanderbilt  &  Fairchild  in  the  tea 
and  coffee  business.

Lake  Odessa—Chas.  Roof  has  pur­
chased  the  shoe  stock  of  his  father, 
Geo.  A.  Roof,  at  Big  Rapids,  and  re­
moved  it  to  this  place.

Collins—S.  Baldwin  has  sold  his  gen­
eral  merchandise  stock  to  Laura  K. 
Williams,  of  Orange,  who  will  continue 
the  business  at  the  same  location.

Mesick— H.  Goldman,  general  dealer 
at  this  place,  has  added  a  line  of  gro­
ceries. 
The  Musselman  Grocer  Co. 
(Traverse  City)  furnished  the  stock.

Pontiac— R.  Jay  Brace 

is  now  sole 
proprietor  of  the  Pontiac  Carriage  Sup­
ply  Co.,  having  acquired  the  interests 
of  Walter  J.  Palmer  and  F.  L.  Perry.

Wayland— J.  C.  Yeakey  and  Burling­
ton  &  Co.,  meat  dealers,  have  merged 
their  business 
into  one  concern  under 
the  style  of  Yeakey,  Burlington  &  Co.
Mt.  Pleasant— Morrison  &  Myers, 
dealers 
implements  and  carriages, 
have  dissolved  partnership.  John  W. 
Morrison  continues  the  business 
in  his 
own  name.

in 

Schoolcraft—L.  S.  Fishel,  who  has 
conducted  the  tailoring  department  of 
Neely  &  Dewey  for  the  past  few  years, 
has  engaged  in  business  on  his  own  ac­
count 
in  the  Knight  building.  Mr. 
Fisher  will  do  both  men’s  and  women’s 
tailoring.

Allegan—Oscar  W.  Briggs,  dealer 
into  vol­
in  bazaar  goods,  has  gone 
untary  bankruptcy,  with 
liabilities 
amounting  to  $1,754.99  and  assets  ap­
praised  at  $1,200.  Referee  H.  C. 
Briggs,  of  Kalamazoo,  has  been  ap­
pointed  temporary  receiver.

Three  Rivers— Frank  E.  Hixson,  for­
merly  a  member  of  the  hardware  firm  of 
Kennedy  &  Hixson,  of  Portland,  and 
Leo  Sessions,  for  several  years  clerk  for 
that  firm,  have  purchased  the  hardware 
stock  of  S.  G.  Chard  and  will  continue 
the  business  at  the  same  location.

Traverse  City—Jos.  Heron,  who  has 
been  in  the  employ  of  the  Hannah  & 
Lay  Mercantile  Co.  for  the  past  seven­
teen  years,has  resigned  his  position and 
erected  an  addition to  his  residence  and 
put  in  a  grocery  stock,  which  was  fur­
nished  by  the  Musselman  Grocer  Co.

Houghton— The  Lake  Superior  Pro­
duce  &  Cold  Storage  Co.  has  secured 
an  option  on  the  building  occupied  by 
the  general  merchandise  stock  of  Gra­
ham  Pope. 
is  the  intention  of  the 
company  to  establish  a  wholesale  gro­
cery department in this  building,  which, 
with  the  dock  and  sheds,  will  provide 
ample  room  and  facilities  for that  pur­
pose.

It 

M anufacturing M atters.

Milan—Case  Bros,  have  started  a 

cheese  factory.

Drenthe—A  new  canning  industry  has 
been  launched  at  this  place  with  a  cap­
ital  stock  of  $12,000. 
It  is  styled  the 
Drentbe  Canning  Co.

Zeeland—The  South  Ottawa  Cheese 

Co.  is  succeeded  by  Lopper  &  Co.

Alma—The  Alma  Sugar  Co.  has  in­
its  capital  stock  from $300,000 

creased 
to $650,000.

East  Tawas—Th.e  Victoria  Co.,  Lim­
ited,  succeeds  the  National  Milling  & 
Evaporating  Co.

Wayne— The  Prouty  &  Glass  Carriage 
Co.  has  increased  its  capital  stock  from 
$50,000 to $100,000.

Mattawan— The  Mattawan  Canning 
Co.  has  been  established  here.  The 
capital  stock  is $7,800.

Detroit— The  Queen  Anne  Baking 
Powder Co.  has  filed  articles  of  incorpo­
ration  with  a  capital  stock  of  $10,000.
Sault  Ste.  Marie—The capital  stock  of 
the  Peninsular  Bark  &  Lumber  Co.  has 
been  increased  from  $45,000  to  $70,000.
Mancelona— Rapp  &  Ackley  succeed 
the  Mancelona  Manufacturing  Co.  in 
the  planing  mill  business  and  in  the 
manufacture  of  sash,  doors  and  blinds.
Battle  Creek—The  Wheelock  mills, 
on  Monroe  street,  have  been  purchased 
by  the  Commercial  Travelers  &  Farm­
ers’  National  Food  Co.  The  consider­
ation  was  $25,000.

increased 

Kalamazoo— The  Verdon  Cigar  Co. 
has 
its  capital  stock  from 
$15,000 to $50,000.  John  A.  Hoffman  is 
President  and  Lawrence  Verdon  is  Sec­
retary,  Treasurer and  General  Manager.
Battle  Creek— The  Battle  Creek  Inter­
ior  Finishing  Co.,  Limited,  has  filed 
articles  of  incorporation  with  a  capital 
stock  of  $50,000.  The new  company  will 
manufacture  doors,  sash,  blinds  and  in­
terior  finishings.

Central  Lake—The Central  Lake  Can­
is 
ning  Co.  has  been  organized  and 
officered  as  follows:  President,  H.  A. 
Hobart;  Vice-President,  James  Wil­
liams;  Secretary,  Geo.  L.  Thurston; 
Treasurer,  H.  A.  Stevens.  E.  B.  Gill, 
of  Philadelphia,  has  been  engaged  as 
processer.

Detroit—A  factory 

large  enough  to 
employ  125  men  and  to  turn  out  40,000 
refrigerators  per  year  will  be  erected  in 
Detroit  by  the  Sanitary  Refrigerator 
Co.  The  incorporators  are  N.  L.  Mur­
phy,  M.  V.  Mclnnes,  N.  B.  Harding, 
George  J.  Worthy,  R.  L.  Aldrich  and 
George  C.  Perkins. 
There  will  be 
$150,000  of  preferred  and  $100,000 of 
common  stock.

Mt.  Pleasant— The  Mt.  Pleasant  Body 
Works  has  been  organized  with  a  capi­
tal  stock  of  $12,000  to  engage  in  the 
manufacture  of  buggy  bodies,  under  a 
patent  owned  by  Lewis  Priest,  and  ex­
pects  to  begin  operations  within  sixty 
days,  employing  about  100 hands.  The 
new  company  has  purchased  the  Whit- 
ney-Taylor  plant  and  will  utilize  the 
machinery 
in  the  manufacture  of  its 
output.

Detroit—The McLeod-Shnaekel  Piano 
Co.  has  filed  articles  of  association  with 
a  capital  stock  of $30,000  divided 
into 
3,000  shares  of  the  par  value  of $10 
each.  Of  this  sum,  $5,000  has  been 
paid  in.  The  stockholders  are  Samuel 
K.  McLeod,  1,200  shares;  William  H. 
Shnaekel,  700  shares;  Charles  Marvin 
Preston,500  shares;  Samuel K.  McLeod, 
trustee,  600  shares.  The  company  will 
manufacture,  handle  and  repair  pianos 
and  other musical  instruments  as  well  as 
furniture  and  similar  goods.

Pontiac—The  plant  and  property  of 
the  Pontiac  Knitting  Works  Co.  has 
been  sold  at  auction  for $25,000  to  Jos­
eph  Nusbaumer,  of  this  city. 
It  is 
stated  that  Nusbaumer  was  acting  for  a 
company  of  local  capitalists  who  pro­
pose  to  engage  a  manager  and  conduct 
the 
knitting  business,  which  was 
dropped  at  the  time  the  knitting  works 
company  was  obliged  to  close  down.  At 
present  the  names  of  the  stockholders 
of  the  new  company  are  withheld.  The 
business  was  begun  by  Charles  E. 
Wakeman  prior  to  1880,  and  since  that 
time  has  had  a  very  checkered  career, 
several  companies  being  organized  to 
take  charge  of  the  concern.  Wakeman 
was  always  the  moving  spirit  of  the  va­
rious  companies.
W ill  Continue  the  W arfare  A gainst  P ro ­

gram m e  A dvertising.

Saginaw, April  7—At  the  annual meet­
ing  of  the  Retail  Merchants’  Associa­
tion,  the  following  officers  were  elected :

President— M.  W.  Tanner.
Vice-President— P.  F.  Treanor.
Second  Vice-President—Carl  Heaven- 

rich.

Secretary—A.  R.  Treanor.
Treasurer—Thomas  A.  Downs.
The  election  of  Mr.  Tanner  to  the 
presidency  is  the  fifth  consecutive  time 
the  Association  has  chosen  that  gentle­
man  to  lead  it.  Mr.  Tanner  is  almost 
directly  responsible  for  the  success  of 
the  Association  and  the  members  grate­
fully  appreciate  his work.  He attempted 
to  retire  from  the  office,  but  the  mem­
bers  would  not  consider  such  a  step.

The  elections  of  the  remaining  offi­
cers,  with the exception  of  Secretary  and 
Treasurer,  were  second  terms.

The  report  of  the  retiring  Treasurer, 
Rollin  A.  Horr,  was  read,  and  a  bal­
ance  of $285.26  reported  in  the  treasury. 
Mr.  Horr  was  unable  to  continue  in  his 
position  because  of  business  affairs  and 
Thomas  A.  Downs  was  elected.

It  was,  however,  the 

The  consideration  of  the  programme 
advertising  warfare  was  perhaps  one  of 
the  most  important  topics  before  the 
meeting. 
It  was  generally  recognized 
that  the  members  of  the  Association bad 
been  saved  hundreds  of  dollars  yearly 
since  they  have  not  advertised 
in  pro­
grammes.  However,  it  has  been  no­
ticed  of 
late  that,  contrary  to  their 
pledges, many  of the  members  of  the  As­
sociation  had  made  exceptions  and  not 
a  few  had  advertised  in  the  policemen’s 
outing.  It  was  suggested  that  if  the  As­
sociation  dropped  the  warfare  for  a 
year,  those  who  had  broken  their  word 
would  be  very  willing  to  live  up  to  it. 
A  motion,  however,  to  continue  the cru­
sade  against  programme advertising and 
to  make  no  exceptions  was  unanimously 
accepted. 
inten­
tion  not  to  protect  any  member  who  had 
made  exceptions,  and 
they  will  no 
longer  be  allowed  the  rights of the mem­
bers  of  the  Association.
' The  consideration  of  the  Fourth  of 
July  celebration  was  also  an  important 
feature  of  the  meeting. 
In  the  general 
discussion  which took place, it was urged 
that  the  affair  be  no  longer  than  two 
days  and  that  street  fakirs  and  others, 
who  take  the  money  out  of  the  city, 
rather than  bring  it  to  the  merchants,be 
eliminated. 
It  was  planned  to  hold  a 
floral  parade  during  the  afternoon  of 
July  3  and  a  naval  parade  that  evening. 
the  other 
The  military  parade  and 
Fourth  attractions  would  make  the 
last 
day  a  most  attractive  one. 
It  is  the  in­
tention 
to  hold  a  magnificent  floral 
parade,  such  as  created  a  favorable  im ­
pression  during  the  street  fair,  and  to 
make  all  the  events  connected  with  the 
celebration  of  a  high  order.  The  ques­
tion  of  funds  being  brought  up,  the 
matter  was  referred  to  a  committee with 
President  Tanner  as  chairman,  to  ascer­
tain  the  cost  and  report  to  the  Associa­
tion  at  the  next  meeting.

REMEMBER

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GRAND  RAPIDS  SUPPLY  COMPANY

Oread  Rapide,  Mich.

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Grand  Rapids  Gossip

Bert  Hogeboom  has  purchased 

the 
meat  market  of  Wm.  Knop  at  240  A l­
pine  avenue.

Strehl  &  Stevens  succeed  E.  J.  Mey­
ers  in  the  grocery  business  at  the  corner 
of  Cherry  and  Hollister  streets.

David  Gibbs,  for  several  years  in  the 
employ  of  Thomas  Ford,  the  Luding- 
ton  grocer,  has  engaged  in  the  grocery 
business  at  that  place  on  his  own  ac­
count.  The  stock  was  furnished  by  the 
Olney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co.

Thomas  W.  Porter  recalls  the fact  that 
back  in  the  sixties  he  was  in  the  habit 
of  buying  matches  by  the  quart  at  the 
old  Rademaker  match  factory  on Calder 
street.  The  matches  in  use  at  that time 
were  split  from  a  block,  dipped 
in 
brimstone and phosphorous  and wrapped 
in  paper.  Those  which  dropped  off  the 
bunches  were  swept  into  a  bin  and  sold 
to  local  purchasers  by  the  quart.

New  W holesale  Stationery  House.

The  Grand  Rapids  Stationery  Co.  has 
been  organized,  with  a  paid  in  capital 
stock  of  $20,000,  to  continue  the  whole­
sale  stationery  business  formerly  con­
ducted  by  the  Lyon,  Kymer  &  Palmer 
Co.  The  new  business  will  be  located 
at  29  North  Ionia  street.  The  stock­
holders  are  as  follows:
Thomas  M.  Peck............................ $2,500
N.  Fred  A v e r y ...:........................  2,500
Charles  W.  Garfield........................  2,500
Miss  Catharine  Peck......................  2,500
G .J .  Haan......................................   4,000
G.  Van  Sledright............................  3<°°°
Peter  Quartel.... ..............................  2,000
Peter  Lubacb...................................  1,000

The  officers  are  as  follows:
President—Thomas  M.  Peck.
Vice-President—N.  Fred  Avery.
Secretary— G.  Van  Sledright.
Treasurer—G.J.  Haan.
Peter  Quartel,  who  was  with  the  old 
house  eleven  years,  will  look  after  the 
city  trade. 
Peter  Lubach,  who  was 
with  the  old  house  ten  years,  will  cover 
Eastern  and  Southern  Michigan.  G. 
Van  Sledright,  who  was  with  the  old 
house  eighteen  years,  will  cover  North­
ern  and  Western  Michigan.

The  Produce  M arket.

Apples—Spys  fetch  $ 5 3  5-25 i  Bald­
wins  command  $4.25@4.50;  Ben  Davis 
are  taken readily at  $4 34-25 ;  Greenings 
are  practically  out  of  market.
Bananas— Prices  range  from  $1.25® 

1.75  per bunch,  according  to  size.

Beeswax— Dealers  pay  25c  for  prime 

yellow  stock.

Beets—$2  per  bbl.
Butter— Factory  creamery 

is  higher 
and  stronger,  commanding  28c  for  fancy 
and  27c  for  choice.  Dairy  grades  are 
about  the  same  as  a  week  ago—20@22c 
for  good  and  i 8 @ 2 0 C   for  common.  Re­
ceipts  are  increasing,  but  they  are  only 
about  a  quarter  enough  to  meet  local  re­
quirements.

Cabbage—65@75c  per  doz.
Carrots—$1.25  per  b bl.'
Celery—California  Jumbo  commands 

Cranberries—$2.50  per  crate  for  Wal­

90c  per  doz.

tons.

Dates— 4j£@5c  per  lb.
EggS._The  market  continues  strong 
and  active  on  the  basis  of  I2j^@i3^c. 
Storage  operators  are  picking  up  sup­
plies  as  rapidly  as  possible.

Figs---- Five 

crown  Turkey  com­

mand  14c.

Green  Onions— 12c  per doz.
Honey— White  stock  is  in  ample  sup­
ply  at  I5@i6c.  Amber  is  in  active  de­
mand  at  I3@i4c  and  dark  is  in  moder­
ate  demand  at  io@iic.
$3.6o@3.75.

Lemons—Californias  $3.50,  Messinas 

Lettuce— I4@i5c  per  lb.  for hot house.
Maple  Sugar— 10J4C  per  lb.
Maple  Syrup—$1  per  gal.  for  fancy.

Oleo—The  Chicago  manufacturers  say 
that  if  the  measure  proposed  and  cham­
pioned  by  Senator  Harris  passes  both 
houses  and  becomes  a  law  the  manufac­
ture  of  butterine  will  have  to  stop.

Onions—The  market 

is  weak  and 

lower,  ranging  from  $1.2531.35.

Onion  Sets— Top,  $1.25  per  bu.;  yel­

low,  $1.75;  red.  $2;  white,  $3.

Oranges—California navels fetch  $3.75 

per  box  for  fancy.

Parsley—30c  per doz.
Parsnips—$1.50  per  bbl.
Pieplant— 8@gc  per  lb.
Potatoes— There  has  been  no  move­
ment  to  speak  of  during  the  past  week, 
although  dealers  confidently  expect  a 
revival  in  the  near  future.  Toledo  and 
Detroit  operators  are  predicting  a  $1 
market  before  the  end  of  the  month,  but 
fail  to  state  the  grounds  on  which  the 
prediction  is  based.
Poultry— All  kinds  are  very  scarce 
and  unusually  firm.  Dressed  hens  fetch 
9310c,  chickens  command  io@i2c,  tur­
key  hens  fetch  I2@I3C ;  gobblers  com­
mand  n @ i2c,  ducks  fetch  12313c»  and 
geese  8@9C.  Live  pigeons  are  in  mod­
erate  demand  at  50360c  and  squabs  at
$i.2o3 2-

Radishes—30c  per  doz.
Spinach—75c  per  bu.
Strawberries—35c  for  Floridas.
Vegetable  Oysters—20c  per  doz.

Hides, Pelts,  Furs, Tallow  and  Wool.
The  hide  market  has  advanced  in 
price  and  is  strongly  held  on  account  of 
scarcity.  Stocks  are  not  large.  Sales 
are  small  and  the  demand  is  good  at 
lower  values.  Larger  sales  are 
looked 
for  this  week,  as tanners  are  not  all  sup­
plied.  The  outlook 
is  not  good,  as 
leather  has  declined  and  a  material  ad­
vance  has  occurred  on  the  cost  of  bark 
and  higher  values for hides will  result  in 
smaller  profits  than  in  the  past.

Pelts  are  in  good  demand,  but  values 
are  no  higher.  There 
is  no  accumula­
tion  of  stocks,  as  all  offerings  are  being 
readily  taken.

Futs  are  few  and  are  gradually  drop­
ping  out  as  the  season advances  without 
change  of  values.

Tallow  and  greases  are 

in  good  de­
mand,  with  no  accumulation  of  stocks. 
The  West  has  bought freely  in  the  East, 
where 
lower  prices  ruled  for  a  short 
time.  Edible  and  prime  are  wanted.

Wool  remains  draggy;  without  sales  of 
note.  Stocks  in  sight  are  not  large  and 
are  held  strong  at  old  prices.  The  man­
ufacturers  having  been  supplied,  there 
is  nothing  to  tempt  them  to  buy.  Labor 
troubles  are  not  settled  and  much  hesi­
tancy  appears  with  manufacturers  to 
conduct  business  of 
large  magnitude. 
New  wools  begin  to  show  up  and  are 
being  bought  at  prices  slightly  above 
last  year’s  purchases.  Wm.  T.  Hess.

The  Sm all  Stores.

its 

Many  small  merchants 

in  the  cities 
are  apt  to think  that  while  the  depart­
ment  stores  should  advertise,  advertis­
is  a  profitless  expenditure  for  the 
ing 
small  business  that  finds 
custom 
only 
in  the  immediate  neighborhood  of 
the  store.  These  men  fail  to  take  into 
consideration  the  fact  that  in  many  in­
stances  the  department  store  began  life 
as  a  neighborhood  store  and 
increased 
its  business  by 
judicious  advertising. 
Advertising 
is  just  as  profitable  for  the 
small  business  as  for the  large  one.  Ju­
dicious  newspaper  publicity comes  first, 
of  course.  But  in  connection  with  his 
newspaper  advertising  the  small  mer­
chant  may 
issue,  from  time  to  time,  a 
store  paper.  Some  kind  of  an  advertise­
ment  should  be  placed  in  every  bundle 
of.  goods  sent  out  of  the  store,  and  in 
every  way  the  merchant  should endeavor 
to  keep  his  establishment  before  the 
eyes  of  the  public.—Ad-Writer.

For  G illies’  N.  Y.  tea,all kinds,grades 

and  prices,  call  Visner,  both  phones.

The  Grocery  M arket.

Sugars—The  early  part  of  the  week 
the  raw  sugar  market  was  very  strong, 
but  during  the  last  few  days  it  became 
somewhat  weaker  and  prices  show  a  de­
cline  of  1  16c  on  96  deg. 
test  centrif­
ugals.  Trade 
is  light,  as  refiners  have 
fair  supplies  accumulated  under  recent 
heavy  purchases.  The  world’s  visible 
supply  of  raw  sugar  shows  an  increase 
of  10,000 tons  over  March  27  and  an  in­
crease  of  680,000  tons  over  last  year.  In 
sympathy  with  the  raw  sugar  market, 
refined 
little  easier 
tendency.  The  demand  is  fair,  but  sales 
are  of  limited  quantities  for  immediate 
use  and  nothing  of  a  speculative  char­
acter  is  noted.

is  quiet  with  a 

largely  for  small 

Canned  Goods— The  canned  goods 
market  is  rather  quiet,  with  prices  on 
most  lines,  however,  firmly  held.  There 
is  a  good  consumptive  demand  and  a 
better  trade  for  all  kinds  of  canned 
goods  is  looked  for  shortly.  Orders  now 
are 
lots  of  various 
lines,  in  order  to  keep  up  a  general 
assortment.  Tomatoes,  both spot  and  fu­
tures,  are  practically  unchanged.  Offer­
ings  of  futures  are  very  light and  are 
sold  as  soon  as  offered.  The  spot'market 
is  strong  and  active,  stocks  being  rap­
idly  reduced.  Some  dealers  are  asking 
slightly  higher  prices  and,  with  a  con­
tinued  good  consumptive  demand,  high­
er  prices  are 
looked  for.  Corn,  both 
spot  and  future,  remains  quiet  and  un­
changed.  Fancy  spot  peas  continue  to 
be  enquired  for  but  as  stocks  of  these 
grades  are  small,  business  is  very  light. 
The 
lower  grades  are  in  good  supply, 
but  experience  only  a moderate demand. 
Gallon  apples  remain  very  firm,  but, 
with  very  few  sales  reported,  buyers’ 
views  are  somewhat  below  those  of 
holders.  There  is  a  little  interest  taken 
in  peaches  at  previous  prices.  Pine­
apple  meets  fair  sale,  with  no  change 
in  price.  Salmon 
is  moving  out  well 
under  a  good  consumptive  demand,  but 
sardines  continue  very  dull  and  easy.

in  very 

Dried  Fruits—The  dried  fruit  market 
is  inclined  to  be  rather quiet,  sales  be­
ing  only  of  small  lots  for  immediate  re­
quirements. 
In  the  aggregate,  how­
ever, 
they  are  sufficient  to  keep  the 
market in  fairly  good  condition.  Prunes 
are 
in  moderate  request,  with  dealers 
reporting  a  very*good  consumptive  de­
mand,  especially  for  the  large  sizes, 
which  continue  very  scarce.  Trade, 
however, is not  up  to  other  seasons  or  up 
to  expectations.  Seeded  raisins  move 
out  quite  well  at  unchanged  prices,  but 
loose  muscatels  are 
light  re­
quest.  Apricots  are  very  strong,  with 
moderate  demand.  Slocks  on  the  spot 
light  and  advices  from  the 
are  very 
coast 
indicate  a  probable  small  crop 
this  season.  Peaches  are  in  fair  request 
at  steady  and  unchanged  prices  and 
with  spot  stocks  very  light.  Dates  are 
in  good  position  and  a  steady  enquiry 
is  reported.  There  are  large  stocks  of 
Hallowis,  which  are  the cheapest  grade, 
and  slightly 
lower  prices  are  realized 
for  this  grade.  Figs  are  cleaning  up 
rapidly  at  good  prices.  Evaporated 
apples  are  quiet,  but  prices  are  very 
firmly  held  in  view  of  the  exceedingly 
light  stocks.

Rice— Notwithstanding  the  continued 
quiet,  dealers  were  not  disposed  to  urge 
sales  and  prices  for  domestic  grades 
were  steady,  holders  anticipating  an 
increased  movement,  which  will  likely 
cause  an  upward  tendency.  The  outlook 
discloses  no  evidence  of  weakness.  The 
supply  throughout  the  country  continues 
light  and,  in  the  event  of 
increased 
demand,  prices  in  all  probability  will

harden  and  move  upward.  The  statis­
tical  position  is  reported  strong  and  the 
total  sales  thus  far  ate  sufficiently 
large 
to  carry  out  the  crop  before  the  arrivals 
of  new  crop  in  large  quantities.

Tea— The  tea  market 

is  quiet,  with 
prospects  of  renewed  activity  not  very 
encouraging.  Green  teas  remain  strong 
and  the 
lower  grades  of  black  teas  are 
strong,  with  moderate  demand.  Buy­
ing,  however,  is  mostly  for  immediate 
wants  only.

Molasses—The  molasses  market  is 
quiet,  but  prices  are  firm.  Supplies  are 
moderate  with  the  bettei  grades  very 
strongly  held.  Business 
is  mostly  for 
small  lots  for  immediate  use,dealers  not 
wishing  to  have  any  very  large  stocks 
on  hand  when  warm  weather  comes.

Fish— Trade 

in  fish,  as  a  whole,  is 
very  quiet,  with  an  easier  tendency  to 
almost  everything.  Mackerel,  however, 
remains  steady  with  fair  demand.

Nuts—Nuts  are  quiet,  with  very  little 
demand  for  anything  except  peanuts, 
for  which  there 
is  a  fair  demand  at 
previous  prices.

Rolled  Oats— Rolled  oats  are  quiet. 
Dealers  have  sufficient  supplies  for  the 
present  demands  and  are  not  making 
any  purchases  to  speak  of.

Novel  Appeal  to  D elinquent  Debtors. 
The  following  circular  letter  is  used 
by  a  certain  enterprising  merchant 
in 
reminding  his  customers  of  their  past 
due  accounts:
In  again  presenting  the  above  claim 
against  you,  for  which  we  have sent  you 
statements  repeatedly  and  no  attention 
paid  to  them,I  wish to urge upon you the 
advisability  and  importance  of  an  im­
mediate  response  in  the  form of  a  remit­
tance  to  cover  the  amount  or  some 
definite  arrangement  for  a  satisfactory 
settlement  consistent  with  your  ability 
to  liquidate  the  indebtedness.  You  may 
rest  assured  of  and  are  hereby  tendered 
our  best  offices  and  efforts  in  securing 
an  amicable  adjustment  of  this  matter, 
and 
if  you  are  not  now  able  to  pay  the 
claim  in  full,any  reasonable  proposition 
for  deferred  settlement  from  you  will 
receive  the  most  generous  treatment  at 
our  hands  and  will  doubtless  regain  the 
confidence  we  have  in  your  absolute  in­
tegrity.  Strict 
justice  to  yourself  de­
mands  that  you  discharge  this  obliga­
tion  manfully  and  promptly,  and  to  that 
end  make  such  heroic  sacrifice,  if  nec­
essary,  as  will  command  for  you  that 
esteem  and  profound  regard  prized  so 
highly  by  all  who  attain  or  aspire  to 
moral  or  commercial  worth. 
I  have  re­
spected  my  rights  as  an  honest  debtor, 
and  wish  you  now  to  seriously  consider 
your  duties  as  such.  Let  me  hear  from 
you  at  once,  and  oblige.

is  sought  to  merge 

That  all  trusts  are  not  successful  is  a 
matter  of  common  observation.  The 
idea  that  it  is  only  necessary  to  effect  a 
combination  of  interests  to  insure 
large 
profits  has  been  proved  to  be  fallacious 
in  many 
instances.  Often  too  high 
prices  are  paid  to  secure  control  of  the 
stock  of  the  independent  concerns which 
it 
into  one  com­
pany.  Frequently  business  is  done  on 
ruinous  terms  to  crush  competition.  In­
stead  of  economy  there  is  extravagance 
in  management  and  the  officers  are  al­
lowed  salaries  which  are  ridiculously 
large.  The  case  of  the  asphalt  trust  is 
now 
It  is  in  the  hands  of 
receivers.  Their  report  shows  that  with 
a  capitalization  of $58,000,000  and  fixed 
charges  of  $2,150,000  the  net  earnings 
of  the  National  Asphalt  Co.  of  Amer­
ica  for  the  past  two  years  were  less 
than  $700,000.  The  losses  of  one  of  the 
sub  companies  are  estimated  at  $500»* 
000.  This  is  a  sorry  picture  for  those 
who  were  induced  to  invest  in  the  stock 
of  the  asphalt  trust,  which,  when organ­
ized,  was thought  certain  to  produce  big 
dividends.

in  evidence. 

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

The New York Market

red 

choice 
kidney,  $2  0532.07^. 
Prime  California  limas are not  so  strong 
and  work  out  slowly  at $333-IO-

You ought to sell

L IL Y   W H IT E

“The flour the best cooks use”

VALLEY  CITY  MILLING  CO..

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

If You  Arc 
In  Need

of  a  good  harness  write 
us.  We  make  them  to 
order  according  to  your 
own idea and taste.  E x­
pert workmen.

Sherwood  Hall,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

(   Retailer of Fine Rugs and  Carpets

as  our  endeavor  to  make  rugs  better, 
closer woven, more durable  than  others. 

\ Rugs from Old Carpets f
We cater to first class  trade  and  If  you s
tW  Absolute cleanliness Is our hobby as well 
no agents.  We pay the freight.  Largest  d 
t our methods ana new process. 
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Petoskey, Mich.  |

looms In United States. 

455*457 Mitchell  St., 

Lim ited 

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SENT  ON  APPROVAL!

T H E   S T A R   V E  A N  U T  
V E N D I N G   M A C H I N E
For  automatically  s e llin g  
salted shelled peanuts.  Op­
erates with a cent and is per­
fectly  legitimate. 
It  is  at­
tractive  and  lucrative — not 
an  experiment,  but  a c tu a l 
fa c ts   from  actual  results. 
Handsomely  finished,  an d  
will  increase  your  sales  at 
large profit.  Try It;  th a t’s 
.the test !  My circular gives
full  description  and  brings

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price and terms.  Shall I send it to you?

M a n u fa c tu re d   b y

W.  G.  H E N S H A W ,   Kalamazoo,  Mich.

FREIGHT TRACERS

One  copy  for  R.  R.  Co.,  one  for  your  customer,  one 
for  yourself,  all  written  at  one  time— 50  c e n t s  p e r   bo ok 
of  100  full  triplicate  leaves.

BARLOW   BRO S.,

GRAND  RAPID S,  MICH.

rAsphalt Torpedo'Gravel 1

The  Evolution  of th e  Soda F ountain. 

From the American Exporter.

The  rapid  increase  in  the  trade  en­
joyed  by  the  proprietors  of  soda  foun­
tains  in  the  leading  cities  of  the United 
States  has  led  to  the 
installation  of 
many  very  elaborate  and  costly  outfits. 
Most  of  the  finer ones  are  made  of  Mex­
ican  onyx  and  cost  in  some  instances  as 
high  as  $15,000  or  $20,000.  A  $15,000 
soda  fountain  would  be  made  of  the  fin­
est  material  and  would  be  of  great  size. 
It  might  have  thirty  draft  tubes  and  100 
syrup  cans.  Very  beautiful  onyx  foun­
tains  of  the  dimensions  more  commonly 
used,  say  with  ten  syrups  and  three 
draft  tubes,  can  be  bought  for  from  $850 
to  $1,200. 
In  fact,  a  handsome  onyx 
fountain  can  be  bought  for $600.  But 
not  everybody  wants  an  onyx  fountain. 
There  are  yet  purchasers who  prefer  one 
of  marble.  A  marble  fountain  with 
onyx  trimmings  could  be  had  at,  say, 
$450.  An  old  style  marble  fountain 
might  be  had  for $150

Fifty  years  ago  or  thereabouts  soda 
water was  drawn  from  a  silver  tube  ris­
ing  out  of  the  counter.  Then  came  the 
first  visible  soda  fountains,  small marble 
boxes,  placed  on  the  counter. 
From 
these  developed  the  elaborate  and  often 
costly  fountains  of  marble  that  preceded 
the  onyx  fountain  of  the  present.  Beau­
tiful  and  costly  marble was brought from 
all  parts  of  the  earth  to  be  used  in  the 
construction  of  soda  fountains,  but  now 
the  fashion  is  onyx,  with  a  canopy  or 
superstiucture  of  wood.  Along  with  its 
great  development 
in  beauty  has  come 
a  corresponding 
the 
The 
soda  fountain's  working  parts. 
modern  fountain  is  far  more  convenient 
and  efficient  in  operation  than 
its  old- 
time  pedecessor.

improvement  in 

W here  Not Even  Man  Is  Tile.

Ten  miles  southwest  of Findlay,Ohio, 
lies  the  peaceful  hamlet  of  Mount  Cory. 
It  is  a  modern  Utopia  of  righteousness. 
Seventy-five  houses  compose the village, 
and  seven  of  them  are  occupied  by 
preachers  of  the  gospel.  No  saloons 
are  there. 
In  winter  the  residents  swap 
yarns  by  the  side  of  the  friendly  stove 
in  the  corner  grocery,  and  in  summer 
they  whittle  hickory  sticks  and  cut  their 
initials  in  the  soft  pine  of  the  store 
boxes.

Special  Feature« of th e Grocery and Prod­

Special Correspondence.

uce Trades.

New  York,  April 5— Coffee closes weak 
and  dull.  One  dispatch  reported  an 
estimate  of  the  next  crop  at  7,500,000 
bags,  and 
if  this  bad  been  followed  by 
fifty  of  like  import  it  would  have  been 
worth  something.  But  it  was  not  and 
at  the  close  the  situation  was  about  un­
changed  from 
last  week.  Orders  were 
mostly  for  small  lots.  At  the  close  Rio 
No.  7  was  quoted  at  5%c.  Receipts  at 
Rio  and  Santos  from  July  1  to  April  2 
were  13,159,000  bags,  against  9,394,000 
bags  at  the  same  time  last  year. 
In 
store  and  afloat 
there  are  2,363,890 
bags,  against  1,387,990  bags  at  the  same 
time 
last  year.  Central  American 
coffees  are  said  to  have  met  with  some 
little  call.  East  Indias  are  steady,  with 
demand  only  of  an  average  character. 
Padang  Interiors, 
for 
fancy.  Mochas,  15319c.  Cucutas,  7%@ 
8#c.

ig@20c  to  28c 

The  run  of  new  orders  for  sugar  was 
dull.  Dealers  seem  well  stocked up  and 
appear  to  be  waiting  for  something  to 
turn  up,  caring  not  what  it  may  be.

Buyers  of  tea  are  taking  only  the 
smallest  amounts,  and  the  situation  is 
not  as  encouraging,  apparently,  as 
it 
was  three  weeks  ago.  Still  dealers  ap­
pear  to  have  confidence  and  are  firm  in 
their  ideas  of  values.

The  rice  market  shows  a  steadily  im­
proving  tendency  and  orders  for  the 
various  grades  have  been  satisfactory, 
both  as to  frequency  and  quantity  called 
for and  prices  are  very  firmly  adhered 
to.  Prime  to  choice  Southern,  5@5|£c. 
Stocks  are  not  especially 
large.  For­
eign  is  in  moderately  active  request.

Quietude  prevails  all  through  the 
spice  market;  the  only  thing  worth  re­
marking  is  that  prices  are  firm.  Pep­
per  has  gained  strength,although  quota­
tions  show  hardly  any  change.

Bakers  are  taking  most  of  the  mo­
lasses  stock  offered,  as  the  grocery  trade 
seem  to  regard  the  season  as about  over. 
Offerings  are 
light  and  quotations  are 
practically  without  change.  Syrups  are 
quiet  and 
interest  is  manifested 
by  buyers.

little 

The  lemon  market  is  strong and rather 
favors  the  seller.  Sicily,  $2.2533  25.
Oranges  are  fair  as  to  demand,  al­
though  there  is  room  for  improvement.
Bananas  show  no  change.  California 
oranges, $334* 25,  latter  for  fancy navels. 
Floridas,  $234.25.
The  week  has  been  rather quiet  in 
canned  goods.  Within  a  day  or  so,  how­
ever,  the  demand  for  future  tomatoes 
has  become  more  active  and  the  general 
opinion  is  that  new  goods  will  be  well 
sold  by  the  time  they  arrive.  Spot  to­
matoes  are  worth, 
for  New  Jersey 
Standard  3s,  up  to $1.40.  There  is  lit­
tle  doing  in  corn.

The  demand  for  dried  fruits  is,  per­
haps,  all  that  might  be  expected,  but 
the  volume  of  trade  is  not  large. 
Inter­
est  is  slight  in  almost  all descriptions of 
goods  and  quotations  are  practically un­
changed.  There  is  said  to  be  a  fair  de­
mand  for  prunes  for export.

Supplies  of  butter  are  not  large  and 
the  market  at  the  close  of  the  week  is 
very  materially  stronger than  at  the  be­
ginning,  an  advance  being  shown  of 
about 
i^ c .  Best  Western  creamery, 
29@29>£c;  imitation creamery,  24326c; 
Western  factory,  23324c;  renovated,  25 
326c
Dealers  in  cheese  report  a satisfactory 
volume of trade at full  rates.  Full cream, 
I3@I3X C-  The  season  for  old  cheese  is 
growing  so  late  that  buyers  are  not  tak­
ing  stock  much  ahead  of  present  needs. 
The  export  trade  is  quiet.

The  egg  market  is  firm.  Arrivals  are 
only  moderate  and  Western  selected  are 
worth  16c,  with  regular  pack  i5 ^ c;  fair 
to  good,  15^0.  Dealers say that  the  out­
look 
is  for  well-sustained  quotations 
through  next  week.

The  general  bean  market  is  in a fairly 
satisfactory 
condition.  Choice  mar­
rows,  $2.10;  choice  medium,  $1.503 
;
1.52K; 

choice 

pea, 

SUITABLE  FOR 

BOTH  STEEP  AND  FLftT 

ROOFS

n a n u fa c tu re d   b y H.  M.  REYNOLDS ROOFING CO.,
GRAND  RAPIDS,  flICH.

Ready
Roofing

Years  ago  there  was  a  calaboose,  but 
now  the  but  is  used  as  a  village  pound.

There  is  a  Mayor,  but  no  brawlers  are 
ever  brought  before  him,  and  bis  chief 
labors  are  those  of  a  notary  or  uniting 
two  souls  whose  lives  have  flowed  one 
into  the  course  of  the  other.

I  1  iey  all  say w

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

: 

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:

:

:

W ho  urges  you  to  keep  Sapolio? 

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

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

Cartridges

Primers

Gun Wads 

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

Loaded  Shells 

New Rival—For Shotguns

Drs. Of
Powder

No.
120
129
128
126
135
154
200
208
236
265
264

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

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

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

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

Gunpowder

Kegs, 25 lbs., per  keg.........................
% kegs, 12% lbs., per  %  keg..............
% kegs, 6% lbs., per %  keg................

Shot

In sacks containing 25 lbs. 
Drop, all sizes smaller than B...........

A ugurs  and  Bits

Axes

Barrow s

Snell’s .................................................
Jennings  genuine...............................
Jennings’ imitation.............................
First Quality, S. B. Bronze.................
First Quality, D. B. Bronze...............
First Quality, S. B. S.  Steel...............
First Quality,  D. B. Steel...................
Railroad..............................................
Garden................................................net
Stove...................................................
Carriage, new li«t  .............................
Plow  ...................................................
Well, plain.......................................... 
Cast Loose Pin, figured.....................  
Wrought Narrow............................... 

B utts,  Cast

Buckets

Bolts

Chain

40
50
75
60
2 50
3 00 
5 00 
5 75
1  40 
1  40

Per
100
$2 90
2 90
2 90
2 90
2 96
3 00
2 50
2 50
2 65
2 70
2 70

4 00 
2 25 
1  25

60
25
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6 50 9 00 
6 00 
10 50
12 00 
29 00

$4 00

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65
65
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75 
1  25 
40&10
40
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70610
70
70
28
17

60610

85620
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IN  TH E  SPRING.

Some Things T hat Could  Be  Done  to  Im ­

prove  the  Town.

Written for the Tradesman.

In  the  spring  one’s  thoughts  naturally 
turn  to  improvements.  As  the  last snow­
drift  melts  away  and  we  spread  our  last 
pound  of  honey  over  the  buckwheat 
cakes,  we  get  an  itching  to  affix  a  board 
to  the  fence  or  put  a  plank  in  the  side­
walk  or  nail  a  new  patch  on  our sum­
mer  pants.  We  want  to  get  out  and 
improve  things,  no  matter  how  much 
worse  we  may  make  them  look.

This 

is  a  good  thing. 

It  would  be 
better,  of  course, 
if  this  enthusiasm 
stayed  with  us  all  the  year  through  in­
stead  of  coming  in  spasms,  but  better 
spasmodically  than  not  at  a ll;  and  that 
is  the  way  some  of  us  do  everything. 
We  get  religion  that  way.  We  sit  on  the 
sinners’  bench  at  the  revival  and  a 
week  thereafter  are  sitting  on  the  sin­
ners’  bench  at  the  ringside.  We  buy 
our  clothes  in  spasms—in  convulsions,
I  may  say.  That  is  the  only  way  I  can 
account  for  some  shirtwaists  and  neck­
wear.

But  there  are  some  of  us,  unfortunate­
ly,  who  never  allow  this  improvement 
spasm  to get  outside  our  own  dooryards. 
We  put  new  hinges  on  the  barn  door 
without  ever  stopping  to  consider  the 
many  things  we  could do to  improve  our 
neighbors’ 
condition.  No  one  ever 
affixes  a  new  board  to  another  man's 
fence  unless  the  other  man's  chickens 
are  in  the  habit  of  coming  through.

We  ought  to  sit  down  and  try  to  think 
of  ways  to  improve  the  town  as  well  as 
our  own  dooryards.  There  are  very  few 
towns  in  the  country  that  will  not  ad­
mit  of  improvement 
in  some  way  or 
other.  There 
is  the  village  cemetery, 
for  instance.  So much  could  be  done  to' 
make  it  attractive.  It  ought  to  be  made 
as  attractive  as  possible  to  some  of  the 
citizens  of  the  village. 
In  the  growing 
West  they  think  so  much  of  this  feature 
that  the  very  first  thing  they  do  after 
they  start  a  town  is  to  start  a  cemetery. 
They  never  think  of  laying  out  a  new 
suburb  without  also  laying  out  some  of 
the  suburban  residents.  A  great  deal 
can  be  done  to  improve  a  town  in  this 
manner  if  one  has  a  good  gun  and  is  a 
moderately  fair  shot. 
In  Wyoming they 
do  not  point  with  pride  to  public  libra­
ries  and  parks  that  have  been  founded 
by  some  leading  citizen. 
Instead,  they 
steer  you  up  to  the  cemetery  and  tell 
you  who  started  that.  They  do  not  di­
late  so  much  upon  the cemetery founded 
by  some  citizen,  but  they  tell  you  all 
about  some  citizen  who  was  found  dead 
by  the  cemetery.

Then  there 

is  the  court  house.  So 
much  could  be  done  to  improve  that. 
Ordinarily  a  court  house  has  one  main 
entrance  with  big,  stone  steps  leading 
up  to  it.  Why  not  put  stone  steps  on 
the  other  three  sides? 
If  you  did  the 
moonlight  nights  of  summer  would  find 
court  being  held  on  all  four  sides  of  the 
building. 
This  would  not  only  be 
pleasant  for those  who courted but would 
also  result  in  much  future  litigation.

Tnis 

increase  in  litigation  would  not 
only  be  a  good  thing  for  your  own  town 
but  would  also  help  the  State.  The 
patriotic  citizen  need  scarcely  be  re­
minded  that  we  have  a  Supreme  Court 
at  Lansing  and  that  our Supreme Judges 
have 
live  somehow.  Our  Circuit 
Courts  are  the  great  feeders  of  our Su­
preme  Court.  If  your  Circuit  Courts  are 
not  busy  your  Supreme  Court  will  not 
have  anything  to  reverse. 
If  I  were  a 
man  who  litigated  to  any  extent,  I 
think  I  would  hate  to  win  a  case  in  the

to 

Circuit  Court. 
It  would  be  a  cinch that 
the  other  fellow  would  take  the  case  up 
to  the  Supreme  Court.  Then  my  lawyer 
and  the  gentlemen  on  the  bench  would 
have  a  conversation something like this :
One  of  the  Justices— “ Who  won  this 

case  in  the  Justice  Court?”

My  Lawyer— ‘ ‘ The  other  side,  your 

honors. ”

Another  of  the  Justices—And who won 

in  the  Circuit  Court?

My  Lawyer—We  did.
The  Justices 

in  Chorus—Well,  we 

agree  with  the  Justice  of  the  Peace.

So  much  could  be  done,  too,  to  im­
prove  the  sidewalks.  The  sidewalks  in 
many  towns  I  have  seen  are  altogether 
too  narrow.  They  ought  to  be  widened 
or  else  the  burg  should  be  made  a  pro­
hibition  town.  It is  very  wearing  on  the 
citizens to wheel  along  a  two-foot  walk  a 
jag  that 
is  42  inches  wide  and  cut  on 
the  bias.  There  are  a  great  many  loose 
in  the  walks  that  ought  to  be 
planks 
nailed  down ;  it 
is  wearying  to  have  a 
sidewalk  constantly  dying  up  and  hit­
ting  one 
in  the  face,  and  his  feet  get 
tangled  up  with  the  high  places.

The  fire  department  could  also  be  im­
proved. 
It  has  been  suggested  that  the 
water  mains  should  be  connected  with 
the  brewery.  The  speed  with  which  the 
firemen  would  get  to  a  fire  under those 
circumstances  would  be  something  truly 
wonderful ;  and  they  would  not  waste  so 
much  of  the  fluid  by  throwing  it  on  the 
crowd.  The  bravery  they  would  dis­
play  would  also  be  thrilling.  Right 
where  the  hose  was  playing  on  the  fire 
you  would  find  the  firemen  all  the  time.
Many  little  things  could  be  done 
about  the  village  church  to make it com­
fortable  for  the  man  who  is  taken  there 
by his  wife.  I  have  observed  that  a  man 
leads  a  woman  to  the  altar  once  and
after  that  the  woman  does  the  leading. 
As  a  rule,  she  goes  to  the  church  much 
more  willingly  on  the  occasion  when  he 
takes  her  there  than  he  does  afterward 
is  the  leading  spirit  in  this 
when  she 
church-going  movement. 
The  pews 
ought  to  be  supplied  with  sofa  pillows 
and,  in  summer,  fans  would  come  in 
handy.  I  used  to  wonder  why  there were 
no  fans  in  the  church  on  Sunday. 
I 
afterward  discovered  the  reason—they 
were  all  at  the  ball  game.

instances. 

Our  public  schools  also  demand  the 
attention  of  the  public-spirited  citizen. 
A  return  to  old  methods  might  not  be  a 
bad  thing  in  some 
In  this 
day  the  principal  branches  in  our  pub­
lic  schools  are  trigonometry  and  Greek. 
In  the  school  days  of  an  earlier  genera­
tion  the  principal  branch  was  a  hickory 
one  with  the  leaves  stripped  off.  That 
was  a  branch  that  taught  self-reliance. 
A  few  lessons  made  a  boy  want  to  stand 
up  for  his  rights—and  his  meals.  There 
is  no  reason  why  a  pupil  should learn  to 
read  Greek  unless  he  expects  to  put  up 
the  delivery  clerk's  orders  in  a  grocery.
There  are  a  dozen  ways  in  which  a 
man  can  help  improve  his  town  which 
will  readily  suggest  themselves  to the 
thoughtful  reader.  Some  one  wrote  a 
poem  once—only once— telling  what  you 
could  do  ‘ ‘ if  you  can  not  on  the  ocean 
sail  amidst  the  swiftest  fleet.”   Just  so 
the  man  who  can  not  enlarge  the  ceme­
tery,  put steps on  the  court  house,  widen 
the  sidewalks,  reform  the  fire  depart­
ment,  help  the  church,  change  the  cur­
riculum  of 
the  public  schools  and  do 
things 
like  that  can  still  do  something 
to  improve  the  town.

He  can  move. 

Douglas  Malloch.

Every  man  should  carry  a  big  lot  of 
life  insurance;  after  he  dies  it  will  help 
his  wife  to  marry  again.

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

Levels

M attocks

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

Adze Eye.................................117 00..dls

Metals—Zinc

600 pound caskB...................................
Per pound...........................................

Miscellaneous

40
Bird Cages.......................................... 
Pumps, Cistern...... ............................ 
75&10
86620
Screws, New List...............................  
Casters, Bed and Plate.......................  506MMS10
Dampers, American........................... 
50

Molasses  Gates

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

60610
30

Pans

Fry, Acme...........................................   60610&10
Common,  polished.............................  
7065
P atent  Planished  Iron 

‘A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 80 
“B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27  9 80
Broken packages He per pound extra.

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

Planes

Nalls

Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire.

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

Roofing Plates

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean....................
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Dean....................
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean....................
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway  Grade... 
14x20IX,Charcoal, Allaway  Grade... 
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway  Grade... 
20x28IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade...

Ropes

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

Sand  P aper 
List acct.  19, ’86.........................
Sash  W eights 
Solid  Eyes, per ton.....................

dls

Sheet Iron

7

7*
8

40
50
40
45

2  35 
2  35 
Base 
5 
10 
20 
30 
46 
70 
50 
16
25 
35
26 
35 
45 
85
50
45

7 50 
9 00 
15 00 
7 60 
9 00 
15 00 
18 00

10%
15%

50

30 00

5-16 In.

% In.
7  0.  ...  6  0.  .. . 5 0 . .
8% 
.. .  6% 
8% 
.. .  6% 

% in. % In.
..  4*0.
...  6
.-   6%

Com.
BB..
BBB.

. ..  7% 
. ..  7* 
Crowbars 
Cast Steel, per lb......................
Chisels
Socket Firm er.................................... 
Socket Framing..................................  
Socket Corner.....................................  
Socket Slicks....................................... 

com. smooth,  com.
$3 60
8 7C
8 90

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

3 90
4 00
4 10
All Sheets No.  18 and  lighter,  over  30  Inches 

Shovels  and  Spades
First Grade,  Doz.......................... . 
Second Grade, Doz.............................  

8 50
8  00

Elbows

Expansive  Bits

Com. 4 piece, 6 In., per doz................net
Corrugated, per doz............................
Adjustable......................................... dls
Clark’s small, $18;  large, $26..............
Ives’ 1, $18;  2, $24;  3, $30....................
New American....................................
Nicholson’s..........................................
Heller’8 Horse Rasps..........................
Nos. 16 to 20;  22 and 24;  25 and 28;  27, 
List  12 
16.

Galvanized  Iron

Files—New  List

14 

13 

15 

Discount,  65

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

Gauges

Glass

Hinges

H am m ers

Single Strength, by box..............
....dls
Double Strength, by box............
__ dls
By the Light.......................
......dls
Maydole 6  Co.’s, new list............
......dls
Yerkes 6  Plumb’s.......................
...... dls
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.............
.30c list
Gate. Clark’s 1,2 ,3 ...................... ...... dls
Hollow  W are 
Pots.......................................... •
•Kettles............................................
Spiders...............................................

33%
40610
70
60610
60610
50610
Ö0610
Au Sable.............................................dls  40610
House  F urnishing Goods
Stamped Tinware, new list................. 
70
Japanned Tinware............................... 
20610
Bar Iron.............................................. . 25  e rates
Light Band..........................................  8  orates
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.. 
Door, porcelain, Jap. trimmings.
Regular 0 Tubular, Doz..............
Warren.Galvanized  F ou st.....

K nobs—New  List

Horse  Nails

L anterns

Iron

75
86

Solder

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

Squares

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

Tin—Melyn  Grade

Each additional X on this grade, $1.25.

10x14 IC, Charcoal...............................
14x20 IC, Charcoal...............................
20x14 IX, Charcoal...............................
Tin—A llaw ay  Grade
10x14 IC, Charcoal...............................
14x20 IC, Charcoal...............................
10x14 IX, Charcoal...............................
14x20 IXi Charcoal...............................

Each additional X on this grade, $1.50

B oiler  Size Tin  P late 
14x66 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, > nBP nollnd 
14x56 IX, for No. 9 Boilers, J per pouna"

Traps

Steel,  Game........................................
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s.......
Oneida  Community,  Hawley  6   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..........
pnnig rUtnnlnA
Coe’s Patent i^ c u itu ra h  ¡Wrought..Ti

60-10—5

$10 50 
10 50 
12 00

9 00 
9 00 
10 50
10  50

18

75
40610
65 
15 
1  25

60 
60 
50610 
50610 
40 
8 25 
2 95

80
80
88
80

30
80

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WEDNESDAY,  •  •  APRIL 9,1902.

STA TE   OF  M ICH IGAN)
\

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 
issue  of 
folded  7,ooo  copies  of  the 
April  2,  1902,  and  saw 
the  edition 
mailed 
in  the  usual  manner.  And 
further deponent  saith  not.

establishment. 

I  printed 

John  DeBoer.

Sworn  and  subscribed  before  me,  a 
notary  public  in  and  for  said  county, 
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Henry  B.  Fairchild, 

Notary  Public  in  and  for  Kent  County, 

Mich.

TH E  COMMAND  OF TH E  SEAS.

With  characteristic  energy  Emperor 
William  has  called  a  meeting  of  the  big 
ship  owners  and  steamship  builders  of 
Potsdam  to  discuss  the  outlook  of  the 
nation’s  marine  interests.  J.  Pierpont 
Morgan’s  aggressive  policy  of  combina­
tion  has  aroused  a  sense  of  danger,  and 
it  is  the  Emperor's  intention  to  combat 
with  the  entire  strength  of  the  empire 
the  attempts  of  Morgan  and his financial 
allies  to  command  the  steamship  trade 
of  the  Atlantic  seas.  The  Emperor 
struck  a  note  of  warning  some  months 
ago  when  the  report  was  circulated  that 
Morgan  had  succeeded 
in  controlling 
some  foreign  lines.  He  declared  that  in 
case  of  war  Morgan  would  be  an  ob­
stacle 
in  the  matter  of  reprisal.  The 
enemy,  if  at  war  with  England,  could 
not  capture  an  apparently  British  ship 
without  danger  of  being  complicated 
with  the  United  States  because  Morgan 
owned  half  or  one-third  or  perhaps  the 
whole  vessel.  The  same  conditions  ob­
in  the 
tained  with  a  German  vessel 
ownership  of  which  Morgan  was 
inter­
ested. 
“ Morgan  can  not  be  treated  as 
a sovereign  power, ”   the Emperor is said 
to  have  exclaimed. 
“ His  position  is 
unique.”   And  the  inference  was  plain 
that  His  Majesty  had  in  contemplation 
some  plan  to  prevent  the  growth of Mor­
gan  “ as  a  sea  power.”

The  increase  of  the  German  mercan­
tile  marine  is  astonishing,  the  more  so 
when  consideration  is  taken  of  the  lim­
ited  seaboard.  Practically  there  are 
but  two  shipbuilding  ports,  yet 
the 
Germans  are  placing  for  Atlantic  traffic 
almost  as  large  a  number of  vessels  as 
we  have.  Their  steamers  are  steadily 
growing  in  popularity  and  Morgan,  un­
doubtedly  fearing  competition,  planned 
a  gigantic combination.

The Emperor’s fiat has,  however,  gone 
forth.  German  ship  owners  will  not  be

permitted  to  sell  stock 
in  their com­
panies  to  American  financiers.  The  im­
perial  command  can  be  looked  upon 
if 
with 
favor.  The  discrimination, 
that  term  can  be  applied,  is  wholly 
in 
favor of  our artisans.  Any combination 
of  industries  checks  individual  enter­
prise,  and,  with  a  fleet  of  English,  Ger­
man  and  American  vessels  all  flying  the 
flag  of  Pierpont  Morgan,  keeping  up  or 
putting  down  rates,  regulating the  traffic 
of  Mr.  Morgan’s  lake,  small  companies 
are  practically  shut  out.  Morgan’s  great 
financial  coup  has  thus  Been  frustrated. 
The  building  up  of  the  German  marine 
must  necessarily  be 
followed  by  a 
greater  activity  in  our  shipyards.  The 
spirit  of  enterprise  is  not  dead  within 
us,  and 
it  may  be  safely  said  that  our 
National  pride  will  not permit Germany 
to  secure  the  Atlantic  trade  to  our  ex­
clusion.

Two  ambitions 

largely  fill  the  Ger­
man  Emperor’s  mind—colonial  expan­
sion  and  a 
large  merchant  marine. 
One  follows  the  other,  and  has  been  re­
garded  as  the 
inevitable  rule  by  all 
writers  of  political  economy,  but  an  ex­
ception  to  this  rule  may  be  noted  with 
the  United  States.  Our  merchant  ma­
rine,  when  we  had  but  recently  emerged 
from  the  colonial  stage,  commanded  the 
admiration  of  the  world.  There  were 
no  such  clippers  as  the  Dreadnaught, 
whose  time  from  America  to  England 
almost  rivaled  that  of  a  slow  steamship. 
The  American  flag  was  seen  in  all  parts 
of  the  world.  American  bottoms  carried 
ice  to  Bombay  and  returned  with  teak 
wood  to  Boston.  They  fought  for  the 
Chinese  trade  and  captured  it.  Perry 
opened  Japanese  ports.  The  merchant 
marine  of  the  new  United  States  threat­
ened  to  become  a  paramount  power  and 
caused  much  anxiety  in  stolid  British 
breasts.  Then 
it  suffered  a  decline. 
Lately  the  country  has  been  agitating 
the  resuscitation  of  the merchant  marine 
and  it  is  earnestly  to  be  hoped  that  the 
agitation  will  not  be 
in  vain.  The 
possession  of  colonies  did  not  foster 
sea  trade,  but  necessity  compelled  the 
young  country  to  establish  trade  rela­
tions,and  Germany  to-day  is  practically 
in  the  position  of  the  United  States  at 
the  outset  of  her career as  an  independ­
ent  people.  The  war  of  1870-71  prac­
tically  freed  Germany  and  made  of  it  a 
nation.  Wealth  came  to 
it  suddenly. 
Her  citizens  adopted  a  more  opulent 
style  of  living.  Trade  expanded,  but 
did  not  prevent  her  young  men  from 
emigrating.

The  Emperor  then  undertook  to  carry 
out his  dream  of  colonies.  South  Africa 
presented  a  field,  and  to  carry  Germans 
to  the  outlying  posts  of  his  empire  he 
must  have  ships.  The  German,  how­
ever,  has  not  taken  kindly  to  South 
Africa,  but  the  ships  built  have  been 
used  in  bringing  Germans  to  this  coun­
try.  Her  colonial  growth  has  not  kept 
pace  with  that  of  the  merchant  marine. 
This  growth  is  now  threatened,  and  to 
save 
it  the  Emperor  has  adopted  the 
role  of  its  protector.

In  order  to  draw  crowds  to  political 
meetings  in  the  recent  Chicago cam­
paign,  pugilists  were  employed  to  give 
sparring  exhibitions.  The  plan  was 
found  to  work  well,  as  the  halls  were  al­
ways  filled  wherever  the  pugilists  were 
attractions.  The 
is  said  to  have 
originated  with  a  Sunday  school  teacher 
who  was  a  candidate  for  alderman.

idea 

Those  who  are  in  the  habit  of  mak­
ing  capital  out  of  the  misfortunes  of 
others  will  find  themselves  with  a  lot  of 
worthless  assets  sooner or  later.

PROFITABLE  AND  PROSPEROUS.
The  common  acceptance  is  to 

the 
effect  that  the  average  church  must  al­
ways  have  more  or  less  of  a  deficit  and 
that  the  revenues  will  not  meet  the  an­
nual  disbursement  at  least  without pass­
ing  a  subscription  paper at  the  close  of 
the  year to  balance  the  account.  The 
generous  faithful  are  expected  to  con­
tribute  and  most  of  them  do  so and even 
then  some  apparently  prosperous  con­
gregations  still  have  a  deficit.  Now  and 
then  there  are  exceptions.  The  Grace 
Baptist  church  in  Philadelphia— better 
in  that  city  as  the  Philadelphia 
known 
Temple— claiming 
largest 
Protestant  congregation  in  America,  is 
a  notable  exception  to  this  rule. 
It  has 
a  membership  of  over 3,000,  an  orphan­
age,  a  hospital  with  a  monthly  average 
of  1,200  patients,  a  school  with  over 
4,000  pupils  and  other  adjuncts  of 
church  work  wherein  altogether 
it 
spends  $65,000  a  year for  purposes  out­
side  its  own  maintenance.  Its  pastor  is 
Rev.  Russell  H.  Conwell  and  he  de­
clares  that  there  is  no  reason  why  every 
church  should  not  be  a  paying  enter­
prise.

to  be  the 

The  other  day  in  the  Independent  be 
gave  the  reasons  for  this  assertion. 
In 
general  his theory is that a church  should 
be  conducted  on  strictly  business  prin­
ciples  and  value  given  for  everything 
received.  He  does  not  believe  that the 
church  be  treated  as  an  eleemosynary 
institution.  At  the  Philadelphia  Tem­
ple  there  are  no  free  seats,  but  every 
one  of  the  3,100  sittings  is  paid  for  by 
somebody. 
Strangers  and  newcomers 
are  welcome  and  provided  for,  but  from 
every  seat  there  is  an  annual  revenue. 
It  has  a  boys’  brigade  whose  military 
instruction  is  valuable  and  paid  for  on 
that  theory. 
Its  schools  are  practical 
and  the  tuition  more  than  pays  the  cost. 
Every  service  which  the  church  renders 
brings  money  to  its  treasury  and  it  is 
looked  upon  as  an  enterprise  of  value 
to  the  community.  Pretty  much  every­
thing 
is  regarded  as  having  a  money 
value  and  upon  everything  a  price is  set 
and  paid.  This  would  appear  to  be not 
quite  in  harmony  with  the  accepted 
teaching  of  the  New  Testament  and  is 
certainly  not 
like  the  usages observed 
by  churches  in  general.  Pastor Conwell 
has  this  to  say  in  behalf  of  his  scheme, 
it  pays  not  only  in  money  but  in 
that 
interest, 
at  church 
services,  widespread  influence  and  re­
ligious  zeal,  for  during  its  history  the 
Philadelphia  Temple  has  added  4,800 
members  to  its  denomination.  Even 
those  who  do  not  think  the  Conwell plan 
worthy  of  acceptance  must  certainly  re­
gard  it  as  worthy  of  study.

large  attendance 

GENERAL TRADE  REVIEW .

As  long  as  normal  conditions continue 
with  such  a  general  activity  all  over  the 
country  there  must  be  a  decided  ad­
vance 
in  Wall  Street  securities.  Thus 
an  advance  was  in  evidence  until  the 
unfavorable  bank  report  Saturday  and 
the  revival  of  gold  export  brought  a  re­
action 
leading  properties  for 
a  day,  but  the  underlying  strength  was 
too  great  for  reaction  to  last.  Taking 
the  course  of  the  market  as  a  whole 
is  assurance  of  reasonable  con­
there 
servatism 
long  as  such 
causes  continue  to  check  the  advance.

in  prices  as 

in  many 

Bank  exchanges  outside  of  New  York 
City  continue  to equal last year’s record, 
which  is  all  that  should  be desired.  The 
early  advent  of  spring  weather  brought 
the  season’s  trade  forward  with  a  rush, 
but  the  general  cold  of  the  past  few 
days  has  put  a  wholesome  check  upon 
it.  Healthy  trade  needs  some  cold  in

the  spring  months.  General  trade  move­
ment  is  well  sustained  and  the  pressure 
of  domestic  demand  is  such  as  to  dis­
tract  attention  from  the  export  markets 
to  an  extent  which makes  the latter com­
pare  unfavorably  with  last  year.

The  movement  of  the 

leading  staples 
has  been  irregular,  the  ups  and  downs 
depending  upon  unfavorable  or  favor­
able  crop  reports.  The  net  changes  are 
slight.  Export  movement  of  wheat  and 
flour  is  not  so  free,  but  this  will  not 
prevent  a  new  high  record  for  the  sea­
son.  Cotton  is  still  advancing,  but, 
from  the  fact  that  the  white  staj le  has 
passed  out  of  the  hands  of  the  growers, 
high  prices  do  not  help  the  situation 
any  for  them.  Early  marketing  of  an 
unexpectedly  small  crop  has 
left  the 
growers  in  an  unfavorable  condition.

At  manufacturing  plants  the  situation 
has  not  changed.  Iron  furnaces and steel 
mills  are  fully  occupied  and  prices  are 
held  down  with  great  difficulty, 
the 
tendency  of  the  market  being  decidedly 
toward  inflation.  Prospects  for  contin­
ued  activity  are  good,  since  many  con­
tracts  have  been  placed  that  can  not 
be  filled  until  1903.  This  forward  busi­
ness  does  not  suggest  any  hope  of  reac­
tion  on  the  part  of  consumers.  The 
feature  was  the  purchase  of  300,000 
tons  of  pig  iron  at  $16.50  at  furnace  for 
delivery  from  October  to  March.  This 
is  much  the  largest  single  transaction 
ever  before  recorded.  Textile  mills  are 
also  fortunate  as  to  the  amount  of  trade 
in  sight  but  production 
is  materially 
curtailed  by  the  numerous  conflicts  be­
tween  manufacturers  and  their  em­
ployes.  The  footwear  situation  contin­
ues  unfavorable  as  compared  with  other 
industries,  but  the  price  of  some  kinds 
of  leathers  is  advancing.

When  Cecil  Rhodes  was  once  asked 
why  it  was  that  he  employed  so  many 
Americans  in  his  South  African  enter­
prises,  he  said:  “ The  Englishman  lives 
in  a  little  country  and  can  almost  stand 
anywhere 
in  it  and  see  over  the  edges. 
He  can  run  from  one  end  of  England  to 
another  in  a  few  hours 
in  a  railway 
train,  and  if  he  has  a  mind  to  he  can 
walk  to  any  place  easily  instead  of  rid­
ing.  This  narrows  the  minds  of  our 
people.  Their  horizon  is  near  at  hand, 
their  outlook 
is  short,  their  ways  are 
little.  The  American  is  built  larger,  to 
suit  the  great  continent  across which  his 
country  spreads.  Everything  in  Amer­
ica 
is  big— big  distances,  big  views, 
big  mountains,  big  plains,  big  rivers. 
Consequently  the  American  has  grown 
broad  and  big  to  meet  bis surroundings. 
Nothing  is  too  big  for him to undertake. 
Nothing  daunts  him.  That  is  why  we 
like  to  employ  Americans  at  the head of 
our working  staffs  and  learn to rely upon 
them.”

Europe,  and  especially  England,  is 
again  ringing  with  the  noise  of  “ the 
American  invasion.”  
In  every  form  of 
activity,  apparently, Americans  are  seen 
engaged  and  the  foreigners  are  so  much 
interested  in  observing  their  operations 
that they  stand  as  if  spellbound.  They 
hesitate  to  make  new  departures,  fear­
ing  that  the  Americans  will  propose 
It  is  ac­
something  even  more  novel. 
knowledged  that  American 
ideas  are 
economical  and  practical,  and  once  ex­
plained  they  immediately  become  pop­
ular.  Americans  have  gained  a  prestige 
that  lends  magic  to  every  American  de­
vice  and  gives  it  ready  acceptance.

It  is  far  better  to  be  alone  in  this 
world  of  sorrow  than  to  bring up  a  child 
to  play  on  the  accordion.

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to refer to our customers.  They all have a good word  for  “Doran 
Lights.”
Acorn  Brass  W o rk s,  Chicago, Ills.
Gentlemen:—In answer  to your  query  will  say  that  we  have  now used 
your light 18 months and have had  little or no  trouble  with  it,  and  as  to the 
supply wire, It has never caused us the least trouble, having never been stopped 
up since in use.
We consider It the best light of  all  the  lights  In  our  town,  and  we  have 
about all makes represented  nere. 
We have hundreds  of  testimonials  like  the  above. 
“Doran 
Lights” are made to give a light equal to any  electric  arc  for  the 
man in the small town where  gas  and  electricity  are  not  obtain­
able.  They’re also made to  save  at  least  three-fourths  on  light 
bills for the man who does  use  gas  or  electricity.  A  safe,  satis­
factory and economical  lighting system  which  it  will  pay  you  to 
investigate.  Write for catalog—sent  free.

Yours  truly,  Dickson  Drug  Co.

ACORN  BRASS  WORKS

Dept.  W .

20 Jefferson  St.,  Chicago.,  111.
Agents wanted for “Doran Light” Systems (1200 candle power 
to  each  light),  also  for “M.  &  M.”  Portable  Lamps  (600  candle
power.)  Exclusive territory.

B i g   B a r g a i n   o n   W h e e l s

D U N L A P   V E H IC L E   CO M PAN Y,  Pontiac,  Mich

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Clothing

Fable  of tb e  Careful  C redit  Man  o f  the 

Clothing Trade.

Once  upon  a  time,  an  old  and  re­
spected  house  had  a  careful  credit  man, 
with  the  accent  on  the  “ careful.”   He 
used  old  reference  books  for  the  pur­
pose  of  saving  dollars  and  wasted  a 
good  many  sheets  of  stamps  annually  in 
sending  circulars  to  tbe  dead  and  out 
of  business.  He  was  so  economical  and 
careful  that  he  would  never  risk  setting 
a  hen  on  her  full  allowance  of  eggs,  for 
fear  of  wasting  the  eggs.  His  econ­
omy,  however,  was  decidedly “  spotty. ”  
He  was  a  member of  the  Golden  Rule 
Mutual  Reporting  Association, 
for 
which  he  used  to  put  up  a  good  many 
dollars  annually,  and  he  spent  many 
weary  hours  each  day  in  poring  over 
his  ledgers  so  as to  make  Golden  Rule 
reports.  These  duties  finally  became  so 
onerous  that  he  was  compelled  to  em­
ploy  a  clerk  at  $1,000  a  year to  clear 
the  daily  sheets  and  answer enquiries.

In  the  meantime,  he  was  a  mark  for 
the  chaps  who  belonged  to  the  Golden 
Rule  for  what  there  was  “ in  it.”   He 
sometimes'  suspected  that  certain  com­
petitors  were  getting  tongue-tied  be­
cause  they  talked  up  to  him  so  little, 
and  in  some  of  his  investigating  trips 
around  tbe  city  he  would  come  back 
feeling  as 
if  he  had  been  interviewed 
instead  of  the  other  fellow.  His  un­
happy  hours  came  in  reading  long  lists 
of  experiences  from  other  houses.  As 
he  commenced  at  tbe  top  of  the  sheet, 
he  guessed  that  he  would  ship  his 
goods,  and  a 
little  further  down,  he 
guessed  he  wouldn’t,  and  when  he  had 
finished  his  mind  was  as  clear  as  mud, 
and  he  didn’t  know  what  he  would  do. 
Some  of  the  reports  would  blow  hot  and 
some  would  blow him to an ague in read­
ing  of  the  frightful  experiences  some 
houses  had  in  getting  their  money.

There  are  those  so  unkind  as  to  say 
that  some  of  tbe  members  of  the  Golden 
Rule  used  David  Harum’s  version  of 
it  in  making  their  reports  to  the  Asso­
ciation,  which  was  “ To  do  unto  the. 
other  fellow  as  you  would  have  him  do 
unto  you,  but  to do  him  fust.”

After  he  had  finished  reading  these 
long  sheets,  then  he  would  commence  to 
wonder  what  the  other  fellows  who  were 
not  in  the  Association  were  going  to  do 
with  their  orders.  Well,  he  screened 
all  orders  very  carefully,  running  them 
two ways through  a  fine  sieve,  until  go 
per  cent,  of  the  customers  who  bought 
their  goods  closely  discounted. 
Is  it 
not  evident  that  our  friend  was  really 
getting  paid  for  passing  on  only  io per 
cent,  of the  trade  in  whom  he  took  any 
risk?

He  seemed  to  have  the  idea  that  the 
house  was  paying  him  $5,000 a  year to 
turn  down  orders,  and  that  idea  being 
90  per  cent,  wrong,  he  soon  had  them 
on  the  toboggan,  and  there  were  plenty 
of  splinters  on  the  way  down.

“ The  boys"  used  to  have  great  times 
with  him,  and  finally  bad  to  put  blind­
ers  on  him  to  get  their orders  passed. 
Some  one  remarked  that  the  salesmen 
of  tbe  house  were  all  looking  like  pro­
fessional  men ;  it  was  because  so  many 
of  them  wore  glasses,  you  see;  he  bad 
them  all  near-sighted, looking  for Astors 
and  Vanderbilts  only.  Others  were 
looking  for  them,  and  there  weren’t 
enough  to go  around.

The  salesmen  were  so  unreasonable 
that  they  actually  wanted  him  to trust 
the  chaps  who  were  in  the  trade,  but  he 
wouldn’t.  Does it  strike  you  that  a  boy 
with  a  rubber  stamp  at  ten  per  week

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

can  check  out  to  the  Vanderbilts?  The 
bouse,  as  we  have  remarked,  was  old, 
and  had  such  a  good  name,  that  to  save 
expense  it  quit  advertising. 
I  did  not 
say  took  down 
its  sign,  but  I  might 
truthfully  have  said  it   The  good  things 
of  life  are  always  hunting  you  up,  any­
how,  and  they  were  sure  that  their  cus­
tomers  would  hunt  them  up.  What? 
Nevertheless,  the  house  was  so  well  es­
tablished,  that  its  head  became  swollen, 
so  to  speak,  and  they  moved  their  store 
from  Front  street  around  on  to  Side 
street.  The  grass  made  fringe  along  the 
sidewalks 
in  Side  street  and  occasion­
ally  a  mild-eyed  cow  would  wander 
along  and 
in  at  the  boys  in  the 
front  window.  This  was  a  distinct  jar 
to  the  feelings  of  those  who  used  to  like 
to  wear  straw  hats  and  sit  in  the  front 
to  see  the  pretty  girls  go  b y ;  but  never 
mind,  the  house  saved  three  thousand 
in  rent,  and 
lost  twenty 
thousand  a  year  in  profits.  This  house 
is  now  going  down  tbe  toboggan  with 
celerity.

incidentally 

look 

Well,  once  in  a  while,  one  of  the  90 
per  cent.  Vanderbilts,  whose  orders  had 
been  checked  out  by  the  Boss  while  the

careful  credit  man  was  away  on  his  va­
cation  would  not  pay  at  maturity  but 
would  send  in  a  “ good  jolly,”   and  our 
friend, the  careful,  who  would  not offend 
him  for  the  world,  would  stir  the  street 
up  a  little,  then  guess  that  he  was  all 
right,  and  carry  him.

Five  thousand  a  year  seems  high  for 
a  guesser.  I  will  lay  a  wager that  I  can 
go  down  to | tbe  front  door of  my  office 
and  “ holler”   and  get  twenty  men  that 
will  be  glad  to  do  my  guessing  at  ten 
dollars  a  week,but  the  soulless  corpora­
tions  and  successful  concerns  of  this 
day  are 
looking  for  the  chaps  that  do 
not  do  much  guessing.

About  the  same  time  of  the  moon  a 
hustling  and  reckless  credit  man  for  a 
competing  house  gets  a  “ jolly”   from 
the  same  90  per  cent.  Vanderbilt  that  is 
being  cairied  by  our  careful  friend, but 
be  was  not  a  guesser.  His  boss  was  the 
champion  guesser  of  the  street,  but 
wanted  to  do  all  of  it  that  was  done  by 
tbe  house. 
In  short,  the  hustling  and 
reckless  credit  man  was  one  of  the  kind 
of  chaps  who  was  paid  for  knowing 
why,and  he  usually  knew. 
In  this  case 
he  was  so  judiciously  reckless  that  after

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this  season  and  also 
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JOHNSTOWN,  N.  V.

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Northern Ohio and  Indiana  and 
Southern  Michigan.

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Buffalo,  N.  Y.

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thinking  the  matter  over  to  himself  a 
while  he  decided  to  put  the  house  back 
a  few  dollars,  and  sent  a  trusty  man  out 
to  find  out  why. 
Incidentally,  he  for­
got  to  hire  a  band  to  announce  this  trip 
to  the  Street, although  be  was  a  member 
of  the  Golden  Rule.

The  man  that  he  sent  out  was  onto 
the  job.  He  was  a  quiet,  clear-headed 
and  cold-blooded  duck  who  was  not 
biased  by  any  considerations  of  future 
trade.  He 
investigated  quietly  and 
found  out  why.

It  seems  that  this  particular debtor 
was  not  a  Vanderbilt  as  was  generally 
thought,  and  was  inclined  to  be  gay  and 
festive  and  quite  fond  of  a  little  game 
called  “ draw.”

Now,  being  of  exemplary  habits  and 
retiring  by nature, we  do  not  know  much 
personally  about  draw,  but  we  are  told 
that  it  is  a  seductive  game,and  from  all 
reports,  was  playing  thunder  with  this 
delinquent’s  bank  account.  He  used  to 
come  down  to the  store  in  the  morning 
leaving  most  of  his  roll  behind  him, 
but  he  was  most  always  accompanied 
by  a  dark  brown  taste  in  his  mouth, 
and  “ such  a  headache.”   We  are  not 
moralizing  on  the  evils  of  draw.  He 
would  have  been  called  clever  had  he 
been  a  winner,  but  being  behind  the 
game,  he  was  classed  as  a  blank  fool.

Alas,  the  world 

is  prone  to  ask,  not 
what  road  did  you  come  over,  but  did 
you  get  there?  Well,  not  wishing  to  do 
any  more  business  with  or  carry  that 
kind  of  a  fool,  or  such  a  poor  card 
player,  the  man  insisted  upon  and  ob­
tained  endorsed  notes  from  him,  which 
he  promptly  swapped  to  the  local  bank 
for  funds  and came out feeling  “ chesty" 
and  with  his  hat  a  trifle  tight.  The 
careful  credit  man  was  still  carrying 
when  the  petition  was  filed,  and,  to  add 
deeper  sorrows  to  his  woe,  he  had  re 
ceived  so  much  money  wi thin 
fou 
months  that  he  could  not  figure  out  how 
it  would  pay  him  to  refund  and  file  hi 
claim.

Every  man 

is  entitled  to  his  own 
“ think,”   and  right  here  we  think  our 
think  and  that  is,  that  one  knower  is 
worth  six  thinkers.

lesson.  While  the  Boss  had  made 

This  episode  made  rough  house  for 
the  careful  credit  man  and  taught  him 
a 
in  opening  the  account,  the 
mistake 
credit  man  had  blundered  in 
it 
grow  so  large.  The  result  was  that  he 
jolly  with  an  icy 
received  his  next 
heart;  pleading 
letters  of  poverty  were 
followed  by  threatening  telegrams to the 
debtor.  Now,  that  is  a  fine  and  dandy 
way  to  win  favors  and  shekels  from 
delinquent.

letting 

information  quickly; 

They  say  there  are  three  mediums  of 
the 

spreading 
telephone,  the  telegraph  and  telling 
woman,  and  a  threatening  telegram  to 
in  a  small  country  town  spreads 
man 
faster  than  the  measles, even  to  the  local 
banker.  We  have known  a  local  banker 
to  suddenly  get  contraction  of  the  heart 
and  put  a  Yale  lock on his feelings when 
appealed  to  for  assistance  by  a  debtor 
under  such  circumstances.

Well,  all  of  these  efforts  of  coaxing 
letters  and  telegrams  not being  rewarded 
with  any  5287  draft  on  New  York, 
not  even  a  postal  order,  the  careful 
credit  man  made  another guess.  The 
debtor  being  located  in  a  small  town, 
he  guessed  that  the  local  attorney  could 
handle  him ;  but  he  had  another  guess 
coming.

You  see  it  was  just  like this.  The at 
torney  and  the  debtor  used  to  slide 
down  the  same  cellar  door  when  they 
were  boys  together,  go  swimming  in  the

same  old  “ swimmin*  hole,”   played 
“ chaw  raw  beef”   on  one  another,  mar­
ried  sisters  and  now  belong  to  the  same 
lodge.  Why,  this  very  morning  the 
attorney  had  been  at his brother-in-law’s 
store  and  bought  a  new  suit  of  clothes, 
one  pair  of  boots,  six  quarts  of  beans 
and  a  jug  of  molasses,  all  of  which  had 
been  charged,  but  this  attorney  was per­
fectly  upright.  He  did  not  drop  the 
papers  down  the  first  crack  he  came  to 
the  sidewalk,  nor  light  his  cigar with 
them,  but  he  went  back to  his  office  and 
wrote  to  his  old  chum  and  brother-in- 
law  to  “ call  and  pay  up.”   Several  days 
later,  as  the  debtor  was  putting  on  his 
other  coat  to  go  to  the  lodge,  he  found 
„ is   letter,  and  the  next  morning  he 
promptly 
called  on  his  old  chum, 
brother-in-law,  legal  friend  and  treas­
urer  of  the  lodge,  and  gave  him a  prom­
ise  to  pay,  which  be  still  has.

Meantime,  the  hustling  and  reckless 
credit  man  has  been  sawing  wood.  He 
knows  that  orders  are  scarce,  salesmen 
must  have  nobby  clothes,  competition  ii 
fierce,  creditors  can  not  be  stood  off  in 
definitely,  and  the  expense  account  is 
as  active  as  a  growing  boy,  and  has 
chronic  insomnia.

It  is  his.  old-fashioned  idea  that  the 
profits  of  the  house  have  got  to  be  made 
from  the  orders  that  go  through  the  mill 
and  from  the  collection  thereof,  rather 
than  those  that  are  screened  out.  He 
has  got  to  check  out  to  men  with  good 
records  and  cut  out  those  with  family 
histories.

Being  a  twentieth  century  man,  he 
takes  his  chances  on  the  twentieth  cen 
tury  methods,  and  not  only  keeps  in 
ine  with  the  front  of  the  procession 
but  is  always  just  a  trifle  in  advance  of 
In  other  words,  when  a  large  ar. 
count  matures  and 
is  unpaid,  he  does 
not  do  any  guessing  as  to  the  reason 
but  finds  out  why.

Both  of  these  credit  men  carved  mon 
uments  of  their  work.  One  was  called 
dry  rot.”   The  other  was  in  the  shape 

of  a  new  ten-story  factory.

This  fable  is  different  from  Aesop’s 
or  our  old  friend,  George  Washington’s 
There 
is  no  moral  to  it.  Some  people 
say  that  credit  men and collectors havn’t 
any morals,but if  you  think  you  can  find 
any  hidden  between  these  lines,  it  is  up 
to  you  to  find  it.

Wm.  D.  Mcllvaine.

A  Little  Financier.

Ex-Congressman  Cable,  of  Illinois 

has  a  charming  young  daughter  who 
receiving  her  education 
in  France 
When  she  was  several  years  younget 
than  she  is  now  her  father  took  her  on 
his  knee  one  day  and  said  to  her:

“ To-day  a  man  asked  me  if  I  would 
not  sell  little  brother.  He  said  he  would 
give  me  a  whole  room  full  of  gold 
Shall  I  let  him  have  little  brother?”

The  child  shook  her  head.
“ But,”   persisted  the  father,  “ think 
how  much  money  this  room  full  of  gold 
would  be.  Think  how  many  things  you 
could  buy  with  it.  Don’t  you  think  I’J 
better  let  the  man  have  little  brother?

‘ ‘ No, ’ ’ said the  daughter;  * ‘ let’s  keep 
him  till  he’s  older.  He’ll be  worth  more 
then.”  

____

. 

An  Evident  Incongruity.

“ Life 

insurance  people  are  queer, 

“ Are  they?”   asked  the  man  who 

observed  the  man  with  the  incandescent 
beard.
introduced  at  this  point  for  the  purpose 
of  leading  up  to  the  next  line.
“ Yes.  First  they  convince  you  that 
you  may  die  within  a  week,  in  order  to 
get  you  to  apply  for a  policy,  and  then 
they  must  convince  themselves  that  you 
will  live  a  hundred  years  before  they 
will  issue  it.”

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Sell  a  Winner! 
Win  a  Buyer!

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Bal.  Jobs  at  $1  50.

Be  sure  and  ask  our 
salesman  to  show  you 
this  shoe.

The Western Shoe Co.,

Toledo,  Ohio

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Shoes  and  Rubbers

W here Ju stice  Leaves  off and  Generosity 
Begins.
Written for the Tradesman.

When 

it  comes  to  making  good  the 
warrant  on  shoes  it  is  sometimes  hard, 
hard,  bard  to  tell  where  justice  leaves 
off  and  generosity  begins.

If  you  are  a  big  dealer— if  you  carry 
a  fifty  thousand  dollar  stock  and  have  a 
credit  man  and  a  “ kick”   man  and  cash 
carriers,  and put  in  your  spare  moments 
clipping  the  coupons  from  your Govern­
ment  bonds—this  article  will  have  little 
or  no  interest  for  you. 
It  is  not  written 
for  you  anyway,  and  you  may  as  well 
steam  up  your  automobile  and  take  a 
turn  through  the park as to glance farther 
down  the  column.  But  if  you  are  a 
struggling  dealer  with  a  trade  to  work 
up,  with  customers  to  win  and  to  hold, 
if  you  get  pinched  sometimes  so  that 
you  do  not  know  where  you  are  going 
to  get  the  money  with  which  to  pay  a 
$200  bill  of  rubbers,  and  are  willing  to 
sit  down  and  figure  with  me  on  some  of 
the  problems  that  are  of  interest  to  us 
both,  I  am  with  you.

To  begin  with,  it  is  a  question  just 
how  much  we  ought  to  do  for  policy’s 
sake. 
If  you  have  a  Mrs.  Beverly 
Parks,  who  buys  glaze  kid  slippers  to 
wear  to  country  picnics  and  expects 
them  to  emerge  unsullied  from  the fray ; 
if  you  have  a Mrs.  O’Lolley, who encases 
her  feet 
in  India  kids  at  ninety-eight 
cents  and 
imagines  that  they  should 
stand  the  exacting  conditions  imposed 
by  a  strenuous  existence  upon  a  new 
farm  during  the  rainy  season;  if  you 
have  a  Whispering  Jeff  Ducksbury,  who 
buys  thirds  in  rubbers  and  is  surprised 
that  they  do  not  wear  like  the  “ extra 
reliables”   his  neighbor  paid  $3  for— I 
say  if  you  have  these  freaks 
in  human 
form  1  am  sure  that  we  can shake  hands 
cheerfully  and  call  each other “  brother”  
with  clear consciences.

trade 

is  well  worth 

Now  Mrs.  Beverly  Parks  is  a  woman 
whose 
looking 
after.  She may be  notional,  and  she  un­
doubtedly  uses  poor 
judgment  about 
some  things,  but then  she  buys  stacks  of 
profitable  goods  and  she  has  the  immor­
tal  coin  wherewith  to  liquidate  for  her 
purchases,  and  is  it  for  you  and  me  who 
so  need  her  shining  dollars  with  which 
to  conduct  and  maintain  ourselves  and 
our  business,  to  offer  her  gratuitously 
the  obvious  information  that  she  is  a 
blamed  lunkhead— that  she  should  wear 
calfskin  or  elephant  hide  or  cast  iron 
when  she  goes  among  the  stumps  and 
the  stubble of the average picnic ground? 
Would  she  thank  us  for  the  information 
and  would  she  profit  by  our counsel? 
These  are  the  questions  before  the house 
at  the  present  moment. 
Looking  at 
the  matter  from  a  rational  standpoint, 
Mrs.  Beverly  Parks  is  of  middle  age— 
she  has  established  her habits of life and 
she  will  probably  go  on  to the end  wear­
ing  hen  skin  shoes  anywhere  and  every­
where  she  pleases.  And  as  long  as  she 
continues  to  buy and  pay  for  them what, 
some  lunatic  may  ask,  is  the  difference 
to  us?

Well, 

in  a  way  it  is  her  own  affair, 
and  then  again  it  is  not.  Suppose  she 
knocks  all  the  shine  off  her  new  shoes 
the  first  day  she  wears  them,  and  sup­
pose  she  tears  out  one  side  of  a  tissue­
like  upper.  We  will  also  suppose  that 
Mrs.  Parks  does  not  know  just  when 
she  committed  the  deed,  but  when  she 
gets  home  she  finds  that  her  new  foot­
wear  is  in  rags  and  tatters.  Well,  there 
is  Mrs.  Shoverling  Tones,  who  is  a  very 
dear  friend  of the  lady  in  question,  and

she  drops 
in  to  see  wbat  happened  at 
the  picnic  and  to  explain  why  it  was 
that  she  could  not  be  there  herself.  Her 
eye  lights immediately upon Mrs.  Parks’ 
new  slippers  and  she  sees  that  they 
are  in  a  shameful  condition.

“ My  dear  Mrs.  Parks,  where  did  you 
get  those  slippers?”   And  Mrs.  Parks, 
without  the 
idea  of  saying  any­
thing  unfair,  says,  “ Why,  I  got  them of 
Blank.”

least 

“ Indeed!”   exclaims  Mrs.  Shoverling 
Jones,  with  something  of  a  rising inflec­
tion. 
“ I  always  supposed  he  sold  bet­
ter  shoes  than  that. 
If  I  were  you,  I 
would  go  back  there  the  first  thing  I did 
and  d-e-m-a-n-d  a  new  pair  for  them. 
Why,  they  have  not  worn  at  all.”

The  talk  drifts  to  other  matters  and 
the  subject for the time is forgotten,but  a 
bee 
is  buzzing  in  the  ear  of  Mrs.  Bev­
erly  Parks,  and  in  the  morning  she  has 
a  headache  and  her  nerves  are  rather on 
edge.  The  girl  has  turned  out  an  un­
usually 
inferior  quality  of  food  for the 
breakfast  table,  so  Mrs.  Beverly  Parks 
rates  her  as  soundly  as  she  knows  how 
and,  still  feeling  that  there  is  one  more 
rill  from  which  to  drink consolation,  she 
bundles  up  her  picnic  slippers and takes 
them  to  Blank's  store,  “ justto  see  what 
be  will  do  about  it.”

ladylike. 

Mrs.  Beverly  Parks 

is  very  refined 
She  dresses  well,  she 
and 
has  a  good  supply  of  “ the 
immortal”  
and,  as  there  are  visions  of  big  bills  in 
the  future  and  much  profit  to  be  made 
thereby, and  we  can  not  afford  to do any­
thing  to  offend  the  lady,  we  are  apt  to 
settle  the  matter  in  any  way that  will  be 
perfectly  satisfactory  to  Mrs.  Beverly 
Parks.

But  how  different  it  is  in  the  case  of 

Mrs.  Barney  O’Lolley!

Mrs.  O'Lolley  has  had  her  shoes 
about  ten  days  and,  considering  the 
times  and  seasons  and  the  uses  to  which 
they  have  been  put  by  their  fair  owner, 
they  have  done  very  well 
indeed.  The 
uppers  are  ripped  to  be  sure,  for they 
were  too  narrow  for her  pudgy foot to be­
gin,  with  and  she  has  caught  the toe  of 
one  on  the  point  of  a  hemlock  root  that 
stuck  out  of  the  ground  and  torn  the 
sole  loose  clear  back  to  the 
instep,  and 
she  can  only  wear them  to  the  store  (for 
they  are  her  only  pair)  by winding a rag 
around  the  shoe  with  the  flapping  bot­
tom  so  that  it  keeps  the  sole  from  fall­
ing  back  under  her  heel  every  time  she 
lifts  her  foot.

Now  Mrs.  O'Lolley  may  be  a  very 
good  woman—in  fact,  I  have  heard  that 
she 
is  among  the  best  of  neighbors  and 
that  there  is  no  one  like  her  when  chil­
dren  are  ill  and  a  nurse  is  desired—but 
for  all  that  there  are  ladies  of  less  pre­
tensions  in  the  Good Samaritan line who 
are  much  more  pleasant  to  meet  in  the 
way  of  business.

“ Be  the  Howly  St.  Pathrick!”   says 
good  Mistress  O'Lolley,  with  a  howl 
and  a  flirt  of  her  bombazine  skirt  cal­
culated  to  attract  attention  and  to  im­
press  the  beholder  with  the  fact  that 
she  means  business  and  will  demand 
satisfaction  even  at  the  point  of  the 
sword.  “ Be  the  Howly  Saint  Pathrick ! 
I’ve  bought  me 
lasht  pair  av  shoes  in 
this  bastely  shtore."   With  which  scath­
ing  remark  she  deftly  loosens  and  then 
kicks  off  the  articles 
in  question  and 
continues  to  talk  business  and  promen­
ade  back  and  forth  in  her  bare  feet.

“ There 

is  thim  shoes,  be  gorry,  and 
bad  look  to  thim  and  to him  that  sould 
thim,  and  may  the  divil  fly  away  wid 
the  mon  that  said  yez  sould  good  shoes! 
There 
is  thim  pair  of  w-a-r-r-a-n-t-e-d 
shoes  bought  by  me  only  a  wake  ago

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Snedicor &  
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Line
No.  743. 

Kangaroo  Calf. 
Bal.  Bellow’s Tongue.  %  D. 
S.  Standard Screw.  $1-75. 

Carried  in sizes 6 to  12.

Geo. H. Reeder & Co.

Grand  Rapids

We carry the finest fitting rubbers made.

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too  free 

in  making  warrants  good. 

It 
indeed  a  poor  pair  of  shoes that earns 
dividend  whatever  for  its  wearer 
and  it  is  an  unreasonable  man  who  will 
object  to  a  charge  of  this  kind  when  the 
matter 
is  presented  to  him  in  a  proper 

it 

ght.
But  I  can  devise  no  cast  iron  rule that 
is, 
11  fit  every  case,  and  after  all 
perhaps,  better  to  be  over  generous  in 
matters  of  this  kind  occasionally,  and 
smilingly  pocket  our  loss  for the  sake  of 
the  future  good  will  of  a  customer,  than 
be  too  narrowly  and  exactingly  just 
over  a  few  pennies  that  may  mean, 
either  to  us  or  to  the  other  fellow,  dol­
lars  and  dollars  of  profit  in  the  time  to 
come. 

George  Crandall  Lee.

T h e   T r o u b le .

Wicks—There  should  be  a  law  to  re­
strain  the  theaters  from  printing  those 
mossy  jokes  in  their  programmes.

Hicks—You  don’t  have  to  read  them.
Wicks—No,  but  you  usually  have  to 
listen  to  some  idiot  behind  you  reading 
and  explaining  them.

A  young  couple  were  married in South 
Bend  the  other  day,  and  a  number  of 
their  friends  and  relatives  assembled  at 
the  Grand  Trunk  station  to  see  them  off 
on  their  honeymoon.  Old  slippers  and 
rice  were  showered  on  the  happy pair as 
they  boarded  the  train.  When  they  got 
comfortably  seated  in  the  car,  the groom 
noticed  a  boot  in  the  aisle,  and thinking 
it  was  one  that  had  been  thrown into the 
car  by  some  of  his  jovial  friends,  threw 
the  boot  out  of  the  window  as  the  train 
was  moving. 
It  happened  that  the  boot 
belonged  to  a  well-known  Detroit  com 
mercial  traveler,  who  had  removed  it  to 
ease  his  weary  foot.  On  the  arrival  of 
the  train  at  Battle  Creek,  the  groom  was 
compelled  to  purchase  a  new  pair  of 
boots  for  the  drummer.

There  Is  No  Time  Like  the  Present
You can buy your rubbers more intelligently  now for  next fall’s sale than 

The present condition of your  stock  Is  known  to  you,  your  future  wants 

Boston Rubber Shoe Co.’s Rubbers are always durable.  They have  a fifty 

four or five months hence.

fresh In mind.  The prices are right.

year record of unvarying excellence.

Our representative will call on you soon with a full line of samples.

Rindge,  Kalmbach,  Logie  &   Co.,  Ltd.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Windmills

Eclipse  Solid  Wood  Wheel. 
Fairbanks’  Steel  Wheel.

Pumping 
and  Geared

Windmill  Towers

Wood  and  Steel. 
Fairbanks, Morse & Co.,

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Chicago  or  Detroit.

labst  Chusedah,  and  whaddy  yez  t’ ink 
av  thim  now?  Tell  me  thot!  Whaddy 
yez  t’ ink  av  thim  now!"

The  store 

is  as  full  of  customers  as 
is  of  invective,  and 
Mistress  O’Lolly 
what 
is  a  poor,  struggling  merchant 
with  a  living  to  make,  and  customers  to 
please  and  hold,  going  to  do? Why,  stop 
that  withering  blast  of  verbiage  as  soon 
as  he  can. 
It  may  be  possible  to  com­
promise  in  some  way  and  induce  the 
lady  to  buy  something  more  suited  to 
her  requirements  next  time,  but  as  long 
as  she  has  a  tongue  to  talk  with  and 
money  to  spend,  isn’t  it  best  to  keep 
her  trade  until 
it  really  becomes  un­
profitable?

But  how 

is  it  with  Whispering  Jeff? 
Everybody  knows  him  for  a mean skunk 
anyway.  He  has,  time  out  of  mind 
been  a  source  of  annoyance  to  every 
merchant 
in  the  village  and  is  alway 
looking  for  something  a  little  cheape 
than  the  very  lowest  priced  article  that 
anybody  has  been  able  to  get  hold  of. 
He  sends  to  the  catalogue  houses  for  tea 
and  spices  and  fine  shoes  and  then 
wants  the  home  merchants  to  ‘ ‘ carry 
him "  for  six  months  or a  year  when  he 
happens  to  need  sugar  and  cotton  cloth 
and  clover  seed.

So  when  he  sneaks  in  and  calls  the 
proprietor  off  into  the  fartherest  corner 
of  the  store  and  shows  him  that  the 
third  grade  rubbers  he  has  been wearing 
are  not  strictly  of  the  most  lasting  and 
satisfactory  class,  do  you  make  him  an 
allowance  or  give  him  a  new  pair  for 
the  ones  he  has  already  worn  out?

Now  the  point  I  have  been  getting  at 
is  this:  If  it  is  fair to  do  something  for 
Mrs.  Beverly  Parks  and  for  Mistress 
Barney  O’Lolley,  why in the strict fitness 
of  things  is  it  not  right  to  do  something 
for  Whispering  Jeff  Ducksbury,  too?
is—and  1  am  willing 

The  fact 

maintain  my  position  with broadswords 
pistols  or  pitchforks  at  forty  rods—there 
is  no  justice  in  the  matter  at  all.  And 
1  will  further  maintain,  in  a  similar 
way,  that  the  merchant  who  starts 
be 
matters,  will  quickly 
of  his  best  trade.

invariably  and  exactly  just  in  these 
lose  a  good  part 

We  are  working  out  our  own  scheme 
of  business  salvation  and  we  use  more 
policy  and  generosity  and  good  judg 
ment  than  strict  justice  in  doing  it.

I  believe 

it  a  wrong  idea  to  pay  full 

price  for  unsatisfactory  footwear,  or, 
other  words,  to  give  new  shoes  free  for 
'  old  ones  that  have  proved  to  be  of  poor 
quality. 
is  better  to  charge  some 
thing,  be  it  no  greater sum  than  a  quar 
ter  of  a  dollar,  for the  wear  had  from 
the  old  ones,  than  to  tempt  customers 
into  making  dishonest  kicks  by  being

It 

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Staples.

Staple  Cottons—There  has  been  re­
ported  a  moderate  amount  of  business 
in  the  staple  end  of  the  cotton  goods 
market,  but  no  transactions  of  great 
individual  importance.  Brown sheetings 
and  drills  continue  quiet 
in  heavy­
weights,  although  prices  are  very  firm. 
There  were  almost  no transactions  for 
forward  deliveries  at  all.  In  lightweight 
sheetings  practically  the  same  condi­
tion  exists,  business  being  quiet  and 
prices  stiff.  Ducks  show  no  special 
change,  both  heavy  and 
lightweights 
being  steady.  Coarse  colored  cottons 
remain  in  practically  the  same  stiff  po­
sition  as  for  some  time  past.  There  is 
a  very  moderate  business  being  trans­
acted 
Ticks  are  quiet. 
Plaids,  checks  and  stripes  are  in  an  ir­
regular  demand  and  more  inclined  to be 
easy.  Flannel  blankets  are  steady  and 
without  any  new  developments.  Brown 
osnaburgs  show  no change.

in  denims. 

Calicoes— Fancies  are  to  be  had  in 
moderate  quantities  only,  and  the  de­
mand 
is  about  on  a  par  with  the  pres­
ent  production. 
There  has  been  no 
change  in  the  market  for staples;  lead­
ing  lines  are  steady  and  firm,  but  trad­
ing  is quiet.  Fine  wide  goods  in  spe­
cial  finishes  and  in  sheer  fabrics  are  in 
fair  re-order  request.

Ginghams—Continue  to  show  a  re­
stricted  trading  owing  to  short  supplies 
and  slow  deliveries,  but  otherwise  there 
has  been  no  change.

Dress  Goods—A  feature  of  the  past 
week  was  an  advance 
in  the  price  of 
certain  important  lines  of  cashmeres. 
This  advance  is  taken  to  mean  that  the 
fall  production  has  been  well  taken  care 
of  and  that  the  accumulations  of  such 
goods  reported  some  time  ago,  which 
were  looked  upon  in  the  light  of  an  un­
promising  factor  as  regards  such  goods, 
have  passed  through  the  channels  of 
trade.  The  demand  during  the week  has 
centered  in  the  same  classes  of  goods  as 
have  been  the  most  actively  sought 
since  the  outset  of  the  season.

Underwear— After  the  conditions  that 
exit  for  spring  underwear,  it  is  rather 
an  unpleasant  duty  to  state  that  the con­
ditions  for  fall  underwear  are  very 
different;  there  is  considerable  friction 
between  agents  for  the  manufacturers 
and  the  wholesale  houses,  so  much,  in 
fact,  that  it  has  affected  the  retail  buy­
ers  who  are  afraid,  evidently,  to  place 
their orders,  and  this  leaves the  fall  sea­
son  slow  and  uncertain.  Not  only  is  it 
slow  and  dragging,  but  there  is  actually 
very  little  being  done.  There 
is  no 
doubt  that  the  upsetting  of  prices  has 
had  everything  to  do  with  this,  as  it 
has  shown the  natural  results  of  “ doc­
tored"  goods.  There 
is  an  enormous 
variety  of  trash 
in  the  market,  and  in 
many  cases  it  takes  a  shrewd  buyer  tu 
select  the  right  goods.  Many  of  the 
sample 
lots  delivered  to  the  wholesale 
houses  were  found  to  be  greatly  inferior 
to  the  samples  on  which  orders  were 
placed.  One  reason  for  this  latter con­
dition,  and  a  reason  that  we  predicted 
long  ago  when  the  season  began,  is, 
that  mills  took  orders  at  whatever prices 
they  could  get  without  knowing  whether 
they  could  cover  them  or  not  as  far as 
yarn  was  concerned, and  when  prices  for 
yarn  went  up  they  had  either  to  make 
the  goods  at  a  positive  loss,  cancel  their 
orders,  or  make  up 
inferior qualities. 
This  refers  not  only  to  underwear  in 
general,  but to fleeces  in  particular;  not 
the  high  grade  fleeces,  which  are  well

situated,  but  the  low  grades on  which 
there  was  great  competition,  and  these 
are 
in  a  condition  at  present  to  make 
any  one  wonder  just what the results will 
be.  Fortunately  for  the  retail  trade  they 
will  not  have  this  to  contend  with,  for 
the  trouble  will  be  straightened  out  be­
fore  if  reaches  them ;  they  will  see  the 
goods  they  are  to  purchase  and  can 
place  their  orders  without  fear;  it  is 
merely  a  question  of knowing  what  to 
purchase  and  what  the  right  prices  are. 
This  will  doubtless  be  settled  very 
shortly;  in  fact.it  must  be  settled  if  fall 
business  is  to  get  under  way  in  any  rea­
sonable  time.

Sweaters—As  will  be  remembered, 
last  fall  there  was  a  sudden  scarcity 
in 
the  market  and 
large  premiums  were 
offered  by  some  houses  for  any  quanti­
ties ;  this  condition  following  the  indi­
cations,  but  a  short  time  before,  that 
sweaters  were  to  be  a  thing  of  the  past 
except  for  a  very  small  trade  with  the 
athletic  world,  was  a  decided  surprise 
Preparations  have  now  been  made  to 
supply  any  demand  tbat  may  material­
ize.  Many  new  designs  are  now  in  the 
market,  more  attractive  than  ever  and 
particularly 
is  this  true  of  goods  for 
ladies’  wear.

Hosiery— The  hosiery  trade 

in  the 
United  States  is  in  an  excellent  condi­
tion. 
It  has  had  is  ups  and  downs,  to 
be  sure,  but  the  ups  are  by  far  in  the 
majority. 
It  is  stated  that  “ necessity 
is  the  mother  of  invention, ”   and  cer­
tainly  in  this  case  it  seems  to  be  true, 
because,  when  the  foreign  mills  were 
unable  to  supply  the  American  demand, 
American  manufacturers  woke  up  to 
the  fact  tbat  it  would  pay  them  to  make 
the  goods  here,  and  this  has  been  done 
with  great  success.  At  the  present  time 
domestic  fancy  hosiery  is  selling  with­
out  any  trouble,  easily  competing  with 
foreign  made  goods,  although  the  in­
dustry  is  very  young  here.  To  be  sure, 
there  are  some  styles  in  which  the  for­
eign  manufacturers  still  excel  us,  but 
the  rapid  advances  on  our  part  make 
it 
almost  positive  that  we  will  equal  or 
exceed  them  before 
For  this 
summer’s  trade  men's  fancy  half  hose 
will  be  in  big  demand.  The  retailers 
have  prepared  for  it  liberally.  Solid 
colors,  also  blacks  and  whites,  with 
embroidered  clocks,  promise  to  be  im­
portant  lines.  Vertical  stripes  and  hor­
izontal  stripes  will  hold  their  own,  and 
polks  dots  will  be  fairly  good,  particu­
in  extracted  designs.  More  care 
larly 
has  been  exercised 
in  making  these 
goods  to  overcome  objections  that  were 
raised  last  season;  that  is,  the  fancy  de­
signs  did  not  always  come  down  on  the 
heel  far  enough  to  be  worn  with  low 
shoes—which,  of  course,  is  really  a  ne­
cessity ;  again,  the 
length  of  the  half 
hose  was  too  scant,  efforts  evidently 
being  made  to  save  yarns.

long. 

Carpets—Manufacturers  continue  ex­
tremely  busy 
in  their  efforts  to  make 
their  productions  as  large  as  possible  in 
order to  fill  all  the  demands  placed  up­
on  them 
in  the  way  of  duplicate  busi­
ness. 
It 
is  doubtful  if  there  is  a  loom 
in  the  carpet  trade  of  the  country  made 
idle  from  the  lack  of  orders,  whether  in 
the  ^-goods  lines  or  in 
ingrains.  The 
total  production  of  carpets  so  far this 
season  has  probably  exceeded  tbat  of 
any  previous  season  in  the  correspond­
ing  period,  and  if  the  enormous  produc­
tion  continues  on  apace  for at  least  a 
month  more,  which 
is  very  likely;  the 
spring  season  of  1902  will  pass  in  the 
annals  of  the  trade  as  the  banner one. 
While,  perhaps,  carpet values  have  been 
quoted  on  a  much  higher  basis  in  pre-

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vious  years,  thus  giving  the  manufac­
turer  a  better  chance  for  a  profit,  the 
amount  of  business  this  season  has  not 
in  all  probability  ever  been  exceeded.
In  %  circles  a  good  deal  of  attention  is 
being  devoted  to  the  business  antici­
pated  for  the  coming  fall  season  and 
preparations  are  going  on  very  exten­
sively  in  getting  out samples  in time  for 
the  opening  not  later  than  the  middle of 
May.  Numerous  designs  have  already 
been  made  up  in  readiness  for the  in­
spection  of  the  jobbers  and  wholesalers, 
but,  until  the  opening,  they  must  be 
kept  from  the  view  of  outsiders  inter­
ested.  It  is  intimated,  however,  that  the 
color  effects  of  the  new fabrics are likely 
to  be  of  a  much  brighter  hue  and  with 
much 
lighter  backgrounds  in  order to 
show  off  more  advantageously  the  fig­
ures.  Old  gold,  it  is  said,  will  be  a  fa 
vorite  color  in  this  respect,  although  it 
can  not  be  taken  for  granted  that the 
public  will  make  it  so.  The  substantial 
colors,  or colors  of  darker  shades,  such 
as  the  greens  and  reds,  will,  it  is  be 
lieved,prove  good  sellers  in  all  seasons, 
while  the 
lighter  colors  only  take  the 
fancy  of  a  certain  portion  of  the  people 
who  can  well  afford  to  discard  their car 
pets  more  frequently  than  others.  The 
jobbing  end  of  the  ¿¿-goods  market 
port  the  business  as  fair,  although  the 
bulk  of  their  heavy  orders  have  been 
shipped  to  the  retail  trade,  in  whose 
hands  a  very  fair  amount  of  new  goods 
In  certain  lines  how 
has  been  placed. 
ever,  there 
is  much  activity  displayed, 
which  promises  to  continue  for  some 
weeks.  This  is  more  notable  in  the  de 
mand  for  the  fine  carpet-sized  rugs,  on 
which  many  houses  are  well  sold  up 
Ingrain  carpets  of  all  grades  are  enjoy 
ing  a  very  large  demand,  and  the  many 
manufacturers 
in  the  textile  districts 
around  Philadelphia,  as  well  as  the 
large  mills  in  the  East,have all they  can 
attend  to 
in  filling  contracts  in  hand 
Not  only  are  the  cheaper  grades 
large  demand,  but  all  grades  and  makes 
are  equally  fortunate  in receiving the or 
ders  of  the  jobbers.  The  ingrain  market 
would  be  on  a  much  healthier  basis 
prices  could  be  advanced  to  where  they 
were  a  year  or  so  ago,  or  even,  say 
where  they  were  previous  to  the  open 
ing  of  the  present  season.  Yarns  to-day 
are  very  high 
indeed,  and  a  little  ad 
vance  in  ingrains  to  cover  the  high yarn 
prices  would  be  thankfully  received  by 
the  ingrain  weavers.  There  is  no  d 
position  as  yet  to  ask  higher  prices  for 
goods,  but  it  is  believed  when  the  new 
goods  are  ready  to  be  opened,  some 
effort  or  understanding  will  be  made 
towards  getting  such.  The  retail  trade 
are  now  beginning  to  feel  the little busi 
ness  coming  their  way,  which  is  giving 
them  a  renewed  hope  of  what  is  to 
done  in  the  near  future.  The  traditional 
spring  house-cleaning 
is  not  far  off 
and  when  this  is  in  progress,  the  retail 
carpet  merchants  will  enjoy  a  good 
trade. 
In  the  country  districts  the  de 
mand  for  carpets,  as  a  rule,  begins 
little  earlier  than  in  the  more  populated 
districts,  as  is  the  case  to-day.

R u gs— Manufacturers  continue  busy 
on  orders that will  last for some time.  In 
Smyrnas  much  activity  is  shown,  par­
ticularly  in  rugs  of  the  smaller  sizes.  In 
the  large-sized  Smyrnas,  however,  there 
is  not  a  great  deal  doing,  owing  to the 
popularity  of  rugs  made  from  Wilton 
and  other  goods. _ 

_____

Any  business  which  enjoys  the  confi­
dence  of  the  public  receives  quicker 
and  greater  returns 
from  money  ex­
pended  for  advertising  purposes  than 
do  businesses  called  unreliable'by  the 
public.

is  yet  but 

The Value  of A utograph  Signatures.
individualiz- 
An  excellent  method  of 
little  em­
ng  advertising 
ployed. 
It  is  gradually  winning its way 
nto  favor,  and  it  is  possible  that  it  may 
come  into  general  use.  This  is  the 
in­
sertion  in  an  advertisement  of the  auto­
graph  signature  of  the 
individual  or 
•
firm  advertising. 
That  this  use  of  a  signature  is  valu­
able 
is  now  beginning  to  be  acknowl- 
dged  by  some  of  the  large  advertisers 
the  country  in  their occasional  em­
ployment  of  it.  One  of  the  reasons  why 
such  use  of  an  autograph  signature  is 
valuable 
is  the  very  fact  that  it  is  yet 
but comparatively  little  used.  A  plain, 
bold,  yet  naturally  written  signature  at 
once  distinguishes  an  advertisement 
from  all  surrounding  matter. 
It  helps 
to  individualize  the  advertisement;  to 
bring 
it  out  distinct  and  separate  from 
its  neighbors.  Good 
illustrations  and 
special  series  of  types,  borders,  etc., 
have  their  value,  and  yet  on  account  of 
type 
the  unavoidable 
faces,  and  the  difficulty 
in  obtaining 
really  striking 
illustrations,  these  ele­
ments  can  not  do  all  that  might  be  done 
make  the  advertisement  attractive. 
Because  of  its  very  uniqueness  an  auto­
graph  signature  causes  the  advertise­
ment  to  make  a  greater and more lasting 
mpression  on  the  mind  of  the  reader 
than  it  could  otherwise  do.

similarity 

in 

An  autograph  signature  tends  to make 
the  advertisement personal  in  its nature. 
Shrewd  business  men  cultivate  a special 
signature,  plain  and  legible,  as  a  valu- 
ble  protection  in  business transactions. 
Every  signature 
is  a  special,  personal 
production,  indicative  in  many  respects 
of  the  ability,  character  and  personal 
ity  of  the  writer.  By  seeing  one’s  sig­
nature,  yet  without  meeting  the  person 
we  know  more  of  the  individual than we 
otherwise  could. 
It  tells  us  something 
of  the  writer,  and  makes  the  public  an 
nouncement  seem  more  personal,  and 
less  formal,  in  its  nature.

True  to  H er  Sex.

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The  other  half  (tenderly)—Why,  darl 
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Bride  of  a  day— No,  dearest;  but I am 
curious  to  hear  what  those  two  women 
behind  us  are  saying.

An  Elem ent of Strength.

‘ Do  you  think  Boggs  would  make 

winning  candidate?”

“ What’s  his  first  name?”
“ Algernon.”
“ Turn  him  down!  We  must  have 

candidate  the  boys  can  call  B ill.”

The  bird  on  a  woman’s  bonnet  can 

sing—but  it  makes  her  husband  whistle 
when  he  gets  the  bill  for  it.

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Hosiery! 
Table
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Size of hose

I .a d i e s ’  H o s i e r y

Size of shoe
...
154 to 2 
...
254 to 3 
354 to 454 • • •
5 
to 554•••
to 6^ • • •
6 
Children’s Hosiery

............ 8
............ 854
............ 9
............ 954
...........10

Age

3 months
5 months
1 to 154 years.
2 to 254 years
3 to 4  years..
4 to 5  years.. 
6 to 7  years.. 
8 to 9  years..
10toH  years.. 
12to 13  years.,

Size of shoe  Hose
...  0
...  1
• •454

.......... 4

2 to 
4 to
.  6 to  7.......... 6
.  Sto  9...........654
.loto 11...........7
.12 to 13  ......... 7%
.  1 to  2...........8
.  2 to  3...........854

Size of Hose

Size of Shoe 

Men’s  H alf Hose 
5....................9
554 to  6  ....................... 954
6% to  7......................10
754 to  8......................1054
854 to  9...................... 11
954 to  10..................... 1154

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2.25 and 4.50.
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M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

H a r d w a r e

Observations  on  W indow  D isplay and the 

A rt of Selling.

I  recently  made  an  inspection  of  a 
number  of  windows, in  the  hope  of  find­
ing  some 
inspiration  on  which  I  could 
base  this  paper.

I  was  cheered  by  the  bright  cleanli­

ness  of  the  drug  windows.

I  admired  the  tasty  arrangement  of 
the  dry  goods  windows,  and  thought 
possibly  if  the  hardware  stock  appealed 
exclusively  to  the 
feminine  buyers, 
hardware  merchants  might  value  their 
windows  more.

But  when  I  was  entranced  by  the 
clothier’s  display  of  raglans  and  neck­
ties,  1  meditated  on  the  fact  that  they 
were  for  the  trouser  side  of  the  house 
only.

I  noticed  that  where  the  trimmer  was 
a  specialist  he  invariably  made  a  point 
of  telling  observers  about  the  goods  or 
of  some  specially 
interesting  offer  by 
means  of  signs.

I  saw  a  number  of  nice  hardware win­
dows,  but  can  recall  only  one  that  dis­
played  a  sign,  and  that  sign  was  in 
Chinese  characters.

It  gave  no  information to the hundreds 

who  passed  daily.

I  surmise  that  if  a  Chinaman  should 
read  it,  he  would  be  no  wiser,  as  it  was 
most  likely  only  a  curio.  Attractive 
goods, interesting to one who  knew  about 
them,  were  on  display,  but  they  were 
dumb.

Where  nothing  is  said  of  quality,  the 
if  it  is 

public  is  not  to  be  blamed 
thought  to  be  poor.

Where  no  price  is  given,  the  people 

naturally  conclude  that  it  is  high.

I  chanced  to  be  back  in  the  same  city 
some  four  weeks  later,  and  made  a  tour 
of  observation.

I  saw  many  changes,  many  new  signs 
in  the  windows,  but  I  found  the  hard­
ware  window  and  the  Chinese  sign  still 
unchanged.

I  do  not  care  what  your  location,  un­
less  you  have  all  the  business  that  your 
space  or  capital  will  bear,  or are  mak­
ing  all  the  money  you  care  to,  it  pays 
to  have  some  change  in  your  window 
weekly. 
It  is  a  great  thing  to  get  peo­
ple  in  the  habit of  looking  in  your  win­
dow.

You  can  not  do  it  when  you  do  not 
give  them  something  new.  We  know 
that  the  use  of  your  window  is  to secure 
attention,  otherwise  how  can  it  do  any 
good  to  get  people  to  want  something? 
If  people  have  no  wants, the  storekeeper 
has  no  sales—more  wants,  more  sales; 
but  most  important  of  all,  your  window 
should  get  people  to  want  what  you 
have  to  sell. 
It  is  sometimes  profitable 
to  get  away  from  old  methods.  What 
care  you 
if  your  window  has  less  dig­
nity  if  you  make  more  money?

A  million-dollar  display  of  diamonds 
would 
lose  its  power after a  while,  the 
same  as  a  magnet  will  lose  its  force. 
Yet  the  commonest  kind  of  goods  may 
draw.  Try  a  window  of  whet,  scythe 
and  grindstones,  with  a  large  sign  stat­
ing:  “ For that  dull  feeling.”

The  observer will  be  sure to remember 
the  place  when  he  uses  his  dull  knife, 
chisel  or  axe.  Many  a  hardware  man 
has  a  window  in  which  he  can  place  a 
former,  swedger,  crimper  and  stake, 
and  have  a  workman  turning  out  stove­
pipe  several  days  in  the  fall.  People 
would  know  where  to  buy  stovepipe  and 
similar  goods. 
Suppose  you  borrow 
your  wife’s  daintiest  table  cloth  and  set 
a  table  in  your  window,  showing  all

table. 

those  bright,  serviceable  things  you 
have  for the  convenience  and  beauty  of 
the 
Set  in  several  flowering 
plants  for good  measure,  and  see  if  the 
ladies  do  not  at  once  take  an  increased 
interest  in your store ; and remember that 
the 
ladies  are  the  best  kind  of  buyers 
when  you  get  them  coming  your  way.

Make  a  dummy  by  stuffing  an  old suit 
of  clothes,  put  on  a  negro  false  face, 
and  have  the  hand  holding  a  saw,  as  if 
in  use.  Place  an  assortment  of  tools  in 
the  shavings,  with  which  you  have  cov­
ered  the  floor.  Have  your  sign  read : 
“ Dis  am  Blank’s  store;  be  keeps  saws, 
razors,  an’  all  kinds  of  sharp  stuff.”

Don’t  you  think  people would remem­
ber  Blank’s  when  they  wanted  sharp 
things?

Window  advertising,  as  well  as  any 
other,  must  not  offend  any  class  in  your 
If  it  appeals  to  the  class 
community. 
interest,  you 
you  want  the  most  to 
know  it  is  strong.  Two  clever  men 
in 
the  hardware  business  at  Greencastle, 
Ind.,  have a  very  clever arrangement  by 
which  they  keep  a  cross-cut  saw  in  op­
eration  on  a  log,  stopping  all  who are 
interested 
in  saws,  as  well  as  many 
others. 
I  presume  they  will  have  a  cow 
and  milker  in  their  window  when  ad­
vertising  dairy  pails.

Many  salable,  good  profit-bearing  ar­
ticles  placed 
in  the  hardware  stock  at­
tain  an  old  age  of  uselessness  because 
people  do  not  know  of  their  merit.

interest  and 

You  become  their slave  in paying  first 
cost, 
insurance,  whereas 
they  might  be  made  to  serve  to  youi 
profit 
if  their  utility  and  merit  were 
demonstrated  in  a  practical  way.  There 
is  no  place  like  your  window  for  this. 
The  prime  cause  of  poor  hardware  win­
dows  is  not  lack  of  desirable  goods,  nor 
of  proper  windows,  but  lack  of  system 
and  responsibility.

Hardware  dealers  have  to  see  to the 
buying,  credits,  collections  and  sundry 
other things.  Suppose  you turn  the  win­
dow  over to  one  of  the  boys.  Pick  out 
one  that  is  anxious  to  make  himself 
more  valuable.  Say  to  him :  “ John,  1 
want  you  to  make  our  window  do  us 
more  good,  and  do  not  wait  until  Fri­
day  morning  to  plan  your  window. 
Have  your  general  design  planned  the 
Monday  previous.  At  odd  times  Tues­
day  and  Wednesday  get  your  signs  and 
fixtures  together.

“ Thursday  evening  clean  out  the  old 
window  and  have 
it  washed.  Come 
down  a  little  earlier  Friday  and  put  in 
your  new  window.”

Tell  him  that  even  if  he  has  to  set the 
heater  against 
the  ceiling  with  the 
stove  pipe  running  into  the  door,  you 
want  your  window  to  pull  and  to  tell the 
people  why  they  should  buy  of  you  in 
place  of  the  other  fellow.

In  this,  as 

in  any  other  work,  it  is 
well  to  stimulate  originality,  which 
will  make  out  of  some  local  happening 
or  important  event  a  feature  in  his  win­
dow  that  will  help  command  attention.
is  short  of  ideas,  let 
him  study  the  trade 
journals,  which 
give  many  valuable suggestions,or  write 
your  specialty  people.

If,  however,  he 

Your  stove,  paint,  cutlery  and  other 
manufacturers  will  be  glad  to  help  him 
out  and  will  send  attractive  posters  for 
bis  use.  That  manufacturer  who  has  not 
sufficient 
interest  in  his  goods  or his 
customers  to  help  get  bis  goods  before 
the  people  is  not  entitled  to  your  trade.
If John  takes  an  interest  and  does  his 
best,  encourage  him.  You  can  probably 
show  him  where  he  can  improve. 
If  he 
has  the  right  kind  of  stuff  in  him,  your 
window  will  do  you  increasing  good.

£

 ß e m e n t's S o n s
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Bement
Peerless
Plow

When you sell  a  Peerless  Plow  it  seems  to  be  a 
sale  amounting to  about  fifteen  dollars;  but  consider 
that purchaser  must  come  back  to  your  store  several 
times  a year for several years  to  get  new shares,  land- 
sides,  moldboards,  clevises,  jointer  points  and  other 
parts that  must  sooner or  later wear  out.  During  this 
time he will pay you  another  fifteen  dollars,  and  you 
will  sell  him  other goods.

Rement Plows
TOrm  The farth.

We  make  it  our  business  to  see  that  our  agents 

have the exclusive sale of  Peerless  Plow  Repairs.

¡&L  ten^ewmm 

IV «\ EBmen&Sons 7^ ^  

I
Our Legal Rights as Original Manufacturers I 
^___w/il_beprojected by Law.____

Genuine Bem ent Peer less
B a v A ire *  o f  i/ t o m m o jv s  / 

I

Its  results  are  cumulative.  The  window 
which 
is  attractive  all  the  time  will 
do  more  for  the  holiday  trade  than  if  it 
were  mediocre  the  balance  of  the  year. 
The  Value  of  persistent  effort  is  not  ap­
preciated  by  all.  Some  time  since  I 
enthused  a  hardware  friend  of  mine  in 
Iowa  on  the  subject  of window dressing. 
Several  months  later  I  received  a  letter 
from  him  after  this  style .

I  have  dressed  my  window  a  number 
of  times  as  you  suggested,  and  while  I 
have  certain  goods  shown  I  sell  more, 
but  when  I  quit  showing  them  sales 
drop  off.  How  can  I  remedy  it?

As  you  surmise,  under  the  circum­
stances,  I  could  only  prescribe  another 
bottle  of  the  same  medicine  that  had 
done  him  good.

You  get  no  more  out  of  your  window 
than  you  are  entitled  to.  You  can  have 
the  trade  on  the  best  class  of  goods  in 
your  locality  if  you  try  for  it.

No  line  of  merchandise  appeals  more 
strongly,  can  be  made  of  more  interest 
to  man,  woman  or  child,  than  the  goods 
that  may  be  displayed  in  the  hardware 
window.

that  a 

In  regard  to  salesmanship,  I  take  it 
for  granted 
thought 
which  would  tend  to  aid  the  selling 
ability  of  your  employe  might  be  ac­
ceptable.

line  of 

As  your  business  grows  and  your 
stock  becomes  more  complex,  competi­
tion  from  outside  sources more strenuous 
and  markets  more  erratic,  it  is  impos­
sible  to  give  personal  attention  to  all 
individual  sales  without  neglect  of  most 
important  interests.

You  may  have  stocked the  very  choic­
est  goods,  have  used  the  very  best  ad­
vertising  and  have  it  made  unproduc­
tive  by  the  man  behind  the  counter.

Remember,  the  stream  can  not  rise 
higher  than  the  fountain,  nor  will  your 
clerk  show  a  better  spirit  to  the  custom­
er  than  do  you.  So  much  stronger  is 
the  power  of  example  than  precept  that 
he  is  certain  to  do  as  you  do,  not  as  you 
say.

Do  not  be  a  Scrooge  with  your  men; 

it  breaks  their  spirit.

it  his  work 

The  salesman  must  have  genuine  en­
thusiasm.  Without 
is  a 
drag,  his  step lags,  his  words  lack force. 
With  his  heart  in  his  work  and  a knowl­
edge  that  he  is  right,  he  has  a  vim  and 
zest  that  is  irresistible.

An  ideal  employer  will most generally 

have  ideal  employes.

Therefore,  it  is  needless  for  me  to  de­
scribe  a  type  with  whom  you  gentlemen 
are  acquainted.

If  our  salesman 

is  ideal,  he  is  still 

subject  to  improvement.

is 

First,  we  will  add  a  portion  of  back­
in  maintenance  of 

bone.  That  helps 
prices  and  gives  character.

Of  course,  his  attire 

Let  him  cultivate  the  smiling  face, 
pleasant  voice  and accommodating man­
ner.  Some  trade  may  have  to  be  per­
suaded  with  a  ciub,  but  it  is  in  such  a 
minority  it  does  not  pay  to  train  for  it.
in  keeping 
with  his  work,  yet  always  cleanly,  and, 
of  course,  he  has 
long  since  quit  any 
offensive  habit.  While  he  may  aid  the 
buyer  by  a  good  suggestion,  because  of 
his  better  knowledge  of  the  goods,  he 
never  presumes  to  dictate.  While  he 
knows  his  goods  and  may  let  the  pur­
chaser  know  that  he  knows  them,  he 
does  not  insist  that  he  knows better than 
the  customer  what  he  (the  customer) 
wants.

While  he  must  be  obliging,our  Amer­
ican  spirit  objects to snobbishness.  He 
need  not  be  a  fluent  talker. 
I  do  not 
think  your  junior  senator  would  be  es­
pecially  successful 
in  selling  a  dish-

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17

It 

pan—at  least  if  the  buyer  had  left  a 
baking  of  bread  in  the  oven  when  she 
came  down  town.  But  what  an  excel­
lent  man  he  would  be  to  learn  all  the 
good  points  about  his  goods,  because  of 
his  thoroughness.

is  not  essential  to  salesmanship 
that  a  man  know something about every­
thing,  but  it  is  imperative  that  he  know 
everything  about  that  something  which 
he  is  selling.

is  not  expected  that  the  dispenser 
of  barbed  wire  be  able  to  quote  from 
Blackstone  or  diagnose  a  case  of appen­
dicitis,  but  he  should  know  all  about 
barbed  wire,  the  gauge,  strength,  weight 
and  pounds  required 
for  five  wires 
around  an  eighty-acre  farm.  Equipped 
with  this  knowledge,  he  will  succeed  as 
against  the  man  who  knows  only  the 
price.

It 

The  apprentice  serves  his  term  before 
he  rates  himself  a  mechanic;  the  stu­
dent  applies  himself  for  years  to  study 
before  he  ventures  to  hang  out  his  shin­
gle  as  attorney  at  law,  yet  we  hope 
to  master  the  art  of  salesmanship  with­
out  thought  and  without  study.

You  put  no  goods  into  stock  that  you 
do  not  believe  to  contain  merit  equal  or 
superior to those  offered  your  trade from 
any  market.  If  this  belief  can  be  trans­
mitted  to  your  public,  you have  no  diffi­
Your  goods 
culty 
have  real,  honest  points  of  merit, 
li 
the  truth  is  presented,  there  is  no  need 
of  falsifying.

in  making  sales. 

Anyone  can  speak .the  truth more  for­
cibly  than  he  can  a  lie.  There  never  has 
been  a  time,  there  never  will  be  a  time 
when  a  lie,  big  or  little,  black  or  white, 
pays  in  business.

Who  of  us  have  not,  in  a  cowardly 
moment  or  to  facilitate  a  transaction, 
resorted  to  that  short  cut?  But  never 
have  we  escaped  the  penalty.  We  can 
not  get  away  from  the 
law,  “ As  ye 
sow,  so  shall  ye  also  reap.’ ’  No  sales­
man  can  afford,  nor  no  house  should 
countenance  an  act  or  statement  that 
causes  loss  of  a  customer’s  confidence. 
A  salesman  must  constantly  use  his  two 
bands—one  to  accomplish  to-day's busi­
ness,the  other to  work  for his  customer’s 
future  business.  He needs  all  the  equip­
ment  possible  to  give  him. 
I  have  en­
quired  of  clerks  as  to  how  they  learn 
the  various  talking  points  about  new 
goods  in  stock.

quickly. 
can  be  handled  in  twenty  minutes.

It will  surprise you  how  much 

One  of  Boston’s  most  successful  hard­
ware  stores  has  a  bulletin  board,  on 
which  changes  in  prices  and  informa­
tion  are  posted. 
It  saves  the  manager 
from  having  to  answer  many  questions 
as  to  what  is  the  rate  on  nails,  the guar­
antee  on  butcher  knives,  etc.  When 
a  man  is  not  posted  he  can  have  no  ex­
cuse.
It 

is  not  good  salesmanship  to  sell  a 
customer  what  he  does  not  want,  but  it 
is  good  salesmanship  to get  him  to want 
what  you  have  to  sell.

I  know  that  your  profit  account  would 
be  more  plump  if  prices  were  not  made 
the  only  argument.  Let  utility,  service, 
quality  be  emphasized  more than cheap­
ness.

A  purchaser  should  never  be  under­
rated.  He  feels  better  about  you  and 
your  goods  as  well  as  himself  when  you 
place  a  good  estimate  on  his purchasing 
ability.

I  have  seen  salesmen  (so-called)  try 
to  force  dn  buyers  poor,  cheap  goods, 
that  have  only  a  small  profit,  when  a 
good  article  was  wanted,  one  that  would 
pay  a  good  profit  as  well  as  give  satis­
faction. 
If  you  have  a  number  eight 
foot  a  number  seven  shoe  is extravagant 
at  any  price.  Were I  selling  you  shoes, 
and,  knowing  that  you  wear  an  eight 
and  want  a  good  serviceable  shoe,  I 
would  set  before  you  a  four-dollar  shoe, 
with  a  brief  explanation  of  why  it  was 
worth  $4,  showing 
later  a  $3  shoe  of 
plainer  finish,  yet  of  good  quality,  and 
I  would  want  to  be  able  to  show  you 
also  a  $2  shoe,  one  not  having  the  good 
points  contained 
in  the  other  shoes. 
With  a  difference  well  marked  so  that 
the  extra  value  can  be  shown  in  the bet­
ter  goods,  a 
large  percentage  of  sales

lifted 

can  be 
into  the  latter  class  by 
showing  purchasers  that  it is economy  to 
buy  the  better.

Having  sold  goods  over the  counter 
in  the  Bowery  as  well  as  the fashionable 
shopping  district  of  New  York,  in  the 
South,  in  Boston  and 
in  the  West,  I 
want  to  testify  to  the  fact  that  while 
some  people  are  different  from  other 
people,  they  are  all  alike  in  that  they 
want  what  will  serve  their  purpose  and 
the  full  worth  of  their  money.  The  oc­
cupation  of  selling  goods  is  an  honor­
able  one 
if  the  man  makes  it  so.  Let 
us  all  be  of  a  mind  with  one  who  said: 

If I were a cobbler it would be my pride 
If I were a tinker, no tinker beside 
Very 

The best cobbler to be;
Would be as good as me.

little  can  be  accomplished  to­
ward  better  salesmanship  by  spasmodic 
effort,  nothing  by 
indifference,  but  all 
can  be  gained  by  having  the  ideal  con­
stantly  in  mind.  A  man  satisfied  with 
himself  and  his  ways  will  never  im­
prove. 
It  is  the  one  who  constantly 
wants  something  better that  is  stronger 
in  his  work  and  a  better  man  all 
through.  The  man  who  is  earnestly 
endeavoring  for  better  results  in  sales­
manship  is  building  a  character  just  as 
well  as  though  his  work  were  an  art  or 
a  profession. 

H.  W.  Beagle.

OPENINGS FOR

NEW STORES.

I make a specialty of finding  locations 
for men just going  into  business.  If  you 
think of starting  soon,  write  me.  If  you 
have  a  store  now,  but  are  not  satisfied, 
better  see what I  can do for  you.  Lots  of 
good  chances  going  to waste because the 
right place and the right man have failed to 
connect  Advice  and  my  services  FREE 
to men who mean business.
G. S. BUCK, 185 Quincy St., Chicago,

Buckeye  Paint  &  Varnish  Co.

PAINT,  COLOR  AND  VARNISH  MAKERS 

Mixed  Paint,  W hite  Lead,  Shingle  Stains,  W ood  Fillers 

Sole  Manufacturers  CRYSTAL  ROCK  FINISH  for Interior and  Exterior  Use. 

Corner  15th  and  Lucas  Streets,  Toledo,  Ohio.

“ Oh,  I  just  fall  on  to  them  in  time,”  

is  the  answer  generally  given.

Who  is  the  best  fitted  to  give  infor­
mation  to  your  assistants?  First,  the 
buyer,  who has studied the  line or article 
and  put 
it  in  stock,  knowing  not  only 
the 
line  but  also  the  trade,  is  better 
fitted  than  any  one  else  to  show  his  as­
sistants 
its  strong  points.  Second,  the 
traveling  man,  who  knows  the  goods, 
how  made,  how  finished,  and  under 
what  proposition  they  can  be  placed  be­
fore  the  final  purchaser.  The  traveler 
who  really  has  the  interests  of  customer 
and  employer  at  heart  will  cheerfully 
instruct  those  who  have  the  selling  of 
his  goods,  if  permitted.

an 

I  would  suggest  that,  in  any hardware 
store  where  three  or  more  assistants  are 
employed, 
information  slate  be 
kept  and  each  be  instructed  to  jot  down 
any  item  on  which  he  wanted 
informa­
tion ;  for  instance,  how  to  use  a  saw set, 
how  to  strop  a  razor,  how  to  figure  on 
quantity  of  paint  required,  etc.  As  new 
goods  come  in,  let  the  manager  note 
it 
on  the  slate,  so  that  nothing  will  be 
overlooked.  Appoint  some  hour  for 
each  Wednesday  at  which  all  can  get 
together  with  the  least  interruption  and 
let  every  topic  on  the  slate  be  gone  over

#   Sporting  Goods,  Ammunition,  Stoves,  ® 
^   W indow  Glass,  Bar  Iron,  Shelf  Hard-  9 
f   ware, etc.,  etc. 
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#

Foster, Stevens &  Co.,

3 *.  33.  35.  37.  39  Louis  S t. 

10  &   ia  Monroe  S t.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

Butter  and  Eggs

Egg  R ules  A dopted  by  th e  New  York 

M ercantile  Exchange.

For  some  time  past  the  new  Egg 
Committee  of  New  York  Mercantile E x­
change  have  been  working  over the  egg 
rule 8  to  better  them  and  make  them 
more  conducive  to  business  under the 
call.  They  have  recently  finished  their 
work  and  the  new  rules  have  now  been 
issued.

That  portion  of  the  new  rules  which 
will  be  of  especial  interest  to  egg  ship­
pers,  referring  to  the  grading  and  class­
ification,  packages  and  packing,we  give 
below.

Rule  i— Classification  and  Grading.
■ i.  Eggs  shall  be  classified  as  “ Fresh 
Gathered,”   “ Held,”   “ Refrigerator,”  
and  “ Limed.”

2.  There  shall  be  grades  of  “ E x­
tras,”  “ Firsts,”  “ Seconds,”  “ Thirds,”  
“ Dirties,”   “ Checks,”   and  “ Known 
Marks. ”

Rule  2.

1.  All  sales  of  all  grades  of  eggs 
shall  be  at  mark,  unless  otherwise  spec­
ified.

Qualities.

2.  Fresh  gathered  extras shall be free 
from  small  and  dirty  eggs,  and  shall 
contain  fresh,  reasonably  full,  strong, 
sweet  eggs,  as  follows:

From  February 

i  to  May  31,  go  per 
cent.  ;  and  for  the  balance  of  the  year 
80  per  cent.

The  balance—other  than  the 

loss- 
may  be  slightly  defective  in  strength  or 
fullness,  but  must  be  sweet.  There  may 
be  a  total  average  loss  of  one  dozen  per 
case,  but  if  the  loss  exceeds  this  by  not 
more  than  50  per  cent.,  the  eggs  shall 
be  a  good  delivery  upon  allowance  of 
the 
“ Storage 
Packed,”   extras  must  not  contain  an 
average  of  more  than  twelve  cracked 
or  checked  eggs  per case.

excess.  When 

sold 

cent.

3.  Fresh  gathered  firsts  shall  be  rea­
sonably  clean  and  of  good  average  size, 
and  shall  contain  fresh,  reasonably  full, 
strong,  sweet  eggs  as  follows:

February  1  to  May  31,  85  per  cent.
June  1  to  October 31,  65  per  cent.
November  and  December,  50  per 
January,  65  per  cent.
The  balance—other  than  the 

lo ss- 
may  be  slightly  defective  in  strength 
or  fullness,  but  must  be  sweet.  There 
may  be  a  total  average  loss  of  one dozen 
per  case  from  February  1  to  May  31 
and  one  and  one-half  dozen  per  case  for 
the  balance  of  the  year.  But  if the  loss 
exceeds  these  amounts  by  not  more  than 
50  per  cent.,  the  eggs  shall  be  a  good 
delivery  upon  allowance  of  the  excess.
When  sold  “ Storage  Packed,”   fresh 
gathered firsts  must  not  contain  an  aver­
age  of  more  than  eighteen  cracked  or 
checked  eggs  per  case.

4.  Fresh  gathered  seconds  shall  be 
reasonably  clean  and  of  fair  average 
size  and  shall  contain  fresh,  reasonably 
full  eggs  as  follows:

February  1  to  May  31,  70  per  cent.
For  the  balance  of  the  year,  45  per 

cent.

The  balance—other than the  loss—may 
be  defective  in  strength  or  fullness,  but 
must  be  merchantable  stock.  From Feb­
ruary  r  to  May  31,  there  may  be  a  total 
average 
loss  of  two  dozen  per  case, 
but  if  the  loss  exceeds  this  amount  by 
not  more  than  50  per  cent,  the eggs shall 
be  a  good  delivery,  upon  allowance  of 
the  excess.  For the  balance  of  the  year, 
there  may  be  a  total  average  loss  of 
four  dozen  per  case.

5.  Fresh gathered  thirds  shall  be rea­
sonably  clean  and  of  fair  average  size, 
and  shall  contain  fresh  full  eggs  as  fol­
lows :

February  1  to  May  31,  50  per cent.
For  the  balance  of  the  year,  30  per 

cent.

The  balance—other  than  the  lo ss- 
may  be  defective  in  strength  or fullness, 
but  must  be  merchantable  stock.  From 
February  1  to  May  31,  there  may  be  a 
total  average  loss  of 4 dozen per case and 
for the  balance  of  the  year,  there  may

be  a  total  average  loss  of  6  dozen  per 
case.

6.  Held 

firsts  shall  be  reasonably 
clean,  of  good  average  size  and  sweet. 
At  least  40  per  cent,  shall  be  reasonably 
full  and  strong.  The  balance  may  be 
defective 
in  strength  or  fullness,  but 
not  badly  shrunken,  excepting  the  loss. 
There  may  be  a  total  average  loss  of  2 
dozen  per  case,  but  if  the  loss  exceeds 
that  by  not  more  than  50  per  cent,  the 
eggs  shall  be  a  good  delivery  upon  al­
lowance  of  the  excess.

7.  Held  seconds  shall  be  reasonably 
clean  and  of  fair  average  size.  May  be 
defective  in  fullness,  strength  and  fla­
vor,  but  must  be  merchantable  stock, 
not  musty.  There  may  be  a  total  aver­
age  loss  of  4  dozen  per  case.

8.  Refrigerator  extras  shall  be  free 
from  dirty  or small  eggs, reasonably full, 
strong,  sweet,  and  free  from  mildew  or 
foreign  taste  or odor.  The  loss  must  not 
exceed  1  dozen  per  case.  Cases,  fillers 
and  packing  shall  be  as  required  for 
“ Storage  Packed.”

9.  Refrigerator  firsts  shall  be  reason­
ably  clean  and  of  fair average size ;  they 
full,  strong  and 
must  be  reasonably 
sweet,  and  free  from  mildew  or  foreign 
taste  or  odor,  excepting  the  loss,  which 
must  not  exceed  2  dozen  per  case. 
Cases,  fillers  and  packing  shall  be  as 
required  for  “ Storage  Packed.”

10.  Refrigerator  seconds  shall be rea­
sonably  clean  and  of  fair  average  size; 
they  must  be reasonably  full,  strong  and 
sweet  and  free  from  mildew  or  foreign 
taste  or odor,  excepting  the 
loss  which 
must  not  exceed  3  dozen  per  case.

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11.  Refrigerator  thirds  shall  be  of 
fair appearance  and  may  be  off-flavored 
to  some  extent,  and  the  loss  must'not 
exceed  5  dozen  per case.

12.  Limed  extras  shall  be  of  uniform­
ly  good  size,  well  cleaned,  strong  bod­
ied,  reasonably  full  and  sweet,  except­
ing  the 
loss,  which  shall  not  exceed  1 
dozen  per case.

size,  well-cleaned, 

13.  Limed  firsts  shall  be  of  good  av­
erage 
of  good 
strength,  reasonably  full  and  sweet,  ex­
cepting  the  loss,  which  shall  not  exceed
2  dozen  per  case.

14.  Limed  seconds  shall  be  of  good 
average  size,  well 
cleaned,  of  good 
strength,  reasonably  full  and  sweet,  ex­
cepting  the  loss,  which  shall  not  exceed
3  dozen  per  case.

15.  Limed  thirds  shall  comprise  stock 
which 
rusty,  weak  or  shows  hot 
weather  defects,  but  must  contain  at 
least  50 per cent,  of  fairly  useful  qual­
ity,  and  the  loss  must  not  exceed  5 
dozen  per  case.

16.  No.  1  dirties  may  be  offered  in 
the  classes  of  Fresh  Gathered,  Held  and 
Refrigerator.  They  must  be  of  good 
useful  quality  sweet  in  flavor,  and  must 
not  lose  more  than  2  dozen  per  case. 
When  sold  “ Storage"  Packed”   No.  1 
Dirties  must  not  contain  more  than  18 
cracked  or  checked  eggs  per case.

17«  No.  2  dirties  may  be  offered 

in 
the  classes  of  Fresh  Gathered,  Held 
and  Refrigerator.  The  quality  shall  be 
the  same  as  specified  for  No.  1  Dirties, 
may  be  off-flavored,  but  not  musty,  and 
must  not  lose  more  than  4  dozen  per 
case.

Checked  eggs  may  consist  of blind- 
checks,  cracked  eggs  (not 
leaking). 
They  must  be  sweet  in  flavor,  and  the 
loss  must  not  exceed  2  dozen  per  case.
18.  Known marks shall comprise  such 
eggs  as  are  known  to  the  trade  under 
some  particular  mark  or  designation, 
and  must  grade  as  firsts  in  the  season in 
which  they  are  offered.  Known  marks 
to  be  offered  under  the  call  must  pre­
viously  have  been  registered  in  a  book 
kept  by  the  Superintendent  for  that pur­
pose.
19. 

in  these  rules 
shall  comprise  all  rotten,  spotted,  brok­
en  (leaking),  broken-yolked,  hatched 
(blood-veined)  and  sour  eggs.  Very 
small,  very  dirty,  cracked  (not 
leak­
ing),  badly  heated,  badly  shrunken  and 
salt  eggs  shall  be  counted  as  half  loss 
in  all  grades  excepting  dirties  and 
checks.

“ Loss,”   as  used 

Rule  3.  Packages  and  Packings.
I.'  Extras,  firsts,  seconds  and  No.  1 
dirties  must  be  in  new  cases,  good qual­
ity,  smooth  and  clean.  Fillers  shall  be 
of  substantial  quality,  sweet  and  dry,

EGGS

W e are the  largest receivers  of  eggs 
in  this section.  W e have a large and 
growing demand  for  Michigan  eggs 
and  can  handle  all  you  can  send. 
W e  guarantee  prompt  returns  and 
full  market  value  on  all  consign­
ments.  W e  have  been  established 
35  years  and  have  a  reputation  for 
honesty and  fair  dealing.  We  refer 
you to  the  Third  National  Bank  of 
Baltimore or the Mercantile Agencies.

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G.  M.  Lam b  &   Bro.

301  Exchange  Place, 
corner South Street,

BALTIMORE,  Md.

I  want  ordinary  receipts  of 
fresh  country

U T T E R

Write  me for  prices  and  circu­
lar  of  instructions. 
I  am  al­
ways  buying  on  the  market 
and will take  any quantity,  not 
only  now  when  it  is  short, 
but  at times  when  no  one  else 

wants  it.F.  D U D L E Y

O W O S S O ,   M I C H .

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W ho  wish  to  store  their  own  eggs  can  do 
so  in  one  of  the  finest  indirect  Ammonia 
Brine  Storage  Houses 
the  United 
Indirect  air  circulation;  every­
States. 
thing  of  the  latest  and  best.  W e  guaran­
tee  to  turn  out  the  very  finest  quality  of 
work.  Liberal  advances  and  low  rates 
for  storage.  W rite  us  if  interested.

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are  far  preferable  to  wooden  tubs  and 
as  to  size  40  pounds  should  be  the  out­
side  limit.  As  the  sale  for  frozen  eggs 
is  extended  among  the  smaller  bakers 
smaller  sized  cans  will  be  the  more  sal­
able  and  we  should  recommend  a  range 
of  packages  of  say  10,  20 and  40  pounds 
with  a  preponderance  of  the  smaller 
sizes.  The  bulk  should  be packed whites 
and  yolks  together;  there  is  a  profitable 
outlet  for  whites  alone,  but  not  so  much 
for  yokes  alone  and  where  it  is  desired 
to  put  up  a  moderate  quantity  of  whites 
separate  we  would  advise  reducing  the 
quantity  of  yolks  separate  by  putting  a 
portion  of  the  separated  yolks  into  the 
whole  eggs,  although  not  so  much  as  to 
materially  affect  the  general  character 
latter.— N.  Y.  Produce  Review.
of  the 

A  Roquefort  Legend.

Roquefort  cheese, 

like  many  other 
unique  food  productions,  has  its  legend 
of  accidental  origin.  A  shepherd  lad, 
having  for  once  more  luncheon  than  he 
could  eat,  while  tending  his  flock  of 
sheep,  laid  a  large  portion  of  his  bread 
and  cheese  upon  a  natural  shelf  in  one 
of  the  caverns  near  by.  Boylike,  he for­
got  all  about  it,  until,  several  months 
later,  on  returning  to  that  cavern,  he 
found  his  luncheon.  The cheese,  instead 
of  being  dried  up  or  rotten,  was  rich, 
moist  and  creamy,  and  streaked  with 
greenish  blue  veins  of  mold,  the  re­
mains  of  the  bread  which  had  lain  on 
or  under  it.  He  probably 
told  his 
mother  of  his  discovery,  and  shared  bis 
piece  of  cheese  with  others.  The  vil­
lagers  were  quick  to  recognize  the  im­
proved  texture  and  quality of the cheese, 
and  henceforth  all  their  cheese  were 
taken  to  these  caves  to  ripen.  The 
caves  are  owned  by  a  joint  stock  com­
pany,  who  employ  about  six  hundred 
women  to  tend  the  cheese.  Oak  shelves 
on  which  the  cheeses  are  placed  and  so 
arranged that  each  cheese  may  have  one 
side  next  the  cold  wall  of  the  cave, 
give  over  sixty-five  thousand  square 
yards  of  storing  room.

The  women  wear  upon  their  chests  a 
small  oil  lamp  like  a  miner's,  to  enable 
them  to  see  their  work,  and  the  temper­
ature 
is  so  cold  that  they  wear  thick 
woolen  clothing  even 
in  the  summer. 
The  value  of  these  caves  to  this  little 
hamlet  is  inestimable."

Mary  J.  Lincoln.

Reflections  of a  Bachelor.

Nearly  every  woman  can  talk  faster 

than  she  can  think.

The  frown  of  a  woman 

is  the  sour 

milk  of  her  emotion.

If 

love  ran  smoothly  all  the  time 

women  would  never  be  restful.

The  virtue  of  a  man  thrice  married 

has  an  impregnable  exterior.

Contentment  is  that  measure  of  hap­
piness  made  by ignorance of what  others 
enjoy.

with  flats  or  other  suitable  substitutes 
under  bottom  layers  and  over  tops,  and 
sweet,  dry  excelsior  or  other  suitable 
packing  under  bottoms  and  over  tops.

2.  Thirds,  No.  2 Dirties  and  Checks. 
Cases  shall  be’ new or good  uniform  sec­
ond  hand.  Fillers  shall  be  of  substan­
tial  qualty,  sweet  and  dry,  with  sweet 
suitable  packing  under  bottoms  and 
over  tops.

thirty-dozen  whitewood 

3.  Storage  Packed.  When  sold  as 
storage  packed,  all  grades  must  be  in 
new 
cases, 
smooth,  clean  and  substantial.  Fillers 
dry,  sweet,  medium,  No.  1,  or  other 
good  substantial  strawboard.  Flats  un­
der  bottom 
layers  and  over tops ;  dry, 
sweet  excelsior  or  cork  packing  under 
bottoms  and  over tops.

4.  To  be  a  good  delivery,  all  eggs 

must  be  packed  in  30-dozen  cases.

The  balance  of  the  rules  refer  to  sell­
ing,  deliveries,  inspections,  penalties, 
etc.

Observations by  a  Gotham  Egg Man.
Those  who  were  looking  for  a  short­
age  of  eggs  for  Easter  trade,  and  who 
carried  stock  along  from  previous  ar­
rivals  or  who  made  country  purchases 
on  the  basis  of  a  strong  or higher  mar­
ket,  got  left.  Notwithstanding  the  early 
date  of  the  Easter  festival  and  the  very 
bullish  feeling  recently  reflected  from 
the  West,  with  reports  that  storage  buy­
ers  could  not  get  stock  fast  enough  at 
prices  fully  equal  to  16c  seaboard  or 
even  higher,  our  receipts  last  week  were 
fully  up  to the  average  for  Easter  week 
during  the  past  few  years.  On  the 
whole,  the  volume  of  consumptive  trade 
for  Easter  was  large  and  satisfactory  al­
though 
it  seemed  to  be  a  little  short  of 
some  previous  Easters,  especially  those 
when  the  Jewish  holidays  are  about  co­
incident  with  the  Christian  festival. 
The  total  receipts,added  to  a  few  thous­
and  cases  carried  over  from  previous 
arrivals,  proved 
considerably  greater 
than  the  actual  requirements  and  prices 
had  to  decline  to  a  point  where  specu­
lative  holding  of  the  surplus  would  be 
encouraged.  Naturally  this  point  was 
found 
little  below  the  rate  at 
which  storage  packings  were  expected 
to  go  freely  into  cold  storage.

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Recent  advices  from  the  West  indi­
cate  a  range  of  prices  for  storage  pack­
ings  on  track  at  shipping  stations  equal 
to  fully  16c  at seaboard  points,  and  con­
siderable  movement  to  Western  storage 
points 
is  reported  on  about  that  basis. 
The  goods  offered  here  have  been  gen­
erally  priced  at  16c  net  delivered,  al­
though  occasional  lots  have  been  offered 
i4%c.  Eastern  operators  are  not 
at 
taking  hold  with  any  freedom  at  these 
high  prices  but  their  failure  to  do  so 
has  as  yet  had  no  weakening  effect  in 
the  interior.  As  long  as  this  is  the  case 
it  is  evident  that  regular  packings  can 
not  very  well  fall  below  about  15 J^c  and 
it  is  probable that their  value  will  range 
between  that  and  15^0,  according  to 
the  supply.  A  decline  in  regular  pack­
ings  below  15KC  for  desirable  qualities 
can  hardly  occur  unless  storage  packed 
goods  fall  below  16c  and  of  this  there 
seem  to  be  no  immediate  indications. 

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some 

consider 

Now  that  the  storage  season 

is  at 
hand  packers  who contemplate  freezing 
the  checked  and  broken  eggs  will  do 
well  to 
information 
gained  during  the  past  season.  First, 
the  necessity  of  keeping  out  tainted  and 
very*  stale  eggs.  Checks  and  cracked 
eggs  of  course  spoil  more  quickly  than 
whole  eggs  and  some  of  them  get  pretty 
bad  even  when  the  general  quality  of 
the  egg  supply  is still  good.  A  bad  egg 
is 
likely  to  seriously  damage  a  whole 
can  full  and  the  goods  ought  to  be  care­
fully  examined  before  mixing.  Tins

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EGGS!

W e have a great demand  for  fancy 
Michigan  and  Northern  Indiana 
Selected Eggs.  Boston market ap­
preciates good quality.
Turn  your  shipments  to  us.  All 
consignments sold  a t   m a r k   on  ar­
rival,  check  mailed  same  day.

W iener  Bros.  &  (2o.

Commission  Merchants 

46  Clinton  Street,  BOSTON,  M ASS.

Highest  Bank  References.  Send  for stencils.

FR E D   U N G ER

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COMMISSION  MERCHANT

*75=I77  Perry  Street, 

BUFFALO,  N.  Y.

Butter,  Eggs  and  Poultry.

All  kinds  of  Country  Produce.

References:  Buffalo Commercial  Bank,  Fidelity  Trust  Co.,  Erie  County  Savings 

Bank,  Dun and  Bradstreet.

Consignments solicited.

JACOB  HOEHN,  J r. 

Established  1864 

MAX  MAYER

HOEHN  &  MAYER 

Produce  Commission  Merchants

295  Washington  Street  and  15  Bloomfield  Street  (op. West Washington  Market),  New  York

SPECIALTIES:

DRESSED  POULTRY,  GAME  AND  EGGS

Stencils  Furnished  Upon  Application 

Correspondence Solicited

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

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PRODUCE  C O n niSSIO N   M ERCH ANTS.

E g g s  W anted

We  want several thousand cases 
eggs  for  storage,  and  when  you 
have any to offer  write for prices 
or call us up by phone, if  we fail 
to quote  you.

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Boston  is  the  best  market  for  Michigan  and  Indiana  eggs.  W e 
want  carlots  or  less.  Liberal  advances,  highest  prices,  prompt 
returns.  All  eggs  sold  case  count.

69 and  71  Clinton St., Boston,  Mass.

R e f e r e n c e s :  Fourth  National  Bank  and  Commercial  Agencies,  f  
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JOHN  H.  H OLSTEN,

Butter

Scarce and wanted also.

Wheelock  Produce  Co.

106  S.  Division  Street

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan 

Citizens Phone  3232

Commission  Merchant

75  Warren  Street, 

New  York  City

Specialties:  EGG S  A N D   B U T T E R .

Special  attention given to small shipments of eggs.  Quick sales.  Prompt 
returns.  Consignments  solicited.  Stencils  furnished  on  application.

References:  N. Y. National Ex. Bank, Irving National Bank, N.  Y.,  N.  Y.

Produce Review and American Creamery.

else.

“   ‘ What,’  they  cried,  ‘ would  you give 

away  our  present?’

‘ Certainly,’  I  replied,  ‘ after  I  have 
enjoyed  it  myself.  What  do  you  do  with 
your  old  picture  cards?’  Well, 
they 
laughingly  admitted 
the  waste 
paper  basket  was  their  ultimate  end.

that 

‘ Don’t  you  think  my  plan  the  bet­
ter  one?’  I  asked,  and  they  agreed  that 
they  did.

‘ ‘ Then  I  told  them  the  story  of  a  card 
some  one  had  once  sent  me,  that  had  on 
a  verse  of  poetry  that  I  knew  would 
appeal  to  an  old uncle.  I  sent  it to  him, 
and  he  remembered  a  weary  old  woman 
who  would  find  inspiration  on  it,  and 
the  card  went  to her,  and  from  her  on 
and  on,  until  it  had  taken  its  gospel  of 
cheer  into  a  dozen  homes.

“ From  that  small  beginning  grew  the 
dea  of  a  great  organization  that  has 
spread  and  spread  until  now  we  have 
more  than  a  hundred  thousand  people 
pledged  to  do  something  to  brighten 
other  people’s  lives.  Our  work  here  is 
very  practical.  Here  are  a  lot  of  story 
books  that  are  to  be  sent  out  to  some 
children  on  a  lonely  farm  in  the North­
west.  Here  are  some  gay  pictures  and 
calendars  that  are  to  go  to  some  cabins 
in  a  far-off  mining  camp.  Here  is  a 
barrel  of  clothing  that  is  to be  sent  to  a 
poor  family  out in Nebraska.  There are 
practically  no  dues  to  the Society and  so 
all  the  money  we  have  is  just  what  is 
sent 
in  by  voluntary  contribution,  and 
as  it  takes  money  for  expressage  and 
stamps  and  freight,  we  are  often  sadly 
hindered  and  delayed,  but  sooner  or 
later  everytning  gets  to  its  proper  des­
tination.

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When  a  customer  is  in  the  act  of  buying,  price 
may be especially in  his  mind;  but  after  the  purchase, 
when the article is in  his possession,  quality  is  his  par­
ticular concern.  The buying occupies  but  a  few  min­
utes,  or a few  hours,  and  price  quickly  passes  out  of 
the  mind.  But possession  is  continuous;  the  virtue  or 
the  shortcomings of  the  article  are  in  perpetual  evi­
dence;  and the quality of the  article  measures the  last­
ing praise  or blame of  the  man  who  sold  it.  Always 
urge the best goods upon the  buyer,  argue  quality  be­
fore price;  and so  may your  days  be  happy  and  your 
end peace!

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W o m a n ’s   W o r ld
The  K eynote o f the  Beal  B rotherhood  of 

Man.

International  Sunshine 

One  of  the  places  that  I  like  best  to 
drop 
into  in  New  York,  when  I  have  a 
minute  to  spare,  is  the  headquarters  of 
the 
Sociey, 
where 
the  President  General,  Mrs. 
Cynthia  Westover  Alden, is always  ready 
to  give  you  a  cup  of  tea  and  send  you 
refreshed,  bodily  and  spiritually,  on 
your  way.

To  me  no  other  philanthropy  makes 
so  irresistible  an  appeal  as  this  quaint­
est  of  all  charities  which  takes  account 
of  the  poor  rich,  as  well  as  the  rich 
poor,  and  whose  only  qualification  for 
membership  is  that  one  must  be  willing 
to  do  something  or  say  something  to 
bring  happiness  and  sunshine  into  an­
other’s 
it  is the  heart  of  all 
religion,  all  charity,  and  the  world  will 
needs  be  a  better  place  because  of  the 
ever-increasing  band  of  those  who  are 
pledged  to  take  sunshine 
into  shady 
places.

life. 

In 

One  of  the  greatest  mistakes  ever 
made  is  to  think  that  only  those  are 
in 
need  of  helping  who  are  actually  cold or 
hungry.  One  may  perish  for  want  of 
companionship  as  truly  as  one  may  for 
lack  of  physical  warmth,  and  one  may 
starve  for  sympathy just  as  much  as  for 
bread,  and  it  is  these  unfortunates,  as 
well  as  the  actually  poor and needy,  that 
the  Sunshine  Society  takes  cognizance 
of.

Here,  when  you  approach  the  doors, 
you  hear  a  pleasant  hum  of  feminine 
voices,  and  when  you  enter you  are 
in 
the  midst  of  a  big  room,  filled with  busy 
workers,  every  one  of  whom  is  a  volun­
teer.  Society  women  who  steal  an  hour 
off  to  come  and  paste  picture  books, 
college  girls  who  are  indexing  books, 
tying  up  packages  or sorting  out quilt 
pieces  or  writing  letters;  working  girls 
who are  putting  in  an  hour or  two doing 
something  to  make  somebody 
less  well 
off  than  themselves  happy.

On  the  floor  are  stacks  and  stacks  of 
books,  piles  of  magazines,  old  pictures 
children’s  games,  clothing,  the  flotsam 
and  the  jestsam  of  a  hundred  homes,  for 
this  room 
is  devoted  to  a  kind  of  ex 
change,  where  the  rubbish of  one  home 
is  converted 
into  the  treasures  of  an 
other.

It 

The  next  room 

is  the  office  and  the 
third  room  of  the  suite  is  the  private 
den  of  Mrs.  Alden. 
is  a  charming 
apartment,  with  a  big,  sunshiny  win 
dow  and  a  picturesque  litter of  pictures 
and  bonks.  A  splendid  Navajo  blan 
ket  makes  a  great  patch  of  crimson 
against  the  wall,  another  covers  a  big 
couch  piled  high  with  cushions;  there 
are  Indian  baskets  and  skins  and  curi 
ous  weapons  and  trophies  of  travel  all 
about,  and 
in  the  midst  of  it  all  sits 
Mrs.  Alden,  beautiful,  blonde,  serene- 
just  the  sort  of  woman  you  would  im 
agine  as  the  originator  of  this  latest 
and  highest  cult  of  humanity.

“ Of  course,”   says  Mrs.  Alden,  “ it  is 
ancient  history  now,  the  way  Sunshin 
Society  began,  but  I  never  mind  telling 
it  over— what  mother  ever  objected  to 
exhibiting  her  baby?  And  it  all  bega 
in  a  fad  of  mine  for  passing  on to some 
body  else  the  things  that  I  had  enjoyed 
or that  had  cheered  or  helped  me.  A 
few  years  ago,  when  I  was  the  woman 
editor  of  the  Recorder,  one  Christmas 
some  of  the  girls  who  were  on  my  staff 
gave  me  some  picture  cards.  I  admired 
them,  but  exclaimed  that  I  was  sorry 
that  my  name  was  marked  on  them,  for

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Q I K O O C ftS .

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encouraging, 

“ But  it  is  not  only  the material things 
of  life  that  we  consider.  Sometimes  a 
takes  upon  herself  as  her 
Sunshiner 
work  visiting  some 
lonely  and  forlorn 
old  woman  or  man,  and  taking  the  sun­
shine  of  bright,  active 
life  to  them. 
Sometimes  she  has  a  talent  for  music, 
and  goes  and  sings  to sick  people,  or 
in  hospitals.  Sometimes  she  writes  let 
lera— bright, 
gossipy
hopeful  letters  to  a  poor  working  girl 
or an  invalid.  One  of  the  sweetest  in 
cidents  that  has  come  under  my  obser 
vation  for  a  long time was  a letter we got 
from  a  poor  old  man,  an  invalid,  who 
on  his  recent  birthday,  got  fifty  letters 
from  Sunshiners  in  various  parts  of  the 
country,  none  of  whom  had  be  ever 
seen.  Just  think  how  much 
interest 
that  brought  into his  life,  and  the  days 
and  weeks  in  which  it  will  divert  his 
mind  speculating  about  his  unknown 
correspondents.

“ At  the  forthcoming  convention of the 
Federation  of  Women’s  Clubs,”   Mrs, 
Alden  went  on,  “ the  Sunshiners  are  go 
ing  to  have  a  Sunshine  car,  in  which 
we  are  going  all  the  way  to  Los  Angeles 
and  back.  We  are  going  to  be  feted  en 
route.  The  Governor  of  Arkansas 
going  to  give  us  a  reception  at  Little 
Rock,  and  at  San  Antonio  we  are  to  be 
taken  on  a  drive  through  the  city  by  the 
State  Sunshine  Society  and  when  we 
get  to  the  convention  we  will  have, 
special  Sunshine  headquarters 
tent.  On  the  way  we  shall  live  in  our 
car,  and  we  have  a  regular  Programme 
Committee  who  will  arrange  an  enter­
tainment  for  every  night  on  the  train 
between  New  York  and  Los  Angeles, 
and  it  is  in  this  triumphant  manner that 
the  Sunshiners  are  going  to  the  land  of 
perpetual  sunshine.”

in 

As  I  left  Mrs.  Alden  I  could  not  help 
thinking  that  with  one  swift  intuition 
she  has  gone  to the  root  of  all  charity,

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and  that 
in  one  phrase  she  has  struck 
the  keynote  of  the  real  brotherhood  of 
man— pass  it  on.  Do  not  keep  a  thing. 
Do  not  hoard.  The  thing  you  have  en­
joyed  will  give  pleasure  to  another. 
The  thing  you  have  no  need  for  will 
make  another's  life  brighter  and  hap­
pier.  Pass  it  on.

it 

And  it  seems  to  me,  just  at  this  par­
ticular  time,  when  the  spring  cleaning 
in  vogue  and  every  woman  in  the 
is 
is  taking  account  of  her  belong­
land 
ings,  that 
is  a  good  time  to  preach 
the  sunshine  gospel.  The  most  un­
christian  and  mischievous  theory  ever 
invented  is  that  which  makes  us  keep 
the  things  we  have  outgrown,  and  have 
no  use  for,  because  we  have  a  mistaken 
idea  that  it  is  thrifty.

Every  woman  knows  what  it 

is  to 
put  away,  every  year,  gowns  that  have 
lost  their  freshness  and  are  a  bit  old- 
fashioned ;  hats that are  as  good  as  new, 
but  that  are  out  of  season ;  gloves  and 
shoes  that  she  thinks  maybe  she  will 
wear  sometime,  but  she  never  does. 
Nine  times  out  of  ten  these  things  sim­
ply  hang  in  the  garret  and  accumulate 
mold  and  dirt,  and  get  moth  eaten,  and 
nobody  on  earth  is  the  better  for  them. 
How  much  wiser,  how  much  better 
in 
every  way 
it  would  be  if,  while  these 
garments  were  still  good  and  service­
able,  they  were  sent  to  some  one  who 
would  use  them.

in 

in  a 

One  of  the  prettiest  stories  I  ever 
heard  was  of  a  very  great  lady  who  was 
born  and  raised 
little  Southern 
town,  and  who  married  a  man  who  be­
came  a  millionaire  and  a  leader  in  New 
York.  His  wife,  of  course,  as  became 
her  position,  dressed  magnificently,  but 
instead  of  tossing  her  fine  clothes  aside 
or  packing  them  away 
camphor, 
when  she  had  worn  them  a  few  times, 
they  were  carefully  packed  up  and  sent 
back  to  the  young  girls  in the little town 
from  which  she  had  come.  Sometimes 
one  girl,  sometimes another  received  the 
box,  and  many  and  many  a  pretty  maid 
caught  a  husband  with  the  finery  that 
came  to  her  from  that  Lady  Bountiful. 
Be  sure  that  when  we  face  the judgment 
bar  the  most  accusing  voice 
raised 
against  us  will  be  the  wasted  opportun­
ities  we  bad  for  doing  good.  Why,  we 
will  be  asked,did we  let  our  tired  wash­
erwoman  toss  on  a  bard  bed  while  we 
had  that  set  of  unused  springs  in  the 
garret?  Why  did  we  see  the  poor  old 
grandmother  sitting 
in  her  hard  chair 
when  we  had  that  shabby  rocker  we 
never  used?  Why  did  we  let  the  beggar 
go  in  rags  when  clothes  were  rotting 
away  in  our chests?

We  shall  have  no  more  bitter regrets 
than  for the  things  we might have passed 
on,  and  did  not.  Blessed  be  the  Sun- 
shiners  who  are  teaching  this  lesson. 
May  their  ranks  increase.

Dorothy  Dix.

The  Use  and  Abuse  of Perfum e.

The  use  of  perfume  is,  it  seems,  not 
wholly  a  matter  of  taste.  There  are 
hygienic  reasons  why  certain  perfumes 
should  never  be  used  and  why  certain 
other  perfumes  are  particularly  suitable 
or  unsuitable  for  certain 
individuals. 
The  ancients  recognized  the  medical 
virtues  of  perfumes  and  one  Latin 
writer  has  put  on  record  almost  ioo  per­
fume  remedies 
for  various  diseases. 
Among  these  remedies,  violets  figure 
more  frequently  than  any  other flower, 
so  possibly  the  feminine  rage  for  violet 
perfume  has  benefited  the  nerves  of  the 
sex.

But  the  violet  essence  must  be  pure 
and  made  from  the  flowers.  There  is

little  of  such  violet  perfume  on  the mar­
ket.  Nine-tenths  of  the  so-called  violet 
essence  and  violet  water  are  merely 
chemical  imitations,  and  chemically- 
made  perfumes  are,  say  the  authorities, 
irritating  to  the  nerves,  if  not,  as  in 
some  cases,  positively  poisonous.

Lavender  is  remarkably  soothing  to 
the  nerves,  and  the 
lavender-scented 
sheets  of  our  grandmothers  were  not 
only  deliciously  fragrant,  but  were  ex­
cellent  sleep  promoters.  Some  refresh­
ing  perfumes  are  stimulating,  but 
lav­
ender  is  said  to  combine  refreshment 
and  relaxation. 
It  would  not  be  the 
thing  for  a  close  and  crowded  hall,  but 
it 
is  pre-eminently  the  scent  for  cool, 
fresh  bed  linen.

Another  perfume  with  distinct  medic­
inal  value  is  the  jasmine.  Old  writers 
suggest 
it  as  a  general  tonic  and  sing 
its  praises  loudly;  but  they  add  a  warn­
ing  that  while  jasmine  taken  alone  is  a 
boon,  it  is  in  almost  all  compounds  in­
jurious, 
exhaustion 
and  profound  depression.

inducing  nerve 

That  question  of  the  compounding  of 
scents  was  an  interesting  one  to < scien­
tists  who  experimented  with  it.  The 
necessary  civet  or  ambergris  used  in 
the  base  of  all  lasting  perfume  must  be 
carefully  added.  A  trifle  too  much  of  it 
will  make  the  scent  distressingly 
irri­
tant  to  the  wearer,  as  well  as  to  the  un­
fortunates  with  whom  she  comes  in  con­
tact.

The  same 

is  true  of  many  combina­
tions  of  perfume,  and  several  separate 
scents,  attacking  a  sensitive  set  of 
nerves  at  one  time,  may  induce  violent 
hysteria,  although  the  victim  may  not 
be  able  to  understand  the  cause  of  the 
attack.

So  here 

is  another  argument  against 
lavish  use  of 
the  indiscriminate  and 
perfume.  All  the 
laws  of  good  taste 
cry  out  against  it,  but  women  cheerfully 
continue  to  saturate  their  belongings 
with  perfume  under  the  mistaken  im­
pression  that  they  are  adding  a 
last 
touch  of  daintiness  and  femininity  to 
their  make-up.
Within  the 

last  few  years  there  has 
been  a  decided  increase  in  the  offense. 
A  host  of  new  devices  for  adding  per­
fume  to  the  toilet  have  been  put  for­
ward  and  women  have  seized upon  them 
eagerly.

The  woman  who  can  afford  it  puts 
huge  sacket  pads  in  her  bureau  draw­
ers,  in  her  trunk  trays,  on  her  closet 
shelves.  She  wears  sackets in her frocks. 
She  sprays  perfume  on  her  hair.  She 
uses  perfume  pastils  in  her bath.

She  has  perfumed  creams  and  lotions 
and  rouge  and  nail  salve.  She  buys 
perfumed  ribbon.  She  revels  in  scented 
soap.  She  burns  scented  pastils  or  in­
cense 
in  her  rooms  and  she  eats  per­
fumed  lozenges.

All  this  is  bad  enough when elaborate­
ly  carried  out  without  regard  to  trouble 
or  expense ;  but  few  women  are  artists 
line,  even  if  they  can 
in  the  perfume 
afford  the  cost  of  fine  art. 
If  the  per­
fumes  are  not  of  the  rarest  and  purest, 
and  consequently  of  the  most expensive, 
they  can  achieve  no  desirable  result.  If 
the  powder  and 
liquid  and  soap  and 
pastils  and  all  the  rest  are  not  identical 
in  scent,  they  produce  a  compound  that 
is  not  pleasant  to  smell  and  is  harmful 
to  the  nerves.

It  is  pleasant  to  read  of  the  subtle, 
delicate  perfume  clinging  around  a 
heroine. 
It  is  the  rare  and  exceptional 
woman  who  attains  subtlety  and  deli­
cacy 
in  her  use  of  perfumes,  if  she 
uses  them  at  all.  Nine out of  ten  women 
indis­
addicted  to  perfumes  use  them 

criminately,  over-freely  and  offensively.
Far  better  use  no  perfume  than  use 
any  cheap  variety.  Even  among  the  ex­
pensive  perfumes  there  are  many  that 
are  deplorably  poor,  and,  even 
if  a 
woman  does  succeed  in  obtaining  a 
really  good  perfume,  she  should,  of 
her  charity,  be  considerate  in  her  use 
of  it.

Using  perfume 

like  using  rouge. 
By  dint  of  continued  offending  one 
loses  one’s  sense  of  values  and  can  not 
judge  of  the  extent  of  one’s  offense. 
Women  should  realize  that  fact  and  err 
on  the  safe  side. 
If  they  would  but 
show  that  grace  to  the  public,  theater 
and  concert  going  would  take  on  a  new 
attractiveness  and  a  closed  car  would  be 
a  thing  to  be  endured  with  some  degree 
of  equanimity. 

Cora  Stowell.

is 

A  man’s  wife has no  business  with  his 
wasness;  only  with  his  isness,  and  his 
henceforthness.

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The Kirkwood  Short  Credit System   of 

Accounts  Method  Explained

A  system  large  enough to  accommodate each 
customer  with  one  of  the  system  boohs.  The 
first leaf Is printed in the form of a bill and per­
forated near the top so it can  easily  be  torn  off. 
The second sheet is of yellow paper.  Draw off a 
list of the balances of all your unsettled accounts 
and open a book for  each  customer  by  entering 
on the “ amount brought  forward ’’ line  the bal­
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Be sure that  the  carbon  sheet is  between  the 
bill leaf and  the  yellow  one,  so  that  everything 
written on the bill will be copied on the duplicate 
sheet.  Write the customers’ names on  the back 
of the books, on the pink strip  near the top, and 
file them in the system in alphabetical order.
Suppose a customer buys a bill  of  goods,  take 
their book from the system and, with  the carbon 
paper still between the bill and the yellow sheet, 
write their order  with  an  ordinary  lead  pencil, 
extend the price  of  the  goods  ordered,  foot  the 
bill and deliver it to the customer with the goods. 
Place  the  carbon  sheet  between  the  next  two 
sheets of bill and copy paper, carry the sum due, 
as shown by the footing of the  last  bill,  forward 
to the  “ amount  brought  forward ”  line  of  the 
next bill and place the book back  in  the  system. 
It will be clearly seen by this  method  of keeping 
customers’  accounts,  the  customer  receives  a 
bill of  each  lot  of  goods  bought,  the  charge is 
made, and the bill is written out at  one time, the 
merchant can tell at any  time  just  how  much  a 
customer owes by  looking  at  the  book;  there  is 
no posting to be done and no writing  up  of  pass 
books.
The  customers  will  soon  get  to  expect a bill 
with each purchase, which  will  show  the entire 
amount of their indebtedness, and  having  it will 
naturally have greater confidence  In  the  dealer, 
and will  be  more  apt  to  settle  the  account  at 
more frequent intervals instead of  allowing it to 
run until it  is  so  large  that  it  can  not  be paid 
and  then  change  to  another  store,  causing  the 
dealer the loss of  a  customer  and  leaving  him 
with  a  large  and  doubtful  account  to  collect 
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Poultry

P eculiarities  P ertain in g  to  the  H andling 

o f P oultry.

“ Live  poultry  shippers  should  make 
more  money  than  they  do,”   said  a  live 
poultry  man. 
“ I  could  mention  many 
who  have  sent  a  great  many  cars  to 
market  who  have  made  no  more  than a 
living  and  some  hardly  that. 
It  is  evi­
dent  that  paying  prices  are  too high, 
buyers  being  forced.up  by  competition 
to  pay  prices  which  net  them  a  loss 
when  they  get  their  returns.  The  mar­
ket  here 
in  New  York  is  made  every 
week  and  unless  conditions  are  unusual 
the  price  holds  for  the  week.  Few  other 
articles  handled  on  commission  have 
prices  remain  as  settled  as  live  poultry 
and  this  certainly^should  be  an  advan­
tage  to  shippers.  And  yet  you  would  be 
surprised  to  know  how  many  cars  we 
handle  often  on  high  markets,  too, 
which  according  to  the  shipper’s ad­
little  or no  profit  to  them. 
vices,  make 
This  certainly 
indicates  that  too  much 
was  paid  for the  poultry  by  the  ship­
per. ”

*  

*  

*

“ We  are  having  all  kinds  of  trouble 
with  roasting  chickens,”   remarked  a 
merchant.  “ Most  all  receipts  are  mixed 
with  coarse  chickens  and  stags  and  vary 
so  in  value  that  prices  show  a  very wide 
range.  1  suppose  these  irregular  returns 
are  quite  unsatisfactory  to  some  ship­
pers  who  think  their stock  should  bring 
full  quotations  and  we  have  “ kicks”  
from  all  directions.  But  we  can  not 
get  high  prices  for  poor stock  and  have 
to  be  satisfied  with  the  knowledge  that 
we  have  done  the  best  we  could.”

*  

*  

*

“ There 

is  a  good  demand  for  fancy 
frozen 
tom  turkeys,”   said  a  poultry 
merchant.  >“  Buyers  all  want  toms, 
however,  and  while  they  would  be  will­
ing  to  pay  up  to  i6^c  for  carload  lots 
the  hens  and  toms  mixed  are  receiving 
little  attention  and  demand  confined  to 
peddling  trade.”
*  

*  

*

It 

from 

iced  and 

the  melting 

The  mild  weather  is  causing  many  of 
the  Southwestern  marks  of  poultry to  ar­
rive  a  little  out  of  condition. 
is  so 
warm 
in  these  Southwestern  shipping 
points  that  the  poultry  has  had  to  be 
shipped 
it  has  not  carried 
well,  the  weather  being  too  cool  while 
the  poultry  was  in  transit  to  allow  the 
ice  to  melt  properly.  Usually  the  cold 
water 
ice  drains 
through  the  poulrty  and  keeps  it in good 
condition,  but  when  it  is  too  cold  to  al­
low  this  the  poultry  in  the  center  of  the 
barrel  will  not  keep  in  good  condition 
and  this  has  been  the  trouble  with much 
of  the  stock  in  of  late. 
In  consequence 
lots  have  had  to  be  shaded  }£c 
many 
per  pound  or  more  to  attract  buyers. 
Shippers  of  dry-packed  have  also  bad 
trouble  with  their  shipments  as  it  has 
been  warm  enough  to  make  much  of  the 
stock  sweat  in  transit  and  this  has  also 
arrived  in  bad  shape  in  many  cases. 
It 
is  evident  that  shippers  are  wishing  for 
settled  weather,  as  just  now  they  are  at 
a  loss  to  know  bow  to  ship— iced  or  dry 
packed.— N.  Y.  Produce  Review.
M aple  Sugar M aking in  the Adirondack».
The  maple  sap  has  again  begun  its 
annual  flow,and  all  through  the  Adiron­
dack»,  as  well  as  in  the  forests  of neigh­
boring  Northern  States, 
farmers  and 
farmers’ 
families  are  busy  gathering 
the  one  crop  for  which  they  neither 
plant  nor  till.  The  maple  product  of 
the  United  States  has  in  years  gone  by 
been  worth  as  much  as $1,250,000.  The 
output  and  prices  vary  considerably,

“ the 

however,  and  no  one  can  predict  what 
will  be  the  result  of  the  harvest  now  un­
der  way.
. Old  sugar  makers  have  as  many  ideas 
about 
run”   as  a  cross-roads 
weather  prophet,  and  some  of  them  are 
able  to  predict  to  a  wonderful  certainty 
just  when  the  flow  of  sap  will  begin 
and  how  long  it  will  continue. 
“ When 
the  wind  blows  from  the  West  get  ready 
to  gather  sap,”   is  one  of the  stock  max­
It 
ims  of  the  Adirondack  sugar  belt. 
also  holds  good  in  Maine. 
In  ordinary 
seasons  “ the  run”   begins  about  the  first 
week  in  March  and  continues during the 
period 
in  which  short  thaws  and  freez­
ing  spells  alternate.  As a certain amount 
of  preliminary  work  in  the  sugar  forest 
is  necessary,  the  value  of  an  accurate 
prophecy  is  great.

A  few  days  before  the  first  March 
thaw  is  expected  the  farmer  goes 
into 
the woods  and  opens  his  sugar  house—a 
shanty  of  rough  boards,  deserted,  lonely 
and  uninteresting  during  eleven  months 
of  the  year.  Pans  and kettles are cleaned 
and  a  store  of  fire  wood,  cut  during  the 
short,  cold  days  of  winter, is  piled about 
the  house.  A  search  is  made  for  pos­
sible  leaks  in  the  roof,  and  all  is  ready 
for  sugar  and  syrup  making.

in  the  woods. 

Then  one  morning  the  cry  is  heard 
that  the  sap 
is  really  running,  and  at 
once  the  farm  bouse  is  deserted  for  the 
sugar  house 
It  is  the 
center  of  interest  for  every  one  from 
grandmother  to  the  babies  who  are  big 
enough  to  walk.  .  Everything  else 
is 
neglected  until  the  crop  is  entirely  har­
vested  and  the  last  bucket  of  sap  boiled 
into 
season 
comes  at  a  time  when  little  could  be 
done  in  the  way  of  farm  work.

syrup.  Fortunately  the 

On  farms  where  the  number  of  sugar 
maples 
is  not  large  the  farmers  of  to­
day  gather  their  sugar  crops  in  much 
the  same  way  their  fathers  did.  They 
bore  the  larger  trees  and  insert  wooden 
spikes,  on  which  buckets  are hung.  The 
sap 
is  gathered  by  sturdy  boys  and 
men,  who  carry  two  large  pails,  one  on 
either  end  of  a  yoke  which  fits  across 
their  shoulders.  The  sap  is  boiled  in 
great  iron  kettles,  under  which  fires  are 
burning  day  and  night  when  the  run  is 
heavy.

On  the 

larger  sugar  farms  methods 
more  modern  are  in  use.  Metal  spiles 
have  replaced  the  wooden  ones,  and 
sore  shoulders  from  carrying  the  sap  are 
unknown  where  the  gathering  tank 
is 
used.  This  tank  holds  a  hogshead,  and 
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which  two  horses  are  hitched. 
The 
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from  which  the  sap 
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masonry,  and  does 
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From  the  evaporating  pan  the  syrup 
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indicate  accurately  the  progress of evap­
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It 

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The  social  features  of  the  sugar  sea­
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TH E EXPERT ACCOUNTANT.

M arvelous  M athem atical  Talent]] W hich 

P e   M ust Possess.

“ Perhaps 

“ The  modern  accountant  is  the  terror 
of  the  crooked  financier,  as  much  as  the 
vidocqs  are  of  the  lower grade  crimi­
nal, ”   said a well-known authority lately.
it  never occurred  to  you,”  
he  said,  “ that  in  the  course  of  their  ex­
periences  men  of  my  profession  come 
to  develop  the  detective  faculty  in  a 
marked  degree.”   The speaker  was  W. 
Fitzgerald  Smith,  the  wizard  of  figures 
and  well-known  chartered  accountant  of 
New  York,  who  has  straightened  out 
some  of  Wall  Street’s  knottiest  tangles.
is,  however,  that  they  do 
so.  My  experience  has  covered  a  num­
ber  of  years 
in  ail  parts  of  the  world, 
and  I  never  yet  was  mistaken  in  my 
first  impressions  of  a  man.

“ The  fact 

“ Dealing  with  large  defaulters  before 
an  atom  of  proof  has  been  secured 
against  them 
is  a  delicate  operation. 
The  auditor  is  placed  in  much  the  same 
position  as  a  prosecuting  attorney  when 
he  is  set  to  work  to  investigate  the  ac- 
’  counts  which  it  is  supposed  will demon­
strate  the  crookedness  of  the  suspected 
individual.

“ In  his  operations  he  must  be  cau­
tious,  as  well  as  bold.  The  auditing  of 
the  accounts  of  any  big  concern  is  a 
necessary  and  expedient  thing  to  do, 
and  are  we  not  constantly examining the 
accounts  of  the  most  scrupulously honest 
persons  to  see  if  there  are  errors  or  de­
ficiencies,  and  are  there  not  frequently 
large  deficiencies  noted,  which  create 
consternation in a  firm  and  are  inexplic­
able  until  the  expert  has  located  the 
leak  or  the  clerical  error?  After  all  the 
excitement  and  a  lot  of  false  supposi­
tion,  it  often  turns  out  that  the  shortage 
is  merely  a  clerical  error,  due  to a  debit 
or  credit  having  been  placed 
in  the 
wrong  column.  But  there  is  a  singular 
fact  about  these  examinations. 
I  never 
started  out  to  audit  the  books  of  a  per­
son  who  had  been  gujlty  of falsification, 
that  is  after  I  had  become  thoroughly 
acquainted  with  my  business,  that  1 did 
not  instinctively  feel  embezzlement  or 
not.

“ There 

is  something  in  the  criminal 
which  almost  unconsciously  betrays  it­
self  by  some  nearly  imperceptible  sign, 
which  sounds  the  note  of  warning.  Of 
course,  for  the  auditor  to  betray  a  cog­
nizance  of  this  would  be  to  place  the 
defaulter  on  his  guard.  That  must  in 
no  case  be  done.  He  must  be  sedulously 
lulled  into  a  belief  in  the 
inextricable­
ness  of  the  net  of  deceit  which  he  has 
woven  around  himself  by  means  of  false 
figures  until  the  moment  has  come  for 
the  police  to  step  in  and  take  him  off 
our  hands.  Wotk  of  this  sort  requires 
tact  of  no  ordinary  kind,  as,  of  course, 
while  we  are  working,  constant  contact 
with  the  suspected  person  is  often  nec­
essary,  and  the  acuteness  of  his  feelings 
under  the  circumstances  may  be  very 
clearly  imagined.  Our  part  is  to  remain 
in  a  passive  automaton-like  shell  and 
plod  along  through  our  figures,  as  if  we 
were  utterly  devoid  of  human  sensa­
tions.

“ One  of  the  most  interesting  cases 
that  I  call  to  mind  occurred  when  1  was 
sent  out  by  a  well-known  firm  from 
London  to  India  to  go  over the  accounts 
of  a  large  concern  there,  capitalized  at 
several  hundreds  of  millions  of  rupees.

“ The  partner  who  had  to  be 

investi­
gated  was  a  Parsee.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  finest  clubs  in  Madras,'and  we 
were  employed  for  nine  months in going 
over  the  accounts  to  discover  that  his

defalcations  amounted  to  'about  half  a 
million  dollars.

“ By 

careful  manipulation  of  the 
affairs  of  the  concern,  he  had  come  to 
assume  the  financial  management.

“ The  caste  feeling  was  so  strong that, 
although  he  spoke  English,  it  was  hard 
to  approach  him.  But  as  the  work  pro­
gressed  it  became  more  and  more  nec­
essary  to  ask  questions  of  him.

“ He  was  a  young,  dark,  swarthy- 
hued,  handsome 
fellow,  with  quiet, 
soft,  pussy-cat  ways.  He  eyed  me  very 
keenly  when  I  put  my  first  feelers,  for, 
of  course,  he  was  under  suspicion.

The  first  few  questions  that  I  put  to 
him  made  him  extremely  nervous,  and 
his  answers  were  very  evasive.

“ I  asked  for  a  special  book,  wherein 
it  was  known  he  had  recorded  the  enor­
mous  receipts  of  numerous  departments 
under  his  financial  control.  The  book 
was  reluctantly  produced,  and  his  man­
ner  immediately  confirmed  my  first  im­
pressions,  to  the  effect  that  our  investi­
gation  was  not  to  be  futile. 
It  was  the 
desire  of  the  firm,  if  possible,  to  stop 
the  investigation  upon  the  slightest  ex­
cuse,  as  his  partners  thought  it  was  im­
possible  for him  to  be  crooked.

“ Subsequent 

the 
Parsee  took  a  long  trip  up  the  country 
to  his  bungalow.

interview, 

to  the 

“ It  took  many  months  to  unravel  the 
tangled  skein  into  which  he  had  drawn 
the  accounts  of  the  firm,  but  eventually 
everything  came  out.  He  was  finally 
charged  with  the  offense. 
It  was  found 
that,  under  an  assumed  name,  he  had 
been  keeping  fast  race  horses  and other­
wise  spending  large  sums  of  money.

“ It  may  be 
imagined  that  I  had  to 
feel  my  way 
into  the  case  most  care­
fully,  while  my  trained  staff  worked 
purely  like  automatons.  *

“ I  found  that  the  Parsee  had  always 
been  found  poring  over  a  certain  book, 
which  proved  the  key  to  his  secret.  He 
had  kept  a  private  account  of  his  own 
in  the  bank.”  

Wilson  Merritt.

Touching.

' “ Are  you  a  married  man?”   enquired 
the  inquisitive  stranger.

“ No,  sir,”   replied  the  other  sadly.
“ Oh,”   said  the  first,  “ 1 trust you  will 
pardon  me  for  referring  to your bereave­
ment. 
I  should  not  have  opened  such  a 
touching  subject.”

“ Touching  describes  it  beautifully,”  
murmured  the  other.  “ It  is  hard  to  pay 
$15  a  week  alimony.”

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front  yard.  They  bad  a  barn  built  in  a 
corner  of 
it  and  that  called  for a  gate­
way  and  a  wagon track.

Vines  grow  faster  than  trees  and  they 
rigged  up  with  two  crotched  sticks  what 
the  neighbors  guessed  was  a  porch. 
In 
their  foolishness,  because  the  friend 
who  gave  the  woodbine  urged  them  to 
take  all  they  wanted  while  they  were 
taking, 
they  put  a  “ porch”   on  the 
barn  and  set  a  vine  at  each  post.  They 
had  a  garden—they  had  to !— but they  so 
planned  it,  that  potatoes,  and  vegetable 
beds  and  currant  bushes  and  fruit  trees 
and  such  growing  things  generally  gave 
an  air  to  the  whole  that  at  the  end  of 
five  years  makes  that  lot  the  prettiest 
place 
It  did  not  cost  them  a 
cent;  but  when  that  growing  village 
gets  ready  to  have  a  park  the  manage­
ment  of  it  will  bring  out  in  acres  what 
that  man  and  his  wife  have  brought  out 
in  their  quarter  of  an  acre—the  beauty 
of  landscape  gardening.

in  town. 

It  would  be  a  pleasure  to  describe  the 
result  of  their  work,  but  quite  unneces­
sary.  The  only  feature  I  will  mention  is 
the  effect  of  the  woodbine.  The  rough 
sticks  that  everybody 
laughed  at  are 
the  glory  of  the  whole,for  the  vines  love 
them  and  have  curtained  them  and from 
budding  spring  to  splendor-clad autumn 
swing  there 
in  the  constant  sunshine, 
making  a  grateful  shade  and  furnishing 
a  living,  practical  example  of  what  oc­
casional,  well-directed  effort  will  always 
accomplish  without  money  and  without 
price.  Knowingly  or  unknowingly  they 
have  brought  out  in  that  little  corner  of 
the  tremendous  wotld  three  principles 
of  landscape  gardening.

“ The  central  lawn  flanked  by  shrub­
is  the  secret  of  landscape  garden­
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In  making  nature-like  pictures 
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thing.  It  is  comparable  to  the  painter’s 
canvas  while  side-planting  is the  frame 
of  the  picture. 
If  this  lawn  were  not 
left  open  and  uninterrupted,  but  were 
filled  with  rare  and costly trees  scattered 
here  and  there  the  result  might  be  in­
teresting  to  the  botanist  and horticultur­
ist,  but  not  to  the  artist.  No  artist 
would  want  to  sketch 
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vine-covered crotch  sticks  and  their  sur­
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It  may  be  a  comfort  to  the  annual 
sufferer  of  spring  cleaning  to know  that, 
in  the  yearly  turmoil  and  confusion 
when 
is 
turned  outdoors,  human  nature  is  only 
copying  Nature  with  a  capital letter  and 
that  both  are  working  for  the  good  of 
man.  After  it  is  all  over  and  the  world 
settles  back 
into  its  old  routine  there 
comes  the  confession  that  it  is  all  for 
the  best.  When  Nature  overdoes  the 
business  and  March  with  a  vigorous  ap­
plication  of  wind  and  rain  hinders  with 
disaster  the  settling-down  process  there 
comes  the  time-worn  ‘ ‘ Now,  see  what 
you  have  done 1”   but  it  is  noticeable 
that where  the  winds  of  March  have  had 
a 
followed  by 
copious  rains  that  have  completed  the 
cleansing,  that  section  becomes  a  fa­
vored 
This 
spring  Nebraska  has  been  subject  to  the 
double  treatment.  For  days  the  besom 
of  tha  wind  has  been  at  work  until  it 
seemed  as  if  not  a  fence  comer  nor  an 
alley  border  had  a  particle  of  dust 
within  miles  of  them.  Then  followed 
the  rain,  not 
in  parsimonious  drops, 
in  copius  showers  that  had  but  a 
but 
single  purpose— washing. 
It  cleaned
the  air as  it  fell.  It  sought  the neglected 
places  and  with  no  end  of  water  washed 
them.  For thirty-six  hours,  with  all  the 
vigor  of  a  New  England  housekeeper  of 
the  olden  time,  the process went on until 
field  and  garden,  backyard  and  front 
yard,  protesting 
school  boy, 
washed  and  refreshed  at  last,  confirmed 
the  fact  that  Mother  Nature  knows  what 
is needed,  knows bow to  do  it and  knows 
enough  to  stop  when  she  gets  through.
With  these needful preliminaries over, 
the  mistress  of  ceremonies  stops  to  take 
breath  and 
is  ready  now  to  listen  to 
suggestions—the  time  for  the  Improve­
ment  Society  to  state  its  case  if  it  has 
any.  With  the  coming  of  the  spring­
time  and  as  often,  the  old  story  must 
be  told,  but  the  season 
itself  is  proof 
enough  that  it  is  not  necessarily  a  dis­
pleasing  one.  The “ hello”  of the  crocus 
crowding  back  the  snow  with its fearless 
petals  has  always  a  hearty  welcome  and 
the  old-fashioned  odor  of  the  arbutus 
hiding  in  the  old-fashioned  way  under 
its  big,  coarse  leaves  can  not  repeat  too 
often 
its  idea  of  what  real  fragrance  is. 
In  the  same  way  the  Society  tells  again 
the  reason  of  its  being  and,  as  naturally 
as  the  flower  unfolds,  it  begins  with  the 
landscape.  Here  in  America  we  have 
it  on  the  universal  plan  and  here  in  the 
Great  Republic  we  have  it  and  take  it 
and  enjoy  it  on  that  plan  and  no  other. 
This 
is  the  wholesale  side  of  the  earth 
and  only  nature  on  the  grandest  scale 
can  be  tolerated. 
I  suspect  the  reason 
why  the  American  is  so  much  benefited 
by  the  common  European  tour  is that he 
learns  in  that  way  best  what  he  has  left 
at  home.  His  disappointment,  if  not 
his  disgust,  lies  in  the  fact  that  he  sees 
what  be 
is  familiar  with  in  miniature 
exactly  as  he  recognizes  in  Geneva, 
diminutive  Paris  and, 
in  American 
childhood  with  grandmother’s  specta­
cles,the  unsurpassed  womanhood  behind 
them.  He 
leaves  home  with  the  idea 
that  America  is  positive  and Europe su­
perlative,  with  the  rest  of  the  earth  an 
indifferent comparative,  and  so  is  ready 
to  enjoy  what  his superlative is expected 
to  give  him.  Astonishment  and  then 
righteous  wrath  is the  result.  Born  and 
bred  with  the  Miltonian  idea  of  size,

and  so  of  grandeur,  he  strews  the  road­
sides  of  the  grand  tour  with  his 
impre­
cations  as  he  passes  from  point to point.
His  newspapers  have  set  his imagina­
tion  at  liberty  and  he  starts  from  home 
with  a  distinct  picture  of  the  Alps  as 
they  culminate 
in  Mont  Blanc.  He  is 
not  sure  of  “ vine-clad  hills”  and moun­
“ castle-cragged, ”   but  he  has 
tains 
heard  enough  about  the  Rhine  and 
is 
goiug  to  see  for  himself.  Lake  Leman 
and  Lucerne  are  centers  of  glory  and  if 
a  quarter that  he  has  read  about  them 
is  true  he  expects  ever after  a  certain 
date—August  15,  the  itinerary  puts  it— 
to  go  to  sleep  sailing  into  sunset  glory 
in  a  boat  with  lateen  sails.  His  first 
shock  is  Lake  Leman. 
“ N-hu.  Bluer 
‘n  common.  Water’s  pretty  cold.  Cas­
tle—Chillon,  is  it?—at  the  other  end 
rather  pretty  with  the  mountains  behind 
it.  And  this  is  the  lake  that  Byron told 
about.  Nice  lake. ”   The  noted  ride  to 
the  valley  of  Chamouni  is  unnoted—he 
is  used  to  that  sort  of  thing.  He  hears 
some  extravagant  talk  about  “ the  white 
cap  of  Europe’s  marvelous  culmina­
tion, ”   and  he  sums  up  bis  estimation 
of  it  with  the  American  note  of  en­
quiry,  “ That  Blanc?  N-hu;”   and 
lighting  a  cigar  saunters  down 
the 
straggling  street  of  the  village  wonder­
ing  why  they  do  not  pick  things  up.  In 
reflective  mood  he  boards  the 
little 
Rhine  steamer  and  at  last  takes  in  “ the 
glories  of  the  Rhine,  the  River  of  In­
spiration. ”   He  gets  off  at  Cologne, 
where  there  is  “ a  meetin’ house  lookin’ 
in  front  for  all  the  world  like  a  couple 
o’  big  wine  bottles,”   a  sadder  and  a 
wiser  man—a  sadness  and  a  wisdom 
that  culminate  in  a  hearty  if  not  mu­
sical  rendering  of  “ The  Star-Spangled 
Banner”   the  instant  he  sights  Fire  Is­
land.  That  song-rendering  means  this: 
He  has  learned  from  Nature  that  land­
scape  gardening  is  reducing  to  a  small 
scale  the  widespread  wonders  of  the 
world  at  large.

This 

lesson  that  travel  alone  teaches 
lies  at  the  basis  of  most  improvement 
society  trouble. 
“ Ye  can’t  crowd  the 
world  into  a  town  lot,  and my  back  yard 
ain’t  equal  to  the  requirements. ”   To 
speak  right  out,  a  man  that  is  working 
to  keep  body  and  soul  together  can  not 
afford  to  make  a  picture  gallery  of  even 
his  front  yard—a  statement  that  has  in 
it  a  grain  of  truth.  Nature  can  con­
dense  a 
little  of  Western-continent 
grandeur  into  self-satisfied  Europe.  An 
ambitious  city  with  a  well-filled  purse 
can  develop  a  stretch  of  country  into  a 
park  and  the  well-to-do  can,  if  they 
like,  hire  a  gardener,  and  let  him  make 
a  picture  of  their  estate.  The man  with 
the  dinner  pail  has  to  content  himself 
with 
landscape  gardening  through  the 
rich  man’s  purse—the  end  of  the  whole 
matter;  and  right  there  lies the mistake.
The  old  story  told  a  great  many  times 
in  this  department  is  not  to be repeated, 
but  it  may  be  well  enough  in  the  spring 
of  the  year  to  say  again  that  it  is  won­
derful  to  see  what  can  be  accomplished 
in  a  small  city  lot  in  the  line  of  bright­
ening  things  up  by  a  busy  man  who 
likes  to  work  an  hour  or  two  in  the  gar­
den.  There  is  a  man  in  Colorado  whom 
I  know  that  has  furnished'me  an  exam­
ple  without  knowing 
it.  He  and  his 
worthy  wife  have  turned  their  love  for 
the  beautiful  to  practical  account  in  a 
rather  extensive  back  yard—a  condition 
not  at  all  unusual to  many  of the  village 
readers  of  the  Tradesman. 
Its  extent  is 
a  quarter  of  an  acre.  They  took  it  a 
treeless,  grassless,  cactus-spotted  waste 
with  a  pretty  fair  bouse  on  it.  They 
set  out  trees  and  sowed  grass  in  the

Clear,  White  Store  Light

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Acetylene

“The Twentieth  Century  Light”

In safety, convenience and economy it is far and away the best lighting 
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less than you’d  think.  Catalog  describing  our  “Colt  Carbide  Feed”  and 
“New Model Eagle” and estimates on necessary equipment for  your  store 
will be sent at your request.

Acetylene Apparatus Manufacturing Co.,

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

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Commercial Travelers

Michigan  Koiehti  tf the  Grip

President,  J ohn  A.  Weston,  Lansing;  Sec­
retary,  M.  S.  Bbown,  Satiinaw:  Treasurer, 
J ohn W. Schbam, Detroit.

Daited  Commercial  Travelers  of Michigan 

Grand  Counselor,  H.  E.  Ba rtlett,  Flint; 
Grand  Secretary,  A.  Ken d a ll,  Hillsdale; 
Grand Treasurer, C. M. Edelm an, Saginaw.

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

Senior  Counselor,  W.  S.  Burns;  Secretary 

Treasurer, L. F. Baker.

G r i p s a c k   B r i g a d e .

Arthur  M.  Comey,  who  represents  the 
Herold-Bertsch  Shoe  Co.  on 
the  D.
&  M.  east,  was  married  March  31  to 
Miss  Clara  Saunders,  of  Grand  Rapids. 
The  wedding  took  place  at  the  home  of 
the  bride’s  parents,  106  Plainfield  ave­
nue,  where  the  happy  couple  will  reside 
for  the  present.

A  Port  Huron  correspondent  writes; 
Charles  W.  McKennev,  for  three  years 
past  traveling  salesman  for  F.  Saunders 
&  Co.,  died  at  the  hospital  here  April 
1,  aged  23  years.  For six  weeks  he  had 
been  ill  with  typhoid  fever  and when  he 
became  convalescent  be  was  seized with 
an  attack  of  measles.  The  remains  were 
taken  to  the  home  of  his  uncle,  John  W. 
Kelly.  The  funeral  was  held  from  the 
Emmet  Catholic  church  April  4,  under 
the  auspices  of  the  Knights  of  Colum­
bus.

John  W.  Schram,  Treasurer  of  the 
Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip,  and 
Michigan  salesman  for the Western Shoe 
Co.,  Toledo,  has  been  laid  up  with 
acute  rheumatism  since  March  1.  He 
is  getting  better  and  expects  to  be  out 
in  a  week  or  two. 
In  the  meantime  H. 
S.  Comstock,  Vice-President  of 
the 
Western  Shoe  Co.,  is  calling  on  some  of 
Mr.  Schram’s  customers  and  is  meeting 
with  many  merchants and  other pleasant 
people  in  Michigan.  Mr.  Comstock 
thinks  Michigan  merchants  the  most 
friendly  people  he  has  ever  met.

Grand  Rapids  Council,  No.  131,  is  to 
be  congratulated  on  the vigorous manner 
in  which  it  turned  down  an  advertising 
scheme  projected  by  a  Cincinnati  gen­
tleman.  Both  the  Michigan  Knights  of 
the  Grip  and  the  old  T.  P.  A.  were 
in­
veigled 
into  schemes  of  this  character 
and  both  suffered  in  character  and repu­
tation  by  reason  of  their  participation 
in  and  co-operation  with  questionable 
enterprises.  A  man  who  permits  a 
stranger  to  use  his  name  and  traffic  on 
his 
reputation  almost  invariably  has 
cause  to  regret  his  generosity  as  long 
as  he  lives  and  an  organization— which 
is,  after  all,  only  an  aggregation  of 
in­
dividuals—which  gives  a  stranger  carte 
blanche  to  misrepresent 
it  before  the 
business  public  necessarily  suffers  in 
reputation  by  so  doing.

Detroit  Free  Press,  April  6:  When 
Conductor James  Flynn,  of Grand Trunk 
train  No.  12,  due 
in  Detroit  at  11:50 
a.  m.,  passed  through  one of the coaches 
near  Royal  Oak  yesterday  morning,  he 
found  J.  A.  Smith,  traveling  agent  for 
A.  Harvey’s  Sons’  Manufacturing  Co., 
Limited,  dead 
in  his  seat.  When  the 
train  reached  here  Coroner  Forth  was 
summoned,  but  as  death  was  evidently 
due  to heart  disease,  no  inquest  will  be 
held.  Mr.  Smith  lived  at  391  Cass  ave­
nue  and 
is  survived  by  a  widow  and 
two  married  daughters,  Mrs.  F.  C. 
Schultz,  of  Detroit,  and  Mrs.  Lee  Peck, 
of  Belleville.  He  had  been  in  the  em­
ploy  of  A.  Harvey’s  Sons  for  about 
twelve  years  and  was  returning  from 
Owosso  when 
summons 
came.  He  was  a  member  of  the Knights 
of  the  Grip.

the  sudden 

Wm.  Connor, 

the  veteran  clothing 
salesman,  was  meant  to  be  made  the 
ictim  of  a  practical  joke  by  the  ladies 
of  the  Livingston  Hotel  on  April  Fool’s 
day,  but  he  turned  the  joke  on  the  per­
petrators and  brought  the  laugh on them, 
nstead  of  on  himself.  The 
ladies  in 
question  rigged  up  a  full  sized  dummy, 
lleged  to  be  as  natural  as  life,  which 
they  placed  in  his  bed  during  the  even- 
ng,  arranging  her  ladyship  in  the  most 
attractive  position  possible.  Mr.  Con­
nor  came 
in  at  the  usual  time,  called 
for  his  key  and  started  for  bis  room 
without  any  intimation  that  he  had  an 
uninvited  guest.  He  unlocked  the  door, 
turned  up  the  light,  noted  the 
intruder, 
but,  without  a  word  or  a  second  glance 
in  the  direction  of  the  bed,  quietly  left 
the  room,turned  the  key  in  the  door  and 
reported  to  the  clerk  at  the  office  that 
some  mistake  had  been  made.  The 
ladies  were  expecting  that  Mr.  Connor 
would  undertake, to  investigate  his guest 
nd  were  prepared  to  pounce  in  upon 
him  and 
in  a  grand  laugh  in 
case  he  exhibited  any  curiosity  in  the 
premises.  The  next  time  the  ladies  of 
the  Livingston  undertake  to  work 
practical 
joke,  they  will  select  some 
other  victim  than  Deacon  Wm.  Connor.

indulge 

T u r n e d   D o w n   a   Q u e s t io n a b l e   S c h e m e .
Grand  Rapids,  April  7—A  large  and 
enthusiastic  meeting  of  Grand  Rapids 
Council,  No.  131,  United  Commercial 
Travelers,  was  held  Saturday  evening, 
April  5.  A 
large  amount  of  business 
was  transacted,  including  the  accepting 
of  six  applications  for  membership.

The  proposition  made  some  time  ago 
by  Brother  L.  H.  Johnson,  of  Cincin­
nati  Council,  No.  2,  for  the  getting  up 
of  an  advertising  book,  was  laid  on  the 
table.
A  committee  consisting  of  Brothers  J. 
H.  Taylor,  J.  G.  Benjamin  and  G.  G. 
Watson  was  appointed  to  take  charge 
of  the  arrangements  for  a  card  party 
Saturday  evening,  April  19,  at 
the 
Council  rooms.  Franklin  Pierce,  T.  E. 
Dryden,  Henry  Snitseler  and  A.  T. 
Driggs  were  appointed  a  committee  to 
see  what  arrangements  could  be  made 
for  train  service  to  Flint  in  May  to  at­
tend  the  Grand  Council  meeting  and 
also  for  hotel  accommodations  for  the 
Grand  Rapids  delegation, who  expect  to 
go  very  strong.

Don’t  forget  the  card  party  Saturday 

evening,  April  19. 

Ja  Dee.

Gloomy  weather 

thoughts,  and  gloomy 
dull  flashes.

causes 
gloomy 
thoughts  make

The  W arw ick

Strictly first class.

Rates $2 per day.  Central location. 

Trade  of  visiting  merchants  and  travel 

ing men solicited.

A.  B.  GARDNER.  Manager.

A  
First 
Class 
Hotel

Is always well  partonized. 
Ask  any  good  traveling 
is  t h e   first- 
man  which 
class hotel of Grand  Rap­
ids and  he will  invariably 
say the  LIVINGSTON.

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A n d   C h e a p e r

Duke’s  Mixture 
Smoking  Tobacco

A   deal  that  pays  you  91  per 
cent, profit.  The biggest deal 
ever  offered  the  retailer.
We  Will  Sell  You

1000  Two  Orphans  Cigars  at 
25  pounds  Duke’s  Mixture

Cash  less  2  per  cent.
-
Cost  to  you 
You  Sell

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$33  00 
Free
$33 00
66
$32 34

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1000  Two  Orphans  at  5c
25  pounds  Duke’s,  per  package,  5c 
Goods  sell 
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Goods  cost 
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$5° 00
12 00
$62 00
32 34
$29  66 
91  per cent.

The  Two  Orphans  Cigar  is  made  by  the  Amer­
ican  Cigar  Co., 
is  a  strictly  long  filler,  Sumatra 
wrapped  cigar  and  has  always  sold  at  $35.00. 
Duke’s  Mixture  is  made  by  the  American  Tobacco 
Co.,  and  is  one  of  the  largest  sellers  in  the  west,  so 
that  the  proposition  we  give  you  makes  this  the 
biggest deal In  the  history  of  the  trade. 
It  has  never 
been  equaled.

Steele=Wedeles
Company,

Chicago,  U.  S.  A.

Be  sure  and  Mention  Michigan  Tradesman 
in  order to get  the  advantage  of  these  prices.

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Drugs-=Chem icals

M ichigan  State  Board o f Pharm acy

Hanky Hkim, Saginaw 
Wib t  p.  Dory, Detroit - 
J ohn D. Mu ib . Grand Rapids 
Abthtjb H. We b b e b , Cadillac 

President,
Secretary, Hhnby  Hi i m , Saginaw.
Treasurer, W. P.  D orr,  Detroit.

Term expires
Dee. 81,1902
Dee. 31,1903
Dee. 81,1905 
Dee. 81,1906 

E xam ination  Sessions.

Star Island, June 16 and 17.
Sault Ste* Marie, August 27 and 28. 
Lansing, November 6 and 6.

Mich.  State  Pharm aceutical  Association.

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

Use o f  Card  System  In  F iling  P rescrip­

tions.

Of  the  many  systems  for  filing  pre­
scriptions there  is  none  so  cumbersome 
and  disagreeable  as  the  book  file. 
Its 
faults  are  obvious  to  every  user,  but 
there 
is  hardly  a  druggist  who  has  not 
used  it  at  one  time  or another,  its  use 
on  account  of  routine  being  almost  uni­
versal.  Where  the  pharmacist  does  a 
good  prescription  business  these  books 
accumulate  very  rapidly,  since  only  500 
to  1,000  prescriptions  can.be  safely  filed 
in  each  book.

To  point  out  -the  main  objection  to 
this  system,  let  us  suppose  that  clerk 
No.  1 
is  putting  up  prescription  No. 
5,509  and  that  at  the  same  time  clerk 
No  2  wishes  to  compound  prescription 
No.  5,530,  which  is  located  a  few  pages 
after the  first  prescription,  and  both  are 
required  at  once.  The  result  will  be 
that  the  book 
is  planked  on  the  pre­
scription  counter,  with  two  clerks  look­
ing  daggers  at  each  other  when  one  or 
the  other turns  to  his  place  in  the book ; 
and  when  the  prescription  needs  check­
ing  then  one  clerk  must  wait  until  the 
other  is  ready.  Of  course,  when  two 
prescriptions  are  contained  in  separate 
books,  this  is  not  likely  to  happen,  but 
think  of  the  desk  or table  space  taken 
up  by  two  large  folios  wide  open ! 
In 
the  meantime  the  prescriptions  become 
soiled  by  contact,  as  the  two  pages  usu­
to 
ally  contain  anywhere 
twenty  prescriptions. 
constant 
opening  of  the heavy prescription books, 
too,  cracks  the  binding,  starts the  leaves 
and  gradually  loosens  the  pages.

from  ten 
The 

The  only  system  that  should  appeal  to 
is  the  card 

the  up-to-date  pharmacist 
system.

This  is  a  system  of the  utmost  sim­
plicity,  and  where 
it  is  to  be  intro­
duced  the  following  plan  is  suggested :

Procure  1,000  4x5  or  4x6  perforated 
cards  and  an  iron  document  box  fitted 
with  a  movable  rod.  Paste  each  pre­
scription  on  a  card  as  it  is  received, 
and  if  a  triplicate  check system  is  used, 
paste  the  first  check  with  customer's 
name,  address  and  price  on  the 
left 
hand  top  corner  of  the  prescription; 
then,  if  it  is  desired  to  jot  down any  re­
marks  on  the  prescription,  such  as  price 
on  2  X   (double  quantity),  weight  of 
mass,  size  of  capsule,  shape  of  pills, 
make,  use,  etc.,  they  may  be  noted 
in 
the  space  underneath  the  check.  After 
filling  the  prescription  orders are  placed 
on  an  ordinary  stick  file  until  the  next 
morning  when  they  are  put  away  in  a 
box.  The  box 
is  fitted  with  a  wooden 
block  for  keeping  the  cards  fiat,  as  they 
are  apt  to  curl  when  freshly  pasted  with 
ordinary  label  paste.  Time  and  a  little 
pressure  straightens  them  so  that  they 
take  up  little  space.

The  ease  with  which  a  prescription 
may  be  repeated  using  this  system  can 
be  easily  demonstrated.  One  simply 
thumbs  over the  cards  to  the  right  num­
ber,  pulls out  the  card,  places  it  on  the

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

counter  where  it  is  not  in  the  way,  and 
then  compounds  the  prescription  inde­
pendently  and  individually.  When  the 
prescription 
is  made  up  the  card  con­
taining  the  prescription  order  is  again 
placed  on  file  and  recorded  as  repeated.
It  is  well  to  note  any  change  of  ad­
dress  on  repetitions,  as  the  address  fea­
ture  may  at  times  pay  for the whole out­
fit. 
If  it  is  desired  to  send  circulars  to 
prospective  customers  in  the  neighbor­
hood,  these  addresses  are  worth  $5  to 
$10  a  thousand,  that  being  the  amount 
very  often  paid  for the  names  of  bona 
fide  drug  consumers.  These  names  are 
of  people  who  have  confidence  in  the 
sender,  and  advertising  sent  in  this 
way  is  sure  to  bring  returns.  When  the 
druggist  becomes  thoroughly  familiar 
with  this  system  a  handsome  and  dur­
able  card  index  cabinet  may be invested 
in.  And  the  arrangement  can  be  ex­
hibited  with  advantage  to  physicians 
and  customers,  since  such  things  reflect 
credit  on  the  dispenser and  are  just  as 
essential  to  a  modern  store  as  a  com­
plete  stock.

The  card  system  is  within  the  reach 
of  all  classes  of  pharmacists,  whether 
they  compound  five  or  500  prescriptions 
a  day.  The  cost  of  cards 
is  from  50 
cents  to  $1.25  per  1,000,  according  to 
quality  and  quantity,  and  the  original 
outfit  can  be  started  in  a  wooden  box 
made  to fit  the  cards.  Emile  Brunor.
New  Method  of M aking  M ilk  Digestible.
A  pint  of  milk  is gently warmed.  Into 
it  is  dropped,  very  slowly  and  with  con­
stant  stirring,  about  20  minims  of  dilute 
The  milk  should 
hydrochloric  acid. 
In  this  way 
be  stirred  until 
a  very  fine  flocculent  coagulum 
is  pro­
duced,  floating 
in  the  whey,  which  is 
easily  accessible  to  the  digestive  secre­
tions,  while  the  whole  fluid  has 
lost 
somewhat  of  the  fat  and  cloying  taste 
which  makes 
it  unacceptable  to  so 
many. 
It  will  be  noticed  that  milk 
prepared  in  this  way  differs  from  the 
in  the  highly  important 
various  wheys 
particular  that  the  casein 
is  retained 
and  used,  instead  of  being  separated 
out  as  a  distinct  product,while  it  avoids 
the  bitterness  of  pancreatinized  milk.
Robert  T.  Edes.

it  cools. 

To  Keep  A nts  Away.

If annoyed  excessively  by  swarms  of 
ants  which 
infest  the  bottling  table, 
syrup  pails,  and  everything  about  the 
place,  it  is  recommended  that  balsam 
Peru  be  used.  Rub  a  thin  film  of  it 
around  near the  bottom  of  the  table  legs 
and  renew  the  application  about once  in 
three  weeks.  This  will  keep them  away. 
One  drop  of  the  balsam  spread  around 
the  top  of  syrup  measures  will  keep 
them  out.  Boil  one  ounce  balsam  Peru 
in  one  gallon  of  water  for thirty  min­
utes  and  sponge  this  water  while  hot 
over  wooden  floors  and  walls  and  it  will 
keep  ants  away  for a  long  time.

Good  Disinfectant.

Dissolve  half  a  drachm  of  nitrate  of 
lead  in  a  pint  of  boiling water,  then dis­
solve  two  drachms  of  common  salt  in 
eight  quarts  of  water.  Pour  the  two 
mixtures  together.  After  the  sediment 
has  settled  the  liquid  is a saturated solu­
tion  of  chloride  of  lead.  A  cloth  dipped 
in  it  and  hung  up  in  a  room  will  purify 
a  fetid  atmosphere.  It  may  also  be  used 
to  pour  down  a  sink,  drain  or  water 
closet.  This  is  very  cheap,  as  a  pound 
of  nitrate  of  lead  will  make  several  bar­
relfuls  of  the  disinfectant.

When  a  husband  runs  across  an  old 
love  letter  he  wrote  to  his  wife,  he  al­
ways  laughs,  but  his  wife  cries.

Soothing A pplication  F or Burns.

There  is  perhaps  no  injury  that  is  the 
cause  of  more  intense  suffering  than 
burns,  and  none 
in  which  the  victim 
begs  more  piteously  for  relief.  A  num­
ber of  new  remedies  have  been  brought 
before  the  profession  during  the  past 
decade,  some  of  which  are  far superior 
to those  used  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago 
when  the  old  carron  oil  was  the  stand­
ard  remedy.

For  years  I  used  a  dressing  of  castor 
oil,  to  which  was  added  one  or  two 
drams  each  of  carbolic  acid  and  acetate 
of  lead.  Finally  I  learned  somewhere  of 
the  use  of  a  mixture  of  castor oil  with 
white  of  egg,  and  found  it  so  much  bet­
ter  than  anything  else  I  had  ever  known 
that  I  now  rely  entirely  upon  that. 
It  is  easily  obtained,  which  is  not  true 
of  some  of  the  new  remedies. 
It  is 
cheap,  and  easily  prepared  and  used.  It 
certainly  allays  the  pain  quicker  and 
causes  the  surface  to  heal  more  rapidly 
than  anything  I  have  ever  used.

B.  P.  Wilson.

P ain t to  P revent Tin  From   Busting.
It  has  long  since  been  determined  by 
scientific  researches  that  linseed  or  any 
other  oil  is  not  impervious  to  water;  on 
the  contrary  that  they  soak  up  water  al­
like  a  sponge,  hence  some  other 
most 
to  protect 
preparations  are  required 
metal  from  rust 
in  the  presence  of 
water.  We  would  recommend  that  the 
cans  be  first  thoroughly  cleaned,  to  re­
move  all  grease,  etc.,  with  soda  water, 
then  rinsed  and  thoroughly  dried.  Now 
a  thin  coat  of  equal  parts  white  lead 
and  zinc,  thinned  with  turpentine  and  a 
little  coach 
japan,  to  which  good  var­
nish— say  a  tablespoonful  to  each  half 
pint  of  paint— is  added,  should  be 
given,  and  when  this  is  dry,  a  coat  of 
enamel  made  from  zinc  in  damar  var­
nish,  colored  to  suit fancy,  thinned with 
a  little  turpentine  and  mixed  with  suffi­
cient  hard-drying  coach  varnish  to  work 
freely,  applied  as  a  finish. 
If  each  coat 
could  be  conveniently  baked  from  four 
to  six  hours  at  a  temperature  of  about 
150  deg.  Fahrenheit, 
it  would  resist 
water  far  better  than  the air-dried paint.

The  D rug  M arket.

Opium— Is  dull and lower in sympathy 

with  the  primary  market.

Morphine— Is  unchanged.
Quinine—On  account  of  higher prices 
paid  for  bark  at  the  Amsterdam  sale 
last  Thursday  another  advance 
is  ex­
pected.

Beeswax— Is  very  scarce  and  higher.
Cocaine— Has  declined  25c  per  ounce 

on  account  of  competition.

Cocoa  Butter— Has advanced both here 

and  abroad.

Cod  Liver  Oil—Continues  to  advance 
on  account  of  higher  prices  in  the  pri­
mary  market.

Glycerine—Continues  very  firm  owing 
to  higher  price  for  crude  and  another 
advance  is  looked  for.

Patents  Sold  in  B ulk.

A  cut-rate  druggist  in  Boston  adver­
tises  to  open  any  original  bottle  of  the 
well-known  patent  medicines  and  sell 
two,  four  or  more  ounces  at  the  propor­
tionate  price  of  a  full  bottle.  For  an 
explanation  of  this  novel  method  of 
merchandising  he  claims  that  there  are 
many  people  who  would  like  to try some 
of  the  largely  advertised  remedies,  but 
who  do  not  feel  inclined  or  able  to  pur­
chase  a  full  bottle  of  the  preparation. 
So  to  please  bis  patrons  be  will  break 
the 
seal,  uncork  and  dispense  any 
amount  of  any  proprietary  called  for. 
The  first  day’s  experience with remedies 
on  draught  was  quite  satisfactory  to him 
and  his  customers  seemed  to  take  to 
the  innovation.— Printer’s  Ink,

F IR E W O R K S

Flags and

Celebration  Goods for

July  4th

Public 
Displays 
a  Specialty
Our line will be shown 

by our travelers,

A.  W .  Stevenson 
W m ,  H.  Vaughan

and, as usual, will be

The  Largest  in  M ichigan

Many new and popular novelties and  all the sta­
ples.  Place  your  orders  early  and  get  your 
share of the plums.  We  solicit  your  orders  for

Fishing Tackle,  Sporting Goods, 
Hammocks and  School  Supplies

FRED  BRUNDAGE

Wholesale Druggist, 

Muskegon, Mich.

S E E   OUR 

W A LL  P A P E R S

before  you  buy.  We  show  the 
best patterns that the  fifteen  lead­
ing  factories  make.  Our  showing 
is not equaled.  Prices lower  than 
ever.  A card will  bring  salesman 
or samples.

H E Y S T E K   &   C A N F IE L D   C O .
Grand Rapids, Mlcb. 

The Michigan Wall Paper Jobbers.

It’s  Like
when our$20  FOUNTAIN

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

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

Grant  Manufacturing  Co.,  Inc. 

Pittsburg,  Pa.

PARIS 

GREEN 

LABELS
The  Paris Green  season  is  at 
hand  and  those  dealers  who 
break  bulk  must  label  their 
packages  according  to 
law. 
W e  are  prepared  to  furnish 
labels which meet the  require­
ments of the  law,  as  follows:

IOO labels, 25 cents 
200 labels, 40 cents 
500 labels, 75 cents 
1000 labels, $1.00

Labels  with  merchant’s  name 
printed  thereon,  $2  per  1000. 
Orders  can  be  sent  through 
any jobbing house at the Grand 
Rapids market.

TRADESMAN 
C O M P A N Y ,

G R A N D   R A P I D S ,   M I C H .

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

WHOLESALE  DRUG  PRICE  CURRENT

Advanced—Beeswax. 
Declined—Opium.

t  6®$

Acidum
8
Aceticum  .................$
Benzolcum, German,
70® 75
Boracic....................
® 17
Cartoli cum..............  24®
24® 29
43® 46
43®
Citrlcum....................  
3® 5
Hvdrochlor__
8® 10
Nltrocum........
12® 14
12®
Oxallcum.................  
® 15
Phosphorlum,  dll...
60® 63
Sallcyllcum  .............  50®
1M@ 6
Sulphurlcum..............  1M@
1  10®  1 20
‘  *
Tannlcum....... 
38® 40
Tartari cum  ...

Am m onia

18

2 00® 2 26
80® 1  00
60
460
2 60® 3 00
22® 24
6® 8
1  70®  1  76

4® 6
Aqua, 16 deg,
6® 8
Aqua, 20 deg,
13® 15
Cartonas.................   UV
12® 14
Chlortdum...............  
12@
A niline
Black.......................
Brown......................
Red..........................
TeUow......................
Baccæ
Cubebæ...........po,26
Junlperus................
Xanthoxylum.........
Balsam am
Copaiba...................  BO®  66
© 2 00
Peru  .......................  
Terabln,  Canada....  60®  66
Tolutan.................... 
45®  60
Cortex
Abies, Canadian......  
Casslæ......................
Cinchona  Flava......
Euonymus atropurp.
Myrlca  Cerlfera, po.
Prunus Virgini........
Qulllala, g rd ......... .
Sassafras........po. 15
Ulmus.. .po.  18, gr’d 
E xtractnm
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra.  24®  26
Glycyrrblza,  po......  28®  30
Hæmatox, 16 lb. box 
ll®  12
Hæmatox, is........... 
13® 
JJ
14®  16
Hæmatox,  V4s.........  
Hæmatox, 14s.........  
16®  17
16 
2 25 
76 
40 
16 
2
80
7

F errn
Carbonate  Preclp...
Citrate and  Qulnla..
Citrate Soluble......
Ferrocyanldum Sol..
Solut. Chloride........
Sulphate,  com’l......
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per  ewt.........
Sulphate,  pure........
F lora

ig®
Arnica..................... 
Anthémis.................  22®  26
Matricaria...............  
30®  36

Folia

Barosma..................   30®  40
Cassia Acutlfol, Tin- 
nevelly................. 
20®  26
Cassia, Acutlfol, Alx.  26®  30
Salvia officinalis,  Ms
and v is................. 
12®  20
UvaUrsl..................  
8® 
10
Gnmmi
®  66
Acacia, 1st picked... 
6   46
Acacia,2d  picked... 
®  36
Acacia,3d  picked... 
Acacia, sifted  sorts. 
©  28
Acacia, po......... . 
46®  68
Aloe, Barb. po.l8®20  12®  14
12
©
Aloe, Cape.... po. 15. 
30
Aloe,  Socotrl..po. 40  @
60
Ammoniac...............   66®
40
Assafœtlda.. ..po. 40  25®
66
Benzolnum..............  60®
13
0
Catechu, is .............. 
14 
Catechu, Vis............  
®
16 
Catechu, Ms............  
„ 9
69 
Camphoræ..............  64®
40
Eupnorblum... po. 36  @
1 00 
Galbanum...............
80 
Gamboge.............po  78®
36 
Gualacum......po. 36  @
76 
©
Kino...........po. $0.76 
60 
Mastic  ..................•• 
®
40
Myrrh............po. 46 
®
Opll__ po.  4.40@4.S0 3 20® 3 26
Shellac......... 
36®  46
Shellac, bleached....  40®  46
Tragacanth.............   70®  l  oo
26 
20 
26 
28 
23 
26 
39 
22 
26

Herb» 
Absinthium., oz. pkg 
Eupatorlum. .oz. pkg
Lobelia........oz. pkg
Ma jorum — oz. pkg
Mentha Plp..oz. pkg 
Mentha Vlr..oz. pkg
Rue.............. oz. pkg
Tanacetum V oz. pkg 
Thymus, V...oz.pkg 
Magnesia 
66®  60
Calcined, Pat
Carbonate, P at........ 
18®  20
Carbonate, K. & M..  18®  20
'arbonate, Jennings  18®  20

Oleum

00®  7 20

Absinthium.............   7 
Amygdalae, Dulc....  38®  65
AmygdalaB,  Amarae.  8 00® 8 26
Anlsf........................  l 
Aurantl Cortex..........2 io@  2 20
Bergamll..................  2 
Cajfputl...................  80®  86
CaryophylU.............  
76®  80
Cedar 
.................   80®  86
Chenopadli..............  @ 2 75
Cinnamon»............... 1 
CttroneMa...............  Si® 
40

60® i 66
60® 2 76

16®  1 26

1 60

7 00

1 26
l 36

Radix

60® 60
l 70
2 oo
t 25

Conlum Mac............   66®  76
Copaiba..................   l  16® 
Cubebae...................   l so® 
Exechthltos............   l  oo® l  10
Erlgeron......... . 
i  oo® 1  10
Gaultheria..............  2  00® 2  10
Geranium, ounce.... 
®  75
Go8slppli, Sem. gal.. 
Hedeoma.................   l 66® 
Junlpera.................   l 60® 
Lavendula..............  90® 2 oo
Llmonis..................   l  is® 
Mentha Piper..........  2 10® 2 20
Mentha Verid..........  l 80® 2 00
Morrhuse, |gal..........  l 10® l  20
4 60
Mvrcla.;...................4  oo® 
OUve.......................  76® 3 00
PldsLlqulda........... 
10® 
12
PldsLlqulda,  gal... 
@ 36
Rldna.....................   l  00® 
l 06
Rosmarlnl...............   @  l  oo
Rosae, ounce............   6 00® 6 60
Sucdnl....................  40®  46
Sabina....................  90® l  00
Santal......................   2 76® 
Sassafras.................  56®  60
Slnapls,  ess., ounce. 
®  66
Tlglil.......................  l  60® 
Thyme.....................   40®  50
Thyme, opt.............. 
@ 160
Theobromas........... 
16®  20
Potassium
Bl-Carb.................... 
16®  18
Bichromate............   13®  15
Bromide.................  62®  57
C arb....................... 
12®  15
Chlorate... po. 17@19  16®  18
Cyanide...................  34®  38
Iodide......................  2 30® 
2 40
Potassa, Bitart, pure  28®  30
Potassa, Bitart, com.  @ 
16
Potass Nltras, opt... 
7®  10
Potass  Nltras.........  
6® 
8
Prusslate.................  23®  26
Sulphate po............  
16®  18
Aconltum.................  20®  25
Althae......................  30®  33
Anchusa................. 
12
Arum  po.................  @  26
Calamus..................   20®  40
Gentlana........po. IS  12® 
16
Glychrrhlza.. .pv.  15  16®  18
Hydrastis  Canaden.  @  75
Hydrastis Can., po..  @ 8 0
Hellebore, Alba, po. 
12@ 
is
Inula,  po................. 
18®  22
Ipecac, po...............   3 60® 3 75
Iris  plOX...pO. 36®38  36®  40
Jalapa, pr...............   26®  30
Maranta,  Ms...........  @  36
Podophyllum,  po...  22®  26
Rhel.........................  76® 1 00
Rhei, cut.................  @ 1  25
Rhel, pv..................   76®  1  36
Spigella..................  
36®  38
Sangulnarla.. .po.  15  @  18
Serpentarla............   60®  66
Senega....................  60®  66
Smllax, officinalis H.  @ 4 0
Smllax, M................  @ 2 6
Sclllae............po.  35 
io@  12
Symplocarpus, Poetl-
dus,  po.................  @  26
Valeriana.Eng.po. 30  @  26
15®  20
Valeriana,  German. 
Zingiber a ...............  
14®  16
Zingiber j............... 
  26®  27
Semen
@  15
Anlsum.........po.  18 
Apium (graveleons).  13®  16
Bird, is.................... 
4® 
6
io@  n
Carui.............po.  15 
Cardamon................  i  26®  1  75
Corlandrum.............  
8®  10
Cannabis Satlva......   4Vi@  5
Cydonium...............   76®  1  00
Cnenopodlum.........  
16®  16
Dtpterix Odorate__  1  00®  l  10
Foenlculum..............  @ 
10
9
7® 
Foenugreek, po........ 
L lni.........................  3M@ 
6
5
Llnl, grd........bbl. 4 
3M@ 
Lobelia....................  l 80®  l  66
Pharlarls Canarian..  4Vi® 
5
R apa.......................  4 vi® 
5
Slnapls  Alba........... 
9® 
10
Slnapls  Nigra.........  
u®   12
Spirltus

10® 

Frumentl, W. D. Co.  2 00® 2 60 
Frumenti,  D. F. R..  2 00® 2 26
Frumentl................   1  26®  1  60
Junlperls Co. O. T...  1  66® 2 00
Judperls  Co...........  1  76® 3 60
Saacnarum  N. E __ 1  90® 2  10
Spt. Vlnl Gall!.........  1 76® 6 60
Vlnl Oporto....... 
l  26® 2 00
Vlnl Alba.............    l  26® 2 00

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage...............  2 60® 2 75
Nassau sheeps’ wool
carriage................   2 60® 2 76
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage......   @  1  80
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool, carriage......   @  1  26
Grass  sheeps^ wool,
carriage................  @100
Hard, for slate use..  @ 7 6
TeUow  R e ef,  for
slate use................  @140
Syrups

Acacia....................   @  60
Aurantl Cortex........  @  60
Zingiber................... 
®  60
Ipecac......................  @  60
Ferrl Iod.................   @  60
Rhel Arom..............  @  60
Smllax  OffldnaUs...  60®  60
Senega....................  
®  60
8dll»....................... 
A  60

Sclllae Co.................
Tolutan...................
Primus  vlrg............

@  60 
@  60 
@  60

M iscellaneous 

Tinctures 
60 
Aconltum NapeUls R 
Aconltum NapeUls F
60 
60 
Aloes .......................
60 
Aloes and Myrrh__
60 
A rd e a ....................
60 
Assafoetida..............
60 
Atrope Belladonna..
60 
Aurantl Cortex.......
60 
Benzoin...................
Benzoin Co..............
60 
60 
Barosma..................
Cantharldes............
76 
Capsicum................
60 
Cardamon...............
76 
Cardamon Co...........
75 
i  00 
Castor.....................
Catechu)...................
60 
Cinchona.................
60 
60 
Cinchona Co............
Columba.................
60 
Cubebae....................
60 
Cassia Acutlfol........
60 
Cassia Acutlfol Co...
60 
Digitalis...................
60 
Ergot.......................
60 
Ferrl  Chlorldum__
36 
Gentian...................
60 
Gentian Co..............
60 
Gulaca.....................
60 6o 
Gulaca ammon........
Hyoscyamus............
60
Iodine  ....................
75
Iodine, colorless......
76 
K ino.......................
60 
Lobelia...................
60 
Myrrh......................
60 
Nux Vomica............
60
OpU..........................
75 
Opll,  comphorated..
60
1  5o 
OpU, deodorized......
Quassia...................
6o 
Rhatany...................
60 
Rhei.........................
B0
Sangulnarla...........
Serpentarla............
Bo 
Stromodum............
«0 
Tolutan...................
6o 
Valerian.................
«0 Bo 
Veratrum  Verlde...
Zingiber..................
20
36 
.Ether, Spts. Nit. ? F  30® 
8
either, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®  38
3
Alumen...................  2M®
4 
Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7 
3®
60
Annatto....................  40@
5 
Antlmonl, po........... 
4®
60 
Antlmonl et Potass T  40®
25 
Antlpyrln................  @
20 
Antifebrln..............  @
60 
Argentl Nltras, oz...  @
12 
Arsenicum..............   10®
60
Balm Gilead  Buds.. 
46®
Bismuth S. N...........  1  66®  1 70
Calcium Chlor.,  is... 
@ 
9
Calcium Chlor., Vis.. 
@  10
Calcium Chlor., Ms..  @  12
Cantharides, Rus.po  @  80
@ 
Capslcl Fructus.af.. 
iB
®  16
Capslcl  Fructus, po. 
Capsid FructusB, po 
®  15
Caryophyllus. .po. 15 
12®  14
Carmine, No. 40......   @ 3 00
Cera Alba.............. 
66®  60
Cera  Flava..............  40®  42
Coccus....................  @  40
Cassia Fructus........  @  36
Centrarla.................   @  10
Cetaceum.................  @  46
Chloroform.............  56®  60
Chloroform,  sqdbbs  @  1  10 
Chloral Hyd Crst....  l  36®  l  60
Chondrus................   20®  26
Clnchonldlne.P. & W  38®  48
Cinchoddlne, Germ.  38®  48
Cocaine..................   4 55® 4 75
76 
Corks, list, dls.pr.ct.
46
Creosotum...............
2 
Creta............bbl. 75
5 
Creta, prep..............
11 
Creta, preclp...........
8
Creta, Rubra...........
Crocus....................   26®  30
Cudbear..................  
©  24
Cuprl Sdph............   6 Vi® 
8
Dextrine................. 
7®  10
Ether Sulph............   78®  92
Emery, all numbers.  @ 
8
6
Emery, po................ 
© 
E rgota.........po. 90  86®  90
Flake  White........... 
12@  16
Galla.......................  
©  23
Gambler................. 
9
8® 
Gelatin,  Cooper......   @  60
Gelatin, French......   36®  60
76  &  5
Glassware,  flint, box 
Less than box...... 
70
Glue, brown............. 
ll®   13
Glue,  white............  
16®  26
Glycerlna.................  17Vi®  26
Grana Paradisl........ 
®  26
H um dus................  26®  66
Hydrarg Chlor  Mite 
©  l  oo 
®  90
Hydrarg Chlor Cor.. 
Hydrarg Ox Rub’m.  @  1  10 
Hydrarg Ammoniatl 
© l  20 
HydrargUnguentum  60®  60
Hydrargyrum.........   @  86
IcnthyoDolla, Am...  66®  70
Indigo......................  76® l  00
Iodine,  Resubl........  3 40® 3 60
Iodoform.................  3 60® 3 86
Lupulln....................  
©  60
Lycopodium.............  66®  70
M ads......................  66®  76
Liquor Arsen et Hy­
®  26
drarg Iod.............. 
LlquorPotassArsldt  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sdph.... 
2® 
3
Magnesia, Sdph, bbl 
lVi 
© 
Mannla.8.  F ........  60®  ©

® 4 80 SeldUtz Mixture......

© 40

20® 22
@ 18
@ 30
@ 41
@ 41
9® 11
9® 11
23® 26
1V4® 2
3® 5
3V4® 4
@ 2
@ 2 60
60® 66
@ 2 00
@
@
@
®

Menthol..................
Morphia, S., P. & W.  2 26®  2 60 Slnapls....................
Morphia, S.,N. Y. Q.  2 16® 2 40 Slnapls,  opt............
Morphia, Mai...........2 16® 2 40 Snuff, Maccaboy, De
Moschus  Canton__
Voes....................
Myrlsttca, No. l ......
66® 80 Snuff,Scotch,De Vo’s
Nüx Vomica...po. 16 @ 10 Soda, Boras.............
Os Sepia..................
36© 37 Soda.  Boras, po......
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
Soda et Potass Tart.
D  Co....................
©  1 00 Soda,  Carb..............
Soda,  Bl-Carb.........
Plcls Llq. N.N.V4 gal.
doz.......................
@ 2 00 Soda,  Ash...............
@  1 00 Soda, Sulphas.........
Plcls Llq.,quarts....
Plcls Llq.,  pints......
@ 86 Spts. Cologne...........
Pll Hydrarg. ..po.  80 @ 60 Spts. Ether  Co........
Piper  Nigra...po.22 @ 18 Spts. Myrcla Dom...
Piper  Alba.. ..po. 36 @ 30 Spts. Vlnl Rect.  bbl.
Pllx Burgun............
7 Spts. Vlnl Rect. ttbbl
Plumbl Acet............
10® 12 Spts. Vlnl Rect. iogal
Pulvls Ipecac et Opll  l 30®  1 60 Spts. Vlnl Rect. 6 gal
Pyrethrum, boxes H.
80® 1  06
Strychnia, Crystal...
© 76 Sulphur,  Subl.........
&P. D. Co., doz...
2M@ 4
Pyrethrum,  pv........
26® 30 Sulphur, Roll........... 2M@ 3V4
Quassia..................
8® 10
8® 10 Tamarinds..............
28® 30
30® 40 Terebenth Venice...
Qulnla, S. P. &  W...
Quinta, S.  German..
3'® 40 Theobromae.............
50® 66
30® 40 Vanilla.................... 9 00@16 00
Qulnla, N. Y............
Bubla Tinctorum....
12® 14 Zlnci Sulph.............
7® 8
20® 22
Saccharum Lactls pv
Oil®
Saladn....................  4 60®  4 76
40® 60
Sanguis  Draconl8...
Sapo, W..................
12® 14 Whale, winter.........
Sapo M....................
10® 12 Lard, extra..............
Sapo  G....................
@ 15 Lard, No. l ..............

BBL.  GAL.
70
90
66

70
86
60

®

27

Linseed, pure raw...  66 
Linseed,  Dolled........  66 
Neatsfoot, winter str  43 
Spirits Turpentine..  50 

68
69
70
63
F a in ts  b b l.  l b.
Red Venetian.........   1M  2  ®8
Ochre, yellow  Mars.  1M  2  @4 
Ochre,yellowBer... 
lli  2  @3 
Putty,  commercial..  2M 2Vi®3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2Vi  2M@3 
VermlUon,  P rim e
American............  
13® 
16
VermlUon, English..  70®  76
Green,  Paris........... 
14®  18
Green, Peninsular... 
13®  16
Lead, red.................  5  ©  8Vi
Lead,  white............   6  ©  6Vt
Whiting, white Span  @  90
Whiting, gUders’__ 
©  96
White, Pails, Amer. 
©  l  26 
Whiting, Paris, Eng.
cliff....................... 
© 140
Udversal Prepared,  l  10®  l  20

Varnishes

No. l Turp  Coach...  l  10®  1  20
Extra Turp..............  1 60®  1 70
Coach Body,...........  2 76® 3 00
No. l Turp Fum......l oo® l  io
Extra Turk Damar..  l  66®  l  60 
Jap.Dryer,No.lTurp  70®  79

Drugs

W e  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.

W e  are  the  sole  proprietors  of  W eath­

erly’ s  Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy.

W e  always  have  in  stock  a  full  line  of 

W hiskies,  Brandies,  Gins,  W ines 

and  Rums 

for  medical  purposes 

only.

W e  give  our  personal  attention  to  mail 

orders  and  guarantee  satisfaction.

A ll  orders  shipped and invoiced the same 

day  received.  Send  a  trial  order.

Hazeltine  &   Perkins 

D rug  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

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
W hite  Fish

D ECLIN ED
Scaled  H erring

Index to  Markets

B y  C o lum ns

AXLE GREASE
doz. gross
6 00
Aurora...........
..66
Col. Castor  Oil......
7 00
......... 60
4 26
......... 60
Diamond........
9 00
......... 76
..  15 Frazer’s .........
9 00
..  1 TXT, Golden, tin boxes 76

CABBON OILS 

B arrels

@
@
«6

CATSUP

@18549@12

@11
@10
@ 9 
@12* 
@1014

Eocene.......................
Perfection...................
Diamond White..........
1. S. Gasoline............
Deodorized Naphtha..
Cylinder....................... 29  @34
B ubie..........................19  @22
Black, winter...............  9  @1054
Columbia,  pints................2 00
Columbia, 54 pints...............1 26
CHEESE
Acme.......................
Amboy....................
Elsie.........................
Emblem...................
Gem.........................
Gold Medal..............
Ideal......................
Jersey......................
Riverside.................
Brick.......................
Edam.......................
Leiden  ....................
Llmburger...............
Pineapple................
Sap  Sago................
CHEW ING GUM 
American Flag Spruce....
Beeman’s Pepsin.............
Black Jack.......................
Largest Gum  Made.........
Sen S e n ............................
Sen Sen Breath Perfume-
Sugar Loaf.......................
Yucatan............................ 
Bulk....................................  5
Red...................................... 7
Eagle....................................  J
Franck’s ..............................  854
Schener’s.............................  6

@90
@17
13@14
60@76
19@20

@@14I14@16

66 
60 
66 
60 
66 
1 00
56

CHICORY

CHOCOLATE 

Waiter Baker & Co.’s.

German  Sweet......................  23
Premium...............................   31
Breakfast Cocoa....................   46
Vienna Sweet.......................  21
Vanilla..................................   28
Premium...............................   31

Runkel Bros.

Ju te

Sisal

CLOTHES  LINES 
1 00
60 ft, 3 thread,  extra........
l  40
72 ft, 3 thread,  extra........ 
90 ft, 3 thread,  extra........  1 70
60 ft, 6 thread,  extra........  1  29
72 ft, 6 thread,  extra 
75 
90 ft..........................
90 
72 f t .........................
1  05
99 ft..........................
120ft......... :.......................  1  50
Cotton  Victor
80 
50 ft....................................
95 1  10
6f ft............ .............. •••••
Oft....................................
Cotton W indsor
59 ft....................................
1  20 
1  40 
60 ft....................................
1 65 
Oft....................................
1  85
80 ft...................................
Cotton Braided
55
40 ft......... .........................
70
59 ft...................................
80
0 ft...................................
Galvanized  W ire 
1 90
No. 20, each 100 ft long....
No. 19, each 100 ft long.... 
Cleveland.............................   41
Colonial, 548  .......................   33
Colonial, 54s.........................  33
Epps.....................................  42
Huyler.................................  45
Van Houten, 54s..................   12
Van Houten, 54s..................   20
Van Houten, 548..................   40
Van Houten,  is ..................   70
Webb................................  
30
Wilbur, 54s...........................  41
Wilbur. 54s ...........................  42
Dunham’s 54s...................   26
Dunham’s 54s and 54s......   2654
Dunham’s  54s...................  27
Dunham’s  54s...................  28
13
Bulk..................................
COCOA  SHELLS
20 lb. bags......................
Less quantity.................
Pound packages............

COCOANUT

2  10

COCOA

COFFEE 
Boasted

___HIGH SRADE
Coffees

F. M. C. brands

Special Combination.......... 16
French Breakfast...............1754
Lenox, Mocha & Java.........21
Old Gov’t Java and Mocha..24 
Private Estate, Java & Moc.26 
Supreme, Java and Mocha .27 
Mandehllng........................ 3054
Purity................................. 28
No 1  Hotel..........................28
Monogram..........................26
Special Hotel......................23
Farkerhouse....................... 21
Honolulu  ............................17
Fancy  Maracaibo...............16
Maracaibo...........................)3
Porto Rican........................15
Marexo............................... 1154
Telfer Coffee Co. brands
No.  9...................................   854
No. 10.................................... 954
No. 12..................................12
NO. 14..................................14
No. 16..................................16

No. 18.................................... 18
No. 20....................................20
No. 22....................................22
No. 24....................................24
No. 26....................................26
No. 28....................................28
Belle Isle..........................   20
Red  Cross............................ 24
Colonial................................26
Juno......................................28
Koran....................................14

Delivered in 100 lb. lots.

Bio

Santos

M aracaibo

Common..............................   8
F a ir.....................................   9
Choice...................................10
Fancy................................... 16
Common..............................   8
F a ir.....................................   9
Choice...................................10
Fancy...................................13
Peaberry...............................11
F air......................................is
Choice.............. 
....  16
Choice...................................13
Fancy....................................17
Choloe....,........................... 13
African................................. 12
Fancy African.....................17
*  G...................................... 26
G.....................................  31

G uatem ala

Mexican

Ja v a

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

Mocha

Package 

New York Basis.

 

Arbuokle.............................1O54
Dtlworth.............................1054
Jersey................................. 1054
Lion..................  
10
M cLaughlin’s XXXX 
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mall  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin & 
Go., Chicago.
Valley City 54  gross.............  76
Felix 54 gross............................ 1 15
Hummers foil 54 gross........   86
Hummel’s tin 54 gross........1  43

E xtract

CONDENSED  M ILK 

4 doz In case.

 

3 85

Soda

Oyster

B u tter

CRACKERS

Gall Borden Eagle.............. 5 96
Crown....................................... 5 90
Daisy.......................... 
4 70
Champion.................................4 25
Magnolia..................................4 00
Challenge................................. Q 66
Dime.........................................3 36
Milkmaid...................................6 10
Tip  Top............... 
Nestles......................................4 25
Highland  Cream......................4 75
St  Charles Cream.................... 4 30
Peerless Evaporated Cream.4 00 
National Biscuit Co.’s brands 
Seymour............................ 
654
654
New York......................... 
65a
Family.............................. 
Salted................................ 
654
Wolverine.........................  
654
Soda  XXX.......................   6*
Soda, City......................... 
8
Long Island Wafers.........   13
Zephyrette..........................  13
754
F a u st............................... 
Farina..............................  
65»
Extra Farina....................  
6&
Saltine Oyster...................  654
Sweet  Goods—Boxes
Animals..............................  10
Assorted  Cake...................  10
Belle Rose......................... 
8
Bent’s W ater......................  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......................  1054
Cubans..............................  1154
Currant Fruit...................  12
Frosted Honey.................   12
Frosted Cream................. 
9
Ginger Gems, l’rge or sm’ll  8 
Ginger  Snaps, N. B. C—  
654
Gladiator..........................   1054
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....................   1154
Milk Biscuit......................  754
Molasses  Cake.................  
8
Molasses Bar....................   9
Moss Jelly Bar.................   1254
Newton..............................  12
Oatmeal Crackers............. 
8
Oatmeal Wafers...............   12
Orange Crisp'....................  9
Orange Gem......................  9
Penny cake...........   ........  8
Pilot Bread, XXX............  
Pretzelettes, hand made.. 
Pretzels, hand  made.......  

754
854 
854

CANNED  GOODS 

Beans

M ushrooms

B lackberries

Clam Bouillon

80
86
1 00
22
19
15
11
90
86
2  15
3 60
2 40
1  76
2  80
1 76
2 80
1 76
2 80
18@20
22@25

Apples
l  to 
3 lb. Standards........
3 26
Gallons, standards..
Standards................ 
80
Baked......................  l  oo<ai  30
76®  86
Bed  Kidney............. 
String......................  
70
Wax.........................  
70
B lueberries
Standard.................... 
90
Brook  T rout
2 lb. cans, Spiced..............  1  90
Clams.
Little Neck, l lb......
Little Neck. 2 lb......
Burnham’s, 54 pint...........  1  92
Burnham’s, pints..............  3 60
Burnham’s, quarts...........  7  20
Cherries
Bed  Standards........
White......................
Corn
F a ir......................
Good.......................
Fancy......................
French  Peas
Sur Extra Fine...........
Extra  Fine.................
Moyen.........................
Gooseberries
Standard.................
Hom iny
Standard..................
Lobster
Star, 54 lb.................
Star,1  lb.................
Picnic Tails.............
Mackerel
Mustard, lib ...........
Mustard, 2 lb...........
Soused, lib ..............
Soused, 2 lb............
Tomato, 1 lb............
Tomato, 2 lb............
Hotels.......................
Buttons....................
Oysters
Cove, l lb.................
Cove, 2 lb.................
Cove, 1 lb  Oval........
Peaches
P ie...........................
1  65® 1  86
Yellow....................
Pears
1  00
Standard.................
1  26
Fancy.......................
1  00
Marrowfat..............
1  00
Early June..............
1  60
Early June  Sifted..
Plum s
85
Plums........ 
..........
Pineapple
1  26@2 76
Grated....................
Sliced...................... 1  35@2  66
P um pkin
96
F air.........................
1  00
Good.........   ...........
1  10
Fancy......................
Raspberries
1  15
Standard..................
Russian Cavier
141b. cans.........................    3 75
54 lb, cans..............................   7 00
1 lb. can................................  12 00
Salmon 
Columbia River, tails 
@1  86
Columbia River, flats 
662  00
Red Alaska..............  1  30@i  40
Pink Alaska............  1  00@1  16
Shrim ps
1  60
Standard.............
Sardines
Domestic, 548...........
354
Domestic, 548 ..........
6
Domestic,  Mustard.
6
California, mb.........
California 548...........
French, 54s..............
French, 54s..............
Standard.................
Fancy......................
Succotash
Fair.......................... 
Good.......................
Fancy...........
Tomatoes
F air.........................
Good
Fancy..
Gallons.

1  26
95
1  00
1  90
1  26

ll@14
17@24
7@14
18@28

Straw berries 

1  66
96

Peas

86

6

Scotch Cookies.................  
9
Sears’ Lunch....................  
754
8
Sugar Cake.......................  
Sugar dream. XXX 
a
Sugar Squares................... 
8
Sultanas............................   1254
Tutti Fruttl.......................  16
Vanilla Wafers.................   16
Vienna Crimp................... 
8
E. J.  Kruoe & Co. ’s baked goods 

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

with Interesting discounts.
CREAM TABTAB

5 and 10 lb. wooden boxes......30
Bulk In sacks...........................29

D RIED   FRUITS 

Apples

California Prunes

Sundrled.........................  @654
Evaporated, 60 lb. boxes.  @  10 
100-120 26 lb. boxes........  @354
90-100 26 lb. boxes........  @454
80-9026lb. boxes........  @554
70 - 80 26 lb. boxes........  @654
60-70 26 lb. boxes........  @654
60 - 60 26lb. boxes........  @754
40 - 60 26 lb. boxes........  @854
30 - 40 26 lb. boxes........ 
854
California F ru its

54 cent less In 50 lb. oases 

Citron

Currants

Apricots.....................  11@1154
Blackberries..............
Nectarines............... 
854
 
Peaches......................  @954
Pears.......................... 954
Pitted Cherries...........
Prunnelles.................
Raspberries...............
Leghorn...................................11
Corsican...........................   1254
California, 1 lb.  package....
Imported, l lb package.......  754
Imported, bulk....................7
Citron American 19 lb. bx... 18 
Lemon American 10 lb. bx.. 13 
Orange American 10lb. bx.. 13 
London Layers 2 Crown. 
1  75 
London Layers 3 Crown. 
1  90
Cluster 4 Crown............
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
7
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
7K
854
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
L. M., Seeded, 1  lb...... (>K@10
L.M., Seeded. 54  lb.... 
8
Sultanas, b u lk .....................11
Sultanas, package ...............1154
FARINACEOUS GOODS 

Raisins

Peel

Beans

6
1  10

F arina

Hominy

Dried Lima.......................... 
Medium Hand Picked 
Brown Holland.........................2 26
24 1 lb. packages...................... 1 13
Bulk, per 100 lbs........................2 26
Flake, 60 lb. sack............... 
Pearl,  200 lb. bbl...................... 5 00
Pearl, 100 lb. sack.....................2 50
M accaroni  and V erm icelli
Domestic, 10 lb. box............   60
Imported. 26 lb. hox................. 2 60
Common.................................. 3 00
Chester................................. ...3 25
Empire......................................3 65

P earl B arley

90

G rits

Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

Rolled  Oats

2  30
Cases, 24 2 lb.
Green, Wisconsin, bu..........1  66
Green, Scotch, bu.....................1 76
Spilt,  lb...............................   4
Rolled Avena, bbl.....................6 30
Steel Cut, 100 lb. sacks—   2 76
Monarch, bbl.......................6 00
Monarch, 54 bbl........................2 75
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks..........2 45
Quaker, cases...!.....................3 20
East India...........................   354
German, sacks....................   354
German, broken package..  4 
Flake,  no lb. sacks.............454
Pearl, 130 lb. sacks..............  3%
Pearl, 241 lb.  packages....■  654 
Cracked, bulk......................  854
24 2 lb. packages...................... 2 80

Tapioca

w h e a t

Sago

FISHING  TACKLE
54 to l inch...........................  6
7
154 to t Inches...................... 
154 to 2  inches..............-.......   9
\% to 2 inches.................... 
11
2 inches.................................  15
3 Inches.............  
30

 
Cotton  Lines

5
No. 1,10 feet......................... 
No. 2,15 feet......................... 
7
No. 3,15 feet......................... 
9
No. 4,15 feet.........................  10
No. 5,15 feet.........................  11
No. 6.16 feet.........................  12
No. 7,15 feet.........................   16
No. 8,15 feet.........................  18
No. 9,15 feet.........................  2q

Alabastine...............
Ammonia..............................   1
Axle Grease..........................  
l

H

G

D
F

l
B rick...............................  1

Baking Powder...................... 
Bath
Bluing......... .
Brooms........
Brashes...... .
Batter Color.
Candles...................................  14
Candles.................................... 
l
Canned Goods.........................  2
Catsup.....................................   3
Carbon Oils............................   8
Cheese......... ...........................  3
Chewing Gam.........................  3
Chicory....................................  3
Chocolate.................................  3
Clothes Lines...........................  3
.Cocoa-......................................  3
Cocoanut.................................  3
Cocoa Shells............................  3
Coffee.....................................   3
Condensed Milk......................  4
Coupon Books........................   16
Crackers.................................  *
Cream T artar.........................   6
Dried  Fruits...........................  6
Farinaceous  Goods................  6
Fish and Oysters....................  13
Fishing Tackle........................  5
Flavoring Extracts.................   6
Fly Paper...............................   8
Fresh Meats............................  6
Fruits.....................................  u
Gelatine.................................  8
Grain Bags............................  6
Grains and Flour.................   6
Herbs....................................  7
Hides and Pelts—  *..............  13
Indigo....................................  7
Jelly......................................  7
Lamp Burners.......................  16
Lamp Chimneys....................  16
Lanterns...............................   16
Lantern  Globes....................   16
licorice...................................  7
Lye..........................................   7
Meat Extracts........................   7
Molasses.................................   7
Mustard..................................   7
Nuts.......................................  1*
OH Cans.................................  15
Olives....................................  7
Pickles............ .....................   7
Pipes.....................................   7
Playing Cards.......................   7
Potash...................................   7
Provisions.............................   7
Bice......................... ...........
Saleratus...............................   6
Sal Soda..................................   8
Salt................................... 
 
Salt^Flsh...............................  »
Shoe^iacking.......................   9
Snuff...........................  
 
Soap.....................................  
'
Soda....'..................................  10
Spices..........................    
 
Starch....................................  10
Stove Polish...........................  10
Sugar......................................   li
Syrups....................................   io
Table Sauce...........................   12
Tea..........................................  li
Tobacco..................................  il
Twine..............................  
 

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V in eg ar....................................  12
Washing Powder....................18
Wlcklng................  
18
Woodenwar«.........................  13
Wrapping Paper..................  is
Yeast  c a k e ........................  is

Y

 

 

Mica, tin boxes.........76 
Paragon.....................66 

BAKING  POW DER 

9 00
8 00

Egg

54 lb. cans,  4 doz. case......3 76
54 lb. cans,  2doz. case......3 76
1 lb. cans, 
ldoz. case......3 76
6 lb. cans, 54 doz. case.........8 00
JAXON
14 lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  46
54 lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  86
lb. cans. 2 doz. case........1  60

Royal

lOcslze__  90
14 lb. cans  l  36 
6 oz. cans,  l  90 
54  lb. cans 2 60 
& lb.  cans  3 76 
1 lb.  cans.  4 80 
3 lb. cans  13 00 
5 lb. cans. 21  60

BATH  BBICK

American.............................  70
English.................................  80
Arctic, 4 oz. ovals, per gross 4 00 
Arctic, 8 oz. ovals, per gross 6 00 
Arctic 16 oz. round per gross 9 00

BLUING 

Small size, per doz..............  40
Large size, per doz..............  76

BROOMS

No. l Carpet........................ 2 ?0
No. 2 Carpet........................ 2 26
No. 3 Carpet........................ 2  16
No. 4 Carpet........................l  76
Parlor  Gem........................ 2  40
Common Whisk...................  86
Fancy Whisk...................... 1  10
Warehouse..........................3  60

BRUSHES 

‘

M ilwaukee  Dustless

Fiber..........................l 00@3 00
Russian Bristle..........3 00665 00
Discount. 33}$ % in doz. lots. 

16

Scrub

10

Shoe

Stove

Solid Back,  8 In..................   46
Solid Back, 11 In .................   96
Pointed Ends.......................  86
NO. 8.................................... 1 00
No. 7............... ....................1  30
No. 4.................................... 1  70
No . 3.................................... 1  90
No. 3...................................    76
No. 2.....................................1  10
12
NO. 1.................................... 1 75
BUTTER  COLOB 
W., B. & Co.’s, 16c size.... 
l  26
W., R. & Co.’s,'25c size__  2 00
Electric Light, 8s.................12
Electric Light, 16s........ ....... 12*
Paraffine, 6s........................ 1054
Paraffine, 12s.......................11
Wlcklng.........   .................. 20

CANDLES

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

2 9

8

Lard
Compound...............
Pure.........................
60 lb. Tubs.. advance 
80 lb. Tubs.. advance 
60 lb. Tins... advance 
20 lb. Palls, .advance 
10 lb. Palls.. advance 
6 lb. Palls.. advance
» lh   v « llt   a d va n n a
Vegetole..................
Sausages
Bologna...................
Liver.......................
Frankfort................
P o rk .......................
Blood.........   ...........
Tongue.. «................
................................  
Beef
Extra Mess..............
Boneless..................
Rump, New ............

Pigs’  Feet

*  bbls., 40 lbs.........
i bbls.,  lbs............
Tripe
Kits, 15  lbs..............
*  bbls., 40 lbs.........
*  bbls., 80 lbs.........
Casings
P o rk .......................
Beef rounds............
Beef middles...........
Sheep.......................
B ntterine
Solid, dairy..............
Rolls, dairy..............
Rolls,  creamery......
Solid,  creamery......

Corned beef, 2 lb....
Corned beef, 14 lb...
Boast beef, 2 lb........
Potted ham,  * s ......
Potted ham,  * s ......
Deviled ham,  * s __
Deviled ham,  * s .... 
Potted tongue,  * s ..
Potted tongue,  * s..
BICE

Domestic

Canned  Meats

8
@10*
*
*
*€

8*

66

@7*8
6
iy2

10 00
10  75
11 00

1  60
7  60

70
1  36
2  40

24
6
12
66

@14
@11*
17
16*
2  60
17 60
2  60
60
90
60
90
60
90

Carolina head................. ....6*
Carolina  No. 1 
Carolina No. 2, 
Broken ...........

Sutton’s Table Rice, 40 to the 

bale, 2*  pound  pockets...  7*

Im ported.

Japan,  No.  1.................5*@
Japan,  No. 2.................6
Java, fancy head...........
Java, No. l ....................
Table...............................

9
SALT

Buckeye

Common  Grades

Diam ond Crystal 

100  31b. bags...................... 300
60  61b. bags...................... 300
2214 lb. bags......................2 75
In 5 bbl. lots  5  per  cent,  dis­
count.  '
Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes.. l  40 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb. bags.3 00 
Table, barrels, 40 7  lb. bags.2 75 
Batter, barrels, 280 lb. bulk.2 76 
Butter, barrels, 20141b.bags.2 86
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs...*........  27
Butter, sacks, 66 lbs............   67
100 3 lb. sacks.......................2 26
60 6 lb. sacks.......................2  15
2810 lb. sacks......................2 05
661b. sacks........................  40
28 lb. sacks........................  22
66 lb. dairy In drill bags......   40
28 lb. dairy In drill bags......   20
661b. dairy In linen sacks...  60 
66 lb. dairy In linen sacks...  60 
66 lb.  sacks...........................   26
Granulated  Fine.................   85
Medium Fine.......................   90

Solar Bock
Common

Ashton
H iggins

W arsaw

SALT  FISH 

Cod

T rout

H alibut.

Georges cured............   @ 6
Georges genuine........  @ 6*
Georges selected........  @ 7
Grand Bank................  @ 6
Strips or  bricks.........   6*@io*
Pollock.......................   @  3*
S trips.....................................14
Chunks..............................  15*
No. 1 100 lbs......................   5 60
No. 1  40 lb8.......................  2 50
No. 1  10 lbs....................... 
70
No. 1  8 lbs......................  
69
Mess 100 lbs...................... ii 00
Mess  40 lbs......................   4  70
Mess  10 lbs......................  
l  25
Mess  8 lbs......................   1  03
No. 1 100 lbs......................   9  60
No. 1  40 lbs......................   4  10
No. 1  10 lbs......................   1  10
No. 1  8 lbs.................  
91
No. 2 100 lbs......................   8 00
No. 2  40 lbs......................   8 60
No.?  •ill  .» 
96

M ackerel

 

 

 

 
H erring

Holland white hoops,  bbl.  10 26 
Holland white hoops *bbl.  5 25 
Holland white hoop,  keg.  76@t5 
Holland white hoop mchs. 
86
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbs....................   3 35
Round 40 lbs.....................   1  66
Scaled.............................. 
Bloaters

11

W hite fish 

100  lbs.. ........6 51
40 lbs.. ........3  00
10  lbs.. ........  HO
8  lbs.. ........  67

No. 1  No. 2 Fam
3 09
1  60
45
3»

SEEDS

Anise...
..  9
Canary, Smyrna..................   3*
Caraway............................... 7^
Cardamon, Malabar............1  00
Celery.................................. 10
Hemp, Russian.....................  4
Mixed Bird...........................   4
Mustard, white.....................  7
Poppy....................................  6
Rape.....................................  4
Cuttle Bonn......................  .  .14

SHOE  BLACKING

Handy Box, large............   2 60
Handy Box. small............   1  26
Blxby’s Royal Polish........ 
85
Miller’s Crown  Polish.__ 
85

SOAP

B. T. Babbit brand—

Babbit’s Best..................  400

Beaver Soap Co. brands

iSMBi

6

Linen  Lines

Small...................................   20
Medium...............................   26
L arge..................................  34

Pules

Bamboo. 14 ft., per  doz.......   50
Bamboo, 16 f t . per doz.......   66
Bamboo.  18 f t , per doz. 
.  80 
FLAVORING EXTRACTS

FOOTE & JE N E S ’

JAXON
N o . S fa n ’v   9  <«  V n .a f a n ’v   I 7F

H ighest  Grade  Extracts
Lemon
Vanilla 

1 oz full m. 1  20  1 oz full  m.  80
2 oz full m  2  10  2 oz full m  1  26

Vanilla
2 oz panel  .1  20
i panel. .1  20  2 oz panel.  76 
3 oz taper.. 2  oo  4 oz taper.. l  60

Lemon

D. C. Vanilla
1». C. Lemon 
2 oz.............. 76  2 oz..........  1  24
3 OZ..........  1 00  3 OZ..........  1  60
6 0Z..........   2 00  4 OZ.........  2  00
.  1 52  No. 3T...  2  08
No. 4T 
O ur Tropical.

2 oz. Assorted Flavors 76c. 

2 oz. full measure. Lemon..  7R
4 oz. full measure. Lemon..  1  60 
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.............   36
Tanglefoot, per  case.........  3 2T

FLY  PA PER

Standard.

FRESH  MEATS 

Beef

W heat

Carcass..................  6*@io
Forequarters.........  
Hindquarters......... 
Loins...................... 
Ribs......................... 
Rounds.................... 
Chucks.................... 
Plates...................... 
Dressed................... 
Loins....................... 
Boston Butts........... 
Shoulders................ 
Leaf  Lard................ 
M utton
Carcass...................  
Lambs......................  8  @  l
Carcass....................  6  @ 7*

6  @6%
8  @iow
9  @is
8  @13
7*@
6  @  fi*
4  @  6
@7
l' *@n
@  8ii
@  8-i
@io
7  @ 8*

Pork

Veal

GELATINE

1  20
Knox’s Sparkling........... 
Knox's Sparaliug.pr gross  14 00
Knox’s Acidulate I........... 
l  20
Kuox’s Acidulat’d.pr gross 14 00
Oxford  ............................. 
75
Plymouth  Rock—  
1  20
Nelson’s............................ 
l  50
Cox’s, 2 qt size.................  1  61
Cox’s, 1-qt size..................  1  10

GRAIN  BAGS 

Amoskeag, 100 in bale  —   1514 
Amoskeag, less than bale.  15%

GRAINS AND  FLOUR 

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

W inter W heat  Flour 

76

Local Brands

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

Patents.............................  4 40
Second Patent..................   3 so
Straight.............................  3 70
Second Straight...............   3 40
Clear................................   3  10
Graham............................  3 40
Buckwheat...:.................  4 30
Rye....................................  8 20
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour In bbls., 26c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart- Putman’s Brand
Diamond %s......................  3  86
Diamond 14a.....................   3 85
Diamond * s...................     3  85
Quaker Hs.........................  4 00
Quaker * s........................   4 00
Quaker * s........................   4  00
Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.’s Brand
Plllsbury’s  Best * s .........   4 36
Pillsbury’s  Best 14s.........   4  25
Plllsbury’s  Best * a.........   4  15
Plllsbury’s Best *s paper.  4 16 
Plllsbury’s Best 14s paper.  4 16 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Duluth  Imperial %s.........  4  30
Duluth  Imperial 14s.........  4  *0
Duluth  Imperial * s.........  4  10
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand
Wlngold  * s ....................  
4  30
Wtngold  u s ....................  
4 20
Wlngold  * s ....................  
4  10

Spring W heat F lour 

Meal

Olney & Judson’s Brand

Feed  and  Mlllstnffii

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

Ceresota * s ..................  ..  4  35
Ceresota 14s......................  4  -6
Ceresota *s  ....................  4  16
Laurel  * s ......................... 4 30
Laurel  * s ......................... 4 20
Laurel  * s ......................... 4  10
Laurel *s and *s paper.. 4  10
Bolted............................... 2 60
Granulated.....................
2 80
St. Car Feed, screened__ 23 60
No. 1 Corn and  Oats........ 23 00
Unbolted Corn  Meal........ 22 00
Winter Wheat Bran......... 20  00
Winter Wheat  Middlings. 21  00
Screenings....................... 19 00
Car  lots............................. 46*
Car lots, clipped...............
48*
Cess than car lots............
Corn, car  lots.................. T8
No. 1 Timothy oar  lots.... 10 00
No. 1 Timothy ton lots....
t 100
Sage.........................................16
Hops....................................... 16
Laurel Leaves  ........................15
*enna Leaves 
9s

Corn
Hay

HERBS

Oats

 

INDIGO

JELLY

Madras, 6 lb. boxes................66
S. F„ 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes....... 50

6 lb. palls.per doz...........  1  76
151b. palls............................  38
401b. palls............................  67

LICORICE

Pure....................................   30
Calabria...............................  23
Sicily....................................  14
Root.....................................  10

Condensed, 2 doz.................. 1 20
Condensed, 4 doz.................. 2 26

MEAT EXTRACTS

Armour & Co.’s, 2 oz........  4 46
Liebig’s, 2  oz....................  2 75

LYE

MOLASSES 
New  Orleans

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

Half-barrels 2c extra
MUSTARD

40
36
2*-
22

Horse Radish, 1 doz.............1  76
Horse Radish. 2 doz.................3 50
Bayle’s Celery-  1 doz........... 1  75

OLIVES

.  1  35
Bulk, 1 gal. kegs........... 
Bulk, 3 gal. kegs...............   1  20
Bulk, 5 gal. kegs...............   1  16
Manzanllla, 7 oz................ 
80
Queen, pints.....................   2 36
Queen, 19  oz.....................   4 50
Queen, 28  oz.....................   7 00
Stuffed, 5 oz...................... 
90
Stuffed, 8 oz......................  1  45
Stuffed. 10 oz....................  2 30

PICKLES
Medium

Barrels, 1,200 count................. 6 75
Half bbls, 600 count................. 3 8s
Barrels, 2,400 count.................8 26
Half bbls, 1,200 count..........1 62

Small

PIPES

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

PLAYING CARDS

No. 90, Steamboat.........
No. 15, Rival, assorted..
No. 20. Rover, enameled
N5. 572, Special.............
No  98, Golf, satin finish
No. 808, Bicycle............
No. 632, Tournam’t Whist.  2 25 

2  00 
2  00

90 
1 2U 
1  60
1  75

POTASH 

48 cans In case.

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

PROVISIONS 
Barreled  P ork

Mess.................  .... 
@16 60
Back...................... 
@17  75
Clear back...............   @18  26
Short cut.................  @17  00
P ig...................  
2000
Bean.........................  @16  10
Family Mess Lola... 
Clear.......................  @17  ¿0

 

17 76

D ry  Salt Meats

Bellies............... 
 
S P  Bellies................ 
Extra shorts............  

 

9*
10
9*

Smoked  Meats 

Hams, 121b. average.  @11*
Hams, lilb.average.  @ 11*
Hams, I61b.average.  @ 11*
Hams, 20 lb. average.  @ 11%
Ham dried beef......   @  12
Shoulders (N.Y. out)  @  8%
Bacon, clear............   10*@  11*
California hams......   @  8*
Boiled Hams.......... 
@  17
Picnic Boiled Hams 
@ 12
Berlin  Ham  pr’s’d. 
9@  9*
Mince Hams.........  
9@  9*

10

II

JAXON
Single box.................................3 36
6 box lots, delivered........... 3 30
10 box lots, delivered;.............. 3 26
Johnson Soap Co. brands—

Jas. S. Kirk & Co. brands—

Silver King......................  3 66
Calumet Family.............   2  76
Scotch Family................   2  85
Cuba..................................2  36
Dusky Diamond..............  3 55
Jap Rose.........................  3 75
Savon  Imperial..............  3 56
White  Russian...............   3 60
Dome, oval bars................3 66
Satinet, oval....................  2  50
White  Cloud.................... 4  10
Lautz Bros, brands—
Big Acme.............. 
4  25
Acme 5C.........................   3 65
Marseilles.......................  4 00
Master.............................. 3 70
Lenox...............................3 35
Ivory, 6oz......................   4 00
Ivory, 10 oz...................    6 75
Schultz & Co. brand-
sta r...................................3  40
Search-Light Soap  Co.  brand. 
Search-Light, 100 twin bars 3 75 
A. B. Wrisley brands—
Good Cheer......................3  80
Old Country....................  3 25

Proctor & Gamble brands—

 

Scouring

Sapollo, kitchen, 3 doz........2 40
Sapollo, hand, 3 doz..................2 40
Boxes...................................  5*
Kegs, English......................  4*

SODA

SPICES 

17
14
66
  50
40
36
18
28

 

 
12
28
38
65

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,  76-80................... 
Nutmegs,  105-10...............  
Nutmegs. 116-20................. 
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................. 
■*asr“ 
........
Scotch, In bladders..............  37
Maccaboy, in jars.................   36
French Rappee, In jars......   43

SNUFF

17
25

20

STARCH

Domino....................... ....  6 90
Cut Loaf...................... ........5  30
Crushed ...................... ....  5 30
Cubes.......................... ....  6 05
Powdered.................. ....  4 90
Coarse  Powdered.  ... ....  4  90
XXXX Powdered...... ....  4 96
Fine Granulated......... ....  4 80
2 lb. bags Fine  Gran.. .  ..  6  00
6 lb. bags Fine  Gran.. ....  4 95
Mould A...................... ....  615
Diamond  A................. ....  4 80
Confectioner’s  A........ ....  4 60
No.  1, Columbia A__ ....  4 50
No.  2, Windsor A...... ....  4  45
No.  3, Ridgewood A.. ....  4 46
No.  4, Phoenix  A...... ....  4 40
No.  6, Empire A ........ ....  4 35
No.  6.......................... ....  4 30
*r 
...  «  20
No.  8.......................... ....  4  10
Vo.  0  .
*  06
No. 10.......................... __  4  00
No. 11.......................... __   3 95
No. 12.......................... .. ».  3 90
No. 13.......................... ....  3 90
No. 14..........................
3  90
No. 15.......................... ....  3 85
No. 16.......................... ....  3 80

.....

TEA
Jap an

12

Gunpowder

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.. ........36
Basket-fired, fancy...
........40
Nibs............................ ........27
Siftings....................... ..19@21
Fannings.................... ■ - 20@22
Moyune, medium...... ........26
Moyune, choice...................36
Moyune, fancy.................... 60
Pingsuey,  medium.............. 26
Pingsuey, choice................. 30
Pingsuey, f a n c y . .............40
Choice.................................. 30
Fancy...................................36
Formosa, fancy....................42
Amoy, medium.................... 26
Amoy, choice.......................32
16
28
Medium................................27
48
Choice.................................. 34
17
Fancy...................................42
16
18
25
Ceylon, choice......................82
65
Fancy...................................42
18

English Breakfast

Young  Hyson

* 
H. & P. Drug Co.’s brands.

TOBACCO 

Oolong

Cigars

In dia

20

Fortune Teller.................  86 00
Our Manager....................  36  00
Quintette..........................   36 00
G. J. Johnson Cigar Co ’s brand.

K ingsford’s  Corn
40 i-lb. packages...............  
20 i-lb. packages...............  

7
7*
K ingsford’s Silver Gloss
7*
40 i-lb. packages................ 
6 lb. packages...............  
8
Common Gloss

l-lb. packages...................  6*
3-lb. packages...................  6*
6-lb. packages................... 
6*
40 and 60-lb. boxes............   3*
Barrels.............................   3*

Common Corn

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

6%
6*

J . L. Prescott & Co.
Manufacturers 
New York, N. Y.

P lug

Fine Cut

8. O. W..............................  36 00
Cigar Clippings, per lb......  
26
Unde Daniel........................54
Ojlbwa.................................34
Forest  Giant........................34
Sweet Spray.........................38
Cadillac................................ 57
Sweet Loma.........................38
Golden Top.......................... 27
Hiawatha............................. 57
Telegram..............................26
Pay C ar............................... 32
K a r a ................ ......................... k a
Protection............................ 38
Sweet Burley........................40
Sweet Loma......................... 38
Tiger....................................39
Flat Iron..............................33
Creme de Men the................60
Stronghold........................... 39
Elmo..................................... 33
Sweet Chunk........................37
Forge....................................33
Rod  C ro ss......................................89
Palo..................................... 36
Kylo..................................... 36
Hlawatba............................. 41
Battle A xe...........................37
American Eagle...................34
Standard Navy..................   37
Spear Head, 16 o
...42
Spear Head.  8 oz................ 44
Nobby Twist........................48
JollyTar.................... 
38
Old Honesty......................... 44
Toddy.,.................................34
J .T .......................................38
Piper Heldslck.................... 63
Boot Jack............................. 81
Jelly Cake............................ 36
Plumb Bob..................  
32
Honey Dip Twist............  39

z

.

Smoking

Hand Pressed...................... 40
Ibex......................................28
Sweet Core.................. 
36
Flat Car................................35
GreatNavy........................... 37
W arpath...................’. ........27
Bamboo,  8oz.......................29

Best  grade Imported Japan,
3 pound pockets,  33  to  the
bale...................................6
Cost of packing in  cotton  pock­
ets only *c more than bulk. 
Packed 60 lbs. In box. 

SALERATUS 

Church’s Arm and Hammer. 3 16
Deland’s................................3 00
Dwight’s Cow...........   ........ 3  15
Emblem................................2 10
L.  P ...................................... 3 00
Wyandotte. 100 
3  00
Granulated, bbls...................  96
Granulated, 100 lb. cases___1 00
Lump, bbls............................  80
Lump, 146 lb. kegs.................   86

SAL  SODA

 

50 cakes, large size................. 3 25
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—

Coal Oil Johnny.............. 4 00
King Cole.............................4 00
Queen Anne........................   3 50
Big Bargain..............—   1 90
Umpire................................  2 36
German Family..................   2 65
Dmgrnan............... 
Naptha................................   4 00
Oak Leaf.............. :........   3  so
Oak Leaf, big 5...................... 4 15

Dingman Soap Co. brand—
Fels brand—
Gowans & Sons brands—

3 86

 

No. 4,3 doz In case, gross..  4 60 
No. 6,3 doz In case, gross..  7 20 

SYRUPS

C orn

Barrels................................. 26
Half bbls......................  ....28
10 lb. cans, *  doz. in case..  1  85
6 lb. cans, l doz. In case__2  10
2* lb. cans. 2 doz. In case.. .2  10 
F a ir.....................................   16
Good................. : ...............  20
Choice.................................  26

P u re  Cane

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STONEWARE

SUCCESSFUL SALESMEN.

M y r o n   N .  R y d e r ,  R e p r e s e n t i n g   t h e   M a n ­

k a t o   M il ls  C o .

X 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.............. ................ 
■’hum Dashers, per doz.....................  

Churns

M ilkpans

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

Stewpans

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

Ju g s
*  gal. per doz.................... 
 
*  gal. per doz...................................... 
l 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

 

 

48
5X
48 
60 
72 
1  12 
1  60 
2  12 
2 56

6
84

48
6

60
6

1  10

66
42
7

2

36
86
48
86

Myron  N.  Ryder  was  born 

in  Leroy 
township,  Calhoun  county,  Michigan, 
July  3,  1863,  his  father  being  a  farmer. 
At the  age of 3 years,  the  family removed 
to  a  farm  southwest  of  Marshall,  where 
he  attended  district  school.  He  gradu­
ated  from  the  Clark  Business  College 
at  Erie,  Pa.,  after  which  he  returned  to 
the  farm,  where  he  remained  one  year. 
He  then  went  to  Rawlins,Wyoming,  and 
herded  cattle  two  years.  He  next  en­
gaged 
in  business  on  his  own  account, 
purchasing horses  and  cattle.  After one 
year  he  returned  to  Michigan  and  took 
the  management  of  the  farm  for  two 
years.  He  then  accepted  a  position  as 
traveling 
for  Dudley  P. 
Palmer,  cigar  jobber  of  Marshall,  cov­
ering  Michigan.  At  the  end  of  six 
months  he  engaged 
in  the  wholesale 
cigar  business  on  his  own  account,  with

salesman 

85

60
50

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

Per box of 6 doz.
1 38
1 54
2 24

A nchor Carton Chimneys 

Each chimney In corrugated carton.

30

12

13

Bamboo, is oz........................27
I XL,  Bib.............................27
I X L, 16 oz. palls................... 81
Honey Dew...........................«
Gold Block............................ 87
Flagman...... , .......................«
Chips......................................84
Kiln Dried............................ 22
Duke’s Mixture.....................38
Duke’s Cameo........................40
Myrtle Navy......................... *5
Yum Yum, IH oz.................. <0
Yum Yum, 1 lb. pails.............38
Cream.................................. ..
Com Cake, 2X oz...................24
Com Cake, lib ...................... 22
Plow Boy, IX oz.....................JO
Plow Boy, 3* oz.....................38
Peerless, 3X oz...................... 34
Peerless, IX oz......................»
Indicator, 2* oz.....................28
Indicator, l lb. palls.............31
CoL Choice, 2X oz................. 21
CoL Choice. 8 oz.....................21

TABLE  SAUCES
LEA & 
PERRINS’ 
SAUCE

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

TW INE

Cotton, 3 ply......... .«............16
Cotton, 4 ply....................... 16
Jute, 2 ply...........................12
Hemp, 6 ply........................12
Flax, medium.....................20
Wool, l lb. balls...................  7X

VINEGAR

Malt White Wine, 40 grain..  8 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain..11 
Pure Cider, B. & B. brand.  .11
Pure Cider, Bled Star......... 12
Pure Cider, Robinson........ 12
Pure Cider, Silver..............12
WASHING  POW DER

Diamond  Flake................. 2  76
Gold  Brick.........................3  26
Gold Dust, regular.............3  96
Gold Dust, Sc..................... 3  75
Kirkoline, 24 4 lb............... 3  66
Pearline............................. 2  65
Soaplne...............................2  45
Soaplne...............................3  80
Babbitt’s 1776.....................  2  75
Roseine................................300
Armour’s.............................-3 70
Nine O’clock...................... 3  15
Wisdom............................. 3  80

Rub-No-More..................... 3 60
Scourlne.............................. 8 60

W ICKING

No. 0, per gross................... 20
No. i, per gross................... 26
No. 9, per gross...................36
No. 8. per gross................... 66

WOODENWARE

Baskets

Bushels  ..............................  86
Bushels, wide  band............l  16
M arket...................... . 
30
Splint, large........................ 6 oo
Splint, medium...................5 00
Splint, small....................... 4 oo
Willow Clothes, large......... 5 60
Willow Clothes, medium...  5 00 
Willow Clothes, small.........4 76

B radley  B u tter Boxes

2 lb. size, 24 In case.......... .  72
.  68
3 lb. size, 16 In case.........
.  63
5 lb. size, 12 In case.........
.  60
10 lb. size,  6 In case.........

B a tter Plates

No. 1 Oval, 260 In crate....
No. 2 Oval, 260 In crate.... 
No. 3 Oval, 260 In crate....
No. 5 Oval, 260 In crate....

Churns

Barrel, 5 gals., each----   .
Barrel. 10 gals., each........
Barrel, 15 gals., each........

Clothes Pins

Bound head, 5 gross box.. .  46
.  62
Round head, cartons........

.  46
.  60
.  66
.  65

.2 40
.2 65
.2 70

Egg Crates

Humpty Dumpty.............
No. l, complete................
No. 2, complete................

Faucets

Cork lined, 8 in .. 
Cork lined, 9 In.. 
Cork lined, 10 In. 
Cedar. 8 In.........

Mop  Sticks

Troian spring......................
Eclipse patent spring........
No l common.......................
No. 2 patent brush holder..
12 b . cotton mop heads...... l
Ideal No. 7 ..........................

Palls

hoop Standard........................l 40
3-hoop Standard........................l 60
2-wire,  Cable.............................l 60
s-wlre,  Cable.............................l 70
Cedar, all red, brass bound.1 26
Paper,  Eureka......................... 2 25
................................2 40
Toothpicks

Hardwood................................ 2 60
Softwood.................................. 2 76
Banquet.................................... l 60

............................... 1  60

Traps

Mouse, wood, 2  holes..........   22
Mouse, wood, 4  holes..........   45
Mouse, wood, 6  holes..........   70
Mouse, tin, 5  holes..............  66
Rat, wood............................   80
Rat, spring...........................   76

Tubs

20-lnch, Standard, No. l .......6 00
18-lnch, Standard, No. 2.......5 00
16-inch, Standard, No. 8.......4 00
20-lnch, Cable,  No. l............ 6 60
18-lnch, Cable,  No. 2............ 6 00
16-Inch, Cable, No. 3............ 6 00
No. l Fibre...........................9 46
No. 2 Fibre...........................7 96
No. 3 Fibre...........................7 20

W ash  Boards

Bronze Globe........................2 60
Dewey.....................................-i 76
Double Aome............................ 2 76
Single Acme....................   2 26
Double Peerless....................  3 25
Single Peerless.........................2 60
Northern Queen......................2 60
Double Duplex......................... 3 00
Good Luck................................2 76
Universal.................................. 2 28
12 in...........................................1 65
14 In...........................................1 85
16 In.......................................... 2 30

W indow  Cleaners

Wood  Bowls 

u  In. Butter.........................  76
18 In. Butter.............................. 1 00
16 In. Butter.............................. l 76
17 In. Butter..............................2 60
19 In. Butter..............................3 00
Assorted 13-16-17.......................1 76
Assorted 16-17-19................... .'.2 60

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

YEAST  CAKE

FRESH  FISH

io. 8 doz..............................l oo
___lgnt,3doz.......................... l oo
Sunlight, IX  doz.................   50
Yeast Cream, 3 doz...................l 00
Yeast Foam, 3  doz................... l oo
Yeast Foam. IX  doz...........  60
Per lb.
White fish.......................9® 10
Trout..............................8®  9
Black Bass................... io® li
Halibut.......................  ®
Ciscoes or Herring....  ®
Blueflsh......................  ®
Live Lobster..............  ®
Boiled Lobster...........  ®
Cod..............................  ©
Haddock....................   ©
No. 1 Pickerel........... :  ©
Pike............................  ©
Perch..........................  ©
Smoked White...........  ®
Red Snapper.............  ©
Col River  Salmon— 14©
Mackerel....................   ©

HIDES AND  PELTS 

Bulk Oysters

Oysters.
Can Oysters
F. H.  Counts...........
F. S. D.  Selects......
Selects....................
Counts....................
Extra Selects...........
Selects......................
Standards................
Hides
Green No. l .............
Green No. 2.............
Cured  No. 1.............
Cured  No. 2............
Calf skins,green No. l 
Calf skins .green No. 2 
Calfskins,cured No. l 
Calfskins,cured No. 2 
Pelts
Pelts,  each..............
Tallow
NO. 1.........................
No. 2.........................
Wool
Washed, fine...........
Washed,  medium...
Unwashed,  fine......
Unwashed, medium.

CANDIES 
Stick Candy

Standard...........
Standard H. H ..
Standard  Twist.
Cut Loaf.............
Jumbo, 32 lb... 
Extra H .H .... 
Boston Cream. 
Beet Be**

1 75 
1 60 
1  60 
1  28

© 6X 
© 6X 
© 7* 
© 6* 
© 9 
©7X  
©10 
© 8X
60®1  00
© 4X 
© 3X
©20
©23
©15
©17

bbls. jmtls
@7X 
© 7X © 8 
© 9 
cases 
© 7X 

©10XglS

Fancy—In  Pails

14

Mixed Candy

Grocers..............
Com petition..............
Special....................
Conserve....................
Royal......................
Ribbon.....................
Broken....................
Cut Loaf.....................
English Rock...........
Kindergarten.........
Bon Ton  Cream.......
French Cream.........
Dandy Pan..............
Hand  Made  Cream
mixed...................
Crystal Cream mix..
Champ. Crys. Gums.
Pony  Hearts...........
Fairy Cream Squares
Fudge Squares........
Peanut Squares......
Sugared Peanuts__
Salted Peanuts........
Starlight Kisses......
San Bias Goodies....
Lozenges, plain.......
Lozenges, printed...
Choc. Drops.............
Eclipse Chocolates... 
Choc.  Monumentals. 
Victoria Chocolate..
Gum Drops..............
Moss  Drops.............
Lemon Sours...........
Imperials.................
tal. Cream Opera... 
Ital. Cream Bonbons
201b. palls...........
Molasses  Chews,  16
lb. palls.................
Golden Waffles........

©  6 
© 7 
©7X 
© 7X 
© 8X 
© 9 
© 8 
© 8X 
© 9 
© 9 

© 9 ©10 

©10
©14X
©13
8X 15 
12 

12 9 11 

12 
10 
©12 
© 9X 
© 10 
©11X 
©13X 
©14 
©16 
© 6X
© 9* 
©9X  
©9X 
©12
©12

©13©12

Fancy—In  5 lb. Boxes

© 66

©66 

©66 

©86
©1 00 
@35 
8 S  
©56 
068 ©60 
©60 
©56 
©90
© 66
066
©60

Lemon  Sours.........
Peppermint Drops.. 
Chocolate  Drops.... 
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
H. M. Choc.  Lt. and
Dk. No. 12.............
Gum Drops..............
Licorice Drops.
Lozenges,  plain......
Lozenges, printed...
Mottoes...................
Cream  Bar..............
Molasses Bar...........
Hand Made Creams. 
Cream Buttons, Pep.
and  Wlnt..............
String Rock.............
Wlntergreen Berries 
Caramels 
Clipper, 201b. pails.. 
Standard, 20 lb. palls 
Perfection, 20 lb.  pis 
Amazon, Choc Cov’d 
Korker 2 for lc pr bx 
Big 3,3 for lcprbx.. 
Dukes, 2 for lc pr bx 
Favorite, 4 for lc, bx 
AA Cream Car’ls 31b 
FRUITS
Oranges
Florida Bussett.......
Florida Bright........
3 76@4 00
Fancy  Navels.........
Extra Choice........... 3 25@3 50
Late Valencias........
Seedlings.................
Medt. Sweets..........
jam alcas................
Rodi......................
Lemons
Verdelll, ex toy 300..
VerdelU, fey 300......
Verdelll, ex chce  300
Verdelll, fey 360......
Call Lemons, 300......
Messlnas  300s........
Messlnas  360s  ......
Ran rum
Medium bunches.... 
Large bunches........

©
©
©
©
©
©
©
©
©
©3 75
3 60@4  00
3 60@3 76
l  50@2 oo

© 9 
@10 
©12X @15 
@55 
@60 
@60 
@60

3 26

©
©

@

Figs

@14X
@

Foreign D ried F ru its 
@

@:6x
5  @ 5X 
4X  @ 6
©16
@

Callfornlas,  Fancy..
Cal. pkg. 10 lb. boxes 
Extra Choice, Turk.,
io lb. boxes...........
Fancy, Tkrk.,  12  lb.
PunedfeTb.' boxes'.’. I 
Naturals, In bags....
Dates
Fards In 10 lb. boxes 
Fards In 60 lb. cases.
HaUowl....................
lb.  cases, new......
Salrs, 60 lb. cases....
NUTS
Almonds, Tarragona
Almonds,  Ivloa......
Almonas, California,
soft shelled...........
Brazils,....................
Filberts  .................
Walnuts.  Grenobles.
WalnuU. soft shelled 
California No. 1...
Table Nuts,  fancy...
Peoans,  Med...........
Pecans, Ex. Large...
Pecans, Jumbos......
Hickory Nuts per bu.
Ohio, new............
Coooanuts, full sacks 
Chestnuts, per b u .
eanuts
Fancy, H. P» Suns..  6  @ 
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Sims
Choice, H.P., Extras 
Choice, H. P., Extras 
BOMIOd........... 
Span. Shlld No. 1 n’w  6X0 6X

©13
@12X
11XR12X@13*
@10©13
@14
©
@3 50

Roasted................  6  @ 6*

16@16@11

®
fl

P

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

F irst Q uality

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

XXX  F lin t

No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 
No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped &  lab. 
No. 2 Sun, hinge, wrapped s  lab........ 
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled........ 
No. 2 Sun, wrapped and labeled........ 
No. 2 hinge, wrapped and labeled...... 
No. 2  Sun,  “Small  Bulb,”  lor  Globe
Lamps........................................  

P earl Top

La  Bastie

No. l Sun, plain bulb, per  doz........... 
No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per doz........... 
No. 1 Crimp, per doz........................... 
No. 2 Crimp, per doz..........................  
No. l Lime (66c doz)........................... 
No.2 Lime(70c  doz)..........................  
No. 2 Flint (80e  d o z )" "....................  

Rochester

Electric

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

OIL CANS

l 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, 16c 
No. 0 Tub., bbls 6 doz. each, per bbl..
No. o Tub., Bull’s eye, cases l doz. each

160
1 78
2 48

1  86
2 00
2 90

2 76
3 75
4 00
4 00
6 00
5 10
80

l  00
1  26
l  36
1  60
8 60
400
4 60

4 00
4 60

l  60
l  80
3 00
4 30
6 76
4 60
6 oo
7 00
9 oo

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

45 
45 
2  00 
1  25

BEST  W H ITE COTTON  WICKS 
Roll contains 32 yards in one piece.

No. 0,  %-Inch wide, per gross or roll..
No. 1,  *-lnch wide, per gross or roll..
No. 2,1 
Inch wide, per gross or roll.. 
No. 3,1* Inch wide, per gross or roll.. 

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53

COUPON  BOOKS

50 books, any denomination....................  1  60
loo books, any denomination....................  2 50
600 books, any denomination................... ll  60
1.000 books, any denomination....................  20 00
Above quotations  are  for  either  Tradesman,
Superior. Economic or Universal grades.  Where
1.000 books are ordered at a  time  customers  re­
ceive  specially  printed  cover  without  extra 
charge. 

_  

.

Coupon  Pass  Books

from $10 down.

Can be  made  to  represent  any  denomination 
50 books................................................... 
l  60
100 books...................................................  2  60
500 books...................................................  11  60
1.000 books..........................................................20 oo

Credit  Checks

in  the 

Marshall  as  headquarters.  One  year 
later  he  engaged  to  travel  for  Thurber, 
Whyland 
Co.,  with  whom  h e ' re­
mained  one  year  and  nine  months, 
covering  Michigan 
interest  of 
their  cigar  department.  He  then  repre­
sented  the  Wisconsin  Chair  Co.  of  Port 
Washington,  Wis.,  his  territory  being 
Michigan.  He 
remained  with  this 
house  one  and  one-half  years.  He  then 
covered  Wisconsin  and  Michigan for the 
Sheboygan  Knitting  Co.  four and  a  half 
years.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  ac­
cepted  a  position  with  the  Lamtf  Glove 
&  Mitten  Co.  of  Perry,  to  travel 
in 
Michigan  and  Wisconsin,  with  whom 
be  remained  four  years,  when  he  signed 
with  Thomas  Long  &  Co.,  wholesale 
jewelers  of  Boston,  to  cover  Michigan 
and  Wisconsin,  with  whom  he  remained 
four  months.  The  Mankato  Mills  Co. 
offered  him  a  position  as  traveling  rep­
resentative  in  Dakota,  which  territory 
he  covered  for  three  months  and  was 
then  assigned  Michigan,  which  trade 
is  still  visiting.  On  his  way  to 
he 
Marshall,  December  16,  he  had 
the 
misfortune  to  break  his ankle at Chicago 
and  was  confined  to  his  home for several 
weeks.

Mr.  Ryder  was  married 

in  1895  to 
Miss  Edith  McLaughlin,  of  Traverse 
City,  who died July 22,  1901,  at Marshall, 
as  the  result  of  an  operation.  He 
is  a 
member  of  Ceresco  Lodge  No.  252  and 
Marshall  Encampment  No.  2,  I.  O.  O. 
F.,  and  K.  O.  T.  M.  No.  105.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Episcopal  church  at 
Marshall.

500, any one denomination.......................  2
1,000, any one  denomination................  6001«  npalpr tpfl  wife  an

There  is  but  one  spectacle sadder than 
I that  is  a  neglected

‘ SIâ

T 1

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

31

A   Few  April  Leaders
m  HOMEGOODvS

Here are a few goods and prices  that  will interest all  careful  buyers.  An examination  of  them  will  con­
vince  you  that  they  are  indeed  bargains— such  as  cannot  be  duplicated by any other house.  We have many 
more like  them— our houses are full of  them— and  we  are  sure  that  we  can  convince  you  that  our  prices  are 
lower than  any  other firm of American wholesalers.  Send  us a trial order from  this  sheet and see if we cannot 
save  money  for  you.

I-QT.  P IEC ED  TIN  CUP.

Special purchase. 

low price.

High  quality as well as
T 1 X J   :  M a d e  
extra strong, of heavy 
tin.  Hot  th e   light 
shoddy  cup  sold  by 
many.  Full size, pat­
ent  bottom,  guaran­
teed  n o t 
leak. 
Wrapped  1  doz.  in
pkg. 
Q 7„
Per dozen,  *» » «

to  

1-2  Qt.  M O TTLED   EN A M ELED   PUDDING  PAN.

:  A  very  special  contract  made  some  time  ago, 
enables you to bny this  high grade aristocratic ware at less 
than  good  gray  enameled  ware  prices.  Triple  coated, 
assorted blue & white,  green  &  white and brown & white 
raottlings,  lustrous  pure  white  insides,  black  edges. 
Heat iest  steel base, everlasting,  guaranteed  not  to  leak.
Per dozen,  “ ¿C

Each piece wrapped.

“ B EA U TY”  N IC K EL  PLA TED  TRA Y.

offered in many a day

Make a  big  show  of  these.  The  best  lo-cent  item  we  have 
T 1 7 X J — 13-inch,  heavy  metal,  fancy  engraved  design, 
rolled and beaded edge.  The  cost  of  nickel  plating  is  so  well 
known that you will find it hard to  believe  so  good  an  item  can 
be made to retail for the popular dime.  Wrapped,  1  doz.  n n .  
in pkg. 

Per dozen,

Copper W ire CA R PET  B EA TER .
A cut price at just the time your trade wants 'em.

H 4-30X  J :  Made  of  genuine  No.  12  steel  wire,  coppered, 
coil near handle, rendering very pliable, fastened  into  wood  han­
dle, with brass  ferrule  in  such  a  manner  that  it  cannot  c-jn 
come loose.  1 doz. in bdl. 
Per dozen,  O # C

W HISK 

BROOM S 
at L e ss 
Than   the 
Old  Rates.
This price wo uld have 
been  consulered  very 
low  even  six  months 
ago,  before  the  sharp 
advance  in  corn  took 
place.
W 3600X J s  Full 
size, good grade corn. 2- 
sewea.hurl handle with 
plush  cap  in  assorted 
colors.  You  c a n n o t  
afford to miss this  bar-
Per dozen, 78c

These  prices  are 
f a i r   examples  of 
those  quoted  in the 
April issue  of “Our 
D rum m er''.  W  e 
will send  this  cata­
logue to  any reput­
able merchant upon 
request.  Y ou  can- 
n o t   afford  to  d o  
business without  it. 
It  lists  the  largest 
line of general mer­
t h e  
chandise 
c o u n t r y   and 
is 
necessary 
t o   th e  
success  of  y o u r  
business.  A sk  for 
c a t a l o g u e   N o .  
J406.

i n  

W ELL  KNOWN 
IO-CENT

EC C   B EA TER .

No reason why you should not  get 
a dime fo r  this, unless  you  prefer  to 
use it as a leader.

known style.  1 doz.  in box.

H5X J  :  “ Dover ”  pattern, 
Per dozen.

Assortm ent of

NUT AND  B O LT

SH EARS.

6 1 5 X J  :  Not  the  cheap  light 
pattern.  Far superior  in  finisn  to  all 
others, well  made,  full  nickel  plated. 
1 doz. in box, 4 each  Nos.  7,  8  7 c -  
and 9. 
/OC

Per dozen, 

I BUTLER  BROTHERS 230  TO  240  ADAMS  ST.

CHICAGO

3 3

R e c e n t   C h a n g e s   A m o n g  

c h a n ts .

In d ian a  Mer-

Bicknell— B.  P.  Barnes  has purchased 
the  grocery  stock  and  meat  market  of  J.
P.  Byard.

D uff— Aaron  Utz  &  Son  have  sold 
their  general  merchandise  stock  to W.
H.  Heidom  &  Co.

Fort  Wayne—Jacob  Bailer  has 

re­
furnishing 

moved  his 
clothing  and 
goods  stock  to  Huntington.

Fort  Wayne—The  general  stock  of 
last 

Fred  Oetting  was  damaged  by  fire 
week.

Gent—T.  J.  Royal  has  purchased  the 
general  merchandise  stock  of John  G il­
more.

Gilman—W.  E.  Broyles  has purchased 
the  interest  of  his  partner  in  the grocery 
firm  of  Rutledge  &  Broyles.

Greenwood— R.  E.  Carder  has  dis­
implement 

continued  the  agricultural 
business.

Hammond—Bowman  &  Nelson,  furn­
iture  dealers,  have  dissolved  partner­
ship.  The  business  is  continued  by 
Bowman  &  Turner.

Indianapolis— The  Monarch  Supply 
loss  by  fire  last  week. 

Co.  suffered  a 
The  stock  was  fully  insured.

Kokomo—The  Kennedy  Clothing  Co. 
has  been  organized  to  succeed  Kennedy 
&  Williams.

Laurel— The  Hackman-Heed  Co.  sue 
ceeds Jos.  Hackman  in  the  general mer 
chandise  business.

Liberty— D.  S.  Pierson,  tailor,  has 

sold  out  to  J.  L.  Pierson.

North  Liberty—Cullar  &  Pearse,  gro 
cers,  have  dissolved  partnership.  The 
business  is  continued  under the  style  of 
L.  S.  Pearse  &  Co.

Oaktown—Bond  Bros,  succeed  Bond, 

Sbeperd  &  Bond  in  general  trade.

Orleans—The  drug  business  of  E.  B. 
is  now  styled  Robertson’! 

Robertson 
Drug  Store.

Portland— Fred  Blay  succeeds  the for 

mer  bakery  firm  of  Blay  &  Co.

Rochester— F.  Brandenburg  has  or 
ganized  a  new  company  to  continue  the 
lumber  business  under  the  style  of  F 
Brandenburg  &  Co.

Tell  City— Lamkin  &  Schulz  succeed 
implement 

Schaefer  &  Lamkin  in  the 
and  feed  business.

Terre  Haute—The  overall  factory  of 
David  Bronson  was  recently  consumed 
by  fire.

Terre  H aute—Oscar  Meyer,  grocer, 

dead.

Marion—Geo.  D.  Griffin,  grocer,  has 

filed  a  petition  in  bankruptcy.

Vernon— Herbert  Goff,  miller,  has de 
cided  to  .take  advantage  of  the  bank 
ruptcy  law.

Fort  Wayne— Freiburger  &  McKeon 
hardware  dealers,  have  dissolved  part 
nership,  J.  J.  Freiburger  succeeding.

Fort  Wayne—The  Wayne  Shoe  C.o 

and  S.  Freiburger  &  Bro.,  jobbers 
shoes  and 
business 
the  style  of  the  Wayne  Shoe Co.

leather,  have  merged  thei 
into  a  stock  company  under 

A nnual  M eeting  o f IT.  P . Connell, No.  186 
Marquette,  April  7—At  a  meeting 
held  Saturday  evening  by  U.  P.  Coun 
cil,  No.  186,  United  Commercial  Trav 
eiers  of  America,  officers  to  serve  dur 
ing  the  ensuing  term  were  elected 
follows:

Senior Counselor—C.  O.  Wheeler. 
Junior Counselor—Wm.  Pohlmann. 
Secretary  and  Treasurer— C.  A.  Shel 

ton.

Conductor— A.  E.  Boswell.
Page— John  M.  Johnson.
Sentinel— Ed.  L.  Kellan.
Executive Committee—James E.  Burt 

less,  John  E.  Krafft.

Past  Counselor—W.  C.  Allen.
Past  Senior Counselor— L.  P.  Murray,

Five  new  members  joined  the  lodge 
__  the  meeting— Messrs.  Boaz,  Edward 
Famham,  Joseph  Gannon,  O.  C._ Cham­
berlain  and  Clifford  Smith.  This  addi­
tion  to  the  ranks  of  the  Council  brings 
the  membership  to  nearly  fifty—and  the 
lodge  is  but  five  months  old.
After the  business  session  an  adjourn­
ment  was  taken  to  Pierce  s  restaurant, 
here  the  jolly  party  sat  down  to  a  fine 
_pread.  Covers  were 
laid  for  twenty- 
five,  the  Council  being  honored  by  the 
presence  of  Senior  Counselor  Burns,  of 
Grand  Rapids  Council,  No.  131,  snd 
t  few  members  of  other  councils. 
When  the  wants  of  the  inner  man  had 
been  catered  to,  cigars  were  passed 
and  the  meeting  resolved  itself  into  a 
smoker,  of  which  short  addresses  by 
every  gentleman  present  were a pleasing 
feature. 
During  the  social  session,  L.  P.  Mur­
ray,  Past  Senior  Counselor  and  Organi- 
of  the  Council,  was  made  the  sur-
prised  recipient  of  a  handsome  pm, 
emblematic  of  the  order,  the  presenta­
tion  being  made  by  Senior  Counselor 
Wheeler  in  a  neat  and  effective  little 
_peech  that  was  a  gem  of  oratory  and 
that  stirred  the  emotions  of  the  gather­
ing. 

M  a  ,

„

sugar 

individual 

W ill  Sell Sugar on  Uniform  Terms.
By  the  agreement  between  the  Na­
tional  Wholesale  Grocers’  Association 
and  the 
refiners 
throughout  the  country,  all  refiners  will 
sell  sugars  on  and  after  April  15  on 
uniform  terms.  This  does  not  mean 
they  will  name  uniform  prices,  but  that 
whatever  the  price,  the  terms  shall  re­
main  unchanged. 
In  future,  therefore, 
price  of  5  cents  for granulated  will 
mean  the  same,  whether quoted  by  the 
Ametican  company,  the  National  com 
pany  or  the  Arbuckles,  and  it  will  not 
be  complicated  by  any  special  or  extra 
discounts.  During  the 
last  year  or  so 
there has  been  considerable  irregularity 
so  far as  discounts  have been concerned 
and  refiners  have  charged  their  rivals 
with  making  secret  discounts  while  ap 
parently  maintaining  list  prices.

The  new  terms  follow:  List  prices, 
less  15  cents  per  100  pounds,  30  days 
Discount  1  per  cent,  for  cash  in  seven 
days.  Extra  discount  of  5  points  to  be 
paid  at  end  of  60 days  to  all  who  hav< 

ved  up  to  agreements.

W ill  Occupy  a  New  Building. 

Detroit,  April  4—In  your  issue  of  thi 
week  you  state  as  follows:  “ Plans  are 
being  drawn  for  an  addition  to 
the 
building  on  Bates  and  Larned  streets 
occupied  by  Burnham,  Stoepel  &  Co 
and  the  Peerless  Manufacturing  Co. 
It 
will  be  utilized  by  the  former  firm  and 
will  occupy  the  site  of  the  old  Audito 
rium  property  on  Larned  street,  owned 
by  the  Bagley  estate. ”

You  have  been  misinformed.  Burn 
ham,  Stoepel  &  Co.  will  take  the  place 
which  we  occupy  now,  with  a  small  ad 
dition  for storage  room.  A  new  build 
ing  will  be  put  up  for  us,  adjoining 
theirs,  where  we  will  have  larger  facili 
ties  for our constantly  increasing  busi 
ness,  and  will  be  put  up  according  1 
our  plans  and  specifications.

Peerless  Manufacturing  Co.

No  Money  in  M ichigan  Business.

The  National  Salt  Co.  operated  at 
great  loss  in  Michigan  last  year  whi 
making  a  good  profit  in  other  sections 
of  the  country.  This  was  caused  by  the 
independent 
concerns  of  this  State 
which  refused  to  sell  their  output  to  the 
trust  at  75  cents  per  barrel,  while  the 
trust  was  selling  for  90 cents.  They 
found  a  good  demand  for all  they  could 
produce  at  or  near the  latter  figure,  a 
disposed  of  their  entire  output.  When 
the  trust  cut  prices  below  cost  of  pro 
duction,  the  independents  ceased  pro 
duction.  The  trust  price  is  now  48  cents 
per  barrel.

Lota  Like  Him .

“ Dawson  is  one  of  the  most  devoted 

fathers  I  ever  knew.”

“ How  so?”
“ He's  so  proud  of  his children.  Why, 
say,  he  often 
lies  awake  half  of  the 
night  trying  to  think  up  clever things 
that  he  can  credit them  with  saying. ”

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

large  advertising  space  is  no  more 
A 
luable  than  a  small  one  until  it  is 
filled— whether  it  is  then  or  not  depends 
largely  on  the  filling.

A dvertisem ents  w ill  be  inserted  under 
this  head  for  tw o  cents  a  word  th e  first 
insertion  and  one  cent  a  w ord  for each 
subsequent  insertion.  No  advertisem ents 
taken  for  less  th an   35  cents.  Advance 
paym ents.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

408

;  7>OK  SALE  OK  RENT—GOOD  COUNTRY 
.  ?  store  and  dwelling  combined;  also  good 
horse barn;  in the very best  of  fruit  and  farm­
ing  section;  situated  on  railroad, 
telephone 
office and postoffice.  If you wish  good  place  it 
will pay you  to  investigate.  Reason  for  selling 
or renting,  other business.  For particulars  ad­
dress J, care Michigan Tradesman._______414
'OR SALE—BAZAAR AND CHINA STORE; 
V   growing  Michigan  city  of  30,000;  two  sub­
urban electric lines;  annual business,  about $19,- 
000;  can  be  increased;  this  is  an  opportunity 
worth  Investigation.  B.  J.  Kingston,  Jackson 
Mich. 
410
TO  BENT—FIVE  STORES  IN  A  NEW 
modern block to  be  erected  and  ready  for 
occupancy in September, in the most  central  lo­
cation in the city of Flint.  There is not a vacant 
store in the city at present.  Address F. H. Ran­
kin, Sec’y. 
POR  SALE—A  DRUG  STOCK  INVOICING 
.  about $1,100;  doing a good and growing busi­
ness;  well located.  Address No. 407,  care Mich­
igan Tradesman. 
5 JK)R SALE—214 SHELDON STREET. GRAND 
. -  Rapids,  Michigan,  ten  room  house:  lot  67 
foot front.  Enquire of J. M. Stanley, 200 Sheldon 
street. 
_____ 406
jlOR  SALE—STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MER 
'  chandise In  thriving  town  of  Lum;  profits 
ble  business;  postoffice  in  connection;  a  good 
chance to make money.  Address  Box  120, Lum 
Mich. 
_________405
¡V)R SALE—A  LIVE UP-TO-DATE  CROCK 
j   ery and house furnishing store in  Sault  Ste 
Marie, the  best and  busiest  city  in  the  State; 
stock  is  new,  clean,  well-bought  and  well-se­
lected;  the only  store  of  its  kind  in  the  city 
right; in  the  heart  of  the  business  district¿1 
splendid business chance for  some  person.  W. 
K. Parsille, Sault Ste. Marie. Mich. 
404
Fo r sa l e—d r u g  st o c k a n d  f ix t u r e s
in Kalamazoo;  fine location; moderate rent 
established  trade;  price right for  cash.  B.  F 
Parker,  Real  Estate  Broker, Kalamazoo, Mich
412
FOR SALE-NEW GROCERY STOCK; w il l  

407

for selling.  P.  W. Holland, Ovid, Mlcb. 

inventory about $1,000;  will  sell  building  or 
rent;  dwelling rooms over  store;  good  reasons 
396
,'OR SALE—GOOD  PAYING  DRUG  BUSI 
ness in  good  hustling  town;  splendid  sur­
rounding farming  country;  elegant  opportunity 
for right man;  reason  for  selling, business else­
where.  Address No. 396, care  Michigan Trades 
man. 
_______ 395

IjSOR  SALE  AT  A  GREAT  BARGAIN 

■ ERM-I-FUGE  KILLS  WORMS  AND  IN- 
sects  without  spraying  fruit  trees. 
Jem 
Manufacturing Co.. Hillsdale, Mich______ 394
I7»OR SALE—MY  STOCK  OF  DRY  GOODS, 
’  groceries,  boots  and  shoes,  carpets  and 
crockery.  Stock  and  fixtures  will  Inventory 
$9,£00;  cleanest general  stock  in  Michigan  and 
one of the best towns of 1.200 people  in Southern 
Michigan;  last year's business, $28,000 cash;  will 
sell at a right price for cash;  this is a  golden op­
portunity for some good  hustling  merchant; the 
largest business in  the  town;  brick  store;  rent 
and  insurance  low;  reasons  for  selling,  have 
larger Interests north.  For further  information 
write Lock Box 17, Bellevue, Mich._______ 393
1  Stock of  general  merchandise  in the city 1 
Ionia, one of Michigan’s best  towns;  stock prac­
tically  new,  consisting  of  dry  goods,  clotnihg 
men’s furnishings,  boots,  shoes  and  notions;  a 
sure winner for right person.  Address  No.  392, 
392
care Michigan Tradesman. 
CLOTHING
■yiyr A N TE D—PARTNER 
business;  I am doing business of  $16,000 
year;  rent only $20:  best manufacturing  town 
Michigan;  I have other business  that takes con­
siderable  time:  excellent  opportunity  for  man 
with about $2,000,  Address A. A. A., 240 20th St 
Detroit, Mich. 
_______________ 391
1  ing $2,800, in one of the best Southern Michl
Address No. 
gan towns.  Terms on application, 
389
389, care Michigan Tradesman.
ir>OR  SALÉ—FINE  YIELDING  40  ACRE 
A   farm  in  Kalamazoo  county;  buildings;  ail 
under cultivation;  value,  $1,200.  Address  No. 
390, care Michigan Tradesman. 
390
FOR SALE—GENERAL  STORE;  d o in g  
good business;  residence  in  connection; for 
sale cheap;  no competition;  write  quick  if  you 
wish it;  reason for selling, have  other  interests. 
Address F.  G.  Rogers,  Genesee,  Genesee  Co. 
Mich. 

i 'OR  SALE—GOOD  DRUG STOCK, INVOIC- 

_________ 387

■ __ ■ ■  

IN

'  white clover  honey,  put  up  In  glass  front 
cases  of 241 pound sections each, at 15 cents p 

I ¡SOB  SALE—500  POUNDS  NO.  1  FANCY 
(¡'OR  SALE—A  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  GRO 

pound.  Address P. H. Brumm, Nashville, Mfc
399

’  ceries in a flourishing railroad town  of  1.2M 
inhabitants;  complete  stock,  fixtures,  delivery 
horse and wagon;  will go for $2,800  if  taken  be­
fore April 20.  Address  W.  Krause,  Princeton, 
WIs. 
OR  SALE-CLEAN  STOCK  GROCERIES, 
queensware  and  shoes.  Stock  invoices 
about $7,000;  good town;  good trade established. 
Call or address Allen Byers, Real  Estate Agent, 
Waynetown, Ind. 

400

379

359

D. Decker, Llgonler, Ind. 

OR  SALE  AT  A  BARGAIN—THE  ONE- 
half or the whole of the Star Roller Mills, lo­
cated at  Petersburg, Mich., Monroe  county; ca­
pacity no  bbl8.  Brick  building,  steam  power. 
¡For further information write Lantz &  Co., Pet­
ersburg, Mich.________ __________ _____
70R  SALE-A  FINE  STOCK  OF  UF-TO- 
}  date groceries,  located  in  one  of  the  best 
000 towns in  Northern  Indiana;  best  location 
ui town;  fine brick building  to  do  business  in; 
doing a  paying  business;  excellent  reason  for 
selling  made  known  on  application;  stock  in­
voices $1,500 to $1,700:  no speculators need apply, 
am  no  professional.  Terms,  cash.  Address 
¡>OR  SALE—MOSLER,  BAHMANN  &  CO. 
m}  fire  proof  safe.  Outside  measurement—36 
inches high, 27 inches  wide  and  24  inches  deep. 
Inside measurement—16V4 inches high, 14 Inches 
wide and 10 inches deep.  Will sell for  $80  cash.
Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids^_____ 368
7HJR  SALE—A  NICE  CLEAN  GROCERY 
.J  stock  In  hustling  Northern  town.  Reason 
for selling, it Interferes with  my  other business. 
Address No. 357, care Michigan Tradesman.  357 
¡'OK SALE-DRUG SI OCK AND FIXTURES, 
invoicing about $2,000.  Situated in center of 
Michigan Fruit  Belt,  one-half  mile  from  Lake 
Michigan.  Good  resort  trade.  Living  rooms 
over store;  water  inside  building.  Rent,  $12.80 
er month.  Good  reason  for  selling.  Address
o. 334, care Michigan Tradesman._______ 334
¡'OR  SALE  .CHEAP-TUFTS’  20  SYRUP 
soda fountain, with all appurtenances.  Will 
sell cheap.  Address Bradford & Co., St. Josejph,
311
Mich.
AFES—NEW  AND  SECOND-HAND  FIRE 
and burglar proof safes.  Geo. M. Smith Wood 
Brick  Building  Moving  Co,  376 South  Ionia 
St-, Grand  Rapids. 
T> RO POSITION 8  FOR  FACTORIES  FROM 
responsible  parties  at  Ithaca,  Mich.  Best 
agricultural county in the State.  A. McCall,  Sec- 
retwry, Ithaca, Mich. 

W A N T ED —TO  EXCHANGE  FARMING 

WANTED—TO  COMMUNICATE  WITH 

gan Tradesman. 

s

377

321

w*

someone who has a good second hand soda 
fountain for sale.  Address No.  377,  care  Mlchl- 

mnd in  Ogemaw  county,  near  Rose  City, 
for stock of boots  and  shoes,  dry  goods,  hard­
ware, groceries,  Will give  anyone  a  good  bar- 
ain.  Write me at once.  D. J. Warner,  Agent, 
;ose City, Mich.
TWENTY  MILLION
p O R   SALE—ABOUT
_   feet hardwood and hemlock  green  standing 
timber growing on about two thousand  acres  of 
land in Presque Isle  county, Michigan,  about as 
follows:  Three million feet basswood  and  elm; 
six million hemlock;  nine million beech and ma­
ple;  two million  birch,  ash,  etc.  Would  need 
about'Blx miles  of  branch  railroad  to  bring  it 
within easy  working  distance.  Address  J.  T. 
Hamilton, Delta, Ohio. 
373
Fo r sa l e—d r u g  s t o r e in   b e s t t o w n
in  Northern  Michigan;  Inventories  about 
$2,000;  a  good  chance  for  some one  with  some 
money.  Address No. 384, care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
384
SODA  FOUNTAIN  FOR  SALE.  TUFT’S 
make;  ten cup size.  Address J. L.  Stanseu, 
296
Grand Ledge. Mich. 
DUR  SYSTEM  REDUCES  YOUR  BOOK- 
keeplng  85 per  cent.  Send  for  catalogue. 
Eureka Cash  &  Credit  Register  Co.,  Scranton, 

___  

Pa. 

___________  

«6

¡'OR  SALE—STOCK OF GROCERIES.  WILL 
1  inventory $1,800.  If you  mean  business, an­
swer.  Address No. 286,  care  Michigan  Trades­
286
man. 
A  GOOD CHANCE  FOR  A  PRACTICAL
__ shoe  man  with  a  little  money;  a  good
building all complete with machinery for making 
men’s, boys’ and youths’ shoes; power and  light 
for $50 per month; plenty of money at a low rate 
of  Interest.  Address  Shoes,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
268
I ¡MIR  SALE—STOCK  OF  BOOTS  AND 
1  shoes;  fine  location;  well  established  busi­
ness.  For  Information  address  Parker  Bros., 
Traverse City, Mich. 
248
Fo r  sa l e—a   n e w   a n d   t h e   o n l y  b a -
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. 

___________167

____________  

MISCELLANEOUS

'YY’ANTED — ENERGETIC
_ m __■ ■ ■ _ ______  YOUNG  MAN
who has had experience in  drug  and  soda 
water  business.  Permanent  position  to  right 
party.  Apply, with references, and state  salary 
"  d to  No. 416, care  Michigan  Tradesman.
expected l
415
WANTED—REGISTERED  A S S I S T A N T  
pharmacist  or  young  man  with  at  least 
two years’ experience in a drug  store.  Address 
U.  S.  P.,  427  East  Bridge  St.,  Grand  Rapids, 
413
Mich. 
W ANTED—TRAVELING  SALESMAN  TO 
carry side  line:  fast  seller;  small  sample 
to carry.  Address F. N. Trevor, Buffalo, N. Y.  411
W ANTED—SITUATION  BY  AN  EXPERI- 
enced salesman in a general store.  Answer 
quick.  Address  S.  W.,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
WANTED-
REGISTERED  PHARMACIST, 
something  about 
soda fountain;  also  the  paint  and  wall  paper 
trade;  city of 6,000.  Write, giving age, length of 
time  served,  habits  and  references.  Address 
W., care Hazeltine & Perkins  Drug  Co..  Grand 
Rapids,  Mich.______________'__________403
W ANTED—MAN  OR  WOMAN  COMPE- 
tent to clerk and eventually take charge of 
third-class  postoffice.  Address,  giving  refer­
ences and former experience, No. 397, care Mlch- 
lgan Tradesman.______________________ 397
W ANTED—SITUATION AS  CLERK  IN  A 
grocery, hardware or general store.  Have 
had experience  in  each  line  of  business.  Can 
furnish good references if desired.  Wish  to  se­
cure a  permanent  position.  Address  No.  882, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 

one  who  understands

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