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Wholesale  Ready-Made  Clothing

Men’s,  Boys’,  Children’s

We  can  stock  your  store  completely, for 
we  represent  the  largest  manufacturers, 
making  everything  from  children’s  to 
adults’, and can show you the very cheap­
est as well  as the very best.

28-30  South  Ionia Street

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Collection  Department

R.  G.  DUN  &  CO.

Mich. Trust  Building, Grand  Rapids 

Collection delinquent accounts;  cheap,  efficient, 
responsible;  direct demand system.  Collections 
made everywhere—for every trader.

C. E.  McCRONE, Manager.

ELLIOT  O.  GROSVENOR

Late  State  Rood  Commissioner 

Advisory  Counsel  to  manufacturers  and 
jobbers  whose  interests  are  affected  by 
the  Food  Laws  of  any  state.  Corres­
pondence  invited.
123a Hajestic  Building,  Detroit,  flicli.

Kent  County

Savings  Bank  Deposits 

exceed  $2,300,000

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interest paid  on  Sav­
ings certificates  of  deposit.

The  banking  business  of 
Merchants,  Salesmen  and 
Individuals solicited.

Cor.  Canal  and  Lyon  Sts.

Grand  Rapids, Michigan 

You ought to sell

LILY   W H IT E

“The flour the best cooks use"

V A L L E Y   C IT Y   M IL L IN G   C O ..

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

Tradesman Coupons

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  SEPTEMBER,  24,  1902. 

Number 992

IMPORTANT  FEATURES. 

Pago. 
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3.  G etting  the  People.
3.  The  Plain  T ruth.
4.  Around  the  State.
5.  Grand  Rapids  Gossip.
6.  Dodger of  Druggery.
7.  Mail  O rder  Houses.
8.  Editorial.
!).  Yellowstone  P ark.
13.  Shoes  and  Rubbers.
14.  Clothing.
16.  H ardware.
17.  Special  Sales  for  September.
18.  Dry  Goods.
30.  W oman’s  W orld.
2 2 .  B utter and  Eggs.
34.  Home  Again.
35.  Commercial  Travelers.
36.  D rags  and  Chemicals.
37.  D rug  Price  Current.
38.  Grocery  Price  Current.
39.  Grocery  Price  Current.
30.  Grocery  Price  Current.
31.  The  R etailer’s  Remedy.
33.  The  New  York  M arket.

■ anted 

THE  UNITED  STATES  PROTESTS.
Great  Britain  has  made  a  brief  ac­
knowledgment  of  Secretary  Hay’s  pro­
test to  the  powers against  the  oppression 
of  the  Roumanian  Jews  and  promises  to 
look  into  the  matter. 
In  Austria  some 
of  the  officials  and  several  of  the  news­
papers  regard  it  as  an  unwr-■
in­
terference  on  the  part  of  the  United 
States  and  remind  this  Government  that 
it  had  best  attend  strictly  to  its  own 
business.  As  was  to  be  expected  the 
suggestion  is  made  that  a  nation  which 
has  so  much  to  say  about  the  Monroe 
doctrine  to  ward  off  European meddling 
on  this  continent  ought  not  to  under­
take  mixing  up  with  Old  World  affairs. 
What  is  known  as  the  Berlin  treaty  was 
signed 
1878  by  Great  Britain, 
France,  Germany,  Austria,  Russia, 
Italy  and  Turkey.  One  of  its  articles 
provides  that  in  Roumania  the  differ­
ence  of  religious  creeds  and  confessions 
shall  not  be  arrayed  against  any  pers< n 
as  a  ground  for  exclusion  or  incapacity 
in  matters  relating  to  the  enjoyment  of 
civil  and  political  rights,  admission  to 
public  employments,  functions  and  hon­
ors  or  the  exercise  of  the  various  pro­
fessions  and 
industries  in  any  locality 
whatsoever.  Absolute  freedom  of  wor­
ship  is  guaranteed.

in 

The  piovisions  of  the  Berlin  treaty 
designed  as  a  protection  to  the  Rou­
manian  Jews  have  been  violated  and 
rendered  practically  null  and  void.  The 
Hebrews  there  can  not  bold  any  public 
office  or  enter  any  learned  profession. 
They  are  subjected  to  heavy  taxation 
and  debarred  from  many  agricultural 
and  trade  employments  open  to  every­
one  else.  As  the  Jewish  population  of 
Roumania  aggregates  about  400,000  a 
great  deal  of  hardship  and  suffering  is 
the  natural  result.  Although  the United 
States  was  not  in  any  sense  a  party  to 
the  Berlin  treaty, 
through  Secretary 
Hay 
it  claims  the  right  to  call  atten 
tion  to  the  existing  state  of  affairs  be­
cause  large  numbers  of  those  compelled 
to  suffer  intolerable  conditions  in  Rou­
mania  come  to  this  country,  spending 
their 
last  cent  in  passage,  and  thus  are 
liable  to  become  here  a  public  chatge. 
It 
is  true  that  the  gates  of  Castle  Gar­
den  swing  inward  and  that  this  has  al­
ways  been  in  a  sense  an  asylum  for  the

if 

oppressed  of  all  the  world,  but  that  is 
no  reason  why  the  United  States  should 
not  enter  firm  and  dignified  protest 
against  the  violation  of  a  treaty  whose 
terms 
lived  up  to  would  enable  the 
Roumanian  Jews  to  live  comfortably, 
peaceably  and  happily  at  home.  Perse 
cution  of  anybody  because  of  religious 
belief  is  inhuman  and  the  worst  form  oi 
intolerance.  Secretary  Hay  does  well  to 
raise  this  nation's  voice  against  it  and 
throughout  this  country  his  act  is  ap­
plauded  and  approved.  This  nation  can 
not  enforce 
its  protest,  but  the  condi­
tions  are  of  such  a  character  that  call­
ing  public  attention  to  them  should  put 
an  end  to  the  evils  of  unwarranted  op­
pression.  There  ought  to  be  nowhere 
under  the  sun  any  distinction  between 
Jews  and  Gentiles  any  more  than  be­
tween  Roman  Catholiics  and  Presbyter­
ians  or  between  Methodists  and  Bap­
tists.  Such  protection  the  Berlin  treaty 
agreed  to  provide,  but  thus  far  it  has 
failed 
ignominiously.  The  American 
protest 
is  not  only  eminently  proper 
but  promises  to  be  effectual.

It 

is  estimated  that  over  30,000,oco 
glasses  of  soda  water  were  required  to 
quench  the  thirst  of  New  Yorkers  dur­
ing  the  past  summer,  and 
it  was  not 
much  of  a  summer  for  thirst,  either.  At 
five  cents  a  glass  this  would  amount  to 
$1,500,000.  The  sale  of  soda  water 
is 
longer  confined  to  drug  stores  and 
no 
candy  stores.  Many  saloons  have  added 
fountains  to  their  trade  and  serve  soft 
drinks  therefrom.  Some  of  the  cigar 
stores  have  also  added  the  soda  water 
feature  for the  accommodation  of  their 
customers.

The  American  Grocer  has  completed 
its  thirty-third  year  and  entered  upon 
its  thirty-fourth  year of  successful  pub­
It  has  always  been  in  a  class 
lication. 
by 
itself,  owing  to  the  painstaking 
effort  of  Editor  Barrett  to make his pub­
lication  all  that  its  name  implies.  The 
Tradesman  congratulates  its  more  aged 
contemporary  on  its  long and  prosperous 
career  and  trusts  that  it  will  be  as  use­
ful  and  valuable  to  its  readers  as  it  has 
been  in  the  past.

The  Michigan  Federation  of  Labor, 
in  session  at  Owosso  last  week,  adopted 
a  resolution  favoring  an  amendment  to 
the  present  garnishment 
law,  making 
the  amount  of  the  exemption  $25  per 
week.  A  Saginaw  delegate  wanted  the 
amount  placed  at  $150  per  month,  but 
he  was  voted  down.  An  unfortunate 
feature  of  the  present  law  is  that  it  ac­
cords  the  unmarried  man  an  exemp­
tion,  which  he  did  not  have  under  the 
old  law.  _____________

is 

Virtue 

its  own  reward. 

It  is  not 
always  its  only  reward. 
It  frequently 
happens  that  those  who  render  kindness 
are  repaid 
in  a  substantial  way.  A 
wealthy  man  who  recently  died  at  At­
lanta,  Ga.,  left  his  fortune,  amounting 
to  about  $500,000,to  a  poor  mechanic  in 
Wilmington,  Del.,  who  had  been  kind 
to  him  some  twenty  years  ago  when  he 
was  ill.  The  good  Samaritan  is  a  good 
role  to  play.

GENERAL  TRADE  REVIEW .

it 

Heavy  absorption  of  money  by  the 
Treasury,  demands  from  the  South  and 
West  and  exceptionally  large  stock  op­
erations  have  served  to  bring  increased 
stringency 
in  the  New  York  money 
market  until  rates  have  risen  to a height 
—20  per  cent.—which  precludes  specu­
lative  trading  except  so  far  as  shorts are 
obliged  to 
liquidate.  Under  ordinary 
conditions  such  a  state  of  affairs  could 
not  fail  to  produce  a  panicy  reaction, 
but,  as 
is,  holders  simply  wait  for 
the  situation  to  improve  and  reactions 
are  scattering  and  not  serious.  All  the 
general  conditions  outside  cf  the  finan­
cial  stringency  are  strong.  Railway 
reports  are  unexpectedly 
favorable,  in­
dustrial  activity  shows  no  slackening 
and  trade  distribution  goes  on  without 
abatement.  With  such  factors  it  seems 
that  the  general  situation  is  too  strong 
to  be  seriously  affected  even  by  a  vio­
lent  monetary  stringency.  The  flurry 
was  naturally 
increased  by  the  reports 
of  banks  falling  below  their  legal  re­
serves,  but  this  was  purely  on  senti­
mental  grounds—there  has  been  no  real 
danger.  The  Treasury  has  made  efforts 
to  relieve  the  stringency,  but  under  the 
rulings  that  have  prevailed  during  re­
cent  years  there  is  not  much  it  can  do. 
Gross  goid  holdings 
in  the  Treasury 
made  a  new  high  record of $582,593,027.
Fall  distribution  of  merchandise  is  of 
unprecedented  volume,  despite  some 
reduction  in  sections  unsettled  by  labor 
controversies.  Advices  from  the  cotton 
belt  are  notably  cheerful,  the 
staple 
coming  forward  earlier  than  usual  and 
commanding  profitable  prices.  During 
the  last  three  seasons  of  better  than  av­
erage  yields and well-maintained  prices, 
together  with  rapid  development  of  in­
dustrial  enterprises,  that  region  has  at­
tained  great  prosperity.  Similarly,  at 
the  West  there  is  a  vigorous  movement 
of  goods  in  anticipation  of 
liberal  re­
turns  from  the  cereal  crops.  Agricul­
tural  success  naturally  stimulates  manu­
operations  and  the  cities 
facturing 
in  the  benefits  secured  on  the 
share 
farms. 
It  has  become  apparent  that 
transporting  facilities  fall  short  of  the 
nation's  needs  at  the  present  time  and 
the  outlook  is  almost  alarming.  Grain 
is  accumulating 
is 
piled  high  in  the  yards  and,  with  a  re­
sumption  of  anthracite  coal  mining, 
there  will  be  urgent  appeals  for  ship­
it  will  be  impossiUe  to 
ments  which 
make. 
is  doubtful  whether  the  seri­
ousness  of  this  traffic  situation  is  fully 
appreciated,  even  by  those  most  inter­
ested.

in  elevators,  coke 

It 

In  textiles  raw  cotton 

is  especially 
strong  in  view  of  the  abundance  prom­
ised  by  the  crop  reports.  Owing to  this 
feature  domestic  mills  are  holding  cot­
ton  goods  for  future  delivery  at  high 
prices  and  similar  conditions  seem  to 
prevail  as  to  woolen  fabrics.  Boot  and 
shoe  factories  are  maintaining  prices 
and  shipping  more  goods  than  for  some 
time  past.

Thrice  mistaken  is  the  business  man 
who  resorts  to  advertising  to  dispose  of 
goods  that  can  not  be  sold  upon  their 
merits.

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

Petting  the  People

Im portance  of the F irst Im pression  Being 

a  Favorable  One.

VVbat  is  the  use  of  using  the  most  in­
teresting  and  attractive  matter  in adver­
tising  if  it  is  never  seen  or  read?  Pos­
sibly  the  commonest  fault  in  the  great 
mass  of  advertising  to-day  is  the 
lack 
of  attractiveness  for  the first impression. 
And  this  is  not  confined  to  the 
least 
pretentious,  common,  every  day  work— 
the  costly  magazines  and  class  papers 
teem  with  monstrosities  which  serve  to 
defeat  the  prime  object  of  advertising.
Of  course,  there  are  different  elements 
of  attraction—that  which  gains  the  at­
tention  of  some  through  curiosity  would 
simply  repel  the  great  number  of  those 
in  which  that  quality  is  not  so  easily 
reached.

Just  now  there  is  great  use  made  of 
the  poor overworked  tramp—not  literal­
ly  but  in  his  employment  as  an  adver­
tising  catch  figure.  At  the  best  the 
tramp  is  not  generally  attractive.  The 
first  impulse  of  the  great  majority  of 
readers  is  to  seek  a  more  agreeable  pic­
ture  or  other  attraction  elsewhere,  for, 
consciously  or  unconsciously,the  greater 
portion  of  the 
inducements  to  giving 
attention  to  periodicals  is  recreation.

It 

it  here. 

interest 

its  solution. 

is  the  first  glance  that  counts. 
Such  a  glance  is  not  analytical. 
If  the 
general  picture  is  ugly  or  if  the  letter­
ing  is  unsymmetrical  the  question  of 
attention  is  instantly  and  conclusively 
settled.  On  this  account  any  amount  of 
secondary 
is  of  no  avail—the 
primary  must  bring  the  bird  to  the nest.
How  shall  the  first  impression  be 
made  attractive?  This  is  a  large  ques­
tion.  The  whole  army  of  publicity 
writers  in  this  and  other  countries  are 
I  shall  not 
working  to 
presume  to  exhaust 
I  should 
first  say,  negatively,  do  not  put  that 
which 
is  uncouth  and  ugly  in  the  way. 
If  a  picture  is  used  let  it  be  artistic and 
attractive,  or at  least  not  repellent.  But 
it  is  more  generally  with  the  type  and 
borders  or  ornaments  that  the  general 
advertiser  is  concerned. 
Ill  propor­
tioned,  ugly  display  repels  the  artistic 
eye  and  does  not  attract  any  other.  The 
artistic  eye  is  more  common,  too,  than 
is  generally  supposed.  Education  of 
those  who  read—and  advertisers  are  not 
concerned  with  others  usually—has 
created  a  standard  of  symmetry  and 
suitability  which  demands  careful  con­
sideration  on  the  part  of  those  who  seek 
publicity.

The  pj-inting  offices  of  the  country 
teem  with  ugly  type  faces.  Probably 
most  of  these  serve  some  purpose 
in 
some  special  field,  but  their  place  is  not 
in  advertising  display.  Often,  for  in­
stance,  a  main  display  line  will  be  set 
in  capitals  of  a  style  never  intended  to 
be  used  without  the  lower case  letters. 
Such  are  instinctively  avoided.  Then 
the  display  may  be  too  heavy  and  black 
for  the  space  or  for  the  rest  of the letter­
ing.  Such  a  lack  of  harmony  destroys 
attention.

It 

is  beauty  which  attracts.  Select  a 
style  of  letter  which  is  symmetrical,  not 
too 
large  for  the  space,  simple  and 
plain,  and  the  eye  is  glad  to  rest  upon 
it. 
I  use  the  word  “ rest”   advisedly— 
that  which  rests  the  eye  attracts 
it, 
while  that  which  disturbs  and  annoys 
it  repels.  Provide  such  display  as this, 
and  then  let  the  idea  be  something  inti­
mately  connected  with  the  commodity, 
and  the  first  work  of  the  advertisement 
is  well  done.

*  *  *

The  principal  criticism  I  should  offer

R E M E M B E R

Only 4  Days  More  of the  Reduc­

tion  Sale at

G.  A.  Tohnson  &   Co.,

So take the opportunity of securing good shoes at low prices, and do not forget 
that we do not handle cheap jobbing shoes,  as  all  our  shoes  come direct from the 
factory and are made especially for us, and therefore fit, wear, and look better  than 
other shoes.  And then we also have the  largest  stock  in  the  city  so  you have a 
larger variety of styles to select from, and  our  stock  includes  all  the  best known 
makes of shoes.

We have about  1600 pairs of samples that are being sold below factory prices.
We also give away “FREE”  one  six  page  noiseless  slate with every pair of 
school shoes, and we can show you anything you want in childrens’ shoes, as we are 
known to have the best assortment in tbis line.

We also show the largest line of Manistee shoes "m the city.

Don’t Forget the Place

G. A. JOHNSON  &   CO.,

THE  DOUBLE  STORE. 

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361  AND  363  RIVER  STREET.

WORN  OUT  EXPRESSION

Every druggist  ever  known  advertises  “Pure  Drugs."  Of  course, 
druggists  themselves  know that there is a whole lot of substitution and 
adulteration being done all the  time, not to speak of downright buying 
of  cheap,  stale  stuff  and  known  to be so—but labeled  “Pure  Drugs.**
But  the general  public  also  knows  th at  there’s  “lying*'  somewhere; 
for  no  class  of  men  is perfect.  When every last druggist says tfiat he 
sells  “Pure  Drugs,”  there’s  certainly  a  screw  loose 
the  honesty 
valve.

in 

The  question  is,  "Who  can you believe?”
Come in and let us show you  our  bock  room  and  down  stairs,  and 
behind  our  prescription  counter  and  everywhere  through  the  sto re - 
then judge of the quality and  freshness and  purity of our drugs.

“THE  PEOPLE’S  DRUG  STORE,”

S.  B. JONES,  Mgr- 

¡Marquette, mich

IT’S DOLLARSI RED APPLES
That if your grocery bills arc larger than  you  think 
tl»ej onght to he  that  yon  are  buying your groceries at 
the wrong place. 
In buying groceries the first consider­
ation is qtM UTr  always.  A poor article  is  dear  at any 
price, and Josh .Billings says, “Any man  who will try  to 
cheat  his  own  stomach is a mean knss.”  So in making 
our purchases we always endeavor  to buy  the  best  pro­
ducts and at the very lowest cash prices.  We do not wish 
to brag, but wo do claim to be  good judges  of  groceries.

P R O D U C E

W A N T E D

We want the farmers of the  entire  Grand  Traverse 
region to make onr store their  headquarters  when in  the 
village.  We always pay the  j fig him  mai.-kit  price  for 
prodnee and guarantee honest weights and  full measures. 
Remember when selling produce or buying go «cries that 
M. B.  Lang isdicadqtiarters for everything in  U.ili staple 
and fancy groceries.

M.  B.  LANG,  THE  GROCER.

Hammocks!

A complete lineof new 
Hammocks.  No  old 
stock on hand.  Please 
give me a call.  1 guar­
antee prices are right.

J. W. Truitt.
WALL PAPE1

I have a new line of  W all Pa­
per from 3c per roll up.  Some 
very pretty designs.  You will 
soon  need  some  to  renovate 
your rooms for  winter.  Look 
these over  before  purchasing.

WINDOW  SHADES

Window Shades give out also.
I  have them from  10c  upward.

J.T.PERHAM,

Kent City.

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T O O  OLD 
l O  WORK

The time  may  come  and  the 
days will pass pleasantly  if  you 
have taken  the  proper  advan­
tage of your younger years  and 
saved a little money.

This bank  welcomes  savings 
accounts large or small  It pays 
interest  on  your  savings  and 
your money is sale.
FIRST

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NATIONAL BANK.
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on  the  shoe  advertisement  of  G.  A. 
Johnson  &  Co.  is  that  there  is  too  much 
of  exhortation  in  it.  It begins  with  “ re­
member”   and  ends  with  “ don’t forget”  
and  the  admonition  to  “ take  the  op­
portunity”   is  followed  by  another  “ do 
not  forget.”   More  about  the  goods  and 
less  about  the  duty  of  the  public  will 
afford  greater  attraction.  Probably  the 
people  in  G.  A.  Johnson  &  Co.’s  baili­
wick  are  thoroughly  familiar  by  long 
advertising  with  the  fact  that  shoes  are 
their  specialty,  still  1  can  but  think  a 
display  of  something  to indicate the line 
would 
its  effectiveness.  One 
of  the  commonest  mistakes  is  the  dis­
playing  of  everything  except  that  we 
are  talking  about.  The  printer  adheres 
to  unity  of  design  and  gives  us  a  well 
balanced  and  proportioned  display. 
I 
would  reduce  the  number  of  lines  under 
the  firm  name  by  one-baif  at  least;  it 
now  makes  too  positive  a  division  in 
the  space.

increase 

lost 

its  value 

The  People’s  Drug  Store  makes  a 
good  point  as  to  the  loss  of  meaning 
through  over-use  of  the  term  “ pure 
drugs.”   Tbis  is  not  the  only  trade 
term  which  has 
in  the 
same  way.  The  point  is  a  good  one, 
but  it  is  brought  out  in  rather  too  gen­
eral  a  manner  in  the  reference  to  no 
class  being  perfect.  There 
is  also  an 
indefiniteness  in  the  last  sentence  of  the 
same  paragraph  which  tends  to  lessen 
the  force. 
I  would  cut  the  matter  down 
about  one-third,  making  it  more  to  the 
point  and  increasing  the  probability  of 
its  being  read.  The  treatment  by  the 
printer  is  in  good  taste.

An  interesting  treatment  of  the  eating 
question  is  offered  by  M.  B.  Lang,  but 
he  does  not  stick  very  closely  to  bis 
text.  There 
is  material  here  for  two 
good  advertisements,  and  if  it  is  desir­
able  to  have  them  appear  in  one  it 
would  be  better  to  make  a  division  of 
it 
in  some  way,  say  by  putting  the 
“ produce  wanted”   portion  in  a  panel. 
The  advertisement  is  a  good  one,  but 
could  be  improved  by  more  definiteness 
and  conciseness  of  expression.

J.  W.  Truitt  makes  one  shiver  by  ad­
vertising  hammocks  during  the  equi­
noctial  season.  The  advertisement  is  a 
good  one,  but  the  sensations  suggested 
would  have  been  better  during  May  and 
June.  Lack  of  care  to  keep  the  subjects 
seasonable  gives  an  impression of slack­
ness  which  works  injury  to  a  live  busi­
ness.

J.T.  Perbam  makes  his  wall  paper 
announcement  seasonable by reference to 
fall  renovations.

The  First National Bank makes a good 
suggestion  as  to  the  desirability  of  sav­
ings  and  puts  the  matter  in  a  way  to 
gain  attention  of  all  classes. 
I  can  but 
think,  however,  it  would  have  been  well 
to  hint  where  the  First  National  Bank 
is  located,  as  the  advertisement  is 
just 
as  good  for  any  other  of  the  many  hun­
dreds  of  the  same  name  when  it  wan­
ders  out  of  the  immediate  neighborhood 
of  the  one  who  pays  for  it.

H er T ribute to  Love.

They  were  three 

little  maids  from 
school  riding  out  on  a  suburban  car,and 
as  they  swung  their school bags they dis­
cussed  the  relative  accomplishments  of 
their  respective  parents.

“ My  mamma  has  been  abroad  three 
times  and  can  speak  French  just  the 
same  as  American,”   boasted  one,  flip­
ping  back  her  curls.

“ My  mother can  play  everything  on 
the  piano—marches  and  all,”   said  the 
second.

The  third  looked  dreamily  across  the 
fields, 
‘ I  don’t  know  that  my  mother 
can  do  anything,”   she  said  slowly, 
‘ but  oh,  she  is  such  an  awfully  good 
mother to  me. ”

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3

THE  PLAIN TRUTH.

W hen  the  M erchant  Can  Afford  to  Be 

Candid.
Written for the Tradesman.

Twenty  years  ago  Bunt  Horseford 
lived  in  Balsam  township  where  ground 
hemlock  trails  aimlessly  over  the  un­
cleared  land and where  leeks  grow  green 
and  gruesome  in  the  springtime.  He 
lives  there  still.

Bunt  has  a  face  as  hard  and  expres­
sionless  as  an  iron  sauce  pan,  his  voice 
is  low  and  sad  and  his  speech as monot­
onous  as  the  tapping  of  a  woodpecker 
on  a  dead  tree.

He  was  born  in  the  dark  of  the  moon, 
his  views  on  matters  mundane  and 
celestial  are  cynical  and  he  looks  upon 
the  gloomy  side  of  life.

Bunt  used  to come  to  our  store  for  to­
bacco  and  sugar  about  once 
in  two 
weeks,  although  why  he  did  so  was  a 
matter  that  I  could  never  quite  under­
stand.  He  bought  Snag  Proof  plug  and 
dark  brown  sugar  and  there  was  never  a 
time  when  he  could  not  get  either  ar­
ticle  a  great  deal  cheaper  at  any  of  the 
neighboring  villages  than  he  could  from 
us. 
If  we  sold  Snag  Proof  at  io  cents 
a  cut,  the  store  at  Coon  Creek  was  get­
ting  8  for  it,  and  when  our  price  on 
“ Muscovado”   was  5  cents  a  pound,  the 
merchant  at  Lone  Pine  was  a  lettin'  of 
it  go  at  4.

Owing  to  these  alleged  discrepancies 
in  price,  Bunt  never  bought  more  than 
enough  for  present needs,  and  he  always 
left  us  with  the  admonition  that  he 
would  never  darken  our  door  again.

And  thus  he  unwittingly  buoyed  us 
up  with  the  vain  hope  that  we  were  rid 
of  him 
for  good,  and  we  were  happy 
until  his next  visit  again  dashed  us  re­
lentlessly  against  the 
jagged  rocks  of 
despair.

I  do  believe  that  Bunt  considered 
himself  our very  best  customer  and  de­
luded  himself  with  the  mistaken  idea 
that  he  received  special  favors  at  our 
hands  because  he  kept  us  thinking  that 
he  was  at  any  moment  liable  to  betake 
himself  and  his  business  to  some  other 
store.  He  thought  we  would  be  so  glad 
next  time  to  know  that  he  had  really 
come  back  to  us  that  we  would  make 
him  all  sorts  of  concessions  in  order  to 
hold  his  trade.

Bunt  bad  a  great  way  of  growling 
about  whatever  he  happened  to  have 
bought  on  a  previous  trip.  Something 
was  always  wrong.  Sometimes  the  sugar 
was  short  weight  or  it  didn't  have  any 
sweet  taste  to  it  or  it  wasn't  done  up 
good  and  be  lost  quite  a  bit  of  it  on  the 
road  home  or  else  it  was  lots darker  col­
ored  than  the  kind  we  had  showed  him 
in  the  barrel  when  he  had  been  talking 
about  making  the  purchase.  Poor  old 
Bunt!

He  made  a  point  of  telling  us  how 
much  better  trade  was  over  at  Hooli­
gan's  and  how  much 
larger  stocks  of 
goods  they  carried  there  and  how  very 
accommodating 
the  merchants  were. 
They  always  paid  a  great  deal  more  for 
g u tte r  and  eggs  and  be  always  got  such 
good  weight  when  he  bought  his  sugar 
there—nothing  ever  went  wrong  that 
came  from  the  stores  of  any  of  the  other 
towns  in  Bunt’s  territory. 
It  was  all  on 
us.  I  used to  wonder  why  he  did  not  do 
all  his  business  with  the  other  fellows. 
But  he  did  not.  He  kept  coming 
along  and  buying  his  Snag  Proof  plug 
and  his  dark  brown  sugar  and  occasion­
ally  a  piece  of  cheap  tinware  or  a  pair 
or 
low-priced  shoes;  but  there  was  al­
ways  a  song  with  the  purchase  and  a 
story  afterwards.

Months  wore  into  years  and  my  once

luxurious 
locks  began  to  thin  and  my 
erstwhile  rosy  cheeks  to  take  on  the 
wrinkles  and  shadows  of  middle  age. 
Bunt  had  become  an 
incident  to  my 
business  life.  He  was  no longer  a  mat­
ter  of  annoyance  tome—had even ceased 
to  be  a  curiosity.  He  was  just  “ Bunt.”
He  had  been  pricing  some  goods  at 
our  store  and  was  so  dissatisfied  that  he 
retreated  to  a  quiet  corner  and sat  there 
lowering. 
It must  have  been  some  time 
before  I  noticed  him,  all  by  himself, 
and  he  looked  so  forlorn  and  disconso­
late  that  I  asked  him  what  was  the  mat­
ter.  So  he  told  me  that  he  couldn't  find 
anything  that  suited  him.  The  goods 
we  had  were  all  too  high,  they  weren’ t 
good  for  anything,  anyway,  and  the 
moon  wasn’t  made  of  green  cheese  after 
all.  His  snow  man  bad  melted  and  the 
water  that  had  run  down  its  sides  had 
got  on  his  boots.

The  whole  matter  struck  me  so  for­
cibly  that  I  sat  down  and  bad  a  good 
long  talk  with  him. 
I  might  truthfully 
add  that  I  had  a  good  long  talk  at  him, 
for  after  I  got  to  going  he  just  sat  there 
and  stared  at  me  and  I  had  the  floor  all 
to  myself.

I  told  him 

in  effect  that  he  was  a 
cheap  skate;  that  he  had  always  bought 
the  poorest  trash  he  could  and  that  1 
was  not  surprised  that  things  never 
suited  him. 
I  told  him  be  was  entirely 
unfitted  to  judge  of  the  quality  of  goods 
that  are  made  now,  because  be  never 
bought  anything  that  was  intended to  be 
good—just  a  poor,  cheap  imitation  that 
would  answer the  purpose  until  its  own­
er  could  again  scrape  together  the  few 
pennies  necessary  to  replace  it.

I  told  him  he  had  better take a tumble 
to  himself  and  see  where  he  was  at  be­
fore  it  was  everlastingly  too  late ;  that 
when  he  wanted  a  pair  of  shoes  or  a 
jack  knife 
it  would  pay  him  to  put 
enough  money  into  his  purchase  to  get 
a  first-class  article,  make  the  merchant 
warrant  it,and  then  if  the  goods  did  not 
prove 
redress 
from  the  man  of  whom  he  bought.

satisfactory 

demand 

I  told  him  that  was  the  way  to  do 
business  and  to  get  ahead  in  the  world. 
Of  course,  it  seemed  a  good  deal  like 
supererogation  in  me  and  it  made  Bunt 
pretty  mad,  but  it  was  straight  talk  and 
I  felt  better  after  he  had  slouched  out 
of  the  store.
It  was  a  long  time  after  that  before  I 
saw  anything  more  of  Bunt.  I  supposed 
we  had  lost  his  trade  and  I  did  not  feel 
as  though  any  overture  1  might  be  able 
to  make  would do  much  toward  soothing 
his 
injured  feelings. 
I  sort  of  put  my­
self 
in  his  place,  you  know,  for  I  don’t 
see  how  I  could  ever  forgive  so  much 
candor  in  another  man.

But  one  day  who  should  come  in  but 

Bunt.
He  did  not  seem  to  feel  real  comfort­
able  and  acted  as  though  be  thought  1 
might  break  out  again  at  any  time,  but 
I  took  pains  with  him—asked  about  his, 
wife  and  the  children  and  the  crops— 
and  it  was  only  a  little  while  before  he 
loosened  up  and  bought  another  plug  of 
Snag  Proof  and  asked  about  some  boots 
for  himself.

Well,  we  got  interested 

in  the  deal 
and  he  bought  a  pair  of  good,  sensible 
calf  shoes  at  a  respectable  price  and, 
although  he  gulped  down  a  big  lump 
when  he  asked  for  the  very  bottom price 
on  the  goods,  he  made  no  kick  and 
marched  triumphantly  home  with  his 
purchases.

Since then  be  has  bought  a  good many 
things  of  us  and  he  seldom  looks  at  any 
of  the  cheaper  grades.  He  is  getting 
better  off  every  year— I  can  see  that  by 
the  appearance  of  himself  and  family— 
and  I  can  not  help  thinking  that  there 
may  come  a  time in the life of any  coun­
try  merchant  when 
it  will  be  good 
policy  for  him  to  tell  a  customer  the 
plain  truth  about  his  mistaken  ways  of 
doing  business.  George Crandall Lee.

The  Flying  Banvards

Bouncing  Baby Show

Amusements

Sam  Lockhart’s  Elephants

dreds of  little tots.  Bring  yours.

•Good  Music

in  mid air.  Marvelous performers.

Mme.  Maranette

“ Michigan’s Best Fair”

Finest band  in the State will give open air concerts daily.

Pretty babies, little babies, fat  babies.  Twins and  triplets.  Hun­

Trapeze  Performers.  Daring  Leaps  High  Jumping.  Plunges 

Oct.  1, 2, 3, 4

“The  Three  Graces.”  Tom-Tom,  the  baby  elephant  cyclist. 
The best elephant show on earth.  Free every day on the grounds. 

Grand Rapids, Sept. 29, 30, 

With her stud  of high  jumping  horses.  St.  Patrick,  direct  from 
Ireland.  President  Kruger.  Filemaker,  Jr.  Little  Titch,  the 
pony.  A trio of jumping  horses.  Every one a  prize jumper. 

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Every variety known  to the American  standard— American  class, 
Asiatic  class,  Bantams  and  games.  All  slock  shown  will  be 
scored and prizes awarded.

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Half fare  rates on  all the roads—tickets good  to  return  Saturday, 

Oct. 4.  Come to the fair and call  on  your  friends the joboers.

Roadsters,  carriage horses, saddle  horses,  French  coach  horses, 
hackneys, ponies, cobs, draft horses, shown in harness and without. 

Porkers—the  meaty  kind— Berkshire,  Chester  White,  Suffolk, 

Every day a sure go—lots of entries—fast  running horses  and  the 

In harness  in all  the fast classes.  Entries  are  well  filled.  Races 

A  complete exhibition of choicely bred  sheep,  including  Merinos, 

Jerseys, Shorthorns,  Devons,  Holstein-Friesians, fat cattle for beef. 

Essex,  Poland  China, etc., shown  in  pairs and herds. 

Write for premium list and other information to

Exhibitions
Prize Cattle

C.  A.  FRENCH,  Sec'y, Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

The great  English sport—over high hurdles.

Running  Races

best jockies.

Trotting  Races

every day— mile track.

Admission

Railroad Rates

Premium  List,

Single ticket 50 cents  Children  half price.

Sheep

Swine

Poultry Show

Racing
Hurdle  Races

Standard  Bred  Horses

Delames and  every breed on  record.

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

cently  with  the  Withington  &  Cooley 
Co.,  goes  to  Cleveland  to  occupy the po­
sition  of  auditor  of  the  American  Fork 
&  Hoe  Co.

Garth—The  Garth  Lumber  Co. 

is 
about  to  suspend  operations at its mill at 
this  place,  preparatory  to  going  nut  of 
the  lumber  business.  Several  new  com­
panies  have  been  formed  among  the 
stockholders  of  the  old  company.  The 
Garth  Lumber  Co.  has  been  engaged  in 
business  at  Garth  for a  number of  years 
and  has  been  one  of  the  chief  indus­
tries  of  the  place.

Kalamazoo—H.  A.  Crawford,  J.  F. 
Bennett  and  a  syndicate  of  carriage 
men  of  Flint  have  contracted  to  take 
over  the  Lull  &  Skinner  plant  in  th 
city.  The  purchasers  will  enlarge  the 
plant,  erecting  at  least  one  additiona 
factory  building,  to  employ  600  men 
Tabor  S.  Skinner  is  to  retire,  and  I 
C.  Lull 
is  to  continue  as  one  of  the 
managing  directors.  The  capital  stock 
of  the  new  concern  is  $250,000.  Craw 
ford  is  known  as  one  of  the  most  prom 
inent  carriage  men  in  Michigan.

Bangor— L.  C.  Range,  of  the  firm  of 
H.  N.  Range  &  Sons,  of  Chicago,  man 
ufacturers  of  woolen  goods,  principally 
rugs  and  blankets,was  in  this  place  las 
week  with  a  view  of  locating  a  plant 
here.  He  looked  over  the  old  woolen 
mill,  which  has  been  idle  for  many 
years  and  was  pleased  with the location. 
He  stated  that  if  this  property  could  be 
bought  his  firm  would  purchase  it  and 
thoroughly  overhaul  the  building  and 
put  in  the  necessary  machinery  to  man 
ufacture  their  goods.  He  also  stated 
that  they  employed  twenty  men  in  the 
mill,  most  of  whom  would  come  from 
Chicago  with  them,  as  they were  skilled 
in  the  business.  The  factory  would  run 
the  year  round.

The  Boys  Behind the Counter.

Alpena—John  Foley  succeeds  John  K 
Healy  as  manager  of  the grocery depart 
ment  of  W.  L.  &  H.  D.  Churchill.

Alpena— H.  K.  Baker,  dress  goods 
salesman  for  Hawley  &  Fitzgerald,  has 
conducted  a  small  commission  business 
in  butter  and  eggs  on  the  side  for  sev 
eral  years.  This  week  he  resigned  hi 
position  and  has  leased  a  vacant  store 
on  Chisholm  street  and  will  hereafte 
devote  all  his  time  to  the  commission 
business.

Alpena- 
hard ware 
to  accept 
Huron.

-Edward  Grant  goes  from  the 
department 
a  similar  position 

in  Greenbaum 
in  Port

4

Around  the State

Movement« of Merchant«.

Omer— A.  S.  Larrabee  has  removed 

his  drug  stock  to  Twining.

Bingham—Michael  Oberlin,  the  well- 

known  lumberman,  died  Sept.  16.

Saginaw—The  Josephine  Co.  succeeds 
Josephine  &  Co.  in  the  millinery  busi­
ness.

Ionia— Reed  &  Robb  have  purchased 
the  grocery  stock  of  Kneeland  &  Mer- 
riam.

Lake  Linden—Z.  A.  Clough  has 
closed  out  his  bazaar  stock  and  retired 
from  trade.

Pife  Lake— Louis  Youngling  has  sold 

his  grocery  stock  and  meat  market 
Elbridge  Aldridge.

Colon— Henry  Newman  has  removed 
his  men's  furnishing  goods  stock  from 
Sturgis  to  this  place.

Newberry—A.  H.  Sherman  &  Co 
in  the  drug 

succeed  Joseph  Stafford 
business  at  this  place.

Ovid— C.  L.  Stone  has  removed  h 
jewelry  stock  to  Union  City,  where 
will  continue  the  business.

Lakeview— Hyatt  &  Son  are  erecting 
a  new  building  to be  occupied  by  thei 
agricultural  implement  stock.

Cadillac—W.  VV.  Cowin  has  purchased 
the  interest  of  bis  partner  in  the  groc 
ery  business  of  Cowin  &  Baker.

Flowerfield— Kline  &  Sampsel,  gro 
cers,  have  dissolved  partnership.  The 
business  is  continued  by  R.  J.  Kline.

Union  City—Mills  &  Delamater,  bak 
ers  and  confectioners,  have  dissolved 
partnership,  H.  H.  Delamater  succeed 
ing.

Harrietta—A.  Immerman  has  sold  h 

grocery  stock  to  B.  Plotler,  formerly 
engaged  in  the  grocery  business at Sum 
mit  City.

Grand  Ledge— Royal  Williams  ha_ 
taken  possession  of  the  North  Side meat 
market,  which  he  recently  purchased  ol 
J.  L.  Stansell.

Adrian— The  J.  Michaels  &  Son  gro­
cery  stock  has  been  purchased  by  John 
Whitbeck,  of  Hudson,  and  Ed.  Smith, 
of  Jackson,  who  will  continue  the  busi­
ness  under  the  style  of  Whitbeck  & 
Smith.

Carlisle—A.  D.  Lampman, 

Negaunee— Max  Herschowitz 

has 
rented  the  Williams  building  and  will 
open  there  about  October 1  with  a  stock 
of  furniture  and  hardware.  He  wi 
occupy  the  entire  building,  and  will 
use  the  basement  for  storage  purposes 
the  gro 
cer,  recently  found  in  an invoice of egg_ 
brought  to that  market  one  that  weighed 
six  ounces,  and  double 
in  a  complete 
sense,  one  perfect  egg  with  shell  en 
closed  within  a  perfect  shell,  the  con­
tents  of  the  larger  one  surrounding  the 
one  enclosed.

Ann  Arbor—Mr.  Buss,  of  Detroit,  has 
interest  of  Theodore 
purchased  the 
Reyer 
in  the  clothing  firm  of  Cutting, 
Reyer  &  Co.,  who  will  shortly  remove 
to  their  new  quarters  on  Washington 
street.  Mr.  Reyer  will  devote  his  entire 
attention  to  the  Argo  Manufacturing 
Co.,  at  Dearborn.

M anufacturing  Matter«. 

Northville—The  Union  Seating  Co. 
has  been  organized  with  a  capital  stock 
of  $50,000.

Ithaca— The  Havana  Cigar  Co.  has 
filed  articles  of  association.  The  cap- 
tal  stock  is  $10,000.
Manistee—The  Manistee  Shoe  Manu­
increased  its  capital 

facturing  Co  has 
stock  from  $22,000  to  $30,000.

Cassopolis—The  Cassopolis  Creamery 
Co.  has  been  organized  at  this  place 
with  a  capital  stock  of  $3,500.

Pontiac—The  capital  stock  of  the 
in 

Standard  \ ebicle  Co.  has  been 
creased  from  $35,000  to $50,000.

Vicksburg—The  Meat  Substitute  Co., 
of  Kalamazoo,  has  leased  the  building 
of  the  White  Heather  Canning  Co.  and 
will  begin  operations  as  soon  as  the 
canning  season  closes.

Alpena—John  K.  Healy  has purchased 
the  grocery  stock  of  Hugh  R.  Mellen 
and  will  continue  the  business  at  the 
same  location.

Escanaba—Sam  Blumethal,  formerly 
engaged  in  the  men's  furnishing  goods 
business  at  Lake  Linden,  has  removed 
his  stock  to  this  place.

Eaton  Rapids—John  J.  Adams  h 

sold  bis  stock  of  groceries  to  Martin 
Ford,  who  has  removed  same  to  h 
building  on  North  Main  street.

Lakeview—Tully  Smith  will  shortly 
begin  the  erection  of  a  building,  20x60 
feet 
in  dimensions,  which  he  will  oc 
cupy  with  his  implement  stock.

Port  Huron— R.  A.  Burton,  for  many 
years  connected  with  the  wholesale  gro­
cery  house  of  Berdan  &  Co.,  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  A.  H.  Fish.
Reed  City— L.  H.  Remenap  has  pur­
chased  the  implement  stock  and  build­
ing  of  Wm.  Goehrend  &  Co.  and  will 
remove  his  agricultural  stock  to  that  lo­
cation.

Calumet—The  F.  C.  Glocke  Co., 
dealer  in  cigars  and  tobacco,  has  con­
solidated  its  stock  with  the  confection­
ery  and  tobacco  stock  of  Chas.  P.  Hill 
&  Co.,  of  Laurium.

Alpena— Isaac  Cohen's  new  depart­
ment  store  was  formally  opened  Sept.
17.  Clothing,  dry  goods, 
furniture, 
drugs,  hardware  and  house  furnishing 
goods  are  the  lines  carried.

Alpena—J.  F.  Grant  &  Co.,  whose 
stock  of  groceries,  vehicles  and 
imple­
ments  was  recently  partially  destroyed 
by  fire,  have  resumed  business  tempor­
arily  in  the  Kotwicki  store.

Detroit—Joseph  H.  Berry,  W.  G. 
Sharpe,  Solon  Burt,  W.  G.  Smith,  Lee 
Burt  and  John  Christian  have  organized 
the  Wayne  Iron  Co.,  Ltd.,to  operate  the 
Peninsula  and  Detroit  blast  furnaces.

Pontiac—The  Bacon  Manufacturing 
Co.,  which  was  incorporated  for $15,000 
n  1880,  is  about  to  increase  its  capital 
stock  to $60,000.  The  company  manu­
factures  the  Bacon  bean  picker,  and  its 
business  has  enjoyed  a  steady  growth.

Its  output 

Pontiac—The  Halsey  Manufacturing 
incorporated  for 
Co.  has  recently  been 
'50,000. 
It  will  manufacture  a  combi­
nation  step  ladder,  wash  bench  and 
roning  board. 
is  now 
being  manufactured  in  Detroit,  but  the 
intends  to  build  a  plant  here. 
company 
Calumet— Wm. 
J.  Bloy  and  Wm. 
ichards,  under  the  style  of  the  Bloy 
Richards  Manufacturing  Co.,  have 
engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  rod  fas­
teners,  on  which  they  own  patents.  A 
contract  has  already  been  made  with  a 
"'evtland  firm  for  200,000 of  the  fasten­
ers.

Escanaba—The  Escanaba  Wooden 
'are  Co.  has  recently  made  a  number 
important  improvements  and  addi- 
ons  to  its  machinery,  thus  largely  in 
creasing  its  facilities.  A  new  stave  ma- 
’  ine  has  been  put  in,  as also  a machine 
for  manufacturing  headings,  besides 
which  another  clothes  pin  machine  is 
now  being  placed  in  position.

Jackson—Gen.  W.  H.  Withington  has 
inquished  active  management  of 
flairs  of  the  Withington  &  Cooley 
anufacturing  Co.  to  assume  the  pres­
idency  of  the  American  Folk  &  Hoe 
Co.,  of  Cleveland.  E.  D.  Lowell,  re­

Kecent  Change«  Among  Indiana  Mer­

chants.

Columbus—J.  P.  Sohn  has  closed  out 
his  grocery  stock  and retired from trade.
Crawfordsville—John  H.  Shue  has 
purchased  the  grocery  stock  of Gilliland 
&  Son.

Dayville— Adam  Keller  has  sold  bis 
to  Day  & 

general  merchandise  stock 
Fisher.

Indianapolis—Geo.  VV.  Hedrick  has 
taken  a  partner  in  his  grocery  and  feed 
business  under  the  style  of  Hedrick  & 
Nackenhorst.

LaGro—J.  F.  Ramsey  and  G.  A. 
Noonan  &  Co.  have  consolidated  their 
general  merchandise  stocks.

Logansport—Denbo  &  Lamme  con­
tinue  the  cigar  business  formerly  con­
ducted  by  Harry  Denbo.

Milan —Kennedy  &  Laws,  hardware 
dealers,  have  dissolved  partnership. 
The  business  is  continued  by  G.  &  L. 
Laws.

Richmond—Mrs.  E.  Swain  has  pur­
chased  the  millinery  stock  of  Miss  Kate 
Gadbury.

Sbelbyville—The  style  of  J.  B.  Ran­
dall  &  Co.  has  been  changed  to  the  J. 
B.  Randall  Grocery  &  Produce  Co.

Thorntown—Aldridge  &  VanNuys, 
grocers,  have  dissolved  partnership. 
The  business 
is  continued  by  Robert 
Aldridge.

Valparaiso—C.  VV.  Bartholomew  has 
purchased  the  interest  of  bis  partner  in 
the 
furniture  business  of  Finney  & 
Bartholomew.

W rapping  P aper Cuts  a  Figure.

A  Baltimore  groceryman  has  recently 
compared  the  weight  of  paper  with  the 
In  one 
food  supplied  to  the  purchaser. 
day  s  purchases  it  is  said  that  the paper 
wrapping  amounted  to  about  10  per 
cent  of  the  total. 
In  a  list  of  "supplies 
costing  about  $1.40  he  found  that  the 
paper  which  was  weighed  with  the  pro­
visions  cost  1434:  cents.

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

and  once*,  call  Vi*ner  hnth  phone*

You  will  be  In­
terested  to  know 
that we  have  ju«t 
Issued a new cata- 
lo g u e   containing 
200  pages  of  real 
worth  to  him who 
looks well to  qual­
ity,  m ak e  a n d  
value.  We  pride 
ourselves  on 
its 
neat  and  trim  at­
tire and will gladly 
forward it for your 
inspection.  If  you 
say so.

We carry a large 
supply  of  Pumps, 
Pipe  and  Tubular 
Well Supplies.
weu supplies.
I  Rapids  Supply  Co. 
>t.  Grand Rapids, Mich. 

I  
1

A nother  New  Food  and  Drink. 

W ritten   fo r the Tradesm an.

4* s ü i

P lease send  me a  carload o f oat hulls,
L et follow  som e shorts and  some m iddlings 

I  he finest th ere are to be found;

T h e choicest th at ever w ere ground.

I  hen  hand me some  Rattle Creek screening 
I in m aking am brosia and nectar,

A nd plenty of  Battle Creek  nerve;
A   credulous  people to serve.

m ake m e some  boxes—some beauties 

All  lettered In gay colored ink— 

odderoid ”  is th e  name of m v com pound- 

nidori n r ”   ¡s the

style o f m v drink.

T h ere'll  not he enotigh  for a laggard 
A n d  tw enty-five cents fo r a  package 
u’ll  pay if you g e t my bran m ash.

So  please to be quick w ith  vour cash- 
' 

Geo.  I..  T hurston.

industry 

The  syrup 

To  Make  Syrup  in  Florida  and  Georgia.
in  Florida  and 
Georgia  is  to  receive  the  special  atten­
tion  of  the  United  States  Department  of 
Agriculture,  and  a  station  is  to  be  es- 
tablished  at  some  point  in  Florida,  in 
the  cane  growing  section,  where  an 
agent  of  the  Government  will  be  lo­
cated,  and  where  experiments 
in  the 
scientific  manufacture  of syrup  are  to  be 
made  on  a  large  scale.  Just  what  point 
will  be  selected  for  the  establishing  of 
this  station  has  not  yet  been announced.

Want  Peaches, 
Grapes,  Potatoes

Your  shipments  solicited.

M.  0   BAKER  &  CO.
Commission  Merchants

119-121  Superior S t, 

Toledo,  Ohio

Bell and Home Phone 1870 

References;  First  National Bank, Toledo. Ohio 

This paper.

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

L.  Vander Jagt  has  opened  a  meat 
market 
in  connection  with  his  general 
merchandise  store  at  the  corner  of  Al­
pine  avenue  and  North  street.

F.  M.  Lawrence  has  opened  a  gro­
cery  store  at  3  Robinson  avenue,  pur­
chasing  his  stock  of  the  Olney  & Judson 
Grocer  Co.  Mr.  Lawrence  clerked  in 
the  dry  goods  store  of  Spring  &  Com­
pany  for the  past  fourteen  years.

Edward  C.  Leavenworth,  who  has 
been  identified  with  the  G.  R.  &  I.  for 
many  years  as  foreman 
in  the  local 
freight  house,  has  taken  the  position  of 
walking  boss for the Columbian Transfer 
Co.—a  position  he  is  excellently  qual­
ified  to  fill  by  both  inclination  and  ex­
perience.

Alfred  Dvkenia  and  Joseph  Van  Loo 
have  formed  a  copartnership  under  the 
style  of  Dykema  &  Van  Loo  and  en­
gaged  in  the  grocery  business  at  Grand 
Haven  at  the  corner  of  Third  and  Ful­
ton  streets.  The  Olney  &  Judson  Gro­
cer  Co.  furnished  the  stock.  Mr.  Dyk­
ema  has  been  employed  in  the  grocery 
store  of  Ball  &  Co.  for  the  past  thirteen 
years.  Mr.  Van  Loo  has  been  identified 
with  the  general  store  of  Albert  Bolt  for 
the  past  nine  years.

The  Grain  M arket.

interest. 

issue  an 

large  short 

Wheat  has  been  booming  during  the 
week.  September  wheat  went  to  80c,or 
an  advance  of  5c  per  bushel  since 
last 
is  on  account  of 
week.  However,  this 
the 
It  may  go 
still  higher  unless  an  accommodating 
judge  will 
injunction,  the 
same  as  was  done  in  the  oat  corner  dur­
ing  July.  December  also  advanced  ic 
per  bushel.  The  visible  again  showed 
an insignificant  gain  of  465,000  bushels, 
which 
leaves  the  visible  at  22,526,000 
bushels,  against  32,625,000  bushels  at 
the  corresponding  time  last  year,  being 
10,000  000  bushels  less  than  a  year  ago.
Owing  to  the  poor  outlook  in  corn, 
large  quantity  fed  to  stock, 
there 
which  will  reduce  the  estimate  consid­
erably.  The Northwest  is  paying  prem­
iums  for  cash  wheat  of  3@4C  per  bushel 
above  December. 
It  looks  as  though 
prices  would  advance  more.  Exports 
are 
large,  fully  as  large  as  a  year  ago. 
Taking  all  things 
into  consideration, 
prices  are  low  enough.

is  a 

Corn  is  also  strong  on  account  of  the 
poor  reports  from  corn  belts.  Late  corn 
has  been  injured  in  some  sections  fully 
50  per  cent.  The  price 
is  certainly 
cheap,  when  conditions  are  taken  into 
consideration.

Oats  had  another increase  of  1,500,000 
bushels.  This 
is  the  third  week  that 
such  a  large  increase  has been recorded. 
However,  owing  to  the  strength  in  corn 
and  wheat,  oats  retained 
full 
price.  While  no  stronger,  still  there 
was  no  shading  of  prices.  While  re­
ceipts  are 
large,  it  may  be  noted  that 
the  quality  is  not  up  to  what  it  was  last 
year.  They  are  light  and  some  stained 
by  wet  weather.

their 

Rye  made  no gain,  although European 
reports—especially 
from  Germany, 
which  is  our  rye  market— indicate  that 
the  harvest  is  wet  and  discouraging, 
which  has  had  a  steadying  effect  on 
prices.

Beans  are  held  firm  at  present  prices. 
While  early 
in  the  season  a  large  crop 
was  in  sight,  the  unfavorable  weather 
retarded  the  growth  and  a  poor quality 
only  can  be  expected.

Flour  is  steady  and  we  may  have  an

advance  of  20c  per  barrel 
near  future.
Mill  feed 

is  held  firm  at  last  week’s 
prices  and  there  will  be  no  lower quota­
tions  for the  present,  as  the  demand  is 
fully  up  to  the  supply.

Receipts  of  grain  have  been  very 
small,  being  as  follows:  wheat,  47  cars; 
corn,  1  car;  oats,  6  cars;  rye,  1  car; 
flour,  1  car;  bay,  2  cars.

Mills  are  paying  69c  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

The  Produce  M arket.

Apples— Duchess,  $2@2.75  per  bbl.  ; 
Pound  Royal,  $2.50;  other  varieties, 
S i.75;  Sour  Boughs  (cooking),  S i.50.

Bananas— Prices  range  from  $1.25® 
1.75  per  bunch,  according  to  size. 
Jumbos,  $2.25  per  bunch.
yellow  stock.

Beeswax— Dealers  pay  25c  for  prime 
Beets—50c  per bu.
Butter— Creamery 

is  firm  at  22c  for 
fancv  and  21c  for  choice.  Pound prints 
from  fancy  command  23c.  Dairy  grades 
are  firmer  and  higher,  commanding  17 
@i8c  for  fancy,  I5@i6c  for  choice  and 
I3@i4c  for  packing  stock.
Cabbage—Home grown  command  40® 
50c  per  doz.

Carrots—50c  per  bu.
Cauliflower—$2.25  per  doz.
Crabapples— Late  Transparents  are  in 
Cranberries—Cape  Cods are in limited 

active  demand  at  Si  per  bu.

supply  and  demand  at S2.50  per  box.

Celery—Home  grown  is  in ample sup­

ply  at  16c  per  doz.

Cucumbers—75c  per  bu.  for  garden 
grown  and  25c  per  100  for  pickling 
stock.

Egg  Plant—$i.25  per  doz.
Eggs— Receipts  are  not  sufficient  to 
meet  local  requirements,  so that handlers 
are  compelled  to  draw  on  their  storage 
stock  to  piece  out.  Local  dealers  nay 
i6@I7c  for  case  count  and  I7j£@i8>£c 
for candled.

Grapes—Blue,  15c  per  8  lb.  basket; 
Niagaras,  20c  per  8  lb.  basket;  Dela­
wares,  15c  per  4  lb.  basket.
Green  Corn— 10c  per  doz.
Honey—White  stock  is  in  ample  sup­
ply  at  I5@ i6c.  Amber  is  in  active  de­
mand  at  I3@ 14c  and  dark  is  in  moder­
ate  demand  at  io@ii c .
Lemons—Californias,  S3.50;  Mes- 
sinas,  S4@4-25;  Maorias  and  Verdellis, 
S4- 50-
Leaf  fetches  50c  per  bu.

Lettuce— Head  commands  70c  per  bu. 
Maple  Sugar— ioj4c  per  lb.
Maple  Syrup—$1  per gal.  for  fancy.
Musk  Melons—Gems,  50c  per  basket; 

osage,  80c  per  crate.

Onions— Home  grown  stock  is  in  am­
ple  supply  at  6o@65c.  Pickling  stock, 
$2@3  per  bu.

Oranges—California  Valencias  fetch 

$5-50-

per  bu.

Parsley—20c  per  oz
Peaches— Late  Crawfords,  S1@11.25; 
Elbertas.  S i@1.25;  Smocks,  Chilas  and 
Golden  Drops,  6o@85c.

Pears— Sugar,  Si  per  bu.  ;  Flemish 
Beauties,  gi.35  per  bu.  ;  Bartletts,  $1.50 
per  bu.

Peppers— 75c  per bu.  for  green.
Pieplant—2c  per  lb.
Plums— Blue  Damsons,  $2.50  per  bu.
Potatoes— In  ample  supply  at  45@50c 

Poultry— Prices  are  firm,  owing  to 
small  receipts.  Live  pigeons  are 
in 
moderate  demand  at  6o@75c  and  squabs 
at  S i.5°@ i-75*  Spring  broilers,  g@ 
10c;  small  hens,  8@gc;  large  hens,  7 
@8c;  turkey  hens, 
io^£@iij£c;  gob­
blers,  g@ ioc;  white  spring  ducks,  8@ 
gc.  Dressed  stock  commands  the  fol­
lowing : 
I2@i3c; 
small  hens,  io @ n c;  spring  ducks,  12 
@130;  spring  turkeys,  133140.

chickens, 

Spring 

Radishes— 10c  per  doz.
Squash— Hubbard,  2c  per  lb.
Tomatoes—75c  per  bu.
Turnips—60c  per  bu.
Watermelons— Home 

hearts  are  in  ample  supply  at  16c.

'grown  Sweet­

An  honest  merchant  may  lose  some 
in  the  end  he  will  be  the 

sales  but 
gainer.

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

S

in  the  very 

The Grocery  M arket.

Sugar—The  raw  sugar  market  con­
tinues  very  firm,  with  refiners  ready 
buyers  of  all  grades  at  quoted  prices. 
Stocks  at  present  are  light  and,  in  view 
of  the  year,  the  market  maintains  its 
strength, with  no  immediate prospects  of 
a  decline. 
The  demand  continues 
heavy,  with  refiners  greatly  oversold. 
Buyers  are  looking  forward  to  the  ar­
rival  of  beet  sugar,  which 
is  expected 
within  the  next  thirty  days,  when  the 
demand  for  Eastern  sugar  will  show 
considerable  falling  off.

Canned  Goods— The  canned  goods 
situation  is  practically  unchanged.  The 
demand  at  present  is  of  moderate  pro­
portions,  with  the  outlook  for  the  future 
very  good.  Tomatoes,  as  usual,  are 
claiming  the  most  attention.  Until  the 
last  two  or  three  days  the  weather  has 
been  very  unfavorable  and  prospects 
were  very  discouraging. 
The  warm 
weather  of  the  last  day  or  two,  however, 
has  ripened  the  tomatoes  rapidly  and, 
if  the  frosts  hold  off,  will  materially 
change  the  outlook  for  the  pack.  Prices 
are  very  firmly  held,  but  should  the 
warm  weather  continue  for  a  couple  of 
weeks,  the  market  would weaken.  There 
is  still  some  demand  for  Eastern  to­
matoes,  but  not  so  heavy  as 
last  week. 
is  very  firmly  held,  but  buyers  do 
Corn 
not  show  much  interest 
in  this  article 
at  present,  apparently  being  too  much 
engrossed  with  the  tomato  situation  to 
pay  much  attention  to  corn.  The  con­
sumptive  demand 
for  this  article  at 
present 
is  light.  The  outlook  for  the 
crop  continues  to  grow  more  favorable. 
Peas  are  very  quiet,  with  but  little  de­
mand.  There  is  considerable  enquiry 
for  peaches  of  all  grades  and  prices  are 
very  firmly  held,  owing  to  the  fact  that 
packers  are  disappointed  in  not  being 
able  to  get  peaches  at  the  prices  they 
expected.  Gallon  apples  are  easy  and 
quiet.  Most  buyers  have  made  their 
purchases  for  future  delivery  and  are 
not  in  the  market  at  present.  No  win­
ter  fruit  has  been  packed  as  yet,  but  a 
little  early  fail  fruit  is  being  placed  on 
the  market.  Pineapples  are  held  some­
what  firmer,  although  prices  show  no 
change.  Salmon  continues  in  good  de­
mand  at  unchanged  prices.  Sardines 
are  firmly  held,  with  fair  demand.

generally 

Dried  Fruits—Trade 

is 
light,  as 
is  usual  at  this  season  of  the 
year.  T.bere  are  the  usual  number of 
small  orders  which  keep  the  market 
in 
good  condition,  but  no  speculative  trade 
is  noted.  Prunes  show  no  change  in 
price,  but  are  firmly  held,  with  spot 
stocks  moderate.  Raisins  are  moving 
out  well  under  a  steady consumptive de­
mand.  Prices  on  California  new  crop 
are  looked  for  very  shortly.  Apricots 
are  easy,with  very  little  interest  shown. 
Peaches  are 
in  better  demand,  with 
stocks  very  light  and  prices  firmly  held. 
Dates  are  very  firm  and  meeting  with  a 
is  also 
good  demand.  The  fig  market 
very  firm,  with  good  demand. 
The 
market  for  evaporated  apples  is  in  bet­
ter  shape.  The  demand  is  improving 
and  prices  have  advanced  %c.  A  little 
winter  fruit 
is 
bringing  outside  prices.  Eastern  buyers 
are  going  through  the  State  buying  con­
siderable  stock  for  shipment  East  and 
paying  good  round  prices  for  same.

is  being  packed  and 

Rice— The  rice  market  is  quiet,  with 
the  demand 
just  at  present  very  light. 
It  is  expected,  however,  to  show  some 
improvement  very  soon.  Stocks  are  of 
fair  proportions  and  are  very  firmly 
held.  Estimates  of  the  new  crop  are 
now  placed  at  3,000,000  to  4,000,000 
sacks.

Molasses— Prices  for  all  grades of  mo­
lasses  are  firm,  as  a  result  of  the  grad­
ual  improvement  of  the  statistical  posi­
tion.  Stocks  are  only  moderate.  With 
cooler  weather 
consumptive  demand 
will 
increase.  The  tendency  of  prices 
continues  firm,  with  a  fair  enquiry  for 
the  better  grades.  Reports  from  New 
Orleans  state  that  the  sugar  cane  crop 
has  shown  a  falling  off  in  growth  and 
that  the  yield  will  only  approximate 
about  75  per  cent,  of  last  year.

Fish—While  the  volume  of  business 
last  week  has  been  quite 
during  the 
large,  with 
indications  pointing  to  a 
brisk  fall  trade,  supplies  have  not  been 
coming  in  very  freely  and  prices  have, 
in  consequence,  shown  quite  an  ad­
vance  for  several  varieties.  Mackerel 
in  particular  shews  additional  firmness 
and  the  market  for  codfish  is  also  some­
what  stronger.  The  catch  of  mackerel 
so  far  this  season 
is  reported  to  he 
39,100  barrels,  against  59,200  barrels 
last  season  for  the  corresponding  time.
Nuts—Activity  in  the  nut  market  has 
again  caused  dealers  to  advance  Tarra- 
gonas  and  Brazils  are  now  %c  stronger. 
In  California  walnuts  the  sales  to  arrive 
have  been  very  good  and  the  demand 
for  California  almonds 
is  also  of  fair 
proportions.  Peanuts  are  dull,  due  to 
dealers  having  heavy  supplies  on  hand 
bought  in  a  speculative  way  early in  the 
season  and  not  having  been  disposed  of 
on  account  of  the  cool  summer.

Rolled  Oats—'The  roiled  oats  market 
continues  very  strong,  with  millers  ac­
cepting  orders  only  in  a  limited  way.

Hide»,  Pelts,  Tallow  and  Wool.

The  hide  market  remains  weak  and 
flraRgy-  Prices  are  off  and  sales  are 
bard  to  make  except  at  a  loss.  There 
is  no  accumulation.  Heavies are  scarce, 
and  skins  are  also  scarce  and  wanted. 
The  lack  of  profit  to  tanners  made  them 
tired,  while  dealers  manipulate  the 
market  to  their  advantage.

Pelts  are  more  plenty  on  the  market, 
but  sell  high.  Good  stocks  bring  good 
values.

Tallow 

is  easier 

for  soapers’  use, 
while  prime  and  edible  are  not  offered, 
being  put 
into  compounds.  The  de­
mand  for all  grades  is  good.

Wools  remain  quiet,  with  large  offer­
ings  on  seaboard  markets.  Buyers  have 
been 
looking  for  weak  spots  and  sizing 
up  the  several  lots  for  the future.  Man­
ufacturers  have 
light  stocks  and  must 
fill  up 
if  present  rates  of  consumption 
continue.  Trade  is good  with  them  and 
what  fleece  is  shown  will  be  wanted.

Wm.  T.  Hess.

Wm.  Judson  has  been  elected  a  di­
rector  of  Leyden  &  Company,  a  corpo­
ration  which  was  organized  July  1  with 
a  capital  stock  of $125,000  to  succeed  to 
the  business  of  the  Field  Mercantile 
Co.,  of  San  Francisco.  The  house  car­
ries  on  a  general  merchandising  busi­
ness  on  broad  and  liberal  lines,  devot­
ing 
itself  especially  to  the  sale  of 
canned  salmon  and  canned  and  dried 
fruits,  both 
in  this  country  and  in  the 
Orient  and  the  colonies  of Australia  and 
New  Zeeland.

Sample  Case:  The  department  of 
commerce  is  well  looked  after  in  Mich­
igan  by  the  Michigan  Tradesman,  pub­
lished  at  Grand  Rapids,  with  E.  A. 
Stowe  as  editor. 
It  has  been  in  exist­
ence  nearly  twenty  years,  has  an  air  of 
prosperity  that  betokens  close  affiliation 
with  the  merchants,  and  a  department 
is  also  devoted  to  the 
"Gripsack”  
brigade,  which  lines  up  the  life  of  the 
boys  in  the  Wolverine  State.

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and  when  that 

the  time  the  evening  was  over  both boys 
bad  come  to  the  conclusion  that  drudg­
ery  is  the  only  incentive  to  success  that 
heaven  has  given  to  man.  They  could 
think  of  nothing  else  and  talk  of  noth­
ing  else  for  the  next  three  days  and,  of 
course,  Kit  Hollowway  listened  to  noth­
ing  else  for  that  time  and  a  good  deal 
longer.  That  was  not  all.  He  was  hu­
man 
invitation  was 
given  in  just  that  way  from  one  who 
he  knew  was  his  best  friend  on  earth 
next  to  his  mother  it  set  him  thinking. 
The  drudgery  side  of  life  meant  some­
thing  and  he  tried  to  recall  the  old- 
fashioned  verse  that  Mrs.  Maxwell  re­
peated.  Fora  fortnight  he  pondered  the 
truth  it  tells  and  then  he  went  there  for 
a  call.  He  did  not  wait  for  her  to  be­
gin.  “ 1  know  that  I  have  been  a  fool,”  
he  said,  “ but  I  didn’t  know  it  a  couple 
of  weeks  ago. 
‘ Who  sweeps  a  room  as 
for  thy’—that's  as  far  as  I  can  go. 
What’s  the  rest  of  it?”
She  told  him  and  be  repeated  it  until 
he  made  the  verses  his.  What  else  was 
said,  if  told  here,  would  be  a  betrayal 
of  confidence,  but  this  can  be  stated 
without  criticism ;  Kit  Hollowway— he 
spells 
it  with  two  w’s—is  no  longer a 
dodger of  drudgery  and  so  is  no  longer 
doomed  to  failure.

Richard  Malcolm  Strong.

W e  call  your  attention  this 

week  to  our  line  of

Horse  Blankets 

Plush  Robes 
Fur  Robes 
Fur  Coats

If  you  are  not  supplied  send 
us  your  orders.

W e  want  your  orders  for 
Saddlery  Hardware  and  our 
own  make  of  Harness.

Brown & Sehler,

West  Bridge  Street,  Grand  Rapids

DODGER  OF  DRUDGERY.

Why  He  Is  Necessarily  Doomed  to  F ail­

ure.
Written for the Tradesman.

“ This 

is  one  of  those  cases,  John, 
where  the  second  thought  is  best  and 
you  had  better think  three  times.  You 
and  Jerry  were  boys  and  young  men  to­
gether.  You  know  how  he  stood  by  you 
through  thick  and  thin. 
You  know 
bow  he  trusted  you  and  you  know  what 
you  promised  him  when  he  died.  Kit 
is  only  a  boy  if  he  is  big.  His 
inten­
tions  are  the  best  in  the  world  and  if  he 
is  careless  what  can  you  expect of  a  boy 
of  that  age?  Then  there 
is  something 
times  seven’  that 
about  the 
you  do  not  want  to 
forget;  and  you 
haven't  got  to  the  seventy  yet.  Just 
what  Kit  is  our  Harold,  if  he  bad lived, 
might  have  been,  and  you  know  that 
Jerry,  for  your  sake  and  your  memory, 
would  have  stood  by  our  boy  to  the  last 
if  you  had been  taken  and  he  left.  En­
dure  it  a  little  and  a  good  while  longer 
and,  mark  my  words,  you  will  never  be 
sorry. ”

'seventy 

“ I've  endured 

it  already  until  every 
bit  of  patience  1  had  is  used  up.  There 
isn’t  anything  to  the  boy.  He’s  all 
froth.  He’s  after  the  soft  place  every 
time  and  the  minute  he  finds  it  has  a 
little  work  in  it  he’ ll  dodge  the  work 
that  he  calls  drudgery,  and  either the 
it  or  it  isn't  done. 
other  fellow  does 
That’s  got  to  stop. 
If  my  promise  to 
the  boy’s  father  means  anything, 
it 
means  that  I've  got  to get  the  notion out 
of  his  head,  Mary,  that  the  dodger  of 
is  doomed  to  failure.  He’s 
drudgery 
the  artfulest  dodger’  that 
lever  put, 
eyes  on  and  1  think  the  easiest  way  to 
change  ail  that  is  to  find  him  a  place  in 
some  other  store  where  he  can't  dodge 
and  where,  when  he  tries  it,  there  won’t 
be  any  Mary  Maxwell  clucking  around 
to  shield  him  with  her  outstretched 
wings  from  the  consequences.’ ’

laughed. 

Mary  Maxwell 

It  was  not 
the  first  time  they had  exchanged  differ­
ences  and  always  and  always,  when John 
compared  her  to  a  clucking  hen,  she 
calmly  put  up  with  the  sarcasm,  in­
tended  to  be  withering,  for  the  sake  of 
the  victory  she  then  knew  was  hers.

“ Well,  now,”   she went on,  “ how shall 
we  tackle  this  fault,  for  I  know  that  it 
is  a  serious  one;  is  he  lazy?”

“ Oh,  no;  he  simply  doesn’t 

like 
‘ drudgery.’  He 
likes  work— loves  it— 
but  not  hard  work.  If  he  had  been  born 
a  generation earlier when scythes were in 
fashion  he  would  have  been  the  cake- 
taker  for  leaning  on  the  fence  to  watch 
the  other  man  mow. 
I  don't know  what 
to  do  with  him.  He  shirks  and  that’s 
the  other  boys 
all  there 
won’t  stand 
I'm  in  the 
same  box  and  I won’t  stand  it.  For  the 
sake  of  what  you  have  said  about  Jerry 
I'm  willing 
to  endure  having  him 
around,  but  I’m  not  willing  to  wreck 
the  business  just  because  that  boy  can’t 
be  made  to  understand  that  the  dodger 
of  drudgery  is  doomed  to  failure.”  

it  any  longer. 

is  to  it,  and 

“ Don’t  say  that  again,  John—twice  is 
enough.  I  can  see  you’re  sick  and  tired 
of  the  whole  business.  Why  not  turn I 
him over  to me?  What’s his  last dodge?”  
“ Sneaking  off  and  leaving  Bill  and 

Joe  to  do  his  dirty  work.”

“ All  right.  Now  don’t 

in 
saying  mean  things  to  him  and  don’t 
you  let  me  hear  a  grumble  if  you  have 
a  few  extra  bills  to  pay.”

indulge 

That  afternoon  Mary  Maxwell  took 
occasion  to  go  down  to  the  store.  She 
was  hardly  inside  when  she  began  look­
ing  around. 
“ How  nice  we're  looking 
here,”   she  began.  “ Somebody  knows

how  to  wash  windows.  Kit,  that’s  your 
work,  I’ll  bet  a  dollar. 

Is  it?”

“ No,  Mrs.  Maxwell,  that’s  Bill’s  job 
from  beginning  to  end. 
It’s  a  kind  of 
work  I wa’n’t born  for.  No  drudgery  for 
me.”

“ Not.that  kind,  I  suppose  you  mean. 
Somebody’s  been  trying  the  effect  of 
soap  and  water  on  the  shelves  and  floor; 
is  that  you?”

“ No;  Joe  used  his  elbow-grease  for 

that. 

I  haven't  a  bit  of  that  in  me.”

“ Then  you  are  not  responsible for any 
of  this  ‘ deanery’  that  has  been  going 
on  so  extensively?  How  did  you  man­
age  it?”   As  she  spoke  she  turned  two 
searching  black  eyes  full  upon  Kit  Hol- 
lowway’s  face  and  he  met them  without 
flinching.

“ I  simply  didn’t  do  it. 

It  had  to  be 
done  and  Bill  and  Joe  did  it.  That's 
all.”

isn’t. 

“ Oh,  no,  it 

It  is  only  the  be­
ginning— the  very  smallest. 
It  reaches 
clear  up  to  the  other  end  of the commer­
cial  line,  and  you  never  have  seen  and 
never  will  see  a  man  at  the  head  of  any 
successful  business  who  didn't  take  the 
drudgery  that  fell  to  him  and  make  it  a 
stepping  stone  to success.  Listen :

The man who wins is the man who works—
The man who toils, while the next man shirks; 
The man who stands In his deep distress 
With his head held high in the deadly press— 

Yes. he Is the man who wins.
I  know something  better  than  that,  a 
great  deal  older  and  more  pat  to  the 
subject:

A servant with this clause 
Makes drudgery divine:
Who sweeps a room as for thy laws 
Makes that and the action fine.

in 

in  here  and  look  at  it. 

“I  don’t  like  drudgery  any better than 
anybody  else,  but,  like  everybody  else 
who  amounts  to  anything” —that  was 
when  the  black  eyes  got  in  their  work— 
"I  know  I’ve  got  my  part to do and I’ve 
got  it  down  to  the  point  where  1  can  see 
it  every  time.  That 
the  divinity 
divinity  is  what  does  the  business. 
1 
don’t  want  a  washwoman  who  doesn’t 
wash  as 
if  she  knew  the  Lord  was 
watching  her  and  my  table  is  never  fit 
to  sit  down  to  if  it  isn’t  in  all  its  ap­
pointments  the  very  best  I  can  make  it. 
What  a  time  we  should  have  at  home  if 
I  shirked  and 
let  Mr.  Maxwell  do  my 
work  and  how  pious  I  should  feel  to  let 
the  dinner  dishes  go,  when  we  haven't 
a  girl,  until  he  washed  them.  Where 
I  see  them.  Boys, 
are  Bill  and  Joe? 
come  here.  This  cleaning 
is  what  I 
like.  Men  that  do  this  work  as  if  they 
it  are  the  men  that  mothers  and 
liked 
It’s  a  comfort  to 
sisters  are  proud  of. 
come 
I’m  not 
going  to  let  it  go  at  that,  either.  You 
two  fellows  are  coming  to  dinner  to­
morrow  evening  at  my  house  and  I'm 
going  to  show  you  what  a  good  dinner 
drudgery  can  cook  and  I’m  going  to  do 
it  all  myself.  You want  to  come  in  your 
dress  suits.  With  the  results  of  the  tail­
or’s  drudgery  we  ll  place  the  drudgery 
of  the  kitchen  and  I  fancy  before we  get 
through  the  evening  we  shall  conclude 
that  the  best  of  everything  worth having 
depends  upon  the  drudgery  behind  it. 
Dinner  at  six  and  gome  as  much  earlier 
as  you  want  to. 
I’ll  see  that  somebody 
is  there  to  entertain  you who  knows  how 
to  make  that  kind  of  drudgery divine. ”  
is  only  one  way  to  interpret 
that  when  a  bright-eyed  woman  like 
Mrs.  Maxwell  says  it  to  two  first-class 
young  fellows 
like  Bill  and  Joe,  and 
they  were  not  disappointed  to  find  two 
of  the  brightest  and  prettiest  girls in the 
city  to  greet  them  when  they  entered 
the  Maxwell  parlor.  Drudgery’   It  was 
all  “ divine”   from  the  dinner  table  to 
the  three—of  course  Mrs.  Maxwell  was 
a  goddess!—divinities  about  it  and  by

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MAIL ORDER  HOUSES.

How  T heir  Influence  Was  Destroyed  in 
Written for the Tradesman.

One  Locality.

Few  people  realize  to  what  an  extent 
the  business  of  the  mail  order  houses 
has  spread  over  this  country,  but  it  is  a 
fact  that  there  is  not  a  postoffice  in  all 
the  country  that  does  not  feel the effects, 
more  or  less,  of  this  new  way  of  buying 
merchandise. 
It  has  been  said  by  an 
authority  on  mail  order  business  that  a 
large  part  of  this  class  of  trade  comes 
from  people  living  in  the  cities,  but  to 
one  acquainted  with  the  amount  of  such 
goods  handled  by  the  postoffices,  ex­
press  companies  and  railroads 
in  the 
smaller  towns  this  looks  rather doubtful.
The  business  of  the  country  merchant 
has  been  seriously  affected  by  the  mail 
order  business.  The  farmers  are  heavy 
purchasers  of  goods  from  the  catalogue 
Indeed,  so  great  is  mail  order 
bouses. 
business 
in  the  country  that 
in  one 
small  town 
in  the  northern  part  of  the 
State  the  merchants  are  having  “ hard 
sledding"  making  both 
ends  meet. 
They  claim  that  the  people  buy  their 
pork 
in  Chicago  rather  than  raise  it. 
They  club  together  and  buy  their  gro­
ceries  in  large  lots,  likewise  their  cloth­
ing.

1  was  talking  with  a  merchant  recent­
ly  and  during  our  conversation  the  talk 
turned  to  mail  order  bouses. 
I  asked 
if  bis  business  suffered  any  from 
him 
this  class  of  competition.

" Y e s ,"   he  replied,  " I   think  it  does. 
And  the  worst  of  it  is,  those  fellows  who 
buy  in  the  big  cities  always  come  to  us 
for  credit  when  they  are  out  of money.”
"D o  the  mail  order  houses  sell  goods 

any  lower  than  you  do?”   1  asked.

"N o,  they  do  not,  and 

in  many  in­
stances  they  get  more  money  for  the 
same  class  of  goods  than  we  do,  but  you 
can  not  make  these  people  believe  it. 
They  seem  to  think  that  we  are  here  to 
rob  them. ”

"D id   you  ever  try  advertising  as  a 
means  of  counteracting  this  mail  order 
competition?"

"N o. 

It  does  not  pay  to  advertise. 
People  do  not  read  the  advertisements 
and  it  is  simply  throwing  money  away 
to  give it  to  the  printer.”

This  merchant 

is  the  counterpart  of 
hundreds  of  others  throughout  the  coun­
try.  They  see  business  that  rightfully 
belongs  to  them  going  to  some  firm  in 
a  distant  city.  They  realize  that  they 
are 
losing  business  daily,  but  do  noth­
ing  to  counteract  the  inroads  of  their 
more  enterprising  competitors.  While 
the  fellows  in  the city are growing richer 
as  the  years  roll  round,  their  brethren 
in  the  country  towns  shove  their  feet 
under  the  stove,  light  their  pipes  and 
join  with  a  dozen  of  the  patriarchs  of 
the  countryside  in  lamenting  the  trend 
of  events  that  is making the "  rich richer 
and  the  poor  poorer.”

Now,  if  the  country  merchant  will 
only  stop  to  consider  why  his  opponents 
in  business  are  winning  so  much  trade 
be  will,  if  he 
is  a  man  of  average  in­
telligence,  discover  that  the  bed  rock 
upon  which  all  the  successful  mailorder 
business  is  built  is  straightforward  ad­
vertising  that  carries  conviction  with 
it.  He  will  also  discover  that  not  a  bit 
is  wasted  in 
of  the  advertising  space 
telling  the  dear  public  that  the  firm 
is 
"old  and reliable. ”   He  will  find,  after 
a  careful  perusal  of  the  advertising,that 
each  and  every  one  aims  to  impress  the 
reader  with  the  fact  that  the  goods  un­
der  discussion  are  of  the  finest  quality 
and  also  that  the  prices  are  very  low. 
The  advertisement  will  argue  that  the

buyer  will  save  money  by  buying of that 
firm.

People  do  not  patronize  mail  order 
houses  for  the  fun  of  the  thing.  They 
have  no  special  love  for  any  merchant 
in  Chicago,  New  York  or  Boston  that 
will 
lead  them  to  send  all  their  money 
away  from  home  for  dry  goods,  cloth­
ing,  hardware  or  groceries.  Far  from 
it.  The  only  reason  they  patronize  the 
mail  order  concerns  is  because  they  be­
lieve  they  can  save  money  by  so  doing. 
Does  the  average  country  merchant  do 
anything  to  make  them  believe  they 
can  buy  as  cheap  or cheaper  at  home? 
We  have  only  to  look  over  the  columns 
of  the  country  newspapers  to  learn  that 
he  does  not.  Peruse  the  advertising 
columns  of  most  any  paper  published 
in  a  small  town  and  you  will  fail  to 
find,  in  nine  cases  out  of  ten,  any  trade 
bringing  arguments 
in  the  advertise­
ments.  Merchants  seem  to  follow  the 
timehonored  custom  of  advertising  to 
help  the  printer  along  life's  pathway 
without  coming 
too 
many  thorns.  They  do  not  seem  to 
realize  that  they  are  neglecting  the  very 
thing  that  is  most  essential  to  success 
in  business 
in  this  day  and  age  of  the 
world.

in  contact  with 

I  know  of  a  town  in  Michigan  that 
has  a  lot  of  enterprising  merchants  who 
know  the  value  of  printers'  ink  as  a 
medium  for  promoting  business.  These 
merchants  used  to  belong  to  the  class 
mentioned  above. 
In  the  winter  time 
they  sat  around  the  stove  with  the  vil­
lage  wise  men  and  passed  the  time 
away  by  playing  checkers  and  talking 
politics.  They  did  not  realize  that  any 
more  business  could  be  worked  up  in 
their  town,  so  as  the  days  went  by  they 
sold  salt  pork,  chewing  tobacco,  a  quar­
ter's  worth  of  crackers  and  a  little "cal- 
iker  fer  the  womin”   to  each  customer 
and  were  content  with  their  lot  in 
life.
One  day  a  young  fellow  from  the  city 
struck  town  and  opened  a  dry goods  and 
clothing  store  in  a  little  building  on  the 
main  street.  The  wise  men  shook  their 
heads  and  felt  sorry  for  the  youngster. 
The  "old  reliable”   merchants  smiled 
and  said  to  themselves  that  he  wouldn’t 
last  long.  There  wasn't  room for another 
store  in  that  town.

The  new  man  paid  no  attention  to 
those  who  were  so  certain  of  his  fail­
ure.  He  got  his  stock 
in  shape  for 
business,  decorated  the  windows  so  that 
his  store  was  talked  about  by  all  the 
women  folks.  Then  be  went  over  to  the 
printing  office  and  he  and  the  foreman 
put  their  heads  together  for  the  purpose 
of  getting  up  an  advertisement.  They 
worked 
long  and  earnestly  on  the  job 
and,  when  they  were  through,  the  result

TH E  

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S a f e t y  

G a s   Lig h t

M A C H IN E

GAS

PLA NT

P L E T
IT S

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showed  a  page  advertisement that would  ' 
do  credit  to  a  city  paper. 
It  was  the  j 
first  time  the  foreman  had  ever  found  a  | 
man  who  appreciated  bis  work,  so  he 
put  a  little  more  time  on  the 
job  than  [ 
he  ever  had  before.  Several  thousand 
big  bills  were  printed  and  a  rig  sent 
into  the  country  loaded  down  with  ad- 
vertising  matter  telling  of  the  greatest 
Anti-Mail  Order  Sale  ever  known  or  j 
beard  of  in  those  parts.  A  bugler  ac­
companied  the  rig.  When  the  outfit  ap­
proached  a  farm  house  be  cut  loose, 
the  welkin  ring  with  blasts 
making 
from  the  instrument.  The 
inmates  all 
came  out  to  see  what  was  up  and  were 
given  a  huge  bill  telling  of  the  wonder­
ful  bargains  that  awaited  their  coming 
at  the  new  store.  These  bills  were 
peddled  fifteen  miles  in  every direction. 
When  the  opening  day  came  the  town 
was  crowded  with  people  who  had  come 
to  get  hold  of  some  of  the  things  offered 
at  the  sale.  Never  had  such  a  crowd  of 
people  been  seen 
in  town.  Big  sales 
were  an 
in  that  territory. 
The  result  was  that  the  new  store  was  a 
success  from  the  start.  The  vim  with 
which  it  opened  its  doors  proved  a  win­
ner, so that after  that  the  people  natural­
ly 
looked  to  the  new  store  for  all  the 
new  things  in  merchandise.

innovation 

While  the  old  merchants  had  never 
before  taken  any  stock  in  advertising, 
they  were  not  slow  to  see  that  if  they 
did  not  ginger  up  and  get  in  the  game 
they  would  soon  be  among  the  "also 
rans. ’ '  So  they  began  to  advertise. 
They  quoted  prices 
in  regular  city 
style.  They  bad  all  kinds  of  sales  and 
before  long  the  town  began  to  be  talked

about  as  a  great  place  to  trade.  As 
time  passed  people  came  from  farther 
away  to  trade.  The  business  of  every 
store  in  town  that  advertised 
improved 
wonderfully  with  the  aid  of  printers’ 
ink.  The  merchants  began  to  laugh  at 
the  competition  of  the  mail order houses 
and  to-day  not  one  is  heard  to  complain 
that  business  goes  out  of  town.

The  above  is  not  an illustration drawn 
from  the  imagination  of  the  writer. 
It 
is  true 
in  every  line  and  goes  to  show 
that  the  merchant  who 
is  alive  to  the 
ways  of  the  world  and  the  wants  of  the 
people  will  have  no  trouble  in  making 
both  ends  meet  and  at  the  same  time 
saving  enough  long  green  to  guarantee 
smooth  sailing  in  days  to  come.

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i  I  VV’»  Twelve.

Whet

lames  Co urtney Ch:B liss  iii  L ad ies’ H om e Journa

W hen  1[  w ’s tw elire  I  kmow’d a  te:r'ble lot
Nobod;y couldn’t tell me w hat w ’si  w hat!

T h o ’ I w ’:s ru th e r sm all.

I te li  ;v’  I  fellt t a l l -

J e s ’ the.light  I kn<>w’d it all  w hen I w ’s tlivelve.

W hen  11  w ’s tw eli,.e  v e a r s old,  Ion;g tim e a
T h u r mn z e n t n o th in ’  mu ch  I  elidn ’t  know
Y ou  scurcelv  ev.L-r saw
A   sm arte i- chap --w hy,  psllaw i—

K n o w ’!i   m ore’n  M a or  P a w hen  I w ’s tlVlulve.

W h en   1! w ’t twelv•e-iv h v, bless mle, I  cortld tell
O ld Mi ster  N oah W ebst:er how   t ’ spell!
T h u r wa'in’t no eloubt 'bm it that,
F e r I je s’ beat  ’iim  fiat

A -spell in’  dog g  a n ’  k a t .when  I w ’s tw elv e.

W hen  1[ w ’s tw elire—th ’ ag e wheni hoys is sm art
Iknott- ’d the figge■r table s off hv  h cart;

D id  probliurns on m y slate
K now ’d tiiVO-t'ms th ree  w ’s eig h t
O h,  I Cliuld calk eri ate  vvlhen  I  w ’s tw elve.

W hen  1t w ’s  tw elire I thenight  I’s sm art,  v’  bet.
B ut noiV, a t fifty, find  l ’rn  1 earnin' yet.

A n ’  so thirough  1ife I go,
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STATE  OF  MICHIGAN  )

County  of  Kent 

f  *

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 
I  printed  and 
that  establishment. 
folded  7,ooo  copies  of  the 
issue  of 
September  17,  1902,  and  saw  the  edition 
mailed  in the usual  manner.  And  further 
deponent  saith  not. 
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notary  public 
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THE  WOMAN  AND THE  BURGLAR.
The 

important  question  has  been 
raised  whether  or  not  a  man  is  as  brave 
as  a  woman  in  the  presence of a burglar. 
According  to  a 
lady  from  Boston,  the 
quality  as  well  as  the  quantity  of  cour­
age  shown  by  the  gentler  sex  when  con­
fronting  a  housebreaker  is  far  superior 
to  that  displayed  by  a  man. 
In  fact, 
the 
ladv  from  Boston  declares  that  a 
man  will  hide  his  head  underneath  the 
bedclothes,  lock  himself  in  a  bathroom 
get  under  the  bed  and  behave  in  so 
in­
glorious  a  manner  that  she  makes  the 
sweeping  assertion  that  all  men  are 
cowards.  The  Psalmist  sang  that  all 
men  are  liars,  and  what  with  men  be­
ing  cowards  and 
liars  there  is  small 
hope  of  women  ever  holding  the  sterner 
sex  in  respect.

An  unchivalrous  writer,  rushing  to the 
defense  of  man,  says  that  man  possibly 
is  more  cautious  before  coming  in  con­
tact  with  the  midnight  prowler.  Nor 
will  be  attempt  to  deny  that  more  burg­
lars  have  been 
frightened  away  by 
women  than  by  men.  This  he  attributes 
to  the  fact  that  women  are  rash  when 
seeking 
to  protect  their  belongings. 
That  statement  can  not be denied.  Even 
the  timorous  dove,  when  sitting  upon 
her  nest,  has  shown  bravery  of the  high­
est  order,  and  so  when  the  ruthless  rob­
ber  attempts  to 
filch  a  stickpin  or 
pocket  money  taken  surreptitiously from 
another’s  pocket,  our  human  doves  dis­
play  a  courage  which  borders  on  mad­
ness.

There  is  a  story  told  over  in  Saginaw 
of  how  a  lady  with  strong musical  tastes 
actually  put  to  shame  a  burglar  and 
made  him  return  some  of  his  plunder. 
The  man  was  ransacking  her  room when 
the  lady  awakened.  She  asked  him  how 
he  could  be  so  ungentlemanly  as  to  en­
ter  her  room.  She  was  told  to  shut  up. 
She  expostulated  with  him  about his  be­
havior.  As  the  thief, 
impervious  to 
suggestions  that  he  conduct  himself 
more  in  keeping  with  the  proprieties, 
ripped  open  her  purse  and  put  the  con­

tents 
in  bis  pocket,  she  saw  by  the 
feeble 
light  of  a  low-burning  lamp  that 
he  was  transferring  some  concert  tickets 
to  his  pockets. 
“ If  you  are  a  gentle­
man, ”   she  said,  “ you  will  leave  those 
symphony  concert  tickets.”   “ 1  ain’t  a 
gent,”   he  growled  back. 
“ I  will  for­
give  you,'*  she  begged,  “ for  all  you 
have  taken  if  you  leave me those seats.’ ’ 
They  were  left.

This  is  really  an  example  cf  heroism. 
What  man 
is  there  who  would  parley 
with  a  burglar  over  the  possession  of  a 
couple  of  concert  tickets?  Perhaps  he 
would  hail  the  house-breaker  as  his  best 
friend.

Seriously  speaking,  there  is  really  no 
valid  reason  why  a  woman  should  not 
be  as  brave  as  a  man.  Physically  she 
can  stand  as  much  pain.  She  can  also 
stand  cold  better  than men,and  the aver­
age  woman  does  more  bard  work  than 
most  men.  Take,  for  example,  a  hum­
ble  calling,  such  as  chambermaid.  Few 
men  could  be  found  to  do  as  hard  and 
uncongenial  work  without  complaint. 
How  many  women,  wives  of  farmers, 
do  harder  work  than  their  husbands, 
who  are  on  the  farm!  What  man  is 
there  who  would  tie  himself  into  such 
extraordinary  clothing,  load  upon  his 
head  a  hat  weighing  a  dozen  pounds 
and  do  the  social  round  three  hundred 
and  sixty-five  days 
Is 
there  such  a  man?  No,  the  poor  man 
is  entirely  too  wearied  after  a  few  hours 
spent  in  a  luxuriously  fitted  office  boss­
ing  the  work  of  others  and  meeting  the 
prices  and  concessions  of  his  compet­
itors  in  business.

in  the  year? 

These  qualities  alone,  showing  stead­
fastness  of  purpose,  a  desire  to  reach 
the  ultimate  goal,  are  all  evidences  of  a 
high  order  of  courage.  History  has 
shown  us  that  women  have  led  armies 
and  fought  with  the  equal  bravery  of 
men  in  desperate  battles.  As  a  woman 
is  net  now  permitted  by  the  stress  of 
circumstances to take  part  in  war—other 
than domestic  strife—she  may  be  left  to 
the  not  altogether  despised task of  keep­
ing  the  burglar  from  the  door.

The  three-color  photographic  process 
which  is  being  employed  in  illustrating 
is  said  to  be  affecting  the 
in  England 
chromo-lithographic  art  much 
in  the 
same  way  that  the  half-tone  photo 
process  affected  wood  engraving  some 
years  ago.  The 
latter  was  practically 
ruined. 
Chromo-lithographers’  wages 
have  recently  suffered  a  cut  of  from  30 
to  50  per  cent.,  and  many  skilled  arti­
sans  have  been  thrown  out  of  employ­
ment  altogether.  The  chief  objection 
to  the  new  color  photo  process  is  that 
the  darker  colors  do  not  come  out  with 
sufficient  distinctness,  but  this  will  no 
doubt  be  corrected  in  time.

On  his  death  bed  a  Missouri  man 
ccnfesed  that  he  was  the  “ ghost”   that 
for  years  had  worried  the  people  of  the 
town  where  he  resided.  With  the  aid 
of  a  long  piece  of  rubber  tubing  he  bad 
been  producing  groans  that  everybody 
believed  to  be  unearthly.  The  man's 
confession  was  a  great  surprise. 
In 
every  town  there  are  individuals  who 
could,  if  they  would,  explain  perform­
ances  that  have  been  regarded  as  su­
pernatural.

Recent  copious  rains  in  India are said 
to  have  removed  all  fears  of  another 
famine  in  that  country. 
It  has  had four 
successive  years  of  that  dreadful  ex­
perience, 
the  effects  of  which 
thousands  of  the  unfortunate inhabitants 
in  the  stricken  districts  are  still  suffer­
ing.

from 

THE  VALUE  OF AMBIDEXTERITY.
Through  some  strange  perversion  of 
nature's  plan  civilized  man  has  de­
veloped  the  skill  and  strength  of  the 
right  hand,  neglecting  the  left  hand  un­
til 
it  has  become  an  awkward  and  al­
most  helpless  member.  This  training 
begins  in  early  childhood,  when  the 
baby 
is  admonished  to  take  its  spoon 
and  its  cup  in  its  right  hand,  while  the 
primary  pupil 
in  the  public  school  is 
commonly  severely  chided  if  he  shows  a 
preference  for  bolding  the  pen  or  pen­
cil  with  which  he  begins  his  first  rude 
scrawls  in  his  tabooed,  disrated 
left 
hand.  The 
left-handed  boy  is  derided 
upon  the  playground.  Left-handed  men 
and  women  go  through  life  shamefaced­
ly  concealing  the 
imagined  defect  as 
far  as  possible,  or  acknowledging 
it 
humbly  and  with  apologies.  Those rare 
individuals  who,  through  obstinate  per­
sistence  or  wise  training,  have  learned 
to  use  both  hands  alike  are  looked  upon 
doubtfully  by  their  fellows  as  prodigies 
who  might  fitly  find  places 
in  dime 
museums.  Few  there  are  who  stop  to 
put  the  question  squarely  to  themselves 
as  to  why  the  innate  capacities  of  their 
own  left  bands  have  not  been  properly 
developed,  to  the  increase  of  their  util­
ity  in  the  scheme  of  life.

It  would  seem  wise  to  train  the  left 
hand  to a  certain  degree  of  skill  in writ­
ing  and  performing  various  handi­
crafts,  merely  to  have  it waiting to serve 
as  a  useful  auxiliary  in  case  of  accident 
to 
its  neighbor,  but  a  strict  common 
sense  view  of  the  situation  demands 
much  more.  There  is  no  more  reason 
why  a  man  should  depend  upon  the 
la­
bor  of  his  right  hand  alone  than  that  a 
cow  should  stand  on  three  legs  when 
nature  has  provided  her  with  four,  or a 
man,  having  two sound  legs,  should  hop 
on  one.  The  two  hands  are  precisely 
in  their  anatomy,  and  every  task 
alike 
of  which  one 
is  capable  can  be  per­
formed  by  the  other. 
If  it  is  not  desir­
able  to  have  both  hands  act  together, 
and  such  concert  of  action  would,  of 
course,  be 
impossible  where  separate 
functions,  each  requiring  mental  direc­
tion,  were  to  be  undertaken,  then  they 
may  relieve  each  ether  by  turns,  for­
warding  work  with  a  celerity  impos­
sible  under  other  conditions.  The  am­
bidextrous  writer  gains  an  enormous 
advantage  in  writing  with  each  hand  in 
swift  alternation.  The  housewife  un­
consciously  trains  her  left  band  to  skill 
in  many  commonplace  tasks,  and  reaps 
the  advantage  in  the  saving  of  time  and 
strength.  Some  operations  there  are  in 
the  trades  and 
in  connection  with  the 
direction  of  machinery  where  only  the 
right  hand  can  properly  grasp  the  tool 
or  feed  the  machine,  but  these  are com­
paratively  few.  Ordinarily  the 
left 
band  may  be  employed  quite  as  appro­
priately  as  the  right,  and  it  often  hap­
pens,  in  emergency  work,  such  as  the 
swift  reefing  of  a  sail,  or  a  surgical  op­
eration,  that  the  skill  or  helplessness  of 
the  left  band  is  of  momentous  import.
For  many  years  there  have  been  ar­
dent advocates of ambidexterity.  Charles 
Reade,  the  novelist,  was  one  of  these, 
and  in  a  most  forcible  argument  upon 
the  subject  be  pointed  out  the  singular 
fact  that  already  three  functions,  the 
one  requiring  the  most  sensitive  deli­
cacy  of  touch,  another  demanding  ex­
ceeding  skill,  and  the  third  requiring 
great  strength,  were  performed  with  the 
left  hand— leaving  his  readers  to  guess 
what  these  three  operations  were. 
It  is 
only  lately,  however, that there  has  been 
a  general  awakening  upon  the  subject. 
Prominent  educators  are  urging  that

ambidextrous  training  shall  be  intro­
duced  into  the  public  schools.  Philo­
sophical  students  of  babyhood  suggest 
that  it  shall  be  initiated  in  the  nursery. 
The most  startling  argument  in  its favor 
comes  from  prominent  physicians,  who 
assert  that  the  partial  disuse  of  the 
left 
arm  causes  a  perceptible  atrophy  of 
muscles  on  the 
left  side  of  the  body, 
and  that  much  of  the  heart  weakness 
and  disease  current  among  civilized 
races  is  unquestionably  due  to  the  left 
arm's  inertia.

The  human  race 

is  sometimes  very 
stupid  in  hugging  closely  its  errors,  but 
when  the  searchlight  of  modern  enquiry 
is  turned  upon  a  mistake  so  maniLst  it 
does  not  take  long  to  correct  it.  Two 
or  three  generations  hence  it  is probable 
that  the  world  will  be  peopled  by  be­
ings  who  will use either hand  with  equal 
facility 
and  who  will  expedite  the 
world's  work  accordingly.  The  histor­
ians  of  that  and  succeeding  ages  will 
probably  define  this,  our  day,  as  the 
dark  period 
in  which  men  trained  but 
one  hand  to  service.

MUNICIPAL CORRUPTION.

An  ugly  and  utterly  disgraceful  state 
is  that  of  municipal  corrup­
of  affairs 
tion  which  has  been  revealed 
in  St. 
Louis.  Those  who  plundered  the  pub­
lic  funds  by  an  unrighteous  combina­
tion  have  been  disclosed,  many  of  them 
captured,  and  surely  some,  if  not  all, 
will  suffer  the  punishment  they  so  rich­
ly  deserve.  An  unusual  and  a  ghastly 
accompaniment  of  the  combine  was  the 
oath  which  each  member  of  it  took  and 
whose  terrible  terms  have  now  been 
made  public.  Such  revelations  make 
emphatic  the  assertion  often  heard,  that 
the  honest  management  of  municipali­
ties  is  the  greatest  problem  which  con­
fronts  the  American  people.  Most  cities 
seem  to  find  it  absolutely  impossible  to 
get  along  without 
it  in  greater  or  less 
degree.  Not  all  the  nefarious  transac­
tions  ever  get  into  the  light,  but  enough 
are  known  to  create  very  general  sus­
picion.

it 

The  remedy  for  all  these  evils,  the 
preventive  for  all  these  iniquities,  rests 
with  the  people. 
It  has  been  told  time 
and  time  again,  until  the  statement  is 
threadbare,  that  office  he lders  are  good, 
bad  or  indifferent  just  as  the  voters  see 
fit  to  choose. 
In  some  places  this  view 
is  sufficiently  realized  to  secure 
of 
satisfactory  incumbents. 
In  others,  the 
better  element  permit  the  primaries 
and  elections  to  go  practically  by  de­
fault  and  then  they  must  suffer  the  con­
sequences.  Primary 
is  a  very  proper 
designation  of  the  caucus,  because  it  is 
really  the  beginning  and  the  point  of 
prime  importance.  When  good  nomi­
nations  are  made  then  there  will  be 
good  officeholder  whoever 
is  elected. 
It  too  frequently  happens  that  the  cau­
cuses  make  poor  selections  and  then  the 
choice 
is  between  two  evils.  There 
are  probably  few  such  flagrant  exhibi­
tions  as  that  at  St.  Louis,  but  almost 
every  municipality  has  little  leaks  that 
need  looking  after and  need  stopping. 
That  which  is  little  grows  to  be  great 
if  neglected.  St.  Louis  and  other  cities 
like  it  have  had  a  costly 
lesson  which 
other  places  may  well  profit  by,  deter­
mining  to  secure  economy  through  the 
primaries  and  the  polls.

Whatever  may  be  said of other  months 
in  other  years  it  must  be  admitted  that 
September  is  the  finest  month  of  this 
year.

A  man  may  be  able  to  argue  with  a 

woman,  but  it  never  does  any  good.

YELLOWSTONE  PARK.

Observations  and  Im pressions  of  a  Trav­

eling  Man.

that 

There  may  be  reader?  of  the  Trades­
man  who  through  force  of circumstances 
have  not  been  able  to  leave  home  this 
summer,  but  who  are  interested  in  what 
is  going  on  away  from  home.

There  has  been  so  much  written  con­
cerning  the  Yellowstone  National  Park 
that  I  shall  not  attempt  to  go  into  de­
tails,  but  to  anybody  contemplating  a 
trip  at  some  future  time  I  may  say  that 
there  is  no  spot  in  America  that  affords 
such  intense  enthusiasm  on  the  part  of 
its  visitors  as  the  Yellowstone  Park.
When  we  enter  the  Park  we  become 
isolated  from  the  world  and  its  cares, 
there  is  so  much  to  see  that  troubles  are 
forgotten.  The  grandeur  of  the  scen­
ery  can  not  be  overdrawn;  it  is  simply 
beyond  human  conception  to describe  or 
paint.  The  feelings  of  awe  that  steal 
over  one  as  he  passes  from  one  point  of 
interest  to  another  only  magnify  the 
conviction 
the  Lord  Almighty 
created  it.
first 
visted  the  Park  and  reported  what  be 
seen  the  people  of  the  United 
had 
States  pronounced  him 
insane  and  it 
was  not  until  Mr.  Bridger,  of  St. 
Louis,  after  a  thorough  exploration 
in 
1835,  returned  and  corroborated  John 
Coulter’s  statements  that  the  people  be­
gan  to  realize  what  was  in  store  for  the 
pleasure  seekers  of  the  world.

When  John  Coulter,  *in  1803, 

The  entrance  to  the  Park 

is  about 
fifty-three  miles  south  of  Livingston, 
Montana.  The  Northern  Pacific  takes 
us  to  Gardiner,  where  the  stage  meets 
us  and  in  which  we  proceed  the  rest  of 
the 
journey.  The  trip  from  Living­
ston  to  Gardiner  is  only a forerunner  of 
what  we  are  coming  to.  Passing through 
the  Yellowstone  Canon,  Paradise  Val­
ley  and  Yankee  Jim’s  Canon  of  the 
Yellowstone  River,  the  combination  of 
mountain,  valley  and 
river  scenery 
presented  on  the  early  morning  ride 
seems  to  be  a  fitting  preparation  for  the 
glories  and  wonders  that  await  us  be­

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fore  the  trip 
is  ended.  One  notable 
feature  of  the  ride  is  the  Devil’s  Slide 
down the  Cinnabar  Mountain,  1,800  feet 
in  length  and  100  feet  in  width,  which 
can  be  seen  plainly  from  the  car  win­
It  presents  the  appearance  of  a 
dow. 
chute  and 
is  so  perfect  in  form  that  it 
is  bard  to  realize  that  it  is  as  Nature 
made  it  instead  of  artificial.  The  var­
iegated  colors  in  the  sunlight  are  sim­
ply  gorgeous.  On  the  opposite  side  is 
Emigrant  Peak,  the  highest  point  vis­
ible,  being  10,650  feet  in  height,  which 
derives  its  name  from  the  fact  of  its 
gladdening  the  heart  of  many  an  emi­
grant.
There  are  several  transportation  com­
panies  that  take  you  through  the  Park, 
but  the  best  service  is  furnished  by  the 
Wylie  Co.  You  register  at  Gardiner 
and  buy  your  ticket  for $35  and  your 
cares  cease  until  you  emerge  from  the 
Park.  Everything 
is  furnished  that 
will  enhance  your  comfort  during  the 
trip  of  six  days'  duration.  The  mag­
nificent  Concord  coaches  are  drawn  by 
six  horses  and  present  a  gala  appear­
ance  to  the  sightseer.  They  carry  from 
ten  to  twelve  persons.
The  camping  method  of  the  Wylie 
Co.  is  unique  and  1  must  say  surpasses 
our  leading  hotels.  You  can  be  as  ex­
clusive  as  you  wish.  The  beds  are  sim­
ply  fine  and  a  weary  traveler  can  rest. 
The  tents  are  equipped  with  all  neces­
sary  utensils  for  the  convenience  of 
the  guests,  even  to  a  fire,  which,  by  the 
way,  becomes  very  acceptable 
in  the 
early  morning.  The  table  is  supplied 
with  everything  in  season  in  fruits  and 
vegetables—good  meats,  good  butter, 
fresh  eggs,  maple  syrup,  hot 
rolls, 
splendid  tea  and  coffee,  in  fact,  every­
thing  to  be  found  at  a  first-class  hotel. 
The  hostess  is  courteous  and  obliging 
and 
is  most  solicitous  for  the  comfort 
and  welfare  of  every  guest.  The  camp 
fire  at  night  is  the  rendezvous for  all  the 
guests.  It  is  here  that  strangers  become 
acquainted  and  fall  in  with  the  spirit 
of  the  occasion,  and  as  in  a gathering  of 
forty  or  fifty  people  there 
is  always 
more  or less  literary  and  musical  talent,

the  evenings  are  spent  with  speeches, 
recitations  and  music  until  the  air rings 
with  the  melody  of  old plantation songs. 
We  had  twenty-eight  in  our  party,  all 
meeting  as  strangers  at  Gardiner  and 
parting  after  the  six  days'  journey  with 
the  very  best  of  feelings,  wishing  each 
other  “ Godspeed”   as  the  trains  pulled 
out  taking  us  to  our  respective  destina­
tions.

The  first  point  of  interest  on  entering 
the  Park  is  Eagle’s  Nest.  Perched  on 
rock 
the  pinnacle  of  a  precipitous 
jutting  far  out 
into  the  river  beyond 
human  reach  can  be  seen  the  eagle  with 
her  brood  of  young  ones,  sagacious 
enough  to  know  she  is  beyond  all  dan 
ger.  A  few  moments  more  and  we  are 
in  sight  of  Mount  Evarts,  one  mile 
in 
height,  at  the  foot  of  which  is  the  boil­
ing  river,  emptying  into  the  Gardiner 
River  and  so  tempering  its  waters  that 
it  never  freezes;  and  it  will  be  hardly 
credible  with  the  readers  of  the  Trades­
man  when  I  state  that  the  angler  can 
catch  bis  fish 
in  one  stream  and  cook 
them  in  the  other  without  changing  po­
sition !  The  next  points  of  interest  are 
the  Mammoth  Hot  Springs  and  Foit 
Yellowstone,  from  which  emanate  all 
the  orders  and  regulations  of  the  Park. 
The  Mammoth  Hot  Springs  Hotel 
is  a 
model  of  beauty,  located  at  the  foot  of 
the  boiling  springs  in  a sequestered cor­
ner  and  presenting  a  picturesque  ap­
pearance.  McCartney’s  Cave,  fifty  feet 
in  circumference  and  depth  unknown, 
undoubtedly 
communicates  with  the 
subterranean  river,  as  steam  is  contin­
ually  issuing  from  its  mouth.  Liberty 
Cap,  a  calcareous  tufa  rock  fifty  feet 
high  and  sixty  feet  in  circumference, 
stands  immediately  in  front  of  the  hotel 
and  is  a marvelous  freak of Nature.  The 
basin  of  the  hot  springs  stands  some 300 
feet  above  the  hotel  and  the  formation 
descends  in  terraces  of  all  conceivable 
colors,  Minerva  Terrace,  Pulpit  Terrace 
and  Jupiter  Terrace  being  conspicuous 
for  their  beauty  of  formation  and blend­
ing  of  colors.  The  Devil’s  Thumb,  An­
gel’s  Terrace,  Devil’s  Kitchen,  White 
Elephant,  Cupid’s  Cave  and  Jacob's

Ladder  are  special  points  of  interest  at 
the  springs.  To  describe  each  minutely 
would  fill  the  Tradesman;  suffice to say, 
one  feels  that  it  has  been  a  day  of  won­
ders  to  visit  them.  Notably among  them 
for  its  indescribable  beauty  are  Cleopa­
tra’s  Spring  and  the  Cave  of  Death  at 
the  foot  of  Jacob’s  Ladder.

Passing  along  from  the  springs,  we 
ride  four  miles  around  the  mountain 
side 
in  sight  of  stupendous  rocks  un­
til  we  come  to  the  Golden  Gate,  which 
well  deserves  its  name.  Passing through 
the  gate  we  come  in  sight  of  Bunsen's 
Peak,  Electric  Peak  (11,760  feet  high), 
Cathedral  Rock  and  Falls  of  the  Three 
Gardiner  Rivers,  Terrace and  Sepulcher 
Mountain  and  the  Gallatin  Range.  The 
succession  of  panoramic  views  to  be 
seen  from  this  roadway  must  be  seen  to 
be  understood,  no  man  can  describe 
them.  Passing  the  Golden  Gate,  we 
wind  our  way  around  the  mountain  side 
until  we  reach  Willow  Park,  where  we 
rest  for  the  night,  after  partaking  of  a 
refreshing  draught  of  appolinaris  water 
from  the  natural  springs  at  this  point. 
Willow  Park  Camp  is  situated  among  a 
cluster  of  lofty  pines.
The  next  morning,  bright  and  early, 
eager  with  the  experiences  of  the  pre­
vious  day,  we  start  out  upon  our  jour­
ney.  The  first  point  of  interest  is  Ob­
sidian  Cliff,  the  composition  of  which 
is  volcanic  glass,  so  hard  that  it  can 
not  be  blasted,  the  only  way  to  separate 
it  being  to  beat  it  with  an 
intense  fire 
and  then  pour  cold  water  on  it,  when  it 
splits.  Beaver  Lake,  Roaring  Moun­
tain,  from  which  issue  steam  and  smoke 
from  the  summit,  Twin  Lake,  with  re­
markably  clear  beautiful  water,  each 
varying  from  the  other  in  tint  of  color, 
the  Devil’s  Frying  Pan,  a  sizzling  hot 
pool,  bubbling  up  like  hot  lard,  and  the 
Norris  Geyser  Basin  comprise the morn­
ing’s  sightseeing.  Then  we  rest 
for 
luncheon.  Having  supplied  the  inner 
man,  we  start  again  and  in  a  short  time 
have  come  to  the  Twentieth  Century 
Geyser,  Congress  Geyser,  whose  erup­
tions  occur  every  seventy-five  minutes 
and  last  from  ten  to  twenty  minutes,  the

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Hurricane  or  Muddy  Geyser  and  the 
Constant  ot  Minute  Man  Geyser,  so 
called 
from  the  regularity  of  its  erup­
tions.  The  Mud  Kettle,  certainly  a 
curiosity,  resembles  a  kettle  of  boiling 
muck.  Passing  this,  we  reach  the  Em­
erald  Pool,  such  a  contrast  with 
its 
beautiful  clear  green  water  and  varie­
gated  formations  surrounding 
it,  then 
on  to  the  Monarch  Geyser,  whose  erup­
tions  cast  the  water  from  150 to  200  feet 
in  the  air.  We  next  reach  Elk  Park 
and,  winding  our  way  through,  we  come 
upon  the  banks  of  the  Gibbon  River,  on 
either  side  of  which  are  seen hot springs 
and  pools,  steam  vents  and  cones  of 
many  shapes  and  colors.  The  Twin 
Chocolate  Springs  are  the  most  notable 
feature  of  the  Canon,  emitting  a  lava 
resembling  chocolate,  from  which  they 
derive  their  name.  On through  the Gib­
bon  Meadow  we  reach  the  Gibbon Paint 
Pots.  The  curious  openings  in  the  ex­
travagantly  brilliant  orange  red  pasty 
substance  are  marvels  of  beauty,  the  ex­
pansive  steam  constantly  lifting  up  the 
mass,  which  unfolds  itself  in  the  shape 
of  lilies  and  roses,  which  alone  is  worth 
the  price  of  admission  to  see.  On  we 
go  through  the  Gibbon  Canon,  passing 
Mount  Shurz,  on  the  summit  of  which 
is  the  Monument  Geyser  Basin,  1,000 
feet  above  the  river.  Then  we  visit 
Beryl  Springs,  the  steam  from  which 
envelops  the  tourist  for  quite  a 
few 
minutes.  One-half  mile  beyond  we 
impetus  of 
reach  Gibbon  Falls.  The 
its  foaming  water  rushing  down 
its 
steep,  rocky  cascade  some  100  feet  in 
height  to  the  peaceful  river  below 
sight  never  to  be  forgotten.  Crossing 
the  river  a 
little  below  this  point  we 
reach  the  Wylie  Camp,  where  we  rest 
for  luncheon.  Emerging  from  camp, 
we  reach  the  Falls  of  the  Fire  Hole 
River,  the  waters passing through a  nar­
row  self-made  channel  between  gigantic 
stone  walls,  presenting  a  pretty  cascade 
effect.  From  this  point  we  wend  our 
way  for  several  miles  along  the  river 
banks,  touching  at  Nez  Perces  Creek, 
where  the  Soldiers’  Encampment  is  sit­
uated,  until  we  reach  the  Lower  Geyser 
Basin,  where  we  rest  for  the  night  at 
Camp  No.  Two.

its  principal 

To  go  into  details  of  the  Basin  would 
take  too  long,  but  I  merely  mention 
some  of 
features:  The 
Fountain  Geyser,  whose  eruptions  oc­
cur  every  four  hours  and  extend  some 
seventy-five  to  100  feet  high;  the  Clep­
sydra  Spring; 
the  Mammoth  Paint 
Pots,  an 
irregular  shaped  basin,  con­
taining  mud  of  a  paint-like  consistency 
very  unctuous  to  the  touch,  in  a  state  of 
ebullition  at  numerous  points, 
the 
paint  bubling  up  and  unfolding  in  rose 
and  lily  shaped  masses  of  exquisite  tint 
of  color  so  perfect  it  is  hard  to  believe 
them  not  genuine  flowers;  the  Great 
Fountain  Geyser,  the  eruptions of  which 
occur  every  eight hours  and extend some 
100 to  150  feet  high,  close  to  which  are 
a  number  of  beautiful  springs.  The 
Fire  Hole,  one  of  the  most  remarkable 
features  of  the  basin,  is  a  dark  deep 
pool  of  clear  blue  water  with  a  stream 
of  fire 
issuing  from  its  depths  until  it 
almost  reaches  the  surface.  Here  the 
crowd 
lingers  spellbound  at  seemingly 
having  had  a  glimpse  of  the  lower  re­
gions!  The  Excelsior Gevser,  or  Hell’s 
Half  Acre,  now  become  extinct;  Pris­
matic  Lake,the  largest  and  most beauti­
ful  hot  water  lake  in  the  world;  Tur- 
quois  Spring,  justly  deserving  its  name 
for  its  beautiful  clear  blue  water  and 
formations,  outrival  anything  on  the 
basin 
Biscuit 
Basin,  the  Sapphire  Pool,  Jewel Geyser, 
Black  Pool  and  Silver  Globe  Pool  com­
prise  the  other  attractions  of  this  basin.
If  you  should  take  5,000  biscuits  and 
build  them  up  with  a  cavity  in  the  cen­
ter  and  fill  that  with  beautiful  clear 
water  you  might  have  a  faint  concep­
tion  of  what  the  Biscuit  Basin  is  on  a 
large  scale.  The  Silver  Globe  Pooi  is­
sues  a  bubble  from  its center  every min- 
ute
which  slowly  rises  to  the  surface
until  it  bursts.  Passing  these,  we  come 
to  the  Mystic  Falls,  Fathomless  Beauty 
and  Ideal  and  Gem  Pools,  each  remark­
able  for  its  peculiar  formation  and  ex­
quisite  beauty.

picturesqueness. 

in 

Nothing  more  of  importance  is  to  be 
seen  until  we  reach  the  Upper  Geyser

Basin,  which  has  every  appearance  of 
being  the  oldest  in  the  Park  and  is  cer­
tainly  the  climax  of  all  the  wonders  al­
ready  encountered.  Permanent  Camp 
of  the  Wylie  Co.  is  located  here  and 
you  rest  for  the  night,  after  partaking 
of  a  sumptuous  repast.

The  Upper Geyser Basin contains over 
twenty  active  geysers  and  from  300 to 
400  hot  pools  and  springs  covering  an 
area  of  about  four  square  miles.  Hav­
ing  described  the  geysers  of  the  Lower 
Basin,  I  shall  briefly  mention  what  we 
find  here:  The  Splendid,  the  Castle, 
the  Artemisia,  the  Fan,  the  Mortar  and 
the  Riverside  (which,  when  in  action 
presents a  sight  of  indescribable beauty, 
its  waters  being  thrown  in  a  semi-circle 
over  the  river  and  reflecting  all  the 
colors  of  the  rainbow).  The  Grotto 
(most  curiously  shaped),  the  Giant  (re 
markable  for  its  excessive height during 
action,  some  200  feet,  the  eruptions 
from  thirty  to sixty  minutes) 
lasting 
the  Oblong,  the  Daisy  and  the  Comet 
comprise  the  most 
formidable.  The 
Punch  Bowl  Spring  is  conceded by trav 
elers  to  be  the  most  beautiful  hot  spring 
in  the  world.  There  are  also  the  Black 
Sand  Basin,  Sunset  Lake,  Emerald 
Pool,Specimen  Lake, Black Sand  Spring 
and  Cliff  Spring.  Emerald  Pool  is  cer 
tainly  worthy  of  mention  with  its  beau 
tiful  emerald  green  water.  It is  situated 
between  Sunset  and  Specimen  Lakes 
whose  water  of  richest  azure  and  walli 
of 
ivory  whiteness  present  a  dazzling 
appearance.  The  Lion,  Lioness  and 
Cubs,  the  Grand  Geyser (outrivaling the 
Giant,  eruption  every  six  hours  200  feet 
high),  the  Sponge  Geyer  (resembling  a 
huge  sponge  both  in  color  and  shape; 
and  the  Beehive  (so  named  from its  for 
mation)  eclipse  all  others  but  Old 
Faithful,  which 
is  the  grandest  of  a 
the  geysers,  deriving  its  name  from  the 
regularity  of  its  eruptions,  which  occu 
every 
seldom 
varying  one  minute,  and  makes  a  fitting 
climax  to  the  Upper  Geyser  Basin.

seventy-five  minutes, 

Resuming  our  journey,  we  take  the 
main  road  up  the  Fire  Hole  River, 
reaching  Kepler’s  Cascade,  the  most 
beautiful  cascade  in  the  Park,  nestling 
in  a  thick  deeply-wooded  ravine,  and 
the  Lone  Star  Geyser,  whose  cone  is 
some  twelve  feet  high  and  whose  erup­
tions  occur  at 
intervals  of  two  hours, 
then  on  through  a  succession  of  canons 
some  three  to  four  miles  until  we  come 
to  Craig  Pass  and  Isa  Lake,  which  is 
filled  with 
lilies  of  variegated  colors 
nestled  at  the  base  of  precipitous cliffs. 
Passing  this,  we  come  to  what  is  known 
as  the  Continental  Divide,  where  the 
waters  separate  and  flow  east  to  the  At­
lantic  and  west  to  the  Pacific.  We 
drive  on  until  we  reach Shoshone  Point.
here  is  had  a  magnificent  view  of  the 
surrounding  country  and  of  the  Teton 
Range  sixty  miles  away.  Ascending  the 
mountain,  we  reach 
its  summit,  from 
which 
is  seen  the  Yellowstone  Lake 
(twenty  miles  long by fifteen wide)  at  an 
altitude  of  7,778  feet,  which  view  is 
acknowledged  by  tourists  to  be  equal  to 
any  water  landscape 
in  the  world,  at 
the  thumb  of  which  are  situated  the 
Yellowstone  Park  Hotel  and  Wylie 
In  close  proximity 
Camp  No.  Three. 
to  this  camp 
is  what  is  known  as  the 
Handkerchief  Pool,  truly a phenomenon.
In  this  pool  you  drop  a  soiled  handker­
chief  and  it  disappears  for  from  fifteen 
to  twenty  minutes,  gradually  descend­
ing  the  deep  blue  boiling  water.  Many 
valuable  handkerchiefs  are dropped  into 
this  pool  and  the  anxious  owners  wait 
and  wait  with  a  look  of  consternation 
on  their  countenances lest their treasures 
should  be  lost,  when  they  gradually 
come  to  the  surface  again,  clean  as 
though  just  from  the  laundry.  One  has 
never  been  known  not  to  return.  This 
pool  is  nicknamed  the  Devil’s Laundry. 
in  our  party  had  their 
Twenty-eight 
handkerchiefs  washed 
in  this  pool  and 
can  verify  this  statement.  One  of  the 
most  remarkable  features  of  Yellow­
stone  Lake 
is  the  Fisherman’s  Pool. 
He stands  at this point,catches the beau­
tiful  mountain  trout 
lake, 
drops  them  in  the  hot  water  in  the  cone 
or  kettle  and  cooks  them.  One  needs 
only  a  visit  to  the  Park  to  verify  this 
statement, 
little  steamer 
Zillah  (Captain  Waters,  a  most  genial

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gentleman)  takes  you  on  a  delightful 
trip  across  the  lake.  From 
the  upper 
deck  can  be  seen  Mounts  Sheridan, 
Hancock,  the  Sleeping  Giant  and  the 
Grand  Teton  seventy  miles  away.  The 
Sleeping  Giant  is  the  clear cut profile  of 
a  man 
lying  on  his  back.  These  are 
the  highest  mountains  seen  on  the  jour­
ney,  being  4,000  feet  above  the  level  of 
the  sea.  A  stop  is  taken  at  Dot  Island, 
where  the  passengers  are  taken  to  see 
the  buffalo,  antelope,  elk,  bear,  moun­
tain  sheep  and  other  animals.  From 
this  lake  the  Yellowstone  River  takes 
its  rise.  Finishing  the  trip  on  the  lake 
the  stage  awajts  us  to  carry  us  on  our 
journey.  A  mile  from  this  point  we 
arrive  at  the  Natural  Bridge,  a veritable 
wonder. 
Its  arch  of  granite  is  thirty 
feet  across  and  forty  feet  high  and  is 
quite 
symmetrical,  crossing  a  small 
stream.  Dazed  with  the  magnificence 
of  the  trip,  we  land  at  Camp  Wylie  No. 
Four  for  the  night,  wondering  how  any­
thing  could  possibly  surpass  what  we 
have  already  seen;  but  the  end  is  not 
yet.

The 

last  night 

in  camp,  filled  with 
unbounded  enthusiasm  over  the  events 
of  the  day,  each  member  of  the  party  is 
anxious  to  give  vent  to  his  feelings  and 
make  it  a  fitting  climax  to  a  most  glori­
ous  trip.  Around  the  camp  fire  we  sit, 
its  glow  illuminating  every  happy  face, 
when  suddenly  the  cry  of  “ Bears!”   is 
raised.  Fire  could  not  have  caused  a 
greater  tumult.  Up  we  start  and  in  a 
few  moments  come 
in  sight  of  four 
monstrous  grizzly  bears. 
“ Hush!”   is 
the  cry  and  we  steal  quietly  along,  the 
bravest  taking  the 
lead,  until  we  are 
within  too  feet  of  the  monsters,  when, 
with  a  look  of  astonishment  and  a  roar 
to  make  a  statue  thrill,  they  scamper  off 
to  the  woods.  Returning  to  the  camp 
fire,  we  '

“Sing to the light of the moon
And serenade the bride and groom.”

in 

the 

its  cavern  sixty 

Bright  and  early  on  the  morning  of 
the  fifth  day  we  prepare  ourselves  for  a 
ride  of  seventeen  miles  to  the  Grand 
Canon  of  the  Yellowstone  River,  along 
whose  banks 
roadway  winds. 
Among  the  attractions  on  the  morning 
ride  are:  The  Mud  Geyser,  or  Volcano, 
which 
itself  would  disgust  one  of 
sightseeing,  as 
it  is  the  most  repulsive 
object  in  the  Park,  belching  forth  a 
dark  thick  slate  colored  muddy  mass 
from 
feet  deep  and 
splashing  the  walls  of  the  cavern  with 
a  heavy  thud,  the  sickening  odor  being 
so  intense  that  one  can  not  approach 
it 
without  covering  the  nostrils;  Sulphur 
Mountains  (mountains  of  pure  sulphur 
from  which  you  can  take  the  sulphur  in 
its  natural state)  ;  Sulphur  Spring  at  the 
base  of  these  mountains  (always  in  a 
state  of  violent ebullition and depositing 
its  sulphur  only  upon  cooling),  and 
Hayden  Valley,  into  which,  unostenta­
tiously,  come  the  elk  and  deer  to  graze 
and 
in  which  are  seen  some  birds  of 
very beautiful  plumage.  The atmosphere 
at  this  time  seems  to  be  impregnated 
with  a  stillness  and 
solemnity  that 
create  a  feeling  on  the  part  of  the  tour­
ist  that  something  is  going  to  happen, 
is  upon  us  we 
and  while  this  feeling 
reach  Alum  Creek,  which  derives 
its 
name  from  the  astringency  of its waters. 
Here  the  valley  narrows  and  the  river 
assume  a  more  turbulent  motion.  Wind­
ing  in  and  out  of  the  cascades,  we  sud­
denly  come  in  full  view  of  the  Upper 
Falls,  dropping  a  distance  of  112  feet. 
The  velocity  of  its  cataract  falling  oyer 
its 
the  perpendicular 
waters 
from 
which  rises  to  a  height  of  fifty  feet,  the 
spectacular  effect  of  which  is beyond my 
ability  to  describe.
The  marvelous  display  of  the  Al­
mighty’s  creative  power  is  presented  to 
us  as  we  gradually  descend  the  moun­
tain  side  until  we  reach  the  Great  Falls 
of  the  Yellowstone  River  and  get  our 
first  glimpse  of  the  Grand  Canon. 
If 
inclined  to  skepticism  as  to 
one  were 
there  being  a  God  there  must  surely 
come  doubt in  his  mind  as  to  his  theory 
being  true  when  he  stands  on  the  pin­
nacle  of  Lookout  Point  and  views  all 
around  him  the  magnificent  spectacle, 
stupendous  in  the  extreme,  beyond  hu­
man  conception  to  portray  or  describe. 
The  Great  or  Lower  Falls,  whose  wat­

into  a  foam  the  spray 

churns 

rocks 

ers  fall  over  a  precipice  310  feet  high, 
the  roaring  of  which  seems  to  shake 
the  very  foundations  of  the  earth,  is  a 
fitting  tribute  to  the  Almighty.  Look­
out  Point  is  reached  from  the  roadway 
by  a  narrow  trail  and  projects  far  out 
into  the  canon  and 
is  the  best  point 
from  which  to  view  the  surroundings. 
Red  Rock,  with 
its  beautiful  crimson 
tints 
is  the  most  conspicuous  feature  of 
the  canon  at  this  point,  standing  in  the 
center  at  its  base. 
It  is  a  volcanic  rock 
of  the  richest  crimson  and  terra  cotta 
hues,  forming  a  striking  contrast  to  the 
beautiful  white  foaming  spray  from  the 
falls  above.  Here  the  eagles  build  their 
nests.  The  depth  of  the  canon  at  this 
point  is  some  1,200  feet. 
Immediately 
across  are  Artist’s  Point and the Needles 
of  the  canon.  The  exquisite  blending 
of  the  colors  of  the  walls  and  the  sands 
must  be  seen  to  be  appreciated.  The 
gorgeous  chasm,  with  its  craggy  pillars 
and  variegated  colored  rocks,  descends 
to  a  depth  of  1,50c  feet.  As  you  reach 
Inspiration  Point,  the  view  from  which 
is  conceded  to  be  the  climax  of  grand­
eur,  looking  upwards  you  see  the  falls 
some  two  miles  distant  and  a  greater 
portion  of  what  has  already  been  seen 
from  Lookout  Point  and  our  ride  along 
the  dizzy  edges  of  the  canon.  Turning 
the  back  and  looking  down  is  seen  the 
graceful  river  winding  its  way  for  sev­
eral  miles  down  through  the  projecting 
cliffs  of  the  canon.  Castle  Ruins,  as 
Nature  has  left  it,  presents  the  appear­
ance  of  a  once  gigantic  structure  fallen 
to  pieces  through  the  ravages  of  time. 
Here  the  beautiful  tints  of pink and red, 
yellow  and  orange,  blue  and  white,  pur­
ple  and  green,  lavender  and  terra  cotta, 
brown  and  black  fade  away  into  a  som­
ber  grey  and  are  lost  among  the  granite 
rocks,  which 
in  turn  are  obscured  from 
view  by  the  hazy  atmosphere  of  the  dis­
tance.
Those  who  have  seen  Moran’s  paint­
ing  of  the  Grand  Canon  in  the  capitol 
at  Washington  assert  that 
it  is  but  a 
faint  repiesentaticn of  the  reality  after 
viewing  the  original.  To  form  a  thor 
ougb  conception  of  what  the  Grand 
Canon  of  the  Yellowstone  River  is  it 
should  be  seen  in  the  early  morning,  in 
the  midday  sun,  in  the  twilight  and  by 
moonlight— in  fact,  several  days  should 
be  spent  to 
look  upon  this  matchless 
display  under  the  varying  conditions  of 
the  lights  and  shadows  of  sunrise,  mid­
day,  sunset  and  evening,  all  having 
their  charming  but  different  effects.  A 
view  of  the  Great  Falls  by  moonlight  is 
so  weird,  grand  and  indescribably  ma­
jestic  that  it  is  a  fitting  finale  to  the  in­
conceivable  glories  and wonders through 
which  one  has  passed  and  leaves  him, 
as  it  were,  in  a  trance.
Turning  from  the  Grand  Canon  back 
with  many  a  wistful 
look  upon  the 
grand  scenery,  we  strive  to  get  one  last­
ing  glance  upon  the  grand spectacle that 
fades  from  sight  as  we  drive  through 
the  cluster  of  lofty  pines  on  our  way  to 
the  Norris  Basin  and  back  to  the  Mam­
moth  Hot  Springs.
What  I  have  written  is  merely  a  syn­
opsis  of  what  one  sees.  There  is  un­
bounded  scope  for  the  filling  of  a  book 
with  the  beauties  of  Nature  to  be  seen 
in  the  Yellowstone  Park.  The  forest, 
the  animals,  the  birds  and  the  flowers 
are  all  deserving  of  special  mention, 
but  time  will  not  permit  me  to  go  into 
details.  The  Wedded  Trees,  perhaps 
the  greatest  freak  of  Nature  in the  Park, 
should  not  escape  our  notice.  Two  tall 
pines,  blended  together  by  a  horizontal 
bar  some  twelve  to  fifteen  feet  from  the 
base,  stand  by  the  roadside,  one,  about 
five  feet  taller  than  the  other  and  more 
stoutly  built, 
the  mascu­
line,  the  other,  a  delicate  pea  green 
foliage  by  far  the  more  beautiful,  indi­
cating  the  gentler  sex.  Virginia  Cas­
cade,  seemingly 
the  remnant  of  the 
Mammoth  Cascades  of  the  Gibbon  and 
Yellowstone  Rivers  and  situated  about 
three  miles  from  the  Norris  Basrn,  is 
the  flickering  flame  of  the  last  light  to 
be  extinguished  on  the  glorious  spec­
tacle  thus  ended!

indicating 

Algernon  E.  White.

A  French  expert  says  the  American 
navy 
is  antique,  but  he  furnishes  no 
Spanish  testimony to back up his claims.

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course  there  are  a  few  who  foresaw  the 
changes  that  were  bound  to  occur,  and 
took  advantage  of  that  knowledge  in 
time  to secure  first  foothold  among those 
who  had  the  nerve  and  ingeniousness  to 
adopt  the  new  and  unheard-of  ways,  but 
it  shuts  out  the  wholesaler  to  an  extent 
no  one  would  have  believed possible  ten 
years  ago.  All  wholesalers  are  not  in 
condition  nor  do  they  desire  to enter the 
ranks  of  manufacturers,  but 
it  is  only 
stating  the  truth  when  we  say  that  there 
is  much  deep  thinking  on  the  subject. 
As  they  see  the  former  methods  run  up 
against  new  difficulties  they  must,  as  a 
matter  of  course,  endeavor  to  find  other 
ways  that  are  more  satisfactory.

Catalogue  distribution  once  at  the  be­
ginning  of  each  season  is  a  means  that 
has  not  yet  found  general  favor,  al­
though  a  few  are  using  it  to  best  advan­
tage.  Even  at  the  best  a  faint  idea  only 
of  the  goods  can  be  given  through  cuts 
and  a  printed  description.  Buyets  de­
sire  to  feel  the  stock  in  the  shoe  and 
examine  the  small  points  both  of  finish 
and  curves,  and 
in  fact  see  what  they 
order.  But  even  then  they  do  not  al­
ways  get  them.— Boot  and  Shoe  Re­
corder.
E xplaining Technical  Terms to a Woman.
“ Dearie,  I  didn’t  know  that  wheat 
could  be  harvested  in  the  winter  time, 
and  yet  I  see  in  this  newspaper  some­
thing  about  the  price  of  January  wheat. 
When  1  was  a  girl  on  the  farm  the 
wheat  always  ripened 
in  July  or Au­
gust,”   and  her  face  wore  a  troubled 
look  as  she  laid  down 
in 
which  she  had  happened  to  glance  at 
the  market  reports  while  looking  for  the 
society  gossip.

the  paper 

“ Wheat  doesn’t  ripen  in  January  now 
any  more  than 
it  did  when  we  were 
young,  my  love.”   replied  her  husband. 
“ The  terms  you  refer  to  do  not  mean 
that  the  wheat  ripened  in  that  month. 
It  was  harvested  in  July,  just  as  it  used 
to  be,  stored  in  elevators  and  kept  for 
use  at  some  future  time.  The  supply 
thus  accumulated  is  then  sold to  various 
buyers,  some  of  whom  want  it  delivered 
in  one  month  and  others 
in  other 
months.  Sales  thus  made  are  called 
‘ futures,’  and form  the  basis  of  much  of 
the 
that  takes  place  on 
’change. ”
“ How 

interesting!  now  tell  me  what 

gambling 

‘ squeezing  the  shorts’  means.”

He  mused  a  moment,  and  then,  real­
izing  the  impossibility  of  properly  ex­
plaining  the  term  in  his  limited  time, 
said:

“ You  are  much  shorter  than  I,  you 
know.  Well,  when  I  put  my  arms 
around  you  I  "squeeze  a  short,’  see?”

indeed.  Well,  if  that's  what 
you  men  do  on  'change  it  accounts  for 
your  devotion  to  business.”

“ Oh, 

Snedicor & 
Hathaway 
Line
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Kangaroo  Calf. 
D. 

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S.  Standard  Screw.  $175. 

Carried  in sizes 6 to  12.

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Grand  Rapids

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the  State  carefully  inspect  and  compare  our

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proaching  when  such  a  line  as  ours  will  meet  the  de­
mands  of  those  who  are  looking  for  a

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You 
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of  the country.

1 2

Shoes  and  Rubbers

Some  New  Problems  W hich  Confront the 

Shoe Jobber.

A  few  years  ago,  not  very  many,  we 
only  had  the  manufacturers  who  made 
to  sell  direct  to  the  retail dealers,  “ New 
England  trade,’ ’  we  termed  it,  and  an­
other  lot  of  manufacturers  who  sold  to, 
the  then,  jobbers.  The  former  confined 
their  business  strictly  on  lines  laid  out 
that  were  known  to  be  satisfactory  to 
the  dealers  and  themselves,  while  the 
latter  class  jogged  on,  year  after  year, 
on  their  own  rules  of  disposing  of  their 
wares.  Department  stores  had  not  yet 
added  shoes  to  their  other  lines,  and 
there  was  nothing  to  interfere  with  old- 
established  methods  that  had  proved 
satisfactory  to  all.  Manufacturers  had 
not  opened  any  retail  stores  of  their 
own,and  such  a  thing  as  a  special  name 
and  price  shoe  was  unheard  of.

The  manufacturers  who  catered  to  the 
jobbing  trade  were  not  obliged  to  go  to 
the  expense  they  now  are  in  order  to 
get  orders. 
Regular  customers  who 
might  be  depended  on,  year  after  year, 
for  good 
liberal  orders  were  expected 
and  found  and  this,  of  course,  lessened 
the  number  of  samples  required  each 
season,  and  fewer  salesmen  were  needed 
to  visit  the  trade.  There  was  a  definite 
period  each  season  when  salesmen  were 
expected  to  call  on  the  jobbers  and  an­
other definite  time  when  jobbers  visited 
the  factories  for  the  purpose  of 
leaving 
large  orders.  The  salesmen  who  trav­
eled  for  jobbers  knew  almost  to  the  day 
when  it  was  best  for  them  to  start out  to 
see  the  retail  trade. 
In  many  instances 
the  proprietor  of  a  factory  would  load 
up  a  sample  trunk  and  make  a  personal 
call  on  the  Western  jobbers  whom  he 
knew  desired  to  see  his  face  in  their 
warerooms  before  ordering.

Not  nearly  so  many  styles  were  made, 
and  of  course  were  not  called  for. 
It 
was  easier  for  the  manufacturer,  jobber 
and  retailer  to  calculate  ahead  what 
might  prove  possibilities.
But  now  bow  changed 

is  the  whole 
situation.  Not  a  factor  in  shoe  distri­
bution  has  confidence  in  any outlook  for 
the  future. 
In a  day,  almost,  some  new 
idea 
is  sprung  on  them  by  some  one 
who  does  not  run  on  lines  of  thinking 
from  any  experience  engendered  in  the 
past,  anything  so  that  it  is  new,  either 
in  process  of  manufacturing  or  selling 
or  perhaps  in  contriving  a  new  or  orig­
inal  feature  in  some  style  of  shoe.  The 
majority  of  the  fortunes  that  were  ac­
cumulated  in  the  shoe  trade  were  made 
during  the  period  that  the  entire  busi­
ness  was  run  on  old  time  methods.  The 
worst  disturbing  elemenst  of  shoe  busi­
ness  at  the  present  time  are  those  peo­
ple  more  fond  of  experiment 
than 
profits. 
It  is  a  question  if  any  one  who 
is  in  any  way  connected  with  shoe man­
ufacturing 
is  any  better off  to-day  from 
the  production  of  the  extension  edge 
fad.  But  there  is  no  question  as  to  the 
losing  of  considerable  money  by  cut 
sole  dealers  and  shoe  manufacturers  on 
its  account.  Now  the  next  and 
last  to 
suffer  from  the  expense  of  such  an  un­
called-for  extreme  will  be  the  retailers 
who  overstocked.

innovation 

The  whole  business  of  disposal  of 
footwear  is  all  muddled  up,  and  there 
are  no  bearings  by  which  to  sail.  The 
recent 
in  methods  of  con­
necting  the  retail  store  with  the  factory 
has  left  the  whole question of best means 
of  selling  manufactured  goods  a  series 
of  guesses,  and  there  is  about  as  much 
uncertainty  experienced 
in  hitting  the 
winner  as  at  the  Saratoga  races.  Of

An  Im portant  Discovery.
What  has  proved  to  be  a  very 

impor­
tant  discovery  in  the  treatment  of  piles 
and  obstinate  rectal  diseases  has  been 
made  by  Dr.  Willard  M.  Burleson,  a 
Rectal  Specialist,  of  Grand  Rapids. 
This  treatment  consists  of  dissolving 
and  absorbing  pile  tumors  by  means  ol 
a  mild  current  of  electricity.

Dr.  Burleson  has  accomplished  some 
wonderful  cures. 
In  a  number  of  in­
stances  he  has  cured  cases  of  many 
years'  standing 
in  one  painless  treat­
ment  by  this  new  dissolvent  method. 
The  treatment  used  is  entirely  painless 
and  has  not  in  any  case  resulted  in  the 
slightest  detention from business.  Those 
who  are  sufferers  from this painful afflic­
tion  and  who  dread  the  experience  of 
the  operating  room  will  hail  this  great 
discovery  with  joy.

His  Office  Boy.

“ Don’t  you  know  that  your  office  boy 
is  a  very  aggressive  and  overbearing 
person?”

“ Yes,’ ’  said  the  business  man.  “ It’s 
not  a  bad  idea.  No  matter  how  hurried 
or  annoyed  I  may  be,  I  impress  a  caller 
as  good-natured,  compared  to  the  office 
boy. ’ *

The  L. A. Dudley  Rubber Co.

Battle  Creek, Mich.

When  you see  a tough  old  customer  come  into 
your store  for  a  pair  of  shoes,  one  that  you 
know to  be  particularly  hard  on  shoes,  just  put 
a pair of

Our Hard  Pan

shoes  on  him.  He  won’t  come  back  kicking, 
for there are  no shoes  made  that  will  come  up 
to  Our  Hard  Pan  for wear.  Made  by

Makers  of  Shoes 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Herold*Bertsch  Shoe  Co.

Necessity o f Care In Selecting School  Shoes.
Now  that  the  school  season has opened 
and  the  first  run  on  children's  shoes  is 
past,  it 
is  to  be  hoped  that  the  retail 
dealers  throughout  the  country  will  con­
tinue  to  make  provision  for  shoeing  the 
feet  of  those  who  wear  more  shoes  than 
any  other  class  of  people  on  earth. 
School  children  should  receive  the  spe­
cial  attention  of  every  shoe  merchant. 
The  best  is  not  too  good  for  the  boy  or 
girl  romping  from  school.  An  old  say­
ing,  which 
is, 
"School  children  will  wear  out  iron,”  
therefore  the  merchants  who  attempt  to 
foist  anything  but  the most solid product 
of  the  shoe  factory  on  the  rising  genera­
tion  makes  a  mistake.  The  substitution 
of  shoddy  for  solid 
in  school 
shoes  will  act  as  a  boomerang  on  any­
one  who  attempts  it.  He  will  not  only 
lose  the  children's  trade  but the trade  of 
the  grown  up  members  of  the  family, 
who  if  they  find  the  children's  shoes  do 
not  wear  properly  will  not  purchase 
theirs  from  the  same  place.

is  also  a  true  one, 

leather 

If  it  is  found  that  the  shoes  received 
in  first  fall  orders  are  not  up  to  the 
mark,  it  would  be  far  better  to  look 
around  for  some  manufacturer  who  can 
make  up  an  order  in  four  or  six  weeks 
of  a  shoe  that  he  will  guarantee  solid 
throughout  than  to  attempt  to  sell  shoes 
which  have  not  proved  successful.  Do­
ing  this  will  simply  be  safeguarding 
trade  which  has  cost  years  of  patient 
effort  to  establish.

is 

If  there  is  any  place  where  the  bread­
winner  of  the  family  notices a quick  ex­
pense,  it 
in  the  subject  of  school 
shoes.  He  never  attempts  to  keep  track 
of  what  the  grown  folks  wear,  but  every 
now  and  then  he  has  a  look  at  the  shoes 
of  the 
little  folks  who  are  going  to 
school  to  see  how  they  are  holding  out, 
and  he  criticizes  them  more  than  any­
thing  else  brought  into  the  household. 
He 
is  an  exacting  customer  in  that  re­
spect.  He  never  asks  for  style,  but  he 
does  ask  for  good  solid  wearing  quali­
ties.  Aim  to  give  them  to  him  at  any 
expense.

Some  retail  dealers  pick  out  certain 
lines  of  boys'  and  youths’  shoes  and 
make  leaders  of  them—sell  them  almost 
at  cost  so  as  to  start  the  trade  in  their 
vicinity  talking  of  the  wearing  quali­
ties  of  their  boys’  and  youths’  shoes; 
others  take  the  misses’  and  children's, 
while  still'others  continue  both  lines  as 
leaders.  Accumulative  results  are  ob­
tained  from  this  course  and  the  little 
that 
lost  on  the  shoes  which  are  put 
out  as  leaders  is  more  than  made  up  by 
the  volume  of  business  obtained  from 
other  sources. 

is 

«

In  speaking  of  school  shoes,  it  would 
be  well  to  remember  that  a  man  should 
be  more  critical  in  making  adjustments 
of  shoes  of  this  kind  which  have  been 
returned  with  the  complaint  that  they 
have  not  worn  well  than  with  any  other 
class.  Take  a  child  who  will  slide  on 
the  asphalt  pavement  behind  a  wagon; 
that  child  is  liable  to  wear  out  a  pair  of 
shoes  inside  a  week,  even  although  the 
shoes  themselves  are  made  of  the  best of 
sole  leather  and  the  uppers  of  the  high­
est  class  calf  or  kid.  The  same  may  be 
said  of  a  girl  who  skips  a  rope  or of  the 
boy  who  shoots  marbles,  and  it  is  also  a 
severe  test  for  a  pair  of  shoe  if  a  child 
uses 
roller  skates,  especially  of  the 
clamp  pattern.  When  a  merchant  on 
close  examination  or  inspection  finds 
that  the  shoes  have  been  subject  to 
usage  of  this  kind,  it  would  be  well  for 
him  to  advise  the  mother  or  father  of 
the  child  of  such  treatment,  and  to  re­
pair  them  at  cost. 
If  the  parents  are

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fair  minded  after  this  explanation  they 
will  be  perfectly  satisfied  with  this  ar­
rangement.  If  they  are  not  fair  minded 
and  want  a  new  pair  of shoes,  no  matter 
what  the  conditions  might  be,  the  mer­
chant  should  politely  refuse  to  make 
any  adjustment.  A  merchant  is  better 
off  without  trade  of  this  class.  It  would 
simply  be  losing  money  to  cater  to  this 
class  of  customers,  as  what  they insisted 
upon  once  they  will  demand  as  a  mat­
ter  of  course  the  next  time  a  pair of 
shoes  is  returned.—Shoe  Retailer.
Time  To  Push  House  Furnishing:  Goods.
This  is  the  time  of  year  to boom trade 

on  house  furnishings.

September  means  a  move  or  house 

cleaning.

Whatever  your  line  may  include  in 
the  list  of  housekeepers'  supplies,  push 
it  to the  front.

If  you  have  a  nice  lot  of  small  rugs, 
or  remnants  of  carpet,  get  them  out. 
They  will  move  with  a  little  help.

If  there 

is  a  thing  in  the  stove  line 
or  in  stove  supplies  in  your  stock,  now 
is  the  time  to  make  it  go.

In  the  rush  of  the  busy  season  the 
merchant 
is  apt  to  forget  as  summer 
merges  into  autumn  that  the  human  be­
ing  is  preparing  to  make  all habitations 
warm.

Although  the  furniture  trade  may  ap­
pear  nearly  at  an  end 
in  some  com­
munities,  this  time  of  the  year  always 
sees  some  sorting  up  done  by  the house­
wife.

Draperies  should  be  displayed.
Make  up  the  remnants  in  this  line  of 
goods  and  get them  to  the  remnant  table 
or  the  bargain  section  of  your store.

In  advertising  these 

lines,  use  the 
in  bouse  furnishings  as 

smaller  items 
your  magnet.

A  "stove  hook"  at  a  few  cents  less 
than  regular  price often  works  wonders.
is  an  opportunity  to  do  some­

There 

thing  in  brooms.

This  is  generally  regarded  a  hopeless 

task.

But  thi5 

is  the  time  of  year  that 
brooms  are  being  given  vigorous  exer­
cise,  and  some  of  them  are  wearing  out.
line  of  brooms, 

You  always  have  a 

complete.

Call  attention  to  the  better  grades  as 
well  as  using  a  cheaper  one  fora  leader.
In  case  you  handle  carpet  sweepers 

they  can-be  included.

By  going  through  your  stock.selecting 
the 
lines  which  the  housewife  will  be 
asking  for  at  this  time  of  year,  you  will 
be  surprised  to  find  what  a  big  display 
you  can  make  in  the  house  furnishing 
line.
If  you  have  never  attempted  it  before 
you  will  also  be  surprised  to  find  what 
good  it  does  you  among the women  buy­
ers.—Commercial  Bulletin.

All parties interested In

Automobiles

are  cordially  invited  to  see  our  exhibit 
at the West Michigan  State  Fair  Grand 
Rapids. September 29 to October 4.

iF.MAYERtj?, B.&5.C0.

I S P

School
Shoes

W hat You W ant

CRUISING

O ur  oil  grain  cruiser  m akes  an  ideal 
hunting  shoe  and can be sold for  #4.50. 
G ood  also  for  farm  work  and  every 
kind  of  hard  w alking 
A   few  pair 
worn  in  your  locality  w ill  create  for 
you  a  profitable  line  of  trade.

Rindge,  Kalmbach, Logie & Co.,  Ltd. 

Grand Rapids,  Mich.

Duplicating  Order  Pads

We  are  territorial  agents for  the  Olds- 
mobile, Knox, Winton  and  White.  Also 
have some good bargains in  second-hand 
autos.  Be  sure  to  hunt  us  up  in  main 
building.

Adam s  &  Hart,

12  W .  Bridge  St, 

Grand  Rapids

Counter  Check  Books

Simplify your work.  Avoid  mistakes.  Please  your  customers.  Sam­

ples and  prices gladly submitted.

The  Simple  Account  File  Co.

500  W hittlesey  S t., 

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

Clothing

W hat Is Worn By Chicago  Men  This  Fall.
There  has  been  an  unusual  call  for 
white  French  flannel  this  summer  for 
outing  suits.  At  present  there  is  not  a 
piece  of  it  on  the  counters  of  any  of  the 
leading  tailors  in  Chicago.

Heretofore  men  have  been  afraid  to 
indulge  in  white  flannels,  fearing  that 
they  would  shrink 
if  they  got  wet—so 
they  did.  This  season  tailors  have gone 
beyond  the  sponging  process  and  have 
the  pieces  intended  for  suits  washed  by 
experts  and  all  possible  care  taken  to 
insure  them  against  the  dreaded  shrink­
age.  They  say  that  suits  made  this  year 
can  be  washed  the  same  as  any  other 
fine  flannels.

If  this 

is  the  case,  the  white  flannel 
is  most  desirable  and  fills  a  place 

suit 
of  its  own.

A  leading  Chicago  tailor  is  authority 
for  the  statement  that  "last  fail’s  styles 
were  so  good  that  it  is  doubtful  if  they 
can  be 
improved  upon;  they  will  not 
change  very  much,  if  at  all.

The  styles  of  apparel  to  be  worn  by 
Chicago  men  this  autumn,  then,  will 
themselves  on  this 
supposedly  base 
view.  There 
is,  nevertheless,  to  be  a 
slight  change  in  the  cut  of  the  fall  top­
coats  made  by  high-class  Chicago  tail­
ors.  These  will  be  cut  full,  but  the 
"b ox”   affair  will  be  discarded.  These 
coats  will  be  made  of  the  regulation 
covert  cloth,  some  of  the  patterns  of 
which  are  already  in.  They  are  hand­
some,  of  course,  the  shades  coming  in 
autumn  browns,  grays,  drabs  and  olive 
or  bottle  green.  The  well-dressed  Chi­
cagoan’s  top-coat  will  have  double  rows 
of  stitching  and  wide  seams  at  shoulder 
and  back.  The shoulders will be natural, 
with  little  or  no  padding.

A  favorite  overcoat,  although  one  not 
new  in  design,  will  be  the  “ three-quar­
ter 
length”   affair,  cut  from  regulation 
fancy  striped Scotches.  It  will  have  one 
center  vent,  and  collar  and  cuffs  of  vel­
vet,  and  will  be  worn  over  a  frock  coat 
or  evening  dress;  it  will  also  be  a  use­
ful  garment  for  the  automobile.  As 
in 
last  season,  the  single-breasted  New­
market  will  be  the  ultra  coat.  It  will  be 
made 
in  oxford,  coverts  or  worsteds 
and,  of  course,  handsomely  lined.

In  business  suits,  the  double  and  sin­
gle-breasted  sack  coats  will  be  worn  ex­
actly  as  last  year;  that  is  to  say,  fitting 
the  figure  snugly  in  the  back,  and  flar­
ing  very  slightly  from  the  waist  to  the 
extremity  of  the  skirts.  They  will  be 
seen  in  Scotches,  with  the  wood-brown 
color  and  brownish  tints  generally  pre­
dominating  in  favor.  After  the browns, 
the  gray  shades  will  rule,  although  the 
latter  will  be  seen  principally  in  morn­
ing  coats.

It  will  be  seen 

There  will  be  no  change  from  last 
season 
in  the  frock  coat,  which  will 
have  a  full  skirt,  falling  in  folds  just  to 
the  knee. 
in  clays, 
vicunas  and  oxford  grays,  silk-lined 
throughout  and  silk-faced  to  the  lapel. 
The  patterns  shown 
in  trouserings  to 
accompany  the  frock  are  as  attractive 
as ever,  some  shades  of  gray, with  a  sort 
of  herringbone  pattern  running  in  wide 
stripes  down  the  leg,  being  especially 
attractive.  One tailor  tells  me that  black 
trousers  will,  in  some  cases,  be  worn 
with  the  frock. 
It  may  be  true— in  the 
case  of  clergymen,  presumably.

The 

late  summer  has  developed  a 
imported  from  London, 
semi-novelty, 
and  styled  "the 
lounge  suit.”   The 
three  or  four  Chicago  men  I  have  seen 
wearing  them  at  country  places  have

appeared  veritable  pictures  of  comfort. 
The  coat  of  the  “ lounge  suit”   is  made 
up  with  swelled  edges  and  four  buttons, 
inside  breast  pocket,  a  ticket 
with  an 
pocket  and  two  hip-pockets—the 
last 
three  with  flaps.  There  are  two  buttons 
on  the  cuffs  and  the  corners  of  the  front 
are  slightly  rounded.  The  vest  is  single 
breasted  and  made  to  button  high  up; 
yet.  while  the  coat  is  made  to  button 
high  also,  the  collar  has  an  easy  turn 
that  allows  the  coat  to  roll  to  the  bottom 
button.  A  step-collar  and  a  cutaway 
opening  from  the  bottom  button  show 
the  vest,  which  is  of  liberal  length.  The 
trousers  are  fairly  wide  at  the  knee, 
perhaps  nineteen 
in 
this  detail  the  taste  of  the wearer always 
directs  the  cutter's  scissors.

inches,  although 

The  passion  for  golf,  which 

is  fol­
lowed  nowadays  into  the  autumn,  has 
increased  the  custom  trade  in 
largely 
outing  clothes. 
The  rough-and-ready 
golf  player  pays  little  attention  to  cos­
tumes  but  the  smart  players  make  busi­
ness  for  the  tailor.  At  country  clubs 
around  Chicago  this  autumn  one  will 
find  the  Norfolk  jacket  still  in  high  fa­
vor.  The 
latest  Norfolk,  made  of  soft 
and  pliable  cloths,  has  two  pleats  down 
the  front,  one  on  each  side,  and  two 
continuing  down  the  back  from  the 
shoulder  seam  on  each side of  the  crease 
edge  of  the  back.  The  jacket  buttons 
well  up, with four buttons  and  is  buckled 
in  at  the  waist  with  a  two-inch  band.

An  autumn  golfing  suit, 

just  com­
pleted  for  a  fastidious  customer  and 
shown  me  by  a 
leading  tailor,  was  a 
thing  of  beauty.  The  coat  was  of  the 
pattern  known  as  the  single-breasted 
lounge. 
light  drab  tint, 
having  an  outside  pocket,  with  a  welt, 
a  ticket,  and  two  hip-pockets with flaps. 
It  had  four  buttons,  the  top  one  very

It  was  of  a 

In  Chicago?  Sure!

Glad  to  see  you  there;  show  you  our 
up-to-date  plant— how  we’re  able  to 
“ Correct 
turn  out 
Clothes.” 
interesting  and 
we ll  give  you a  good  time.

such 
It'll  be 

correct 

In  Detroit,  Too

At  131  Jefferson  Ave., 
just  a  few 
steps  from  our old  stand,  we  have  a 
salesroom  where  we  are  showing  our 
complete  line  with  all  the  novelties 
just as soon as the Chicago plant turns 
’em  out.  Drop  in  any  old  time.

heavenrich Bros.

We've  some  extra  good  things  right  now  in  Men’s 
Winter  Suits  and  Overcoats  which  we'll  be  glad  to 
tell you about if vou say so.

131  Jefferson  Ave,  Detroit 

Corner  Van  Buren  and  Franklin  Streets,  Chicago

Ellsworth  & Thayer  M’n’f’g  Co.

Milwaukee, Wis.

Manufacturers of

Great  Western  Fur and  Fur  Lined  Cloth Coats 

The Good-Fit, Don’t-Rip Kind.

We want  agent  In  every  town.  Catalogue  and 

full particulars on application.

B. B. DOWNARD, General Salesman. 

lo o K  at the best coats rna.de.aivd 
.youiw ill  fin d   them iryo u r  lin e . 
lO O K  at the material; the best No.I 
FfeJmer coverts. W e  use  them fo r 
their wearing qualities. 
lO O K  at the linings and workmanship 
lO Q K at the fit every  tim e. 
fO O K at our sizes and see if  they 
are  not ful I  and true  to  size. 
lO O K to the interest of your custom 
er,  and  see  that  he gets good values 
so that  he w ill  come to  you  again. 
W e make  these  goods in our factories and w ill  be pleased 
to receive a sample order and test  the truth of our statements.

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high  up  on  the  chest,  and  the  corners 
were  only  very  slightly  rounded  at  the 
bottom.  The  cuffs  had  two  buttons. 
The  vest  showed  a  new  style  material 
in  Tattersali  pattern,  made  with  a  step- 
collar  and  six  buttons,  the  extremities 
rounding  slightly  off  from  the  bottom 
buttons  so  as  to  form  a  V  when  but­
toned.  The  knickerbocker  breeches,  so 
this  artist  told  me,  were  cut  'so  as  to 
fit  the  wearer  somewhat  loosely  at  the 
hips  and  tightly  at  the  knees,  allowing 
in 
length  only  sufficient  material  for 
freedom  in  bending.  A  box-cloth  band, 
four  inches  deep  with  four  buttons,  will 
fasten  these  breeches  above  the  stock­
ings.  The  material  was  Harris  tweed.
It  seems  early  to  speak  of  ulsters, 
and  yet  a  Dearborn  street  tailor  showed 
me  some  patterns  so  very  unusual,  one 
might  say  extraordinary,  that  a  bit  of 
description 
There  were 
six  or  eight  pieces  of  heavy  Scotch 
plaid,  with  fancy  insides.  The  ground­
work  showed  tints  of  green  or  brown, 
and  the  extraordinary  feature  was  found 
in  the  width  of  the  plaids,  the.  squares 
being  something  like  nine  or  ten  inches 
in  each  direction,  the  lines  forming  the 
squares  being  half  an 
inch  wide  and 
several  shades  lighter  than  the  body  of 
the  cloth.  The  effect  of  such  a  piece  of 
cloth  when  made  up  into  a  coat can only 
be  imagined.

justified. 

is 

The  same  tailor  says  the  ulster  will 
be  a  decided  feature  of  midwinter  life. 
It  will  be  made  without  lining,  single 
breasted,  with  a  full  military  back, 
pulled  together  with  a  strap.  The  coat 
will  come  nearly  to  the  heels,  and  the 
rear  view,  it  is  needless  to  say,  will  be 
extremely  flashy.  Other  overcoats  will 
be  made  of  meltons  and  Venetians.
The  one  new  thing,  perhaps, 

is  a 
morning  coat,  which  Londoners  have 
It  is  expected  to 
styled  the  Park  coat. 
find  a  vogue 
in  Chicago  this  autumn. 
is  cut  very  much  like  the  ordinary 
It 
frock  coat,  but  with  a  lapel  rolling  al­
most  to  the  waist,  with  only  one  but­
ton  visible.  The  skirt  is  long,  but  the 
waist 
is  proportionately  short  and  al­
though  the  front  is  not  cut  away  much, 
the  extreme  straight  front  is  avoided  by 
a  graceful  curve.  The  sleeves  are  made 
a  moderate  width  and  three  buttons  are 
put  on  the  cuffs.  The  vest  has  a  lapel 
sewed  on  and 
is  cut  about  three  and 
one-half 
inches  at  the  top  to  one  and 
one-half  at  the  bottom,  with  a  broad 
roll  collar.  The  material  is  fine  vicuna 
or  worsted  serge.  The  trousers  that  the 
plates  show  as  being  worn  with  this 
coat  are  moderately  wide  at  the  knee, 
but  fit  closely  to  the  boot.  They  will  be 
of  fine  striped  worsted  or  cashmere.

The  summer  has  shown  for  one  thing 
how  completely  the  “ tan”   shoe  has  dis­
appeared  from  view. 
In  the  summer 
hotel  ballrooms  some  have  exhibited 
“ pumps”   of  white  kid.  These  are  un­
deniably handsome,  but naturally  expen­
sive,  and  very  perishable.—Apparel 
Gazette.

Slashing  at  Rivals.

Much  printers’ 

ink  that  might  have 
been  applied  to  good  use  is  wasted  by 
advertisers  employing  it  to  the  slashing 
and  cutting  at  rivals 
in  trade.  No 
course  could  be  more  absurd  or illogical 
than  to  think  that  the  public  has  any 
sort  of  concern 
in  the  petty  jealousies 
and  rivalries  of  business.  What  the 
public  is  concerned about,  and  only  this 
so  far  as  advertisements  are  at  stake,  is 
the  quality  of  the  goods  offered  and  the 
prices  at  which they  are  held.

No  man  can  be  brave  who  considers 

pain  the  chief  evil  of  life.

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

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Both  Handicapped.

On  one  occasion  Bishop  Potter  was  a 
guest  at  the  Storm  King  Club.  After  a 
comfortable  dinner  he  sent  a  telegram 
to  one  of  the  officials  of  the  New  York 
Central  Railroad  asking  him  to  stop  the 
night  express  at  Storm  King  station,  on 
the  opposite  side  of  the  river.

He  drove  down  the  mountain  and 
hired  a  boatman  to  row  him  across. 
Arriving  in  good  time  he  and  the  boat­
man  waited 
in  the  row  boat  until  the 
approaching  train  warned  them  to  seek 
the  station,  only  to  see  the  train  arrive, 
rush  by  and disappear into the darkness. 
The  bishop  was  irritated.
“ Well,”   he  said,  ” 1  am  bishop  of 
the  Episcopal  church,  and  I  suppose 
my  calling  will  not  allow  me  to  say 
anything. ”

“ Well,”   replied  the  boatman,  “ 1  am 
a  Methodist  and  my  principles  will  not 
let  me  say  anything.”

W hat  They  Said.
Penelope—Charley  called 
last  night. 
Justine—That’s  twice  in  a week,  isn’t 
”  Yes. ”
“ I  suppose  he’ll  come  three  times 

in 

it?

the  next  week?” '

“ That’s  what  my  brother says.”  
“ And  five  times  the  next?”
“ That’s  what  my  sister  says.”
“ And  six  times  the  next?”
“ That’s  what  auntie  says.”
“ And  seven  times  the  next?”
“ That’s  what  papa  says.”
“ And  then  what?”
“ Then  we’ll  get  married ;  that’s  what 

everybody  says.”

“ And  then  what?”
“ Then  1  sha’n't  see  him  any  more  of 
an  evening;  that's  what  mamma  says.”

La»t  Analysis.

“ If  I  had  my  way  about  it,”   said  the 
owner  of  the  big  coal  yard,  “ I  believe 
I  could  stop  this  strike 
in  twenty-four 
hours. ’ ’
“ Well,  you  generally  do  have  your 

weigh,”   grunted  the  customer.

M IR R O R S

of all kinds.  Manufacturers of nov­
elties  in  mirrors.  All  styles  and 
prices.  Old  mirrors  resilvered. 
Let me quote you prices on special 
novelties  in  mirrors made for  your 
trade.  When  in  for  the  fair  call 
on  me  and  inspect  my  new  line 
of goods.

H.  W .  Boozer,

70 N. Front St., 

Grand Rapids

Is  something more 
than a  label  and  a 
name— it’s a  brand 
of  popular  priced 
clothing with  capi­
tal, a d v e rtis in g , 
brains, push,  repu­
tation  and  success 
behind  it—a  brand 
with  unlimited pos­
sibilities and profits 
in front of  it.
The  profits  can  be 
yours.

Let the  Goods  Do  the  Talking

The  dealer  who  buys  where  he  gets  the  most 
for  his  money  is  not  worried  by  competition 
for  his  customers  buy  in  the  same  manner.
Our  lines  speak  tor  themselves.  W e  pay  our 
customers’  expenses.

William  Connor  Co.

Wholesale  Clothing

28  and  30  South  Ionia Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

A  Fortune  in  a  Pocket

The  Vineberg’ s  Patent  Pocket  Pants  Co.  are  actually  making 
a  fortune  out  of  their  Patent  Pocket,  which  was  invented  and 
patented  by  Mr.  L .  Vineberg. 
It  is  the  only  practical  pocket 
from  which  no  valuables  can  fall  out  and  is  proof  against 
pickpockets.

They  have  started  a  large  factory  and  are  manufacturing 
pants  fitted  with  these  pockets  and  are  selling  them  in  every 
city  in  the  State. 
If  their  representative  does  not  call  upon 
you  write  for  samples.

Vineberg’s  Patent  Pocket  Pants  Co.

Detroit,  Mich.

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Our $5.50, $7.00 and $8.50 lines have  been  "class 
leaders”  for years.  Progressive methods and  success 
have enabled  us  to add  QUALITY  to our whole  line.
§3.75  to  $15 00— Men’s  Suits  and  Overcoats—a 
range  which  includes  everything  in  popular  priced 
clothing.

Boys’ and Children’s  Clothing,  too—just  as  good 

values as the men’s.

Looks well—wears well—pleases  the  customer— 

pays the  dealer—and  you  want  it.

"A  new suit for every unsatisfactory one. ’’

Detroit  Office 

Boom  19, 
Kanter 
Building.
M. J  Kogan 
in charge.
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Hardware

Tinners Leading Tlieir Employers a Merry 

Chase.

job,  skylight 

This  is  the  day  of  the  tinner.  There, 
are  more  jobs  than  there  are  workmen, 
and  the 
‘ ‘ help  wanted  column”   comes 
down  with  a  heavy  thud,  while  the‘ ‘ sit­
uation  wanted  column”   is  jerked  sky­
ward.  Hardware  dealers  would  be  glad 
to  go  out  on  the  highways  and  lasso  the 
first  tinner  they  saw 
if  it  were  legal. 
This  plentitude  of  positions,  coupled 
with  scarcity of workmen,  has,  according 
to  a  prominent  Chicago  hardware  deal­
er,  resulted  in  an  independence  on  the 
part  of  tinners  that  is highly prejudicial 
to  employers’  interests.  I am  not  taking 
sides  in  this  matter,  but  tell  the  em­
ployers'  tale of  woe  as  it  was  told to me: 
‘ ‘ Tinners  are  getting  very  independent 
these  days  and  are 
leading  their  em­
ployers  a  merry  chase.  Why,  I  do  not 
pretend  to  run  my  own  business  any 
I  send‘ B ill’  out on  a job—a  fur­
more. 
nace 
job,  gutter  or  any 
other  job.  The  people  kick  about  the 
way  the  work  was  done  and  convince 
me  that  Bill  bungled  the  matter  sadly 
and  did  not  understand  how  to  do  it. 
Suppose  Tom,  another  tinner 
in  my 
employ,has just  finished  a  similar  piece 
of  work 
in  an  eminently  satisfactory 
manner.  Can  1  send  Tom  to  finish  up 
the  poor  job?  Not  on  your  life.  Should 
I  order  him  to  go  and  fix  up  the  job, 
It  is 
he  would  say.  ‘ That’s  Bill’s  job. 
his  place  to  do  it  right,  not  mine.’ 
If 
I  should  say,  That  does  not  make  any 
difference,  you  will  go,”   Mr.  Tom 
would  simply  ask  for  his  time,  and 
walk  either  north,  south,  east  or  west 
until  he  reached  another  hardware store, 
where  he  would  find  a  job  waiting  for 
him.  By  the  way,  you  do  not  know  of 
a  good  tinner,  do  you?  Well,  this  is  not 
the  worst  of 
it.  Suppose  a  good  cus­
tomer  comes  in  about  n   a.  m.  and says, 
Can’t  you  send  a  man  right  over  to  fix 
up  my  gas  range?’  The  job  is  further 
explained  and  vou  see 
it  will  take  a 
man  about  fifteen  minutes  to  do  it.  At 
this  moment 
in  comes  Sam,  who  has 
been  at  work  on  a  spouting  job  out  in 
Bryn  Mawr  and  who  has  returned  for 
his  fire  pot,  which  he  idiotically  forgot 
to  take  along  with  him.  Suppose  you 
should  say  to  Sam,  ‘ Sam,  Mrs.  Good- 
thing  needs  some  repairs  to  her gas 
range  right  away.  She  lives  in  the  next 
block  and  they  won't  take  you  over 
fifteen  minutes.’  Does  Sam  say,  ‘ Cer­
tainly?’  No,  indeed;  he  calls  you right 
in  front  of  the  customer.  ‘ I’m  sorry,’ he 
says,  ‘ but  I’ll  have  to  finish  that  Bryn 
Mawr  job,’  and  out  be  trudges, 
leav­
ing  you  to  assure  the  lady  that  the 
job 
will  be  fixed  right  away  and  going  and 
doing 
it  yourself,  thereby  missing  an 
appointment  with  a  contractor  who 
wants  you  to  figure  on  the furnaces  for a 
bunch  of  jerry  built, 
easy  payment 
houses.  Oh,  well,  the  best  thing  is  to 
accept  the  situation  philosophically  and 
reflect  that  other  hardware  dealers  are 
in  the  same  boat  and  you  are  lucky  that 
the  tinner  does  not  send  you  out  to  do 
the  jobs  while  he  takes  charge  of  your 
business  and  runs  it.”

“ There’s 

Now,  the  next  day  I  saw  a  tinner  and 
asked  him  how  things  were  and he said : 
lots  of  work  all  right,  and 
job.
it's  a  poor  tinner  that  can’t  get  a 
A good  tinner  can  get  good  wages,  but  1 
have  always  had  friction  with  the  boss. 
The  trouble 
is  that  ninety-nine  out  of 
a  hundred  hardware  dealers are business 
men  and  not  mechanics.  The  clerk 
in 
the  hardware  store  saves  up  his  salary 
or  his  aunt  dies  leaving  him  a  legacy

in  business.  The  com­
and  he  starts 
mercial  travelers'  stomach  rebels  at  the 
grub  at  cheap  hotels  and  be  quits  the 
road  and  starts  a  hardware  store.  The 
oily  politician  grafts  enough  to  retire 
on  and  hardware  being  the  heavyweight 
in  the  retail  line  he  takes  it  up.  Farm­
ers  get  tired  of  weeding  onions,  or  the 
beer  gets  stale  before  it  gets  out  to  the 
harvest  field,  and  there  is  a  new  hard­
ware  dealer,the  farm  having been traded 
for  a  stock  of  hardware.  But  it  is  pre­
cious  seldom  you  see  a  mechanic  get 
possession  of  a  hardware  business.  The 
hardware  man  is  a  salesman.  He  gets 
a  good  price  for  the  tinner’s  work,  bet­
ter  than  the  tinner  could  get  on  his  own 
hook  in  a  majority  of cases,  but  he  does 
not  appreciate  the  necessity  for  method 
in  work.  Then,  again,  he  makes  a 
price  of  $5  on  a  job  and  the  tinner does 
it  in  three  hours.  The  boss  feels  good. 
Then  an  apparently  similar 
job  that 
takes  eight  hours  comes  along  and  the 
boss accuses the workman of malingering 
as  he  does  not  understand  the  mechan­
ical  problems  that  come  up  in some jobs 
much  better  than  a  superannuated  cow.
“ Did  you  ever  see  a  tinner  come 
back 
into  the  shop  from  a  job  a  mile 
away  for  a  missing  tool  without  getting 
a  black  or  a  reproachful  look  from  the 
hardware  man,  who  growls  to  himself 
about  the  way  his  good  time  is  wasted? 
This  is  all  due  to  the  boss’  own  care­
lessness  in  three  times  out  of  four.  Mr. 
Jones  comes  in  and  says,  ‘ I  want  some 
repairs  for  my  water  supply, ’  and  be­
fore  he  can  say  another  word  the  boss 
says,  ‘ All  right,  all  right;  I'll  have  a 
man  out  there  at  7  a.  m. ’  When  the 
tinner  has  to  go  out  he  does  not  know 
whether  he  is  to  take  down  a  conductor 
pipe  or  clean  a  pump.  Oh,  well,  I  sup­
pose  we  boys  will  have  to  grin  and 
bear  it. ”

And  there  you  are. 

It  is  just  lrke 
Republicans  and  Democrats  before  a 
national  election.  The  hardware  man 
fluently  points  out  the presumptuous  de­
mands  of  the tinner and  the  tinner  men­
tally  counters  with  a  thrust  about  the 
hardware  man’s 
lack  of  mechanical 
knowledge.  Both  can  rejoice  in  the  way 
the  demand  for  labor  keeps  up  and  the 
bright  outlook  for  the  future.  May  the 
time  when  there  are  more  tinners  than 
jobs  remain  a  possibility  of  the  distant 
future  for  many  moons  to  come.— Sid­
ney  Arnold  in  American  Artisan.

See our line of

Gasoline  Engines

when you come to the

West  Michigan  State  Fair 

Grand  Rapids, Sept.  29 to Oct.  4

We handle  these  engines  in  all 
sizes from  1 %  H.  P.  to 50  H.  P. 
and  are  the  largest  dealers  in 
gasoline  engines 
in  Western 
Michigan.

Adams &  Hart,

12 West  Bridge  St. 

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

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

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P e e r l e s s

P l o w

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,  mouldboards,  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.

B ernent P io n s  

Turn  Tus  farth.

W e  make  it  our  business  to  see  that  our agents 

have the exclusive  sale  of  Peerless  Plow  Repairs.

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Our Legal R/ghls  a s  Original Manufacturers 

will be ptolected by Law.

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I T

Some  Special  Sales 

'Which  A re  A p pro­

priate  in  September.

The  fall  months  bring  ginger  to  trade 
of  all  kinds  on  account  of  the  crop  go­
ing 
last  four 
months  of  the  year.

to  market  during  the 

is  harvested. 

Whether  sales  are  very  necessary  de­
pends  to  a  great  extent  upon  the  time 
the  crop 
In  some  sec­
tions  trade  in  September  has  not  much 
more  go  to  it  than  in  August. 
In  those 
the  special  sale  can  do  as  much  good 
as  in  the  summer  season.

But  the  way  trade  opens  up  in  other 
parts  of  the  West  by  the  twentieth  of 
the  present  month,  the  sale,  to  a  certain 
extent,  loses 
importance  as  the  ne­
cessity  for  it  is  less.  Yet  it  is  always 
valuable.

its 

It  so  happens  that  many  merchants 
began  their  store  career  during  the  fall 
months.  This  gives  an  opportunity  for 
what  is  called  by  city retailers the birth­
day  or  anniversary  sale.

This  sale  is  one  which  should  be  used 
to  advantage  wherever  possible. 
It  im­
presses  upon  the  minds  of  your  custom­
ers  that  these  annua]  events  mean  bar­
gains  to  them  and  are  something  which 
will  be  remembered  to  your  advantage. 
There  is  one  particular  store  in  a  hustl­
ing  Northwestern  town  which has turned 
a  big  success  on  its  anniversary  sale.

It  so  happens  that  this  sale  occurs  in 
September. 
It  is  made  a  gala  event, 
and 
is  advertised  in  addition  as  an  ad­
vance  sale  of  fall  goods,  prices  being 
offered  not  obtainable  later  in  the  sea­
son.
It 

is  also  used  for  placing  carpets, 
rugs  and  furniture  at  prices  destined  to 
attract  the  buyers.

The  decorations,  which are  also  an  es­
sential,  are  not  forgotten.  Flags  and 
bunting  are  hung  plentifully.  Potted 
plants  are  used  to  advantage.

The 

idea 

is  to  make  the  birthday 
party  of  this  store  an  annual  event  in 
the  affairs  of  the  community.

The  result 

is  that  not  only  is  a  rea­
sonable  amount  of  goods,  at  special,  al­
though  profitable  prices,  disposed  of, 
but  an  immense  amount  of  merchandise 
at  regular  figures  goes.

Through  the  rest  of  the  busy  trading 
season the  store  benefits  from  this adver­
tising.  The  manager  and  bis  assistants 
impress  upon  the  minds  of  the  visiting 
customers  that  they  are  expected  to  call 
again.

This  sale  also  furnishes  an  opportu­
nity  for  displaying  goods  which  will  be 
needed  later  on

One  big  item  in  fall  and  winter  trade 
is  the  line  of  furs.  The  September  sale 
can  be  used  to  display  and  advertise 
this  line  of  goods.

It  has  been  said  that  each  year  one 
person  out  of  five  in  the  Northwestern 
States  buys  a  fur  garment.

The  purchaser  begins  figuring  on  the 
possible  purchase  when  August  turns 
into  September.  The  cool  nights  and 
an  occasional  frost  are  a  forceful  re­
minder that  the  time  is  not  far  distant 
when  that  fur  garment  must  be  bought.
Furs  are  not  sold  without  display. 
The  quicker  you  display  them  to  your 
customers  the  nearer  you  are  to  their 
sale.  The  September  sale  gives  you 
this  opportunity.

This  year every  merchant  has  made 
a  reasonably 
large  purchase  of  winter 
goods,  including  all  styles  of  woolens. 
The  fall  has  given  promise  of  such  a 
good  trade  that  every  good  merchant 
has  considered  it  good  policy  to  take on 
an  adequate  stock.

This  ought  to  be  a  good  fall  for the 

sale  of  blankets:

Better  quality 

is  the  general  rule  in 
purchases  made  by  the  consumer  in 
times  of  prosperity  like  the  present. 
It 
follows  that  a  better  quality  of  blankets 
will  be  purchased  this  fall  than  ever 
before.  Better  profits  are  scored  on 
better quality  goods.

is  the  time  to  begin  work. 

You  desire  to  score  the  largest  pos­
sible  percentage  of  sales  in  your  com­
munity  on  this  grade  of  merchandise. 
Now 
In 
addition  to  regular  advertising  the  an­
niversary  sale,  or  the  special  September 
sale,  furnishes  you  with  an  opportunity. 
Bring  the  customers  to  your 
store 
through  the 
leaders  and  special  bar­
gains  you  have  to  offer.

Then  fairly  burn 

into  them  the  fact 
that  you  have  a  high  grade 
line,  of 
blankets  and  other  woolen  goods  which 
they  will  be  buying  later  in  the  season.
You  must  have  wide-awake  assistants 

and  wide-awake  clerks.

it 

Impress  upon  them  the  fact  that  your 
September  anniversary,  or  special  ad­
vance  sale,  is  not  so  much  to  get  rid  of 
leaders  as 
is  to  advertise  and  sell 
your  line  of  seasonable  goods  at  regular 
prices.

A  school  of  instruction  may  be  neces­
sary  before  the  sale  begins,  but,  con­
ducted  thoroughly  with  all  your  clerks, 
you  will  find  that  it  pays.
The  anniversary,  or  special  Septem­
last  three  day,  and 

ber  sale,  should 
perhaps  a  week.

Make  it  bold  out.  Do  not  waste  your 

ammunition  on  the  first  two  days.

Map  out  a  programme  carefully  for 
leaders  and  bargains 

each  day.  Have 
enough  to  keep  the  crowd  coming.

The  merchant  who  doubts  the  efficacy 
of  these  September  sales  on  account  of 
their  nearness  to  the  busy  season  must 
remember  that  there  is  never  a  day  in 
the  year  when  some  part  of  the  buying 
community 
is  not  looking  for  bargains 
in  some  lines.
The  American  people  are  bargain 

hunters.

They  are  at  it  365  days  in  the  year, 
in 
and  a  special  sale  properly  handled 
fall  season’s 
September,  although  the 
rush 
is  near  at  hand,  can  be  made  as 
profitable  and  as  influential  for  a  better 
business  as  at  any  other  time  of  the 
year.—Commercial  Bulletin.

We  have  a  complete 

line  of 

Blankets 
Robes 
Fur  Coats

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Write  us  for  prices before  1 

placing  your order

Sherwood  Hall  Co.,  Ltd. 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

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T h in g s  W e  Sell

Iron pipe,  brass rod,  steam  fittings, 
electric  fixtures,  lead  pipe,  brass 
wire,  steam  boilers,  gas  fixtures, 
brass  pipe,  brass  tubing,  water 
heaters,  mantels,  nickeled  pipe, 
brass  in  sheet,  hot  air  furnaces, 
fire  place  goods.

Weatherly &  Pulte

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Alien  Gas Light  Company,  Battle Creek. Mich.
Gentlemen—I have used your Little Giant Gas  machine  for about two months.  Prior  to this I 
have used two other makes of gas machines with not very  good  results.  I can  say  for  your  ma­
chine that it gives a better light, with less breakage  and  trouble,  than  any  machine  1  have  ever 
seen.  As you know, I light two stores, fifteen lights, and  it takes  about  four  gallons  of  gasoline 
every three nights.  I think that I have the best lighted store in the  State  of  Michigan.  Trusting 
that you may have good success, I remain, 

B.  1).  VAUGHAN.

Truly yours, 

Bellevue,  Mich.,  Sept.  2,  1902.

Buckeye  P ain t  &  V arnish  Co.

PAINT,  COLOR  AND  VARNISH  MAKERS 

M ixed  Paint,  W h ite  L ead ,  Shingle  Stains,  W ood  F illers 

Sole  M anufacturers  CRYSTAL  ROCK  FINISH  for Interior and E xterior Use. 

Corner  15th  and  Lucas  Streets,  Toledo,  Ohio.

Fire Arms

W e  have the  largest  stock of 
Shot  Guns,  Rifles  and  Am­
munition  in  this  State.  This 
time  of  year  is  the  retailer’s 
harvest on sportsmen’s goods. 
Send  us  your  order  or  drop 
us a  postal  and  we  will  have 
a traveler call  and  show you.

Foster, Stevens &  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

T E N T S

A ll  sizes  and  kinds  for  all  purposes  for  sale  or  rent.  Prices, 
rates  and  term s  on  application.  Cam p  furniture  and  canvas 
covers.  Send  for  catalogue.

TH E   M.  I.  WILCOX  CO.

210  TO   216  W A TE R   S T ..  T O L E D O .  O H IO

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1$  

Cberc 

a
Chance

to  make  a  nice  profit  on  TO P 
SK IR TS.  We  have  them  at 
$i.oo,  $1.50,  $2.00,  $2.25  and 
$2.75  each.  Try  a  sample  lot 
—it  may  be  a  new  venture  for 
you  but  we  know you  will  not 
regret  it.

Brand  Rapids  Dry  Goods Co,

Brand  Rapids,  lllicb.

Exclusively  Wholesale

Michigan's Best fair

S tp te M b cr  29  to  O ctober  4

Take  advantage  of  the  low  railroad  rates  and  come 
to  Grand  Rapids  and  select  your  line  of  goods  for 
fall  and  winter  business.  W e  carry  a  large  and 
complete  line  of  the  following  goods- 
Underwear,  Hosiery,  Bed  Blankets,  Comfortables,
Duck  Coats,  Mackinaws,  Lumberman’ s  Socks 
Kersey  Pants  and  a  good  assortment  of  piece 
goods  in  cotton  and  wool.

P. Stekelec $1 Sons,

W h o le s a le   D rV  G ood s 

« r a n d   R a n id s  m ir h

When you visit the Fair

Sept.  29,  30,  Oct.  I,  2,  3,  4

, 

W h  bi 
° Ur °,?Ce’  Na  28 and 30 South  Ioilia Street,  Wm. Alden 
bm,th block, near Union  depot.  Our  Mr.  Weber  will  be  only  too
pleased  to  entertain  you,  and  if  in  need  of  any  Men’s  Furnishing 
Goods will surely do all he can to please  you

Bes t  Goods  at  L o w est  P r ic e s.

Citizens  Phone  1957 
Bell Phone  1282

The  Peerless  Manufacturing  Co.

1 8

Dry  Goods

W eekly  M arket  R eview   o f  the  Principal 

Staples.

Staple  Cottons—There  has  been  a 
very  comfortable  business  transacted  in 
the  staple  end  of  the  market  and  the 
general  average  of  business  has  been 
rather above  the  average  of  past  weeks. 
All  efforts  to  buy  goods  under  current 
prices  have  been  without  results.  Ducks 
and  brown osnaburgs  are quiet  and  show 
no  change.  Wide  sheetings  are  firm 
and  here  and  there  advances  are  noted 
of  about  2 l/i  per  cent.  Bleached  mus 
lins  show  no  open  changes  in  price 
but  fair  sales  are  made  at  full  quota 
tions.  Bleached 
cambrics  are  very 
strong  and the  market is  against  buyers 
In  coarse  colored  cottons  the  market 
has  shown  no  change  of  consequence  ii 
any  direction.

Prints  and  Ginghams—In  all  diiec 
tions  we  hear  reports  of  good  business 
in  both  staple  and  fancy  prints,  and  the 
buyers  are  showing  considerable  anx- 
iety  to  get  the  goods, not  only  goods that 
are  due  at  the  present  time,  but  those 
for  future  delivery,  which  they  want 
quickly  as  possible.  Sellers  are  having 
a  hard  time  keeping  pace  with  the  de­
mands  of  the  buyers,  and  it  looks  now 
as  though  the  promised  scarcity  of 
prints  was  about  to  become  a  reality. 
The  tone  of  the market  is  very  firm,  but 
there  is  little  probability  of  fancies  be­
ing  advanced 
this  season,  although 
some  of  the  staple  lines  are  assuming  a 
position  where  higher  prices  may  be­
come  practicable.

Wool  Dress  Goods—Novelties  have 
been  bought  in  a  fair  way  by  the  manu­
facturers  of  suits  and  skirts  and  also  by 
the  jobbers. 
In  fact,  some  dress  goods 
manufacturers  claim  that  the  novelty 
end  of  their  business  is  far  exceeding 
other  lines.  Manufacturers of  the  softer 
woolen  goods  are  getting  fair  orders 
from  the  skirt  and  suit  manufacturers 
and  feel  that  their  season  is  bound  to be 
a  good  one.  Serges  have  shown  up 
lines  having  a  cheviot 
fairly  well 
in 
finish  and  the 
leading  lines  of  thibets 
are  pretty  well  sold  up.  On  some  lines 
of  Venetians 
fair  orders  have  been 
booked,  but  the  buying  as  a  whole  has 
not  been  better  than  moderate.

Underwear—Outside  of  the  purely 

It 

cal  trade  the  buyers  have  placed  the 
largest  portion  of  their  orders  for  spring 
goods  and  there  is  little  more  to  be  ex­
pected  until  after  heavyweights  have 
shown  some  activity  with  the  retailers. 
There 
is  every  reason  to  expect  a  good 
continuation  of business when  the proper 
time  arrives  and  at  prices  that are fairly 
is  more  satisfactory, 
satisfactory. 
perhaps,  to  know  that  the  market  is 
in 
the  sellers'  hands  if  they  choose  to  take 
advantage  of 
it,  but  this  is  cold  satis­
faction  to  the  manufacturer,  who  would 
like  to  sell  for  a  little  better  prices,  and 
whose  goods  would  warrant  him  in  do­
ing  so,  but  is  prevented  by  competition 
with  others,  who  do  not  seem  to  see  the 
reasonableness  of  all  hanging  together 
and  getting  good  prices.  At  first  hands 
we  can  find  small  stocks  only,  in  fact, 
there  are  few 
lines  that  have  not  re­
ceived  as  many  first  orders  as  the  sell­
ers  care  to  accept,  knowing  that  the 
duplicate  season  will  take  care  of  their 
entire  production  and  at  possibly  bet­
ter  prices  than  rule  to-day.  There  are 
exceptions  to  this  rule,  to  be  sure,  but 
enquiry  reveals  good  reasons 
for  the 
condition.  The  question  of  deliveries 
in  past  seasons  was  an  important  one 
and  the  manufacturers  who  failed to live 
up  to  agreement  either  in  the  matter  of

deliveries  or  qualities  are  finding  that 
the  buyers  have  retentive  memories 
With  the  advancing  prices  in  the  ma 
kets  for  both  cotton  and  wool,  it  seems 
as  though  prices  must  necessarily  be 
advancing  or  the  quality  of  the  goods 
reduced,  which 
is  the  same  thing  i„ 
It  is  very  evident  that  the  mills 
effect. 
in  making  their  prices  did  not  alio 
margin  enough  for  the  fluctuations  i 
raw  material.  Deliveries  of  spring  un 
derwear  have  hardly  begun  as  yet.  A 
few  samples  have  been  sent  out,  but  .. 
will  be  some weeks  before this end of the 
trading  is  in  full  swing.  Quite  a  num 
her  of  lines  have  shown  advances,  par 
ticularly  those  that  can  show  real  merit 
and  for  these  there  is  a  demand  undei 
all  conditions.  There  may  be  no  scar 
city  of  spring  goods,  but  certainly  the 
market  will  not  be  an  easy  one  to  deal 
in.  Production  will  be  taken  care  o 
readily,  as  far  as  standard 
lines  are 
concerned,  but  there  are  specialties  that 
are  expected  to  receive  a  demand  that 
may  make  them  run  shy.

making  trouble 

Hosiery—The  hosiery  market  is  in  an 
excellent  condition,  but  the  matter  that 
is  the  question  of 
prices;  it 
is  bothering  both  the  whole 
salers  and  retailers.  What  prices  will 
be  named,  and  will  they  be  higher, 
lower  or  the  same  as  at  present? 
If 
they  advance  too  much  it  will  discour 
age  the  present 
liberal  methods  of 
buying.  Yet  there  seems  to  be  no  rea­
son  why  a  moderate  advance  should 
fleet  the  market  adversely.  The  mar 
ket  conditions  of  hosiery  warrant  better 
prices,  and 
is  conceded  by  all  con 
lected  with  the  trade  that  the  present 
quotations  are  too  low  and  in  every  di­
rection  we  find  mills  filled  up  with  or- 
ders,  not  only  here  in  this  country,  but 
abroad  as  well,  in  the  face  of  a  de­
mand  which 
is  almost  greater  than  the 
supply  and  with  prices  which  may  be 
called  almost  unreasonably 
low.  The 
logical  step  would  seem  to  he  to
only 
dvance  them.  A 
liberal  supply  of 
fancies  has  been  purchased,  although, 
perhaps,  not  in  quite  the  same  propor-

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H e hunted through  the library,
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H e  searched w here  baby  keeps his toys 
U pon the nursery floor;
He asked the cook and  M ary,
H e  called m am m a .to look;
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As  it  h:iid hu ng before;
Astonis hi-d was  his face;
’T w as in  its  p roper place!

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Wife— I’ll  warrant  there’s  a 

letter 
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Husband— Impossible,  my  dear.  You 
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Henpeck— He  sassed  my  wife.

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tion  as  for  the  past  two  or  three  weeks, 
yet  business 
lines  has  been 
good  enough  to  warrant  the  belief  that 
fancy  hosiery  will  continue  a  most  im­
portant  branch  of  the  trade.  New  de­
signs  and  novelty  effects  are  being 
shown  almost  daily,  and  while  some  of 
these  are  almost  a  shock  to  good  taste, 
the  majority  of  them  are  extremely  fine, 
with  most  artistic  soft  colorings.  Small 
figures  or  grouped  stripe  effects  and 
grouped  units  are  very  prominent  and 
promise  well.

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looking 

the  market 

Carpets—The 

carpet  situation  has 
little,  if  any,  change  since  a 
shown 
week  ago. 
In  six  to  eight  weeks’  time 
goods  for  the  spring  of  1903  will  be 
made  no  more.  After  that  the  fall  pat­
terns  will  be  run  out,  preparations  for 
the  same  having  been  going  on 
for 
some  time  now. 
is  needless  to  say 
that  the  mills  in  general  are  “ head  over 
in  business.  Orders  are  prac­
heels”  
tically  all 
in  for  this  season,  although 
perhaps  some  of  the  smaller  mills  may 
be 
in  a  position  to  take  in  a  few  wind­
up  orders.  Asa  general  thing  mills  are 
not 
for  business  now,  but  are 
wondering,  while  they  are  working  to 
their  utmost,  as  to  whether  all  orders 
can  be  filled  before  the  new  samples 
open 
in  November.  Thus  far  this  sea­
son  the  carpet  manufacturer  has  had 
much  to  be  thankful  for.  Plenty of  busi­
ness  has  been  placed  in  his  way  almost 
from  the  start; 
in  fact,  orders  have 
never  been  known  to  be  any  heavier 
than 
last  three  nr  four  months. 
While  prices  showed  up  very  unfavor­
ably  at  the  start,  occasional  advances 
placed 
from  the  seller’s 
standpoint  on  a  very  fair  foundation. 
Of  course  the  extreme  prices  paid  for 
worsted  yarns  in  many  cases  more  than 
made  up  for  the  advance  in  goods,  but 
nevertheless  matters  had  to  be  taken 
just  as  they  came.  Yarns  had  to  be 
used,  no  matter  what  they  cost.  No 
doubt  manufacturers  will  pay  more  at­
tention  to  the  yarn  end  the  coming  sea­
son.  Large  stocks  will  no  doubt  be 
needed. 
is  believed  now  by  quite  a 
number  that  the  whole  season’s  produc­
tion  will  be  insufficient  to  meet  the  de­
mands  of  the  public,  and  that  when  the 
retailers’  season 
is  over  there  will  be 
considerably  less  than  the  usual  amount 
of  goods  in  stock.  The  jobbers  at  pres­
ent  are  very  busy  clearing  up  their 
heavy  fall  business.  Although  a  large 
part  of  the  business  has  been  done,  yet 
it  will  be  a  number  of  months  before 
their  season  will come to  an entire close. 
The 
initial  business  has  practically  all 
been  done  and  the  orders  now  coming 
in  are  for  lines  not  fully covered.  Sales- 
men-on  the  road  report  that  much  inter­
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in  carpets  of  all  grades. 
The  medium  and  cheap  priced  carpets 
are  the  heaviest  sellers,  although  the 
very  cheapest  can  not  be  considered  as 
ingrains  are  in  big  de­
active.  Heavy 
mand,  goods  ranging 
from  25  to  50c. 
Jute  and  cotton  ingrains  are  in  small re­
quest  as  well  as  the  jute  tapestries.

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Curtains— Makers  of  lace  curtains  are 
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Woman’s World

Sum m er  Resorts  From   the  Standpoint  o f 

M arriageable  Men.

“ Say,”   observed  Cholly,  who  has 
just  returned  from  his  vacation,  “ were 
you  ever  the  only  man  at  a  summer  re­
sort?”

“ No,”   I  replied, 

"but  I  have  been 
one  of  the  three  hundred  and  ninety- 
seven  Eves  in  an  Adamless  Eden.”

“ Gee,”   he  responded,  with  feeling, 
is  rough—sort  of  soup 
“ I  guess  that 
with  salt  that  cloys  on  your  palate  and 
turns  your  stomach,  is  it  not?  But,  say, 
for  unadulterated  misery  and  strenuous 
labor  that  are  guaranteed  to  bring  on 
nervous  prostration  and  unfit  you  for 
business,  commend  me  to  a  summer 
hotel  where  you  are  the  only,  solitary 
masculine  IT  that  is  not  just  out  of  the 
cradle  or  trembling  on  the  verge  of  the 
grave. ”

“ Why!”   I exclaimed,  “ ¡should  think 
it  would  be  the  chance  of  your  life—you 
have  the  center  of  the  stage  and  all  the 
lime  light,  and— ”

“ Yes,  1  know  ali  that;”   he  inter­
it  does  look 
rupted,  “ and  1  dare  say 
it. 
fine  to  anybody  who  has  never tried 
lead  pipe  cinch,  is  it  not? 
Sort  of  a 
Pretty  girls  burning 
incense  at  your 
feet,sequestered walks and shady corners 
and  no  other  gazabo  to  break  in  on  you.
I  have  thought 
it  all  out  a  hundred 
times  and  1  have  envied  the  rich  swells 
whose  fathers  could  put  up  for  them  to 
do  the  society  act  at  a  fine  summer 
hotel. 
it  all  as  a  kind  of 
understudy  to  heaven—a  place  where 
there  were  seven  women  to one  man  and 
I  was  the  man.

1  pictured 

fondest 

is  all  my 

“ Well,“ and  Cholly  groaned,  “ I  have 
been  trying  it.  and  I  have  come  home 
to  rest  up  a  little  before  the  fall  work 
It 
begins. 
fancy 
it,  and  a  good  deal  more. 
painted 
There  are  high 
lights  and  side  lights 
and  perspectives  and  distances  and 
troubles  and  tribulations  that  I  never 
even  dreamed  of. 
is  likely  going 
off  for  the  summer  is  good  for  women. 
They  are 
fearfully  and  wonderfully 
made  and  can  stand  any  amount  of  fa­
tigue  and  suffering  that  would  kill  a 
man,  but  1  will  guarantee  a  season  at  a 
summer  hotel  to  flax out any able-bodied 
man  and  leave  him  a  doddering  wreck.
1  am  worn  out. 
I  have  that  tired  feel­
ing  that  afflicts  messenger  boys  and  I 
feel  exactly  like  a  trained  bear  who  had 
been  earning  his  living  by  dancing.”

It 

“ I  have  heard,”   I  said,  “ of  a  youth 
who  wrote  to  the  proprietor of  a  sum­
mer  hotel,  asking  the  price  of  board. 
The  innkeeper  wired  back:  ‘ If  you  can 
dance  I  will  take  you  for  nothing. 
If 
you  say  positively  you  will  come  1  will 
advertise  you  as  an  attraction.'

“ Well, 

they  ought  to,”   assented 
Cholly  warmly,  “ it 
is  worth  it.  You 
see,  the  trouble  is  that  most  young  men 
are  not  trained  up  to  the  society  game. 
We  are  not  used  to it.  Those  of  us  who 
have  our  own  way  to  make  in  the  world 
have  not  the  money  to  spend  on  going 
to  summer  hotels  unless  we  have  a  good 
job,  and  if  we  have  a  good  job  we  have 
not  the  time  to  go.  We  have  to stay 
and  hold  down  our  situation.  So  there 
we  are,  and  there  the  summer  resorts 
are,  and  that 
is  the  reason  that  the 
masculine  sex  is  usually  lepresented  by 
beardless  boys  and  hairless  grandpas  at 
such  places.

“ And  it  was  the  novelty  of  having  a 
real,  live,  able-bodied  man  around  the 
bouse  that  made  me  such  a  howling 
success  at  the  summer  resort  where  I 
have  just  been.  Here  at  home  in  winter

“ Say,  I  am  not  much  of  a  philoso­
pher,  but 
if  you  want  to  get  a  line  on 
the  difference  between  men  and  women 
you  want  to  go  to  a  summer  resort. 
In 
ladies  and  the  new 
spite  of  advanced 
woman  movement  and  the  ballet  and  all 
that,  the  genlle  dears  are  not  much  like 
men,  are  they?  Where  would  you  ever 
find  two  or  three  hundred  men  who 
would  buy  a  lot  of  fine  clothes  just  for 
the  fun  of  going  to  sit  around  a  hotel 
porch  and 
look  at  each  other?  And 
can  you  imagine  a  lot  of  young  fellows 
in  their  evening  clothes  waltzing around 
and  around  a  ball  room  with  each  other 
and  trying  to  imagine  they  were  hav­
ing  a  hilarious  time?  Not  on  your  life.
“  Put  a  number of  men  together—off 
by  themselves,  with  nary  a  woman 
around,  and  would  they  dress  up  for 
each  other?  Not  much.  We  wculd 
abandon  coats  and  collars,  by  the  end 
of the  first  day,  and  before  a  week  was 
over  we  would  have  relapsed  into  the 
barbarism  of  a  South  Sea  islander.

“ And  then  their  amusement.  Under 
such  circumstances  a  man  always  fails 
back  upon  poker  and  politics,  but  he- 
yond  a  little  bridge,  which  is  a  refined 
and  chastened  form  of  parlor  gambling, 
there 
is  no  card  playing.  And  a  po­
litical  argument  that  is  based  on  what 
pa  says  and  John  thinks  is  bound  to  be 
lukewarm  and  not  worth  fighting  over. 
To  my  mind  it  was  proof  of  the  higher 
civilization  of  women  to see  those  sweet 
creatures  self-sacrificingly  dressing  for 
each  other  day  after  day,  and  only  oc­
casionally  taking  a  shy  at  somebody’s 
character  as  they  toyed  with dinky  little 
bits  of  embroidery. 
It  will  be  a  long 
time  before  men  can  placidly  sit around 
and  exchange  stitches  in  knitting  with­
out  wanting  to  win  each  other’s  money 
or  punch  each  other’s  heads.

But back  to  me.  At  first  I  thought  it 
was  simply  great  to  have  things  my 
own  way  and  the  ball  room  to  myself. 
Nobody  to  break 
in  on  a  dance,  you 
know,  and  ali  the  pretty  girls  dying  for 
a  turn.  Then 
it  dawned  on  me  that  I 
would  have  to  dance  with all those forty- 
leven  girls  or  look 
like  a  blooming 
brute,  and  at  the  thought  the  cold  shiv­
ers  chased  each  other  down  roy  spine 
and  my  knees  smote  together.

“ You  know  bow  girls  look  dancing 
with  each  other— kind  of  wistful  and 
pathetic  and  half-hearted,  as  if  they 
were  putting  up  a  bluff  that  would  not 
go.  Always  make  me  think  of  cham­
pagne  with  the  fizz  all  gone,  and  the 
sight  goes  to  my  heart.  Well,  I  did  the 
best  I  could. 
I  danced  with  them  by 
ones  and  twos  and  threes  and  in  battal­
ions  and  platoons  and  any old  way  until 
I 
feel  as  if  I  had  qualified  for  a  home 
for  incurable  cripples.  But  I  feel,”   he 
added  with  a  virtuous  sense  of  having 
done  his  duty,  “ that  the  miles  that  I 
two-stepped  this  summer  will  be  set 
down  to  my  credit  by  the  recording  an­
gel  along  with  some  other  small  con­
tributions  I  have  made  to  the  mission­
ary  cause.

Now,  you  know,  I  am  a  modest  and

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I  have  never  observed  that  my  charms 
of  mind  and  person  ever  occasioned  a 
single  flutter. 
In  fact,  it  has  always 
seemed  to  me  that  I  was  mighty  liable 
to  get  the  fag  ends  of  dances  and  be  in­
vited  to  fill  in  at  dinner  parties  and  to 
be  generally  passed  up  for  some  man 
with  a  better  matrimonial  prospect,  but 
at  Petoskey  I  was  strictly  The  Goods. 
Tell  you  what,  a  man  never  realizes  all 
the  advantages  of  being  a  man  until  he 
spends  a season at  a  summer  resort.  As 
a  panacea  for  wounded  vanity  it  has  no 
equal  on  earth.

Account
Files
For petty 
charges of the 
busy  grocer. 
Different  styles 
Several  sizes.

1.,  Fremont,  Ohio

500  WHITTLESEY  STREET

A Business  Hint

A  suggested  need  often  repeated  creates  the 

want that sends the purchaser to the store.

Every  dealer  should  have  his  share  of  the 
profit  that  reverts  from  the enormous amount 
of  money  expended  by  the  National  Biscuit 
Company in keeping their  products  constantly 
before  the eyes of the public.

These  goods  become  the  actual  needs that 
send a steady stream  of  trade to the stores that 
sell them.

People  have  become  educated  to  buying 
biscuit and crackers in the In-er-seal Package— 
and  one success  has  followed  the  other  from 
the famous  Uneeda  Biscuit  to the latest widely 
advertised  specialty.

Each new product  as  it is announced  to the 
public  serves  as  a  stimulant  to  business  and 
acts as a drawing card  that  brings  more custo­
mers to the store than any plan you could devise.
A  well stocked  line of National  Biscuit goods 
is a business policy that it is not well to overlook.

Dimes  Make  Millions

And  the  goods  that  turn  over  quickly  bring  in  the 
dimes 
This  special  package  is  made  up  of  articles 
that  are dime bringers.  The ware is  Bonn,  the decor­
ations  are  deep  green  and  blue  assorted,  good  shape. 

4  doz.  7  inch  Plates,  Blue  and  Green 
4  doz.  Cups  and  Saucers,  Blue  and  Green 
4  doz.  Footed  Bowls,  Blue  and  Green 

12  doz.  articles  for  $9.00 

(No  package  charge.)

Try  one  package.  You  will  buy  more.

Oco.  H.  Wheelock  &  Co.

113  and  115  West  Washington  Street,  South  Bend,  Ind.

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retiring  man,  and  after  a  hit  being  the 
object  of  so  much  interest  and  attention 
began  to  get  upon  my  nerves. 
It  is one 
thing  to  have  a  pretty  girl  show  a  par­
tiality 
for  your  society  and  another  to 
have  forty  chasing  you  down.  Senti­
ment 
is  one  of  the  kinds  of  business 
that  has  to  be  carried  on  on  the  retail 
plan.  And  the  trouble  is  that  at  a  sum­
mer  resort  it  is  all  wholesale.  I  remem­
ber  when  1  was  a  kid  that  my  mother 
locked  me  up  once  in  the jam  closet and 
I  ate  so  many  sweets  I  made  myself  ill. 
I  had  precisely  that  kind  of  a  get- 
enough-and-too-much  feeling.

“ Making  a  free  dancing  academy  of 
yourself 
is  bad  enough,  but  it  is  a  lot 
worse  when  matters  get  so  you  can  not 
poke  your  head  out  of  the  door  without 
some  girl  saying,  *Ob,  Mr.  Blank, 
wouldn't  you  like  to  go  rowing  or  walk­
ferns?’— or  the  Lord 
ing  or  to  hunt 
knows  what. 
I  tell  you,  the  ingenuity 
of  girls  in  devising  things  to  do  is  sim­
ply  diabolical.

“ And 

the  things  they  want!  You 
know  girls  make  collections  in  the  sum­
mer  to  brag-and  yarn  about  all  winter. 
‘ This  is  the  cane  Jack  gave  me  the  day 
we  went  to  Mackinac  Island  when  he 
threatened  to  throw  himself over Lover’s 
Leap  unless  I  would  marry  him.’  'This 
cuff  link  belonged  to  Bob,  and  he  gave 
it  to  me  one  night  on  the  lake  and 
looked  so  handsome  and  romantic  as 
he  told  me  he  had  never  loved  before 
that  I  almost  consented  to  marry  him,’ 
etc. 
‘ These  neckties  were  given  me  by 
Tom,  Dick  and  Harry  at  Charlevoix  or 
Nortbport  Point  or  Omena, ’  and  so  on, 
and  they  never  tell  that  they  actually 
bold  up  the  unfottunate  poot  devils  and 
make  them  fork  over.  Why,  I  went  off 
with  enough  shirt  buttons  and  neckties 
and  fancy  belts  to  set  up  a haberdashery 
shop,  and  I  came  home  with  a  hand­
kerchief  tied  around  my  neck  and  my 
shirt  held  together  with  a  safety  pin.

“ Then  the  worst  of  it  is  you  get  so 
idiotically  sentimental.  Who  was  the 
old  duffer  who said  that  Satan  still  finds 
lovemaking  for  idle  tongues  to  do?  At 
any  rate,  I  bet  he  had  been  to  a  sum­
mer  resort.  You  see,  the  girls  look  so 
pretty,  and  there  are  so  many  of  them, 
they  strike  you  going  and  coming,  and 
there 
is  not  a  vulnerable  spot  in  your 
heart  or  your  taste  that  they  miss.

“ There 

is  the  nice  domestic  picnic 
girl  who  knows  how  to  fix  up  a  lunch 
and  who  makes  you  think  about  love  in 
a  cottage,  and  the  dreamy  girl  who 
reads  poetry  under  the  trees,  and  the 
sentimental  little  thing  who  hunts  wild 
flowers,  and  the  hammock  girl  who 
wears frilly petticoats and looks too softly 
feminine  for  anything,  and  the  good- 
fellow  girl  who  plays  golf  and  drinks 
cocktails  with 
just  enough  swagger  to 
be  chummy  and  still  genuine,  and  if 
you  escape  one  of  them  the  other  one 
gets  you  sure.

into 

“ And  then  it  is  so  dead  easy  to  drop 
into  sentiment 
in  summer.  You  have 
not  much  to  say  to  a  girl,  you  know, 
that  you  never  met  before,  and  after 
you  have  exchanged  your  opinions  on 
the  weather  and  whether  you  prefer 
Wagner  to  rag-time,  you  just  naturally 
drift 
lovemaking  to  keep  up  the 
conversation,  and  the  first  thing  you 
know  you  are  telling  a  girl  you  have 
known  precisely  thirty  minutes  by  a 
stop-watch  that  you  never  loved  before 
and  that  she  is  the  ideal  you  have  been 
searching  for  through  all  these  weary 
years.  That  is  me. 
I  do  not 
deny  how  many  I  told  the  old,  old story.
I  have  gotten 
letters  from  nine  girls 
who  promise  that  they  will  be  faithful

I  did  it. 

to  me  until  death,  and  the  returns  are 
still  coming  in  by  every  mail.

“ It  is  fierce,  is  it  not?  But  if ever  I 
go  to  another  summer  resort  I  will  take 
along  a  big,  husky  uncle  for a chaperon, 
who  will  yank  me  back  into  the  cruel 
glare  of  the  electric  light  when  he  sees 
me  sliding  off 
into  moonlighted  cor­
ners, 
and  Cholly  mournfully  wended 
his  way  to  a  nerve  specialist.

Dorothy  Dix.

Oo  Slow  in  M ilking  Vacation  F rien d s.
Now  that  the  summer  season  is  over, 
a  few  minutes  devoted  to  the  question, 
Does 
it  pay  to  make  holiday  friend­
ships?  may  be  timely.  There  are  peo­
ple  who  go  away  year  by  year  to  some 
new  place  who  never  fail  to  make,  when 
on  holiday  bent,  a  number  of  new 
friends.

Yet  when  away 

It  may  be  that  when  at  home  and  in 
their  old  surroundings  they  may  have 
quite  a 
large  number  of  friends  who 
have  known  them  intimately  for  many 
years. 
from  these 
friends  they  can  not  resist  the  tempta­
tion  of  trying  to  make  acquaintances 
who  will,  so  to  speak,  tickle  their  van­
ity  by  paying  marked  attention  to  all- 
their  pretty  little  speeches  and  all  their 
conventional 
little  actions.  To  such 
new  acquaintances  all  their  thoughts 
are  necessarily  new.  They  have  learned 
from  experience  which  of  their  thoughts 
are  best  worth  repeating,  and  they  only 
parade  those  with  which  they  are  them­
selves  thoroughly  satisfied.

The  new  acquaintances,  who  may  be 
for  not  exercising  their  full 
excused 
imagine 
wits  during  their  vacation, 
that  the  spoken  words  of  the  new  friend 
are  habitually  of  the  standard  then 
given,  and  one  is  tempted  to  think  that 
these  newly-found  friends would,  if  con­
ditions  permitted,  prove  to  be  the  near­
est  and  dearest  ones  that  one  has  ever 
had.

It  goes  without  saying  that  the knowl­
edge  of  life  that  an  adult  ought  to  have, 
together  with  a  dozen  long-established 
friendships,should  be  more  than  enough 
to  keep  one's  eyes  to  the  fact  that  even 
the  very  best  man  or  woman  is  but  hu­
man,  and  that  the  merry  and  bright 
colors,  under  which  one  sees  holiday 
friends,  are,  most  probably,  not  flying 
when  the  holidays  are  over  and  the 
weary  round  of  daily  toil 
in 
full  force.

is  again 

It  is  natural  during  the  summer  vaca­
tion  to  dress  in  holiday  garb;  the  old 
work-a  day  dress  or  suit  is  safely  hang­
ing  up 
in  a  dark  cupboard  at  home: 
there  are  no  employer’s  frowns  to  an­
ticipate,  for  a  little  time,  at  least.

these  circumstances  and  many 
others  of  a  similar  character  tend  to 
heighten  the  power  of  attraction  and 
sympathy,  and,  after  all,  sympathy 
is 
the  root  of  all  friendships.  A  small  ac­
tion  on  the  part  of  a  holiday companion 
will  arouse  more  sympathy  in  our breast 
when  we  are  on  holiday  than  a  much 
nobler  action  would  prompt  were  we 
full  of  work.

All 

We  may  grant  that  no  attachments 
are  stronger  than  those  which  we  form 
promiscuously.  This  is  especially  true 
in  the  case  where  a  certain  amount  of 
bashfulness  has  preceded  actual  intro­
duction  and  conversation.  But notwith­
standing  this,  there  are  circumstances 
enough  to  put  us  on  our  guard  against 
giving  away  our  whole  history,  and 
seeking  a  similar  tribute 
in  exchange 
when  we  have,  as 
it  were,  not  had  an 
opportunity  of  finding  out  how  far  the 
new  friend’s  holiday  conduct is in keep­
ing  with  his,  or  her,  real  stay-at-home 
reputation.

is  true  that  in  business  men  and 
women  have  to  think  and  act  quickly, 
but 
in  the  making  of  friends  this  creed 
is  scarcely  sound.  Some  of us  there  are 
who  can  safely  rely  upon  ability  to  read 
character  at  the outset.  Cora  Stoweli.

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Detroit,  Mich.

U3 ' 1I5'117  Ontario  Street 

Toledo,  Ohio

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

ILLUMINATING  AND 
LUBRICATING  OILS

P E R F E C T IO N   O IL 

IS  T H E   S T A N D A R D  

T H E   W O R L D   O V E R

HIQHB8T  PRIOfl  RAID  FOR  EMPTY  OAftBON  AND  QASOUNB  BARRELS

S T A N D A R D   O IL  C O .

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Butter  and  Eggs

Observations  by  a Gotham  Egg  Man.
Advices  from  the  West  indicate a very 
strong  tone  among  the  egg  men  in  most 
sections.  Spring  refrigerator  and  limed 
eggs  are  held  generally  with great confi­
dence,  and  many  owners  do  not  appear 
at  all  willing  to  sell  at  prices  that  could 
now  be  obtained.  Among  egg  collectors 
the  feeling  seems  to  be  more  confident 
than 
it  was  last  spring ;  then  most  of 
them  were  very  free  sellers  of  all  cur­
rent  collections  at  the  relatively  high 
prices  ruling,  and  many  who  usually 
store  spring  eggs  on  their  own  account 
preferred  to  let  others  hold  them  at  the 
going  prices;  but  now,  with  spring  re­
frigerators  generally  held  at prices equal 
to  2o@2ic  at  the  seaboard  markets, 
fresh  gathered  stock  seems  to  be  re­
garded  as  a  safer  buy  at  the  same 
prices,  and  there  is  an  evident  disposi­
tion  among  some  egg  packers  to  add 
some  of  the  current 
lay  to  the  earlier 
storage  accumulation.

The  basis  of  this  evident  strong  hold­
ing  and  future  outlook  seems  to  be  a 
belief  that  summer  production  has  been 
absorbed ;  that there have  been  no  mate­
rial  additions  to  spring  accumulations; 
that  the  Southerly  sections,  which  are 
most  depended  upon  for  winter  produc­
tion,  are  short  of  poultry,  and  that  as 
soon  as  cold  weather  shuts  off  produc­
tion 
in  the  more  northerly  sections, 
where  it  has  been  freest,  there  will  be  a 
scarcity  of  fresh  and  a  rapid  cleaning 
up  of  reserve  stocks  at  high  prices. 
Some  of  the  views  expressed  are  ex 
tremely  bullish.

Of  course  the winter  egg  market  is  al­
ways  a  good  deal  of  a  gamble,  because 
one  of  the  most  important  elements 
in 
it 
is  absolutely  uncertain  and  can  not 
be  calcu  ated  upon—the  weather.  So 
far  as  winter  markets  are  concerned  the 
weather  is  a  more 
important  feature 
than  a  variation,  within  reasonable 
limits,  of  the  number  of  laying  poul­
try;  for,  although  this  may  be  relative­
ly 
light,  the  product,  under  favorable 
conditions  of 
temperature,  might  be 
large  in  proportion  to  winter  require­
ments,  except  at  modest  prices. 
It 
ought  to  be  considered  that  although 
there  may  have  been  no  material  in­
crease 
in  storage  accumulation  of  the 
country  since  about  the  middle  of  July, 
neither  has  there  been  any  decrease ; 
and 
is  argued  that  the  country's 
ability  to  consume  summer  production 
indicates  a  phenomenal  demand,it  must 
also  be  admitted  that  production  has 
been 
large  to  supply  such  a  demand 
without  resort  to  the  storage  holdings.

if 

it 

The  statistics  of  the  New  York  mar­
ket— the  receipts  from  March  i  to  Sep­
tember 
i,  and  estimates  of  refrigerator 
accumulations  held  at 
latter  date—do 
indicate  any  phenomenal  demand 
not 
indicate  only  about  the 
for  eggs;  they 
same  amount  of  eggs  consumed  as 
last 
year,  and  when  it  is  considered  that  the 
average  price  during  the  period  was 
some  3,'ic  per  dozen  higher,  there would 
seem  no  reason  to  doubt  the  practical 
reliability  of  the  statistics.

There 

is  no  evidence  that  production 
of  fresh  eggs  is  falling  below  consump­
tive  requirements  of  the  country  as  yet, 
and  although  a  decrease  in  the  lay  is 
naturally  to  be  expected  as  the  fall  sea­
son  advances  it  seems  reasonable to sup­
pose  that  no  important  reduction  in  re­
frigerator  total  holdings  can be expected 
this  month.  And  if  the  full  quantity  of 
reserve  is  to  find  a  market  after  October 
i  it  is  probable  that  with  even  a  moder­

ate  amount  of  fresh  production  there­
after  there  will  be  a  larger  stock  of  re­
frigerators  unsold  on  January  i  than was 
the  case 
last  year.  Whether  this  will 
prove  fortunate  or  otherwise  no  fellow 
can  find  out  until  the  extent  of  winter 
production,  as  affected  by  weather  con­
ditions,  is  determined.

My  attention  has  lately  been  called  to 
some  lots  of  eggs,  arriving  here  as  fresh 
gathered,  which  are  evidently  mixed 
with  storage  stock.  This 
is  probably 
done  with  the  object  of  working  off 
some  held  stock  at  the  price  of  fresh, 
but  nothing  is  gained  by  it.  The  pres­
ence  of  the  old  eggs  is  soon  detected 
and  the  sale  of  the  goods  seriously  in­
jured.  As  a  rule,  mixed  qualities  are 
judged 
in  value  more  by  the  worth  of 
the  poorer  than  by  the  worth  of  the  bet­
ter  qualities  contained.— N.  Y.  Produce 
Review.

Good  as  His  Word.

Mortified  Bridegroom—You  told  me 
your  father’s  wedding  present  would  be 
a  check  for  four  figures.

Blushing Bride—Well,isn’t £11.30  four 

figures?

Oyster  Cabinets

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styles  a n d  
sizes  always 
c a r r i e d   in 
stock.  Send 
for our  illus­
trated  cata­
logue  and 
price  list.  It 
will  interest 
you and  be a 
profitable in­
vestment.
CHOCOLATE  COOLER  COMPANY

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

ONLY

$2.50  Net!

Money  refunded  if  not 
satisfactory after 10  days’ 
trial.
Permitted  by  Under­
writers.
Permanently  g u a r a n ­
teed.
lamps  $6.00 
Pressure 
and up.
Full 
line  of  gravity 
lamps.
W rite   for  catalogue. 
Send for sample  lamp  to­
day.
The trade  will  be  large 
this  season;  supply  your 
customers with  the “ Ann 
Arbor.”
The Superior Mfg. Co.

20 South Main St.
Ann Arbor,  Michigan

p r r r r r r r r n n r t  

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COFFEES  !

are  always

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Cold Storage

This  is  the  time  of  year  to  store  your  Apples.  W hy  not  put 
them  where  they  are  sure  to  come  out  as  good  as  when  picked? 
Save  shrinkage  and  sorting  by  storing  with  us.  W e  also  store 
Butter,  Eggs,  Poultry and  Meats.  Liberal  advances on  produce 
stored  with  us,  where  desired.  Rates  reasonable.  W rite  for 
information.

Grand Rapids gold Storage 

$ Sanitary milk Co.
grand Rapids» lllicbigan

W a lk e r  C elery   F a rm

Fine  Celery  and  Cabbage.

Citizens Phone 3793 

R.  R.  No.  6,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Kelley  Grace,

Order  direct  from  the  grower

Red, White and Blue Grapes

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

WM.  K.  MUNSON,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Rural  Route  No.  4 

Proprietor  of  Vinecroft

Citizens Phone 2599

S E N D   YOUR

POULTRY,  BUTTER  AND  EGGS

to Year-Around  Dealer and get Top  Market and  Prompt  Returns.

5 5   C A D IL L A C   S Q U A R E

D E T R O IT .  M IC H IG A N

G E O .  N.  H U F F   &  C O .

EGGS  WANTED

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.

Butter

We can handle all you send us.

WHEELOCK  PRODUCE  CO.

106  SOUTH  DIVISION  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Citizens Phone 3132.

POP-CORN

Send your consignments of pop-corn to me.  I pay the highest  market  price 
and have an established reputation for honesty and fair dealing.
C. D. CRJTTENDEN,

9ft South Divisioit Street. Croud  Rapids.  Mich.

Both l'hones 1300. 

10,000  Barrels  of Apples  Wanted

For storage.  Write to

O u u u u u u u u u u u ^

R.  Hirth,  Jr.,  Detroit,  Mich.

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E xport  Canadian  Chickens.

Four  years  ago the  Trade  Bulletin  ad­
vised  shippers  of  poultry  not  to  confine 
their  shipments  to  Great  Britain  during 
the  Christmas  holidays;  as  we 
then 
pointed  out,there  was  more  money  to  be 
made 
in  exporting  spring  chickens  in 
the  spring  and  subsequent  months,  than 
at  Christmas  time,  when  all  exporters 
ship  simultaneously,  frequently  glutting 
the  English  market  and  causing 
losses 
on  sales.  Subsequently  Ontario  firms 
began  shipping  poultry  after  Christmas 
and  New  Years  and  have  followed  i 
up.  Professor  Robertson  also  took  the 
matter  up  and  established  illustration 
stations  in  different  parts  of  the  country 
and  to  demonstrate  the  profitable  nature 
of  the  business  he  has  made  shipments 
of  chickens  fattened  specially  for  the 
foreign  markets,  which  realized  6^(@8c 
per  pound,  the  latter  figure  netting  15c 
per  pound  here.  Ontario  firms,  we 
learn,  are  making  great  preparations  for 
shipping  large  quantities  of  chickens. 
Last  year,  as  stated  in  these  columns, 
large  orders  were  received,  aggregating 
over  one  million  pounds,  the  greater 
portion  of  which  had  to  be  filled  in  the 
United  States. 
It  seems,  however,  that 
means  have  been  provided  whereby  fu­
ture  orders  will  be  executed  in  Can­
ada.— Montreal  Trade  Bulletin.

The  Boom   in  Process  Butter.

The  process  butter  business 

is  de­
cidedly  on  the  boom.  Some  idea  of  the 
extent 
is  shown  by  the  enormous  de­
mand  for  revenue  stamps  before  and 
since  July  1  when  the  new  law  taxing 
this  product  %c  per  pound  went  into 
effect.  This  demand  has  been  an  eye- 
opener  to  the  Government  officials,  who 
had  supposed  process  butter  to  be  man­
ufactured  to  a  limited  extent.  The  sup­
ply  of  stamps  at  headquarters  ran  very- 
low  before  July  1,  and  in  a  number  of 
instances  the  stocks  sent to the collectors 
of  internal  revenue  throughout  the coun­
try  were  exhausted  entirely  even  before 
law  became  operative.  The  adop­
the 
tion  of  the  anti-oleo 
law  will  open  a 
great  field  for  process  goods.  The  price 
of  creamery  butter  is  very  apt  to  be 
well  kept  up.  The  sale of uncolored  oleo 
will  be 
The  manufacturers 
seem  to  think  the  public  can  be  edu­
cated  to  its  use,  but  the  educational 
process  will  be  necessarily slow and per­
haps  impossible.  The  masses must  have 
something  cheaper  than  creamery  but­
ter.  Process  butter  is  healthful,  palat­
able,  reasonable 
in  price  and  it  looks 
as  if  it  may  be  accepted  by  the  bulk  of 
consumers  who  want  something  not  so 
costly  as  extra  creamery.— Egg  Re­
porter.

limited. 

Ostriches  For  Food.

turkey 

is 

New  York  poultry  men  announce  that 
the  Thanksgiving 
to  be 
brought  into  direct  competition  with the 
ostrich  as  an  aiticle  of  food.  Edward 
Cawston,  the  proprietor  of  a  California 
ostrich  farm  at  Pasadena,  has  offered  to 
send  on  a  carload  of  these  dainty  little 
birds,  guaranteeing  that  they  will  be 
young  and  tender  and  only  weigh  100 
pounds  apiece.  He  has  been  instructed 
to  send  a  sample.  A  special committee 
will  meet  the  ostrich  and  conduct  him 
with  care  from  his  private  refrigerator 
car  to  a  market  on  the  west  side,  put 
him  over  a  fire,  and  then  sit  down  and 
taste  him.  These  men  will  be,  no 
doubt,  the  first  persons  who  ever  sat 
down  to  an  ostrich  dinner,  in  New 
York,  at 
idea  among  the 
poultrymen,  it  is  announced,  is  to  make 
ostriches  take  the  place  of  turkeys  when 
the  farmyard  birds  are  scarce  and  high. 
The  interested  parties  claim  these  birds 
can  be 
successfully  marketed,  but 
Superintendent  Smith  of  the  Central 
Park  zoo,  who  cares for  a  single  ostrich,

least.  The 

says  the  meat 
is  tough,  that  he  never 
heard  of  anyone  eating  it  and  doubts  if 
he  would  himself.  He  declares  there  is 
not  a  cook 
in  New  York  who  could 
handle  one,  and  a  kitchen  would  have 
to  be  a  well  appointed  butcher  shop  to 
prepare  an  ostrich  for  the  oven.  All  of 
which  might 
be  considered  rather 
dampening  to  the  enthusiasm  of  the 
embryo  enterprise.  But,  anyway,  the 
good  old  farmyard  turkey  will  not be put 
out  of  business  by  the  ostrich  until  the 
ostrich  family  grows  much  more  numer­
ous.

Latest  W rinkle  in  Keeping  Tubers.
“ Dried  Potatoes" 

is  the  name  of  a 
new  product  evolved  by  the  South  Caro­
lina  Agricultural  Experiment  Station. 
The  potatoes  are  boiled,  peeled  and 
evaporated 
in  a  cannery,  and  will  re­
main 
in  perfect  condition  for  years. 
The  preserved  potato  becomes  fit  for 
eating  after  being  soaked  in warm water 
for  an hour.  Like  many  other  new  ideas 
this  promises  to  be  a  big  thing,  and  its 
development  may  have  a  great  effect  on 
the  potato  fields  of  many  states.
The  Charlestown  News  and  Cornier 
in  speaking  of  the  prospect  says:  "It 
insures  to  the  farmer  the  perfect  preser­
vation  of  one  of  his  most  prolific  and 
most 
important  general  food  crops,  at 
the  same  time fitting  it  for  safe  and eco­
nomical  shipment 
to  distant  markets 
heretofore  closed  to  it,  and  effects  these 
ends  by  a  mode  of  preparation  which  is 
so  simple  and  cheap  that  it  can  be  em­
ployed  on  any  farm.  When  it  is  noted 
that 
in  one  particular  case  about  an 
acre  of  land  yielded  357  bushels  of  raw 
potatoes,  which 
in  turn  yielded  105 
bushels  of  the  dried  product,  the  possi­
bilities  of  the  process  in  the  way  of  de­
veloping  the  culture  of  the  vegetable  in 
the  South  and 
it  to  the 
world's  commerce  and  comfort  begin  to 
appear  in  truly  vast  propoitions. ”

introducing 

Beautiful

Large  Grain  Carolina

Sutton’s  Table  Rice

Cotton  Pockets.  Retails 25c.

Get  our  prices  and  try 
our  work  when you  need

Rubber  and 
Steel  Stamps 

Seals,  etc.

Send  for  Catalogue  and  see  what 

we  offer.

Detroit  Rubber  Stamp  Co.

99 Griswold  St. 

Detroit,  Mich.

Michigan and  Indiana  Eggs are'  given  a 
preference  on  the  Boston  market  over 
other  western  marks.  We  want  more 
of them.

Est.  1849. 

LAMSON  &  CO.,

13 Blacbstone St., Boston, Mass.

Why Not Try

L.  O.  SNEDECOR  &   SON,

Egg Receivers, 

Est. 1866. 

36  Harrison St., N. Y.
Reference N. Y. Nat. Ex. Bank.

Grand  Rapids  Messenger & Packet Co.

11-13  Canal  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

We  make  a  specialty  of  handling  Merchandise consigned to us  in bulk  to 
be distributed  to various firms  and  residences.  Our  business  in  that  line 
increases every  week.  Charges very  reasonable.  Give  us a trial.

Write for full  particulars,  etc-,  to-day.

Alex.  McLachlin,  Manager

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Owosso,  Mich.

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DETTENTHALER  MARKET,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

C A N   OR  B U L K

Clover  and  Timothy— all  kinds  of  Grass  Seeds. 

M O S E L E Y   B R O S .,  G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H .

2 6 - 2 8 - 3 0 - 3 2   O TTA W A   S T .

Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums

In carloads or less-  Crop  in  this  section  the  finest  in  years.  We  have 
twelve years experience in  this  market  and  the  best  shipping  facilities- 
Shipments  carefully 
inspected  and  packed  by  competent  men.  Tele­
phone,  write or wire for quotations.

The Vinkemulder Company,

14  and  16  Ottawa  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

FO R   S A L E

Grapes,  Peaches,  Pears,  Plums,  Apples,  etc.,  direct  from  the  growers. 
In  any quantity.  Cash with  order.  Write for prices.
All  choice fruit. 

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“ Gee  whilikins.”

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HOME  AGAIN.

H ank  Spreet’s Experience  in  the  Mining 
Region.
Written for the Tradesman.

When  Hank  Spreet  got  back  from  his 
trip  out  West  the  whole  population  of 
Kelly  Center— barring  Eli  Grasslot’s 
pup,  which  had  the  mange— was  out  to 
greet  him. 
It  was  not  that  Hank  had 
such  a  host  of  friends  in  Kelly  Center— 
goodness 
knows  there  were  people 
enough  in  the  town  under  obligations  to 
him  who  ought  to  have  been  his  friends 
— as  it  was  curiosity  that  prompted  this 
great  outburst  of  public  enthusiasm. 
Hank  took  this  ovation composedly.  He 
had  felt  the  public  pulse  in  Kelly  Cen­
ter  long  enough  to  know  that  when  it 
beat  a  few  extra  strokes  a  minute  it 
might 
indicate  some  great  patriotic 
movement  or  a  circus  coming  to  the 
county  seat.

Hank  first  went  over  to  the  store  and 
found  matters  there  moving  along  nice­
ly.  Hiram  Plunkard  had  made  a  much 
belter  substitute  than  Hank  had  even 
dared  to  hope.  The  fact  that  Hank  had 
agreed  to  allow  him  all  the  profits of  the 
business,  after  the  stock  had  been 
checked  up  with  the 
inventory  made 
before  Hank  went  away,  may  have  had 
something  to  do  with  it.  Hiram  met 
Hank  on  the  steps  with  extended  hand 
and  a  box  of  Hodcarrier’s  Prides,  yet 
with  a  regretful  manner  withal  at  relin­
quishing  a  good  thing.

When  Hank  had  dusted  the  dust  off 
his  duster,  smuggled  the  Hodcarrier’s 
Pride  out  of  sight,  lighted  a  cigar  he 
had  bought  from  a  train  butcher  and 
seated  himself  on  an  inverted  soap-box, 
the  crowd  heaved  a  sigh  of  relief  when 
Bill  Blivens  broke  the  ice  and  the  si­
lence  by  enquiring:

“ Didn’t  buy  up  no  gold  mines  when 

you  was  out  West,  did  you.  Hank?"

Hank  pensively  blew  a cloud of smoke 
into  Hiram's 
that 
worthy  had  gotten  over  his  choking  fit, 
replied:

eye  and,  when 

“ Well,  I 

looked  Cripple  Creek  over 
some,  but  decided  not  to  buy—not  this 
trip  anyway. 
I’ve about  concluded  that 
mining  speculation  is  O.  K.  fer  mining 
speculators,  but  not  a  dead  sure  thing 
fer  a  country  grocer  that  don’t  know  an 
air  drill  from  a  gasoline  engine.”  

“ There’s  been  some  mighty  big  for­

tunes  made  at  Cripple  Creek.”

“ But  not  by  country  grocers  from  the 
wild  and  woolly  East.  The  best  thing 
fer  a  tenderfoot  like  me  to  do  is to  stick 
to  his  corner  gorcery  even  if  the  county 
has  to  bury  him. ”

“ Must  be  you  didn't  have  no  chance 
to  pick  up  an  investment out that way?”  
“ Chance?  1 had  all  the  chance in  the 
world  and  some  besides. 
I  hadn’t  been 
in  Cripple  twenty  minutes  before  I  met 
a  guy  who  wanted  me  to  git  immensely 
wealthy  at  his  expense.  Bennett  street 
was 
just  swarming  with  them  fellows, 
like  a  buckwheat  field  with  bees.”

“ And  you  didn't  invest?”
“ Nope—passed 

it  up.  This  fellow 
represented  the  Sure  Thing  Mining 
Co.,  capitalized  at  $1,000,000.  He  was 
the  President  of  that  million  dollar  cor­
poration,  but  he  tried  to  borrow $5  from 
me  before  I  got  away,  when  he  saw  I 
wouldn’t  buy  any  of  his  souvenir  min­
ing  stock.”

“ Maybe  he  was  a  millionaire  in  dis­

guise. ”

“ Well,  the  disguise  was  perfect. 

I 
lot  of  him  in  Colorado—fellows 
met  a 
with  prospect  holes 
in  this  district  or 
that  or  next  to  this  big  payer  or  some 
other.  One  fellow  showed  me  how  I 
could  make  2,000  per  cent.”

“ I  should  say  not.  They  sent  a  com­
mittee  across  the  gulch  to  bring  him 
back.  Now  he’s  the  most  popular  man 
in  the  valley. ”

But  I  thought  he  was  such  a  mean 

cuss. ”

“  He  was. ”
“ Maybe  when  he  got  wealthy  it  took 

the  meanness  out  of  him.”

“ Maybe,  but  I  never  beard  of  money 
doing  that  to  anybody  yet. 
I  think 
more  likely  the  boys  didn’t  mind  his 
meanness  so  much.  As  a  matter of  fact, 
coin  seems  to  kind  of  wear  the  edge  off 
of  cussedness  so it  don’t  seem  so  sharp. 
When  a  roan's  poor,  contankerousness 
*s, just 
low-down  meanness;  but  when 
he’s  rich,  it’s  ‘ eccentricity.’  ”

Douglas  Malloch.

Yep.  All  I  had  to  do  was  to  buy  his 
stock  at  5  cents  a  share  and  wait  until 
it  advanced  to  par.  1  bought  ten shares, 
but  the  board  was  so  high  I  thought  I 
wouldn’t  wait  until  it  got  up  to  par.”

That  looks  like  a  good  investment, 

even  if  you  lose.”

“ Well,  a  man  can  learn  wisdom  that 
way  and  wisdom  ought  to  bring  a  good 
price  nowadays,  considering  the  crying 
demand.  You  see,  there’s  all  the  differ­
ence 
in  the  world  between  a  prospect 
hole  and  a  mine.  A  good  many  pros­
pects  pan  out  about  as  weli  as  your  oil 
well did.  You’re planting  potatoes where 
your oil  field  was  a-going  to  be.”

“ You  don’t  think  a  grocer  can  git 
in  mining  stock, 

speculating 

rich 
then?”

“ Well,  I  never  heard  of  but  one  that 
did,  all  the  time  I  was  out  West,  and  he 
got 
there  because  he  was  so  darn 
mean. ”

“  There  was one  after  all. ”
“ Yes,  there  was  one;  he  won  out  be­
cause  he  was  a 
fool  and  was  a  mean 
cuss  on  top  of  that.  The  way  they  tell 
it  to  me  is  that  he  come  out  there  from 
down  East  somewhere  and  started 
into 
the  grocery  business.  He  had  a  little 
money  to  invest  and  when  the  hoys 
found 
it  out  they  sold  him  about  half 
the  gulch.  They  had  decided  that  the 
camp  was  no  good  and  was  glad  to  cash 
in  on  some  of  their  bum  diggings.”  

“ The  grocer  was  going 

into  the 

mining  business?”

“ Not  by  a  long  shot.  He  wanted  a 
place  for  his  grocery  and  he  bought  the 
other  property  as  an  ‘ investment.’  That 
‘ investment’  scheme  of  his  was  a  ten 
days'  joke  in  the  gulch.  Well,  the  gro­
cer  didn't  git  no  trade  and  that  made 
him  sourer  than  ever.  He  was  naturally 
as  sour  as  seventeen-year-old  vinegar 
and  he  got  so  mean  that  there  wasn’t 
no  one  in  the  gulch  that  could  git  along 
with  him.  He  managed  to  git  along 
without  gitting  shot,  but  the  boys  all 
decided  they  had  to  do  something  with 
him.  So  they  held  a  meeting  one  night 
and  give  him  twenty-four  hours  to  git 
out  of  town. ”

sent  word 

“  Did  he  git?”
“ A  wise  man  would.  Being  a  fool, 
be  didn't.  He 
that  he 
wouldn’t  budge.  Then  the  Committee 
on  Public  Safety  decided to  budge  him. 
They  planted  a  hundred  pounds of  pow­
der 
in  his  cellar.  They  had  no  trouble 
gitting  the  powder,  because  everybody 
was glad  to  contribute.  That  same  night 
they 
it  off.  Unbeknown  to 
them  the  grocer  had  slipped  across  the 
valley  and  viewed  the  fireworks  from 
the  hillside. ”

touched 

“ So  they  didn't  budge  him .”
“ No,  but  they  uncovered  a  streak  of 

pay-ore  that  run  $11,000  to  the  ton.”  

“ Did  they  run  him  out  of 

town 

then?”

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Description

Wheels,  i}i  inch  tread.  Axle,  iyk  inch. 

Body,  7  feet  long,  3  feet,  6  inches  vvidë. 
High  or  low  front  wheels.  A  strong  and 
serviceable  wagon  to  carry  1,000  pounds. 
Shafts  only  are  furnished.  Pole  will  be 
furnished  instead  of  shafts  for $6 00  addi­
tional.  W ing  boards  $3.50  extra.  Pur­
chaser’s  name,  business  and  street  lettered 
on  sides  without  extra  cost.  Be  sure  and 
state width  of  track  desired,  also  whether 
high  or low  front  wheels wanted.

Given  Free  to  Merchants

With  200  pounds  of our  Extra  Ground  Spices  in 
Bulk,  assorted  to suit,  at 35c  per  pound,  for 

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Spices  delivered.  Wagon  F.  O.  B.  factory.

Woolson  Spice  Co.

Toledo,  Ohio

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Commercial Travelers

Vichuras  Kaisrhtt  of the  Grip

President,  J o h n  A.  Weston,  Lansing;  Sec­
retary,  M.  S.  Brow n,  Safiinaw;  Treasurer, 
J ohn W. Schram, Detroit.

United  Commercial Traders  of Michigan 

Grand  Counselor,  H.  E.  Bartlett,  Flint; 
Grand  Secretary,  A.  K en d a ll,  Hillsdale; 
Grand Treasurer, C. M.  E d elm a n, Saginaw.

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

Senior  Counselor,  W.  S.  Bu r n s;  Secretary 

Treasurer, L. F. Baker.

G ripsack  Brigade.

M,  J.  Rogan  (Wile  Bros.  &  Weiil) 
has  returned  from  a  two  months’  trip  to 
Europe,  during  which  time  he  visited 
his  old  home  in  Ireland.  He  was  ac­
companied  by  his  wife,  both  being 
guests  of  his  house,  which  appears  to 
be  quite  as  well  pleased  with  bis  won­
derful  success  as  an  order-getter  as  he 
is  gratified  over  his  change  from  hats  to 
clothing.

to  assist 

J.  H.  Millar  (Putnam  Candy  Co.) 
made  a  trip  last  week  to  bis  old  home 
township,  Kalamazoo 
in  Charlestown 
county, 
in  celebrating  the 
fiftieth  anniversary  wedding  day  of  his 
father  and  mother,  the  visit  being  a 
complete  surprise  to  them.  He  was  ac­
companied  by  his  family  and  was  met 
by  three  brothers  and  one  sister  and 
their  families,  each  one  of  whom  con­
tributed  bis  share  toward  making  glad 
the  hearts  of  the  aged  parents.  His 
father  and  mother  have  attained the ripe 
old  age  of  75  and  70  years,  enjoying 
good  health.  They  are  pleasantly 
lo­
cated  on  a  large  fruit  farm,  eight  miles 
from  Battle Creek.

Hancock  Evening  Journal:  The  Up­
per  Peninsular  traveling  men  and  their 
ladies  held  forth  at  the  Douglass  House, 
Houghton,  last  night. 
It  was  the  oc­
casion  of  their  second  annual  ball.  The 
visiting  guests  arrived  on  the  evening 
train  from  Marquette,  Negaunee,  Ish- 
peming  and  other  iron  country  points, 
a  special  coach  being  placed  at  their 
service  by  General  Manager  Fitch  of 
the  South  Shore  road.  The  trip  to 
Houghton  was  thoroughly  enjoyed,  pro­
gressive  pedro  being  played  to  while 
away the  time.  Three  ladies’  and  three 
gentlemen's  prizes  were  given.  The 
knights  of  the  grip  and  their  ladies, 
seventy  in  all,  were  treated  by  proprie­
tor  Mann,  of  the  Douglass,  to  a  planked 
whitefish  supper.  Following  supper  the 
guests  scattered  through  the 
lobby  and 
parlors  to  listen  to  a  band  concert  given 
by  the  Quincy  musicians  on  the  loggia 
of  the  hotel.  The  music,  which  was 
high  class 
in  every  respect,  was  a  de­
cided  treat.  Despite  the  rather  chiliy 
weather  the  concert  attracted  a  large 
crowd,  which 
lined  the  sidewalk  on 
Shelden  street  opposite the hotel.  Danc­
ing  was  commenced  in  the pleasant din­
ing 
the  Douglass  at  9130 
o’clock,ten Quincy musicians  furnishing 
the  music.  The  trip  to  Houghton  and 
the  hotel  accommodations  were  com­
plimentary  to  the  boys  and  they  de­
parted  for  home  this  morning  feeling 
well  repaid  for  the  trip  and  thankful  to 
their  hosts  for  the  generous  treatment 
accorded  them.

room  of 

T h e  In v o lu tio n   o f  the  C om m ercial  T ra v­

eler.

The  commercial  traveler  is  a  creature 
of  primitive  origin.  His  advent  dates 
back  almost  to  the  prehistoric  age. 
In 
some  form  or  another  he  has  inhabited 
this  planet  from  the  days  of  Esau,  who 
sold  his  birthright  for  a  mess  of  pot­
tage.  Like  the  cost  mark  he  is  an  in­
dispensable  adjunct  to  every  jobbing 
bouse  of  any  importance,  and  like  the

is  generally  an  enigma. 
cost  mark  he 
The  successful  traveling  salesman  is  at 
once  a  happy  and  interesting  combina­
tion  of  human  characteristics.  He  has 
as many  sides  as  a  proposition  in  theol­
ogy.  He  can  be  pious  or  profane,  stern 
or  pliable,  gay  or  solemn,  witty  or 
profound,  as 
the  occasion  demands. 
His  supply  of  jokes  and  anecdotes  is 
only  equaled  by  the  “ large  and  varied 
assortment  of  goods”   carried  by  the 
bouse  be  represents,  and  some  of  them 
are  as  stale  and  unseasonable  as  the 
stock  kept  by  his  worst  competitor. 
1 
have  known  a  traveling  man—one of  the 
modern  kind,  that 
is  all-wool-and-a- 
yard-wide,  warranted  not  to  rip,  ravel 
or  run  down  at  the  heel—to  attend  di­
vine  service  Sunday  morning,  dine  with 
a  church  deacon  who  happened  to  be  a 
customer,  lead  a  Sunday  school  class  in 
the  afternoon,  and  play  poker all  night 
with  the  deacon  with  whom  he  dined, 
and  make  a  week’s  salary  by  the  oper­
ation.  That  is  what  1  call  diplomacy.
The  evolution  of  the  commercial  trav­
eler  is  an 
interesting  study.  His  de­
velopment  has  been  rapid,  and  has  kept 
pace  with  the  steady  and  quickening 
march  of  our  commerce.  You  will  find 
the  American  traveling  salesman  every 
where.  His  route  belts  the  entire  globe. 
His  grip  and  his  check  are  omnipres­
ent.  His  visits  are  as  periodically  reg­
ular  as  the  moon.  His  fund  of  humor 
and  of 
is  as  inexhaustible  as  the 
ocean.  His  ambition  is  as  lofty  as  the 
eagle’s  flight,  and  as  ceaseless  as  the 
wind.  He 
is  the  highest  type  of  mod­
ern  progress.  He  knows  no  barriers  and 
acknowledges  no  limits.  What  America 
is  to-day  as  a  nation  of  commercial  im­
portance,  she  owes  largely  to  the  com­
mercial  traveler.  He  has  developed 
into  a  power  in  the  avenues  of  trade 
that  can  not  be  overestimated.  He  is 
the  monarch  of  the  business  world.  He 
holds  the  key  to  industrial  success.  He 
owns  the  hotels  and  the  railroads  of  this 
nation.  He  monopolizes  the  best  of 
everything  and  be  ought  to.

lies 

Forty  years  ago  the  traveling  man  cut 
a  small  swath  in  the  commercial  world 
of  the  Great  West.  To-day  he  rules  it. 
From  the  covered  wagon  to  the  palace 
car  his  journey  has  been  rapid.  The 
is  the  mightiest  factor  in 
sample  case 
the  American  trade. 
It  is  a  demonstra­
tion  in  itself  of  the  power  of suasion.  It 
is  the  very  essence  of  eloquence. 
is 
the  emblem  of  business  advancement. 
It  is  something  that 
is  as  irresistible 
and  as  potent  as  the  charm  of  beauty  or 
of  music. 
It  has  carved  its  way  into 
every  town  and  hamlet  in  our land.  The 
sample  case  and  the  traveling  salesman 
are 
inseparable.  They  are  a  good  pair 
to  draw  to.

It 

False  notions  concerning  this  most 
in  the  world  of  trade 
important  figure 
I  can  re­
are  being  rapidly  dispelled. 
member  when  a  traveling  man  was  gen­
erally  regarded  as  a  dangerous  charac­
ter.  His  presence  was  a  signal  for  un­
easiness  on  the  part of jealous husbands, 
and  an 
increased  anxiety  among  fond 
mothers  with  daughters  of  giddy  pro­
pensities.  He  was  considered  a  para­
gon  of  impudence  and  evil,  and  a  crea­
ture  of  monumental  egotism.  But  this 
estimate  of  him  was  erroneous  and  un­
fair.  As  a  body,  there 
is  no  class  of 
men  more  respectable  than  the  great 
army  of 
traveling  salesmen,  whose 
ceaseless tramp,  tramp,  resounds through 
the  land.  They  are  ever  the  ready  and 
sturdy  defenders  of  women—the  exem­
plification  of  gentleness  and  gentility— 
self-sacrificing  and  considerate on  every 
I  have  known  them  to  act  as
occasion. 

nurses  for  weary  women  traveling  with 
sick  children. 
I  have  seen  them  trans­
form  their  warm  overcoats  into  blankets 
for  children  sleeping 
in  a  cold  car  on 
a  stormy  winter’s  night,  and  I  have 
known  them  to  leave  a  blockaded  train 
and  wade  fora  mile  through  the snow  to 
get  a  cup  of  milk  from  a  farm house  for 
a  sick  and  hungry  babe. 
I  have  seen 
them  imperil  their  own  safety  to  pro­
tect  women  from  insult.  True,  there  are 
black  sheep 
in  this  as  in  every  other 
flock,  and  it  is  to  them  that  the  guild  is 
indebted  for  the  low  estimate  once  en­
tertained  regarding  it.  Thanks  to  the 
high  character  of  the  great mass  of  trav­
eling  men,  this  estimate  has  been  great­
ly  exaited.

We  all  point  with  pride  to-day  to  the 
great  host  of commercial travelers.  They 
represent  the  very  pink  of business abil­
ity  and  sagacity.  They  are  the  future 
business  kings  of  the  nation.  From  the 
position  of  traveling  salesman  to  that 
of  business  manager  or  proprietor  is 
only  a  short  step  that 
is  yearly  taken 
by  hundreds. 

B.  W.  Blanchard.

in 

While  the  reports  are  denied  there 

is 
a  widespread  belief  that  a  combination 
of  the  four  leading  express companies of 
the  country  is  contemplated.  The  four 
companies  have 
ihe  neighborhood 
of  20,000  offices,  and  should  they  work 
together  they  could  get  along  with  per­
haps  half  the  number.  They  control 
something  like  75  per  cent,  of  the  entire 
express  business  of  the  country. 
The 
companies  are  now  working  in  harmony 
and  are  making  good  profits  on  their 
capital,hut  the  certainty  that  they  could 
reduce  expenses  by  consi lidating  will, 
it 
is  thought,  induce  them  to  merge 
their  interests.

Sectional  differences  between 

the 
North  and  the  South  are  indeed  disap­
pearing.  Complaint  is  made  in  Miss­
issippi  that  the  important work  of  pick­
ing  the  cotton  crop  is  seriously  inter­
fered  with  by  the  base  ball  craze,  that 
has  recently  swept  over  the  South,  and 
that  many  negroes  who  ought  to  be  in 
the  cotton  fields  are  playing  base  ball. 
The  craze  is  said  to  have  reached  such 
a  stage  that  the  planters  would  like  to 
have  base  ball  prohibited 
in  cotton 
picking  season,  so  that  the  work  would 
come  first  and  fun  afterw ard.

The  Warwick

Strictly first class.

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Trade  of  visiting  merchants  and  travel­

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Fair

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way  right-hearted  druggists  feel  about 
this  matter.  There  is  very  little  doubt 
there  are  some  retail  druggists and some 
patent  medicine  manufacturers,  also, 
who  ought  to  be in the  penitentiary  or  a 
less  comfortable  place,  but  this  is  no 
reason  why  those  branches  of  the  drug 
business  to  which  these  men  belong 
should  be  injured  by  holding  them  u 
to  public  scorn  and  condemnation  i. 
such  a  way  as to-damage  all  who are en 
gaged  in  these  vocations.

It  is  understood  by  the committee that 
the  space  occupied  by  the  objectionable 
cartoons  and  editorials  to  which  I  have 
referred  cost  the  Association  of  Amer 
ican  Advertisers  nothing,  and  that  th._ 
Association 
is  composed  for  the  most 
part  of  members  of  the  Proprietary  As 
sociation  of  America.  I  am  instructed 
to  suggest  that  this  great  power  which 
your  committee  possesses  may  be,  and 
ought  to  be,  used 
in  aiding  the  retai 
drug  trade  to  sell  the  goods  of  you 
members  at  profitable  figures,  and  unde- 
satisfactory  conditions,  thereby  healing 
the  breach  which  exists  between our two 
branches  of  the  drug  business  instead  of 
latter  i_ 
widening  this  breach.  The 
certainly  being  accomplished  by 
the 
article  complained  of,  as  the  corres 
pondence  of  the  committee  plainly 
in 
dicates.  The  skill  displayed  by  those 
who  are  doing  this  work  is  a  guaranty 
that, 
if  these  writers  should  abandon 
their  destructive  tactics  and  should  de 
vote 
to  encouraging  the 
public  to  respect  the  dtuggist  who 
bandies  only  genuine  goods  and  sells 
them  at  a  price  yielding  a  legitimate 
profit,  and  to  educating  the  public  to 
look  with  suspicion  upon  dealers  who, 
promoted  by  unworthy  motives,  exploit 
advertised  proprietaries  at  considerably 
less  than  the  price  fixed  by  the  proprie­
to  suspect  also  the  goods 
tors,  and 
which  these  dealers  offer,  an 
infinite 
deal  of  good  would  be  accomplished 
both  for  the  proprietors  and  for  the 
non-cutting 
legitimate  retail  druggists 
of  the  country—the  proprietors’  best 
friends.

themselves 

into  hostile  camps, 

zation  was  formed.  There  is  every  rea­
son  why  the  policy mentioned  herein  by 
which  proprietors  and  retailers  are  be­
ing  drawn 
filled 
with  a  desire  for  revenge  and  prepared 
to  open  fire  on  the  slightest  pretext, 
should  be  abandoned  and  the  artille 
of  the  press,  which  the  proprietors  ha 
demonstrated  they  are  capable  of  using 
be  directed  at  that  arch-enemy,  the 
in 
stigator of  all  discord  and  demoraliza 
tion,  the  aggressive  cutter.

Thos.  V.  Wooten.

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The  D rug  M arket.

Opium—Is  a  little  higher,  on  account 

of stronger  primary  market.
Morphine— Is  unchanged.
Quinine— Has  again  advanced  2c  pe 
oz.  This 
is  two  advances  of  2c  each 
since  the  low  price  was  named.  The 
article  is  very  firm  and  manufacture 
will  not  make  contracts  at  any  price 
Another advance  is  looked  for.

Castor  Oil— Is  firm  at  recent  decline 
Castor  Beans— Have  advanced.
Cod  Liver  Oil—Is  firm  and  tending 
higher,  on  account  of  the  fall  demand 
in  very  small  supply  an 

Manna— Is 

prices  rule  high  and  firm.

Menthol—On  account  of  very  smal 
stocks,  has  advanced  about  $1.25  pe. 
lb.  and  there  is  very  little  to  be  bad  at 
the  high  price.

Nitrate  Silver— Has  declined,  on  ac 

count  of  higher  price  for  metal.

Select  Elm  Bark— Is  very .scarce  an« 
extreme  prices  are  asked  for  the  littli 
that  is  on  the  market.

Oil  Peppermint— Is  very  firm  and 

continues  to  advance.

Oil  Cloves— Has  advanced  on  account 

of  higher  prices  for  spice.

Oil  Cassia— Is  very  firm  and  tending 

ligher.

Buchu  Leaves—Continue 
upply  and  prices  are  very  firm.
Linseed  Oil— Has  declined.

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Drugs--Chemicals
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„  
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-  Dec. 31,1902
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Wir t   p.  Doty, Detroit  - 
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J ohn d . Mu ir , Grand ¿capias 
Dee. 31, i9ub 
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Dec. 31,1906 

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President,  H e n r y  H e im , Saginaw.
Secretary, J ohn D. Mu ir, Grand Rapids. 
Treasurer, W.  P.  Doty,  Detroit.

Exam ination  Sessions.

Lansing, November 5 and 6.

M ich,  State  Pharm aceutical  Association. 

President—Lou G. Moore, Saginaw. 
Secretary—W .  H.  B u r k e   Detroit.
Treasurer—C. F. Huber. Port Huron.

Urgent  Protest  A gain st  the  Substitution 

Crusade.

The  Executive  Committee  of  the  Na 
tional  Association  of  Retail  Druggists 
speaking  for  that  organization  and  fo 
the  self-respecting and worthy-of-respect 
portion  of  the  40,000  retail  druggist 
of  the  United  States,  directs  me 
to  enter  on  their  behalf  an  emphatic 
protest  against  the  publication  in  the 
newspapers  of the editorials and cartoon, 
on  the  subject,  “ Substitution,”   that  are 
appearing  from  time  to  time,  which  ar 
tides  are  understood  to  be  inspired  by 
and  published  under  the  direction  of,  a 
committee  of  your  Association.

The  retail  trade’s  objection  to  these 
article 
is  based  upon  the  fact  that  the 
language  employed  in  them  is  so  broad 
and  so  full  of  insinuation,  little or  noth­
ing  being  said  as  to  the  honorable 
methods  employed  by  druggists  gener- 
ally,  that  suspicion  is  being  cast,to  an 
extremely  hurtful  degree,  upon  the  en­
tire  retail  drug  business.  The  fact  that 
this  result  is  not  the  intention  of  those 
who  inspire  the  articles  does  not  render 
them 
less  repugnant  to  the  better ele­
ment  of  the  retail  drug  trade,  nor  less 
disastrous  to their  interests.

it 

No  word  in  the  language  is  more  ab- 
horent  to  the  druggist  who  places  the 
proper  estimate  upon  his  calling and the 
obligations 
imposes  than  the  word 
“ substitution.”   To  him 
this  word 
stands  for  all  that  is  despisable  in  the 
conduct of those  who disgrace  his chosen 
calling;  it  is  synonymous with  thievery, 
with  wanton  disregard of the reputations 
of  the  physicians  whose  prescriptions 
he  handles  and  the  welfare  of  their  pa 
tients,  with 
low  cunning  and  black 
heartedness.  To  have  this  word  care 
lessly  applied  to  these  who, 
like  him 
self,  are  engaged 
in  the  drug  business 
because  they  esteem  it  a  vocation  useful 
enough  and  honorable  enough  to  ca.. 
forth  their  best  energies  sends  a  thrill 
of  indignation  through  every  right-feel­
ing  man  who  is  engaged  in  the  busi­
ness. 
It  is  on  behalf  of these men,  who, 
we  are  proud  to  say,  constitute  the  great 
bulk  of  the  retail  druggists  of 
the 
country,  that  I  am  instructed  to  submit 
this  protest.

If  the  position  of  the  two  branches  of 
the  drug  trade  were  reversed and  the  N. 
A.  R.  D.  should  begin  a  “ campaign  of 
education”  
in  the  public  press,  in  ar­
ticles  that,  with  reckless disregard  of the 
meritorious  proprietaries,  of  which 
there  are  not  a  few,  should  denounce 
the  iniquity  of  foisting  on an unsuspect­
ing  public  villainous  secret  nostrums 
which  careful  analyses  prove  are  abso­
lutely  worthless,  in  spite  of  the  boastful 
claims  of  those  who  make  them,  and 
should  lampoon  without  discrimination 
the  patent  medicine  brutes  masquerad­
ing  as  men,  who  rob  the  suffering  poor 
of  the  last  pennies  because  they  believe 
the  damning lies,  that are printed  for the 
sole  purpose,  apparently,  of  robbing 
them,  the  members  of  the  Proprietary 
Association  could  gain  a  glimpse  of  the

Realizing  that 
loyalty  to  the  plans 
nder  which  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  is  now 
operating  requires  that  retailers  shall 
sell  advertised  proprietaries  “ when 
called  for,  without  argument,”   and  de­
termined  to  do  its  duty  in  the  matter, 
the  committee  has  striven  early  and late 
to  impress  upon  the  members  of  the  As­
sociation  the  necessity  of  giving  the 
proprietors  the  benefit  of  their  adver­
tising,  confidently  expecting  that  in  re­
turn  for  this  action  on  their  part  (it  has 
cost  the  retailers  many  sacrifices)  they 
would  receive  from  the  proprietors  the 
sort  of  co-operation  that  will  devise 
means  for  helping  the  retailers  to  carry 
out  their  obligations  in  good  faith  and 
to  reap  the  benefits  of  their  loyalty.  To 
the  committee 
looks  as  though  the 
persons  immediately  responsible  for the 
articles complained  of  have  entirely  lost 
sight  of  the  principle  of  co-operation 
which  we  have  been  endeavoring  to  in­
culcate,  and  of  which  so  much  has  been 
expected.

it 

For  years  the  three  branches  of  the 
drug  trade  have  been  working  at  cross 
purposes  and  proprietors,  jobbers  and 
retailer,  have  suffered  together  the  con­
sequence  of  their short sightedness.  The 
replacement  of  this  ruinous  system  by 
co-operation,  which  if  adhered  to  with 
unwavering  loyalty  will  undoubtedly in­
ure  to  the  advantage  of  all,  is  earnestly 
desired  by  the  members  of  the  N.  A.
R.  D.,  whose  confidence  in 
its  benefits 
has  been  confirmed  and  strengthened 
from  month  to  month  since  our  organi­

Non-Pre«*ip.  Comp.  Syr.  Hypoplios.,  Iron
The  following  formula  is  said  to  fur 
ish  syrup  of  elegant  appearance  and 

which  does  not  precipitate:
Calcium hypophosphite............  256  grs.
Sodium  hypophosphite__... 
128  grs!
Potassium  hypophosphite........  
12  grs.
Manganese  hypophos..................  
16 grs!
Tr.  citro-chlor.  iron,  N.  F .... 
1  oz."
Tr.  nux vomica............................  t6o m.
g  grs
Quinine  bydrochlorate__  
12. zs!
........................................... 
rater,  enough  to  make............  
16  lzs>
The  hypophosphites  are  dissolved  in 
ounces  of  water  previously  boiled, 
which  is  easily  done  by  triturating  the 
the 
water,  the  addition  of  an  acid not  being 
required.  The  quinine  is  dissolved 
in 
one-half  ounce  of  warm  water.  These 
solutions  are  mixed  and  poured  over the 
sugar.  Shake  well  and  add  the  tinctures 
of  iron  and  nux  vomica,  then  add 
enough  water  to  make  16  flifidounces. 
Shake  until  the  sugar  is  dissolved,  let 
stand  for  tweny-four  hours  and  filter.

in  successive  portions  of 

Its 

E lix ir   Terpin  H ydrate.

Terpin hydrate..........................   128  grs.
Saccharin.................................... 
1  gr  "
2  ozs
Glycerin........................ ...  7 .7 . 
A lc o h o l.....................................   cozs'
Simple  elixir................................  g  ozs'
Dissolve  the  terpin  hydrate  and  sac­
charin 
in  the  alcohol  with  the  aid  of 
gentle  heat;  add  the  glycerin  and  then 
the  simple  elixir.  Let 
it  stand  ove 
night  and  filter.

Copper  in  Italian   Ch eese.

Dr.  Mariani  examined 

twenty-five 
samples  of  green  Parmesan  cheese from 
various  places  and  has  found  that  to 
about  every  two  pounds  of  cheese  there 
is  present  from  .8  to  3.3  grains  of  cop­
per.— Health.

Cbe
Druggist
IsDead

in 

to  his  best  interest  who 
does  not  hold  a  member­
the  C o m m e r c ia l 
ship 
C r e d it   Co.,  which  has  on 
file  over  200,000  detailed 
reports  on  Michigan  con­
sumers  and  purchasers  of 
merchandise  at  retail.

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IK  2  @3 
2K  2V4®3 
2*4  2K®3
13®  16
70®  76
14*4®  18*4 
13®  16
5  ©  8*4
6  ®  6*4
@  90
@  96
®  1  25
©  1  48 
1  10®  1  20

20® 22 Linseed, pure raw...
© 18 Linseed, boiled.......
© 30 Neatsfoot, winter str
Spirits  Turpentine..
© 41
® 41
Paints
9®  11
11
9® 
25®  27
IK ®  
2 
5
3® 
4
3*4© 
© 
2 
@ 2  60 
50®  56
©  2  00

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

80®  1  06 
4
2*4® 
2K@  3*4 
8®  
10 
28®  30
48®  50
9 00@16  00 
7® 
8

Varnishes

-E  DRUG  PRICE  CURRENT
anna, Quinine, 
eed Oil.

Il'  1Lio

8
76
17
29
45
6
10
14
16
53
6
2040

6
8
15
14
25
0060
00

24
9
60

6670
65
50

18
12
18
30
20
12
12
12
26

26
30
1214
16
17

16
26
76
40
16
2
80
7

18
25
36

40
26
30
20
10

66
46
36

2866

14
12
30
60
40
56
13
14
16
69
40
00
86
35
76
60
40
10
45
46
00

26
20
26
28
23
26
39
22
28

60
20
2020

2060
26
66
20
6686
80
85
76
10

Conlum Mac............   80®  90
Copaiba..................   i  is®  l  26
Cubebae.................... i  30®  l  36
Exechthltos............  l  50@  l  60
Erlgeron.................  i  oo@  1  10
Gaultherla............... 2 oo@  2  io
Geranium, ounce.,.. 
®  76
Gosslppll, Sem. gal.. 
60®  60
Hedeoma.................  l  80®  i  86
Junlpera.................  i so® 2  00
Lavendula..............  90® 2 oo
Llmonls................. 
l  is®  l 25
Mentha Piper.........   2 90®  3 20
Mentha Verld......... 2  10®  2 20
Morrhuae, igal.........   2 00®  2 !0
Myrcla....................  4 00®  4 50
76® 3 00
Olive....................... 
Plcls Llqulda........... 
10® 
12
®  36
PietsLlqulda,  gal... 
Rldna.....................   92®  98
Rosmarlnl...............  
® 1  00
Ross, ounce............  6 60® 7 00
Succlnl....................  40®  45
Sabina....................  90®  1  00
Santal....................... 2 76®  7 00
Sassafras................. 
55®  60
Sinapls,  ess., ounce. 
®  66
Tlglll.......................  1  50® 1  60
Thyme.....................   40®  50
Thyme, opt.............. 
®  1  60
Theobromas........... 
15®  20
Potassium
16® 
Bl-Carb.................... 
18
Bichromate............  
13® 
16
52®  57
Bromide................. 
C arb....................... 
12® 
is
Chlorate... po. 17® 19 
16®  18
Cyanide..................   34®  38
Iodide.....................   2 30® 2  40
28®  30
Potassa, Bitart, pure 
Potass Nltras, opt... 
7®  10
Potass  Nltras.........  
6® 
8
Prus slate.................  23®  26
Sulphate po............  
ie@  18

Radix

Aconltum.................  20®  26
Althae.....................  
30®  33
Anchusa................. 
io® 
12
Arum  po.................  @  25
Calamus..................   20®  40
12®  15
Gentlana.........po. 15 
16®  18
Glychrrhiza...pv.  15 
®  76
Hydrastis  Canaden. 
®  80
Hydrastis Can., po.. 
Hellebore, Alba, po. 
12®  16
Inula,  po................. 
18®  22
Ipecac, po...............   2 75® 2 80
35®  40
Iris  plox...po. 35@38 
Jalapa, pr...............   26®  30
Maranta,  V*s........... 
®  35
Podophyllum,  po... 
22®  25
Rhel.........................  76®  1  00
Rhel, cut.................  @  1  26
Rhel, pv..................   78®  1  35
Splgella..................   35®  38
Sangulnaria.. .po.  15 
®  18
Serpentarla............  
50®  65
Senega.................... 
80®  85
®  40
Smllax, officinalis H. 
Smllax, M...............   @  26
Sclllae..............po. 35 
10®  12
Symplocarpus, Foetl-
dus,  po.................  @  26
Valeriana,Eng.po.30 
@  25
16®  20
Valeriana,  German. 
Zingiber a ...............  
14®  16
Zingiber j .................  25®  27
Semen

9® 
n@ 

Anisum...........po.  18 
®  15
13®  15
Aplum (graveleons). 
Bird, is.................... 
6
4® 
io®  11
Carol............... po.  15 
Cardamon...............   1  25®  1  76
Corlandrom............. 
8® 
10
5®  6
Cannabis Sattva......  
Cydonlum...............   76®  1  00
16®  16
Chenopodlum.........  
Uipterlx Odorate__  1  00®  1  10
Foenlculum.............. 
® 
10
Foenugreeh, po.......  
7® 
9
L lnl.........................  4  @ 
6
Linl, grd...... bbl. 4 
4  @  6
Lobelia...................   1  50®  1  55
Pharlaris Canarian..  5  @  6
R apa.......................  5  ®  6
Sinapls  Alba........... 
10
Sinapls  Nigra.........  
12
Sptrltas
Frumentl, W. D. Co.  2 00®  2 60 
Frumentl,  D. F. R..  2 00® 2  25
Frumentl................   1  25®  1  60
Juniperls Co. O. T...  1  65® 2 00
Juni peris  Co...........  1  76® 3 50
Saacnarom  N. E __ 1  90® 2  10
Spt. vini Galli.........  1  76® 6 so
Vlnl Oporto............   1  25® 2  00
Vlnl Alba................   1  28® 2  00
Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage...............  2 50® 2  76
Nassau sheeps’ wool
carriage.................. 2 60®  2  75
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage......   @  1  50
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool, carriage......  
®  1  26
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage................  @  1  00
Hard, for slate use.. 
®  75
Yellow  R eef,  for 
slate use...............   @  1  40
Syrups
Acacia.................... 
® 
so
®  50
Aurantl Cortex........ 
Zingiber..................   @  60
®  60
Ipecac...................... 
Ferrilod................. 
eo
® 
Rhel Arom.............. 
®  50
Smllax  Officinalis... 
50®  60
©  50
Senega.................... 
Sclllae...  ......... 
 
A  60

Sclllae Co.................  @
Tolu tan...................  
©
Prunus  vlrg............   @
Tinctures 
Aconltum Napellls R 
Aconltum Napellls F
Aloes......................
Aloes and Myrrh__
Arnica....................
Assafoetlda..............
Atrope Belladonna..
i Aurantl Cortex.......
Benzoin..................
Benzoin Co..............
Barosma..................
Cantharldes............
Capsicum................
Cardamon...............
Cardamon Co..........
I Castor.....................
Catechuf..................
Cinchona................
Cinchona Co............
Columba.................
Cubebae....................
Cassia Acutlfol........
Cassia Acutlfol Co...
I Digitalis..................
Ergot.......................
Ferrl  Chloridum__
Gentian..................
Gentian Co..............
Guiaca.....................
Guiaca ammon........
Hyoscyamus............
Iodine  ....................
Iodine, colorless......
K ino.......................
Lobelia...................
Myrrh.....................
Nux Vomica............
Opii..........................
Opll,  comphorated..
Opll, deodorized......
Quassia..................
Rhatany..................
Rhel........................
Sanguinaria...........
Serpentarla............
Stramonium............
Tolutan..................
Valerian.................
Veratrom  Verlde...
Zingiber..................

Miscellaneous

50
5050
60
50
60
60
50
50
60
50
60
50
50
75
50
75
76 
1  00
50
50
6050
60
6050
50
50
35 
50 
6050 
60 
50 
76 
75 
50 
50 
50 
50 
75 
50 
1  60
So
So
So
So
So
80
60«0
Bo2o
36 
38
3

55

40®

.Ether, Spts. Nit.? F  30® 
Esther, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®
Alumen..................   214®
Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7 
3®
Annatto...................   40®
Antlmonl, po...........
Antimonlet Potass T
Anttpyrln...............
Antlfebrln..............
Argentl Nltras, oz...
Arsenicum..............
Balm Gilead  Buds..
I Bismuth S..N..........
Calcium Chlor., is...
Calcium Chlor.,  *4s..
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms.. 
Cantharldes, Rus.po 
Capslcl Fructus, at..
Capsid  Fructus, po.
Capsid Fructus B, po 
Caryophyllus. .po. 15
Carmine, No. 40......
Cera Alba..............
Cera  Flava.............. 
Coccus  .................
Cassia Fructus__
Centrarla..............
Cetaceum..............
Chloroform  ............  
Chloroform,  squlbbs 
Chloral Hyd Crst  ...
Chondras................   20®  25
Ctnchontdlne.P. & W  38®  48
I Clnchonidine, Germ.  38®  48
Cocaine..................   4  06®  4  25
Corks, list, dis. pr.ct.
Creosotum...............
Creta............ bbl. 75
Creta, prep..............
Creta, precip...........
9® 
Creta, Rubra.
®
Crocus....................  30©
Cudbear.
24
©  
Cupri  Sulph............   614®  8
Dextrine................. 
7® 
10
Ether Sulph............   78®
Emery, all numbers.
@
Emery, po...............
»I
E rgota...........po. 90
12®
Flake  White........... 
Gal la.......................  
©
Gambler................. 
8®
Gelatin,  Cooper......   @
Gelatin, French......  
35®
75 &
Glassware,  flint, box 
Less than box......
11®
Glue, brown............  
Glue,  white............  
15®
Glycerlna................   1714®
Grana Paradisl........  @
Hum ulus.................  25®
Hydrarg  Chlor  Mite 
®  1  00 
®  90
Hydrarg  Chlor Cor.. 
Hydrarg Ox Rub’m.  @  1  10 
I Hydrarg  Ammonlatl 
® 1  20 
I  HydrargUnguentum  50®  60
Hydrargyrum.........  @  86
Ichthyobolla, Am...  66®  70
Indigo.....................  
76®  X 00
Iodine,  Resubl........  3 40® 3 60
Iodoform.................  3 60®  3 85
60 
Lupulln..
Lycopodium............
70 
75
M ads......................
Liquor Arsen et  Hy­
drargIod..............
LlquorPotassArslnlt 
Magnesia,  Sulph.... 
Magnesia, Sulph, bbl 
Mannia. H.  K ..„_

SI
®
10®
2®
©75©

il

Menthol........
® 6 00 Seldlltz Mixture......
Morphia, S., P.& W. 
2  15® 2 40 Sinapls....................
Morphia, S..N.Y. Q. 
2  16® 2 40 Sinapls,  opt............
Morphia, Mai.
2  15® 2 40 Snuff, Maccaboy, De
Moschus  Canton_
© 40 V oes....................
Myrlstlca, No. 1__
66® 80 Snuff .Scotch,De Vo’s
Soda, Boras
@35®
Os Sepia..................
Soda,  Boras, po......
Pepsln Saac, H. & P.
Soda et Potass Tart.
D  Co....................
Soda,  Carb..............
@  1  00
Plcls Llq. N.N.14 gal.
Soda,  Bl-Carb.........
doz.......................
@ 2 00 
Soda, Ash...............
Plcls Llq.,quarts__
Soda, Sulphas.........
®   1  00 
Plcls Llq.,  plnts......
®  85
Spts. Cologne...........
Pll Hydrarg. ..po. 80 
Spts. Ether  Co........
®  60 
Plper  Nlgra.. .po. 22
®  18 
Spts. Myrcla Dom... 
Pl per  Alba__po. 36
Spts. Vlnl Rect.  bbl. 
®  30
Pllx Burgun............
Spts. Vlnl Rect. *4bbl 
7
@ 
Plumbl Acet............
Spts. Vlnl Rect. lOgal 
10®  
12 
Pulvts Ipecac et Opll 
Spts. Vlnl Rect. 5 gal 
1  30®  1  50
Pyrethrom, boxes H.
Strychnia, Crystal...
&P. D. Co., doz...
Sulphur,  Subl.........
®  76
Pyrethrom,  pv........
Sulphur, Roll...........
26®  30
8® 
Quasslae..................
Tamarinds..............
10 
Quinta, S. P.&  W...
Terebenth  Venice...
26®  36
Theobromae.............
Qulnla, S.  Germán..
‘/B®  36
Qulnia.N. Y............
Vanilla....................
26®  36
12®   14
Rubia Tlnctorom....
Zlncl Sulph.............
Saccharum Lactls pv
20®
O ils
Salacln....................  4 50®  4 75
40®  60
Sanguls  Draconls... 
Sapo, W..................  
12®  14
10® 
Sapo M.................... 
12
Sapo G.................... 
® 
16

Whale, winter......... 
7o
86
Lard, extra.............. 
Lard, No. 1..............  60

No. 1 Turp  Coach...  1  10®  1  20
i  Extra Turp..............  1 60®  1  70
bbl.  OAL.  Coach  Body.............   2 75® 3  00
70  No. 1 Turp Fura......1  00®  1  10
90  Extra Turk Damar..  1  55®  1  60 
66  Jap. Dryer.No.lTurp  70®  79

¡D ru g s

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,  Wines 

and  Rums  for  medical  purposes 

only.

W e  give  our  personal  attention  to  mail 

orders  and  guarantee  satisfaction.

All  orders  shipped and  invoiced  the same 

day  received.  Send  a  trial  order.

Hazeltine  &  Perkins 

D r u g   C o .

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

OROCERY  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

Alm onds
Hand  P ick ed  B e a n s

DECLINED

Evaporated  A pples 
Evaporated  Peaches 
C lear  B ack   Pork 
Dried  Peas

Dwlnell-Wrlght  Co.’s Brands.

95
1  OC
1  20
1  u
1  1C
1  .’C
3 00

Fair.........................
Good  .....................
Fanr?
Tomatoes
F air.........................
Good.......................
Fancy.................  ..
Gallons....................
Barrels

CARBON  OILS 

CATSUP

CHEESE

@11
@10
@ 9 Vi

@14*@12
@11*  

Eocene.......................
Perfection..................
Diamond White.........
D. S. Gasoline............
Deodorized Naphtha..
@34
Cylinder......................29
Englna..........................16  @22
Black, winter...............  9  @10K
Colombia,  pints..................2 00
Columbia, Vi pints...............1  26
Acme...........
Amboy.......
Carson City.
Elsie............
Emblem......
Gem............
Gold Medal-
Ideal ...........
Jersey.........
Riverside__
Brick...........
80
Edam..........
Leiden........
Limburger... 
Pineapple... 
Sap  Sago —
CHEWING  GUM 
American Flag Spruce—  
Beeman's Pepsin.......  
90
Black Jack................. 
Largest Gum  Made........  
60
Sen Sen  ...........................  
66
Sen Sen Breath Perfume..  1  00
Sugar  Loaf.................  
55
Yucatan...................... 
56
CHICORY
Bulk...................................   5
Red....................................... 7
Eagle...................................  4
Franck’s .............................  7
Schener’s............................   6

@12 
@11* 
@1?* 
@12 
@’2Vi 
@11* 
@11* @12 
@12 
14@15 
@90 @17 
13@14
soars
19@20 
56

60
55

CHOCOLATE 

Walter Baker & Co.’s.

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

Runkel Bros.

CLOTHES  LINES 

Steal

Ju te

1  20 
1  40 
1  65 
1  85

Cotton  Braided

Cotton  Victor

Cotton W indsor

60ft, 3 thread,  extra.. 
...  100
72 ft. 3 thread,  extra.......   1 40
90 ft, 3 thread,  extra.......   170
60 ft. 6 thread,  extra.......   1 29
72 ft, 6 thread,  extra.................
60 ft................................... 
75
2 f t .................................  
90
91 ft...................................  1 05
120 ft.................................   1 50
50 ft...................................  
80
6f ft................................... 
95
Oft..................................   1 10
59 ft.
60 ft
0 ft. 
80 ft.
40 ft. 
59 ft 
0 ft.
No. 20. each  100 ft long__  190
No.  19, each 100 ft long —   2  10 
Cleveland  .............................  41
Colonial, Vis  .........................  36
Colonial, Vis.........................  33
Epps....................................  42
Huyler................................   45
Van Houten, Vis..................  12
Van Houten, Ms..................  20
Van Houten, * s ..................  40
Van Houten,  is ..................  70
Webb...................................  
30
WUbur, vis............................  41
...  42
WUbur. Ms.....................
Dunham’s * s.................
Dunham’s Vis and Ms__
Dunham's  Mo.................
Dunham’s  Ms.................
Bulk................................
COCOA  SHELLS
20 lb. bags...................... 
Less quantity................. 
Pound packages............  

26
26*
27
28
13
2*
3
4

G alvanized   W ire

COCOANUT

COCOA

COFFEE
Roasted

Telfer Coffee Co. brands

No.  9.....................................   8 Vi
No. 10................................... 9Vi
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
Juvo..................................... 28
Koran................................... 14

Delivered In 100 lb. lots.

White House, 1 lb. cans......
White House, 2 lb. cans......
Excelsior, M. & J.  1 lb. cans 
Excelsior, M. K  J. 2 lb. cans 
Tip Top, M. & J., 1 lb. cans.
Royal Java..........................
Royal Java and Mocha.......
Java and Mocha Blend.......
Boston  combination..........
Ja-Vo Blend........................
Ja-Mo-Ka  Blend................
Distributed by Olney  & Judson 
Gro. Co..  Grand  Rapids,  C.  El­
liott & Co.,  Detroit,  B.  l)es»n 
berg & Co., Kalamazoo, Symons 
Bros. &  Co.,  Saginaw,  Jackson 
Grocer Co.,  Jackson,  Melsel  & 
Goeschel.  Bay  City,  Fielbach 
Co., Toledo.

Rio

Common..............................  8
F air....................................   9
Choice.................................. 10
Fancy...................................15
Common..............................  8
F air.....................................  9
Choice.................................. 10
Fancy.................................. 13
Peaberry.............................. 11

Santos

Maracaibo

F air......................................13
'hole« 
ig

.. 

Mexican

Tholce.................................. is
Fancy...................................17

Guatem ala

Java

Choice.................................. 13
African................................ 12
Fancy African.................... 17
O  G.................................... 25
p  a ....................................31

Mocha
Arabian................... 
Pacxage 

21

New York Basis.

¿¿buckle............................10^
Diiworth............................ 10*
Jersey.................................10*
Lion....................................10
M cLaughlin’s XXXX 
McLaughlin’s  XXXX sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mall  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  «1 
Co., Chicago.

Extract

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

CONDENSED  MILK 

4 doz In case.

Gall Borden Eagle...............6 40
Crown...................................5 90
Daisy.................................... 4 70
Champion............................ 4 25
Magnolia............................. 4 00
Challenge............................. « jo
Dime.................................... 3 35
Peerless Evaporated Cream.4 00
Milkmaid.............................. 6 10
Tip  Top................................3 85
Nestles.................................   25
Highland  Cream............ .. .'5 on
St. Charles Cream.................4 50

CRACKERS

National Biscuit Co.’s brands 

B utter

Seymour...........................  
e*
New York.........................  6*
Family.............................  
g*
Salted...............................  
e*
Wolverine......................... 
7

Soda

Soda  XXX....................... 
7
Soda, City.........................  8
Long Island Wafers.........  13
Zephyrette.......................   13

Oyster

F a u st............................... 
Farina.............................. 
Extra Farina.................... 
Saltlne Oyster..................  

7*
7
7*
7

Sweet  Goods—Boxes

Animals........................ 
  10
Assorted  Cake.................  10
Belle Rose...........................  
8
Bent's Water....................  16
Cinnamon Bar.....................  9
Coffee Cake,  Iced............   10
Coffee Cake. Java............   10
Cocoanut Macaroons........  18
Cocoanut Taffy.................  10
Cracknells.........................  16
Creams, Iced....................... 
8
Cream Crisp.......................   10*
Cubans...............................   11*
Currant  Fruit...................  12
Frosted Honey.................   12
Frosted Cream.................  9
Ginger Gems, l’rgeorsm’ll  8
Ginger  Snaps, N. B.  C_ 
6*
Gladiator............................   10*
Grandma Cakes..................  9
Graham Crackers............  
8
Graham  Wafers...............   12
Grand Rapids  Tea...........  16
Honey Fingers.................  12
Iced Honey Crumpets......  10
Imperials.......................... 
8
Jumbles, Honey...............   12
Lady Fingers....................  12
Lemon Snaps....................   12
Lemon Wafers.................  16
Marshmallow...................   16
Marshmallow Creams......   16
Marshmallow Walnuts....  16
Mary Ann......................... 
8
Mixed Picnic......................  11*
Milk Biscuit........................  
7*
Molasses  Cake................. 
g
Molasses Bar....................  9
Moss Jelly Bar.................  12*
Newton.............................   12
Oatmeal Crackers.............  8
Oatmeal Wafers...............   12
Orange Crisp....................   9
Orange Gem......................  9
8
Penny Cake...................... 
Pilot Bread, XXX............  
7*
Pretzelettes, hand made.. 
8Vi
Pretzels, hand  made....... 
8*
Scotch Cookies.................   9
Sears’Lunch....................... 
7*
Sugar Cake.......................   b
Siixar Praam. XXX................ 8
Sugar Squares................... 
8
Sultanas............................  13
Tuttl Fruttl......................   16
Vanilla Wafers.................  16
Vienna Crimp................... 
8
E. J.  K nice & Co.’s baked good 

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

with Interesting discounts.
CREAM  TARTAR

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

D RIED   FRUITS 

Apples

Sundrled.........................  @6
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes.7@  8

California Prunes

100-120 25 lb. boxes........  @4
90-100 25 lb. boxes........  @ 4K
80 - 90 25 lb. boxes........  @ 5*
70 - 80 25 lb. boxes........  @ 5%
60-70 25 lb. boxes........  @ 6*
50 - 60 25 lb. boxes........  @
40 - 50 25 lb. boxes ........  @  8-a
30 - 40 26 lb. boxes  ......  
9

*  cent less In 50 lb. cases

California  F ruits

Apricots.....................  @
Blackberries..............
8*
Nectarines................. 
Peaches.....................   8  @10
Pears............................9*
Pitted Cherries...........
Prunnelles.................
Raspberries...............

Citron

Leghorn...................... 
,2
Torslcan......................ii*@  3

Currants

.California, 1 lb.  package....
Imported, 1 lb package.......   7
Imported, bulk...................   63i

Peel

JItron American 19 lb. bx... 
Lemon American 10 lb. bx.. 13 
Orange American 10lb. bx.. 13

Raisins 

1  75 
1  90
7 

London Layers 2 Crown. 
London Layers 3 Crown. 
Cluster 4 Crown............
Loose M uscatels 2 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown
L. M„ Seeded. 1  lb...... 9V@to
L. M„ Seeded, Jf lb__  
8
Sultanas, b u lk .................... 11
Sultanas, package...............ii*
FARINACEOUS GOODS 

Beans

Dried Lima.........................
' 1  go 
Medium Hand Ploked 
Brown Holland.........................2 25

241 lb. packages.................1  50
Bulk, per 100 Tbs.................. 2  60

Farina

Hom iny

Flake, so lb. sack...............  90
Pearl,  200 lb. bbl...................... 5 00
Pearl, 100 lb. sack.................... 2 so
Maccaroni  and V erm icelli  -
Domestic, 10 lb. box...........  60
Imported, 2t lb. box............ 2 to

Index to  Markets

B y  Columns

 

 

G

B

C

H

A

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D
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Col.
Akron  Stoneware.................  15
Alabasttne.............................  
l
Ammonia................................  1
Axle Grease............................  1
Baking Powder.......................  
l
Bath  Brick............................  1
Bluing........................... 
 
Breakfast  Food......................  1
Brooms....................................  1
Brushes.................................. 
l j
l j
Butter Color............................ 
Candles.................................   14
Candles..................................  1
Canned Goods.......................  2
Catsup...................................  3
Carbon Oils..........................   3
Cheese...................................   3
Chewing Gum.......................   3
Chicory..................................  3
Chocolate...............................  3
Clothes Lines.........................  3
Cocoa.....................................  3
Cocoanut...............................  3
Cocoa Shells........................   3
Coffee...................................  3
Condensed  Milk....................  4
Coupon Books.......................  15
Crackers...............................  4 I
Cream T artar.......................  5 I
Dried  Fruits.........................  5  .
Farinaceous  Goods..............  5
Fish and < lysters..................   13
Fishing Tackle......................  6
Flavoring Extracts............... 
t>
Fly  Paper.............................   6
Fresh Meats.........................   6
Fruits...................  
14 j
Gelatine................................   6
Grain Hags............................  7
Grains and Flour.................  7
Herbs...................................   7
Hides and Pelts....................  13 I
Indigo...................................   7
Jelly.....................................   7
Lamp Burners......................   15
Lamp Chimneys...................   la
Lanterns...............................   15
Lantern  Globes....................  15
Licorice................................   7
Lye........................................  7
Meat Extracts......................   7
Molasses...............................   7
Mustard................................  7 1
Nuts.
14  !
Oil Cans................................  15
Olives...................................   7
Pickles....................................   7
Pipes......................................  7 I
Playing Cards.........................  8
Potash.....................................  8
Provisions...............................  8
Rice........................................   8
Salad Dressing.......................   9
Saleratus................................   9
Sal Soda..................................  9
Salt..........................................  9
Salt  Fish................................   9
Seeds.......................................  9
Shoe Blacking.........................  9
Snuff......................................  10
Soap........................................  9
Soda.......................................  10
Spices...................................  10
Starch...................................   10
Stove Polish..........................  10 |
Sugar....................................   1 1 1
Syrups...................................  10
Table Sauce..........................  111
Tea........................................  n
Tobacco................................  n
Twine...................................   12
Vinegar................................  12
Washing Powder..................13
Wlcking................................   13
Wooden war*»........................   13
Wrapping Paper..................   13
Yeast  Cake  .......................  13

v
w

R
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M

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AXLE  GREASE
doz. gross
»urora...........
..55
6 00
Castor  OU......
......... 60
7 00
Diamond........
......... 50
4 25
Frazer’s .........
......... 75
9 00
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75
9 00

1

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

BAKING  POWDER 

Egg

M lb. cans,  4 doz. case....... 3 75
*  lb. cans,  2 doz. case....... 3 75
l lb. cans, 
l doz. case........3 75
5 lb. cans,  *  doz. case........8 00

CANDLES

Electric Light, 8s................12
Electric Light, 16s........  
  12*
Paraffine, 6s........................   9*
Paraffine, 12s......................:o
Winkln» 
t7

CANNED  GOODS 

Apples
3 lb. Standards........ 
Gallons, standards.. 

Blackberries

Standards....................... 

1  10
3 35

Beans

Baked ............
Red  Kidney...
String......................
Wax  .......................

1  oo@i  30 
75®  85 
70 
75

Blaeberries

Standard.......................... 

Brook  T rout

2 lb. cans, Spiced..............  1 90

Clams,
Little Neck, 1 lb...... 
Little Neck. 2 lb...... 

Clam  Bouillon

1  00
1  50

M lb. cans, 4 doz. case  __H I
*  lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  85
1 
lb. cans. 2 doz. case........l  60

R oyal

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

B A T H   B R IC K

American.............................  75
English................................   85

B L U IN G

Arctic, 4 oz. ovals, per gross 4 00 
Arctic, 8 oz. ovals, per gross6 00 
A rctlc 16 oz. round per gross 9 00

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

B R E A K F A S T   FO O D

(EMI IDT FIRES

Cases, 36 packages............ 4 50
Five case lots..................... 4 40

BROOM S

No. 1 Carpet....................... 2 "0
No. 2 Carpet....................... 2 25
No. 3 Carpet....................... 2  15
No. 4 Carpet....................... 1  75
Parlor  Gem....................... 2 40
Common Whisk..................   85
Fancy Whisk......................1  10
Warehouse.........................3 50

Scrub

Shoe

......   45
......  96
.......  86

BR U SH ES 
Solid Back,  8 In..........
Solid Back, 11 In ..........
Pointed Ends...............
No. 8...............
No. 7............................. ...... 1  30
No. 4..............
......1  70
No. 3............................ —  1  on
Stove
No. 3................
......   75
No. 2.....................
......1  m
No. 1............................. ...... 1 75
W., K. & Co.’s, 15C size. ...  1  25
W., B. & Co.’s, 25c size. ...  2 00

BUTTER  COLOR

86

Cherries

90
85
2 10 
3  6C 
2  36
1  80 
2 80
1  80
2 80 
1 81 
2 80
18@20
22@25

Burnham’s, Vi pint...........  1  92
Burnham’s, pints..............  3 60
Burnham’s, quarts...........  7 20
Red  Standards...........1  3t@  so
1  50
............... 
White
Corn
Fair..........................
Good.......................
Fancy ......................
French  Peas
Sur Extra Fine............
Extra  Fine...................
Fine..............................
Moyen..........................
Gooseberries
Standard................
Hominy
Standard...
Lobster
Star, Vi lb.................
Star, 1  lb.................
Picnic Tails.............
Mackerel
Mustard, lib ...........
Mustard, 2 lb...........
Soused, 1 lb  ............
Soused, 2 lb............
Tomato, 1 lb............
Tomato, 21b............
Mushrooms
Hotels 
..................
Buttons....................
Oysters
Cove, 1 lb................. 
Cove, 2 lb  ...............
1  56 
Cove, 1 lb  Oval........
96
Peaches
P ie..........................
8E@  90
Yellow...............   ..  I  65©l 85
Pears
Standard.................
1  00 
Fancy.....................
1  25
Marrowfat..............
Early June..............
90@t  60 
Early June  Sifted..
1  60
Plum s
Plums.................  
.
85
Pineapple
Grated 
1  25@2 75
Sliced.......................  1 35@2 56
Pum pkin
F air.........................
Good.......................
Fancy ......................
Raspberries
Standard..................
1  15
Russian  Cavier
14 lb. cans...........................   3 75
V4 lb, cans...........................   7 00
1 lb. can............................  12 00
Salmon 
Columbia River, tails 
@1  85 
Columbia River, flats
@1  80 
Red Alaska.............
@1 30 
Pink Alaska............•
@  90
Shrim ps
Standard.................
1  40
Sardines
Domestic, >4»...........
3«
Domestic, Vis.........
6
Domestic,  Mustard.
6
California, 14s .........
California Vis..........
French, Ms..............
French, Vis..............
Standard................. 
Fancy   ................... 

ll@14 
17® 24 
7 £¿1-1 
18@28
1  10
1  40

Strawberries

Peas

__

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

8

Peas

Pearl  Barley
Common.................. .
..  3 00
Chester............................ ...2  76
Empire............................ . .  3 65
Green, Wisconsin, bu__
Green, Scotch, bu........... ...1  85
Split,  lb........................... ... 
4
Rolled  Oat h
Rolled A vena, bbl........... . . . 5 7fS
Steel Cut, 100 lb. sacks  .
2  ^5
Monarch, bbl.................. ..  5
Monarch, A bbl.............. ..  2  #7
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks__ ...2 85
Quaker, cases................. .  3  10

Walsh-DeRoo Co.'s Brand.

Olite

Sago

W heat

Tapioca

Cases, 24 2 lb. packages......2 00
East India...........................   354
German, sacks....................  3%
German, broken package..  4 
Flake,  UOlb. sacks............   4^
Pearl, 130 lb. sacks............   3X
Pearl, 24 1 lb.  packages......  6!«
Cracked, bulk......................  31*
24 2 flb. packages.................2 60
FISHING  TACKLE
A to 1 Inch..........................  
6
114 to 2 Inches......................  7
1A to 2 Inches...................... 
g
13i  to 2 inches..................  
11
2 Inches................................   15
3 Inches................................   30
5
No. 1,10 feet......................... 
No. 2, 15 feet......................... 
7
No. 3.15 feet.........................  9
No. 4, ’5 feet........................   10
No. 5,15 feet........................   11
No. 6.15 feet.........................  12
No. 7,15 feet.........................  15
No. 8,15 feet........................   18
No. 9,15 feet.........................  20
Small...................................   20
Medium...............................   26
Large..................................  34
Bamboo, 14 ft., per  doz.......   50
Bamboo, 16 f t . per doz........  65
Bamboo. 18 i t , per doz.......   *0
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS

Cotton  Lines

Linen  Lines

Poles

FOOTE  &  JE N E S’

J A X O N

Highest  Grade  Extracts
Lemon

Vanilla

1 oz full m. 1  20
2 oz full m  2  10 
Nn.sfan'v  8  is

1 oz full  m.  80
2 oz full m  1  25 
No. sfan’y  1  7F

Vanilla 

Lemon
2 oz panel . .1  20  2 oz panel.
3 oz taper.. 2 00  4 oz taper.. 1

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PICKLES
J»©aium

ir 
1  20 I
Knox s  Sparkling........... 
Knox's Sparkling,pr gross  14 00  _ 
l  20  Barrels, 1,200 count...........8 00
Knox’s Acidulate«!........... 
Knox’s Acidulat’d,pr gross 14 00  Half bbls, 600 count............ 4  ¿5
Oxford... 
75 
................ 
Nelson's....06.
1  50 
Cox’s, 2 qt size.................  1  61
Cox’s, l-qt size.................   1  10
GRAIN  BAGS 
Amoskeag, 100 in bale  .... 
Amoskeag, less than bale.

2,400 count............9 50
Half bbls. 1.200 count.........5 20
PLAYING  CARDS
I  No. 90, Steamboat............  
90
15’ j  No. 15, Rival, assorted__  1  20
1532  No. 20, Rover, enameled..  1  60
N5. 572, Special................  1  75
No  98, Golf, satin  finish..  2 00
No. 808. Bicycle ...  .........   2 00
No. 632, Tournam’t Whist.  2 25 

GRAINS  AND  FLOUR 

Wheat.............................. 

W heat

Small

68

.

W inter  W heat  Flour 

POTASH 

Local Brands

48 cans In case.
Babbitt’s ............................. 4  00
Penna Salt Co.’s...................3  00

PROVISIONS 
Barreled  Pork

Dry  Salt  Meats

Smoked  Meats 

Spring  W heat  Flonr 

Worden Grocer Co.’s  Brand

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

Mess...................  
Back...................... 
Clear back...............  
Shortcut................. 
Pig.......................... 
Bean..................... 
Family Mess Loin... 
Clear....................... 

Patents............................   4  15
Second  Patent..................  3 65
Straight......  ....................  3  <5
Second Straight...............   3  15
Clear................................  3 to
Graham...........................   3 20
Buckwheat.......................  4  85
Rye...................................  3 00
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour In bbls., 25c per  bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman's Brand
Diamond As.....................   3 60
Diamond its.....................  3 60
Diamond Ms.....................   3 60
Quaker As........................   3 90
Quaker 14s........................  3 90
Quaker As........................  3 #0
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s  Brand
Plllsbury’s  Best As.........  4  50
Plllsbury’s  Best 14s.........   4  40
Plllsbury’s  Best As.........  4  30
Plllsbury’s Best As paper.  4 30 
Plllsbury’s Best As paper.  4  30 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Dulutb  Imperial As.........  4 40
Duluth  Imperial As.........  4  30
Dulutb  Imperial As.........  4  20
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand
Wlngold  As.................... 
4  06
Wlngold  a s....................  4 21
Wlngold  As....................  4  16
Ceresota As.....................   4  40
Ceresota As......................  4  30
Ceresota As.....................   4  20
Laurel  As.........................  4  40
Laurel  As.........................  4  30
Laurel  As........................   4  20
Laurel As and  As paper..  4  20
Bolted..............................   2  80
Granulated.......................  2  90
St. Car Feed,screened....  24  25
vo. 1  Corn and  Oats.......   24  25
Economy Stock Feed In 100
Sachs..........................  22  60
Beef
Corn  Meal,  coirse...........  25 25
Extra Mess............
Corn Meal, flue................   24  00
Boneless
w inter W neat Bran.........  6 uo
Winter Wheat  Middlings.  18 on | Rump, New............
Cow  Feed........................   17  00 
Pigs’  Feet

Hams, 12 lb. average.
Hams, 14 lb. average.
Hams, I61b.average.
Hams, 20 lb. average.
Ham dried  beef......
Shoulders (N. Y. cut)
Bacon, clear............
California hams......
Boiled Hams.......
Picnic Boiled Hams 
Berlin  Ham  pr’s’d 
Mince Hams......... 
Lard
Compound...............
Pure.........................
60 lb. Tubs.. advance 
80 lb. Tubs.. advance 
50 lb. Tins... advance 
20 lb. Palls, .advance 
10 lb. Palls..advance 
5 lb. Palls..advance 
** ’** 
Vegetole........  ........ 
Sausages
Bologna................... 
Liver....................... 
Frankfort...............  
.................... 
Blood....................... 
Tongue.................... 
Headcheese............ 

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

Olney 6  Jud son's Brand

Feed  and  MlllstuffS 

Meal

  @iz  sn
@19  jo
@20  50
@1950
22 00
  @17  »0
21  00
@19  50

9A@  10

12
1354
h a

@  12% 
@   12% 
@  12% 
@  12% 
@  12A 
@
@  15 
@  9A 
@  18 
@  13% 
_
@  DA

@  7%
a u x
A
A
A
%
%

1
j
sa
e
6A
»8
@8
0
»
ba

13 (0 
a   3 60

1  76 
3 26 
7  50

87 
I  60 
3 00

Oats 
Corn
Hay

Car  lots new....................  32
Corn, car  lots..................   64
No. 1 Timothy car  lots....  o9 00
No. 1 Timothy ton lots__  12 00
Sage........................................ is
Hops.......................................15
Laurel Leaves......................... 15
Senna Leaves.............. 
jp

HERBS

 

INDIGO

JELLV

Madras, 5 lb. boxes................66
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes.......60

5 lb. palls.per doz...........  1  95
15 lb. pails  ..........................   40
30 lb. palls............................  80

LICORICE

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

LYE

MEAT  EXTRACTS

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

MOLASSES 
New  Orleans

40
35
26
22

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

Half-barrels 2c extra 
MUSTARD

Horse Radish, 1 doz........... 1  76
Horse Radish, 2 doz........... 3 60
Rayle’s Celerv. 1  doz.......... J  75

OLIYES

Bulk, 1 gal. kegs...............  1  35
Bulk, 3 gal. kegs...............  1  .0
Bulk, 5 gal. kegs...............  1  05
Manzanilla, 7 oz...............  
80
Queen, pints.....................   2 35
Queen, 19 o z ....................  4  50
Queen, 28  oz.....................   7 00
Stuffed, 5 oz...................... 
90
Stuffed, 8 oz.....................   1 45
Stuffed, 10 oz....................  2 30
Clay, No. 216........................ 1  vs
clay, T. D., full count.........   P5
Cib, No. ».................. 
80

PIPES

 

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Fold in g  Boxes 

F u ll  Measure

Taper  Bottles 

I). C. Lemon 
D. C. Vanilla
2oz......... 
75  2oz.........   1  20
4 OZ.........  1 50  4 OZ.........   2 00
6 OZ.........  2 00  6 07...........  3 00
D. C. Lemon 
D. C. Vanilla
2 OZ.........  75  2 OZ.........  1  25
3 OZ.........   1 25  3 OZ..........2  10
4 OZ..........   1 50  4 OZ.......... 2 40
I). C. Lemon 
D. C. Vanilla
1 o/..........  65  1 oz.........   85
2 OZ......... 1  10  2 oz..........1  60
4 OZ.........  2 00  4 OZ..........3 00
2 oz. full measure, Lemon..  76 
4 oz. full measure. Lemon..  1  60 
2 oz. full measure, Vanilla..  90 
4 oz. full measure. Vanilla..  1  80 
Tanglefoot, per box.............   36
T anglefoot,  p e r  e a s e ............3  20

Tropical  Extracts 

FLY  PA PER

FRESH  MEATS 

Beef
Carcass....................
Forequarters.........
Hindquarters.........
Loins...................
Ribs.......................
Rounds....................
Chucks....................
Plates .....................
Pork
Dressed..................
Loins ..  .................
Boston  Butts..........
Shoulders...............
Leaf  Lard...............
Mutton
< areass.............
Lambs.....................
Yeal
Carcass...................

5A@  8A
9  0   6
7A0  9
9  @14
7  @12
7  @  8%
5  @ 6
5  @

13  @13M

@  9
@12
@11
@13
6  @  7
7  @ 9
6 A©  8

Unentered  B utter I ne

!  A bbls., 40 lbs
A.bbls.
1 bbls.,  lbs...........
Tripe
Kits, 15  lbs............
A bbls., 40  lbs........
A bbls., 80  lbs........
Casings
P ork.......................
Beef rounds............
Beef middles...........
Sheep......................
Solid, dairy................... 
Rolls, dairy..................  
Rolls, creamery......  
Solid, creamery......  
Corned beef, 2 lb .... 
Corned beef, 14 lb ... 
Roast beef, 2 lb........ 
Potted bam,  A*......  
Potted ham,  As......  
Deviled bam,  A s.... 
Deviled ham,  As__ 
Potted tongue,  As.. 
Potted tongue  As.. 
RICE 
Domestic

Canned  Bleats 

@13
@14
ISA
16
2  60
18 00
2 60
50
90
50
90
50
90

Carolina head....................... 7
Carolina  No. 1 ......................6a
Carolina  No. 2 ......................6
Broken...............................   3A

Sutton’* Table Rice, 40 to the 

bale. 2A pound pocket* 

7A

2 9

II

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SEEDS

6

9

Common Corn 
Anise.  .............................
20 l-lb.  packages..............
Canary, Smyrna................. 3A 40 i-lb.  packages..............
Caraway............................
Cardamon, Malabar........... 7M 
1  00
SYRUPS
Celery................
10
Hemp, Russian................... 4
Barrels........................
Mixed Bird......................... 4
Half bbls  ..
1  Mustard, white......
10 lb. cans, A doz. In case. 1  85
7
Poppy.................................
5 lb. cans, 1 doz. In case... 2  10
6
Rape.......................
4
?A lb. cans. 2 doz. In case
.2  10
fnttlp Rnno.  ...
14
Fair
Handy Box,  large__
2 50
1  26 IGood .. 
Handy Box. small__
cholee
Blxby’s Royal Polish.......
Miller's Crown  Polish......

SHOE  BLACKING

Pure  Cane

Corn

STO VE  POLISH

'■7
79

SOAP

Beaver Soap Co. brands

»

100 cakes, large size............6 50
50 cakes, large size............3 26
100 cakes, small size............3 85
50 cakes, small size............1  95

3

 

 

Lautz Bros, brands—

Proctor & Gamble brands—

Jas. S.  Kirk & Co. brands—

Single box.................................3 45
5 box lots, delivered...........3  io
10 box lots, delivered...........3 35
Johnson Soap Co. brands—
Sliver King.....................   3  65
Calumet Family.............   2  76
Scotch Family................   2  86
Cuba.............. 
2  35
Dusky  Diamond..............  3  55
Jap  Rose........................   3 75
Savon  Imperial..............  3  55
White  Russian...............  3  60
Dome, oval bars................3  55
Satinet, oval...................   2  50
White  Cloud..................   4  10
Big Acme.......................   4  26
Acme 5c..........................  3  66
Marseilles.......................  4 00
Master............................   3  70
Lenox.............................  3  35
Ivory, 6 oz.......................  4  00
Ivory, 10 oz.....................  6  75
Schultz & Co. brand-
star.................................  3  40
Search-Light Soap  Co. 
brand. 
“Search-Light”  Soap,
big, pure, solid bars.......  3 75
A. B.  Wrlsley brands—
Good Cheer....................  4  no
Old Country....................  3  40
Sapollo, kitchen, 3  doz........ 2 40
Sapollo, hand. 3 doz.............2 40
Boxes..................................   5a
Kegs, English......................  4%
Scotch, In bladders...............   37
Maccaboy, In jars.................   35
French Rappee. In  jars......  43

Scouring

SNUFF

_r .  100

SODA

i

SPICES 

W hole Spices

Allspice................................ 
Cassia, China In mats...... 
Cassia, Batavia, in bund... 
Cassia, Saigon, broken__ 
Cassia, Saigon, In roils__ 
Cloves, Amboyna................. 
Cloves, Zanzibar................... 
Mace.................................... 
Nutmegs,  75-80.................... 
Nutmegs,  105-10................... 
Nutmegs, 115-20...................  
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper,  Singapore, white. 
Pepper, shot......................... 
Pure Ground in Bulk
Allspice................................ 
Cassia, Batavia....................  
Cassia, Saigon...................... 
Cloves, Zanzibar................... 
Ginger, African................... 
Ginger, Cochin....................  
Ginger,  Jamaica.................  
Mace...........  ....................... 
Mustard............................... 
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper, Singapore, white. 
Pepper, Cayenne................ 

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

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

SUGAB

Domino............................   e  80
Cut Loaf....................................5 20
Crushed............................  5  20
Cubes................................  4  95
Powdered.........................  4  »0
Coarse  Powdered...........  4  go
XXXX  Powdered............   4  85
Fine Granulated...............   4  70
2 lb. bags Fine  Gran...  .  4  90
5 lb. bags Fine  Gran......  4  85
Mould A............................  6  05
Diamond  A.......................  4  70
Confectioner's  A..............  4  60
No.  l, Columbia A..........   4  to
No.  2, Windsor A............  4  35
No.  3, Ridgewood A........  4  35
No.  4, Phoenix  A............  4  30
No.  6, Empire A..............  4  25
No.  8...............   ..........  .  4  20
*  20
No.  8................................  4  10
.............................  4  01
No. 10................................  4  01
No. 11.................  
  4 60
NO. 12................................  3  95
NO. 13................................  8  90
NO. 14........................ 
3  go
No. 15................................  a  85
No. 16................................  3  80

...........  

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TABLE  SAUCES
L EA & 
PERRINS’ 
SAUCE

g g g g 

The Original and
Genuine 
W orcestershlre.

Lea & Perrin’s, pints.......   5  00
Lea & Perrin’s, A pints...  2 76
Halford, large....................   3 75
Halford, small....................  2 26

TEA
Japan

12

18
28

12
28
40
56

17
14
66
50
40
35

Gunpowder

Bund rled, medium.............. 31
Sundrled, choice..................13
Sundrled, fancy...................43
Regular, medium................  31
Regular, choice................... 33
Regular, fancy.....................¿3
Basket-fired, medium  ....... 31
Basket-fired, choice............ 38
Basket-fired, fancy..............43
Nibs......................: ............. 30
Siftings...........................19@2I
Fannings........................200/2
Moyune, medium................ 29
Moyune, choice................... 38
20
Moyune,  fancy.....................53
Plngsuey,  medium.............. 2»
16
Plngsuey, choice................. ¡3
28
Plngsuey, fancy...................43
48
17
Young  Hyson
15 I
Choice..........................  
30
ig
Fancy................................. .’36
25
65
Formosa, fancy....................42
ig I
Amoy, medium.................... 25
17
Amoy, choice...................... ..
25 j
26
English Breakfast
Medium.................................
Choice................................ .
Fancy.................................. ..

Oolong

India

Ceylon, choice..................... 82
Fancy.................................. ..

TOBACCO

Cigars

H. & P  Drug Uo.’» brands.

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

8. C. W..............................  86 00
cigar clipping*, per lb......  
26

8A

Klngsford’s  Corn 

40 l-lb. packages. 
K lngsford’s Silver Gloss
40 l-lb. packages..............
6 lb. packages...............  
9A
Common Gloss
l-lb. packages..................  
6
3-lb. packages................... 
5 A
6A
6-lb. packages..................  
40 and 60-lb. boxe*............  4
Barrel*........................... 
4

Im ported.

Japan,  No.  1................ 5A@
Japan,  No.  2................ 5  @
Java, fancy head...........  @
Java, No. 1....................  @
Table..........................   .  @

Best  grade  Imported Japan,
3 pound pockets,  33  to  the
bale.................................. 6

Cost of packing In  cotton  pock­
ets only Ac more than bulk.
SALAD  DRESSING 
Alpha Cream, large, 2 do/.  .1  85 
Alpha Cream, large, 1 doz..  1  90 
Alpha Cream, small, 3 doz..  95
Durkee’s, large, I doz.........4  15
Durkee’s, small, 2 doz.........4 85

SALERATUS 

Packed 60 lbs. In box. 

Church’s Arm and Hammer.3  15
Deland’s............................... 3 00
Dwight’s  Cow......................3  is
Emblem...........................  ..2  10
L.  P ..................................... 3 00
Wyandotte. 100 
s  00

 

SAL  SODA

Granulated, bbls.................  9s
Granulated, 100 lb. cases__ 1  05
Lump, bbls...........................   90
Lump, 146 lb. kegs.................  95

SALT

Diamond Crystal 

Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes.. 1  40 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb. bags.3 00 
Table, barrels, 40 7  lb. bags.2 75 
Butter, barrels, 280 lb. bulk 2  66 
Butter, barrels, 20 I41b.bags,2 86
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs........ 
27
Butter, sacks, 66 lbs...........  «7
Shaker....................
24 A

Common  Grades
100 3 lb. sacks....................
60 51b. sacks....................
28 10 lb. sacks..................
56 lb. sacks......................
28 lb. sacks.....................

.2  25 
.2  15 
.2 05

66 lb. dairy In drill bags......  40
28 lb. dairy In drill bags......   20

56 lb. dairy In linen sacks...  60 

Warsaw

Ashton

HigglnB

66 lb. dairy in linen sacks...  60 
56 lb.  sacks..........................   28

Solar  Rock

Common

Granulated  Fine.........
.................  85
Medium Fine.......................  90

SALT  FISH 

Cod

Large whole...............  ® 5%
Sinai whole................   @4%
strips or  brick*.........   6  ©  9
Pollock.......................   @3%
Strip*......................................
Chunks.............................   '13

H alibnt.

T ront

No. 1100 lbs......................
No. 1  40 lbs......................
No. 1  10 lbs......................
No. 1  8 lbs......................

M ackerel 

Mess 100 lbs 
Mess  50 lbs 
Mess  10 lbs 
Mess  8 lbs 
No. 1 too lbs 
No. 1  61 lbs 
No. 1  10 lbs 
No. 1  8 lbs
Vo. 2 '"0 lb*.
No. 2  5)lb*  ................. .
No. 2  id Pi* 
.................
Vn  7  S I5-«
Holland white hoops,  bbl. 
Holland white hoops A bbl 
Holland white boop, keg.. 
Holland white boop mch*
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbs....................
Round 40 lbs.....................
Scaled... 
Bloaters.,

H erring

6 50 
2  50 
70 
59

11

W hite fish

100  lbs... ...... 7  60
50  lbs... ......4 05
10 lbs...
....  90
*  lb*... ......   7*

No. 1  No. 2 Fam
3 85
2  30
53
46

60
76
60
2 60 
3 00 
6  00 
5 75
1  40 
1  40

Per
too
$2 90
2 90
2 90
2 90
2 96
3 00
2 50
2 60
2 65
2 70
2 70

4 00 
2 25 
1  25

60
26
50

6 50 
9 00 
6  00 
10 50
13 00 
29 00

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

3 0

12

Lubetsky Bros, brands

B.  L........................................ 35 00
Daily Mail, 5c edition..........35 00

13
Faucets

Tubs

Traps

Mop  Sticks

Toothpicks

Wash  Boards

Cork lined, 8 In....................  65
Cork lined, 9 In....................  75
Cork lined, 10 In...................  85
Cedar. 8 In............................  65
Trojan spring......................  90
Eclipse patent spring........  86
No l common......................   76
No. 2 patent brush holder ..
12 tb. cotton mop heads......l  26
Ideal No. 7 ..........................
Pails
2- 
hoop Standard......1 50
3- 
hoop Standard.l 65
2- 
wlre,  Cable......l 60
3- wlre,  Cable............................ l 80
Cedar, all red, brass  bound. 1  25
Paper,  Eureka....................2 25
Fibre........................................ 2 40
Hardwood................................2 50
Softwood..................................2 75
Banquet....................................l 60
Ideal.........................................l so
Mouse, wood, 2  holes..........  22
Mouse, wood, 4  holes..........   45
Mouse, wood, 6  holes..........
Mouse, tin, 5  holes..............  65
Rat, wood............................
Rat, spring...........................
20-lnch, Standard, No. l ...... 7 00
18-inch, Standard, No. 2...... 6 00
16-inch, Standard, No. 3.......5 00
20-lnch, Cable,  No. l............ 7  BO
18-inch, Cable,  No. 2.................6 53
36-inch, Cable,  No. 3.................5 50
No. l Fibre...............................9 45
No. 2 Fibre...............................7 95
No. 3 Fibre...............................7 20
Bronze Globe............................2 60
Dewey.................................... .1 76
Double Acme............................2 76
Single Acme....................   2  26
Double  Peerless...............   3 25
Single Peerless.........................2 50
Northern Queen......................2 50
Double Duplex.........................3 00
Good Luck...........................2
Universal..................................2 25
12  111.  .............................. ...1  65
14 in................................. ...1  85
...2 30
16 In.............................
Wood  Bowls
..  75
11 In. Butter....................
13 In. Butter....................
..I  10
..1  76
15 In. Butter....................
17 In. Butter.................... ...2 75
..4  00
19 In. Butter....................
Assorted 13-15-17.............
..175
Assorted 15-17-19  ...........
..2 50
W R A P P IN G   P A P E R
Common Straw................. 
1H
Fiber Manila, white.........  
3
Fiber Manila, colored......  
4
No.  l  Manila...................  
4
Cream  Manila..................  
3
Butcher's Manila..............  2*
Wax  Butter, short  count.  13 
Wax Butter, full count....  20
Wax Butter,  rolls............   15
1  00
Magic, 3 doz..........
1  no
Sunlight, 3 doz......
50
Sunlight, 1H  doz...
Yeast Cream, 3 doz. 
.1  00
1  no
Yeast Foam, 3  doz.
Yeast Foam, 1H  doz.......... .  60
Per lb.
White fish..............
Trout..................... ...  © 9
Black Bass................ 10@ 1!
Halibut.................. ...  © 14
Ciscoes or Herring. ...  © 5
Bluefish................. ...  © 11
Live  Lobster......... ...  © 20
Boiled  Lobster...... ...  © n
Cod........................ ...  © 10
Haddock............... ...  @ 8
No. 1 Pickerel........ ...  © 8-4
Pike....................... ...  ©
Perch..................... ...  © 5
Smoked  White...... ...  © 11
Red  Snapper......... ..  ©
Col River  Salmon.. ■ 12H© 13
Mackerel............... ...  ® 18

W indow  Cleaners

FRESH  FISH

Y E A S T   C A K E

HIDES  AND PELTS

Hides 
Green  No. 1...........
Green  No. 2............
Cured  No. l ............
Cured  No. 2............
Calfskins,green No. l 
Calfskins,green No. 2 
Calfskins,cured No. l 
Calf skins .cured No. 2 
P elts  i
Old Wool.................
Lamb.......................
Shearlings.............
Tallow
No. 1...........
No. 2......................
Wool
Washed, fine........... 
Washed,  medium... 
Unwashed,  fine......  
Unwashed,  medium. 
C A N D IE S  
Stick  Candy

Standard.........
Standard  H.  H.
Standard  Twist 
Cut Loaf...........
Jumbo, 32 lb... 
Extra H .H .... 
Boston Cream. 
Beet Bo«#

© 8
© 7 
@  iV, 
@  8* 
&  9* 
@  8 
@10H 
©  9

50@1  60 
45®  65 
30®  50
® 6 ® 5
@20
@23
@is
16@I8

©  8 

bbls. palls
© 7 
© 7 
© 9 
eases 
@ 714 
@1014 
@10 ©  8

Fine  Cut

Plug

Cadillac...............................54
Sweet  Loma........................33
Hiawatha, 5 lb. pails  ____ f6
Hiawatha, 10 lb. palls........  51
Telegram............................ 22
Pay C ar.............................. 31
Prairip Rose...............        49
Protection...........................37
Sweet Burley...................... 38
Tiger...................................38
Red Cross................ 7..........82
Palo....................................31
Kylo.................................... 34
Hiawatha............................41
Battle A xe.........................  33
American Eagle..................32
Standard Navy................... 36
Spear Head, 16 oz...............41
Spear Head,  8 oz...............41
Nobby Twist................. „..18
Jolly T ar.............................36
Old Honesty........................42
Toddy.................................. 33
J. T ..................................... 36
Piper Heidslck................... 61
Boot Jack............................ 78
Honey Dip Twist................ 37
Black  Standard..................38
Cadillac.............................. 38
Forge................................. 30
Nickel Twist.......................50
Sweet Core..........................34
Flat Car.............................. 3'
Great Navy..........................34
W arpath.............................25
Bamboo, 16 oz......................24
I XL,  61b...........................26
1 X  L, 16 oz. palls................. 30
Honey Dew......................... 35
Gold Block...........................35
Flagman..............................38
Chips....................................32
Kiln Dried.......................... 21
Duke’s Mixture...................37
Duke’s Cameo......................41
Myrtle Navy........................39
Yum Yum, 184 oz................. 38
Yum Yum. 1 lb. palls...........33
Cream.................................. 35
Corn Cake, 2H oz.................22
Corn Cake, 1 lb.................... 20
Plow Boy, IS oz...................37
Plow Boy, 3S oz...................36
Peerless, 3H oz.................... 32
Peerless. IS oz....................34
Air Brake.......................  .  36
Cant  Hook.......................... 30
Couutry Club................... 32-34
Forex-XXXX...................... 28
Good Indian....................... 23
Self  Binder  .....................20-22
Sliver Foam........................ 34

Smoking

TW INE

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

VINEGAR

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

Diamond  Flake.................2 76
Gold  Brick........................3 25
Gold Dust, regular............4 50
Gold Dust, 5c.....................4 00
Klrkoline,  24 4 lb...............3 90
Pearline...........................
Soaplne.............................. 4  10
Babbitt’s 1776.....................   3 75
Koselne.............................. 3 50
Armour’s........................... 3 70
Nine O’clock...................... 3 85
Wisdom.........   ...................3 80
Scourtne.............................3 50
Rub-No-More..................... 3 75
No. 0, per gross.................. 25
No. i, per gross.................. 30
No. ?, per gross.................. 40
No. 3. per gross.................. 55

WICKIMO

WOODENWARE

Baskets

Bushels...............................   86
Bushels, wide  band........... l  15
Market................................  30
Splint, large....................... 6 00
Splint, medium..................5 00
Splint, small...................... 4 00
Willow Clothes, large........ 5 50
Willow Clothes, medium...  5 00
Willow Clothes, small........ 4 76
Bradley  B utter  Boxes
2 lb. size, 24 in case..........  
72
3 lb. size, 16 In case............  68 j
5 lb. size, 12 In case............  63
10 lb. size,  6 In case............  60
No. l Oval, 250 in crate........  40
No. 2 Oval, 250 in crate........  45
No. 3 Oval, 260 In crate........  50
No. 5 Oval, 250 In crate........  6Q
Barrel, 5 gals., each............2 40
Barrel, 10 gals., each..........2 Si
Barrel. 15 gals., each..........2 70
Round head, 5 gross box__  50
Round head, cartons...........  75
Humpty Dumpty...............2 25
No. 1, complete...................  28 j
No. 2, complete ...................  18

B utter Plates

Clothes  Pins

Egg Crates

Churns

Mixed Candy

14
Grocers....................
Competition............
Special.....................
Conserve..................
Royal......................
Ribbon....................
Broken....................
Cut Loaf..................
English Rock...........
Kindergarten.........
Bon Ton  Cream......
French Cream.........
Dandy Pan..............
Hand  Made  Crc~*»>
mixed..............
Crystal Cream mix

Fancy—In  P ans 

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. 
Champion Chocolate 
Eclipse Chocolates...
Quintette Choc........
Gum Drops.............
Moss  Drops............
Lemon Sours...........
Imperials.................
Ital. Cream Opera.
Ital. Cream Bonbons
20 lb. palls............
Molasses  Chews,  15
lb. palls.................
Golden Waffles.......

Hardware  Price Current

© 8 

® 6 © 7 
© 7JÍ 
©  7H 
©  8* 
© 9 
©  m© 9 
@ 9 
® 8% 
© 9 
@10
*1414
13

81»
15

1211
©  9 ©10 ©11 

10
10
©12 

©1314 
© 12 
© 514 
® 9 

© 9@11

@13
@12

A  in m un it lop

Caps

G. D., full count, per m......................
Hicks’ Waterproof, per m..................
Musket, per m....................................
Ely’s Waterproof, per m....................
No. 22 short, per m............................
No. 22 long, per m..............................
No. 32 short, per m............................
No. 32 long, per m..............................
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 Ü. M. C...
Black edge. Nos. 9 and 10. per m.......
Black edge. No. 7, per m....................

Drs. of
Powder

New Rival—For Shotguns

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

Loaded  Shells 
oz. of
Size
Shot
Shot
10
l*
9
1H
8
1H
6
1H
5
1H
4
1H
10
1
1
8
6
l*
5
1H
4
1H
Discount 40 per cent.

4
4
4
4
4*
4K
3
3
3*
3H
3H
Paper Shells—Not Loaded 
No. 10, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100.. 
No. 12, pasteboard boxes too, per too..
Kegs, 25 lbs., per  keg........................
14 kegs, 1214 lbs., per  *   keg..............
14 kegs, 614 lbs., per 14  keg...............

Gunpowder

Shot

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

F ancy—In  5  lb.  Boxes

@50
@60
©60
@85

@1  00@35

@75
@55
@60
@60
@60
@55
@55
@90
@66@65
@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...
Imperials.................
Mottoes..................
Cream  Bar..............
Molasses Bar...........
Hand Made Creams. 
Cream Buttons, Pep.
and  Wlni.............
String Rock............
Wlntergreen Berries
Caramels 
Clipper, 201b. pails.. 
Perfection, 20 lb.  pis 
Amazon, Choc Cov’d 
Korker 2 for lc pr bx 
Big 3,3 for lc pr bx.. 
Dukes, 2 for lc pr bx 
Favorite, 4 for lc, bx 
AA Cream Car’ls 3 lb 
FRUITS 
Oranges
Florida Russett.......
Florida  Bright........
Fancy  Navels.........
Extra Choice...........
Late Valencias........
Seedlings.................
Medt. Sweets..........
Jamalcas................
Rod!......................
Honuras..................
Lemons
7erdelli, ex fey 300.. 
VerdelU, fey 300......  
Verdelli, ex chce 300 
rerdelll, fey 360...... 
3ali Lemons. 300......  
Messlnas  300s.........   3 so@4  50
Messlnas 360s.........   3 60@4  50
Bananas 
Medium bunches....  1  50@2 00
Large  bunches........

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@
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©
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@4 50
@
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@
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@ 814 
@1214 
@13 
@55 
@65 
@60 
@60 
@50

Foreign  D ried Fruits 

@@1 00

Figs

5

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allfornlas,  Fancy..
Cal. pkg. 10 lb. boxes 
Extra Choice, Turk.,
101b. boxes...........
Fancy, Tkrk.,  12  lb.
boxes....................
Pulled, 6 lb. boxes...
Naturals, In bags.,..
Dates
Fards in 10 lb. boxes 
Fards In 60 lb. cases.
II alio wi.................... 
lb.  cases, new......
Salrs, 60 lb. cases....
NUTS
Almonds, Tarragona
Almonds, Ivlca......
Almonas, California,
soft shelled...........
Brazils.....................
Filberts  .................
Walnuts  Grenobies.
Walnut*., soft shelled 
California No. 1...
Table Nuts,  fancy...
Pecans,  Med...........
Pecans, Ex. Large...
Pecans, Jumbos......
Hickory Nuts per bu.
Ohio, new............
Cocoanuts, full sacks 
Chestnuts, per b u ...
Peanuts 
Fancy, H. P., Suns..
**@ 614
Fancy,  H.  P„  Suns
Roasted...............   6S£@ 7H
A 7 u 
Choice, H.P., Jumbo 
Choice, H. P., Jumbo 
9vt
R outed................ 
©
Span, s u i t  No. in ’w  6  0  7

15@16
@10
@13
@13
©
@ 13 14
@10
@13
@14
©@3 50 
@

Axes

In sacks containing 25 lbs. 
Drop, all sizes smaller than  B...........
A ugurs and  Bits
Snell’s .................................................
Jennings  genuine........................
Jennings’ imitation.............................
First Quality, 8. B. Bronze...............
First Quality, D. B. Bronze...............
First Quality, S. B. S.  Steel..............
First Quality,  D. B. Steel..................
Railroad............................................
Garden...................................... 7 7 7 n et
Stove..................................................
............... ......
Carriage, new 
P l o w ......................................................

Barrows

Bolts

Well, plain.........................................

Cast Loose Pin, figured.....................
Wrought Narrow...................... .7 7

Buckets

Butts,  Cast

Chain

5-16 In.

. ..  7* 
. ..  7X 

H In.
% in.
Com. 
7  0.  ...  6  0. .. . 5 0 . .
BB... 
8Vk 
.. .  6* 
BBB.
8* 
.. -  6* 
Cast Steel, per lb.
Socket Firmer  ... 
Socket Framing.. 
Socket Corner.... 
Socket Slicks......

Elbows

Com. 4 piece, 6 In., per doz.................net
Corrugated, per doz...................
Adjustable............................. .7.dls
Expansive  Bits 
Clark’s small, $18;  large, $26...  .
Ives’ 1, $18;  2, $24;  3, $30..............
Files—New  List
New American............................
Nicholson’s............................. 7 7
Heller’s Horse Rasps...............  .
Galvanized  Iron 
Nos. 16 to 20;  22 and 24;  25 and 26;  27 
List  12 
16

13 

16 

14 

Discount,  65

Ganges
Glass

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

Single Strength, by box...............  
Double Strength, by box........ 

dls
"   dls
By the Light........................77!dl*

Ham m ers

Hinges

Maydole & Co.’s, new list.............  
dls
Yerkes & Plumb’s......................  "  "dls
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel............7.30c list
Gate, Clark’s 1, 2,3............................. dls
Hollow  W are
Pots  ......................................... •
Kettles.......................................
Spiders....................................
Horse  Nalls

House  F urnishing Goods

Au Sable............................................. dls
Stamped Tinware, new list.........
Japanned Tinware.......................’
Bar Iron................................  
Light Band................................7.17.. 

Iron

Knobs—New  List

Door, mineral, jap. trimmings...........
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings.........
Lanterns
Regular 0 Tabular, Doz..........
Warren. Galvanized Fount..............'

025  ,
3 i

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

Levels

Adze Eye................................ S17 00..dls

M attocks

Metals—Zinc

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

714
8

M iscellaneous

Bird Cages.........................................  
40
Pumps, Cistern................................... 
75&10
8f &2C
Screws, New List............................... 
Casters, Bed and Plate.......................  50&10&10
Dampers, American
60

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

Pans

608210
30

Fry, Acme...........................................  6O&10&10
Common,  polished.............................  
70826
Patent  Planished  Iron 

“A” Wood's patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 
“B” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 25 to 27 

Broken packages He per pound extra.

10 80 
9 80

Planes

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

Advance over base, on both Steel and

Nails

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

Rivets

Roofing  Plates

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

Ropes

Sisal, H 
Manilla

Inch and larger................. .

40 
50 
40
45

Wire.

2 50 
2 36 
Base 
6 
10 
2030
46 
70 
50 
16
25 
36
26 
36 
46 
86

7  60 
9 00 
16 00 
7 50 
9 «0 
15  00 
18 00

10H
I5H

30 00

$4 00

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

8and  Paper

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

Sash  W eights

H In.
..  4*0.
...  6
. ..  6H

Sheet  Iron
com. smooth,  com. 
Nos. 10 to 14  ..............
$3  60
......................... 
Nos. 15 to 17......................
8 7C
Nos. 18 to 21..................................
3 90
NOS. 22 to 24............................7!.  4  10
3 90
Nos. 25 to 26..................................4 20
4 00 
No. 27............................................ 4 30
4  10
All Sheets No.  18 and  lighter,  over  30  Inches 
wide, not less than 2-10 extra.

Shovels  and  Spades

First Grade,  Doz........
8  00 
Second Grade, l)oz....
7  50
H@H..................................... . 
19
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
In the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to composition.

Solder

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

Squares

1  26 
406210

708.1070

88&20
86&20
8 5 & 20

33*408.10

60&10
506210
506210
508210

408210
70
208210
I rates 
rates

• M00

$10 50 
10 50 
12  00

9 00 
9 00 
10 50 
10  60

76
408210
66 
15 
1  26
60
60
608210 
508210 
40 
3 25 
2 96

Tin—Melyn  Grade

10x14 IC, Charcoal...............................
14x20 IC, Charcoal............................7
20x14 IX, Charcoal...............................

Each additional X on this grade, $i.25.

Tin—AUaway  Grade
10M4 IC, Charcoal...............................
14X20 IC, Charcoal...............................
10x14 IX, Charcoal...............................
14x20 IX, Charcoal...............................

Each additional X on this grade, $1.50

Traps

Boiler  Size  Tin  P late 
.

14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers,) 
14x56 IX, for No.»Boilers! J Pe rP°und -
Steel, Game......... ..............................
Oneida Community,  Newhouse’"s7.77 
Oneida  Community,  Hawley  82  Nor­
ton’s.................................................
Mouse, choker  per doz............717
Mouse, delusion, per doz.................7.
Bright Market...................................
Annealed  Market................. ........
Coppered Market..........................77
Tinned  Market.................................7"
Coppered Spring Steel.................. .
Barbed Fence, Galvanized.................
Barbed Fence, Painted....................
W ir e  Goods
Bright........................................
Screw Eyes................................
Hooks.........................................
Gate Hooks and Eyes................

W ire

W ren ch es

Baxter’s Adjustable, Nickeled..........
Coe’s Genuine...............................
Coe’» Patent AcrtonltoraL iwrough», .to

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

31

T H E   R E T A IL E R 'S   R E M E D Y .

H ow   to  P revent  H U   B ecom ing  a  Slot 

M achine.

At  the  recent  convention  of  the  Mich 
igan  Retail  Grocers’  Association,  Sec 
retary  E.  A.  Stowe,  in  the  course  of  h 
annual  report,  alluded  to  the  changes  L 
the  economy  of  conducting  a  retail  gro 
eery  business,  and  referred  to  the profits 
on  package  goods,  as  follows:

While  much  progress  has  been  made 
in  the  grocery  business  in  the  way  of 
shortening  the  hours  of  labor  and  in­
creasing  the  number  of  holidays,  and 
in 
the  almost  universal  adoption  of 
packages  and  cartons,  the  underlying 
feature  of  all  successful  business  ha; 
not  been  improved—the  ratio  of  profits. 
Nothing,  in  my  opinion,  has  tended  to 
lessen  the  profits  of  the  retail  grocery 
business  more  than  the  substitution  of 
packages  for  bulk  goods.  Under  pres 
ent  conditions,  the  average  grocer 
i 
little  more  than  an  automaton—a  me 
chanism  with  arms,  which  bands  pack 
ages  from  the  shelf  to  the  counter,  am. 
makes  change.  So  small  have the  profits 
become  on  some  lines  of  package  good: 
that  it  suggests  the  idea  that  the  gro 
cer,  instead of  being  an  independent  in 
dividual,  with  a  thinking  apparatus  of 
his  own,  is  simply  the  hired  man  of  the 
manufacturer  and  the  jobber,  working 
on  a  salary,  which 
is  frequently  too 
meaget  to  properly  maintain  him  an 
bis  family.  This  condition  naturall. 
suggests  the  idea  that  one  of  two  things 
is  to  happen  in  the  grocery  business— 
either  the  grocer  will  turn  his  business 
over  to  a  little  coterie  of  co-operators 
who  will  thus  be  tied  to  him  and  bi- 
store  as  effectually  as  he  is  tied  to  the 
manufacturer  and  jobber,  or  he  will  be 
succeeded  by  the  syndicate  store,  and 
thus  become  a  cogwheel 
in  the  large 
machine.

measures  to  force the manufacturers  wb 
do  this  sort  of  sly,  underhand  work  to 
adopt  a  policy  that  will  prevent  cut 
ting. 
It  is useless  to  say  that  it  can  not 
be  done,  for  it  is  done  all  the  time  by 
many  of  the  best-known  manufacturers 
in  the  country;  those  who  value  the 
patronage  of  the  many  above  that  of 
the  few  heavy  buyers.  They  value  the 
little  orders  from  10,000  retail  grocers 
more  than  the  comparatively  few 
ceived  from  chain  store  proprietors  and 
the  great  department  stores.

Let  us  have  fair  play  toward  ail  re 
tailers  on  the  part  of  all  manufacturers 
and  not  special  favors  for  the  few 
Bring  this  about  and  then  package 
goods  will  afford  the  retailer  an  ampli 
margin,  and  he  will  not  feel  that  he  i 
being  forced  to  become  a  slot  machine, 
but  a  co-operator  with  the  manufacturer 
and  the  jobber  for  mutual  profit.

Retailers  should  remember  that  they 
have  the  remedy  for  this  other  evi 
which  afflicts  them  within  their  control 
and  that  it  lies  through  organization.  I 
will  come  when  every  retailer  believes 
that  be  is  a  unit  dependent  for  his  effi 
ciency  and 
integrity  on  other  units 
When  this  is  his  faith,  then  he  will  be­
come  a  member  of  an  association,  and 
then  when  all  retailers  are  united  they 
can  enforce  any 
just  demand  on  the 
manufacturer and  jobber  they may elect 
That  day  seems  far off,  but  the  tide 
is 
rising  and  we  hope  is to keep  rising  un 
ii  every  grocer  in  the  land  belongs  to a 
grocer’s  organization.—American  Gro 
cer.

t o   New  B aildin gg  N early  R eady  For 

Occupancy.

is  great  force 

The  above  opens  a  wide  field  for  dis 
cussion.  Some  will  claim  that  more 
goods 
in  a  certain  line  can  be  sold  in 
packages  than  when  the  same  article  i 
sold 
in  bulk;  that  while  the  percentage 
of  profit  is  smaller on  package  than  on 
bulk  goods,  more  money  is  made  in  the 
end  by  pushing  package  goods,  because 
increased  volume  of  sales,  free 
of  an 
dom  from  loss 
in  weighing,  saving  of 
labor,  cost  of  paper  and  string,  insur­
ance  against  damage  from 
insects,  dirt 
or  handling,  and  lower  cost  of  service. 
in  this  position 
There 
and,  were 
it  not  for  the  cutting  of  the 
retail  price  of  proprietary  package 
goods,  the  retailer  would  have 
little  or 
no  complaint  that  package  goods  do 
not  afford  a  satisfactory  margin  of 
profit. 
In  this  city  we  now  have  a glar­
ing  example  of  the  mischief wrought  by 
cutting  prices,  in the low prices at  which 
breakfast  foods  are  being  scld.  Lead­
ing  cereal  foods  which  are  extensively 
advertised  are  sold  at  cost,  and  all  be­
cause  the  manufacturers  are  to  blame. 
In  some  cases  they  have  attempted  to 
force  retailers  to  obey  their  instructions 
and  threatened  them  with  punishment. 
They  have  used  hard  words  and  pro­
voked  antagonism,  instead  of  smooth 
words  and  persuasion.  They  have 
aroused  the  wrath  of  the  retailers,  who 
defy  the  manufacturers,  and  especially 
those  who  seek  to  cut  off  their  source 
of  supply.  The  manufacturers  are  fool 
ish  enough  to  think  that  the  jobbers 
who  are  catering  for,  and  anxious  to 
get,  the  trade  of  these  big  buyers,  will 
obey  their  request,  and refuse  to  sell  the 
cutters  the  article  in  question,  whereas 
they  will  go  out  of  their  way  to  help 
them  secure  it,  in order  to  win their  pa­
tronage  on  other  lines.

Worse  yet,  a  number  of  these  cereal 
manufacturers 
secretly  encourage  cut­
ting  and  pay  the  cutters  a  premium  for 
making  special  sales.  We  want  the 
10,000  retailers  of  Greater  New  York  to 
make  a  note  of  this  and  join  in  taking

The  Grand  Rapids  Cold  Storage  and 
Sanitary  Milk  Co.  has  done  business 
heretofore 
in  a  building  50x100  feet  in 
dimensions  and  three  stories  high.  It  is 
now  completing  a  new  building,  50x100 
feet  in  dimensions  and five stories  high, 
which  more  than  doubles  its  capacity. 
The  new  building is being fitted  up  with 
the  most  modern  appliances  in  the 
line 
of  chemical  storage,  affording  the  com­
pany  the  most  up-to-date  equipment 
nd  facilities  of  any  cold  storage  plant 
n  the  State.
To  the  north  of  the  old  structure, 
fronting  on  South  Front  street,  the  com­
pany  has  erected  a  third building,  50x90 
feet  in  dimensions,  three  stories,  which 
will  utilize  as  a  milk  depot  and 
creamery,  producing  both  sterilized  and 
pasteurized  milk  and  creamery  butter. 
Not  content  with  treating  the  milk  in 
the  most  approved  manner  after 
it 
reaches  the  dairy,  the  company proposes 
to  control  the  production  of  milk  by  es­
tablishing  certain  rules  and  regulations 
for  the  government  and treatment  of cat- 
e  and  the  care  of  milk  on  the  part  of 
producers.

Ira  O.  Johnson,  who  has  recently  as­
sumed the  management  of both branches 
of  the  business,  is  a  practical  dairyman 
of  long  experience.  He  will  merge  his 
milk  business  into  the  dairy department 
of  the  company  as  soon  as  the  new 
building  is  completed.

C ut  the  Price  o f  Soda  In  Two.

The  Chutch  &  Dwight  Co.,  manufac­
turer  of  ‘ ‘ Cow”   and  “ Arm  and  Ham­
mer’ ’  brands  of  soda,  has  issued  a  con­
fidential  circular  to  the  jobbers  of  sev­
rai  Southern  States,  cutting  the  price 
irectly  in  half,  and  offering  the  goods 
Si. 50,  subject  to  the  following  con- 
tion :
No  retailer  must  be  scld  more  than 
s  legitimate  trade  demand  (and  in  no 
case  more  than  five  cases  every  thirty 
days),  and  only  for  immediate  ship­
ment.  All orders  taken  under  this  agree­
ment  must  be  subject  to  the  approval  of 
jur  representative,  who  will  be  the  sole 
judge  of  the  quantity  to  be  shipped, 
nd  must  be  forwarded,  before  shipment 

made,  to  our representative.

16

STONEWARE

Stutters

H 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....................... 

Churns

M ilkpans

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

% gat  f.i-.t or rd. bot., per doz............ 
1 gal. hat or rd. bot„ each................  
Pine  Glazed  M ilkpans
K gal. flat or rd. bot., per doz............ 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each................. 

Stewpans

94 gal. fireproof, ball, per doz............  
1 gal. fireproof, ball, per doz............  
H gal. per doz..................................... 
H gal. per doz................  
1 to 5 gal., per gal............................... 

Jugs

 

Sealing  Wax

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

LAMP  BURNERS

No. 0 Sun............................................. 
No. 1 Sun............................................. 
No. 2 Sun............................................. 
No. 3 Sun............................................  
Tubular............................................... 
Nutmeg............................................... 
MASON  FRUIT JARS 

48
gu
43
60
72
1  12
1  bo
2 12
2 58

g
84

48
514

60
e

85
1  10

bb
42
7

2

36
36
48
86
50
so

W ith Porcelain  Lined  Caps

Pints................................................4  25 per gross
Quarts............................................. 4  50 per gross
Gallon..........................................6 50 per gross

Fruit Jars packed 1 dozen In box
LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Seconds

No. 0 Sun............................................  
No. 1 Sun............................................  
No. 2 Sun............................................  
Anchor Carton Chimneys 

Per box of 6 doz.
161
1  81
2 80

Each chimney In corrugated carton.

Pearl  Top

First  Quality 

XXX Flint 

No. 0 Crimp........................................
No. 1 Crimp........................................
No. 2 Crimp........................................
No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 
No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 
No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped &  lab.
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,”  for  Globe
Lamps........................................
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz...........
No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per  doz...........
No. 1 Crimp, per doz..........................
No. 2 Crimp, per doz..........................
No. 1 Lime (68c doz)..........................
No. 2 Lime (76c doz)..........................
No. 2 Flint (80c  doz)— ....................
No. 2 Lime (70c doz)..........................
No. 2 Flint (80c doz).........................
gal. tin cans with spout, per  doz__
gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz.. 
gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz.. 
gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz.. 
gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz.. 
gal. galv. Iron with faucet, per doz.. 
gal. galv. iron with faucet, per doz.. 
gal. Tilting
gal. galv. iron  Nacefas

O IL   CAN S

Rochester

L a  Bastie

E lectric

cans.

L A N T E R N S

No.  0 Tubular, side lift.....................  
No.  1 B Tubular................................  
No. 15 Tubular, dash..........................  
No.  1 Tubular, glass fountain............ 
No. 12 Tubular, side lamp..................  
No.  3 Street lamp, each.................... 
LANTERN GLOBES 
No. 0 Tub., cases 1 doz. each, box, 10c 
No. 0 Tub., cases 2 doz. each, box, 15c 
No. 0 Tub., bbls 5 doz. each, per bbl.. 
No. 0 Tub., Bull’s eye, cases 1 doz. each 

1  74 
1  »8
2  10

1 912  18 

3 18
2 75
3 75
4 00
4  60
5 20
6  10
80
1  00 1  26 
1  35 
1  60
3 60
4 00 
4 60

1  30 
1  60
2 50
3 50
4 50 

3 786 CO

7  00 
9  00
4 76
7  25
7 25
7 so
13 50
3 60
45
45
1  75
1  25

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50 books........................................
100 books........................................
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230  to  240  Adams St., 
Chicago

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Special  Features  o f the  Grocery  and  Prod­

Special Correspondence.

uce  Trades.

is 

New  York,  Sept.  20—There 

little 
doing  in  the  coffee  market  and  neither 
seller  nor  buyer  seems  to  be  specially 
interested.  Sales  are  simply  of  an  av­
erage  character  for  this  season  of  the 
year,  and  while  prices  are  fairly  steady 
the  week  has  been  rather  easier  than 
last.  The  crop  receipts  since  July  1 
have  been  quite  a  little  smaller  than  for 
the  same  time  last  year,and  if  the  same 
ratio  be  maintained  right  along  there 
will  be  a  big  difference 
in  a  few 
months.  However,  the  receipts  so  far 
this year  are  much larger  than  they  were 
two  years  ago,  and  there  is  no  occasion 
for  any  alarm  over  an  advancing  mar­
ket.  A  big  Philadelphia  dealer  is  ad­
vertising  that  owing  to  the  frost  killing 
a  hundred  million  or  so  trees  there  had 
been  a  very  sharp  advance,  and  the  re­
tailer  who  was  wise  would  immediately 
send  for  a  carload  or  two of  his  brands. 
But  the  frost  scare  seems to have abated. 
At  the  close  Rio  No.  7  is  worth  5 
In  store  and  afloat  there  are  2,885,911 
bag,  against  1,358,728  bags  at  the  same 
time  last  year.  Mild  coffees  are  in  very 
moderate  supply—that 
is,  West  India 
growths—and  quotations  are  decidedly 
firm.  Good  -Cucuta,  qc.  East  India 
coffee 
is  meeting  with  the  usual  call 
and  quotations  are  practically  without 
change.
Formosa  and  Japans  teas  are  meeting 
with  the  most  call,  but there  is  seeming­
ly  very 
little  doing  at  best.  The  tea 
market  will  stand  a  great  deal  of 
im­
provement  without  being  in  a  booming 
condition  even  then.  Prices  are  firm, 
notwithstanding,  and  this 
is  the  one 
redeeming  feature.

A  good  demand  exists  for  sugar  or. 
old  contracts  and  refiners  are  quite  a 
good  way  behind  orders.  New  business 
is  comparatively  light  and  dealers  ap­
pear  to  be  pretty  well  stocked  up.  The 
recent  advance  caused 
if  any, 
little, 
comment.  Certainly 
there  was  no 
scramble  to  buy  in  anticipation  of  still 
further  advance.
A  steady  trade  in  rice  has  prevailed 
all  the  week.  Sales  have  not  been  large! 
in  any  one  case,  but  in  the  aggregate  a j 
handsome  total  is  presented.  Prices  are 
practically  without  change.  Most  of  the 
orders  have  been  for  the  better  grades.
Pepper  retains  its  strength  and  dur­
ing  the  week  a  fair  trade  has  been  done 
all  along  the  line.  Supplies  are  not 
large  and 
it  is  perhaps  as  good  a  time 
to  buy  as  will  be  presented  this  year.
The  better  sorts  of  grocery  grades  of 
New  Orleans  molasses  have  met  with  a 
good  degree  of  attention,  and  now  that 
the  “ season  of  cakes”   is  upon  us  deal­
ers  anticipate  a  good  trade  to  the  end 
of  the  year,  and 
Prices  are 
without  change,  nor  does  there  seem  to 
be  much  likelihood  of  any  serious  “ up 
or  down.”   Syrups  are  moving  fairly 
well and  are  firm.

longer. 

In  canned  goods  tomatoes  -are  again 
the  center of  interest  and  are 
likely  to 
remain  so  for  the  rest  of  the  season. 
Spot  New  Jersey  goods  are  very  firm  at 
S i. 15  and  offerings  are  limited.  Mary­
land,  S 3 .9 7 G a llo n s ,  S3-4°@3-5°.  al­
though  some  California  stock  has  sold, 
or  at  least  been  offered,  at  S3.25.  Corn 
is  scarce  and  New  York  State  stock 
is 
worth  about  90c.  Salmon  is  steady  at 
practically  unchanged  rates.
inter­
est  is  shown  in  the  situation  and  prices 
on  every  aiticle  are  firmly  adhered  to.
Lemons  are  somewhat  easier  and  the 
auction  sales  fail  to  show  much  anima­
tion  among  buyers.  Sicily  fruit  ranges 
from  §2@4.50  per  box.  Oranges  are 
firm  and  supplies  are  not  overabundant. 
Valencias,  S3.25617.50. 
Bananas  are 
steady  and  unchanged.

In  dried  fruits  more  and  more 

The  butter  market  is  well  sustained, 
supply  and  demand  being  about  equally 
balanced.  Best  Western  is  worth  i i l/2c\ 
seconds 
imitation 
i6j£@i8}4c,  latter  for  vcry 
creamery, 
choice  stock;  factory, 
i7@i7J^c,  latter 
for  desirable  June  make;  renovated, 
i7 J4 @ i8 ^c.

to  firsts, 

iq@22c; 

The  cheese  market 

is  working  into

With 

better  shape  and  the  demand  is  suffi­
ciently  active  to  keep  supplies  pretty 
well  cleaned  up.  Fancy  full  cream  is 
worth  11c  and  the  general  run  about 
@%c  less.
light  receipts  of  eggs  and  a  de­
is  ready  to  take  all  that 
mand  that 
comes,  the  egg  market  shows  greater 
strength,  and 
fresh  gathered  Western 
are  worth  23c,  with  no  great  amount  to 
be  had  at  this  figure.  Fair  to  good, 
22c.  At  mark  fancy  candled  stock, 
2iJ4@22c;  uncandled, 
igj£@20c;  un­
graded,  i8@i9j£c.

In 

There 

scenery. 

is  a  new  law  in  Prussia  which 
marks  an  advance 
in  the  movement 
against  offensive  advertising  in  country 
districts. 
It  holds  to  be  offensive  any 
form  of  advertising  that  disfigures  nat­
ural 
the  English  and 
American  courts  the  opinion  prevails 
that  advertising  structures  can  only  be 
restricted  upon  considerations  of  pub­
lic  health  and  safety.  When  anything 
that  offends  the  eye  can  be  declared  a 
public  nuisance  the  removal  of  hideous 
sign  boards  can  be readily effected.  The 
time  will  surely  come  when  something 
similar 
law  wiit  be 
adopted  and  will  be  sustained  by  the 
courts  in  the  United  States.  The  more 
people  travel  the  more  sentiment  de­
velops  in  favor  of  restrictions  that  will 
save  the  landscape  from  disfigurement.

to  the  Prussian 

located 

in  New  York 

At  the  convention  of  fire  department 
last  week  an 
engineers 
It 
interesting  suggestion  was  made. 
in  the  near  future  stationary 
was  that 
engines  must  be 
in  crowded 
districts,  ready  at  a  moment’s  notice  to 
throw  streams  of  water  to  the  tops of  the 
tallest  buildings.  The  movable  engine, 
racing  to  distant  fires 
in  response  to 
alarms,  will  not  be suddenly superseded, 
but  it  is  destined  to  disappear  from  the 
crowded  quarters  of  great  cities.  E x­
tinguishing  appliances  within the build­
ings  and  high  pressure  of  water  sup 
plied  by  stationary  engines  will  con­
stitute  the  next  long  step  in  advance  in 
the  methods  of  fighting  fire.

It  is  estimated  by  the  Census  Bureau 
that  electricity  has  entered 
into  the 
daily  life  of  the  country  to  the  extent  of 
$7  for  each  man,  woman  and  child.  Of 
this  amount  S3  goes  to  the  electric  trac­
tion  companies,  S i.50  to  the  electric 
light  concerns,  and  75  cents  to  the  tele­
phone  companies.  The  telegraph  also 
takes  about  50  cents  a  year  from  each 
of  the  75,000,000  people,  while  the  re­
mainder  of  the  S7  is  charged  off  to  elec­
tric  fire  alarms,signals  and  general  sup­
plies.

A  Zurich  engineer  has  made  a  care­
ful  examination  of  the  sources  of  elec­
tric  power  in  Switzerland  and  he  repre­
sents  that  the  waterfalls  of  the  Alps  are 
capable  of  developing  enough  electric 
power  to  operate  all  of  the  railways 
in 
the  republic. 
twenty-one 
waterfalls  on  the  Swiss  flank  of  the Alps 
from  which  86.000  horse-power  can  be 
developed.  Only  6o,oco  horse-power, 
he  says,  is  needed  to  replace  the  steam 
power  now  used  on  the  railroads.

There  are 

A dvertisem ents  w ill  be  inserted  under 
this  head  for  tw o  cents  a  word  the  first 
insertion  and  one  cent  a  word  for  each 
subsequent  insertion.  No  advertisem ents 
less  than  35  cents.  Advance 
taken  for 
payments.

BUSINESS  C H A N C ES.

p O R   KEN T-CORNER  STOKE  18x70  FEET, 
*  with back room  18X20  feet;  best  location  in 
this city for grocery or shoe stock;  rent  only $25 
per  month.  A.  L.  Bradford,  Eaton  Rapids, 
Mich. 

746

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

I  T  WANT TO BUY SOME KIND OF BUSINESS 
I  JL  and  residence  (not  connected);  what  have 
you to  offer?  Give  lull  description  and  price. 
A.  M. Barron. Station A, South Bend, Ind. 
745

747

744

750

three  mills, 

t'OR SALE-SHOW CASES AND COUNTERS 

now in use  at  668  Wealthy  Avenue,  Grand 
Rapids. 
|/H>R  SALE-10 OOO  NAMES  AND  AD- 
X1  dresses of Indiana  farmers;  a  valuable list 
to all who wish to  reach  farmers  of  this  State. 
Address J  r. Thompson. Hope,  Mich. 
UOK  SALE—CON KECTIO.N KRV,  LUNCH 
JF  and  news  room  and  fountain;  store  with 
living  rooms;  good  cash  business;  live  town; 
best  reasons  for  selling.  Lock  Box  210,  St. 
Charles, .Mich. 
UOK  SALE—STOCK  SHOES.  MEN’S  FUR- 
JT  nishing goods  and  notions;  invoices  about 
$1,030;  neat frame story building 24x46;  situated 
in most flourishing town in  Northern  Michigan; 
701  in ha  itants; 
two  churches, 
twelve graded schools;  employment for laboring 
men all  year;  money  maker  for  right  person; 
no speculators need  apply.  M.  J.  Bolen.  Wol- 
verine, Cheboygan Co . Mich. 

■  HAVE  SOME  KEAL  ESTATE IN  GRAND 

Rapids.  Will  trade  for  a  stock  of  general 
merchandise.  Address  No. 751,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
di>450TAKES NEAT GROCERY; NEW STOCK; 
dp  centrally located;  doing good  business.  Ad­
dress J.  E  Berg, Saugatuck. Mich. 
IT'UR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE  FOR  FARM 
Jl  property  in  or  near  Kent  county—A  good 
clean stock of general merchandise  and fixtures, 
invoicing  about  $4.500.  Stock  consists  of  dry 
goods,  groceries,  men’s  furnishing  Roods  and 
crockery.  Located  in  good  lake  port  town  ot 
25,000.  The true reason tor selling  given  on  ap­
plication.  Address  No.  731,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
IT'DK  SALE—OLD  ESTABLISHED  DRUG 
-T  business at G17 South Division street.  Grand 
Rapids.  Reason for selling, must  retire  on  ac­
count  of  sickness.  Enquire  or  address  above 
location. 
TjiOR  SALE—20  ACRE  FRUIT  FARM,
-F  miles  north  of  South  Haven;  2.000  trees; 
good buildings;  will  exchange  for  stock  hard­
ware in good country town.  Box  73, So. Haven, 
Mich. 

743

722

739

735

731

7*1

740

735

727

730

72a

732

0 RUG  STOCK  FOB  SALE  IN  A  GOOD 

live town of 1.500; will  invoice about fifteen 
hundred dollars.  Reason for selling, other busi­
ness.  Address  No.  738,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man.___________________ ___________ 738
lPOR  SALE—CHOICE  OF TWO MEAT MAR- 
r   kets doing $30 day business.  Keller  Market 
Co., Bourbon. Ind._____________ 
|iM»R  SALE —GOOD  THRIVING  FURNI- 
-T  ture business for  sale  in  a  city  of  6,000  in­
habitants  in  Michigan;  old  established  trade; 
good  reason  for  selling.  Address  A.  C.,  care 
M ichigan  T ra d esm a n . 
Ij IOR  SALE—STUCK  GENERAL MKRCHAN- 
dtse;  invoices  $4,000;  thriving  town.  Ad­
dress box 62, Brooklyn, Ind. 
A^OK  SALE—GOOD  CLEAN  STOCK  OF 
JC  groceries and fixtures, iuvoiclng about $1,800; 
a splendid location  in  a  growing  town;  owner 
has other business  and  must  sell;  terms,  cash. 
Address Box 324, Constantine, Mich. 
(PERKY  &  WILSON.  EXPERT  AUCIION- 
-F  eers and salesmen, make a business  of  clos­
ing out or reducing stocks of merchandise In any 
part  of  the  country;  with  our  new  ideas  and 
methods  we  are  constantly  making  successful 
sales and with a profit;  all sales  personally  con­
ducted;  for  particulars,  terms  and  dates,  ad- 
dress 269 Dearborn St ■ Chicago. III. 
IT'UR SALE—THE  ENTIRE  FIXTURES  OF 
A  a  small  hotel  at  a  bargain;  doing  a  good 
business in the liveliest city  in Southern  Michi­
gan;  reason for  selling,  poor  health.  Address 
Jacob A.  Pratt.Three Rivers,  Mich. 
IT'UR  SALÉ  WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL 
A  bakery, confectionery and Ice cream factory 
business.  Will  stand  the  closest  inspection. 
Price about $1,803 without stock.  Present owner 
must retire  permanently.  Jos.  Holi,  607  State 
St., Milwaukee, Wls. 
Me r c h a n t s,  m a n u f a c t u r e r s,  la w
yers using stenographers can savefiom $600 
per year and upwards  if  they  correspond  with 
W. B. Ferguson. Suffolk, Va-, and send  $1.50 and 
a stamped envelope. 
W I L L   FAY  SPOT  CASH  FOR  STOCKS 
T t  dry  goods,  boots  and  shoes,  hardware, 
furniture or groceries.  Lock  Box  74,  Ypsilanti. 
Mich. 
LTIÑE  FAST  DRIVING  MAKE. WITH l u is  
A  of speed, for sale cheap;  gentle,  sound  and 
extremely kind.  Further  particulars enquire of 
A. R. Hensler. Battle Creek, Mich. 
713
T?OR  SALÉ-STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MER- 
-L  chandise invoking from $1,000 to $1.200,  con 
sisting of millinery  ($125  to  $150),  crockery  and 
glassware (less than $100), dry goods, dress trim­
mings,  notions;  stock  in  splendid  condition; 
also store tixtures for sale and store building for 
rent;  stock located in hustling little town  of  70J 
in southern part of  State:  splendid  opening  for 
a general store.  Reason  for  selling.  Id  health. 
Address No. 720, care Michigan Tradesman.  720 
T^OR  SALE—HARDWARE  BUSINESS  LO- 
A  cated  In prosperous  farming  and  manufac­
turing  center;  tin  shop  in  connection;  stock 
clean and  well assorted;  will  inventory  $3.000; 
must sell on account of sickness;  a  rare  oppor­
tunity.  Address Hardware, 55  Stephenson  St., 
Freeport, 111 
Ha r d  to  f in d —a  f ir s t   cla ss  d r u g
store in city of 50,000 people in Michigan for 
sale.  Best of reasons for  selling.  Address Mrs 
B., Room 801.377-9 Broadway, New York City. 694 
IT">R SALE—A  CLOTHING  AND  FURNTSH- 
-l 
ing goods store in one  of  the  best  towns  of 
Southern  Michigan:  established  in  1893;  yearly 
sales, $12.000, ail cash;  not a  dollar ever  sold  on 
credit;  goods all brand  new;  stock  cleaned  out 
every  season,  rent,  $425;  will  be  sold  on  easy 
payments to a responsible  party;  a  reasonable 
down  payment  required;  stock  about  $8,000: 
reason  for  selling,  dissolution  of  partnership. 
Address No. 676, care Michigan Tradesman.  676

7i5

702

743

725

657

707

6^6

672

x60 feet, with frame addition on  back,  22x40 
feet, two stories, with living  rooms  above.  For 
particulars address J. L.  Farnham,  Mancelona, 
Mich.  _____________________  

ffOR  SALE—BRICK  STORE  BUILDING, 22 
F'OK  SALE—A  GOOD  FIRST-CLASS  10 

horse livery;  only one in town  of  9t0;  good 
trade and  everything  in  good  order.  Address 
Philip Taylor, Saranac. Mich. 
\*7ANTED— STOCKS  OF  GENERAL  M IS  
t >  chandise, for which I  will  pay  spot  cash. 
Must be cheap  enough  to  enable  me  to  move 
them.  F. L. Orcutt. Beulah. Mich. 
l?OR  SALE—DRUG  STOCK  AND  FIXT- 
A  tures;  only one in good prosperous  town on 
railroad;  good  business;  stock  about  $1,200; 
cash, no trades.  Address  George,  care  Hazel- 
tine & Perkins Drug Co.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 
_________________________________ 671

i fOR SALE-#1.700 DRUG STOCK  AND  Fix­

tures;  can be bought  at  great  discount  for 

cash.  Address P. O.  box 222, Saginaw, Mich.
674
p O K   SALE—HOME  IN  FLORIDA:  FOUR^ 
  teen acres, eight acres bearing orange trees; 
r
good buildings;  good  neighbors;  near  railroad; 
healthy location;  will sell for $3,000 cash or  take 
clean stock of merchandise (Northern  Michigan 
or Wisconsin preferred)  in  exchange.  Address 
No. 672, care Michigan Tradesman. 
ELLO, 1BBO I H ER GROGER AND EVERY- 
body using Liquid Measure.  Write for  cir­
cular on my Patent Lip.  It  will  pour  from  full 
gallon Measure into Teaspoon  and  not  waste  a 
drop.  ( has. Martin, Patentee  and  Grocer,  Tif­
fin, Ohio. 

Ing $2,800. in one of the best Southern Michi­
gan towns.  Terms on application.  Address No. 
521, care Michigan Tradesman. 

FK)R SALE—GOOD  DRUG STOCK, INVOIC- 
■'OR  SALE —  FINE  YIELDING  40  ACRE 

farm  in  Kalamazoo  county;  buildings;  all 
under cultivation;  value,  $1,200.  Address  No. 
522, care Michigan Tradesman. 
JT'OR  SALE—FIRST-CLASSI  EXCLUSIVE 
1  millinery business in  Grand  Rapids;  object 
for  selling,  parties  leaving  the  city.  Address 
Milliner, care Michigan Tradesman. 
r p H R K K   VACANT  LOTS  IN  GRAND 
A   Rapids,  free  of  incumbrance,  to  exchange 
for drug, grocery or notion  stock.  Address  No. 
485, care Michigan Tradesman. 
^CAFES—NEW  AND  SECOND-HAND  FlRE 
O   and burglar proof safes.  Geo. M. Smith Wood 
&  Brick  Building  Moving  Co.,  376 South  Ionia 
St., Grand  Rapids. 
(TOR  SALE—MOSLER,  BAHMANN  &  CO. 
fire  proof  safe.  Outside  measurement—36 
A  
inches high, 27 Inches  wide  and  24  Inches deep. 
Inside measurement—16V4 Inches high, 14 Inches 
wide and 10 Inches deep.  Will sell  for  $60  cash. 
Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids. 
Iz’OR  SALE  CHEAP—SECONDHAND  NO.  4 
a   Bar-Lock  typewriter,  in  good  condition. 
Specimen of work done on  machine  on  appllca- 
tion.  Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids. 465 
IT'UR SALE—DRUG STOCKLAND FIXTURES, 
A 
invoicing about $2,000.  Situated In center of 
M ch gan  Fruit  Belt,  one-half  mile  from  Lake 
Michigan.  Good  resort  trade.  Living  rooms 
over store;  water  inside  building.  Rent,  $12.60 
per month.  Good  reason  for  selling.  Address 
No. 334, care Michigan Tradesman. 

368

507

485

63i

522

334

621

321

M ISC E LL A  NEGUS

752

748

AMIARMAC1ST WANTS SITUATION.  BEST 
A  of references and capable.  Address No. 752, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 

748, care Michigan Tradesman. 

Sa le sm en  to  c a r r y  o u r  l in e   o f

rubber collars as  a  side  line.  Liberal  com­
mission  Applications strictly confidential.  Ad­
dress Thread City  Collar  Co.,  113  Madison  St.. 
Chicago. 
74Q
A VT ANTED — POSITION  AS  CLOTHING 
* »  salesman.  Have  had  four  years’  experi­
ence-some experience in shoes; speak German; 
22 years of age: can furnish references.  Address 
W A N T E D —BOOKKEEPER  WHO  UNDER- 
» v  stands double  entry  work  and  is  a  good 
penman.  Prefer young man who  Is  married  or 
lives at home with mother or  sister.  Should  be 
man of good address who can put  in  one  day  a 
week on road, calling on customers and soliciting 
business.  Must be able to give  exceptional  ref­
erences  as  to  character,  habits  and  past  life. 
Excellent  opportunity  to  advance  as  business 
further expands.  Address No.  726,  care  Michi- 
gan Tradesman. 
\ \  ’ANTE D—R E GISTERED  A S S IS T A N T  
Pharmacist or young man who has  bad ex­
T 
perienceIn drug store.  Address J. D. McKenna, 
Shepherd, Mich. 
728  ’
T T  visits mill supply houses, to carry  a  line of 
square Max  Packing.  For  particulars  address 
Box 847> Charleston, S- C. 
R e g is t e r e d   p h a r m a c is t  o f  l o n g
experience  wants  position.  Practical  gln- 
seng grower.  References furnished.  Arthur L. 
Haight, Woodland. Mich. 

726

710

711

Assignee’s  Sale

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to  an or­
der of the circuit Court for the County of Muske­
gon, In Chancery,  the  undersigned  will  receive 
sealed bids up to and  including  the  second  day 
of October, A. D., 1902. for  the  purchase  of  the 
assigned stock of the Montague Hardware  Com­
pany, of Montague,  Michigan.  Said  stock  con­
sists of a stock of general  hardware,  the  Inven­
tory of which may be  seen  at  the  office  of  the 
County Clerk or on application to  the  Assignee. 
Said stock will be sold to the highest bidder sub­
ject to the confirmation of the Court.

JOHN Q. ROSS, Assignee, 

Business Address,

Muskegon, Mich.

